The Red Mansions

Chapter 909 Zhen Xue: My sister is slandering her... (Ask for a monthly ticket!)

Ningguo Mansion, Inner Study Room

The wind outside the window is swaying, the cold wind is blowing the lanterns under the eaves, and the incense-filled interior is as warm as spring, a light yellow curtain hangs down, and the quilt embroidered with hibiscus flowers looks like a tower.

After hearing what Zhen Qing said, Jia Heng looked at the beautiful and unprovoked young woman Huaxin, and a strange feeling inevitably surged in her heart.

From the perspective of time, Jin Yang is pregnant with the first child, but it is not a boy. It is still unknown, but he hopes it is.

He hopes that Jinyang can have both children. After all, Jinyang is old, and this 15 years is okay. When he gets older, he should think about it again.

Zhen Qing seemed to have sore cheeks at the moment, she called out to Zhen Xue and said, "Sister, don't look at me, come here."

She can't just work alone, and my sister can enjoy the benefits.

Zhen Xueyan's beautiful and tranquil jade face was as red as haze, and she glanced at Jia Heng with a gleam in her eyes, lowered her head, and had no choice but to agree with Zhen Qing.

Zhen Qing got up, leaned her head on the pillow, looked at the young man beside her, under the slender brows of willow leaves, her narrow and clear phoenix eyes showed some worry, and asked, "Zi Yu, next year will you Want to fight Jurchen?"

Jia Heng gently stroked a strand of hair on the beauty's cheek, and said in a warm voice: "After the court completely abandons the peace talks, the war is approaching. I plan to return to Beijing after celebrating the New Year here. I guess I won't come back for a long time, Qinger , don't be too clingy to me."

Zhen Qing said angrily: "Who is clinging to you? Will you come to Shenjing City if you love me? When will I... eh?"

Suddenly felt something strange, narrowed her beautiful eyes, and stared at the boy.

But at this moment, I saw the young man stretching out his hand silently.

Zhen Qing's cheeks blushed immediately, and she got up, punched Jia Heng's chest with her fist, and said angrily: "You bastard, you will trample others."

Ah, this bastard, he just knows how to make fun of her.

Jia Heng hugged the beauty's shoulders, hugged her in his arms, and said softly: "Okay, let's talk about the business, you have to wait here for eight months, and the war over there is estimated to take several months to end. I'll see you again when the war is over."

Zhen Qing leaned her head against Jia Heng's arms, and said softly: "You can win the battle, right? I heard that the Dongren are no better than those Korean sailors during the naval battle in the south. They were all on the grasslands in the north." An invincible soldier."

Jia Heng said: "Why, you don't have confidence in me?"

As she said that, her eyes froze. Compared with Zhen Qing's hotness and arrogance, which made people breathe frequently, Xue'er was obviously as gentle as water, and she was extremely considerate.

Zhen Qing held Jia Heng's hand, and said in a low voice: "If you can win this battle, our mother and I will have something to rely on in the future."

This bastard is so powerful, he will definitely win.

Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "Liaodong is not guaranteed by one battle, but the first fight is very important, and it is related to the future direction of the war."

"Then you take care of it well, I'm still waiting for you to be named a duke and a county king." Zhen Qing raised her pretty face and said softly, then smiled, and said: "In the future, when our child gets to that position, you Prince Neng, Prince Regent."

Jia Heng grabbed the snowman helplessly, and said, "Okay, let's start talking nonsense again."

Mopan is giving him a "reverse painting", but also the regent?Didn't wake up from the dream?
Zhen Qing wrapped her arms around Jia Heng's neck, her beautiful eyes overflowed with charming eyes like Cui Yu's slender eyebrows, and she said, "Oh, tell me, why am I talking nonsense?"

What a good condition she has now, she has a child, and she will be planning big things in the future.

Jia Heng pinched the beautiful and tender cheeks, and said: "It's not nonsense, but treason, so you can't calm down for a while, and you can also learn from Xue'er, and do your duty."

Well, Xueer seems to be a little naughty.

Zhen Qing said softly: "That's all I'm thinking about. Anyway, the child in my belly, you, a father, can't be wronged. He is your eldest son, so you have to pay attention to it."

Jia Heng said: "It's time to pay attention to it, but there are people who care more than me."

Zhen Qing glanced at the boy angrily with her beautiful eyes, and snorted coldly, knowing that this was the one talking about Shenjing.

Jia Heng put her arms around Zhen Qing and said in a low voice: "Qing'er, let's talk about the future, the things at hand are a mess, and the future will come when things will come naturally."

When Zhen Qing heard the words, her heart paused, and she said in a low voice, "That's right, it is indeed a matter of course."

