Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 227 Going to court in the hot weather

(Fixed!)
  After the play was over, Jia Hui and Xu Le had no intention of staying any longer because Nangong Shang ruined the atmosphere.

Fortunately, Nangong Shang kept assuring the two of them that tomorrow the DPRK would not let any of them suffer any injustice.

Before leaving the house, he handed the folding fan to the boy beside him and asked him to help him deliver the fan to the Wu family on his behalf. After that, Jia Hui said goodbye to Xu Le.

Jia Hui also asked Xu Le if he wanted to live at home, and Xu Le nodded happily.

Anyway, I live alone in the post house, and the brothers I brought with me live in military camps outside the city, so it doesn't matter where I live. It's more convenient to live in the general's mansion.

So, Jia Hui, who had been avoiding the limelight outside for four whole days, finally returned to his home.
  . . . . . .

"General Xu Le and Xu Wuyou pay their respects to Madam!"

In the main hall of the Duke's mansion, as soon as Xu Le came in, he pushed the golden mountain and fell the jade pillar and gave a big gift to Li Wan who was sitting on the main seat!
  "Oh, Wuyou is really embarrassing me, please get up quickly, please get up quickly!" Li Wan quickly called to the maid waiting at the side to help Xu Le up.

As the hostess of the Duke's Mansion, Li Wan naturally wanted to meet the master's confidants, and even if he was not a confidant, it would be a very good relationship to be able to bring him to live in the house. Naturally, he, the hostess, wanted to come to meet and entertain him. of.

And this Xu Lexu Wuyou in front of him is the master's most important person and his most trusted person, so he must be treated seriously!
  When Xu Le sat down, Li Wan started talking to Xu Le very intimately.

As for the master, hehe
  Jia Hui curled her lips, receiving a vague look from Li Wan, but in the end said nothing. If she did, she would just be asking for trouble.

After all, it was his fault that he ran away and stayed quietly in the yamen for four days. Those who knew knew that Jia Hui was just hiding from his aunt Jia Min, and those who didn't knew thought it was because he and Li Wan had a disagreement and ran out to sulk. Woolen cloth!
  Although this matter has nothing to do with Li Wan, it has already affected her.
  What I did was not authentic!

So while Li Wan was communicating with Xu Le, Jia Hui picked up his little Ya Nei from the nanny's arms.

"Oh, Chan'er, do you miss daddy?" Jia Hui's heart almost melted as she looked at the little Zaizai who was blowing bubbles with her mouth open.
  Not seeing him for one day is like three autumns. I have been away from home for four days, so it has been twelve years since I last saw him!

"Ah!" Looking at the big face that suddenly appeared in front of him, Xiaoyanei stared blankly for a while, and then he realized that this face was that of his old father who had been missing for a long time!
  A chubby little hand was raised, shaking, and the five small fingers were grasping again, as if trying to grasp the pigtails on the old father's head.

Seeing this, Jia Hui quickly lowered his head and tried to put the few pigtails on his head into Xiao Yanei's hand. Anyway, with Xiao Yanei's strong hands and short arms, it wouldn't hurt if he grabbed it, just like teasing a child. .

However, Xiaoyanei had no interest in Jia Taiwei's pigtails at all. He only heard a "pop" sound, and a white and tender hand hit the tip of Jia Taiwei's nose, which actually made Jia Hui's nose sore.
  Hey, he is indeed my son, his hands are so strong!

"puff!"

Li Wan, who had been chatting with Xu Le about his family's shortcomings, but had been paying attention to the father and son from the corner of his eyes, saw that his precious son had avenged his mother's slap on his father's face, and couldn't help but laugh out loud!
  Most of the resentment in my heart immediately dissipated.

"Ah" Xu Le saw his wife turning to look at the general and the young general, so he immediately yawned sensibly.

"Oh, Wuyou, are you tired? You blame me. You actually forgot that Wuyou arrived in Chang'an all the way today. Come on, please take General Xu to rest!" Li Wan patted his forehead, looking very annoyed. He quickly ordered to the maid.

"Wuyou, please don't be polite. You are my life and death brother. That is our own family. This county mansion is also your home. Don't call me Mrs. Concubine. If you don't mind, just call me. Call me sister-in-law!" After instructing the maid, Li Wan turned around and finished what he had not had time to say just now.

"Ah? The last general. How can the last general be so virtuous and capable!" Xu Le was shocked when he heard this. He quickly stood up from the chair, his face flushed from suppressing it, and he looked like he wanted to scream but was worried that his identity was not enough.
  "Okay, you can just scream when I ask you to do it. Why are you pretending to be a hammer? I'm afraid you are already happy in your heart, right? Isn't that right, Chan'er? Uncle Xu, this is called duplicity." Jia Hui He turned his head and smiled and cursed at Xu Le, then turned his head and continued teasing Xiao Yanei, as if he was not the one who spoke just now.

