[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Shi Hui looked at the person and their clothes in astonishment, and said, "Why are you here? You're not..."

Xing Xiuyan saw the young man behind Shi Hui again, Shi Rui obviously recognized her, and then saw another handsome man in azure robe not far away.Shi Rui is only a seventh-rank scholar of the Hanlin Academy now, he doesn't need to go to the early court, and he doesn't usually see the emperor, but he was nineteen in high school at a young age, participated in the palace examination, and went to the Qionglin Banquet, so he naturally met the emperor.

He was about to worship right away, Li Dequan stepped forward to hold his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Qi doesn't want to disturb the people."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said to Shi Hui: "Third sister, so you and the step-brother ran out to play, doesn't the step-mother know?"

Shi Hui came back to her senses, and said: "Today is Girls' Day, many daughters come out and walk around, but they have to wear a hat, I don't like wearing it, so naturally I dress like this." In fact, she used to go out with her brother like this in Yunnan, so The border ethnic groups live together, and the folk customs are open, which is different from the Central Plains.Now she still wants to do this, but thinking that there are people following the emperor's feet, and her brother is protecting her, nothing can happen, so she has to let her go for a day.

"I don't love you either." Xing Xiuyan looked at Shi Rui again and asked, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?"

Since she came to Beijing, she has met Shi Rui twice, once when the Shi family went to Beijing with the Xing and Lin families, Shi Rui went to pick him up.Several elders were present, so he went to pay a visit. By the way, she and Daiyu, the cheap younger sister, also paid a visit to his elder brother.

Shi Rui cupped his hands and said, "Everything is fine, thank you...for your concern."

At this moment, the vendor owner said: "Sirs, do you want any more chestnuts?"

"Yes! Why not?!" Xing Xiuyan asked Li Dequan to pay, took two bags of chestnuts, handed one to Shi Hui, and said with a smile, "Drink with wine and eat with chestnuts."

"Drink with wine and eat with chestnuts. It's a pity that the second sister is not around." Shi Hui was happy in the first half of the sentence, but disappointed in the second half.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Second sister doesn't have a real brother, what can I do? It's impossible for foster father to take her out to play like this."

Xing Xiuyan still introduced Shi Rui and Shi Hui, and Tu Yuanyi nodded lightly.Seeing Shi Hui, Xing Xiuyan had a lot to talk about, so he didn't want to separate. Seeing his indifferent attitude, he couldn't help saying: "Brother, I'll go shopping with Brother Hui, okay?"

Tu Yuanyi's handsome face was indifferent, and said: "Don't be too playful."

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Xing Xiuyan was in a happy mood, like a fish in water, and took Shi Hui's hand to go shopping and watch the lights, and the two whispered to each other.

Shi Hui was so excited that he couldn't describe it, and said: "Sister, you have really become a mother. You are a saint. You are so young, so...you still think he is an uncle." Because her two elder brothers are rare handsome men.

Xing Xiuyan couldn't explain this, so he just said: "He is 12 years older than me, and I was originally an uncle."

Shi Hui didn't want to go any further, she just said: "Seeing that the elder sister is living well in the palace, I feel at ease. We have always missed you very much, but there is no news. We only know that you have become a talented person."

Xing Xiuyan said: "The sage didn't agree to confer on me as Jieyu, otherwise he could visit me, oh..."

Shi Hui said: "My sister has just entered the palace, her future is limitless, don't be discouraged."

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "I have to think so, otherwise? It's more fun to play with my sisters outside."

But she thought about it again, since she came to this world, the happiest life was only after meeting him before she could live in Lin's house. In fact, he was the one who held up the sky.Everything he does to her is so contradictory, so can she not struggle?

But I think that I have no capital to argue with him in this era, and I don't need to let others know the unsatisfactory things in her heart. Instead, I will cause unnecessary troubles to the relatives who care about her. Anyway, they can't change anything.Even if it can be changed, no matter how good the relatives are, except for the sisters, no one really understands her feeling of not wanting to be in the palace.

So she said: "But you can't be with the saint outside. It would be great if you can play with the sisters and be with the saint."

