[Red House] But for the sake of the king

Lin Ruhai guessed that Jun Qi just let him enter the palace under the pretense of discussing matters, so he was not in a hurry. He went home and changed into court clothes before slowly getting into the sedan chair and going to the palace.When it was settled, the bearer raised the curtain of the sedan chair.Just as Lin Ruhai came out, he saw Dai Quan waiting at the gate of the palace. It seemed that there was something urgent. As soon as he saw him, he hurried up and dragged him away.

Dai Quan kept on stepping and muttering, "Oh, Mr. Lin, why did you come here at this time? But hurry up, the emperor is also very angry after reading the secret letter from King Zhongshun. Didn't smash the imperial study room. Just watch it later, don't annoy the emperor anymore."

Lin Ruhai thought that there might be some changes in the northwest, so he thanked, "Thank you for your advice, old nephew."

In the study room, the memorials, papers and pens that had been scattered all over the floor had returned to their original places, but Jun Qi was sitting on the kang to the west, still looking resentful.Seeing Lin Ruhai's late arrival, Jun Qi didn't even question him, he just threw a letter to him, and said in a terrible low voice, "Look at it."

Lin Ruhai took it with both hands and looked carefully before getting up.It wasn't much at first, and it was finished after a few quick glances, no wonder he was so angry, the prince of the Tatar country was too deceitful.

Jun Qi pointed to the opposite side, "Sit down. It seems that this prince is bound to meet our swordsmen, but I don't know what it means to arrest someone and then release him."

Lin Ruhai never declined, and there were few people in the study room when discussing matters, even when Dai Quan was around, he was used to it.It's just that when Lin Ruhai was sitting opposite him, thinking about what happened before, he really thought too much.Although he hoped that the two of them could always be like this, put aside the differences between monarchs and ministers, and treat each other as equals; but he forgot that Jun Qi was different from others since he was a child, he was used to giving orders, and as an emperor, he was in charge of the world.Jun Qi treats him differently from others, far surpassing the relationship between ruler and minister or even the so-called close friends. He should be satisfied.

Yin said, "The top priority is to send someone to bring the prince and sir back. The journey from the northwest to the capital is difficult, and I don't know if the Tartar prince will regret it halfway. Now there is General Shen Shen stationed in the northwest, and he is extremely concerned about that area. If you are familiar with it, let him send someone to meet him. As for the rest, we can discuss it after the prince and sir come back. Thinking that the old master has not left, the prince will not dare to usurp power immediately."

Jun Qi said angrily, "That's the only way to go. It's just that this Tartar's tone is so hateful that he doesn't pay attention to me. If he really dares to commit an offense, I will definitely tell him not to come back!"

With a punch, the small kang table made a bang, and even the tea bowl cover jumped up.Lin Ruhai's heart fluttered, it was rare to see Jun Qi get angry, let alone see him vent his anger like this. "The emperor calm down."

Jun Qi suddenly grabbed his hand and said with a smile, "I would also like to thank you, the former Yanzheng. If it weren't for the millions of taels of silver, I still wouldn't have the confidence. Even if we really want to go to war now, the military expenditure would not be enough." Don't worry about it."

Lin Ruhai tried hard to pull back his hand. On the bright side, there was no one else there, but Dai Quan must be watching in the dark, otherwise Jun Qi would come out every time he called out.It's a pity that Jun Qi is a martial arts practitioner, and his hand strength is much stronger than that of a scholar who has no strength to restrain a chicken. How could he break free so easily.

Jun Qi smiled smugly, and said, "The picture I drew for you that day has been framed, come and see how it is. It must not be as good as your masterpiece, but I think it is a masterpiece. It can be seen Sometimes the person who draws is more important than the person who writes, do you think this is the reason?" Then he changed hands and held Lin Ruhai, and walked towards the bookcase beside him.

Lin Ruhai was only thinking about the scene when he was painting that day, so he didn't have the heart to listen to his nonsense.There is a fiery temperature from the place where the hands are clasped, and it is slightly damp, and I don't know whose sweat it is.Although he and Jia Min are young couples, because they have no affection for her, such intimate actions are rarely done, and most of them are just to comfort her.But now being pulled by Jun Qi like this, unlike last time when he was dizzy, he could feel even small tremors.Of course it's not Jun Qi's, he's very used to it now, he often likes to stroke his hand in private, or play with his fingers, which seems childish like Yu'er.However, Lin Ruhai couldn't get used to this kind of intimacy. It wasn't the pampering when teasing her daughter, but the satisfaction and warmth of being held in the hands of others, and she almost wanted to indulge in the happiness.Lin Ruhai couldn't help wondering whether Jun Qi would treat those beauties in the harem like this when he was in the harem. Those were his legitimate wives and concubines who could stand by his side in an open and honest manner.Thinking about it this way, my mood suddenly fell down.It seems that after returning from Yangzhou, or after sending the painting out, he often thought about what he had and what he didn't have, which only added to his troubles.

