[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family
Chapter 96
The answer is even more surprising.
"Eldest sister? She's a woman!" The prince only found it funny.
Fu Jinzhu looked at the crown prince: "But it's true." If she hadn't accidentally learned that the eldest princess had also played a role in the seizure of the heir apparent, how could she, a woman who couldn't protect herself, still want to avenge her biological mother?
The prince thought about it for a moment, and asked her: "Are you sure it's not the eldest princess who is helping another prince?"
Fu Jinzhu looked at the prince: "Your Highness, I am sure that my father will stand in the Sixth Prince's camp because of the Eldest Princess."
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"Fourth, do you think Fu Jinzhu's words are credible?"
The fourth prince was sitting on a chair, slowly eating the tremella soup that the fourth prince's concubine had sent him, as if he didn't hear the prince's words at all.
Fortunately, the prince was broad-minded enough, and he knew enough about the earth-shaking changes that the fourth prince had undergone these days, so he just glanced at him helplessly, then sat down in his seat, picked up the white fungus soup and began to taste it.
It wasn't until the meal was over that the two began to have a real conversation.
After serious consideration, the fourth prince replied: "My brother thinks that what Fu Jinzhu said is trustworthy."
"But if eldest sister really supports Lao Liu to take the position, wouldn't she immediately fall into a new round of succession with Lao Liu's body? Even because none of Lao Liu's children grows up, we uncles are not the same. Can you participate?"
This is where the prince really couldn't figure it out.
The eldest princess is different from other princesses since she was a child. Although she is not like the princes like them who yearn for the throne under her father's ass since she was a child, she has seen extraordinary things since she was a child and is very popular with her father. If she has some thoughts because of this, it is not without possible.
But the eldest princess seized the throne through the sixth prince, but he couldn't figure it out.
The fourth prince was lost in thought.
The fourth concubine came in at this time, seeing the frowning faces of the two, she couldn't help worrying: "But what difficulties have you encountered?"
The prince waved his hand, not paying attention to the words of the fourth concubine.
On the contrary, the fourth prince glanced at his wife, and suddenly said: "Madam, if you like something and want it very much, but you can't get it with your identity, what will you do?"
The fourth concubine was stunned for a moment: "Ask a middleman with sufficient status to get the things and then ask for them?"
She smiled and shook her head, "Your Highness's question is too broad, and I really can't think of a useful solution."
The fourth prince seemed to find her answer very interesting, and asked again: "What if the middleman you find is also interested in that thing? How can you be sure that the other party is willing to give it to you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crown prince stood up from his seat: "Our eldest sister, I'm afraid I want to learn from Empress Lu!"
The fourth prince was stunned: "Eldest sister really..."
He paused, his brows furrowed.With the eldest princess' temperament, it is not impossible for her to have the idea of becoming Empress Lu.
Of course, the chess pieces in her hands are not only the sixth prince, but also the children of the sixth prince who have not yet grown up.
"I didn't expect the handwriting of the elder sister to be behind this." The prince laughed angrily. He was extremely guarded against his brothers, but he never thought that the person he should really guard against was a woman who had no hope of being in the top position at all. .
Thinking about being repeatedly scolded by Emperor Qisheng these days, he thought it was his brothers who were playing tricks again, so he specially asked his subordinates to go down and watch those brothers, but he didn't expect that the real murderer behind the scenes stayed with his father all day long, It may be said that he has to be given eye drops from time to time, how can this make the prince angry?
The fourth prince was also a little surprised.
Before the crown prince had an accident, he and Jia Daishan investigated everywhere, and they almost searched all the princes but couldn't find the reason. Who would have thought that those brothers really didn't attack the crown prince? The eldest princess who has never raised her guard?
"Now that you know the person, you will be better prepared in the future."
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On this day, the eldest princess went to the palace to meet Emperor Qisheng, and unexpectedly met the prince who was talking with Emperor Qisheng in the upper study.
The eldest princess was not surprised, after all, the anecdote about the crown prince had been spread throughout Daxia long ago, she didn't care at all about how the crown prince and the daughter of the Taichang Temple's Qing family saw each other, she only cared about it. One thing, that the prince was able to appear in that poetry meeting must have been allowed by Emperor Qisheng and was released in advance.
Calculating the time, the prince has only been grounded for two months.
The eldest princess felt a little uncomfortable, and she came out early after being grounded, and only the prince has this ability.
But she really can't change this kind of thing——
She was born before the crown prince was born. According to her concubine mother, before the crown prince was born, Emperor Qisheng didn't regard her as a daughter at all.
Not to mention her daughter, Qi Shengdi didn't even care about the eldest prince, the son who had managed to stand up.
Look at it before, Emperor Qisheng was not merciless in imprisoning the eldest prince in the clan mansion.
The Eldest Princess was winking, and upon seeing this, she simply asked: "Father, why don't you come back tomorrow?"
Emperor Qisheng was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
The eldest princess glanced at the prince, and smiled brightly: "Isn't this the second brother who will discuss important matters with you as soon as he sees it? My daughter just wants to meet you and talk to you, and there is no rush."
Emperor Qisheng waved his hand: "It's okay, there's nothing important, and we've come to an end." He looked between the prince and princess for a while, and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since you siblings have seen each other, why don't you Take this opportunity to have a good chat and get in touch with each other?"
The prince lowered his head, a dark light flashed in his eyes.
The Eldest Princess laughed, "Father said that, although the daughter and the second younger brother don't often see each other in the palace, they have met many times outside the palace, and they are very close."
The prince's eyes flashed, and he echoed: "What the elder sister said is that the minister and the elder sister have met several times."
Emperor Qisheng looked and looked between the two, and finally waved his hand with a smile: "Then stay here too, I haven't seen you appear together for a long time, I finally saw you once today, can you let one of you gone?"
The eldest princess had no choice but to choose a corner seat to sit down.
The prince and Emperor Qisheng continued to talk about things.
The eldest princess raised her eyelids, and heard that the two were talking about the Jinji area, especially corruption.
It doesn't sound like a big deal, after all, in this officialdom, a group of officials are dropped because of corruption from time to time, but because the punishment is not strong enough, the corruption has never stopped.
But the eldest princess's heart was filled with turbulent waves——
Most of the officials mentioned by the crown prince are the sixth prince, that is, her subordinates.
Prince, did he know?
Thinking about the supporters around the prince, and thinking about the people who took refuge in herself and the sixth prince, the eldest princess' heart was pounding, and she always felt that something would happen next.
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After Emperor Qisheng finally let them go, they went out one after the other.
Not long after he walked out, the prince paused slightly, and the deliberately lowered voice reached the ears of the eldest princess like a tarsal maggot: "Elder sister, I didn't expect you to be the one who hides the deepest among us brothers and sisters. You have lost your father's great love. However, please also ask Eldest Sister to maintain this kind of great love in the future, otherwise we brothers may do something that makes you unhappy."
After the prince finished speaking, he strode away from the spot.
The eldest princess stood still, her eyes followed the prince's back, her eyes rolled, black as ink.
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The eldest princess came to the Lin family suddenly, and once again the Lin family was at a loss.
Jia Shu looked at the eldest princess in front of him and frowned, "I don't know why Your Highness came to the Lin family?"
The eldest princess looked at Jia Shu with a smile, and said with a smile: "Madam Lin still doesn't welcome me."
"The eldest princess is joking, how dare the minister's wife."
Judging from the news that has been circulated outside, the eldest princess is very independent, has her own ideas, and is very decisive in her actions. Jia Shu himself admires the eldest princess very much.
Even compared to the seventh princess who had no news after getting married, she can be said to like the eldest princess.
However, this does not mean that she welcomes the eldest princess to her house.
