The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

I don't know if Jia Lian moved him to the closed East Courtyard in retaliation for Jia She's misbehavior in his inner study.But Xu Qingheng was very satisfied with living in the large courtyard behind Rongxi Hall.

There are more than [-] rooms in this large-span courtyard, bypassing the three ear rooms on the east side of Rongxi Hall, passing through a corner door and entering a hallway, and then entering this large-span courtyard.

Because of the large number of rooms, Jia Lian chose five main rooms for Xu Qingheng, and used the three small buildings on the upper and lower floors behind the large courtyard as inner study rooms—even though beds were still set up on the back floor, they slept in the same room with Xu Qingheng after all. The yard is gone.

At night, Jia Lian also tried his best to fulfill the promise - he couldn't fall asleep listening to the sound of Xu Qingheng's breathing in his ears.

The next morning, Xu Qingheng lazily got up, after washing up, remembering Yuanyang's words, he looked in the mirror carefully, and saw that his face was not as bright as when he was a girl before. It's good to be Xixi, otherwise how can that person remember her?

"What about the second master?"

"Grandma got up late, and the second master is writing in the back building." Because of Wen Lan's matter, Wu'er reminded himself again and again not to talk about Xu Qingheng and Jia Lian's affairs.

"Have you eaten the second master? If you haven't eaten, take it to the back building."

"Hey."

Xu Qingheng looked in the mirror and saw that the red clothes on his body reflected his complexion too well, so he intentionally changed into a vegetable-colored dress and went to the back building. Walking on the road, he remembered the scenery of last night, and secretly thought that the person on the wedding night Must be lazy.

After entering the east room of the back building, he saw Jia Lian standing behind the desk practicing calligraphy. Xu Qingheng looked at him with the silver hook painted on iron and said, "I sent someone to bring the food here."

Jia Lian nodded after a moment of silence, and encouraged Xu Qingheng, "There are many rooms in the courtyard on the left and right, so you can choose a few for your study and keep one for your sewing."

"... Isn't the room where you sleep deserted? Why do you always waste your time on these meaningless things?" Xu Qingheng didn't like this alienation very much. They both behaved like this, even if they lived in the same courtyard. There is no time to talk about homework.

Jia Lian laughed and said, "It's useless if the room is empty."

"Then you can make a homely room, and I will wait for you in that room depending on the time."

Xu Qingheng's words were very offensive, because Xu Qingheng was not tender because he did his best, and Jia Lian hurt his self-esteem, so he also turned cold and didn't answer.

"Just kidding, if it's really stipulated, you won't even come to this back building." Xu Qingheng sneered, saw Wu'er and Liu'er bring food through the window, and went to the west room to set the meal.

"Second Master, Prince Zhongshun sent someone to ask Second Master to come over and talk." Yuanyang outside the building said.

"Who was sent?" Jia Lian asked.

Yuanyang said through the window, "He's an unfamiliar boy."

Jia Lian's eyelids twitched, guessing that Prince Zhongshun probably knew about the fact that King Beijing came to his house yesterday, so he was thinking about how to make this matter go away, put down the pen, and put it on the shelf behind the door After washing his hands in the sink, he went out.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Xu Qingheng chased him out and asked, seeing that Jia Lian's posture meant that he didn't have time to eat, so he turned around and brought out a plate of small flower rolls, pinched one and stuffed it into Jia Lian's mouth.

Jia Lian only took one bite, then went out, and asked Yuanyang on the way, "Look at me, how energetic I am now?"

Yuanyang smiled and said, "It's still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the word spirit."

"That's good." Jia Lian smiled.

"Master made trouble last night. He only said that the food was not to his liking. He had been busy in the kitchen all night and he didn't make anything that satisfied him."

"Tell the kitchen not to be busy, just follow the example every day and send it."

"...I'm afraid it will attract people's resentment."

"Tell other people that the master has a beautiful concubine and a young son in the backyard, and he is alive."

"Hey."

Jia Lian went to the front yard, and heard Zhao Tianliang and Zhao Tiandong brothers say that the people from Zhongshun Wang's mansion looked very bad, so he smoothed his words, went out and got on the horse, and led the Zhao brothers to Zhongshun Wang's mansion.

When he arrived at the gate of Prince Zhongshun's mansion, he saw that the person at the door was neglecting a lot. He said he would go inside to report to Prince Zhongshun, but he was told to wait at the door for half an hour.

After half an hour, Jia Lian was ushered in, this time to the front hall.

