Chapter 327: Preventing Disaster and Changing a Thin Fate

Rongguo, Mengpo Studio Study.

Jia Zheng looked at Jia Cong and said with some surprise: "Cong Ge'er, why do you suddenly want to take the Second Girl to live in the Count's Mansion?"

Jia Cong smiled: "I only have this one sister, the Second Sister. Back then, when I moved from the East Road Courtyard to the West Mansion, I was only ten years old. The Second Sister was very close to Cong."

"Cong's biological mother died early. Over the years, the Second Sister has been meticulous in taking care of my clothes, shoes, and socks, and keeping me warm and cold. Cong has never forgotten this in his heart."

"It's just that the Second Sister has a gentle personality, is reserved and taciturn, and is a concubine-born daughter. There are many hidden worries about her future marriage. Plus, there is the Sun Shaozu incident. Although she avoided the disaster of entering the filth, it is somewhat imperfect."

"If the Second Sister is moved to the Count's Mansion, she will be the eldest young lady of the Count's Mansion in the future. With me, her younger brother, to protect her, it will be of great benefit to her future life or marriage destination."

Jia Zheng was stunned when he heard this. He was born into a large clan and naturally understood what Jia Cong meant.

He said: "Cong Ge'er means to raise the Second Girl's status!"

"Originally, she was a concubine-born daughter, and it would be difficult for her to be the legitimate wife of a noble family in the future. She would mostly have to marry into a middle or lower-class family. Plus the Second Girl's personality, it would be difficult for her life to be smooth."

"But becoming the eldest young lady of the Count's Mansion adds a sense of nobility. Not only does it save her from the worries of her background, but others will not dare to look down on her in her future marriage."

He thought of the disaster that befell the Jia family in the Red Chamber, which was caused by Jia She's disaster, leading to the imperial court stripping the title and sending them into exile, and the collapse of the Ning and Rong mansions.

The final result would definitely be exile to the army or entering the Jiaofang Division.

Originally, Jia Cong was Jia She's concubine-born son. If the eldest branch was convicted and confiscated, it would be difficult for him to stay out of it alone.

"I will go and tell the old lady about this matter, and she will naturally not be unwilling."

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng looked satisfied and said to Jia Cong: "It is hard for you to be so young, and after your own glory, you do not forget to care for your sisters and plan deeply for them."

"But no matter what the final result is, Jia Lian and Yingchun, as Jia She's children, will never be able to escape the implication, because of the blood relationship, it is extremely difficult to get away with it."

And Jia Zheng was mediocre as an official, but his official reputation had always been good. The probability of the eldest branch being convicted and the second branch being preserved was still very high.

However, if it really reached that step, as the implicated second branch, it was not the main target, so it should not be too difficult to fish out a few sisters by then.

Among them, the most important charge was Jia She's traffic with foreign officials and border generals. As for whether it was treason or rebellion, it was not detailed.

Among them, Jia Lian, as the eldest legitimate son, bore the brunt.

Once Jia She's disaster was exposed, it would be fine if he was stripped of his title and exiled, but at worst, the entire Rongguo would be confiscated and investigated.

And every time there were merchant caravans from other places, they would come to the shop to pick up goods at night, and there were many hidden disasters hidden in them.

Ever since he had Jiang Liu investigate the strange fur shop Jia She opened outside, and that he was deeply involved with the hereditary commander Sun family in Datong.

Jia Cong wanted to take Yingchun to live in the Count's Mansion, besides the reasons he told Jia Zheng, there was another reason he didn't say.

This possibility was also very great, because Jia Daishan's last will and testament arranged for the eldest son to inherit the title and the second son to inherit the mansion, dividing the Jia family's hereditary title into two, which was actually dividing the clan and establishing a branch.

Fortunately, he had now been granted the title of Count Weiyuan, and the Emperor had bestowed upon him a separate mansion, which was equivalent to dividing the clan and establishing a household, which was also the Emperor's intention all along.

Others were fine, but Jia Zheng had always treated him kindly, and the sisters in the garden would all be implicated, which was something Jia Cong could never accept.

There was another possibility: if Jia She was convicted, only the eldest branch of the Rongguo would be questioned, and the second branch of the Rongguo could be spared.

