Jia Cong, the God of Dancing Through the Red Mansion

Lin Ruhai remembered what happened a while ago, and someone in the capital thousands of miles away was being blamed for what happened a while ago.

After the imperial case, although the old emperor had traces of time on his face, and the right hand that held the pen all the year round often trembled uncontrollably twice, the awe-inspiring temperament cultivated by the long-term superiority still makes people ignore it immediately His aging and frailty were in turn suppressed by the infinite majesty emanating from him.

Now the emperor's face was ashen, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and deep lines of law appeared at the corners of his mouth. He was clearly in a rage, and he firmly held a memorial in his hand. The forceful appearance made people feel that what he held in his hand was not a few pages of paper, but someone's neck!

The three young men below knelt in two rows, and the one in front was alone, wearing apricot-yellow clothes and a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with four dragon patterns on the clothes, he was the crown prince.

But now there is still the usual domineering appearance of His Royal Highness, the whole body is lying on the ground, because of fear, there are some slight tremors, and the sideburns are messed up, but the expression is distressed, it is more angry!

The two people in the back row are also dressed as the princes of this dynasty. The one on the left has a straight back, but has bruises on his forehead. A teacup next to him rolled down there, and there is even some tea in the hair room. Hen, the one next to him was younger and knelt on the ground like the prince, with a look of helplessness after being wronged.

Emperor Xuanqing didn't care about the performances of his sons, he just felt desolate, and even felt like a hero's end. The reason why he beat the third prince angrily just now was because this son was too inconsiderate of him as a young man. The dignity of the old father actually exposed the truth that he tried so hard to cover up and ignored so nakedly.

So naked, his dignity as an emperor and father was offended, how could he not be angry?

But after getting angry, the rationality of being a generation of Mingjun also returned, and the anger towards the remaining two beloved sons below was completely aroused by the voices of grievances.

What do you mean "don't know"?What do you mean "the people below are messing around"?What do you mean "being wronged"?If he hadn't arranged for people to follow the third child to thoroughly investigate the matter there, he would have been fooled by their behavior. After all, he was the son he loved since childhood and the woman he loved. People with the same heart, how can they think badly?

But the reality slapped him hard, and the slap was so loud and loud that he couldn't even pretend to be deaf and blind!

"You all go down!" The usually majestic voice was a little weak and tired.

"Father?!" The prince and the others were a little anxious when they heard this. Do they believe them or not?

Only the third prince quietly raised his head to look at the emperor above, and then quickly lowered his head. To be honest, seeing his father like this, he felt a little bit of regret in his heart, maybe he shouldn't have given that thing to him at all. submit?

Wouldn't the father be so disheartened then?

Shaking his head, he knew that even if he did it all over again, he would still do it like this, he just did things with a clear heart!

He knelt down, bowed his head solemnly, stood up, turned and left the imperial study room without looking at the two brothers who were still trying to save the Sacred Heart.

Emperor Xuanqing took a rare look at the third son who left just like that, and then at the prince and fourth son who were still thinking about how to restore the Sacred Heart. Why are these two sons not like their own species?

If you do it, you do it, what can you do if you admit it to his father?

They are all his beloved sons, even if he, as the father, is stricter with them, can't he not give them a chance to correct at all?

Is it really worth their desperate denial?

I think that when he was a prince, he had already fought in all directions, and he saved the throne for the late emperor from the hands of the emperor's uncles, and then resolutely took the world from the hands of the former prince who was posthumously named Prince Shunxiao by himself.

At that time, I was even about the same age as the fourth child who was kneeling on the ground, but how decisive I was at that time, but what about the two on the ground?Such a trivial matter has already been denied in every possible way like a pustule. Is this really the son I have carefully raised?

Contempt arose in my heart, and the remaining bit of benevolence suddenly disappeared, and I didn't even have the intention to reprimand, so I just waved my hands again, and resolutely drove the two sons out.

The prince and the fourth prince saw that Emperor Xuanqing was really angry, so they had no choice but to back out, reluctantly reached the door, and glared at each other. Contrary to their humbleness just now, they wished to see each other with full momentum. Choked to death, but after all he didn't dare to cause trouble here, he just grunted angrily at each other, flicked his sleeves and left quickly.

