[Red Mansion] The occupation of Huangsang!

【Trip to Jinan】

The village chief can also be called the village chief.

The Zheng family in this village is located at the east end of the village. It is considered to be the family with the largest terrain and the largest house area in the whole village.It is best to say that it is compared to other houses, two or three houses with thatched earth walls.The house of the village chief's house is a quadrangle courtyard. The so-called quadrangle means that houses are built on all sides of a courtyard, and the courtyard is enclosed in the middle from all sides, so it is called a quadrangle courtyard.

Siheyuan is a closed house with a gate in front of the triheyuan.If it is in the shape of "mouth", it is called the first courtyard; if it is in the shape of "日", it is called the second courtyard; if it is in the shape of "mu", it is called the third courtyard.Generally speaking, in a mansion, the first entrance is the gate house, the second entrance is the hall, and the third or last entrance is the private room or boudoir, which is the activity space for women or family members, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter at will.The ancients had a poem that said: "How deep is the courtyard?"It refers to this.The deeper the courtyard, the less you can get a glimpse of its mystery.

The back hall courtyard of Yuqing Palace where Shui Lan is located is composed of eleven secondary courtyards and one triple courtyard.As for the village chief's house, it has blue bricks and red tiles, a typical "口" shape, and once entered the courtyard.

Meals are served in the open-air courtyard, and the cook is the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief.The eldest daughter-in-law of the village head is not good looking and looks very ordinary. According to the village head, the reason why he married her is entirely because of this woman's good cooking skills.The life of the peasant family is not like that of the big family. The food, clothing, housing and transportation are all meticulous. It is normal to be short of oil and salt.This is where the cooking skills of the eldest daughter-in-law of the village head are outstanding. She can use limited condiments to make dishes that are comparable to ordinary restaurants.For example, the steamed carp placed in the center of the dining table is steamed with only a little soy sauce, fermented soybeans, and ginger. After steaming, there is no fishy smell, but the taste is delicious, comparable to that made by the chef of Longshan Palace. steamed fish.

This steamed carp was served on the table, not to mention Shui Zhai who doesn't like fish, even Shui Lan, who is a picky eater, enjoyed it.After a while, a steamed carp weighing two to three catties was eaten up by the four of them.

After having lunch at Zhengjia's house in the village, Shui Zhai and Jia She went hunting, while Shui Lan and Ma Li borrowed the fishing rod of Zhengjia's in the village and went fishing by the river.After noon, the sun is getting better and tiredness hits.Just as the two of them were taking a nap, they heard a burst of crying. When they followed the prestige, they saw several people dressed as government servants laughing around several young women.

On that day, there were officials from the government molesting women from good families.Shui Lan and Ma Ma looked at each other, then dropped the fishing rod and walked forward.Shui Lan and Ma Ma wanted to step forward to scold them, but who would have thought that they would be pulled back by the eldest son of the Zheng family in the village before they approached.

More than 80.00% of the people in this village have the surname Gou, so it is called Goujia Village.The eldest son of the Zheng family in the village is surnamed Gou and his name is Dafu. He is only in his early twenties, but he looks much older because of years of hard work.The reason why Gou Dafu stopped Shui Lan and Li Ma was because he didn't want anything to happen to these generous young masters.

"What's going on?" Shui Lan asked Gou Dafu in a low voice.

"These girls are going to be sent to Longshan Palace to serve the master. I heard from the officials who came to the village last time that His Royal Highness would like this..."

"What..."

Shui Lan took a glance at the girls who were considered country girls in this village and ordinary people outside, and her heart was really cold.Which bastard is ruining his reputation, ah, if he needs someone to serve him, he won't find a maid, that's good, bah...

Shui Lan with a gloomy face smiled ferociously, and asked while grinding her teeth. "Who sent this official messenger?"

"Who else is there, isn't it the magistrate of our Jiuru County? Hey, son, why are you asking this!"

"No reason, just curious."

Shui Lan let out a breath of turbid air heavily and lost the intention of playing, and ran to Jiuru Mountain to hunt, Shui Lan and Jia She. Rushed to the county government office in Jiuru County.

