The Concubine Wushuang of Red Mansion

Chapter 55 Discussing the pros and cons

Jia Lian had no choice but to follow him. He stuffed a piece of silver into the little eunuch who was leading him and asked, "That little brother is my brother. He is alone. Does it matter?"

The young eunuch looked at him as if he were a fool, "Look, you are also a young man. Why are you asking such ignorant questions? What will happen if this young man follows our princess?"

Sure enough, that was not the prince, but a girl.

Xian Ning and Jia Cong walked a few steps behind King Zhongshun hand in hand. King Zhongshun turned around and saw him. He stopped and stared at the hands they held with eyes like sharp arrows. Jia Cong shivered. Unexpectedly, Xianning didn't let go, so he had no choice but to remain as he was.

"Xianning, come to your father!" The daughter of the Zhongshun Dynasty stretched out her hand, but Xianning twisted her hand and refused to go over. She shook the hand she was holding with Jia Cong, "Father, you go to see your uncle. I will take you." Junior brother, let’s go shopping.”

"Nonsense, you have to go and greet your uncle first!"

For the sake of his own life, Jia Cong quickly retracted his hand and said respectfully, "Senior brother, I will go there by myself and find a young father-in-law to lead the way. Then we will go to the flower fair together."

King Zhongshun said hurriedly, "Here is the Huahui Bureau. Wherever you go, there will be people following you. Look at the scenery everywhere, if you find anything, write it down and someone will submit it. The emperor is also here today. It's time to comment. If Excellent, even better luck than in previous years.”

Jia Cong's words of "senior brother" made King Zhongshun feel much better about this little bastard who dared to hold his daughter's little hand. This could be regarded as giving guidance to Jia Cong.

Jia Congxin said, "Now, even if I fall in the eyes of the royal family and become the disciple of the emperor, so what? Can I still serve as an official?"
Jia Cong went for a walk and walked around. This Dongshan Garden can be regarded as a royal garden. It is built on the mountain. Although the sky is covered with heavy snow, some seasonal flowers are blooming extremely well and the fragrance is refreshing. You can occasionally see them. Scholars and literati in groups of three and three were contemplating poetry while watching the scenery.

"Can you help me ask where the second master of Rongguo Palace went after he came?"

Each invitation can bring one or two people in. After Jia Lian comes in, he can move around freely like the invited people, and he is not treated like a servant.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Lian from Duke Rong's mansion?"

Jia Lian was alone, with a eunuch following him. Hearing this, he raised his head and saw three or two people walking towards him. They happened to meet on the snow bridge. He didn't know anyone else. They were calling each other by name, so he had to step forward. Greetings.

The person who came was none other than Gu Chuming, his name was Gu Zhufang and his courtesy name was Chuming. He was accompanied by two of his companions. One of them was wearing a robe that was not old, with a Han jade hanging around his waist. He had his hands behind his back and looked at Jia Lian sideways. "How come all cats and dogs can come in?"

When Jia Lian heard this, he was naturally unhappy. He looked at the other person, but he was just a poor scholar, so he stepped forward. The wind fluttered his gorgeous clothes and brocade robes, and the wind-haired cloak was like a bright sail on him. Someone asked from behind, "A cat or a dog...who are you talking about?"

"Speak!"

"Hahaha, it turns out you are a cat and a dog!" Jia Lian learned Jia Cong's way of cursing people. The other party was not aware of it and was fooled. His face turned purple with anger. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to go forward to fight.

Gu Jufang grabbed him and said, "Brother Zhongxing, let's see what day it is today!" The student named Chongxing was named Zhao Chi, also named Chongxing. He and Gu Zhufang were both students of the Imperial College, but their status as supervisors was different from that of Ning Guo. Gongfu Jia Rong's is different. He got into the exam based on his ability.

These two people are also the best in the Imperial Academy and are quite famous in the capital. This time, because of the young Jia Cong, they got two invitations to come in. They have already made many their peers jealous.

Zhao Chi didn't expect to see people from the Rongguo Duke's mansion here. He felt that the plum blossoms on this half of the hillside had been stained by the unlearned and unskilled people from the Duke's house.

Traveling with Zhao Chi and the other two was Mei Wenhe, the son of Mei Hongdao, a Hanlin scholar. Mr. Qinggui had a good temper and did not want to get into trouble, so he hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over. Dongshanyuan must be full of scholars. Since you and I are scholars, if we encounter injustice, we don’t need to take a literary test, so why don’t we have to have a martial arts competition?”

Gu Zifang smiled and said, "That's exactly what you said! Young Master Lian, I am lucky enough to meet here today. I have heard about the young master for a long time, but I have never recognized his talent. Why don't we use this snow and these half-slope flowers to discuss our merits?"

After he finished speaking, he followed the four of them. The little eunuchs holding poetry tubes hurriedly prepared pens and ink and served them. There were also two little eunuchs not far away who brought a table over. It seemed that it was It has been prepared for a long time.

Jia Lian is one of the first and two are older. At this moment, he doesn't know that the other party must have his own enemies. If he has enemies with the literati, the only one is Jixian Hall recently, but he can't say that he is here with his younger brother. , not fluent in writing.

Jia Lian looked around. At this time, if his brother didn't come, he would be embarrassed.

Jia Cong just walked out of the verandah and came towards Panyuepo. The little eunuch said that a large field of wintersweet was blooming here, and all kinds of camellias were blooming on the corridor. All the invited people should be here.

Coming out of Diecuiling where Jia Cong was, he walked along the winding path. Just after passing the Duojing Pavilion, he felt a warmth coming up from the soles of his feet. The little eunuch was also attentive and said with a smile, " Third Master, there is a hot spring on Panyue Slope in front, and the hot spring water passes through Duojing Pavilion and reaches Yuhua Palace."

"I see!"

Suddenly, a man came up from the hillside in front. It was a cold day. This man was wearing thin clothes. He was shaking a folding fan in his hand. His face was like a silver plate, and he had the beauty of Pan Lang. Jia Cong took a closer look. He saw this man. Then he stopped Jia Cong, raised his hands and saluted, "May I ask who the young master is from the Duke of Rongguo?"

Seeing that his expression was not serious, Jia Cong felt a little bored in his heart. He nodded hastily and said, "Nice to meet you. I have something to do, so I'll go ahead!"

"Hey! Wait a minute, Third Young Master. You want to go to Panyue Slope. I happen to be going too, let's go together!"

Without any explanation, this man walked beside Jia Cong and introduced himself familiarly. Jia Cong knew that this man was the Shaoqing of Shangbaosi and the third son of Huai'enhou Mansion. He was 26 years old and his name was Yang Shihua.

Jia Cong was most impressed by the official position of Shangbaosi Shaoqing because in history, Yan Shifan, the son of Yan Song during the Jiajing Dynasty, once served as Shangbaosi Shaoqing.

After finally arriving at Panyue Slope, a group of people gathered in front of him. When Jia Cong walked over, he saw everyone's eyes swaying over him, and he also caught a glimpse of Jia Lian, who was surrounded in the middle, confronting Gu Chuming.

　The first!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)