The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Concubine Wu Gui and Concubine Ji Hui planned things secretly. The reason why Dai Quan and Chang Sheng obstructed them was that they dared to go beyond them;Only Concubine Zhou Gui, she wanted to intervene because of the three words "I can't see it".

Concubine Zhou already regarded Concubine Wu as an enemy who killed her brother, so she naturally refused to let Concubine Wu get what she wanted.

So the next morning, under the fluttering snowflakes, Concubine Zhou dressed up like a concubine and fairy, surrounded by the lower concubines in the palace, and went to pay her respects to the queen.

When Concubine Zhou arrived, Concubine Wu, Concubine Ji Hui and other concubines were already there.

After paying your respects, wait for the queen to order everyone to sit down.

Concubine Zhou Guifei acted first, and congratulated the queen with a slight smile.

The queen smiled lightly and said, "You are crazy, what do you want?"

Concubine Zhou pursed her lips and pointed her finger at Concubine Ji Hui.

Concubine Ji Hui became the target of public criticism for a while, and she was anxious but did not dare to offend Concubine Zhou, who was loved by the emperor because of a major incident in her natal family.

"What's the matter, tell me." The queen said again.

Concubine Zhou said with a smile, "The Fifth Prince is going to marry Concubine Hui's niece."

The queen spat: "Nonsense, you have heard about things that I don't know yet?"

"Wu Guifei has a nose and eyes." Zhou Guifei chuckled.

Concubine Ji Hui glanced at Concubine Wu Gui, and said with a smile, "That's not the case."

Concubine Wu's heart skipped a beat, seeing that Concubine Zhou had no good intentions, she smiled and said: "It's weird, why should I tell you about her niece? Besides, when and where did I tell you? "

"That's Chang Xing's dog, did you remember it wrong?" Concubine Zhou smiled again. As the saying goes, if you beat a dog to see its owner, since Chang Sheng no longer wants Chang Xing's dog, what is he afraid of?

Concubine Ji Hui's complexion was not good.

Concubine Wu Gui opened her mouth: "This matter..."

"Don't talk about these shadowy things anymore. The marriage of the princes is decided by the emperor, the queen mother, and the emperor. Whoever dares to talk nonsense will drag it out to slap their mouths." The queen said.

"Yes." Zhou Guifei agreed with a smile.

By noon, the fine snowflakes turned into heavy snow like a fan of goose feathers.

Before noon, someone searched Chang Xing's house for prohibited items. Before Chang Xing could ask his godfather for help, he was gagged and dragged out.

When everyone in the palace saw this, they couldn't help whispering behind their backs. They all said that Concubine Wu had murdered Chang Xing in order to silence her. Everyone was waiting to see how Chang Xing's godfather, Chang Sheng, complained to the Emperor and Queen Mother about his grievances.

No, everyone waited for three days, but Chang Sheng didn't see a word for Chang Xing.

On the fourth day, the heavy snow stopped.

Chang Sheng was wrapped in a thick silver fox cloak and headed towards the palace gate. When he met Dai Quan in the narrow and deep alley, he cupped his hands in the distance, raised his face slightly and said haughtily, "Three days is three days."

"Admiration, admiration." Dai Quan also clenched his fists and cupped his hands.

Seeing passing by, Chang Sheng paused and asked, "Who did it?"

Dai Quan said in a low voice, "It's the empress, Concubine Wu Guifei has been charged for nothing and still can't argue with it."

"So that's how it is." Chang Sheng nodded, then went straight out, got on the sedan chair outside the palace, and said: "Let's take a nap for a while, and then call us when we enter Prince Zhongshun's mansion."

"Yes."

Chang Sheng squinted his eyes and leaned against the wall of the sedan chair, with a smile on his lips, thinking that Prince Zhongshun would know the fate of doing things behind his back, and wanted to go beyond him and praise that bastard Chang Xing?dream!

As the sedan chair was walking on the road, Chang Sheng fell asleep in a daze. In his dream, he saw a figure in a dragon robe beckoning to him and said, "Chang Sheng, how do you become a eunuch who holds lamps in the Daming Palace?" I heard someone outside the sedan chair say, "Elder-in-law, we're here."

