[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Baoyu was a little dazed, and asked back, "What good thing?"

The Minister of the Ministry of War was very enthusiastic. He took Baoyu to his carriage and said, "Come on, I invite you to dinner, let's have a good chat."

When we arrived at the restaurant, the exquisite food was set out, and the elegant Hua Niang sat down, playing the zither elegantly.Baoyu was immediately attracted.

Listening to the little song and drinking the wine, Baoyu was immersed in it, very focused.The Minister of Military Affairs glanced at him with a sense of accomplishment.

He had found out Baoyu's preferences a long time ago, so is he afraid that the talk will not work out now?

But the conversation that followed completely overturned his assumptions.

"The eldest prince will soon be crowned prince. If your daughter can marry the eldest prince as a side concubine, that is an impossible marriage. Why are you still hesitating? The marriage of children, the order of parents and the words of the matchmaker, you are a family." Lord, you can make the decision? Why do you want to go home and ask Madam?"

Baoyu looked innocent, but shook his head: "This kind of important marriage, I still have to discuss it with my wife and daughter."

Minister of the Ministry of War was even more shocked: "What? You still want to ask what your daughter means?"

Baoyu took it for granted: "Yes, always ask her if she likes it."

Minister of the Ministry of War was dumbfounded: "How old is your daughter? Can you understand what marriage is? You are her father, how can you harm her gift?"

But Baoyu said: "What does this have to do with whether or not to harm her? The most important thing for a woman to marry is to be happy in her heart. Although my daughter is still young, she is also articulate and understands what she likes and what she hates. If she doesn't like it, Of course I can't force her."

It was the first time that the Minister of War had heard such a bizarre remark.Throughout the past and present, across the capital, there are some fathers who feel sorry for their daughters. At most, they say it on the surface and think about it, and then secretly ask what kind of things their daughter likes.But most of those daughters are already in their teens, and they are very literate.

But Baoyu's daughter, a hairy girl who was only a few years old, actually said that he wanted to go home and ask her what she meant... The Minister of the Ministry of War was so angry that his liver hurt, and he wanted to split the opponent's head and pour the water out of it. Pour them all out clean.

After struggling for a long time, Baoyu refused.

He also saw that something was wrong.Thinking of Bao Cong's explanation, Bao Yu hurriedly moved his buttocks, and said goodbye to the Minister of the Ministry of War: "Today have more banquets, and I will be the host another day, so please have a good meal. It's getting late today, and there are important things at home. The officer will take his leave first."

Regardless of whether the Minister of the Ministry of War was too angry to speak, he quickly smeared the soles of his feet.

Walked out of the tavern, went straight to the house, sat down, and then talked about it with Baochai, Baoyu broke out in a cold sweat, and asked Baochai: "Our family is not high now, why did the queen suddenly think of asking our daughter to be a sidekick?" concubine?"

Baochai replied thoughtfully: "There is something you didn't know before. Daiyu mentioned to me that the empress wanted to make Yingchun's daughter the eldest prince's main concubine. Now she says to make our daughter a side concubine. Maybe it's just a foreshadowing, they still think about the Feng family's daughter."

Baoyu thought for a while, and said strangely: "The Feng family has nothing to do with us, we should go to Feng Tang. Besides, the child is so young..." Baoyu paused, and continued: "Everyone knows that The child is not in good health, why would he think about it?"

He was talking about the superficial and well-known feelings—that Xuan'er who was not in good health.

Baochai smiled: "Who knows what they have in mind? Our daughter is still young, so you just don't answer." What she didn't say was that the queen might be thinking that the child was not in good health, so she said that she would be her daughter. Where is the concubine?

The eldest prince will soon be crowned prince, and if all goes well, his concubine will be the mother of a country in the future.The Empress's natal girl, the girl from the Minister of War's family... how many girls from families are waiting for this position, why do they only fall in love with Xuan'er?

It's not because she is young and in poor health, but her identity is related to several parties.Even if she is appointed as the crown princess, it is uncertain whether the child will grow up to the day of marriage.

Empty promises, but more benefits.The queen is shrewd, and the Feng family is not stupid.Feng Tang didn't agree to this matter, maybe it was because of this.

Baochai thought to herself that the position of the crown princess might eventually fall to the queen's natal girl.After all, the eldest prince is not the empress's own. For the sake of her natal family, the empress must fight for the position of the crown princess.But there are also girls of the right age in the Minister of the Ministry of War, so would he be willing to take this position?

The Queen and the Minister of the Ministry of War are now monolithic, what about the future?If Na Xuan'er temporarily occupies this position, they won't have to argue about it for many years.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Baochai turned to look at Baoyu. He was hugging his daughter and teaching her to recognize cakes.She looked a little happy for a moment.

Forget it, forget it, why do you want to go to this muddy water if you are not a concubine?In the blink of an eye, Baochai cut off the bud that had just sprouted in her heart.

=== 888 ===

Bao Cong was about to be released, Emperor Zhao was very angry!

That night, he went to Qiaoyan's residence again, and he was so bored, as if he had just come out of the ashes of the fire.

His face was blue and gray, his body was slim, his eyes were deeply sunken, but his eyes were exceptionally shrewd in the night, as if he had put all his energy into staring at people.

Qiaoyan still bowed her head obediently, kneeling, and even Zhaodi's intensified tossing didn't make her face change.

But in her heart, something was wrong.While pinching her shoulders and beating her legs, she secretly felt the pulse of Emperor Zhao.The pulse is almost nothing, and there are occasional violent beatings, but it is not normal.

Looking closely at Emperor Zhao's expression and temperament, Qiaoyan felt that Emperor Zhao was already terminally ill and would die soon.If there is any more stimulation at this time, I am afraid that I will immediately fall to the ground and vomit blood and die.

