Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 277 Private Meeting
"Sister Lin, should the Rongguo Mansion be kept as it is, or should it be redesigned and integrated here?" In the afternoon, while accompanying Lin Daiyu, Li Qiang asked about the treatment of the Rongguo Mansion.

"I will discuss it with the sisters, especially Yingchun, Xichun and Tanchun. After all, that place was originally their home!" Lin Daiyu thought for a while and replied.

She didn't pay much attention to Rongguo Mansion, mainly because her current home was already big enough.

After listening to Li Qiang talk about how he visited the palace in the morning, he knew that the palace was even bigger than here.

During this period of time, she can still live here under the excuse of her pregnancy, but after the child is born, she will eventually move to the palace.

It is outrageous for Li Qiang, Prince Yi Zhong, to have been living in another courtyard. I am afraid that some officials in the court will have objections because of this.

"Okay, we have agreed to start construction after the new year. The gate over there cannot be preserved and needs to be sealed first!" Li Qiang nodded.

"Nanny told me today that I can no longer call myself myself. I will call you my concubine in front of you, and I will call you prince in front of outsiders. I will call you my palace in front of outsiders!" Lin Daiyu thought of something and said with some dissatisfaction.

She hadn't gotten used to her status yet, and she suddenly jumped from an ordinary lady to a princess.

"Don't worry about so many etiquettes. If you call me Brother Qiang from now on, I like you to call me that. You can call yourself whatever you want, as long as you are happy. As for outsiders, slowly get used to calling me my palace!" Li Qiang persuaded with a smile. road.

Xing Xiuyan followed him into the mansion because of Miaoyu, while Qin Keqing entered the mansion on her own.

Li Qiang didn't give much advice, Qin Keqing was doing filial piety, and it was a behavior that Da Qian had to follow.

As for welcoming the spring, exploring the spring, and appreciating the spring, they are all members of the Jia family, and they will all get married in the future.

It is indeed a good thing to let Lin Daiyu live here. If Lin Daiyu really wants to live in Prince Yi Zhong's mansion, the environment there will make Lin Daiyu lose her character.

Her eyes looked at Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun. The meaning was obvious. It mainly depended on their thoughts.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I live very well in Tianxiang Tower!" Qin Keqing refused.

"Forget it, after the New Year, I'll clean up there first to save myself from trouble!" Li Qiang thought for a while and said.

"Miaoyu, I will let you live in the palace of the prince after the new year!" Lin Daiyu pointed at Miaoyu and smiled.

"There is enough space in the mansion now. When the time comes, the gate on that side will be sealed. The private alley between the two mansions will be closed. The walls of the two mansions will be opened. If you have any ideas, we will discuss it after we move to the palace!" Lin Daiyu saw that they had no idea, so she took her own opinion.

After not seeing Qin Keqing for a long time, when Li Qiang saw her, she felt that she was more deserted and less charming.

Lin Daiyu's eyes narrowed when she smiled. She said that these were just complaints. It was not that she was unwilling to learn, but for the sake of Li Qiang's face, she asked the nanny to explain carefully and follow her when she had time.

Yunfei and Zhujun were gifts received by Li Qiang who had no experience in dealing with foreign affairs at first. It happened that Daiyu was still young at that time and needed someone to accompany her, so Yunfei and Zhujun were left behind.

She did half the etiquette and couldn't help but laugh herself.

Most of these women followed him very early. In the following years, even though Li Qiang's status became higher and higher, he never brought a woman into the house again.

They regard this place as their home, and when Rongguo Mansion returns here, they will go home.

"But Qing, after the Chinese New Year, you also move to the garden and talk to them on weekdays!" Seeing her like this, Li Qiang couldn't help but persuade her.

When he met Miaoyu and Yinglian, he was destined to save them.

"Ah, it's getting late, I have to change my clothes!" Lin Daiyu stood up and bowed in formal palace etiquette.

If their fate is not changed, Miaoyu will be kidnapped. After Yinglian marries Xue Pan, she is often beaten and scolded, and eventually dies in childbirth.

Although he refused with his mouth, he felt warm in his heart. It felt good to have someone who cared about him.

"But Sister Qing, if you don't live in the garden now, you have to choose a yard in the garden first. Maybe there will be no yard options in the future!" Miaoyu suddenly said.

"Sister Lin!" Miaoyu shouted coquettishly.

The death of her father and brother hit her hard.

"Don't worry too much about etiquette. As long as you pay attention when entering the palace, who can control you the rest of the time!" Li Qiang comforted with a smile.

"We don't have any objections. We are very satisfied with the current yard!" Tan Chun glanced at Yingchun and then said.

