Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

Although such a big event happened in the family, it still couldn't stop Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang from getting up early to meet Yuan Chun in the palace. The dead are not as important as the living, let alone bringing glory to the family.It was rare for Yuanchun to see his relatives every month, so he was naturally happy. After chatting with the old lady and his mother for a while, Jia's mother got up to say goodbye.Mrs. Wang was very reluctant and said: "Old lady, my daughter-in-law would like to have a few more words of kindness with Yuan'er, look..."

Jia Mu said: "Then stay longer, I'll go first, you two have a good chat, don't pass the time."

Mrs. Wang agreed, and said to Yuan Chun after seeing Jia's mother gone, "How is Yuan'er doing in the palace? Has the Emperor ever thought of you?"

Yuan Chun winked the idlers to go out, and only stayed at the door with Baoqin to watch, then he frowned and sighed: "There are so many people in the palace, I am a little girl who is always there like our family girl, how could the emperor always be here?" Think of me. Occasionally come here to listen to me play the piano, and leave after a while. There are many powerful people in the palace, and it is really difficult for my daughter to climb up."

Mrs. Wang sighed, regained her joy and said: "My good boy, this time the opportunity has come, my mother will ensure that you will soar to the sky this time, and you won't have to stay in this small side hall anymore."

Yuan Chun was taken aback for a moment, and asked in confusion, "What can mother do?"

Mrs. Wang came to her daughter's ear and whispered about Keqing.The more Yuan Chun listened, the more amazed he became. After listening, his eyes couldn't help but glisten with joy, as if his majestic phoenix crown and xiapei appeared in front of his eyes.

Let's say that Shui Rong saw Lin Yifei rushing over in the morning before he went to court, and hurriedly said, "Brother Lin, why are you here?"

With a gloomy face, Lin Yifei handed the letter in his hand to Shui Rong. Shui Rong opened it and looked pale and said, "How could this Shui Lian die for no reason? It's terrible."

Yifei sneered and said: "How can it be for no reason? Just now I heard the report from the secret guard who went to investigate. It is very likely that this matter was done by the Jia family, because that Keqing didn't die normally at all, but was hanged. She is living well and still misses her brother, so how could she be willing to die. I think the Jia mansion is just for the rich. Just now, the Jia Taijun and her second daughter-in-law have hurried into the palace. I guess it is very likely for This thing."

Shui Rong sneered and said: "They are very loyal! Let's go discuss it with the father, finally, Shui Qing's whereabouts will soon be found, and it's a coincidence that Shui Lian died." The two came to see Shui in a hurry. Yue.

Seeing the two of them, Shui Yue frowned and said, "What made you panic?"

Shui Rong told the story, Shui Yue was also surprised, put down the letter and said coldly: "This Jia family is really doing anything for the sake of wealth. They messed up our plan, and Shui Qing has nothing to do with his father but has nothing to do with his father." This sister is very close, this time I will definitely think that the emperor dealt with his sister, this is very difficult. Alas, we were really negligent, we only thought about a girl who can't make waves, but didn't think about her safety."

Lin Yifei frowned and said, "How does the Jia family know Qin Keqing's identity? I remember that only Jia Zhen knows, but Jia Zhen will definitely not betray her?"

"why?"

A trace of contempt flashed in Lin Yifei's eyes: "Then Jia Zhen treats her daughter-in-law very differently. They are obviously father-in-law and daughter-in-law, but secretly they are husband and wife. According to my information, Jia Zhen has a deep affection for Qin Keqing. If she wanted to betray her, she would have betrayed her." .And he's been out of town for the past few days and he's still on his way back. He definitely didn't do this."

Shui Rong thought for a moment and said, "I think we should think about it from a different angle."

Lin Yifei and Shui Yue looked at each other and said, "You mean?"

Shui Rong thought about it for a while, and his thoughts gradually became clear, and said: "I have a hypothesis, and I don't know how possible it is...." After hearing this, Yifei laughed and said: "You actually went to think with my sister, obviously smarter than me."

After going down to the court, Shui Yue and Shui Rong entered the palace to see the driver, Shui Yan saw that the two came in a hurry, knowing that there was a big event, he hurriedly screened the eunuch who retreated from the imperial study, and said: "What's the matter with the emperor and Rong'er?"

Shui Rong and Shui Yue glanced at each other, and presented the secret booklet. Shui Yan was really angry after seeing it, and gritted his teeth after reading it: "What a Jia family, it is really loyal, such a blatant murder of people's lives puts the country's law on the line." Where is it, even if Shui Lian is really guilty, it's not up to them to decide, how could they be so bold."

