The red building is so arrogant

【and also】

Qingtang hut.

Mrs. Wang Baoxiang sat cross-legged on the Luohan bed solemnly, rolled up the Buddhist beads and recited the scriptures after a long absence, until she saw Aunt Xue walking in, she slowly withdrew her supernatural powers.

Seeing her like this, Aunt Xue asked in surprise, "Sister, is this?"

In fact, the reason Mrs. Wang gave up worshiping the Buddha earlier was because Baoyu was fascinated by the principles of Zen, and secondly, she was obsessed with her adultery with Jiao Shun, and she felt ashamed and dared not face the Bodhisattva.

Now that she has rebuilt her golden body—although I betrayed my husband, betrayed my daughter, coaxed my son, and lured wolves into the house, I was still doing my best for this family—so naturally I picked up the chanting again.

However, she didn't intend to explain the reasoning to Aunt Xue, so she casually said, "It's nothing, it's just a sudden whim."

"Oh~"

Aunt Xue nodded half understanding, walked to the other side of the Arhat bed and sat down, took a sip of the tea she had prepared earlier, and then asked again: "My sister is in a hurry to find me, what's the matter?"

"I heard that Baochai asked you to go..."

As Mrs. Wang said, she leaned forward slightly: "What did she tell you?"

"It's nothing."

Aunt Xue subconsciously avoided her gaze, and mumbled: "Just ask me if I have already agreed to that matter, and then question how Baoyu would agree to this matter."

Speaking of this, she suddenly straightened her eyes, stared at Mrs. Wang and asked, "Where is Baoyu, what is your sister's plan?"

How does Mrs. Wang know how to plan?
Jiao Shun only gave a general outline of this matter, and asked her to wait for the right time in a few days, ask Baoyu straightforwardly, and then wait for the opportunity to guide her.

But in front of Aunt Xue, she didn't want to show her timidity, so she still put on a confident posture and said: "Just don't worry, if it can't be done, I won't dare to impregnate Baochai."

Aunt Xue nodded slightly. Thinking of her daughter's instructions before leaving, she asked with some embarrassment: "So, how was last night? Nothing happened."

Mrs. Wang didn't think it was strange that she would inquire about what happened last night, but because Jiao Shun had already instructed her in advance, it was difficult to tell her clearly at the moment, so she said: "The specifics will be discussed after we see Changqing." Not too late."

"After seeing Chang Qing?"

Aunt Xue was a little baffled, she met Jiao Shun to cut through the mess quickly, how could she have time to make troubles?
Faced with her doubts, Mrs. Wang shook her head and sighed: "Well, anyway, this matter is a bit complicated, you will know when the time comes."

After all, Aunt Xue is soft-tempered. Seeing her sister's resoluteness, although she faintly felt that something was wrong, she finally silently approved of Mrs. Wang's approach, and made an appointment with Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang will go to Zijin Street for a return visit tomorrow. The sisters took the opportunity to meet Jiao Shun.

…………

Just as Xue Baochai fell into self-doubt, the empress dowager's luanjia had already returned to the palace.

After a brief change of attire in Jingren Palace, she took a sedan chair to Chuxiu Palace to thank her—the biggest change after being promoted to Empress Dowager was that she could take a sedan chair carried by four people in the inner palace.

Before going, Jia Yuanchun had already made mental preparations. When he arrived at Chuxiu Palace, Empress Dowager Wu was there as expected.

As soon as the etiquette was completed, Empress Dowager Wu couldn't wait to back away from the left and right sides, and asked in a strange way: "Sister, has there been any unexpected gains when I go here?"

Jia Yuanchun took a deep breath, and said calmly: "Your Majesty is indeed illuminated by holy light. I went home to visit relatives this time, and unexpectedly found that Mr. Jiao, Secretary of the General Administration, not only has grown in talent, but also has made great achievements in literary talent. He even has three short biographies. See collection in the palace."

As he spoke, he lowered his body and said: "I also ask your empress to give it to me so that my concubines can feast their eyes on it."

This is exactly the agreed code.

Empress Dowager Wu's complexion suddenly cleared up, she glanced at Empress Dowager Li with a smile, and said: "What's so novel about his articles, my sister and I have been tired of reading them for a long time-but my sister's literary talent is the best in the palace. If I can write an article like this, my sister and I will definitely want to read it."

"Your Majesty ordered, the concubine dare not obey her orders."

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, the always dignified and prudent Empress Dowager Li twisted her waist uncomfortably. Originally, Jiao Shun had the 'certificate', and the most dangerous and urgent thing was for Raja Yuanchun to dismount.

But now Jia Yuanchun has completely boarded the thief ship, which instead makes Queen Mother Li a "short board" in the triangle.

