Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

In the Rongguo Mansion, both Jiamu and Mrs. Wang paid more attention to Baoyu.

But Baoyu behaved obediently, only concentrating on studying all day long, not even messing around with girls like in the past, let alone saying anything weird.

Don't say that Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang are very happy, and Jia Zheng, who even intends to discuss with Mrs. Wang how to send away some of the maids around Baoyu, so as not to make Baoyu learn bad things from them, never thinks about it again.

What's more, Sun Shaozu and Jia She had frequent exchanges. Jia She even thought that Sun Shaozu had a good character and property, and he wanted to betroth Yingchun to Sun Shaozu.

Jia Amnesty went back to Ming Jiamu first.Mother Jia was not satisfied, so she reacted lightly.Jia Zheng sees that Sun Shaozu is now in contact with Jia Amnesty, and he is rushing to rely on the current situation of the Jia family. Fortunately, the Ministry of War is looking for a promotion. I am afraid that Yingchun will come to the Sun family. If Sun Shaozu still relies on Jia's family, he will treat Yingchun again. Well, once Sun Shaozu doesn't get anything good from the Jia family, I don't know what Sun Shaozu will do.

Although Jia Amnesty is a successor to the title, he has never held real power in his hands, so there are really limited things he can do.The Jia family now has a concubine in the palace, and relatives such as Wang Ziteng and Lin Ruhai who are more powerful, and those who are supported by the Jia family still have some power.These forces are not directly controlled by the Jia family, and the Jia family has to mediate in many matters.

Jia Zheng had been reminded by Lin Ruhai a long time ago, and he knew that the Jia family had to find a way out for themselves early on.

Even without Lin Ruhai's reminder, Jia Zheng once hosted a banquet on a festive day at home and when everyone was having fun, he could see some ominous meaning from the words spoken and the lantern riddles made by the people.

Therefore, now seeing that Jia She even wanted to recruit Sun Shaozu as his son-in-law, even though Jia Zheng had persuaded Jia She before but Jia She refused to listen, he still persuaded him twice.

But Jia Amnesty has made up his mind.

But before the marriage between the two families was actually settled, and it was only when Jia She's wishes were made clear, another bad news came.

Jia Jing from the Ningguo Mansion had always devoted himself to cultivating Taoism in the Taoist temple outside the city, but he suddenly passed away.

Everyone in the Jia family was taken aback when they heard the news.

Jia Jing just died, and Jia Amnesty couldn't continue discussing the Spring Festival marriage, so he had to put the matter down first, and instead assisted in organizing Jia Jing's funeral.

Jia Jing died suddenly, and when the people of Ning Mansion went to deal with Jia Jing's death, they also invited the imperial physician to see what was wrong.

The imperial physician couldn't treat the dead, but seeing that Jia Jing's belly was as hard as iron, and his skin and lips were burnt purple and crimson, he said that he swallowed gold and took sand, and died of burns. (Note)

Because the imperial doctor said so, even the little Taoist priests in the temple also said that Jia Jing was going to eat the new cinnabar made by the secret method some time ago. These Taoist priests also persuaded Jia Jing, but Jia Jing refused to listen. He would be promoted to immortality early, so Jia Zhen and others in the Ning Mansion believed in this statement.

Jia Jing's death meant that those who were originally qualified to participate in the autumn hunting in the Jia family were not allowed to go, but had to stay at home to handle Jia Jing's funeral.

Forget it, Jia Zheng wasn't too attached to these things, so he only cared about family matters.Jia Amnesty felt a little unhappy, but thinking about Jia Jing's departure, he didn't feel too much, and only helped Jia Zhen handle the affairs.

When packing up Jia Jing's relics, Jia Zhen discovered that Jia Jing had left a last wish before his death, that he wanted to help the coffin back home as soon as possible, and that he would be buried in Jinling. Therefore, Jia Jing's funeral was not held in Beijing, but first. Immediately determine who will help the coffin back.

