Queen's Road in the Red House

Many years later, Daiyu can still clearly recall the day when Zhen Ran and Jia Tanchun entered the palace together.

The fate of the two women began to intertwine from this day, and then each went to a completely different future.

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At first, when the Supreme Emperor heard that the girl Nan'an had chosen to marry was the daughter of the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion, he was quite surprised and dissatisfied.

The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. To him, the girl from the Zhen family and the girl from the Rongguo Mansion are both the empresses of the old ministers he misses.Although the second room of the Rongguo Mansion committed a crime and has been demoted to a commoner, the fine of 10 taels of silver has also been fined, so it should be written off. Why bother to send her daughter to a foreign country overseas.

After all, Jia Tanchun is also Jia Daishan's granddaughter, and the emperor couldn't bear it.

It was Concubine Zhen Gui who personally brought Mrs. Wang to meet the Supreme Emperor and Queen Mother.

Mrs. Wang had tears in her kind eyebrows and eyes, and she showed a moving motherly heart: "Although these three girls are born as concubines, they have been raised in the main house since they were born. The courtier's wife..." Speaking of this, Jia Zheng is not the same. The minister repented, so he changed his words in embarrassment: "The women treat her as the children of their own blood."

"This child is both talented and beautiful, and has lofty aspirations. He is now 15 years old." Madam Wang's tears rolled down in time, and she said that she was blinded by lard that day, and relied on the Rongguo Mansion to do something useful. Things that violate the laws of the country, now have an attitude of admitting mistakes beyond regret.Then he said: "Now all her elder sisters have settled their marriages, but she is the only one who is not only a concubine in terms of status, but also her father has lost his official status, and has been unable to find any good family."

"The woman couldn't bear to marry her to a trafficker, so she delayed it. It happened that this incident happened, and although the woman was reluctant to marry her far away, she was always ambitious. The concubine of the king of the Shuangyi Kingdom is very willing, saying that her life is not in vain if she can take the body of a woman and secure the good of the two countries. The women of the people can't resist her, so they have to brazenly beg to see Nan'an Wangfei."

"Therefore, it is the old princess who is sympathetic to us."

Concubine Zhen Gui also wiped her eyes with a handkerchief: "Sure enough, women don't give in to men, this child is very ambitious." The Supreme Emperor pondered for a moment, but did not directly agree, only let them back down.

The Empress Dowager always had a wandering expression on the performance of Concubine Zhen Gui and Mrs. Wang. At this time, the Supreme Emperor asked her: "What do you think?"

The Queen Mother didn't even bother to lift her eyelids: "Even if you call the Jia girl in and ask yourself, she will definitely say the same thing. It's true, only God knows."

The Taishang Emperor's eyes showed a tired look, and his whole person looked much older: "The old Nan'an princess loves her only granddaughter like her lifeblood. Plead for Zhen Yingqi and Miss Zhen's family."

Having said this, there is a conclusion.

The Empress Dowager's eyes were still clear and peaceful: "Since that's the case, I'll call the third girl of Jia's family into the palace to have a look in a few days—in any case, the relationship between the two countries is still established, and I can't just send her out in a daze."

If it's really a girl who was forced to marry, she can't think about it for a while, and she looks for life and death just after passing, which is totally counterproductive.

The Supreme Emperor sighed gloomily: "If there is a war between the two countries, I will never send a woman to marry for peace, but now it is such a mess."

Let's fight, there is really no need, after all, this is the feud between Dongyi Kingdom and Xiyi Kingdom, and it has not touched the land subjects of this dynasty at all.Moreover, the two countries are suspended overseas. Even if they lose their anger for a while, it will be difficult for the court to control it. It is estimated that the local autonomy is still there, and there is really no need to go to war.

If they don't fight, they have to walk down the steps of Dongyi Kingdom, so that Dongyi Kingdom can feel at ease that the dynasty has warmly embraced them, so that the other party can release the two hostages with confidence.

So it doesn't matter who this married woman is. What Dongyi Kingdom wants is a princess from the Celestial Dynasty, and let the surrounding small countries know that the Celestial Dynasty has recognized their rule and recognized the newly released Shuangyi. The king of the country, so that diplomacy will not be discriminated against in the future.

Therefore, Dongyi Kingdom would never have released the hostages without a princess in the past.

In a word, the Taishanghuang patted his thigh: "This marriage, I am really aggrieved!"

