Whose Evil in the Red Chamber

When the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant, Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing with his family to report on his work.On the second day after arriving in Beijing, the Empress Dowager ordered that Xuan Lin Ruhai's wife, Mrs. Jia, enter the palace.

This decree has aroused a lot of speculation. Which of these people in Beijing doesn't know about Lin Jingxuan's biological mother? Seeing how much the queen mother loves Lin Jingxuan, you can know what the queen mother is thinking. Now the queen mother has summoned Lin Jingxuan's aunt And why?After all, this Mrs. Jia is Lin Ruhai's first wife. Although the princess is honorable, she has passed away after all. It was because of such shameless incidents that forced Lin Ruhai to accept her. How can these things be put on the surface? Say?

Therefore, these people in Beijing are all staring at the palace's attitude towards Lin Ruhai's wife Jia Min. Who knows if Lin Ruhai will join the cabinet this time when he returns to Beijing to report on his duties?If the Lin family stayed in the capital, they would have to socialize. First, grasp the palace's attitude towards Mrs. Lin, so that they can socialize with the Lin family, right?

If it had been the past, some people would have been dissatisfied with the empress dowager's blatant favoritism. Even if the empress dowager was the most honorable woman in the world, she would be criticized by moralists for such disregard of etiquette.But what makes today different from the past, the Supreme Emperor is more silent and indifferent, the emperor is more powerful, the blood at the mouth of the vegetable market in the capital was washed away a while ago, now no one dares to jump out and touch the bad luck of the royal family.

This is still the case outside the palace, let alone the harem.At least the imperial wives outside the palace can still wait for the news from inside the palace, but the queen who has also received a summons from the queen mother and is about to leave for the palace of compassion, now has to rack her brains to think about how to deal with it later.

After entering the Palace of Compassion and Peace to greet the Empress Dowager, the Empress subconsciously looked at the Empress Dowager's right hand side. Usually, when the Empress Dowager came to pay her respects, she would always see that child Lin Jingxuan stand up from that seat and salute her.Even if it is the son of her natal brother, he can no longer enter the palace to pay her respects when he is seven years old, but the child of the Lin family is now 11 years old, and the Queen Mother has no intention of letting him avoid suspicion, so he just stays in the palace like this It was only during this period that he was released from the palace. Even if such a great favor is not in compliance with the rules, what can she, an unfavored queen, say?

Everyone in the world envied her, from the most unpopular concubine of the Ninth Prince to the empress who is now the mother of the world, but these people don't know how miserable her life is.The father originally supported the eldest prince, and originally wanted to use her to marry the nine princes to win the support of the nine princes for the eldest prince.Unexpectedly, the Ninth Prince was a hard-core princeling, not only remained unmoved but became furious, and never entered her room again, and even mentioned Wu as a side concubine, and has been dominating her ever since.

When she was carried into the Forbidden City, she was still trembling and didn't know what was waiting for her. The name of empress looked envious on the outside, but who knew her suffering.So many years have passed, and the eldest prince has been defeated and died, but the emperor's anger has not eased over time. Her Kunning Palace is different from the Leng Palace. Even the carefully cultivated few The female history, the emperor didn't even look at it.

In an instant, the queen's heart turned back and forth, and the queen calmed down when the maid outside came to report that Mrs. Lin had arrived.Today the Empress Dowager did not let Lin Jingxuan eat fruit at the Palace of Compassion, but called Mrs. Lin, not sure what it meant.But the queen mother didn't have the momentum to let her know, and she didn't dare to ask more.

She no longer has the favor of the emperor, and can no longer lose the attention of the queen mother.

Jia Min did not enter the palace alone, she followed a young woman behind her, which was different from Jia Min's wife's attire, although the woman next to Jia Min was also dressed well, but she was not a standard one, so it can be seen There is no commandment.What is even more difficult to ignore is the woman's slightly raised abdomen.

All eyes in the hall fell on the woman's stomach intentionally or unintentionally, and everyone couldn't help but start to speculate about the woman's identity.Theoretically speaking, if there is no order to follow Mrs. Lin, and she is still a pregnant woman, then she is very likely to be Lin Ruhai's concubine.However, the queen mother summoned Mrs. Lin, and she brought Mrs. Lin's concubine into the palace, what's the matter?It doesn't make sense anyway.

