The Red Mansions

Chapter 603 Jia Heng: Throwing a pen hurts feelings, and the book is at a loss

Chapter 603 Jia Heng: Throwing a pen hurts feelings, and the book is at a loss

Kunning Palace, inner hall

Empress Song was sitting on a cloud bed covered with soft mattresses, talking to Princess Wei Yan Yiliu, who accompanied King Wei into the palace to pay her respects.

The granddaughter of Concubine Nan'an has a beautiful face and a handsome temperament. At this moment, she is looking at Empress Song opposite with a smile on her face.

"Your Majesty, His Highness King Wei is here." Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of the Six Palaces, holding a whisk and official boots with a black gang auspicious cloud pattern on a white background, crossed the threshold and walked quickly into the inner hall, and a high-pitched voice sounded.

Empress Song smiled gently, turned her eyes to the female officer and said, "Qing Suo, lead Princess Wei to meet Concubine Rong."

The female official Qing Suo responded in a low voice, then Yingying came to Yan Yiliu with light steps, and said: "Wangfei, come with the slaves."

Yan Yiliu nodded and responded, with complicated thoughts.

Although the queen mother of my family is gentle, she also gave a lot of advice just now.

Not long after, the king of Wei entered the palace. He was a young man in a boa robe, with a handsome face. Now he saw a look of panic, and said with great ceremony: "I have seen my mother."

"Get up." Empress Song turned her head to look at King Wei who was kneeling on the ground, her eyes fell on the slightly distraught young face, and asked, "I have seen your father."

"Father did not see his son." When Wei Wang said this, there was inevitably a trace of fear in the depths of his eyes.

Empress Song had a gloomy appearance, she was not surprised, she was silent for a moment, and gave Xia Shouzhong a wink.

Xia Shouzhong greeted, all the maids and inner eunuchs in the hall retreated, and there were only mother and son left in the hall for a while.

Empress Song said: "There is a commotion in Beijing right now, what's going on? Did you and your uncle find someone to make a fuss?"

"Empress Mother, I don't know about it, and I don't know Yu Shishou who was the first to go to the Imperial Academy." The king of Wei looked pale and called Qudao.

Empress Song frowned, her beautiful eyes were filled with thought, and she asked: "Who is that making noise these few days? Do you know how bored your father has become these two days?"

She naturally believes in her brother and son's words, so is it true that she went to college, or is she still a stunned young man in the Imperial Academy, really thinking about the safety of the country?

The king of Wei said softly: "Uncle said that there are people who are secretly making troubles, and the left and right are just those two families."

Because Song Jing is a foreigner, it is not easy to enter the palace, especially at such a sensitive pass, even to avoid suspicion, so the uncle and nephew have private discussions about the recent turmoil, and they can only use the mouth of Wei Wang Let's exchange information with Queen Song.

Empress Song arched her brows, and Gu Pansheng's beautiful eyes were thoughtful, and said, "They have all gone to Weinan to be busy with the imperial tomb recently."

Wei Wang whispered: "Mother, uncle said that this is just a trick to deceive the ears and steal the bell, and they don't need to arrange it personally for the Hanlin Shangshu. Besides, Brother Chu Wang has been in the capital for the past few days, and the leader of the Shangshu who proposed to set up an heir It's from the Imperial Academy, and the head of the Imperial Academy is Liu Zheng, and I don't believe it, so it has nothing to do with it."

Empress Song's phoenix eyes flickered, and she asked, "However, do you have evidence for what you said?"

King Wei shook his head and said, "How can there be evidence for such things without torture? But now that the courtiers are talking about it, even the emperor will not be able to go to prison."

Empress Song glanced at King Wei, and said coldly, "The censors behind are looking for by your uncle, right?"

When it came to this matter, King Wei faltered and looked away.

The opportunity was once in a thousand years, and he and his uncle couldn't ignore it.

Empress Song's jade face changed suddenly, her beautiful eyes were faint, and she scolded coquettishly: "You are confused!"

"Mother, son..." Wei Wang's complexion changed slightly, and he muttered.

Seeing that her son didn't understand the joint, Empress Song said in a low voice: "No matter what other people think, you have to be calm. As long as the queen mother and your aunt stay in the palace for a day, no one can touch you."

If you want to change someone else, the first one you want to get rid of is her, and her younger sister. Although she is anxious about how long the Eastern Palace will be, she can't be anxious at this time, and she has recently thought about His Majesty's previous worries. There is a certain reason. Although the reserve position is set early, although the heart is at ease, it is easy to be regarded as a target of public criticism.

