The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Wang Ren did not live in the Wang family. He had his own residence in the capital, which was a courtyard house with three entrances.

Wang Xifeng bought this courtyard house at a low price from an official of the Ministry of Revenue who was working outside Beijing by using Jia Lian's connections.

In the bedroom, Wang Ren was lying on the bed alone, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Suddenly, the outer door was pushed open!
Then the door curtain was lifted, and a figure rushed in.

Wang Ren was startled. He looked carefully and found that it was Wang Li. He quickly got up and jumped out of bed: "Brother, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

With a slap in the face, Wang Ren staggered and fell on the bed.

Wang Ren covered his face and screamed, "Why did you hit me?!"

Wang Li shouted loudly: "I will beat you, you blind beast! Who is Jia Lian? He is your own brother-in-law! You reported him? Have you ever thought about your sister?! How can she live with dignity in the future! Ah!"

Wang Ren sat up and muttered, "He was not clean enough and was targeted by someone. Can he blame me?"

Wang Li was so angry that he was shaking all over. "You bastard! How dare you say such a thing! You have been eating and drinking in Jinling for so many years, fighting with others for women, and having money to play with women, and this courtyard."

Wang Ren curled his lips and said, "That's my sister's money, what does it have to do with him?"

Wang Li pointed at Wang Ren with trembling fingers, "The reputation of the Wang family has been completely ruined in your hands. Who will dare to marry a girl from the Wang family in the future? My sister's marriage to the son of Baoning Marquis has not been finalized yet!"

Wang Ren then showed a trace of timidity. If he ruined Wang Ziteng's plan, he would really skin himself alive!
The more Wang Li thought about it, the angrier he became, and he slapped Wang Ren again.

Wang Ren shouted, "I was also deceived by that bastard named Mei. I was drunk at the time and didn't know anything."

With a "slap", Wang Li slapped Wang Ren in the face again: "What about those so-called evidences?!"

Wang Ren covered his face with his hands. "It was the man surnamed Mei who helped me fill the hole. He said that as long as he got evidence of Jia Lian's bribery, he would forgive the debt of hundreds of thousands. I went to find my sister, but she was unwilling to pay the debt for me. I could only listen to the man surnamed Mei. Don't blame me!"

Wang Li was amused, thinking that it was all someone else's fault.

Wang Li grabbed Wang Ren by the collar and said, "Come on, follow me to the Censorate to see Jia Jing and explain the matter clearly."

Wang Ren was so frightened that he said hurriedly, "We can't go! Mei has evidence of our illegal salt trafficking!"

Wang Li’s face turned pale.

Wang Ren: "The emperor killed the second, third, fourth and several old princes' cronies. If this gets out..."

At this moment, Wang Ren's servant rushed in like a gust of wind: "No, no, my aunt is here!"

Wang Ren jumped up from the bed and said hurriedly: "Go and tell them I'm not here!"

".Wang Ren! Wang Ren! Get out here, you beast!"

Wang Ren: "Quick! Stop her!"

The boy ran out like the wind.

Wang Li sighed, "The Jia family will not let you go. Leave now, go to Henan, and hide in your father's military camp."

Wang Ren: “That Crazy Woman”

Wang Li glared at him and said, "What a crazy woman! She is your biological sister. There should be a dog hole in your back room. Go out through it."

"Drill, drill a dog hole"

"Don't act like a prince at this moment. You know your sister's temper. If she doesn't tear your mouth to pieces, she will at least scratch your face."

Wang Ren swallowed subconsciously, then took out a purse from under the pillow, stuffed it into his arms, jumped out of the window, and ran towards the back room.

".Aunt! Aunt. Our Second Master is really not at home."

"Fuck you! You're looking at me, don't you know? Search me. Anyone who dares to stop me will be killed immediately!"

Hearing the sound coming from behind him, Wang Ren secretly rejoiced. He ran a few steps to the dog hole that Wang Li mentioned and went in without hesitation.

Just as Wang Ren's upper body came out of the dog hole, he suddenly found a figure falling on the ground in front of him. Then he felt a hit on the head with a stick, and he knew nothing.

