Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

"Crack!" The hard-shell memorial hit the crown prince Tu Youxu's back hard, and the emperor looked at him with a knife in his eyes, and snorted coldly: "Look at what is written in this memorial, the third son is doing it!" good thing!"

The prince hesitated for a moment, bent down to pick up the playbook, flipped through it roughly, his back was soaked in cold sweat, and wanted to argue, but thinking of the above, he gritted his teeth, and in the end he just knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor Apology: "Father, Father is kind, the third brother was confused for a while."

"The crown prince of a country can't even restrain his younger brother! You disappoint me so much!" The emperor shook his head, "For his own selfish desire, he actually dared to take money for building river embankments, national defense, and military food and money! As a prince, you can't restrain the people under your command. Since I hired a famous teacher to teach you since I was a child, can I teach you a student like you?"

The prince's face flushed with embarrassment, but he didn't dare to make any excuses, and kowtowed his head without speaking.

The emperor sneered: "The third child has gone too far this time."

The crown prince was taken aback. If King Cheng messed around again, it would be his own younger brother. What does the emperor mean, to be severely punished? "Father, the third brother was confused for a while. Please forgive him this time. He will definitely not dare in the future."

The second prince on the side said coolly: "His Royal Highness, you can't say that. What the third brother did this time can't be finished with just a word of confusion. You talk about the money for building the river embankment. My brother embezzled it. Without the money, the embankment must not be built firmly. If there is a flood, how will you let the people along the river live? They are all the people of the father. How many people will be killed or injured at that time, Prince Has Your Highness never thought about it?"

"Let's talk about this battle. The soldiers bravely killed the enemy at the border, fought against the enemy, and kept the enemy out of the country. They were fighting with their lives, but the third brother was lucky. He did something behind the scenes, making them unable to eat enough. Ah! Your Royal Highness, let me tell you, if Jia Hu hadn’t won by surprise, and risked his life to lead people around to the rear of the royal court, severely injuring the enemy army. When the food and grass are gone, our soldiers can’t hold on, and the enemy army invades... At that time, what should I do? What should I do?"

The crown prince gritted his teeth, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he couldn't speak a word.He could only kneel on the ground, begging bitterly: "Cheng knows that the third younger brother has done something wrong, but I just ask my father to forgive me for being young and ignorant!" The second prince snorted coldly beside him, The prince's heart skipped a beat, he gritted his teeth and endured it.He looked at the emperor expectantly, hoping that he would show mercy.

It's the third child who is ridiculous and does wrong things, but he is his only younger brother after all...

Unfortunately, facing his pleading, the emperor only glanced at him and said coldly, "Get out!"

"Father..." The prince still begged, but the emperor's face was already extremely ugly, "Get out!" Facing the eyes of the second prince who was watching a show, the prince couldn't bear it any longer, and went out with his head down, out of the door , I could hear the emperor yelling and cursing inside: "Nizi, Nizi!"

The second prince painstakingly persuaded: "Father, please calm down..."

The prince couldn't listen anymore and left in a hurry.

I rushed all the way to the Queen's Palace, and as soon as I entered the door, I slumped on the chair, closed my eyes, but bit my teeth tightly, clenched my hands tightly, and the veins on my forehead protruded.

The queen frowned: "What's the matter with you? Are you so impatient? Who made you feel uncomfortable?"

The prince opened his eyes and said with a sad smile: "Mother, tell me, who in this palace can make me feel uncomfortable?"

The queen's face changed: "It's the emperor? What did the emperor say about you? Why? What's going on?"

A series of inquiries only made the prince's complexion worse, and he rubbed his brows wearily: "The third brother did a good deed!" After learning what happened just now to the queen, "The third brother is also confused. Money, you can't do anything with the money, it's not clean from the beginning to the end, and you've left a handle on it, now it's all right, ask the second son to hand over a memorial, the father is waiting to catch my pigtail, the third brother I sent it up by myself..." After a pause, I lost my mood even more, "I am afraid that what the father means is to be severely punished..."

The queen's body trembled, and she almost didn't fall down: "Your Majesty, that's what you said..."