When everyone was gone, Dai Quanfang came out quietly with a few young eunuchs, cleaned up the teacups and tea leaves on the ground, and then quietly retreated.

Emperor Xuanqing sat behind the chair as if he had never heard of it. The aura he had just faced his son had long since disappeared, and he even looked a little depressed.

If someone looks at him now, they will find that there is no tall and majestic figure, and the person sitting there is just a thin and crooked old man!

Looking at him like that, one has to suspect that what this old man needs most at this time is actually someone who can listen to his complaints, but he is doomed to be a loner, and it is also doomed that no one in this world can hear him He spit out his heart!

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The third prince came out of the palace here, and as soon as he got into the carriage, he saw a young man sitting in the carriage that belonged to him, holding a stack of snacks in his hand, eating without any image.

A little eunuch behind him was fanning him, and beside him was a handsome little eunuch who was peeling chestnuts for him.

The young man didn't move when he came in, but the two young eunuchs trembled in fright from the condensed gaze, and quickly bent down to salute the third prince.

The third prince couldn't help frowning when he saw the young man sitting in the car, and he was a little displeased when he saw the appearance of the two eunuchs, but he also knew that this younger brother was always disobedient, so he preached to him It's just a waste of energy, so maybe I have to give myself a good or bad blow.

He frowned here, and raised his hands to the two little eunuchs, and they walked out of the carriage consciously.

Just as he was about to sit in sideways, he saw his younger brother staring blankly at his face, the anger in his eyes was undisguised, and only then did he realize that he was injured on the head.

I didn't feel much pain, so I stretched out my hand to touch it. Although I didn't really care about it, I still felt warm because someone cared.

The young man was very angry when he saw the bruise, and threw out the snack in his hand angrily. Seeing his brother sitting in, he moved closer to take a closer look, and found that although the skin was not broken, it was still swollen. Wake up, in this state, it's not easy to meet people in recent days.

After rummaging through and picking, he actually found the wound medicine from the hidden compartment in the carriage, and gave his brother the medicine with a depressed face.

Only then did he ask, "Did the old man beat you?"

The third prince knocked him on the head with his hand, and yelled, "Which gentleman did this? That's the father!"

The boy curled his lips, with a look of indifference.

The third prince is really helpless with his younger brother's face. No one in the capital does not know that the eighth prince, Tuli, is an outlier in the royal family.

He disobeyed discipline since he was a child, and never did a single serious thing, but he was astonishingly courageous. He confronted the emperor at a young age, because he refused the emperor's marriage, and was the only prince who was kicked out of the palace without getting married. There is no Ji concubine in the mansion, but only some handsome actors and eunuchs.

He was reprimanded by the emperor, but he was always proud instead of ashamed. His upright look made the emperor angry and yelled so many times that he would not recognize his son.

If it is someone who has long been hated by others, it is still on the sidelines, but he looks beautiful and has a sweet mouth since he was a child. Although he can sometimes be half-popular, he is very good at talking, as long as he is happy, he can talk. Coaxing the emperor into ecstasy, made the emperor reluctant to alienate him too much even if he wanted to be in a good mood often.

Occasionally, the emperor got so angry that he could only secretly complain in his heart that the concubine Xian would not have children, the third child was born to a mother, one was strict and upright, and had no tolerance for sand in his eyes, while the other could only fool around and irritate others. I don't want to get involved in the slightest business.

Whoever shares these two sons will sigh, how good would it be if the temperaments of these two people complement each other? !

But I can only think about it, Tu Rui is nearly [-] years old, and Tu Sui is too, his temperament has already been determined, and he can change it wherever he goes.

Tu Rui knew that his younger brother wouldn't listen to him and tried to dissuade him, so he could only comfort him patiently, "Eighth younger brother, my father must be in a bad mood recently, so be careful that it comes out of your mouth!"

Looking at my younger brother still with such a disapproving look, I don't know why but I thought of the kid on the boat. He was several years younger than his younger brother, but he looked like an adult. My father took good care of me.

I couldn't help but took this example and started talking to my younger brother, thinking about finding a role model for him and making him less messy in front of others, at least he had to look like a prince.

