Jia Ke led everyone to mount their horses again and arrived near the capital. Then Jia Ke ordered Fenwu Camp to return to the camp to rest.
The Eight Banners troops did not need to rest and went straight north back to their base.
The people of the Eight Banners really made a fortune this time. Many people were followed by one or two slaves, and there were also bulging packages immediately.
This time they could show off to their clansmen when they returned, so they were eager to return home. They did not have any resistance to Jia Ke's order to go north immediately. Instead, they wanted to hurry up and return to their clansmen.
After arranging all the troops, Jia Ke re-entered the capital with his personal guards.
Nowadays, the city of Beijing is becoming more and more prosperous. Since Jia Ke came to power, the court has been very peaceful, and the local situation has been smooth. In the past few years, the people have finally been able to breathe a sigh of relief.
So now the capital is full of people coming and going, wealthy businessmen from all over the place are constantly coming and going, and even the people in the capital have many more ways to survive.
Jia Ke's soldiers sent Jia Ke outside the palace and dispersed. One of them was eager to return home. This person was either Ben Bray.
Ben Bray is in the capital and now has a family. Once this person has concerns, his heart will calm down. Therefore, Ben Bray is no longer as hungry as before.
After the soldiers dispersed this time, Ben Bray led his green-maned beast. There were four or five packages bulging on the horse's butt. These were all Ben Bray's gains in Annan. These things were
I have to pay the account to my wife when I get home.
Ben Bray led the horse to a small courtyard with two entrances on Ningrong Street. As soon as he arrived at the courtyard door, he heard a woman inside shouting, "Isn't there just dozens of acres of land?
Is it necessary to show off every day? Who doesn’t have some savings?”
From what I heard, it seemed that I was talking to other women. I saw that other women had dozens of acres of land, and now I felt envious and jealous.
Honbu Lei has a naive character, so he just opened the door and went in without thinking deeply.
When the woman who was yelling at the door of the lobby saw Ben Bray back, she immediately ran up to him in surprise, took off the package from his arm, hugged his arm, and brought him in with a smile on her face.
When they arrived at the inner house, Ben Bray drove the maids out, then personally took the packages from the green-maned beast to the bedroom, and then opened them one by one in front of his wife.
As soon as the package was opened, a brilliant golden light appeared, which dazzled Ben Bray's wife so much that she couldn't even open her eyes.
"This...this...is this really our family?"
Ben Bulei raised his head proudly at this time, looked at the beams of the house and said, "That's natural. I have done a great job in going south this time. Many of these things are rewards from the master."
The woman felt relieved after hearing this, and then stared at the packages and couldn't leave them.
While touching the crystal soft material in the package, the woman murmured to herself: "Buy him three hundred acres of land first, then renovate the house, and save the remaining money first, in case you have a son."
I want to get him married."
It seems that this woman has arranged the use of the money properly.
Besides, when Jia Ke returned to Qianqing Palace, Qin Keqing, Shi Xiangyun and Jia Ke's other concubines, had been waiting at Qianqing Gate for a long time.
As soon as Qin Keqing saw Jia Ke, he immediately knelt down and said, "I, my concubine, are waiting to welcome King Yan to his thousand years."
The concubines behind also knelt down together, "Welcome Chitose back to the capital."
When Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing, he immediately came to her in three steps and two steps at a time, helped her up personally, and then said to the other kneeling concubines: "Get down quickly."
After that, Jia Ke took Qin Keqing and headed towards the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Next, Qin Keqing arranged a banquet in the Qianqing Palace and personally accompanied Jia Ke to talk.
Jia Ke finally left the military camp, returned to his comfort zone, and immediately began to behave wildly.
He held Qin Keqing in his left hand and Shi Xiangyun in his right hand. He also teased other concubines from time to time. Under the constant persuasion of the family, he soon became completely drunk.
When Jia Ke woke up the next day, thinking about what happened yesterday, he felt a little ridiculous.
Li Deshan, who was waiting outside Jia Ke's house, knew that Jia Ke was awake as soon as he heard some movement in the house, so he quickly called the palace maid to follow him into Jia Ke's palace.
"Master, are you awake?"
Brother Jia sat on the bedside and glanced at Li Deshan, then got off the bed and stretched out his hand.
The palace maids at the back naturally knew what it meant, so they hurried forward to change Jia Ke's clothes and wash her clothes again.
After Jia Ke was cleaned up by them, he asked Li Deshan: "Where are the princess and the others?"
Li Deshan said with a smile on his face: "You were a little drunk last night, and the princess stayed with you all the time. She didn't go back to rest until midnight."
Jia Ke nodded, and then asked: "Did anything happen in the court during my absence?"
"Returning to the master, after the slave came back, he went to the secret guard to find out more, and everything in the court was calm."
Jia Ke nodded, and then said: "Send someone to tell the princess and the others that I am going back to the Rongguo Palace today to pay my respects to the old lady. I may come back later in the evening."
Li Deshan agreed and hurried out to deliver the order.
Just as Li Deshan left, another eunuch came in from outside the house. Jia Ke glanced around and saw that it was Li Gui.
