Chapter 341 Jia Huan's Methods
Jia Cong dismounted and said to Wang Ziteng, "How dare I trouble my uncle to come and greet you?"
Wang Ziteng said with a smile, "It is proper courtesy for the Champion Marquis to come here! You guys, why don't you hurry up and pay your respects to the Marquis!"
Then, the three sons following behind Wang Ziteng hurried forward to salute, "Greetings to the Champion Marquis!"
"Brothers, please don't be so polite!"
Jia Cong was not really familiar with Wang Ziteng's sons, but he had seen them twice in the clan school.
Baoyu, Jia Huan and Jia Lan also came forward to pay their respects. Afterwards, Wang Ziteng accompanied Jia Cong, and the three brothers of the Wang family accompanied Baoyu and others into the main hall to talk.
After chatting for a while, Wang Ziteng said, "You guys accompany Baoyu and the others to the back house to pay respects to your mother. I will talk to the Marquis for a while and come over in a moment."
After the others left, Wang Ziteng said to Jia Cong, "Today in the court, His Majesty has issued an edict to make a final decision on the matters of the King of Beijing and the King of Nanyue!"
"There is no need to say more about Prince Beijing and the King of Nanyue. Concubine Shu was demoted to a concubine and banished to the cold palace, and Princess Beijing was stripped of her position and imprisoned!"
"It seems that the Marquis's guess is correct. Your Majesty and the Emperor Emeritus do not want to be too involved!"
Jia Cong smiled and said, "Jiangnan has just been settled, so the two majesties naturally don't want any more chaos. This can be regarded as temporarily stabilizing the situation!"
Wang Ziteng smiled and nodded , "This time, we are all benefiting from the Marquis's help, but the Marquis's contribution to saving the emperor is not worthy of a big reward. Therefore, Your Majesty, for the sake of the Marquis's face, has rewarded the people of the founding lineage."
This time, the founding lineage really benefited from Jia Cong's help! First, Shi Ding's deputy general of Shandong Camp was directly confirmed, and then Jia Zheng was promoted to Langzhong of the Ministry of Works. All the sons of various mansions in the Wucheng Bingmasi were promoted by one or two grades, and Shi Si was directly promoted to the title of baron.
In short, the founding lineage reaped a great harvest!
"This is the best!" Jia Cong said with a smile, "The reason for this is, firstly, this is a great achievement, and secondly, it is for your Majesty to show others!"
"Our various prefectures have returned a lot of the silver owed to the Ministry of Revenue. His Majesty has naturally expressed his gratitude, and let others see it too."
"Your Majesty is wise, isn't it?" Wang Ziteng said with a smile, "When I first mentioned this, the various mansions were somewhat reluctant, but now they all understand."
As the two were talking, a woman from the Wang family ran in hurriedly.
"Madam, please ask the master to go to the back hall!"
Wang Ziteng frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
Logically speaking, when he was talking to Jia Cong, people in the backyard would not easily disturb him.
The old woman looked at Jia Cong, and heard Wang Ziteng shouting angrily, "The Marquis is our in-law, what's wrong with saying it?"
The old woman hurriedly said, "My lord, it was Jia Huan, the son of the Jia family, who bumped into the candlestick and burned Master Bao."
"Is it serious?" Wang Ziteng asked with a frown.
"This... I don't think it's serious, just his face is red. However, the second wife of the Jia family wants to have Master Huan arrested, so the lady asked this maid to come and invite the master over."
Wang Ziteng cursed his ignorant sister in his heart. It was just a burn, and it was not a big deal. Why make a fuss? If it was someone else, it would be fine, but now using such a small matter to embarrass Jia Huan, wouldn't it make Jia Cong lose face?
"Uncle, since this is about the children of the Jia family, I will go with you to take a look!"
Wang Ziteng smiled awkwardly. Originally, he shouldn't have invited Jia Cong to his wife's birthday party. However, he also wanted to take this opportunity to talk to Jia Cong about court affairs. But it was really embarrassing for him to see such a thing happen in his family, and it was caused by his own sister.
Immediately, Wang Ziteng accompanied Jia Cong to the back hall.
When they arrived at the back hall, it was a mess. Mrs. Wang was scolding Jia Huan with a cold face, and the girls on the side didn't know how to speak. Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng, and Wang Ziteng 's wife Qin were trying to persuade them.
"How disgraceful!" Wang Ziteng walked in with a cold face and glared at Mrs. Wang fiercely.
The arrival of Wang Ziteng and Jia Cong made everyone feel relieved.
Madam Wang paused for a moment, then turned to Wang Ziteng and said, "Brother, this damned bastard almost ruined my Baoyu, he deserves to be beaten to death! Today at your house, why don't you make the decision for your own nephew? Are you going to side with an outsider?"
"Shut up!" Wang Ziteng shouted, "It's just a quarrel between two children. Is it worth your severity? Baoyu is fine. We are all family. Let's just forget about it and don't mention it again!"
"Brother, are you so unfair?" Mrs. Wang screamed.
Jia Cong stepped forward and took a look at the red spots on Baoyu's face. They were indeed not serious, especially since Baoyu had fair skin. If they were on his body, he might not even be able to see them.
"Uncle, this is a matter of our Jia family, so let me handle it!"
"Jia Huan!"
Jia Huan grinned and stepped forward with some fear, "Third brother!"
"You accidentally burned Brother Bao. Even though it was unintentional, you must be punished! Get out of here and find Lu Feng. Tell him what I said. I'll give you ten beatings. Come back after you're done."
Jia Huan nodded immediately, "Thank you, Third Brother. I'll go right away!"
Although this kid hasn't made much academic progress in the few months he's been in school, his resilience has improved a lot. He trains his muscles, rides horses and shoots arrows every day in the clan school, so a few blows are no big deal to him.
"Okay, it's just Huan Ge'er and Bao Er Ge's quarrel. Don't take it seriously. Today is the day when Aunt Wang is giving birth to a baby. We can't let it ruin the day!"
"Yuanyang, has the master presented the gift to my aunt?"
Qin smiled and said, "I am just taking advantage of the good times to make the family happy. It is a great honor for our family to have you here, Lord Marquis, and I am not asking you to spend so much money."
Qin Shi was also a person of high and low character. When the Xue family had problems, how did she treat Aunt Xue? But now the Xue family was close to Jia Cong, and even Baochai and Jia Cong knew about it. Qin Shi's attitude towards the Xue family had changed, and she was even closer to Aunt Xue than Lady Wang.
Such people are too realistic, but most people in this world are like this.
After being beaten with ten sticks, Jia Huan returned again, covering his buttocks. As soon as he entered the yard, a maid came up to him with a worried look on her face.
"Is there something wrong, Master Huan San?"
Jia Huan chuckled, "Caixia, I told you, I won't let anyone bully you anymore, not even Brother Bao!"
"How can I deserve Master Huan San to do this to me!" Caixia said in tears.
"Hey, if I say it's worth it, then it's worth it. Now, thanks to your help, I can learn some skills in the clan school. In two years, I will ask you to find me a proper job. When the time comes, I will ask you to make the decision for me."
Caixia looked at Jia Huan with eyes that were moved and a little shy. This master who had originally been unprogressive now knew how to protect her.
