Detective in the Red Chamber

It is terrible that after this battle, the imperial court will lose confidence in continuing to implement "Put Law to the Countryside" and once this matter dies, Sun Shaozong, as the instigator, will definitely receive a lot of criticism.

For the current plan, this turmoil must be calmed down as soon as possible, so as to avoid the danger of getting burned.

On the other hand, isn't this a good opportunity for him to regain the dominance?

When the chaos in the Cangzhou Mansion is settled with one hand, the court will not let him stay out of it, right?

Chapter 958

New June, new weather, new Well, I can't make it up anymore, since there are no eunuchs anyway.

On June 23, Ruan Rong gave birth to a son.

On July [-], Princess Beijing gave birth to a son.

On July 22, Wang Xifeng gave birth to a son.

The summer of the 14th year of Guangde was undoubtedly a harvest season for Sun Shaozong, but it is a pity that there are likely to be good things, but there is nothing wrong with others.

In the eyes of others, he just added a bastard, which is considered as icing on the cake, but it is far from enough to see it as a gift in a timely manner.

In the eyes of most people, Sun Shaozong is undoubtedly at the bottom of his life right now.

At the end of May, Wei Yi, Minister of Dali Temple, played a script and recommended Sun Shaozong to go to Cangzhou Prefecture to preside over the investigation of the conflicts between gentry and gentry caused by popularizing the law and going to the countryside, but he was detained.

In mid-June, rumors began to spread, saying that Sun Shaozong had been the first rat ever since, and because of this he hated the Jia family and made the imperial concubine hate him.

At the beginning, everyone was only dubious, but after several people proved it, this statement came from the mouth of Jia She, the elder of the Rongguo Mansion, and the Sun Mansion immediately left the front door cold and crowded.

At the end of July, the second prince occasionally felt cold, and Emperor Guangde stopped his court for three days to serve decoctions in person at Jingren Palace, which aroused the discussion of Yi Chu.

As for Sun Shaozong, who was rumored to be at odds with the Rongguo Mansion, and who had frequently been in and out of the Prince's Mansion in the past few months, his market price plummeted.

There is the master who is used to riding highs and lows, and he has even begun to think about using him as a step up.

However, on July 25th, the situation suddenly changed again. Jia Zheng, the second master of the Rongguo Mansion and the biological father of the Concubine De, suddenly visited the Sun family with great fanfare.

The front hall of the Sun Mansion.

Jia Zheng, who sat at the head of the guest, was not as energetic as others had imagined, but rather haggard and tired.

But this is also normal, since Concubine De concubine gave birth to the second prince, Rongguo Mansion can be said to be full of people, and now that the old lady's [-]th birthday is approaching, Rongguo Mansion is naturally very busy.

But at this time, Wang Xifeng, who was in the Lord, was unable to manage the affairs, and Jia Amnesty was ordered by the old lady to contemplate behind closed doors because of drunken nonsense, so all the burdens of the response fell on Jia Zheng and his wife.

Fortunately, Baoyu has made a lot of progress in the past few years, and the third girl Jia Tanchun is even more exquisite, with one outside and one inside helping a lot, otherwise Jia Zheng will be seriously ill before the old lady's birthday.

The book is back to normal.

But after the guests and hosts were seated, Jia Zheng didn't say anything polite to Sun Shaozong, he just put a letter on the coffee table, put three fingers together, and slowly pushed it in front of Sun Shaozong.

"A few days ago, after hearing those bastards outside, I wanted to come over, but your aunt stopped me because I was waiting for this letter."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to signal Sun Shaozong to take a look at it first, and then it would not be too late to say anything else.

Sun Shaozong bowed his body slightly, held up the letter respectfully and looked at it for a while, and saw that it was written on the letterhead, but it was the name of the eldest brother Sun Shaozu.

"A letter from my brother?"

Sun Shaozong raised his head and glanced at Jia Zheng in surprise. Seeing that he was stroking his beard and smiling slightly, without any intention of explaining, he hurriedly opened the envelope and took a glance at it.

After a while, he raised his head and said hesitantly, "Sister Xue and Brother Bao"

He stopped talking halfway through.

However, Jia Zheng had already heard the incomplete meaning, and immediately said seriously: "Could it be that Erlang also believes in those nonsense? Not to mention, you should know something about the character of the Xue family girl. You won't do that kind of private giving and receiving!"

But it turned out that in this letter, Sun Shaozu clearly expressed his approval of the marriage between the Sun family and the Xue family, and it was difficult to return to Beijing because of the military order, so he specially entrusted everything to Jia Zheng.

Because of this, Sun Shaozong just mentioned the relationship between Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai.

