The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Yuan Chun forced a smile on his face as he watched Baochai shyly accompany the emperor to play the piano in the inner room, endured the sourness on his face, and ordered Baochai, "Undress me."

As soon as the words fell, I heard a small eunuch outside shouting: "I want to report to your empress, Mrs. Rong Guogong, old lady, please see me."

Yuan Chun was taken aback, and said: "Grandmother is here?" The imperial orders entered the palace to guard Concubine Zhen's spirit. Although they didn't say clearly that they couldn't take the opportunity to meet their own mother in the palace, but no one dared to say that easily. .What's more, it still needs to be approved by the queen. Yuan Chun knows well that it is impossible to give her the face that he gave to anyone.

The little inner supervisor said: "The empress has already made a decision."

Yuan Chun said: "Then please come in quickly."

The little eunuch was a little embarrassed: "I haven't seen Concubine Qing in the main hall, so..."

Yuan Chun had no choice but to get up, take Baoqin to greet Concubine Qing, and thank her by the way, so that she could let Shi Taijun in.Concubine Qing watched helplessly in the mourning hall today when a girl with a nasty face suddenly appeared beside Yuan Chun and seduced the emperor's soul, how could she spare Yuan Chun lightly?Zhi Sang scolded Huai for a good lesson, and at the end he made things difficult: "The old lady is getting old, I'm afraid I can't help being tired, so I will give you a face, say a few words here, and let her go to rest quickly. "

Shi Taijun could only grit his teeth to thank him, and said a few words to his granddaughter right under the eyes of Concubine Qing.She originally wanted to report about Yuan Chun's mention of the secret medicine that the emperor asked her to find, but how dare she say it in front of Concubine Qing?He could only say general things like take care, and he was sent out by Concubine Qing in less than a quarter of an hour.Naturally, Yuanchun didn't have a chance to mention Baochai to her. As for how long it would take for Shi Taijun to know after returning home, it would depend on when Tanchun could earn money from Mrs. Wang's control and cry to Shi Taijun.

On the other side, Mrs. Xing was about to leave the palace with Xichun, who was full of exhaustion, when suddenly a palace official came from the Daming Palace, sending the people from the Princess Palace to have an audience.

But it turned out to be the Supreme Emperor, and when he was depressed enough in the mourning hall, he remembered the hope that Princess Yinghua had in her stomach, fearing that she would hurt the child if she went into the palace crying, so she thought about asking her to go to the Daming Palace and find an imperial doctor to help her. look.It's just that she didn't expect that Princess Yinghua didn't enter the palace at all, but Ning Shan ordered Yingchun to get a waist card from the Princess Mansion, and asked Xichun to come for her.

Mrs. Xing didn't dare to let Xichun go to see the Supreme Emperor alone, but she didn't have the courage to go with her, let alone not going.When I was in a dilemma, I suddenly thought of the concubine Jia in the palace. Although she was the second wife, they all had the surname Jia. At this time, I still have to count as a family, so I didn't care about thinking too much. It's better to have someone to ask. no good.What's more, Concubine Jia is still a concubine in the palace, if she leads Xichun to see the Supreme Emperor, it will not only conform to the principle of not letting Xichun be alone, but also avoid facing Longwei herself, killing two birds with one stone.Madam Xing made up her mind and asked the palace servants to allow her to meet Jia Jia first.

The people in the palace did not know that Princess Yinghua did not enter the palace. Although they did not see anyone at the scene, they only thought that Princess Yinghua went to rest in some palace. No matter how unfavored, she was a princess after all. There is still a place to live in the middle of the night, so maybe I go there to take a rest for a while.As for Mrs. Xing, if she hadn't been a cheap mother-in-law, who would come to her.At that moment, the palace attendant just said "Mrs. Hou, take care of yourself" and walked away to find Princess Yinghua.

