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

Chapter 73: Jealousy and the Real Purpose Revealed

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang quickly pretended to be heartbroken and said.

"Daiyu, ask yourself, how have we treated you since you came to Rongguo Mansion?"

"Now you are colluding with outsiders to treat your own blood relatives like this. How can you bear it?"

"It's just some nonsense from some lowly maids, how can you take it seriously?"

"If you follow the Marquis of Guanjun today, it will truly be a tragedy for your loved ones and a joy for your enemies."

"Daiyu, think about it carefully."

Old Mrs. Jia also echoed.

"Good boy, you know that there is a conflict between the mansion and the Marquis of Guanjun's mansion."

"He is deliberately provoking us. We will be laughed at."

"How could you fall for his trick?"

Looking at Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang who were still pretending to be kind elders, Lin Daiyu felt a little nauseous and wanted to vomit.

Lin Daiyu was too lazy to talk nonsense with them and spoke straight to the point.

"My grandmother and aunt explained the whole thing to me."

"You know best what cousin Baoyu is like."

"I hope Grandma will show mercy and let us leave peacefully. That way, everyone will save face."

"Otherwise, if the whole city gets in turmoil, I'm afraid the Rongguo Mansion will lose face."

"Thank you for your careful care these days. I leave you a ten thousand taels of silver as a token of my gratitude."

"From now on, the Lin family and the Jia family are even. My Lord, thank you for your help. Let's go."

Jia Jue nodded slightly, and then Sheng Minglan and Zhang Guifen took Lin Daiyu and left Rongguo Mansion.

Old Lady Jia and Madam Wang wanted to stop him, but seeing the fierce and ferocious personal guards around Jia Jue, they did not dare to stop him.

Through the contact during this period, Old Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang also realized that if they dared to stop him, Jia Jue would really dare to have someone take action.

By that time, if another Marquis Guanjun comes and causes trouble at Rongguo Mansion, the news that Jia Baoyu is a disabled person will also spread widely, and Rongguo Mansion will lose both its dignity and face.

After watching Jia Jue and his group leave, Mrs. Wang was so angry that her veins popped out.

"Mother, it's all over now. What do you think we should do?"

A hint of viciousness appeared in Mrs. Jia's eyes.

"I didn't want to do this, but since they insisted on forcing me, it's not our fault."

"Go, call Jia Yucun over here immediately."

"My daughter-in-law understands."

Let’s not talk about the actions of Rongguo Mansion for now, and then talk about Guanjun Marquis Mansion.

After settling Lin Daiyu down, Sheng Minglan and Zhang Guifen returned to their bedroom.

Then the two women looked at Jia Jue meaningfully, with a sour look on their faces.

Seeing this, Jia Jue said with a hint of helplessness.

"What are you two ladies doing?"

Sheng Minglan said sourly.

"My sister and I wanted to ask my husband, what's going on with this Miss Lin?"

Zhang Guifen also echoed.

"Yes, why would Lord Lin let Miss Lin live in our house for no reason?"

"Is my husband hiding something from us sisters?"

Jia Jue knew in his heart that his two wives were definitely jealous, and he also felt a sense of crisis.

As the leader of the Twelve Golden Hairpins, Lin Daiyu's grace and appearance are rare in the world. Even Sheng Minglan and Zhang Guifen, who are also women, highly recognize Lin Daiyu's appearance.

It was precisely because of this that the two women felt a little nervous.

After all, Lin Ruhai and Jia Jue did not have a deep friendship.

The two men only met for more than half a month when Jia Jue went south to assist in the salt affairs in Jiangnan.

What a strong relationship can be built in such a short time.

Lin Daiyu would rather fall out with her grandmother's family and live in the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion. It is hard not to make the two girls think too much.

After a brief thought, Jia Jue gently held the hands of the two ladies and said.

"Minglan, Fen'er, I know you must be confused about what's going on."

"It's okay. I'll tell you all the reasons one by one, and you'll understand."

Jia Jue then told Sheng Minglan and Zhang Guifen about the dirty thoughts of the Rongguo Mansion and Lin Ruhai's situation.

"That's the thing. The reason why Lord Lin entrusted Miss Lin to me is that we are close friends regardless of age, and he knows my character."

"Secondly, I'm probably the only one in Lord Lin's social circle who's willing to withstand the pressure from the Rongguo Mansion and protect Miss Lin."

"When I was working with Lord Lin in Jiangnan, Lord Lin's health was not very good."

"Two months ago, I heard that Lord Lin's wife had passed away. This must have been another heavy blow to Lord Lin."

