The Happy Man in the Red Chamber

Mu Chengze got things from Concubine Zhen, but he didn't hide it from the old emperor.Hearing that Concubine Zhen made such a choice, she was a little bit surprised.But in the end, the old emperor is not prepared to change his mind.When he was in power, he was subject to the merits of generations.He hoped that his son would be able to reform and restore with his support.

Mu Chengze's wife is the daughter of a cousin of Jia Lian's uncle's family.The old man has six sons and five daughters.Dudu's daughter is a prostitute, and it is also because the old gentleman has been working in the Imperial Academy.Although he is a close minister of the emperor, he is not a powerful minister after all.

A young couple, after getting married at the age of 12, he traveled around the rivers and lakes and studied under the arrangement of his father.But at the end of the day, love is different.

Walking into the Jiaofang Hall, I saw the queen in an apricot-yellow goose dress leaning on the sculpted beauty's drunken concubine's couch, holding a story book in her hand, watching lively.

Mu Chengze shook his robe, and sat on a low stool beside him: "What are you looking at?"

"I won't tell you!" Empress Jiang hid the script behind her back, turned over and lay on the pillow and looked at Mu Chengze: "Have you used your lunch yet?"

"I just came back from my father's place, not yet. What about you?" Mu Chengze smiled and reached out to grab the book, flipping through it briefly.Empress Jiang, who was robbed of her book, pouted lazily and leaned against the pillow: "I'm done eating, the fresh crab roe that my mother entrusted someone to bring in. I asked the small kitchen to steam two and eat it with my mother. It tastes good. "

"You guys know how to steal food, and the emperor said it's time to eat crabs." Mu Chengze put the script aside: "Are you envious of that Cui Yingying?"

"What do I envy her for?" Queen Jiang sneered: "Does she have my current power? Does she have my enjoyment? Does she have my future generations to be mourned by thousands of people? Since there is none, what do I envy her for? I just think ...she's the one who can't think about it."

Empress Jiang had high expectations for Mu Chengze, the former fifth prince.It's just that the expectation always ends in disappointment.Sitting in the queen's position, she thought more clearly.As long as she is at a loss, as long as she has no children...she can sit firmly in the middle palace.

Looking at her delicate face, Mu Chengze sighed deeply: "Why are you bothering? Since I promised you back then, I will definitely not let you down." He envied his parents' feelings, and at the same time lamented his mother's tragedy.If the mother met the father earlier and became the royal concubine of the father earlier, then there would be no later things.So when negotiating with others, he personally chose his princess.Of course, it was also his fault that he never returned soon after the wedding.She has resentment in her heart, and she should.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand and gently tucked the hair on Empress Jiang's face behind her ear: "You are only double eight now, and the father still wants us to have a child later. However, crabs are cold after all, I let people Send them all to the father. You still don’t want to eat them.”

Hearing that her crabs were gone, Empress Jiang sneered and turned away.In fact, this is also the result of her trials over the years. Leaving the cabinet at the age of 13, they have been together for many years even if they don't see each other sometimes.She can also detect some indulgences in this person for herself.It's just that, can you believe the words of a royal man?

Seeing her childish look, Mu Chengze helplessly clasped her shoulders and made her look at him.He took out a letter from the Jia family to the Zhen family from the sleeve, about Jia Yuanchun.

Empress Jiang opened the letter, and after reading it, she pursed her lips and smiled: "What does the emperor mean?"

"The national treasury is empty right now, even if the private treasury is rich, my father will pretend that he has spent it all. The merits are too big to lose, and I always have to find a way to deal with it. But I can't make an order without mistakes. Lin Qing gave me one The idea is to start from the harem. After all, I didn't let them do what they want in the last selection. This time, it's better to give them some grace."

"Grace?" Queen Jiang sat up and smiled mockingly.Xindao, isn't this still the case?

I could see why she was smiling, Mu Chengze shook his head and smiled wryly: "I'll introduce you to someone. Diyou!"

Accompanied by Mu Chengze's call, a person who looked exactly like him appeared beside him.Quietly, Empress Jiang jumped to the bottom.She stared at Mu Chengze with wide eyes, and then at Di You who was expressionless.

"This is……"

"A kind of puppet servant in Qixiufang, to put it bluntly, it is a kind of trick." Mu Chengze stood up and walked to Diyou's side, took off Diyou's head in a clever way, held it in his hand, and handed it to him. In front of Queen Jiang.Empress Jiang stepped back and took a deep breath.

"fake!"

