Jia Minqi's family in the Red Chamber

Before the sixth prince went south, he naturally made sufficient preparations: he kept all the officials and families in Jiangnan in mind.

For example, the Han family used to be one of Conglong's heroes. After so many years, although they are not as good as before, they still have a good reputation.It's just that the most troublesome thing for the old patriarch of the Han family is that the direct branch is far less powerful than the branch branch.

The former patriarch of the Han family, the old man who has gone west, has made good friends with the old man of the Sun family, and the direct branch of the Han family still supports the prince today.In the past, when it was revealed that the Sun family secretly raised private soldiers, the elders from the direct branch of the Han family decisively let go of an outstanding junior from the branch—this is evident from this.

It's a pity that these old people who are mature and refined don't expect that the abandoned son will find a way out of life, and it's a blessing in disguise, and there are other encounters...

Because of this, the clan elders "love and hate intertwined", which made the few families who have always been at odds with them see enough jokes.

Not only that, there was a girl in the most outstanding branch who married the fifth prince, and these clan elders had not received any news before that.

To know about the prince's marriage, the Holy Majesty would never make a decision on the candidate, he would always meet with the girl's father before talking, at least to reveal some meaning.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, the Han family does not seem to have taken the measure of "don't put all eggs in the same basket" just in case.

Originally, the sixth prince was also one of the spectators: these years his errands were more inclined to "Wu".But he didn't expect that his father would directly "release" his second brother to Jiangnan with him in an imperial decree.

He had no choice but to take what God wanted to give: his mother clan had very limited support for him, so he had to form a good relationship in Jiangnan no matter what he did during this trip.From what he saw, Han Qi, the prefect of Hangzhou, was a very good choice.

It happened that he heard that Xinna's concubine had some friendship with Han Qi's eldest daughter before she got married.He has nothing to do at this time, so he is naturally willing to chat with the concubine: in case he can hear something, or even... there is a surprise.

Baochai also knew that His Highness had other ulterior motives, so he would not answer any questions, but tried to be detailed, "The elder sister of the Han family rarely talked about gossip in the family. The younger sister of the Lin family has long since lost her relatives within five clothes, and she often said It’s my grandmother in the capital.”

Han Qi has become an abandoned son, how can he be grateful to the clan?

Not saying bad things is considered kind, Yin Hao said again, "You sisters are quite reasonable."

Baochai replied: "The sisters were all still in Yangzhou at that time. Although there were many sisters of the same age, but because Mr. Lin was an official residence and inspected the Yan Yushi, it was not easy to come and go without any relatives."

Lin Hai has been an official for many years, and he has little control over him. Yin Hao also admires this very much: However, it is too difficult to win over this person directly. The official bowed down and bowed...too unrealistic.

Yin Hao nodded and said: "Master Lin is in charge of the Yan government but has always been clean and honest. I have heard it in the capital."

Baochai is not like Yuanchun, she basically has no expectations for her uncle Wang Ziteng, but if she wholeheartedly expects her own uncle, who has never really come forward since her father ran out of office until she is waiting for election, to be her backer... Baochai is not so naive.

Therefore, before she knew the sixth prince's true intentions and inclinations, her words must be "be kind to others", "I heard that the prince went south to investigate the case in the south of the Yangtze River..."

The case of Jiangnan's shortfall has become known all over the world.The women in the inner house also have their own ear gods.

Yin Hao was not angry about this, and said with a smile, "Are you trying to plead for mercy?"

Although Baochai lowered her head slightly, she was paying full attention to the sixth prince's expression. She looked at him carefully, but she didn't see any displeasure or insincere words in him, so she boldly said, "It's not all about begging for mercy." To the sixth prince, Baochai also talked more and more smoothly, "Master Lin is not greedy when he is a censor, how can he think of making money instead when he is a chief envoy?"

The sixth prince couldn't hide his approval, "It's rare. You are young, but you are very sensible."

When Baochai got the compliment, she was also very happy, and quickly got up to thank her, "I can't deserve the praise of the prince."

At the same time, she had some insights: the prince doesn't seem to mind talking about court affairs with his wives and concubines.

In fact, the sixth prince Yin Hao prefers women who value family affection.

The two talked for a while, and Yin Hao stayed at Baochai's place—it was just a tiring journey, and he didn't have any desire to be charming, so he just fell asleep.

Different from the sixth younger brother, the second prince Yin Mi prefers to wrap up in a quilt and put down the bed curtain to chat side by side with his side concubine.

The side concubine tucked up the quilt for her lord, and then said slowly, "This concubine reminded Mrs. Xue... I really don't know when I look at her."

