[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

Jia Yan rested at home for a day and watched Daiyu handle the housework. On the second day, she and Daiyu went to the Lin Mansion to meet her father-in-law and mother-in-law.It happened that Lin Hai was also waiting for him to come over, and planned to talk about the affairs of the Marquis of Donghai. Before Lin Hai became the censor of Xunyan, he had a lot of dealings with the Marquis of Donghai.

"Back then, my father was still a Marquis, and Huang Bo and I had known each other since we were young, but unfortunately we couldn't get along. At that time...the Huang family planned to marry a girl to me. However, His Majesty was in his prime at that time, and they didn't dare to mess with each other. Come." Lin Hai said with a smile: "Later, I inspected the place as a censor, and I was the one who wrote the secret letter reporting the flirtation between the Marquis of Donghai and the Jiangnan navy. Your Majesty decided to marry Princess Shouchang to Huang Bo, the son of Marquis of Donghai .”

Jia Yan nodded. It turns out that there is such a relationship here, which is really unexpected.He laughed and said: "Your Majesty thought that the princess would have a heart for the court, but... Anyway, this time the son of Donghai Marquis Huang He has already brought his wife to Beijing. Presumably, His Majesty will leave his grandson to serve as a filial piety at his knees."

Lin Hai nodded and looked out of the window: "Speaking of which, the princess did have a heart for the imperial court in the early years, even in Jinling, she still lived in her own princess mansion, but Situ Hong, the eldest brother, grew up with the eldest princess , brother and sister love each other deeply, but then there was the matter of the three common people. In addition, the couple finally had a child, and the relationship between the husband and wife improved. The princess naturally... got to the current situation, there is really no way, what can I do for it .”

Jia Yan followed suit and nodded, women may not care about their natal families and husbands, but very few people can completely abandon their children.Having a child means ties, not to mention that Princess Shouchang is alone in the south of the Yangtze River. After learning the news of her elder brother's death, who knows what she will think?

"However, father-in-law, why didn't His Majesty issue an order for the Marquis of Donghai to move his family to Beijing?" Jia Yan was always curious, but no one mentioned it in Jiangnan: "With the imperial decree, does the Marquis of Donghai dare to take risks?"

Lin Hai smiled, and looked at Daiyu, who had been listening to their chat, without saying a word: "What do you think of Yu'er?"

"I'm getting older, and I don't want to be too tired about some things. After all, Marquis of Donghai has been in business for many years." Daiyu said: "It's a clear proof that His Majesty asked the King of Chu to deal with them. It seems that His Majesty wants to rely on his son, but it's human nature."

Lin Hai nodded. His daughter was right. When he entered the palace, he also found that the emperor liked being with his concubine and daughter more and more, and occasionally talked about his beloved son Situ Kuo.The minutiae of government affairs are only handed over to the cabinet and the six officials, and then they, the emperor's close ministers, will be called into the Zichen Palace to argue.Everyone gets old, and after the emperor's [-]th birthday, he really gets old very quickly.

Jia Min and his husband and wife talked about this in private, and even sighed for Yuan Chun. This child has really been stuck in that shady place all his life, and he might not have the luck to be a concubine in the future.Alas, this has aroused Jia Min's love for his nieces even more, and even plans to end the rural examination next year to see if the new imperial examination candidates from Shuntianfu or Zhili are suitable.

"However," Daiyu continued, "In ancient times, Ming emperors could not escape old age, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. When they grow old, they will inevitably mismanage their governance..." She turned her beautiful eyes, and her father and husband nodded at the same time, and they both understood her. The unfinished meaning: Since the emperor is also old, there is no guarantee that he will not go crazy in the future, and he will also commit the common problems that old emperors will have.

If it really came to that point, and the position of King Chu's East Palace has not yet been determined, wouldn't it be...not to mention fetching water from a bamboo basket, the court will fall into turmoil again.Lin Hai pondered for a while and said: "However, this kind of thing should not urge the emperor, it is better to be as usual. Recently, His Majesty often said that he was old and sick, and seemed to have the intention to retire."

Jia Yan and Daiyu looked at each other thoughtfully, Lin Hai patted the table lightly: Let's go, Princess Changle feels a little uncomfortable when she comes in, your mother is visiting a doctor, and she won't be back until noon.

Sure enough, Jia Min didn't return home until lunch, and said that the princess's illness was nothing to worry about, and Jia Yan didn't know about it, and also said that she and Daiyu would write a post to Liang's brothers and sisters to express their affection.Both Lin Hai and Jia Min agreed, and the so-called family friends are all based on small things.The family had lunch together at noon, and Daiyu talked to her mother about her handling of housework, and Jia Min laughed straight when she heard it.

"It's because Yan'er loves you, and because there are few people in the family, it's easy to deal with." Jia Min smiled and said, "Everyone has selfishness, but now such a big event as visiting relatives is ahead, and every family with a daughter in the palace is busy buying it." Building another courtyard with wood, stones, flowers and birds, they dare to deceive you like this, such people will never be tolerated."

She said to her daughter: "You are doing the right thing. You must be decisive at this time. In the past, my mother was worried that you would be too gentle. When the real thing is in front of you, I am afraid that you will hesitate."

Daiyu leaned against her mother: "Mother, don't worry, I won't let myself lose ground and be in a mess. Besides, there is him, why don't you worry about it."

Jia Min smiled and hugged her daughter into her arms. The mother and daughter enjoyed themselves happily in the cold early winter, while the Weng and son-in-law were playing chess—to be precise, Jia Boheng was abused unilaterally.Originally, Lin Hai planned to keep his daughter and son-in-law to live at home, but he didn't want Jia Min to distract him and let them go on their own.

