Red Mansion: After being expelled from the family, I was granted the title of Marquis of Mobei

Chapter 18 The Lost Zhang Guifen
Seeing her daughter looking embarrassed, Liu hurriedly spoke.

"My daughter, my daughter, don't let your imagination run wild. The Marquis of Guanjun is already engaged. His Majesty personally arranged the marriage."

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guifen was stunned for a moment.

Although she had only been watching Jia Jue from afar in the martial arts hall just now, Zhang Guifen felt that she had fallen in love.

Zhang Guifen was originally thinking about how to get her mother to help her get along with Jia Jue.

As a result, her love was about to die in the womb before it even began, which made Zhang Guifen feel at a loss.

"No, Mom, what's going on?"

"Hasn't the Champion Marquis only returned to the capital a few days ago? How come he's already been granted a marriage? Who is the woman?"

Liu said after a brief recollection.

"She seems to be the concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official."

Zhang Guifen looked at her mother in shock.

"Mom, you are kidding me, a fifth-rank official and a concubine's daughter."

"Listen, how can this even compare to being a champion?"

"Forget becoming the Marquis of Guanjun's legal wife. Even becoming his concubine is considered too high a position to be a Marquis of Guanjun."

"Do you think this is credible?"

Liu waved her hand and said.

"My dear, whether you believe it or not, His Majesty's imperial decree granting the marriage has come down."

"Furthermore, it was the Marquis of Guanjun who took the initiative to request His Majesty to grant this marriage."

"I heard that the Marquis of Guanjun was already close to the concubine's daughter of this minor official."

"But later on, for some reason, the Champion Marquis went north to join the army."

"This concubine has been waiting for the Champion Marquis for three years."

"Marquis Guanjun is truly a man of integrity. He proposed marriage within two days of returning to the capital, and then asked His Majesty to grant the marriage."

Zhang Guifen said with great disappointment after hearing this.

"How could this happen? How could this happen?"

Seeing her daughter's disappointed look, Mrs. Liu felt very sorry.

There are really too few men like Jia Jue.

It is precisely because it is normal to curry favor with the powerful, despise the poor, and associate with the rich and powerful that the value of unwavering loyalty is revealed.

If this marriage had not happened, it would have been such a wonderful marriage for such a hero to marry his daughter.

Putting aside the fact that Mrs. Liu was comforting her daughter, Jia Jue and the Duke of England were drinking tea together in the study.

After taking a sip of tea, Jia Jue looked at the Duke of England and said.

"Master, I have been under your command for a long time. If you have anything to say, please tell me directly."

The Duke of England nodded slightly and said.

"Since you can see it, I won't hide it anymore."

"You've kept it a secret from me for so long. Only now do I know that you're also a descendant of the Jia family."

Jia Jue said after smiling calmly.

"I am already five generations removed from the Ning and Rong families, and my name has been removed from the family tree."

"Since you can say that, sir, I think they must have come to you."

The Duke of England looked at Jia Jue, who was not surprised by the favor or criticism, and asked curiously.

"They approached me and wanted me to be their lobbyist."

"But their words were vague. They just said that there was some conflict with you and they hoped to reconcile it."

"I saw that he was hesitant and didn't agree outright, but just said he could give it a try."

"What's the grudge between you two?"

Jia Jue said calmly.

"It's nothing to say. It's just a life-and-death fight at most." The Duke of England said with some surprise.

"What's going on? It's a matter of life and death."

Jia Jue then briefly told the Duke of England about the past events.

"Master, that's basically it."

"You know best how I progressed from the Death Squad to where I am today in the Zhenbei Army."

"I should have been living a leisurely life as a wealthy man in the capital, but they forced me to go to the north and risk my life in the sea of ​​blood and corpses."

"Do you think I could possibly let them go?"

The Duke of England nodded slightly and said.

"If it were me, I would definitely not be able to swallow this."

"Okay, I understand this matter. Don't worry. I have only a small relationship with the Rongguo Mansion. We are just acquaintances. You don't have to worry about it."

"But there is one thing I must remind you of. Although the Ning and Rong mansions are not as prosperous as they were in the past, you should not be careless."

"Ningguo Mansion is fine, but those two are a pair of good-for-nothings."

"The old lady in Rongguo Mansion is not an easy person to deal with."

"And Prince Beijing has a close relationship with Rongguo Mansion."

"So if you have any moves to make, remember to plan carefully before you act, and never be careless."

Jia Jue said after bowing.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. I will definitely keep it in mind."

After finishing talking about the serious matters, the atmosphere became much more relaxed. The two then reminisced about their military life in Mobei and chatted and laughed happily.

At noon, Duke Ying hosted a banquet to entertain Jia Jue and called his third son to join him.

While the three of them were drinking, the third son of the Duke of Ying told Jia Jue about the main factions of generals in the Praetorian Guards and sorted out the situation.

Both the host and the guests enjoyed the lunch very much. At noon, Jia Jue said goodbye to the Duke of Yingguo and left the Yingguo Mansion.

In the next two days, Jia Jue began to settle the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion. After a few busy days, he had sorted out all the affairs in the Marquis' Mansion.

While Jia Jue was busy, the people in Rongguo Mansion were also busy.

In the courtyard of the imperial palace ladies-in-waiting, Mrs. Wang was talking with her daughter Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Yuanchun looked at Mrs. Wang and asked happily.

"Mom, how's things going at home lately?"

The palace was strictly managed, and Jia Yuanchun had not seen her mother for a long time, so she was naturally in a good mood.

Mrs. Wang sighed and said.

"The situation in the mansion is not good. You know about the Marquis Guanjun, he is actually Jia Jue from back then, and he actually faked his death."

After hearing this, Jia Yuanchun looked somewhat helpless.

"Mother, what the mansion did back then was truly wrong. Not only did they seize the clan's property and ruin their reputation, they also expelled them from the family and killed them all."

"Now the backlash has come. If I hadn't been in the palace at the time, I would have definitely tried every possible way to stop you."

Mrs. Wang waved her hand and said.

"Okay, what's the point of saying this now? There's no such thing as regret medicine in this world."

"He must have come back with bad intentions this time."

"Your uncle went to the Duke of Ying and asked him to mediate, but the Marquis of Guanjun refused."

"He still feels resentful about what happened back then."

"This is outrageous. Back then, the mansion only received 300,000 to 400,000 taels of silver, and Ningguo Mansion took 100,000 taels."

"In the end, he burned down the Rongguo Mansion. Just repairing the mansion cost him over 100,000 taels of silver, and he also lost Baoyu."

"What else is he unwilling to give up?"

Hearing this and seeing Mrs. Wang's indignant look, Jia Yuanchun felt helpless about her mother's bandit logic and didn't know what to say.

This is his own mother. He can't just point at his mother and scold her. This is obviously unrealistic.

(End of this chapter)