Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

The moment Fuhui pointed his finger at him, Dai Quan knew that the mask he had worn for 40 years would be exposed. Before everyone could react, he grabbed the emperor.

Dai Quan pulled out a long copper hairpin from his head. The tail of the hairpin was long and sharp. The point of the hairpin was on the emperor's neck: "Don't move, don't move, or I will splatter blood for five steps in a fit of anger." .”

Emperor Qianyuan panicked immediately: "Dai Quan, what do you want to do? Let the Supreme Emperor go. I will spare you."

The Supreme Emperor was very leisurely, he turned to look at Dai Quan: "Can you tell me your real identity?"

Dai Quan suddenly laughed: "You just asked who I am today, don't you think it's too late?"

The emperor smiled and said: "I remember when I led the soldiers into the palace, you were being escorted out of the palace. You were only four or five years old at that time, and suddenly you broke free from the soldiers and ran in front of me, grabbed my robe, and cried: " My lord, I am hungry, don't send me out of the palace, I will starve to death, I am willing to serve you. "

"I thought you were too smart, but I had someone check your body, and you were indeed castrated. Although it wasn't very clean, I believed that you were a young eunuch who joined the palace, so I took you in. Today, I fell into your hands, you can tell me, what is your real identity?"

Dai Quan laughed loudly: "Fortunately, you remember my past. I have been a father-in-law for 40 years, and I have forgotten who I am. If I said that because you attacked the palace, I was so scared that I fell from the tree and broke into pieces." Believe it or not, you have to castrate your life to save your life?"

The Supreme Emperor frowned: "Since you are castrated and begging for your life, if you leave the palace, you will undoubtedly die. I will take you by my side and heal your wounds. I will treat you well."

Dai Quan laughed wildly: "It's really not that thin. You have given me great favor these years, and the Wufeng Tower has also given me the six departments. Little things. We are at most just using each other, don't put on a face of benefactors, we are enemies, you took away my family and killed all my people, is it possible to thank you?"

The Supreme Emperor sneered and said: "I don't understand this. The princes of the previous dynasty are counted as one, and all of them have their whereabouts. There has never been a fish that slipped through the net!"

Dai Quan said with a smile: "My nanny's son replaced me. I could have lived an ordinary life with my nanny after leaving the palace, but I'm not reconciled..."

The Supreme Emperor snorted coldly: "You are a cripple, are you not reconciled?"

Dai Quan suddenly stopped the topic, and laughed wildly again: "So what if I'm disabled? What if you are alone in the Sangong Sixth Courtyard? Are all your women loyal to you? You know they want to climb up, and they want to be a master in order to see you , how do they curry favor with me?"

The face of the Supreme Emperor suddenly turned green: "Shut up?"

Dai Quan laughed even more madly: "They opened their doors and hearts to me. I can do whatever I want, and whoever I am related to. My life is much faster and easier than yours!"

He was so arrogant that he almost fainted.

Dai Quan turned to look at Emperor Qianyuan: "And you, do you think your women look up to you? No, they like me more, because I can buy them delicious food and drink, and take care of their families for them. But you only have this crazy woman from the Gu family in your eyes, you should thank me, I have been taking care of women for you for more than ten years."

Emperor Qianyuan didn't expect that he would be cuckolded by a eunuch, and suddenly became mad: "Crazy, crazy!"

The Supreme Emperor raised his voice and ordered: "Archer, kill him!"

Although the Taishanghuang personally gave the order, but with Dai Quan in his arms, no one dared to shoot arrows rashly.

At this time, Jia Rong, who was held down, was ignored by everyone.

He was about to get up, but Jia Lian stopped him.Jia Lian gave Jia Rong a wink and asked him to cooperate with him in attacking Dai Quan.

Jia Lian counted out one, two, three with his fingers, and Jia Rong and Jia Lian moved at the same time.Jia Rong got up suddenly, startled Dai Quan and turned his head. At this moment, Jia Lian flew up, grabbed Dai Quan's left hand holding the copper hairpin with both hands like a kite, and then turned it over forcefully, but when he heard a "click", Dai Quan One of his arms was broken.

Jia Rong quickly hugged the Taishanghuang who had fainted and fell to the ground.

