Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

Liu Fang complimented Liu Fu a few words, but Liu Fu responded with neither salty nor insipid.But at this time Liu Xianglian came back, now there are only two fathers and sons in the Liu family, because of the death of the Supreme Emperor, Liu Xianglian and Su Su's wedding had to be postponed, a mother and a father-in-law from the palace also went back first, the Liu family was no more than father and son The two of them were a few servants, so Liu Xianglian plunged in and saw Uncle Liu was there.

When Liu Xianglian saw Liu Fang, she stood up and saluted her in a respectful manner.

General Liu Fang exempted him from the ceremony, and Liu Fu frowned and said to Liu Xianglian: "They are all engaged, and there are still no rules and regulations. When I go to see Yue Zhang in the future, I can't run around without being notified?" Liu Xianglian bowed her head, she should have said yes, and didn't dare to talk back at all.

Liu Fang listened, but smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a few months, Brother Lian has become more and more active. Look at this, brother Fu, when the old lady was alive, she always said that ten of us brothers are not as good as one of you. Looking at it now Look at Brother Lian's appearance, he's even more handsome than you were back then, and he's really young. Such a promising brother, it's too late for me to hurt, and you are willing to scold him?" Liu Fang saw that Liu Xianglian was working in front of the emperor now, and He is such an outstanding talent, and he can't help but envy him in his heart.

After hearing this, Liu Fu said repeatedly: "He still lacks experience, how can he be as good as what the elder brother said, and the elder brother praised it." After finishing speaking, he still glared at Liu Xianglian and said: "Why don't you go down? I thought that with your uncle's support today, I would break the rules." Liu Xianglian should have come out and returned to her room.

Liu Fu and Liu Fang exchanged a few more words of greeting, but they didn't agree with each other, so Liu Fu sent Liu Fang out.After the guests had left, Liu Xianglian came out and said: "Today the emperor said that my father had a happy event, so he specially let me come back to congratulate him. I hurried back after changing shifts, why is my father still scolding people?" Liu Xianglian is now in the palace. As a dragon guard in Zhongzhong, there is a shift every seven days, and he was supposed to be on duty today.After Emperor Jiangyou approved the promotion of Liu Fu to be Minister of the Ministry of War, he specially allowed Liu Xianglian to return home after changing shifts to celebrate with Liu Fu.

After hearing this, Liu Fu said solemnly: "Sage is sympathetic, we are grateful in our hearts, we should be more serious about our errands. Why did the emperor ask you to come back, but you really came back? Now you and I are not in the palace, there is no one in the palace." Responsible for the guards? I know that the emperor treats you differently, so the emperor is easy-going, but after all, there are differences between monarchs and ministers, why don't you have any awe in your heart, and really don't regard yourself as a guard."

Liu Xianglian nodded and said that her father taught her well, and said that she had inspected every place in the palace and ordered the guards to come back, so every place in the palace must be in order.Liu Fu's complexion improved after hearing this.

Seeing that Liu Fu's complexion improved, Liu Xianglian smiled and said, "Why didn't you hear what my uncle said just now?"

Seeing Liu Xianglian's expression, Liu Fu wished he could reprimand him a few more words, but now that his son was promising and he brought up his dead wife, Liu Fu couldn't help but soften his words and said, "Don't take what your uncle said just now. I'm Looking forward to seeing you well."

Because after Liu Fu returned to Beijing, the first time he saw Liu Xianglian was on the stage of Lai Shangrong's house. After that, for several years, Liu Fu inevitably took care of Liu Xianglian more tightly.Therefore, even if Liu Xianglian got better in the future, Liu Fu would rarely talk to him in such a pleasant manner, most of the time Liu Fu was serious.At this moment, Liu Xianglian saw the rare tenderness on Liu Fu's face, and was touched by her father's love, and she couldn't help being moved.After a while, he smiled and said, "Uncle's words were to provoke our father and son. I can reflect on myself."

