The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Mrs. Wang felt cold, "Old lady, you can't do this. The Confucian grandma wanted to eat ginseng in the morning, and Yuan Chun sent someone to get it from me, or I sent someone to pawn a pair of bracelets..."

"What are you telling me about this? Aren't you urging your son-in-law to have a baby?" Mother Jia said with a sneer.

Before he finished speaking, Hu Po came in and said, "Old lady, brother Qiang went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy opera operas for the Zhou family, and bought twelve for the old lady along the way, and now he has brought people here."

Jia's mother said happily: "There are only two people missing. I was feeling deserted, and a newcomer came. Quickly ask him to lead the people in."

"Hey." Hu Po agreed, and as soon as she opened the curtain, she saw Jia Qiang with red lips and white teeth leading twelve fat and thin girls in. Among these girls, some were as lively as clouds, and some were as delicate and graceful as Dai. Jade's are more gentle and generous than Baochai's.I just saw Jia's mother dazzled and said yes again and again.

Jia Qiang came in and said with a smile: "Old lady, my grandson is working at Zhou's house, so I got some leftover materials and asked my second uncle, who said that he went to Zhou's house and saw that the old lady of Zhou's house had a very nice flower hall. I rebuilt the flower hall for the old lady. I also said that it is useless to throw away the scraps left over from Zhou and Wu’s yards. It is better to relocate the old lady’s yard from the back of the old lady’s house to the East Courtyard until the end. The yard next to Lixiangyuan has been built into a small garden for the old lady to visit the garden."

Mother Jia was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly called a handsome young girl who looked like a Danjiao singer to come to her side, and while talking about how pitiful she was, she asked, "Isn't the elder in the East Courtyard?"

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "I just moved the Elder Master to a secluded garden in the northeast corner."

"Okay, okay." Mother Jia said two good words, knowing that the small garden of their family was built by the Dongfeng of Zhou and Wu, and it didn't cost the mansion a penny, so she agreed without hesitation. up.

Mrs. Wang's eyelids twitched wildly, and she secretly said that there are many empty rooms in Rongxi Hall, and Jia Lian is going to repair the garden, isn't it just for them?Seeing that Mother Jia was busy talking to the little opera singer, she didn't have time to pay attention to her, so she went out in a desperate manner, and went to the first three halls. Win over Jia Mu, without talking to her, just go out of the Chuihua Gate, get in his own car, and go to the east garden.

Just after entering the door of his own house, he heard the children wailing together, and entered the gate of Sanchongyi silently, and was planning where Baoyu and Xiangyun would live in the future, when they saw Caiyun and Caixia panicking holding their hands. The paper money went up to the back hall, so he asked, "What is this for? You made that unlucky thing for no reason."

Caiyun hurriedly said: "It's Grandma Dairu who wants to pay homage to Grandpa Dairu."

"I just got such an ancestor back." Mrs. Wang complained impatiently, intending to see what Chen Yejun, who provoked Jia Dairu's old wife, was doing, so she went to Yuanchun's residence again, and when she arrived there, she looked through the back window. Seeing that Chen Yejun was taking a nap with his arms around the piano, he was immediately furious, thinking that Chen Yejun was too inappropriate.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard Baoqin from inside saying: "Second Master Lian is going to have a hard time, and the Meng family's child will probably become the master of the Rongguo Mansion."

Chen Yejun snorted, "You don't know, that kid surnamed Meng has a lot of background. He is a breed of horse from Nan'an Prince's Mansion."

"When did the Princess of Nan'an Palace get married?"

"Originally, it was said that the princess would marry when she was named on the gold list. Unexpectedly, two days before the county horse exam, he fell off his horse and was not allowed to enter the exam room. How can he have the face to recognize his son-in-law?"

