Jia Zheng was anxious to see Jia Lian, naturally because he knew that Jia Lian led his troops to arrest a number of clan members.

Jia Zheng is a pure scholar, with his own nobility and integrity, and is not a flatterer. However, as a young man who grew up in the Duke's mansion, his awe for the imperial power and royal family has been accumulated throughout his life. .

This is a very easy thing to understand. For the Duke's government, the only thing that can pose a fatal threat to it is the word "emperor".

Therefore, when he knew that Jia Lian had violated the rules and arrested a group of clan children, especially among those clan children, there were even several princes' sons, he was almost shocked. After finding out that Jia Lian had returned home, he quickly sent someone to tell him.

Jia Lian could understand Jia Zheng's timidity, so he patiently explained the situation at the time, saying that he had to do it.

After hearing this, Jia Zheng sighed: "Despite this, when the sect asked someone on the street, you should give it to them. Our sect has always been under the control of the sect. , if you offend him this time, you are only afraid of causing trouble to my Jia family."

Jia Zheng's words came from his heart, but he also knew that Jia Lian now had more upright ideas than him, and he was afraid that Jia Lian would not listen. His words of advice were very calm, as if the father and son were discussing the future of the family.

Jia Zheng was so afraid of the clan government, but Jia Lian didn't take it seriously.

Putting aside the fact that the Zongren Mansion is an institution that works for the emperor, as long as he does not lose trust in the emperor, then the Zongren Mansion will not dare to cause trouble for him! It is still unclear what the future layout of the Zongren Mansion will be.

Based on Jia Lian's judgment, since Princess Zhaoyang chose the Zongren Mansion as her first stop to enter the center of power, she would not quit easily.

Although Jia Lian did not simply think that Princess Zhaoyang could completely defeat King Zhongshun as soon as she entered the clan mansion, but with the identity of the eldest princess Zhaoyang, the queen mother behind her, and her own secret economic on support. At least it was not easy for King Zhongshun to squeeze Princess Zhaoyang out.

As long as Princess Zhaoyang is in Zongren Mansion for a day, even if King Zhongshun wants to give Jia Mansion some shoes, it is not that simple.

Therefore, Jia Lian was not afraid of the Zongren Mansion from the bottom of his heart, let alone King Zhongshun. If possible, he even wanted to take control of the Zongren Mansion in his own hands...

Jia Lian would not elaborate on these words with Jia Zheng, in order to reassure him and also to Not letting him ramble, Jia Lian simply said: "Second uncle, does he know where I got my lunch?" Si's back office is in the kitchen of Shenji Camp, and there is a restaurant outside to eat, but how does this have anything to do with what they are talking about?

“Where did you have lunch?”

“Da Ming Palace, side hall of Yangxin Hall, imperial dining hall.”

Jia Lian looked Looking at Jia Zheng, he said sternly: "I say this, second uncle, do you understand? What my nephew did today was completely loyal to the emperor. Therefore, His Majesty's Sacred Heart approved and gave the meal to my nephew. Therefore, second uncle does not have to do anything for me. I'm worried, because my second uncle would have made the same choice in his nephew's position at that time."

Jia Zheng was speechless and could only look at Jia Lian with complex eyes mixed with envy. .

The emperor’s gift of food is definitely a sign of his love and trust. Thinking that Jia Zheng had been an official for more than ten years, except for being able to sit in the square every year when Emperor Ningkang hosted a banquet for hundreds of officials, he had never had royal meals in the Daming Palace?

It was still the Yangxin Palace. He naturally knew that it was the emperor’s daily resting place. Unless he was someone he was very close to and trusted, how could the emperor let him go to such a forbidden place?

Although he was extremely envious, Jia Zheng still tried to tell himself. As a civil servant, you should focus on your integrity and character. As long as you are dedicated to serving the public, you don't have to worry about being a holy family member.

…

Rongqing Hall, a rare visitor came today.

Grandma Liu from the country came to visit Sister Feng with her grandson Ban'er and a large cart of fresh fruits and vegetables to express Sister Feng's assistance to their family that winter.

Originally, this was just a small matter. Even the reason why Sister Feng helped Grandma Liu and gave her twenty or thirty taels of silver was not out of kindness, but Just to save face for a distant relative.

When talking about distant relatives, we have to talk about the underlying reasons. It turns out that Grandma Liu is not a distant relative of the Jia family, or even a relative of the Wang family.

It was just because she had a daughter who married a son-in-law named Gou'er. That Wang Gou'er's ancestor had been a minor official, and he happened to get acquainted with the Jinling royal family. Since both families were named Wang, Wang Gouer's ancestors were interested in getting married, so they recognized him as a relative.

Later, the Wang family moved back to Beijing and prospered, but Wang Gouer's family soon fell into decline and became a commoner, and the two families stopped contacting each other.

Grandma Liu had no children, only one daughter. After her wife died, her daughter and son-in-law took her to take care of her.

