Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

Hearing Emperor Taihe's scolding, the Eighth Emperor's grandson was terrified for a while, and was unwilling to reconcile in the end. Relying on Concubine Zhen's status in the harem, he still defended himself: "Grandfather, my grandson is only filial to you, so I should be more careful with the servants around my grandfather." , is this also wrong?"

Emperor Taihe stared blankly at the eighth prince for a while, and then said to the fifth prince: "You are so stupid, how dare you covet something you shouldn't? I really don't know how to die!" Then he said to Liu Fu: "Go ahead." After finishing speaking, Emperor Taihe returned to the camp without looking back. Dai Quan followed behind without saying a word, along with Emperor Jinghe's confidantes, and Liu Fu left a group of people tied up. The fifth prince and the eighth emperor's grandson also untied the armor of the guards around the eighth emperor's grandson, and tied them up to wait for their release.Liu Fu personally took Emperor Taihe's bodyguards to protect the saint's safety and escorted him back to the camp.

Concubine Zhen also accompanied her to Iron Net Mountain, she was fidgeting in the camp waiting for the news, Jia Yuanchun stood behind Concubine Zhen.There was no news about the hunt outside, and an ominous premonition arose in Concubine Zhen's heart.At the same time, she kept telling herself that she was just thinking too much. She planned for eight years and secretly recruited important ministers for six years. Not only was she backed by several powerful figures with powerful troops, but this plan was absolutely foolproof.If it can't be successful, Taihe Emperor just thinks that the prince's arrow feathers flew randomly while hunting, it was an unintentional mistake, no matter what, there is no reason to suspect her emperor's head.

However, no matter how consoling Concubine Zhen was, she couldn't really feel at ease. At this moment, the palace people outside shouted: "The emperor is here!"

Concubine Zhen hurriedly ordered people to welcome her out, but Emperor Taihe had already opened the curtain and entered.Zhen Guifei saw Emperor Taihe's serious face, and Dai Quan behind him couldn't see any expression on his face.Concubine Zhen went up to take off the cloak for Emperor Taihe, and Emperor Taihe said calmly, "The princes have grown up, and they also deceived me when I was old, and acted more daringly and recklessly."

Concubine Zhen's complexion was not good when she saw Emperor Taihe, so she naturally knew that there must be some action ahead.In addition, Emperor Taihe didn't get angry with her, Concubine Zhen thought her action was successful, and what Emperor Taihe said must be the prince's audacity.So while tidying up the cloak that had just been taken off, he persuaded himself as a virtuous person: "What is the emperor saying? The emperor is in the prime of his life, how can he be old? I just don't know which prince has offended the emperor. Let the concubines say, the emperor But he is very wise, but he is too kind to the princes. Although the emperor is a loving father, he is the king of a country. When he should show his majesty, he should not be soft-hearted, even making the princes bolder."

Emperor Taihe still looked at Concubine Zhen calmly, and after hearing her finish, he said: "Why not, some people shouldn't be indulged."

Concubine Zhen Gui was very beautiful when she was young, but now she is old, she is not a tight queen, there is no rule that the emperor must sleep in her palace on the [-]th day of every month.Therefore, even though she held the Phoenix seal, Emperor Taihe didn't come to her palace to rest a few times throughout the year.Today, something big happened outside, but Emperor Taihe said so many things to her for the first time, Concubine Zhen felt more and more that Emperor Taihe had a good look at herself for the sake of the fifth prince's desperate protection.So Concubine Zhen smiled, and while ordering the maids to serve tea, she came up to hold Emperor Taihe's shoulders.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Zhen was about to get close to Emperor Taihe, and Emperor Taihe slapped Concubine Zhen hard on the face with a backhand.Concubine Zhen Gui was dreaming of the fifth prince's dream of being favored by Emperor Taihe from then on, and this accident came extremely suddenly.Emperor Taihe's slap was merciless, Zhen Guifei was beaten so that she turned half a circle on the ground and fell to the ground.Fortunately, there was a brocade carpet on the floor of the tent, otherwise Concubine Zhen might not be able to bear the pain even more.

Although Emperor Taihe is old now, when he was young, he loved riding and shooting very much. Naturally, Concubine Zhen couldn't bear it when he gave a palm with all his strength.Concubine Zhen fell to the ground with the pearl and phoenix hairpin on her head, her face was swollen. Concubine Zhen only felt a salty smell in her mouth. She knew that her teeth were bleeding from the beating, but she didn't dare to spit out the blood.She was in so much pain that she couldn't stop crying, but she didn't dare to cry out. She stared at Emperor Taihe for a long time, and said: "The concubine said something wrong, and the emperor wants to punish me. The emperor is so angry and angry." Wouldn't I make my concubines feel uneasy?"

