Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

In the sixth year of Jingyuan, the capital was shaken, and the huge waves caused by the bloody wind lasted for more than a quarter. The soil at Caishikou was covered with a dark blood color. There was a foul stench.On the mass graves outside the city, the stray wild dogs foraging for food were rounded up, and their coat color became much more beautiful.

Many wealthy families disappeared, and some people took advantage of the momentum and became upstarts.The common people trembled, the curfew came down, and the door was closed at night. Occasionally, they heard a movement outside the door. The whole family huddled together and shivered under the quilt, and worshiped all the gods and Buddhas in the sky. When I came to my house, the wooden door in front of the house was a little shaken by the soldiers who came to 'search the rebellious party' from time to time.

However, those rich houses with carved beams and painted pillars have not been affected.The old master's house was ransacked and his family wiped out. Naturally, a new master came in, and it was necessary to repaint and decorate the house. The already beautiful courtyard looked even more gorgeous.

After ascending the throne for more than six years, the new emperor finally shook hands with all the forces in the court.The blood of Prince Yizhong's mansion, which was so impressive in the past, is now cut off. In the end, only the prince and concubine of Yizhong, who is now an orphan old woman, stayed with him for the rest of his life.

During the time of the first emperor, the layout of the capital's forces underwent an earth-shaking change.

When Jia Hu, Han Yantu and You Hao were allowed to come out, when they recalled those things back then, they still had lingering fears and couldn't sleep at night.

At that time, Jia Hu and Tu Youhao guessed the emperor's intentions from one-sided news. One was sophisticated and capable, and the other was smart and precocious. Although they couldn't believe it, they still couldn't help but wonder, could it be the emperor? Is it true that in order to eradicate the remaining power of Prince Yizhong, he deliberately came up with a bitter trick?By virtue of the Zhou family's prescription for treating smallpox, he pushed all his flesh and blood into a dangerous place to frame Prince Yizhong?

Tu Youhao was covered in cold sweat from shock, but this suspicion seemed to have taken root in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

How can you allow others to snore beside the couch?Prince Yizhong was so powerful back then, with the last emperor's will, if there is no good excuse, how could the emperor kill him?The emperor is suspicious, how long did the emperor lie dormant in the hidden mansion before he came to the throne, how can he rest assured if the power of Prince Yizhong's mansion is not completely eradicated?

It's just that the smallpox epidemic is extremely dangerous, and even if there is a prescription, it is hard to be sure.The dead eunuch and court lady is the proof.Tiger poison does not eat offspring, the emperor risked the safety of his flesh and blood to set up this situation, it really is true that the Tian family has no father and son.

It is always Tu Youhao who has long been used to the emperor's indifference and indifference, but when he thinks of the importance he attaches to the first three princes on weekdays, he still can't help feeling chills in his heart.Really...

Seeing Tu Youhao's distraught appearance, Jia Hu looked at him with a little more pity, and asked Han Yan not to confront him again, and Jia Hu immediately wrote a letter to Mrs. Zhang.

The letter was not as usual, and only talked about his own affairs. Here, Jia Hu also mentioned Xu Wei, the Zhang family, and the Jia family, and even wrote a long paragraph to Xiao Jia Lian alone, asking him to guess the words, asking Zhang must ask Jia Lian to read and guess the answer.

When Mrs. Zhang received the letter, she couldn't laugh or cry for a while. How old was Lian'er, Hu'er couldn't wait to teach him how to read.Fortunately, he had the patience to make up stories for Jia Lian to identify and learn the words in the Three Character Classic.

Mrs. Zhang thought about it, her son still has such leisure and elegance, and he must have lived a good life in the palace. She was slightly relieved, and when she returned home, thinking of her son's ten thousand instructions, she asked Mother Jin to take Jia Lian away. Called, determined to play with Jia Lian in the afternoon.

Although Jia Lian is young now, he knows a lot of things. He speaks fluently. He has been taught by Jia Hu, and he already knows a lot of words. On weekdays, he is most annoying to Jia Hu's brother. I heard that my brother wrote a letter, okay? Happy, she got into Zhang's arms, insisting on reading the letter written by Jia Hu.

Mrs. Zhang held up the letter and showed it to him, and said with a smile: "You only know how many words and you want to read the letter. Can you understand it?"

Jia Lian ignored him, read every word, and yelled when he met someone he knew.His nanny, Mother Zhao, accompanied her with a smile and said, "Brother Lian and Brother Hu are doing well, this is because I miss my brother. Don't care if you understand it or not, it's because my younger brother misses my elder brother."

Mrs. Zhang felt relieved when she heard this, and lowered her head to coax Jia Lian: "Your brother has given you a question. Our brother Lian is here to guess. What is the answer to the question given by brother?"

Jia Lian clapped her hands and shouted happily: "Okay, okay, I want to play games with my brother."

Jia Lian and Jia Hu are used to playing, and the game is not difficult, but Jia Hu made up some short sentences to explain the words, corresponding to a certain word in the Three Character Classic, so Jia Lian memorized it by rote first, and then asked questions. Let Jia Lian remember that the children were accompanied by someone to play with, and they really knew most of the characters in the Three Character Classic by heart, and knew the general meaning.Although he hadn't played for a while and was a little rusty, there were only a few questions. As he recalled, Jia Lian's answers became smoother and smoother, and he opened his round and bright black eyes, waiting for Mrs. Zhang to praise him.

