It's evening.

When Jiao Shun Sanya returned home, as soon as he turned into the two-door corridor, he bumped into Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu. Just seeing the two people looking at him with four eyes full of hope, he knew that they had been waiting for a long time.

Facing the expectations in their eyes, the corners of Jiao Shun's mouth turned up slightly, and then he slowly uttered four words: "Fortunately, I lived up to my fate."

Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu both breathed a sigh of relief. In an instant, they seemed to have become a little shorter, which showed how tight the string was.

Immediately, Shi Xiangyun put his hands together and recited "Amitabha".

Lin Daiyu gave a solemn salute to Jiao Shun: "Little sister, second sister-in-law and Rong Guofu, thank you brother Jiao for your help!"

This is the difference between inside and outside. Shi Xiangyun and Jiao Shun are one husband and wife, but thanking them for this in front of outsiders seems awkward.

Lin Daiyu was just temporarily staying. Even if the real requester was not her, she still had to accept Jiao Shun's favor first.

"It's just a matter of duty."

Jiao Shunyun waved his hand lightly and said: "This is not the place to talk."

Jia Zhen stroked her beard and said proudly: "After all, we are separated from each other by one floor, and we can't be as close to each other as we are in Xifu. But it's different here with Jiao Changqing - let your mother go home and walk around more in the future.

It’s rare to have such a close relative, how can we treat him so slowly?”

After a pause, he added: "Brother Xiong is getting older, so let's take her with him to recognize his relatives."

The only problem now is...

This was Xu's sworn statement that she and her father-in-law would never compromise, but Jia Rong still didn't believe it at all - when Qin was still alive, wasn't she just pretending to be the Three True Virtues and the Nine Lieutenants?

Besides, aren't the two Yangzhou thin horses that I brought back from Jiangnan and temporarily placed in Jia Qiang's outer house much better than the Xu family in terms of their ability to serve people?

"ah?!"

"No, no, no! I, I just spent a lot of money on the road, but this can't be considered greedy, right?!"

I don't even remember what the censor said, let alone how I got back to Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Rong also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, I want to congratulate you on your life!"

Jia Rong said without hesitation: "It has been some time since Mrs. Xu got married, but there has been no news. I asked her to stay with my wife and teach her face to face to gain some experience, but she got pregnant if I couldn't guarantee it! For the sake of future generations."

, it doesn’t matter if she just works hard.”

Jia Rong became more and more stunned. It wasn't until the censor took out a banknote and said it was stolen money that he took it reflexively.

"It's the palace. The virtuous concubine in the palace is favored again!"

But it was said that Jia Rong, led by soldiers, came to a small flower hall in the outer courtyard of Rongguo Mansion. As soon as he entered the door and raised his eyes, he froze on the spot like a clay and wood sculpture.

"So when I met the saint today, I did not mention the harboring case, but tried to plead for the virtuous concubine."

Looking down at the amount, Jia Rong saw that there was more money than she had spit out these days. Jia Rong felt as if she was in a dream in the clouds.

Jiao Shun put down the teacup in his hand and said seriously: "This time Rongguo Mansion was easily involved in the harboring case. In the final analysis, it was because Concubine Xiande fell out of favor in the palace, and her mother's family did not have a pillar, so she fell into the trap of everyone.

push."

And if I also have a son who is as good as Brother Xiong, wouldn't I be able to use this to contain Uncle Jiao, and prevent Brother Xiong from threatening my inheritance - when the time comes, all my sons and grandchildren will be meat, and Uncle Jiao will not be able to support him anymore.

Is Brother Xiong in charge?

When he woke up a little, he was already in Jia Zhen's study.

Now Jia Zhen and Jia Rong's father and son finally became happy. After all, the biggest support of Rong Ning's second house was Concubine Xian De. Since Concubine Xian De made a comeback in the palace, what does this harboring case mean?

Besides, even if Rongguo Mansion really fell because of the harboring case, wouldn’t there still be Ningguo Mansion?

If you can't write two characters in one stroke, Rong Guo Mansion will fall, and Ning Guo Mansion will have to take over!

After being happy for a while, Jia Zhen asked curiously: "Didn't it mean that the emperor has always refused to see the empress? Why was he suddenly entrusted with such an important task?"

"Stop talking nonsense, I still have business to do, please start talking!"

When Jia Rong was angry, she couldn't help complaining: "It was said to be an inquiry, but after doing it over and over again, I have already realized that those dogs just wanted to use chicken feathers as arrows and take the opportunity to swindle some oil and water out of my son!"

"

Jia Zhen didn't even raise her head, and stared at the calligraphy and painting for a moment, and then asked: "I heard that you were called again this morning? What were you asked about?"

