King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 417 It turns out that one of the concubines is missing

Facing Zhu Yunsheng's doubts, Baochai calmly replied: "The prince said that he is used to wearing common clothes and doesn't want to change for the time being... Since he is like this, how can I change at will?"

Daiyu came up behind Baochai, looked at the princess and said, "Princess, don't you know, this is what the husband sings and the wife follows!"

Unexpectedly, she was a little slower this time and was directly grabbed by Baochai. The sound of the two fighting could be heard in the room, and soon Daiyu begged Baochai for mercy.

Holding Daiyu's waist, Baochai said: "You girl, you are becoming more and more unruly, how can I spare you!"

"Princess, save me, Sister Yun, save me!"

Zhu Yunsheng turned around and sat down, and then said: "She is my sister-in-law. How dare I do anything to my sister-in-law? You'd better wish for yourself!"

Xiangyun took two steps back and then said: "The princess doesn't dare to help, so how can I dare to fight against the princess? Sister Lin, please forgive me!"

While shouting and laughing, Daiyu couldn't help complaining: "It's useless for me to treat you as sisters on weekdays, but now that something has happened... none of you can be trusted!"

Squeezing her waist and hands to restrain Daiyu who was moving around, Baochai looked around and said, "Look...she still dares to talk nonsense at this time. Do you think we should deal with her?"

At this moment, a voice came from outside: "Who should be punished?"

All the eunuchs and maids inside and outside saluted, but Zhu Jinghong entered the house directly. Only then did Baochai let Daiyu go, and the latter immediately hid behind Zhu Yunsheng.

"My lord is back!"

Baochai took the initiative to greet her and asked the maid to clean up her husband. At this moment, Zhu Jinghong still had snowflakes on his body.

"Why is it so lively today?" Zhu Jinghong asked with a smile.

"Brother Thirteen, you're back, I'm here to bring you good news!"

"Oh? What good news can there be? It's worth Third Sister's personal trip!"

"There will be a banquet for the Laba Festival the day after tomorrow, and the Queen Mother has ordered you and your sister-in-law to go too. Isn't this good news?"

"Let's just forget it!" Zhu Jinghong replied.

Zhu Yunsheng looked around with a mysterious look: "There is also good news!"

"Just tell me quickly!" Baochai stepped forward.

"I worked hard to get this, so I can't tell you in vain!" Zhu Yunsheng looked businesslike.

After approaching her, Baochai held her shoulders and said dotingly: "Your Thirteenth Brother will definitely not let you suffer!"

"Brother Thirteen, what do you think?"

"Your sister-in-law has said it, what else can I say?" Zhu Jinghong said angrily.

Only then did Zhu Yunsheng smile. After signaling the maids in the room to leave, she whispered: "After this Laba Festival, Brother Thirteen, you have to leave here!"

"How do you know?" Zhu Jinghong was curious, although he was not surprised by the result.

"The Bureau of Shangyi has been preparing for the canonization in the past few days. Princess Xiang's golden book was sealed at Shangbao Prison last night. My sister-in-law is about to be canonized as the princess!"

"Obviously, dad has calmed down, so how can he let you stay here!" Zhu Yunsheng said proudly, looking like a senior counselor.

Hearing this, the person who felt the deepest emotion was undoubtedly Baochai. She had been looking forward to the princess's golden book and golden seal for a long time. With these things, she would be a true princess.

"So that's it, this is indeed good news!" Zhu Jinghong replied with a smile.

"Congratulations to Sister Bao, congratulations to the Princess!" Xiangyun came to Baochai and saluted.

Before Baochai could speak, Zhu Jinghong had already spoken: "Girl Yun, why don't you say hello to me?"

Unexpectedly, Xiangyun made a face for him, and then rushed to Baochai's side, looking frightened and saying: "Sister Bao, save me, the Thirteenth Master is going to hold me accountable!"

Baochai rolled her eyes at Zhu Jinghong: "Look at how scared Yun Yatou is!"

"I never wanted to punish her!" Zhu Jinghong complained.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu said: "If there is no protection from Sister Bao, I'm afraid it's not necessarily true!"

