The Red Mansions

Chapter 977 Emperor Chongping: Duke Wei follows me

Chapter 977 Emperor Chongping: Duke Wei is with me...

Grand View Garden, Xiaoxiang Pavilion

The night is low and everything is silent, the bamboo forest is blown by the gentle summer wind, and there is a rustling sound among the green bamboo leaves.

And in the wing room of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, brightly lit, a petite girl is sitting behind a desk with a book in her hand. The orange candlelight shines on her pretty figure, projecting it on the bookshelf.

"It's late at night, don't look at it, girl, it's time to rest." Zijuan said softly, holding a cup of tea cup and approaching the table.

Dai Yuyan frowned slightly, her bright eyes were shining like stars, she gently put down the poetry collection in her hand, and sighed faintly.

The girl was approaching the age of Ji, and her originally pale and thin face gradually became more youthful.

There is already the original work, "Two dimples are born in the state, and the whole body is sick with tenderness. Tears are a little bit, and the panting is slight. When you are quiet, you are like a delicate flower shining in the water, and your action is like a weak willow supporting the wind..." The charm.

And under the collarbone, which is white and greasy like snow, the lambs Jia Heng grazed have grown vigorously.

Zijuan approached and asked curiously, "What is the girl sighing for?"

As a maid who grew up with Daiyu, she has long known Daiyu's sentimental temperament.

Daiyu's pink lips parted slightly, and she said in a quiet voice: "Brother Heng came back, and you didn't say a few words when you came back."

In fact, this is not only Daiyu's feelings, but other people may have similar feelings.

Lively is lively, but the emotional needs of everyone's private customization cannot be met.

Zijuan smiled lightly, and said: "Grandma Heng has just become pregnant, so I will be close to her and accompany her. When the girl has a child in the future, the uncle will definitely spoil the girl."

When Daiyu heard this, she was ashamed and said angrily, "What are you talking about, why are you having a baby?"

Thinking of her giving birth to him with her big belly, ah, this... is so embarrassing.

Zijuan smiled, the girl clearly loved hearing her say such shameful things, and...

Zijuan said softly: "The uncle has just come back, everything is busy, I should come to see the girl tomorrow."

Under Daiyu's smoldering brows, her starry eyes were like dew, she was stunned for a while, and said softly: "I know."

Zicuckoo asked in amazement: "The girl, why do you pay back?"

"I mean, with so many people in the future... Brother Heng wants to accompany them, so there will be fewer days to come to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. After that Princess Xianning and sister Chanyue come, there will be no more time." Dai Yu feels lost.

Zijuan comforted her and said: "Miss, don't think so. The uncle is usually busy, but whenever he has time, he will come to accompany the girl. The uncle seems to like the girl very much."

"I know." Daiyu said softly, gazing at the bright moonlight outside the window with soft eyes.

Thinking of that person's usual obsession with her body and the scenes of pleasing each other, Daiyu felt ashamed and happy, and a touch of longing appeared in her star pupils.

Daiyu said: "He made such a great contribution this time, the princess and princess gave the uncle a marriage. I don't know when I will marry my sister Bao and me in the future."

Zijuan said: "The girl is actually okay. Some time ago, I heard that my aunt thought that the marriage was for Miss Bao. The nuns in the mansion have been talking about it in private for the past few days. What about the aunt? have to."

Daiyu raised her palm-sized face, and said softly, "It's really a pity about Sister Bao."

Originally, the credit for this time would be enough even if they were given marriages in the two prefectures of Rongning and Ningxia, but Princess Xianning and Sister Chanyue.

"Girl, when the uncle is no longer busy, he must come and talk to the girl. If the girl has any worries, tell him." Zijuan smiled lightly.

Daiyu said "hmm", sighed lightly, and said, "But when is he not busy?"

The past few days have been busy with the marriage with the princess and princess, and I can no longer accompany her as I did when I was in Jiangnan.

Zicuckoo: "..."

Looking at Zijuan's speechless eyes, Daiyu herself couldn't help laughing, she chuckled lightly, under the lights, her star pupils seemed to be shining like a cluster of stars, and her delicate and fair face was as bright as snow and snow, she said softly Said: "He is now a third-class prince, in charge of the military affairs of the world, and he is too busy to touch the ground. I know that, and I don't want to stick to him all the time."

This is her lover, the unparalleled hero in the world.

