Li Wan and others left, and all the idle servants also retreated. In the room, in the inner hall, only Jia Mu and Jia Lian were left. Outside, there was a man holding a beauty hammer, kneeling and chatting with Jia Mu.
Mandarin duck beating its legs.
Jia Mu was sitting upright, wearing a luxurious robe. Although her temples were white and her face was old, her eyes were still sharp.
She looked at Jia Lian quietly, as if she wanted to use her power as an ancestor to subdue Jia Lian.
But Jia Lian just sat there properly. He didn't know whether he didn't see her gaze or was thinking about something important and seemed a little distracted.
Jia Mu then gave up the idea of accumulating power and asked, "No matter what Yang says, she is still your master's concubine. Why do you have to kill her?"
Jia Lian came back to his senses in a second, cupped his hands and said: "Back to the old lady, Yang has monstrous evil intentions and wants to harm me and cut off the direct lineage of the head of the Rongguo Mansion. The methods he used are despicable and extremely insidious! If he is not severely punished with thunderous means,
, kill one person to serve as a warning to hundreds of people, I am afraid that in the future, a bunch of cows, ghosts and snake gods in the house will see the benefits and rush to imitate him. At that time, I am afraid that the generals of my house will always be in chaos and there will never be peace.
Therefore, for the long-term peace and stability of our family, and for the long-term plan of my family, my grandson, only Yang family can be killed, and the hearts of hundreds of people will be destroyed!"
Mother Jia was speechless by such righteous words, and said angrily: "Then why don't you wait until your master wakes up, or wait until I pass before you talk? If you act in such a hurry, you won't be afraid of spreading the word and damaging your court."
Is the official’s reputation good?”
Waiting for you to come over? Waiting for you to come over, can I still deal with people so easily...
"My grandson doesn't want to see something like this happen. But it has already happened. In order to prevent future troubles, someone has to bear the blame. In this case, it is better to let the grandson bear it alone. How dare you let the old lady do it?"
Such dirty things disturb peace and delay practice."
"No matter what you say, you are right, right?"
"My grandson doesn't dare."
Mother Jia was quite speechless. Why hadn't she found this grandson so difficult to deal with before? Is it so difficult to make him admit his mistake?
"Aren't you afraid that the censor will read your book in front of the emperor?"
In a society governed by people, the laws contain general outlines without detailed rules, so there is a saying that "the official word has two mouths".
Although there were sufficient reasons for Jia Lian to kill his wife, it would still be enough for him to be held responsible if the circumstances were not right or he lost power.
Jia Lian immediately bowed his hands and said, "My grandson is not afraid.
Today, His Majesty is not only as wise as a torch, but also has a clear understanding of the affairs of the world, and he hates evil as much as he hates it. How can he listen to the slander of a villain?
Therefore, as long as my grandson behaves upright and does his best to serve His Majesty, there is no need to worry about anyone causing trouble behind his back.
On the contrary, if Your Majesty knew that someone was using such despicable means to harm me, I'm afraid he would be furious and support his grandson."
Seeing Jia Lian acting like my boss is the emperor, and with him supporting me from behind, I am not afraid of anything, Jia Mu became silent.
He was finally sure that there was nothing she could do against Jia Lian.
What else could she say? How dare she refute a single word of Jia Lian's first few words?
After being silent for a long time, Jia Mu sighed and asked: "What did you do during the year you went to the border to make the court value you so much that even the emperor promoted you to an official rank?"
Speaking of which, Jia's mother also felt that she had neglected her duty. She originally thought that Jia Lian's promotion was a great event, but who knew that she had underestimated the nature of the matter. Because it was still the Chinese New Year, women from other mansions kept coming to her door in the past two days.
When visiting her, almost everyone will mention Jia Lian in their conversation, and when they mention Jia Lian, they will always praise her.
Only then did she truly realize that Jia Lian was different from the past.
How did the wives of officials know about Jia Lian? Naturally, it could only be told by their masters. So many officials knew about Jia Lian. It can be seen that Jia Lian's promotion was indeed not accidental, nor was it entirely based on the legacy of his ancestors...
When Jia Lian saw Jia Mu asking this, the respectfulness in his eyes disappeared a lot, and almost instantly he glowed with some awe-inspiring aura:
"I didn't do much. I just led my troops to kill more than a thousand Tatars and snatched hundreds of horses for my uncle. I didn't do much else."
The words that were plain but with a cold meaning shocked both Jia Mu and Yuanyang.
Especially for Yuanyang, the biggest scene she has ever seen was during the Chinese New Year, when Wang Xifeng had her wedding in the courtyard outside the steward's room.
At that time, almost all the three to four hundred people in Rongguo Mansion were present. The dense crowd made it feel crowded.
More than a thousand people means more than a thousand heads...
Yuanyang's scalp feels numb just thinking about it.
Jia Mu is a good person. After all, she experienced this kind of thing when she was young. But she has been rich for too many years and has not been exposed to this aspect of things for too many years.
Seeing Jia Lian's calm expression when he talked about killing more than a thousand people, and remembering that he executed two people at home today, Jia Mu suddenly felt that the spirit of the first generation of the Duke of Guo was resurrected at home.
Just average!
The first-generation Duke of the country practiced military rule of law at home.
But at that time, she was still a submissive little daughter-in-law, probably similar to Li Wan now...
The time gap was so long that she felt as if she had been separated from another world.
She sighed and finally stopped worrying about today's events, "In other words, you have made up your mind to join the army and become a general in the future?"
Jia Lian thought for a while, stood up and said:
"There is an old saying: The beauty of a gentleman will be cut down in five lifetimes.
