Red Mansion: Incense and God Road, starting from the City God of Shenjing

Chapter 40: The Gods and the Powerful Are All Fearful
"not dead?"

"It turns out to be a way to die in place of others, but you run fast enough!"

"I want to see how many lives you have to die for!"

He stretched out his hand and when the Shinto seal returned, only some broken limbs and flesh were left in its place, but there was no sense of any breath of life.

Jia Cong looked indifferent. After thinking for a moment, he thought of something.

"That's good. If I die now, it will be hard to plan for the future."

Thanks to Shui Rong.

Jia Cong has already achieved most of his purpose of participating in the autumn hunt this time.

The four great vassal kings of different surnames in the east, west, south and north.

It had already established its own territory at the end of the previous dynasty, and it maintained relative independence until the time when Emperor Taizu of Daqian raised his army and surrendered.

The accumulated heritage of hundreds of years is far beyond the imagination of outsiders.

Not to mention that among the four kings of different surnames, only King Beijing is a king, and his strength is the strongest among the four kings.

Just when Jia Cong had been probing outside Prince Beijing's mansion before, he had discovered two martial arts innate masters and one Xuanmen spirit-refining level guard.

Not to mention the forces hidden in their fiefdoms.

But no matter how great your foundation is, it will eventually be exhausted.

Apart from other things, what we see now is a method of death-substitution from an unorthodox sect. Although it can save lives, each method comes with a huge price.

……

Under countless complicated gazes, Jia Cong slowly walked up to Emperor Shunde.

At this time, everyone had different expressions.

The founding lineage of the Eight Dukes and Twelve Marquises was secretly worried.

Niu Jizong of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion kept winking at Jia Cong.

Prince Yi Zhong, who had just formed an alliance with Shui Rong, had a happy look on his face. In his opinion.

After this incident, Emperor Shunde would definitely have some resentment in his heart, and it would be impossible for him to win over Jia Cong no matter what.

More of it was shocking.

He saw with his own eyes that a martial arts genius was killed in one move in front of him, and was shocked to see him as fragile as a child.

"Jia Cong has behaved disrespectfully in front of you, so I would like to ask to be stripped of my title."

"I hope your majesty will forgive me!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Jia Cong's words caused an uproar.

In the eyes of everyone, overturning the table and attacking the emperor in front of him was certainly considered treasonous.

But it would never reach the point of directly stripping him of his title.

The title of Daqian is precious, and every title is earned with countless lives.

Now you are apologizing for such a small matter. Do you think I can pick them just because I tell them to?

But Jia Cong looked indifferent and didn't take the title seriously at all.

So after the shock, someone reacted immediately!
When I tasted it carefully, I felt my teeth aching.

The Xuanmen spirit refining has an extremely high status!
The royal family will also focus on winning over people.

Even if he had made some mistakes, as long as they did not involve the unforgivable crime of rebellion.

The worst punishment is dismissal from office and loss of title.

Jia Cong did not hold an official position.

As for the title...

He has been refining his spirit at the age of nine, and his subordinates have already killed two innate martial arts masters.

Do people care about this small title?
In other words, does having a title or not affect one's status?
Not to mention that the royal family has always maintained an attitude of not supporting but secretly encouraging the fighting between the nobles.

Just look at Jia Cong's way of flipping the table at any time.

Who can endure this?
You can't mess with me at all!
……

"The young Zi Yibo had a dispute with the Beijing Palace due to a misunderstanding."

"Considering that this is his first offense and that he did not accidentally hurt anyone else, he will be fined one year's salary and will not be punished again."

Emperor Shunde looked at Jia Cong, who was not at all moved by the title.

Something moved in my heart.

With a raise of his hand, he immediately set the tone for the matter.

Not to mention the one-year punishment, there is only a small salary that comes with the title.

Even if he was fined for hundreds of years, it would not be as much as the gold, silver and jewelry he was rewarded with before.

Thus, a world where only Shui Rong was injured was instantly created.

……

The imperial palace is filled with talented people.

