[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

After a whole day, Jia Yan was exhausted. Jia Min had already prepared the warehouse and the corresponding things and manpower for him, and now he collected the congratulatory gifts from his relatives and friends.Jia Yan just sat in the upper room and talked with his family, and while chatting, he talked about the gift that Shi Guangzhu sent today on behalf of King Situ Kuo of Chu.

Shi Guangzhu only said that the Chu Palace's housekeeping was poor, and that the Chu King had personally seen the congratulatory gift and hoped that Jia Yanhai would be sympathetic.

It's a simple sentence, but Jia Yan didn't understand it. What is poor housekeeping?The prince came out of the palace to open the mansion, and it was supposed to be married, Jia Yan said casually: "It seems that the king of Chu hasn't married yet."

Jia Min laughed and said, "You child, the King of Chu is indeed not married. There are only two children in his house."

Daiyu wanted to ask but felt embarrassed, Jia Yan looked at her tangled expression and asked for her: "Then... why is there no concubine?"

Jia Min didn't know either, she only told the two children, anyway, when the King of Chu left the palace to open the mansion, there were only two children.According to what the concubine said, she didn't find a suitable one, but some people believed that "the emperor really didn't have the heart of love".

Thinking of Situ Kuo, who is unassuming and heroic and has no airs, Jia Yan felt that it would be a pity if he lost the right to inherit because his mother was once called a "traitorous concubine".But regarding royal affairs, who knows what the emperor thinks.

After publishing the list, it was very busy for a few days, and then Xu Zhi posted a post inviting Jia Yan to the Liang Mansion, saying that the three brothers Liang Xuan, Liang Shi, Liang Ji and the Sun family brothers were all there, and they had a sneak peek to meet and celebrate.

As a result, when Jia Yan arrived at Liang's mansion, he was sent to Liang's son-in-law, and Liang Xu was also there.The two elder brothers looked at Jia Yan and laughed first, and were flustered by Jia Yan's smile. He said: "Liang Shibo, Shishu, junior...is there something wrong with this junior?"

"Hahahaha," Liang Lun said with a smile, "No, no. I came to you today to ask you something."

Jia Yan bowed: "Uncle Shi, please tell me."

"You are not young anymore," Liang Lun said, "Now that you have a family background, what do you think about lifelong events?"

Jia Yan was taken aback, feeling uneasy, he said cautiously: "I was raised by my uncle's family, so naturally I have to listen to my elders."

"That's wrong," Liang Lun said with a serious face: "You are already in charge of your own affairs. Even your uncle will ask you what you think. Boheng, I was entrusted by your uncle to ask you now. In a word, if Duke Hai intends to marry his daughter to you, how will you treat him?"

Such as Haigong?Jia Yan seldom heard this title, and because he came to this question so suddenly, and the speaker was also unexpected, he was stunned for a while before he realized, isn't Ru Haigong his uncle!Marry your daughter to... me? !

Jia Yan looked straight at Liang Lun, only to see Liang Lun and his elder brother Liang Xu winking, the two brothers laughed, and Liang Xu asked again: "Boheng! A man is a man, if you want to, you are willing, and if you don't want to, you are not willing."

"I am willing!" Jia Yan almost jumped up: "I am willing, if my sister gets married, I, I, I will obey her, no, I will obey the arrangement of the elders."

In the Lin Mansion, Jia Min was also holding her daughter to check the things for the Lantern Festival and the Winter Solstice. Winter is coming again, and Daiyu has grown a lot, and her winter clothes have to be cut again.

While teaching her daughter some housekeeping tricks, while looking at her lovingly, Jia Min suddenly said: "Yu'er, do you think your brother Ah Yan is okay?"

Daiyu didn't care at all, and said casually: "Okay. I don't talk about being a person. Sometimes I am very humorous and caring. Well, the most important thing is that I never think that girls should not study. Not only for me, Even for the younger sister of the Sun family, I always advise the elder brother of the Sun family to be patient with the younger sister."

Jia Min took her daughter's hand to the inner room and sent the maids out. She asked with a smile, "Well, if brother Yan stays at our house all the time, do you think it's okay?"

"Of course!" Daiyu said happily, "There is nothing better, but what are parents going to do? Could it be that the elder brother should be asked to inherit the heir? But the elder brother is also an only son." There have been precedents for this kind of thing. As long as the emperor approves it, it is no wonder that Daiyu thought of this first.

