The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

If Yuan Chun, who was far away in the palace, knew that her stubborn mother-in-law had used her invitation to Yingchun as a provocative prelude, he wondered if she would regret today's idea of ​​making lantern riddles.

But it turned out that although Ning Shan didn't write the report for a long time, she sent horses to report the news, but she gave a clear account of the situation of the battle.

As soon as Ning Shan arrived at the sea area, she used the newly designed military training method to train soldiers, and at the same time stepped up to build warships.At the beginning when they were not used to it, they always relied on pretending to retreat and lured Qianxiang's navy to the shore to ambush them.Later, the number of times increased, Qian Xiangguo was no longer fooled, and Ning Shan's troops were also trained, and they were pulled to the sea to fight, and gradually changed from evenly divided to one-sided pursuit.If it wasn't for still not knowing the weather and not daring to chase into the deep sea rashly, he would be able to hit the capital of Qianxiang country by now.

It was a big win.Not only broke up the navy of the Qianxiang Kingdom who coveted the Daxing sea area, robbed the opponent's warship, burned and killed many soldiers, greatly reduced the enemy's number, and even snatched a lot of good things from the merchant ship in the opponent's sea area.Except for not being able to save King Nan'an, this battle can be a complete truce.

However, Ning Shan is not satisfied with just repelling Qianxiang Country, he wants to completely defeat Qianxiang Country.This small country in the sea has coveted China for many years. Although it is nominally a minister, it disguises its navy as pirates to rob Daxing merchant ships at sea from time to time. Ning Shan has long known about this from General Li.The more this kind of country of villains, the more it will become a serious problem.Coincidentally, this time the king of Nan'an was captured, so he slowly trained soldiers, assembled warships, and supported war with war, with the ultimate goal of hitting the opponent's capital.If it is completely surrendered, it is fine. If it is not surrendered, it is better to destroy it. It is also a happy thing to change from a subsidiary country to a subsidiary island.

Because of this, Ning Shan was not in a hurry to rescue King Nan'an, nor was she in a hurry to fight into the deep sea. Instead, she dragged the soldiers of Qianxiang Kingdom and used them to train the newly formed navy on her side.When is it completely practiced, that is, when the queen of Qianxiang Kingdom is finally at the end.I don't know that Jia She, the stupid father who is about to toss him into immortality, is still there, and Ningshan is here, and he is speeding up the progress of military training while revising the battle map at sea in time.

All these situations were reported back to Beijing by Tan Ma without any changes. The two emperors were overjoyed to learn that Ning Shan had successfully graduated from the army, and they did not criticize him for delaying the crossing of the strait. After all, he was newly trained. It is forgivable that the Chinese navy is not used to it yet.As for whether King Nan'an can't be rescued, General Ning has already stated that if he doesn't fight to the capital of Qianxiang Kingdom, he won't withdraw his troops or return to Beijing unless King Nan'an is rescued.With such sincerity, who can say anything?

Naturally, there are only rewards.It's just that the current battle report has not been sent back clearly, and the final result is still uncertain, so it cannot be publicized with great fanfare, lest someone find out and cause trouble from behind.At court that day, the two emperors could clearly see how many people followed to persecute Ning Shan. There were so many political enemies, and they couldn't be given a chance.

If there is any point in the two emperors that is qualified, it is nothing more than the ambition of the emperor.It is the ambition of every emperor to expand the territory and expand the country.Seeing that Ning Shan can help them realize it now, naturally she would never allow anyone to hold him back.As for the dispute between the two emperors and the position of the court, we will wait until the fight is over.

Jia Lian was suddenly promoted to be a doctor, and he was in charge of the sea frontier war. It was a signal that either Ning Shan had already won a part of the victory, or that he was ready to make a big move.

If it's the former, it means that Jia Lian was granted by Jin as a reward; if it's the latter, it means that the two emperors finally have a unified opinion and are going to give it a go.At this time, no one would be stupid enough to stand up and confront the two emperors at the same time.

Yuan Chun was in the harem, and when he heard the news of Jia Lian's promotion, he immediately asked Baoqin to remember to reward them, but their status is not high now, and Shi Taijun can't enter the palace every month when he is too old, so most of the money in his hand is managed by himself , it is difficult to tell what rewards to go.

But the gift given is too thin, I'm afraid Wang Xifeng will still hold grudges in his heart, so it's better not to give.So it was dragged on until the Lantern Festival. By guessing lantern riddles to celebrate the Lantern Festival, Yuanchun planned to invite Yingchun to the Grand View Garden, and then publicly distributed the rewards from the palace to all the ladies and masters.At that time, Yingchun's share will be the same as that of Baoyu.Yuanchun wanted to use this to let his mother understand that Yingchun is as important as Baoyu now, which means that she may also be a helper outside the palace.

However, Mrs. Wang didn't understand Yuan Chun's rich heart at all, and she directly regarded this as a prelude to provocation, and without hesitation, she offended Da Fang, who was already offended terribly at the beginning, even more.

After the two invitations, I got a reply from Mrs. Xing, saying that now Jia Amnesty is unwell, so serious that he has not been to court for several months, and they are all sick at home and cannot go out.

Mrs. Wang is still dissatisfied, but it can be seen that the Dafang family is still afraid of the empress, so they are soft-spoken now?Dare not to refuse the door anymore, but handed over a letter to explain.

Mrs. Wang is a person who is unreasonable and unforgiving, seeing Mrs. Xing's attitude softened, she immediately hit the snake with the stick, and in front of Shi Taijun ordered her to be the most useful person, saying: "Give it to the elder The sickness is indeed important, but the old lady can't be ignored because of this. Go and tell the ladies, not only the lady summoned today, but the old lady also misses her granddaughter, so let the second girl come anyway. But a few It's just the time, there's nothing to delay. After all, isn't there still Cong boy at home?"

