The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 99 The Higher You Stand, The Harder You Fall
In order to let Xiaozong succeed to the throne, Song Lian helped him eradicate his political enemies, and the two brothers Fu Wang were among them. King Chang even lost his sacred heart because of Song Lian's design, and died in exile in a foreign land.Song Lian was sure that Fu Wang must hate him very much for this matter.If the Supreme Emperor was dissatisfied with Xiaozong's actions in the past two or three years, and when he was old, he made a black fist and pushed King Fu to a high position, Song Lian's life would be difficult.

The most urgent matter at this moment is to let the emperor choose the heir as soon as possible to prevent anyone from making trouble.

Thinking of this, Song Lian couldn't help looking at Zhengde carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he couldn't help laughing: "My good boy, it's hard for you to know that this is Yuan Zhongdao's writing. Mr. Bai has always admired the theory of "spirituality". You have to ask one or two of them. Although you are young, Mr. Bai's apprenticeship is only based on talent, regardless of age, such a rare opportunity, don't underestimate it."

Zhengde's long eyelashes are flickering so cute, he first looked at Song Chen, and then asked Song Lian excitedly: "My lord means, I can go to the academy to study?" According to my sister, shouldn't I pass the five tests first? Can you go to Bishan Academy only by beheading the six generals and subduing this old man?But now Zhengde felt that things were too simple!
Song Lian laughed: "Not only will I go, I will take a rest tomorrow, I will personally send you to see Mr. Bai." Of course Song Lian has selfish intentions. .If this little baby is not the son of the Xing family, is the Xing family stupid?How can it be better to treat those who are not your own than those who are not your own?

Unless Song Lian's heart is tightened, unless the Xing family knows the true identity of Xing Zhengde at all.Their family intends to raise the emperor's illegitimate son into an adult, and find an opportunity to get close to the emperor in the future, so as to make a fortune.Thinking of this, Song Lian became more and more determined to personally send Zhengde off tomorrow.Mr. Bai is Xiaozong's teacher, and he is most familiar with Xiaozong when he was young. If he can identify him, Song Lian will be more at ease.

After eating tea, Xiuyan absent-mindedly chose a few sets of expensive four treasures of the study, so happy that the steward became more respectful, and asked about the origins of Xiuyan and others.He also made a solemn promise that when Han Baoxuan got new products, he would definitely send them to the mansion for inspection first.Xiuyan didn't want to pay attention to these things at first, but suddenly remembered that there was a problem downstairs, so she asked with a smile: "The shop is doing a very prosperous business, and after hearing the applause downstairs just now, does Baohao have such a good sentence every day?"

"The girl really guessed it right. Starting from the next year, it can continue until Qiu Wei, and after the next year, [-] students from all over the country will gather in the capital, isn't it just to get ahead! But everyone is not a fool. Wait until At that time, if you wanted to be famous, you had to be on the top list. Otherwise, I would not know you! That old saying is good, there are so many talents, and we at Han Baoxuan just give you a chance to show them off. The bigger our business is, the more people come, the business will be better, haha, naturally."

Xiuyan smiled and said: "Your boss is really smart, but I have a question and I would like to ask Guibaohao. Since it is a fighting poem, there should be a title, right? Either four words, or seven words, or limited rhyme , or make an appointment, there must always be a charter in advance!"

The steward said more respectfully: "What the girl said is very true. Our boss has set up a box downstairs, which contains good questions that everyone recognizes. There is also a box with rhyme cards. It is fairest for people to draw on the spot. Today's building The one who won the applause again and again was the second son of the Governor of Liangjiang, Master Gu. He must be the name Jieyuan of Weitou."

Before he could say a word, there was another burst of shouting from downstairs. The steward knew that this must be another good sentence, so he leaned over and went out to find out the news.As soon as he left, Xiuyan raised her hand to call Mi Ying: "There are people in the capital who specialize in scouting for news, no matter how much money they spend, first figure out who is following Gu Erlang this time! I'll take care of Gu Peisheng this time." He came prepared, and must have spent a lot of thought to send all the capable masters around him. If you want to move Gu Erlang, you have to start with a small person."

Mio nodded hurriedly.After a while, Zhengde squeezed into the door almost excitedly, spitting out a small mouth like a bead threaded through it, and he was a little incoherent.Xiuyan listened to it for a long time before she understood the general idea, and looked at Song Chen who was standing at the door in disbelief: "Master Shangshu really wants to take Zhengde to apprentice himself?"

Song Chen nodded helplessly, "Suddenly he lost his temper. Even my own son didn't understand what father was thinking. But since he promised, he will never go back on his word. This is my father's principle. Time is running out." In the evening, you asked Zhengde to take a look at the writing style of Yuan's third son, and my father guessed that Mr. Bai probably wanted to ask this question."

Xiuyan quickly memorized it, this is like an entrance exam, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapon, knowing Mr. Bai's likes and dislikes, it is always right to avoid answering the questions.Song Shangshu obviously didn't intend to let the Xing family follow, and he didn't intend to see Xing Xiuyan before leaving, but only told Song Chen that he would personally go to Fengwei Hutong to pick up Xing Zhengde tomorrow morning.

That night when Xing Zhong came home, the couple knew about this important event. They couldn't laugh or cry. The daughter's move was too risky. What if Song Shangshu took the opportunity to take revenge with his personal grievances!Lu Shi was curious, as her daughter stayed at home all day like her, where did she get the opportunity to contact the Song family?
Of course, she didn't dare to tell her husband this, but in private, Lu Shi quietly paid attention to her daughter's daily behavior.

