The True Winner of the Red Chamber

The two agreed, Li Daji stood up, respectfully sent Kang He out of the door, and the two were still saying goodbye at the door, when suddenly someone rushed in in a panic.

"What is it like!" Li Daji couldn't hold back his face when the servants made such a gesture in front of Kang He.

After being reprimanded by the old man, the servant hurriedly stopped, changed to a fast step and took two steps ahead, and then said in a slightly frightened tone: "The eunuch who passed the decree came outside, and he has already entered the mountain gate!"

Li Daji was startled, and he didn't care about losing his composure. He stared straight at Kang He. In his opinion, the eunuch must have come to look for Kang He. Otherwise, who else could it be?

"This..." Kang He was also a little hesitant. If he had agreed with the imperial grandfather to study in Qingsong Academy incognito, the imperial grandfather also agreed.Of course, the superficial reasons are very good.

The first thing is to see the level of Qingsong Academy, a place that can teach several champions, and by the way, see if there is any cheating in the largest examination room in Jiangnan.

You must know that in the last two provincial examinations, Jiangnan revealed that the examination questions were leaked. Although in the end it was found that there was no such thing, and the students who failed the examination were used to vent their anger. They were all made up randomly, but the emperor couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Of course there are deeper reasons.

That is Kang He's own father, the current crown prince is afraid that he will soon be abolished.

When Kang He was born, his father was already the crown prince. In addition, the crown prince ranked first, and Kang He also ranked first, so besides the eldest son of the prince, Kang He also had the title of eldest grandson.

Just like the prince reserved the throne of the emperor, Kang He also reserved the throne of the next prince in advance.

But as the prince's younger brothers grew up day by day, they also began to covet the prince's throne, and almost all united to set him up, but this is not the most important thing.

Because only the emperor can determine the ownership of the throne.

The emperor is getting old, looking at the young and vigorous prince, the emperor has long forgotten that this is his own son, and he is the prince he personally chose. There is only one thing in his mind: this person is here to take over my throne Yes, the throne will be his after I die.

Will he expect me to die soon?

The last straw is the prince's ability to govern the country.

It would be fine if the prince was mediocre, but the point is that the prince is too outstanding.

In the early years, the emperor’s personal conquest lasted for three years. The prince began to supervise the country at the young age of 14, and he was trained early. It can be said that without the old emperor, the country will not be chaotic at all, and the transition will definitely be smooth.

Even sometimes the crown prince and the emperor disagreed in their political views. After the cabinet group discussion, the probability of their ideas being implemented was basically [-]/[-].

If it is said that the emperor did not want to step down, and even intervened in the government affairs after becoming the Supreme Emperor, let alone still in power.

So under such circumstances, the unlucky one can only be the prince.

However, the prince realized it too late, when he knew to hide his clumsiness, the matter was already irreparable.

The old emperor became more and more disgusted with the prince who started eating, drinking and having fun all day long, and ignored political affairs. He only thought that he did it on purpose, in order...to let himself relax his vigilance and pass the throne to him as soon as possible.

So in this situation, in order not to be caught up in the net, or...after the crown prince was abolished, he still had the capital to earn the throne, Kang He went to Jiangnan while traveling abroad.

There are many students in Jiangnan, and they are in this Qingsong Academy. Maybe today’s classmates will become champions tomorrow, become editors of the Hanlin Academy, or censors. The chief minister of the cabinet who can shake the ground.

So Kang He was also surprised when he heard the news of the people coming from the capital. He had agreed with the imperial grandfather at the beginning that he would wait until at least he had to take the provincial examination before returning to Beijing. It's not as good as going through the scientific examination together.

"Who is here? Who is the order for?" Kang He frowned and asked directly.

The servant took a look at the old man. Although he knew that this was a student that both the old man and the old man valued, it was still a bit rude to talk ahead of him.

But at this glance, the old man not only did not intend to blame, but still had an expression of "Why didn't you tell me?" The servant restrained his mind and said, "I never asked, I came back to report the news when I heard the news."

Kang He narrowed his eyes and said, "No matter who the imperial decree is for, it is necessary to set up an incense table first."

"That's right, that's right. If the altar table is not ready, the imperial decree cannot be issued." Li Daji recalled, "You take someone to open the warehouse to prepare things. If the eunuch comes, please invite him to the side hall first." Said When he got here, Li Daji went to look at Kang He again, only to see him shaking his head slightly.

"The old man will go to inquire about the news first."

Not long after, the eunuch from Beijing had been welcomed into the side hall.

Li Daji is the head of Qingsong Academy, so he is very familiar with etiquette. When he saw the eunuch's clothes and his age, he knew that the eunuch was very favored.

At about thirty, he entered the Prison of Rituals. Although he was the lowest eunuch in the Prison of Rituals and was also responsible for running errands, his future was limitless.

The eunuchs in the Supervisor of Rituals are all literate, not only literate, but the ones who teach them to read and write are all from the Hanlin Academy or the Imperial Academy, so they are all good at writing.

And when he was running errands, he sent memos from officials, as well as imperial edicts issued by the emperor.

