Indulgence in the Red Chamber

In Changchun Garden's Danning residence, there is no sound.There was a row of eunuchs and court ladies under the eaves outside the door, all of them stood well-behaved and did not dare to breathe.Even Li Dequan, the chief eunuch in charge of the imperial court, kept his expression on his face and remained silent.

Inside the house, there are ice sculpture bonsai, or pine forest rocks or hundreds of flowers on the six ebony carved high tables around the house, which slowly melt in the house silently and take away the heat in the hot summer. Uneasy, leaving a trace of coolness.

Concubine De, Yinzhen, and Sifujin Nala family bowed their heads and knelt on the brocade mat, neither Yinzhen nor Jinyu dared to speak out.Concubine De sobbed softly, weeping unceasingly.

The emaciated Kangxi sat on the black sandalwood carved dragon book table and looked at the three mother and son in front of him. He was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Don't cry too. Now it's important to find someone first. If you find someone, bring them to him first." I'll take a look to see if it's Xiaoliu. I want to identify it myself. Fourth child, you are getting better and better. This kind of thing is actually concealed tightly. If someone didn't want to take the opportunity to make trouble, wouldn't you want to Hiding it from me forever?"

"Huang Ama calm down, but my son dare not." Yinzhen hurriedly kowtowed back.

"Don't you dare?" Kangxi snorted angrily, "Jiangnan's errands are done well, are you getting carried away?"

When Yinzhen heard the words, he immediately fell on the ground and kowtowed: "The emperor forgives the crime. My son really dare not. It is Lin Ning's matter, because there is no conclusion yet, my son dare not make wild guesses. He only said that he is an innocent The wandering man in Dingsuo grew up in the mountains when he was a child. After the master who brought him died, he had to beg everywhere. He has medical skills, is good at diagnosing and treating intractable diseases, and he is also good at martial arts. Not his opponent. All of this is too incredible. It is only ten years, but it is just medical skills, so it cannot be justified. So my son has always been skeptical and dare not speak nonsense. Please learn from Emperor Ama!"

"Your Majesty, he is our son, and he is Xiao Liu. Your Majesty—the concubine has been in the palace for nearly 20 years, and has been serving the emperor without complaint or regret. The concubine has nothing but to ask the emperor to bring our son back. He is not dead, he has been alive. He has learned a lot of skills, that can only show that he is a smart boy, and he must have suffered a lot. It has been ten years... I wonder how he is a six-year-old boy. ...Woooo..." Concubine De said, covering her face and crying bitterly again.

"You get up first! The fourth son and the fourth daughter-in-law are here. How can you behave like this?" Kangxi's heart was in a mess when Concubine De cried.But this is not a trivial matter, he can't just listen to De Fei's words and jump to conclusions.What Yinzhen said was right, there are many similar people in the world, maybe Concubine De misses her son too much, and women are always too emotional. When she saw this Lin Ning, she had a preconceived notion that he was Yinzuo, which is unknown.

"Your Majesty, the fourth child is the son of a concubine. Like the sixth and fourteenth, it is the flesh that fell from the concubine's body. In front of their husband and wife, the concubine is just a poor mother. I beg the emperor to help the concubine, let me Xiao Liu, please go back to the concubine... This child has suffered for ten years, and I, the mother-in-law, am sorry for him... Back then, I should never have given up on him and left the palace by myself, I was the one who hurt him ..."

Kangxi didn't like it when he heard Concubine De's words.

An earthquake occurred in the capital city ten years ago. As the emperor himself, he could not worry too much about the concubines and elder brothers in the harem. At that time, he was protected by the guards and had been concerned about the safety of the people in the capital city. He also regretted the matter of Yinzuo .

Kangxi was a good emperor and a good father.For his many princes, including those who died young, he devoted a lot of paternal love.Yinzuo is even worse.It's just that Yinzuo's death, he can only keep his sorrow in his heart, and he can't show it too much.

At this time, Concubine De knelt in front of him and cried sadly, but it aroused the pain in his heart that had been suppressed for a long time.Holding on to the desk, he stood up slowly, walked in front of Concubine De, bent over and stretched out his hands, and said with a long sigh: "Get up! The children are so grown up, and you still play childish temper with me. Do you think, Do I feel that good in my heart?"

As soon as these words came out, Concubine De couldn't hold back anymore.Hugging Kangxi's leg, he broke out in pain.

In the past 20 years in the harem, although she is not the most favored in the harem, she can be regarded as a holy favor. No matter how the harem changes, Kangxi's love for him has never changed.She was so sad today, Kangxi couldn't help but shed tears, but he held his head up, looking at the carved beams and painted buildings on the roof, trying not to let the tears flow down.

Both Yinzhen and Jinyu fell on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

Twenty miles north of the west gate of the capital, there is a Suoxiang courtyard.The east and west osmanthus trees in the courtyard are the screen, and behind it there are mountains like a picture, with plum blossoms planted vertically and horizontally.There are bamboos beyond the plum blossoms, and the sound of Sanskrit at dusk comes from the bamboo, and the environment is secluded.The two white bark pines in front of the main hall are vigorous and ancient, the bamboos beside the wall are verdant, the lake and stones are exquisite, the green grass clips the path, and the east and west courtyard walls are connected.The hall faces south and has three bays. The "Lan Xue Tang" plaque is hung high, and the long windows are floor-to-ceiling. There is a screen door in the middle of the hall. The interior is spacious and bright.

