The next morning, Yingchun Tanchun and others came to Jia Lian's courtyard to visit Jia Lian.
"Why are you here so early?"
At that time, Sister Feng was setting up the venue for the family banquet in the flower hall. She saw the sisters-in-law coming and greeted them with a smile.
After greeting each other, Yingchun and others asked Jia Lian where he was.
"He went to his maternal grandfather's house early in the morning. But before leaving, he repeatedly told me to prepare more wine and food to entertain you today.
How dare I refuse my order? I thought that although the space in the main courtyard is large, it is not suitable for hosting banquets. It is better to open all the doors on all sides in the hall and enjoy the various flowers and grass in the courtyard.
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Hearing this, Yingchun and others couldn't help but look around.
They have naturally seen Sister Feng's flower hall. Although it is not as big as the one behind Rongqing Hall, Jia Mu's, it is still well taken care of by Sister Feng.
Now all the flowers and unnecessary furnishings in the hall have been moved out by Sister Feng, and the space suddenly becomes wider.
The most important thing is that this flower hall was built on steps, and the terrain is higher. Now the doors are wide open on all sides, and the view is extremely broad.
If you want to have a banquet in this flower hall, you can look up at the flowers outside. It is indeed more elegant than in the main courtyard.
"Second Grandma, we have moved the screen you asked for, where should we put it?"
"Put it in the corner over there, create an open space, and put a low table on it."
"Qingwen, go to Tianxiang Tower, find Mr. Gu, and tell her that I'll ask her to come over and play some music for us at noon. Please be sure to appreciate it."
Sister Feng briefly arranged things and came back. When she saw Yingchun and others looking at her, she explained with a smile: "Nowadays, the country is filial and the family is filial. It is inconvenient to invite a theater troupe to come in and sing a big opera. But it is too much for the whole family to just sit and drink."
It's boring, so I invited everyone over, and with her playing music in the back and us having a drink in the front, it won't look boring, and it can make us more fashionable."
While talking and laughing, Sister Feng vividly demonstrated her ability to handle all aspects of cooking, causing Baochai Tanchun and others to nod secretly.
At the same time, a little doubt can't help but arise in my mind.
I've heard people say before that Sister-in-law Lian (Sister Feng) is very jealous and she is a typical jealous person.
Gu's appearance was obvious to all, and it was like a rare beauty in the world. Even little girls like her wouldn't believe it if there was no connection between her and her second brother Lian.
However, the second sister-in-law's tone was quite polite and respectful to her.
From this point of view, either others misunderstood and misjudged Sister-in-law Lian, or Brother Lian's light has been too dazzling in recent years, so dazzling that Sister-in-law Lian put aside all prejudices and just wanted to serve Lian Er with peace of mind.
Next to my brother.
It was still early, Jia Lian was not at home, and Sister Feng was busy, so Yingchun and others decided to go to Rongqing Hall first to pay their respects to Jia Mu.
But Jia's mother happened to be entertaining guests, so Yingchun and others hid in the inner hall and waited, secretly listening to the adults' conversation.
In the main hall of Rongqing Hall, there were many guests who came to visit Jia Mu.
They are all respectable ladies in the capital.
Most of these people were relatives and friends of the Jia family, who came to inquire about the rumors about Jia Lian.
Regarding these people's questions, Jia Mu's answer was the same as what she told Jia Lian last night, but was more euphemistic and implicit.
In short, in one sentence, everything the Supreme Emperor said is true and correct.
This result naturally made all the ladies in charge sigh and even secretly envy them.
In fact, how important is it for nobles and officials such as them to have pure blood?
If the Jia family raised children for other people, it would definitely be a big joke and cause ridicule.
But if this child is from the royal family, or a serious prince and grandson, then it would be a different matter.
After all, this connection with the royal family alone is something that no one else can match.
Not to mention, this prince, Longsun, is famous all over the world and has first-class abilities. If he is granted the title of prince or prince in the future, will the Jia family be able to develop with this relationship?
Although the Jia family is quite developed now.
But those who are familiar with the Jia family know that most of the credit for the Jia family's current prosperity is due to Jia Lian.
