Daming Palace, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Sunlight shines through the open door, illuminating half of the hall.

Emperor Chongrui sat on the dragon chair, lowered his eyes to look at the piles of folds on the imperial case, and sneered:

"It's really a skinny camel bigger than a horse, Jia Mu submitted a fold, and the four kings, eight dukes, twelve marquis and other old ministers of the founding line also followed suit.

Mrs. Shi wants her second son Jia Zheng to become a knight, which is really what everyone expects and the people want. ”

Xia Shouzhong smiled weirdly:

"It is worthy of both loss and glory, just for the sake of the Jia family, the founding of the country has responded en masse, and they have all submitted love letters."

Emperor Chongrui sneered: "A raccoon dog! ”

Xia Shouzhong said with a smile:

"Mrs. Shi did this, in fact, because the eldest master of the Jia family, Jia Yu, did not do his job, and he knew the shortcomings of the small amount.

But the second master is upright, humble and kind, and has two sons under his knees, although the eldest son Jia Zhu has died young, but he has gained fame and married the girl of the Guozi Priest Restaurant.

The second son Jia Baoyu is even more amazing, it is said that when he was born, the house was steaming with clouds and clouds, Lan Zhi was fragrant, and when the grass fell, he still held a Tongling Jade in his mouth to eliminate disasters.

These two sons are a hundred times stronger than Jia Lian and Jia Cong under Jia Yu's knees. ”

Emperor Chongrui bowed his head slightly as if he was smiling, and said meaningfully:

"You old thing, you live in the palace all the year round, and you know a lot about the Jia family."

Hearing this, Xia Shouzhong's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly explained:

The old slave also listened to others, so he remembered these two sentences.

It is said that the old lady of Rongguo Mansion favored the old man Zheng's room because of this matter, and asked the old man to live in Rongxi Hall. ”

Chongrui Emperor Road:

"You only know one thing, you don't know the other, on the surface, Shi Lao Taijun prefers Jia Zheng because of what you said, but in fact, it is because Jia Yu is not Shi Taijun's biological son, Jia Zheng is her only biological son."

Xia Shouzhong was slightly stunned, he saw that Emperor Chongrui also knew a lot about the affairs of the Jia family, so he guessed that someone had mentioned this matter in the secret letter to Emperor Chongrui, so he smiled and said:

"The old slave heard that this old man usually has fun and hides in the house to play with his little wife, which is exactly what he said that poor people must hate."

Emperor Chongrui sneered and said:

"Jia Yu is critically ill, and the Jia family has not rushed to Jinling for funeral?"

Emperor Chongrui's tone was ridiculous, knowing that the second room of the Jia family wished that Jia Yu would return to the west as soon as possible, so that he could replace him.

Xia Shouzhong reported:

"According to the information from Jinyiwei, Old Taijun Shi has sent someone to Jinling."

Emperor Chongrui sneered: "I pinch my fingers, if the Jia family wants to see Jia Yu for the last time, they should indeed set off for Jinling as soon as possible." ”

Xia Shouzhong said: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Emperor Chongrui shook his head and sighed lightly, and said secretly in his heart:

It is said that the heavenly family has no family affection, and the family of the prince is not far behind.

Emperor Chongrui only felt that the affairs of the Jia family were in a mess, the mother was unkind, the son was not filial, and everyone praised the humble and kind second room of the Jia family, and they would rather watch Jia Yu being angry to death than let Rongxi Hall out.

Emperor Chongrui subconsciously believed that Jia Yu was sick by Jia Mu and Jia Zheng.

In short, this Jia family is simply unorthodox, and there is only one Jia Chen who makes Emperor Chongrui feel comfortable.

In this matter, the grievances between Shi Lao Taijun and Jia Yu and Jia Zheng involve human filial piety.

It seems to be just a family affair of the courtiers, but it will inevitably insinuate to him and the Emperor Taishang, and some people will inevitably say something to separate him from the Emperor.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongrui ordered Xia Shouzhong to send the excerpt of Shi Lao Taijun and the excerpt of the prince's minister interceding for Jia Zheng to Emperor Taishang, and implored Emperor Taishang to make a decision on his behalf.

In this way, not only did he fulfill filial piety, but he also pushed the matter out.

When the Emperor Taishang saw this fold, he was disdainful because Jia Zheng's room was too demanding, and he laughed because Jia Yu was too narrow-minded.

