The Founding of the Red Chamber

Ever since Empress Dowager Lin left, Emperor Zhaode has had a problem. He loves to remember his aunt whenever he encounters difficulties.This time is no exception, yes, if the aunt is still there, why would there be such troubles in the palace, even if people's hearts are active, they dare not make troubles in the open.

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Since Empress Dowager Lin left, Emperor Zhaode's affection for his aunt has grown deeper.

After Lin Yi said what he had to say, he thought that according to Emperor Zhaode's temperament, the Lin family's suspicion of selfishness in promoting Concubine Kong to become an empress would probably be cleared away.However, even the Xie family believed that one of the reasons why the Lin family recommended Concubine Kong Guifei was so wonderful was that Concubine Kong Guifei was indeed a very suitable candidate for empress.

Basically, most of the people in the court believed that Concubine Kang Li had never been very popular with Emperor Zhaode when the Second Concubine Rong Zhen was out of power, and Concubine Kong Guifei's posthumous succession was already assured.

Therefore, after Lin Yi wrote the letter, he was quite a follower.

However, unexpectedly, Emperor Zhaode expressed silence on the matter of becoming empress.

The emperor's silence often has many meanings, but the silence at the moment of the establishment of the empress makes people wonder whether Emperor Zhaode is not satisfied with Concubine Kong Guifei's empress.

For this reason, Yan Shenggong sent his son to the Lin family several times, for fear that something might go wrong.

Lin Jing and the little grandson of Yanshenggong's family did recognize each other, Lin Jing said, "Think about it, how the Second Concubine Rong Zhen fell out of favor in the past, it was because she danced too hard and gave people an opportunity to take advantage of her, so she fell out of power The more this is the case, the less anxious you are. The one that jumps hard will surely die first. Think about it, isn’t the rabbit running so fast that it can hit its head on a tree and kill it. Can we have today? The mother of a country is not a concubine or concubine, so how can she not have such a certainty. At the beginning, my aunt also admired Kong Niangniang for her calm demeanor."

The communication between the Lin family has always been strange. If it is between the elders, it is Lin Yi who comes forward, but there are some things that Lin Yi can't say. Explain one or two.After all, the relationship between the two families should not be too light, too light and tasteless, but it should not be too close, too close will easily catch people's eyes.

Especially at this time.

It is even more necessary to have someone like Lin Jing, the Lin family comforts the Kong family, so that the Kong family will not make any foolish tricks in a real hurry.Lin Jing privately said to his elder brother, "Fortunately, after the Kong family still claimed to be a saint, a later position made his family so uncomfortable."

Lin Yi said, "Who can calm down as the mother of the country?"

Lin Jing said casually, "I heard that my aunt was not very willing to enter the palace at the time."

Lin Yi said, "The late emperor always treated his aunt with all his heart." It's just that the heavens failed to fulfill people's wishes, and the late emperor had only one son, and it was not born by the empress dowager Lin. Emperor Zhaode had such a cold temper, and the situation of the Lin family Fang was so embarrassed.

In short, in Lin Jing's eyes, no one can compare with his aunt.

Emperor Zhaode expressed his silence on the matter after the confrontation, and the Xie family, who had reached an agreement with the Lin family, immediately became a demon moth, because at this time, the third prince born by Concubine Kang had a reputation for intelligence and filial piety.Even Emperor Zhaode was overjoyed after seeing the third prince's article. Not only did he reward the third prince with the four treasures of his study, but he also praised Concubine Li for teaching his son well, and she was promoted to Concubine Li immediately.

Lin Jing scolded Xie Guogong for half an hour at home, scolding Xie Guogong for being treacherous and cunning.

If it is faster to turn faces than to turn books, Xie Guogong is definitely one of them.

Shu Jingyun was very happy, and said with a smile, "It is estimated that Ah Yi originally asked Concubine Kong to be his queen that day. Xie Guogong thought that Ah Jing missed our family so much."

Lin Jing said angrily, "When I saw him, I always talked to an old man, so I respect him."

Shu Jingyun said, "When people see you, they still talk about Ah Jing, praising you as if they are praising their grandson. Look at your face, why do you only allow yourself to take advantage of it, so you can't suffer a little bit."

"I didn't say that." Lin Jing refused to admit that he was narrow-minded.

Well, people like Lin Jing grew up in the palace with the queen mother's aunt, even Emperor Zhaode looked at the face of the queen mother, and treated Lin Jing very kindly.In addition, Lin Jing himself is smart, and he really has never suffered such a disadvantage.