From the incident with the twelve princes before, it can be seen that the eldest princess has a gully in her chest, and she is not inferior to other princes in terms of strategy.
The eldest princess has planned a lot.
Jia Shu didn't know what her plan was, but he didn't want to get involved with the eldest princess.
The eldest princess looked at Jia Shu with a smile: "These novelties that the Lin family has produced over the years are from the hands of Madam?"
Jia Shu smiled: "The princess was joking, how could such things come from the hands of women like my ministers?"
The eldest princess didn't care about her denial, and said: "I'm a little short of money now, I wonder if I can ask Mrs. Lin to help me? Even if it's not as much protection as my brothers can give you, but I'm a girl It is also less likely to provoke disputes, and I believe the business will be better?"
Jia Shu looked at her with a cold face.
These words seem to be talking about doing business, but they are actually talking about seizing the heir.
Jia Shu didn't expect that the eldest princess really had an idea about that position.
She had no interest in it, and was about to say no.
The eldest princess said again: "Mrs. Lin, this world is too unfair to women. If you really rely on my brothers, it is hard to guarantee that you will not be fooled and even feared by others in the future. Even my royal father is also right. It is extremely taboo for women to hold power..."
Before she could finish her persuasion, Jia Shu said in surprise, "But I don't intend to take power?"
If it is possible, Jia Shu even hopes that the Lin family will be rich and that no one will worry about the Lin family. In this case, she can start a small business to ensure her financial independence, and then?She promises to stay at the gate of Lin's house and never step out of the second door, and to be the most qualified wife and mother in the eyes of outsiders.
After finally getting off the battlefield, there is no war in this big summer, and there are not many spoilers with malicious intentions. How busy she is, she will fall into a miserable situation of being busy all day long, worrying about the country and the people ?
What's more, the eldest princess wants to gain power, but it's not necessarily for the sake of the majority of female compatriots.
Her refusal caught the princess by surprise.
"Don't you want to stand upright in front of people and let everyone know that you came up with these amazing and admirable ideas? Are you willing to let Lin Ruhai take over your reputation, your power, and your status? ? Did you..."
Jia Shu raised his hand, "Princess, stop quickly."
The eldest princess stopped and looked straight at Jia Shu, "I don't believe you don't care at all!"
What the eldest princess said was certain, and Jia Shu did not deny it.
However, Jia Shu shrugged: "I do care a little bit," but her next sentence directly made the princess's smile froze on her face, "but I don't care as much as you think."
She looked at the eldest princess and suddenly asked: "Princess, can I ask you, do you want me to do business for you... If I agree, what are you going to do with the money you earn from doing business? If I You are right, you should not be able to come out on your own? You are sure that the money we earn through cooperation will definitely fall into your hands? Even if it falls into your hands, do you have children? These inexhaustible money, Who are you going to hand it over to in the future? If you hand it over to your nephew, it will be different in the end and you will return to the original point. Everything you persuaded me today will only be empty words; if you are still going to hand it over to another princess, that princess has your ability Will it be like a child holding a golden brick, not only can’t take the money to do what I want to do, but will be hollowed out and become an empty shell? Or even simply because of the money being calculated by others, in the end it will be in vain Lost your life? If your nephews robbed the money in the end, will they treat people like you more harshly because of fear of you? If it is impossible to guarantee that the property of Her Royal Highness will be inherited by the right person, or even It may lead to extremely bad consequences, what is the meaning of what Her Royal Highness said now?"
Jia Shu is not a fool, he got on the thief's boat after being fooled with a few words.
As long as the social system does not change, as long as the heirs of this dynasty can only be chosen from among men, the harsh treatment of women in this society will never be realized.
Of course, if she only wants to change her situation, she believes that after the eldest princess takes power, she will definitely fulfill her promise in a short time, let Jia Shu stand under the sun, and let all her achievements return to her hand.
However, Jia Shu didn't care about these false names.The real benefits have been obtained, and these false names have not fallen on irrelevant people, so what should she care about?
It is also possible that the eldest princess just talked about it, she just saw that such a reason would be easier to impress herself, so she found herself, and took this as an opportunity to persuade herself to join her camp, but deep down in her heart, in fact Like other princes, he didn't think about changing the girl's situation, or just had an idea, and didn't think so much.
But for Jia Shu, a risky and reckless idea does not make her abandon everything to follow the princess.
Jia Shu has great respect for those reformers and revolutionaries, but he is unwilling to give up his current comfort zone and fight for an impossible future.
As for making themselves better, let those women trapped in the back house realize that the outside world is far more exciting than the inner house, and realize that they can also leave the narrow world in the back house...
No need to join the princess, she can do it herself.
To Jia Shu, the eldest princess' persuasion was like a castle in the air. It sounded glamorous and attractive, but in fact there was no possibility of practical operation.
Is the princess still willing to change the current social system?Or simply overthrow their own Great Xia Dynasty?
Jia Shu looked at the eldest princess who was in a trance by what she said, and was a little curious: "I remember, when I met the eldest princess last time, Her Highness didn't have such thoughts?"
Although the eldest princess appeared in the incident of the twelve princes, from the analysis of her behavior at that time, the eldest princess was more inclined to seek a better future for herself and the sixth prince by standing in the correct line, and never thought of taking power by herself .
But just now, after hearing what the eldest princess said, she seems to have moved her mind to take power.
The eldest princess came back to her senses, her expression weakened: "I don't know who was gossiping in my father's ear, talking to my father and wanting me to marry someone."
The eldest princess has gone through two marriages that tore her mind apart and ruined her reputation, how can she still be willing to marry?Before, because of guilt, because of the resistance and fear she showed from time to time, Emperor Qisheng had already promised the eldest princess that she would not marry in the future.But just a few years ago, Emperor Qisheng suddenly asked her if she could take a fancy to a young talent from the minister's family, and if there was one, he would decree to grant her a marriage.
She only found out later that it was her brothers who intentionally or unintentionally mentioned their marriage in front of the emperor, which moved Qisheng Emperor.
She couldn't find out which brother it was, but she knew at least one thing, as long as her brother was in charge, her days of freedom would probably be over.
Jia Shu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that it was someone urging the marriage that finally made the Grand Duke take the initiative?
She suddenly thought of the experience of being urged to marry by those three aunts and eight aunts when she went home every New Year's Eve. Inexplicably, she felt that the eldest princess's behavior was a bit swollen?
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"I heard that the eldest princess came to the Lin family today?" Lin Ruhai asked as soon as she returned home.
Jia Shu and Lin's mother looked at each other, then turned to look at him again: "You just came home, how did you know that the eldest princess was here?"
Lin Ruhai sighed, and sat directly next to Jia Shu: "Duke Rong Guo sent someone to wait for me at the gate of the Imperial Academy during the off-duty time, and made an appointment to have dinner at the restaurant under the name of the thirteenth prince at noon tomorrow, and at the same time, we will discuss this matter with you." told me."
He paused, then asked, "Mr. Rong said this to tell me that the prince and others are suspicious of me? Why?"
It was too early for Lin Ruhai to join the prince's camp, so the prince and others naturally wouldn't tell him that the eldest princess wanted to have a hand in the succession, so Lin Ruhai didn't know why a princess would attract the attention of the prince and others.
Jia Shu thought for a while and said, "The princess did come to our house today for the purpose..."
"Huh?" Lin Ruhai was a little surprised, "Is there anything you can't say?"
Jia Shu shook her head: "Just looking back, I'm still a little surprised." She smiled and explained, "The eldest princess is also a heroine, with good scheming and means, but because of her status as a woman, she can only retreat to the first place in the first place." Second line."
Lin Ruhai froze, unable to react.
Jia Shu looked at Mother Lin with a smile and ignored him.
