[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

No matter how beautiful the flowers in the harem bloom, there will always be a day when they wither and wither.Just like the face of a beauty in the deep palace, she looks forward to the king's arrival every day, but gradually wilts away in the day after day of time.

Baochai took a dab of rouge and cream in her hand and took the floral dew to spread, and carefully dabbed it on her cheeks in front of the mercury mirror.Ying'er came in from outside the hall with a fragrant soup cup, and seeing Baochai dressing up, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Why did your mother get up so early, and didn't ask the servants to come in to serve?"

Just as she was talking, she saw two little court ladies timidly standing at the gate of the palace, poking their heads, Ying'er pinched her waist with one hand, pointed at them with the other, and spat: "Bah! What a shameless little hoof. I don't know where to hide from time to time, but now my son knows how to come to the empress to be courteous! Don't think that I don't know the thoughts of you dirty bastards. You are just looking at the good nature of the empress and blindly stealing and playing tricks. Catch up tomorrow Then I went back to Eunuch Li, our Chishao Palace is a small temple, it cannot accommodate your two big Buddhas!"

"Aunt Ying'er forgive me, but I don't dare to say that." The two maids were blessed together, and one of them was smart, not afraid of life but also a bit pretty, so she said to Ying'er with a smile: "It is Eunuch Li found out that Chishao Palace is a quiet place where few people come, so he sent us two little girls who have never seen the world to serve the empress. Aunt Ying'er can't go back to Eunuch Li easily, he is a noble person Busy, now my son is serving in front of the emperor again, how can I have time to teach us people. I don't need to add some annoyance to Gonggong. Please rest for a while, Yinger, let's go down first, it doesn't matter Look into Auntie's eyes."

After all, she pulled another little maid with a smile, and didn't care about Ying'er standing there, her heart blocked with anger, and she just left.After turning around the stone bridge, he spit in the direction of the Chishao Palace: "Bah! You can only treat her as the empress who received all the favors back then. Since she has been sent to this remote place, she still only follows us. It's a show, I pooh!"

"Why did Sister Cui'er say that? Your Majesty has never said anything else to us. She has never quarreled and scolded us. I'm afraid your Majesty will be unhappy if we do this."

The court lady named Cui'er smiled and said: "What kind of mother is she, she is no longer favored by the past. Now my son is just an old-fashioned dissatisfied woman in the palace." After finishing speaking, she curled her lips, "It's really bad luck, If we hadn't followed a powerful master, we might have been promoted a long time ago, so why bother here to beat the gourd."

In the Chishao Palace, Baochai froze in the mirror as she was doing her makeup.The graceful and beautiful face of the woman in the mirror quietly had lines at some point. She has been in the palace for twelve years, and she often thinks of herself when she entered Beijing at the beginning of the year.How could the innocent little girl at that time expect to be in such a situation today.

The confidante broke her grace before she was old, and she leaned on the smoked cage and sat until the dawn.

She never thought that such a poem full of resentment would one day be fulfilled in her body.

Ying'er stood at the door and gasped for breath, then turned around angrily and said to Baochai: "Maybe some old concubine in the palace is against our Chishao Palace, These two cheap hooves, how sooner or later you free up your hands to clean them up!"

In a mercury mirror, that hideous face was reflected.Baochai's mind suddenly became in a trance, as if she had never remembered Ying'er's appearance.The maid who grew up with her as a child, combed her cute flower bud hair, timidly followed behind Zhao's mother, and always looked at her with clear and bright eyes.He was never as aggressive as he is now, almost rude.

"Ying'er, aren't you tired all these years?"

Baochai suddenly lost interest in continuing to dress up, so she undid her half-combed bun and spread it over her shoulders.She is still beautiful, and the scratches left by the years on her face cannot erase her beauty.It's just that those eyes have long lost the agility and gracefulness of the past, leaving a bit of emptiness and depression.

Ying'er still didn't realize it, but she didn't understand: "What's wrong with your mother? Could it be that you were spoiled by those two little hooves?"

