The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

The one who stopped the sea of ​​clouds was Wei Ruomei, with a scorched face and a small sedan chair beside her, through the gauze curtain she could vaguely see a tall and slender girl.

The one who stopped Li Keming was Jia Zhen, also in a state of unspeakable distress, she almost rushed forward and hugged her thigh and cried.Li Keming dared to slash and kill among the thousands of troops until he was at the head of the enemy, but was frightened by Jia Zhen who jumped out of the sedan chair, so that he reined in his horse and retreated. A haggard woman on the side of the street.

Wei Ruomei grabbed Yunhai's saddle and did not let go, hesitating to speak but not knowing how to explain what happened to Jia Tanchun.

Jia Zhen also dragged Li Keming along, but he was not stingy with words. He was talking about suffering and showing loyalty, but the preface was inconsistent, and Li Keming didn't know what he wanted to explain after listening for a long time.

After being late for more than half an hour, the two teenagers finally struggled to reach the gate of the palace.The guard at the gate was delighted when he saw it: "Two, come to see Her Royal Highness and Princess Princess in this appearance? It's disrespectful! Tsk tsk, if the imperial court loses its manners, the wedding will be delayed."

Yun Hai twitched his mouth: "Brother, please inform me, I will go to see Your Majesty first." He also knows the grievances between His Majesty and Jia's family very well, although he doesn't think His Majesty forgave the capital crimes of Jia Zheng and Wang's couple. I understand, but Jia Tanchun is also a member of the Jia family, and her handling is not something she dares to decide lightly. After knowing Jia Tanchun's true identity, Wei Ruomei became so anxious that her mouth was foaming overnight. in this way.

Li Keming patted Yun Hai on the shoulder: "Coincidentally, I also have something to report to His Majesty. If Brother Yun is not in such a hurry, how about letting the younger brother come back?" Damn Jia Zhen, there is a limit on the time he can enter the palace. , and dragged him for more than half an hour, and now he enters the palace to ask for an interview, and it will take another hour or two for the princess to come out after being shy, and the imperial guards will come over with dog-beating sticks to chase people away if they can't say a few words up.The more Li Keming thought about it, the angrier he became, and he secretly wished he hadn't beaten Jia Zhen, but on second thought, he wasted even more time.

Yunhai squeezed out a polite smirk: "It's even more coincidental, brother Li, the little brother is also in a hurry here, let's come first, first served, fair and just." Li Keming is really a good hand at crossing rivers and breaking bridges. The Lord has forgotten, right?

Wei Ruomei, who slowly followed up from behind, persuaded weakly: "Both brothers, let's forget it together. After all, both of you are His Majesty's confidantes, and you are not afraid of knowing what others should not know." I am so jealous, I am too jealous. Even if he hugged his thigh diligently and actively, the result is still not as good as these two young generals who have been fighting outside all year round. Obviously he is several years older than them, but in the end, no one has a high position and authority, and no one has a strong family. , and there is no one who is handsome and heroic, and no one is as proud as a beautiful woman.These two were struck by lightning! !It is purely a product that is born to cause trouble.

Yun Hai was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned his head to look at Wei Ruomei. Out of the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of Jia Zhen who was looking furtive. A vague idea flashed in his mind, and he elbowed Li Keming thoughtfully, and said: "Maybe we can really face the Holy Spirit together."

Li Keming straightened his clothes, and adjusted his mental outlook to the best when facing the messenger eunuch who ran over in a small step: "Together we will be together." He didn't need to speak, after all, it was the first time to see Princess Kangping as soon as possible. The first thing is to send a message for Jia Zhen, and it will not be too late tomorrow.

It was said that the eunuch enthusiastically led the two into the Qianqing Palace, but Ning Shan was not there.If there is no big court today, the small court will just come to an end. He originally went back to Fengyi Palace to sleep and go back to the cage, but he was suddenly called up, and the people and ghosts with low air pressure around him avoided him.

