Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

Ruicheng made up his mind, and asked someone to read the investigation papers in the morning the next day.In addition to the few articles that the censor participated in last time, there are also charges of lending money, instructing servants to commit murder, and so on.

The person who read the scriptures was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy who had just been admitted to Jinshi. He was young, and his voice was loud and crisp, and he could hear it very clearly in the empty Qianqing Gate.

These charges... Several officials looked down at each other quickly, it was still the matter of Prince Yizhong last time.

It has been the third year since the emperor ascended the throne. Prince Yizhong took the eldest son from the concubine to the imperial mausoleum long ago. Not yet ten years old.In the Yizhong County King's Mansion, there are nanny and eunuchs sent by the emperor to teach the county king. Just like this, the emperor is still worried.

He didn't seem to want to let go of anyone who was close to Prince Yizhong.

All the officials standing in the gate of Qianqing held their breath and listened to the half-excerpt, but mixed with the emperor's will, in fear.

The emperor made a decision, and the rest of the work was easy to handle. The Ministry of Punishment sent people to seal the courtyard of Jia's mansion, and began to count the properties of Jia's mansion house by house.Mrs. Wang fainted immediately, and a few girls around her pinched someone to deliver the medicine. Mrs. Wang gradually turned around, and hugged and cried with Jia Mu again.

The front, rear, left, and right doors of Ningrong Second Mansion were sealed, and the entire master and several hundred servants were allowed to enter and not to exit.What exactly happened, Baoqin was not very clear in the deep palace, but after all the dust settled, Liang Dafu said through the little eunuch: "Jia's mansion was confiscated, and all the official positions and titles were gone."

That's it?Baoqin felt an unexplainable aggrieved feeling.But within two days, she met Liang Xiaobao in the palace.

Liang Xiaobao is also fifteen years old this year, so it is logical that he should be engaged. Although he is still in the filial piety period, there are more than one or two people who come to talk about it.As a rising star, his brothers and sisters in the family are also promising, not to mention that this person was born in the imperial examination. Although he did not participate in the imperial examination, it seems that he was working for the emperor at that time, so This looks better than his elder brother who has already become a guard.

It is said that the concubine He in the palace is also pregnant. It has been three months and she is very healthy.

This time she met Xiaobao in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, still separated by a screen.

My family spoke directly, Xiaobao said: "My marriage is probably about to be settled. The concubine daughter of Prince Zhongshun is fourteen this year."

Baoqin nodded, remembering that Xiaobao couldn't see, and said: "You are also an adult, it's best to make up your own mind about this matter." Prince Zhongshun?There was an actor incident just before, didn't it? "In his house... Concubine Wu said a few words when she left the palace at the beginning of this year..."

Although the words were cryptic, but he understood, Xiaobao said: "Sister, don't worry, the prince will only have this one daughter if there is no accident."

This is really... Talking in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, in order to prevent the partition wall from having ears, the words can't be too clear, Baoqin put the topic aside, and said: "The dowry or something... The prince is a royal, so I haven't seen any good things But..." Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered the rice paper words she had seen on his head in the early years, and couldn't help laughing out loud, saying: "You can think about it, and I will add something to you later."

"I have one more thing to tell you. The girl from the Lin family has been living in the palace for more than a month. I guess she should leave next month when the Jia family is almost sold out. I promised her to be my father's adoptive mother. A son, His Majesty knows about it, I don’t need to worry too much, you just need to take care of it a little bit.” Baoqin said, “What I want to talk about is another thing, you go back and tell your mother to ask her to take care of it every half a month. Send it back to the bird's nest."

Xiaobao said yes, and then said: "There is also my brother's marriage, I guess it will be next year."

Baoqin sighed, "Oh~ so many years have passed in a flash."

Two days later, it was Lidong, and three of them fell ill in the palace.Jia Yuanchun has always been ill, and now he has been issued a critical illness notice, as well as Concubine Wu and Concubine Zhou. If you don't come, you will either die of illness, or become a monk after recovering from illness.As for Concubine Zhou, the official statement was a stroke, but she is not yet 20 years old this year.

