"Old Lady, there was news just now that His Majesty has bestowed a marriage to the new top scholar and the young lady of Yangzhou's son-in-law.”
Jia Clan…
At this moment, in the three halls in the backyard of the Jia family's Rongxi Hall, all kinds of beautiful women were surrounding the living room, making witty remarks and teasing a graceful and noble old lady.
This was the residence of the Jia family's Matriarch.
It was also the residence of the Jia family's ruler.
The Jia Clan seemed to be run by Jia Hao and Jia Zheng.
In fact, it was the old lady of the Jia family.
At this moment, a servant rushed in in a panic and reported to Matriarch Shi.
Matriarch Shi, who was originally laughing from ear to ear, immediately turned gloomy when she heard this.
Then, a wave of anger surged in his heart.
What was this? She had killed her own daughter just to give the Lin family's assets and let her granddaughter be her grandson's daughter-in-law.
Now, he was waiting for Lin Ruhai's health to deteriorate day by day. He could no longer take care of Lin Daiyu and sent Lin Daiyu over.
But now, an imperial edict had ruined all her plans.
How could Matriarch Shi tolerate this!
The surrounding girls were also silent at this moment.
Although they didn't understand the situation, they understood Matriarch Shi's personality.
Matriarch Shi was obviously suppressing her anger.
Those who were in the know guessed that the new top scorer had angered their second master, Jia Zheng, until he vomited blood.
At this moment, no one knew how angry Matriarch Shi was.
"Send a message to Yangzhou immediately. Tell them that I won't agree to this.
He had refused to meet His Majesty.
Yu 'Er is the one I like to be Baoyu's wife.”
After a long time, Matriarch Shi ordered coldly.
She had already prepared for the worst.
They would even do such disrespectful things at all costs.
As an elder, he ordered Lin Ruhai to take the blame.
She wouldn't even let go of her own daughter. Why would she care about Lin Ruhai's thoughts?
What he needed to do now was to use his status as an elder to suppress Lin Ruhai.
If Lin Ruhai agreed, then he would have to offend Taikang Emperor.
If Lin Ruhai did not agree, he would have to bear the crime of being unfilial, disrespectful, treasonous, and so on. Not only would his reputation and future be completely destroyed, but he would also be cursed by others.
It could be said that Matriarch Shi's plot had to be ruthless.
He wanted to destroy Lin Ruhai.
Because she couldn't just watch the Lin family's assets fly away like that.
She felt a strong sense of danger.
Therefore, Lin Ruhai would be forced into a desperate situation no matter which choice he made.
"This…"
Hearing Matriarch Shi's words, the servant was stunned. The girls in the room were also stunned.
Good fellow, this was simply killing people.
He wanted Lin Ruhai to directly offend the Emperor.
If the Emperor was angry, Lin Ruhai would definitely be finished.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and go!"
When Matriarch Shi saw that the servant was stunned, she could not help but glare at him and berate him angrily.
"Yes, I'll go now.”
The servant was about to answer when he heard that. Then, he stood up and ran out.
"This damn top scorer Yuan Ye, he made my son so angry that he vomited blood and still wants to get rid of my granddaughter.
What a fool's dream."
After the servants left, Matriarch Shi also regained some of her rationality. She held down the room full of granddaughters and servant girls and looked at herself. She knew that she had lost her composure just now, so she had a quick thought and pushed the blame on Yuan Ye.
Yuan Ye had been made a scapegoat.
However, what Matriarch Shi didn't know was that Yuan Ye had already figured out her little plan. Most importantly, he had even come up with a countermeasure.
However, she didn't know any of this.
And did she really think that it would take one or two people to get the Emperor to take back the imperial edict?
It was normal for families to be raided and exterminated.
And did they really think that the Emperor would trust their Jia family as much as the previous Emperor?
"Mother, I heard that His Majesty has decreed that his niece from Yangzhou be married off to that Yuan Ye fellow.
I don't agree to this marriage!"
When Jia Zheng received the news, he ran over and shouted at Matriarch Shi.
Jia Zheng was meticulous in making decisions.
But in reality, he was a mother's boy.
If something happened that he couldn't solve, he would run over to look for Matriarch Shi.
After all, many of the choices in his life had been made by Matriarch Shi since he was young.
For example, he was currently living in Rongxi Hall.
The real master of Rongxi Hall, the real head of the Jia family, was chased to the cowshed to live.
What was this called, a viper occupying a magpie's nest?
To think that he had read poetry and books since he was young and called himself a scholar.
However, he had done such a thing.
Similarly, Jia Zheng's reputation outside was that of a hypocrite.
From this, one could see how Jia Zheng was like.
It was worth mentioning that when Jia Zheng was young, he failed every exam and couldn't even pass the scholar exam.
And Jia Zheng's father was forced to put down his old face and ask for an official position for Jia Zheng.
However, Jia Zheng himself did not live up to expectations. Not only did he not have the ability to work, but he also thought highly of himself and offended his colleagues.
Jia Daishan was completely helpless against Jia Zheng.
He had originally wanted to leave some dignity for himself, but when he died, he couldn't help but plead with Old Lady Shi. He pleaded with the late emperor once again and made an exception to promote Jia Zheng, who had yet to make any contributions and was unqualified, to the position of Minister of Works.
Even after Jia Daishan had died for so many years, Jia Zheng still sat as steady as a mountain and did not even move his butt.
However, his personality had also become much more restrained.
But even so, Jia Zheng still had no friends.
Jia Zheng's friends were all his former friends who had fallen behind in fame and fortune in rock climbing.
The few of them liked to gather together to recite poems and discuss the past and the present.
Because only in this way could Jia Zheng become the one who was adored by the stars and the moon, and be complimented by everyone to show off that he had studied all his life but was a dabbler in literature.
This was the only way to satisfy the vanity of a housekeeper.
"Don't interfere in this matter."
Matriarch Shi said indifferently.
"Mother, that scoundrel Yuan Ye is not a decent person. My niece will definitely suffer if she marries him.
Even his brother-in-law would probably not agree to it.”
Jia Zheng anxiously looked at Grandmother Jia (Old Lady Shi, from now on she would be called Grandmother Jia).）He said.
"Alright, don't say anymore.
His Majesty had already issued an edict.
Do you want to defy the imperial edict?"
Grandmother Jia naturally knew what kind of person her son was, so she blocked Jia Zheng with one sentence.
The underlying meaning was,"You don't have to worry about this matter. I'll worry about it."
But Jia Zheng didn't understand.
However, with the imperial edict, these two words were enough to block Jia Zheng to death.
Although Jia Zheng was arrogant at home every day, he didn't care about anyone except Grandmother Jia.
However, they were not brave outside.
Especially when it came to defying the imperial edict, he did not dare to accept it.
"Mother, how dare I defy the imperial edict?”
Jia Zheng said to Grandmother Jia with a bitter face.
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