time and space

Chapter 34 Meeting
"Is Jia Zhen confused?" Lin Ruhai really couldn't figure out why Jia Zhen married a petty official's family.In this era, getting married is not as simple as marrying a daughter-in-law and marrying a daughter. It is also a way of forming an alliance or exchanging interests.No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for the Qin family to bring benefits such as power and property to Ningguo Mansion.

"It's not necessarily that he's confused, he's just too big-hearted, and he's trying to get the best of both worlds." Bai Tang recalled the speculations in the Red School, and combined with the current situation, said, "Aspirations are big and talents are sparse, and he thinks he's smart. The Ningguo Mansion is in his hands. It's over."

Both Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhu were taken aback.

"My dear brother, why do you say that? Could it be that you know the inside story?" Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhu waited for Baitang to clear up their doubts. In their eyes, Baitang was unpredictable, so it's not surprising that they knew some inside stories they didn't know.

"I do know something." Baitang picked up the teacup and found that the water in it had been drained.Jia Zhu winked, and immediately stepped forward to fill the teacup with water.

"The daughter of the Qin family is not Qin Bangye's biological daughter, it is said that she is an adopted daughter brought back from Baoshantang." Baitang made a fool of herself first.

Adopted daughter?Isn't that even more unworthy of Jia Rong?Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhu looked at each other.

Baitang raised the corners of her lips: "Actually, the identity of the daughter of the Qin family is extraordinary, she is a golden branch and jade leaf born in the outer chamber of the deposed prince."

Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhu were stunned!After reacting, the two wished they could rush to Ningguo Mansion and beat Jia Zhen violently, preferably to death.Did he welcome the culprit home like this?And so much fanfare!This is calling disaster to the whole family! .

"Brother Zhen, how can he join the deposed prince? Although the relationship between the emperor and the deposed prince has eased now, it is hard to say whether the prince will be reinstated." Jia Zhu was very worried.

"Your elder brother Zhen not only took refuge in the deposed prince, he probably also took refuge in the eldest prince." Bai Tang pointed out, "Winning officers in the army may be for the prince, or it may be to help the eldest prince."

"What?" Jia Zhu didn't know what to say, "He's playing with fire!"

"He's casting a wide net, not putting all his eggs in one basket, but he doesn't know that those in power hate such double-faced people the most." Bai Tang laughed.Does Jia Zhen think the princes are all fools?Let him lie.

Lin Ruhai also frowned deeply: "My dear brother, can you think of a way to get Jia's house out of it?"

"Sure, branch sect!" Baitang said lightly.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Zhu shook their heads repeatedly. In this era, clans were valued very much, and they would not leave the clan easily without a big reason.

"Then find a backer, someone who is capable enough to protect Jia's family!"

"Backer?" Jia Zhu smiled wryly, "The only backer who can be stronger than the eldest prince and the deposed prince is the emperor, right? But why would the emperor care about such a small person like me?"

Baitang smiled and said, "Then you are begging your uncle!"

"Uncle?" Jia Zhu looked at Lin Ruhai in surprise.

Lin Ruhai stared at Bai Tang in shock, exhaled for a while, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that nothing can be hidden from my dear brother."

He secretly took refuge in that person, but on the surface he was still on the emperor's side, how did Baitang know that his position had changed?
Bai Tang smiled back: "Brother Lin saved that person, and he has already marked that person explicitly and secretly."

"I ignored it." Lin Ruhai's heart was shocked, there was such an obvious flaw.It seems that the emperor already knew that he was relying on the fourth prince, so he transferred himself to the Ministry of Rites without much actual power.

"Brother Lin, don't worry. If the emperor is really dissatisfied with you for joining the fourth prince, he will definitely not transfer you away from Jiangnan." Baitang saw Lin Ruhai's worry, and comforted him.

Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief. Only he, who has been in Jiangnan for nearly ten years, knows how bloody the officialdom in Jiangnan is now, and it has become the second battlefield for princes.If Baitang hadn't just arrived at the beginning, Mo Yu would have become a victim of a certain prince's conspiracy.During that period of time, I was so terrified, I tried my best to send out a life-saving elixir that could not be exchanged for a price, and finally escaped from that vortex.If the emperor was really dissatisfied with him voting for someone else, he wouldn't let him leave Jiangnan at all, and let him die in office!
"My dear brother, do you think that one is likely to succeed?" Lin Ruhai asked Baitang for his opinion.For Baitang, who has a mysterious background and outstanding ability, Lin Ruhai thinks that her vision is also extraordinary.He has no idea now, and urgently needs someone to give him reassurance.

"Brother Lin, don't you believe your eyesight?" Bai Tang laughed.

"Brother Wei feels that he has a good vision. The one who is steady, hardworking and forbearing is a master of great things. It's just that Brother Wei trusts the vision of a good brother more."

"Brother Lin sees it well, that one is 100% able to take over."

"I didn't expect my virtuous brother to have such a good opinion of him." Lin Ruhai thought of the order of the fourth prince, so he took the opportunity to say: "That person knows the name of my virtuous brother from somewhere, and I really want to know my virtuous brother. Is my virtuous brother free to talk to you?" Who will meet you?"

Right in the middle.

Baitang nodded: "Okay, I also really want to meet the future real dragon emperor."