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Retiring from Ningshou Palace, Mrs. Wang was still a little apprehensive, for fear that the Supreme Emperor would not allow it, but Dowager Zhengui knew the Supreme Emperor very well, knowing that the old man just felt humiliated and aggrieved by this matter, and was reluctant to respond for a while, but in fact, she agreed in her heart.So he said to the Wang family: "This matter has been decided, Nan'an County's palace and our Zhen family are very grateful to you."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "There are so many good girls in Beijing, it's a compliment to pick Tanchun, it's her good fortune."

Concubine Zhen Gui smiled reservedly: "Speaking of which, your daughters are also destined to be with me. Yuan Chun is a good boy. Although his luck was not good for a while and he didn't stay in the palace, but now he is also a second-rank madam. Now you This little girl is going to be a princess."

Mrs. Wang could only smirk.

Concubine Zhen Gui asked someone to send her out of the palace: "Don't worry, there is no reason for the princess's biological father to be a white man. Even if he can't be restored to his post, he will always be rewarded with grace and emptiness. What's more, the son is still the prince's companion. In the future, I will benefit from my sister one day."

These words fell into Wang's heart.

When I went back to the mansion, I went back to Jia Zheng, saw that Jia Zheng also looked bright, and said: "The dowry of the third girl should be arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but I have loved her for many years, so I naturally prepared the jewelry at the bottom of the box for her." She—who knows if our silver over there can be used, but the gold and precious stones are the ones who have the confidence."

Because of Mrs. Wang's fault, after Jia Zheng lost his position, the husband and wife have been in a period of freezing point, and today this incident just broke the ice.

Jia Zheng also came down the steps: "It's good that you have a motherly heart. What you say is reasonable, so let's follow it."

The corners of Mrs. Wang's mouth curled up slightly.

The house with the second bedroom in the suburbs of Beijing is only three-entry, and the east and west rooms of the main hall are not suitable for Tanchun to live in. She only lives in two small huts next to the west wing room. Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan's residence is naturally even worse. Sitting upside down and hugging the building, it is cold in winter and sunny in summer.

At night, Aunt Zhao went into Tanchun's room while no one was around.

"Now the girl is the most respectable person in the family. I heard that even the master's official position belongs to you!" Aunt Zhao's eyebrows almost flew up: "Hmph, when the eldest girl got married, the wife still relied on the elder girl's husband's family to help the master." Well, the result is also the water poured out of the basin. In the end, I still rely on you."

Seeing that Tanchun was just sitting quietly, unlike before, getting up and avoiding herself whenever she spoke, Aunt Zhao said more and more: "If you don't take advantage of this moment to ask for money, when will you ask for it? Girl, you have to think for yourself." Think about it, and think about it for me and your brother. The Rongguo Mansion is no longer a deep house, and there are too many monks and too little porridge, so naturally you have to speak up earlier."

After finishing speaking, Tweet Tanchun: "Tomorrow, you can go and tell the master to give you 1 taels of silver too. I know that the amount of silver at the bottom of the big girl's box is almost this amount!"

Only then did Tanchun turn his eyes, looked at Aunt Zhao and said, "Our bank notes may not be circulated overseas, and it's useless if I ask for them."

Aunt Zhao put on a smiley face: "What the girl said is true, but you don't need it, so you can leave it to Huaner. He grows up day by day, and who cares about him except me? It must be some kind of situation, with some money in his hand, he will feel better."

Tanchun's eyes are like two deep wells: "Then what about me? How can I live well?"

Aunt Zhao clapped her hands and said, "Young lady is going to be a princess. The money of a country is tight to you, and you are not enough?" Seeing that Tanchun seemed to show familiar contempt and rejection again, Aunt Zhao half cried and half sneered: " In the past, the girl was unwilling to recognize me as her biological mother, but now that she has become a noble person, she naturally looks down on me even more, that's all, that's all, just think that my daughter who worked hard for life is dead. It's all because I have suffered in life."

Tanchun watched her cry like this, and suddenly said after a long while: "Okay."

Aunt Zhao was stunned: "What?"

Tanchun stood up and looked down at Aunt Zhao, saying every word: "Think of me as dead. You just pretend that I'm dead and it's over."

Aunt Zhao shrank her body, only then did she realize that her daughter was already taller than her, so she could look down on her like this.

