Detective in the Red Chamber

If only this is the case, the problem is that after the fight, the emperor never favored other concubines.

Purify your heart and have as few desires as possible!

These eight words sounded high-sounding, but brought Concubine Rong almost despair.

Right now, we can only hope that Jia Yuanchun will not be able to give birth to the dragon son smoothly. In that case, Jingren Palace's plan to incubate the dragon son will naturally have to be restarted.

"Miss."

Just thinking about it, the maid next to the voice couldn't help reminding: "It's windy here, be careful to hurt your body."

"How about taking good care of your body?!"

Concubine Rong turned her head and glared at the maid, just about to say a few words to anger her, suddenly her heart moved, she subconsciously pulled the brocade robe on her body, and said decisively: "Let's go back to the palace!"

He said he was going back to the palace, but he was actually going back to his own small courtyard.

After returning to the small courtyard, Concubine Rong dismissed the servants around her, went into the room alone, opened the window first, and moved the charcoal basin outside.

Then she came to the flawed floor-to-ceiling mirror, gritted her teeth and stripped off all the clothes on her body. She puffed up her chest in the cold wind and stared at the figure in the mirror that was good at giving birth and good at nurturing. Whispering: "Your Majesty, this concubine is willing to do anything for you!"

The next day.

Concubine Rong occasionally caught a cold, so in order to avoid infecting the pregnant Concubine De, she was ordered by the emperor to move out of Jingren Palace. After that, she never had the chance to accompany the emperor...

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Chapter 823 There are two days in the sky, and the master and minister doubt

Li Shuncheng bowed his body, and stepped back step by step, until he got out of the gate of the west study room of Jingren Palace, then turned and left in a hurry.

And at the same time as he was going out, Emperor Guangde also dropped the memorial in his hand, Gujing Wubo showed a little smile on his face, but he soon restrained himself, and only said indifferently: "After all, it is not comparable to mediocrity. "

Although he didn't call the name, Qiu Shi'an on the side immediately laughed and said: "Master Sun came back from Huguang this time and handed over the errand of Beizhen Fusi, which made this slave feel distressed for several nights."

As he spoke, he peeked at the emperor's face, and tentatively said: "From what I've heard, Li Enxian seems to be a useful person. Do you want me to find a way to get in touch with him again?"

Emperor Guangde shook his head, slightly raised his thin chin: "Go and invite Mr. He Ge."

After a pause, he added a name: "And Xu Furen."

Qiu Shi'an bowed and agreed, knowing that Xu Furen's assistant position this time was considered appropriate.

In fact, this is normal and tight. If it hadn't been for the case of Tiangou Shiri and Prince Longgen, the current cabinet would have been governed by 'two benevolents'.

Now that he has obtained the 'Quasi-Letter', Qiu Shi'an will naturally not miss the opportunity to sell favors, he left the study, pushed the errand of summoning He Tiren to others, and then personally led the team to Xu Furen's residence.

Speechless all the way.

When they arrived at Xu's mansion, the first two hundred households in the Huben camp called out the door and the steward from the corner gate.

Qiu Shi'an's chariot and horses stopped slowly in front of the corner gate, and the three little eunuchs picked up the curtain, the one who picked up the curtain, the one who stepped on the foot, and the one who supported him, and mobilized everyone to get Qiu Shi'an out of the car.

The old eunuch cleared his throat, dragged his voice and screamed: "There is a purpose~~~!"

"Quickly open the middle door to welcome the angel!"

The steward of Xu's mansion was waiting for the voice, greeted a few servants, and opened the middle door in response.

Someone brought boiled clean water from inside, and swept it all the way to the front of the atrium hall.

This business is proficient, it can be seen that he has rehearsed long ago.

Only then did Qiu Shi'an lift his trouser legs, and accompanied by a group of eunuchs and generals, he prepared to step up the steps of Xu's mansion.

But just two and a half steps away, he suddenly stopped his legs and feet, turned his head to look at a carriage near the corner gate, frowned and asked, "Is it the carriage and horse of Sun Shaoqing from Dali Temple?"

"Eunuch has good eyesight!"

The big thumb who was in charge smiled apologetically, "Master Sun arrived a quarter of an hour ago, and was having tea with our master in the study in the backyard just now."