It's just that Jia Zheng still got it wrong. In fact, what Sun Shaozong meant was: the Jia family is doing well now, how can the Xue family be willing to have such a good marriage?

But listening to Jia Zheng's words, it was obvious that Xue's family had already been trusted.

Is it really Baochai?

Aunt Xue Xue Baochai's face and demeanor appeared in Sun Shaozong's mind, and he agreed six or seven points first.

Besides, when Jia Zheng came to visit at this time, he also intended to repair it for the two families. If he really refuted his face, then the rumors would come true, and it was no joke.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Sun Shaozong finally stood up and bowed to the end: "Since the elder brother has his life, and the uncle is in charge, the younger nephew has nothing to say."

"Hahaha, good, good, good!"

Jia Zheng laughed loudly, helped Sun Shaozong up, said three good words in succession, and finally explained: "Although your brother entrusted me in the letter, I discussed it with your aunt, and I think it's okay. Let’s be happy and happy, and wait for the old lady’s birthday in a few days, and ask her to be a matchmaker in person!”

This time, Jia Mu's [-]th birthday was an unprecedented event. It was said that there would be eight consecutive days of running water banquets to entertain guests from the government and the public, as well as from inside and outside the capital.

If the old birthday star personally acts as a matchmaker, the discord between the Sun and Jia families will naturally disappear.

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What would the prince think?

Since I heard that the Rongguo Mansion and the Sun family had turned their faces, when Sun Shaozong went to the Prince's Mansion to rehearse, the treatment was improved a lot.

Seeing that the performance was about to be performed in front of Emperor Guangde, suddenly there was such a commotion

For well-known reasons, the rehearsal has disappeared, and the performance can only be made up by everyone.

That's it!

The prince on the left and right is also a foolish master, and if he first welcomes the Xue family's mother, uh, and the Xue family's sisters home, it will not be in vain for him to walk in this world of red chambers.

After making up his mind, Sun Shaozong bowed to the end again: "Naturally, it's up to Uncle Shi to decide."

When Jia Zheng got the letter of approval, he became more and more happy.

Because there were still many things to be done at home, he gave Sun Shaozong a few words carefully, telling him not to show up for a few days to avoid rumors outside, and then left in a hurry.

But after Jia Zheng left, Sun Shaozong sat alone in the hall for a long time.

Roughly counting, he has been in this world for more than five years. Although he can't talk about waking up and taking power in the world, he is actually a drunk lying on the lap of a beauty.

In daily life, even when I dream back at midnight, I seldom recall all kinds of past lives.

But now that the marriage is imminent, the traces of the past are like a shadow puppet show, hazy and indistinct, but they are clearly reflected in my heart.

For some reason, my heart felt empty, as if something had come to an end.

I don't know how long it took, but Sun Shaozong was awakened from his memory by a call.

Looking up, it was Ruan Rong standing in front of him.

"What, is something wrong?"

Sun Shaozong felt a little timid for no reason.

Fortunately, Ruan Rong didn't see anything, and said directly: "Miss Xing is here, and she is now in the Grand Wife's courtyard. I heard that she is here to make an appointment."

Is Xing Xiuyan here?

Sun Shaozong couldn't help being taken aback.

It’s been a long time coming. Last year, Sun Shaozong wanted to carry her across the house, but he was sent to a bitterly cold place in Liaodong. When he came back from outside the Great Wall in May, he originally wanted to get things done as soon as possible, but Xing Xiuyan raised objections.

She didn't regret it, but felt that Ruan Rong was about to give birth, and she really didn't want to disturb her tranquility and mind at this time.

This is reasonable, and the Sun family naturally has nothing to object to.

Simply put off even Ping'er's matter, after all Wang Xifeng is also about to give birth, and Ping'er has been with her master and servant for many years, so she was already worried.

To say that now, Ruan Rong is also out of confinement, so it is also part of the question to discuss the date of marriage.

But such a matter, how could the daughter's family come to discuss it by herself?

Chapter 959 Seeing him rise from a tall building 【Part [-]】

Although the name has been fixed long ago, Xing Xiuyan's visit this time is after all in the name of visiting his sister-in-law Jia Yingchun. Sun Shaozong is a brother-in-law, and he can't be summoned for no reason, so it's not good to just go over and ask clearly.

So he thought about it for a while, and went to the second sister You's place in the west wing of the backyard, and asked the second sister You to call his mother to come over to teach him the opportunity, and ordered her to go to the vicinity of the Xing family to find out where the Xing family lived, which was the small room of the You family. Therefore, she is familiar with the neighbors, so it is natural to send her there.

After receiving the order, Mother You didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly brought Caixia back to the nearest old house, and returned after about half an hour.

