Linzhi Gongzi [Red Mansion]

Daming Palace, inside Hanliang Hall.

Emperor Yongjia was admiring a painting with his prince.

"It really is Dong Qichang's authentic work," Emperor Yongjia looked at it for a long time with an ivory-handled magnifying glass brought in as a tribute from the West, and left a sentence, "This kind of brushwork is no different from the "Picture of Snow in Guanshan" in the palace. Two, it's rare, it's too rare."

Obviously, I can't put it down now, and I have looked back and forth for several rounds without stopping.

"If the emperor likes it, this painting will be useful, otherwise it's just a piece of waste paper," the prince said.

"Nonsense," Emperor Yongjia reprimanded, but there was no real anger on his face, "If you talk about burning zithers and cooking cranes like this, it can be seen that you have read all the books in vain."

Liang Ye smiled, not knowing that Emperor Yongjia was really scolding him.I thought, this painting is worth it.

"This is some kind of intention from the subordinates, as long as the father is happy." The prince was a little carried away, and talked about the origin of this authentic painting, "It is said that a scholar in Xin'an's family was too poor to eat, so he took this painting out and sold it at a low price. It just so happened that a head of Taihui Tan’s family fell in love with it, so he took some silver and bought it.”

In fact, it's so simple. How could the scholar not know that this is Dong Qichang's authentic work, and where can he buy it with any money?It's just that the boss watched the scholar rush to buy medicine for his sick old mother, and deliberately lowered the price.He told other people who wanted to buy it that it was just an imitation, and the scholar had to sell it at a loss.

However, Emperor Yongjia only sighed a few words, which is pitiful, so he let go.

While speaking, King Su Liangji asked to see him, and Emperor Yongjia asked someone to come in.King Su walked in quickly, without looking sideways but accurately avoiding the prince's direction, knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Yongjia.Prince Liang Ye snorted coldly and turned his head away.

"Report to my father, this is the preliminary review of taxes and grains for this year's provinces reported by the Ministry of Household Affairs. There is plenty of rain this spring, and the rice harvests in Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are expected to be bumper. Please take a look at it."

Zhang Baoshou bent down to take the booklet from King Su, and presented it to Emperor Yongjia.Emperor Yongjia took it and glanced at it briefly, then nodded with satisfaction.This time, it was Liang Yu's recommendation to let the six sons go to the household department to assist the household department in auditing grain and tax.Because Liang Ji's auditing ability is the best among several brothers.However, because of the Jiangnan corruption incident last time, Liang Yu had long been severely punished by Liang Yu as a model, and no one dared to make false reports at this time.

Since the prince lost a few people last time, he has always wanted to regain control of the household department.With Liang Ji here, there has been no chance.The two have already fought twice in secret.

"Well done," Emperor Yongjia praised Liuzi.Seeing the obvious joy on the face of the sixth son, and seeing the disdain and hatred in the eyes of the second son who couldn't hide it, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

Xiaoliu's temperament is competitive, he must be the best in everything he does, and there must be a winner or loser when he competes with others.In this way, the pattern of vision is a little smaller, and I don't know how to choose.But Ye'er couldn't even figure this out.It's just an audit, and the size doesn't count as a credit.How could he be so resistant to his brother's dislike?

Where did the prince's demeanor and vision go?

Emperor Yongjia sighed in his heart, and thought of Liang Yu for a moment.Originally, this job was entrusted to him, but Liang Yu rejected it and recommended Liang Ji.He said it in front of Liang Ji, although his tone was indifferent, but very sincere.It is said that Liang Ji is sophisticated in accounting and careful in thinking, and he can definitely do this well.But a few words coaxed Liang Ji to be extremely happy.

This move went smoothly, and it not only turned away some thankless errands, but also prevented Liang Ye from secretly dealing with the household department.Emperor Yongjia had to sigh that Liang Yu saw it accurately.

All of a sudden, Emperor Yongjia's heart was extremely complicated.

"Sixth brother is really a good time to choose," Liang Ye snorted twice.

"It's urgent, don't dare to delay," Liang Ji smiled, as if he just saw the painting in the hand of the palace attendant, "What are the father and the second brother looking at?"

Emperor Yongjia waved to the six sons, "I remember that Xiao Liu is good at painting, come, take a look, this is Dong Qichang's authentic work."

Liang Ji stepped forward, bent down to look at it carefully, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were full of surprise, "It really is Dong Qichang's authentic work. After thinking about it, I know that it was dedicated by the second brother to my father."

"Hahaha, indeed," Emperor Yongjia laughed loudly, "it was his in-law Taihuitan who got such a good thing, turned around and was intercepted by him."

Liang Ji looked at his proud second brother, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up in a malicious arc, "Yes, Mr. Tai is the most respectful gift for a monarch and his ministers. Naturally, if you get such a good thing, you must first dedicate it to the prince. .”

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the whole Hanliang Palace was not right, Zhang Baoshou hung his waist down and pretended that he did not exist.

The meaning here clearly refers to the fact that Taihui has no eyesight, and that the crown prince is the king.By the way, he also gave the prince a big hat.Liang Ye was furious immediately: "Liang Ji, what nonsense are you talking about!"

