Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 288: Jiejie...

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Because of the connection, the treatment is indeed different. Xie Qiu personally took Jia Rong to familiarize himself with various places in the Hanlin Academy, and he met most of the people. Everyone was very polite to Jia Rong.

He is the grandson of the Prime Minister and has a bright future. Although I don't have to curry favor with him, it is inevitable to establish a good relationship with him.

Before I knew it, it was noon.

"Come on, little friend Rong, let's go have dinner together. I wonder how the food and wine are today? I hope it's not just cabbage, tofu and steamed buns again. At least have some meat." Gu Yunian, another scholar in the Hanlin Academy, said with a little emotion.

Jia Rong had just learned that Emperor Anping advocated frugality and had lowered the food standards in the palace several times since he took power. The six ministries and the Hanlin Academy had to follow suit. Eight dishes and one soup were a thing of the past, and now it was three dishes without soup, and they often had to make do with three vegetarian dishes. Everyone was complaining.

Xie Qiu said: "The food doesn't matter, as long as the wine is good."

Gu Yunian agreed, "Brother Xie is indeed a fellow traveler."

Xie Qiu said with a look of disdain: "Who is your kindred spirit? You drunkard, don't get close to him, or you'll get drunk and become a laughing stock."

Gu Yunian immediately blew his beard and glared: "Young friend Jia, don't listen to him. This old guy drinks just as much as I do, and he has a very bad drinking habit. He starts boxing when he's drunk."

Jia Rong: “…”

Two talents.

No wonder when they mentioned eating, everyone stayed away from these two people, and I was the only one who followed them foolishly.

"Oh, fried pork with green beans and osmanthus wine, not bad." Gu Yunian saw the food and wine on the table from a distance and became happy.

Xie Qiu's eyes lit up, he sniffed his nose and smiled, "It's last year's osmanthus wine, I'm in for a treat today."

"My two brothers, how do you know it is osmanthus wine?" Jia Rong was puzzled.

"Haha."

The two of them smiled at each other, and everything was said without words. It was obvious that two drunkards sympathized with each other.

"Tsk, this wine is good."

Xie Qiu took a sip and said with a smile.

"Although it's still not very mellow, it's better than before." Gu Yunian added.

"Jia Xiaoyou, you should try it too."

Jia Rong took a sip, but didn't taste anything mellow or not. It might be that his level of drinking was not high enough.

After three rounds of drinks, the two of them became noticeably more talkative.

"The Jinyiwei gang is getting arrogant again. The other day, the higher-ups asked me to draft an imperial edict to promote that bastard Zhao Quan to the second-class male. I refused without even thinking about it." Xie Qiu said with a little worry.

Gu Yunian said: "There is no way. The Three Law Departments have found nothing. The emperor no longer trusts them."

Xie Qiu said: "Why does the emperor trust the Jinyiwei?"

Gu Yunian said disdainfully: "You can only flatter others. We are strong-willed and will never go along with them."

Jia Rong said at the right moment: "You two elder brothers are so righteous. I admire you."

Their eyes lit up.

It seems that Lord Jia also dislikes the Jinyiwei. Indeed, the Jinyiwei was already notorious during the reign of Emperor Yuanzong, and no civil servant or military general liked them.

The meal took about an hour. Jia Rong had basically nothing to do in the afternoon. He rested for a while in a daze and it was time to close the office.

"Let's go."

Gu Yunian greeted Jia Rong.

"Where's Brother Xie?"

"He has to repair a book and can't leave for a while." Gu Yunian said casually.

Jia Rong was a little speechless. He did nothing during the day, but after get off work he started to work late into the night to revise books?
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After spending a day in the Hanlin Academy, I went home.

"Hey, Master Jia is back."

Qingwen greeted her at the door with a smile.

Jia Rong touched Qingwen's head and urged her, "Hurry up and prepare some clothes. It's so hot to wear this official uniform."

Qingwen stuck out her tongue and said, "But he looks very heroic."

Jia Rong chuckled: "Do you want to?"

Qingwen was puzzled: "What are you thinking about?"

