Chapter 960 Watching His Building Rise (Part 2)
Seeing the other party coming towards him "shyly and coquettishly", Sun Shaozong hurriedly jumped off the shaft of the carriage, making a clicking sound, and looked straight towards the flowers. However, he secretly took two steps away and avoided Jia Lian without leaving a trace.
This was like a rabbit leaping up and an eagle swooping down. Outsiders could not see anything, but Jia Lian, who was reaching out to help, knew everything clearly in his heart.
Feeling resentful for a moment, he clenched his ten fingers in his sleeves and said with a double meaning, "I heard that Erlang has been in a good mood recently and has been wandering around the city, but why didn't he come to see your nephew?"
Unlike the Prince of Beijing and his wife, Mr. Lian has never had any physical contact with Wang Xifeng since he was plotted against by his nephew Jia Yun. How could he not know that his son's background was not legitimate?
But when he was forced to confess that the child was actually Sun Shaozong's flesh and blood, Jia Lian no longer felt annoyed. Instead, he felt secretly delighted, as if he had an inseparable fate with Sun Erlang.
But when Sun Shaozong heard him mention his "nephew", although he had already received Wang Xifeng's "reminder" and knew that Jia Lian had no grudges, he still couldn't help feeling guilty and short of breath.
So he laughed hastily and said, "Second brother, you are really wronging me. I have already prepared a generous gift and am waiting to drink in my nephew's full moon wine celebration!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed towards the mansion: "I dare not keep you waiting inside for too long. If you have anything to say, wait until you come out and talk."
Seeing that he was unwilling to talk in depth, Jia Lian knew that this long street was not the place to talk, so he took the opportunity to let Sun Shaozong into the mansion.
A grand banquet was also being held in the front yard of the Rongguo Mansion. Most of the guests present were of some status, but they were not considered distinguished guests. There were also some opportunists among them. When Jia Lian came out to greet them just now, countless eyes were prying at him.
The person Jia Lian welcomed in at this moment was Sun Shaozong, who was recently rumored to be at odds with the Rongguo Mansion. Naturally, there was a lot of discussion at the moment.
After Jia Lian entered the room, he overheard a few words in the shadows, and his lightly powdered cheeks immediately showed some anger, but after all, it was his grandmother's birthday, so he couldn't show it openly. He just cursed a few words casually, then turned back to comfort Sun Shaozong: "They are just some small-minded people who follow the wind, Erlang, don't pay any attention to them."
After several years of experience in officialdom, Sun Shaozong has already acquired some of the essence of being thick-skinned and cunning. Let alone such a situation, what can he do even if he is criticized by thousands of people?
Of course, he couldn't do anything like swallowing his pride right now.
Stop talking nonsense.
The two of them walked around the red pavilions and the beautiful houses, and finally arrived near the Jiayin Hall in the Grand View Garden. However, they could not go straight in because there were many palace maids and eunuchs blocking the way in front.
So Jia Lian called a familiar maid and asked her to go in and report.
As soon as he stopped, Jia Lian's eyes became lively again, which made Sun Shaozong feel uneasy. He pretended to be fascinated by the scenery and shifted his gaze away.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a familiar figure behind the rockery.
Sun Shaozong couldn't help but exclaimed half-seriously, pointing to Jia Lian and saying, "That man is hiding behind the rockery. Could it be Wang Qian, the magistrate of Daxing?"
Wang Qian is the son-in-law of the Zhen family in Jiangnan, and is also related to the Rongguo Mansion. It is not surprising that he appears here at Lady Jia's birthday banquet.
But for a man like him, it seemed inappropriate to sneak into the inner house in such a sneaky way.
Of course, Sun Shaozong had no intention of interfering in other people's affairs. The reason he pointed out Wang Qian's whereabouts was entirely to divert Jia Lian's attention.
But who would have thought that when Jia Lian heard the word "Wang Qian", his face suddenly changed color, and then he glared at Sun Shaozong fiercely in the direction he pointed.
