Indulgence in the Red Chamber

Seeing Yinzhen, Xuan Ning briefly explained Fu Hai and Hui Yun's confession.Yinzhen raised his hand angrily, dropped it heavily on the table, and said in a cold voice: "This is clearly the mastermind of that bitch Li, who wants to harm the child in Jin'er's stomach. But I don't know why these two servants are so desperate to protect She. It's outrageous that the two of them took this charge and let that bitch get away with it."

"Fourth Master is the master of this family. Since he understands the situation like this, how can he let her be at ease?" Xuan Ning said in his heart, the husband is the god, if you let her die, can she still live?

"Her father went to Beijing to report on his duties today, and Huang Ama just praised him. He is a magistrate, and this year he has collected hundreds of thousands of tons of food and grass for the imperial court, which is twice that of other state capitals. She's gone, I'm afraid it will cause some unnecessary trouble."

"Hehe, fourth master..." Xuan Ning suddenly laughed.

"Huh? If you have something to say, just say it. What are you talking about with me?" Yin Zhen glared at Xuan Ning, "Don't be so foolish."

"Actually, to punish such a woman, it's not the best way to divorce her."

"What else can I do?" Yin Zhen frowned and looked at Xuan Ning, once this kid laughed like this, someone must be so unlucky.

"She murdered Zheng Fujin's heir, just for her own child to occupy the rightful position in the future. It doesn't matter, you can make her unable to conceive a child, and then it's over?"

To prevent her from having children is to make her a widow.This is extremely easy, anyway, Yinzhen has been annoyed by her so much recently that Jinyu can't handle it, and he can't even think of that woman.But these words came out of his mouth, no matter how they sounded, there was a bit of ridicule.Yinzhen couldn't hold back his face for a moment, so he coughed twice and shouted in a deep voice: "It's not serious. If you have an idea, just say it, and if you don't, forget it. Stop talking nonsense here."

"I'm serious." Xuan Ning looked at Yin Zhen seriously, "Does Si Ye know why the girls in the brothels are not pregnant every day?"

"Pop--" Yinzhen just drank the tea from his mouth and immediately spit it out. He stared at Xuanning with wide eyes, and asked after a while: "What have you learned in these years? I was almost deceived by you." Don't tell me the truth?"

"No. First of all, I have never been to a brothel. Fourth master forgot that I am a medical student? I was just making an analogy. I mean, there is a medicine that can make women sterile." Xuan Ning was busy explain.In fact, it doesn't matter if this master knows that he has done bad things, even if his Fujin knows it too.If the woman knows about it, there is no guarantee that the little girl will know about it too, which is not easy to handle.

"Well, yes. That's it. You go and get me this medicine." Yinzhen thought for a while and nodded.This woman is so vicious, even if she has a child in the future, she will lead her to spoil her.It's better to stop her thoughts once and for all.

Xuan Ning nodded, turned around, went to the desk, picked up a pen, and wrote a prescription.Now he reads those traditional characters every day, and has learned a lot, and the writing of these characters is also good.The prescription was handed to Dai Duo, who turned and left without saying a word.

That night.

When Mrs. Li heard that Hui Yun and Fu Hai had been arrested, she was restless.Suddenly Yin Zhen came in with a cold face.Hastily got up and knelt down on the ground, crying: "Master, you are finally willing to come..."

"I'm here this time, and I won't come here again." Yinzhen said, waving his hands behind him.Dai Duo hurriedly brought a basket forward.

Nanny Jing stepped forward to take the basket, put it on the table and opened it, inside was a bowl of thick soup.

"Master... What are you doing? Even if I'm not good, I shouldn't be like this...Fourth Master, I didn't mean it... Please, for the sake of the past, let me live!" Li Shi Seeing the bowl of medicine, he was so frightened that he sifted through the chaff all over, holding Yinzhen's leg in mourning.

