Chapter 951 Offspring (I)
Let’s not talk about how Sun Shaozong went to the Prince’s Mansion.
However, after receiving Sun Shaozong's instructions, Jia Yingchun immediately sent someone to rush to Rongguo Mansion to seek the help of the second master Jia Zheng.
When Jia Zheng heard that his elder brother was blackmailing his daughter and son-in-law in the name of his niece, he was ashamed and angry. On the one hand, he ordered people to bring back Wang Shanbao's wife, and on the other hand, he hurried to the east wing to have things clear with Jia She.
He had never thought of going to the East Courtyard, and heard that Jia She had not yet gotten up, so he had no choice but to wait in the hall.
During this time, Jia Zheng asked many questions and still had to wait for nearly half an hour before Jia She came out, disheveled and drunk.
Jia Zheng became increasingly unhappy, and with his eyes he forced the servants in the hall to leave. He then asked directly, "Wang Shanbao's going to the Sun family to borrow money was it my eldest brother's idea?"
"So what?"
Jia She knew that the visitor had ill intentions after hearing his repeated questions, but he did not find it strange to hear him questioning. He rolled his eyes up and sat down on the official chair with a majestic look.
Then he scratched his half-broken ear and asked in a lukewarm tone, "Do I need to ask you for permission before I ask my own daughter to borrow money?"
"You borrowed money..."
Jia Zheng's voice suddenly rose several degrees, then he squinted his eyes at the door, gritted his teeth and lowered his voice: "Brother wants to borrow money, of course I can't interfere, but you shouldn't use the names of Concubine De and the Second Prince!"
"What?!"
Jia She stood up again, staring at me and asking in a stern voice, "Is it that Concubine De doesn't want to acknowledge me as her uncle, or do you dislike me as your brother? So I was praying for the Second Prince with good intentions, but I violated the family rules?!"
"Even if...even if you have good intentions, you shouldn't send people to urge us, and...you shouldn't use that much money."
Jia Zheng was involuntarily discouraged by his unreasonable behavior. Although he immediately pointed out Jia She's mistakes, his tone was much softer.
Although Jia She had many shortcomings, he also understood the principle of taking advantage of the victory when arguing with others.
Then there was another sneer: "Yesterday, as soon as my sister-in-law opened her mouth, she got a lot of money from Feng girl, and she used the name of the Second Prince to spread it out. Why didn't you say a word to her then?"
At this point, he put on a sly look and said with a sinister smile: "Besides, I sent someone to the Sun family to get the silver because I wanted to see what the second son of the Sun family was thinking. Was he going to protect the prince to the death, or was he going to act wisely and act bravely..."
“Brother!”
When Jia Zheng heard this, he interrupted him righteously: "Shaozong and the prince had a friendship in times of hardship several years ago. He is now strictly following his duties as a subject. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with that. Brother, please don't ruin the friendship between the two families because of this!"
"Nothing wrong?"
Jia She's eyes widened, and he asked in extreme surprise, "Don't you want the Second Prince to go one step further and ascend to the throne in the future?"
“This…this…”
Jia Zheng hesitated with a guilty conscience, and finally said evasively: "If Your Majesty is willing to let the Second Prince inherit the throne, we, as ministers, can only obey Your Majesty's will. But if Your Majesty does not have this intention, we should treat the Crown Prince as a minister and not harbor any intention of usurping the throne."
Bah!
Jia She secretly spat in his heart. Just now he thought that his younger brother had really become stupid from reading too much and was going to support the prince to ascend the throne.
Now it seems that he is just being hypocritical and hesitant. He wants to gain benefits but is also worried about being criticized and ruining his reputation.
By analogy, he was in a hurry to cut off his own financial resources, probably just for the sake of his own reputation!
With such thoughts in mind, he naturally felt very impatient when he heard Jia Zheng advising him not to make things difficult for the Sun family.
However, under the current circumstances, he did not dare to completely fall out with Jia Zheng, so he promised in a perfunctory manner, but in his heart he was thinking about how to use the title of the second prince to gain more benefits from other places to make up for the "deficit" of the Sun family.
In the end, the brothers were very friendly and respectful to each other and sent Jia Zheng out of the gate. Seeing him leave in a carriage, Jia She was about to return to the back house to continue to perfect his plan of blackmailing him. Suddenly, he saw several carriages whizzing past. It was the usual show of his own daughter-in-law.
Sniff
She's already pregnant, but she doesn't know how to be quiet at all!
However, Jia She really hoped that she would have an accident, and it would be best if the evil child in her belly died as well!
Speaking of which...
Whose child is this baby in her belly?
Jia Rong?
Jia Qiang?
Or maybe... is it Baoyu?
Anyway, it can't be the second one from our family!
…
“A-choo! A-choo!”
After sneezing twice in a row, Sun Shaozong rubbed his nose, feeling quite confused.
I have stayed in the bitterly cold Liaodong for nearly half a year without catching any cold. Now that I am back in the capital city where spring is here and flowers are blooming, am I in trouble?
However, apart from two sneezes, he did not feel any discomfort, so Sun Shaozong quickly put this idea behind his mind.
As time went by, he looked outside the hall frequently, and his suspicion grew stronger and stronger.
He was invited to the Prince's Mansion by Wang Dexiu, and it has been about half an hour, but why hasn't the Prince shown up yet?
Ever since the two of them became 'king and minister', there has never been such neglect!
Could it be that...
During the time I was in Liaodong, what went wrong with the prince's trust in me?
But if that was really the case, why did the prince make such a fuss and send Wang Dexiu to invite him back to the palace?
Just when he was at a loss as to what to do, he suddenly heard the sound of rings and bracelets. Sun Shaozong hurriedly stood up and waited, but he never expected that the person who came in was a maid in palace dress.
"Lord Sun."
She bowed slightly and said in a sweet voice, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to take you to the back garden to meet him."
Back garden?
Haven’t we been holding meetings near this flower hall all the time?
Full of doubts, he followed the palace maid around in the backyard of the Prince's Mansion and gradually arrived at a secluded place.
To say it was secluded was only because of its location, tucked into a corner of the Prince's Mansion. But the place itself was not quiet at all, and was even a bit noisy - the kind of noise that came from many naughty children playing around.
How come there are so many children in the Prince’s Mansion?
Could it be...
Sun Shaozong's heart suddenly rose to his throat. He had always kept in mind the fact that King Zhongshun had used beggars to make elixirs, and he had never forgotten it!
Could it be that Master Wang from the Prince's Mansion is following the same method?
Just as I was thinking this, a string of laughter like silver bells suddenly came into my ears. The voice was so familiar, yet seemed very strange.
Sun Shaozong was suspicious and couldn't help but quicken his pace and go around the tall stone mountain in front of the garden gate.
The view in front of me suddenly opened up, and I saw a dozen children around seven or eight years old dancing with a girl in white clothes and skirt in a large colorful flower field.
And that bright laughter came from this woman's mouth.
Sun Shaozong was so stunned that he stood there in shock for a moment.
This was not because he was shocked by the other person's stunning beauty, but because the woman who was singing, laughing and dancing was the always dignified and elegant Crown Princess.
He had never imagined before that this intelligent woman of noble status and dignified manners could have such a lively and innocent side.
But Sun Shaozong felt relieved soon.
You are already in your early twenties, who doesn’t have a time to be romantic and indulgent?
but……
Since the Crown Prince was in a hurry to find me to discuss countermeasures, how could he be so leisurely and let the Crown Princess and a group of children play around?
