Chen Yejun went straight to Zhongshun Wangfu with full of resentment, and when he reached the gate of Zhongshun Wangfu, he didn't want the gatekeepers to see him as slovenly, so he sent him to the side to beat the autumn wind.

Chen Yejun couldn't enter the door, and was about to shout, when he bumped into Xue Pan leading seven or eight entourages, feeling guilty for a moment, he hurriedly left the gate of Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

"Yejun, are you finally going out?" Xue Pan asked, seeing that Chen Yejun didn't bring any entourage, he asked again, "Where are you going?" The factor was careless, so he didn't see Chen Yejun's guilty conscience .

Chen Yejun vented his anger and immediately regretted it. He secretly thought that he had almost harmed Xue Pan and Feng Ziying, and hurriedly said, "I'm so bored at home, let's go for a walk." Then he asked Xue Pan where he was going.

Xue Pan said in a muffled voice, "Go to Ziying in the south, I can't stay at home anymore."

Chen Yejun didn't ask about outside affairs for a long time, but after hearing what Xue Pan said, he just looked at him puzzled.

Xue Pan's face sank into the water and said: "You don't know, my grandma is very powerful. She grasped the domestic and foreign business, and excitedly prepared to go to Qianxiang Kingdom to make a handkerchief with the queen of Qianxiang Kingdom. Aunt Ping is very virtuous, and she gets along with the grandma like a serious husband and wife. She only takes care of the grandma when she goes out to do errands. She takes care of the housework and disciplines the children at home, and she doesn't see me at all. It's unnecessary for me to stay at home .”

Chen Yejun's anger completely disappeared, because he thought that I was not the only one who was frustrated, he calmed down a lot, and said to Xue Pan: "I can't stay in the capital anymore, so I will go with you."

Xue Pan hurriedly asked: "I'm leaving now, do you want to go home and pack your luggage?"

"What luggage is there? I just come and go naked." Chen Yejun smiled wryly.

"Well, let's go together."

The two made up their minds, and they went out of the city together. When the city gate was closed at night, the two had already gone south by boat.

When Chen Yejun left like this, Yuanchun's room was in chaos. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang hurriedly asked Baoyu what he had said to Chen Yejun, and even told him to run away from home.

Where did Baoyu make it clear, I just remembered that I once persuaded Chen Yejun to go out and find an errand.

It happened that some troublesome people said that Chen Yejun abandoned his wife and son and went to become a monk. Yuanchun heard this, scolded Baoyu a few words, and cried a lot. After crying, he heard Jia Dairu's old wife yelling outside. Once Chen Yejun left, no one would respect her anymore.So he struggled to comfort Jia Dairu's old wife.Such tossing and tossing left the root of the disease, numb and cold hands and feet, sallow and bloodless.

When things didn't go his way, he heard from Jia Dairu's old wife that Yuan Chun's complexion was exactly the same as Jia Rui's before, so Yuan Chun was so frightened that he couldn't keep up his mind, thinking it was retribution for reincarnation, he urged Mrs. Wang to invite a Bodhisattva in the room and chant Buddha day and night.

But she said that although Meng's mother and son were taken away by the Nan'an Palace, the lingering anger in her heart was still lingering. After thinking about it, the Concubine Nan'an felt that Jia Lian didn't take her seriously, and she happened to meet two people who were friends with the Nan'an Palace. A well-respected eunuch said that Jia Lian's father-in-law made things difficult for him in the House of Internal Affairs, so he sent a servant to tell Princess Zhongshun, relying on the fact that the old Nan'an prince is leading troops in the south and everyone wants to give her some face. Looking forward to embarrassing Jia Lian.

People in the past, when they saw Princess Zhongshun, said: "The two father-in-laws came to the palace and wept so pitifully. They only said that they had been decent all their lives, and they never wanted to be called a thief. Our princess heard that the current head of the House of Internal Affairs The minister is the father-in-law of Jia Lian from the palace, so he thought about asking the concubine to intercede on his behalf so that the two father-in-laws can preserve their reputations."

Princess Zhongshun heard this, and one day after she found out that Prince Zhongshun had done morning lessons, she stepped back to the place where he lives now, sat on a low stool, and said to Prince Zhongshun who was sitting cross-legged on the kang: " Xu Shining is really crazy, he dares to offend any kind of person. A few days ago, a Ji family said that Concubine Hui had two handy people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but they were tied up by Xu Shining; yesterday, Nan'an Palace sent them away again. In terms of people, the two old eunuchs who often come to their house to pay their respects are about to be investigated. My lord, look, do you want to ask Jia Lian and his wife to persuade Xu Shining? Stay on the front line in everything, kill everything, and make enemies everywhere, don't they? The day when the Xu family will not be slaughtered?"

