Queen's Road in the Red House

In the blink of an eye, it was the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Double Ninth Festival, and during the day, the emperor personally brought the six princes with pots and scorpions, went out of the country and ascended the heights, and did not return to the palace until dinner time.

It's night, and I go to the study in the palace.

The eldest prince scribbled and corrected his own strategy, and then copied it again, with a smile on his face while copying.Xin Hongcheng just walked in, and when he saw this, he smiled and said, "Brother is in a good mood recently. I guess it's because of the marriage agreement."

The eldest prince smiled brightly: "We are happy together."

His temperament is quite straightforward, and the marriages of his two younger brothers have changed, but he is still kept in the dark, for unknown reasons.He even thought that the second prince was just like himself, and married his cousin to his heart's content, so he ran to congratulate him. On the left was a childhood sweetheart, and on the right was a match made in heaven to give birth to a precious son, which almost caused the second prince to suffer internal injuries.

Xin Hongcheng really felt the same joy as him, and smiled after hearing this sentence of the same joy: "I'm waiting to drink the wedding wine of my elder brother and sister-in-law."

The eldest prince was even happier when he heard the words, and stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, you can't do without the wine!"

Xin Hongcheng hurriedly took two steps back, saved his shoulder, and changed the subject: "How is the big brother's policy writing? Tomorrow morning, we are going to show it to the emperor's grandfather. present."

The eldest prince was taken aback when he heard the words: "Teacher Qin is here? Sigh, I've changed it several times, so I have to do it this way."

Since the emperor held the flower viewing banquet, he was scolded thoroughly by the emperor, and finally stopped.

He even dreamed back to Fu Ling's heart at midnight, and figured out that if he continued to protect Xin Hongcheng alone like this, he would make the Supreme Emperor even more dissatisfied and delay his son's future.

So he changed his usual style and directly handed over the homework of his sons to the case of the Supreme Emperor, asking the Supreme Emperor to give advice to his grandsons——are you not worried about my vision of choosing the crown prince?The candidates are all here, take your time.

Such an attitude really made the Supreme Emperor feel relieved.

So after the emperor showed his attitude repeatedly and asked the grandson to personally review the homework of the grandsons, the grandson reservedly agreed.

Then he turned around and announced Qin Taifu, so it can be seen that the Taishanghuang's refusal was also a verbal refusal, and his body was very honest.

On the surface, he said that he was old and too lazy to take care of his children, but in fact he really wanted to catch his grandchildren and pull them apart like picking cabbages to take a good look.

After all, when one gets old, it is inevitable to look back on one's own life. Even the farmer often sits on the field and talks about his youth.Now that the Supreme Emperor has abdicated and has more free time, he naturally often looks back on his magnificent life: It can be said that it is true. Forced to change heirs.

This kind of regret is like a long needle stuck in his heart day and night, and now the emperor is willing to hand over all the princes to the Supreme Emperor, which shocked the Supreme Emperor: this is his chance to make up for his regret.

It's just that the emperor was still biased, so he called Xin Hongcheng in private, and asked him to prepare the strategy for the war in northern Xinjiang, and then told him a few words about the emperor's thoughts, telling him to go back and make changes.

The emperor felt that he didn't fight for Taifu Qin's marriage for his son, and felt sorry for his son, but Xin Hongcheng also felt guilty. This time, he dug a big hole for his father, and made him lose face in front of the emperor.As a result, both of them felt ashamed of each other, and they got closer.

Especially the emperor, wanting to hand Xin Hongcheng into the hands of the Supreme Emperor, feels like a mother-in-law sending her daughter to marry, or the kind of mother-in-law who knows that there is an evil mother-in-law in her husband's family. As a human being, don't dare to say anything like you are in front of yourself.

Xin Hongcheng was very fond of his father, so he went back to the study at night to see if he could revise the article.

Just happened to bump into the First Prince.

At first he was puzzled, the eldest brother never worked hard on this, but after thinking about it again, he understood that whether there was a war in northern Xinjiang, it could be related to the eldest prince's uncle and newly-baked father-in-law, no wonder the eldest prince who always loved martial arts but not literature suddenly Burning the lamp to read at night with enthusiasm.

The power of love is really great.

Xin Hongcheng, who was so emotional, completely forgot how he dared to do tricks for Daiyu, even the emperor's father.

