King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 119 Zhu Jinghong and the generals

Let's say that when Xue Pan left the palace, his hanging heart fell.

The matter was more urgent, and he didn't dare to delay, so he got on the horse immediately and rushed to the mansion with his entourage.

All the way back to the mansion, Xue Pan found the most trusted steward and asked them to handle this matter immediately.

Although Xue Pan has personally participated in business negotiations with Westerners, he is still not familiar with the people who will carry out the business.

"I heard you clearly, you must find someone with good craftsmanship, and you must bring it to the Thirteenth Master!"

"If you mess up the errand, be careful with your heads!"

Hearing this, the several stewards of the Xue family dared not pay attention to it, and expressed that they would do their best.

After these people left, Xue Pan went to see his mother and told what happened in the palace.

"The Thirteenth Master said, my sister's election, he just said hello, so we don't have to worry about it!" Xue Pan said with a smile, in fact, showing his merits.

Although Aunt Xue was happy, she realized something was wrong, so she asked, "Then why didn't you mention filling the vacancy?"

"Ah... my son forgot!"

"Forget? Can you forget all of this?" Aunt Xue was furious, wishing she could ask a monk to teach her again.

At this time, Baochai persuaded: "Mother...it's not a bad thing at all, why should you blame elder brother!"

"The son has already resolved one of the two major matters of entering Beijing, so it's fine if the mother doesn't boast, so why bother to blame the son!" Xue Pan seemed aggrieved.

The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, Aunt Xue could only say: "The errand assigned by Master Thirteen, you must do it well!"

Xue Pan replied: "Mother, don't worry, my son will watch this matter personally, and he will be sure that nothing will go wrong!"

The three talked for a while, and Xue Pan took his family and left home, and he wanted to personally participate in this matter.

After confirming that she would not leave today, Aunt Xue ordered the slaves to return to their places, and the packed luggage was also removed from the car, waiting for the next time to take it out.

After talking with his mother for a while, Xue Baochai returned to her boudoir, where two maids who were close to her were sitting at the table playing chess.

"Girl, are you leaving?" Ying'er got up to greet her.

Xue Baochai replied: "Leave in a few days, leave your luggage first!"

"Yes!"

At this time Wen Xing came over with tea and asked, "Girl, where should we live in the capital?"

Sitting on the chair, Xue Baochai slowly replied: "The old house in Beijing has not been repaired for a long time, and it is temporarily unoccupied. What mother means...is to go to my aunt's house first!"

"It's the Rongguo Mansion in the capital? I heard that their family is extremely wealthy, so now I can go and open my eyes!"

Wen Xing is full of joy, she retains her innocence when she was young, and she is full of expectations for the new environment.

Ying'er glanced at her, and then scolded: "You little hoof, I think you should be left in the mansion. You look like you have never seen the world. If you go, it will make people look down on our family!"

"Where do I have it?"

"Yes, you still don't admit it!"

The two girls had a quarrel, Xue Baochai had no choice but to suppress it and let them do their own thing.

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The sun was gradually setting to the west, and Zhu Jinghong was not idle. He practiced archery in the school grounds.

It has been more than ten days since the victory of the war, and the decree of the award has reached Jinling.

Someone was promoted, someone was favored, the soldiers were rewarded, and the soldiers who died in battle would be compensated.

All the aftermath matters were in order under the auspices of the imperial envoy, and all parties were very satisfied.

According to the emperor's will, the prince will leave for Beijing in two days, and Zhu Jinghong will return with him.

So today, a celebration banquet will be held in the palace, and the prince will reward civil and military officials on behalf of the emperor.

Zhu Jinghong was aiming at the target, but he heard a reminder from the guard behind him: "Master Thirteen, someone is coming!"

"Who's here?"

"It seems to be... from Jinling Dusi!"

Shooting an arrow hit the bull's-eye, Zhu Jinghong nodded in satisfaction, then turned around to look at the person coming.

"Master Thirteen, I have been looking for you everywhere, but I guess you are here!"

The one who spoke was Wang Quanyi, the Commander of the Jinling Capital, followed by a group of military officers from Jinling, including Lu Yuxin's father.

Zhu Jinghong said with a smile on his face, "You guys came early, there is still more than an hour before the celebration banquet!"

Kong Jinshan then replied: "I dare not miss the time, so I arrived earlier!"

With the boss of the capital, the rest of the commanders, who are in charge of Tongzhi and Qianshi, can't get in the way at this moment.

Surrounded by the crowd, Zhu Jinghong said slowly, "I've arrived early, so I should go talk to the prince. What's the point of coming here to find me?"

Wang Quanyi said helplessly: "there are too many people at the prince's side, and the ministers can't squeeze in, and people look down on them for no reason, so... it's better not to make fun of yourself!"

For today's celebration banquet, the officials of the prefectures and counties in Jinling had been preparing for it early in the morning, and many of them arrived three or four days in advance.

Previously they did not cooperate with the prince on errands, because the settlement of the accounts was related to their black hats, and now they have come here after the victory of the Japanese suppression, also because of the black hats on their heads.

Zhu Jingyuan is the eldest son of the emperor and the heir of the country with a gentle personality. How could this group of officials not show their faces.

There were at least a hundred civil servants present, and they themselves were not enough to "point" the prince, so how could they give a group of Qiu Bamian a chance to meet the prince.

The civil servants made up the sarcasm to make a group of military generals resentful and leave directly unwilling to be affected by the bird's anger.

So they came to the school grounds and found Zhu Jinghong, a congenial prince.

"Such a sour scholar, with eyes above the top and self-righteousness, you dignified husbands... why bother with them!"

Sitting on the chair and taking the tea from Zhang Lin, Zhu Jinghong said again: "They always talk about governing the country and the world, and they think that they can do anything after reading some books!"

"If you want me to say...they may be useful in governing the country, but you can't rely on us warriors to bring peace to the world!"

These words relieved the anger, and everyone had a better impression of Zhu Jinghong.

At this time, a commander said: "Master Thirteen is right, we don't care about them..."

Immediately afterwards, someone said: "The eradication of the Japanese pirates is a battle we risked our lives to fight, but those people surrounded the prince to show their merits, and they are thick-skinned..."

Zhu Jinghong was annoyed by the clamor of the crowd, so he immediately raised his voice: "Okay..."

With just one sentence, all the generals immediately fell silent, which shows Zhu Jinghong's majesty.

Zhu Jinghong clasped his fists and bowed in vain, and then said: "It doesn't matter if merit is better than merit, my emperor's sage can illuminate his own judgment... It's not like someone can flatter you with a few words, and you can drown out your real merit!"

Kong Jinshan was the first to speak in agreement: "Thirteenth Master said that the Holy One is wise and decisive, how could he be deceived by those people!"

For a moment, everyone praised the emperor's sageness, and he looked like a good general and virtuous minister, as if the prince was surrounded by treacherous villains.

There are all martial arts present, and this place is a school field again. After chatting for a while, everyone began to compete in martial arts.

Everyone has been doing martial arts for generations, although they have become high-ranking officials in the guards, they have not left behind the skills they have practiced since childhood, and they are quite good after practice.

Maybe there was something to do, time passed quickly, and the sun went down in a blink of an eye.

"Master Thirteen, there is already a banquet ahead, and the Crown Prince has sent someone to invite him!"

Yu Hai came to report in a hurry, which also ended the laughing time in the school grounds.

(End of this chapter)