[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

As expected, the water solution was not bad, but within a month, a wide-ranging corruption and fraud case broke out in the south of the Yangtze River.The emperor was really furious, he reprimanded severely in the court, and ordered the Ministry of Officials to detain the offending officials for a thorough investigation. His tone was so harsh and his attitude was so firm that the people in the court were very panicked.

Shui Qing's expression was as usual, but the hands hidden under the wide sleeves had already been clenched into fists, and the veins were bulging.

And the third prince Shui Zhan, who silently broke such a big case of official corruption and fraud, has naturally become a well-deserved prince, and his reputation and public opinion have reached an unprecedented level.The emperor stroked his beard and smiled lightly, and the angry face of Longyan eased slightly.

Lin Ruhai was summoned a few days ago, and communicated with the emperor.At this moment, when everyone in the court hall was silent, he stood up immediately, "God bless my court, Your Highness the Third Highness complied with the public opinion, and solved such a major case, he is really a meritorious service. Your Majesty, I ask the emperor to reward you for your merits, so as to reassure everyone." .”

The emperor smiled and said, "What Aiqing said is very true, and I have exactly the intention."

After Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, several cabinet ministers stood up and recommended: "According to my humble opinion, please ask the emperor to appoint a heir as soon as possible, so as to stabilize the world!"

Shui Qing's cold and stern eyes flicked across Lin Ruhai and the others one by one, revealing a gloomy dark color.But when touching the back figure standing in front of the princes, there was a bit of weakness and tenderness inadvertently revealed.

"Okay, I also have the same intention. Third child, come forward."

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: Since I was enthroned by the edict of the Supreme Emperor, all the military and state affairs, the employment of people and administration are great, and I dare not relax until I am tired and diligent. The Xu Yingxuan continued, day and night, and looked up to the ancestor Mo Lie Zhao Fou, entrusted with the most important, to carry out the celebration, end in Yuanliang. My son Shui Zhan, the first heir of the clan, belongs to the will of heaven, I hereby abide by the first edict, carry out the ceremony, and obey the public opinion, I would like to tell the world, the temple, Sheji, granted the book of treasures, established him as the crown prince, and was seated in the East Palace. He respected the rule of ten thousand years and the heart of the world. I am getting old, and I can't wait for a day. The Taiji Hall divides the affairs of the common people, governs the army and supervises the country. Everything that the officials have said is decided by the crown prince. Now it is announced to the world, so that the envoys can hear about it."

When the emperor's valet read out the imperial edict to enshrine the crown prince in a piercing voice, Shui Qing knew that all the little things she had been doing day and night had become a joke.

In this world, the father always wants to leave it to the third brother.No matter how others fight, they can't shake the third brother's position.Shui Qing smiled wryly, the Zhen family seemed to be doomed.And he, because he married the daughter of the Zhen family's prostitute, is afraid that he will also be criticized by the officials.What happened today seems to have come out of nowhere, but it was actually planned by the emperor for a long time.

The crown prince has not been registered for a long time, just to give the third brother more time to practice.Thinking of the past few years, the second prince, fifth prince, and sixth prince were adopted one after another, and the seventh prince was unable to go out to see the wind because of a chronic illness.The eighth prince was weak-tempered, and he was never liked by his father, so he only made a prince and sent him to the fief far away.The Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince fought violently due to a quarrel.Fu Huang Longyan was furious, and ordered them to think about their mistakes in the mansion, and they had to order them, which was equivalent to confinement in disguise.

A drop of cold sweat dripped from the corner of Shuiqing's forehead.

It turned out that besides himself, he was also racking his brains every day to win over the courtiers and try to compete for the crown prince.The rest of the princes had long since fallen silent.I still don't know it!

"Do you have any objections?"

Shui Zhan's ability and talent are there. In the past few years, he has controlled the water, suppressed bandits, and learned the emperor's strategy, all of which are admirable.What's more, he was originally from a noble family, and as a son of the middle palace, everyone naturally had nothing to say.

However, there was one person who suddenly stepped out of the queue, knelt down on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"Oh? Master Zhen, what do you want to say?" The emperor's expression was very subtle, his slightly narrowed eyes clearly concealed some displeasure, but there was still a little smile on his face.Looking at it from a glance, I only think that the emperor is honest and stable, and I don't think he is disobedient.

Shui Qing's nails clenched his palms tightly, and the dampness from it made him realize clearly at this moment that he might not be able to escape responsibility because of the Zhen family's idiot.

Zhen Peng is Zhen Yingjia's nephew, he was awarded Jinshi in his early years, and he worked hard for four or five years before he was promoted.Now he is working as an errand in Guanglu Temple. He was originally the prime minister of Guanglu Temple, a sixth-rank official position.Only a few years ago, he was promoted to the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, and the official reached the fourth rank.If it is said that there is no pushing hands of Shui Qing, I am afraid that no one will believe it.

"I believe that the crown prince is the foundation of the country. The emperor is now in his prime, and the appointment of the crown prince too early is afraid that the courtiers will be in turmoil. If you gather party members and shake the foundation of the country because of this, it will be a disaster. Please take back your order and think twice. OK!" As he said that, he kowtowed his head, and when he raised his head, he said more firmly: "Besides, His Majesty does not only have His Majesty the Third Highness, there are other princes who are as good as His Majesty, Your Majesty, please consider it."

The emperor sitting high on the dragon chair glanced lightly at the slightly pale Shui Qing, and then said with a smile: "I'm afraid Mr. Zhen may be dizzy and say the wrong thing because of the hot weather these days. .”

