Red Mansions Dressed Into the Forest

Basically, every time King Suduan embezzles huge sums of money, he has the benefit of "dedicated" to the Supreme Emperor, which has continued since the time when the Supreme Emperor did not ascend the throne until now... So it is said that King Suduan and King Zhongshun are the biggest backers and protectors. It is the Supreme Emperor.

Otherwise, Lin Hai's two bosses were obviously promoted by the Holy Master, but they dared to defy the Holy Master, and they were not mentally retarded and did not rely on them. How dare they do this?

The elders in the pavilion always say that King Suduan is arrogant and domineering, but in fact he is really arrogant and powerful...you can't just say it directly.

There is a sense of filial piety, even if the Holy Majesty wants to deal with King Suduan's faction, he will at most just make a fuss, and if he dares not, he can't hurt King Suduan... Otherwise, the first person to stop him will be too emperor.

Lin Hai also gradually realized the three flavors of this point after he became the servant of the household department.

When he first entered Beijing, most people's opinions were: the Supreme Emperor was only hindered by King Suduan, who was a hero from the dragon, and King Suduan also took care of the princes a lot, so he had to be tolerant.

But actually?

It's not that the Supreme Emperor doesn't want to touch King Suduan, he just doesn't want to touch him!Even if anyone makes things difficult for King Suduan, he will secretly vent his anger on this good brother!

Lin Hai, who was stunned by the Supreme Emperor's excellent acting skills, has been reflecting on it for a while.

Waiting for him to be tricked by the two superiors after he became the servant of the household department, let's see the reaction of the Holy Majesty... Even though the Holy Majesty has the intention of taking the school exam and has a thought of defending him, Lin Hai knows it well: If he really confronts King Suduan head-on, the Holy One will probably "release him".

The father and son, the Supreme Emperor and the Holy Father, are probably in the same boat, so Lin Hai naturally wants to leave more room for himself.

As one of the back roads, King Yizhong didn't know if he wanted to confide, so he told Lin Hai how he got the news, "I have a few eyes and ears in the southwest, and I haven't voted for others after all these years."

How do you know that these subordinates did not vote for others?

Lin Hai didn't doubt King Yizhong's IQ: King Yizhong would definitely not believe one-sided words, presumably the former prince had other trusted old relatives and friends besides these eyes and ears.

King Yizhong really said: "Back when I had to be crowned prince, those two old things disliked me and made everything difficult for me."

Lin Hai said helplessly: "Because you are not easy to fool, of course you can avoid hypocrisy."

Because of that prescription, Lin Hai found that King Yizhong seemed to be sincere to him...befriending and being close, this relationship is at least much more reliable than those of the princes.

About the same as he is to King Yizhong, it is tantamount to sending charcoal in a timely manner.Moreover, their Lin family was also a ~tai~zi~ party in the early days, and they had a bit of trust foundation.

King Yizhong laughed at himself: "Who said it wasn't. It was because I was young and energetic, so I turned my face, and then fought without any scruples. At first, the father would protect me a little bit and restrain those two old things, but a few Years later, my father was impartial to my fight with the old things... that's all right, but after that, my father suddenly favored those two old things for some reason. .”

Lin Haimoran: In the past, King Yizhong's complaints were directed at King Suduan and King Yizhong, but this time he did not shy away from talking about the Supreme Emperor... This change always needs an opportunity, right?

Sure enough, as Lin Hai expected, the opportunity came.

"Did you know that two days ago there was a rumor in the palace that there are two medicines in your prescription that are quite 'extraordinary', and that taking them for a long time is not good for kidney water?"

Lin Hai was taken aback first, then smiled, "This... is a fantastic idea, I have to admire it."

The prescription Xiao Jin took out deliberately chose a large number of "high-end" medicinal materials. The medicinal properties of these medicinal materials, including their compatibility, have been studied for a long time. At this moment, he suddenly said that there is a problem with the compatibility of these medicinal materials... that would block all the medical knowledge in the world. A person's mouth is what makes it.

That's why Lin Hai said that the rumor was a "wonderful idea".

King Yizhong clapped his hands and smiled, "Sure enough, I can't scare you. It's a long story..."

It is said that several concubines and concubines in the palace worked together to manage a few contacts, but it is a pity that they are limited by the personnel and ability, because the maids and eunuchs are not allowed to enter and leave the palace easily.

In short, this network of contacts and intelligence network has more than enough strength internally but externally... it is very blind.

At this time, King Suduan appeared at the right time and formed an alliance with several old concubines—the forces in the palace that had been formed before King Yizhong was crowned prince, made King Yizhong suffer a lot until he himself was also in the palace. Cultivate cronies in the middle school, and compete with the power of these concubines... However, all of this is obviously under the nose of the emperor at that time, and now the emperor.