Jun Qi reluctantly let go of Lin Ruhai's hand, and carefully took out the painting.His mounting skills are still learned by Tong Ru Hai, but he only knows superficially.This time, in order to make this painting perfect, Ruyi Pavilion specially sent a painter who is proficient in mounting to give pointers.Although a little unsatisfactory, after all, I personally framed the painting.

"Look, how about it?" Jun Qi said and slowly unfolded the painting.

The person in the painting is standing under the window, leaning sideways, looking out of the window intently, but not focusing on the scene outside the window, as if he is missing something.There is also a poem inscribed on the painting, but it is "Lovesickness" by Wang Mojie.

I didn't pay attention when I was writing that day, I didn't expect it to be this song, it didn't fit his state of mind at that time.Lin Ruhai's face was hot, and he knew that it must be red, secretly annoyed that he was not up to date.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Jun Qi deliberately teased him, "But the drawing is not good? Then throw it away, and I will draw another one for you when I have time in the future."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly protected the painting, "Since you said give it to me, it's mine."

Jun Qi couldn't hold back his laughter, and Lin Ruhai knew he was teasing him.He ignored it, carefully rolled up the painting, and took it away after a while.

Jun Qi made a bitter face again, "Why did you ignore people again, and how did you offend you again. Ruhai, you are really going back after living. Could it be that you learned from your Yu'er, that you ignore people when you get angry?" people."

Lin Ruhai immediately retorted, "What's the matter?"

Jun Qi said, "Then why didn't you go to another hospital a few days ago?"

Lin Ruhai has nothing to say, he is really dissatisfied, what can Jun Qi do?What's more, when I look back on what happened that day, I was too hypocritical, and I took myself too seriously because of the warmth in front of me.Anyway, Jun Qi is the emperor, he has to take his time even if he has some ideas, it's too presumptuous to throw face directly like this.

But Jun Qi suddenly stepped forward and hugged him in his arms, "Ru Hai, for the first time in my life, I want to treat someone well. There are many things I don't understand and I don't know. If you feel uncomfortable in your heart , you can tell me as much as you want. I will do whatever you want, just don’t ignore me like this, okay? It’s rare for me to go out, and you always avoid me like this, doesn’t it hurt my heart. "

Lin Ruhai's body was stiff, but his heart softened.He saw what Jun Qi did for him, and he really shouldn't be angry with him for such a thing.And if he decides on his own, the situation that day can only be like this.Although he has prepared a lot of countermeasures in order to prevent the Supreme Emperor from attacking him against the Lin family, it is best not to confront the Supreme Emperor himself.After all, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, so there was no need for him to risk himself as a foreign minister.

He didn't know what to think that day, he just felt humiliated.It's a bit like when I was young, I was excitedly preparing my luggage to travel to the south of the Yangtze River alone, but my father forced a few servants to escort me all the way south.Knowing that it was for my own good, I just felt awkward in my heart.After all, he is also an upright man, how can he tolerate others always protecting him like a child.It's just that after hearing Jun Qi's words now, I think it's also his intention.

Gently put his hand on Jun Qi's waist, Lin Ruhai buried his face deep in his shoulder, at the moment he was shy and embarrassed, how could he speak, he only hoped that Jun Qi would understand what he meant this time.

The skin touched, the scorching temperature made Jun Qi feel a little distracted, but he also knew that Ru Hai might be shy, so he didn't force him to speak, but tightened his hands, as if to tighten his flesh and blood.After living for more than 30 years, this was really the first time he encountered such a thing, but he couldn't do anything while the beauty was in his arms. He really became Liu Xiahui.

Lin Ruhai took Hua back to the mansion contentedly, leaving only Jun Qi to eat absent-mindedly, and then ran back to the imperial study to hide.Concubine Zhen Gui and Concubine Shu had been fighting fiercely in the past few days, Jie would either bring him soup or excuse the prince's illness all day long, and he had to go to see it before giving up.On weekdays, he could be patient and let them make trouble, but Japan has been busy with government affairs these past few days, and Ru Hai had been angry with him before, so he didn't have the heart to deal with those terrible women.

A few days later, as Lin Ruhai said, under the imperial decree, because of the 17th birthday of the Supreme Emperor, Enke was specially opened.There is also the matter that the Empress Dowager prefers to pick a draft girl. Jun Qi excuses that the emperor's [-]th birthday is important, and if he is in the draft, it will inevitably waste people and money.Therefore, only a decree was made, and among the daughters of officials of the sixth rank and above in the capital, those between [-] and [-] years old, the best were selected, and they were selected into the palace as female officials.