Chang Sheng yawned, and when he heard the silence outside, he was a little annoyed: "Where are you?"

"I've entered Prince Zhongshun's mansion."

Chang Sheng stopped stretching his waist, wondering why there was no singing in Zhongshun Palace?Opening the curtain, one can see dark clouds rolling over the house of Prince Zhongshun, and a few red lanterns scattered under the eaves swaying with the wind.As the New Year approached, there were neither lanterns nor festoons, nor feasts in the mansion.

What happened to Prince Zhongshun?Chang Sheng was puzzled. After getting off the sedan chair, he was about to go to the Nuan Pavilion where Prince Zhongshun was used to staying. After walking a few steps there, he saw a member of Prince Zhongshun's mansion saying, "This way please, Eunuch."

Chang Sheng then followed, but saw that the man led him into a narrow retreat, where the fire was burning like a flaming mountain, he just entered, sweating, took off his outer cloak, and still felt stuffy, He simply took off his cotton-padded long jacket with a red fox collar.

"Is the prince sick?" Chang Sheng entered the room, saw Prince Zhongshun sitting on the kang with a sullen face, and asked with concern.

"Cough." Prince Zhongshun coughed forcefully, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm from the spittoon at the side, then hugged the stove with both hands and said: "The weather is getting colder, I feel a little uncomfortable."

"So that's how it is." Chang Sheng thought in his heart: He asked for it, if he had been asked to do something earlier, how could there be so many detours?

"Is the Supreme Emperor okay?" Prince Zhongshun asked.

Chang Sheng laughed and said: "The Taishang Emperor is very tough, and he said that the prince has not greeted him for many days. When the Lantern Festival comes, the prince must enter the palace for a banquet."

Prince Zhongshun nodded vigorously, checked Chang Sheng's expression carefully, and said, "I heard that your godson is gone?"

Chang Sheng sighed: "He's a fool, if he doesn't do things well, he still takes things from him, it's his bad luck."

Prince Zhongshun smiled and said: "Even so, he is your godson. Do you know who he offended? If you talk too much about the prince's marriage, it won't be like this."

"Our family doesn't know what happened. It's just that the palace said that Concubine Wu Gui was angry, but he was talking too much, so he did it behind his back." Chang Sheng saw Prince Zhongshun beckoning to him, so he sat down on the chair under the kang and looked at Zhongshun. The prince was sweating slightly on his forehead, thinking that since he was hot, he should ask people to burn less charcoal fire.

"I heard that Concubine Zhou made a slip of the tongue?"

"It doesn't sound like a slip of the tongue, but it seems like it was meant to be said." Chang Sheng said to add insult to injury.

"Oh." Prince Zhongshun nodded, only felt that Chang Sheng was talking in circles as if guarding against him, so he refused to say more, and instructed his servants to stuff Chang Sheng with a stack of thick banknotes, and asked someone to give it to him Chang Sheng went out, then wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and took a dip in the prepared bathtub. Hearing that Wu Tianyou was here to give a gift, he put on his clothes and went back to the retreat to wait until he saw Wu Tianyou. Tianyou came in with a bowed body, pointed at his nose and cursed: "Family idiot! You said that you did not do what happened to the Zhou family, and kowtowed to ask the king to make peace with the Zhou family for you. This king kindly rewards you Just pointing out the maze, that stupid woman of yours didn’t tell the secret, but she even learned the trick of cutting grass and roots, and got rid of Chang Xing!” Chang Xing was the one he single-handedly promoted to replace Chang Sheng, and now that Chang Xing is gone, the palace There is a trouble, he can only know through Chang Sheng; that Chang Sheng is old and cunning, and may not be willing to tell him everything one by one.

Wu Tianyou didn't understand why, so he immediately knelt down and kowtowed and said: "The lower official is stupid, please tell the lower official, what happened?"

Prince Zhongshun sneered and said: "Before this king didn't believe that you would use the trick of misfortune and send the Zhou family's white-haired people to black-haired people, but now I believe it twice."