The prince was silent and did not speak for a long time.

The queen trembled: "Prince...Xu'er?!" The palms and backs of the hands were full of flesh. The queen valued the prince and loved the eldest son, but her feelings for the youngest son were not fake.Seeing the prince's silent appearance, the queen felt a very ominous premonition, and said tremblingly: "Xu'er, Zhao'er has always respected you and devoted himself to helping you... Isn't it because of us that he's throwing money around so much? But your dear brother!"

If the emperor really wanted to send Tu Yuzan off, he would be merciless.The queen couldn't even imagine what kind of punishment the third child would have to suffer when she was a child who grew up in gold and jade!

Thinking of this, the queen burst into tears: "Prince, you have to help him, you have to help him... the third child, the third child..." Almost crying, the queen pulled the prince, "you are just like this My brother, Xu'er..."

The prince's complexion was also not good, his eyes were closed and his face was full of bitterness, he paused for a long time, and then he sighed: "Mother, if there is a day for me, brother, I will not make him suffer..." The implication is that Are you going to give up your third child?

The queen felt a pain in her chest, clutching her chest, tears streaming down her face, fell down on the chair, unable to speak a word for a long time.

The prince couldn't bear it after all: "Queen mother, don't worry, but one day I will never make my third brother suffer."

The queen clutched her chest and wept silently.

The prince pursed his lips and smiled helplessly: "Queen mother, you also said that he is my only real brother. Can I point him at him? If I can do my best, I can stand by and watch? The situation where the emperor told me to go just now Didn't you see that the royal father was furious, let alone the third younger brother, if I was in it, he might be able to grab my crown prince on the spot!"

The queen trembled and was startled.

There are some things that the prince didn't want to say to provoke the queen, but now he can't hide it. He looked at the queen and said sadly: "Mother, who did you see when I was there?" The second prince's unabashed sarcasm in the study, the prince's hand, tightened tightly!

The queen instinctively wanted to ask, but when she saw the prince's appearance, she exclaimed: "Is it the second child?" Seeing the prince nodding bitterly, the queen gasped, and one of the subordinates didn't pay attention, but put the long nails on his hands. It was also cut off, the nail cover scraped off the flesh, and blood oozes out.

The crown prince frowned, and hurriedly called for someone, but was stopped by the queen: "Xu'er, you can do whatever you want, the third child hurts me, and you and I hurt too. Your father is actually in the presence of the second child's mother." Put your face down, and you can't make any mistakes anymore. Where is the third child..." The queen gritted her teeth, "Don't do anything with the third child, you must care about your father's place, you must definitely, you can't be here Make another mistake!"

The prince knew how difficult it was for the queen to say these words. Even if the man had tears and didn't flick it lightly, he couldn't stop his eyes from turning red at this moment. He held the queen's hand tightly and swore: "Mother, don't worry, if One day I will be able to ascend to the Great Treasure, and I will definitely make up for the grievances my third brother suffered today!"

The queen nodded with tears in her eyes: "Okay, okay, I believe you, I believe you!" The third prince's mistake was too great. For the sake of the overall situation, he could only wrong him temporarily. The queen shed tears and hated him to death Concubine Shu and the second prince.The woman snatched her husband away, and the son came to snatch her son's belongings again. Pulling the crown prince, the queen's always dignified face was distorted: "Xu'er, Concubine Shu, that bitch, you must not spare her, you must !"

The prince patted her hand: "Don't worry, queen mother, you don't need to tell me, the third brother was harmed by her like this, unless I die, otherwise, I will never give up!"

But even if he said that, the prince found that the blow that Tu Youzhan gave him was far more than that of his third disciple, Tu Youzhao. When he saw Tu Youhao and Tu Youzhang walking together, his face turned blue. When I went back, I even smashed the brush washer used by Su Dongpo, who was my favorite on weekdays, and all the subordinates scolded me bloody: "When did the fourth and second get together? Why didn't anyone Tell me? Why didn't I know?!"

