Youwei, the heir of the Red Chamber

Zhongshun just returned to the capital, and the news of Jia Lian's battle against Rouran has already spread to the imperial palace in the capital.

Zhongshun didn't even return to the palace, and went straight into the palace to meet the emperor.

Because of the emperor's serious illness, the atmosphere in the palace was very oppressive.

After arriving at the palace, Zhongshun went straight to the imperial study, and the little eunuch at the door hurriedly went to inform him, and Zhongshun was summoned inside to enter the room.

The emperor was propping his forehead with one hand in the royal study, and he didn't look up when he heard the voice.

"Brother Huang."

"You're back." The emperor just raised his head, his face was calm, and there was no sign of happiness or anger.He squinted his eyes and looked at the dusty Zhongshun for a while, "Why didn't you go back to the house to rest?"

Zhong Shun lowered his head slightly, "Didn't it mean that the emperor was seriously ill and urgently summoned his younger brother to come back for an audience?"

The emperor put the memorial aside, "Just received the battle report from the frontier, Jia Lian defeated Rouran, Ashina took the opportunity to attack the capital of Rouran, and now Rouran is empty at both ends."

Zhongshun was overjoyed when he heard that Jia Lian had won.

He left too hastily this time, and with Brother Huang's people staring at him, he didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to Jia Lian.But this time I just came back to express my heart.In the future, he will not be a prince, nor will he be the eyes and ears of the emperor.He just wanted to be an idler and live a peaceful life with Jia Lian elsewhere.

Just as he raised his head to speak, the emperor had already stood up, walked down from the imperial case, and walked in front of Jia Lian.He looked straight at Zhongshun with his red phoenix eyes.

"Imperial Brother, I remember that you were less than five years old when you first came to your mother's harem. The two of us have depended on each other all these years, and we fought our way out among the brothers together, and only then have we achieved our present glory."

When Zhongshun heard him talk about the events of the year, his heart was shocked, and his voice was a little tense, "I never dare to forget the kindness of the emperor and the mother."

The emperor turned around, put one hand behind him, and said with a smile, "Yeah, you have never finished, but people's hearts can change, and who can guarantee that you can keep this kind of mind in the future. Brother, I hope that you, a brother, can always be like you." It’s the same as before, so I can entrust my life behind me.”

"Your Majesty!" Zhongshun suddenly knelt down on the ground, with his hands on the ground, his whole body tensed.

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and instead of helping him, he said, "What are you doing?"

Zhongshun took a breath and said, "My brother wants to resign from the position of prince and demote himself to a commoner. I hope His Majesty can make it happen. In the future, my brother will live an ordinary life among the people."

"Although I already guessed that you would say these things, hearing what you said with my own ears now is truly heartbreaking." The emperor pointed at Zhongshun with trembling fingers, "Are you going to abandon me?" For me, choose Jia Lian?"

"Your Majesty, my brother... is tired."

In these years, day and night, there has never been an iota of relaxation. Even when the friendship with Jia Lian was strong, he was so worried and speculated.He no longer has the energy to live on in such days, and Jia Lian just won't wait any longer.

Zhongshun knelt down on the ground with a tired voice, "Your Majesty, I have done too many things in these years. I only hope that I can travel around the world with my beloved in the next few days. Jia Lian also promised me, and begged His Majesty to spare him, and don't force him any more."

Hearing these words, the emperor withdrew his palm tremblingly, straightened his waist, looked out of the door with misty eyes, and said after a while, "It's too late... I have issued an imperial edict calling Jia Lian to return. After the twelve imperial edicts, he If you don't come back at the designated time, you will be disobeying the imperial decree. Don't know him better, do you think he will come back when he knows that coming back will be a dead end?"

"Jia Lian!" Zhongshun's eyes widened, he got up a few steps, and rushed out.

The emperor waved his hand, "Send King Zhongshun to the Taihuang Palace. Without my will, I can't come out even a step."

As soon as the words fell, several swift guards ran out and grabbed him tightly.

"Let go of me, let me go..." Zhongshun struggled fiercely, if it was before, he could still survive a few tricks.Now it has even dragged on to be weaker than ordinary people, and I can't break free at all.

Suddenly, a big eunuch hurried up from the long steps.

"His Majesty."