Otherwise, just because of the unscrupulous children of the Jia family, I am afraid that within a few years, this wealthy family with two fathers will be completely defeated.
But the person who saved the Jia family from decline was not a bloodline of the Jia family, but was picked up from the royal family. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became.
Why don't they have such luck?
Of course, apart from these people seeking information, there are also a few who have ulterior motives.
No, the most beautiful woman in the hall suddenly said to Jia Mu: "I heard that the Xue family in Jinling and your house are family friends, and now a young lady from their family is living in the house?"
The women in the hall did not all agree to arrive together, but came one after another.
In view of the changes in the capital and Tiewan Mountain, they naturally seized the opportunity to inquire about each other's gossip.
Needless to say, these ladies actually revealed a lot of surprising secrets during their conversations.
Everyone was in the middle of a conversation when the Mei family's wife suddenly talked about irrelevant matters and immediately told them to stop talking.
Jia Mu also became more serious.
Although she had long since stopped caring about family affairs, she also knew that the Mei family, a well-known family in the Qing Dynasty, had little contact with their family.
This time, Mrs. Mei's wife suddenly came to visit her and treated her with respect and flattery. There must be a reason.
"You are right. The Bi family and the Xue family have indeed been friends for many generations. There is indeed a young lady from their family living in our house now."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Mei's wife smiled and said, "I'll tell you the truth. Our master has a close relationship with the second master of the Xue family. They had agreed to be the in-laws for their children in the early years.
If you calculate it this way, our family and your mansion are quite close."
"Oh, I didn't know that this happened. If it is true, it does have a lot to do with it."
Jia Mu replied calmly.
Of course she knew about this marriage. After all, she originally planned to match Bao Qin with her sweetheart.
She also knew that the Mei family had actually regretted their marriage for a long time. But she didn't know the reason for this sudden change of attitude.
Mrs. Mei's wife didn't seem to notice Jia Mu's attitude, and still said with a smile on her face: "Although the second master of the Xue family is gone now, our masters are still thinking about this marriage and dare not forget each other.
This time I inquired and found out that Miss Xue family is at your residence, so our master just asked me to come to visit your residence and discuss the engagement."
Jia Mu said: "I'm afraid Mrs. Mei is mistaken. Although Qin'er is living in the house now, I saw that the child was well-behaved, so I stayed here to talk to my old lady to relieve her boredom.
Mrs. Xue's wife is not in Bifu now. They have already lived in another house near Bifu.
If Madam wants to negotiate a marriage contract, she should go to the Xue family. If Madam doesn’t know where the Xue family is, I can send someone to guide you."
Although the Mei family is very important in Qingliu, it is nothing to Jia Mu.
Moreover, the Mei family's behavior of wanting to repent and marry another person when they saw someone was weak really displeased Jia's mother, so her attitude became even colder and she almost issued an eviction order.
Mrs. Mei's wife didn't seem to be aware of Jia Mu's attitude at all, and still smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, old lady. I just said that the younger one just said that coming to visit old lady this time is the main thing, and negotiating with the Xue family is the second priority."
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But since the old lady said that the Xue family lives nearby, why not send someone to ask Mrs. Xue’s family to come over and talk about it?”
As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person. After all, Mrs. Mei's wife is also a royal wife. Mother Jia couldn't just send her away. After a moment of hesitation, she still sent for Aunt Xue.
Unexpectedly, before the servants could take the order and leave, a mother-in-law came from outside to announce: "Mrs. Xue is here."
Aunt Xue often came to greet Jia Mu, talk and play cards with her, so it was not surprising that Jia Mu directly ordered someone to greet her.
When Aunt Xue walked to Rongqing Hall and saw that the hall was full of people, she was startled.
"I've seen the old lady... I didn't know that the old lady has a distinguished guest today, but it's the juniors who are disturbing her."
"What did my concubine say? Please sit down."
Because Aunt Xue came later, and to be honest, Aunt Xue had the lowest status among the guests in the house, so Jia Mu did not allow another seat to be arranged, and Aunt Xue herself took the seat directly.
After briefly introducing the others, Jia Mu pointed at Mrs. Mei and revealed her identity.
