[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

In the early morning, the crown prince came out of Gu Chaoyu's courtyard. Just as he was about to leave the mansion, he saw two people.

The person in charge saluted the prince, but the prince ignored him and walked past him, but subconsciously glanced at the woman.

After the prince left, the person in charge said, "Hurry up, the prince's mansion is for you to look around?"

The woman looked submissive, pushing the cart with her head down.

For several days in a row, it was the woman who came to deliver fish to the prince's mansion instead of her husband, and occasionally met the prince.

During this period, there was good news from the Prince's Mansion that the Crown Princess was pregnant.

The prince breathed a sigh of relief, and it was rare for him to show a smile to the princess, and even greet the princess with care.The crown princess was not surprised, but Gu Zhaoyu who heard the news didn't know how many tea cups and jade wares he would smash in private.

Although the Gu family had a different position from the Crown Prince, Sister Feng was really happy for the Crown Princess, and sent a congratulatory gift the next day, and there was an endless stream of guests from the Prince's Mansion.

On this day, Sister Feng was chatting with Wang Xihe and Xu Jin, and Xu Jin had already recognized that she had indeed saved Wang Xihe.Wang Xihe thanked Xu Jin. Both of them were people with no heart, and they lost their initial politeness after a while, and soon they laughed and quarreled.

Not long after, Sister Feng heard a message.Daiyu went to Rongguo Mansion to visit Jia Mu. On the way back, the carriage broke down, and Daiyu sprained her foot accidentally, so she returned to the mansion now.

Sister Feng and Wang Xihe went to Lin's house together.

When Sister Feng arrived at Lin's house, the imperial physician had just finished treating Daiyu and was about to leave the residence.

Sister Feng asked, "I wonder how Miss Lin's injury is?"

The imperial doctor said: "It's nothing serious, just apply the medicine a few times and rest for a few more days and you'll be fine."

Sister Feng nodded and quickly walked into the room.Seeing Daiyu sitting on the couch with swollen ankles, she couldn't help frowning, "What's going on, how do the people below do things? Since you know you're going to Rongguo Mansion, why don't you check the carriage first?"

Wang Xihe took a closer look, "Fortunately, no bones were hurt."

Daiyu asked Sister Feng and Wang Xihe to sit down, and ordered Zijuan to serve tea.

"Sister Feng, don't blame them. The carriage was indeed intact when I went to Rongguo Mansion today, but for some reason, it broke down on the way back."

"Since the carriage is broken, how did you come back?" Sister Feng asked.

Daiyu smiled slightly, "It's a coincidence that Mrs. Hou Shizi of Nanning came back to her family today and happened to pass by, so she kindly took a detour to send me back to the Lin Mansion."

In fact, the Lin family's carriage broke down and blocked the road, and she sprained her ankle in a hurry, not knowing what to do.At this time, a luxurious sedan chair stopped at one side, and the person inside told the servant to go and ask Daiyu if she needed help.

On the street, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it is really not appropriate for a man to take the initiative to help.It just so happened that Cheng Wan's maid came running in time, blocked the boy, and quickly helped Daiyu to their carriage.

"Miss Chengjia is really a warm-hearted person." Wang Xi said peacefully.

Sister Feng also laughed and said, "You're still very clever, and helped Sister Lin away before that boy. I just don't know whose family that man is from."

Zijuan thought for a while, and said: "When I was in Rongguo Mansion before, I saw that young servant, who seems to be from the Beijing Palace."

If Sister Feng realized something, "The relationship between the Rongguo Mansion and the King of Beijing seems to be very unusual, especially Baoyu and the King of Beijing."

Zijuan said: "Prince Beijing Jing really likes Second Lord Bao very much."

Sister Feng was thinking about whether this matter had something to do with the Rongguo Mansion. Chen Yanhui heard about Daiyu's injury just after returning to the Lin Mansion, so she hurried over.

It has to be said that although Chen Yanhui is the stepmother, he is upright and upright, and has fulfilled his responsibilities to Daiyu as a mistress, not doing things in person.

