Detective in the Red Chamber

The status is different, and the attention received is naturally very different.

To be honest, among the several relatives present, I am afraid that Sun Shaozong is not alone.

"Ancestor."

Xue Biao hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "When we were about to leave in Jinling, we happened to see Second Brother Sun return to Beijing on order, so we gathered together—he originally thought of the capital for these gifts, and then gave them to the family. delivered."

"Who would have thought that when he was passing by the Jinmen mansion yesterday, he suddenly got another order, ordering him to offer a victory from the east gate, and I heard that His Royal Highness is going to greet him in person!"

"With such an honor, we must be fully prepared before we can officially enter Beijing."

"Second Brother Sun had to stay in Jinmen Mansion for the time being, so he had to entrust the elder brother of the Wang family to help send the luggage to the capital first—the other luggage had already been sent to the Sun family by the elder brother of the Wang family. Only these few boxes of presents are If you want to send it to the family, please ask me to bring it along with you."

When everyone heard that Sun Shaozong had received the honor of being personally welcomed by the prince, they were all amazed at the moment.

Among them, Mrs. Xing was the happiest. She loved and ignored Aunt Xing and her daughter, but she couldn't be more satisfied with the in-laws of the Sun family.

In a moment of complacency, she couldn't help but half-show off and half-sarcastically said, "Though Sun Jiaerlang has made such achievements, he is still neither arrogant nor impetuous and well-mannered-but our family has had hairpin tassels for generations, but now he only For the sake of raising people's fame, it will make the whole family restless."

With these words, most of the people in the room changed their expressions.

Especially Mrs. Wang, who had a smile on her old face, collapsed immediately.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone say softly, "Brother Bao is only 16 years old this year. He won the imperial examination first and then took the Jinshi examination. When he is in his twenties, he may not be inferior to Second Brother Sun!"

At this time, Shi Xiangyun dared to show his purpose for Jia Baoyu in public.

When she took the lead, everyone praised Baoyu regardless of whether they were sincere or not, and they didn't even mention Sun Shaozong in their words.

Seeing that the people were praising Baoyu so much that they seemed to be the number one scholar, but it was only at their fingertips, when they suddenly heard someone shouting outside, "Second Master Lian is back, Second Master Lian is back!"

Hearing these words, everyone stopped flattering immediately, and all looked outside the door with breathless concentration.

Not long after, Jia Lian picked up the curtain and entered the inner room. Seeing that there were so many strangers in the room, he couldn't help but froze on the spot.

"Where's Baoyu?!"

Mother Jia supported the table, stood up from Luohan's bed, and repeatedly asked, "Didn't you take him to see the list?! What about others? Have you ever won?!"

Seeing that the old lady was so excited, Jia Lian lowered his head and replied awkwardly, "Brother Bao has already returned."

Mother Jia was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and then sat back dejectedly.

If he was really in high school, with Jia Baoyu's lively temperament, how could he run away in silence?

Chapter 612 The Daily Life of the Prince's Mansion

The sky will be bright.

The Crown Princess Sun hurried to the door of the study with a few maidservants. Seeing that the inside was still pitch black with no light, she hurriedly begged for food boxes from the left and right, and was about to go in to serve the prince changing clothes and eating.

After the Long Gen case, the prince has been living alone in the study room, served by several eunuchs day and night, never letting maids and servants approach at will.

Waiting for leisure time, even the princess would not dare to come over to disturb his 'quietness' in the morning and evening.

The reason for making an exception right now is because this morning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will represent the imperial court and go outside the east gate to welcome Sun Shaozong's triumphant return.

This is the first time that the crown prince has taken on an "important task" independently since he was an adult, and in the eyes of many courtiers, this is also an important indicator that the emperor intends for the crown prince to succeed him.

Therefore, after the decree was issued, the status of the Prince's Mansion in the court suddenly increased a lot.

Coupled with the fact that the prince has always loved the intelligence and courage of his great-grandson Shaozong, his triumphant return to Beijing this time makes the prince even more happy

And the Crown Princess rushed over early, precisely because she wanted to take advantage of the lucky couple to ease the increasingly tense relationship between husband and wife.

It was a good idea, but unfortunately...

"My lady, please stay."

As soon as the princess arrived not far in front of the door, a thin and short figure suddenly appeared in the shadows on both sides, and said in a shrill voice, "Your Highness has already left before dawn. Inside and outside, only servants are serving."

"His Highness has already left?!"

The Crown Princess was astonished when she heard the words, and the brilliance in her beautiful eyes dimmed accordingly.

Because the matter of Sun Shaozong's offer of advice was leaked at the beginning, the prince has dismissed and replaced the servants in the mansion in the past two years, in order to make the prince's mansion run like an iron wall.