How could Lin Jing suffer this loss? If he didn't get back his breath, he would be able to suffocate himself to death.

Lin Jing pondered for most of the night and went to the second old man.

The second old lady is not at home, but the second old lady is at home. The second old lady has always liked Lin Jing, and smiled, "Why is Ah Jing coming here when you are free?"

"I'm not busy with homework right now, I thought, I haven't come to see my uncle and aunt for a few days, and I'm in a hurry to watch the Mid-Autumn Festival. The sister-in-law asked the maid to look at the fruits stored in our cellar. This year the fruits are stored Okay, I thought, Second Aunt has everything here, after all it is our junior’s wish, so I brought a few cold melons here, and also greeted Second Uncle and Aunt.” Lin Jing asked the maid to carry it up. Show it to the second old lady, and the second old lady smiles, "You like to eat this, but you gave birth to your child. It's cold right now, so you can't eat this. I'll ask them to make soup tomorrow. Come over and eat it. That's hot. No need to eat it." Get in the way."

Lin Jing said, "It's not good to cook soup."

"It's really picky, it's the same."

Lin Jing said, "Second Aunt, ask someone to cook lotus seed soup. The lotus seed soup is delicious and soft."

The second old lady answered with a smile on her face.

Lin Jing chatted and laughed with the second old lady first, then got down to business, dismissed it, and asked the second old lady, "Second aunt, does second uncle have any contact with the Rong family recently?"

"He went there a few times before, saying he was going to inquire about the movements of the Rong family. Don't worry, I'll watch him and won't make trouble for him." Compared to the second old lady, the second old lady is a sensible person among sensible people.Right now, the eldest brothers are all promising, and they are willing to take care of their second wife. The second old lady has always been very strict with her husband, for fear that her husband will be too ambitious and talented, and do something hurtful.

Lin Jing whispered, "At the beginning, I was grateful for the letter brought by my second uncle. My second uncle usually doesn't care about mundane affairs, but at critical times, he can really help me a lot."

The second old lady showed joy on her face, put her hands together, and said to the Buddha, "I'm relieved if he can do something sensible." She asked again, "Ah Jing, what do you want to find your second uncle?"

Lin Jing whispered his plan to the second old lady, and the second old lady frowned, puzzled, and said, "It's so easy for the Rong family to be unlucky, if you call his family up, there's no way to avenge the empress dowager's revenge." .”

Lin Jingdao, "The Rong family's handling of the witchcraft matter is a foregone conclusion. If his family wants to turn over, it will never be so easy. It's just taking this opportunity to kill Concubine Kang Li's prestige so that Concubine Kong Gui can be pushed up."

The second old lady said, "If you ask your second uncle to go to the Rong's house to blow some air, that's fine. But, Ah Jing, you have to be more careful. Our family has a deep hatred with the Rong family, so we must not call the Rong family up."

As for the Second Household, although he had some ambitions for the title of the Chief Household, it was not without reason.The Empress Dowager Lin is the aunt of Lin Yi and Lin Jing, but she is also the sister of the second old man's direct relative. It is precisely because of this that the second room has been a little thoughtful.For example, the second old man once hooked up with the Rong family.Erfang hated the Rong family deeply because of the matter of Empress Dowager Lin. After the death of Empress Dowager Lin, the second old master almost made a witchcraft curse on the Rong family.

It is precisely because of this that the second old man went back to the Rong's house to inquire about news. He really didn't want to step on two boats and gain benefits from both ends.

Lin Jing never appreciated the second uncle's temperament very much. He got along very well with the second old lady. He was talking about this with the second old lady when the second old lady came back humming a little tune.Seeing Lin Jing, he said, "Oh, Ah Jing, you are so precious, why come to me when you have time." It can be seen that Lin Jing doesn't appreciate the temperament of the second old man very much, in fact, the second old man doesn't appreciate it much either. What about him?

Hearing the second old man's words, Lin Jing rolled his eyes, "I'll come and see my second aunt."

The second old lady said, "Look at you two, when Ah Jing is not coming, you talk about him several times a day, now that Ah Jing is here, you say such strange things again. Ah Jing, you too, didn't you just say that you came to greet your second uncle?" Well, when I saw someone, I changed my mouth."

Lin Jing glanced at the second old lady, just as the second old lady was also looking at him, before the two of them spoke, the second old lady smiled first, and said, "Oh, looking at you two, it can be seen that they are uncles and nephews of direct relatives. All people look the same."

The two quickly turned their eyes away, thinking in their hearts: How can I be the same as this old guy (little bastard)!