When Emperor Qianyuan saw Dai Quan being captured, he shouted frantically, "Kill him!"

However, Jia Lian pinched Dai Quan's arms and broke them, and then whispered to Emperor Qianyuan: "Dai Quan controls the underground bank, and I think that money is enough to build a powerful navy."

Emperor Qianyuan stared angrily: "Do you know the specific location of the bank?"

Jia Lian smiled: "Before, I didn't know, but now, I can probably guess."

Emperor Qianyuan's eyes lit up immediately: "You mean, Wufeng Tower?"

Jia Lian smiled.

Emperor Qianyuan's eyes turned cold immediately: "Now that you know, what's the use of keeping this slave?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "No one knows where his money is. Also, he is the only one who knows about the loan sharks in the underground bank and the noble and wealthy families involved. Therefore, if Your Majesty wants to find out these things, he must be kept alone." If your Majesty only wants to find the money, you can kill him immediately."

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand: "Hand him over to the Punishment Department, no, hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment, it won't work..."

The Department of Punishment itself is under the control of Dai Quan. How can it be effective if they are asked to interrogate Dai Quan now?Although the Ministry of Punishment has nothing to do with Dai Quan, how can the secret history of the palace be spread to the outside world?

Jia Lian said: "Although Dai Quan is in charge of the Punishment Department, not everyone is his confidant. Your Majesty only needs to re-appoint the head of the Punishment Department?"

Emperor Qianyuan was unwilling, but he was greedy for Dai Quan's wealth, and he also wanted to know who was eating inside and outside.Dai Quan had to be spared.

Seeing that his face was dark, Jia Lian persuaded softly: "Once your majesty gets the money, the money will be his criminal evidence. Just divide him into five horses, and no one will blame you."

Emperor Qianyuan looked at Jia Lian: "Who do you think is suitable for tracking down underground money houses?"

Jia Lian said: "This person must be someone you trust, Your Majesty, and must be a notarized and selfless person. Because loan sharks involve thousands of households, they must all be eradicated. If the person who pursues them gets involved in it, they will not be able to find out at all. Conversely, if the investigators have bad intentions and pull innocent people, it will not be conducive to the stability of the court. Therefore, this candidate is very important."

Emperor Qianyuan probably understood Jia Lian's words: "You want a certain prince to take the lead again? Can you be a little bit ambitious and do something for me alone?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "I know myself well. The prestige of my humble minister is not enough to suppress those nobles and nobles. Besides, I am not in his position and do not seek his own government. The humble minister is the school lieutenant of the Fengsheng Army and manages the military affairs of the Pingzi Camp. That is the job of a humble minister."

In fact, Jia Lian didn't want the four kings and eight princes to fall into his hands.If he takes over, he will definitely become the sworn enemy of the nobles and nobles of Kyoto.A rotten ship also has three catties of nails, and the emperor also has straw sandals.Before he has the absolute power to crush everything, Jia Lian doesn't want to make some unnecessary enemies for himself.

Emperor Qianyuan was amused: "Prince Chuanxi, General Secretary Feng Ziying has an audience."

Feng Ziying was actually the most suitable candidate. He was entrusted by Jia Lian to secretly investigate the affairs of Liufu Bank, but he was interrupted by the incident in Pinganzhou some time ago.As a result, His Majesty was frightened by Yang Jiuzhi, and asked him to sneak into Xi'an immediately after finishing the Ping'an Island affairs, and secretly investigate Chen Yuanhang, the commander of the Xi'an Guards.

He is the father-in-law of the Prince of England and is in charge of important military and political affairs of the province.

Xi'an is the headquarters of the Northwest, a strategically important place, and Chen Yuanhang is the nephew of the Gu family, so Emperor Qianyuan had to guard against it.

This is also the reason why Feng Ziying secretly left Ping Anzhou.

It can be said that Feng Ziying has gained a lot in Xi'an, although he has not grasped the evidence of Chen Yuanhang colluding with King Zhongshun.However, there is a jade quarry in Zhongshun Palace that is under the protection of Chen Yuanhang.

