The Young Master of the Jia Family in the Red Chamber

The demise of the Yin family and the concealment of the seventh prince did not attract too many people's attention. After all, Yin Meiren was just a low-ranking concubine who was not favored. There are not many people who think about their mother and son on serious errands.

On the contrary, Shen Shufei and Chen Zhaoyi, who have been staring at the crown prince, may find that the prince's physical condition has improved in the 26 years since entering Yuanchang. Situ Jing, who was in the class, now also started to follow the class.Although his courses are specially arranged and the content is much lighter than others, it also sends a signal that Situ Jing's body is by no means as weak as the legend says, and some people even speculate that the emperor is real this time. It is time to establish a grandson.

Compared to Concubine Shen Shu and Chen Zhaoyi's uneasiness, Empress Chu was very calm. As long as there was a one in ten thousand possibility, the emperor would not pass the throne to anyone other than Situ Yan. She entered the palace ten years late We all know why Concubine Shen Shu and Chen Zhaoyi can't see through it.

Concubine Shen Shu’s father, Shen Zhongshan, was the first chief minister of the cabinet in this dynasty, and Chen Zhaoyi’s father, Chen Yi, was Qi Guogong, one of the eight founders of the country. Concubine Shen Shu and Chen Zhaoyi had outstanding family backgrounds and were very stable. A pot of porridge, they didn't do a single thing they shouldn't do, and honestly endured until the emperor ascended the throne, one concubine Shu, one of the four concubines, and Zhaoyi, the head of the nine concubines.At that time, many people thought that the emperor would make Concubine Shen Shu or Chen Zhaoyi the successor queen. After all, they had sons and their family backgrounds were prominent enough.

But the emperor didn't do that, he didn't even think about it that way, the two sons of Concubine Shen Shu and the three sons of Chen Zhaoyi, if any of them are righted, can his emperor's son still sit on the crown prince? Lord, the Queen can't be them either.

In the end, the emperor chose the Chu family whose father and brother had both died.At that time, she lived in her uncle's house, and her aunt took over her family property, but because she didn't want to marry her as a daughter-in-law, she instigated her younger cousins ​​to call her a lonely star, and said that her parents and relatives were all suppressed by her. dead.

Chu was wronged in her heart, but she couldn't refute it. The facts were not like this. Her father and two elder brothers both died in battle, her mother died of illness, and her eldest sister-in-law died for love. She is a widow, but she is an orphan, who can listen to her.

When the imperial decree came down, Chu's uncle and aunt were frightened. How could it be that their niece was going to be the queen.

After the Chu family entered the palace, the dowry consisted of two parts, one half was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other half was the family property of the Chu family returned by her uncle and aunt. What benefits can there be, the abacus is shaking.

Chu is a very smart girl. She guessed the purpose of the emperor choosing her to be the empress. The Chu family has a reputation of loyalty and bravery, but there are no successors. She became the empress, even if she gave birth to a son, she would not be a threat to the prince. , she knew how she should go in the future.

The ninth prince, Situ Lv, was born, and the queen taught him to be careful. She couldn't let him think about things that didn't belong to him like the third and fifth princes, but she couldn't let him kneel and lick at the foot of the East Palace like the seventh prince. , even the most basic dignity is gone.

In front of Situ Jing, Situ Lv had always maintained his airs as an emperor's uncle, even though he was less than a year older than Situ Jing in terms of age.Situ Jing didn't take riding and archery lessons. He satirized him once and told him not to stay by and interfere with other people's practice. Situ Jing started to take lessons, and he laughed at the fact that the content of his exercises was too simple. partner.The eighteenth prince was more than four years old and less than five years old, and he would not go to school until next year. Situ Jing was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but what Situ Lv said was the truth and made sense, he was speechless to refute.

When he first entered the palace, Jia Hu saw that Situ Jing and Situ Lv were facing each other, and would persuade him afterwards that the Ninth Prince was an elder after all, and Situ Jing must always maintain the necessary etiquette to him.After watching a lot, I realized that these two people have been like this since they were young. Situ Lv laughed at Situ Jing for not working hard, but Situ Jing retorted that he was simple-minded. , never really fell out.So Jia Hu followed the example of Jian Ming and Su Yi. When gods fight and mortals suffer, it is safer for them to stay away.

Today, Situ Jing was practicing archery. Although the target was placed very close, even the youngest seventeenth prince in Gongxue could hit seven or eight out of ten arrows, but he still missed half of the target. No wonder Situ Lv would say that he You can only compete with the eighteen princes, they are of the same level.

