The Red Mansions

Chapter 865 Jia Heng: What kind of enmity is this, what kind of resentment?
Daming Palace, Inner Study Room

The sunlight in the winter afternoon shines on the book case through the red-painted horizontal wooden window casement. The middle-aged emperor thought about what Jia Heng said, and asked, "Can Ziyu help explain the situation?"

Jia Heng wanted to go to the military towns of Datong and Taiyuan to investigate the military affairs in person, which has revealed the seriousness of the matter.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, is there a map to give a speech here?"

Emperor Chongping ordered: "Dai Quan, prepare the map."

Dai Quan obeyed, and together with several inner eunuchs around him, lifted up the screen with a map hanging on it.

Jia Heng and Emperor Chongping walked up to the map and said: "My lord, the Jurchen conquered Horqin Mongolia in the early years and married with him. Together with the Karaqin tribe, Inner Kharkha and other Mongolian tribes, the Jurchen formed the Eight Banners of Mongolia. Harmony was preserved during the Longzhi period because of the King of Beijing and the King of the First Zhou Dynasty, but it has survived under the iron hooves of the Jurchen for more than ten years."

When mentioning the king of Zhou, Jia Heng couldn't help but glanced at the emperor, and saw that his face was as usual, and his heart moved slightly.

"If Jurchen wants to invade the Central Plains and regain the two wings of Chahar Mongolia next year, the Datong Army Town should face the enemy's situation directly. If the general army of Datong sits and watches, Jurchen can calmly annex Chahar Mongolia. If our army interferes, then Jurchen will definitely be there. This is to restrain our army." Jia Heng said, pointing to the direction of Ping'an Prefecture, muttering: "There must be a big battle here."

"But Jurchen must think that our army dare not go out of the city to compete with them."

Emperor Chongping looked towards the direction of Ping'an Prefecture and Datong on the map, and said softly: "The Jiedu Envoy of Ping'an Prefecture is Cui Ling, can he detect the enemy's changes in advance?"

Jia Heng shook his head and said: "Jurchen don't know where to move, our army can only wait passively, such as sending soldiers from the Beijing camp, laboring on an expedition, so I want to go to Datong and Taiyuan and other military towns to rectify the frontier preparations after the beginning of spring. Cope with the enemy."

The current big man does not have the strength to take the initiative to attack. He can only defend according to the city and pass. Of course, he will also choose the opportunity to move.

Emperor Chongping pondered and said: "Ziyu, after the beginning of spring next year, I will entrust you with full power to supervise the army and ask questions. Make sure that the Taiyuan, Datong and other troops are in full swing, and there will be no omissions."

Jia Heng bowed his hands and said yes.

Just when Jia Heng entered the palace to face the saint, in the posthouse, Shuotuo pushed open two wooden windows, stared at the busy street, and asked Zhang Shang who was beside him, "Where is Prince Yu now?"

"My lord, he is now being held in the Imperial Prison of Jinyi Mansion, and the Han court has sent heavy troops to guard him." Zhang Shang said.

Shuotuo said coldly: "Send a message to the Han court, this king wants to meet Prince Yu first."

Zhang Shang hesitated for a moment, and persuaded: "My lord, the Han court probably won't agree."

Shuotuo snorted coldly and said, "Then try it out first."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and asked: "Didn't the people from the Qiao family say that they have made an appointment with that young master of the Yang family? Can you make an appointment?"

The third master of the Qiao family of Shanxi Merchants sits in the Shanxi Merchants Guild Hall in the middle of Beijing. Firstly, he manages the dignitaries, and secondly, he tries to find out what's going on in Beijing.

With Chen Han's crackdown on smuggling in recent years, the original life of Shanxi merchants is also a bit difficult, so we need to pay attention to the direction of the center.

Zhang Shangdao: "My lord, Beijing is keeping a close eye on it now, that Mr. Yang won't see us, especially after that Marquis of Yongning comes back, it's even more difficult to see us again."