"Don't be afraid, it's not poison. Thanks to your mother, you won't die for the time being. But don't look at what you do. I don't know. If you still want to live, just drink that bowl of medicine. If you don't drink, then don't blame me for being rude." After Yinzhen finished speaking, he glanced at Nanny Jing, and Nanny Jing hurriedly knelt down to agree, and after Yinzhen left, she stood up and greeted the two wives Come in, hold Li Shi down, and pour the bowl of soup into her in one go.

That night, Li's stomach ached and her pimples continued to bleed.After a whole night of fuss, I just fell asleep at noon the next day, and then slowly raised it for more than a month before I was able to walk around on the ground.However, most of the original desire to be strong and competitive was gone, and the whole person became taciturn.

As for Huiyun and Fuhai, according to Yinzhen's temper, they should also be beaten to death.However, Xuan Ning felt that the case of the two corpses in the back garden was still unsolved, so he persuaded Yin Zhen to send the two of them to the clan mansion for custody.After the case of the two corpses is found out, they will be punished together.

In December of the 34th year of Kangxi, the army of the Western Expedition gathered at the West City Gate. Kangxi personally led the army to the Western Expedition, and Mingzhu followed the army to the Western Expedition.The prince was ordered to supervise the country, and the four princes and eight princes assisted the prince in governing.

Yinzhen followed the crown prince and other princes, princes and ministers to see Kangxi off in Xicheng. The cold wind was blowing, and the morale of the Western Expeditionary Army was high. He looked completely fearless.The Eight Banners are in high spirits, and Kangxi is also impassioned.After saying some morale-boosting words, the army set off westward.

In Sibeile Mansion, Daiyu was uneasy in Jinyu's room. When there was no Western Expedition, she was always looking forward to the Western Expedition, because only when the emperor went to Western Xinjiang, could her father have the hope of returning.But now that the emperor has really gone west, she is even more anxious.I don't know how my father is doing in the west, how the government is doing, and if the emperor is here, will he make trouble for him...

"Good sister, just do it with peace of mind. I know you're worried about Mrs. Lin, I've already made arrangements for you. Don't worry." Jinyu smiled and told Liansheng: "Go, take that Bring a pair of black and white jade chess pieces, and I will play a game of chess with Miss Lin."

Liansheng hurriedly went to play chess, Daiyu smiled and said: "Fu Jin always loses, and always insists on playing with me."

"I won't play chess with you this time. I have found someone to play chess with you." Jinyu said, and said to the little girl next to her, "Why don't you invite Miss Bihan?"

"Who is Bihan?" Daiyu asked puzzled.

"You, if this goes on like this, I guess I'll forget who I am. My heart is full of Xuan Ning." Jinyu smiled and pointed to Daiyu's nose. "Did you forget the entrustment of Mrs. Shen Wan Shen when you were in Yangzhou?"

"Oh! It's her?" Daiyu suddenly remembered that Shen Wan, the concubine of the eldest son of the Nalan family, had entrusted Jinyu to look after their concubine's daughter.Unexpectedly, Jinyu took this girl over.

It's just that Daiyu doesn't know that Jinyu accepted Bihan into the mansion precisely for Daiyu.Nalan Mingzhu is a politician, he wants to send his granddaughter to the Sibeile Mansion, and also leave an extra way out for himself.If something happens to Sibeile in the future, then a concubine's granddaughter is nothing.But if Si Baylor is rich and powerful, then he also has an extra way out.

But Xuan Ning knew this person through history.I know that he and Suo'etu are enemies.The two have been fighting openly and secretly for many years.In this western expedition, he was able to go with Kangxi, and Kangxi also wanted to protect him somewhat.The prince supervises the country, and Suo'etu will definitely take this opportunity to end up with a nest of pearls.Coincidentally, this matter could be exploited, so Xuan Ning discussed with Jin Yu and took the initiative to bring Bihan into Sibeile Mansion.And Jinyu asked the housekeeper Dai Duo to bring a letter to Mingzhu. In the letter, he promised to take care of his granddaughter Bihan for him, but asked him to take care of Lin Ruhai, the patrol official in Yangzhou.

Smart people don't need to say much, Mingzhu naturally understands what this Sifujin means.

