The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 209: Stupid and Smart
The day after Ms. Wang got married, she started counting the gift list at home.

After a busy day of visiting his parents-in-law and the old lady, he entered the Prince Zhongxiao's Palace with the old lady and others.

The Prince Zhongxiao's Mansion is not considered her parents' home, nor her husband's home, so she couldn't come over the next day. She had to wait at least one day.

"Meet the princess."

Miss Wang formally paid a visit to Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Yuanchun stood up and took the initiative to say, "Don't be polite, sister-in-law. Just call me sister."

Miss Wang said politely, "Sister."

Jia Yuanchun pulled Miss Wang to sit down, and Qingyun came over with a plate covered with a red cloth.

Jia Yuanchun smiled and said, "This is a gift for my sister-in-law."

Qinyun lifted the red cloth on the plate that Qingyun was holding, revealing several bills.

Miss Wang couldn't tell what it was.

Jia Yuanchun explained, "My brother is useless, and it's not good for you two to live off the wealth. Here is the permission for a small coal yard on the outskirts of the city, and the title deed to a blacksmith shop in the outer city. You can just send someone to take care of it. The people in the shop are all capable people, so just keep them and find someone to take care of the accounts."

Miss Wang knew very well what businesses were doing well in the city now, and she had also heard of several profitable businesses under Jia Rong.

Jia Rong owned the mining rights to several coal mines in Jizhou. He also had coal shops and coal processing yards in many areas near the capital.

The coal yard and blacksmith shop that were given directly now are worth at least several thousand taels of silver.

Miss Wang said politely, "How can I do this? I have already spent a lot of money these days, how can I have the nerve to accept these valuables."

Jia Yuanchun smiled and said, "Just accept it. Now that Baoyu has established a family and a career, he must have some property. If you don't accept it, I will be worried."

Miss Wang was just being polite, but of course she really wanted to accept it.

The old lady smiled and said, "Just accept it. This is the princess's good intention."

Miss Wang hesitated for a moment before saying, "Then I'll take it. Thank you, sister!"

Mrs. Wang and the old lady naturally hope that the couple will live in harmony.

Only then did Jia Yuanchun ask Mrs. Wang.

"Why didn't Baoyu come?"

Jia Baoyu has been going out early and coming back late recently, and no one knows what he is busy with.

Mrs. Wang couldn't tell the truth, so she covered it up by saying, "He went to hang out with his old relatives. Several princes' sons invited him to join in the fun. After getting married this time, Baoyu has obviously matured a lot and knows how to do things."

Jia Yuanchun nodded, finally feeling relieved.

"That's good. If you're bored at home in the future, you might as well come over and walk around more often. The girls here are very lively. Although there are many naughty and noisy ones, there are also quiet and virtuous ones. In short, it's better to get to know more girls so that you won't be bored."

Miss Wang said politely, "Yes, I will bother you more in the future."

"I couldn't ask for more." Jia Yuanchun said happily with a smile, and took the initiative to say, "It's autumn now, the weather is nice and refreshing, let's go out for a walk. I didn't take a good look at my brother and sister-in-law when they came over before."

The old lady stood up and said, "I want to take a walk too. I've been very busy these past few days."

Mrs. Wang and the maids helped the old lady up.

Mrs. Wang said to the maids, "You can go and have fun. Just a few of you can stay with us."

"Yes, thank you, ma'am." The maids happily retreated.

Jia Yuanchun took everyone out for a walk and walked with Miss Wang to introduce her own garden.

"We were originally planning to build the garden, but when we were halfway through we learned that we were going to move to the palace in the north of the city, so we left the garden alone, which is neither too high nor too low, and let your sister Feng build it slowly in the future."

"Your sister Feng is rich. If the master hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known that she had earned more than 100,000 silver coins this year. I'll take you to her place. After you enter the house, say a few more intimate words to her, and I'll help you blackmail her."

Miss Wang knew about this and smiled and said, "I knew about this money-loving cousin when I was at home. I also heard that the court scattered two million silver coins among the people during Wang's funeral on the third day of the first lunar month."

Jia Yuanchun's maid Qingyun reminded her, "Princess, the ladies in Second Madam's courtyard are probably not up yet. You should send someone to pass on the message, so as not to be too anxious and embarrassed."

Jia Yuanchun knew what Qin Keqing and others were like in their daily lives. She often saw them swinging on the swings or listening to music in the yard in various pajamas.

In short, all kinds of indecent things are very common there, so it is indeed necessary to remind people before going there.