Mrs. Wang doesn't believe that Jia She is so ill that everyone needs to be by her side at all times. In other words, she wishes that Jia She's really sick would be the best.If the second girl is not around by then, it will be unfilial. Are you afraid that she will enter the palace in the future to divide Yuan Chun's favor?

Yuanchun and Baoqin spent so much thought, spent so much money, and spread so many words, the only thing Mrs. Wang cares about is that she needs someone to support her in order to make further progress.But now there is only one Jia Lian left in the court.Mrs. Wang intends to tease Wang Xifeng, intending to suppress the arrogance of their husband and wife and let Jia Lian contribute to Yuanchun.And in the process, she finally remembered that Jia Lian has a sister who will also be drafted in the future. If the second girl is really selected, then there is no need to think about who Jia Lian will help.Therefore, what Mrs. Wang wants most right now is to ruin Yingchun's reputation as a boudoir and prevent her from entering the palace.

This coincides with Yuan Chun's idea, but Yuan Chun's subjective will that he is absolutely unwilling to continue to offend Da Fang when the situation is unclear cannot be conveyed to Mrs. Wang.Therefore, there is this move called "Three Requests", which is actually a move of "Three Forces".

Mrs. Xing waited at home for another hour, and sure enough, as Yingchun expected, another person was sent from the Grand View Garden.And this time it was Lai everyone who was highly valued by Shi Taijun. Mrs. Xing did not expect that Mrs. Wang is so arrogant that she can take over her role, so she really believed that this was what Shi Taijun meant.

So, she hurried to Jia She's room.Just now Yingchun finished speaking with her, and went to Jia Amnesty's place to serve the sick, and replaced Jia Cong to eat and rest in the main room for a while.Now the three of their wives take turns to accompany Jia She every day, they dare not leave him alone, even if they are surrounded by many maids and women, they don't feel at ease.

When Mrs. Xing passed by, Yingchun was trying to persuade Jia She to eat more.Finally, Jia She was willing to serve the bowl, but Mrs. Xing rushed in rashly, with a look of panic on her face. Jia She immediately threw the bowls and chopsticks in her hands, pointed at Mrs. Xing and shouted: "But there is news? Okay, bad ? No, don't say it yet, wait for the master to take it easy. You first say good or bad..."

Yingchun hurriedly comforted her and said, "Mother is here to find me, not because there is news from big brother. But father, don't worry, no news now is the best news..."

Mrs. Xing also regained her composure, knowing that the current Jia Amnesty is not to be frightened, she is usually startled when she is alone, and when she heard any movement, she wanted to ask if it was news from the front line, she was a little shy now, Helping Yingchun wipe Jia She overturned a kang, drenched himself in soup, and said softly: "Master, don't panic, I haven't heard from you yet. I think it's because the front line is nervous, but it's absolutely okay. Think about the King of Nan'an, What's the matter, didn't you report the battle situation early? Our uncle is very powerful, he is the 'God of War', please relax!"

Jia Amnesty grabbed Mrs. Xing's hand, tilted his face upwards, and turned his eyes at a 45-degree angle so that only a little bit of black eyes remained. He reconfirmed, "No news? Didn't you come to report the funeral for the Lord?"

Mrs. Xing hurriedly patted her chest and said: "Absolutely not, this concubine is here to discuss matters with the girl."

Jia Amnesty shook Madam Xing's hand, and also pushed away Yingchun who was wiping his face: "Then you go out and discuss, don't bother me."

Yingchun helped Mrs. Xing to salute and leave together: "In this way, father's meal will not be delayed." After speaking, Yingchun ordered the eldest maid Mu Xiang to say: "Go to the kitchen, make a new table for the old man, pick out the favorite food and send it over. "Mu Xiang agreed to go down, and Ying Chun also walked back to the main room with Mrs. Xing, and the mother and daughter sat and talked.

As soon as Mrs. Xing sat down, she talked about the matter in a hurry, and let Yingchun immediately make up her mind whether to go or refuse.Mrs. Xing said full of resentment: "That woman is proud again now and wants to step on our girls' heads. I don't want to talk to her, but I am afraid that the old lady will not like it. This big hat of 'unfilial' is suppressed." The same goes for the master." If it weren't for the old lady's eccentric eyes for decades to support the second wife, their first wife would not have become notorious and would not have benefited at all.

Yingchun pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "Now that they are in full swing, they have to wrong my mother to accompany me for a while, at least let the old lady take advantage of it." They used the excuse of giving Jia She the sickness during the first lunar month. People, sent the servants back to kowtow, and did not send back any words at that time, but it seems that now the old lady is going to settle accounts together.

Mrs. Xing unconsciously twisted the veil: "It's nothing to go, but if I go today, wouldn't the persistence for so long be in vain?"

Yingchun said: "Mother, don't think wrong. The reason why we closed the house is because there is no one who can handle things in the family. My father is old and sick. Cong'er is young and his surname is not Ning, so we girls In order to avoid the turmoil and gossip in the court, the son keeps the door behind closed doors. Now they pass on the will of the harem empress, and they are the emperor and ministers. It is irrelevant if they have to go. It's just that we go out quietly through the corner gate No matter how early you come back, the door is still closed, so it’s okay. I just don’t know, is it the empress’s own idea to summon the harem, or is there a sign from the emperor?”

It doesn't matter if Yuan Chun thinks about it himself, at most he will be reprimanded and kowtowed a few times for his greatness.But if there is the emperor's intention, it will be troublesome. I don't know if it is dissatisfaction with the Ning family's closed doors, or because the elder brother is about to return from victory, signaling that they can open the door to socialize normally.Yingchun was not sure, so she had to look forward to meeting Lian's second brother in the past today and getting some hints from him.