In less than an incense stick of time, the parade ground and its colorful tents were ready.

Everything that had just been destroyed had been restored to its original state by the eunuchs.

Emperor Shunde returned to the colorful tent with many ministers and nobles.

The atmosphere became lively again. Jia Cong sat below Emperor Shunde, among a group of princes and nobles.

Although he rarely speaks.

But he is still one of the protagonists in the scene.

No one dared to underestimate this young super earl.

……

Behind the camp
The place where all the female relatives are.

There was also a colorful tent, and in front of it there was a small polo field, which looked very appropriate.

It's a rare opportunity to go out for an outing during the autumn hunting season.

Many young ladies were walking and playing on the polo field.

In the colorful tent, the imperial edicts of various families were placed around the queen.

The atmosphere was also extremely warm.

However, many people would occasionally cast their eyes towards the places where the masters of the various mansions in the east were.

Guessing the source of the huge noise just now.

Until a young eunuch from Kunning Palace hurried in from outside.

After whispering to the queen, the sound in the curtains couldn't help but drop a few degrees, and everyone subconsciously pricked up their ears.

"Is the old Lord of the Jia Mansion here?"

The Empress Zhou of Emperor Shunde was the princess he married when he was in the Qiandi Palace.

He was not born into a wealthy family, and his biological father was a minister in the Ministry of Rites.

He is well versed in Confucianism, has inherited poetry and books from his family, and is reasonable.

After Emperor Shunde ascended the throne, he did not take advantage of this opportunity to make further progress.

Instead, he resigned from his official position and returned to his hometown in Shandong to open a college to teach and educate people.

With such a family background, his tone of voice was exceptionally gentle when he spoke.

Sanchun and others originally served Lady Jia and were inconspicuous among the crowd of ladies with imperial titles.

When the Queen asked this, everyone's attention was focused on her.

"I pay my respects to the Empress!"

Grandmother Jia hurried forward and saluted.

"Old Lord Feng, please forgive me for embarrassing you. Please stand up quickly and don't be so polite!"

"Why don't you bring the cushions to Old Lord Feng!"

The queen stretched out her hand to support him, and then ordered someone to bring a chair.

"These are the granddaughters of the old Lord, right? As expected, they are all good-looking and have excellent manners."

"With so many granddaughters taking care of you, you must be so envious of me."

When Lady Jia sat down, Empress Zhou glanced at Sanchun and the others and smiled.

Such courtesy can be said to be extremely rare.

It made Grandmother Jia feel as if she had returned to the time when Jia Daishan was still alive, when he was granted the title of Super-Rank Duke.

Even when entering the palace, he would sit next to the nobles in the palace like he is now.

"I dare not lie to the Empress. Yingchun and Tanchun are my granddaughters. Xichun is the daughter of my nephew in the East Palace. I have raised her since she was a child."

"This is my great-niece Xiangyun, and my great-granddaughter Daiyu."

"Such a good girl, it can be seen at first glance that she was taught by the old Lord himself."

Queen Zhou nodded, and then ignored the puzzled looks of the officials present.

He turned his head and looked at Yingchun behind Lady Jia.

"This is Uncle Ziyi's biological sister, Miss Yingchun, right?"

"Yingchun pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen!"

Yingchun was gently pushed by Daiyu, and then she reacted and hurried forward to greet her.

"No need to be polite, come, come to me."

Queen Zhou nodded gently and motioned Yingchun to come forward.

He took Yingchun's hand and took off the jade bracelet on her wrist.

Worn on Yingchun's wrist.

"This is our first meeting, and I haven't prepared anything."

"This jade bracelet was given to me by His Majesty before he ascended the throne."

"We got along very well today, so I'll give it to you as a gift."

After saying this, Queen Zhou asked her maid to bring up a token engraved with "Phoenix with Spread Wings".

He picked it up and put it in Yingchun's hand.

"Your Majesty is usually busy with state affairs, and I am bored staying in Kunning Palace."

"Take this token, and come into the palace whenever you have time and have a good chat with me."

(End of this chapter)