The Rise of Ning Mansion in Red Mansions

Chapter 73 The way for a rich clan to survive
"This slave has to go to the palace to meet the Dowager Empress. The friendship between our two families will be the same even if we get together the next day."

"Uncle Jia stayed back, no matter how he made it happen, it's really a shame for this old slave..."

Jia Dai walked out of the main gate and watched Li Zhongxian get on the carriage and drive away.

He thought to himself, I'm afraid that Emperor Jiao Taikang will be disappointed. The Supreme Emperor has returned to Shenjing. If he wants to decide the direction of the court, he still has to see whether the Supreme Emperor agrees.

"Uncle Dai, everything has been found out."

Jia Dai saw off Li Zhongxian, got on a soft sedan, and was heading to the old house of Rongguo Mansion in the west to have a look at Jia Lian.

When this young man arrived at the border of Jiangning, he was like a wild horse running wild, wandering around the Qinhuai River for ten miles, but never found his home.

After sleeping in a willow for two months, Jia Lian contracted some strange disease. He consulted countless famous doctors and took countless pills, but nothing improved.

His body became thinner day by day, his eye sockets were sunken and his cheekbones were bulging, making him look like he was in the next world.

After Jia Jing came to Jiangning, he came up with an idea - Chongxi.

It's just a matter of marriage. Parents have always made the decision. Jia She was supervising the army in Shaanxi, and it took more than twenty days to communicate by letter.

Today, Jia She's letter arrived, and Jia Dai came to see Jia Lian. He wanted to pick a girl as soon as possible. He will be happy recently.

Leave some bones and blood for the head of the Rongguo Mansion, don't let Rong Gong's incense have no one to inherit, and don't take advantage of outsiders in vain.

At this moment, Jia Yun came galloping over on horseback. While helping Jia Dai out of the sedan, she whispered about her inquiry.

As Jia Dai had expected, many of his bodyguards were old people from Ningguo Mansion. They had been married for several generations and were deeply intertwined.

When Jia Jing just threatened, many people couldn't hold it in anymore. They were worried that their relatives would be poisoned or betrayed.
Therefore, they secretly helped to cover up the situation, and together with Dai Quan, Feng Ziying and others, the Supreme Emperor, who was sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious, was
Yesterday morning, when the Dragon Guards were changing shifts, they were secretly transported out of the Jinling Palace, took a dragon boat down the river, and diverted to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, heading for Shenjing.

Even if Jia Yun didn't investigate secretly, Jia Dai would have already guessed something.

In the past few days, in addition to the Jingtian Hou family, Qiu Liang's son, Ju Dekao, often came to the house.

Although the other relatives gave gifts, they rarely moved around. Instead, they often visited fireworks places with brothers Jia Lian and Jia Zhu.

It seems that these nobles have decided that Jia Dai has joined Emperor Taikang's party and wants to fight against them.

I feel that the only one the Jia family can win over is Xifu.

Jia Dai sighed. After returning to Beijing, even though he had the reputation of being unkind, he wanted to clean up these servants as soon as possible, so as not to teach them to ruin the big thing again.

"Uncle Dai, there is one more thing..."

Seeing that there were many maids and daughters-in-law outside Jia Lian's yard, she was worried that others would overhear her gossiping. Jia Yun paused at the corner of her mouth and stopped talking.

"It doesn't matter. If you have anything to do, just say it openly. There are no outsiders in your uncle Lian's room."

The maid in front of the door lifted the curtain, and Jia Dai walked in. The pungent smell of herbs immediately hit his face, making him retching and almost vomiting.

"Open the doors and windows and let some air out!"

"If you continue to be locked up like this without ventilation, even if you don't die of illness, you will be suffocated to death..."

With a wave of his hand, the maids waiting inside opened the doors and windows and exited one by one.

"Brother Dai, I..."

