"Also, Old Lady Zhen loves Changyuan spicy soup. The cooking method of this soup is very different from that of the common people. The spicy soup that Old Lady Zhen eats requires dozens of precious ingredients to make. Old Lady Zhen can tell if one ingredient is missing…"
"Over the years, no less than five Changyuan imperial chefs who made spicy soup in the imperial kitchen have been secretly executed by old lady Zhen. The crime of execution was that the spicy soup lacked one ingredient, causing the taste to be wrong.”
"And the royal chefs who were dealt with were all handled by Eunuch Tong.”
The guard received Jia Lian's order and no longer hid the evidence of this case.
"What…"
Hearing the guard's answer, Liu Wen's eyes widened in shock. Old Lady Zhen was known for being thrifty because she ate simple and cheap food every day and never wasted any food.
Who would have thought that these cheap dishes had a different story.
Moreover, the outside world also said that Old Lady Zhen ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures every day. She had a kind face and treated many palace maids and eunuchs who had made mistakes lightly but never severely.
It seemed that everything was fake. Not only did this old lady Zhen live a luxurious life, but she was also a ruthless person.
Jia Lian's face turned a little strange when he heard that. It sounded like he was talking about his old lady.
The Zhen family had Zhen Baoyu, the Jia family had Jia Baoyu…and both families had such weird old ladies.
However, the biggest difference between the two old ladies wasn't their status. It was that Old Lady Zhen was constantly deducting money from her husband's family and sending it to her mother's family, while Grandmother Jia was only focused on destroying the family business.
This was like comparing two vicious and ruthless bad people who would go down in history. One bad person was an outsider while the other was one's own family.
Logically speaking, everyone would think that the bad guy in their own family was better than another bad guy, but in Jia Lian's eyes, the bad guy in his own family was not as good as the bad guy in another family.
At least this bad guy had something to recommend him. He knew about the Gu family.
As for the bad guys in their own family?
" Report the corruption case of the Internal Affairs Bureau to the Sage and announce to the public that this was done by Eunuch Tong alone…
As for the number of corruption cases in the Imperial Household Department, it was announced according to the 30% left by Eunuch Tong.”
Liu Wen furrowed his brows and made countless internal struggles before he sighed heavily and made this decision with a helpless expression.
His decision was to let the emperor know about this matter and reduce it to a small matter.
He didn't want to implicate his entire family.
"No one will believe a eunuch. We should announce to the public that the corruption case in the Internal Affairs Bureau was done by the Xue family and another imperial merchant in cooperation with Eunuch Tong.”
Jia Lian and Liu Wen were prepared to let Eunuch Tong handle this matter alone, but they were immediately unhappy.
He was a narrow-minded person. He had long vented his anger on the Xue family when the Xue family's steward scolded him like that.
If this matter was so easily let off the Xue family, Jia Lian would not do it.
Jia Lian was determined to teach the Xue family an unforgettable lesson and to anger Madam Wang at the same time.
"That's right, Brother Jia is truly thoughtful. It would be difficult for Eunuch Tong alone to convince everyone, but adding the Xue Clan's words would be enough.”
As soon as Jia Lian said this, Liu Wen agreed without thinking.
In fact, his original plan was to frame the Xue family and make them pay back the money that Old Lady Zhen embezzled.
However, the Xue family and the Rong Mansion were bound together, so he did not mention the Xue family out of consideration for Jia Lian's reputation.
Now that Jia Lian had spoken, how could he let the Xue family off?
One had to know that the manager of the Xue family had called him a dog in front of so many people and even threatened to beat him to death.
If one were to say that Jia Lian was narrow-minded, he had the same thoughts as Jia Lian on this matter.
Seeing Liu Wen agree so readily, Jia Lian instantly understood that Liu Wen was waiting for him to speak.
Understanding Liu Wen's intention, Liu Wen looked at Jia Lian's eyes and knew that Jia Lian had guessed his thoughts.
However, Liu Wen didn't give Jia Lian a pale explanation. Instead, he smiled at Jia Lian tacitly.
…
"Humph, look at what Xue Pan did in Jinling. It's fine if he's just fooling around, but now he actually killed someone.”
In the courtyard of Madam Jia Zhengwang of Rong State Manor…
After Jia Zheng finished reading Jia Yucun's letter, he angrily slammed it on the table and shouted at Madam Wang who was kneeling in front of the Buddha statue.
Jia Yucun had written to him to tell him that Xue Pan's matter had been settled and that he did not need to worry.
However, Jia Zheng felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
He was uncomfortable because he had been having a hard time these days, and now Xue Pan was causing trouble.
"Pan 'er lost his father when he was young, and my sister doted on Xue Pan, the only male of the Xue family, so Pan' er has developed a lawless personality…"
"I also know about this matter. I've already written a letter to Jia Yucun to help deal with this matter. My sister's family has also packed up their luggage and is preparing to come to the capital to join our family.”
"When they come, they will discipline Pan 'er well.”
Hearing Jia Zheng's angry words, Madam Wang helplessly stopped chanting and then explained to Jia Zheng.
However, he didn't seem to care about Xue Pan's death.
He didn't even mention the follow-up of the family matter of the person who was killed by Xue Pan, not even the words of compensation.
In Madam Wang's eyes, it was normal for a family like theirs to kill someone.
She had killed a few people.
"No, now that our family is in such a state, we still let them stay at our house. Isn't it embarrassing enough that our house isn't messy enough?”
Jia Zheng heard Madam Wang say that Xue Pan's family could stay in the house and became even angrier.
He was angry at Xue Pan for killing someone, but he didn't care at all.
What he really cared about was losing face. If the second branch of the family was still the same person who controlled the entire Rong Mansion, he would not object to it. Instead, he would look forward to the Xue family coming to live with him.
He wanted to let the Xue family see how impressive Jia Zheng was.
But now, the Xue family was not enough to make a fool of him.
He, Jia Zheng, was the most shameless person.
"Old Master, the Xue family's current assets are worth five to six million taels of silver. If they come to live with us and let Baoyu and Baochai get along, then our two families will be able to matchmake each other.”
Seeing Jia Zheng's flushed face, how could Madam Wang not understand what Jia Zheng was thinking?
Hence, he got up and came in front of Jia Zheng, slowly enticing him.
"The marriage of Baoyu and Xue Baochai allowed Baoyu to obtain the Xue family's assets? Are you trying to make fun of me? Even if Xue Baochai is a Di daughter, she is still a woman. With Xue Pan around, how can she let Baoyu inherit the Xue family property?”
Jia Zheng looked at Madam Wang with an unfriendly expression as if he was making fun of her.
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