I saw that the front hall of Lord Zhongshun was very majestic, the whole seat was covered with a whole piece of tiger skin, and the chairs on both sides also used the whole piece of animal skin as a chair burden.

One by one, hideous animal heads were placed on the pedals in a majestic way, all of them scrambling to show off Jia Lian.

After waiting for another cup of tea, I saw Prince Zhongshun lazily leading Qi Guan out of the back hall.

When he came out, he sat on the tiger skin mattress without saying a word, and put his foot on the tiger's head.

"The servant has seen the prince."

"Stay flat." Prince Zhongshun took the tea bowl from Qi Guan, took a sip, and said with a sideways glance at Qi Guan, "Did you go to Beijing Palace to play again in the past two days?"

Qi Guan glanced at Jia Lian hastily, and said quickly, "The little one hasn't been out of the house for half a year."

"Hmph." Prince Zhongshun hummed lightly.

Jia Lian said, "Could it be that the king of Beijing also called the prince uncomfortable?"

A single word can be described as meaningful.

Prince Zhongshun smiled and said: "He's a hairy boy, who cares about him?" He rubbed his foot on the tiger's head, "Could it be that the King of Beijing is uncomfortable looking for you?"

Jia Lian hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "I also ask the prince to be the master. While I was in the south and there was no news, two shameless women came to my house to bluff and cheat. I was going to send those two women to the official to avenge their shame. Who knows that the king of Beijing killed him halfway. Come out and save those two girls." After thinking twice, Jia Lian decided to tell the truth.

This rhetoric was similar to what Prince Zhongshun had inquired about, and Prince Zhongshun said, "Why did he keep those two girls? Among them, you don't like the girl from the Hong family, so just send her away."

Jia Lian sneered and said, "King Beijing said that the pregnant woman had a marriage contract with a scholar under his family and the princess of Nan'an Wangfu. It was unreasonable to make trouble. For his own selfishness, he had to be dismissed from office and become a living bastard! He also had to support her." The next little bastard!"

Prince Zhongshun was startled, then smiled and said: "I was waiting to see the jokes of Nan'an Palace, to see how he would marry the princess, so it turned out that he was playing the idea of ​​picking a poor scholar for the princess."

"...I don't know why the princess married a scholar?" Jia Lian asked.

Prince Zhongshun said with a smile: "The Princess is not a girl, if she marries into someone else's family, if it is exposed, the Nan'an Palace will lose face."

"...Who is so bold that he can destroy the princess's innocence?"

"—She was born like this." Prince Zhongshun said in a cryptic manner, and asked back: "If you behave yourself, how can King Beijing Jing threaten you?"

Jia Lian said resentfully: "The lower officials have the handle in the hands of the King of Beijing."

"What handle?"

Jia Lian half-truthfully said: "Your official knows that Jia Yucun, and has done something against the king's law for Jia Yucun in Jiayu Village, Honghe Longna."

Prince Zhongshun pursed his lips tightly and said with a sneer for a long time: "Sure enough, it was the King of Beijing who planned to frame him! Poor Mr. Hong has been loyal to the king all his life, but he ended up like this! Then Jia Yucun really deserves to die!" At first, he was suspicious of Jia Lian and the King of Beijing. They colluded secretly, and now seeing that Jia Lian had nothing to hide, he lost his grievances and comforted him: "Leave that woman and child in your house, maybe it will be useful in the future. Don't take the words of King Beijing to heart, he will I can't bear to move you."

"... Listen to King Beijing's intentions, he wants to send the subordinate to the Shenji Camp. Although the subordinate has the title of general, but his ambition is not in the military position, the prince is clear that the future of the military position is limited..." Jia Lian deliberately hesitated , hoping that Prince Zhongshun will be the first to get him to the Six Departments or the Hanlin Academy.

Prince Zhongshun froze for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "I don't think he has such an idea!"

"I don't know what the idea is?"

"He's holding onto you, and he's going to get you to that place again, so it won't be the future..." The words "intent to treason" echoed in Prince Zhongshun's heart, and fell into the most secret corner again.

"Hey, you don't have to ask carefully, and you don't have to look down on Shenji Ying. There is a saying that it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. If you can make a fortune in Shenji Ying, you can be regarded as a glorious family." Prince Zhongshun twisted Seeing that Jia Lian was still reluctant, he pretended to be angry and said, "You are young, you have no achievements in the south, and you have been implicated by Mr. Hong. Wouldn't it be nice if you could push the boat along the way and enter the Shenji camp? Don't you want to go to the sky in one step? Go to seal the Marquis and worship the Prime Minister?"

