Through the Ring of Red Mansions

After a few days, Yu Jia has returned to the palace quickly. Along the way, he saw that the capital did not suffer too much loss due to the rebellion of the two kings. Occasionally, some houses on the street were burned to black, and there were people It is being repaired, but since the accident, the nine gates have been locked up. The officers and soldiers of the Beijing Cavalry Battalion are patrolling around with armor and swords, and the formation is heavily guarded, scaring almost no pedestrians on the street.

Jia Huan and Bai Shichen followed Shui Lang directly into the palace. Now that the national funeral is complicated and there are countless decrees that need to be issued, Jia Huan ordered Mo Yan and others not to wait outside the palace, but to go back to Jia's mansion first. look after.

When the holy chariot came back, a great funeral ceremony was held in the palace, until Shui Lang personally carried the coffin into the imperial mausoleum, and stayed in the mausoleum for a full month. All the officials kowtowed to the holy majesty to take care of him, and Shui Lang led everyone back to the capital. .

The ministers who accompanied them to the imperial mausoleum to watch the funeral just rejoiced that they no longer had to live in thatched huts every day to eat some simple food, but when they came back and approached the capital, they immediately saw the horrific imperial guards inside and outside the city gate, and their hearts suddenly hung up again.It should be known that the national mourning is over, and it is natural that it is the turn to settle the crimes of the two kings' treason. Those ministers who have made friends with the two kings in the past are inevitably in danger, and I don't know how many people will be implicated!

Since Jia Huan went out with Qiuhun, he stayed in the palace according to the rules, and accompanied him back to the imperial mausoleum. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief and said to Shui Lang, "This time I didn't pay attention to him for two or three months. Go home, I have to go back. In addition, I will arrange it early in the gathering hall, and I will tell the good things for you first. At that time, even if you strictly deal with the people involved in this matter, you will not let them People tell you what's wrong with you."

Shui Lang laughed and said, "Thank you for thinking about this for me. It's just that you are very tired these days. I know that Yang Xiong probably went to Tanggu to pick up the boat and came back. So, let's rest at home for a few days now. If there are any good and new things, let me take a look with you. "

Jia Huan nodded in agreement, and followed everyone to the Taiyang Hall to kowtow, did not go to the imperial study, went out of the palace and returned to Jia's mansion, when he entered the door, he ran into the third wife, Baoyu and Daiyu's clan who had just followed the spirit guard , Come back from the ranks of the wives.Jia Mu didn't go this time because she complained of illness.

Because the residence of the ordered wife and clan relatives is far away from Yujia, and they are not allowed to walk around carelessly, Jia Huan followed Shui Lang, and they didn't see him at the imperial mausoleum. Now the third wife can't care less, she hugged her first. Jia Huan cried for a while, and said, "I heard that people beat and killed outside for a day, and set fire to many houses, scaring our family so that we dare not close our eyes at night, but luckily you are doing well!! "

Jia Huan hurriedly comforted the third wife, and then met Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, and saw that Jia Mu's situation was not good, but Mrs. Wang was taken back, but she didn't live with Jia Zheng, but lived in the house. Baoyu Daiyu's Yihong Courtyard.Tanchun saw that Jia Huan was puzzled, so he told him quietly, "Because of the chaos in the city, it is said that many slaves in the family temple took advantage of the chaos and fled, and even took several things from her. The empress remembered it from the palace and ordered someone to bring it back. Now everyone is hiding it from everyone, and they dare not tell the old lady to know."

Jia Huan said, "The man has come back, and the old lady can't control it anymore if she knows it. There is such a mess outside, can she send it out and let her fend for herself? No one can say that." , I saw a girl coming from outside and said, "Master, please Brother Huan go over and talk." I hurried to Jia Zheng's study, and seeing Baoyu was there, Jia Zheng asked, "How do you look at these days? I Why does it sound like there is something about your uncle in a trance?!"

Jia Huan didn't say what Shui Lang said when he was in a rage, he wanted to punish Prince Teng to the nine clans, but nodded and said, "That's already done! Sheng Shangyuan called him to accompany him, and he secretly wanted to go back to the capital to contact him." The former Ministry of the Beijing Camp, who cooperated with those two, was caught and stuffed into the palace on the way, and I heard that they have now been escorted into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."

