Queen's Road in the Red House

It is Yeming Zhenggong.

Xin Hongcheng stood in front of the emperor: "Father, help me, help me."

The emperor acted sternly and selflessly: "If your imperial grandfather punishes you, I will not be able to help you."

"It's not about going to the study room. I've done well in my homework recently. It's about my second brother." Xin Hongcheng said bluntly: "He deliberately tricked me."

The emperor casually approved a few pamphlets saying "I've read it, I'm safe" and put it aside: "Then the Rongguo Mansion must be at the forefront, and he has faults to pick on."

Xin Hongcheng thought to himself: If everyone comes to find fault, one of them will count as one, but no one can escape completely.It wasn't Hai Rui and Hai Qing Tian. Having said that, if it was true that the court was full of Hai Rui, the Emperor would have a headache.

He looked at the emperor, and suddenly asked: "Although the court hall is messy, father is actually quite happy, right?"

The emperor raised his eyes and glanced at him: "What do you say?"

Xin Hongcheng just smiled: "I can tell, but I don't know why."

The emperor couldn't help laughing: "Your grandfather has learned to be cautious. But the Rongguo Mansion divided the family so quickly and in such a timely manner, I don't believe you weren't playing tricks inside."

Xin Hongcheng felt wronged: "How can this be called playing ghosts? It is to share the worries of the father. Otherwise, the two houses will be involved. The Rongguo Mansion will lose the majesty of the father and be punished. The emperor's face will not look good."

The emperor waved his hand: "Okay, if you think Yuan'er cheated you, go cheat him if you have the ability, but I won't punish him for no reason."

Xin Hongcheng resigned: "Thank you, Father."

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Up the next day.

Wang Ziteng once again confessed his mistakes in front of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and clearly expressed the emperor's wisdom and martial arts in punishing Jia Yucun, a corrupt official and courtier.

And he said contemptuously: "Jia Yucun's heart is not righteous. Back then, Xue Pan accidentally killed Mr. Feng's family in order to fight for a daughter. The minister sent people to investigate, only to find that this innocent woman was the only daughter of Zhen Shiyin, Jia Yucun's benefactor back then. If it wasn't for Zhen Shiyin's support, Jia Yucun would not have been able to enter school and become an official, but now facing the disaster of the benefactor's daughter, he is repaying kindness with revenge, which shows that his character is poor."

An official next to him asked as if he was flattering: "After so many years, Jia Yucun may not recognize this woman."

Wang Ziteng looked righteous: "This woman has a cinnabar mole on her face, which is very conspicuous and hasn't changed for many years. The Zhen family and Jia Yucun were good friends back then, so they must have seen this woman."

Now that everyone had no objection, they all cast aside Jia Yucun's character.

Wang Ziteng said: "My Majesty, the girl was abducted and sold that day, so she was sold to the Xue family as a slave and concubine. I have already destroyed her contract of sale and returned her to freedom. I will find her parents for her in the future. Her parents are still alive, so they send her back to her hometown and give her a lot of money."

The emperor allowed.

But Wang Ziteng suddenly changed the subject and said: "I heard that Xu Yushi's family, the Xu family, is a famous family in Shu, with a literati style and a clean family style. Wang admires it very much."

The topic was turned so bluntly that Xu Yushi felt that the alarm bells were ringing.

Wang Ziteng said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, filial piety is the most important thing in my court, and there are rules for courtiers: parents who are over seventy years old and have no brothers must be raised by them."

Xu Yushi's expression changed.

General Ma of the government office answered coldly: "I heard that the old man of the Xu family just passed his 70th birthday last winter solstice. Alas, the poor old man Xu has raised two sons in his life. As the second son, Xu Yushi is unable to honor his old man when he works as an official in Beijing. Yes, it happened that the old man of the Xu family came to the capital last year and stayed here forever. As the saying goes, your parents are not traveling far, so why do you two leave your old father in Shu and swim to the capital by yourself? gone?"

General Chen of Duke Qi's Mansion also followed suit: "The geomantic omen in Beijing is good, and it supports people. I heard that after the Xu family's uncle came to Beijing, he often made friends and made friends with officials at all levels with his body. He is very popular in Beijing."