The second prince smiled and said: "A teenage girl, what can you know~inner love." After a pause, he sighed again, "What kind of people does my elder brother use?"

Whether it is the Sun family in Beijing or the Sun family in Jiangnan, there are many "nails".

The Sun family in the capital is fine, the nails are not allowed to get close to the study of Mrs. Sun and Mr. Sun, they can't find out the real confidential news, but the Sun family in the south of the Yangtze River is almost like a sieve!

For example... Grandpa Sun wrote a letter to tell the younger brother to restrain his temper and act cautiously: Don't think that Jiangnan officials are more respectful to you. If you make a mistake and they let you go, the two princes will do the same.

After reading the letter, Master Sun Er slammed the letter onto the case, and said angrily, "If those people arranged on the island are still there, I will deal with Lin Hai and Zhou Li first!" After a while, he complained again Said, "The crown prince is the crown prince, but can you still make the younger brothers turn against the guests!?"

When this word reached the second prince's ears, he still laughed for a long time: Second Master Sun is really a rare "simple and honest" person, he doesn't know any worries at all.

If it wasn't for the Eighth Prince's people to cover up the matter of the private soldiers back then, it would have been exposed long ago.

After the second prince left the capital, he became more energetic. "The Sun family now has quite a few fleets under their command. They secretly train some servants who are proficient in water skills. It's hard for anyone to say anything. After all, the sea in the south has never been peaceful."

The second prince's side concubine came from a mediocre background, but she was quite intelligent. After marriage, she was half a clerk of the second prince.Hearing this, she also laughed, "Who would let someone want to use more than one person?"

Speaking of which, the hundreds of private soldiers who were held upright had no decent weapons, and secondly, useless armor... So the father was only annoyed, but he could still calmly watch how the Sun family reacted.

The grandpa of the Sun family didn't go to his father to admit his mistake, but he did stop for a long time.

The father thought of the queen first, and then looked at the prince, and seemed to have gradually lost his temper.But how could the second prince, Yin Mi, let the Sun family get rid of the disaster safely?

After the first empress passed away, the Sun family regarded both the concubine mother and him as thorns in their eyes.

When Yin Mi came to the south of the Yangtze River, even if the Sun family was as clean as a whiteboard, he would have to make an iron case, not to mention that the Sun family was full of clues, and he could even pick and choose until he put them to death.

Only the mother and concubine in the palace could guess what he was thinking, and most of the others believed that he would act impartially, but when it came to the eldest brother of the prince... probably after asking the Holy Majesty for instructions, he would cover it up and make the big deal smaller.

Yin Mi was full of hatred in his heart, but there was a warm smile on his face, "I don't know if I can go to Jiangnan again in my life..."

When his side concubine heard it, her eye circles immediately turned red, "My lord, please don't say that." She didn't mention anything about herself, "If my concubine and elder sister knew about it, they wouldn't feel bad... My sister is still young .”

Seeing this, Yin Mi quickly patted the concubine's back to comfort him, "I mean, it's hard to be an imperial envoy to investigate cases in the south of the Yangtze River in the future..." The conversation changed, "Since it's rare to come here once, if you have time, you can go See you more relatives."

The second prince's grandfather also joined the cabinet. Although he didn't reach the level of first assistant and second assistant, but because he was the chief examiner, he was full of peaches and plums.Helplessly, my grandfather didn't live long, so when he passed away, the second prince's uncles were all young, and they were all working as officials or studying in the south of the Yangtze River, so they didn't help the second prince much.

To this day, Yin Mi's uncles have not yet obtained enough qualifications to serve as third-rank Beijing officials.But with the help of his uncles who came to visit, Yin Mi could openly invite all the high-ranking officials in the south of the Yangtze River to come and have a sit-down: Ninety percent of the officials above the fifth rank in the south of the Yangtze River are Jinshi, and there are very few honored and donated officials.

The same subject, classmate, and hometown, no matter what, you can choose one of these three types to get in touch with each other.

Especially it is better to talk at the dinner table than in the lobby.

The side concubine wiped away her tears and forced a smile, "Will the sixth prince know that you will say something?"

She wasn't worried that the sixth prince was suspicious - the Holy Majesty's decree clearly stated that the second prince was the main one, and the sixth prince was the assistant.She thinks that it is best for the prince to have the sixth prince with the best riding and archery skills among the princes to accompany him at all times: Master Sun Er has always been arrogant, and I am afraid that he will do something wrong... The prince's body and bones can't stand any trouble at all.

Yin Mi smiled and said: "Okay, I will listen to you."

