Through the Ring of Red Mansions

After the court meeting the next day, the impeachment of Jia Huan flew onto Shui Lang's desk like a snowflake. Some said that he bewitched the people, some said that he was bold and reckless, and wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor, and some said that he was favored and proud. What's more, I heard rumors from nowhere, saying that he was accused of collaborating with the enemy, treason, raising private soldiers, etc., and so on.It's not that Jia Huan's popularity is so bad that everyone is hurting everyone, but that emperors have been "destined by heaven" since ancient times. Except for the true man, anyone who dares to covet the imperial power is regarded as a rebellious person and an orthodox official. Gang couldn't tolerate it, and since the ballad sang "Splendid branches shoot into the sky", naturally a group of self-proclaimed loyal ministers rose up and attacked.

Only Bai Shichen and Shui Lang grew up together, and guessed what he meant, so they pretended to be deaf and dumb for a few days, and suddenly published a book. This is the root of disaster, so Shui Lang was encouraged to start a "literary prison", and all those with the word "Huan" and "Splendid" in their names and books were detained in the Jinyi Mansion for torture and interrogation, just in case.

As soon as word of the "literary prison" broke out, everyone in the court fell silent.It should be noted that the rise of "literary inquisition" is definitely not something that can be ended by exterminating one family and blood. Among the ancestors of this dynasty, there are also records of a city being slaughtered and blood flowing like rivers because of "literary inquisition".Except for Jia Huan, there are countless civil and military officials inside and outside the imperial court who have the word "Huan" in their names or names, or those whose relatives and friends have the word "Huan" in their names. There are countless excerpts, begging the Holy One for mercy, and begging for mercy.

Since Jia Huan was "detained", it is said that the properties under the name of Huihui Hall and Jinxiu Pavilion will be seized and then spread throughout the state capitals. Many scholars and those who benefited from the medical centers opened by Huihui Hall and Jinxiu Pavilion , petitioned for Jia Huan one after another, and in recent years, Huihui Pavilion has also opened post offices and built roads and bridges for smooth logistics. Chen Qing, the crowd was passionate for a while.

Shui Lang has been keeping the papers of various propositions, and after a month, it seems that the trouble is almost over, and then he convenes a few palace scholars and important ministers from various ministries to discuss together. The government was ordered to "thoroughly investigate" the details of Jinxiu Pavilion. Although they only found some superficial things, these old officials were very impressed, and they all said, "Scholar Jia has no intention of rebelling, nor does he have the power to rebel. Besides, Although Jinxiu Pavilion was created by him, it is actually a half-righteous and half-business business. It not only opened bookstores and schools, educated the people, but also set up free clinics (experimental new drugs are free) and orphanages everywhere, and it also has the purpose of treating rivers. The merit comes first, but the stone tortoise prophecy and rumors did not really point to it. I hope that the Holy One will be merciful, and I will kill him for fear of people's resentment, so it is difficult to explain to the people of the world."

Bai Shichen was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, "If you don't kill people, abandon them or confine them in one place, I'm afraid they will be used by those who want to use him to create rebellion. If you let go of those things, will there be fewer battles?"

The two sides were at loggerheads over this, and Shui Lang said, "Since I can't kill him, but I'm also worried that someone who wants to take advantage of it, why not just give him a false title, and keep him in the palace for surveillance at any time, wouldn't it be more convenient?!"

Everyone heard the words, although they felt that it was inappropriate to detain Jia Huan in the palace, but Bai Shichen knelt down early and shouted, "Sage is as good as the emperor!" , but seeing that the emperor's control over the situation in the court has become more and more stable, no one is so stupid as to pursue it for nothing.

Shui Lang then ordered the Ministry of Rites to draw up an edict and issued an imperial edict to the world, adding a rank of monarch and marquis to the existing title, which is a super first rank, which is higher than that of a prince and cannot be inherited.In addition to Jiaen Jiazheng, he was still allowed to inherit the third-class position in the Rongguo Mansion, and the third wife was promoted to be the first-rank wife.

The people in Jia's mansion have had a lot of ups and downs in their hearts this month, and they are not lighthearted. How can they guess the truth? Now that Jia Huan is not only safe, he even conferred the title of a prince with a different surname, and the Rongguo mansion was restored. Only then did they put a stone in their hearts to the ground, and dressed up according to their ranks to enter the palace to thank them.

Only Mrs. Wang was cut off because of her imperial order, and now no one mentions her, so she is still living in Yihong Courtyard.When Jia Huan was arrested earlier, she was still full of joy, thinking that this time Jia Huan would not be able to escape, no one from Baoyu's superiors would come in the way, but in a blink of an eye, the situation turned around, although everyone knew that the "junhou" Feng'er is just a false name, but apart from being unable to be an official in the court and going out of Beijing at will, the remaining "fake name" is too real.