There are many people in Beijing who are interested in paying homage to Jia Jing, but because Jia Jing had made arrangements for his death before his death, even Shou Mu had prepared a pair of cheap ones for himself and put them in the Tiekan Temple. The chosen day was also close, so Jia Jing's spirit did not stay in Beijing for a long time, and all the people who came to pay homage to him came over within a couple of days of his new death. miscellaneous.

The theory is that Jia Zhen's wife, You Shi, and Jia Rong's wife, Qin Keqing, were supposed to take care of many affairs, but there were many people coming and going. Jiang Wang Xifeng invited to help.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to help Ling return to his hometown, and the Jia family had already discussed it.As the head of the clan, Jia Zhen couldn't send the coffin back, and she had to do a Taoist temple in Jinling again. She would stay there for a long time, so she only sent Jia Rong to go.And because Jia Rong's experience is still inexperienced, I'm afraid there is something inappropriate, so I let Jia Lian go with me.When I arrived in Jinling, I stayed for a long time, and I had to greet relatives and friends, so Qin Keqing also followed.

After Jia Jingzhi's coffin left Beijing, half a month passed, and it was the time of autumn hunting.

Lin Ruhai drove away from Beijing and headed for Iron Net Mountain.

On the eve of departure, he purposely stayed with Chongyu in the study and talked for a while.

Lin Ruhai and Chongyu already knew that this trip might be dangerous, but both of them kept it from Daiyu, and they didn't want Daiyu to worry too.

Lin Ruhai followed the emperor, and maybe he had to directly face the Miaoling tribe who sneaked in quietly, or other enemies arranged by the king of Nan'an County, which would probably be more dangerous than the capital.

However, Jingzhong is not something that can be taken lightly.

It was only the emperor's shadow guards who actually went to Iron Net Mountain this time. The emperor himself remained in the palace, just waiting for the action of Nan'an County King and the crown prince, so that the eldest prince could be removed from the crown prince's position as a matter of course.Although few people knew about it at this time, and the emperor only stayed in the palace, there would probably not be any accidents, but if he stayed here, there was a possibility of problems, and those who knew were not careful.

When Lin Ruhai left, Chongyu was also busy, Daiyu and Baochai were still studying with Chen Xiaosheng, and they also had to learn some things about their daughter's red knitting from the specially hired nuns, so it was safe.

Before Lin Ruhai set off, he was still a little worried about Daiyu, and seeing that the capital was peaceful recently, he was not in a hurry to let Aunt Xue and others leave. Now that he is not at home, he didn't even need to avoid suspicion as usual, so he simply invited Aunt Xue to come The family takes care of Daiyu and Baochai.

When Aunt Xue came here, she saw that Baochai and Daiyu were very close to each other, and never thought of anything else. She only thought that the two girls had heard the rumors in Beijing, but they did not affect each other's feelings. It was a happy event, so they were reborn joy.

A few days after the autumn hunt, the central capital suddenly became a little chaotic, and the busiest ones were the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital.

When the prince was hunting, he saw a deer with particularly beautiful antlers, and he chased it all the way into the depths of the forest. The guards and others didn't have time to follow.Moreover, that section of the mountain road was dangerous, and the prince accidentally fell off the horse and was injured, so he was forced to go back to Beijing to recuperate.

Daiyu and Baochai lived in deep boudoirs, but they had the news channel of Chongyu, so they also heard about it.

Hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help sighing: "I don't know how many people will be implicated."

When it comes to this matter in detail, it is really not trivial. When it is investigated, first of all, the groom who raised the horse for the prince cannot escape responsibility.The guards who followed the prince that day but did not follow up in time would inevitably be punished.

Baochai didn't know anything more, and Daiyu's tone was sentimental, and she just wanted to comfort Daiyu.

Before she could open her mouth, Chongyu sneered and said, "It's all right to hurt those people. Now that the crown prince returned to Beijing, he hastily summoned the imperial physicians, including Wang imperial physicians and Zhang imperial physicians who used to treat his grandmother's family. , and I don’t know if he will have any troubles during this period of time!”

