The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

The princess mansion sent several servants to go to Xue's house early the next morning, and explained Xue Baochai's whereabouts.Aunt Xue was surprised, angry and depressed, needless to say, but Mrs. Wang was very happy with it, and even regretted not throwing Tanchun over by the way.

Another day later, Baochai was sent back to Lixiangyuan. It was said to the outside world that the princess was pregnant and did not need to attend school for the time being. She felt sorry for the separation of the female official from her family and asked her to go home for the time being.

Xue Baochai came and went in a hurry, up to Mrs. Jia Shexing, down to Yingchun Daiyu Xichun, no one knew the ins and outs, and this person was no longer in sight.Jia Amnesty was scratching his head to find out what was going on, and by the way, he was curious why his eldest son didn't take a fancy to Xue Baochai's looks; Mrs. Xing and Xichun were very happy; A big living person suddenly appeared and then suddenly disappeared, and he turned a blind eye to it. Occasionally, he took Daiyu to discuss this matter quietly when he was free.

Daiyu was very curious, and guessed many reasons, but she couldn't be sure.Although she had the intention to ask Yuemao coquettishly, but later learned that Yuemao was not there that day, and only Huamao was with Ning Shan and Princess Yinghua, so she gave up thinking about it—Yuemao was still willing to pamper her. Seeing them, Nanny Hua is hard to talk about.

In the palace, Concubine Zhen Taigui had already passed the 21st day of her death in the inner side palace, Qin Tianjian had counted the days and was ready to leave to invite her spirit into the Xianling.The mausoleum built by the Supreme Emperor of this dynasty is called Xiaoci County, and it takes about ten days to travel from the capital.

The Supreme Emperor and the Emperor naturally don't need to send the mausoleum, but the Sixth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the grown-up princes of the Emperor all have to go. Besides, any courtiers who have titles and official positions don't need to go to court every day And all the imperial edicts who were accompanying the spirit guard in the palace also had to go together.

Ning Shan's family reported the birth to Princess Yinghua as usual, so she was exempted from being sent to the mausoleum;

Both Jia Amnesty and Ning Shan will go to court, so there is no need to go;

Mrs. Xing had no reason, so she had no choice but to go alone unwillingly.Xichun walked around the palace last time, and was still in high spirits. This time, she took the initiative to ask Ying to go, but no one agreed. Children have the cleanest eyes, and it is easy to bump into people when going to that kind of place. When she came back, she asked Yingchun to take her to learn how to be a housekeeper, and she was not allowed to go out.Xichun was unhappy for several days, until Yingchun took her to the princess mansion next door to visit the garden and let her paint freely, then she forgot about going out.

Jia Lian at Ronghou's Mansion wanted to go to court, and there was no need to send him to the mausoleum, but Sister Feng had to go, and she happened to be with Mrs. Xing. For this reason, Sister Qiao was sent to the Duke Huguo's Mansion, where Daiyu took care of her.Daiyu led her to greet Princess Yinghua every day, but what she thought in her heart was that she wanted to give the princess a daughter through sister Qiao.It is said that if you see a boy, you will get a boy, and if you see a girl, you will get a girl. Daiyu still remembered that the Supreme Emperor wanted to snatch the Ning family's child, so she wholeheartedly hoped that Princess Yinghua would give birth to a daughter, and everything would be solved.

Shi Taijun was the only one who had to go to the Grand View Garden. Fortunately, there was Mrs. You from the East Mansion to accompany and wait on him, so there was no trouble to find Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng.Mrs. Wang guards the Grand View Garden, Aunt Xue guards the Ronghou Mansion, the two sisters are separated by a wall, and each has a lot of worries and depression.

Mrs. Wang is depressed because her order and Yuanchun have not been able to conceive a dragon child so far, while Aunt Xue is depressed that Baochai was selected as the princess' attendant, sent out of the palace, let alone sent home now, look at this posture , it is basically hopeless to be a concubine, and there is not much possibility of becoming a concubine with a concubine.

Baochai has calmed down a lot, since she came back home, she has been urging Aunt Xue to tidy up the family property, and at the same time sent someone to look for Xue Pan, and asked him to return to his hometown in Jinling as soon as possible, re-purchase the family property, and settle down.Aunt Xue went in without knowing it, and refused to leave. She only said that there are natal families and concubines in Beijing, and they can only rely on them to live here.Baochai pretended to cry and said that she had become a servant of the little sisters in the past, lost face, could no longer live in Beijing, and must go back to Jinling.