Feng Ziying has already confiscated the jade quarry in the name of raiding rebels, nationalized it, and temporarily handed it over to Xi'an Futai, and the profits were directly turned over to the state treasury.

When Emperor Qianyuan learned the details, he already put a big question mark on Chen Yuanhang's head.

Given that Feng Ziying brought back millions of snowflake silver for Emperor Qianyuan in the northwest, Emperor Qianyuan trusted Feng Ziying very much.

Feng Ziying's search of underground banks is no different from Jia Lian's own participation.As long as he wants to know, it generally does not involve court secrets, Feng Ziying is very happy to curry favor with Jia Lian.

Looking back, he said Jia Rong, today is really heaven on earth.

One moment, he was almost hacked as an assassin, and the next moment, he became the emperor's savior.

Although the Supreme Emperor is still in the shame of wearing a cuckold, Jia Rong's bravery and wit are obvious to all.The Empress Dowager has made it clear that she wants to reward Jia Rong and Jia Lian's uncles and nephews.

The empress dowager is also in a world of ice and fire today, and her granddaughter wants to poison herself to death.Moreover, these two granddaughters have been raised and loved by the empress dowager for many years.The empress dowager felt that her education had failed.

But the empress dowager has no daughter herself, so whether she treats her granddaughter or her grandniece, Zhen Yingyu, who is a direct relative, she loves them with all her heart and does her best to give them the best material and status.It's a pity that each of them made the Queen Mother feel cold.

These people are all close relatives of the empress dowager, the empress dowager has a sharp knife in her hands, she can't bear to strike, it's not a good place to punch them easily.

Sister Fuhui could not be killed, nor could she be kept.In the end, the empress dowager had no choice but to build another small nunnery behind the small Buddhist hall, let their sisters lead the cultivation, and sent eight nuns to take care of them.The Empress Dowager strictly ordered that sisters Fuhui were not allowed to step out of the nunnery gate for life.

For the rest of her life, Sister Fuhui has been an old nun in Ningshou Palace.

Zhen Yinglian was about to get married, and the empress dowager felt very lonely, so she brought Du Ruoxin into the Ningshou Palace, and Mr. Du got a small independent courtyard in the Imperial Hospital to live in.Du Ruoxin flew back and forth between Ningshou Palace and Imperial Hospital like little swallows.

Mr. Du took over the peace line of the empress dowager and Emperor Qianyuan, and he played chess with the empress and chatted with the empress dowager in the Hall of Mental Cultivation when he had nothing to do.He has traveled to many places and learned many customs and customs.

On a Shangsi Festival, he can tell many stories, such as the open relationship between men and women in Guangxi. They do not need a matchmaker and get married voluntarily.

The Taishanghuang came to a conclusion: fortunately (Xing) does not need a matchmaker (Mei)!

Mr. Du talked about walking marriages in Yunnan. The children lived with their mothers, and their families were dominated by women.

The Supreme Emperor snorted coldly: Knowing the mother does not know the father, where did he come from, it is inappropriate!

Not to mention, after the Taishanghuang scolded and talked like this, coupled with Mr. Du's acupuncture and massage, the Taishanghuang gradually became cheerful and his body returned to health.

Jia Rong should have proposed to Zhen Yinglian's parents, but her father insisted on cultivating. Because Zhen Yinglian took care of the Queen Mother, her mother was very relieved and followed her husband to become a monk and practice.Therefore, Zhen Yinglian's marriage was decided by the empress dowager with all her strength.

On the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, Jia Lian and Sister Feng dressed up in class, and the couple went to Ningshou Palace to propose to the Queen Mother for Jia Rong.

The Supreme Emperor was present here.Because Jia Rong and Jia Lian were both his life-saving benefactors, before the Empress Dowager agreed, the Supreme Emperor agreed: "This marriage is not bad!"

The empress dowager glared at the emperor, and said: "Well, the daughter of the Zhen family has been pampered and spoiled since she was a child, and she married into the Jia family. I hope that the elders of the Jia family will teach me well and show love and compassion."

Sister Feng cheerfully said, "Don't worry, empress dowager, our old lady likes girls the most. In the past, Miss Zhen was a guest in Jia's mansion, and our old lady treated Miss Zhen as a granddaughter. Even if she is a concubine, she can't see enough of Miss Zhen." Love is not enough, I just think in my heart, I hope my two little girls will grow up to be as smart, kind and beautiful as Miss Zhen."

