The Red Mansions

Chapter 825 Jia Heng: Power, or Power...

The night was dark and the rain was tight, and the cool wind was blowing, and the lanterns above the restaurant were shaking with the wind.

Jia Heng's face was calm, and he left Gantang restaurant with complicated thoughts.

"Brother Heng." Zhen Xi held the lantern, glanced at the boy holding the umbrella, and called softly.

"Well, let's get in the carriage and go." Jia Heng said softly, took Zhen Xi's little hand, and got into the carriage together. With the snort of the horse's nose, the carriage turned around, and under the guard of the Jinyi Mansion, they drove towards Ningguo government.

Inside the carriage, the fragrance of a girl like orchid and musk deer diffused slightly, mixed with the smell of rain from the bamboo curtains, making Jia Heng more clear-headed.

Jia Heng looked at the girl who was tightly pursing her pink lips, stretched her arms around her shoulders, and said in a low voice, "Xi'er."

"Ah, what's the matter, Big Brother Heng?" Zhen Xi asked in a low voice with curiosity on his face.

Jia Heng said: "Xi'er, what just happened."

"Brother Heng, I didn't see anything." Zhen Xi whispered hastily, her heart pounding like a deer, her soft and waxy voice began to tremble.

Immediately, she leaned her head tightly on Jia Heng's shoulder, feeling ashamed in her heart, brother Heng and elder sister were so ridiculous just now, they made out in front of...how could that be?

Jia Heng held Zhen Xi's hand, pinched the girl's chin, looked at the girl who seemed a bit shy, and played a trick, asking: "Xi'er won't tell me what I saw earlier. Someone else's."

Zhen Xi's aura-like pupils flickered, and she said shyly, "Brother Heng, you and big sister...it's not too good."

It seemed that this sentence had exhausted all the strength in the girl's body, and she collapsed into Jia Heng's arms after she finished speaking.

Jia Heng sighed, and said: "I also know it's not good, as you can see, your sister has always had a strong personality, she didn't even ask for my opinion just now... I have nothing to do, it was her at the beginning... that's all, Stop talking."

Zhen Qing is pregnant now, so it's hard to say anything about her.

Zhen Xi blinked, and was brought back to the scenes just now by Jia Heng in her heart.

Big sister Cai did not ask Brother Heng for his opinion just now.

But that's why Brother Heng put his arms around Eldest Sister first, right?

Jia Heng stared intently, thinking about the impact of Zhen Qing's pregnancy.

In fact, after this incident, the chances of the two of them revealing their affair have been reduced. Because Zhen Qing is pregnant, it will be inconvenient for her to travel after returning to the capital. Except for a few months at certain times, she may be more addicted, so she is unlikely to come to climb. cling to him.

And in the past few months, he can also devote his mind to the matter of dealing with captives, and calmly resolve the crisis that may be caused by the childbirth.

Looking at it this way, Feng Hou couldn't help but make the mistake of making Princess Chu pregnant.

During this period, the only thing that needs to be done is to appease Zhen Qing's emotions, and don't let her do anything wrong.

As for the future, with Zhen Qing's temperament, will she use the child as a bargaining chip against him?Self-respect?

At that time, it was a game between the two, and he was not afraid of anyone in this regard.

Dispelling these messy thoughts, the autumn wind from the bamboo curtain blows on the face, and I feel an indescribable strangeness in my heart.

In the past and present, this is the first time to be a father, and the feeling of being connected by blood just now is a little strange and kind.

Thinking about it this way, if Zhen Qing is really pregnant with a child, it's not a bad thing.

At least Zhen Qing's mind has settled down, and the balance should be completely tilted toward him.

In addition to being able to provide her with the status of a princess, the King of Chu is basically in the past tense.

However, since Zhen Qing is pregnant with a child, it means that as he expected, the growth of strength has come to an end, so there should be some movement in Jinyang during this period, and he should ask about it later.

Jia Heng's complexion was gloomy, and he regained his composure, turned to look at Zhen Xi, and said softly: "Sister, let the previous matter rot in your stomach, don't reveal a word to anyone when you go back."

It wasn't that Zhen Qing was pregnant, Zhen Xi didn't know about it at all, but Zhen Qing's previous Jedi survival for him.

On Zhenxi's palm-sized face, her jade cheeks were hot as fire, her blushing was like a glow, her bright rainbow eyes were misty, and she quickly said: "Brother Heng, I don't know how to do it, I didn't say anything before, um... ..."