Aunt Xue felt sorry for her daughter, and secretly scolded Mrs. Wang and Yuanchun mother and daughter no less than ten times. She tried her best to appease Baochai, and even told Baochai about the marriage with Baoyu that she and Mrs. Wang had discussed privately earlier. She is promising her daughter that she will find a son-in-law with both good looks and good looks.But Baochai didn't like Baoyu early in the morning, and she was frightened by the life and death of the royal family mixed with Beijing, and insisted on returning to Jinling.The mother and daughter quarreled endlessly, and the family business could not be settled for a long time, but Baochai privately sent a steward to find Xue Pan, who already had a clue.

Eager to run away, Baochai did not forget that she had a heavy responsibility, so she asked Aunt Xue about the fact that the Wang family was in charge of maritime trade in the past.Aunt Xue’s mind was not bright, and she was even more unsuspecting towards her daughter. Within a few days, Baochai asked her everything she knew—the Wang family took advantage of the convenience of sea trade and communicated with foreigners in private. There are a lot of things from foreign vassals in it, because they are rare and extremely valuable, many of them are even treasures of town houses that cannot be found in ordinary palaces.

But also thanks to Aunt Xue's unhappiness and lack of favor, it's not much better if she doesn't say she doesn't know anything about the real sex of the Wang family.Baochai was tentatively tentative at first, but later she found that Aunt Xue didn't seem to know as much as she did, so she let it go and told all the properties of the secret medicine, but Aunt Xue kept laughing and only said that the world How can it make people weak to death without knowing it, even the imperial physicians can't find it out.He also said that Baochai had read some wild history books. Those books are not good, so don't read too much, so as not to change his temperament.

Baochai is very worried. On the one hand, he is afraid that he will be killed if he fails to complete the task. On the other hand, he feels sorry for his mother and aunt who are both daughters of the royal family, but his uncle Wang Ziteng and his grandfather and grandmother back then are really partial. She gave her all the good things at the bottom of the box, but let her mother marry a merchant, so she couldn't wear a phoenix coronet and Xiapei, and couldn't be an imperial wife, and she and her elder brother were inferior to others for the rest of their lives.

On the other hand, Baochai was also very happy that Aunt Xue knew nothing, so that even if the royal family wanted to investigate the responsibility in the future, they could pick it out.It's just that it's really difficult to get the news from that aunt who is deep-minded and ruthless, even if Baochai is proud and intelligent, she can't guarantee that she can beat Mrs. Wang.But if you don't start with her, who knows when Wang Ziteng will return to Beijing?It was even more unrealistic to wait for him.

With no other choice, Baochai had no choice but to return to the Grand View Garden, trying to curry favor with Mrs. Wang while waiting for an opportunity to get something out of her mouth.At first, Tanchun saw Baochai entering the palace and was envious of her wholeheartedly, but within a few days, he heard that not only did she not become a concubine, she was also sent out of the palace. good thing.If not, I'm afraid he will be sent out at this moment.It's just that after thinking about it later, I still feel that I didn't get such an opportunity, that I couldn't enter the palace, couldn't see the nobles, and couldn't be appreciated. Her whole life would still be in the hands of the aunt.Tanchun originally wanted to please Mrs. Wang and seek a future for herself. After seeing Mrs. Wang's ruthlessness, she also felt timid, but she had no one else to count on except Mrs. Wang, so she had to endure it. With fear in his heart, he became more and more flattering.

At that time, although Yingchun Xichun and Daiyu were gone in the Grand View Garden, the new girls still lived in it from time to time, and it was still quite lively.It's just that Baoqin moved out of Hengwuyuan after Shi Taijun sent her to the mausoleum, and lived with the nominal wife of Qianniangwang.Xiangyun was also sent to the Grand View Garden because Shihou and his wife wanted to follow the mausoleum. After Tanchun stopped studying palace rules, he moved from Mrs. Wang's upper room to Qiushuangzhai, and Xiangyun lived with her. .

Xing Xiuyan was originally assigned to stay in the brocade building that Baochai often vacated. Now that Baochai came back, she wanted to move out.Baochai travels between Zhuijinlou and Lixiangyuan every day, and often mentions Xingxiuyan to Aunt Xue, which makes Aunt Xue think about telling her to Xue Pan.

