[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

The boat was sailing on the canal, and the surface of the river was shimmering like gold powder, but Jia Yan sat on the boat and sighed: "You dare to follow me."

Liang Ji laughed: "Brother Boheng, don't worry, I won't cause trouble." Jia Yan sighed again, he was really not at ease.

Jinshi's holidays, like Jia Yan's, are to go home to worship and comfort their ancestors.Give him a month off, let him go back to Jinling, Jia Yan bids farewell to his elders and friends, and takes Changsheng, A Yuan and his servants to rent a boat to the south, but he doesn't want Liang Ji, the second son of Princess Changle, to follow the boat before leaving!

The boy said that he had never left the capital since he was so old, and wanted to go for a walk to the south, but his parents had already agreed.Jia Yan didn't believe it at first, but seeing the two boats behind him and many more guards, Jia Yan had no choice but to admit it.Jia Yan didn't need to rent a boat to drag the blessing of the second son of Liang, he took Liang Ji's boat himself.

The 14-year-old Liang Ji looks very frail, but if Jia Yan had to say who is the smartest of the three sons of the Liang family during this period of contact, it must be Liang Ji.The cleverness of this young man is not the cleverness of reading and writing, but the cleverness of knowing the world.

For example, now, Liang Ji said with a smile: "Brother Boheng really don't have to worry, I just came out to be tired of those things at home, hehe, you don't know?" He whispered: "My family is going to discuss marriage with the Sun family."

"?" Jia Yan stared: "Your family and the Sun family? Ying Xiang already has a marriage contract with Princess Xianyang, could it be... the younger sister of the Sun family?" He never imagined that it was...

"What, it's my sister and Sun Zhao." Liang Ji curled his lips: "I probably met during the Chinese New Year. My parents also said that the Sun family is very good, and it's good to be a sister-in-law with Xianyang. This is my brother. Will believe."

Thinking about it, they are about the same age, and it is estimated that the marriage will come one after another in the past two years, which is quite lively.Liang Ji said again: "Actually, what my father meant was to marry my sister to the King of Chu on purpose, which is a pity now." Jia Yan looked over in shock, Liang Ji smiled, and the two reached a tacit understanding so far.

Jia Yan's trip back to his hometown to worship his ancestors went very smoothly, perhaps because the princess accompanied him all the way, or maybe Jinling received a letter from the Rongfu, and they were polite to each other, which was fine.Jia Yan also invited his parents' tablet and shipped it to the capital, so that after he married Daiyu, he would not have to go back to Jinling.

Jia Yan returned to the capital before the Dragon Boat Festival, and Daiyu had already returned home from Rong Mansion. Although she was already engaged, Beijing was no different than other places.They grew up together since they were young, and Jia Yan can still see Daiyu and say a few words.For example, now that the two of them were sitting in the garden, Jia Yan brought her back sesame nougat, a specialty of Yangzhou.

They drank tea and ate sweets together, and talked about Baoyu.Jia Yan said: "My sister met Baoyu in Rongfu. How is he?"

"Second cousin actually started studying," Daiyu sighed, "The old lady also said that she would like to thank you. How many times has Uncle Su said that he refuses to go to school. Now, maybe I have realized it, although it is not Everyone will uphold the original heart and never forget the original heart, but there are always some people who stick to it. Haha, but even if he went to study, he didn’t forget his sisters and sisters, worrying about everywhere.”

The candy in Jia Yan's hand was tightly squeezed in Jia Yan's hand, and Jia Boheng said casually, "Brother Bao has always liked girls."

"That's right," Daiyu said with a smile, "Second Cousin is a good elder brother, and besides, he is busy with nothing, and spends his days around his sisters and sisters."

"Oh." Jia Yan responded, and then asked: "Then, you...do you think he's not bad?"

Daiyu was taken aback for a moment, then looked Jia Yan over carefully and confirmed what he meant.Immediately, with a slightly angry face, she threw the brown sugar on Jia Yan's clothes, turned around and left.Jia Yan immediately jumped up: "Sister, sister, it's all my fault, I owe you, I was wrong, good sister, don't be angry!"

First, the servants were not allowed to inform the elders, and Jia Yan’s apologetic apology calmed the crying Daiyu. Jia Boheng almost knelt down to his aunt: "It’s all my fault! Really, I’m just... I’m afraid you really don’t Like me, in fact, I am not very playful, and I am not a particularly elegant type of person. When it comes to Baoyu, I always feel that I don’t care about girls without him.”

"How many men in this world will think about whether their fiancée likes it or not? That's your benefit." Daiyu broke through her tears and smiled: "You are the only one who can make trouble, thinking about things, thinking about those who are not. of."

This time there is no need for Jia Yan to apologize, Daiyu said by herself: "When I first saw my second cousin, I always felt a little sad, but later I just thought he was a good brother. If you ask me if I have other feelings, other thoughts, No."

"I know," Jia Yan wished he could slap himself, "I, I," he moved his Adam's apple a few times, "Yu'er, I will treat you well, trust me."

"I believe it, if I don't believe it, I won't throw candy on you." Daiyu smiled and took out a fan cover: "I planned to give it to you, but I almost forgot, now you also wear a fan cover when you go out, just put it on." .”

Jia Yan with a smirk on his face quickly put on the fan cover. He looked carefully, and there was a sentence on the inside of the fan cover, "Daixuan's eyebrows are Yan Yan, who receives beauty and hair color." In the sentence with the names of the two in between, Jia Yan looked at Daiyu's smile and felt warm in his heart.

When Jia Min heard from the servants that Uncle Yan and the eldest girl looked at each other and smiled, she also smiled, and felt relieved.Parents are like this, no matter how relieved they are, they are afraid that their children will not do well.I always hope that they will be safe and sound.

