The Ring of the Red Chamber and the Nine Heavens

Hezheng nine years.

After nine years of hard work, the atmosphere in the court of the Great Jin Dynasty has been revived, and the officials have been cleared up, presenting a prosperous scene of a prosperous country and a strong people.

The Empress Dowager, who disapproved of Qi Qian and Jia Huan in the past, finally thought about it, and set up a family feast in the Mudan Pavilion on New Year's Eve to entertain relatives in the clan. Hou Jiahuan came at the same time and sat next to each other in front of the princes and concubines in the clan.

The princes and concubines did not dare to speak, they only acted on the face of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager turned a blind eye, but said to Prince Qi Bin with a gentle expression: "Today are all your uncles, grandparents, aunts and grandmas. You are a junior, and today is New Year's Eve. Just hold a pot and give it to all the elders. Pour the wine."

Although the 12-year-old prince Qi Bin is young, he is well described. He is tall and tall, and his beautiful and flying eyebrows are filled with the unique vigor and heroism of young people.

The crown prince personally poured wine for the princes and concubines present. No matter how dare the princes and concubines stood up, they all stood up and said some polite remarks. The empress dowager said with a smile: "Let him pour it. Yes. Today is a family banquet, and we don’t pay attention to the way of monarch and ministers, we are a family, old and young."

After pouring the wine for a while, everyone congratulated the Empress Dowager with great blessings, long life and golden safety, and finished drinking.

Then he wished the emperor the blessings of the world and a long life without bounds.

After a round of toasting, the empress dowager suddenly said to the prince: "Why don't you pay respects to your master? These years, I have treated your eyes, taught you how to read and write and how to be a king, and also shared the worries of your father and emperor. It was really hard work. You toast him on behalf of your great-grandmother."

Qi Bin hurriedly responded, and flew to Jia Huan's wine table, poured a glass of wine with a smile, and said, "On behalf of my great-grandmother, I would like to respect master for a glass of wine. I wish master good luck. I will always laugh this year." open!"

Jia Huan hurriedly resigned and said: "This...thank you for the kindness of the Empress Dowager, and thank you for your highness the Prince." He finished drinking with his neck up.

Qi Qian's eyes were full of smiles, the family feast this time was actually of great significance, Jia Huan's seat was equivalent to the empress's seat, the Empress Dowager said such words in front of the clan, and especially To order the prince to toast is to acknowledge Jia Huan's status as daughter-in-law in a special way.Although in order to avoid the effect of causing an uproar in the world, Qi Qian regretted that Jia Huan could not be named a male queen, but Qi Qian was very pleased that the Empress Dowager could do this in front of many members of the clan.

After the prince retreated to his seat, Qi Qian turned his head to Jia Huan and said, "Come on, let's get up together and congratulate the Empress Dowager."

Afterwards, Qi Qian and Jia Huan wished all the princes and concubines present a happy new year and all the best.

These few actions have once again strengthened Jia Huan's status as the deputy of the emperor. The princes also took An Guohou Jia Huan with them when they toasted the emperor with great interest, expressing that they have already understood the fact that they are one. I know it well.

The emperor then said: "Nowadays, Oirats are rampant in the northern frontier, harassing the border people, and the defenders are unstoppable. All the uncles and brothers of the emperor try their best to assist him."

Originally, it was not up to Jia Huan, a person with a foreign surname, to assist in state affairs, but now that the emperor and the empress dowager are in this drama, it is tantamount to saying that Jia Huan is not an outsider, and can be regarded as a queen. Assisting the government has become a matter of course, who dares to say more.

Three days later, Jia Huan packed Qi Qian's luggage in person, and went to the Yuanwang Pavilion with the prince to bid farewell to the emperor Yujia with tears, and then returned to the palace.

As soon as Qi Bin returned to the palace, he laughed and said: "Father is gone, really gone! Hurry up, I'm going to ride a horse, I want to practice martial arts, I want to..." Qi Bin was excited, and said He took a slingshot on the bookshelf, picked up a grape in an agate plate as a marble, pulled it away and shot.The big pillar in the main hall of grapes made a "bow" sound, and a puddle of fruit juice burst out on the pillar, which startled the parrots in the house to fly and scream.

Qi Bin continued with a smile, "Gu still has to go hunting!"

