The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Shi Li and Jia Huan guessed the ambitions of the Liguo Mansion and the Empress Dowager. After a long silence, Jia Huan praised in embarrassment: "How dare you play!"

Shi Li said: "He's open and I'm in the dark, if we want to have fun, there's nothing we can do."

Jia Huan said: "Old man Gong hasn't come back since he went to Hong Kong, it's been so long; Liu Xianglian's two tricks were given for nothing in front of the big insiders. Why don't you just stop playing."

Shi Li looked at him for a while, and smiled: "Do you think that only the fifth master and I can fight in S.H.I.E.L.D." Jia Huan was startled.S.H.I.E.L.D. was compiled from the former Liu Dengxi's Anbu, and most of them are spies. He has only seen Jia Xu and Shi Li who can fight.Shi Li lazily said, "Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter." Jia Huan is not a diligent person either.He said don't worry about it, so don't worry about it.

It's just that Jia Amnesty's letter should be sent to Rongxi Hall, so he ordered someone to pretend to be a messenger to deliver it from the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion.Jia Zheng got the letter to read it again from the beginning, but he still couldn't believe it, so he read it from the beginning several times.Immediately burst into tears with joy: "My Huan'er is about to succeed!" Hastily sent someone to call Jia Huan over.

Jia Huan was waiting on the low bed of Lixiangyuan, eating snacks and chatting with Shi Li at the same time.Hearing the footsteps of a young servant stumbling over from outside, he wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and jumped off the ground: "Let's go! I'm going to discuss with my father about getting a wife!"

Shi Li waved his hand: "Go, go! I'm going to find someone to discuss serious matters." Then he also stood up and went out from the courtyard gate facing the street.

Jumping on the horse outside, Shi Li went straight to Liu's Timber Store.Seeing Liu Xianglian and Qin Keqing, he first told the story of the Liu family and the Empress Dowager from the beginning.

Qin Keqing thought about it for a long time, and said: "It's really weird. The Empress Dowager refused to let go of Cong'er's marriage, and Huan'er's matter has been handed over to her, so let it go for nothing?"

Shi Li smiled wryly and said: "Brother Huan said that he fell in love with a princess and kissed him several times, so it's not difficult to guess. In the early years when King Lu came to Beijing, wasn't he playing with him? The Empress Dowager must have already guessed that Princess Jian'an is here. The person who gave birth to her didn't even ask her face to face. How can anyone ask for a marriage from the heavenly family without telling others who the woman is."

Qin Keqing glanced at him: "What do you think is the reason?"

Shi Li said: "I guess it's to avoid suspicion."

Qin Keqing sighed: "I guess it's also to avoid suspicion." Liu Xianglian coughed twice beside her.Qin Keqing said, "Master Zheng begged the Empress Dowager for grace, and wanted to marry Princess Jian'an for Huan'er. The Empress Dowager agreed and issued a decree. According to Master Zheng's temperament, the whole capital would know about this matter. How can we let it go? The people in the capital know that the special envoys of the various princes will send people back to the country to deliver the letter, and everyone in the world will know in a blink of an eye."

Liu Xianglian said: "What has it to do with avoiding suspicion?"

Qin Keqing said softly: "If Princess Jian'an suddenly disappears..."

Liu Xianglian took a breath.If Princess Jian'an suddenly disappeared and Jia Zheng made such a big scene, Jia Huan's father would not agree if he didn't marry a princess.Since the first one was married by the empress dowager, and he was unlucky to give birth to that person, the empress dowager naturally had to help him find another good wife.The one in the front is the princess, and the one in the back is inconvenient to pass her by. Most likely the princess has to be chosen.As for who to choose, it depends on the Queen Mother's happiness.

Qin Keqing asked: "Brother Huan didn't expect this episode?"

"He had vague doubts in his heart, but he never thought of it so clearly." Shi Li said, "So he just wrote an urgent letter and sent it to the country of Lu. I added another letter to let the uncle and nephew of the Zhong family take strict precautions. I'm here today to discuss with Liu Erge Liu Ersao, this matter has to be kept from Huan'er."

Liu Xianglian frowned and said, "Why are you hiding it from him? They are going to kill his wife."

Shi Li said: "The empress dowager can't die these few years. I want to keep her to sell more nobles and defeat the prestige of the Situ family."

Liu Xianglian shook her head: "It's better to let Huan'er know about such a big matter. Even if you don't know it now, what if you know it in the future?"

Shi Li shrugged and said, "He's not Jia Cong, he's not that irritable."

Liu Xianglian snorted, and said: "Since you want to hide it from him, you can only discuss it with the people in Luzhou. Wouldn't it be clean for you to hide it from us?"

"If this matter doesn't alarm Princess Jian'an, that's fine; if it alarms..." Shi Li said, "I would like to trouble Mrs. Liu to go to Luzhou to meet the princess." He smiled wryly, "Please, princess I also cover up those things myself."

Liu Xianglian frowned and said, "Don't drag our husband and wife into the water."

When Shi Li was about to speak, Qin Keqing said first, "That's fine, I won't be out of Beijing for a while." Shi Li bowed his hands in thanks.