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The next day, Xin Hongcheng went with the princes to the Supreme Emperor's Ningshou Palace with the mentality of "the wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return".

Daiyu, who was in Rongguo Mansion, welcomed Zhou Ling who came to visit her as a guest.

Since Princess Anshu's visit, Jia Minle has justifiably isolated the Rongqing Hall, even waiving the two rooms' greetings, and only lives with her daughter behind closed doors.

It is stated to the public that this isolation measure will continue until Daiyu's living courtyard is completed.

The Ningrong Second Mansion occupies a full street, and even the Grand View Garden can be built, not to mention that this time it is just to build a single-family secondary courtyard for Daiyu.

Jia Min handed over the matter to Jia Lian, and Sister Feng feared that Jia Lian would relapse into the old habit of spending money ignorantly, and repeatedly asked: "Second Master, we would rather pay more for this matter than make mistakes. Sister Lin is not in the capital by herself now, she can't tell the money from the family of a delicate girl. Now she has many servants of the Lin family around her, so don't be confused."

Jia Lian saw that Sister Feng was still worrying about her stomach, and couldn't help but said, "You see that I'm a fool? Sister Lin will be the prince and concubine in the future, and I'm just annoyed that I was not considerate enough when I took her to the south of the Yangtze River. , how can I reach out to make money at this moment?"

Then he showed Sister Feng the blueprints he had made, and said with a smile: "The old lady values ​​me, and I have the full authority to handle this matter. Lai Da, Lai Sheng, Lin Zhixiao, Wu Xindeng, Zhan Guang and others They all begged me in private, saying that they wanted to hang up for an errand. They all said the same thing as you, they would rather not have wages, and it doesn’t matter if they pay a little. They just want to make a name, and they have done their best for the princess’s house.”

Sister Feng had a smile on her face, and her eyes were dizzy: "Princess? How do you know that Sister Lin is just a princess?"

Jia Lian was taken aback, and hurriedly whispered: "Brother Feng, what did you hear that won't make you believe it?" He knew in his heart that although the title of the Rongguo Mansion is stronger than that of the Wang family, when it comes to real power and connections in the court, the current four In the family, only Wang Ziteng is the champion.

So the news about Sister Feng may be better than his.

However, Wang Xifeng just pursed her lips and smiled without speaking.

Jia Lian knew that she had a strong temper, and seeing that she was pregnant and did not wear makeup, she was more pitiful and cute than usual makeup, so she deliberately coaxed Sister Feng in a low-key manner, and even bowed: "Please tell me, Second Mistress, to understand." .”

Sister Feng came down from the platform set up by Jia Lian, and the two of them got together and whispered, "Although my uncle won't tell me about important events in the court, my aunt's attitude is my uncle's attitude."

She rubbed her stomach: "It's not that the news about my stomach just came out. My aunt gave me something as usual. But since the matter of sister Lin came out, my aunt has treated me differently these days. See Tian'er sent things here. The Double Ninth Festival gift for the old lady in our house was several times thicker than in previous years. He also gave me two good ginseng separately, saying that he was afraid that I would be weak when I gave birth, and I would cut the ginseng at that time. Why didn't I see this ginseng when I gave birth to Sister Qiao? Now the daughters-in-law and mother-in-law come back to me for business, I know, this time my uncle and aunt gave the second room a mediocre Double Ninth gift."

Sister Feng stretched out a hand: "Although the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. But to my uncle, I am just a niece, and the second wife is his own sister. In the past, it was natural that the second wife was more important, especially when Baoyu came to the palace as a companion." After reading it, he cared more about the second room than us."

"But after news about Sister Lin came out, my uncle's attitude changed—he knew that the second wife didn't like Sister Lin very much, and the relationship between each other was very weak, and now she has lost the favor of the old lady." Sister Feng curled her lips: "That's why, my uncle and aunt started to make out with our first wife. It's true that wherever the Bodhisattvas appear, they will burn incense."

Jia Lian laughed loudly: "I used to hear you say how powerful your Wang family is, and sweeping the floor is enough for our Jia family to live. It's rare to hear you being mean to your mother's family."

Wang Xifeng's heart moved, and she lowered her voice: "Second Master, what I said in the past was just in a hurry. No matter how good the Wang family is, I am also the daughter-in-law of the Jia family. Besides, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, our family may not be as good in the future. Wang family."

