Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

Jia Hu was assigned to be the companion of the fourth prince. Although Jia Daishan was a little disappointed that he was not the third prince, after all, Jia Hu had the opportunity to meet the princes, and had the opportunity to communicate with the princes face to face. It was only a matter of time before he could make friends. .Maybe there is even a chance to show his face in front of the emperor. From these aspects, it doesn't matter who Jia Hu is as a companion.

In order for Jia Hu to integrate into the study atmosphere of the imperial palace more quickly, and properly deal with the relationship with the princes, Jia Daishan caught Jia Hu in the past and focused on describing the distribution of power in the emperor's harem from the family's inquiries. For this reason, Jia Zhu's homework was suspended for a few days, which made Mrs. Jia's mother even more suspicious of Jia Hu.

Jia Daishan's comments on the people in the harem were different from Xu Wei's. "Now the empress has the eldest prince and the third prince under her knees. Although the holy favor is not as good as concubine Shu, she is respected by the emperor. Before the empress dowager left, she praised her a lot. There is also the Li family behind her. After you enter the palace, remember to be with the empress dowager." The princes and the three princes have a good relationship, and they are in their eyes." As for Concubine Shu's obstruction of Jia Hu being sent to the side of the fourth prince, Jia Daishan didn't take it seriously, "The queen is far-sighted, so she shouldn't embarrass you too much. .It’s just that once in a while you’ll be embarrassed by someone who doesn’t open your eyes. After all, you’re in the palace.

For Jia Daishan's empty words, Jia Hu didn't take it seriously, so he had to put on a grateful look, and swore like a curse: "There is a difference between the emperor and his ministers. The prince is the emperor and the grandson is the minister. The two cannot be the same. The place where I live, my grandson dare not make mistakes, so I must be careful."

Jia Daishan still had some trust in Jia Hu's handling of affairs. This child, who looked only a few years old, had a heart comparable to that of an adult.Jia Daishan then reminded: "Concubine Shu's character, I have also been inquired about, she is really loved by the emperor, sometimes she can't help doing things as she pleases. The Xia family and your master..." Seeing Jia Hu frowned, he seemed a little unhappy , Jia Daishan remembered his respect for Xu Wei on weekdays, turned a corner when he reached his mouth, and said with a smile, "The second master of the Xia family and your master have some political disagreements. For the sake of her natal brother, the concubine Shu must not treat you. You also Don't be impatient, old man Zhuang Minger asked your father to invite Xia Erye to drink, just let it go." After all, Jia Hu's surname is Jia and not Xu, so Concubine Shu can just vent her anger, if she really dares to kill Jia Hu Step on and hit him in the face of Jia's family, then don't blame him for turning his face!

Jia Hu naturally knew the meaning of Jia Daishan's words. Regardless of what was said inside, from outsiders' perspective, the Jia family was one family, and Rongguo Mansion was one. Jia Daishan was trampled like dust—how could Jia Daishan tolerate it?

Most of Jia Hu's worries have gone away. Thinking about it, Jia Daishan is not in good health now, and Jia Zheng can't be an official. If Jia Daishan wants to take advantage of his chance to study with him to bring some benefits to Jia Zhengrong's government, how can he not help solve the problems of the Xia family with all his heart!

I just don't know, whether the Xia family will buy the name of Duke Rong or not.But no matter what, this time entering the palace, he had to endure some hardships.

Jia Hu was concerned, but he wasn't very worried, a man is a man, it's nothing to suffer, but if he survives, there will always be a chance to make a comeback.

After explaining, Jia Daishan told Jia Hu about the master who taught in the palace.

"The masters who go to the study room are all great Confucian scholars of the dynasty. Although your master Master Xu is also a famous Confucianist, Li Taifu, Master Li, Grand Master Zhuang Yizhuang, and Grand Master Kong Duan in the study room are also people who will not give in to them. Especially Li Taifu, that is the grandfather of the eldest prince and the third prince, you are not allowed to talk back to him when you are in the study in the future, and behave well in front of him!"

