The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

The weather, personnel, affairs and the day remind each other, and the winter solstice is born and spring comes again.

It is the seventh year of Xuanwu.

In the middle of the first month, there is water in the sky.The beginning of spring belongs to wood, but those who grow wood must have water, so the rain will follow the beginning of spring.And when the east wind thaws, it disperses and turns into rain.

After the rain, Daiyu gave birth to a girl safely.

The whole house was filled with joy.

Empress Dowager Shang personally named the child Hui, and said with a smile, "If the parents are like this, the child must be Zhong Ling Yuxiu."

The granddaughter landed safely, and Shang Duo was determined, so he wrote to the emperor, preparing to leave for the south of the Yangtze River to raise her for a few years.

The emperor pressed this note for the time being and did not approve it, but said: "Uncle, wait a little longer."

Half a month later, the emperor mentioned the establishment of Lingyan Pavilion in court.

Lingyan Pavilion is a high pavilion with portraits of heroes built in the Tang Dynasty to commemorate heroes.

Later generations also used Lingyan Pavilion as a substitute for high-ranking officials.All courtiers have the ambition of "the hope is immortal, and the merits are in the smoke".

Now the emperor wants to re-establish Lingyan Pavilion after the old Tang Dynasty, but it is a big deal.

When the emperor speaks, the people below will act swiftly and resolutely, and it is not difficult to build a loft, as there are many empty lofts in the imperial city.

So three days later, Lingyan Pavilion was ready.

The point is, who can have the honor to hang his own portrait in it.

Unsurprisingly, the emperor "raised the virtuous without avoiding relatives" and put his uncle Baoning Gong Shangduo in the first place.

And personally wrote the reason and recited it at the court.

"...the knowledge is excellent, the bearing is dignified, the insight is keen and detailed, and the knowledge of the sacred will is beneficial to the political affairs and career. The knowledge of time changes, the courage to do things, and the peace of the summer, it will last for five years, and we will meet each other The minister is the most important in the world, assumes the most noble position, and stands up to the honor of the world... On the day of worship, all the officials are dignified, each leads his own post, Ji Gang is in charge, the court is awe-inspiring, and the effect is solid even if it is seen overnight... After five years in power, the country is peaceful, the country is rich and the army is strong..."

The emperor's short composition took a full two cups of tea to read eloquently, during which time he stopped drinking a cup of tea because he was thirsty.

Civil and military officials: ...

Even a person like Shang Duo who is quite confident and usually boasts about himself, was blushed by the emperor's string of compliments, and he couldn't hold his head up.

Apart from Shang Duo, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials stood closest to the emperor. Seeing the emperor's impassioned speech, he couldn't help but slander: "The honor of shaking the world?"Those who didn’t know thought that Boryeong had become an open country!

However, after being the prime minister for five years, the emperor praised him as if he had made many feats that would shine through the annals of history.

In the past, they felt that the emperor was partial to the outside of his body, but now it seems that he is not outside of his body, he is almost outside the imperial city!

When the emperor finally finished reciting the short composition, Shang Duo knelt down to thank him so much that he was paralyzed.

The emperor personally stepped down and helped Shang Duo up, half-sighed and half-smiled: "After the portrait is hung in the Lingyan Pavilion, Lord Baoning can set off for Jiangnan."

Shang Duo only felt the heat in his throat: "My lord, thank the emperor for his kindness."

After the imperial court was over, Xie Yuce and Shang Duo walked out of the imperial city together, and sighed: "With this kindness and favor, you should go to the south of the Yangtze River to avoid the limelight."

Shang Duo nodded: "Speaking of which, the family just added a granddaughter and two unmarried sons. I am worried about leaving Beijing, but I have to go."

A few months after he retired from the position of prime minister, the emperor still asked him to enter the palace if he had something to do, it was no different from before.

How many people scolded him behind his back as an invisible figure, this resignation was just to gain fame, and it was still his relatives who controlled the government.

Now Lingyan Pavilion hangs his portrait, and has to run away quickly.

Otherwise, when the emperor becomes suspicious and thinks that he holds the power of the country alone, full of weapons and pride, it will be too late to run away.

Those who think that they have always followed the merits of the dragon, if they hadn't retired early, how could they have a good death!

Xie Yuce nodded and said: "Although Zicheng is young, he is very steady. After you leave Beijing, I will naturally take care of you."