"I heard that two days ago, the grand master of Rongguo Mansion treated guests, and there was a commotion at Xing's family when he came back. These days, his face is also dark, and no one dares to greet him in the streets."

"And then"

Sure enough, it was because of Jia Amnesty again!

Last time, he ran to the Sun residence in the name of celebrating the second prince's birthday, and opened his mouth loudly. After being rejected by Sun Shaozong, he felt resentful because of this, and he was gossiping outside, completely disregarding the relationship between the two families.

Although he has always been an unscrupulous man, he still has his eyes on the name of the Rongguo Mansion's great master. After all this, many people really mistakenly think that Jia and Sun's family have turned against each other.

And Jia Zheng's visit with great fanfare this time specifically pointed out that Jia Amnesty was introspecting behind closed doors, and it was precisely to make up for the relationship between the two parties and quell the intensified rumors outside.

Originally looking at Jia Yingchun's face, Sun Shaozong didn't intend to argue with this guy any more, but he never thought that he would put his hands on his own marriage!

It seems that this guy must be taught some lessons.

But he said that Sun Shaozong was pondering over it, and Youmu looked at him secretly, and seeing that Second Master Sun seemed to have an unswerving look on his face, she boldly said: "He is supporting the business of Jindou gold today, and he has never done it before. Lacking a bit of etiquette, I never thought I would raise a white-eyed wolf! If you want to live in your old age, it's appropriate."

"It's work."

Sun Shaozong raised his hand to stop Youmu's slander, and said with a light smile, "It's all from my own family, so I won't be polite to you here for the crocodile that went into storage last month. I don’t know the color you like, today is a coincidence, let Caixia take you to the library to have a look, pick up the ones you like and choose a few.”

As he said, his chin slightly moved towards Caixia.

Caixia understood, and hurriedly led Youmu out of the west chamber.

"Second Master."

As soon as You's mother left, the second sister You couldn't stand anymore, she hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said bluntly: "My mother is not worth it for you, there is absolutely no intention of making arrangements for Miss Xing!"

Although she has not been able to conceive so far, her mind has really grown a lot.

"okay."

Sun Shaozong waved her hand to signal her to stand up, thought for a moment, and then ordered: "When Caixia comes back, you let her go to Xing's house for a while, and say that on July [-], I was invited to Rongguo Mansion to celebrate her birthday. The Xing family can go together."

Unsurprisingly, most likely Xing Zhong had the idea of ​​regretting the marriage at the instigation of Jia Amnesty.

It is said that he is so contradictory and sloppy, it should be good to beat and beat, so as to scare others.

But in contrast, Xing Xiuyan was not satisfied with the marriage at the beginning, but now he took the initiative to come to discuss the wedding date

How could Sun Shaozong be willing to let go of such a woman with excellent looks, talent and affection?

Therefore, at the moment, we can only be tolerant for the time being, first let Xing Zhong understand the relationship between Sun and Jia by inviting him to celebrate his birthday, and it is not something that Jia Amnesty can erase with a few words.

But this tolerated Xing Zhong, but even more intolerable Jia Amnesty.

So in the afternoon of the same day, Sun Shaozong ordered people to find Hong Jiuguofu, planning to set up a trap in the market, so that Jia She could suffer a lot.

But this matter, I'm afraid we can only wait until after Jia Mu's birthday banquet. After all, Jia She is currently thinking about his past behind closed doors at home, so no matter how many calculations he makes, it will be beyond his reach.

A few more days passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was July 28. Before the sky was bright, hundreds of thousands of firecrackers shook most of the capital.

Because the emperor's relatives and officials from various ministries were invited for the banquet in the first two days, it was the turn of the colleagues, relatives and friends only in their thirties, the Sun family only prepared presents and was not in a hurry to come to the door.

Sun Shaozong even worked in Dali Temple as usual.

I never thought that just after eleven o'clock in the morning, the Rongguo Mansion suddenly sent someone, and when they met, they knelt down on their knees and congratulated:

"Congratulations to Second Master Sun, congratulations to Second Master Sun! Grace, what a great grace!"

"What grace?"

"The empress dowager will be your matchmaker herself!"

Toffee?

Sun Shaozong was taken aback for a moment, then blurted out: "Isn't it Nan'an Concubine?"

"Isn't she the old man! The concubine has not been out of the palace for more than 20 years, and it is unprecedented for our ancestors to celebrate their birthday today."

Concubine Nan'an is the biological mother of His Majesty, she is probably more honorable than the Niu Queen Mother.

But she has always acted in a low-key manner, and very few news came out of the palace.

Nowadays, to condescend so much and come to Rongguo Mansion to celebrate Jiamu's birthday, I'm afraid it's not just about loving the house, but also expressing his own attitude.

Easy storage!