She couldn't promise anything, but Mingzhu had to do what she wanted.Because the granddaughter is already in the family's house, there is no turning back on this road.But Mingzhu didn't plan to turn back, because Lin Ruhai seldom had any contact with Beijing officials, and now he was the emperor's favorite, such a person would definitely not cause trouble for Nalan Mingzhu.Besides, Si Fujin also said that as long as he observes secretly, don't let the villain frame him behind his back.He doesn't care about the rest.

Bihan followed the little girl into the main room, and saw a girl younger than herself sitting opposite Sifujin, wearing a silver-red flag dress with a purple bijia on the outside, and a simple skirt around her head. There are very few pearls and emeralds in the bun, only one hairpin, one flower, and two drop-shaped jadeite pendants shaking gently, shining brightly, one can tell at a glance that they are very precious glass jadeites.

"Hey, Bihan is here. Come here, I'll introduce you." Jinyu said, waving at Bihan, and when she approached him, Fang took her hand and said to Daiyu: "Sister Look, how is this girl?"

Daiyu had long seen a curvaceous and Tingting daughter coming in from the door, and when she saw her, Daiyu thought of Shen Wan from Zhiwei Bookstore.As expected, they are mother and daughter, they look alike.But this Bihan is a bit more pure, after all, she is a young lady from Nalan Mingzhu's family, and she also has a bit of her father's style.

"Sister Bihan." Daiyu stood up and smiled slightly at Bihan.

"Hey, Bihan doesn't dare to be the one. Girl, please sit down." Bihan hurriedly returned the courtesy.When she came to the Sibeile Mansion, the second aunt had told herself that the Baylor Mansion was no better than her own house, and after entering this door, she would no longer be the master and girl.You must always do your part as a slave. Here, you are not much different from the big girl next to Fujin.

"Why don't you dare to take it? Aren't you and I the same people? Your father is the most talented man in the Qing Dynasty. I can't put it down for his "Side Hat Collection" and "Drinking Water Poems." Daiyu stepped forward. Holding Bihan's hand, "My sister doesn't dislike it, I will always bother my sister in the future."

"Thank you for your mercy, miss." Bihan was a little shy, but when she heard someone praising her father, her face was also bright with pride, but there were tears in her eyes, and she lowered her head quietly.

The word father was very vague in her heart. He died before she was born.After her mother gave birth to herself, she was placed in Yangzhou by Nalan's family, and the term of office was to fend for itself.In Mingzhu's house, no one dared to mention the word Shen Wan.So Bihan has never seen what her parents looked like since she was a child, let alone what kind of people they are.I just occasionally heard people say that my father was a very talented person, known as the number one talented man in the Qing Dynasty.Hearing someone praise his father today, he was naturally both sad and happy.

After exchanging some pleasantries, Jinyu asked everyone to sit down, and said that Bihan would play two games of chess with Daiyu, while she watched the battle and learned a few tricks.

The maids were busy making tea and serving, and Daiyu and Bihan really started playing chess.

Bihan was invited by Mingzhu to teach and educate her carefully since she was a child. She knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is also a rare talented woman.When I met Daiyu today, I was first moved by her slender appearance and elegant temperament, and then I was impressed by Daiyu's talent.After a long time, he and Daiyu became bosom friends.

Jinyu couldn't help laughing and said: "It was I who took Bihan to talk to relieve boredom, but now I ask you two to get together and leave me alone. If I don't obey, you can just mind yourselves." Talk to me and ignore me. There is no dinner tonight."

Daiyu and Bihan looked at each other and smiled again.Daiyu put down the chess piece in her hand, moved close to Jinyu, and pulled her to act like a baby.

Everyone laughed for a while, Xuanning and Yinzhen came back together, the maids rushed forward to serve, Bihan quietly left.

Xuanning looked at Daiyu's smiling face with a rosy glow, and asked, "What are you doing so happy?"

"I just played chess with Sister Bihan." Daiyu pointed to the unfinished chess game on the board, "You guys are back before the game is finished."

"Well, it's getting late. It's time for dinner, shall we go back to the room?" Xuan Ning looked at the chess game, not interested.Pull Daiyu to leave.

