New Dream of Red Mansions

Xiyan is still very weak, originally she wanted to breastfeed the child herself, but when she woke up, the child was already hungry enough to eat the nurse's milk, and she had three children, and the milk was not enough for three children, and Because her vitality was seriously injured this time, Xia Yuntian didn't allow her to feed her in person, and focused on raising her body well.

The old lady also objected, so Xiyan could only watch from the sidelines.

Seeing Nanny Zhuang and Nanny Su standing on both sides of the bed like door gods, she smiled bitterly and said, "You can do whatever you want, you don't have to guard me."

"Ma'am, don't worry, the second lady has arranged the outside affairs well, so we won't be needed."

When the noble ladies who came to visit Xiyan saw these two people, they didn't dare to ask each other. Nanny Zhuang was okay, she was Xiyan's nurse, but Nanny Su was the old lady's personal servant, so she asked them in front of her. If those words are not done well, the Pingyang Houfu will think that they are trying to provoke.

So Xiyan didn't know anything about the outside world.

And Xia Yuntian didn't particularly take it to heart, Yushi's impeachment was just to sue him for abusing his private power, but everyone knew that six out of ten people in the Qiwei camp came in through connections, and in the hands of every family general There are certain quotas.Even if there is no express regulation, even the royal family has adopted a tacit attitude.

Most of the Xungui's families gave this quota to some youngsters in the clan who had no ability but wanted to get ahead, and they didn't want to join the Imperial Guard, and the review in the palace was not particularly strict.

And their Xia family, no matter the direct branch or subsidiary branch, once they reach the age of fourteen, they will be sent to the army for training. Even if they don't take an official career in the end, they can have other paths. This quota is probably because they have made great contributions to their Xia family. guards and servants and the like.

The Xia family may not care about these few places, but other families may not.Now the censor insists that he is abusing his private power, and it is inevitable that he will pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, and someone will jump out without him coming forward.

Sure enough, Xia Yuntian just made people impeach along with those censors, and many people were soon involved.The censors quickly realized that something was wrong, and it was impossible to stop, but it became more and more serious. In the end, the emperor got angry and demoted a few people, so he gave up.

Soon it was the time when the three children were full moon, and because it was the national filial piety period, the Xia family just invited a few relatives and friends over for a meal and that was it.

The old lady felt a little apologetic, "It's reasonable not to drink to celebrate the third day, but this full moon is so deserted, and we will have a big celebration when the child turns one year old."

Xiyan smiled and said: "I think it's good. We didn't put on wine and sing operas, but we accepted the ceremony and took the money. Where did my mother find such a good job?"

The old lady said angrily: "It all fell into Qian's eyes."

Nanny Zhuang laughed at the side and said: "Old Madam, I don't think there is any need to do anything big for a full moon and a hundred days. The three masters of our family are already considered very lucky. If we really don't control ourselves at this time, it will make the three of us less important." It is better to save the blessing of the master and wait until the three masters are one year old in the future."

"That's the reason."

The Pingyang Marquis' Mansion can be considered to be full of joy, even though it was restrained because of the national mourning, there was still a smile on his face.

But the court did not have such an atmosphere, because the overlord died, and the deposed prince took advantage of this to force the palace. Now that he has been rehabilitated, it is time for the emperor to settle the case.

After the initial joy, Xia Yuntian also returned to the court to argue with others. He was the main force in this redress. The emperor wanted him to liquidate those who followed the prince, but Xia Yuntian was not stupid. If it was before, he would naturally He obeys orders, but now, he doesn't want to be such a leader.

Xia Yuntian is unwilling to do it, some people are vying to make this contribution, but I don't know if they can enjoy this contribution safely.

There are many people involved, and some of them are really involved in the conspiracy, but a considerable number of people are affected.

There was a bloody storm in the capital for a while, even the four kings and eight princes had to behave with their tails between their legs.

The Rongguo Mansion was also quite quiet for a while.

Xiyan was completely ignorant of this, and her attention was all on the three children. Although the third child was born thinner than her two elder brothers, this child was good at eating, but he caught up with the two elder brothers in just over two months.If it weren't for everyone watching him since he was a child, he wouldn't have noticed that this child was once so much younger than his two elder brothers.

Xia Yuntian searched through the dictionary for three days to name the three children. Xu, Zhao, and Zhe all represent light.Brother Xu's generation is the Hong character generation.