Mrs. Wang listened behind the window, thinking to herself that Jia Lian was so bold that he dared to leave the little bastard behind Nan'an's palace.After waiting and waiting, I heard Chen Yejun hugging the qin and laughing inside. He had nothing else to say, so he was about to leave. Who knew that his footsteps stopped, and then he heard Chen Yejun say again, "The child is still the king of Beijing himself." Said that the second brother Qinglian left him."

"How do you know so many things?" Baoqin asked with a smile.

Chen Yejun said: "Don't look at me like this. Your wife can't borrow money even if she goes to Xue's house desperately. As soon as I say it, it doesn't matter if it's Uncle Xue or Second Master Lian. I have enough money to spend."

"You are exporting."

"Xiaoyu, go to the Rongxi Hall, and tell me that I want to give you grandma Baoqin a face, and ask her to send you 200 taels of silver."

"Really?!" Baoqin said angrily.

Mrs. Wang was very angry in the back window, and secretly thought that since Chen Yejun could easily get money from Xue Pan and Jia Lian, why should she ask her to help raise children and serve Jia Dairu's old wife?Angrily, he stopped listening to what was said inside, and went back to his room.Seeing Yuan Chun falling asleep in her room, he said, "If you don't stay in your room, what do you mean when you come to sleep with me?"

Yuan Chun lay lazily and said: "The chickens are flying and the dogs are jumping, how can they sleep? A group of hairy children jump up and down, Aunt Zhao is locked in the room and howls all day long, that kid Huan'er is even more outrageous, no one even cares about it." Don’t dare to care about it, and the old woman left by Jia Dairu, she really regarded herself as a serious ancestor, eating ginseng as a carrot, it’s really a waste of things.”

Mrs. Wang sighed, and asked a little blankly: "Tell me, is it useful for us to have so many children? The old lady doesn't care what she said - even I look at the pearls that have always been good. Tails up, dogs look down on people, and don't look down on Baoyu." After a pause, he said fiercely, "I went to ask for him in person, but Lian's daughter-in-law didn't know how to show me some face, so she asked Liuli to follow Baoyu, but instead she used words to seduce him. The two of them are out of the house. I don't believe that it is better to work under Feng girl than in our room! I don't know what Feng girl is like? It depends on how they regret it in the future."

Yuan Chun sneered and said: "At this point, my wife is asking me back. According to me, I just walked one road to the dark. I don't believe that there are so many empty rooms in Rongguo Mansion. The old lady can't bear to see our heads next to each other? After a pause, he said to Mrs. Wang: "Madam also cares about Tanchun, and often takes care of the people in the palace."

Mrs. Wang said: "Why don't you want to? It's just that the money is not in hand. Now that Feng girl is in charge, she is so tight that she can't borrow a penny. I just heard from my son-in-law that I was asking Lian'er for 200 taels of silver." It's lucky that he can hide it from grandma Baoqin, making us think he is short of money."

Yuan Chun sat up abruptly, wondering why there were always a few things in Baoqin that were unfamiliar to her, and then asked Mrs. Wang, "Apart from these words, did you hear anything else?"

"I also heard that at Rongxi Hall, the child born to the Meng family turned out to be a wild breed of a county horse that the princess of Nan'an Palace had not yet ordered. It was King Beijing who came forward and told Lian'er to keep the child." Mrs. Wang Slightly pursing his lips, he thought that Jia Lian didn't want to suffer, so he just raised wild seeds for others.

Yuan Chun asked: "Is this what my uncle said to Baoqin?"

"That's not."

Yuan Chun repeatedly murmured in his heart about raising Kou's self-respect, angry at Chen Yejun for being close to Baoqin, and hating Baoqin for being ungrateful. Seeing to borrow something when I need it, my aunt is so embarrassed not to give it."

"What do you want? It will cost three to five hundred, which is only ten days and half a month." Mrs. Wang said painfully, and then asked Yuan Chun, "Do you want to leave someone for Baoyu? Lest he get overwhelmed body, or was seduced by the vixen outside."

