Chapter 22: Questioning the Crime
Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ningyuan.
As she lay basking in the sun, she heard the sound of hurried footsteps and knew that the big boy was back.
However, by coming back so soon, it is most likely that she knows the great things she has done at home.
Shen Ning sat up and looked quietly at Haodaer, who was getting closer and closer.
"Mother~"
Jia Zhen wanted to make a fuss with her mother and lose her temper, but when he saw those calm eyes, his heart couldn't help but tremble, and he took a few steps After he got close, his knees weakened and he knelt on the ground on the spot. "My child knows that he was wrong," he said pitifully, "If you are still angry, just beat your son!"
He wanted to say, don't There's a fuss.
If the quarrel continues, Ningrong's second house, which is as close as a family, will fall apart.
“Why did I hit you?”
A smile flashed in Shen Ning's eyes, "My body and skin are all given to me by my parents. I didn't raise you like this just to beat you."
Jia Zhen: "..."
His eyes were a little red, and his mother still couldn't bear to hit him.
"The ground is cold, please sit down!"
Shen Ning motioned to Youshi to help Jia Zhen to the footstool aside, and then waved to the maids to let them out, "I know. You are worried about Ku Yin." She watched Qingzhu and others exit the yard and sighed, "Before your grandfather passed away, he was still thinking about this money. He was worried that this money would bring trouble to his descendants. In the past two days, I have been worried about this money. I have the same worries.”
What?
Jia Zhen’s eyes suddenly turned red.
He suspected that his mother had taken the curse to heart.
If so, how can we produce safely?
"...I've thought about it. It's hard for you to pay back, but I can."
Shen Ning touched the baby that was moving in her belly, "Taking advantage of that rumor, no matter who asks you, you can always tell me that I am getting older. I want to gain some blessings for the baby in my belly. Thinking of last year's snowstorm, I was thinking about the money I owed at home, so I donated some money after paying back the money in the treasury, and asked the adults above to help distribute disaster relief. "
What?
In addition to returning silver to the treasury, did you also donate silver?
Jia Zhen wanted to cover her chest.
While he felt sorry for his mother, he also felt sorry for Yin Zi.
“I donated the gold I took back from the Lai family, and then added some silver to the round figure of ten thousand taels, and asked Brother Rong to deliver it to me.”
< br>Shen Ning looked at her son, "Your expression... does it mean you feel sorry for Yinzi?"
"No!"
Jia Zhen shook her head hastily, "My son feels sorry for you."
Forget it, people will be happy if the wealth goes away.
As long as his mother doesn't think about the curse, as long as it can really accumulate some blessings for his mother, just donate!
“This is something that should have been done by my son.”
If Brother Rong is asked to do it as a child, I don’t know how many people outside are going to laugh at him, “Mother, please Worry, my son is ashamed!"
"..."
Shen Ning now understands why Qin Keqing was attracted to him in the Red Mansion.
This guy is really good at talking.
"What you did was wrong."
Shen Ning lay back on the couch, "Brother Rong is still young and ignorant. Grandma gives orders and pleas, but he can ignore everything. Do it right away. Even if the Emperor finds out tomorrow, nothing will happen to you."
This?
Jia Zhen suddenly admired his mother.
Youshi on the side looked at her mother-in-law and then at her husband, her eyes couldn't help but shine with a different light.
"It's your pardon, does he want to pay back the money?"
"Uncle pardon wants to pay it back."
Shen Ning sneered: "The old lady doesn't agree. Your uncle Zheng didn’t agree?”
“Yes!”
“What do you do?”
What?
Jia Zhen was stunned.
"So you raided Lai Da's house, and I said you had some strategy."
Shen Ning looked at the unpredictable clouds in the sky, "Why are you so stupid again? Ning Rong Er The government shares weal and woe. If something happens to the Rong Mansion, the Ning Mansion cannot escape. If we don’t pay back the money today, do you believe that the Rong Mansion will never be able to pay it back?”
Jia Zhen: "..."
He believed it, but the old lady over there...
Jia Zhen cast a look at Youshi asking for help.
Youshi said hurriedly: "If you force yourself to come here, I'm afraid the old lady over there won't comply."
"..."
Shen Ning was speechless, "Zhen Son, you and your Uncle She have really earned the reputation of being a bastard."
Jia Zhen: "..."
After being stunned, You secretly wanted to laugh.
"Forget it, today I will teach you to be a good boy."
Rather than letting the money be used by Jia Mu and the Wang family to bring disaster to the Jia family, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity and join the family together. Returned.
Shen Ning sat up and said, "Go, carry a soft sedan, and the guards will take it with them. They have to pay back today's money."
Huh?
Jia Zhen looked at her mother's big belly and was really worried, "Mom, it's late today. Even if the money comes, I won't be able to pay it back. Otherwise, it will be tomorrow!" Look at the old lady over there, how dare she To pay back the money, I'm afraid I'll have to beat them myself.
“Don’t worry!” Shen Ning smiled, “Brother Rong brought the money. The emperor will be waiting, and the adults in the Ministry of Revenue... will definitely be waiting too.”
… …
In the Hall of Yangxin, Emperor Xiaomu, who was reviewing the memorials, had a serious face, and he was crying about poverty again.
The Zhen family is really becoming more and more courageous.
With a snap, he threw the fold aside.
"Your Majesty."
Mr. Liu outside the door spoke with joy. When he came in hastily, he saluted and congratulated, "Your Majesty is so happy!"
"Why are you so happy?"
At this moment, Emperor Xiaomu was in a very bad mood. He didn't think there would be any happy events. He knew how the concubines in the palace were doing.