"Okay, let's go over and talk. Let's go to the garden first and see Sister Bao."

Xue Baochai is also a relative of the Wang family. Now that the Wang family is closely related, they cannot ignore the Xue family.

Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang's sister, is also Miss Wang's father's sister, so they can't be so distant with each other.

After marrying Jia Baoyu, although the relationship was still a matter of life and death, Miss Wang had already used Jia Baoyu's key to officially enter the inner courtyard of the Prince Zhongxiao's Mansion.

While Miss Wang was getting acquainted with her sisters, Jia Rong was chatting with the Queen.

The Queen has long lost her serious demeanor.

The palace maids nearby were not surprised and just stood outside the door guarding obediently.

When several palace maids were guarding the door, a eunuch suddenly came and knocked on the door.

"Open the door! Is King Zhongxiao here? Let me in!"

The palace maids didn't dare to open the door, because if something happened they would all lose their heads.

The maid quickly shouted, "The prince is applying medicine to the queen! Tell me what you want to say!"

The eunuch shouted anxiously: "Open the door! You guys don't even recognize me?!"

The palace maids all recognized the voice as the eunuch in charge, but they did not dare to let him in.

"Whoever you are! Wait until I report to the prince!"

The women's acting skills were brought to the fore at this moment.

The eunuch cursed: "You little bitches! You delayed my work, I will expose your skin!"

The palace maids who were separated by a door were already trembling with fear.

But he shouted, "If you keep yelling, the prince will come out and peel off your skin!!"

Both sides in the confrontation soon calmed down.

The palace maids all looked at the house in fear.

Why haven’t you come out yet...are you done yet?

In the end, the eunuch did not dare to delay and shouted through the door: "Hurry up and tell Prince Zhongxiao that Concubine Shu has had abdominal pain after dinner. The emperor urgently summoned Prince Zhongxiao to treat Concubine Shu!"

After a few minutes, Jia Rong came out.

When the eunuch saw Jia Rong finally come out, he shouted anxiously, "Lord Zhongxiao! The emperor ordered Lord Zhongxiao to go and treat Concubine Shu as soon as possible!"

Jia Rong frowned, but followed him anyway.

Sure enough, after he went there, he found that his subordinates were all silent again.

Jia Rong got so angry when he saw these guys like this that he wished he could send them to the front line to serve as military doctors.

The meaning revealed in his eyes was not concealed, and several imperial doctors had sad faces.

"Your Highness! This is not something we can save. Someone poisoned Concubine Shu. When we arrived, it was too late."

Jia Rong scolded, "Does that mean I'm here too early? Are you guys really trying to ruin my reputation?!"

The imperial doctors were speechless. No one wanted to see such a thing.

Jia Rong really had no choice. The current medical level was simply unable to solve this kind of poisoning incident among pregnant women.

In the end, Jia Rong reported the matter truthfully to the emperor. After all, this matter had nothing to do with him, as the fire broke out in the emperor's own harem.

The emperor looked extremely ugly.

"Investigate! Please investigate this matter, my brother. No matter who it is, kill them without mercy!!"

Jia Rong really didn't want to get involved in this kind of shit, so he said directly: "Why not just change them all? If this batch of women doesn't work, find the next batch. Except for a few pregnant ones, the rest of them can leave the palace and go home. Otherwise, this kind of thing will never stop. There are always some women who are terribly jealous."

Jia Rong was too lazy to investigate and just replaced the person.

The emperor said angrily, "How should we deal with the murderer? Is she going to get away with it? What if this person is one of the pregnant women? Wouldn't that be her wish?"

Jia Rong was stunned for a moment and realized that he was an idiot. It turned out that the emperor was more right than he thought.

He had to find some excuse for his stupidity. After thinking carefully, Jia Rong said, "Your Majesty, now everything is based on your offspring."

"Since it has happened, there is nothing we can do. Instead of thinking about right and wrong, it is better to wait until the child is born before dealing with it. After all, the children are the emperor's children, but women can be replaced whenever they want."

"We need to calm her down now and let her give birth to the baby. When the evidence is solid, we can kill the mother and keep the baby."

"I know that Your Majesty is unwilling to accept this, but now that Your Majesty has no children, the rest of us are worried about this matter. Only by having a child as soon as possible can we live up to our ancestors, live up to the country, and live up to the people."

The stupid Jia Rong made excuses for his stupidity.

The clever emperor frowned and thought for a few seconds, but was soon persuaded by the stupid Jia Rong.

"My Royal Brother is right. I have not thought it through. I will follow your advice!"

(End of this chapter)