Having said that, we should first walk towards the central courtyard.

Now in his eyes, Xu's family is worse than useless. Instead of keeping it at home as an eyesore, it's better to go outside and earn some benefits.

"It turns out it's him!"

Therefore, Jia Rong was often called to the next door for questioning these days. At first, it was the censor in charge who came forward to interrogate, and then gradually it was replaced by several petty officials. The questions that came over and over were always the same:

Such as what kind of goods were initially sent to the ship, whether there were any contraband, how much they were, what the profit would be after the return trip, whether any abnormalities were found, etc.

As he spoke, he began to ponder thoughtfully.

As soon as he sat down, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but ask: "Master, what's going on?"

By the way...

When Qin Keqing died, in order to give her a grand burial, Jia Zhen specially bought Jia Rong a fifth rank in the Long Imperial Guard and gave her the title of third-class imperial guard.

The two father and son were in the study, where the father was kind and the son was filial, when suddenly they heard someone outside shouting: "Master, master, the city patrol officer has asked me to come over again!"

When Jia Zhen saw that her son's expression didn't seem to be fake, she didn't bother to ask any more questions. She simply rolled her sleeves and said, "Then you go over and take a look first. When you come back, I will continue to argue with you!"

"Then where does this joy come from?"

"My lord, you really should move around more."

Jiao Shun changed into a blue-based Wanfu suit with gold and silver patterns, wiped his hands and came out, and sat on the main seat with Shi Xiangyun across the coffee table.

"how?!"

As he spoke, he secretly looked at Daiyu from the corner of his eye.

Jia Rong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: "Master, are you talking about Uncle Jiao?"

Jiao Shun first slowly picked up the tea and tasted it, then shook his head and said: "It's not over yet."

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu also quickly paid attention to Jiao Shun.

Two days later, Ningguo Mansion.

Shi Xiangyun's beautiful eyes widened and he looked at his master in disbelief. Even Lin Daiyu on the side was frightened, with a look of admiration in her eyes unconsciously.

"I……"

Lai Sheng said happily and gesticulating: "I heard that I will help the emperor handle the government affairs!"

"So, Your Majesty has forgiven your Majesty?!"

With that said, he stepped into the inner room again.

"What's the point of not giving up?!"

"really?!"

"As long as the empress can gain the favor of the emperor again, those people outside who are adding insult to injury will definitely stop - then this crime of harboring will be nothing more than a scabies disease."

"Pray for your Majesty's mercy?"

"I don't think so."

When he hurried back home, he saw Mrs. Xu coming out with a grimace. He immediately stopped and took two steps back cautiously, then scolded: "Why don't I say anything? You're fine."

Go out and don’t bother me again!”

Both father and son were stunned. Jia Zhen frowned and stepped back behind the table, asking suspiciously: "Did you say something wrong this morning?"

Speaking of this, Jia Rong became very angry, because he was the person in charge sent by Ningguo Mansion to Guangdong and Guangxi. In addition to not going to sea with him, he started to accumulate goods from the beginning to selling them after the merchant ships returned to Hong Kong.

All foreign goods have participated in it.

Jia Rong told what happened just now, then scratched his head and said, "My son really doesn't know what the trouble is about."

Jia Rong bowed her head and agreed. As soon as she left the house, she turned around and spat fiercely, secretly cursing that this old man was so obsessed with money that he was so fussy about even his own son spending a few more taels of silver. At that time

Then why didn’t Hualiu Disease directly kill him?

Jia Zhen was baffled at first, but soon thought of a possibility and hurriedly called in the manager Lai Sheng and ordered him to try to find out the news to see if there was a reversal in the lawsuit in Rongguo Mansion.

"Only on the road?"

Seeing his confused look, Jia Zhen was afraid that he would be implicated by the people from the Xifu, so she hurriedly asked him what was going on.

It was obviously a matter of accident and smooth sailing, but he said that he had the wisdom to make a final decision.

Jia Zhen glanced at him, waved away Lai Sheng noncommittally, and then sneered: "Useless thing! You are already so old, why can't you distinguish the priorities? Let me ask you, is it the empress in the palace who is more important?

, or is it more important to be the one who can make the empress favored again?!"

"I'm 80% sure."

"I heard it was Mr. Jiao's idea. As soon as he met the Holy One, the queen was summoned!"

With that said, he snatched the banknote that Jia Rong had been holding in his hand. After looking at the number, he put it directly into his arms. Then he took out a small denomination and handed it to Lai Sheng, asking him to use it as a souvenir.

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To be continued...