Wu Tianyou hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Heaven and earth conscience, this official will never have the guts to do such a thing. Since the prince said that he would help Xiaguan take care of his mother's relatives, the official has regarded the prince as a reborn parent, and regarded the prince's words as a golden rule. The law. The prince said that he wanted my mother and the Zhou family to be good sisters and serve the emperor diligently. The officials tremblingly asked the mother to put state affairs first and be friendly with the Zhou family. But something happened to the Zhou family. , put all the crimes on the lower officials. To put it bluntly, how many people have offended the Zhou family by acting like that..."

"Shut up, you're making your head hurt from being so noisy." Lord Zhongshun shouted.

"Yes, yes." Wu Tianyou agreed with his head down, seeing Prince Zhongshun rubbing his temples, he didn't dare to get up, and after a long time, he whispered: "The Ji family has been a little far away from me these two days..."

"Concubine Wu Guifei conspired with Concubine Ji Hui, who in the palace doesn't know? If the Ji family makes friends with your family at this time, is it going to be the first bird?" Prince Zhongshun sneered.

"...the fifth prince..." Wu Tianyou hesitantly looked up at Prince Zhongshun.

"Forget it, if you want to find a concubine for the prince at this time, you will be courting death." Prince Zhongshun sneered, his face burning hot.

At this moment, he hated King Beijing to death, and felt that if King Beijing hadn't framed him with Jia Yucun, Hong Helong, the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor might not have suspected him of treason, and they might not have beaten him again and again.If he didn't feel that he could not count on the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor, he would not have fixed his eyes on the prince.This time Zhou and Wu two stupid women startled the snake, the Supreme Emperor and the emperor must be on guard, and it will not be so easy to get close to the princes.

Wu Tianyou knelt on the ground and said at a loss: "It's no wonder our mother, if it wasn't for Zhou's mother..."

"Shut up, this time, we can only fight each other." Prince Zhongshun impatiently looked at Wu Tianyou again, waved his hand, and Wu Tianyou stepped back, sitting cross-legged without realizing it, and clasping his hands like sitting in meditation in one place.

"My lord, it's time to eat." The servant came in and said.

Prince Zhongshun woke up suddenly, and ordered to his servants: "Reduce the meal of this king to [-]% of the original, remove all the meat and meat, and make it a vegetarian dish." After a short pause, he said: "General Qiguan and the others All of them were sent to Qingxu Temple to become Taoist priests, and I also made a Taoist robe for this king."

"Yes." The servant didn't dare to ask more questions, so he quickly agreed.

The servants didn't ask questions, but Prince Zhongshun explained by himself: "That day I saw Zhou's son Lang Xian return his fresh clothes and angry horse. He was very happy. In the blink of an eye, his seven holes bleed and his soul returned to the underworld. This king sees through life and death in the world for a moment. Honor and disgrace, Determined to be a Taoist priest for a few days."

"Yes." The servant listened to Prince Zhongshun's explanation, and couldn't help feeling amused in his heart. He rushed out and asked people to send all the opera singers kept by the palace to Qingxu Temple, and ordered them to put away the elephant pullers and bear's paws in the kitchen, and cooked them. Vegetable tofu is served.After doing these things, and thinking that the prince of loyalty and obedience would be a Taoist priest, he should confess the patriarch of Taoism, so he ordered the people who went down to work again, and within a day, the prince of loyalty and obedience, who used to be brilliantly lit and sang and danced, floated up. The fragrance in the Taoist temple.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, when Prince Zhongshun "went out of the customs", he saw that his body was a little more "immortal demeanor", with a clear face and a thin figure, which was the same as that of just a few months ago. The burly and majestic appearance is completely different.

Prince Zhongshun entered the palace on the day of Lantern Festival with such an appearance, and when he arrived in front of the Empress Dowager, he raised his Taoist robe and knelt down with his back bent.

The Taishanghuang was still dressed as a rich man. He sat on the mother-of-pearl armchair on the birthday face, looked at Prince Zhongshun in astonishment, and sneered for a long time and said, "Are you doing this to atone for your sin?"

Prince Zhongshun kowtowed, fell on the ground and said: "The humble minister is incompetent, let the villain plan."

