The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

Hearing the Fifth Prince solemnly instructing her not to walk around alone, Shang Chanchan asked puzzled, "Why?"

The Fifth Prince's expression turned cold and he said: "A few days ago, a young eunuch named A Chong in my palace came back from outside with a strange expression and wounds on his body."

"At that time, my nanny ordered her to arrest her, and then handed her over to the queen mother. It was only when she was sent to the Punishment Department for the first trial that she found out that it was the second brother who did it."

"In order not to be beaten to death by the second brother's men, Ah Zhong told me a lot about my affairs. According to him, the second brother seems to be very concerned about the matter between you and Xie Ling. So the mother feared that he would make a fuss about it, so she could only call you Don't go out alone."

The fifth prince pointed to his temple: "After all, no one can think of what the second brother's brain wants to do. You'd better be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Ling said coldly: "The Second Highness is full of these shady tricks."

"For her reputation, the two of us have never met in private, nor have we sent any letters, so what can he make a fuss about?"

Rumors and rumors are always the most difficult to refute. Now that their marriage contract has not been finalized, Xie Ling has always been very careful.

Due to Shang Chanchan's illness these days, the two of them couldn't see each other at all.However, no matter how worried he was, he never thought of sending letters and other things in private.

If there is anything beyond the norm, there is only one purse.

But Xie Ling never took it out to show anyone except the day when he accepted it. He just kept it in the mansion, and even his parents never saw it.

The fifth prince spread his hands: "Did you forget about the Qianqiu Pavilion last time, what can the second brother do if he holds a bottle to touch porcelain? He is the kind of person who has no chance to create an opportunity and wants to do it. He does things like turning black and white upside down." There are many of them."

"But we can't give up eating because of choking, and we will never see each other again."

Xiao Rang turned to Shang Chanchan and said: "So, you must be bundled up with your cousin these days. Except in the imperial grandmother's palace, no matter who asks her to do anything else, you will follow."

If the second prince wants to play tricks, he must first send away Princess Lirong.

Shang Chanchan sneered and said, "There are only those who can be thieves for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days. It's better to be on guard against him every day than to..."

Xie Ling interrupted, and said seriously: "It's nothing else, this matter involves your reputation, you are not allowed to move."

Shang Chanchan smiled and said, "You wronged me again, did I say I was going to move?"

"I'm very self-aware. What kind of person is the Second Highness? He is the one who can scare Nan'an Wangfu to pack up and run away. Our whole family doesn't have the ability. How could I take the initiative to provoke him?"

"The Second Highness is like a wild boar. Although he has no skills or brains, he is full of energy and has a strong lethality."

The fifth prince thought about the behavior of Shanzhu and his second brother, and couldn't help laughing.

Although they are half-brothers by blood, they have no affection.

Especially the second prince did too much this time, which annoyed the fifth prince especially - he couldn't help the fifth prince not to think too much about attacking the person who served him personally.

In the palace, it has always been a big taboo to place people. Who knows if he will be mad and give him some poison or something.

So much so that now the five emperors' uterus is loose inside and out, and the empress has changed all the people around him, and pays special attention to diet.

So the Fifth Prince was not annoyed after hearing Shang Chanchan's analogy, but instead said with a smile: "I listen to you, but I don't want to endure it, so how do you treat it?"

"But as I said before, we can't count on us for this matter: the queen mother and elder brother are afraid to move at all, and even I can only suffer from being dumb, and I can't afford to be provoked so I hide away."

At such a critical moment of becoming a king, it is natural for the First Prince's family to be silent rather than moving.Even if he caught the second prince's handle, he couldn't act now.

In order not to make the emperor think that the eldest prince can't tolerate his younger brother, he only picked this time to sue him.

Even taking the fifth prince's loss can only be tolerated, and I will save it for later.

Shang Chanchan smiled and said: "I used to think that what I was best at was confronting people face to face, but later I realized that what I was best at was actually complaining behind the scenes."

The corner of the Fifth Prince's mouth twitched: Is this some good specialty?You sound very proud.