Liu Xianglian's brows were all twisted into ropes, and she said after a long while: "Could it be that if they don't sell nobles, the Situ family still has dignity?"

Shi Li smiled lightly and said: "The fifth master told me when he left last time that he will rarely return to Beijing in the next few years, so you can keep it from Brother Huan if you have something unavoidable. When Mr. Gong left, he also told me that it would be difficult to deal with it. They either made up their own minds, or told Mr. Mu that there is no need to discuss it with Brother Huan. In fact, Master Wu has discussed some things with Mr. Gong, and never told Brother Cong."

Qin Keqing frowned: "It can't be Chen girl's business, Cong'er will tear the world apart if she finds out."

"No, other things." Shi Li said, "Brother Cong and Brother Huan live very smoothly, sometimes they do things too lightly, or use loyalty, and refuse to owe favors. Fifth Lord and Old Man Gong are both As a leader, he is older and understands the importance better than them. The Situ family has never experienced the defeat of the king, but was directly entrusted from the prosperous age, and the people's hearts are extremely stable. If you want to shake the foundation, you can't relax everything. Things that hurt the hearts of scholar-bureaucrats the most. For example, Mr. Su Zheng." Su Zheng's son was the magistrate in Jingzhou, and since the chaos in Beijing and Central China, he has always wanted to take his father there, but old man Su has always refused.It wasn't until the Empress Dowager began to sell her title that her mind was shaken. "Those scholar-bureaucrats who are still in their dreams and refuse to wake up are looking forward to the empress dowager's repentance, or the ancestors of the Situ family being enraged by the spirit of heaven and taking her away."

Liu Xianglian said: "Even if the Empress Dowager is gone, the little sage will sell his title. He is not a girl, so there is no way to shirk it."

Shi Lidao: "The empress dowager is female, but she is also the queen who was appointed by the late emperor himself; the little saint is surnamed Situ, but she was appointed by the rebel Fang Xiong. The two of them complement each other and both have received money to sell their titles. Neither of them can do it. Little. Scholar-bureaucrats are the cornerstone of the imperial court after all. Besides, if we don’t move her, she will kill herself sooner or later. She is just an ant in front of King Yan.”

Liu Xianglian remained silent for a long time, finally stood up and said, "I don't care." Nai shook her sleeves and walked out.

Qin Keqing smiled apologetically, "That's just how he is."

Shi Li smiled and said: "I know. Leng Erlang is a chivalrous man by nature, and doesn't care about small things. Even if he has been a bandit for more than ten years, his nature will not change."

Qin Keqing said: "Master Shi, you don't bother me to go to Luzhou just because of Princess Jian'an. You can find anyone for that idea."

Shi Li clasped his hands and said, "I knew that I could hide Second Brother Liu, but I couldn't hide Second Sister Liu. I also want to invite Second Sister Liu to act in a play." Qin Keqing raised her eyebrows.Shi Li said in a low voice, "Smart people think too much. Compared with other people, Mrs. Liu has two natural advantages. First, she has an outstanding bearing; second, her husband's surname is Liu."

Qin Keqing frowned, and said after a while, "I still don't understand what you mean."

Shi Li sighed: "Speaking of it, this matter is due to their incomprehension in the south. Liu Hu said that the branch of the Liu Family Liu Keli and the branch of Liu Keli of the Liguo Mansion had long since cut off contact, so they believed it. Gong Kun imitated Liu Hu's letter to the Empress Dowager, which said that he wanted to put down the pick. When he arrived in the Western Ocean, the sea and the sky were free, and he was no longer willing to work for the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager may not believe it. If you don't believe it, I'm afraid you will be suspicious. The authenticity of the letter; if it is believed, another person will be sent to the West. It’s just that the matter is too urgent, and she is a harem girl. People in the palace are cautious and don’t make decisions lightly. I heard Brother Huan’s gossip, Many years ago there were rumors that Liu Ersao was the orphan of Prince Yizhong."

Qin Keqing said: "I've heard it too, it's nonsense."

Shi Li laughed and said: "Although it's nonsense, why don't you nonsense others? Prince Yizhong has been the prince for many years, so it's not surprising that he can abduct some people from Da Nei. Didn't Liu Dengxi also abduct many people for the Supreme Emperor? At that time, the imperial court investigated Prince Yizhong and the rest of the party were extremely tight, and it was not something ordinary people could do to rescue a princess quietly. Coincidentally, Second Brother Liu is also surnamed Liu."

Qin Keqing finally guessed roughly what he wanted to do, and said with a wry smile: "There are too many people surnamed Liu."

Shi Li said: "That's why I said that smart people are the easiest to think too much, because they never believe in coincidences."

"It's just that there must be others besides Liuhu in the big inner Liuxin's branch."

Shi Li said: "Liu Hu's father is still there. People like them are top secret. Liu Hu doesn't even know if he has brothers. And the superiors are the most suspicious."

Qin Keqing sat and thought about it for a long time, and suddenly felt that it was funny, so she sat and laughed in vain.Shi Li sat beside him with a smile.

