Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 339 The Emperor Arrives

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Grandmother Jia wanted to leave in a hurry, but where could she go? The Ning and Rong mansions were surrounded by the Jinyi Mansion.

"It's over, it's over."

Grandmother Jia was so frightened that she fell ill.

Feng Ji was extremely anxious. She hated Jia Lian for running away to Southeast Asia too early, and she also hated Jia Rong for running away to Jinling without taking her with him. Now she couldn't run away.

She knew how big the Ningguo Mansion had done in recent years. If she was caught by the imperial court, she would definitely be dead.

"It's over. I was killed by their family."

"The only thing I'm worried about is my daughter. Feng'er, you're just a girl and won't attract attention. Take this gold and find a chance to take Qiaojie out and find someone to take good care of her."

"grandmother!"

Feng'er knelt on the ground crying and refused to leave.

Sister Feng waved her hands: "Now is not the time to cry, hurry up and leave, it will be too late for you to leave!"

Feng Er then hurriedly got up and wiped her tears: "Don't worry, grandma, I will protect the young lady even if I die."

"Well, you go."

Fengjie looked at Qiaojie again, then turned her head back, holding back her tears.

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Baoyu was trembling at home.

He had seen the tragic situation after Qin Zhong's house was ransacked, but he didn't expect it to happen to his own home so soon.

Woohoo...

I don't want it!

It's not our fault. It's all caused by that parasite in the East Palace. If you want to search the house, just search the East Palace. Why did you surround our house as well?

"Madam, madam, woo woo ..."

"Our house has been surrounded and they are going to ransack our property. Woo woo ..." Baoyu threw himself into the arms of the white-haired Mrs. Wang and burst into tears.

Mrs. Wang was not surprised but happy.

"They're here to search my house!"

"Haha, great!"

"I knew this day would come, haha!"

"Don't be afraid, Baoyu. The confiscated property is for the Jia family. We are members of the Wang family. They can't search us. My brother is Wang Ziteng! Who dares to be rude to us?"

Baoyu felt a little better after hearing this. He wiped his tears and said, "Really? Uncle will help us? I heard that uncle seemed to have made a great contribution the other day, and the emperor promoted him to the Minister of War!"

"OK!"

Madam Wang clapped her hands happily, "Buddha has shown his power. Your uncle has indeed been made a marquis and a prime minister. Haha, good days are coming for us mother and daughter!"

"Those who bully us must all! Die!" Madam Wang stretched out her hand, her long nails stained with a little blood...

into the night.

Mrs. Wang strangled the two old women who were guarding her to death and staggered to Mrs. Xing's yard.

Because everyone in the Jia Mansion was in a panic during the past two days, many servants and maids in the Rongguo Mansion ran away quietly, so there were few people on the road and no one noticed her.

At this time, Mrs. Xing was worried and dazed all day because Jia She was imprisoned.

Wang Shanbao, the housekeeper who accompanied the maid, was even more uneasy. She was only thinking about how to find a way out for herself. When she was thinking so deeply, she suddenly saw a white shadow in front of the door. She was wearing white clothes, her hair was also white, and there was blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. She didn't know whether it was her own or someone else's...

"Ah, ghost!"

Wang Shanbao had just shouted out two words when Mrs. Wang grabbed her neck tightly.

“Uh, wow…”

Wang Shanbao's wife struggled for a while, but soon her eyes bulged out and she became motionless.

"What the hell, yelling and screaming!" Mrs. Xing's dissatisfied voice came from the inner room.

Mrs. Wang left the dead Wang Shanbao behind, smiled faintly, looked at her hands, raised her arms slightly, and walked inside.

She even jumped with her feet off the ground in joy.

"Hurry up and find a few honest and reliable guys to dig a hole in the backyard and bury all my money in it, got it?"

When Mrs. Xing heard the footsteps, she didn't think much about it. Instead, she kept rummaging through the boxes and made some arrangements.

"Jie Jie..."

Mrs. Wang smiled and jumped forward.

Mrs. Xing suddenly felt something was wrong and turned around quickly.

"what!"

Mrs. Xing was startled and trembled, "You, you are, Wang Crazy? Why did you come out? What did you do to Wang Shanbao?"

"Hehe, you'll be able to see her soon!"

"Anyone who bullies my Baoyu must die!"

Mrs. Wang stretched out her arms and jumped up to grab Mrs. Xing's neck.

Madam Xing was not afraid of her at all. She sneered and said, "Crazy Wang, others may be afraid of you, but I am not! Come on!"

The two men wrestled and fought each other.

Soon he started rolling on the ground.

After a long while, a maid finally heard the noise and found the two ladies fighting in an indecent manner on the ground, so she hurriedly called for help.

Everyone struggled to pull the two ladies apart.

Mrs. Wang’s face was scratched all over, one of her eyeballs had fallen out, and it was bloody and horrible.