Jia She slowly took out a snuff bottle from his pocket and handed it to Jia Jing: "General Yuehai sent me snuff, which is added with ambergris. It can refresh the mind and relieve stress. Try it."

Jia Jing took it, put some snuff on it, rubbed it into his nostrils, then closed his eyes and inhaled slowly.

Jia She smiled and said, "How is it?"

After a long time, Jia Jing slowly opened his eyes, smiled and nodded, then put the snuff bottle in his arms.

Jia She picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, then put it down and asked, "What do you think?"

Jia Jing: "Just sit and watch."

Jia She was startled at first, then he laughed and scolded, "You old pervert."

Jia Jing smiled and said, "Your son is blocking other people's way." Jia She: "The third prince?"

Jia Jing: "The Third Prince."

Jia She: "Does the emperor know?"

Jia Jing: "He is deceiving himself, but he is not really blind."

Jia She: "How will he deal with this matter?"

Jia Jing: "The emperor will not allow the situation in Henan to deteriorate. Only Lian'er will follow Cunzhou's instructions to the letter and ensure that the army will have sufficient support."

Jia She: "Flooded?"

The palace was like an ocean. If the emperor did not like a memorial from his ministers, or could not approve it, he would keep it in his palace and not send it out. The ministers would never see the memorial again, which was commonly known as "flooding".

Jia Jing nodded and continued, "Does the Third Prince really think that he can deceive the Emperor by pretending to be noncompetitive? Little does he know that a dog that doesn't bark is the scariest. How can the Emperor not be on guard against him? Showing off one's sword in front of Guan Gong is overestimating one's own abilities!"

Jia She smiled and nodded. His father relied on this trick to hide it from everyone back then.

There was the sound of footsteps, and then Wang Shanbao's voice came from outside the study: "Master, Jiao Da is back."

Jia She: "Come in."

The door of the study opened, and Jiao strode in. He bowed and said in a low voice, "Wang Ren was taken away by the people from the Imperial Household Department."

Jia Jing: "Are you sure?"

Jiao Da: “It can’t be wrong!”

"The Second Master is back." Wang Shanbao's voice came again.

Before he finished speaking, Jia Lian, dressed in official robes, hurried in.

Jia Jing and Jia She looked at each other and smiled, everything was fine.

Jia She: "Has the memorial impeaching you been drowned?"

Jia Lian smiled: "It wasn't flooded."

Jia She frowned.

Jia Lian: "The Emperor burned it! He burned it in front of the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, the two Grand Secretaries, and the six ministries and nine officials, along with the so-called evidence."

Jia She was stunned for a moment: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Jia Lian nodded vigorously.

A hint of doubt flashed across Jia Jing's eyes.

After a moment of silence, Jia She asked again, "How do you deal with the people in your room?"

Jia Lian was silent for a moment, then replied, "After all, my son and Feng have been married for many years, and they grew up together, so there is always a debt of gratitude between them. As long as she stops causing trouble and has no more dealings with the Wang family, my eldest sister is still young and cannot be without a mother." He lowered his head as he spoke.

Jiao Da spoke up: "Second Madam Lian brought people to smash Wang Ren's house and beat Wang Li."

Jia She wanted to say something, but Jia Jing spoke up: "Okay, let Lian'er make the decision on this matter. The emperor has already burned those things, and divorcing her now will only cause trouble. Besides, if you divorce her, who will take care of the trivial matters in the harem?"

With a humph, Jia She said, "Go away."

Jia Lian: "Yes." He answered and walked out hurriedly.

Jiao Da followed him out.

Jia She: "What about that old man in the palace?"

Jia Jing: "Wait."

Jia She: "Wait?"

Jia Jing: "Yes, wait! You have to know that the old man is extremely vengeful, he can't hide in the old concubine's palace forever."

Jia She nodded.

Jia Jing suddenly remembered: "Can you swallow this?"

Jia She smiled and said, "Kill the puppy first, then beat the old dog. As for the third prince, without him, the capital would not be lively."

A large apricot-yellow sedan stopped in front of the Third Prince's mansion.

The third prince got out of the sedan chair, glanced in the direction of the imperial city, and said viciously: "You forced me to do this!" (End of this chapter)