But I don't know, what he said brought little trouble to little Jia Cong. The eighth prince was brought up by his third brother since he was a child. It can be said that his admiration for his third brother has reached his bones. How can he tolerate it? In the heart of my third brother, an outsider is actually stronger than his younger brother, so he held his breath up to this point, and sooner or later he will make a fool of Jia Cong and let his brother see who is better.

Light a candle for the little Jia Cong who is still far away in the south of the Yangtze River...

"Third brother, let's not talk about this, did the old man say how to punish those people?" The eighth prince had an idea in his mind, and changed the topic on his lips.

The third prince only thinks that his younger brother is not taught, but he also knows that it is useless to say it. Seeing him asking this, he felt sad because of his father's partiality. He shook his head at this time, and a rare irritability appeared on his face .

"Not only that, but the father has also pushed all the faults on the third brother, right?" The eighth prince had already gritted his teeth when he said this, and it was a bit worthless for his own third brother, "Just because the third brother found out these things of?"

"Don't talk about that, Father just couldn't believe it for a while. Moreover, I only do what I think is right, as long as I have no regrets, and don't care about what those people do!"

Hmph, my third brother is so easy to talk, that's why he was squeezed like this.

Seeing his younger brother's eyeballs rolling around, the third prince knew that he was not reconciled, and that it would be bad if he would cause something to happen and be caught by his father's anger, so he hurriedly warned: "You don't make trouble for a while!"

"Got it, got it!" The Eighth Prince replied with a smile, but there was no half sincerity in his tone.

The third prince knew that he didn't listen to him, and he had nothing to do with him, he just thought that he should be more strict in the recent period, so that he has no time to look for things.

Thinking so, he said: "These few days will be your nephew's first birthday. He is usually the closest to you. How about living in your brother's house during this time?"

Although the eighth prince wanted to live in his elder brother's mansion, he couldn't stand the restraint there, so he couldn't be fooled. After thinking about it for a while, he still flatly refused and said, "Chunshang just built a lotus pond in my younger brother's mansion, and transplanted plants in it. I bought all kinds of lotus flowers, which are about to bloom, but I am a bit reluctant."

That's a serious thing to say, and the third prince can't do anything about him for the time being.

When they arrived at the third prince's mansion, the two entered the study, and the eighth prince asked about the whole story of what happened in his third brother's study.

Tu Rui didn't hide it from his younger brother, so he immediately explained the matter in detail.

Speaking of which, this matter has to start from the beginning of the year, when someone secretly reported that someone in Beijing was colluding with grassland barbarians to sell salt and iron privately for huge profits.

The Holy Majesty was furious, and secretly ordered the third prince to go to the north for a secret investigation. Unexpectedly, after the third prince left Beijing, he received a secret report, saying that the ships traded with the barbarians were transported by sea, and had nothing to do with the mutual market.

Tu Rui didn't dare to be self-reliant, so he reported the news to Emperor Xuanqing. Emperor Xuanqing didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but he even allowed the third prince to act cheaply and investigate the matter thoroughly.

The reputation of the third prince's stern and selfless reputation spread all over the capital. Although he knew that this matter might reach the heavens, he didn't dare to blow up his own brand and insisted on investigating the case.

He is the prince, and he has the emperor's order in his hand, so he can mobilize relevant people at will. In addition, he is taking the road of Mingxiu Plank Road and secretly passing Chencang. However, he disappeared and made unannounced visits along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang according to clues. This is why Jia Cong and his party were able to meet him.

The progress of the case is very fast. Not long ago, a group of people finally intercepted the salt and some iron pieces that were transported to the north by sea boat in the eastern sea.

Today, Tu Rui went to the palace to report the matter in detail, and as expected, the Holy One was furious!

Some people in the capital knew that apart from turning over the benefits of salt and iron to the state treasury, some of them were given to the prince by default by the emperor.

As we all know, the Jiangnan weaving managed by the Zhen family, and taking over part of the shipping from the Wang family, these are also things that earn money like water. Apart from the Zhen family, this money is naturally the private houses of the noble concubine in the palace and the four or six princes. .

Now there is an incident that involves both the crown prince and the Zhen family!

