After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 56 The whole family is destitute

"Your Highness, Xie Defu and Fu Yunqing are waiting to see you. Jia Lian has also arrived."

After Chu Yan finished his breakfast and rested for a while, Xia Shouzhong took the opportunity to report.

Chu Yan ordered, "Let Jia Lian continue to wait, and call Xie Defu first."

"I'll go right away!"

After a while, Xie Defu came in to kowtow and reported on the progress of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven in the southern suburbs the next day.

Chu Yan got the Ji Tianwen and read it through first to make sure there were no unfamiliar words.

It was not until noon that Chu Yan, after meeting with other people and finishing his business, called Jia Lian in.

"I, Jia Lian, the humble servant, pay my respects to His Majesty Prince Qian!"

After entering the Linjing Hall, Jia Lian performed the proper etiquette of bowing to the emperor.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "The Jia family is truly a family of scholars and scholars, with the style of a young master from a wealthy family." Before Jia Lian could feel happy, he changed the subject and said, "But your family members are not as sensible as you."

Jia Lian, kneeling on the ground, felt his heart leap into his throat. He kowtowed again and said, "I, the humble servant, apologize to His Highness Prince Qian on behalf of my elders. It's just that I'm stupid..."

Chu Yan glanced at him and ordered Xia Shouzhong, "Go and call Consort Xian De."

Jia Lian's heart tightened. Why did they call the Concubine Yuan over?!
He knelt in fear for the entire meal before he heard Eunuch Xia say, "Your Highness, the Virtuous Consort has arrived."

Jia Lian raised his head slightly and finally saw his elder sister again. He saw that she looked in good spirits. She was still wearing the luxurious palace skirt and hairpins. She still looked like a concubine in the palace and had not been sent away to be imprisoned with the Emperor of Shun Dynasty.

Prince Qian wants to take Sister Yuanchun as his concubine?!
When Jia Yuanchun saw Jia Lian kneeling on the ground after entering the Linjing Hall, she was surprised and worried. She held back her tears and stepped forward to kneel down and pay her respects.
"I pay my respects to the king."

"come over."

Chu Yan told her to wait until Jia Yuanchun came to his side before showing her the two letters sent by the Jia family.

Jia Yuanchun lowered her head slightly, stretched out her slender white hands, picked up the Jia family's letters, and read the first one first.

"...Yingchun, the daughter of the Jia family, was the younger sister of the virtuous Consort Shun. Her mother was Concubine Song. She had a voluptuous complexion, fair skin, and graceful features. She was chaste, quiet, and reserved, and her behavior was well-behaved.

Xiangyun, daughter of the Shi family of Shun Baolinghou Mansion, lost her parents at a young age. She was skilled in needlework, poetry and calligraphy, and had a broad mind. As she grew older, she had an ethereal figure, rosy cheeks, and a smile on her lips and teeth.

After reading the two letters, Jia Yuanchun knew that her family had sent a girl to the palace to serve Prince Qian, but she didn't know what Prince Qian's intention was.

"The second letter was delivered yesterday." Chu Yan said.

Jia Lian knelt for a long time, but still couldn't guess what Prince Qian meant.

Jia Yuanchun pondered for a moment, then hurriedly walked over to Prince Qian and knelt down, saying in a trembling voice, "I beg for mercy on my father's behalf!"

"What mistake did the Jia family make?"

"My brother Jia Lian shouldn't have sent a second letter..."

Jia Yuanchun pointed out the mistakes made by the Jia family: "Your Highness raided all the houses of the nobles in the city yesterday, sent the men to do corvée labor, and the women... were confiscated into the palace."

Jia Lian was stunned.

Jia Yuanchun said ashamedly, "Everyone in the Jia family is already a slave, and the women are all in the palace. How can I give your Highness's slaves to you?"

Ah!
Jia Lian finally understood! No wonder Prince Qian made him kneel for so long!

Jia Yuanchun lowered her head and continued, "The Jia family has become arrogant because of their favor. They think that since His Highness has chosen our daughter, they are still like the old dynasty, when someone in our family was granted the title of concubine and was pardoned by the King... But they don't know that the Jia family, like other nobles, is guilty."

A few days ago, she heard that Concubine Wu and Concubine Zhou were conferred the title of imperial concubines for serving the emperor in bed. Only then did she realize that she and the Empress were not conferred the title of imperial concubines that day, but were merely treated as imperial concubines. Once Prince Qian withdrew his grace, she would still be a slave.

After hearing this, Jia Lian finally understood and kowtowed repeatedly: "I shouldn't have delivered that letter! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

He is no longer a commoner, but a pariah, so he should call himself a villain!

Both of them were frightened, and Chu Yan decided to stop while he was ahead, saying calmly, "Get up, it's not a big deal."

Jia Yuanchun stood up slowly, and beads of sweat appeared on her round and noble face, showing that she was very frightened. She lowered her head and stood respectfully aside.