Even if this woman is really Lin Ruhai's concubine, Mrs. Lin would be too embarrassed.The Lin family is well-known for their harmonious husband and wife, and their cases are equal. Mr. Lin was not happy with such a noble status as the princess. It was the princess who secretly drugged him regardless of his status.What is the origin of this woman, that she can win Master Lin's favor?

The Queen's mind was also full of thoughts and she couldn't figure it out, so she simply put them all aside. Unexpectedly, after Mrs. Lin got up and saluted, the Queen Mother actually called the pregnant woman to her front and asked about it alone. She said a few words.Only after this questioning did I find out that the woman's surname was Lin, she was a distant relative of the Lin family, her parents died when she was young, Mrs. Lin felt sorry for her, so she stayed at home to raise her, she is only 16 years old now.

The queen mother nodded in satisfaction, but the queen was taken aback. If so, then it is impossible to have any relationship with Lin Ruhai. What does it mean that Mrs. Lin brought a pregnant distant relative into the palace?

The queen was thinking about it, when suddenly the queen mother said: "Queen, what do you think of this girl?"

The queen was a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er for a while, but the queen mother asked, she had to answer, and after careful consideration, seeing the queen mother's affectionate attitude towards this woman, the corner of the queen's mouth could not help but pull a smile: "Mother, my son thinks This Jiangnan is really outstanding, look at this girl, she is so beautiful, she is attractive."

The queen mother nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Jia Min: "Although this incident is a bit out of order, the Ai family is very happy."

Jia Min hurriedly claimed that she didn't dare, no matter how lofty she was, she didn't dare to put on airs in the palace, her every move was very in line with the rules of a married woman.

The queen mother was more and more satisfied, seeing that Jia Min was much more pleasing to the eye than before, she asked her a few words kindly, and then let her leave. After Jia Min saluted and exited, she realized that she was covered in cold sweat, and the clothes on her back were all wet. A little wet.He stopped for a while with a complicated expression, and then left the palace behind the maid who led the way.

Back home, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai looked at each other speechlessly, sighed deeply, and saw deep worry in each other's eyes.In another hour, I'm afraid that the news will spread up and down in the capital as if it has grown wings. At that time, what reputation the husband and wife will bear, how can they not know?

If it was the past, Lin Ruhai would have persuaded him about this kind of thing no matter what, even if the advice failed, he who always cherishes his feathers would rather risk the danger of offending Long Yan than accept such an errand.However, the Jiangnan Salt Administration has almost failed to accomplish an inch. The one who cleared up the intertwined relationship was the emperor who promptly disposed of the two palaces.During this period, it was the Xue family and the Zhao family who supported the emperor. On the contrary, it was him, the dignified inspector of salt, who missed the great opportunity to make contributions.

After the self-defense paper was handed over, the emperor's secret decree was obtained: the emperor accidentally met a woman in the south of the Yangtze River. This woman was pregnant with a dragon, and she would be sent to the Lin family soon. Go to Beijing and enter the palace.

What is the truth about this matter? Lin Ruhai didn't even dare to ask, and the emperor didn't give him room to ask.But Lin Ruhai understood what kind of reputation he would gain after this matter was announced to the world.Sending my niece to the dragon bed and pregnant with dragon species, this kind of thing that only a lucky man would do since ancient times, will destroy his family style and reputation that he has painstakingly cultivated, and in the future, what will he look like among his colleagues ?

But he didn't dare to disobey the orders, he messed up the errands of the salt administration, and he didn't report to the two heirs who stayed in the south of the Yangtze River. Lin Ruhai could only swallow the bitterness silently, and bear the impending infamy.

That's right, this is the solution that the emperor, who finally regained consciousness after venting his anger at the Supreme Emperor, came up with.Seeking truth from facts, it's nothing to recognize this little emperor's younger brother, and it's not a day-to-day affair with the Supreme Emperor. Although this kind of thing is not very pleasant, there is nothing particularly to criticize.