Blinking his eyes, he quickly covered his eyes, opened the door and bowed to the thief.

Not long after, Jia Heng quickly moved away from the girl's shiny and soft lips, and said with a light smile, "Sister Xi'er will keep her mouth shut in the future, right?"

"En." Zhen Xi lowered his head, his face was as bright as the sky, and his waxy voice was a little shy.

Jia Heng stretched out his hand to hold Zhen Xi in his arms, and said in a warm voice: "Sister Xi'er, we will be a family from now on, you can come to my room and serve me in the future."

From now on, he also needs to be cautious for a while.

Zhen Qing buried a big hole for him, he needs to get rid of some dangerous factors, and Zhen Xi is his best helper.

It's true how comfortable the two concubines of the Zhen family were at that time, but how difficult it is now.

Under Zhen Xi's beautiful eyebrows, she looked at the young man with eyes full of water, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, you and... are not a long-term plan after all, if it is discovered, it will be a catastrophe."

The girl is pure in heart and a bit shy, but she is not stupid. Even Wen Ning's temperament is the youthful version of Zhen Xue.

"I was thinking of breaking up with you before, this is not your eldest sister..." Jia Heng said softly, his face paused, and he said in a low voice: "It is useless to say these things now."

If he had a child, the entanglement between him and Zhen Qing would become more and more difficult to resolve, and Zhen Qing couldn't be blamed for not being able to slap a single hand.

The bright eyes under Zhen Xi's beautiful eyebrows flickered, she pursed her lips, sighed softly in her heart, and said, "Brother Heng must be careful in everything in the future."

She didn't know why, ordinarily, the etiquette she received in the boudoir should have spurned such things, but one is her sister, and the other is the husband she will serve in the future.

Jia Heng's eyes were a little bit deep, and he lightly piled up the girl's snowman, and said, "So, sister Xi'er just helped me watch the wind."

Consciousness and proficiency make people feel distressed. In other words, the youngest Zhenxi is actually very shy, or sober.

For some reason, I suddenly thought of Xichun from Dongfu, or Xiangyun.

Just like in the original book, Xichun is actually very clear about many things. Don't look at Xiangyun laughing and laughing, he also seems to be doing the same thing when he is persuading Baoyu, and he talks like an adult.

It can only be said that life urges people to grow and mature.

Zhen Xi's pretty face blushed like a cloud, thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Big brother Heng and big sister are the pillars of the Zhen family in the future, and they should not be discussed and ruined because of this kind of thing, especially brother Heng, especially He is the pillar of the imperial court, and now that he has captured Prince Donglu alive, his body is no longer his own."

At that time, not only their Zhen family would be ruined, but Brother Heng would also be affected.

Hearing this, Jia Heng pinched Zhen Xi's chin and said, "Sister Xi'er really hits the nail on the head."

Zhen Xi's words were indeed to the point. Since he captured Prince Jurchen alive, his political importance has skyrocketed.

Because, he is the first martial artist who can win the war against captives.

To put it bluntly, even if Emperor Chongping knew that he was the king of Chu, he would hold his nose and admit it, and would not say anything, but sent someone to execute Zhen Qing and the child in his belly.

And this is the sternest warning to him.

As for the future, Emperor Chongping will find him to settle accounts after Qiuhou, that is in the future.

At that time, it was not difficult to report a princess with a serious illness, especially since the Zhen family had already collapsed, if she really wanted the king of Chu to be the East Palace, Zhen Qing would be forced to retire sooner or later, or... go to her mother's residence son.

At least to change places, if he was Emperor Chongping, he would do that.

The emperor will not know what role a powerful woman like Mopan has played beside the King of Chu these years. If she really likes the King of Chu, she is a qualified emperor by being a villain herself and helping the King of Chu to clean it up in advance.

The premise is that he doesn't make the city full of storms.

But now, he still restrained himself, and the emperor should not notice it either.

This kind of thing between men and women can be hidden if you say it is easy to hide, and it is not good to say that it is not good to hide it.

Zhen Xi saw Jia Heng's complexion changed, his eyes were as cold as lightning, and the evil spirit on his body oppressed people's hearts. The girl unconsciously held her breath in fright, and said softly, "Brother Heng, I just said it."

Brother Heng won't kill her to silence him, will he?