Mrs. Xing hurriedly took Xichun to Fengzao Palace, begging to see Yuanchun.Yuan Chun just sent Shi Taijun away, and before he returned to his side hall, he heard someone report that someone outside begged to see her.Concubine Qing was tired of hearing this, because her natal family was not in Beijing, not to mention visiting relatives back then, she hadn't seen her family since she married the fourth prince, so she was very annoyed by those natal families who kept in touch with each other all day, so she drove Yuan Chun away Go back to the toilet hall.

Yuan Chun was reluctant to meet Mrs. Xing on her own territory, but since the emperor was still here and was making love to Baochai, she could not ignore her own image and refused to see her family, so she called Xuan Xing lady.

As soon as Mrs. Xing came in, she didn't pay attention to the courtesy, and An didn't invite her properly, she hurriedly asked Yuan Chun to take Xi Chun to see the Supreme Emperor.Yuan Chun was confused when he heard it, and said in a bad mood: "Madam is also getting old, and she can't even speak clearly. What's going on, I don't understand at all. What's the matter with the four girls? Why do you want to see the Supreme Emperor? Can you go to Daming Palace if you want?"

Mrs. Xing sees Princess Yinghua every day. As time goes on, her awe of the people in the palace has faded a lot. Seeing that Yuan Chun didn't treat her well, she lost her voice, and said, "It's the Daming Palace who sent people. It’s not what we want to pass on.”

Yuan Chun frowned and said, "Let me explain in detail."

Xichun, who had been standing behind Mrs. Xing, suddenly came out, startled Yuanchun, hugged the piano and shouted: "Who? How dare you play wild in the palace?"

Xichun said strangely: "It's me, I'm Xichun. Didn't I meet my eldest sister when I was visiting relatives? Also, why did I act wild?"

Yuan Chun didn't know Xi Chun at all, she was only busy looking at Shi Taijun and Mrs Xing when visiting relatives, Wang Xifeng's publicity was also more eye-catching, Xue Lin and Xue Lin were more beautiful than before, basically, San Chun didn't catch Yuan Chun's eyes, that's all. After a hasty scan, I had already forgotten all about it.

Mrs. Xing gave Xichun a hand, curled her lips and said, "I'm a concubine, the nobleman forgets things so much, how can I remember you as a little girl?"

When Xichun heard this, she was also a little unhappy. If this kind of elder sister doesn't care to remember her, then she doesn't care either.So he quickly talked about the matter of entering the palace to pay homage to Princess Yinghua, and explained: "Now the Supreme Emperor wants to send people from the Princess Palace to see her, but the wife dare not take me there, and dare not disobey the Supreme Emperor. I mean, so I came to find the empress, and asked what should I do?"

Yuan Chun had a headache, and felt that these two people came to find her to take the blame.As for the Princess Yinghua, Yuan Chun is very impressive. Before she got married that day, she tossed all the concubines and concubines in the palace. She was not a docile master, let alone dumped Mrs. Zhen in public. With a slap from the concubine, all the knots in this beam were tied.Yuan Chun only thought that Princess Yinghua was unwilling to enter the palace to pay homage to Concubine Zhen, so she pushed the four girls out. I also knew that this would definitely offend the Supreme Emperor. Come, of course you have to obey the order. Madame should hurry up and take the four girls there, there is no reason to keep the Supreme Emperor waiting for a long time."

When Madam Xing heard this, she immediately said with a bitter face: "What is my identity, how can I deserve to meet the Supreme Emperor? It's just that the fourth girl is still too young, let her go by herself, and she doesn't even understand the rules, please ask the empress to take care of her." two."

Xichun, adhering to the righteousness of the ignorant and fearless, shouted awe-inspiringly: "I will go by myself, what are you afraid of!"

The voice of this sentence was a little higher, disturbing the emperor who was scrutinizing Baochai's beauty in the inner room, which made Longyan displeased, thinking that Yuanchun was jealous, deliberately interrupting him to be alone with the beauty, and then walked out I want to scold a few words.Baochai saw that the emperor got up with a displeased face, and hurriedly stopped the sound of the piano, and followed in small steps.