Now Xiyan Zhengxu, Zhao, and Zhe are calling, although I don't know if they can understand, but it's good to be familiar with the words.

Dongmei came in from the outside in a hurry, and when she saw Xiyan teasing the child, she stood aside with her hands tied.

Seeing this, Xiyan handed the children to their wet nurse and asked, "What's wrong?"

Dongmei stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Madam, Grandma Wei is here, do you want to see her?"

Xiyan was stunned for a while before remembering that Grandma Wei was Xiangyun, and hurriedly said, "Invite her in quickly."

After not seeing each other for just over a month, Xiangyun lost a lot of weight, his face was ugly, and he no longer had the same demeanor as a month ago. Xiyan was shocked, and quickly pulled Xiangyun to her side, and asked, "What are you doing?" What's going on here?"

Xiangyun's suppressed emotions surged up, and her eye circles turned red. She wiped the corners of her eyes, held Xiyan's hand tightly and said, "I know that you have three nephews and broke your health. I won't come to beg you either." Xiang Yun choked up and said, "My father-in-law, uncle and several uncles have all been imprisoned."

"What did they do?"

"If you know what they have committed, it's okay, but they want to punish them." Xiangyun said here, with a bit of resentment on his face, "The abolished prince rebelled more than two months ago. During this time, the emperor has been arresting the abolished prince. I don’t know who Gaomi is. They say that my father-in-law is also involved, and we are not allowed to distinguish those who came to arrest people. Now all my family members except for the female family members and children under the age of ten have been imprisoned. There is also news from inside Come on, when the emperor frees up his hands in the future, none of us can escape."

Xiangyun thought of what her mother-in-law said when she took out the rope, it would be better to be hanged with a rope than to be sold out and humiliated.She couldn't help but shiver.

She didn't want to die, even when her aunt was making things difficult for her, when she was full of thoughts and no one could confide in her, she didn't want to die, why did she want to die now?It was so easy for her to be matched with such a talented and handsome man. She didn't even have a child yet, so why did she have to die like this?

Even the big-hearted Xiangyun couldn't help but feel depressed, crying out of breath for a moment.

After several days of running around and the release of emotions at this time, Xiangyun finally couldn't hold back and fainted. Xiyan quickly caught her, put Xiangyun on the couch with Dongmei, and asked Chunlan to call the doctor.

Xia Yuntian was worried about Xiyan's health. He didn't have the ability to ask an imperial doctor to stay at home, so he spent a lot of money to hire a doctor in the name of the capital to live in the house. If Xiyan and the children felt uncomfortable, the doctor would come first, and then Go ask the doctor again.

So the doctor came soon.

He took his pulse for a long time, then pondered: "This lady is more than two months pregnant, but due to the exhaustion and running around recently, her mood fluctuates, and I am afraid that this child will not be able to be kept."

Xiyan hurriedly asked through the curtain: "Then is there any way to keep the child?"

"It's not difficult, but it's also difficult. Just relax and rest in bed for about a month."

Xiyan smiled wryly, how could Xiangyun relax at this time?Sure enough, it's not difficult, but it couldn't be more difficult.

Xiyan asked the doctor to prescribe a decoction to prevent miscarriage and told him to go down.

When Xiangyun woke up, Xiyan told her the news of her pregnancy, saying: "Not for yourself, just for this child and Uncle Wei, you can't ruin your body, you should relax first, I will Inquire with Lord Hou to see if there is any room for change."

Xiangyun hugged Xiyan and said, "No matter what the result is, I will thank you."

Xi Yan nodded.

Xiangyun went back to see his mother-in-law, and Mrs. Wei just came back from her mother's house. The result was not ideal. This time the incident was too big, and no one dared to touch it, for fear of being dragged into the water.

After bringing his daughter-in-law back, he forced a smile.

She and Xiangyun's mother are handkerchiefs. Originally, she was not very satisfied with this marriage, but because both families were interested in it back then, and Xiangyun's upbringing was also good these years, she made an appointment when she couldn't find a suitable daughter-in-law. After meeting Xiangyun, at this moment, I feel a little sorry for Xiangyun. These two children have encountered such a thing in less than half a year since they got married...

If their family were really exiled and sold, the men would be fine, but the female relatives might as well die on the spot.