"Boys, come and report that Jia Rong, a descendant of Ning Guogong, has come to return the treasury silver."
What?
Emperor Xiaomu was both surprised and overjoyed, "Really?"
"I took the head on my neck as a guarantee." Eunuch Liu bowed and said with a smile, "Master Zhang likes this so much. I will be bringing people into the warehouse soon.”
“Okay!”
It was indeed a great event. Emperor Xiaomu wished he could come to the scene in person. Of course, he even wanted to summon Jia Rong to see it. Look, but...
Looking through the memory of the person who attacked the king in Ningguo Mansion, he paused again, "I remember that the person who attacked the third-class mighty general in Ningguo Mansion was called Jia Zhen, right?"
"Yes!"
Eunuch Liu hurriedly said, "Jia Rong is Jia Zhen's son. That's right. He is a bit young. He is twelve years old this year."
Twelve?
For such a big thing as repaying the silver, Jia Zhen asked a twelve-year-old child to do it?
"What's going on? Where is Jia Zhen?"
"Your Majesty!" Liu Gonggong said: "I have sent someone to check. When Master Zhang saw Jia Rong's appearance, he also I sent someone to check, and I thought there would be news in a short while."
Emperor Xiaomu raised his eyebrows, "...What happened to Jia Rong?"
"He acted quickly. It’s very unfavorable. It looks like he has been beaten with a cane.”
Cane punishment?
Emperor Xiaomu narrowed his eyes slightly, but his body relaxed, "Let the people below check quickly."
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Liu beamed, "Jia Rong not only brought 120,000 taels of silver back to the treasury, but also brought another 1,320 taels of gold. The 10,000 taels of silver were said to be donated to the treasury."< br>
“Oh?”
Emperor Xiaomu couldn’t help laughing when he saw the old man’s relaxed look, “If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. Don’t give me half-sentence. Duan.”
It is not something a twelve-year-old child can make the decision to donate so much gold and silver.
"Hey, according to the child, the gold and silver were donated by his grandmother. His grandmother is old, but she is pregnant with the old woman. I heard that last year, a once-in-a-hundred-year event occurred in Kaifeng. Thinking of the court's disaster relief, the adults knew there was an urgent need, so they donated more than one thousand three hundred taels of gold."
"Wait a minute!"
The emperor listened. Confused, "His grandmother is pregnant with Laolai's son?"
"No, it is said that Mr. Zhang was also confused at the time." Liu Eunuch laughed, "Later I heard that his grandfather was Jia Jing and I understood. "
"Jia Jing?"
What did the emperor think of, "So it was him?"
He gave up his official position and gave up his title to his son.
He remembered, "Didn't you say that he became a Taoist priest?"
For this person, he once felt a little pity.
But, people who are destined to be useless to him will just leave.
“I didn’t expect that at such an old age, my old wife would give birth to a child.”
Does this mean he doesn’t want his old wife’s life?
The emperor suppressed his suspicion and said, "Go on."
"The same is true for this silver. The old lady wanted to accumulate blessings for the child in her belly. For these ten thousand taels of silver, please ask the higher-ups. Sir, distribute it to Salesian bureaus around the capital.”
That’s it!
The emperor's hand turned the tea bowl, "It seems that he is interested."
In addition to returning money to the treasury, he also donated more than 20,000 taels of silver at once. This is because he knew that the court had no money for disaster relief!
The Salesian Bureau around the capital used to be funded by the imperial court, but it has become increasingly difficult in recent years. It is the queen who saves money and helps him maintain his dignity.
The emperor sighed in his heart, "Give that child Jia Rong more medicine."
"Yes!"
Eunuch Liu said: "I just found out. , he had already sent someone to deliver the white jade ointment.”
Someone rushed towards me from outside the palace, it was the mistress he asked to inquire about the news.
"Your Majesty, the news has arrived."
"Call!"
At Eunuch Liu's signal, the third son rushed into the palace.
At the same time, Jia She, who was jointly suppressed by his mother and younger brother, was looking at the list quickly written by his servants, and was thinking about which good things to bring to his room, when he heard the calm voice of the palace guard again. Powerful footsteps.
Sure enough, when he turned around, he saw the guards of the Dong Mansion and a group of maids and women, embracing his sister-in-law as they came in.
Oh~
Jia She’s eyes suddenly lit up.
He dropped the order and hurriedly greeted him, "Sister-in-law!"
Hold on and guarded against his eldest son. Jia Mu, who wanted to get something more for her second son, saw Shen Shen Ning looked unkind, and the veins on his forehead couldn't help but jump.
With a cold face, she waited for Shen Ning to come over and say hello.
"My family, forgive my brother and sit down."
Shen Ning got off the sedan and gave Jia Mu a blessing first, "Auntie, you already know about Brother Rong's return of the treasury silver. Right?"
Jia Mu: "..."
She didn't expect that this niece-in-law didn't even say a word of greetings and went straight to the topic.
"You know you're wrong?" Jia Mu's face turned cold.
“My niece-in-law doesn’t know where she went wrong.”
Shen Ning sat on the chair brought by her elder brother, surrounded by eight strong women, “On the contrary, my aunt and the two My sister-in-law, the servants in the house chew on me and curse my Jia family. I don’t know how to apologize.”
What?
Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, who were about to bow to the blessing, felt their hearts beating heavily.
“Sister-in-law, please don’t slander others.”
Wang was furious, “In our mansion…”
“The second brother and sister are saying that everyone in the Xifu is clean? Shen Ning interrupted with a sneer, "If it's clean, where did all the gold and silver antiques in the courtyard come from?"
(End of Chapter)