Seeing these people arranging for his own brother, Zhu Yunsheng immediately said: "You all should stop saying a few words. We finally got the good news, why bother making Brother Thirteen feel uncomfortable at this time!"

"Sheng'er still loves and protects my brother!"

However, as soon as Zhu Jinghong finished speaking, Zhu Yunsheng came behind him and beat his shoulders, and said at the same time: "Brother Thirteen, I have helped you so much, what are you going to do..."

"Third sister, you know... Now that I have lost face with my father, I can't do anything to help you!" Zhu Jinghong looked helpless.

"Hmph... I knew you were unreliable!" Zhu Yunsheng turned around and left, leaning next to Baochai.

"Sister-in-law~~"

Zhu Yunsheng entangled Baochai, leaving the latter helpless.

At this moment, a voice came from outside the house: "Brother Thirteen, who is here today? Did he bring anything delicious and fun?"

The next moment, Zhu Jingchun and two others entered the room, allowing Zhu Yunsheng to find a new breakthrough.

"Brother Fourteen, you came just in time... let's go out for a walk, and you bring your hoe with you!"

"But Third Sister, it's time to have lunch soon!" Zhu Jinghao reminded.

They came here to eat, not to play with the little girl.

"What will happen if the two brothers have dinner later?" Zhu Yunsheng said with a straight face.

"Of course...it's a dream come true!" Zhu Jingchun immediately changed his mind.

Hearing this, Zhu Yunsheng rolled his eyes at Zhu Jinghong, as if to say that he had other brothers.

"Let's go!"

Zhu Yunsheng went out, and Zhu Jingchun and the others had no choice but to follow them. Unfortunately, a few breaths later it was snowing heavily outside again.

"What's wrong with going out in such a cold weather... Go and invite Sheng'er back. If you really want to do something good, won't you make the father, the emperor, and the empress angry again!"

Except for Zhu Jinghong, no one at the scene could guarantee that Zhu Yunsheng, the legitimate princess, would be brought back.

"Go!"

Under Baochai's urging, Zhu Jinghong had no choice but to get up and go out, secretly saying that he would not have let the girl go out if he had known this.

"I'll go take a look too!" Xiangyun couldn't hold back. She actually wanted to go out and play in the snow.

Before Baochai could speak, the girl ran out, leaving Chai and Dai alone in the room.

"This girl... doesn't make anyone worry!"

Seeing that there was no one at the moment, Daiyu whispered: "Sister Bao, I also have news!"

"What's the news?" Baochai turned around and sat on the chair.

"Sister Ting will arrive in Beijing in a few days!"

"Oh!" Baochai responded, looking particularly calm.

"As far as I know, sister Ting's mother has visited Beijing several times in the past six months!"

"Ok!"

Seeing that Baochai was still unmoved, Daiyu became anxious for a moment, so she approached her and said again: "Sister Bao, do you know...Sister Ting is the Queen's niece?"

Picking up the tea cup, Baochai took a sip and then replied slowly: "Of course I know!"

"You... people are worried about you, but you don't care at all and ignore you!"

Seeing Daiyu getting up and about to leave, Baochai stretched out his hand to hold her, and then said with a smile: "I understand what you mean, but blessing is not a curse, it is a curse that cannot be avoided... What can I do? I can only take one step to see Just one step!”

Although he said this, Baochai was really not worried. Since the status had been decided, there was no possibility of it being changed casually.

What's more, she has already been approved by the emperor and empress. As long as she doesn't make mistakes, she will not be squeezed out. It is unnecessary to worry about Yang Jingting's arrival.

Seeing that Daiyu was still worried, Baochai stood up, held her shoulders, and said with a smile: "Girl Lin... I also have news to tell you!"

"What's the news?" Daiyu turned around and asked.

"Now Prince Xiang's Mansion... still lacks a concubine!"

Upon hearing this, Daiyu was stunned for a moment, and then she understood what was going on.

In shame and anger, Daiyu ignored the rules and immediately started playing with Baochai.

