Early the next morning, as soon as the sky dawned, many people gathered on Ningrong Street.

They are all wealthy merchants, high-ranking officials and even princes and nobles in the capital.

After two days of observation and inquiry, these people finally figured out the situation in Beijing.

Whether it is to keep rich or rich, or to take the opportunity to tie the knot, in short, as long as there are two decent things at home, they all hurriedly equip themselves and take advantage of the morning light to go to Jiafu.

Some people didn't know the specific situation of the Jia family, so they went straight to the Jingyuan Earl's Mansion to deliver the post.

And those who have access to the door, or are directly the old relatives and friends of the Jia family, but they are smart to invest in Rongguo Mansion......

Wang Xifeng was woken up, and when he woke up, he heard about the general situation, so he hurriedly cleaned up and rushed to the front yard.

When I came to the front hall, I saw the housekeeper with a group of young men constantly carrying things to the side hall.

Wang Xifeng paid attention and led Ping'er into the side hall, and as soon as he entered the door, he was dazzled by the situation inside.

I saw that the large storage hall that was used in the house for temporary storage was almost filled at this time.

In addition, with his years of experience as a housekeeper, he knew from the packaging of those gifts that most of them were valuable.

"These are all sent in by outsiders?"

"Hui Lian's second grandmother, it's all there, there are many outside, all of them are sent from various mansions."

The butler replied respectfully.

"Who sent it?"

"There are a lot of people here today, including Xining Palace, Zhenguo Mansion, Dingcheng Hou Mansion, Xiangyang Hou Mansion, Xing'an Bo Mansion, etc., as well as the Qian family of the Ministry of Rites, the Zhao Tang official family of the Ministry of Households, the Cui family of the Ministry of War, and some wealthy businessmen and wealthy people in Dongcheng."

There were so many people who came that the housekeeper only mentioned the main ones, and he couldn't remember the many.

Wang Xifeng has bent down to check those gift boxes, gift boxes, all the families on them are marked, Wang Xifeng looked at a few, and secretly said in his heart, among these people, some of them had contacts with their families before, but more of them had no contacts, and now they all came to give gifts.

"Who's receiving you outside?"

Wang Xifeng suddenly asked.

In the past, most of the foreign guests were Jia Lian. Now that Jia Lian has moved over there, there is no man in charge here for a while.

Jia Baoyu yes, but she didn't think Jia Baoyu would care about this kind of thing and come out early in the morning to entertain guests.

"Mr. Lin greeted outside, but he didn't need to be received, he just put down his salute and left......"

"Oh......?"

Wang Xifeng was unexpected.

Some door-to-door gifts are just ordinary gifts, and it is common to put down the gifts and leave.

But these people who come to give gifts today obviously have a simple purpose, why is this so?

The housekeeper replied with a smile: "That's right, I heard that so many people came to give gifts, and my wife was still suspicious and didn't dare to let people in."

Later, he sent someone to ask the prince, and the prince said that if it was a gift, he just accepted it, but he didn't have to keep it.

In this way, the wife let me accept it. ”

Wang Xifeng was stunned.

However, she has been a housekeeper for so many years, and she has never dared to accept gifts.

Now that I think about it, there have been many chaos in the capital before, so many people have been raided and imprisoned, and it is normal for my wife to be worried about this.

Just thinking about it like this, I admired Jia Baoyu's actions more and more.

The gifts were accepted, but people were not allowed to stay, it was so domineering.

If only she could do that.

Just think about it, she is just helping Mrs. Wang housekeeping, if she dares to snub the distinguished guests like this, Mrs. Wang will have to talk to her.

……

Jia Baoyu got up very early.

He got up early, naturally, not because of the people who gave gifts outside.

Actually, he didn't take it to heart at all.

The people who can come to give gifts now are all people who have not been involved in the rebellion of the second prince, or those who have not been involved for the time being.

Otherwise, they will either be already squatting in a prison or detention center, or their homes will be guarded by officers and soldiers, and they will not have the opportunity to give gifts.

As for why he accepted these gifts, it was naturally to give them a peace of mind.

The people who come to give gifts, if nothing else, at least have the heart to belong to him, these people, even if they don't need it, don't have to push it out.

After receiving their gifts, they will feel psychologically that they are the people of King Jing......

did not stay at home, and after breakfast, Jia Baoyu took his own soldiers and rode into the imperial city.