Jia Heng looked at the girl, feeling somewhat amused in her heart. The girl with a similar temperament to Zhen Xue is undoubtedly a piece of jade, and said softly: "Sister Xi'er has a beautiful heart and a beautiful belly. You can tell me more about it in the future." explain."

It's just that Zhenxi's temperament is a little weaker, which makes people want to control her.

"Yeah? Uh~" The girl was about to say something after she was surprised, but she saw that soft breath rushing towards her face again, and the feeling of ecstasy came again.

But this time, Tan opened his mouth slightly, and looked at the boy buried in front of him in surprise.

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The carriage stopped in front of Ningguo Mansion, and Jia Heng supported Zhen Xi all the way to the inner hall of the backyard and sat down. Zhen Xi still had a faint blush on her face, and her delicate body was still trembling.

Jia Heng warned: "Sister Xi'er, you go back to your room first, I'll go to the study."

Zhen Xi gave a soft "hmm", glanced at the boy secretly and said, "Brother Heng, rest early."

As he spoke, he turned and left the inner hall with blushing cheeks.

Jia Heng looked at the pitch-black night outside, and took a deep breath. After Zhen Xi was gone, the darkness came in like a tide, in all directions.

It has to be said that Zhen Qing's sudden pregnancy disrupted his peaceful and leisurely life, and even brewed a potential crisis.

In the final analysis, he has not yet reached the point where Huang Xie, Dorgon, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty need to be taboo for his lord.

He still cannot fully bear the consequences of being known, because power comes from above.

power, or power...

If he has the power to dominate the world, let alone Zhen Qing, even send the emperor... No, even if Jinyang's affairs are revealed to the world, it doesn't matter.

But now the court officials still have the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and the vassals have Qi, Chu and Wei, even Wu Xun, as well as Nan'an County King, Beijing King and others, he... is not enough!
Apart from captive affairs, his position is not irreplaceable, and the foundation of his power is still in the hands of the emperor.

Tree without roots, water without source!
Jia Heng was walking in the eaves, when these eight words suddenly sounded in his heart, he stopped abruptly, as if a bright light flashed in his heart, the light fluttering with the wind shone on his face, between bright and dark, between turning around, he hid again In a mass of darkness.

In the study——

The rainy night was much darker than the previous days. Jia Heng carried a lantern and headed towards the study with a heavy heart. When he looked up, he saw that the study was already lit, and a familiar figure was projected on the window lattice.

Jia Heng walked to the study room, and at a glance, under the bookshelf by the window, the girl in the green skirt was writing at the desk.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Chen Xiao raised her frosty face, her voice was clear and golden, and asked, "Are you back?"

Jia Heng nodded and said, "What are you looking at?"

Chen Ling smelled the alcohol smell on Jia Heng's body, frowned, and asked, "Going to drink?"

Jia Heng said: "It's not like you don't know that the King of Chu invited me. He offered me a few glasses of wine, and I can't refuse."

Hearing the words, Chen Xiao flew under the sword eyebrows slantingly into her temples, her clear mirror-like eyes fluttered and swayed the candlelight on the candlestick, looked at the young man's face, and suddenly said: "Then what does the king of Chu want you to do?"

"What else can you do, turn around and get closer." Jia Heng said lightly, sat down, took Chen Ling's hand, and under Chen Ling's frowning, said in a low voice: "I've already washed it." passed."

I always feel that Xiaoxiao's management is quite wide.

After speaking, he sat down, picked up a stack of books with seals from the desk, and asked: "Is there any news from the guard of Jinyi Mansion in Beijing recently?"

Chen Xiaodao: "Just now there was a letter from Feige in the middle of Beijing. The palace means that if there is nothing else, you should go back as soon as possible. In addition, there is another thing mentioned."

Jia Heng was slightly surprised, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Chen Xiaoyu's face was frosty, and she said coldly: "The Zhen family will be investigated."

The detective from Shenjing Jinyi Mansion conveyed a very short message, but the wording was short and important, but the fact that Zhen's family was investigated undoubtedly made the Princess Xiao very happy.

The demon concubine of the Zhen family is a disaster for her beauty. Now that the Zhen family has been raided, she thinks she will have no chance to pester Jia Heng again.

Jia Heng put down a little of the books in his hands, and said: "Finally, this day has come."

"Beijing Central has issued an order, and it is being delivered urgently at [-] yuan. This is the letter from Feige delivered by Jinyi Mansion first." Chen Xiao said with bright eyes, and delivered the note paper she received. go.

