On this day, Jia Zheng was full of face, sitting in the main hall of Rongxi Hall, accepting the worship of the descendants of Jiafu, as well as the congratulations of the major officials in the court.

Over the years, as Jia Ke's status has become higher and higher, although he is still a minor official of the fifth grade. But his status kept rising. In the capital, even if the Shangshu of the six departments saw it, he would respectfully call him the boss.

There are many high-ranking officials of the Sixth Department who came to congratulate him today, and these people are all people who see Jia Ke's power getting bigger and bigger, and they are also the protégés of their Jia Mansion.

Although these people are not the main officials of the six ministries, each of them can be regarded as somewhat powerful, and they are also middle-level officials or above in the six ministries.

Almost every one of these people is higher than Jia Zheng's grade, but now they all have to pay respectful salutes to Jia Zheng, such a scene can only be seen in his dreams, so Jia Zheng is very excited today, and keeps persuading everyone to eat and drink.

And Jia Ke, as Jia Zheng's eldest son and his most promising son, has always been by his side and returned the salute to the officials who came to congratulate him.

And Jia Zheng's other two sons, Jia Zhu and Jia Baoyu, one could only sit in the banquet and bow to the guests due to poor health. If it wasn't for Jia Zheng's birthday banquet, he wouldn't have bothered to attend it at all, so he sat next to Jia Zhu alone, and he didn't bother to deal with the officials at these banquets.

Just as everyone was pushing the cups and changing the lamps, suddenly a subordinate came to Jia Ke and reported, "Uncle Qiqi, there is Xia Shouzhong, the great eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Palace, who has come to pass the decree." ”

Jia Ke didn't feel much surprised when he heard this, and Jia Zheng, Jia Yu and others next to him were frightened and overwhelmed, they all knew that Jia Ke and the emperor had always been at odds, and on Jia Zheng's birthday, the emperor came to pass on something, and he didn't come to stir up the situation.

Jia Ke saw that the two family members were already a little shocked, so he hurriedly got up and ordered all the banquets to be removed, ordered to stop singing, and let the servants open the middle door, set up incense tables, and prepare to receive orders.

Then Jia Ke came to Jia Zheng's side and said: "Father, don't be frightened, today is my father's birthday banquet, the emperor is no longer reasonable, and he will not come to disturb the situation at this time." ”

After Jia Ke finished persuading Jia Zheng, he continued: "Father, we should now go to the gate and kneel to receive the holy decree. Otherwise, others will gossip. ”

After Jia Ke's reminder, Jia Zheng and Jia Yu came to their senses, and the two hurriedly straightened their clothes and walked out, while Jia Ke followed behind them, and the officials at all levels who came to the banquet also followed out in a swarm. This group of people was huge, probably a few dozen people, and each of them was an official of the third or fourth grade.

Jia Zheng came to the gate, and according to the decree you knelt at the door, the big eunuch Xia Shouzhong came with a dozen little eunuchs riding high-headed horses.

Xia Shouzhong looked at Jia Zheng, Jia Ke and the others knelt at the door to receive the holy decree, and immediately jumped off the horse. First came to Jia Zheng's side. With a smile on his face, he went to help the housekeeper up, "What are you doing, boss?" Hurry up, the emperor has already said it. There is no need for such a politeness from the boss. ”

After Xia Shouzhong picked up Jia Zheng, he hurriedly came to Jia Ke's face, quickly helped him up, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Jia, you can still come to greet our family in person." How can our family afford it? ”

Jia Ke stood up with a smile, and replied to Xia Shouzhong with a smile: "Father-in-law Xia is the emperor's intimate person, since he has come to preach the holy decree, we people naturally have to come to greet him according to the rules." ”

Xia Shouzhong smiled and didn't even dare to say, and after finishing speaking, he said to the ministers who were still kneeling behind: "Everyone please hurry up." He looked at the minister kneeling behind him, albeit with a smile on his face. But there was a cold light in his eyes, and the people here almost included half of the third-grade officials in the court. Among them were those who had previously opposed Jia Ke.

It seems that Jia Ke has been working very hard to win over the courtiers during this period of time, but in a few months, so many ministers have taken refuge in Jia Ke's door. If he is allowed to develop like this for a few more years, it will be worth it, and I am afraid that except for a few senior members, they will all be Jia Ke's people. Fortunately, none of the real leaders of the faction in the DPRK fell to Jia Ke, otherwise, as long as one of these people became Jia Ke's disciple, then it would not be a dozen officials who could be driven, but a whole faction, plus the power of the businessmen and gentry behind them was not small.

Now these stragglers, although they seem to have a large number of people, but in fact they do not affect the overall situation, and the emperor will find an opportunity to deal with them in the future, and it will not cause turmoil in the court.

After everyone got up, these officials kneeling on the ground also saluted Xia Shouzhong together, calling him "Xia Daban", after all, Xia Shouzhong now has no position, just the personal eunuch next to the emperor.

Xia Shouzhong also smiled and kept bowing his hand to the ministers, and then said to Jia Zheng and Jia Ke: "Two adults, let's go to the middle hall to receive the order." At the gate is really not the place to talk. ”

Jia Zheng suddenly realized that he hurriedly led the way in front, so everyone came to the Rongxi Hall together, and at this time, the Rongxi Hall had already set up the incense case.

