The Concubine of the Red Chamber

"Cousin, look, this is my father..." Jun Zezhen's eyes were a little dark. He promised his mother and concubine would take good care of his younger brother, so he would not leave him in the palace. Back then, his mother and concubine stayed behind. Except for a few hidden guards, even if he was disliked by his father, neglected by concubines, and despised by other princes and princesses, he never took the initiative to take revenge, although most of them were cleared out, the rest The confidantes who stayed with them all these years, and he made some moves in the matter of marrying Xuan'er and Xuan'er going out of the palace, but although the goal was achieved, Jun Zezhen felt that his heart was more serious. cold.

Gu Qingyan didn't say a word. With today's desire for power and prosperity, his grandfather has been trying his best to persuade the fifth prince to keep a low profile. He has seen how the fifth prince has lived these years, and Xuan'er, who is even more favored, In fact, the favor you get is also false, just like pets, they come and go when they are called.

Without the intention of keeping Jun Zexuan in the palace, Emperor Longchang directly urged Jun Zexuan to help Jun Zexuan supervise the construction of the palace as soon as possible. Emperor Longchang felt that he did not treat each of his sons badly, and approved all the money for the construction of the palace. What will be built? This is their own business.The second prince will leave the palace in the daytime after getting married, Jun Zexuan built the mansion late, so he will stay for a few more months, and he and the third prince will also leave the palace before the end of this year... and Jun Zexuan will wait until after getting married next year.

Seeing that the palace has been fixed, Jia Lan's eyes suddenly brightened, and his mood began to get excited. After nearly ten years of rebirth, he saw hope completely for the first time, and became interested in the drawings sent by Jun Zezhen. Every day, I began to pull Jun Zexuan to discuss the decoration of the room after leaving the palace, as well as the arrangement of the courtyard...

"We can build a flower house here with a glass roof, and at night, we can sit among the flowers, smell the fragrance of the flowers, and look at the stars in the sky..." Although the area of ​​the Prince's Mansion is not as large as that of the Rongguo Mansion, it is still There is almost one kilometer more than enough, and there are only two masters, she and Jun Zexuan, who live in a large courtyard of more than 1 square meters. Jia Lan feels a little drunk when he thinks about it.You must know that Rongguo Mansion is only two hectares in size now. Even if the Grand View Garden is built in the future, it can be doubled in size.

"After staying for a long time, I will find a way to buy all the nearby land. Later, my father will give the eighth younger brother the title of Prince of the county, so that I can expand it. The plum garden is a bit small now, and it will be given to me in the future. You build a bigger one." In order to put his younger brother by his side, the area of ​​the Eighth Prince's Mansion was nearly half smaller than that of his own. If it weren't for the specifications of his own Prince's Mansion, he would have wanted to give it to his younger brother. Separate a Merlin.

When Jia Lan heard that the expansion was going to be done, she turned her head and smiled at Jun Zexuan, and said, "Fifth brother, my husband and I think it's pretty good. We are only two people now, so it would be troublesome to build too big. It's really very good."

Jun Zexi knew his younger brother's habits, so he saw that Jia Lan didn't feel any reluctance. On the contrary, even if he knew the size of the other prince's mansions, he didn't show any jealousy on his face, so he calmed down and asked Gu Qingyan to help them with all his strength. Repair the mansion, strive to make arrangements as soon as possible, and move in at the end of the year.

"My eldest brother has some knowledge about gold and stone antiques. I want to ask him to help me arrange the decorations in the yard." When Gu Qingyan was helping to build the Eighth Prince's Mansion, Jia Amnesty often went to help. Bang Jia She explained with a smile.Although Jia She and Zhang's devotion to her was a bit thoughtful, she was indeed helped, and even now it seems that what she received was far less than what she paid. Jia Lan hated Zhang and the current Jia She. stand up.

Gu Qingyan learned from Jun Zezhu that although Jia She is a dude, he still has some tricks, and he is not completely ignorant. Now that he gets along a lot, he feels that Jia She is interesting. There is also a sense of loyalty.To Jia Lan's surprise, the two got along very well.

"Although Jia Amnesty is not good at writing, he is the son of Jia Daishan. I thought that he should not be too close. But this person is still interesting, and the Rongguo Mansion is also very interesting." Gu Qingyan has a good impression of Jia She, It can also be seen that although he is incapable, he is sincere in the end. Although he is stupid and filial, he also has his own bottom line, and he attaches great importance to his wife and children. With the power of the Zhang family behind him, Gu Qingyan still became friends with Jia She.

Jun Zezhen and Jia She have also met several times. He doesn't like such incompetent people, but he doesn't hate them either.Jia Amnesty is the eldest son, and the future title will belong to him, so it is not suggested that Gu Qingyan has a close relationship with him. Jia Lan is a girl, and she is not favored by a concubine, so there will be little involvement in the future.But Jia Daishan is an old fox, and his eldest son is incompetent, so he married a girl from the Zhang family.The second son, on the surface, likes literature and despises martial arts, but in reality is pedantic and incompetent, yet he is married to the Wang family.The Jia family should have no major problems for about 20 years.

