Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

When Jia Rong first saw Master Chen, she expressed that she didn't like it very much. How should I put it?A wrinkled face like a withered orange peel. The skin is slightly dark. As for the facial features, it is completely impossible to tell whether it is good or bad?There is only a pair of not-so-big eyes, which are shining from time to time.

"You must be Master Chen, right?" Jia Rong didn't wait for Master Chen to say anything?So he sat down opposite Master Chen, and then said so.

While Jia Rong was looking at Master Chen, Master Chen was also looking at Jia Rong.In fact, it's not that the fourth prince paid attention to Jia Rong, even in this capital alone, there are many rumors about Jia Rong.Of course, the most famous among them is not Jia Rong's face that is three points more beautiful than ordinary women, nor his intellectual talent, but his violent temper that can turn his face faster than turning a book.

But now that he saw it with his own eyes, Master Chen felt that the rumors outside were really just rumors.Jia Rong in front of me, if he didn't know clearly from the fourth prince.As far as you can imagine, this is Jia Rong, the "cloudy and sunny, murderous" Jia Rong that is spread in the capital.

The young man in front of him was dressed in dark-patterned Tsing Yi, with extremely beautiful facial features, a smile on his mouth, and a gentle and peaceful temperament.

Master Chen has been with the fourth prince for many years, and has experienced many things. His mind was only in a trance, and he recovered, cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "Old Chen Qingyun has seen Mr. Jia. I have heard Mr. Jia's name for a long time. When I saw it today, I really thought differently." It was quite different from what he had imagined, but now he somewhat understood why Fourth Master asked him to persuade Jia Rong.

This Jia Rong is extraordinary just by looking at it.

Jia Rong raised her eyebrows, saying polite words, "Hello, Mr. Chen. I've heard a lot about Mr. Chen here. It's an honor to meet you today."

This Mr. Chen is a counselor under the fourth prince. Don't just look at him. This Mr. Chen is a bad old man, but he is very shrewd. The fourth prince can have his own place in the fierce battle between the third prince and the sixth prince. I got this master Chen's idea.

The fourth prince Si Jingxuan was able to send him here, which was considered his sincerity.

"Mr. Jia is really a young talent. He was already a scholar at the age of nine. Now he is only 16 years old and has achieved fame. His future is bound to be limitless in the future." Master Chen cupped his hands, with a familiar look in his tone.

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Master Chen is too famous. How can you compare to Master Chen, the celebrity in front of the fourth prince. Your achievements will be limitless in the future." Although the court is still looking at the third prince The battle with the sixth prince was in full swing, but almost all the officials, including a few mature foxes, had a good impression of the fourth prince.

It seems that the fourth prince has disappeared without a trace, and has won the favorability of many people.

Although this is the case, the fourth prince is not like the third and sixth princes at all, he shows no sign of forming a clique for personal gain.It was probably because of this reason that Emperor Longqi had a very good impression of the fourth prince.It is very important to him, and he has praised the Fourth Prince bluntly in front of all the officials in the court several times.

If it weren't for what was said earlier, if the fourth prince had no signs of forming a party for personal gain, the third prince and the sixth prince would have already regarded the fourth prince as a thorn in their side.

When Master Chen heard what Jia Rong said, he also smiled and didn't say anything more. Instead, he beckoned the boy to come over, served melon and fruit snacks, looked sideways at Jia Rong and said, "Mr. Jia, the cook here is The chef that the fourth prince specially found from Jinling is very skilled. I heard that Mr. Jia is from Jinling, why don't you let them serve some special dishes of Jinling. I don't know what Mr. Jia would like?"

"Well, it's up to you, I'm here to listen to Master Chen." He doesn't have much appetite, but to put it bluntly, probably because of his previous life experience, he prefers lighter tastes.

Master Chen nodded, and then he opened his mouth to order a few words from the servants, and reported some special dishes from Jinling, and asked them to send over a jar of 30-year-old daughter red.

In the following period of time, Mr. Chen never mentioned the matter of the fourth prince. He just discussed knowledge with himself like an old friend he had known for a long time. The political affairs in the sentence court.It seems that they are really a pair of year-end friends with a big age difference.

Master Chen is worthy of being the fourth prince's favorite, he is very knowledgeable, no matter what you ask, he can answer a few words with you, and he also has his own insights.

