Red Mansions Dressed Into the Forest

Unlike other princes, it is much safer to make friends with King Yizhong.

The edict to abolish the crown prince back then was written by the father of King Yizhong, who is now the Supreme Emperor.

It is said that from the beginning to the end, he only said that his son was irritable, and the emphasis was on his poor health. He neither criticized his son's virtues, nor denied his son's talents...

But in this day and age, not having a son is really the Achilles' heel.Even so, King Yizhong still has many diehard loyalists, and the power in his hands is enough to make many nobles jealous.

Fortunately, King Yizhong has no son...

The Holy Majesty has speculated on the Supreme Emperor's thoughts: in a few years, after King Yizhong has completely given up, he will choose one of the princes to adopt to him.

What's even better is that King Yizhong and King Suduan were in the same situation in the early years... If there is no Taishang Huang, I am afraid that there will be a full martial arts show of "with him but without me".In addition, King Yizhong and King Zhongshun were also at odds.

The Holy One couldn't understand more clearly: when the Supreme Emperor is no longer around, his second elder brother will definitely live with King Suduan and the others, especially those old guys in the clan who rely on their elders to sell their elders.

Don't be too happy about this.

This is also one of the reasons why the sage has always been very tolerant to his second brother, and the other... is that the two brothers, King Yizhong and the sage, have always had a good relationship.

Although most IQ-qualified people make decisions based on interests, the ubiquitous favors always make the steelyard in their hearts slightly shifted.

In short, the Holy One is unwilling to embarrass his second brother because of emotion and reason, so King Yizhong is really "comfortable", and he will come to the Lin family whenever he says.When he came, the Holy Majesty would not think too much about it.

Not only King Yizhong, but the entire Lin family knew this well, so when he came, everyone was only a little surprised.

At this time, Wang Chan was wearing a furry fox fur scarf around his neck and a thick cloak on his body. When he saw King Yizhong saying a blessing first, he raised his head and asked, "Cousin, didn't you say in advance?"

Just as King Yizhong and Lin Hai are very close, so too is Princess Yizhong and Wang Chan.

Interested in the secrets of the Ning Mansion, it was Lin Hai who told Wang Chan on the kang.As a result, Wang Chan turned his head and told Princess Yizhong, and then let King Yizhong know through Princess Yizhong's pillow wind.

So I came to the door to solve my doubts in person?After thinking about it for a while, Wang Chan knew what this cousin was doing here today.

King Yizhong laughed when he heard this, "I miss your good craftsmanship." After speaking, his eyes shifted to Daiyu beside Wang Chan.

Daiyu immediately saluted politely and said, "My lord, Wanfu Jinan".

King Yizhong corrected him, "Call me uncle."

Lin Hai nodded to his daughter.Wang Chan gently squeezed Daiyu's hand.

Daiyu smiled sweetly, "Uncle."

King Yizhong replied "Yes", and then turned around to let the handsome eunuch come up with a box in both hands, "Your cousin gave it to you."

Daiyu glanced at her father, got the wink and took it away with both hands.

Lin Hai and Wang Chan are not short of money. Lin Hai has reached the current level, and it is not a matter of saying a word to help.

Yizhong Wang and his wife want to repay Lin Hai, but don't want to be too conspicuous, so it is a very wise choice to treat the benefactor's children better.

It was precisely because they understood the thoughts of Yizhong Wang and his wife that Lin Hai and Wang Chan allowed Daiyu to accept the gift from his uncle and aunt calmly: this gift is quite expensive, a set of exquisite appearance made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In other words, the cause and effect of King Yizhong's illness is not a secret in the circle of nobles in central Beijing: he took drugs crazily in order to seek a child, and finally took drugs until he was half insane.

During the time when King Yizhong was in the "clouds and fog", he did many absurd things, but fortunately there were no major mistakes, it was all small faults, but this was enough for his father to be disappointed in him again and again Plus, the old officials and clans whom the Supreme Emperor trusted in those days gave advice, and finally allowed the Supreme Emperor to abolish his son before he made a big mistake...

However, Lin Hai thinks about this past carefully, and always finds it very subtle.

Throughout history, princes were all abolished because of "committing a big mistake".Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the prince who was obviously wronged, led troops to rebel—this was treason.

Looking at King Yizhong, who was smiling and talking to his wife and daughter, Lin Hai had an inexplicable premonition: in the near future, King Yizhong would tell him these stories himself.

It is still afternoon and the sun has not set. It means that King Yizhong will have dinner again, so Lin Hai asked the housekeeper to send someone to Rongfu to report a letter to Rongfu: Let Brother Lian Couples come later, or simply another day.