Li Gui came to Jia Ke's side and said with a smile: "Master, I haven't seen you for a while, and I feel like dying."
Jia Ke still has feelings for this Li Gui. Ever since he returned to the capital from Xuanfu Town, he has been his personal servant. After he became famous, he did not work as a housekeeper outside like others, but Jia Ke came into the palace to serve him. Just because of this, Jia Ke couldn't treat him badly.
"You're smiling so sinisterly that you have something to say."
Li Gui lowered his head in embarrassment, and finally plucked up the courage to say: "Master, I have been serving you since I entered the palace. However, Eunuch Li has not arranged any important errands for me, so I want to send you a message, Let the slaves have something to do."
After listening to this, Jia Ke understood that the two people were now fighting for power. However, in Jia Ke, Li Deshan almost dominated the public affairs by himself, so he should be given a check and balance.
"In that case, you can go to the Royal Horse Prison and become the general manager."
Li Gui was overjoyed when he heard this. He originally thought that Jia Ke would arrange a small job to give him some power, but he didn't expect that he would be assigned to the Royal Horse Prison as the general manager. This was a huge job.
As Jia Ke's personal eunuch, Li Deshan was naturally the chief eunuch in the palace. He was called the "inner prime minister".
The most important duty of the Royal Horse Supervisor is to monitor the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the world, and his power is no different from that of a minister.
In fact, the Royal Horse Supervisor also had to manage the grassland and the Imperial Village, run the Imperial Store, handle finances with the household department, and serve as the "internal steward" of the imperial court;
It can be said that the chief eunuch of the Royal Horse Eunuch is second only to Li Deshan, the chief eunuch.
Now Jia Ke asked Li Gui to be the general manager of the Royal Horse Supervisor, which suddenly divided the authority in the inner court into two.
Li Gui was naturally delighted to receive the reward from Jia Ke. He stood beside Jia Ke and served him diligently.
After Li Deshan came back after delivering the order, he saw Li Gui standing next to Jia Ke, and his eyes shone with a cold light.
This Li Gui is really haunted. I suppressed him for so long, but I didn't expect that he would sneak in again when he had time.
Supervisor Li Gui said, Li Deshan came in with a sarcastic smile in his eyes, and then he came to you in a few steps and gave him a thousand, and then said with a smile: "Director Li, the master just asked me to take charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor.
We will have many more opportunities to work together in the future, and I hope Eunuch Li will spare no effort to teach me."
After hearing this, Li Deshan was even more annoyed, but he actually said with a smile on the surface: "Since the master has appointed you as the chief supervisor of the Royal Horse Supervisor, you must repay the master well."
After Li Deshan finished speaking, he stopped talking to Li Gui. Instead, he walked three steps and two steps in front of Jia Ke, bowed and said: "Master, I have passed on the message, and Luan Jia outside has made arrangements.
Waiting for the master’s order.”
Jia Ke nodded, "Prepare breakfast, and we'll set off after breakfast."
After receiving Jia Ke's instructions, Li Deshan immediately ordered the imperial dining room to prepare breakfast.
After Jia Ke had breakfast, he changed into homely clothes under the service of Li Deshan and Li Gui. Then they drove out of the palace and went straight to Rongguo Mansion.
When Jia Ke arrived at Ningrong Street, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian had been waiting here for a long time.
As soon as the two of them saw Jia Ke's car arriving, they immediately stood by the road and bowed their hands in salute.
Jia Ke saw them on the chariot and immediately ordered the chariot and horses to stop.
When Jia Zhen and Jia Lian saw Jia Ke's car stopped, they quickly stepped forward to salute Jia Ke.
Jia Ke also got down from Luan Jia and helped the two of them up, then said with a smile: "Why are my brothers doing so many gifts?"
After Jia Ke finished speaking, he took the two of their hands and went directly to the door of Rongguo Mansion. At this time, Rongguo Mansion had already opened the middle door, and Lin Zhixiao was already kneeling there.
Jia Ke nodded to Lin Zhixiao and then entered the Rongguo Mansion first.
Lin Zhixiao got up from the ground, followed Jia Ke closely, and then said: "Master, I have asked you to meet him in the study first when you come back, and then meet the old lady together."
Jia Ke nodded, and then led by Lin Zhixiao directly to Jia Zheng's small study.
When the maids outside Jia Zheng's study saw Jia Ke coming, they didn't go up to him like before and stood there with restraint.
Jia Ke stood outside the study and said, "Unfilial son Jia Ke, please see your father."
Just as Brother Jia finished speaking, Jia Zheng's voice came from the room.
"Now that you're here, come in."
Only then did Jia Ke enter the study.
In the study, Jia Zheng was sitting in the middle, with several Qingqing guests standing beside him to accompany him.
Jia Ke first stepped forward and saluted Jia Zheng, and then at Jia Zheng's signal, he sat down next to him.
When all the Qing guests saw Jia Ke sitting down, they hurriedly came forward and bowed to Jia Ke.
Jia Ke just nodded lightly to them and returned the favor by cupping his hands.