King Wei said: "Queen, this opportunity is once in a thousand years."

Song Empress Yurong Wanshuang said softly: "It's rare in a thousand years? It's not like you don't know your father's temper. You know how furious your father is when there is a turmoil in Li Chu? These days, don't come to Kunning Palace Don't go to your aunt's Funing Palace for dinner, tell me, just now you went to say hello, what did your father say?"

As the emperor's bedside person, she understands her husband's temperament better than anyone else. More than once, she has lamented that Longzhi's siege of the heir was tragic because of the fact that the heir was established too early. Zhuzi conduct.

At this time, King Wei also realized the seriousness of the problem, his voice trembled, and he told about the previous experience outside the study in the Daming Palace, his face was still full of lingering fear.

Empress Song's greasy face showed a layer of worry, and she sighed quietly: "This is already angry, haven't you seen it yet?"

Without the formulaic Sheng Gong'an, he almost pointed his nose and reprimanded, "I'm not dead yet!"

"Queen Mother, I heard it, but what should I do?" Wei Wang also panicked now, and said anxiously.

Empress Song said softly: "You go back and take care of your errands. Recently, you and your uncle have settled down a bit. Don't pay attention to this matter. Your father is as wise as the sea, so he won't be fooled by others. Besides, the mother always feels that there is something hidden in it. Calculate."

The swords, swords, swords and tricks of the Longzhi Dynasty were a little more sneaky than these. His Majesty took risks like a barbarian and was crowned a great treasure.

Thinking about it, it's unknown if there are other plans.

Xu is to lure the snake out of the hole, in order to lure the sneaky person behind it.

The king of Wei paused for a moment, and said no more, "The queen mother, I will take my leave."

Empress Song frowned, and said: "Your wife is still with your aunt, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

After all, this child is still young, and now he is in disarray, and even his wife has been left behind.

King Wei came to his senses and said, "Yes, Queen Mother."

With that said, he left Kunning Palace.

When King Wei left, Empress Song's face was covered with a layer of worry, and she sighed softly.

The two children in my family are not very stable, they are older than Jia Ziyu, but...

Thinking of Jia Ziyu, Empress Song's eyes were lost, her heart trembled, and she came back to her senses immediately.

She is really a demon, why do I always think of the scene where His Majesty fainted that day?

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Chu Wangfu, in the study room in the backyard——

The King of Chu, Chief of the Palace Shi Liaoxian, Chief Registrar Feng Ci, Princess of Chu Zhen Qing, and Concubine Liu gathered together, discussing the turmoil in Beijing for the past few days.

The King of Chu looked ugly, and looked aggressively at Feng Ci who was sitting not far away, and asked, "Mr. Feng, what's going on?"

In the past few days, he felt as if he had eaten flies. He obviously found some officials in Beijing, and they looked at him quite strangely.

Feng Ci asked: "My lord, how is the Imperial Academy?"

"Concubine Liu asked Father-in-law, but he didn't know about it." King Chu said, turning his eyes to a beautiful woman sitting not far away, and said, "Concubine Liu is here too."

Concubine Liu wore a long lotus-colored dress. She was a young woman in Huaxin who was 23 or [-] years old. She had an oval face, a slender face, and a beautiful demeanor. Wen Ning's brows and eyes lingered with a bookish air, her pink lips were slightly parted, and her voice was soft and soft. "His Royal Highness, it is true that the editor of the Imperial Academy is my father's student, but my father is two deputy examiners and one chief examiner. There are many students staying in the Imperial Academy. He usually doesn't pay much attention to Yu Shishou. I don't know who he has been in close contact with. .”

Liao Xian's eyes were ecstatic, and he said in a low voice: "Could it be that the Hanlin Qingliu is really outspoken and careless about state affairs?"

This is not impossible. People who read sage books may have blood rushing.

Feng Ci said coldly: "Your Majesty, the officials sent people to investigate. Nayu Shishou won the Jinshi in his early 30s, and now he is in his thirties. He has spent five years in the Imperial Academy. There is an old mother and a wife and children. Because of the meager salary , in Shenjing City, still living in a rented house, if you say it outright, it doesn't look like it."

This kind of old Hanlin is about to be smoothed out by the officialdom, how could he be so hot-headed that he is willing to take strange risks for the sake of fame?

"Maybe, because of this festival, Xu wanted to gain a good name and make a fortune. Now the capital is spreading his name, and he has attracted the attention of the court officials." Liao Xian frowned, thoughtfully, Said.

Zhen Qing's crystal-clear face was covered with frost, under the slender brows of willow leaves, her phoenix eyes were clear, and she said: "My lord, I'm afraid this is unusual, I guess someone must be playing tricks here."

