Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

After Wei Ruolan escaped from marriage, General Wei didn't seriously look for her because he found out Mrs. Wei's selfish intentions.It's just that I sent a few confidantes with silver taels, and told him that if he finds the uncle, let him take the silver taels farther and farther, and come back in three or two years, which makes sense.Why does a man have no wife?Even in the later years, when we talked about marriage, with my son's appearance and ability, I don't have to worry about not being able to find a dignified and elegant girl and so on.Several confidantes took the order, pretending to go looking for people with great fanfare, but in fact they were going to send money.

As for General Wei himself, he brought an important gift to Feng's house, which was nothing more than words of apology.He also said that decent people were sent to look for Wei Ruolan, and if they were found, they were tied up and married, and they must not hurt the peace of the two families because of this matter.Although General Feng loved Feng Zifen very much, he couldn't bear the anger of the man running away from the marriage on the day of his appointment, so he drove General Wei out.This incident made Feng Zifen weep silently in the room, but she was taught by Aunt Xia that she must never make General Feng angry, so she dared not go to General Feng and tell her that she would not marry Wei Ruolan.

Not to mention Wei Ruolan and Ms. Feng's unworthy marriage farce, but after Wei Ruolan left Beijing, this matter was just a few chats between the families, and then it gradually faded away. General Wei also set off for the West Coast.

It is also said that the officials of this dynasty are sent out every three years, and this year is the time to return to Beijing to report on their duties. This is nothing more than an ordinary political matter.But because every three years when the officials released to Beijing return to Beijing to report on their duties, it is also the time when new officials are waiting to take office. Buying and selling officials is the most powerful. Therefore, after the officials who have been sent to Beijing return to Beijing one after another, the prince also keeps his eyes on the court and becomes busy day by day. .

Today, the crown prince was busy all day, and as usual after returning to the palace, he first went to see Daiyu and talk with her.Seeing the prince's face was gloomy, Daiyu knew what was going on again, so she smiled and said, "What's the matter? Who made Saburo angry?"

Hearing the word "Sanlang", the crown prince couldn't help being overjoyed, he let go of any unhappiness, and his complexion improved a lot.Sighed: "It's nothing serious, but the Mei Hanlin family, who left Beijing with their family three years ago, came back again. Because the head of the Hanlin Academy retired, there is now a vacancy. There is a shortage of academicians."

After hearing this, Daiyu smiled and said with an ambiguous meaning: "The Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is in charge of the evaluation of new subjects in each Hanlin Academy. Therefore, it seems that the head of the Hanlin Academy does not hold important positions such as money and food, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment, but in fact it has a lot to do with it, and the most important thing is to be just and honest. This Mei Hanlin is utilitarian. , must not take up this position."

The prince also nodded and said: "That's not the case. The emperor almost issued an edict today. Fortunately, I have already started to assist in political affairs. After seeing the guarantee, I stopped this matter for the time being. Who do you think is the guarantee? You Unbelievable."

When Daiyu heard this, she smiled and said, "Is Sanlang calling me stupid? What can't be guessed?"

The prince was just asking casually, and didn't really ask Daiyu to guess. After hearing this, he couldn't help changing his words: "I made a slip of the tongue, senior sister, don't blame me. How could senior sister fail to guess such an easy matter? I just hate it." They are too insufficient, the military officers want to grab it in their hands, but they actually put their hands deep into the civilian officials."

After hearing this, Daiyu said solemnly: "my father is the first civil servant, and Xie Shangshu in the official department is an important position. He is our senior uncle. The head of the Hanlin Academy should be promoted by senior brother Chen Yong. It is our senior brother again. If the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, and the Imperial Academy are all in contact with us, it will indeed make some people feel uneasy.

It's just that Mei Hanlin is really a good person, we don't say anything, just because they see Qin'er's father is gone, thinking that Qin'er's family must be ruined, they want to regret the marriage, his character is not worthy This is the post of a bachelor.In the future, the new scholars will not look at character and ability, but will only look at who will please and who will be filial. The officials who are evaluated in this way will be placed in various positions. Over time, will it not shake the foundation of the country? ? "

The crown prince sighed: "That's exactly what he said. The left and right fathers and emperors temporarily stopped him. Tomorrow, he will find out about Mei Ren's bad character and give him a book. If he thinks about it, he won't dare to think about such an important position." It's done." The husband and wife discussed it, but they felt that they only needed to stop Emperor Ding'an from making an order, and the other things would be fine. I'm afraid that after the decree was issued, the king would not joke, and if Mei Ren didn't make a big mistake in the future, he would have to let him be there. It is not reassuring to occupy such an important position for three years.

