The Red Chamber: Hang Qin Keqing at the start

Chapter 9 [009] Xue Baochai made a poem in eight steps, and Lin Daiyu in six steps?

On the other side, the hidden guards carried Sun Shaozu's body and rushed straight to Daming Palace.

The head of the dark guard asked his subordinates to wait outside the palace first, while he himself, led by Dai Quan, the head of the Daming Palace, entered the palace to meet Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun.

When he walked outside the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Dai Quan asked him to listen to the announcement outside the door. He walked into the hall first, bowed to Zhu Yijun who was reviewing the memorial, and said:

"Your Majesty, Captain Qiu Chen of Jinyiwei is here to see you."

"Xuan!" Zhu Yijun spit out a word lightly, without even raising his head, he continued to review the memorial.

Dai Quan turned to look outside the door, and shouted loudly: "Xuan Jinyi Guards Captain Qiu Chen sees you!"

After the shout fell, Qiu Chen walked into the hall, clasped his fists and said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I was ordered to go to the Yuanyang Hot Pot Restaurant to protect Jia Qiang secretly, and just happened to encounter the Beijing Commander Sun Shaozu reneging on his bills for dinner at the restaurant, and even attacked someone.

Weichen had already arrested him, but he bled to death as soon as he left the restaurant. "

Zhu Yijun put down the brush in his hand, raised his eyes slightly, and asked softly, "How did you die?"

Qiu Chen replied, "I haven't handed it over to you for an autopsy, and the cause of death is unknown."

Zhu Yijun ordered:

"Find out the cause of death as soon as possible. You have to lead the dark guards to protect Jia Qiang, but don't let him notice your existence, and don't disturb his normal life."

"Yes!" Qiu Chen accepted the order with cupped fists.

"Go down!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand.

"Wei Chen retire!"

Qiu Chen slowly exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but did not leave the Daming Palace. Instead, avoiding everyone's sight, he walked quietly through a remote and deserted alleyway to the Ningshou Palace behind.

Under the guidance of the eunuch guarding the gate, Qiu Chen entered the Ningshou Palace, and bowed to the Supreme Emperor Zhu Zaixi, who was reclining on the dragon chair, with fists in his hands:
"My humble minister sees the Supreme Emperor!"

The Supreme Emperor whispered wearily, "Excuse me, Ai Qing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qiu Chen straightened up, lowered his eyebrows and said pleasantly:

"Report to the Supreme Emperor, today the Emperor asked the humble minister to lead the dark guards to protect the decent great-great-grandson Jia Qiang of the Ningguo Mansion."

The Supreme Emperor asked in surprise, "Why?"

Qiu Chen said: "I don't know what the reason is."

So far, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun has only told Jia Zhen that Jia Qiang is his son, and told him to keep it strictly confidential.

Therefore, neither the Supreme Emperor nor Qiu Chen knew Jia Qiang's true identity.

The Supreme Emperor closed his eyes slightly, and said lightly:
"Since the emperor won't tell you the reason, then you don't need to investigate, so as not to arouse his resentment. Remember to come and report to me at the end of every month in the future, go down!"

"Yes!"

Qiu Chen cautiously exited the Ningshou Palace, and sighed with a heavy heart.

Now, he not only has to run errands for the emperor Zhu Yijun, but also acts as the eyeliner of the Supreme Emperor, walking on eggshells every day, for fear of being discovered by Zhu Yijun.

This is because, after the Supreme Emperor passed the throne to Zhu Yijun, he still loved power and wanted to intervene in political affairs.

Zhu Yijun was very dissatisfied because he couldn't be arbitrary.

But the Supreme Emperor was his father, Zhu Yijun couldn't directly refute the Supreme Emperor's face out of filial piety, so he could only fight secretly, dismissed some ministers appointed by the Supreme Emperor, and replaced them with his own confidants.

In order to be able to control the government in time, the Supreme Emperor placed some eyeliners around Zhu Yijun.

Qiu Chen is one of them.

In fact, in the history of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun became emperor only after Zhu Zaidi died.

But in this time and space, Zhu Zaiyi passed the throne to Zhu Yijun before he died.

Zhu Zaiyi himself became the Supreme Emperor.

Qiu Chen was very curious, Jia Qiang was just a son of the Ningguo Mansion, why did the emperor send him to protect this dude?
You know, he is the deputy commander of the Jin Yiwei, and he is a first-rank official "supervisor and acquaintance".

At the same time, Jia Qiang, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai walked into Rongguo Mansion with Mingyan leading the way.

Compared with Ningguo Mansion, Rongguo Mansion is more magnificent.

Jia Qiang and Bao Daichai walked around a white marble screen wall, and in front of them was a half-moon-shaped hanging flower gate.

Pass through the hanging flower door, walk along the hand corridor for about ten minutes, then bypass a marble screen with red sandalwood shelves, and then pass through three halls before arriving at the main courtyard.

Several maidservants in the yard hurriedly greeted Jia Qiang and the others to salute Qian'er, saying in one go:
"Second Master Bao, please greet Miss Lin, please greet Miss Xue, please greet Second Master Qiang!"