The beauty was overjoyed, she held Jia Heng's Tianshan zhemei hand, and asked: "Compared to my sister, how is it?"

She is still very confident in this point. After all, she is good at playing the zither.

Jia Heng paused, and said in a low voice, "Each has its own merits, so it's not easy to compare."

"Then let you make a good comparison." Zhen Qing snorted softly, and then sneaked into bed without saying much.

But Jia Heng's complexion changed slightly, and he took a deep breath immediately, and began to think about the next plan.

The news of the vacancy of officials in the third department has been released, and the next step is to make arrangements for the governor of Anhui, and first go to meet Li Shouzhong.

After a long time, Zhen Qing raised her face, looked at the thoughtful young man, and said angrily, "You seem to be at ease."

As she spoke, she spread her skirt with her dexterous hands like butterflies.

Jia Heng frowned, and said in a low voice: "You still have a child, don't make trouble."

Is this millstone so addictive?

Zhen Qing whispered a few words in Jia Heng's ear.

Jia Heng stared intently, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Don't be too nonsense."

Is it true that he just stands up and pedals a bike that others are reluctant to ride?Now it's up to the King of Chu to sing "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" outside the door.

"At this time, you feel pity and cherish the jade. Why didn't you say it when you were the concubine?" Zhen Qing said shyly, but her heart was sweet.

She could clearly feel that since she had this bastard's child, this bastard really regarded her as his own woman in his heart.

Jia Heng pulled Zhen Qing over, stopped the busy Zhen Xue, and said helplessly, "I don't know what you're planning."

After all, she is different from a man. Of course, the poisonous woman likes the feeling of being dominated and conquered by him.

Zhen Qing cast a cold glance at the young man and said, "Will you come if you like?"

And Zhen Xue got up now, with gentle eyes, she looked at Jia Heng shyly, and said in a soft voice: "Sister, she is still pregnant, Ziyu, don't be too nonsense."

Jia Heng said softly: "Don't worry, Xue'er, I have a measure."

Seeing this, Zhen Xue didn't want to say anything else, and let the two of them mess around.

After a long time...

Just like that, Jia Heng got tired of Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue for a while, and said in a low voice: "Okay, it's getting late, if you stay any longer, others should be suspicious."

This is not in the cubicle of the Shinkansen subway or the office, where others are blind and ignore it. After staying for a long time, outsiders will pay attention.

Zhen Qing got up, straightened her slightly messy skirts, felt the bubbling momentum, and said angrily, "You bastard... you belong to an animal."

Jia Heng ignored Zhen Qing, knowing that the poisonous woman just wanted him to comfort her.

Zhen Xue's pink cheeks were as red as clouds, her eyes were as bright as water, and she said softly: "Zi Yu, the concubine of Shenjing said that she wanted to go south to see her children, and recently because of the heavy snowfall in the northern provinces, the roads are inconvenient, so this is holding her back." , failed."

Jia Heng put on a face and said, "Actually, it's nothing to look at. Now that you have a child by your side, no matter what you say, everything in the past is not your fault."

Zhen Qing rolled the handkerchief into a ball and threw it aside, she said with a beautiful face, "Sister, she is worried that the baby will not be a boy."

Jia Heng thought for a while, then looked at Zhen Xue who glanced at Zhen Qing angrily, took Li Ren's plain hand, and said softly: "Xue'er, don't worry too much."

It's not easy to say about boys and girls.

Zhen Xue leaned her head against Jia Heng's arms, and murmured: "Zi Yu, I hope it's a boy."

In fact, she also wanted a boy.

Jia Heng said a few words of relief, got up, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for the two of them, passed it over, and said: "It's almost noon, you pack up and go eat later."

As he said that, he got up, stood in front of the bronze mirror and straightened his clothes. Under the sword eyebrows, his deep eyes were calm and unwavering. He walked around the screen of mountains and rivers, came to the outside room, looked at the sky, but saw that he didn't know when. A round of winter sun hangs in the middle of the sky, and the sun is shining everywhere. Some snow from the southern country still remains on the eaves and pavilions, and the melted snow falls on the bluestone slabs like broken pearls.

Zhen Qing took the teacup from here, took a sip, looked at Zhen Xue, who had a beautiful face and soft eyebrows, and said softly, "Sister, let's get up too."

Zhen Xue let out an "ah" and said softly, "Sister, Ziyu is indeed very important this year."

"I know." Zhen Qing showed seriousness on her crystal-clear face, took Zhen Xue's plain hand, and said, "Whether our sisters can stay with him in the future depends entirely on his battle. If something goes wrong, who will our sisters rely on in the future?"

Zhen Xue said in a low voice: "If he is not in power, sister will not despise him?"