The maids and servants looked at each other, and said in their hearts: Terrible!Is the prince out of the cage and out of the trap? "

Suddenly a clear voice came from outside: "Are you going to imitate Nezha and make trouble in the sea?"

Qi Bin, who was still swaying complacently, immediately calmed down, smiled, and said, "Yafu, I told you to hear it again."

It turned out that the prince Qi Bin was taught by his father, and he called Jia Huan his teacher in front of others, and called him "Yafu" in private to show his respect and love. The prince was also willing to call Jia Huan as his other A father looks at it even more affectionately.

Jia Huan glared at him and said, "Your father is gone, you are the vice-lord of the country now, you should worry about state affairs, why are you still thinking about playing?"

Qi Bin scratched his head, and said: "When the father is here, you keep me in check, and when the father is not, I still say that you can have fun, but you don't allow it!"

Jia Huan asked, "You want to go hunting on horseback so much?"

Qi Bin's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "That's so fun. Last time Uncle Wu Huang took me to hunt in the paddock, I hunted five rabbits, seven deer, and two snow-white foxes. You and the royal father each have a scarf, which I hunted with my own hands."

Jia Huan remembered that the coat color of that scarf was not very good, and he stuffed it at the bottom of the box when he took it. He didn’t expect that it was made of prey that the prince himself hunted. Now, you are equivalent to the deputy monarch, your safety is tied to the safety of the people of our Great Jin Dynasty, how can you run around at such an extraordinary time and add trouble to your father?"

Qi Bin pursed his lips and had no choice but to obey.

When Jia Huan saw his aggrieved appearance, after all, he was the child he brought up with his own hands, how could he not feel pain?His heart softened again, and he said: "When your father comes back triumphantly, let's go hunting together, so that you can have a good time hunting. Last time you hunted more, it was because the guards drove the prey towards you. It’s the same as Father’s netting fish, where he caught fish, it’s clear that those poor fish were cornered by the guards yelling at you with torches, so they got into your father’s net.”

Hearing what Jia Huan said, Qi Bin was not happy at first, his mouth was pouted, but when he heard that his father had similar embarrassing things, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Okay, then wait for my father to come back, let's go play for a while." True hunting, when I hunt a lot of prey, I will convince you."

Jia Huan smiled and said: "Okay, then I will wait and see. Now, should I go to study with me and read the booklet?"

Qi Bin happily agreed, and obediently followed Jia Huan to the Palace of Qinzheng, where the emperor was in charge.

When Qi Bin saw it, he couldn't help saying: "Good guy, there are so many discounts, what do you think?"

Indeed, there are piles of documents on the imperial case, and Qi Bin picks up one at random, which is a disaster in a certain place, or a variety of people who need to be resettled, or a request to dismiss a certain official. There are various political, economic, military and other affairs in the world, which makes people dizzy.

Jia Huan said: "Your father has to deal with such a pile of memorials every day, and you need to make annotations with a red pen."

Qi Bin said with a bitter face: "Father, practice makes perfect. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to finish so much even in three days and three nights."

Jia Huan said with a smile: "So, you need to practice more. This is an excellent opportunity. In the past, you followed the emperor's strategy, but it was only on paper. You only have theory and don't know how to practice it. Now you are the leader of the world." As a teacher, it's time to learn how to be a king."

Qi Bin was so excited by what he said, he really picked up the memorial and read it one by one, but the efficiency was very slow, he only read forty or fifty books in an hour, and there were some classics in it Not very clear, dare not draw conclusions, looking at Jia Huan for help.

Jia Huan smiled slightly and said, "If you look at it like this, let alone three days and three nights, you may not be able to finish it in five days and five nights. If you haven't finished reading here, there will be piles up again. Wait until tomorrow morning." , the ministers who submitted the memorial asked, Your Highness, have you read the report on the minister, please tell me something after reading it, so that the minister knows what to do. As a result, you can only say, no I'm sorry, you haven't got the wheel yet, and there's still a lot of papers in front of you that you haven't read yet. Tell me, can this work?"

Qi Bin thought for a while, but couldn't think of a good way, so he threw himself into Jia Huan's arms and said, "That's not right. Yafu, teach me quickly, don't you think it's a fool for your good student to be laughed at by others?" Incompetent people?"