After all, they are the biological mother and daughter, and Tanchun also followed Aunt Zhao's beauty when she was young, especially the outline of eyebrows and eyes.But now, these eyes showed a kind of extraordinarily indifferent gaze, looking at Aunt Zhao like a stranger.

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"Go as a slave, don't worry about it."

After Aunt Zhao left, Tanchun took out a few family letters that she originally wanted to leave to her relatives, and when she saw the signed words, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she burned them all.

It turned out that no one cared about her.

The father was concerned about his official position, not to mention Mrs. Wang, the aunt, the biological mother counted on her to pull the younger brother, and Jia Huan never showed up.

This is the flesh and blood of her family.

The waiter watched her burn the letter.

Tanchun said: "I used to think that the sisters were caring, but when things came to an end, they took care of their own. The second sister was cowardly. She knew that the old man didn't like the second room, so she never got in touch with me again. She didn't see a letter, and the four The younger sister is even more cold-hearted, I heard that even my own brother and sister-in-law are ignored in Ningguo Mansion, let alone me. Sister Lin has entered the deep palace, let alone."

"There's also Aunt Xue and Sister Bao. It's funny to say that Auntie came to sit with me yesterday and gave me two sets of precious red gold heads. Sister Jibao. If you say that I am a respectable princess, it will be done once you mention it."

The waiter wanted to pass the handkerchief to the girl, but found that Tanchun had no tears at all.

She was very calm: "When the family is good, it has nothing to do with me. When something bad happens, they will push me out. Only then will they show me a smiling face."

"girl……"

"Forget it, that's the way people are. Don't follow me. When the time comes, I'll tell my wife to release you to reunite with your parents and get married."

The servant's lips moved, but he remained silent in the end, and did not say that he would follow the girl for life and death.

It is said that there is a foreign country thousands of miles away across the ocean, and it is said that they can't even communicate with each other.The servant's parents and brothers are all in Rongguo Mansion, she really can't let go of her relatives.

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Royal Palace.

The fifth prince looked at Jia Baoyu who was begging him, and was a little speechless: "Uncle and sister-in-law are different, how could I go to Chonghua Palace to pay my respects to fourth sister-in-law for no reason, and convey your words."

Jia Baoyu's eyes were red: "But I don't want my third sister to marry, only sister Lin..."

The Fifth Prince interrupted the correction: "Crown Princess."

Jia Baoyu seemed to be choking on something, and after a pause of three seconds, he said with difficulty: "The princess can save the third sister."

The fifth prince turned a writing brush back and forth in his hand: this is the brush-twisting method he learned from Xin Hongcheng, and the other princes did not have this problem. The emperor once saw Xin Hongcheng turning the brush like flowing water, and scolded him with a downcast face. coming.

But once this habit is learned, it is difficult to correct. Anyway, when the fifth prince is thinking about problems, he is used to grabbing a new pen and turning it around.

"Save? Miss Jia San is chosen as a married couple. I heard that it was your mother who went to the palace to ask for grace. There is no such thing as saving."

Jia Baoyu's eyes became even redder: "Because my mother begged, I couldn't speak, and I dared not contradict my parents. But the third sister is a weak woman, how can she go overseas to marry in a foreign country? After much deliberation, I can only beg... Crown Princess. But I can't see her, so I ask His Royal Highness Fifth for help."

The fifth prince slapped the pen in his hand on the table.

"What kind of nonsense is this!"

Mr. Ge is embezzling concubines and concubines' belongings and even blackmailing them. The Fifth Prince also just found out, and it was like waking up from a dream. His mother, Li Guiren, is obviously so frugal, why is there always not enough money.He remembered that there was a time when Li Guiren was ridiculed for wearing only velvet flowers and no gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry.

After the fifth prince heard about it, he immediately went to ask why his mother didn't tell him. Looking at Li Guiren's silent face, he felt powerless again.

Yeah, what's the use of telling yourself?When I was in the study, I had cold tea and cold food, and I was still the slave who my fourth brother punished for me.

The fifth prince's psychology towards Xin Hongcheng and his wife is very complicated, between gratitude and inferiority complex.

But hearing Jia Baoyu's words, he still couldn't help but get angry: "You are a filial son and grandson, and you dare not disobey your parents. Why does the fourth sister-in-law owe you? You asked her to intercede with Miss Jia San, isn't it against the imperial decree? You should be clear about it." Bar."