Before the words fell, Qiu Shi'an's face changed color.

Although Xu Furen's visit to Beijing this time was not top secret, he rarely revealed it to the outside world. In recent days, only a few of his confidant disciples were able to enter and leave this house.

Now there is another Sun Shaozong...

It's not surprising that Sun Shaozong and Xu Furen could get in touch with each other. After all, during the Longgen case, he often went to the Prince's Mansion to pass on orders to these two.

It can be said that before Xu Furen was forced to resign, the person he had the most contact with was Sun Shaozong.

However, the one or two months of friendship, the distance between relying on the confidant, I'm afraid there is still a long way to go.

What's more, in order to avoid suspicion, except for a few disciples, Xu Furen's confidantes in the capital have never rushed to visit...

If something goes abnormal, it becomes a demon, so naturally Qiu Shi'an can't let him think too much about it.

In the current situation, either Xu Furen valued Sun Shaozong so much that he couldn't avoid suspicion; or Xu Furen showed a certain attitude towards borrowing Sun Shaozong's visit.

The former is also okay to say.

If it's the latter, then this time I rushed here, I really asked for bad luck!

Thinking of this, Qiu Shi'an's face seemed tense, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't take a step.

But no matter how much delay there was, when an old man with fluttering clothes appeared in the courtyard, Qiu Shi'an could only quickly cross the threshold—otherwise, it would not be selling favors, but throwing things up.

"Eunuch Qiu."

"Old Xu Ge!"

After bowing his hands and saluting for a while, Qiu Shijian pretended to be okay and said with a smile: "I really want to congratulate you on your old age. Lord Long Live ordered you to enter the palace with Mr. He Ge to discuss matters."

Xu Furen was not humble at all, he smiled and acquiesced in the address of the pavilion elder, and crossed his arms inwardly: "Since His Majesty summoned Xu, I don't want to delay, please ask Eunuch Qiu to wait in the living room later, let me go and change." Outfit."

"Please go to the old man, please go to the old man."

Qiu Shi'an said politely, but felt miserable in his heart.

He still knew Xu Furen's character, if he hadn't thought of leaving no way out, how could he be so careless?

If I knew this earlier, I should have gone to Mr. He Ge!

Not to mention how Qiu Shi'an complained about himself in the living room.

But Xu Furen went back to the backyard with his sleeves fluttering, and before ordering someone to prepare the next batch of food to keep out the cold, he only waited for him to raise his hands horizontally, and swarmed forward to serve him.

Xu Furen let them manipulate, but tilted his head and said indifferently: "Your Majesty has a call, I'm afraid I don't have time to send Mr. Sun out of the mansion—someone, take the gift I prepared, and ask Mr. Sun to present it on your behalf."

Before the words were finished, another servant came over to fetch a few packs of presents, most of which were worthless local products.

But when Sun Shaozong took it in his hands, he was quite overwhelmed.

Because although these gifts themselves are not worth much money, Xu Furen specially entrusted him to send them to the Prince's Mansion!

Although Sun Shaozong vaguely felt that the banquet was not a good one when he was invited here, he did not expect that Xu Furen had just come to Beijing and had not yet rejoined the cabinet, so he dared to show his support for the prince!

What's even more tragic is that he even chose himself as a middleman to show his zz tendency!

This is really the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

Although Sun Shaozong also gave advice to the prince and sacrificed his grandson to stabilize the situation, he never thought about provoking a dispute between the emperor's heirs face to face.

Besides, Jia Yuanchun hasn't given birth to a son yet.

Don't all the scholars say, "You don't say anything, you're in a state of confusion", so what's the rush?

If things were really brought up, he, Xu Furen, would be in his seventies and eighties after all, and the worst would be to pat his ass and continue to go home to take care of himself.

Who did our second grandson provoke?

The good and bad situation is about to be pushed into the sea of ​​swords and fires abruptly!

Nope!

Don't let the old man mess around!

Seeing that Xu Furen was neatly dressed, there would be no chance if he didn't speak clearly, Sun Shaozong gritted his teeth, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I have a few words from the bottom of my heart, I hope my lord can hold back for now!"

Xu Furen glanced at him sideways, and waved his hands with a half-smile, and the whole room of servants and servants dispersed immediately.

