Brother Jia Sheshu of the Red Chamber

The obvious purpose of the empress's arranging the flower viewing banquet this time is to show the third prince a look, but the holy majesty's attention was all attracted by the little princess of North Korea, and she completely forgot that she had seen those big girls at the banquet. When the queen asked about the marriage of the third prince, she was at a loss.

The queen smiled narrowly and said, "Your Majesty is not just looking at the beauties and forgetting about the third prince?"

Emperor Pingkang's rare old face flushed, "Zi Lu is being naughty."

The Queen pursed her lips and smiled.

Although he didn't pay attention to the ladies from various families in the flower viewing banquet, Emperor Pingkang had already spotted someone for the third prince, and he pondered: "Although the daughter of the Wei family is a little older than the third son by two years, she is good-natured and can be good." match."

"The daughter of the Wei family!?" The queen was taken aback. Because of Concubine Li, she also had a little contact with ladies from various families during this period, so why didn't she remember that there was such a daughter of the Wei family?

Emperor Pingkang said with a smile: "That is the younger sister of General Wei Pingbo, General Zhaoyi of the third rank."

This Wei Pingbo is an upstart in the army. It was only during this Northeast War that he could not compare with the Jia family in terms of prestige in the army. The daughter of the house, on the one hand, can add some weight to the mistress, and can also raise the identity of the Wei family.

The queen was taken aback. She had guessed about the daughters of many families before, but she never expected that the Holy Majesty would choose the daughter of a military officer for the third prince.

Although this concubine Li was awarded the title Li which means to serve people in Israel, she is actually the daughter of a civil servant. Although her father is only a fourth rank, her ancestors were cabinet scholars in the previous dynasty. He is erudite and talented. Under her upbringing, the third prince is also good at studying. It seems that he is not a good match for a daughter who is a general.

Thinking about the general Wei's sister, the empress thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't think of Miss Wei's appearance. After all, everyone was patronizing the little princess of North Korea at that time, so she would notice others, but she was quite tall! ?

But the holy will has been decided, so the empress naturally wouldn't say much, instead she said with a smile: "The one chosen by the Holy Majesty is naturally excellent, the third prince is blessed."

Just sauce, before the third prince knew, his marriage had already been decided by Emperor Pingkang.

When she heard that the third prince was married to General Wei's sister, Li Concubine was a little dissatisfied, but she had no choice but to decide what was decided by the holy will, and she was at the mercy of a concubine. It was pitiful for her to give birth to a third son, but even he He has no right to make decisions about his marriage.

Concubine Li recalled the appearance of Wei Pingbo's sister mentioned by the Holy Majesty, and she was a little confused. Did you really carefully choose a wife for your son, Majesty?

Of course it doesn't mean that the daughter of the Wei family is not good. To be honest, if she is really not good, she will not dare to show her face at the flower viewing banquet, but... her son is marrying a wife, not a pillar.

Thinking about the superior height of the Wei family girl, Li Pin was silently worried about Xiao San'er's small body.

Concubine Li bit the bullet and told the third prince about it.

When he heard that the marriage was given to General Wei's sister, the third prince was frightened and dumbfounded. The third prince said in shock: "Mother, concubine, why do you have the heart to let your son be ruined by the daughter of the Wei family?"

Others don't know about this daughter of the Wei family, but the third prince knows it well. Thinking of the daughter of the Wei family, not only is she taller than others, but she also has the strength to kick him and cousin Chang'an out with one kick. His face turned pale immediately.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Pin said angrily, "If you don't want to waste anything, that's your future wife."

She remembered that the daughter of the Wei family was just born taller, and her manners were considered gentle and polite. That's what the little San'er said was so serious, but looking at the expression of the third prince, Li Concubine was a little suspicious, "Could it be that you recognize her?" People?"

Strange, Xiao San'er was raised in a deep palace since he was a child, how did he recognize those outsiders?

The third prince's face turned blue and white, and he gritted his teeth for a while, and then blushed inexplicably for a while, which made Concubine Li even more strange, but she turned her eyes and smiled: "It seems that I recognize it, that's good, too. Don't worry about your husband and wife getting along well."

