Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Uncle Hongwu's mansion is not far from Prince Rui's mansion and Guanyinghou's mansion, Jiang Yan and his whole family are also keeping a low profile.

Jiang Yan is honest in appearance, but in fact he is quite a cunning person who belongs to honest people. When their siblings and parents died, he was able to drag his sister to live in the capital for several years, which shows his ability. If it is not serious illness, he needs to find He would never allow his sister to sell herself into the palace.Back then, Situ Sheng didn't have a title, and Concubine Shu didn't live well in the palace. After Jiang Yan lost his wife, he didn't remarry. He just raised his only son, Jiang Ning, to become an adult.When Jiang Ning was negotiating marriage, he deliberately picked a daughter of the Imperial Academy. Although the Imperial Academy was only a minor official of the sixth rank, she was not conspicuous, but her family education was very good. Lian Ming, with such an in-laws, although they won't be rich, they won't be dragged into trouble either.

Now that he thinks about it, he is really right, his son is not good at imperial examinations, now he is recommended by Prince Rui to be an official, and he is a Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Punishment.Jiang Ning is not good in the exam, but he is capable in judging cases. He has only been an official for a few months, and he has already solved three suspected cases.The daughter-in-law manages the family well, is virtuous and courteous, and sings harmoniously with her son Qin Se, and is now pregnant.Fortunately, he picked such a daughter-in-law first, otherwise it would be too deliberate for him to choose such a daughter-in-law after Prince Rui gained power.Their family didn't think about relying on the support of their in-laws. They still had to rely on their own abilities for such things as fame and fortune. How could they just think about shortcuts?Prince Rui is a relative, so it's fine to promote his son, if he only came to find a marriage for the sake of future, wouldn't the family never have peace?

Thinking about the Rongguo Mansion, Jiang Yan curled his lips. If it wasn't for the protection of the emperor, he would have kicked them to death just by virtue of the false title in that room.Let them worry about it, the future will be long, we will ride a donkey to read the libretto, we will wait and see!He must be let out for his sister, brother-in-law and nephew!

Jiang Yuan came to visit his uncle with a gift box in his hand.At first, Jiang Yan complained to him, saying that he was a bit out of touch with etiquette, but when he saw the contents of the gift box, he swallowed the words back, just because Jiang Yuan gave this set of gifts that really irritated him. , is a set of chess pieces made of jade.

The chessboard was carved from sapphire, with a red sandalwood frame. Although the sapphire at this time is not as precious as the white jade, this piece of jade is delicate and warm, and the color of the jade is pure and consistent. There is no stitching, and it is a whole piece of jade. When it was cut, it was obvious at a glance that it must be Hetian Qingyu.The two go jars that hold the chess pieces are also made of sapphire. The chess pieces inside are Hetian Baiyu for white and Moyu for black. Not to mention how much money it will cost to put together a whole set of chess pieces. Even if you have money, you may not be able to With such a set together, I am afraid that there is no such thing in the palace.The chess piece landed on the chessboard, and the sound was crisp and sweet, it could be said that big pearls and small pearls fell on the jade plate, no wonder Jiang Yan, who likes to play chess, was happy.

Jiang Yuan explained: "This chess piece was brought by King Wei's army. After he surrendered, he was given to my nephew by His Royal Highness Prince Rui. My nephew thought that my uncle loves to play chess very much. Instead of staying with me in the dust, I would rather It would be better to give it to my uncle to play chess with others."

"It's just right, then you can play a few games with me." Jiang Yan dragged Jiang Yuan and started playing chess.

Jiang Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth, can I say nothing?Unfortunately not.

In modern times, Jiang Yuan often watched national players play chess on TV, but he was only able to understand it, and his own level was not enough. It was okay to deal with a stinky chess basket like Shen Anwen. In the modern age, he is already at a professional level, so how can he be an opponent.What's more, the rules of ancient Go and modern Go are different. Even winning or losing is based on counting instead of counting. Even if there is a saying that one method can pass ten thousand methods, he can't beat this uncle.Sure enough, he played a total of three games, and he made a middle game in each game. He himself felt that the game was boring, but Jiang Yan seemed to be in a good mood, and placed four star chess pieces again. He also refused to give in, and seemed quite interested in destroying him as an amateur player.