Although Daiyu sometimes doesn't care much about this, Mu Qiang is originally a nature hidden in a woman's genes.

Many times it is because there is no better option under the current situation.

Zijuan smiled lightly and said, "Just don't worry, the girl, the uncle always treats the girl as a treasure."

Daiyu pursed her pink lips, Yurong lost her mind for a while.

At this moment, Xiren entered the room with a basin of footwashing water, and said with a slight smile: "But the girl is different, the marriage here is for the master Heng to hold the status of the Duke. The child stands out against the girl, and the children are all surnamed Lin, for such a big Duke, for the sake of the girl, at that time, outsiders might say that he is a son of the Lin family."

At the beginning, Jia Heng's intention was to use his status to promote Daiyu, of course, the premise was that Qin Keqing and other people had no objections.

Daiyu was said to be shy and sweet, and said softly: "That also needs an opportunity."

This time it was the slave chief Huang Taiji who was bombarded to death. This kind of credit is really shocking, and the palace is especially kind. I don't know when I want to pray to the palace for a marriage.

The master and the servants were talking, Daiyu finished washing, rested on the bed, stroking her white lamb, her thoughts drifted away for a while.

I don't know how grand and grand the marriage with Sister Chanyue is, when she gets married...

Thinking of this, Daiyu's heart turned a little sad again, but immediately looked forward to meeting that person tomorrow.

Rongguo Mansion, the courtyard where Sister Feng lives——

A white and soft slender hand took off a lampshade, and when it was lit with a candle, the glowing candlelight spread and dyed the entire hall like water.

Sister Feng sat down, the curved eyelashes of Danfeng's eyes trembled slightly, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, she took a handkerchief and wiped the layer of sweat from Bai Nixiu's neck, and said softly: "Ping'er, you Is it a bit weird to say that sister-in-law Erzhu is a bit weird?"

She always felt that something was wrong, just now she observed patiently during the banquet for a while, and found that sister-in-law Zhu didn't speak much, but her face was flushed, and sometimes when her eyes were raised, she was shy and charming.

Ping'er took a copper basin of hot water from Caiming and handed it over. He didn't understand, so he asked, "Grandma, what's so weird about this?"

Sister Feng's frowning brows were slightly relaxed, her pink lips were slightly pressed together, and she said, "I can't tell."

How should I put it, it is as if a long-withered tree has been watered, and the dead tree is reborn in spring.

But... how is this possible?

Quickly dispelling the suspicion from the bottom of my heart, I thought, maybe Lang Geer got the praise from the teacher in the school.

Ping'er changed the topic, and said with emotion: "Grandma, grandpa is really amazing. I remember back in Liutiao Hutong, because of grandma Heng's affairs, I was bullied by Grandpa Zhen, and I went to Rongqingtang to find the old lady to talk about it. In three or two years, he has become the Duke of the state, with a high position and great reputation."

Sister Feng said softly: "At that time, I saw that he was not a long-term servant."

The stern young face seemed to appear in front of his eyes, tossing himself over and over again, don't he just avenge his original revenge?

It's no wonder that Sister Feng is obsessed with sleeping on the wrong bed with her best friend that day, because it was indeed an unprecedented in-depth communication.

True to that sentence, the one night together between Sister Feng and Jia Heng was happier than two or three years of being married.

Sister Feng's cheeks turned red unknowingly, she hurriedly dispelled the distracting thoughts in her heart, changed the subject casually and said: "If it is the Duke's mansion, it is said that the palace should build a Weiguo mansion, why is there no such thing in the palace? ?”

Ping'er said softly: "I don't know about that, but when the government was ordered to build the Duke's Mansion, Uncle Heng probably wouldn't live in it, and it's not convenient to travel between the two sides."

"That's the reason." Sister Feng nodded her head, Danfeng's eyes flickered, and she said: "I mean, if you count Ningguo Mansion, it should be that Princess Xianning who lives here."

"Grandma, she has her own Princess Mansion, so she probably wouldn't come and live here." Ping'er lowered her head to help Sister Feng remove her shoes and socks, and said softly.

"That's right. At that time, the mansion was used to her, but it was uncomfortable. Her princess mansion was built on Xinglong Street, and it was only a few steps away from the corner." Sister Feng said with a light smile, and immediately, her beautiful and beautiful face slightly After a pause, he said in a low voice: "Ping'er, we have to go to the East Mansion to discuss the matter of worshiping the ancestors."