Shui Rong sneered and said: "Don't you know, the emperor, they can't do anything for the sake of wealth and honor, and they still have the laws of the country in their eyes."

Shui Yan calmed down and said: "You must have discussed it, I don't know what you think."

Shui Yue smiled and said: "This is the end of the matter, and we lost our position for a while, but Rong'er reminded me, I think it's not too late to make up for it. If Rong'er's guess is correct, maybe we can turn things around and turn passivity into initiative." , completely eliminated the hidden danger of clear water.”

"Oh?" A look of interest flashed across Shuiyan's face, and he couldn't help nodding frequently when he heard Shui Rong's thoughts, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

That night, Shuiyan invited Yuan Chun to serve him as a servant. Yuan Chun was flattered that he didn't know the situation. After some cloud and rain, he told about Keqing. Shui Yan pretended to praise him, and then smiled: "It's rare for your family to be so loyal. Don't worry. I won't treat you badly, and I will promote you to be a noble concubine after the Shui Lian is sent."

Yuan Chun was overjoyed, no matter what she never expected to become a noble concubine, she was the third in the harem after the empress and imperial concubine, she hurriedly got off the bed with bare feet and knelt down to thank her, for fear that the emperor would regret it.

Seeing her urgent look, the emperor flashed a cold light in his eyes, and said with a smile: "My concubine, get up quickly, the ground is cold. But you are not allowed to spread the word now. After all, Shui Lian is also my daughter, no matter how big it is The fault is already dead, and I will not pursue it anymore. You quietly send a message to the family so that they can make it more beautiful. Then I will send dignitaries to pay homage. One will satisfy my uncle's heart, and the other will let you Take a look at Jia's mansion."

Yuan Chun agreed, and Xi Dun Dun returned to his room.Shui Yan looked at her graceful back and smiled coldly.

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed when she heard the news from Yuan Chun.It happened that Jia Zhen came back and said that Mrs. You was sick in the inner house and asked Sister Feng to take care of her for a month. Mrs. Wang agreed, and secretly told Sister Feng to do things in a decent manner. But Qing has a good relationship and wants to get some benefits from it, so naturally he is happy to agree.

Then Xue Baochai saw that the Jia family was so big, and only thought that the Jia family was unparalleled in wealth, so she was happy, and hurriedly asked her elder brother to present the board that she wanted to give to Prince Yizhong, and she really won the favor of Ningrong and Rongfu. I don't think it's right, but Jia Zhen is the patriarch and he doesn't care about it, she just feels uneasy.

Soon the news came that the servant girl Ruizhu had died for her master. Seeing that the Qin family had nothing to do with her, Baozhu was willing to be her adoptive daughter and vowed to take the responsibility of bereavement.Jia Zhen was overjoyed, and passed it down immediately. From then on, everyone called Baozhu Miss.According to the mourning of the unmarried daughter, the orb mourned in agony before the spirit.As a result, Ding and all the members of the family followed the old system, and there was no disorder.

On the day of the funeral, the whole street was occupied by Jia's house.Even King Shui Rong of Beijing came to offer sacrifices on the road, and other high-ranking officials and dignitaries were naturally not far behind when they saw it. For a while, officials from various aristocratic families such as Dongping Prince's Mansion in Xining, Jinxiang Hou's Mansion set up sacrifice sheds for road sacrifices.When Baoyu met the King of Beijing for the first time, he couldn't help being envious when he saw his outstanding talent. Seeing Shui Rong's gentleness and humility, he couldn't help but recognize him as a confidant.

The onlookers saw it, and some were envious, some were jealous, some were puzzled, and they all talked about it.Among the crowd, a tall and slender young man was holding Qingfeng tightly in his hand, with tears in his eyes, and his face was like ice that would not melt for thousands of years. If you looked closely, you would find that his eyebrows and eyes were three points like Keqing's. Shui Qing, who had been missing everywhere, knew about such a big movement in Henan.

An old man in his fifties next to him burst into tears and said angrily: "Little master, you can see that this is the result of your retreat every step of the way. It is understandable for them to chase and kill you, but Master Lian is a girl who gets in the way. The emperor actually killed him, if the master keeps retreating like this, then the master Lian will die too."

Shui Qing's face turned blue and white, and he raised his eyebrows for a long time and said: "This matter needs to be investigated again."

