The Red Mansions

Chapter 1555 Chen Yuan: He wants to see how the kid will deal with it in the future? (Seeking monthly votes!)

Princess Jinyang's Mansion, Back House

Jia Heng talked with Princess Xianning for a while, but did not stay in the room for long. Instead, he left the hall and went to the outer room.

At this moment, he came to the hall of the back house, looked at Princess Jinyang, and said, "Jinyang."

Princess Jinyang's eyes sparkled like water under her curved eyebrows, and she said softly, "Has Xianning gone to bed?"

Jia Heng paused for a moment, then whispered, "He's already asleep."

Princess Jinyang paused for a moment, then said softly, "You go and sleep with Chanyue and Yan'er today."

Jia Heng looked at Li Chanyue and Song Yan who were sitting properly on the pear wood chairs beside him. He met two pairs of hungry eyes with a gentle gaze.

Jia Heng said, "Then I will go with Chanyue and Yan'er."

After a while, he left the hall of the back house with Li Chanyue and Song Yan and went to the inner room.

It was a ridiculous night, needless to say.

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Just a few days ago, after Jia Heng went to the cabinet and expressed his dissatisfaction to the cabinet ministers, the memorial impeaching Jia Heng was also kept by the cabinet and ignored.

For a while, public opinion in the scholarly circles was in an uproar.

All the civil officials in the court impeached Jia Heng for usurping the throne and claiming to be king, and they were confident in doing so.

As for Jia Heng's killing spree, it was really a foolish act, as it made him an enemy of all the scholars in the world.

But now the cabinet turned a blind eye, and Prince Wei ignored it with a high-handed attitude. It was obvious that he did not dare to be an enemy of Jia Heng. Naturally, this move made the civil servants in the court indignant.

It can be said that this aroused the resentment of the civil servants in the court for a time.

Ningguo Mansion, in the study room——

Chen Xiao's flawless face was as white as ice and jade. He turned his eyes to look at Jia Heng who came in from outside and said, "Just now, the Jinyifu reported that the Imperial Censor in the capital wanted to contact the students of the Imperial College to petition at Anshun Gate."

Jia Heng's face was as gloomy as iron, and he said in a cold voice: "Are you trying to trick the court into caning again?"

Obviously, he wanted to put pressure on him with the mentality that the law does not punish the masses, but he had long seen through the civil servants' nature of being powerful on the outside but weak on the inside.

Chen Xiao paused for a moment, looked at Jia Heng intently, and said, "What are you going to do recently?"

Jia Heng thought for a moment, his eyes sparkling as water, and said in a gentle voice: "Let the Jinyifu investigate the relevant masterminds, find evidence of their corruption and misconduct, and send them to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for questioning."

Chen Xiao's bright eyes flickered under his curved eyebrows, and he said, "It's a good idea to have the Censorate investigate and prosecute the relevant censors. I'll call the Jinyifu Guards to handle this matter. Those censors are not so clean."

At this moment, Jia Heng picked up the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain teacup, took a sip, and said, "We still have to find something for the civil and military officials in the court to do. Officials can't be idle."

Chen Xiao's beautiful face showed a thoughtful expression, and he said, "There is no war in the world now, and the new policy has been implemented for several years."

Jia Heng said in a clear voice: "How can there be nothing? Although the court no longer uses troops, when the previous emperor was in power, after implementing the new policy, he also had to reform the civil service. He did not conduct a thorough investigation of the corruption of local officials. Now that the new emperor is in power, he should also do something."

Chen Xiao's jade-like face showed a thoughtful look, and he said in a gentle voice: "Recently, several military ministers are going to the border town to discuss the disbanding of the border troops and let these imperial censors go to the border together and go deep into the difficult places."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "That's a good idea."

Chen Xiao said: "The Junggar you asked to investigate earlier has already sent scouts over."

Jia Heng said: "Although the court is late in using troops, it should also send scouts to collect geographical information in advance to prepare for a rainy day."

Chen Xiao nodded and said in a gentle voice: "Xu Kai has been in Taiwan for two years. He can be transferred back to Beijing to serve as his right-hand man."

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said, "He is not suitable to participate, he will be of great use in the future."

The original plan was to transfer Xu Kai to the capital to help share the burden of the civil officials in the campaign, but now it seems that Xu Kai might be dismissed instead.

It would be better to keep it in the local area for polishing and exploration so as to reserve talents for the future.

Chen Xiao's eyebrows were curved, and his clear eyes flashed, as if he was thinking about something.

Knowing that he will be a future cabinet minister, I don't want him to be involved in too many right and wrongs.

Jia Heng thought for a moment and said, "Have the Five Cities Military Department and the Imperial Guards made any moves recently?"

