The True Winner of the Red Chamber

"It will be eleven in one month." Zhen Yingjia smiled, staring at the door intently.In his memory, the eldest daughter looks very similar to Li Shi, and she was sensible since childhood, otherwise the original owner would not have sent her into the palace.

After all, to send a brainless daughter in here is to some extent suicidal.

"Big sister is coming back?" Baoyu was very shy since entering the palace, but when she heard that her sister was coming, she tightly grasped Zhen Yingjia's sleeve and asked in a low voice.

Zhen Yingjia patted his head, and heard the eunuch sent by Kang He continue.

"Right now, everyone in the Eastern Palace wears mourning clothes for the crown princess. Before he left, the prince specially ordered her to change clothes. He also said that he had been away from home for two years and finally met, so he was not in a hurry to send her back."

Zhen Yingjia couldn't believe all of this, so easy?

Is it so easy to take my daughter back?

He subconsciously looked at the queen and the emperor, both of whom were waiting for Zhiyin to come in, and had no objection to Kang He's proposal.

At this moment, the maid brought Zhiyin in.

I haven't seen her for two years, and Zhiyin is completely different from the little girl in the memory of the original owner. Although she came in to dress up people, she walks smoothly, her steps are not chaotic, and the jewelry on her head does not move at all.

This appearance made Zhen Yingjia a little proud, but more sad.

Baoyu now sometimes trips herself while walking.

Zhen Yingjia looked at the daughter left behind by the original owner, he accepted the first three without much effort, and it was the same for this one.

The father and daughter looked at each other with tears in their eyes. For a while, even the empress and emperor watched all this with smiles, and no one in the room spoke.

It was Baoyu who broke the silence, and he rushed directly into Zhiyin's arms without any shyness, and said, "Big sister, I finally see you."

Such a collision knocked Zhiyin's tears down, she stepped forward, bowed prostratingly, "Father, my daughter is not filial, and cannot be filial in front of you."

Zhen Yingjia helped him up and said, "There will be opportunities in the future."

But after looking closely face to face, he felt that his daughter's life in the East Palace was not very good.

It stands to reason that the little girl who is about to turn 11 years old is living a life of luxury in the palace, and her face should not be haggard anyway, and there are two big dark circles under the eyes.

Of course, the Crown Princess is mourning these days, and the people in the Crown Princess's palace also have to wear mourning, but because they are servants, they don't have to watch for several hours a day.

Zhen Yingjia remembered that when Mrs. Li passed away, the family members had to be there for twelve hours a day, but the servants were divided into six shifts, with each shift lasting two hours.

According to this calculation, even if his daughter is not popular and all of them work at night, it is only four hours, and there is still a lot of time to sleep when they come back.

How did she become like this?

Zhiyin's face was covered with tears, and Baoyu's face was blurred from crying. The mother in the empress's palace stepped forward in time and said, "Mother, I took these two little masters to wash up."

The queen waved her hand, and the two were led down.

The queen was also a little sad just now. She looked at Zhiyin's back and sighed: "The princess treats her very well. She has been trembling all these years, and she is not cold or hot when getting along with her sisters-in-law. Who knows you The daughter is in her eyes, and she even asked her to stay in her own room, so she doesn't make her tired, just reading and writing all day long."

Hearing the queen's words, which were a bit like an explanation, but also a bit like a favor, Zhen Yingjia had to admit that he was more grateful to Kang He, and was thinking about how to help Kang He show his presence, when the queen spoke again.

This time I said it with a smile.

"It's better for Kang He to come back." She patted the emperor's arm while laughing, "If I'm not afraid of your jokes, it's better for Kang He to be able to stand up. As soon as he comes back, the East Palace will look like it immediately."

Zhen Yingjia expressed doubts. Although he must have preconceived it, but no matter how he heard it, he felt that the queen's words were also intended for Kang He, and wanted to push Kang He out to compete for the throne after the prince's downfall.

But it is not difficult to understand that grandsons are always better than other people's sons.

Zhen Yingjia thought, when she gets to know the queen well, maybe she can cooperate a little bit.

"Kang He is not bad." The emperor smiled, "He is very sensible when he goes out this time, and he even took the imperial examination. Now he is a child."

The queen also smiled and praised her own grandson, "Speaking of which, our family has gone out to travel in their 17s or [-]s, and he is the first one. You always said that the master in the imperial study is good at teaching, but now it seems that it is really good. , Kang He is only [-] years old, he is a child, and it is worth celebrating in anyone's home."

The emperor nodded, "Who said no, alas, it's a pity that she died early." Speaking of the princess, the atmosphere suddenly became a little dull again, "Kang He can't go out this year. I still remember when he went out, it was I plan to take the imperial examination all the way to the imperial examination." The emperor thought about his grandson's ambitions, and it was a pity.

"Kang He said that you lived in the same room with him in the academy." The emperor pointed at Zhen Yingjia and said with a smile, "He has worked hard. Didn't he ask Cao Fuxiang to help him bribe the examiner?"

Knowing that the emperor wanted to liven up the atmosphere, Zhen Yingjia smiled wryly and said, "His identity is kept a secret, really..." Zhen Yingjia shook her head cooperatively, "No one in the academy knew, if it wasn't for this time He was on camera together, I still don't know."

In fact, Zhen Yingjia felt that he was not worth talking. After all, he used to think that Kang He was the prince. Knowing his true identity, he was really on the way to Beijing, and he was already very close to the capital at that time.