The two brothers have long had a tacit understanding in secret: the two of them have one piece of literature and one weapon, and it just so happens that they join forces.The old five and the eighth are brothers from the same mother, and they have long hugged each other, aiming at... Anyway, he and the sixth have exactly the same views.

That is to say, the father thinks that his sons are more "well-behaved" even if they have intentions.

This time going south, the right time, place and people are different. If he can't vent his anger in this situation, Yin Mi can still suffocate to death in his palace for the rest of his life.

In other words, at this moment, it is not necessarily only the imperial concubine who knows the real goal of the second prince. Jia Min also saw the methods of the second prince from the mirror held by his father, as well as the enmity between the imperial concubine, mother and son and the Sun family.

She heard that the Second Prince and the Sixth Prince would arrive in Hangzhou in a few days, so she grabbed her master and reminded her, "The Second Prince reminds me of an allusion."

Lin Hai knew that his daughter-in-law was looking through the rosters of the second prince and sixth prince's mother clan and wife clan these days, so it's not surprising that she felt something, so she responded with a smile, "What allusion?"

Jia Min said seriously: "If you don't make a song, you will already be a blockbuster."

Lin Hai nodded, "Those few... have nothing to complain about." Then he leaned towards his wife and said softly, "Before Mrs. Sun took office, taking advantage of his father's death, he really tossed the noble concubine and her Mother's house."

There is no such past in the water mirror!Jia Min also became interested, "Did he touch the second prince?"

Lin Hai was very cautious, "It's hard to say. If he is moved, he will not be able to return to his official position safely, but... there is no guarantee that he did not order others to do it, and the Holy Majesty does not know."

No wonder the grandpa of the Sun family begged to go, but while he was still alive, the prestige and popularity of the Sun family were not as good as before - this is really not something that can be explained by people taking tea.

Jia Min also suddenly realized, "So that's the case." He laughed again, "Master is also well-informed...Will Bai Xiaosheng be born?"

Lin Hai smiled and said, "It's not because someone asked me to tell me some secrets. Besides, it's hard to say whether the secrets are true or not. I have a headache. I'm not afraid of the shortfall in the account, but I am worried that the fraud will involve a lot. , if the second prince has any compassion... In the end, Brother Zhou and I will be villains for nothing, and we will not be able to gain a foothold in Jiangnan from now on."

Jia Min tentatively asked: "Could it be possible that the second prince's uncles also... stretched out their hands?"

Lin Haidao: "How could it be. They are just too honest, otherwise why would they be here." They couldn't even get the third grade.

Jia Min persuaded: "Then you don't have to worry about it."

Behind the fraud case, the Second Master Sun has made a lot of money, and the Second Prince will not tolerate anything.

Lin Hai nodded again and said: "I think so. The second prince only brought his side concubine here, maybe he wanted to be flexible with the female relatives."

The prince's side concubine is only third grade, not to mention that the second prince is only the county king now.That is to say, his side concubine is not as good as Jia Min, the wife of the chief envoy, not to mention the wife of the governor of Zhejiang and the wife of the governor of Liangjiang.

Therefore, this side concubine will definitely not act condescendingly in front of all the orders. The women come and go to meet each other, and when they feel a sense of intimacy, some words that are difficult for men to utter can be relayed by the wives.

Sure enough, as expected by the couple, the two princes first came to the reception banquet held by Jiangnan officials for the two of them - it didn't matter how long they stayed at the banquet, at least it showed their relatively amiable attitude.

On the second day, the second prince and side concubine personally posted a post to invite all the ladies to have a drink and talk.

As Baochai's biological mother, Aunt Xue was also able to attend.

In the hall, the second prince and side concubine took the main seat, and Baochai was right next to her, far away from her mother, Aunt Xue.

Fortunately, Baochai looked good, and Aunt Xue was quite comforted.

It is a good season in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, and the trees are luxuriant and the flowers are in full bloom, so this table is placed in the garden.

There was still a while before the banquet, and the wives mostly gathered in twos and threes to gossip.

Aunt Xue was about to come straight to Baochai, but Baochai still carried the orders of the sixth prince, she just shook her head slightly at her mother, then turned quickly and walked towards Jia Min and Han Qi's wife in the pavilion.

Hearing the sound, looking up, it was Baochai, Jia Min was not surprised at all.Because there were ears and eyes all around, after the three of them greeted each other, Baochai made a long story short, "Second Master Sun asked Yu Shi to join Lord Lin and Lord Han."

Jia Min and Han Qi's wife looked at each other: Sure enough, it's here!The villain will file a complaint first.It should be noted that most of the officials who were recruited by the censor had to write their own defense notes behind closed doors...

It's really not clever at all to tune the tiger away from the mountain, but...it works.