"As for the Zhuang University scholar and the Confucius University scholar, they are all from the scholarly family. After two dynasties, they are highly respected, and they like people who are sensible and courteous. Your master has a lot of friendship with the Confucius University scholar. When the time comes, let your master do it for you. Referrals, referrals, you can also ask for advice in your spare time, don't waste this great opportunity." It's a pity to say that Jia Zhu can't have such a good opportunity.Jia Daishan sighed helplessly. After all, he was the eldest son of the second son, not as good as the eldest son of the heir.

Jia Hu saw that he had been talking for a long time, but he never mentioned Chen Concubine and the Fourth Prince, who he should pay attention to the most. around..."

Jia Daishan showed a disapproving expression on his face, and waved his hands indifferently: "Then Concubine Chen is just a person attached to Concubine Shu, as long as Concubine Shu expresses her attitude, you don't have to worry about the rest gone."

As for the four princes.Jia Daishan reprimanded Jia Hu with a straight face: "After entering the palace, you just need to be a companion, concentrate on studying and make friends with the other princes, but you don't need to be friends with the fourth prince! If you dare to learn from his faults, don't blame me for turning around. Punish you!" The outsiders dared not complain because of his status as a prince, but they would not say anything in private.These four princes really don't look like today's children at all.

Jia Hu was suspicious and wanted to ask again, but Jia Daishan dared to say a few words, and said: "When you enter the palace, you will naturally know what I mean!"

August [-]th was an auspicious day selected by the Naiqin Tianjian. Everything is auspicious, no evil is avoided, and everything goes well. It is a good day for the two princes to enroll.

Early in the morning, Jia Hu and several other companions were sent to the palace to meet the queen. After meeting the princes, they waited for the auspicious time to go to the study room together. Master, if you offer tea to the emperor, you have completed the entrance ceremony.

Several companions were the same as him. They were sent to the gate of the palace early in the morning by their families, and then led along the way by eunuchs. They were all children, and the eldest was Wang Mingtong, the second son of the Shangshu Wang's family, who was eight years old this year. Next is Rong Ming, the eldest son of the second house of the Rong family of the empress dowager's natal family, who is seven months younger than Wang Mingtong, and then Han Yan, who is ten months younger than Rong Ming, and is seven years old this year. The youngest is Jia Hu, six months old. Not yet full.They are all children. When they were at home, they were told by the elders a lot. When they came to this strange environment, they were also afraid in their hearts. How dare they talk casually to the children next to them. They all lowered their heads and carefully looked around. They didn't dare to say anything.

As a result, the four children entered the palace together, waited for the summons, and sat together in the side hall. For a long period of time, no one knew anyone.

Waiting until they entered the magnificent and majestic Zhengyang Palace, Empress Li, who was dressed in the golden empress of the Phoenix, asked if the four had ever known each other. The four children looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

I don't know who it was, but there was a sneer immediately, and a few children were slapped on the face, all of them were children who wanted face, and their faces flushed instantly, and their angry eyes were red.

Wang Mingtong was the oldest, and he knew that he was the oldest among all the companions when he was at home. He thought that among the four, there was no one more suitable to be a leader than himself, so he hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "The boy has met the empress, come back Empress, the boy is young, and he only knows a thing or two about etiquette. The elders in the family often teach by ear. The younger brother has been traveling all the way, and he dare not offend the majesty of the palace by whispering and whispering, so we are not familiar with each other yet."

Empress Li was extremely satisfied after hearing Wang Mingtong's methodical defense. She deserved to be the son of the Wang family, and her education was really good.Looking at his appearance again, he has beautiful eyebrows, red lips, and fair face. He is such a lovely child. Compared with the eldest prince's age, he has more delicate eyebrows of a woman, and he likes it even more. He said softly: "You are Wang Mingtong, right? What a lovely child." Beckoning him to come over, looked him up and down carefully, and said: "It's strange that others say that Wang Shangshu is blessed. Having such a beautiful child is not a blessing. Thick?"