Now Aunt Xue became serious and greeted Mrs. Mei politely.
Mrs. Mei's wife saw Aunt Xue as if she were her own sister. She walked directly to Aunt Xue, took Aunt Xue's hand and said, "I have wanted to see my wife for a long time, but I have never had the chance. Today I finally got my wish."
Already."
Aunt Xue squirmed, not embarrassed to say anything.
She wanted to ask, how do you have the nerve to say such things?
Let’s not mention that I have been in Kyoto for two or three years and you have never visited me once. Just say that after Qin’er’s mother came to Kyoto, we made several posts to meet to discuss the marriage, but you Mei family all used various reasons to postpone it.
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What does it mean when you say this now when your regret for being married is obvious?
"I came here this time because our master had an order to discuss the marriage of our children with my sister.
Girl Qin's father is gone, and I heard her mother is also sick. It's not that I'm evil-minded, but I'm just thinking about the future of my children. If we don't decide the marriage earlier, what happens if Girl Qin's mother waits one day?
If he goes too, won't this child become a rootless duckweed, and there won't even be anyone sitting in the high hall by then?
Therefore, according to our master’s wishes, it is better to get this marriage done as soon as possible.”
Aunt Xue didn't know how she felt after hearing this.
Yes, if it weren't for Mr. Zhuang's poor health, the Xue family wouldn't have been so anxious to send Baoqin to Beijing to discuss marriage. After all, Baoqin was still so young.
When a concubine's daughter gets married, her aunt's mother usually sits in the high hall.
Just like Tanchun, when she gets married in the future, Mrs. Wang will also sit in the high hall.
With a sigh, Aunt Xue said: "In that case, let's do it according to Madam's wishes. Qin'er's mother is not in Beijing and asked me to help negotiate this matter.
After the wedding date and other relevant matters are discussed, her mother will go to Beijing in person to see Qin'er get married.
Therefore, I would like to thank Madam for your troubles, but if you need anything, I will fully cooperate and assist you."
Although I don’t know why the Mei family suddenly changed their attitude, but in any case, the Mei family has a noble family, which is a good marriage for Bao Qin, and Aunt Xue is still happy to see it happen.
Originally, everyone should be happy when he said this, and the ladies present were almost ready to congratulate him.
"this……"
Mrs. Mei's face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.
Aunt Xue frowned, "But what's the difficulty?"
Mrs. Mei's wife sighed: "I dare not lie to my wife, because something happened to Qi'er..."
"What's the matter?"
"It's like this. It's all my fault for our lack of discipline. I don't know how that kid Qi'er fell into the prince's eyes. He followed the prince to the Tienwang Mountain to participate in the royal family's hunting activities..."
Before Mrs. Mei finished her words, everyone in the hall changed their expressions.
It should be said that these days, there have been ups and downs outside, a lot of things have happened, and many prominent people have even died.
But of all these things, the most shocking and frightening thing is nothing more than this:
Iron Web Mountain, the prince plots rebellion!
They were still discussing just now, saying that the prince's rebellion failed and he was dead, which made everyone in the capital feel in danger, fearing that for some reason, they would be labeled as rebels and liquidated by the court.
I heard that there are also Jin Yiwei sent out to arrest people in the city today!
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Mrs. Mei as if they were snakes and scorpions.
Upon seeing this, Mrs. Mei's wife hurriedly said: "It's not what you think. We have found out clearly that my son did not participate in the rebellion. He just went to Tiewan Mountain by mistake. In fact, he plotted against the prince."
He knows nothing about rebellion, and there is no act of rebellion.
After the Holy Emperor returned to Beijing yesterday, the palace issued an order to execute a large number of rebels. I heard that the killings caused rivers of blood to flow in front of the Meridian Gate...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But my son is not included in it. Until now, my son is only being detained in the detention center, which also proves that my son has not participated in the rebellion.
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When everyone heard this, their expressions softened a little.
The so-called detention center is used to temporarily hold prisoners when a major case occurs and many people are involved, and there is not enough space in the prison.
After all, not all cats and dogs are worthy of entering the Tianyao Prison and the Penal Department Prison.
