The destiny of all heavens begins in the Red Chamber

Unfortunately, the royal family changes their minds faster than turning the pages of a book!

The retired emperor is living too long, and the deposed crown prince is too old; neither side is willing to back down in the slightest.

As a result, the deposed crown prince was forced to rebel, which led to the immediate removal of the crown prince's tutor, Lord She.

Even with his father's life-risking chance to survive, the Rong family's title was downgraded three ranks, from a prestigious Duke's mansion to a first-class general's mansion.

Afterwards, Lord She pondered the matter carefully and repeatedly reviewed the previous situation. He vaguely sensed the Emperor Emeritus's astonishing conspiracy and was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

From the perspective of the court situation, the deposed crown prince directly caused heavy losses to the noble group that controlled the court, and had to hand over the cabinet to the cultural management group.

Every time I think about how the retired emperor used the life of the deposed crown prince to cripple the entire noble class, I feel a chill run down my spine.

From that moment on, he truly understood what it meant for royalty to have no kinship!

This was also one of the main reasons why Master She became completely despondent; he knew he had almost no chance of turning things around.

Unless a major upheaval occurs in the Great Qian Dynasty, but such a possibility is indeed very slim!

Therefore, he preferred to live a life of debauchery rather than get involved in royal affairs. Who knows what the final outcome will be?

Master She was naturally aware of the matter concerning Qin Keqing of the Ning family next door.

Although I don't quite agree with it, Qin Keqing is, after all, a woman. Even if she is the concubine of the deposed crown prince, she won't attract too much attention.

At the very least, marrying Qin Keqing was definitely more beneficial than harmful to the Ning and Rong families!

But Master She never expected that the old lady would be so 'unwise' as to target Qin Keqing just because of the current purge of the remnants of the deposed crown prince.

He was shocked when he first found out, but thankfully Qin Keqing was alright in the end.

The reason I agreed to help Jia Huan withstand the pressure from the old lady was not only because I would receive a large sum of money, but also because I wanted to advise the old lady not to act recklessly.

To everyone's surprise, the old lady's attitude was surprisingly tough, and she even put on a self-righteous air!

Immediately, Lord She recalled his own shameful past after the deposition of the crown prince, and a raging fire of anger surged within him.

Judging from her posture, the old lady didn't think she had done anything wrong at all!

Based on his understanding of the old lady, even if things didn't go smoothly this time, there would definitely be a next time, or even the time after that, until she achieved her goal.

Master She panicked. If he let the old lady continue to cause trouble, not only would the Rong family be ruined, but he himself would also be subject to the fate of being purged by the royal family.

Suddenly overwhelmed with grief, I felt utterly hopeless, and I had no desire to continue blindly obeying my parents.

In the past, whenever the old lady mentioned the idea of ​​moving back to the south, Master She would be "greatly alarmed" and then take the initiative to back down so that the old lady could achieve her goal.

This trick is foolproof!

This time, however, for the sake of his own life, Master She thought that returning to his hometown of Jinling was a good idea, so he simply agreed and went back with them.

The capital is too dangerous, I should go back to my hometown as soon as possible!

Now it was the old lady's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Boss, ouch..."

The old lady rolled her eyes and fainted from anger.

The Second Master Zheng and the First Master She were immediately flustered. They hurriedly called Yuanyang in and sent someone to fetch the imperial physician, just in case something unexpected happened.

"Brother, you've gone a bit too far!"

Once the familiar Physician Wang arrived, the two brothers finally had time and space to have a proper talk.

"So, what do you think we should say?"

Master She rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Didn't you hear the old lady's dismissive tone? If our attitude isn't firm enough, I'm afraid this kind of thing will happen again in the Ning family!"

"Anyway, let me make this clear first: I definitely won't be willing to take such a huge risk!"

"The deposed crown prince's illegitimate daughter, a tacitly acknowledged member of the royal bloodline, was killed without hesitation. What ruthless decisiveness!"

Perhaps because he was willing to risk everything, Master She's words were full of sarcasm and ridicule.

"When the royal family starts settling scores, they won't care whether we two brothers made a move or not!"

Master Zheng remained silent, unsure of what to say for a moment.

It was precisely because what Master She said made a lot of sense that he didn't know how to refute it.

You can't just support your own mother without any reason, can you?

Just as Master She said, we can't let my mother's arrogance put the entire Rong Mansion in danger and make it secretly hated by the royal family, can we?

"Then, how do we sever ties with the remnants of the deposed crown prince?"

After pondering for a moment, the Second Master Zheng suddenly asked, "This is not an easy thing to do!"

