King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 519 A strange combination of circumstances

At present, in the Jia family, apart from Jia Mu, only Sanchun is the only one, and the rest are all slaves.

Normally, there should be men in their profession, but unfortunately there are not many people in the Jia family who are on the stage nowadays.

Jia Zhen is dead, and Jia Lian is still on duty in the northwest. Jia Rong has to guard You and fulfill his filial piety. As for the two brothers Jia Zheng and Jia She, they each have their own busy affairs.

The man accompanying this time was Jia Qin. After leaving the city, he went to Qingxu Temple to check the situation, so he was not among the team at the moment.

There is such a situation now that there is no one in charge, which makes Yingchun and the three people very anxious.

"Go and call the doctor!" This was what Yuanyang shouted.

These words woke up Tanchun and made her understand that she could not mess up the situation and had to deal with the current affairs.

On the other side, several young eunuchs in Prince Xiang's Mansion were horrified as they looked at the ingredients that had been overturned on the ground and were completely unusable.

The ingredients for the palace are specially supplied and cannot be replenished casually. This means that it will affect the meal for the palace tomorrow.

The consequences of this incident, to these little eunuchs, were like the sky falling.

After Ying'er left, several more female officials came in and reported what was missing, how to arrange things, etc...

The carriage was driving on the road. The locust trees on both sides of the road had lost all their dead leaves, and in the field outside were wheat seedlings that had not yet grown tall.

When he was in great panic, he heard one of the eunuchs shout loudly: "It's all their fault, it's all their fault..."

The eunuch present followed the direction of his finger and looked at the Jia family members who were in a state of panic.

After what these two people said, the other eunuchs suddenly woke up and wanted to pass the responsibility to the Jia family.

Yingchun was deeply puzzled: "Are you still going to visit them at this time?"

"The third girl of the Jia family?"

Of course Ying'er knew about Tanchun, but what puzzled her was why he was here and why he chose to visit today.

"I don't know if the princess recognizes me as a sister!"

"In the car is the third young lady of Rongguo Mansion. She came specially to pay homage to the princess today!"

With his greeting, everyone understood their tasks and started to act separately.

Looking at Yingchun's confused expression, Tanchun became more and more anxious and said: "Second sister, take good care of our ancestors here!"

Although he knew that Baochai was broad-minded and would not take his anger out on others, Tanchun was still making complete preparations in his heart.

As for the Jia family, everyone was concerned about Jia's mother's safety, except Tanchun who was still paying attention to these eunuchs.

In fact, the distance between them and the other courtyard was not far, and the journey was only three miles. The road ahead was passing normally, but when they walked onto the branch road leading to the other courtyard, they were stopped by the guards.

Seeing the eunuchs acting separately, Tanchun knew that he couldn't wait any longer.

After two more inspections, her carriage finally arrived outside the courtyard, so she ordered someone to report it.

Female officials can make the final decision on small matters, but when it comes to money or important matters, they naturally have to ask for the princess's permission.

"Invite him in!" Baochai looked calm on the surface, but actually he was muttering in his heart.

"Second sister, you guys stay here while I go to the other courtyard of Prince Xiang's Mansion!"

"Mother Wu, go back to the house immediately and tell the master and his wife about the situation here. It's best for the master and the others to tell the princess!"

Because of Baoyu, the relationship between the family and Prince Xiang's Mansion was already very bad. If these people caused disputes again, the consequences would be incalculable... Tanchun was secretly frightened.

Apart from anything else, their lead eunuch was having a hard time, and it was possible that he would be beaten to death when he returned.

There is peace between heaven and earth, but Tanchun's heart cannot be peaceful.

When everyone was scolding the Jia family, one of the older eunuchs said loudly: "Xiao Lin, take people back to the capital to tell Lao Sun and ask him to quickly prepare more ingredients and send them over. Xiao Zhang, follow me back to the other courtyard... ...Report the situation here to Sun Dianshan!"

"Oh... then go ahead!"

Seeing that they were about to shift the responsibility to the Jia family, Tanchun was extremely anxious and worried.

Fortunately, Ying'er had a good impression of Tanchun, so she went into the main hall and informed Baochai of the situation.

Tanchun replied: "I'm afraid that these eunuchs will cause trouble and bring harm to our house, so I have to go see the princess and explain the reason!"

Although panicked, Yingchun still replied: "Okay!"

Tanchun is very clear about the virtues of the slaves below, and these people are definitely able to catch them easily.

"Sir, you should know that the princess and our third lady are cousins!"

At this time, another eunuch echoed: "Yes, it's all their fault. They blocked the road and pushed us into the fields..."

After confirming again and again that this was the carriage from Rongguo Mansion, Tanchun and his party were able to continue moving forward.

"Yes!"

It is certainly true that Tanchun's aunt is Mrs. Wang, and she and Baochai are cousins.

After arranging some more things, Tanchun immediately got on the carriage and ordered the servant to rush to the annex of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

The third young lady of Rongguo Mansion was not intimidating, but the princess's cousins ​​were very effective. After hearing this, the flag officer who led the team changed his attitude.

