After dinner, it has been completely dark since we came out of Lin Mansion.

In Buzhengfang and all the surrounding official squares, every house hangs white lights in mourning, which looks a bit scary.

Jia Qiang led the soldiers all the way to Xicheng and returned to Ningrong Street. Not surprisingly, she saw the white lantern in front of Ningguo Mansion.

Thinking of how the Supreme Emperor treated him with only the intention of taking advantage, it ultimately changed his destiny.

So, I won’t blame you for being unlucky...

As soon as I got off my horse, I saw a familiar person as expected.

"Master Marquis, the old lady said that you have returned to your home, so you will go to Xifu."

Jia Qiang looked at Lin Zhixiao who was bending down to convey the message, and said with some humor: "There are only two housekeepers in Xifu, why are you so free? Are you here to run errands for Jian Tian'er?"

Lin Zhixiao hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "The Marquis is joking. Now the house has appointed three more housekeepers. One is my cousin Zhao Jing. Although he is a bit stupid, he is more honest than his duty. Now he is in charge of the affairs of Zhuangzi outside.

.There are two others, one was the old lady’s son named Sun Qiao, and the other was mentioned by the old lady and is Aunt Zhou’s brother, Zhou He.”

Hearing this, Jia Qiang twitched her lips and said, "It's all based on foundation... However, you are now the chief steward of Xifu, so you have to take good care of them. If they are really frivolous or unclean and don't know the king's laws, if you

If you don't like the old lady and the second lady, just come to me directly. If you wait until they have done something wrong and found out the truth, I will also take offense at you, the great housekeeper."

When Lin Zhixiao heard this, he hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "With these words from the Marquis, the servant will know what to do. Don't worry, the Marquis."

Jia Qiang laughed when she heard this. After taking a deep look at Lin Zhixiao, she turned around and walked towards Rong Mansion without saying anything more.

Lin Zhixiao was shocked when he saw Jia Qiang's eyes, and quickly wiped away the little thought in his heart of killing people with a knife.

However, he thought that he was also loyal, otherwise Jia Qiang would not agree to him, so he felt relieved.

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Xifu, Rongqing Hall.

When Jia Qiang came in, she felt something was not right in the atmosphere.

Looking at Baoyu who was still crying while being hugged by Jia Mu, Jia Qiang vaguely understood something.

Sure enough, after meeting Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, Jia Mu was unhappy and scolded: "Brother Qiang, why are you bullying Baoyu again? If you don't bully him once in a day, aren't you unhappy?"

Jia Qiang said inexplicably: "Have I bullied him too much? I haven't even seen him today!"

Seeing Baoyu bursting into tears, Mother Jia angrily slapped the couch and said, "You still don't admit it! All the sisters at home are stubborn in your shabby garden. Why did you drive Baoyu back here alone? I've been crying all day!"

Looking at the shivering Jia Mu, Jia Qiang was speechless and amused, and said: "Today is the national mourning, old lady, won't you go to the palace to pay filial piety? Jia Lian is still in bed recovering from his injuries, and the old lady doesn't have any children or grandchildren around her, so she still won't be laughed at.

Die? How come your good intentions fail to make you happy?"

Jia Mu said angrily: "You have to get precious jade to give it to us? What are you doing? Is it possible that only Yu'er and I are your eldest brother, and the rest of us are at the back?"

Jia Qiang was startled when she heard this and said: "Hey! Old lady, do you know that I sent my husband home?"

Seeing that Jia Mu's eyes were getting worse, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's not that I didn't want to escort the old lady back and forth. I didn't sleep all night last night. When I returned to the city at five o'clock, I went directly to the Bingma Si Yamen. After I finished my business, I escorted the old lady back and forth.

I'll take you back home. If you are counting on me, don't think too much about it. During this national mourning period, the emperor did not use the infantry to command the yamen's soldiers and horses to guard each square. Instead, he asked the army and horse department to handle this matter.

Where can I go... Hey, the old lady didn't go today? Why didn't I see you growing up?"

When Jia Mu heard this, she became even more angry and said: "Do you still have me in your eyes? Today in the Qianqing Palace, I am accompanying the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother. You have not even looked at me. I think you are becoming more and more disrespectful of the elderly." !”

