[Red Mansion] Biography of Empress Lin

After returning to the palace, the prince was taken into the Hall of Mental Cultivation by two first-class guards in full armor.

Jinshang originally wanted Lin Miyan to step down, so that the crown prince would not say anything that would make her sad, but Lin Miyan flatly refused: "A loving mother is a loser, without me, a mother who indulges him, I would not be able to make today's crown prince." .”

"The only thing I'm happy about now is that he never thought of attacking his brother." Today he said a little tiredly: "Actually, as early as today, I had already prepared for the worst, so I ordered Yang Pei'an to send Hun Let her go into the palace and protect her."

"Now it seems that I have crossed the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." Imam stared at the prince in the audience. He saw the embarrassment he had never seen before: "I want to know what you want to say, no matter what it is."

"Father, did you deliberately set up this situation to abolish my position as the crown prince, or is it all just a coincidence?" Fourth brother, he brought his family back to Beijing, is it to mourn for Concubine Chen, or to replace me."

"Concubine Chen has not passed away yet, so what you said is indeed a little inappropriate." Today, he shamelessly hopes that the crown prince can step down with dignity, but he knows that these are all his delusions: "You are just like when I was young, with wings still When I was young, I thought that I was destined for myself, but in the end, I did a lot of wrong things, and I thought that others were looking forward to and supporting me."

In his previous life, Jinshang returned to Beijing after ten years of hard work in Tongzhou, so he knew the price of conceit better than the prince.

"It's said that those who run a family can't rule the world. You imitated the dormant king and placed a bunch of rich and noble daughters in the East Palace, but you forgot that our ancestors raised troops with thirty sets of armor. The Tai and the ancestors were refugees. , Empress Wende is just a widow of a landlord's family. The so-called Tian family's blood is actually no different from that of a commoner. As for the help of the rich family..."

Jinshang sarcastically said: "Could it be that those families who are in a ball are more reliable than your biological parents? Does your crown prince need this kind of illusory power to consolidate? King Qianjun and King Anjun will do this. I won't be surprised. But you do this... do you want me to die sooner, or are you a useless coward who needs to rely on women's skirts to consolidate your position?"

"Father said this, don't you feel that you are contradicting yourself?" The crown prince's face was full of dissatisfaction: "It is said that the emperor and ministers come first and then father and son. Could it be that the father will really delegate power to me?"

"If I insist on not delegating power to you, why did I let you participate in government affairs? And why did I propose to abdicate?" After being hurt by the prince again, my tone became colder again: "Do you still remember that when I first became the throne, I asked you to abdicate?" Are you dealing with the usury issue of the Rongguo Mansion?"

"What about this?"

"Actually, at that time, I was already consolidating your position." As far as Jinshang is concerned, once again mentioning what he has done for the prince, it is undoubtedly tearing open the scab: "I taught you how to treat the aristocratic family." The combination of kindness and strength also allows you to more or less understand some things that can be used as handles in the aristocratic family, so that you can control them after you succeed to the throne."

"The so-called emperor is to control the family and the subjects, not to be controlled by the two."

"Compared to you, how do I treat King Qianjun, King An, and Hun'er? Don't you know? Especially Hun'er, the reason why I agreed with him to go to the south of the Yangtze River is for whom? Self-expression?"

There was a trace of shame on the prince's face, but he still poked his neck and asked: "Even so, I have not made any serious mistakes, so why do you need to abolish my son's position as the crown prince?"

"It's true that you haven't made any serious mistakes, but do you think you can afford this position?" Today's expression is no longer the familiar expectation of the prince, which made him panic: "You are already a husband and a father. But how many times did your mother persuade you, did you listen? How many messes did your father clean up for you, have you reflected on it?"

"If it was ten years ago, I could still use you as an excuse for being young and still have the opportunity to learn slowly. But now..." Imakami sighed heavily: "Do you think you still have to correct yourself?" chance?"

"Cong'er, you are already in your twenties, and your mother and I are about to reach the age of destiny. How long can we plan for you? Once we pass away, how do you plan to govern this great country?"

"Even though I know that you have been working hard for the future of Xichao's fight against the Jin people, your planning methods are not even low-level."

Thinking of this, Jinshang became more and more angry: "Are you the prince, and you are not those housewives who have never seen the world, are you so shallow? Three million taels of silver, less than two years of military expenses What can you do? Hold it in your hand and wait to rust?"

