After thinking through these key points, Wenren Sheng turned to how to reverse them.
As for why they had to be reversed—only by overturning truth and falsehood, right and wrong, could they break through this Dream of the Red Chamber World.
Just as a thing revealed its cracks when it was turned over.
How should the first key point be reversed?
Kill Jia Zhen? Jia Zhen was the Jia Clan Head and the steward of Ningguo Manor. Among the two manors, his status was second only to Mother Jia.
That was beyond doubt.
Moreover, he was quite capable. Among the one-eyed men, he was king; among all the Jia Family's direct male descendants, his ability was unquestionably first-rate.
This could be seen from the grand funeral he held after Qin Keqing's death, drawing representatives from the Four Princes and Eight Dukes to pay their respects.
No one else could have managed it.
Yet it was precisely because he was capable that he harbored ambition. He hid Qin Keqing away.
She was the orphaned descendant of Old Righteous Loyal Prince, the emperor's political enemy who had fallen from power.
He had wanted to place a bet, to stand with the side that would prevail in the struggle for imperial power. But he had bet on the wrong side and was ultimately crushed beyond recovery.
The entire Ningguo Manor was confiscated, all its direct male descendants were arrested, and every last bit of their property was seized. They never had another chance to rise again. Rongguo Manor, meanwhile, lost only Jia She. Everyone else was cleared and released, including Jia Baoyu and Jia Zheng. Much of their property was even returned, and most of the family came through unharmed.
The sequel glossed over the confiscation of the Jia Family, saying only that