When the second master Zheng appeared in Rong Mansion, the whole Rong Mansion was shocked.
The old lady was naturally overjoyed. When she was so happy and asked how to get out of trouble, Mr. Zheng's old face turned red and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
Later, after interrogating the senior officer next to Mr. Zheng, he found out that it was Huansan's hand who easily helped Mr. Zheng out of trouble.
What about ring three?
Chang Sui reported and took the initiative to leave on the outskirts of Beijing. He also had to manage a huge imperial estate, so he couldn't be away for too long.
The old lady was stunned for a long time...
At this time, the second wife Qiqi Aiai said that she had already informed Empress Yuanchun in the palace about the incident involving Mr. Zheng.
The old lady was so angry that she almost gave Mrs. Wang a few blows. She hurriedly summoned Jia Rong and Qin Keqing from the Ning Mansion and asked them to send a message to Empress Yuan Chun through their connections in the palace. The second master Zheng had escaped safely.
Unfortunately, bad news came this afternoon...
Empress Yuanchun was directly demoted to a concubine because of something that offended Jin Jin, and was even forced to be banned from Fengzao Palace for a month!
When the news came, everyone in the Rong Mansion felt as if they were struck by thunder. First they were panicked, and then they blamed each other and it was so lively...
Master Zheng Er was very disheartened when he saw this, and specially invited Huan San to ask: What should he do in the future?
Of course, in front of Huan San, a bastard, he wouldn't say it so straightforwardly, but that's what he meant.
"Find a way to get a sinecure. Since some people don't want me to stay in the officialdom, we have to stand still. We can't back down at this time!"
The second master Zheng was also extremely unwilling. Of course, he also understood his own shortcomings and never thought about any practical work.
At present, the Rong Mansion seems to be still prosperous from the outside, because the real pillars of the Rong Mansion, Lin Ruhai and Lian Er, have not had any accidents, and their official reputation and political achievements are quite good, and their future is still promising.
Therefore, the activities of the second political master were quite smooth, and soon he became the fourth rank of the General Affairs Bureau of the General Affairs Office, a position where he could not be idle anymore.
The key is that this idler is quite well-informed...
However, Mrs. Wang was unlucky this time, because the concubine Yuanchun was demoted, her original arrogance was suppressed, and she was even restrained by the old lady to recite sutras in the Buddhist hall for several days.
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When the official ship of Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong's son-in-law docked, the old housekeeper of the Lin family had been waiting for a long time with a group of servants.
"Good morning, sir, good luck to my uncle, good news to my lady..."
The old butler's body was still strong. After saying hello with a smile, he immediately ordered the servants who followed him to carry the luggage. He brought several large carriages and invited Lin Ruhai and his party to get on board.
When she returned to the Lin Mansion, Lin Ruhai immediately ordered her servants to go to the Rong Mansion to hand over greeting cards, and when she had free time, she would bring her daughter and son-in-law to visit her.
After briefly freshening up, Lin Daiyu went back to the backyard to rest. Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong were in high spirits in the central hall and asked about the changes in the capital in recent years.
Old Butler Lin recounted them one by one, which is actually a commonplace story...
There were constant disputes in the court, and the secret fights between the civil servant group and the nobility group caused some chaos in the court, but it did not affect the lives of ordinary people.
Instead, he mentioned the matter of Prince Zhongshun, who was almost becoming the laughing stock of the powerful elite in the capital.
Today, we are inexplicably allowed to establish feudal vassal states overseas, but as a result, there has been no movement, which is really weird and ridiculous.
Not funny at all!
Jia Cong and Lin Ruhai looked at each other and saw the playfulness in each other's eyes.
Prince Zhongshun, you can hide it deep enough this time.
As far as Jia Cong knew, Zhen Yingjia had an ever-growing fleet of sea-going ships, at least ten of which were working for Prince Zhongshun.
Each ship can transport men and supplies to a huge island in the open sea. It is estimated that the number of people transporting there now is at least close to 2,000.
If two thousand young men are well organized, they can already do a lot of things.
Obviously, Prince Zhongshun paid attention to using the materials and manpower from Daqing to build his overseas kingdom.
At the moment, it is estimated that even today is kept in the dark. When it suddenly breaks out one day, I am afraid that it will be absolutely shocked.
However, it is not easy to reveal these words in front of the old housekeeper. Who knows if this old guy will let outsiders listen when he breaks his words?
Old Butler Lin obviously did not notice the subtle atmosphere and continued to talk about some major events that had happened in the capital in the past three years. At the same time, some situations related to the Lin family were also explained very clearly.
After talking about the big things, the next thing is the recent unlucky Rongfu incident.
With Rong Mansion's sieve-like sense of confidentiality, it is easy to find out what happened to Mr. Zheng and what happened next.
The second master of Zheng was cheated, and then the Rong Mansion was in chaos. Then Huansan came to help. At the same time, Yuan Chun in the palace interceded for his father, which caused Jin Tian to be furious and demoted his concubine as a concubine.
What a drama!
Jia Cong was speechless. He didn't know how Yuan Chun would react after hearing the news when he was in the palace. He would probably have the idea of Mrs. Wang cheating on her.
