The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

Miaoyu went out and smiled at Yingchun: "It turns out that you are not 'real' young ladies."

Xing Yanyan didn't take her words to heart.

Li Wen said with a smile: "I have seen a lot of people like that, but they are just following their own preferences."

Yingchun said with a smile: "That's fine, we have him to amuse the old lady, let's be more cheerful, let's go to the side to play." Just as he was about to lead the crowd to the garden, he suddenly saw Li Wan and Xu Qingheng coming over.

Li Wan frowned and said, "The one surnamed Hu hasn't left yet? We're still waiting for him to leave and set up a banquet."

Yingchun said with a smile: "The man surnamed Hu turned out to be a servant released earlier by Shi Hou's family, and now he is 'reminiscing about the past' with the old lady."

Li Wan and Xu Qingheng looked at each other.

Xu Qingheng said with a smile: "It's rare for a historian to encounter trouble, and there is someone who admits that he is from a historian." He was also happy to relax, so he sent someone to bring in food and wine to entertain Hu Jingzhi, and then followed Li Wan, Yingchun and others to the police Huan Zhai talked for a while, and suddenly saw Jia Lan striding outside and said: "Second Uncle Bao secretly took all the money yesterday and chased Aunt Xue's family to Qianxiang Country."

Xu Qingheng was sitting with Li Wan doing needlework, when he saw Jia Lan talking, he gave Li Wan a push, "I've already gone to Red Sandalwood Castle, why don't I let you go?"

Li Wan shook his head and sighed, "You also know that when they want money, they call Lan'er to pass on the message?" So he said to Jia Lan, "Go and get ten taels of silver to send to your grandfather, and if you say more, it will be gone."

"Hey." Jia Lan agreed and went out.

Seeing Li Wan's sad face, Xu Qingheng didn't want to stay for long, and when he was about to leave, he saw Li Wen sitting by the east window reading a book, so he said in Li Wan's ear, "Did you tell her about my brother?"

Li Wan glanced at Li Wen, and said in a low voice, "Her mother agreed, but she was afraid of being bullied if she entered your aunt's house."

Xu Qingheng smiled and said: "Our family doesn't pay attention to these things. My widow aunt's mind is that as long as the person is good and there is no one in the family who likes to cause trouble, this marriage will be done."

Li Wan turned his head and saw Li Wen's face was red, knowing that she was also happy, so he nodded with a smile.

Seeing this, Xu Qingheng didn't say much, got up and went back to the Dakua courtyard. When he entered the Dakua courtyard, he suddenly heard the sound of a flute, and hurried upstairs to the back, and saw Jia Lian lying on the bed with his hair loose, playing with a flute.

"When did you come back?" Xu Qingheng asked, and sat on the footsteps under the bed with a comb to comb his hair.

Jia Lian said: "Just came back, the tomb of Concubine Zhongshun is very magnificent, and there are millions of people buried in it."

"I can't think of Prince Zhongshun who values ​​love and justice so much."

Jia Lian sneered and said, "I don't know when the accompanying burial will be dug out."

Xu Qingheng saw that there was a hidden edge in his words, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that Prince Zhongshun got things out of the capital for the sake of the princess?"

Jia Lian didn't answer her, but instead asked, "Aren't you going to drink with the old lady for her birthday?"

"Here came Hu Jingzhi, who actually said that he was a servant released by the historian in the early years. It is said that he heard a lot about the old lady's youth from his mother. The old lady was happy to hear that, so she sent Yingchun and the others out. Only Hu Jingzhi is left to talk." Xu Qingheng said slowly, and suddenly saw Jia Lian holding his wrist, and looked at him suspiciously.

Jia Lian stroked Xu Qingheng's wrist twice with his thumb, then withdrew his hand, "What did that Hu say?"

"Yingchun only heard him say that he had been to Osmanthus Xia's house in the early years, and he didn't listen anymore."

"...Looking back, you ask the old lady to be a matchmaker, and promise Hu Jingzhi the sweet-scented osmanthus from Xia's family." Jia Lian sneered.

Xu Qingheng sneered and said: "Although Hu Jingzhi said that the Xia family is not very good, but it is expected that there are some family backgrounds, the Xia family will agree?"

"Why not? Hu Jingzhi lives next door to our Jia's house."

"What are you planning on him?"

