Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

"When Lin Ruhai donated the family wealth, I made a decree. The dowry of the Lin family's mistresses was not included in the donation, and all of them were given to her daughter as a dowry. In addition, her daughter was given the support of the monarch. Because of the death of both parents, I ordered her to live in her natal family before she got married, so I hereby set aside 5 taels of silver as living expenses and handed it over to the Rongguo Mansion." Emperor Yongjia said slowly: "The Rongguo Mansion helped keep that dowry, right? Would you be so daring, disregarding my will, disregarding family ethics, and misappropriating the dowry of your granddaughter, an orphan?"

"Hehe," Prince Zhongshun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, if you can do something like a false accusation for profit, can you judge it by ordinary people? It's better to check it out!"

"Prince Zhongshun, it is inappropriate to rush to search the mansion of the Duke without leaving any dignity before the matter of the Jia Shi family has been settled!" King Beijing Jing said bravely, "I don't think the Jia family would do such a thing! "—If it is really found out, then the reputation of the old noble is really notorious!To stop it, at least it must be delayed for a period of time, so that the Jia family can have a chance to fix the copper leak.

"It seems that the King of Beijing really trusts the character of the Jia family?" Prince Zhongshun smiled, turned to Emperor Yongjia and said, "That's all right, Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to check whether the dowry is intact or not. If you find something missing, and the Jia family seems to be in financial distress, then please ask the King of Beijing County to make up for it!"

"Prince Beijing, do you still believe that the Jia family is innocent?" Emperor Yongjia asked lightly.

"Yes, I still believe it." King Beijing replied with difficulty.At this time, he can no longer change his words.

"Since that's the case, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to take the dowry list registered at that time, and went to Rongguo Mansion to check it. If there is nothing missing, it means that you have wronged them, and I will punish you with three years of salary. You make amends to the Jia family in person; if you find out that the dowry has been embezzled, I will not offend the Jia family again. Since the king of Beijing County just gave them a guarantee, I will order the Beijing Palace to double it!"

The heart of Beijing County King trembled, and he felt deep regret that Emperor Yongjia actually thought of such a way!Backlashed by his own words, he can only forcefully express that he fully agrees with the emperor's actions, but he still believes in the Jia family's integrity.This seems to be able to make his own reputation better, at most it is unknown.No, it's not that he doesn't know people well, it's that he trusts his old man's integrity too much. It's a pity that Xianrong Guogong's first life name is a pity!

"However," Emperor Yongjia said in a stern voice, looking at the Prince of Beijing indifferently, "You are strongly in favor of letting Lin Ming'an have sex with you. I really don't understand your intentions when such an unethical proposal comes from you!"

"Your Majesty, my subject is..." the king of Beijing immediately wanted to defend himself.

Emperor Yongjia didn't pay attention to him at all: "I suddenly had a question, if my royal family is unlucky, the lineage is cut off, and there is no successor, and the suitable child of my adoptive clan is the heir, then can I be regarded as his father? If it is a hundred years from now, will someone ask him to return to his original family on the grounds of blood relationship? After he inherits the throne, if he proposes to join the two families, then he will enjoy sacrifices in the Fengxian Palace in the future. Is it the bloodline, or the bloodline clan that succeeded the child?" He cast his cold eyes on the king of Beijing County: "Prince Beijing, suppose for a moment, if I adopted your son, your future status will still be the same as yours. Is it the king of Beijing County, or will he be honored as the Supreme Emperor, or posthumously named emperor?"

The king of Beijing immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and exclaimed in panic: "Your Majesty, I must never dare to have such a rebellious idea!" He was so frightened by Emperor Yongjia's sharp question that his heart was broken and his whole body was covered in cold sweat.If the crime of spying on the emperor's throne with evil intentions is laid on him, then the Beijing Palace will be over!

"Since there is no such thing, how can you say such absurd things as Lin Ming'an and Jianyou, who are already heirs?" Emperor Yongjia said in a serious tone, "But the king of Beijing County has always been known as a erudite and talented king, and is praised as a virtuous king!"

The king of Beijing County knelt on the ground, his thoughts turned sharply, he gritted his teeth, and made a decisive decision: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, it is my stupidity and blindness, showing off knowledge, my fault!"

"Since the king of Beijing County is frank about his lack of mentality and knowledge, he should study behind closed doors and reflect on his own past!" Emperor Yongjia dismissed the king of Beijing County, looked around the officials and said, "Do you have any objections?"

Everyone looked at each other, feeling terrified in their hearts, Emperor Yongjia said everything to this point, how could he mix it up, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, I have no objection!"

"It's so good." Emperor Yongjia and King Zhongshun exchanged glances, and then glanced at Lin Mingan approvingly.This play was planned by the three of them. It is worthwhile for them to endure it patiently for so long. Today's first battle, the result is satisfactory.

The mere Jia family was never the goal of Emperor Yongjia!They are just pawns in his hands to fight back and find the way!The Jia family is still useful.

The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs dispatched capable personnel, led by the chief eunuch Xia Yan, to the Rongguo Mansion with a dowry list that had been counted in Gusu.Now, the Jia family has not questioned the crime yet, but everyone knows Emperor Yongjia's attitude.Although Xia Yan spoke politely, he did not relax at all in action.