It seems that Xiao San'er begged for this girl from the Wei family. After all, Xiao San is the Holy Majesty's own son.

Concubine Li felt relieved at the moment, she didn't know whether she should be happy because the Holy Majesty still valued Xiao San'er, or whether she should be sad because Xiao San'er had grown up and had her own little secret.

Upon hearing this, the third prince immediately quit, "Who knows that violent woman!"

Concubine Li laughed even more happily, "I even took a nickname, and said I don't know it."

"I...I..." The third prince flushed with anger, "I'm going to talk to cousin Chang'an."

His suffering, probably only his cousin Chang'an, who was also beaten up, can understand.

"Go! Go!" Concubine Li graciously allowed the third prince to leave the palace, and thoughtfully prepared some nourishing tonics, and sighed: "Your cousin Chang'an was also frightened a while ago. He's still very sick, so you might as well go and see him."

Chang'an was also in vain, but it just happened to happen to him. He got better a while ago, but recently he became seriously ill. It seems that we should recruit Chang'an back to be the companion of the third child after a while.

The third prince squinted his mouth in disdain, "It's his own cowardice. When will no one die in this palace? Besides, those eunuchs didn't take good care of Xiao Liu'er, so he deserved to die."

It's just punishing a few eunuchs who didn't take good care of their master. It's too useless for Cousin Chang'an to be scared just because of this kind of thing.

Concubine Li put on a straight face, a little unhappy, can this general lesson to the little eunuch compare with that situation?At that time, the eldest prince had ruthlessly tried to beat the little eunuch who was following Xiao Liu'er to death, but because it was not about the eldest prince, Concubine Li pursed her lips and didn't say anything after all, she just waved her hand and let the third prince go.

After the third prince left, Concubine Li couldn't help but sighed to the old mother next to her, "Little San'er has such a temper, I don't know how to bring it back."

This child is really a little naive because of her protection, and he thinks a little less about things.

The old mother persuaded: "The third prince feels sorry for the sixth prince. It is always a good thing to love brothers."

Let the sage know, maybe he will look up to the third prince.

Concubine Li sighed: "Forget it, let's help the palace into the Buddhist hall. Today's scriptures haven't been read yet."

It is also the luck and misfortune of these children to be born in this palace.

As soon as the third prince arrived at Ma's house, he couldn't wait to complain to Ma Chang'an.

"Why do you think my father gave me the daughter of the Wei family as my wife?" He didn't want his wife to be as beautiful as the little princess of North Korea, but how could it be the daughter of the Wei family? Thinking about the appearance of the daughter of the Wei family and her strength, the third prince wanted to escape the marriage.

Even Ma Chang'an felt a little sympathetic, he looked up and down the third prince's small body, "Why don't you take some medicine back home."

He asked the boy to deliver a whole box of Jinjiang pills, "Take a pill when you are beaten, it is very effective in relieving pain."

Although Jinjiang Pill is mainly used to reduce fever and reduce inflammation, as more and more people use it, everyone has gradually developed its other functions, such as pain relief.

Holding the whole box of love from his cousin, the third prince was a little suspicious, "Where did you bring so many Jinjiang pills?"

And it's all real!

The Jinjiang pills sold in the capital are both real and fake, but anyone who has used the real Jinjiang pills can tell the real from the fake at a glance. The skin of the real pills is as smooth as porcelain, which is hard to imitate. of.

But my cousin is really generous this time, all the gifts are genuine, I don't know how my cousin got so many Jinjiang pills?These days, the military has suddenly cracked down on the piracy and sale of Jinjiang pills, and the medicine is getting harder and harder to get.

Ma Chang'an replied straightforwardly: "I haven't eaten for a while, and I have accumulated so much before I knew it. You take it all back, and I don't need it anyway."

"Are you recovered?" The third prince wondered, "But why are you still lying on the bed? I heard from my aunt that you haven't gone out for several days?"

