The eldest son of the red mansion

It seems that there is a big danger this time, otherwise his elder brother would not be able to do that hedging thing again.

Shi Ding actually thought that Jia Ke had a better chance of winning this time. After all, the troops near the capital were under Jia Ke's control, and the emperor did not dare to act rashly.

But since his elder brother has made a decision, he will just follow suit, but this time he continues to bet on both sides, which is not pleasing to both sides, and I am afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty in the end.

But all of them had been secretly seen by others, and the content of this letter was quickly delivered to Jia Ke's desk.

Jia Ke saw the content of the letter that night.

After reading this letter, Jia Ke felt a little unhappy. It turned out that the historian was betting on both ends. It was the same time more than ten years ago, and it is also the same this time.This is the routine inherited from the ancient aristocratic family, and moved it to himself.

Just like when the Jurchens invaded the south, the Kong family was divided into the southern branch and the northern branch.

The one facing south said that it wanted to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but the meaning there was just that the Kong family wanted to split their bets.The family of the northern branch took refuge in the Jurchens, and the family of the southern branch took refuge in the Southern Song Dynasty.At that time, no matter which court from the north and the south wins, the status of their Kong family will not be affected.

This time, the historian almost meant that. It seems that the historian was half-hearted, and even if he gained power in the end, this family couldn't make much use of it.

Chapter 470

After Jia Ke learned about the historian's situation, although he was unhappy, he didn't express anything.After all, this is a common strategy of big families, and it is not a betrayal.

But since they do this, they will follow the rules in the future.Those who take refuge in themselves are naturally rich and powerful. The future of taking refuge in the emperor depends on his fate. If you don’t want to be a leader, you can demote his officials and make him a commoner. If you dare to be a leader, don’t Blame myself for missing family affection.

Jia Ke's doing so is not considered a violation of the rules. This is also common sense among big families. If one is prosperous, the other will be lonely.

Not to mention the mutual suspicion between Jia Ke and the others here, in the Ningshou Palace in the palace, the Taishanghuang’s body is getting worse and worse. Therefore, during this period of time, the emperor came to pay homage to the Taishanghuang almost every other day.

On this day, the emperor had just entered the Ningshou Palace of the Supreme Emperor when he saw the Empress Dowager weeping there.

The emperor looked at this woman from a distance, not only did he feel no pity in his heart, but he was inexplicably excited.This woman also has today, and after a while when the Emperor is gone, he will let this woman know how wrong she did back then.

The emperor thought so, and his eyes became more and more gloomy.

While the empress dowager was crying there, she suddenly felt a chill rising on her body, so she couldn't help but look up, and saw the emperor standing there from a distance, looking at her gloomyly.

The empress dowager was terrified by this, and at the same time, seeing the face of the emperor who was very similar to that concubine back then, she couldn't help but feel goose bumps.

At this time, the emperor also relaxed his gloominess, and his whole face turned into a smile.He came to the empress dowager in three steps and two steps, and said with a smile: "Why is the empress crying here? Could it be that there is something unhappy, my son, I will resolve it for you."

The Empress Dowager seemed to have just woken up, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm just a little worried about your father, so I shed tears here. Now your father just woke up, you go in and see him."

The emperor then took his leave, left the front hall, and went straight to the bedroom of Ningshou Palace.

But the Empress Empress couldn't help feeling chills when she saw the emperor's figure going away.Now she has felt the danger of the emperor more than ever, and I am afraid that even the emperor may not save her.

The empress dowager thought for a while that although she was not young, she hadn't lived enough, and she didn't want to just die.

The only person in this world who can save him now is Jia Ke, but once he asks Jia Ke for help, he will betray the Supreme Emperor.

But there is a saying that is good, it is hard to die through the ages, and no one in this world really wants to die.

So the empress dowager left Ningshou Palace calmly, and next to her was the little eunuch Li Deshan.

Li Deshan is now quite favored by the Supreme Emperor, and has already grasped part of the power in the palace, with hands and eyes in the sky.

The Empress Dowager and Li Deshan have been passed down to the Royal Garden.

Suddenly the Empress Dowager said, "How is Marquis Wuyang?"

Li Deshan was a little stunned when he heard the empress dowager's question, and he said after a while: "My empress dowager, what does this mean?"

The empress dowager said as she walked forward, "I have already discovered your little trick."

But Li Deshan said inexplicably: "The servant really doesn't understand what the empress dowager is saying. Please tell me what instructions the empress dowager has."