He once hurt his throat in the army, his voice was as hoarse as a broken gong, and he dragged the word "ah" at the end of every sentence, which made people's skin crawl when he heard it.

Niu Jizong of Zhen Guogong's mansion is now the first-class uncle. When he was slobbering yesterday, he didn't say anything because of his stupid mouth. Today, he specially prepared a draft and said quickly: "Old Chen, old horse, you don't know what to say." Let me just say a few words, do you still want to be impeached by Xu Yushi? He is Zhang Ba’s candlestick, so you can see that others can’t see you! But we are courtiers, and we don’t have a backer, so let’s not talk about it.”

Wang Ziteng saw that they were almost full of yin and yang, and said: "The ministers are generals, impeachment is not the duty of ministers."

After saying this, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were quite embarrassed: impeachment is their job, but Xu Yushi is also their colleague.Of course, it doesn't matter whether you work in the same class or not, the important thing is that he is the second prince's uncle and father-in-law.

It is inevitable for people to make enemies in the court, especially the Metropolitan Procuratorate whose job is to file complaints.

Wang Ziteng retired after lighting the fire, because the rest of the civil servants who had been impeached also showed their fangs, and they were ready to attack the Metropolitan Procuratorate. How do you look at people ordering dishes? Dare to impeach?

The emperor watched with great interest as they formed a clique to act.

It is good for him, the new emperor, to oppose civil servants and military generals - the position of referee is naturally detached.

At the same time, thinking of Xin Hongcheng's words last night, he couldn't help but want to laugh: This kid really can't take revenge overnight, the second brother just tricked him, and he will pay it back after changing hands.

Xu Yushi stared and wanted to refute, these people are so cruel, although they didn't mention a word, they clearly pointed at the second prince!

It's just that he, as the impeached party, should wait until the emperor allows him to defend himself before speaking.

It's a pity that the emperor seemed to have forgotten this process, and said directly: "The word filial piety is the most important, since you have no official position, you should be filial to your parents, otherwise, how can you be worthy of being a son of man?"

A hammer is fixed.

The next day, except for Xu Yushi, all the rooms of the Xu family packed up, and they all left Beijing without daring to delay for a day.

--

This day is the day when the princes visit their birth mother every seven days.

After receiving the ointment from the noble concubine, the eldest prince suddenly said: "Mother, concubine, in the past two months, the quarrel between the second and fourth brothers has finally stopped bothering me. Finally, there is one less troublesome matter."

Concubine Zhou's hands snapped: This is not a good thing, it means that they have already kicked him out of the competition ring for the crown prince.

However, it is not a bad thing.

When the emperor first came to the throne, Concubine Zhou was also very hot: after all, her son is the eldest son of the emperor, and the emperor named herself a noble concubine.It can't be said that they can compete for the big position in the future.But the eldest prince extinguished his mother's ambition with his actual actions, which proved that he was really not suitable to be a leader.

So Concubine Zhou just nodded: "Those two have more eyes than the other, you should be less involved. Save the money and fill it in, you can remember it well, you will get married in March next year, and you will divorce at that time Go to the study and pay less attention to them."

This dynasty has learned from the previous dynasty's frequent rebellion by vassal kings, and has long established regulations that even if it is a prince, the mansion cannot exceed a hundred soldiers, and there is no fiefdom, no subjects, and no official power except for the emperor's other grants.

The point is that there is no capital to make people rebel, and they all live in the capital and operate under the eyes of the emperor.

Concubine Zhou knew that unless a meteorite fell from the sky and killed the second and fourth princes, her son's hope of becoming emperor was very slim, and it would be his destiny to be a rich prince in the future, so she asked him not to get involved in these matters.

The eldest prince still obeyed his mother and concubine, so when he arrived at the upper study room and found the second and fourth children pinching each other again, he kept his eyes on him as if he was passing by.

Xin Hongcheng knocked on the table, with a smile that made people want to hit someone: "Second brother. The Xu family left Beijing today, and the second brother didn't ask Father for a favor to see off his uncle and aunt. ?”

Xin Hongyuan sneered: "You actually colluded with Wang Ziteng..."

Xin Hongcheng shook his head again and again: "What is collusion, what an ugly word."