Emperor Taihe looked at the woman lying on the ground with lightning eyes.Seeing Taihe Emperor's loathing and loathing gaze, Zhen Guifei believed that the fifth prince had succeeded, but now she became uncertain in her heart, finally felt guilty, and trembled uncontrollably.The palace servants who waited behind were stunned. The palace maid who went out to pour tea came in and almost dropped the tea bowl when she saw such a situation. Fortunately, she had experienced in the palace for a long time, and she was stunned for a moment before she was able to hold it steady.Jia Yuanchun had been standing behind Concubine Zhen, seeing such a situation, his heart almost jumped out of his stomach in fright.Fortunately, the Jia family has put a lot of effort in training Jia Yuanchun, Jia Yuanchun is still able to control his expression, and has never lost his composure.

After Emperor Taihe withdrew his eyes, there was no expression on his face, as if the palm just now was not his hitting Concubine Zhen.He glanced at Concubine Zhen on the ground and said: "I didn't punish you for the time being, just because of the many years of love, I will give you a chance to reform. I don't want you to die and not repent, but also want to lie to me. I think you made the choice, if that's the case, I will help you, no wonder I!"

After Zhen Guifei heard this, she knew that the matter had been revealed and there was no room for turning around.Even after years of suffering in the harem, she could no longer deceive herself and others, and finally collapsed from the inside out.Jia Yuanchun watched Concubine Zhen shivering on the ground, but did not dare to help her, until Emperor Taihe took Dai Quan and other servants out of the tent, Jia Yuanchun and others went to help Concubine Zhen, only smelled urine.

After Jia Yuanchun stayed in the palace for several years, the Jia family gradually informed her of the purpose of sending her into the palace.Seeing Concubine Zhen like this now, Jia Yuanchun felt a wave of fear, the entire Rongguo Mansion stood behind her, even though she was usually dignified and calm, she couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat at this moment.Concubine Zhen is defeated, and there are no eggs under the overturned nest?

The five princes directed and acted this rescue farce did not interrupt the hunting process, except that Concubine Zhen's mother and son, the palace servants and the eighth emperor's grandson were under house arrest, and the guards around the eighth emperor's grandson had also been captured that day. .Liu Fu handled all this very secretly and did not alarm many people.

The sharpshooter under the fifth prince did not escape either: since that day Liu Fu saw that the fifth prince Xu was wearing soft armor inside, and after informing Emperor Taihe, Emperor Taihe, Lin Ruhai, and Liu Fu made other arrangements. The emperor looked at the terrain of the highlands where he was hunting, and it was easy to locate a few places that were easy to conceal and attack.On that day, Liu Fu personally sent his cronies to secretly surround those places. How could the fifth prince know that the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole were behind the shooter, and just after he released an arrow, Liu Fu pushed aside, and when he turned around, he found himself surrounded. up.Without much effort, the archer was captured alive.

Emperor Taihe issued an injunction to block the news of the hunting incident and forbid the news of Iron Net Mountain.On the one hand, he pretended to be fine and still ordered the princes and nobles to continue hunting, and did not drive back to the palace until the day when he was scheduled to return to Beijing.On the day of departure, Lin Ruhai, Liu Fu and others were all rewarded with a few pieces of high-quality leather.

The hunting team returned to the capital mightily, and there were servants from various families waiting outside the long pavilion. This day, the young servants of the Lin family got the news that the sage hunting team was about to enter the city, and rushed home to report the news.

Jia Min didn't know that this trip was dangerous, and when he heard that the master was returning to Beijing, he happily went to prepare food and drinks to welcome the wind.When Daiyu heard that her father had come back, her hanging heart finally settled down.

After returning to Beijing, they first went to the palace to thank each other, and then the noble families went back to their homes.When Lin Ruhai returned to the Lin Mansion, as usual, Lin Feng greeted him outside the door, while Jia Min and Daiyu greeted him at the gate of the inner courtyard.

After Lin Ruhai entered the door, thinking about how he had been at every step and always being vigilant for more than a month, he felt more and more peaceful and warm at home, and he couldn't help smiling when he saw his wife and children.Lin Ruhai first changed into homely clothes, Daiyu and Lin Yan invited Ann, and then asked about the current situation of the family: such as, did Lin Zhen ever go to school, did Daiyu have any new benefits, and how was the socializing outside?

But Daiyu said with a smile: "Father, don't ask me these things first. Some nobles have come to Beijing, and father can't guess who it is."

Lin Ruhai listened, and asked with a smile who the distinguished guest was?He also said that it was my fault that the distinguished guests changed their clothes before seeing them, and you didn't remind me first.