"Hmph, what's so difficult about it?"

Lord She scoffed, "Go find Brother Jing at the Xuanzhen Temple outside the city! He'll definitely have a solution!"

At this point, he said coldly, "If we want to save Zhen'er's life, Brother Jing will have no choice but to take action. He was the Crown Prince's top strategist back then!"

That's right. Back then, the retired emperor personally intervened and tied the Ning and Rong mansions to the deposed crown prince.

As the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion, Master She directly became the tutor of the deposed crown prince.

The situation at the Ning Mansion was more complicated. Jia Jing was not the eldest son of the Ning Mansion, but rather the second son of the same family as Master Zheng.

However, Jia Fu, the eldest son of the Ning family, was frail and sickly from a young age, and it seemed he wouldn't live long.

At that time, the retired emperor naturally could not allow Jia Fu to become the tutor of the deposed crown prince, and Jia Jing, as the second son of the legitimate wife, was not qualified to do so.

But Jia Jing was a prodigy, and he managed to carve out a path for himself in his studies.

He became an extremely rare and outstanding person among the sons of military merit, who passed the imperial examination based on his own talent.

Despite having suffered in silence while in the Hanlin Academy, Jia Jing's status and position were undeniable.

Because his eldest brother Jia Fu died soon after his death, Jia Jing's status and position were naturally incomparable to what they had been before.

After leaving the Hanlin Academy, he went directly to serve in the Eastern Palace and quickly rose through the ranks.

Because of his ability, talent, and powerful background, Jia Jing quickly rose to the position of Junior Chamberlain of the Eastern Palace, and was also a highly trusted advisor to the deposed crown prince.

If the deposed crown prince can successfully ascend the throne, Jia Jing's status will definitely be higher than that of the Grand Master She, and it is even possible that he will regain his ancestral title.

Even the desperate last stand of the deposed crown prince was orchestrated by Master Jing.

Master Jing must possess many secrets about the remnants of the deposed crown prince!

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In fact, in terms of vision and ability to handle important matters, the old lady was far inferior to Master She.

Well, when Lord She was young, he saw and experienced quite a lot.

She's much better than the old lady who's always holed up in the inner quarters.

This time, Master She's riot at Rongqing Hall was for real; he was afraid.

If the old lady doesn't restrain herself, Master She feels he will be implicated and die sooner or later.

Although Master Zheng's reaction was not as intense as Master She's, the fact that the two brothers came to dissuade him at the same time already spoke volumes.

The old lady, who had fainted from anger, soon woke up and learned that Granny Lai had passed away and that the Lai family's property had been confiscated the day before. Her frustration and anger were palpable.

In the past, the old lady would have definitely made a huge scene and made the audacious Master She and Master Zheng pay a heavy price, otherwise she would never have given up.

This time, however, the old lady was very angry, but she did not make any rash moves.

She was taken aback by the determination shown by Master She, and was afraid that if she made too much of a fuss, it would provoke Master She's rebellious nature and make him really want to take her back to his hometown of Jinling.

When the detailed list of the Lai family's assets was presented to the old lady, she had nothing to say.

Not to mention the numerous valuable items on the list, many of which were rare and precious antiques that the family had reported as damaged, but the Lai family managed to take them all home.

The farmland alone amounted to nearly a thousand acres, all of which were fertile fields between the capital and Tongzhou.

The old lady knew perfectly well where these fertile fields came from!

There are dozens of shops in the bustling parts of the city!

There is one main house with five courtyards, one courtyard with three courtyards, and five courtyards with two courtyards!

The warehouse contains 250,000 taels of silver, and the value of gold, silver jewelry, and rare antiques is roughly estimated at around 300,000 taels!

In total, the value is roughly around 800,000 taels!

Seeing the final statistics was so shocking that even the old lady found it extremely jarring.

Anger surged within her, and she felt a sense of frustration and helplessness at being fooled by her trusted subordinates. At this moment, she couldn't say anything more; the amount of money confiscated from the Lai family was simply a slap in the face.

The old lady originally thought that the Lai family's assets were at most a few hundred thousand taels.

This is the respect she gives, and she's willing to let her trusted confidants who work for her live a comfortable and carefree life.

She would never have imagined that the Lai family, whom she had always thought were extremely loyal, would play such a trick on her.

When the old lady learned that Jia Lian and Jia Huan, the brothers, were in charge of confiscating the Lai family's property, she knew that the amount of silver obtained from the confiscation was definitely more than 800,000 taels.

But this outcome was even harder for her to accept!

What enraged her most, leading her to decide to completely ignore the Lai family's affairs, was a rumor.