Yuan Chun said: "These are trivial matters. My wife hastened to pawn money, and before the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will go to Nan'an Palace and tell the concubine about it."

Mrs. Wang said hesitantly: "Although the old prince of Nan'an is leading troops in the south, the Lord values ​​Nan'an Palace very much, but after all Nan'an Palace is too far away from Rongguo Mansion, it is difficult for her to teach Jia Lian a lesson."

Yuan Chun said: "My wife is confused. My wife first informed the branch of the Nan'an Palace, and then quietly disposed of the wild species. It can be regarded as a contribution to the Nan'an Palace. Baoyu will not be able to rely on the Rongguo Mansion in the future. Shouldn't he pave the way for him?" ?”

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang felt that Yuan Chun's words were reasonable, so she rummaged through all the boxes and cabinets immediately, because the most important headgear should be reserved for publicity, so she rummaged through some items that were only used once or twice a year. Lacquer wares and porcelain wares were sent to Xue's pawn shop to pawn two big boxes, and they were planning to use the money to buy gifts and send them to Nan'an Prince's Mansion, but something happened in the mansion that night.

It turned out that Mrs. Wang was afraid that Baoyu would suffocate her body, so she made the decision behind Jia Zheng's back and ordered Caixia to follow Baoyu. Because Baoyu had no yard in the backyard, she ordered Caixia to go to the study in the front yard to accompany Baoyu after dark.Caixia and Jia Huan had a relationship for a long time, so she dared not speak directly to Mrs. Wang, and only begged Jia Huan behind her back.

Since Jia Huan came to the palace after exploring the spring, he always regarded himself as the fifth prince's brother-in-law, and he also had some drinking and meat friends outside. After seeing too many men and women, he gradually stopped paying attention to Caixia.So while complaining to Caixia that there was nothing she could do, after Caixia had to enter Baoyu's study, she quietly led Jia Zheng to "catch the rape".

When Jia Zheng saw that Baoyu was having a private meeting with a girl in the study outside, he was furious. In a rage, he beat Baoyu half to death, and ordered Caixia to match the boy.

Mrs. Wang felt sorry for her son, so she spent all the two or three hundred taels on buying medicine for her son.For a while, he couldn't care about the affairs of Concubine Nan'an, and all his heart was on Baoyu.

Bisheng Baoyu tried twice a day but failed, and was bumped into by Jia Zheng again. She was ashamed and ashamed, so she fell ill in bed half-truthfully and couldn't get up.

This has been the case for more than half a month. Mrs. Wang didn't see that Baoyu recovered, and saw that he was very sick and thin, so she had to invite Baoyu's godmother Ma Daopo to come.

Although Jia's mother wanted to stay in Xiangyun for two more years, she couldn't bear Mrs. Wang's pleading, and seeing that the historian didn't care, she also agreed with Mrs. Wang, and simply arranged a happy event, and sent Xiangyun to the East Garden. inside.

When she came back to her senses, Chongyang had already passed, and Madam Wang remembered that she had a very important matter to do earlier. Fortunately, when Xiangyun held a wedding event, she got some gift money from Jia Mu, so she used the gift money to buy gifts for her. Nan'an Palace sent it.

Unexpectedly, after the gift was sent, no news came back.

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to ask Yuan Chun to write a letter, writing the whole story of the matter in the letter, and saying that she could eradicate the serious troubles of Nan'an Princess.

After the letter was sent out, they finally received a reply from Nan'an Palace.

After receiving the letter, Mrs. Wang felt much more at ease, and asked Yuan Chun: "Since the Nan'an Palace nodded and agreed, what are we going to do with the Meng family's child?"

Yuan Chun changed his mind, and smiled at Mrs. Wang: "If you steal the child, few people around will know that the child is not Jia Lian's. If the child disappears, others will think it is Lian's daughter-in-law."

"Where is it stolen?" Mrs. Wang asked in surprise.