"Besides, you think I'm such a waste that you can't even find out 300 million silver? You believe everything others say, so what do you have to do with your brains? Why don't you just be a rich and idle person."

Even though Jinshang has restrained his emotions very much, his veins are already bulging in his hand grabbing the chair: "Just tell me, all these things add up, how can I rest assured that I will hand over the country to you?" ? How can you close your eyes with peace of mind after you take office?"

"After all, it's all my fault." The prince said with red eyes, "It's the father's fault to raise or not teach. Since the father wants to set things right, why bother to argue with the son here, and directly destroy the son's family?" Locked up in the clan mansion."

"Of course I can do this, but I can't bear to do this." Jinshang said decadently: "You can call me a hypocrite as much as you want, but the position of prince, you have to let it go, and you have to let it go if you don't."

"But besides my son, do you have any other choice?" The prince showed a funny expression: "Is it the eldest brother, the second brother or the fourth brother?"

The prince glanced at Lin Miyan, sneered and said, "Sure enough, the fourth brother is the most likely. After all, you are infatuated with my mother. The fourth brother has a much better chance of winning than the first two adopted sons."

"Nie Zhan!" Angrily, Konaka wanted to grab the cup in hand and throw it at the prince, but was stopped by Lin Miyan.

"Do you know what I told your father when your fourth brother was born?" Compared to today, Lin Miyan didn't have much sadness on her face.Maybe it's because the mother knows the child far better than the father, so she gave up her heart faster than Jinshang: "I told your father, the country is handed over to Cong'er, and freedom is handed over to Hun'er."

"Hun, it can refer to a kind of beautiful jade, and it can also indicate the name of a place." Lin Miyan lowered her eyes, and her pupils gradually narrowed when she didn't see the prince: "Your fourth brother has no title since he was born. Not long after, I took my wife to travel around the world."

"Do you think we haven't done enough for you?"

After this question, the prince had nothing to say.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the prince was imprisoned in the Fengxian Hall for uttering lies to Concubine Chen to pray for Concubine Chen.

A month later, because of the family visit, price imbalances occurred in the affluent areas headed by the capital city and the south of the Yangtze River, and several nearby villages and towns also experienced food shortages, and officials and businessmen colluded to make money.

Regarding this, Imam naturally pinned some of the crimes on the crown prince, and sent the fourth prince who had already prepared to deal with the matter.

Since then, the fourth prince who has been silent and unknown suddenly appeared in the eyes of everyone.

The courtiers at that time thought that this was a little beating before the crown prince ascended the throne, so as not to be mistaken for a toothless tiger after he abdicated.

As a result, shortly after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Concubine Chen passed away. Today, the funeral ceremony for Concubine Chen was held beyond the specifications of a noble concubine, and all the princes and grandchildren were ordered to cry for Concubine Chen.

As a result, during the funeral ceremony, the prince behaved badly, which caused great flames in the present, and he was immediately detained and returned to the East Palace, and the Ministry of Rites was ordered to draft a charter for abolishing the prince.

Suddenly hearing that the emperor was going to abolish the prince, everyone in the court was shocked.

The elder of the Zheng family knelt outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation with his courtiers at the age of 80, imploring Jinshang to take back the order to abolish the crown prince. However, Jinshang ordered him to return because he was not ambitious enough and wanted the emperor to order the princes. I have thought about it.

Any repeat offenders will be punished severely.

The Zheng family and the Jiang family were originally supporters of Confucianism. Since the general Princess Jing'an married the next generation of Mohism, the influence of Confucianism has declined, so the Zheng family and the Jiang family urgently need a monarch who is biased towards Confucianism. .

If the crown prince is abolished, among the remaining princes, only the fourth prince who is a direct descendant is the most likely.

Before the fourth prince returned to Beijing, he had been living in Jiangnan, where a hundred schools of thought contended, and he had never expressed his views on sects, so the courtiers were not sure about the temperament of the fourth prince, but there were a few opportunists who wanted to compete for the crown prince. So he tried his best to get closer to the fourth prince, and strongly recommended the fourth prince who had no foundation to become the crown prince.

"Idiot." The fourth prince, who has pushed several visitors in a row, has no interest in fishing these days, and is annoyed by a pile of poor documents: "Just wait! After the father abdicates, these Guys are all liquidated."