Yinghua also had good intentions. Hearing that Yunhai and Li Keming had joined hands to ask for an audience, fearing that it was an emergency situation, she didn't dare to delay to wake up Ning Shan herself, and hurriedly ordered the maids to wait for her to wash and change her dragon robe.Ning Shan pushed away the people surrounding her, took a wet handkerchief, wiped her face, and went out in her regular clothes: "There is no need to be grand, if there is something important, they should have come earlier, please see me at this time, hmph, probably Ying'er and Yu'er refused to see them, so they came to shame me and brought them into the harem."

Yinghua pursed her lips and smiled: "If that's the case, will His Majesty let them in or not? If not, the concubine will invite the younger sisters to enjoy the plum blossoms in the Nuan Pavilion. Today, the Imperial Dining Room has good venison again, and Xiao Xi'er has long been clamoring to eat roasted pork."

Ning Shan also smiled: "You guys know how to play, so go ahead, remember to prepare an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks, and I will go later. The two of them, let them enter the palace, but don't tell them that the two girls are here. Where, let them wait and go." After that, he was in a good mood and got rid of the frustration of being woken up for no reason, and was ready to watch Yunhai and Li Keming's joke.

But I don't want to, this time it really can't be seen as a joke. The two of them explained the incident of Lu Yuwei Ruomei and Jia Zhen, and met the third girl and the eldest grandmother who escaped from Jia's family, and emphasized that the third girl was voluntary. Ning Shan frowned annoyed about the matter of marrying Loulan: "Why are you still bringing this up?" After speaking, he remembered that he only expressed a strong refusal in front of Jia Zhen, and indeed forgot to express it clearly in Chaoshang. Notified, it's no wonder that these two boys came to spread the word in a hurry, probably because they were worried that he would not accept Princess Loulan but sent his sister to marry him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't care less about admiring the plum blossoms and eating venison, and ordered outside the door: "Go to the Imperial Academy and ask the person on duty today to come over and draw up an order to send the Loulan people away. Remember to tell them clearly, don't come here. No matter how much people talk outside about getting along with each other, I have no one to spoil them. If you don’t understand people, don’t blame our army to teach them how to be good.”

Yun Hai raised his eyebrows and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, if you want to fight in the Western Regions again, the general will eventually be willing to be the vanguard." Get more loot and save enough dowry to please the princess.

Li Keming is also eager to try: "The last general is better at land warfare. The last time General Yun has already destroyed two countries, this time the last general vows to destroy the four countries." Make more military merits and apply for an early marriage date when you come back.

Ning Shan, however, said in a languid way: "Arrogance! You two don't have enough wars, do you? Why don't you go to the state treasury to count the silver to see if you have enough money?" In fact, although wars cost money, the rich men in the Western Regions can pay for it twice. I'm afraid I still earn more.But now the trend of civil and military discord has loomed. In order to balance, he has to suppress the generals, reduce the number of battles as appropriate, and create more opportunities for civil servants to increase their ranks.Although Ning Shan has more respect for generals, but as the king of a country, she can't be too emotional, checks and balances are the kingly way.

The two were a little sluggish after being trained, Yunhai said angrily: "If you don't fight, why don't you agree to marry? Loulan is also the overlord of the Western Regions, if you don't fight, let's cut their face first, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."

Ning Shan said disapprovingly, "Let the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials discuss how to open up trade routes. As for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Western Regions, there are the Ministry of Rites and the Lifan Academy. You have been busy all your life, so you have to show the civil servants something. Isn't it a chance to show your ability?"

Li Keming curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "It's because someone has complained in His Majesty's ear. Hmph, let them show it. If it doesn't work, let's see what they have to say." The question is, from the perspective of civil servants, civil servants naturally think that civil servants have a great role and merit; from the perspective of military commanders, military commanders naturally think that military commanders have a key position and have great ties.The two never refused to be polite, and complimented each other, even if it was hypocritical.It's better for someone like Yunhai who fights alone, and someone like Li Keming who comes from a family of generals is especially obvious.