When Xiangyun saw her mother-in-law, he knelt down in front of her, lying on her knees, and whispered what happened in the Pingyang Houfu.

Mrs. Wei was astonished, she stared at Xiangyun's stomach closely, and asked, "You, are you really pregnant?"

When Xiangyun suddenly heard such news, he felt relieved a lot. Hearing her mother-in-law's question, she nodded fiercely and said, "Yes, the doctor said it has been more than two months."

Mrs. Wei grabbed Xiangyun's shoulder fiercely, and Xiangyun looked at her mother-in-law in pain.

Mrs. Wei didn't seem to notice, she just looked at Xiangyun deeply but slightly excitedly, and said in a low voice: "Okay, mother will definitely protect you."

Confusion flashed in Xiangyun's eyes.

Mrs. Wei didn't answer her as usual, but helped her up, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you've been running all day today, go and rest quickly." She then asked Cui Ling to help Xiangyun go down rest,

Mrs. Wei's personal nanny looked at her closely. After Xiangyun left, Mrs. Wei laughed out loud, "Heaven will not fail my Wei family!" Mrs. Wei turned around and looked at her with piercing eyes. She said: "Find someone who is similar in height and appearance to the eldest grandma, and then let the red lady take her out, take her to the south of the Yangtze River, find a village to settle down, and if she has a daughter, let her If you give birth to a boy, let him revive my Wei family after the news has passed!"

The nanny nodded quickly, and supported Mrs. Wei worriedly, "Ma'am, don't worry, I'll find someone right away, so don't be in a hurry. Didn't the grandma say that Mrs. Pingyanghou is willing to help?"

Mrs. Wei smiled bitterly: "Even my mother's family and the historian Jia's family don't dare to touch their hands, let alone the Xia family, which is not related to us?"

The personal nurse said: "It's just that the Marquis of Pingyang saved the master not long ago?"

"It was on the battlefield. How can it be compared to now? And the master had already given Pingyang Hou a big favor after the incident, which was already considered clear. It feels too calculated to mention these things at this time."

The personal nurse had no choice but to stop talking.

There are too many people arrested recently, but Xia Yuntian remembered it immediately when Xiyan said it, and thought for a moment: "General Wei once served as the Jiangnan Jiedu envoy, and was demoted because of corruption. When he arrived in Lingnan as a general, Jiangnan was the chief official of the abolished prince at that time. Many people said that all the money that General Wei was greedy for was dedicated to the abolished prince. It happened to be in the capital again, although there is no direct evidence, based on the previous incidents, many people believe that he was involved. Even if he really didn't do anything, the emperor would be willing to kill him by mistake."

Xiyan doesn't care whether General Wei is dead or not, but Wei Ruolan's life or death is related to Xiangyun's fate.

"Isn't it too hasty to judge him as an accomplice just because of the previous involvement? If so, I'm afraid that the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty will have to pay a lot of money?" It was deeply ingrained, and none of those courtiers wanted to curry favor with him, some were very subtle, but some were very explicit.I don't know if there are any courtiers who regret placing their bets too early.

"Then what will happen to their family?"

Xia Yuntian was silent for a moment and said: "The lightest ones will also be exiled."

"Is it the whole family or?"

"The whole family."

Xiyan was silent for a while, and Xia Yuntian said: "Actually, the evidence of the Wei family is insufficient, but the emperor laid down millions of corpses in anger, and now the emperor is at the time to stand up..."

Xiyan knows, how many of the people whose homes have been ransacked are really involved?Most of them are because they blocked the way of the emperor, right?

In fact, few of those families were really wronged, and they all had one or two cases on their backs, but those women and children, those children were still innocent after all, and it was a little bit of an indiscriminate arrest. do not adapt.

In the end, Xia Yuntian told Xiyan that in fact, as long as the Wei family's affairs are handled well, it is still possible to sentence only men to exile, and women and children to be demoted to common people.If it is just exile, it is possible to return after performing meritorious service at the border.

In fact, this kind of ending is much better than those who were dragged to the vegetable market and clicked directly.

Thinking of Xiangyun and Wei Ruolan being separated for a long time in the future, Xiyan felt a little sad.

After the official verdict of the court came down, the Wei family knew that the Xia family was behind to help.

