The Red Mansions

Chapter 903 Chen Xiao: Damn it, damn it...

Shenjing, Jinyang Princess Palace, above the attic
The outside is cold and bitter, the heating inside the house is like a dragon, and there are layers of white frost on the glass windows.

Under Princess Xianning's eyebrows, she looked at the tall and straight boy in python suit, and Chen Xiao, who was dressed in a flying fish suit, with clear eyes, and asked, "Sir, why do you have time to come over today?"

Jia Heng approached, took the girl's slender hand, smiled and said: "Come and see you, the imperial decree from the palace has been delivered to Ningguo Mansion today, urging me to go south to Jinling."

In fact, it wasn't that Xianning was left out on purpose, but that he really couldn't get away, not literally.

Princess Xianning said in surprise, "Sir, why are you in such a hurry? You just came back not long ago, sir."

Jia Heng looked at the clear and handsome face, and said in a gentle voice: "Try to plan this matter before the end of the year, and go north after the New Year."

Under Princess Xianning's slender eyebrows, her crystal clear eyes fixedly looked at the young man, and she said in a clear voice, "Sir, then I will go south with you."

Jia Heng smiled and said: "You just came back from Jiangnan not long ago, so you just rest in Beijing for a few days, saving you from traveling back and forth and exhausting you."

The matter between him and Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue still can't make Xianning aware of the clues. Of course, with Xianning's love for him, most likely he won't say anything.

Princess Xianning looked at Chen Xiao who was at the side, her eyes flickered, and she asked, "Sir, are you taking sister Xiao with you again?"

"I'm not going this time either. I just came back from Jiangnan, and I haven't rested for the past few days." Chen Xiao sat down, her voice was like melting ice and snow, clearer and more pleasant, then she stared at Li Chanyue with gentle eyes, and called out: " Where is Chanyue playing the piano?"

"Cousin Xiao, I have nothing to do, so I play a piece of music casually." Li Chanyue looked at the girl with beautiful eyebrows, smiled softly, and replied softly.

On the other hand, Princess Xianning was pestering Jia Heng, saying: "Sir, I'm not afraid of hard work, let's go with my husband."

Going south to Jinling, the man is pregnant and can't do anything else. She just happens to be able to spend more time with her husband.

Jia Heng asked: "Then what should Chanyue do at home?"

Li Chanyue was originally listening quietly to Jia Heng talking to Princess Xianning, when she saw that she was mentioned, she couldn't help paying attention.

"Let her follow Cousin Xiao." Princess Xianning said confidently.

Li Chanyue: "..."

This is a sister who has been promised for a lifetime, so don't let her go?
Chen Xiao put down the piano score, stared at the young man, and said, "I think it's better to let Xianning go with you."

Let Xianning follow her, at least it will make him more scruples when looking for the demon concubine of the Zhen family, sister-in-law is most concerned about sister-in-law.

Jia Heng thought for a while, looked at Princess Xianning, met those shining and expectant eyes, took the girl's jade hand, hugged her in his arms, and said: "I am riding a fast horse, and I can't say hundreds of miles in a hurry. , This journey has been bumpy and hard, I really don't want you to be too tired, we won't be together for a few days, why don't you wait for me in the capital."

When Princess Xianning saw Jia Heng saying this, although she felt a little regretful, she also felt the young man's pity, and said in a clear voice: "Well, when will the master come back?"

"I'll go to Jinling as soon as possible, and I'll try to come back before the year, but it may be after the year. I can't say it now." Jia Heng looked at the face with crooked eyebrows, and said: "But I shouldn't delay coming back for the Lantern Festival, you If you and Chanyue feel that staying at home is boring, you can also go to the mansion to talk to your sister Lin and the others, the garden is more lively, and you are familiar with it before."

These girls shouldn't be born just to please him, they also have emotions, sorrows and joys, and their own preferences. Love is not the whole of life after all.

Princess Xianning's expression was disconcerting, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed on her face, and replied softly: "That's fine."

Li Chanyue also nodded, met that warm gaze, and said softly: "Then Mr. Jia, be careful all the way, pay attention to windproof and keep warm. I wrote a letter to my mother and asked Mr. Jia to deliver it to me." .”

Jia Heng smiled and said, "Then I'll deliver it for Chanyue."

Well, Chanyue has always been so polite, even when two people are pleasing each other on the embroidered couch.

Jia Heng said: "I don't have anything to do this afternoon, so I can talk to you guys."

Xianning has just become a bride and has already started to feel a little clingy, while Chanyue is fine, with a simple mind and doesn't have too many thoughts.

When Princess Xianning heard the words, her beautiful jade cheeks blushed, her heart was a little overjoyed, and she asked, "Sir, you are not busy this afternoon."

