Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

For the sake of the lives of his father and elder brother, the sage had no choice but to disobey the emperor's will, and returned to the capital in a hurry before he could find out the matter.

For the disposal here, most of the big things were reduced to small things. Small things like the fight between Xue Pan and Qiu Qiansheng were just fined some money and sent away.

It's just that Jia Qiang's punishment was heavier, he was the person in charge of supervising the camp, and he had nothing to do with such a incident, not only fined his salary, but also demoted two grades.

I have always been deeply guilty of supporting him, Old General Feng Youjia. If it hadn't been for his full support at the beginning, Jiaqiang might not have gotten such an errand to show up, but I didn't want to but hurt him!

The emperor was ill, Prince Yide was seriously injured, Yu Qing Keqing's marriage had to be postponed again and again, Prince Yizhong was demoted as a commoner, the emperor did not lack for him a bite, as a show of kindness, he gave him land, house and silver, and let him go Well, if he goes back to Beijing, he will be allowed to take care of the eldest princess. If he goes back to Ping'an Prefecture, the original house there will also be reserved for him.

He was worried about Qing Keqing, and insisted on staying in the capital, living in the eldest princess's mansion.The Eldest Princess also has no children, and she is also concerned about Qing Keqing, a descendant of blood, so she often goes to the palace to visit her once or twice. Fortunately, she often visits, otherwise Qing Keqing will go there at any time.

It turned out that Qing Keqing was taken into the palace by the emperor because she missed Concubine Zhengui. However, Concubine Zhengui had many eyes and ears in the palace, and there were speculations about her identity, and the situation of Prince Yide became more and more difficult. A little crazed, he treated Qin Keqing, the chief culprit, very harshly.

For Qin Keqing's safety, the Eldest Princess couldn't rest assured, so she lived in the palace with the cheek. Fortunately, the old sage loved her quite a lot when he was not in meditation, so he said that she could live in the palace all the time, and there was no need for her to live in the palace. No one dared to urge her to leave.

As for the government of Zhen Guo, accidentally getting involved in such secret court scandals is more frightening than the Jia family. Now it is the time to live with tails between their legs. Without these people tossing around in the court, they are gradually taking control now. After entering the court, the court is peaceful, but I don’t know if this is the tranquility after the storm?Or the calm before the storm?

On April 23, Baoyu was playing in the garden, but when he heard the attacker call him, saying that it was Jia Zheng who called him, Baoyu heard the drum in his heart, could it be possible to ask him about learning again?He didn't care about other things, so he tidied up and hurried out of the garden. When he reached the second gate, he saw Mingyan standing at the gate, and asked the master why he called him.

Mingyan didn't say anything, but let him hurry over, nervous, Baoyu suspicious, but hearing the laughter from the corner, Xue Pan clapped his hands and jumped out, saying, "If it wasn't for Uncle's name, You've never come out so fast!"

Baoyu pointed at him and then looked at Mingyan, Mingyan only laughed and laughed, Baoyu realized that this was Xue Pan's trick to coax him out, Xue Pan was his cousin, but Mingyan was himself He scolded, "Rebellious bastard!" Xue Pan was a little bit loyal, seeing that Mingyan had taken care of him for nothing, and begged and begged for forgiveness, so Baoyu calmed down.

"Why did you want to call me today?"

"If it wasn't for something, I wouldn't dare to disturb you. The third day of May is my birthday. I don't know where Laohu and Cheng found such a thick, long, pink and crisp fresh lotus root, such a big watermelon, which was a tribute from Siam. Siamese pigs and fish scented with ling cypress, these pigs and fish are more expensive, but I don’t know where the melons and lotus roots are grown, I sent some to the old lady, don’t you just miss you? !"

"Is it just me or someone else?" Baoyu asked.

Xue Pan rubbed his head, "There is another one, Brother Qiang from Dongfu, he is also here!"

"Yo! When did you play so well!" This brother Qiang can be said to have grown up in the military camp since he was a child, and he despises them the most lazy dudes who can be knocked down with a single punch. How can he be with Xue Pan? OK?

"What else can I do? Didn't I beat up that boy surnamed Qiu because of my fourth younger sister? Brother Qiang felt that I was a little manly, so I had a little or two friendship. In addition, these days, he Because of being demoted, he was a little unhappy, so I forced him to come out and have a good time!"

While speaking, he took Baoyu to his study. In the study, Jia Qiang had already arrived, and Xue Pan and his friends, such as Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing, Hu Silai, etc., and some young men who sang ditties were all here. , greeted each other and said hello, we have met, after tea, Xue Pan ordered the servant to serve wine, and Baoyu saw some fresh melons and fruits, and said,

"My birthday gift hasn't arrived yet, but I'll eat yours first."

Xue Pan said, "That's right, what will you give me for my birthday tomorrow?"

Baoyu replied, "If you send some antiques, food and clothing, it's not mine, that is, if I write or draw a stroke, it's mine. I can't say that I draw something for you."

"Hahaha! There's no need for that. I just got a birthday gift for a painting, and it also came out of your garden. Don't give it too much!" Xue Pan laughed loudly.

"In the garden, could it be that sister Bao sent you?" Xue Pan is a dude, and he is a man with a foreign surname. He doesn't go to the garden very much, and he is not close to the sisters. If we say that there is only sister Bao in the garden?

Xue Pan shook his head, "My younger sister, when she was young, she knew how to play with flowers and beautiful clothes, and she often drew paintings and played the piano. Now that she is older, she doesn't like these things anymore, and she only works with embroidered sheds. , I don't need to think about it to know that what she sent is either a kit or clothes, how could she come to paint for me in such a leisurely way!"

Hearing what he said, Jia Qiang sarcastically said, "Brother Xue, don't be ignorant of your blessings. We just want a sister who can't afford clothes and kits!"

Xue Pan thought of the death of both his parents and no sister, so he smiled and stopped talking.

Baoyu was still thinking about which sister or maid in the garden would bring the painting, and asked,

"Brother Xue, don't be a fool, tell me, who sent you the painting?"

Xue Pan smiled smugly. He took down a picture from a shelf, opened it, and saw that there was a hint of the meaning of Lin Chong hitting Coach Hong with a club. The one standing there was Xue Pan, majestic, Huge and mighty, there was a young man begging for mercy lying under his feet, he looked like Qiu Qiansheng, and the painter seemed to have done special treatment. If Baoyu hadn't experienced that incident, I'm afraid he would never have thought of it. The person is Qiu Qiansheng.

The painting is so lifelike, as if he saw it face to face, so Baoyu couldn't think of it.

"Is this drawn by the fourth sister?"

"Yeah, if you want me to say that among your sisters and sisters, the fourth brother is the one who repays the most kindness. I just thought that the boy surnamed Qiu was not pleasing to the eye, so she gave me this picture after beating him a few times." painted."

Baoyu didn't listen to what he said, just looked at the painting more and more like it, and asked, "May I borrow this painting to have a good look!"