The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

In the garden full of spring, a gust of north wind blew in a trance.

Xu Qingheng looked at Jia's mother, who looked normal, in bewilderment, and held Jia Lian's hand and went out.When walking on the bridge, seeing Jia Lian was about to shake off her hand, he tightly held his fingers, and listening to the gurgling water, asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with the old lady?"

"There is nothing more sad than heartbreak, the old lady has given up long ago." Jia Lian finally took out his hand, and smelled it again, and sure enough, he smelled the sweet and greasy aroma of sugar-fried walnuts, so he wiped his hands with a handkerchief.

Xu Qingheng sneered, "Don't you have me in your heart?"

"Then you have to clean yourself up." Jia Lian put away the handkerchief after wiping.

Xu Qingheng sniffed his hands and felt the sweet smell that made his index finger move. After giving him a blank look, he followed him to the front yard and gathered all the men and women who had attended Jia Zhu's funeral in the past. Eight large carriages headed for Lantai Temple.

After entering Lantai Temple, I saw that because Lin Ruhai was not there, all the lords and ladies inside came to help, and at this time everything was taken care of.

When Jia Lian and Xu Qingheng passed by, they saw that Jia Min had already entered the coffin.

Seeing the black lacquered coffin, Xu Qingheng understood why Jia Lian laughed when he heard that Jia Min was gone.

"The master and wife are weak, so they prepared these clothes and coffins in the early years." Xueyan knelt in front of the coffin and cried.

Jia Lian and Xu Qingheng came forward to pay their respects, and when they heard that Daiyu had an invitation, Jia Lian ordered Xu Qingheng to take care of Jia Min's funeral, and he went to meet Daiyu for a while.

Going along the veranda to Daiyu's room, there was still a distance away when I heard a lady comforting Daiyu, and when I got closer, I saw the wife of a doctor in Lantai Temple slowly coming out of it.

"Poor thing." The lady said, wiping away her tears.

"Thank you, madam, for comforting my sister," Jia Lian said.

"Hey! If I had known that the two parents-in-law of the Lin family were in poor health, who would have thought it would be so easy to go." The madam felt sorry and went out.

Jia Lian went to the door, opened the curtain of broken branches and broken flowers, and went in. Seeing Daiyu sitting on the bed in plain clothes, she was devastated.

Daiyu shook her head, and suddenly said, "Second Brother Lian, this matter is too strange, how could it be..."

Jia Lian hurriedly booed her.

Daiyu laughed with tears all over her face, she hurriedly covered her face for fear of being seen, and wondered why Jia Min was in the coffin before she came home.

"Sister, is she willing to part with the Lin family's money?" Jia Lian asked.

Daiyu looked at him in confusion.

Jia Lian said: "If other people see the strangeness of this matter, it will be a big deal. If people believe it, the only way is to burn some of the antique bank notes of the Lin family's calligraphy and painting."

"...Can't we keep the calligraphy, painting and Guqin?" Daiyu's heart sank.

Jia Lian said, "That depends on God's will."

While talking, Lin Kegu, a member of the Lin family, came in. Lin Kegu came in and said, "Please Lian Erye find a way to burn the coffin of his wife, otherwise, someone will come to fill the body and open the coffin soon." ..." Looking at Daiyu again, he said to her, "Don't worry, girl, the master and wife have already made arrangements for you." So she showed her the letter Lin Ruhai had left for Daiyu.

Daiyu looked at it and saw that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min wanted the golden cicada to escape its shell, so she was relieved and burned the letter.

Suddenly, Lin Zhixiao's family said outside the door: "Second master, Miss Lin, the king of Dong'an County and the king of Beijing County are here, and they are arguing in the front yard."

When Daiyu heard that the King of Dong'an was coming, she said angrily, "What is he doing here again?"

"...Sister, do you want to scold the King of Beijing? After all, because the Prince of Beijing's mansion is about to retire, the aunt vomited blood. And the younger sister has passed, so that the King of Dong'an can be held back and set on fire. " Jia Lian said thoughtfully.

After hearing this, Daiyu refused to see the King of Dong'an, and then she was afraid that Jia Min's matter would be exposed, so she nodded her head in agreement, and went out, letting Lin Zhixiao's family put on sackcloth and filial piety for her. Even if you have parents, you have to be like an orphan, so you shed tears and walked a few steps outside, and you need the help of the maid to walk.

Along the way, everyone saw that she was spotless, she looked like a fairy, and felt that if she hadn't such a face, she would have caused disasters, so they all avoided her.

When I arrived at the front yard, I saw the king of Beijing, who was facing the wind on the yushu, with his hands behind his back, and the king of Dong'an County, who was fighting with the middle man.