The emperor turned around, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, a secret report came from Ye City. In order to attack Rouran, General Jia Lian brought thousands of elite guards to Rouran's dense land. As a result...he was attacked by the fire of Rouran people and burned to death in the forest... "

When Zhongshun heard this, his pupils constricted sharply, and his whole body went limp, "No, Jia Lian won't die. He won't die!" Before he finished speaking, he passed out.

General Jia Lian sacrificed his life for the country. After the news spread to Jia's and Xu's houses, some people were happy while others were worried.

Jia Amnesty and Xu Ru passed out on the spot.

On the side of Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang sneered at the sky a few times.

Jia Mu hit the wooden fish and chanted a few curses.There was no trace of sadness in his eyes.It's just a pity that among these descendants, there is finally one who has the legacy of his ancestors, but he is so perverse and disobedient.Fortunately, the empress is here now, the empress is pregnant, and the prince will support her in the future. This child may be the future emperor.

The emperor has the blood of the Jia family, which is more glorious than ever before.A hundred years later, she will also be able to meet her ancestors.

On the day when Jia Lian's body arrived in the capital, all the people in the city came to both sides of the city gate avenue to welcome the general who died young for his country.

"My son—" Jia Amnesty threw himself on the coffin and burst into tears. "My son, get up, son—"

"My lord, the general's body has been burnt beyond recognition, so don't even look at it, my lord."

"Impossible, brother, get up, brother, you promised to teach me martial arts, brother..." Yingchun was also crying.

Mrs. Xing also lowered her head and shed tears, and persuaded Yingchun and Jia Amnesty.Although this son was not his own, he gave her the dignity and respect of being a mother.Originally, there would be no regrets for having such a son in the future, but he did not expect that the fate between mother and child is so shallow.

At Jia Lian's funeral, the emperor issued a decree to posthumously confer Jia Lian the Duke of England.Jia She, the father of Jia Lian, was granted the title of Cheng Guogong, the Xing family was named Yipin's wife, and Jia Yingchun was made the princess.

Jia Lian's sacrifice was exchanged for the honor and favor of the Jia family, which was even better than the Rongguo Mansion. For a while, everyone sighed.

"Why don't you let me see him and see him off for the last time?" Zhongshun lay on the bed, looking weakly at the top of the bed.The veil beside his pillow was already stained red with blood.

The bright yellow emperor looked at the bed with his hands behind his back, "Your body is like this, can you still bear it? Don't worry, I have already bestowed grace on Jia Lian's family. He has made great contributions to defeating Rouran. I The rewards given are also generous enough. Moreover, I have someone choose a child with good qualifications from the Jia family, and adopted him to Jia Lian. In the future, he will also be followed by others. In the future, Jia She, his wife and children will be able to live happily ever after. I will keep them safe forever."

As long as Jia Lian dies, he doesn't mind more rewards.

"Hehehehe..." Zhongshun let out a burst of laughter, "Who cares about these extraneous things! Brother Huang, you forced him to death. Now, you can finally feel at ease. Brother Huang will also restrict where the younger brother will go in the future." ?"

Seeing that he was so ignorant, the emperor stood up and said in a cold voice, "Young brother, you are becoming more and more unruly now. I will not care about where you want to go in the future, but if you dare to have any rebellion, I will show no mercy. No matter who it is!"

After speaking, he walked away directly.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Zhongshun finally couldn't help it, and coughed while clutching the handkerchief, the snow-white handkerchief became more and more bright red.

"My lord." Tsing Yi, the female guard next to her, said anxiously.

"Tsing Yi, I don't believe he just left me like this. I want to find him. I will find him everywhere." I want to tell him that I was wrong. I shouldn't have left him like this and let him alone. People face those bloody storms.It shouldn't be vacillating between him and the emperor's brother.I should keep him on top of my heart instead of leaving him all the time.

"In this world, there is no one who treats me like this..."

Zhong Shun closed his eyes in pain, and the tears slowly rolled down from the corners of his eyes.

There is no one like that anymore.

Three months later, the royal family of Rouran Yu Jiulu was destroyed by Ashina, and the Turkic state was established.

The new Turkic emperor sent envoys to Beijing to seek peace.The emperor's heart was happy, and he established harmonious diplomatic relations with the Turks.

For a while, the whole country celebrated.

At the same time, Prince Zhongshun recovered, demoted himself to a commoner, and left the palace dressed in white.

