[Red Mansion] The Wife of Powerful Officials

Baoyu was sent back.

Mrs. Wang couldn't stand the wait, and finally heard someone say "I'm back, I'm back", she was overjoyed immediately, she got up and went out to greet her.

Who knew that when the chair was brought in, the person sitting on it was obviously wearing Baoyu clothes, but his face was so swollen that he couldn't even tell what he looked like.

Mrs. Wang was stunned, her tongue seemed to be numb at the moment, and she couldn't utter a word.

"How's Baoyu? Didn't the second master come?" Jia Mu asked.

But Mother Jia only heard the yelling of the maids, she was immediately displeased, so she asked Wang Xifeng and Yuanyang to help her stand up and walked forward.

Just like that, Baoyu's face came into Jiamu's sight.

Jia's mother was startled, and then realized that Baoyu had been beaten: "Baoyu, my Baoyu..." Jia's mother was so sad that she couldn't care about anything, she just hugged Baoyu and cried.

Wang Xifeng was also frightened, and hurriedly shouted: "Ancestor, don't be sad, I'd better ask a doctor to take a look..."

"Go! Go call the second master!" Mother Jia gritted her teeth.

As soon as she finished speaking, Mother Jia fell into a dizziness and frightened everyone.

The whole house was in chaos and crying, as if someone had lost his life.

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Heshen Mansion.

Inside the study.

He Lin was whispering to He Shen about his studies.

Liu Quan came in from the outside and said, "Master, someone wants to see you."

"People from Rongguo Mansion?"

"No."

"Who is that?"

He Shen was a little surprised.He didn't have much contact with people in the court, because he was in a high position now and held a lot of power in his hands, so he had to show a posture of being completely dependent on Qianlong.It's not a good thing to have a close relationship with your colleagues.

Fortunately, the Rongguo Mansion was a thorn in Qianlong's side.Only then did he take advantage of him, approaching the Rongguo Mansion generously.

Therefore, except for the people from Rongguo Mansion, it is really unlikely that anyone will come to him.

"It's from the Ministry of War."

"Please wait in the hall." He Shen stood up and said.

Liu Quan called a servant and went out to invite someone.

He Shen was not in a hurry, he said a few words to He Lin first, and after He Lin was settled, he turned around and left the study, and went to the living room.

Someone is already in there.

It was a man who was much older than Heshen, and shorter in stature than Heshen.

Seeing Heshen coming in, the man hurriedly said: "He Shilang, the younger one is An Ming of the Ministry of War."

The Ministry of War pen post style An Ming?

He Shen always felt familiar to his ears, but according to his identity, he would not be able to meet him on weekdays.

"What's the matter with you?" He Shen also did not exchange pleasantries with this person, and asked immediately.

The man was slightly cautious, but then he said again: "I would like to ask the minister to say a few good words in front of Shang Shu, and recommend the younger one to be the secretary."

After all, the man delivered a box, which was wrapped in a dusty cloth, but it looked heavy, because the man seemed to be struggling to hold it with both hands.

This is a bribe?

He Shen suddenly felt a little fresh.

"You asked me to recommend you with a promotion?" He Shen sat down and asked.

Obviously one of them was standing and the other was sitting, but He Shen's momentum made An Ming shrug his shoulders unconsciously.

"Yes." An Ming laughed quickly: "Such trivial matters should be extremely easy for He Shilang."

He Shen just looked at him and didn't speak.

An Ming's heart trembled, hesitating whether to say anything more.

But He Shen already remembered who this person was.

Historically, the first time Heshen accepted bribes in his career came from a pen post style named An Ming.He Shen agreed, and indeed An Ming was promoted to Secretary by Feng Feng.

But the follow-up has led to extremely bad consequences.

An Ming's father passed away at this time. According to the system, An Ming had to go back to his hometown for the funeral and to observe mourning for three years.

An Ming had just been promoted to the position of secretary at this time, so he kept the matter a secret.Later, he asked Feng Sheng to know about it.

Knowing that He Shen had benefited from An Ming, Feng Sheng recommended him, and also lied to An Ming about not going to the funeral to keep his filial piety.

For this reason, He Shen was impeached by Feng Sheng and Yonggui, another powerful minister.Although He Shen escaped the catastrophe cleverly, he still offended Yonggui and was demoted two levels.

Naturally, He Shen would not go down this old path again.

What's more, now that he wants money, where can he not get it?Why bother to take the money?On the contrary, he had a bad impression in front of Qianlong.