What else?let's go.Jiang Yuan held the chess pieces between his fingers, looked at the chessboard and didn't know where to play. He always felt that no matter how he played, he couldn't make it to the end, and he had a terrible headache.At this time, I heard Jiang Yan from the opposite side ask: "Qingyuan, the so-called solitary yin does not grow, and solitary sun does not grow. I don't know what you think?"

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Yuan shook his hand, and the black chess fell on the board and killed a large part of himself... Jiang Yuan simply surrendered, this is not Zhenlong chess game, he has killed a large part of himself , the following can't support at all, it's better to surrender as soon as possible.Moreover, listening to Jiang Yan's words is a matter of marriage?

There is no disagreement with Jiang Yuan about getting married, and he can't be blamed for not thinking that these days, the elders usually do the marriage negotiation. Before he recognized his ancestors and returned to the clan, he didn't have any serious elders at all. Yes, so no one asked him about this matter at all. Now that Jiang Yan is willing to call the shots, Jiang Yuan has nothing to say no to.His uncle has a good eye for seeing people, and the choice of his daughter-in-law is very good. He thinks the choice of Jiang Yuan's wife will be very reliable.So Jiang Yuan said: "But it's up to uncle to make the decision."

"What to do or not, I just mentioned it casually. If you want to, I will make the decision. If you don't want to, just pretend that I didn't say anything. You have to live your own life. You have to love me to get married. , otherwise it will be a feud." Jiang Yan said while collecting the chess pieces.

"I don't know if uncle has any candidates?" Jiang Yuan asked after helping to pack up the chess pieces.

Jiang Yan smiled, "There is one. Nephew, do you know Princess Changning?"

This must be known. Of course, the sister of the immediate boss and his own cousin know it.

Jiang Yan went on to say: "She is also your cousin. This Princess Changning is a year younger than you, so she is about the same age. She has a gentle temperament and likes to read books. She doesn't have the short-sightedness of ordinary women, and she doesn't have the domineering posture of a royal princess at all." , I think I must have talked with you. If it weren't for what I said today, she would have been asked to marry her long ago, and it would be your turn."

Is it Princess Changning?He is very satisfied with the choice of Jiang Yuan, his uncle is really reliable.He has the military power in his hands now, and in the future the Northern Expedition to the barbarians will definitely have his credit, and with Prince Rui's character, he will definitely make the best use of others, it is impossible to let him only develop into the military, and he must also take care of civil affairs. , it will be too conspicuous at that time.But if he marries Princess Changning, it will be different. As long as he becomes a son-in-law, at least three generations of his family will be safe.This is not a joke, but the rules of the Dajing Dynasty.The Dajing Dynasty was not happy to kill relatives, and Wei Wang’s rebellion was nothing more than confinement for life, and the whole family was demoted to common people for ten generations and could not be an official. During Taizong’s time, the son-in-law of a high emperor actually committed the crime of treason, but in the end he did not He was killed, but the whole family was exiled to the border town of northern Xinjiang to serve as an army.He was not beheaded for treason, isn't that safe enough?The Dajing Dynasty did not restrict concubines from being officials and held power, and it did not set up a princess mansion to surround the family and cause chaos in the family like the Qing Dynasty. This candidate is indeed a good one.

His uncle is cunning and cunning, but he is still an honest man inside, and he will never lie to his own people.He said that Princess Changning has a good temper and talent, so she must be better than what he said, and then think about the appearance of Prince Rui, Jiang Yan, the Emperor and others, this Princess Changning must not be bad even if she is not beautiful, inside and out. He must be the one who took advantage, why is he unwilling?

You said that close relatives are likely to give birth to mentally handicapped and deformed children?That just increases the chance of genetic diseases. According to his investigation, he and Princess Changning have not found traces of genetic diseases within five generations, and basically there will be no problems. The reason why there is such an exaggeration in the 21st century is unknown. How many times it is said that there is a high probability that it is caused by modern people smoking and drinking.Who says marriage between close relatives has to be bad?Einstein, Darwin, Newton, and a certain Führer during World War II were the product of inbreeding, and these people are capable if not geniuses.There are many close relatives of the royal family getting married, and no one is deformed. The probability of one in tens of thousands is not much, so Jiang Yuan doesn't take it seriously at all.

Jiang Yuan agreed very happily, and went to see the emperor to propose marriage the next day.The emperor was quite happy. He regretted Princess Changning's marriage a long time ago, but he couldn't go back on his words and gave him the marriage first. Because of that "Kefu", no one came to propose to him. Now Jiang Yuan Naturally, he has no reason not to agree to be willing to propose marriage. If Princess Changning cannot marry for the rest of her life, he is afraid that he will be blamed by future generations instead.

