The Red Mansions

Chapter 581 Princess Jinyang: ... After all, Zhi'er was wronged

Daming Palace, side hall
As Emperor Chongping personally confirmed the news of the recovery of the Kaifeng prefecture city, the bright and spacious hall was filled with an atmosphere of joy, and the maids and eunuchs standing outside the hall were also infected by the joy on the faces of several nobles , with a happy face.

Dai Quan's fair and beardless face, the muscles tensed due to tension also slowly relaxed, and he was completely relieved.

He was really worried these few days, but fortunately, Jia Ziyu did not disappoint His Majesty.

Because of the Kaifeng Fucheng incident, if Shenjing City is shrouded in dense clouds, then the palace garden is almost in a state of thunder rolling, ready to land at any time.

Princess Jinyang's beautiful eyes are condensed, and her beautiful and beautiful face is as bright as a peach pistil because of joy, and her thoughts can't help but fly to the land of the Central Plains.

I don't know how he is now.

Yes, he still has Xianning by his side.

Thinking of this, the joy in my heart faded a little, but I felt a sense of depression. Before the expedition, because the military situation was on fire, it was fine if I didn't say goodbye to her, and I didn't send a letter from the family. Now I can't say that I am making love to Xianning.

Thinking of this, Li Ren's beautiful eyebrows raised a melancholy charm, and her heart couldn't help feeling agitated. If Xianning's name is justified, and she appears before everyone in an open and aboveboard manner, then in this life... she will not be able to see the light.

Li Chanyue's pretty face was filled with relief, the corner of the handkerchief in her hand was slightly loosened, and Zang Xingyunyue's eyes were shining brightly.

She knew that although Mr. Jia did not cultivate his personal morality, his ability to march and fight was unparalleled in the world.

Concubine Duan Rong's frowning eyebrows stretched out, her moon-like face had a rare smile, she turned to look at Li Chanyue, because she was in a happy mood, her voice was clear and melodious like broken jade: "It really makes Xiao Chanyue right."

The beauty smiled softly, her smile was a bit cold and indifferent, like Wang Shu, who was bright and white, suddenly dazed by Yun Xi, and the beautiful and clear charm at the corners of her brows and eyes overflowed silently.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Li Chanyue.

Being scrutinized by several eyes, Li Chanyue felt a little shy for a moment, lowered her brows and said in a low voice: "Auntie, I also guessed randomly, but I didn't expect to guess right."

Looking at the quiet and gloomy little princess, looking at the long and narrow eyes under the imperial concubine's moth eyebrows, seeing a touch of joy, she said softly: "It's also a skill to be able to guess correctly. It can be seen that Chanyue hides her heart and sees people. Seeing things, it’s quite unique.”

Hearing this, Princess Jinyang frowned, and the joy in her eyes gradually faded.

Li Chanyue was embarrassed by the praise, her cheeks blushed with embarrassment, and said softly: "Auntie, how can I... be so good?"

Empress Song was overjoyed on her snow-skinned and jaded face, she turned her head in the cloud-dui emerald bun, and said softly, "Your Majesty, it doesn't seem to be long, that is, Kaifeng fell a few days ago, and now I have returned to the imperial court." In my hand, this is also..."

Think about it carefully, how long is this?
This Jia Ziyu is really a young talent, but...

Um?Why did she remember that day again?
Thinking of this, Fang's heart shuddered, and she quickly suppressed her distracting thoughts.

Emperor Chongping nodded, his cold and hard face in the past became much more peaceful because of the joy, and he said in an uplifting tone: "I will say this, if you don't move, you will be done, and if you move, there will be thunder. The court is now using the power of thunder to extinguish the fire of civil disorder. Make it corrupt and spread, otherwise it will not be enough to deter Xiao Xiao, restore the prestige of the center, and just show the world that our great Han Jiangshan community is as safe as Mount Tai."

Now, after he has reorganized the army, the general trend of strengthening the Beijing camp has been achieved. This is a clear proof. Otherwise, how could the suppression of the chaos be so fast and smooth?
It's only a few days if it's full.

In fact, this is the reason why Jia Heng "had not to use cavalry to attack fiercely, but rushed down to the city without waiting for the infantry to follow up".

If it is delayed for three to five months, not only will the thieves achieve a preliminary integration, which will greatly increase the number of casualties in the siege.

That would create a perception that the Chen-Han imperial family was out of control, that the great Han country was in turmoil, and that the country was in danger, which in turn would trigger a series of unpredictable chain reactions. This was what Gao Yue and others were after.