"How was it calculated?" The Supreme Emperor asked again.

Prince Zhongshun hurriedly said: "I don't know when I offended the King of Beijing Jing. He even bought an actor from Weichen's sect, and asked that actor to collude with Jia Yucun to persuade Hong Helong to sell firearms overseas... If it wasn't for him, Nothing will happen to Hong Helong. If it weren't for the fact that the minister didn't notice for a while, such a thing would not have happened. Now, although the minister sent his family opera singer to Qingxu Temple, he couldn't save Hong Helong in the end. The minister is incompetent , I would like to go to Taoist temple Qingxiu to pray for the Supreme Emperor, so as to atone for my sins."

The Supreme Emperor sneered and said, "I thought you would never mention this to me until you die."

Lord Zhongshun lowered his head and trembled, secretly thought that the Supreme Emperor already knew about this matter, so it must be true that those Supreme Emperors guarded him against his guesses.

"Sure enough, it was King Bei Jing who did it?" The Supreme Emperor frowned, unaware that the little boy could plot against Prince Zhongshun.

"It's him." Prince Zhongshun said.

The Supreme Emperor sneered and said, "Nonsense! If you hadn't been used to doing such a big thing behind my back, how could you dare to do it as soon as someone instigated it? Don't you think that this matter is just a 'small matter'? Looking at it No one dares to do anything to you?"

Prince Zhongshun lowered his head to the ground.

Seeing his thin back, the Supreme Emperor seemed to have had enough torture, and thought that if King Zhongshun really became a Taoist priest, how many people would he have available?So he said: "Forget it, there's no need to mention this matter again. You just remember that the whole family can make small troubles, and things that affect our Shui family's affairs are absolutely unacceptable."

"Yes."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Supreme Emperor." Prince Zhongshun stood up upon hearing the words.

"Hurry up and put away this pitiful face, and take good care of your body when you are new years old."

"Thank you for your love." Prince Zhongshun wiped the corners of his eyes gratefully, took two steps forward, and asked softly, "How will the Supreme Emperor deal with King Beijing?"

The Supreme Emperor sneered and said, "Nonsense! You can deal with him with just one sentence? There is no reason for you to touch him. If he touches you, he will be charged with a crime."

"Yes." Prince Zhongshun tightly pursed his lips, secretly thinking that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years.

"Don't count on the princes, I'm not dead yet." The Supreme Emperor said again abruptly.

Prince Zhongshun's knees softened and he almost knelt down again. When he was about to explain, he heard the little eunuch outside say: "The banquet has already been set. My lord invites the Supreme Emperor, Queen Mother, and Prince Zhongshun to the banquet."

"Hmm." The Supreme Emperor hummed.

Prince Zhongshun anxiously helped him go out and got on the Yuchao, followed by the Yuchao with his hands down, secretly looking up at the Yuchao, secretly thinking that the Supreme Emperor was suspicious of him after all, and he had to continue singing the strategy of slowing down the army in front of him before making plans. A long-term and safe solution.

While thinking about it, he also followed the imperial court to the back hall of Daming Palace, and sat down with all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

As soon as he was seated, Prince Zhongshun went to see Prince Jing of Beijing.

King Beijing was talking about King Nan'an with the King of Xining County, when he suddenly felt that someone was looking at him, he looked towards the opposite side, met Prince Shang Zhongshun's resentful eyes, smiled faintly, then moved his eyes away, looked over again, saw the description The skinny Prince Zhongshun also chatted and feasted with the King of Dongping County, so he went secretly to look for Jia Lian. Seeing Jia Lian, who is now the admiral of Shenjiying, chatting and laughing with his colleagues, he secretly snorted.

"King of Beijing?"

Suddenly someone called from above, Shui Rong hurriedly restrained his mind, and bowed forward respectfully.

"Father called him here, but to show him Miss Lin's poems?" Shui Mu smiled lightly.

The Supreme Emperor said softly, "No, just look at the masters of the game." He waved his hand, ignored the water, and held the wine glass to watch the singing and dancing on the stage in front of him.

Shui Mu rolled her eyes and said, "Back off."