It turned out that Liu Xianglian's mother was originally a young lady from a scholarly family, and she was known for her talents in Beijing.This young lady went to Duke Li's house and told Mrs. Li that the old lady Liu Fang was talking about just now liked her, so she wanted to tell Liu Fang about Liu Xianglian's mother.Liu Fang's talent is mediocre, Li Guogong also felt that asking for a young lady from a scholarly family for him, and raising three generations of children well, would be the best help for Liu Fang, and he also strongly agreed with this family.

On that day, Mrs. Li Guogong bought wine and invited Liu Xianglian's grandmother to drink and enjoy the flowers, so she looked at Liu Fang.Unexpectedly, what Liu Xianglian's grandmother took a fancy to was Liu Fu, another son of the Liu family who was accompanying her.

Liu Xianglian's grandfather also thought that Liu Fu was the best after meeting several of the Liu family's children.Only Liu Xianglian's patriarch was still hesitant back then. Although Liu Fu was a child of the Liu family, he was just a side branch after all, not as much as Liu Fang in terms of status.The husband and wife hesitated, so they asked the girl under their knees, who was the mother of Liu Xianglian.Liu Xianglian's mother also had an idea, and said that I was married, not with any status.Moreover, Liu Xianglian's grandfather and his wife had only one daughter under their knees, and they loved Liu Xianglian's mother very much, so they let the girl please.The following year, Liu Fu won another martial arts examination, and the marriage was settled in this way.

Therefore, Liu Fang has always had a grudge against Liu Fu in her heart.Those words just now, it is obvious that he has not let go of them for decades.

Not long after Liu Fu won the martial arts exam, the two got married. Liu Xianglian's mother saw that Liu Fu was handsome and unrestrained, as his parents said, he was extremely outstanding. Liu Fu also felt that his wife lived up to her talent. Very loving.Liu Fu served in the army again, and wanted to earn an imperial order for Liu Xianglian's mother.Later, Liu Fu got the post of guard in the south of the Yangtze River, and Liu Xianglian's mother took Liu Xianglian to the south with Liu Fu to go to the post. Unexpectedly, Liu Xianglian's grandfather and his wife died of illness.Liu Xianglian's mother always blamed herself for not being filial to her bed, and she disappeared after a few years.

Not long after Liu Xianglian's mother died, Liu Fu discovered that Zhen Yingjia was selling private salt.Liu Fu was originally an upright person. He was afraid that he also felt sad about the death of his beloved wife, so he sent Liu Xianglian back to Beijing. things come.Liu Fu got the help of Li Han to enter Beijing, and then things turned around, and he was promoted step by step, but he never continued.

Because Liu Fu and his wife never mentioned the past to Liu Xianglian, Liu Xianglian naturally didn't know about it.Today, because Liu Fang brought up the past, Liu Fu opened the chatter box, and felt that Liu Xianglian was getting old, so he told the past one by one.Only Liu Fu did not say that he insisted on going his own way to expose Zhen Yingjia back then, or that he had not been involved with Mrs. Liu for many years.But both Liu Xianglian and his son are people who value love and righteousness. Just looking at Liu Fu's expression, Liu Xianglian knows that he misses his dead mother deeply.

At the end, Liu Fu said again: "I don't want us to be as blessed as father and son. You also mentioned the lady of the scholarly family. It is said that Miss Su is both talented and beautiful. Now that you have agreed with her, you must treat others wholeheartedly. Don't learn from some people. I don't have many skills, why do I have three wives and four concubines in the house." Liu Xianglian nodded yes.

The father and son were talking, and the old housekeeper replied, "Master Lin, Minister of the Household Department, and Master Yushitai Su are here to visit."