Seeing her coming, Sister Feng and Wang Xihe stood up, and they greeted each other.

Chen Yanhui first asked about Daiyu's injury, and then asked what happened. When he learned that Cheng Wan had helped Daiyu, he smiled lightly and said, "Fortunately, it was just a false alarm. Now, you must personally come to the door to thank you."

Daiyu smiled and said, "I thought so too. Didn't mother go to the banquet, why did she come back so soon?"

Chen Yan replied: "I don't like dealing with those ladies the most. They all wear fake faces, which are very hypocritical and boring. If you have this time, it's better to read more books at home and discuss with you."

Sister Feng was slightly surprised. Listening to the conversation between the two, it seemed that Daiyu got along well with this stepmother.A person who can resolutely propose reconciliation regardless of the world's vision is also an open-minded person.

Chen Yan knew that Sister Feng and Daiyu were close, so she didn't evade, saying: "At the banquet, I don't know how many people asked me insinuatingly, wondering if your father gave you a family."

Daiyu blushed.

Chen Yan smiled back, "The others are fine, the most ridiculous one is Princess Beijing."

Several people showed doubts on their faces.

Chen Yan replied: "I thought she wanted to tell you a good family out of good intentions, but I heard the hint in her words, but it was for the sake of King Beijing. She first said that you have outstanding appearance and temperament, and then said that you are talented. She is outstanding, and her poems and essays are second to none among the sisters of the Jia family. She said that a woman like you should be a man with a high family status and a gentle personality. I told her that since you are my daughter now, the Chen family is naturally your grandfather Family, the Lin family is a noble family, so it's not bad. With the Lin family and Chen family as your backing, you will naturally be able to find a good son from a good family to be your wife in the future.

It's just that you are the only daughter of the Lin family, so naturally your father will have to stay for two more years before your father is willing to let you marry.When Princess Beijing heard me say 'principal wife', she couldn't hold back.It's really ridiculous to say, how can there be a wife who takes the initiative to make a side concubine for her husband, and she is not a concubine daughter of a small family or a concubine of a high family, but chooses a daughter of the Lin family, why does she think she can let a woman of your background To be the side concubine of King Beijing Jing. "

Sister Feng said: "Princess Beijing thinks that his husband is a county king and a modest gentleman, so he can accept any woman as a side concubine?"

"It's too pretentious."

Wang Xihe said: "How did Princess Beijing know that Daiyu's poems were good? Could it be that she has seen them?"

As soon as these words came out, Sister Feng and Daiyu thought of something at the same time, their eyes met, and they both understood something.

It was Jia Baoyu.

When Daiyu lived in Jia's house, Jia Baoyu naturally saw the poems and essays he wrote, and he had a good relationship with the King of Beijing, and he never forgot Daiyu, so he naturally shared all the benefits of Daiyu with the King of Beijing.

Thinking about it again, maybe Daiyu's carriage broke down on the road, and it was also the people from Rongguo Mansion who did it, just to let the King of Beijing bump into her and let people see that King of Beijing helped Daiyu, so rumors would naturally spread.

If in ordinary days, Daiyu's status is indeed not enough to be the side concubine of the King of Beijing, but if Daiyu's reputation is ruined, she can only marry the King of Beijing.

Now that the Jia family has plummeted, the only one who can be relied on is the King of Beijing, so it is natural to cling to the big tree of King of Beijing.Seeing that Daiyu had no hope of marrying Baoyu, she wanted to use Daiyu to benefit the Jia family.The Jia family has a good relationship with the King of Beijing, and Daiyu is the granddaughter of Jia's mother. If Daiyu becomes the concubine of the King of Beijing, the King of Beijing will naturally help the Jia family.

Moreover, in the previous life, the Jia family may not have planned to promise Daiyu to the King of Beijing, thinking that the Jia family would gain benefits.

Daiyu's eyes were full of disappointment, she felt a little regretful.In fact, she had already seen clearly who the Jia family was, but Mother Jia was her grandmother after all, so she went to visit Mother Jia as soon as her heart softened.If she had known that the Jia family was out to plot against her, she should not have gone at all.