"What do I despise him for?" Zhen Qing raised her eyebrows, and said with a sneer: "The big deal is just keeping him. At that time, let him serve our sisters, which is much better than my sister usually looking for jade."

Zhen Xue: "..."

No, when did she, my sister was slandering her, slandering her.

Zhen Qing said softly: "Wait until next year, we can't help much, first take good care of the fetus and give birth to the child."

She felt that with that bastard's tricks, even if she was unfortunately defeated, she would not be doomed, at most she would sink for a while.

It's just that it won't be easy to hang out with him so unscrupulously like now.

Hope not to have that day.

Jia Heng was looking for a well to wash his hands, and came to the hall in the backyard. At this moment, Yuan Chun and Shui Xin were sitting on the Arhat bed covered with mattresses, playing with an orange cat in their arms, and stroking its soft fur.

"Meow~~" The fat orange in Yuan Chun's hand kept meowing, and Shui Xin also stretched out his hand to caress it, and said with a giggle, "Auntie, this cat looks so good."

Yuan Chun smiled lightly and said, "Xin Xin, how about giving this cat to you?"

Shui Xin said happily, "Okay."

Suddenly the smile on his face faded away, and he said sullenly: "When I was at home, grandma wouldn't let me keep cats."

"Why aren't cats allowed?" Yuan Chun asked in surprise.

Shui Xin pursed her lips and said, "Grandma Grandma said that it affects the family's additions."

When Yuan Chun heard the words, his eyes were thoughtful.

In fact, she was also a little strange. Princess Bei Jing had been in the family for several years and had never had a child. It was a bit strange why she suddenly had a child.

"Father." Shui Xin said, suddenly caught sight of Jia Heng, stretched out her little hand, and called out.

And Yuan Chunxiu frowned, her beautiful eyes were a little dazed, a thought faintly flashed across her mind, but she couldn't grasp it.

Jia Heng squatted down, picked up little Lolita, smiled and said: "Xin Xin just calls her godfather."

Always calling daddy, in the ears of others, may have some bad associations.

Shui Xin had a bright smile on her face, and she said softly, "But Godfather didn't call Daddy, he's already born."

The godfather seems to still have the breath of aunt and mother, is this just contaminated?

Jia Heng looked at the pink and jade-carved little Lolita, smiled lightly and said, "Just call in private, Xinxin."

Shui Xinnuo said: "Daddy, only me and mother and daddy call me."

Jia Heng pinched little Lolita's pink cheeks, and said with a smile, "You are smart."

"Father, mother has hired a master to teach me. My fingers are sore from playing the zither these few days." Shui Xin said in a waxy voice.

Jia Heng whispered: "Let me see, why are you so sore?"

As she said that, she picked up her tender little hand, as slender as a green onion, and said with pity: "It's a little red, why doesn't Xinxin learn music theory first?"

In the education of noble children at this time, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are indeed compulsory courses, and some girls may also take some dance as a minor.

"Father, tell mother that I don't want to practice that piano, okay?" Shui Xin wrapped her two white hands around Jia Heng's neck and said coquettishly.

Jia Heng hugged little Lolita and sat on the pear wood chair, smiled and said: "That's not good, Xinxin should learn some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so that he can be versatile, and he will be able to let others know when he grows up."

When Shui Xin heard this, her cheeks were slightly ashamed, pink lips pout on her white and greasy cheeks, and she said sweetly: "I don't want to promise anyone, I want to be with my father and mother forever."

Jia Heng: "..."

But I didn't take it seriously, children are like this, always moving means forever, but they don't know the meaning of the word forever.

Shui Xin blinked her childish eyes suddenly, looked at Jia Heng seriously, and said in a waxy voice: "Daddy, is it because mother has a baby that you don't like Xinxin anymore?"

Jia Heng reached out and scratched the bridge of Shui Xin's nose, and said, "Your mother loves you the most."

While speaking, she looked at Yuan Chun, who was smiling brightly, and said softly, "Big sister, tell the kitchen to cook."

Yuan Chun smiled and asked: "Brother Heng, don't worry, I have already ordered, by the way, why are the two concubines not here?"

It was obvious that three people went to the study together before, but now Brother Heng came here alone.

"There is an official document from the imperial court for the two concubines to read, and they should still be reading it at the moment." Jia Heng's complexion remained unchanged, he explained softly, and changed the topic and said: "Big sister, let's have a meal together later." In the afternoon, I will go to the Li Manor to meet Li Shibo."

In the afternoon, he was going to see Li Shouzhong again.

Yuan Chun said softly: "Go to Uncle Li's house, Brother Heng, have you prepared any gifts?"

"It's too expensive for the warehouse to pick out a few elegant and innovative ones, so Li Shibo might not like them," Jia Heng said.