Chen Xiao nodded and said, "The Wucheng Bingma Division and Jinyifu have completely replaced the officers and soldiers from when Prince Wei and Qiu Liang were in office. The Wucheng Bingma Division and Jinyifu are all under control."

When talking about this, Chen Xiao's eyebrows curved, his eyes flickered, and he said loudly: "No wonder the civil officials in the capital are flooding with impeachments. You are now in control of the Beijing Camp, the Five Cities Military Department, the Jinyi Mansion, and even the palace guards. Changing dynasties is only a thought away."

It was because her son was the emperor that Empress Zhen in the palace did not doubt him much.

Jia Heng shook his head, looking embarrassed, and said, "It's not that easy."

Chen Xiao asked with some concern in his eyes, "What did Zhen say?"

If it really comes to that, it would be equivalent to seizing the throne from one's own son, and Zhen Qing would probably hate him to death.

Jia Heng raised his eyebrows, his eyes flickered, and he said in a cold voice: "What else can I say? It's nothing more than asking me to assist Jie'er well."

Chen Xiao stared at the young man in the python costume, and said meaningfully, "If you don't get back to the basics, the child will hate you when he grows up."

The pyramid of power has always been crowded. How could Chen Xiao, who grew up in the deep palace, not be unaware that there have been many cases of fathers and sons turning against each other just for that chair.

Jia Heng said: "Yes, we should settle these things while we are still young."

Chen Xiao's beautiful face blushed, her eyes were as bright as water, and she said softly, "In the future, you children will fight for power and gain, which will surely be very exciting."

Jia Heng said: "There are still countless territories overseas. If you divide them among yourselves, there will be no internal chaos in the future."

Problems encountered in development must still be solved in the process of development.

Chen Xiaocuili's beautiful eyes sparkled like water under her eyebrows, and she said, "Actually, it's hard to say."

Jia Heng nodded and said softly, "Let's solve today's problems tomorrow."

Gu Ruoqing listened to the two people talking quietly, her beautiful and bright face as always... well, filled with a thoughtful look.

The main reason was that Gu Ruoqing didn't quite understand what the two were talking about, but he had some vague guesses, but he didn't dare to speak rashly.

Jia Heng's sword-like eyebrows were as cold as frost. His clear eyes looked at Chen Xiao intently and said, "Let's not talk about this for now."

Then, looking at Gu Ruoqing who was "thinking back and forth" and silent, he whispered: "Ruoqing, what are you thinking about? Why don't you say anything?"

Gu Ruoqing's eyebrows were curved, and her bright eyes were as clear as water. She said in a gentle voice: "I don't understand these, but I just think that Chen Yuan may be doing something in the dark."

At this moment, Chen Yuan didn't know that the goddess was thinking about him.

Jia Heng raised his sword-like eyebrows, his sparkling eyes were slightly moist, and he said in a gentle voice: "If Ruoqing reminds us in time, we have to be on guard against Chen Yuan."

Jia Heng paused for a moment, stared at Chen Xiao standing beside him, and said, "Recently, I have asked the scouts from the Jinyi Mansion to keep an eye on Chen Yuan and find out what he is doing."

Gu Ruoqing raised her eyebrows, her cold and bright eyes flickered, and she said softly, "Then I'll ask Jinyi Mansion to keep an eye on it recently."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Let's go over there and talk."

As he spoke, he took Chen Xiao's slender hand and went to the inner room with curtains. Seeing Gu Ruoqing standing there in a daze, he said softly, "Ruoqing, let's go together."

Two blushes appeared on both sides of Gu Ruoqing's face. Under the sunlight of the summer afternoon, she looked bright and beautiful. Without saying much, she walked quickly into the hall with Jia Heng and Chen Xiao.

While Jia Heng was speaking, he embraced Chen Xiao's slender hand, sat down on the bed covered with curtains, stared at Chen Xiao, and said, "Xiaoxiao, Ruoqing, please serve me."

Chen Xiao snorted lightly, rolled his eyes at the young man in the python robe, and whispered, "Now you know how to humiliate me and my senior sister."

Jia Heng said: "How can it be considered as abuse? How about I go to Qichi Garden to look for sisters Lan'er and Xi'er, and sister Yaruo, they really like to abuse."

Chen Xiao sneered, a hint of hostility appeared in his eyes, and said: "You can go and try."

Jia Heng would not just run away, that would be too unromantic. He looked at Gu Ruoqing standing beside him and said, "Ruoqing."

Gu Ruoqing's fair and tender face flushed red, her eyes were filled with unspeakable shame, she snorted softly but didn't say anything else.

Afterwards, Chen Xiao and Gu Ruoqing didn't say anything else. They squatted down, a strand of dark black hair hung down from their temples, and two flushed blushes appeared on their snow-white faces.

At this moment, Chen Yuan obviously didn’t know that his goddess was Jia Heng’s...pot.