But the emperor thought of another layer. He has no son and a half daughter so far, needless to say the reason.When the prince's brother was still alive, he could only silently admire him in his heart, and when he was with concubine Ji, he probably thought of the appearance of the prince's brother.At that time, he didn't have a son and a half daughter, and when the prince's elder brother passed away, when he recalled the prince's elder brother's voice and smile, there was only heartache and deep-seated hatred, and he didn't even have the interest to touch the concubines in the harem up.This is also one of the reasons why he has not had a general election harem since he took the throne.In addition to not wanting to bring the bad power relations of the previous court to the harem, he really couldn't even put on a show in front of these women.

The queen mother has long been complaining about not having a grandson in her arms so far. After seeing Jing Xuan, this emotion became more and more out of control. Such a well-behaved and sensible grandson, if you don’t like the women in the palace, just draft this year.” The bombardment was indiscriminate.

Since he needs a son, isn't the unborn little emperor in front of him just right?As for the possibility that this baby might be a daughter, even if it is a girl, it doesn't matter. Since the father is so old and strong, it is a girl this time, and it is very possible that there will be a boy next time.

In this way, the emperor's younger brother became a son. Although this matter is absurd, it solved a difficult problem for the emperor. The blood of the royal family is on both sides. This kind of dragon can't be wrong. The emperor said that he really doesn't care about the relationship of seniority. .

Even the Supreme Emperor was frightened by this idea. When the Emperor bluntly admitted in front of him that his feelings for the elder brother of the prince had long surpassed that of his brother, the Supreme Emperor was so angry that he almost fainted, and looked at him with a "natural" expression Jing Xuan, the emperor's beard raised again: "You don't have to be ashamed if you say this in front of the child!"

Then, the emperor thought that his good grandson was also abducted by a man, and he was very angry for a while.After Jingxuan and Wei Zhen left, the emperor said to the emperor: "If this child is a boy, I plan to let him get close to Jingxuan from an early age, so I can rest assured in the future."

The emperor's words were not so straightforward, but the emperor who always loved Jingxuan and his eyeballs understood what he meant immediately.That's right, Jing Xuan's life experience destined him to be a taboo place in the royal family. They racked their brains to make up for this child and let him live a happy and wanton life.But they have never forgotten that the emperor's honor and favor are sometimes poisonous to death. Don't you see how many favored officials in ancient times ended up miserable after the death of the emperor, especially Jing Xuan still has this terrible life experience.

This is also the reason why the emperor finally agreed with the emperor's seemingly ridiculous decision: "Forget it, you are too old, as long as you don't regret making this decision in the future."

The emperor did not answer, but his gaze was unusually firm.This child may come at just the right time.

Therefore, after turning a corner, the little maidservant became Lin Ruhai's distant niece, and the dragon species in her belly also had a different father. What the young woman would think, what kind of reputation Lin Ruhai would bear, these were not within the scope of the emperor's consideration.

"Originally, I thought about living in the capital for two or three years before going to visit Shu. Now it seems that we will live in Beijing for a long time." After being born in such a way, I understood his thoughts, and while feeling emotional, I also accepted this feeling.

Wei Zhen also understands the emperor's kindness, but when he thinks that Jing Xuan has grown up day by day, and after a few days in the world between the two, there will be an extra milk baby to distract Jing Xuan, he can't help feeling in his heart The boss felt uncomfortable, and reached out to rub Jing Xuan's hair: "You are still a child."

Jing Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the fake wood in front of him, grabbed his wrist with one hand, raised the other hand to hold down the back of his neck, pushed Wei Zhen's head down with force, tiptoe Standing on tiptoe, Jing Xuan raised his head, his slightly moist and thin lips opened, and his snow-white teeth gently bit the corner of Wei Zhen's lips.

Wei Zhen obviously didn't expect Jing Xuan to do this, but the tingling and itchy touch at the corners of his lips made him feel sluggish. As a young man with fresh blood, he dreamed countless times in the middle of the night that Jing Xuan is still the same. He was too young, and trying to suppress his restless feelings had almost exhausted his self-control, but who would have thought that this little fox would come to provoke his fragile nerves.