Jia Qiang was greatly wronged, but she couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Hahaha! Old lady, this is why you are always unreasonable. Today the Queen Mother, the Dowager, the Queen, the Imperial Concubine, and the royal family's kings, concubines, and princesses, Including the princess and princess, there are hundreds of people. Your old lady is staying behind somewhere, where can I recognize you?"

If he had known that Daiyu was going, he would probably have taken a second look in the crowd...

Li Wan was a kind man. When he saw Jia Mu's face turned pale with anger, he smiled and persuaded: "Good brother Qiang, please stop talking! The old lady has been tired for a whole day..."

Jia Qiang nodded and said to Jia Mu: "You have to work hard for a while longer. When you are done with this period of national mourning, I will send you and Baoyu to take a warm bath together. It will relieve your fatigue and be good for your body and bones."

Baoyu's face darkened. After hearing this, Jia Mu's face finally softened. She hesitated and asked again: "Are you really unable to leave me? Otherwise, you should send me and my wife to the palace tomorrow..."

Jia Qiang said: "I already told you that I have official business to attend to. Why, can't I just let Baoyu and Jia Huan go? There's no need for them to drive the car or lift the sedan chair."

Jia Mu said angrily: "Brother Huan, how can someone who is not on the stage get into the palace? I can't even take him out."

Only then did Jia Qiang remember that this old lady was also a very respectable person. In her previous life, the prince and concubine of Nan'an County came to visit and wanted to see the Jia sisters, but Jia's mother only allowed Lin, Xue, Shi and a Tanchun to come forward.

Thinking again about Master Huan's dignity and heroic appearance, she couldn't stand it.

Thinking of this, Jia Qiang frowned again and said, "What about Baoyu?"

Jia Mu paused and said uneasily: "Baoyu's body and bones only look good on the outside, but they are weak and tight on the inside. How can he withstand the cold weather outside when he gets up early?"

Jia Qiang looked sad and said: "He can't stand it, but I can? Baoyu is still a fat man. I look much thinner than him on the outside, but even weaker on the inside! Old lady, I advise you not to be too partial. Now, you are not even willing to let him follow you in the sedan chair, but you still expect him to take you to Mount Wutai in the future?"

After hearing this, Mother Jia finally smiled and said to Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang: "I almost forgot that this monkey is also a half-grown boy who has not yet been married. I only regard him as Baoyu's father. Look. , and now he’s even picking up acid.”

Aunt Xue laughed and said: "Speaking of it, he is only two or three years older than Baoyu, but he is so capable and accomplishes great things. Who would think that he is just a child?"

Mrs. Wang also smiled softly at Jia Qiang and explained: "It's okay if it's just frost and cold outside. Although I pamper Baoyu, I don't care about it. It's just that when he got to the palace, he had no place to go, so he could only endure it outside. As expected, It's been windy all day, I'm afraid I can't stand it. Brother, you have business to do. After you cry, you can go do the serious things. There's no need to stay there..."

But Jia Qiang still shook her head and said: "That won't work. I have to go to the Yamen tomorrow at Yinchu. After making arrangements, I will enter the palace. I will leave more than an hour earlier than you. In this way, Baoyu will protect you to go to the palace first and wait. After I went into the palace and cried, I came out to take him to the Bingma Si Yamen. When I cried again in the evening, I took him there, and we happened to pick up the old lady together when she left the palace."

Mrs. Wang's face looked a little ugly, but thinking about it, there was nothing she could do.

Seeing that Baoyu was really unhappy, Jia Mu hesitated for a moment, but then said, "How about we find some people from the clan?"

Hearing this, Jia Qiang frowned and looked at Baoyu, and asked in a light voice: "Baoyu, the old lady said that you are no longer needed and she wants someone from the clan to replace you. What do you say?"

Just hearing this voice, Baoyu shuddered suddenly, and looked at Jia Qiang's eyes again, and saw that his eyes seemed to be looking at a stranger.

Although Baoyu often called Jia Qiang to bully him, he still knew in his heart that although Jia Qiang disliked him for some things, she still regarded him as a friend and was mostly joking with him.

If she really disliked him and Jia Qiang simply refused to let him go to Dongfu, what could he do?