Baochai sighed leisurely, her eyes accidentally fell on a bright red peony, and she sighed softly: "Ying'er, do you still remember how the imperial concubine Jia disappeared?"

Ying'er took a deep breath, and said with a pale face: "Your Majesty, you can't talk nonsense, the concubine Jia Taigui is too lucky. After all, it is because the Duke's Mansion has gone too far and hurt Concubine Jia Taigui. Your mother's family is booming now, how can you bring up such a horrible thing!"

Baochai smiled, but said nothing.

Her mother's family has long been in decline, but fortunately her elder brother Xue Pan was able to live up to his expectations after marrying a wife, and he made military achievements in the army and earned a military rank.Even though the word "Shang" is still inseparable in the family, his sons and nephews have relied on Xue Pan's military achievements to embark on official careers.Thinking of this, Baochai's eyes were bleak.The mother didn't enjoy the blessing of children and grandchildren for several years, and she didn't know how much money she paid in for her daughter who was in a high position.

This palace was deep, just like a bottomless abyss, it opened its mouth wide open, hollowed out the two Duke's mansions, and also hollowed out the wealth accumulated by her Xue family ancestors for generations.

Thinking of Jia Yuanchun's miserable end that day, Baochai felt even more chilled.

When the new emperor came to the throne, she only thought that it was either the third prince or the eleventh prince.Who would have thought that it would actually fall on a young boy who never punched his eyes.Shui Zhan personally taught him everything, and had the full support of the Lin family and the emperor.Even if Baochai wanted to make up his mind, it would be difficult to hurt him in the slightest.

However, when the new emperor's wings are growing, it is also the day for him to liquidate the previous dynasty and the harem.

Xue, the king of Jiashi in those days, is no longer there now.

The peony blooms every year, and the red peony palace is like a huge cage.In the past, I only thought that peony was the beauty of the country and heavenly fragrance. If you want to do it, you have to be the king of flowers.But racking his brains and racking his brains, in the end it was just a dream of self-deception.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Baochai covered her lips and coughed twice, and Ying'er hurried to get Lengxiang pills.Seeing her leaving in a hurry, Baochai only raised her lips, and said with a slight smile: "In the past, 'Flowers are like interpreting words, they should be alluring, even if they are ruthless, they are moving'. Now, don't you know that 'beautiful women are not old enough to break their favors first' , I don’t know if the emperor betrayed me, or... I failed myself.”

In the spring of the fifth year of Qiyuan, Concubine Xue Gui died of illness in Chishao Palace.

When Daiyu heard about this, she couldn't help sighing.Looking up, seeing Emperor Qiyuan sitting on the dragon chair showing a bit of worry, he couldn't help but smiled slightly: "My wife just recalled the old things when I was at my uncle's house, so I couldn't help but feel a little bit sad. Concubine Xue Gui used to be very It's a pity...it's a pity."

"Sister Huang, you don't need to be so melancholy. I should properly handle the affairs of Concubine Xue Gui. Although she comes from a humble background, her mother and brother are very useful. Besides, Brother Huang also told me before that those who are capable don't care too much about their background. .Although she is good at scheming in the harem, Xue Pan has a straightforward personality. I like him very much, and I will not treat him badly."

Daiyu nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "The emperor is now sixteen, several princesses and concubines have mentioned the matter of accepting concubines in the harem, I don't know what the emperor's plan is."

Emperor Qiyuan, that is, the sixteenth prince who was raised by Shui Zhan back then, Shui Han.He is the youngest, and Shui Zhan used to love him, but not as much as Shui Qing.But what Shui Qing did afterwards was too chilling, and Shui Zhan didn't care about the throne, he only wanted to travel around the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas with Lin Ze, so he set his sights on Shui Han.

Shui Han's biological mother is the queen's sister of the same clan, and she was doted on back then, so she was made a side concubine when she was in the residence.Before Shui Han, Concubine Li had a delicate little princess.It's just a pity that the princess caught a cold when she was young, and was given the medicine of tiger and wolf, and the six or seven-year-old child died like that.Concubine Li was so sad that she didn't want to give birth, but fortunately God took pity on her, and when she entered the palace, she conceived another child, but she was weak and sick since she was a child, and she didn't know how many medicines she took, but she still didn't get better.

