The Bandit Gentleman of the Red Chamber

Today's body is getting worse day by day. Before, it was possible to force it with medicine, but now it has reached the point where medicine is useless.

Xu knew that his time was approaching, and for the sake of the stability of the court after his trip, he summoned several ministers during the rare waking hours of the day, and passed down the imperial decree in front of them, standing loyal to Prince Ji Wen is the prince.

Of course, because of Jinshang's physical condition, no canonization ceremony was held. Ji Wen just knelt down to accept the order during the Great Dynasty, and then kowtowed to the empty dragon chair to thank Jun, and became the first emperor of the dynasty. Two princes.

At the beginning, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the current physical condition would only announce the ownership of the imperial power through the will, and that Prince Zhongdun would at most have a better chance of winning, and it was not a certainty.Who knew that the prince was not played according to common sense today, but the crown prince was established with a hasty edict, without any scruples about the stipulation that the monarch should personally sacrifice to heaven and ancestors for the establishment of the crown prince.

But whether they thought about it or not, Ji Wen was already a legitimate prince.

As usual, the crown prince will live in the East Palace, but Ji Wen, the crown prince, is in a hurry. No matter how urgent the palace is, they can only tidy up a few palaces in Yuqing Palace and let the crown prince live first. The crown prince's family and other things should stay for now. In the palace.

Lin Chen teased him: "The crown prince lives alone in the deep palace alone. I'm afraid it's very lonely. Why don't the middle palace send you a few more female officials with signs to serve you?"

Now that he has entered Zhan Shifu in the East Palace, he also has the opportunity to enter the palace from time to time.

Ji Wen glared at him, raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, and said irritably: "It's been a troubled time, but the one who was born in Kunning Palace doesn't stop, wants to push people around me all day long, it doesn't look like her anymore .”

"The empress is about to become the empress dowager. She is a bit impatient. After all, the middle palace is the daughter of the Zhuang family, and she has been sitting in the middle palace all these years, so she can't be ignored." Lin Chen gently kneaded him a little bit. With stiff shoulders and neck, he persuaded in a soft voice.

As for Queen Zhuang's methods, Ji Wen probably knew better than Lin Chen.A childless woman can still sit in the back seat for these years. Although there is also the support of the family, Empress Zhuang herself is extremely difficult to mess with.

The adoptive mother and son have joined forces a few years ago, but now that the victory is in sight, Ji Wen is worried: "Now she is still alive, and she can't wait to meddle in my backyard again, I'm afraid When the time comes, I will recruit more. She has the idea of ​​taking advantage of the dealer's power to overwhelm me. Fortunately, the dealer still has Aunt Shuyi and Zhuang You who understand, otherwise I would turn around and deal with the dealer."

The Zhuang family and Empress Zhuang have contributed a lot to Ji Wen over the years. If he turned around and dealt with such a great hero, he would inevitably get a reputation for treachery.But now it seems that although Empress Zhuang ambitiously wants to be a queen mother who can subdue the new king, the person in power of the Zhuang family does not have such a rebellious idea.

Lin Chen laughed and said, "The teacher is the most indifferent to fame and wealth, and has no idea of ​​becoming an official in the future. Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, has gone through two dynasties and is the most transparent. You don't need to worry about it."

The dealer has already produced a queen and a princess, and now he has a ready-made conquest of the dragon, and decades of wealth are no worries.Eldest Princess Shuyi had seen with her own eyes the downfall of the Zheng family, the relatives who had power for a while. Of course, she would not listen to Queen Zhuang's instigation and let the Zhuang family follow the old path of the Zheng family.

For the sake of this reasonable aunt, Ji Wen also tolerated Empress Zhuang's small actions as long as she could.If Empress Zhuang could understand and stop making trouble, he would be willing to give her respect as a aunt.

Lin Chen knew what was on his mind, and he was willing to say more good things to the Zhuang family because of his professional teacher Zhuang You, but if the empress continued to act like a demon, it would be hard to say.And he can't chill Ji Wen for the dealer's sake...

Probably because it was the first time that this kind of conflict of interests was put in front of the two of them nakedly, the atmosphere inevitably became gloomy for a while.

Ji Wen felt uncomfortable seeing him like this, and there will only be more and more similar things in the future, and even he himself is not sure that the two of them can always handle it well.After a long silence, he was the first to change the topic: "I heard that your eldest daughter is engaged, but I don't know if the date has been set? If it's only in these two months, you might as well get the wedding done quickly to avoid delays." gone."

