[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

Going around people's house in the dark at night just to look at the garden - such a thing, the two brothers of the Cui family can't do it.

The third prince frowned and said to Bai Ze, "There is no better garden in this world than the West Garden, even the Jia family's garden."

Bai Ze also felt that this was a shame. "Thank you, Uncle Wang, for your kindness. Our brothers have very strict family education, so we can't go out at night, so let's forget about it."

After speaking, both wanted to leave, but Wang Ren still refused to give up, so he went up to pull them. "You two are so old, people at home won't say much when you go back later."

The two broke free from Wang Ren and walked forward together, and they both planned not to associate with this Wang Ren in the future.

Wang Ren didn't want the two brothers to leave like this. It didn't matter that he didn't have money for a while, the important thing was to give his cousin a wedding gift.

"Listen to me, listen to me... Jia's garden is unparalleled in the world, and it is filled with riches and nobles. Have you ever seen Jiangnan gardens? I heard that Jiangnan gardens are not as good as their Grand View Garden."

But the brothers of the Cui family made up their minds that they didn't want to have any more contact with him, and the people around them stopped Wang Ren.

Seeing the two brothers get on their horses and leave, Wang Ren yelled at the two of them in embarrassment, "You little brat, go back to your mother's arms and nurse."

Speaking of this, there was no need for any order from the two Highnesses. These guards came together and punched and kicked Wang Ren.

The two of them were not angry at what Wang Ren said.

The third prince discussed with Bai Ze on the way, "Although the Jia family has been convicted of some crimes now, we can trouble Jia Baoyu or not at this time. It's just that this matter has been on my mind for so long, and it's a bit uncomfortable to give up. I am willing. What Wang Ren said just now, the younger brother is somewhat thoughtful. Let's have Jia Baoyu carried out of their garden and beat him up before sending him back. What does the second brother think?"

Bai Ze looked at the third prince, "The two of us can't go out of the palace at night, what's the use of carrying it out?"

"We can stay at Sister Shouchun's house first."

"Brother-in-law is not easy to fool."

"Second brother, have you forgotten that brother-in-law has been digging Niu's house for the past two days, so he is too busy to come back at night."

When Bai Ze thought about it, it was decided tonight without delay.

Send someone to send a message to the palace, and then summon all the guards of the two people. "Going this time, everything else is trivial. The big thing is that you have to cover your face so that no one can find you. If someone notices your movements, come back immediately, and stop thinking about stealing."

The guards agreed abruptly.

The two of them took people to Princess Shouchun's mansion, and after dinner, a message from the palace also arrived.The emperor never imagined that the two sons were gearing up to do some crazy things tonight.

I thought the two sons really wanted to stay at my sister's house for two days.

This is the first time for Princess Shouchun to entertain her brothers to live in her own home. After the yard was prepared, she stared at the two brothers after dinner and watched them go back to the yard to rest before she felt relieved.

In the end, someone spread the word that Concubine Yan will not be coming back tonight, so the princess hastened to get someone to bring dinner to the concubine.

Because I entered the palace a few days ago and met some empresses in the palace, I wanted Princess Shouchun to inquire about the young heroes outside. There are two princesses in the palace who are neither too old nor too young. It is also time to pay attention to preparing dowry for them to find their in-laws.

Then there is Princess Shouchun's heart, she and Consort Yan's eldest daughter Yan Yu are sleeping in separate rooms these few days, Princess Shouchun is worried about her, so she sees that she is going to sleep, and then returns to her yard.

After returning from this rush, the night was already deep.Just about to wash up and take a bath, I heard the dog in the yard barking crazily.

Princess Shouchun quickly asked the maids to go out to ask what was wrong, thinking in her heart that a thief broke into the house at night?

Thinking about it in a blink of an eye, it's wrong, this is the princess mansion, how many people dare to steal things from home.

My heart was going up and down, when I heard the maids came back, "If you go back to the princess, it's not that there are outsiders at home, but two guards of His Royal Highness patrolling the yard. Our dog doesn't recognize it, so it barked. "

Princess Shouchun felt relieved, and asked them to rest alone after a few words.

But in the middle of the night, Princess Shouchun was woken up again by the sound of dogs barking. After a while, the maids came in, "Princess, our Highness's guards are still walking outside."

After hearing this, Princess Shouchun fell asleep in peace.

After getting up at dawn, I thought about having someone bring some breakfast to the son-in-law, and then send the clothes that should be changed.

I went to the courtyard of the two brothers myself and asked them if they slept well and what they wanted for breakfast.

These two people talked and laughed with Princess Shouchun as usual in the morning. The three siblings had dinner, and Princess Shouchun urged them to go to the Yamen as soon as possible.

Afraid that they might not eat well at noon, he promised to add the two of them to the son-in-law's meal at noon.