Mother Lin also laughed.
After all, Lin Ruhai is a man. Even if his mother and wife respect women enough, his long-term thinking restrictions still prevent him from thinking of the real meaning of Jia Shu's words in the first place.
But soon, he thought through Jia Shu's words: "You mean, the eldest princess is also interested in that position..." Lin Ruhai widened his eyes, "Any idea?"
Xu had stayed in the Imperial Academy for a long time, and the expressions on Lin Ruhai's face had become less and less these years. Seeing his rare shocked expression, Jia Shu thought it was amusing, and reached out to pinch the flesh on his face.When they were about to meet each other, she suddenly remembered that Mother Lin was still by her side, so Xu Ai turned around embarrassedly, and just patted Lin Ruhai on the shoulder.
"The eldest princess was able to reconcile with her ex-husband before risking the consequences of being judged by the world, and even sent him to prison. What's the fuss about her wanting to control the autonomy of her life in her own hands?"
Lin Ruhai was taken aback for a moment. He frowned when he heard that the eldest princess and her two husbands had reconciled and separated in just five years.
From Lin Ruhai's point of view, the reason why the eldest princess reconciled before was because her two husbands were not good and deceived the eldest princess, so it is completely understandable for her to choose to reconcile with the support of the emperor.But now that it involves the country's future candidate for the crown prince, and the eldest princess is involved in it, he is a little worried.
It’s not that I think it’s unforgivable for the eldest princess to want to help the prince who has a good relationship with her become the emperor, but people like the eldest princess in history often have no good end, and it will also cause great harm to the stability and rule of the country. Bad influence, from the bottom of his heart, he didn't want women to participate in it.
It's not because of their women's status, but none of the women who tried to participate in the seizure of the heirloom in history did not succeed, and they would only mess up.
Jia Shu glanced at Lin Ruhai, but said nothing.
But Lin Ruhai felt Rumang on his back, turned his head suddenly, and met Jia Shu's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.His heart suddenly skipped a beat: "Ruosang?"
Turning to seek help from Mother Lin, she found that the way she looked at him was not friendly.
Lin Ruhai suddenly said: "..." I always feel that if I can't explain what he said clearly, I will not be able to do well today!
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When Lin Ruhai went to work the next day, the expression of "survival after disaster" was always on his face, and it didn't disappear until he went to the banquet.
Others at the table were a little curious about Lin Ruhai's rare expression.
The prince was the first to speak: "Lord Lin, what's wrong with you? Could it be that Mrs. Ling bullied you?"
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing first.
Except for Jia Daishan, the others also thought the teasing was quite funny, they burst out laughing one after another, and looked at Lin Ruhai with a bit of teasing in their eyes.
Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai looked at the prince without saying a word: "The prince is joking."
But his expression was not like that at all.
The prince's expression froze: "No? Mrs. Lin really bullied you?" He turned his eyes on Lin Ruhai's not-so-majestic body, "It seems that he is a little weak?"
It's said that a scholar can't hold his shoulders and his hands can't resist. Could it be said that Mr. Lin is also such a scholar?
He turned his head to look at Jia Daishan: "My lord, did Ling Qianjin practice martial arts with you?"
Jia Daishan was able to rely on his military exploits without being degraded, and his martial arts skills were among the best in Daxia. If Mrs. Lin had learned martial arts from Jia Daishan before she got married, she might not be able to bully Master Lin.
At the same time, Master Lin's rumors of being afraid of his wife over the years have also been explained.
Jia Daishan: "..." The evil ghost still needs to practice martial arts with him?Can she beat him, who has practiced martial arts since childhood, with her own martial arts skills?
He glanced at Lin Ruhai, and could only lie for her with a smile, "My little girl used to dance with guns and sticks when she was at the house. I saw Xinxi, so I took my little girl to practice martial arts for a while."
It's just a period of time. I don't think anyone doubts that the daughters of the Jia family are all skilled in martial arts, and they can beat their husbands down?
The others looked at Lin Ruhai's thin body even though he had developed muscles, but they really didn't think in the direction that Jia Daishan was worried about——
After all, the Jia family had many descendants, and only Jia Daishan had four daughters. Except for Jia Shu, no other daughter married a husband who was known as "afraid of his wife".
They just felt that Lin Ruhai was so useless that he would be controlled by his wife.
Lin Ruhai sensed other people's eyes, and rolled his eyes without any explanation.It is much better to be misunderstood to be thin and thin than to be misunderstood that Jia Shu is a tigress.
Now that everyone is here, everyone has to start talking about business.
Knowing that the Eldest Princess had been to the Lin family, this was the first thing everyone discussed.
Although he felt it was unnecessary, Lin Ruhai still told him what Jia Shu had said to him yesterday when he met the suspicious eyes of others.
Of course, he wisely replaced Jia Shu, whom the eldest princess really wanted to win over, with the Lin family.
After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but praise himself "witty" in the bottom of his heart when he met the trusting eyes of others.
Because the eldest princess was involved, the prince asked people to find out all the information about the eldest princess during this period of time.
"Most of the Jinji area is staffed by the Eldest Princess and the Sixth Prince."
"In the area around the south of the Yangtze River, there are quite a few officials that the princess has wooed."
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"Zhou and Cai in our camp..." The man said a dozen names before stopping, "They are all officials of the Sixth Prince's side."
The prince squinted his eyes: "All these people? But after checking it out, are you sure there is no wrongdoing?"
"Sure." The man sighed, "I also found out that these officials were originally recruited and trained by the Twelve Princes, but after the Twelve Princes' foundations in the south of the Yangtze River were completely destroyed, these people joined in under the instigation of the Eldest Princess. them."
The fourth prince on the side suddenly said: "If it is twelve, these people may indeed not belong to us."
He still has a roster with the names of many officials handed over to him by the Twelve Princes. Although there are no records of officials who have taken refuge in the Twelve Princes, just thinking about it, he knows that the names of those officials must be hidden in other places. Under the name of the person, the twelve princes just kept a hand and didn't tell him.
Of course, he didn't expect that the twelve princes would be picked up by the eldest princess in the end.
Presumably when the Eldest Princess chose Twelve Princes back then, she had the idea that if she failed, she would take over Twelve's connections, otherwise it would be impossible for people in other camps who had hidden so deeply to know about it.
Twelve hasn't given up yet, how could he tell the eldest princess about his dark hand?
The prince now trusts the fourth prince very much, and when he heard this, he immediately hated the dozen or so people who were reported by that person, and his face was also very ugly.
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Jia Shu still cared a little about what the eldest princess said, thinking that Lin Ruhai would not come back at noon, so he used his ability to go to the eldest princess's residence in the afternoon.
She went to the palace at first, but she was not found in the palace of the eldest princess. Jia Shu turned around and left the palace, heading directly to the palace of the eldest princess.As a woman, the eldest princess has no other place to go on weekdays.
The eldest princess is indeed at the house.
But when Jia Shu entered, he saw two men who looked similar to the eldest princess. One was frail and pale, and looked like a sick child;
Jia Shu heard the eldest princess call the two "sixth younger brothers" and "twelfth younger brothers".
"Twelfth brother, did you come to see me for something?" The eldest princess rubbed her forehead, very distressed by the uninvited behavior of the twelve princes.
Ever since she made it clear that she would no longer help the Twelfth Prince to ascend the throne, she had no contact with Twelve, and if they met, Twelve never gave her a good face.She really didn't know why her twelfth younger brother found out what happened to her family early in the morning.
She looked at the sixth prince, twitched the corner of her mouth, and brought the sixth prince along.