Jia Min couldn't laugh or cry: "Why did you think of that? Mother said..." Oh, let's be straightforward, "Mother said, let your brother Ah Yan and you... Would you like it?"

Many things can be understood, and now Daiyu understood what her mother meant, her face was flushed, and she covered her face with her hands: "Mother!"

Jia Min gently and firmly pulled down her daughter's hand, put her arms around Daiyu's shoulders and said, "Your brother Ah Yan is a good boy. Mother has met all the sons of the family, and there is no one better than your brother. Mother is not willing to do it for you. It’s a nice name, I’ll let you marry a noble family, I just hope that I, Yu’er, can live a comfortable life. Good girl, tell mother, are you willing?”

"I," Daiyu said in a voice like a mosquito, "my daughter is willing."

When Jia Yan returned to the banquet with his friends, his footsteps were floating, with an inexplicable smile on his face.In Sun Zhao's words, it is really full of spring.After speaking, he was hit on the head by his brother again, and the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, as if the awkwardness had passed.

Xu Zhi said: "Looking at Boheng's appearance, the marriage must be done!"

Jia Yan restrained again and again, but still couldn't restrain her smile: "Uncle promised me my cousin...I'm going to have a family!"

"Congratulations, Boheng!" "Congratulations, Brother Boheng!" Several young people surrounded him to congratulate him. Liang Ji was young, one year younger than Sun Zhao. Brother Heng congratulates!"

When he left Liang's mansion and went home, Jia Yan actually felt a little bit of nostalgia. He suddenly thought that if he wanted to marry Daiyu, he would not be able to live at home.Jia Yan rode a horse outside the gate and thought about this question, thinking about it for a stick of incense, until the butler Shen Zhong ran out and called him: "Master Yan? What's wrong with you?"

"Oh," Jia Yan dismounted, "I'm home now. I'm fine, I'm fine." He went to the room to greet him.Shen Zhong said, "Uncle Yan, please go to the study."

"..." Jia Yan slapped his head, he was really stupid, for such a big matter, his uncle must see him.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the study, Lin Hai said with a smile on his face: "I can't tell you directly about your marriage, after all, I need someone to be a great matchmaker. It just so happened that when your sister was married, Princess Changle was the guest of honor." , don’t bother the two masters, let your uncle Yizhi talk about it.”

Jia Yan flicked the corner of his robe, but was stopped by Lin Hai. Jia Yan said, "Uncle doesn't dislike it, and nephew is grateful. I just don't know. Is my sister willing?"

Lin Hai was relieved: "To hear such a question, it shows that you have a different heart than others, haha." He shook his head and smiled, "Go to the upper room to see your aunt."

It has always been the father-in-law who dislikes the son-in-law, and the mother-in-law who sees the son-in-law always sees half the son, and the more she looks at the son-in-law, the more she likes it.What's more, even Lin Hai didn't make things difficult for him, and Jia Min didn't make things difficult for him, he just said: "Your sister is still young after all, we want to keep her for another two years, and wait until after your palace exam to get engaged first, and then prepare for your marriage. "

Jia Yan had no opinion at all, he just rubbed the ground with his boots, and finally asked: "Auntie, do I need to move out?"

"Hey!" Jia Min was also stunned: "What are you going to do when you move out? Oh, you think too much, kid." She smiled and said, "Stay at home with peace of mind, and go to our village to greet the relatives before we get married. "

"Yes, my nephew understands." Jia Yan was relieved: "It's all up to you."

The family was naturally happy, and Sun Gaotong's wife, Mrs. Zhao, was worried when the Sun brothers returned home, because their husband and wife heard the news that Jia Yan and the girl from the Lin family were going to be engaged.

Mrs. Zhao said: "I heard from my brother and sister-in-law earlier that I have already prepared the congratulatory gift, but master, our Zhong'er is a year older than Yan'er! Now that Yan'er is engaged, it is the Lin family who wants to marry her." Staying with the girl for two years, that is, these two years, what will our Zhonger do?"

Sun Zhong has no advantage in marriage, he is now studying in the Imperial College, but his younger brother Sun Zhao is a scholar at the moment, and he is still younger.When people ask about the family situation, they naturally have opinions, "The elder brother is not particularly outstanding." The daughter of the family is going to marry to be the eldest daughter-in-law. If the husband is not capable, and there is a capable and outstanding uncle that the elders like...

What's more, the grandpa of the Sun family was only a small member of the Six Departments, while the ancestors of the Sun family only studied, and none of them made it to the top of their careers.