However, looking at Xie Ling in the blink of an eye, he actually looked at Shang Chanchan with a kind of gratified and soft eyes, almost writing the word awesome on his face.

The fifth prince couldn't help but slander: I can't blame you for being a family.

Shang Chanchan smiled and said, "Now the palace exam is over, although there is a Longevity Festival to be prepared, it is mainly due to the Ministry of Rites - my father is busy on vacation."

That night, Shang Chanchan patted her skirt and went out of the palace to file a complaint.

One lawsuit is also a lawsuit, and two lawsuits are also a lawsuit. Before she left, she did not forget to sue the second prince with Queen Mother Shang.

She also sobbed and shed a few tears: "It was my aunt's grace that allowed me to enter the palace to study, but now the Second Highness is making His Highness doubt the manners of our merchant's daughter. If some rumors really spread, I will stop being a human being."

"Brother Xie and I have never met in private, but occasionally, the Fifth Highness and the princess arrived later, surrounded by a group of court ladies and eunuchs, and have never been alone. Why is it worth the second prince's concern?" .”

The Empress Dowager Shang didn't speak, and watched her cry with a smile, until Shang Chanchan couldn't hold back tears, she said: "Still pretending to be like this in front of this palace now? And pretending not to be like that, there are not a few tears."

"Chanchan, tears should be used wisely and with the right target."

"The other party doesn't love you, so what's the use of crying?"

"No matter how much the other party loves you, it's not uncommon for you to cry too much. When you get along with your husband in the future, you must remember to be reasonable and explain the pros and cons. If it is really unreasonable, cry again."

Empress Dowager Shang casually called her a few words.

Shang Chanchan hurriedly wiped away her tears, lowered her head and began to take notes.

The smile on the back of Mrs. Shang did not change, and said lightly: "Forget it, this matter will be settled sooner or later, you go out and talk to your father. Just say that I have figured out what he said before, let him do it."

On that day, Shang Duo called the Jiang family to inform the Queen Mother that the old and new hatred between Baoninghou's residence and the second prince was irreversible.

Even the words like Wuding Cooking came out. Although the Queen Mother Shang was furious at that time, she has figured it out these days.

And the second prince wanted to use the merchant's daughter's boudoir name to make a fuss, which was to make the last decision for the Queen Mother.

This grandson can no longer be tolerated.

Baoning Hou is enjoying a rare vacation at this time.

Since the new year, he has never stopped like a spinning top.Occasionally, I have to work overtime to comfort the emperor who is getting more and more resentful towards the emperor.

Now that the palace examination has finally ended successfully, he can relax.

Throughout the afternoon, Marquis Bao Ning listened to the opera with his wife, and said with a smile, "Since Da Chi'er was born, in the past 20 years, our husband and wife have rarely had such alone time."

"Fortunately, none of the three of them came here this time, each has his own business, and Chanchan was taken to the palace by the empress again, so we can have fun alone."

Since Lin Ruhai has come to Tongshan, Shang Chi will naturally stay on duty in the Beijing Central Household Department.

Needless to say, Shang Jun stayed in the Chongwen Museum and couldn't come out - because of the Longevity Festival, the Chongwen Museum had to enter 66 longevity poems, and everyone is sitting in the library and writing.

And Shang Ji was also stuffed into the Ministry of Rites by his own father, and started as a small master.

Currently the busiest of the six departments is the Ministry of Rites. In order to prepare for the Longevity Festival, the head of the Ministry of Rites has almost bald by himself: Although there is an old system there, this is indeed the first time that the emperor’s entire life has been suppressed. too emperor.

Therefore, the scale of this Longevity Festival naturally cannot exceed the birthday of the Supreme Emperor in previous years, so as not to offend his old man.

But if it is worse than the old system before, it is estimated that he will be on the emperor's blacklist.

Really embarrassing.

Everyone knows that there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country, but now the officials of the imperial court have two suns on their heads, and they are extremely miserable.

The Minister of Rites is now relying on drinking ginseng soup to refresh himself every day, trying not to fall before the emperor's longevity.

Fortunately, because Shang Ji worked in the Ministry of Rites, it was a pleasure for the Ministry of Accounts to approve the money.

