The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

Jia Lian sighed: "Even if I'm down, I'm still a royal. I'm not stupid. Now that I think about it, I actually made a business at a loss!"

The two of them looked at each other and laughed. After chatting for a while, Jia Lian was chatting, always going round and round, without getting to the point. Niu Jizong was patient at first, but then he just patted the table, "Brother Lian, what are you doing today? Speaking of which, why don't we go to the back hall to watch the play, I really have two eyes here who look like danjiao'er."

What appeared in front of Jia Lian was Qi Guan, someone like Liu Xianglian, who shivered, and hurriedly declined: "No, no. I'm here today to visit Uncle Shi. Seeing Uncle Shi's body is strong, I will not worried!"

Niu Jizong grabbed the tea bowl and took two sips, "What about the bottom?"

Jia Lian said calmly, "Furthermore, I wanted to ask Uncle Shi for a trivial matter. Seeing that Uncle Shi was living such a pleasant life, I really couldn't bear to disturb Qingjing, so I didn't mention it!"

"Don't bother!"

Niu Jizong hurriedly put down the tea bowl, "Just say it, I have some free time at the moment."

Jia Lian shook his head and said, "I can't do it, I'm getting old, I'm afraid I can't stand the fatigue. I still talk to Shixiong, maybe there is something to gain!"

After speaking, he was about to get up. Niu Jizong said displeasedly: "You are the prince of the state, and you can't learn how to bend easily. After all, you can tell me what you want me to do."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Then I'll just say it, Uncle Shi can't refuse."

Niu Jizong suddenly sighed, "Originally, I was saddened by this test, so I thought that I couldn't be bothered to hide. Unexpectedly, you did it cleanly and neatly, but I and your Uncle Liu Shi have been planning for a long time, but you can't be a blow to the head. Sure enough. A new generation replaces an old one. In this way, you should be in charge of the military power of the imperial court."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Actually, it's not quite."

Niu Jizong took a deep look at Jia Lian, "This soldier is also the commander-in-chief"

Jia Lian calmly said four words: "Governor Rongzheng."

Niu Jizong said lightly: "This is the Great Marshal of the World's Armed Forces."

Jia Lian nodded and smiled: "So, there should be another person above me, I only believe in Uncle Niu Shi. But now this"

I didn't say any more. Niu Jizong lowered his head and pondered. Jia Lian was not in a hurry, he greeted the girl under the hall to add water, and went around his hall again. Niu Jizong looked at Jia Lian and said, "You are already a hereditary substitute. The prince of the country, he is not afraid of attracting envy and hatred.”

Jia Lian smiled and said, "That's why I came to Uncle Niu Shi for advice!"

Niu Jizong said with a smile: "This matter still needs careful planning. But your manpower is still thin."

Jia Lian said: "So, I also called Uncle Liu Shi back to be the Minister of Military Affairs. With your help, I will be as stable as Mount Tai."

At this moment, Niu Jizong was half-smiling, "Then will you and I, Uncle Liu Shi, be called Jia Dang?"

Jia Lian shook his head and corrected: "Uncle Shi, we are neither the Jia Party nor the Niu Party, we are the Emperor Party! The emperor is young and relies on us to help protect the court, deter the deserted and peaceful places. How can we be selfish?"

Niu Jizong's eyes flickered, "The emperor still has some years to go."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "When the emperor is in power, I can give up my courage and don't have to worry about it. Uncle Shi knows that I am the most lazy and unwilling to do things."

Niu Jizong sneered: "I don't know if it's true, anyway, you have done the most things in the past few years."

Jia Lian asked: "Let's just say that"

Niu Jizong stretched out his hand, "A gentleman's words are hard to chase after a horse!"

Jia Lian gave him a high five as an oath. Then, Niu Jizong forced Jia Lian to enter his home to have a drink and watch a play. Jia Lian was uneasy and asked, "Isn't it like Qiguan?"

Niu Jizong said angrily: "You don't know the atmosphere you brought up by yourself."