It turned out that Lin Ruhai and his party had been besieging Iron Net Mountain for more than a month, and a lot of changes had taken place in Beijing: Mr. Liu went to Beijing, but he did not live in Lin's house, but in Xie Yuan's house, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.Xie Yuan and Liu Tong were supposed to come from the same school, Xie Yuan is Liu Tong's younger brother.Although Liu Tong has quite a few other disciples in Beijing, it would be troublesome to live in this disciple's house today and invite another one tomorrow, so Liu Tong temporarily stayed in Xie Yuan's house and hid himself quietly.

The Xue family, a wealthy businessman from the south of the Yangtze River, also moved into the capital. Now they did not live in the Xue family's house in their own capital, but they lived in the Rongguo Mansion, where Jia Daishan lived in the Lixiangyuan where he retired in his later years. It is a quiet and good place.

Lin Ruhai heard that Mr. Liu was at Xie Yuan's mansion, and said with a smile: "I should go to pay a visit tomorrow." So he wrote a post and ordered someone to send it.Then he asked Daiyu, "Xue's family is just a merchant, and it's worth mentioning for Yu'er when they come to Beijing."

But Daiyu smiled, her eyes were flexible, she couldn't hide her charm, and she said, "Father, let's guess, when Xue's family visits grandma's house, which door should they go?"

Lin Ruhai was taken aback for a moment, and said with a smile, "Could it be the main entrance?" Daiyu smiled and nodded.Lin Ruhai couldn't help laughing when she heard this, and shook her head after a while and said, "Maybe it's Jia Wang's idea, and it has nothing to do with your grandmother." The Lin family doesn't even have much affection for the Jia family, and Jia Min also laughed. Said: "Never mind her, now I just think it's funny, I haven't heard that the main gate of the Duke's Mansion was opened for a merchant." Lin Ruhai and Daiyu were also relieved to see that Jia Min's heart was more and more let go.

Daiyu never wanted to live another life, Xue's family came to Beijing after all, and Jia's family still opened the front door to welcome her.In the previous life, Xue's family entered the Rongguo Mansion very well. Mother Jia waited in the room, Madam Wang personally led the crowd to greet her, it was completely different from being picked up by several third-class servants through the corner gate.That's all, from the first day Xue's family came to Beijing, the servants of Jia's mansion began to gossip about Miss Xue's good looks, good temper, stronger than Miss Lin, and they just want to push themselves everywhere.It's just that I have both parents in this life, and my younger brother is making progress. Seeing how Brother Cheng looks like, he will be able to become an official in the future, so there is no need to worry about the grievances in the previous life.

But he said that that day, the servant came back with a reply from Xie Yuan's residence: Mr. Liu was indeed at Xie Yuan's residence, and he was free the next day, so Daiyu could be seen.Sure enough, the next day, Lin Ruhai took Daiyu and went to Xie's mansion to pay a visit with rich gifts.Although Mr. Liu lives in Xie's house, Mrs. Xie Yuan has tidied up another small courtyard to live alone with him, and it is very cheap to have people come and go.

He also said that although Daiyu was Mr. Liu's apprentice, she was 11 years old after all, so Daiyu dressed up as a scholar.Yinglian, Xueyan and Daiyu generally listened to Mr. Liu's lectures and benefited a lot. They also dressed as scholars and followed.When the three met each other, they all looked like handsome young men, and they smiled at each other unconsciously.Mr. Liu is also very particular. There is a curtain in the room, and Daiyu, Yinglian, and Xueyan only kowtow to the gentleman behind the curtain. The concentrated notes he left were also very thorough and very satisfactory.

After the three of Daiyu paid their respects, a servant girl from the Xie family brought the three of them to the anteroom for tea, and Mr. Liu and Lin Ruhai talked together.While the two were talking, a servant outside came to report that the crown prince brought the third emperor's grandson to pay a visit to Mr. Liu.

After the death of the Empress Yuan, the prince had no support, and was later murdered by an adulterer, poisoned and irritable.Five years ago, the third emperor's grandson was seriously ill, and after he recovered, he became taciturn. Therefore, although this emperor's grandson was the prince's son, he did not show his talents in the palace, and there were even rumors that his intelligence was mediocre.When he saw Tiewangshan, Lin Ruhai felt that the essence of the grandson of the Three Emperors, although deliberately restrained, did not look mediocre.I just don't know why the prince brought the three grandsons to pay a visit to Mr. Liu today?

After all, it was a person from the imperial city, Mr. Liu naturally did not dare to be negligent, and he went out with Lin Ruhai to greet him personally.The crown prince and the third emperor's grandson were dressed in ordinary clothes, but they were very humble, and did not let Mr. Liu and Lin Ruhai salute.Why did the prince and the grandson of the three emperors come?It was because after the crown prince and his party returned to the palace, they heard that Mr. Liu had gone to Beijing, so he personally came to ask Mr. Liu to accept the grandson of the third emperor as his disciple.