Yuan Chun said with a smile: "Madam has forgotten about Zhou Rui? Zhou Rui went to Jinling to seek refuge in Jia Yu Village after getting into a lawsuit in the capital. Now that Jia Yu Village is gone, he has returned to the capital. Two days ago, he still begged his wife , can you ask your wife to find him an errand with Miss Feng?"

Mrs. Wang first hated the land tax: "Miss Feng is promising, and she doesn't pay attention to me even more." Then she hesitated and said: "Why keep that bastard..."

Yuan Chun said with a smile: "Madam, who knows what will happen to that county horse in the future? Since the king of Beijing has interceded for him, it can be seen that he is also a capable person. He left his son's life and pushed it to Lian's daughter-in-law in the future. Someone owes us a favor."

Mrs. Wang nodded again and again, the mother and daughter discussed it, and they took advantage of Rongguo Mansion to build a small garden, with many people and hands, and stole the child from the Meng family.

Unexpectedly, the Rongguo Mansion built a small garden, and the children of the family came to stare at it, and the Rongguo Mansion became more and more watertight.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help it, so she asked Zhou Rui to find a way. Zhou Rui happened to have a son named He San. Then He San asked about the terrain of Rongguo Mansion, and said, "Ningguo Mansion is empty, and the old man of the Jia family is so tight." Living next to the east wall, why not ask some brothers to jump into the northeast courtyard from the alley between Ningrong and Rongfu, and carry the child out."

Mrs. Wang considered that this method was feasible, so she gave Zhou Rui 50 taels of silver, ordering him to complete the matter.

It happened that there was heavy wind and heavy rain in late autumn, and after four o'clock in a day, He San got entangled with a group of thieves, set up a ladder in the alley, and entered the northeast courtyard along the ladder.

Just hearing two cries in the yard, He San immediately hesitated where to attack, so he walked quietly to the wall and asked the top of the wall, "Why are there two children?"

Fearing that He San would be disadvantaged, Zhou Rui also followed, lying on the top of the wall, and said, "What else do you ask? Just take the two of you away together."

He San heard this, and hurriedly led his companions to the side room in the yard, and heard a nanny muttering by the door, "I know howling no matter day or night." After waiting for a while, the nanny left the child to play Snoring.

He San hurriedly pried open the door and went in. Sure enough, he saw the nanny opened her clothes and let the child breastfeed. hugged out.After coming out, seeing another older child was also carried out, he hurriedly followed the ladder passed in outside and climbed up to the top of the wall, entered the alley, clutching the child tightly, and ran out.

"Who is it!" Before they could run away, someone on horseback surrounded them immediately.

Zhou Rui and He San were frightened out of their wits, thinking to themselves that there are still people patrolling outside the Rongguo Mansion in this windy and rainy day?Before they could run away in time, a group of five people were all blocked in the alley.

At this time, in the Northeast courtyard, only the nanny suddenly shouted, "The child is gone! The child is gone!"

Amidst the noise of the rain, the guards watching the night heard commotion in Rongguo Mansion, and immediately escorted Zhou Rui and He San to Rongguo Mansion.

After entering the antler house in Rongxi Hall of Rongguo Mansion, after a short wait, Jia Lian came out neatly dressed.

"Second Master Lian, someone dares to come to Rongguo Mansion to steal a child." The leading guard clasped his fists and said.

Jia Lian nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I'll invite some of you to have a drink tomorrow." He also ordered Zhao Tianliang and Zhao Tiandong to reward the guards.

Zhou Rui's clothes were drenched, and he looked at Zhao Tianliang and Zhao Tiandong who were resting up and trembling.

Zhao Tiandong took the two children who were still comatose, kicked Zhou Rui with his feet, and cursed: "Stupid thing, where do you think Rongguo Mansion is, how can you steal the children so easily?"

Jia Lian thought that if the Jia family collapsed, not only the children would be stolen, but even the girls would be taken away silently.

