The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 35 Xia uses force to break the ban

Jia Rong felt a little regretful afterwards, regretting that he had had sex with that woman Wang Xifeng.

This regret and uneasiness had not disappeared until the evening.

Even throwing stones into the palace and throwing mines on the road where the military ministers went to court had never made me feel so uneasy.

So after dinner, Jia Rong went to the back garden to practice martial arts.

After dark, he changed into night clothes in the warehouse, took a brush and went out to relax.

When he arrived near Prince Zhongshun's palace, he found a barking dog and killed it, then wrote four words on the side wall.

I want to rebel
By the time the patrol came over, Jia Rong had already run away.

After returning home, I felt much better.

"If it wasn't for the fact that I became weak-legged after doing that, I would have gone to the harem to have some fun."

Jia Rong felt a little regretful. Although he had a strong physique, he was not invincible yet. He would not be able to escape if he was ambushed by too many people.

Fortunately, it only happens a few times a year, and even I don’t know when to go, and the group of people outside don’t have the ability to defend against an invincible person in all directions.

In a good mood, Jia Rong went to the study to sleep at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night. However, outside, there was chaos. The emperor got up in the middle of the night to ask people questions, and the prince and his family could not sleep or eat.

When he woke up the next day, he saw the little girl Yinglian sleeping beside his bed.

I had an extra layer of quilt on myself, and I tucked the new quilt in tightly.

Jia Rong sat up and just then saw Jia Yuanchun coming over with her maid.

"No matter how late you practice martial arts, Master, you should stay with me and my sister when you are tired. Why do you stay here in the study alone?"

Jia Yuanchun sadly persuaded Jia Rong.

Yinglian quickly stood up and stood obediently behind a nearby maid.

Jia Rong stood up and smiled, "Okay, I won't do that again. I just felt like exercising a little more yesterday."

Jia Yuanchun couldn't persuade him, so she could only say, "If you have nothing to do today, please rest for a while."

Jia Rong said, "I'm going to visit the West Mansion today."

After hearing this, Jia Yuanchun said, "Then I will change my clothes and go with you, Master."

"No need, I'll go by myself." Jia Rong has adjusted his mentality and is not afraid of that woman Wang Xifeng causing trouble.

Jia Yuanchun asked in confusion, "Master, you're going there alone? To see Xichun?"

Jia Rong said, "Go visit each of the families, including the eldest master, the second master, the eldest grandmother, the second grandmother, the old lady, and your brothers and sisters."

Jia Yuanchun said in embarrassment: "Can't I or my sisters accompany you on this matter? Or take Ben with you."

Jia Rong has too few maids around him, which makes him look a bit shabby, and it would be inappropriate to visit relatives without bringing family members.

"It's okay." Jia Rong said it was okay.

Jia Yuanchun didn't dare to say more, "Okay."

Jia Rong said, "Go to the backyard and talk to You Erjie and You Sanjie, and ask You Lao Niang about this matter. I am free now, so this year, besides these two, you can take in a few more wives so that you don't have to waste your energy."

When it came to the wonderful part, Jia Rong couldn't help laughing.

It was very normal for a wife to take a concubine for her husband in this feudal era.

Jia Yuanchun now has two sons, and her husband is young and energetic, so there is no way to stop him from taking a concubine.

Moreover, Jia Rong is the only one left in the mansion, and his offspring will inevitably die in the future due to various reasons. It is right to have more children to inherit the family business.

Jia Yuanchun can give birth to children and is a member of the Jia family, so she is certainly not afraid of losing her position.

"That's a good idea." Jia Yuanchun thought, "I think those two have been interested for a long time. Once we talk about it, it will definitely work out. Besides, I have also told everyone that they are distant relatives of Old Lady You. If I accept them, they won't be able to live with my wife. I have to arrange a new place for them."

Jia Rong said, "I asked my second uncle to go and look at the backyard. It just so happens that I got some extra money this year, so I'll make some improvements to the backyard and give it to the older unmarried maids and old women, or the young unmarried girls to learn from."

"It's not good for my reputation if I take too many concubines this year. You go talk to them. It doesn't matter who comes first."

Jia Rong laughed and said confidently, "Just take care of this matter. I will go visit your relatives first and take care of the affairs of your parents, sister-in-law, brothers and sisters, and grandparents."

Jia Yuanchun knew that this was a joke and said, "Okay, let's eat first and then go."

Jia Rong put his arms around his first wife.