Jia Zheng was so stunned that he came back to his senses after a long while and said, "Damn it! Damn it! How dare he take such a risk for the crime of copying the family and exterminating the family!!" He sighed again, "If I knew it, I should have divorced the Wang family. It's too late to bring you down, if the Holy One wants to blame Lianzao, it won't work!"

Baoyu was dumbfounded when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Everyone says that today's son is filial, pure and benevolent, so how can he move those punishments and heavy prisons? Besides, if he really wants to sit down, then the empress in the palace has something to do with it. How can the sage in this way?!"

After hearing this, Jia Zheng scolded "idiot" a few times and said, "Conspiracy to usurp the throne, do you know how many crimes this is?! Your empress sees that the Holy Grace is not as good as it used to be, if the Holy One intends to add a crime, even she will not be able to escape!"

Jia Huan persuaded, "Master, you might as well relax first. Anyway, the second elder brother is also the brother-in-law of King Beijing Jing, and the third elder sister is employed by Dongfang Min's family. The Holy One will not be unsympathetic."

Jia Zheng sighed, "If I knew it earlier, I should have married Tan girl before the autumn hunt. It's better than the ones who are mourned in the country now, and they are not allowed to marry for a year. The old lady doesn't look too good. I have quietly ordered someone to prepare to go down." It's just that the time is not so good, and the patients in the twelfth lunar month are hard to bear, and the doctors all said that if they can survive the Spring Festival, they have something to look forward to, otherwise it will be around the Chinese New Year." Baoyu and Jia Huan couldn't help persuading and comforting him.

I don't know how many days have passed, the nine-door confinement has been lifted, but the curfew is still in place. After nightfall, every house is closed, and they dare not light the lamps. Everyone in the court is waiting for the punishment of the thunder from above. Sure enough, it was the two kings first. Because the Taishanghuang left suddenly, the two gold medals for avoiding death were not said to be taken back. Even though everyone knew that the Taishanghuang was almost killed by these two rebellious sons, no one dared to mention it.Shui Lang decreed to take back the two gold medals for avoiding death, and demoted the two to common people, and imprisoned them in the mansion. Except for those who had children in the family, they were all imprisoned, and the rest were not slaves of officials.

Those who conspired against the two kings, from the natal families of the two concubines and the ministers of the imperial concubine Wu, either ransacked their families and exterminated their families, or beheaded their heads, and the rest were exiled in the army. Unfinished criminals.Although the Wang family was not punished by the nine clans, they were also punished for the crime of copying and beheading the whole family.Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, etc. were all thankful that they were not implicated, so how could they dare to feel sorry for them, and never dared to speak about their relatives again.

In addition, although many courtiers and traitors were killed and demoted, and since then the roots of Wu Huanggui's concubine in the court have been wiped out, naturally many people have made contributions to this incident of the two kings' rebellion and have been honored. There were also quite a few people who were promoted and rewarded, and it happened that the Chinese New Year was approaching, and the bloody killing spirit of the Manchu Dynasty was finally eliminated by most of them.

And because Jia's mansion is not what it used to be this year, no one dared to rejoice wildly at Kuang Guo's funeral, but there were in-laws and a few close families who were very close on weekdays to send some New Year's gifts, and Dongfang Min even went there in person , accompanied Jia Zheng and said many good things, and Jia Zheng praised him endlessly.

Naturally, Jia Huan also ate wine with him at the banquet, and sent the gouache and rouge that Dongfang Ming bought for Tanchun to the inner courtyard, and asked Tanchun for a gift in return. Tanchun shyly said, "He gave it to him. I don't have anything to return to him, so you come and go, let people know what it is!"

The third wife couldn't help laughing and said, "My son, you are already betrothed. If it weren't for the national funeral, you might have married now. What's there to talk about!" He Yinglian, "Hurry up and wrap up the dress that the girl made for my uncle and let my brother take it out!"

If Tanchun still wanted to refuse, Jia Huan had already taken the burden and said with a smile, "Obviously I asked me about my body size. Seeing that your business will not be done this year, is this clothes left for nothing to let it grow hair?"

