The Red Mansions

Chapter 606 Lovesickness is so strong that it is as old as an inch

Chapter 606 Lovesickness is so strong that it is as old as an inch...

Jinyang Princess Palace, backyard

A round of bright and clear moon hangs above the tops of the sycamore trees, shedding thousands of cool moonlight, and the beautifully decorated attic is brightly lit, as bright as day.

On the second floor, in the inner room partitioned by a glass screen of ladies' pictures, through the censer rising from the curling green smoke, two beauties with pearls and jades, graceful and gorgeous, can be seen sitting opposite each other across a chessboard.

The beauty on the left is wearing a red long dress, her hair is combed with a hibiscus bun, and there is a gold hairpin between the temples. Under the light, it shines brightly, and there are emerald earrings hanging from her ears, which make her skin like snow even more. Rich and white.

On the right, a girl in her twenties is wearing a light yellow long dress, her hair is combed into a girly bun with bangs, her sleeves are rolled up, her white wrists are frosted, and her soft and slightly fat hands are holding a chess piece.

The eldest princess of Jinyang, Chun Shan, had her beautiful eyes under her black eyebrows. She looked at Yuan Chun, who was facing the chess field and was thinking.

The eldest princess of Jinyang opened her red lips lightly, and asked in a gentle voice, "Yuanchun, has Ziyu sent me a letter these days?"

That is, a few days ago, Jia Heng's Flying Pigeon message arrived in the capital.

Said that Henan does not need the Ministry of Internal Affairs to allocate silver taels for the time being, but later changed the writing style, and said that now Fang Jing, the Yukou in the Central Plains, will wait for half a month, and Princess Jinyang will go to the Central Plains again, and he will send cavalry to pick him up in person.

Yuan Chun held a black chess piece, put it on a corner of the chess board with a "click", raised his plump, white and greasy face, and with imperceptible sadness in his eyes, he said softly, "Return to Your Highness, the past few days have fallen I haven't seen the letter, and I don't know when I will be back."

The eldest princess of Jinyang pinched a chess piece with her jade hand painted with Koudan, and put it down likewise. Under Liu Yexiu's eyebrows, her crystal clear eyes were clear and moist, and she said: "I heard from the emperor that he wants to prevent floods in the Yellow River and supervise the repair of embankments. If you want to stay in Henan for a month or two, you should write letters home frequently."

"Yellow River?" Yuan Chun said with some surprise.

Princess Jinyang sighed softly, and said: "Yes, he said that Xia Xun has police and the Yellow River is in danger of flooding, so he was restrained. Otherwise, it would not take too much time to deal with the aftermath of the war. The class teacher should be returning to Beijing soon."

Yuan Chunyu looked thoughtful, and said softly: "In recent years, the north has been a little more droughty, but I haven't heard much about the flooding of the Yellow River. Brother Heng wants to control the river in the south?"

After all, she served as a female historian in the palace, and she also has some political insights.

"Since the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River has flooded every few days due to the capture of the Huaihe River into the sea. Later, the Taizong Dynasty made great efforts to control the water transport across the river in Guanzhong, so that the river transport was separated. During the Longzhi period, there were many governances, but there were intermittent river hazards. It happened, during the ten years of the Chongping period, the Yellow River was relatively peaceful because of the drought and lack of rain in the north." Princess Jinyang said softly.

"Your Highness is really knowledgeable." Yuan Chun's beautiful eyes were amazed, and she looked at the beauty opposite.

"I have also read more related books these days, so I just sell them now." Princess Jinyang smiled lightly, her eyebrows and eyes full of charm.

Because Jia Heng was tied up in Henan by the Yellow River, this beautiful woman has been looking for and studying the materials of the Yellow River in the past few days, and she knows the history of the river's governance very well.

The eldest princess of Jinyang said slowly: "Ziyu said that there may be heavy rains this summer. Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion are all in the place where the Yellow River flows, and the embankments along the river need to be repaired and reinforced."

Yuan Chun said softly: "The embankment should be repaired in advance to ensure safety. I heard that the imperial court allocates a lot of money to repair the river every year."