No matter how stupid Yang Sihong was, he would not do such a trick when the son of the chief assistant of the dynasty had a private meeting with the Jurchen special envoy. However, Yang Sihong did have a close relationship with the Shanxi merchants. concession.

Shanxi merchants were even more active when there was talk of peace talks between the two parties of Qi and Zhejiang, advocating Jurchen to open border trade and build a century-old peace treaty.

"It's not necessary to meet, but to ask, so that we can communicate with each other." Shuotuo pondered: "What is the emperor's plan?"

Zhang Shangdao: "The humble official sent someone to ask again."

Jinyang Princess Palace——

After Jia Heng and the Son of Heaven played against each other, they left the palace and headed for Princess Jinyang's mansion.

At this moment, Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue have already moved to live in the eldest princess's mansion in the morning, apparently for the sake of cheaper travel. Of course, Jia Heng is still unaware of Princess Xianning's "sinister" intentions.

In the backyard of Princess Jinyang, in a spacious and elegant small hall, the earth dragon is burning inside, steaming and warm as spring.

Princess Xianning was dressed in a blue jacket and skirt, and she was wearing a flying fairy bun with her silky hair. She stared at the young man and came closer. Under her curving eyebrows, her clear eyes were full of concern, and she asked, "Mr. gone?"

Jia Heng said warmly: "I have seen it."

Li Chanyue put down the embroidery in her hand, raised her eyes to look at the tall and straight young man in python, and asked softly: "Mr. Jia, mother, is there any news from her in Jinling?"

"Not in the past two days." Jia Heng sat down near the kang, pulled the little princess's plain hand, the skin was delicate, and felt a little cool to the touch, and asked: "Chanyue, why don't you wear something thicker?"

Li Chanyue looked at the young man and said softly: "I just came back, I didn't expect it to be so cold at home, so I forgot to wear it."

Jia Heng said: "I'll keep you warm, and I'll wear thicker clothes at home in the future. You're in Beijing, and Niang doesn't know what to worry about. I should have known that I let you stay in Jinling."

As she spoke, she held the girl's hand with both hands to warm it up. Chanyue's hand was slender and petite, as soft as a catkin and her skin was delicate.

Li Chanyue lowered her head and gave a soft "hmm", listening to the young man's words of being close to nature, a warm current surged in her heart.

Jia Heng said: "Chanyue, write a letter to His Highness in your name later."

Li Chanyue's cheeks, which were as beautiful as snow, blushed into a glow, and said, "Mr. Jia, are you going to write it now?"

Jia Heng nodded and said: "Wait a while, you write a letter and send it together."

Chanyue blushes when she mentions Jinyang, why is she blushing?
Li Chanyue raised her eyes and said, "Then I will ask the female officer to prepare the pen and ink."

Jia Heng nodded, picked up the fabric that Li Chanyue put down, looked at the girl who had gone and returned, and asked, "Chanyue, what is this embroidery?"

Li Chanyue blushed with a soft and gentle face, and said: "I embroidered it for my mother."

Jia Heng suddenly understood, smiled and said, "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, why are you in such a hurry to embroider?"

Li Chanyue smiled lightly, Zang Xingyunyue's eyes were shining brightly, and said: "Boys and girls can use it."

Princess Xianning approached and said softly: "Sir, Brother Wei Wang said that he wants to meet you in these two days and invite you to have a meal."

Jia Heng thought for a while, his face was calm, and he said: "Wait for these two days, I will go to the Wucheng Military and Horse Company to handle official business, and then I will talk to King Wei."

Princess Xianning pursed her pink lips, her eyes as clear as a spring showed a trace of hesitation, and said softly: "Sir, Chinese New Year will be in a while, when will you go to Jiangnan?"

Jia Heng said: "After the new year, let's see if we can go to Jinling before the Lantern Festival. Recently, there are too many things going on in Beijing. In the spring of next year, I might go to Datong to clean up border affairs."