When Lin Hai heard this, he felt that the Supreme Emperor seemed to be happy to sit on the high stage from the beginning to the end, watching the stage in front of him...the monkey show, and when the monkeys were about to jump out of the stage, he would make a timely move.

If he is the Son of Heaven, he is born to be superior.

It's just that you are too emperor, aren't you afraid of playing off?

Thinking about it carefully, the prince who raised him so carefully had to get rid of him in the end... No matter how unusual the emperor's hobbies are, he would not be keen on the feeling of slapping himself in front of the whole world.

Thinking of this, Lin Hai smiled secretly: Raise Gu, who knows if it will devour the master.There is a righteous and loyal king to learn from the past. The biggest hidden danger is that father and son do not agree.

King Yizhong also said frankly at this time: "Didn't the palace replace a lot of people a few days ago, and there were a few of my people who happened to fill in the vacancies. Didn't you just read the whole thing from the beginning to the end of the past few days."

Speaking of concubines in the past, the huge information network established by the concubine and King Suduan and others today is not only for personal use, but also...accepting orders-there is King Suduan who loves money like his life and pays attention to the best use of everything. The style is naturally unsurprising.

In other words, it is not a problem to pass on news, and it is more convenient to cover up some dirty things that cannot be seen.

Because of this, the Queen Mother's death, and the fact that several little princes were tricked by the Holy Majesty when he was on business abroad, King Yizhong admitted that the mastermind behind it is still a mystery.

After all, it happened decades ago. I don’t know how many people have changed in the palace. Even if we can dig deep to find out the people involved in the incident, the confessions of these people are naturally unbelievable without corroboration.

But those stories that can be referred to each other... King Yizhong took the initiative to tell Lin Hai, "Anyway, it is Princess Suduan who said that there is a problem with the medicinal materials in your prescription."

Lin Hai was not surprised at all, "Well, she also got the prescription, and let her son take it. I guess this princess just decides... It's normal for her to blame me for her son."

The idea of ​​"ruining Lin Hai's reputation" was conceived by Princess Suduan, but how to implement it is definitely left to her subordinates' free play... and these subordinates probably haven't read Lin Hai's prescription yet.

As a result, it was self-defeating, and the rumors spread to the ears of the Holy Majesty, who was very happy.

King Yizhong told Lin Hai about His Majesty's reaction, and at the same time said, "How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the couch? My emperor's younger brother stared at this group of people for a long time, and finally caught the handle. Why don't you take advantage of the situation and clean it up?" reason?"

Even the king of a country cannot take people for no reason.After every cleaning, the vacancy had to be filled, and it was precisely by this opportunity that King Yizhong also got a few people in.It's only been a day since the eyes and ears were in place, and then I got a gossip by chance: Among the eunuchs who suddenly disappeared, there was also the apprentice and grandson of the former chief executive of the Holy Majesty, and there happened to be someone among the disciples who used the secret recipe of the Southwest.

Having said that, King Yizhong moistened his throat with a cup of tea.

Lin Hai nodded, just waiting for the next sentence.

King Yizhong really said: "I was thinking that since the Southwest is not stable... it is better to plan. There is a lack of Daotai in Guizhou, can you see if Zhen Yingjia can succeed? But I don't want to give him a way out, the boss of the Shi family brothers I'm ready to go too."

The elder historian was talking about her uncle Xiangyun, the nephew of Jiamu.The historian is also a ~firm~zhen~tai~zi~party, and it seems that he has never changed his family from beginning to end.

Lin Hai almost burst into flames when he heard this: What is your tone of reluctance to use waste?

Well, who made the Zhen family want to send their daughter who couldn't find a suitable husband's family to Yizhong Prince's Mansion?Don't send it off sooner or later, have to catch up with King Yizhong and the momentum is rising?

According to the saying that the first to flirt is cheap, the Zhen family is also a pitiful person, and there must be something to hate.

Moreover, although Zhen Yingjia has a casual job in Jinling, he is also a serious third-rank high-ranking official, and only a fourth-rank daotai, and he is also a daotai in a poor place and the enemy's lair.

However, Lin Hai still solemnly agreed, "This matter is on my shoulders." Lao Zhen, can you really change the fate of your family in one fell swoop!

After finishing their business, the two looked at each other with teacups and smiled.

But it is said that Wang Chan has not returned after entering the palace, and when King Yizhong comes to visit, Daiyu is going to play the role of the hostess.

It's also true that King Yizhong doesn't pay attention to it, but no one dares to provoke this prince in the capital, and everyone can only pretend to be deaf and dumb. The other princes are different.

