The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 124 Double Act
After having a profound and simple conversation with Youshi for half an hour, he finally felt at ease and went out with her.

During this period, he briefly recounted the emperor's decision to deal with the matter to Youshi.

He also emphasized how he pleaded with the emperor to ensure that she would not be implicated in order to save her.

This made Youshi burst into tears of gratitude.

Afterwards, he whispered to her in her ear, interjecting his thoughts and all the arrangements for the future.

Naturally, You would not object, and she immediately took practical actions to show that she would fully cooperate.

He was not worried that Jia Zhen would eavesdrop in public.

When I came out, I saw that he had a gloomy face and was twenty feet away.

After all, she was carried into the house in public, and although Youshi felt a little uncomfortable, she tried her best to suppress it.

However, since I was too close, I could still hear some noise.

If Jia Zhen had not been worried that some servants might eavesdrop after he left, he would not have even been able to stay in the courtyard.

But he had to choose between face and substance, so he had no choice but to turn a deaf ear and stay away from it.

At the same time, he also sent the servants who were nearby further away.

Seeing the two of them coming out, he hurriedly put on a smile and went up to them and asked, "Did you come up with a conclusion?"

"I have discussed with my sister-in-law that we will make some money within three months to make up for the shortfall."

These tens of thousands of taels of silver would not cost Ning Fu his life.

Although Ningguo Mansion was built by imperial decree and did not belong to the Jia family, the family would not be unable to repay the debt whether they sold the farm and land or asked Rongguo Mansion for help.

The reason why Jia Zhen relied on him was simply because he wanted to get something for free.

Based on this point alone, it is certainly impossible for Zhang Yun逸 to humiliate him so openly.

The key is Qin Keqing's matter, which gave him peace of mind.

Everyone in Ningguo Mansion knows Jia Zhen's feelings for Qin Keqing.

Since he allowed Jia Rong to divorce his wife and agreed to let her be his concubine, if it were Youshi, she would probably just swallow her anger.

Of course, the more important thing was that the previous statement of deceiving the king made him feel fearful.

Once you have a falling out with Zhang Yun逸, then begging for mercy will likely become adding fuel to the fire.

Therefore, as long as the matter could be settled and he could pay some money to make up for the deficit, Jia Zhen could only accept the loss of face.

Hearing that he was willing to take out money to make up for the shortfall, he didn't care about losing face, and said with a smile on his face: "Hey! My cousin is a man of his word. I feel relieved with your words!"

"Of course! In front of so many servants, I will not go back on my word."

He then changed the subject and said, "But, cousin, you also know that the only property I have acquired has been handed over to my sister-in-law. This amount of money is not a small sum. Even if I find someone to transfer it, it is impossible to get it out of thin air. There must be some collateral, right?"

After he said this, Jia Zhen was immediately unhappy. The first thing he thought of was that Youshi and Zhang Yunyi were colluding with each other to take possession of the land. Besides, he had originally planned to let Zhang Yunyi bear the debt for him, so how could he be willing to mortgage it?

However, it’s okay to keep this thought in my heart, but it’s hard to speak it out.

If he hadn't been counting on Youshi to help him, he would have definitely turned against her by now.

Now, he could only wink at her and smile at Zhang Yunyi: "My cousin, you are joking. You make a fortune every day in the Institute of Technology. Who would dare to ask you for a mortgage with this little money? Besides, the land in the mansion was passed down from our ancestors..."

Seeing him so impatient, Zhang Yunyi sneered in his heart and said slowly: "Brother Zhen, brothers are also part of the mansion, and they should do their part, but this money is a deficit over the years. I have only lived in the mansion for half a year, you can't ask me to bear it all by myself, right?"

"How...how could..."

Although he revealed Jia Zhen's thoughts, how could he have the nerve to admit it?

"If that's the case, why won't you even offer me a mortgage? Do you think that the few houses in my home are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, or do you want me to exchange the property and profits of Tiangongyuan for them?"

"With your identity, why would you need to pledge..."

"Master!~"

At this moment Youshi suddenly interrupted her. Her voice was full of coquettishness and her face was more charming. Jia Zhen's heart was inexplicably moved.

"How could I not know what the master said? Yun Yi has just told me about the current situation, how could I not know the seriousness of the situation? The mansion has been emptied out. If these properties are damaged again, let alone how to explain to our ancestors, how can this family be short of money again?"

