The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 754: Unfilial Son
Zhang Yun逸 was in charge of welcoming and seeing off guests in the mansion.

Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Qin, Jia Huang and other unworthy descendants of the Jia family gathered in the Shuiyue Temple, throwing dice and drinking wine.

The Shuiyue Temple is the ancestral temple of the Jia family, also known as the Mantou Temple. In his early years, Jia Qin took advantage of Wang Xifeng's connections and got the position of manager here.

However, the younger generation of the Jia family are not decent at all.

He could see clearly and knew who the Jia family was relying on now.

However, he wanted to curry favor with the powerful, but he had no resources or connections, so he thought of starting with Jia Rong.

He would invite Jia Rong to the temple from time to time to drink and gamble, and taking advantage of his position as the manager of the temple's expenses, he used coercion and bribery to force any attractive nuns to serve as entertainment for himself and Jia Rong, turning the temple into a brothel.

Well, it happened to be the New Year and Jia Qin had nothing to do, so he invited Jia Rong and others.

As the host, he was the first to speak: "Uncle Rong, this New Year's Eve, is Prince Beijing really going to Uncle Yi's house to celebrate the New Year?"

Although Jia Qin seemed to be asking questions, he was actually flattering Zhang Yun逸.

"Oh!" Jia Rong sneered and said disdainfully, "What do you mean by going to Uncle Yi's house to celebrate the New Year? Brother Qiang and I went there to celebrate the New Year, how could he go there to celebrate the New Year without any relatives? He was clearly trying to curry favor with the superior, and Uncle Yi was so generous that he gave him an extra pair of chopsticks for the princess' sake."

Jia Huang quickly asked, "According to what you said, could it be that the prince really saved his life because of the princess's favor?"

"How could it be false? Don't you think about what my uncle Yi's title is! He is the Duke of Wei, and my uncle Yi likes this. The princess has lived in the mansion for more than half a year. Can she escape from Uncle Yi's Five Finger Mountain?

Didn’t you see that Uncle Yi was reluctant to abandon her when they went to the hot spring villa before the New Year? He only chanted sutras to fool people during the day, but at night, Uncle Yi is a real Buddha. I’m afraid that even if the princess risks her life, she will worship Uncle Yi until he is satisfied.”

Jia Huang rolled his eyes twice, curled his lips and said, "You speak as if you saw it with your own eyes..."

In front of Xue Pan, Mei Pi and others, Jia Rong would not argue for face, but facing these people, he could not afford to lose face. In addition, he had drunk a little bit of wine and could not withstand the provocation for a while.

"Hey! Even though I don't live in the mansion now, nothing can be hidden from me? Not only was it me who introduced Second Aunt to Uncle Yi, but even..."

At this point, Jia Rong suddenly stopped talking and said indignantly: "Even Uncle Lian got some benefits from it. He was sent to the Tianjin Maritime Customs by Uncle Yi. He was so grateful to me that he gave me several concubines. You know nothing about it!"

He was indeed not boasting. Not only Wang Xifeng made contributions, but also Xia Jingui and even the second branch of the Xue family, he was involved.

Even, because he knew that Jia Baoyu had asked Mei Pi for advice, he had some guesses about the true identities of Mrs. Wang and Jia Hao.

However, he dared to discuss the open matters, but he was very secretive about the secrets.

Although he changed his words temporarily, and the others could not hear the unfinished words in his words, they knew that Jia Lian's concubines were indeed given to him.

"Second Grandma is your aunt, and my wife is also your aunt, you can't favor one over the other!"

Jia Huang changed his previous disdain and said with a humble look, "Can you help your aunt with some connections? When I become successful, I will definitely thank you."

Jia Huang's wife, Jin, was the aunt of Jin Rong who once caused a big fuss in the school.

Although Jin Rong is naughty, he was chosen by Xue Pan to do some pastime like making sesame cakes, so he is certainly not a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

The Jin family has good genes. Although Jin's appearance and figure cannot compare to Wang Xifeng and the other girls with golden hairpins, she is still outstanding.

The Jia Huang couple had some small properties, and they often visited the Ning and Rong mansions to pay their respects. They also knew how to flatter Feng Ji and You Shi, so they often received some support and were able to live a happy life.

However, the good times did not last long. Ningguo Mansion had long ceased to exist, and Rongguo Mansion was also unable to take care of itself.

Although Jia Huang is not like Jia Rong, who likes to pursue women, he likes to play mahjong when he has nothing to do, and his life gradually becomes unsustainable.

With the examples of Jia She and Jia Lian before him, Jia Huang had long been jealous, and also hoped to climb up the big tree of Zhang Yunyi by relying on his wife's status.

Even if I can't get a job, at least I can have enough food and clothing.

But although he is a direct descendant of the Jia family, this identity is obviously not enough in front of Zhang Yun逸.

He had originally intended to provoke Jia Rong, wait for him to make a boast, and then pressure him with words, using sweet words to persuade him not to give in.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, I simply changed my strategy.