Upon hearing the words, the King of Chu looked at Zhen Qing expectantly, and asked, "Who does the princess think it is?"

As his virtuous wife, his own concubine often has wonderful ideas and strategies, and he usually relies on the concubine for advice.

"My lord, my concubine's guess is probably the boss, the Duke of Qi!" Zhen Qing's bright eyes flashed coldly, and she said quietly.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the study was startled and looked at each other in blank dismay.

If Duke Qi was here, he would definitely exclaim, he finally came up with a solution, and Princess Chu Zhen Qing saw it right away.

Because Zhen Qing knew that her family didn't do it, so who else could it be?

In addition to King Wei, it is the King of Qi County. King Wei has certain suspicions, but just after the opening of the mansion, there is such a movement, I am afraid that it is more likely to be King Qi.

The King of Chu was silent for a moment, then hesitated: "Is it possible that it is the King of Wei and the Song family? They think that the opportunity is once in a thousand years, and they can't hold back."

"I guess it's the boss. Apart from him, no one else would think about it." Zhen Qing said coldly, very confident.

King Chu: "..."

Zhen Qing explained: "Otherwise, among the three clans, this matter only involves the king of Wei and the prince, and only the prince of Qi County is alone? Something is wrong."

The King of Chu frowned, and asked puzzledly, "But what is he planning? If the father decides to make Wei Wang's brother his heir, wouldn't it be a waste of time for him to fetch water from a bamboo basket?"

Zhen Qing said coldly: "If my father wanted to establish Wei Wang, he would have established it long ago, and he wouldn't wait until today. Now the boss is making a fuss like this, just wanting to fish in troubled waters, frame the prince, and make the father think My lord, I want to roast King Wei on the fire."

Liao Xian's eyes lit up, he nodded, and he agreed: "My lord, what my concubine said is not unreasonable. The sage has been in power for many years, and he has not established a heir for a long time. He originally intended to observe the behavior of the kings, and the behavior of the king of Qi County is absurd. As far as the court knows, it is for this reason that the prince is now reduced to the king of the county. The king of Qi County is unwilling, so he wants to provoke the relationship between the prince and the king of Wei. The Holy One is suspicious of the prince and the king of Wei, and the king of Qi County is sitting on the fisherman's profit."

"But with such a big momentum, King Qi has been staying in Weinan for the past few days, and it doesn't seem like he was made by others. Is it possible that King Wei managed it?" King Chu's face was thoughtful. , said with a frown.

In the past few days, many courtiers have made memorials, and it is impossible to say that they were all ordered by the king of Qi County.

Liao Xian shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I guess that most likely it was the King of Wei who saw his courtiers following up with Shangshu and took advantage of the opportunity to find someone to take advantage of the situation. The matter of King Wei."

Perhaps driven by a dark force, the fact that King Wei was reprimanded by Emperor Chongping has already spread.

The King of Chu pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Mr. Liao's words are not unreasonable, most likely because of this, but will the father suspect that this king is separating flesh and blood, and will this king enter the palace to judge himself?"

"The lord doesn't need to judge himself, otherwise the description will become darker and darker." Liao Xian reminded.

Zhen Qing said softly: "Liao Changshi's words are true, no movement is worse than stillness, and the father will definitely anger the prince. This dumb fault, the prince will eat first."

Concubine Liu who was not far away listened to a few people talking about the court situation, and there was a sleepy look between her gentle and tender eyebrows. These people in the court were scheming, and just listening to her, she felt like... dozing off.

Speaking of which, King Chen Qin of Chu and Concubine Liu met at a poetry meeting, Concubine Liu, a young girl like Wen Qing, was not very interested in these things.

The King of Chu pondered for a moment and said, "However, after this incident, it is not useless. At least the father's thoughts are clearer and he has no intention of establishing an heir."

"You don't have to worry too much, the lord, the trouble is so big now, the holy majesty will definitely send someone to investigate, then the truth will come out, it will be clear at a glance who is treacherous and who is loyal!" Feng Ci said.

Zhen Qing said softly: "Compared to the boss who is the eldest, the king of Wei is the heir, the prince does not rely on both sides, and has the least advantage. It can be said that he least wants to put the seizing of the heir on the bright side. With the depth of the father's mind, as long as you think about it carefully Because of this, the prince should not be suspected."

Feng Ci nodded, and said: "My concubine's words are reasonable, my sage is aware of every detail, if my lord does not participate in it, I will definitely not be deceived."