Sun Gao and Sun Jingling have been the highest-ranking members of the Sun family for several generations. The foundation of the Sun family is such, and although Sun Zhong is stable, he is not dull enough to be likable. Some people inevitably hesitate.

Mrs. Zhao also knew this situation, so she didn't easily talk to other people about choosing a daughter-in-law for the eldest son. Back then, even Daiyu, who was asking to marry the daughter of a senior brother from the same family, their husband and wife had planned for Sun Zhong to be admitted to Juren. Daughter—Liang You, the daughter of Princess Changle, how dare the Sun family bring it up.

Sun Gao also sighed: "Perhaps we, Zhong'er, want to establish a career first and then have a family? It's only three years." Speaking of this, he himself hesitated, and his son will be 23 in three years. No first marriage... "Forget it, let me take a look again. Zhong's daughter-in-law is the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of our Sun family. She is a wife and should not be ignored."

In the dead of night, Lin Hai also told Jia Min that the next generation of Liangmen students were getting married one after another, and now there was no news of the two younger brothers of the Sun family, nor the two sons and one daughter of the second wife of the Liang family, the princess.Jia Min laughed and said: Anyway, it's not their fault, everything will go well.Lin Hai just laughed when he heard the words.

Although it is said that the palace examination will not dethrone the Gongshi, but it must be grasped carefully. In recent years, the emperor likes high-spirited and powerful articles, so Lin Hai asked Jia Yan to go out for a walk.In the past four months, Jia Yan has only been studying, making friends, and even playing. He has also been in Beijing for three years, and he knows that there is such a thing as winter hunting.

Although for the sake of his palace examination, Jia Yan mostly just watched the excitement, but at the beginning of December, King Situ Kuo of Chu asked him out again, and went to the suburban Zhuangzi to play together, but on the way to the suburbs of Beijing, he met Another group.

Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, Jia Lian, Jia Rong, etc. were all there, and a group of guards surrounded the two men, who were talking and laughing. Situ Kuo reined in his horse and shouted from a distance: "Fourth brother and Ah Yan are very interested, are you coming out to play too?"

Jia Yan didn't recognize those two people, and when the King of Chu called "Fourth Brother", he turned sideways and asked in a low voice, "Brother Meng Gui, is that the King of Qi, Peng Zu?"

Shi Guangzhu nodded silently, looked at Jia Yan and reminded: "The one next to him is the eldest son of Prince Yizhong, the emperor's grandson Yan, who was named the king of Shunping County, and the king of Zhongshun after the examination. The one next to Jia Lian is Dongping County. Wang Muxun's younger brother, Mu Tong, the bearded man next to Brother Rong in Jia's Ningfu, is the grandson of Duke Zhiguo, General Weiyuan Ma Shang. The one next to him... Boheng probably knows him."

That is Shi Guanghu. Jia Yan, who immediately understood the situation, tightened his hood a little bit. Interestingly, this is why the four kings and eight princes gathered around the team with the princes and grandchildren as the core. Jia Yan laughed softly and said: " King Qi and the eldest grandson of the emperor have a good relationship."

Shi Guangzhu could hear some sarcasm from it, he looked at Jia Yan a few times, then lowered his head and smiled.Both of them hid in the team, only listening to King Chu greeting Qi King and King Zhongshun surrounded by guards.

Situ Pengzu, the King of Qi, opened his mouth like his eldest brother, "It's cold and the road is slippery. I took Ayan to hunt together for my brother, and met a few young masters on the road. If the seventh brother wants to go hunting, he must pay attention to safety and don't use his hands." The royal father and the noble concubine are worried. If it is inconvenient, remember to return to the city earlier, and don't be willful."

Situ Kuo smiled and said yes, but Situ Yan over there just greeted "Seventh Uncle" at the beginning, and then stopped talking.Jia Yan took a sneak peek. Situ Yan and Situ Kuo's uncle and nephew seemed to be about the same age. The elder nephew and the younger uncle.

The two teams walked to each side, and the three of them didn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant.Jia Yan remembered what Lin Hai had told him about the three concubines and the current court situation.After a while, Shi Guangzhu said: "King Zhongshun and King Qi are getting closer."

Jia Yan only thought that he had grown ears. This question seemed to arouse Situ Kuo's interest in the conversation. The King of Chu ordered Jia Yan and Shi Guangzhu to walk side by side with him, saying: "A few years ago, the fourth brother wrote a letter saying that the children of the three concubines should be Ah Yan should be very grateful to the fourth brother for letting him come out to reproduce." After speaking, he looked at Jia Yan.