"The subordinate dare not."

"Go." Prince Zhongshun waved his hand lazily.

Jia Lian bowed and retreated, walked a few steps, and stopped quickly when Prince Zhongshun called back.

"It is said that Wu and Zhou's two families have made imperial concubines, and they have reported to your family?"

Jia Lian already knew about the many eyes and ears of Prince Zhongshun, and when he heard him ask, he smiled philistinely and said: "In the early years, the lower officials expected that there would be a few concubines who would be promoted, so they specially bought the courtyards outside those houses. But ask the subordinate officer to arrest him."

Prince Zhongshun smiled and said: "You are really caring. The ward Zhou and the Wu family said that I still have some things that have not been placed for many years. If they are in short supply, just send someone to pick them up."

"Yes." Jia Lian agreed, then bowed and went out. When he came out this time, the people of Prince Zhongshun dared not neglect to say no to him again and again.Jia Lian didn't bother with these subordinates, he still came out politely, and after he came out, he was going to Xu Shangshu's mansion for a while, when he suddenly saw Liu Xianglian, who came to Beijing with him, coming over anxiously.

"Second Master, Mr. Lin invites Second Master to Lantai Temple to discuss matters."

Jia Lian was taken aback, thinking in the book that Lin Ruhai had disappeared in the past two years, and hurriedly asked, "Did Master Lin say anything?"

Liu Xianglian hurriedly said: "Master Lin only sent someone to the house to say that it is an urgent matter."

When Jia Lian heard the words, he got on his horse and went to Lantai Temple with Liu Xianglian.

When he arrived at Lantai Temple, he saw several people in Lantai Temple evasively congratulating them. Jia Lian bowed his hands to these people, and entered Lin's house together with Liu Xianglian.

Who would have thought that as soon as she stepped into the backyard, Daiyu would greet her in person.

I saw that Daiyu was already very elegant at this time, and after taking medicine from monks and Taoists for several years, she adjusted her body to be considered healthy, so when Jia Lian saw her, she thought that this is not a fairyland outside the world. , is a fairy in the world.Just seeing that her eyes were red and swollen from crying, she seemed to have encountered a very embarrassing thing.

"But something happened to my uncle?" Jia Lian asked.

Daiyu choked with sobs and said, "Father is just like Brother Zhu now, whether he is healthy or not, he will always get sick in autumn and winter, but in spring and summer he is no different from ordinary people."

Xueyan supported Daiyu and hurriedly said, "It's not Mrs. Lin's business, it's our girl's business."

"The ancients depended on blessings and misfortunes. I knew that I would rather be sick than take that kind of medicine." Daiyu's tears fell, and she wanted to say a few more words. Jia Min came out of the prejudice room, so she had to swallow her words.

"Lian'er, come in quickly." Jia Min stood by the door, her eyes were red and swollen.

Jia Lian was full of suspicion, took two steps, then looked back at Daiyu, and before entering the room, he said to Jia Min: "Could it be that my sister's reputation has spread far and wide, and she has attracted some disciples?"

Jia Min sneered and said, "If it really is Deng Tuzi, it would be easy to dismiss." Resignedly said to Xue Yan, "We are the masters of everything, and we will lead the girl back to the room."

Jia Lian thought about it and made a good guess. When he entered Lin Ruhai's room, he saw Lin Ruhai fidgeting and walking back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"Lian'er, your sister is going to enter the palace." Lin Ruhai said with a gloomy face.

Jia Lian pursed her lips, "Entering the palace is not all about being a concubine. I don't know who recommended Sister Lin to enter the palace? And what is she doing in the palace?"

Lin Ruhai sighed: "There are villains who borrow flowers from other people's houses to offer Buddha in order to flatter their superiors."

"...Which villain?"

"Whose house did you come out of just now?"

Jia Lian's eyelids twitched, secretly thinking that Prince Zhongshun would do such a thing?

"It is said that I entered the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager, but the gate of the palace is as deep as the sea. Who knows what will happen after entering? The Supreme Emperor..." Jia Min suddenly thought that if Lin Daiyu fell into the hands of the Supreme Emperor, he would faint faintly.

Jia Lian quickly hugged Jia Min and placed her on a chair covered with soft cushions.

"Where did uncle offend Prince Zhongshun?" Jia Lian asked.