Kanping civil strife is also different from the national war. The national war lasts for a long time and cannot be rushed. On the premise that the internal rebellion does not rush forward, it is best to suppress it with thunderous means, so as not to cause greater disasters.

Even, if possible, block the news so that it does not spread to the whole world, and when it reacts, the rebellion is over.

This is the keen political awareness of the upper elite of a ruling group.

This impression, even Emperor Chongping, was no exception. Previously, the government of a province was broken by civil turmoil. Bandits and bandits gathered tens of thousands of people, and they attacked the city with great momentum. Don't you feel ashamed and ashamed for it, so that you vomit blood and faint?

But once the army of the Beijing camp came out and used thunder to suppress the chaos, the perception from top to bottom was that the prestige of the center was unshakable, and the imperial court was still the same imperial court, which effectively deterred Xiaoxiao.

Princess Jinyang suppressed her "worries" about her daughter, and said thoughtfully: "Brother Huang, just now I heard that the bandits were captured alive and they are going to be escorted to the capital?"

When it came to this matter, Emperor Chongping was also a little complicated, saying: "Ziyu has already sent Gao Yue to the prison car, and sent him to the capital for punishment. The heads of the other two thieves, Kou Xiao, will also be sent to the capital. It seems that Ziyu personally Gao Yue was captured by force, Gao Yue was brave and brave, the generals couldn't control him, Zi Yu went out on his own, and he had to wait for the detailed military report to arrive at the specifics of how to fight."

As he spoke, he picked up the paper again and read it intently.

Just now, because I was directly looking for the final result, I didn't look at the battle process carefully. Now I read it word by word with a piece of paper and found more details.

Princess Jinyang's jade face suddenly changed, she panicked, and thought to herself, why did he fight with others.

Empress Song also looked over intently, with a trace of concern in her beautiful eyes, and said: "Your Majesty, Ziyu is the commander of the first army, so it stands to reason that he should not move lightly. Could it be that the situation of the war is so urgent that he needs to take action himself."

Concubine Duanrong's cold face also quietly had some deep thoughts, and her heart once again rose to her throat.

The situation was urgent, Jia Ziyu acted personally, Xianning was by her side, I don't know if there was any danger.

Probably not, the two armies fought in front of the battle, Ziyu would not put Xianning in danger.

Now that things have happened, after what she said, she no longer wants to take care of Xianning's marriage, but Xianning is a little girl after all, and it really doesn't look like she has to go with her to the front of the two armies.

Dai Quan hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Madam, as far as I know, Jia Ziyu is proficient in martial arts. He fought in Cuihua Mountain and several times in Beijing. It is not rash to think."

At the beginning, when he led the guards of the Jinyi Mansion into the Yamen of the House of Internal Affairs to arrest King Zhongshun's henchmen, a general outside the House of Internal Affairs drew his sword to resist the arrest, led troops to jump over horses for Jia Heng, and killed them on the spot. Dai Quan almost witnessed it with his own eyes.

Emperor Chongping nodded, and said: "After Ziyu became a general, he was very brave. I remember that when the Sanhe gang in Dongcheng was raging, Ziyu fought with the bandits on the long street. It was recorded by the inspector of the inner guard. The heroic appearance of a young man is like yesterday, this is the martial arts of my great man, not only resourceful and strategic, but also taking the lead when it is critical."

With this kind of strategy and bravery, we can do a lot in the war against the captives in the future.

In fact, this quelling of the chaos not only tested the combat power of the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, but also gave Emperor Chongping a kind of confidence.

Empress Song Yurong was delighted, her voice was gentle, and she said: "Your Majesty said that my concubine has also remembered this matter."

It's just that at that time, the young man's fame was not well known, and he was only mentioned as the military commander of the five cities. Now he is the assistant minister of the military aircraft and the commander of the Beijing camp.

Concubine Duanrong Yanmei's face showed concern, and she said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, did you mention Zhi'er? Zhi'er has not heard from her for several days."

As she said, she stared at the paper in Emperor Chongping's hand with a pair of cold and crystal clear eyes.

Well, after a long time, Emperor Chongping didn't even think about giving the paper in his hand to a few people to read.

"It's said above, and the military report will be detailed later." Emperor Chongping looked calm and said briskly: "Xianning is following Ziyu now, and the military report for the past two days is written by Xianning."

A few days ago, after the letter was delivered by Feige, the military newspaper was urgently delivered to Shenjing six hundred miles away. After Emperor Chongping read it, he also showed it to Concubine Duan Zhengrong.

And Jia Heng asked Princess Xianning to help write the military newspaper, which undoubtedly gave Emperor Chongping a sense of comfort that he didn't even notice.