The princess had also strongly supported this, but unexpectedly, the treatment of being strictly guarded had fallen on her own head - as the hostess of the prince's mansion, she hadn't even received the news that the prince was leaving early Well, if this is said, no one will believe it!

Why is there such indifference between husband and wife?

For a moment, the Crown Princess was rather disheartened, and was about to go back the same way with the food box, but when she saw the young eunuch blocking the door, she seemed to be quite wary of herself, and the resentment in her heart burst out .

"How come?"

She fixed her phoenix eyes, looked proudly at the little eunuch and said, "If the crown prince is not in the mansion, I won't be able to enter this study?"

The Crown Princess was usually in the mansion and was known for being approachable and approachable, but when she became slightly angry, she also possessed a domineering force of her own.

The little eunuch relied on the favor of the prince, but also knew that the husband and wife were not in harmony. The mistress, the princess, was a nameless mistress, and had never put the princess in his eyes.

But at this time, facing the anger of the crown princess, he couldn't help but soften his back, slanted his shoulders and apologized with a flattering smile, "What did you say, how dare the servant stop you? It's really dirty in this room, I'm afraid I will accidentally bump into it." you."

"What a dog slave!"

The Crown Princess scolded coquettishly, and shouted, "How dare you say that His Highness's sleeping quarters are somewhat filthy?!"

Accidentally dropped the handle, the little eunuch's complexion suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly knelt down, with two big-eared stickers on the left and right slapped on his face, and he kept begging for mercy, "Your maidservant was confused for a moment, and please ask the princess and concubine to make amends. The Crown Princess makes atonement!"

While begging, he touched the ground with his knees and moved away from the door.

What he was afraid of was not the crown princess, but the prince's moody temperament - let's say this morning, it was obviously the crown prince who asked to wake up earlier, but after being called up, he actually vomited a nameless anger, He tortured a little eunuch to death!

But she said that seeing the eunuch tactfully stepped aside, the princess didn't bother to look at him any more, she just passed the food box in her hand behind her, and said calmly, "Hold the lamp in front."

Immediately, the two little maids came out more and more, holding lanterns in a figure-eight shape on the left and right, illuminating the way to the study.

The concubine moved lightly with lotus steps, and stepped into the study slowly. Before she could see the layout of the room clearly, she smelled a pungent fishy smell.

Subconsciously, she wanted to raise her hand to cover her mouth and nose, but suddenly she heard the maidservant holding the lamp on the left exclaim in surprise, "Ma'am, what do you think this is?!"

As he spoke, the lantern shone toward the corner of the room.

And the next second, there were several high-pitched screams

"what!"

"Blood! It's blood!"

"Why is there blood in the study?!"

It turned out that the black and red piece in the corner was shining with a viscous color under the light, but what is it if it is not plasma?

The Crown Princess was also taken aback at first, but soon calmed down, and calmly ordered, "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you help His Highness clean up."

The maids and servants pushed each other for a while, and finally a few brave ones took out the sweeping tools and carefully cleaned up the puddle of plasma.

Immediately afterwards, someone rummaged through the incense burner and lit some good sandalwood.

Just like that, after a lot of tossing up and down, the smell in the room is considered fresher.

The Crown Princess asked someone to set up a chair by the window, and sat on it dignifiedly and gracefully, watching the bright red sun gradually rise outside the window, but her heart was full of mixed feelings.

The crown prince was quite stubborn at the beginning, but since the Longgen case, he obviously restrained himself a lot, but secretly he became more serious. In the past two years alone, there are as many as twenty or thirty servants who have 'lost' in the mansion.

Therefore, sometimes the princess will have some doubts. Letting such a prince ascend the throne may not be a good thing for the country and the court, right?

It's just that she is a virtuous person after all, even if she hesitates in her heart, she will not openly oppose her husband.

Besides, since ancient times, how many deposed princes have been able to die well?

And what will happen to the family members of those deposed princes?

Hey~

It is useless to think about these.

Mr. Sun is about to return to Beijing, I just hope he can persuade the prince one or two, and never do such atrocious behavior again.

Thinking of Sun Shaozong, the princess's face suddenly flushed, and she subconsciously put her hand on the Tang-style myrobalan, holding Fenglong who was full of loneliness.

But immediately, she took her hand away from her chest as if she had been electrocuted.

For two full years of solitary days, some things that should have been forgotten a long time ago became fresh again...

Bah~

How can I think of these again?

The Crown Princess spat softly, expelling those annoying reveries from her mind, and ordered someone to dig out the tea set, wash it, and make a cup of thick almond tea.

When it was a little cooler, she poured it in at once, not sure if she was anxious to get rid of the heat in her heart, or if she wanted to pour out the divergent thoughts that were growing in the dark...