Baoyu said to one of the servant girls, "Jin Chuan'er, go in and tell your wife that Brother Qiang from the East Mansion is here."

The corners of Jia Qiang's lips twitched slightly. The titles in this era are really interesting. Jia Baoyu actually needs to call his mother, Mrs. Wang, "Madam".

"Hey!" The servant girl smiled sweetly, opened the door curtain, and entered the main room.

Jia Qiang's heart moved slightly. It turned out that this girl with a little baby fat was Jin Chuan'er who committed suicide by throwing herself into a well in the original book.

In addition to her, there are several young ladies and maids who were forced to death in the original book, and Jia Qiang does not yet have the strength to save them all.

Moreover, Jia Qiang is not a saint, she will only give a helping hand within her ability without harming her own interests.

As for whether these ladies and maids can change their original destiny, it can only depend on their own good luck.

As a human being in two lives, Jia Qiang has already seen through the warmth and coldness of human feelings and the inconsistency of the world.

Throughout the ages, there are many examples of returning to poverty because of kindness, dying because of kindness, and repaying revenge for kindness. You must not spread kindness indiscriminately, so as not to cause trouble to your upper body.

Without thunderbolt means, Moxing Bodhisattva has a heart!
Soon, Jin Chuaner opened the door curtain, walked out, and said with a humble smile:
"The wife said that she was tired and had already gone to bed early, so Second Master Bao will be in charge of drinking tea and chatting with Second Master Qiang."

"understood!"

Jia Baoyu cupped his fists at Jia Qiang and apologized, "Brother Qiang, I'm really sorry, my wife can't see you today."

Jia Qiang knew very well that this should be just an excuse for Mrs. Wang.

In fact, it was because his parents had died early and he was so quiet that Madam Wang didn't bother to receive him in person.

Although she was unhappy, Jia Qiang waved her hand indifferently and said:

"It's okay, wait until I come to pay my wife another day."

In terms of seniority, Mrs. Wang is Jia Qiang's cousin, and Jia Qiang can't afford to get angry with Mrs. Wang over the trivial matter of hospitality.

Moreover, Mrs. Wang is the representative of the Wang family in Rongguo Mansion among the four major families, and her niece is Wang Xifeng who now holds the real power in Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Qiang wants to use the Wang family to cultivate and expand her own power, but for the time being, she can't turn against Mrs. Wang because of a small loss.

But today you ignored me, your attitude was cold,

In the future, I will definitely make you lower your eyebrows and be pleasing to your eyes, and you can't afford to climb high!

In fact, if counting from the generation of the fathers of Ningguo Duke Jia Yan and Rongguo Gong Jia Yuan, the family of Jia came to Jia Qiang's generation, the relationship between the two houses of Ningrong and Rongguo has already exceeded five times.

If it is an ordinary family, relatives who are out of Wufu can intermarry with each other.

Therefore, if Jia Qiang came to Rongguo Mansion as a guest, she didn't need to go to Rongguo Mansion's elders every morning and evening to pay her respects in the morning and evening like Jia Baoyu did.

Just now when Jia Qiang said that she would come to pay her respects to Jia Baoyu's mother, Mrs. Wang, it was just a polite scene, and it didn't matter if she came or not.

At this time, Jia Baoyu smiled and said:

"Brother Qiang, there are not many vacant houses in Rongguo Mansion now, and the largest remaining house is Luxuean.

I'll take you to have a look, if you are satisfied, move there to live. "

"it is good!"

Jia Qiang responded lightly.

Jia Baoyu looked at Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu, and asked:
"Sister Bao, Sister Lin, do you want to go shopping together?"

Xue Baochai's beautiful eyes turned, and her eyes lingered on Jia Qiang's face for a moment. A shy smile appeared on her usually steady and peaceful face, and she gently uttered two words:
"Okay!"

Lin Daiyu also secretly glanced at Jia Qiang, and echoed as if trying to cover up:
"Since Sister Bao is going, I will also be her companion."

"It's great, with the two of you as companions, even the scenery on the road has become more beautiful." Jia Baoyu cheered and clapped his hands.

But how did he know that Xue Baochai wanted to stay with Jia Qiang for a while longer.

And Lin Daiyu also wanted to spend more time with Jia Qiang.

She didn't know why, Jia Qiang was like a magnet, attracting her attention.

Under the guidance of Mingyan, Jia Qiang talked and laughed with Bao Daichai, walked through flowers and brushed willows, and meandered towards Luxue Temple.

The two beauties, Chai and Dai, have not met Jia Qiang a few times in total, and they are not familiar with each other.

Jia Qiang wanted to establish a good relationship with them, and knew that they were both talented women, so she turned the topic to poetry and said with a smile:
"I heard that the two aunts are quite talented. The Rongguo Mansion is picturesque. Why don't you improvise two poems? Let me open my eyes."

Xue Baochai looked at Lin Daiyu, smiled and said:

"Sister Lin, you are a talented woman from the south of the Yangtze River, so you can recite a poem first."