When I went there, the county government office in Jiuru County was crowded with people. Village women with black or white skin and different appearances all gathered at the screen wall at the entrance of the county government office. Explain various palace rules and the work of serving people.

What the wife of the magistrate of the county said made the village beauties blushed but excited. They had a hunch that once they entered the Longshan palace, they would definitely be favored by the prince. It is said that the prince is ugly and they are so beautiful. How could they not be favored? ~

Shui Lan didn't know the psychological history of the village flowers. At this moment, he just wanted to slap the wall brick (which he asked for from the village politician before leaving) hard on the county magistrate who was said to have come out of the palace. The faces of the madam and the magistrate who flattered his boss and took an unusual path.

In fact, Shui Lan did the same.After he knocked the magistrate unconscious with a single brick, he was directly tied up by Shui Zhai, who was enjoying the joke.Shui Zhai deserves to be the one with the most ferocious combat power among the princes.At Shui Lan's order, Shui Zhai tied the magistrate and his wife together with the rope provided by Ma Li.

After tying him back to the palace, Shui Lan stood in front of the trembling two people and asked with a half-smile. "I heard that you came out of the palace."

The wife of the county magistrate with disheveled hairpin nodded tremblingly, "I am the court lady serving tea from Chengqian Palace."

"Pfft, you said you belonged to Chengqian Palace, so why haven't I seen you before?" The 11-year-old Princess Shuijuan played with the horsewhip, her expression seemed relaxed but her murderous intent was hidden. "How old are you."

"Two...23 years old"

Heh, according to the laws of the Yong Dynasty, court ladies are selected from the folk, aged 15 to 17, merchants, and official concubines and concubines below the fifth rank.The term of office is ten years, and after ten years, he can leave the palace and marry himself.This tea-serving court lady who claims to have come out of the palace and is also Chengqian Palace and the concubine Hui's side, you are not among the palace maids in your age, let alone, and do you know the laws of the Yong Dynasty?How shameless are you to say that you came from Chengqian Palace in front of Concubine Hui and her daughter.

"You'd better be honest, otherwise the whip in Bengong's hand is not a vegetarian."

To be honest, Shui Juan at this moment is more angry than Shui Lan who has gradually recovered her composure. She has never seen such a big-faced guy since she can remember. Said that he came out of Chengqian Palace.

Heh, is she a tease sent by the enemy to provoke relations?

Shui Juan, who was full of anger, brandished the horsewhip directly, whipping the magistrate of Jiuru County and his wife until they screamed.The miserable appearance of the two of them made Shui Li feel relieved.After asking Ma Li to interrogate who they passed to send the selected candidates to the palace, Shui Lan dragged Shui Juan out of the dark room.

Knowing that Shui Juan was still angry, Shui Lan asked her to have dinner in Xueyang Garden. In order to make her feel comfortable, Shui Lan dragged Jia She, who finally had time to play dice with the guards, to accompany her.

During this meal, Shui Juan ate very comfortably under Jia She's changing ways of making fun of her.After the meal, Shuijuan took Wu Tingfang to the palace.Shui Lan led Shui Zhai and Jia She to the darkroom.At this time, Ma Li has followed the clues of the Jiuru County grandfather and his wife, followed the clues, and found out all the people involved in the case.

After reporting to the emperor's father, Shui Lan dismissed all the people and investigated them with thunderous means, and some of them with serious stains lost their heads.After this incident, Shui Lan formally established an image of being decisive in killing and disliking women in front of a series of officials in the south of the Yangtze River.

The emperor's Luanjia stayed in Jinan City for a few days. After listing Longshan millet, Mingshui fragrant rice, and Pingyin donkey-hide gelatin as tributes, he continued his southern tour.On the way to the next stop, Tai'an, in order to show that he is a good father, the emperor cheated a good son again.Fortunately, neither Shui Lan nor Shui Zhai was cheated this time. The one who was cheated was the third prince who was far away from the capital's head hanging over the beam and devoted himself to learning. The emperor's father found a five-year-old son for his second son After the [-]-year-old concubine, he booked a seven-year-old fiancée for his literati third son.