Prince Zhongshun continued to meditate with his eyes closed, and asked after a long time, "Did that old boy Chang Sheng come to beg?"

"I didn't see him coming."

Prince Zhongshun suddenly opened his eyes, and looked at Princess Zhongshun with vigour: "There is a saying that captures the king first before capturing the thief. If Xu Shining wants to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, even if he does not deal with Chang Sheng, he must deal with his subordinates..."

"I didn't hear that Chang Sheng's subordinates were going to be mobilized. Instead, it seemed to be conspiring with Chang Sheng to eradicate the 'dissidents' together." Princess Zhongshun said.

Prince Zhongshun remained silent, and said to Princess Zhongshun, "You invited Jia Lian's wife to come to your house to talk, test her tone, and see what her father is doing."

"Yes." Princess Zhongshun agreed, and asked someone to post a message to Xu Qingheng, asking her to visit the mansion to see the last crop of chrysanthemums.

The post was sent to Rongguo Mansion, Xu Qingheng was restless holding the post, and waited in the house for a long time, when he heard that Jia Lian went upstairs after returning home from Shenji Camp, he hurriedly took the post and went upstairs.Seeing him hanging a white fox cloak on the shelf, he sat on the bed and took off his boots, and said first: "Are you sleeping here alone again tonight?"

"It's not like you don't know that I don't like sleeping with other people." Jia Lian said without raising her head.

Because Jia Lian caught him secretly sleeping on this bed in the last meeting, Xu Qingheng purposely sat down heavily on the bed, and then showed Jia Lian the post.

Jia Lian read the post and said with a smile: "Princess Zhongshun sees that you are young, so she wants to use your words."

"Then what should I say?" Xu Qingheng asked a little nervously.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "In ten sentences, there must be eight points of truth and two points of falsehood."

"Which sentence is false?"

"Just say that Chang Sheng sent a letter and handed over the roster to me. After explaining the matter in detail, add a lie, and say, I am timid, so return the letter to him. As for your father's matter, You married girls don't know anything about it."

Xu Qingheng nodded after hearing this, and seeing the open space upstairs, he said: "You are a lively person, why don't I take some things and put them here for you."

"No need, the room will be cooler and your mind will be clearer."

"Weird." Xu Qingheng waited for Jia Lian to keep her, but no matter how much she rambled and procrastinated, the clapper sounded at the second watch, and Jia Lian refused to keep her, so he had to go downstairs slowly.

The next day, Xu Qingheng went to Jia's mother, and together with Jia's mother, they looked at Xiangyun and talked about how Baoyu was appreciated by the king of Beijing; the next day, Xu Qingheng's mother, Yuan Shi, came to the door. He led him to Dakuanyuan.Yuan Shi took a look at the houses in the Dakua courtyard one by one, talked with Xu Qingheng about the homework, and then went back.

On the third day, the weather was fine, and the female pug rushed into Xu Qingheng's house early in the morning, and gave birth to six fluffy pink-nosed puppies in her sewing basket.

Xu Qingheng watched from the sidelines for a long time, saw the bitch watching people coming, and took away the puppies one by one, so he hurriedly ordered people not to disturb, changed his clothes, and went to Zhongshun Palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw many horses and chariots, and Xu Qingheng realized that Zhongshun Palace did not invite her alone.

The place where Princess Zhongshun entertained guests was located in the back garden of the main house in two small buildings connected to each other. The front building invited people to eat, drink, listen to plays and enjoy flowers, and the back building was used as a place for women to change clothes and wash their hands.

When Xu Qingheng and Yingchun entered the front building, they saw that many guests had already arrived. The banquet was full of fragrance of makeup and powder, and the hairpin rings were shining brightly.After a closer look, I didn't recognize any of them.

Xu Qingheng was puzzled, secretly thought that except for the court ladies, she knew all the noble ladies from other families. Looking at the clothes and dressing, all these ladies were of high status, why didn't she know them?

After being seated, I saw a few ice-snow and smart little girls bringing in six pots of chrysanthemums.