Xu Jiale has been immersed in the shock that the prince was actually deposed. After being brought back to his senses by the words of the fourth prince, he remembered the words that his father asked someone to send a few days ago. After hesitating for a few seconds, he decided to tell the fourth prince: " Your Highness, my father intends to hand in his resignation in the early spring of next year, and take my mother back to her hometown in Xuzhou to support her."

"Is it because of my business that you made such a move?" The fourth prince said without even thinking about it: "Mr. I can also understand Xu Lao's painstaking efforts."

The eldest sister is the empress of Renzong Yuan, and the second sister is the clan wife of the Zhang family.The eldest son was accompanied by the prince, and the second son was adopted to the father-in-law's family without heirs, plus a daughter who became the fourth prince's concubine.

Xu Ling, if he wanted to imitate the Lu family of the Han Dynasty, he would not be as quiet as a chicken these few days. Like the Lin family, he did not have the slightest intention of running around.

"The death of my great aunt and the downfall of the Xu family left a thorn in my father's heart after all." If the fourth prince succeeds, Xu Jiale's identity will be very important, so we must be more cautious: "Father retires." It doesn't matter, he has accumulated injuries all over the years in the army, and he has reached the age of being fond of grandchildren."

"Father will definitely allow Xu Lao's request." The fourth prince said with certainty: "Don't think too much, maybe Father..."

Thinking of the prince's fate, the fourth prince swallowed the words in time, and the couple were speechless.

A year later, Jin uploaded to the fourth prince, changed the name of the country to Xingchang, named the abolished prince Prince Zhongyi, and bestowed him with the residence of the late Prince Gong.

Upon hearing the news of the Fourth Prince's succession to the throne, Mrs. Wang from Jia's Mansion on the West Street spit out a mouthful of blood, causing everyone in the mansion to turn their backs and shouts.

Even Jia's mother in Rongguo's mansion sat blankly for a long time, and finally beat her chest and stamped her feet endlessly, lamenting that she had missed her granddaughter and ruined Jia Yuanchun's life.

And when the news reached Xue's family, Aunt Xue, who felt like she was alive after a catastrophe, was extremely glad that she had listened to her daughter and brother and did not pay for a few false promises made by Mrs. Wang for the rest of her life.

In contrast, Xue Baochai was much calmer.After Wang Ziteng sent Xue Pan to the military camp, Xue Baochai, who had settled her mind, had been seriously preparing her outfit for entering the palace. By the way, she asked Wang Ziteng to send a post to the Lin family, wanting to visit the Lin family's little mother Li, Ask some questions about the palace.

"Prince Zhongyi is afraid that he will hate Aijia and the Supreme Emperor for the rest of his life." Lin Miyan, who has been promoted to empress dowager, heard that her eldest son had not been out for many days, and said to Princess Jingting who hesitated to speak: "You After the death of Ben Gong and His Majesty, will the two children fall out?"

After returning to Beijing, Princess Jingting, who felt that the sky had changed, couldn't answer, and could only say implicitly: "If my son stands in the third younger brother's seat, even if I accept my fate, I will hate you for the rest of my life."

"It's okay to hate me, as long as you don't get involved." Lin Miyan asked Aunt Rong to give Princess Jingting a small bamboo tube, and motioned for her to open it.

"Mother, this is..." Princess Jingting stammered after reading the contents of the small bamboo tube, "Are you sure you can give it to your son?"

Lin Miyan nodded, and said calmly: "This is the best method that I and your father have thought of. If one of them dies before you, you burn it. If they don't contradict you before you are alive Explode, you entrust this to the person you trust the most."

Speaking of this, Lin Miyan laughed at herself: "I and your father have finally reached the step of Emperor Renzong, and this is the only way to make up for Cong'er."

"The third and fourth brothers won't make it that far." Princess Jingting looked at the white hair in Lin Miyan's hair, and said with sore eyes: "I will try my best to persuade them, so mother queen and father emperor Don't worry too much."

"En!" Lin Miyan nodded, and asked Aunt Rong to call Li Fu outside the door: "You go to Prince Zhongyi's mansion to deliver the decree, and ask Mrs. Jia to copy scriptures in Fengxian Hall."

"What's the meaning of the queen mother?" Princess Jingting didn't understand why Lin Miyan paid so much attention to a concubine of Prince Zhongyi.

