The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

Baoqin asked timidly: "Sister Yun, you can't be a liar, how can second brother?"

Xiang Yun gave her a white look, "If it weren't for that, why did I ask you that question just now?"

"Oh!"

Baoqin was silent for a while, "Sister Yun, if you follow the order, you should come first."

Xiangyun angrily knocked on her head, "I see you are in front of me!"

Baoqin shook her head and said, "You are the elder sister, of course you should go first."

Xiangyun spat: "Let's push something here or think about whether it is true one day, what should we do?"

Baoqin said to herself: "Second brother is not ugly, and there are so many sisters together, this garden is also good"

"and then"

Xiangyun asked. Baoqin was taken aback and hurriedly denied: "I didn't say anything!"

Xiangyun slumped down and sat down: A heart is always uneasy. For a while I thought that it would be better to stay here with my sisters for a long time, and for a while I thought that my uncles would definitely disagree. The girl's heart is hard to understand, Jia Lian has no time to think about it at the moment.

Chapter Two Hundred and Two Because the Son of Man Can't Do Filial Piety On the [*]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Taimiao sacrificed. Because the emperor's dragon body was not healthy, the prince was replaced by the prince. After the three-day fast, the little prince wore a crown and followed him solemnly. Behind the guide officer, but Jia Lian also supported the prince, which was particularly annoying. In the story of the imperial court, the ceremonies of the imperial temple at the end of the year, all the deacons who hold silk and hold the rank are all filled by the princes and generals of the ancestral branches below the Taizu. But for such a grand ceremony today, King Zhongshun and Duke Ango, who are the close branches of the imperial court, could only watch the ceremony from the side. Nothing made them more frightened than this. Before the auspicious time, Duke Anguo watched the prince behind him. Jia Lian glanced at King Zhongshun again. King Zhongshun smiled, loosened his five fingers, and then clenched them tightly. An Guogong nodded slightly and gently tugged at his sleeve. Quietly withdrew from the class and came to the side hall next to him. In the hall, the tablets of civil and military heroes of the past dynasties were enshrined. Everyone was busy in the front hall, but the place looked very empty and peaceful. Looking at each one, "You said, will Jia Lian's tablet be placed here in the future?"

King Zhongshun sneered, "I don't think so."

He took out an exquisite small iron box from his arms, opened it, took out a cigarette, and handed it to him. An Guogong took it with a smile, "Why didn't you see Jia Lian was with us just now... This is the emperor behind my nephew. I'm reminding everyone."

Lighting the flint in their waists, the two of them swallowed clouds and smokes here. King Zhongshun took a deep breath of the smoke in his hand, "If there is a place for him here, will there be a place for you?"

An Guogong's expression suffocated, and then he whispered, "According to my news, the one in the palace has not seen the imperial doctor for many days."

"In that case, should we ask our ancestors to give him a little more time?"

King Zhongshun breathed out a smoke ring and looked outside the door. Duke An Guo smiled and said, "This is the will of God, how can it be forced by manpower?"

As he said that, he walked towards the door a little, just in time to block the investigation of the Jinyi Army outside. King Zhongshun also went in and said coldly: "This is not the place to talk, I just ask you, what is your attitude?"

The smile on An Guogong's face flashed away, "There is still a way to survive. If this continues, it will definitely be difficult for me to protect myself. But there is a small matter, what should we do after it is done?"

King Zhongshun sneered: "I only want the Jia family! The rest belong to you. Including that position."

An Guogong nodded with satisfaction, "In that case, let's make a promise."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand. King Zhongshun gave him a high five to swear. "This matter is no trivial matter, and it affects our lives. It is agreed that only the two of us can know the overall plan, and we must never let the third person know."

An Guogong nodded, "No one can be trusted except ourselves."

"So good!"

Just now, King Zhongshun gave him a deep look, then turned and left. After a while, Duke Ang also came and stood in the class again, as if he had just smoked a cigarette. At the same time, in the warm pavilion of Daming Palace , The emperor was sitting on the couch with a pillow. Although he was already very weak, he still supported it. At the bottom were the chief eunuch Dai Quan and the commander of the Jinyi Army. Only the emperor asked, "How about the prince?"

