Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

The news of Xiaobao's going to Jiangnan was known within two days, and it was not through Liang Dafu.Liang Dafu only said that Xiaobao went out to do some errands, so he listened to the piano and it was over.

However, Ruicheng slipped his mouth by accident one day, "The weather is hot, and the summer in the south of the Yangtze River is unbearable. It's not just Xiaobao who is out there alone, okay?" Seeing that Baoqin was holding a book in his hand, as if he didn't hear it, he was relieved.

Go to Jiangnan?What is there in Jiangnan, the old nest of the Zhen family, the Lin family, and the Jia family, the birthplace of the so-called four major families.So, the emperor is going to do it.The corners of Baoqin's mouth are slightly upturned, so she can also go further to stimulate Yuanchun.

I thought it was over like this, but Ruicheng brought it up again two days later. As for why he came to Baoqin to talk about it, this mentality is a bit complicated.

The emperor's courtiers and spies talked about big things, like treating official talismans. What the officials said was: "Extravagance is the norm, corrupt the court, and the crime should be punished." But the emperor also had a bit of gossip in his heart, such as What is meant by "white jade serves as a horse for the king", and whether the daughters of the two royal families in Jia's mansion really slept on the white jade bed, etc.

Coupled with the fact that Xiaobao is still playing the role of a secret agent, Ruicheng is still a little worried.

These questions can probably only be chatted with Baoqin. Of course, the starting topic is Xiaobao. For example, Xiaobao is very smart, knowing that the bodyguards are different from others, and it is easy to show flaws. Then Ruicheng appropriately expressed his worry, "I don't know if Xiaobao looks like a kid from a rich family?"

Baoqin smiled appropriately, "Why doesn't it look like that? Xiaobao has seen the son of the first room in the Jia mansion, the son of the second room, and the two in the East mansion, and besides, there is an old lady's sweetheart." Well, Xiaobao has been his school boy for almost a year."

"Oh?" Ruicheng's curiosity was a bit deliberate, and his eyes were a little wide open, but Baoqin ignored it. "Let's talk about the Rong Mansion first. Dafang's son basically looks at people with a sneer and a sideways look. He even puts on a straight face when talking to the servants. He speaks slowly, only half of a sentence, and waits for the servants to guess incorrectly. Kick it. The second wife..." Baoqin thought about the dead Jia Zhu, but let it go, "Let's say that Baoyu, who was born with jade, likes to be hugged by a beautiful maid, and loves to eat the rouge on the maid's mouth ..."

Ruicheng's complexion changed, his dissatisfaction transitioned from "born with jade" to "love to eat rouge from maids' lips".

"He was only five or six years old when I came out, and I don't know if he has improved in the past two years."

Ruicheng was relieved, he was only five years old, not yet the age for men and women to fight against each other, but these words sounded really frustrating.

"You have also met the eldest lady of the family. Don't worry, Your Majesty, pretending to be a dude, Xiaobao has plenty of role models." Baoqin's words made Ruicheng feel relieved of Xiaobao, but he began to worry about Yuanchun in his palace again. .

Because the amount of money Baoqin received last month was almost twice the original amount, Concubine Wu and Concubine Jia entered into an unreasonable and vicious competition, plus Concubine Zhou, almost throwing money at everyone, If Ruicheng hadn't acquiesced in this matter, he would really have thought they were plotting something.

This kind of flower method, three to fifty thousand taels a year is considered a small amount. Based on this calculation, if their family does not have a million or so, it is really not enough for these concubines to spend money.Ruicheng somehow thought of the year's expenses in the palace, and suddenly felt that it was not easy for the three of them.

How to bring the topic back? "I heard that Dongfu has a nice garden?"

Baoqin nodded, with bright eyes, "Your Majesty even knows this? I've only been there twice, heck, it's really good." It's a pity that the lake inside has been filled, Baoqin smiled and nodded again, " Your Majesty really knows about Concubine Jia. There are a lot of good things in Jia's mansion, but unfortunately I was born late. I heard from my mother that when the young lady got married in the early years, she was really red makeup, but the annual gift that my uncle returns every year is also Quite a few."