Princess Jinyang said: "Corruption in the Hedao Yamen is rampant, and the Duxian patrols are frequent, but it is still difficult to curb it. Ziyu previously rectified the Hedao Yamen in Kaifeng Mansion and confiscated some stolen money. There is a great chaos, money is needed everywhere, I am afraid it will not be enough, I have agreed with the emperor earlier, in a few days, my palace will send a batch of silver to Henan Zhiying to build the embankment, if you want to go, you can go with you Going forward, Luoyang and Kaifeng both have houses, and we can live there together for a while, so we can be companions."

She brought Yuan Chun to reunite with him this time, he should be grateful to her, right?

Or is it being with Xianning you and me, ignoring Yuanchun and her?I even feel that Yuan Chun and her... came at the wrong time?

Up to now, he still has not sent a letter.

Yuan Chun's face was surprised, and his heart was both surprised and happy. He said in a surprised voice: "Your Highness, can I go too?"

She has grown so big, and she has never traveled so far.

"You are a female official of this palace. I am traveling in Luoyang, so why don't you accompany me?" Princess Jinyang said in a natural tone, looking at Yuanchun with a sweet smile, her eyes fell on the girl's front, and stayed on her abundant granary down.

No wonder he is so obsessed with and attached to Yuan Chun, he would rather risk his reputation to be burdened by... Such a gorgeous and lovely person, even on the embroidered couch, is also a gift he can't put down.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Yuan Chun's face was happy, and his heart was filled with anticipation.

I haven't seen you for a long time, and there are some longings in my heart.

In the past few days, the dreams are full of scenes of being bullied in the past, and the scenes seem real. When I wake up the next day, my underwear is soaked in sweat, and I need to take a shower and change clothes.

Well, how could she think of these in front of His Highness Jinyang?

Princess Jinyang picked up the crispy cheese tea on the side, took a sip of the tea, and immediately raised her eyes to look at Yuan Chun, who had a bright cheek and shy brows, smiled lightly, and suddenly asked: "That day, Lu Mingxuan, Was it you who was peeking out the window?"

With a "click", the chess piece landed on the chessboard, making a crisp jade sound.

Yuan Chun: "..."

This... Why did the eldest princess suddenly ask this?

When I looked up, I saw a pair of beautiful eyes looking forward to the waves, looking at me fixedly, with a smile reaching my eyes, I couldn't help being startled, and murmured: "His Royal Highness Jinyang..."

Princess Jinyang said softly: "Since you have seen it, then I will not hide it from you, you and I will be open and honest."

Yuan Chunyu paused for a moment, feeling uneasy for a moment, and quickly said: "I know something about Your Highness, and it's nothing that His Highness and Brother Heng agree with each other."

Princess Jinyang cast her gaze, and said with a half-smile, "I am also very clear about the matter between you and Ziyu."

"Your Highness..." Yuan Chun heard the sudden change in Yurong's face, and was frightened and shy, and quickly said: "Your Highness Jinyang... I misunderstood."

As he spoke, his confidence became weaker and his voice gradually weakened.

But I don't know when Princess Jinyang knew about her affairs. Could it be that Brother Heng told her?

"It's not what he told me about this." As if seeing Yuan Chun's confusion, Princess Jinyang smiled and explained: "Why doesn't Bengong know what happened in this princess mansion? Besides, Women are always different from Yunying's unmarried girls."

With those words, Yuan Chunfang's heart trembled violently, her white and snowy cheeks were glowing like fire, her head drooped to her heart, she couldn't restrain herself from embarrassment.

"These things are nothing, besides, you have all released five clothes, so there is no need to bother others." Princess Jinyang smiled, her eyes shining brightly.

She searched for some ancient books in the palace to read, what didn't she see?Besides, his surname was not Jia, neither of them had the same surname.

"Your Highness said it." Yuan Chun's increasingly plump and soft cheeks blushed into a beautiful cloud brocade, and he responded to the words of the eldest princess of Jinyang in a low voice.

