Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 116: Prince Beijing's Concubine

Jia Zheng was originally dissatisfied as to why Daiyu sent Tanchun and her brother back to attend the funeral, but he himself refused to come and kowtow to Wang's spirit tablet. However, when he turned around and heard that the Queen Mother had summoned Daiyu to copy the sutras behind closed doors, he could not help but feel even more annoyed.

When Jia She heard the news, he called Jia Zhen over and asked him, "Did you mention Wang's matter in your resignation letter?"

Jia Zhen snorted disdainfully: "Do I need to tell you this? Aunt Meng, who is by Sister Lin's side, is from the palace. I'm afraid everyone in the palace knows more or less about Wang's dirty deeds."

Jia She's face changed, and he twirled his beard for a while before telling her about Daiyu being summoned by the Queen Mother. Jia Zhen smiled bitterly, "It seems that the Queen Mother also knows about it."

"what do you know?"

"Qin's death."

Jia She was immediately covered in cold sweat! He hurriedly called Jia Zheng and took Jia Zhen to go to Jia's mother.

After hearing the news, Grandmother Jia felt dizzy and her eyes were dark!

Jia Zheng was so frightened that he held her tightly and said in a different voice: "Old lady! Are you okay?!"

After a while, Jia's mother recovered and sobbed, "It's over! The emperor and his majesty know everything about our family!"

When Jia Zheng thought that his property might be confiscated and he might be exiled, he couldn't help crying too, and secretly cursed Daiyu in his heart for being cruel and ungrateful!

Jia Zhen knelt on his feet, thinking it over, and felt relieved: "Old lady, think positively, our family's affairs have now been cleared in front of the Supreme Lord and His Majesty.

"But neither the Grand Lord nor His Majesty has anything to say to blame us, which means that they both agree with my offer of the title in exchange for the lives of my entire family."

When Lady Jia and Jia Zheng heard this, they looked at each other and stopped crying.

Jia She twirled his beard, as if thinking about something.

Jia Zhen continued, "Sister Lin mentioned another matter to me before, which was the position of the head of my Jia family. Now I have submitted a memorial to the public saying that I am resigning from the title, but in fact I am asking for forgiveness.

"I am guilty of many crimes, so I am not worthy of being the clan leader anymore. After the second wife is buried in a few days, I will take my family back to the old house in the south. Then I will tell the clan to give up my position as clan leader."

Grandmother Jia frowned and looked at him: "If you resign, who else will be suitable? Rong'er is so young!"

"Brother Rong is ignorant, how can he be the clan leader? I have discussed this matter with Sister Lin, and we both think Brother Lian is a good person.

"Although he is young and naughty, his sister-in-law is a strong-willed person and has always been filial to the old lady and listened to her. With such a head of the family, I believe Brother Lian will be able to take over the affairs of the clan steadily."

What this means is: Jia Lian is naturally not worthy, but Wang Xifeng's ability is obvious. If you want to settle the affairs of the clan, this woman is the key.

Grandmother Jia agreed with this and nodded, saying, "You have a good discussion."

Jia Zheng felt a little uncomfortable and snorted, "Although they are not from the same family, Lian'er's wife is also surnamed Wang. If the higher-ups investigate, they will not let her off just because she won the heart of girl Lin!"

"Now, all these things, on the surface, have nothing to do with the Wang family! Unless you are also secretly used as a gun by Wang Ziteng, then no matter if you are Wang or Jia, you can't escape!"

Grandmother Jia glared at him and could not help but cursed, "How dare you talk nonsense here? Isn't Wang your daughter-in-law?

"You've been married for so many years, and now she's dead. Instead of feeling sad about your relationship with your wife, or reflecting on why you didn't teach your wife well, you're still holding on to Miss Lin and acting weird!

"Let me ask you, are you a better uncle, or a better husband? You are a pedantic official, you are petty in your work, and you speak foolishly!

"I always thought that you learned more from your grandfather than others when you were young. Now it seems that you didn't learn anything good!"

The more Grandmother Jia spoke, the angrier she became. She couldn't help but spit on the ground and turned to Jia She, "Big Brother, your brother is confused and really unworthy of any great task. You should concentrate on your work and stop drinking and fooling around with your concubine all day. Take good care of the family!"

Jia She hadn't been valued by Grandmother Jia for so many years. He was stunned for a moment before he quickly bowed and said yes. He took the opportunity to ask Grandmother Jia:

"The people who announced the death have all left. I guess the Xue family will be here soon. I remember that earlier, mother and my elder brother and his wife promised to find a position as a princess tutor for their sister. In this situation, should they look for other ways?"

Grandmother Jia was startled and said, "I forgot about this." She subconsciously looked at Jia Zheng inquiringly.

Jia Zheng frowned and said, "The news has already been delivered to the palace. I just don't know what the queen is like. If I tell her to forget it now, I'm afraid she has already spread the word..."

"Just stick with me like that!" Grandmother Jia was too lazy to listen to his nagging and immediately ordered Jia Zhen, "Brother Zhen, write a letter to the Majesty for me to explain this matter. Please make your own decision and don't force it. The current situation is unclear, so please protect yourself first."

Then he said to Jia She, "Let Sister Feng handle the Xue family. None of the women in the Wang family can match Sister Feng, so there is no need to worry."

Let me tell you one thing.

Jia Zhen then talked about another important matter: "After we leave, the family over there will definitely clear out the house and close the doors. The servants will also be dismissed. Everything else is easy to deal with, those who should be sold will be sold, and those who should be released will be released, but what about the Lai family?"

Jia She frowned and said, "Lai Er has been with the Ning Mansion for many years. He might even want to go back to the south with you. Why, don't you want him anymore?"

"The Lai family has enjoyed the good life with our family over the years, but they may not be able to follow me back to suffer again. Besides, Nanny Lai is old, and she may not be willing to let her youngest son leave her side."

"That's the truth." Grandmother Jia thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about this later. When I'm free tomorrow, I'll ask Nanny Lai for her opinion."

Now that we have discussed this, the rest are just details.

Grandmother Jia was tired and asked the three people to leave.

Yuanyang brought up some hot tea: "Lady, let's moisten your mouth."

Grandmother Jia drank the tea, sighed, leaned back on the pillow, and stared out the window at the endless white space in a daze.

"What are you worried about, old lady?" Yuanyang gently massaged her legs.

Grandmother Jia said calmly: "I was thinking that this move by little girl Lin was quite cruel."

"It is just like this that a hero cuts off his own arm." Yuanyang said softly, "If Miss Lin doesn't take advantage of the emperor's favor to deal with the Ning Mansion and the Second Madam's matter;

"When your majesty has forgotten all the friendship with Master Lin, if these things come up again, don't think about it, old lady, it will be a disaster."

Grandmother Jia was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly and sighed, "She is a good child. It's a pity that her last name is not Jia."

Yuanyang smiled and said, "The old lady is joking again. Your surname is not Jia, but you have been worrying about this family with the surname Jia all your life, right?

"Although Miss Lin has moved out, she is still filial. Otherwise, she would say that she has something to do at the Lin Mansion and cannot leave, that she is sick and needs the care of the Third Miss, and would detain the Third Miss and not call her back. Can you imagine what a mess the Second House would be in?"

Grandmother Jia raised her eyebrows and looked up at Yuanyang: "Why are you speaking for her like this?"

Yuanyang's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly smiled and leaned over, deliberately laughing quietly, "Isn't this a way for me to please the future concubine of Prince Beijing?"

Grandmother Jia uttered an "oh" and a look of joy appeared on her brows again: "As for this matter, I really need to be more alert and make some careful plans!"