[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Xing Xiuyan thought of the possibility of him being jealous, and he would never be angry because he said the word "old lover", because he said: "Why should a sage wrong my concubine? Now Jia Huan is only a child of thirteen or fourteen years old, and my concubine has no lover." Child addiction. Besides, it’s hard to get rid of it, not to mention that he is not a lover, even if he really loves me now, I have not been brought into the harem by a saint, and it is impossible for me to be with him.”

Tu Yuanyi frowned slightly because of the words "truly love me", took a deep breath, and asked, "If that's the case, why don't you suppress him?"

However, Xing Xiuyan looked at the manuscript of "The Wind and Cloud at the End of Ming Dynasty", because he said: "A sage's ambition is in the world, and he should only be used. The personal grievances of the concubine and his background are nothing but a trivial matter. Think of Cao Cao's generation of overlords. But respecting virtuous corporals, and even robbing talents, the enemy on the battlefield does not know how much he will accept. Cao Cao accepts everything, but he can account for minor personal grievances, and the personal morality of talents is at a loss? Now the concubine is writing "The Wind and Cloud at the End of Ming Dynasty", Mrs. Tu/ The ancestors and Taizong accepted the four kings and surrendered the eight princes. Didn’t there have been some pimples in the past? Why did the Tu family get the country instead of the four kings? In addition to the fact that the Tu family occupied Qinchuan’s land, it was the Tu family’s eclecticism. How could the four kings drive the northern barbarians together? Why did the Tu family win the orthodox position first? How can the grievances between concubines and Jia Huan be compared with the past when the four kings had ambitions to compete? Jia Huan has no foundation but has practical talents, isn’t it? Is the most useful person? Your Majesty is the master of the world, Jia Huan, Wei Jie, you can either use it or give it up. Why ask the courtiers to suppress it? Although the courtiers love your majesty and respect me, they don’t want Your Majesty is delaying the present matter because the former life of the courtiers and concubines is a passing matter."

Only then did Tu Yuanyi look at her with somewhat complicated eyes. He naturally knew that she was different from other people. If it was a woman next to her, she might not be able to tolerate someone who hated him, let alone someone who betrayed him.But she is not the heart of an ordinary woman. She can understand the meaning of his keeping Empress Yang. For example, the second concubine Wen and Jing who had a previous feud, she never thought of getting rid of them. hurt her.However, if an ordinary woman can get the favor she receives, it may be difficult for a woman with such personal grievances to be tolerated.

Tu Yuanyi smiled lightly and said: "If my concubine is born a boy, she can be a prime minister." The prime minister can row a boat in his stomach.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "The concubine has no objection to His Majesty training the concubine to the direction of the prime minister, but His Majesty prefers to train the concubine to be a harem concubine."

Tu Yuanyi scratched her nose and said, "I'm just joking, do you really have the ability to act like yourself?"

Xing Xiuyan still has a youthful heart, because his body is young, and his emotions and desires are like this.But she no longer hates what happened in her previous life more than 100 years ago. In fact, Zhao Jiahuan's tragedy and comedy have nothing to do with her.

What she misses in her heart is Tu Yuanyi, and there is no other person who misses her so much in modern times.But he is a standard feudal emperor, even if he can pamper her, he is not a figure like Tang Gaozong, he has never let her mess with the court, and being able to transfer things to work in the East and West Factory has nothing to do with their own supervisory officials.

God has always been willful and self-willed, and creations only look at their own moods, and will not revolve around Xing Xiuyan or anyone else's likes and dislikes.

Whether a person can pick up something that is not as good as he wants but useful to do his own business under the existing conditions depends on a person's means and pattern.

During the Three Kingdoms era, those under the command of the heroes also had their own strengths and calculations. It was even more common for an old enemy on the battlefield the day before to be under the account of a Shangqing today.

Let’s also see that Zhang Ling, a famous general in the Anti-Japanese War, had the great evil of killing his wife, but when the national crisis was imminent, the chairman still wanted to let him out to fight the devils.Qi Baishi still wants to take a concubine at the age of 90, can it be said that he has no talent and attainments?Somebody Sun married a Japanese girl at the age of my uncle, and history still has to recognize him as a great man.