Mrs. Wei hurriedly brought Xiangyun over to thank her, and when they met again, Xiangyun's face looked much better, and there was light in his eyes.

Xiyan let go of the heart she was holding slightly.

Mrs. Wei handed a box to Xiyan, and said, "Now we have nothing to sell, I'm just being careful and I hope Madam doesn't mind."

Xiyan took it with both hands and handed it to Dongmei to put it away, and said with a smile: "What's the matter Madam said, Sister Yun and I grew up together, we love sisters, and I can only be happy with what the elders bestowed."

Mrs. Wei looked at Xiangyun lovingly, and said: "It is a blessing for our Wei family to marry a daughter-in-law like Xiangyun. In the future, our family Ruolan will definitely live up to her, or I will break his leg first."

Xiyan wondered, "What?"

Xiang Yun said: "We plan to sell the dowry and go to Hainan with my father-in-law and husband."

The place of exile of the Wei family is Hainan.

Although the imperial court ransacked the Wei family, but because the higher-ups gave the Wei family a light sentence, the people who ransacked the house were polite to them. Mrs. Wei was raided together this time because she had been married for many years, but Xiangyun was a bride, so Her dowry survived.

Although her dowry was not much, it was worth 2000 taels of silver. In addition, some of Mrs. Wei's private transfers were also worth about 5000 taels of silver.

This money is naturally a drop in the bucket for the Wei family in the past, but it is a rare fortune for the Wei family who are now exiled to Hainan.

Today's Hainan is not the tourist resort of later generations, it is now a barren land, except for the original residents, there are exiled criminals and garrisoned officers and soldiers.

What is left of the Wei family is a few women and children, and it is not certain whether they will be able to go to Hainan.

Mrs. Wang knew Xiyan's worry, so she explained: "It's not about leaving now. We plan to take a step first and go to the south of the Yangtze River to raise a baby. We will go after Xiangyun gives birth to the baby. By then they will be there. It's time for Bian to stand firm. My master contacted his former subordinates. They were kind and promised to ask for leave to escort us to Hainan. Fortunately, it is not too far to go directly to Hainan by boat from Jiangnan .”

Hearing this, Xiyan nodded in agreement and said, "Let me know when you arrive, and I'll see you off."

When Xia Yuntian came back in the evening, Xiyan hugged him and said: "A companion is like a tiger, if you can stay at home with idle work in the future, why not stay at home with idle work."

Like all men in their prime of life, Xia Yuntian also has ambitions, but these years have been suppressed, and now his desire to fight for power has weakened, and now he only thinks about his wife and children. Hearing what his wife said, he nodded quickly Said: "Don't worry, I will resign after I worry about the future, and I will only accompany you and the children to honor the mother."

Xi Yan smiled slightly.

Tanchun heard about the Wei family at the border, so he asked someone to send back 500 taels of earthenware, and sent a letter to Jia's house, which probably meant that he could help if he could, and everyone was in trouble. Sometimes, of course, the most important thing is to be able to restrain the children at home, study at home at home, and don't go out to cause trouble.Since the emperor treats the Wei family like this, it is hard to guarantee that he will not have opinions on the four kings and eight publics.

Of course, the letter should be more tactful, but that's it, Mrs. Wang who received the letter was still unhappy. After all, Tanchun is a married girl, so what's the point of pointing fingers at her natal family like this?

Mrs. Wang didn't take the letter to heart.

Tanchun didn't receive a reply, so he probably knew its fate, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.Coming here has broadened her horizons, and she has more thoughts. Although she is far away from the capital now, because of Zhang Shicheng's presence, they are still well-informed. She even has her husband at the side to remind her, so she can think further.

The emperor was suppressed too much by the Supreme Emperor and several princes before, but now there is no restraint from above, once it erupts, the power is not something they can bear.So Tanchun thought that at this time, he should be honest and honest.

Tanchun was still thinking about whether to write a letter to his father in private, but Zhang Shicheng quickly stopped her and said: "Your relationship with your mother-in-law is not good, so if you go over her and say these things to your father-in-law, I'm afraid the relationship will be even worse. Well, why not let nature take its course, and I will talk to my father-in-law when we go back to celebrate the New Year." Tanchun thinks about it, even if she writes back, with her father's personality, she will probably blame her for not caring about such things , but should focus on helping each other and teaching their children.