But now, Baoyu could see that Jia Qiang was really angry.

Baoyu thought to himself that if he dared to speak out today and let his clan members take his place, then Jia Qiang would probably no longer regard him as a friend or think highly of him.

Therefore, although I was very reluctant to run around and just wanted to stay at home, I didn't dare to say no at the moment. I glanced at Jia Qiang with a resentful look and said, "I'm going, why don't I go?"

Jia Qiang twitched her lips and saw Jia Mu staring at him with blank eyes. She was too lazy to pay attention to this confused old lady and was about to leave, but she saw Jia Zheng arriving again.

After Jia Qiang nodded in greeting, she saw that Jia Zheng didn't look good, so she thought he was tired.

Jia Zheng was only a fifth-rank official, and he was not as big as the bastard in Jinshui River in Beijing. Lin Ruhai could enter the Qianqing Palace and the Gate of Supreme Harmony, so he still had a place to shelter from the wind.

But Jia Zheng could only kneel in the square in front of the Qianqing Palace and cry there all night. This feeling was naturally ecstatic.

Jia Qiang advised Jia Zheng, "If the second master really can't bear it, it's okay to take a leave of absence."

Ordinary officials would never dare to take leave, because it would lead to loss of office.

A scholar has studied hard for ten years, taking exams one after another, even if he has to lose half of his life. In the end, what he wants is nothing more than an official word, so how can he be willing to throw it away?

But Jia Zheng is different. In officialdom, he is still very Buddhist.

In addition, as the biological father of the imperial concubine and the legitimate son of Duke Rong, he still had the dignity to file a lie.

As long as the first day and the day of the funeral are equal...

But Jia Qiang never expected that what Jia Zheng said was not the case. Jia Zheng looked at him excitedly and asked loudly: "Brother Qiang, I heard that the Emperor did not die of old age, but was a traitor."

Caused by evil spirits? Is that so? Is there really someone who, for the sake of power, does not even care about the laws of nature and human ethics?! The Supreme Emperor was poisoned..."

Jia Qiang's face changed suddenly when she heard this. After being confused, she looked at Jia Zheng and shouted in a deep voice: "Second Master, shut up! Who told you these words? Don't speak in a hurry. I am now the head of the Jia family.

, the Commander of the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities and Qianhu of the Xiuyi Guards are asking you, who said these treacherous bastard words to you? Speak!!" At the end of the sentence, his voice was full of anger.

Jia Qiang's sudden change of attitude not only made Jia Zheng's excited anger stagnant and a little confused, but also frightened Jia Mu and others. Jia Mu hurriedly stood up and hurriedly advised: "What do you have to say that you can't talk about properly?

Brother Qiang, this is the father of the imperial concubine and Baoyu!"

Baoyu looked at Jia Qiang with admiration, how dare he talk to me like a tiger...

However, Jia Qiang did not give up. He stared at the livid Jia Zheng with extremely solemn eyes and asked word by word: "Do you know what you just said? Second Master, are you crazy?! If you really If you don’t want to live and want to be killed by those ambitious people, in order to fulfill the so-called great path in your heart, I can help you now! Behind the ancestral hall, that idiot Jia Jing is waiting for you!!"

At this moment, Jia Qiang finally figured out something in her mind.

He originally thought that in the original world, Prince Zhongshun Li You and Emperor Long'an were villains who could not be dealt with, so they were hostile to the Jia family in the original world.

Now it seems like bullshit!

It was actually the Jia family, these brainless idiots, who took the opposite side.

Prince Zhongshun Li You was actually a member of Emperor Long'an.

Jia Qiang really didn't expect that a Taoist priest would come out of the Jia family to protest against the Supreme Emperor!

What a fucking ghost!

But thinking about the history of Cao Gong's family in his previous life, he seemed to be able to understand it.

Because the family that Mr. Cao belongs to has always tried hard to stand on the "orthodox" side, and in the end, their home was raided twice in a row, leaving them in a situation where the vast white land was really clean?

He originally thought that Jia Jing, Jia Zhen, Jia She and others were the bane of the Jia family, but he did not expect that even Jia Zheng was one of the bane, and a big bane!

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Chapter completed!