"He is plotting against me." Jia Lian said with a smile, thinking that Hu Jingzhi went to Chen Yejun again and again, his intentions must be bad, and he vented his anger for Xue Pan in the public, thinking about it, so he went He called Wu'er upstairs again and said to her, "Tell Zhao Tianliang to go to the mansion of General Tang Shenwu, tell Uncle Feng, Uncle Xue, and Second Master Liu to come and go with Brother Hu Jingzhi in the future, and separate him from Third Master Chen." .”

"Hey." Wu'er agreed and went.

Xu Qingheng gently tugged at Jia Lian's hair, and said with a smile: "If you have something to say earlier, tell me, why are you playing charades everywhere again?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "These are not things you should worry about." Then, he threw the flute in his hand across Xu Qingheng's neck, and asked her: "But did you secretly ask someone to put medicine in my food?"

"...Who told you to shy away from medical treatment and refuse to see a doctor?" Xu Qingheng said with a smile.

"The medicine is three-point poisonous. If I leave before you, half of it will be caused by you." Jia Lian took back the flute and turned the jade flute around in his hand.

"Nonsense, how can the right medicine be poisonous?" Xu Qingheng gently combed Jia Lian's hair, and then persuaded him to see a doctor, but seeing that he was very impatient, he didn't want to force him, so he just sighed and said, " The Elder Master said, Brother Cong is getting older day by day, he can no longer be locked in the room, it's time to find a husband for him."

"Then let the old man, Bilian and the other three move to Lixiangyuan."

Xu Qingheng was surprised and said: "That's okay? Bilian is going to make trouble so that other children can't study in peace."

"Just ask her to make a fuss, and after the fuss, tell the other children to move to Jinling."

Xu Qingheng said angrily: "You are really trying to tell others to fetch water from a bamboo basket, wishing to ruin your temper." As he was stroking Jia Lian's hair and admiring his smooth and smooth black hair, he heard someone muttering outside, So he shouted to the outside world: "Speak up if you have something to say."

After shouting these words, she saw Yuanyang walking up slowly.

Yuanyang came up and saw Jia Lian lying on the bed, so she stood at the top of the stairs and refused to take a step forward. She laughed and said, "Grandma, both the Zhou family and the Wu family have sent women to celebrate the old lady's birthday. Everyone is in the sitting room."

"It's very lively now." After hearing this, Xu Qingheng put down his comb, and together with Yuanyang went to see the maidservants from the Zhou and Wu families. Sure enough, from a long distance away, he could hear the two women in gold and silver with hidden swords in their smiles. Mutual exchange.

Xu Qingheng dealt with the women on both sides like mud, and after a cup of tea time, he asked people to take the women on both sides to have tea. After the women on both sides left, he said to Yuanyang: "Look at the women on both sides. The style is comparable to other people's decent wives and grandmas."

Yuanyang laughed and said, "Everyone in the capital says that the Empress is either from the Wu family or from the Zhou family. How can you still be imposing?"

Xu Qingheng was about to ask how Xue Baochai was doing in the palace, when suddenly Wu'er ran over with sweat dripping from his forehead and said, "Grandma, Miss Xue is coming out."

Xu Qingheng said in astonishment: "How did you come out?"

Wu'er hurriedly said: "Brother Tianliang went to Feng's house to pass on a message. He went there and saw Uncle Xue coming back from the outside. It turned out that Uncle Xue had made another contribution. The Lord saw him and asked for a reward for him. Uncle Xue asked Said Miss Xue is getting old, please ask the Lord to give her a marriage."

"...Uncle Xue is so bold, isn't this a tiger's mouth pulling out his teeth?" I don't know if others talked too much, or what, Yuanyang already believed that Xue Baochai was a person in the palace all his life and death.

"What does the lord say?" Xu Qingheng secretly admired Xue Pan's courage, and wondered if the emperor would not allow his younger sister to marry in front of his ministers?

Wu'er said again: "Uncle Xue was mentioned in the court hall. The master heard that his face was very ugly, so frightened that all the civil and military officials in the court trembled. The master stayed silent for a long time, and then his face eased. It is said that Second Master Liu has also made meritorious service, and that he and Master Xue are friends in need, so he decided to betroth Miss Xue to Second Master Liu, but Second Master Liu said that he had secretly made a promise with our eldest girl, He refused to accept the order. The lord's face became more and more bad. It is said that he was angry. He glanced at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and asked the servants one by one. Robbing a woman means that the children in the family have already made a marriage agreement, or that someone who has a fortune teller should not marry early. So it went around..."