Another month later, Rouran Ananshan.

"You all go back, you don't need to look for me in the future." Zhongshun said to the guard behind him.These are the people he raised in the past. Although they are not princes now, they are all loyal to him.

Tsing Yi worried, "My lord, let the subordinates follow you."

"I'm no longer the prince, don't call me this title in the future."

"Master..." Tsing Yi yelled, his eyes turned red, "Master, just let Tsing Yi follow you, there are poisonous snakes and beasts in this mountain, your body is so weak now, how did you endure this?"

"No need." Zhongshun looked up at the deep green forest.

In this continuous mountain range, there are too many memories between the two of them.

"I don't want others to disturb us. You all go away. Don't be a shadow guard in the future. Just be ordinary people, start a family, and live a peaceful life for a few days."

After he finished speaking, leaning on a cane, he walked towards the mountain forest step by step.

Zhongshun didn't know how long he walked before he reached the cave where he stayed in the past.

Weeds have grown on both sides of the cave, but the cave is still neat and clean.The dust from the torches burned by the two people in the past remained in place.The leaves and bamboo tubes used by the two people are still placed.

He squatted down, looked at the things that the person had touched, and finally couldn't help but limp and fell to the ground.

"Jia Lian, I'm here, where are you?"

The cave was empty, and when the sound spread out, another echo came back, making it look more and more lonely.

He never knew that this place was so lonely and uninhabited.When he was accompanied by that person back then, he only felt that this place was a paradise on earth, even better than that majestic and magnificent palace.

Now, that person is no longer by my side, so there is no meaning here.

On the wall of the cave, there was the sound of water dripping.Like a conjuring song sent from the ground, the soul of the person will slowly fall asleep.

Zhongshun's consciousness gradually became blurred.It's okay to die like this, the soul can wait for that person in this cave in the future.He died in this mountain, and he will always meet again in the future.

Dimly, only heard a burst of familiar footsteps.He looked in the direction of the cave entrance, only to feel that he saw that familiar figure in a trance.

"Jia Lian..." Is it a dream again? If it is a dream, then never wake up again.

He felt relieved and fell asleep.

"Hey..." The person who came came sighed, bent down and stretched out his hands to hug him, looked at the weak and weightless person in his arms, and smiled helplessly, "I can't wait any longer, fortunately You are still here, if not, I have to go to the capital to find you."

Whether it was before or now, he never thought of giving up the person in his arms.

It was the first time in two lifetimes that he was tempted. This feeling of willingly giving up everything for one person was a feeling he had never had before.How could he be willing to let go.

Three months later, Prince Teng, the governor of the nine provinces who patrolled the border on behalf of the sky, became seriously ill on the way.

At the same time, Concubine Jia, who was pregnant in the palace, suddenly gave birth prematurely. After a day and a night, she finally died of dystocia.

A few days after Concubine Jia's death, news of Wang Ziteng's death also came back.

"It's over, everything is over." In Rongshou Hall, Jia's mother leaned on the chair with a face full of despair.

Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang stood on both sides.Wang Xifeng comforted her while saying, "The old lady should take care of her health."

"How can I take care of myself? Why is my mother gone like this? Your uncle is gone now. How can our Jia family rely on us in the future."

Mother Jia looked at Jia Baoyu next to Jia Zheng.

This is the grandson she once pinned all her hopes and love on. She once hoped that everything in the Rongguo Mansion would be handed over to this grandson in the future.Unexpectedly, now that something like this has happened, the grandson still looks ignorant.

Thinking of Jia Lian, the eldest grandson who once earned glory for the family, she felt a dull pain and regret in her heart.

If this grandson is still around, how can she need such bad things.Lian'er has power in his hands and is extremely smart. As long as he is around, the Jia family will not worry about the ups and downs outside.

"Second brother, have you walked around with Da Fang? Are they willing to come back?"

There is now another Duke's Mansion in Dafang. Both the father and son are Dukes, and there is Mrs. Pin and Princess.Coupled with the fact that Jia Lian's old department took good care of them, life was very good.The adopted child is also very intelligent, and has been praised many times by the Holy Spirit, and his future is boundless.If Dafang is willing to come back, Rongguo Mansion may have a chance to start over.