"Losing his father in his youth, his son in his middle age, and his wife again in his middle age, the grief in Lord Lin's heart is beyond the comprehension of you and me."

"He sent Miss Lin to Rongguo Mansion because he wanted to see if Rongguo Mansion was a place worthy of trust."

"But it's obvious that a place like Rongguo Mansion, where petty scheming and despicable people are, will only suck the marrow out of Miss Lin's bones, peel off her skin and tendons, and eat her whole."

"I personally ruined Jia Baoyu back then, yet the Rongguo Mansion still wants Miss Lin to marry Jia Baoyu. Their evil intentions are evident from this."

"That's the situation. It's not like what you two ladies think. There's no private affair between Miss Lin and me."

"Madam, please stop imagining things."

After hearing about Lin Daiyu and Rongguo Mansion, Zhang Guifen said indignantly.

"How can this Rongguo Mansion be so abominable? They have absolutely no shame."

"The British government is actually one of the eight officials with this kind of people. It really insults my British government."

Jia Jue said with a calm smile.

"The first two Dukes of Ning and Rong were indeed heroes among men, but their descendants are like weasels giving birth to rats, one nest worse than the other."

Sheng Minglan, who was standing by, spoke thoughtfully at this time.

"My dear, if it's as you said, I'm afraid Master Lin's body won't be able to hold on for much longer."

"Miss Lin is a woman, and there are no female elders in our house. It's okay for her to stay temporarily, but if she stays for a long time, I'm afraid it will damage Miss Lin's innocence."

"We have to find a way."

Jia Jue said after a moment of thought.

"Let Miss Lin stay for now. I'll write a letter and have someone deliver it to Lord Lin later."

"Let's see what Master Lin's rules are."

Sheng Minglan said with a cute smile.

"Husband, what do you think of Miss Lin?"

Jia Jue said in some surprise.

"what you mean how?"

Sheng Minglan said meaningfully.

"Husband, are you pretending to be confused with me? Of course, what does it look like?"

"To be honest, Miss Lin is so pitiful, she is truly a beauty." "Don't you think your husband is moved and doesn't want to kiss her?"

"In fact, if my husband marries Miss Lin, I think Lord Lin will definitely be relieved."

"With my husband's ability, protecting Miss Lin for her entire life will naturally not be a problem."

After hearing this, Jia Jue slapped Sheng Minglan's perky nipples.

Sheng Minglan couldn't help but let out a coquettish cry.

"Oh, what are you doing, husband? It hurts."

Jia Jue looked at Sheng Minglan and said with a smile.

"So all the time I spent explaining to you was in vain, right?"

"Forget it. I think it's useless to just talk. I still have to be beaten and tortured, and punished by family law."

Jia Jue then pulled the two ladies into the bed curtains, and soon after, the primitive rhythm began to resound in the room.

After a night of in-depth communication, Jia Jue successfully put Sheng Minglan and Zhang Guifen to sleep.

In fact, if you ask whether Jia Jue has any unusual feelings towards Lin Daiyu, it goes without saying that of course he does, after all, Lin Daiyu is so beautiful, hehe.

However, because of his friendship with Lin Ruhai, Jia Jue decided to let things take their course.

After a night of romance, Jia Jue's two jealous wives were now exhausted and sleeping soundly.

Jia Jue got up full of energy and started his morning exercise.

The body is the capital of revolution. After all, only when the red flag is flying at home can the colorful flags fly outside.

Some people cannot even pay their public grain tax, yet still want to go out and steal food. The result is that as soon as they try to steal something, their home is robbed. That's like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. It's not worth it.

In the morning, inside the Ministry of Justice, the three judicial officials were discussing the case.

The Minister of Justice Li Wenmao, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple Cui Wenliang, and the new Chief Censor Yang Lin were all scratching their heads, not knowing what to do.

Li Wenmao looked at the other two and said.

"Master Cui, Master Yang, the case has reached this point, but it is difficult to investigate further."

"From the current evidence, all the evidence points to Wang Wen, the Minister of Imperial Household Affairs, as the person who leaked the imperial examination questions."

"But he chose to commit suicide by taking poison at home and left behind a confession, taking all the blame on himself."

"Look, should we continue investigating?"

Cui Wenliang said indignantly.

"Sir Li, Wang Wenzheng is definitely not the culprit behind the imperial examination cheating case. He was at most just an intermediary."

"We found a total of six identical papers from this imperial examination, all of which followed the solution provided by the Confucian scholar."

"According to the price we found, each person is only five thousand taels of silver."