"So what do you mean?" Jia Zhen was also a little confused. "Based on Yun Yi's reputation, let alone mortgage, even if it is returned, others may not be willing to accept it. The master knows the reason, but now that this kind of thing has just happened, if we do this, it will easily lead to people's gossip."

Youshi paused for a moment, looked around, and said, "It's just a formality. I just discussed with him and decided that we should do our best to save face and not let him cause gossip. Let's first take a few nearby manors and the servants' indentures to make up the numbers.

Although we still have some income now, it is not as much as before. However, our family has always only bought in, not sold out. It is just right to use it as collateral, so that if the money is not repaid in the future, we will have a plan for how to repay it. "

Seeing that Jia Zhen seemed to be still a little hesitant, Youshi hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Master. I will naturally not touch the maids and concubines you like."

Rights are never just about status.

The emperor has plenty of hungry soldiers!

If you have no soldiers and no money, it will be useless even if you are the king of the world.

Now, although Zhang Yun逸 did not touch the Ning Mansion's ancestral properties, without the floating wealth of the Ministry of Works, he was still struggling to maintain his extravagant life.

If he and the servants in the mansion were no longer in power, even though he was still the nominal head of the Ningguo Mansion, he would no longer have the final say in the Ning Mansion.

Jia Zhen was counting on him to take the blame, but Zhang Yun逸 was trying to dig up his roots by cutting off the source of the trouble.

"Okay! I am also considered a member of the mansion, so naturally I should share the burden. Brother Zhen only needs to use the two incomes to supplement the expenses, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

Zhang Yunyi said with displeasure: "If you don't even want to do this, then I really can't help you!"

The other two incomes he mentioned naturally refer to the incomes from Rong Mansion.

Originally, Jia Zhen was still hesitant, but now he was afraid that he would make other requests, so he quickly complained: "Now the mansion is very poor, cousin, please leave some money for my brother to spend."

It's not that Jia Zhen is so easy to fool, but as the mistress of Ningguo Mansion, Youshi and he share the same fate. As long as Jia Zhen does not divorce her, to put it bluntly, even if he dies, Youshi will never be able to leave Ning Mansion.

However, he could never have expected that Zhang Yunyi had already obtained the grace from the emperor to take care of the women in the Ning Mansion, so that Youshi had no worries.

Seeing that he had given in, Zhang Yunyi refused to give in and said, "Sister-in-law's sugar business brings in money every month. If Brother Zhen needs money urgently, just ask sister-in-law for some money. It's better than me taking on this debt for you for no reason."

Although the number of servants in Ning Mansion is not as large as that of Rong Mansion, which has nearly a thousand people, there are still several hundred people.

The key point is that there are many people here who can write and calculate, so to be honest, it can't be said that they are at a disadvantage.

Of course, Zhang Yun逸 did this not because of how valuable these people were, but mainly for his own safety.

Today he severely humiliated Jia Zhen, allowing these servants to see his weakness. Now that he has their indentures in his hands, he should know whose leg to cling to.

In this way, even if Jia Zhen knew the truth later and wanted to perish together with the enemy, he would be unable to do so alone.

In fact, if he didn't know that the Ning family was about to fall and didn't want to dirty his hands, it wouldn't be difficult to arrange an accidental death for him.

More importantly, the money was not paid by him.

Instead, it will be paid for by King Zhongshun, who will endorse it for him, but the collateral will go into his pocket.

It's not enough to just be able to do the work, you also have to make reports.

This is not.

While the emperor was conducting a thorough investigation, he made two work reports to the King of Qin at the Prince Zhongshun's Palace.

Not only did he recount how he had discovered Jia Jing and Jia Zhen's attempt to force Qin Keqing to death, but he also recounted how he had complained to the emperor.

Qin Keqing's letter of complaint was also attached.

The key point is that he also added some personal ideas and applied the original work, slightly delaying the date when Jia Jing and others murdered Qin Ye.

This is not groundless. The simultaneous death of Qin Keqing and Qin Ye is obviously contrary to common sense. Perhaps it was because Qin Keqing did not die that Qin Ye died early.

Of course, to be on the safe side, he just said it was his own guess.

At the same time, he also brought out the speculation about Wang Ziteng's transfer order and Prince Ning's marriage to Jia Yuanchun.

The King of Qin agreed with his guess and told him to infiltrate the enemy and obtain more intelligence.

Therefore, he urged King Zhongshun to cooperate fully.

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(End of this chapter)