But he said that because of Empress Huo's face, the Huo family bought and sold officials all these years, Emperor Ding'an turned a blind eye, and the others didn't do anything to the Huo family.This Meiren followed Huo Jiong's path, and Huo Jiong ordered Jia Yucun to save his capital, and Bao Meiren was promoted to the head of the Imperial Academy.If the prince hadn't stopped him in time, I'm afraid the Huo family would have succeeded.

However, even though the Mei family is a family of poetry and books, they have not fallen. Back then, Mei Ren didn't even have the money to go to Beijing to catch the exam, but she got the money to go to Beijing to take the exam with the sponsorship of Xue Qiu's father.It was because of this that Mei Ren made an early engagement between his aunt and Bao Qin.Firstly, it is true that Mr. Xue is kind to Mei Ren; secondly, it is also Meiren who thinks that he is in high school, so he still has to go out and do business when he is short of time, and he has to borrow the financial resources of Xue's family so that he can get promoted all the way. .

After Ziwei died, the patriarch of the Xue family was originally Xue Pan's father, and the title of imperial merchant was also given to Xue Pan.Later, when Xue Qiu's father died, Mei Ren thought that there was only one widowed mother and two brothers and sisters left in Xue Qiu's family, and sooner or later they would be defeated. She was afraid that not only would she not be able to help her, but she might become a burden instead; If she doesn't have the dream of rising to the sky for a moment, and before she really gets the great official position, she feels that Xue Baoqin is a merchant girl, after all, her family background is low, and she is not worthy of her family's scholar family, so she has the heart to regret her marriage.

Xue Qiu actually also had this concern, so he sent Bao Qinyi to Beijing to get married when she was 11 years old. He didn't want to meet Lin Da who went south to pick up Feng's family to Beijing on the way.Later, Baoqin accompanied Daiyu as a reading companion, and now works as an errand in the East Palace.Xue Pan broke a lot of the prince's wedding materials because of fighting with others, and Xue Qiu got the title of imperial merchant because of the clothes materials for Daiyu's wedding.

Mei Ren was released for three years, and finally bought some novelty gifts, which won Huo Jiong's favor, and he joined the Nan'an King's family, intending to return to Beijing to wait for an important position, but after returning to Beijing, he learned that the situation of the Xue family was very different. It's too late to regret.

It's fine if it's a person who wants to save face, but this Mei Ren is shameless and has a bit of thoughtfulness, thinking that his son Mei Yan's repentance of marriage may hinder his official career, and now Xue Baoqin is by the side of the princess As a servant, if Mei Yan asks her to marry her, wouldn't he be respectable in both the empress and the prince because of the marriage?Then he found Xue Qiu and wanted to marry Bao Qin for Mei Yan again.

This day Xue Qiu got up early and was about to go out to several shops to get the ledgers and come back to check the books when he heard that Mrs. Mei asked to see him.Since Bao Qin and Mei Yan divorced, the Xue family has not been in contact with anyone with the surname Mei for three years, but for a moment they can't remember who Mrs. Mei is?It wasn't until I accepted the post and unfolded it that I realized that it was Mei Ren and his son who disliked Baoqin back then.

Merchants are the ones who pay attention to making money with kindness, and Xue Qiu has a good temper, but who can be patient with someone like Mei Ren?Xue Qiu just asked the steward to go back to Mei Ren, saying that he was still eating breakfast, and told them to wait a while, then turned and went back into the house.

Mei Ren waited in the porter for half a day before the steward came to salute and said, "Master Mei has been waiting for a long time. Our uncle has something to do today. If Mrs. Mei doesn't mind the trouble, he will join us later. Go to Jiangyun to talk. If Mr. Mei has other matters, please feel free today. After our uncle is busy, we will come to Mrs. Mei’s house to bother you."

After hearing this, Mei Ren couldn't help thinking.He is the best at speculating, and the material of Jiangyun is well-known in the capital, and he has long wanted to buy a good one and give it away to others.It is said that the Jiangyun number only uses the best craftsmen and embroiderers, and its annual output is limited. Even if it holds mountains of gold and silver, it still has to wait in line, and each person is only allowed to buy one piece of material for each color at a time. .Now that Xue Qiu is actually the owner of the Jiangyun House, why don't you go to the Jiangyun House to see if there are any good materials, and let Xue Qiu give him a few more horses because of his love back then.So Mei Ren followed Xue Qiu to Jiangyun.

In the land of the capital, every inch of land is precious, and the three-story emerald and emerald pavement of the "Jiangyun" alone is worthless.After Xue Qiu got out of the car, he invited Mei Ren to get off the car, and after seeing each other, Xue Qiu invited Mei Ren to go upstairs to the private room.