"It can't be completely. I don't know exactly how. It's just that I told Lin Qing about the plan, and said that I don't want to have trouble with those women, so he gave me this." Mu Chengze was very innocent and simple. After talking, he reinstalled the head on Diyou.

I tidied up my clothes: "He will have intercourse instead of me, so those women will never have children for the rest of their lives. Maybe this is a bit cruel, but...if their family chooses to let them enter this game, they are destined to accept this result. "

Mu Chengze sat back and held Empress Jiang's hand: "I just want to listen to you, it is my sincerity. I know, I have made things difficult for you these years. But for the future...for this country and the future succession of this country Our child. You too, please, trust me!"

Empress Jiang looked into his eyes and blushed for a while.She lowered her head, and slowly a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth that she didn't realize.Looking at that smile, Mu Chengze stretched out his hand and gently stroked that soft cheek.He whispered his plan in Queen Jiang's ear.

Hearing Mu Chengze's plan, Queen Jiang's eyes widened.She never thought that there was such a shameless scheme.But no matter what, Di You's appearance and Mu Chengze's performance made her willing to believe it once.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia Mu finally got the long-awaited news.Yuan Chun was finally promoted from the original Shangshu to Jiaofang Palace as a third-rank female official in charge of ceremonies.An Lan was a little surprised when she heard the news.Logically speaking, Yuan Chun should climb into the emperor's bed at the fourth rank, and then become a virtuous concubine two years later.It's just that she didn't expect that she would enter the eyes of the queen and become a maid of honor.

A female official of the third rank is no higher than a court official of the third rank.Even more, because he is a close minister of the emperor and empress Feng, it is even more eye-catching.Many people think that maybe Yuan Chun was a nanny next to the queen in the end.Even Yuan Chun himself did not take this as an opportunity.You know, she can only appear by the queen's side for ten days a month.If there are no other important matters of etiquette, she is not as strong as those four-rank Shangshu, Shangfu, Shangdecoration and Shangshan.At least, those people can greet the queen every other day, and then see the emperor.

The days have passed since the promotion of the Yuanchun Festival, and Jia Lian and Jia Zhu entered the examination room as the same batch of candidates who participated in the autumn examination.Jia Amnesty was extremely confident about this, while Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were impatient.At this time, Jia Zhu's daughter-in-law had given birth to a boy, which happened to be during the confinement period.Because Jia Zhu rushed to the exam, his wife became pregnant again.Jia Zhu's wife chose eight beautiful maidservants to send to Mrs. Wang. She just said that she didn't want to disturb her husband's fame, so she might as well ask her mother-in-law to help her.Homework matters, but also in moderation.

After a few days of tossing, Jia Zhu came out in embarrassment, and Jia Lian didn't let herself be special.I just went home and slept in a dark world.

Perhaps due to the inevitable fate of history, Jia Zhu began to suffer from depression after passing the autumn test, unable to eat and ended up lying on a hospital bed.Even Chunwei passed away without being able to participate.I went to the imperial doctor, but it was just that I was out of energy.At this time, the always docile daughter-in-law finally opened her sharp teeth.Mrs. Wang looked at her hoarsely and accused her of disregarding Jia Zhu's health and insisting on arranging the behavior of the people in the room. She couldn't express her suffering.

I also said it at the beginning, but I didn't feel right to send it to her.They are all born at home, how bad is it to add fragrance?She wanted to blame Jia Zhu for not being self-respecting, but in the end it was lack of energy.The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law really broke their faces, and the daughter-in-law brought the children to live in a side courtyard under the name of chastity.Jia's mother became the middleman, so she had to ask Mrs. Wang to hand over the power in her hand to the grandson's daughter-in-law.In any case, Baoyu is not her serious grandson.It can only be said that wealth depends on him in the future.But it is his great-grandson who is really in charge of the family.

An Lan and Jia She let go of Jia Zhu's death after sighing for a while.Not familiar after all.It's just that after Jia Lian joined Chunwei, he got the title of Tanhualang following Lin Ruhai's re-employment in Beijing.The arrival of happy events made it difficult for the two governments to be as harmonious as before.Even welcoming the Spring Festival, they rarely appear in the common garden.

It was the spring of the second year, and the voice of congratulations came from the palace before the cold spring.The one who came to proclaim the decree was the famous Xiaohuangmen in the palace. They did not choose Rongguo Mansion but went to Jia Mansion.At this time, the emperor sealed off the inner palace, and Jia Yuanchun finally ascended to the third-rank concubine position: Concubine Xiande!Moved into Fengzao Palace, but lost the name of Fengzao Palace Shangshu.