"What about Madam?" Lin Shangshu was very aggrieved, I plan to let them stay for a few days, what are you doing to stop me.

Jia Min had a look of helplessness, a man is not good at this, no matter how smart he is! "Master, why are you so confused?" She sighed with a smile, "Yan'er and Yu'er have been married for more than half a year. Ah Yan has been away on business for a few months. They are young couples, so it's for the sake of their children, right?" She What he said was cryptic, but Lin Hai still understood, um, what he said was true, but...

But as a father, thinking that his beloved little daughter has grown up in a blink of an eye, and is now married and will have children in the future, Lin Shangshu's mood is complicated again. Jia Min hasn't heard back for a long time, and looks up at Lin Hai's unpredictable face , laughed and said: "You are like this after your daughter is married. Who said that Ah Yan and our girls are perfect?"

Lin Hai sighed, thought for a while with a sullen face, and finally laughed along with his wife.

At this moment, Chaozhong's eyes are fixed on the King of Chu who just returned to Beijing, and Huang He, the prince of the East China Sea who returned to Beijing with him... The King of Chu cunningly escaped from the palace and hid back in the mansion, even letting Jia Yan, Shi Guangzhu There is no need to come to the palace to work.It doesn't feel good to be the center of attention, especially when that gaze is full of evaluation, measurement, and even malice.

Since Jia Yan doesn't have to work for the next half month, he will concentrate on staying at home with Daiyu. The couple are getting together at this moment and are planning to find another house in Beijing.This house was an expedient measure at the time. Even if they had no children for the time being, the increase in servants made the house a little cramped.

"Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming again, after the Chinese New Year, when we rest and take a bath, let's take a walk around these places and choose a suitable one." Jia Yan looked at the selected houses and said with a smile: "I always live in my house. It would be better to be spacious."

But Daiyu said: "In my opinion, it's important to be spacious and comfortable, but it's best to stay on these two streets. It's also convenient for you to go to the palace, and it's also convenient for us to go home. If the house is good, it's a bit out of the way...it's not worth a visit." Change."

This is also the truth, Jia Yan said that she would follow what her daughter-in-law said, and pick and choose carefully after the next year.Daiyu had already written a post to Liang You before, saying that she heard that the princess was ill, so she specially sent a post to say hello, and sent someone to send Jiangnan specialties to the elders and Liang You.Liang You also wrote back a long time ago, Jia Yan sat aside and listened to Daiyu's talk, and suddenly smiled and said: "Speaking of Miss Liang, her marriage to Ying Mian will take two years to complete."

"Why?" Daiyu calculated, "I remember that the younger brother of the Sun family is one year younger than me, which is not too young, but Ayou is the same age as me. Waiting for another two years may be..."

Of course Jia Yan understood what she meant, and he said, "Uncle Sun also wants his son to stand on his own feet. After all, Ying Mian is the second son. Although the girl of the Liang family is the county head, she is not comparable to the county head. We have to wait for Ying Mian to really have something to do." After earning a decent reputation, the next year will be the year of the imperial examination, and we will probably have to wait until the end of the provincial examination."

Daiyu nodded, which was what she should have meant, and she said: "That's all. By the way, this time the son of the Marquis of the East China Sea will stay here for a long time when he returns to Beijing, right?" Is there any movement on the other side of King Ning, Marquis of the City?"

"Isn't Dingcheng Hou stuffed with ice cubes in your mouth, and he is still very peaceful?" Jia Yan laughed loudly. He didn't know until he returned to Beijing. After the emperor reprimanded Dingcheng Hou and Concubine Shu that day, Han Changsheng That uncle and aunt has "died of life".Mrs. Dingcheng Hou heard that she is not in good health, and her granddaughter is cultivating herself.

Daiyu smiled and said: "It's not as exaggerated as you said, it's all about Qi Ye, His Majesty is very partial. However, I always thought that the concubine should be that kind, especially deep and have a city mansion. Concubine Shu is like that."

"Hey, she." Jia Yan gently rubbed Daiyu's fingers like cutting onion roots: "I have heard some anecdotes and some guesses: when Concubine Su was said to be a traitor, our Majesty Like the previous canonization of the eldest lady of Rongfu, the eldest daughter of Marquis of Dingcheng, who has not been promoted for many years, will be promoted to Concubine Shu."

Daiyu nodded meaningfully. It turns out that the emperor has been doing that for a long time, using concubines in the harem to attract attention.This is really... Hehe, of course, compared to the emperor's foundation for thousands of years, what are the women in the harem?Her face was a bit ugly, Jia Yan, the "No. [-] in observing the mood of a wife", quickly took her into his arms.

"Don't think too much," Jia Yan said, "at least His Majesty didn't bring in irrelevant women from outside the palace, didn't you? In this kind of thing, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. If you can ask Concubine Shu if she is happy with this Given the circumstances, she must be willing."

"...That's right, everyone has their own aspirations. Since Concubine Shu will listen to the mediation of Dingcheng Hou and let her children fight for it, she has already made up her mind." Daiyu leaned in Jia Yan's arms, "If someone It's not good to say that, then Concubine Shu will think that the other party is a fool, let's not talk about her, we just live our lives."

No matter what outsiders do.

This year is the most complete year since Situ Kuo opened the mansion. He is so happy that he asked Jia Yan and Shi Guangzhu to bring his family members to the palace on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. Also get acquainted with each other.

It was a good thing at first, but I didn’t expect that on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ruren Yu, the king of Chu, mobilized it. But at that time, because another Ruren was resting in bed, Daiyu was invited to be a guest in front of Yu Ruren. is on.