Princess Jinyang looked at Lian Xi and said: "It's just that you are like him, and you have to go through countless hardships before you can achieve the right result. Follow him like this without a name, do you feel unwilling?"

Unless the truth of his life experience is revealed to the world, it will be many years later.

Hearing this, Yuan Chun's delicate body trembled, and he raised his head, and said in a voice as soft as water but as firm as a rock, "Your Highness, even if a moth flies into a flame, I would be willing to do so. I have already told him, I don’t care if I become a nun and lead a monk to practice, I will never marry in this life, and I don’t care about those who have no status.”

Princess Jinyang nodded her head, her beautiful eyes showed complex expressions under her willow-leaf slender eyebrows, and she followed him without a name, why didn't she?

However, deep in the heart of the daughter's family, how could she not care about her status?

It's all unavoidable.

Thinking of this, he gently pulled Yuan Chun's jade hand, and said with relief: "There is no need to rush to hide from others by becoming a monk. In the past two years, you will be by my side first, and I will protect you well, and then... , you and I will serve him together."

When Yuan Chun heard the words of "serving", he felt his heart beating wildly, and said angrily, "Your Highness..."

Princess Jinyang took Yuan Chun's hand and joked, "Okay, what's there to be ashamed about?"

"What about Your Highness?" Yuan Chun nodded, feeling the beauty's kindness towards him, and couldn't help being moved. He looked at Princess Jinyang with concern, and said worriedly, "What about Your Highness? Princess Xianning..."

The conversation just now brought the two of them closer together. After all, they are serving a husband together. In comparison, there is some distance between them and the usually deserted Princess Xianning.

Under the curved and beautiful eyebrows of Princess Jinyang, the beautiful eyes painted with eye shadow made of rose juice showed a trace of helplessness, and said softly: "What else can I do, I just let her go."

Yuan Chun's face changed when he heard the words, and he sighed: "Didn't that wrong your Highness?"

At the beginning, if there was no His Highness in front of him, Xu Heng's younger brother Xu would not have heard of the emperor so quickly. It can be said that this His Highness is the nobleman of Brother Heng, but now with his posture, he has been caught up from behind.

"If you're wronged, just be wronged, what else can I do." Princess Jinyang Yurong said with a sense of loss, "It's just... I can let it go, but she can't take it away!"

Yuan Chun: "..."

"After arriving in Luoyang, let's go to Kaifeng mansion together to see what she wants to do." Princess Jinyang picked up the teacup, her beautiful eyes flashing fleetingly, and said in a clear voice.

Yuan Chun was silent for a moment.

At this moment, only the sound of light footsteps was heard, and Lianxue went up to the attic, with joy on her beautiful face, she said: "Your Highness, the servant from the Jia family came over and said that Uncle Heng sent a letter to Miss Yuanchun."

As soon as this remark came out, Yuan Chun was overjoyed, and stared at Lianxue, or his eyes fell on the letter in Lianxue's hand.

As he spoke, he delivered the envelope in his hand.

The eldest prince of Jinyang looked at Yuan Chun with complicated eyes, and said softly, "He didn't forget to send you a letter."

For a while, I felt a little bit of a taste.

Lianxue smiled and said, "Your Highness, here are two letters."

"Huh?" Jinyang Princess Yurong showed a strange look, and said softly, "Huh, why are there two letters?"

Yuan Chun stared at Princess Jinyang with sparkling eyes, and said softly, "Here should be a letter for His Highness."

The bottom of my heart is also happy for the beauty on the opposite side.

When Princess Jinyang heard the words, she was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out her hand and said, "Lianxue, bring it here, let me have a look."

Lianxue said softly: "Your Highness, don't worry, there is wax on it."

As he spoke, he took a knife, opened the wax, and delivered the envelope.

Princess Jinyang quickly picked up the paper, with joy in her eyes, and began to read, only to see a line of words that looked like a dragon leaping into her eyes.

"The lovesickness is so deep that every inch of it is like a year: I have been farewell to Beijing for nearly a month, recalling the lingering love of the past, like glue and paint..."

