Old things in the Red Chamber

The Jia family doesn't care about the princes in the palace at the moment, besides, they care about a person, they never care about what he needs, but think what he should need, this is like, the current ninth prince is weak and helpless, he What you have to face is to readjust your position in order to deal with the clan and courtiers.It is even more necessary to seize the opportunity to gain sympathy from the father.Instead of needing a mother-like role.

His age is already in double digits. To his mother, he only recognizes a noble concubine, not an aunt who is not a few years older than himself.

What he needs is someone who can lead him into the court. To those old officials, the Ninth Prince is completely a rookie in the officialdom. If he wants to fight against them, he must find a capable person to be his guide.What he needs are these people, not the intrigues in the harem.If there is really someone to fight for him in the harem, it should be his princess.

Although it is a bit early for him to find a princess at his age, it is okay to book it first. The eldest grandson empress of the Tang Dynasty married Emperor Taizong at the age of 12. The earlier the earlier, the younger ones are always more reassuring than the irrelevant ones. .

"Is there anything new outside the palace?"

Eunuch Liao looked at his face, "The biggest new thing is from the Rongguo Mansion. I heard that something happened to their second master. Oh, it's not Jia Lian, it's Jia Baoyu."

"What's the matter?"

"The beautiful jade that was said to be the companion is gone, and the second master of their family has become stupid now. By the way, their family is offering a reward. Whoever can bring the jade back will give 1 taels of silver as a reward. "

"What a big hand."

"The servant heard that yesterday's reward was 5000 taels, but today it has risen to 1 taels. I don't know if it will increase again tomorrow."

"His son's jade was lost, and it cost 1 taels as soon as he sold it. I urged their family to pay back the money, but I didn't return a single penny." The emperor threw a booklet in front of Jia Gu.Jia Gu picked it up, looked at it, and closed the booklet, "Long live, if you ask me to urge the money, I may return without success again."

"I didn't ask you to urge me, but the old Wei from the household department told me that if they don't pay back the money now, their family won't be able to pay it back in the future. The longer it takes, the debt will be bad."

Jia Gu didn't say a word, thinking about the emperor's intentions. It hadn't been long since he and the imperial concubine were buried. At this time, it was a bit unreasonable to deal with the Rongguo Mansion.In addition, the Rongguo Mansion has been very honest recently and has not done anything out of the ordinary. It is indeed a bit unusual for the emperor to pursue it at this time.At this time, no one knew what the emperor was thinking, so there was no way to find out what the emperor was thinking.

"I have nothing to say to you, I heard that your family has sealed up some relics of the imperial concubine?"

"The empress put it away shortly after she entered the palace, but she often took it out to dry. In the past, she used jewelry and other things, took it out and wiped it. Now that she is gone, the old wife of the minister wanted to find a place to burn it one day. gone."

"Well, there is nothing forbidden about the objects in the imperial concubine's boudoir. Now that Ruhe misses her mother a lot, I feel uncomfortable seeing it. You keep a few, and send the rest to the palace, so that they can share a share with their brothers and sisters. , It’s also a thought. When the imperial concubine died that day, the relics were burned. There are only some soft things left, and there can be one more thought for the children, so that they can remember the deceased mother in the future and have a part to rely on.”

Jia Gu quickly agreed.

The two came out of the imperial study and chatted about the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. It was always the emperor who said, and Jia Gu who listened.

"I haven't seen the water town you mentioned. On the contrary, I grew up in the north, where the wind and sand in spring cover the sky, and you can pour a mouthful of sand by opening your mouth."

"Jiangnan is good, Jiangnan is so picturesque... For the imperial court, it is a place to pay taxes, and for officials, it is a real meat grinder."

Jia Gu knew that when he was so busy, the emperor would not easily chat with him, and the chat also had a purpose. He wanted to go back and send a messenger to Jinling, telling his son to be careful and careful.

"Yesterday, concubine Xian went to visit the queen and said that she would choose the concubine for the seventh prince. I thought, Lao Jiu is not much younger than Lao Qi, but now that the concubine is gone, there is no one to take care of him. Jia Qing thinks, who Is the girl from my family a good match for Lao Jiu?"

"Your majesty, you have really asked me. The only one in my family is Jia Xuan, who is the grandson, and he was engaged early, so he doesn't pay attention to other girls. If it is about the ninth prince, although the imperial concubine is gone, the queen The empress is still here, besides, it is up to the mistress to decide on the betrothal of the child in an ordinary family, and it is not the empress's turn to worry about it."

"The empress is virtuous, but she doesn't know much about the girls of other families. That's all, Lao Qi followed the concubine Xian's wishes, and Lao Jiu here is still counting on the queen. Fortunately, Lao Jiu is not very old, so he is not in a hurry to marry a wife."