Empress Dowager Li was feeling uneasy, so Empress Dowager Wu looked at her again and said, "Now there are three of us, and only my elder sister has not condescended. A layer of window paper pierced?"

Queen Mother Li suddenly looked at Jia Yuanchun who was standing in the middle, and then at Queen Mother Wu who was standing aside. She forced a smile and said, "Don't you already have the certificate? Could it be that my sister still can't trust me?"

Empress Dowager Wu nodded vigorously: "I believe it, of course I believe it, but the three of us sisters are united in one mind, how can we let you leave your sister and spend your youth alone in an empty room?"

Then, he turned to Jia Yuanchun and said, "What do you think?"

Jia Yuanchun smiled slightly and answered the question: "Didn't the empress dislike the feng shui in the palace a while ago?"

Empress Dowager Wu was inexplicable: "I was talking about Sister Li, why did you suddenly bring it up?"

Jia Yuanchun explained: "Nowadays, the palace is strictly forbidden, and there are many eyes and ears. If you want to be beautiful as an adult, why don't you use the name of Feng Shui to make some preparations?"

Empress Dowager Wu's eyes lit up when she heard this, she clapped her hands and said, "This is good, this is good, maybe it will be useful in the future!"

But then she hesitated: "If we go to war, will the news leak out?"

"Don't worry, madam."

Jia Yuanchun said: "As long as the segmented construction is planned and the time is staggered, it will be fine."

After a pause, he said again: "Maybe you can order Jiao Tongzheng to go into details. He has been in the Ministry of Industry for a long time, and such things should not trouble him."

The two of them talked to each other here, discussing how to lure wolves into the house, but left the Queen Mother Li aside.

In embarrassment, Empress Dowager Li tried to intervene several times, but was easily dismissed by Jia Yuanchun, and in the end she could only sigh bitterly.

This is exactly the positioning Jia Yuanchun gave himself.

Even if you can't become a leader, you must not be reduced to a respondent. When necessary, you must be able to take the initiative to give your own solutions, and when you should be tough, you must be tougher.

Of course, she was mainly tough on the good-tempered Empress Dowager Li, and when it was the turn of Empress Dowager Wu, she needed to take some gentle measures.

And after it was agreed that Jiao Shun would produce the design drawings, Jia Yuanchun quickly found a reason to summon Jiao Shun. The "Telegraph Communication" project promoted by the General Administration Department in Zhili earlier was progressing smoothly, but the theft of cables phenomenon is becoming increasingly serious.

It is difficult to care for cables in the wild and easy to steal. Even later generations have not been able to completely eliminate such things, let alone now?
The former envoy was very worried about this, and was planning to brainstorm some countermeasures, but he was suddenly transferred away, leaving this case, which naturally fell on Jiao Shun's head.

Being able to find out such a reasonable reason in a short period of time shows that although Jia Yuanchun has been revoked the right to participate in political affairs, he has been paying attention to the trends in the court.

However, Empress Dowager Wu was obviously not interested in this. She hoped to get Jia Yuanchun to write another one from a female perspective, imitating those three memorials.

This is not only wanting novelty, but also wanting to take the opportunity to humiliate Yuanchun again-although the two parties have already been tied together, this does not prevent Empress Dowager Wu from wanting to see Jia Yuanchun's jokes.

And Jia Yuanchun was forced to read the three memorials. While secretly scolding Jiao Shun for being ridiculous, he couldn't help but admire his skill. Without the support of these three memorials, what would the two empress dowagers' attitudes towards Jiao Shun be? , but not necessarily.

As for literary talent...

It can only be said that his ability to tell stories is outstanding.

"How about it?"

Empress Dowager Wu held Empress Dowager Li's arm and asked with a smile: "With your talent, it shouldn't be difficult to copy an article, right?"

"This……"

Jia Yuanchun's expression turned pale. Although she quickly recognized the reality and straightened her position, she didn't even want to think about what happened last night, let alone write it down on paper with emotion.

"how?"

Empress Dowager Wu immediately raised her eyebrows: "Empress Dowager Li is such a hobby, why don't you let her down?"

"Don't talk about me all the time."

Empress Dowager Li shoved her, and she was powerless to prevent Jiao Tailang from entering the palace, but it didn't mean she could let Empress Wu use herself as a puppet, she half-truthfully feigned anger and said: " If it’s really for me, why not just write an article for the two of you, and I’ll judge it for you.”

"This……"

This time it was Empress Dowager Wu's turn to be in a dilemma, but her embarrassment was different from Jia Yuanchun's: "Didn't I say it earlier, that day I didn't know why I was groggy, and I couldn't remember many things afterward."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but glared at Jia Yuanchun again. She still suspected that she had followed Jia Yuanchun's way, so she specially sent Tanchun a strong one.