Sister Feng promised to treat Zhen Yinglian as her daughter.

The Empress Dowager nodded and said with a smile: "A good daughter-in-law has three generations of good descendants. This sentence is really a wise saying. Yinglian must learn from your aunt."

Zhen Yinglian was originally sitting upright behind the bead curtain, but now she blushed upon hearing this.

Because Jia Rong and Zhen Yinglian passed the grass post early in the morning, and they got together, and they are lucky.In the end, the marriage was suspended because of Wang's death.Today, the two are directly settled.The Empress Dowager accepted Jia Rong's small engagement gift, four boxes of jewelry tops, four boxes of brocade cloths, four boxes of gold tops, and four boxes of fruits.

Jewelry and gold ornaments are all in pairs, and the same is true for clothing materials.

Zhen Yinglian returned eight boxes of gifts, all of which she made for Jia Rong herself.A total of six sets of clothes.Each set is from head to toe, Wensheng scarf on the head, Wusheng scarf, jade belt purse on the waist, shoes and socks on the feet, all colors are available.The other two boxes were prepared by the Empress Dowager for Zhen Yingyu. One box contained a gold crown and a jade crown for hair binding.The other box contains six jade rings pressed against the edge of the robe, the color of which matches the clothes just right.

Sister Feng was full of praise when she saw it: "Miss Zhen is really ingenious, this dress is more delicate than that made by the embroiderers in Suzhou!"

The empress dowager smiled all over her face when she heard the words, and she was honored.

She had long wanted to savor the feeling of being a husband and mother, but it's a pity that Zhen Yingyu is an unbelievable thing!

Afterwards, everyone discussed the dowry.Considering that Zhen Yinglian's parents were not around, Sister Feng said, "We have the dowry. When the time comes, Miss Zhen, you can just wait and enter the door in a sedan chair."

The Empress Dowager laughed and said: "I don't have any daughters, so I have saved a lot of things over the years, and then I will give them to Yinglian, antique jades, calligraphy and paintings of famous people, brocade cloth..."

She then spoke and looked at Suju: "I guess there are eighty items in the small storeroom, right?"

The small storehouse, Suju, knew that it was accumulated after Zhen Yingyu entered the palace, and now eight years have passed, and the accumulated things are countless.Because he replied: "It's only a lot more to report to the Empress Dowager!"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "You count and count them, organize them into a book, and hand them over to Yinglian."

Suju remembered that the empress dowager had other granddaughters, so she asked, "All of them?"

Zhen Yinglian interjected at this time: "Grandmother, it is a blessing that Yinglian can listen to her teachings with her aunt, how dare she monopolize her things, according to folk customs, Yinglian is the daughter of a rich family, married 24 Carrying, or 36 carrying the dowry is already extremely glorious." The empress dowager felt distressed when she heard the words and wanted to cry: "You silly girl, the daughter's dowry should be able to eat and drink for a lifetime, so as not to be despised by her husband's family. Grandma's life is almost over, why do you need these things, you are the most caring person in this world for my aunt, you have been with me these few years, and you have done your best to make me feel relieved, I don't love you or anyone else go."

Zhen Yinglian regards the Empress Dowager as an elder. In her heart, she seldom remembers that the Empress Dowager is rich in the world. She only remembers that the Empress Dowager is her elder, who needs to be respected and served: "You don't have to worry about too many things. You should keep some for yourself."

The Supreme Emperor burst out laughing when he heard the words: "This girl's words are so funny, I and your emperor's cousin will still starve your aunt and grandma, what does she need for something beside her?"

Zhen Yinglian knew that she had said the wrong thing, and her face flushed with shame.

The Supreme Emperor laughed aloud: "Well, I'm just a filial child, and Gu also joins in the fun. I remember that Gu has a tea garden in Suzhou. I don't remember whether it is [-] mu or [-] mu. You can go and see for yourself later. "

Sister Feng was stunned at the side, the make-up was so shocking, but it is really nice to have the emperor Lao Tzu as a relative.