Seeing that it was almost time for Situ Jing to practice, Jia Hu stepped forward to persuade him, "Your Highness, you have practiced for a quarter of an hour, you should rest."

Situ Jing put down his bow and arrow, frowned and said, "There are still five days until Autumn Hunting. What if I lose?" Autumn Hunting is held every year, but Situ Jing is not eligible to participate. I don't even want to watch it, it's the first time this year.

Jia Hu raised his eyebrows, and said bluntly: "If you lose, you will lose. You will never be ashamed to lose to the Ninth Prince." Not to mention Situ Jing, even he and Han Qi couldn't match Situ Lv in riding and archery. On the contrary, it's concise. If you can compete with him, at least you are in the same age group.

Situ Jing angrily knocked on Jia Hu's head with his bow, and said through gritted teeth, "Who said I want to compare with Uncle Nine Emperors? I'm afraid of losing to Uncle Seventeen. That would be shameful." At the age of [-], I participated in autumn hunting last year, and shot two rabbits and three pheasants.

Jia Hu was speechless, Jian Ming helped him out and said: "Your Highness, there is no shortcut to martial arts. You started late and your daily practice time is limited. Even if you can't compare with the Seventeenth Prince, it's not surprising." Counting from spring, Situ Jing only took riding and archery lessons for half a year. He practiced for three quarters of an hour every day and divided them into several sections. This was the highest amount of exercise allowed by the imperial physician. For two hours, nothing could be shaken. If Situ Jing could beat him in riding and shooting, it would be incredible.

Hearing what Jian Ming said, Situ Jing didn't even have the strength to get angry, so he ran to the sidelines to sit and rest. Fortunately, Su Yi was with him, so that he would not be too miserable by their blows.Situ Jing went to rest, and Jia Hu and Han Qi continued to practice. They are about the same strength, and it is easy to improve when they compete with each other.Jian Ming searched all over the school grounds, but there were almost no opponents, so he could only go to Chu Wei.Among all the companions of the princes, Chu Wei definitely has the highest status. Although he is only 13 years old, he is already a loyal and brave uncle, and he is the only one who has inherited the title.

The queen has been in the palace for many years, and the emperor saw that she was knowledgeable and interesting, unlike Concubine Shen Shu and Chen Zhaoyi who couldn't read people's eyes, so he decided to reward the Chu family with a favor.After all, the queen's father and brother were all killed in battle, and there were no heirs left. The title of Zhongyonghou has no successors. If he does not have an heir, and the incense of the Chu family is passed on, it will easily chill the hearts of the heroes.Therefore, the emperor sent someone to choose a child who was less than two years old and whose parents had died from among the distant relatives of the Chu family. .

Chu Wei was the same age as Situ Lv, only a few months younger than him. The queen worried that the widowed wife would spoil Chu Wei too much, so she often took him into the palace and let him grow up with Situ Lv.In terms of martial arts attainments alone, Chu Wei and Jian Ming are far behind the princes, they are not in the same world.

Han Qi competed with Jia Hu in archery, and at the same time he was sneaking a glance at Chu Wei and Jian Jian's spear-to-spear.Fortunately, Jia Hu was also a little distracted, and the two of them shot ten arrows down. Although the results were mediocre, they were evenly matched.Han Qi asked, "What are you looking at, so engrossed?" It's not surprising for him to see the match between Chu Wei and Jian Jian, everyone is watching, and the two of them don't fight a few times a year, but Jia Hu is very strange, he Looking in that direction, there are only a few little princes from the yellow character class and their little companions practicing basic skills, nothing worth seeing.

"I saw my cousin, I was a little surprised." Jia Hu didn't hide anything, and told the truth.When they first entered the palace school last year, the little princes didn't take riding and archery lessons, thinking it was too hard.Later, the seventeenth prince made a start, and he still learned decently. The emperor praised him, and the fourteenth and sixteenth princes couldn't sit still, and they also came to take riding and archery lessons. Follow up.The fifteenth prince didn't know why, but he had been reluctant to come before. Seeing that Qiushou was coming this year, he also came to hug Buddha's feet, and Jia Zhu followed.

Jia Hu's cousin, Jia Zhu, was the companion of the fifteenth prince, and Han Qi had known about this for a long time, so Jia Hu said he was watching him, so Han Qi didn't ask any more questions.Just at this time, Chu Wei and Jian Ming decided the winner, Chu Wei narrowly won half the move, and there was warm applause in the school grounds.

