After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 604 Comfort
Jin Jiashu sat quietly on the edge of the kang, not saying a word, his eyes staring at the ground, wondering if he was in a daze.

After Haitang practiced a few words, she felt that something was not right with his current state. Recalling the situation when he first came, she thought about it and decided to calm the boy down and prevent him from developing any psychological problems.

According to his brother Haijiao's plan, he hopes to rely on Jin Jiashu's relationship to go to Beijing for a better future. Since Haijiao has the idea of ​​using Jin Jiashu, he must take good care of him, otherwise he would be too sorry for this golden thigh. If the golden thigh is too fragile, it will not be conducive to Haijiao's long-term plan, right?
Haitang put down the pen in her hand, sat upright and asked Jin Jiashu: "Brother Jin, what happened to you? When I saw you just came, you seemed very sad and angry. Did you encounter something unpleasant? Or is someone bullying you outside?"

Jin Jiashu came back to his senses and smiled uncomfortably. He was touched by the sister of the Hai family's concern for him, but he didn't even want to implicate Hai Jiao, let alone Hai Tang who was completely unaware of the inside story.

He just lowered his head and whispered, "I'm really fine, Sister Hai, don't worry."

Haitang stood up, opened the door and looked in the direction of the east wing. The sound of water had not stopped yet. Haijiao had not even finished his bath, not to mention that he had to eat after that. No one notified him of Jin Jiashu's arrival, so he might not come to the west wing study for a while.

She couldn't just sit there in silence with Jin Jiashu for such a long time.

She closed the door, walked to the kang and sat down again, and got straight to the point: "I heard my brother tell me about your conversation a few days ago. Brother Jin seemed to be sad for Aunt Jin? Madam Xu resented the second branch of the Jin family because of your mother's experience and wanted to take revenge on them. Do you feel bad?"

Jin Jiashu also knew that there were no secrets between the brothers and sisters of the Hai family, so it was not surprising that Hai Jiao would tell Hai Tang about his worries. He looked away with a flickering look in his eyes. He did not want to lie to Hai Tang, but he had to lie: "I... After all, I was once taken care of by my eldest aunt, so I naturally do not want her to encounter misfortune. The second old lady and the two uncles and aunts are fine. They have done many bad things, and they deserve the retribution they have received. But the eldest aunt... She can't actually stop anything. She herself is still living under someone else's roof and has to live by her family's face. Even if she doesn't want to do some things, as long as her mother and brothers ask, she can't refuse. I... I just think she doesn't deserve to die..."

Haitang thought for a moment and said, "Have you told Madam Xu about your thoughts? I think the reason why Madam Xu hates the second branch of the Jin family is because she is sad about your mother's experience. She feels sorry for your mother as a sister, and also for you as a nephew. If you tell her your thoughts, I think she will not completely ignore your wishes and insist on killing people, right? In fact, the most hateful people in the second branch of the Jin family have already received retribution, so what does it matter if she spares a weak woman like Aunt Jin?"

Jin Jiashu smiled bitterly. How could it be unrelated?
Aunt Jin not only experienced her mother's entry into the palace, but also knew that "Mr. Jin's original wife died in the capital" was a lie. Even if Concubine Xu did not intend to kill her to silence her, the emperor would not let her go!
Jin Jiashu told Concubine Xu about his thoughts, but he couldn't stop anything. Now the one who wanted to be killed was not Concubine Xu, but the emperor!
However, Jin Jiashu couldn't say these words at all, because he never told the Hai brothers and sisters the true relationship between him and Concubine Xu.

He couldn't even tell Haitang that what bothered him most was that it was his idea to "change Concubine Xu's background", but it ended up causing the second branch of the Jin family to be silenced. Forget about those who bullied him, but what about the others who didn't have a deep grudge against him? No matter what, they wouldn't die!

He once thought that Aunt Jin and several cousins ​​could escape the disaster, but he just overheard Ma Shangyi telling someone that Jin Wu, who was a live-in son-in-law in Yunyang Prefecture, could not escape the disaster. Even Jin Miao's wife and daughter who went to Sichuan to seek refuge with relatives, and Jin Ergu and his wife who stayed in Zunhua Prefecture, were being watched by people. If they had the chance to attack, they would die at any time. These people had no idea what happened that year, but the emperor was worried that they might have heard something from Jin Erlaotai, Jin Xin and his wife, or Jin Miao, so he simply cut the grass and rooted it out completely. Even Ma Ma was shocked by the cruelty, but she had to obey. Jin Jiashu wondered, if he hadn't given that idea to his "aunt" in the palace, would these people not have died?

No matter how much resentment he had towards the people of the second branch of the Jin family, he never thought of killing them. Rather than saying that he was defending the injustice of those who had bullied him, it would be better to say that his thin shoulders could not bear the pressure of so many lives.

But he could not stop anything. He knew that Concubine Xu could not stop it either. From the day the emperor knew his suggestion and happily adopted it, everything was out of his control.

Jin Jiashu took a deep breath and wiped his face: "Aunt... naturally she won't ignore my thoughts. But now... it's not that my aunt is unwilling to forgive them, but... the emperor has spoken. The emperor may just be angry for a moment. When my aunt was made a concubine, he issued an edict to reward and benefit my father and me. The gold was also awarded to our family alone, but the second house coveted the gold and even sold my father's whereabouts to the thieves. The emperor probably thinks they are so bold that they ignore the dignity of the royal family..."

He himself felt that what he said was a mess, but no matter what, he had to bite the bullet and hold on: "It is also possible that the emperor was angry that the Sun family sent assassins to harm my aunt's relatives, but it was difficult to punish Concubine Sun directly, so he took his anger out on the second house. In this matter, the emperor has already spoken, how can others disobey? Even if my aunt knew what I was thinking, she couldn't advise the emperor."

Haitang raised her eyebrows, not wanting to know how many truths and fabrications there were in his words. As long as he understood that this was the emperor's will, it would be fine. "If this is the emperor's will, then that is Aunt Jin's fate. No matter how unwilling Brother Jin is, there is nothing he can do, right? What if you say too much and the emperor gets angry, and he punishes you too? That would be too unworthy."

Jin Jiashu smiled bitterly, "Yes, so I can't say anything. But when I think about it, I was the one who said that the second branch of the Jin family betrayed us..." He paused, "I always feel that I killed them, and I feel a little guilty."

Haitang looked up at him and guessed that he was most entangled about his suggestion to change Concubine Xu's identity from "Jin Juren's original wife" to "Jin Juren's original wife's sister" to avoid the Sun family's questioning of the eighth prince's priority right of succession based on Concubine Xu's second marriage. This was originally the idea of ​​Haijiao and Haitang, and they hinted to Jin Jiashu to make him think that this was his own idea. Did he regard his suggestion as the root cause of the death of everyone in the second branch of the Jin family?
Haitang only asked him, "You told the truth to seek justice for your father, stepmother and brother. How could it be your fault? If the second branch of the Jin family had no intention of harming others, how could they be punished? Besides, it's not like no one would know about this kind of thing unless you said it. After the killer was caught, didn't he also admit that they had learned about your family's whereabouts from the second branch of the Jin family? Once the truth is revealed, the emperor will still be angry. You can't influence the emperor's thoughts, and you insist on putting all the responsibility on yourself. Aren't you asking for trouble? Who would have thought that the emperor would blame the second branch of the Jin family for this?"

Yes, he didn't expect that the emperor would decide to secretly silence the second branch of the Jin family, right?

Jin Jiashu lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that even if he hadn't come up with that idea, the emperor would still have silenced him. He really didn't need to think too highly of himself.

(End of this chapter)