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Chapter 161: Transmigrated into an Unlucky Marquis (12)

When the eunuch saw the blood, he knew she was not faking.

But she was being punished and did not dare to summon the imperial physician directly. She could only report to the emperor first. After the emperor agreed, she summoned the imperial physician to treat Jia Yuanchun.

After going through so much trouble, the daylily is already cold!

The imperial physician came to see the case and, with a frown on his face, he said that Concubine Xian De was pregnant, but the time was too short and he couldn't even diagnose a safe pulse, and the fetus didn't look good either, so if Concubine Xian De was frightened, the fetus would be lost.

Jia Yuanchun cried bitterly, and Baoqin kept persuading her to take care of herself, saying that as long as she recovered, she could have another baby in the future.

But Jia Yuanchun cried even harder. She was not young anymore, and people came into the harem one after another, so her favor was already rare. This child was conceived with the help of drugs.

By the time she recovers, it will take a long time for her to get pregnant!

Does she still have a chance?!

Her hope now is that the Emperor will take pity on her and lift her house arrest after learning about her miscarriage.

Alas, while she was crying for the loss of her own flesh and blood, she had to immediately prepare for the next step.

There is no way out. Once you are in the palace, you have no control over your own behavior. People are tortured to the point that they are neither human nor ghost.

She motioned to Baoqin to hand the thin purse containing silver bills to the imperial physician, hoping that the physician would go out and explain the seriousness of her condition to the emperor.

Unexpectedly, the imperial physician waved his hand and avoided the question, saying that everything was his responsibility and he dared not accept any reward from the nobleman.

Then the imperial physician went before the emperor and told him everything.

With the imperial physician's medical skills, he could definitely tell that Jia Yuanchun had taken medicine, which was why the fetus was so weak and the mother could not hold on once she was frightened.

How could the imperial physician help her keep such a big thing a secret?

The emperor frowned slightly and ordered the chief eunuch to bring Baoqin out for questioning.

As a result, not only did Jia Yuanchun not wait for the house arrest to be lifted, but her most trusted palace maid was also taken away. The eunuch chief who had received a large sum of money from her in the past ignored her and did not say a single word to her.

Baoqin could not withstand the interrogation of the Ministry of Punishment and confessed soon. The emperor was furious after seeing the testimony. The Jia family was so bold that they not only sent money to the palace, but also sent banned drugs.

Since they dare to send even this kind of medicine, who knows if they will send poison to assassinate the king!

This time the retired emperor felt ashamed and could no longer protect her, so he issued an edict to strip her of her virtuous title, demote her to a noble lady, and still keep her under house arrest.

And judging from the emperor's words, he will most likely be confined to his house forever.

The emperor also issued an order that from now on, the concubines' families would no longer be required to pay their respects to the palace once a month.

What that means is, our maternal relatives were allowed into the palace, but you were restless and caused all kinds of trouble. In that case, let's just save trouble and not have any of you come.

As soon as this decree was issued, Jia Yuanchun immediately became the target of the entire harem. Everyone's resentment was directed at her. Even if she was released from house arrest in the future, she would still be targeted by the entire harem. She would be killed the moment she showed her head.

The next step was to punish the Jia family, but Jia Yuanchun used her life to defend her family once again. She was already weak, and after being punished, she had no hope of regaining favor. In fear, she died!

She was a criminal, so her funeral was frugal. Although she was called a noble lady, in fact, it was not even as good as a promised funeral. She was just put in a thin coffin and burial was placed next to the tomb of a random concubine.

Now that both Lady Jia and Jia Yuanchun were dead, the Jia family's roof had completely collapsed.

But after all, Jia Yuanchun had served the emperor, and now that she had just died, it would not be a good idea to punish the Jia family too harshly, especially since the emperor cherished his reputation as a benevolent monarch, so he gave her a lenient sentence.

He ordered people to investigate all the faults of the Jia family, and revoked the titles of the two mansions. At the same time, all official positions were also dismissed, and the whole family became penniless. The mansion and the Grand View Garden were confiscated, and they were ordered to make up for the deficit, a total of 500,000 taels, which made the Jia family cry for help.

But he had no choice but to pay it now. If he couldn't pay the debt on the due date, his house would be confiscated.

So the masters gnashed their teeth, blamed each other, and threw tantrums. In short, they used every possible means to try to spend less.

Moreover, they no longer cared about their dignity. They sold everything that could be sold from the servants and made money in various ways. Finally, they paid off their debts before the deadline.

This mansion was the Duke's Mansion and had been taken back by the court. They could no longer live there and had to live separately, which meant they had to split up.

Originally, Grandmother Jia favored Jia Baoyu and planned to leave all her property to him, but when the time came, everyone's eyes were fixed on her, and she had no way of secretly giving more to Jia Baoyu, so she could only bite the bullet and divide it equally.

However, she still kept a portion for herself and said in public that she would live with the second wife in the future and would keep these private shares for her own safety. Of course, she would give them to whoever would support her in the future.

The first wife had long lost interest in her, so she was lucky enough to get these and stopped arguing.

They bought several courtyards in Beijing, placing them as close as possible so that they could take care of each other.

It’s not that they value family ties. On the contrary, they have almost no family ties left. It’s just that everyone relies on the power of the family at this time, and there is strength in numbers after all.

Jia Zheng is ignorant of household affairs, and is no better than Jia She in living his life. If it weren't for Lady Jia's supervision, he would have been cheated when buying the courtyard.

There is another person who is in trouble, namely the Xue family.

They also suffered because people knew that the medicine came from them, so their names were removed from the Ministry of Revenue and they were no longer imperial merchants.

They were also fined a large sum of money, and their family property was almost gone.

When the Jia family fell into decline, they naturally had to leave.

Although they had a house in Beijing, it had not been renovated for many years and was completely uninhabitable. The Wang family had never welcomed Aunt Xue as a younger sister, so they could only buy a courtyard as close as possible to Lady Wang's courtyard.

Because they have to discuss Xue Baochai's marriage next, which is the most troublesome thing.

Jia Yuanchun's decree clearly stated that Xue Baochai would be Jia Baoyu's second wife. This decree also caught the emperor's attention. Although the emperor told the historians not to pay attention to it, he did not tell them!

They couldn't make up their mind, and there was no one to help them ask the emperor whether Xue Baochai still needed to be Jia Baoyu's second wife.

They were scared and dared not ignore it, for fear of being caught and punished again!

After thinking it over, Grandmother Jia had no choice but to say to Lady Wang, "This matter all started from their family. We will not pursue it now. It can be considered that these two children are destined to be together. Since this matter has been seen by His Majesty, you can talk to your sister and let's do this. Bao girl is your niece. Even if she comes to be the second wife, we will not treat her badly."

Mrs. Wang agreed and went to see Aunt Xue reluctantly. She also promised her that Xue Baochai's second wife position was only temporary and she would find a way to make her the first wife in the future.