Chapter 185

Empress Liu E and the others were shocked!

"This is probably the fastest speed of promotion and title addition in history! He was promoted to a third-rank official yesterday, and today he is promoted to a true Supra-Rank Earl!"

And Xu Lingyi thought in his heart that Jia Hui was a Third-Class Viscount, and being promoted to an Earl for achieving great merit

Was sufficient if only counting merit.

Involving imperial power,

Jia Hui, to some extent, could be said to have saved Emperor Yongshun's life, avoiding a huge coup!

Let alone being made an Earl, even being made a Marquis was not impossible.

As for being made a Duke,

That would require great merit to the court, an extraordinary feat of expanding territory.

However, things were not that simple.

Xu Lingyi expressed his concerns: "Viscount Jia was just promoted to Viscount, and now, not long after, he is being promoted to Earl again; I'm afraid the court officials will have objections."

Emperor Yongshun snorted coldly: "A bunch of wine-bags and rice-sacks, who only know how to fight for power, and didn't even know about such an unforgivable major event happening in the capital, and some don't even know how many are involved; what qualifications do they have to object?"

He roared and looked ferocious at the end of his scolding.

Because it involved his imperial power.

It could be said that he was truly furious to the extreme today!

At the same time!

His trust and reliance on Jia Hui also increased rapidly!

"Lord Jia is loyal, loves the monarch, serves the country, and is capable; what is wrong with me rewarding him heavily!"

Xu Lingyi had nothing to say.

"It is decided!"

"In addition, let Jia Hui participate in investigating the treason case!"

"I will bestow the Shangfang Sword upon Jia Hui."

"He can execute first and report later!"

"And you, Lingyi, join him, together with the Inner Guard and the Imperial City Division, to investigate strictly!"

The loyal Xu Lingyi immediately took the order: "Your subject obeys the decree!"

Immediately, Xu Lingyi retreated slowly and took his leave.

Just as he stepped out, he happened to run into a concubine.

Xu Lingyi looked and bowed respectfully: "Lingyi pays respects to Noble Consort Yue!"

"So it's the Marquis of Yongping; Marquis, no need for formalities."

Noble Consort Yue, wearing a black brocade dress with gold patterns and precious gold ornaments on her head, showed a smile as soon as she saw him.

Noble Consort Yue was one of the most scheming concubines in the palace, relying on the Emperor's favor, her political ambition grew larger and larger, besides always coveting the position of Empress.

She also used schemes to support her son to become the Crown Prince after Prince Qi was wrongly executed.

To consolidate her son's position as the heir, she used various means to squeeze out and suppress competitors and potential rivals, stopping at nothing to achieve her goals.

Xu Lingyi was naturally a target for her to win over.

Unfortunately,

Xu Lingyi was a staunch royalist and did not show favor to any prince.

Noble Consort Yue respected him.

As long as he didn't defect to other princes, that was enough.

This meant the same thing as Prince Yu treating Jia Hui now.

Noble Consort Yue asked curiously, "Marquis, what brings you here?"

Xu Lingyi couldn't say: "This is a major military and state affair; the harem should not interfere in politics; it is better for the Noble Consort not to know."

"Marquis, you are right; it is this palace that spoke wrongly."

Noble Consort Yue's expression remained unchanged, and she apologized immediately.

Xu Lingyi said nothing.

He took his leave.

After he left,

Whoosh, very quickly.

Noble Consort Yue's face was already as gloomy as black water!

"Hmph."

Immediately, she approached the door of the Imperial Study.

Someone immediately passed the message.

Noble Consort Yue saw Empress Liu was also there, soothing the furious Emperor Yongshun.

"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty and the Empress."

Emperor Yongshun saw her, but his expression did not soften, and he said impatiently: "Empress, you both may withdraw."

"Yes!"

Empress Liu E and Noble Consort Yue had no choice but to withdraw.

After Noble Consort Yue left, she had nothing to say to Liu E and immediately returned to her own palace.

At the same time, she immediately ordered people to find out what was going on!

There are no secrets in the palace.

It didn't take long for Noble Consort Yue to learn the ins and outs.

"Ningguo Prefecture treason?"

"The discoverer is Jia Hui!"

This made Noble Consort Yue pay strong attention to Jia Hui for the first time.

Similar situations

Also occurred with Noble Consort Guo Qingyi, Noble Consort Xian (Gao Hui's aunt), Noble Consort Hui, Noble Consort Xu, Noble Consort Yuan, and other concubines, except for Consort Jing, the birth mother of the Seventh Prince, Prince Jing.

The news spread wider and wider, and even Jia Yuan Chun, who was selected into the palace as a female historian for her "virtue and filial piety," noticed it!

Jia Yuan Chun was very surprised: "Jia Hui? Surname Jia? Could it be a clansman?"

Then Jia Yuan Chun, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, began to actively spend money to inquire about Jia Hui's situation.

【129】 Attacking the founding lineage! Political struggle does not allow for pity

Jia Yuan Chun was one of the Twelve Beauties of Jin Ling, the head of the Four Springs of the Jia family, the legitimate eldest daughter of Jia Zheng and Lady Wang, the biological sister of Jia Zhu, and the biological sister of Jia Baoyu, and also the first child raised by Jia Mu herself.

Because she was born on the first day of the first lunar month, she was named Jia Yuan Chun.

However, her situation was not good; she had been a so-called female historian for some time, which was actually no different from a palace maid.

She was very lonely.

She shouldered the family's heavy responsibility, but did not have as good a life as the other three Springs.

And in the original book, her ending was not good either.

Although after a few years, she became a mother-in-law and was conferred the title of Virtuous Consort.

But not long after becoming pregnant, she died in a political struggle.

She and her maternal uncle Wang Ziteng died suddenly one after another, and the Jia family was soon convicted and raided.

Jia Yuan Chun, with her graceful figure, eyebrows like clouds, and hair like spring mist, sighed in the deep palace, feeling extremely lonely.

"I don't know when I can go home and see my family; are my sisters okay?"

"460" Jia Yuan Chun's face was filled with deep longing.

After entering the palace, it wasn't that she didn't have the opportunity to meet her family.

But it was limited to the New Year, when Jia Mu and her mother, Lady Wang, because they had titles, could enter the palace with other titled ladies to meet the Empress and receive her hospitality.

However,

Not to mention that she could only see Jia Mu and Lady Wang,

In reality, even if they met, they could at most take a distant look.

There was absolutely no opportunity for private meetings and communication.