Lin Ruhai gritted his teeth and said, "Have I ever offended him? However, Prince Zhongshun is not a fool. He was afraid that he would see that I did not submit to him honestly, so he thought of a way to humiliate me! If I had known this, it wouldn't matter if I made Yu'er weaker." ?”

Jia Lian said in his heart that it was indeed a blessing and a curse. Now that his parents are both healthy and healthy, it has brought disaster even more, "Perhaps the Lord is sympathetic to my uncle and will give him a helping hand..." Suddenly he heard a sob outside the window, and saw Jia Min and Lin Ruhai. She seemed to be avoiding it, and thought that both the emperor and the emperor were not a good match in the eyes of their husband and wife, and asked: "Aside from Sister Lin, are there any girls from other families? If there is one, it would be nice to be a companion."

"The other one is the girl from the Xue family. Originally, the girl from the Xue family couldn't do it, but her brother has made a fortune at this juncture." Jia Min regretted.

The Holy Majesty wanted to promote Xue Pan to revive the family business, so the Supreme Emperor was in a hurry to order the girl from the Xue family to enter the palace to cut off the achievements of the Xue family.

Jia Lian took a deep breath, and sighed that the fairy lands outside the world and the high scholars in the mountains were matched together again, "I'm afraid the name has already been sent to the Supreme Emperor."

Lin Ruhai wept, his lips moved, and finally said: "I knew you were called, and you didn't have an idea, but you just wanted to find someone to complain about."

"For today's plan, we can only ask someone to come before the Queen Mother and fix my younger sister first. In this way, my younger sister will also be protected from the Supreme Emperor and the Holy Majesty..." Jia Lian smacked his mouth. This matter is worse than stopping Lin Daiyu from entering the palace. Difficult to do, how many people can speak to the Queen Mother, who are at the age of marriage, and who are sympathetic to Lin Ruhai's love for her daughter?

Both Lin Ruhai and Jia Min became embarrassed, and the couple cried at each other.

After a long while, Jia Min hesitated and said, "I have someone to choose, but I don't know if the master is willing to ask for help, and if he is willing to agree."

Jia Lian inexplicably guessed which one Jia Min was talking about, coughed, and tentatively said to the window: "Auntie is talking about the one in the north?"

Jia Min also knew that Daiyu was outside the window, and because she didn't know if Daiyu would like it, she waited quietly for the movement outside the window, and gradually heard the sound of footsteps going away, and let out a soft breath, knowing that compared to the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor, Daiyu could still accept Beiyu. Jing Wang.

"No, absolutely not! If you go to beg King Jingjing, you will slap Prince Zhongshun in the face, and you will also implicate Lian'er!" Lin Ruhai said firmly.

Jia Min cried immediately: "If you don't ask him, who else can you ask? Even if you want to get out of your old face and kneel down and kowtow, you still have to ask the King of Beijing for help."

Lin Ruhai frowned, "It was originally an act of probing by the prince of loyalty and obedience, but if he begged the prince of Beijing, wouldn't he become a thorn in his side?"

"...Uncle, my sister can't be careless in her life. My nephew now has some advisers, so I don't need my uncle to worry about everything for my nephew." Jia Lian weighed in.

Lin Ruhai hesitated in his heart, hesitated for a long time, then watched his wife weep silently looking at him, finally gritted his teeth and said, "That's all we have to do. After today, Lian'er, don't let us stay away from you."

"Uncle, just focus on your younger sister. My younger sister will enter the palace in a few days. Uncle and aunt will prepare for her. Before entering the palace, ask my younger sister to stay with the old lady for a few more days." After Jia Lian finished speaking, she saw Lin Ruhai. , Jia Min was in tears again, wondering what happened to Xue Pan's place, so he left, and when he went outside, he ordered Zhao Tianliang to go to Xue's house to inquire about it, and then he rode his horse to Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion from the west corner gate, Zhao Tianliang came back from Xue's house in haste.

Wiping his sweat, Zhao Tianliang followed Jia Lian closely, and said with a smile, "The Xue family is full of joy, especially when they hear that the ladies of the Zhou and Wu families are going home to visit their relatives in a good manner, and the Xue family is even more honorable."

"Their grandma is like this too?"

Zhao Tianliang said: "Uncle Xue and Grandma Xue are busy making money according to the order. I went to ask, and Grandma Xue also said, 'I'm here to ask about this matter'. It can be seen that the couple are when Miss Xue enters the palace to accompany the Queen Mother, The concubine is with you."