"It's nothing," said the Twelfth Prince with a grim smile, "My brother just wanted to ask Elder Sister, why did my brother disobey my order and even switch to Elder Sister's camp? My brother asked Sixth Brother, he But I don’t know anything about it.”
The eldest princess glanced at the sixth prince, her eyes were calm: "Water flows to the lower places, and people go to the higher places. You are a prince who has no hope of ascending, and those ministers naturally don't want to follow you to seek death."
The twelve princes glanced at the sixth prince: "Elder Sister, let's cooperate anyway, why do you use lies to fool my younger brother? My younger brother counted the time. When those people joined the eldest imperial sister, my brother's foundation in the south of the Yangtze River Should it be alright? Elder Sister speaks like this, so you won't be afraid to offend my younger brother, and then I'll let you beat me to death?"
The sixth prince squinted his eyes, still lowered his head, and did not speak.
The eldest princess didn't even look at him, picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, then chuckled: "Your brother, what you said is wrong, when this palace took over, it was at the time when the Jiangnan incident was at its worst. Those ministers who took refuge in you have no hope, how can it be said that it was before the Jiangnan incident?"
"As for those people you mentioned, they should be from the capital?" The eldest princess curled her lips, "Those people are nothing but fools, and I haven't seriously persuaded them, so those people can't wait to vote for others..."
"This palace is for you to exclude untrustworthy people, so that you can go more smoothly in the future."
The twelfth prince was about to be laughed at by the eldest princess's ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense, he pointed at the eldest princess' nose, "cooperate with the elder sister to rob the younger brother's hand, or is it for the younger brother's sake? Don't like the elder sister." It's the first time my younger brother has seen the man with the face, but it's really an eye-opener, and I gained a lot of insight!"
The irony of the Twelfth Prince fell on the Eldest Princess, she felt nothing but no pain, and had no reaction for a long time.
The twelve princes became even more angry.
"As for the Jiangnan cleaning up..."
The Eldest Princess looked up, met the eyes of the Twelfth Prince, and raised her eyebrows: "The Twelfth Brother himself is not as good as others. He put all his eggs in the same basket, but in the end he didn't catch anything. Could it be that Ben Gong didn't help you? You want to help, but you have to tell me which officials are your subordinates? Otherwise, I don’t know who to help if I want to help, and in the end, I can only watch Twelve Younger Brother’s years of business go down in flames, and finally end in a dismal end?”
The twelve princes were so hurt by the words of the eldest princess that their hearts, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ached. For a while, they couldn't even utter a complete sentence, so they could only sit oppressively opposite the eldest princess, gasping for breath.
The eldest princess smiled, and looked at the sixth prince who was pretending to be a quail. He flinched, and quickly buried his head in his chest, not daring to meet her eyes at all.
Not a single one can beat!
The eldest princess drank tea, her heart was calm.
At this moment, the eldest princess's personal maid went out quietly, came back quickly, and then walked directly to the eldest princess, bowed her head and whispered to the eldest princess for a while.
During the whole process, the eldest princess' face changed constantly, and finally became expressionless.
The sixth prince quietly raised his head to glance at her, then quickly lowered his head, but his mind was racing, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The Twelfth Prince seemed to be breaking the pot, seeing the Eldest Princess's bad expression, he gloated and laughed: "Tsk tsk, Elder Sister, did you kick the iron plate? The forces under her hand have also been divided. ?”
The eldest princess glanced at him coldly, and waited without saying a word for the close maid to finish the matter, and then said, "Twelve younger brothers, it seems that many years of accumulation have been ruined once and failed to dispel your wishful thinking, why, Want to get involved again?"
The eyes of the Twelfth Prince flickered, and he sneered: "My younger brother is not as optimistic as the elder sister. With the physical condition of the father, I don't know how long he can live, so let's get involved at this time? Elder sister, take care, don't drag your younger brother out." .”
With that said, he simply got up and left the Grand Princess Mansion.
The sixth prince looked at the twelfth prince, then at the eldest princess, and finally saluted and said goodbye to the eldest princess, and chased him out.
The eldest princess looked at the backs of the two with unclear meaning in her eyes.
After leaving the Eldest Princess Mansion, the Sixth Prince got into the carriage directly, and after chasing out of the street where the Eldest Princess Mansion was located, he did not chase the Twelfth Prince any more, but turned around and left in the opposite direction of the Twelve Princes' carriage.
The Twelfth Prince, who was watching the Sixth Prince from the rear window of the carriage, had a slight smile on his lips: "Elder Sister is really clever, she even guessed that Brother Sixth has two hearts. Tsk, what a hassle!"
As he said that, he threw down the curtain of the carriage and said to the driver, "Turn around and chase Brother Six's carriage."
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Jia Shu stayed in the Eldest Princess' mansion, waiting for the maid next to the Eldest Princess to come in and send a message: "Your Highness, the two princes have left."
"How did you get there?"
"The twelfth prince took a step first. The sixth prince chased him to the door and got into the carriage. Instead of chasing him, he left in the opposite direction to the twelfth prince. The twelfth prince seemed to have noticed it, and quickly chased after him."
The eldest princess lowered her eyes and sat on the chair for a long time without moving.
The maid next to her seemed to be worried about disturbing the eldest princess, and she remained in the posture of replying without moving until the eldest princess raised her head: "Back off."
"Yes!"
In the room, only the princess was left alone.
It seemed that at this moment, the eldest princess felt really safe. She got up and walked to the side window, her eyes flickering.
"Prince, fourth child, thirteenth child..."
"Old eight, old nine, old ten, old fourteen..."
"Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh..."
The Eldest Princess sighed faintly: "Madam Lin is right, with my abilities, it would be difficult even for me to seize the throne, not to mention the other concerns and hidden dangers she mentioned."
Just now came the news that the prince's subordinates had discovered the officials who had been placed in the prince's camp by the twelve princes, and they might take action against them soon, and asked her what to do.
But what can she do?She is still robbing a little bit of these people now, stealing a lot from here and there, and her family background is not enough to face the prince head-on.
If she had been more careful and less frequent in provoking the relationship between her father and the prince, maybe the prince would not have discovered her so early, and she would still be able to retain her strength and develop with peace of mind behind her back.
Anyway, it's still a long time, ten years is enough for her to pull up her current power.
Ugh……
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Jia Shu got the news he wanted and went home immediately.
She was sorting out the memories in her mind, when Xuefu came to report that Chixia had something to look for her.
Jia Shu was stunned for a moment, perhaps because Jia Shu knew what happened to Chi Xia back then, even if he found out that it was a misunderstanding, Chi Xia still found it difficult to face Jia Shu, so the frequency of meeting Jia Shu was much lower.
Jia Shu was silent in his heart, and found that Chixia hadn't been to serve her for half a year.
"Don't let people in." Jia Shu said immediately.
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When Chixia came in, her belly was high and her smile was happy: "Greetings to my wife."
Jia Shu was taken aback: "Get up quickly, why do you still salute with such a big belly? I'm not the kind of narrow-minded person."
Chi Xia didn't seem to be embarrassed: "My wife is kind, but I can't take my duty as a slave just because my wife doesn't care about it." She looked down at her stomach, smiling kindly, "Besides, this stomach of a slave is not a good one. what's up."
Jia Shu really didn't want to argue with Chixia about "duty to be a slave", so he simply changed the subject: "What difficulties have you encountered recently? Just tell me, as long as I can help you, I will definitely not refuse."
Chixia shook her head, her expression became more serious: "Returning to Madam, since the maidservant got rid of the knot with Pingshu, the life is very relaxed, and there is no need for Madam to worry."
Jia Shu was stunned for a moment: "Then you..."
"Back to Madam, then Cui Yan approached the servant and said that he wanted the servant to install someone in the Lin family."