"That's the general. Oh no, I'm going to meet my sister-in-law!" After being exposed by Jia Hui, Xu Le didn't feel angry at all. He just smiled naively and immediately took a step back and gave a big salute to Li Wan.
  angry? It doesn’t exist. The general’s old troops are all over Anxi, but Xu Le is the only one who asked his wife to be his sister-in-law. What is this? This is the love that the general and his wife have for me, Lao Xu!

And the general asked the young general to call me Uncle Xu!
  In the sudden surprise, Xu Le laughed and followed the maid who led the way towards the small courtyard prepared for him.

. . . . . .

In fact, there is another reason why Jia Hui brought Xu Le back. Tomorrow is the first day of every month for the imperial meeting. Not only the civil and military officials who came to Chang'an will participate, but the emperor will also meet with the envoys from various countries who also came to Chang'an.

Especially the two countries that came to meet for the first time, Ottoman and Safavid Persia, these two are the focus of this meeting!

At dawn, Jia Hui was woken up by Oriole. She looked at the mirror with sleepy eyes and let Oriole wash and dress herself.
  Fortunately, it is summer now, the sun rises early, and the discomfort after getting up will be much lighter. If it is winter, the sky will be dark when you get up, and crawling out of bed at that time is a kind of torture!
  Last night, I really worked hard all night in order to get Li Wan's forgiveness.
  My waist is so sore
  Jia Hui picked up the mallet on the dressing table and began to tap her lower back gently.

However, the results were gratifying. After several charges, the enemy was defeated and was still sleeping until now.
  "Master, wipe your face!" Beside her, a little maid wet the towel with fresh well water. After wringing it almost, she folded her hands and handed it to the master.

"Yes." Nodding lazily, Jia Hui reached out to take the towel, and threw the cold towel on his face with a movement of his wrist. The coolness of the towel instantly woke Jia Hui up.

"Huh" Now that he was energetic, he didn't delay things. After covering his face with the towel with both hands and carefully wiping his face clean, Jia Hui returned the towel that had lost its coolness to the little maid just now.

It’s not that she can’t afford a maid to wash her face, it’s just that Jia Hui always feels that the maid’s hands are weak and the scrubbing is not clean enough. But if it is Oriole, she is afraid that she will scratch her face, so Jia Hui does not ask the maids to wash her face in the morning. Get started and do it yourself.

"I'm so hungry. What food have you prepared?" Seeing that her hair had been tied up by the oriole, Jia Hui twisted her neck to relieve the soreness.

Looking at herself in the mirror with her hair neatly tied and without any stray hair, Jia Hui couldn't help but nodded.

Well, Oriole's craftsmanship is still as good as ever.
  It is necessary to keep her head still before she finishes tying her hair, otherwise Oriole will be angry. When she is angry, she will apply more force on her hands. When she applies more force, her hairstyle will become messy. When it becomes messy, she will become irritable. When she becomes irritable, she will exert great force. He straightened Jia Hui's head
  Jia Hui had a deep understanding of this matter when he was young. Because he was slightly allergic to a mosquito bite, the swelling was very large, and his neck was itchy and he moved around. Oriole, who wasn't quite used to it, got sprained when he got angry.
  deep impression!

"Master, preserved egg and lean meat porridge." Oriole said concisely. “Good stuff, come on, change your clothes!”

Jia Hui's eyes lit up and he glanced at Oriole approvingly.

Due to the incident of the Ottoman mission being beaten, today's imperial meeting is very likely to have some twists and turns, and the most important thing is to eat some good food to replenish your strength just in case.

As Jia Hui gave the order, she had already put the washing things outside the door, and the maids who were standing behind Jia Hui took a step forward with a collection of court robe parts. Oriole and magpie began to put on Jia Hui's body one by one. Get up
  In later generations, some people always say that Hanfu is cumbersome and complicated, but in fact, Hanfu is actually a highly adaptable garment, with a variety of styles ranging from cumbersome and complicated court clothes to simple and easy-to-wear robes.

And no matter in the East or West, any kind of clothing is cumbersome and complicated, such as the court clothes of the Han Dynasty and the coronation dresses of European royal families.
  Even the court clothes of the Han family may be more convenient, after all
  The emperor of the Han Dynasty would not wear several layers of clothes decorated with nearly 10 kilograms of gold jewelry and a ten-meter-long mink tail cloak to be crowned with a crown weighing 2.2 kilograms.

The court attire of the Han emperor was almost the same as that of the civil and military officials. The difference was only in the color, crown, and accessories. The shape was almost the same.

Wearing the eight-beamed crown representing the duke, a red robe, a white gauze singlet with a green collar, a red robe with a green collar, knee-covering red skirts, white socks and cloud shoes, and a red and white silk coat A belt, a leather belt, and finally a sash and a wand, and a ducal court dress is ready.

