The Warm Jade of the Red Chamber

Jia Min sent Daiyu away very reluctantly, and even married a son. Lin Ji grew up so big and hadn't really left Jia Min's side. Jia Min would be worried, which is naturally justified.

However, Lin Hai supported Lin Ji's going out with Prince Cheng Ke's family for some fun. Boys were raised in deep boudoirs, so they were a little timid. Zhuang Yu just threatened him and made him cry.Although Lin Hai felt that Zhuang Ye and his son were acting a bit out of tune, it was undeniable that both father and son were very responsible and courageous heroes. It was good for Lin Ji to follow them and cultivate some manliness. It's just a few months of playing with Zhuang Ye and others, so I don't think they will be raised in any way.

Because Lin Ji was in poor health when he was young, Jia Min took great care in raising him, perhaps it could be said that he was overly careful, and he gained a lot of fat, but he didn't grow much courage.

Jia Min stayed in Yangzhou, but Xin left with her children. From time to time, she asked people to inquire about Zhuang Ye and others. Where she went today and where she will be tomorrow, she must know to be at ease.

However, what Jia Min, or most people don't know, is that the Prince Cheng Ke's family swaggering in the south of the Yangtze River is no longer the real person, but a substitute modified by the disguise technique. "Zhuang Ye's family" travels from one city to another in a high-profile manner. They often have fun and accept a lot of bribes. They send boats to the capital to deliver large quantities of things within a few days.The officials in the south of the Yangtze River saw that Prince Chengke accepted all the things without mercy, and they all felt a little relieved. The Zhen family, who was already very wary of Zhuang Ye's coming to the south of the Yangtze River, couldn't help but relieved.The river channel has been tricky since ancient times. Almost none of the officials in charge of this area dare to say that they are absolutely clean. A prince who is ordered to go on a tour, who can feel at ease?But a prince who is greedy, takes his wife and children and spends time traveling everywhere is different, and he probably won't be too embarrassing for them.

During the more than a month of "Zhuang Ye"'s trip to the south of the Yangtze River, the Zhen family was very quiet, and even those who were officials in the public eye, they all disappeared from the crowd and never stood out. Illusion, as if the "Emperor of Earth" in Jiangnan suddenly disappeared in Jiangnan.

"Zhuang Ye" also seemed not interested in the Zhen family, and did not pay special attention to the Zhen family.This makes people who are very aware of the undercurrent between Emperor Chunyou and the Third Prince feel a little surprised, but it seems reasonable.

The Zhen family has long been instructed by the third prince of the capital, Zhuang Sheng, that they must not have conflicts with Zhuang Ye in the south of the Yangtze River, because that will only fall into the hands of Emperor Chunyou and Zhuang Ye, and as long as the Zhen family moves, the evidence will be presented to the Supreme Emperor At that time, even if the Supreme Emperor still thinks that the old lady of the Zhen family is his nurse and the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Wenyi, is his companion, he may not tolerate them attacking his own son. After all, if you talk about father-son love, Zhuang Ye and the Supreme Emperor were closer than other sons, and unlike other sons, they were more like courtiers, ministers first, and sons second.

And Zhuang Ye, who seems reckless and willful on the surface, has never really stepped on the bottom line of the Supreme Emperor. Even if he is reprimanded repeatedly, he has never really hurt his muscles or bones. Therefore, Zhuang Sheng never underestimated this incomprehensible person. younger brother.

The Zhen family is not monolithic. Although they inevitably represent the lineage of Concubine Zhen Gui and Zhuang Sheng because of their blood relationship, internal power struggles do exist.The current Patriarch of the Zhen family, Zhen Wenyi, used to be the companion of the Supreme Emperor, and he was able to reach the current high position in his life because of his relationship with the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River four times and lived in the Zhen family. The relationship is unusually close.Therefore, even if the Zhen family did some outrageous things sometimes, the Supreme Emperor would turn a blind eye.The real power struggle of the Zhen family is between Zhen Wenyi's two sons.Zhen Wenyi's two sons, nine years apart, were born of Zhen Wenyi's two wives.The eldest son, Zhen Yingjia, was born to the original spouse, but when he was eight years old, his mother passed away, and Zhen Wenyi remarried Liu Shi, and gave birth to his second son, Zhen Yingxia, the next year.Both Zhen Yingjia and Zhen Yingya belonged to Zhen Wenyi's wife, and they were both legitimate sons without a doubt, but Zhen Yingjia was the eldest, so he was naturally the one who inherited the family business, but Zhen Yingya had his mother as his planner, and was also the youngest son, so he was loved by Zhen Wenyi. As a result, there was an undercurrent in the struggle for heirs.

Zhen Yingjia lost her mother's protection since she was a child, and was able to live well under the persecution of her stepmother and younger brother. Naturally, she was not a fool. She got on Zhuang Sheng's line early on, and gained Zhuang Sheng's favor and support.And Zhen Yingxia is nine years younger than Zhen Yingjia. When he grows up, he wants to win Zhuang Sheng's favor even more. After all, who can be the next head of the Zhen family, Zhuang Sheng's preference is more important than Zhen Wenyi.