Chixia spoke seriously, but Jia Shu didn't
"Eldest sister? She's a woman!" The prince only found it funny.
Fu Jinzhu looked at the crown prince: "But it's true." If she hadn't accidentally learned that the eldest princess had also played a role in the seizure of the heir apparent, how could she, a woman who couldn't protect herself, still want to avenge her biological mother?
The prince thought about it for a moment, and asked her: "Are you sure it's not the eldest princess who is helping another prince?"
Fu Jinzhu looked at the prince: "Your Highness, I am sure that my father will stand in the Sixth Prince's camp because of the Eldest Princess."
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"Fourth, do you think Fu Jinzhu's words are credible?"
The fourth prince was sitting on a chair, slowly eating the tremella soup that the fourth prince's concubine had sent him, as if he didn't hear the prince's words at all.
Fortunately, the prince was broad-minded enough, and he knew enough about the earth-shaking changes that the fourth prince had undergone these days, so he just glanced at him helplessly, then sat down in his seat, picked up the white fungus soup and began to taste it.
It wasn't until the meal was over that the two began to have a real conversation.
After serious consideration, the fourth prince replied: "My brother thinks that what Fu Jinzhu said is trustworthy."
"But if eldest sister really supports Lao Liu to take the position, wouldn't she immediately fall into a new round of succession with Lao Liu's body? Even because none of Lao Liu's children grows up, we uncles are not the same. Can you participate?"
This is where the prince really couldn't figure it out.
The eldest princess is different from other princesses since she was a child. Although she is not like the princes like them who yearn for the throne under her father's ass since she was a child, she has seen extraordinary things since she was a child and is very popular with her father. If she has some thoughts because of this, it is not without possible.
But the eldest princess seized the throne through the sixth prince, but he couldn't figure it out.
The fourth prince was lost in thought.
The fourth concubine came in at this time, seeing the frowning faces of the two, she couldn't help worrying: "But what difficulties have you encountered?"
The prince waved his hand, not paying attention to the words of the fourth concubine.
On the contrary, the fourth prince glanced at his wife, and suddenly said: "Madam, if you like something and want it very much, but you can't get it with your identity, what will you do?"
The fourth concubine was stunned for a moment: "Ask a middleman with sufficient status to get the things and then ask for them?"
She smiled and shook her head, "Your Highness's question is too broad, and I really can't think of a useful solution."
The fourth prince seemed to find her answer very interesting, and asked again: "What if the middleman you find is also interested in that thing? How can you be sure that the other party is willing to give it to you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crown prince stood up from his seat: "Our eldest sister, I'm afraid I want to learn from Empress Lu!"
The fourth prince was stunned: "Eldest sister really..."
He paused, his brows furrowed.With the eldest princess' temperament, it is not impossible for her to have the idea of becoming Empress Lu.
Of course, the chess pieces in her hands are not only the sixth prince, but also the children of the sixth prince who have not yet grown up.
"I didn't expect the handwriting of the elder sister to be behind this." The prince laughed angrily. He was extremely guarded against his brothers, but he never thought that the person he should really guard against was a woman who had no hope of being in the top position at all. .
Thinking about being repeatedly scolded by Emperor Qisheng these days, he thought it was his brothers who were playing tricks again, so he specially asked his subordinates to go down and watch those brothers, but he didn't expect that the real murderer behind the scenes stayed with his father all day long, It may be said that he has to be given eye drops from time to time, how can this make the prince angry?
The fourth prince was also a little surprised.
Before the crown prince had an accident, he and Jia Daishan investigated everywhere, and they almost searched all the princes but couldn't find the reason. Who would have thought that those brothers really didn't attack the crown prince? The eldest princess who has never raised her guard?
"Now that you know the person, you will be better prepared in the future."
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On this day, the eldest princess went to the palace to meet Emperor Qisheng, and unexpectedly met the prince who was talking with Emperor Qisheng in the upper study.
The eldest princess was not surprised, after all, the anecdote about the crown prince had been spread throughout Daxia long ago, she didn't care at all about how the crown prince and the daughter of the Taichang Temple's Qing family saw each other, she only cared about it. One thing, that the prince was able to appear in that poetry meeting must have been allowed by Emperor Qisheng and was released in advance.
Calculating the time, the prince has only been grounded for two months.
The eldest princess felt a little uncomfortable, and she came out early after being grounded, and only the prince has this ability.
But she really can't change this kind of thing——
She was born before the crown prince was born. According to her concubine mother, before the crown prince was born, Emperor Qisheng didn't regard her as a daughter at all.
Not to mention her daughter, Qi Shengdi didn't even care about the eldest prince, the son who had managed to stand up.
Look at it before, Emperor Qisheng was not merciless in imprisoning the eldest prince in the clan mansion.
The Eldest Princess was winking, and upon seeing this, she simply asked: "Father, why don't you come back tomorrow?"
Emperor Qisheng was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
The eldest princess glanced at the prince, and smiled brightly: "Isn't this the second brother who will discuss important matters with you as soon as he sees it? My daughter just wants to meet you and talk to you, and there is no rush."
Emperor Qisheng waved his hand: "It's okay, there's nothing important, and we've come to an end." He looked between the prince and princess for a while, and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since you siblings have seen each other, why don't you Take this opportunity to have a good chat and get in touch with each other?"
The prince lowered his head, a dark light flashed in his eyes.
The Eldest Princess laughed, "Father said that, although the daughter and the second younger brother don't often see each other in the palace, they have met many times outside the palace, and they are very close."
The prince's eyes flashed, and he echoed: "What the elder sister said is that the minister and the elder sister have met several times."
Emperor Qisheng looked and looked between the two, and finally waved his hand with a smile: "Then stay here too, I haven't seen you appear together for a long time, I finally saw you once today, can you let one of you gone?"
The eldest princess had no choice but to choose a corner seat to sit down.
The prince and Emperor Qisheng continued to talk about things.
The eldest princess raised her eyelids, and heard that the two were talking about the Jinji area, especially corruption.
It doesn't sound like a big deal, after all, in this officialdom, a group of officials are dropped because of corruption from time to time, but because the punishment is not strong enough, the corruption has never stopped.
But the eldest princess's heart was filled with turbulent waves——
Most of the officials mentioned by the crown prince are the sixth prince, that is, her subordinates.
Prince, did he know?
Thinking about the supporters around the prince, and thinking about the people who took refuge in herself and the sixth prince, the eldest princess' heart was pounding, and she always felt that something would happen next.
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After Emperor Qisheng finally let them go, they went out one after the other.
Not long after he walked out, the prince paused slightly, and the deliberately lowered voice reached the ears of the eldest princess like a tarsal maggot: "Elder sister, I didn't expect you to be the one who hides the deepest among us brothers and sisters. You have lost your father's great love. However, please also ask Eldest Sister to maintain this kind of great love in the future, otherwise we brothers may do something that makes you unhappy."
After the prince finished speaking, he strode away from the spot.
The eldest princess stood still, her eyes followed the prince's back, her eyes rolled, black as ink.
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The eldest princess came to the Lin family suddenly, and once again the Lin family was at a loss.
Jia Shu looked at the eldest princess in front of him and frowned, "I don't know why Your Highness came to the Lin family?"
The eldest princess looked at Jia Shu with a smile, and said with a smile: "Madam Lin still doesn't welcome me."
"The eldest princess is joking, how dare the minister's wife."
Judging from the news that has been circulated outside, the eldest princess is very independent, has her own ideas, and is very decisive in her actions. Jia Shu himself admires the eldest princess very much.
Even compared to the seventh princess who had no news after getting married, she can be said to like the eldest princess.
However, this does not mean that she welcomes the eldest princess to her house.