Jia Heng said softly: "I'm leaving tomorrow. I was busy with training in the Beijing camp a few days ago, so I didn't come to see you. I will accompany you and Chanyue later, and I will go home in the evening to clean up. I plan to leave tomorrow morning. "

Apart from saying goodbye to Keqing, the others would not say goodbye for now, otherwise there would be another burst of artillery fire.

Princess Xianning said softly, "That's fine."

Seeing that the two had made an agreement, Chen Xiao picked up the teacup on the side table with her slender hands, and took a sip. The girl with a cold expression seemed to be sulking in her heart.

The man still didn't listen to her proposal after all.

She ran all of a sudden from Jiangnan, isn't she tired?Xianning deserves more pity, right?

Knowing that these jealous thoughts are naive and ridiculous like a little girl, but I still can't help it.

Jia Heng gently held the girl's slender catkins, made a snowman, her fingertips overflowed, and said in a warm voice: "Xianning, I'm really busy these days."

Princess Xianning blushed her bright cheeks, and said angrily, "Sir, Cousin Xiao is still here."

Although he said so, he didn't stop Jia Heng from playing snowball fights.

Jia Heng said softly, "Don't worry about her."

Xiaoxiao hasn't seen anything, so where did she go?After a while, Xianning must learn how Xiaoxiao speaks.

Chen Xiao glanced coldly at the boy in python clothes, put down the teacup with a "click", got up, came to stand in front of a bookcase under the south window, and simply couldn't see it.

Xianning's bright and crystal clear eyes blinked, and said with a light smile, "Sir, Sister Xiao is jealous."

They are worthy of being good sisters who grew up together since they were young. They have always liked to dance with knives and guns since they were young. In the end, even the people they like are the same.

Jia Heng said softly: "She was like this when she was in Jinling, it's not like you don't know."

Speaking of it, she leaned close to the girl's cheek, held her lips, and the cool mint moistened her heart.

The two got bored for a while, Jia Heng said softly: "Xianning, why don't you give me a dance."

Princess Xianning left Jia Heng's arms, got up, and said softly: "It happens that Chanyue and I just prepared a dance, sir, you can watch it."

Saying that, he got up, took the hand of the little princess who was blushing and stood still, and walked to the side room, obviously to change clothes.

Jia Heng picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and thought about Jiangnan.

Once Anhui becomes an independent province, it means that Shen Bing, the governor of Liangjiang, will greatly reduce his authority. Of course, this is originally the weakening and check and balance of the central government.

When he passed this time, the edict included "removing the officials of the prefectures and counties of the province", mainly to select a group of officials, and then as time passed, the Ministry of officials would gradually vacate the officials of Anhui province, and the land in the south of the Yangtze River could be regarded as divided up.

But at this moment, a cold fragrance floated under the wings of Jia Heng's nose, and when he looked up, he saw that slim girl coming over at some time, her eyebrows and eyes were as clear as frost, like an iceberg snow lotus on the top of Kunlun Mountain .

Chen Xiao snorted coldly, and said: "I taught her martial arts in the early years, but she didn't study hard, but her mind was all on these strange skills to please men."

Jia Heng said: "Xiaoxiao, that's not the way to use strange skills and ingenuity."

Chen Ling picked up the teacup, ignored Jia Heng, and sat down beside her.

Jia Heng looked at the arrogant girl with scorching eyes, and asked curiously: "Xiaoxiao, you can dance, right?"

Chen Xiaoyu looked faint, glanced at Jia Heng, and said coldly: "I don't know how to do this."

Jia Heng smiled, and looked at the blush on the girl's cheeks, but she didn't break it.

Xiaoxiao obviously understands what this means, um, it's a pity...it's a pity that I can't take a look.

"Jianwu, I know a little bit." Chen Xiao said coldly as if he caught the regret in the young man's Youyuan eyebrows.

Jia Heng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Why don't Xiaoxiao dance a sword dance later?"

Chen Xiao snorted coldly, and neither responded nor refused, which made Jia Heng start to look forward to it.

Chen Ling glanced at the expression on the young man's face, and snorted coldly in his heart, just want to see it that much?
When she was young, she actually learned those dances, but she couldn't encourage him to indulge in pleasure. Since returning to Beijing to become a marquis, she has become more and more unscrupulous.

And at this moment, accompanied by the sound of ring pendants, Princess Xianning and Li Chanyue came out from the flower hall in the inner room. One of the two girls was slim and the other was petite and exquisite. They both wore pink skirts and thin clothes. The clothes are bright and beautiful, and the fragrance is tangy.

Li Chanyue is fine, she usually wears peach red dresses, showing the tenderness and softness of a young girl, while Xianning seldom dresses like this, it undoubtedly gave Jia Heng a refreshing feeling at this moment, but the pink color does not match Xianning's freshness Absolute temperament.

Chen Xiaoliu raised her thin eyebrows, and her cold eyes turned to the dancing girl in a dress with water sleeves, lingering on her snow-white and soft lotus arms.

