Capital City.
Jia Family, Rong Public House.
Grandmother Jia sat in the main seat of Rongxi Hall. The eldest branch, Lady Xing, the second branch, Lady Wang, as well as the main figures of the Red Chamber, such as Ying, Tan, and Xi Sanchun, were all present. The big-faced Bao, Jia Baoyu, was still sleeping in the wing room, while Lin Daiyu and Qingwen had not yet entered the residence.
At this time, the Rongxi Hall was peaceful. From time to time, there was a burst of laughter. It had to be said that Wang Xifeng's ability to please Grandmother Jia was very good.
Not long after, Jia Baoyu walked out of the wing room. Just as the original text of the Red Chamber said,
" He wore a purple gold crown with a crown inlaid with treasures, a gold forehead band with two dragons snatching pearls, a pair of red arrow sleeves with a hundred butterflies embroidered with two colors, a long tassel palace sash with five-colored silk, an eight-ball Japanese forged tassel coat with a stone blue flower, and a pair of green satin foundation court boots. Her face was like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and her face was like the flowers of the spring dawn. His sideburns were like knives, his eyebrows were like ink paintings, his face was like peach petals, and his eyes were like autumn waves. Although angry, sometimes like a smile, even if angry, but also love. There was a golden dragon necklace on his neck and a five-colored silk sash tied to a piece of beautiful jade.”
If Jia Hu was here, wouldn't he just have a flat face?
The big-faced baby had just entered Rongxi Hall when he threw himself into Grandmother Jia's arms and acted coquettishly.
Jia Zheng had just come out from the Ministry of Works and had just heard the news of his Ningguo Manor's Third Brother Mu dying in battle and Jia Hu Feng being a first rank earl.
For a moment, he was both sad and happy. After asking for leave from the Ministry of Works, he hurriedly rushed to the Jia residence.
Then, he heard the servant girl's greeting from outside.
"Second Master is back."
The big-faced baby quickly got up from Grandmother Jia's arms and stood beside her.
The big-faced Bao was not afraid of anything except his father, Jia Zheng. For a moment, the laughter in Rongxi Hall disappeared. It was obvious how majestic Jia Zheng was in the Rong Public House.
However, this was not strange. The First Master Jia She did not care about the family affairs. In the family, only Jia Zheng was an official in the court. Everything was decided by Jia Zheng.
This could be seen from the fact that Second Master Jia Zheng lived in the main room of Rongxi Hall while First Master Jia She lived in the old courtyard east of the Rong Public House.
After Jia Zheng walked into Rongxi Hall and looked at everyone, he realized that everyone was there. This was good too. It saved him a lot of effort.
"Go, go to the Ningguo Manor and invite Master Zhen over. Tell him that there is something important to discuss.”
Jia Zheng instructed a servant girl.
Grandmother Jia saw Jia Zheng's anxious look and said,"
"Zheng 'er, shouldn't you be in the Ministry of Works? Why are you back at this time? What happened? If he was so anxious, why did he call Brother Zhen over?”
When Jia Zheng saw Grandmother Jia asking, he didn't know how to start.
"This child greets mother. This matter is very important. This child was afraid for a moment and was rash.”
Seeing that Jia Zheng had calmed down, Grandmother Jia spoke again,
"It's fine. What exactly is it that made you look like this?”
Jia Zheng originally wanted to wait for Jia Zhen from the Ningguo Manor to come over before talking about this matter. However, when Grandmother Jia asked, he couldn't keep quiet.
"Mother, the Ningguo Manor's Third Brother Mu died in battle!”
"What?"
Grandmother Jia was in disbelief. Jia Mu of the Ningguo Mansion had the demeanor of Duke Ning and Duke Rong. His martial arts skills were strong and he was a person who dared to fight and fight in the Ningguo Mansion and the Rongguo Mansion. He was also the most promising existence in the Jia Mansion's literary generation.
Back then, Jia Mu had displayed extraordinary valor, but he had no military merits and was not qualified to sit on the position of commander of the capital camp.
