The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Dai Quan visited a temple at night and found a sign with a map standing outside the plum forest.Until this moment, he understood what Jia Cong was thinking.As Team Leader Qin said, if everyone could enter and hang out in the palace, the palace would not be rare.The experience of a master monk and three edicts to pass on the throne will inevitably cause people to chew their tongues after dinner.The emperor's majesty was swept aside, and the words "ordered by the sky" became a joke.Jia Cong's rebellion is much more ruthless than Cao Datong and Fang Xiong.After thinking for a while, he didn't dare to enter the Merlin rashly, so he extinguished the candle and went back the same way.

After entering the tunnel and lighting the lantern, Dai Quan took a deep breath.During the journey just now, there seemed to be little claws in his belly persistently scratching his heart.After walking a few steps, he couldn't bear it any longer, so he turned back again.So he stood in front of the big wooden sign and carefully memorized the route for half a day, and Dai Quan boldly went to the intersection of the maze.A small wooden sign was erected at the intersection, with the words "Entrance of the Merlin Labyrinth" written on it, and an arrow marked on it.

Dai Quan walked along the path.After walking about fourteen or five steps, I saw another half-sized wooden sign.On the wooden sign, Wei Wei drew a map of the maze, and there was a small red dot next to it that said "You are here".Dai Quan suddenly felt that he was wasting his energy memorizing the map just now, I'm afraid there are signs along the way, and it's not easy to get lost.Sure enough, when we reached the first fork, there was only one feasible road ahead, and there was a guiding wooden sign.Another two plum trees beside the intersection are framed by thick hemp ropes from the roots to the branches, as if hanging a hemp rope painting.Dai Quan walked in according to the wooden sign, and when he did go inside, he saw a house.It's just that he didn't dare to go in again, the room was lit with lights.So he secretly looked around for a while, then turned around and walked back-this time he really left.

Back at his residence in the palace, Dai Quan sat on the kang and panted hard.An old eunuch who has lived in the palace for most of his life and can still climb beside the saint and the empress dowager should never have any curiosity.Those who are curious in the palace all die early.Dai Quan suspected that he was fascinated by something just now, and secretly warned himself not to repeat the same mistakes.Thinking about it again, no matter the saint or the empress dowager would want to know the truth about such an important matter.I just went to inquire on behalf of the two masters.It is only natural to take risks for the master.Thinking of this, I was a little relieved and fell asleep with peace of mind.

The next day, he followed Qin Keqing and others to count things again.After a whole day, when the work was about to end, Dai Quan looked at a pair of large Ru Kiln vases and said with emotion: "I remember that one year, the sage personally folded two plum blossoms in the imperial garden and put them in this vase." He sighed again, "The palace has been desolate these years, and those who were in charge of the imperial garden were transferred away by King Yan, and there is no one to take care of the plum trees."

Qin Keqing hurriedly said: "Don't worry, father-in-law, we have counted the things, and the next step is to rectify. The imperial garden will also hire a gardener to take care of it."

Dai Quan nodded, and suddenly remembered something: "I heard that there is a plum grove next to a temple. It is really beautiful when it blooms."

"I've heard that too." A member of the team said enthusiastically, "It's getting cold now, and the plum blossoms should be in bloom in a few months, so let's go for a walk with the whole group!"

Qin Keqing said casually, "Okay."

Dai Quan asked, "When can I visit that temple?"

Another team member turned to ask Qin Keqing: "Is a temple open?"

"It's not open yet. But we can go shopping first." Qin Keqing said with a smile, "Why don't you take a day off tomorrow, and Eunuch Dai will go with us?"

"Okay, okay~~" the little girl shouted crisply, "It's like our school's autumn outing."

Dai Quan pretended to think about it for a while: "I just don't know that miscellaneous families can get out of the palace cheaply."

"Oh yes, you haven't done the staff registration yet." Qin Keqing frowned slightly, "Jia Cong didn't think carefully, we should arrange for you first. I'm afraid that kid won't take care of it. I'll tell him later...forget it I'll take care of this matter." She thought for a while, and said with a wry smile, "I'm also at a loss. Let's finish the inventory first, so I can't finish it all at once. Anyway, my father-in-law doesn't know the way, and tomorrow we will Come pick you up."

Dai Quan smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Team Leader Qin. The miscellaneous family is just curious."

Qin Keqing also smiled and said: "That's right. Everyone has curiosity. Even though the court has suppressed the court ladies and eunuchs and concubines for many years, once they let go, human nature will naturally jump out. Those childless concubines who left the palace first They all married themselves, and there is no one who is willing to be a Taoist nun."

Dai Quan was stunned: "Didn't they let the thieves take them away?"