Zhou Rui lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, secretly thinking that he was going to fall on it.

"Take it to the Yamen." Jia Lian said.

"Second Master Lian, don't you want to know who made the move?" Zhou Rui called out.

Jia Lian glanced at Zhou Rui, sneered and said, "Seeing you, if I don't even know which hand is moving, I can live till now?" Then he said to the guards, "Tell your lord, please handle everything impartially." Bar."

"Yes." The guard agreed, and dragged Zhou Rui, He San and others outside.

When the people disappeared, Zhao Tiandong said hesitantly, "It's better to let them steal it."

"What are you talking about? In the Rongguo Mansion, someone can steal the young master, so how can we gain a foothold in the capital? Get ready, go to the Zhongshun Palace at dawn." Jia Lian said.

After hearing this, the Zhao family brothers hurriedly went to prepare.

Sure enough, when the sky was bright, Jia Lian led the Zhao family brothers straight to the Zhongshun Palace. Along the way, the muddy water splashed by the horse's hoof fell on the clothes, and people looked quite embarrassed.

When they arrived at the gate of Prince Zhongshun's mansion, they only heard that Prince Zhongshun hadn't gotten up yet.

Jia Lian waited for a while, and when he heard that Prince Zhongshun had summoned him, he hurried towards him and entered a small retreat room. Please, my lord, please spare Jia Lian."

Prince Zhongshun had his eyes closed. Hearing what he said, he opened his eyes and saw Jia Lian holding a white jade bowl in both hands. Looking carefully, the bowl was very familiar, he had seen it thousands of times.

"Where did you get the bowl?" Prince Zhongshun asked, and then asked again: "You said you made a mistake, what exactly is it?"

"Isn't it the prince?" Jia Lian asked suspiciously.

"What is not the king?"

Jia Lian said in a daze, "Last night some thieves came to my house and stole two children. Fortunately, they were caught by the guards patrolling the street..."

"What did you do? You are so guilty." Sitting on the futon, Prince Zhongshun glanced at the bowl in Jia Lian's hand, "This is the emperor's bowl, where did you get it?"

Jia Lian didn't say a word first, and then he followed Xu Shining to the House of Internal Affairs, and suddenly got a reward from the Supreme Emperor. Please don’t tell the prince about this matter on behalf of the public. I was disturbed and woke up at the fourth watch last night. I heard that Jiangyang robbers entered the mansion, so..."

"So, do you think this king did it?" Prince Zhongshun sneered.

Jia Lian silently acquiesced, glanced at the rosary beads in Lord Zhongshun's hands from the corner of his eye, thinking that he must not go crazy in his cultivation.

Prince Zhongshun took the jade bowl with his hand, and said: "The fact that this king asked you to fail the ranking is purely fictional. If you are told to fail the ranking, what will you do later?"

"The lower official thought the same way, but he was fascinated by Chang Sheng's rhetoric for a while."

Prince Zhongshun put the jade bowl by his side, the light in his eyes flickered, he secretly thought that Chang Sheng must have obeyed the orders of the Supreme Emperor, and the Supreme Emperor actually bypassed him and ordered Jia Lian, and he actually guarded against him so deeply, it was a good thing Jia Lian met him. Bandit Jiang Yang messed up and came to confess to him.

"My lord?" Jia Lian called out.

Prince Zhongshun said: "Understood, you can go."

Seeing that he was still sitting cross-legged in meditation, Jia Lian slowly backed away, only two steps back, and suddenly saw Prince Zhongshun opened his eyes again, so he stopped again.

"On November [-]st, the king will hold a banquet at the mansion, and invite Wang Ziteng and others to have a drink. You should come too—ask your daughter-in-law to come and greet the princess often."

"Yes." Jia Lian agreed.

"Take this bowl away. If the Supreme Emperor asks Chang Sheng to tell you something, just tell me. As for the gangster who came to your house, I will definitely find out for you."