The old man sneered and said: "I need to investigate again. Do you think it takes such a big scene for the funeral of a junior daughter-in-law of the long house? It's not because of that Shuiyan's guilt. Is the heart of the young master made of stone? You can deal with the death of the old master." Don't care, don't you care, Master Lian, this old servant really misjudged you."

Shui Qing hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhong, don't be sad. I have to know what happened anyway, and see who killed my sister with my own hands in order to take revenge. This time I won't back down no matter what I say."

The old man snorted coldly: "I hope that the little master will keep his word, otherwise I will risk my life to ask Master Lian for an explanation. I treated such a lovely girl back then as my own daughter. You don't care about me." It still hurts."

Shui Qing had a bit of embarrassment on his face, but did not refute.

The Ningrong Second Mansion had been busy for more than a month before finishing the funeral, everyone was exhausted.Just two days after it stopped, it was Jia Zheng's birthday, and the whole family gathered to celebrate, which was very lively.Suddenly, a doorman hurried in and reported to the banquet, "the eunuch of the six palaces, Mr. Xia, has come to issue an order." Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and others didn't know what the news was. Open the incense table, open the middle door and kneel to receive it.Early on, I saw Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of Liugongdu, arriving on horseback, followed by many internal eunuchs.That Xia Shouzhong did not bear the imperial edict, dismounted in front of the eaves, smiled all over his face, walked to the hall, stood facing the south, and said in his mouth: "Special decree: Immediately declare Jiazheng to enter the court, and see you in the Linjing Hall." , I didn't have time to drink tea, so I went by horse.Jia Amnesty and others don't know what the sign is.Had to change clothes in a hurry and enter the court.

Everyone in Jia's house was in panic.They kept sending people flying horses back and forth to report the news, and it took a long time before the housekeeper came to announce the good news, saying that it was actually the emperor who granted Yuan Chun the title of Xiande Concubine as Shangshu of Fengzao Palace, and allowed Yuan Xiao to save his relatives.This is really a rare honor and favor in ancient times. Everyone felt that an auspicious cloud fell down, and they were so happy that they could hardly find the southeast, north and south.Even Mrs. Wang was so happy that she forgot to respond to what she had learned in advance.The people below swarmed forward to congratulate Mrs. Jiamu Wang, especially Mrs. Wang, as a noble concubine mother, was full of flattery. Mrs. Wang was so happy from ear to ear. I don't care about it anymore.All the high-ranking wives rushed to the palace to thank each other with their make-ups. All the way, they were covered with green curtains, fragrant cars and BMWs, chatting and laughing endlessly.

At the far corner of the street, the old man looked at Shui Qing lightly and said: "Young master, do you still doubt this time? What qualifications do the daughters of the little Jia family have to become noble concubines? After Master Lian left, they were made concubines. Little master would not feel that It's just a coincidence."

Shui Qing clenched his fists and punched the wall, his sword eyebrows stood upright, his deep eyes were as cold as black crystals, and he said in a hateful voice: "Emperor, Jia's family, you are too deceitful, I Shui Qing you!" If you don’t take revenge, you will not be a human being! Uncle Zhong, let’s go to the Palace of Zhongshun, if he can really help me take revenge, I will agree to all his conditions!”

That Uncle Zhong was overjoyed, but said calmly: "Well, this is the descendant of Prince Yizhong."

When Jia Mu and the others were in a hurry to thank her, Jia Zhen was not idle, and hurried to Lin's mansion with two Supas and a piece of emerald jade in his arms.

The wind and rain have risen, and who can escape the vortex of the undercurrent.Whether it is life or death is only a matter of thought.

Yifei was listening to the report from the secret guard, when he heard that Jia Zhen asked to see him, he was surprised, he had never had any contact with Jia Zhen, why did he come, he hurriedly said, "Please hurry up".

After a while, Jia Zhen hurried in.Yifei looked up and down, and saw that Jia Zhen looked much haggard, and the once clear eyes were really dim now.Although I heard that Jia Zhen is also a lustful person, but from the bottom of his heart, he still has a good impression of Jia Zhen. Compared with other men in Jia's mansion, he still has a bit more masculinity and a sense of responsibility.

Jia Zhen didn't have a deep impression of Lin Yifei, she was just a good-looking scholar in her memory, but now she looked carefully and realized that her eyes were full of brilliance, her spirit was full of heroic spirit, she was not an ordinary person.After the two met, Jia Zhen said: "Brother Yu is here today for something important, please come out and see me." Yifei was puzzled and said, "Why is cousin so solemn? I don't know if I can convey it to my younger brother." Jia Zhen shook her head and said, "This time Everything matters, brother Yu is not presumptuous, in fact, I can only trust her."