This private room is the place where Daiyu received officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs when she was married. There are samples of various high-quality materials, which were not for sale, but for display.Many men don't know the material and appearance of the material, but Meiren is used to drilling, and he has a pair of eyes for knowing the goods. Even so, seeing many people in the private room is not famous, but at a glance, he is not ordinary. The material is also dazzled.

Xue Qiu gave up his seat to Mei Ren and Mei Yan, ordered tea to be served, and exchanged some pleasantries.The servant carried another pug with Western flower ideas, and handed it to Xue Qiu's arms.

Xue Qiu picked it up, then smiled at Mei Ren and said, "Lord Mei, don't be offended. When my father passed away, how many people asserted that our house was going to be ruined. How many old relatives and old friends kept me at arm's length, that's good, I will remember it in my heart A love; there is also the one who made trouble, and the one who went up to Luo Chi to blackmail, really made my brother and sister miserable. In the most difficult time, there was only such a dog to accompany our brothers and sisters, so I couldn't do without it He takes him with him everywhere. You see how obedient he is, he goes wherever he is told, and he doesn’t disobey at all." He put the pug on the ground and said, "Go over there and fall asleep. There are still things to talk about.The dog was also really obedient, wagging its tail and left, lying obediently in the corner.

Mei Ren couldn't help but change his expression after hearing this: in the past, he treated Xue's family with respect, but now Xue Qiu can go wherever he lets him go, Xue Qiu actually scolded himself twice in just a few words.Even though Mei Ren was thick-skinned, she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, so she could only smile and said, "Thanks to my nephew being so amazing, in just three years, he not only earned the title of Emperor Merchant, but also opened such a big shop. It's just how much it costs, not counting the top-quality materials and nephew's other business that are worth thousands of dollars."

After hearing this, Xue Qiu said humbly: "Lord Mei is absurd, I just entrusted the blessing of the emperor and His Royal Highness the crown prince. In today's peaceful and prosperous world, as long as you do your duty and work hard, you will have good results. I'm afraid that if I go astray, I won't be able to turn back. Fortunately, although I am young and ignorant, I have been reminded by noble people, and I have never made a mistake, so I am today."

Xue Qiu said this out of emotion, he didn't know that Mei Ren coveted the head of the Imperial Academy's bachelor.But Mei Ren knew that Xue Qiu was favored by the prince, and thought that Xue Qiu's words meant something, implying that he had gone astray, and felt that Xue Qiu's words were harsher.However, Mei Renji has a pair of powerful eyes, and he doesn't have the strength of a scholar at all.Hearing this, not only didn't get up to say goodbye, but felt that Xue Qiu was more respectable now, and he regretted retiring the marriage between Mei Yan and Bao Qin back then.

Therefore, Mei Ren also smiled and said: "My nephew's words are very true. Now that I see my nephew being so upbeat, I am afraid that brother Xue is alive in heaven, and I am very happy. Only in the past, brother Xue and I made a pact and made a dog and order My sister's marriage, now that Quanzi and Lingmei have reached the age of marriage, nephew, let's see if you have arranged the marriage between Lingmei and Quanzi?"

Since Xue Qiu heard Mei Ren's visit this morning, he guessed that it might be because of this matter, but when Mei Ren really asked for it, he also felt that this person's brazenness was astonishing.So Xue Qiu said with a smile: "Sister She is currently working in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and she will only be released when she is old. When the time comes, I will carefully inquire about his character and character for the sake of Sister She. As for the marriage between Sister She and your son , I vaguely remember that Mrs. Mei was eager to withdraw the engagement."

Hearing this, Mei Ren felt compelled to judge others by himself, thinking that Xue Qiu had climbed up to the crown prince and looked down on her family; she also felt that now that Xue Baoqin was in the crown prince's east palace, Xue Qiu also had the idea of ​​getting the moon first if he was close to the water.Xue Qiu ignored him, and Mei Ren even cheekily begged to buy a few pieces of material. Xue Qiu also laughed and said that the rules cannot be broken, otherwise the capital will be full of rich and powerful, and every family will talk about favors. Who can a small merchant offend?

After hearing this, Mei Ren had to stand up and leave, Xue Qiu said to walk slowly, but Mei Ren hadn't gone far, but Xue Qiu called out, "You son of a bitch, come quickly." If you go to the right.After hearing this, Mei Ren felt that Xue Qiu was talking about herself. Although she didn't show it on the surface, she seemed to be angry in her heart.He became more and more determined to humiliate Xue Qiu again when he became a bachelor in charge of the Imperial Academy.

