Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 24 Could it be Mr. Zhang?
After Lingxue followed Yuan Qingbai back to Prince Yiqin's Mansion, she went directly to a remote courtyard house on Neifu West Road, where Yuan Qingbai lived in the Prince's Mansion.

Although Yuan Qingbai climbed to the high branches of the Holy Emperor and became the third prince's most valued son, the third prince did not arrange a new residence for him in the palace.

The main reason is that Yuan Qingbai has been raised by Emperor Jing'an and no longer lives in the palace. Even if he returns to the palace today, he must return to the palace that day.

When Lingxue returned to the remote courtyard, many maids from other places came to see her, including the maids of Yuan Qingzhe, Yuan Qingsong, and Yuan Qingshu.

The third prince had given birth to six sons. The eldest son died when he was only a few years old, and the second son died when he was two years old. They are all unnamed. Fortunately, the next four sons are still alive.

They became the second master Yuan Qingzhe, the third master Yuan Qingbai, the fourth master Yuan Qingsong, and the fifth master Yuan Qingshu respectively.

"Where do you and Master Bai live in the palace?"

"Which nobles in the palace have you met? Have you met the Holy One? Have you met the Concubine Yi?"

"How much money do you get every month in the palace? How good are your clothes?"

"Does Your Majesty really love Mr. Bai?"

"What does Mr. Bai do every day in the palace?"

"You are really lucky. Third Master Bai brought you into the palace specially."

"..."

The maids from other places came to Lingxue to inquire about the situation. Some were envious, and some were jealous, wishing to replace Lingxue.

It actually made Lingxue feel that she now had quite a bit of dignity.

Originally, Lingxue was Yuan Qingbai's eldest maid, and some maids in the palace looked down upon her, thinking that she was not a good master and could not compare to the Second Master Zhe and the Fourth Master Song.

These maids did not expect that Yuan Qingbai suddenly transformed and climbed onto the high branch of the Holy Emperor, and specially brought Lingxue into the palace, so their previous contempt turned into envy...

Lingxue is three years older than Yuan Qingbai. She is already fifteen years old this year. By the age of hair, she is an adult and can get married. She is smart and steady.

She knew that her Third Master Bai had climbed onto the high branch of the Holy Emperor, and that the Holy Emperor already had a lot of love for Third Master Bai, which meant that Third Master Bai would probably become a prince in the future.

As Mr. Bai's only maid in the early days, she would still be a concubine even if she didn't become a concubine in the future.

And she also quietly thought that if the third prince fought for that position in the future, then her third master Bai would also be the emperor in the future.

In this case, wouldn't she be a concubine?

Although she was born as a maid, based on her qualifications and the fact that she will serve Mr. Bai well in the future, the possibility of becoming a concubine is not small.

Lingxue was already looking forward to that day in her heart.

She just expected it quietly in her heart, and she would not tell anyone about this expectation, including her Third Master Bai.

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Because of the importance they attach to Yuan Qingbai's son, the third prince held a simple banquet today, not only to entertain Jia Mu, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, but also to celebrate Yuan Qingbai's birthday.

After the simple banquet, the Jia family thanked them and left.

Yuan Qingbai thought about something in his mind.

He has learned that Jia Zhu is fourteen years old and has passed the scholar examination this year. After passing the scholar examination, she got engaged to Li Wan, the daughter of Li Shouzhong, the Imperial Academy wine minister, and planned to get married two years later.

Even so, Jia Zhu is still studying diligently, hoping to win the Jinshi examination as soon as possible...

Today, Jia Zhu made a good impression on Yuan Qingbai.

Yuan Qingbai then considered whether he should find a way to let Jia Zhu survive.

In the original work, Jia Zhu died of illness after marrying a wife and giving birth to a child.

Jia Zhu is Yuan Chun's brother, and later Yuan Qingbai's brother-in-law.

Yuan Qingbai thought that if Jia Zhu could be of great use, he would find a way to keep Jia Zhu alive and support him. Jia Zhu could not only assist him but also manage the Jia family...

However, Yuan Qingbai didn't decide to pay attention to this matter for a while.

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After seeing off the Jia family, Yuan Qingbai had some free time and came to the remote courtyard where he lived.

"Third Master, Fourth Master Song is in your study." Lingxue reminded Yuan Qingbai.

Fourth Master Song is Yuan Qingsong, born to the third prince's concubine Du. He is only eight years old this year. He is very good-looking and has a delicate face.

When Yuan Qingbai walked into the study, he immediately frowned and found that Yuan Qingsong was holding a seal and sealing it against a painting hanging on the wall...

"What are you doing?" Yuan Qingbai asked.

Yuan Qingsong was startled, and turned around to see Yuan Qingbai. He hurriedly retracted one hand behind his back, looking sneaky and guilty.

Yuan Qingbai frowned and stepped forward, looking at the paintings on the wall.

There are two paintings hanging on the wall, both painted by Yuan Qingbai's biological mother Su Zhiwan.

Although Su Zhiwan was born as a maid, she likes to paint, and her painting skills are not bad.

Her favorite painting is flowers, followed by landscapes.

There are not many paintings left, and his son Yuan Qingbai only has four.

Yuan Qingbai brought two paintings into the palace and placed two others in his study at home.

Originally these two paintings were put away in the study room at home.

When Lingxue came back, she saw that the walls were empty, so she hung two paintings on them so that Yuan Qingbai would like them.

She is now serving Mr. Bai very attentively.

At this moment, Yuan Qingbai carefully inspected the two paintings on the wall and found that one of them was stamped with the content of "Song Si Ye Seal".

Yuan Qingbai stared at Yuan Qingsong: "Stretch out your hand."

Yuan Qingsong was not afraid of this third brother before, because this third brother was not as good as him and was cowardly.

And now this third brother has climbed onto the high branch of the Holy Emperor.

His mother Du Shi specially asked him to come to this third brother today to please him.

Now that he was being stared at seriously by this third brother, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

He didn't dare to disobey, he stretched out his hand obediently, and there was a seal in his hand.

Yuan Qingbai picked up the seal and inspected it, while Yuan Qingsong glanced at him and said, "Third brother, I think the paintings in your study are quite good, so I wanted to seal them."

At this moment, Yuan Qingbai suddenly became suspicious and thought of a person named Mr. Zhang in his previous life...

Could it be Mr. Zhang?
At such a young age, he got himself a seal and stamped it randomly.

I guess some servant got this seal for him, right? How about engraving the "Song Si Ye Seal"?

Yuan Qingbai looked at Yuan Qingsong in front of him with a half-smile, and sighed in his heart: "If you in this world are really similar to Mr. Zhang in the previous life, then I'm sorry, your script seems to have been robbed by me."

Yuan Qingsong was a little numb when he saw Yuan Qingbai, and said nervously: "Third brother, please spare me this time. I really like the paintings in your study, so I sealed them."

Yuan Qingbo paused and said, "It's just this once. If you dare to seal the paintings and calligraphy in my room again, don't blame me as my brother for not sparing you."

"Well, I won't do it next time." Yuan Qingsong said and ran out of the study room.

Yuan Qingbai turned around and looked at his running figure, smiling playfully.

If you in this world are really similar to Mr. Zhang in the previous life, with my appearance, there won’t be so many national treasure-level paintings and calligraphy falling into your hands and being wasted by you...

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