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Rongguo Province was born in martial arts. If a military general wanted to be promoted,
The only way was to fight. Duke Rongguo, Jia Daishan, knew very well that he could inherit the title without demotion,
It was all because of his military achievements. But when Jia Xie and Jia Zheng were born,
The four seas were peaceful,
The rebels in the country had been quelled,
The foreigners had also been beaten until they needed to recuperate for decades. Without war, their Rongguo Province was equivalent to being useless,
The title passed down would also drop again and again. There was no other way. Jia Daishan could only consider giving up martial arts and turning to literature.
Unfortunately, Jia Xie was not good at literature or martial arts,
She was also committed to being a playboy,
Which made Jia Daishan very disappointed, but Jia Zheng, who loved to read, gave him hope. As mentioned earlier,
Jia Zheng actually didn't have much talent,
He only knew how to memorize by rote. Jia Daishan was a martial artist. He thought that Jia Zheng was a scholar if he could recite an essay, but he didn't know that in the eyes of a real scholar,
Jia Zheng was a blockhead who studied to death,
He didn't know how to master it at all.
Although Jia Daishan was not satisfied with Jia Xie, he was very satisfied with Zhang Xianfang, his daughter-in-law,
Later, he relied on the relationship of in-laws,
He sent Jia Zheng to the Zhang family,
He asked Zhang Xianfang's father to give him a few pointers. Zhang Xianfang's father was an imperial censor. He had a sharp tongue and was merciless. Jia Zheng was also a person with a lot of self-esteem. He only went to the Zhang family once and refused to go again. He even complained to Jia Daishan that Zhang Xianfang's father was deliberately making things difficult for him. Jia Daishan was very angry because of this. He thought that the Zhang family looked down on Rongguo Province, so not only did he complain about Zhang Xianfang, but he also didn't help the Zhang family when they were in trouble.
A truly reliable teacher would hurt Jia Zheng's self-esteem. Only a flatterer could teach Jia Zheng. Because of this, Jia Zheng wasted his time until Jia Daishan was about to die, and he didn't even pass the imperial examination. Jia Daishan had no choice but to ask for an official position for him. Why did everyone say that Jia Daishan couldn't bear to see him take the imperial examination road, so he asked for an official position? Clearly, Jia Daishan wanted to, but Jia Zheng didn't have the ability.
It was obvious that someone was deliberately spreading false rumors. The purpose was to suppress Jia She and give people the illusion that Jia Zheng was more suitable to inherit the title than Jia She.
Shui Jing thought for a while, looked at Chong Jiu and asked, "What's wrong with those young ones? Especially the character of the girls, how do outsiders know so clearly? And the young master who was born with jade in his mouth... he said it as if he saw it with his own eyes. "
"Some things were deliberately spread by the Jia Mansion, and some were leaked by the Jia Mansion's servants. The whole capital knows that the servants of the Jia Mansion can't keep their mouths shut. They even know where the men sleep at night after drinking a few cups of rice wine. "
It was obvious that the Jia Mansion deliberately spread the news. But so what if she was born with a noble fate? Could she be the empress or the mother of the future emperor? Unfortunately, if the Jia Mansion wanted to become a relative, they had to change the emperor first. And the young master who was born with jade in his mouth. What a great auspicious sign. What did the Jia Mansion mean? Did they want to rebel and usurp the throne? But judging from the servants of the Jia Mansion, they didn't have the ability.
Jia Xie buried her head very low. Her face had already turned purple. Although it was his own choice to endure the humiliation, he felt more cowardly than he originally thought when he heard from others about his life these years. It was already very nice of them not to call him a coward behind his back. And the second branch, what did they do? They even made him lose face.
Shuijing wasn't interested in the stupid things the Jia Mansion did. He only said to Jia Xie resentfully, "Why did you let Jia Zheng live in Glory Hall? You even gave him the authority?"
Jia Xie said with shame, "Mother used filial piety to threaten me to give Glory Hall to second brother. I couldn't disobey her. And the authority to manage the household. After Xianfang passed away, Mother gave the authority to sister-in-law Wang Clan. "
"So now the Wang Clan is managing the household?"
"No, it's Brother Lian's daughter-in-law."
Chongjiu explained, "Second Young Mistress Lian is Lady Wang's niece."
So in the end, the Wang Clan was still managing the household. It was just that they had moved from being in the open to being in the dark.
Shuijing narrowed her eyes, "Your mother also made the decision to marry this daughter-in-law?"
Jia Xie nodded.
"You've become a filial son!" Shuijing sneered.
Jia Xie was raised by his grandmother since he was a child. He had never been close to Mother Jia. Moreover, he knew that Mother Jia favored Jia Zheng to the core. So he had no expectations of Mother Jia. He would give her face, but when it came to filial piety … he could only say "hehe".
Jia Xie was silent for a long time. Then she said in a low voice, "Although I have two sons and one daughter, I only care about Brother Lian. Brother Lian is the only descendant of Xianfang. No matter what, I have to protect him. "
Shuijing's hand that was touching the thumb ring paused, "What do you mean?"