Daiyu has met the King of Beijing a few times, and she had spoken to the King of Beijing in front of the Empress Dowager in the past, and seeing her again now, it seems like a lifetime ago, and she burst into tears like rain.

"Miss Lin." Shui Rong called out first.

Shui Hongsheng also took a step forward.

"My lord, please go back." Daiyu bowed down to the king of Beijing.

Shui Rong was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law passed away unfortunately, and you don't have a real brother, isn't this the time for Shui Rong to do his best?"

"...If it wasn't for this fatal marriage with your family, how could something happen to my mother?" Daiyu said with tears.

"Miss Lin, it was your father who begged King Beijing to marry him." Shui Hongsheng smiled coldly, secretly thinking that she is such a superficial woman, and because of his bad appearance, she refused to even look at him from the corner of her eye.

Daiyu's body trembled, and she said again: "Since it started with my family, let's start with my family and end."

"What does Miss Lin mean?" Shui Rong said, seeing that there were many people outside, he raised his sleeve to cover her face and wanted to escort her back.

Daiyu backed away, and said: "Earlier, the concubine had complained about my lack of a son, but now that I don't even have a mother, I'm afraid that the concubine... why don't you let it go like this."

"Miss Lin!" Shui Rong called softly.

Shui Hongsheng sneered and said: "You guys are so decisive, it seems like you are talking about love. If you want to make a decision, you should be more happy. The king's work is still waiting for the autopsy."

Daiyu listened to him so annoyingly, she couldn't help squinting at him.

Shui Hongsheng only felt that the misty rain in her eyes was floating on his heart, and wondered to himself what good deeds did this woman do in her previous life to be so blessed with such a good looks?So he said with a smile: "Miss Lin, if you are really angry, I will lend you a sword. If you stab at the King of Beijing, if he avoids it, it will be fake; if you let you stab, it will be true." , took a sword inlaid with pearls and jade from his subordinates, pulled out the scabbard, and saw a flash of cold light.

Soluble frowned.

Daiyu was stunned, and then said contemptuously: "I'm sorry for the Duke of Dong'an, I'm only annoyed that I'm worrying my mother—and since I let go, why bother..."

Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard someone yelling "the water is gone", so he hurriedly turned his head to look, and when he looked, he saw thick smoke rising from the warehouse of the Lin family.

"The warehouse is flooded!"

"Daddy's calligraphy and painting!" Daiyu cried out.

Shui Rong hurriedly said to his subordinates: "Protect Miss Lin." After saying that, he hurriedly ran to the storeroom. When he got outside the storehouse, he saw thick smoke coming out of the window, and saw several servants dragging cloth outside, so he hurriedly Said: "Leave these aside for the time being, and quickly take out Master Lin's calligraphy and painting." When he was about to go in himself, his subordinates hugged his legs again; he looked at his subordinates, and saw that the person he ordered to take care of Daiyu had also come over, so he hurriedly asked : "Where is Miss Lin?"

The subordinate said: "People from the Lin family took Miss Lin back to the backyard."

Shui Rong was a little relieved, saw many calligraphy and paintings dragged out of the room, and said it was a pity, and suddenly remembered that Dong'an County King was still there, so he asked again: "Where is Dong'an County King?"

"... into the backyard too."

Shui Rong thumped in his heart, walked across the yard to Daiyu's room, and when he got outside the door, he saw Shui Hongsheng standing outside Daiyu's room with his hands behind his back to tease her, so he sneered and said, "As a child of the royal family, Do you really want no shame at all?"

Shui Hongsheng turned his head and said with a smile: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good. Don't you have a heart for beauty?"

Shui Rong sneered, seeing that Shui Hongsheng was going to push the door in, he grabbed his subordinate's sword and stabbed at Shui Hongsheng, Shui Hongsheng immediately took his subordinate's sword and rushed towards Shui Rong.

The two of them fought in a graceful manner, Daiyu sat in the room and closed her eyes tightly, when she heard someone suddenly shouted "Madam's coffin is on fire!", her heart suddenly felt like a needle prick , rolled his eyes and passed out on the bed.

The two people fighting outside also stopped, Shui Hongsheng felt strange, so he went to Jia Min's mourning hall first; Go to the mourning hall.

When they arrived at the mourning hall, they saw that the fire had been extinguished, but there was still thick smoke billowing inside. More than half of the black lacquered coffin was burned away, exactly half of the body of the person in the coffin was burned.

"Quick report officer, block the front and rear doors, surround the entire Lantai Temple, take an inventory, and see if anyone is missing in the mansion." Jia Lian squatted beside the coffin, thinking that Lin Ruhai really found a person lying in the coffin , I don't know who this person is.

Shui Rong and Shui Hongsheng also walked over.

Shui Hongsheng covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and slowly scanned the mourning hall, looking suspiciously at the corpse in the coffin.