"Have you figured it out? Is this an unintentional act by those censors, or is it a deliberate move?"
It was about Rong Mansion, so Lin Ruhai could not interrupt too much, but Jia Cong had no such scruples and asked directly: "Also, what are the specific purposes of these guys?"
"It's a few new imperial censors who wanted Yang Ming, but they ended up targeting the second master of Rong Mansion!"
Old Butler Lin shook his head and said: "It's just that these censors seem to have guidance from experts, and they always have a sense of proportion..."
Hey!
Jia Cong sneered in his heart with disdain. Since he dared to take action, he had to wait for Rong Mansion's revenge. It was too naive to think that everything would be fine.
And when he found out that this group of censors had a close relationship with a group of Hanlins from the Hanlin Academy and formed a small group of their own, including a very familiar Mei Hanlin, he suddenly laughed very strangely.
"Why are you smiling so weirdly? Could it be that you have some bad intentions to tease people?"
Lin Ruhai had a headache. What he was afraid of was Jia Cong's methods, which were too lethal.
"I happen to know that Mei Hanlin has a close relationship with my younger brother Xue Pan!"
Jia Cong did not hide anything, and casually talked about the marriage between Xue Baoqin and Mei Hanlin's son, and then said with a smile: "I think Mei Hanlin is very interested in changing his mind. Let's ask that boy Xue Pan to come and test it first. If it comes out,
If something unexpected happened..."
"How about it?"
Lin Ruhai felt deep uneasiness in her heart and said angrily: "You can't mess around!"
"It's just a Hanlin, and it's not worth it for me to personally take action. A novel can solve the problem, and by the way, I can give those 'young' censors who don't know the heights of the world a lesson that is profound to the core!"
Lin Ruhai shook his head helplessly, but could not express his objection...
Although Jia Cong was the son-in-law of the Lin family, he had a strong temperament and Lin Ruhai couldn't suppress him too much. As long as he didn't act recklessly, he could only turn a blind eye.
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On the other side, after receiving the post sent by Lin Ruhai, everyone in the Rong Mansion quickly learned that Master Lin returned to Beijing and would take the initiative to visit the old lady soon.
The old lady was naturally filled with joy and immediately ordered Yuanyang to go to Lin's house and first bring Lin Daiyu, her direct granddaughter, to live in the house for a while.
As for Jia Cong, the Lin family's son-in-law, he had no idea of paying attention at all.
Yuanyang did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly called for the two young maids and the mother-in-law, and rushed to the Lin family's residence with the old lady's gift for Lin Daiyu.
But before I even entered the door, I was shocked.
It turned out that knowing that the boss, Jia Cong, was returning to Beijing today, Huansan and a group of younger brothers rushed over at noon.
Right now, these guys are not ordinary characters...
Just Huan San and a white man, Jia Lan's age is still too young to be considered true, and the rest all have official status.
The one with the highest official position is still Liu Xianglian, the sixth-rank commander of the Wucheng Military and Horse Division. The others are either working in Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, or working in the Ministry of Works Yamen, and the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice. They are all high-ranking officials.
The most important thing is that they all come from the Jia Clan School, either from the Jia clan or from relatives of the school, and their relationship with the Rong Mansion is quite close.
When Yuanyang came in, what he saw was a group of people with low-level official positions, but with great potential.
As for Jia Cong, he was the center of this group of officials. He could tell at just one glance that he was not a mere mortal.
There are also several people who work in the suburbs of Beijing or have official duties that they cannot get away from, otherwise the Lin family will only be more lively.
No matter who it is, as long as they are not confused, they will know that this wave exists. It is also a small mountain in the officialdom. Even Lin Ruhai is not sure whether there will be actual officials of the third rank or above, or even six-level ministers.
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Yuanyang naturally didn't expect it to be so far away, but with more than a dozen officials staring at her, even with her delicate mind, she couldn't help but feel worried.
Jia Cong didn't mean to embarrass anyone. He said hello and went straight to the topic. After knowing the purpose of Yuanyang's visit, he smiled and said: "Sister Yuanyang is really unlucky. My wife is pregnant and it is difficult to leave the house for the time being. When she comes from
After recovering from the fatigue of the long journey, it’s not too late to go to Rongfu to see the old lady!”
Yuanyang left with regrets and some shock...
After returning to the house, he immediately conveyed the good news to the old lady and informed Lin Daiyu of the reason why she could not come.
As expected, the old lady was so happy that she couldn't blame her. She just kept asking Yuanyang to open the warehouse and send rare and good things to Lin's house.
Yuanyang didn't tell the old lady what he saw at the Lin family, so as not to cause her displeasure, but she felt quite uncomfortable in her heart.
Phoenix Egg, who was deeply hurt by the old lady, even though he had been "working hard" in recent years, he still had to stay in the house all year round. Look at Jia Cong and Huan San's gang, they were already hanging out outside.
With this reputation, the gap between the two will probably become wider and wider...
He also watched Phoenix Egg grow up, so naturally he didn't want the legitimate son of the second wife to be left too far behind by the concubine of the eldest and second wife...