Using force with his hands, Wei Zhen lifted Jing Xuan up and pressed him against the wall, his breath brought hot air to the red lips that had just been messed up, but was blocked by Jing Xuan's hand.

"I'm still a child." Jing Xuan blinked and smiled.

Wei Zhen looked at the little fox in front of him gloomily, and he let go of his hand after a long time. He sighed a long time, saying that there will be a day when you will grow up, and then I will ask you to pay back twice.Thinking of Wei Zhen, Yu Zu's mood eased a lot, and his face returned to his usual calm look, but a pair of black eyes flashed imperceptible flames, staring at Jing Xuan until his back felt a little chilly.

How come there is a feeling of self-defeating?Jing Xuan touched his lips, looked at Wei Zhen's eyes at this time, and suddenly had such a thought in his heart.Suppressing this absurd thought, Jing Xuan coughed lightly: "I have to go to the palace later, do you want to come with me?"

Wei Zhen shook his head: "Xue Pan said that he bought a large piece of good land with hot springs in Xiaoquan Mountain, and wanted to build a few big villas there. I'll go and see him later. Since we want to live in Beijing for a long time, When it's cold, you can't stand it, you can go there to recuperate."

Jing Xuan felt warm in his heart, nodded, put his arms around his waist, and sighed softly: "I also want to grow up quickly, who wants to be treated like a child all the time?"

This torture... the flame that Wei Zhen had finally extinguished was almost ignited by Jing Xuan again.

After a while, when Xue Pan came to look for Wei Zhen, he asked in surprise, "Brother Wei, why is the corner of your mouth broken?"

He was really surprised. After all, Wei Zhen's martial strength is there. In Xue Pan's heart, Wei Zhen's kung fu is top-notch. No one can easily hurt him. It was unbelievable that there was an injury.

Wei Zhen didn't change his face: "I was attacked by Heizi."

The innocent Heizi in the corner looked up at his master, deeply spurned his master, and ran to the yard to bask in the sun. Xue Pan didn't know, so he asked again, but was stopped by Liu Xianglian next to him to change the topic.

Wei Zhen went to Koizumi Mountain to inspect the hot springs, while Jingxuan entered the palace, and the palace was not peaceful at this time.Early this morning, Mrs. Lin brought a pregnant woman into the palace, and then left the palace alone, leaving the pregnant woman with the Queen Mother.Then the queen staggered away from the Palace of Compassion and Ning with a pale face, and then the queen summoned all the concubines in the harem to Kunning Palace. At this point, all the empresses in the harem finally knew that when they had nothing to do, A cousin girl from the Lin family in the south of the Yangtze River was sent to the palace because she was pregnant with a dragon seed!

Then the Empress Dowager ordered the woman to be concubine Shun, and granted the Palace of Compassion and Ning to have a safe pregnancy. Seeing that the Empress Dowager attached great importance to her child, if it was really a boy, it would be the eldest son of the emperor.This cognition made all the women in the harem unable to sit still.

The news quickly spread from various channels to the previous dynasty. Just as Lin Ruhai expected, within an hour, the news that the girl from the Lin family was favored by the people and was pregnant with the dragon species had been sent to the palace by the Lin family, and spread throughout the capital. For a while, the Lin family who had just entered Beijing was pushed to the forefront.

Outside the palace, Lin Ruhai was struggling to deal with waves of old friends who were inquiring for news. Inside the palace, Lin Jingxuan sat next to the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and for the first time saw his uncle's harem in its entirety. Of course, this also included The Liu family who has just been promoted to Shun concubine.

She was originally an ordinary fisherman's girl in Jinfeng Village, her parents died early, and she grew up eating a lot of food. When the water village was transformed into an escort agency, some brothers returned to their hometowns with the money and their families to live the lives of ordinary people. Some young and strong ones followed Boss Jin as escorts, and she had no relatives, so Sanniang left her in the escort agency as a maid.