Mrs. Xing was not in a much better condition. A piece of skin and flesh on her neck was torn off, leaving a bloody mess.

"Quick, go find a doctor!"

Xing Xiuyan said hurriedly.

Madam Xing pulled Xing Xiuyan, pointed at a box, and said with intermittent breathing: "My money is all there. I gave it to you as a dowry. If I don't give it to you..."

Xing Xiuyan cried, "Aunt, don't talk yet, you're fine."

the other side.

Although Mrs. Wang lost an eyeball, there was no expression of pain on her face. Instead, she laughed out loud.

"Haha, your Jia family is about to be finished!"

"My brother Wang Ziteng has been appointed Minister of War by the Emperor. When the time comes, none of you will be able to escape! Hahahaha..."

You know what, after she yelled like that, everyone who was already scared in their hearts didn’t dare to do anything to her. They even found a doctor to treat Mrs. Wang’s illness, and the courtyard was replaced with a large, bright courtyard. However, no one dared to come to serve. Sister Feng asked people to find Jin Chuan’er and Yu Chuan’er, but the two maids refused to come…

"Then let Baoyu serve over there. He is filial and obedient, and it is legitimate for him to serve the Madam at this time." Sister Feng waved her hand and said.

Lin Zhixiao's wife hurriedly agreed and brought Baoyu to Lady Wang's room.

"Wow, Madam, why are you like this?" Jia Baoyu looked at his mother with dead eyes and burst into tears.

Mrs. Wang laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, Baoyu. I will strangle to death all those who bullied you. Haha, haha..."

Baoyu shuddered all over.

Oh my god!

help...

Baoyu walked out quietly while shivering.

"Baoyu, Baoyu? Where are you going?" Mrs. Wang struggled and stretched out her arms to grab Baoyu.

"I, I, I want to go see the old lady..." Baoyu said trembling all over.

"Don't go find that damn woman. Come and stay with me. Don't leave me!" Mrs. Wang jumped off the bed, stretched out her hands and grabbed Da Baoyu, and said excitedly, "You are my son. I won't let anyone touch you!"

Dabaoyu: “…”

Who will save me, woooo...

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Lai family.

"How is it? Are you ready?" asked Nanny Lai anxiously.

Lai Da hurriedly said, "We are ready. We have already obtained the indenture. Tomorrow we will follow Rong Ge'er and take up the post as a family."

"well!"

Nanny Lai smiled slightly and said, "The Jia family is finished this time. Fortunately, we were well prepared and were not implicated. The second son can't escape, ah!"

Lai Dadao: "The second brother deserves it. He has been focusing on Ningguo Mansion. It's too late to regret now. We can't take care of him at all. The Jinyiwei said that not even an ant can leave the East Mansion."

"Well, the second son can only hope for the best. Let's... By the way, where is Shang Rong going to take up his post?" Lai Ma asked casually. Lai Dadao said, "To Datong Prefecture."

"what?"

Nanny Lai was somewhat reluctant.

Datong Prefecture is on the frontier, how can its chaos and disorder be compared to that of Kyoto?
"Can't we go to Jinling? If not, Suzhou or Yangzhou are also fine. I don't want to go to Datong." Nanny Lai said.

Lai Da was speechless and said, "Grandfather, Shang Rong is not from an imperial examination background after all. It is impossible for him to be in a place like Nanjing and Suzhou. Even the magistrate of Datong Prefecture spent 10,000 taels of silver to bribe him."

"If you don't leave now, your house will be confiscated. Even if it's just a shabby cave, you have to move in first."

"That's it," said Lai Ma reluctantly, "We'll set off early tomorrow morning. Remember to take all the valuables, gold and silver, with you."

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Jia Rong's small courtyard in Ningguo Mansion.

After Jia Rong left with the four main maids around him as well as Caiyun and Xia, the yard was temporarily left to the care of Jinchuan'er and Yuchuan'er.

Of course, the two of them took it very seriously. Not only did they keep their own house spotless and the yard clean, they sometimes even helped clean the garden.

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It just didn't last long.

When the bad news came from Ningguo Mansion, the two little sisters hugged each other and cried.

"Sister, are we unlucky? We'll have bad luck wherever we go, wuwu."

"Hey, I thought so too."

"What should we do?"

"Leave it to fate!"

"I can't serve the crazy lady anyway."

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The only person in the Jia family who was not affected was Jia Zheng. Emperor Anping had no intention of touching him at all and still let him serve as an official in the Ministry of Works.

Jia Zheng shouted excitedly: "Long live the emperor. The emperor is wise and kind. I am loyal to the emperor and have no second thoughts..."

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Faced with such a scene in the Jia Mansion, Jia Jing didn't care at all, as if nothing had happened.

He still went to court, went to the government office, went home, and had meals as usual, just like usual.

It happened that there was a grand court meeting that day.