When Chen Yan saw that Daiyu suddenly became depressed, she didn't ask any further questions.

It's just that Daiyu will be married in one year, so it's time to consider getting engaged.Although she has stayed in the Chen family for many years, she is not blinded, knowing that many children of the aristocratic family are playboys who only know how to enjoy themselves, and they are indeed not suitable for them.It was a matter of Daiyu's life, she couldn't make up her mind as a stepmother, so she should discuss it with Lin Ruhai.

King Ning acted quickly, no, maybe King Ning was already prepared.The prince's people were caught wrong and impeached, and the prince who was involved was also called by the emperor to scold him.

The emperor was already ill, and seeing the mediocrity and incompetence of the prince, his dissatisfaction with the prince increased a lot, and the prince who scolded him couldn't hold his head up.As soon as he left the palace, the prince went to Linjiang Pavilion to drink, and called a beauty to accompany him, and returned to the mansion in the early morning of the second day, smelling of alcohol all over his body.

"Get ready, I just want to take a bath." Xiaochengzi hurriedly sent someone to prepare.

The prince spent the whole night outside, feeling a little depressed and depressed. Everyone watched and hid away, so as not to be used as a punching bag by the prince.

Coincidentally, the woman who delivered the fish was walking with lowered eyebrows and narrowed her eyes, and accidentally bumped into the prince, she hurriedly apologized.

"Don't you have eyes? Procrastinate on, fight for responsibility—" The prince suddenly froze.

The woman knelt on the ground, panicked, and when she lowered her head, the covering on her face fell off, revealing a fair face.Although she is not one of those famous ladies and stunning beauties, she is still fragrant and tender. Even though she is older than the crown princess, she has a mature charm that the beauties of the crown prince's mansion do not have, which is very different from Gu Zhaoyu.

Seeing this, the prince couldn't help but think of Sister Feng whom he saw at the full moon banquet, and when he saw this woman again, he couldn't help feeling hot in his heart.

He couldn't help but look down at her face, perhaps because of nervousness, the mountains in front of her chest also rose and fell when she breathed, as if they were about to jump out with her breath.

The woman saw that the prince remained silent for a long time, and did not dare to move.

After a while, the prince waved his hand, "Get up, let me forgive you this time, just be more careful next time."

The lady thanked you a thousand times, and after saluting, she quickly walked out of the Prince's Mansion.

The people around were stunned by this scene, they almost thought that this woman was going to die just now, why is the prince so easy to talk to?The sun still rises from the east, yes.

The prince has not forgotten his son, he first went to see the princess and then Gu Zhaoyu.He secretly compared Gu Zhaoyu with that woman, even though he knew that Gu Zhaoyu was beautiful, he still missed that woman.

Thinking about it this way, he was a little impetuous, and he was not in the mood to stay here with Gu Zhaoyu.He went to the study and sat alone for a long time, but he still couldn't calm his burning heart, so he immediately called Xiao Chengzi in, and said, "Go and find out, who is in the family of the little lady who delivered the fish."

Xiao Chengzi was taken aback, and said, "Yes."

He had just walked a few steps when the prince stopped him and coughed lightly, "The woman will come to deliver the fish tomorrow, so quietly bring her here."

Xiao Chengzi understood that His Royal Highness had changed his taste.

He didn't dare to show it, so he hurried out to inquire.

When the prince learned that there was only one husband and in-laws in the woman's family, he nodded in satisfaction.That being the case, it would be easy to handle, presumably for the sake of fame, she dared not say anything.

On the second day, the woman came to the Prince's mansion to deliver fish on time, and was invited to another place as soon as she came out of the kitchen.

The woman looked at the red walls and blue tiles, and the high gate palace, feeling a little uneasy, "You invited me here, do you have anything to tell me?"

Xiao Chengzi smiled and said, "Just come with me, it must be a good thing."

After a while, Xiao Chengzi took her to a room, clapped her hands, and a maid came in with clothes and things for bathing.

"Give this... little lady a good tidying up. I'll come and lead her in a while."

