Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 159 The Situation Is Corrupted

Jia She was very tactful and took two quick steps out of the second gate to order the carriage and horses to be prepared.

Tao Xingjian looked back at Daiyu and was relieved to see that she was neither thinner nor haggard. He complained in a low voice, "Mind your own business in the future."

"This is not a trivial matter. It has indeed reached the emperor. How embarrassing it is for everyone." Daiyu muttered, tilting her head mischievously, "If you don't believe me, go back and ask the emperor. He must be thanking me in his heart!"

"Your Majesty," Tao Xingjian looked around and leaned over to whisper, "If this little white-eyed wolf were a man, I would save a lot of trouble."

Daiyu smiled triumphantly, and when she saw Jia She turning his head to look at her, she lowered her head and knelt down, saying, "Send off Supervisor Tao."

Tao Xingjian nodded and walked away proudly.

Daiyu hid behind the second door and watched Jia She see Tao Xingjian off and then come back.

When they reached the entrance of the flower hall, they saw Baoyu had already gone over and held Jia Jing's hand, and Jia Huan was beside them, saying, "Master, please spare their lives!"

Jia Rong, who was lying on the ground, was held in Jia Lian's arms and woken up: "Quick, Rong'er, tell your grandfather that you will be loyal, filial, chaste and righteous and be a good person in the future!"

Jia Rong spoke in a hoarse and stammering voice.

Jia Jing then snorted angrily, dropped the whip on the ground, pointed at him and said, "You can apply medicine at Rong Mansion, but tomorrow morning, go to my Taoist temple! I still have a lot to teach you a lesson!"

Everyone was relieved.

Grandmother Jia kept Jia Jing to talk: "There have been many things going on at home recently, and I was just about to ask you to come back and talk to me."

Jia Jing refused to stay: "I am a cultivator, and this evil obstacle is the only thing that binds me to the mortal world. The rest has nothing to do with me."

After saying this, he bowed, turned around and strode away.

Daiyu stepped aside at the door and bent her knees slightly as a way of saying goodbye to him.

Jia Jing didn't stop at all, didn't even look at her, and left with his sleeves fluttering.

Daiyu went in first and helped Lady Jia back to her room.

Here Jia Jing was walking out, and Jia She was walking back after seeing Tao Xingjian off. When they met on the way, Jia She quickly took his arm and said, "I have a lot to say to you!"

"The situation has become so bad, what else can we say? Don't say anything, don't do anything, the best strategy is to stay calm and wait for action.

"Have you not heard: It is because one does not contend that no one in the world can contend with him?

"Ten years ago I told you not to think about going any further, but no one listened to me. Now that my Ning Mansion has been put in place, what else do you want?!"

Jia Jing shook him off and left.

Jia She hurried forward again and said helplessly, "Isn't this just the foolish woman from the Wang family making trouble? My original intention was to withdraw and retreat, to be a little more frivolous and mediocre, and that would be fine.

"Who would have thought that now your Ning Mansion has been completely wiped out, my Zhu'er is gone, and Lian'er is also a beautiful girl with high expectations but low skills.

"Now, it turns out that Baoyu is the only one who can barely support us! Are we really going to follow that old Taoist priest's wishes and entrust everything to him?"

Jia Jing paused and turned back solemnly: "No!"

Jia She looked at him and frowned.

“Firstly, he has too close a relationship with the Wang family, which is not acceptable.

"Secondly, that kid is too soft-hearted and too passionate. He can only achieve small successes, but not big things."

Jia Jing paused for a moment before saying, "If we have to find someone at home, then the only one is Lang Ge'er."

Jia She's eyes lit up: "I heard that Li Shouzhong is not doing well recently?"

"That's right. Everyone in the Li family is mediocre and rigid, and can't help Brother Lang. Zhu'er's wife is a person who only cares about her son."

Jia Jing said nothing more, "I'm going back now. You guys take care of yourselves."

Jia She bowed deeply and watched him leave without any reluctance.