Also because of the rise of Jia Yuanchun, the always dull Jia Mansion became lively.

After fifteen years, the Supreme Emperor made a decree.Pity the daughter in the palace, allow their family to build a villa, and welcome the girl who entered the palace to go out of the palace to express their family affection.

This is a virtuous thing, although it is absurd to say.After all, the previous emperors have never had it, but it contains the warmth and warmth of human feelings.

After all, the girls who entered the palace were different from those who married into civilians who believed in meritorious families, and they could go back to their natal homes or meet their relatives without incident.Once they enter the crimson palace gate, they will be isolated from the world.If you can go to the concubine, you can call your own mother and sister-in-law to meet on the days allowed by the Jiaofang.Nothing, just a lifetime of silence.Even until death, it may take a long time for the family to know.What's more, the burial has never been known.

Because of the establishment of a family-saving villa, Jia's mother found Jia Amnesty after such a long separation.After all, with Jia Zheng's financial resources, unless Jia's mother's dowry and private wealth are exhausted, he can only do it crudely or not at all.

Jia Amnesty is an unscrupulous person, he didn't hear what Jia's mother said clearly.It's just that An Lan was very interested in this, so he had to make a condition.It is just a written evidence that it is possible to build a family-saving villa on the basis of the Sanyuanzi.However, after the gardens are built, only the building where the concubine Xiande comes is considered the family-saving villa.At the same time, this note must be drawn up by Jia Zheng, and Jia Amnesty must hand it over.In other words, Jia Amnesty did not believe in Jia Zheng's character in this respect at all.

Mother Jia was very angry about this, but after all, most of the places belonged to Ningguo Mansion.In order to get Jia She to pay, she had no choice but to do so.

Jia Amnesty and An Lan are not short of money, and more importantly, An Lan has Qixiufang as her reliance, whether it is transportation or purchase, it is fast enough.Because he wanted to ask the master to do the layout of the mountains and rivers, Jia She meant to look at the layout at that time.Whoever does the work in the field pays for it, and the overall rest is divided into two parts, with Jia Zheng taking the big one.But considering Jia Zheng's financial resources, Jia Amnesty can lend him money.

Hearing this, Mother Jia considered not paying back the money at all.Jia Amnesty never thought about asking them to pay back the money.It's just that Jia Zheng's current mansion is used as collateral.He made a clever calculation, the woman said that it is better to watch the excitement than to watch it.Anyway, if you don't pay back the money after it's built, it's his.He didn't think that Jia Zheng's family after Jia Zhu's death would be able to repay the huge sum of money.Don't forget, the Huangmen at the Empress's place also needs to be filial.

Mother Jia, who used to be a female official in the palace, couldn't think of this. The historian back then was also the mansion of Hou Men.But that's the case, in order for her to have a good future in the house, every time the Huangmen came to the door, they were respectful and served with good tea and food.Just like what Jia Mu's mother, the old lady who sent her into the palace as a female official, said to her:

This world is royal, and everyone is a servant of the royal family.But this slave is also divided into three, six, and nine grades.But no matter what, this kid is always harder than that old ghost.

Jia Yuanchun had just been promoted, and she herself felt that all the hard work was rewarding, and that she had lived up to her grandmother's great trust.But after getting her letter, she went to Jia's house to summon the Yellow Gate to invite Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang to enter the palace. As soon as she entered the gate, she got 1000 taels of silver ticket and a small crystal snuff bottle as playthings.

This day An Lan sat on the kang and looked at the Jianghu Xinbao in his hand, and it was very lively.But the one that bears the brunt is the entanglement between Cihang Jingzhai and Mingjiao.Obviously, Cihang Jingzhai's hand has entered Xixia and entered the scope of Mingjiao.And how could Mingjiao, who was already very impatient with Cihang Jingzhai, let them walk freely?

But we can only blame Xixia's customs, most of the women there abide by their local customs and etiquette.

When going out to meet guests, they always completely cover themselves in the veil.Men go out to earn money and go home just to make up their women beautifully.After the age of 14, a woman's face can only be seen by her mother, sisters, future husband and mother-in-law.After the little girl is six years old, she needs to avoid her brothers at home.Cihang Jingzhai got involved with the local Persian religion after being blocked from promoting Buddhism there.

Although both Mingjiao and Persianism entered the Central Plains from outside, they took different routes.But An Lan knew that they were one.It's just that the development of European religions in ancient times gradually formed the two inheritance methods of the Ming religion and Persian religion that entered the Central Plains.As for the Ming Cult, it has almost forgotten its original teachings long ago.But this doesn't mean that Mingjiao doesn't understand what it means to have dead lips and cold teeth.

