After Lin Daiyu returned to her residence, she was even more uneasy, on the one hand, she was worried about Lin Ruhai's situation, and on the other hand, the words of the little maids made her unacceptable.

She couldn't wait to leave Jia's house immediately, and when the time came, Lin Daiyu endured her worries and cries, and asked Xue Yan and Mama Wang to pack up their things and prepare to go back to Yangzhou.

Zijuan persuaded Lin Daiyu while asking Chunxian to hurry up and inform the old lady, she knew that anyone who listened to those words would not be able to stand it.

What's more, the girl's mind is more sensitive than others, and she can't persuade the girl now, only the old lady can persuade Daiyu at this time.

After Shi Taijun learned about this, he was immediately furious, and immediately asked people to send out all the little maids, and at the same time warned the subordinates in the house that whoever dared to talk about the Lin family again, no matter what their status, the family would be kicked out.

Then she came to Lin Daiyu's room in person, comforted Lin Daiyu with Wen Yan, and persuaded Lin Daiyu to pack up her things.

At the same time, Shi Taijun told Daiyu not to worry, she was in charge of everything.

Lin Daiyu was worried about Lin Ruhai and asked what happened to her father.

Shi Taijun only said that he was being investigated, but he didn't reveal anything about Lin Ruhai to Lin Daiyu at all.

Lin Daiyu was quick-witted, although she had already guessed that her grandmother would not tell her about her father, but after really asking to no avail, she still couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Although Lin Daiyu was anxious and anxious to know Lin Ruhai's news, she was a weak girl in the boudoir and lived in Jia's house, and there was no capable person around her, how could she find out what happened to Lin Ruhai, she could only cry secretly.

At the same time, she made up her mind that if there was no news in a few days, she would go to her grandmother and say that she would go back to Yangzhou for everything.

Jia Baoyu has been like glue with Qin Zhong these days, and he didn't care much about the affairs in Jia's mansion, but as soon as he returned home that day, he heard that Lin Daiyu had been wronged, and he just wanted to run over to comfort Sister Lin.

Coincidentally, Mrs. Wang happened to stop him, saying that Jia Zheng would teach him his homework after returning home, and Jia Baoyu, who was bluffed, hurriedly worked hard in the study, and did not dare to visit Sister Lin, thinking that she would ask for a new object in a few days, and then please Sister Lin.

Now that the Jia family has spread the news about Lin Ruhai, Shi Taijun can no longer pretend that nothing happened, and hurriedly summoned Jia Yu, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang to discuss the matter.

It has been nearly a month since Lin Ruhai was impeached, especially in the recent period, the impeachment of Lin Ruhai has become more and more popular, and Beijing has also been in an uproar, and the Jia family has naturally received a lot of rumors.

At first, Jia Zheng was still actively campaigning, wanting to support Lin Ruhai, but within a few days, he was defeated by reality.

No one in Ningrong and the two mansions listened to him, and the world friends of the Jia Mansion were also impeaching Lin Ruhai, and it was fortunate that the Jia family could still maintain a neutral position now.

His plan to help Lin Ruhai fell through, and Jia Zheng was depressed, so he had to send a letter to Jiangnan to ask Lin Ruhai what had happened, so that it had reached this point.

In order to avoid implicating the Jia family after his failure, Lin Ruhai only told Jia Zheng not to get involved, he only needed the Jia family to help him take care of Daiyu and relieve his worries, and the rest of the things were not revealed to Jia Zheng at all.

In late March, the storm in Jiangnan became more and more intense, and Jingzhong got the exact news, and the Jia family was secretly frightened, they didn't expect Lin Ruhai to face the Jiangnan forces led by the Zhen family in Jiangnan.

Today, although the situation in the south of the Yangtze River has gradually subsided, the attack on Lin Ruhai in Beijing has become more and more fierce.

The Jia family has always been very worried, in case any imperial historian in the court remembers that Lin Ruhai is the son-in-law of the Jia family, and then burns this fire on their heads.

Based on this, the Jia family was very low-key during this time, and even Shi Taijun, who had experienced strong winds and waves, was shocked by what Lin Ruhai had done, worried that the Jia family would be implicated by Lin Ruhai.

However, her love for Lin Daiyu is real, and she has been forbidden to talk about this matter in the house during this time, just to protect Lin Daiyu.

But she didn't expect someone to leak the matter, and it was known to everyone, and Daiyu heard it.

This made her extremely angry in her heart, if it weren't for the urgent need to deal with the Lin family's affairs at the moment, the Jia family would not be in chaos, she would definitely find out the people behind the scenes to see who was making waves and trying to force Daiyu away.

Now most of the people in Jiafu know about the Lin family, and they are worried that the Jia family will be affected by Lin Daiyu.

Shi Taijun knew that it was time to make a choice, otherwise if this trend was allowed to spread, the Jia family didn't know how many incidents would arise.

She knows that her granddaughter is very much like her daughter, and her temperament is extremely strong, if it is because of those gossips in the house, Daiyu will regret it too late, and then she will be sorry for her deceased daughter Jia Min.

And compared with Daiyu's granddaughter, the Jia family is more important in her heart, Shi Taijun has been worried that Lin Ruhai's matter will implicate the Jia family.

As a result, whatever you are afraid of, a few days ago, the Zhen family, the king of Nan'an County, the Duke of Fuguo and other nobles were all putting pressure on the Jia family, and she couldn't help but consider the attitude of these relatives and friends.

Shi Taijun looked around at his son and daughter-in-law in front of him and asked, "What is the situation in Jiangnan now?" ”

Jia Zheng frowned, and said in a depressed mood: "Back to my mother's words, the day before yesterday, news came from the Zhen family, saying that the Jiangnan side has calmed down, and they are waiting for the verdict in Beijing!" ”

"What about your brother-in-law, what's the news from him?"