Although their identities have changed, they are still the good sisters they were before. …………

It was the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month in the 11th year of Orthodoxy, which was the day before the Laba Festival.

Zhu Jinghong received an oral instruction from the emperor early in the morning, asking him and the others to attend the family banquet the next day.

Then the eunuch who came to deliver the order took away his common clothes. For this reason, Zhu Jinghong was still angry and had a fight with the eunuch who delivered the order.

When he was angry, his uncle Xue Pan finally returned to the capital after two months of traveling.

Normally, one month is enough to travel from Yingtian to the capital. This guy stopped and stopped for two months, which shows that he has been playing all the way.

Although it was just for fun, this guy had a legitimate reason, because he brought another group of people with him this time.

Jia Yucun, the prefect of Yingtian, sent a group of people before he left, saying they were sailors he had found for Zhu Jinghong, and asked him to bring them to the capital together.

Originally, there were many people in the Xue family. Xue Pan himself also found some foreign craftsmen. With the addition of these people handed over by Jia Yucun, the number of his team on the road exceeded [-].

With such a large number of people, it is very complicated to move and stay, which naturally slows down the journey.

Of course, this was something Xue Pan did deliberately, because there was so much fun along the way, so how could he not find ways to stay.

When they arrived at the Xue family's mansion in the capital, the Xue family mother and son could move in directly.

Just when Xue Pan wanted to have fun, Aunt Xue ordered her to do some errands.

"Mom, sister and the others are not at the palace. I can't see anyone if I go there...why bother to go there!"

"You have to go even if you can't see them. It's good to ask about the situation. Besides, all the people you brought should be handed over to the palace!"

"But……"

Seeing that Xue Pan wanted to talk more, Aunt Xue immediately scolded: "You kid...are you going to be disobedient again?"

Xue Pan really didn't dare to bear the charge of disobedience, so he immediately bowed his head and obeyed his orders.

"Son, let's go!"

After saying this, Xue Pan turned around and left. Soon he took his entourage to Prince Xiang's Mansion.

As for Prince Xiang's Mansion, everyone in the Prince's Mansion knew that Zhu Jinghong was coming back, so they were busy cleaning and replacing appliances to highlight the good news of "renewing everything".

Some lanterns and furnishings were moved out, which was equivalent to waste products and would be resold by the eunuchs of the palace. Chang Shi Wang Pei'an frowned.

But these things were replaced with money from the palace's private treasury, so Wang Pei'an couldn't interfere too much.

"Some of the tables and chairs, which are almost brand new, have to be thrown away... It's really too extravagant and wasteful!"

The items that Prince Xiang's Mansion doesn't want cost a starting price of 20 taels and [-] taels of silver, which is equivalent to a year's harvest of a well-off family.

Thinking of this, how could Wang Pei'an not feel distressed? After all, the money in the palace's private treasury also came from taxes paid by the people.

"When His Highness comes back, I will have to give him some advice!"

After saying this in a low voice, Wang Pei'an decided to turn his back on him and go directly back to the Chief Secretary's office.

Zhu Jinghong has been there for three months, during which he missed a lot of homework, so he readjusted his teaching plan.

Since becoming an official, Wang Pei'an has always adhered to the teachings of the saints and strived to be perfect as an official. He takes everything seriously.

However, he had just sat down and had not written down a few pages when he heard a whirring sound coming from outside.

So he got up and looked outside. When he left the east chamber, he saw a dozen eunuchs moving seats out of the main hall of Changshi Si.

"What are you doing?" Wang Peian asked coldly.

"Reporting to you, sir... We were ordered to move things. These items are too old. The higher-ups asked us to replace them with new ones!"

Wang Pei'an became angry when he heard this. The furnishings here are almost brand new and need to be replaced now.

In other places, he could only endure it, but in Changshi Division, he had to take care of it.

"Everyone go out, there is no need to replace the items here!" Wang Peian said solemnly.

As the saying goes, integrity breeds power, and his angry glare really frightened these little eunuchs.

"Sir, you are making things difficult for your slaves!"