Lady Jia's principal wife.

While waiting for Lady Jia to change her clothes, Daiyu had already ordered Zijuan and Yuanyang to go and make sure the ginseng was delivered. Then she immediately forced Jia Zheng and Jia Lian to invite the imperial physician to come and check Lady Jia's pulse again.

The imperial physician solemnly said, "If Madam doesn't take good care of herself, I'm afraid something serious will happen to the master this autumn and winter!"

Jia She and Jia Zheng suddenly turned pale!

In this bleak and difficult time, if Grandmother Jia were gone, all the old friendships would be gone! Wouldn't that be adding insult to injury? !

Daiyu, who was listening outside the window, immediately ordered Yuanyang to bring the prescription she gave to the old lady to treat her heart pain that year to the imperial physician for review.

The imperial physician looked at it, hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Although this prescription is good, it is not something you can use for daily health preservation. It can only be used in emergencies."

He picked up his pen and wrote another prescription, adding and subtracting some ingredients from the previous one, and handed it to Jia She and Jia Zheng, "This prescription should be taken for at least a month. I'll take a look at it later."

The two men hurriedly bowed and asked the imperial physician to leave.

Yuanyang and Daiyu took the prescription and looked at it carefully. They saw that ginseng was still needed, but the amount used in each dose was a little less. In addition, it had more effects in strengthening the spleen and stomach and clearing liver fire.

The two of them were relieved, and Yuanyang went to prepare and boil the medicine.

Daiyu then quietly returned to Lady Jia and Lady Xing. Seeing Wang Xifeng looking at her, she smiled and said, "It's all right. They just said that the old lady has been suffering from excessive liver fire recently, so she asked her to take some liver-nourishing medicine. Yuanyang took it and boiled it."

Everyone was relieved and started chatting and laughing again.

When Jia Rong was mentioned again, everyone sighed.

Lin Daiyu fanned herself and said, "Isn't this a good thing? First of all, His Majesty is willing to rebuke it instead of just tolerating it. That's very good.

"Secondly, since Master Jing is willing to take charge of the affairs of that branch, how much energy can the old lady and uncle save?

"Besides, if we knew earlier that Rong was making trouble, we should have strictly controlled him in the future. If he made trouble in Jinling by himself, Sister Zhen would be unfamiliar with the place and only stay in the inner house, so I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to control him.

“If something catastrophic were to happen, or if someone with ill intentions seduced them into going astray, we are too far away to do anything about it.

"Rong'er is less than 20 years old now. He has studied hard in Jinling for ten years and he must have understood the principles in books. Wouldn't it be great if he could go to Beijing and seek an official position at that time?"

Although this last sentence needs further discussion, the logic behind it is correct.

Mrs. Xing took the opportunity to persuade Lady Jia, "It's a blessing that his grandfather is willing to take care of him! After all, Master Jingda is a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination. It's better than others teaching Rong'er. We are just waiting for good news."

"Don't sugarcoat the situation." Grandmother Jia waved her hand, called Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng over, and said seriously, "Lian'er is the head of the family now, and everyone in the family, big and small, is looking at you two.

"You two must be careful about how to employ people, who to employ, and to what extent! Especially those who were selected by the East Palace earlier. Check them carefully again!"

The couple quickly agreed.

"Grandma, don't worry. The right thing to do is to take good care of him." Lin Daiyu quickly signaled Wang Xifeng to take Jia Lian out.

Mrs. Xing also felt something was wrong, so she hurriedly ordered someone to quietly call Xiangyun and Xichun to chat with Jia's mother. Only then did Jia's mother turn her attention away from the affairs of the East Palace.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Lin Daiyu said goodbye and left.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the morning the next day, she felt that she had not yet come to her senses from yesterday's events, and someone from the Jia Mansion came to invite her over:

"Grandma Zhen sent four members of the clan to deliver Grandpa Zhen's suicide note. The old lady asked Miss Lin to come over and listen to it."