Jian Ming and Chu Wei bowed their hands to each other and went back to their master.Situ Jing asked with a bitter face: "Brother Ming, when will you win? I was almost laughed to death by Uncle Nine Emperors." Jian Ming didn't answer, and every time he played against Chu Wei, he felt that he had won. Only when he has made great progress will he be invited to fight. As a result, he has improved, and so has Chu Wei. He has never won against him.However, Su Yi smiled lightly: "You lost three moves to Chu Wei the year before last, two moves last year, one move this spring, and half a move this time." Jian Ming has been losing, but he has also been improving.

Situ Jing was surprised and said: "Su Yi, you watched it carefully, I didn't pay attention to this." He watched Jian Ming and Chu Wei fight every year, but he never thought about these subtle differences.Su Yi pursed her lips and smiled, but did not answer. Conciseness had different meanings to him and Situ Jing.

Since both of them had taken riding and archery lessons, Jia Hu and Jia Zhu went home in a carriage together.Along the way, Jia Zhu's complexion was not very good-looking. Jia Hu thought he was tired, so he asked him if there was any discomfort.Jia Zhu waved his hand, but didn't speak, with a dazed expression on his face.

Jia Hu guessed that Jia Zhu felt that taking the riding and archery class was a waste of his time studying for homework.In fact, the fifteenth prince has just started, and the content he has learned is even simpler than that of Situ Jing, so Jia Zhu should not be tired.Back in the mansion, Shi Taijun and Wang Shi were very worried about Jia Zhu's late return. After asking, they found out that it was the fifteenth prince who started riding and archery lessons, and Jia Zhu followed suit.Shi Taijun clasped his palms together and recited Amitabha twice.Mrs. Wang was even more nagging, asking Jia Zhu if she was tired from class, and if her body could handle it, the questions were endless.

Taking advantage of no one paying attention to him, Jia Hu quietly rolled his eyes. His grandsons and grandchildren all have to take riding and archery lessons. Why can’t Jia Zhu take it? Shi Taijun and Wang’s thoughts are really unreasonable, shouldn’t they Use the standard of raising Yuanchun to support Jia Zhu.

Back at Rongxi Hall, Jia Hu called Jia Lian into the study to ask about the day's homework.This spring, Jia Lian also entered the family school. Unlike Jia Hu and Jia Zhu's excellent performance, even Jia Hu had read Jia Lian's homework, but he couldn't say a word of praise.But Jia Hu clearly remembered that when he enlightened Jia Lian, his performance was very good, especially in mathematics, and his mental arithmetic ability was better than him.Mr. Yang is very good at giving lectures, and he is more than enough for enlightenment. How Jia Lian can learn this way, Jia Hu is puzzled.

Before going to study at home, Jia Lian woke up from a nap every day. What he looked forward to most was that his brother would come home from school so that he could take him to play.After entering home school to study, Jia Lian didn't look forward to his brother coming home so much, because Jia Hu would ask him about his homework as soon as school was over, and he was more verbose than his father and mother.But Mr. Yang's lectures are so boring, not as interesting as his brother's lectures before.With a stern face, he followed Jia Hu into the study. Jia Lian wanted to discuss with his brother if he could change to a husband.

Because Jia Hu used to pay attention to democracy and advocated that he should speak out what he had to say and not keep it in his heart, so Jia Lian boldly put forward his own opinions.Jia Hu was a little surprised when he heard that, Jia Lian felt that Mr. Yang's class was boring, how could it be possible, he had never met someone else's Mr., he was so rigid, he almost took the book and read it.At any rate, Mr. Yang can quote and tell some short stories. When he was studying, he found it very interesting.Despite this, Jia Hu was still not angry, and he asked Jia Lian to tell what was wrong with Mr. Yang.

Jia Lian really said it, and with his fingers, he said one, two, three, four, very clearly organized.After hearing this, Jia Hu sighed, expressing that he was helpless.He just said, after a few years, it is impossible for Mr. Yang's level to regress to this point. I dare say that Jia Lian compared his style with Mr. Yang's.But the problem is that he enlightened Jia Lian with the entertaining way of later kindergartens. He coaxed Jia Lian to memorize three hundred thousand and several Tang and Song poems, as well as the ninety-nine multiplication table. The method is learned in this way.

At least Jia Hu didn't have the ability to simplify the process of learning the Four Books and Five Classics. It was him who, after studying for so many years, still felt that he hadn't learned enough.Thinking of this, Jia Hu could only patiently enlighten Jia Lian, telling him that he came here in the same way. Mr. Yang is already very gentle and polite. If he changed to a strong one, he would ask them to endorse the book every day. If he couldn't recite it, he would not be allowed to eat. Worse.Jia Lian didn't know whether he listened to it or was frightened by Jia Hu, but he nodded honestly and said that he would study hard in the future, just like his brother.