Chongyu also couldn't figure out what the prince was thinking, but subconsciously felt that the prince's return this time must have another purpose.The third prince is still on Iron Net Mountain. Although the matter over there is also dominated by the king of Nan'an County, the prince came back earlier. Chongyu didn't think that the prince would do it when he knew that he had another conspiracy with the king of Nan'an County. Put yourself in danger for the antlers.I'm afraid the prince did this on purpose, so he will return to Beijing.

If the prince only wanted to dispel his suspicions, that would be fine, and there would be no further accidents.If the prince has other ideas, as long as the emperor in the palace does not show up, the prince will have the highest status in Beijing, and there will be fewer restrictions on the prince's actions.

As long as the prince does not do too much, the emperor hiding in the palace will not show up to stop him for the sake of the overall situation.However, if the prince really wants to do something, and thinks that the emperor and the king of Nan'an County are both in Iron Net Mountain... Chongyu dare not think about it, but has to think about it.

When Chongyu said this, Baochai also thought of it.

She pondered for a while, and quickly asked: "This time hunting, there must be an imperial physician accompanying him. The prince must also have an imperial physician he is familiar with. I just don't know if that imperial physician followed him, and then came back? If he has been watching , how could the prince's situation be so serious that he still has to invite Wang Taiji?"

When Baochai said this, Chongyu suddenly remembered something, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is in the palace. At the beginning, she asked this imperial doctor Wang for her pulse."

There was a pregnancy in Yuanchun, so Benzang was fine.The Rongguo Mansion has always had a lot of contacts with this imperial doctor Wang. After Yuan Chun entered the palace, he called him by name more often, which also gave him a lot of opportunities to show his face.Yuanchun felt that he might be pregnant, and he had to try not to leak the news until the pregnancy was stable. He would only seek pulse from Wang Taiyi, who was closely related to himself and the Jia family, and even prepared some necessary medicines in a mysterious way. , all without the help of Imperial Physician Wang.

Ren Yuanchun was so careful that in the end, the news leaked out, and it didn't take long for many people to know about it.

Because the palace is not a place where it is easy to hide secrets, and Yuan Chun also felt that his behavior of taking so many medicines was indeed suspicious, so he never thought about the imperial physician who was taking her pulse.

Lin Ruhai and Chongyu saw that the imperial physician Wang had been doing nothing, and they continued to check the pulse of the Jia family, the old lady Jia and others, and carefully made a prescription for Yuan Chun in the palace. Seeing that Imperial Physician Wang still had some reason to spread the news of Yuan Chun's pregnancy, she gradually let go of her doubts about Imperial Physician Wang.

Today, when Baochai brought up this matter again, Chongyu realized that the prince invited to his mansion were the two imperial physicians, Wang and Zhang, who had always traveled frequently with Jia's family.

Chongyu thought of another thing.Previously, everyone thought that Jia Yucun would be able to go to any fat job in the south of the Yangtze River, but Jia Yucun fell ill and had to miss this good opportunity.Now the crown prince came back from Iron Net Mountain, and he used "injury". Although the two are somewhat different, they are always similar, and both are abnormal things. Now it is a special juncture, so Chongyu can't help but be more careful.

He couldn't sit still, he got up in a hurry and said: "Sister, Sister Bao, I have to go. Fortunately, Master Mo and the others are still there, so I won't have no one to discuss in a hurry."

After Chongyu left, Daiyu and Baochai didn't have any leisure time.

Baochai picked it up and put it aside before, and hadn't had time to do much needlework, so it was just to pass the time.

Daiyu leaned beside her, impatient to do more, just watched, and the idle words became something in the needlework.

Because what Baochai wanted to embroider was the elegant mountain scenery, the two only discussed how to create an artistic conception with the colors of the patterns, and they managed to suppress their hidden worries.