Ning Shan rubbed her temples with a headache: "It's fine to say this in front of me, go out and watch your mouth, if you make those literati feel humiliated and clamor for an explanation, don't blame me for kicking you Go out to 'patrol the border on behalf of the emperor', you can judge the consequences yourself." Li Keming resolutely shut up, and when he leaves Beijing, how long will he be able to get married?He must not go, at the very least, he must wait for him to marry someone so that he can take him away.

Yun Hai concealed his schadenfreude. Although he and Li Keming were close to being brothers of the opposite sex, some details still needed to be clarified, such as the order of the big marriages.He is one year older than Li Keming, and Princess Ning Ke is even older than Princess Kangping. Li Keming, relying on Duke Wu's power, wants to get ahead of him and must be resolutely suppressed.

The three monarchs and ministers hurriedly drew their conclusions and then went their separate ways. Ning Shan went to Nuange to hold her lovely wife and young daughter and eat roast meat with the fairy sisters. It is still much more comfortable with Jia Zhen. Jia Zhen already knew that Ning Shan had no intention of sending someone to make a marriage, so finding Jia Tanchun would be a big thorn in her hands, while Wei Ruomei regretted that she was too eager to be courteous. He didn't ask Jia Tanchun's identity clearly, and in the end he took home a big trouble for nothing, and it was not easy to get rid of.

No one knows what Li Wan is thinking, and no one is willing to bother to understand, while Tan Chun wholeheartedly hopes to become a concubine princess.

However, until Yunhai and Li Keming were thrown out just before the imperial confinement with their heads down, and Ning Shan was not willing to meet, Wei Ruomei and Jia Zhen were in a panic, and Li Wan and Tanchun were almost paralyzed.

The last ray of hope, however, cannot be dashed like this.

Caught off guard, Tanchun flew out of the sedan chair and disappeared in Zhuque Street in an instant, catching everyone by surprise. Although Wei Ruomei was eager to throw her out of the house, he absolutely did not dare to let her run away by herself.Not to mention Jia Zhen, Jia pardoned Jia Lian and changed his surname to Ning Jia, but it didn't benefit him, especially when his father still refused to come out of the mountain again, the patriarch of the Jia family was still him, and he offended the royal family and wanted to die Running around outside, when Jia Zhen thought that she might be implicated, she wished that everyone with the surname Jia other than her own family would die.

Wei Ruomei and Jia Zhen each took their servants out all night looking for Tanchun's whereabouts. Li Wan was dragged away from the palace gate by Li Keming and put aside out of the way. The prepared gifts and letters were not sent out, and I didn't want to pay attention to other things at all.

The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials were brightly lit all night, and everyone was enthusiastically planning a new blueprint for the Silk Road, trying to get it done overnight, so that they could feel proud in the morning of the next day.

The Lifan Academy also received a message from the palace, and went to taunt the Loulan envoys with guns and sticks, and then angrily informed them to enter the palace tomorrow to thank En and bid farewell. Loulan insisted on not leaving, and the Lifan Academy was also very disturbing. This group of people lived for a day, and they had to be responsible for their food and clothing for a day and ensure their safety. They take money so seriously, it is more difficult for them to ask for funds than beggars for food.The Lifan Academy also wanted to save face, and if they sent away the Loulan people one day earlier, they would also be able to see the face of the Ministry of Households one day less.

Amid complaints, preoccupations, dizziness, or orderly arrangements by various departments, the morning of the second day arrived as scheduled.In front of many civil and military officials and Loulan envoys who were yawning and preparing to line up for an audience, Tanchun stepped out of the hiding place where he had been hiding all night, and announced his identity in public—of course, it is glamorous and deceptive. side.

The Loulan envoy's eyes lit up.

The eyes of civil and military officials went dark.