The atmosphere was dull and depressing.

Everyone had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen!

"I impeach Jia Jing of Ningguo Mansion for corruption, abuse of power, deceiving the emperor, and attempting to rebel!" Li Hua, the Chief Censor, stood up, raised his head and said righteously.

"I accuse the Jia family of raising private soldiers on Taizhou Island with the intention of rebellion!"

"I impeach the cabinet minister Jia Jingzhong for enriching himself..."

One after another, the censors jumped out to impeach, which seemed to foreshadow the end of the Jia family. Those who had not had a close relationship with the Jia family were busy distancing themselves from them, and some even kicked them.

Among them, Jia Yucun stood up and said loudly: "I impeach Jia Jing for abusing his power for personal gain and killing loyal officials when he reformed the salt tax in Lianghuai!"

Emperor Anping had a gloomy face and looked at Jia Jing angrily.

"Lord Jia, you have failed me!"

"Do you have anything to say?"

Jia Jing was silent for a while, then said, "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say."

Ye Xiang next to him smiled inwardly.

Jia Jing, you are still one step behind.

He couldn't think of any possibility of Jia Jing turning the tables.

At this point, Emperor Anping will definitely not leave any hope for the Jia family.

Do you know where you went wrong?
Your mistake is that the commercial tax reform was too successful and too fast!

It also happened that there was a great victory in the Northwest.

The commercial tax reform was successful, the treasury was gradually filled, and Emperor Anping had secured his throne. Who else could he punish if not you?
Of course, it is also possible that after Emperor Anping has dealt with the Jia family, the next one to be chosen will definitely be Prime Minister Ye!

With each generation of emperor comes a new generation of court officials. The era of the retired emperor is finally over, and the era of Emperor Anping will eventually come.

Prime Minister Ye was already prepared. After this incident, he resigned directly and did not give Emperor Anping a chance to take action.

From then on, he retired behind the scenes...

"Good, good, good!"

Emperor Anping said three good things in a row and then laughed out of anger.

"Jia Jing, do you admit your guilt?!"

"Your Majesty, I know of no crime."

Jia Jing said in a calm voice.

Emperor Anping was so shocked that he even suspected there was something wrong with his ears!

He thought that Jia Jing might refuse to plead guilty, that Jia Jing might kneel down and beg for mercy, and even that Jia Jing might commit suicide out of shame...

He even thought about showing some extra mercy when the time comes. After raiding the Jia Mansion, he would only kill Jia Jing and Jia Rong, the grandfather and grandson, and demote the rest to commoners to demonstrate his kindness.

The only thing I didn't expect was that Jia Jing actually said this...

Who gave him the courage?

"Be bold!"

Several imperial censors jumped out and pointed at Jia Jing, saying, "You have been charged with yet another crime. This is disrespectful!"

"Yes, that's very disrespectful!"

"I beg Your Majesty to kill this beast!"

Everyone pointed at Jia Jing and shouted.

Ye Xiang also looked at Jia Jing in shock. He didn't understand at all.

Is Jia Jing crazy?
Or do you know you are going to die, but still go crazy before dying?
wrong!

He has been an opponent of Jia Jing for many years, and he knows Jia Jing's character very well!
I would never be so reckless...

Is it...

Did you fall behind somewhere?

Does Jia Jing have an even more powerful back-up plan?

But what back-up plan could be more powerful than the emperor...

Suddenly, Ye Xiang's heart skipped a beat.

He thought of a person who was gradually forgotten by him and everyone else.

The real backer of the Jia family!
Thinking of this, he looked towards the entrance of the hall.

I don't know when there was one more person there.

An old eunuch who was once very popular but was gradually forgotten.

Old Prime Minister, Dai Quan!

"The Emperor has arrived!"

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Now everyone is impeaching Jia Jing.

Emperor Anping was considering how to deal with Jia Jing, whether to torture him to death or tore him apart by five horses for the crime of treason, when he suddenly heard the words "the emperor has arrived".

Everyone was shocked.

All the officials understood what was going on at once.

No wonder Jia Jing dared to contradict the emperor. It turned out that the emperor had come. But...didn't we hear that the emperor was not feeling well a few days ago? How come he suddenly got better today? Could it be Jia Jing's doing?
Everyone found it inconceivable, and Emperor Anping found it even harder to accept.

He personally watched his father take the elixir, and Bu Lingzi vowed that he would ascend to immortality within a month!

Could it be that Bu Lingzi had actually deceived him?

Before he could think any more, the emperor had already been supported by Dai Quan into the Huangji Palace.

All the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted: "Long live the Holy Emperor!"

Emperor Anping hurriedly stood up and stepped down from the dragon throne.

He glanced at Jia Jing secretly, but saw that the old fox was standing there with his back straight, full of righteousness, as if he was inviolable.

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(End of this chapter)