"That's right." Qin Keqing said with a smile, "It just so happens that the leader of the thief is my man." Dai Quan was shocked!

The two team members asked curiously at the same time: "Has Team Leader Liu ever been a gangster?"

Qin Keqing said: "It's just a green forest identity. There are so many women in the Taishang Empress Palace, many of them are young and young, and the oldest are no more than half-mature. Wouldn't it be a pity to waste a lifetime in the palace? Jia Cong The boy coaxed the empress dowager to send them to become nuns, and let our old Liu pretend to be a bandit to rob them and leave the Taoist temple. Tell them, the king will prepare a new way for them. Go home, get married, Self-supporting female households are also acceptable. Those who go home will receive travel expenses, those who marry will receive dowry, and those who are self-supporting will receive property. If you are unwilling, you can also go back to the Taoist temple to observe the festival for the Supreme Emperor—maybe someday when the old man returns to Beijing, he will still be able to receive They returned to the palace to be empresses. I never imagined that they would all be married in less than four months."

The little girl said: "It's not surprising. The Emperor is so old, how many young girls would be willing to be with him? It's just that they are good-looking and let him use the method of drafting to snatch them in."

"That may not be the main reason." Qin Keqing said, "The palace is closed and there are many rules. They are not allowed to sit, sit and eat freely, which is no different from being in prison. All of them have good manners, even if they marry as widows and become businessmen, Merchants value profits over separation, and wives can still make decisions at home, and can go out and walk around from time to time. Women who survived in the harem, the backyard is no problem." As he spoke, he noticed Dai Quan's expression was strange, and asked quickly, "Eunuch Dai What's wrong?"

Dai Quan was stunned for a long time, sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It turns out that Jia Cong had a rebellion at that time."

"He just doesn't want to waste human resources." Qin Keqing said seriously, "I know that my father-in-law has been well versed in the way of the inner court since he entered the palace. I understand, things have changed, things have changed, today is different, equality and freedom should get used to it slowly." She smiled, "Don't worry about anything else, let's go to the temple first tomorrow."

Dai Quan sighed again: "Jia Cong's actions are like my previous court."

"No!" Qin Keqing said, "It can only be my court, not the previous court."

A team member asked: "I also think it's the former dynasty, why not?"

Qin Keqing blinked her eyes: "It's not so easy to change the customs, it's only effective if it's subtle." Dai Quan didn't fully understand, but only wrote down this sentence.

The next day, Qin Keqing's counting team had a holiday and came to the Forbidden City early in the morning to pick up Dai Quan and go to a temple together.The inside of the temple is the same as before, except that there are more guide signs and maps. Dai Quan is full of clues about what it is like.

A group of people wandered to the Hall of Pharmacists, looked around the maze sign for a while, and then went in.Arriving at the former residence of a master monk, Qin Keqing said: "The most interesting thing here is the imperial decree of the three former emperors. Let's take a look first." Then he led everyone into the hall with familiarity.As soon as he entered the house, he heard a chattering sound inside—it was a group of teenagers.It turned out that a temple management office was doing promotional activities.Before officially selling tickets as a scenic spot, students are invited to visit for free.Those who have compulsory education schools, those who study women's studies, those who study the family studies of the Jia family and the Jiang family, and those who study at the Imperial College.Right now, this group of students are students from a compulsory education school in the west of the city. They are all children of ordinary people, standing in twos and threes in front of various maps, sand tables, and weapons, discussing.

Qin Keqing and others bypassed them and went straight to the West Wing.There are three thin brocades hanging on the wall here like paintings, which are the three edicts of the first emperor, passing the throne to the second, sixth and ninth respectively.Qin Keqing and others looked at it like a joke, and they all commented that the first emperor was greedy, and he refused to let go of the power in front of him and the fame in his back.Only Dai Quanli was in a daze in front of the edict like a fool.Others didn't rush him after reading it, they just said hello and said to go out for a stroll first.Dai Quan then stayed alone in the West Wing.

After standing for a long time, another group of visiting students came outside.This time, the female students from Tsinghua Charity Women's School came back. They were all wearing lake blue shirts and plain white skirts.The little girls were more lively than the group of teenagers just now, and there was endless laughter.Dai Quan took a few steps back and stood behind them, he couldn't help but think of the beautiful girl who first entered the palace.There was a very outstanding girl who looked at the imperial decree with her hands behind her back for a long time, then suddenly stretched her waist and laughed.Dai Quan couldn't help but secretly praised in his heart: this figure is very dignified, if she has a good background, she must be a favorite concubine when she enters the palace.

The female students went out after watching it for a while.Dai Quan stayed alone for another half day, and then slowly walked out.Qin Keqing and the others were all waiting for him in the hall, so they walked together to the Eight Diagrams Courtyard and looked at the old camphor wood mechanism box.The box is still placed under the octagonal pavilion, but the administrator is guarding the side, not allowed to touch it.