Jia Rong whispered, "Come and wait on me tonight, and I'll tell you in secret."

Qingwen understood immediately and blushed as she spat, "I don't do that!"

Although he said so, he finally went to see Jia Rong at night and served him well.

Early the next morning, Jia Rong was just about to go to the Hanlin Academy to slack off when Pei Feng suddenly came running over and cried, "It seems the master is dying." Jia Rong was shocked and immediately asked someone to ask for leave from the Hanlin Academy. He went to the East Courtyard in person to see Master Zhen's condition.

I saw that Master Zhen's eyes were cloudy and he was breathing in but not out.

I'm afraid...

"Where's the imperial physician? What did he say?"

Pei Feng cried, "The imperial physician said that it will probably be in the next two days, so we should be prepared."

Jia Rong nodded silently.

The preparations have been made long ago.

All that's missing is a good coffin.

However, there seemed to be a good coffin hidden in the Xue family shop, so Jia Rong decided to get it for Master Zhen. "You guys keep an eye on the master, I'll go outside and prepare the coffin."

"Ah."

Peifeng nodded obediently.

Rong Ge'er is a filial son and he will definitely prepare the best coffin for his master.

Lixiangyuan.

Aunt Xue and Baochai happened to be here, and when they saw Jia Rong coming, they were both very enthusiastic.

"Rong'er, please sit down quickly. Ying'er, go get me some good tea that I have hidden away." Baochai said with a smile.

Jia Rong waved his hand and sighed, "I won't drink the tea for now. I have something to discuss with Auntie and Miss Bao."

Baochai saw Jia Rong's expression and immediately understood what was going on. She asked carefully, "Brother Rong, please tell me if you have anything to say. If we can help you, our Xue family will never refuse."

Aunt Xue also said: "Yes, we are all family, no need to be polite."

Jia Rong said seriously, "I heard that your shop has a fine coffin?"

Baochai thought for a moment and nodded, "...There is such a pair, but it has been sold out."

Jia Rong: “…”

"Who decided?"

Baochai whispered, "It's been many years. It was chosen by Prince Yi Zhong, but something went wrong before it was used, so the coffin has been sealed."

Of course, King Yi Zhong Jia Rong knew that after committing the crime, he disappeared and no one knew whether he was alive or dead, so there was naturally no need for a coffin.

Sorry, my dad used it first.

If you are already dead, you naturally don't need it. If you are not dead, go buy another one for yourself.

"The old man probably can't use it anymore, so let my master use it first. Miss Bao, please name your price."

Baochai thought about it and decided that so many years had passed and the past was gone, so probably no one cared about it anymore.

Looking at her mother again and seeing that she had no intention of objecting, Baochai said, "Very well, I'll go find someone to carry it out. As for the silver, it's no use. It's a joke for a family to bring this up."

Seeing this, Jia Rong did not act pretentiously. He bowed and said, "Thank you very much, Miss Bao. I will ask the master when I have time if I can use my connections to bring Brother Xue back quietly."

Three years have passed.

Today, the Ningguo Mansion has reached its peak in terms of prestige and power, and it is easy to bring back an exiled person.

As for whether Xue Pan will cause trouble when he returns... Jia Rong plans to invite him to do business in Southeast Asia, where there is a shortage of manpower. By the way, he can make use of the business network of the Xue family's eldest branch to serve the country.

Aunt Xue was immediately filled with gratitude and felt that the coffin was not given in vain.

"Brother Rong, I don't know how to thank you enough. Just rest assured, if Pan'er dares to do anything wrong again after returning, I will beat him to death without anyone else!
Baochai was also excited.

Why have I stayed in the Jia Mansion for so many years? Isn't it just to use the power of the Jia Mansion to rescue my brother one day?

Now, finally.

"Brother Rong, thank you."

Baochai said shyly.

Jie Jie...

It has been a long time since I heard Miss Baochai call Rong "Brother", and Jia Rong's vanity was greatly satisfied.

"You're welcome, sister Bao."

Aunt Xue looked at the two people calling each other brother and sister and didn't say much.

The important thing is that my son is back!

daughter……

(End of this chapter)