Detective in the Red Chamber

Therefore, towards Wei Rusong, there was resentment in his heart.

Hearing Shui Rong's irresponsible complaints at this moment, he hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said: "I see what elder brother means, it seems that there is another way to get to the Rongguo Mansion, so naturally he doesn't want to bow his head to the Sun family."

Is there another way to get to Rongguo Mansion?

Shui Rong was taken aback when he heard the words, frowned and said, "If it's true, it's easy to rely on others, but at the moment, the Rongguo Mansion may not be willing to get close to your family, right?"

At the beginning, Sun Shaozong was sending charcoal in a timely manner, and he became an in-law with the Rongguo Mansion a long time ago, so he had the opportunity to have both sides.

But the Wei family had been on the side of the prince with Shui Rong before, although they hadn't gained the prince's trust, they had handed in the certificate after all.

In the current situation of seizing the heir apparent, it might not be so easy to build a good relationship with the Rongguo Mansion, right?

But after a few more questions, Wei Ruolan could only vaguely sense Wei Rusong's thoughts, but she was at a loss as to how he would implement them.

Therefore, the two of them said a few words, but neither of them got the point.

Shui Rong poured half a cup of tea irritably, then took out his pocket watch to look at it, and said decisively: "We'll discuss this matter later, it's important to deal with Sun Shaozong first—let's go, follow me to your sister's place for a while."

"To my sister?"

"Your sister told me yesterday: She had conflicts with Sun Shaozong several times because of you. Now that Sun Shaozong has helped you, she will get closer in the future. She should come forward to accompany you no."

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Chapter 814 Come and Return with Fun

piano room.

It was very rare for Wei Ying not to kneel on the qin platform, but with eyes full of thought, measuring the floor with those long legs.

On the contrary, Xia Jingui was sitting in front of the piano stand with great interest, playing with the lyre that had just been replaced.

"Originally, the one with Feng Laiyi, in terms of timbre, is already top-grade. I never thought that my sister's house still has such a good thing hidden."

As he said that, a few light-white fingers plucked the strings so slowly that they couldn't stop playing, and the delicate and moving sound of the piano was raised little by little until it filled the entire piano room.

Although Wei Ying was in a state of agitation, she couldn't help but stop when she heard Xia Jingui commenting on the guqin, shaking her head and said: "Among the many collections in my house, this is the most delicate qin, but When it comes to the breadth of the vocal range, the one with Feng Laiyi is still the most suitable for me."

Although Xia Jingui had some knowledge of piano skills, he couldn't bear to kneel in front of the piano for a long time, so he took advantage of the opportunity to tilt his recently plump body, stretched his legs under the skirt like compasses, and beat them lightly again and again.

At the same time, her eyes wandered around, and she suddenly remembered something, and immediately burst out laughing: "My sister really likes to be bold and unrestrained, and doesn't like such pretentiousness."

"That's since..."

Wei Ying nodded subconsciously, and then saw her playful appearance, and then reacted suddenly, and immediately annoyed: "What nonsense are you talking about! When did the prince pretend?!"

"Sister, don't blame me. When did I mention the prince? Isn't this talking about the sound of the piano?"

Xia Jingui hurriedly called out to Qu, and seeing that Wei Ying was still sullen, she got up from the piano platform, leaned forward and took Wei Ying's arm, acting like a spoiled child.

Just then, he slipped his words for a moment, and blurted out the comparison that was suppressed in his heart.

Aside from Wei Ying's embarrassment, she also regretted that she brought Xia Jingui to accompany her - but besides Xia Jingui, how could she dare to show anxiety in front of others?

Especially in the near future, Sun Shaozong is going to pay a visit, without Xia Jingui's assistance, how can we feel at ease to have a private meeting with him?

Therefore, even though she was very dissatisfied with her deliberate 'provocation' just now, Wei Ying could only hold back her temper, not wanting to explode on the spot.

Who knows that Xia Jingui said "Hu Lai", suddenly her nose moved like a cat, and she went straight to Wei Ying's body, almost burying her face in the twin peaks.

"doing what!"

Wei Ying shoved her away in embarrassment, and was about to reprimand her, but she never thought that Xia Jingui seemed to have discovered a new world, and said with burning eyes: "Sister, did you take a bath this morning?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Wei Ying's cheeks were flushed, and she stomped her tight long legs on the ground: "I was with the prince yesterday, so I have to wash up in the morning!"

After explaining, she felt that something was wrong again. Wouldn't it be a guilty conscience if she was so anxious to distinguish?

"I see."

Sure enough, Xia Jingui nodded perfunctorily, but the word 'disbelief' was written all over her face.

Seeing this, Wei Ying became more and more annoyed, stepped forward suddenly, and asked condescendingly: "Xia Jingui, what do you mean? I didn't call you here to make you sarcastic and sarcastic!"

When she got angry, Xia Jingui immediately pretended to be weak, with her arms folded, her shoulders shrunk, and her red lips pursed, she said aggrievedly: "My sister has wronged me to death. We are on the same boat now. Sarcasm is cruel to me." What good?"