Xin Hongyuan continued to sneer: "Prince Teng is a military general in Beijing. How could he figure out my grandfather's birthday in just one or two days? He even knew about his birthday last winter. Fourth brother, is it you? With our Xu family, we were prepared to make trouble with this matter, right?"

Xin Hongcheng accepted the smile flirting with the second prince, and his gaze was as sharp as a sword: "Wrong is wrong, that's how you commented on the Jia family that day. Then why did these words fall on my mother's family, showing such a discontented look?" Ugly."

Seeing the eldest prince plugging his ears spontaneously, the third prince coughing repeatedly, and the fifth prince hiding in the farthest corner and reciting the Analects aloud, Xin Hongcheng simply opened up and said, "Is it interesting, second brother? Can you be real? Tell me about your family, You want to set up a literati archway, and you value the Xue family's wealth—for this reason, you don't hesitate to sell yourself and give up a side concubine." He looked at Xin Hongyuan regretfully: "Second brother is a handsome man with a handsome face, and he is also a good-looking man. It’s the prince, alas, it shouldn’t only be for a few 10 taels of silver.”

The second prince had never been humiliated like this before, so he reached out his hand in anger to grab his collar, but was slapped away by Xin Hongcheng: "Xin Hongyuan, if you come here, you will be out of your wits, which is pretty disappointing."

Seeing that the two younger brothers were about to fight, the eldest prince couldn't stand by, and just as he was about to get up to persuade the fight, the third prince had an asthma attack one step ahead of him, pretending to faint.

The first prince turned around and helped the third brother out, and the fifth prince followed behind crying: "Third brother, are you okay?" Those who didn't know thought the third prince died on the spot.

For a while, everyone retreated, and only Xin Hongcheng and Xin Hongyuan were left in the study.

Xin Hongcheng simply rolled up his sleeves: "Hit?"

When it comes to writing and ink, he was not as good as the second prince when he was young, but when it comes to practicing archery, he is worse than the second prince.

The second prince left with a flick of his sleeves: "Hmph, reckless man!"

--

"Pfft..." The tea from the Taishanghuang's mouth was sprayed out.

Poor little eunuch kneeling down, didn't receive the reward, but was sprayed all over the face.It was hard for him to listen to the Taishanghuang's back and forth from the upper study room.

The Empress Dowager next to her couldn't help laughing, and handed a handkerchief to the Supreme Emperor: "Sell yourself? Where did Cheng'er learn these village dialects?"

The Supreme Emperor reprimanded: "It's not proper to be a prince! You have no respect for your elder brother, and you are talkative!"

The queen mother smiled: "Didn't you always say that if you don't fight to be a prince, you don't have to be a prince?"

The Supreme Emperor wiped his face: "Yes, there is no problem in fighting. So Yuan'er asked his mother's family to expose the shortcomings of Rongguo Mansion and attack Cheng'er. Cheng'er wanted to fight back and drive the Xu family out of the capital, which would damage his reputation even more. , I just stood by and watched. But listen to what he said? He actually compared his elder brother to..."

The empress dowager said lightly: "The children quarreled and said everything when they were angry. It is said that there is no maid in the connecting room in Cheng'er's place. How does he know what prostitution is?"

Sure enough, the Supreme Emperor's thinking was immediately misled: "What? How can he be 15 years old without a maid in the house, and the queen didn't give him two?"

The Queen Mother nodded: "Give it. The two beauties who are sweeping the floor outside Wende Palace are the two beauties. The Queen is not the biological mother after all. There are many things that I can't say clearly. I just sent her to say that he made the quilt for him. Cheng'er said it was for making the quilt. There are enough people, but there are two less sweepers, so let them sweep the floor."

The Supreme Emperor shook his head: "It can't be done. Before the princess gets married, she has to give her son-in-law two women for trial marriage. How can the prince have no one to wait for him. You don't need to tell the queen, you should pay attention to it yourself and choose two people for him. "

The empress dowager replied: "Then I will choose slowly, don't worry."

The Supreme Emperor had great faith in this second wife. She was born in the famous Kong family in Shandong.But after she became a successor, she never said a word to win some official favors for her mother's family.Treating the princes in the harem, especially the prince, is fair and peaceful, never treating harshly or pampering, having no desires or demands to the point of outrageous.