Persian religion has established itself in the Xixia region for hundreds of years, and the local customs are self-contained from most of the content of Persian religion.The domed temples are everywhere in the local area. Men will go to sacrifice on certain days, not to mention, weddings and funerals have deep-rooted things in them.Let Cihang Jingzhai be so noisy, on the surface, it seems that it is just a dispute over the orthodoxy of Cihang Jingzhai to promote Buddhism.It should be a question of Buddhism and Persianism.But if you think about it deeply, isn't it the idea of ​​the royal family?

For 300 years, Dayong has never given up on the idea of ​​​​recovering the land of Xixia.Not to mention, right now Xixia borders the Northern Man, borders Sichuan and Shu in the south, borders Tubo in the west and Dayong in the east, and is a battleground for military strategists.

It can be said that the Mingjiao left the Central Plains and established a foothold in the Western Regions for more than a hundred years. It can be said that it is not a small force in the local area.How would they allow a good bridge to be encroached upon?

In the spring of Jiyou year, there was much wind and little rain. Although it was not a drought, it could not be said to be sunny.It's just that for the nobles in the capital, it's just that the maids and women below clean up.

From spring to summer solstice, for some reason, it is so hot that people feel dizzy before May.Many people living in the fields outside of Beijing suffered from unbearable heat illnesses.Even if the hired workers on Zhuangzi had the help of their masters, many of them died.An Lan held a double-sided bamboo pattern flying fan, and while cooling off, she ate the ice cream cheese that she had made early.Sprinkled with a layer of roasted sesame seeds, crushed peanuts, and a layer of rich honey, it is very delicious.

"Ma'am, you'd better eat less, this food is very cold!" Zhang Yunxi was a little anxious watching his master eat the third bowl.Right now the weather is just sunny, after all there will be some light rain at night.

"Your daughter-in-law pay attention to these things, I don't need them!" Zhang Yunxi held the wooden spoon in his mouth, and looked at Zhang Yunxi, who was dressed in a dainty way.That dress was woven with snow silk and dyed cinnabar red, and the gold silk embroidery was very delicate.At this time, Jia Lian was already walking in the cabinet, and he, the Tanhualang, walked much more safely than the number one scholar.Many people think that it is due to the abilities of his wives and illegitimate parents.But he didn't even look at it, his uncle was the Chief Assistant who just took office.

"Then you can't eat too much!" Zhang Yunxi, who was practicing Yunshang, couldn't understand the feeling of having both exercises on her body.In fact, if both Zhang Yunxi and Lin Qing entered Neifang to practice with peace of mind, they would also use dual skills.But they still have the so-called secular world to live, and An Lan has no arrangements.

An Lan ignored her, took another bite and continued to read the Jianghu news on the side.After scanning two lines, she seemed to suddenly remember something: "How did I remember that you said you were going back to your mother's house today?"

"Isn't it time? I told my mother, and I will go there before lunch. It's not far away anyway." The family is in the capital, and for Zhang Yunxi, who has always been loved by his family, there is nothing better Good thing.She thought for a while, then took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe her nose: "Speaking of which, master...my uncle will come over in a while."

"Your uncle?" An Lan couldn't figure out for a moment that Zhang Yunxi was recorded under the name of his aunt.her uncle...

"Youzhou Yilou. My biological mother's elder brother!"

"Oh..." An Lan understood and nodded: "What's the matter?"

"Maybe it's... a waterway thing."

"Youzhou is on the top. Like Qingzhou, it was originally Dayong's territory. Now the waterway is blocked for the well-being of the people. Opening the waterway is not just a small family matter." An Lan put down the brochure, poked the smoothie with a wooden spoon and thought for a while : "I'm afraid he wants to borrow the water channel of Seven Embroidery Workshop!"

"That's the intention, but I said in the letter that I can't make decisions about this matter. Uncle is thinking about finding a wife for my cousin on the one hand, and on the other hand talking about this matter."

An Lan lowered her eyebrows and turned the spoon, thinking for a while: "You turn around and ask your father to give the emperor a note and ask about this matter. If the emperor is sure, then the current emperor will also be sure. If the emperor is not sure, Qixiufang Once the wharf is opened, it is equivalent to opening a portal into the hinterland of Daliao next to the capital of Daliao. Moreover... no single soldier is allowed to attack the existing portal."

Hearing this, Zhang Yunxi realized that things were not as simple as he thought.Nodding his head, he said he would discuss it with his family.