Nowadays, during the filial piety period of the country, there is no court, but state affairs cannot be abolished. If the ministries have something to report, officials above the second rank still go to the palace to report to the upper study every day.So Liu Fu was promoted, but Liu Fang, who was unemployed, came to congratulate him first. Lin Ruhai and Su Fan came out of the palace together, and they made an appointment to congratulate Liu Fu.

Liu Fu and his son greeted them hurriedly, and Liu Xianglian greeted Lin Ruhai and Su Fan respectfully.Lin Ruhai saw that Liu Xianglian was like a jade tree facing the wind, and that her former son Daiyu clarified the harem, and Liu Xianglian was in charge of guarding it.Lin Ruhai naturally praised Liu Xianglian to the fullest.Seeing that Liu Xianglian was really good-looking and motivated, Su Fan was satisfied with this future son-in-law.

When thinking of his son-in-law, Su Fan inevitably thought of his daughter.Now Su Su is at home waiting to get married, although she occasionally does needlework, she often takes out the mandarin duck sword gifted by Liu Xianglian to rub and wipe it, Su Fan can't help laughing, how can there be a sword in the boudoir of a boudoir lady?He was wondering again, looking at Su Su's appearance, he seemed to be in love with Liu Xianglian very much. Could it be that these two teenagers have never met?Otherwise, no matter how good the official matchmaker said, Su Su would have no reason to have feelings for a man who had never lived.

Liu Xianglian blinded Huo Lian and vented her anger for Su Su, only a few teenagers knew about it, and Su Fan couldn't guess the reason for Su Su's love for Liu Xianglian, even if he wanted to break his head.It was also spread that the sister-in-law of Jia Zhen in Ningguo Mansion fell in love with Liu Xianglian at first sight. Seeing Liu Xianglian's flirtatious appearance, Su Fan couldn't help feeling a little worried.Such an outstanding son-in-law will attract countless fans in the future.Therefore, Su Fan was first happy, then worried, showing his love for Su Su.

It is also said that after many people were sent away from the harem, Daiyu was much more at ease.But because of the country's filial piety period, it is not easy to go back to the province. It is only the first and fifteenth day of each month. Jia Min often visits the palace.Su Su and Daiyu were very close in love, and Su Su was about to get married, so she seldom went out and walked around, so she often went to the palace, and the two talked together.Besides, Baoqin and Daiyu are deeply in love with each other, so Daiyu doesn't feel bored.

In the court, since Liu Fu was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp were once again in the hands of Emperor Ding'an when King Zhongshun rebelled.Wei Ruolan escaped from marriage for nearly a year, and inquired a lot of news along the West Sea. Emperor Jiang You realized that it was time to take back the military power in the frontier.

Concubine Nan'an saw that Huo Jiong didn't find the position of Da Sima, and because of Wei Ruolan's escape from marriage, she didn't win over General Feng. Military power has been weakened a lot.In addition, Jia Miao committed suicide, Emperor Jiangyou only valued the empress, and did not dare to use the same tricks to release people beside Emperor Jiangyou, and it was difficult to find a second woman who could overwhelm Empress Lin in the world. The concubine was a little overwhelmed, so she had to hand over the sign and enter the palace to meet the queen mother on the fifteenth day of this month.

Now that Empress Dowager Huo has moved to Ningshou Palace, the people in the Palace of Hands have also been surrendered by Daiyu, and they have no more power.Concubine Nan'an asked to see the Queen Mother and let her make up her mind.The Empress Dowager Huo said: "What can I do now? Except for not lacking in food and clothing, the emperor doesn't listen to me at all. In order to make Jiong'er the minister of the Ministry of War, how many reasons have I told him? His mouth was worn out. But the emperor was not only unmoved, he also said that the military department is powerful, the most important weapon of the country, and those who can live in it. And the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, if I insist on my own way, I will be restrained."

