The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

On July 22, Wang Ziteng returned to Beijing under the imperial decree, passing through Nanli County, suddenly became seriously ill and died there.

When the news came, Shang Chanchan was hammering the crab with a small hammer.

As the saying goes, seven points and eight groups.

The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the day when male crabs should be eaten. They are plump and plump, and the crab meat is firm.Compared with the female crab covered with crab roe, Shang Chanchan prefers to eat crab meat.

The crabs in the palace are naturally the top batch.

What's more, before the Taishanghuang became seriously ill, he loved crabs the most.Although the old man can't speak now, the imperial dining room still has the best crabs.

Fu Ling next to her smiled and said, "That's all for the girl, let's go to the slaves."

Shang Chanchan held the fat cat in Tuo's arms: "It's okay, you peel it for me, and I'll peel it." Then she took a crab claw and fed it to the cat.

Fu Ling thought: "Hey, this cat is fat and strong, and it can almost knock people down when it rampages in Fengjing Palace."

Daiyu on the opposite side shook her fan lightly and smiled, "I thought you wouldn't dare to eat crabs anymore."

Shang Chanchan smiled: "It was originally a bit of a sequelae. But the crab is really delicious, and I am willing to pay for it." Then he asked Daiyu again.

Although Daiyu is in good health now, she always pays attention to health preservation, and eats less cold things like crabs.

I just ate a little bit of meat, so I drank a glass of rice wine and suppressed it, and didn't eat any more.

Shang Chanchan persuaded: "Sister, eat more meat now, if the weather changes in the future, you will have to eat vegetarian again."

She and Daiyu are still living in the palace.

One accompanied the empress dowager and the other accompanied the empress.

Since the last time when she heroically took poison, the Empress Dowager Shang did not hide many things from Shang Chanchan, and even talked to her a few more times.

Probably because he was afraid that she would fall into the mood of worrying about Xie Ling, so he relieved her a little.

Therefore, among the female family members in Beijing, including Princess Pingning, I am afraid that there is no one who knows the true condition of the Supreme Emperor better than Shang Chanchan.

How should I put it, if he can last for another month, it means that his old man has added dragon energy and a miracle has occurred.

Normally, it would be about ten days.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has quietly prepared the things needed for the funeral.

Once the Supreme Emperor dies, no matter the officials outside, the palace will 100% return to vegetarian life.

Daiyu lightly beat the fan in her hand, and looked slightly worried: "It's okay for us to be vegetarian. I'm only worried about the Empress Empress—in fact, she has been wasting herself since she was a year old. She can't eat anything these days."

There was still half a sentence she couldn't say, but Shang Chanchan also understood.

If you are pampered and pampered on weekdays, it doesn't matter.

But the problem is that the funeral ceremony of the Supreme Emperor is just around the corner, and it is a lot of work and effort. I don't know if it will be possible with Queen Xie's strong support.

Shang Chanchan comforted: "The empress has experienced many things, she will definitely take care of herself. Besides, now the emperor always goes to accompany the empress, just to appear indifferent in front of the emperor, the empress also has to use it."

Just as he was talking, he saw Yunzhu going back and forth, and Empress Dowager Shang invited the two of them to go.

The news of Wang Ziteng's "unfortunate death" did not surprise them, but the Empress Dowager Shang wanted to send them out of the palace, which surprised them.

Especially Daiyu was very worried about thanking the queen.

The Empress Dowager Shang's tone was gentle but unquestionable: "There will also be major changes in the palace, and it will be safer for you to stay in Baoninghou Mansion."

Seeing Daiyu's expression, the Empress Dowager Shang said again: "Besides, in the residence of the Marquis of Baoning, the four of them, father and son, will all have official positions, so the funeral ceremony cannot be hidden. Yu'er, you should also go back and help your mother-in-law.

There is also your father, who has a high position and authority, and there are many people staring at him.If there is something wrong with the desolation in the inner house, it is not for fun to ask the official to write a book. "

The emperor wanted to protect these two families again, but it was related to the funeral ceremony of the emperor, if something happened to the house, it would definitely be bad luck.

In order to show his filial piety, the emperor will have to punish him severely no matter how reluctant he is.