As a prince, it is not easy to enter the family of ministers, so the other highnesses came to the Lin family to express their gratitude and never came again...

But just counting like this, except for the Seventh Prince, all the grown-up princes came to the door once.

The nobleman has seen it, not to say that he is used to it, but the meaning of confinement is greatly reduced, at least Daiyu, a "newborn calf", is like this.

She estimated the time, and felt that the prince and his father had finished talking about business, so they should go over to deliver the snacks in person, and then ask the prince if he would like to stay for dinner.Mother was bound to be back before supper, but she had to tell the stewards to get ready in the kitchen anyway.

Daiyu recalled what the prince liked to eat a few times before, and then she made a calculation in her mind and brought up the ingredients to pack up, "Is there still a lamb in the kitchen?" After getting the answer, she made arrangements for the staff and some trifles and stood there with her hands tied The kitchen steward gave orders one by one, and finally said with a straight face, "Be careful."

The stewards present didn't know the importance of the matter: no matter how close King Yizhong is to the master and his wife, he is still a famous prince, and the Supreme Emperor is not a powerful figure!

How can you be negligent if you are too late to flatter?

After arranging work for the stewards, Daiyu just saw the snow geese coming back from the corner of her eyes and stood by the door.

Daiyu nodded at the girl, Xueyan saluted and then said, "The master asked the girl to see the prince."

After hearing this, Daiyu turned her head to Zicuckoo behind her and said, "Change your clothes. Take out the white hairpin jade from the box."

Even if King Yizhong asked Daiyu to call her "cousin uncle", she couldn't just go to see guests in homely clothes.

At the same time, you have to wear some of the jewelry and accessories given to her by King Yizhong and Princess Yizhong—it doesn’t matter if the prince recognizes you or not, but you can’t live without this kind of eyesight.

Since my father became the servant of the household department, although the entertainment at home is not too much, it is not as low as the visitor.Zijuan and Xueyan are not only proficient at changing clothes and dressing up, but even Daiyu is also a master of all kinds.

In less than a stick of incense, Daiyu packed up and walked to her father's study room holding Zijuan's arm.

The family has a small population, and because the place where they live is "highly concentrated", it took about half a cup of tea to walk from my own yard.

When Daiyu came in, she saw King Yizhong and his father "hahaha" having a great time.His father grinned and waved at her.

Only then did Daiyu come forward, and saluted King Yizhong first, "I have seen the prince," and then took the initiative to add the suffix of two characters, "Uncle Biao."

King Yizhong came here today purely on a whim, without any small gifts, he glanced at the confidant eunuch standing in the corner, then pulled his fan pendant off the folding fan, and handed it directly to Daiyu, "Good boy. "

Everything on King Yizhong's body is expensive, and it is also rare for a real local tyrant like the Lin family.

King Yizhong also explained: "The jade pendant on the waist is better, but it's a pity that the jade pendant was handmade by your cousin. If it is given to you, it will be unpredictable after your cousin returns home."

Lin Hai also gave a "huh" and fully expressed his understanding, "We never choose. Why don't Daiyu thank your cousin soon?"

Daiyu couldn't help covering her mouth with a handkerchief, gave a snort, and then bent her knees, "Thank you, Uncle Wang." The fan pendant was carved with landscapes, and the oily white jade bottom was filled with smoke It happens to be a cloud and mist, which is very unique.On the back are two lines of poems, once the sea was too difficult for water, except that Wushan is not a cloud, and the inscription is Le'an.

Le An is the title that King Ui Chung took after he was deposed.

Daiyu immediately felt embarrassed: Is this suitable for me?Because King Yizhong was really familiar with her family, she showed the fan pendant directly to her father without saying a word.

Lin Hai was delighted when he saw it, "Take it. When your cousin or aunt comes to replace it for you next time, it will be used as a deposit."

King Yizhong became interested as soon as he heard it, and took a look at the fan pendant. After reading it, he was embarrassed, "Niece, next time my cousin will definitely give you a better one."

What broke the embarrassment of this moment... was the sound of "Madam is back".

When Wang Chan got off the car at the gate, she knew that her second cousin was coming again. Thinking about what her cousin Concubine Xian had told her in the palace just now, she knew that her second cousin was also here to report to her master. .

For such a second cousin, how could Wang Chan be upset?She came over to say hello without even changing her clothes.

After seeing the ceremony, she asked, "Do you want to keep food?"

King Yizhong smiled, "Trouble cousin."

Wang Chan came and said, "Then you talk, I will clean up" and left in a hurry.