Concubine Nan'an felt sorry for the princess under her knees, but she always only regarded the Empress Dowager Huo as a pawn buried in the royal family by the Huo family.How many official positions they bought and sold by taking advantage of the Empress Dowager Huo's power, not to mention how much profit they got, how much money they paid for their minions, it can be said that the Huo family is now rich like an enemy.But Sheng Mien fights Mi Qiu, after the Queen Mother Huo became the queen, the more the Huo family benefited, the greater the appetite, not only ungrateful, but instead felt that everything should be done.Now that Empress Dowager Huo has lost power, Concubine Nan'an feels resentful instead, as if her things were taken away by the Lin family.

Because every time Concubine Nan'an enters the palace, the palace people around Empress Dowager Huo know to avoid them. At the moment there are only Concubine Nan'an and Empress Dowager Huo in the bedroom, and Concubine Nan'an is not afraid of being overheard when she speaks disrespectfully, so she just said solemnly: "I didn't say that. Empress Dowager, your mother-in-law is too useless. No matter how favored Empress Lin is, she is your daughter-in-law after all, and she should set rules in front of you every day. You are too cowardly, but her little A small trick, borrowing a few old eunuchs who are not on duty to suppress Eunuch Li once, are you afraid that she will fail?"

Empress Huo heard this, and sighed: "Although I have lost the phoenix seal, I have been the lord of the Six Palaces for many years. How can a little girl like her be able to suppress it? Only the emperor is devoted to Lin, if I embarrass Lin Shi, it's just a separation from the emperor."

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Empress Dowager Huo wholeheartedly turned to her natal family, and now there were no outsiders, she only thought of Concubine Nan'an as her sister-in-law, but she didn't know that it would be a big offense for a concubine to speak to the Queen Mother like this, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with talking like this.Empress Dowager Huo still said: "The emperor is now at a weak age, and he has no heirs. Do you think I am not in a hurry? But no matter what I say, he always says that he will not release people to the palace. When the former emperor was alive, he also said Lin Ruhai As for the minister of the humerus, the fact that Lin’s daughter did not set up a side concubine before her wedding was an expression of the importance she attached to Lin’s daughter, so the emperor’s son did not set up a side concubine. That’s why Lin’s dominance prevails today. Only now the late emperor It's not time to let people go, otherwise, how will the people of the world say about the emperor? We must wait until the filial piety period is over."

Concubine Nan'an naturally knew that she would never establish a concubine during the period of filial piety, so she sighed and said: "Forget it, now that the Minister of War has fallen into Liu Fu's hands, Liu Fu and Lin Ruhai have a good relationship, Liu Fu's son Liu Xianglian has decided It is the daughter of Su Fan, the governor of the left. This Su Fan's daughter has the best friendship with the Lin family. The head of the Imperial Academy falls on Chen Yong. I also heard that Chen Yong is the senior brother of Lin's daughter. The queen mother will take a look. Now in the imperial court, there are several important civil and military officials who have nothing to do with his Lin family? I don't know that the emperor is your son, our Huo family's nephew, or his Lin family's visiting son-in-law!"

The Empress Dowager Huo was about to sigh, but she heard a slightly deep male voice say: "I employ people in my way, and those who are capable live in them. I don't judge official positions based on closeness or distance. Which woman dares to criticize my employment by talking about state affairs? Are you trying to do that?" It is said that I am nepotism, and my actions are stupid!"

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Huo and Concubine Nan'an almost jumped up in fright.When I looked up, there was a slender man standing at the door, with an overpowering aura, tall and tall, standing like a fairy in the clouds, but not the current emperor, who is Emperor Jiangyou? !

Concubine Nan'an dared to be presumptuous in front of Empress Dowager Huo, but she would not dare to give her a hundred courage in front of Emperor Jiang You.So Concubine Nan'an knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me, but I dare not." Empress Dowager Huo also stood up and saluted.