Here, Jia Rong has two points of appreciation for Master Chen.Master Chen also admired Jia Rong even more.He is already fifty years old, so it is not surprising that he has such knowledge, but Jia Rong is only 16 years old, and he has his own insights in both miscellaneous studies and political affairs.

In other words, just now he asked about facing Qian Xiangguo, relying on his familiarity with the terrain, he would go to the border to harass the border from time to time.Although the movements are not big each time, and there are not many casualties, but coming so many times a year, such behavior is extremely annoying.

He asked Jia Rong if there was a solution to such a thing.

He asked this question more than one person.Most of the answers are that it is just a small fight, not to worry about, you should give full play to the demeanor of a great country and don't care about it, otherwise you will lose your identity and demeanor.

But Jia Rong's answer was completely different.

He said, just wipe it out.

Although Jia Rong's answer was a bit more brutal, it echoed his character and his status as a military commander.Needless to say, his answer was strikingly similar to that of the Fourth Prince.

After the conversation with Jia Rong, Master Chen felt indescribably satisfied with Jia Rong, and said with a smile, "No wonder Mr. Jia is treated differently by His Highness. This knowledge is really extraordinary. Old man I admire it here." As he spoke, he half got up and edited.

Jia Rong also stood up with Master Chen, returned the gift, and said, "Master Chen is worthy of it."

Master Chen thought for a while and then said: "Young master Jia, I see you are also a straightforward person with a sharp temper. I won't beat around the bush here, let me just say it..."

Jia Rong knew that today's point was coming, and she reached out her hand and made a 'please' gesture.

"... His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince appreciates Mr. Jia's character and talent very much. I don't know what Mr. Jia means here?" Master Chen continued.

This old man is really direct.

Thinking like this, Jia Rong unhurriedly picked up the fragrant tea in front of her, took a sip, and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the fourth prince, I'm so worthy of you. It's just me, I'm not afraid to say a word You are joking, I have a bad temper, and I don’t like being restrained and disciplined the most.” As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Master Chen whose expression had changed slightly, paused for a moment, and then continued: "... Of course, it's not appropriate to say that, I still admire His Highness the Fourth Prince, especially his method of handling the salt transportation in the south of the Yangtze River. If the Fourth Prince has any instructions, if I can do it, maybe I can try my best .”

Originally, when Master Chen heard Jia Rong's first half sentence that he didn't like to be restrained by others, he thought that the matter would not be settled, but he didn't want to turn around, so he nodded and agreed.For a moment, his expression was rather dumbfounded, this child, can you stop panting so much when you speak?

"So, I'll disturb Mr. Jia in the future." Master Chen picked up the tea in front of him, raised his hand at Jia Rong, and said so.

Jia Rong smiled, and raised her hand in return in return.

After parting with Master Chen, as soon as he got into the carriage going back, Wu Ya's expression hesitated and hesitated, and he said in a hesitant tone: "Master, so you are now on the side of the Fourth Prince? But you have never been What do you hate most about such troublesome things? Why do you agree now?" After leaving with Master Chen, Wu Ya asked hesitantly as soon as he returned to the mansion.

Jia Rong flicked the ruby ​​on her waist, smiled indifferently, and replied, "Although that's what I said. But I'm a bit bored now, so naturally I need to find something to do. Otherwise, this life is not so boring. Is it?" Since the fourth prince came to the door on his own initiative, he naturally nodded and agreed unceremoniously.

Oh, why did you say that when Jia Lian came to lobby for the third prince, he didn't agree.

There are two reasons.First, he finds that the Rongguo Mansion is really not pleasing to the eye, and he doesn't want to join forces with the Rongguo Mansion.Second, he looks more pleasing to the fourth prince than to the third prince.

Wu Ya: ...What kind of master did he follow.

Three Prince's Mansion

Standing in front of a tall bronze mirror, the third prince was served by the maids. He put on the prince's unique royal blue shirt embroidered with a three-claw python robe, turned his head, looked at the third prince and concubine, and asked, "You I went to the palace yesterday to ask her well, how is the concubine mother's body? But she is already safe."

The third prince's biological mother, Concubine Xian, suffered from wind and cold a few days ago, and has been lying in bed for several days.

"Your Highness, don't worry, my concubine's wind-cold syndrome has almost recovered. Yesterday the imperial doctor just ordered a new prescription for nourishing Qi and invigorating the spleen. It is said that it will be safe after two days." The third prince and concubine replied.