After returning from the Eight Diagrams Academy, I happened to meet those female students after watching a monastery, and the two groups went out through the plum forest together.Qin Keqing asked casually: "Don't you look at the mechanism box?"

A girl replied: "We thought that was interesting, we came here after seeing that first."

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "That's more interesting than the imperial decree."

Another girl said: "What's the point of the edict? It's just a dead old man teasing his son. That mechanism box must be the work of a master in structural mechanics. It's a pity we can't take it apart to study it."

The beautiful girl said: "Let's make an application and trouble the management office to make a copy for interested students to study!" Everyone agreed, even Qin Keqing said it was a good idea.The girl was really outstanding, and the two young men in Qin Keqing's group became interested in her, and deliberately approached her to talk about counting errands in the Forbidden City.Qin Keqing and others watched with a smile.The girls next to her couldn't help but be curious, and they looked for the people in the counting team to inquire.

After leaving the Merlin, the two groups naturally mixed up and walked out of the temple together.Walking to the backyard of the Daxiong Palace, another group of students came face to face.This group belonged to Guozijian.The beautiful girl happened to be walking in front, and the students of the Imperial College couldn't help but all looked at her.The girl frowned, pulled her companion and walked past; the two young members of the counting team turned their heads and stared at them a few times.

Dai Quan didn't pay attention to those students.But there was a man in a Confucian robe who seemed to really fall in love with that beautiful girl, staring at her back without moving, and he ignored people who called him twice.Dai Quan glanced at him unconsciously, and recognized him immediately: this son is the fourth child of Yan Wang's family, who just turned [-] last year, became a relative and opened a mansion.

After leaving a temple, the counting team and the female students still chatted happily, and they talked for a long time before leaving.Dai Quannai quietly told Qin Keqing that the fourth son of King Yan was in the group just now, Qin Keqing's eyes moved.

Since Jia She was going back to Beijing in early October, the second room of Rongguo Mansion had to move out at the end of September.Baoyu bought a house near Ningrong Street, which used to be the residence of a censor.After Jia Cong became the regent queen, the censor returned to his hometown with the crown on his crown.Although the house is not small, it is naturally incomparable to Rongguo Mansion.Because the Xianguo Mansion was in a hurry to use it, the craftsmen were invited to take a quick rest at a high price, and some curtains and other useful items were roughly purchased, so Jia Huan was about to move there.Fortunately, the ancestral hall of Jia's family is over there. Jia Huan has been sending people to repair it in recent years, so it doesn't take too much trouble.

Mrs. Wang discussed with Li Wan on the sick bed, saying that she wanted to live with Jia Lan in the future.Li Wan knew that Shi Xiangyun didn't want to see her, and Princess Jian'an couldn't be offended by her, but she had a better temper.Therefore, Li Wan ordered Jia Lan to buy a smaller house, which had to be far away from Rongguo Mansion.Jia Lan is now in charge of the family's business and is already a small rich man who can afford a big house nearby.He thought that there must be a reason for his mother to speak.Two years ago, he bought a small property outside, so he didn't need to buy a new one, he just moved there.

It's just that Jia Zheng still didn't know who to live with.He really likes Baoyu, and he should follow his son in theory; Kexian's mansion is the mansion of the Duke, and there is also an ancestral hall.If you live in the mansion of Xianguo, Jia Huan's wife is a dignified princess, so you have to live in a side courtyard.After much deliberation, I couldn't make up my mind, so I discussed with my concubine.The concubine only said, "The master is the master", and turned around and told Li Wan quietly.

Li Wan suddenly found it funny.But people went around to tell Jia Zheng that they heard from Baoyu's people that there was a yard in his house that used to be lived by the parents of the censor, and now it is just right for Mrs. Jia Zheng to live in it.Only then did Jia Zheng realize that Baoyu, the co-author, was not prepared to give up the main house to him at all!Looking back and thinking about it, I have been out of office for more than ten years, but Baoyu is a talented talent all over the world-seems to be true.With a long sigh, Nai decided to follow Jia Huan and move to the next door to the East Mansion.

Mrs. Wang went crazy when she heard the news: Jia Huan's mother, Aunt Zhao, is still there!What will become of my dignified second wife?Hurry up and send someone to ask Jia Zheng, it's better to follow Baoyu.Jia Zheng shook his sleeves and said, "What does she know! Huan'er is now the Duke of the state, equal to the boss!" Mrs. Wang cried for a long time, and sent someone outside to find her eldest son-in-law Zhan Kun the next day.Zhan Kun is so busy, the maid didn't even see his shadow.