The chrysanthemums were very different from what Xu Qingheng had seen in the past, they were colorful, green, black and purple.The flower clusters are as big as a bowl, smelling as fresh as chrysanthemums, and looking at the buds and petals, they are full like peonies and peonies.

"What kind of chrysanthemum is this? It has never been seen before." Xu Qingheng sighed.

Princess Zhongshun smiled and said: "This is the best product cultivated in the palace, and it was only yesterday that I paid tribute to the Empress Dowager and the Empress." Then she asked, "I have been waiting for you for a long time, why did you arrive so late?"

Xu Qingheng said with a smile: "The family's pug was born, and it happened to be born in my room. When it saw someone, it took the baby and crawled into the closet. It took a lot of effort just to let it."

"What kind of pug?" asked a lady at the banquet.

Xu Qingheng looked at her, Princess Zhongshun said: "This is Eunuch Xian's wife."

Xu Qingheng secretly thought that she was the eunuch's wife. Looking at the woman again, she saw her watery face and misty eyes, and she was very charming. It would be a pity to marry such a woman to an eunuch.He opened his mouth and said: "A pug with a big slap face and watery eyes. I don't know what kind it is. When it sees people, it will follow people with its small face up and wagging its tail, regardless of whether it recognizes people or not."

The woman smiled and said: "It sounds normal. Our father-in-law's dog in the palace has a slick coat. It's not beautiful, but it has a good temper. It doesn't bark casually, let alone show its paws casually." , looks very honorable. How about throwing your dog away, and I will bring a pair back for you."

Does your dog not eat shit?Xu Qingheng slandered in his heart, and said: "I don't know how much effort it takes to raise a dog like that, let the women in the palace raise it."

"It doesn't take much trouble. You are just like us. Why don't you get two puppies to keep you company." Another woman said, with a movement of her hand, four gold bracelets and an emerald bracelet were exposed on her wrist. When the bracelet was hit in one place, there was a ding-dong sound, as long as the lingering sound of a chime bell.

Xu Qingheng was dumbfounded, secretly thinking that these eunuchs and female relatives are better dressed than the maids in the palace. Sure enough, the House of Internal Affairs is a big vacancy. Walking by the river, how can anyone not get wet shoes?

Princess Zhongshun saw her look in her eyes, and when she was about to change her clothes, she invited Xu Qingheng to go with her.

After changing clothes, while washing hands, Princess Zhongshun asked Xu Qingheng while applying ointment on her hands: "Have you never dealt with these women before?"

Xu Qingheng nodded.

Princess Zhongshun said with a smile: "They are also girls from decent families. Although their parents and elder brothers made relatives for the sake of glory and wealth, their lives are not bad. They are all diligent and thrifty at home, and spend money like water after marriage. What is gained must be lost."

"I don't know what they mean when they say that I'm the same as them?" Xu Qingheng asked humbly.

Princess Zhongshun laughed and said: "They are confused. They only heard that Jia Lian suffered internal injuries, so they just assumed him... to spread rumors."

Xu Qingheng smiled knowingly, thinking about going back and telling Jia Lian, not knowing how angry he would be.

Walking on the covered bridge between the front and back buildings, Princess Zhongshun asked Xu Qingheng again: "What happened to your father's House of Internal Affairs?"

"Princess, I'm already married, so I don't know what's going on with my father. It's just that my mother came here yesterday, and she was worried. She just said that my father had received the letter from somewhere, and she offended someone in a muddle-headed way."

"Where did you receive the letter?"

"I don't know. It's just that I saw a letter from Chang Sheng to our grandfather before. Our grandfather was shocked when he received the letter, and hurriedly sent someone to send it back."

"A letter from Chang Sheng?" Princess Zhongshun knew it, so she invited Xu Qingheng to a seat.

Xu Qingheng sat and listened to the play twice, because he didn't agree with the eunuchs and women, he left early.

Princess Zhongshun did not keep her, Xu Qingheng waited in the sedan chair, and then heard Jia Zao who escorted her say: "Auntie, Prince Zhongshun's mansion sent my auntie six pots of chrysanthemums, and there are many other odds and ends."

It was inconvenient for Xu Qingheng to take a closer look in the sedan chair, so he said: "It's not good to send it back now, and it's not good to take it home, you should ride back and ask your second uncle what to do—if your second uncle went to Shenji Camp When I got home, I went to Xu's house and asked my uncle. Our sedan chair walks slowly, and we can always wait for you to come back."