"No one in the Xue family takes this matter to heart?"

"Why not? Mrs. Xue's family is busy taking care of Mrs. Xue. Mrs. Xue said that she had tried to kiss the girl several times before, but it never worked out. After going around and going around, she finally entered the palace. It can be seen that this is destined by heaven."

Jia Lian sneered, such a shrewd person as Wang Xifeng, how can he not know that entering the palace is not just as simple as being a companion to the queen mother and concubine, but just pretending to be confused.He also thought that Xue Baochai was not Daiyu, if she really entered the palace, there might be some good fortune - besides, Fang Wenhui was also by the Queen Mother's side.After deliberating for a while, he said to Zhao Tianliang: "You run some more errands, tell Uncle Xue that the Fang family girl is also with the Queen Mother, tell him to be more sensible, go to the Fang family, and ask if you want to give the Fang family girl Bring small items to comfort homesickness."

"Hey." Zhao Tianliang agreed and went again.

With one hand behind his back, Jia Lian wondered whether the King of Beijing would agree to Lin Ruhai, and with one hand on his waist, Pei Yu was hesitating about how to resolve the deadlock on Chen Yejun's side—after all, since the King of Beijing said he wanted to bet on whether Chen Yejun would agree with Lin Ruhai He turned against each other and would definitely prevent Chen Yejun from returning to Shenji Camp.Just as he was thinking about it, he walked to the east side of the main room of Rongxi Hall, and suddenly remembered that Xu Qingheng was waiting for her in the courtyard, so he took a deep breath and then exhaled heavily.

"Yeah, going back to your own house actually makes it difficult for you?"

Xu Qingheng's voice suddenly came from the ear room.

Jia Lian was taken aback, and looked towards the window of the anteroom, and saw Xu Qingheng sitting behind the window.

"What are you thinking? I've been sitting for so long and you haven't seen me." Xu Qingheng sneered, still playing chess with Yingchun who was opposite.

Jia Lian leaned against the window and looked into the anteroom, and saw Yingchun was still standing, so she waved her to sit down, remembering that Daiyu and Baochai were both at the age of talking about marriage, afraid that Yingchun would be anxious, so she looked at Yingchun for a while. Seeing that she looked more and more gentle with her head down, her cheeks were condensed and her nose was greasy and goose fat. The palace is going with the queen mother."

"Oh?" Xu Qingheng first returned the anger that Jia Lian had to sigh before entering the house, and after hearing what he said, he couldn't care less about venting his anger.

"In order not to have long nights and dreams, you often take Yingchun to Hu's house for a walk, and talk to Hu Jingcun's house, and I will find a few more brothers to drink with Hu Jingcun, and it will most likely be done." Jia Lian said endlessly. .

Xu Qingheng understood, winked at Yingchun, and said with a smile: "You have chosen very well, the Hu family is a scholarly family, and I have seen Jingcun, although he is a bit arrogant because of his talent, he is still a good person. "

Yingchun is not in a hurry to get married, but what is anxious is that no one will plan the marriage for her. At this time, she heard her brother and sister-in-law say something secretive, so she got up awkwardly and said: "I'll go and bring tea to brother." Walk in the room and listen to Jia Lian and Xu Qingheng talking through the curtain.

Seeing Yingchun's shadowy figure behind the curtain, Xu Qingheng said in a low voice, "I don't know if Hu Jiale is not happy, after all, it wasn't my wife."

"So what if it's not from the wife? There is only one girl in the left and right mansions."

Xu Qingheng said with a smile: "I thought you were going to sell Yingchun, but insisted on calling her Gao Pan, but you really found a good family for her. With Yingchun's temperament, even entering the Hu family can lead a peaceful life."

Jia Lian smiled, he just wanted to climb high, Yingchun was not qualified enough, and he couldn't afford to climb high; Yingchun's temperament was not very congenial with Hu Jingcun, who was lonely and proud of the world, but he could always live in peace, and said: "In the early years I bought some houses and land for her, and now the price of many of them has increased. You can sell the ones that can be sold, and keep the ones that can be kept, and the money sold will be included in her dowry. Yes, but the old one is shameless to use as a dowry, and someone created a new one..." After a pause, I suddenly remembered how to arrange the dowry for Yingchun.

"Why is it so troublesome, just ask Qiang'er and Yun'er to do things for Zhou and Wu at the same time." Xu Qingheng said lightly.

"Yo, expert."