Not to mention other things, Jia Heng led the pace with [-] riders, and was granted the power of "beheading first, playing later, and doing things cheaply", but the imperial court did not send civil servants and internal supervisors. The minister is concerned, but it is hard to say if he will lead the army to conquer the Eastern Captives in the future.

And Jia Heng's letting Princess Xianning join the army happened to provide an anchor point of trust for Emperor Chongping. It is still inconspicuous now. When he leads hundreds of thousands of troops and fights against the enemy, he will no longer have to worry about "Wang Jian".

The noble concubine Duan Rong sighed, her beautiful face was covered with worry again, she said softly: "Xianning has never traveled far, the queen mother also said yesterday that there was a letter from Luoyang City, Xianning and Jia Ziyu was a guest at Mrs. Han’s residence, and told Xianning to stay in Luoyang, and she insisted on going to the front with the army.”

In the past few days, a letter from Mrs. South Korea's wife has also arrived at Queen Mother Feng's side, telling that Princess Xianning and Jia Heng arrived in Luoyang and stayed at Feng's house for one night.

Well, by the way, I also want to mention the matter of my family helping the imperial court to suppress the rebellion army to prepare military supplies.

Of course, these Jia Heng mentioned Feng's family when he and Meng Jinwen, the governor of Henan Province, reported the crimes of Chen Zhiwei and Zheng Liangfan afterwards.

Emperor Chongping nodded, and said, "It's fine to go to Xianning to practice. In fact, if King Wei hadn't just got married..."

When it came to the end, I realized something was wrong, so I gently turned away, and didn't say any more.

When Empress Song heard what Emperor Chongping said, her heart skipped a beat. It would be too...

However, after thinking about it, I think it's impossible, His Majesty has always held the military power tightly.

Empress Song suppressed a trace of complicated emotions in her heart, smiled, and said softly: "Now that the chaos has settled down, Your Majesty's hanging heart can be completely relieved, but you can eat this medicinal food first."

As he spoke, he took the medicinal food at the side and handed it over.

Emperor Chongping took the porcelain bowl containing the medicinal food, and said softly: "Once the city of Kaifeng is recovered, the bandits will only be left in Runing Mansion, and Ziyu will need to send troops to wipe them out and appease the people after the war. , A lot of rice and grain were confiscated in Luoyang earlier, Ziyu should be able to deal with it properly, and these bandits should not be allowed to invade other provinces."

Because Xie Zaiyi's news had not arrived when Jia Heng sent the letter to Feige in the morning, so the emperor didn't know that the Runing Mansion had returned to the court.

Narrating the changing situation in this way is also to calm my heart.

Empress Song said softly: "Your Majesty, the Runing Mansion seems to be a lair of bandits. I don't know how many soldiers and horses are there? Are there more soldiers and horses than Kaifeng City?"

Emperor Chongping said: "According to previous reports, there are not as many houses as there are in Kaifeng, but we should do our best to eliminate evil and prevent them from resurfacing."

Li Chanyue's eyes sparkled, and she said: "Didn't Mr. Xiao Jia say earlier that he had sent a group of people to the Runing Mansion in order to stop the thieves from fleeing in all directions. I think good news should spread soon after coming to the Runing Mansion. bring it on."

Emperor Chongping was just picking up a spoon, and after eating a spoonful of herbal food, he looked at the little princess, his eyes softened a little, and said softly: "Xiao Chanyue said so."

Li Chanyue smiled, and said softly: "Don't worry about that, uncle Huang, let's finish the medicinal food first."

Princess Jinyang turned to look at the smiling Li Chanyue, because the joy of the good news had gradually receded, her brows were frowned, and her heart could not help but cast a haze.

Chanyue remembered what he said earlier, but she didn't think about it just now.

Empress Song also looked at Li Chanyue, imitating Emperor Chongping's title, and smiled lightly: "What Xiao Chanyue said is that Your Majesty should take the medicinal food first, and then go to Hanyuan Hall later."

Emperor Chongping nodded, and didn't say any more, he finished eating the medicinal food spoon by spoon, took the handkerchief, tea cup, and spittoon from Dai Quan and several eunuchs, and rinsed his mouth.

As he spoke, he looked at Empress Song and Concubine Duanrong, and said, "I have gone to Hanyuan Hall."

The incident in the Central Plains was initially determined, and he also had to tell the good news to the ministers and workers of the previous dynasty, and the follow-up compensation for the injured soldiers and rewards for meritorious generals and schools had to be set in advance.

Once the Runing Mansion is recovered, Ziyu will have to appease the follow-up, and then he can be promoted to the noble.

As for the title of He Jue, I also have some ideas in my heart.