The most knowledgeable person in the family was undoubtedly Daiyu, and this girl enthusiastically pulled Zhengde to read through the current essays of the three sons of the Yuan family one by one.If you don't try to memorize it, at least make it familiar!

The tonic soup in the small kitchen is delivered every once in a while, lest the young master's small body can't support it.

Seeing that the young lady and brother were serious about reading, Xiuyan quietly left the study room, and went straight to find her parents with a lantern.It just so happened that Xing Zhong was talking about this with Lu Shi, and Xiuyan didn't talk too much, and told Xing Zhong about the matter with some reservations.

"You child, why did First Young Master Qi keep saying that you harmed him, so it turned out that you were the one who brought him into Shuntian Mansion that day!"

Seeing her husband complaining slightly, Mrs. Lu hurriedly supported her daughter: "You old fool, if our girl hadn't dealt with him quickly, she would definitely suffer. According to my opinion, Xiuyan should have told me at that time, and when there was no one in the dark, If you know, you should cut off this trouble."

Lu Shi was bitten by a snake once, and was afraid of well ropes for three years.The lesson of Gu Erlang's blood is still vivid in my mind, running from Wu County to the capital is a knot in Lu's heart.

Xing Zhong thought far-reachingly: "The people in Shuntian Mansion can be regarded as 'taking care' of First Young Master Qi. That kid was beaten out a lot, and he didn't get enough air. I'm afraid he won't be able to survive for a few days. Xiuyan didn't do anything wrong. , handing it over to the Shuntian Mansion is better than us handling it in private. It's just that the people in Dali Temple are cunning. Judging from the present, they simply plan to procrastinate, and wait until Young Master Qi dies, and this matter will end without a problem. Mr. Qi I can't take care of myself, although it was an accidental injury, there is news from the palace that I am afraid that Mr. Qi will be convicted of a felony."

The mother and daughter understood what Xing Zhong meant. Strictly speaking, the four murders of the Qi family were simply reduced to two crimes, one serious and the other minor.Because of the manipulation of the palace people, Young Master Qi, who was supposed to be given a heavy sentence, became incidental instead, while Mr. Qi, who missed and caused a tragedy, had to bear a heavy responsibility.

"So, the girl I gave to my father is useless?"

"Hey, after the turmoil of the matter is over, you promise her a sum of money and ask someone to send her back to her hometown!"

Xiuyan left her parents' upper house with a bit of silence, and the next morning, the Song family did not renege on the appointment, and as soon as Song Shangshu's big sedan chair entered Fengwei Hutong, Yushi Yuan Keli and other officials with official positions rushed out to greet her He was even more shocked when he learned that Song Shangshudan was from the Xing family.

Everyone in Yuan Keli initially thought that Song Shangshu had a close relationship with the Xing family, perhaps because of the family's goodwill, but seeing that Song Shangshu treated Xing Zhong coldly and distantly, they turned around and happily hugged the Xing family boy and sat in his big sedan chair. It kept everyone in a daze, with no clue at all.

Not to mention them, even Monk Zhang Er was puzzled by Xing Zhong.For Song Shangshu's kindness towards Zhengde, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is his son.

Xing Zhong was worried after all, so he asked Jia Lian to act as a guard for the outsiders and follow the Song family's team.

When Zhengde went out, Xiuyan and Daiyu felt uneasy, and they sent someone to see it without much effort. At noon, the two young ladies simply stood at the gate together. Daiyu must stand up to Zhengde and come back.

Lu laughed and scolded the two of them for worrying blindly. The matter has come to this point. Whether it succeeds or not depends on whether that boy Zhengde is blessed. Could it be that they just waited for the result?He said this in his mouth, but in fact, Lu Shi was no less worried than Xiuyan and Daiyu.At noon, I specially added two dishes, one is Daiyu's favorite celery lily, and the other is Xiuyan's favorite white fungus pumpkin cup. Lu stared at the two girls and ate half a bowl of rice before giving up.

Waiting until the sun was almost setting, and no one came back, even Mrs. Lu couldn't sit still, and immediately asked the housekeeper to ride to Bishan Academy.Unexpectedly, the housekeeper just arrived at the door, but Jia Lian's confidant, Zhao'er, ran back first.Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lu hurriedly sent him in to answer.

"Qi to my uncle and wife, our second master was afraid that his uncle, wife and cousins ​​would be worried, so he sent a small reply first." Zhao'er ran all the way back and wanted to get out while the city gate was open, so she said anxiously "We were only waiting in the back room of the academy, and the second master followed Song Shangshu and the young master Biao. The second master said that Mr. Bai liked the young master Biao very much, so he immediately accepted the young master as a closed disciple, and said that he would pick a big day Master Biao introduced him to his fellow apprentices, and even left him to live in the academy. The second master didn't dare to disobey, so he sent me back to pick up clothes and school supplies. The second master also said that according to what Mr. Bai meant, he planned to keep Master Biao to live in the academy forever. !"

Everyone was caught off guard by what he said, and it was Xiuyan who came back to his senses first, and quickly asked Zhuan'er to take Meilian and the two to prepare.He took another 20 taels of silver to Zhao'er: "You met Young Master Biao and secretly handed it to him. I don't know what's going on in the academy. Tell him to wait and see what happens. The master and wife will go see him when we get a chance."

This is the first time that Zhengde has stayed outside without the company of his relatives, so it is no wonder that Xiuyan is restless.

(End of this chapter)