Our family has been in business for hundreds of years since Taizu. Although our ancestors have made great achievements, we still have wealth and honor to enjoy, but...
After all, it will never be the same again.
Nowadays, the country is prosperous, and new forces in the DPRK and China are emerging one after another. Similar to our founding fathers, we have gradually lost the right to speak.
I think about how glorious our ancestors were back then. They had a family with two nobles, and the court respected them like leaders. Now, among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, my Jia family is the only one who can barely make it among them!
This is unworthy of our descendants and our ancestors."
Jia's mother felt bad after hearing what Jia Lian said. Although Jia Lian didn't say anything about her, after all, it was under her witness that the Jia family turned from prosperity to decline!
Wealth can charm the eyes. Even if she considers herself not a stupid person, she also knows that the Jia family has indeed begun to decline.
Apart from anything else, how could she not know that the official treasury of Rongguo Mansion has long gone from being a mountain of gold and a sea of gold and silver, with no room for gold and silver, to the empty and lonely place it is now?
The Rongguo Mansion has been unable to make ends meet for many years. The wealth and wealth in the family today are all consuming the accumulation of previous generations!
However, she knew about this situation, but she was unable to change it, or in other words, she didn't want to change it.
She has been rich and wealthy all her life, but when the end comes, she ends up living in poverty! Then her face has no place to rest.
He then heard Jia Lian continue: "So, my grandson has decided that whenever he has the opportunity, he will follow the example of his ancestors, serve in the army and serve the court. Perhaps he can use this to restore the decline of my Jia family."
Jia Lian spoke seriously and his eyes were firm. When Jia Lian saw it, she couldn't help but be shocked by his thoughts.
"It's gratifying that you have this heart, but...
Serving in the army and doing meritorious service is not as good as studying and becoming an official, which can kill people, aren't you afraid at all?"
Hearing Jia Mu's words, Jia Lian smiled and said, "It seems it's time to ask Feng Yatou to give me a son."
Mother Jia almost choked to death, and couldn't help scolding: "You are talking about business, why are you talking about this? It's your fault, so I'm not ashamed."
Yuanyang also lowered his gaze and kept staring at Jia Lian, with a red face and started to beat Jia Mu's legs seriously.
Jia Lian shook his head and said: "It's not a question of whether to be ashamed or not...
Humans are always afraid of death, and my grandson is no exception.
However, for the honor of our ancestors, we are not so afraid.
I am willing to use my body and not be afraid of difficulties to rebuild the prosperity of my Jiamen for hundreds of years! If I cannot, I will let my descendants inherit my ambition.
As long as my Jiamen bloodline continues, one day I will be able to restore the glory of my ancestors!"
Jia's mother was shocked. She felt that any accidents in the rest of her life might come from her grandson Jia Lian.
If Jia Lian hadn't used some of his actual actions to prove what he said, Jia's mother would have thought that this was just bragging from someone who doesn't know how high the sky is!
No, even if it is bragging, anyone who wants to have a sense of shame will not be able to boast such big words.
But Jia Lian didn't feel guilty at all when he said this, as if what he said was what he was determined to do!
What else can Jia Mu say, if the Jia family can really produce such a promising descendant, if Jia Lian can really fulfill his ambition.
Apart from anything else, her ancestor will be able to communicate with two generations of princes when she comes to the Underworld.
Jia Mu is like this, let alone a mandarin duck.
The little girl in her teens looked at the Jia man in front of her with wide eyes. In her eyes, apart from shock, she was filled with admiration...
Is that girl not pregnant? When Yuanyang started to be pregnant, the young masters in the house, Jia Zhu, just happened to be dead, Jia Baoyu was too young, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, let alone Jia Huan, Jia Cong, were too small and had no sense of existence.
After counting, there is only one Jia Lian who has just emerged as a handsome young man...
Moreover, not only did Jia Lian have a good-looking life, which just matched her aesthetic taste, he was also one of the few gentle and kind-hearted masters in the two houses!
As a person who has stood out by Jia Mu since she was a child, Yuanyang can see many things that other maids cannot.
She judged very clearly that Jia Lian was one of the few "good people" among the two or three generations of the Jia family, and he was also a person who did practical things. The second master Lian could take care of the affairs outside the Rongguo Mansion.
Clearly, clearly.
Others said that Second Grandma Lian was far more talented than Second Master Lian during those two years. Only she knew that Second Master Lian was not as talented as Second Grandma Lian, but he was easy-going and didn't want to argue with Second Grandma Lian.
The only thing that is really criticized about Mr. Lian is that he is so sexy!
That's because the elder's upper beam was not straight, which caused the lower beam to be crooked. It's not the fault of Mr. Lian...
Therefore, her friends all said that she was high-spirited and would not please her master, not even Mr. Bao. But no one knew that the person she secretly admired was Jia Lian.
Of course, it was just secret admiration. With her integrity and self-esteem, she would not do anything to seduce Jia Lian. That would be stupid behavior.
She didn't even reveal the slightest bit to anyone, because she knew that Second Grandma Lian was a jealous person!
However, today, looking at Jia Lian standing in front of the hall, telling Jia Mu loudly that she wanted to revive the family, she could no longer hide the throb in her heart.
Fortunately, Mother Jia didn't pay attention to this little girl at this time, so she didn't notice it.
On the other hand, Jia Lian, who was opposite, saw something "strange" in her eyes and was slightly startled.
What's going on? Why is Miss Yuanyang looking at him like that? How come she seems to like him...
Could it be that, in this era, saying these words can really make people so admirable and impress all the big girls at once?