The Red Mansions

Chapter 90
A carriage was pulled by a maroon horse with smooth fur and strong hooves, and walked on the bluestone slatted Suzaku Avenue towards Miyagi.

Inside the carriage, it was spacious and elegant, with exquisite decoration, and even a small nanmu table with tea and fruit placed on it.

Princess Jinyang sat in the middle, with a dignified manner, elegant and graceful, staring at the young man in green shirt and straight clothes, put down the teacup, and asked: "Just now, Mr. Jia still has some doubts about my order. place?"

But on the way just now, Princess Jinyang explained the etiquette for meeting the emperor.

There is nothing like three kneeling and nine knocking, it is not a national ceremony.

Jia Heng nodded and said: "I have no objection, thank you for your advice, Your Highness."

Li Chanyue at the side sized up the young man opposite, and seeing his face was upright, she understood just now that Jia Heng seemed to have written a storybook, and then the emperor's uncle took a fancy to him, so he called him into the palace to ask for approval.

"This person looks a little different from those famous people in the past. The famous people my mother knew before are not so young, they are not a few years older than me, and the emperor's uncle is very familiar with poetry, poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." Not very interested, but summoning this person, I think he is a knowledgeable person." Princess Qinghe tilted her head, blinked her bright eyes, and a flash of curiosity flashed in her heart, lingering in the arms of the young man opposite with her clear eyes. on the wooden box.

Of course, she wouldn't guess her mother randomly, otherwise, after she tossed about something that didn't happen, her mother would pay attention to it.

When several people had different thoughts, the carriage had already driven into the Jiuzhong Emperor's Tower.

Because the eldest princess of Jinyang is favored by the two palaces, she has a license to drive the carriage in front of Majesty Dan, but Princess Jinyang has no reason to drive the carriage into Daming Palace, so she handed over the carriage to an inner prisoner, and helped her daughter Li Chanyue get off carriage.

Jia Heng stood in the Chen Han Palace, looked around, and saw that in the distance there were well-arranged palace buildings, cornices, brackets, red walls and black tiles, court ladies, inner eunuchs, warriors, guards, passing by in pairs, looking hurriedly. .

A man born between heaven and earth, with a three-foot sword, should live in this mansion!

For some reason, this thought came to Jia Heng's mind. Although it passed away in a flash, it seemed to have some kind of magical power, and it grew in the bottom of his heart. It was a thing called "ambition".

"Little Mr. Jia, forgot what I told you just now?" Princess Jinyang glanced at Jia Heng with her beautiful eyes, hummed softly, and said with a smile.

"Seeing the majesty of the Tian Family and the depth of the imperial palace, I forgot to look around for a while, and I invite Her Royal Highness Haihan." Jia Heng looked at Princess Jinyang and cupped his hands.

Princess Jinyang smiled slightly, and said: "Okay, I know you are a young man, and I looked around curiously, but you must not do this when you are in the next saint, otherwise, you will be scolded by the inner eunuch. At that time, I will face you It's not pretty either."

Although it is said that foreign officials are not allowed to look around when they enter the palace, but that is just a rule. For example, Princess Jinyang disregards the palace prohibition and enters and exits like home, so naturally she will not feel too much awe, but she just doesn't want to cause trouble.

Just now, she only thought of Jia Heng as a young man, but she didn't care about it.

After Jia Heng finished speaking, he regained his gaze.

Just now, I just took advantage of the time when I got off the car to see the luxury and magnificence of Chen Han's court.

Daming Palace, side hall
Autumn sunlight falls from the window of the pavilion, and falls on the imperial case made of red cedar. Emperor Chongping, who is wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a hard-footed headband, holds a brush in his hand, on a piece of rice paper spread out, Concentrating on writing "Linjiang Immortal".

The emperor seemed to like this poem very much.

In the past two days, I don't know how many times I wrote it.

"No matter how many things in ancient and modern times, they are all jokes." Emperor Chongping's eyes were bright and sharp under his thin brows, and he muttered in his mouth. There are a few inexplicable meanings.

Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the Daming Palace, was in his early fifties, with gray hair, bowed his waist, walked to the incense cage, sorted agarwood, ice chips and other things from the jade pot handed by the eunuch, and poured them into the pot. Into a smoked cage with sparks.

Taking a sneak peek at the emperor behind the case, Dai Quan's eyes flickered, his mind was inexplicable.

Secretly thought, Your Majesty has written this song "Linjiang Immortal" five times in the past two days, and that kid named Jia Heng from Ningguo Mansion may have caught His Majesty's attention.

Not to mention other things, being transferred to Hongwenguan to study history and write books is at least better than Wencuige to manage the collection of books.

At this moment, Dai Quan noticed that the little eunuch tugged on his sleeve, nodded, and walked quietly outside the hall.

"Elder-in-law, His Highness Jin Yang brought the little Princess and that Jia Heng to see His Majesty." The eunuch said in a low voice.

Dai Quan nodded and turned back, just in time to see the emperor picking up the teacup and drinking the tea.

"Your Majesty, Princess Jinyang handed over the sign, saying that Jia Heng, the descendant of Duke Ning, has been brought to the palace." Dai Quan said with a chuckle.

"Oh?" Emperor Chongping put down the teacup, and there was a crisp sound from the gaiwan, which was rare in the Daming Palace in the past.

Hearing this voice, Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment, but he suppressed the anxious expression on his face. After being silent for two breaths, he said in a deep voice, "Xuan."

Dai Quan was slightly surprised, and took the order to leave.

Not long after, a beautiful woman in palace attire came in steps. On the left was a slender young man in a green shirt and straight gown, and on the right was a girl in a pink skirt. The three quickly walked around the screen and entered the side hall.

Walk to the front and stand, and salute.