If you really don't go there, Mopan will probably be mad.

"Datong?" Princess Xianning sat down, took Jia Heng's arm, and said, "Then I will go with my husband."

Jia Heng said softly: "Look at that time, Datong is more dangerous, even if I take you, Concubine Rong will not agree to it, swords and guns have no eyes, if you get hurt, it will be bad. "

"Mister approved me to be a female general at the beginning." The clear eyes under Princess Xianning's beautiful eyebrows flickered, and she chuckled and blamed: "Since I have followed Mr., Mr. has only cared about the beauty of the golden house and left me alone."

Like her cousin, she also became the husband's right-hand man, getting along with him day and night, instead of caged birds and canaries, or playing mahjong at home.

I heard that the husband built a garden at home, presumably for the two sisters Xue Lin, she didn't want to live in it.

Jia Heng laughed and said, "What kind of beauty is hidden in the golden house?"

Princess Xianning jokingly said: "I heard on the way that Mr. Mansion has built a garden, and now it's all completed. I plan to let all the girls in the mansion move in. How about I move in too?"

Jia Heng: "..."

Seeing the young man's astonishment, Princess Xianning chuckled lightly, with frowned eyes, and said: "Just joking with sir, during this period of time, the concubine mother has arranged for craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to repair the princess mansion, and I have chosen it." Xinglong Street, which is separated by a wall from Ningrong Street, has already started construction, and it will be opened next year."

As Xianning grows older, it is not suitable to live in the palace anymore, and he will open a mansion to live outside in the spring of next year, and since he is determined to marry Jia Heng, he will build it near Xinglong Street for future visits.

Jia Heng said softly: "After two days, let's go and have a look, so I can identify the door."

Princess Xianning nestled her head in Jia Heng's arms, and said bitterly: "Sir, from Henan time to now, you haven't been with me for a long time."

She is worried now that the husband will run around in the future and will not have time to take care of him, and even if the husband is strong, he will not be able to hold so many people.

Jia Heng thought for a while, and said: "You have nothing to do in the palace these few days, change your clothes, and follow me to Jingying and Jinyi Mansion to do business. You have been focusing more on martial arts recently."

Whenever he had a chance, he pestered him for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Xianning became more and more slutty, and he needed to correct it, otherwise the way of play would be too narrow.

And he still has great expectations for Xianning. If the emperor and all the princes are irreplaceable in the future, let Xianning be the empress?

Princess Xianning's clear eyes flickered, and she asked, "Then next year when Mr. Goes to Datong, let me go too."

Jia Heng said: "See how well you practice martial arts, let Xiaoxiao come back after the Chinese New Year, and teach you more kung fu."

Since the Son of Heaven has entrusted all the assassination of the King of Chu to the old man in Jinyi in the Chongping era, it would be inappropriate for Xiaoxiao to be placed in Jinling, and it seems that he is not used to it without Xiaoxiao by his side.

Tanchun and Zhenlan are still too young to go in and out with him.

"Xiaoxiao? You are really kind to your cousin." Princess Xianning's hands were slender, her eyes were full of tears, and her eyes were as charming as silk.

As soon as the weather cools down, there will be no dances of the past, and the girls will go straight to the theme when they come up.

"Xianning, please stop making trouble." Jia Heng took Princess Xianning's plain hand, made the girl sit on his lap, and looked at the pure and beautiful jade face. When it comes to appearance, Xianning's beauty is not in Xue Lin's way. Under the eyes, especially the quiet eyebrows, the cold face, and the slender legs, which poked him a little.

In the words of later generations, Xianning has a high-end face.

He wanted to kiss Xianning a little bit, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to use this mouth to kiss again later.

Princess Xianning was stunned for a moment, and immediately met the boy's eyes, and immediately, she had already approached with a warm and soft breath, she slightly closed her bright eyes, her curled eyelashes were trembling non-stop.