"I can only promise Miss Xue to his own son?" Yuanyang said with wide-eyed eyes.

Wu'er shook his head hurriedly, and said: "Isn't that messed up? No matter how stupid the master is, it's not enough." After speaking, he couldn't help sticking out his tongue, "The family members are planning to marry Zhenjia Baoyu!"

"God! The Ji family is going to turn around now?" Xu Qingheng asked in surprise.

"Exactly, civil and military officials in the whole dynasty were unwilling to marry, and the Zhen family was willing to marry. The Lord only had this step to go down. Just as he was about to go down, who knew that Uncle Xue was reckless for a while and exposed the usury of the Zhen family in the court hall. Waiting for this matter caused an uproar in the court, and the lord has already angrily reprimanded Uncle Xue for his outrageous remarks, and ordered the governor to investigate in person."

"Then who did Miss Xue promise to?" Yuanyang still asked.

Wu'er said with a smile: "Only you and I will ask who Miss Xue is marrying, and everyone else is waiting to see what the Zhen family will do."

Xu Qingheng pondered for a long time, only felt that although Xue Pan was reckless, he was not the one who knew the emperor was ambiguous with his sister, and dared to ask the emperor for a marriage, let alone calling out the Zhen family's affairs, so he asked Wu'er: "... Uncle Xue, what can you say about the Ji family?"

"Uncle Xue looks very strange, it seems that he woke up after doing something." Wu'er frowned and said.

"Why do you say that?" Yuanyang asked again.

Wu'er still frowned, and said: "Brother Tianliang said this. Brother Tianliang said that whenever Uncle Xue did something behind our second master's back, he would always look nervous and wonder whether it was a blessing or not. The look of disaster."

Xu Qingheng suddenly said: "It's broken."

"What's wrong?" Wu'er asked hurriedly.

Yuanyang also murmured: "It's really a bad thing. It must be Miss Xue who didn't believe that Fang Niangniang would support her. She couldn't bear her temper and colluded with Concubine Ji Hui. She rushed to ask Miss Zhen's family to marry the sixth prince. When the incident comes out, this will not delay the Fifth Prince from marrying a new man."

Xu Qingheng sighed again and again, and hurried upstairs to tell Jia Lian, who was still lying on the bed drying her hair.

Jia Lian had heard Zhao Tianliang talk about it a long time ago, but now he closed his eyes and played the jade flute between his fingers without saying a word.

"...Actually, Baochai is also a smart person, and he is closer to our family." Xu Qingheng said while gently rubbing Jia Lian's temples with his hand.

Jia Lian pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "Your gentleman promises, since you promised to marry the girl at the beginning, you shouldn't break your promise."

Xu Qingheng paused with his fingers, put his chin on Jia Lian's forehead, hugged his hair in a daze, and asked solemnly, "Are you sure you have nothing to do with Fang Wenhui?"

"No." Jia Lian said with certainty.

Xu Qingheng took out the jade tablet left by the King of Dong'an from his bosom, and said through gritted teeth: "If you tell me that you are a pair of dogs and men, let me see how I deal with you." After gritting his teeth, he heard that Hu Jingzhi finally went , Then I went downstairs, called Li Wan, and invited Youshi, Xichun and Lingguan to celebrate Jiamu's birthday.

After staying for one more day, Xu Qingheng sent Jiamu back to her room to rest, and asked tentatively: "Does the old lady like our new neighbor?"

Jia's mother sneered and said, "It's unavoidable that an outsider lives in your yard, do you like it?"

Xu Qingheng was surprised, supported Jia Mu, and asked suspiciously: "Since the old lady doesn't like it, why did she talk to him for so long?"

"Didn't you say that Lai Da hasn't disappeared yet? Tell Lian'er for me that the man surnamed Hu must have contacts with Lai Da. I asked him what Lai Da knew, and he probably knew; I took Ask Lai Da what he doesn't know, and he doesn't know anything." Jia Mu said cunningly.

Xu Qingheng secretly admired it, thinking that Jia Mu refused to ask about everything, but she also arranged everything properly. The house and field of Jia Zheng and his wife in Red Sandalwood Castle may not have been bought by Jia Mu, so he said: "The second master said, please The old lady made the decision and told Hu Jingzhi about the girl from Osmanthus Xia's family."