Jia Baoyu was wilted.

The fifth prince waved his hand: "Okay, anyway, the rules of going to the study room are not strict now, you can go home and stay for two days, and you can also reunite with Miss Jia's brother and sister for two more days."

The four princes entered the court one after another, and the study became a place for the fifth prince to study alone. The emperor also threw in a few boys of the right age from the clan's clan to study, but they were no longer as strict as they were on the day to carefully check their homework.

The Fifth Prince frowned: "I'll tell you today, put away all your muddled thoughts!

If you are really a man, stand up on your own, and be able to seal your wife and protect your family—to tell you the truth, Miss Jia San is going to get married, naturally it is because your second wife is not as good as the second wife of the Zhen family!If you, an elder brother, are capable and powerful, how dare the Zhen family plan on your second wife?

Believe it or not, if Wang Ziteng had a concubine daughter now, the Zhen family would not dare to make such a request.In the end, you are still incompetent. When things come to an end, you just want to ask the fourth sister-in-law to tie the future of the family on the woman's skirt, so what use is it to you! "

Jia Baoyu was scolded for being stupid.

Xin Hongji went out of the window and found that Jia Baoyu was still standing there in a daze.

He thought to himself: It would be nice if he could be scolded to wake him up.During his three years as a classmate, he knew that Jia Baoyu was actually a smart person, but his thoughts were never on career and finances.Now being stimulated like this, it is hard to say that I will be able to work hard to improve myself. From now on, I will change my past mistakes, aspire to fame, and take glory and fame as my duty.

Jia Baoyu is the grandson of Rong Guogong, the Supreme Emperor has been committed to polishing this stubborn stone into a beautiful jade, Jia Baoyu himself is also the prince's companion, and the cousin of the princess, with such multiple backgrounds, as long as Jia Baoyu supports Come to think of it, there will be no problem with a good future in the future.

The fifth prince strode away with his hands behind his back: I hope this blow can make Jia Baoyu unbreakable and break out of the cocoon.

Two days later, Xin Hongcheng called the fifth prince over: "I heard from the little eunuchs in the study that you got angry with Jia Baoyu that day. What did you say? You provoked him."

The fifth prince had an ominous premonition: "Fourth brother, I just encouraged him to come in."

After speaking, he repeated the conversation of the day.

Xin Hongcheng was speechless.

Xin Hongji may have a good intention, and felt that the sound of the drum needs a heavy hammer, but Jia Baoyu was not a sound drum, but an embroidery drum, so he was directly smashed by his heavy hammer.

Jia Baoyu was pointed out by the fifth prince, and he deeply realized his own incompetence and the ruthlessness of his parents for selling their daughter. So after leaving the palace that night and returning home, not only did he not intend to work hard, but instead made a fortune and clamored to become a monk.

He knelt in front of Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang and wept bitterly: "Anyway, I am the most useless person in ancient and modern times. Silk and brocade gauze are just wrapped around my root."

Dead wood, why don't you just let me go.If my parents are really reluctant to part with me, why don't I ask the imperial decree to keep my third sister, and don't tell her to stay away from her parents' homeland. "

While Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were dumbfounded, Jia Baoyu had already taken out the scissors from his sleeve and started cutting his hair.

The second room was in chaos.

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Jia Min and the others in Rongguo Mansion were also surprised when they heard the news. Yuanyang thought, isn't this cutting hair with scissors the script of Yuanyang in the original book?What kind of magical development is this, how did it become Jia Baoyu's haircut.

When the news reached the palace, Xin Hongcheng came to ask his younger brother.

Xin Hongji was also taken aback: "What about now? He won't really become a monk, right?"

Xin Hongcheng shook his head: "I heard that he is locked at home and is on a hunger strike to protest, saying that he is no longer bound by the world, so please don't force his parents to stay. If he has to hinder his way to become a monk, he will omit the step of going to the temple and starve to death directly." Myself, go to the Western Heaven to report under the seat of the Buddha."

Xin Hongji: ...

"Fourth brother, does fourth sister-in-law know? She is sister-in-law's cousin after all, she won't blame me, right?"

Xin Hongcheng shook his head. Before the fifth prince could rest assured, Xin Hongcheng said: "Your fourth sister-in-law doesn't know, the one who is married to her is the sister she has been with day and night, how can she feel better? The father, the emperor, will also enter the palace to enshrine the daughter of the married couple I entrusted her to handle the affairs of the Lord, and she has been feeling tense and uncomfortable for the past few days, and I dare not recruit her."