Jia Huan began to teach him, saying: "You, first of all, you can use the hands of the little servant to classify the memorials, and put the memorials in one place for the disasters in various places, one for the officials' dirty posts, and one for the military intelligence." Put it in one place and classify it like this. Then, each item has a precedent, and you can’t act at will. If you don’t know the precedent, you can ask the chief eunuch, the chief eunuch, who is old enough to do these things, what should be the situation? You have a good idea of ​​what to do, you have to learn from it, for example, the drought, the local officials reported it to the report, in order to fight for relief food and tax relief, they must have reported the disaster to a large extent, but how much surplus food does the emperor's family have? There is a lot of brain fever, and other places have followed suit. When your father comes back to take a look, hey, he has been away for a few months, and we have emptied the treasury, and we will not be punished? So, you just We can’t just read what is written in their memorial, but we need to compare several parties to find out what the disaster is like, and deal with it according to the actual situation.”

The next day, the crown prince of the Jian state took his place in the early court.

The civil and military officials saw that Prince Qi Qian was wearing an apricot yellow four-clawed dragon robe, sitting on a big chair under the dragon chair with an apricot yellow chair embroidered with the pattern of walking dragons soaring into the sea. The youthful appearance is full of heroism and majesty.

The prince once again tried various matters in the central and local governments, and all the officials were amazed again. The prince was so clear-headed and articulate for the first time when he was in power. tolerance.

Three months later, Qi Qian returned with a great victory, drove Oara out of the border for [-] miles, and signed an armistice agreement. If he invaded the Great Jin Dynasty again, he would wipe out the entire Oara clan!

When Qi Qian came back, Xiao Biesheng was newly married, and he and Jia Huan had a deep affection, and it goes without saying that they were infatuated overnight.

The next day, Qi Qian was very pleased to see the prince's full glory, and turned his head to Jia Huan and said: "My son is like this, so you can rest assured to entrust the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers to him. I am in his place, and then I can bear the wind with you." Sleeve moon, enjoy the beauty of the mountains and rivers in the world."

The corners of Jia Huan's lips were slightly curved, and he said, "You want to abdicate so early? Then you have to wait for Bin'er to get married."

I have to endure another two years.

This year, the crown prince Qi Bin turned fourteen years old, and it should be the age for a big wedding, because at this time the empress dowager has passed away, and Qi Qian's middle palace is useless, so how to choose the crown princess becomes a problem, because there is no Respectable female seniors will be selected on their behalf.

While hesitating, Qi Bin found Jia Huan by himself, and hesitantly said, "Yafu, actually you don't have to choose any more. Just think about it eight years ago and someone would choose."

Jia Huan was puzzled and asked, "What happened eight years ago?"

Qi Bin's face was as red as a big apple, and after murmuring for a long time, he finally gave up and said, "Yafu, don't you remember that you once took me to your cousin's house, and there was someone older than me in her family? Little sister who is two years younger, you were still teasing me at that time?"

Jia Huan finally remembered that eight years ago, when Qi Bin was six years old, he was very attached to Jia Huan. He followed Jia Huan wherever he went, and ended up going to Lin Daiyu's house, where he met Daiyu's four-year-old daughter, Shan Pingting. , the two kids had a great time.At that time, Jia Huan learned the famous allusion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and asked Qi Bin with a smile: "If you get Pingting, how should you deal with it?" Unexpectedly, Qi Bin still remembered that part of the unofficial history story very clearly, and nodded his little head very seriously. , Said: "It should be stored in a golden house."

As time passed, Jia Huan had forgotten about this incident. Unexpectedly, Qi Bin brought it up at this time, and couldn't help being surprised: "Could it be that..."

Qi Bin said solemnly: "You are not joking. Yafu, please help me to find out."

Four months later, Qi Bin got married, and accepted Shan Pingting, the granddaughter of Lin Ruhai, the first-rank minister of rites, and Shan Jingyu's eldest daughter, Shan Jingyu, as the crown princess.

The following year, Qi Qian issued an edict to abdicate and retired to the Yi Nian Palace to become the Supreme Emperor. The crown prince Qi Bin ascended the throne, and the former crown princess Shan Pingting was canonized as the empress.