The servant girl said: "Mr. Cheng, don't worry, just leave it to us."

I swear in my heart, this woman is blessed.

The woman didn't know why, and wanted to catch up and ask, but the door was closed suddenly, and several maidservants pulled her over, and she could only be at the mercy of others.

"This is a great thing. No matter how many people ask for it, you can't ask for it. You can rest assured that we will serve you."

The prince specially chose a secluded room, waited anxiously for someone to come over, and urged Xiao Chengzi several times.

When he asked for the fifth time, he heard someone tell him that he was ready.

It was the first time for the prince to do this kind of thing, and he had no experience. To be on the safe side, he asked Xiao Chengzi to pick him up in person.

After a while, Xiao Chengzi came over with a woman in pink. The woman painted her eyebrows and powdered her lips, her lips were bright red, and her eyes were full of panic. When the prince saw it, her eyes were straight.

After tidying up and dressing up in this way, she is even more beautiful than before, without reducing the woman's mature charm at all, the prince is very satisfied.

Xiao Chengzi sent the woman in, the prince looked around the woman and said: "Okay, well done, I will definitely reward you."

Xiao Chengzi smiled openly, "Thank you Your Highness, the servant girl will go down."

The prince waved his hand, and Xiao Chengzi closed the door for the two of them.

The woman vaguely understood what was going on, and turned around to run, but the door was locked. She had nowhere to escape, and looked at the prince in panic.

"What are you doing, let me go-"

The prince had waited for so long, he couldn't wait any longer, he picked her up and threw her on the bed, then covered her mouth...

Half an hour later, the prince looked at the woman who was sobbing softly, and sighed contentedly.He stroked the woman's white and smooth back, "If you still want to be famous, you will know what to do about today's matter. In the next few days, you will continue to send fish to the Prince's Mansion, and your benefits will naturally be indispensable."

The woman was still crying, her little face was stained with tears.

The prince didn't feel that the woman's crying was annoying, on the contrary, he felt a little more happy.No wonder many big shots or high-ranking people like to forcibly defile married women. The taste is really different, and there is also a kind of stolen excitement.

He also knew that many princes in history liked to have sex with concubines secretly, but he didn't live in the East Palace, so it was inconvenient...

Thinking of this, he shook his head and waved the thought out of his mind.How could he have such an idea, if his father found out, he would definitely be abolished.

He touched the woman's face and dropped a bag of silver, "Don't cry, it will do you no good if others find out."

The woman bit her lip, wiped her tears, and began to dress.

The prince hadn't tasted enough of the woman, so he asked her to come back tomorrow, but the prince never imagined that he didn't wait for the woman, what he waited for was a big trouble.

At the busiest time in the capital, the gate of Shuntian Mansion Yin was also bustling. The mansion was surrounded by people, and a man inside shouted grievances while beating drums.

The people around all pointed and pointed, and someone recognized the man and said, "Hey, isn't this Brother Wu who sells fish from the Wu family in Xinghua Lane? I haven't heard what happened to his house. Why did he go to the government office to attack him?" Is the drumming of grievances coming?"

"Yeah, I recognized it too, isn't it Brother Wu? What happened to his family?"

"Brother Wu has been ill recently, and it was his wife who delivered the fish from door to door instead of him. I don't seem to notice her going out today. Could it be that something happened?"

At this time, a person who was acquainted with Wu Ming came up and asked him why he came to beat the drums to express his grievances.

Wu Ming looked sad, "Wife Jing gave fish to someone yesterday, and she was in a trance after returning home. I asked her what happened, but she didn't speak. She was fine when she slept at night, and she was nowhere to be seen this morning. I thought she was going to start a fire and cook, but who knows...who knows she hanged herself in another room."

Hearing this, everyone started talking, and someone asked, "Why did your wife commit suicide?"

Wu Ming wiped away tears, "I found a letter under her pillow and asked someone to read it. It turned out that she was forced to death, so I risked my life to seek justice for Mrs. Jing."

Everyone became even more curious, "Who forced her to death, you tell me."