Xin Hongji trembled.

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After nearly two years, when she saw Zhen Ran again, Dai Yu was in a daze.

The former Zhen Ran had a kind of aloofness in her beauty, and an arrogance as if no one in the world deserved to talk to her.But now, the whole person is just a kind of cold silence, as if he has lost his soul.

Daiyu couldn't help being startled.

Zhen Ran saluted and met her before: "Princess Concubine, I heard that the third daughter of Jia's family will also enter the palace today, just wait for the two saints to see her, if there is no difference, then she should be canonized as princess, right?"

Daiyu nodded.

A smile suddenly appeared at the corner of Zhen Ran's mouth: "Is the princess blaming me? It should be me, not your cousin."

Daiyu saw that she was still speaking with the same temper as before, so she simply said openly: "Even if it's not Tanchun, it's a girl from another side, I still feel aggrieved."

It was obviously the Nan'an County King and Zhen Yingqi who fell into the enemy's trap because of their carelessness and paralysis, but it was the innocent woman beside him who could bear the consequences.

Zhen Ran looked at her, and suddenly started another topic: "As soon as something happened to my father, my family sent me to the capital, so I almost went to Beijing with the battle report. Now that the dust has settled, I will naturally go to Beijing." Gong Lai thanked Concubine Zhen Gui for organizing this scene for me."

She took off a hairpin on her head with her backhand: "This was sent by the Queen Mother when I first entered the palace today. It was the pearl hairpin that the three of us strung together at the flower appreciation banquet. Unfortunately, I don't like Xiongxiong now. The deer and the eagle are gone."

Daiyu looked at her seriously, feeling that she had changed into a strange person.

Mo Ran came over and said softly: "Miss Jia San has already arrived outside the Mingzheng Palace, and the prince has sent someone to invite you to come too."

Who knows that Zhen Ran also stood up: "Being blessed by heaven, I should also go to Mingzheng Palace to thank the emperor."

Mo Ran said in surprise: "Miss Zhen, you can't face the saint without an edict, you..."

Zhen Ran looked at Daiyu: "Don't worry, I will bear all the consequences myself."

Daiyu went to the inner room to change clothes, outside Xiaoluo looked at Zhenran without blinking, fearing that she would cause something in Chonghua Palace.

Mo Ran also whispered: "Niang Niang, why does Miss Zhen have such a disregarded temper, it makes people feel scared and chills when they look at it."

Daiyu suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, always feeling that something would happen today.

Sure enough, Zhen Ran, who insisted on face-to-face, knelt down to greet the Supreme Emperor and the others, but did not get up, but directly kowtowed and said: "My daughter is willing to marry Dongyi Kingdom as the princess."

Concubine Zhen Gui accidentally smashed the teacup.

The Empress Dowager did not come today, the Concubine Gui begged the Supreme Emperor to come with her, just to finalize the matter again - for fear that if she is not here, the girl Jia Tanchun will betray her.

Who would have thought that Tan Chun was well-behaved, with an expression of resignation, but it was Zhen Ran who came here.

"Ran'er! Are you sick and confused!" Concubine Zhen Gui turned her head and forced a smile to the Supreme Emperor: "Ran'er is a filial child, and she must be worried that her father will be trapped in Dongyi Kingdom, so she speaks without choice. Compete with a child like her."

Zhen Ran straightened her back, knelt straight, and looked at Princess Zhen Gui without any hesitation: "Since your empress also thinks that my servant has filial piety, why don't you fulfill your filial piety and send me to be married, and return to court in exchange for my father?" .”

Concubine Zhen Gui trembled with anger.

When Zhen Ran was born, she had already entered the palace and Prince Rui had already given birth, so she might not have a deep affection for this girl from her mother's family.Most of the people who are willing to make a move this time are due to the same surname Zhen. Who would have expected that she would work so hard to plan for Zhen Ran, but Zhen Ran would tear down her desk and even dig a hole for her? .

The Supreme Emperor looked from Concubine Zhen Gui to Zhen Ran, frowning: What a farce.

The room was silent.

It was the emperor's voice that broke the embarrassing silence: "Miss Zhen is so filial, why not help her?"