Seeking a vacancy for Jia Lian, it was because the Rong family wanted Lin Hai, not because Lin Hai had to earn money from Jia Mu.Lin Hai won't let the entire Rong family be confused about the priorities: he is not used to the stinking problem of the Rong family.

There is still Wang Xifeng in Rongfu who likes to push his nose on his face.

Lin Hai has never been able to feel any pity for this "hero in the pile of fat and powder": relying on Wang Ziteng, Wang Xifeng wasted his life for money, more than once.

If he showed Wang Xifeng a good face again, would Wang Xifeng dare to use his name for evil?

When Lin Hai talked to the steward, he didn't avoid King Yizhong: King Yizhong came to "inform", if he misunderstood that he had an unusual affection for Ningrong and Rongfu, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

In short, Lin Hai's order, no matter the tone or the content, was neither close nor polite. After the steward resigned, King Yizhong joked, "At least it's your original wife's family..."

Lin Haidao: "If it's not for my daughter and her mother's sake, I'll meddle in his family's business?"

"That's right." King Yizhong sighed softly, "This family understands that there are not many people left."

When the brothers Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua were still alive, both of them were the powerful helpers of King Yizhong.It's a pity that it's different now, Lin Hai nodded.

King Yizhong went on to say: "That young lady from the Ning Mansion shouldn't be named Qin, she is the orphan of the Chen family."

Lin Hai was stunned, "The Chen family? The servant of the Ministry of Rites who was executed for cheating in the imperial examination?"

As long as the reigning emperor is not too brain-dead, there will be fraud in the grand ceremony, and blood will flow into rivers afterwards.When the fraud case that shocked the whole country was closed, "the first Lin Hai" was still in his early twenties, a young man who passed the Juren examination, but he was still impressive enough.

King Yizhong said: "That's him. After the Chen family was ennobled, they abandoned martial arts and followed literature. This family and the two Dukes Ning and Rong used to be life-and-death friends. It's a pity that this young and famous talent made a wrong move and almost killed the whole family."

The Chen family itself did not have many descendants. In the generation of the Minister of Rites who was executed, there were only two brothers. Both brothers were officials, and they both confirmed that they were key figures in the fraud case. Of the two, one was hacked and the other died in prison.

For such a family, Lin Hai felt pity for such a family: If I had known this before, why bother, after all, they were not wronged at all.

As long as cheating is involved, you will almost die, and your whole family will be affected. Even so, you have to take risks, which shows that you are greedy for profit!

"Hey," King Yizhong patted his forehead, "It's a long story. At that time, I was still the prince... Cousin-in-law, do you know where all the money they got went?"

Lin Hai was suddenly blessed, "Don't let Su Duan Wang Shun go..."

King Yizhong clapped his palms and said with a smile: "That's a good guess. Why did my father not punish him when he knew the methods of my good uncle?" Most of the silver that was taken from Chunwei was turned into food and sent to the past.”

Lin Hai understood in seconds, and at the same time was deeply convinced: King Suduan is indeed very comparable.

Using the money obtained by fraud to fill the gap in the salary of his emperor's brother in the Northwest War... The Holy Majesty at that time must have been annoyed and comforted, and in the end he could only turn a blind eye.

He sighed helplessly: "The Chen family is also the mouth of King Suduan Mie?"

Fraud in the examination room is not ~ conspiracy ~ rebellion, generally does not implicate family members, anyway, the Holy Majesty at that time would not be so frantic: the confiscation of the proceeds is certain, but the criminal's wife and children's parents will not do anything, let alone Qin Keqing who is still in his infancy baby.

King Yizhong said: "Getting the news, Jia Daihua went to rescue him personally, but he only rescued such a little girl who didn't remember anything. The emperor also knows."

That is to say, Qin Keqing's life experience, and later asking Ning Mansion to find someone to adopt, and finally let this girl be the daughter-in-law of Ning Mansion, all these things have passed the way with the Supreme Emperor: The Chen family has only such a little flesh and blood left. This little girl, with the grandeur of the emperor, will not settle accounts after autumn.

Seeing that Lin Hai was thinking, King Yizhong said again, "Why did Jia Daihua save people himself? It's because it wasn't my good emperor uncle who planned to silence... I don't deal with him, but I know he won't let women and children go. Pass."

Lin Hai raised his forehead again, "Is it King Zhongshun?"

King Suduan and King Zhongshun, one Wen and one Wu, almost advance and retreat at the same time, and they are good friends for most of their lives.

King Yizhong's sarcasm was beyond words, "Yes. Seeing that my brother is going to take the blame for others, how can my father sit still?"

Lin Hai asked in surprise: "Back the blame?"

"You know who Qin's father is, but her mother is not ordinary." Yizhong Wang's eyes were deep, "in the past ~ Tai ~ Zu ~ Lord captured the capital, and found that the inner treasury was empty. After decades, it is not accurate. The whereabouts of that treasure." He pointed to his temple, "It's just an interesting saying that was circulated a few years ago, saying that the treasures in the inner treasury of the former dynasty made the heart of the king of subjugation... Get away."