After Meiren and his son went downstairs, Xue Qiu put the pug on the ground, and said with a smile, "I was covered in ashes." It turned out that Xue Qiu didn't love dogs like a fanatic, and he always carried the dog with him. It was to humiliate Meiren on purpose.

Mei Ren was protected by the Huo family, and she thought she was safe, waiting for the good news at home.In a few days, the Ministry of Officials appointed Chen Yong, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, to be a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and Mei Ren continued to wait for vacancies.To Mei Ren, this news was like a bolt from the blue, which made him unable to recover for a long time.To say that Mei Ren was sent to Shandong as an official, it would be considered a lucrative vacancy, because he was determined to win the head of the Imperial Academy, and the vacancies in Shandong had already been filled.Mei Ren used to be a good official of the imperial court, but now he lost both ends and lost his position.When he found the Huo family again, the Huo family coldly told him to stay in Beijing and wait, but said nothing else.Mei Ren touched his nose, but had no choice but to go home and wait for the news.

It turned out that the prince blocked Emperor Ding'an's imperial decree to appoint Mei Ren as the head of the Imperial Academy, and Emperor Ding'an was very puzzled.The crown prince had to analyze the pros and cons in detail. Although Emperor Ding'an was slow to respond now, he was trained by the junior prince. The crown prince explained the pros and cons in detail, so Emperor Ding'an naturally understood.

After hearing this, Emperor Ding'an smiled and said: "Your mother told me that whoever is sincere to us is no better than your uncle's family. This Meiren was recommended by the Huo family, so she is more reliable than outsiders. Why does my emperor mean that it is Don't you believe that the person recommended by your mother's family will not succeed?"

But the prince said: "Although the land is on the shore, could it be the king's minister, but the father thinks about it, this Mei Ren has taken refuge in the Nan'an royal family, the first person to be grateful is naturally the Nan'an king, it may be said that the second in his heart is the father. As for the emperor. But Senior Brother Chen is not only a teacher from a famous family, the number one scholar, his real talents and knowledge are far better than that of Mei Ren, not to mention, he is also a fellow senior brother of my son, and my father promoted Senior Brother Chen. The first thing Mr. Chen is grateful to is his father. Let me think about it, father, who is better to promote between the two? These years, the Huo family has also recommended too many officials, and if the ministers say something cruel, father is not afraid that they will coerce the emperor to make the princes in the future?"

Emperor Ding'an heard that it was reasonable, but he did not make a decision for a long time.Who knows that Empress Huo knows that Emperor Ding'an is slow to respond now, and he is inevitably indecisive in doing things, and has always relied on others to make decisions.If he hadn't taken the idea first, the emperor would have listened to Lin Ruhai's advice.Although Empress Huo knew that Emperor Ding'an's successful ascension to the throne was due to Lin Ruhai's escort all the way, but because of the slander of Concubine Nan'an, she felt that the Lin family should not be allowed to dominate, so she supported the Huo family even more.

Empress Huo saw that the position of the head of the Hanlin Academy could not be settled for a long time, so she had to blow the wind a few times.Emperor Ding'an was annoyed by her bragging, but felt more and more that what the prince said was reasonable, not only promoted Chen Yong to be a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, but also did not go to Empress Huo's palace for several days.Now the favored one is a young nobleman surnamed Zhang, Emperor Ding'an has decreed to promote Zhang nobleman as a concubine.

Empress Huo lost her mind, so she restrained herself. Mei Ren knew that she had not been promoted, and when she went to look for Huo's family, it was Concubine Nan'an who came to the palace to meet the empress, and she was angered by Empress Huo.At this moment, Mei Ren bumped into the muzzle of the gun, naturally his face was hot and his butt was cold, and he received a cold reception.

Concubine Nan'an was so flustered when she learned that Empress Huo had fallen out of favor, she had to look around for a beautiful woman so that she could be sent to the palace to compete with Concubine Zhang.

Concubine Nan'an is nothing more than those low-handed methods. In the previous life, the Nan'an County King was defeated, and he also forced Tanchun to be a righteous daughter and marry him. In this life, it is the same method.She herself has a princess under her knees, and she was reluctant to give it to the old and stupid Emperor Ding'an, so she had to find a beautiful girl everywhere, and took advantage of her power to recognize her as the adopted daughter of the old Nan'an king's former department, borrowed her identity to participate in the small election, and then sent it to Empress Huo In the palace, slowly map it.

Hearing that there were some beautiful girls in the Jia family, Princess Nan'an went to the Muni Court to see them.Seeing the three girls Miaoyu, Tanchun, and Xichun, all of them are good, Princess Nan'an couldn't help but be moved, but these three girls are sensible people, and no one is willing in their hearts.

