Red Mansion: After being expelled from the family, I was granted the title of Marquis of Mobei

Chapter 13 Crisis Awareness
In fact, Emperor Yongping was very happy to see Jia Jue marry the daughter of a minor official.

After all, Jia Jue was only a young man, but he had already held the first-rank official position and was a first-class marquis.

If Jia Jue were to marry the daughter of a military or court boss, the result would be a powerful alliance.

The founding fathers of the Great Zhou Dynasty are enough to give Emperor Yongping a headache. Emperor Yongping does not want Jia Jue to develop into a powerful and aristocratic family again.

The current situation makes Emperor Yongping feel more at ease.

The fact that Jia Jue did not marry a noble lady proves that he did not have much ambition.

At the same time, Jia Jue did not forget his old love and valued friendship and loyalty, which also proved that Jia Jue was a person who was easy to exploit and had weaknesses.

Emperor Yongping was naturally happy to go with the flow and do Jia Jue a favor.

After hearing what Emperor Yongping said, Jia Jue bowed and said.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongping said after a slight smile.

"The Champion Marquis is the backbone of the country, my right-hand man. These trivial matters are not worth mentioning."

"Also, didn't you just say that there are no elders in your family to take care of these matters? Then let the Ministry of Rites send someone to help you. Aside from the betrothal gift for the bride, all other needs will be drawn from the inner treasury. Xia Shouzhong, remember to give these instructions as well."

"The slaves obey the order."

Then Emperor Yongping looked at Jia Jue and said.

"Alright, Marquis Guanjun, go home and wait to be the groom. On your wedding day, I will give you a wedding gift. Now, please leave."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave."

Then Jia Jue left the hall.

After Jia Jue left, Emperor Yongping looked at Xia Shouzhong and said.

"How could the Marquis of Guanjun be related to a mere Cheng Zhilang? Quickly order the Imperial Guards to investigate."

"The slaves obey the order."

Then Xia Shouzhong left the hall.

Emperor Yongping stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the Daming Palace, which was separated from the Qianqing Palace by a wall.

The person living in the Daming Palace was none other than the retired emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Just three years ago, Emperor Yongping seized the throne from the retired emperor according to the Xuanwu Gate succession system and invited the retired emperor to the Daming Palace to live out his retirement.

Over the past three years, the retired emperor has been brooding over this matter, and with the addition of a group of veteran officials in the court adding fuel to the fire, it can be said that this has hindered Emperor Yongping in every way.

Emperor Yongping had a very difficult life in the past three years.

However, with the arrival of the great victory in Mobei, all problems are no longer problems.

The best way for a king to establish his own majesty is to win a great victory in a foreign war.

In the face of external contradictions, internal class contradictions can be temporarily eased.

This is also the reason why Emperor Yongping has done almost only one thing in the past three years, which is to do his utmost to support the Zhenbei Army's plan to sweep Li Ting.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was established for a hundred years, and its struggle with the Xiongnu lasted for eighty years.

During these eighty years, the situation in the northern border has been one of passive defense and peace-seeking, resulting in the loss of national territory and the shaking of the morale of the people on the border.

That is, after the Duke of Ying took charge of the Zhenbei Army, a systematic defense line was established in the northern border, which curbed the spread of the Huns to a certain extent, but it was still mainly defensive and only reduced losses.

The Huns still came and went as they pleased.

It was not until Jia Jue led his army deep into the grassland and launched the decisive battle in Mobei, defeating the main force of the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, that the Xiongnu royal tribe was completely wiped out.

The significance of this great victory was unprecedented, and Emperor Yongping, who supported launching this expedition, was able to suppress all opposition forces in the court in an instant with this great victory.

At this moment, Emperor Yongping looked towards the Daming Palace and muttered to himself, "Father, you said back then that I was a traitor and a usurper, and that I should be punished by all men."

"Even if all the water of the Luo River were poured out, it would not be enough to wash away the infamy of my usurpation of the throne."

"I will ask you to open your eyes and watch how I use my unparalleled achievements to clear my bad name."

"I will let everyone in the world, and for all eternity, know that I am an emperor a thousand times more powerful than you."

At this moment, Emperor Yongping's eyes were extremely firm.

In the evening, Jia She was talking with Mrs. Jia in the main hall of the courtyard of Rongguo Mansion.

Old Lady Jia looked at Jia She and asked calmly.

"How is it? Has there been any news from the Duke of England?"

Jia She waved his hand and said.

"Mother, the Champion Marquis did not go to the British Palace today. The British sent someone to say that the Champion Marquis had something to do today and postponed it to tomorrow."

Old Mrs. Jia frowned and said.

"He's quite arrogant. He even dared to turn down the Duke of England's invitation to a banquet."

"It seems that he may not give the Duke of England face and agree to reconcile with us."

Jia She said after hesitating for a moment.

"Mother, I only briefly told the Duke of England about our situation with the Champion Marquis."

"From what I can see from the Duke of England, he may not be willing to help us wholeheartedly."

Old Mrs. Jia snorted coldly.

"Nonsense, you thought it was when your father was alive."

"If you two brothers had fought hard and inherited your father's legacy, why would we have to ask the Duke of England for help?"

After being scolded, Jia She lowered his head and dared not speak.

There's no way around it. Jia She has been neither good at literature nor martial arts since he was a child, but when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, he's good at everything, a real young master.

Seeing Jia She holding his head and not saying anything, Old Lady Jia also looked disgusted.

"Alright, alright, stop hanging around here. Miss Wang will probably be arriving in the capital in two or three days."

"When she and Lian'er get married, you'll be the head of the family, but you still haven't made any progress."

"Go, tell the mansion to prepare a meeting gift and send it to Miss Wang when the time comes."

Jia She agreed and left the room, already thinking about how to make some money from this job.

I have to say that he and Mrs. Xing are really a couple made for each other. Each one is more greedy for money than the other and wants to put all the silver in her pocket.

After sending Jia She away, Old Lady Jia began to think. If she really couldn't make peace with Jia Jue, then the Rongguo Mansion had to make preparations early.

Given the current situation of Rongguo Mansion, it would be difficult to compete with Jia Jue.

It would be inappropriate to ask for help from Prince Beijing.

A blacksmith must be strong himself. It's okay to ask for help once or twice, but if it happens too often, Prince Beijing will also get annoyed.

After all, judging from what Jia Jue did back then, Jia Jue is a person with a strong sense of revenge, and he is willing to risk his life without any regard.

You have to know that for a family like the Rongguo Mansion, if Jia Jue had taken the official litigation channel, the Rongguo Mansion would have had plenty of ways to easily kill Jia Jue.

However, Jia Jue chose to put aside the law and take up arms, going to the death, making Rongguo Mansion pay a heavy price.

The fire three years ago still scares Mrs. Jia.

(End of this chapter)