Jia Zheng shook his head and sighed: "In the past half a month, there have been no more letters from my brother-in-law's side, and my son doesn't know what happened to my brother-in-law now." ”

"But a few days ago, there was news from Jiangnan, saying that my brother-in-law was assassinated and seriously injured, and I don't know what the situation is now." Jia Zheng said with some concern.

Although he was slightly dissatisfied with Lin Ruhai's actions this time, he was still quite concerned about Lin Ruhai's situation, and after his plan to support Lin Ruhai failed, he was still actively investigating the news of Jiangnan and the DPRK.

"What did you say your brother-in-law did this for, we were blamed by the Zhen family, and even Concubine Nan'an said that we didn't care about the old relationship!" Shi Taijun complained that she was extremely dissatisfied with Lin Ruhai.

When Lin Ruhai took office in Yangzhou, she also sent a letter to the Zhen family, asking the Zhen family to take care of Lin Ruhai and his wife.

I never thought that Lin Ruhai would turn his face and deny people, and attack the Zhen family for no reason, Shi Taijun was angry with Lin Ruhai, but also indifferent to Lin Ruhai's assassination.

Since the death of her daughter Jia Min, she has complained about Lin Ruhai, when her daughter followed Lin Ruhai to Yangzhou, suffered a lot, and was often troubled by the old woman of the Lu family, if Lin Ruhai didn't take care of her daughter, Jia Min would not have gone so young.

This is also the reason why as soon as Jia Min died, she sent someone to pick up Lin Daiyu, she really didn't worry about handing Daiyu over to Lin Ruhai to take care of.

Now she is even more dissatisfied with Lin Ruhai, if it weren't for Daiyu, she would have stood on the side of the Zhen family a long time ago, and now that things have come to this point, she can't drag it out if she wants to.

Shi Taijun sighed in her heart, and the Jia family had also come to make a choice, but she had been in the world for a long time, so she was not in a hurry to express her position, but continued to ask: "Second brother, you have an official status now, do you know what the situation is in the court these days?" ”

Jia Zheng served as a member of the Ministry of Labor, but he was only a petty official from the fifth rank in Beijing, and he usually did not even have the qualifications to go to the court.

Beijing officials of the fourth rank and above can go to the court, and officials below the fourth rank are not allowed to go to the court unless they are summoned. Now that Emperor Yuanyong is in power, it is three days and one morning, but Emperor Yuanyong is more diligent, and during this time, because of the affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, he sits in the court almost every day.

Jia Zheng couldn't go to the court, plus he had been an official for so many years, and he didn't have many friends in the court, so he could only inquire about the general situation of what happened in the court, and there was no way to find out the specific direction of the wind in the court.

At this time, when he heard Shi Taijun ask, Jia Zheng had to tell the news he had learned from his colleagues with great effort these days: "My sister-in-law is impeached almost every day, not only in Jiangnan, but even in Beijing, the officials of the Inspectorate, the Ministry of Rites, and the Honglu Temple are impeaching my brother-in-law. ”

"said that my brother-in-law accepted bribes in Yangzhou, resold salt, bullied salt merchants, withheld taxes and silver, formed a party for personal gain, and there were some more serious crimes, in short, my sister-in-law offended too many people this time, and they were all guilty of snaring and wanting to join my sister-in-law." Jia Zheng said worriedly, this time Lin Ruhai offended not only the nobles in Beijing, but also many civilian factions.

Although he is also a civil official, he has always been suppressed and excluded by the civilian clique, and has never been able to integrate into the circle of civil officials.

First, because he was born in a noble family, and he is not the same way as a civil official. The second is that those civil officials who made their debut in the imperial examination have always looked down on officials who rely on grace and donations.

He did not take the road of the imperial examination, and he did not have the help of the same department and the same year around him, nor did he have the support of his teacher, which also led to him being an official for more than 20 years, but he was only promoted from the director of the Ministry of Engineering of the sixth grade to the member of the Ministry of Engineering of the fifth grade.

Jia Zheng has been very depressed about what he has experienced over the years, and Lin Ruhai is not only his brother-in-law, but also one of his few civil friends, so he doesn't want Lin Ruhai to have an accident.

Shi Taijun looked at Jia Zheng's expression, it seemed that there was still something to hide, and he was a little annoyed in his heart, at this time, her little son could not see the situation in front of him clearly, and asked scoldingly: "Say whatever you want, don't hide it, say it all together." ”

Jia Zheng was helpless in his heart, he had always been extremely filial to his mother, and he didn't dare to disobey Shi Taijun's wishes, so he had to say: "A few days ago, my son heard that the emperor was going to escort his brother-in-law to Beijing, and at least he would be sentenced to exile, and some said that he would be sentenced to the crime of raiding his family, and even would, would!" ”

Jia Yu saw that Jia Zheng was spitting there, and his words were incomplete, and he angrily reprimanded Jia Zhengdao: "You are still hiding in front of your mother!" ”

After reprimanding Jia Zheng, Jia Yu immediately said to Shi Taijun: "Mother, my son heard that my brother-in-law is extremely guilty this time, and it is very likely that he will raid his family and exterminate his family. ”

"If I hadn't laughed everywhere these days, I'm afraid many people would have impeached us!"

Shi Taijun asked in surprise: "What does this have to do with our family?" ”

"Some people say that we hide the property for the Lin family, after all, my niece is still living in our house, and my sister-in-law sends things to our house every year."

The reason why Jia Yu said this was that he noticed that the gifts that the Lin family had given to their family over the years were extremely abnormal, especially Lin Ruhai's New Year's gift of filial piety to the old lady, which was much more than in previous years, and he really doubted that the old lady was hiding the property for the Lin family.