Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 35 The Emperor Takes the Lead
Dawu Capital,

As the sun was setting, Lian Er also hurried back to Rongguo Mansion and brought the words of respecting the master to Jiamu.

Mother Jia remained silent after listening, knowing that Jia Jing did not agree to enter the palace, but the marriage was agreed, and she started with Wang Shihan as she thought.

Mother Jia asked Jia Lian to go down to rest, but she was thinking about how to let Wang Shihan come to Beijing.

inside the palace,

Dai Quan, who has been dragging on for so long, has not dared to make a decision. This day, Emperor Wu was in a good mood watching the memorial in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Civil and military officials have already started to pinch each other. complained.

Suddenly thinking of Zhang Jinyu in the northeast, I don't know how the war is going now.

"Dai Quan, is there any news from the Northeast? How is Pingyang County?"

Dai Quan was still thinking about things and didn't notice for a while, and didn't answer, Emperor Wu felt strange, thinking that he was not there, looked up and found that Dai Quan was staring blankly.

Wu Huang Zhou Shihong was also curious, what could make him stunned.

He walked over slowly and coughed forcefully. At this time, Dai Quan just woke up like a dream, and was so frightened that he knelt down and pleaded guilty;

"Damn this slave, this slave was distracted just now. The emperor forgives me!"

Zhou Shihong felt even more strange, and he admitted that he was distracted, what was so important,

"Get up, forgive your innocence!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Tell me what you're thinking, I want to know."

"Back to Your Majesty, this servant is thinking about Luo Yunhou's matter again. I don't know how to tell Your Majesty for a while, so I lost my mind."

Zhou Shihong thought about what happened to Luo Yunhou, what happened to Pingyang?

"Is there any news from Pingyang?"

"Return to Your Majesty, not yet. They should still be fighting against Huang Jitai. There is no news from Huangcheng Sima."

"What's that?"

"My lord, it's about Luo Yunhou's residence in the capital and the candidate for the concubine."

Only then did Zhou Shihong realize that this was the matter, and he almost forgot, those nobles were also keeping a close eye on him, so he asked when he thought of it;
"How did you arrange it? It stands to reason that such a simple matter hasn't been arranged yet?"

Dai Quan is also a little embarrassed;

"Your Majesty, the better houses in this capital are in the hands of those aristocratic families and nobles. The courts are all ordinary houses, which are not easy to reward, so this old slave is a little embarrassed."

Emperor Wu's face turned ugly when he heard this, these moths, especially the four princes and eight males, are deeply rooted.

"anything else?"

Seeing the change in Emperor Wu's face, Dai Quan secretly complained in his heart,
"Your majesty, there is also the concubine arranged by me. Some of these people don't want to go, and some want to go. It's very difficult."

Zhou Shihong immediately thought of whether the Supreme Emperor, Xungui or the aristocratic family wanted to intervene in this matter.

"Who wants to intervene, who else doesn't want to go, is it because Xungui doesn't want to go, there are people in Changle Palace who want to go!"

Dai Quan was startled, the emperor knew about it,

"Your Majesty is holy,"

"It's not my sage, it's an obvious thing, these people are simply, who are you going to arrange to go to the Hou's mansion?"

When Dai Quan heard the emperor's question, he organized the language;

"Going back to the emperor, I am going to choose a female official, Yang Hanyu. After checking this person has no background, I choose her. Other servants dare not arrange."

Zhou Shihong looked at Dai Quan and said nothing, Dai Quan's back was sweating a little nervously,

"That's all for her. You are going to marry some court ladies and officials to make it more perfect. What are you going to do with that mansion?"

Dai Quan was relieved when he heard this, but he raised his heart when he thought of what he was going to say next;
"Back to the emperor, this servant intends to change the former Prince Zhongyi's mansion into Luoyunhou's mansion and give it to him directly."

When Wu Emperor Zhou Shihong heard the words "Prince Loyalty and Yi", his whole body trembled. The former elder brother, the original prince, the throne was originally his. Zhou Shihong couldn't calm down for a long time, that talented but full of hatred Brother, what would he do if he was in power now?
Dai Quan saw that the emperor was silent for a long time, and knew that he had spoken suddenly, but it was too late to regret.

Zhou Shihong thought a lot, but in the end he let out a long sigh. This knot is too heavy, and he still needs to untie it. This time may not be an opportunity. The courtyard has been in ruins for many years, and he doesn't know how dilapidated it is.

"Dai Quan,"

"The slave is here."