From the incident with the twelve princes before, it can be seen that the eldest princess has a gully in her chest, and she is not inferior to other princes in terms of strategy.
The eldest princess has planned a lot.
Jia Shu didn't know what her plan was, but he didn't want to get involved with the eldest princess.
The eldest princess looked at Jia Shu with a smile: "These novelties that the Lin family has produced over the years are from the hands of Madam?"
Jia Shu smiled: "The princess was joking, how could such things come from the hands of women like my ministers?"
The eldest princess didn't care about her denial, and said: "I'm a little short of money now, I wonder if I can ask Mrs. Lin to help me? Even if it's not as much protection as my brothers can give you, but I'm a girl It is also less likely to provoke disputes, and I believe the business will be better?"
Jia Shu looked at her with a cold face.
These words seem to be talking about doing business, but they are actually talking about seizing the heir.
Jia Shu didn't expect that the eldest princess really had an idea about that position.
She had no interest in it, and was about to say no.
The eldest princess said again: "Mrs. Lin, this world is too unfair to women. If you really rely on my brothers, it is hard to guarantee that you will not be fooled and even feared by others in the future. Even my royal father is also right. It is extremely taboo for women to hold power..."
Before she could finish her persuasion, Jia Shu said in surprise, "But I don't intend to take power?"
If it is possible, Jia Shu even hopes that the Lin family will be rich and that no one will worry about the Lin family. In this case, she can start a small business to ensure her financial independence, and then?She promises to stay at the gate of Lin's house and never step out of the second door, and to be the most qualified wife and mother in the eyes of outsiders.
After finally getting off the battlefield, there is no war in this big summer, and there are not many spoilers with malicious intentions. How busy she is, she will fall into a miserable situation of being busy all day long, worrying about the country and the people ?
What's more, the eldest princess wants to gain power, but it's not necessarily for the sake of the majority of female compatriots.
Her refusal caught the princess by surprise.
"Don't you want to stand upright in front of people and let everyone know that you came up with these amazing and admirable ideas? Are you willing to let Lin Ruhai take over your reputation, your power, and your status? ? Did you..."
Jia Shu raised his hand, "Princess, stop quickly."
The eldest princess stopped and looked straight at Jia Shu, "I don't believe you don't care at all!"
What the eldest princess said was certain, and Jia Shu did not deny it.
However, Jia Shu shrugged: "I do care a little bit," but her next sentence directly made the princess's smile froze on her face, "but I don't care as much as you think."
She looked at the eldest princess and suddenly asked: "Princess, can I ask you, do you want me to do business for you... If I agree, what are you going to do with the money you earn from doing business? If I You are right, you should not be able to come out on your own? You are sure that the money we earn through cooperation will definitely fall into your hands? Even if it falls into your hands, do you have children? These inexhaustible money, Who are you going to hand it over to in the future? If you hand it over to your nephew, it will be different in the end and you will return to the original point. Everything you persuaded me today will only be empty words; if you are still going to hand it over to another princess, that princess has your ability Will it be like a child holding a golden brick, not only can’t take the money to do what I want to do, but will be hollowed out and become an empty shell? Or even simply because of the money being calculated by others, in the end it will be in vain Lost your life? If your nephews robbed the money in the end, will they treat people like you more harshly because of fear of you? If it is impossible to guarantee that the property of Her Royal Highness will be inherited by the right person, or even It may lead to extremely bad consequences, what is the meaning of what Her Royal Highness said now?"
Jia Shu is not a fool, he got on the thief's boat after being fooled with a few words.
As long as the social system does not change, as long as the heirs of this dynasty can only be chosen from among men, the harsh treatment of women in this society will never be realized.
Of course, if she only wants to change her situation, she believes that after the eldest princess takes power, she will definitely fulfill her promise in a short time, let Jia Shu stand under the sun, and let all her achievements return to her hand.
However, Jia Shu didn't care about these false names.The real benefits have been obtained, and these false names have not fallen on irrelevant people, so what should she care about?
It is also possible that the eldest princess just talked about it, she just saw that such a reason would be easier to impress herself, so she found herself, and took this as an opportunity to persuade herself to join her camp, but deep down in her heart, in fact Like other princes, he didn't think about changing the girl's situation, or just had an idea, and didn't think so much.
But for Jia Shu, a risky and reckless idea does not make her abandon everything to follow the princess.
Jia Shu has great respect for those reformers and revolutionaries, but he is unwilling to give up his current comfort zone and fight for an impossible future.
As for making themselves better, let those women trapped in the back house realize that the outside world is far more exciting than the inner house, and realize that they can also leave the narrow world in the back house...
No need to join the princess, she can do it herself.
To Jia Shu, the eldest princess' persuasion was like a castle in the air. It sounded glamorous and attractive, but in fact there was no possibility of practical operation.
Is the princess still willing to change the current social system?Or simply overthrow their own Great Xia Dynasty?
Jia Shu looked at the eldest princess who was in a trance by what she said, and was a little curious: "I remember, when I met the eldest princess last time, Her Highness didn't have such thoughts?"
Although the eldest princess appeared in the incident of the twelve princes, from the analysis of her behavior at that time, the eldest princess was more inclined to seek a better future for herself and the sixth prince by standing in the correct line, and never thought of taking power by herself .
But just now, after hearing what the eldest princess said, she seems to have moved her mind to take power.
The eldest princess came back to her senses, her expression weakened: "I don't know who was gossiping in my father's ear, talking to my father and wanting me to marry someone."
The eldest princess has gone through two marriages that tore her mind apart and ruined her reputation, how can she still be willing to marry?Before, because of guilt, because of the resistance and fear she showed from time to time, Emperor Qisheng had already promised the eldest princess that she would not marry in the future.But just a few years ago, Emperor Qisheng suddenly asked her if she could take a fancy to a young talent from the minister's family, and if there was one, he would decree to grant her a marriage.
She only found out later that it was her brothers who intentionally or unintentionally mentioned their marriage in front of the emperor, which moved Qisheng Emperor.
She couldn't find out which brother it was, but she knew at least one thing, as long as her brother was in charge, her days of freedom would probably be over.
Jia Shu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that it was someone urging the marriage that finally made the Grand Duke take the initiative?
She suddenly thought of the experience of being urged to marry by those three aunts and eight aunts when she went home every New Year's Eve. Inexplicably, she felt that the eldest princess's behavior was a bit swollen?
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"I heard that the eldest princess came to the Lin family today?" Lin Ruhai asked as soon as she returned home.
Jia Shu and Lin's mother looked at each other, then turned to look at him again: "You just came home, how did you know that the eldest princess was here?"
Lin Ruhai sighed, and sat directly next to Jia Shu: "Duke Rong Guo sent someone to wait for me at the gate of the Imperial Academy during the off-duty time, and made an appointment to have dinner at the restaurant under the name of the thirteenth prince at noon tomorrow, and at the same time, we will discuss this matter with you." told me."
He paused, then asked, "Mr. Rong said this to tell me that the prince and others are suspicious of me? Why?"
It was too early for Lin Ruhai to join the prince's camp, so the prince and others naturally wouldn't tell him that the eldest princess wanted to have a hand in the succession, so Lin Ruhai didn't know why a princess would attract the attention of the prince and others.
Jia Shu thought for a while and said, "The princess did come to our house today for the purpose..."
"Huh?" Lin Ruhai was a little surprised, "Is there anything you can't say?"
Jia Shu shook her head: "Just looking back, I'm still a little surprised." She smiled and explained, "The eldest princess is also a heroine, with good scheming and means, but because of her status as a woman, she can only retreat to the first place in the first place." Second line."
Lin Ruhai froze, unable to react.
Jia Shu looked at Mother Lin with a smile and ignored him.