Princess Jinyang's beautiful eyes drooped slightly, and she read word by word. After a short while, her complexion was flushed, she bit her lower lip with her white teeth, her eyes were absent, she covered the letter, looked at the moonlight outside the window, and sighed softly.

At this moment, I can't wait to fly to Henan to reunite with him.

After all, the letter was concerned about the safety of letters in this era, and simply wrote a few romantic words without too much elaboration, and then mentioned the Henan incident, and said in the letter a few days before they were connected.

On the other side, Yuan Chun also took out the paper, read the letter paper, his crystal clear eyes shone slightly, for fear of missing a word.

Jia Heng's letters to Yuan Chun are more of ordinary and kind greetings. After all, he was scruples, so he restrained his writing, but it still made the girl's heart very sweet.

Ningguo Mansion, Dou Feng Xuan

Just as Princess Jinyang and Yuan Chun were unpacking and reading the letter paper, Qin Keqing asked Baozhu to call Baochai, and the two sat opposite each other.

"Sister, this is a letter from my husband." Qin Keqing, with a graceful appearance, pointed to one of the letters, and said with a sweet smile: "Your sister, read it here and then go back, Auntie saw the provincial letter. "

"En." Baochai's pear-like face blushed slightly, nodded her head, and responded softly, took the letter and began to read it attentively.

After a while, after reading it, the joy in the brows and eyes overflowed uncontrollably, and the paper was gently closed, and the moist and flowing almond eyes met a gaze that was as gentle as water, and my heart moved slightly, softly Said: "Sister Qin, he said that he would only come back in summer, so we don't have to worry about it, and he also asked me to come and talk to my sister often."

Qin Keqing smiled, and for some reason in her heart, she breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, I was a little curious before, what my husband would write to Sister Xue.

After thinking for a while, he said softly: "Sister Xue, the letter my husband gave me earlier also said that Henan needs to be protected against floods, and at least we have to return after the summer. Wait a minute, the two of us will write another letter." Give it to him, let him not miss it."

This is the first time that Jia Heng has been away from home for such a long time since the two got married.

"Sister, isn't this the last time you wrote a letter?" Baochai said hesitantly, seeing the surprise in her apricot eyes.

As he spoke, he understood what he meant after a lot of thought, and realized that he was writing a letter on purpose, asking him not to forget Sister Qin and her in Kaifeng Mansion.

Qin Keqing said softly: "Writing more letters to your husband is always harmless."

If it wasn't for the inconvenience of the post, she even wanted to write a letter to her husband every day.

She doesn't believe it anymore, my husband reads the letters between her and Baochai's sister every day, what else can I have with Tianning, Xianning, Qingqing?

……

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At the same time, in the Henan governor's office, in the backyard, in the study

Under the window of the pavilion, the candles on the desk shone with orange light, projecting a pair of Biren on the bookshelf, and the atmosphere was momentarily quiet and unspeakable.

Jia Heng embraced the young girl with a beautiful face and beautiful face, took a deep breath, and whispered in his ear: "Xianning, let's go to the inner room to see you... just dance."

A noble emperor daughter who used to be quiet, glamorous and glamorous in his arms... no one can stand it.

Moreover, if I eat too much sweet food, I feel a little greasy, so I want to change it to something salty.

Princess Xianning's eyes were clear and moist, like mist and water, she tidied up her messy skirt, said "hmm" like a mosquito, her heart was beating non-stop, and she glanced at the envelope.

I don't know why, but when I saw that letter, I couldn't help myself, and I especially wanted to talk to my husband...

Before the girl could think carefully, Princess Xianning was already heading towards the inner room in Jia Heng's embrace.

As for the candlesticks on the table, the bright and brilliant candlelight reflected the letter in the ancient book, and a corner appeared, as if no one was paying attention to it, and it was a little lonely.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another six or seven days have passed, and it has entered the first ten days of April in a blink of an eye. With Jia Heng, Governor of Henan Military Administration, the land of the Central Plains is completely new, and various businesses are full of vitality.

As far as the renovation of the Bian River in Kaifeng Prefecture is concerned, the bandits and Dingfu captured in Kaifeng Prefecture City are the main ones, plus the people who were recruited with rice and grain, about 5 to [-] people were gathered. As the river dried up, river mud was excavated, and the Tongji Canal was widened and dredged.