Dai Quan walked forward hurriedly: "If you have the praise and quotation of Master Jia from the Ministry of Rites, then everything will be in order."

"Damn!"

The emperor reprimanded, "Have I asked you this?"

The voice was very soft, but Dai Quan broke out in a cold sweat. You must know that the emperor's temper has become much more gloomy and irritable in the past two days, and there are no less than ten eunuchs and palace maids who have been killed by the cane. !"

The emperor sat up straight, "what are the ministers talking about?"

Dai Quan turned his head and glanced at the commander of the Jinyi Army. The man took out a list from his arms and presented it, "According to the report of the spies, some people discussed in private, and the ministers recorded them one by one.

The little eunuch took it and presented it to the emperor. The emperor glanced at it, and then lit the list on the lamp, and a little sparkling light was beating, and it was quickly burnt to ashes. "The order was passed, Huang Xianfu, the right concubine of the Zhan Shifu, and Chen Shijun, a lecturer. , Senator Sun Fu of the Secretary of General Administration, loyal, diligent, hardworking, and meritorious, special purpose to commend and encourage, and add a level of discussion."

The emperor asked again, "What happened to those people?"

Dai Quan hurriedly kowtowed: "Prince Beijing didn't talk to others in the class, and there was no other change. Only Prince Zhongshun and Duke An Guogong went to the middle side hall to smoke for a while before the ceremony, and it took less than half a column of incense. , then left one after another, and returned to the class to salute."

The emperor suddenly coughed a few times and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief. All the people in the warm pavilion lowered their heads and dared not look in front of them. Until the emperor's voice sounded again, "Watch carefully, if there is any news, immediately report it."

"Yes!"

The two of them stood at the bottom for a while, the emperor did not ask any more, and then slowly backed out. As soon as they reached the door, the emperor stopped Dai Quan again. Immediately afterwards, the palace maid and eunuch who was serving in the warm pavilion, Yuguan exited. The emperor got off the couch, Dai Quan immediately stepped forward to support him and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the servant will report you an interesting story. The dried up plum tree in the imperial garden has suddenly bloomed today, and it looks crystal clear, exquisite and lovely. And that The fragrant fragrance is very pleasant. The masters and ladies in the palace are all going to see it!"

The emperor recited: "The "Elephant" says: Wind and thunder, benefit the gentleman and move forward when he sees goodness, and make corrections when there is something wrong. It is also a good omen!"

Dai Quan helped him to sit on the throne, "If the servants call for a chariot to come here, the emperor will also take a look."

"No."

The emperor put his hands on the seat and looked at the warm pavilion one by one, "How is the emperor's diet and health recently?"

Dai Quan didn't dare to come out, "Emperor Taishang has only been recuperating in Taiji Palace recently. He suffered from the wind and cold in the front section, and his body and bones are not as good as before. Today, I just had a small bowl of green rice porridge, which is slightly better."

The emperor was noncommittal, and said lightly: "The emperor is not at ease, and I am worried. The Taiji Palace must be replaced by reliable people, and it should not be sloppy at all."

"The slave obeys the order!"

Dai Quan couldn't say more than a word, and fine sweat dripped from his forehead. But the emperor didn't seem to pay attention to him, instead he smiled: "In a flash, you, this servant, have been with me for decades. I once read it wrong. Young people, I hope that at this time, you won't see that wrong again."

Dai Quan hurriedly knelt at the feet of the emperor, choked and said, "Your Majesty, the servant has served the master since he was eight years old, and it has been thirty years now. The servant does not know how to speak, but only knows that the master is the god of the servant, so I beg the master to take care of the dragon. Let the slaves die now and be content."

Then he hugged the emperor's leg and wept loudly. The emperor's face gradually showed warmth, and he kicked away: "You slave, you are mediocre, and you have many problems in learning, but you are still loyal. I know. Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet!"

Only then did Dai Quan get up without wiping the tears on his face, "Damn this slave!"