Jia Xie gritted her teeth. Her hands gripped the armrest of the chair so tightly that her veins were exposed, "I'm afraid there's something fishy about the deaths of Xianfang and Hu Ge'er."
Shuijing unconsciously pressed the thumb ring harder. Wen Dongyan's goose feather fan paused. Chongjiu's eyes widened in surprise. The two secret guards were motionless, but they also pricked up their ears.
Hu Ge'er was the eldest son of Jia Xie and Zhang Xianfang. When he was only five years old, he fell down from the rockery in the garden and died on the spot. Speaking of which, Shui Jing had attended his one-month-old banquet back then. However, he was not in the capital when Jia Hu died. He did not know what happened at that time.
"Tell me the details." Shuijing's voice became colder.
Jia Xie said, "When Hu Ge'er climbed up the rockery, there was not a single servant girl or old woman by his side. Xianfang rushed over and saw Hu Ge'er's miserable state. He immediately fainted and then fell seriously ill. At that time, I was busy taking care of Xianfang and Brother Lian. By the time I came back to my senses, all the people around Hu Ge'er had been disposed of by Mother. " Speaking of this, his red eyes shone with resentment. He gritted his teeth and said, "Mother has always been benevolent to her servants. She was afraid that others would say that she disregarded human life. This time, she suddenly flogged all the people around Hu Ge'er to death. She said it was for Hu Ge'er, but I don't believe it."
He wiped his tears, "I had my suspicions, but I didn't dare to tell Xianfang. At that time, Father-in-law had just been removed from his position by the emperor emeritus and the whole family had been chased out of the capital. After that, the incident with Hu Ge'er happened. Xianfang was already half-dead. I was afraid that I would agitate her again, so I took all the blame for flogging the servants to death. I also warned the servants not to say anything. I planned to wait for Xianfang to recover before questioning Mother. I couldn't let Hu Ge'er die in vain. Moreover, we still had Brother Lian. Xianfang gradually got better because of him. However, Xianfang's illness suddenly worsened and he was bedridden. "
"Before Xianfang died, he begged me to protect Brother Lian. I originally thought that it was a blabbermouth who spilled the beans in front of Xianfang. It was only after I married Madam Xing that I found out that someone deliberately said those things in front of Xianfang to worsen her illness. Madam Xing was married to me by Mother. She came from a small family and didn't have the ability to manage Rongguo Province. Mother wanted me to marry her because she wanted the Wang Clan to continue managing the household. In fact, since Xianfang had passed away, I didn't care who I married. However, the problem was that when Mother saw Madam Xing, Xianfang's health had already begun to improve. "
Mother Jia saw her new daughter-in-law when Zhang Xianfang was on the verge of death. Although it seemed cold, it wouldn't cause too much criticism. After all, many families were like this. She couldn't leave the position of matriarch empty. However, it was a big problem to do it when Zhang Xianfang's condition was getting better. As long as Zhang Xianfang didn't die, there was no need to choose a successor. Unless she was certain that Zhang Xianfang would die.
Jia Xie continued, "It's not that I didn't dare to fight to the death with them. However, Brother Lian was still young. I was afraid that if I wasn't careful, he would be harmed. Therefore, I could only endure it. They did these things for nothing more than the title of nobility and Rongguo Province. Therefore, I began to indulge myself and became the useless foppish son they wanted me to be. I didn't stop Brother Lian from being raised by Mother in her room. They deliberately raised Brother Lian as a foppish son. I pretended not to see it. They married Brother Lian to a niece from the Wang Clan. I also didn't object. They used Brother Lian as a steward. In Brother Lian's heart, Jia Zheng was closer to him than me, his father. I didn't care. As long as Brother Lian could live well, it was fine … "
Wen Dongyan frowned. "Has Marquis En been able to find any clues over the years?"
Jia Xie said shamefully, "I didn't dare to investigate back then. Now that so many years have passed, any clues are probably gone. In fact, these are just my guesses. I don't have any evidence. "
"It's fine as long as you have suspicions." Shuijing played with the thumb ring on his thumb and said faintly, "When I do things, I never need any evidence."
Shuijing was puzzled.
Why did a monk want two little girls born in a rich nest to follow him? Were they going to be monks or nuns? She had never heard of monks and nuns hanging out together all day long. Even if the two little girls had to become monks, they should go to a nunnery to cultivate. Since ancient times, there were many young ladies from official families who went to a nunnery to cultivate. Among them, there had never been anything to do with monks. Wasn't this scabby-headed monk a bit like a dog trying to catch a mouse?
"If it weren't for that incident, I would have thought that this scabby-headed monk was really a human trafficker in the name of saving people."
"Actually, when I first heard about the scabby-headed monk and the crippled Taoist priest, I didn't believe it." Wen Dongyan fanned himself with his goose feather fan and frowned. "Second Empress and the Third Prince had long wanted to fight for the throne. They also had the support of the Retired Emperor. After they failed to fight for the throne, they saw that they were about to be killed by Master. They said that it was all because of the scabby-headed monk and the crippled Taoist priest. Subordinate thought that they were just making excuses. Later, Master desperately wanted to find these two people. Subordinate thought that Master was confused because of anger. Now it seems that subordinate was wrong. "
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