Chapter 613

Just as the princess was "asking her own conscience", Sun Shaozong was also marching on the official road between Jinmen Mansion and Shuntian Mansion with a force of more than a thousand soldiers.

Because they had to complete a whole set of victory ceremonies before the auspicious noon time, the team set off from Jinmen Mansion two days ago, and set up camp at a place ten miles away from the capital yesterday.

Not only that, these more than 1000 generals are actually fakes, and they are not those who followed Sun Shaozong to Huguang to suppress the rebellion.

After all, the imperial court made a temporary decision to show off in front of the people in the capital, but the soldiers who had made great contributions had to wait until Sichuan dispatched soldiers and horses to change their defense before they could officially return to the capital.

But where is the time?

In desperation, the imperial court had no choice but to collect a batch of appearance goods from the officers and soldiers trained in rotation in the Jinmen Mansion, pretending to be soldiers who had made great contributions, and followed Sun Shaozong to the capital to present the victory.

"grown ups!"

But he said that Sun Shaozong was taking a nap in the carriage, so he heard Wang Zhengong outside saying, "We are less than five miles away from the capital, do you think we should put on our clothes first?"

Sun Shaozong lifted the curtain of the car, saw that it was already bright outside, so he stomped his feet gently.

"Wow~!"

Zhao Nan Barley, who was driving the chariot, immediately reined in the reins, and the soldiers at the front and rear saw it, and shouted and stopped.

Sun Shaozong jumped down from the carriage, and Wang Zhen immediately took a few personal guards, stepped forward to help him put on the gilded mountain armor.

When he has tidied up here, looking at the front, back, left, and right generals, they have already changed their appearance, each of them is brightly armored and full of vigor. Who dares to say that this army is not victorious and returning to the court?

Wang Zhen and several other soldiers also helped each other to get neatly dressed, so they took a tall horse and asked Sun Shaozong to ride on it, and they came to the front with arrogance and arrogance.

The book does not go into details.

But he said that in order to keep the army in order, he walked for more than half an hour on the four-mile road. Seeing that the Dongbianmen, which had been away for many years, was in front of him, Sun Shaozong couldn't help feeling a little bit like a world away.

woo~~~~~~

At this moment, hundreds of rhinoceros horns sounded from the top of the city suddenly, followed by the sound of rumbling horseshoes, hundreds of horses galloped out of the city, and stood on both sides of the official road for more than a hundred feet!

When Sun Shaozong took the lead and arrived in front of the standing cavalry, hundreds of knights on the horse raised their shiny scimitars, pointed to the sky and shouted, "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!"

After Yuemo shouted, the people waiting outside the city gate also shouted, followed by the people inside the city!

Although he had known for a long time that this was actually a face-saving project, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but feel excited when he was on the scene.

He stretched out his hand and moved backwards, and the flag of the Great Zhou Army, which was on fire, was sent to his palm by his personal guards.

Sun Shaozong raised the military flag violently and shouted 'Wan Sheng'.

The sound wave around the bathroom suddenly became louder, and it resounded throughout the entire imperial capital!

At that time, another dragon chariot slowly drove out of the city gate, and the person crowned with nine chapters on it was naturally the prince.

Seeing the dragon chariot slowly coming up, Sun Shaozong hurriedly got off his horse, strided forward, knelt down on one knee in front of the dragon chariot, and said in a trembling voice, "Sun Shaozong just did his duty as a minister, how dare he be the prince himself?" Welcome!"

The dragon chariot stopped slowly in front of Sun Shaozong, and the young eunuchs who accompanied him built the steps. The crown prince hurried down the steps, grabbed Sun Shaozong's arm, and said loudly, "Master Sun swept away hundreds of thousands of barbarians with more than a thousand troops. Such great achievements are rare in ancient and modern times, how can we not welcome them alone?"

As he spoke, he pulled Sun Shaozong up, and whispered emotionally, "Aiqing is definitely back!"

The latter sentence does not seem like a cliché.

Sun Shaozong hurriedly held back two tears, choked up and said, "I am in Huguang, and I miss your Highness every single day!"

Seeing this, the prince was about to say some more about his special feelings, but the officials from the Ministry of Rites came up to remind him that he should not delay the auspicious time to offer sacrifices to the Taimiao.

The prince's eyes showed some cruelty, but he had no choice but to drag Sun Shaozong to the dragon chariot.

When he got to the dragon chariot, Sun Shaozong said three words and thanked him three times according to the script, and then got into the car in fear and trepidation.

The dragon chariot had no front or back at all, the tracker pulling the cart changed direction and drove slowly into the city again.

Amidst the sound of drums and music, tens of thousands of people lined the road to welcome them.