Old things in the Red Chamber

If her own grandson comes back, Mrs. Tong can pick her up outside the city in person.But a fake grandson came, Mrs. Tong angrily ordered, "Don't come in, I'm just a grandson, and now I'm in the south of the Yangtze River with his father, I don't know I have another grandson in the capital." "Are you blind or lost your mind? How many masters do you have, don't you know?"

The servants in the room did not dare to vent their anger. Mrs. Tong hugged her little granddaughter and thought for a while, then called her confidant maid to her, "Ride to Princess Anyang quickly, and tell her about it, just tell me He is not allowed to enter the door. See what Princess Anyang plans to do."

The servant girl took a horse out of the stable, and arrived at Princess Anyang's mansion in less than a cup of tea.

Princess Anyang was so angry that she smashed a teacup right away, "Huaihe is really deceiving people too much. She walked around in the prison and thought she was the Huaihe that her father favored back then?"

Then he asked Madam Tong's maid, "Where is the man?"

"Returning to the princess, our wife doesn't let them in in front of our Hou's mansion, but now there are more and more people around, pointing and pointing in front of our Hou's mansion, our wife is here to ask you for an idea, What should we do with this matter?"

"Leave them alone, I will enter the palace now, and talk to the emperor and empress about it."

The emperor was too busy, and Princess Anyang didn't dare to ask the emperor for advice while he was busy, so she had to go to the harem immediately and ask the empress for an explanation.

"Your Majesty, the Huaihe matter is so disgusting. Didn't all the incidents in our family in the past two years be caused by her? She still doesn't know how to restrain herself, and has stepped on Jing'an's face. It's okay on the ground, but she must not provoke the pillars of the country. Now people come to me to ask for advice. To put it mildly, it is because we are relatives. Let me make an idea to save the face of the two families. To put it bluntly, people This is a door-to-door questioning, I have no choice but to come to you."

The empress was also very angry, "Just yesterday she cried and told me that she hadn't seen her son for a long time, she missed her in her heart, and wanted to take him back. Mother and son got together for a while, and I agreed to her. Who knew that she lost her head If she doesn't want a son, then don't want her son, Lan Nai, hurry up and arrange for some eunuchs and maids to go out of the palace. Concubine Zhao will take care of it."

The nanny next to the queen agreed and went down to arrange the matter.

The queen ordered someone to invite the old prince of the clan mansion, "When the old prince comes, please bring the genealogy with him. Since Huaihe doesn't want a son, then don't want it."

When Princess Anyang saw the empress, she was completely annoyed.I was very happy, and after sitting with her for a while, I excused myself to see the queen mother, and said goodbye. I actually wanted to wait for the result of this matter in the queen mother's palace.

The old prince of the clan's mansion came very quickly. The old man was getting old and came to the queen out of breath.

"But whose child did something wrong again and made the empress angry?"

"Who else could it be? Of course it's our Princess Huaihe. You don't know. He just sent his son to Zhongwuhou's Mansion. However, the wife of the Hou's Mansion is not a weakling. She won't even let her in. It’s our family who say it’s embarrassing.”

The old prince nodded, "What does your lady want to do?"

"Today, I specially invited Uncle Wang here to discuss this matter. Has the son of Huaihe been included in the genealogy?"

The old prince nodded, "Yes, but he was vague. He didn't remember who his father was. If he didn't know, he thought it was the son left by Princess Huaihe's dead son-in-law. Because of this, the old minister wanted to change it. It’s just that this thing has been changed for so many years without a name. Last year, I wanted to sue the Supreme Emperor, and I added a small note below, but the Supreme Emperor didn’t allow it..."

After all, the person who kicked inside is the Supreme Emperor.If you want to deal with Princess Huaihe, you can't get around the Supreme Emperor.

"Just taking advantage of today's incident, I invite the old prince to go with me to meet the royal father."

When the queen and the old prince went to the emperor's palace, the queen mother also learned the whole story from her daughter.