As soon as he mentioned illness, Ma Chang'an's face immediately turned ugly. He was really scared a while ago. After all, a person who had been dead for more than half a year suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. The first thing everyone thought of must be hell, he I was also so scared that I was sick for several days. After I recovered from the illness, I thought about it carefully, and found something wrong.

First, it was broad daylight that day, so it shouldn't be a ghost; second, at that time he saw the sixth prince talking to Mo Yuanda, so to see a ghost... Cough, no, he is not the only one who saw people.

Afterwards, he asked people to follow Mo Yuanda secretly for a while. Although Mo Yuanda was clever, his servant was not bad, and he always succeeded once or twice in the few times he followed him. Saw that man several times.Never thought that person turned out to be the young master of the new Jinjiang Pharmacy, which made Ma Chang'an even more sure that this person was alive.

It's just why the little boy from the pharmacy was born exactly the same as the sixth prince, and Mo Yuanda... If he remembers correctly, the sixth prince's birth mother's surname was Mo, could it be...

Ma Chang'an was still hesitating whether he should ask the third prince about the sixth prince, but the servant beside him quickly replied: "My son has not dared to take medicine for a while."

Ma Chang'an frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, don't go down."

The third prince raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why don't you take the medicine? Could it be that you don't dare?"

The third prince was just making a joke, but Ma Chang'an's serious and suspicious eyes shifted slightly.

"Huh!" The Third Prince exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that this medicine is poisonous!?"

He couldn't help but stare at Ma Chang'an, he dared to give him poison, he really wanted to die.

"Cough." Ma Chang'an coughed in embarrassment, "It's not poisonous. If it's poisonous, I dare to give it to you."

The third prince nodded slightly, and just when he was about to forgive you for not daring to do so, Ma Changan said again: "It's just that the sequelae are a bit serious..."

"???"

Ma Chang'an hesitated, "Have you not been to the teahouse for a long time?"

I remember that in the past the third prince liked to be arty, and his poems were as mediocre as him. On the surface, it seemed that he went to the Zhuangyuan Building to listen to those literati’s talks, but in fact he went downstairs to listen to books. I think he came here as soon as he left the palace this time, or he should listen to it. It's time for the untold stories.

"Oh, I'm in that mood." The third prince was very depressed at the thought of marrying a violent woman back, so he was in the mood to listen to books.

"Cough." Ma Chang installed a mocking cough, "Go and listen, you will be pleasantly surprised."

After listening to the one hundred and one Jinjiang stories, the third prince will understand.

The so-called one hundred and one Jinjiang stories are the one hundred and one ways of death of Jinjiang pills. After listening to them, he dare not take medicine anymore. He is afraid that after taking too many Jinjiang pills, he will become like the person in the story. Usually, people die from stomach bleeding, or they take too much medicine, develop drug resistance, and finally die without medicine.

Although Ma Chang'an sincerely recommended it, the third prince was not interested in anything when he thought of marrying a daughter from the Wei family, but he couldn't bear to appease his cousin's kindness, and said calmly, "I'll go and listen when I have time."

Ma Chang'an knew that the prince's cousin was still worried about marrying a wife, but he couldn't help with such matters, so he could only try his best to comfort him.

Thinking of the young master from Jinjiang Pharmacy, Ma Chang'an couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, is there a rule in this palace that twins cannot be born?"

After thinking about it, he only thought of this possibility, otherwise how could he be so cleverly shaped like the sixth prince!

The third prince rolled his eyes at him, "You've been in the palace for so many years, what's the point of asking such a question."

Others think that twins are not allowed in the palace, but in fact this is not the case. Naturally, the palace does not want twins to exist, but if the concubine really gave birth to twins, then he has to accept it. Take the life of another prince.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not the first child or the first son, everyone will turn a blind eye.

"Haha." Ma Chang'an smiled awkwardly, "I'm just asking."

There's no way, after seeing the little boy from the pharmacy, he couldn't help but feel suspicious, is it because the concubine De concubine gave birth to twins back then, and one of them was secretly raised by the holy majesty, or did he suddenly turn out to be a six-year-old son? The prince comes out.