Because the imperial court paid attention to the canal before and often dredged it, the amount of this project was not large. In half a month, only a part of the manpower was left to support another wave of civilians who built the embankment of the Yellow River to build dikes and weirs. Flood preparation season.

On the other side, in the name of the local plan, the Henan Chief Commissioner and the Procuratorate inspected the civil affairs, money and food of Henan prefectures and counties. A gentry who patrols prefectures and counties, accepts people's complaints of wrongdoing, and inspects the fish and meat of the people.

At the same time, under the reporting and exposing by the thieves, a thorough investigation was carried out, and many old cases were uncovered. Jia Heng, headed by sergeants who were good at torture in the Jingying and Jinyi Mansion, went down to verify the records.

Corrupt officials and powerful gentry in many counties and township pavilions were picked up, interrogated by the court officials, and more fines were given to recover the stolen money.

One or two hundred people were imprisoned before and after, and for a while, the officialdom was shaken.

While checking the old officials, some more honest and pragmatic officials were promoted.

Jia Heng's drastic actions in Henan were naturally spread to Shenjing through some channels. Because the controversy over the establishment of the throne has intensified, the government and the public are all focusing on the issue of the establishment of the throne. Although there are sporadic impeachment memorials, they are all brought together by the Chongping Emperor's order. , stay in the middle and not send.

And Jia Heng once again sent a memorial to the court within half a month, advising to pay attention to the river embankment in preparation for the summer flood.

In addition, he wrote to the Governor of Nanhe, the Governor of Liangjiang, and the Governor of Water Transport, etc., to warn that the summer flood would affect the river transportation, and the Yellow River was in danger of flooding.

Huai'an Mansion, Qingjiangpu

Because the river government office is stationed here, there are often river business ships, so the two sides of the river are very prosperous. There are restaurants and restaurants along the river, and there are as many as [-] brothels.

A manor two stones away from Nanhe governor's yamen is the residence of Nanhe governor Gao Bin.

In the back garden, there is an octagonal gazebo with flying eaves and brackets. The beams and columns are hung with silk curtains to prevent the wind. Governor Gao Bin of Nanhe is dressed in casual clothes, with his hands behind his back, standing in front of the birdcage hanging in the gazebo, teasing the birds.

He was in his early forties, with a plump face and big ears. He was holding a dog's tail grass and teasing the bird in the bamboo cage.

The parrot in it has a sharp beak and bright feathers, and is cutting emerald rice. This is a kind of rice produced in Songjiang Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not far away, in the flower wall with green bricks and black tiles and hanging vines, hundreds of flowers are in full bloom, competing for splendor. Among the colorful flowers, bees and butterflies come and go from time to time, creating a beautiful spring scene.

On the stone bench, there is a soft mattress, a woman in a water green dress, combing her hair in a bun, and a woman wearing a golden hairpin sits quietly. She is in her early thirties, sitting gracefully, holding a cross in her hand Embroidery, stitch by stitch.

"Master." At this moment, an old man wearing a uniform with a goatee under his chin, that is, Gao Bin's housekeeper, walked quickly along the corridor from the Moon Gate, came up to him while speaking, and said: "This is delivered by Master He. It is said that it is an official document delivered by the governor of Henan. It has traveled six hundred miles and delivered it from the government office of the Ministry."

It was Gao Bin's outer door steward.

Gao Bin waved his hand and said, "Don't look at it, don't look at it, just throw it aside! This Jia Ziyu has written several letters in succession in the past few days. Seeing that the official ignores him, and now he is in the official office, I really think This officer is his subordinate now? He is a martial artist, he is not very old, should he be in charge of the river affairs? Huangkou kid!"

"Jia Ziyu, the yellow mouth kid, the yellow mouth kid." The bird in the cage, the parrot learning its tongue, sang crisply and melodiously in the gazebo.

"Puff." The woman who was sitting embroidering could not help but smile with a smile on her face.

