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Seeing that Shui Ruoyang was angry, Li Wenzheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, most of what I said was reported by the servants of Ningguo Mansion, and some of them have not been verified, but I have made all the notes, please have a look."

After Li Wenzheng finished speaking, he presented the memorial in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, in order to avoid suspicion, did you send someone else to deal with the Jia's affairs?"

Shui Ruoyang accepted the memorial and said with a low face: "Li Aiqing, you don't need to avoid suspicion. If you want to avoid suspicion, even I have to avoid suspicion. Not only because of Princess Nanning and Concubine Xiande, but the young concubine of the fourth prince is also the niece of the Jia family. , She has lived in the Jia Mansion for many years. As long as all the evidence of the crime is verified, I will never forgive the people of the Jia Mansion! As a relative of the emperor, she has been hereditary for several generations. Disposal, I'm afraid this capital will not be peaceful anymore! Let me ask you, how many people from the Ningguo Mansion are left in the Ministry of Punishment as of today?"

Li Wenzheng said: "Because of the emperor's kindness, innocent women and children were not involved. There were still eight men and 24 slaves and women at the end of the court today."

Shui Ruoyang said: "How come there are still 24 servants? There are no officials to sell?"

Li Wenzheng said: "Going back to the emperor, because among the 24 people, [-] were informants or witnesses related to those whistleblowing cases, so I didn't release them to the government for sale, and there were nine others, two of whom were Jia Zhen's concubines. They begged to wait a few more days to see if anyone would redeem them; the seven were old, weak, and disabled servants, and they were not sold, so I don’t know what will happen to the official sale today.”

Shui Ruoyang said: "Well, let's give ten taels of silver to each of the seven old, weak, and disabled servants who have not been sold, and let them go out to live by themselves. As for Jia Zhen's two concubines , No one redeemed them within three days, and they were issued as official slaves. Jia Zhen and other men from the Ningguo Mansion will be convicted together after all the crimes are verified. As for the crimes involving the Rongguo Mansion, I will ask the crown prince to assist you in verifying the facts, and then all will be recorded in case, send it to me.”

After hearing this, Li Wenzheng had no choice but to say: "My minister obeys!"

After Li Wenzheng left, Shui Ruoyang was about to call Dai Quan, when Dai Quan came in and said: "Your Majesty, Baoqin from Fengzao Palace said that he wanted to see the Emperor, and that it was the Xiande Concubine who wanted her to come."

Shui Ruoyang said: "What's the matter? Dai Quan, if it's not about the little princess, just say I'm busy and see you!"

After hearing this, Dai Quan had no choice but to say: "The slave will go and talk to Baoqin."

After a while, Dai Quan came in again and said: "Your Majesty, hold the qin and say that the Xiande Concubine wants to ask the Emperor that she has given birth. Can someone tell the family of Jia's family so that they can rest assured."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang said with a gloomy face: "Dai Quan, you go and tell Baoqin, just say what I say, and let Concubine Xiande take good care of my little princess. As for the matter of telling the Jia family, I will send someone to tell you today. Don't worry about Concubine Xiande."

Seeing the anger on Shui Ruoyang's face, Dai Quan didn't dare to speak anymore, so he had to go out and tell Baoqin the truth.

Returning to Fengzao Palace with the Qin in his arms, he told Yuan Chun what Dai Quan had said, and comforted Yuan Chun: "Your majesty, the emperor said that he will send someone to inform our family today, so you can rest assured, Your majesty."

Yuan Chun shook his head and said: "The emperor doesn't allow me to send someone here to inform the old lady and madam. It can be seen that there must be something important in our house that makes the emperor unhappy. Baoqin, you have to find someone in the empty palace who can go outside to help inquire about it." Take a look and see if there is any major event in our house."

Baoqin said: "But, ma'am, who should we look for? Madam may not know that when the old lady and his wife entered the palace for the last time, the old lady's girl Yuanyang once told me unintentionally that the palace's father-in-law Xia had gone to the palace three times. Our family said to borrow money, but never paid it back. It can be seen that Eunuch Xia has received so many benefits from us, but he is not really kind to our family. It turns out that the eunuchs who work here are all under Eunuch Xia's subordinates. We just want to find Such a person, I'm afraid no one is willing to help us."

Yuan Chun said: "These father-in-laws, which one is not snobbish? Without money, it is useless to find anyone. Forget it, let fate, I can't take care of myself now, let alone others."

After hearing this, Baoqin had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, no matter what, now that you have a little princess, your Majesty will listen to the emperor's words and raise the little princess well, which is better than anything else."