Jia Lian struggled to sit up, and Jia Dai quickly stepped forward to support him, stuffing a pillow behind his back and lying down. Looking down, Jia Lian saw that Jia Dai's arms and chest were covered with bandages. There was faint blood leaking out of them, and his movements were not as vigorous as before.

"Brother Dai, are you injured? Ahem..."

Jia Dai's expression didn't change, "It doesn't matter!"

"Yesterday, I went to Wang's house to welcome my bride. On the way back, I was ambushed by a remnant of the Japanese pirates. I was slightly injured, but it's not a problem."

Jia Dai said it lightly, but Jia Lian knew in his heart that even a ruthless man like him, who was born with supernatural power and had learned the martial arts passed down by Ning Rong's ancestors, was injured.
It can be seen that yesterday's battle was fierce and the Japanese pirates were ruthless.

However, Jia Dai didn't say anything, and Jia Lian couldn't ask questions, so the topic turned elsewhere.

"Uncle Pardon's letter has arrived, saying that he will teach me how to choose a girl for you Haosheng. I wonder if Second Brother Lian has anyone he likes. Let me listen to it, and it will be easier to see her."

"Get married as soon as possible and be happy, maybe your health will be better..."

Jia Lian's eyes darkened, he just drank a few glasses of wine and got this disease at a young age.

It's not smallpox, it's not Hualiu. I feel weak all day long, and I take all kinds of medicines. After more than a month, I still don't feel better.

He was exhausted and weak, so there was no way he could get married. Talking about getting married would only cost his life!
I want grandchildren, not sons.

Jia Lian had no choice but could not resist. In his heart, he also did not want to see the title of Rongguo Mansion be passed on to his concubine Jia Cong, or to someone else.

"I have no other requirements, as long as I am slim and beautiful!"

Jia Dai nodded, "Okay, it's all up to you. Wait for a day or two. When you like her, we will get married without any regrets..."

After saying a few words of comfort, Jia Dai was going to the west courtyard to see how Jia Zhu was doing in the exam, when a little maid burst in and said she was from her aunt's house in Yangzhou.

After a while, Lin Zhixiao walked in, looking haggard, knelt down to say hello, and said:
"Reply to Uncle Dai."

"Miss Min died on August 26th, at the time of You."

"My aunt taught me to come to Jiangning to report the news. Firstly, I will return the deed of my family to my family. After the teaching, I will still return to Jia's family to serve."

"Secondly, the old lady sent people to pick her up several times. When Sister Lin's son's filial piety period is over, she will go to Shenjing to live. I asked Uncle Dai to take him back with me. For the sake of family ties, I will stay in Shenjing from now on. Help and take care of it a little more..."

Jia Dai accepted the deed of betrayal, asked a few more questions, waved to Lin Zhixiao to go down and rest, and turned to look at Jia Lian.
His eyes were dull, but he had no other reaction, as if the person who died was an unrelated person, not his sister-in-law.

Jia Min likes to read and is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She has been close to Jia Zheng since she was a child. She is very unhappy with Jia She and his son who do not seek advancement but only know how to have fun.

It's no wonder that Jia Lian doesn't catch a cold.

Since we are relatives, no matter how unpleasant the trouble is, we still have to do what we need to do to save face, so as not to cause trouble for the royal family and add another chapter to the nobles' dark history.

Jia Dai sent Lai Sheng to Yangzhou on behalf of Jia's family with heavy funeral rites, one to express condolences and the other to collect Jia Min's dowry on behalf of Lin Daiyu.

The rules at this time were that the dowry of a married woman belonged only to the woman herself. After her death, it could only be inherited by her children, and no one else had the right to interfere.

When Jia Min got married, it was the time when the Ningrong and Ning Rong mansions were at their peak. She was worth at least 200,000 taels of red makeup.

When she enters the Rongguo Mansion in the future, with these treasures by her side, Lin Daiyu will not have to hold back her anger.
Suffering from the ill will of those unruly slaves, who said they were living under someone else's roof, all the food and supplies belonged to the Duke of Rongguo Mansion.

(End of this chapter)