Yinzhen asked: "Since it's time to eat, why don't you go back after eating together here?"

"Don't bother Si Ye talking with Si Fujin. Let's go back and use it." Xuan Ning smiled and blinked at Daiyu.

Daiyu was puzzled, but ignored him.

"You're the only one who is playful. Be careful to spoil Miss Lin." Yinzhen suppressed a smile and said in a deep voice.

"Anyway, she's following me. Whether it's bad or not, only I know." Xuanning said, bent down to pick up Daiyu, turned around and left, and turned back when he reached the door, saying, "Fourth Master, tomorrow I won’t go to the Children’s Hospital. Anyway, the emperor has already left Beijing, so let me rest for a few days. If someone asks, just say that I’m not feeling well and I need to recuperate for a while.” After finishing speaking, no one left the shadow.

"There's no reason for that. If you want to be lazy, just tell the truth. Why pretend to be sick?" Yinzhen smiled and shook his head, sighing helplessly.

"My lord is very strict about everything, but he is the only one who is so indulgent." Jin Yu covered her mouth and laughed, seeing that Xuan Ning was really presumptuous in front of Yin Zhen.

"We all owe him a lot." Yinzhen sighed, and pulled Jinyu into the inner room.

Xuan Ning went out with Dai Yu in his arms, the little girls outside were so ashamed to hide when they saw each other, Dai Yu pushed him and scolded: "Put me down quickly, don't you think other people don't gossip too much?"

"What gossip? Who dares to gossip? If I heard it, I would definitely knock her teeth out." Xuan Ning said, looking around at the maids and women in the yard. There was no one in the yard. Only one snow goose followed behind, and the rest disappeared.

"It's not that I don't have long legs, why do I want you to carry me away?" Daiyu refused.

"It's too cold, and the ground is very slippery. I'm afraid you might accidentally fall. Anyway, you're not very heavy, and I won't be tired when I carry you." Xuan Ning didn't let go of her intentions, but pushed her hard. It is more comfortable to hug.

"You have the strength and nowhere to go to do some good deeds on the street, but you are here to entertain me."

"Good deeds? Have I not done enough good deeds?" Xuan Ning shook his head, "The only thing we don't need in this world are kind people. Haven't you heard the saying that good people bully horses and good people ride?"

"Then according to you, everyone has become a villain?"

"Well, if you want me to say, those people who are extremely evil always claim to be good people, and those who eat vegetarian food and recite Buddha's name are not necessarily Bodhisattvas. It's fine if you take care of yourself."

The two talked as they walked, they left Jinyu's courtyard and headed for the No Fragrance Courtyard at the back.

At the corner of the hallway, Bihan and her maid Indigo watched Xuan Ning carry Daiyu away, Fang said strangely: "This son is so strange, he cares about Miss Lin, why do you love him so much? Could it be that she is Miss Lin's brother? But I never heard that Miss Lin has an older brother."

"Miss is stupid again. That's Young Master Ning. The capital is well-known, and the emperor personally sealed the 16-year-old fourth-rank medical administrator of the Imperial Hospital. Where is Miss Lin's elder brother?" Indigo is a clever little girl, coming to Baylor's house In a few days, the upper-level masters here were found out.

"Oh, so he is the young master Ning that my grandfather always talked about? He really is a strange person." Bihan smiled. This young master does not have the arrogance of those rich children. He looks very kind and should be a good person to get along with.

"Of course, it is said that no matter what difficult and miscellaneous diseases there are, he can get rid of them with the right medicine. He has traveled all over these Baylor mansions and the homes of the royal ministers. That mansion doesn't treat him respectfully. Yes." Indigo helped Bihan walk in the snow, chattering as she walked: "Miss, you said that this person eats whole grains, how can he not get sick? This goes up to the emperor, the empress dowager, and down to the common people People, no one can live without a doctor, don't you think?"

"It's natural."

"So, this servant thinks that finding a good doctor as a husband is also a lifelong dependence."

"You're talking nonsense again. What do you rely on? Can we girls talk nonsense?" Bihan blushed.

