Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

Before entering the palace, Yuan Chun heard Mrs. Wang mention that there are still some connections in this palace, not the Jia family but the Wang family.This is about Wang Ziteng, who is currently serving as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He said that he is the most likely person to take over when the Minister of the Ministry of Officials retires. This also gives the Wang family a place to rely on.

In the early years, one of the offshoots of the Wang family had a woman who entered the palace and became a female official, but the palace gate was locked for thousands of years, and the female official passed away before she could live past 30 years old.Although the person left, he had some contacts, and these were connected by Wang Ziteng.Wang Ziteng is definitely not a stupid person, otherwise how could he be promoted step by step and have his own place in the capital.

The show girls lived in a room of five, and they came from all over the world. Like Yuan Chun, who grew up in the capital, most of them were assigned to a room, and their families were also arranged in advance.What's more, the people who arrange them are all with winks. These people are beautiful women today, but in the future they may be important people in the hearts of that lord or the prince. It is not easy for people in the palace to form bad karma.

Yuan Chun originally thought so too, until she got along with this beautiful girl from Qianzhou for more than ten days, and she felt that she had been overshadowed by someone, so she would get along with Bai Baizhu, who looks weak but actually has a strange personality. share a room.When the room was assigned to them, there happened to be only two people left, and there was no need for five people to squeeze into one bed, but Yuan Chun felt that she would rather have several people in one room, testing each other's falsehoods in their words, and also Much better than waking up in the middle of the night and seeing someone with loose hair staring at you.

"Xi Zhu, I closed the windows today so that the wind won't blow in and wake you up at night." Yuan Chun watched as the candles in the side room were almost extinguished, and now it's time to sleep. The empress wants to see their talent show, and it would be bad if they are out of energy and make a fool of themselves.

Bai Baizhu smiled softly at Yuan Chun, "Thank you sister, I didn't pay attention last night, but I didn't expect to scare my sister, I have been feeling sorry for it."

Last night, Bai Baizhu was woken up by a gust of cold wind in the middle of the night. After closing the bed, after tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, he could only sit on the bed, thinking about things randomly, and unconsciously wanted to wake Yuan Chun to chat with him, but he also knew that they Not familiar with each other, he kept looking at Yuan Chun who was asleep while hesitating.

I don't know whether Yuan Chun has a feeling or something, but she woke up under such gaze. Although she has a good heart, she was given a hard jump by the person with disheveled hair on the bed staring at her. It was because he covered his mouth quickly that he didn't cry out.Seeing this, Bai Baizhu immediately apologized to her, and Yuan Chun was choked by her guilty look, so he couldn't say anything more, so he had to let it go, and we still had to get along for a while.

If it's just this one thing, it's fine, the key is in the little things, Yuan Chun always feels that Bai Baizhu has some indescribable feelings, but the other party has an innocent look on his face.

"Sister Yuanchun, what are you thinking?" Bai Baizhu shook Yuanchun's hand, "You didn't hear what I said just now, did you?"

Yuan Chun didn't know what he missed, so he could only ask again, "Well, my sister was distracted. I was just thinking about whether we were going to test our needlework tomorrow, so I didn't hear my sister's words."

Bai Baizhu smiled and said it didn't matter, and repeated what he said just now, "Is my sister going to sleep? I can't sleep at this time, why don't my sister tell me about the capital city, or it would be good for me to tell my sister about my hometown. "

Yuanchun really had no interest in Qianzhou. Most of them were not Han people, but Miao or Dong people. Most of them were Tusi separatists and were not under the strong control of Daqing.

"Tomorrow, I will be tested by my ladies. Isn't my sister afraid that she will go to bed late and lose her energy?" Yuan Chun didn't want to talk too much with Bai Baizhu, but unfortunately she said it in a tactful way, and the other party seemed not to hear it.

"Sister, am I nervous in my heart? I can't fall asleep when I'm nervous. Why don't I tell you about the fun things we have there? You just need to listen, and it doesn't take much effort."

Yuan Chun wanted to refuse, but then he remembered the scene of Zuo Ye, afraid that she would say no, and after she couldn't fall asleep, she sat on the bedside and looked at herself quietly, enduring a moment of calm, just listen. "Let's just tell my sister."

Bai Baizhu went to bed happily, the candles in the room were all extinguished, and in this dim environment, he started talking about the stories of his hometown.

"In fact, there are very few Han people in our area. They are all Miao people and Dong people. There are many differences between their customs and the customs of the Han people. I heard from my mother that the past 100 years have been good. In the past, they hardly There is no communication with the Han people. They never intermarry with the Han people. There are mostly mountains and forests in our area, and the Miao and Dong people still believe in mountain gods. I heard that the young women there sometimes go to worship the mountain gods. On the way, sometimes you will be spotted by the mountain gods and stay in the cave, and the people there call this a falling cave. Sister, tell me what the gods in the cave look like."

Yuan Chun heard Bai Baizhu's tone of half curiosity and half wanting to explore first, his head was getting big, and he really didn't know how such a person would enter the palace draft, but he had never thought about the other party, nor had he thought about being selected at all, but The emperor would not keep such a woman in Beijing, most likely he would ration it to the son of a family in Hunan and Guizhou.She had no way to answer Bai Baizhu's question, so she could only change the subject and talk about the style and appearance of the capital.

