The emperor was shocked when he heard this speculation. Recalling that the last time Wang Tingxuan went to Yangzhou, the news was also leaked from the General Affairs Department, so he did not dare to be careless.
I didn't feel relieved until I arranged for someone to go to the Nanhai Navy Camp to find out the news.
The emperor was very angry with the General Secretary. The General Secretary was the emperor's eyes and ears, but now he had become a leaky ear.
King Zhongshun said: "Brother, please don't be angry. Fortunately, nothing unexpected has happened in the South China Sea now. We still have time to prepare."
Speaking of which, the emperor is very narrow-minded and very vindictive.
"I heard that Rongguo Mansion was built with money from the Xue family in Jinling as a provincial villa?"
King Zhongshun said with a smile: "That's right. The old lady of the Jia family originally wanted to take advantage of Lin Ruhai, but Lin Ruhai directly gave Jia Zheng the evidence of the Jia family's private handling of Jia Min's dowry. Only then did the old lady of the Jia family
Rest your mind."
"Nowadays, the only real rich people in the Jia family are Jia She, Mrs. Jia, and Concubine Xiande's mother. None of the three of them are willing to give out money, so they can only take advantage of those relatives. The Xue family happens to live there.
At Jia's house, I was fascinated by the words "Guo uncle" and willingly took out the money."
The emperor said: "Did you know that the Xue family has been in charge of the General Affairs Department in Jinling?"
King Zhongshun did not know this. The identity of the Xue family was a secret. No one except the emperor knew the details.
King Zhongshun asked in confusion: "If this is the case, shouldn't the Xue family stay in Jinling? Why did the whole family come to the capital?"
"Humph, the previous head of the Xue family accidentally leaked the secret of the General Affairs Department and was caught. After I came to the throne, those people killed the head of the Xue family in order to silence him. Now the Xue family doesn't know anything about the General Affairs Department.
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King Zhongshun was shocked and asked: "How did the emperor know?"
The emperor looked at the residence of the Supreme Emperor and said: "The last time Tingxuan went to Yangzhou, the entire army was almost wiped out. I wanted to know the reason, so I went to ask my father personally."
"Did the father do it?"
The emperor shook his head and said: "My father didn't know either. Later, my father sent someone to investigate and found out the problem. It was for this reason that my father gave in to me."
King Zhongshun thought to himself that the old man's scapegoating skills must be at full level. Look at how cleanly this scapegoat can be done.
The emperor didn't know what King Zhongshun was thinking, and said: "My father wanted me to look at the Xue family's past achievements, and the current head of the Xue family didn't know the secret, and let the Xue family go. I originally had this idea. But Xue
Since I’m seeking death, I can’t be blamed.”
King Zhongshun said: "Brother Huang is planning to take action against the Xue family. Are you going to arrest that idiot Xue?"
The emperor had this idea, but the time was not right, so he said: "There is no hurry at the moment. I asked Dai Quan to arrange for people to go down and beat the autumn wind. There are so many snows in the good years. I want to see if the autumn wind in the palace can blow away this snow."
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This is obviously jealous.
King Zhongshun had already made a plan. This time when building the provincial villa, he must make some space for the pockets of the Jia family. The emperor actually wanted to intervene, so he let that old fox Dai Quan do it.
"Brother Emperor, you have already stolen my business once."
The emperor said: "I asked people like Miao Zhonglei to provide convenience to the Jia family. How can I say that I am robbing your business?"
"Why not? You asked them to escort the Jia family. The Jia family's garden construction was delayed several days. This is all the money I lost."
The emperor was impatient and drove King Zhongshun out, saying: "Anyway, the Jia family does not have to pay less. Whoever earns is different."
Can it be the same?
King Zhongshun made money from the Jia family and could keep a part of it. The money earned by Miao Zhonglei and others had nothing to do with King Zhongshun.
King Zhongshun was unhappy, and the Jia family were even more unhappy.
There are really too many eunuchs who come to the house to enjoy the autumn breeze. Coupled with the messy expenses, the Xue family is no longer so happy.
Jia's mother sat in the house and asked: "Lian'er, is someone targeting the empress? Why are so many young eunuchs coming to our house to borrow money?"
Jia Lian took five hundred taels and went out to inquire about the news. The money was not wasted, but he did not dare to report it.
Jia Mu stared at Jia Lian and felt unhappy when she saw him looking around.
"Don't look at others. Have you found out the information?"
Jia She was a filial son. When he saw Jia Mu's face turned ugly, he shouted to Jia Lian: "You can't even do anything. If you have any news, tell me quickly."
If you offend Jia She, you will be punished, and Jia Lian is not willing to suffer that.
"Back to our ancestors, no one specifically targeted the empress. The eunuchs in the palace also went to other empresses' homes to catch the autumn wind. It's just..."
"It's just nothing. If you tell me quickly, any problem will be solved easily."
Jia Lian gritted his teeth and said, "Our house is where the eunuchs from the palace come most often. They usually come here to enjoy the autumn breeze."
Mrs. Wang couldn't sit still anymore and said: "We are asking you why you come to our house to enjoy the autumn breeze. Our queen is of higher rank than them."
"Because there is no official in our family. In the family of my wife who is planning to marry me this time, everyone is at least a fourth-grade official."
To put it bluntly, I just bully your family into not being able to speak in front of the emperor.
After Jia Lian finished speaking, Jia Zheng lowered his head in shame. Other empresses' fathers were both fourth-rank officials, but his father, a virtuous concubine, was still a fifth-rank official.
Jia Mu was so angry that she couldn't speak. For the sake of face, she said: "When the Duke was here, how dare those little eunuchs come to our house to catch the autumn breeze."
Jia She and Jia Zheng quickly knelt down, lowered their heads and said, "They are all useless sons."
What can Mother Jia do? The eldest son was crippled on purpose by herself, and the younger son really has no ability, so she counts on Jia Baoyu. Unfortunately, Baoyu is a bit young after all.
"You go down, the second son's family stays."
Mrs. Wang was feeling aggrieved for the virtuous concubine. Her uncle was a good one, so why should he look down on her?
Mother Jia cursed at Mrs. Wang: "You stupid woman, you have seen it now. No one supports our queen, even a little eunuch dares to come to our house to fight against the autumn wind."
Mrs. Wang said unconvinced: "Old lady, I will write a letter to my brother right away when I get back. I don't believe it. If my brother talks about it in front of the emperor, they dare to insult the empress like this."
Jia Mu directly took the tea bowl at hand, threw it towards Mrs. Wang, and cursed: "If you don't kill the empress, you will feel uncomfortable. How do you plan to ask Mr. Wang to say this kind of thing in front of the emperor?"
Mrs. Wang just couldn't let go of her arrogance. She was no stranger to this kind of inner-house method. She herself often used it on Jia Zheng.
But now it's someone else's turn to use it on her, and they can't find any good solution.
Mrs. Wang lost her mind and said: "Old lady, how could I harm my mother-in-law? I just can't think of any good way to help my mother-in-law. Please give me some advice about my daughter-in-law."
Jia Mu looked at Mrs. Wang proudly and said: "Those eunuchs are all little people who can act according to the circumstances. There is no need to pay attention to them at all. As long as our family has a minister who can see the emperor often and can speak well in front of the emperor.
.Those little eunuchs themselves will avoid our house."
Mrs. Wang's eyes trained for a moment, and then she became confused again. Where could she find someone who could speak in front of the emperor?
Jia Mu said to Mrs. Wang: "Lin's son-in-law is the Minister of Household Affairs. As long as he stands up, those little eunuchs will not respect the empress."