When she said this, the girls couldn't help but snicker.

Li Qiang couldn't help but shook her head. Although Lin Daiyu was married and pregnant with a child, she was still a child at heart.

Li Qiang looked at Miaoyu helplessly. Although there were many women in the house, he was really not that carefree.

"There are so many etiquettes!" Lin Daiyu curled her lips and said.

He planned to use the "Fengyue Baojian" to examine all the eunuchs and maids, and not keep any eunuchs and maids with ulterior motives.

"The Rongguo Mansion has also returned to us. What do you think?" Lin Daiyu asked, changing the topic.

In addition, she deliberately observed filial piety in the house and did not interact with other people, which made her even more lonely.

Of course, the personal maids here have to be brought over. Those palace maids are not as good as their own maids.

"We will move here when the child is born. We cannot allow you, the majestic prince, to live in another courtyard all the time!" Lin Daiyu replied with a smile.

Lin Daiyu tapped her lightly, and then couldn't help but chuckle.

Xichun is better, but she doesn't have a deep relationship with her after all.

Yingchun and Tanchun's eyes were full of nostalgia, but they didn't expect that Rongguo Mansion would eventually come back.

This time it was Miaoyu's turn to blush with embarrassment, and she knew what it meant to live in the royal palace.

After hearing Li Qiang's thoughtful words, all the fatigue she felt from studying etiquette disappeared.

Dinner According to the custom of the mansion, several girls, including Qin Keqing, had a reunion dinner together.

"Sister Lin, are you planning to move to the palace?" Li Qiang asked in surprise.

"Live in the palace?" Miaoyu hesitated when she heard that she really wanted to live in the palace.

"What are you worried about? By then, you will call yourself madam!" Lin Daiyu said teasingly.

Miaoyu was startled at first, but then realized immediately that after the child was born, Li Qiang would have to take a concubine. Those in the family who were eligible to become concubines were her, Yunfei and Zhujun, while Yinglian and Xing Xiuyan needed the consent of their elders.

Yunfei and Zhujun understood the meaning before Miaoyu, and couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle.

The reunion dinner was going on in this relaxed atmosphere. Qin Keqing rarely attended such gatherings, and she had the idea of ​​joining it.

After dinner, everyone did not disperse, but went to the Lotus Champs to watch a show and play cards.

In the East Palace, four carriages arrived at the entrance of the East Palace.

"Stop!" Two guards stopped the carriage.

"By order of the Supreme Emperor, I am sending New Year gifts to the East Palace!" A eunuch took out a bright yellow letter and said. The two guards stepped forward to check the seal on the letter and waved behind them.

The closed side door of the East Palace slowly opened, and four carriages entered the East Palace from the side door.

When passing through the side door, a person sitting on a carriage driving the carriage saw more than a hundred armored sergeants and multiple heavy crossbows.

Anyone who dares to break into the East Palace will face a head-on attack.

He carefully withdrew his gaze, not daring to look further in case anyone discovered anything.

In order to learn to drive a carriage, he had been following for a long time, but he was still a little rusty.

Fortunately, his carriage followed at the end, so he didn't attract anyone's attention.

Four carriages came to a stop on the side of the East Palace. The eunuchs in the palace were already waiting.

Xia Shouzhong stood at the front. His eyes swept across several eunuchs on the carriage, and finally focused on the face of the last eunuch who happened to raise his head.

Where is the eunuch? It turns out to be the seventh prince.

"Come here and help carry the things!" Xia Shouzhong pointed at the eunuchs driving the car and ordered.

Even though Xia Shouzhong no longer has power, the momentum and prestige he has cultivated over a long period of time prevent the eunuch driving the car from disobeying him.

They jumped off the carriage, stepped forward to unload the goods together, and followed Xia Shouzhong's order to deliver the goods to a small warehouse nearby.

During this process, the seventh prince was pulled aside by Xia Shouzhong. The other eunuchs were all busy, and no one noticed that one eunuch was not participating in the labor.

"This servant has met His Highness the Prince!" Xia Shouzhong knelt down and saluted after taking the Seventh Prince to a deserted place.

"Get up quickly, the situation is urgent, let's get down to business quickly!" the seventh prince helped Xia Shouzhong up and said.

In order to enter the East Palace this time, the Seventh Prince paid a huge price.

"Just wait, I will make arrangements right now!" Xia Shouzhong also knew that this was not the time to be polite, so he said this and quickly entered the palace.

After a while, Xia Shouzhong came out again, and he brought the seventh prince to a window next to the palace.

