Chapter 681: Seizure of Power
Jia Ke's will was soon sent to the current Rongguo Mansion and Ning Guo Mansion.
As soon as these people received the will, they were naturally thunderous with joy, although Jia Ke had not yet given them a mansion that matched their status, but with this will, they were already able to get up.
Among them, the most excited are not those men who have been titled, but Li Zhi in the Rongguo Mansion.
Since Li Zhi married into Rongguo Mansion, there are two mothers-in-law on the top, and various sisters and concubines below, and her husband is not in good health, if she doesn't have a child, she doesn't know if she can persevere.
Now that Jia Ke's holy decree arrives, Li Zhi is the princess in charge of the Rongguo Mansion, and the elders in the clan have all moved to the palace to enjoy the blessings, and this time the Rongguo Mansion can be regarded as her decision.
Here, Li Zhi originally showed no fighting or grabbing, but she was very smart, knowing that she would not lose any benefit even if she competed, so it was better to behave modestly and leave a good reputation.
But now it's different, her husband is the rightful King Rong, who is in charge of the Rongguo Mansion, and she, as the Princess Rong, naturally has to support all the things in the Rongguo Mansion.
There is no dignified Prince Rong's mansion, but it is the truth of the younger brother and daughter-in-law who is in charge.
Therefore, the day after Li Zhi got the title, he sent a maid to inform Wang Xifeng, asking her to prepare the account book and prepare it for handover.
Moreover, Li Zhi immediately moved their residence to Rongxi Hall, which can be regarded as a justifiable takeover of Rongguo Mansion.
Next, Li Zhi changed the sign of Rongguo Mansion to Rongwang Mansion.
Originally, the brand of Rongguo Mansion should have been changed after Jia Zheng crowned King Rong, but Jia Zheng was low-key, thinking that Jia Ke was a powerful minister at the time, and he didn't know how much pressure he had to receive, and he was a father and there was no way to reduce the pressure on his son, so it was better to keep a low profile.
So although Jia Zheng was named King Rong, the brand of Rongguo Mansion has not been replaced, and Rongguo Mansion has not been expanded according to the scale of the palace.
But now, Jia Ke has rightfully become the emperor, and his second brother Jia Zhu has been crowned King Rong, Li Zhi feels that there is no need to keep a low profile now.
So Li Zhi recruited people the next day, and while painting the mansion of Rongguo Mansion to be expanded into Rongwang Mansion, he also ordered to go to the Ministry of Industry to talk to them, and asked them to prepare craftsmen and timber to prepare for the expansion of Rongguo Mansion.
And Jia Zhu, who has been recuperating in the room, was also a little unhappy when he saw Li Zhi's tossing appearance. What's going on?
Isn't it gossip for others to let you be the master of your own house and toss like this? Especially in the small house next to it, there is still his eldest uncle Jia Yu.
If the Rongguo Mansion is to be expanded here, how can Jia pardon next to it be embarrassed.
So Jia Zhu called Li Zhi to his room, wanting to talk to her carefully and let her restrain herself.
"I said madam, our newly crowned King Rong is building such a big project, I'm afraid it's not a big deal, right?"
Li Zhi glanced at Jia Zhu, then the corners of his mouth turned upwards and said, "Xianggong, don't you feel aggrieved all these years?" You were originally the eldest son of Rongguo Mansion, but Rongguo Mansion spoiled Baoyu and put you aside. Now that we can finally be the masters of our own affairs, we are still so low-key, how will we live in the future? ”
Jia Zhu was silent for a while after hearing this, he has indeed lived a little aggrieved over the years, and almost all the family members of Rongguo Mansion think that they will not live long, so they all go out to talk to Baoyu.
"That being said, now Baoyu is still living in Rongguo Mansion, and the emperor has not arranged a house for him, so let's build a lot of construction now, isn't this driving him away?"
Li Zhi smiled after hearing this, "Who said there is no house?" Isn't there an empty palace next to it? You really think that the emperor wants to keep him today. ”
Jia Zhu also thought about it when he heard it, the Yanwang Mansion next to it was originally intended for Jia Ke to live in, but as soon as the construction was completed, Jia Ke sought to usurp the throne and became the Ninety-Five Supreme.
This house is naturally empty, and Jia Ke's two children are still young, and now they are by their mother's side, if they want to really go out of the palace to build a government, I am afraid it will take more than ten years.
In this way, is this house really abandoned for more than ten years? It seems that Li Zhi really said that Jia Ke in this house was either given to Jia Baoyu or given to Jia Pardon.
"Then I heard that you took back the stewardship of Lian's second daughter-in-law, what is the reason?"
"Lord Wang, you are confused, how can our dignified Rongwang Mansion let our brothers and daughters-in-law take care of the house, if this is spread out, it will not sound good."
Jia Zhu nodded silently when he heard this, thinking in his heart that his daughter-in-law was really thoughtful, and she was not in good health, so she couldn't take care of these mundane things, so let her toss it in the future, with her eldest brother Jia Ke on top, she couldn't make any waves.
"Madame is right, I'm a little confused, and then there will be Mrs. Lao in this family."
After listening to this, Li Zhi smiled and nodded, this Jia Zhu can be regarded as giving her power.
But Li Zhi's mind turned, and he remembered one more thing, that is, her child Jia Lan, although the child is still young, but Jia Zhu is not only his wife now, but also several concubines, one of whom is now pregnant.