Seeing the two brothers riding away with them on horseback, Princess Shouchun was just about to visit her daughter when she heard the eunuch who was delivering the food beg to see her.

Princess Shouchun wondered if the son-in-law had something to tell her, so she asked someone to come in and ask, only to find out that there was another big case in the yamen.

"...You said Rongguo Mansion was stolen..."

"Returning to the princess, yes, at dawn this morning, their people all ran to the yamen to complain. Our son-in-law didn't even eat a few bites in the morning, so he took people to Rongguo Mansion."

"I lost something important, let our son-in-law go there in person?"

"It's not that I lost one or two pieces, but I lost a lot. They only pick up their family's silver. I heard that they lost tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Because the son-in-law usually talks to the princess about the outside world when he goes home, Shouchun knows that the Zhen family's money has been hidden in the Rongguo Mansion outside, and he wonders if there are still remnants of the Zhen family that have not been cleaned up?

He also thought that since it was the son-in-law who brought people to search the Zhen family, they would definitely not want to let the son-in-law go if there were people outside...

The more Princess Shouchun thought about it, the more frightened she became, so she hurriedly ordered the guards at home and told them to follow the son-in-law.

Besides, the two brothers of the Cui family arrived at the yamen early in the morning, and the yamen was very busy. The yamen was divided into two groups of people, one group was busy with the money brought back from the Niu's house a few days ago, and the other group was going to check the Rongguo Mansion. of theft.

A Shangguan asked their brothers a long time ago, "Are you going to the Rongguo Mansion, or are you going to the warehouse to count the silver?"

The third prince said, "Our family has relatives with Rongguo Mansion, or else we should go to Rongguo Mansion."

The two brothers were sent by Shangguan to Rongguo Mansion to help Consort Yan.

Consort Yan sat in the main hall of Rongguo Mansion for the second time. He couldn't eat or sleep well these few days. Although he was young and able to hold on, he also had two big dark circles on his face and dozed off one after another.

After taking a cup of strong tea and pouring it down for himself, Concubine Yan rubbed his forehead.

He said to Jia She of Rongguo Mansion, "Mr. She might as well find someone who can explain the vernacular. Let's talk about it. If you can't explain it in such a way, it's a waste of my time."

Jia She thought that there was something he couldn't explain, but it was the old lady and the second wife who threw the money. If you ask where the money came from... the money probably came from a wrong way, otherwise it would be impossible to answer.

Jia Amnesty asked someone to go to the backyard to send a message to the old lady. At this time, the old lady of the Jia family was so angry that she didn't even eat breakfast, "Who reported to the official in Shuntian Mansion? Don't you know the words that family ugliness should not be publicized?"

Yuanyang whispered to her from the side, "It's the elder who asked someone to report to the official... Old lady, after our second master woke up in the morning, his nose was bruised, his face was swollen, and his body was covered with blood... The second wife took care of the second master Bao's business." Son, I didn't worry about the outside world, so our old man asked someone to report to the official."

The old lady thought to herself, what the eldest son wanted to do, even though she hadn't figured it out yet, the son-in-law sitting in front still had to deal with it.

After changing his clothes, he took the maidservants to the Rongxi Hall, saw the son-in-law sitting on it with his eyes closed, and asked someone to prepare a meal for Yan's son-in-law again and again.

At this time, the Cui family brothers arrived.But according to their current positions, they couldn't enter the Rongxi Hall, so the two brothers asked their colleagues to inquire.

"What are you missing? Let our adults come here in person."

"It is said that the warehouse was opened by someone. None of the antique calligraphy and paintings were lost. All that was lost were silver ingots and those gold ingots. It is said that a total of [-] yuan was lost."

I also heard a small official handling the case next to him come and say, "This is not a small number, and I saw their yards set up yards, one floor after another, and there were people guarding every door at night. Just a house thief."

Many people in Shuntian Mansion nodded.

The old lady in Rongxi Hall also thought so, "Tens of thousands of taels of silver disappeared overnight, not to mention, there are also many family guards in our Rongguo Mansion... If there are really thieves, it is also difficult for the family thieves." Defend."

After finishing speaking, the old lady glanced at Jia She, who was sitting on the opposite side and was doing nothing.

Jia Amnesty and the old lady looked at each other at this moment.

Jia She jumped up all of a sudden, "You old man said your son is a house thief?"

"Who knows who is the thief." Mrs. Wang said behind the screen, "There is a word called "thief calls catch thief, why didn't the old man lose any money?"

"what do you mean?"

Mrs. Wang also said later, "Why don't we all open the warehouse to see which warehouse has more money, isn't this just the same as getting all the stolen goods?"