Shang Duo cupped his hands: "Thank you to take care of our children. Fortunately, in a few months, Lin Ruhai will return to Beijing to return to his mission, and their husband and son-in-law will also have help from each other."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and said: "It's also your bad luck. If you won the battle in Fujian last year, your portrait should be hung in Lingyan Pavilion today!"

Xie Yuchu: ...

Seeing that he was depressed, Shang Duo smiled and said, "Forget it, fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Your defeat, in the long run, will be good for the crown prince—after all, the emperor is the emperor first and then his father. Good thing——Ling'er is young, and the luck of winning this battle will not make the emperor too afraid."

Xie Yuce thought it was true, and said: "Actually, our Xie family also knows that you retreated so simply, maybe it was because of the prince's consideration."

"Since Ling Qianjin married into our Xie family, you love your daughter very much, so naturally you won't be jealous of the emperor because of the power behind the prince. This love, our Xie family and the prince will all remember it."

Shang Duo laughed: "Just write it down. If you treat my daughter badly in the future, I will lock the door of your Duke Cheng'en's mansion!"

Xie Yuce couldn't help laughing: "Others are just talking about it, but I know that you can do it. Just because you don't block the door of Xie's family, our family will never dare to treat Ling Qianjin badly again."

The two chatted and laughed all the way, and walked outside the imperial city.

Shang Duo couldn't help but look back and stare at the red wall of the imperial city, all his emotions finally returned to a smile.

In March of the seventh year of Xuanwu, Shang Chanchan bid farewell to her parents with tears in her eyes, and suddenly felt that the huge Baoning Mansion was empty.

Moreover, after Daiyu was born, she took over all the affairs of the family, and Shang Chanchan was even more idle.

As a result, I spent a lot of time writing letters with Xie Ling, talking about everything trivial in the letters, even my little niece had to write a page when she learned to look up.

Xie Ling's replies are also omnipresent, and there are always some small dried flowers unique to Fujian, which he picked himself when he was inspecting the army, between the letter papers.

The lieutenant general beside him had also seen a lot of this young general with a stern look. He would suddenly stop in the barracks, bend down and pick a small flower by the side of the road, and put it in his purse.

After a long time, the deputy general dared to joke with Xie Ling, pointing to Xie Ling's purse and boasting: "General, the cat's purse with hydrangea is very novel."

It was a very rare time for Xie Ling to show a distinct smile in front of him, pointing at the pattern and saying seriously: "This is not a cat jumping on a hydrangea, it's a lion looking back at the sun."

Lieutenant General: ...

It took me a long time to think of the words to go back and find out: "Hehe, yes, I heard that the lion's cliff turning back and stepping on the sun is a sign of great wealth for the general. Sure enough, the general won the victory. I heard that even the emperor himself called the general a lucky general!"

Xie Ling looked at the sun, held the purse in his hand and said: "Fortune?" Xie Ling smiled: "The person who embroiders this purse is my lucky star."

The lieutenant general smiled and said, "Most of the private rebels in Fujian have been exterminated. It is estimated that in a few months, the general will be able to return to the court with glory. I heard that the general's prospective father-in-law is the No. 1. Maybe when the general returns to court, Weng and his son-in-law can enter the Lingyan Pavilion together, this will be a good story!"

In June of the seventh year of Xuanwu.

Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing to return to his mission, and the Holy Master praised him endlessly.

He thanked the grace in the palace, and he didn't even have time to go back to the Lin family, so he went directly to the Baoning mansion to see his daughter and granddaughter.

Seeing the granddaughter sleeping soundly in the swaddling baby, Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "This child is really cute."

Daiyu smiled: "Daddy is biased, since he entered the house, his eyes have been on Hui'er."

Lin Ruhai couldn't help saying: "I'm a mother, and I'm still so delicate." Then she turned her head and continued to praise her granddaughter's beauty.

Then Daiyu took this matter as a joke to Shang Chanchan: "Father used to be such a reserved and steady person, but now he praises Hui'er, saying that there is nothing in the sky and nothing in the earth, even I can't stand it."

Shang Chanchan teased her little niece with a rattle, and said with a smile: "That's right, Hui'er is really beautiful. Naturally, I don't want to see whose child it is. Sister Lin and brother's looks, how could the daughter they gave birth to be stunning. "

Seeing the jade doll on the case again, he even smiled and said: "The second highness of the crown prince's family met Hui'er in the palace last time, didn't he also say that the merchant's sister is prettier than the jade doll?"