Two days later, Qin Keqing really pretended to be leaving relatives, and led some maids and servants to Luzhou.Liu Xianglian wanted to follow, but there was still a young girl in the family who was left unattended, so she had to stay in Beijing.Naturally, Jia Zheng wrote a letter of marriage proposal to the Empress Dowager in Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Huan ran to Feng Ziying's house to say hello.Several joint characters all know it well and everything is easy to handle.The Empress Dowager chose a good day and auspicious day to issue a decree for marriage, and then sent someone to Luzhou to issue an decree.

Shi Li predicted things like a god, and something happened in Luzhou.The uncle and nephew of the Zhong family got the letter from Feige in Beijing, so they sent someone to secretly watch Princess Jian'an day and night.

Jia Huan had written a letter to King Lu a long time ago, saying that he had to fulfill the filial piety of his grandmother, and he was going to come here to ask for marriage after he fulfilled his filial piety in April this year.Therefore, Luzhou also prepared various objects early.In recent years, Luzhou has been prosperous, and the king of Lu has only this one biological sister, so the dowry is naturally not thin.It's just that his uncle Zeng Ting was not very willing, and often talked about "Jia's family is extremely rich" and the like, wanting to lose some of the princess's dowry.King Pianlu now has Zhong Heng's backing, and Zhong Heng's soldiers beat the others one by one, and Zeng Xing couldn't do anything about it.

That night, Princess Jian'an, her maid and others had already fallen asleep, and a figure quietly opened the window and went in, smeared a circle on the small Ru Kiln teacup where she usually drank tea, and sprinkled something into her incense burner , quietly left.Seeing that the man disappeared, the people sent by the Zhong family took the teacup away, poured out the contents of the incense burner, washed it and put it back.

The man brought the contents of the furnace and the tea cup back to the tea house to show to his colleagues, Zhong Wei didn't recognize him at all, but the doctor looked at the incense ashes and smelled the tea cup, clapped his hands and said: "Who did the trick! It's really wonderful to see Bai Lan." Nai took a pen and wrote a small sign.Just now the man ran back and sent the stick back to the princess's house and pressed it under the tea tray.

Early the next morning, the princess got up to have tea, but the maid couldn't find the teacup she used to drink, so after a little searching, she found the stick.Princess Jian'an was shocked.After thinking about it for a long time, he said: "It seems that I left the teacup where I left it yesterday, and I can't remember it for a while. You can look for it again, and get me another cup for tea." The maid agreed and took another cup. Pour her tea.

After searching for half a day, the garden sweeper picked up a small teacup from the veranda and brought it inside to ask who it belonged to. It happened to be the one that was missing in Princess Jian'an's house.The princess smiled and said: "Sure enough, Tete will probably not find something if he goes looking for something. If he leaves it behind, it will come out by itself after a while." It's tea.All the maids laughed.It's just that the teacup didn't fall out of favor for a long time, and the princess drank tea with it again at night.

A few days later, Princess Jian'an occasionally felt cold and became ill.Three days later, chickenpox actually started!Fortunately, it wasn't very powerful, the princess didn't alarm others, and sent her maid to look for King Lu.King Lu was very anxious, and ordered someone to invite a good doctor.Coincidentally, Zhong Heng was also on the spot, and he said: "It doesn't matter about chickenpox. There is a doctor near our teahouse, and he doesn't practice medicine very much now. He is best at treating chickenpox, and he is better than others." King Lu was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered someone to invite him The doctor is here.

Not long after, the doctor came and asked if it could cure chickenpox.He smiled and said: "Other diseases are fine, only chickenpox is my family's ancestral prescription, and it is best to cure it."

The happy king of Lu made a bow to him: "Mr. Hard Work."

Zhong Heng said beside him: "It's just that the princess is a female relative."

The doctor said: "Just hang the thread to diagnose the pulse."

King Lu admired him even more: "Sir, you know how to do this! Isn't it a genius doctor?" You silly boy!Zhong Heng almost laughed out loud.

The doctor smiled and cupped his hands: "Don't dare, dare not."

When Concubine Ning and the Zeng family knew about this, the genius doctor had already made a pulse diagnosis and left a prescription.He said again: "This prescription is medicine primer, three bowls of water are boiled into one bowl, twice a day in the morning and evening." He took six packs of medicine powder from his bosom, "This is chalcedony powder handed down by my family, which is specially used to treat chickenpox. Princess, please drink the medicine primer and pour it into green tea to take it." Lu Wang ordered the princess's nurse to keep it, and personally sent the doctor out.

At this moment, the grandma of the Zeng family had already come over, and she went away after chatting for a long time through the tent.The King of Lu wanted to send someone to buy medicine outside, Zhong Heng said: "I'm just going to go back and have a few words with my uncle before returning to the palace. Why don't I go buy medicine and bring it back by the way. With the doctor's company, the medicinal materials can be selected better .” King Lu heard that he was reasonable, so he entrusted him.

Not long after, Zhong Heng came back from helping to buy the medicine, and the princess's nursing mother went to decoct the medicine.It's just that when the powdered medicine was brewed with tea at the end, the nurse muttered inwardly: the powdered medicine looked like white sugar.