Chapter 96 Confused

Dai Quan walked in. Although the ministers were surprised, they all knelt down. The prestige of the emperor was still very strong.

Emperor Qianwen had calmed down by now. He looked at Dai Quan deeply and stood there without saying anything.

Dai Quan respectfully said to Emperor Qianwen
"Your Majesty, the Emperor wants me to read out his imperial edict at the court session. Please allow me to do so."

Emperor Qianwen felt uncomfortable, nodded, and said "hmm" lightly.

Dai Quan breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at the ministers, his face solemn, and said slowly:

"The Emperor has issued an oral order. After investigation, it is found that Jia Jing and Jia Zhen have behaved improperly, allowed their slaves to commit crimes, and oppressed the people. They deserve to be put to death.

Jingzhao Yin Zhang Cheng was corrupt and perverted the law, and he deserved death.

Jia Hu of the Jia family is modest, polite, gentle, and a righteous man who eliminates violence and protects the good and eliminates harm for the people. He deserves to be rewarded.

In addition, he has the merit of saving the emperor, so he is specially granted the title of third-class earl and inherits Ningguo Mansion."

Dai Quan finished speaking in a dignified manner. The hall fell silent and everyone was stunned.

No, they heard it right, didn't they? It turned out that Jia Hu killed Jia Jing, Jia Zhen and Jingzhao Yin, but nothing happened.
He was also given the title of third-class earl. That's an earl. What a joke.
This is just nonsense. Is the emperor getting senile and confused?
When Emperor Qianwen heard about the merit of saving his life, his pupils shrank.

Sure enough, the cavalry he sent to kill his father was killed by Jia Hu.

So the emperor also knows how powerful Jia Hu is, and this is a way to show goodwill and win over Jia Hu.

His heart tightened and he felt a sense of urgency. He couldn't let his father win over Jia Hu, as that would be very dangerous for him.

Dai Quan turned to look at Emperor Qianwen and said respectfully

"Your Majesty, the Emperor wants you to draft the imperial edict now, and then have this old servant go to the Jia Mansion to announce it."

Emperor Qianwen's face darkened and he said calmly

"Dai Quan, you don't have to go in person. I will ask Xia Shouzhong to announce the imperial edict after I draft it."

Dai Quan's face changed and he knelt on the ground.

"Please spare my life, Your Majesty. The Emperor has ordered me to go to Rongguo Mansion in person."

Emperor Qianwen knew it was not that easy, his eyes darkened and he glanced at Dai Quan.
Then he walked to the table, picked up a pen and wrote an imperial edict, stamped it with the seal, and handed it to Dai Quan.
"Since it is the order of the emperor, I will not embarrass you."

Dai Quan took it respectfully and said gratefully

"Your Majesty, please be merciful. I thank you very much." Then he retreated cautiously.

Emperor Qianwen looked at Dai Quan's back and waved his hand.
"Dismiss the court." He turned and left.

The ministers were left looking at each other in bewilderment. They were now confused. Wasn’t the Jia family going to be in trouble today?
After all the twists and turns, it turned out to be a reward to Jia Hu.

They had no idea how the trick was performed.

Prince of Beijing Shui Rong stroked his chin, looked at Dai Quan who was walking out, and then looked at Emperor Qian'an's disappearing back.

He felt that this matter seemed to have something to do with Jia Hu, and he murmured:

"Jia Hu."

In the East Warm Pavilion, Emperor Qianwen's face turned completely gloomy, and Xia Shouzhong followed behind him trembling with fear.

He felt that the current Emperor Qian'an was like a volcano about to erupt.

Emperor Qian'an stood in front of the table, looking down at the imperial edict he had written yesterday, his face blushing for a rare moment.

Compared with the generosity of his father, this imperial edict only had one sentence: pardoning Jia Hu's crime.

He originally planned to take out the imperial edict when the ministers were arguing, so that Jia Hu would owe him a favor.
But compared with his father's, his imperial edict was too petty.

"Xia Shouzhong." Emperor Qianwen said coldly.

"His Majesty."

"Take this out and burn it." Emperor Qianwen threw the imperial edict on the table in front of Xia Shouzhong. Xia Shouzhong was stunned. Seeing that it was an imperial edict, he was startled and said hurriedly

"Yes." After saying that, he quickly picked it up and ran out in a hurry.

Emperor Qianwen narrowed his eyes. He could not just watch Jia Hu being lured away by his father. He thought for a moment.
Suddenly he took out another blank imperial edict, picked up the pen and began to write.

Xia Shouzhong, who was about to set fire to the imperial edict, suddenly paused and looked around.
I quietly opened the imperial edict and took a look at it. My pupils shrank. It turned out that His Majesty had also been prepared.

Then a look of disdain appeared in his eyes.
If he had not known the Imperial Edict of the Retired Emperor, he would have thought that His Majesty was broad-minded.
But now it seems that the man he serves is indeed a stingy person. He wants to win over Jia Hu, but he is reluctant to spend money.
No wonder they wanted to burn the imperial edict, they felt it was too embarrassing to show it off.

It seems that he should find a way out. He feels that Emperor Qianwen will kill him sooner or later.

The imperial edict burned up in the flames, and a strange look flashed in Xia Shouzhong's eyes.

When he returned to the East Warm Pavilion, Emperor Qianwen directly gave him three imperial edicts.

"You go to Rongguo Mansion now to announce the decree."

Xia Shouzhong was holding the three imperial edicts, feeling a little confused. No, Your Majesty, are you going to win by numbers?

Three letters? What were they all about? Could it be that one imperial edict couldn't hold all the space?
Emperor Qianwen saw Xia Shouzhong's doubts and said calmly
"Doesn't Jia Hu have three sisters? Now they are registered under his name, so they are his biological sisters.

I will confer upon the three of them the title of county lord, go and announce the decree quickly."

Xia Shouzhong was stunned. This is possible. As expected of His Majesty, he could come up with this idea.

Jia Hu really treats those three girls like his own sisters, and maybe it will have miraculous effects.

"Your Majesty is wise. I will go right away." Xia Shouzhong flattered the emperor, turned around and walked out in a hurry.

Emperor Qianwen heaved a sigh of relief, slowly sat down, and tapped the table lightly with his hands.

His eyes flickered, and I didn't know what he was thinking.

Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall, almost everyone was present this time.

Grandmother Jia sat there, and the three sisters-in-law did not come because they no longer belonged to the Rongguo Mansion.

The hall was silent, and everyone had a worried look on their faces.
Grandmother Jia has told the whole story.

Mrs. Wang looked unhappy and suddenly said angrily

"What does this have to do with our Rongguo Mansion? It's all that person's fault.

Your Majesty should trouble him."

Everyone understands the truth, but they dare not say it out loud.

Grandmother Jia glared at Mrs. Wang

"Why are you in such a hurry? Your Majesty is wise and will make the decision."

After these words came out, Mrs. Wang could only shut her mouth, but a trace of hatred still flashed in her eyes.
There was a hint of worry in Wang Xifeng's eyes. She still didn't want anything to happen to Jia Hu.

The others lowered their heads, quietly waiting for the coming punishment.

Tanchun and the others hurried over to Jia Hu's courtyard.

Xichun was the fastest and shouted as soon as she entered

"Brother, it's bad, let's run away!"

Jia Hu was sitting under a locust tree, drinking tea leisurely.
When he looked up, he saw Xichun running towards him like the wind, then she grabbed his sleeve and was about to walk out.

Jia Hu looked at Xichun helplessly, pulled Xichun into his arms, and said with a smile

"Fourth sister, what's wrong with you? You're so startled."

(End of this chapter)