It can also be understood that the people who are imprisoned in detention centers are usually those with minor crimes or are simply implicated.
When the emperor returned to Beijing yesterday, he ordered to kill a group of "princes who rebelled against the party" who had been captured by the imperial guards.
The so-called prince rebels against the party. Naturally, most of them are the emperor's people, and among them, those who are related to the prince account for a very small proportion.
After all, others don’t know whether the prince is plotting rebellion, but Emperor Ning Kang doesn’t know either?
Even if the prince did rebel against him in the end, it was just a temporary initiative. Almost all the people involved were killed in Tiewan Mountain.
Next, Emperor Ning Kang would definitely not seriously hunt down the prince's accomplices. At most, he would kill a few symbolically to deal with the people of the world.
The only people Emperor Ning Kang wants to kill are those who are stubborn or who pose a threat to him, including the Supreme Emperor's party.
Although Mrs. Mei's family swore and swore, after all, it involved a serious crime of treason, so everyone in the hall quietly stayed away from her, fearing that they would be involved.
Aunt Xue looked at her angrily with a black face.
Okay, I used to do everything possible to delay it, but now something happened, I think of this marriage. Do you really think that my Xue family is bullying me?
If Aunt Xue hadn't been kind-hearted and well-educated, she would have definitely cursed Mrs. Mei.
Even so, she still asked with a gloomy face: "Since Qi'er is behind bars now, why would you and I discuss marriage? Shouldn't this matter wait until Qi'er is released from prison?"
Mrs. Mei's wife pretended to wipe away her tears, "We don't understand what my sister said, but we hate the hawks and dogs of the Jin Yiwei. No matter how many ways my husband and I tried, and how many benefits we promised, they just refused to let Qi go.
Come out..."
At this time, Mrs. Wang, who was just standing next to Jia Mu to entertain guests, suddenly understood what Mrs. Mei's wife meant.
Sure enough, Mrs. Mei suddenly knelt down to Aunt Xue and said: "Madam, please save Qi'er's life for the sake of Qin'er and Qin'er's engagement. Although Qi'er has not yet
You are being questioned, but you never know when the decree of questioning will come down. When the nest is overthrown, the damned Beizhen Fusi will not care whether you are unjustly accused or not. I am afraid that they will all be killed..."
Aunt Xue said angrily: "You have nothing to do, how do you want me to save you? I have no official position, and I have no..."
Having said this, Aunt Xue suddenly realized something and looked up at Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang.
Mrs. Mei's wife seemed to be unable to hold it in any longer. She didn't wait for Aunt Xue to finish her words and immediately said: "The Xue family has been friends with the Jia family for many generations. Moreover, my sister is the biological sister of the second wife of the Jia family and is a member of the palace family."
The imperial concubine’s direct aunt.
As long as you are willing to help, there will definitely be a way to save Qi'er's life..."
What can Aunt Xue say? If she still can't see the Mei family's intentions, then she is too stupid.
No wonder the Mei family didn't go directly to the Xue family to discuss marriage, but instead went to the Jia family.
It turned out that she had this idea, and wanted to use this relationship to get the Jia family to come forward and help her get her son!
A clever and shameless calculation, but also reasonable.
Also, how has the Xue family ever been taken seriously by them?
Aunt Xue said nothing, not only because she felt insulted, but also because she understood the truth and was sensible.
If she were to beg Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang for this Mei Qi today, then the good impression she had worked so hard to accumulate in front of Jia Mu over the past few years would be gone immediately.
Mrs. Mei's wife didn't seem to pay much attention to Aunt Xue's attitude. Seeing that Aunt Xue didn't express her position, she immediately turned around and kowtowed to Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang.
"The old lady and madam are merciful. For the sake of the relationship between our two families and the sake of our scholarly family background, please save my Qi'er's life. My husband and I will remember the old lady for the rest of our lives.
The kindness of you and your wife will definitely be rewarded in the future!"
Mrs. Mei's wife is still very smart. She knows that wealthy families like the Jia family (who started out as martial artists) want to get rid of the label of nouveau riche and strive for a reputation as a farming and reading family. Therefore, people like Jia Zheng desperately want their sons to study.