Mother Jia was startled, then she nodded and agreed, and sent Zhao Mama to lead someone to matchmaking with Osmanthus Xia's family.

Xu Qingheng sent Jia's mother back, and then went to the Dakua Courtyard. When the maid came to ask if he still wanted to add medicine to Jia Lian's food, he said, "There is no need to add medicine. The medicine is boiled and brought here."

"Hey."

Sure enough, the maid brought a bowl of soup and medicine. Xu Qingheng took the bowl of medicine and went upstairs to the back. Seeing that Jia Lian was lying down during the day, but at night he became refreshed and ready to go out, so he took the medicine and handed it to him. On the edge of his mouth, he said: "It's already blown cold, drink the medicine before going out."

Jia Lian frowned, thinking for a moment that if he refused to drink the medicine, he would have to tell Xu Qingheng the reason. Stomach, strode out.

Xu Qingheng took the bowl, followed two steps and asked: "When will you be back?" Hearing him say four watch days, I just wondered where can I go at night?So I went back to my room to wash up and went to sleep. In my sleep, I felt vaguely that it should be the fourth watch, so I opened my eyes reluctantly, but I heard the sound of the clapper of the fifth watch outside, so I put on my clothes and went upstairs to the back. Seeing that Jia Lian was already lying on the bed, he hung his clothes on the shelf, lifted the quilt and got in.

"Won't you sleep by yourself?" Jia Lian muttered, turning over and lying down.

Xu Qingheng lay on his side next to Jia Lian, and asked him, "Where did you go last night?"

"Going to meet friends, I have to know who is around Lai Da." Jia Lian muttered and then fell silent.

Xu Qingheng snorted, and the next day saw that Jiamu wanted to call Hu Jingzhi, so she accompanied Jiamu to meet in the big flower hall behind.When Hu Jingzhi came outside the door, he hid in the compartment of the flower hall, secretly looked at Hu Jingzhi who was pacing in, saw him being suave and suave, and thought to himself, no wonder Mrs. Meng was tempted, this Hu Jingzhi looks like Jia Lian.

"Come here, sit here." Mother Jia said with a smile.

Hu Jingzhi didn't dare to refuse, but he was willing to sit down after listening to Jia Mu telling him to sit down.

Sitting on the couch, Jia Mu leaned forward slightly, and said with a smile, "Would you like to tell you about a relative?"

Hu Jingzhi hurriedly waved his hands and said, "To tell the truth from our ancestors, Jingzhi was dismissed by Nan'an Palace, so..."

Jia Mu said with a smile: "It is because you were resigned that I rushed to marry you. It's just that there is no other man in this girl's family. I need your help to set up a family. I wonder if you would like it?"

Because Jia Mu treated him very kindly yesterday, Hu Jingzhi felt that it was Lai Da's teaching that made him win Jia Mu's heart, and then wanted to betroth Yingchun to him, so he refused again, saying: "My family only For a man like me, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? When you get married and give birth to a few boys, it's enough to call one with the woman's surname." Jia's mother said kindly. With my wife here, I will definitely not push back this marriage."

When Hu Jingzhi heard what Jia Mu said, he pretended to be humble and agreed.

"Now is not the time to make a decision outside, and you must not make it public." Mother Jia urged again.

Hu Jingzhi hastily agreed, thinking it was Mrs. Xing's filial piety, and he flattered Jia Mu by telling Jia Mu that a group of girls in the historian's family had fun and banquets all day long, which made Jia Mu laugh heartily. Say goodbye before lunch and go back east.

In the east study, Hu Jingzhi happily told Lai Da what Jiamu had said.

Lai Da stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I have already said that the old lady will never let the whole house be controlled by the second master Lian. She must do something."

After Hu Jingzhi was overjoyed, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He respectfully offered Lai Da tea again, and then asked anxiously: "Will the old lady's decision be possible? Did Jia Lian offend?"

Lai Da pondered for a while, and then said firmly: "That Jia Lian is very suspicious, and his actions are fierce. Since you have made a name for yourself in front of Lord Zhongshun, and you have been with Chen Yejun, you have already offended him. If so, you don't have to care about it." What about him? The plan for now is to talk to Chen Yejun more and dig out the words Chen Yejun has hidden in his heart. After digging out those words, he will naturally not be afraid of Jia Lian."

Hu Jingzhi said with a smile: "Grandpa Lai is right, I am confused again, left and right Grandpa Lai is old and strong, I just listen to Grandpa Lai."