Helplessly, he could only push Wang Ziteng to the top and secure the position of one of the garrison generals for Jia Mu at the border. When he accumulated enough military merits, he would let him come back and take over Wang Ziteng's command of the capital camp.
"How could this be? What exactly happened? Zheng 'er, did you hear wrongly?”
Grandmother Jia asked Jia Zheng anxiously.
"Mother, today, I was sitting in the yamen. After the morning court session, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, Lord Yang, came to the Ministry of Works and told me personally. This matter is of great importance.”
Lady Xing and Wang Xifeng's expressions also changed slightly. As for Jia Baoyu, Ying, Tan Erchun, and the others, they were young and ignorant, so they did not feel much.
Only Jia Xichun heard it and sobbed softly. Although she was the legitimate daughter of Ningguo Manor, she grew up in Rongguo Manor. She did not have much kinship with the people in Ningguo Manor, but she had a good impression of Third Uncle Mu, whom she had never met before.
It was because Jia Mu was the only person in Ningguo Manor who had kinship with Xichun. He would write letters and send gifts to her every year.
In the Rong Public House, everyone treated her well, mostly because of the presence of the Godly General Jia Mu.
Madam Wang did not feel the slightest bit of sadness. She was even secretly happy.
She knew about the recommendation of Madam Wang's brother, Wang Ziteng. After marrying into the Jia family, as a member of the Jia family, she naturally had to consider the Jia family.
However, as time passed, everyone in the Jia family respected her because her brother Wang Ziteng was the commander of the capital camp and held military power.
She was also very tolerant of Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng when they did something wrong.
Madam Wang had a taste of power.
Although Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng had not mistreated her, her maternal family's power was much smaller than the Jia family's. She was usually very careful in her actions, afraid of angering Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng.
However, things were different now. Wang Ziteng was now considered a big backer of the Jia family. As Wang Ziteng's biological sister, she naturally had a certain amount of authority in the Jia family. In general, Grandmother Jia did not want to offend her on small matters.
This caused Madam Wang to become even more domineering. She really did not put ordinary people in her eyes, but she herself knew that all of this was because she had an elder brother who was the commander of the capital camp.
Jia Mu had come back to take over her brother Wang Ziteng's position, so she no longer had the capital to be arrogant in the Jia residence.
Madam Wang was indeed short-sighted. The Jia family had put in all their effort to push Wang Ziteng to the position of commander of the capital camp.
Even if Jia Mu came back, the Jia family would not easily give up Wang Ziteng's great arm strength. They would definitely exchange it for other positions of the same level. It was even possible that Wang Ziteng would advance a step because of this.
However, Madam Wang would never understand this.
"That day, the Tartars gathered a hundred thousand troops to attack the Yanmen Pass where Third Brother Mu was. Third Brother Mu led his troops to sneak attack the rations of the Tartars and unfortunately died on the battlefield.”
Jia Zheng said in a deep voice.
Ning Rong Mansion wasn't far away, and Jia Zhen walked in just in time to hear Jia Zheng's words.
"Third Uncle Mu died in battle?"
Jia Zhen thought to herself as she stood by the door.
"Greetings, Old Lady."
After Jia Zhen entered the Rongxi Hall, he cupped his hands towards the Lady Dowager. Then, he asked Jia Zheng.
"Second Uncle Zheng, did you just say that Third Uncle Mu died in battle? Where did you hear this news from? Is it accurate?"
"This matter was personally told to me by Assistant Minister Yang after the morning court session.”
Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen did not believe him, so they repeated what they had said to the old lady.
After Jia Zhen heard this, she only felt a little sad for a moment before she was secretly happy.
After Third Uncle Mu left, no one in the Ningguo Manor could control him anymore. He had long coveted his son Jia Rong's unwed wife.
Seeing this, Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng were secretly angry.
However, Grandmother Jia was not a direct elder of the Ningguo Manor, so she could meddle in major matters. However, Jia Zhen's filthy thoughts were not something Grandmother Jia could meddle in even if she did not want to.
After all, Jia Zhen's father, Jia Jing, was still alive and cultivating in a Taoist temple outside the city.
He didn't care. It was rare for me to put in so much effort. It wasn't good to put in so much effort.
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