"A Guanglu Temple official risked his entire family being executed to manipulate the imperial examinations for 30,000 taels of silver. Do you think this is possible?"

"There must be someone behind him."

Chief Censor Yang Lin sighed and said.

"Master Cui, what you said certainly makes sense, but now that he's dead, how can we proceed with the investigation?"

"And to put it bluntly, everyone knows who Guanglu Temple Minister Wang Wenzheng is close to."

"Master Cui, if we continue investigating, what if we find something we shouldn't?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wenmao and Cui Wenliang looked at each other with helplessness on their faces.

Everyone knew that Wang Wen was Lou Taifu's man, and Lou Taifu was a staunch supporter of the eldest prince.

The imperial examination cheating case is one thing, but if the fight for the throne is mixed in, it will be even more difficult to resolve.

After hesitating for a while, Li Wenmao said in a very conflicted tone.

"But with so much information uncovered, whether or not we can explain it to His Majesty is a question."

"The imperial examination cheating case caused such a big stir, but in the end, only six candidates were found to have cheated, plus a third-rank Guanglu Temple official. This is unacceptable."

Yang Lin said after a moment of thought.

"In that case, why don't we expand horizontally?"

Cui Wenliang asked curiously.

"Horizontal expansion, what does that mean?"

Yang Lin said after taking out the list of six candidates involved in cheating.

"These six candidates all purchased the exam questions. The evidence of cheating in the imperial examination is irrefutable."

"We should investigate further to see if there are other candidates for this imperial examination in their family. We should detain them and interrogate them to see if they were involved in the cheating."

Upon hearing this, Li Wenmao became alert instantly. He looked at Yang Lin meaningfully and said.

"Master Yang, are you sure you want to do this?"

Cui Wenliang also reacted and looked at Yang Lin with a little surprise.

"Master Yang, I never thought you could hide it so deeply."

Yang Lin smiled calmly upon seeing this.

The reason why Li Wenmao and Cui Wenliang said this is because they already knew the information of the six candidates who participated in the cheating very clearly.

Only Sheng Changfeng and Sheng Changbai participated in this imperial examination together.

Yang Lin was also aware of this situation, so it was obvious who he was targeting.

Sheng Changbai is the eldest son of the Sheng family. He is a close friend of Marquis Guanjun and is also Marquis Guanjun's brother-in-law.

In addition, Yang Lin had previously repeatedly persuaded Li Wenmao and Cui Wenliang not to continue investigating the case in depth.

In this case, it is self-evident who Yang Lin belongs to. Naturally, he belongs to Master Lou.

Yang Lin chose to jump out, naturally he was ready to play his cards openly.

Then Yang Lin said.

"My Lords, some things are better left unsaid."

"I hope you two gentlemen will turn a blind eye to this matter. You can state in your memorial afterwards that this was my insistence on handling the case."

"But now, I hope that the two gentlemen can immediately arrest the candidate Sheng Changbai and interrogate him strictly."

Li Wenmao and Cui Wenliang looked at each other and said in unison.

"I'm feeling a little unwell and need to rest for a day. Sir Yang, I'll take my leave."

Then the two of them quickly left the Ministry of Justice.

Yang Lin understood what he meant when he saw this.

Needless to say, the two men did not want to stand against Master Lou and the eldest prince, nor did they want to take the initiative to convey the message to Sheng Changbai, so as not to incur the resentment of Marquis Guanjun.

At this time, the two of them had thought through all the causes and consequences. What a ridiculous imperial examination cheating case. It was clearly a scheme set up by the eldest prince and Tutor Lou to win the title of Champion.

But they didn't expect that the Sheng family would directly sacrifice Sheng Changfeng in order to avoid being plotted against.

At the same time, Marquis Guanjun also had a strong desire for revenge, so he directly killed Master Lou's second son.

The current situation is that if the eldest prince cannot get it, he will destroy it. He has already made an enemy of the Marquis of Champion, so he has to find ways to bring the Marquis of Champion down.

It has to be said that those who have been able to stay in the officialdom for many years are all slippery old foxes, and their skills in avoiding danger and seeking good fortune are absolutely maxed out.

Yang Lin was not surprised by Li Wenmao and Cui Wenliang's pretending to be sick, and without any further ado, he immediately ordered Sheng Changbai to be taken to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation.

After the messengers from the three judicial departments came to the Sheng family to arrest someone, Sheng Hong naturally did not dare to resist. He could only give Sheng Changbai a few words of advice, and then let Sheng Changbai follow the messengers from the three judicial departments to the Ministry of Justice.

(End of this chapter)