Xianning's dance is too undignified, who taught her?Could it be Concubine Rong?

After the little princess came to the Yaoqin, she sat down quietly, first stroking the music of the piano, and with the sound of the strings tinkling, immediately brought Jia Heng into an indescribable rhyme.

Fortunately, the fire was burning in the attic, and the warmth was harmonious. Although the two of them were dressed lightly, they didn't feel cold.

Jia Heng praised: "Xianning's dance is getting better and better, and her figure, eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to yours."

Chen Xiao: "..."

However, this time is okay, watching Xianning dance, but talking like her, it seems that compared to looking at her at the beginning, saying that she looks like Xianning, she has a conscience, but not much.

Jia Heng stared at Xianning and danced, and as time passed, Li Chanyue also put down the Yaoqin in her hand, and danced with Princess Xianning.

Therefore, it suddenly changed from a single solo dance to a two-person dance.

Not long after, Li Chanyuetong, with a blushing face, was dragged by Princess Xianning to Jia Heng.

"How is sir?"

"Well, it's pretty good." Jia Heng first pulled Xianning over, his eyes hovered over the tear mole under the beautiful eyebrows, and he stretched out his hand to caress the girl's smooth and delicate face, only to feel that the skin was delicate and tender, and it was close to the lips. superior.

Chen Xiao looked at someone who was hugging left and right, and was speechless for a while.

Is this the face of Mingjun?This is simply a foolish king, but when he thinks of the former Yingrui Sensei, he feels in a trance, and there is another burst of separation.

Just as she was upset for a while, a familiar voice suddenly came from her ears: "Xiaoxiao, you wait here first, I will go to the inner room with Chanyue and Xianning to talk."

As he spoke, he opened the bead curtain and entered the side room.

And Chen Ling sat there in a daze, her jade face suddenly became as white as frost, and she felt a sense of irritability welling up from the bottom of her heart, and her slender hands were already clenched into fists.

What about sword dance?She said she looks good at sword dancing!
Damn, damn it...

Not long after, there were obviously rustling noises from the next door.

Chen Xiao was upset and wanted to get up and leave, but she still couldn't help but move her steps, walked under the screen, and stood and watched with a cold expression.

Princess Xianning was hugged by Jia Heng, her voice trembled slightly, her face was flushed, and she said in a low voice, "Sir, let me... take off my clothes."

"You don't need to take it off, it looks better in clothes." Jia Heng caressed Princess Xianning's shoulders that were as round as jade, and said in a low voice.

Chen Xiao: "..."

The "sinister" intentions were understood almost instantly.

No wonder she has to watch her sword dance, if she... must give him a sword, so that he can never do bad things again.

The girl was thinking wildly, and then looked at the "honest boy" Li Chanyue on the other side. Her drooping hair covered her head, and all she could see was her rosy cheeks and her originally shy eyebrows. Curved eyelashes drooped down, trembling non-stop.

This, Chanyue is such a good girl, to be harmed by him like this?

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly heard another voice in the wing room, it was clearly Xianning's voice, no, the tone was somewhat familiar.

"What are you going to do? I am Princess Xiao, you are rude to me, I will tell Xianning."

Chen Xiao: "..."

The girl was dumbfounded, she couldn't believe it, how could Xianning imitate her?

However, a voice that made Chen Xiao's face reddened even more, he only heard the familiar voice, and said: "Xiaoxiao, you have fallen into my hands, let's see where you go to make trouble this time."

Chen Xiao: "???"

It's too... too abstract.

At this moment, look at the young man who is busy.

And Chen Ling didn't know why, the irritability in her heart dissipated, and she felt a strange feeling in her heart, her clear eyes were full of embarrassment.

This is taking Xianning as her?No, this was deliberately shown to her, clearly to "humiliate" her.

After a long time...

Jia Heng stretched out his arms to embrace Princess Xianning's slender waist, turned to look at the girl with sweaty hair sticking to her pretty cheeks, and said in a low voice, "Xianning, you have suffered a lot during this time."

Princess Xianning's cold voice was slightly delicate, and she said, "Sir, I'm fine."

On the other side, Li Chanyue was pulled into her arms by Jia Heng, and said, "Chanyue."

Li Chanyue's bright eyes were tightly closed, her cheeks were as red as apples, and she said softly: "Mr. Jia, Cousin Xianning misses you very much, you...you just need to make a fuss."

Jia Heng gently caressed Li Chanyue's slender shoulders, lowered his head and kissed the girl's tender cheek, and said softly, "We'll talk about it when we come back from Jiangnan."

He was actually not in a hurry, and since Chanyue was afraid, maybe someday Jinyang would hold her hand to comfort her?

Li Chanyue leaned her rouge-red cheeks against Jia Heng's chest, mixed with joy and shyness, and said "Mmm" softly without saying a word.

