The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 89
Seeing the little maid running in in a panic, Lin Ruhai frowned, "Why are you in such a panic?"

The servant girl hurriedly saluted and said, "Master, there is a father-in-law named Xia coming outside!"

As soon as the words were finished, Xia Shouzhong came outside with a smile on his face, holding a lacquered wooden tray covered with red silk, striding in.

Seeing Xia Shouzhong come in, everyone in the arena immediately stood up, and then they all fell to their knees.

Xia Shouzhong stood still in front of the crowd, glanced at the crowd kneeling on the ground, and said in his mouth: "The queen heard that the daughter of Lin Ruhai, the censor of Zuodu, is here today, and I specially bestow a gold-encrusted emerald butterfly tourmaline flower bat hairpin as a congratulation!"

Lin Ruhai led Daiyu to thank her.

Xia Shouzhong helped Lin Ruhai up, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty and Your Majesty, this is the first time to congratulate and give gifts to someone other than the princess of the clan and the princess. It is really a great favor to Lord Lin!"

Lin Ruhai cupped his hands in the direction of the imperial palace, and said solemnly: "The emperor's favor is so great, the Lin family is ashamed to receive it!"

After delivering the hairpin given by the queen, Xia Shouzhong rejected Lin Ruhai's invitation to stay to watch the ceremony and have a drink, and hurried back to the palace with the little eunuch beside him to return to his command.

As soon as Xia Shouzhong left, the oppressive atmosphere in the main hall dissipated immediately.

Mrs. Zhong Jinghou, who was watching the ceremony below, smiled and said, "The queens in the palace have specially rewarded hairpins, why don't we just use this one now!"

Mother Jia's eyes lit up when she heard the words, "That's a good idea! Since it's a reward from the queen, it couldn't be better to use it today!"

After all, the golden hairpin of Wuba Ruyi in the last lacquered wooden tray was replaced with the gold-encrusted emerald butterfly tourmaline flower bat hairpin rewarded by the queen.

The next step is to continue the previous process, combing hair, adding hairpins, changing clothes, prostrating...

After three pluses and three bows, Lin Daiyu's Jiji ceremony finally came to an end.

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At this time, the time has already reached Si Shizhong.

Jiamu and Daiyu hurriedly invited all the wives to the inner courtyard for a rest.

Over there, Grandma Wang has already arranged the banquet, and set up a homely small stage in the inner courtyard, and ordered a troupe of new young actors, who can sing Peking Opera and Huangmeiju.

Holding the list, everyone picked up a few plays they wanted to hear and ordered, and the actors on the stage began to babble and sing.

For a while, the inner courtyard was filled with the sound of silk and bamboo instruments and the melodious sound of opera.

After singing a few songs, it was already early noon.

Seeing that the opera was over, Wang Momo hurriedly arranged for the maids to start serving wine and arranging dishes.

After the meal, the ladies began to get up one after another to say goodbye.

When everyone dispersed, Mother Jia sat with all the girls and daughters-in-law for a while, and then went back home.

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In the seventh year of Hongde, the sixth day of March.

According to Qin Tian's monitoring and calculation, it is advisable to travel far!

Early in the morning, Jia Jing followed Emperor Hongde and all civil and military officials to the barracks to worship the "General Banner", "General Six Banners", "God of Five Banners" and other gods. Emperor Hongde performed the ceremony of dispatching generals, and bestowed the axe on Qiu Lu, the Duke of Qi...

Finally, the affairs in the camp came to an end after the Qi State Duke Qiu Lu, Wucheng Hou Wangming, Tong'an Hou Huoyu, Jing'an Hou Wangzhong, Anping Hou Li Yuan and other leading generals left the camp.

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March in Yangchun, spring is warm and flowers are blooming!

In this warm and comfortable season, with the sound of several cannons, in the Shenjing camp, 10,000+ conscripts came out of the camp gate in a long line.

The desert is dusty and the sun is dim, and the red flag is half rolled out of the gate!
After a few months, the 10,000+ conquest army once again turned into a long dragon of flesh and blood, winding its way north between banners and banners.

With Jia Jing's previous record of destroying [-] Tatar troops in one battle, the entire Great Zhou, from the emperor and ministers to the Li people, were all full of confidence in this expedition.

Fifteen thousand soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were able to defeat [-] so-called elite Tatars in one battle. Even if there was a report from Dongshengwei about the strength of the Tatars, everyone still had a great deal of respect for the Tatars. The combat effectiveness of the army is still deeply doubted.

In the hearts of everyone in the court, it seems that a misconception that Tatar soldiers are weak has gradually formed...

He despised the enemy strategically and valued the enemy tactically, but now he despised the enemy both strategically and tactically!
The banners are rolling like clouds, and the giant dragon stretching for more than ten miles carries the expectations of the entire Shenjing, looking forward to their triumphant return!
But I don't know if this expectation will come true...

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Today's Dragon Head Palace looks a bit dim.

Jia Jing glanced over from the corner of her eye, but some of the surrounding curtains were only half drawn.

The Supreme Emperor leaned halfway on the dragon bed, lowered his eyelids, and frowned, his face just in the shadow was uncertain, but he was thinking about something.

And below, Jia Jing was sitting on a small brocade stool, staring at the floor of the Dragon Head Palace expressionlessly, her eyes motionless.

After a long time, the Supreme Emperor Yang Bing said: "It's been so long since then, why are they still so obsessed?!

Wouldn't it be nice to let Da Zhou transition smoothly?Does it have to be brothers and sisters?

How could the foundation of the ancestors be destroyed in the hands of those evil people? ! "

Speaking of anger, the Supreme Emperor coughed a few times, in the shadows, his face had a rather obvious sallow complexion.

Being in the shadows, the monarch and his ministers are far apart, the Supreme Emperor even slightly brushed some light rouge on his face to increase the color of blood, such layers of concealment, no one should be able to see the face of the Supreme Emperor Yang Bing The exception is right.

But who made the Supreme Emperor meet such a "non-human" as Jia Jing?

From the corner of his vision, Jia Jing saw all the sick appearance of the Supreme Emperor, but he still looked at the floor of the Dragon Head Palace without raising his head, as if he hadn't heard the cough of the Supreme Emperor just now.

However, Jia Jing's heart is far from as calm as it looks on the face.

The Supreme Emperor is seriously ill!
Such a thought suddenly crossed Jia Jing's mind.

What I saw just now, the half-drawn curtain reappeared in Jia Jing's mind.

With so many eunuchs and court ladies serving the Supreme Emperor, how could there be such a low-level mistake as the curtain being half drawn?With the strict rules in the palace, if someone really dared to do this, he would have been beaten to death by the eunuch in charge of discipline.

This is clearly intentional!
Thinking about the face that happened to be in the shadow, and the abnormal sallowness on the face, a very bold guess suddenly popped up in Jia Jing's mind. Heavier than ever!
Jia Jing was also taken aback by her subconscious guess, but immediately felt that this guess might be true!

And just now seeing the appearance of the Supreme Emperor Yang Bing, even if someone suddenly told Jia Jing one day that the Supreme Emperor did not make it through, Jia Jing would believe it...

Could it be that another generation of power reshuffle in the imperial court is about to start again?

Jia Jing thought to herself.

Now that I discovered this news one step ahead, can it bring me some benefits and conveniences?Can it bring some benefits to the Jia family?

Jia Jing stared at the floor of Longshou Palace, her thoughts drifted further and further...

(End of this chapter)