Chapter 223 Fighting the Old Lady
"How much money do you have as a little kid? Building a garden that big will cost at least one or two million. You should save your money to marry a wife!" The queen said, poking Jia Cong's forehead.
Jia Cong chuckled and said, "Madam, you forgot that I am doing business with Your Majesty. The colored glaze and glass are all mine. Moreover, I have several good recipes. If I can figure them out, it will be easy to make millions of taels of silver, right?"
"Oh, look at our champion marquis, he is really capable! Well, I will wait for you to build a big garden in your mansion to show your filial piety to me."
After playing for a while, a female official came forward and whispered, "Madam, the time is coming."
The queen was stunned, feeling a little unsatisfied. However, even though she was the queen, it was not appropriate for her to stay overnight outside the palace, let alone in the home of a foreign official.
"Alright, I'm tired after being out all day, so I'll go back first."
A group of people escorted the queen back to Ningzheng Hall. The queen chatted with Lady Jia for a few more words before returning to the palace.
The queen stopped in front of the phoenix sedan chair and said, "You must be tired these past two days. You don't have to accompany me back. Commander Shang Yan will protect me."
She first said something to Jia Cong, then turned to Baochai and Daiyu and said, "You two girls, if you are free on weekdays, come to the palace and talk to me."
"Zhou Gui!"
Zhou Gui heard this and took out two exquisite jade tokens. The Queen took them and handed them to Bao Dai and said, "With these jade tokens, you can enter the palace at any time. No one will dare to stop you."
"Thank you for the reward, Madam!"
Afterwards, the Queen looked at Wang Xifeng and Keqing and thought for a moment. She first glared at Jia Cong fiercely, and then said to the two women, "I have received a cup of tea from you today, so naturally I should be rewarded."
As he spoke, he gave an order to the female official beside him. A moment later, the female official came with a tray with two white jade bracelets on it.
"These two bracelets will be given to you two!"
"Thank you for the reward, Madam!"
"You all should leave. Let Jia Cong have a few words with me."
The ladies bowed, stepped back outside the ceremonial procession, and once again knelt behind Lady Jia and the others.
"Come here!" The Queen pulled Jia Cong's ear and came to the side of the phoenix sedan chair. She waved her hand to let the others step back a little, and then said angrily, "You child, why are you so naughty?"
Jia Cong smiled awkwardly. He certainly knew what the Queen was talking about.
"Forget about this time, but if it happens again, I will let you...your Majesty spank you severely. However, it is not easy for a woman. Since it has come to this, you should treat her well and don't mess around. Do you understand?"
The queen had a keen eye. Even with just a quick glance, she was able to tell that the two young wives had a special relationship with her bastard son. Moreover, with so many imperial edicts in the palace, it was not their turn to serve tea. This was obviously something her son had specifically ordered.
Although she thought her son was mischievous, she also felt that he was close to her. Look, she took the initiative to let the two girls serve tea to her mother-in-law... Yes, in the eyes of the queen, that's how it was... Moreover, Zhou Zongguan also inquired about the two girls from Jia Zhong. After hearing about it, the queen felt sorry for the two girls, so she naturally softened her heart.
Otherwise, she would never give those two bracelets!
"Your Majesty, as a man, I should love my woman!" Jia Cong said seriously.
"You are a man who knows how to be sympathetic to women. All right, I will go back to the palace first. This matter is over now. You should be quiet for a few days and don't cause any more trouble!"
Everyone in the palace bowed and respectfully saw the Queen off until the shadows of the ceremonial procession were out of sight, and then everyone stood up.
"Old lady, let's have a banquet in the East Palace today!" Jia Cong came to the side of Grandmother Jia.
Grandmother Jia looked at this grandson with a complicated expression. She really didn't expect that this grandson would steal her home without knowing it? Of course, she understood what the queen meant. If the queen insisted on doing so, what would happen to the two Yu'er? It was impossible to say that this matter would fall on Lin Ruhai.
This grandson is certainly not bad, but my own Baoyu is also a good one!
"No, we still have to send someone to tell Ruhai about it. It's the parents' order and the matchmaker's words. As long as Ruhai likes my Baoyu, what does it matter even if he is from the royal family? Can it go against human ethics?" Thinking of this, the old lady felt a little more at ease.
"Forget it. You must be tired after a whole day in the mansion. I will go back to the West Mansion directly."
"Then let all the sisters stay in the East Palace for a day, let the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law help take care of him, and then go back tomorrow." Jia Cong said again.
The old lady waved her hand and said, "They have been busy all day, so just follow me and go back."
Jia Cong raised his eyebrows. Does this old lady favor Baoyu so much?
"Grandfather, where is Baoyu?" Jia Cong said abruptly, "Because of the matter between Sister Bao and Sister Lin, I killed countless people, even the people in the palace. Although this matter was caused by others' calculations, Baoyu is the culprit."
The old lady's heart was beating fast. She knew, of course, that her reaction had displeased her grandson, so he used Baoyu to challenge her. However, Baoyu was indeed responsible for this matter, so even she couldn't say much.
With a long sigh in her heart, the old lady knew that in the future she could only win over her grandson with family affection, and she could no longer suppress him by relying on her status.
"You little monkey, how could you bully your second brother? Baoyu has been severely punished by your second uncle, you are not allowed to scare Baoyu again!"
After that, Jia's grandmother turned to Wang Xifeng and Li Wan and said, "His sisters have been worried about him all day, so they had a banquet in the East Palace and rested for a night before going back. You two elder ones, take good care of them."
Anyway, the matter needed long-term consideration and there was no need to worry about it in just one day or two, so the old lady simply made an exchange with Jia Cong.
After saying this, he gave Jia Cong a few more kind instructions before getting on the sedan chair and returning to the West Mansion.
After the old lady left with Madam Xing and Madam Wang, Jia Cong led the group back to Ningzheng Hall! However, the atmosphere in the hall was a bit strange.
Youshi was naturally happy. If Jia Cong was safe, the East Palace would be safe. Moreover, seeing that Jia Cong was obviously favored by the royal family, she would naturally benefit from living in the East Palace. In fact, with Jia Cong's East Palace, it would even surpass the West Palace in the future. Li Wan was also naturally happy. Perhaps because of Lan'er, she had always been close to this brother.
Wang Xifeng and Keqing looked at the bracelet on the jade wrist with trepidation but joy, and for a moment they were in no mood to speak.
As for Baochai and Daiyu, they lowered their heads shyly, fearing that someone would look at them.
Xiangyun and Sanchun were thinking about today's scene. The experiences of the past two days were like a dream.