"Yes." Shui Rong felt ignorant karma in his heart, and when he returned to the table, he saw Prince Zhongshun mockingly glance at him, and he secretly looked at Jia Lian, and saw that Jia Lian didn't seem to notice what was going on above him, and he was still with him People around me are joking.

Angry, Shui Rong drank a few glasses of wine, and heard the Supreme Emperor say, "The queen mother is ordering the concubines and girls to compose poems, let's join in the fun, lest they think that our son is not as good as their daughter's family."

"Prince Beijing's poems are very fresh and refined, how about asking him to write two poems for the Queen Mother?" Said the Prince of Xining.

The Supreme Emperor sneered and said: "He has a seven-apertured exquisite heart, and he is not only good at composing poems." After all, he intentionally left King Beijing behind and only asked other acquainted princes and children to compose poems.

Seeing that the limelight was not right, the king of Xining smiled, and saw Prince Zhongshun toasting him, so he also raised his cup.

Shui Rong felt more and more depressed, and felt that Prince Zhongshun was squinting at him, deliberately ignoring Prince Zhongshun, and when the fireworks in the palace were blooming, he went to see Jia Lian again, seeing that he still had nothing to do with him, he wanted Prince Zhongshun to hate him, because He took the blame for Jia Lian; just as he was about to get angry at Jia Lian for being unkind, he suddenly thought that Jia Lian was probably still mad at him about Zhen Yinglian.He secretly decided to ask Jia Lian to clarify the matter after the banquet was over, so he drank a few glasses of wine.

After watching the singing and dancing fireworks, and singing praises to the royal father and son, Shui Rong went out with the kings of Xining and Dongping. When he saw Jia Lian following Prince Zhongshun from a distance, he sneered in his heart, and stood at the palace gate. Before leaving with the other two kings, I sent Princess Beijing back to the mansion first. After returning to the mansion, Princess Beijing settled down. Then I changed my clothes, took only one servant, and took a shortcut on horseback to chase Jia Lian.

Just on Ningrong Street, at the alley between Ningrong and Rongfu, he caught up with Jia Lian.

At this time, the men, women and children who made the Lantern Festival on the street had already dispersed, the air was filled with the smell of fireworks, and there were also several broken paper lanterns on the street swaying with the wind.The sound of the operas in the courtyard walls of various places floated on the street, mixing together, making the wandering people on the street feel lonely for no reason.

"My lord?" Jia Lian was surprised that Shui Rong would be waiting for him here.

"This king has a few words, leave after finishing speaking." Shui Rong stood in the shadow of the corner and said.

Jia Lian stepped out of the sedan chair, took the glazed lamp from Zhao Tianliang, walked into the alley, and held the lamp to shine a light on King Beijing, and saw the steam from the sweat on his body drift away like a cloud.

"Is there something very important?" Jia Lian asked, seeing that Shui Rong has red lips and white teeth, and his appearance is not inferior to his, Lin Ruhai is not at a loss if he wants to find such a son-in-law.

Shui Rong said solemnly: "I have found out about Liu Xianglian's wife, and his wife's matter really has nothing to do with me."

"On such a full moon night, you chased me just to talk about this?" Jia Lian turned his head and glanced at the full moon in the sky.

Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Isn't this an important matter? Although I have some misunderstandings with you, I also serve..."

"Just to talk about this?" Jia Lian laughed dumbly.

Shui Rong said angrily, "Could it be that in your heart, this is not a very important matter?"

"No."

Shui Rong choked, and sneered again and again, "I was the one who pretended to be sentimental, and I also said that you and I share the same interests, and there will be a day when we will have a good time." Why bother to come and explain?It's just a laughingstock.Thinking about it, he threw up his sleeves and wanted to leave.After taking two steps outside, he turned back unwillingly, stared at Jia Lian and said, "Don't tell me there is no time for you and me to conspire together for great things?"

"Aren't we colluding in big things now?" Jia Lian said with a smile.

"Planning for what?" Shui Rong sneered, "Since we are going to conspire against each other, how will we divide the work?"

Jia Lian chuckled and said, "You're the one to take the blame and send me to my death." -