As soon as the emperor came out, he found a middle-aged woman who was pretty but mean-looking standing in the hall. Her first sense was not very good, but when she looked back, she found Xichun, and she was even more upset.When he asked Ning Shan to send his younger sister to the palace to replace Princess Yinghua, Ning Shan brought the little girl here, and the emperor was speechless but very angry, so he firmly remembered Xichun's appearance, but Due to the palace rules and the rule of not being able to look directly at Longyan, Xichun had no idea what the emperor looked like. Now when she saw a middle-aged uncle appearing behind Yuanchun, she screamed in fright.

Surprised by the familiar voice, Baochai suddenly raised her head, and lost her voice, "Fourth Miss, why are you here?" Could it be that she was also arranged by Yuan Chun for the emperor?It's too small!At least it must be Yingchun Daiyu's age... The more Baochai thinks about it, the more alarmed she becomes. Although she is conceited and talented, she loses to her in the end, and Yingchun Daiyu, who is not more noble than her?Besides, her appearance is not bad, and Daiyu can keep pace with her in all aspects. If Yuanchun wants to use their fixed favor, how can I have a chance of winning?

Miss Xue, who thinks too much, only forgets that not everyone is as ambitious as the third girl of the Jia family, let alone everyone yearns for the court like her.Baochai, who was only worried that Yingchun Daiyu would come to compete with her for favor, could not care about the palace rules he learned carefully for a while. It would be a big mistake to speak before the emperor. If you take care of it, you don't feel offended.

Xichun was even more fearless, and directly replied to Baochai, "I came to attend the funeral for Concubine Zhen on behalf of the princess's sister-in-law. If the Supreme Emperor wants to send me there, the wife will bring me to the empress, and I want to ask the empress to accompany me, lest I be clumsy and clumsy." Yes, violated the taboo in the palace and offended the Supreme Emperor."

The emperor is particularly sensitive to the words "Taishanghuang". Seeing that the girl sent by Ning Shan was going to see the Taishanghuang, he was immediately very unhappy, and said coldly, "Where is Daming Palace? Anyone can go there?" This girl It's not to spread the word for Ning Shan, thinking about the past, when that stinky girl Yinghua entered the palace once, Daming Palace came up with an idea to deal with him, no matter how dull the emperor was, he could figure out the problem inside.

Xichun opened her eyes wide, and replied innocently: "My daughter didn't go on her own initiative, she was sent by the Supreme Emperor." After speaking, she turned to look at Mrs. Xing, as if expecting her to help to testify.However, Mrs. Xing has been a little frightened since the emperor came out, and she is trembling at the moment, and she can't see anything else at all.

Xichun had no choice but to turn around and ask Daming Palace if she didn't believe it, or she could describe the appearance of the palace man who sent the message, and if the emperor didn't mind waiting, she could draw it with a pen and paper.As a result, before he could speak, Baochai said: "If you go back to the emperor, this little girl is of the same family as the concubine Jia, and she is the sister of the head of Jia's family. She is young and has not yet learned anything. If there is any offense, I still look to the emperor." tolerant."

Baochai's original intention was to sell favors to Xichun. After all, her attitude when talking to the emperor was really disrespectful, but Xichun didn't understand this. She only saw that Baochai could speak freely in front of the emperor, so she said to her: "Baochai Sister, why don't you accompany me to Daming Palace, I don't think your empress is very willing, but I really don't understand anything by myself, you can talk, so explain it for me."

The emperor is not willing to let Baochai go to see the Supreme Emperor. In his opinion, the Supreme Emperor is against him. Regardless of whether it is upside down or in the harem, his favorite concubines will be suppressed. The concubine even lost her life to the Supreme Emperor.He fell in love with Baochai at the funeral of the emperor's favorite concubine, and he was a little guilty, thinking that the emperor would compete with him for Baochai, or get killed again.