Princess Xianning turned her pretty face to look at Jia Heng, and said in a low voice, "Sir, try to come back before the Lantern Festival, so we can watch the lanterns in Qujiang Pond."

Jia Heng said: "Try your best, there is no war in the south this time, it's just some government affairs, and it won't take much time."

Princess Xianning responded, leaned her head against Jia Heng's arms, and said softly, "Sir, it's still early."

Jia Heng thought for a while, leaned into Princess Xianning's ear and whispered, "Xianning, come by yourself."

Princess Xianning's beautiful and beautiful face blushed slightly, and she didn't say much. After all, she was fond of martial arts since she was a child, and she often went hunting in the mountains, and her riding skills were superb.

In the evening, the twilight merged, and the four corners of the Princess Mansion were lit up, as bright as the day.

Jia Heng straightened his clothes according to a bronze mirror, and felt something in his heart. He turned to look at the silent girl with a beautiful face and cold face, and asked, "Why are you so unhappy?"

Chen Xiao cast a cold glance at Jia Heng, and said in a low voice, "What do you think?"

Jia Heng smiled and said softly: "I called you just now, but you shouldn't."

Chen Xiao snorted coldly, with a gloomy gaze, she clenched the Xiuchun Knife in her hand.

Want to be with her...at least not like just now, she doesn't like serving her with others.

She is unique.

Jia Heng looked at the girl, and seemed to be able to sense something from the beautiful eyebrows. He approached gently, holding his cold bare hands, and said in a warm voice: "Okay, let's go back to Ning Mansion first, I have to leave tomorrow."

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Time flies, and before you know it, more than ten days have passed. Rao Jia Heng has not stopped all the way, speeding up. Wherever he passes, he does not stop at any place, but the official roads in some places have just melted from the snow, and there is also a little muddy. affected the itinerary.

Jinling, the backyard of the Princess Palace

As the Chinese New Year approached, this mansion in the southern land also began to decorate with lights and festoons, and under the leadership of Yuan Chun and Fu Qiufang, the courtyard began to be arranged.

The eldest princess of Jinyang wore a red dress, gorgeous and bright, standing in front of the window, stretching out her hand to gently caress her lower abdomen, looking at a cold plum tree in the courtyard, the plum blossoms stood proudly under the snowflakes, with pink stamens.

The beauty's soft eyes lingered on the red plums in the courtyard, gently stroking her belly, as if she felt that a life was being conceived, and she felt an uncontrollable joy surging deep in her heart.

In fact, I haven't shown my pregnancy in just two months, and my lower abdomen hasn't bulged too much. It's more of a kind of psychological filling and satisfaction.

And Liren listened to the words of the female medical officer in charge of medical affairs in the mansion, Zanshan, and dared not go to Beijing, for fear that the boat would be bumpy and something would happen to the child.

In fact, this is a bit of a concern, and people are not too fragile, but if they show their feelings after returning to Beijing, when they enter the palace to pay their respects during the New Year, Empress Dowager Feng will always see the clues.

Lian Xue stepped forward gracefully, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's cold here, so don't stand too much."

As he said that, he put a colorful peacock fur on the beauty's shoulders. Well, because the beauty is slim and tall like the Chen family, she even needs to put her feet up a little.

The eldest princess of Jinyang, Xiuyu Qingsi, turned her hair in a cloud bun. She was beautifully decorated with pearls, and her emerald face was full of thoughts. She asked softly, "What time is it?"

Before Jia Heng went south, he had already delivered the news through the pigeons in Jinyi Mansion.

Lianxue asked: "I said I left Henan a few days ago, so maybe I have arrived in Xuzhou now."

Even though the Princess Jinyang's beautiful and graceful face does not wear makeup, her gorgeousness remains undiminished, and the ripeness and maternal breath from the corners of her brows and eyes overflows silently. While walking towards the inner room, she said softly: " It's almost time to arrive, by the way, pick out a batch of seasonal New Year's goods in the south of the Yangtze River, send them to the Queen Mother in Beijing, and deliver the letter written by Bengong together."

As the only daughter of Empress Dowager Feng, she has a caring little padded jacket. She is not returning to Beijing in Jinling this year. It is said that Empress Dowager Feng is somewhat disobedient, but Princess Jinyang found a lot of reasons, and recently sent letters to Beijing frequently.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, things are ready." Lianxue said softly.

While the master and servant were talking, a nun outside entered the hall and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the Marquis of Yongning is here."

When the beauty heard this, her delicate body trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes looked at the nanny in surprise, and asked, "What?"

"The Marquis of Yongning is waiting outside the hall." Mammy had no choice but to repeat.

Jia Heng's journey can be described as a fast ride, although it is not much faster than the six hundred miles, and to a certain extent, he must not neglect the imperial decree.

(End of this chapter)