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After the primary election and re-election of the draft, the affairs in Shaozhou, Guangdong, finally came to an end. With the assistance of Xie Shi and Wei Heng, the newly appointed magistrates and county magistrates quickly started working , Shaozhou's daily affairs have gradually stabilized.

Su Peng's body was returned to his hometown by his son Fu Ling, but the matter had developed to this point, and everything else was found out, except that there was a problem with the master and the killers.

Prince Liangtian refused to admit that they had sent killers to hunt down Su Peng. They thought they had already confused Su Peng and were not worried about him returning to the capital.After Su Peng disappeared, the prince and the others found a fake Su Peng to replace him. Coincidentally, this person was also whom they met when they were in Canton three or five years ago and joined their circle.

In fact, he and Su Peng are similar in body shape, but in appearance, people who know Su Peng will not confuse them. The reason for choosing that one is because of his ability to imitate handwriting.

"Fifth brother, who did you say killed Su Peng? Is that master still alive? If it wasn't someone sent by the prince and the others, then the master didn't contact the prince and the others afterwards. Where did he go?" Xue Pan felt vaguely uneasy that the person behind the scenes was not the crown prince, so who had followed Shaozhou early on, the crown prince's sphere of influence at that time, and was so bold as to murder Su Peng, why did he hide afterwards.

"It seems that this problem can only be solved slowly. Now that the incident in Shaozhou is over, should we go to Bagui next, or go northwest through Xiangdi?" Xie knew that the real cause of Su Peng's death could only be doubted. .They basically finished dealing with their affairs in Canton, and it was time to leave.

"Bagui is the fief where the kings of Nan'an are located. Fifth brother, don't you want to go there?" Xue Pan heard a clue from Xun Shi's simple question.In Daqing, there are four kings with different surnames, namely Nanning, Dongping, Xining, and Beijing. In Bagui, that is, the later generations of Yunnan and Guangxi, the Nanning County King is stationed. In other words, he is not far from Canton. Far.

Xie silently admitted that he had neither bad nor good impressions of the four kings with different surnames. Speaking of which, except for Dongping's new heir to the throne, Shui Rong, he had a few words when he came to the capital to meet his father. , Other people have seen it from a distance with strangers.However, after all, kings with different surnames will never succeed. This is something that happens in every dynasty. "If there is one thing that can be spared, let it be one thing less. Father doesn't want me to have too many connections with these people."

Xue Pan understood Xie Shi's meaning. It is not a good thing that his identity as a prince is related to a king with a different surname.Then he remembered one thing, that day in the palace, he didn't know what the emperor and Xie had said, when he returned to the side hall to see him that day, he looked thoughtful.Xue Pan was hesitating whether to ask or not. He believed that this matter must be related to him. "Fifth brother, that day in the palace..."

Xie looked at Xue Pan's hesitant expression, probably he had already guessed what his father said that night. "That day my father asked me if I believed in you so much, would I regret it one day, and I told him that since I chose, I would not regret it."

When Xue Pan heard this, it was okay. It’s not that the emperor probably guessed the relationship between them. Although he was a little touched by the frankness, he should cover it up in front of the emperor, "Fifth brother, why are you so honest!"

"Pan'er, you don't understand, father is very difficult to say." Xie knew that his answer that day should have satisfied the emperor, because at that time, the matter of the crown prince, opium, and imperial concubine Chen Intertwined together, it made his father exhausted. What he wanted was to see his son trust a person without hesitation, but he was also afraid that this persistent feeling would not be good for the government.But comparing the two, the emperor hopes that his son can keep that warmth, because it is impossible for him to have it anymore.

"Father will not embarrass us now, because he already knows what Daqing needs. He is a person who thinks about the long-term. Now that he knows the potential threat of Daqing, he will not let it go, so he can't choose third brother as the next The emperor. However, it is impossible to pass the test so easily, in my estimation, he will give us a 'big gift', it is only a matter of time."

Xue Pan looked at Xun with a reassuring look, probably because Xun had made up his mind that when the time comes, the soldiers will come to cover up the water and soil, as long as they believe that nothing is a problem with each other and don't worry about this matter anymore, the two finally chose Entering Xiangdi is heading northwest.But there was one more Wei Ruolan on the way, he felt that Guangyue was tired of playing here, he insisted on following them, and insisted that they go to Wei's house as guests first.Unable to bypass Wei Ruolan's invitation, they went to Wei's house, and then entered Guizhou from Hunan, which is the territory of Qianzhou in Daqing.

But as soon as they stepped into Qianzhou, Xue Pan felt a sense of uneasiness that could not go away. This feeling became even stronger after they entered the official road with a deep valley on one side and a high mountain on the other.

"Pan'er, your complexion is not good, why don't you take a short break." Neither Xie Pan nor Xue Pan rode a horse. It was autumn and the wind picked up. Instead of rushing, they chose a carriage.

It's just that as soon as Xie Shi's words fell, Wei Ruolan outside the car yelled, "No! There's a falling rock!"