"Miss!" Indigo pursed her lips indifferently, and said unhappily: "You are like this. You are more open to seeing Miss Lin than you think. Mr. Ning is so kind to her, and in the future he must have a dowry to marry her. It’s the wife of the main house. You don’t think about it for yourself. Now that we’re here at Sibei Le’s house, isn’t it clear what our master and old Fujin mean? What’s the use of being shy now?”

"Okay. Of course my grandfather and uncle are in charge of my affairs. Even I don't know what to do. How can I get you to worry about it?" Bihan reprimanded Indigo seriously, "If you keep talking like this, I'll send you back to the mansion, you go to work under my second aunt, I don't dare to ask you anymore."

"Oh, don't, don't, don't... Good girl, I'm the one who bored you with my talkativeness. I won't dare anymore." Indigo hurriedly begged for mercy, and helped Bihan back to her small courtyard.

Xuan Ning carried Daiyu all the way back to Wuxiangyuan, put her on the couch safely, Fang got up and took off his cloak, and said with a smile: "Go to bed early tonight after dinner, I will take you with me tomorrow." Go somewhere nice."

"In the twelfth lunar month of winter, it's freezing outside. Where are you taking me?" Daiyu curled up on the couch again, holding the hand stove in her arms, and the room was covered with a brazier, still feeling very cold.

"Go enjoy the plum blossoms." Xuan Ning leaned over with a smile, and put his hand on the hand stove in her arms to keep warm: "It's definitely a good place. It's warm and delicious. But don't let Si Fujin know. It's a world of ice and snow. , bring her, it's no fun for us."

"Ah? Without the Four Fujin?" Daiyu couldn't bear it, since it was such a good place, naturally the Four Fujin couldn't be left behind.

"Think about it. She is pregnant with a child. This is the time when I should be the most careful. With her, I am only worried. How can I have fun?"

"Then... where's Sister Bihan? Do you want to bring it?"

"That girl Bihan...you can do whatever you like. You can bring it if you want." Xuan Ning thought for a while, but he knew about Bihan, but he couldn't remember what this girl looked like.Anyway, it's for Daiyu's happiness, so she can do whatever she likes.

"Well, then take her with you." Daiyu smiled and turned to call Xueyan: "Xueyan, send someone to go to sister Bihan's room and tell her that I want to go out with her tomorrow. She gets up earlier and wears thick woolen clothes."

"Okay." Xue Yan promised to go out to give orders.

"Girl..." Xuan Ning took the hand stove in Daiyu's arms aside, leaned forward and moved closer, "That Bihan, how does he look like?"

"Very good." Daiyu nodded, taking it for granted, "Why are you asking this?"

"Well. Why not, Sifujin asked someone to take her over, saying that she was taking care of her. I think she seems to be a concubine for the fourth master." Xuan Ning smiled, Li Shi has become a useless person, and Sifujin is now Being pregnant, I don't know how fourth master endured these days.Thinking of this, he wanted to chuckle.

"You men are really boring. Women suffer for you and risk their lives to have children. But you only care about having fun, and you take advantage of other people's concubines when they are pregnant. Thank you for thinking about it." Daiyu tweeted Kai Xuanning glared at him angrily.

"I didn't say it!" Xuan Ning hurriedly explained, this is the royal rule, okay?

"It's not what you said. Anyway, you have thought."

"I didn't think so. I just wanted to ask you about it after hearing it from others. Aren't you afraid that girl Bihan will be a powerful master again and will cause trouble for Si Fujin in the future?"

"Hmph." Daiyu had nothing to say. It's normal for a man in this society to take a concubine and cook a few more dishes. Even if she doesn't like it, what can she say?

"Okay, okay. Don't worry, in the mountains around us, all men can only marry one woman, and they are not allowed to take concubines. If a man wants two women, it is a serious crime in prison. So Ah, the women in our place are all the same as you, men are not allowed to take concubines and take over houses. As for you, you don’t have to worry about people saying you are not virtuous in the future.”

"You talk nonsense!" Daiyu immediately blushed, spat, pushed Xuanning away, got off the couch and walked inside.