Yuan Chun sighed: "Baoqin, who do you think the emperor will send to inform my family? Why don't you let me go? I just don't understand. The emperor is busy every day, but why does he take such a small matter."

Baoqin said: "Your Majesty, think on the bright side. Maybe the emperor is bored by some important court affairs these days, so he treats you like this. When I went to Chengde Hall just now, I saw a minister coming out of it."

Yuan Chun thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, I feel more at ease. The affairs of other people's families are the affairs of the court, and these have nothing to do with me."

But it was said that in the Rongguo Mansion at this time, Mrs. Wang was reading Jia Zheng's letter, and said that she might be able to return to the capital in five or six days.Mrs. Wang said to Yu Chuan'er: "Yu Chuan'er, the master said that he would arrive in five or six days. Now that the letter has arrived, it is estimated that he will be back in two or three days at most. Let's tell the old lady so that she can feel at ease. "

Yu Chuan'er said: "Madam, the servant's mother got a cold. Last year, thanks to the grace of the old lady and the wife, I let the servant's mother go out. Her health is getting worse day by day. The wife also knows that my brother and sister-in-law are helpers. People who run errands are not at home all day long, so this servant wants to take a day off tomorrow and go out to see my mother."

Mrs. Wang said: "Well, it's hard for you to be so loyal to me. If you go out tomorrow morning, come in the day after tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang brought Yuchai'er to Jiamu's place, only to see Youshi accompanied by Huahua, with tears on her face.Mrs. Wang knew that Youshi was doing it because of Jia Zhen and his son, so she sat down and comforted her: "Brother Zhen and daughter-in-law, this is already the case, just think about it. If Zhener doesn't make progress, it's good to stay here for a few days. Today My son received a letter from the master, saying that he will be back in a few days, we women, how do we know how to deal with such a thing, we just wait for the master to see if he has any ideas."

Mother Jia nodded and said, "Zheng'er is coming back, that's good. I think he has so many colleagues, so there will be news soon. Brother Zhen and daughter-in-law, don't be sad."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, when Li Gui came in and said: "Old lady, madam, the Confucianist who was educated in the family died of illness suddenly."

Mother Jia was not alarmed when she heard this, and sighed, "It's hard for him to endure such a long time. His grandson has been gone for several years, and he can still learn so hard at home. Baoyu, mother, I think I will reward him with 40 taels of silver for the funeral." .”

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Old lady, don't worry, my daughter-in-law will send it away."

After that, he took Yu Chuan'er and went out.

After a while, a few servants from outside the second door came in again and said: "Old lady, Eunuch Dai who is beside the emperor sent two father-in-laws to pass the word, saying that our empress has given birth to the little princess safely and is recuperating in the palace." Body, it is inconvenient to see outsiders, I just say to let the old lady and the wife feel at ease."

After hearing this, Jia's mother hurriedly said: "What? The empress has already given birth? Is it a little princess? When was it born? Come on, let the two father-in-laws enter the hall!"

A servant said: "Old lady, Mr. Lai invited those two father-in-laws into the mansion. The two father-in-laws said that they were sent by the emperor's oral order, saying that the empress was born early this morning. They won't meet the old lady, and Manager Lai has already sent her out."

Mother Jia was surprised and asked: "What? They have already left? Was it sent by the emperor? Why didn't the empress send someone?"

Yuanyang hurriedly laughed and said: "Old lady, the empress just gave birth today, how can I have someone come to pass the message? The emperor personally sent someone to tell me today, it can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to the empress."

After hearing this, Jia Mu nodded and said, "Yuanyang, you are right. Get someone to tell your wife, so that she can be happier too."

After hearing this, Yuanyang asked Hu Po to tell Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing.

But Mrs. Xing said that in Mrs. Xing's house, because Jia Amnesty had gone out, Xing Dequan was with his wife and asked Mrs. Xing to give some money to move out.Mrs. Xing said: "Brother, in my opinion, you still live here, you don't need to pay for food and accommodation, and your brother-in-law didn't say anything about it. If you move out like this, the food and housing will not be a small amount. Besides, you also You know, this place is not my housekeeper, even if I have money, it is limited, if your brother-in-law knows that I give you money behind his back, I am afraid it will be another meal, you are not ignorant of his character."

After hearing this, Xing Dequan said angrily: "Old sister, I'm not talking about you. You care about their Jia's family so much, but starting from the old lady, who doesn't value the second wife's neglect of you? Theoretically, you are a hereditary wife. Didn't it happen to you? I'm your only brother, but it's only a few taels of silver, you value it more than your life, so why don't you want to learn from the Ningguo Mansion and send all the money to the treasury before you're willing?"

What would Mrs. Xing say after hearing this?And see below.