Jia Lian's heart was full of joy when he said this: he made Sister Feng get used to pulling and beating in the past, but now Sister Feng occasionally bowed her head and said a soft word, Jia Lian only felt that her bones were a few catties lighter.

Therefore, the husband and wife are of one heart and one mind, and become more harmonious.

On the morning of the tenth day of September, Sister Jialian and Feng's son were having breakfast relative to each other.Ping'er got the news and walked in: "Second Master, Grandma, Miss Zhou's carriage has arrived."

Zhou Ling wanted to come to Rongguo Mansion, so she had handed over the post in advance, and Sister Feng had already made arrangements, but she didn't expect her to come so early, so she hurriedly put down the dishes and packed up to go to Rongqing Hall.

Jia Lian hurriedly said, "Be more careful, don't be shy - you'll run out of food after all."

Sister Feng let Feng'er change herself into the hairpin and clothes for meeting guests: "This is a distinguished guest. The imperial concubine has been appointed by the imperial decree. Naturally, I have to treat her well. Besides, this is also the dignity given to me by the old lady. Even the two My wife didn't call, just let me accompany you."

Jia Lian just teased: "Oh, Second Mistress is very honorable now, and all the people who entertain her are the relatives of the emperor and the country. It's really talking and laughing.

Sister Feng has never read a book, and she doesn't know that this sentence is used incorrectly, she just tilted her head and smiled: "Second Master is so good at citing scriptures, I'm going to take an imperial examination next year."

The couple talked and laughed, and when Sister Feng was dressed properly, she brought Ping'er and Feng'er to Rongqing Hall.

Zhou Ling still looked lively and bright, and she was not arrogant when she met Jia Min. Regardless of her status as a prince or concubine, she only met her as a junior.

When they arrived in Daiyu's room, only two personal maids were left beside her, Zhou Ling's expression immediately became aggrieved.

She pointed to the area under her eyes: "Sister Lin, take a quick look, have you seen the bruises under my eyes?"

Daiyu looked carefully and shook her head.

Zhou Ling was in a hurry: "Why can't you see it? I haven't been allowed to eat well these days, and I haven't been allowed to sleep well. Apart from memorizing the rules every day, I practice walking, sitting and lying down! I only sleep three or four hours a day. !"

Daiyu still shook her head honestly: Zhou Ling always had a flushed face, like a beautiful pink peach, and there was really no black or blue.

Zhou Ling gave up letting Daiyu understand her pain from her face, and used words to explain it.

"Do you know that Princess Anshu has been to several of our houses one after another in the past few days?"

Daiyu nodded: she knew about it.After the Rongguo Mansion, the eldest princess confirmed the rumored candidate for the prince and concubine on behalf of Manjingli with her own visit route.

After leaving Rongguo Mansion, he arrived at Xu's house the next day, and met Xu Ying, who was designated as the second concubine.

On the third day, I went to the Chang Mansion where the current Guozijian sacrificed wine to Chang Ming, and met Chang Yueniang, who was designated as the third prince's concubine.

Then after two days, I went to Zhou's house and met Zhou Ling.

It's not that the eldest princess doesn't pay much attention to the eldest princess, but that the Zhou family is the only one to take over the imperial edict, and there is no need for the eldest princess to take the first step.

Seeing Daiyu nodding, Zhou Ling was about to shed tears: "The eldest princess is really scary. When I came out to see her that day, I probably walked a little bigger. The eldest princess looked at her with a sudden look, like a With a big knife, I can't wait to cut off my legs that have taken too many steps to finish!"

"After that, I gave my mother and aunt a lot of orders with a straight face, and then a nanny came to the palace in the afternoon, saying that the eldest princess came to the palace to choose her, and asked her to come out and teach me the rules."

Zhou Ling pointed to the corner of her mouth: "It's been five days, and I've never seen the corner of that nanny's mouth turn up, and there is always an expression on her face, that is, there is no expression."

Daiyu couldn't help laughing: "How come sister Zhou still has time to come out?"

Zhou Ling picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and ate it: "Of course not in other places, but you are my future sister-in-law, of course it is different."

Daiyu's face was crimson, like the morning glow reflecting the snow.