His Highness Xiao Yu was quite accurate, as expected, both the Crown Princess and Daiyu had daughters in their wombs.

A few days ago, I met Huier at the queen's place, and I liked it even more.

Daiyu smiled and said, "Daughter, Father Xiao, I have conceived her for ten months in vain, and now I look like your brother."

Shang Chanchan was startled, looked carefully, and then said sadly: "Sure enough. Well, if I have a daughter in the future who looks like Xie Ling, how can I get married?"

Daiyu said: "Where is this?"

But thinking about a little girl with thick eyebrows and stern expression like Xie Ling, she couldn't help laughing.

Shang Chanchan was worried for a while and then smiled: "But I'm not alone. Sister Lin, has you seen Xu Jin, the husband-in-law of Lirong County? He is more serious than Xie Ling's! If you have a daughter like him , you can go straight to the battle with your sword in hand.”

When Shang Chi returned home in the evening, Daiyu told him about Shang Chanchan's worries.

Shang Chi couldn't help frowning: "Is she thinking about giving birth to a daughter for the Xie family now?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "You're just jealous of a brother."

Shang Chi sat on a chair, holding his daughter in his arms, but his eyes fell on a picture of a baby playing in the autumn pavilion that Shang Chanchan had recently copied on the wall.

I saw a pair of children, sisters and brothers in the picture, standing around a round stool, playing with a turntable, with a naive look.

He looked at it for a moment and said: "I watched her grow up from a baby to now she is going to get married. Yu'er, you don't know, once even the parents thought that she would not be able to keep her, and even the wood was prepared as a joy."

Daiyu stood behind him, her bare hands resting on her husband's shoulders as a comfort.

Shang Chi's tone was not without disappointment: "Seeing that she is about to get married..."

Then he looked at the daughter in his arms: "Thinking about Hui'er getting married in the future, I feel uncomfortable."

It was rare for Daiyu to show a sad look on Shang Chi, so she said something else to try to persuade him: "I also know that Chanchan's birthday is weaker, so she never celebrates her birthday. But this year is different, she is 15 years old in August. birthday. My father and mother are in the south of the Yangtze River, you, the eldest brother, need to be careful."

Only then did Shang Chi become interested: "Of course. It's not just us, I have already written a letter, asking my second brother to come back to Beijing to celebrate Chanchan's birthday."

Speaking of Shang Jun, Daiyu couldn't help laughing: "I heard that my father arranged a marriage for my third brother in the south of the Yangtze River. She is the eldest daughter of the prefect of Jiaxing and a lady of a famous family. But the matter of the second brother is still pending. "

Shang Chi shook his head and said, "Speaking of the three of us, the second brother is the most independent. If he doesn't agree, who can force him? He had already agreed with me that after celebrating Chanchan's birthday, he would not stay In the capital, we still have to continue to study with Old Master Zhou."

"He is determined to travel all over the world, sponsoring and teaching poor students like his teacher Mr. Zhou. This is also a very good deed, so let him go."

The emperor also agreed with the ambition of this traveling nephew: After all, it is also beneficial to the imperial court that the people can study.

Nowadays, there are many courtiers from poor families in the court, all of whom were students of Old Master Zhou back then.

Shang Jun was willing to continue to do this work, the emperor expressed his pleasure, and gave a symbolic reward of 1000 taels of silver for support.

So even the Baoning government can't say anything.

At the beginning of November in the seventh year of Xuanwu, the first snow fell in the capital.

At that time, Shang Chanchan was playing with the little maid in the palace of the Empress Dowager Shang making a snowman. The Empress Dowager Shang supported Yunzhu's hand, and stood on the corridor watching with a smile.

For a moment, Jin You, the chief eunuch, ran over panting.

"The empress dowager, the magistrate, overjoyed, overjoyed!"

Shang Chanchan's heart skipped a beat, she even forgot that she was holding a ball of ice and snow.

Jin You knelt down and said: "There is good news from Fujian. General Xie led people to capture the leader of the remnants of the previous dynasty. It is said that he is a direct descendant of the previous emperor."

"Since then, the rebellion in Fujian has been put to rest! Your Majesty, Long Yan is very happy, and General Xie will bring the sinners back to court immediately!"

Shang Chanchan only felt her heart was burning hot, and she curled up her lips to laugh, but two lines of tears fell down first.

Empress Dowager Shang walked down the steps and hugged her niece in her arms: "Alright, alright, good boy, you will be fine from now on."