"But Ke'er?" Emperor Jingwen's voice came from the window.

Emperor Jingwen's voice was full of exhaustion, unlike the Emperor Daqian who had boundless energy and was busy late every day.

"Father!" The seventh prince shouted excitedly when his name was called.

"Don't say anything, just take note of the names of the people I mentioned!" Emperor Jingwen also knew that time was running out, and he said in a deep voice.

Then he began to name the personal names and official positions of his loyal ministers when he was emperor.

He didn't know how many of these ministers would obey his orders, but the people he named at least had some control over them. As long as he did it properly, it was still possible to get these people to join the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince was trying his best to remember what Emperor Jingwen said. He knew very well that each of these people meant that he would increase his strength.

There was a lot of cargo on the four carriages. By the time Emperor Jingwen finished talking about his names and official positions, the cargo on the carriages had not been completely emptied.

Of course, Xia Shouzhong also deliberately extended the transportation distance and asked the eunuchs to deliver the goods to a farther warehouse.

"Ke'er, there is one more thing you must remember, never provoke Jia Qiang!" Emperor Jingwen confessed in a deep voice.

He trained Jia Qiang and was hostile to Jia Qiang, so he knew how terrifying Jia Qiang's methods were.

"Jia Qiang has been renamed Li Qiang and has been named Prince Yizhong!" As soon as the seventh prince heard Emperor Jingwen calling Li Qiang's original name, he knew that Emperor Jingwen didn't know about Li Qiang being named Prince Yizhong. Inform them of the situation.

"Let him recognize his ancestor and return to the clan, but why did the Supreme Emperor not let him take over the throne, but let you three princes compete for the throne?" Emperor Jingwen said to himself in confusion.

He actually felt very uncomfortable. Although he was still on the throne, although he was imprisoned in the East Palace, he was wearing a dragon robe and was not deprived of the throne. There was already competition for this position outside.

However, he already knew the news. Unlike the incident of Li Qiang being made Prince Yi Zhong, he knew about it just now, so he was already prepared in his heart and vented his uncomfortable emotions in advance.

"Among the people I give you, the military attaches must be given priority. Having military power in the capital is the most important!" Emperor Jingwen explained again.

Among the names he mentioned was Wu Zicang, the military governor of the Beijing camp, and he did not blame Wu Zicang.

The civil and military officials of the entire court agreed that he was imprisoned. At the same time, the impact was too great. Wu Zicang dared to stand up under such circumstances, and he was afraid that he would be dismissed from office immediately.

Even though Wu Zicang was the military commander of the Beijing camp, Emperor Jingwen believed that most of the military attachés in the Beijing camp still obeyed the orders of the Supreme Emperor.

"I understand!" the seventh prince replied with a nod.

"Master, Your Highness, it's getting late!" Xia Shouzhong reminded softly at this time.

"Father!" the seventh prince shouted with a crying voice.

"Ke'er, you must sit on the throne, and then you can save me!" Emperor Jingwen said softly, feeling the affection of the seventh prince.

He gave all his connections to the seventh prince in order to increase the success rate of the seventh prince's competition for the throne.

If the Seventh Prince really ascends the throne, then the Seventh Prince can completely release him, and he will even become the Supreme Emperor like the Supreme Emperor in the future.

Seeing that it was really too late, Xia Shouzhong reached for the seventh prince and forcibly took him away from the window.

Inside the window, Emperor Jingwen's eyes were full of hope. His eyes looked toward the door and farther away, as if he would be able to fly out of this cage soon.

The seventh prince blended into the eunuchs and returned to the shaft of the carriage.

He lowered his head and left the East Palace in an empty carriage.

After leaving the East Palace, the Seventh Prince turned his head and looked in the direction of the East Palace. There was no sadness on his face, but endless pride.

At the beginning of the year, Li Qiang didn't have to go to the palace, but she did study more Buddhist scriptures with Master Bai Nian.

Master Bai Nian doesn't have any feelings about the New Year. To him, the New Year is just like an ordinary day.

The mansion did not treat him badly, and Shanmen prepared the best vegetarian meal for him.

In a blink of an eye, the Lantern Festival is here. This year, Li Qiang must go to the palace to participate in the Buddha worship and prayer activities. This is an important gathering of the royal family.

Originally, Lin Daiyu was invited to the palace, but he helped to reject it.

Li Qiang first went to Prince Yi Zhong's palace, where she met the prince's honor guard, and then headed towards the palace.

This royal guard of honor will not be used unless there are important events. It is used most at the end of the year and at the beginning of the year, and is rarely used at other times.

(End of this chapter)