King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 479 The earth is a bed

This sudden inquiry was Baochai's test for Lin Hongyu. She wanted to see the girl's reaction on the spot.

If you can't satisfy her, then go back to where you came from.

Of course, Lin Hongyu wanted to join Prince Xiang's Mansion, or even stay by the Princess' side.

If this can be achieved, it can be called the second take-off in her life, and the take-off height will be much greater than the previous time she joined Wang Xifeng.

Only by staying with the princess can she hope to catch up with the man she loves and have a chance to get what she wants.

However, even though she was full of longing at this moment, Lin Hongyu also realized that if she openly betrayed the original owner, she would probably not be liked by the princess.

After a brief thought, she hooked her waist and replied: "Reply to your Majesty, whatever Second Mistress asks me to do, I will do my best to do it well!"

"Second Grandma has a filial piety towards the empress. If the empress leaves a slave with the princess, the slave will serve the princess wholeheartedly and will not disappoint the second grandma!"

These words not only showed her willingness to stay in the palace, but also expressed her loyalty to the "old master" and her feelings for Baochai, the new master.

Overall, Lin Hongyu could think of these things in a short period of time, which made Baochai value her more and more.

Baochai then smiled and said: "You are such a good person, I'm afraid your second grandma won't be able to part with you!"

At this time, Wang Xifeng said quickly: "What are you talking about, your Majesty? You are willing to keep her by your side to serve you because you think highly of our Rongguo Mansion. It is too late for my wife to be happy!"

It was certain that Baochai really liked this girl, so how could Wang Xifeng not know what to do.

"Silly girl, why don't you kneel down and worship the princess!" Wang Xifeng pinched Lin Hongyu.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Lin Hongyu's excitement at this moment was indescribable.

"My slave, come and see the princess!"

"Okay..." Baochai smiled, she was indeed very happy at this time.

Next, she will test this girl, first to see if she is trustworthy, and then to see what her abilities are.

"Ying'er, let her settle down after she goes down, and let her be on duty in Tongxin Hall from now on!"

There are more than a hundred maids in the palace, but among those who can stay on duty in Tongxin Hall, except Yinger and Wenxing, there are only four others, all of whom are responsible for accompanying Baochai.

So when he heard this, even Wang Xifeng was surprised and realized that he would have a good relationship with Xiaohong in the future.

The girl who was once became the person next to the princess, and her status and status had changed drastically in an instant, which made Wang Xifeng feel very disappointed.

It is so simple and crude for those in power to change the world and manipulate people's hearts, but Baochai himself cannot feel this, only the person involved feels it deeply.

"Okay... Since Mrs. Jia asked you to go back and cook, you guys should go back first!"

Compared to talking to everyone in the Jia family, Baochai preferred to talk to her best friends, so she brought up business at this moment.

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng also realized that things at home might not be simple, otherwise the old lady wouldn't have to ask her to go back.

Since Baochai said this, Wang Xifeng replied: "In that case... then I will go back first!"

As her sister-in-law was leaving, Sanchun naturally had to go back with her. Among them, Tanchun was the only one who was very reluctant.

After finally participating in such a high-end social interaction, how could she be willing to leave directly? It would be a pity.

"Sister-in-law, please go back. I'll stay with the princess. It won't be too late to go back later!"

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, then replied: "That's fine!"

Just as she was about to say goodbye, she heard Yingchun stand up and say: "Second sister-in-law... I'll go back with you first!"

To be honest, Yingchun's words were extremely inappropriate and made Wang Xifeng and Tanchun embarrassed.

But as a person in the late stage of social anxiety, how could she think of these worldly things? At this moment, she just felt uncomfortable staying here and wanted to go back to the comfort zone of her own boudoir.

Baochai also knew that they were embarrassed, so she took the initiative to say: "That's alright... just stay here, Tan girl, you can go back first!"

"Yes!" Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief, sighing in her heart that the spring mud could not support the wall.

What was originally a good thing today has been mixed with some unpleasant things by Yingchun.

Wang Xifeng led Yingchun and others to say goodbye. Without her here to make jokes, the atmosphere of the conversation changed, and the style suddenly became much higher.

Even Yinglian, who was the least knowledgeable, could say a few words in poetry and poetry, but Tanchun seemed to be at home among them.

However, they didn't chat for long before the Qingyang Palace sent someone over, saying they had something important to report to the princess.

Many people come to complain every day, but few come to Qingyang Palace, so Baochai was surprised to hear this.

But she kept her face calm, got up and went to Tongxin Hall to hear what was going on.

It turned out that after Zhu Jingchun entered the palace, he remembered that he could ask Baochai to help him settle the matter, so he sent someone to report the situation.

After learning the inside story, Baochai was really surprised.

But she had no intention of complaining about Zhu Jingchun. She had actually disliked this idiot Jia Baoyu for a long time, but she was worried about Yuan Chun so she didn't take action.