The third prince looked at Ma Chang'an suspiciously, "It seems that you are really sick, and you are a little sick."

You...you are stupid!Ma Chang'an blushed, but did not dare to be disrespectful to the prince, so he could only snort in a small and arrogant way.

"Okay, you should have a good rest." Seeing Ma Chang'an's blushing, the third prince said with rare sympathy that he was still seriously ill.

When Ma Chang'an touched his forehead, he was indeed still a little hot, so he didn't want to leave the third prince alone, and he asked, "How about I ask someone to invite the eldest brother to accompany you?"

"Don't! Don't! Don't!" This big cousin has exactly the same temper as Xiao Si, and he likes to keep a straight face. He is usually enough to face Xiao Si's cold face, but he doesn't want to even leave the palace. You have to show your face to a face.

"I'll just walk around by myself." Seeing that Ma Chang'an was still a little worried, the third prince said angrily, "The most I can do is to go to the teahouse to listen to the books, if I can go there, besides, I have guards when I go in and out , now that the historian is gone, there is nothing to worry about.”

As a prince, he also cherishes his life.

Ma Chang'an thought about it, and said: "Third Highness, please be careful, don't forget to bring money."

The third prince probably stayed in the palace for a long time, and he forgot that he needed money to buy things outside.

The third prince blushed and said angrily: "Nah... Nagging! Why do you still remember things that happened when you were seven years old?"

He was only seven years old at that time, and it was his first time to leave the palace, so he knew this.

Ma Chang'an smiled triumphantly, showing his white canine teeth, knowing that the prince's dark history when he was young is really good.

The third prince ran away in embarrassment, and it felt really bad to have a cousin who had been his companion for many years.

Seeing that the third prince had left, the servant asked worriedly, "Master! Is this okay?"

"What are you worried about!" Ma Chang'an also said that the boy was worried because he mentioned the dark history of the third prince, he waved his hand and said: "I have been with the third prince for so many years, and we are cousins, the third prince will not worry about such a trivial matter mad at me."

Besides, it's not the first time he teased the third prince with this matter, and the third prince was never really angry with him.

"No!" The boy stammered, "Young master, the young man from the pharmacy you asked me to check last time also often goes to the teahouse."

The third prince is going to the teahouse at this time, I'm afraid he will bump into him.

Ma Chang'an was surprised, "He also likes listening to books?"

No, the sixth prince never liked to listen to storytelling, when did he have such a hobby?

The servant was a little speechless, "Young Master, haven't you noticed that the Zhuangyuan Building you often go to has changed its name?"

Ma Chang'an scratched his head, and really didn't understand what the name change had to do with the young master of Jinjiang Pharmacy, "What name did you change?"

The boy replied: "It has been changed to Jinjiang Building, and I heard that it has also become the property of the owner of the Jinjiang Pharmacy. That young master naturally goes there often."

Moreover, according to gossip, the one hundred and one kinds of Jinjiang pills that Jinjianglou said were made up by the young man. If he were the owner of the pharmacy, he might not be able to resist beating the prodigal son to death. Use this method to slander your own medicine.

"Huh!" Ma Chang'an was startled at first, then couldn't help laughing and said, "This is really interesting."

He wanted to know, what would the third prince do when he saw the man who looked like the sixth prince?

I don't know if it was Ma Chang'an's prophecy. The third prince really met Mo Gu in Jinjiang Tower, but it was the adult version of Mo Gu.

In fact, Mo Gu usually walks around the capital in the appearance of an adult. For one thing, he used to be the concubine of the Rongguo Mansion. Although under Mrs. Jia's deliberate arrangement, he rarely saw outsiders, but some people have seen him before. He, if others saw the missing son of the Rongguo Mansion wandering around in the capital, it would be inevitable that there would be troubles.

Furthermore, when a child talks about business with an adult, he is easy to be despised, not to mention, it may attract Xiaoxiao, so for the convenience of walking, Mogu usually walks in the appearance of 25 or [-]-year-old adults in the capital on weekdays. It was only when talking to Mo Da a few times that he returned to his original appearance. Unexpectedly, Ma Chang'an bumped into him unintentionally.

