Chapter 733: King Zhongshun’s Gift
Night is approaching.
The wheels rolled over the snow which was about a foot deep, making a crisp squeaking sound.
Sun Shaozong lay on his back in the carriage with a hand warmer in his pocket, thinking over the conversation he had just had with Chen Xingzhi. He really didn't know what to feel.
It was unexpectedly easy to save Su Xingfang's wife and children.
But the process left Sun Shaozong speechless.
At that time, Sun Shaozong mentioned Su Xingfang's wife and children in a roundabout way. He originally wanted to test Chen Xingzhi's attitude first and then decide how to explain it.
Who would have thought that before he could even finish his probing words, Chen Xingzhi said with a lewd look on his face: That young lady from the Su family is indeed a lustful person.
Damn it!
Who do you think you are?
Sun Shaozong got angry at the moment, gritted his teeth and glared, then simply agreed - no matter what, it would never be wrong to save the people first.
Afterwards, Su Xingfang's wife and children were left in the Dali Temple, waiting for the documents to go through the Jiaofangsi so that they could be officially incorporated into the Sun Mansion in the name of official sale of slaves.
Judging from the results alone, it is actually acceptable.
But this process...
Forget it, the process is not important. What’s important is that you have fulfilled the agreement.
As for whether to "take your wife and children and I will take care of them", it all depends on the decision made by the lady from the Su family.
“Ouch!”
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Zhang Cheng in front of him suddenly slam on the brakes. Although the carriage was not going fast, it still scratched a long way on the snow before it finally stopped.
"What's the matter?"
Sun Shaozong lifted the curtain and looked out, only to see a carriage parked not far ahead. In the carriage was a handsome young man with his hands folded behind his back, his face full of helplessness and embarrassment. Who else could it be but Jia Baoyu?
This place is not far from the Sun Mansion. If Jia Baoyu appears here, he is most likely going home.
But why is he standing in the way?
Could it be that he has some secret and he dare not go to the government office or tell his family, so he is waiting on the road he must take?
But what big secret could a young boy like him have?
unless……
It concerns Concubine De!
With his mind alerted, Sun Shaozong jumped off the carriage, stepped on the snow and went to meet him, asking in confusion: "Brother Bao, what are you doing here?"
When Baoyu turned around and saw that it was Sun Shaozong, his face became more and more embarrassed. He hurriedly jumped off the car, but accidentally almost fell backwards.
He frantically steadied himself and was about to step forward to greet the man when a few servants suddenly appeared behind him, clamoring and rushing to carry a person out of the alley.
“Let me go! I…I am the uncle of Rongguo Mansion…Rongguo Mansion! Who dares, who dares…”
When they got closer and took a closer look, they saw that the man was Xing Zhong.
"This is……"
Sun Shaozong pointed at him, his face full of confusion.
Logically speaking, even if Xing Zhong caused some trouble outside, it should be the eldest wife who should deal with it. Why would it be Jia Baoyu's turn to step in?
Baoyu explained helplessly, "Just now I was about to discuss an important matter with my brother, and halfway there I suddenly heard someone shouting something about the uncle from Rongguo Mansion. I asked Li Gui to go in and see, and it turned out to be the uncle from the Xing family who was very drunk and couldn't find his purse, so he started a quarrel with the storekeeper."
"I originally wanted to send someone to take him back home, but he refused to get on the car. When the servants weren't paying attention, he stumbled into the alley."
While listening to his explanation, Sun Shaozong looked at the drunk Xing Zhong.
In the past, he often lamented that he had become increasingly decadent since he traveled through time, but compared to Uncle Xing, he was probably still determined.
When I met him a month ago, he was just a vain small trader, but in just a dozen days, he learned all the dissolute qualities from his brother-in-law Jia She.
Yet, such a thing gave birth to a beautiful and intelligent daughter - is this considered a genetic mutation?
After sighing, Sun Shaozong put Uncle Xing's matter out of his mind and continued to ask, "You said there was something important you wanted to discuss with me? But I don't know what it is. Could it be that your family is..."
"You can call it a family matter, but..."
Jia Bao looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. After a long while he sighed and turned around to say, "Officer Qi, please come down and meet Brother Sun first."
Qi Guan?
Sun Shaozong looked up and saw the curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing a fair, oval face from inside. It was none other than King Zhongshun 's beloved Jiang Yuhan!
"Master Jiang?"
Sun Shaozong glanced at Baoyu and frowned, saying, "Haven't you already cut off all contact with Baoyu? Why are you now..."
Otherwise, things and people have changed.
At the beginning, because of King Zhongshun, Sun Shaozong was also very respectful to his lover Jiang Yuhan.
But now that the Sun brothers have made achievements one after another and have fallen out with King Zhongshun, their attitude is naturally not as good as before - after all, Sun Shaozong has always discriminated against such men who sell their bodies.
But Baoyu heard his bad tone and hurriedly said, "Brother, please don't misunderstand. Qi Guan was forced to do so this time..."
He wanted to say 'forced to do so', but then he thought it didn't seem quite right, so he changed his words temporarily and said, "He finally broke free from the cage this time, and no longer has to worry about the prince's questioning."
Breaking free from the cage?
What does this mean?
Before Sun Shaozong could ask more questions, his uncle Xing started making a fuss again. He mistook the servants of Rongguo Mansion for thugs sent by the restaurant and started to perform drunken boxing. For a while, no one could get close to him.
Seeing that many people had gathered around to watch the fun, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to stop talking. He turned around and ordered Zhang Cheng to get some strong liquor that was usually used to warm the body and feed Xing Zhong half a gourd of it.
At that moment, the drunk cat was completely drunk and snored loudly while lying on the carriage.
"Let's go to my house first."
…
They didn't talk along the way until they arrived at Sun's residence. They first arranged Xing Zhong to stay in the guest room - after all, he was Jia Yingchun's uncle in name, so it was not right to treat him too poorly.
After settling him down, Sun Shaozong sat down in the front hall with Jia Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan as host and guest, and then continued the previous topic.
"You said that Master Jiang has escaped from his cage and no longer has to worry about the prince's punishment. What does that mean?"
"this……"
Jia Baoyu looked at Jiang Yuhan and seemed to find it difficult to speak.
Jiang Yuhan, on the other hand, was quite frank. He smiled and said, "To be honest, the prince has given me to Master Bao. From now on, it is up to him to decide whether Qi Guan lives or dies."
King Zhongshun was actually willing to give him to Jia Baoyu?
This is really...
Hmm~
If you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Although Prince Zhongshun has not completely fallen out of favor in recent years, his power is not as great as before - especially after the heart-gouging case that just happened. Even if the emperor is willing to cover up for him, I'm afraid the emperor will give him some discounts because of this.
Jia Yuanchun is now pregnant, and because of the Taoist's words, many people believe that the baby must be a prince.
With this rise and fall, the situation of high and low was reversed. It was reasonable that Prince Zhongshun would put aside his airs and make up for the discord he had with the Rongguo Mansion in the past.
but……
Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "When Zhou Mo came to your house to ask for help, your family was in chaos. I'm afraid the elders in your family may not be able to forget it."
As he said this, he glanced at Jiang Yuhan.
Based on Sun Shaozong's understanding of Lady Wang and Lady Jia, these two people would never allow Jiang Yuhan to enter their house and lead their children and grandchildren astray.
“That’s why.”
But Jia Baoyu stood up and bowed to Sun Shaozong : "I have come here specially to ask my second brother for help in making a decision!"
He said he was helping to make decisions, but his expectant expression clearly showed...
"What? Do you want me to take in Mr. Jiang?!"