The emperor stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back. He knew his own body, I'm afraid it won't last long, but he still has a few important things to do. Can't let: No one threatens the status of the prince. He hopes To the direction of Taiji Palace, "For the son of man and not being able to filial piety, how can I do it?"

Chapter [*] is the imperial temple where you tease the prince. Under the guidance of Jia Shouzhong, the little prince behaves well. In fact, most of the time, he only needs to act like he should be on the tablets since the ancestors. During the incense ceremony, Jia Lian burns the incense first, then hands it to the prince to worship, and then hands it to Jia Lian to be inserted into the incense burner. So basically Jia Lian plays the role of the prince's personal eunuch or the prince's grandfather. The former It makes people despise, the latter makes people grit their teeth, in short, it is not a good job. After the incense is served, the prince returns to the throne and leads the civil and military officials to kneel and kowtow three times. , Play music, please God. The crown prince then led a hundred officials to bow three times and nine kowtows. Then he sent the congratulations, jade silk, etc. to the outside of the temple for incineration. At this point, the ceremony is completed, and the palace can be returned to the palace. But the little prince is a It's funny, I finally left the East Palace once, how could I go back so quickly? So he didn't have a good time. After leaving the Taimiao, he ran away all the way. Jia Lian had no choice but to follow, Fa Jia, and Lu Bo chased after him. The minister of Rites, Jia Shouzhong, and Taichang officials strictly restrained him, and he slowly returned to the East Palace with Kong Yu. Let’s say that the prince crossed the Jinshui Bridge and entered through the west gate of Daming Palace. Jia Lian stopped him under the eaves of the Idea Palace. Prince, pulled off the collar and rolled up the sleeves of the robe to fan, "I said, Your Royal Highness, can we go back to the East Palace first, and then come out to where you like to go."

The prince smiled and said: "I know you sent me back, and it's over. How can I find your shadow? This time I'm not as proud as you."

Jia Lian looked left and right to look at the censors who were not offensive, and simply lifted up his official robe and sat on the steps, "His Royal Highness, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, there are still many things to do in the minister's family, how can I have the time to accompany you again? Wander around the palace!"

The prince also sat next to him and asked curiously, "I heard that you want to take a concubine on the Shangyuan Festival."

Jia Lian pretended to cough a few times, "How come the prince also knows?"

The crown prince smiled and said: "No one in the Shenjing knows that Duke Rong has built a garden to collect beautiful women. It is said that even his sister is not spared. It really is a beast!"

Jia Lian almost choked on his own saliva, "His Royal Highness, why haven't I heard of such a rumor? Is it the only one who knows about the entire Shenjing?"

The prince wondered: "Could they be wrong?"

Jia Lian sneered: "That...are they the right concubine Huang Xianfu and the lecturer Chen Shijun?"

The prince nodded: "Yeah! You accepted your cousin this time too. They said last time she was also your cousin. Tsk tsk!"

A look of envy on the little face. Jia Lian took the names of the two of them in his heart, "His Royal Highness can't listen to malicious slander. Huang Xianfu and Chen Shijun are just jealous, but they don't know that their own bad deeds can be made up into one. This book can be sung around.”

"No way"

The prince's eyes widened, don't you know?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Allow them to create something out of nothing, and don't allow me to borrow it. If His Royal Highness doesn't believe it, you can go and check it secretly!"

The crown prince was suspicious, but after all, he was young, and he had these two things in his heart, thinking that someone would ask if it was true or not. But he turned his head and forgot, and only remembered that the two people were nothing. "Don't talk so much, you Take me somewhere."

The little prince got up and dragged him away. Jia Lian asked: "Where are we going, Your Highness should tell me! This is the Forbidden City in the inner world, and it is not something that a foreign minister like me can roam about. If the rules are broken, the emperor will The one who took off the minister's head. There are still beautiful wives and concubines in the minister's family waiting for me to hurt, but I can't bear to be confused, so I lost my life."

The prince smiled and said, "Looking at your timid appearance, I tell you that we are going to Tai Chi Palace."

"Don't go!"