But seeing Jia Zheng's expression of disbelief, "Mother, brother, I haven't even met face to face. I only heard that Mrs. Xing said that since Lian'er left, he has been depressed and no longer sees guests easily. Moreover, After hearing my reason for coming, they all smashed things in the mansion, and they almost kicked me out."

"How courageous!" Mother Jia's teeth itched in anger.

"How about the Ningguo Mansion? Rong'er now has a position in the army because of Lian'er's relationship. He always remembers Lian'er's."

"He, he doesn't even come back home now." Mrs. Wang was crying, "I heard from Baochai that Rong'er sent a letter a few days ago to take her to the border, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back in the future. On Baochai's side, there is no other way."

"It's really a group of ungrateful white-eyed wolves who have fallen and the monkeys are scattered. I don't want to think about how they took advantage of my Rongguo Mansion's power. Now everyone is running fast."

Jia Zheng was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Why don't you send a letter to Yangzhou? My brother-in-law is a person appreciated by the emperor, if he can say a few words, the family will not be too bad in the future."

When Jiamu heard this, a light flashed in her eyes.

Although she did do some things that were sorry to the Lin family at the beginning, Jia Min was her biological daughter, and now she has firmly grasped Lin Ruhai's heart, and now the Lin family's heirs have the blood of her Rongguo Mansion.

Could it be that they can still bear grudges for the rest of their lives?

She hurriedly said, "You give Lin Ruhai a letter of divorce immediately, and let them come back to visit their relatives."

One month later, there was no movement in Yangzhou.Just when Jia's mother was about to send Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu to pick them up in person, a group of officers and soldiers surrounded Rongguo Mansion, which used to be full of glory.

The Rongguo Mansion killed people like nothing, bought and sold officials, colluded with rebels... many crimes were made public.

In addition to being reported by the parties, there were also some criminal evidence presented by Lin Ruhai himself.

The emperor was furious, and with an imperial decree, the two mansions of King Jia were searched.

In the private room on the second floor of Yue'an Restaurant located in Qingzhou City, at the table by the window, sat two young men in brocade clothes.One was wearing a crescent-colored brocade robe, with an elegant demeanor, like the breeze and the moon.One was wearing a royal blue robe, with bright red peonies embroidered on the wide sleeves, gorgeous and handsome, like multicolored gems.

"Brother Huang is going to do it." The handsome man in a royal blue robe looked out the window quietly.It was Zhongshun who fainted in the cave.

And the one sitting opposite him was the British Duke Jia Lian who had "died in battle".

Jia Lian took a sip from the teacup and felt that it was sweeter than any tea he had ever drank before.

He looked out of the window, and the folding fan swayed gently, "That one was for me to check and balance the prince. Now that I'm not here, if I don't take advantage of the opportunity outside, it's not that one's mind. It's just , he is more cruel than I thought, even his own flesh and blood..."

In order not to let the blood of the four princes and eight princes stay in the royal family, he even killed his concubine and children.Such ruthlessness, the emperor's mind, he is really far behind.

In this round, he was convinced that he lost.

Zhongshun smiled and said, "Wang's Mansion and Rongguo Mansion will be cleaned up. You really don't care about Rongguo Mansion?"

"Whatever those things are, anyway, my father is safe and sound now, just thinking that I will sacrifice my life for the country, and the royal family will at least keep them safe for the rest of their lives."

Seeing his look of exhaustion, Zhongshun deliberately said with a straight face, "You are really planning everything, then you never thought about it, what if I don't go to you? Or, if I go directly to the capital If he committed suicide, wouldn’t we have missed it in this life?”

Jia Lian laughed when he heard the words, his eyes were full of warmth.

"Why don't you come to me?"

Seeing his complacent appearance, Zhongshun couldn't help feeling angry, and said directly, "What are you proud of? I have nothing now. If I don't have a good life to serve me in the future, maybe I will run back one day. Anyway, I am too. a prince."

Jia Lian smiled and stretched out her arms to hug him, and kissed him lightly on the forehead, "If you run away, I can catch you back."

Zhongshun looked at him suspiciously, "Why don't you look more like the Jia Lian I know, and more like a rascal."

Jia Lian pursed her lips and laughed, stretched out her hand to straighten his shoulder, and said seriously, "I'm not Jia Lian, nor a rascal."

Zhong Shun raised his eyebrows, "What is that?"

"My lord, Jun Lian, is named Qi Guang."

Finish.