There is no phoenix

November [-]th is destined to be an unusual day, especially in Jia's Mansion, the Duke's Mansion that has prospered for nearly a hundred years.

Shui Rong returned to the Beijing Palace from Dongcheng, but saw that Shui Ruoning was about to leave the mansion with Uncle Yun, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Father, why are you going out at this time?"

Shui Ruoning pulled Shui Rong aside and said: "The emperor was furious about Ma Shang's incident today. Someone reported the case of Jia Zhen gathering people in the Ningguo Mansion to gamble. They will calm down a bit tonight, but it is not hopeless, if it is still the same as before, even a genius doctor will be hard to save."

Shui Rong nodded and said, "It's time to teach them a lesson, but the Rongguo Mansion won't move yet, right?"

Shui Ruoning nodded and said: "Concubine Xiande is about to give birth, probably not yet. Rong'er, now that Yu'er is pregnant, don't let her know about it."

Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, I know. Father, be careful, do you want me to pick you up at night?"

Shui Ruoning said: "No, I will go back with Uncle Yun, it will probably be late, now go to the palace to have dinner with your father."

Looking at Shui Ruoning's disappearing figure, Shui Rong hurriedly turned around and returned to the Green Bamboo Garden.

At this time, Daiyu from the Green Bamboo Garden was standing at the courtyard gate looking out, seeing Shui Rong came back, she hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brother Rong, it's cold now, come in quickly!"

Shui Rong took Daiyu's hand and smiled, "Dai'er, you said it was cold, why are you still standing outside? Don't freeze our child to death!"

Can't stop Daiyu from talking, Shui Rong has already carried Daiyu into the house, Zijuan hastily poured tea for the two of them, and retreated.

Shui Rong put Daiyu beside the bed, kissed Daiyu, then took off his cloak, and said with a smile: "Dai'er, I just went to Xianglian's place, Xianglian said that her aunt had a cold, so she will send you off in a few days The fourth younger sister came to see you."

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he sat beside Daiyu and said, "Dai'er, you should spend good time with our son, Xianglian and your fourth younger sister are still newly married."

Daiyu smiled and said: "Forget it, now I understand how Sister Miaoyu complained about Feng Ziying when she had a child. Don't worry, Brother Rong. From tomorrow onwards, I will wait for you in the house and don't think about anything else. Go find Sister Miaoyu and Fourth Sister."

Shui Rong hugged Daiyu with a smile and said: "Dai'er, that's right. You don't know that the son of Huangjie Miaoyu has exactly the same eyes as Huangjie Miaoyu. He was only a few days old, and his eyes are staring at people."

Daiyu laughed and said, "He's looking to see if your uncle is a bad guy?"

Shui Rong stroked Daiyu's abdomen, and said with a smile: "Dai'er, please accompany our son well. Mr. Zhang said that our child will be born on a hot day next year. After the child is born, we will invite Liu Xianglian and your fourth sister. And Feng Ziying and Sister Miaoyu, come to our Biyu Garden to rest for a few days, and I will go to the lake to catch fish and cook it for you."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Brother Rong, you are addicted to fishing. By the way, the concubine mother said that the father and the king will not have dinner at the mansion tonight, so she asked the cook to prepare a few more dishes for us to eat together. Auntie and Shui Xi also ate together."

Shui Rong remembered Shui Ruoning's words just now, and hurriedly said: "I haven't seen Shui Xi for a few days, he asked me to play a few games of chess with him a few days ago, but I haven't been free, why don't we go and have a look together now. "

Daiyu nodded and said, "Okay, let's go now."

In the Ruyi Garden of the Imperial Palace, Li Rubing is dancing his sword, and Shui Ruoyang is sitting under the eaves, looking at Li Rubing with a smile.Seeing that Li Rubing is proficient in swordsmanship, with a graceful figure, and his dancing figure has a supernatural charm, Shui Ruoyang nodded in praise from time to time.

After a while, Li Rubing put away his sword, came to Shui Ruoyang and said, "Your Majesty, Bing'er hasn't held a sword for several years, and she's unfamiliar with it. The Emperor laughed at her."

Shui Ruoyang smiled and said: "Bing'er, is this sword easy to use? If you don't like it, I will ask someone to choose another one for you."

After Shui Ruoyang finished speaking, he took the cloak and put it on Li Rubing himself, and said with a smile: "I never thought that Binger, you still have such good swordsmanship. If you are free some other day, you can teach Yiyi. She often says that the palace is boring. She made a fuss about going out of the palace to see her Sister Miao and her brothers. If she knew that there was a woman as outstanding as you, she would have come to you long ago."

Li Rubing blushed and said: "The emperor always speaks well of me, I don't understand the rules of the palace, if others know, they won't laugh at me."

Shui Ruoyang took Li Rubing's hand into the room, and said with a smile: "The women in the palace, Yingying and Yanyan are dazzled and vulgar, but you are different from them."

