A visit to Fangchun

Instead, Jia Baoyu didn't put his mind on Jia Yucun, but talked about something else in a low voice: "Now that my father is close to the Beifu, the old man doesn't say a word, but let the second elder brother Lian follow his father to help. He married When Sister Feng was there, she donated a fellow acquaintance. I never saw him so busy in the past, but these days, I heard from Ming Yaner that he has gone out quite a few times, and it’s all far away..."

Jia Tanchun's expression changed.

Jia Lian has already started running errands for the Beijing Palace?Or is he helping Jia's own people to form forces?

"What about the East Mansion?"

Jia Baoyu's face became more and more ugly: "Big brother Zhen and second brother Lian have always been close, and big brother Zhen is also the head of the clan. There is absolutely no reason to hide such things from him. It's just that the Beifu is here just to make me come to study. He can talk as an excuse, so I don't know whether he has talked with Big Brother Zhen..."

When Jia Tanchun heard this, he was immediately anxious: "Second brother, are you saying that you are the one passing the news between Beifu and the master now?!"

Jia Baoyu's spirit sank, his eyes were red, and he was about to cry: "It's just..."

Jia Tanchun was so angry that he slapped his palm on the table.

At this moment, Cui Mo knocked on the door: "Girl, the food and drink are ready, do you want to pass the meal?"

Tanchun was so angry that he didn't know what to do, so he yelled back angrily: "What to eat? Don't eat!"

Cui Mo was dumbfounded outside.

But Baoyu knew that Cuimo must bring a group of little girls to bring the food together, so he refused the door directly for fear of spreading gossip, so he hurriedly raised his voice, "Bring it in!"

Cui Mo cautiously opened the door, first probed to see Tan Chun's face, then winked at the maids behind him, beckoned them to be gentle, quickly poured four vegetables, one soup, one large A bowl of rice and a pot of hot Huadiao were placed on the table, and then they all retreated respectfully and quickly.

Baoyu saw that Tanchun was still stern, so he could only persuade her with a wry smile: "Third sister, these matters are our own affairs, and don't care about these girls' affairs, so don't lose your temper with them."

Tanchun chuckled: "Second elder brother is pitiful and cherishes jade, I don't want to offend them. It's just that second elder brother, they and us are actually grasshoppers on the same rope, and we can't escape. Sure enough, one day something happens to our family, and you may be exiled to the army." In exile, I may commit suicide, but they will surely be destined to sell weeds in the streets! At that time, who will fall into the hands, whether it is a private nest of flower boats or not, depends on everyone's luck!"

In fact, Tanchun said it tolerantly - if it is true that heinous crimes such as treason are involved, these slaves in the family are just destined to be sold again, and they may be reduced to big and small brothels, becoming official and private prostitutes, instead It's Tanchun waiting for these masters and girls.

Baoyu just thought about it for an inch, and his face was already purple. He was so angry that he was about to burst into tears. He grabbed the wine glass fiercely and stopped drinking: "Stop talking!"

Tanchun glanced at him, sighed, and said in a low voice: "So, second brother, do you want to reach out to save others? If you are willing, we brothers and sisters will work together, and we may have a chance; if you still refuse , with the power of a little boudoir girl like me, even if I turn the world over, I can only take care of a few people's lives."

However, at the thought of facing the entire filthy officialdom, Jia Baoyu paused in his heart, pondered for a while, and drank three glasses of wine straight down, Fang said: "You and I are both humble. Why don't we find an opportunity to bring Discuss this matter with the master in detail..."

When Tanchun heard this, he interrupted rudely: "Don't be daydreaming! Didn't you just say it yourself, you told the master that Bei Wang's move is not the way of a courtier, how did he refute you? "

Jia Baoyu lowered his head in thought, and asked for a while, "What about uncle? Now uncle holds a very special weight in the Holy Majesty's heart. The king of the North wins over our family and helps the eldest sister. His purpose should most likely be on uncle. It's not as good as me. Go talk to uncle?"

Tanchun laughed and said, "That's a good idea. However, someone who values ​​Jia Yucun as highly as your uncle, do you think he would listen to the dreamy stories of you, a yellow-mouthed kid who has a reputation for being stubborn and stubborn since childhood, or listen to those other traitors in troubled times?" Clever words to seduce?"

Jia Baoyu himself knew that this was a dream, and after thinking about it for a while, Fang asked with a sad face: "Then why don't you tell the old lady..."

Tanchun looked at him disappointedly, only to see that Baoyu shrank his shoulders and was about to hold the wine glass and shed tears. Fang said: "Second brother, do you know what the master, wife and elder sister think?"

Baoyu finally put down his wine glass and looked at her timidly: "Do you know?"

Tanchun snorted, and finally raised his cup to drink, and said coldly, "How easy?"