Because my family was so poor that winter that I couldn’t open the pot, I thought of this relative. Wang Gou'er couldn't help but beg for mercy from a high-ranking family. It happened that his mother-in-law, Grandma Liu, had also met Mrs. Wang, who was the second daughter of the Wang family, so she encouraged Grandma Liu to bring her grandson to pay homage to Mrs. Wang.

As for why they didn’t go to the Wang family to beg Mrs. Wang, it was because they knew that at that time, the Wang family was out on patrol.Gone, not in Beijing.

As for Mrs. Wang, when she heard that such a poor relative whom she had not contacted for many years came to visit, she vaguely guessed the purpose, so she was too lazy to see him and left it to Sister Feng to deal with it.

Firstly, Sister Feng did not know the details of the two families, and secondly, in order to show her wealth, she invited Grandma Liu and her grandson to have a meal, gave them some money, and sent them back.

I originally thought that this matter would just go away, but who knew that Grandma Liu was a person who understood "courtesy and reciprocity". Perhaps her family had a good harvest this year, so she specially picked the first crop of fresh fruits and brought them to Beijing on a donkey cart to pay tribute.

Who knows that Jia Mu has been feeling a little sad in recent days because of the incident involving her old sisters.

In the end, Grandma Lai did not choose to go to her second son’s home for retirement, but chose to follow her eldest son to the north.

He did this not because he disliked his second son, but because of his precious grandson!

There was no other way, Lai Shangrong was very reluctant to follow his father northward for the sake of his own fame. He wanted to stay at his second uncle's house with his grandmother, so that he could continue to take the scientific examination next year.

But after experiencing this lesson, Grandma Lai, Lai Da and others understood that since Jia Lian specifically ordered Lai Shangrong to accompany his parents north to fulfill their filial piety, if they dared to disobey, it would be tantamount to angering Jia Lian again.

For the first time, Jia Lian was kind to Jia Mu because of her kindness. If they don't know what to do and continue to stay in front of them and become an eyesore, I'm afraid that Second Master Lian will deal with them again, but it will only be a matter of time.

The Lai family is even worried that if Lai Shangrong is not taken away, let alone his career prospects, he may not be able to keep his fame!

This is very possible. As long as Jia Lian is interested, he only needs to write a letter to his son's tutor or academic official to announce that the Lai family embezzled huge amounts of property from the Mo family, then these people will respond to Jia Lian's sentiments and cut off the money even for the sake of their own reputation. Lai Shangrong has a reputation as a scholar.

If that’s the case, then it’s really over. Therefore, in order to save Lai Shangrong from taking chances, Grandma Lai simply gave up her old bones and followed Lai Da to the north.

Although it was the Lai family who let down the master's family first, Jia's mother still felt a little uncomfortable about letting her old sisters suffer in the northern cold land.

Just hearing that a relative of the Wang family came to visit, and he was also an old man in his seventies, Jia Mu suddenly became interested and ordered to meet him.

When I saw him, I fell in love with him.

It turns out that although Grandma Liu was born and raised in the country, she has always had some knowledge and is not a stubborn and short-sighted person.

Well aware of Jia Mu’s dignity, she was determined to please her. Because it is completely different from other ordinary mansionsThe flattering words and ways of speaking of wives and daughters-in-law often made Jia Mu laugh heartily.

Seeing that Grandma Liu was able to please Mother Jia, everyone in the Jia family also changed their feelings about Grandma Liu and laughed at each other. Therefore, Rongqing Hall was filled with laughter throughout the afternoon.

Even when it was time for the banquet, Jia Mu ordered a table to be set alone with Grandma Liu and her grandson.

It can also be seen from this point that the Jia family still disliked Grandma Liu for being vulgar. Because usually Jia Mu and her granddaughters dine together, but today they specially changed the small table.

Jia Mu has one seat, Yingchun and others have one seat, and Grandma Liu and Baner have one seat.

But Grandma Liu didn’t know that this was special care for her, or she wouldn’t care if she knew it. She secretly swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva as she saw the various dishes she had never seen before being gradually placed on the table.

He opened his grandson’s unruly paws, bowed and smiled at Jia Mu who was standing over him, and waited for Jia Mu’s order to eat.

Suddenly I heard the maid outside announcing: "Second Master Lian has arrived."

With just one sentence, the hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked towards the door of the room. Even the gentlemen and young ladies who were already seated stood up and bowed to greet him.

Grandma Liu wondered what kind of person this was and why these noble people were so awe-inspiring!

Thinking about it, I couldn’t help but pull my grandson beside me to stand up and take out the stool to greet him.

Jia Lian came out of Jia Zheng's study room. It was already dark. I remembered that Jia Mu's place might be a little lively today, so I came over to take a look.

As soon as he entered Jia Mu’s dining room, Jia Lian’s eyes subconsciously glanced at Grandma Liu’s grandparents and grandchildren, who were very different from other people in the room in terms of clothing and appearance, and then stepped forward to say hello to Jia Mu. .

Jia Mu said: "I don't come early and I don't come late. I only come during dinner time. I can tell you, I have nothing prepared for you today."

