Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 441 Concubine Jing is pregnant

In the past few days, the Ministry of Punishment has begun the trial of Prince Yizhong and Zhen Diangling.

Although these two guys have been quibbling, in fact, the reasons for their judgment are simply untenable.

Therefore, the results of the trial came out a few days later. Prince Yizhong was "hanged" and the three clans of Zhendian and Lunyi were "hanged".

However, this is not the final result, and it still needs Jia Rui’s approval.

Jia Rui received the memorial from the Ministry of Punishment when he was about to leave the palace that night.

Seeing this memorial, Jia Rui was in trouble.

Jia Rui didn't have any opinions on the part of Prince Yizhong, but on Zhen Dianlun's side, Jia Rui was a little undecided.

The main reason is that if the punishment is carried out according to the memorial, Mrs. Zhen will not be able to escape, and Jia Rui's cheap father-in-law Zhen Dianjun will also be on the list.

Jia Rui frowned and stomped back and forth in the main hall of Yangxin Hall, and finally sighed.

He turned around and walked to the plan, and wrote a few words on the memorial, "Only take the first offender, and ignore the rest."

This is equivalent to saying that everyone in the Zhen family, except Zhen Dianlun, can save their lives.

After Jia Rui approved the memorial, he sat feebly on the throne, rubbing his head, feeling depressed.

When he was reading in the past, he always hated it when he read in history books that officials protected each other and protected their relatives and friends.

Only when this happened to him did he realize how difficult it was, and how determined those who wanted to kill their relatives were.

At this time, Lao Li, who was waiting, delivered a bowl of tea to Jia Rui.

"Master Guo, if you are tired, go to Yongshou Palace to rest."

Jia Rui glanced at him, then closed his eyes and after a while, he opened his eyes and said, "Then go to Yongshou Palace."

After hearing this, Lao Li hurriedly went to make arrangements, and soon Jia Rui's arm was ready.

Jia Rui now walks, sits, and lies in the palace almost exactly the same as the emperor. Only when he leaves the palace, his pomp will be reduced, and he will only use Jiuxi.

Sitting on the emperor's special soft couch, Jia Rui came to Yongshou Palace.

Concubine Jing was already waiting at the entrance of the palace. When Jia Rui saw this concubine Jing, he felt that his physical and mental fatigue was relieved a little, and the depression on his body disappeared.

Afterwards, Jia Rui had dinner with Concubine Jing in Yongshou Palace, and rested in Yongshou Palace that night.

When she got up early in the morning, Concubine Jing served Jia Rui and finished dressing, then had breakfast in the palace, and finally sent Jia Rui out of Yongshou Palace herself.

After Jia Rui left, Concubine Jing let out a long sigh, and then returned to Yongshou Palace. As soon as she sat down, someone came over to report.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Wu wishes to see you."

Concubine Jing was stunned for a moment, then said to herself: "What is she here for?"

You must know that this Concubine Wu is not simple. Her father is not from the four princes and eight princes, but he can be regarded as a new aristocrat. The family is quite powerful, manages the business well, and has a lot of wealth.

"Let her come in." Concubine Jing whispered.

After a while, there was a jingle of rings, and then a lady with a dignified and beautiful face walked in from outside.

This Concubine Wu was not wearing the attire of a concubine, but ordinary household clothes.

But precisely because of this, she appears to be approachable.

After Concubine Wu came in, she immediately gave Concubine Jing a blessing, "Sister has met sister."

It should be said that Concubine Wu's status is much higher than that of Concubine Jing now.

She is a dignified concubine, just below the queen, but Concubine Jing is no longer the queen, just an ordinary concubine.

Concubine Jing may also know her current identity, so she quickly returned the gift, and then the two held hands and sat down in the hall.

After sitting firmly, Concubine Wu said with a smile: "I haven't been to my sister's place for a long time, so I came here today to have a look."

"Thank you for worrying about me. I'm pretty good."

While she was talking, Concubine Jing didn't know what she smelled on Concubine Wu, and she felt nauseated.

Originally, Concubine Jing wanted to endure it, but the smell was too strong, and Concubine Jing couldn't hold it back in the end.

After that, she quickly covered her mouth and ran outside. She lay down under the bushes and started vomiting.

A large number of people serving Concubine Jing were frightened. You must know that Concubine Jing is the only woman in Jia Rui's palace. If something happens to her, none of the maids and eunuchs in Yongshou Palace will think about it.

So some of these people went to see the imperial doctor, and some helped Concubine Jing, patted her on the back, and were very busy.

Concubine Wu also came out at this time. She felt very embarrassed looking at Concubine Jing who was vomiting there.

In the end, she felt that she had come at the wrong time today, so she could only say goodbye to Concubine Jing's eunuchs and leave.

If Concubine Jing was sick, the eunuch would naturally report it to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui was watching the memorial in the Yangxin Hall. After hearing the news, he was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"What did the people from the Taiyuan Hospital say?" The eunuch blinked and then replied: "My lord, the people from the Taiyuan Hospital had just arrived when I came out. I don't know what kind of disease my queen is suffering from yet."