In fact, the emperor had already received a secret report. Of course, he did not believe that his beloved son would do such a thing that would ruin the state system. After the third prince intercepted the ship transporting salt and iron by sea, he immediately transferred the third son back. Wei went to check the source of the things.

Obviously, the old emperor was disappointed. Although there is no evidence that this incident was personally instructed by the prince, it was written by the prince's cronies, and the property obtained was also included in the prince's private treasury.

It can be said that if the prince knows about it, then he is disregarding his family and country. Even if he doesn't know about it, he can't escape the comment of unfavorable control and incompetence.

Moreover, there is evidence that the Zhen family was aware of the prince's actions. On the one hand, they imagined the prince's favor, and on the other hand, they also wanted to hold the prince's handle, so as to overthrow the other party at a critical moment. Not only did he pretend not to know about the matter, but he even secretly gave it convenience.

But they never thought that while they were holding the prince's handle, why didn't they also hand over the handle!

As for why the third prince was able to find out these stolen goods so smoothly, even the emperor did not find out, everything seemed too coincidental, so the suspicious emperor had to suspect, or someone in the court took advantage of the third son's temperament Come to deal with the prince and the fourth child.

Or the son, the third son, is running pigs and eating tigers, playing tricks on his father!

This is also the reason why today the emperor only verbally nodded at those two, but smashed Tu Rui with a cup alone. Wronged, even walked out of the imperial study in a cool way at that time.

Emperor Xuanqing's doubts about him were less in his heart, but his mood was more dignified. One incident made him feel dissatisfied with his three sons who depended heavily on him. The emperor's intuition made him not believe that it was just a simple matter. coincide.

Then the person who can arrange this situation but hide himself deeply in the dark is really too powerful.

If this person is not found out, he will really have trouble sleeping and eating!

In such a confusing situation, the Three Princes' Mansion ushered in the imperial decree the next day. It turned out that Emperor Xuanqing bestowed the title "Rui" on the Three Princes alone. Although it is strange to use his name as the title, the word The meaning of it is good, but it is barely used.

In the past, except for the crown prince, all the princes in Beijing, from the second to the eighth, had opened their mansions to become kings, but they were only crowned kings without titles.

Now, the third son, Tu Rui, surpassed all his brothers to get the title alone. He himself was a dignified person, so he sealed the gate of the mansion and thanked guests behind closed doors. After a few days of sitting at the water table, it was later that His Royal Highness Prince Rui came forward to reprimand him personally, so he calmed down a bit.

Emperor Xuanqing rewarded the third prince, but in fact there was no substantive punishment for the prince and the fourth prince. In the eyes of those who know it, it is obvious that it is partiality. The crime of collaborating with the enemy, such a big mistake, can be so lightly understated. In the past, people had to envy, envy and hate.

But I don't know, the crown prince and the fourth prince are not having a good time now. If the emperor punishes them happily, it will make them feel relieved, but hanging on like this, neither forgive nor punish, headache Every time I go to the toilet, I feel like a knife is hanging there. How can I continue my previous life with peace of mind?

In less than half a month, the whole person became thinner, even his mentality changed a bit, and his whole temperament became a little stale.

The emperor's investigation is almost done, but he would rather not know anything. Thinking about the princes involved in this matter, and the Zhen family behind the fourth prince, such a result is actually expected. Ah, in fact, I am not young anymore, so my mind naturally grows up, but there are the prince and the fourth brother, the real brother, so it doesn't seem like he came out, so I used the Zhen family to count the two of them, and then brought them together. The third child who has always been able to handle errands in front of the emperor is really good at calculating!

The emperor got the result he wanted, but he would rather not know anything, he is still alive and well, these unfilial sons are already thinking about the chair under him, thinking about the siblings jealousy, if he doesn't die soon If so, are these people still going to stage a forced palace?

With suspicion in my heart, looking at the grown-up sons, they were all a little displeased, and incidentally, their tempers became eccentric, which made the sons even more cautious, not daring to make any mistakes, but they always felt that the atmosphere around them was oppressive Makes people crazy!