As long as it is within the rules and regulations, Shang Chi is naturally willing to give convenience to his younger brother, so that he can be honored in the etiquette department.

Otherwise, according to the original cumbersome process, the Ministry of Rites will have to vomit blood just by grinding the budget with the Ministry of Accounting.

So even though Shang Ji is a newcomer to the sixth department, under the shadow of his father and elder brother, he is like a fish in water.

Thinking of her children, Jiang smiled: "I still remember how they were when they were infants, but in a blink of an eye, even the youngest daughter was married and will be married in a few years, really. Time flies by."

Both comfort and emotion.

Marquis Bao Ning twirled a strand of his wife's drooping hair, and said with a smile: "People say that time flies by, but in my opinion, Ma'am is still the same beautiful face as before, there is no difference."

"To this day, I still remember the first time I met my wife when I got married."

"I was born as a number one scholar, and I have so many articles in my belly. But when I saw my wife, my mind was completely empty, and there was only one poem I read when I was young: Luo Wei unrolls, as if someone opened it. The moon shines straight in, and I have no heart to guess."

Jiang's complexion was slightly red: "Although I don't know much about poetry and books, I also know that Li Taibai's solo poems are not about love. Master, don't use these words to coax me."

Shang Duo laughed and said, "I know it's not, but Madam is the bright moon that enters my heart, but it's not wrong at all."

Jiang couldn't help but push him: "In two years, I'm afraid we will even have grandchildren, and you still act disrespectful!"

"Is this called disrespect? Back when there was no Chi'er, I was still drawing eyebrows with my wife. It's just that you dislike my clumsy hand, and it's just that you can't see others in the painting."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and said: "Anyway, I don't see anyone now. If Madam agrees, I will be Zhang Chang again, okay?"

Jiang Shi suddenly shook his hand and said, "Master, don't say such unlucky words."

Marquis Baoning understood that the Jiang family thought that he was careless in what he said, and that Zhang Chang's life was not smooth due to his ups and downs in official positions.

Shang Duo only said: "Many people in the court will condemn me as Huo Guang first-class, but my wife fears that I will follow in Zhang Chang's footsteps. Just don't worry, even for the sake of my children, I have to hold on."

Jiang looked at his face and saw white spots on his temples, which were a little more frosty than last year. He couldn't help but see tears in his eyes, and said with tears: "For the past 20 years, you have been working hard every day. How did you ever relax?"

"Even if you are pretending to be happy now, I also understand that it's just that the distribution of the kings is imminent, so you can pretend to be easy for others to see. In fact, you are still thinking about those things day and night in your heart."

"I don't understand your men's ambitions. I can only suspend my mind. I just hope you understand a thing or two about my thoughts and take good care of yourself."

Marquis Baoning saw that his wife rarely showed sadness, so he persuaded: "Now is the critical time, so we can't relax a bit. It will be fine in the future."

Jiang really wants to ask, when is it not important?

When the queen mother was concubine Shu in the palace, when the first prince was deposed, when the emperor seized the position of heir, you said it was important.In the past 20 years, you have always prevaricated me with the phrase "it will be fine in the future", where is the end?

However, when the words came to his mouth, he just said softly: "Yes, our family will be better together in the future."

The husband and wife were talking when they suddenly saw a servant girl coming in to report: "Go back to Master and Madam, the eldest girl is back."

Shang Duo couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said to Jiang: "I just said that we husband and wife had a quiet time, and this child ran back, so he won't wink."

Jiang gave him a sidelong glance, and said to the servant girl, "Tell her to come here."

Shang Duo stopped leaning, sat up straight and said: "Chanchan has been confined at home for these days, and she can go out with great difficulty, so how can she be willing to come back. Now that she hurried back, there must be something to do."

He straightened his sleeves and said with a smile: "Madam and I will make a bet, this child must have caused trouble, so he hid back and told me, the father, to clean up the situation."

Jiang Shi smiled: "Master is used to her being lawless, unlike a girl who dares to talk about any court affairs. Then the troubles she caused now will naturally be dealt with by Master."