Since the downfall of the Lai family, the position of chief housekeeper in Rongguo Mansion has not been filled for the time being, and other housekeepers have started to fight for it.Because Zhou Rui is Mrs. Wang's right-hand man, he gradually started to take care of the affairs of the house, as if he regarded himself as the big housekeeper, and he is also in the hall at this moment.

Now that Mrs. Wang has spoken, Zhou Rui will definitely look at her master from the sidelines.

"A while ago, before the second master Lian went to Baoding, he dumped a lot of things in the house. Even if he opened the warehouse, he might not be able to see clearly what each house has."

Jia She was trembling with anger, "I heard from your master and servant that Jia Lian took the silver away. Let me tell you that Jia Lian is the official of the court and the next master of the Rongguo Mansion. You have to think carefully about what you say."

The matter has come to this point, and the words are like splashed water. Mrs. Wang has no other choice, holding a handkerchief and crying, "Our master is not at home, our family is bullied like this, Baoyu was beaten He was covered in injuries. I asked just now, and he said that someone took him away and injured him. Who is the murderer? I have lost so much money at home..."

The servants around Mrs. Wang all cried, "This is not giving us a way out."

"Enough," the old lady scolded, "Isn't there enough embarrassment? The son-in-law is still sitting here."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Concubine Yan, "Your Excellency is always wise, please tell me how to proceed with the investigation of this case."

"As the saying goes, good fortune is hard to give up. The little officials outside have already noted what was lost. I will ask the second wife of your mansion, is this the public property of the Rongguo Mansion or her personal property?"

"What about public affairs? What about private wealth?"

"Old lady, if it's the public property of your entire mansion, then we'll find out who is responsible for your family. If it's personal property, then think about your personal grievances."

"This..." The old lady thought for a while, some things are impossible to get to the bright side, the more you get to the bright side, the more difficult to explain, "Forget it, forget it, if you lose the money, just lose it. Today I’m sorry for the inconvenience of my son-in-law, our family is also deeply disturbed, so I have prepared some thin wine, please leave after my son-in-law.”

Hearing this, Concubine Yan raised her lips and smiled, "Since your government is unwilling to report to the officials, then let's forget about it. As the saying goes, if the people don't raise officials and don't investigate, if your government doesn't want to investigate, then we don't want to investigate." Help. No need for wine, goodbye."

Coming in a hurry, leaving in a hurry, after returning to Shuntian Mansion, Concubine Yan checked that the food in the food box was not completely cooled, and continued to eat with chopsticks.

The two brothers were worried that he would ruin his health, so they sent people to buy some food nearby. While waiting for the food, several people sat together and talked about it.

"Brother-in-law, their family lost money, why didn't they continue to look for it?"

"I said in their house that good money is hard to give up. The reason why they are so happy is not to look down. The money probably came from a wrong way, and the old lady and the second wife in their family are powerful enough. A basin of sewage was poured on the head, no matter what, the family decided that the property was stolen by a family thief."

Speaking of this, he said to the third prince, "Talk to your father-in-law, and your father-in-law will be implicated. They think it was your father-in-law who transferred all the money before he went to Baoding."

The third prince knew all about the things that Jia Lian got out before going to Baoding, "The things that our family hired from Jia's house are now in my yard."

Concubine Yan didn't care about how much money the Jia family lost, "I heard from them today that Jia Baoyu had an accident? I won't let me investigate this matter. I'm really upset. .”

Speaking of this, I took a stack of paper from the side, "The master of Jia's family insisted that he was an insider, but I read the statement of our people visiting their house just now, and some people said that it was fine before, so that's it. It was lost in a few days...it means that a group of thieves really went to their house."

Bai Ze asked casually from the side, "How does brother-in-law know that we are in the same gang?"

"So much money, can one person steal it? If it can be stolen quietly, there must be a large number of people, and the hands and feet must be quick. If you follow this one to check, there are not many companies in the capital that can do this."

The third prince looked at Consort Yan narrowing his eyes and thinking, and quickly yelled, "The food is here, brother-in-law, hurry up and eat it while it's hot, it's already getting cold, don't eat those cold rice and cold dishes in the future, if you feel uncomfortable after eating, it's me My sister loves you."

I really respect Princess Shouchun from the bottom of my heart, "It's been a long time since I became a princess, and I really haven't eaten cold food or cold dishes. When I was studying at home, I used cold tables and hot benches, and all I drank was cold water. I never imagined that there would be such a good day.”

After finishing speaking, I thought that I hadn't seen my daughter for several days, "Have you seen our Yu'er, who has big eyes and fluffy eyelashes, the more you look at it, the more painful it is."

The two brothers of the Cui family were talking to Consort Yan about something else, watching him finish his meal, the two brothers went back to their classrooms.

There were other people in the class, and everyone was talking about the theft of Rongguo Mansion in full swing.