"Thank you, my lord." Jia Lian agreed, and went out again with the white jade bowl in his sleeves. Before he could leave the gate of Prince Zhongshun, he saw Chang Sheng bowing his head and nodding. As in the past, he was so luxurious, so he smiled and said, "Why doesn't Eunuch Chang take a sedan chair?"

Hearing Jia Lian's voice, Chang Sheng reacted, and said with a smile, "Look at the sky, let's take a few steps to relax your muscles and bones. The second master Lian is here to see the prince?"

"Yes, I have already seen it, and I am going back."

Chang Sheng nodded, seeing that Jia Lian was about to go out again, he hurriedly took his hand out of the gate of Zhongshun Palace, and walked straight to the east of the Palace.

Jia Lian caught sight of someone poking his head inside the gate of the palace, and he knew that people loyal to the palace were staring at him, so he followed Chang Sheng to a remote place, walked three or four hundred steps, and asked Chang Sheng under the back wall of a house, "Grandpa?" Have an order?"

Chang Sheng frowned and asked: "What exactly is your father-in-law going to do? Our family knows that he has three fires in his new office, and we must make a show to show the Lord, but this fire is about to burn on our eyebrows." gone."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Isn't it? My father-in-law said that he was afraid of offending others, so he didn't dare to let go of his hands and feet to do something drastic. How could he find out on the father-in-law all at once?"

Chang Sheng stomped his feet anxiously and said, "You are also a person who has studied, don't you know how to get rid of cocoons? Follow your father-in-law's method of cleaning up the House of Internal Affairs, and sooner or later you will find our family."

Jia Lian listened, pondered for a while and said: "Elder-in-law, why not give Jia Lian a list, and Jia Lian took the list and told his father-in-law to avoid the list. Otherwise, how can the father-in-law find out about the father-in-law, how can he explain to the Supreme Emperor? If nothing can be found, then How do I explain to the Lord?"

Chang Sheng looked at Jia Lian suspiciously, his eyes were rolling around, and he felt that handing over the roster was not a trap for himself?

Jia Lian laughed and said, "That's all if my father-in-law doesn't believe me. The father-in-law of the left and right is being held by the Lord, and the results must be found out and reported to the Lord."

Chang Sheng grabbed Jia Lian's sleeve, thought for a long time, and whispered to Jia Lian, "We will give you the roster, and you will give it to your father-in-law for our family. But, tell your father-in-law to only check the top, not the top of our house." Check it out. Our family sold the house in the capital and exchanged it for real money and sent it back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Jia Lian thought that Chang Sheng was even more ruthless than him, and hurriedly said, "Elder-in-law, this..."

"There is a saying that people do not destroy the world for themselves, so our family has no choice. The Supreme Emperor is getting older, and our family only hopes that the Lord will let our family retire after a hundred years." Chang Sheng cupped his hands towards the palace.

Jia Lian narrowed his eyes slightly, he didn't believe Chang Sheng's words, there was a saying that there was no turning back when Chang Sheng followed the Supreme Emperor all his life, and he had done so many things, he didn't believe Chang Sheng, an old man who could up and down in the court all his life Dongshihui naively thought that he could get out of the emperor's hands completely, so he pondered for a long time, and said, "Being a father-in-law is very responsible, but I don't think that my father-in-law is such a person. Youdao has a cold lips and teeth. Although Jia Lian is not one of the father-in-law's subordinates, seeing him They ended up like that, and my heart is also..." With a chuckle, he added, "Please forgive Jia Lian for being helpless." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

Chang Sheng took two quick steps to stop Jia Lian, and said with a smile, "Why are you so anxious? It's just to test you."

"It's been tested, is the father-in-law satisfied?"

Chang Sheng smiled resentfully, and said, "After our family returns, I will write the roster for you."