Jia Heng stretched out his hand to take the paper, read it, paused for a moment, and said: "I knew this would happen, but I didn't think it was really me leading the Jinyi Mansion to make a copy. This time, there is just an extra House of Internal Affairs."

Before he left, the emperor assigned him a new job. Could it be that he was worried that the Zhen family would contact him too much, and the Zhen family would not be active?
It's really possible... If you talk about beating, you can't say it.

Chen Xiao's gaze under Liuye's slender eyebrows saw surprise, and said softly, "Then what are you going to do?"

"What else can I do? Wait for two more days, the imperial decree will come, and if it is necessary to investigate it, then investigate it." Jia Heng's face was gloomy, and there seemed to be a cold light in his eyes, and he said: "Secret the news first."

As for tipping off the news and transferring property, these are all acts of death.

In a sense, the downfall of the Zhen family is actually a good thing. Only when King Chu's money bag is cut off, will King Chu and Zhen Qing gradually part ways.

Without Zhen Qing as the backing of the Zhen family, the support she can give the King of Chu in winning the heir apparent will also weaken. At that time, how much weight will Zhen Qing still have in the heart of the King of Chu?

Chen Xiao raised her eyes to look at the young man who was thinking about the situation, and asked, "The Zhen family won't come to beg you, will they?"

Jia Heng said: "We'll talk about it when the time comes, and I'm helpless."

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The next day, very early in the morning, just after dawn, the young man on the bed woke up faintly, feeling extremely sore all over his body, especially his head was a little dizzy.

After gathering his mind, he suddenly felt something, turned his eyes to Princess Chu Zhen Qing who was sleeping in the inner room, and asked, "Princess, where is Uncle Yongning?"

He remembered drinking too much wine last night, and then...

"My lord drank too much wine last night and slept too much. Uncle Yongning went back last night." Zhen Qing turned around, put on the clothes on her body, looked at the familiar face of King Chu, and suppressed her heart Deeply guilty, Liu eyebrows frowned, pretending to be annoyed and said: "My lord was too unrestrained last night, if Yongning Bo hadn't left earlier."

The King of Chu rubbed his temples, which still had some headaches. Hearing this, he smelled the strange smell in the curtain, and his complexion was a bit unnatural. He raised his eyes to look at Zhen Qing, who was so delicate and charming like a rose.

It seems that last night there was a glamorous event, mainly because the surrounding glamorous aura floated between the noses of King Chu, why didn't he know that the princess was lucky after being drunk last night.

Mainly drink the fragments.

Of course, the two were originally husband and wife, and there was nothing wrong with sharing the same bed, but after all, they were lucky after drinking, so it was somewhat embarrassing.

Thinking this way, King Chu asked angrily, "Princess, did I lose my composure in front of Uncle Yongning yesterday?"

If he loses his composure in front of Yongningbo, it will damage his hard-working start.

Zhen Qing thought, you slept like hell yesterday, but she still sighed softly and said: "I have pulled the prince a few times, but..."

"However, you don't need to worry, Uncle Yongning is not an outsider, and he didn't say anything about your lord. He went back in a carriage with his fourth younger sister yesterday."

Hearing the words, King Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "It's a family, it's nothing."

He was worried that the king of Chu was frivolous and not enough to rule the world.

He was secretly annoyed by the "beautiful face... so strange?", but now it's hard for him to reconnect with each other.

While talking, she saw that the beauty had already got up, and said with a smile like a flower: "My lord gets up first, doesn't it mean that I will visit Aunt Jinyang and Xianning tomorrow?"

Seeing this, the King of Chu stopped worrying about what happened last night. He got up, put on his clothes, and asked, "To visit Aunt Jinyang, you must prepare a gift."

Princess Chu Zhen Qing had a charming face, with a bright smile, and said: "It's ready for the prince."

As she spoke, Zhen Qing ordered the female officer to prepare hot water for the King of Chu to take a bath. Seeing this scene, she smelled the strong breath of the bastard on the bed, and sighed.

Yesterday was a waste of time for her, and now she also needs to wash her body.

After the king of Chu and Zhen Qing both packed up, Zhen Qing also returned to the Zhen Family Manor in a carriage, and went straight to the attic of the back house to look for Zhen Xue.

Zhen Xue is sitting under the window sill at the moment, sewing something. The beauty is wearing a light blue dress, and the hairpin on her hair is a bit simple, while her slender hand picks up a needle and goes through the robe in her hand. Judging from the length of the robe, It looks like a man's cotton robe.