Everyone in the capital is having a hard time, but Jia Cong is at ease here. After bidding farewell to Uncle Lin and the reluctant Daiyu in Yangzhou, Jia Cong and his son returned to Jinling with Xichun.

This is the first time that Jia Cong and Xichun have come to Jia's ancestral house, and it is only the fourth time that Jia She has come here in his life. The first three times were to deliver the coffin. The first time was his grandmother; Father; the third time was to give away the original wife.

Every time it was during the filial piety period, no matter how heartless he was, he knew that it was not the time to play. So, after going back to Jinling three times, he never had a good look at what Jinling looks like once!

If it wasn't for Brother Cong who came here on a whim this time, it is estimated that his reason for coming to Jinling in the future is similar to the reason for sending people here from above, or he was sent here. For this place where he will be buried after death, he came and went in such a hurry , may not even have the chance to take a good look.

Especially the most famous Qinhuai River in Jinling, Jia Amnesty has longed for it for some time, but this time he finally has the chance to visit it.

Looking at the son sitting across from him who hadn't reached his chest, he couldn't help shaking his head, he was still too young, if he was as old as Lian'er, he, as a father, would be able to show him some knowledge, but now It's not working.

Jia Cong came to Jinling under the regretful eyes of his father all the way. The old house is just a rich mansion, which is not the same as the Rongguo Mansion in the capital. The silver, still looks a little bit.

Jia Cong looked satisfied, but Jia She was a little surprised. The last few times when he came here, it was not like this. At that time, Jin Cai and his wife looked at the old house, although they cleaned it up every time they came. It is clean, but it always looks old and tired. How can there be a new look now?

Looking at Chen San, who had just come to see the house a few years ago, he was particularly pleasing to the eye.

Although Jia Amnesty is not the patriarch of the Jia family, he is the uncle of the current patriarch of the Jia family. The head of the Rongguo Mansion is also the highest-ranked family member in the entire Jia family. There are constant family relatives of guests, even Jia Cong and Xichun are not idle here, one is Jia She's beloved youngest son, and the other is the sister of the current patriarch's direct relative, the young and old have been asking to see each other since they entered Jinling.

In the beginning, the two of them met a few people just because of their affection. Later, they found out that these people had no serious business other than flattery. They simply said that they were not feeling well when they came back for the first time, so they refused them all. stand up.

Jia Amnesty was happy to be flattered at first, but later he got annoyed. After discussing with several clan elders about the auspicious day to worship the ancestors, he used the excuse of taking a bath and fasting, and never saw outsiders again.

After a few days of silence like this, after the official ancestor worship, the official business of coming to Jinling is over. Jia She spent a few days alone in the Qinhuai River, but Jia Cong took Xichun to a few temples and walked in Jinling City. After shopping around, it was not in vain.

It's almost the day agreed with Mr. Qiao, so I went back to Yangzhou!

Picked up Daiyu and Mr. Qiao, and set off again to return to the capital.

Lin Ruhai was really cruel this time. The people around Daiyu even Jia She and Xichun were a little bit tongue-tied, which is too complete. The four big girls are all the children of the Jia family, and they are twelve or thirteen years old. , my family or my father or brothers are all working by Lin Ruhai's side.

There are also four nuns, two of them came from the palace, and the sons of the other two are also able-bodied people around Lin Ruhai, so they are not afraid that they will stop trying to take care of Gu Daiyu, the only girl in the Lin family.

On the contrary, although the original Wang Momo and Xueyan were also in the team, it was only because they were more familiar with Jia's mansion, and it was obviously not their place to serve them closely.

In addition, there was actually a housekeeper with two servants, who was ordered to wait only in the old house of the Lin family. This was specially for the girl to deliver news or to buy some things. From this, it can be seen that Lin Ruhai still doesn't quite trust Jia. Government, that's why there is such an arrangement.

For these people, Jia She didn't take it seriously at all, but when he saw the only two little maids beside his son, he felt that his son was a bit at a loss, and there were fewer people serving him, although he didn't say anything. , but made up his mind to make good arrangements after returning home.

As long as Jia Cong saw so many people around Daiyu, he could think that the old lady at home would definitely not look good after seeing these.

Thinking of all the injustices Jiamu has done to her father, I feel a burst of joy in my heart!