If Jia Huan can be used, Xing Xiuyan would like to see how far he can go, at least now his ambition and Tu Yuanyi's interests overlap.But Xing Xiuyan's interests were tied to Tu Yuanyi's chariot. Of course, she had to consider Tu Yuanyi's political interests.

Jia Huan's past cannot be washed away, but personal morality and employing people are two different things.Jia Huan is the only man who has received a complete modern education and knows where the social development is going. He is a big Han chauvinist in his bones, and the dynasty he hates the most is the "prosperous" Manchu dynasty.

Right now, what happened a hundred years ago really feels insignificant, and opportunities given to others are actually given to ourselves.

Xing Xiuyan didn't want him to put Zhao Jiahuan and her past at ease, so he teased and said: "Even if the concubine has the ability to become the prime minister, I'm afraid I still want your majesty to be the concubine's lover, and the heroine is sad about the beautiful man."

Tu Yuanyi's phoenix eyes were shining, and he maintained a gentle expression, but said: "It's really presumptuous."

Xing Xiuyan squinted at him, his phoenix eyes were shining, but he was also looking at her, between the eyes and brows, the lover was self-evident.

Xing Xiu let out a chuckle, threw the handkerchief in his hand at him, and said, "Your Majesty, go and do your work, lest outsiders tell me that I have seduced His Majesty for some shady deeds during the day."

Tu Yuanyi kissed her on the cheek and said, "It's better to clean you up tonight!" He stood up while speaking.

Xing Xiuyan said, "Aren't you going to return my handkerchief?"

Tu Yuanyi raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "When will I return the things you gave me?" He has good eyesight, and he can see that it is her own embroidery, and the purple orchids are lifelike.

Now that she is walking, sitting, lying down, breathing out, she should be able to absorb some spiritual energy from this world, and he has opened up the eight extraordinary meridians for her. Her physical fitness is actually better than ordinary people.

He was trained to teach her the three moves of flying knife kung fu - as games and fitness exercises, and her spiritual power can be controlled and converged into internal strength.

But sometimes she still can't help but move the needle with skill, even though it doesn't have some "miracle effects" like before, but she is still a good embroidery worker in the world.

Tu Yuanyi put her handkerchief into his cuff, turned and left the room.

After Tu Yuanyi left, Xing Xiuyan looked at her hands, as if her hands were rare works of art.

Jia Huan?Scholars?

I don't know if his entry into the court can promote the development of Dazhou, he still has a lot of ink in his stomach.

With this person, as long as he is not allowed to have popularity and military power, he cannot replace Tu Yuanyi like a stallion dominating the hegemony.Besides, even if she didn't see through Jia Huan, Jia Huan would still be no match for the real ancient emperor Tu Yuanyi. Emperor Tu Yuanyi possessed both coldness and heart, something modern people like Jia Huan couldn't match.

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Tu Yuanyi returned to the imperial study to review the memorial, and also summoned the chief examiner and deputy chief examiner to preside over the Jinshi Palace Examination, and hand-picked the number one scholar.

Tu Yuanyi was surprised that Jia Huan was that person.

He knew that Rongguo Mansion was the location of the protagonist, and he wouldn't feel bad if someone who had never appeared in the Jinshi appeared in his previous life, but he couldn't help but pay attention to Rongguo Mansion, so he asked her.

She was able to objectively say that he was talented, but he was very upset at the first moment, and wanted to erase his reputation.His own millet food, other people just think about it, and he will be full of killing/intent on it.

Xing Xiuyan's real answer was unexpected, but he was also satisfied.

At the beginning, Ren Xin Xiuyan didn't get rid of those two souls because of her begging, but also because the obsession in his heart was to travel through time and space to be reborn and rule the world. over the original.

Since he was reborn as a human, he never thought that the long-lost emotions and desires could not be controlled, but the warmth and love for her before was mixed with such a strong possessive desire.When he met her, he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy and willingly.