Furthermore, at his age, it is not impossible to be promoted to the eunuch of the palm seal. At that time, if the emperor is not very reasonable, the eunuch of the palm seal will not have the upper hand even if he is the chief assistant of the cabinet.

"Please." Li Daji handed over the teacup on the table.

"Good tea!" The eunuch praised, and said with a smile: "I have heard that the old man is very knowledgeable. This time our family will come to Jiangnan to ask for advice."

"Don't dare, dare not." Li Daji replied very politely, thinking that the eunuch's attitude was not bad, he said: "Dare you come this time, is it..."

The eunuch smiled, "Your Majesty has orders for Lord Zhen."

Li Daji's heart tightened, and he hurriedly sent someone to invite Zhen Yingjia again, only to hear the eunuch say again.

"...Our family went to Zhen's house first in the morning, but Master Zhen has already come to the academy. Our family heard that Master Zhen came with his children. Instead of calling him back, we should go there in person..."

Li Daji was suspicious, thinking of the resignation that his son-in-law said earlier, is it because of this matter?However, it seems a bit grand to have specially sent the eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies to deliver the decree.

Or is there something tricky about it?Or the memorial to the grandson-in-law was not finished?

For a while Li Daji had countless thoughts in his mind, but he became more and more worried.

He put up all his energy to greet the eunuch, but the eunuch who came out of the chief of ceremonies was naturally not an ordinary person, so he didn't say anything, and only said that he would wait until Lord Zhen came to announce the decree.

Over there, Zhen Yingjia came down from the mountain, just finished getting acquainted with Baoyu, and changed her clothes again, when she heard the eunuch coming ahead, and brought the emperor's order for him.

It's also a coincidence, but I don't need to go to freshen up.

Not long after, all the people came, and the incense table was ready. The eunuch stood in the middle, looked at the kneeling people in front of him, coughed and cleared his throat.

"Why is there someone else in the room?" The eunuch was thinking about the order, but when he saw a shadowy figure in the window in the back room, he immediately turned cold, which was disrespectful.

Li Daji's face froze, the one inside was the emperor's eldest grandson Kanghe, because he was blocked in the courtyard, Li Daji invited him to sit in the inner room, unexpectedly, the emperor's eldest grandson, who was always cautious, lost his chain at a critical moment.

But it was useless to explain anything at this time, Kang He was invited out.

Unexpectedly, it was the eunuch who changed his face this time, it's just that everyone in the Li family, Zhen Yingjia, and the servants in the yard were all kneeling, no one could see it.

Kang He shook his head at the eunuch, and found a place to kneel down.The eunuch pretended as if he didn't recognize Kang He, didn't say a word, coughed again, and began to announce the decree.

The imperial decree was all about routines. First, it praised the hard work of the Zhen family, and then it affirmed that Zhen Yingjia had worked for about ten years. Finally, the topic changed, and there were only three words that really related to him.

"I'm ready."

It's just that although Zhen Yingjia resigned, the emperor's palace cannot be left alone, so the eunuch came to temporarily take over Zhen Yingjia's care of the palace. As for whether the palace will be under the eunuch's management in the future, it is not clear from the imperial decree.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Zhen Yingjia.

Although he is not in a hurry these days, he is not very sure in his heart. All the plans behind him, such as passively taking his daughter back from the prince's mansion, or wanting to put aside ties with the four major Jinling families who committed suicide, or even want to The first step to take part in the imperial examinations is to resign.

Only by drawing a clear line with the former Zhen Yingjia can a new life begin.

Otherwise, he bears the name of the head of the emperor's palace. Although he has a lot of power, how can he draw a clear line from the corrupted nobles?

In this era when scholars value reputation more than name, if he did not come from the imperial examination, it would be impossible for him to be accepted into the real powerful class anyway.

Zhen Yingjia smiled like a spring breeze, and smiled as she took the imperial decree from the eunuch.

And this time's incognito, when he was named on the gold list, everyone would be shocked.

A person who has become an official, for the ambition and strength of a scholar, mustered up the courage to start all over again.

As long as this news breaks out, he will become an excellent role model for scholar Qingliu, and his high moral character will be his biggest advantage in the cabinet in the future.

What followed was an increasingly prominent reputation, and the golden finger of turning a deer into a horse was just around the corner.

But... the eunuch's last words lifted Zhen Yingjia's heart again.

"Your Majesty still has an order, please come with us to the inner room."

This time it was not only Zhen Yingjia, but also Li Daji's heart.

According to the eunuch, Zhen Yingjia was still Mr. Zhen, but now his official position is gone, and he doesn't even have an honorary title.

Zhen Yingjia followed the eunuch to the inner room where Cai Kanghe hid just now, but after he thought about it, he decided that it was unlikely that the Holy Majesty would pass on any bad words.

After all, even agreeing to his resignation does not need to write an imperial decree, as long as the Ministry of Officials issues a document, the matter will be resolved, not to mention sending eunuchs here with great fanfare...

Zhen Yingjia was thinking so, but seeing the eunuch in front of him turned cold, he shouted sharply: "Nonsense!"

The author has something to say: Zhen Yingjia: This day has been full of ups and downs, but I still feel that the Holy One sent eunuchs here with great fanfare, and Kang He, who still has me in mind: this is here to find me...