The Red Mansions

Chapter 71

In the hall——

Jia Zhen refused to admit it to death, Xu Lu sneered and said: "The evidence is convincing, but I haven't confessed yet. It seems that I can only report to the Holy One. Zhier colluded with bandits and committed the crime of committing murder in Gyeonggi!"

Jia Zhen snorted coldly, closed her eyes tightly, and remained silent.

At this moment, he has obviously realized that as long as he keeps silent and refuses to admit it, the cruel official in front of him will have nothing to do with him!

"Take it off!"

Xu Lu patted the gavel and asked someone to take Jia Zhen down, waved his hand and left the hall, then gathered up the confession and testimonies, and called Jia Heng and Dong Qian to the backyard.

"Master Xu." Jia Heng cupped his hands and said.

Xu Lu frowned and asked, "Young Master Jia, Jia Zhen refuses to admit it, can you do something?"

Jia Heng said: "My lord, Jia Zhen will only admit to colluding with bandits unless she loses her mind."

"It's my fault that I didn't use torture?" Xu Lu twisted his beard with his hands, and his eyes as sharp as a hawk fell on the young man's face.

Jia Heng shook his head and said: "No matter what Jia Zhen said, she is a third-rank mighty general. She has her own majesty to deal with, and torture is not appropriate. Your lord can interrogate her and make her crimes obvious. It is already a fair law enforcement. Heng is really impressed."

Xu Lu nodded, and said with great emotion: "I am about to impeach Jia Zhen, collude with bandits, rob women and children, and disrupt the security of the capital. The Holy One shines his candle thousands of miles away, and has insight into the subtleties. He will never condone such vicious beasts!"

When Jia Heng heard this, her heart moved slightly, but she couldn't say anything after all.

Whether Jia Zhen can be impeached or not, and what will happen in the end, Xu Lu's memorial is the key.

"If it's just colluding with bandits, kidnapping women and children, and disturbing the security of the capital, Jia Zhen is less likely to be imprisoned and sentenced to death." Jia Heng was thinking.

In this era, there is a system of eight opinions and official appointments. For a queen like Jia Zhen, as long as it is not a heinous crime, the official title can be deducted from the crime.

"Under the urgency, we couldn't collect Jia Zhen's serious crime of treason. Just now, Xu Lu's so-called collusion with thieves and bandits to rebel. This kind of crime is okay to intimidate Jia Zhen, but it cannot be impeached by Xu Lu, the presiding judge. Exaggerating in front of Emperor Ping is self-defeating." Jia Heng thought of this, his face was silent, knowing that this was the limit.

Fortunately, he had predicted before that the Jia family's power would not be destroyed all at once.

Ancestor Yu Yin, for the first time, he was able to promise grace to avoid death, but the second time... affection is something, once used, once lost.

The love and favor of the Supreme Emperor is not unlimited.

For the rest of the time, Jia Zhen, who has no title, will have even more limited means.

He also has other arrangements...

What's more, Jia Zhen's kidney meridian has been broken. First, her body became weaker and weaker, and then she died of blood in the urine.

At that time, Ningrong and Rongfu would only think that Jia Zhen was hollowed out by wine and sex, and would not believe it.

Xu Lu looked at the young man across from him, smiled, and said, "Young Master Jia, it's getting late, you should go back earlier, I have to write the memorial all night, and submit it to the emperor tomorrow morning."

After a lot of tossing and turning, the night was dark, and when the hour of Hai was approaching, Jia Heng bowed his hands and said goodbye, followed his cousin Dong Qian out of the Jingzhao Yamen, and then went back home.

Ningrong Street, Wicker Alley

In Jia's mansion, following Jia Heng's pretext that he had something to do to leave, the relatives and friends who came to the banquet felt strange, but they didn't want to ask too many questions. When Youshi finished eating and drinking, they dispersed.

In the wing room, on one side was a tall table, and under the double happiness character, two red candles were burning high, casting a bright light.

Behind the screen of mountains and rivers, Qin Keqing was dressed in a phoenix fire-red wedding dress, a phoenix crown, and a red hijab. She was sitting on a bed decorated with splendor and splendor, tied with wreaths. As time passed, Qin Keqing also began to feel nervous and mixed with anticipation. Then to anxiety, doubt, and finally worry, I wanted to ask, but I had to hold back.

The whispers of the servant girl Baozhu and Ruizhu came through the screen.

"Why hasn't my uncle come back yet? It's the hour of the day, and it will be the hour of the day." Baozhu frowned and said in a clear voice.

Ruizhu sighed, and said, "Before I left, I said I had something to do, but I didn't say where I was going?"

"How can it be like this, on the wedding night, leaving the girl alone in the room." Baozhu said softly.

On the bed, Qin Keqing clasped her hands tightly, she didn't know what to do?