The Emperor Taishang is about to return to Beijing, and before the Emperor Taishang returns to Beijing, he needs to do his best to remove the uncertain factors in the capital and restore order in the capital, so as to achieve full success.

Therefore, even if there are Zong Zhe and others to deal with affairs specifically, he can't be the shopkeeper, and he has to know about major events.

In the yamen of the forbidden army, Jia Baoyu arranged the arrangements for going to Tiewang Mountain to welcome the saints tomorrow, and then ordered the generals and officials to go down to prepare.

Wei Liqi deliberately stayed at the end, and after the others dispersed, he said to Jia Baoyu: "Your Highness, the ministers have learned of a rumor......

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he knew that things should not be ordinary.

These days, the capital has never stopped rumors, if it is ordinary, it will not be taken to his heart at all, and naturally it is not worth Wei Liqi to report to him.

Wei Liqi said: "Now between the mansions in the imperial city, some people deliberately spread rumors and make trouble, saying that they ...... said that the Emperor Taishang was held hostage by His Royal Highness and the prince of Hejian, and even His Royal Highness's canonization will was coerced by His Royal Highness......"

Jia Baoyu frowned, this rumor is actually no different from what the second prince said before.

Even after the second prince killed himself, such a statement was still circulating in Beijing, and Jia Baoyu had not heard of it, but he didn't care too much.

This untenable rumor will be annihilated by the facts over time.

But then he reacted, if it was just like this, it shouldn't be worth Wei Liqi to remind him so solemnly, Yinghen asked indifferently: "Where did the news come from?" ”

Wei Liqi said in a deep voice: "Zhongshun Palace." ”

Jia Baoyu's heart moved, and sure enough.

King Zhongshun was originally placed in the capital by Emperor Jingtai to supervise the country, but later the second prince's faction easily seized the post of prison state, and the second prince's future brother-in-law King Beijing took over the post of prison state.

Then, King Zhongshun was placed under house arrest in the palace.

After the defeat of the two princes and the party, the Zhongshun royal palace was able to regain its freedom.

For the Zhongshun Palace, Jia Baoyu naturally knew that this was a natural enemy.

Now Emperor Jingtai is dead, and the throne is vacant.

King Zhongshun, as the only prince on the face of Emperor Taishang, is naturally qualified to inherit the throne. No matter how incompetent he is. Book 8

Unexpectedly, he didn't bother him, but he began to deal with himself.

glanced at Wei Liqi, and saw him hanging his head and looking like he was listening to his orders, Jia Baoyu knew that this was his own people, waiting for his attitude.

"Since entering the city, this king has treated the people of the city with an attitude of forgiveness, and has easily refrained from committing iniquity.

But since some people insist on looking for death, this king naturally does not hesitate to fulfill it. ”

Jia Baoyu said indifferently.

When Wei Liqi heard this, his eyes were happy, and then he immediately persuaded: "Now that His Royal Highness has just returned to the royal family, the foundation is not stable, and it is not appropriate to offend the clan."

Moreover, the Loyal King is still the elder of His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness still needs to endure three points when facing the Loyal King. ”

"This king wants to put up with this imperial uncle a lot, but for others, ......"

Jia Baoyu waved his hand and said coldly: "Find out the list of all the people who have entered and exited the Zhongshun Palace's mansion in the past two days, if any of these people have colluded with the second prince or participated in the rebellion in Iron Net Mountain, they should be severely punished according to the law." Do you understand? ”

"The last general understands!"

Wei Liqi's heart was relieved, and then his confidence increased greatly.

It seems that His Royal Highness King Jing is very clear about the relationship with the Zhongshun Palace.

Yes, in the present situation, it is true that they cannot move the loyal and obedient king, but for those who want to be loyal to the loyal king, they must take the most cruel suppression.

As long as the central network can't protect these people, the follow-up people will naturally know how to choose.

Wei Liqi and others decided to support Jia Baoyu on the day Jia Baoyu was crowned king, but when they chose to take sides, what they were most afraid of was that the lord himself was not sober-minded.

He was very glad that Jia Baoyu seemed to be sober all along.

"Although His Highness needs to give up three points to the loyal king, there is no need to cover up for him.

In the days when he was loyal to the king's imprisonment, he not only neglected the suspicion of the government, but also took advantage of the temporary stay in the palace to invite the palace ** music, and even killed one person......

You must know that at that time, because of her ill health, the queen did not accompany the iron net mountain, and still sat in the harem.

The move of the loyal and obedient king is not only shameless, but also insults the dignity of the mother of the country.