Jia Heng lowered his eyes to look at those two charming faces, staring intently at those plump and sunken faces bathed in the sunlight, his beautiful eyes sparkling with a hint of infatuation and confusion.

Her eyelashes were trembling and her pink lips were glowing with a faint sheen.

My mind was a little dazed for a moment.

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A residence outside the capital——

In the hall, Chen Yuan was wearing a long silk gown made of fine materials, with a face as clear as dark water. At this moment, he sat behind a lacquered wooden table, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Chen Yuan thought for a moment, looked at Ruan Yongde who was waiting with his hands down not far away, and asked, "Have you found out clearly?"

Ruan Yongde thought for a moment, his cold eyes flashing with an inexplicable meaning, and he said loudly: "It should be true. The widow Li from Rongguo Mansion also gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl."

Chen Yuan's eyebrows were full of sinisterness and coldness. His eyes flickered and he said, "The Queen Song and Queen Zhen are both twins, a boy and a girl. This is really suspicious."

Chen Yuan muttered, and suddenly looked at Ruan Yongde aggressively, saying: "Do you think there is some connection here?"

Just as Jia Heng had thought before, what the world lacks the least is smart people.

Especially since Chen Yuan was always keeping an eye on Jia Heng, he naturally discovered some clues at this moment.

Ruan Yongde showed a suspicious look on his face and asked curiously, "What do you mean, sir?"

"It is well known that Prince Wei is a lustful and amorous person. Is it possible that the twins born to these three people are all his sons?" Chen Yuan asked sinisterly with clear eyes.

Chen Yuan was shocked when he saw the number and he applauded his own idea.

Ruan Yongde frowned, his eyes flickered, and he said, "This... is a little too shocking. The two generations of queens... aren't they said in the capital that they are twins because they are of the royal bloodline of Chen and Han."

Chen Yuan snorted coldly and said, "It can be said that this is a cover-up to deceive people and deceive the world."

At this moment, Chen Yuan seemed to be possessed by Conan.

Ruan Yongde thought for a moment, frowned and said, "There are indeed many suspicious points in this matter. Could it be that the deaths of Qiu Liang and the new emperor were all caused by the Prince of Wei?"

"It's possible. Maybe Qiu Liang found out something and was silenced? Or even that short-lived new emperor..." Chen Yuan said at this moment, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

Immediately, he snorted coldly and said quietly: "If that's the case, this Jia Ziyu is really a traitor who appears loyal."

Ruan Yongde frowned and said, "Sir, this is just your groundless speculation after all, it can't be taken seriously."

"Whether it is just speculation or not, we will know once we investigate." Chen Yuan's face was as gloomy as iron, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: "Send someone to investigate carefully to see if Zhen and Song had any private interactions with Jia Ziyu in the past. This matter may become a breakthrough for Jia Heng to be ruined."

If such a disgraceful thing really happened, the court officials would certainly not tolerate it and would criticize it endlessly.

At that time, you can watch the fight between Jia Heng and the civil servants, and they will be covered in fur!

Whether Jia Heng gets angry out of shame, starts a killing spree, or exiles civil officials, he will become an enemy of all civil officials in the world.

That was his chance to turn the situation around!
Ruan Yongde nodded and bowed in response.

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered under his sword-like brows, and he said in a deep voice: "I asked you to send someone to inform the two kings of Wei and Liang before. Is there any result now?"

Ruan Yongde said: "Sir, the two kings of Wei and Liang are currently under confinement, but perhaps with the new emperor ascending the throne, their confinement will be relaxed a lot."

Chen Yuan frowned, his eyes flickered, and he said, "Then let's get in touch. When the time comes, we can use the two of us as an excuse to punish the treacherous minister Jia Heng, who has defiled the palace and usurped the Han Dynasty's sacred artifact."

Ruan Yongde said: "Has this matter not been verified yet?"

Chen Yuan sneered and said, "Even if this is not true, so what? No matter whether it is true or not, as long as people in the world are willing to believe it, it's fine."

This kind of thing is always like yellow mud falling into the crotch of your pants, it's either shit or shit.

By then, he will have the righteous cause in his hands. He can contact the two vassal states of Wei and Liang and raise the banner of serving the king. The people of all states with lofty ideals will surely win over food and follow his lead.

Ruan Yongde thought about it and figured out the beauty of it, and said, "Young Master, this is a great idea."

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, looked up at Ruan Yongde, and said, "Let's check it out first. It would be best if we can find some evidence, so that Jia Heng won't have to deny it."

Nguyen Yong Duc nodded in agreement.

After Ruan Yongde left, Chen Yuan couldn't help but show a cold look on his face.

Jia Heng, little boy, he wants to see how that boy will deal with it in the future.

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, his eyes were gloomy, and he was clearly thinking of the scene that happened the other day.