Jia Rui said with a smile: "Then you go back and look at Concubine Jing, and report any news immediately."

When the eunuch saw that Jia Rui had a smile on his face and didn't look angry, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left.

Qin Shun, who was on duty next to Jia Rui today, came to Jia Rui's side with his face licked and said flatteringly:

"Congratulations to the Duke, congratulations to the Duke."

Jia Rui was drinking tea, stroking the little beard he had just grown, and said, "Where does happiness come from?"

"My lord, please see, Concubine Jing is pregnant."

Jia Rui nodded gently, "You are the one with the sharpest eyesight."

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui continued to correct the memorial.

During this time, Jia Rui had focused his attention near the border of Guangxi, because the chieftains there were making more trouble. Although Song Jian wanted to send troops to suppress it immediately, he did not have enough troops, so he repeatedly asked Jia Rui for help.

Jia Rui was a little hesitant about this, because although he was in charge of national affairs, the country was not peaceful, and the old and young were still staring at Jia Rui.

If troops are dispatched from other places at this time, it will definitely result in a lack of troops in some places. At that time, if trouble occurs, it may involve a province or even several provinces, and the good situation may be lost.

But we can't ignore the Guangxi side. Those indigenous chieftains are making such a big fuss. If we don't ignore it, these people will go to heaven.

Jia Rui looked at the memorial and thought hard for a long time. Finally he stood up and walked to the map, finally focusing on the Nanman Kingdom.

"Send an order to the Southern Barbarians to immediately recruit 150,000 Southern Barbarian soldiers and transport them to Guangxi by the navy to be dispatched by Song Jian."

After listening to Jia Rui's words, Qin Shun quickly wrote an imperial edict on the small table next to him, and then the eunuch holding the seal next to him stamped the royal seal and Jia Rui's official seal.

This is the current process of the imperial edict. Just having the imperial seal does nothing. The process must be completed with Jia Rui's official seal.

After copying a copy of the document for the inner palace, a young eunuch quickly left the Yangxin Palace holding the newly issued imperial edict, and then rushed it over eight hundred miles to be sent directly to the Nanman Kingdom.

Jia Rui wanted to use the blood of Nanman soldiers to solve the empire's troubles.

As for the soldiers of the Southern Barbarians, Jia Rui is not worried. These people have been frightened by Jia Rui, and there is even a trend that Jia Rui's reputation in the country exceeds that of their king.

Coupled with Jia Rui's strong control over the Nanman Kingdom and the fact that the interests of the Nanman Kingdom were all attributed to his Duke of Wu, many Nanman people now believe that the Nanman Kingdom is Jia Rui's fiefdom.

In this way, the soldiers of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom moved their loyalty target from the previous general to Jia Rui.

In this case, Jia Rui can use these Nanman soldiers with confidence and boldness.

Another advantage of using these southern barbarian soldiers is that they do not damage the strength of the Central Plains people.

After Jia Rui finished dealing with these troublesome things, he had already reached the lamplight.

He stretched and then came to Yongshou Palace accompanied by Qin Shun.

At this time, everyone in Yongshou Palace had a happy smile on their face.

The reason is that the master in Yongshou Palace is really pregnant.

Jia Rui became even more happy after getting the news.

In fact, Concubine Jing did not expect this situation. She had not been pregnant for so many years after being married to the emperor, but she became pregnant just a few months after being with Jia Rui. This made Concubine Jing couldn't help but think that the reason why she was not pregnant might be something wrong. On the emperor's body.

Of course, this does not mean that the emperor cannot have children, because the emperor already has seven or eight children.

Concubine Jing suspected that the emperor had used means to prevent her from getting pregnant.

Once this suspicion arose, Concubine Jing's original feelings for the emperor were completely wiped out.

Of course, this is what Jia Rui wants to see.

When Jia Rui entered the palace gate, he saw that Concubine Jing had come out of the palace and seemed to be coming to greet Jia Rui.

The smile kept on Jia Rui's face. He took a few steps forward to support Concubine Jing, and then said half-complainingly:

"You already have a baby, but you don't know how to take care of it. Why did you come out to pick me up?"

Concubine Jing touched her belly happily, with a peaceful smile on her face, "I'm still young, it's nothing important."

Jia Rui smiled and helped Concubine Jing into the main hall.

After sitting firmly, Jia Rui asked: "Is there any prescription for raising a fetus over there at the Taiyuan Hospital?"

"The Taiyuan Hospital has prescribed a prescription for nourishing the fetus, and sent an imperial doctor to wait at the Yongshou Palace, ready to take a pulse at any time."

Jia Rui felt relieved now. It was also a good thing for Concubine Jing to have a doctor watching over her at all times.

After all, Concubine Jing is not young, and is older than Jia Rui. In ancient times, when medical conditions were not good, Concubine Jing was already considered an advanced and dangerous mother.

That night, Jia Rui had dinner at Yongshou Palace and then rested here. Of course, they didn't do anything but just sleep.

Jia Rui was at peace in Yongshou Palace, but there was an explosion in other places in the palace.

(End of this chapter)