At such a time, Princess Ying happened to come into the palace. Hearing that Zhen Yinglian was married, the queen mother was doing the dowry, and the emperor added makeup, she also joined in the fun and said with a smile: "Well, the queen mother probably has no time to save wood for the niece. I gave birth to two girls, so I accumulated a lot of wood, they are still young, so it is better to give it to my niece first."

The empress dowager was full of joy when she heard the words: "I am worrying about this matter in private, you are a filial girl."

Princess Ying was praised by the Empress Dowager, and she was even happier. She didn't sit down, but she saw Sister Feng standing aside, busy talking: "Our prince is in poor health and rarely goes out. I don't recognize many noble ladies. This is my in-laws." ma'am?"

Sister Feng got up to meet Princess Ying, at this moment, seeing her talking to her, she hurriedly saluted: "My wife, Mrs. Jia, has seen Princess Ying, please greet Princess Ying."

Concubine Ying took Sister Feng's hand and sat down together: "Now that we are relatives, it's good to have frequent visits in the future."

Sister Feng didn't know that Prince Ying and Jia Lian had a vengeance for killing their brother and mother. Seeing that Princess Ying treated people kindly and made relatives, she was full of joy.

Jia Lian was sitting outside the bead curtain, but he felt displeased. Jia's family was married to the Zhen family and had nothing to do with Prince Ying's residence.

However, in front of the Empress Dowager, Jia Lian could not bear to say anything, but took the time to look at Sister Feng, suggesting that she should keep it.

On the way home, Sister Feng secretly asked Jia Lian, "You don't like Prince Ying?"

Jia Lian said: "The courtiers are not allowed to have private relations with the royal family, you should pay attention, otherwise be careful that the censor will join you."

Sister Feng raised her eyebrows L: "Isn't this in-law's family?"

Jia Lian sneered: "Your son has just turned one year old? Follow Jia Rong to talk about the in-laws, and that is also the Zhen family. Remember, don't make friends outside."

Jia Lian's voice was not loud, just enough for people to eavesdrop.

When Emperor Qianyuan heard that Jia Lian had taught his wife a lesson, he immediately smiled, pointed to Uncle Zhang and said, "Your nephew is good at everything, but two shortcomings, one is timid and the other is kind!"

Uncle Zhang said with a smile: "He grew up with his grandmother. His grandfather passed away early and his father was a dude. It's lucky that he doesn't grow crooked. I don't have anything to complain about."

Emperor Qianyuan took it for granted when he heard the words: "That's true. Although Mrs. Shi left Beijing, Yu Wei is still there."

But when Jia Lian and Sister Feng returned home that day, they saw some squash, cauliflower, bamboo shoots and wild vegetables in the house.

Upon questioning, it turned out that Grandma Liu had come to Beijing.

Jia Lian did some calculations in his heart, and found that Grandma Liu was half a year late.She thought to herself that she didn't come at the end of last year, probably because Wang died of illness, and she didn't dare to come to marry her. It was spring at this time, and there was no reception. It must have been a bit difficult, so she had the audacity to come to the door.

Jia Lian asked, "Where are people?"

Ping'er said: "She went out early in the morning and hadn't had breakfast yet. She also brought a little grandson with her, who was crying from hunger. I arranged for them to eat in the kitchen."

Jia Huan nodded, Ping'er was always kind, so it should be arranged properly.

Sister Feng was surprised: "You asked her why, don't you know her?"

Jia Lian smiled and waved his hands: "I don't know, but we don't know the people who fled from Tianqi Temple, and we spend thousands of silver to help them every year. Grandma Liu is still a relative of the Wang family. How can Madam's relatives be disrespectful? You still recruit her." Come to ask carefully, I'm afraid the family can't get rid of the pot, we don't lack money, and we just need to cut a piece of clothing."

Sister Feng smiled when she heard the words: "Understood."

Jia Lian couldn't gossip with a village grandma, so she went to the study.

Jia Yun happened to come in, and greeted Jia Lian to greet her.

Jia Lian was in a good mood: "Why are you here now?"

Jia Yun said, "Second Uncle, the grandson Shaozu you told your nephew to pay attention to has come to Beijing."