Yifei had no choice but to think about the relationship between Jia Zhen and Ke Qing, and there might be some information about it, so he hurriedly ordered someone to go to the back house to invite Daiyu to come.

Daiyu these days thinks of Keqing's frowns and smiles, although she doesn't have much contact with her, she is a lovely woman, so she can't help feeling sad.Just talking to Xueyan and others, she heard Jia Zhen begging to see her, and she felt strange. She didn't know the relationship between Keqing and Jia Zhen, so she didn't want to see her.When she came to the front hall, seeing Jia Zhen talking to Yi Fei, she rushed up to greet her.Jia Zhen said politely, "I don't know if my sister has a jade pendant engraved with the word 'Qing' in her hand."

A stone stirred up waves, Daiyu stood up and said, "How does my cousin know?"

Jia Zhen said sadly: "It seems to be true, so I am relieved." As she spoke, she took out a piece of Ropa from her bosom, opened it carefully, and inside it was wrapped a green dove-shaped jade pendant, and said bitterly : "Ke'er asked me to give it to you, so I will fulfill her wish."

Daiyu's expression tightened, she took the veil and unfolded it, and saw that it was a blood book, the scribbled handwriting showed the urgency of the person who wrote it at that time, seeing the writing on it said: "Auntie sees that the words are like faces, and the water ripples will worship again, and the ripples will last forever." Lonely and miserable, fortunately a man of high righteousness escaped poverty and survived so far, and now he suffers from bad luck and has no complaints. In fact, Lian fell into the quagmire because of love, and he was willing to sink into the sin he deserved. I don’t get it, I’m worried about it. Brother and Lian have depended on each other since they were young, and they have a deep relationship. This incident may inevitably be confused by those who care about it, and it will be an act that will never be redone. I pray that my aunt will help when necessary, and tell her that Lian’s death is no problem. It's really self-inflicted, please don't suspect others. The water is a must." Daiyu looked confused, and raised her eyes to see Jia Zhen also holding a handkerchief, her expression was bleak, like a dead tree in late autumn, and she became more and more unclear.Look carefully at the emerald jade, the shape, structure, culture and theory are the same as my own, only the engraved word is "Lian".

Seeing that Daiyu was silent, Jia Zhen sighed: "My cousin must have doubts in her heart. This is the end of the matter. Jia Zhen's heart is dead and she is not afraid of anything. You might as well make it clear. Ke'er and I have a bad relationship in this life. It's a matter of love, even though we know that we will be punished, but we can't care about it. My appearance is absurd and lustful, but it's just to cover up this matter. This time I will go out. My son's story was leaked for some reason, and my wife forced me to die. Ke'er left the suicide note and ordered me to hand it over to my cousin. I didn't know that my cousin knew her life experience. It's just that Ke'er was deceived this time. Is it true that you are willing to die because of the two of us?"

Yifei heard the hatred in his words, and hurriedly said: "Brother Zhen thinks there is something else hidden about Keqing?"

Jia Zhen sneered and said, "That's right. If it's because of our affairs, I would accept my fate. We would have made a mistake, so we just let her go. But after Ke'er's death, no one in the family suspected that Ke'er was treated so outrageously. I couldn't help feeling suspicious. It's okay to have such a funeral with Ke'er's real identity, but now she's just an insignificant daughter-in-law in the Ning Mansion. Such an over-the-top funeral is taken for granted by the family, so why doesn't it make me suspicious. Who knows today The emperor actually made Jia Yuanchun a noble concubine. I know the strength of our family. No matter how virtuous Yuanchun is, it is impossible for her to be honored like this. I am a fool if I don’t understand anymore. It must be that Youshi and Mrs. Wang knew about Ke’er’s life experience and forced her to go to the emperor to flatter her. How could I be willing to keep poor Ke’er in the dark! I swear by Jia Zhen We must avenge this great revenge!" But he didn't know that Ke Qing was not completely ignorant.

Jia Zhen's words were no less than a momentary bomb, Daiyu was so shocked that even Yifei, who knew about Jia Zhen and Ke Qing's affairs, couldn't help but look sideways after hearing Jia Zhen's heartfelt words, and reconsidered the matter between the two. Is it love?If this is the case, it is despicable and pitiful.True love is rare in this world, if the two of them are as strong as gold, even if they are not in the world, it is enough to make people sigh, but it is a pity that it is a shameful love after all!No matter how appreciative it is, it is hard to agree.

