Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 620 Rumors
During the mourning period for the late emperor, Jia Rui hardly ever attended court. He would arrive at the coffin early every day to burn incense and then cry.

Finally, with the help of Yingge, he left the coffin and returned to the Yangxin Palace to recuperate.

It can be said that during this period Yingge re-entered the role of Jia Rui's personal maid and stayed with him all the time.

Jia Rui's concubines were all envious of him, but there was no way they could replace him.

After all, the relationship between Yingge and Jia Rui is different from that of others, and sometimes even Xue Baochai has to give in to Yingge.

Nowadays, only Yingge can joke with Jia Rui without restraint. Others do not have the face or courage to do so.

The funeral of the retired emperor was quickly concluded with the joint efforts of the Ministry of Rites and Xue Baochai. After all, royal affairs concern the whole world, and the people of the world cannot be unable to live a normal life because of the royal funeral.

Although Jia Rui was not satisfied with this, he did not say anything.

On the last day, Jia Rui personally carried the coffin of the late Emperor Jia Dairu into the mausoleum that had already been built, and slept with the old lady Wang who had already been placed there.

Then the door of the mausoleum was officially closed and would never be opened again from now on.

Jia Rui stood in front of the huge mausoleum, thinking about every little thing that Old Lady Wang and Jia Dairu had done for him, and he couldn't help but burst into tears again.

Yingge took out a handkerchief and gently wiped Jia Rui's face.

"Your Majesty, please be careful of the dragon's body!"

Jia Rui nodded, then grabbed Ying Ge's hand and held her in his arms, as if trying to find some support.

Xue Baochai, who was far away, frowned when she saw this scene.

One Xue Baoqin is already troublesome enough for me, and if there is another Yingge, I will be in a state of panic.

Although Xue Baochai and Yingge had a good relationship in the past, there was even a time when Xue Baochai raised Yingge as her daughter.

But times have changed, and now Xue Baochai has perfectly taken on the role of the queen, and she has suppressed her family affection to the deepest part of her heart.

Jia Rui staggered onto the imperial chariot with the help of Ying Ge.

Afterwards, the royal convoy left the imperial mausoleum and returned to the palace.

For a period of time afterwards, the palace was very depressing. Everyone was cautious and afraid that even the slightest thing would anger Jia Rui.

Everything was calm on the palace side, but for some reason rumors started to spread again on the Rongguo Mansion side.

What was going on? No one knew when it started, but someone in Rongguo Mansion started talking about the jade that Jia Baoyu had spit out from his mother's womb.

If it were in the past, this piece of precious jade would not have much symbolic meaning, and the Rongguo Mansion could only say that it was a blessing for the family.

But now, the Jia family is different from before and has become a royal family.

This makes people involuntarily think of this precious jade.

Some rumors even said that the reason Jia Rui was able to ascend the throne was entirely due to the blessing of Jia Baoyu's jade.

There are even rumors that Jia Baoyu is very blessed and will be extremely wealthy in the future.

Grandmother Jia soon heard about these things.

Grandmother Jia is not like other people. She had experienced the rebellion of the crown prince in the previous dynasty.

She knew that there was no family affection among the royal family when it came to the throne. Not to mention that Jia Rui and Jia Baoyu were just cousins, even if they were brothers, or even father and son, how many would kill each other for that throne?

Therefore, after she heard the rumor, she immediately ordered everyone to be rectified, and anyone who dared to spread the rumor again would be beaten to death immediately.

Wang Xifeng, who had been living in the small courtyard behind Rong Xi Tang, was drinking tea and looking in the direction of Rong Xi Tang with a smile.

It turns out that the rumor was spread by Wang Xifeng.

This was also Wang Xifeng's revenge. Last year, Mrs. Wang had complained to Jia She, which made the first wife lose face and even Jia She lost his position as Duke of Rong.

Although Mrs. Wang paid a price for this incident, she was finally secretly dealt with by the Jia family.

But overall, the interests of their first wife were damaged, and the second wife once again gained the upper hand in Rongguo Mansion.

The head of Rongguo Mansion is no longer Wang Xifeng, but Li Zhi from the first wife's house.

After all, after that incident, Grandmother Jia no longer felt at ease with Wang Xifeng.

As for the decline in living standards in Rongguo Mansion due to the loss of Wang Xifeng's subsidy, Grandmother Jia also came up with a solution.

Relying on her old reputation, she won over Aunt Xue, and then got in touch with Xue Baochai, and thus found a trade route to Korea.

Although the income of the mansion is less than before, there is still no problem in maintaining the luxurious life of the entire Rongguo Mansion.

When Wang Xifeng looked at this group of people, she felt angry as she saw that their lives had not changed at all and they were still as extravagant and happy as before, so she deliberately made trouble for Jia Mu and the others.

This is also a difference in standpoints. In the past, Wang Xifeng was a useful person in Jia Mu's eyes, but now Wang Xifeng is an eyesore to Jia Mu.

It was because she was ignored that Wang Xifeng wanted revenge.

What didn't Grandmother Jia know? When the rumor came out, she thought it was Wang Xifeng who was behind it, but she didn't pursue it at all.

Because if this matter were to be brought to light, the entire Rongguo Mansion would be harmed. It would be better to let the matter cool down over time before causing trouble for Wang Xifeng.

Grandmother Jia wanted to keep the matter cold, but the matter was soon discovered by the Intelligence Department, so a secret letter was sent to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui looked at the contents of the letter and sneered.

The Rongguo Mansion was so bold that they even dared to covet the throne.

After thinking of this, Jia Rui's eyes flashed with coldness.

Then Jia Rui took a blank imperial edict and started writing on it. After he finished writing, he threw it to the ground coldly.

The young eunuch who was serving nearby quickly picked up the imperial edict and knelt in front of Jia Rui, "Your Majesty, do you want to use the seal?"

Jia Rui did not speak, but remained silent for a long time, and finally sighed, "Burn it."

After hearing what happened, the young eunuch hurriedly left the Yangxin Palace with the imperial edict, ready to find a place outside to burn it.

But as soon as I came out, I ran into Lao Li.

This guy is very low-key now and is completely suppressed by Qin Shun in the palace. The main reason is that his nephew's incident made him no longer trusted by Jia Rui as before.

After all, his nephew had caused such a big trouble that the only reason he hadn't gotten into trouble was because Jia Rui had served him wholeheartedly over the years, otherwise he would have let him go to hell long ago.

"What are you going to do with the imperial edict?"

When the young eunuch saw Lao Li asking questions, he stopped and said with a smile, "The emperor ordered it to be burned."

Old Li blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Let me take a look."

The young eunuch looked at Old Li and held the imperial edict in his arms tighter.

"Eunuch Li, this is against the rules. If the emperor knew about this, both of our heads would be chopped off."

Old Li laughed and said, "I was confused. Go and do your work."

The young eunuch nodded, without saying hello to Old Li, and went to the next room with the imperial edict.

After the young eunuch left, Old Li's face immediately darkened.

(End of this chapter)