Heir of the Red Chamber

Both Lin Ruhai and Lin Ya are vigilant and cautious people. The aftermath of the change of the throne has not yet passed. The Lin family must have a respectable steward on duty in the anteroom of the main entrance every night.

It is definitely not ordinary people who can gallop to Lin's house in the middle of the night. Although the servants don't recognize the gold medal arrows, they also know the rank of official uniforms. Seeing that he is a military officer of the Imperial Army, they immediately went to call the steward of the night watch.Seeing that his legs were weak, the steward ordered the boy to lead the way, and at the same time rushed inside to report the news, and lost one of his shoes.

After a few breaths of time, the main courtyard where Lin Ruhai lived and the Songchun courtyard in Lin Ya lit up the lamps in silence, except for a few confidantes, all others were ordered to lock their doors.

The people in the imperial army walked fast, even if the servants deliberately led them to take a long way, it was only time for Lin Ya to change clothes, and someone slammed the courtyard door before he had time to comb his hair.

Lin Ruhai and the military attache of the forbidden army almost came to the Linya courtyard.He glanced at Lin Ya's hair that was draped behind his back seemingly unintentionally, and greeted the visitor solemnly with a straight face.

Among the several military officers, the highest rank is no more than the fourth rank, but it is only because of the emperor's favor that he can directly enter the Lin Mansion to summon Lin Ya, the third rank. Now that an important official of the two dynasties like Lin Ruhai took the initiative to meet them with the courtesy of peers, they hesitated a little , two people stopped to greet Lin Ruhai, and the other person's face flashed with dissatisfaction, and his face remained dark.

Lin Ya breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly nodded in Lin Ruhai's direction.Shousheng, who had been holding the lantern by his side all the time, took the opportunity to come to Lin Ya to comb his hair quickly, and his movements were very quick.

It's just a few juniors, Lin Ruhai can handle it with ease, and when Lin Ya has cleaned up, and won't be punished in the name of the emperor's disrespect, Shi Shiran went back to his yard to rest.

There is a reason why Lin Ruhai is so calm.If something bad happened to the Lin family, not to mention he is a minister, even a relative of the emperor, the military officer who came to call Lin Ya into the palace could justly ignore him, not even look at him.Taking a step back, they are all standard houses. How do you go from the gate all the way to the eldest son's yard? The military officers of the imperial army are all the sons of high-ranking families, how could they not know?But it is convenient for others and convenient for oneself.

No matter how beautiful Lin Ya is these days and how hot he is in Beijing, Lin Ruhai is still the backbone of the Lin family. His old man is as immovable as a mountain, and the sudden panic of the Lin family quickly subsided. Persuaded to lie back reluctantly.

Lin Ya, who entered the palace in a state of urgency, was far less confident than he appeared on the surface.

Although Lin Ya and the new king, Chu Ronghua, had known each other since they were young, they had only met each other a few times, so they didn't know much about each other. Chu Ronghua's temper, at least when he was dealing with the Zeng family, was not so nostalgic.

Since returning to Beijing, Lin Ya has also been summoned by Chu Ronghua many times.When there are other people around, it's just empty words to praise, but also to follow the Taishang Emperor's weak tone, praising Lin Ya as the pillar of the Northwest.In private, Chu Ronghua had made it clear that he would not be asked to go to the northwest, nor would he be allowed to stay in the Ministry of War for too long.

The Ministry of Household Affairs is really where Chu Ronghua prefers Lin Ya to go, and Lin Ruhai will be transferred to the Ministry of Rites at that time.But the Ministry of Rites was originally the place where the Zeng family's old man had been running for many years.

He knew in his heart that Chu Ronghua didn't want the Zeng family and the Lin family to be too friendly, but Lin Ya only respectfully agreed. After all, this is the emperor's mind. If he doesn't separate his courtiers, he might not be safe even in his dreams at night.

What Lin Ya was thinking about was another matter, and this matter had to start with Concubine Zhen's eldest son, Chu Rongqi.

Speaking of Chu Rongqi, she can be regarded as a person with ill-fated life.All the way from the eldest son of the concubine, the prospective prince in the eyes of outsiders, to the amnesiac who was suppressed by the same mother and younger brother, and in the end, even the death of the younger brother implicated him and imprisoned him.Even if it was released, it would have been whittled down to a blank slate long ago, with no title or job.

Chu Rongqi is also a bachelor, as if the imperial concubine was not his biological mother, the sudden death of Chu Rongbi was not his younger brother, and the Zhen family was not his natal family, she ignored no one and was busy flattering the Supreme Emperor all day long. His own father and the emperor's third elder brother Chu Ronghua who didn't even bother to look at him before.

Flattery is not in the right shape, even to ask for rewards, he only wants to write strange and obscene things, so angry that the emperor doesn't want to see him, Chu Ronghua just thinks he is a joke.

That day when Lin Ya met the king, Chu Rongqi finally stopped asking Chu Ronghua for things, he asked for a living person.Chu Rongqi begged Chu Ronghua to uphold justice for him, and ordered the Jia family in the Rongguo Mansion to return his escaped concubine that they had secretly hidden.

Lin Ya was still outside the hall, and she heard Chu Rongqi playing rogue inside, her voice was very loud.

"Although my younger brother is absurd and didn't write a full document, how long did Mrs. Xue live in my younger brother's house? Later, my younger brother misunderstood the emperor's brother because of his villainous heart. It's rare that the emperor didn't blame him, so he wanted to release his concubines. The servants found it, but who knew that the Xue family would let the Xue family go to another family. Brother Huang, you have to make decisions for your younger brother, the face of the Tian family is important, how can one woman serve two husbands?"