Concubine Nan'an still wanted to force her, but Master Liao Yuan came out and proclaimed the Buddha's name, saying: "Whether you enter my mountain gate, no matter the princess or the poor, they are all benefactors. If the poor nun's words conflict, don't blame the concubine."

Master Liao Yuan was known as a god and nun, and his congenital calculations were extremely accurate. Grand Concubine Nan'an had always believed in gods and Buddhas, so she didn't dare to confront them, so she smiled and said, "If Master Lio Yuan has any instructions, just speak the truth."

Master Liaoyuan proclaimed the Buddha's name again, and then said: "The concubine is kind, and it is their blessing to lead the poor nuns and lay disciples to become rich. Going against the way of heaven is just afraid of bringing disaster. It doesn't matter if their fortunes are poor, they are just afraid of hurting those who help them."

A few days ago, Huo Lian went to the Muni Court to peep and offend. It was widely rumored that Huo Lian suffered retribution and was blinded in one eye by a flying stone.Later, after checking the footprints, they found Huo Lian's own courtyard, and Princess Nan'an couldn't help but believe in the theory of retribution.Now that she heard Master Yuan's words, Concubine Nan'an no longer dared to use her power to force Miaoyu and others.

Thinking of Huo Lian, Concubine Nan'an couldn't help but think of the beautiful girl Zhu Tu that Huo Lian bought on the way back to Beijing.Although this Huo Lian is lustful, he is used to doing things and pleases people.Seeing Tu Tu's beautiful appearance, and being extremely cute and clever, he gave Tu Tu to Concubine Nan'an after entering Beijing.Because of this, he won the favor of Concubine Nan'an, and he bullied others even more. It was only after hurting his eyes that he restrained himself.

Therefore, Tuu has been serving in the room of Grand Concubine Nan'an, but Grand Concubine Nan'an thought that the girl she bought on the road would not know the origin, so she didn't bring Tuu Tu to her, but put it in the yard for picking flowers. The bird thing.Now Grand Concubine Nan'an recalled Huo Lian's drawing, and ordered someone to pass on the drawing. I saw that her appearance was like a spring flower, as bright as an autumn moon, her figure was graceful, and she was indeed extremely beautiful.

Empress Huo is the aunt of the king of Nan'an County, so she is her eldest sister-in-law. Concubine Nan'an has no face to recognize Tutu as a righteous daughter, and sends her to fight with Empress Huo.So Ming Tutu recognized Da Sima Jia Yucun as his adoptive father, named Jia Miao, and sent him to Empress Huo's palace during the election.Empress Huo couldn't help being amazed when she saw that the woman in front of her was bought by a nephew of the Huo family on the way.This Jia Miao's appearance is not to mention, even his demeanor is extraordinary, he looks a bit like everyone's background.

Jia Miao claimed that he didn't remember the origin of his hometown. Before being sold, there were masters who came to teach piano, chess, calligraphy and painting every day. There were rules for sitting, lying, playing and singing. With some skills in hand, sitting, lying and standing are also very disciplined.

Jia Miao's background was also checked by the Nan'an concubine. She was originally the goddaughter of a salt merchant in Yangzhou, commonly known as Yangzhou Shouma.Later, the salt merchant was convicted of selling illegal salt because of collusion with Zhen Yingjia. At that time, the girl was only in her early teens.Later, perhaps because the woman was so good, the kidnapper sent her to Beijing to sell her for a good price.

Empress Huo judged Jia Miao's character, and wanted to surpass Zhang Concubine.Although Emperor Ding'an had a quarrel with Empress Huo, Emperor Ding'an still came to the Empress' Palace on the [-]th day of each month, and Empress Huo had plenty of time to recommend Jia Miao to Emperor Ding'an.This Jia Miao really stood out and fell into Emperor Ding'an's eyes. After a few days, Emperor Ding'an abandoned Zhang Concubine and favored Jia Miao all day long.

Daiyu went to Empress Huo's palace to pay her respects, and met Jia Miao a few times, and she always felt that he had an extraordinary bearing, as if she had been taught by everyone.Daiyu also told the prince that Jia Miao might be tricky, but after Jia Miao became favored, Emperor Ding'an became more and more obedient to Empress Huo.

After half a year like this, after a few autumn rains, the weather gradually cooled down, and Emperor Ding'an accidentally contracted the wind and cold.I thought it was just a matter of taking a few doses of medicine for health and well-being. Unexpectedly, Emperor Ding'an's disease gradually became a serious symptom. Several imperial physicians in the imperial hospital were helpless, and Emperor Ding'an could not afford to be ill.