Yuan Chun nodded, and asked with concern: "Brother Heng, is the matter here in Jiangnan still difficult?"

"It's not too difficult. You should be able to sort out a general context a year ago." Jia Heng smiled, his expression a little calm.

After a while, Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue also tidied up. Zhen Qing wore a vermilion dress, walking gracefully and gracefully, like a peony flower with a delicate stamen. Dizzy with blush, he called out: "Brother Heng, I've been waiting for a long time."

Jia Heng glanced at Zhen Qing, seeing nothing unusual, said in a low voice: "Princess, please sit down."

It can only be said that Mopan's physique is indeed unusual and durable.

Yuan Chun raised her eyes and looked at Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue. She didn't know if it was her illusion. She always felt that the two princesses had softer brows and eyes, and a brighter appearance than before. Charming and charming.

Zhen Qing looked at Jia Heng fixedly, and said, "Brother Heng, please leave the matter with the prince to Brother Heng."

The so-called acting is a complete set, no matter how good her acting skills are, Zhen Qing's attitude is nothing to say, she has always been dedicated to her work.

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Princess, don't worry."

Then he looked at Princess Beijing, and said: "The King of Beijing is also setting quotas for the sailors in Hangzhou, and they must be sent back as soon as possible. We can't delay the payment of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households after the year."

Zhen Xuemei's eyes were as soft as water, and her voice was crisp and waxy: "I have Lao Ziyu."

Seeing this, Yuan Chun did not suspect him, and said: "You two concubines, Brother Heng, let's eat first."

Everyone sat down, had lunch, and then sipped tea and talked.

Afterwards, Zhen Qing and Zhen Xue didn't stay any longer, and let Shui Xin stay in Ningguo Mansion, and she ordered her mother and maid to leave Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Heng bathed and changed his clothes, changed into a python suit, and went to Li Shouzhong's mansion under the guard of Jinyi Mansion.

Jinling, Li's House

In the study room, the old man sitting on the teacher's chair behind the desk was staring at a name card in his hand in a daze.

As an official who once served as Jijiu of Guozijian in Nanjing officialdom, Li Shouzhong vaguely guessed some of Jia Heng's intentions during Jia Heng's frequent visits.

Li Shouzhong looked at the famous post, got up, went to the window and looked at the strong pine branches in the courtyard, and the snow on the lush pine branches, his eyes were slightly fixed, thinking.

If he guessed correctly, Jia Ziyu planned to use him to serve as an important official in the new province of Anhui.

During this period of time, he was also very quiet and thought about moving, and he had the intention of going out of the mountain, maybe it was an opportunity to serve the king and even the land of Yao and Shun.

Back then, when the Duke Xiao of Jia Rong's Mansion was there, he arranged the marriage between Li Shouzhong's daughter Li Wan and Jia Zhu, in order to dilute the inherent impression of the Jia family's family of martial arts.

After that, Jia Zhu was also upbeat, and entered school early (passed the exam to be a scholar), but in the end... there is no holiday.

In fact, it can be seen that Li Shouzhong does not reject having contact with Wu Xun or even complementing the resources of marriage.

Li Shouzhong's thoughts were racing, he turned around and looked at the calligraphy and painting hanging on the opposite wall, on which was a pair of couplets.

If Jia Heng were here, he would definitely be a little surprised.

Because it was the "Gou Li..." that Jia Heng mentioned in the court.

And this has also been passed down by word of mouth through Dibao and even officials, and it has become Li Shouzhong's motto recently.

"Ziyu is a decent man. Although he was born as a down-and-out son of Wu Xun, it can be seen in Henan, Huai'an, and Jinling that he has a sincere heart for state affairs. He must not be regarded as a cruel official or a lucky minister." Li Shouzhong was thinking. "Furthermore, Li and Jia's family was originally a family of in-laws, one prospered and the other suffered. Not long ago, Lin Ruhai, who was also an in-law, went to Beijing. It should be of great use."

And thinking of this, the last trace of hesitation in Li Shouxin's mind was completely dispelled.

Although Jiangnan Qingliu has a good reputation, in recent years, he has formed cliques for private interests and rejected dissidents, which runs counter to the sage's teachings of being honest and upright, serving the world and calming the people.

"Father." At this moment, Li Shouzhong's youngest son, who is also Li Wan's only younger brother, Li Xu quickly entered the hall, cupped his hands towards Li Shouzhong and said, "Father, Marquis Jia is here, and he is already waiting for his father in the flower hall in the front yard. "

Li Shouzhong got up, his face straightened, and he said, "I'll go meet you."

While talking, he left the inner study and walked towards the outer room.

(End of this chapter)