Old things in the Red Chamber

The emperor was actually not very curious about this gift, he could think that it was nothing more than a woman who made his ministers embarrassed to say it.

"I sent you away just now, and many people know that I am heartbroken because of the noble concubine. Could it be that the Zhen family found a woman who is exactly like the noble concubine?"

"Reckoning, the noble concubine is the minister's cousin, and now the minister still wears mourning for her. If people use her as a cutting son, the minister will be the first to avoid them. I heard that she is a very beautiful woman. When you agree to shoot, they will let her A woman met you by chance."

"It's beautiful?"

"I heard it's beautiful, and it's astonishingly beautiful. Oh, the minister's daughter-in-law has seen it and said that it's radiant and beautiful like a fairy."

"No matter how beautiful it is, it's just a skin. A beauty is afraid of getting old, and a hero cherishes his prime. Are you afraid that I will become a fool because of that beauty?"

"I don't think so. If a beauty is beautiful at first glance, it will be the same after seeing too much. As you said, a beauty's life is fleeting, and it can be beautiful for a few years."

"So you don't stop it."

Jia Xuan honestly admitted, "Your Majesty is not such a person, why did I stop you?"

"You know me well. Speaking of which, the concubine's appearance is not top-notch. The reason why I love and respect her is because she is gentle and docile by nature, so I gave her a title of "he". Unfortunately, I couldn't accompany her. I have lived for a long time, she left us father and son by herself, and reached bliss early. From your family, you and Zhao'er are serious nephews, from me, they are also relatives. You spend more time with him recently, and I am also busy on weekdays , where you can’t take care of it, you have to remember the kindness of your relatives and teach him a lesson.”

What else could Jia Huan say, so he agreed.Seeing what the emperor meant, he completely assigned his family to the Nine Princes, and they will all be prosperous in the future.

Being able to participate has already proved their own strength, and the next step is to rely on their own means.

The emperor's royal driver stayed in Yangzhou for a few days, and took the civil and military officials from the south of the Yangtze River to Jinling by boat.

Jinling is not as prosperous as Yangzhou, but Yangzhou cannot catch up with its generosity.Looking at the tall city wall from a distance.You can feel the heavy sense of history coming to your face. This is the seat of Jiangnan. Most of the officials in Jiangnan work here. This is also the end point of the emperor's southern tour.

After arriving in Jinling, there was no problem with spot checks on money, food and taxes, and there were many flowers on the surface.The next step is to organize a meeting with the old folks. These old folks are old ladies from rich and powerful families.Those serious old farmers can't see it.

The emperor glanced at their palms, and lost interest in questioning them.

The emperor couldn't see the real Jiangnan. What he saw was what others wanted him to see.Therefore, everything depends on the hidden guards, and the emperor is very confident in his dark guards.

Because he was curious about the gift he was going to receive, the emperor didn't ask a few words about the business, and let others accompany him to eat, drink and have fun throughout the whole process.

This made the Seventh Prince feel that since his father came to the south of the Yangtze River, he has become a faint king.He wanted to take his younger brother to meet his father, but after searching for a long time, he finally found his younger brother leading a fat boy sitting in a wooden basin looking for dried lotus pods on the lake.After finding it, the two of them peeled off the lotus pod in a basin, chewed and ate it.

The Ninth Prince sneered at being a good son and being a wise prince, declined the Seventh Prince's kindness, and continued to be mischievous with Jia Nan, because Jia Nan was exempted from studying because he was with the Ninth Prince. In order to avoid being tortured by the gentlemen, he was supposed to guide him in his homework.

The two of them were wearing sackcloth clothes and sat on a tree fork to dig out bird nests, when they saw a few elders walking under the tree.

Everyone shook their heads in distress, as if they had encountered a difficult situation.

"Aren't you going to ask them what's wrong? It seems that something is embarrassing." Jia Nan asked him

"Even if you ask, we can't do anything in the eyes of others, so why bother to ask for this bad luck. Let's go, the two of us got off the tree and went to the father to have a look."

The two wore tattered sackcloth and went to the front of the imperial court.Pulled down by the eunuch, "Unfortunately, Master Jiu came, the emperor has something to do, you can bring the young master to see you later."

The Ninth Prince found his chief eunuch, Eunuch Liao, and asked him, "What happened to the hunt today?"

Eunuch Liao looked around and said in a low voice, "The emperor went hunting today and caught a deer in the hunting ground. When he caught up with the deer, he found it lying on the ground. The ministers in Jiangnan asked the emperor to check the deer. The deer found a beautiful woman covered under the deer skin, but the slave didn't see it, but I heard that the beautiful woman is as beautiful as a fairy."

The Ninth Prince smiled and snorted, "This is a beautiful thing." After speaking, he wanted to take Jia Nan to leave, and the two planned to go back to pick the bird.