"The crown prince can't take revenge on me and your father, so he will find a punching bag. And you know the relationship between the Jia family and the illegitimate daughter of King Kangjun. It's a trivial matter to neglect her, I'm afraid that the people in the palace will meet with others Trash her to death." After all, Lin Miyan felt sympathy for the daughter of the Red Mansion: "Rongguo's mansion was prosperous, and the other was defeated. The Ningguo mansion next door was also ransacked. If things go on like this, it will be inevitable Some people will accuse your father of treating the veterans harshly. After all, the things inside cannot be clearly stated, and those people can only see the appearance. I don't want the Jia family to be carried out in a few years, so I simply let her go to the Fengxian Hall to accumulate good fortune and pray for blessings. Bar!"

"The queen mother is really benevolent." Princess Jingting sighed: "Mr. Jia is not wrong, but it is a pity that there are people behind her who can't see clearly, which makes her dragged down. If the queen mother wants to give Mrs. Jia a good death , why not let her adopt a child, and she will have something to rely on in the future."

"Let's talk about it in a few years!" Lin Miyan said cautiously: "Even if I don't adopt a child, I will give her the title of prince and side concubine. After a hundred years of my palace, she can be regarded as praying for the ancestors. Everyone will treat her kindly.”

"That's great." After all, Princess Jingting is her elder sister, and it's not as legitimate as Lin Miyan to take care of Prince Zhongyi's family, so she didn't say anything after seeing that her mother had already made up her mind.

After the fourth prince ascended the throne, he did not immediately move into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, nor did he allow his wife and daughter to live in the harem. Instead, he made a decree to honor the Queen Mother and the Heavenly Emperor, and wait for the retirement places in the royal gardens to be renovated. , Let's talk about moving the palace.

Princess Jingyue, who had returned to the palace a long time ago, was inexplicably promoted to the eldest princess. The atmosphere in the palace was not quite right these past few months, so she stayed honestly by Lin Miyan's side for a few months before she was happy again. take off.

Brother Lin Ruhai, as the new emperor's uncle, has also been promoted to a higher rank. As for the official position, he only added a good-sounding vacancy, and the essential rights have not increased much. This also made the courtiers heave a sigh of relief.

As for the Ningguo Mansion, after being ransacked and exiled for various crimes today, Jia Hu, who noticed something was wrong, wrote a letter of incrimination to the clan's mansion, and did not mention that the crimes of the Ningguo Mansion should not be blamed on Jia. The whole family of the clan, but strictly affirmed that as a clan member, he did not assist and remind the patriarch, and hoped that the new emperor and the emperor would punish him.

In this regard, the first emperor, who needed to show his magnanimity, just fined Jia Hu and Jia Lian's one-year salary as punishment, and handed over the position of the eldest son of the Jia family to Jia Hu, which can be said to be held high and put down gently.

Seeing this, Jia Mu was also relieved, and seeing the thriving eldest son's family hesitated to speak, she finally let out a long sigh and said: "Your second brother's family is not easy, if you can support it in the future, then support it, if you can't support it , just pretend your mother never said that!"

"My mother shouldn't have said that to me." Jia She said calmly, "Hu'er is the patriarch. As long as the second younger brother's family has no problems, my elder brother will also fulfill his due obligations."

"It's so good." Finally, Mother Jia, who no longer insisted, accepted the ending. The next day, she took Tanchun under her knees to raise her.

A year later, Xu Ling, the father of Empress Xu, resigned from the Supreme Emperor and Jinshang on the grounds that the old injury was unbearable.

Two years later, Lin Ruhai resigned from the position of the eldest son, handed over the rights of the patriarch to the eldest son, and spoke to the eldest daughter of a noble family. The second daughter is the main wife.

At this point, most of the Lin family was empty, and Lin Daiyu, who felt deeply lonely, could only invite her cousins ​​to come over for a gathering, or go to the palace to chat with Princess Jingyue to relieve boredom.

In the third year after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, Lin Miyan and Jinshang moved into the royal garden. The old people were like ordinary old couples, drinking tea and chatting in the lush green forest, and occasionally going to the fields for fun.

"How? Is this fulfilling the regrets of your previous life?" The Supreme Emperor, who was arranged by Lin Miyan to cultivate the land, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took off his straw hat and fanned the wind: "In this life, I have not let you down!"

"So-so." Lin Miyan, who was sitting on a deck chair by the field, shook her fan and said with a smile, "We still have 20 years left! Don't talk too soon."

(End of the book)