Seeing that it won't last long, it would not be beautiful if there were any changes during the three-year national mourning period that delayed the girl's family's marriage.

Lin Chen said: "She is still young, and the family also wants to keep her for a few more years. Besides, the kid in the Zhang family also wants to earn a reputation first to welcome her relatives, and she looks good. Besides, when that time comes, Sister She Maybe you can get a marriage gift from the Holy One."

Poor Zhang Junsu was originally half of Lin Chen's classmate of the Imperial College, but now he has become "that kid".And the "Holy Majesty" he mentioned naturally refers to Ji Wen after he ascended the throne.

Ji Wen didn't think too much about his half-sister until he took it very seriously, but just smiled and said: "Then I'll take your auspicious words, if there is a day, even giving your girl a title will not be a problem." of."

The two tacitly avoided putting aside the matter of Empress Zhuang, and only talked about trivial matters.

After leaving the palace, Lin Chen didn't get into the carriage of Lin's mansion, but rode directly to Zhuang You's mansion.When Ji Wen heard the report from the people below, he couldn't help but froze while looking through the memorial, but he didn't say anything else, he just ordered a good guard to guard Uncle Lin Zhouquan.

Zhuang You had faded out of the imperial court for a long time, and when he returned to the capital, he only lived alone in a mansion, and most of the people who came and went were literati, even if he repeatedly expressed his intention to use him, Zhuang You just refused to accept it.

Zhuang You can't do anything about it, after all, the Zhuang family is already cooking with fire, and today he needs to use the Zhuang family, but also has to guard against the Zhuang family. In order not to bring disaster to the family, he, as the most prominent son of the Zhuang family's generation, is destined not to be able to be an official. Grand plans.

But doing nothing in his official career does not mean that Zhuang You has nothing to say in the family, on the contrary, Zhuang You is very important in the family.This is not only because he has a mother who is the eldest princess and an aunt who is the queen, but also has something to do with his own knowledge and experience.

Lin Chen approached Zhuang You today just to set his tone and see if he was tempted by the future promised by Queen Zhuang.

It's just that he never expected that the eldest princess Shuyi was also at Zhuangyou's mansion when he passed by. Lin Chen hurriedly saluted the eldest princess, and said: "I don't know that your highness is here, and I bumped into you for a while. I hope your highness will forgive me." crime."

Probably because it was at her son's residence, Princess Shuyi was not dressed up, only a few gold hairpins were loosely inserted on her head, and her face was also unpainted.But this didn't affect her graceful temperament, and even added a sense of intimacy that she didn't usually have.

After Lin Chen finished his ceremony, the Eldest Princess called out with a smile, and hurriedly gave him a seat. After he was seated, he asked, "Your Excellency Lin hasn't even changed his official uniform yet, but you just came from the East Palace?"

Lin Chen hurriedly stood up and replied: "Before I thought that I hadn't greeted the teacher for a long time, I wanted to come over to say hello, but I didn't want the prince to call my servants and other subordinates into the palace to discuss matters. After the discussion, I rushed over immediately gone."

Princess Shuyi turned her head to Zhuang You and said with a smile: "You are a filial student. Now that Zhan Shifu is in such a hurry, he can think of greeting you as a teacher." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhuang You to answer, she said, "Since In this way, you two, master and apprentice, will have a good time talking. I have to go and see my dear grandson."

Zhuang You and Lin Chen hurriedly got up and sent her away respectfully.

Without the eldest princess standing on the big Buddha, the atmosphere between the master and the apprentice became relaxed.

Zhuang You brought the man to the study room, took out some good tea from his collection, and made it, Fang said: "Why did you come here in such a hurry today? Don't tell me this is the idea of ​​the crown prince, that man is really looking forward to it now." Being able to stay far away from our house, this temperament is somewhat similar to today's."

Today, after relying on the dealer to secure the throne, he has been on guard against his family. Now that Ji Wen has not ascended the throne, he has guarded against the dealer.Although he knew that Empress Zhuang had contributed to it, but Zhuang You couldn't help feeling a little bit uneasy.

Lin Chen shouldn't have intervened in this kind of conflict involving the interests of the imperial power and the aristocratic family, but one of the two parties is a mentor who has helped the Lin family and the other is his lover. No matter which party suffers, it is not what Lin Chen wants to see. of.So even though he knew that there were spies from the palace following him along the way, Lin Chen still came to the Zhuang Mansion.