Jia Lian pondered for a moment, glanced at the courtyard of Prince Zhongshun, and asked, "Is there anyone in Prince Zhongshun's residence in the House of Internal Affairs?"

Chang Sheng thought of Chang Xing, and said: "Of course there are. Our family went to the gate of Prince Zhongshun's mansion, hoping that Prince Zhongshun would persuade Lord Xu Shining to be forgiving and forgiving."

"...It's better, father-in-law doesn't hand over the roster of his cronies, but only those from the Palace of Zhongshun." Jia Lian said in Chang Sheng's ear.

Chang Sheng asked in astonishment, "What's the point?"

Jia Lian laughed softly: "Eunuch is confused, what kind of family is my father-in-law's family? If it is not a very urgent matter, the prince is willing to confront my father-in-law?"

"Is there any disagreement between Second Master Lian and Master Xu?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "That's not true, but I can't wait to do something so that I can show my face in front of the prince."

"Got it, got it." Chang Sheng said again and again, wishing that Prince Zhongshun would come out to resist Xu Shining's thunder, patted Jia Lian on the shoulder, and said, "You go back and wait, the Supreme Emperor mentioned you again yesterday Once."

"It's a great honor to be remembered by the Supreme Emperor."

"Go, we don't see the prince anymore." Chang Sheng muttered, walking along the base of the wall.

Jia Lian followed two steps, and when he saw him get on the sedan chair and leave, he also got on the horse and rode back to Rongguo Mansion.

After entering the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian heard Lin Zhixiao say, "Mrs. Xue brought Mrs. Ping back to take Uncle Xue back."

"Just go back," Jia Lian said.

Lin Zhixiao added: "I met a thief last night, should the mansion send more people to watch the night?"

"You see." Jia Lian said, because his clothes were dirty, he went into the outer study to change his clothes, wrote two words, and was about to go to the Shenji camp, when suddenly he heard another shower outside. Because of the cloudy sky, I felt lazy all over, so I leaned on the chair and read by the lamp.

Hearing the jingle of ring pendants, he looked up and saw Xu Qingheng coming.

Jia Lian coughed.

"I know I shouldn't come to this study in the outer courtyard."

"Sit down." Jia Lian pointed to the chair opposite the desk.

But Xu Qingheng didn't sit down, took off the cloak of Yusha and put it on the chair, said with a smile: "It is said that the Jiangyang thief last night was Zhou Rui, the former companion of the second wife next door?"

"What Zhou Rui, Zhang Rui, I don't know."

"Is it true that I don't recognize it, or is it pretending not to recognize it? Early in the morning, the second wife didn't come over, so she asked Xiangyun to come over to see what happened, and try the old lady's tone. The old lady was lying in the flower hall listening to the play, and she just said she didn't remember it. Who is Zhou Rui? Xiangyun came over and said to Yingchun, please send someone to do some sorting, don't tell Zhou Rui and his group to try to blackmail the second wife because they used to belong to the second wife." Xu Qingheng Thinking of Jia Mu's rare confusion, she couldn't help smiling, and then said, "Meng Shi knows, but she's honest, it's that Bilian, howling in the yard, saying that the second master made the elder master so It’s a remote courtyard, just hoping that something will happen to the old man.”

"Let her howl."

"It's too harsh to tell people to listen to." Xu Qingheng said hesitantly.

Jia Lian sneered and said: "In such a remote courtyard, how many people can hear her screaming? As for Xiangyun, it's hard for her, and she has to run errands for the second wife just after entering the door. It's just that we are the ones who suffer. , how can the bitter master bribe the government to prevent the government from finding out the real culprit?"

Xu Qingheng was startled for a moment, then walked behind Jia Lian, and gently kneaded his shoulders with his hands.

Jia Lian held Xu Qingheng's hand, didn't look back, just said: "Prince Zhongshun asked you to talk with Princess Zhongshun often."

"Oh?" Xu Qingheng was surprised.