"What's the advantage of marrying a daughter-in-law? That is to be able to move out of the palace and make friends with the courtiers in a serious manner. At that time, you will have an advantage over other princes."

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. The seventh prince jumping out in such a hurry will only make the emperor angry. Now the emperor is in his prime, just like a lion. The old lion is still powerful, so naturally he is very afraid of the little lion. It’s okay for the little lion to pick up leftovers from the teacher, but if he fights the old lion for meat, he will be bitten to pieces.”

Jia Gu was sitting in the main hall, chatting with his retainers at home, he had to be careful in every move now, the days of reckless behavior were long gone.

"Mr. Jiang is right. Now the only thing we can do is let the Ninth Prince lurk, act like a dutiful son in front of the emperor, and take good care of his younger siblings. This is a great achievement. If you are in a hurry to gather power, you may not be able to end well. A few days ago Seeing that he is a bit impatient, now that the empress has passed away, it has given him an epiphany, which is also a happy event."

Jia Gu nodded, "Then it's settled, let's stand still and see the enemy's situation."

This matter has been discussed, and we will move on to the next matter, "Rongguo Mansion raised the reward to [-] today, and I heard that many people went to their mansion with fake jade and were beaten out. He yelled, 'You were the ones looking for fake jade, and now it's here, but you despise us as fakes, what's the point?'"

The others laughed, and Jia Gu sighed, "The old man's mansion is really sunset, and even these rascals dare to bully you. What does Jia Zheng say?"

"Tell me to report to the officials and arrest these people."

Jia Gu snorted, knowing that Jia Zheng would not be able to defend Chengdu even now, and it was a serious problem for a patriarch to soften his attitude.At this time, if he shows his own weakness, other families and other people will immediately see his weakness.

"Who the hell stole the Jia family's treasure?"

"I heard it wasn't stolen, it was lost. As for where it was lost, I don't know where it was lost. Some said it was lost at home, some said it was lost outside, and some people vowed to see their precious egg go to the brothel. , some people said that it was just given away as a gift. In short, the whole capital was stirred up by this piece of jade."

"Master Hou, people say that jade is the treasure of the fairy family, why don't we check it out and get it back for the young master."

"What kind of fairy baby, let me tell you, this is the trick of Mrs. Houzhai, what are you doing with it?"

"But Lord Hou, you have a good nose and an eye, saying that the son of the Jia family can't get up now, and he is already stupid."

"You have seen it, seeing is believing, even if you have seen it, it may not be true."

The others agreed, and stopped thinking about getting Meiyu back.

"Hey, I took a nap this afternoon. Guess who I was dreaming about?" Lin Daiyu handed the handkerchief to Gu Yun, watched him wipe his face, and the two of them sat back on the couch.Gu Yun let her lean on him and rubbed her temples, she seemed to be suffering from a headache.

"Who can I dream of? It's probably my father-in-law and mother-in-law. What's wrong? But something happened?"

"Let me tell you, there probably really are immortals here. I dreamed that I went to a place where there were many female immortals and a large expanse of sea water. A fairy mountain was in the sea..."

"According to what you said, it's an island, not a mountain."

"Yes, yes, what the fourth master said is true, but there are many fairies living on the island. I saw the second sister wandering non-stop by the sea. She told me that she was thinking about the child..."

"Life and death are twofold, you can just help her visit the little ancestors in the palace frequently. Oh, the Jia family really has a lot of things to do, last month for the funeral of the noble concubine, the emperor turned his back on his back." I detested everything. Now, it’s their baby phoenix eggs that are tossing. I heard that someone stole your cousin’s lifeblood. The things have already left the city. They’re going to Jiangnan to sell them. Good price."

"Then did you send someone to follow you out of the city?"

"Of course not, I won't take care of you when you leave the city. I told your grandfather's family the news, but their family breathed a sigh of relief, saying that Jiangnan is their ancestral home, and many clansmen and relatives are there. It must be able to bring Meiyu back. I think this may be a bit exaggerated, you know? Jiangnan is different now. Dragons crossing the river and local snakes coexist. The largest local snake was cast under the name of Jingzhi a few days ago, and others are When looking for a master, if someone makes a move, 10 taels of silver is considered a small amount of money, and the Jia family may not be able to buy back that beautiful jade."

What Gu Yun didn't say is that the emperor has been driven crazy by money recently. He sent Jia Xuan to Jiangnan for money and food. It is his strategy to use Jiangnan to support Jiangbei, and no one can get involved.Concubine He and the imperial concubine just died, it's good that the Jia family is honest, if they are dishonest, the emperor can directly attack their family without looking at any face.

Of course, this is an outside matter, so there is no need to tell her clearly, and she is still pregnant, so she can't worry about it.The affairs of other people's families have little to do with his own. Now as long as his wife can give birth to the child, he can breathe a sigh of relief.Especially after seeing the concubine's dystocia, he was actually a little scared in his heart.