Daiyu wanted to leave with her stepmother, but her stepmother's legs were so fast that she disappeared from sight. She just stood up from her father and took three steps.Daiyu looked back at her father: that means whether I should go or not...

Embarrassment is really capitalized on the small face.

Lin Hai felt happy again when he saw it, and he hugged his daughter to his side again: After finishing the business, there should be nothing inappropriate for the two old masters to gossip afterwards.Based on the principle that political sense should be cultivated as early as possible, if the affairs of the court and China are not so important, it is entirely possible for the girl to attend.

King Yizhong obviously saw through Lin Hai's true intentions, "What? You raised your own daughter so early?"

Lin Hai put his hands on his daughter's shoulders, "I'll start reading the mansion newspaper this year. In the future, I may need her to support the family business, but it's too late now."

It's not uncommon to have a daughter without a son.

King Yizhong understood very well.

However, Daiyu was already dumbfounded.

Her biological mother had given birth to a younger brother, her stepmother had just turned [-], and her father hadn't suffered from illness in the past year... Daiyu firmly believed that she would have younger siblings in the future, so she would inherit the family business. Yu really never thought about it.

Daiyu didn't quite calm down at this time, although she wasn't full of enthusiasm, her mind was still buzzing, but she couldn't ask any questions due to the presence of her cousin.

Lin Hai could see that her daughter's expression had changed slightly, but she was still calm, so she smiled at King Yizhong and said, "Be envious."

That smile is so mean.

However, King Yizhong still said sincerely: "I am very envious." If someone else pierced his heart like this, he might die forever.

Of course, Lin Hai did it on purpose.He pinched his daughter's little face, "Girl, go help your mother."

How could Daiyu be needed to help the powerful wife who was caught inside and outside Wang Chan's mansion to prepare a table of home-cooked food?Lin Hai is purely to make Daiyu feel at ease, and he has to find another time to explain to Daiyu about inheriting the family business.

When Daiyu drifted out of the door like a smear of green smoke, Lin Hai glanced at the little eunuch in the corner: He said he was a little eunuch, but he was tall and had a tender face, but he looked at the wrinkles on his neck, probably He is also in his thirties.

Moreover, every time Lin Hai meets King Yizhong, the prince seems to be followed by this person.

Then it is estimated that his words can be said to King Yizhong in front of this confidant eunuch - at this time, besides the two of them sitting and drinking tea, there is only this little eunuch on duty in the room.

So Lin Hai held the teacup and threw out a sentence lightly, "If you are envious, go and have a few by yourself."

King Yizhong chuckled, and was about to answer, when suddenly his heart was filled with happiness, and he jumped up suddenly, "What! Did you mean?!"

Even the little eunuch standing in the corner raised his head suddenly after pondering the smell.

Lin Hai didn't hold back any more, but nodded solemnly.

Yizhong Wang sat back again, "Tell me what you say." He almost couldn't even maintain his superficial calm.

He has already made up a logical and self-consistent nonsense about the source of the prescription, "My lord, you know that our family has been passed down for several generations. Fortunately, the family is not bad, and we have been collecting good and secret recipes for our children. It has worked. Don’t be afraid of the prince’s jokes. I was so sick that I couldn’t get out of bed the year before last. I almost died. The doctor in my mansion found such a prescription from the study in the mansion. If you raise your body well, it will also...be extremely beneficial to your heirs."

The child is the Achilles' heel of King Yizhong. At this moment, he simply opened his mouth slightly, unable to utter a word: His mind is full of hope, big disappointment, and greater... Cousin-in-law, you...don't be here. Just kidding about this!

Otherwise, I really can't stand it!

Lin Hai continued: "There is good news from the Fifth Prince, and my wife is also pregnant, but she doesn't know it yet."

"I heard that there is also good news from the fourth brother." Yizhong Wang couldn't bear the excitement, and said with a look of "I understand if you come here": "It's not unusual to forget the date after being so busy."

Regardless of ancient and modern times, as long as you treat your daughter-in-law with snacks, you can roughly record the "cycle".

Lin Hai patted King Yizhong on the shoulder, saying everything without saying: Come on, my lord.

However, King Yizhong suddenly leaned forward and punched Lin Hai on the chest, "Good brother! If you really become a good brother, you will be my good brother!" His eyes were so bright, "I will fight harder when I go back. Energetic."

He probably felt that this was not enough to express his ecstasy, so he hugged Lin Hai fiercely.

It just so happened that Wang Chan entered the door at this time, and when he saw this...he looked confused, and asked after a while, "What the hell are you two discussing, why are you suddenly so... hit it off."

King Yizhong said with an inscrutable look on his face: "It can... make many enemies."