Mother Lin also laughed.
After all, Lin Ruhai is a man. Even if his mother and wife respect women enough, his long-term thinking restrictions still prevent him from thinking of the real meaning of Jia Shu's words in the first place.
But soon, he thought through Jia Shu's words: "You mean, the eldest princess is also interested in that position..." Lin Ruhai widened his eyes, "Any idea?"
Xu had stayed in the Imperial Academy for a long time, and the expressions on Lin Ruhai's face had become less and less these years. Seeing his rare shocked expression, Jia Shu thought it was amusing, and reached out to pinch the flesh on his face.When they were about to meet each other, she suddenly remembered that Mother Lin was still by her side, so Xu Ai turned around embarrassedly, and just patted Lin Ruhai on the shoulder.
"The eldest princess was able to reconcile with her ex-husband before risking the consequences of being judged by the world, and even sent him to prison. What's the fuss about her wanting to control the autonomy of her life in her own hands?"
Lin Ruhai was taken aback for a moment. He frowned when he heard that the eldest princess and her two husbands had reconciled and separated in just five years.
From Lin Ruhai's point of view, the reason why the eldest princess reconciled before was because her two husbands were not good and deceived the eldest princess, so it is completely understandable for her to choose to reconcile with the support of the emperor.But now that it involves the country's future candidate for the crown prince, and the eldest princess is involved in it, he is a little worried.
It’s not that I think it’s unforgivable for the eldest princess to want to help the prince who has a good relationship with her become the emperor, but people like the eldest princess in history often have no good end, and it will also cause great harm to the stability and rule of the country. Bad influence, from the bottom of his heart, he didn't want women to participate in it.
It's not because of their women's status, but none of the women who tried to participate in the seizure of the heirloom in history did not succeed, and they would only mess up.
Jia Shu glanced at Lin Ruhai, but said nothing.
But Lin Ruhai felt Rumang on his back, turned his head suddenly, and met Jia Shu's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.His heart suddenly skipped a beat: "Ruosang?"
Turning to seek help from Mother Lin, she found that the way she looked at him was not friendly.
Lin Ruhai suddenly said: "..." I always feel that if I can't explain what he said clearly, I will not be able to do well today!
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When Lin Ruhai went to work the next day, the expression of "survival after disaster" was always on his face, and it didn't disappear until he went to the banquet.
Others at the table were a little curious about Lin Ruhai's rare expression.
The prince was the first to speak: "Lord Lin, what's wrong with you? Could it be that Mrs. Ling bullied you?"
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing first.
Except for Jia Daishan, the others also thought the teasing was quite funny, they burst out laughing one after another, and looked at Lin Ruhai with a bit of teasing in their eyes.
Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai looked at the prince without saying a word: "The prince is joking."
But his expression was not like that at all.
The prince's expression froze: "No? Mrs. Lin really bullied you?" He turned his eyes on Lin Ruhai's not-so-majestic body, "It seems that he is a little weak?"
It's said that a scholar can't hold his shoulders and his hands can't resist. Could it be said that Mr. Lin is also such a scholar?
He turned his head to look at Jia Daishan: "My lord, did Ling Qianjin practice martial arts with you?"
Jia Daishan was able to rely on his military exploits without being degraded, and his martial arts skills were among the best in Daxia. If Mrs. Lin had learned martial arts from Jia Daishan before she got married, she might not be able to bully Master Lin.
At the same time, Master Lin's rumors of being afraid of his wife over the years have also been explained.
Jia Daishan: "..." The evil ghost still needs to practice martial arts with him?Can she beat him, who has practiced martial arts since childhood, with her own martial arts skills?
He glanced at Lin Ruhai, and could only lie for her with a smile, "My little girl used to dance with guns and sticks when she was at the house. I saw Xinxi, so I took my little girl to practice martial arts for a while."
It's just a period of time. I don't think anyone doubts that the daughters of the Jia family are all skilled in martial arts, and they can beat their husbands down?
The others looked at Lin Ruhai's thin body even though he had developed muscles, but they really didn't think in the direction that Jia Daishan was worried about——
After all, the Jia family had many descendants, and only Jia Daishan had four daughters. Except for Jia Shu, no other daughter married a husband who was known as "afraid of his wife".
They just felt that Lin Ruhai was so useless that he would be controlled by his wife.
Lin Ruhai sensed other people's eyes, and rolled his eyes without any explanation.It is much better to be misunderstood to be thin and thin than to be misunderstood that Jia Shu is a tigress.
Now that everyone is here, everyone has to start talking about business.
Knowing that the Eldest Princess had been to the Lin family, this was the first thing everyone discussed.
Although he felt it was unnecessary, Lin Ruhai still told him what Jia Shu had said to him yesterday when he met the suspicious eyes of others.
Of course, he wisely replaced Jia Shu, whom the eldest princess really wanted to win over, with the Lin family.
After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but praise himself "witty" in the bottom of his heart when he met the trusting eyes of others.
Because the eldest princess was involved, the prince asked people to find out all the information about the eldest princess during this period of time.
"Most of the Jinji area is staffed by the Eldest Princess and the Sixth Prince."
"In the area around the south of the Yangtze River, there are quite a few officials that the princess has wooed."
……
"Zhou and Cai in our camp..." The man said a dozen names before stopping, "They are all officials of the Sixth Prince's side."
The prince squinted his eyes: "All these people? But after checking it out, are you sure there is no wrongdoing?"
"Sure." The man sighed, "I also found out that these officials were originally recruited and trained by the Twelve Princes, but after the Twelve Princes' foundations in the south of the Yangtze River were completely destroyed, these people joined in under the instigation of the Eldest Princess. them."
The fourth prince on the side suddenly said: "If it is twelve, these people may indeed not belong to us."
He still has a roster with the names of many officials handed over to him by the Twelve Princes. Although there are no records of officials who have taken refuge in the Twelve Princes, just thinking about it, he knows that the names of those officials must be hidden in other places. Under the name of the person, the twelve princes just kept a hand and didn't tell him.
Of course, he didn't expect that the twelve princes would be picked up by the eldest princess in the end.
Presumably when the Eldest Princess chose Twelve Princes back then, she had the idea that if she failed, she would take over Twelve's connections, otherwise it would be impossible for people in other camps who had hidden so deeply to know about it.
Twelve hasn't given up yet, how could he tell the eldest princess about his dark hand?
The prince now trusts the fourth prince very much, and when he heard this, he immediately hated the dozen or so people who were reported by that person, and his face was also very ugly.
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Jia Shu still cared a little about what the eldest princess said, thinking that Lin Ruhai would not come back at noon, so he used his ability to go to the eldest princess's residence in the afternoon.
She went to the palace at first, but she was not found in the palace of the eldest princess. Jia Shu turned around and left the palace, heading directly to the palace of the eldest princess.As a woman, the eldest princess has no other place to go on weekdays.
The eldest princess is indeed at the house.
But when Jia Shu entered, he saw two men who looked similar to the eldest princess. One was frail and pale, and looked like a sick child;
Jia Shu heard the eldest princess call the two "sixth younger brothers" and "twelfth younger brothers".
"Twelfth brother, did you come to see me for something?" The eldest princess rubbed her forehead, very distressed by the uninvited behavior of the twelve princes.
Ever since she made it clear that she would no longer help the Twelfth Prince to ascend the throne, she had no contact with Twelve, and if they met, Twelve never gave her a good face.She really didn't know why her twelfth younger brother found out what happened to her family early in the morning.
She looked at the sixth prince, twitched the corner of her mouth, and brought the sixth prince along.
"It's nothing," said the Twelfth Prince with a grim smile, "My brother just wanted to ask Elder Sister, why did my brother disobey my order and even switch to Elder Sister's camp? My brother asked Sixth Brother, he But I don’t know anything about it.”