The "apex of the subjugated king" mentioned here is the favorite concubine of the last emperor of the previous dynasty. The last emperor doted on this concubine to the point where the concubine said whatever she wanted. One can imagine how big this favorite concubine's natal family will be ability.

However, when the last emperor committed suicide, the concubine got the news early and ran away.As for whether the Last Emperor regretted it when he was dying, no one knew except himself...

King Yizhong said: "Qin's biological mother is a descendant of the same family as the favorite concubine."

Lin Hai was drinking tea, but he couldn't control himself, and the tea in his mouth splashed out...

King Yizhong subconsciously tilted his head, only to find that the tea could not be sprayed on him no matter what...

Because it all fell on Lin Hai himself...

Lin Hai looked calm, "My lord allows me to change clothes."

It took at most one stick of incense, Lin Hai came back, sat down and asked, "Isn't that the only one left in the family of the former favorite concubine?"

"The Qin family is the only one who can find out the root cause."

"Qin is not a boy."

King Yizhong smiled and said, "What comeback? Who is worried about this. The two old princes are staring at the unaccounted for treasure."

Why can't Lin Hai understand the implication?He said helplessly: "Think about it, even if Qin's mother-in-law is not silenced, how can the mother and daughter keep their amazing property? Even if the mother and daughter only have part of it, it doesn't make much sense!"

If it is really rich, why does the Chen family have to commit a major fraud case for King Suduan? !

King Yizhong smiled and said nothing.

Lin Hai remained silent for a long time before asking again, "Jia Jing was also implicated because of this? Do you think that the Ning Mansion has embezzled Qin's money?"

This is also Lin Hai's question all along: Unlike Baoyu, who was born rebellious, Jia Jing, who grew up through elite education and did not lose his prestige, suddenly resigned from office and became a monk, there must be a reason.

King Yizhong said solemnly: "To tell you the truth, it's hard to say. The Ningrong and Rongfu used to have a lot of family background, but they can't mention how rich they are. After so many years of sitting and eating, they haven't exhausted their old background. Don't blame that The two old things are always suspicious."

Lin Haidao: "So what? It's the idea of ​​Qin's child support, can it be chewed by the whole family of Ning Mansion?"

"Cousin-in-law," King Yizhong suddenly smiled, "Ning's family has a family property, so it's not alimony, it's money for life. The descendants of the former concubine's natal family knew that the situation was not good, and wanted to get money from those two elders. It is not uncommon for Dongxi to run for his life and find Jia Daihua. King Zhongshun had a son who joined the army and died on the battlefield in the northwest, when Jia Daishan was in charge of the northwest."

Well, this enmity probably cannot be resolved.

Hearing this, Lin Hai came to a sudden: I know why the Ning Mansion was defeated, and the Rong Mansion didn't even have a chance to stand up...

King Yizhong also deliberately reminded: "I heard that you are going to help fill the vacancies of the juniors in the Rong Mansion?"

Lin Hai smiled and said, "You are really well informed."

"It's better to say that your father-in-law is quick. You have a lot of face."

Father-in-law, don't be so serious!The Rong Mansion hasn't sent Xiao Jing yet.Lin Hai coughed lightly, but did not answer: This is an obvious ridicule, and it is not necessary to answer.

King Yizhong waved his hand and said sincerely, "You are not afraid of those two old things, very good!"

Lin Haixin said: My official position was given by the Holy One.If you still want to have a good time between the Holy One and King Suduan, you will definitely die faster than Ningrong and the two houses!

King Zhongshun and King Suduan are on the same side. If you offend one, the relationship with the other is destined to be bad: because he is in charge of money!

Anyway, Lin Hai is not naive enough to become a high-ranking official, and no one can offend him if he wants to have a dream in both ways.

King Yizhong said again at this time: "Although I can't support you, I can always make those two old things difficult."

One old thing at a time... Lin Hai is also convinced that when King Yizhong was deposed, King Suduan and King Zhongshun must be "heroes".

At this time, Wang Chan suddenly arrived, "Cousin, master, the fourth prince is here."

Fourth prince?The fourth prince is the same mother and younger brother of the third prince. Because of his frailty and sickness, he never likes to move around.

Lin Hai immediately asked Xiang Xiaojin, "Are you starting to treat him now?" It is estimated that the fourth prince also came to see the doctor...

Xiao Jin was also very surprised, "No wow."

On the contrary, King Yizhong smiled slightly, "Your medicine is also miraculous. It won't take a while for your body to recuperate, just drink it." He patted his chest, "It will settle down immediately."