At first, the Supreme Emperor also suspected that she was a fake, but for decades, even the fake is already the truth.

Now the heads of the Kong family are all the sons and nephews born after the queen mother entered the palace. The queen mother can't even match her face, and she never mentions it on weekdays.

Therefore, both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor felt relieved to entrust her with the flower viewing banquet, because they knew that she would not seek the position of concubine for the daughter of the Kong family.

--

The days that followed, until the Chinese New Year, were considered to be uneventful.

After the second prince's family packed up and left the capital, Wang Ziteng also deeply felt that the water in the capital was deep. Although he had cooperated with the fourth prince, as the deep-rooted emperor's party, he was not ready to sell himself to Xin Hongcheng, so he stopped dawdling and had a good time. Some of them handed over the military power of the Jingying Jiedushi, and went to patrol the nine provinces.

Jia Zheng's family was reduced to a blank board, and they had to pay a fine of 10 taels, which can be described as exhausting.

The only thing that can comfort Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang is Jia Baoyu's prince's accompanying reading, which is still retained.Unfortunately, this news is not good news for Jia Baoyu himself.

First, he hated the education in the palace to death. Second, although he was weak and lazy, his mind was still pure and filial. He only felt that after he entered the palace, his parents' situation went from bad to worse, so he wanted to stay in Rongguo Mansion to beg his ancestors and let his father Mother returned to her previous life.

Helpless, the Supreme Emperor valued his face that resembled Jia Daishan, and always felt that even if he couldn't save him with this face, he couldn't be a waste, and there would always be merits that would be discovered by his old man, so he didn't give up on Jia Baoyu completely.

Jia Min, on the other hand, closed the door and didn't see the owner of the second bedroom.

Whether it was Li Wan and Jia Lan crying miserably outside the Rongqing Hall, or Yuanchun Tanchun sisters kneeling outside in the wind and snow, the door of Rongqing Hall was never opened to anyone from the second room. .

Jia Min is a smart person with a good memory, and her hatred has never been completely eliminated.

Erfang's current fate is already the bottom line of her revenge, and it is impossible for her to help anyone in Erfang again.

Not to mention the pity of orphans and widowed mothers, Daiyu lived alone in Rongguo Mansion back then, and she didn't even have a widowed mother, so these people did not show much pity.

Li Wan Tanchun and others are afraid of Mrs. Wang, so naturally they are more close to Baochai.

These Jia Min can understand, but understanding does not mean forgiveness.

From now on, she will not care about the hard life of the second room.But if the second room wants to turn over, she might try to suppress it.

As for Dafang, Jia Min didn't completely trust her either.

But Jia Lian and Sister Feng are also human beings. After spending a lot of money to 'buy' Yuanyang, Yuanyang told them "reluctantly": "The second master and the second grandma want to make friends with the fourth highness through the old lady and Miss Lin, right?"

Sister Feng took Yuanyang's hand affectionately: "Sister Yuanyang, my housekeeper all these years has depended on you being willing to tell me something about the old lady's wishes. Last time I heard the old lady say that as soon as sister Lin enters the palace, you will You go out and marry a good family to be a good husband and wife. Don't worry, I will prepare a generous dowry for my sister. But now, you have to guide me. Although the second master said that he went to the Wang family for the fourth prince, but His Highness probably doesn't even know who he is, his nose and eyes."

After the new year, the son is about to be born, and the uncle who is the big backer is also away from Beijing. Sister Feng can't help but start thinking about Jia Lian's future.

Could it be that he really waited for Jia She to pass him the false title of a third-rank general?

Yuanyang smiled and said, "The old lady is busy buying land for Miss Lin recently. The second master and the second grandma also know that, because Mrs. Lin's family is the foundation of the south of the Yangtze River, most of the aunt's dowry was placed there."

Sister Feng is greedy, but she can also distinguish priorities, not to mention that now that the Rongguo Mansion has gone to the second room and has been rectified, the situation of making ends meet has been greatly improved, so she doesn't have to rush to get money with a white face.

So I found Jia Min decisively, and offered several farm shops that I got back from Mrs. Wang.