Mother Jia already knew what happened in the palace, so she sat there blankly, her heart in a mess.It was unexpected that Lin Ming'an would still keep this hand. He was clearly holding the divorce papers in his hands, but he was not willing to take them out until the last juncture, and bit by bit, he laid out the whole plan of the Jia family in front of the world.Most of the reputation accumulated by the previous two generations of Duke Rong has been ruined. When people talk about Jia's family, they always sneer and disdain.

Over the past few years, Eunuch Xia has 'borrowed' several thousand taels of silver from Jia's family, but now he speaks in a strange way, unwilling to accommodate.

"Old Madam, we are ordered by His Majesty to inspect Miss Lin's dowry. Don't worry, it won't take long. Our family will definitely monitor the servants and prevent them from fishing in troubled waters and disturbing your family." Eunuch Xia said with a smile all over his face.

"Is it Yu'er's dowry?" Jia Mu closed her eyes and said in a shy voice: "Back then, the grand view garden was built to welcome the imperial concubine and empress. There were too many houses in the garden and not enough ready-made decorations in the mansion, so Yu'er agreed to lend some. Now those are still alive and well placed in the garden. When counting, please don’t miss those decorations.”

"It's easy to say, easy to say, then our family will let them check against the dowry list, and they won't wrong a good person, just rest assured, old lady!" Eunuch Xia nodded and agreed, thinking in his heart, he would not do this. Conceal it to the Jia family, and report the truth to His Majesty after returning.

All the female family members of Jia's family were invited to the inner room of Rongxi Hall. Xia Yan personally brought the little servants in the palace to the room, took a list to check, and marked the list.There was a lot of hustle and bustle outside, and everyone in the inner room was silent, with chills coming from the bottom of their hearts.They are in a family of officials and officials, no matter how they live in a simple way, they are naturally sensitive to the ups and downs of politics.An atmosphere of sadness that the building was about to collapse shrouded the Rongxi Hall, everyone's face was full of depression and worry, and their behavior was panicked.

Among them, Wang Xifeng's expression became the most serious. She was holding Ping'er's hand tightly beside her, and her whole body was trembling slightly.Mrs. Wang glanced at her, then turned her head away, closed her eyes, and the beads in her hand were spinning quickly.

After more than half a day, Eunuch Xia Fang came to the outer hall of Rongxi Hall, and wanted to see the people who were in charge of the Jia family.At this time, Eunuch Xia's expression was not good. He sternly sneered at Jia's mother and said, "Old Madam, Miss Lin's dowry is not right!"

Mother Jia's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "Old Minister, as I said before, those decorations were lent by my granddaughter!"

"Not those!" Eunuch Xia interrupted Jia Mu's words: "Old Madam, our family has already taken care of it, and we have accommodated Jia's family. But if there are other troubles, they can't get through!"

"What?" Jia's mother exclaimed, "Could it be that Yu'er's dowry is less, isn't it sealed in the treasury? Could it be?"

"Hehe," Eunuch Xia laughed twice: "People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs checked it together, so they can't do anything, but they can't be wrong."

"Ms. Lin's dowry lacked a lot of exquisite items, including rare stationery, calligraphy and paintings, and precious jewelry." Eunuch Xia glanced at everyone meaningfully: "Let's talk about it, there are still ghost-seekers. It's kind of thoughtful, but they didn't just take it away. They secretly manipulated it, took away the treasures and good things, and replaced them with fakes and inferior goods to fool around. If we didn't follow the order to investigate carefully, we might not be able to Get over it!"

"Is this really the case?" Mother Jia trembled.As soon as the scandal of stealing and embezzling the granddaughter got out, the Jia family really felt ashamed.Moreover, the Jia family kept the dowry according to the order, and Emperor Yongjia couldn't let them go.Mother Jia cast her eyes on Wang Xifeng involuntarily, and seeing her pale face and crumbling body, her heart sank and her eyes turned black.

"Isn't it true that the old lady doesn't know?" Eunuch Xia pretended to be suspicious and looked at Jia Mu: "For example, I exchanged the inferior inkstone for the Duan inkstone; I exchanged the ordinary jade pendant for the high-quality Lantian jade pendant; the pearl necklace It used to be the size of a lotus seed, but now it is the size of the head of a little finger; the calligraphy and painting of the famous artist were found to be fakes."

"Oh, it's a pity. The people who were ordered to go to Gusu at that time handled their affairs carefully, and the dowry list was marked clearly and in great detail. After a closer look, it was revealed!" Eunuch Xia laughed and said: "You The people in the house are also smart, so it must have been expected. Even though Miss Lin saw that the dowry was wrong when she came out of the cabinet, she was always embarrassed because she was concerned about her relatives. It’s also done decently.”

He clapped his hands and said: "It's amazing, it's amazing, I admire it, haha! However," his tone changed: "Everyone is watching what happened today. Our family can't hide it, and we don't have the guts to report it. The emperor is here!"

"But the old matriarch is also relieved, the emperor has also said that since the king of Beijing is guaranteeing your family, if Miss Lin's dowry is missing, just list it, and the palace of Beijing will make up for it twice, so you don't have to ask the mansion to pay for it." Already! In this way, the Rongguo Mansion still took advantage of it!"