Unexpectedly, Jia Rong said with disdain: "Just you? Although Uncle Yi has his preferences, the one who might catch his eye is at least the wife or grandmother of the Duke's Mansion, if not the princess. Don't you see your own status?"

At this point, Jia Rong changed the subject and said, "However, for the sake of our relationship, I will go and find out what Uncle Yi has to say for you later."

Hearing this, Jia Huang's worry turned into joy, and he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, although I am not as good as Lian Er, if this thing succeeds, I will definitely prepare a generous gift for you." "Okay! Okay!"

Although he scoffed at Jia Huang's plan, who asked Zhang Yunyi to eat both meat and vegetables?

Men are always greedy for novelty, even a beauty like Qin Shi will get bored eventually.

He went over the appearance and figure of Huang's grandmother in his mind, then squinted his eyes and looked at Jia Huang and said, "If Uncle Yi thinks highly of Aunt, it would be fine. I have no merits but have worked hard. But if he doesn't think highly of her, I may have to eat a meal. I can't do this favor for nothing."

"This... this thing hasn't even been accomplished yet, and I'm still going to give you benefits. Isn't this a waste of both money and money?"

Jia Huang evaded the question and said, "Besides, my family background is not good enough for you, right?"

"Uncle Huang, you lost both your wife and your soldiers, but you used them well!"

Jia Rong said with a wicked smile: "Uncle Yi has high standards, he may not be interested in Aunt, but I am not as picky as Uncle Yi. Anyway, you can't marry Uncle Yi, so why not let me marry you..."

"You...you actually..."

Jia Huang's face turned red, but he still hoped that Jia Rong would help him, so he didn't dare to say anything harsh.

Jia Rong did not take it as an offense and said, "Well, I am not taking advantage of you for nothing. I can still afford several hundred taels of silver. Besides, our relationship will become closer from now on, so I will certainly say something good to you."

After hearing what Jia Rong said, Jia Huang couldn't help but hesitate.

The bottom line is meant to be broken, not to mention that he had already given it all up.

Not to mention whether Jia Rong would say anything good for him, the few hundred taels of silver alone were enough to make him excited.

However, although he was moved, Zhang Yunyi didn't mind. After all, even Jia She was willing to sacrifice his reputation, so he had nothing to worry about.

But Jia Rong was a generation younger than him after all, and he couldn't afford to lose face for a few hundred taels of silver.

Jia Rong was very shrewd and had seen through his dilemma, so he said, "We came to Qin'er's place to have some fun. Let's not talk about these serious matters for now. Besides, the final decision depends on Uncle Yi's opinion, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jia Huang quickly took advantage of the situation to back down.

Jia Huang calmed down, but Jia Qin stirred up the issue again, saying, "She is the princess after all. Now that the prince has been pardoned, why don't you take her back to celebrate the New Year?"

"Hehehe! Now the princess has become Uncle Yi's image from head to toe, inside and out. Even if we take her back..."

At this point, Jia Rong used the chopsticks in his hand to stir the wine glass twice, making a 'ding-dong' sound. He looked wretched and shook his head and said, "The prince's chopsticks may be enough to stir Baoyu, but I'm afraid they won't be enough to reach the princess's end!"

Although he was lonely outside the Dengxian Pavilion at that time, he could not resist Jia She's efforts to promote it.

Talking about Zhang Yun逸's heroic demeanor, it was described vividly.

Finally, he added: "Otherwise, why would I have said so confidently before that the princess was willing to risk her life?"

He just heard it from others, but others took it seriously.

Jia Qin hurriedly said, "Since you know so much, why don't you help analyze it? There are so many houses in Master Yi's mansion, why did he have to arrange for the princess to live in the Jade Emperor Temple?"

"Eh?" Jia Rong's eyes lit up when he heard that. "Now that you mention it, it doesn't rule out the possibility that Uncle Yi is also a good person."

"Zhenzhier has become more and more beautiful, and she is still a perfect girl... Do you think she can catch the eye of Master Yi? Even if she can help the princess..."

"That's hard to say. Although Zhineng'er is outstanding, she can only be a maid in Uncle Yi's house..."

Jia Qin pondered for a moment, then pulled Jia Rong outside and said, "Now that you mention it, I remember someone. I heard that the abbot of the Narcissus Temple, which is not far from our temple, is quite pretty. She used to rely on the Princess of Beijing... Now, even the Princess has moved into Master Yi's house. If... it must be a credit."

It’s not that he doesn’t want to take all the credit, but his status as a member of the Jia family has already plummeted.

If he wanted to accomplish this, he would have to use Jia Rong's identity as Zhang Yun逸's legitimate nephew.

Jia Rong did not expect such an unexpected surprise. Both of them were shameless and good at scheming.

At that moment, Jia Rong pulled his good friend Jia Qiang to discuss the specific details.

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(End of this chapter)