"Madam, please eat and take a bath early tonight. I may be back after dinner today. You can ask the nanny to take the baby away early tonight. When I come back, I will go to your bed directly~"

Jia Yuanchun struggled shyly and said, "Why are you talking about this in broad daylight... Let's go and eat." Jia Rong smiled and walked out.

Jia Yuanchun also followed with a smile.

The maids nearby could only envy; they also wanted to get promoted, but unfortunately they didn't have the chance.

Baoqin was Yuanchun's dowry maid, and the other maids were not the same as her.

While Jia Rong was eating, a servant quickly ran in from outside.

Fortunately, Jia Rong has an extremely strong psychological quality and does not panic because of some things.

The servant said quickly, "Master! There are thieves causing trouble in Prince Zhongshun's mansion tonight. I heard that the street has been closed. The city is now strictly investigating those who come in with illegal means. Many people in the mansion dare not go out. Please make the decision, Master!"

The wrong way...

Jia Rong frowned, suddenly realizing that he had made a big deal out of it.

The Jia family’s ancestral home is Jinling. In fact, there is not a single person from the capital in the two mansions. All of them are from Jinling.

However, because of his hereditary title, he was able to remain in the capital legally, and both governments also had slaves who were able to stay there legally.

In fact, there is a limit on the number of slaves in each large family. The Jia family has definitely exceeded this regulation now, and it is several times more.

Not only the Jia family, but also the other royal and noble families have a large number of slaves and maids.

Some of them were bought, some had children born in the family, and some were relatives who took refuge. Anyway, most of them came from shady backgrounds.

"It's okay. Tell the family members not to go out. If anyone goes out and causes trouble at this time and doesn't listen to me, don't expect me to save them!"

The servant quickly said, "Yes!"

Jia Yuanchun asked, "Is this a serious matter?"

Jia Rong said indifferently: "It's okay, everyone has problems, but it's okay now."

Check? How? There are people with bad backgrounds everywhere.

It’s difficult to investigate officials and those in power, so let’s investigate... businessmen.

"I'm going out to do some work, and you just take care of your woman's business at home."

Jia Rong still has a lot of business to do in the capital, so he has to go out and give some instructions now.

Jia Yuanchun couldn't care less about what was happening outside. Seeing her husband busy with something important, she quickly changed into formal clothes and prepared gifts to help her husband take a concubine.

On the other hand, Jia Rong asked several legal servants to inform the others to stay quiet.

Among the eight branches of the Jia family in the capital, only the East and West branches inherited the title and had legal status to stay in the capital. Once the rules were enforced strictly, they would have to leave and return to their hometowns.

The same applies to officials of the first and second ranks in the imperial court. Unless they have a hereditary title, they can keep it. Otherwise, once they are no longer in office, they have to return to their hometown to retire.

Words are words, actions are actions. The emperor also said that he loved the people like his own children. Some things are just that and cannot be investigated further.

It is impossible to investigate the top leaders this time, and the four big characters on the wall of the palace could not have been written by an ordinary person. Anyway, it is impossible for the prince to easily wash off the influence of those four characters this time.

Besides, Jia Rong had experienced the professional ability of those officials ten years ago. They couldn't even find out how his father died, and they haven't given an explanation so far, let alone this time.

In short, Prince Zhongshun's Mansion will be the key target of prevention in the future, and has little to do with Jia Rong.

The main trouble here is that when you do a random check, you have to spend some money to deal with the people from the Ministry of Revenue.

Fortunately, we had made some preparations in advance and started planning seven or eight years ago, and got some people in the suburbs of Beijing to impersonate their household registration.

This kind of thing is punishable by death!

But Jia Rong was already used to beheadings, so he didn't care about the ancestral rules of the dog emperor.

If he hadn't been so busy recently, Jia Rong would have dared to write the bloody words "I'll kill you" outside the city wall to teach him a lesson!
But sleeping with your wife and taking a concubine are more important.

Jia Rong could only ask someone to tell the West Mansion that he would not be going there today and that he would deal with his subordinates' troubles first.

The problems of the West Palace are more serious than those of the East Palace. The East Palace has long employed people from the capital as its subordinates, but the West Palace does not have such ability and foresight.

There were also a lot of maids and slaves, as well as various slaves, slaves' sons, slaves' sons-in-law, etc...

There are more than one family in the capital city that has similar troubles. Basically, all the powerful and influential people have similar problems.

Because of the four words Jia Rong wrote for no reason, the dog official in the Ministry of Revenue is going to get rich this time.

(End of this chapter)