"Yan," Jia Yan intentionally picked a safe topic, "His Majesty should be very happy when he was born. It is a sign of continuous and prosperous heirs."

"Oh," Situ Kuo snorted softly, "Yes, but does Boheng know what his character is? After he was made a knight, his father personally took it for him."

Seeing Jia Yan shaking his head, Situ Kuo smiled and said, "Words should be careful, Situ should be careful, words and deeds should be cautious."

When they arrived at Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, Situ Kuo excused himself that he was tired, and asked Jia Yan and Shi Guangzhu to go and disperse.Jia Yan saw King Chu's depression and loss in his eyes, but he didn't want to express anything. First, it's not easy for outsiders to talk about such things lightly. Second, he just had a relationship with Situ Kuo, and he didn't plan to jump on his ship. boat, tied together.

He is already engaged, and now he not only thinks about his own fame and career, but also thinks about whether it will affect his fiancée and father-in-law.

Jia Yan rode leisurely on the horse, looking at the forest scene after the snow, Shi Guangzhu was by his side, introducing him to the various environments and hunting places of the village.Seeing Jia Yan looking at the scenery wholeheartedly, regardless of King Chu's mood, Shi Guangzhu clenched his back molars tightly, opened and closed his mouth several times, but finally couldn't hold back.

"What does Boheng think of King Qi?"

Jia Yan looked surprised: "Prince and prince, how can we judge?" He waved his hands again and again, expressing that he is only a scholar, and he must not commit such a crime.Shi Guangzhu was speechless, Shi Guangzhu had no choice but to say: "Boheng listen to me tell a story, how about we talk about it?"

He talked about a poor little boy who grew up with his aunt and grandmother. When he was ten years old, he knew that he had a family and a grandfather, but his grandfather wished that he would die sooner.Shi Guangzhu said, that boy joined the army as a young man, but after he gained military exploits, he found that his grandfather not only didn't like him, but wished he could be eradicated even more.

At that time, only the king of Chu, whom he had known since childhood, stood up for him, defended him, and finally gave him a good place to go. "That kind of unknown person can also win the favor of the King of Chu, which shows that the King of Chu has a kind heart. Doesn't Boheng hope to meet such a person?"

Jia Yan laughed, and the laughter became louder and louder: "I think whether it is the King of Chu or you, it is interesting enough." Force yourself to be tactful and tactful, to recruit talents for the master.

"I...I'm not very good at talking," Shi Guangzhu said with a self-conscious smile: "My great-aunt took care of me and favored me, but she didn't dare to let me go out in the environment in central Beijing. The servants at my aunt’s place are all cautious, and I only learned how to speak when I was three years old. Later, I joined the army, and there were many rough people in the army. When I returned to Beijing, I often couldn’t adapt to it, and because of this, I was almost beaten by Duke Shan. board……"

"..." Jia Yan thought of Shi Guangzhu's life experience, seeing this usually cold-faced young man in a dilemma, Jia Yan couldn't bear it, "Don't beat around the bush, it's just you and me here, what on earth are you trying to say?" Just say it."

Shi Guangzhu clasped his fists: "I heard that Boheng said that the king of Qi is very popular, and his tone was quite sarcastic. If I didn't hear you wrong, please ask Boheng to explain clearly."

"Why can he get so close to the young master?" Jia Yan said with a smile: "Forgive the eldest grandson of the emperor. I guess Brother Menggui knows better than me the temperament of those young masters. They are a group of people who can't afford it."

Shi Guangzhu really understood, and then he looked even more worried. An eight-foot-tall man made a sad expression, and Jia Yan couldn't help but want to laugh: "You don't have to be like this, what are you worried about? I know, brother Meng Gui, no matter what wishes that person made or how many people he recruited, what do you think His Majesty thinks?"

"However, there are some scribes coming and going in the palace of the King of Yan, who is yelling to become a monk." Shi Guangzhu smiled wryly: "To tell you the truth, even my cousin Shi Guanghu's younger brother, Guanglin, went to Yan after the test. There is a banquet at the palace. Only in our Chu Palace, the princess is not a proper princess, and the long history is not suitable for a long history, and I am the only official who can tell the history..."

In this situation, Jia Yan clicked his tongue. Even though the emperor was afraid of material criticism and said that he had established a prince because of his love, in comparison, he was really treated harshly.