However, after thinking about it again, she felt unworthy, but coincidentally when Baoqin came to greet her, Aunt Xue immediately thought of her brother Xue Bian, and suddenly felt that they were a perfect match, so she began to think about matching the two.It's just that it's the time of the country's filial piety, and no one dares to mention it, so they take it to heart, but secretly ask Baoqin to communicate with Xiuyan more, and only say that she will help Baochai take care of Xiuyan, but Taiming didn't mention it.Baoqin also liked Xiuyan's character at first, and with Aunt Xue's instructions, she came and went from time to time, and occasionally invited Xiuyan to Lixiangyuan with Baochai.

After a long time, Mrs. Wang also noticed it, but she only thought that Aunt Xue had taken a fancy to Xiuyan, and if she wanted to tell Xue Pan, she felt disdainful, and laughed at her as a businesswoman after all, with humble eyes, as if a poor girl would be a treasure On the one hand, he secretly looked down on Xue Pan as a human being, thinking that even if he was good, he was not worthy of him.However, this saved Tanchun unintentionally, because Mrs. Wang originally wanted to sell Tanchun, an unsightly concubine girl, to Xue's family at a discount, so she didn't care what kind of bastard Xue Pan was. It was her good fortune for a lowly girl from a concubine to exchange some money to make her Baoyu marry a wife more dignified.

Tanchun escaped, but Baochai was missed by Mrs. Wang again.It was Mrs. Wang who wanted to get money from Xue's family, and without the excuse of Tanchun, she came up with Baochai's idea again.It should be said that when the Xue family first came, she also looked down on Baochai, thinking that she came from a merchant and was not worthy of her Baoyu who was born with a virtuous concubine sister.But in the following few years, their second wife went from bad to worse, the concubine's position was demoted, Jia Zheng's official position was taken away, her imperial order was taken away, and even Rong Xi, who lived in a good place, was degraded. The hall is not theirs anymore, and now the whole family is squeezed into a garden, and they are holding that old and immortal Jia Shishi even more than before.

But look at the Xue family again, although it is still not as good as it was then, but the money is still sufficient.That Xue Pan went out to experience with the big shopkeeper, although I don't know how well he learned, but later Xue Biao was able to take care of things, watching him help the Xue family's business.Then there is Xue Baochai, who entered the palace and became a high-ranking female official, although she did not look at the position of such a female official, and because Xue Baochai did not follow other princesses, but served the one who had enemies with their family. Ning Shan's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang felt more and more in awe, but at the same time lost a little awe.But after all, this status is no longer worthy of the present Baoyu (in fact, Jia Baoyu is no longer worthy of Xue Baochai at this time), so Mrs. Wang thought that she was generous and decided to accept Xue Baochai as her sister's daughter. It's an honor for her.

From time to time, Mrs. Wang asked Baochai to go to Yihong Courtyard to have a kiss with Baoyuxiang. Of course Baochai was unwilling, but because she still wanted to confuse Mrs. Wang and get medicine from her, it was hard to refuse Therefore, he had to reluctantly talk to Baoyu for a while.Baoyu doesn't know how to look at people, and she doesn't know that Xue Baochai hates him in her heart. Whenever she sees him, she still goes crazy by herself. Baochai finds it annoying, so she takes Xiangyun to accompany her every day.Xiangyun, like Baoyu, has a crazy temperament, and when they get together, they talk and laugh, and they don't betray anyone at all, but let Baochai know the distribution of personnel and factions in Mrs. Wang's house very well. .

What's more, Jia Huan also helped a lot. Now, together with Tanchun, he is detained by Mrs. Wang to copy the scriptures, and he often goes in and out of the upper room, so he is very familiar with it.Baochai asked him to find the things that Mrs. Wang had privately hidden, but she didn't explain clearly, but only aroused his injustice, and urged him to find the big maid in Mrs. Wang's room to steal some good things that had never been seen by anyone.Although Jia Huan is a sibling of Tanchun, he doesn't have Tanchun's heart, and he was taught to be very petty by his vulgar aunt. Caiyun, the only big maid who was close to him, helped sneak out some high-quality food, how could she stand up to the instigation of others at this moment?Grinding the colorful clouds, he stole a lot of things, including small ingots of gold and silver, and the pouches of sachets, and so on. He also got a bottle of rose water and a pack of Poria cocos cream, and happily took them to Baochai as a gift. She was dumbfounded.

