The Heart of the Red Chamber

What happened next made the prince blow his beard and stare in anger. First, Qin Keqing died of an inexplicable illness, and then Jia Yuanchun suddenly changed from a nobleman with a very low status to Fengzao Palace Shangshu, a virtuous concubine. , How strange is this title, female official plus imperial concubine, never before in all dynasties have such absurd things happened.Of course, Wang Ziteng knew Qin Keqing's identity vaguely. Although he heard that he had been ill for a long time, no matter how he looked at it, he should not have died suddenly at such a young age. She didn't give birth to a stupid daughter, and what she did was really stupid if you really counted it.

As for Qin Keqing's identity, Wang Ziteng didn't believe that the emperor didn't know about it. What could the emperor do if it was revealed?Make her the county lord like her sisters?Could it be possible to give Jia Rong the status of a county horse?In the past, everyone knew it well, but now that it is so clearly revealed, Qin Keqing has no other way out but death.

Qin Keqing's funeral was simply jaw-dropping, not to mention the coffin that was obviously out of bounds, and the scale of the funeral, just the identity of the person offering the sacrifice was enough to make people gasp. All the royal relatives and relatives set up sheds on the side of the road for road sacrifices. In this way, even people who are completely ignorant will feel that something is wrong.

Jia Yuanchun's whistle-blowing this time was regarded as helping the Rongguo Mansion to stand in line, but it was not pleasing to both sides.Even if Yizhong County King has no feelings for his sister, it's no wonder he's not annoyed when she dies like this!As for the emperor, he might be suspected by the Supreme Emperor of having no kinship, so naturally he didn't have a good impression of the Jia family, but because Jia Yuanchun surrendered on behalf of the Jia family after all, it was considered a meritorious service, so he recognized it with his nose and gave it back to Jia. Yuanchun is a nondescript imperial concubine title.

The Jia family has no fear of danger in times of peace, and they are rejoicing at the moment!The emperor made another decree, saying very grandly that in order to show compassion for the family, the family members of the concubines in the palace were allowed to see each other every month, and the concubines were allowed to go home to visit their relatives.Of course, as a concubine, she can be regarded as a royal person, and she can't just go back to her previous boudoir when she returns to her mother's house. Therefore, it is necessary to build a family home.According to Chen Yejun's news, the emperor had long ago asked the people from the Tongzheng Secretary to secretly hoard a large amount of wood and stone, as well as various antiques and decorations, just waiting to make a good profit.The reason why he didn't go through the Ministry of Household Affairs is that the emperor wanted to enrich his internal treasury a little bit.

Of course, Wang Ren also took the money from his own house, had a rough time with Mrs. Sun, and paid a large sum of money in advance, but what he bought were relatively unorthodox things, such as various rare birds and animals, and All kinds of flowers and trees can be sold immediately by taking advantage of the wind of gardening this time. Wang Ren calculated, and the capital invested by himself doubled several times at once. Now that I really saw it, thinking of this, Wang Ren couldn't help being a little proud.

Smiling, Chen Yejun picked up a strawberry from the crystal fruit plate, put it into Wang Ren's mouth, and asked, "Why are you laughing? You're so proud!"

Wang Ren swallowed the sweet strawberry in his mouth, rolled his eyes at Chen Yejun and said, "I don't believe you can't guess it!"

"I really didn't guess it, good Zijing, tell me!" Chen Yejun leaned over and whispered in Wang Ren's ear.

The heat blowing from his ear made Wang Ren feel a little itchy. He directly pushed Chen Yejun away, and said with a light smile, "It's just a little extra money! I don't believe it, you didn't take the opportunity to make some extra money this time!"

Chen Yejun understood what was going on as soon as he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's just a little bit, this time the emperor has taken all the money! I don't know what the emperor thinks, but this matter is actually handed over to our Secretary of the General Administration. It made it impossible to do something that I originally wanted to do!"

Wang Ren curled his lips: "If it is handed over to the Ministry of Households, who knows how many will be sent to the national treasury in the end, and maybe a bunch of IOUs will go in! If it goes into the internal treasury, then the emperor will use his own private money to subsidize the treasury. What a reputation!"

When those gardens are built, those families will be confiscated and questioned at that time, and those gardens will naturally become royal courtyards. Even if they don't want to live in them, they can also be handed over to the Ministry of Households for sale. Presumably many people will be willing to sell them. the money.

Wang Ren thought depressingly, damn it, no matter what era it is, power can always guarantee that it has enough wealth.

Seeing Wang Ren unconsciously holding a strawberry in his mouth, Chen Yejun leaned over, rolled the strawberry into his mouth deftly with his tongue, and then said with a smile: "Well, this strawberry is really sweet! Turn around and call someone in the hot spring Zhuangzi. There are more varieties!"

Wang Ren came back to his senses, and gave him an angry look. He waved his hand, feeling a little dispirited: "Forget it, there's nothing to say about this kind of thing! But speaking of it, our Majesty is very patient. It has been almost ten years since he ascended the throne!"