Chu Yan said to her, "I originally wanted to wait until Chu Ming had properly arranged for the powerful people in the city, and then order the male members of the Jia family to serve ten years of corvee labor in the capital, without having to be exiled to other places. Before that, they can still stay in Rongguo Mansion."

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"

Jia Yuanchun thanked him again. She knew very well that the Jia family could stay in the capital because of her in the palace.

Below, Jia Lian felt very disappointed, as the Jia family could not escape the fate of being confiscated.

Chu Yan said, "But your family doesn't seem to take my order to confiscate your property seriously." This sentence made Jia Yuanchun and Jia Lian tremble with fear again.

Looking at Jia Yuanchun, Chu Yan smiled and said, "Well, considering your contribution to the relocation of concubines, I will show some leniency to the Jia family. Jia Lian."

"I'm here!" Jia Lian knelt down to receive the order.

"Go back and pass on this order: All the daily expenses of the Ning and Rong mansions will be provided as servants."

At this moment, Jia Lian was completely desperate.

This decree directly cut off their family's wealth and glory!
Chu Yan continued, "All those who came from the Shi and Wang families yesterday are ordered to find housing within three days and leave. Those who remain will all move into the Ye Ting Palace and continue to live in the Rongguo Mansion."

"Order Miss Lin and Miss Xue to temporarily manage Rongguo Mansion, and Order Qin to temporarily manage Ningguo Mansion. Allow them to continue to eat and dress like the young lady and grandmother, and allow them to exercise discretion in managing the two mansions. Report back to me later."

"Tell them that anyone who disobeys will be dragged away and punished by soldiers."

When these words were spoken, not only Jia Yuanchun and Jia Lian were stunned, but even Xia Shouzhong and others who were listening in could not help but feel confused and couldn't understand what His Royal Highness Prince Qian meant.

Let two unmarried young ladies manage such a huge Duke's Mansion?

And he is from another family, not the Jia family!

And let a married woman be in charge of Ningguo Mansion?
"Miss Lin, Miss Xue..."

Xia Shouzhong thought about it carefully, but unfortunately, he knew nothing about the girls in the Jia family's inner house, and had no idea who the two people were that His Royal Highness Prince Qian cared about.

"Second brother Lian," Jia Yuanchun reminded him in a low voice, "why don't you accept the order?"

Jia Lian, stunned, kowtowed hurriedly to accept the order.

Chu Yan smiled and asked, "Is there anything unclear?"

He didn't mention the names of Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, and Qin Keqing, but Jia Lian definitely knew who they were.

"Yes, I heard it clearly!"

Jia Lian replied hurriedly.

"Okay, you can go back." Chu Yan let him go and said, "I will give lenient sentences to those who went to the camp to negotiate that day, and you will be no different. When I assign you to do corvée labor, you will be a foreman in charge of the Jia family and you won't have to work in the fields."

Jia Lian had just stood up when he had to kowtow to express his gratitude. He felt a mixture of sadness and laughter.

A few days ago, he was the eldest grandson of a duke's mansion, but now he has become a foreman in charge of corvee labor.

He was about to leave when he heard Sister Yuanchun say, "I dare to ask Your Majesty for mercy. I have been worried about my family these days and my heart is in turmoil. I am overjoyed to see my brother Lian today. Please allow me to speak to him for a few words. I will be grateful."

Chu Yan glanced at her and saw that she looked a little frightened, but also very eager to say a few words to her family.

"How could this king be so unkind? Go ahead."

He agreed casually.

Yuanchun bowed and thanked him, then she and Jia Lian left Linjing Hall.

As soon as he walked out of the palace, he burst into tears.

Jia Lian couldn't help but wipe away his tears, "Your Majesty...!"

Jia Yuanchun wiped her tears and said, "You should call me elder sister. Prince Qian ordered that only the old people in the palace should still respect me as the virtuous concubine."

Jia Lian asked hurriedly, "Has my eldest sister not been made a concubine yet?"

"Don't take any chances!"

Jia Yuanchun's eyes were red as she warned him, "When you return, only convey Prince Qian's order. Don't say a word more than that. Call her Sister Lin, Sister Bao, and Brother Rong... No, she's no longer Brother Rong's daughter-in-law. She should be called Qin. Just tell the three of them to set up an altar and kowtow to thank God for His grace. Don't reveal anything else."

Jia Lian's face was filled with shock. After a long pause, he said, "Could it be... that my wife is also..."

"Yes." Jia Yuanchun warned him, "Since the order to confiscate the family property has been issued, Feng'er is no longer your wife. She is just a servant in the palace. Old ladies, wives, and all other women are slaves. Everyone in the Jia family is a slave, even me!"

"this……!"

Jia Lian's heart was in turmoil.

He should have thought of it earlier, but he still kept hoping for the best, thinking that if Prince Qian took a fancy to the girl from the Jia family, the Jia family would be rich again, just a little worse than before.

Now that King Qian was furious, he suddenly realized:

It turns out he has no wife!
All the members of the Jia family are slaves!
(End of this chapter)