Jia Lian was still a little distressed at first, and Sister Feng said, "What is this? Before my uncle left Beijing, he told me that His Highness the Fourth Highness had the most sacred heart. When my uncle mentioned the matter of the Xu family, the emperor didn't allow Xu Yushi to justify it. Drive the Xu family out of the capital, can't you see what the Sacred Heart wants?"

"Nowadays, how many people are holding the silver Zhuangzi and want to give it to His Royal Highness, but he is still studying in the palace and can't climb up."

"Would His Highness the Fourth Highness not know about the Zhuangzi and the land we gave to Sister Lin?"

"I was afraid that the old lady would not accept it. After all, although it is difficult to buy shops in good locations in Beijing and fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing, the old lady has money in her hands, so she will find them sooner or later. Then there will be nothing for us. "

Sure enough, what Jia Lian said was like waking up from a dream.

Under the condition that the eldest room was very obedient and the second room was not allowed to enter, Jia Min and her daughter closed the door and spent the peaceful and peaceful twelfth lunar month and first lunar month.

After Daiyu's birthday, he moved to Shaojingxuan.

This name was bestowed by the Dachang Princess with a pen. In the first month of the first lunar month, she personally posted a post and invited four girls to the Dachang Princess' mansion.

There was no politeness at all. After entering the door and drinking a cup of tea, the examination papers began to be distributed on the spot. The eldest princess asked a question, and they wrote a sentence on the paper.

Because he was not allowed to speak, it completely eliminated the possibility of Zhou Ling wanting to follow a top student like Daiyu to answer.

After being guests, the four girls took the names of the four houses bestowed by the eldest princess and said goodbye.

After coming out, he held Daiyu's hand: "It's over, it's over, my family won't receive a second nanny."

Daiyu comforted: "There are only less than three months left." The implication is that she gritted her teeth and passed.

The third prince and concubine, Chang Yueniang, passed by the two of them, she met the peer ceremony and then left, she was obviously a docile and silent person, but Xu Ying, on the other hand, looked at the two with no kindness, especially when she looked at Dai. Jade, quite cold.

Zhou Ling was so angry that he stared back unceremoniously.

Xu Ying passed by the two of them, and when she wiped her clothes, she looked at Zhou Ling and said in a sarcasm, "You don't have to rush to curry favor now, after all, you are our elder sister-in-law, isn't this ugly?"

His eyes drifted to Daiyu, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly: "When she becomes the princess in the future, it's not too late for you to bow your knees."

After speaking, he quickened his pace slightly and walked away.

Daiyu grabbed Zhou Ling who was about to jump up, walked forward together with her, and comforted her in a low voice: "This is still in the mansion of the eldest princess."

Turning around the Hanging Flower Gate, Zhou Ling was still indignant: "A person like her has been beaten to death three times in our northwest."

Daiyu smiled instead: "Okay, it's hard to say unlucky words in the first month." Looking at Xu Ying's back, she also smiled: "She has a reason to be angry, her uncles and uncles all spend their New Years on the road. , I heard that I just arrived in Sichuan two days ago."

When the emperor spoke, the Xu family did not dare to delay, and set off the next day, even if the road was icy and snowy.

So drinking the northwest wind all the way, hurrying and hurrying, after all, we still celebrate the New Year in the post station.

Only then did Zhou Ling turn his anger into joy: "Haha, that's right." Then he regretted: "Why didn't you say that to stab her just now? It's useless to tell her to say a few words before we run away."

Daiyu held hands with her: "The eldest princess's mansion has strict rules, and we are not allowed to bring in our own maids. Then there must be eyes everywhere, because of her, the eldest princess thinks there is no need for us to be restless." .”

Zhou Ling thought of the majestic Tiancheng face of the Eldest Princess, her heart trembled, and she nodded repeatedly: "That's right." Now that she had seen Xu Ying, she began to regret it again, and whispered to Daiyu: "She is not as good as Zhen Well."

The two went all the way to the second gate before getting into their sedan chairs.

Zhou Ling waved to her: "I'll give you a congratulatory gift on your birthday."

Daiyu's birthday is the Flower Festival on the twelfth day of the second month, and Zhou Ling will enter the palace on the first day of the third month, so it is probably impossible to go out again in February.

Looking at the sincere and happy Zhou Ling, Daiyu hoped from the bottom of her heart that one day they would not become strange and hostile sisters-in-law.