After the imperial decree, the Rongguo Mansion was both happy and sad.As soon as Enke opened, it was a great thing for Jiazhu.Instead of drafting women and only selecting female officials, it broke Jia Yuanchun's expectations and disrupted Jia's mother's plan.

Jia Zheng thought it was all right, "Mother, Zhu'er will definitely be able to pass high school in this subject, so what are you worried about? Yuanchun is not blessed with the draft, so that's all. Besides, even if you go, you may not be able to get into the eyes of the emperor." However, if Zhu'er can rise to the top like her sister-in-law, she will be blessed by her ancestors and the family will be lucky."

But Jia Mu said, "What do you know? Look at the Zhen family. How many people in the family are officials and officials? Didn't they send their daughter in? With the presence of Concubine Zhen and the face of the third prince, it is time to move Zhen You have to think about it carefully. Our family sounds nice, and we have a family of two countries, but we don’t have any serious real positions. Now your eldest brother is attacking a first-class general, and the mansion over there is a third-class general. There is no outstanding person to provoke the two houses. After a few generations, there will be no place for Jia's house in the capital. The female officials are also divided into ranks. If they can serve the emperor by his side, there must be great fortune in the future. In my opinion, for the sake of the Jia family, Yuan Chun can only be wronged."

Jia Zheng understood and took up the conversation, "What did my mother say? It is Yuanchun's blessing to be served in the palace. Others can't ask for it. But to be able to serve in front of the imperial court, I'm afraid I have to spend some time."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "What's the matter, it's just that we need to do more, isn't it rare in these years? If it really happens, it's worthless. Of course, Pearl can't be left behind, you go and find out. Who is the chief examiner this time, if he can walk around, it would be better. Besides, the Lin family also asked Zhu'er to go there more diligently, look at Lian'er, now she has the title of Captain Long."

Jia Zheng said yes, and turned around and ordered Jia Zhu to do so.Jia Zhu felt ashamed because of her previous convictions. She rarely went out to visit relatives this year, so where would she go?It's just that after being persuaded for a long time, and thinking of this Enke, I feel a little ready to move.After one imperial examination, he understood that the imperial examination was not easy, and he admired Uncle Lin more and more.So he went to Lin's house the next day, and naturally called Jia Lian, but he alone couldn't deal with the group of gentlemen.

When Wang heard that Jia's mother had actually asked Yuan Chun to be a female official, she was even more distressed.That's all for the draft girl, becoming the emperor's concubine is also the honor of the whole family, and the clothes and food are better than ordinary people.But this female official, to put it nicely, has an official position and rank, and is more likely to be valued by nobles.There have also been female officials who became the emperor's concubine, or were valued by the empress dowager to marry them, but more of them were married by themselves when they reached their age.At that time, all the good families had been selected, and there was no good husband's family for a 20-year-old girl.

It's just that Mrs. Wang knew that Jia Zheng was the most filial, and she would not be able to refute what Jia's mother said, so she went back to her mother's house in desperation and begged her brother, Prince Teng, the current military governor of Beijing.Unexpectedly, when Wang Ziteng heard that the Jia family intended to send Yuan Chun to the palace, he was filled with joy.

"Sister, you are too confused. This entry into the palace is something other people can't ask for, but you still push it out." Wang Ziteng also thought about this, but he didn't have a suitable one at home, so he never mentioned it, "It's a pity, Brother Feng The Jia family is settled, otherwise I will send her in too. Our four big families are connected with each other, and they are relatives of each other, and the least is a member of the palace. Look at the Zhen family, when the Supreme Emperor was in power, he had such a big face , The family picked up and drove four times, but they still didn't send their daughter out. The emperor was only a prince at that time, so they rushed to see him off like this. It's also their luck that Prince Yizhong, the old thousand-year-old, couldn't get in and was never dragged down. Now it is real, even if you cannot have the glory of Concubine Zhen, even if you win the favor of the emperor and queen mother, it will be different."

Mrs. Wang heard such remarks again, and it was said by her own brother again, and after careful consideration, her heart became agitated.Whose family's headed mistress can have the honor and dignity of the ladies in the palace?Yuan Chun's beauty and talent have been praised by so many concubines, are you afraid that the emperor will not like it?That imperial concubine Zhen is an immortal, now that she has given birth to a prince and is getting older, she will definitely not be able to compete with Yuanchun.Thinking about it further, it seems that I have seen Yuan Chunri wearing a phoenix robe, hugging the prince, and accepting worship from everyone.Even carrying her up, the mother of the noble concubine, the emperor's mother-in-law, who dares to underestimate her!Who would dare to disrespect her from those whores who secretly laughed at her for being just a little respectful person, and the old lady who has been domineering since she entered the door!

16-year-old Jia Yuanchun, carrying the hopes of the whole family and the fantasy of the imperial palace, went to the