"You don't think that this palace is like those women in the palace, who have no power to restrain chickens?"

Li Deshan didn't answer, but told the empress dowager with his eyes, don't you?

The Empress Dowager looked at Li Deshan's questioning eyes, smiled slightly, and then suddenly slapped the rockery next to her.

Although this blow did not break the rockery, the force was not small, and it actually made the huge rock shake.

Li Deshan was completely taken aback when he saw the Empress Dowager like this. In the past, people often heard that the Empress Dowager was the queen of generals and a heroine.It was a joke before, but now I see that the Empress Dowager really has two hands.

The Empress Dowager clapped her hands, and then said helplessly: "Over the years, the kung fu has fallen behind. I think back when Prince Yizhong led the soldiers to invade the palace, the palace blocked these people from the gate of Qianqing Palace for an hour. .”

Li Deshan understood now that his every move was watched by the empress dowager, but Li Deshan didn't understand why the empress dowager didn't report him.

"Go back and tell your lords that after the death of the Supreme Emperor, I don't want to fight for power, but only want to protect my old age. As long as he agrees, I will try my best to cooperate with the Supreme Emperor after his death."

Li Deshan still didn't believe the empress dowager, so he said: "What does the empress dowager mean? Is it true that you really don't care about the great power of the emperor?"

When the empress dowager heard this, she said desolately: "Since ancient times, the ruthless emperor's family, the Supreme Emperor has a little affection for me. I will try my best to keep his country, but now he has given up on me."

The empress dowager felt a little sad when she thought of this. Although he had been with the emperor for so many years, and took care of him day and night when the emperor was about to die, the emperor has not left her a guarantee until now. He said that he left an imperial decree. Now it seems It's just empty talk, or it was just to test myself back then, if I agreed, I'm afraid it would have been gone long ago.

When Li Deshan heard this, he could only say, "The servant still doesn't understand what the empress dowager means, but since the empress dowager is a little worried, the servant will try to solve the empress dowager's worries. Report back to the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager nodded when she heard this. He knew that Li Deshan had told him in a veiled way that he would be ill. As for what Jia Ke meant, it seemed that it would take a while to know.

Besides, Shi Nai brought people to Rongguo Mansion the next day, and begged to see the old lady again.

This time, Jia Ke and Jia Zheng were not in the mansion, Jia Ke had to deal with military affairs, and Jia Zheng also had affairs in the yamen, so it was Jia Zhu and Jia Lian who came out of the gate to meet him.

Shi Nai looked at the two nephews, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Zhu, how is your health recently? Are you sick?"

Jia Zhu hurriedly cupped her hands and said, "Thank you for your cousin's concern. My nephew's health is not bad these days, much better than before."

Jia Zhu's body has indeed recovered quite a bit now. Firstly, the doctor's medical skills were very good and helped him to delay his body down. Qi, activated the meridians for him, and helped him expel a lot of toxins from the body, so that he can survive until now.

But now Shi Nai looked at him, and after a while, he would be able to take the imperial examination, or be an official in other places according to Jia Ke's arrangement.

After Shi Nai finished asking Jia Zhu, he said to Jia Lian, "How are you? Don't you still like reading? I think if you are like this, you might as well donate an official earlier and let the elder brother arrange a job for you."

Jia Lian is also a little hesitant now. He has been helping the Rongguo Mansion with housework for the past few years, and he has also made friends with some outside officials.These people respect him on the surface, but they are actually looking at Jia Ke's face.Therefore, he also wanted to talk to Jia Ke during this period of time, and find him an official position.

"What my cousin said is that during this time, my elder brother has been a little busy for a while, and I will tell him when he is free, at least find me an official." Jia Lian is now different from before. The national government has declined, and he has no hope, but now he sees that the Rongguo Mansion is getting more and more prosperous.Jia Zhu's health is not good. If he was in good health, he would have been a county magistrate in a county near Beijing, so his heart began to itch.

Jia Zhu and Jia Lian took Shi Nai into the Rongguo Mansion, instead of going to the lobby, they took him directly to Jiamu's courtyard.

When Jia Mu knew that her nephew was coming to visit, she sat in the main room early and waited for him to come in.

When Shi Nai entered the main room, he saw Jia Mu first saluted her, and then Jia Mu gave him a seat beside him.

But Jia Zhu and Jia Lian had no seats at this time, they stood on the other side to serve Jia Mu, waiting for orders at any time.

Seeing that Shi Nai had settled down, Jia's mother asked, "Why did you come here again a few days ago? Could it be that you have something to say."