When Wang Qian was glared at by him, he first forced out a fearful smile, then he retracted his head in embarrassment, and after a moment, he ran away in shame.
Now Sun Shaozong was the one who came to power, because Wang Qian had always looked down on other men. When he was in charge of Shuntian Prefecture, he had fought with him several times. He had never seen Wang Qian so timid.
He immediately expressed .
Jia Lian sighed and whispered in a low voice, "Erlang, you probably don't know yet? The Zhen family in Jiangnan is in great trouble now..."
After listening to his story, Sun Shaozong finally realized that the disaster of the Zhen family in Jiangnan was actually caused by the poisoning of the Minister of Revenue.
At that time, Sun Shaozong followed the clues and found out the mastermind behind the incident, Zhou Chang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. However, before he could investigate the matter in detail, he received an imperial edict ordering the case to be transferred to the Northern Pacification Office for handling.
At that time, Sun Shaozong felt that there was something fishy going on here. Now, after listening to Jia Lian's talk, he realized that behind Zhou Chang, there was actually the shadow of the Jiangnan Zhen family.
In recent years, Wang Ziteng has supervised the construction of huge warships in the southeast, spending no less than hundreds of millions.
In order to reduce losses, the imperial court transferred half of the southeastern half of the fiscal revenue to the south and handed them over to Wang Ziteng. The one who was in charge of the overall coordination was the Zhen family from Jiangnan.
Faced with this passing god of wealth, how could the Zhen family not take advantage of him?
He first made some money by doing small things, then he became more and more daring, and he hooked up with Zhou Chang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue who was in charge of cancellation and supervision , and he became more and more greedy.
How can they keep the secret for long if they are so brazen ?
As early as last summer, the emperor had already set his sights on the Zhen family. The arrest of Zhou Chang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, only accelerated the process of investigating and punishing the Zhen family.
"Now, the people in charge of the Zhen family have been controlled. The capital city relies on Wang Qian to show his face, but he is such an ungrateful person. We tried to talk to him nicely at first, but he only talked about his own future and wealth, and didn't care about Yue family at all. Later, my master was ordered to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, and no one paid attention to him."
Needless to say, Wang Qian must have paid a lot of tribute to Jia She - at this critical moment, he was probably the only one who dared to blatantly accept benefits from Zhen family's son-in-law.
As he was speaking, a group of beautiful girls came out, led by Li Wan, and the one who was the most popular among them was the third girl, Jia Tanchun.
Just after hearing a few words like "Hongluan", "marriage", "Taifei Baoai" and so on, Tanchun suddenly pushed everyone away and rushed over with her face covered.
Seeing her like this, Sun Shaozong quickly stepped aside and reminded her, "Third sister, please be careful with your steps."
It was a man's voice, and it didn't sound like the voice of the brothers in the mansion. Jia Tanchun hurriedly stopped and looked up to see that it was Sun Shaozong. She blushed and hurriedly bowed. Then she remembered something and turned around and shouted, "Sister Bao is so calculating. No wonder she laughed at me with others, but it turns out that she is trying to cover up her mistake and bring disaster to Dongyin!"
The group of beautiful girls behind him all burst into laughter, and then they all came over to greet him, bringing Xue Baochai with them. Only then did Sun Shaozong discover that there was actually Xing Xiuyan hiding among them.
"Brother Sun."
“Second brother!”
The sounds were like pearls falling on a jade plate, mixed with a lot of teasing, which made Sun Shaozong a little flustered.
Just as he made a bow, he heard a eunuch shouting that the Dowager Concubine had summoned him. He quickly apologized and went with Jia Lian to meet the emperor.
When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Sun Shaozong subconsciously looked back and saw that although Tanchun was still shy, she held her head high and had a high spirit that overshadowed the two beauties Bao and Dai beside her.
I heard that since June, she has been responsible for handling most of the government affairs in this mansion. After this experience, she seems to have become more generous.
But I don’t know which one will benefit more in the end.
Sun Shaozong only had this thought for a moment, but he never thought that just a month later, Jia Tanchun's marriage would be related to him again...