Jia Zao hurriedly agreed, and rode straight to Rongguo Mansion. Sure enough, when he got to the door, he heard that Jia Lian was not at home, so he hurriedly went to Xu Shangshu's house again, just when he met Xu Shining coming out of the palace. Tell Xu Shining about all the things about Xu Qingheng's return after going to Zhongshun Palace to listen to a play, stuffed with many palace-made things.

Xu Shining was sitting on the sedan chair, seeing Jia Zao's handsome appearance, secretly thought that although the Rongguo Mansion was not very good before, the family's children were not bad, so he said to Jia Zao: "Tell your aunt to go back to your mother's house directly, and then call your second uncle to come to Xu. Pick up at home."

"Hey." Jia Zao agreed, and hurriedly went halfway to pick up Xu Qingheng, escorted Xu Qingheng to Xu's house before sunset, and then hurriedly returned to Rongguo Mansion and told Jia Lian to pick him up.

Jia Lian heard this, but didn't act immediately. Seeing that Jia Zao was so busy that his legs became rings, he ordered Zhao Tianliang to take 200 taels of silver to Jia Zao as his wife's book. He went to Xu's house, entered Xu's house, and was led to the east courtyard.

In the east courtyard, Xu Shining was sitting on a chair with a gloomy face. When he saw Jia Lian coming, he said coldly, "What do you want her to do?"

Jia Lian was a little puzzled at first, but then she understood what Xu Shining meant, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law is making such a fuss, how can there be any trouble? How can there be no eggs under the overturned nest? The matter of the whole family, Qing Heng It is inevitable to be implicated in it. Besides, I have already heard from Brother Zao that this matter is not a big deal, if someone gave it away, just accept it.”

"At this juncture, can you accept the gift?" Xu Shining sneered.

Jia Lian said: "Father-in-law has always been cautious..."

"I heard that you are also a cautious person." After Xu Shining finished speaking, the pug dog given by the eunuch's wife suddenly rushed in and barked at Xu Shining.

"At this time, at that time, at this time, we should be cautious in strategy and despise them tactically. Whatever they send, just accept it; the more you send, the better."

"What's the point? If people think that I'm in league with those eunuchs, how can the Xu family gain a foothold in the capital?" Xu Shining frowned.

"So, father-in-law just be careful, and let me accept gifts. If you don't accept things, how do you know that they are greedy for everything from living plants, pigs and dogs, to dead silks, satins, and jade pendants?" Jia Lian spoke eloquently. say.

Xu Shining was startled, and when he saw the dog biting the hem of his clothes, he hugged the dog and rubbed it on his lap, and said, "You are right, I thought they were pocketing their own pockets, and it was just a trick to get some money. They got all the things they saw." After a short pause, they asked again: "Now, they must know that Qing Heng brought the things back to Xu's family, do they still despise them now?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Tomorrow, the father-in-law will send the things back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Isn't that the end?"

Xu Shining breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "It's not a big deal, I have encountered it thousands of times, but Qing Heng's girl is involved in it."

"My daughter is grown up, so I can only let go." Jia Lian said.

Xu Shining nodded, "She is resting in the room, because I told you to come, she is afraid of spoiling your business, so she is fidgeting."

"Let me go and have a look." Jia Lian said, and then he left Xu Shining and went to Xu Qingheng's yard. Sure enough, before entering the room, he saw Xu Qingheng waiting anxiously outside the door.

Xu Qingheng said with a smile all over his face: "You are here."

Jia Lian nodded.

Xu Qingheng said shyly: "Suddenly I collected so many things, I don't know what to do with them. I wanted to call my brother, but I bumped into my father's sedan chair."

"It's okay, it's not a big deal." Jia Lian said, and went into the room.

Xu Qingheng hurriedly followed, and took off his outer clothes when he entered the room, then asked curiously: "What do you think the eunuch is doing with a daughter-in-law?"

"Eunuchs are also men, and men like women."

"But, they can't do anything!" Xu Qingheng said with regret for those women.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "It's good to have a look if you like it, you don't have to do that kind of thing." Lying down on the couch here, he stretched out his hands and rubbed his legs.

Xu Qingheng hurriedly rubbed it for him, and asked flatteringly, "What does my father say?"

"What else can I say? It's just that his precious daughter shouldn't be involved in these private affairs."

Xu Qingheng smiled and said, "He can't care anymore."

"The water thrown by the married daughter is thanks to my cleverness..."