The princess's wedding needs a period of preparation time, and now it is almost the end of the year, so the wedding date set by the Ministry of Rites will be in July of the next year.At that time, Enke had already ended, and today's birthday had passed, so it was more leisurely and appropriate.In this way, Jiang Yuan and Situ Yuehua became an unmarried couple.

As a fiancée, it is not considered a breach of etiquette to give gifts to each other and pass letters.As a modern person, if Jiang Yuan didn't know how to be gentle and considerate in making a girlfriend and giving gifts, he would have lived his whole life in vain.Girls are meant to be pampered and loved. If they aren't tall, rich, handsome, and gentle and considerate, they deserve to be single for the rest of their lives if they can't find a partner.

After a battle, Jiang Yuan's assets skyrocketed. How can a soldier not grab it?King Qi and King Wei, including King Liao, had accumulated good things for who knows how many years, and Prince Rui led a group of his subordinates to divide up a small half of it. This amount of money was so extravagant that it would take ten lifetimes to spend. Apart from buying land and shops, Jiang Yuan Waiting to appreciate, other goodies still fill the coffers.His foresight is extremely high. The general soldiers grab all gold, silver and jewelry. Apart from gold and silver, what he takes are precious stones, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jade, literature, etc., which are valuable enough to preserve their value. It came out pretty decent.

He took out two solitary copies of the anthology of the former dynasty that he snatched from the Liao king and gave them to Princess Changning who likes to read. He took the first step to get it, and if he was a step too late, he would have to be set on fire by those ignorant soldiers.

After a few days, he received a purse embroidered with twining green lotuses, fresh and elegant, not at all powdery, Jiang Yuan took off the purse at his waist and replaced it with this one in front of the gift-giving servant. , and took down the inkstone he drew from the table and asked the craftsman to burn it.The small inkstone drop was less than two inches long, it looked like a lying bamboo shoot, and there was an elegance in its bones, giving this inkstone drop to the servant for him to take back was a gift.

In addition to sending gifts to each other, the two also occasionally passed letters.In Jiang Yuan's letters, he will mention his new poems, ancient books he has read, happy events he has encountered, jokes and anecdotes he has heard, and even his views on the government and so on.Situ Yuehua's letters sometimes corresponded with Jiang Yuan and wrote a poem, and sometimes they talked about the newly learned dishes, the music scores he just got, and some thoughts about his little daughter. What surprised Jiang Yuan was that Yuehua was there He also has his own ideas in politics, not pedantic, very open-minded.Life experience is only a part, and intelligence is only average, but it is difficult to achieve wisdom. Jiang Yuan originally thought that Princess Changning might be affected by her personality when she grew up in such a dangerous place in the palace. Narrow-minded, but this princess obviously exceeded his expectations. She is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, with a big heart and a kind nature. She is indeed Situ Sheng's younger sister. She has a similar temperament to her brother, but she has to be meticulous. many.Such a woman should be cherished at any time, and it is really lucky to be her husband.

Knowing that Yuehua liked his poems, he collected all the poems and essays he was proud of from childhood to adulthood, copied them into a book and gave them to her, but he didn't know that Yuehua had already collected these poems and essays, copied them and put them in a box Take it out from time to time to have a look.

As a man, Jiang Yuan fits all of Yuehua's imaginations about her husband. He is handsome, both civil and military, ambitious, outstanding in learning, gentle and considerate to her, and understands her feelings... Sister-in-law Liu also secretly told her that Jiang Yuan did not A concubine, he didn't even have a housemate around him, and he also promised his brother that he would never accept sex... Yuehua blushed, but he let out a long sigh of relief.Growing up beside Concubine Jiang Shu, she has seen too much pain from her mother, and now that her husband belongs to her alone, she must be able to live happily ever after.

Seeing the interaction between the young couple, Situ Sheng felt relieved.His younger sister has suffered a lot, and his cousin Jiang Yuan has suffered even more. They must be able to care for and support each other.Only after he recognized his relatives did he know that Jiang Yuan lost his parents when he was four years old, and he relied on firewood for a living. If he hadn't been taken in by the head of Jingliu Academy, Shen Shan, and later accepted as a disciple, he might not know where he would end up in exile.Alas, thinking that Jiang Yuan is now a high-ranking official with a high salary and a young man, his parents who died young should also rest in peace.