Today, Jia Yan still goes to the Hanlin Academy in the morning and the Chu Palace in the afternoon.The number one scholar in his subject was sent by the emperor to the Imperial Academy to participate in the drafting of the imperial edict because of his excellent writing of four or six parallel essays; the second place in the list was really good in academics, and he was a student of Lu Taiqing, Minister of Rites, so he was directly taken away by Lu Shangshu to participate in the compilation "Wu Huidian".

The concubines are naturally full-time observers of the Imperial Academy, but because Jia Yan was given a real job by the emperor, he stayed in the palace for a longer time, and occasionally lived in the Chu palace.During the ten-day rest, he didn't go home at all, he still sneaked into the Lin Mansion to eat and drink, and was responsible for delivering all kinds of "idle books and stories" to Daiyu, and also gave her all kinds of interesting things about the Imperial Academy.

But one of the things, Jia Yan didn't say anything, his fellow subject—the No.It was someone else who told Jia Yan that Chen Yan said that he had become a door-to-door son-in-law, "It's good to have a good uncle and father-in-law." The implication is that Jia Yan's favor with His Majesty is due to his birth.

Jia Yan wasn't angry. Well, what he said was actually not very wrong.Jia Yan is very self-aware. With his talent, it is the limit to be admitted to Juren. Now that he has spared a Tanhua, it has something to do with the emperor's "seeking perfection" mentality and the elders helping him plan the bets.Otherwise, are there more than a hundred Jinshi, are they really not as good as first-class and second-class Jinshi?

If you really become an official, maybe you can do better with Jinshi, just like Shi Guanglin.The third master of the Shi family was admitted to the same Jinshi examination, but when he was taking the examination of Shujishi, he insisted on comparing many second-class scholars. Now he is also watching politics in the Imperial Academy, and his popularity is very good.However, if you want Jia Yan to say that too much is too much, this Third Master Shi's reputation and popularity are too good.

He said this to Shi Guangzhu, but Shi Guangzhu just smiled: "The reputation of Shanguo Duke's Mansion in Beijing has only eased over the past few years, but Shi Guanglin usually doesn't associate with the sons of family friends, and always gets closer to scholars. It was all planned for him by the old man, I don’t know what kind of treasure Shan Guo Gong and the old man want to bet on.” Anyway, Shi Guanglin is doing quite well at present, and he and Jia Yan have spoken a few words.

Ever since the emperor asked Yushi Zhongcheng to inspect the principal's history, he has frequently favored the king of Chu, and the capital looked sideways for a while.Of course Situ Kuo was happy, but he was also quite uneasy because his brothers were already eyeing him.However, within a month, King Yan, King Qi, and even the sixth brother, King Jin, invited him to drink and eat. There were a lot of teasing, beating, and even sarcasm in the conversation.

"What exactly does father want to do?" Situ Kuo sighed, Shi Guangzhu was worried, and only Jia Yan poured tea for the two with a smile.Regarding this matter, Liang Ji once euphemistically conveyed his father Liang Lun's opinion, and Jia Yan also asked Lin Hai, and the two of them gave basically the same answer: the emperor started to stir up trouble.The king of Chu has a great chance, and now it can be seen that the emperor does not hate the king of Chu...

Jia Yan smiled and said: "Your Highness is a fan of the authorities." He handed over the teacup and asked Situ Kuo and Shi Guangzhu to sit down, "Now I can see that His Majesty has high hopes for His Highness, but His Highness has a weakness, and it will not be good in the short term. Eliminate this weakness."

Situ Kuo pondered for a while: "Because of my mother's past?"

"Ah, no, no, no." Jia Yan said with a smile: "The words of those scholars are not reliable. His Highness's shortcoming is His Highness's age. You are too young. The kings are very strict in supervision, but after all, King Yan and King Qi are older than you, and they have held ceremonies on behalf of the emperor for many years."

Shi Guangzhu nodded: "That's right, outsiders really only know about King Yan and King Qi, and at most the Sixth Prince's adoption, and those below are all called Little Princes."

"Exactly, so, Your Majesty is making a move now. Give Your Highness a generous gift, and make you the target of the government and the public's attention. Then, if His Majesty is really interested in you, there will be a follow-up." Jia Yan said this a bit embarrassingly, not here Go on.

Situ Kuo didn't shy away from it: "If Father has no intention of appointing me as the heir, at least he won't do anything in the near future to allow me to be suspected. But even so, he has already muddied the water. Fishing in troubled waters is still beneficial to me."

Jia Yan smiled, talking to smart people is peace of mind.

The brisk footsteps of the eunuch Gao Ting next to Situ Kuo came, and he knelt outside the door to report: I report to the Seventh Lord, Your Majesty decreed that the granddaughter of Duke Rong Jia Daishan and the eldest daughter of Jia Zheng, a member of the Ministry of Industry, be promoted to Fengzao Palace. Shangshu, plus the concubine Xiande!

Shi Guangzhu stood up abruptly, with a look of disbelief, opened the curtain and asked, "Xiao Gao, what you said is true!"

Gao Ting said with a smile: "How dare I speak nonsense about such a big matter."

Situ Kuo sat on the small stool for a long time before saying: "Boheng is really my...well, it seems preposterous to say these things, I will never forget Boheng's great talent!"

Jia Yan accepted the thanks without hesitation, and he struck while the iron was hot and said, "No, this is not your talent, it is your Majesty's love for your son. The King of Chu must pay attention to it, and don't disappoint His Majesty's heart."

Situ Kuo obviously understood this truth: "I will naturally be a good son."