Jia Lian took a breath.

"You mean—"

"The small thing is that the second master is in the mansion, facing the second wife, the natal family behind the second wife, and the second grandma Bao, the Xue family behind the second grandma Bao, in addition to the eldest wife, the patriarch and the Ningguo mansion. , as well as the eyeliner of each house and house, they are intertwined, and if they affect the whole body, they will inevitably be constrained. But if it is in the officialdom, at least, the people in the house can't interfere." Jiang Ling said.

Jia Lian rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

After a long time, Jia Lian said: "You are right. But what about after warning Mr. Wang?"

Jiang Ling smiled again, and continued: "That depends on the second master's ability. If the two lords are tied up, it is equivalent to breaking the second wife's hands and feet in half. The second master also complained before, If it weren't for the two Lord Wangs helping Second Master Bao, things would definitely go more smoothly. Besides, after the matter of Lord Wang is over, Second Master can still do the same thing, beating and beating the Xue family. No matter how capable Second Grandma Bao is, she will still She is white and can't take care of outside affairs. In this way, the power of the second wife will be weakened."

Jia Lian took a long breath and said after a long time, "That's right, that's exactly the reason."

When Jiang Ling heard this, he smiled again: "Second Lord is a sensible person."

·

When I woke up from the dream, it was already late at night.

It was still a bit stuffy at night, but because of the rain in the evening, it made the weather a lot cooler.Jiang Ling opened his eyes, flicked his fingertips lightly, and a wisp of mist diffused in the room, lowering the temperature a little bit, but he didn't feel the cold.The person beside him was already sound asleep, but his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he had a bad dream.

Jiang Ling looked at Kangxi quietly for a moment, then lay down in his arms again, and closed her eyes.

The faint fragrance permeated the surroundings, making her fall into a deep sleep after a while.

After a while, he entered his dreamland.

A vast desert.

Jiang Ling was surprised and started running in the dream.This is not a dreamland created by her, so she can't do whatever she wants.After running in the desert for a long time, I saw a meandering river. There seemed to be an oasis beside the river.

A man stood by the river with his hands behind his back, silently looking into the distance.

Jiang Ling slowed down.

The man seemed to have noticed her coming, turned around, waved to her and said, "Come here."

Jiang Ling let out a soft oh, walked to the small sandy state, and stood side by side with Kangxi. "That's the Junggar tribe over there." Kangxi pointed in one direction, his voice seemed a little hoarse, "A few years ago, I noticed that they were a little ready to move, but because Aihui and Yangzhou were both troublesome, I delayed it for the time being. Let people stare at them. Now, it seems to be unstoppable."

Jiang Ling looked sideways at Kangxi, not understanding why he had such a dream.

Kangxi continued: "For two consecutive months, I have received secret reports from Moxi Mongolia, saying that they have disobedience, but they have always maintained superficial respect. Until these two days, the Senate of Tsarist Russia has just reached an agreement with me. The agreement weakened the authority of Tsar Peter, and Princess Sophia continued to be the regency, so they made a crooked idea and wanted to move east and north to make room for some.”

Jiang Ling listened quietly, but she was thinking in her heart that Kangxi was referring to that event in history.

"I originally thought that when the little emperor of Tsarist Russia grows up, I will send someone to try to depose him, let Princess Sophia remain in power, and let their senate focus on the east, so that they can make their own After internal friction for a long time, naturally I have no time to take care of the Far East. But now it seems that things are not as smooth as I expected." Kangxi frowned and said, "There is a western Mongolia in the middle."

Jiang Ling turned around, raised her head slightly and looked at him with some hesitation.

Kangxi also looked down at her, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ling shook his head and said softly, "It's nothing."

Originally thought that things on my side were enough and chaotic, but I didn't expect things on Kangxi's side to be even more chaotic.After careful calculation, this year happens to be the second year of the opening of the commercial port, and everything has to be tried from scratch, and things will definitely become more chaotic.

As expected, not everyone can be an emperor...

Leaning in his arms, Jiang Ling asked sullenly, "Your Majesty, are you tired?"

Kangxi smiled sullenly, looked down at her, and asked, "What crooked idea are you playing?"

Jiang Ling shook his head, said in a muffled voice: "It's nothing." She buried her head in his arms and stopped talking.Kangxi hugged her shoulders, and stood quietly by the river, looking at the endless desert and grassland in the distance, without saying a word.

I don't know how long it took before Jiang Ling woke up.

This was the first time she woke up earlier than Kangxi, and the sky outside was not yet bright, so it should be around Mao.She was afraid of waking Kangxi up, so she nestled in his arms and did not move.After a while, someone outside knocked lightly on the door and called Kangxi up.

Jiang Ling thought for a while, but remained motionless with his eyes closed as usual.

The person beside her got up and got out of bed, bent down and kissed her lightly, and then left.The little eunuch's voice was deliberately lowered from outside: "Little elder brother just woke up, is the emperor going to take a look... Oh, yes, that's the reason... Long live, please slow down..."