Lin Daiyu frowned slightly, and said with a smile:
"Sister Bao, you have learned from the past and the present, and you have extensive knowledge and strong knowledge. You should come first."

Xue Baochai blinked her almond eyes:
"Sister Lin's reputation is too high, so I'll write a song first, and it's right to throw a brick to attract jade."

Jia Baoyu smiled and said:
"Great, I like reciting poems best. Sister Bao, please write poems."

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "Cao Zijian wrote a poem in seven steps. I don't want to steal his limelight, so let's write a poem in eight steps."

After finishing speaking, Xue Baochai broke a branch from the hibiscus tree by the roadside, and while walking slowly, used the branch to write and draw in the sand by the roadside, and at the same time spoke in a sentence:

"Our Baoyu is an invincible family.

Do you love Xueyue and Fenghua?
Most sages are mistaken for confidante,
The yellow sand buried Shaohua in all battles.

Leisurely stepping on the road between the pine trees under the moon,
Boring watching the sunset, flowers on Moshang. "

After reading the last word, Xue Baochai just finished the eighth step.

Jia Qiang thought to herself, isn't this just a doggerel?This is not in line with Xue Baochai's supposed level of poetry!

Suddenly, Jia Qiang glanced at the sandy ground next to her inadvertently, and her eyes trembled.

The words written in the sand were not the poem Xue Baochai recited just now, but a line:

"Yang Zhou is slow. Peony hurts spring
The frost dissolves the broken branches, the moss grows in the secluded stream, and the stick walks towards the green mountains.

When the wind whirls up and down, it is swaying the heroes.

Recalling yesterday, the deserted and empty valley, the rocks covered with ice, I can only sigh that it is difficult to climb.

Occasionally broken branches, startled one after another, how many singing warblers.

Peony's old guest, I guessed it early, and greeted me from the bottom of my heart.

Nian Diewu is diligent and caring last year, which is already a previous life.

Looking back at Cuiyu Peak, there are no people there, but there is a lot of space.

But who will pay for the hurt? Chun Lai hates it. "

Jia Qiang secretly sighed in her heart, Xue Baochai was really clever and talented, she could use one mind and one mind, composing a poem while reciting a poem.

Moreover, she has a deep mind, is good at hiding her stupidity, handles things smoothly, and does not want to show her edge.

That's why, while she uttered a clumsy poem from her mouth, she secretly wrote a stunning word with her hands.

However, only Jia Qiang noticed that the words in the sand were different from the poems Xue Baochai recited. Neither Lin Daiyu nor Jia Baoyu noticed.

Jia Qiang looked at Xue Baochai with a half-smile, and while Bao Dai and the others were not paying attention, she pointed to the poem on the ground quietly.

Xue Baochai was slightly taken aback, realizing that Jia Qiang already knew that she had two things in mind, that while composing a poem, she also wrote a poem.

But she didn't want to show too much, so she smiled and shook her head at Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang immediately understood and nodded to Xue Baochai, meaning that she would keep it a secret for her.

The two looked at each other and smiled, they understood each other, and everything was kept silent.

Jia Qiang did not hesitate to express her kindness, clapped her hands and said with a smile:
"Okay! Aunt Xue's poem contains reason in things and emotion in scenery. It's really a good poem. But I don't know what the title of this poem is?"

Jia Qiang knew that Xue Baochai's poem could only be regarded as a doggerel, but she still praised it.

After all, there is a saying that "the more you praise the other, the higher you are." When we get together, we just want to have fun, and a few words of flattery can deepen the relationship between each other.

"Brother Qiang praised it absurdly. The title is 'Let's live up to my youth and live up to my youth'."

Xue Baochai said modestly, her pretty face flushed slightly, and for some reason, after hearing Jia Qiang's praise, her heart was as sweet as eating honey.

Jia Baoyu also clapped his hands and said with an embarrassed smile:

"Sister Bao, you are using poetry to tease me, why did you say 'Our Baoyu is undefeated'?"

Lin Daiyu tilted her head and said with a smile:

"What a stupid goose! How is this making fun of you? It's clearly trying to persuade you not to be prodigal."

Jia Baoyu pretended to be serious, clasped his fists and laughed:

"Thank you, sister Bao, for your reminder, and thank you, sister Lin, for reminding me, Xiaosheng has been taught!"

Xue Baochai looked at Lin Daiyu, smiled narrowly and said, "Xiaoer, it's your turn."

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "Since Sister Bao wrote a poem in eight steps, I will write a poem in nine steps."

Xue Baochai joked:

"You don't have to worry about stealing my limelight. If you can finish a poem in six steps and surpass Cao Zijian, then I will give you a gift. Just say what you want, as long as I have it."

"It's a deal?" Lin Daiyu raised her eyebrows lightly, but she glanced at Jia Qiang quietly from the corner of her eye.

"Never break my promise." Xue Baochai didn't notice her eyes, and nodded with a smile.

(End of this chapter)