It turned out that he had been alone for five or sixty years before meeting such an "Ah Piao" and snatching him as "Mrs. Yazhai", but she just happened to unravel his century-old knot.

However, Xin Xiuyan was still A Piao with ropes tied to her hands. Because she couldn't overcome her inner demons in cultivation, she went crazy from time to time, muttering something in his mouth, "The history books are the final conclusion, Suzong is mean, cruel, cruel, and the country's subjugation began here... ..."

That was exactly the case that time, Xin Xiuyan was so frightened that she squatted aside, but seeing Tu Yuanyi's endless, like magic voice piercing through her ears.

Xin Xiuyan regarded him as a "senior Ah Piao", but she never believed that he belonged to the emperor before he was alive. She only regarded him as "died old and lonely, mentally abnormal, and also cultivated the art of ghosts". There are also many emperors.

Seeing him going crazy and laughing, she was also a little frightened, but what if he went crazy and accidentally knocked her out of her wits like Xie Xun did?Thinking back that she had been "promoted to be a close servant girl, her salary has been greatly improved, and he is the only one of his kind in the whole world", she couldn't bear it and had to ask.

So she said: "Who says he is a mean, cruel, cruel and subjugated king? He is an emperor through the ages, emperors throughout the ages, and I don't think there are many people who can surpass him."

In fact, Xin Xiuyan didn't know which emperor he was studying, but when it came to "cruel/inhumane" emperors, she happened to know a few.

As expected, Tu Yuanyi calmed down, as if he had worked hard for the country until he was born, but he stared at her with phoenix eyes and said, "You said...he is a good emperor?!"

Although Tu Yuanyi called himself "Zhen" when he met her for the first time, he later dealt with his identity vaguely, because his reputation was very bad in the history written by Confucian Hou Jin at that time.Of course he called him "he", not himself—to save face.

Xin Xiuyan nodded sincerely: "Yes, he is an emperor through the ages."

Tu Yuanyi, however, has been repressed for a long time, and has his own leftist nature. If others say he is not good, he will of course shoot him off. If he is said to be good, if he is deceived by lies, he will also be angry.

"Do you know... who am I talking about? How dare you lie to me!!"

Xin Xiuyan said: "I don't know who you are talking about, but look at the emperors who were scolded the most in Chinese history. In fact, they were all promising kings. The achievements of these promising kings were picked up by the latecomers." For example, Han Gaozu picked the peaches of Qin Shihuang, Tang Taizong picked the peaches of Sui Yangdi. Don’t just judge the good or bad of an emperor by reading the words of the family in the history books, and don’t always listen to Confucian scholars playing the piano. Mencius is talking nonsense, just Not to mention later generations, there is a saying in the past that "how did a beggar have a second wife, how could the next door get so many chickens, and there was an emperor of Zhou at that time, so people talked about Wei Qi". And the "rule of three generations" that Confucian scholars have been thinking about is really more It’s farting. Three generations ago it was slavery, and the “Book of Rites and Music” read by Confucian scholars was also the power of a small number of nobles. Most of the slaves are also human beings, but they can only be bullied/ravaged like pigs and sheep. Then how come "the world is for the public"? Confucian scholars have been talking nonsense to deceive others and themselves for thousands of years. Why do you read their "historical coffin" to get out of the way? Qin Shihuang was scolded miserably, but later generations were also criticized He is the greatest ancient Chinese emperor. Without the great unification of Qin, where would the foundation of the Han come from, and where would the Han people come from? Emperor Sui Yang was also "cruel/violent/inhumane", but later generations did not fully believe in the things written by Confucian scholars. Later generations discovered Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had a forward-looking vision. The three conquests of Goguryeo suppressed the threat from the north and prevented a repeat of the history of the "five chaos in China". The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been used by posterity for more than 1000 years. If there is no canal, how can food and goods flow from north to south? Without canals, how would the central dynasty develop and control Jiangnan, and even Lingnan? If a mediocre and collapsed person, how could there be a pattern beyond a thousand years of time and space? His biggest mistake was that he did what ten emperors could do, and let you do it in a day After ten days of work, will you die? That’s why the Sui Dynasty perished. What’s wrong with the emperor you admired when they scolded you? What’s the difference between you and a group of well frogs, bugs, dung beetles? Are you the same as them? You don’t like interrupting their writing hands, swords around their necks, nine out of ten people knelt down and called father, political power emerges from guns/barrels, and truth exists within the range of cannons/cannons. I have been troubled, so what if it is 'burn/book/pit/Confucianism'? Confucian scholars still can't stop him from being the first emperor of China through the ages. It can be seen that the ranking of emperors is not determined by Confucian scholars, but by what he did What transcends or leads the times. Confucian scholars hate to death, and they can only grind their handkerchiefs and bite their silver teeth like a jealous daughter-in-law in the backyard, watching Qin Shihuang walk towards the altar of the Chinese nation."