The third prince's unmasked, seven-year-old fiancée was born in a scholarly family. His father is the principal of Taishan Academy, surnamed Kong. It is said that he is an offshoot of the Kong family with the hereditary title of Shenggong.With a prominent family background, except for being a little younger, it is more than enough to be a prince and concubine.The emperor who expected that the third prince should be satisfied with this marriage did not ask his son's opinion, and directly decided on the marriage... Regarding this, Shui Zhai and Shui Lan, the unconscionable brothers, wrote a lot The letter to the 'lovely' younger brother told of this universally celebrated and well-loved marriage.

On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, Luan drove to Tai'an Prefecture, climbed to the top of Mount Tai, and went to Qinguan Peak, Confucius' Small World, Riguan Peak and other places to enjoy the beautiful scenery.At night, the emperor and his party slept on Mount Tai.It is said to be sleeping in the open, but a gorgeous and spacious tent has also been built.

The bright yellow tent where the emperor is located is in the center, and the tents scattered around him surround the emperor's tent like stars and the moon, highlighting the emperor's unique status and pointing out the emperor's insecure state.

The tent that Shui Lan and Wu Tingfang live in is next to the couple of Shui Zhai, and the only accompanying princess Shui Juan lives in a tent alone.As good sons and daughters of the royal family, Shui Lan and the others had dinner with the emperor who was "confident because he couldn't push girls", and watched a bonfire party. Back to their respective tents to sleep.

At night, when she was falling asleep, she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside the tent, and Shui Lan woke up instantly. Before she had time to think about it, she only put on a cloak and stepped out of the tent. "What's the matter?" Shui Lan asked the guards who were hurrying around and looking around.

The bodyguard that Shui Lan was questioning had a good personal relationship with Jia She, so when he saw the prince asking, he stopped and said in a low voice. "Your Highness, I don't know the details. I vaguely heard shouting and cursing from the tent where the Long Live Lord lived..."

【Curtain night peep event】

scold...

For some reason, Shui Lan waved away the guards with a tense heart.What happened, why did the emperor live in the tent where there was shouting and cursing, who was the emperor yelling at, or...

No, he must go and see.

Shui Lan, who had made up her mind almost instantly, was about to go to the tent where the emperor lived, when Wu Tingfang suddenly ran out with her hair and cloak wrapped around her. "Grandpa..."

Wu Tingfang gently called Shui Lan, and whispered in his ear with a low voice.

"...peeping through the curtain at night...the deposed prince..."

Curtain night peep...

waste prince...

These two short sentences, these few short words instantly made the cold sweat on Shui Lan's forehead roll down like raindrops, and fear crawled all over her body along with the sweat. Lan suddenly shivered.

Through Wu Tingfang's reminder, Shui Lan remembered the famous incident of Kangxi's abolition of the crown prince in history.

Historically, Emperor Kangxi conferred great honors on the princes and allowed them to participate in political affairs, so as to contain the princes who held power and had more and more voices among courtiers.Later, the crown prince's confidant Suo'etu was arrested, and the intention of deposing him had begun to emerge.Yinfeng felt very panic, so he often secretly inspected the truth. On the way to the paddock with Kangxi, he even lifted the curtain of Kangxi to peek inside at midnight, which made Kangxi extremely panicked and suspected that the crown prince wanted to kill him.This incident stimulated Emperor Kangxi to make up his mind to abolish the crown prince immediately.

Not to mention whether the matter of the crown prince Yinreng peeping at the curtain at night is true, whether it is true or not, Emperor Kangxi, who has the strongest power, has long made up his mind to abolish the crown prince, and the matter of peeping at the curtain at night is just an excuse.Thinking of the emperor's father who was as powerful as Emperor Kangxi and could not be judged by others... Shui Lan felt cold in his heart.

This emperor father who loved him, pampered him, and pampered him since he was a child will not be like Emperor Kangxi, disowning his six relatives for the sake of power.Shui Lan took a deep breath, her thoughts were treacherous and complicated... Maybe it's time for him to act!

It's just that it was his father after all. Could it be that the royal family really has no family affection at all!

Shui Lan thought to herself...

.Give the emperor another chance!I hope the emperor's father won't become like that... Otherwise, don't blame me for being a crow and killing you.

"God knows, don't worry."