Could it be that Jia Heng deliberately embarrassed her?But before leaving, the gentle words were in my ears, but it didn't look like...

Qin Keqing pursed her cherry lips, and sighed faintly from the bottom of her heart.

And at this time, Qingwen in the next room was also standing on the threshold and staring at the moment. The girl was wearing a green skirt with water sleeves, and her rosy face was raised, looking up at the bright moon, with charming eyebrows and eyes. For a while, he didn't have the wisdom of the past, and was faintly covered with a layer of melancholy.

For some reason this day, I just felt that I was out of tune with this joyous atmosphere, as if I was a superfluous person.

"Da da……"

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from the entrance of the alley, Qingwen paused, and said in a low voice: "Young master is back?"

After a while, there was the sound of the door creaking. A young man led a horse into the courtyard. Under the bright moonlight, he was tall and tall with a calm face. He walked under the pomegranate tree and tied the horse.

"My lord..." Qingwen said in surprise as she ran over.

Jia Heng smiled and said, "Are you still asleep?"

Qingwen said, "Master, where have you been?"

"Go out and do some errands." Jia Heng said softly, took the washbasin handed over by the maid Bi'er, washed her face and hands, and said: "Go and prepare some hot water, I will take a bath later."

He rushed all the way to Shuiyue Nunnery, back and forth, full of wind and dust, and it was not easy to go directly into the house and Qin Keqing's bridal chamber.

Aunt Cai also came out of the house at this time, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "Brother Heng, why did you come back, I have been waiting in the house for a long time."

In the wing room, Baozhu and Ruizhu heard the movement in the courtyard, looked at each other, and said in surprise: "Young Mistress, my uncle is back."

Qin Keqing, who was sitting upright on the bed, trembled with her tender body, and her red hijab kept trembling.

Has he... come back?
There was a sense of grievance in Fang's heart. On the wedding night, her husband disappeared.

But at this moment, she couldn't help being startled when she heard the voice behind the screen.

"Uncle." The servant girl Rui Zhu called out.

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Madam is in the inner room."

"I've been waiting for my aunt for several hours, and no water has even entered." Bao Zhu curled her lips, looked at the heroic young man opposite, and thought to herself, how could the bride be left in the bridal chamber on the wedding night without the groom being seen.

Jia Heng frowned, and asked: "You two, don't let Madam take off the hijab, eat something and drink some tea."

In his opinion, after worshiping and getting married, even if they pass the door, there is no need to be too rigid about etiquette.

And, some brides do have some snacks under their hijab, otherwise the night will be long...

Baozhu nodded, and said softly: "The bride's hijab is never lifted by herself, it's all..."

Jia Heng ignored Baozhu, and without waiting for her to speak, she went behind the screen and said, "Keep, I'll pick out the hijab first."

Looking up, he saw a beautiful woman with shaved shoulders and a plain waist, sitting on the bed and bedding. At this moment, the red light in the room was burning brightly, and the candles were shining brightly. Jia Heng couldn't help but be taken aback.

Perhaps because Jia Heng came in, Qin Keqing's legs shrank involuntarily under her skirt.

Jia Heng smiled lightly, picked up the scale beam on the side, walked up to Qin Keqing, raised a corner, and stepped forward, only to see under the shining golden-winged phoenix crown, a beauty of national beauty and heavenly fragrance, as gorgeous and bright as a hibiscus. Appearing suddenly, reflected in Jia Heng's eyes, under the curved black eyebrows, bright eyes and white teeth, Qiong nose and goose fat nose, cherry sandalwood mouth painted with rose red rouge, white and slender neck, jade bead necklace glittering and translucent...

Qin Keqing originally had that kind of graceful, elegant and plump face, which is quite similar to Baochai's charm, but the timid and soft between the eyebrows and eyes is also like Daiyu, so there is a saying that she has the beauty of both hairpin and Daiyu.

But at this moment, the phoenix crown and xiapei set off the gorgeous and unreasonable beauty, but it is like a graceful and gorgeous peony.

"Keqing..." Jia Heng picked up the hijab in his hand, put it away, and looked at the beauty opposite with gentle eyes.

Under Jia Heng's gaze, Qin Keqing's heart trembled, her flawless white cheeks were as bright as a rosy glow, her curved eyelashes trembled, hiding a shy shadow, her beautiful eyes drooped slightly, and her red lips painted with gorgeous rouge lightly parted , softly said: "Husband..."

Jia Heng took Qin Keqing's slender hands, feeling delicate and tender, like suet and white jade, staring at the beautiful woman in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and said in a gentle voice: "Are you hungry, let me get some snacks , you eat some cushions first."

Qin Keqing lifted up a beautiful, gorgeous face like a flower, with a bit of shame and joy in her beautiful eyes, took Jia Heng's hand, and said softly: "Husband, I am not hungry..."

Jia Heng smiled lightly, but didn't insist anymore.

(End of this chapter)