After the Minister of Rites issued a report, the three departments failed to pass the joint review, and the result of the cabinet vote was left to the Ministry of Punishment to investigate.
For this, the Director of Ceremonies directly approved the crime, passed it directly after being sent to the Criminal Department, and then sent it to the Criminal Department for execution.
Therefore, a very formal investigation was launched into the Japanese envoy's capture by Europe, and the results were reported to envoys from various countries at any time.
However, the reality is that Zhu Jinghong, as the party involved, did not participate at all and was allowed to eat, drink and play.
Of course, these are important affairs of the imperial court and have nothing to do with ordinary people. At most, they become the talk topics of noble and high-ranking officials at home.
For example, at this time in the Rongguo Mansion, almost no one cared, simply because there were more important things at home.
What's up? Of course it's about cleaning up the family tradition.
Although Jia She had performed badly before, objectively speaking, he still had some ability, especially he was a bit more ruthless than Jia Zheng.
In order to change his family's image and restore his unfavorable position in the emperor's heart, Jia She's rectification was completely without selfish motives.
From the beginning of the purge to now, only seven or eight days have passed, and countless servants in the family have been fined and beaten with rods.
And there are hundreds of people who have been betrayed due to serious mistakes.
Under this powerful blow, the atmosphere in Rongguo Mansion took on a new look, and everything became in order.
Jia She felt relieved, but naturally some people were unhappy, such as Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng who had been deprived of power.
Putting aside Mrs. Wang for the moment, Wang Xifeng, as her daughter-in-law, has not been given much attention by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xing, and has been "at leisure" at home these days.
With such a fiery personality, it was torture to suddenly be idle, so she watched Jia Lian even more closely.
"You want money again, what are you going to do with it? Are you going to give it to your sweetheart again?" Wang Xifeng said with a cold face.
"This time it's really serious!"
"What's the matter?"
"I'm going to host a banquet!"
Wang Xifeng stared and asked, "What distinguished guest are you inviting? They actually want one hundred taels of silver!"
Objectively speaking, although one hundred taels is a huge sum of money, it is nothing to the Rongguo Mansion. Wang Xifeng can certainly afford it.
"Of course he is a distinguished guest..."
Seeing that Wang Xifeng refused to let go, Jia Lian had no choice but to explain: "He is a guard in the palace. He helped me relieve the siege at Jinling's house before. I said that day that I would repay him generously!"
"Now that people are coming to the capital, how can I not express my gratitude!"
Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously: "Even so, there is no need to be so extravagant. He can help us... We can also help him in Beijing!"
"You really have long hair and short knowledge. You are a popular person next to Master Thirteen, so why do you need help from our family!" Jia Lian was full of resentment.
Sitting on a chair aside, Jia Lian picked up the tea cup and said coldly: "Isn't the current situation in our family just because no one in the palace can talk. Now that the opportunity has come...are you going to let it go?"
"If you don't want to give me money, I will ask my wife to go there. She is the one who makes the final decisions in this family!"
Seeing Jia Lian getting up to leave, Wang Xifeng immediately said: "Wait a minute..."
"It's just one hundred silver, I'll just give it to you!"
Wang Xifeng offended many people when she was a housekeeper. Now that she has lost her power and is being treated coldly, many people in the house want to see her laugh.
If she went to ask Mrs. Xing for a hundred taels of silver, she would not be able to keep her face off if she wanted to be strong, let alone be laughed at by everyone in the house.
Ping'er brought the banknote, and Jia Lian looked at it with joy. After putting it in his pocket, he looked at Wang Xifeng.
Thinking of what happened recently, Jia Lian sighed: "If there is no one to help, no matter how much money you save, it will be useless!"
"Is it useful if you just use it?"
Jia Lian replied: "As long as it is used in the right place, it will be useful!"
Wang Xifeng sneered: "For those good friends outside, are you using the right place?"
"you……"
Jia Lian was furious for a moment and then walked away.
Seeing him leaving, Ping'er handed the tea to Wang Xifeng and said, "Grandma, why do you need to do this? I gave you all the money, and you offended someone for nothing!"