Ping'er paused, and gave a soft "hmm", not to say much, is that going to worship the ancestors?She was too embarrassed to tear it apart.

Sister Feng's eyes are far away, and she only feels that her mind is far away.

She didn't know what she was secretly looking forward to.

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Nan'an County Palace

The night fell, the lights were like daylight, and there were many people in the study.

Yan Ye, the king of Nan'an County, sat on the grand master's chair in the hall, his face was as gloomy as iron, and a cup of tea was steaming by his hand.

The first few middle-aged people who looked like military officers also had gloomy expressions on their faces.

It was Liu Fang, Shi Guangzhu, Chen Ruiwen, Ma Shang and others, as well as Mu Sheng, the prince's son of Dongping County.

Compared with the joyous atmosphere of Ningrong and Rongfu, the atmosphere of Nan'an County Prince's Mansion is a little bit gloomy.

Jia Heng was named the third-class Duke of Wei, and was given the honor of marrying the emperor's daughter and the daughter of the clan. What kind of honor is this that far exceeds that of others?Even though several of them have already formed a family and usually have no shortage of women, they still feel a little jealous in their hearts.

Liu Fang said: "Your Majesty, according to the Ministry of Rites, the prisoners will be sacrificed at the Taimiao tomorrow, and the citizens of the capital will watch the ceremony together tomorrow."

Not only the heads of Huang Taiji, but also the heads of Dege and Jurchen Zuoling and above, as well as some captured Han Banner generals, will appear on that day.

Shi Guangzhu frowned, and said coldly: "Uncle Shi, I can't tolerate that one becoming bigger."

The king of Nan'an County said: "Yes, he is now in charge of the northern border affairs with one hand, and we are gradually sitting on the bench. If things go on like this, this big man will only have the army of the Jia family. gain a foothold."

When Liu Fang heard the words, a look of viciousness flashed in her eyes, she lowered her voice and said: "My lord, why don't you spread this slander, if you arouse the suspicion of those in the palace, then it will be a fatal blow , just say that he is cultivating party members in the army, and he is a foreign relative, so I am afraid that there will be treasonous acts in the future."

"It's not that simple." Nan'an County King shook his head, and said softly: "Now he has not reached the point where he has made great achievements, but the old man looks at the civil servants in the cabinet and seems to be displeased with Wu Xun's work." Daddy, if there is another war in the future, he should be able to restrain Xiaoer, and he will not be allowed to make meritorious deeds."

Ma Shang frowned in thought, and said: "What Shi Bo said is true. According to my opinion, not only civil servants, but also the palace bestowed marriages to suppress the momentum, so as to prevent Wei Guogong's line from becoming powerful."

As the King of Nan'an said, he looked at Mu Sheng, the heir son of Dongping County, who was sitting not far away, sipping tea, and asked, "Nephew Mu, what do you think?"

After Mu Sheng's face was changed, he looked at Nan'an County King with burning eyes, and said, "Uncle Shi, my nephew has something to say."

When the King of Nan'an heard the words, his heart moved slightly, and he said, "Nephew, it's okay to say."

In fact, he had vaguely guessed what the prince of Dongping County wanted to say, because every time the Prince of Nan'an County discussed Jia Heng together, he always had a child on the left and a child on the right, no matter in words or attitude, he was quite disrespectful.

Mu Sheng said seriously: "Since we are ministers in the same palace, why do we have to fight to the death? Now that the Eastern captives are still in danger in the north, it is time to help each other. Since the Duke of Wei has what he can do, we will follow the general trend. If we can wipe out the East Captives can also be the foundation of the great Han for eternity."

He really couldn't understand that since the Duke of Wei was the best candidate to deal with the bandits from the East, why would he go against the general trend and do everything possible to fight against him.

Liu Fang frowned, and said: "What Brother Mu Xian said, we were originally divided into generals. Isn't it the child Jia Heng who persecuted me today?"

Chen Ruiwen said: "Although my son belongs to the lineage of Rong Ning and looks like a four-legged prince, but since the lineage of Lord Zhen Guo, he has often had conflicts with me and other founding martial arts heroes. He stepped on us and other founding martial arts heroes. "

"Well said." Ma Shang praised, and said: "Originally, we could intervene in the personnel affairs of the Beijing camp, and even the Ministry of War had to give up three points, but now that the Laoshizi Military Aircraft Office is set up, we are all excluded from the military administration , A few votes are idle, the military position is the foundation of our martial arts, and my son, this is going to dig out the foundation of our standing."