Zhou Ling smiled and leaned over: "I heard that the princes will live in Wende Palace before they are crowned kings. Maybe we will be neighbors for a few more years in the future."

Speaking of this, Zhou Ling had lingering fears: "It's a good thing we're not neighbors with the Zhen family!"

Daiyu listened to Zhou Ling complaining about her pain for an hour before sending him away, the buzzing sound still echoing in her ears.

It was rare for Jia Min to see the dazed look in her daughter's eyes, and she couldn't help laughing, fearing that Zhou Ling would make her impetuous, so she called her to her side to persuade her softly.

"Whether it's the royal family holding the world in their hands, or a farmhouse with only two acres of Susukida, when you marry a wife, you look forward to a wife who is virtuous, speaks with the young, and continues to have children."

Jia Min held her daughter's gentle hand: "Now you learn how to walk, sit and lie down, eat tea and drink, dress up and comb your hair, etc., all of which are superficial. You only learn it so that outsiders will not be picky or laugh at you. But What really makes people not look down on you and belittle you is that you have a rough heart, you speak and treat your guests well, you regulate the system, and the housekeepers and directors are not timid."

She looked at her daughter's face: "In these years, your sisters have been playing the piano and chess, painting and reciting poems, and even spending time fighting grass and hairpins and guessing characters. You have learned the elegance of girls from rich and noble families very well. Zhu Gao ordered anyone to praise the girls of Rongguo Mansion for their outstanding talents and looks." Jia Min slightly emphasized her tone: "But these are the benefits of being a girl, and from now on, what I want to teach you is the skills of being a mistress .”

Daiyu also sat up slightly.

Jia Min sighed: "If it is possible, mother does not want you to enter the palace - you have stayed in this mansion for a few years, and you know something about the world. Everyone has a heart of wealth and dignity, and two decent eyes. , it’s a long way off again!”

Daiyu shook Jia Min's arm.

These days, she has seen a lot of mother's entanglement, and sometimes she thinks it through and thinks that the prince and concubine have a high status. Anyway, no matter which high-ranking family in Beijing or middle school they marry, they are all well-behaved. A noble place; but sometimes I think about the strict rules of the royal family, the turbulent position of the crown prince, and the sad and distressed daughter.

Even Yuanyang secretly told Zhou Huangwei: It feels like this old lady has a split personality recently.

Jia Min was distracted by her daughter, turned around and took out a letter from the small drawer of the carved cherry wood table, and said with a smile, "Let's read it here, after all, you have a lot of people serving there."

Daiyu took it apart, saw the inscription and the beginning, and a blush appeared on her face.

She looked up at Jia Min: "He, how did he spread this letter out of the palace?"

Jia Min couldn't help teasing her daughter: "He? Who is he?" Then he comforted him: "The fourth prince has dealt with me before, and he has his own safe way, so you can rest assured. If you want to return, you can also write Seal it and send it back to him."

For Jia Min, etiquette and the rule that unmarried men and women are not allowed to send letters in private are not worth mentioning compared with the happiness of their daughter.

If she is married to another family, half of the woman's life depends on her husband, and the other half can also rely on the power of her natal family.

But marrying into the palace is different. From now on, Daiyu will depend on her husband-in-law, who is the prince, for ninety percent of it.

So Xin Hongcheng sent a letter and wanted to cultivate a relationship with Daiyu in advance, and Jia Min was happy to see it succeed.

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Xin Hongcheng's letter is in the Rongguo Mansion, and he himself is waiting for examination in front of the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor bestowed seats on several grandsons, and the second prince bowed and said, "Grandpa Emperor, Taifu Qin is one of the three princes. He is highly respected and has also served as a lecturer to his father. If he doesn't sit, the grandchildren dare not sit."

The eldest prince who has already sat down: ...

The third prince, who was halfway through the seat, couldn't help coughing because he was in a hurry to get up. Xin Hongcheng hurriedly supported him: "Third brother, are you alright?"

The third prince waved his hands again and again, his pale and handsome face flushed, and he stood up straight following Xin Hongcheng's hand, a little embarrassed.

If the Supreme Emperor didn't see him, he just nodded to the second prince and said, "Yuan'er respects the old and the virtuous, that's very good."