Chen Yejun spread his hands: "Is there any way to do this? There is an overlord above who wants to take care of things from time to time, and a former prince's son-in-law below is making trouble, and the emperor wants to keep his good reputation, so he can only work so hard! Hey!" , Zijing, why do we talk about these boring topics when we finally have time together? Don't you think we can have a more in-depth exchange?"

Wang Ren glanced at him with a half-smile: "Well, I think so too, just right, it's my turn to be on top!"

Chen Yejun was depressed for a while, and said with a dry smile: "I think it's still daytime, it seems that that's not good, otherwise, let's continue talking about the topic just now!"

"Didn't you say before that it's more fun to do it during the day?" Wang Ren put his arms around Chen Yejun's shoulders with a smile, and whispered while biting his ear.

Chen Yejun found that Wang Ren was really a grudger, didn't he just suppressed him in the daytime some time ago, and he was about to return it now, he nodded resignedly: "Okay, take it easy!"

Wang Ren was more fortunate that he had practiced internal strength for many years, and now he could easily pick up a big man. He put his arms around Chen Yejun's fat-free waist, kissed his lips, and moved towards him with some bumps. Go behind the screen, there is a big bed there.

The young man's lust is easily aroused, and the two of them quickly fell into it. One piece of clothing was thrown on the ground. This relatively narrow space was suddenly filled with obscenity, and intermittent moans filled the air. in.

While the two young men were entangled, the emperor summoned Lin Zhenghe in the palace.

"Lin Aiqing, I heard that Lin Ruhai, the late censor of salt inspection, is also a relative of your Lin family?" The emperor looked calm, and he slowly scraped the tea powder with the lid of the teacup, making a slight rubbing sound.

Lin Zhenghe stood there respectfully, bowed his head and said, "If you go back to the emperor, the minister's family was once associated with Mr. Lin's family 76 years ago!"

A faint smile appeared on the emperor's face: "Before Lin Ruhai died, he went to the book and begged me to take care of his only daughter, but Miss Lin was young, and there was no one in Gusu Lin's family, so I didn't have a proper idea at the moment. I heard that Lin Qing and his family are also considered relatives, so I thought, maybe Lin Qing would like to have an extra niece?"

Lin Zhenghe quickly knelt down and said, "I will live up to my trust!"

The emperor nodded slightly: "That's good, I didn't mean to make it difficult on purpose, Miss Lin was brought up by her grandmother, but Miss Lin's marriage is still to be presided over by the Lin family!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Alright, Lin Qing, step down!" The emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Resign!" Lin Zhenghe kowtowed again, then stood up and retreated, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead when he was out the door. Thinking of the emperor's request, he couldn't help feeling a headache. Their family has nothing to do with the Rongguo Mansion. , and, what kind of presiding law is this marriage? Is it the Lin family who decides, or the Jia family who just marry from the Lin family?Thinking in his heart, Lin Zhenghe's brows were already tightly knit together, and finally sighed silently, he should go back and discuss this kind of matter with his wife.

After Lin Zhenghe left, a sneer appeared on the emperor's face. He threw the cup in his hand on the ground, and the fragments of the tea splashed everywhere. , no one dared to make a sound.

The emperor was very annoyed. Lin Ruhai was considered to have died in the line of duty, and he was also a sensible person. When he was dying, he entered the will, saying that his wife had made a marriage with the old lady of Rongguo Mansion when he was alive, and asked Lin Daiyu to marry him. He married Jia Baoyu on the condition that one of their sons should be surnamed Lin, so as to inherit the incense of the Lin family in Gusu, but later he discovered that the Jia family had no sincerity at all. He thought that after his death, he would leave an orphan As a daughter, she can only let the Yue family decide, so she is willing to pay half of the family's wealth to ask the emperor to take care of her daughter.

The Lin family has passed down the family for hundreds of years. Because of the lack of heirs, the family has not been divided much. Therefore, the family property of Lin Ruhai's line is very rich. Half of the family property is converted into cash, and the total is 200 million taels. The emperor got the list here. I just heard from the Secretary of General Administration in the south of the Yangtze River that all the properties of the Lin family were sold out, and all the servants were sent away from afar. All the money went into the hands of Jia Lian who brought Lin Daiyu to preside over Lin Ruhai's funeral. Lin Daiyu knew nothing about it.According to the spies stationed at Jia's house, part of the huge sum of money became Jia Lian's private house, and most of it fell into the hands of Jia's family, and it has already been put into use—it became the owner of the provincial villa. part.And the Jia family didn't seem to have the intention of fulfilling the marriage contract, and there seemed to be some talk of a golden and jade marriage.

The so-called lack of manpower is true for the emperor. Lin Ruhai's property was embezzled before his bones were cold, and the verbal marriage contract had almost lost its effect.The emperor didn't have a good opinion of the Jia family, so naturally he would not order a marriage. Therefore, in order not to chill the hearts of his courtiers, he had no choice but to choose Lin Zhenghe and asked Lin Zhenghe to preside over Lin Daiyu's marriage on his behalf.The emperor felt that he could also give Lin Zhenghe a list of the Lin family's property, and then let Lin Zhenghe ask for the property that should belong to her for that cheap niece!Thinking about it in his heart, the emperor suddenly felt that Lin Ruhai's last wish had been fulfilled, and now he could feel at ease.