Looking forward to the twelfth lunar month, Shui Lang cleared an open space next to the Zhengyang Palace, and completed the Yihou Palace built for Jia Huan. This Yihou Palace is obviously smaller, but there is only a wall between the Jinxiu Palace and the Yongchang Palace.Seen from the inside, Yongchang Hall and Jinxiu Hall look like one big palace. Jia Huan made such a big circle because of Shuilang, it was really well-intentioned, and he heard him say, "Wait a few more years, the court No one dares to disobey me, so I tore down the wall between Zhengyang Palace and Yihou Palace, I said I would let you enter and leave Yongchang Palace in an open and aboveboard manner, so naturally I will do what I said."

Jia Huan had been fooled for a while beforehand, and now he couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "Be quiet, I didn't say you have to do that, and I will suffer if the wall is demolished or not. You clearly promised me that year. Well, you said we are one person at a time, why don't you do what you say?"

Shui Lang hugged the person in his arms tighter, and said with a low smile, "What's the big deal, it's worth remembering, I have to go outside every day, if I let you come, it will be the next day Delay."

Jia Huan got up because of this sentence, ignoring the pain in his back, and said, "Then when you take a bath, you will be fine the next day, and there are still several days off for Chinese New Year in the first month!"

Shui Lang really pondered for a while, and said, "In the first few days of the first lunar month, incense is offered on the first day of the lunar new year, a banquet is held on the second day, ancestor worship is held on the third day, and the envoy is coming on the fifth day. Wait for that day."

Jia Huan couldn't help but look forward to it, so he honestly stayed in the palace and waited for the New Year. Unexpectedly, on the night of the second day of junior high school, Shui Lang used the strength of alcohol to force him for most of the night, and taught him the first day of junior high school. I didn't get up all day, and at night I still felt very lazy, even the rice was eaten by Shui Lang, but Shui Lang piled up thousands of small affections to accompany him, and only Jia Huan Grinding his teeth in anger.

A few months later, the limelight of the "Langhuan Prosperity" faded away, and Jia Huan started walking outside again, but there were people from Jinyi Mansion "guarding" him.As soon as I was able to leave the palace, I went back to Jia's mansion first to meet Jia Zheng and the third wife, but Tanchun was the third wife who had been delaying the resolution of Jia Huan's matter years ago, and I didn't know what the outcome would be, for fear that something might happen. It's not good to hurt her any more, so I don't care about the poverty of Yunnan and Guizhou, so I sent her to take office with Dongfang Min early on.Now that things have changed, the third wife hastily wrote a letter, asking Dongfang Ming to send people back as soon as possible to bring Tanchun back.

Jia Zheng has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has seen more women under the curtain than the third wife, so he called Jia Huan to the study and sighed, "I think what I mean today, I'm afraid that you will get married in the future. Difficult."

Jia Huan was startled when he heard the words, and thought that Jia Zheng had noticed something, and then he heard Jia Zheng say, "Originally, you were appointed as a prince to appease public opinion. The wave is coming! That day Yang Xiong came to pay New Year’s greetings, and he said that you opened a weaving workshop, and now you have nearly 5000 weavers! If I had known today, I would have never allowed you to be so nonsense! It's just that the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, if you don't speak up now, I'm afraid no girl from any family would dare to marry you."

Jia Huan thought to himself, if the emperor waits for the emperor to speak about this matter, then he really does not know how long it will take.

Jia Zheng also cried, "I'm afraid that the sky will kill me, how can I allow you to have a child today!"

Jia Huan quickly persuaded him, "Master is really worrying too much. Even if it is true as what the master said, there is still a second elder brother in the family. He and his second sister-in-law are so affectionate, and they will surely have many children in the future." After finishing speaking, he remembered. , Baoyu and sister Lin are cousins, and it seems extremely difficult to have children in close relatives. This is the case with Kangxi and his empress Xiaoyiren in history.

Jia Zheng just sighed, "Baoyu and Miss Lin have been married for almost three years, and Miss Lin's body is always so tight, alas..."

Jia Huan had no choice but to say, "Why don't you ask the Holy Majesty to send an imperial doctor who is good at treating gynecology when I go back to the palace, and let my second sister-in-law take care of it for a while, or it will be fine."

Because Jia Zheng was in a hurry, Jia Huan went back to the palace and took care of it, but Shui Lang ignored it and said, "This is also worthy of my order? You go to the Imperial Hospital to see which doctor is better, go and order it yourself It's over."