Li Chanyue was sewing a small dress, looking at the two people who were bored with each other, listening to the weird voice that kept swaying, her delicate body couldn't help but soften half, the delicate body that was originally afraid of the cold gradually felt a little warmer, The palms...the center of the legs are a little damp and warm.

Mr. Xiao Jia and his cousin are also true.

After a while, Jia Heng gently caressed Xianning's beautiful and slightly red cheeks, and asked, "What does His Royal Highness King Wei want from me?"

"Brother Wei Wang wants to go to the Ministry of Rites to observe politics after the spring, and the queen mother is more in favor." Princess Xianning said in a low voice, her eyes twinkling slightly.

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said: "What about Wucheng soldiers and horses?"

Princess Xianning raised her brows, pursed her moist lips, and said softly: "Brother Wei Wang also wants to take charge of the five cities' soldiers and horses, so he can share his father's worries. The queen mother asked me to tell you, See if you can recommend Brother Wei Wang, I don't know what to say, but the Queen Mother insists on letting me speak."

She didn't want herself to be a bridge for the exchange of interests between her husband, his mother, and Brother Wei, which would tarnish the pure friendship between her and her husband.

Jia Heng murmured: "The empress means that I resign from my job and recommend the king of Wei?"

Princess Xianning looked gloomy, and said in a low voice: "I don't want to say, sir insists on getting to the bottom of it."

What should she say about such things, one is her man, and the other is her mother.

Jia Heng embraced the girl's shaved shoulders, looked at those lips, and said: "Xianning, you are my wife, you have something on your mind, and I want to ask, what's the matter with you in the future, tell me Just say it."

Xindao, it's you digging the root, let me ask the bottom line.

When Princess Xianning heard the words, a warm current surged in her heart, and she murmured: "Sir."

Jia Heng smiled and said: "We are a family, and there is nothing taboo about these things. I will recommend to the Holy Majesty King Wei some envoys from the five cities."

Originally, Wucheng Bingmasi listened to what Jin Yang said and left a way out for himself, so he didn't resign.

But now it would be inappropriate not to go to Lianzhan. As he was named a first-class Marquis, his momentum in the court was greatly shaken, and the fact that he is also the capital camp, Jinyi Mansion, and five-city military commander must be worried about the country. People's attention, and it's too eye-catching, you need to hide your strength and bide your time, and endure it for a while.

But it doesn't mean that if Wuchen Bingmasi is handed over, there is no possibility of getting it back in the future.

And Empress Song, although Xianning conveyed it and gave him enough face, it was actually Empress Song's temptation to test his attitude towards King Wei.

And Empress Song had always stood by his side in the marriage to Xianning, obviously she didn't want nothing, today is interest.

When he became a first-class Wuhou, defeated Jurchen, and captured Dodo alive, his marriage with Xianning was actually short of a big battle.

Seeing the young man thinking, his eyes dim, Princess Xianning worried and said softly: "Sir, why don't I reject my mother and say that I didn't say anything."

Jia Heng said: "I want to deal with the affairs of the captives wholeheartedly. Originally, I also wanted to resign from the post of the Wucheng Bingmasi. The king of Wei has been serving the Wucheng Bingmasi in the past year. He is a prince and should be in charge of the government alone. .”

This is an unstoppable thing. With the downfall of King Zhongshun, the sons of the emperor have been watching politics for a long time. Not only King Wei will be in charge of a Yasi, but King Chu and King Qi will also be reused.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are indeed short of two hall officials.

Jia Heng suppressed the thoughts in his heart, stared at the girl standing in front of the desk with a thoughtful face, and said softly: "Chanyue."

"Mr. Jia, the pen and ink are ready." Li Chanyue stood behind the desk and said softly.

Jia Heng said: "Chanyue, my manuscript will be sent to Hanmozhai for engraving and printing, is it ready now?"

When he was with Xianning and Chanyue, he actually tried not to cool down Chanyue.