But Baochai weighed the advantages and disadvantages, and felt that it would be good to show her face in front of the Supreme Emperor. As long as she responded appropriately and had a certain amount of advance and retreat, once she left a good impression on the Supreme Emperor, she would become the emperor's concubine in the future, and she might be promoted. way.Although she wanted to hook up with the emperor, she was not stupid enough to do anything before Concubine Zhen's filial piety was over - if she really did, the emperor would not kill her.

Therefore, Baochai asked the emperor with a smile, "I used to be taken care of in Jia's house, and now I feel honored to have the opportunity to make up for it. Please allow the emperor."

The emperor said without even thinking about it: "Unless I go with you." If the Supreme Emperor also took a fancy to this new beauty, with him present, at least he would be able to circle around.Or just point it out directly, I believe that the Supreme Emperor will never ask for the beauty he accepted first.Bewitched by the emperor who tends to be fascinated, he has completely forgotten where he saw this beauty - he was flirting with Concubine Zhen's mourning hall, isn't he afraid that Concubine Zhen will go to him to chat about moral integrity at night?

Baochai was overjoyed, thinking that the emperor was taking care of her specially, for fear that she would be made things difficult by the emperor; while Yuan Chun sullenly assumed a similar reason, secretly annoyed that Baochai was really seductive. It's a bit arrogant; only Xichun is the youngest and the most innocent - she has always been a little shy of strangers, not to mention she is a scary-sounding emperor, it would be great if someone she knows goes with her.

Mrs. Xing stayed here in Yuanchun, waiting for Xichun to come back.The emperor took Baochai and Xichun to Daming Palace.

When they arrived, it happened that the palace man sent out to look for Princess Yinghua came back to report that the princess had not entered the palace today. The Supreme Emperor expressed his understanding and support, and was about to send someone to the princess mansion to send a message to let Princess Yinghua just take care of her. Baby, don't let the little hope that he has been planning for a long time be affected, just listen to the outside report that the people from the princess mansion are here.

The Supreme Emperor was very puzzled, did Yinghua not enter the palace, did he send someone from the palace to pay homage?Just thinking about it, the emperor led the two girls in.The Taishanghuang is absolutely disgusted with this son of the emperor now, he lost his temper when he saw him, and said coldly: "The emperor is free, and he knows to come to see the widow, but the rules and etiquette are still a little bit worse after all. , don’t you know how to wait for the widow to summon you before entering?”

The emperor heard the Taishanghuang's words very harshly, but he didn't dare to contradict directly. He looked around and saw Xichun before he found the topic: "I forgot to report to my father before. Yinghua is heavy, and the son-in-law has just signed up and reported the childbirth." Asking to be exempted from entering the palace, I allow her to find someone to replace her, so here comes this little girl."

The Supreme Emperor glanced at the two girls standing behind the Emperor, one was fifteen or sixteen years old, and the other didn't know if they had a double-digit number. Both of them looked like little girls, and they came for Yinghua, so they gave them some points. In order to save face, he said: "Yinghua is very filial, reward; these two girls are also good, so I reward them together." Dai Quan beckoned people to go down and prepare two rewards suitable for the daughters of ministers who are not tall.

The emperor opened his mouth, wanting to say that he was going to accept Baochai, but he didn't even think about it because he was still in the period of filial piety—although the filial period of a concubine should not be restricted to the emperor in the first place.

Unexpectedly, it was nothing important for the Supreme Emperor to summon the people from the Princess Mansion. Now that Princess Yinghua is not here, he doesn't need to ask someone to go to the imperial doctor for a pulse check, and he doesn't want to look at the emperor who is an eyesore, so he just waved his hand, Said: "I'm tired, the emperor can go on his own, and just leave two maids to relieve the boredom." Since these two maids came for Yinghua, they wanted to know her recent situation, so they asked her about it. abdomen.

The emperor was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the Supreme Emperor would leave Baochai so directly. What does this mean?I just lost a concubine, so I'm going to accept another one?It never occurred to me that everyone is as lustful as him, and the only thought of the emperor, regardless of time and place, is: He shouldn't go out when he hears the sound, but he should get rid of people first. like.