"What?" Xu Qingheng looked at him in surprise.

"It's nothing." Jia Lian said in his heart that thanks to his cleverness, he first said that he had suffered internal injuries, otherwise, no matter whether it was a concubine or something, if he gave birth to such a daughter, wouldn't it be cheaper for others?

There was nothing to say all night, the next day, after Jia Lian got up, he sent Xu Shining out first, watched him bring a cart of chrysanthemums and pugs to the palace, and personally sent Xu Qingheng back to Rongguo Mansion.Just came out of Da Kua Courtyard, and heard Zhao Tianliang say that Prince Zhongshun had an invitation, so he rode his horse to Prince Zhongshun.

After entering the palace, he did not see Prince Zhongshun, but first met Princess Zhongshun in the upper hall of the backyard.

The upper hall also faded from its splendor due to the sudden clean-up by Prince Zhongshun. At this time, it is simple and detached, spacious and spacious, with only a small red clay stove and unpainted low stools around the stove. five.

"Sit down." Princess Zhongshun sat by the small stove by herself, and asked Jia Lian to sit opposite her.

Jia Lian refused to sit down.

"I heard that Qing Heng sent the things back to the Xu family directly?" Princess Zhongshun asked.

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Isn't that right? She was terrified, and said that it was the first time she encountered such a thing and she didn't know how to deal with it. I told her last night that it was nothing more than a few potted flowers and two dogs. .”

Princess Zhongshun smiled and said: "It's no wonder it's hard for her." She put the hand with the huge gemstone ring on the small stove and roasted it, and then asked: "What did your father-in-law say?"

"Like a father, like a daughter, my father-in-law brought the things back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs early in the morning."

Princess Zhongshun understood, and asked again: "Yesterday, Qing Heng said that Chang Sheng wrote you a letter...why did he write it to you?"

Jia Lian said with a smile, "why should the concubine ask the question knowingly? He is just trying to divert the water to the west, hoping to save the world."

"Understood, the prince is a little uncomfortable. He has already gone to Qingxu, see you later." Princess Zhongshun was still roasting her hands, and when Jia Lian left, she stood up and saw Prince Zhongshun coming in, and hurriedly said: "But Want to call Jia Lian back?"

"No need." Said Prince Zhongshun, he sat down by the small stove, looked at the glowing red fire, stretched out his hand and sprinkled a handful of incense into it.

Princess Zhongshun sat down cautiously and said: "Look at Jia Lian's daughter-in-law, she has a very strict family education, and she is not on the same path as Jia Lian."

Prince Zhongshun pursed his lips, and asked suddenly: "Look at this time, is the Supreme Emperor coming after us?"

"My lord?" Concubine Zhongshun was worried, so she took Prince Zhongshun's hand.

Prince Zhongshun patted her hand, and murmured: "Xu Shining entered the House of Internal Affairs in accordance with the holy will, and did not touch the Supreme Emperor's people, but liquidated everyone else. The Supreme Emperor did not dislike Xu Shining very much. Generally speaking... just look at it, but the Supreme Emperor, the emperor and his father and son have reconciled, and they are going to deal with me?"

"My lord is worrying too much. My lord didn't do anything to offend the emperor and the emperor." Princess Zhongshun said in a soft voice, looking at the fire with her eyes, recalling in her heart when the husband and wife spoke hands last time. thing.

Prince Zhongshun hesitated to say: "It's been so many years, who can guarantee that there won't be one or two things that the two people above find annoying?"

Princess Zhongshun's heart sank, she wanted to persuade her, but she couldn't.

"My lord, Qiguan went out to drink with King Jing, Jia Baoyu, Liu Xianglian and others yesterday." Outside the hall, Shi Zhongshun, the head of the palace, suddenly said.

A look of jealousy flashed across Princess Zhongshun's eyes.

Prince Zhongshun said: "Follow him, don't care about him at this time." He has already issued a "hero card", and on November [-]st, he will call all his cronies to test their words. The emperor's father and son deceived others too much, so he had no choice but to rise up.

Princess Zhongshun smiled and said, "My lord, don't leave it alone. Guan Qi is still a member of our Zhongshun palace. Has the lord forgotten what Guan Kou did?"

"You said, what should I do?"

"Qi Guan and Kou Guan are both actors. What Kou Guan does next, Qi Guan may not be able to do it. In this way, putting Kou Guan's crime on Qi Guan's head is not wronged him."

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