"Besides, the second master has changed now, and he will never act as randomly as before. The second grandma can rest assured!"
Hearing Ping'er say so much, Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "You think about him so much, why don't you come up with the one hundred taels?"
"If I had money, I would have honored my second grandma long ago..."
"Don't be poor. Go out immediately and send a message. Ask a few people to follow the second master. If there is any news, please report back at any time!"
Jia Lian went out but didn't know that someone was watching him secretly.
With one hundred taels of silver in hand, he quickly left the house and rushed to Lu Yuxin's residence. He was sure to make this friend.
Besides, in Rongguo Mansion, Baoyu, who has been recovering from illness for several days, is now able to go to the ground.
Just as Daiyu cared about him, he naturally cared about Daiyu.
On the pretext of paying respects to his ancestors, he came to Jia Mu's courtyard and planned to meet Lin Daiyu.
It's a pity that he came at the wrong time, and Daiyu was not in Jia Mu's courtyard.
It turned out that during this period, without Baoyu's company, Daiyu went to Baochai all the time. The two exchanged knowledge at any time, recited poems, composed poems, composed lyrics and played the piano. The days were actually more interesting than before.
Now that Daiyu has Baochai as her confidant, the importance of Baoyu in her heart has naturally decreased.
What's more, these days, Aunt Xue often teaches Daiyu and makes her understand many rules and principles.
Therefore, Daiyu also believes that she should really hold back her longing, preserve her and Baoyu's reputation, and stop causing trouble to her uncle's family.
Daiyu is a smart person and will grow up when encountering difficulties, but Baoyu is not like this.
After failing at Jia Mu's place, he rushed to Lixiangyuan, but the attendant girls could not persuade him.
Jia Baoyu came to Lixiangyuan in a hurry. At this moment, Chai and Dai were studying their knowledge, one was smiling and saying nothing, the other was frowning and thinking hard.
Daiyu had always been confident about her knowledge, but she didn't expect that she would be stumped now.
But when she thought that Baochai was three years older than herself, she would definitely read more books, and Daiyu felt relieved.
After thinking for a long time, just as Daiyu's thoughts were gradually clearing up, she heard a noise coming from outside.
"Sister Lin? Sister Lin?"
"It's the second brother..." Daiyu beamed with joy.
Baochai, who was sitting behind the desk, felt very uncomfortable at the moment because Baoyu was so ignorant.
Now that the Rongguo Mansion is in such a situation, he is restless in reading and writing, and even goes to the inner house to hang out. This is not for nothing.
To be honest, Baochai no longer wanted to stay in a place like the Jia family, and she had mentioned this to her mother several times.
But on the one hand, the Xue family's house has not yet been repaired, and on the other hand, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang have a deep love for each other. The sister's suffering made her unable to bear to leave, so the matter of leaving the Jia family was shelved.
Of course, Aunt Xue also promised her daughter that they would move out as soon as Xue Pan arrived in Beijing.
Sighing, Baochai was about to avoid it, but unexpectedly Baoyu had already entered.
"Okay...I've been looking for you everywhere, but it turns out that Sister Lin is hiding here with Sister Bao!"
Baoyu smiled and sat on the chair next to Daiyu.
"Master Bao drinks tea"
After shooing away the maid serving tea, Baoyu couldn't help but look at Baochai twice more, and then asked Daiyu: "My sister, my health and bones are feeling better these days!"
With a slight smile on her face, Daiyu replied: "I'm sorry to you, second brother, but I'll take my medicine on time these days and it won't be a big deal!"
"That's good. I'm being detained outside these days, so I don't have time to see you... but I'm always thinking about you!"
"Now that I see my sister is fine, my heart is at peace!"
Although she had heard these words many times, Daiyu still felt so moved that she knew Baoyu really cared about her.
Baochai, who was sitting next to him, was extremely disgusted when he heard these words. He could only read a book and pretend not to hear.
But then Baoyu said: "It's all the fault of that Thirteenth Master. If he hadn't caused these troubles, how would I have separated from Sister Lin!"
(End of chapter)