Baoqin has never been to see it. Thanks to the dragon in her stomach, she doesn't need to go to such a place where people get sick and die, and she can't go to the personal servants in the palace. Shulan told her little by little afterward.

Shulan was quite cold-blooded when she said it, she ate melon seeds and said, "You know what? Concubine Jia won't live long. It is said that Concubine Wu can't even drink the medicine anymore, and Concubine Zhou, now even I can't even lift my arms."

Hearing this news, holding the qin, he immediately remembered the rules of the dead man in the palace. Counting the days, Yuan Chun probably had at most one month to live.

Sure enough, when the first snow fell in winter, Yuan Chun died, just 19 years old, because his home had been confiscated, and when he died, he was buried according to the agreed specifications.Concubine Zhou followed closely, and the two were buried together in the concubine's mausoleum. As for Concubine Wu, because she died of a seasonal epidemic, the queen mother felt that it was unlucky, so she burned her and disposed of it separately.

On the day when the coffin was carried out from the palace, Shulan came to accompany her and said: "The Empress Dowager is worried about your stomach, so I will accompany you and make things easier for you."

Baoqin smiled, and ordered the maid to add a brazier, and brought some refreshments and tea.Anyway, she didn't want to be alone today.

The exile of the Jia family, the sale of the sale, Jiamu and Li Wan didn't have to suffer too much. The emperor finally remembered that one was the wife of the Duke and the other was the widow. The farm has moved over.But Jia Mu is getting old, and there are only two maidservants in the house. Li Wan took care of her alone and had to take care of Jia Lan, especially when Jia Zhu's concubines she sold lived next door, so life was going well. It is also very hard.

Looking at the rising steam, he hugged the piano and said: "I never thought it would be like this. I entered the palace early, thinking that I would be able to leave at the age of 25. I am also a smart person, and I will ask for grace at that time. Sifang or female supervisor is a nanny, so you don't need to look at people's faces, and the family lives together... Alas," Baoqin sighed, "I will be 23 after the new year, and I will never be able to get out in this life."

Shulan poured a cup of tea by herself, and said: "What you said, earlier my father thought that I would have to burn incense if I could get married. Who knows that I have become a queen now. He has to kowtow when he sees me. Originally Thinking that the general who will never be able to become a general in this life will be able to do so because of her status as the head of the country." Shulan looked up and down Baoqin suspiciously, "Aren't you free?" After finishing speaking I also laughed, "You are a busy person, that's enough, come to my palace tomorrow, and there will be a palace banquet for the Chinese New Year soon. Your Majesty wants to hold a big one this year. Come and help me."

The atmosphere of Qiufeng's sad painting fan was swept away, and Baoqin also laughed, saying: "Next year, my two brothers in my family will get married." After speaking, he rubbed his stomach, "And this." Then he thought of Gong There are so many concubines in the room, and said: "There is still next year's draft, I have heard from the Queen Mother, this time if ten or eight come in, I guess she will not give up."

"That's right, there are only six in the palace now." After finishing speaking, he straightened his face again, "I'm not worth it for His Majesty, there are three who are over 72 years old, two who fell out of favor, and one who can't sleep , Alas... our emperor... the [-]nd concubine of the Sangong Sixth Court, the house is empty."

Baoqin followed suit with a laugh, "You have to wait until autumn to start. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with the spring draft."

The two happily ate snacks and drank tea, and had a pleasant afternoon.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the planned grand palace banquet was canceled because the Queen Mother was seriously ill.

According to Aunt Liangxue, it was because she was worried that the little prince would be frozen in the middle of the night, so she got up to have a look, but who knew that she had blown the wind instead, so she couldn't afford to get sick.

I fell ill within a few days after Laba, and became bedridden on the New Year's Eve. After procrastinating until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Queen Mother just went away.