The king of Chu nodded and sighed: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. I just want to do my job well and relieve my father's worries. But there are people who are aggressive."

After a few words of emotion, the King of Chu sent away Liao Xian, Feng Ci, and Concubine Liu.

After everyone left, the King of Chu picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked, "The princess often goes to Jia's house these days, how is their house?"

"Fortunately, I told the prince before that the Nan'an family is arrogant, and the Jia family is not dealing with the Nan'an family very much now." Zhen Qing said with a slight smile, "But it is convenient for me to go to the Jia's house often, so I can only let the second sister go. , don’t let the friendship fade away.”

The king of Chu nodded, and said in a gentle voice: "It's even more inconvenient for me to go to Jia's house. You and your second sister frequently go to Jia's house, not to mention how good your friendship is. That's good, he is the father's man, he only recognizes the father in his eyes, and now he is leading the army to suppress the rebellion, such a talent of the Zhu Kingdom, even in the future... I will be indispensable."

Zhen Qing said softly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely let him not have any rift with my lord."

She has her own plan for this matter, once Jia Heng returns to Beijing, she will look for opportunities to hold Jia Heng.

Speaking of this, the King of Chu looked solemn, lowered his voice, and asked, "Have you heard the rumors about Xianning?"

Zhen Qing nodded and said with relief: "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry. Jia Ziyu already has a regular wife. This matter is extremely difficult. Take ten thousand steps back and say that even if the emperor really bestows the marriage, Jia Ziyu will not fall to the king of Wei. Instead, keep a distance from the king of Wei, otherwise where would you put your father?"

However, at that time, it will be very difficult to deal with, so we still need to grasp Jia Ziyu's... handle.

The King of Chu frowned, and said in a low voice: "That's the reason, otherwise Jingying and Jinyi will fall to King Wei, and the matter of the Chonghua Palace will repeat itself."

This is also the reason why he no longer expects to pull Jia Ziyu to his side. Jia Heng's identity is doomed not to support anyone clearly.

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Ningrong Street, Rongguo Mansion

After six or seven days, the good news of Jia Heng ennobling Yongning Bo gradually dissipated, and the family letter from the Central Plains finally arrived at Rongning and Ningfu.

After all, it was not a military intelligence report, nor was it a report to the imperial court. Jia Heng was also not good at acting as a public servant for personal gain, and could not travel six hundred miles to deliver it urgently.

At this moment, in the corridor of Rongguo Mansion, Ping'er was wearing a water lotus-colored long dress, holding a few letters in his hand, and walked quickly to the Daiyu courtyard, looking at Zijuan, who was holding a wooden basin and a towel, coming from the Moon Gate. , smiled and said: "Miss Zijuan, here is a letter for your girl."

Zijuan asked with a smile: "Is it a letter from the master from Yangzhou?"

"It was sent by Uncle Heng from Henan." Ping'er's delicate and picturesque eyebrows were full of smiles.

"This..." Zijuan was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and then she was overjoyed. She quickly put down the wooden basin in her hand, picked up the handkerchief and wiped her hands, stepped forward, and carefully took the envelope from Ping'er. The handwriting was indeed Jia Heng's name.

Ping'er smiled and said: "Okay, I have to go to another room to deliver, and here is a letter from the master."

Zijuan quickly thanked her, with a sweet smile on her ruddy face, and said: "Then there is Sister Laoping, I will give this letter to our girl."

I thought to myself, it's really strange, Uncle Heng didn't write a whole letter to their girl at all before, on the contrary, the girl wrote a lot of "letters" to the uncle in the past few days, which were buried in ancient books.

In the courtyard where Daiyu lives, there are more than a dozen bamboo poles in the southwest of the courtyard. The bamboo joints are green and the branches and leaves are luxuriant. The spring breeze blows through the bamboo leaves at noon in the late spring of March, making a rustling sound, the bamboo shadows swaying, and the green waves form waves.

In the wing room, behind a desk with brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, a girl in a pink cross-collar long coat with a silver red chrysanthemum pattern inlaid collar and a vermilion dress lowered her head slightly, reading a book in her hand, demure and elegant. Sit and focus.

It was the morning of spring, and the warm sun shone on the wisteria frame outside the window of the pavilion, sparsely falling on the girl's petite and exquisite shoulders, and falling on the pink stand-up collar jacket, and the sheep charms on the lake blue printed shawl shone with warm brilliance.

"girl."

Zijuan came over excitedly with an envelope in her hand, with a prosperous smile on her flushed face.

"What's the matter?" Daiyu pulled her gaze away from the book, raised her pretty face, looked at Zijuan in surprise, and asked softly.

