The Laughing Usa of the Red Chamber

Tanchun went out of the courtyard all the way, went straight to Rongxi hall, passed by the garden but bumped into the pale-faced Jia Yuanchun.

"It's still cold, why did your mother come out without wearing more clothes?" Tan Chun saluted and smiled.

When Jia Yuanchun came these days, he didn't know that he was tricked by Ji Yuanyi, and he was driven back to his mother's house in such a state of embarrassment, and when he heard the harsh "Mother", she tightened her hand stroking the flower branch, and a branch of red peony broke in the middle fall.

The recent days are very different from those in the palace. If she hadn't repeatedly promised that the prince doted on her very much, and would definitely take her back when he found out that the son had framed her, the ancestors would not have taught her to enjoy the respect of the young lady. Rong.

In the palace, except for the prince and son, who would dare to show her face?Not to mention that there are servants who gossip about her behind her back, Jia Yuanchun has long been simmering in his heart, seeing a little concubine chatting with her like this, there is no reason not to get angry.

"Hey, the sky is bright and the sun is bright, I think I have seen a ghost! Third sister is about to reach her age? Why are you so ignorant of the rules?"

As she said that, she didn't cry out, she just let Tanchun lightly hang out.

Tanchun was still dressed, so he paused without embarrassment.

After a long time, Jia Yuanchun snorted and said: "Get up, go and copy five hundred times of boudoir training, and hand it over to Baoqin tomorrow."

Tanchun's face turned pale, and he forced a smile and said: "My lady...Tanchun has a reason, and I am in a hurry to find my wife..."

Jia Yuanchun sneered, looking for his wife?I'm afraid I'm going to see my wife for fun!I don't even think about it, how dare my father divorce my mother when my uncle is with her for a day?

She picked up a branch of the brightest red peony, and with the support of Baoqin, she went leisurely.

Tanchun stood where he was, biting his lower lip and bleeding.

"It's just a concubine..." she murmured.

"Miss..." The waiter, who watched Jia Yuanchun from a distance and dared not step forward, trotted over when he saw people walking away, worried.

Tanchun suddenly blinked his almond eyes and said with a smile, "I'm fine."

For some reason, Shi Shu felt cold behind his back.

☆☆☆☆☆.

Ji Yingze did not make trouble at the Qionglin Banquet that day, but he disappeared inexplicably afterwards. This person was really weird and unpredictable, and Shen Yulin gave up the idea of ​​plotting against him.

In a flash and a half.

The weather in June is unpredictable. It was sunny for a few days, followed by torrential rain, and the moon appeared again at night.

Somehow, I came to the tavern last time, and Shen Yulin didn't order food, only a pot of ice spring brewing.

He is now a sixth-grade editor of the Hanlin Academy, and he is given to walk in front of the emperor, and his life is leisurely.

From ancient times to the present, the Hanlin Academy has been a place where seniority and connections are mixed. Those who are interested in official careers can be transferred or released after a year or two. Those who are greedy for comfort will receive a monthly salary and do some idle things. That's all.

This may be his last leisure time, Shen Yulin smiled faintly, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

After the wine in the pot was exhausted, Shen Yulin brushed the dark blue official uniform covered with black gauze, and was about to call Jinxiu in, when a shadow covered the candlelight.

Raising his head slightly, he saw a handsome dimple and a pair of indifferent eyes, he said in a daze, "Wang... Lord..."

The man in front of him was Yongning Wang Jiqian. He was wearing ordinary clothes and did not bring any followers.

"I don't know the prince is here..." Shen Yulin was about to stand up and salute, but Ji Qian stretched out his hand to hold him down.

"Today's micro-service, don't mention master and slave."

Shen Yulin responded with a low voice.

Outside, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and there are only a few pedestrians.

"I didn't expect the prince to come to such a place." Shen Yulin ordered a few signature dishes and poured a glass of wine for Ji Qian.

Ji Qian's face softened under the candlelight. He bent his black eyes and said, "Isn't it the same in Yulin? Why can't this king come?"

Hearing these words, Shen Yulin felt strange in his heart, his eyes flickered slightly, and said: "Yulin is a lowly person, so I dare not compare myself with the prince."

The tavern's business was slow, and Shen Yulin was looking for a quiet and private room, so he was not afraid to teach people what to hear.