"After I came back yesterday, I asked the treasurer Liu of Hanmozhai. It has been printed and released now, and he gave me a few sample books." Li Chanyue said softly, "The sample books are still in my room. Here you go."

Jia Heng looked at the little princess with beautiful eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Chanyue, it's cold outside, just let the maid take it."

Chanyue is actually quite smart, seeing him and Xianning talking about the queen in the palace and the king of Wei, she walked aside without saying a word, this girl is actually smarter than anyone else in her heart.

Li Chanyue responded, and said softly: "Sir, the pen and ink are ready, let's write a letter to Mother."

Jia Heng nodded, got up, and sat down on the teacher's chair behind the desk, preparing to write a letter to Princess Jinyang.

Princess Xianning approached so close, and said softly: "Sir, the Gao family members are still entangled in the palace recently, and they asked to see the concubine mother yesterday afternoon, and it seems that they have to bring up the marriage again."

Jia Heng said: "How did Concubine Rong return to the Gao family?"

Princess Xianning smiled and said: "My concubine naturally disagrees, saying that I have already betrothed to others, but when the lady of the Gao family asked me, I said, I will ask Yongning Hou later."

Jia Heng: "..."

Really confess to the girl, the girl said I go back and ask my husband?

"You're not afraid that the Gao family will hold grudges." Jia Heng said softly.

Princess Xianning said: "Keep grudges and grudges. If I don't believe in the Gao family, they won't inquire about my husband and I."

Just as Jia Heng was about to speak, he was taken aback for a moment, looked at the beautiful and beautiful face, and said, "I'm writing a letter, Xianning."

"Sir, I'm busy with mine." Princess Xianning knelt down and untied Jia Heng's jade belt, her slender jade hands were as dexterous as butterflies.

Jia Heng: "..."

Who is Xianning taking revenge on?Forget it, let her vent her anger. I guess she was "bullied" by Jinyang in Jinling.

Li Chanyue glanced at Princess Xianning at this moment, her heart was beating wildly, she also picked up the brush, and spread out the letterhead to write for Princess Jinyang.

Cousin Xianning is too nonsense, she insists on telling her mother in a letter.

The girl wrote with a pen, turned her eyes to look at the boy whose face was getting weird, thought about it, and finally gave up.

If you are still angry, it will not be good if you move your fetus because of this matter.

After Jia Heng and Li Chanyue finished writing the letter, they put down their brushes and looked at the letter paper. The handwriting in their hands was neat and smooth at first, but as time passed, it seemed to become more and more scribbled.

Anyway, he's going to transcribe it later, so let's just scribble some.

After a while, Jia Heng put down the brush, picked up the teacup, and handed it to Princess Xianning. Looking at the girl with a flushed face and winking eyes, she felt somewhat helpless, and asked, "This is the time when I endured humiliation for so many days. , but it made my Xianning wronged."

Princess Xianning took a sip of tea lightly, her spirits brightened, a sneer curled up in the corner of her mouth, and she said, "Now I'm just charging some interest, sir hasn't served me yet."

Jia Heng said softly: "Well, let's go to your room."

"Sir, let's go to her room." Princess Xianning raised her head, and there was a firm look on her beautiful face.

Jia Heng: "???"

What kind of enmity is this, what kind of resentment?
Princess Xianning put down the teacup, pulled Jia Heng's arm closer, said with a cool and beautiful smile, "Sir, if you promise me this time, I won't get angry with her."

Jia Heng thought for a while, looked at Chanyue whose cheeks were blushing, and said, "Chanyue, you lead the way."

Li Chanyue felt very shy, put down the brush in her hand, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Jia, I haven't finished writing yet."

Princess Xianning ran over, took Li Chanyue's hand, and said softly: "My good sister, let's go, you are my aunt's good Chanyue, it would be so boring without you."

Li Chanyue: "???"

No, what exactly does this mean?
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(End of this chapter)