He pondered for a while, but decided not to go round and round and straight to the point: "Recently, the Zhonggong has been acting frequently. I wonder if the teacher has any news? His Royal Highness is urgently summoning his subordinates to the palace to discuss matters, and there is also a reason why the Zhonggong wants to intervene in government affairs many times."

Zhuang You took a sip of tea, but he was not surprised by his words at all. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said, "The Central Palace called my mother into the palace to talk a few months ago, but in the end they broke up. Later, my mother also entered the palace. She avoided seeing her, but instead summoned the wives of the offshoots to the palace several times. Even if the mother wanted to persuade her, she had to see the person first."

In other words, the Zhuang family's direct branch is not willing to help the queen to make trouble, and the monsters are all side branches?It can be seen that power is really not a good thing. A few years ago, the master and the apprentice used to talk and laugh freely, but now they even have to beat around the bush.

What Zhuang You said was to deceive the children. The offshoots of the dealer were all unworthy, without the instruction from the direct branch, where did they have the courage to follow the queen to seize power.Probably the Zhuang family thought that they could use the name of the side branch to gain more power, and when something happened, as long as they cruelly abandoned the side branch, they would be able to get out of their shells.

Lin Chen was a little weak, and didn't bother to play any tricks, so he just said: "Does the teacher think that the prince is a child, and you can fool him by just finding a name? Now he is studying the Zhuang family and has worked hard all these years. For the sake of the eldest princess, I don't want to be too fussy, but there must be a bottom line, if one day the dealer really crosses the line, teacher, do you think the prince will directly tear his face as a person?"

There are too many smart people in the banker, and the whole family is smart people who do nothing but hide their benefits. They are so smart that they have not been able to catch the real mistakes of his family all these years. People cleaned up.

It is probably because they have tasted a lot of sweetness here these years, and they used the same method to deal with Ji Wen, but Ji Wen has always been a disgraceful character, and doesn't care about reputation at all like today. It's really hard to say what will happen.

Zhuang You, who had watched Ji Wen grow up from an unfavored little transparent county king, could not have known this point.

Therefore, Zhuang You didn't think he was disobedient after hearing Lin Chen's words, he just pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "I already understand what you mean, but it's just a big matter, it's useless for me to make some promises to you right now. I will go back to the elders in the family to clarify this matter, and I will definitely come up with the regulations in these two days."

Lin Chen felt relieved, and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness's character teacher is also clear, and he is by no means the kind of person who is a dead dog. Now your house is just misunderstood by His Highness because of some trivial matters. As long as the misunderstanding is resolved, it will be natural." It's fine. Today, His Highness told me that he will definitely not let Zhongliang be chilled and villains be proud."

He said again: "The students shouldn't have said anything about this matter, but they just came here in such a hurry because they really didn't want to see His Highness and their mentor turn against each other. It's really the students who are overstepping, I hope the teacher will not blame you."

After speaking, he gave a big gift firmly.

Zhuang You hurriedly helped him up himself, and there was a bit of sincere gratitude in his tone: "Everyone else hides away from this kind of thing, but you want to jump in by yourself. It can be seen that you really put my teacher on top of you." In my heart. It’s just that you know my family, there are all elders in the family, and there are many clan members who hold important positions, even if I try to restrain them recently, it is also powerless.”

It seemed that he had made up his mind, and it was quite decisive, "You just go back and tell His Highness, and within three days, the dealer will definitely give His Highness an explanation."

After a conversation, the master and the apprentice opened their hearts. Lin Chen got the promise he wanted, so he didn't delay any longer, and quickly left the Zhuang Mansion.

Zhuang You sent Lin Chen outside the second door before turning around, but he didn't want to see Princess Shuyi sitting at the desk as soon as he returned to the study, obviously waiting for him.

Going forward to salute, Zhuang You said: "My mother heard Zijia's words before. Although Zijia's reputation in the court is not obvious, but before the crown prince was only the king of Dunjun, the two had a good relationship. Your Highness values ​​it. Most of what he means is what His Highness means."

"Now that he comes to the door without regard for etiquette, it can be seen that the prince is really angry with us."

"What's going on at home, what's going on in the palace, it's time for mother to make a decision."