The second old lady asked Lin Jing to eat at home. Lin Jing was frightened by this meal. Lin Jing was picky since he was a child. He seldom had dinner with the second old lady. Yes, Lin Jing discovered that he and the second old man had quite similar tastes.For example, both of them tasted bland, while Lin Teng liked thick oily red sauce. Lin Teng ate stewed elbows, but Lin Jing didn't touch a single bite. He also said to the second old lady, "It's okay that Teng is young. He is growing up and loves to eat meat. You should eat less fat. No matter how old you are, you have been gaining weight all the time in the past two years."

How can I describe the expression of the second old lady at that time? Lin Jing said this to his eldest brother when he returned home, "I think if A Teng and I hadn't been here, Second Aunt would have whipped Second Uncle right away."

Lin Yi: ...

Well, the toughness of the second old lady is well known throughout the city.

The second old man made friends with the Rong family for some reason, it was a sure thing, the second old man just went to blow the wind to the Rong family, and the Rong family immediately put on a pitiful look in front of Emperor Zhaode, and there were some dog legs In the past, the wind blowing said that Concubine Kang Li and the third prince were not showing much at first, and I don't know why, as soon as the imperial concubine and concubine Zhen disliked His Majesty, the third prince immediately became smart.Even if the imperial concubine and the concubine Zhen have any problems, it doesn't bother the second and fourth princes, does it?

The cleverness of the Rong family this time is that he didn't try to just whitewash his family. He mainly chose the second prince, and by the way, he brought the fourth prince to speak well in front of Emperor Zhaode.

This is Lin Jing's idea to the second old lady, to let the Rong family put down the imperial concubine Rong for the time being, and first clarify the second prince.The second prince was not very old in the first place, and Emperor Zhaode was his own father, not to mention being suspicious of a woman, but always soft-hearted when it comes to a young son.

What's more, taking advantage of the opportunity of Concubine Kang Li and the third prince to say this, even if Emperor Zhaode didn't believe it, he would feel sorry for the second prince.Sure enough, Emperor Zhaode specially summoned the second and fourth princes to ask him about his homework, and they all rewarded them afterwards.

For this reason, the Rong family also gave away the second old lady and two watery girls, which made the second old lady so angry that she forced the second old lady to change her mind.

After Rong Guogong found out, he laughed at the second old man very much.The second old man turned his head and said to Lin Yi, "Is this idea going to work? I think that old man from the Rong family is very proud recently."

Lin Yi was still in a daze, "What idea?"

The second old lady was shocked, "You don't know? That boy Ah Jing told me swearingly that it was your idea." He told Lin Yi about Lin Jing's idea.Lin Yi originally thought that Lin Jing was going to the second old man's house for dinner that day, but he didn't think there was such a thing here.Lin Yi had no choice but to answer for Lin Jing, saying, "Ah, I did mention something, and he begged Second Uncle to take care of the matter."

After all, the second old man is so old, how can he not see that Lin Yi is telling the truth for Lin Jing, the second old man slapped his thigh, "Hey, I said earlier that the kid has a big idea, he really dares to do anything, this has fooled me If you make the Rong family tremble, I will never end with him!" Then Lin Yi said, "You have to be generous as a big brother, but you can't spoil that kid too much. Look, he doesn't dare to do anything, even I don't dare to do anything." Dare to trick me! It's fine to cheat me, I don't care about him, a brat! If this makes the Rong family tremble, think about it, he was the first to deal with that kid, and Rong Si got rid of him!"

The second old man said, and asked Lin Yi, "That kid really doesn't want to live anymore!"

Lin Yi quickly said, "That's not the case, Ah Jing may have his reasons for doing this."

The second old man was waiting for Lin Jing to come back from school to explain "his reasoning". When Lin Jing heard that Emperor Zhaode had rewarded the second and fourth princes, he immediately beamed with joy and said with a smile, "Second uncle is still the one who can stand up to both of you." .” The entire Lin family, only the second old man can talk to the Rong family.

The second old man clicked his tongue twice, "I really can't see it, a little man with a small nose and small eyes can make a big banner out of tiger skin." Lin Jing was fooled by his age.

Lin Jing said, "Big Brother and I are with whom. What Big Brother means is what I mean, and what I mean is what Big Brother means. Isn't it, Big Brother?"

Before Lin Yi could speak, the second old man said, "You are so glib, you really don't look like your father."

Lin Jing said, "Whoever said it, my aunt said that I carved it out of the same mold as my father."