Wei Ying stared at her for a long time, but in the end she still didn't turn against her, she just snorted and said, "Hmph, who knows what's on your mind!"

She was at a loss right now, and Xia Jingui, who had the same experience and knew the inside story, was the only straw she could hold on to. Even if it couldn't be used to save lives, there was absolutely no reason to throw it away at will.

Seeing that Wei Ying was a little discouraged, Xia Jingui restrained her emotions and put on a serious face: "Sister, in fact, what I just said just now is just to let you get used to it—the one named Sun is alone with you." When we meet, you may not be as secretive as me."

This is what she said, that villain surnamed Sun loves to say shameful and crazy words, and he forced himself on the boat that day...

Recalling those indescribable scenes, Wei Ying's face turned blue and red, and her strong and healthy long legs seemed to be bitten and eaten by something, and she felt uncomfortable from the bottom of her feet.

"elder sister."

At this time, Xia Jingui came up at the right time, pulled her catkin and whispered: "At this juncture, you must not be confused, don't talk about teasing, even if he does things, you have to be more tolerant Some, just get through this..."

"He dares!"

But Wei Ying pushed her away again, turned around and took a few steps to the bottom of the south wall, took down the sword hanging on it, drew it out of its sheath with a clang, and said coldly: "If the villain dares to be in the palace If he messes around, I will fight him to the death!"

Xia Jingui was bluffed at first, and then stamped anxiously: "What are you talking about, no matter how big the deal is, I'll give it up. Right now..."

Halfway through the conversation, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside.

Xia Jingui hurriedly closed her mouth, turned her head and looked out the door, only to see two figures, one black and one white, striding in.

The one dressed in moon satin white and wearing a silver gray cloak was none other than the handsome Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong.

And the one in the black robe was naturally Wei Ruolan.

The two came in, and seeing Wei Ying holding a long sword with a straight eyebrow, they couldn't help being stunned.

"Aifei, what are you?"

Shui Rong looked at his wife, and then at Xia Jingui, who was smiling awkwardly, and became more and more puzzled——Xia Jingui has been walking around quite frequently recently, and the two sisters are getting tired of being together almost all day long, as if honey is sweetened. Why did he suddenly move the murder weapon?

How could Wei Ying have expected that the two of Shui Rong would suddenly barge in?

For a moment, he was stunned on the spot, not knowing how to react at all.

Fortunately, Xia Jingui was a little quick-witted, and immediately covered Cherry's small mouth, and laughed tremblingly.

This smile naturally attracted Shui Rong's attention, and he fixed his eyes on the trembling place first, feeling that the girl from the Xia family has really grown up, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Why is my cousin laughing?"

Xia Jingui noticed his short-staying gaze, and looked back with a wink like silk, and then smiled again: "Just now we two sisters just talked about the method of taming husbands, and the prince came here without thinking... giggling .”

Having said that, she couldn't help snickering again.

The means of taming husbands?

Shui Rong looked at the long sword in Wang Hao's hand, and then at her stiff and embarrassed expression, suddenly realized, and couldn't help laughing.

While smiling, he stepped forward and embraced Wei Ying's slender waist, and said tenderly: "If the princess wants to surrender to this king, why use this three-foot green peak? Just a few words, and Xiao Wang will follow."

Seeing his loving posture, Wei Ying felt more and more ashamed in her heart, but she was also relieved, so she put the sword back into its sheath, and waited to follow Xia Jingui's words, and then added a few more words.

Unexpectedly, Shui Rong's face suddenly became serious, and he said seriously: "I wanted to invite elder brother to come today, so as to resolve the grievances between Wei and Sun, but elder brother..."

Shaking his head helplessly, he let go of Wei Ying's slender willow waist, and cupped his hands again: "Brother Lang is white after all, so it's hard to represent the Wei family, and I can only rely on my concubine later—be sure to keep your gestures in words." Let it be lower, so that Sun Shaozong can get rid of his grudges, come here with joy and return home with all his heart."

He was afraid that his always arrogant wife would not be able to let go of her airs, and would turn into a quarrel after a good apology, but he never thought that these words were quite similar to Xia Jingui's words just now.

Wei Ying's heart was agitated at the moment, and most of the hostility that had been so easily built up in the past few days also quietly dissipated.

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Chapter 815 Entering the Palace for the First Time

【Three thousand+ come first, and then three thousand+ before 12 o'clock, and the third shift should be around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night】

At two quarters in the noon [12:[-] noon], Sun Shaozong's carriage barely stopped outside the gate of the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and there was a sound of a gatekeeper entering the Flower Hall of the Houzhai.

When he passed through the second gate under the guidance of the steward of the palace, Shui Rong and Wei Ruolan had already greeted him personally.

From a long distance away, he laughed and said, "Master Sun, why is it so late? You can ask Xiao Wang to wait at home!"

Sun Shaozong hurried a few steps, seeing that he was getting close, he stopped his steps and clasped his fists to salute, and said with a wry smile: "It's also a coincidence, I took a case in the morning, and it was easy to deal with it. Who would have thought that I would run into two groups of Taoist priests halfway?" They scolded each other in the street, so I had no choice but to take another detour."