As he said that, he looked at the emperor and complained a little: "Obviously I still called the head of the mountain to call my grandfather, but I didn't even hide it from me." He listed them one by one, "When Eunuch Cao came to Qingsong Academy, how many times did he go back and forth?" It's all in the name of looking for me." Zhen Yingjia shook her head, "Oh, Kang He worked hard, back then... I couldn't help feeling competitive."

As he spoke, he sighed: "If I hadn't watched him work hard every day, I wouldn't have won the case."

The emperor laughed loudly, "Kang He deserves half of the credit for your crime."

Zhen Yingjia nodded approvingly, looked at the emperor distressed and said, "Kang He's identity is so tightly concealed that no one has seen it through, and I don't know where he learned it from."

The emperor laughed, "I learned this from me. No, he follows me in his temperament. When I went to Jiangnan, your father didn't see through it, hahaha." The emperor laughed and said, "I still remember when I went back to Jiangnan with a yellow robe. By the time, your father's eyeballs were about to fall out."

Zhen Yingjia looked distressed at being cheated, but in her heart she was quickly recalling the news left by her father. When did he start collecting gossip about the emperor?

Hehe, in fact, the emperor was the one who was deceived.

Zhen Yingjia suddenly felt that she had regained her place, and joined the ranks of laughing.

After a while, several people stopped laughing. The queen went to comfort the emperor, pretending to be casual and said: "You are laughing out of tears. I haven't seen you so happy for a long time. It seems that this child is indeed worthy of your mention." She gave Zhen Yingjia a look, "Tomorrow, we need to announce him into the palace more."

Zhen Yingjia hastily agreed.

The three of them drank two sips of tea, and the emperor asked: "This time you go to Beijing, stay longer. What's so good about Jiangnan? It's humid all year round. It's so stuffy in summer that you can't breathe, and it's so cold in winter that you're sick." frostbite."

"How can you say that." The queen glanced at the emperor, and said to Zhen Yingjia, "Stay longer."

Zhen Yingjia immediately said: "Exactly, I still want to go to the Imperial College to study for two days. I was studying in Qingsong Academy earlier, and the head of the mountain also said that it is different from the Imperial College. Now that I have free time, I want to study hard for two years. "

The emperor nodded, and suddenly said: "Accordingly, you are the first in the county examination and the government examination, so you should have a place to study in the Imperial College. Why did you come here to ask for it?"

Zhen Yingjia said with a smile: "You have to pass the college exam, and this year Jinling Province has changed its school administration, so I can't care about these things."

The emperor frowned. The change of school and administration was considered a major event. The emperor still remembered the name on the imperial decree. Naturally, he even remembered the time clearly. It was said that it had been changed for several months, so why is it still in a mess?

When Zhen Yingjia saw the emperor frown and thoughtfully, she knew that the eye medicine was a success.

But enough has been said today, and the quota of Qingsong Academy's examination papers may have to wait until next time.This quota has a huge impact on the reputation of the academy.

No matter it is the Jiangnan officialdom or the imperial court, there is such an unspoken rule: no change until there is a problem.

Li Shouzhong used such a lame reason to replace Qingsong Academy, giving outsiders the impression that Qingsong Academy had done something bad, so that many students dropped out this year, and his old grandfather started to pull out his hair in a hurry.

However, so many students came out of Qingsong Academy, and many of them were high-ranking officials. Zhen Yingjia thought, even if he didn't move, after these people understood what was going on, they would have to spare their hands to deal with Li Shouzhong.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia said again: "The college exam will be next year, and it happens to be the Chinese New Year, so I will go back to Jinling to take the exam."

"Why go back to Jinling?" The empress said this, she glanced at the emperor and said, "It's better to stay in the capital, but it's just a matter of your words."

Zhen Yingjia squinted his eyes, and felt that the queen wanted to keep him, mostly because the East Palace was isolated and helpless, and he, Zhen Yingjia, from sending his daughter to the East Palace to going to Beijing with Kang and a boat, showed the smell of a princeling inside and out .

Zhen Yingjia suddenly felt that this was not a bad idea. With the hat of a princeling on his head, it would not be too risky to do activities for Kang He in private.

Thinking of this, he looked at the emperor longingly.

"That's all." The emperor said to the little eunuch who was waiting on the side: "Go and find Dai Quan."

Zhen Yingjia couldn't help jumping in her heart, this Dai Quan was the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies, and the seal he was in charge of was the emperor's great seal.

When Kang He analyzed the situation in central Beijing with him, this one was the one that all the princes were fighting for, and the prince was no exception.

Not long after, a eunuch who was about [-] years old but energetic came in, and the emperor said: "Go and get him a place to study in the Imperial College. Let's take the exam in the capital."

Does this solve it?

Things went so smoothly that Zhen Yingjia couldn't believe herself.

This time the expression on his face was real, the emperor was very happy to see it, and said: "You have to study hard, otherwise I will never forgive you!"

Zhen Yingjia nodded emphatically.

The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, and it is not easy to spare so much time to joke with Zhen Yingjia. Looking at the sunset outside, the emperor said: "I won't keep you today, go back and have a good rest for two days, and I will announce you to come in again."

Zhen Yingjia thanked her, and the queen sent someone to bring Zhiyin and Baoyu out. Zhiyin had a small burden in her hand, and Zhen Yingjia was very happy to see her, so she was about to leave the palace.

When the carriage left the palace gate, Zhen Yingjia felt that his daughter was a little too silent, and just about to speak, Zhiyin who was sitting opposite him suddenly raised her head, and paused with red eyes.

"I have to go back! I want to go back to the East Palace!"