Therefore, when he learned that Zhuang Ye was going to the south of the Yangtze River, Zhen Yingxia proposed to assassinate him. If Zhuang Ye could be stabbed to death in the south of the Yangtze River, it would be a great loss for Emperor Chunyou to lose his arm.But his stupid idea was hit, not to mention Zhen Yingjia who carried out Zhuang Sheng's orders very thoroughly, even Zhen Wenyi was disappointed with this radical son, he was indeed between the elder son and the younger son, because his wife For the sake of the youngest son, he is a little bit biased towards the younger son, but he also knows that a patriarch who is not clear about the situation is definitely not good news for the Zhen family.If Zhuang Sheng had already won the victory and ascended the throne as the emperor, then Zhen Yingxia could still be the head of the family in a smooth and stable manner.But now, the Zhen family has been listed as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh by the current Emperor Chunyou because of his position. He hopes that you will act rashly and hand him the handle, so that he can have a legitimate reason to clean up the Zhen family and not offend the emperor.

Even if you take ten thousand steps back, is it that easy to assassinate the general king who crawled out of the dead?Not to mention that he made a high-profile appearance, surrounded by a lot of guards, assassinated at this time, and it was still on the territory of the Zhen family in Jiangnan, what is it?Assassinating the prince and attacking the army is tantamount to treason, and family raids and family extermination are really just around the corner.Now that Zhuang Ye is standing on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River, not only can the Zhen family not touch him, they even have to ensure his safety, and they must prevent Zhuang Ye from directing and acting himself to be assassinated, and then ask the Zhen family to take the blame.

The Zhen family was very hard on their defenses, and "Zhuang Ye" was having a great time receiving gifts and playing, as if he was really just out to make money.

But in fact, the real Zhuang Ye's family has already changed their attire, and began to visit and travel privately in micro-services.

Qiu Qingyu Xi confessed that Mr. Bai's disguise technique came into use immediately, and all five of them changed their appearances.Zhuang Ye and Qiu Qingyu naturally still pretended to be husband and wife, but although Qiu Qingyu and Zhuang Ye had a good relationship, it was really the first time that they had the opportunity to go out and play together like this. Zhuang Ye pretended to be a sick and weak scholar Yue, his face was pale and pale, and he was asked to cough twice from time to time, and he was not allowed to walk like a tiger like before, which made Zhuang Ye extremely aggrieved.

Zhuang Yu was dressed as a black boy, with a silly face and thick black eyebrows, and Daiyu was also turned into a black, yellow, thin boy. The most pitiful thing was Lin Ji, who was dressed up like a boy It was already very sad to become a girl doll, and Zhuang Yu laughed at her as if she was swollen, which made Lin Ji grind her teeth in anger.

While the few people were traveling around, Zhuang Ye had to cooperate with spies to find out information, because "Zhuang Ye" and others attracted all the attention of Jiangnan officials and the Zhen family, and Zhuang Ye didn't want to investigate deeply. It didn't bother them.

The purpose of Zhuang Ye's trip is just the incidents and evidence of the superficial Zhen family dominating the south of the Yangtze River, taking bribes and taking bribes, and the purpose is not to completely bring down the Zhen family. They didn't deliberately investigate. Firstly, it would be too difficult, and secondly, they would put themselves in a dangerous situation. But most importantly, as long as the Supreme Emperor is around, some things may not be useful if they are found out, and they may be caught. It's a big deal.In the future, if the Supreme Emperor is gone, Emperor Chunyou's throne is stable, and the tree falls and the monkeys are scattered, then it will not be difficult to find some evidence that can bring down the Zhen family.

The Zhen family is used to being unscrupulous in the south of the Yangtze River, and they don't deliberately eliminate evidence when they do many things. What's more, the family is big and has all kinds of descendants. It's too easy for Zhuang Ye to investigate the domineering women and those who dominate the market.

Of course, these will not hurt the Zhen family, but it is good to give some eye drops to the Zhen family in front of the Supreme Emperor. At least let the Supreme Emperor be disappointed with the Zhen family first, and slowly accumulate dissatisfaction for the future. Clean up Zhen's house as a bedding.

Zhuang Ye and Qiu Qingyu seldom get out of the house, Zhuang Yu and Daiyu went to Yangzhou to see the "little daughter-in-law" before they got married, but it was the first time for Daiyu and Lin Ji to go out for fun. Being dressed as a boy, Qiu Qingyu didn't restrain her, Lin Ji was even younger and didn't need to restrain her, so they deliberately and unabashedly followed Zhuang Ye and Zhuang Yu out to play in the street, making clay figurines, watching juggling, Watching the monkey show is like a bird released from its cage. Everything makes them feel extremely novel, even the little beggar sitting at the bottom of the wall can make them look at it several times.

Zhuang Yu was carrying Daiyu on his back, and Zhuang Ye was hugging Lin Ji. Seeing that both siblings were looking at a little beggar at the same time, they also took a look at him. This time, they saw that something was wrong.

Daiyu and Lin Ji looked at the little beggar, but felt that the little beggar looked dirty, but gave off a very peaceful feeling, which was very contradictory.Lin Ji felt that the little beggar looked a bit like his sister, so he took a few more glances.

But Zhuang Ye was different from Zhuang Yu. When he looked, he happened to see a wretched man passing by the little beggar. He glanced around miserably, squatted down and touched the broken bowl in front of the little beggar.With Zhuang Ye's eyesight, it is natural to see that the man was not giving money or food to the little beggar at all, but took away a few broken copper coins from the little beggar's bowl, and the little beggar's eyes were blank, As if accustomed to.It can be seen from this that this little beggar was manipulated by that wretched man to come out to beg.Zhuang Ye even saw that the little beggar should be a girl doll around ten years old, with a little rouge between her brows, and a quiet temperament that should not belong to a beggar, definitely not like the daughter of that wretched man.

There must be something strange here.