Winter is gradually approaching, and the weather is much colder, so this beauty plans to sew some clothes for Shui Xin and... Jia Heng to wear.

At this moment, hearing the female officer's voice, Zhen Xue raised her beautiful and gentle face, smiled and said, "Sister, you are here."

With a smile on Zhen Qing's face, she said softly: "Come and see my sister, is my sister sewing clothes?"

In fact, she was a little uncertain before, so she still had to ask her sister.

Zhen Xue seemed a little embarrassed, she hid the robe she was sewing aside, smiled and said: "I'm bored in my spare time, embroidering two clothes, sister, why are you here?"

"Come here and talk to my sister." Zhen Qing smiled sweetly. While talking, the millstone had already been seated under the kang by the west window where Zhen Xue was. She picked up her robe and said with a smile: "My sister's sewing is getting better and better. Who did it? Could it be for Jingli's brother-in-law?"

"Sister..." Zhen Xueyu was a little ashamed, and said in an annoyed tone, "Sister clearly knows who it is for, but she still comes to ask."

This was deliberately teasing her.

Zhen Qing waved her hand to screen off the female officer, and looked at Zhen Xue with a smile, her eyes full of meaning.

Knowing that something was wrong, Zhen Xue asked, "What's the matter, sister?"

Zhen Qing sat down nearby, fixed her beautiful eyes on Zhen Xue, and asked in a low voice, "Sister, recently..."

Hearing Zhen Qing's inquiry, Zhen Xue was stunned and said, "Sister? It seems... It's been more than ten days since I came here."

Zhen Qing: "???"

Is my sister pregnant too?She was just asking casually, but this was earlier than herself?
Zhen Xue was not as sensitive as Zhen Qing, she said softly: "It's not a problem, I said I was going to call a doctor to have a look."

"Sister, don't." Zhen Qingxiu frowned, looked around and saw no one else, she whispered in Zhen Xue's ear: "I also have five or six days, and I used to be on time, my sister is probably pregnant too."

Zhen Xue froze on the spot, and said, "How...is this possible?"

"How is it impossible?" Zhen Qing raised her eyebrows and gritted her teeth: "Since I came to Jiangnan, how many times have I been obsessed with my sister and him, which one was not..."

"Didn't my sister say that he...has a problem with his body?" Zhen Xuexiu frowned, and said softly, "Otherwise, the Qin family in Ningguo Mansion has not had any movement in his stomach until now."

Zhen Qing said: "That was last year, maybe he is young and his bones haven't grown?"

"Haven't it bloomed yet?" Zhen Xue blushed, thinking to herself, where hasn't it grown?

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. After half a month, I will let the doctor take a look." Zhen Qing said.

At that time, with today's incident, it was justified, and now in the Jiangnan area, the investigation by the clan's mansion would not be particularly severe, and besides, she had already conceived a son for the prince, so there was evidence to check back then.

In fact, it is relatively easy for the vassal king to steal the dragon and turn the wind. If it is a weaker princess, it will not work, and Zhen Qing is obviously a princess with means.

Only the emperor's concubines will keep a close eye on it, and there are records of eunuchs for every lucky encounter for reference.

"Sister, what should I do here?" Zhen Xueyu said in a low voice with a pale face.

"Sister, hurry up and go back to Beijing. If it's not possible, let Ziyu think of a way." Zhen Qing's phoenix eyes flashed.

"But the lord... it's not like my sister doesn't know about it." Zhen Xue was frightened by Zhen Qing's words.

Zhen Qing nodded and said: "It's indeed a problem. Why don't you use medicine and let your brother-in-law and the maid next to you pretend to be a fish in troubled waters."

Zhen Qing came up with an idea, and as she spoke, her beautiful eyes shone slightly, and she said softly: "At that time, the old concubine of the Beijing Palace, who else said you were jealous?"

Not to mention, this beauty is really quick-witted.

Zhen Xue pursed her pink lips and said hesitantly, "Sister, I'm a little afraid of this matter."

Beauty is indeed a bit timid.

"Then wait a little longer and discuss it with Ziyu." Zhen Qing said softly.

Zhenxue nodded and said, "Then when I pick up Xinxin another day, I'll ask Ziyu, he must have a solution."

This kind of thing, if it is not handled well, it will end with riding a wooden donkey or soaking in a pig cage.

(End of this chapter)