"That's right, if you have any grievances, Mr. Fu Yin will definitely decide for you, and don't want your life."

Wu Ming smiled wryly, "Like that kind of high-ranking official, how could Mr. Fu Yin offend him for ordinary people like us. I came here to beat the drums and complain. I don't expect the wicked to be brought to justice. Tell it, let everyone know the evil deeds that person has done!"

Everyone became more anxious when they heard it, "After talking for a long time, you are telling us who it is."

Wu Ming was distraught, "This villain is none other than the prince of the Dajing Dynasty. Seeing that Jing's wife was pretty, he forcibly defiled her and threatened her to go again today. But Jing's wife is a staunch person, and she would rather Even if I die, I don't want to be insulted by others. I pity my virtuous wife who was forced to die like this. Because he is a prince, he can do whatever he wants. Is there any justice in this world? I will never let her die in vain. I want Let everyone know what kind of person the prince is!"

These words fell like a thunderbolt, and everyone was shocked.

The prince, is it actually the prince?The prince has never seen any beauties, so as to defile a fish girl?

Wu Ming shouted: "I know you don't believe me, but I swear here, if there is a lie, there will be a thunderbolt!"

Say, continue drumming.

Mr. Pei didn't know the bustle outside, so he packed up and slowly ascended to the hall. When he opened the door, he found so many people gathered outside, he was speechless immediately.

Wu Ming told the story again. When Mr. Pei heard that Wu Ming was going to sue the prince, he almost fell off his chair in shock.

"Bold five names, how dare you frame the crown prince! Who ordered you to do this?"

Wu Ming sneered at the crowd and said, "Look, what I said is right, it really is the officials who protect each other, and they protect those nobles without asking."

There were too many onlookers, and those who were filled with righteous indignation naturally had some booing.

Many people who were not used to being an official began to complain for Wu Ming, and the noise inside and outside the government office was deafening.

"All the common people know about this. You officials are still blatantly defending the prince and scolding the wronged people. Is there any law in the Dajing Dynasty?"

"Yes, yes, is there any Wang Fa?"

Master Pei felt a headache.

If one or two people are easy to deal with, I am afraid that the whole capital will know now, how can he still protect the crown prince?Furthermore, it is not a trivial matter that concerns the crown prince, he, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, does not want to take this hot potato.So he thought about it and decided to go to the palace to meet the emperor. This is the emperor's son and should be under the emperor's control.

Sister Feng and Gu Xingchi naturally also heard about this.

"What did King Ning do?"

Gu Xingchi laughed and said: "From the impeachment of the prince, to the prince's forcible possession of Yu Niang and Wu Ming beating the drums to protest his grievances, it was all arranged by King Ning."

Sister Feng smiled, "If things stop here and ruin the prince's reputation and make the emperor hate the prince even more, what King Ning has done is extremely successful, but it's a pity..."

"Unfortunately, he is too eager for quick success." Gu Xingchi said slowly, "Just now he broke the crown prince's wings, which caused the crown prince to be reprimanded by His Majesty, and then the incident of Yu Niang happened. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that someone deliberately targeted the crown prince. As long as the slightest flaw is revealed, King Ning will be counterattacked by the prince, too impatient, the gain outweighs the loss."

"Aren't you on the same line as King Ning, do you want to remind him?"

Gu Xingchi sighed with a smile: "He deliberately set this out for the crown prince, and now he is on the verge of success, how can he be willing to give up? If I persuade him to give up, I'm afraid he will say that I was too cautious, restrained, and missed the opportunity. It's better to wait first, if he fails, it will be regarded as a lesson for him."

Sister Feng smiled slyly, "At that time, if you find a way to save him from the fire, he will naturally thank you, and he will obey your words in the future. You are really good at calculating."

Gu Xingchi smiled softly, "Listen to you, it seems like I'm very bad."

Sister Feng's eyes widened, "Don't you?"

in the palace.

Master Pei met the emperor and told him what happened outside.

The emperor's expression was indistinguishable, and he was speechless for a long time. Mr. Pei was a little unsteady on his feet.