Although it is a duke's court uniform, it is still somewhat different from other dukes. Jia Hui is a Taiwei after all, and the emperor also rewarded him with a red bird pattern. Therefore, his Chiluo Yi was embroidered with four groups of red bird patterns on his arms, chest and back with apricot silk thread.

"It's so hot," Jia Hui complained feebly.

When I first received the title, I still felt fresh and majestic. Small problems like heat were not a big deal!
  But when the freshness of that period passed, winter was okay, but wearing court clothes every time on a hot day was a pain and a torture!
  He is naturally afraid of heat. Even though this court uniform is made of the thinnest material, he is still too hot even if there are several layers of clothes on his body. It will kill him!
  "Master, it's just one morning, and it's gone in a blink of an eye. What's more, it's a big court meeting, and there will definitely be ice cubes in the Xuanshi Hall!" Oriole also knew that Jia Hui was suffering from fever, so she quickly comforted him.

"Alas" Jia Hui had already begun to sweat. The sweat on his neck wetted his collar and stuck it directly to his skin, which made Jia Hui a little irritable.

"No more words, let's go!"

. . . . . .

What kind of horse are you riding on a hot day? The sun won’t kill you!
  The carriage has already been prepared, and in winter the charcoal-burning stove has been filled with ice cubes, making the entire carriage very cool.

In addition to Jia Hui and Xu Le in the carriage, Jia She also chose to ride in his eldest son's car to go to court.

Without him, Jia Hui's carriage would be cool.

"Oh, brother Hui, you will enjoy it." Leaning against the wall of the carriage, Jia She was very comfortable pulling the warm meat porridge in the bamboo tube, and his feet were pressed against the small stove in the center of the carriage where the ice was placed.

Although this action was a bit rude, Xu Le was not an outsider and Jia She knew him.

As early as a few years ago when the Duhu Mansion received a great reward, Xu Le came to Luoyang with the large army. As Jia Hui's confidant, he naturally came to Rongguo Mansion to visit Jia She.

Jia She didn't put on airs about Xu Le. Firstly, he was a confidant of the old man, and secondly, Jia She also had some common sense and insight.

Unlike the old lady and the Wang family, they look at people based on their family background and official position. A person with a prominent family background and a high title should be looked down upon even if he is a useless person in his forties or fifties who has achieved nothing.

A person with a low status and no title, even if he has a promising future, is still a mere nobody.

Men and women view things from different perspectives. Xu Le's own son is about the same age. Although he is not as good as his eldest son, he is also awarded the title of Commander of the First Guard because of his merits. There is no need to offend such a talented person.

Moreover, Xu Le looked like a typical reckless military commander. His slightly rude behavior and not treating him as an outsider might make him favor him even more.

No, Xu Le suddenly became a lot more relaxed from being a little reserved just now.
  He drank the hot porridge in the bamboo tube in one gulp, rinsed his mouth with tea, and spit it into the spittoon next to him. Only then did Jia She raise his head and look at Xu Le, who had already finished the porridge and was sitting upright in court clothes.

"Wouyou, I heard that you beat up those Turkic barbarians?" Jia She asked curiously.

"Ah? Lord Marquis, this general just arrived in Chang'an yesterday, how come you know about this?" Xu Le was shocked.

"Hey, you are looking down on me! Although I have nothing to do on weekdays, I still have some classmates and friends, such as Lao Gou, the guard of Yumen Pass, no, Lao Xun, he was a subordinate of the old man in the family, and he was also a subordinate in his early years. I'm here to see you at Sanjilioshou!" Jia She looked at Xu Le with a proud look on his face, as if he was "unexpected".

"Ah? Is General Xun actually related to the Jia family?" Xu Le opened his eyes in cooperation and said with some surprise.

In fact, he had known it for a long time. When they passed Yumen Pass, the general's soldiers who stayed in Anxi to guard Miss Yueliduo showed off to them.

"Hehehehe" Jia She smiled and said nothing, hiding his merit and fame.

"This is the fault of those Turkic barbarians, who were the first to attack the civilians under my Duhu Mansion." Jia Hui, who was resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes and looked directly at Jia She and said.

"That's right." Jia She nodded, "Other than you, does any civil servant know about this?"

"Of course, I met Nangong Shang at Jiaofangsi's theater last night. You also know what kind of person he is. He protects his shortcomings! Of course he won't let our own people suffer."

Jia Hui stretched his waist, and when he heard the noise outside the carriage, he knew he was at the palace gate.

Sure enough, the carriage stopped.
  　I'm very sorry. I don't know why I felt a pain in my back this afternoon, so I lay in bed for a long time, writing and lying down for a while, which accidentally delayed the update.
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)