As he said, he took the burden and went out, and then blackmailed Dongfang Ming to let him treat a group of people to dinner in the coming year, and then gave him the clothes.Just as I was sending him off, I saw a plain-haired man poking his head outside the gate. When he saw Jia Huan, he quickly ran over and kowtowed, "Slave greets Third Master Huan. This slave is from Concubine Jia's empress palace. She is here to replace her." Send a message, begging Third Master Huan to save the empress quickly!"

Jia Huan was taken aback, and hurriedly asked him to explain clearly. The disguised little Huangmen only said, "Master Huan only enters the palace to seek the Holy Spirit, it's important!! The servant has to go back quickly!" Looking around, he ran away again in a flash.

Jia Huan was still very puzzled, but seeing that it was still early, he ordered the two servants at the door not to talk nonsense about what he had just heard, pointed out something to Jia Zheng and others, and hurried into the palace to see Shui Lang.It's just that Shui Lang was a bit late that day, and just had lunch in the East Nuan Pavilion, when he saw Jia Huan, he smiled and said, "Why are you entering the palace at this time?" Then he immediately pulled him over to ask if it was cold, and ordered others Go get the hand stove.

Jia Huan sat next to Shui Lang, glanced at the food on the table, and asked in surprise, "Why are there pancakes and corn bread?"

Manager Shan hurriedly said, "This is the corn and beans from the imperial field brought in by the governor of Shandong, the fine flour freshly ground by the imperial dining room, and two kinds of Shandong-style Yuzhen pancakes and small candied steamed buns. Now the emperor's service is less than a hundred days old. , I can only eat like this first."

Because of Daqing's customs, filial sons must live in a hut in the cemetery of their ancestors when they live in funerals, and can only eat rough food and drink clean water. The time is as little as one year and as many as three years. Shui Lang's status is precious, so naturally he cannot always be in the imperial tomb. Watching there, the time for a year of simple food and drink has also been reduced to a hundred days.

Jia Huan knew that those pancakes and wotou must be steamed with very fine flour sifted in a basket. Hearing Shui Lang say, "Accompany me a little more."

Jia Huan picked up the Wotou which was slightly bigger than his thumb, tasted two, and said with a smile, "It doesn't smell like outside at all. I dare not give you food either."

Shui Lang smiled, seeing that Jia Huan's clothes were thin, he said, "At first, I said that I would bring you some good leather for the autumn hunting, but I didn't pay attention to it. Some came from outside the pass the day before yesterday, and I ordered them to make robes." went."

Jia Huan knew that it must be made according to his own size, so he simply refused, and just smiled, "Could it be that I came to ask you for a leather robe?"

Shui Lang thought for a while, then looked at Jia Huan and said, "It's true that there is another thing to tell you. A group of people have been purged from the harem these days. Enter the Prayer Moon Palace, and the decree will be invented tomorrow."

Jia Huan couldn't help but said, "Pride and arrogance is just a decree. Don't you even tell me? There must be a real reason."

Sitting there, Shui Lang just rubbed the sash around Jia Huan's waist without saying a word, so Jia Huan asked, "I'm guessing, maybe it's the pastels in the Yongchang Palace that she saw, It was broken because of this?" Because Shui Lang still didn't respond, Jia Huan said again, "She must have seen it! Otherwise, she wouldn't have sent someone to sneak out of the palace without looking for anyone. Just tell me to save her, and tell me to just beg you."

Shui Lang frowned and said, "She can still send people?! What else did she tell you?"

Jia Huan hurriedly said, "I have nothing else to say."

Shui Lang sneered, still playing with Jia Huan's purse and said, "It's not all because of this, you don't understand the things in the harem. Just pretend you don't know about this and forget about it." After a pause, he smiled again, "Besides, if I still want that kind of pastel, how much do I want? How can I go to war like this? I'm thinking about opening a kiln of pastel porcelain for you every year in the future. What kind of utensils do you like?" type, let them burn what kind of one?"

Although Jia Huan felt that Shui Lang was prevaricating him, he asked a few more questions in circles, but couldn't find anything else. Instead, he accompanied Shui Lang to approve the papers all afternoon until they had dinner together. Shui Langcai ordered Ren Haosheng to escort him back to Jia's mansion without mentioning it.