"If Miss Lin sees her, I don't know..." Shui Rong sighed softly, and secretly went to sweep Jia Lian.

Jia Lian frowned tightly.

Shui Hongsheng suddenly took a silver hairpin and inserted it into the black blood flowing out of the coffin. Seeing that the shiny silver hairpin was stained with blood and turned black, he laughed and said, "Interesting, it was poisoned." dead."

Shui Rong sneered and said, "What's so interesting when a person dies?"

Shui Hongsheng laughed and said, "Don't you think it's interesting? This man died strangely, and the fire was also strangely burned." After speaking, he went to see Jia Lian.

Jia Lian asked suspiciously, "Could it be that the dead one wasn't my aunt?"

Shui Hongsheng was startled, and thought to himself that it wasn't Jia Min who died, but who?

"The two princes and the second master, there are people coming from the yamen, the mansion has counted the population, Aunt Ming Cui and the housekeeper Lin Hong are gone." Jin Cai came in and said with shrugged shoulders.

Jia Lian hurriedly asked, "When did you two see each other? Is there anything missing in the house?"

Jin Cai said hastily: "It is said that Lin Hong was in the front yard first, and left in a panic when he heard the king of Dong'an County say that an autopsy was needed. There is nothing missing in the mansion."

"...Could it be that the two of them had an affair, and Madam Lin saw through it, so she murdered her? And she was afraid that after the autopsy, her traces would be revealed, so she destroyed the corpse?" Shui Rong frowned.

Shui Hongsheng also felt that Shui Rong's words were very reasonable - otherwise, it would be unreasonable for Jia Min to feign death and leave a weak girl alone and helpless in the capital; A man of honesty who knows Lin Ruhai.

"Hurry up and arrest the two of them. If you want to see the people alive, you want to see the dead body!" Jia Lian glanced at the female corpse in the coffin, and wondered to himself, could it be that Ming Cui was eager to protect the Lord and was willing to die for him?

"Yes." Jin Cai hurriedly sent another message.

Shui Hongsheng took a step back.

"Are you going to do that villain's act again?" King Beijing Jing said with a sneer.

Shui Hongsheng said with a smile: "If you don't marry someone in for a day, you won't be considered yours."

Shui Rong sneered again, suddenly seeing Dai Quan approaching, he hurriedly restrained his expression.

Shui Hongsheng quickly put away his stern expression, and turned to look at Dai Quan.

Dai Quan first looked at the mouth of the coffin, and then said: "My lord is admiring the flowers in the garden. I heard that the king of Dong'an County and the king of Beijing County fought in Lin's house. Immediately, Longyan was furious and made the two princes Then you can enter the palace. In addition, Miss Lin has filial piety, so it is not good to serve her in front of the Empress Dowager, please ask Second Master Lian to take her home, and send her back after Lord Lin returns to Beijing."

"Abiding by the order," Jia Lian said.

"The two princes will follow our family into the palace." Dai Quan said.

Shui Hongsheng smiled provocatively and said, "So, Miss Lin lives on the same street as me?"

Shui Rong went out without saying a word with a cold face, thinking that since he entered the palace, why not beg the queen mother to set the wedding date as soon as possible, so as to avoid further complications, walked, and looked back.

Shui Hongsheng followed Shui Rong suspiciously and looked over, then said with a smile: "If you do your duty as a son-in-law for me, I will also be grateful to you."

Shui Rong narrowed his eyes, trying his best to ignore Shui Hongsheng's provocation.

When the two entered the palace, they knelt in the imperial garden according to the order, and knelt until dusk, when the emperor let them go and ordered them to get up.

Shui Hongsheng's bones are weaker than Shui Rong's, and after kneeling, he has no strength to fight against Shui Rong, so he asked the little eunuch to help him go to the Queen's Palace.

Shui Rongqiang paid his respects to the Queen Mother in the Queen Mother's palace with all his strength, walked along the long palace alley, first saw the Xining County King coming out, and then bowed his hands to the Xining County King.

"Are you here to see the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager? Come back, the two of them are not in the mood to see others today." The Xining County King grabbed King Beijing's shoulders and pushed him away.

King Bei Jing asked suspiciously: "What's the reason?"

The Prince of Xining said with a smile: "After a while, you will understand."

The king of Beijing knew that the king of Xining County had good intentions, so he followed him.

But after the two of them left, a sedan chair decorated with emerald necklaces was slowly lifted up in this side palace, and a beautiful woman who still retained her charm stepped out of the sedan chair.

The woman was tall and slender, with snowy skin and black hair. Although she was over forty years old, there were some fine lines on her face that couldn't be concealed, but when she walked gracefully, she looked like a girl.