"What's the mood"

Jia Lian really didn't know. Niu Jizong said indignantly: "People who are full of Shenjing's ten pavilions have nine pavilions, but they know that Duke Rongguo hates the south wind, but if you have such people at banquets, you must stay away, those who flatter you, If you learn anything, you will pretend to be a gentleman! It's really hateful!"

Jia Lian couldn't help asking: "Then Uncle Shi also has it here"

Niu Jizong turned his head and stared at him. Jia Lian quickly broke free and wiped his hands with the hem of his clothes. "I'm angry too!"

Niu Jizong immediately cocked his beard angrily. The two moved their hands on the veranda. "How dare you wipe your hands!"

"I didn't expect you to be such a person!"

"The old man is upright, not like you are wretched!"

"I'm upright and bright, not like you take a dry road!"

"Let's go, little thief! This old man will fight you eight hundred rounds!"

It's a pity that Niu Jizong is old and frail after all. He was out of breath after just over a hundred rounds. He simply sat on the steps to rest. Jia Lian smiled and said, "Uncle Shi, you are not... my opponent, next time, you can find Some helpers! The more I am, the better, and I will not refuse anyone who comes!"

Niu Jizong said: "The more the better, the better! From now on, I'm afraid you are not a party but a party!"

Jia Lian said: "A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain is long-term. Since you have to do something, how can you look forward to the future?"

Niu Jizong said with a smile: "Yes, this is what you look like to do great things!"

Chapter [*] The little emperor has a son. Since then, there has been a lot of traffic in front of the Rong Mansion, and dignitaries have come and gone in an endless stream. But they can't all see Jia Lian, and most of them can only say a few words to Lin Zhixiao. , leaving a name with Jia Rong. Therefore, they all changed their strategies, and the female family members of the family traveled to Jia's house in a car. The post is like a fish in water. There are daily silk and bamboo operas in Rongfu, laughter and laughter. It is more lively than a book. Jia Lian discussed with Yang Jihe, Niu Jizong, Liu Fang and others to arrange and dispatch the old forbidden army and rebuild the new forbidden army. Since the next generation of Gyeonggi Liangjiazi or Jiafu was old, all kinds of bad rules that followed the old customs and competed with each other have been swept away. The Beijing Camp and Gyeonggi's divisions have been established to strengthen control and dispatch, eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and expand the military force. , and the forbidden army directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, Jia Lian. The memorial was submitted to the court, and the cabinet blue corrected Jia Lian, the governor of Jingying, as the governor's military rank, and then announced the Chinese and foreign rank. On this day, the little emperor was due to have a feast, and the prince became a lecturer. There was an attendant in the Hanlin Academy who was reading and reading the people. It happened that I was reading history today, so Wang Ziteng talked about the mutiny of Chenqiao, the generals of the forbidden army, and Zhao Kuangyin added a yellow robe. Thanks to Wang Ziteng's good eloquence, he talked about the ups and downs of this incident, and finally concluded that : "Zhou Shizong's great talent is very brief, and he actually made Song Taizu's wedding clothes. As a master, you should be vigilant and careful, otherwise it will be difficult to save you if you become an elbow and armpit."

The expressions of several lecturers from the Hanlin Academy next door changed drastically. The old words of Wang Ge were no longer about history, but were borrowing the past to satirize the present, so none of them dared to say anything. But the little emperor only lowered his head and wrote, and it seemed that He didn't hear his deep meaning, but instead praised: "Old Wang Ge is right, if it weren't for my uncle, the court would have almost subverted Sun Yu and his class. It's really hateful."

While speaking, he clenched his fists while clenching his teeth. The prince twitched his beard and said with a smile: "Duke Rong has always been loyal to the country, and Zhao Kuangyin's heart is not comparable to that of Zhao Kuangyin."

After a while, the little emperor laughed and said, "Old Wangge, my lords, let's go here today. I have to talk to the queen mother to relieve my boredom!"

So a few people from the Hanlin Academy immediately stepped back. The little emperor called Wang Ziteng, "Come closer, I don't know this word, please explain it to me."

Wang Ziteng walked in, "Dare to ask what the emperor is?"

The little emperor pointed to the chain words on the paper, "It's him."

Then he said softly: "In the old man's opinion, what should I do?"