Seeing this, Mu Sheng sighed.

At this time, the king of Nan'an County said: "My nephew's heart is as bright as the sun and the moon, and I know it too, but my nephew thinks that even if I don't confront the child tit-for-tat, the palace will be happy to see it? I'm afraid it will be even more suspicious."

"It's been like fire and water for a long time." Liu Fang said coldly.

When Mu Sheng heard the words, he sighed, got up, and said: "My nephew really disagrees with what the uncle said. When my nephew came to Beijing, my father repeatedly told me that the Mu family has suffered from the grace of the world. The captives are raging, and this trip to Beijing should serve the country. Now that the Duke of Wei has won many battles against the captives, he even bombarded the slave chieftains with red cannons, which greatly increased the prestige of our Han country. Business."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and said: "It's getting late, my nephew will take my leave first."

Saying that, he turned and left.

"Huh? Him?" Liu Fang frowned and said, "What does he mean?"

"Differences do not conspire." Nan'an County King Yan Ye put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a sneer, "Jia Heng's child got a great achievement by relying on Xiyi firearms by chance, and now people's hearts have been shaken."

Shi Guangzhu said: "Uncle, after all, the young Prince Mu is young, he has few experiences, he doesn't know the dangers of people's hearts, people don't harm tigers, tigers harm people's hearts."

"His family is from Yunnan, and his title is hereditary. Naturally, he won't worry about the power of the Commander's Mansion of the Five Armies being taken away." Liu Fang said sarcastically, with a cold look in his eyes.

Nan'an County Wang Yanye waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not mention him. We have also been friends with Dongping County Wang Mu's family for several years. Young people just don't know how to be polite."

Everyone stopped discussing, but their hearts were covered with a thick layer of haze.

Because this also shows how popular it is for Jia Heng to hold the head of the chieftain and present it to the imperial court in the first battle.

In fact, this is popularity, although it is illusory, it really exists.

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The next day, the sky was bright, and the golden morning sun shone through the glass window on a Persian wool carpet, and the golden light fell on the carpet.

The summer was originally short and the sky was long, Jia Heng woke up and turned around, looked at the beautiful woman who was sleeping soundly, carefully lifted the quilt, picked up the clothes lightly, and went to the outer compartment to start dressing.

Pregnant women are already drowsy, so let Keqing sleep for a while.

After Jia Heng got dressed, she stepped out of the wing room, walked along the verandah to the wing room, and called Qingwen to come over and help her wash.

Qingwen handed over the towel and asked, "Where are you going later, my lord?"

"Ancestral Temple, at noon, the palace led civil and military officials to the Ancestral Temple to watch the prisoner offering ceremony." Jia Heng said in a low voice.

Because of Huang Taiji's head and related prisoners of war to boost morale.

Jia Heng wiped her hands, briefly ate the food, and said, "Qingwen, bring me my boa robe."

It is worth mentioning that since Jia Heng became the Duke of the State, the embroidered patterns on the python clothes have changed from walking pythons to sitting pythons, which is undoubtedly more noble.

After Jia Heng changed into the python suit and left the back house, he saw the heroic girl in the flying fish suit waiting for a while.

Chen Xiaoqing stared at the young man and said, "I have sent Jinyi Mansion detectives to Qinghai to strengthen the investigation."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "It's better to make preparations in advance, so as to clean up the mess."

If Northwest Mongolia and other tribes were in chaos, the courtiers would probably not let him lead the army. At that time, if the king of Nan'an was defeated like the original book, he would still clean up the mess.

The two said, got on their horses and headed for the Taimiao surrounded by a group of guards in Jinyifu.

At this moment, the Neiwei and Jinyi Fuwei were already on both sides of the street in Taimiaoqian Street, lined up with knives at five steps and one sentry at ten steps. A long cordon of hemp rope was laid.

Because of Chen Han's great victory and the conferment of the head by the slave chieftain, the people in Shenjing city were overwhelmed by the news, and they all came to watch this grand ceremony of offering captives.

It is human nature to watch.

At this moment, under the pale yellow canopy, Emperor Chongping wore a bright yellow dragon robe and stood in front of the white marble square in front of the Taimiao with all the civil and military officials of the great Han Dynasty. He had never entered the Taimiao.