The second old man barely vomited on the spot, and Lin Yi also looked like he had indigestion.Lin Yi said, "Okay, now that the second prince is about to get up, wouldn't this be even more chaotic."

Lin Jing said, "Brother, don't worry, I haven't been idle these few days. I even talked about the court affairs with the youngest of Bai Xiang's family. I said that it doesn't matter who is the queen right now. It depends on who gets the crown prince." , that is the winner. The Rong family and the Bai family are in-laws, and since His Majesty became more and more ill, the white girl who was originally married to the Rong family moved out of the Rong family with her husband, and then moved back. It must be on the side of the Rong family, but if Bai Xiang wants to make a contribution to the dragon, he must speak for the position at this time."

"The youngest of the Bai family is very concerned about what I said, as long as Prime Minister Bai speaks, Concubine Kong Guifei's position will be assured."

Establishing a queen is a major event, but at this time and here, compared with establishing a queen, the central government is obviously paying attention to the candidate for the crown prince.

Lin Jing's understanding of Emperor Zhaode was not so deep, and Emperor Zhaode was not so suspicious.

During Emperor Zhaode's illness, Bai Xiang had always been relied on by Emperor Zhaode, and he euphemistically mentioned the matter of the crown prince.Although Bai Xiang has selfish intentions, he also has good intentions, thinking that with the crown prince, people's hearts will be a little more stable.

Originally, Emperor Zhaode was still hesitant about establishing an empress, although Concubine Kong Gui had always been trusted by him, and, in terms of Concubine Kong herself, there was no one who was unworthy of the empress.However, Emperor Zhaode originally intended to make the mother of the crown prince his queen, not for anyone else, but for the regret of Emperor Zhaode's life.He was the only prince of the first emperor, even though he was promoted to the position of empress dowager after ascending the throne, but in terms of it, Emperor Zhaode was still a concubine.

Emperor Zhaode didn't want his son to go his own way, Zongrong's behavior was not very decent, for the sake of his son, Emperor Zhaode really moved Lirong's heart at first.Later, the Rong family did witchcraft, which also involved the Zhen family. Emperor Zhaode really had few sons, so he suppressed the matter.Now, Emperor Zhaode had just moved some compassion, and just in time for this crisis, Prime Minister Bai raised the matter of establishing a reserve again.

At this juncture, Emperor Zhaode's few feelings of compassion were immediately dissipated.

It is indeed a mess.

People are confused.

However, no matter how confused people's hearts are, he, the king of a country, is still alive after all.

Emperor Zhaode's imperial decree dealt a heavy blow to the turmoil in the court. After Emperor Zhaode's confrontation became silent, most people were no longer optimistic about Concubine Kong Gui, but they did not think that at this moment of pessimism, Emperor Zhaode actually decreed that Concubine Kong Guifei be the queen!

Lin Jing didn't know how the Kong family and Concubine Kong felt after receiving the imperial decree.But Lin Jing finally found all the breath he held in his heart.Lin Jing also thought very confidently when looking in the mirror, although he actually resembles the second old man in appearance, but in terms of intelligence, he is far superior to the second old man.

And let's say that Lin Yi's memorial to invite a queen to be a queen was an upright conspiracy, Lin Jing's method at this time is quite unpredictable, and even the Xie family can't figure out the reason for it for a while , It is obvious that His Majesty has been quite indifferent to the matter of opposing the empress, why did he suddenly decree to establish the empress?

It was the first time for Lin Jing to plan such a big event. What's more, this matter was handled by him alone. Although he borrowed the name of his elder brother, in fact, Lin Yi didn't know about it at all, and Lin Jing took care of it himself. Yes, and it's so clean and beautiful, without any trace.Not to mention Lin Yi's admiration for his younger brother, Lin Yi, a man of few words, even praised his younger brother for three nights in front of his wife in private, which made the Yue family laugh to himself.Lin Jing himself was also very proud, but there was one thing. Although he had done such a beautiful and important event, he couldn't show off to others.

Lin Jing said to his elder brother, "It's really not a good feeling to be low-key."

Lin Yi, "You'd better hold back."

Not waiting for the brothers of the Lin family to be a little proud of the matter of establishing a queen, Emperor Zhaode failed to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, which shows that his illness is getting worse, and the voice of the Prince Zhongli is getting stronger.At this moment, the Lin family received a Mid-Autumn Festival gift from the Jinling Prince's Mansion—Lin Ping, who married into the Jinling Prince's Mansion, went back to her natal family to visit her relatives with the Mid-Autumn Festival gift.