Seeing Emperor Chongping get up and leave surrounded by Dai Quan and other eunuchs, Empress Song said softly, "The concubine sends you off respectfully to Your Majesty."

As Emperor Chongping left, in the side hall, Empress Song ordered the female officer to clean up the dishes, and at the same time said to Concubine Duanrong with a chuckle: "Sister, don't worry now, the clouds all over the sky have dispersed. , Xianning will be back soon."

Concubine Duanrong said softly: "I'm still a little worried about the two of them. It's not appropriate to eat and sleep outside."

In fact, there are some things that are difficult to say, young men and women are together, there is no depth or severity, if they go out for a while, and then come back...the bead tires are dark, and the royal family's face is tarnished.

Empress Song heard some subtext, and said softly: "When Ziyu comes back, His Majesty will marry him and Xianning according to the method of conjugal marriage."

Such a big victory, in fact, the gift of marriage is not enough, if according to His Majesty's plan, it will probably be after the war against the Eastern Prisoners, then you can stop Youyou's mouth.

Concubine Duanrong sighed softly, with a look of worry on her beautiful face, she said: "Xianning is not young anymore, she should be settled for her life."

When Princess Jinyang heard the words, she frowned, and said in a concentrated voice: "Sister-in-law, what did you just say... What are you talking about?"

She just heard that these two words were a little unusual.

Empress Song realized she had made a slip of the tongue at this time, but after thinking about it, she also felt that it was nothing to mention Xianning's marriage in front of Princess Jinyang, so she ordered the female officials to screen away the surrounding maids and eunuchs.

This kind of matter related to the marriage of the princess is not suitable for the maids and eunuchs to know before it is decided, so as not to spread it to the outside world.

Seeing Empress Song so solemnly, Princess Jinyang pursed her lips, and all sorts of speculations filled her mind.

Empress Song said softly: "It's Xianning. Didn't she go to Henan this time? She also trained with Ziyu in the Beijing camp earlier. It seems to be intentional. Your Majesty also wants to help her, but isn't Jia Ziyu married a regular wife?"

There were no outsiders at the moment, and Empress Song no longer kept secrets.

Princess Jinyang nodded, and said softly: "It seems to be a relative of Qin Ye's family, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry. I met the king of Wei last time when he got married."

She would like to see how the emperor's brother will solve the matter of his existing wife. If he divorces his wife, it will be impossible with his temperament. If he wants to give a marriage, he must take into account the royal family's face, regardless of size, it cannot be justified.

Empress Song said softly: "Your Majesty's intention is to bestow a marriage, but there is always a question of the status of a regular wife when bestowing a marriage, and it's not easy to let a good young couple break up, but Xianning is not easy to be young, this is not an honor The National Mansion has no titles now, and the incense offerings from the lineage of the Rongguo Mansion are gone. If you use the gift of the common people, it would be a bit of a contempt for the founding of the country, but the Rongguo lineage is really useless, and His Majesty does not want to show favor Strike."

Speaking of this, Empress Song paused, paying attention to Princess Jinyang's expression, her beautiful eyes twinkling, and her heart moved slightly.

Princess Jinyang was thoughtful on her face, but she was thinking of another matter.

This beautiful woman has extraordinary knowledge and open-minded thinking.

Empress Song said softly: "According to Your Majesty's wishes, Zi Yu is to enshrine the incense from the Rong Mansion as well. It can be regarded as one person enshrining the incense from the Rong Mansion and the Ning Mansion. In this way, the Rong and Ning Mansions will not be treated badly for the founding of the country. And the titles don't interfere with each other. Ziyu is a first-class man in the Ningguo Mansion. If he has made merit, he will be promoted to a noble. On Xianning's side, if he has made merit, he will be named a noble of the lineage of Rongguo. Your Majesty will be promoted that day. Said so to me."

This is a strategy that Emperor Chongping came up with. In this way, it will perfectly solve Jia Heng's problem of pacifying the Eastern Captives in the future.

Since the incense of the two families must be inherited, and the titles of the Ningguo lineage are the heirs of Jia Heng and the Qin family, then the heirs of Jia Heng and Xianning can inherit the lineage of the Rongguo, so that they can all be promoted to nobility.

And because of the military merits, you don’t have to worry about Rongguo Mansion’s thoughts, because the title of Rongguo Mansion has been removed, and there is no title at all. Now let Jia Heng and Rongguo Mansion help sacrifice the Rongguo family, and your Rongguo Mansion still occupies Great deal.

Concubine Duanrong sighed, and said softly: "Women are not allowed to stay. Previously, Xianning followed Ziyu to the Beijing camp to train soldiers, and there were a lot of gossip. Now he followed Ziyu to the front line. Now even Shenjing has some Gossip came."