The Supreme Emperor was also standing on the viewing platform on the left, and Chen Cheng, King of Qi County, Chen Qin, King of Chu, Chen Ran, King of Wei, Chen Wei, King of Liang, and other Chen and Han clans were all watching the ceremony.

Surrounded by a group of guards from the Jinyi Mansion, Jia Heng walked among the military officers who were whispering to each other.

At this moment, the canon of presenting prisoners has not yet begun, and civil and military officials are still waiting patiently.

"Duke Wei is here."

Among the crowd watching the ceremony from a distance on both sides of the street, someone who knew Jia Heng when Jia Heng's class teacher returned to Beijing yesterday exclaimed.

Then, there was a whisper of envy and jealousy.

The emperor's daughter and the daughter of the clan are married together, what kind of blessing is this?

The faces of Nan'an County King, Liu Fang, Shi Guangzhu and others were as gloomy as ice, and seemed out of tune with the excited and solemn civil and military officials and common people of the Han Dynasty at the moment.

"Your Majesty has a decree. The Duke of Wei will lead the generals who have made great contributions to the Northern Expedition to the temple to meet and congratulate them." At this time, an inner eunuch walked quickly and shouted in a shrill voice.

When Jia Heng heard this, he didn't say much, and led Military Attache Beizheng along the paved red carpet towards Taimiaoqian Street. At this moment, both sides of the street were already full of bustling people, looking forward on tiptoe.

"That is the Duke of Wei? How young?" A young man with a blue scholar's square scarf on his head asked in surprise.

A young man in a blue silk shirt said with a smile: "Brother, I don't know. This Duke of Wei is not yet twenty years old, so he is the chosen one."

At this moment, under the eyes of all the generals, Jia Heng entered the gate of the Taimiao Temple, walked quickly to Emperor Chongping, bowed to the middle-aged emperor, and said: "The last general Jia Heng (Xie Zaiyi, Pang Shili, Cai Quan... ) have seen the Holy Majesty, long live long live long live."

With the salute of the generals and school in the black, the sound of long live was deafening.

Emperor Chongping looked at the generals and school with admiration in his eyes, and praised: "Okay, it's all my big man Hu Ben, okay, flat body."

"Thank you, my lord." With the voice of thanks, all the generals got up one after another.

Emperor Chongping's face was solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Ministry of Rites, playing music, Duke Wei is with me."

Although he is not of Chen Han's blood, he is still a relative, his son-in-law.

Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you my lord."

At this moment, the King of Chu Chen Qin looked at the calm young man in a python suit, with envy in his eyes, Ziyu really had a great momentum, and he would visit the mansion in two days.

And Duke Qi's chubby hands were clenched involuntarily, and the small eyes that were squeezed into mung beans by the fat were flickering coldly, and he groaned coldly.

In the past few days there have been rumors in the palace that he has worked diligently in supervising the imperial mausoleum and escorting the food and fodder, that the title of prince will be re-entitled, and he will settle accounts with Jia Heng'er in the future.

Jia Heng approached Emperor Chongping and said, "My lord."

Emperor Chongping smiled and said, "The Emperor will see you later today."

Jia Heng paused when he heard this, and said, "This..."

"It's enough to meet and talk normally. You are my son-in-law, and you were originally a family." Emperor Chongping said: "You have greatly increased our national prestige and wiped away the national humiliation. The Supreme Emperor feels a little bit about this."

Jia Heng secretly thought that he is also the son-in-law of the Supreme Emperor, but of course he couldn't say that, but said softly: "Then I will meet the Emperor later."

The emperor's statement that he is the emperor's son-in-law is also a hint of his identity. It can only be said that some precautions are deeply rooted in the emperor's heart.

Jia Heng didn't think too much about it anymore, as the chime bells and music used in the sacrifice sounded, a solemn and solemn atmosphere overflowed silently, and Emperor Chongping also led Jia Heng to the Taimiao, while the officials of the Han Dynasty were all Enter according to grade.

It was just like the last big Jiangnan victory, but it was more grand and grand than it was.

Seeing the young man following Emperor Chongping's footsteps, the eyes of some civil servants became even more gloomy.

Jia Heng followed Emperor Chongping to the Taimiao, holding the heads of Huang Taiji, Dege Lei, Adali and other captive kings.

At this moment, there is a special guest on the viewing platform not far away. It is Daishan's son Shuotuo, who was originally detained in Shenjing because of the peace negotiation. To the big fellow ministers.

(End of this chapter)