Hearing that this "little strip piece" who has been in the industry for many years and has been trained to talk all over the body is well-informed, Tu Yuanyi really had three views upside down at the time.But looking at the problem from a different angle can also be said to be refreshing, and it can be said to be a peace that has never been seen in a century.The restlessness caused by seven or eighty years of loneliness, unwillingness and resentment gradually calmed down, and the depression in my heart gradually became clear.Xin Xiuyan didn't know that she played the heroine of "One Thousand and One Nights" once.

He liked to chat with her afterwards, but he asked her to tell stories, and she was afraid that she might have misunderstood. He wanted to listen to the subversive view of history of the "good emperor".But she really thought she wanted her to tell a "story", so he had heard all kinds of stories, including those without integrity.

But he looked at her differently, even if she was more presumptuous, he also thought she was cute, and he just listened to her, in short, he felt much happier than the old "lonely ghost" days.

He also untied the rope from her body, and treats her very fondly on weekdays. She climbed up the ladder, calling herself an 'apprentice', 'promotion and salary increase', he just smiled and let her go.

But after Tu Yuanyi's heart knot was untied, the progress of cultivation was more than ten times faster than before, as if aided by gods, and soon he cultivated a physical body, which was condensed by the change of spiritual energy.Later, he even studied the "Secret of Time and Space" and Yijiazi found a loophole in the cycle of time and space. He used this to use his magical powers to tear open the door of time and space, and travel through time and space to return to this era.

After rebirth, he sees all the people, things, and things around him as pieces in his chess game, even if he loses a piece, it is just a fleeting moment, but Xing Xiuyan, with his strong consciousness, marks her as "his own and cannot be lost". , even if it is only used as a leg pendant for life after life, it cannot be lost.

When the body is young, it is inevitable that there will be too much love. At the beginning, she didn't understand that she didn't like it, and he felt that his "old face" was going to be lost, and he often loved and hated it.Fortunately, she responded.

……

The release day of Chun Wei is on March [-]th, so I have to say the efficiency of Da Zhou's staff.

Sitting in Jia Zheng's study, Jia Baoyu felt that the days seemed like years.Because the list will be released today, a small official from Honglu Temple will go to the residence of the Jinshi who will take the test to announce the good news.

Jia Zheng actually "made trouble for no reason" and asked Baoyu to wait for news at home.

There were only three people in the study, father and son. While waiting, the study was so quiet that the sound of embroidery needles falling to the ground could be heard.

Jia Zheng looked calm on his face, but he was even more nervous than Jia Huan in his heart. The pedantic but "smart" Jia Zheng knew his situation.

Whether he, a "hypocritical" who is despised by the whole capital as a joke, can turn around is a matter of course.

He couldn't take the Jinshi exam himself, so he could only count on his son. Baoyu was an evil person. Fortunately, Huan'er was "taught by him", and he was even more intelligent than Baoyu, and as diligent as a poor student.

If a "child prodigy Jinshi" can be cultivated, how can he be a "hypocrites"?At this time, even if the old lady didn't like Huan'er and didn't want to see him be more successful than Baoyu, he would hate the old lady.

Whoever wants to stop him from having a son who is a "child prodigy Jinshi" is his sworn enemy!

Until noon, there was still no small official to announce the good news. Even Mrs. Wang came back from Jiamu's place, and came to the study in person to ask the father and son to have dinner.