After taking a deep look at Wu Tingfang, Shui Lan walked quickly towards the tent where the emperor lived.When Shui Lan arrived, Imperial Physician Gou happened to be there too, and he couldn't help saying in amazement when he saw that Shui Lan's clothes were disheveled and her shoes were even worn backwards.

"Why doesn't Your Highness come back after washing up?"

"Father, what's the problem?" Shui Lan ignored Imperial Physician Gou's question, and anxiously asked Imperial Physician Gou about the emperor's current situation.Seeing Shui Lan's performance of being filial to her son, Imperial Physician Gou nodded secretly, but said with a trace of worry on his face.

"Everything else is fine, but... that wilting can't be cured!"

"what?"

Shui Lan was dumbfounded when she got the bad news that she had been unable to determine for a long time.But at this time, the emperor, who was mercilessly exposed to his son by Doctor Gou because of his shortcomings, lay on the bed and pretended to be asleep, couldn't hold back anymore.

"Little dog."

The emperor gritted his teeth in a sinister manner, wishing he could swallow Imperial Doctor Gou alive.Because the emperor's facial expression was so ferocious, not only Shui Lan couldn't help but take a step back, but even Imperial Physician Gou, who had always liked to twirl his beard and wipe tiger's buttocks, couldn't help taking a step back.

"Long live, you have to calm down, otherwise this problem will not be cured."

When the emperor was blowing his beard and staring in anger, Imperial Physician Gou silently made up the knife.Shui Lan couldn't help giving her thumbs up for Imperial Physician Gou's heroic performance of not being afraid of death, "Emperor Doctor Gou is right, Father, you should cultivate yourself..."

Shui Lan was originally a good (lucky) (lucky misfortune), but who would have expected that this opening made the emperor point the cannon fire at him. "You bastard, are you laughing at your old man..."

Well, even the elder brother's exclusive courage is used on him, it seems that the embarrassment is really a sad thing for the emperor's father.

The emperor scolded, and under Shui Lan's speechless expression, he shifted the artillery fire to Shui Zhai, who arrived late but was dressed neatly.

"You came so late, you have me as the emperor in your heart, don't you know that someone peeped at the curtain at night and suspected of murdering me just now!"

"Father, you are probably oversensitive. Besides, you're such a bad old man, what's so interesting about it." Shui Zhai, who was in a bad temper, directly blocked the emperor's eyes with such words, and almost suffocated.

The emperor rubbed his chest and burst into tears. "Unfilial son, unfilial son."

Seeing that the emperor was crying pitifully, Shui Lan sighed and signaled Shui Zhai, who was so angry that her parents would not even recognize her, to leave, while she walked to the edge of the bed and gently rubbed the emperor's chest.

The emperor who finally got over his anger looked at Shui Lan with tears in his eyes, as expected, he should be the son raised by himself, and the emperor doesn't want any other bad things like Shui Zhai at present.

Moved by Shui Lan's filial piety, the emperor took Shui Lan's hand and suggested that the father and son should sleep together.In this regard, Shui Lan once again growled in her heart, "Father will not make an appointment, we will not make an appointment", and then said yes with a smile.

In the original book of the Red Chamber, the things that should have been suspected by father and son were dispelled by Shui Lan lightly. After all, no one would doubt a filial son who rushed over after hearing his father's scolding, and even put on the wrong shoes in a hurry. son smashed.Compared with Shui Zhai's stupid and cute attitude, Shui Lan is a proper filial son in the emperor's heart, and he is also the number one filial son in the universe.

Due to the beautiful water, the emperor slept peacefully until the next day.After washing up and having breakfast with the emperor's father, the emperor led Shui Lan and his party to worship the God of Mount Tai, and wrote back the word 'Yunfeng', which made him turn away from the cliff.

Later, some local officials invited the emperor to go to watch the Sheshen Cliff. The emperor was displeased and cursed one after another. "Foolish people are ignorant, so are you also ignorant? To sacrifice one's life for filial piety, parents who don't know how to take care of their body, hair and skin, dare not harm them, so Zeng Zi was afraid of stepping on the ice in the abyss, and since the son sacrificed his life, he could not support his parents, which is not filial! "

Nuonuo, the local accompanying official, dared not speak.