Before the maid took the order and left, Tanchun gave Zhang an extra fifty taels of silver notes and asked him to give it to the eunuch who was delivering the message to buy tea.

These words were of course taught by Tanchun. She had thought about it carefully on the way just now and was considered to be well prepared.

Eunuchs love money the most, especially the lowest-ranking eunuch. With this silver note, the news spread through the layers, and finally reached Ying'er.

While reporting these circumstances, Tanchun was also brought into this forbidden area and stood outside the hall of the princess' director.

"Girl, wait a minute, I'm going to report it to the empress!"

Just as Ying'er was about to leave, she was stopped by Tanchun: "Since the princess has something important to do, it's best not to disturb her. It's okay for me to wait!"

"This...is good!"

A few more minutes passed after this. When the last female officer left, Baochai's voice was heard from inside the palace: "Ying'er, why hasn't the detective girl arrived yet?"

Hearing this, Ying'er hurriedly stepped into the hall, and then reported: "Your Majesty, Miss Tanchun has arrived!"

In the study room on the east side of the hall, Baochai stood up after hearing the reply, walked towards the hall and said, "Since you are here, why don't you invite me in? You girl is too ignorant!"

"Your Majesty, it's Miss Tanchun who said..."

Just as Ying'er was about to explain, she saw Tan Chun enter the hall and said with a smile on her face: "Princess, my wife, I saw that you were working on the board of directors and did not dare to disturb you at will, so I asked Miss Ying'er to postpone the report!"

"You are too outspoken. Why should we be like this between you and me?"

After briefly looking at Baochai, Tanchun could basically confirm that the princess in front of him didn't know what happened on the road.

This is actually normal. Although the eunuch who transported the ingredients is from Prince Xiang's Palace, his identity is far different from that of the princess. If you want to spread the news to the inner palace, you need to report it to the higher level.

What is a big deal to the little eunuchs, but to their bosses and their bosses' bosses, is actually not a big deal.

Looking at the princess with a warm smile, Tanchun realized that the overturned cart of precious ingredients was nothing to the person in front of him.

"Come, let's sit and talk. I haven't seen you for a long time!"

Pulled by Baochai, Tanchun went all the way to the west side hall. The furnishings here were much more exquisite, and it was obviously a place for entertaining distinguished guests.

Sure enough, what I expected was true. Sister Bao is an open-minded person and will never anger others because of the past... Tan Chun thought this.

After the two had tea, Baochai asked: "Tan girl, you came to visit me just after I arrived at this villa. Could it be that you came to visit me specially?"

"What a coincidence. Today, my little sister went out of the city with the old lady to pray for the Qingxu Temple, which is five miles away from here. She happened to come together with Sister Bao!"

"I see!"

"There is something. I have to confess to my sister!" "Apologise? What happened again?" Baochai turned around and asked in surprise.

"On the road just now, we met the carriage transporting ingredients from the palace. For some reason, the horse suddenly got frightened and then collided with our carriage!"

Sure enough, Baochai's expression did not change when he heard the news, and he just asked: "Is this happening?"

Then she asked again: "You just said that your old lady is here, is she okay?"

Seeing Baochai's reaction like this, Tanchun felt much more at ease, and then replied: "I was a little frightened. I fainted just now. I have ordered someone to call the doctor!"

After frowning and thinking, Baochai said: "The doctor is in the city, and I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to go back and forth. We have brought a good doctor with us on this trip, so let him go and check the situation!"

If the palace's carriage was frightened and hit the old lady of the Jia family, causing something irreparable to happen, it would be a big trouble for Prince Xiang's palace...

Not to mention the relationship between the Jia family and the East Palace, if word spread that Prince Xiang's Mansion bullied the old man, it would still be very detrimental to the Prince's Mansion.

Thinking of this, Baochai did not dare to neglect at all, and immediately said: "Since I was frightened, I invited the old lady to rest in another courtyard. It will not be too late to go on the road after she recovers!"

"This……"

When Tanchun hesitated, he listened to Baochai's instructions: "Send someone over immediately and invite the old lady over!"

"Yes!"

Since there was a maid to do this, Baochai didn't need to do it herself. Then she chatted with Tanchun and asked in detail about the situation when the incident occurred.

On the other side, Mrs. Jia, who had fainted just now, had woken up now, but judging from her reaction, she was fine.

After Yuanyang helped her take the pills, Jia Mu glanced around and asked, "Where did the three girls go?"

"Old lady, the eunuch who just drove the car wants to file a complaint first, saying that it was us who caused the horse to frighten and damaged the palace's ingredients!"

"The third sister was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so she went to the palace's annex and wanted to meet the princess in person and explain her reasons!"

After hearing Yingchun explain the situation, Jia Mu nodded unconsciously. Apparently she thought Tanchun did the right thing.

In fact, Jia Mu, the granddaughter, has always attached great importance to her. Regardless of her character, appearance and skills, she is a top-notch existence among the young female relatives in the house.