She gave the Jia family the title of "Scholarly Family" as soon as she came up, which was to praise the Jia family. After all, there are not many families who are more worthy of the title of "Scholarly Family" than the Mei family, which has produced several Hanlin bachelors, and there are not many people.
The evaluation of this is more authoritative than that of the Mei family.
She also promised generous rewards based on the reputation of their Mei family.
With their Mei family's status in Shilin, she believed that the Jia family would value it and be willing to help with this small favor.
She felt that she was already a close friend. The Mei family's friends were mostly with those from the imperial court, and few people could talk to the emperor without saying a word. Moreover, when those people heard about the case involving the prince, they all
They all avoided him and refused to help.
There was no other way, so they decided to target the Jia family.
The Jia family is not only relatives of the emperor, but also has concubines in the palace to help them. Moreover, the Jia family also has a Jia Lian!
Seeing that Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang were both silent and obviously unwilling to help like everyone else, Mrs. Mei knelt down and said to Aunt Xue: "Please help me to say a word to my wife.
Don’t worry, madam, as long as you can help me with a word, I will swear on behalf of our master that I will marry Qin’er as soon as Qi’er comes out. If I violate this oath, my Mei family will be extinct from the world of scholars in the future!”
Hearing this, Aunt Xue hesitated again.
The decline of the Xue family is an indisputable fact, which is actually the reason why the second master of the Xue family worked hard to establish a relationship with the Mei family.
With the reputation of the Mei family in Shilin, marrying Baoqin would be an extra help in the event that a successful descendant of the Xue family enters an official career in the future.
If it is as Mrs. Mei's wife said, she is just involved and can be rescued easily, it is not impossible...
Isn't it just because of helping each other that aristocratic families can form strong relationships?
Aunt Xue looked at Mrs. Wang, wanting to hear what she meant.
How could Mrs. Wang not understand what her sister meant, but no one knew her daughter's situation in front of the emperor better than she did.
Although the daughter did not say it, she could guess from her observations that the old emperor was not very fond of his daughter.
It is already very difficult for a daughter to support herself in the palace. How can the Mei family, which is so troubled, consume the few holy family members?
Therefore, without giving her sister a chance to speak, Mrs. Wang directly said coldly: "The Taizu has taught that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Besides, the matter involves the prince's rebellion, so how can the concubines in the harem have any control over it.
If you, the Mei family, want to save your son, you might as well contact more ministers in the court and submit a letter to the emperor to clarify the charges, I'm afraid it will be of some use."
Mrs. Mei's wife said hurriedly: "Since it is inconvenient for the imperial concubine to help, how about asking the Marquis of Zhenyuan to come forward?
With the reputation of Marquis Zhenyuan, even Beizhen Fusi is willing to release him directly without asking the emperor for mercy..."
Since the Mei family came up with this plan, they naturally did their homework.
They found out that the eldest son of the Xue family had committed a murder before, and the son of a dignified captain was beaten to death. He was sentenced to death in another family. As a result, because of Jia Lian's help, under the mighty power of God, only one person was sentenced to death.
Year!
This is the biggest reason for their actions today.
Since Jia Lian is willing to help the Xue family so much, it means that the relationship between the Xue family and Jia Lian is very good. As long as the Mei family uses the marriage as a bargaining chip, the Xue family can persuade Jia Lian to help.
And Jia Lian can even clear up such a big crime. Isn't it easy to save her son?
Mrs. Mei's words made most people in the hall nod secretly.
Even Mrs. Wang, who had once been against Jia Lian, felt that with Jia Lian's ability, it was just a piece of cake to save a person in prison.
Who told this boy to be so rich and blessed? Not only could he coax two generations of emperors into circles in the past, but now he has transformed into a decent grandson of the emperor!
Just as Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang were thinking about whether to use Jia Lian to sell a favor from the Mei family, another announcement came from outside: "Old lady, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo and the wife of the Marquis of Xiangyang are asking for an audience together!"
Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang were both stunned.
What day is it today, and why do these family friends and relatives come to visit one after another?