Daiyu shivered, and hurriedly bowed her head in response.

Empress Dowager Shang smiled: "I know that both of you are filial children. But remember, the bigger the matter, the less you are allowed to act emotionally."

"To protect yourself is to protect others."

The news of Wang Ziteng's death spread to the Ningrong Second Mansion, and the two mansions couldn't help being in chaos.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue were crying in each other's arms.The pattern of the four major families headed by Wang Ziteng has been maintained for nearly 20 years.

In the eyes of the four major families, they are now leaderless.

But in the eyes of the emperor, this group is simply a pile of trash.

Once Wang Ziteng died, the other families were not in his eyes at all, and he planned to deal with them when he was free.

On the contrary, the two masters of the historian family are more obedient. They have observed their words and demeanor in recent years, and feel the back of their necks are chilly.

So even though the family was extraordinarily frugal, to the extent that the lady made sewing clothes with her own hands, she still squeezed out money to pay back the silver that the historian owed to the treasury in the past.

Then he asked for orders to station in other places.

The emperor showed Shang Duo the notebooks of the two Shijia brothers, and Shang Duo smiled and said: "You are smart, now you know how to run."

"However, right now is the time for employing people. General Xie came back to sit in the capital, and most of the rest of the emperor's confidantes have gone to Fujian."

"Wang Ziteng died, and half of the matter was thrown away in Shu. It's better to tell them to squat in Shu."

Shang Duo didn't want to save the members of the four major families, but in his opinion, the historians still had their duty, and now is the time to use generals, there is no need to kill them all.

The emperor listened, pondered for a moment, and first turned out his own little notebook - in the past five years, he had accumulated a thick notebook, and he would carefully write down the mistakes and omissions of each government, in case when the time came, he would forget which one to settle accounts with.

Every time Shang Duo sees the emperor flipping through the small book, he has a headache and feels helpless. The emperor only cares about this, and he is very unlike a king of a country.

It's really saving face.

Whoever slaps him in the face, he is in a hurry with whom.

One of these veteran families is counted as one, and he wrote down all those who followed the Supreme Emperor to oppose and suppress him!

However, the Shijia brothers have also gone out to work in the past few years, and they don't have much time in Beijing.

And probably because Ningrong and Rongfu are too attractive to hate, there are only a few mistakes and omissions recorded by the historian brothers in the emperor's records.

After flipping through it carefully, the emperor reluctantly said: "Okay, let them go to Sichuan to top the vat first, and see the aftermath."

On July 25, the Ningrong Second Mansion received the news that the two brothers of the Shi family were going to Shu with their families.

At the same time, Shi Xiangyun, who was left behind, was also received.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu and Shi Xiangyun's marriage would not work out, the two Madam Hou thought about not letting Xiangyun go to Rongguo Mansion again.

Who knows that Xiangyun remembers not to mention Jiamu, but Airongguo's mansion is always rich and lively, and no one is restrained.So I also showed some unpleasant descriptions at home.

Only the two Madam Hou were stunned.

And when Xiangyun lived in Rongguo Mansion in the past, he often complained.

The mouths of the servants of the Rongguo Mansion were like cotton trouser waists, so it was more or less passed on.

Even Shi Xiangyun used crabs from Xue's family to hold a chrysanthemum appreciation banquet last year. He only said that Miss Shi was poor because of her aunt's meanness.

Mrs. Bowling Hou was blamed for nothing, and she was so angry that she wanted to let go.

Now that the whole family is going to Sichuan, she advised her husband not to bring Shi Xiangyun with her: "The eldest girl is a noble person, how can she endure such hardships. Besides, the master dared to say that her marriage was in Sichuan, I am afraid that some people will poke us The backbone of the family."

Shi Nai is the last brother and heir to Bao Linghou, so he has always told his wife to treat Shi Xiangyun well and not make people laugh at him.

He asked himself that his family treated Shi Xiangyun well, even though she was asked to do needlework, life would be more difficult than that of Jia's family.

But he treats her the same as his own daughter, and doesn't single out her to be mean.

How did this get into the mouths of outsiders, and it became like this.

At this time, the strangeness of Wang Ziteng's death made Zhong Nai very annoyed and frightened.