At this time, she also realized why the Jia family summoned Wang Xifeng back.

After learning that Zhu Jingchun went to the East Palace to plead guilty, Baochai knew that she should also go to the East Palace to deal with the matter as soon as possible.

Just as the Jia family thought, Baochai also preferred to suppress this incident and not let some people make a fuss about it.

Therefore, there is no time to delay at this time. After all, once some misunderstandings arise, estrangement will also arise, and it will take more effort to eliminate them.

So at this time, Baochai didn't care about the banquet anymore, and directly ordered someone to tell Yang Jingting to host it, while she herself went to the East Palace.

When Baochai rushed to the East Palace, Zhu Jingchun was guarding outside and did not dare to go in. He was also accompanied by his younger brother Zhu Jinghao, King of Jinghai.

Seeing Baochai arrive, this guy emerged from the corner, and started complaining with runny nose and tears. .

"Sister-in-law, that's what happened. It's all because of that boy's rude remarks. I really couldn't stand it, so I beat him..."

"Who knew this person was so weak? He fell down before I even exerted my strength..."

When Zhu Jingchun was narrating, Zhu Jinghao also joined in: "Sister-in-law, although Brother Fourteen is a little anxious, he is still out of righteous indignation after all. You have to help him..."

While walking into the East Palace, Baochai lectured: "I asked you to temper your temper in Shanglin Garden. What did you do in half a year? You are still so irritable... causing trouble and crying, you have lost the royal face." It’s over!”

"If you Thirteenth Brother were here and saw that you were like mud and couldn't hold up the wall, I think you two would have to be beaten again!"

The two of them listened honestly to Baochai's lesson, but Zhu Jingchun was no longer too panicked. Anyway, Prince Xiang's Mansion was behind this matter.

They entered the East Palace, and at this moment Mrs. Xing of Rongguo Mansion was already reporting the situation to Yuan Chun and explaining the Jia family's thoughts to her.

Yuanchun is such a smart person. Of course he knows that suppressing the matter will be a good thing for Rongguo Mansion and the East Palace.

But thinking about her brother being beaten to death, her heart felt like a needle pricking her.

But in the end, reason prevailed over emotion, allowing Yuanchun to make the right decision.

In the previous two political turmoils, the East Palace had been defeated again and again. The situation was already very unfavorable to them. How dare they continue to cause trouble at this time.

At this moment, someone outside reported: "To report to the Crown Princess, Princess Xiang and His Highness Prince Qingyang are here to plead guilty..."

………………

In the twelfth year of Zhengtong, July 28th, northwest. It’s late autumn now, and the weather is getting colder.

The wind outside the Great Wall was like a sharp blade, carving Shi Chong's face full of wind and frost.

As the Zhenwei Central Guard Zuodu Commander-in-Chief, Shi Chong commanded 1,500 cavalry, but now there were only more than 1,200 cavalry.

In other words, from the beginning of the implementation of Ning Huanxiang's combat plan to now, in more than half a month, he has lost more than 200 men.

Don't underestimate the more than 200 people. These are well-paid armored elites from the Beijing camp. Any one of them can match seven or eight Dzungars.

At this moment, Shi Chong stood on the high slope, looking at his subordinates who were resting and eating, with a cold look on his face.

"Governor Ning is as timid as a mouse and seeks stability..."

"If we had followed Master Thirteenth's strategy, we might have reached Hami City long ago, why would we be wandering around in circles with the Dzungars in this desert!"

Normally, a junior general would never dare to scold a high-ranking official like Ning Huanxiang, but Shi Chong was not an ordinary general.

He was born in the Duke of Tuiguo Mansion, one of the Four Kings and Eight Princes. His grandfather Shi Guangzhu was promoted to the second rank of General Zhaowu in May this year and served as the Zuo Commander-in-Chief of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion.

In other words, his Shi family has risen to the pinnacle of actual military attachés, and all that remains is the empty title representing honorary status.

Precisely because he was born in such a family, Shi Chongcai was nominated by the emperor to be promoted to a bodyguard and commander of the army at the age of twenty-four.

Compared with Zhenwei Zhongwei's commanding officer, the bodyguard's rank is one level higher, which is equivalent to raising Shi Chong by two levels.

But there is a prerequisite for this promotion, that is, he must make a contribution in the northwest battle.

Now that they have been fighting for more than half a month, there is almost no real progress, and the soldiers and horses under his command have suffered a lot. How can Shi Chong bear this?

How supportive he was of Ning Huanxiang before, now he feels so repulsive.

It's not that Ning Huanxiang made a major mistake in his command, but that the Governor-General was too cautious and was always timid when it came time to expand the fruits of victory.

The current situation is that the two sides are fighting and hurting each other, which is equivalent to the war making no progress.

If this consumption continues, it will be even harder for the war to improve when winter comes.

Thinking of this, Shi Chong felt even more angry, but also helpless.