No one dared to speak, the prince looked at these stupid subordinates, and became even more angry: "What are you still doing in a daze? Let me check, what's going on? When will the fourth child marry the second child On? Check it out for me!"

Everyone left in despair, but the ominous premonition in Tu Youxu's heart grew stronger.

A few days later, the corruption of the third prince Tu Youzhao was finally exposed, and the entire civil and military courts were shocked. The emperor immediately decreed that the third prince Tu Youzhao would be deprived of his title of king, and the clan's mansion would be banned.

On the day when King Cheng was escorted away, the queen stayed in her bedroom and cried for a whole day and night!

Half a month later, Xiyi finally surrendered, and the court and the central government began to discuss the return of the army and the distribution of meritorious officials.

Regardless of other veterans, Jia Hu is a subject of controversy. There is no doubt that he has made great contributions, but he defied the military order and led people to ambush him privately—such a In this situation, whether he should be rewarded or punished is really hard to say.

Jia Hu came from an honorable family and had quite a few contacts in the court, so naturally someone would speak up for him.But he was promoted in the imperial examination, and he went to the army, and some people didn't like it, and there were some people who didn't want to see him, and a group of people were arguing, and the court became a mess in the hall.

The matter had nothing to do with him, and the crown prince didn't pay much attention to it at first. After arguing about it for several days, Tu Youzhan ran to the emperor to intercede: "Father, even though Jia Zifang disobeyed the military order, it is a crime to lead troops out of the camp privately." Military regulations, but after all, the flaws do not hide the strengths, the third brother made such a big mistake, if it weren't for him, the army would have lost a lot. His contribution is enough to make up for the mistakes he made. "

The emperor wanted to be lenient to this son, and said with a smile: "Then you mean that he should be rewarded, not punished?"

Tu Youzhan said with a playful smile: "Father Huang is wise, my son just has a little idea, it's up to you to decide what to do."

"Hmph!" The emperor glared at him pretending to be angry, "Slick tongue. Tell me, who is asking you to beg for mercy? You have no friendship with Jia Hu, right?"

Tu Youzhan bowed his body: "What kind of friendship is there, and no one came to me. I think that Jia Hu is really capable. Father, look, Wen is an imperial examination. Breaking through the army and entering the battle, such an all-round talent in civil and military affairs is rare in a hundred years. Now that he appears under the rule of the father, he is a capable minister sent by God to the father, but there are some mere missing, why should you worry about it? !"

The emperor didn't intend to severely punish Jia Hu at first, as Tu Youzhan said, capable ministers are rare, so how could he be willing to punish such a talent?Now that his beloved little son came to intercede, his heart moved, and he suddenly thought that there was no such talent around Tu Youzhan, so he immediately went down the ladder and said, "Okay, since you interceded for him, Then I will spare him!"

Tu Youzhan was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him: "For the grace of the emperor, this Jia Zifang will definitely devote himself even more in the future."

The emperor nodded with a smile: "This Jia Zifang, but if he is a grateful person, I will know your kindness."

Tu Youzhan knew that the emperor had seen through his intentions to win him over, so he didn't hide it, and smiled silly at the emperor.The emperor was very angry and funny, "Go away, look at your face lazily, your concubine misses you, go back and say hello to her."

Tu Youzhan smiled and went out.The emperor looked at his tall and straight back, thinking of Concubine Xia Shu, the corners of his eyes and brows were filled with joy.

That is the woman he loves the most in his life. He wants to bring the best of everything in the world to this woman...

Even if the world scolds, as long as she is happy, he doesn't care about anything!

The next day, the emperor announced his decision in the court hall: "Although Jia Hu went out without orders, it is wrong, but his merits are enough to cover up his shortcomings. Today, he is rewarded as a member of the guards and guards the imperial city to honor his merits." !"

When the army rushed back from the border to Beijing, the crown prince took the bright and yellow decree and went to the long pavilion ten miles outside Beijing to greet him, and his subordinate officials lined up to greet him—this was the highest award for the army that returned from victory.

Many veterans were already in tears when they saw so many people welcoming them, and they were even more excited when they saw that the crown prince came to pick them up in person. They got off their horses and knelt down, shouting "Long live my emperor" and "Thousand years for the prince"!