The Xue family privately kept by the Rongguo Mansion must be Xue Baochai, the eldest daughter of the Xue family.Till now, she is still tired of these little things, so it can only be said that Chu Rongqi is not stupid enough.

Sure enough, he heard Chu Ronghua's laughing and cursing, and he allowed the chief eunuch in the palace to go to the Rongguo Mansion to pick up the concubine, Mrs. Xue.

It's just that Chu Ronghua's gift is not so easy to receive. Before Chu Rongqi could thank him, Chu Ronghua asked him to take another errand to the Wang family to announce the decree.

Rongguo Mansion and Wang Ziteng's Mansion will take more than half an hour to travel, and the road will pass through less than half of the capital city.Lin Ya heard Chu Rongqi's voice seem to choke, and then happily swore to the sky that he would finish the errand, and left with a pat on his chest.

On the second day, Master Wang Ziteng was promoted to the capital inspector of the nine provinces, and the news that he was going to go out of Beijing to patrol the border spread all over the capital. The bad luck of being rejected.Of course, that's for another story.

Lin Ya only remembered that after Chu Rongqi left, he went in with the waiter, and Chu Ronghua waved before he finished the salute, and asked him to read the brochure for the second daughter of the Zeng family, Zeng's name.

It has been a few days since Chu Ronghua issued the decree of Zeng's concubine.Except for Empress Xu who was Chu Ronghua's wife, Zeng was also the first concubine to be canonized as a concubine. There was a lot of noise.

As the son-in-law of the Zeng family, Lin Ya didn't want to take part in the concubine Zeng's battle for title, and immediately tactfully shied away, but Chu Ronghua laughed.

"Lin Qing's loyalty is commendable. These words sound good anyway. If you don't care about Mrs. Zeng's affairs, then choose one for Mr. Wang."

When Chu Ronghua was talking to Lin Ya, the surrounding palace servants backed away with great winking.Chu Ronghua didn't put on airs on purpose, and his expression and tone were quite gentle, but Lin Ya instantly understood the killing intent in Chu Ronghua's heart.

His eyes are brighter, most of the time these days he can see the Wang family's treachery, and Wang Ziteng is even more obedient to Chu Ronghua.It's a pity that none of this can save Wang Ziteng's life.

Perhaps in the eyes of Wang Ziteng, the new monarch kicked him out of Beijing just to spare his life, but this man, a courtier, is still a military general who has not opened up his territory. When he can get a good name, he only has a posthumous title. .

Regardless of whether it was a temptation or a trust, Lin Ya would keep his mouth shut and keep the secret in his heart.

Lin Ya was silent, Chu Ronghua just smiled, and put the booklet aside casually: "Forget it, let's not talk about some trivial matters. I do have an extremely important matter for Lin Qing to take care of."

As he said that, Chu Ronghua took out a palm-sized box with his own hands, and pushed it to the front of the case together with the purse on hand.The texture of the pouch has become a little dull, and the silver embroidery thread on it is still faintly black, obviously it is a bit old.

"Lin Qing, open it and have a look."

Lin Ya took it expressionlessly and touched it, and knew that it contained keys, which should match the box.

As for the box that Chu Ronghuazhen valued, there was a volume of decree inside, which copied the decree of Jinling Zhen's family and Suonahe's family being imprisoned.

Chu Ronghua made it clear that day that the Lin family might be made to make a false alarm, but Chu Ronghua did not elaborate on how to be alarmed.Lin Ya was not worried about herself, but only worried about her family.

When Lin Ya rushed to the palace with his servants all the way, Chu Ronghua had been waiting for a long time, and the servant beside him was not Chu Ronghua's trusted confidant, but Dai Quan, the chief steward who was trusted by the Supreme Emperor.

Seeing Lin Ya coming, Chu Ronghua smiled slightly, and Dai Quan told the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that barbarians invaded the country, broke through two passes, and slaughtered the team of Niu's marriage in Shanxi.The Supreme Emperor wanted nothing to bother the two masters, so this time he ordered Lin Ya to go over and calm down the matter.

According to the order of the Supreme Emperor, Lin Ya, the third-rank minister, is ordered to leave Beijing immediately to lead the Northwest Army.

Chu Ronghua served his father with utmost filial piety, of course he would not refute, even Lin Ya's associates who left the capital were selected by the Supreme Emperor, he did not say a word from the beginning to the end, only when Lin Ya kowtowed to thank him, he told him with a smile "Don't fail the emperor's grace".

If Lin Ya didn't really understand the meaning of the four words Chu Ronghua at that time, when they left the capital and the group traveled westward for dozens of miles, seven or eight pairs of companions from the imperial military officers and servants who accompanied them suddenly pulled out. The knives faced each other, and immediately a lot of people's heads fell to the ground.

Afterwards, the leader knelt down in front of Lin Ya, who was watching silently, and asked Lin Ya to order to go south.Lin Ya knew exactly what order they wanted, and waited coldly for everyone to kneel down before taking off the sachet from his waist, announcing Chu Ronghua's imperial edict loudly, and headed south to Jinling.

In the early morning of the second day, before Lin Ruhai could inquire about Lin Ya's news, there was a decree from the palace. Now, following the decree of the Supreme Emperor, he went out of Beijing to pray for blessings.

Sheng Jia left in a hurry, and the gate of Jiuzhong Palace was also closed tightly.

What was shocking and inexplicable was that when the palace gate was opened again, the forbidden army under the order of the Supreme Emperor surrounded the Zeng Mansion. Almost at the same time, the servants under the order of the Dowager Concubine also came to the Lin Mansion arrogantly.