After talking about homework, Jia Lian asked Jia Hu if he was going hunting in a few days, and if he did, bring him two little rabbits.Jia Hu smiled and agreed. He had inquired about it a long time ago. The so-called autumn hunting was not hunting in the wild as he imagined, but hunting prey in captivity.Not only that, in order to prevent the young princes and grandchildren from failing to harvest, there will be guards to help drive away the prey. Therefore, the seventeen princes who went to the field after a few days of temporary learning last autumn hunting can also reap a lot. Jia Hu is convinced I am still stronger than him.

Jia Amnesty participated in two autumn hunts with Jia Daishan when he was a child, and he was very clear about the basic process. He was not worried about Jia Hu's safety, and he kept encouraging him to bring back more prey when the time came, so that he could do it for Zhang and Jia Lian. The scarf and gloves made Jia Lian giggle.

On the Erfang side, Shi Taijun and Wang were worried about Jia Zhu going to participate in the autumn hunting. Jia Zhu was no better than Jia Hu. But how can I go.Shi Taijun even said that he would report Jia Zhu's illness and ask for leave. When Jia Zheng was young, Jia Daishan wanted to take him to the autumn hunting, and this was the reason why he got there.But Jia Zhu said no, everyone else had to go, so why couldn't he go, the fifteenth prince he was following was two years younger than himself, so he all wanted to go.

Shi Taijun and Wang Shi had no choice but to help Jia Zhu pack up his clothes, and told him to be careful when he arrived at the paddock. He would follow wherever the fifteen princes went. Don't go to places with many people, let alone places with few people. It doesn't matter if you don't get the prey, as long as you come back safely.

Five days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the day of Qiushou, Jia Hu and Jia Zhu got up early to pay respects to Shi Taijun.In Jia Hu's view, Qiushou is similar to Qiuyou, that is, everyone goes out to have fun in the high and refreshing autumn, so when he sees Shi Taijun's barrage, he almost can't hold back the expression on his face.Old lady, it’s just going out for an outing. Do you think too much, Jia Hu, if he doesn’t know that today is going to go on an autumn hunt, and sees Shi Taijun’s thoughts, he will think that they are going to the battlefield. It is a bit exaggerated.

Until the time of going out, Jia Hu still heard Shi Taijun's instructions, and the content was repeated over and over again with the same meaning, that is, going out is better than being at home. They are brothers and they should support each other. He is an older brother and he must take good care of his younger brother.Jia Hu agreed verbally quickly, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. According to the calculation of ancient people's false age, he and Jia Zhu are both ten years old this year, and the difference is less than half a year. Jia Zhu is not the ignorant age of Jia Lian. He needs to take care of it, and Shi Taijun only thinks of his existence when it is needed.

Besides, when they got together in the palace, they all followed their respective masters, and they were not in the same place at all.When he first left the palace, Jia Hu, like Jian Jian and Han Qi, rode on horseback and felt very uncomfortable.Unexpectedly, before leaving the city, the prince ordered someone to pass him on, saying that he was to get on the carriage to talk, so Jia Hu had no choice but to get off the horse reluctantly.After getting into the prince's carriage, Jia Hu found that the carriage was still very lively. The prince was reading a book, and Situ Jing and Su Yi were playing chess. They were inseparable.Just as Jia Hu was about to greet him, the crown prince excused him and told him to sit down.

Before getting in the car, Jia Hu thought it was Situ Jing who wanted to call him over, but it was in the name of the prince. When he came, he realized that it was really Situ Yan who wanted to see him, so he couldn't help feeling a little nervous, especially when he just saw that the prince was thinking about the previous paragraph. Time asked about his pulley block, and it was even more strange.

Situ Yan saw that Jia Hu was sitting upright with a serious expression on his face, so he smiled and said, "I just have nothing to do, I came to talk to you, don't be so nervous, take it easy." After speaking, he pointed to the snacks on the small table , Let Jia Hu eat whatever he wants, just like in the palace.

Jia Hu respectfully nodded in agreement, but thought in her heart, I am comfortable in the palace, but I am also very nervous in front of your son and in front of you.He thought for a while, and Fang asked: "Your Highness sent Xiaomin over, but what do you want to ask?" Most of the questions were about the pulley block.

Situ Yan smiled, raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you talking about, I'm fine, so I can't talk to you?" Jia Hu hurriedly said he didn't dare, Situ Yan smiled again: "I just want to tell you. The restoration of the star building is complete, and the pulley block you mentioned has come in handy."