Mr. Liu was taken aback after hearing the intention: he is also concerned about the situation in the court, but according to his analysis, although some people are ambitious now, it is not time to get out of control, so he has no plan to go out.It turns out that in this life, because Lin Ruhai is alive, and has been secretly planning for many years, he has restrained Wang Ziteng, Nan'an County King, and Zhong Jinghou. Mr. Liu estimates that there will be no military disasters.Therefore, Mr. Liu only guessed that Daiyu should have learned something about the concentrated notes he gave, so he came here to take the exam and give some advice, and he didn't intend to intervene in the affairs of the court like in his previous life.But seeing that the crown prince and the third emperor's grandson came here with great sincerity, Mr. Liu felt that it was difficult to shirk, and he felt a little difficult.

It turned out that the prince had been poisoned for many years. Although he found the source of the poison and asked a famous doctor to recuperate him, some poison remained in his body, which caused damage to his body.Therefore, the prince and princess thought: the fifth prince has done bad things, and the greatest enemy is gone, so it is better to teach the third grandson. After all, the third grandson must have real talents and real learning, so that Emperor Taihe can rest assured of the prince's lineage.Otherwise, the seventh prince in the palace is a capable person, and the prince is not at ease.Therefore, the prince and his wife discussed today that it would be better to let the grandson of the third emperor pay homage to Mr. Liu, and there would be no harm in learning more skills.

After hearing the intentions of the prince and the third emperor's grandson, Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Liu is just a grassroots person. Thanks to His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince thinks highly of him. Liu thanked His Royal Highness for his kindness first. It's just that Liu has already passed on his life's academic experience to his favorite disciples, and the mantle is worthy of him." Inheritance, I originally wanted to close the door here. But since His Royal Highness and the third grandson came here with sincerity, I am not unreasonable. Although Liu is not talented, he has a big temper. If I want to accept disciples, I will naturally Only if I like it. Today I will test a few words about the three emperors and grandsons of the school. If I am satisfied, it is fine to accept another disciple. If not, please ask His Royal Highness to invite someone else."

Mr. Liu has high prestige and strict rules, the prince naturally knows it.Moreover, when the emperor was recruiting talents, Master Xie Yuan recommended Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu refused to accept him. Emperor Taihe still respected Mr. Liu's heart, and now the crown prince will not force others to make things difficult for him.So he nodded to the prince and the third emperor and said, "You should do your best." The third emperor nodded yes.

Since the crown prince came to visit, Lin Ruhai wanted to avoid it, but both the crown prince and Mr. Liu said no.Now Lin Ruhai saw that Mr. Liu was going to take the examination of the school's third emperor and grandson, and wanted to avoid it again, but was stopped by Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu said with a smile: "I also admire Lin Tanhua's talent and learning. With you as the checkpoint, I can't ask for it. What are you avoiding? Today I am going to take the school exam, let Mr. Lin sit in, and I wonder if His Royal Highness will agree?" Mr. Liu's first sentence was naturally addressed to Lin Ruhai, but the latter sentence was addressed to the crown prince and the third emperor's grandson.The prince laughed and said everything was according to Mr. Liu's rules.

However, he said that the crown prince took the accompanying guards and palace guards and retreated to the small courtyard, leaving only Mr. Liu, Lin Ruhai, and the third emperor's grandson in the study.After half a day, the three people came out, only to see Lin Ruhai smiled and cupped his hands to Mr. Liu and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Liu for getting another good apprentice. Such a talented and beautiful person is really enviable."

Mr. Liu also smiled while holding his beard.

The third emperor's grandson originally followed Mr. Liu, and when he heard Lin Ruhai's praise, he cupped his hands respectfully and said, "Students, thank you Lin Shangshu for your praise. Lin Shangshu is too praised." Lin Ruhai laughed and said that the third emperor's grandson was too modest. , I saw that his face is like a crown jade, his eyes are like a star, he is the grandson of the emperor but he is not arrogant, although he is not arrogant, he has an air of nobility, he is really extraordinary.Thinking about the conversation in the study just now, this emperor's grandson has a chest in his heart, and he is the only one who has seen such talents in a boy of the same age. Lin Ruhai can't help but look at the third emperor's grandson with admiration.

The third emperor's grandson also looked at Tan Hualang in front of him. Although he was over forty, his age did not show on his face, and he stood up when he saw that he was just over the age.This Lin Shangshu has clear features and handsome features. Although he is an ordinary person, he has an extraordinary aura, like a banished fairy.The third grandson thought to himself: Only such a man is worthy of being the father of Fairy Jiangzhu.