After staying on Mount Tai for a while, the emperor, who felt boring, left Tai'an Prefecture in a Luanjia.Everyone stopped and stopped along the way, and finally arrived in Jinling at the end of May.

After a year of restoration, Jinling City, which was hit by floods, has returned to its former prosperity.Crowds in the streets and alleys, and the joy on everyone's faces can't tell that Jinling has suffered from floods at all.

Looking at the city of Jinling, Shui Lan sighed and whispered to Wu Tingfang who was next to him behind him. "The last time I came to Jinling, I heard such a proverb. Jia is not false, and white jade is used as a horse for Tang Jin; Afang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot accommodate a history of Jinling. There is a lack of white jade beds in the East China Sea. The Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling .There is a lot of "snow" in a good year, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron."

Wu Tingfang is already smart, even if she has never heard of this proverb before, it does not prevent her from guessing who the proverb refers to. "Master, this proverb refers to the four families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue."

Shui Lan nodded and said with a smile. "This proverb says that the Jia family is rich, the historian family is prosperous, the Wang family is powerful and powerful, and the Xue family is rich. Who would have thought that the Zhen family in Jinling is truly a remarkable figure?"

The Zhen family in the Red Mansion was originally the epitome of the Cao family. Emperor Kangxi visited the south of the Yangtze River six times, and four of them lived in the Cao family. Here, the emperor’s first southern tour also used the Zhen family as a place to stay. It can be seen that the emperor has great respect for the Zhen family. favorite.

Thinking about the emperor's concubine Zhen in the original novel of the Red Chamber, it is said that she is the granddaughter of the emperor's wet nurse. Now that the emperor is failing in some way, will he still accept this girl from the Zhen family?Shui Lan smiled playfully, and then led Wu Tingfang out of the carriage.

Because before departure, the emperor ordered that everything should be used along the way, and all should be stored in Beijing, and the people would not take it.As the honor to receive the emperor, the Zhen family wanted to borrow a large amount of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs.They used the country's money to serve the emperor meticulously. When the emperor was satisfied, they were relieved.

Mrs. Zhen, the emperor's wet nurse, had two sons, the eldest son Zhen Xian and the youngest son Zhen Fei.There is a 15-year age difference between the two sons. Now the eldest son Zhen Xian has married a wife and has children, while the younger son is only at the age of weak crown.

Mrs. Zhen's husband died young, and the emperor felt sorry for the middle-aged nurse who lost her husband. After Zhen Xian became an adult, he was admitted as a scholar. Zhen Xian.The power of the president of the Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education is equivalent to that of Jiangning Weaving, mainly managing the weaving of silk fabrics required by the court.With Zhen Xian's position as the president of the Jinling Provincial Sports Institute, the Zhen family, which had been on the decline since the death of Zhen's father, rose rapidly, gradually catching up with the four major families in Jinling.

After Zhen Xian married his wife Shi Shi, he had a son and a daughter. Among them, the son was Zhen Yingjia, and the daughter was Zhen Xiaowan. She was fifteen years old and pretty, which just met the emperor's standard of "exclusiveness".

In the past, the emperor would have accepted the nurse's kindness with a smile without saying a word, but now... please forgive the emperor for being powerless.Of course, in terms of face, the emperor will not let people realize that it is because of his failure that he politely rejects the girl.The emperor first continued the household chores with the nurse for a while, and then when the nurse wanted his granddaughter to serve in the palace in advance, the emperor behaved like a gentleman.He is quite old, so he won't spoil his sister, and the prince is also there, so why not give Zhen Xiaowan to the prince as a side concubine.

Madam Zhen smiled with joy.

The beautiful water in the background...

Mrs. Zhen thought to herself, the concubine, after the crown prince ascends the throne, the position of noble concubine will be secure.If her granddaughter gets angry with the prince, maybe there will be further possibilities in the future.The more she thinks about it, the more she feels that Mrs. Zhen has a bright future. She is very satisfied with the emperor's kindness.

The Zhen family was overjoyed, but Shui Lan, who had been tricked by her father again unintentionally, was full of depression. She didn't like such a trick to her son. If you can't handle your feelings, just push your son on top.Such a good thing, why do you only think about me, not Big Brother!

Hehe, goodbye manually again!