Shui Ruoyang saw that the table was full of pens and inks, and there was a stack of papers that had already been written on, so he quickly picked it up and saw that the copy was "Zhuangzi", and asked quickly, "Why do you like this too?"

Li Rubing said: "Your Majesty, I think the essay in "Zhuangzi" is really good, I like it very much, so I copied it a few more times if I have nothing to do."

Shui Ruyang said: "What else did you copy? You wrote so many papers?"

Li Rubing said: "Your Majesty, I am still copying several medical books, one is Sun Simiao's "Qian Jin Fang", and the other is Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" in the Eastern Han Dynasty."

Shui Ruoyang nodded in praise and said, "No wonder people say you understand medical theory, you often read these medical books, right?"

Li Rubing said: "I used to read it a lot, but after I entered the palace, I didn't have any books, I just thought about it."

Shui Ruoyang said: "As I said, you can just read the books in the study in front. If you don't have any books there, you can tell Dai Quan to go to the imperial study to find them for you."

Li Rubing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are too used to Binger, but Binger knows the rules in the palace, these books are enough for me to read."

Shui Ruoyang was about to speak when Dai Quan came in and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Beijing is here."

Shui Ruoyang glanced at Li Rubing, patted Li Rubing's shoulder and said, "You have a good rest, I have something to do tonight, and I have to go to the East Palace with King Beijing, maybe you will come back later, you should rest first."

After Shui Ruoyang finished speaking, he turned around and wanted to go out, Li Rubing hurriedly took Shui Ruoyang's cloak, helped Shui Ruoyang put it on, and said with concern: "Be careful, Your Majesty, it's cold now."

Shui Ruoyang nodded and said, "Have a good rest, don't wait for me."

In Ningguo Mansion, it was very lively tonight because it was Jia Zhen's concubine Peifeng's birthday, but last night Jia Zhen was lucky and won more than 3000 silver, so she rewarded Peifeng with 200 taels of silver for a day's banquet.In the evening, I invited some children from the aristocratic family who gambled together last night to drink.

Because several of the people who came tonight were the losers of last night, Jia Zhen was asked to prepare dinner earlier so that they could start the game earlier and make a comeback.There were also a few descendants of aristocratic families who could not stand the long winter nights, and they also came to Ningguo Mansion early when they heard that Jia Zhen was the host.

Dinner started at You hour, and there were three tables full.Jia Zhen was originally a bold person, besides, she was really lucky during this period of time, she wished more people would come to join her, to show her wealth.He also asked people to go to Jinxiang Pavilion to invite some fans to come over to accompany him, and everyone was so happy that they lost money and were also elated.

However, within an hour, some people had already gathered at the table to gamble.Jia Zhen asked people to tidy up, and at the same time asked people to light a charcoal fire, and said to everyone with a smile: "Now I am in Xianglou, where I have a lot of wine, sex and wealth, it depends on which one you want to enjoy."

After Jia Zhen finished speaking, she saw that Madam Xing's brother Xing Dequan was only drinking with a pink head for fun, and said with a smile: "Uncle, why are you so duty-bound today? Don't you have capital?"

After hearing this, Xing Dequan bit the powder and said angrily: "Uncle Zhen, I didn't mean my old sister. Back then, all the furniture in our family was given to her as a dowry and sent to that mansion. Now My wife and I defected to her. Except for food, she didn’t even give me any pocket money. I asked her to give me ten taels of silver yesterday, but she not only refused, but also said that I had a hard time, and I was angry when I thought about it .”

Jia Zhen laughed and said: "Uncle, don't be angry, money is nothing but external things. Women's families are different from us men, and money is regarded as life. If you want to serve, how much money do you want, I can lend you first! "

A person next to him said: "The big house in the Rongguo Mansion is hereditary, and you can grab as much money as you want. How much money can uncle use, but he doesn't even give ten taels? Come on, let's have a table, come tonight to try your luck, and get some money." It costs a few taels of silver."

Xing Dequan then said to Jia Zhen: "Master Zhen, lend me 50 taels first, let's try our luck today, I can't afford the hundreds and thousands of you, so I will play the small ones and see if I can get a lot of money."

Jia Zhen heard this, and immediately asked someone to write an IOU, and gave Xing Dequan 50 taels of silver.

But after a while, Xing Dequan's 50 taels were gone.Thinking of Mrs. Xing's meanness, Xing Dequan didn't dare to borrow any more, so he had to leave in dejection.

Xing Dequan left the Ningguo Mansion, and only took a few steps, when he saw the two teams in front galloping towards them, they hurriedly retreated to one side.

Xing Dequan saw that the people who came were leading the tall horses, they were not small, riding in the hazy moonlight, and looked at the back of the group of horseback riders, there were so many people in boots and hats behind them, Xing Dequan took a deep breath , his legs were trembling with fright, and he almost fell down.

Because these people turned out to be the Royal Guards, there were at least a few hundred people!