"You go back...tell Deng An that I won't allow the replacement. If he thinks I did something wrong, he can file a complaint against me with His Highness!"

Lowering his head and adjusting his sleeves, Wang Pei'an continued: "Of course...he can also order you to take me down!"

Deng An was not brave enough to take down Wang Pei'an, a long-time official, and it had little to do with him.

As the head of the three chief eunuchs in the palace, Deng An also has four eunuchs in charge, who are responsible for several aspects of the palace.

For example, the plan to change the furnishings this time was made by the eunuch Chen Chong, which involved the use of nearly 1 taels of silver.

Logically speaking, for such a large expenditure, the master of the palace, or at least the princess herself, must nod.

But now these two are not here, and it is the right thing to welcome Zhu Jinghong and his wife, so Zhang Ping'an's bank directly allocated the money.

Everything has been bought, and the rebates that should be eaten have been swallowed. Who is willing to spit them out?

So when he learned that Wang Pei'an was causing trouble, Chen Chong's face turned dark and he immediately went to report to Deng An.

However, at this time, Deng An was welcoming Xue Pan into the mansion, and he would not neglect the princess's brother.

"Uncle Xue, how long do you plan to stay in Beijing this time?"

Following Deng An, Xue Pan replied: "I don't know yet. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry to leave. Maybe I can stay here forever!"

Facing Deng An, Xue Pan didn't show off, and seemed humble and polite at this time.

Under the guidance of Deng An, the two came to the inner government office on the east side of the palace. The east wing was Deng An's duty room.

After the two sat down, a young eunuch served tea. Xue Pan took a sip to warm himself up and said: "Eunuch, this time I came to the capital and brought some barbarian craftsmen and sailors that the prince wanted, but I don't know what to do." Settlement!"

"Arrangement... This prince is not here now, and I can't deal with him casually. Why don't I stay with you temporarily?" Deng An said slowly.

"Just for the next two days... Your Majesty will return to the palace. Then you can come back and give me instructions!"

Although the person was not handed over today, Xue Pan felt that the trip was worthwhile when he learned that his sister was going back home in the next two days.

After being polite to Deng An for a while, Xue Pan said goodbye and left.

Deng An sent Xue Pan away and was about to go back to the government office to take a nap when Chen Chong found him again.

After explaining the situation, Chen Chong said: "Father...how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"How to deal with it? How else to deal with it? If he says he won't change it, he won't!" Deng An said angrily.

As the chief historian of the palace, Wang Pei'an can be regarded as half of Zhu Jinghong's husband. How could Deng An take the initiative to offend him?

"But……"

Before Chen Chong could speak, he heard Deng An say: "Don't go too far. It's not good to be too extravagant and wasteful. The prince may not be happy if he finds out!"

Being reminded by Deng An, Chen Chongfan became alert and immediately replied: "I understand!"

After glancing at Chen Chong, Deng An warned again: "But the arrangement should not be shabby. You have to be careful yourself!"

"Yes!"

"Go down!"

Deng An was educating his men here, while Xue Pan, who had returned to his mansion on the other side, left the mansion and went to Rongguo Mansion after informing his mother about the situation.

On the surface, he went to visit his aunt and uncle, but actually he went to see Jia Lian and Jia Rong. Without these friends to play with, he always felt that it was meaningless.

When he arrived at Jia's house, he found out that his uncle Jia Zheng had not returned from the Yamen. Jia Lian and Jia Rong happened to be on duty today, so his trip was in vain.

Of course, now that his identity is different after all, Jia She at home met Xue Pan specifically, but the two of them had nothing in common, so Xue Pan felt bored and left after a while.

"How about... go and see Brother Bao!" Outside Rongxi Hall, Xue Pan was determined to be evil.

So he walked across the courtyard and soon arrived outside Baoyu's courtyard. This guy has been banned until now because he said something wrong.

It's just that after so long, the restraint on Baoyu has been loosened. Although he is still not allowed to go out at will, he is allowed to go in to see him.

　Friends who see this should know that this book is from the Jin Dynasty series. Why do people keep reminding me "Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou"!
　　
　
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