Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

The emperor quietly closed his eyes, Li Quan thought he was asleep and was about to leave quietly, but he suddenly opened his eyes.

The emperor waved his hand, and Li Quan approached. Hearing the emperor's order, Li Quan's face remained unchanged, but his eyes became more and more surprised.

Although the second day was the day of the great court, because the emperor was seriously ill, it was just a passing scene under the auspices of Zhang Shoufu. When he was about to leave, Li Quan announced two orders, like cold water pouring into boiling oil, and it exploded in an instant pot.

The four princes went to the south of the Yangtze River according to the order, and named the late Xunyan Yushi as Duke Wensu, in order to honor his donation of family property. At the same time, the four princes presided over the end of the Jiangnan situation.

The six princes went to Shanxi to preside over the relief work for the people.

With the two simple decrees, anyone with a discerning eye can see the emperor's intentions, and these two are probably the chosen successors.

The Jia family, in the Ningguo Mansion, kept their filial piety behind closed doors. In the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty always stayed at home. Jia Zheng was not qualified to go to court. know things.

For a moment, I don't know whether it's joy or sorrow. Jia She followed the deposed prince, and Jia Mu and Jia Zheng's favorite Prince Yide failed to choose. Fortunately, there was another fourth prince. Jia Yuanchun was in the fourth prince's mansion, so some The broken thread was connected again, and Mrs. Wang was valued even more.

But maybe because she didn't believe her eyesight, or because she wanted to find another way, Mrs. Wang quietly contacted Xiao Gaoming of Zhen Guogong's mansion under Jia's mother's signal.

Before the action, Mrs. Wang communicated with the Ningguo Mansion out of kinship, but the Ningguo Mansion was still closed, and Mrs. Wang could only complain secretly.

On the other side, the fourth prince came to Jiangnan, got off the boat, and saw a man in green clothes and cap waiting, accompanied by his servant.

The fourth prince came in modest clothes, so he didn't stay long, and followed the man in green clothes and hat into the chariot and horse, and ran all the way.

The fourth prince glanced outside the curtain of the car, this was going to the center of the city, he knew that the Jinwu Guard wanted to keep a low profile, and his cousin was not favored at home, so if he went out, he would definitely find a secluded place, so he asked out of curiosity,

"Zining, where are we going?"

The man took off his cap, and it was shining brightly. The warm climate in the south of the Yangtze River seemed to add a bit of warmth to him. Even the narrow and dim carriages and horses brightened up. The Fourth Prince smiled when he saw it.

"You look like this, no wonder you have to wear a cap like a woman. You used to walk outside, but someone throws fruit carts?"

Jiang Zining frowned, remembering that when he first came here, he was looked down on accidentally, and was watched by the women's family members in the market for ten days.

He knew that the fourth prince would always make fun of his appearance because of his appearance, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Your Highness, we are going to Xunyan Yushi's Mansion."

The fourth prince was puzzled, although he was ordered to announce the decree, he didn't want to go there immediately, what's the matter?

"Your Highness, Lin Ruhai has been operating in Jianghuai for many years. He is not an ordinary person. I probably knew the news about me when I first arrived in Jiangnan. A deal was made, so I brought His Highness there!"

The fourth prince was amazed. Judging from what he had learned, this Lin Ruhai was seriously poisoned, and he had long been unconscious. Comparing his father's current appearance, he knew that it was really rare for Lin Ruhai to be able to plan like this before he died. .

"What deal does he want?"

Jiang Zining said calmly, "He handed over the details of the transaction to his confidant in charge, and he didn't mention it to me. He will only talk about it when he sees His Highness."

Jiang Zining has always paid attention to the relationship with the fourth prince. Although the two are cousins, because the fourth prince needs to hide his strength and bide his time, he is the only one available. Coupled with his special status as a Jinwu guard, the relationship between the two is very close.

But Jiang Zining, as the Jinwu Guard, knows very well that the sixth prince really does not admire power, nor is he an opponent of the fourth prince, so the future of the fourth prince can be expected. They are not brothers, but monarchs and ministers. Now the fourth prince relies on him , does not mean that it will be so in the future.

Therefore, when Lin Ruhai mentioned that he wanted to make a deal, he directly refused. This is not something he should participate in. The old fox Lin Ruhai saw it clearly, smiled and never mentioned it again.

After the fourth prince heard about it, he really stopped talking.

When we arrived at the Lin Mansion, the Lin Mansion had already built a mourning shed. Lin Ruhai had been diligent and prudent in Huaiyang for many years, and made decisions for the people. Since the news of his death spread, people from all over the world came to him one after another. Condolences.

The sound of whimpering and crying was endless.

It seemed that someone had anticipated the arrival of the fourth prince and others, and a servant had come to lead the carriage early, and entered the mansion through the corner door of the side room.

The loud crying gradually faded away, the fourth prince secretly sighed in his heart, even though his father had a thousand faults, but he promoted Lin Ruhai and bestowed him with a posthumous title.

I don't know if I will be accompanied by such a loyal courtier in the future?Turning his eyes to the handsome voice, could he be his own Lin Ruhai?

Then a middle-aged man in mourning came over, claiming to be Steward Lin, greeted the fourth prince and Jiang Zining respectfully, and wanted to take him to Lin Ruhai's study.

The fourth prince refused, and wanted to offer incense to Lin Ruhai first. Manager Lin readily agreed, and then took the two of them to the mourning hall.

In the mourning hall, there were only the hoarse and weeping voices of young children and weak girls. The fourth prince knew that this was Lin Ruhai's widow and heir. Everyone had compassion. The fourth prince knew the pain of their father's loss. After smelling the incense, he came out with a few words of comfort.

Steward Lin led him to the study, but he saw a young man dressed in filial piety greeted him early.

"Greetings to the Fourth Prince."

I saw this young man's brows and eyes were coquettish, and his accent was in the words of the capital. He was curious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, so he got up.

After everyone was seated, the young prince claimed to be Lin Ruhai's wife and nephew, and Jia Lian, the grandson of the head of the Jia family's Rongguo Mansion.

Said, "Please rest assured, the fourth prince, the boy will definitely take good care of Sister Lin, and will not let her suffer any grievances. Besides," he took out a roll of account books from his sleeve, and said,

"The boy has been working hard in the past two months. He collected and sold the Lin family's property, and followed his uncle's last wish, and gathered [-]% of the property to present to the court for disaster relief."

Although the fourth prince is not very favored, as a prince, there are still people who fawn on him. Seeing how attentive he is, there is no way he can't see it.

Taking a look at the account book in his hand, he was shocked by the huge amount, a total of 240 million silver, which according to Jia Lian was only 400%, which meant that Lin Ruhai's entire net worth was nearly 300 million taels.You must know that Zhejiang Nanzhi paid only [-] million taels last year.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Jia Lian thought that his dislike would be less, worried that he might suspect that he was embezzling, so he kept talking.

"Your Highness, the ancestor of Uncle Lin, once attacked Liehou, and now he is in Ruhai, and he has passed through the fifth generation. At first, only the third generation was enshrined. The father, inherited another generation, but the population has always been thin, with a single lineage, plus many mistresses' dowries, and indeed left a lot of property."