"The chaos in the Jia family must lie in the inner house." Gu Qingyan affirmed: "Mrs. Rong Guo dotes on the second son. Although Rong Guo Gong seems to be fair, he is too much influenced by his wife, and Jia Zheng's wife, Wang Shi, is not easy to get along with. Yes, women in the Wang family are not cheap, and Jia Zheng's wife is no worse than the second prince and concubine, and Jia Zheng has already been nourished by Jia Shishi, the chaos of Jia's family is not caused by external forces, but in Xiaoqiang."

"So you teach Jia She well, except that he really fits your temperament, and you have nothing to do, and the eighth younger siblings are from Jia's family after all, do you want to support Jia She?" Jun Zeming understood a little. road.The eighth brother and sister are well-behaved, and because her younger brother is obviously much better now, and Jia She is a well-known playboy and heir, it seems useless, but the foundation behind it is not shallow.The Jia family, the Shi family, the Zhang family...

Gu Qingyan nodded, it is indeed the case, being good with Jia She is good for him to enter the family circle, these years as the fifth prince's companion, he has no reputation outside, good teaching for Jia She has advantages and disadvantages, he will not Helping Jia Amnesty to clean up the Jia family at once, but hope that the more chaos the Jia family has, the better, so that he can benefit from it. As for the more powerful Jia Zheng, the water will be even more chaotic.

Jia Lan didn't know about Gu Qingyan's schemes against the Jia family, she didn't have a strong sense of belonging to the Jia family, and he didn't really care about others except Jia She and his wife and Jia Hu.Therefore, when frequently taking over the things that Jia She asked Gu Qingyan to bring from outside, Jiang Qilan was a little worried and said: "My eldest brother is straightforward, and I hope my cousin will take care of me."

"Brother Enhou is upright and upright. Qingyan admires him very much. Brothers and sisters don't need to worry." Gu Qingyan looked at Jia Lan's immature and delicate face and short body, turned his head slightly, and said that his cousin must marry her at a young age. It was a little funny in my heart, but looking at her serious expression, I coughed lightly and replied: "I heard from Xuan'er that my younger brother and sister want to build a flower house with a glass roof, but now there is no such big and heavy glass. Brother and sister don't mind."

Jia Lan turned her head and looked at Jun Zexuan with a smile. She just said something, but Jun Zexuan remembered her words and tried to do it, which made her feel very warm, although she knew that glass is indeed scarce nowadays. but he seems to vaguely remember the materials used to make it.But after thinking about it, she still didn't say it out. She was only ten years old, and she had already shown her ability to keep accounts before, so she said that she only remembered a rough idea, and it's not very useful to say it now, and it's impossible to use it immediately. , so he hurriedly smiled and said: "It's okay, I just said it casually, my cousin is bothering you."

"Cousin doesn't bother, he also ordered his servants to do it." Jun Zexuan smiled happily at Gu Qingyan, grabbed Jia Lan's hand, and said awkwardly.

Jia Lan already knew Jun Zexuan's flaws in dealing with interpersonal relationships very well these days, and even knew that he would get awkward from time to time, so the Office of Conciliation explained: "It is my cousin who ordered the servants to do it. What is it? Busy for our mansion, I should say thank you, husband, what do you think?"

"Hmm!" Jun Zexuan felt that what Jia Lan said was very reasonable, especially the words "for our mansion" pierced his heart, so he looked up at Gu Qingyan and said, "Cousin, I'm sorry."

Gu Qingyan almost couldn't get up when he heard the words, but looking at his cousin who was a head and a half shorter than himself and the cousins ​​who were at least two ends taller, he couldn't say a word, so he could only leave with his hands covering his heart.

Emperor Longchang allocated 25 taels of Anjia silver to each of his sons. Naturally, none of the princes would say that they spent all of it at once, even if they had the support of their mother clan. , and even if the flower is too much, it will not be said.Because of this, the Fifth Prince's Mansion and the Eighth Prince's Mansion will not receive much financial support due to the decline of the Gu family, and the construction is much faster than others. The Eighth Prince's Mansion was built the latest, but because of the previous foundation, it only needs to be rebuilt , is not complicated, it has been completely remodeled before the third prince got married in October.

After the third prince got married, Jun Zexuan also started to get his younger brother and the younger couple to move out. Because the two were young, their opinions were generally not taken seriously unless necessary. I didn't care much about it myself, so I let him arrange it.Jun Zexuan didn't have a good impression of everyone in the palace, so after asking Emperor Longchang for instructions, he began to arrange the trip out of the palace on the second day of Jun Zexuan's birthday.

If it wasn't for the fact that the founding emperor liked to allow his sons to leave the palace to build a mansion after they got married, Jun Zezhu would have liked to leave the palace earlier than his younger brother and help him take care of him. Because of Jun Zexuan's particularity, Jun Zexuan gave Jia Lan a lot of advice to his younger sibling.