A few days after the third prince's letter was delivered, Jia Lian's reply also arrived.

There were two replies from Jia Lian, one was for the third prince, and the thick one was for the emperor.

The emperor read the letter with Linlin, "Your cousin wants me to persuade your uncle to go to Baoding, hasn't he thought about it? Your uncle has a title, so he can't leave the capital easily."

Linlin felt that the Rongguo Mansion would separate sooner or later, "I see that the two of them have become enemies now, and to be honest, the Dafang has no way to gain a foothold in the Rongguo Mansion, why not..."

"Why not?"

"Why don't you write a letter to my cousin and ask him to persuade my uncle to give up his title and the whole family to go to Baoding. My uncle can take care of his grandson in Baoding, and he can also leave the capital cleanly. Taking advantage of my uncle not doing anything disgusting now, it will be too late if we don't leave at this time."

"Why do you say that? Did you find something?"

"Jia Yuanchun was restless, and used money to bribe these people in my palace, and if they didn't want news, they wanted the waste paper that I used up here. There are indeed a few people on my side who picked up some waste paper that I thought was useless and quietly sent it to others."

"Since you are useless... it seems that Jia Yuanchun is smart."

"Yeah, she's very smart, but she doesn't know the cards in my hand, which one has she figured out now?"

The emperor made up his mind, "This person can't stay. As long as she knows the news, she has to find a way to spread it. She can't know whether it's north or south.

What about those people in your palace? "

"It has been locked and picked up."

"What was lost?"

"I lost more than a dozen scraps of paper from the time of reckoning."

The emperor called Qian Sheng to the outside, and Qian Sheng ran over with Fuchen in his arms.

The emperor beckoned, Qian Sheng leaned his head over, Qian Sheng nodded and retreated after listening.

"Pretend you don't know about this. You can't let her die suddenly. Let her be sick for ten days and a half months before talking about it. Otherwise, people outside will suspect it. Don't let the concubine's family come over to say hello for a while."

Linlin nodded, "Then when will we send Jia Yuanchun off?"

"Let's go?" The emperor suddenly reacted, "I didn't expect the queen to speak black words."

This is not some slander, and Linlin is not proud of it.

"Don't mention this disappointing thing, I will mention it to you if there is a happy event."

"what's up?"

"I might have it again."

"Really?" The emperor was not happy after hearing this, "You are not young anymore."

Linlin hated people talking about her age at this time, and she was unhappy after hearing it.

"Don't be so stern, don't worry about the things in the palace, or leave it to our mother to deal with, now you have to worry about things outside, and you have to raise a baby, people have to obey the old, old Having a baby is hard."

"I know you're doing it for my own good. I want to discuss something with you. After giving birth to this, let's not have another one in the future."

The emperor thought for a while, and put his arms around Linlin's shoulders, "No more, we have 4 sons, which is not a small number... But, if it is true that the heavens have pity on us and let you have a princess in this birth, you will have to give birth to a princess." Otherwise, 5 sons are not too small."

No princess has any regrets.

The emperor thought for a while, "Otherwise, when the time comes, whoever is going to give birth to a princess and bring her to you to raise, we will treat this child as our child..."

Linlin waved her hand, "Farewell, please don't let me raise the child anymore. After raising Zou Wu, I'll be annoyed like something. Now Xiezhi is more obedient. If he is not obedient, he can be beaten up in a day." He three times."

The emperor has long noticed, "When Kirin was born, we were both precious children. We were happy when Bai Ze was born. Although we felt joy when Zou Wu was born, the joy was not strong. When we gave birth to Xiezhi Sometimes, I feel a little disgusted.”

After speaking, both of them laughed.

Xiezhi ran in at this time, happily squeezed into the arms of his parents, but was pushed away by Linlin, who was disgusted, Xiezhi was not angry, but wanted to throw himself into the arms of his father, although the emperor hugged him , but just hugged.

"Son, have you grown up again, and you can't be hugged when you grow up, or people will say you are a baby who hasn't been weaned."

Xiezhi didn't care anymore, and the emperor didn't hug him to play.

Seeing Xiezhi's little back running out again, Linlin remembered that Lin Ruhai and his wife would bring Lin Daiyu back these two days.

"My parents are coming back...Speaking of which, my eldest brother's children are as old as our Xiezhi. Or let their children accompany our children to study when the time comes."

"Anything is fine. If your mother-in-law comes back, let her bring your sister to see you. After careful calculation, it's been a long time since I saw you."

After hearing this, Linlin made up her mind, "My mother worried a lot. Before she left, she told me to pay attention to choosing a girl for our Qilin to be the concubine. When I give birth to this one, I will worry about Qilin's. thing."

The author has something to say: The second part is here, it’s a little late, and I still don’t know how to play with the manuscript box... I feel so stupid and outrageous! ! !