How can Mrs. Zhang care about him now?The questions Jia Hu made up made Jia Lian guess the answer, and they even became a sentence. The news revealed in it made her tremble. went back.While repeatedly calling for someone to prepare the car, she is going to the Jingyuanhou Mansion.

Mama Su and Mama Jin are always on hand, and they have listened to the words Jia Lian guessed. Although they don't understand very well, it can be seen that Mrs. Zhang is so flustered, so they know that it is not a good thing, but... "Grandma just woke up this morning. After coming back from the Jingyuanhou’s mansion, I’m going again now, I’m going to let my wife know about it, I’m afraid there will be another explanation.”

"If she's not feeling well, she'll be uncomfortable. Now this matter can't be delayed." Ning Ken insisted on Jiamu's displeasure, and Zhang had to figure out the news from Hu'er, "Please don't delay, Hire the cars right away, and I'll sell them all to the coal mines if you delay a moment."

After such harsh words, no one dared to miss them, and soon, the carriage carried Mrs. Zhang to the Jingyuan Hou Mansion.When Mother Jia got the news, she was so angry that she said to everyone Lai: "Nowadays, I don't take me seriously anymore. I'm married and have children, and I keep running to my mother's house to look at me. So bullying and dare not do anything to her? Do you still pay attention to the Rongguo Mansion?!"

Mrs. Zhang didn't know that her mother-in-law had made another note for her in her heart, and went to Jingyuanhou's mansion in a panic. She didn't wait for anyone to pass the report, and took her to Jingyuanhou Zhanghou.Master Zhang Hou was reading a book, when he saw his sister, he was startled: "Why are you here?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't answer, she called everyone out, and told Mama Su, Mama Jin, to guard the gate of the yard. No one was allowed to stand in the entire outer courtyard. She went to open all the windows by herself, but she couldn't see anyone, so she dragged Master Zhang away. Standing in the middle of the room, tremblingly said in a low voice: "I just discovered the code word that Hu'er hid in the letter, big brother, something serious happened."

Seeing how frightened his younger sister looked, Zhang Houye hurriedly comforted her: "Take it easy first, take it easy, it's not a big deal, there's still big brother here, it's okay. What news did Hu'er send you?" , scared you like this?"

Mrs. Zhang raised her head, leaned into Master Zhang's ear and said, "Hu'er said that the epidemic comes from Ziwei."

Master Zhang's body froze, his eyes shrank for a moment, he couldn't believe it for a long time, and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that Hu'er made a mistake?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head: "Hu'er said that Imperial Physician Zhou has developed a prescription to treat smallpox, and he and the sons of the fourth prince Han's family have already begun to recover."

Master Zhang Hou and Mrs. Zhang both experienced world affairs, so they naturally knew that a disease such as smallpox could not be developed in a day or two.At this stall, such a prescription suddenly appeared... Thinking of the current situation outside, Mr. Zhang Hou couldn't help but sigh: "Hu'er has such a keen mind."

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and smiled bitterly: "He is with the fourth prince now, so he probably knows more than us." Tu Youhao is the emperor's own son, and he knows the emperor's temperament no better than others.Together with him, Jia Hu knew more, and naturally he was able to find problems better.

Master Zhang Hou said in a low voice: "Because all His Royal Highnesses are happy to see you together, the current situation in the court is in turmoil. The emperor has lost his temper several times in the court hall. Officials who committed crimes recently will be severely punished..." After a pause, a long time Sighed, "It's only been a month since your Highnesses fell ill, and the emperor has sent off many people, most of whom are Prince Yizhong and Prince Yiyong. It happened. A few days ago, we still complained about the injustice of the present, saying that the present is lenient to others, and we never wantonly cleaned up the court because of the dispute over the succession. If it weren’t for the fact that the generation with ulterior motives went too far this time, the emperor would not be so cruel Spicy... But I don't want to, it turns out that all of this is the emperor's handwriting."

Zhang Houye's voice became smaller and smaller, and the Zhang family was also bitter, and said in a difficult way: "Father said in the past, he is generous and benevolent today, and he is very protective of his own people, and he will be a wise king in the future. "

The siblings looked at each other, stood where they were, and smiled wryly.

In the end, Lord Zhang Hou asked Zhang: "If everything is under the control of the emperor, you can go back and remind Enhou and let him stay at home honestly. I will go to Xu Shishu right now. The Xu and Zhang families are family friends. He He takes good care of us and is Hu'er's teacher, so we should discuss it with him. As for what to do in the future, I'll tell you when I see him."

Mrs. Zhang had no objection, and went back to Rongguo Mansion in a panic. In the evening, she was taken advantage of by Jia's mother in a trance, and she stood and served Jia's mother for dinner and tea...

Before waiting for a letter from Zhang family and Xu family to reassure Zhang family and tell her what to do next, news came from outside that the son of Prince Yizhong, who had been demoted to a commoner, rebelled!