Wang Mingtong only dared not say: "The boy is not a master, the first four elder brothers are all very capable, the boy is young, and he can't learn as well as his elder brother eleven." Although he is the second son, he ranks fifth in the family.

Empress Li was very satisfied with Wang Mingtong's knowledge and interest, modesty and certificate holding. Only such a person is qualified to be by his son's side!Empress Li nodded approvingly, and was satisfied to see a gleam of complacency on Wang Mingtong's face. Although she tried her best to conceal it, she was still young, but she was clearly seen by Empress Li who had struggled in the harem for decades.Empress Li was even more satisfied with her reverence for imperial power. "Good boy!"

Slightly refraining from smiling, Queen Li turned to look at the other three. The smile froze on Jia Hu for a moment, and when she looked at Rong Ming and Han Yan, she became enthusiastic again. She looked affectionately and asked the three of them with a smile: " I'm afraid you are not used to coming into the palace? Maybe you can get used to it?"

Rong Ming, Han Yan, Jia Hu, etc. could not help but say: "The prestige in the palace is different from that in the family, the boy will adjust himself as soon as possible."

Empress Li observed the three of them carefully, Rong Ming straightened his back, tried his best to keep himself calm, he did a good job of manners, you could tell by looking at them that he had been trained.Not as nervous as Wang Mingtong was, but a little uncomfortable. It didn't seem like he was nervous about facing the royal family, but it was the first time he was dealing with things alone. It is familiar, compared with the children of ordinary officials and eunuchs, it is more generous.

Looking at Han Yan again, he doesn't have the advantages of Wang Mingtong and Rongming. He is a little trembling, a little scared, and even a little annoyed. Hastily shrunk back again—just by looking at this performance, one can know that Han Yan, as the eldest son of the second house of the Han family in Jinxiang Bofu, is the only one born to his wife ten years after giving birth to the eldest daughter. The first son, the eldest brother in front of him, was originally a Jinshi at the age of 16, but died of illness suddenly after Han Yan was six years old and entered the genealogy. Active and lawless, he is a bully that everyone hates.Empress Li was very curious. Could this child be annoyed by her being suppressed by her and not being able to talk nonsense?

On the contrary, Jia Hu, Empress Li's gaze has never left him. Since entering the palace, this child has always behaved properly, with his face raised slightly, but his eyes are half down, and his eyes never look randomly. Without the slightest mistake, I suddenly thought it was someone who had stayed in the palace for a year or two.

I just don't know if it's because he was young and didn't dare to make mistakes, so Mu Leng Leng didn't dare to make mistakes, or if he was really young, so he was so scheming.

Empress Li thought about Jia She's age, and intuitively decided that it was the former.I felt a little better.With such a stupefied personality, if she were to read with the emperor's son, she would still be dull, so it would be just right to give it to the fourth prince, Tu Youhao.It's just that she doesn't want it to be one thing, but it's another thing for Concubine Shu to cut her off.Thinking of being so humiliated by Concubine Shu this time, the queen lost most of her good mood when she saw Wang Mingtong and Rong Ming, and stopped greeting them, turned her face to the two people standing next to her and said, "Zhaoer, Hao'er, come here, these four will be your companions in the future, and you will get along day and night in the future, so let's get to know each other now."

Wang Mingtong, Rong Ming and the others had long noticed the two little men in prince's clothes standing next to them, and they probably knew their identities in their hearts, but when Queen Li pointed out their identities, they still couldn't help feeling nervous and panicked. He bowed and said: "The boy has met the third prince and the fourth prince."