Speaking of this, Baoqin was a little excited, "Such a big bead." Baoqin gestured with his hand, "I will send a dozen of them at once."

If he had stayed in the palace all the time, Ruicheng might not know much about the prices of these things, but he had been out of the palace to open a mansion, and hearing Baoqin count all the good things in Jia's mansion, Ruicheng's determination became more and more determined. is firm.

Here, there is no need to bother, Ruicheng gave a little guidance, and Baoqin talked about the New Year gift received by Jia's mansion, the people who came and went, hehe, the evidence of the crime is complete.

Don't listen anymore, Ruicheng suddenly took him over and said, "Has anyone tasted the rouge on Hefei's mouth?"

Baoqin stopped in time, held his breath and blushed hard, lowered his head halfway, took Ruicheng's hand that didn't fit well with one hand, and fell into the bed with him.

She doesn't have to worry about the rest, just wait for Xiaobao to come back, but it will take three or four months to go to Jiangnan and back, and it will be almost New Year's when he comes back.

The second prince moved into the empress dowager's palace, and he could see him holding the piano almost every time, but the empress dowager's spirit was not as good as before.I'm already old, plus the sudden serious illness last time, and the children making a fuss, alas...

"I didn't think it was so difficult to bring up a child before." The queen mother pinched her forehead, "I have a headache every day because of the quarrel."

There are only five children in the palace now, most of them belonged to the late emperor, one son and one daughter of Concubine Yu, and the ninth younger brother of the emperor who was born in the prince's forced palace night and was later named Ruiguo.These three are relatively easy to carry, the current emperor is two, and the eldest prince is almost two years old. He will cry, but he won't cry all night. What's more, Shulan didn't let him in front of the queen mother. cried.

Now there is only the second prince, who was carried to the Empress Dowager's palace in just a hundred days, crying tirelessly every day.The queen mother and her emperor's son are generally responsible people, and they have to see it with their own eyes to be at ease, so the second prince cried ten times, and eight of them were in front of the queen mother.

Holding the second prince in Baoqin's arms, he said to the queen mother while bouncing: "The second prince is much heavier than when he came back last time. What did you eat in your palace?"

The queen mother was happy: "You came here yesterday."

"The empress dowager dislikes me?"

"He's drinking the nanny's milk now, do you want to try it too?" The queen mother repeatedly called out to Yun Rong, "Hurry up and find two nanny's for the concubine, and she will be brought back to the palace later."

After such an interruption, the Queen Mother's headache didn't hurt very much, and as soon as the headache got better, she became sleepy again.The queen mother got up and said: "You guys greet my concubine well, I'll go to the side for a while, this kid cried until midnight yesterday, he is really a ghost."

Sister Yunrong left with the Empress Dowager, Liangxue and the two second prince's mothers sat with Baoqin.

Not long after, the maid outside the door came to report: "Concubine Dong asks to see you."

What is she here for?Baoqin glanced at Liangxue, because the queen mother was asleep, the two of them dared not make decisions, and did not let Concubine Dong in.

"She comes here frequently these days." Liangxue also leaned close to the second prince and said softly.

Baoqin raised her eyebrows, Liangxue said again: "It doesn't look like she came to see the queen mother, but rather like to see the second prince."

Haven't given up yet?Thinking about it, I don't think so, according to the replies from the maids and eunuchs, Concubine Dong has been with Zhenli these days, is she here to see the second prince for Zhenli?

Baoqin thought carefully about the replies of the court ladies these days, and the situation in the palace has undergone new changes. For example, Qingmei withdrew from the alliance between Yuanchun and Concubine Wu. And there is Concubine Zhou, with a faint attitude of one person and one faction, and no one pays attention to her.There is also Ling Changzai in Qingmei Palace, who will follow Yuan Chun and Wu Concubine to visit the Imperial Garden every day.

There are only a few people, and it's really lively.