"You have passed, just say some short words, and don't pay attention to the rest."

"Can't you tell me what you're doing?" Xu Qingheng put his arms around Jia Lian's neck and asked with a smile.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "You just take care of the wind, flowers, snow, moon, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and leave the firewood, rice, oil and salt to me." He patted her hand on the back of her hand, saw that there was a smear of rouge under her eyes, and smoothed it for her with her fingertips. .

Xu Qingheng curled his lips slightly, and was about to speak when Quan Fu said outside the door: "Eunuch Chang has sent a letter."

Xu Qingheng hurriedly stood up and hid behind the screen.

After a while, a little eunuch came in, and the little eunuch left after delivering the letter.

Before Xu Qingheng could come out, Quan Fu said outside again: "Prince Zhongshun's mansion has sent someone to deliver a letter."

Xu Qingheng said from behind the screen: "Did these two times be negotiated?"

"Who knows?" Jia Lian said.

After a while, people from Zhongshun's palace came in to deliver a letter, but they didn't leave immediately. They asked Jia Lian with a smile, "What letter does Eunuch Chang from the palace send to Second Master Lian?"

"It's not about the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Eunuch Chang first came to ask my father-in-law if he wanted to clean up the Ministry of Internal Affairs drastically, or if there was only thunder and no rain, just to show it to the superiors."

After hearing this, the people from Zhongshun Prince's Mansion laughed and said, "The matter of the House of Internal Affairs is enough for Chang Sheng to drink a pot", and then left.

Xu Qingheng has never cared about outside affairs, and was told by her grandfather and father that the biggest enemy in this life is herself, so when she suddenly heard about her father's business, she found it interesting and felt that she should talk about her concern, so she looked at her from the screen. Then he came out and asked, "Can you offend someone about your father?"

Jia Lian laughed and said, "How can there be any shameful thing? This matter can only be offended, not offended." Looking through the letter from the Zhongshun Palace, he saw that Zhou Rui had been interrogated, and Zhou Rui had already confessed. It was Mrs. Wang who spent money to direct her to do it.

Xu Qingheng looked at Jia Lian's shoulder, and said dumbly: "This is only the second wife who can do this, and she has the audacity to tell you to manage the yamen after doing such a thing."

"You send this letter to the old man, and ask the old man to go to the east garden to make a fuss and loosen his muscles and bones." Jia Lian handed the letter to Xu Qingheng.

Xu Qingheng accepted the letter, and seeing that Jia Lian wanted to read Chang Sheng's letter, he stopped and wanted to read it.

"Do you really want to see it?" Jia Lian asked.

Xu Qingheng smiled resentfully: "You never like me to touch your things. If you don't ask me to watch them, I won't watch them."

"It's okay to ask you to take a look." As Jia Lian said, he opened the letter and showed it to Xu Qingheng, only to see that Chang Sheng's letter not only gave the roster, but also explained in detail how everyone colluded with the loyal prince, and even more He even confessed to other princes and princes in the House of Internal Affairs one by one, and even Concubine Ji Hui's cronies were among them.

Xu Qingheng asked in surprise: "What are you doing with this thing?" Seeing that her father was going to offend so many people, for the first time in her life, she began to worry that the Xu family's successor would be weak.

Jia Lian said with a smile, "I'll give this list to my father-in-law and ask him to do it."

"Why did Eunuch Chang give the roster so kindly? Could it be that he left his people?" Seeing Jia Lian nodding, he asked again: "I think the Zhongshun Palace has the most people. Isn't Eunuch Chang always on good terms with the Zhongshun Palace?"

"He just wants to drag Prince Zhongshun to deal with his father-in-law."

"...Then why are you here?" Xu Qingheng asked suspiciously.

"For the sake of asking Lord Zhongshun to rebel."

Xu Qingheng's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly said, "Why do you do such a thing?"

"Wealth and wealth are sought in danger."