He Shen said indifferently: "This matter is not trivial, let me think about it, you go back first, and take this thing away with you."

An Ming naturally knew that bribery did not happen overnight, although because Qianlong's methods were no better than his father Yongzheng, bribery was already a common practice in the Qianlong Dynasty.

An Ming thanked He Shen and withdrew without complaint.

At this time, Liu Quan, who was standing aside, felt startled.

One is that he is frightened that this person is bold, and the other is that he is frightened that the master has left him by his side, presumably he trusts him very much.

Thinking of this, Liu Quan felt ironed in his heart again, and said with a smile: "This person is a little crazy, but he doesn't know that the master doesn't lack these things. Where is there something that the master can't get?"

He Shen just smiled lightly and said, "Get ready, I'm going to enter the palace."

"Is this going to enter the palace?" Liu Quan was surprised.

"Ah."

Liu Quan had a vague idea in his heart, so he hurriedly turned around and prepared to go.

Recently, for the convenience of Heshen to report progress with him at any time, Qianlong promised that whenever Heshen had something to do, he could go to the palace to meet the saint.

This is undoubtedly a great favor.

After about a stick of incense, He Shen got into the sedan chair and headed towards Miyagi.

Qianlong first read the brochure He Shen handed over, and then patted his leg and said: "Okay! This matter is well done! Your method seems to be fully realized in a few days..."

"I have one more thing to do."

"Say."

"I'm afraid that if this matter is revealed, the emperor's happiness will be ruined."

Qianlong paused, narrowed his eyes and looked at He Shen: "Oh?" But then Qianlong said: "It's nothing, you can tell."

He Shen nodded, and said: "Today in the mansion, someone came to ask for an interview, claiming to be a post from the Ministry of War. I have never had good colleagues in the court. I have never met this person. ..."

Qianlong was silent.He already understood what He Shen meant.

"You don't need to pay attention to this matter, I will deal with it." After Qianlong finished speaking, his face turned slightly pale: "You are the most powerful person in my hand, and those people who are eyeing you are considered good. But you did the right thing. .Aiqing should take good care of the feathers, don't let this kind of people be contaminated."

He Shen bowed and said, "It's really hard work for the emperor to handle this matter for me."

"What did you say? People like this are not tolerated by the court." Qianlong waved his hand, "Okay, let's go. Go back and rest."

He Shen responded and was about to leave.

But Qianlong suddenly said: "Wait, let's have a cup of soup today before leaving."

"Yes." He Shen paused.

"You did a good job, I don't know how to reward you, so I can only reward you with soup." Qianlong laughed.

But in fact, although he said so, there must be other preparations in private, but it is not the right time, so naturally he will not reward He Shen.

Soon, the soup carefully cooked by the imperial dining room came.

Today is pigeon wolfberry soup.

There are also a few snacks, which contain a smell of medicine, but they are all great tonics.

"How does it taste? Last time I ate the food from Mozhai, I asked the people in the imperial dining room to learn it when I came back."

"It's more delicious than Mozhai's food."

Qianlong smiled: "Haha, that's natural, you stingy kid, the things used in the ink studio are not as good as those used in the imperial dining room." While speaking, Qianlong was extremely proud.

He Shen pursed his lips and smiled, but did not speak.

This is naturally incomparable.

If everyone could eat delicacies from mountains and seas, Qianlong would be the first to be unhappy.

He is an emperor, but he can eat the same food as ordinary people.The ingredients used are naturally selected from thousands of choices, and it is better to exchange a thousand dollars for one or two.

After Heshen finished his soup and snacks, he raised his head, only to find that there were several court ladies standing beside him, all holding a box in their arms.

"It's all a reward for you." Qianlong said.

He Shen smiled and said, "What's inside?"

Qianlong pretended to be angry and said: "Now I dare to directly ask what I gave you. Forget it, there are some cloth, silk, gold and silver inside."

"Are there some beautiful palace flower hairpins?"

"You are not married yet, and there is not even a woman in the house. What do you want? Could it be that you have a crush on some girl?" At this moment, Qianlong seemed to be gossiping.

He Shen just smiled and said nothing.

Qianlong looked at his appearance and was not angry, so he smiled and said: "That's all." He casually ordered a eunuch: "Go to the queen to get some beautiful palace flower hairpins."

"Yes." The eunuch smiled and ran out in a hurry.