King Su smiled: "My brother is just curious. Lord Tai wanted to present Dong Qichang's authentic work, but he did not dedicate it to the emperor but to the prince... Ah, I see, Lord Tai asked the second brother to present it. He is low-key, even if he is filial, he doesn't want to get a name for nothing."

If this is the case, it is inconsistent with what the prince said just now.In fact, Taihuitan got a good baby and turned around to flatter the prince.The prince got something good, so he turned his head to please Emperor Yongjia.If Liang Ji didn't come today, without the slander just now, the crown prince would really make Emperor Yongjia happy.

Emperor Yongjia didn't think much about it at first, but now he was somewhat dissatisfied with that Taihuitan, and he didn't like the original Dong Qichang's work so much just now.So he waved his hands tiredly and said, "You two go down, I'm tired."

"Yes, I'm leaving." Liang Ji casually tripped the prince, he was even happier than the compliment just now, he saluted neatly and retreated.

Liang Ye opened his mouth, wanting to say a few words, but Emperor Yongjia raised his hand to stop him, "The people below are always out of their minds. Just don't follow along..."

From this point of view, Liang Ye couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief that his father hadn't doubted him yet.Thinking about the things I did before, some clues should have been cleaned up long ago.So he said: "My son always wanted to please my father, and I didn't realize the sinister and stupid intentions of these slaves. It's my fault."

Emperor Yongjia waved his hand to signal that there was no need, Liang Ye took three steps back respectfully, turned and left Hanliang Hall.He wanted to teach Liang Ji a few words, but there was no one at the door, so he gave up angrily, thinking that the kid would not fall into his hands in the future.

Liang Ji put the prince together, and he was in a good mood.

Along the way, he hummed a little tune to meet his mother and concubine.

Su Wang's mother, Concubine Wang Xian, is in charge of Zhujing Palace, and her mother's family is Wang.The crown prince and her are distant cousins, and for this reason, the crown prince doesn't like his first wife very much.

The Pearl Mirror Palace is to the east of Hanliang Hall, separated by a rather delicate flower garden.Liang Ji walked all the way, and saw a person beside the bushes from a distance.Walking over and taking a look, it was actually the Seventh Prince Liang Yuan.

"Seventh brother!" Liang Ji shouted in surprise, and saw Liang Yuan's pale face turn around.So he walked over with a smile on his face, "Did the seventh brother just come out from Ning Fei Niang?"

Liang Yuan nodded weakly, "Mother Concubine, I have a cough recently... Is Sixth Brother okay?"

A pair of sick mother and son, Liang Ji clicked his tongue in his heart, and said: "It's nothing serious, but thank you for your words."

The audit of taxes and food in each province is not something urgent, and there is no need for King Su to come into the palace specially today.He deliberately picked this day because he learned from Liang Yuan that Taihuitan had sent a treasure to the crown prince, and the crown prince planned to dedicate it to Emperor Yongjia.

An excellent opportunity to provoke the relationship between Emperor Yongjia and the prince, how could Liang Ji not grasp it?

"I have accepted your favor today, and if there is any brother who can help me in the future, just ask!" Liang Ji said boldly.

Liang Yuan was full of shyness, "I didn't think about it that much at first, it would be great if Brother Six thinks it's useful."

Liang Ji smiled and said, "The sun is getting brighter, you should go back quickly, Brother Six is ​​leaving first."

As he said that, he stopped talking and headed towards the Pearl Mirror Palace.After walking a few steps, he turned his head and saw Liang Yuan still standing there, and sneered: Weak in body and timid.What a chance, if you don't act quickly when you get the news, you hesitate to let others take advantage of the loophole.And look at him standing behind Liang Yu, but he told himself the news.It can be seen that their hearts are not in harmony.

King Jian stood in the bushes and watched the sixth brother walk away, and then took a slow step.

The third brother is really right, the sixth brother really likes to do this kind of eye drops.If you can't find a suitable candidate in the future, just wait here.

He walked slowly step by step, recalling what Liang Yu had said to him.

The crown prince's biggest backer now is their father, and if he wants to bring down the prince, his father must be completely disappointed in him.It's their job to shake off the assholes that the prince has done.However, it is up to someone else to stir up the intimacy between the two of them as a father-son relationship.Because if one is not careful, it will be thankless.

That's why they passed on the matter of Taihui Tanjin's painting to Liang Ji.

"Look at him, he looks upright and dignified, but his stomach is full of bad water!" Liang Zhuo commented, pointing at his elder brother.

However, Liang Yuan felt that what the third brother said made sense.They once showed the truth of the people's suffering because of the crimes committed by the superiors to Emperor Yongjia in blood.And this emperor father still cared about the relationship between father and son, and turned a blind eye to these facts.

People's hearts are biased, and their father is not a saint, but a mortal who is indistinguishable from all ordinary people.Liang Yuan originally intended to persuade the third brother not to be so orthodox, and to use more insidious methods.Fortunately, the third brother went to Jiangnan for a trip, and he seemed to have figured it out, so he didn't need to be this villain.

Listening to the fifth brother talking about the process of Wen Yishu's acquaintance with the third brother, Liang Yuan suddenly felt that he should really thank this person.

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