The third prince, Tu Youzhao, has long been told by Empress Li, and he should not be easily humiliated. They all come from high-ranking officials and prominent families. Although they are not comparable to his status as a prince, humiliating these people is equivalent to humiliating the family behind them. Doing this kind of thing will only disappoint his father.Although the third prince is only six years old and only one month old, he is young, but he also knows that the emperor must not be disgusted by him, and he does have some expectations for the people who will accompany him to study in the future, so after waiting for their luggage, he hurriedly said with a smile: "In the future, we will study together. Don't be so polite. What's the point of being like those slaves? From now on, we will be companions every day."

Wang Mingtong and Rongming are in their own home, which one is not pampered by the whole family, and they dare not disobey the elders before they came to the palace. It is rare for the third prince to make such a statement. Those who were not happy raised their heads to look at the third prince, their eyes met, the third prince laughed happily, the two looked at each other, not daring to show it too much, but they also laughed, most of the tension in their hearts disappeared in an instant.

On the contrary, the fourth prince, Tu Youhao, looked at Han Yan and Jia Hu, no matter how he looked at it, he was not as good as Wang Mingtong Rongming, one of them looked at Wang Mingtong Rongming enviously after taking a glance at him, and the other stood there blankly. She doesn't even have an expression, and she's short, so what's the use? !Said to be his accompanying student, no matter how you look at it, the third prince's is a hundred times better than his.

Tu Youhao was a thousand times unconvinced in his heart.Earlier, his mother and concubine, Concubine Chen, kept telling him how kind Concubine Shu was, and persuaded his father to arrange two good companions for him. He didn't believe it at the time. It's not the eyes, the nose is not the nose, how could it be so kind, maybe it's up to something.Only his cowardly and incompetent idiot mother concubine could be deceived by Concubine Shu with a few words.These days, Tu Youhao has been trying to inquire about the news, wanting to know what Han Yan and Jia Hu are like, but unfortunately, he is not favored in the palace, and he is young, so he has no contacts to do this.Concubine Chen is also incompetent, she can be deceived with a few words, and she is not as meticulous as an ordinary mother to Tu Youhao. She asks about food and daily life every day, and doesn't care about anything else. I didn't dare to count on him.After worrying for half a month, finally seeing the companion, Tu Youhao was in a hurry, but felt a sense of relief that "it really is".

He said, how could Queen Li, who has always been mediocre to him, allow his companion to overwhelm the third brother? Sure enough, what Concubine Shu said about good candidates was just a casual sentence, what kind of good candidates are they, maybe the queen First choose the remaining ones for the third brother, and then choose two randomly for him.

A wave of hatred only rose from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Tu Youhao's mouth. He already knew, didn't he? On his head, he actually expected to be able to compare with the third brother!With fire in his eyes, Tu Youhao didn't dare to target Empress Li and Tu Youzhao, so he shot Han Yan and Jia Hu with fierce eyes.

With such two people, his previous arrangements were not in vain!

The two princes and four companions—mainly the third prince and Wang Mingtong Rong Ming—talked for a while, and it was almost time. Empress Li asked them to take them to the study room, where the master was already waiting.

The lecturer in the study room was Li Taifu, the father of Empress Li. To him, Tu Youzhao and Tu Youhao didn't dare to neglect him. They respectfully saluted him for a while, served tea and called the master, and didn't dare to make any mistakes in etiquette.

Mrs. Li is a respectable old man. He is naturally closer to his relatives and grandchildren in his heart, but he is more strict on his face. He can still have a slight smile when facing the fourth prince.

The emperor in the middle seemed to be caught up in court affairs, so he didn't come here in person, but called the chief executive Zhou Ruhai, Mr. Zhou, to read out the oral order, nothing else, but told the third and fourth princes to study hard and not to slack off!

