The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

Rongguofu

Soft chairs with tuanhua clattered all over the inner room of Rongshou Hall.

Jiamu was dressed in a navy blue brocade gown with folded branches and flowers, a purple satin satin beige with a double-breasted stand-up collar, and a jade belt headgear tied on her forehead. She sat on the square sandalwood soft quilt in the inner room with a majestic expression. On the chair, the past kindness was completely gone.

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and all the daughters-in-law and girls sat on the soft chairs, all with gloomy faces.

At this time, Mother Jia was not crying like she used to be, but she was unusually calm. She said to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing who were wiping away tears, "You are all the heads of the family, don't cry like this. Your The man is fine, if someone sees this, those who don’t know don’t know what to think.”

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing hurriedly wiped the corners of their eyes with handkerchiefs.

Mrs. Xing said with tears: "Old lady, what should I do, the master is still suffering inside."

Jia Mu closed her eyes, circled the beads in her hand, and thought quietly.

Naturally, everyone did not dare to disturb, and all held their breaths.

Shi Xiangyun suddenly shouted: "Old ancestor, why don't you ask uncle for help."

Mother Jia opened her eyes, thought for a while, and then shook her head.Now it is obvious that the old Qiansui wants to let the Jia family take the blame. With his power, he cannot escape no matter what. If the historian is involved, it will be implicated instead.If it was the Wang family... Thinking of this, Mother Jia looked like Mrs. Wang, "Is your brother still not here?"

Mrs. Wang lowered her head, "Sister-in-law said that my brother has gone to the border, and he will be back at the earliest New Year's Eve."

Guard the border?Jiamu sneered in her heart, it was not a day before she was named the governor of nine provinces, she was able to jump around like this in Beijing a few days ago, but now something happened, and she went to the border so soon, what a coincidence.

Mrs. Wang saw Jia Mu's expression of embarrassment, and hurriedly said: "The empress said there is a way. Now the empress is pregnant with the dragon seed. For the sake of the prince, the saint can't be cruel."

"Shut up!" Mother Jia shouted.Immediately, he struggled to stand up from the soft chair, stood up with the support of Yuanyang, pointed to Madam Wang and said, "Even if it takes my old life, I must not implicate my mother. Now the baby in my mother's belly The prince is the last hope of the Rongguo Mansion, if you dare to think about it, I will drive her out of this mansion!"

Sanchun and Shi Xiangyun were intimidated by Jia Mu's stern look, which they don't usually see, and they dared not move in a daze.

Just listening to Jiamu said again: "Nowadays, the family is facing a catastrophe. You are all part of the family. I will not hide it from you. This catastrophe is inevitable. You must pay attention to your words and deeds. Don’t let people catch you.”

All the wives, daughters-in-law and girls naturally responded in succession.

Naturally, Mother Jia knew that these juniors were not up to anything, and she just took this opportunity to knock her out. Seeing that she knew everything, she withdrew the crowd, leaving only Mrs. Wang alone.

After everyone had retreated, Mother Jia waved away all the maids and women in the inner room, and ordered Yuanyang to go outside to watch in person, not to let anyone approach.

Mrs. Wang has been in the mansion for so many years, and it was the first time she saw a decisive aura from Jia Mu, and she couldn't help feeling uneasy.Holding the handkerchief with both hands, she sat on the group chair and waited quietly for Jia Mu to show her off.

Mother Jia glanced at Mrs. Wang and sighed inwardly.Although the family background of this Wang family is very good, it is not very clear.Although he has put his mind to the inner house on weekdays, he can't get on the stage after all.

"Now that the empress is finally pregnant, but something like this happened, what are your plans?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback, twisted the corner of the blue and white double-breasted gown, and said: "Daughter-in-law thinks, I can't let the master suffer in it, no matter what, I have to find a way to get him out."

Mother Jia sneered, and said, "Now that the sage and the old thousand-year-old are both ruthless, do you think you can save them both?"

Mrs. Wang was shocked when she heard the words, "My ancestor, uncle and master rarely participated in this factional dispute, and the master is even a member of the fifth-grade industry department. How could this provoke the saint and the old thousand-year-old?!"

Mother Jia narrowed her eyes slightly, took a sip of the tea on the side, "Hmph, since ancient times, have there been fewer people who conceived a crime? Second daughter-in-law, you come from the Wang family, I thought your elder brother could support one or two years. , Now it seems that there is no hope. Your little sister of the Xue family is thinking of her daughter in the palace wholeheartedly.

"You mean... old ancestor, you can't think like this, master is your own son."

A gleam of coldness flashed in Jia Mu's eyes, and she said sternly: "Do you think the old man is so cruel? Now the empress finally has a prince, if she can give birth to the eldest son in the future, depending on the rank of the empress, she may still be able to compete for it." Fighting for that position. That is the overwhelming wealth of our Rongguo Mansion. In order to preserve the glory of the empress and the entire Rongguo Mansion, this is the only way to go. This super-grade order of the old body was also earned by the Duke of the country back then, and now I use it The old sage has to think about this imperial order in exchange for the lives of two unfilial sons."

Mrs. Wang pulled her handkerchief and breathed a sigh of relief.As long as there is one life left, it will be fine. In the future, when the empress gives birth to a prince, no matter how great the wealth is, there will be one.

The two discussed carefully how to beat the drums to appeal for grievances, and how to help the empress draw a clear line from these disasters, and Madam Wang left the Rongshou Hall with a tense heart.

Jiamu clasped her hands together and muttered to herself: "Master Guo, you have a spirit in heaven, and you must protect the family from this catastrophe."

The members of the Zhen family finally entered the capital at the end of autumn and were imprisoned in Dali Temple.

As an accomplice in this private sale of official salt, the crimes of the Zhen family can vary from minor to minor.The emperor never liked the Zhen family, so he naturally thought that the bigger the better, but the Yizhong Wang party tried their best to protect the Zhen family, so they exaggerated the charges against the Jia family, and instead said that the Zhen family would be exempted from punishment.

In the early court, the emperor sat on the dragon chair and said angrily, "Although the Zhen family's reselling of official salt is an accomplice, it is treasonous to the neighboring country. How can this crime be avoided?!"

Shui Rong was dressed in a red dragon robe, and stepped forward with the memorial on his head, saying: "Your Majesty, although the Zhen family is an accomplice, they were also deceived by the Jia family. In addition, they have not made any substantive charges. Moreover, the Zhen family was the first to commit crimes." The emperor's family is in the family of Mrs. Zhen's mother. When the late emperor was alive, he often said that the crime was not as good as the Zhen family. I beg your majesty to take into account the last emperor's will."

A group of other veterans remembered the virtues of the former emperor, and knelt down and begged: "Your Majesty, please be merciful."

Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but put his fingers together, his body tensed.The first emperor, Mrs. Zhen!Why are these rebellious officials and thieves left behind when they are already gone, so that the court will not live in peace!

Shui Rong raised the corners of his lips coldly, secretly looking at the emperor on the dragon throne.

The great eunuch Li Dehai who stood with his head bowed beside the Dragon Seat wiped his cold sweat secretly.I thought, it's hard for His Majesty to get rid of four kings and eight princes. Which emperor can bear disobedient courtiers?

"Retire." The emperor's voice broke Eunuch Li's thoughts. Li Dehai stood up quickly, flung his whisk on his arm, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Retire—" the voice was long and thin.