Shi Hui couldn't help but blushed, an unmarried woman was naturally shy when she heard such words.Xing Xiuyan also felt that it was not good to tell her this, so she asked about other things.

"My sister has only been in the palace for more than a month, and there is nothing new at home. By the way, my cousin gave birth to a big fat nephew! Also, Aunt Xing has already recorded Cousin Yingchun under her name, because she is going to take Brother Rong The son wrote down the family tree to open the ancestral hall, so we did it together. I heard that the second room did not agree, but my uncle and Lian's second cousin had a good relationship with the patriarch of the Dongfu. This matter was supported by Lian's second cousin, and the matter was settled. "

Jia Lian prevented the Jia family from getting involved in the Three Kings Rebellion that time, and after the Jia family survived the turmoil, they had a certain right to speak in the Jia family.And Jia Lian is the only person in the Jia family who can do things with his hands. He has Shi Bai's guidance and support, so he won't work for nothing without fighting for it.

Xing Xiu Yanguo was a little happy, and said with a smile: "That's really gratifying. My cousin has a son, and my aunt has a daughter. It will be much more beneficial for my cousin to become a daughter-in-law."

Shi Hui couldn't help but blushed again, but she said with a smile: "In the past, eldest sister didn't like to talk about marriage and hated getting married, but now she can think of getting married because of other things...hehe!"

Xing Xiuyan knocked on her with her folding fan, and said, "I haven't seen you for two months, and the little hoof crawled on my head again."

Tu Yuanyi saw that she was genuinely happy, so he couldn't help but smile a little, and found that Shi Rui beside him was a dragon and a phoenix, and he was a capable person in his previous life.

But after three years as a concubine, he was released. At that time, the court was still in chaos, and he spent most of his energy fighting with the emperor and his brothers, and he didn't have so much energy to pay attention to the appointment of ordinary officials.

Shi Rui was sent down to the Huguang area to serve as a magistrate. After ten years, he returned to the Ministry of Household Affairs and worked as Yuanwailang for a few years. Later, he was promoted to be the second-rank governor.

Tu Yuanyi was short of people, and the Shi family was available in his memory. At this time, he turned his head to look carefully, and couldn't help asking: "How old is Shi Qing?"

Shi Rui came back to his senses, panicked in his heart, fearing that the emperor would see something, he suppressed his voice, and said: "My minister, there are three out of twenty this year."

Tu Yuanyi sighed: "You are so young. I heard that Shi Bai was a Jinshi at the age of 23, and you have surpassed your father's generation."

Shi Rui said cautiously: "The emperor is wise and powerful, with a lot of civil and military skills, the humble minister is nothing but the light of the fire."

Tu Yuanyi chuckled: "You don't have to be too modest."

As I was talking, I suddenly saw the noise in front of me, and I saw a somewhat fat man walking up to the two women with bright eyes, and said, "Where are these two handsome little brothers? I'm dead, I'm dead, good brother, what's wrong?" Say you want to make friends."

The Jin Yiwei in casual clothes hurriedly leaned over to stop the person coming, and Tu and Shi also stepped forward.

Tu Yuanyi quickly took Xing Xiuyan's hand and said, "Are you surprised?"

She shook her head and said, "How can you be surprised by such a thing?"

Jin Yiwei stopped the man and his servant, and the man shouted: "What are you doing? How dare you make trouble with the Lord?"

Shi Rui took a closer look, but he let out a hush, Tu Yuanyi's phoenix eyes flashed, and asked: "Does Shi Qing know this person?"

Shi Rui replied: "Master Qi, this person is Mr. Wang Ziteng's nephew Mr. Xue."

"He is Xue Pan?!" Xing Xiuyan instinctively exclaimed.

When Xue Pan heard this, he said foolishly: "This little brother actually knows me, and I admire him very much. We brothers just happen to kiss each other dearly. As long as brothers love me a little bit, I will be satisfied... ..."

Tu Yuanyi was furious, picked up a candied chestnut and hit Xue Pan, hitting him into his mouth, immediately his front teeth fell off, dripping with blood.

Xue Pan burst into tears, and the boy also shouted: "You dare to beat our uncle, you..."