According to the information investigated, whether it was intuition or inference, he was almost certain that the charge of traffic with foreign officials must be related to this matter.

In those years, Jia Daishan had arranged it this way, perhaps to leave insurance for the family in the future, so that once a crime occurred, the whole clan would not be destroyed together.

Therefore, even if the Rongguo collapsed, it would have no effect on him.

Now, the most important thing he needed to do to prevent disaster was to lay the groundwork as soon as possible and remove Yingchun from the Rongguo.

Fortunately, he and Yingchun were blood relatives, and their relationship was closer than other sisters. He had a very sufficient reason to take her to the Count's Mansion to live.

Moreover, on the matter of Jia She causing disaster, he would not add fuel to the fire, nor would he design to report it.

Because once the matter was exposed, Jia Cong was not sure he could fully control the situation regarding the damage and impact caused.

Fortunately, no matter what kind of situation appeared, it would have little effect on Daiyu, because she was just a cousin living in the Jia family.

Except for the nine-clan implication, nothing could hurt her.

Rongqing Hall.

Jia Zheng explained in detail to Jia Mu about Jia Cong wanting to take Yingchun to live in the Count's Mansion.

Before Jia Mu could speak, Lady Wang frowned. Baoyu had grown up with the sisters since childhood and regarded these sisters very highly.

Now Jia Cong had taken Yingchun away, and his Baoyu would have one less sister to accompany him, so he would definitely be unhappy in his heart.

This Cong Ge'er was also meddlesome. He was amazing after obtaining a countship, and he even wanted to take away the sisters in the house.

Lady Wang twisted the prayer beads and said to Jia Mu: "Old Lady, the day before yesterday you let Cong Ge'er take Zhen'er's wife into the mansion, but he refused."

"Now he wants to take the Second Girl into the mansion. If he is partial, will Zhen'er's wife feel bad, and if the relatives outside know, will it cause gossip?"

Jia Zheng frowned: "Zhen'er's wife is only Cong'er's clan sister-in-law, and the family relationship is distant. The Second Girl is his own sister. How can the two be mentioned in the same breath?"

Jia Mu looked at her second daughter-in-law and said: "I think this matter is fine. The Second Girl has a soft personality and is not as smart and fierce as the Third Girl."

"After all, she is a concubine-born daughter, and she encountered the Sun Shaozu incident. It will be difficult to talk about marriage in the future."

"She became the eldest young lady of the Count's Mansion, and with her brother sitting there, she won't be afraid of suffering in the future no matter what."

"This kid still has some conscience. He ruined the Second Girl's marriage before, and now he is coming to make up for it. I think this matter should be done like this."

"Besides, the East Mansion and the West Mansion are just a wall apart. It's the same wherever you live. If I miss her, I can call her back in a few steps."

"Feng Ya'tou, you also tidy up for your sister and pick a day to send her to the East Mansion to settle down."

Lady Wang was frustrated when she heard Jia Mu's words. She didn't expect the old lady to be so willing, and even couldn't wait to send her away early.

With this kid's way of doing things, the few girls in the garden would sooner or later be abducted by him to the East Mansion.

Wang Xifeng's mind was more agile than Lady Wang's, and she was not like Lady Wang, who cared about her phoenix son Baoyu in everything, so she watched coldly and saw the thought that Jia Mu didn't say out loud.

Ever since Jia Cong was granted a title and opened a mansion, Wang Xifeng had seen through it clearly. This kid's threshold was more shrewd than a thief's. He wanted to stuff sand into the East Mansion, but he couldn't even find a gap.

It looked like a kite with a broken string, and no matter how she pulled, she couldn't hold it.

But the Second Sister going to the East Mansion was completely different. The Second Sister was raised by the old lady since childhood, and this grandmother-granddaughter relationship was not ordinary.

If the Second Sister went to the East Mansion, the relationship between the East and West Mansions would be eased. There would always be such a connection, and the old lady would definitely be happy, which would also be good for the future of the Rongguo.

It was just that the mistress was full of Baoyu, but she didn't see this layer of meaning.

This Second Girl had a wooden personality, and having such a brother was a great fortune.

Although she was brought up by the old lady, after going to the East Mansion, her heart would definitely be biased toward her brother, but these were all small things...

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