Jia Zhu was at a loss: "Uncle, master, who are you talking about?"

Lin Ruhai smiled similarly to Baitang.

Baitang said: "I will take Jia Zhu with me when the time comes."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and said to Jia Zhu, "Zhu'er, come to my house at this time tomorrow."

Jia Zhu could only nod, curious about the "noble man" that the two elders said.

The next day, Bai Tang formally met with the Fourth Prince in the teahouse diagonally opposite the Kit Kat Pavilion.

"Young Master Bai, I've admired you for a long time!" The fourth prince carefully looked at the person in front of him, secretly praising him in his heart, that kind of bearing, even few princes can possess it! ——Bai Tang said: That's a bonus of the game system, but she's actually a petty citizen who doesn't even know what extravagance is.

"Fourth prince!" Bai Tang raised his hand and made a bow, he did not pay respects like Jia Zhu.

The fourth prince raised his eyebrows, but he was not angry with Baitang's equal attitude towards him. In his opinion, it was his honor that Baitang, who is capable and not afraid of imperial power, would be willing to make friends with him.

There were only the fourth prince, Lin Ruhai, Jia Zhu and Baitang in the room. The fourth prince was very satisfied that Jia Zhu could rely on him. After hearing what Jia Zhu said about Jia Zhen's actions and Baitang's confirmation of Qin Keqing's identity, the fourth prince was surprised It's extremely strange that even he didn't know that the prince had such a daughter, but Bai Tang actually knew.Such a person with unpredictable strength is really terrifying.

"Young Master Bai's ability to gather intelligence makes me admire you!" The fourth prince raised his wine glass to toast Baitang.

Baitang held up his wine glass in return: "The fourth prince's intelligence organization should not be underestimated either. I just came to the capital not long ago, and the fourth prince's people have already grasped my actions."

"Ashamed!" The fourth prince sincerely apologized, "Please forgive me for disturbing Mr. Bai!"

"It's easy to say!" Baitang drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, brightening the bottom.

The fourth prince also drank the wine in one gulp, and Jia Zhu, as the junior with the lowest status among the four, quickly filled up the wine for the two of them.

"Mr. Bai's behavior is straightforward and neat. It's really satisfying for Lao Jiu to stumble this time." Now that he has talked about it, the fourth prince doesn't mind letting Bai Tang know his guess about her.

Baitang smiled: "I'm a businessman, and I talk about making money through harmony. But if someone provokes me, I won't take it. People respect me a foot, and I respect others; if people bully me, I will respect you." It must be paid back a hundredfold."

"If Lao Jiu is interested in something, he will never give up until he catches it. Mr. Bai's actions can stop him for a while, but he can't stop him all the time. As long as Lao Jiu recovers, I'm afraid he will do something to Kit Kat Pavilion!" The fourth prince reminded road.

Baitang picked up a chopstick and leek: "I have confidence in my medicine, no matter how hard it is to treat and mend it, if the Ninth Prince wants to regain his glory, he may not be able to do it in this life!"

The fourth prince, Li Ruhai, and Jia Zhu all had a cold war.How cruel, the Ninth Prince will become a eunuch in this life!Well, I will definitely not offend Baitang in the future.

The Fourth Prince had a gloating smile on his icy face: "The Ninth Brother can no longer plot against others, and the Eighth Prince has no money bag to help him buy people's hearts! Mr. Bai, thank you very much!"

Baitang cupped his hands to return the gift: "The Fourth Prince should not focus on the Eighth and Ninth Princes, but the First Prince and the Second Prince. I'm afraid there will be some changes in the near future."

The fourth prince's heart moved: "Young Master Bai, what did you hear?"

Baitang pointed at Jia Zhu: "The fourth prince can ask my apprentice."

Jia Zhu was stunned and waved his hands again and again: "I don't know anything!"

Baitang smiled slightly: "You just need to tell the fourth prince the list of those who are in power in the army that Jia Zhen contacted."

Jia Zhu was puzzled, but still followed Baitang's words.

The fourth prince frowned, and suddenly slapped the table half a day later: "Big brother and second brother are going to lead troops to force the palace!"

Lin Ruhai took a deep breath: "The eldest prince and the second prince are so bold?"

"It was all hooked by that position." Baitang pouted, thinking that the first prince and the second prince were really stupid, the emperor is the big boss, and even the fourth prince has a secret intelligence system inside, how could the emperor not?It is impossible to hide from the big boss what happened in the capital. The behavior of the first prince and the second prince is equivalent to dying under the eyes of the emperor. It is strange that they succeeded.

"Then, what are we going to do?" Jia Zhu asked stammeringly, he was really frightened by the news.

"Do nothing! Do you think that such a big event can be hidden from the emperor?" Baitang pushed the wine glass in front of Jia Zhu, "You should not get involved in royal matters, whether it is the emperor winning or the two princes. If you win, it’s not good to join in.”

Jia Zhu drank all the wine in the glass in one breath, became more courageous, and finally stopped trembling.

"What about the fourth prince? What should we do?"

"This king will naturally do nothing. If you do too much, you will be suspected or even angered by your father!" The fourth prince also poured himself a full bottle of wine and drank it in one gulp. "This time, this king will be a supporting role." !"

(End of this chapter)