Ning Huanxiang was the governor of the northwest war, and his orders must be carried out. Even if Shi Chong was of good origin, he would not dare to disobey him, otherwise his career would be ruined.

Just as he was about to walk down the hillside, there was a man riding a horse approaching him quickly from below. It looked like he was dressed as a messenger in the army.

"General, Governor Ning has issued an order to summon everyone to the Governor's office to discuss matters in the morning!"

"I know!" Shi Chong replied coldly.

According to Ning Huanxiang's plan, he wanted to concentrate his superior forces to defeat the Junggars first, so he ordered the main force of Anxi Xingdu Division to go south.

However, it is not so easy for the army to escape. Zasak and other Three Kingdoms rebel forces have entangled the capital of Anxi, and it is impossible for them to escape.

Therefore, the combat strategy formulated by Ning Huanxiang encountered changes from the beginning, and now it is only being implemented with difficulty.

At this time, on the southern battlefield, the imperial court had about 45,000 troops, which was smaller in number than the Junggar army.

The fighting has been mutually successful so far, and Junggar has suffered more casualties. In fact, it cannot be said that the fighting was too bad.

It was only this failure to win that made Shi Chong feel resentful.

In fact, there were many people who had similar ideas to Shi Chong, such as other senior generals of Zhongwei and the chieftain troops who were transferred from the alliance.

It's just that these situations have nothing to do with Zhu Jinghong for the time being.

As an "unemployed" person, he was riding a horse with Nuo Min at the moment.

It is literally riding together. At this time, they are sitting on the back of a horse.

Nuo Min sat in Zhu Jinghong's arms, swaying up and down as he waved his riding crop, and laughed and exclaimed.

"Master Thirteen, I am so happy today!"

In fact, what Nuo Min said was not accurate. What really made him happy was that her relationship with Zhu Jinghong heated up very quickly, and now they were close to each other.

Moving closer to Nuo Min's neck, Zhu Jinghong touched her earlobe with the tip of his nose, and then said, "Are you really so happy?"

"How could I lie to Master Thirteen!"

"It is said that beautiful women are the best at lying. Who knows if you are lying to me!" Zhu Jinghong put his arms around Nuo Min's waist and said with a smile.

His horsemanship was excellent, and he could control the horse well without pulling on the reins, which made it easier for him to raise and lower his hands.

Nuo Min had already fallen in love with him, and now some things have come naturally.

She turned around extra boldly, put her arms around Zhu Jinghong's neck, and then turned away from the horse.

In other words, Nuo Min was sitting backwards at this time, facing Zhu Jinghong's arms.

When Zhu Jinghong was astonished, Nuo Min kissed Zhu Jinghong very boldly, catching him off guard.

The horse continued to run forward, but Zhu Jinghong was not willing to suffer, so he responded to Nuo Min even more enthusiastically.

Originally, the guards were following him at a distance of thirty to fifty meters. Seeing this situation, they wisely expanded the encirclement, creating an environment for Zhu Jinghong to express freely.

The two of them were going back and forth on the horse. The horse, which was unpushed, gradually stopped, and Zhu Jinghong took advantage of the situation and jumped off the horse with Nuo Min in his arms.

The position they were in at the moment was blocked by a bush, so Zhu Jinghong carried Nuo Min over.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to restrain oneself when love is strong. A man and a woman alone have been in love for a long time. Now, like dry firewood and fire, how can they not ignite a raging fire?

I don’t know how long it took, but Nuo Min finally woke up from the excitement and found that she was still in Zhu Jinghong’s arms.

The burning pain in his lower body reminded him of what had just happened.

"Thirteenth Master, I want to give birth to children for you, many, many children!" Nuo Min said what was in his heart very frankly.

Everything that should have happened and shouldn't have happened has happened. At this moment, Nuo Min will no longer hide his thoughts, and will naturally say what he has to say.

This made Zhu Jinghong a little embarrassed, just because of the measures he had taken just now, but it seemed that Nuo Min didn't understand these things.

In fact, not only did she avoid pregnancy with Nuo Min, but she also did the same with Baochai and several other people including Zhu Jinghong.

It's not that he doesn't want children, but that Baochai and others are too young, and their bodies are not fully developed yet. Giving birth to children is extremely risky, so he thinks about having children two years later.

"Master Thirteen, let's do it again!"

Before Zhu Jinghong could speak, Nuo Min lay on top of him again. Unfortunately, she didn't know what to do next.

Just when Zhu Jinghong was about to teach on-site, he heard a voice shouting from a distance: "Your Majesty... someone from the Governor's Office sent a message. Go to the Administrative Office to discuss matters the next morning!"

"understood!"

Zhu Jinghong only replied with three words, because he was busy with more important things.

Nuo Min gave him a completely different experience, which made him appreciate it for a while, and he was unwilling to leave the gentle land.

(End of this chapter)