A smile broke out on Wang Ziteng's face, "Your Majesty, this is a variant of the Chinese character for tolerance,"

He picked up the pen and wrote a line of words, "Be calm and save your strength for the future."

The little emperor frowned and nodded. The current situation of the imperial court was very different from what the emperor had envisioned. Many of his strategies, along with Jia Lian's dismissal of all the forbidden troops, turned into water. Although the little emperor had a clear mirror in his heart, , but suffering from lack of power in his hands, he could only watch Jia Lian hold all the military power tightly in his own hands, and even the Jinyi Army was not spared. The commander Dong Hui even went to Jia Lian to help him clean up many of his fathers. A loyal person on the emperor's list. How could the little emperor turn a blind eye and be indifferent. Prince Teng just did what he liked and deliberately picked on Chen Qiao's mutiny. Thanks to the emperor's intelligence, he had already seen Jia Lian's true face. The little emperor seemed to ask casually: "Old Wangge, I heard that I want to rectify the frontier army. I am young and don't understand the affairs of the frontier army. You have done inspections in all nine provinces, and you have to help uncle to check for leaks and fill vacancies. Save your son, you ruined my uncle's overall plan."

Wang Ziteng immediately heard the overtones, "The emperor's concern is that the minister intends to ask the supervisor to patrol the borders and control the provinces."

The little emperor smiled and said: "Shenjing sits in town, and there is an old king's pavilion outside, so I have nothing to worry about. It's just a few other pavilions."

Wang Ziteng bowed and said: "This minister has already mentioned this matter to the first assistant Zhang Ge, and if there is no accident, they will agree."

"That's good!"

The little emperor asked quietly: "How long will it take you to go?"

Wang Ziteng pondered for a while, "I will travel around Jiubian, at least half a year, as long as a year, and then I can return to Beijing."

The little emperor nodded, stood up from the throne, and when he walked over to Prince Teng, he gently instructed: "I will ask Mr.

Wang Ziteng couldn't help but be excited, "I dare not do my best to share the emperor's worries."

The little emperor smiled and walked out of the palace door, as if he had changed into a different person.

Even Nianyu didn't have time to sit down and ran away in a hurry. The eunuch and the maid behind him had to chase him, shouting from behind him: "Master, be careful to fall!"

In the Kunning Palace, Yuanchun called the little emperor over, sat beside her, and asked what the sutras and banquets were talking about. The little emperor only said that he taught the four books and five classics, and the old man Wang Ge also taught Sun Tzu's art of war. Yuanchun smiled and said: "Uncle Yu is just reluctant to learn one, but he can still teach in the army. The emperor still needs to learn by heart. Even if he doesn't really need to kill the enemy in battle, he will use it to make decisions about national affairs in the future."

The little emperor suddenly asked: "The empress dowager, uncle and old Wang Ge have all served in the army, who is stronger?"

Yuanchun shook his head: "I don't understand this, but your uncle has been in battle several times, taking the arrows and stones, but Wangge has been in charge of the army for decades, and I don't know which one is stronger or weaker, and each may have its own advantages! asked about this"

The little emperor was apprehensive, and he didn't even hear Yuanchun's inquiries. Yuanchun was displeased and said, "Emperor, what are you thinking about Aijia's question, what do you think about that girl?"

The little emperor blurted out, "It's okay!"

Yuan Chun glanced at the shy girl who bowed her head and jokingly said, "How about the Ai family making her a queen for you?"

"what"

The little emperor never thought of marrying a palace maid who was several years older than him as a queen, so he quickly shook his head and said: "The queen mother, I am still young, I will talk about this in the future."

Yuan Chun said: "Emperor, Ai Jiayuan thinks so too. I want to wait for you to grow up and let you make up your own mind. After all, this is an important matter for the court. But now it can't be delayed."

The little emperor asked: "Then why?"

Yuan Chun said with a smile: "You don't know that Yaoniang is already pregnant. The imperial doctor has just come to diagnose, it should be a month or two, and the Aijia has already asked your old man in the East Palace, knowing that this Yaoniang has served you, but there is such a thing as this. thing"

The little emperor suddenly felt embarrassed and hesitantly said: "But then she went to Tai Chi Palace"

Yuanchun interrupted: "Aijia also found out, the emperor has been to Taiji Palace more than once. It's all in the daily notes!"

