Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

Jia She's face turned purple. If he continued to defend his slaves, he would look like a fool who dug himself into a corner.

"You said you didn't mean to harm me. How could I have spent so much money!"

Jia She took the account book from Jia Zheng's hand and turned it over. But how could he read through such a thick account book in one go? So I only read two pages and my head started to grow.

"Just ask Lai Da and Wu Xindeng for these little things. Where is the need for the accounting room to check the accounts?"

Jia She felt guilty. In fact, no matter how stupid he was at this moment, he understood that these stewards had tricked him.

But if the stewards cheated on him instead of cheating on the second-in-command, weren't they saying that he, the elder, was more stupid? Jia She was so angry that he couldn't vent his anger to Jia's mother, so he naturally turned against Jia Zheng.

If it weren't for his comparison, he wouldn't be so shameless.

"No matter how many problems you have, you should tell me as your brother in advance that I am not dead! You kept it from me yourself and thought I was a fool. No wonder the people below look at me like this!"

Jia She pounded the table hard.

He had long since lost his prestige as a master, and had made his servants laugh at him ever since he moved into the house in the back garden.

What can he do? Why don't you just find a concubine to comfort yourself? Now that he can't buy a concubine, what else can he do? !

"In the worst case, I'll just sell those concubines' houses and repay you for the money you lost!"

"Uh……"

Jia Zheng did not expect that Jia She would say this. There are always many scoundrels and there are always ways to get people to give in to him. Because their bottom line is really low, and comparing with them will never bring good results.

"Younger brother really shouldn't have done what you did. Tell your brother, it's not like he can't understand. So, if you apologize to your brother, this matter will be over, right?"

"Boss, you must stop making trouble."

Jia's mother still planned to reconcile with Xini and the two brothers.

Now that she is so old, she only wants to take care of herself, but she can no longer stand the troubles of her children.

The development of things now was within Jia Zheng's expectation, and there was nothing he had to do. Asking Jia Mu Jia She to know that the family was in deficit would have accomplished the goal.

Besides, someone else has picked up the trap he laid, so big things will naturally turn into small things, and small things will turn into nothing.

Jia Zheng asked Jia She to apologize and send him away carefully. When it was Jia's mother's turn, she naturally had to send him back to the back house.

"Second brother, please tell me carefully. Don't fool me with your words to fool your brother. But what happened outside?"

Jia Mu pushed the maid and mother-in-law away from each other and asked Jia Zheng to support her. The two of them walked slowly along the corridor of the garden towards the inner door.

Mother Jia is not a fool. On the contrary, she has been a housekeeper's wife for decades and is extremely sensitive.

If the good second child suddenly behaves like this, it must mean something happened at home that she doesn't know about.

But isn’t there nothing happening recently? Only the second child has a new kid, so it can only be outside.

"Is it in the officialdom... or in the palace?"

Thinking of Yuanchun, who had no news after entering the palace, Jia Mu had mixed feelings.

In order for this child to enter the palace, the Rongguo Mansion was divided into families, and Yuanchun was asked to enter the palace at the opportunity of a small selection.

Although she was accompanied by a maid who had been with her for many years, it was still very difficult for a rich and wealthy girl who had never touched the world to serve others.

"Mom, don't worry too much, it's just my last minute idea."

When Jia Zheng returned, he knew that the smarter a person is, the easier it is for him to think too much. For Jia Mu, there is no need to say much. She can pass this level just by relying on her own imagination.

"You kid!"

Seeing the awkward smile on Jia Zheng's face, Mother Jia made a firm guess in her heart.

Jia Zheng has always been calm and never radical in his work. If this happened today at home, it must be because the situation outside is getting more difficult.

"Oh! I'm sorry for you. Your brother is not up to par, and I can't help here. Fortunately, your wife and brother-in-law can help. If you have difficulties, don't bear them yourself."

"Well, I've already looked for them. But each of them has their own difficulties. Especially my brother-in-law, I have to know it first."

After hearing this, Jia Mu couldn't help but pause, and she seemed to have aged ten years for a moment.

"Do you need me to follow the path of old concubine Zhen in the palace?"

Jia Mu asked, but she didn't want to move this way. No matter how close family connections are, relatives are bound by interests. If you want to use her, you have to pay the price. It wasn't difficult, but she still didn't want to use this favor.

"It's not that far yet."

Jia Zheng laughed, and suddenly remembered that the Zhen family would be ransacked in the future, so he couldn't help but give another instruction.

"Mom, you should keep an eye on it and ask your family to stop dealing with the Zhen family! I'm going to persuade my daughter-in-law to stop it too."

These words made Jia Mu couldn't help but think too much. Thinking about the current turmoil in the palace, she couldn't help but regret sending Yuanchun into the palace.

"Mom, don't think too much, I am there for everything!"

Jia Zheng buried the thunder in a vague way, but also comforted Jia Mu in a vague way. This will only make it easier for Jia Mu to think too much.

Her husband, father-in-law, and biological father are all close associates of the royal family. She has seen too many turmoils since she was a child, so she has seen more than Jia Zheng imagined.

She had already had relatives die in the struggle for imperial power, so she was easily frightened when she heard Jia Zheng's vague words. But because of this, it was also easier for her to cooperate.

As long as it doesn't hinder future generations, she will cooperate with it.

"If there is someone in the family that you don't like, just resign without having to report it to me. Even if the people around me are not good, you can just kick them out."

Thinking of Aunt Lai and others who came to complain, she immediately gave Jia Zheng the maximum authority.

This was an unexpected surprise.

The biggest trouble in the Jia family is the debauchery of the men outside and the misbehavior of the women inside.

As a family member, you plot against me, and I plot against you, all to undermine your own family.

As a man, Jia Zheng naturally cannot supervise the backyard all the time. Now that Jia Mu is watching over him, he can fight better.

He couldn't help but smile and said: "How could he be so bad? People who have been trained by my mother have always been good."

After sending Jia Mu away, he had almost no rivals in the house.

The Jia family is already extremely wealthy. If they want to escape, it depends on the next generation.

But Jia Zhu was dead, Jia Lian had just gotten married, and Jia Cong Baoyu was too young, so there was really no help.

If it was a matter of the entire family, you could go to Jia Zhen, but his character is even worse. In addition, since they were just relatives, Jia Zheng couldn't care much about his affairs.

Fortunately, since he had an awkward chat with the emperor, he gradually became familiar with him in front of the emperor.

Wang Ziteng helped him again, and now the emperor's attitude towards him has changed, and he will think of him when there is work.

Just after the severe drought in Lu, there was a big project to build water conservancy projects. The emperor sent Jia Zheng on a business trip to Lu to supervise the construction of water conservancy projects.