Seeing that the emperor was willing to let them go out of Beijing, he wished he could run away on the spot.

Hearing Madam say this, she just waved her hands: "That's all, if that's the case, let her stay in Beijing." Anyway, she is the daughter of the historian family, and if the Jia family really wants something to happen, it won't be as bad as her.

Naturally, the servants left by the historian in Beijing picked her up.

Then he frowned and said: "But just tell her to stay in front of the old lady of Rongguo Mansion! Don't go around Ningguo Mansion!"

"What time is it now, everyone in Beijing is in danger, what are you doing in Daoning State Mansion?"

Mrs. Baolinghou asked suspiciously: "Master Jing in Ningguo Mansion is gone. Shouldn't they be in mourning at home?"

Shi Nai snorted coldly: "They used the excuse of learning archery, and invited rich and noble relatives and friends from far and near to participate; the name is Xishe, but in fact, Rong Er and a group of cockfighting lackeys asked Liu Pinghua's son-in-law to throw dice with the leaves, and started the game with their heads. ! Jia Zhen doesn’t know how to take care of it!”

"Dad is dead, son and grandson take the lead in watching Youwenle all night, gathering people to gamble!"

"Ningguo Mansion is abolished, our family should be less polluted."

After the historians ran away in a hurry, the remaining four major families in Beijing were nothing more than the Jia family and half of the Xue family.

There is really no one who understands.

The night of July 26th.

Shang Chi was in Xinzhai's study room and continued to look at the accounts of the household department, while Daiyu sat reading a book under the lamp by the side.

The husband and wife don't need to talk, they just stay in the same room, doing their own things, and feel that the atmosphere is gentle and peaceful, which makes people unable to bear to be disturbed.

However, the maids of Shang Chi outside the window were pushing each other silently.

Pomegranates push oranges, oranges push grapes—just as Shang Chanchan's personal maid is named after medicinal materials such as Poria cocos and Ganoderma lucidum, Shang Chi's house is full of fruits.

The reason for the shoving was that no one dared to go in and disturb them.

In the end, Pomegranate, who had served Shang Chi the longest, was pushed out and knocked on the door tremblingly.

Then the cat came in like a shadow and reported: "Go back to the uncle, the eldest girl is here."

Shang Chi: ...Why is it not enough to come to the East Court during the day, now that Shang Chanchan has developed to the point where she also wants to stroll at night?

It was Daiyu who laughed first and said, "Just let her in. She is always afraid of heat, so add another piece of ice."

Seeing Shang Chi looking at her, Daiyu smiled: "Chanchan's heart is empty. It was fine to have something to do in the palace before, but now the empress tells us to leave the palace, and there is nothing to do in the palace for a while. If you tell her to stay alone, she will get bored easily." Get sick."

Shang Chi smiled helplessly.

Other families were afraid that their wife and sister-in-law would not have a good relationship, but when he came to their house, his headache was that the relationship between the two was too good.

After entering the door, Shang Chanchan waved her hands first: "Brother, as the saying goes, scholars look at each other with admiration after three days. Don't look at me with old eyes - I'm not here to make trouble for you this time."

Shang Chi put down his pen and rubbed his forehead.

Shang Chanchan said with a smile: "Before Xie Ling left Beijing, he once told those people in his family who were watching Ning Rong's Second Mansion that if they found anything, they would also make a copy for me, and told me to watch the fun."

"No, someone brought it here today. Look, the Ningguo Mansion gathered people to gamble again last night."

As he spoke, he handed the two letterheads in his hand to his brother and sister-in-law respectively.

Before leaving Beijing, Xie Ling did this on purpose, firstly to relieve Shang Chanchan's boredom, and secondly to cover up for her.

He is going out of Beijing, and Shang Chanchan can't tell him about some illegal things in the Ningrong Second House, so naturally he has to tell his father and brother.

In the past, Shang Chanchan didn't dare to speak out because she was afraid of revealing her secrets - both Shang Duo and Shang Chi were people with countless eyes, and it was really inappropriate for her to know the inside story of Jia's family out of thin air.

So it's really a teapot to cook dumplings, and I can't pour them out.

Now that Xie Ling is covering her, it's okay.