At the same time, Emperor Taishang expected that Emperor Chongrui was hindered by a word of filial piety and did not know how to deal with the grievances between Jia's mother and Jia pardon, and thought that he still had old feelings for the Jia family, so in order to show filial piety, he begged him to make a decision on his behalf, so he returned to Emperor Chongrui with a peach:

"If the father dies and the son succeeds, why should the brother die and the brother die?"

Since ancient times, royal orthodoxy has always been only the death of the father and the succession of the son, the brother and the younger brother, and this situation, if it is not forced to do so, or someone is plotting to usurp the throne.

The words Emperor Taishang seem to be talking about the Jia family, and it seems to be talking about their royal family.

When Emperor Chongrui heard this, he immediately sighed with emotion and bowed to the palace where the emperor lived.

Emperor Chongrui repeatedly compared the second room of the Jia family's big house, and saw that the second room had occupied the right time and place, and suppressed the big house so that he had no power to fight back, and couldn't help but want to help the big house.

The idea has been decided, Emperor Chongrui took a red pen and marked a few words on Shi Lao Taijun's fold: "Brother and brother are not beautiful in the end." ”

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Emperor Chongrui had actually expressed his attitude, that is, he did not agree with what Jia Mu requested.

Xia Shouzhong left Emperor Chongrui, thinking back and forth, thinking that everyone thought that if someone was promoted, His Majesty would definitely ask the successor of the Jia family to revive the ancestral business.

However, as everyone knows, His Majesty cares about whether the Jia family is prosperous or not.

It is estimated that His Majesty wishes that the Jia family would fall into the hands of a prodigal son, and it would be better to lose it as soon as possible.

Retracting his thoughts, Xia Shouzhong personally went to the Rong Mansion and read the will to Jia's mother.

After listening to the holy decree, Jia Mu knew that His Majesty had rejected her request, so she had to send people all the way to Jinling to tell Jia Zheng His Majesty's will.

At this time, in the ancestral house of the Jia family in Jinling City, the coffin, paper people, paper horses, etc. were all ready, and it was time for Jia Yu to swallow the last breath.

However, that night, something happened to the ancestral house in Jinling.

At the third watch that night, someone in the front yard of the old house suddenly shouted that there was a thief, and then the front yard was brightly lit, and there were shouts everywhere, and it became a pot of porridge.

Jia Chen unhurriedly got dressed and went out to check.

I saw Jia Lian wearing clothes, rushing out of the door in a panic, meeting with Jin Cai and other slaves, and going to the front hall first.

As the noisy crowd rushed to the front hall, Jia Chen saw that the lids of the three coffins had been lifted.

Jia Lian had no master and was stunned in place.

Jia Chen was calm and composed, first called the men and women summoned from the shop and Zhuangzi earlier, and then dragged Jia Lian to Jia Amnesty's courtyard.

Seeing Jia Yu, Jia Lian hurriedly red-eyed and said:

"Master Qiqi, no, the coffin has been opened. In the front hall and in the gatehouse, more than 20 people up and down were all poured down with sweat medicine. ”

Jia Yu gasped and said urgently:

"Where's the coffin?"

Jia Lian's face was embarrassed, his eyes were flustered, and he didn't know where the treasure went.

Seeing this, Jia Yu's throat was sweet, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, sat down on the chair, and hissed:

"If I hadn't listened to you, why would I have ...... here?"

As he spoke, he couldn't get up in one breath, and he was about to faint when he rolled his eyes.

Jia Lian hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and invite Lang Zhong!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly stroked Jia Yu's chest and hurriedly explained:

"The son only accompanied the master to the front hall once, and never went there again to avoid suspicion, which was definitely not the flaw exposed by the son.

Besides, the idea is from the son, if something happens, the son is the first to be suspicious, so how can the son hit that crooked brain? ”

Jia Chen played a round on the side and said:

"Second Brother Lian has always been respectful and filial to his eldest uncle, and he will never do this."

Jia Lian glanced at Jia Chen gratefully, and continued to say to Jia Chen:

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, isn't the master's thing a son's sooner or later? If the son wants to calculate those things, and he has stolen things from the treasury behind his back, how can he let the master know? ”

"It's not you, who is it?"

A burst of fire hit his heart, dizziness, Jia Yu gritted his teeth, and his eyes were groggy, as if the candle in the room had been blown out.

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