Emperor Jiangyou snorted lightly, and said disdainfully: "I am just the nephew of the Huo family in your eyes, why don't you dare. In your eyes, I am the grandson of the Huo family, who is the grandson of the emperor Taizu." Dear man, do you want your Huo family to be superior to the royal family! Besides, your Huo family's disciples peeped at the female layman in the Muni courtyard and were blinded by the retribution of the Bodhisattva. Your Huo family's picky disciples are also worthy of comparison with me? He also said that my queen is charming, but I would like to know who you are, and you actually point me like this?"

After hearing this, Concubine Nan'an hurriedly slapped herself on the face and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, I am arrogant for a while, and I dare not disrespect the emperor or the queen."

Emperor Jiangyou said calmly: "Despise the royal family, compare me to a disciple, say my queen is charming, speak rudely in front of the empress dowager, and teach the empress dowager the same as admonishing younger generations. Counting everything, you deserve it." Slapped on the mouth. Don't panic, counting these gaffes, one or two slaps might not be enough, Huang Sheng, let the concubine listen to you, how should you be punished?"

Huang Sheng was a young eunuch, but he was a confidant who was brought up by Emperor Jiang You when he was still the crown prince. After hearing this, Huang Sheng stood up and told Queen Mother Huo and Princess Nan'an one by one.Whoever is offended by every sentence should be slapped.Based on this calculation, Concubine Nan'an should be slapped 120 times, and there are other punishments that should be determined by the Ministry of Punishment.Let's not talk about the Ministry of Punishments first, just the 120 slap in the harem's mouth, if she is really punished, all her old teeth will not be broken.

After hearing Huang Sheng's words, Concubine Nan'an became deeply afraid: she just said that Emperor Jiangyou was the visiting son-in-law of the Lin family, but she actually regarded Emperor Ding'an as the visiting son-in-law of the Huo family.For the royal family to act, he wished that everything would be in line with his Huo family's wishes.After several years of being arrogant, how can she still have any sense of awe?I have long forgotten how to write fear words.

Although Emperor Jiangyou was not angry now, his natural majesty of a king, even if he said it slowly, was frightening.At this moment, Concubine Nan'an was very old and tried her best to be calm, but people could still tell that she was trembling.

Emperor Jiangyou learned from Daiyu that in the previous life, the concubine of Nan'an was also very arrogant, and the king of Nan'an was defeated in the battle, and she forced her to recognize her daughter and marry her.He also held the military power and refused to let go. It took the new emperor of the previous life several years to cut off his military power, so he couldn't help but hate this woman deeply.So Emperor Jiangyou said: "In that case, let's follow the rules."

The Empress Dowager Huo always regarded herself as the Huo family. After hearing this, she couldn't help persuading: "Your Majesty, although the concubine is wrong, it is your aunt after all. If you punish her so severely, don't you make people talk about it? The concubine also knows her mistake, if you reprimand her, she will never do it again. Your majesty, just let her go."

After hearing this, Emperor Jiangyou turned around and stared at Empress Dowager Huo.Empress Dowager Huo was taken aback when she saw that Emperor Jiangyou was not angry and pretentious, and couldn't help but take a half step back.Emperor Jiangyou said slowly: "At this moment, my mother knows that I am sorry for my family. Just now, when Concubine Nan'an spoke disrespectfully to her mother and reprimanded her, why didn't she see her mother take out the queen mother's money? But both The queen mother pleads, so I naturally want to listen to the queen mother. I think the queen mother has been in charge of the harem for many years, and I know that the rules cannot be broken. How about this? For the sake of the queen mother's plea, let Concubine Nan'an slap her mouth a hundred times, leaving only a small punishment and a big commandment .”

Concubine Nan'an heard that Emperor Jiangyou really wanted to slap her mouth, and she kowtowed again and again begging for mercy in fright.But seeing Emperor Jiangyou beckon, four old eunuchs came in, and it was Daiyu who brought them up.These few people have no relatives, and they have been idle in the palace for many years, so they are very effective in handling affairs in front of the new empress.And it's easy to add flowers to the cake, but difficult to send charcoal in the snow. These people had lost their thoughts at first, and felt that after their death, they were just thrown away in a mass grave, and there was no one to collect the corpse. Who would have thought that they could be reused by the empress?Therefore, although these people were newly promoted, they were also extremely loyal.

