Old things in the Red Chamber

"I'm not stupid. As long as my heart is moved, the Ninth Prince will be lost forever. Even though the old lady is very partial to the second child, she is quite right. Back then, the empress was our support, and now the princes in the palace are mine. If I rely on it, I can overthrow the whole family's dependence for this little profit."

Jia Gu didn't speak, just smiled.

Jia Amnesty knew that he had seen through him, but he didn't become angry from embarrassment, "If the prince in the palace was born by their wife's girl, I would do that, but the prince in the palace was born by my own girl. Why would I do this kind of thing? Now that their brothers don't have official positions, don't they have official positions when the prince opens a government office?"

"If you can hold your breath, then everything will be fine, but your Dongfu will not be able to communicate with you anymore."

"It's easy for you to say. Their branch is the patriarch, so how can they not keep in touch? What's more, during this period of time, the old lady is discussing the marriage of the girls in their house, so they have to keep in touch."

Jia Gu frowned and gave him an idea, "Haven't you ever thought about setting up another branch? The patriarch is not good, and those people in your hometown don't look like clear characters. It's been a long time, and you want to It's not easy to tear it apart."

"Did you hear something?"

"The emperor sent people in the south of the Yangtze River to secretly investigate some violations of law and discipline. In his eyes, these things are trivial matters, but if it is true that if you settle accounts after the autumn, those people in your family in Jinling will definitely not be able to escape. The imperial concubine's The friendship belongs to the imperial concubine, and the things they do belong to them, if you try to use the affection of the imperial concubine in exchange for their absolution, it is impossible."

"They want to exchange their lives with the friendship of noble concubines, so they have to ask me if I agree."

Then he looked at his younger brother uncertainly, "You said that if I make a fuss and set up another one now, will it be bad for the Ninth Prince's reputation?"

Jia Gu thought about it, and it really had an impact on the reputation of the Ninth Prince, especially when the Ninth Prince was fledgling.

"Let's find another chance. As for Jiangnan's affairs, you must not meddle in them. Don't see people from Jiangnan. Not only you, but your two sons also restrain them."

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Tell me honestly, have you guessed who is behind Jia Zhen?"

"I guessed it. The person behind him is staring at the Ninth Prince. In a deeper sense, he is staring at the Emperor. Now that your father and son have not entered the court as officials, they are both white, and they will not be involved in the messy waters of the court. Go, it's a good thing not to be an official now."

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Don't worry, I'm holding Cong'er under control during this time, as long as he doesn't show up, the three of us, father and son, will just stay in the yard and won't go anywhere."

The Ninth Prince came to the imperial study room with a memorial in his arms at night, and carefully placed the memorial in front of the emperor, "Father, my son has fulfilled his mission, and has already written what he found out on it."

The emperor didn't look through it in a hurry, but stared at his son in front of him. "That's right, you've already found out the kung fu in just a few days. It seems that my son is quite capable in prison."

"My son dare not lie to his father. This matter is entirely because Master Wei is helping his son, and his son just ran errands along with him. In terms of credit, he should be the first."

"It's also an advantage not to be greedy for the credit of your subordinates. What have you learned from Mr. Wei?"

"I have learned a lot, my son will not tell you one by one today. When you are not busy, let's talk about this matter in detail. Today, I will ask Father to read the memorial and send it to you later."

The emperor opened the memorial, looked at it a few times and felt that the grammar was immature, and looked up at his son, "You drafted this?"

The Ninth Prince puffed his chest proudly, "It's my son's handwriting."

The memorial was not long and there was no nonsense in it, but the story was told with ups and downs, and the emperor read it with relish.

First, a screen was offered as a tribute, and then someone said that the twelve women on the screen could come alive at night, and when the emperor had a banquet for his ministers at night, he put a kind of mushroom from the incense burner in the middle. The spices extracted in it, the spices are not put in much and it is just an illusion, because at the beginning, many people preconceived that the woman on the screen could come back to life, and they saw the woman on the screen in the hallucination Always moving.

In order to make this deception appear more mysterious, someone deliberately distracted the ministers present and let the emperor witness this almost miraculous performance alone.

The twelve women prepared in advance came out from the secret door on one side when the emperor fell into hallucinations, and played musical instruments all night in front of the emperor.The same is true for the next night, as long as they are outside the palace, as long as the emperor is not staying in the palace, they can do this.

It took so much effort to arouse the emperor's interest in seeking immortality, so arousing the emperor's interest along the way became the direction of their efforts.

What makes these people more difficult is that after nearly half a month from Jiangnan to the north, the emperor has not even mentioned the slightest interest in seeking immortality.

Just when they were about to despair, the emperor took the initiative to say that he wanted to meet the concubine who had passed away.