"Hmph, what did I say when I was going to be abolished? I said I don't know how to raise my daughter. I don't want to be taught by a daughter like him. You stabbed this matter into the palace. Go back quickly. Don't stay in the palace anymore, lest the old man take his anger out on you."

The mother and daughter of Princess An Ran and the Queen Mother for so many years naturally knew that the Queen Mother always had revenge, even if it took a long time, she would take revenge back.Now that I am older, I am not as patient as I was when I was young. As long as I seize the opportunity, I will take revenge and go back. I don’t want to wait until the future, so Princess Anyang is worried that she will go to the Supreme Emperor. Quarreling, when the time comes, it will be the juniors like them.

"Why don't my daughter stay here to talk with you for a while, and then go back later if it's really late."

Princess Anyang knew the queen mother's temperament, and of course the queen mother also knew her daughter's plan.

"What are you doing here? You are worried that I will be eaten by that old thing. Don't worry, his Li Meiren back then..." Thinking about such sticky and jealous words, it is best not to say it in front of children, and Li Meiren is also a Not a person who can speak out, the Queen Mother made an impatient expression, and chased Princess Anyang out, "Stop sticking around in front of me, you might as well write a letter to your daughter when you have time, I heard that her little girl is now They are already running all over the place. Hurry up and have another child. It would be best if you are a boy. Even if you are not a boy, don’t be jealous. Hurry up and find a concubine for her husband. It’s okay to have two more boys. That's what happened today."

"Look at what your old man said," Princess Anyang stood up, "Even if Jing'an gave birth to ten or eight boys, Huaihe deliberately disgusted her, and no one can stop this matter. Since you want to find the emperor, the son will Don't stop, I'm going back now."

Princess Anyang went out on the front foot, and the queen mother's Luan drove out of the palace impatiently. When she arrived in front of the emperor's palace, she saw the queen's chasing car in the open space.

The Supreme Emperor just cast a vicious glance at the arrival of the Empress Dowager.After that, he treated the Queen Mother as air and completely ignored it.

The queen mother sat on the chair without even giving the emperor a look, and only discussed with her daughter-in-law what to do about this matter.

"My daughter-in-law means to find someone in our genealogy and adopt Huaihe's son to him."

The Queen's approach was first met with unanimous opposition from the Supreme Emperor and the old prince.

"The empress's words are wrong. The blood of our family cannot be confused."

When the old prince said this, the queen was not surprised, because the old man was rather stubborn, and he took the matter of blood more seriously.But the empress felt a little surprised by the overlord's objection.The queen always felt that the emperor was quite conniving with Huaihe, and thought that the emperor liked this method.

"That's right, the blood of our family cannot be confused." After the Taishanghuang finished speaking, he coughed a few times, and immediately a beautiful maid came up to pat him on the back, and waited on him attentively to spit out .

The empress dowager wanted to sing against the emperor. "What you say is not pleasant. Why isn't that child in our family's blood? Is his mother the princess of our family?"

"My queen mother," the old prince felt that the queen mother's words were too childish, "women are different from men. After a woman marries, the blood of her birth belongs to others. After a man marries his wife, the blood of his birth belongs to our family. "

"Then I want to ask, is the son Huaihe gave birth to his son-in-law?"

The old prince said angrily, "Because he is not the child of her son-in-law, and his name is unfair, I feel ashamed to mention it. This child counts..."

He paused.

The queen mother went on to say, "He is an illegitimate child, but he was raised in the backyard of our palace these days. Some old concubines liked him very much, and praised the child for his handsome appearance, and said that the child's nephew looks like an uncle. Didn’t the beauty die after giving birth to a boy, and it happened that this was his own sister’s child, and it was recorded in his name.”

The queen looked at the Supreme Emperor, "My daughter-in-law also thinks this is a good idea."

The queen mother counted with her fingers, "If Li Meiren's child hadn't died, he would be an adult in his 20s now, and this child would be recorded in his name. After all, it is also Li Meiren's blood. Enough to comfort her."