"Master, I also heard about another thing. I heard that the relatives of the Rongguo Mansion who stayed in Jinling found a woman who was very similar to the imperial concubine and planned to present it to the emperor. The servants paid attention to this matter, but only listened to it. It is said that someone offered today's beautiful woman among them, which made them lose the opportunity, so they plan to come to pay your respects, please give me a hand."

"It's hard to paint a tiger's skin. It's hard to draw a tiger's skin. If they really come, they will say that I have something to do, and no one will see it. It's their business to let me be a son. Don’t even think about sending someone who looks like your own mother.”

For several days, the Ninth Prince played with Jia Nan, and sometimes even went home with Jia Nan to meet Qi Jing'an.People from Jia's family blocked him several times, but they didn't stop him.Even sometimes, the Ninth Prince didn't take it seriously when he spent a lot of money to pass the message in.This made the elders of the Jia family feel that the Ninth Prince had been won over by Jia Xun, and they cursed Jia Xun together.

They got together that day to discuss how to present the beauty to the emperor.Someone outside told a legend that a stranger sent a screen.

People in the Jia family don't care, what's so good about the screen?Even if it is a screen made of gold and jade, the emperor has seen all kinds of them, and he may not be able to see them in his eyes. If he wants to give a gift now, he must send it to the emperor's heart, otherwise no one will remember who gave the gift.

But soon they decided to dedicate the screen to the emperor.Because, at night, the twelve ladies playing music on the screen will come to life, and they will come down from the screen to play music in the room. These people hide outside and only take a look, thinking that this is a gift from God. Baby, they were all excited to find someone to send them in.

Such a good baby, the Zhen family, who are local snakes, soon knew about it.When they arrived at Jia's house, the two groups discussed it, and the screen was presented as a gift from the two families.

The emperor hugged the newly acquired beauty, and some civil and military ministers stood around him. When the moon was full at night, he saw the ladies on the screen and looked around the screen first.Seeing many people staring at them, they shyly covered their faces with musical instruments.Before stepping off the screen, someone said to the emperor, "They must be shy, don't wait for the minister to retreat, the emperor himself can have a chat with the fairies here, and enjoy the fairy music."

Many people agree with this statement, and many people oppose it.Those who oppose it have a good reason, "What should they do if they assassinate the king?"

The emperor took their reactions into his eyes, "Don't worry, dear friends, I'm just listening to a fairy music. Besides, your love is right next door to me, so what's there to worry about?"

Although many people were unwilling, they backed out, and several elders asked Jia Huan to stand at the door, "If you hear something is wrong inside, just rush in to rescue you, and I will save your life afterwards."

After there was no one in the room, the beauties on the screen took away their instruments, looked left and right again, smiled sweetly at the emperor, and slowly walked down from the screen.

Suddenly the room was filled with music, and the ministers who were listening outside looked at each other in blank dismay.

The fairies didn't communicate with the emperor too much, and they returned to the screen again when the sky was about to dawn.But at night, they would come down from the screen.It was like this for several days, and everyone let down their vigilance.In addition, the emperor was free from illness and disaster, and everyone felt that this screen was really a fairy treasure.When the weather is getting colder and colder, the emperor's royal car will go north, and this screen must be taken away.At that time, the emperor rewarded the Zhen family and the Jia family heavily.In private, the Ninth Prince asked Jia Xuan to look up the origin of the screen, and he always felt that something was wrong.

At the beginning, the Seventh Prince also felt that something was wrong, but day after day passed, and the abnormal thing did not happen, and he also believed that this was the treasure of the fairy family.Only the Ninth Prince never believed it.

Soon the magic of this thing was spread to the palace, and even the Supreme Emperor became curious about this screen, and said privately to his attendants, "Could it be that there really are gods?"

The emperor thought the same way in his heart. He looked at the screen at night and expressed his thoughts to the fairies who were playing music.

Unexpectedly, the fairies who had been ignoring him all this time put down the instruments in their hands. "Haven't your majesty heard that there are gods who lift their heads three feet up? There are fairy mountains overseas, and there are fairylands on Kunlun Mountain. In the past, the emperor of Zhou met with the Queen Mother of the West, and then the first emperor asked for the elixir of life. Recently, Emperor Taizong of Tang asked for immortality. What kind of people are they? Having already taken action, we can only say that they also know that there are 36 levels of heaven in the sky and [-] levels of hell underground. Why doesn’t Your Majesty believe it?”

The emperor believed it in his heart, so he was speechless when asked.He suddenly remembered an allusion, "Fairies, can you let me see my deceased imperial concubine?"

The fairies looked at each other a few times, and one of them stood up and said, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the imperial concubine has become a dead soul. If you forcibly call back the soul of the imperial concubine, the dragon energy on your body will restrain the dead soul. She must be in pain." ".

The emperor thought for a while, "If that's the case, I'd like to invite the noble concubine to come back and have a look. My children miss her very much. When the prince replaces me to meet her, I think the noble concubine will not be in pain."