The third prince nodded, and said again: "I'm busy with affairs here. Concubine Mother has always liked you, and there is Concubine Lao, you can take care of her." His tone paused, "I know that you have worked hard serving Concubine Mother during this time. Wait The concubine mother is completely safe, and I will thank you here again."

The eyes of the third prince's concubine flickered, and she pursed her lips and smiled, "What Your Highness said. It is my duty as a daughter-in-law to serve my mother and concubine. Where is there any hard work? How dare I take care of Your Highness?" Thank you." She no longer has the favor of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, if she loses the favor of Concubine Xian, then the position of the third prince and concubine who has nothing to do with her family status is not I'm afraid it's really going to be unstable.After all, there are still two noble concubines in the mansion.

"After all, you know the general concubine." The third prince said casually.

Like her, with nowhere to go, like her mother's family, the grace on her body is only a few fixed days every month.If this is the case, what can she do if she doesn't know the general situation?Hearing the words of the third prince, the corner of the third prince's concubine couldn't help showing a bitter smile, thinking so.

At this time, a servant girl came in a hurry, blessed the third prince and the third concubine, and said softly, "His Royal Highness, the Fifth Prince is here. He is waiting in the living room now."

The third prince's hand, which was arranging his clothes, paused for a moment. Could it be that he had something important to do when he came here so early in the morning?After thinking about it, he said, "Well, I understand. This is the end. Let me treat you nicely."

The servant girl blessed her body, said yes, and withdrew.

"Fifth brother may not be eating in the mansion today, you should let the kitchen prepare well. You know the taste of fifth brother." Before leaving, the third prince suddenly remembered something, stopped his steps, If so, he said.

The third concubine responded immediately.

All the way to the living room, seeing the Fifth Prince Si Jingyu, he said, "It's so early in the morning, Baba just came over. But what's the rush?"

"It's an urgent matter, but it doesn't count. I just stayed at home and didn't have anything to do, so I came to the third brother. How could I have thought that the third brother would only get up at this hour? Could it be that he has recruited some new beauties?" The fifth prince said in a tone He replied with a bit of sarcasm.

The third prince gave the fifth prince a blank look, "Don't be silly. Today is fifteen. Tell me, why are you here?"

"The candidate for the chief examiner of next year's imperial examination has already come down." The fifth prince said with a bit of dignity in his tone.

Next year will be the year of the imperial examination every three years, and every time this is the time when the third prince and the sixth prince must compete.Naturally, they were fighting over the candidate for the chief examiner.If the examiner's officials can be their people, then it means that the talents of this class are also their students.But the best time to attract talent.

Whether it is the third prince or the sixth prince, naturally they will not miss it.

"Who did the father send? Could it be someone from the sixth prince?" The third prince frowned when he saw that the fifth prince's expression was a little off.

The Fifth Prince replied: "Brother Three Emperors, you would never have guessed. Father Emperor appointed Yan Tiesheng as the chief examiner this time."

"Yan Tiesheng? How could it be him?" the third prince asked with some doubts.

"I heard that it was recommended by the fourth prince. It is said that Mr. Yan is selfless and impartial. It is most suitable for him to be the chief examiner." The fifth prince replied.

The third prince frowned, and said in a cold voice: "Fourth? Speaking of which, in the past two years, there have been more and more things about the fourth. I didn't say a lot of things that broke me. Even the father also praised him. Plus, he said that he has the character of his youth. It seems that his father's several compliments also made him think that he shouldn't have." At the end of the sentence, his tone was full of gloom.It is troublesome enough to have a sixth child in the back, but now a fourth child is inserted. Just thinking about it makes people feel an indescribable boredom.

When the fifth prince heard this, he didn't open his mouth to answer. He slightly lowered his eyelids, and there was a flash of strangeness in his eyes.After a long time, he said again: "By the way, Brother Sanhuang, there is one more thing to say here. Aren't you very optimistic about that Jia Rong from Ningguo Mansion? I have tried it here. He refused."

When the third prince heard what the fifth prince said, his pupils turned cold again. Nothing went smoothly this early in the morning.He was not a good-natured person at all, and when he heard what the fifth prince said, his face became even more irritable, and he waved his hands impatiently and said: "Since he is so ignorant of good and bad, then follow the rules. Do you want me to teach you?"

The fifth prince replied in a low voice.