Not wanting Jia Yuanchun to hear the words, he quickly smiled wryly and said: "It's really a coincidence, I was as groggy as you, and I couldn't remember what happened at that time."

Empress Dowager Wu was a little dumbfounded now, she didn't suspect that Jia Yuanchun was lying, after all she gave Tanchun the medicine herself.

Mistake, what a mistake!
But Empress Dowager Wu is not a person who flinches easily, she hesitated for a moment and then gritted her teeth and said, "How about the three of us write another article when we wake up in the future?!"

…………

That night.

Because I went to Taohua Lane on the way, took Xiangyun and Daiyu to the nearby night market, and bought a basket of useful and useless things, so when the couple returned to Zijin Street, It was already halfway through the second watch.

As he was approaching the gate of his house, Jiao Shun raised the car window facing the opposite direction to take a look as usual, and saw two red lanterns hanging high near the back wall of Xue's house.

This is what Aunt Xue meant by asking her to meet tomorrow night.

Jiao Shun was still a little worried at first, how to persuade her to break the ties with him, but after what happened yesterday, he was not so worried. After all, Mrs. Wang showed up to say something, which was more shocking and direct than any other words.

When I got home, I saw my mother Xu, Xing Xiuyan, and Ping'er, sitting in a square shape in the living room doing needlework. In the middle of the small bed covered with a mosquito net, Jiao Enjun was looking around, looking around in the dark. Look at this and then that with big eyes, as if you can understand it.

Shi Xiangyun saw his mother-in-law, so he went up to pick up his son and kissed him again and again.

Jiao Shun asked curiously, "Mother, why are you still teasing the child here if you don't go back to the house to rest at such a late hour?"

"Of course I have something serious to tell you!"

Xu gave her son a blank look, and immediately signaled Jiao Shun to follow her to the study to talk.

When they got to the study room, Mrs. Xu said that the two-entry house at the street entrance had been closed, and Jiao Shun had to get a charter for how to decorate it.

"It's easy to do."

Jiao Shun said: "Third Miss is not hypocritical. I will take her over someday and have a look. If I am satisfied, I will keep it. If I am not satisfied, I will change it quickly-this time you listen to me, the matter of the supervisor Don't worry about it, it doesn't matter if it's Xiuyan or Ping'er, it's enough to go there once in a while, anyway, with my current status, there is no one who is not open-eyed and dares to trick us."

Mrs. Xu was relieved and a little happy when she heard her son say that. She has a restless temper, and now she is an old lady who throws her hands away. After a long time, she always feels tired.

Jiao Shun saw what his mother was thinking, so he smiled and said: "When the time comes, I'm afraid you will have to take care of Enjun more - Xiangyun's carefree temper is not suitable for children, with Xiuyan and Heping'er around Fortunately, if you go to supervise the work at the intersection, it will all be pointed at you."

"What do you say?"

Mrs. Xu immediately became happy, and glared at Jiao Shun pretending to be reproachful, and said, "My own grandson, who will hurt if I don't love him?"

After sending Xu away, the husband and wife were tired, so they washed up and lay down on the bed.

Xiang Yun leaned against Jiao Shun's arms, and suddenly said: "Sister Lin is still a little lonely after all."

Jiao Shun's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself what he really wanted.

But on the surface, he pretended not to understand, and said lazily, "It's easy, I'll give her a few parrots tomorrow to relieve her boredom, or I can raise a dog, and I can take care of the nursing home by the way."

"Who said that?"

Xiangyun shoved him resolutely, and said plainly: "Sister Lin has become much healthier recently, why don't the master give her a son and a half daughter, so that she can have someone to rely on in the future."

"This……"

Jiao Shun was stunned: "It's true, recently you and Lian's second sister-in-law have given birth one after another, and even Xia Jingui is pregnant, so it's not easy to leave Sister Lin alone for the rest of her life - if you really don't mind, then I will..."

"What do I care about?"

Shi Xiangyun sighed: "At this point, it's impossible for me to let her go free. If I don't give her a son and a half, Sister Lin will be so pitiful."

“Good Xiangyun~”

Jiao Shun suddenly turned over and pressed Shi Xiangyun under him, and said emotionally: "My wife is really beautiful and kind-hearted. We will talk about whether your sister Lin is born or not. Let's get a daughter out first, and use the word 'good' for it. !"

Yesterday, there was a panchang battle, and there was an appointment with Aunt Xue tomorrow, Jiao Shunyuan wanted to recharge his batteries.

But when he thought that Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu were about to conceive his own child at the same time, he became so excited that he wished to add a few more to this list, such as Shi Xiangyun, Tanchun, You Erjie, Miaoyu, Jia Yingchun, Xu Shi ...

Eight pregnant together, how spectacular? !