The eldest princess glanced at the sixth prince, her eyes were calm: "Water flows to the lower places, and people go to the higher places. You are a prince who has no hope of ascending, and those ministers naturally don't want to follow you to seek death."
The twelve princes glanced at the sixth prince: "Elder Sister, let's cooperate anyway, why do you use lies to fool my younger brother? My younger brother counted the time. When those people joined the eldest imperial sister, my brother's foundation in the south of the Yangtze River Should it be alright? Elder Sister speaks like this, so you won't be afraid to offend my younger brother, and then I'll let you beat me to death?"
The sixth prince squinted his eyes, still lowered his head, and did not speak.
The eldest princess didn't even look at him, picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, then chuckled: "Your brother, what you said is wrong, when this palace took over, it was at the time when the Jiangnan incident was at its worst. Those ministers who took refuge in you have no hope, how can it be said that it was before the Jiangnan incident?"
"As for those people you mentioned, they should be from the capital?" The eldest princess curled her lips, "Those people are nothing but fools, and I haven't seriously persuaded them, so those people can't wait to vote for others..."
"This palace is for you to exclude untrustworthy people, so that you can go more smoothly in the future."
The twelfth prince was about to be laughed at by the eldest princess's ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense, he pointed at the eldest princess' nose, "cooperate with the elder sister to rob the younger brother's hand, or is it for the younger brother's sake? Don't like the elder sister." It's the first time my younger brother has seen the man with the face, but it's really an eye-opener, and I gained a lot of insight!"
The irony of the Twelfth Prince fell on the Eldest Princess, she felt nothing but no pain, and had no reaction for a long time.
The twelve princes became even more angry.
"As for the Jiangnan cleaning up..."
The Eldest Princess looked up, met the eyes of the Twelfth Prince, and raised her eyebrows: "The Twelfth Brother himself is not as good as others. He put all his eggs in the same basket, but in the end he didn't catch anything. Could it be that Ben Gong didn't help you? You want to help, but you have to tell me which officials are your subordinates? Otherwise, I don’t know who to help if I want to help, and in the end, I can only watch Twelve Younger Brother’s years of business go down in flames, and finally end in a dismal end?”
The twelve princes were so hurt by the words of the eldest princess that their hearts, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ached. For a while, they couldn't even utter a complete sentence, so they could only sit oppressively opposite the eldest princess, gasping for breath.
The eldest princess smiled, and looked at the sixth prince who was pretending to be a quail. He flinched, and quickly buried his head in his chest, not daring to meet her eyes at all.
Not a single one can beat!
The eldest princess drank tea, her heart was calm.
At this moment, the eldest princess's personal maid went out quietly, came back quickly, and then walked directly to the eldest princess, bowed her head and whispered to the eldest princess for a while.
During the whole process, the eldest princess' face changed constantly, and finally became expressionless.
The sixth prince quietly raised his head to glance at her, then quickly lowered his head, but his mind was racing, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The Twelfth Prince seemed to be breaking the pot, seeing the Eldest Princess's bad expression, he gloated and laughed: "Tsk tsk, Elder Sister, did you kick the iron plate? The forces under her hand have also been divided. ?”
The eldest princess glanced at him coldly, and waited without saying a word for the close maid to finish the matter, and then said, "Twelve younger brothers, it seems that many years of accumulation have been ruined once and failed to dispel your wishful thinking, why, Want to get involved again?"
The eyes of the Twelfth Prince flickered, and he sneered: "My younger brother is not as optimistic as the elder sister. With the physical condition of the father, I don't know how long he can live, so let's get involved at this time? Elder sister, take care, don't drag your younger brother out." .”
With that said, he simply got up and left the Grand Princess Mansion.
The sixth prince looked at the twelfth prince, then at the eldest princess, and finally saluted and said goodbye to the eldest princess, and chased him out.
The eldest princess looked at the backs of the two with unclear meaning in her eyes.
After leaving the Eldest Princess Mansion, the Sixth Prince got into the carriage directly, and after chasing out of the street where the Eldest Princess Mansion was located, he did not chase the Twelfth Prince any more, but turned around and left in the opposite direction of the Twelve Princes' carriage.
The Twelfth Prince, who was watching the Sixth Prince from the rear window of the carriage, had a slight smile on his lips: "Elder Sister is really clever, she even guessed that Brother Sixth has two hearts. Tsk, what a hassle!"
As he said that, he threw down the curtain of the carriage and said to the driver, "Turn around and chase Brother Six's carriage."
-
Jia Shu stayed in the Eldest Princess' mansion, waiting for the maid next to the Eldest Princess to come in and send a message: "Your Highness, the two princes have left."
"How did you get there?"
"The twelfth prince took a step first. The sixth prince chased him to the door and got into the carriage. Instead of chasing him, he left in the opposite direction to the twelfth prince. The twelfth prince seemed to have noticed it, and quickly chased after him."
The eldest princess lowered her eyes and sat on the chair for a long time without moving.
The maid next to her seemed to be worried about disturbing the eldest princess, and she remained in the posture of replying without moving until the eldest princess raised her head: "Back off."
"Yes!"
In the room, only the princess was left alone.
It seemed that at this moment, the eldest princess felt really safe. She got up and walked to the side window, her eyes flickering.
"Prince, fourth child, thirteenth child..."
"Old eight, old nine, old ten, old fourteen..."
"Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh..."
The Eldest Princess sighed faintly: "Madam Lin is right, with my abilities, it would be difficult even for me to seize the throne, not to mention the other concerns and hidden dangers she mentioned."
Just now came the news that the prince's subordinates had discovered the officials who had been placed in the prince's camp by the twelve princes, and they might take action against them soon, and asked her what to do.
But what can she do?She is still robbing a little bit of these people now, stealing a lot from here and there, and her family background is not enough to face the prince head-on.
If she had been more careful and less frequent in provoking the relationship between her father and the prince, maybe the prince would not have discovered her so early, and she would still be able to retain her strength and develop with peace of mind behind her back.
Anyway, it's still a long time, ten years is enough for her to pull up her current power.
Ugh……
-
Jia Shu got the news he wanted and went home immediately.
She was sorting out the memories in her mind, when Xuefu came to report that Chixia had something to look for her.
Jia Shu was stunned for a moment, perhaps because Jia Shu knew what happened to Chi Xia back then, even if he found out that it was a misunderstanding, Chi Xia still found it difficult to face Jia Shu, so the frequency of meeting Jia Shu was much lower.
Jia Shu was silent in his heart, and found that Chixia hadn't been to serve her for half a year.
"Don't let people in." Jia Shu said immediately.
-
When Chixia came in, her belly was high and her smile was happy: "Greetings to my wife."
Jia Shu was taken aback: "Get up quickly, why do you still salute with such a big belly? I'm not the kind of narrow-minded person."
Chi Xia didn't seem to be embarrassed: "My wife is kind, but I can't take my duty as a slave just because my wife doesn't care about it." She looked down at her stomach, smiling kindly, "Besides, this stomach of a slave is not a good one. what's up."
Jia Shu really didn't want to argue with Chixia about "duty to be a slave", so he simply changed the subject: "What difficulties have you encountered recently? Just tell me, as long as I can help you, I will definitely not refuse."
Chixia shook her head, her expression became more serious: "Returning to Madam, since the maidservant got rid of the knot with Pingshu, the life is very relaxed, and there is no need for Madam to worry."
Jia Shu was stunned for a moment: "Then you..."
"Back to Madam, then Cui Yan approached the servant and said that he wanted the servant to install someone in the Lin family."
Chixia spoke seriously, but Jia Shu didn't
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