The queen inquired every day, and everyone pretended to care a few words. Seeing that Shui Han was still weak, they lost interest.Concubine Li was already a virtuous concubine at that time, although she was also worried about Shui Han's body, she was more thankful that Shui Han did not attract people's attention.

Shui Han grew up peacefully. At the age of 12, he met Lin Ze, who had become an upstart in the court at that time, in the Imperial College.He was overwhelmed by this person's demeanor and insight, and also understood why the third brother treasured this person so much.He wanted to get close to Lin Ze wholeheartedly, but the third elder brother who was jealous like a vat kept guarding against him, and surrounded Lin Ze in an impenetrable way.Shui Han had no choice but to make friends with Lin Lan in a tactful way.

Later, he learned of Shui Zhan's plan, and patiently learned with his third brother how to handle government affairs and how to balance the relationship between the court and the court.The father was getting old, and after the emperor passed away suddenly, the father beat the four princes and eight princes severely.Not to mention the slump, but to say that during his reign, these veteran families had no hope of recovery.

Father is willing to bear this infamy for him, and would rather use thunderous tricks to frighten the government and the public, but also pave the way for him.

He can naturally feel this kind of intention!

Therefore, after he ascended the throne, purge Chao Gang is the top priority!Veteran ministers with corpses on vegetarian meals had been removed from the court one by one by him long ago.Nowadays, there are talented people at home and abroad.Like his third brother, he believes that heroes don't care about their origins, and similarly, capable and talented people can naturally be promoted in an exceptional way.

However, his seat became more stable, but the regent Prince Shui Zhan, who was appointed by his father, put aside his heavy burden and took Lin Ze to indulge in the mountains and fields.He stomped his feet angrily, but secretly wished them a happy life together in his heart.

As for...

Looking at Daiyu's beautiful and soft face, Shui Han said with a smile: "Sister Huang, if I want to take up a concubine in the future, I must look for a bosom friend like Brother Huang. My wish is enough." As she spoke, seeing Daiyu's smile deepened, she blinked mischievously and said with a smile: "In my opinion, it is very happy just like Sister Huang and Master Pei."

In a word, Daiyu's cheeks blushed, just spit on him.

Shui Han couldn't stop laughing, and took the letterhead on the table to look at it with Daiyu, then said: "Don't worry, Huang Jie, although Huang Xiong and Master Lin are away alone, I have ordered someone to protect them along the way. Besides, they also write from time to time. The letter came to tell me about the magnificence of the lonely smoke in the desert and the softness of the Jiangnan water town, which made me really want to go and have a look. Sister Huang just relax her heart."

Daiyu was never worried about Lin Ze and Shui Zhan, but when she saw Shui Han like this, she just smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion. I just remembered that when my family lived in Yangzhou, I had seen lotus leaves reaching the sky and lotuses reflecting the sun. Two The beautiful scenery of eight young women meeting together to pick lotus flowers in the lotus lake, I still miss it very much now."

Speaking of this, Shui Han was also very moved. After thinking about it for a few days, he took his close ministers and went to Jiangnan to play together.

Far away in a small lotus lake in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the beautiful lotus-picking female singer looks familiar with her smile, her pair of clear eyes reflect the lotus leaves in the sky and the lotus flowers in the sun, and a small black mole on her lips is unreasonably provoking. pity.

Daiyu was fascinated by Shuihan's gaze from a distance, and she also looked towards the lake.She only wishes that flowers are red every year and people are happy every year.Don't change everything, such innocence, such clear and moving, don't change in the future.

The author has something to say: I don't know what the hell I wrote.

There are too many people and things separated in the middle, what I wrote before and what I think about later are all thrown into the ends of the earth.

I also understood.The ending was too hasty, and there are still a lot of things I originally wanted to write, which are too lengthy, and I can't bear to delay any longer.

I just hope that you won't be too disappointed in the next story.