Chapter 392: Private Talk with Second Sister-in-law
"Otherwise, we should say that she is our old noble?" Wang Xifeng laughed and said, "Although the old lady is also a woman in the back house, shouldn't the gentlemen in the court show some respect to her?"
"Even if you are His Majesty, you dare not disrespect the old lady. If I could have such prestige, it would be worth it even if I died at this moment!"
Jia Cong at the side said with a smile, "Of course, what is the status of the old lady? You don't know today. When the old lady came to the palace, all the civil and military officials bowed, even His Majesty stood up to greet her. I originally thought that this champion marquis was majestic enough, but today he can't even serve as a foil for the old lady."
On the high couch, the old lady also had a smile on her face!
Such majesty and dignity have not been seen for a long time, or rather, such dignity has not been seen since the death of Duke Daishan.
However, the old lady also knew that the reason for such dignity was, firstly, the face of the former Rongguo, the former Ningguo, and Daishan Gong, and secondly, the dignity of her own grandson. Otherwise, even if the court gave her some dignity, it would not have dismissed a minister so cleanly.
Even the four kings, eight dukes, twelve marquises and Yuanping's lineage would not put in such effort.
Another point is that this kind of decency will be used less every time...
Sometimes it is like this, when you have enough strength, others will naturally be in awe of you or want to use your strength, so when you have something to do, many people will naturally come to help you. But if you have no use value, others will naturally not go to great lengths to help you.
Today's incident seemed so light and the Wu family didn't even have the ability to resist. In fact, it wasn't because the Wu family was too weak, but because the person who took action today was too strong.
The founding lineage, the Yuanping lineage, Wang Ziteng, the Minister of War, Lin Ruhai, the Vice Minister of Revenue, Fang Yao, the Vice Minister of Rites, let alone targeting a Vice Minister, even targeting a minister would be enough to make the other party drink a pot. The reason why Jia Cong did not hesitate to post a letter to get everyone to take action was actually not just for the Wu family.
The Wu family was indeed powerful, but there was no need to make such a big fuss. He was worried that the emperor would try to smooth things over for the Wu family.
It was true that the emperor was close to him, but Jia Cong also knew that the Prince of Yingchuan was his majesty's only son, and the Wu family was the Prince of Yingchuan's maternal family. At least at this time, if he targeted the Wu family, it would actually be detrimental to the future succession of the Prince of Yingchuan. However, how could Jia Cong swallow this anger when the Wu family bullied him?
Therefore, he did not hesitate to use all his strength to teach the Wu family a lesson, including the reason why he did not stop Lady Jia from going to the palace.
But what made Jia Cong suspicious was that the emperor had no intention of saving the Wu family. He dismissed Wu Tianyou from his post and even issued an order that the Wu family would not be allowed to serve as officials for three generations. This punishment was even heavier than Jia Cong had imagined.
"You two monkeys, you only know how to coax my old lady!" Grandmother Jia laughed and said, "However, since the matter has been clearly decreed, it is also a final decision. We don't need to say more, grandson, the power you showed this time is too strong. Although the Yuanping lineage spoke for us because they are both military merits, His Majesty may not think too much."
"So, you should restrain yourself from now on. It would even be better if you could have some conflicts with Yuan Ping's lineage."
"This is to let His Majesty know that this time the military heroes' alliance was just an accident, and the relationship between the two factions will not change because of it. I think that old fox Meng Zong will also have some arrangements."
Jia Cong nodded, "Don't worry, old lady, your grandson knows."
"Okay, you don't have to stay here with me. I'm tired after working for half a day, so I'm going to rest first."
Watching Hubo send the old lady back to her room, Jia Cong turned around and said with a smile, "I didn't make it to my sister-in-law's party yesterday. When will my sister-in-law invite me again?"
"As long as his uncle is free, he can be a host anytime, right?" Li Wan said with a smile.
"Oh!" Wang Xifeng chuckled as she shook her handkerchief. "This elder sister-in-law is also a very good person. How long have we waited for this meal from the elder sister-in-law? In the end, she still took advantage of my brother. Now that my brother has asked, the elder sister-in-law has directly agreed. It is really different!"
"What nonsense are you talking about, you rascal Feng Lazi!" Li Wan glared at Wang Xifeng fiercely, biting her teeth.
Wang Xifeng didn't care at all. "Okay , when the eldest sister-in-law invites my brother to a banquet, just tell her privately. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us, the scoundrels. Now I will borrow Brother Cong to check some accounts."
Jia Cong greeted Li Wan and Sanchun with a smile, then followed Wang Xifeng out of the hall.
All the way to Wang Xifeng's courtyard, Jia Cong picked her up before she could speak, "Let's talk about the accounts later. I want to have a private talk with my second sister-in-law first!"
Ping Er looked at the two of them shyly, and hid in the outer room to guard the door. In broad daylight, the master and the grandmother were too shameless. What if others heard it?
However, after listening to the phoenix cry for a long time in the outer room, when the phoenix stopped crying, the door suddenly opened, and a hand stretched out and pulled Ping'er in...
After an unknown amount of time, the low singing finally stopped. Wang Xifeng lay on Jia Cong like a puddle of mud, feeling that Jia Cong was still hot all over. Wang Xifeng was speechless. She had to say that after training, her endurance was much better than before, and she also had Ping'er as her helper, but the wild buffalo grass was even stronger...
"You don't care about those accounts?" Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes at Jia Cong and said, "Those are accounts worth millions of taels of silver. Aren't you afraid that I will embezzle them?"
Jia Cong stroked Wang Xifeng's jade-like skin with his palm, "You are my woman. If I can't even trust you, who else can I trust?"
"How can a million taels of silver compare to Xiao Feng'er in my heart?"
"You can handle the accounts yourself. I'm exhausted every day. What should I do? We won't lose money anyway!"
"You, my enemy, just order me around!" Wang Xifeng kissed Jia Cong happily.
She really liked money, and controlling a business worth millions of taels of silver really made her feel powerful. You know, ever since she helped this enemy control the business, the officials from various prefectures have been much more respectful in front of her, which was the honor he gave her.
"You can look at the accounts if you like, and if you are tired, you can check them occasionally. All the families are sensible, how dare they fool us?"
"How can that be possible?" Wang Xifeng leaned forward and said, "A single mistake could result in the loss of thousands or tens of thousands of silver. You don't care, but I do. Since you've given this matter to me, I have to do my best. Otherwise, even I won't be willing to do it."