Jiang Ling sat up slowly, looked at the hazy sky outside, and sighed secretly again.

·

Today's weather is still sunny.

Jiang Ling has been bored in the room for several days, if Lin Daiyu hadn't visited her yesterday, she might have been bored to the point of panic.But now in confinement, it is more inconvenient than when I was pregnant.After coaxing the little elder brother for a while, Jiang Ling took a nap and sent people in the capital who were related to the Wang family, including wives, wives, young ladies, maids, mothers-in-law...even the handymen who cleaned the streets. , All brought to the dream to ask questions.Although Wang Ziteng is now an official in Jinling, even Mrs. Wang needs to communicate with her brothers through letters, but the Wang family has a house in the capital, and there are old people in the house.

How many years Lord Wang has been a Beijing official, how many people know the details of Lord Wang.

Jiang Ling caught up with them in the dream, and then made out a lot of dirty things about the Wang family.Since the Wang family can gain a firm foothold in the capital and become one of the four major families in Jinling, they must have some skills. There are no less dirty things in the mansion than the Jia family, and the prodigal sons in the family are one after another. Jiang Ling didn't spend much effort , and compiled a booklet.

It happened to be the Ghost Festival that day, so Jiang Ling asked Jia Lian to read the booklet in a dream.

Jia Lian was a little careless at first, but as he flipped through the pages, his expression changed. He flipped through the terrible booklet four or five times in a row, and even his hands trembled slightly.Jiang Ling turned himself into the appearance of "the envoy sent by the first lady", and said in a serious manner: "This is the spirit of the lady in heaven, helping the second master."

Jia Lian almost knelt down and wailed, and read the booklet carefully from beginning to end.Second Master Lian didn't like reading since he was a child, but this time he insisted on memorizing that thin booklet in one afternoon, one night and one morning.

The next day, I heard the news that Mr. Wang was impeached.

Although Jia Lian had a lot of things going on, he couldn't stand Jia Lian's ruthlessness, and everything that happened was true.

Just when Kangxi was about to investigate the case again, the staff of the Ministry of Officials saw that it was the royal family of Jinling, and hurriedly reported the matter layer by layer, all the way to the prince who was in charge of the affairs.This year, the prince who is in charge of household affairs is unfortunately still the Prince of Beijing, so he treats this matter as a top priority.

Several officials of the Wang family were dismissed, and even the prince Teng Wang who was far away in Jinling was not spared.

What's more terrible is that Mr. Wang's favorite in his life is the word "in-law".Most of the crimes committed by the Xue family last year were mostly mediated by the Wang family. Now that the Wang family can't protect themselves, they pulled out the carrots and brought out the mud, so they dug up the old cases of the Xue family in previous years and investigated them several times.It just so happened that several senior scholars in the court were watching this matter, and the intensity of the thorough investigation was much greater than in previous years.

Immediately afterwards, several slaves of the Wang family were imprisoned, and several fellows who implicated the family and had been cheating and abducting all day were also taken to the big prison, which was peeled off layer by layer like an onion. So it was stripped to the head of the Wang family, Lord Wang Ziteng.Mr. Wang had just been relegated last year, but this year he managed to improve a little bit. His old accounts were checked and his posts were dismissed. More than 20 local snakes in Jinling were thoroughly investigated in a row, and a small part of Jinling's officialdom was removed.

This matter was done quickly and ruthlessly, quite like the King of Beijing's investigation of the household department at that time.

When the news reached the capital, Mrs. Wang's entire sky collapsed.

You must know that now that the old lady has passed away and the Rongguo Mansion is in decline, half of Mrs. Wang's status comes from Jia Baoyu and Jia Yuanchun, and the other half comes from the Wang family.Now the Wang family has been dealt a severe blow, and their vitality has been severely injured, even Mrs. Wang is unable to recover from the setback.In the past, Mrs. Wang had always disliked Xue Baochai, but now that her natal family has suffered, she has shown Xue Baochai's kindness.

At the very least, Mrs. Wang herself could not be like Xue Baochai, who could maintain her status in Jia's mansion when her natal family was in decline.

But it's not over yet.Since the matter of the Wang family is to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, the Xue family and the Jia family will inevitably suffer damage.

The Jia family is fine, after all, it was Jia Lian who revealed the matter, and when he reported it, he had already cleaned up his own house; but the Xue family was not so lucky. Although Xue Baoqin married into Hanlin's family, but because she is the young wife of the family, she doesn't have good information, and her husband's family is also famous in Hanlin, so it is even more impossible for her to be of any help.After the Wang family was implicated, many old accounts of the Xue family were also uncovered, and a sum of money was severely calculated.

Moreover, the Xue family is an imperial merchant.

Anyone who has a business word on it can often be related to the group of wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan and Yangzhou.

This matter became more and more troublesome.

It was also at this time that Jiang Ling finished her confinement and was completely free.

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