Yifei got up slowly and said: "Brother Zhen's guess Yifei doesn't want to say too much, we have no right to stop you if you really want to take revenge, I just want to remind you that please hold the scale well, if it really endangers others and endangers the country, we will not It has to be managed."

Jia Zhen was stunned, and then said: "It was just a personal grievance, and I will not harm others. Hehe, they only want wealth and glory, so I will let them come to nothing. I have already done what Keer told me , in the future, if you really get the news about the clear water, you can go to her grave and tell it yourself, but I don't want to see him anymore, it will only add to the sadness. Farewell."

Seeing Jia Zhen's thin figure drifting away, both Daiyu and Yifei felt boundless emotion, why is the word "love" so that these two have no hesitation and do not hesitate to sink into hell.

Daiyu said: "What do you think of the news, brother?"

Yifei smiled and said: "The news came from the dark guard just now, that Shuiqing has already appeared, and should have gone to Zhongshun Palace now, it seems that our guess is right. There is an old man beside him, we also sent people to Check it out, and the results will come soon. But Qing’s letter is definitely beneficial to us, and when the water is clear, we might as well take it out and let him distinguish it by himself.”

Daiyu sighed lightly, and said quietly: "That Shui Lian is indeed a very intelligent woman, she even guessed that her brother would be deceived, and writing this suicide note is just to protect him."

Yifei also showed admiration, and said: "She may not have guessed it, but she has thought of all the possibilities. She is not chaotic in the face of danger, she is worthy of being a heroine. Although her character is bad, it can't hide her good points. "

Daiyu lowered her eyes, caressing the round and lovely jade pendant in her hand, the gentle and beautiful luster was very similar to Jing Keqing's temperament.After a long time, she raised her head, looked at Yifei with cold autumn eyes, and said softly but firmly: "Brother, let me do this, after all, I have saved him before. But Qing still misses him when he is dying." , I don’t want him to live up to Keqing’s heart by going on the road of no return.” Such a resolute, strong, intelligent, unparalleled, and affectionate woman, although she didn’t get along much, her heart was already deeply moved.Wushan is full of time and rain, and the painting pavilion is full of autumn. She doesn't understand such feelings, but she will not criticize herself.It suddenly occurred to me that Xichun was not happy, but whether Keqing knew about this when she was a child, probably.

Daiyu looked out of the window silently, the sun was shining, the snow-colored tea was floating like broken jade, and she said to herself: Keer, Shuilian, can I help you realize your wish?

Lu Haotian was annoyed at Shui Qing who had just come out after a long time, but there was a full smile on his face.Shui Qing looked at him with a gracious smile on his face, and felt contemptuous in his heart. If it wasn't for revenge for Ke'er, he would never cooperate with such a notorious person.After a lot of bargaining, the two parties finally came to a compromise and formed a "revolutionary friendship". They both knew that they were just getting what they needed, so they responded with [-]% vigilance.

Uncle Zhong was indeed very excited, much more motivated than Shui Qing, which made Shui Qing slightly suspicious, why was he so enthusiastic, was it really for Ke'er?Immediately, he felt ashamed again. Back then Uncle Zhong rescued himself from the sea of ​​flames and knives. After a few years of safety, he accompanied him to flee the world, how could he doubt him.

King Zhongshun saw that the discussion was almost done, and then said to Shui Qing: "Where is my nephew now, what can I do?"

Shui Qing shook his head and said: "I have my own place to live, don't bother Uncle Lu to worry about it, but Uncle Zhong and I hide and hide. I really can't bear it, please take care of the prince."

"Little master, it's fine for this old slave to just follow you." Uncle Zhong said hastily.

Shui Qing held Uncle Zhong's skinny hand and said: "Uncle Zhong, you have suffered a lot of injuries in the past few years, you should stay in the palace and take care of yourself. I am also very safe in our stronghold."

The loyal uncle shook his head like a rattle, and said: "The old slave only follows the young master and doesn't go anywhere. How about this, we still have a stronghold in Ping'an Prefecture, let me contact them, come back and stay with the young master in Beijing Anyway, let the old slave do nothing, the old slave will definitely not obey."

Shui Qing nodded.The two bid farewell to Prince Zhongshun's mansion and parted ways at a fork in the road.But they didn't know that a few black shadows behind the two quietly followed.