Ji Qian was slightly taken aback, lowered his eyes and took a sip of his wine, and suddenly said, "Yulin still cares... Does the Jia family?"

Shen Yulin smiled, and said: "After all...it's also the place where Yulin was born, how can you not care?"

He was telling a lie, he only stayed in Jia's mansion for a year, and he didn't see half of the master on weekdays. Occasionally, he bumped into the brother-in-law teasing with the maidservant a few times, and even had to be lectured. Who can he care about?

Ji Qian said: "Do you care about the place where you were born, or...the person who was born?"

Shen Yulin's lips curled up slightly at Ji Qian's serious look.

It's a coincidence.

In the past, he didn't feel trapped in the small courtyard of the back house. Later, he was idle and had nothing to do. After calculating the situation in Beijing, his former Prime Minister's Mansion was actually built in the direction of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion.

This may also be a kind of fate.

"My biological father is ruthless, my aunt is mean, and my elder brother is absurd... Naturally, what Yu Lin cares about is only where he was born."

Ji Qian calmed down, and said: "It's just a mansion. In the future... Yu Lin just needs to remember that he must never get involved with the Jia family again."

Shen Yulin's eyes were dark, and he knew in his heart that since the four major families have no trace in the history books, they must have violated the taboo of the Tian family, but he said: "I am a bastard who was given away, how could I be so stupid?" Get in touch with them again."

The corners of Ji Qian's lips raised slightly, and he said: "That's exactly the case, since you have sent it to me, you are my king's man."

Shen Yulin's hand holding the wine glass trembled, but he said with a smile: "Yulin is willing to die for the prince."

With that said, he offered a toast to Ji Qian.

Seeing this, Ji Qian didn't want to push him too hard, so he took the wine and drank it down.

......

It was already mid-moon when returning home, Shen Yulin took a bath, but was tossing and turning in bed.

To be honest, he doesn't dislike these things. Ever since he learned that he had killed his wife, he had also thought about finding a fellow brother to support each other for the rest of his life.

He knew that the Jin Dynasty was full of masculinity, and there were youths who had secretly shown favor to him, but he never thought that the prince would also...

What he has always held towards Ji Qian is admiration and a little gratitude, but these are far from enough to make him willingly bear the name of a good fortune and put himself in the inferior position.

What's more, it's ridiculous to talk about love between men.

Shen Yulin closed her eyes, but those serious black eyes seemed to be imprinted in her mind, lingering.

☆☆☆☆☆.

"Yulin!"

Someone patted him on the shoulder, Shen Yulin turned around, and saw Qi Xiaozhi in a light green official uniform.

Qi Xiaozhi is a second-class Jinshi in this discipline, and now he is the seventh-rank editor of the Imperial Academy.

Shen Yulin smiled and said: "I'm about to go to General Yaowu's mansion now, would you like to come with me?"

Qi Xiaozhi was just saying hello to him, and after hearing the word General's Mansion, he immediately said: "Go, why not? Good Yulin, you know that I respect General Chen the most, so you deliberately use words to seduce me !"

Shen Yulin laughed and said, "Whoever wishes will take the bait."

The two went with a smile.

......

The General's Mansion was newly built. Perhaps the Ministry of Industry was not sure about Chen Yanqing's favor, and did not dare to cut corners.

After passing through two corridors and walking along the Qingshi path, the main courtyard of the General's Mansion was in front of them. When they looked at it, they saw the inscription on the plaque:

Huayao Hall.

The two of them stayed in the Hanlin Academy these days, how could they not know the Holy Master's imperial brush, so they saluted immediately.

The housekeeper of the general's mansion is a middle-aged man in his forties, he is slightly fat, his lips are curled up like ingots, he looks very happy, he said with a smile: "The two ladies are chatting inside, it's not easy for the young one to go in .”

As he spoke, he greeted the little girl behind him and said, "Go and call Miss Lian Bi."

The little girl responded, bowed her head and stepped back.

The two of them didn't wait long, when they saw a young girl in blue clothes approaching. Although she was wearing a maid's dress, the material was more than a little better, and her hair was also combed in a Jiji style.

Seeing Shen Yulin frowning, the housekeeper hurriedly said: "Miss Lian Bi is the steward bestowed by the concubine, she is different from others."