Jin Yiwei was busy imitating his cleverness and becoming obedient, so he blocked his mouth. Just now, Saint Lao took action himself, I am afraid that he has already neglected his duty.

Tu Yuanyi said coldly: "Take him to Jingzhao Mansion and lock him up."

Xing Xiuyan remembered that she was surprised and slipped a word just now, so she had to make up for it, saying: "I used to live with my aunt in the Rongguo Mansion, and the second wife who was in charge of the house was Aunt Xue's family. The eldest girl of the Xue family also lived in the mansion and had contacts with me. Listen It is said that she has an older brother named Xue Pan, but I did not expect it to be this person. Her younger sister is well-read in poetry and books and has outstanding looks, I admire her, but her elder brother is so unbearable, alas."

Shi Hui stood behind her elder brother, it was not easy for Shi Rui to intervene arbitrarily when the saint was present.

Tu Yuanyi had a cold face, Xing Xiuyan tugged at his sleeve: "Brother, I'm a little hungry, let's find a restaurant to eat."

It was only then that the topic was opened, and they found a private room in a restaurant, accompanied by brothers and sisters Shi Rui, but they were frightened by Tu Yuanyi's single-handed skill of smashing chestnuts into Xue Pan's mouth from a long distance and knocking down his front teeth.

The brothers and sisters of the Shi family didn't get Li Dequan's hint to kneel down and leave, and the servants didn't dare to leave by themselves at this time.

After entering the box, Tu Yuanyi and Xing Xiuyan sat down naturally, and two brocade-clothed guards stood guard at the door, as well as outside and at the door of other buildings.

Xing Xiuyan said to sit together, Tu Yuanyi frowned, and said lightly: "You are informal, but the Shi family is famous, after all, I am a foreigner, eating at the same table will not damage the reputation of young master Shi?"

Xing Xiuyan said sarcastically: "It would be better if men and women don't live in the same world."

Tu Yuanyi glanced at Yin Yin and said nothing, Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "I'm just joking."

Then she invited them to eat in another box without mentioning it.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Xing Xiuyan and Shi Huifang separated and asked her to greet Daiyu on her behalf.

Riding in the carriage, looking at the paintings on the palace lanterns he bought, Xing Xiuyan said to him: "If you put that Xue Pan in prison, I'm afraid that you will be imprisoned for the rest of your life, unless Jing Zhaoyin has the audacity to release him privately. This man and woman are not taboo , is a big fool and bully. In fact, this person should have died a long time ago. Jia Yucun beat someone to death in Jinling and was sentenced to a gourd case by Jia Yucun. Just because of the official protection talisman you had to deal with two years ago, Jia Yucun's hypocritical villain is not Dare to offend the four major families in Jinling. But he is a sage, and he dares to hurt anyone. He is a good dog that bites people, and the sage is really brilliant."

The most important thing for an emperor is to have someone to use and know how to use people. There is no perfect talent in the world. An emperor who can't let go of small things is an incompetent king with Zhang Liang and Han Xin in his hands.In the peace and power of the emperor, he would not be able to see the life of a tragic daughter who was trafficked, unless this person was Xing Xiuyan.

And Xing Xiuyan also understood a king's balance psychology and the way of employing people, so she knew that Jia Yucun was not good, and she never tried to tell Tu Yuanyi that he should be dismissed as an official.Does Tu Yuanyi not know who Jia Yucun and his ilk are?If she is Tu Yuanyi, she still needs to use what should be used in his position.Politics is inherently dirty.

At this time, Tu Yuanyi didn't think about his own country's stability, and he didn't think about the poor and miserable girl.

He is now more uncomfortable than a child who was robbed of his little red flower, and said: "As a concubine in the inner palace, how can you call such a person's name in public?"

Xing Xiuyan wondered, "Didn't I describe it?"

Tu Yuanyi snorted, and said, "This kind of person, you are not afraid of being dirty when you say it?"

Xing Xiuyan was stunned: "No way? Let me tell you what's wrong? I've heard and seen a lot in the past..."

But Tu Yuanyi said seriously: "You are my woman now, so it is different from before."

I see, there is a disease in the world called:

Straight male cancer, terminal stage.