Mo Gu was born like Aunt Mo, and somewhat like Emperor Pingkang. As he got older and the baby fat on his face fell off, the similarities between his eyebrows and eyes of Emperor Pingkang could be seen more and more, especially Mo Gu After recovering his cultivation base, he was fearless and acted with an aura of looking down on the world. From certain angles, at a glance, he really looked like Emperor Pingkang.

The first time I saw Mo Gu who was drinking tea generously in the Jinjiang Tower, the third prince thought he was seeing Emperor Pingkang, and ran out of Jinjiang Tower in fright on the spot, not only him, but even the guards beside him He and the eunuchs were also terrified.

Although the third prince's departure from the palace was personally approved by Empress Li, but if the Holy Majesty catches him when he came to Jinjiang Tower to listen to the book, I'm afraid...

The third prince's personal eunuch trembled with fear, "Emperor...why did the emperor come here suddenly?"

Outside the palace, fearing that outsiders would know their identities, they usually address their lords as lords.

"Should... it shouldn't be the master." After all, it was his own father. Although he looked very similar, the third prince was the first to recognize that it was not his own father.

He swallowed his saliva, although he knew it wasn't, but he looked a little like it at first glance, and his little heart was so scared that he was still jumping. "That's not sir."

To put it bluntly, the master is not so young.

Thinking about that person's age, everyone nodded slightly, but...it really looks alike.

"Don't worry!" The third prince recalled the appearance of that person, the more he thought about it, the more he felt relieved, and said firmly: "That is definitely not the master."

The crowd also nodded, and when they looked back carefully, they knew that it should not be just based on the age of the person, but at first glance, they really looked alike.

Everyone summoned up their courage to go in again. At this time, Mo Gu had already left. Seeing the empty seats, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although they knew it was not Emperor Pingkang, they saw a person who looked so similar beside him. It still makes them uneasy.

Because of this, the third prince didn't listen to the latest book in Jinjiang Tower very carefully, and he still thought about it after returning to the palace.

That person looks to be about 25 or six years old, slightly older than the eldest prince, if it is really the son left by the father... then isn't that person the real eldest son of the father?After he is no longer the eldest son, he wonders what qualifications does the eldest prince have to teach the other younger brothers in the name of the eldest brother?

Thinking of this, the third prince really hoped that that person was really his father's illegitimate son.

"Mother and concubine!" The third prince asked curiously, "Do you think the father will have an illegitimate child?"

Concubine Li was taken aback, "Why do you ask this so well?"

The third prince held back for a long time, and finally replied, "It's nothing, just asking."

Although the mother and concubine have been out of favor for many years, if she was told that the royal father might have an illegitimate child outside, it would probably hurt her heart. The third prince decided to keep it secret after thinking about it.

Although the third prince didn't pursue the question further, it reminded Concubine Li of something. She remembered that when Depin was pregnant with the sixth prince, the Holy One came to sit in her palace one day after his return from Rongguo Mansion. She sat down naturally and stayed overnight. At night, she found that there were many nail marks on Sheng Shang's body, and some of them were bleeding.

Those traces can be seen at a glance to be the traces left by a woman when she was in love, and it must be a woman outside the palace!

All the concubines who enter the palace, even the empress, have been taught by their mothers before serving the saint, that they must not hurt the dragon's body at any time, and it is impossible to leave any traces, so they will do this , must be a woman outside the palace who has not been trained as a nun.

At that time, she also laughed and asked the Holy Majesty when he would bring the new sister back to the palace, but unexpectedly, the Holy Majesty left with a gloomy face. If the Holy Majesty left behind any illegitimate children...

Concubine Li thought for a while, then she laughed, so what if she had an illegitimate child, so what if she didn't have an illegitimate child, with such a face-saving personality, she would never bring the illegitimate child back to the palace, even if she did, so what, she fell out of favor As a concubine, as long as she takes good care of her own son, everything else...is not important.