Gao Bin's housekeeper said with a bitter face, "My lord, Mr. He said that the mansion reported that Bo Yongning Jia Heng was appointed as the admiral of river affairs, and the Hetai yamen in Kaifeng Mansion is now also in charge of this Bo Yongning."

The day before yesterday, Emperor Chongping wrote in the name of the Military Aircraft Office of the Governor's Yamen of Henan Province, granting Jia Heng the right to manage the Hetai Yamen, rectify the river affairs, and supervise the repair of river embankments to prepare for summer floods.

"Kaifeng is where the Vice River is located, and this is the main river yamen here! Kaifeng Hetai corrupted the law and caused the embankment to be untidy. What does this have to do with this official? He also wants to intervene here, and his hands are too long. Some." Gao Bin said in a cold voice with a gloomy expression.

The woman put down the cross-stitch in her hand, stood up, and said softly: "Master, this Jia Ziyu is also a minister of military affairs. If you ignore him, if he neglects the court, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to the master."

This person is Gao Bin's wife, Mrs. Zheng, who was born in a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Gao Bin jumped a few times on his white and fat face, sat on the wooden bench in the gazebo, and said coldly: "When I mention this, I'm so angry! According to the report in the residence, this Jia Ziyu has been on the Internet frequently recently. Shu, with slanderous rumors, first used the case of corruption in the river yamen to ask the imperial court to strictly investigate the river affairs, but after the spring of the imperial court, it sent Peng Ye, the left deputy capital censor, to patrol the river, and the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also came from Yangzhou. When I came to patrol the river, I was exhausted to deal with it, and after the two waves, they didn’t find anything?"

"Master calm down." Mrs. Zheng patted Gao Bin's back lightly, then looked at the serving maid, and said, "I don't want to pour you a cup of tea for the master."

The maid hurriedly responded, picked up the teapot on the stone table, and poured Gao Bin a cup of tea.

Gao Bin took a sip of tea and said in a cold voice: "Since Jia Ziyu is worried, he might as well go to the court to impeach this official for corruption, but the master is not a member of the Qi Party who is corrupt and perverts the law. River governance is related to the safety of the people in Huaiyang and other places. How can we slack off? No matter the Huaihe River or the Yellow River, let them all see that the embankments are solid and strong enough to deal with the flood that never happens in 30 years!"

"My lord, didn't the mansion newspaper say that he had just been named Uncle Yongning, and it was the time when he was favored, and now he is the governor of a province's military administration. He was successful at a young age. I received a letter from some friends in Henan the day before yesterday, saying that he was severely punished in Henan. , the heads of people will be killed everywhere." Zheng said persuasively.

"Don't worry about him. He's just a warrior. He only knows how to fight wars. He doesn't know anything about local affairs. If he brings his war skills to river affairs and government affairs, when the public resentment boils over, someone in the court will take care of him." Gao Bin said disapprovingly.

"Since that's the case, it's good that the master knows it well." Zheng said softly.

Gao Bin cursed a few words, then said: "Madam, I'm packing up and going to the yamen."

The smile of Zheng's jade faded away, and she blamed: "The master has only rested for two days today, and this is Fu'er's birth. The master promised to be my concubine, and when Fu'er finishes school, he will accompany her to celebrate the birth."

Fu'er is the youngest of the two daughters and one son Zheng gave birth to for Gao Bin, and he just turned eight years old today.

Gao Bin sighed and said, "It's not that the two censors sent by the imperial court, I still have to deal with them, my lord. It's okay for Yu De to say that this is the old man of Han Ge, and he will always give some face, but that one Peng Yushi is not a good idiot, since he came to Qingjiangpu, he has picked his nose and eyes, pointed out the master's mistakes, and Du Jitong from the Water Transport Yamen even fanned the flames."

Peng Ye, the censor of the left deputy capital, was sent by Yang Guochang to Huaiyang to inspect the embankment, and Du Jitong, the governor of the water transport, was also a member of the Qi party and stationed in Huai'an Fucheng.

　Thanks to the leader of the book friend "Infinitely Approximate to Transparent Star" for the reward!

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