Such a crime was obvious to all the ministers in the court at that time, and we waited for the emperor to return to Beijing after the sacred heart was judged. ”

The corners of Jia Baoyu's mouth twitched, and he said, "What General Wei said is extremely true. That being the case, at this time, it will be handed over to General Wei to deal with, and General Wei will not have to go to Tiewang Mountain to welcome the saints tomorrow. ”

"Obey the orders of His Royal Highness, and the ministers will live up to their trust."

Wei Liqi's eyes flashed.

Since the King of Zhongshun can use means to win over the clan and create rumors to resist Jia Baoyu, then they can also use such means to deal with King Zhongshun.

Moreover, with the bad deeds of the loyal and obedient king, he thought it was too difficult to operate.

This battle, no matter how you look at it, they should win.

……

Wei Liqi left with full confidence and went to arrange the means to deal with the Zhongshun King.

Jia Baoyu was about to drink tea and relax, but he saw Mingyan, a kid who came to him in a ghostly way, and whispered, "Master, you go and take a look at the back......"

"See what?" Jia Baoyu said casually.

"Hehe, it's a good thing, I'll know if I go and see it......"

Mingyan smiled like a chicken thief.

Jia Baoyu smiled when he saw this.

Mingyan knows this kid, someone must have sent something good, this kid wants to give him six suspense and let him see it himself.

Now that there is nothing to do, Jia Baoyu is also a little interested, so he put down the teacup and followed the tea to the backyard.

Sure enough, there are some famous places here.

In the entire courtyard, there are seven or eight horse-drawn carriages parked in a patchwork manner.

These carriages, covered with tassels, can smell the fragrance from afar.

Jia Baoyu had some guesses in his heart when he saw it.

If you want to say that it is a valuable thing, even if it is not carried in a gift box, it should not be loaded in such a "bells and whistles" carriage!

"What's that?" Jia Baoyu asked.

Mingyan smiled, and then shouted to the person in charge next to him, "Don't let them all come down yet." ”

The steward responded humbly, glanced at Jia Baoyu again, and then clapped his hands and said loudly: "Don't get out of the car to see the prince yet!" ”

As soon as the steward's voice fell, it was very quiet at first.

Then, slowly, there was a sound from some of the carriages.

Then, the curtain opened, and some women slowly walked out of it.

These women are of different ages, but without exception, all of them are colorful and beautiful.

They were in groups of two or three, holding each other, and got out of the carriage in fear and fear.

When the steward saw that some of the carriages were slow, he ran over and knocked on the windows, and whispered two more curses, and soon all the people in the carriage came down.

Like the previous ones, they are all young women.

When the women got out of the car, they didn't know what to do, but they were better, and they all looked at Jia Baoyu's side.

Because here, only Jia Baoyu has the best image, and only he, as those officials said, they need to please the prince.

"All as I said before, stand on both sides." With the steward's order, the women, although humiliated, separated from their families with tears in their eyes and stood on both sides.

Everything was ready, and the steward saw that Jia Baoyu was standing without speaking, and there was no look of surprise on his face, and he was a little worried.

He walked up to Jia Baoyu with a look of humility and flattery on his face.

Jia Baoyu finally turned his head to look at him and asked, "Who are these people?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, these are the family members of the ministers who have committed crimes......"

The steward hurriedly explained, said a word, and saw that Jia Baoyu was no longer asking, so he took the initiative to say: "They were originally going to be sent to the Teaching Workshop Division. Although these women are all sinners, they are also the most outstanding people in the mansions of each family, and General Wei, General Sun, and Lord Guo of the Ministry of Rites specially selected to honor the ...... of the prince."

Jia Baoyu's heart suddenly understood.

Because Wei Liqi was careful, Jia Baoyu basically handed over the errand of copying the house to him.

No wonder when he was in the front hall before, he wanted to speak and stopped, it turned out that there was a "heavy gift" to send him!

Seeing that Jia Baoyu's face was more relaxed, the steward was overjoyed, and continued: "Lord Wang, rest assured, these people are originally guilty, and if they can get the favor of the prince, it will also be their blessing."

The ones on the left are all virgins, and the ones on the right are the young grandmothers of each mansion, or the singers and the like......"

Jia Baoyu nodded, sure enough, the woman on the left looks a lot younger, and the one on the right looks more mature and charming, so the difference is really here.

I have to say that these people at the bottom also have a heart, no matter what he likes, doing so will always satisfy him.