Late in the afternoon, a few wisps of sunlight penetrated through the hanging brocade curtains, and the walls were silent.Next to the couch is an incense burner with a green glazed suan appearance. The body of the burner is a lotus held out from a lotus seat. Fragrance, a few wisps of snow-colored light smoke slowly escaped from the mouth of the sitting lion, and the cool and quiet fragrance lingered in this silent temple without a trace, and the fragrance was fragrant.

Suo'etu was wearing a purple Ning silk gown and sat in front of the tea sea, slowly brewing tea with a kettle in his hand.Opposite him, sat a 50-year-old man in blue cloth.The man has a square face, a gray beard, and a pair of calm and introverted eyes, which makes it hard to see the expression inside.

"Master Liao, this matter is not done beautifully. The prince is a little unhappy." Suo'etu washed the tea in an orderly manner, only looking at the purple clay teapot, not at the man in front of him.

"There has been an unexpected change. I can't do anything about it. Please, Mr. Suo, please say a few more good words in front of the prince. Our Raging Flame Hall has hired six masters for nothing this time. It can be said to be a heavy loss. Leader If the blame rests on me, I will have to bear this fault!" The man surnamed Liao sighed softly, and said helplessly, "I didn't expect this young man to stretch his hands so well, it's beyond my expectation."

"I told you a long time ago that this man has a very high reach and is extraordinary. What did you say at the time? You beat me with confidence, saying that you must take his head and give it to the prince. Make a meeting ceremony. Now it’s all right—the meeting ceremony was not brought, but six were taken instead. And this incident alarmed the emperor, if the emperor asks it..." Suo Etu deliberately slowed down his speech, and did not say anything Finish, leave the rest and let the other party think for themselves.

"Master Suo!" The man surnamed Liao really couldn't sit still, looked anxiously at Suo Etu and said, "No matter what we mean by the help of the Red Flower Society, I, Liao Wenshang, have always defended the crown prince and Prime Minister Suo. In the past seven or eight years, we have done a lot of things for the crown prince and Suo Xiang. Now the crown prince can't push me out, can he? "

"Master Liao, what do you mean?" Suo'etu sneered and looked at Liao Wenshang, "What do you mean by pushing you out? Now that we are all on the same vine, why would the prince push you out?" ? To be honest, even if the prince wants to push you out, I still don't trust your mouth."

"Suo Xiang, Liao Wenshang didn't mean that. To the crown prince and Suo Xiang, the more than [-] people in Lieyan Hall are loyal and unwavering." Liao Wenshang was horrified, and Suo Etu said this , That is to drive yourself to a dead end.He is very likely to kill his own family first in order to silence him!Liao Wenshang is not a fool, so he immediately brought out more than [-] people from Lieyantang to fight against Suo'etu, implying that it doesn't matter to kill Liao Wenshang's family, but the [-] people in Lieyantang are not easy to kill. .If Suo'etu really did that, he would be digging his own grave.

Lin's private house.

Daiyu leaned against the desk in front of the window, looking at the swaying flower shadows on the window screen, she was silent, and let out a faint sigh from time to time.

"Miss, it's time to eat." Xueyan persuaded softly from the side.

Daiyu shook her head and remained silent.

"You haven't eaten all day and night. Your body is already weak, so what can you do if you don't eat?"

"Go ahead. I have no appetite."

"Miss..." Xueyan wanted to persuade her again, but Daiyu stood up, turned and walked out.Xueyan had no choice but to shut her mouth and go down with the food.

In the small courtyard in the backyard, Chunxian was practicing swordplay with a dagger in his hand. The moves were taught by Lin Ning a few days ago, and they are still a bit unfamiliar now, and they are not as good-looking as Lin Ning.Daiyu stood under the eaves and looked at it, and shed tears again.

After watching for a while, Daiyu felt a little sore in her legs, so she sat on the railing along the corridor column and continued to look at Chunxian in a daze.Xueyan followed out from the house, and seeing the scene, she understood that Daiyu was worried about Lin Ning, so she sighed secretly, turned around to look at the nanny Wang, and Dai Duo's wife, Ma Jiashi, with a low voice. He asked in a low voice: "Mother, you go out in person and ask the chief manager of your family to see if there is any news about Mr. Ning. Now that the young lady is like this, if she leaves the decoction of the young master, I am afraid she will fall ill again."

"Okay, I'll go right away. Miss, take good care of her. When I got up early, I also said that the fourth master and Si Fujin went out of the city to Changchun Garden after the concubine Defei. Before leaving, I specially told him to take good care of Lin Where's the girl?" Ma Jiashi agreed, went out through the back door, and asked someone to hitch up a small carriage to look for Dai Duo at Sibeile's mansion.Little did he know that there was a visitor at the front door at this time.

The front door of the Lin family's private residence was buckled, and several large carriages with canopies and red wheels stopped one after another. The front one was particularly luxurious. The tassels around the shed were all made of emerald beads.