Back then when the emperor came to Weiyang secretly, there was always someone to wait on him. Mrs. Liu was neat and well-behaved, so she was sent by Sanniang to serve the emperor. She was an insignificant little girl at the beginning, but who would have thought that she would be here today?

Concubine Shun felt a touch of kindness in the sight of her like a mang behind her back, raised her head to meet Jing Xuan's gaze, and recognized this Mr. Lin, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief from her nervousness, how did she know that? The gentleman with extraordinary bearing turned out to be the Supreme Emperor, she still thought she was dreaming.

The Empress Dowager noticed her strange movement, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Concubine Shun and Jing Xuan are also relatives, do you think they have met before?"

Concubine Shun nodded awkwardly, and then realized that this was not in line with the rules, so she hurriedly stood up and saluted to reply, the queen mother waved her hand: "You have just entered the palace, it is normal that you are not familiar with these things, now that you are still healthy, there is no need to make more salutes."

Jing Xuan glanced at the concubines sitting here who were talking and laughing at Yan Yan, and said to the Queen Mother with a smile: "Of course I have, the empress Shun takes good care of me."

This sentence is true, when he was in the Escort, Liu Shi, who was a little girl, naturally served him, if it wasn't because she was well-behaved and sensible, she would not have chosen her to serve the Emperor.

The Empress Dowager's impression of Concubine Shun improved a lot when she heard that, the child Jing Xuan has a clear love and hate, just like her temper, if this Concubine Shun is really surly and once bullied Jing Xuan, this child will not replace her cover up.

Noticing that the queen mother's attitude towards the concubine Shun was much more amiable, the concubines present almost tore the veils in their hands, and complained a lot about the young master Lin who had always been favored by the queen mother.On weekdays, when Mr. Lin entered the palace, none of them tried to show their favor in a different way, but he acted like he was rejecting others thousands of miles away.A Shun concubine came here today, just because he is a cousin of the Lin family, this young master Lin spoke kind words in front of the queen mother for the first time, he is really a slick talker!

Among them, the empress had the most complicated thoughts. The empress dowager left this concubine Shun in the Palace of Compassion, which seemed to be a favor for her concubine, but in her opinion, it was because of her distrust of her empress.After all, it is the emperor's first child, and she can understand that the queen mother is nervous, but how can she deal with herself in the palace by embarrassing her?Isn't her filial piety to the queen mother not enough? In the queen mother's heart, is she a vicious person who will definitely kill the emperor's children?

It has to be said that the queen, who has always been concerned about gains and losses, really got into a dead end this time. Although the queen mother did try her best to protect Shun's concubine's child, she really didn't have any thoughts about the queen. There are too many women in the harem. Dazzled by jealousy, the methods used are unpredictable. The Queen Mother was also fought in the harem, and she has never seen anything.Now that she is in a position, she no longer wants to guess what these concubines think, she simply puts them in her own palace, once and for all, to see who dares to stretch out her hand in her Compassionate Palace.

In this way, it lightens the burden on the empress. If something happens to someone in the harem, the empress will be the first to be responsible. Who made her the person in charge of the harem?However, the queen just couldn't understand the queen mother's thoughts, and she was paranoid that she was losing the queen mother's attention.This kind of cognition was simply the last straw that broke the camel's back. The queen barely suppressed the churning thoughts in her heart, looked up at the queen mother who was talking to Jing Xuan with a kind smile, and then glanced at the young man who was gradually growing up. The eldest son of the Lin family, who looked like a man, couldn't help but have a thought in his heart: he must win over the eldest son Lin.

Back in her own palace, the queen changed into her regular clothes and ordered the mother-in-law: "Let Lady Jia come and see me."

Not to mention what ideas these ladies in the palace are trying to come up with, but Jing Xuan left the palace, seeing that it was still early, thinking that Wei Zhen and Xue Pan were at Xiaoquan Mountain now, so he decided to go to Xiaoquan Mountain as well.I heard that the hot springs over there are excellent. In his previous life, he also had an excellent hot spring village. It took him a lot of manpower and financial resources to build the most satisfactory appearance. He spent most of the year in that village. .I don't know who did Zhuangzi take advantage of after he came here?