There are not many things that can be manipulated here, because the imperial concubine and the emperor are familiar with each other, so if there is a mistake in the fake imperial concubine, it will arouse suspicion for the emperor.If it is said that the ninth prince meets the noble concubine, then this matter is easy to operate. The ninth prince and the noble concubine don’t meet each other often, and he is still a child. Even if something is wrong, for a child, he will take the initiative to ignore it.

But the cheater didn't expect that the scam was finally exposed because of the meeting between the fake imperial concubine and the Ninth Prince.

In the past few days, it is just to clarify this matter. Who is instigating behind the scenes and which black hand is promoting this matter?

"Have you used torture?" the emperor asked the Ninth Prince coldly.

"Yes, no matter what kind of punishment is used, they will not open their mouths."

"That's because they are not afraid. You don't have to worry about this matter. Leave it to other people. They will always find a way to make them open their mouths."

The Ninth Prince agreed, and then hesitantly said to the Emperor, "Actually, the people behind the scenes are only around those few families? Why do we have to find out who it is? Wouldn't it be better to clean up all of them through this opportunity?" .”

"What you said is naturally correct, but I don't know who did it, and my father doesn't sleep well at night. The punishment that should be punished, and the investigation that should be investigated."

The Ninth Prince put on a look of being educated, and the emperor stepped down from the throne and stroked his hair. "Seeing that you have been back to Beijing for a few days, you have been busy, and now you have finished your work. Tell Father what kind of reward you want."

The Ninth Prince smiled embarrassedly. He had several thoughts in his mind, and finally made up his mind to say in front of the emperor, "This time, the Jia family in Jinling, Jiangnan was involved in the matter of the screen. The Rongguo Mansion doesn’t know about this matter, and the son’s grandfather is sick in bed and doesn’t know anything about it, if you want to punish him, please forgive the son’s grandfather’s family.”

The emperor readily agreed.

"Jia She's family didn't take part in it, and I won't punish you. We don't wrong the good people, and we won't let the bad people go. You don't need to intercede. The emperor just asks you, what kind of reward do you want? "

The Ninth Prince thought for a while, and came up with an idea, "Why don't you let your son take his younger siblings out of the palace for a day?"

The emperor walked around the imperial study room a few times with his hands behind his back, "It's not impossible, but you know that your little brother is in poor health, so take him... Besides, he's so big, how could he know that this is going out of the palace to play, Otherwise, don’t take him with you, take the other two out of the palace, go to your uncle’s house, go to your grandfather’s house and go for a few laps. Come back early, the outside of the palace is no better than the inside of the house. I don’t like it when you leave Don't worry, when you go out, bring more guards and listen to them more, if they persuade you to come back, you are not allowed to stay outside, you know?"

The Ninth Prince was very happy this time, "Father, you are busy. My son will go back to find the eleventh brother and sister. It is better to hit the sun if you choose a day. Why don't you choose tomorrow? Let's go play together tomorrow and pass by the market." It's time to look at the things in the market."

The emperor waved his hand and sat back behind the desk, "Go, remember to greet your mother before you go tomorrow."

The trip of the three of them was secretly arranged. Eunuch Liao took them to Jia She's mansion. He only showed his badge, and a carriage directly entered the mansion. Within a quarter of an hour, the people in the mansion All masters, big and small, gathered in Jia Amnesty's main house.

Jia Amnesty really had tears in his eyes, and he cried very sincerely. He cried from the bottom of his heart. When he cried, other people in the originally beaming main room also started to cry, even the two princes and one princess He also wiped his eyes with a handkerchief in discomfort, after all, it was the imperial concubine who was crying this time.

The atmosphere was very sad, Jia Amnesty personally asked the Ninth Prince about their daily life in the palace, everything was in detail, how much did the mother-in-law go to their brothers and sisters in the palace for supper, how many snacks, how many cups of tea to drink, how many nights to get up.

Jia Lian even wanted to pull Jia She and persuade him not to ask such detailed questions. There are a lot of local servants in the palace and they will always take good care of them. The question Jia She asked seemed to be that his grandchildren were being abused every day.

The Ninth Prince didn't show any impatience on his face. He had a question and answer with Jia She, and his attitude was very good. While Jia She was babbling, he took the time to greet everyone in the room. He not only greeted The people in the house also greeted Jia Gu's family.

This made Jia She very happy, and he solemnly said to the Ninth Prince, "Your Highness cannot listen to outsiders. Jia Hou and Cao Min have a close relationship, and they are definitely not the kind of people who were kicked out of the house as outsiders said." Abandoned son, if you want to talk about the people in the capital who can sincerely think for His Highness, Caomin counts as one, and the other is Jia Hou. When His Highness encounters difficult decisions, you should ask Jia Hou."

The Ninth Prince fully agreed that he had already connected with Jia Gu in private, even if Jia She didn't say so, he would send someone to discuss something with Jia Gu.

Jia Amnesty wanted to say something else, but the housekeeper Lin Zhixiao announced loudly outside the hall, "Master, there are guests from Jiangnan."