The beautiful woman walked into the partial palace, and when she reached the palace, she gently supported Tuowu's hair with her bare hands. Between the black hair, the red gold phoenix hairpin just presented by the House of Internal Affairs and the pearls on the phoenix tail followed her movements lightly. tremble slightly.

"Concubine Ming is here." Chang Sheng glanced at the brocade on the beautiful woman's body, and clicked his tongue inwardly.

"Come in." The voice of the Supreme Emperor came from the palace.

"The Supreme Emperor." Concubine Ming called softly, raised her foot and stepped in, only to see the Empress Dowager was there, hurriedly restrained the tenderness on her face, and glanced suspiciously at a pile of strange things on the sandalwood table with her beautiful eyes. debris.

"Come on, come and see, what are these." Taishang Huang pointed to the pile of debris with a smile.

Concubine Ming was puzzled, so she stepped forward to look. First, she saw "Wang Kaizhen playing" from one fragment, and then saw "Su Shi at Meishan in April of the fifth year of Song Yuanfeng" from another fragment. She was at a loss at first, and then Thinking of some old things, his face turned pale immediately, he pretended to be stupid with a forced smile, and said, "Your Majesty, what are these? It looks like something famous, but why did it break when it was born?"

The Taishanghuang asked her with a smile: "You said, why did it shatter?"

Concubine Ming looked at the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager twirled the beads, closed her eyes and said: "Don't look at me, it's not the Jiangnan I drove to. If it wasn't for this fragment, I wouldn't know there is another pearl in the capital."

Concubine Ming's forehead was dripping with sweat. Seeing that the fragments had come, she couldn't deny other things, so she said proudly, "The Supreme Emperor, how many years old Huangli calendar is there to tell? A woman from a scholarly family dared to seduce the Supreme Emperor. Because the Empress Dowager was not around, the concubine had to send her away for the sake of the Supreme Emperor. It was fine for the woman to leave, but she gave birth to a daughter. If An was born, it would be fine. It happened that an old nun was troublesome, and she led her to the Muni courtyard outside the west gate of the capital, hoping to wait for an opportunity to send the daughter to the palace. The concubine had no choice but to design to get rid of the old nun for the sake of the Supreme Emperor's reputation. Because it is the legacy of the Supreme Emperor , and I don't know my own background, and my concubines dare not treat her..."

"Who asked you to say this? You really did it?" The Supreme Emperor didn't wait for Concubine Ming to finish speaking, ignoring the decades of doting, he immediately grabbed a handful of broken porcelain and threw it on her face.

Concubine Ming was not on guard, her face was immediately cut by the broken porcelain, and her pink and tender face was immediately covered with scars, she hurriedly knelt down, ignoring her own injuries, she took a light gauze veil to wrap the Taishang Emperor's hand that was scratching the broken porcelain Hands, weeping: "How many years have passed, why should the Supreme Emperor be angry with his concubine for such a woman whom he has only seen a few times?"

"You bastard! You don't know, if it wasn't for your jealousy and self-assertion, now, I, I..." The empress dowager's face was throbbing with veins. Seeing that Concubine Ming didn't understand why, he sneered twice and took off her veil Throwing it away, seeing her kneeling and begging, he kicked her away forcefully.

"The Supreme Emperor..." Ming Taifei called out, seeing that the Supreme Emperor refused to speak, she begged the Empress Dowager again.

The Empress Dowager looked at a pile of debris, and said with a smile: "There is a saying that the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant's nest. If you hadn't made up your mind in the past, the Supreme Emperor misunderstood his cronies, and then issued the wrong imperial decree, misjudged the current situation, and led to a bunch of people. When trouble comes, the Supreme Emperor will not be able to sit in Zen."

Concubine Ming widened her eyes in fear, because many years passed, and she didn't remember very clearly; before, she thought that the Supreme Emperor was reluctant to part with the Suzhou girl, but now seeing the situation, she turned out to be the one who caused the Supreme Emperor to move the Zen seat by mistake. Heartbroken, he shook the Queen Mother's sleeve and said, "Queen Mother, please beg the Supreme Emperor for me."

The empress dowager took a deep breath, knowing that the empress dowager's heart disease was nothing more than taking the throne too early, so she persuaded the empress dowager, "Don't beg, just listen to the empress dowager honestly, and you won't suffer."

Concubine Ming was so frightened that she couldn't shed tears, she quickly knelt down in front of the Supreme Emperor and kowtowed.

"Outside, what should I do with that girl?" the Empress Dowager asked.

The romantic affair back then is now like a scourge in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor.What's more, she was a daughter whom she had never heard of before, how could the Supreme Emperor have any father-daughter affection for the legendary Miaoyu, so he said: "Then Jia Lian was also born with a good appearance, so let her follow Jia Lian."