There is only one concubine Zheng in the palace. Ji Chenxin received many favors from her when she was young, and now she respects her as a mother. Because Ji Chenxin's biological mother has passed away, she is said to be a concubine, but she is not far from the empress dowager.

Shen Yulin suppressed her smile, her eyes were slightly cold.

Lian Bi approached, but she was a pretty woman with a sweet smile, Qi Xiao raised his brows, Shen Yulin's eyes sank slightly.

She laughed and said, "Are you two newcomers to the mansion? I've never seen them before."

Her voice is delicate and soft, like an oriole singing, and her brows and eyes are full of ladylike demeanor.

Shen Yulin was even more displeased, and said coldly: "You only lead your way."

Qi Xiaozhi also heard that something was wrong, the woman's words sounded like the master here, but if he heard correctly, she seemed to be just a servant?Immediately, he restrained his admiration.

Lian Bi's expression remained unchanged, and she still smiled dignifiedly, "Then come with me."

Shen Yulin did not raise his step, his phoenix eyes lightly raised, and he said indifferently: "When did the slaves who came out of the palace become so unruly?"

Lian Bi smiled and said, "What do you mean, my lord?"

Shen Yulin raised her eyebrows, turned her head and said to Jinxiu: "Have you ever seen a servant who is not polite when seeing a guest, and says 'I' in every mouthful?"

Jin Xiu respectfully said: "It is indeed unheard of."

Lian Bi's face froze, she was gifted by the concubine, and she was born as the legitimate daughter of an official family. These days, she was used to being flattered in the general's mansion, even Zhao Yanran respected her a little bit, but now someone did it in front of her. To her face, she was said to be a servant!

Seeing that she was not angry, Shen Yulin said again: "The servant committed a crime, how should I be punished?"

This was said to the steward.

The housekeeper also regretted it in his heart, but he didn't dare to offend Lian Bi, he pretended to be hesitant and said: "Miss Lian Bi was born as a third-class court lady, so I'm afraid it's inappropriate to punish her at will..."

A third-class court lady at such an age is not low-born, at least she is also the daughter of a seventh-rank official, but Shen Yulin didn't care, and only said: "A slave is a slave."

In the Jin Dynasty, the selection of palace ladies was not strict. Women who did not want to enter the palace could marry themselves only by submitting a petition from the elders of the clan. No one was willing to be a slave or a handmaid.

I have been a slave for generations, and a father who can send his daughter to be a slave, what kind of formidable opponent can he be?

The housekeeper couldn't help it, why: "Otherwise...go to ask Madam for instructions?"

Shen Yulin snorted coldly.

At this moment, Chen Yanqing turned around from the Shenji Hall of the Pianyuan. Seeing this scene, he wondered: "Yu Lin is here, why don't you go in?"

Qi Xiaozhi raised his head to see Chen Yanqing, his eyes lit up, he also knew that Yulin was not good at complaining to the General, so he bowed his hands and said to Chen Yanqing: "Your official, Qi Xiaozhi, is here today with Brother Yulin to visit the General , but who knows that this girl's words are insignificant, Brother Yulin respects the rules, and he is reminding her."

Chen Yanqing's heart was lost, and he ignored Lian Bi's aggrieved expression, saying: "Since you have offended Yu Lin, let Yu Lin deal with it."

Lian Bi's pretty face turned pale, and she looked at Chen Yanqing with bright eyes.

Shen Yulin said: "Uncle Chen, who came up with the name Lian Bi?"

Chen Yanqing usually doesn't care about this at all, he scratched his head and said to the housekeeper, "Who started it?"

The housekeeper was about to answer, but he heard Lian Biai say: "This name is given by the concubine...you, my lord..."

Shen Yulin smiled, "Uncle Chen's name is Yanqing, the concubine named you Lianbi..."

As he said that, he raised his phoenix eyes, and he seemed to bring out a strong official authority, "Did she ever see the second-rank official who was personally appointed by the Holy Majesty!"

What fear does he have for a concubine who has been under house arrest for 20 years for trying to intervene in politics?

This Zheng family is only looking at the scenery now, otherwise she would not have made such a foolish trick to win over Chen Yanqing, who holds a heavy soldier, ah... a woman with insight!

He also roughly understood that the reason why Ji Chenxin acquiesced to Concubine Zheng's actions was to test Chen Yanqing, but Mu Mu's head was not clear, and he didn't realize it.