"I don't know if the detective girl can see the princess!" Jia Mu sighed.

Jia's mother is the one who knows the deepest relationship between the Jia family and Prince Xiang's palace, so she has this doubt in her heart.

While she was thinking, a carriage drove towards them quickly, and everyone stopped when it got close to the Jia family.

This is the doctor sent by Baochai, accompanied by Lin Hongyu and several eunuchs.

As an old friend of Duke Rong, Lin Hongyu knew everyone in the Jia family, so she stepped forward to greet them one by one.

Finally, she came to Jia Mu and reported: "Old lady, the princess learned that you were frightened, so she ordered the royal medical officer to come for diagnosis and treatment!"

"I'm fine. Thank you very much, Princess!"

Lin Hongyu took a closer look, and after making sure that Jia Mu was fine, she said: "Old lady, the princess said that you were frightened, please move to the palace to rest!"

"This……"

Originally, Jia Mu wanted to refuse, but considering that she was a royal princess, how could she not accept the kindness given to her.

What's more, easing the relationship with Prince Xiang's Mansion is a first-class matter for the Jia family, and Jia Mu cannot refuse it.

"So... thank you so much, Princess!"

"Old lady, let's go now!" Lin Hongyu said with a smile.

"That's okay...that's okay!"

But just as they were about to set off, they heard the rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance. Everyone followed the sound and saw a group of knights galloping on their horses.

Just by looking at their attire, you can tell that they are the guards of Prince Xiang's Mansion. They are all high-spirited and arrogant.

"It's the prince..." Lin Hongyu's sharp eyes saw the face of the leader clearly.

He was right, it was Zhu Jinghong who was riding a horse and having fun with his guards.

At this time, Zhu Jinghong also discovered the situation on the Jia family's side, so he led his team over.

Although he was dressed casually, his accompanying guards were all fully armored. When approaching the Jia family, these people consciously surrounded Zhu Jinghong in the middle and formed a human-shaped wall around him.

Seeing the guards rushing towards them like an iron wall, the servants of the Jia family were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they all tried their best to hide in corners.

It's not their fault for being timid, but the fact that the guards following Zhu Jinghong at the moment are ruthless men who have actually beheaded people on the northwest battlefield.

At this time, the combat pre-charge state he displayed was like a servant with no combat experience. Even the well-trained infantry in the Beijing Camp could not say that they would be able to withstand the charge.

Of course, this was not really a charge after all. After approaching the Jia family's motorcade, Zhu Jinghong and his party slowed down.

"Your Majesty, you are from Rongguo Mansion!" Gao Hong reported.

Zhu Jinghong was seen riding his horse forward, and the guards in front of him consciously moved out of the way, allowing Zhu Jinghong to see clearly the situation in front of him.

At this time, only Jia Mu, Yingchun Xichun, and a few of her most trusted girls were left in the center of the motorcade.

However, the first thing Zhu Jinghong noticed was Yingchun.

Although Yingchun is honest and dull, she is indeed a first-class beauty, but what attracts Zhu Jinghong is not her beauty, but her timid figure and panic look.

Even the little girl Xichun next to her seemed bolder than her. At least the little girl was not afraid to the point of trembling.

This girl is quite interesting... Zhu Jinghong muttered to himself.

There are many women in his harem, each with a different personality, and each one can give Zhu Jinghong different feelings.

But this was the first time he encountered such a weak woman like Yingchun, which made him feel eager to give it a try.

The timid expression on the other side made him, a hero, involuntarily feel protective.

Could it be that I have fallen in love with this girl... Zhu Jinghong asked himself.

But in fact, I don’t like it at all, just because I haven’t played it!

While Zhu Jinghong was staring at Yingchun, Jia Mu bowed and said, "Kowtow to His Highness King Xiang!"

She led the salute, and everyone present followed suit. However, Yingchun was relatively clumsy and tripped over her own skirt.

This girl is too incompetent... Jia Mu was very unhappy. In comparison, she felt that Tanchun was better.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Jinghong couldn't help laughing, and then said: "Old lady, why are you here today?"

"Reporting to the prince, today..."

When Zhu Jinghong asked about it, Jia Mu told the whole situation and made the misunderstanding clear.

Looking at the thin and helpless Yingchun, Zhu Jinghong said calmly: "Since the princess invites you, the old lady might as well go and have a rest!"

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Then you go ahead, I'll take the first step!"

After saying this, without waiting for Jia Mu and others to react, Zhu Jinghong rode away from the scene, followed by the accompanying guards.

After it was far away, Yingchun dared to raise her head and drive away, staring at the smoke and dust in front of her in a daze.

Zhu Jinghong's excessive attention to her just now had actually been noticed by Yingchun, and her burning eyes made her feel scared.

"Old lady, please do it!" Lin Hongyu reminded her.

"Okay...okay!"

With people from Prince Xiang's Mansion leading the way, their group had no obstruction and arrived at the gate of the other courtyard in ten minutes.

(End of this chapter)