Wei Ruolan has recently been frustrated in the officialdom, and she has the idea of ​​fleeing into Buddhism, so it is inevitable that she pays more attention to the matter of this monk.

At this time, I heard that two groups of Taoist priests scolded each other in the street, and they didn't appear to have passed away. I couldn't help being surprised: "Two groups of Taoist priests scolded each other in the street? What is this for?"

"Whoa!"

Before Sun Shaozong could answer, Shui Rong shook his satin-white robe sleeves and snorted, "Isn't it just because yesterday, that Taoist priest of Qingxu Temple suddenly wrote a letter asking the imperial court to select Taoist disciples to go to southern Xinjiang to pray for blessings with the army, so that Try to avoid the poisonous miasma in southern Xinjiang."

Wei Ruolan suddenly realized, and couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "I don't want these monks, but they also have the ambition to sacrifice their lives to serve the country."

Hearing his exclamation, Sun Shaozong smiled: "Brother Wei is indeed a gentleman, but unfortunately he thinks better of those Taoist priests—if they really have the ambition to serve the country, why would the two groups of Taoist priests scold each other in the street?"

Shui Rong also sneered at the side: "This time Taoist priest Zhang has torn his face, I'm afraid we have to do a good job between the north and south gates."

Wei Ruolan became more and more confused, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

But it turned out that since the emperor began to seek divination from immortals two years ago, the status of the Taoist sect has also greatly improved.

But just in line with the saying that 'foreign monks can chant scriptures', although Qingxu Temple in the capital has a good reputation, it always shows its face in front of people on weekdays, so it inevitably loses its sense of mystery.

Therefore, even though he is a local snake, he was overwhelmed by Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi recently.

That Taoist priest wrote to the imperial court this time, requesting that Taoist priests be selected to join the army. At first glance, it seems to be an act of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but anyone with a heart can see that the key point of his memorial is actually the prefix of "familiar with the southern geography and weather"?

With this prefix added, those selected to serve in the army will naturally only be those Taoist priests from the south.

The Taoist priests of the southern school, mainly in Longhushan, Jiangxi, were naturally very dissatisfied with this, so there was a scene of scolding in the street today.

"All right."

Shui Rong explained the cause and effect, and seeing Wei Ruolan shaking her head and sighing, she impatiently moved her hand: "Let's not talk about those idiots, in this cold weather, Mr. Sun came here again in the wind and snow, and let's go with the little one first." Wang went to the flower hall and had a few cups of hot tea to warm up."

Said, came up and walked hand in hand with Sun Shaozong enthusiastically, and entered the flower hall full of spring.

A few women flashed out twice, and took off their cloaks and fox fur courteously for the three of them. At first, Sun Shaozong didn't care, but later he saw Wei Ruolan bowing slightly, as if he was paying respects to those women, and then he noticed something. unusual to come.

These women are all in their early twenties, and all of them are full of gold and jade, they are by no means comparable to ordinary maids.

This is……

Sun Shaozong suddenly remembered a certain hobby of Shui Rong: he likes to treat guests with concubines.

Back then when Jia Baoyu came to the palace for a banquet, it was at the wine table that he caught sight of a concubine with Shui Rong, and then rolled the sheets out of pleasure.

Later, when the concubine died, Jia Baoyu went to the palace to attend the funeral in person.

Seeing that the concubines had no intention of leaving after taking off their coats for everyone, but Tingting's lingering attendants were beside them, Sun Shaozong sighed secretly, but he could only do as the Romans did.

After all, it is also an ancient custom to welcome guests with concubines-didn't Su Dongpo trade a pregnant concubine for a horse in the Song Dynasty?

Moreover, the princes and nobles who are eccentric these days have really gone to sea, and they are lucky not to bump into someone who greets guests with a gun.

Besides...

I have even slept with the princess, and being served by several concubines, what can I not bear?

He didn't take it seriously at the moment, and started talking and laughing with Shui Rong and Wei Ruolan.

Now that it's time to talk, it's natural to talk about the war in southern Xinjiang.

Shui Rong also heard some rumors, and curiously asked if Sun Shaozong was going south to become a general.

Wei Ruolan, on the other hand, was a little eager to try, quite intent on joining the army—no, he was originally from the army, so it can only be said that he was back to his profession.

After chatting like this, Sun Shaozong felt a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that it's time to wait, and it's time to hold a banquet after a few words of greeting. How come the two people on the opposite side don't mention it, as if they are talking about delaying time?

This doubt was quickly answered.

Because Shui Rong had been talking about it for a long time, he finally couldn't bear his temper anymore, raised his chin at a concubine beside him, and ordered: "Go outside and have a look, see if the princess has arrived."

Hearing the word 'princess', Sun Shaozong's heart skipped a beat.

But in the blink of an eye, he regained his composure. If the matter really came to light, Shui Rongfang would never be so enthusiastic...

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Although it is not uncommon for princes and nobles to treat guests with concubines, does this also prove from the side that there may be a green hat plot in Shui Rong?