HLnovel Chapter 97 The Merit of Supporting the Dragon, My Jia Family Wants It
Chapter 97 The Merit of Supporting the Dragon, My Jia Family Wants It
Once Zhang understood the key point, she stood up and smiled, saying:
"Father, Mother, your daughter-in-law is getting restless and wants to go back first."
Grandmother Jia quickly asked with concern:
"But you feel unwell, should we ask the skilled healer to take a look?"
Zhang laughed and said:
"I'm sorry to have worried my mother. I'm fine, just a little tired."
Grandmother Jia turned to Jia Min and said:
"Min'er, you and your sister-in-law should go back together. Everyone is a little tired today."
Jia Min stood up, took Zhang's arm, and smiled:
"Don't worry, Mother. I will personally deliver it back to my sister-in-law before I go back myself."
Zhang laughed and said:
"Little sister, you must be tired today too. How can I let you take me home?"
Grandmother Jia smiled and said:
"Let her deliver it. We finally need her, so we can't let her shirk her duties."
He then summoned the old women and maids and instructed them to be careful and extra cautious.
Zhang and Jia Min went out hand in hand.
Jia Daishan thought to himself that his eldest daughter-in-law was truly a clever and insightful person.
Jia Daishan saw his eldest son again, looking at him with concern, as if he felt his wife was really tired. He couldn't help but glare at him. Really, how come his eldest son is so smart one minute and stupid the next? It's so annoying.
Jia She turned his head and saw his father glaring at him, somewhat confused.
"Dad, why are you glaring at me like that!"
"I can glare at you if I want to. Why can't I glare at you just because I'm your father?"
Jia Daishan immediately launched into a series of orders.
Jia She felt that his father's emotions were really fluctuating, perhaps because he was getting old.
Jia Zheng silently poured tea for everyone. As the youngest, and with no one to serve him in the room, he worked quietly without saying a word.
Jia Daishan took a sip of tea and said:
"Alright, your wife is gone. Tell me everything that Hu'er said today, don't miss a single word."
Jia She knew how capable his father was, and he had no doubt that his father could see through his deception.
But his own father had just yelled at him, and for the sake of survival, he still fawned over him, saying:
"Dad, you're really amazing, you even noticed that."
Jia Zheng wanted to glare at his elder brother too, wondering what he was doing.
Grandmother Jia also felt that her eldest son had taken after someone else; her own parents-in-law were not like that at all.
Jia Daishan glared again, and Jia She immediately began to recount everything from his time entering the Zhang family.
Speaking of the Zhang family's fate still sends chills down my spine and makes me feel sad.
Jia Daishan sighed, supporting his knees, feeling heartbroken. His old friend's entire family was gone.
Grandmother Jia also sighed deeply. That daughter-in-law, whose fate was unknown, had no family or adult men. How could a woman with two children possibly survive in exile?
Seeing his elder brother's distressed state, Jia Zheng thought to himself that without Hu'er, their Jia family would be in the same predicament. Feeling sad, he went over and patted his elder brother on the back.
Grandmother Jia said:
"You're not entirely stupid. If your wife finds out about this, it'll be a disaster."
Jia Daishan sighed.
“My in-laws are proud scholars, and Hu’er can’t persuade them.”
Grandmother Jia said angrily:
"He's loyal and righteous, but what about the children and women at home?!"
Jia Zheng understood this principle, and seeing that Grandmother Jia was angry, he quickly stepped forward to persuade her:
“Mother, didn’t everyone not know before? Who would have thought that the princes could earn so much?”
Jia She also said:
"They deserve our hatred, those princes who committed the crime."
How could Grandmother Jia not understand? But she was still angry. This woman's life was tied to her family. Just hearing about the Zhang family reminded her of her own family, which made her feel even more upset.
Jia Daishan felt that the Zhang family was full of loyal and virtuous people, and how could he not sigh at their fate?
If one's own family deserved to die, then the Zhang family was truly struck by an unexpected disaster.
Jia Daishan stroked his beard and made up his mind.
"From what I can see now, Hu'er wants to save the Crown Prince."
Hu'er will definitely find a way to save the Zhang family and the Crown Prince. As long as the Crown Prince doesn't fall, the Zhang family will be fine.
Grandmother Jia frowned:
“We can’t just rely on one child. How can we keep the crown prince from falling? How can we possibly understand the emperor’s thoughts?”
Jia She frowned as well: "Even the Emperor doesn't trust our family, so what can we do?"
Jia Zheng also nodded and looked at Jia Daishan.
Jia Daishan suddenly laughed and said, "We are blinded by our own involvement. Since Hu'er wants to protect the Crown Prince, then we will protect the Crown Prince. Others are risking their lives to gain merit in supporting the emperor, so why can't our Jia family do the same!"
Jia Zheng said in shock, "But Father, didn't you say that our family shouldn't get involved in the princes' struggles? Hu'er said that when the Jia family was raided, besides various problems, it was also possible that we were involved in the princes' struggles."
Jia Daishan, however, suddenly understood.
"Even if other princes grow up in the next ten years, only a few of the current adult princes will be capable of participating in the struggle among the princes."
Judging from the current situation, their abilities are not comparable to those of the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince is still the most suitable person to be the Emperor.
Now our Jia family has made enemies of two princes. If they ascend the throne, our Jia family will still be harmed. Rather than passively waiting for the outcome, it is better to protect the crown prince and let him ascend the throne.”
Grandmother Jia agreed:
"Indeed, it would be best for the Jia family if the Crown Prince could successfully ascend the throne."
Jia Daishan smiled and said:
"Whoever Hu'er protects, we will follow Hu'er. The credit for the Crown Prince's ascension to the throne should also belong to our Jia family!"
Jia She cautiously asked, "But won't we arouse the Emperor's suspicion?"
Jia Daishan was relieved that his son had finally come to his senses. Without answering Jia She, he asked Jia Zheng:
"Zheng'er, what do you think?"
Jia Zheng:
“Son, I also think that it would be best for the Crown Prince to succeed to the throne, but our Jia family is now entirely dependent on the Emperor’s trust in your father and uncle.”
If the Emperor were to discover that we support the Crown Prince, wouldn't that only increase his dissatisfaction with the Crown Prince and his suspicion of our family?
Jia Daishan felt his sons were still too inexperienced, but it was good that they had considered this aspect.
"Who says supporting the Crown Prince has to be done in a grand and public manner?"
"So Dad means secretly."
Jia She said in a low voice.
Jia Daishan smiled and said:
"It has to be done secretly. We are still the Emperor's most loyal and devoted ministers. The Crown Prince is a good man, otherwise I wouldn't have done this."
We can only help the Crown Prince suppress those princes who are more ambitious; after all, the Emperor knows that our family has a grudge against them.
Grandmother Jia:
"That's good. This way, the Emperor will only think we're retaliating. But won't the Emperor be angry?"
Jia Daishan took a sip of tea and said:
"No, according to Hu'er, it won't happen for at least ten years."
If we suppress the other princes, the Emperor will be happy; the Emperor is getting older every day.
What bothers the emperor now is the princes vying for power and colluding with ministers.
Instead of contacting the princes, we should suppress them; this will make the emperor feel more at ease using us.
The Emperor will eventually see through this, but right now he needs someone to step forward and become a model of loyalty in everyone's eyes to warn the princes.