Xin Hongcheng couldn't help but think of the Chicken Soup for the Soul article he read in his previous life, saying that several young people applied for the job, and the one who was finally admitted was the one who passed by the CEO's office and picked up the garbage at the door.The president explained that the exam starts from the entrance.

The current situation is roughly the same. They haven't finished laying out the papers yet, and Xin Hongyuan has already done the extra questions correctly.

The worst thing was that in order of seniority, the eldest prince who was the first to sit down had to stand up cursing inwardly.

The Supreme Emperor gave Qin Taifu his lower seat, and then the princes took their seats again, and the eldest prince took the opportunity to sit down and glared at the second prince several times.

Of course, with Xin Hongyuan's Dingli City Mansion, the big prince's tricks are nothing to him at all.

The weather is gloomy today.

Beijing has never had any suitable spring and autumn days, either cold or hot, and it is completely possible to seamlessly switch between summer clothes and winter clothes.The weather has been quite cold these two days.

But the princes were never allowed to be too full and warm, so they all wore a little thinner clothes.

The Empress Dowager then ordered someone to serve them hot, sweet and moist gold silk red date soup: "This is what the Empress Dowager got up early, you can use some."

This time, the four pairs of eyes aimed at Taifu Qin at the same time.

Qin Taifu who also got a cup of soup, his eyes twitched slightly, he had to pick it up and take a sip before the princes dared to move.

Seeing them put down the sweet white porcelain soup cup, the Supreme Emperor asked, "Have you written all the policies and theories for Northern Xinjiang?"

The four princes immediately took out their homework and prepared to hand it in.

Outside the northern borders of this dynasty are alien races on the grasslands, known as the Northern Man, as opposed to the Miao Man in the south.

The nomadic peoples on the grasslands are not good at farming, so every autumn harvest, they will inevitably invade with horses, burn, kill and loot before going back to celebrate the New Year.

They can live a good year by robbing things, but the noses of the robbed court are almost crooked.

It turns out that these nomads are as slippery as fish. If they can grab it, they will grab it, and if they can't grab it, they will run away. If they chase into the grassland, they will move on the spot and jump deep into the grassland.

The troops deployed in the northern border are limited, and it would be difficult to catch these moving tribes on the vast grasslands if the army hadn't been dispatched, so the same story will be staged every year.

After all, this year has come to the day when they should come out to rob.

The court has been arguing for seven or eight years about whether to suppress the border with a large army and completely drive away the northern barbarians. Every year, there are quarrels in the court hall.It also stopped last year - because last year the crown prince rebelled, and the capital was bloody and bloody. Compared to this major event, Beiman is nothing.

But this year the new emperor has ascended the throne, and everyone's life has begun to pass, so naturally they think of Beiman again.

The Taishanghuang took this as the topic and asked his grandsons to write a policy theory.

Facing the finished products produced by the four grandsons, the Supreme Emperor suddenly shook his head: "Beiman and Miaoman are my deepest concerns. A few years ago, the court made a big effort to suppress Miaoman. Why is the matter of Northern Xinjiang so delayed? Today I am going to test it." To test you, I am here now, and within half an hour, I will write a new policy theory for the Northern Man based on the Miao Man War. As for the finished book, I will leave it for later reading.”

The faces of the four princes all changed.

This is like preparing for the start of school, but it turned out that he directly passed the college entrance examination.

Every time the emperor assigns homework, he will give them a few days to look up the old rules, ask the master, and finally write an article.

Now the Supreme Emperor asked them to write it in half an hour, and it was still under his eyes!It was like an imperial examination on the spot.

Xin Hongcheng felt that the brothers might be implicated by him.

The Supreme Emperor was probably afraid that his article would be mistreated by the emperor, and someone would even use a knife to write it for him.So changing the topic before the battle, you have to test yourself.

It's useless to talk about things so far.

The Supreme Emperor was obviously ready. Seven or eight young eunuchs lifted the tables and chairs, and instantly arranged the room like an examination room.

Even the lamps and candles are the same four, two red dragon candles as thick as forearms, the flames are bright, no one can blame poor handwriting on the lack of brightness.

The author has something to say: it is a good time for the college entrance examination, yesterday Daiyu passed the exam of the eldest princess, today it is the turn of Xiao Chengzi to take the exam of the emperor, the husband and wife should not run away.

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