"My lord!"

Sun Shaozong immediately said seriously: "At present, the concubine is just pregnant, whether it is a boy or a girl, you will never believe those warlocks..."

Xu Furen raised his hand to stop his words, met Sun Shaozong's gaze, and said indifferently: "I'd rather Empress Defei had a prince in her belly."

clam?

What does this mean?

The old man's posture just now was clearly to protect the crown prince to death, how could he change his face so suddenly?

Sun Shaozong was in a daze, and then he heard Xu Furen say again: "If Concubine De gives birth to a dragon son, if things can't be done, the emperor's heir can grow a few years longer, it's better than His Majesty wasting the dragon's body again and again."

Speaking of this, the old man raised his hand and patted Sun Shaozong's shoulder, and said sadly: "Two days have exhausted the court's efforts, and now there are wars everywhere, I can't stand the 'lord's suspicion' any longer." .”

After finishing speaking, regardless of Sun Shaozong's reaction, he walked away.

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Chapter 824

This is really a hot potato!

Staring at the earth instruments piled up in the corner of the carriage, Sun Shaozong was full of bad luck.

It's not that he can't understand Xu Furen's thoughts of worrying about the country and the people.

But the problem is, although the main young minister suspects that it is easy to overturn, assisting the crown prince, the 'adou', may not be much better.

However, Sun Shaozong could only think about such thoughts in his heart, after all, he dared not put them on the surface.

"Second Master."

At this time, Zhang Cheng outside waited for a long time, but Sun Shaozong still didn't speak, so he took the initiative to ask for instructions: "Shall we go back to the yamen now, or go home directly?"

Sun Shaozong didn't answer right away, and stared at the gifts for a while, and then ordered: "Go back to the house!"

Although these gifts had to be sent to the Prince's Mansion, Sun Shaozong could make his own decision whether to send them early or late.

Let's spare some time first, allow myself to think clearly about the pros and cons of bringing this matter to the Sun family, figure out how to deal with it, and then it will not be too late to send the gift over.

It's a pity that the eldest brother is not in the capital at the moment, and there is no one to discuss with him. If you want other things, Yu Qian can help you to discuss them in detail, but it involves the dispute of imperial lineage. Home is one heart.

Speechless all the way.

When I got back to my house, I saw a few carts parked near the stable, and a dozen servants were yelling and unloading things.

"how?"

Sun Shaozong jumped out of the carriage and drove to the backyard, and asked casually: "How many carts of good materials have you collected?"

Zhao Zhongji, who had come close earlier, smiled and said: "There are some leather materials, but most of them are miscellaneous things, not worth a lot of money, just for rarity."

Hearing this, Sun Shaozong stopped in his tracks, turned his head and swept the carts, and saw that there were traces of being turned over on the goods that had not been unloaded, so he pressed his voice and asked: "I have already let Chongwenmen checked?"

Zhao Zhongji hurriedly replied: "It is said that it was spread out at the gate of the city for a detailed inspection early this morning."

My cheap big brother is really tight-fisted.

Those precious things that were sent to the capital last time did not make the tax supervisor of Chongwenmen move a finger.

And right now, these local products are specially spread out in Chongwenmen for 'drying', which makes people want to make a fuss about this matter, and there is no serious reason.

This also reminded Sun Shaozong.

According to the original plan, in order to ensure safety on the road, the 10,000+ taels of silver that the Sun family and Wang Xifeng had stored in Jinling would be handed over to the anti-insurgents led by Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian to escort them to Beijing along the way.

Now that I think about it, this method is solid, but I'm afraid it's not very appropriate.

After all, although that sum of money was not considered stolen money, it was still the wool of the Great Zhou court, and then got mixed up with the Huguang counter-insurgency troops.

Looks like I have to make another plan...

While muttering to himself, Sun Zheng was rushing towards the study in the backyard, when he suddenly heard someone chasing after him, Sun Shaozong looked back, but it was Wang Jin, his disciple.

Seeing Wang Jin, Sun Shaozong thought of another person.

Seeing that there was still some distance away, he turned to Zhao Zhongji and asked, "How is Liu Quan?"

"This one……"

Zhao Zhongji's shoulders slumped, his face full of hesitation and hesitation.