Jia Zheng led everyone to kneel down in front of the desk, ready to listen to the holy decree.

Xia Shouzhong did not delay, and came directly to the incense case, and said: "By special order, immediately announce Jia Zheng's entry into the court, and see you in the Linjing Palace." ”

After Xia Shouzhong finished reading the holy decree, he quickly bypassed the incense case, came to Jia Zheng again to help him up, and then said respectfully and flatteringly: "Boss, I congratulate you in advance here." What is it exactly? When you arrived in the palace, the emperor naturally announced that our family would not talk much as a minion. ”

After Jia Zheng reacted, he hurriedly hugged his fist and saluted Xia Shouzhong, invited him to come in to serve tea, and if he had time, he was invited to eat a few more glasses of wine at home before returning to the palace.

But these Xia Shouzhong all resigned with a smile, and only said that when he returned to the palace, he would hand over the decree to the emperor, so he took the little eunuch out on horseback.

After Xia Shouzhong left, Jia Zheng was very uneasy in his heart, and asked Jia Ke next to him, "I don't know what's going on?" It's not that the emperor is dissatisfied with our family, and he wants to give us some color to see. ”

Jia Ke thought about it for a while, for a while. The emperor is quite stable, there is no need to block Jia Ke on Jia Zheng's happy day, otherwise he will start a surge, and even the emperor will have to give up a few points. And just now Xia Shouzhong said that there was a happy event, coupled with the news that the spies in the palace came back during this time, Jia Ke had a bottom in his heart, so he persuaded Jia Zhengdao: "Father, please rest assured, since Xia Shouzhong said that there was a happy event, naturally there will be no accidents." Father just go with confidence, I don't think it's okay. ”

After listening to Jia Ke's comfort, Jia Zheng relieved himself, quickly changed into court clothes, took Lin Zhixiao and a few small servants, and went directly to the palace.

At this time, Jia Mu and others in the back hall got the news and sent someone to ask about the specific reason. After a while, words came from inside, asking Jia Yu, Jia Ke, Jia Zhen and others to enter and talk to Jia Mu.

A few of them entered the back hall only to see that the banquet in the hall had been removed, Mother Jia was sitting on a low couch, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing were accompanied by both sides, and below were Qin Keqing, Li Kun and Wang Xifeng.

The three of them entered the inner house, first saluted Jia's mother, and then got up and stood aside, waiting for Jia's mother's orders.

"What the hell is going on? The emperor announced that the second child entered the palace for no reason. Jia Mu couldn't wait to say after they finished saluting.

Jia Yu and Jia Zhen were also confused now, so they looked at Jia Ke together, not only the two of them, but Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and others also looked at Jia Ke together.

Jia Ke took a step forward and said to Jia's mother: "Don't worry, old lady, I think there is a happy event coming to our family." ”

"How do you know? Could it be that there is something to hide from me? Jia Mu was a little unconvinced.

"How dare I hide it from you, old lady, just now Xia Shouzhong finished passing the decree and congratulated him in front of my father, I think there is something happy about it." Although Jia Ke knew the situation, he was not ready to tell them, anyway, they would soon know the cause and effect. Moreover, there are a lot of secret agents in Jiafu, and if you talk too much, you may leak your spies in the palace.

Everyone waited anxiously in the house for about an hour, and suddenly Lin Zhixiao took it, and several people ran in breathlessly.

Lin Zhixiao came in and saluted the old lady, and immediately said excitedly: "On the orders of the master, please ask the old lady to lead the wife into the palace to thank you." ”

When Jia Mu heard what he said, she first breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was not bad news, otherwise there would be no words of thanks. But when you turn your head and think about it, what does it mean to have no head and no tail?

Jia Mu hurriedly interrogated him about the ins and outs, and Lin Zhixiao replied excitedly: "The minions have been waiting outside, and they don't know the specific situation. It was only later that Father-in-law Xia came out to say goodbye, saying that the eldest lady of our family was named the Shangshu of Fengzao Palace, and she was crowned a virtuous concubine. Later, the old man came out and asked me to come back and tell the old lady. ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and they were not excited to go back and put on their court clothes, so that they could enter the palace to thank the emperor.

Jia Yuanchun has been in the palace of the emperor who was still the third prince at the time, and it has been many years now, after the emperor ascended the throne, the old people in the original palace have been sealed, only Jia Yuanchun was only divided into a concubine, and now she is finally bitter.

It's just that no one noticed that the teacup in Jia Ke's hand had been crushed at this time. Originally, Jia Ke thought that he had crossed over, and the main line of Dream of Red Mansions should have changed. Unexpectedly, things were still developing step by step, and Jia Yuanchun was still named Concubine Xiande.

Things are already obvious, in Jia Ke's opinion, where is the title of Concubine Xiande, this is simply a nickname, all dynasties and generations have never heard of it, the concubine is two words, and those who have such a title are dead people.

Where did this emperor give Jia Yuanchun the title, just looking forward to her early death. Unexpectedly, the emperor's hatred for Jiafu had reached such a point, and he didn't even hide it.

Jia Ke is now extremely angry, this emperor gave Jia Yuanchun such a title on Jia Zheng's birthday, do you really think that he Jia Ke is a fool.

Write down this account for him first, and when he rules the world, he will give him a retribution.