After this busy pass, it will be regarded as officially enrolled.Considering that it was the first day, Taifu Li did not directly teach them how to read, but set up questions to test what they have learned so far.The third prince, Wang Mingtong, and Rong Ming are all trained by the court, so there are no questions. When asked about the fourth prince, there are many questions, and most of the fourth prince answered it, but in the subtleties, they are always wrong by one or two things. A small point, the answer is wrong.Judging by Tu Youhao's blushing appearance, he doesn't seem to be lazy and doesn't want to learn, so, is it because no one is serious about teaching?Taifu Li didn't ask further, and then asked Han Yanjiahu about his homework.Now the fun is even bigger, Han Yan's knowledge is simply unsightly, Li Taifu's one question is simpler than the other, but this kid is hemming and hawing, unable to explain why.But the last three-character classic of filial piety was memorized smoothly, and at last it didn't make Mrs. Li look too ugly.Even so, Taifu Li also lost confidence in Tu Youhao's accompanying reading. To the younger Jia Hu, he didn't ask difficult questions. Let Jia Hu memorize the sentence, and it's fine if it passes smoothly.

On this day, the main task of the six people is to read the Analects of Confucius and write.

"The Analects of Confucius can rule the world and educate the people. Writing is like a person. It is the face of a person. If you don't read the Analects, you can't say you know the book. If you don't have good words, you can call yourself a scholar!" Li Taifu said, with firm eyes, so that the six people dare not have the slightest neglect.

After a day of hard work, his hands were sore from writing. Tu Youhao put down the pen, turned his sore wrist, his eyes flicked around Han Yan and Jia Hu, and walked over with a smile: "Han Yan and Jia Hu, you too It can be regarded as studying with me for a day, sharing hardships, resting now, and I will take you out to visit the imperial garden?"

Han Yan had never sat at the desk for such a long time to read and write obediently, and he had been holding back for a long time. Hearing this, he nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay." The prince was also born to a concubine, but since he invited him to visit the imperial garden, he just played with him!

Jia Hu didn't miss the strange light in Tu Youhao's eyes, and wanted to refuse at first, but after thinking about it, he knew nothing about how the Fourth Prince behaved, which was undoubtedly extremely detrimental to his life in the palace, regardless of whether Tu Youhao What kind of idea is he making now? If he goes out for a trip, he can always thank him for understanding. Thinking of this, he also nodded: "Then thank the fourth prince."

Seeing that they agreed, Tu Youhao immediately beamed with joy, and with a wave of his little hand, he drove the maid and eunuch away: "Don't disturb us." He led Han Yan and Jia Hu straight to the remote place.

Han Yan thought he was playing with something novel, his eyes glistened with excitement, and he followed behind Tu Youhao, smiling from ear to ear, and kept asking: "Where are we going? This is really exciting. Are we hiding from people?" Jia Hu didn't speak, waiting for Tu Youhao's answer, as for the corners of these weeds, he couldn't help him.

Tu Youhao was a little impatient, and said, "What are you in a hurry for, just follow me." He led them through beautiful courtyards, and finally came to a courtyard with less smoke, where the flowers and plants were all withered It's obviously an empty courtyard without a master.

Han Yan looked around curiously: "What is this place?"

However, Jia Hu was already on guard. He noticed that there was a strange smile on the corner of Tu Youhao's mouth. Then, he suddenly rushed towards Han Yan like a small cannonball. With a puff, the defenseless Han Yan was caught. He leaned forward and fell straight down.

There, I don't know who was so wicked, dug a hole there, and covered it with a pile of dead branches and leaves. Although it was not very deep, Han Yan's small body fell in, and the branches were also crushed and hit on the ground. On the small arm and calf, it hurts!

"Wow~" Han Yan burst into tears.

"Useless crybaby!" Tu Youhao raised his head in disdain, kicked a stone next to him into it, and hit Han Yan right on the body, which probably hurt a lot, because Han Yan cried even harder!

Tu Youhao scolded again: "A worthless pustule, a wimp, a crybaby, useless for a lifetime!" Then he sprinkled soil on Han Yan, and said with a smile, "Only you are worthy of being mine!" Read along!"

Jia Hu felt a bit of a headache when he saw it, and he hadn't figured out what to do. The fourth prince had already turned his head to look at him...