Zijuan smiled and said, "Girl, it's a letter from Uncle Heng, take a look."

Daiyu didn't react for a while, she was stunned for a while, and immediately put down the book in her hand, her pretty face was surprised and asked: "Brother Heng's letter?"

Zijuan approached, handed the letter over, and said with a light smile, "It's sealed with wax paint. Wait a minute, girl. I'll open it up and show it to the girl."

Daiyu had no choice but to hold back her anxiety, watched Zijuan open the envelope quietly, and quickly took the envelope, only to see the words "Sister Lin's personal letter" written on it, she felt her heart palpitate slightly, her breathing could not help but a little short, slack With Ruo Yucong's fingers, he gently pulled out two pieces of paper from the seal, and read them intently.

A line of words that roamed the clouds and startled the dragon, with silver hooks drawn on iron, immediately jumped into Daiyu's eyes, her brows furrowed, and her starry eyes sank into it.

"When I arrived at Wang'an, I saw the words like saying: Since the departure of Shenjing, it has been nearly a month, because the season has entered summer, and the flood control of the Yellow River has been heavy and complicated, so recently I took three or five followers to patrol the embankment. Looking up, the river is surging. , the grass and trees are lingering, the spring breeze on the embankment suddenly rises and the willows are piled up with smoke. I feel gloomy and my eyes are vaguely in front of my eyes. I once recalled what I said in February. The Central Plains was in turmoil, leading the army to quell the rebellion but missed the appointment, thinking about it until now, I still feel regretful... I only hope that my sister will take good care of her jade body and take care of her body with medicine and diet. The younger sister goes boating on the lake, admiring the hibiscus together... throwing a pen hurts my feelings, and I feel lost when I write a book."

Daiyu's snowy face was as greasy as jade, her peach cheeks were flushed like a brocade of clouds, her heart was pounding, and her slender hand holding the letterhead trembled slightly.

This... accidentally saw Yangliu piled up with smoke, vaguely resembling her eyebrows, and then thought of her?

This is really...

Well, her brows and eyes, I can tell when I look in the mirror, they are indeed curly and slightly relaxed like willows, so that is also true.

Moreover, he still remembered to take himself out for a walk, so when he visited the embankment, he thought of her.

In fact, this is the imagination of the text, which puts some emotions that cannot be expressed directly in the pen. If Jia Heng was in person, he would never say these words.

Therefore, Jia Heng's letters and paper are still mainly based on asking about the cold and the warmth, but between the lines there is a love letter of "the mountains and rivers are vast, and the world is filled with fireworks, and there is no one who is you, and no one is not you." It was a bright spring day, when I suddenly saw willows on the embankment, I thought of Daiyu, that kind of unintentional carving, just like eating and drinking water, just with a touch of poetry in sincerity.

Of course, Jia Heng has automatically hidden the part of inspecting the river embankment with Princess Xianning.

No matter what, the words at this moment are like a big net woven with love threads, and the lamb can only bleat in the net.

Zijuan picked up the teapot to make Siam tea, and asked with a chuckle, "Girl, what did Master Heng write in the letter?"

Now Daiyu read the text several times again, put the letter in her heart, and said softly: "I didn't write anything, just let me take good care of my body."

Looking at Xiafei's cheeks and the shining eyes of her own girl, Zijuan smiled lightly without piercing, took the tea cup over, and said softly: "Would you like to write a letter to the uncle? If you don't reply, I will It’s also a loss of courtesy.”

Daiyu lowered her eyebrows and said softly, "Well, I can't lose my courtesy."

She has been writing letters every day recently, but it's just not easy to send them out.

Daiyu sat down, put away the letter in a precious way, and was about to pick up the brush and write on the letterhead.

"By the way, is this letter just one, or are there other ones?" Daiyu asked suddenly.

Zijuan didn't think about it for a while, and replied: "Sister Ping'er said that she still has to send it to each room. I saw that she seemed to have several letters in her hand..."

In the end, when I realized it, my voice was a little weaker.

Daiyu: "???"

Several letters, this...

Seeing this, Zijuan had other thoughts, and said with a smile: "Girl, the uncle finally came to write a letter, and he can't be alone with the girl. I heard that he sent a letter to the second master. I thought it was a question." It's about family affairs."

When Daiyu heard this, the strange feeling in her heart dissipated a little bit, her starry eyes were slightly annoyed, and she said, "I didn't expect to just give it to me..."

What does it mean to just write a letter to her?

Isn't it that Rongning and Ningfu are all paying attention to this side?

(End of this chapter)