The last sentence was full of deep meaning, the Taishang Emperor was so angry that he blushed and his neck was thick, but in the end he took a few breaths and didn't speak any more, which was regarded as acquiescing.

The only one who objected now was the old prince, "This is too much fun, can't our family find a good child to adopt the name of the prince who died young? Why do we need to find a child with a foreign surname?"

The queen mother said indifferently, "It's not important to have a foreign surname. The important thing is that he was born in Huaihe, and Huaihe was born in Li Mei."

This involves a period of palace affairs in the past, the old prince kept a straight face and did not speak.Even though he has a stubborn personality, he knows that it is best not to explore the secrets of the palace.

This time he really gritted his teeth and pinched his nose to admit it.

Before leaving, he stomped his feet heavily, acting very angry.

This was for the Taishanghuang to see. The Taishanghuang was surprisingly silent. If he followed his usual attitude, he would have to reprimand the old prince, but he endured it today.

This matter was settled, and the Supreme Emperor himself changed the genealogy.After the emperor finished his business at night, he invited him to his bedroom, intending to ask for a title for the child.

The emperor rubbed his temples with a headache, "Father, the clan is huge, and the national treasury spends a large amount of money every month to support the clan. Now that I have another king, I'm afraid..."

The Supreme Emperor didn't take the emperor's evasion to heart, or he took it to heart, he didn't care.

"Don't you want to raise your nephew?"

"My nephew..." The emperor smiled wryly, "If it is really my nephew, I would really like it. But in fact he is not my nephew."

"I have changed the genealogy. He is your nephew. He is a poor child. Huaihe did something wrong in this matter, but the Jia family is not a good thing. After thinking about it, since you were willing to raise him some time ago Why don't you want to look at him during this period of time?"

"A while ago, it was raising an idler, and in the future, it was raising a palace."

"Since that's the case," the Supreme Emperor showed his trump card, "Don't you want to clear up the money you owe? Is the money you get out enough to support a palace?"

The emperor suddenly found it inconceivable that an illegitimate child who couldn't speak could actually make the emperor compromise.

"Since father said so, then he is my nephew."

"Go back, I'm tired too, tell the palace, keep your mouth shut, now that your nephew has remembered, you can't let him hear about it. I told him this afternoon to let him go visit relatives , don’t make any mistakes.”

The emperor was very puzzled, but had to go.Leaving the emperor's bedroom, he turned around and went to the empress dowager's place.

"I heard that this matter was facilitated by the queen mother. Why is it like this?"

The queen mother didn't want to talk about it, so she sent the emperor to leave, "I know you want to ask what made the emperor behave like this. But these things are all old sesame seeds, so you don't need to ask. Everyone who knew about it was almost dead. Even Huaihe herself didn't know what happened back then. I'm afraid only Bengong and your father can explain it clearly, but we two old people don't want to That's all. Seeing that the night is getting dark, go back early, you've been tired all day."

The emperor didn't want to leave, and always hoped to get something of value from the queen mother.

"It's been a long time since I've had dinner with my mother. Let them serve the dinner. I'll take some with you."

"Since it is the emperor's filial piety, let's pass on the meal."

During the meal, the emperor was still talking sideways, "The emperor dotes on Huaihe so much. At the beginning, I thought that this younger sister was smart and would please others, but I didn't expect that there was a story about it."

The queen mother ate quietly and did not speak.

"Mother, Huaihe is so favored, is it related to her biological mother?"

The queen mother just glanced at the emperor, then bowed her head to eat.

"Others say that Huaihe is the child of Gaomei. When I was young, I met Gaomei. Now that I think about it, her eyebrows and eyes are not the same as Huaihe's."

"A nephew is like an uncle. It's an old saying. But in general, children are most like their parents."

The Empress Dowager just gave such a statement, and then drove the emperor away, "Go back early, go to bed early, and get up early tomorrow."