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, more than half of the number of Jinshi quotas had been announced, and eight out of ten out of ten the concubine would fail.

Mrs. Wang looked kindly, and said: "Let's eat first, how long will we have to wait?" Mrs. Wang said, "Besides, if you fail the exam, isn't it in vain?"

Jia Zheng stared at her fiercely: "Shut up! Get out!"

Although Jia Zheng didn't say how much he liked Mrs. Wang, he had never yelled at her like that. When Jia Huan came back last year, Jia Zheng probably knew that she had done something to her, but he didn't go into it.

At this time, for the sake of the concubine's seedling Chunwei, she forced her Baoyu to sit here and suffer. If she passed the exam, what face would Baoyu have in the mansion from now on?

Even if Baoyu had good fortune, if he didn't take the scientific examination this year, he would have to wait three years before he could pass.

Mrs. Wang came out of the study, but saw Aunt Zhao coming with Tanchun. Tanchun couldn't help but froze when she saw her, and came again to say hello.

Mrs. Wang suddenly smiled like a benevolent person, and said: "The third girl is getting more and more beautiful, and she has reached the age of going out. She didn't go out with me to socialize, but she followed my aunt. I was negligent."

Tanchun's face turned pale, because she realized that the most reliable backer was Jia Huan, and Jia Huan had also expressed his attitude, as long as she understood people, he would not ignore her.

But Mrs. Wang's prestige in her heart is still there. If Mrs. Wang had suppressed Aunt Zhao in the past, she must have stood by Mrs. Wang's side.

At this time, Mrs. Wang was obviously mocking Aunt Zhao as just a lowly concubine, and the choice was placed in front of her again.

Tan Chun's pretty face was pale, and Aunt Zhao didn't even speak first. Even if Aunt Zhao had some sincerity towards Tan Chun, she still had the "unclear" temperament in the original book, and she decided to see where her daughter stood.Aunt Zhao didn't think about the difficulty of Tanchun. She is a concubine, unlike a man who can take scientific examinations. How easy is it to surpass the aunt's mother?

Various distracting thoughts flashed through Tanchun's mind at this moment.

Life is a gamble, and a draw is meaningless.

Tanchun showed his strength, smiled on his face, and said: "Mrs. Lao is worried. It's just that my aunt is not feeling well recently. Even if my wife wants to go out, my daughter can't go away. I have to accompany my aunt until she gets better." , my daughter is at ease."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help sneering: "The third girl is becoming more and more filial." She turned around and left with a dark face.

It was the first time that Tanchun was so clearly on Aunt Zhao's side, but now she seemed to be drained of strength and wanted to collapse.

At the moment of Shenshi, Zhao Guoji suddenly rushed into the courtyard and shouted loudly: "I have won! Brother Huan has won! Brother Huan is a Jinshi! Jinshi No. 8!"

At this time, Tanchun, who was with Aunt Zhao in the house, also heard this, and couldn't help being startled, and then she couldn't help crying, and Aunt Zhao was also ecstatic.

With a red face, Jia Zheng personally received the official messenger who came to announce the good news, and thanked the official messenger by giving back the red seal he had prepared long ago.At this time, the breath Yu held in Jia Zheng's chest was finally released.

Jia Huan was even more energetic, knelt down in front of Jia Zheng, and said affectionately, "I thank my father for ten years of teaching. Without my father, I would not have a son today!"

Jia Huan usually called him Master, but at this time Jia Huan called out "Daddy", and Jia Zheng felt refreshed.

Jia Zheng needs Jia Huan to whitewash the reputation of "hypocrites" and to be proud. Jia Huan also needs Jia Zheng to gain a foothold in Jia's mansion, relying on financial resources, and at the same time beware of Mrs. Wang, who occasionally abuses Jia Baoyu. Everything is inseparable from key people Jia Zheng.

Jia Baoyu was following behind, looking at the loving father and filial piety of the two people, as if suddenly drained of vitality, he had only drank tea all day and had hypoglycemia, at this moment he fainted casually.