Several people came up to pay respects to Emperor Jiangyou, and then saluted the Empress Dowager and Concubine Nan'an.Emperor Jiangyou said to Huang Sheng: "This is for you."

Huang Sheng bowed in response, and sent Emperor Jiangyou away from Ningshou Palace. Huang Sheng turned his head and said to the old eunuchs: "Just now, Nan'an Concubine said all the old eunuchs, and I think the father-in-laws heard it too. Today Nan'an The concubine speaks rudely. Although the emperor mercifully spared her most of the crimes, but she has too much ostomy, she was exempted from one hundred, and there are still twenty slaps left. Each of you will share five slaps. After the concubine has finished receiving the punishment, You send the concubine back to Nan'an Palace first, and then report back to me."

Concubine Nan'an heard that she was about to be slapped by some old palace officials who had lost power for many years, she was more afraid than others, she just felt that it would be a great shame and humiliation for her to be beaten by a few people.I can't help but feel ashamed and ashamed, regretful and afraid.But Emperor Jinkou, this punishment cannot be avoided no matter what.

The old eunuchs are now the most loyal empress, and the emperor is still placed behind the empress.A few people also heard from the outside just now that Concubine Nan'an was disrespectful to the queen, so there is no way to show mercy.The beating made Grand Concubine Nan'an burst into tears and wailed repeatedly, a few of her teeth became loose, and her mouth was full of blood.After beating a full twenty times, these few people respected the emperor's order and sent Princess Nan'an back to Nan'an Palace.

Fortunately, Concubine Nan'an was pampered and well-maintained, and her teeth were well maintained. Several old eunuchs were also aged and exhausted.Otherwise, it would be strange if Concubine Nan'an didn't lose her teeth with twenty mouthfuls.

Huo Lian heard that his aunt had been severely punished, so he hurried to get the good gold sore medicine he had left over to cure his eyes to please him.But Concubine Nan'an looked at Huo Lian, thinking that she said that Emperor Jiang You was the Huo family's nephew, and that she had provoked the emperor's anger. Seeing Huo Lian was upset, so she ordered Huo Jiong to drive Huo Lian out.

Seeing his mother being punished, Huo Jiong comforted Concubine Nan'an and said with a cold snort: "Emperor Jiangyou is young after all, and now that the throne is not secure, he dares to treat mother like this. He doesn't even think about who is guarding the frontier for him. How many of us are there in the middle? It’s a good thing for us that he is so restless, it’s impossible to say that if he continues to be so self-willed, one day the elder brother will wear a yellow robe.”

Concubine Nan'an saw that Emperor Jiangyou was full of nobility and a convincing kingly demeanor today. She was by no means such a useless person as Huo Jiong said. Disrespectful words."

However, Grand Concubine Nan'an's cheeks are swollen and high, not only eating is unbearably painful, but speaking is also suffering unspeakably.After only one sentence, he stopped again, and after a while, he said: "Every time I talk to the queen mother, there must be many palace guards outside. Today, somehow the queen mother's confidantes are useless. The emperor is here. No one reported a letter, let the emperor listen to what I said to the empress dowager, that's why today's disaster happened. In the future, even if it's only us, you must not speak wild words, be careful that the walls have ears."

Huo Jiong was only angry, so he spoke arrogantly.But he also knew that what he just said was a capital offense, so he stopped talking, and wrote a letter to Nan'an County King to inform him of today's events.

The concubine Nan'an was punished, and the Huo family minions kept a low profile for a few days.Emperor Jiangyou didn't bother him, and a few days later, Qianshou Yanluo sent news that Jia Miao's whereabouts had been found.