No way, the emperor had to stand up, take his leave and leave.Because the queen was involved in this matter, and this matter also had to be discussed with the queen, the emperor's royal driver went to the queen's bedroom.

The queen is feeding the nineteenth prince custard.

In a room, Princess Changsha and Princess Ruhe chattered around them.When the emperor came in from the outside, he heard laughter from the whole room.The corner of his mouth twitched upwards. He himself liked this warm environment very much.

The nineteenth prince could already run. When he saw the emperor coming in, he stumbled forward and hugged the emperor's calf.This little guy looks the most like the deceased Concubine He. Looking at his face, the emperor not only remembered what the Queen Mother said, "...children are most like their parents."

After Princess Changsha hugged the nineteenth prince and led Princess Ruhe down, the emperor couldn't wait to ask about it.

"I just heard my mother say a few words about Beauty Li. I was chatting with Nanny Lan this afternoon, so I don't know who this Beauty Li is. I've searched around and haven't heard who is Beauty Li, by the way However, there are two beauties surnamed Li in the imperial father's harem. They served the imperial father in the early years. There was more than ten years between the time of their death and the birth of Huaihe. The empress mother also said that Li Meiren once died a boy. If you count the age, you are in your 20s now, but today I specifically asked the old prince to check the genealogy. If you are in your 20s and died young, the person who meets these two conditions is the son of Concubine Zhao. By the way, Huaihe His son was entrusted to Zhao Taifei to take care of him when he entered the palace. I heard that Huaihe's son was also recorded under the name of Zhao Taifei's son. Zhao Taifei never gave birth to a prince."

The matter became more and more confusing, the emperor thought for a while, and walked around the room a few times with his hands behind his back, "Forget it, don't think about it, it's really like what the queen mother said, it's all about rotten grain, so don't go into it. It's just because my father promised me to investigate the money owed, that made me curious about this matter."

When the Supreme Emperor disagreed with the investigation of the owed money, the emperor originally thought that this matter would have to be postponed for at least ten years, but now that the old accounts can be investigated.Of course I won't wait any longer.

The Minister of the Household Department moved several boxes of ledgers to the imperial study.I heard that the guards who carried the boxes were exhausted after walking a hundred steps. This was regarded as a joke and spread in the capital.Those who have a keen sense of smell are asking what the ledger is about this time, but those who really owe money are still dreaming and dying.

This matter had nothing to do with Jia Gu, he didn't care about it at first, but soon he had to care about it.Because the Minister of the Household Department clearly told Jia Gu that the treasury was out of money!

"No money? What about food and grass? The army is out, and tens of thousands of horses are still suppressing the rebellion. You told me that you have no money, so what should you do?"

Hubu Shangshu pretended to be fine and said to Jia Gu, "Master Jia, please put down the knife. If you miss your hand, or if I accidentally touch the edge of your knife, you will not be able to wash it off even if you jump into the Yellow River. Assassinating a court official is a serious crime."

Jia Gu put the big knife on the table, "Just tell me, when will you have money?"

"A few days ago, I asked the emperor to check the money owed. If the money owed reaches the treasury at any time, the money will be sent to the army at any time."

"What about food? What the army eats is food, not money?"

Master Jia, haven't you heard of it?The grain officials who guarded the granary filled their pockets, and there was not a single grain in the granary.Where can I buy grain without money? "

Angrily, Jia Gu picked up the big knife and put it on the neck of the Minister of the Household Department, "Did you ignore the tens of thousands of people who went to suppress the rebellion?"

"How can the officers and men of the imperial court ignore it? Now, I am demanding money every day. You should also press for the debt. If you have money, you will have food, and you will have military merits."

The military officers who followed Jia Gu to beg for military pay looked at each other in blank dismay.Because the Ministry of War moved swords and guns, the household officials who rushed in to protect Shangshu bowed their heads and talked.

In the middle of the discussion in a low voice, the Minister of the Household Department said to Jia Gu forcefully, "Master Jia, do you want money or life? You can choose for yourself."