The sun shines from the window of the pavilion, casting the figures of two in front and one in back, two big and one small, on the screen of mountains and rivers. If you don't mark it specially, you may think it is a family of three.

Emperor Chongping raised his eyes and felt an inexplicable strange feeling in his heart. Before he could think carefully, he only heard:
"Chenmei has seen the emperor's brother."

The eldest princess of Jinyang gave a salute.

"Grassman Jia Heng has seen the Holy Majesty, long live, long live, long live." Jia Heng also bowed to the side, and said the lines drawn up by the eldest princess expressionlessly. , but there is no need to stick to kneeling.

"Changyue has met your uncle, and I greet your uncle." Li Chanyue said with a coquettish smile, and then ran to the case of Emperor Chongping, and said with a sweet smile, "What is your uncle writing about?"

"Write and write at will." Looking at Li Chanyue, Emperor Chongping smiled, raised his eyes to look at the young man in green shirt with sharp eyebrows and sharp face, the smile faded from his face, and he asked in a deep voice: "You are the one who wields the sword?" And enter the Rongxi Hall to scold Jia Ziyu who is a member of the Jia family?"

This question is very puzzling, but entering the Rongxi Hall with a sword and angrily scolding the members of the Jia clan seems to be a compliment, but combined with the blunt and indifferent tone, it seems that there is something else to say.

Jia Heng's eyes were lowered, his thoughts turned, and he cupped his hands and said, "The Holy One has learned that Cao Min is the victim of Jia Zhen's case."

"The victim?" Emperor Chongping's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Although Jia Zhen tried to commit crimes and was sentenced to prison, the young man in front of her is indeed a victim.

Jia Heng looked calm and thoughtful.

This is to show weakness, but it can be regarded as an answer to Emperor Chongping's question.

As expected, Emperor Chongping's voice softened a bit, "Jia Zhen's crime is a crime of lawlessness. There is a judge to judge, and it has been judged. I will let the eldest princess call you into the palace, and we will not discuss the case."

Jia Heng relaxed slightly, and thought to himself, didn't you mention it first?
However, it can also be seen from this that Emperor Chongping's disposition... is self-respecting, and his temperament hides his stubbornness.

Eldest Princess Jinyang, who was on the side, smiled lightly on her snow-like face, and said softly, "Brother Emperor, Jia Heng's first manuscript of the Three Kingdoms has been finished."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Jia Heng.

Jia Heng understood and handed over the wooden box.

On this side, Dai Quan stretched out his hand to take it, opened it for inspection first, and then handed it over, smiling: "Your Majesty, please read it."

Jia Heng paused, and said: "This is the original manuscript, it has not been transcribed yet."

Emperor Chongping nodded at Jia Heng, but his expression was much more relaxed, and he said in a clear voice: "I heard from Jin Yang that you are going to publish and print, and I am not someone who is unreasonable. Let you take the manuscript with you."

Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "The Holy Master has learned from you."

Emperor Chongping opened the manuscript, and it was a neatly bound stack.

The original manuscript is not the same as the excerpted version. Emperor Chongping's eyes lit up when he saw it. The characters are painted with iron hooks and penetrate the back of the paper.

Find the sixth episode I saw last time.

Then there is "scrub..."

Unexpectedly, he stopped paying attention to a few people and started to read.

Jia Heng stood where he was, waiting quietly.

Thinking about it, Emperor Chongping's reading speed is an old bookworm. When listening to the Hanlin lectures, he often tore the tome into pages and read them in the textbook.

Knowing that he would have to wait for a while, Jia Heng cursed.

After all, there are nine chapters, and you can't read them all in a short while. Jia Heng looked calm and waited patiently.

On this side, under the arrangement of Dai Quan in the Daming Palace, Princess Jinyang sat down on the pear flower wood chair beside her. A horse sculpture carved from Hetian jade.

Jia Heng stood for about half a quarter of an hour, and suddenly smelled a faint fragrance. Looking back, he saw the beautiful and charming eldest princess, and gave him a wink, signaling him to sit on the chair beside him and rest.

Jia Heng: "..."

In front of the bookshelf, Li Chanyue, who was playing with a fan, looked up and noticed the winking of the two, her bright eyes twinkled, and she put down the fan.

Jia Heng shook her head at Princess Chang.

He stood guard in his previous life, and he stood there for a long time. It's okay to stand for a while.

It didn't know how long it took before Emperor Chongping got up from his bed, feeling both refreshed and lost.

How should I put it, it's like the feeling of saving manuscripts for three days and killing them in one afternoon.

At this time, an hour and a half had passed, and the twilight was falling into the sky. Dai Quan ordered the eunuch to light the lamp.

Emperor Chongping looked up at Jia Heng, saw him standing, and said, "Jia Heng."

Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "Caomin is here."

"Come here, take a seat." Emperor Chongping ordered Dai Quan.

Although he focused on reading just now, he was not indifferent to the small movements of Jinyang's mother and daughter just now.

"It seems that Jia Heng possesses fists and kicks, it's not a lie." Emperor Chongping thought.

Jia Heng said: "The sages dare not sit in front of the Holy Majesty."

"I told you to sit, so you sit." Emperor Chongping frowned and said in a deep voice.

Jia Heng cupped his hands and sat down. There was no way to sit on half a chair, but to stand upright and calm.

This is a good demeanor developed in the military career in the previous life.

Emperor Chongping was stunned for a moment, hiding the admiration in his eyes, and said, "Jia Heng, how many chapters are there in your Three Kingdoms manuscript, and when did Liu Xuande have a foundation?"

Even knowing the history, I still couldn't help asking.

Jia Heng thought to himself, indeed the angle of view brought in is Liu Bei, of course, this is a work of respecting Liu and belittling Cao.

　Wait for another chapter.

　
(End of this chapter)