In the past few days, Princess Xianning followed Jia Heng to lead the army to Kaifeng Mansion. There has been some publicity in Shenjing, but in name it is because of Song Guojiu, and Princess Xianning visited the Queen Mother on behalf of the Queen Song and the noble concubine in the palace. The family members in Luoyang did not cause an uproar.

At this moment, listening to the conversation between Empress Song and Concubine Duanrong, Princess Jinyang's beautiful eyes under her beautiful eyebrows narrowed slightly, and she was slightly startled.

Concurrent?Both houses are regular wives?
So Xianning became the main wife by the law of concubine?

That's right, the emperor's brother recruited him as his son-in-law just to win over, no, in fact, sister-in-law can win over too, right?
Well, let's not talk about that, so, where will she put it in the future?

If she is cum...

Previously, this beauty felt regretful because Jia Heng's family already had a regular wife, and it was difficult for her to marry her. This was also the main reason why she always felt that Princess Xianning was not a threat.

Marriage?Without great merit, giving a marriage casually is not very good-looking, and Princess Xianning's age is put there, so it is impossible to say that the marriage is settled.

Originally thought this way, but finally found that this problem has been successfully solved by Emperor Chongping.

Princess Jinyang twitched her eyebrows, and in a second thought, she felt that it was impossible for her to have sex.

She has been a widow for many years, and there is such a big age difference between Ziyu and Ziyu. How should outsiders view her?
Even if she doesn't want to admit it, she can only...

No, there is still a chance, but because Xianning cut off the last chance, she can only sneak around in the future, otherwise it will really hurt the face of the Tian family.

Also, after all, these are all Chanyue's tricks.

Originally nothing happened, but it was Chanyue who insisted on dragging her cousin into the mess.

Thinking of this, Princess Jinyang turned her head and glanced at Li Chanyue.

The little princess, who was surprised at first, was facing her mother's cold and sharp eyes at this moment, and her heart couldn't help but twitched, her eyes were downcast with her curved eyebrows, her heart felt weak, and she clutched her handkerchief , The mood is complicated and unspeakable.

She...she didn't do it on purpose.

In the same way, Cousin Xianning married Mr. Jia, there is no obstacle, and mother can no longer ignore the rumors outside, and be ambiguous with Mr. Jia.

But why couldn't she be happy at all?

In fact, at the very beginning, Princess Jinyang intended to marry Li Chanyue to Jia Heng, but by coincidence, good fortune tricked people.

The scene where Princess Jinyang and Li Chanyue looked at each other happened to fall into the eyes of Empress Song, her bright eyes flickered, but she didn't become suspicious, instead, she felt a little bit of joy in her heart.

Empress Song's eyes were lost for a moment, and she thought to herself, it seems that this method of conjugal care really made Jin Yang's heart move... No, it should be an afterthought.

It's just that Chanyue is a cute, smart, gentle and quiet child. She has already made an appointment for a daughter-in-law, so she can't compete with her family, Xianning.

As for a princess of the Tian family and a princess, it is absolutely impossible for them to marry Jia Ziyu.

Princess Jinyang's complexion returned to normal, but she sighed inwardly as she looked at Empress Song and Concubine Rong.

However, Empress Song showed a smile again, and said: "In this way, they are all regular wives, that is, the two heads of the people are big. When Your Majesty told me about it, I thought it was rare, but it was reasonable. "

Concubine Duanrong sighed, and said: "Sister and Your Majesty are also worried about Xianning, hey."

Because of such a matter, it also affected the etiquette, but fortunately, it can be perfectly resolved in the end.

Princess Jinyang's complexion was gloomy, and she said in a delicate voice: "In Rongning and Ningfu, Ningguo is the elder, and Rongguo is the youngest. After all, Zhi'er has been wronged."

Empress Song: "???"

No, you're finding fault on purpose, aren't you?

However, having said that, it seems that...

So the Qin family is still the big one, and her Xianning family is the young one?
Well, no, this is what Jinyang deliberately puts her in the way, and she does it on purpose!

Concubine Duanrong frowned, her jade face changed slightly, and her clear eyes were a little absent-minded.

How should I put it, I feel that the plan that was originally perfect has a slight flaw in an instant between Princess Jinyang's few words.

Although they are both regular wives, they always feel that their precious daughter is still a small child, this...

However, as an elder, Jinyang can naturally say a few words of "fighting against injustice" from the standpoint of "worried about wronging Xianning".

As for whether it is intentional to add obstruction, it is a matter of opinion.

(End of this chapter)