In one sentence, everything that Zhen Peng said was overturned.

Zhen Peng fought with two legs, and only at this moment did he realize what it means to be "unfathomable."One moment the emperor was still smiling, but the next moment, all the joy was put away.Zhen Peng regretted it so much, why did he come out at this time to build momentum for the eleventh prince!The emperor clearly wanted the third prince to succeed to the throne, so today's court meeting is probably just a play directed and performed by the emperor himself.

"Master Zhen, why don't you take a good rest, and wait for your health to recover before you can handle official duties."

Shui Zhan smiled and gave Zhen Peng a hand, but what he said hit Zhen Peng's ears like a bolt from the blue.Zhen Peng glanced at him in horror, then quickly glanced at the emperor on the dragon chair.Seeing that the corner of the emperor's mouth was slightly smiling and he didn't intend to speak, he knew that he had completely lost today.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion."

"Lord Zhen's words are wrong." Lin Ruhai smiled and stepped forward, "At this time, I should change my name to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"...Yes, what Master Lin said is very true." Zhen Peng and Lin Ruhai looked at each other, and finally saw their own embarrassment in the smiling eyes of the other party and lost the battle.He could only lower his head, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your compassion."

"You're welcome."

After the court, Lin Ruhai was about to get into the sedan chair, when a young servant ran over from the sidewalk, kowtowed and said, "Greetings to my aunt, the old lady has a big birthday today, and I specially ordered a villain to invite you to the house. "

Annoyance flashed across Lin Ruhai's eyes, but he still had no choice but to nod and said: "The old lady's birthday, I should go to congratulate her. Let's lead the way." After finishing speaking, he ordered his servant to go to the Imperial Academy to give Lin Ze After handing over the words, he got on the sedan chair and went to Jia's mansion.

But it is said that Jia Mu not only delivered a letter to Lin Ruhai here, but also delivered a letter to Pei's residence.It's just that Old General Pei saw his daughter-in-law with an eight-month-old belly, so he wouldn't let her go out.Even Pei Zijun was extremely reluctant, and after persuading Daiyu, he ordered the mother-in-law to tell the mother-in-law of Jia's family: "Our wife has a big belly, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to go through the house. Just send He Yi Send it to Jia's mansion and do your best. After the next year, after giving birth to a child, I will personally go to plead guilty to the old lady."

The mother-in-law who reported the letter was also a good-natured one. Seeing that the nanny spoke softly, but there was no warmth on her face.He just smiled and said: "The old sister is right, the girl just wants to do her best, the old lady has me to say it, and she won't blame her at all. After all, the girl's body is tight, and the old sister said it very well. reasonable."

The nanny's face was still cold, and she said: "Then I will have to work." After that, she ordered the servant to bring the carriage of Jia's mansion, and sent the woman out.After the people had left, she turned around and spat softly at a nun behind her, saying: "By virtue of her status, she deserves to call me Old Sister, don't dirty my boundary and bury my face."

It turned out that the nanny was Nanny Cui who raised Daiyu that day. Hearing what she said, she only smiled and persuaded: "At least I have to bear with it. The Jia family has always behaved very unruly. Fortunately, the master and the uncle are not confused. The girl is far away from this inconsequential grandparent's family. Now that you have today's fortune, it should be a blessing from your previous life. You haven't gone through their family's affairs, I'm afraid you don't know many things. Now that the son has sent the woman back, he just put the matter aside, so as not to make himself angry in vain."

The nanny nodded and replied: "Sister Cui is right. Now the wife is about to give birth, so it's time to cheer up."

Mother Cui laughed and said: "That's the reason. Let's prepare the congratulatory instruments. I guess the Jia family can't make a mistake."

After all, the two of them went to prepare the congratulatory ceremony hand in hand, this is for a later story, so there is no need to express it further.

Lin Ze, on the other hand, followed Lin Ruhai's footsteps to Jia's mansion one after another, paid homage to Jia's mother in person, and then sat down in front of the male guests.Coincidentally, Lin Ze was sitting at the same table with Jia Lian and Xue Pan, and the three of them met again. Jia Lian saw Lin Ze's gentle smile, and Xue Pan was very polite, as if all the filth of the past had been swept away, and he felt in his heart Daan.He smiled and poured wine for the two, then sat down and said to Lin Ze: "I thought Cousin Lin would not be free today, so I just sent someone to ask."

Lin Ze smiled and took a sip of his wine before he said with a smile: "Brother Lianbiao is outrageous, how can I be so arrogant."

Jia Lian smiled, but Xue Pan's cheeks were reddened a lot after drinking, because he laughed and said, "Brother Lin is not a big fan, but the Jia family's family status is not very good now. He has no face to invite you. Today If it wasn't for the post from the old man, I wouldn't really want to come here."

Jia Lian smiled, but said nothing.Lin Ze glanced sideways at Xue Pan, and seeing the hint of sarcasm in his eyes, he knew that he had already had a rift with the second wife of Jia's family, and even the old lady had a lot of filth.Thinking of this, he only said: "Brother Xue doesn't need to be troubled by this. In the future, the General Wei Lie's mansion will be decided by Elder Master and Cousin Lian."

Xue Pan remained silent, thinking about it carefully, it might not be the case.Now there is only one concubine in the second room who is invisible in the palace, so there is no room for speech.Thinking about this, Xue Pan couldn't help laughing and said: "That's the reason, brother Lin said it very well. It's my elm head, I can't figure it out for a while." Saying this, he raised his wine and drank a bowl, Shining his big white teeth at Lin Ze.

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