"Big sister is having a hard time in the palace. Now that she has just won the concubine position with the help of the king of the north, she naturally has to hold on to the king tightly. Why did sister Bao and I enter the palace this time? Are you really a big sister? Do you just want us to enter the palace to accompany you? When we left the palace, we met Bei Wang on the road, and asked Bei Wang to see the description of the two of us clearly! If Bei Wang is interested, Big Sister Zhanyan can send One of us went to be the concubine of the Northern King! Among all the unreliable relationships, the in-laws are the most reliable after all."

"If this step does not get the response of the King of the North, and the King of the North has the words 'You and I don't have to be friends in this way', then the next step is to push us to the eyes of everyone in the palace. Other powers other than the four kings and eight princes. One is to strengthen oneself, and the other is to win power for the Northern King."

Baoyu felt very strange when he heard this, and couldn't help frowning: "For the Northern King? Big sister entered the palace, even if she is only a concubine, she is also the emperor's concubine. How can our family be used by the Northern King?"

The implication is that if the King of the North really had the intention of treason, would the elder sister be so stupid as to betray her husband, the emperor, in order to help him?

Jia Tanchun sneered: "How is this impossible? The King of the North is so smart, he will naturally tell the master and the empress that he is mean and ungrateful today, and he is just leaving a way out for the family of the Beifu to win a support! The empress has it!" His help in the palace, whether it is fighting for favor or giving birth to a prince, is twice the result with half the effort! Once the empress gives birth to the prince, the Northern King will naturally use all means to make the prince grow up and inherit the throne. At that time, the empress will Allowing his descendants to be rich and honorable, he protects the family of the Emperor Jia’s family—what a deal it seems like?”

But Baoyu's expression was unimaginable: "But what if the elder sister fails to give birth to a prince? Or the prince she gives birth to will not grow up?"

Jia Tanchun looked at him like an idiot: "The king of the north will say that the big sister will take the back seat and adopt a prince to be raised under her knees. At that time, she will still be the empress dowager. You can follow the example of the sages and listen to the government behind the curtain, and even more so." Baoja House is honored forever."

Baoyu felt even more absurd: "But it has always been the Northern King who cultivated and recommended all kinds of elite talents. It is also the Northern King who has made outstanding achievements in several lifetimes. If he could kill the elder sister, isn’t he the only one who holds Chao Gang steady? How can our Jia family contend with him?”

Jia Tanchun snorted, and picked up the dishes on the plate with his chopsticks: "That's why the master and the lady specially asked the brothers, nieces and nieces at home to study and progress. The purpose is to be able to have a similarity with the Northern King in these aspects in the future. Fight hard."

Baoyu can only smile wryly now.

It turned out that Jia Zheng and others had already thought about what he and Tanchun were thinking about.However, they imagined that with the help of the Jia family, they could compete with the foundation of nearly a hundred years in the three lifetimes of the Beijing Palace.

This is not a daydream, what is it? !

Baoyu sighed, ate a few mouthfuls of food with Tanchun, and drank another glass of wine, Fang whispered: "Master has always been just a straight scholar, how can he compare his mind with someone like the Northern King who has been immersed in government affairs all his life?" Is it uncle? I'm afraid he is a little arrogant..."

When it came to the Wang family, Tanchun couldn't help but be mean: "I'm afraid your uncle thought that as long as he firmly held the military power, the king of the North would not dare to do anything to the four surnames in the future. Besides, the mother is his own niece. He didn't want to Thinking, he is so ruthless and steady in grasping the military power, can the king of the north just watch? He won't mix sand under his hands? Even if the king of the north can't reach it, is the current emperor a fool? Just can't see it If it turns out that he is so eager and greedy, wouldn't he find an excuse to deal with him?"

"Why is the queen in the palace so rough and straightforward, dare to bully the elder sister who seems to be favored? Is that aimed at the eldest sister? That is clearly a warning to the four surnames! The Wang family is the eldest sister's natal family, your uncle He is the uncle of her serious direct relative. He has a lot of military power, isn't it the same as telling the emperor that the elder sister's ambition is definitely more than an ordinary concubine? My sister Bao and I entered the palace, and the queen said nothing to us. If Mian'er despises Big Sister like this, it's simply reaching out and slapping the faces of the four surnames! As a result, Big Sister even sent a message to Bei Wang, asking Bei Wang to meddle in our family's affairs like this..."

Tanchun was so angry that he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and let out a breath: "Second brother, if this family continues like this, within three to five years, it will be doomed!"

Jia Baoyu's face turned pale when he heard this, and with a shake of his hands, half of the wine in the glass was spilled.

Tanchun didn't look at him, lowered his head and continued: "If you want to take care of it, the two of us will take care of it together. Even if I risk my life, I will save hundreds of lives in this mansion. But if it's for this As a matter of fact, if you still don’t want to take care of it, then I have to take care of myself—Second brother, you have to trust me, I have the means to make Auntie, Huan’er and I be expelled from the Jia family. At that time, the family Whether it is ransacking the family and destroying the family or disappearing into thin air, it has nothing to do with me!"