Qiaoyan saw it right, as early as the day when the incident between Concubine Chen and King Zhongshun happened, Emperor Zhao vomited blood that night, but he took the elixir to suppress it, and secretly summoned the imperial physician to suppress it, and issued a death order to hide the news , so others cannot know.

But Qiaoyan is well versed in medicine, so how can she be easily concealed?

Emperor Kuang Zhao stayed with her for a long time, repeatedly tossing, irritable and irritable, and did not hide his emotional and physical conditions at all... Now the Jia family is safe and smooth, and she has had enough of the life in the palace. Her kindness is almost done, she should think about what she will do in the future...

At this time, she heard Emperor Zhao arrogantly say: "Hmph, your lover is safe and sound, are you happy? But he is a small official, this time he is released from the prison, and it is common for him to enter the prison again next time. If I am happy, How difficult is it to give him a cup of poisoned wine?"

Qiaoyan didn't make a sound, just scratched between her nails without any trace, and a little powder melted into Emperor Zhao's tea.

This is the medicine powder that she has accumulated for a long time and finally mixed.Colorless and odorless, it just made Emperor Zhao's anger more vigorous and his heart palpitations more intense.

Within two days, the Minister of the Ministry of War led the ministers of the court to play together, asking Emperor Zhao to make the eldest prince the crown prince.Emperor Zhao refused to allow it at the beginning, but was forced to agree several times.On this day, under the urging of the six ministers, he wrote the imperial edict to establish the First Prince.As soon as I finished writing, I suddenly vomited blood and died!

The court mourned for a while, and then supported the eldest prince who had just turned ten years old to ascend the throne immediately, and changed his year name to Yuanlu the following year.The queen is the empress dowager, who listens to politics behind a curtain.Minister of the Ministry of War and Feng Tang were appointed as the left and right regents. Since then, the Great Zhou Dynasty has formally formed a new political structure.

As for Concubine Chen, who was thrown into the cold palace, and her child, they were already cold.One is doomed to "disease and die", and the other can only be like a transparent person, trembling to grow up safely.

Bao Cong didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, but in the end neither the Jia family nor Yuan Chun were affected.Qiaoyan also faked her death and left the palace under Yuanchun's arrangement, everything was taken care of properly and there were no major mistakes.

So, apart from his business trips, he sat at home with Lin Daiyu as company.

In the study, Lin Daiyu had a big belly, but she was busy correcting the student's homework. Baocong jumped in surprise, quickly took the pen and ink, occupied the desk, and said, "Sit by and watch, and I will correct it for you."

Lin Daiyu coquettishly said: "Why is it so delicate? You can't even move your pen?"

Bao Cong glanced at the ten lines, skipped the children's copied articles, shook his head and said: "Look at these words, they are crooked and crowded together. What should you do if you read too much and hurt your eyes? Why don't I read it for you?"

Lin Daiyu said: "They are all beginners, and it is normal to write crookedly. It will be fine after a few more years of practice."

She became addicted to teaching the children every day, and even when she was pregnant, she was reluctant to let go of her homework. Even on the rest day at home, she had to ask the students to hand in a few big characters and copy some incisive homework.

Now, as she was talking, she couldn't help standing up again, walking around beside Bao Cong, pointing: "Hey! You should write clearly here. If you don't write clearly stroke by stroke, what do the students think?" You gotta understand? Hey, here, it won’t work here, you use a vermilion pen to correct it... Oh, your batch, students practice according to your handwriting, don’t they get uglier and uglier?”

Baozheng was correcting, stopped Daiyu, and said: "Okay, okay, I know, you stand by and watch, bending over and tired! How about you sit and I'll bring you a chair?"

The two muttered and cuddled together, sometimes bickering, and sometimes smiling at each other.The warm sunlight shone in from the window, and the golden glow sprinkled on them. Even Zicuckoo, who was holding refreshments, couldn't bear to disturb them.

A few months later, Baocong saw Yuanchun again, but saw her worried and said: "Yingchun sent a message, saying that the Queen Mother intends to appoint Xuan'er as the new emperor's main palace, and she will formally marry and marry her in the future, and the Feng family has already agreed. What should I do?"

Xuan'er is the younger sister of the new emperor, how can she marry the new emperor in the future?

But only Jia's family and Yingchun knew about this matter, even if Yuanchun wanted to refuse, he couldn't think of a suitable reason!Besides, what's the use of her refusal, the Feng family agreed...

When Bao Cong heard this, he also frowned.It wasn't like Yuan Chun was so anxious that his gums got angry, he just said: "That will happen more than ten years later, and no one can predict what will happen in the future. If it doesn't work, let the two children appear in front of people as little as possible, and wait In the future, when you grow up, you can slowly change your identity."

Eighteen changes in the female university, two children who grew up listening to scriptures and chanting Buddha outside the palace, can outsiders know which is which?

When it came time to marry the new emperor, it was justified for them to change their identities and let Xuan'er marry into the palace.

Yuan Chun thinks about it, that's the only way to go.So he raised his two children with peace of mind, and when he reached the age of enlightenment, he invited Qingshuang to become his official teacher, and led the two children to study and practice martial arts every day, learning like a boy.

But the Empress Dowager seemed determined to fight against them. For several years, she often called Xuan'er into the palace to accompany her, saying that she was clever, cute, intelligent and quick-witted, and she was delighted when she saw her. She also specially gave the Grand View Garden to her Mother and concubine, as a place to enjoy in leisure time.

When outsiders saw it, they all praised the Empress Dowager for her kindness to the younger generation, the new emperor for her brotherly love, the little princess was deeply loved by the empress dowager and the new emperor, but Yuan Chun and Jia's family were often worried about this matter.

But there is no better way for the time being, so I have to take one step at a time and move forward step by step.