"Old ancestors What I said is that my grandson didn’t come here to have a meal. Thinking that Feng Yatou must have been detained by the ancestors if she didn’t come home for a long time, I said that after paying tribute to the ancestors, I would take her back to have a meal.

This girl is getting more and more stupid. She doesn’t even know how to go home when it’s time to eat.”

Jia Lian said, raising an eyebrow at Sister Feng who was standing next to Jia’s mother. , which made other people secretly happy. Everyone knows that Second Master Lian and Second Grandma Lian may sing a double act again to please Mother Jia.

Unexpectedly, Sister Feng just rolled her eyes at Jia Lian and did not say anything to agree or refute.

Others were disappointed. But Liu next to meGrandma, at this time, looked at Jia Lian more and more, thinking that it was Sister Feng's man. Wei Daosheng's physique and appearance made him look like a naturally noble person!

Perhaps it was Jia Lian's words that reminded Jia Mu. Jia Mu looked around behind her and said to Mrs. Wang, "I don't need you to serve me here anymore. You all should go back and eat."

"Yes."

Mrs. Let's have dinner with your sisters. If you don't like it, don't accuse me of being partial."

Jia Mu's food standard is the highest in the entire Jia family. Jia Zheng and others showed their filial piety by weaving a large basket of dishes from all over the world and letting Jia Mu take turns ordering them every day. When Jia Mu was too lazy to order, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng would do it for her.

Anyway, the two main meals at lunch and dinner will not be less than ten dishes.

This is one of the reasons why, in the Rongguo Mansion, the masters are proud to be given rice by Jia Mu, and the slaves are proud to be given leftovers by Jia Mu.

Although Jia Lian was not like this, he was really in no hurry to leave, so he responded to Jia Mu and turned around to sit down.

He even asked Sister Feng to sit down too.

Sister Feng didn't appreciate it. She thought Jia Lian was really kind-hearted and asked her to go home for dinner, but who knew that he turned around and sat down on his own.

He snorted and wanted to leave in anger.

Jia Mu said: "Girl Feng, please sit down too."

Sister Feng immediately left, and it didn't matter if she didn't leave. After all, she reacted quickly and smiled. He thanked Jia Mu and turned around to sit next to Yingchun, far away from Jia Lian.

Only then did Jia Mu think of Grandma Liu and introduced her to Jia Lian. Facing the greetings from the humble and restrained Grandma Liu, Jia Lian just sat on the table and nodded, telling her not to be polite.

In this era, if people whose identities and statuses are too different are too polite, they will appear hypocritical.

However, after eating, Jia Lian still couldn't help but glance at Ban'er next to Grandma Liu.

I saw that this boy was thin and had a dark complexion. His appearance and facial features were not ugly at first, but he was considered average, but the way he showed his teeth and claws while devouring food was very eye-catching, and even Jia Lian frowned at it.

Sure enough, I am still a layman.

How could such a silly boy be worthy of his smart, well-behaved and beautiful baby girl!

Don’t leave any chance to this kid.

After dinner, Sister Feng was ordered to arrange a residence for Grandma Liu's grandparents and grandchildren, while Jia Lian sent Yingchun and others back to the Grand View Garden.

Along the way, Yingchun and others were still discussing Grandma Liu, saying how funny and interesting she was.

While listening, Jia Lian approached Daiyu and talked to her.

Daiyu asked: "Are you free tomorrow?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"It's okay..."

After a while, Daiyu said again: "The old lady is happy today and wants to invite everyone to visit the garden tomorrow. Will you come?"

"Originally I didn't want to go... "

Turning his head to look at Daiyu, her eyebrows furrowed, and she immediately said, "But since it was Sister Lin who invited me, I naturally want to come, even if I have time."

Daiyu turned her head and glanced at Jia Lian, her mouth moved. She wanted to say something but ended up blushing. She quickly lowered her head and took two steps forward.

"Brother Lian, don't you have to practice martial arts at this time every day?"

Tan Chun keenly observed that Jia Lian "annoyed" Daiyu, and because of this, he was about to In Sister Feng's Children's Home, Jia Lian had no intention of stopping yet, so he laughed and came to the rescue.

"It doesn't matter, it's not too late to give it to you."

Tanchun chuckled, "There are so many of us, you can also give it to this one, and give it to that one. I don’t know when the circle will come back again. Or is the ‘you’ in Brother Lian’s mouth originally referring to Sister Lin alone? If that’s the case, the younger sister is ignorant.”

Jia Lianwen Yan, then raised his eyes to look at Tanchun. Among the three sisters, this one is the more lively, and she occasionally dares to make fun of him.

Yingchun and others all snickered when they heard this, and Daiyu walked forward quickly, pretending not to hear.

Jia Baoyu also thought what Tanchun said was funny and smiled. Just smiling seemed unnatural, so he turned around and looked at the night.

In the end, Yingchun was considerate, "Brother, if you have something to do, go ahead and do it. You don't have to send us off. We had dinner and probably got together to talk..."

Jia Lian nodded, glanced at the sisters, Zijuan and other maids in front of him, then turned and entered the hospital.