Jia Huan had seen many imperial physicians, but had never been to an imperial hospital, so he asked Xiao Dingzi, a young eunuch in Jinxiu Palace, to lead the way, and invited a high-skilled imperial physician who was a gynecologist to treat Daiyu.Now everyone in the palace knows that this "junhou" lord is separated from the Holy One by a wall. Although his status is a bit special, he doesn't feel that the Holy One doesn't want to see him. The descendants of the saints are thicker, so they dare not neglect.

After Jia Huan finished giving his orders, he wandered to the front of the medicine storehouse at the back of the Imperial Hospital, and saw a rough envoy in the distance. She looked familiar, but she seemed plumper and stronger than her impression, and she was swaying and pushing. He went out through the back door with a cart of medicine dregs, and when Jia Huan caught up with him, he had disappeared.

Seeing that he seemed to have seen something, Xiao Dingzi quickly came up and asked, "What is Junhou looking for?"

Jia Huan shook his head, and just saw an apprentice in Taiyuan Hospital drying medicinal materials, so he asked, "Who cleans up the medicinal residues here?"

The little disciple saw a row of topaz embedded in Jia Huan's belt, and he knew that only the emperor could wear topaz in the palace, so he remembered a legend circulating in the palace, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I have seen you!"

Jia Huan laughed and said, "You recognize me? Let's get up and talk."

The young fellow boldly took a look at Jia Huan, and couldn't help but think to himself, this gentleman is so young, and he was born so beautiful and fresh, so he naturally arouses pity, no wonder there are such rumors.He also replied respectfully, "These medicine residues are used by the nobles in the palace, and they all have to leave the foundation for inspection, so they are all cleaned by people from the House of Internal Affairs."

Jia Huan then asked, "Then do you recognize that man just now?"

The young man said honestly, "I don't really recognize her. I heard they said she was the daughter-in-law bought by the eunuch Wu Laosan of Xiyuan last year. Usually Wu Laosan is very strict, and it scares people like a bird."

Xiao Dingzi was afraid that these things would stain Jia Huan's ears, and shouted, "What about Lao Wu and Lao San! These dirty things are also being talked about in front of Junhou!!"

The little boy was so frightened that he wanted to kneel again, Jia Huan waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I'm done shopping too, let's go."

For a while, he slowly returned to the Jinxiu Palace, but who knew that Shui Lang was there, and beside him were two skinny, lame monks and priests sitting carelessly. Miao Miao real person!

Seeing that Jia Huan was dumbfounded, Shui Lang smiled and took him over to sit down beside him, saying, "I'm going to order someone to look for you."

Jia Huan met with the monks and priests, and saw that Shui Lang seemed to have talked with them for a long time, and then remembered that by now, his parasitic grass should have been planted for more than two years, so he asked his fate again. Master Miao Miao said, "The two of us came here just for this matter, and it's shameless to say that the benefactor is not from this world. The monk and I can only do nothing, but I don't think there will be a turning point now. I don't know what. People used a strange method to tie the benefactor and the saint's fate together. One of them will be prosperous and the other will be damaged. Therefore, the benefactor's fate is forcibly tied to this world. As long as the saint's age is at its peak, The life of the benefactor is also safe."

Jia Huan couldn't help thinking of the tangled trees and grass that he saw in his dream, couldn't help but glance at Shui Lang, and said in a low voice, "You're fooling me again? So you already knew it, it must be the one Did the great witch in Miaojiang use supernatural powers?"

Shui Lang smiled and shook his hand without answering, and turned to Master Boundless and Daoist Miao Miao, "Thank you for still worrying about this matter, please stay in Beijing for a few more days, enjoy some offerings before you leave .”

After hearing that it was done by the great witch of Miaojiang, the two couldn't help thinking for a while, why would they stay? After drinking two cups of tea, he swaggered and disappeared from the palace.

Jia Huan had mixed feelings in his heart, but the biggest stone in his heart was removed, and he finally felt a lot more relaxed, so he leaned on Shui Lang and said, "You know how to choose a place. It's not good to plant it. Why do you prefer to plant your underground plantation?" Go to the palace?"

Shui Lang smiled and said, "Didn't you want to see the underground palace a long time ago? I'll take you to have a look after taking a rest the next day."

In the early morning of the next day, Shui Lang really brought Jia Huan with him, followed by several cronies out of the palace, because the place Shui Lang had chosen for himself was still half a day away from the capital, so the two of them rode on horseback until noon. Party got there.

Jia Huan saw that the valley in front of him was exactly the same as what he had seen in his dream, but the progress of the buildings on the ground had increased a lot compared to the last time he saw it.

Shui Lang stood side by side with him in front of the underground palace, gently shook his hand and said, "When I die, I will take you with me and sleep here."