I couldn't find anything from Baoyu, and it didn't work if I asked Jia Huan to steal it. Baochai's two roads were cut off, and he couldn't think of a way for a while, so he had to think about going to the princess's mansion next month to ask for safety. How to speak, while taking advantage of Aunt Xue's unpreparedness, he carefully searched the affairs in her room in batches, but there were indeed no medicine prescriptions, but he saw the prescription of his Lengxiang pill, Aunt Xue tidied it up neatly, and put it between several stacks of clothes at the bottom of the box. It was kept very properly.

When it was the right day, Baochai boarded the car and went to the princess mansion to greet and report.Princess Yinghua was very upset, and she didn't want to listen to Baochai's explanation, so she just drove her back and told her to hurry up.Baochai was full of worries, and wanted to seek love from Yingchun or Daiyu, but unfortunately, Daiyu fell ill again because of the change of seasons and was recuperating.Yingchun, on the other hand, took care of sister Qiao while she was the housekeeper. She was so busy that she couldn't spare time, so she sent Si Qi to ask Baochai what was important.Baochai couldn't tell Si Qi, so she had to find an excuse in a nonchalant manner, saying that when Mrs. Xing came back, she would ask Si Qi to inform her that her mother had something to say to Mrs. Xing.Si Qi agreed, and went back to report to Yingchun, while Baochai left disappointed, and went home to continue racking her brains.

Ning Shan didn't expect Baochai to succeed in a month or two. Anyway, the Supreme Emperor is busy cleaning up the harem with the funeral, and released many court ladies, even some old eunuchs were sent to Huangzhuang.It doesn't matter how many confidantes the emperor lost, he also kicked out quite a few people who used to use him in his daily life, but he dealt with anyone who was suspicious, following the principle of "rather killing by mistake than letting go". He didn't have time to think about other things, and of course he didn't have time to plot against Ning Shan.

Ning Shan resolutely took advantage of this period of time and secretly sent his own soldiers to send letters to the northern and coastal borders, asking the leaders of both parties to send some elite soldiers to guard the suburbs of Beijing. Torn, used to protect oneself when the throne changes, so as not to be implicated.

After receiving Ning Shan's secret letter, old general Li and young general Yun Hai, who was in charge of the navy, dispatched elite soldiers and strong generals to Beijing with portable food and grass made of new crops.While sending 1 people on the road first, and at the same time stepped up training, each ordered another [-] soldiers and horses, ready to reinforce at any time.This is also thanks to the blessing that Ning Shan has already mastered most of the forbidden army, otherwise such a small number of troops may not be enough.

But now that the Imperial Army has been subdued by Ning Shan, the four major Beijing camps have become a mess because of the rivalry between the two emperors, and the Beijing camp's military envoys are replaced every three to two months.Moreover, the soldiers of the Beijing camp rarely have the opportunity to actually go to the battlefield. In a one-on-one fight, Ning Shan's group of elites who returned from the bloody battle can be completely crushed, and even a one-on-two can easily win.A pair of three will basically not happen, and the four major Beijing camps add up to only [-] soldiers and horses, and the forbidden army that will basically all work hard at that time, it can be said that if the two emperors really tear their faces and start the final battle It is not a problem for Ning Shan to take advantage of the chaos and control Beijing.If the struggle between the two emperors involved the common people again, causing a grievance, Ning Shan would basically be able to take over the imperial city and prepare to usher in a new era.

Right now, Ning Shan is not ready to become king on her own, but he has had enough of the stupid greed and short-sightedness of the royal family. He wants to ask the Supreme Emperor for a decree to stay in the frontier after Princess Yinghua gives birth. Be a free general who can not grant the king's orders when he is out.Or if it really doesn't work, just go to sea and go to the territory that has already recovered the original Qianxiang country.He grew up in a border town and was used to a life of being unrestrained and relying on strength to speak.After returning to Beijing, I have been watching the farce of the two emperors for the past few years, and I am already tired. Besides, with my current status, I have experienced the taste of an extremely human minister, revived the reputation of the Ning family, and worthy of my ancestors. I am worthy of future generations, and I should prepare to retreat bravely.