The meaning of his words was to secretly remind the Emperor that he had blocked the knife for him when he was assassinated. At that time, the imperial guards had not rushed up to the private room before the assassin arrived.
If not for me, you would have died.
Of course, the Assassin's main target was not mentioned. In any case, the Assassin had said that he would kill all of them without letting them go.
I, Jia Lian, am also loyal to my master. You saw it at that time.
"Very good. I have seen your loyalty.
Zhen will not mistreat my beloved minister. In the future, my beloved minister may even inherit the glory of the old Duke.”
The Emperor was very satisfied with Jia Lian's declaration of loyalty and did not hear the hidden meaning behind Jia Lian's words.
Therefore, the Emperor promised Jia Lian a big pancake.
It meant to tell Jia Lian that even though it was a peaceful and prosperous time now, as long as he was in power, he would definitely be conferred the title of Duke.
The Emperor's promise carried weight. Basically, as long as Jia Lian didn't act foolishly, he would definitely become the Duke.
"Sage, this subject's loyalty is only natural.
His Majesty's favor is to take on the part-time job.”
Seeing the empty check the Emperor gave him, Jia Lian was very disdainful.
I was wondering if you would be conferred the title of Duke when you were about to abdicate and I was old and didn't have many years to live.
However, although he felt disdain in his heart, he still had to thank her.
Of course, flattery was also a way to show his loyalty.
"Hahahaha, if all the civil and military officials are like Minister Jia, then even if I don't go to court for thirty years, our Great Jin will only prosper.”
Facing Jia Lian's hypocritical words, the Emperor did not feel disgusted. Instead, he laughed happily.
After a few more words of encouragement, the Emperor dismissed Jia Lian.
"This Jia Lian is really zhen's lucky general!”
After Jia Lian left, the Emperor stared at the door and muttered to himself.
The first time Jia Lian entered his eyes was when he led the Ministry of Revenue and Shuntian Prefecture Yamen to confiscate his house. Not only did he pay back the money owed by the Imperial Court with interest, but he also took the initiative to donate 350,000 dan of grain to solve the Imperial Court's difficulties.
After that, he didn't hesitate to offend so many big clans to help the imperial court recover more of the silver owed, but he let the Zhen family off so that he wouldn't be in a difficult position as the emperor.
After the corruption case in the Internal Affairs Bureau, the national treasury had never been so abundant.
Now, not only was he loyal to protect the Emperor, but he had also brought a huge amount of wealth to the Imperial Court, reducing the pressure on his heart.
He had never felt so relaxed since he ascended the throne.
Jia Lian's ability was something that no one else could possess.
…
"Second Master, I heard that you led thousands of Imperial Army soldiers to raid the Duke's estate today. Not only did you turn the Duke's estate into a pile of corpses, but you also made a river of blood flow at the entrance of the market.”
In Jia Lian's bedroom in Rong Country Manor…
Jia Lian was being served by a servant girl to wash his feet. Wang Xifeng came back from outside and asked Jia Lian curiously.
"What's so impressive about this? Besides, the Saint's decree to exterminate all nine clans has yet to be understood.”
Jia Lian, who had been busy all day, replied to Wang Xifeng lazily.
In this era, even official boots were very tiring.
"Doesn't that mean that this matter is true? Now, it was causing a storm in the city!
Second Master, quickly tell me what crime the Defender Duke's Public House has committed to have their entire family exterminated by the Sage's decree?”
"I heard that the Saint was very angry!”
Hearing Jia Lian admit it, Wang Xifeng became even more curious.
She was talking about this when she was playing cards with Lin Daiyu and the others.
They had all sorts of speculations about the Duke's Public House.
However, they all wanted to know the truth.
"Don't ask around. You'll know tomorrow after court. The Sage will announce this matter.”
Jia Lian lazily lay on the bed and let the servant girl wipe his feet as he replied to Wang Xifeng in boredom.
"Second Master…just tell me. I'm very curious.”
Seeing that Jia Lian didn't want to talk about it, Wang Xifeng's heart trembled as if it was scratched by a cat. She came to the bedside and sat down, pulling Jia Lian to ask him.
"Aiya, you're so annoying!"
Wang Xifeng's coquettish voice made Jia Lian's entire body tremble. This voice was really too tempting.
He sat up and rolled his eyes at the demon, explaining helplessly,"
"Today, the Sage went on a private tour in plain clothes, accompanied by the Minister of Revenue, Liu Wen. This Liu Wen was so evil that he fooled me and was teased by the Sage at Jingshui Restaurant.”
"Just as we were having tea, a group of saber-wielding assassins came to the Jingshui Pavilion to assassinate the Sage. They came too suddenly. They rushed into the private room and the royal guards didn't rush up to the second floor.”
"At the time of danger, I showed my might and protected the emperor bravely. I kicked that thief head flying.”
"At that time, I only heard the leader shout that the idea was troublesome, and when he saw the fierce guards, he shouted that Niu Jizong had deceived them, and then he jumped down from the second floor and was killed on the spot by the guards.”
"At that time, the Saint was furious. After bringing Master and the Minister of Revenue, Liu Wen, back to the palace, he immediately issued an edict to exterminate Niu Jizong's entire family.
There's no need to tell me what happened after that. You already know.”
Jia Lian sat on the bed and danced as he explained to Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng listened to it in a soul-stirring manner, but after hearing Jia Lian say that he had shown his might, her eyes became strange.
"My lord, are you treating me as an ignorant woman and deliberately deceiving me?
We've shared the same bed for so many years, how could I not know what you're capable of?”
Wang Xifeng pouted at Jia Lian unhappily.
He even kicked the thief leader away. In Wang Xifeng's eyes, the thief leader could probably make her beloved Second Master submit to her with one hand.
The more she thought about it, the more Wang Xifeng felt that her Second Master was treating her like a child.
"Hey, what do you know, a woman? I'm very powerful.
The Sage even praised his grandfather's legacy. It was much better than the outsiders who said that Jia Zheng only knew how to act arrogantly in his nest and had the style of his grandfather.”
When Jia Lian saw that Wang Xifeng was actually suspecting him, he immediately exploded. It was fine if he was bragging and being suspected, but his words were not lying at all!
"If Second Master doesn't want to say it, then forget it. Anyway, we can ask for information tomorrow.”
Wang Xifeng maintained her skeptical attitude and thought that Jia Lian was unwilling to tell her the truth, so she said unhappily and got up to go to the dressing table to remove her makeup.
"Heh…you demon, how dare you doubt your Second Master's power. If I don't let you witness this master's power today, I'll turn you against the heavens.”
Jia Lian was furious.
…
"This Jia Lian is really getting more and more arrogant. Today, he actually brought the Imperial Army to raid the Duke's estate. What should we do if he continues like this?”
"Who knows, when the time comes, even our second branch will be killed by this little bastard.”
At the same time, in Rongxi Hall, Madam Wang was talking about today's incident with a vicious expression.
Following Madam Wang's words, the other families that were related to the Duke's estate trembled in fear. They were afraid that their families would become the next Duke's estate.
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