“Look, the Lin miss from Yangzhou, how pretty.”
“She’s much prettier than the young ladies in the house.”
“They say Miss Lin’s father is the Imperial Inspector of Salt in Jiangnan, although this position isn’t high, it is real and only the emperor’s confidants can hold it.”
“It’s said that a Prefect is clean for three years and earns one hundred thousand silver taels, this Imperial Inspector of Salt oversees the salt merchants.”
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At the West Gate, the maids and young ladies of the Rongguo Mansion heard that the young lady of their Lin family came.
They gathered at the courtyard with the verandah in front of Lady Jia’s house.
Even in the dead of winter, their enthusiasm couldn't be dampened.
Wang Xifeng was busy introducing the sisters in the mansion to Daiyu.
“Grandmother, Grandmother, something bad happened.”
The laughter and chatter in the corridor hadn't lasted long.
A young servant came into the courtyard, rolling and crawling, Lady Jia’s gentle face suddenly turned gloomy.
Today was the day her granddaughter arrived home, what blind thing came to disrupt their family reunion.
Daiyu curiously cocked her ear.
The luxury of Rongguo Mansion exceeded her expectations.
Before she came, she had only heard her teacher talk about how prosperous Rongguo Mansion was, how powerful it was.
After arriving, she realized that an entire street had only two houses, and both were Jia’s houses.
The houses were luxuriously built with a grand air, the main gate was truly astounding.
Truly worthy of being called the head of the four great families, the Jia family.
However, what had happened that made the servants of the Jia family so afraid and panicked.
The servant said in panic, “Someone is banging on the door.”
“Banging on the door?” Lady Jia nearly couldn’t catch her breath.
Their Jia family was a Duke’s Mansion, the top family of Great Zhou.
She never thought that one day someone would bang on their door.
“Go, go, inform the eldest master.” Lady Jia forced down her anger, “Where’s Lai Da?”
“Chief Steward...”
Boom!
Before the servant finished speaking, he heard a violent sound from the gate.
“I’ll see who dares to be so reckless.”
Lady Jia was furious, thinking of her granddaughter who had just arrived in the capital, she said to Wang Xifeng, “Spicy Phoenix, you take the young ladies and Daiyu to the back garden.”
A servant came running from the main courtyard, seeing Lady Jia in a fit of rage and the mistresses of the mansion.
He quickly went to Lady Jia’s side, “Grandmother, something happened.”
“Old lady’s ears haven’t gone deaf, I can hear the sounds from the front yard.” Lady Jia raised her head, “I’ll see who dares to barge into my Jia family’s gate.”
Lady Jia’s status was top-notch in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.
Her father was a founding hero, her husband-in-law was the Duke of Rong, her husband was also a duke.
She was also the anchor of the Jia family.
Why did the Jia family, after learning that Jia Yu helped the Emperor against the King of Wu, only have Jia Zhen erase Jia Yu’s name.
It was because of Lady Jia’s presence.
As long as Lady Jia was alive, the Jia family would not fall.
The servant awkwardly said to Lady Jia, “Reporting to Grandmother, it was the Third Master, Yu San Ye, who broke down the door.”
Lady Jia was taken aback, she couldn't believe it, “You say, it was Jia Yu who broke down the door of the Rongguo Mansion?”
Only Jia Yu in the Jia family could be called Third Master.
The servant nodded awkwardly, “I heard the conversation between Third Master and Steward Lin, it seems that Chief Steward offended Third Master, Third Master sent several people to the door, all of whom were driven away by the house servants, Third Master was furious, and rushed back from the city.”
Lady Jia’s expression was unpredictable, after thinking for a while, she said, “Have Lin Zhixiao bring Jia Yu to the Rongxi Hall, you go and invite the Eldest Master to Rongxi Hall too.”
Jia Yu, the Procurator of the Capital Garrison.
After receiving this news, the Jia family wanted to contact Jia Yu, but unfortunately, Jia Yu was always training in the Capital Garrison, and rarely met outsiders except for the Emperor’s summons.
Lady Jia had also tried to contact Jia Yu through her old relatives, and then she knew.
Now in the Capital Garrison, all levels of military officers were soldiers raised by Jia Yu.
Their family’s sons in the Capital Garrison were kicked out by the Emperor for various reasons.
The main generals of the Five Armies and the Shenji Camp were promoted, and then went to the Five Armies General’s Mansion.
Now, the Capital Garrison had become Jia Yu’s one-man show.
Lady Jia arrived at the Rongxi Hall.
What she saw was Jia Yu with a completely changed temperament, Jia Yu, standing at six feet three inches tall, was extremely burly, exuding the aura of a fierce tiger.
Compared to when he first entered Rongguo Mansion, he had changed a lot.
Lady Jia seemed to see her deceased husband-in-law, this kind of aura, not even her husband Jia Daishan had.
Jia Daishan had more of a scholarly general’s temperament, lacking this kind of domineering presence.
Jia Yu saw Lady Jia and bowed slightly as a greeting, “Grandmother.”
“Do you know who made the gate of the Rongguo Mansion?”
Lady Jia did not give Jia Yu a good face, she sat on the main seat, and then saw that Jia She was also there.
“The Great Ancestor.” Jia Yu ignored Lady Jia’s gloomy face, his eyes looked straight at Lady Jia’s eyes, “But, I, the Procurator of the Capital Garrison, have to enter this Rongguo Mansion through the side gate?”
“You can choose to have someone announce your arrival.” Lady Jia countered, she would never give in.
“Announce my arrival?” Jia Yu scoffed, “I sent people to Rongguo Mansion a few times, wanting to see the Chief Steward of your Rongguo Mansion, but all were driven away by your people.”
“It’s not easy to announce your arrival to your Rongguo Mansion.”
Jia She frowned, “What do you mean your Rongguo Mansion, you are also a descendant of my Jia family.”
“A descendant who was removed from the family tree?” Jia Yu directly exposed the Jia family’s dirty linen, “Let Jia Zhen erase my name and remove me from the family tree.”
“When I heard that I defeated the Jiangnan army, he added my name back to the family tree again.”
“I, Jia Yu, dare not enter the family tree of your Jia family.”
Jia Yu’s eyes turned cold, “I came to your Rongguo Mansion today for one thing.”
“Lai Da forcibly detained the father of my personal guard, extorting my manor for ten war horses and five thousand taels of silver.”
“I didn’t want to tear your faces off, but you dare to ride on my head?”
Jia Yu unleashed a full barrage, the killing intent on him burst forth, and the temperature of the Rongxi Hall dropped sharply.
Lady Jia and Jia She did not expect that Jia Yu actually knew about the family tree.
They had clearly instructed the servants not to spread it around.
How did Jia Yu know!
They were even more clueless about the matter of Lai Da later.
At the same time, at the gate of the Rongxi Hall, Lai Da, who had just entered, heard Jia Yu’s last sentence and his legs went weak.
Was that old man telling the truth?
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