This waited for a long time, but He Shen didn't feel anxious at all.

Qianlong looked at his appearance, shook his head and said: "It looks like he is in love with someone's girl. If he is really engaged, he should tell me about it to make me happy."

He Shen bowed and said, "That's the case."

Heshen was young, and Qianlong was older. Seeing Heshen's attitude, he felt a little pity for the younger generation.

Soon, the eunuch came back with several maids.

The palace lady is also holding the box in her arms, and there should be quite a lot of things in it.

"How, are you satisfied?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Qianlong smiled, ordered a few people, picked them up in a carriage, and sent Heshen back to his residence.

These fall into the eyes of others, naturally they are envious, only Dao Heshen is getting more and more valued by the emperor day by day.

After hearing about the written post from the Ministry of War, he was still full of joy, feeling that his promotion to the post of secretary was a certainty.

Let's talk about Rongguo Mansion on the other side, Jia Zheng couldn't help sighing after hearing this.

Fortunately, He Shen was not offended.

This person is smart and capable, and it is difficult to make friends with him.

It's so rare, to become a close friend with him, and still think of him wholeheartedly, how can he not know a good heart?If I lose my friend He Shen, I'm afraid I will regret it to death.

Just thinking about it, Jia Zheng heard that the old lady sent someone to invite him.

Jia Zheng felt guilty all of a sudden, instead he went vigorously, thinking that he should talk to the old lady about disciplining Baoyu in the future, and no one else should intervene, otherwise his prestige in the Rongguo Mansion would be compromised.

When Jia Zheng went, Baoyu was also with Jia Mu, and Mrs. Wang was there with her.

Mrs. Wang didn't dare to confront Jia Zheng directly, so she lowered her head, pretending she didn't care about anything.

There are old ladies on the left and right.

In Jia Zheng's heart, she was not more desirable than the other aunts, so she had to be careful.

"Here we come." Hearing the sound of footsteps, Mother Jia lazily rolled her eyelids.

Jia Zheng invited Ann.

Looking at Jia Mu's arms again, Baoyu was leaning there, her face was still swollen, and she was still complaining about her suffering inarticulately.

But when he saw Jia Zheng, Baoyu shivered and dared not say anything.

"Look at you scaring him!" Mother Jia scolded.

However, Jia Zheng did not immediately make a gesture of apologizing as in the past.At this time, he stood there, motionless, and looked at Baoyu, scolding: "How old are you? Why are you still in the arms of grandma? What are you looking like?"

Baoyu was so frightened that he stood up quickly.

Jia Mu looked even more sad, and immediately pressed the corners of her eyes, and said, "Why did you scare him like this? You beat him that day and made him seriously ill. Before he recovered, you called him to teach him a lesson. You , why don't you know how important face is? How did you beat Baoyu into such a state?"

Jia Zheng's mind was full of what He Shen said to him, and he said coldly: "You all go down, I have something to say to my ancestors."

That's exactly what Jia's mother thought. Some things can be said between mother and child, but it is difficult to say them in front of servants, daughter-in-law and son.

After the rest of the people had all retreated, Jia Zheng picked up some words from He Shen, and said the same to Jia's mother.

"No matter what, I can't let Baoyu go on like this. In the future, my ancestors will still love Baoyu, but as Baoyu's father, I must treat him severely and not be soft-hearted."

Mother Jia was not stupid, but she was so frightened by Baoyu's appearance that she lost all reason. Now that she has returned to her senses, she naturally only sighed: "You just know what you know."

Jia Zheng's goal had been achieved, so he said warm words with Jia's mother for a while, and then left when he saw that Jia's mother was not so sad.

Baoyu and Mrs. Wang didn't know what was said in it. Baoyu was still waiting for his ancestor to teach his father a lesson.Unexpectedly, Jia's mother has reached a consensus with Jia Zheng.

But Mrs. Wang found out from Jia Mu later that the matter was revealed like this, and she felt relieved immediately, but she couldn't explain it to outsiders.

So I had to go to Aunt Xue to pour out the bitter water.

Zhou Rui's family couldn't find Mrs. Wang, so they also went to Aunt Xue.

After entering the door, he said a few words.

Aunt Xue suddenly remembered something.

She ordered Xiangling to go into the inner room, and took out a small box.

As soon as the small box was opened, there were a dozen brightly colored gauze flowers lying inside.

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "This is a new way in the palace, with twelve flowers from the gauze pile..."