Therefore, Li Zhi thought that before the birth of this child, he gave Jia Lan's name, so as to save those concubines from being pampered and arrogant, and they had thoughts that they shouldn't have.
"Lord Wang, look at our Lan'er, did you give him the title of the prince?"
Jia Zhu nodded as soon as he heard Li Zhi's words, "I was negligent in this matter, and I will write a letter and send it to the eldest brother in two days, so that the eldest brother can canonize our Lan'er as the son." ”
In fact, there is no need for Li Zhi to mention Jia Zhu also knows in his heart, he has read the book of Confucius and Mencius for so many years, and he is very respectful of the way of the concubine.
In Jia Zhu's heart, Jia Lan is his only heir, and the other children can only go out to live separately in the future.
Not to mention that Jia Zhu and Li Zhi were discussing the affairs of the Rong Mansion here, not to mention that in the small courtyard behind the Rongxi Hall, Wang Xifeng was there and almost all the objects in the house were dropped.
Just because Wang Xifeng received a message from Li Zhi and asked her to hand over the right to be the steward of the Rong Mansion.
Others don't know the situation, Wang Xifeng knows very well that the account of Rongguo Mansion is a mess, if Li Zhi wants to reconcile the account, then it is Wang Xifeng who is unlucky in the end.
Ping'er watched Wang Xifeng worrying there, so she could only come up and persuade her: "Master, there is no other way now, let's hurry up and do the account book again." ”
Wang Xifeng said angrily: "It's easy for you to say, for so many years, you don't know the loopholes in this account, where can it be so easy to fill up." ”
After Ping'er listened, she lowered her head and didn't have anything to say, she knew that their master had been in charge of Rongguo Mansion for many years, and she didn't know how much benefit she had gained from the princess of Rongguo Mansion, and now if she wanted to level the accounts, she would have to make up a lot of silver.
Wang Xifeng sat there, her eyes rolling, thinking that she couldn't take out the silver no matter what, because her private rooms were not enough at all.
If it was because of this incident and Jia Zhu fell out, his face would not look good in the end. It looks like we'll have to find the money somewhere else.
So Wang Xifeng tidied up his clothes and said to Ping'er next to him: "Prepare a sedan chair, I want to enter the palace." ”
When Ping'er saw this scene, she thought that Wang Xifeng wanted to go into the palace to see the old lady, so she asked the old lady to settle the matter and hurry out to prepare.
After the vehicle was ready, Wang Xifeng got into the car, and came to the palace under the escort of the maid and the maid.
The forbidden army didn't dare to slack off when they saw the vehicles of Jiafu lined up at the door, and immediately went up to inquire.
Wang Xifeng slightly raised the sedan curtain and said to the forbidden army officer who was interrogating: "You go in and report to the emperor, just say that Wang Xifeng wants to see him." ”
The little general who marched naturally knew Wang Xifeng's identity, so he didn't dare to slack off and reported to the eunuch on duty inside.
The eunuch got the news and came out to salute Wang Xifeng first, and then sent the little eunuch to the Heart Cultivation Hall to report to Jia Ke.
After a while, news came from inside, asking Wang Xifeng to go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to meet him.
Wang Xifeng entered the palace, changed into a soft sedan chair, and came to the front of the Yangxin Palace accompanied by the palace maid and the eunuch, and let his maid Ping'er wait outside, while Wang Xifeng himself entered the Yangxin Palace under the guidance of the eunuch.
As soon as Wang Xifeng entered the Heart Nourishing Palace, he looked up and saw that on the throne, Jia Ke was sitting solemnly in a dragon robe.
A smile appeared on the corner of Wang Xifeng's mouth, and he stepped forward to give Jia Ke a blessing, "Concubine Wang Xifeng, long live my emperor, long live my emperor, long live." ”
Jia Ke looked at Wang Xifeng, thinking in his heart what was this Wang Xifeng doing here?
"Let's be flat."
Only then did Wang Xifeng stand up and stand respectfully on the side.
"Isn't there something wrong with your visit this time?"
"If you go back to Banzai, the concubine has some things she wants to clarify with Banzai."
Jia Ke is noncommittal? He knew that this Wang Xifeng was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he didn't know what problems he was going to have for himself this time.
Wang Xifeng didn't say anything when he received Jia Ke, so he glanced up secretly, and then said, "I have a secret to tell Long Live Lord." ”
"Since there's something to do, let's talk about it."
Wang Xifeng thought about it for a while, and then slowly walked up the imperial steps, and Li Deshan, who was standing next to Jia Ke, saw this situation, his eyes widened, is this Wang Xifeng bold, or does he not know etiquette, and dares to go up the imperial steps privately?
So Li Deshan hurriedly went up and stopped Wang Xifeng, "Madam, you are more polite." ”
Wang Xifeng looked up at Jia Ke, and at this time, Jia Ke also happened to look at Wang Xifeng, and the eyes of the two of them flickered.
I don't know what's going on, Jia Ke felt his heart skip a beat, so he waved his hand to Li Deshan next to him, Li Deshan is also a smart person, and hurriedly stepped aside when he saw this situation.
Wang Xifeng came to Jia Ke's side in three steps and two steps, and said in a soft tone in Jia Ke's ear: "Long live Lord, Princess Li wants to check the accounts of Rong Guofu before, long live Lord, what should I do if I see the slave family?" ”
When Wang Xifeng said this, he suddenly seemed to slip under his feet and fell into Jia Ke's arms.