The prince stood on a high place, looking at where his eyes went, everyone bowed their heads, and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.Every time he went to the court, he was actually a little puzzled. Standing on the high dragon throne, watching the people below bow their heads and bow their heads, how does it feel?He used to be just a vague concept, but now, seeing tens of thousands of troops kneeling in front of him, and the common people cheering, he has never felt such a hearty feeling.

This is just an army, if the whole world bows at their feet...

The prince blushed, his eyes sparkled with excitement, and he personally went thousands of miles to help the generals one by one, and said softly: "Everyone has worked hard for the country, and here, alone, I would like to offer a toast to everyone!" The eunuchs had already prepared fine wine, and the generals drank it one by one. They were so grateful for the prince's love.

When the prince's attitude was reached, he didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers have made great contributions to the country, and the emperor has prepared rewards. All the soldiers, you have worked hard all the way." Let the soldiers stay where they are, and the generals follow Let's go to the palace together to receive the reward.

Everyone was naturally enthusiastic about such a thing, and hurried into the city with a smile on their faces.The prince seized the opportunity and talked and joked with several generals. It is a pity that few of those who can get into the position of generals are fools. Although everyone is not in Beijing all year round, the struggle between the prince and the second prince is no stranger. .At this moment, everyone has just won the victory and returned to the court, and they dare to associate with the prince before the military power is released from their hands?Don't want to live anymore? !Just kidding, no one dared to make friends with the prince.

The prince got bored several times, and was extremely depressed.Thinking about it, the old ones have become foxes and refuse to fall into the trap, so the young ones should be easier to deal with, right?Thinking of the topic character Jia Hu earlier, his eyes wandered back and forth in the crowd.

As far as Jia Hu's condition is really good, the fourth master Zhang is slowly getting up in the Zhang family, and Xu Wei is the mainstay of the Qingliu. , but there is still some energy, especially Jia Hu himself still has the ability, if he wins over...

His eyes turned back and forth a few times, but he didn't see anyone. The prince frowned, and called the people next to him to ask, "Did you see Mr. Jia?"

The servants around him would not pay attention to such a small role as Jia Hu, but they were very familiar with the fourth prince, Tu Youhao, who came to greet the carriage. So, it seems that His Highness the Fourth Highness went to find Mrs. Jia, and the two of them went to talk at the same time."

The prince frowned strangely, and suddenly realized that it had been six years, and he almost forgot that Jia Hu and the fourth child used to have a pretty good relationship.What's the matter, they haven't seen each other for so many years, but their friendship is still there?

The prince paid attention to it in his heart, and kept observing carefully. Sure enough, he really made him see the familiarity between Jia Hu and Tu Youhao on the outside.When talking, the other party just said one sentence, and the other one continued. That tacit understanding...

If Jia Hu has always belonged to the fourth child, and the fourth child is now biased towards the second child, isn't it true that Jia Hu is also a member of the second child?

When the prince thought of this, his face turned blue.

After the banquet in the evening, I had to go to the queen's palace, and told the story before and after. The queen declared herself a king and Tu Youzhao was severely punished and imprisoned by the emperor, so her temper was not very good. Hearing this, she sneered: "One can only crawl What do you care about the little thing that came up? If you don’t like it, find an excuse to get him down, and it’s over?”

"Mother's queen!" The prince said helplessly, "This family is not from ordinary people. There are so many people involved behind it. What if I really touch him and the people behind him hate me and vote for the boss?"

Throwing rats ah.

The queen said bitterly: "This is not good, and that is not good, so what do you want?"

The prince sat down, sighed a long time, and didn't know what to do.

Just at this time, Yuan Chun led the servants up to exchange tea and snacks. The queen looked at her and suddenly remembered: "Yuan Chun, Yuan Chun, you seem to be the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion, right?"

The prince suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Chun. Yuan Chun didn't feel any joy about being valued by the prince.

Sure enough, the queen who was still calm at the beginning suddenly laughed: "That's great, I happen to have something to do, and I want you to do it..."