Jia Lian immediately refused, it would be fatal if you went! The crown prince threatened: "If you don't go, I will tell the royal father that you are the one who forced you to go alone."

Anger surged in Jia Lian's heart, "Your Highness, don't force others to be difficult. In this form, your Highness is fine. If your ministers go, you will be killed in minutes. You can't harm your ministers!"

The prince said in despair: "I heard that Grandpa Huang was sick, so I wanted to go and see. But they didn't let me go. Jia Lian, you have a lot of ideas. Tell me what to do to see Grandpa Huang Gu really miss him. ."

After saying a few words, tears were left. Jia Lian couldn't help but said: "Then you can go now! The minister only said that he did not catch up with His Highness."

"Then you didn't commit the crime of deceiving the king"

The prince looked at Jia Lian, "It's better to be with Gu!"

Jia Lian couldn't help but ask: "Why does Your Highness have to accompany the minister?"

The prince put his feet on his feet and said in his ear: "Gu is afraid that he has gone to Tai Chi Palace, and some people don't want Gu to come back."

When Jia Lian heard this, he felt chills deep in his heart, "Then why does His Highness go?"

The prince said with a desolate expression: "Grandpa Huang can't see it anymore, I just want to see his old man for the last time. You must think of a way."

Jia Lian spread out his hands, "His Royal Highness, this is the imperial palace, and your own home! You can't think of a way, and the minister is not familiar with the place, how can you come up with a way?"

The prince said: "Don't care about the loneliness, you can find a way to let the loneliness see the grandfather."

Jia Lian had no choice but to say: "Then let's go and ask the emperor"

The prince shook his head, "I have asked for it alone, but the royal father will not agree."

Jia Lian encouraged: "Try a few more times, let him know His Highness's filial piety, and he will definitely agree."

The prince still shook his head, "If I don't go, the royal father will beat me. Besides, I don't want to make the royal father unhappy."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "When you arrive at the Daming Palace, your Highness should not speak, just let the minister speak."

The prince immediately smiled and said: "Okay! If this is done, in the future, I will reward you with ten beauties!"

"Chen Xie, His Royal Highness!"

Jia Lian responded quickly, and there are not too many beautiful women in their own homes. So the two turned back to Daming Palace and entered the warm pavilion. The little prince did not dare to come out, and even hid behind Jia Lian. If I can stand at the door, I'm embarrassed to go inside. The emperor inside was still very ill, and when he saw them come in, he sat up and regained a lot of his former majesty. "Prince, I asked you to sacrifice, but I actually threw the military officials. What a way to run"

The prince kicked Jia Lian lightly. Jia Lian had no choice but to reply: "If you go back to the emperor, after the end of the sacrifice, His Royal Highness, because he was eager to report to you like the emperor, couldn't wait for the chariots to slow down, so he ran all the way back. "

The emperor snorted coldly and said, "I thought I didn't know that you passed through Xibianmen and then turned back. After all, what do you want to do?"

So Jia Lian took a few steps forward, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince said to the minister just now that the Emperor Taishang was not in a good mood, so he wanted to drop by and have a look."

The emperor listened and stared at Jia Lian, "You are the one who teased the prince"

Chapter [*] Where did the family come from? Jia Lian hurriedly smiled and said: "How dare you, this is a piece of filial piety from His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness said to the minister that when he was a child, he was given the name of the Emperor Taishang, and he Speaking of being naughty when I was one year old, I jumped on the Emperor Taishang to pull his beard. When I was two years old, I pestered the Emperor Taishang and asked him to tell stories of wars. When I was three years old, I played chess with the Emperor Taishang and actually won once! All these, This made the minister cry. Therefore, the minister dared to ask the emperor to visit the emperor on behalf of His Royal Highness."

With a cold face, the emperor asked the prince, "Is that so?"

The prince nodded quickly. So the emperor's expression softened a lot, "It's rare for your filial piety. It's just that the emperor is still there: rest in peace, and even I must not disturb. Go on! Study hard, don't run around! And Jia Lian, You are so leisurely, you don’t plan to go back to worship your ancestors for the New Year.”