"Let's do that, give him the house, and let the people from the Ministry of Industry repair it yourself, making it beautiful."

"It's His Majesty, the slave will arrange it himself."

"And tonight, I sent someone to clean it up and change the plaque. You go to arrange a list and send the concubine and the palace lady there. The imperial decree will be issued tomorrow, and Da Luo will go there with great fanfare."

"It's Your Majesty, is the Emperor in a hurry?"

Dai Quan was a little surprised that he was in such a hurry.

"It must be urgent, I want to see their reaction."

Dai Quan shrank his head and replied;

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will make arrangements now. This servant will leave."

After Dai Quan knelt down, he also left the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a hurry, and arranged for the deputy steward, Eunuch Wang, to take someone to Prince Zhongyi's mansion to tidy up the courtyard, while he himself went to the Harem Changle Palace to find Eunuch Zhou.

When they arrived at the harem, where the eunuchs of the Changle Palace stayed, they knocked on the gate of the steward's compound, and went straight in.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw eunuch Zhou drinking tea there, as if he was waiting for him, Dai Quan said straight to the point;
"It looks like you already knew about it?"

Eunuch Zhou didn't talk nonsense either,

"It's not that I knew it a long time ago, but that this matter is easy for you, and besides, it can't be dragged on for so many days."

Dai Quan took a deep look at Zhou Guanshi.

"I have made arrangements for the people. I will go there tonight, and a large number of court ladies and officials will go together."

Eunuch Zhou paused, put down the tea bowl and asked;
"Why, so urgent, let's go now?"

"Yes, Your Majesty said to go tonight, and she will take over the order tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll arrange it, where to send it?"

Dai Quan smiled strangely,
"You send it! That's fine, you arrange it to the end, just send him to Prince Zhongyi's mansion."

"Okay, let's send, send,,,, what?"

Eunuch Zhou also turned pale with shock, what happened, how it was sent there, everyone knew what happened at that time, this is trying to trick me, and then asked with a gloomy face;
"What do you mean by internal appearance? Are you planning to cheat me?"

"Hmph, it's His Majesty's intention that I'm still cheating on you. Changed Prince Zhongyi's Mansion into Luoyunhou Mansion and gave it to Zhang Jinyu."

"What? Impossible. There are so many courtyards in the capital."

"Yes, there are so many courtyards in the capital, and none of them are good courtyards in the imperial court."

"That can't be, this is it."

Manager Zhou also knew the faces of those nobles and aristocratic families, he was too greedy, and he couldn't ask this matter by himself.

"I'll arrange for someone, and I'll send it over when I get back. Other miscellaneous people don't dare to ask."

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Dai Quan got up and left.

Eunuch Zhou watched Dai Quan leave with a gloomy expression, knowing that this was the emperor's temptation, and the harem was restless.

"Come here, inform Yang Hanyu and those maids, female officials, to pack up and prepare to leave the palace now."

"Yes, sir, the slave will go now."

After Eunuch Zhou arranged everything, he went to Concubine Zhen himself.

"It's so late, what are you doing here?"

Concubine Zhen lay on the soft couch and asked Guan Zhou, her confidant eunuch who was kneeling on the ground.

"Go back to the old concubine, Dai Quan has made arrangements, and Yang Hanyu will leave overnight."

"What, so urgent? What's going on?"

Concubine Zhen felt that something was wrong, there was no news for several days, and she was going to move out overnight, why not.

"Going back to the old concubine, it was Dai Quan who just came to look for the servant and notified her."

"Okay, you can do it as you see, just send the person to the place. By the way, where is it sent? Which prefecture?"

The old concubine Zhen asked casually, but Steward Zhou was indeed in a cold sweat, and he would open any pot without mentioning it, and replied boldly;

"Go back to the old concubine, this is to be delivered to Prince Zhongyi's residence."

"Well, okay, Prince Zhongyi's Mansion? What?"

Hearing this, Old Concubine Zhen sat up straight away, and Manager Zhou kowtowed in fright,
"Yes, Prince Zhongyi's Mansion."

Old Concubine Zhen also remained silent for a long time. This matter seemed to be a taboo in the palace, and no one dared to mention it. Unexpectedly, the emperor did take action. It was amazing.

"Don't ask, I don't know anything, I personally send people to the place and come back, I don't know about this, do you understand?"

Old Concubine Zhen said sharply.

"Yes, the servant understands. The servant will arrange it now."

"Go!"

(End of this chapter)