The little emperor was a child himself, and he was not ready to be a father, so he whispered: "Even if you are pregnant with my child, that's fine."

Yuanchun advised: "Emperor, this matter is related to the stability of the imperial court, if this girl gives birth to a prince, she will be the eldest son of the emperor. If you do not confer the title of the queen, there will be another eldest son. The government must be unstable, and for the sake of the country and the country, the Aijia has negotiated with the Empress Dowager and Zhang Shoufu, and canonized My Lady as your queen."

The little emperor still wanted to struggle, and muttered, "What if she gave birth to a princess?"

Yuan Chun was not a mother with a strong character, she did not insist, but smiled: "The emperor's worries are justified, it is better that we all give in and make preparations. If a prince is born, he will be conferred the empress, and if he has a princess, he will be conferred the concubine. how"

The little emperor glanced at My Lady, remembering the good times in the past, and agreed.

Chapter [*] This is Prince Teng's life. Since the imperial doctor diagnosed Yao Niang as having the emperor's heir, Yuanchun moved Yao Niang to Kunning Palace to live with her and be taken care of with care. The two little sisters, who lived with my mother, went out of the palace to visit relatives at this time and never came back. Now is the national mourning period, the military and civilians, civil and military, music, slaughter and marriage are prohibited within [*] days, only because the Gaomiao Temple has died one after another. , The national mourning was extended to one hundred and fifty days. The sisters in Fengyi Garden were all sullen and could not hear any laughter. In the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Daiyu was still taking a nap, and Xiangyun came in with a smile and shouted: "Sister Lin, Lin elder sister"

Zijuan rushed out to stop her, "Miss Yun, our girl is resting!"

I saw that she was also pulling a girl dressed as a maid. There were many people in the garden these days, and I heard that they were all the ladies and wives of officials and eunuchs who were implicated and punished as slaves. Even Zijuan had a lot of people she didn't know. Xiang Yun said: "Don't be ashamed, it's too late to sleep! Wait for me to wake her up!"

Saying that, she lifted the curtain and went in. Zijuan looked at the girl and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

There was a touch of sadness on the girl's face, and Wei Wei said with blessing: "Return to my sister's words, slave Wu Xian'er."

Zijuan remembered, "Could it be that she was who you were from Concubine Wu's family?"

Wu Xian'er bowed her head and said, "It's the slave maid."

Zijuan didn't want to ask any more questions, she pulled her and smiled and said, "Forget about the past, since you are here, the second master is a good master, not only does not beat or scold, but also treats people kindly, so you can rest assured."

They were gossiping when Xiang Yun was sitting on the edge of the couch, "Sister Lin, there is something I want to ask of you, but you can't do it!"

Daiyu just sat up, light shirt and thin sleeves, black hair draped over her shoulders like a cloud, she looked at the western clock in the corner and couldn't help laughing: "You, don't rest at this time, what are you doing here when you are running? After you have written the poem, tell me first, and I will give you a review!"

Xiang Yun held Daiyu with both hands, "Good sister, get up first, and I'll tell you later!"

After begging several times, Daiyu couldn't, so she got up and asked Zijuan to fetch water to wash her hair. Xiangyun combed her hair and tied a small bun with red ropes on both sides. The white jade hairpin. Daiyu looked at Xiangyun so seriously in the mirror and joked: "Yun girl, what's the matter with you today?"

Xiangyun sat beside her, but didn't speak for a while. Daiyu turned around, stretched out her hand and shook it in front of her eyes, "Come on! Let's go to the eldest sister-in-law to play later."

Xiang Yuncai smiled and said: "It is for this, good sister, I ask you to be alone, let's go with us"

Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, "Since you want someone, why don't you ask Sister Feng, you've got the wrong person."

Xiang Yun held her hand, "Sister Lin, the second brother is busy, I haven't seen him for many days, and Sister Feng went to the mansion over there again. Even Sister Keqing, Sister Miaoyu and Sister Bao are busy. No, it's not easy for me to disturb, I have to beg you."