After a long time, the emperor finally said, "Do the people in the capital know?"

I don't know if it's because there are too many charcoal fires, Master Pei felt sweat dripping from his body, "Return to Your Majesty, I dare not hide it. Before I tried this case, the man named Wu Ming made all the noise. gone."

In other words, the case must have a result.

Sure enough, the next moment the emperor became angry and shouted: "Call the prince into the palace!"

Eunuch Zhang said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Eunuch Zhang was very good at understanding the emperor's mind, knowing that the emperor was about to interrogate himself, so he ordered the people who went to the prince's mansion to bring Wu Ming along the way.

Not long after, the prince entered the palace tremblingly.Even though the empress had quietly sent someone to pass the message to him before entering the palace, when he saw the emperor, his body still trembled involuntarily.

"I see my father..."

As soon as the crown prince came in, the emperor threw a paperweight, "What good deed have you done?!"

The prince subconsciously flashed, and the paperweight flew over while wiping his hair.

Eunuch Kang raised his eyes and lowered them.Inside and outside the palace, only the prince dared to avoid His Majesty's paperweight and teacup.

The prince fought with each other, and immediately knelt down, "My son... my son..."

"You robbed women from a good family, forced others to hang themselves, and now you are making a fuss, and you have completely humiliated the royal family. You, the prince, did a great job." The emperor laughed back angrily.

The prince knelt on the ground without saying a word.

The emperor became even more angry, "Why don't you speak anymore, isn't what I said right?"

"My son... I don't know what's wrong, my son has never done such an outrageous thing." The queen mother said, let him refuse to admit it to death, he must listen to his mother.

The emperor was dumbfounded for a moment, but the prince actually denied it?In the past, when he got angry, the prince would kowtow in fright to admit his mistake, why is it so abnormal today?

The crown prince mustered up his courage to look directly at the emperor, "No matter what the father says, the son will not plead guilty if he has not done it. The father is so wise and powerful, he will definitely see the truth and give the son justice."

Lord Pei, Eunuch Kang, and Eunuch Zhang: "..."

The emperor didn't really believe that he was innocent just because of the prince's few words, so he said to Zhang Ming, "Let Wu Ming come in."

Eunuch Zhang thought that fortunately he had the foresight, so he asked Wu Ming to come in.

It was Wu Ming's first time entering the palace, he only felt that the golden lights were shining everywhere, which made him dazzled and uneasy.

Wu Ming bowed to the emperor at a loss, not daring to look directly at the emperor.

The emperor asked: "It's you who beat the drums outside and complained that the prince forced your wife to death?"

Wu Ming just showed his nervousness and panic, and stammered: "It's...it's the grassroots..."

The emperor's eyes were sharp, and he asked again: "Are all the things you said the prince did true?"

Wu Ming trembled all over, kowtowed and said: "No...it's not true, someone bought the grass people to frame His Royal Highness, and deliberately let everyone know the evil things the prince did. That person said that the grass people's wife was asked to pretend to be a hanging beam to commit suicide It seems that he will buy a good wife in advance to prove that Jing's wife is really dead. Afterwards, he will give Caomin a large sum of money to let Caomin's family leave the capital. Although Caomin is a commoner, he also knows that the crime of deceiving the king is unforgivable. Your Highness has no grievances with Caomin, and Caomin really can't bear to frame him. But he is afraid of that person's power, so in order to save his life, he can only pretend to agree. If His Majesty doesn't believe it, you can call Jing's wife into the palace to see if Jing's wife is still alive , the lie will be self-defeating.”

If Wu Ming's wife is really not dead, then his words are very likely to be true, someone bought him to frame the prince.

The prince's heart fell to the ground, no wonder his mother asked him not to confess his guilt, it turned out that his mother had already arranged it.

The emperor glanced over the crown prince, then looked down at Wu Ming and said, "If there is a lie, do you know the consequences?"

"The grass people know."

The prince saw the timing right, and shouted at the injustice, "Father, you must be the master for your son."

The emperor sneered, "Show King Fu, King Qing, and King Ning into the palace!"