The True Winner of the Red Chamber

Zhen Yingjia was walking towards the palace in a carriage, but he hadn't figured out what to say, so the carriage was getting slower and slower.

At the same time, the person in Jia's mansion who was supposed to deliver something to the eldest girl, but actually reported to the fourth prince, had already entered the palace.He first delivered the jewelry, clothes, silver, etc. to Yuan Chun, and then told Yuan Chun about the Jia family's plan, and then he was taken to have tea and dinner by his servants.

"Go and ask the prince to come here." Yuan Chun glanced at Baoqin and said: "Just say that my natal family sent the new autumn white dew. I heard that the prince loves this tea the most. I specially prepared tea and snacks. Please come and taste it .”

Baoqin led the order to go, and soon brought the fourth prince Ruiqi.

Yuan Chun Yingying bowed down, Rui Qi took two steps forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "I know you are an elegant person in the palace. I'm afraid you are the only one in my house who knows tea, poetry and can play the piano."

Yuan Chun took a shy look at Rui Qi, and the two sat down on both sides of the desk, Yuan Chun helped Rui Qi up with a handkerchief and made tea for Rui Qi himself.

Yuan Chun is a beauty, and her movements are very elegant. Although Rui Qi is anxious about the news of Jia's coming, but with this kind of beauty in her company, she can still be patient.

Not long after, after two cups of tea and a piece of dessert, Yuan Chun took the handkerchief and wiped it on the corner of his mouth without hesitation, and said with a smile: "Today I will also host a banquet for the prince."

Rui Qi smiled and nodded, "I am very satisfied."

Yuan Chun said: "It's a coincidence that today my natal family also arranged a banquet to invite people."

Rui Qi knew that it was Zhen Yingjia who was talking about, and there was a bit of expectation in his tone, "I don't know who is inviting?"

Yuan Chun smiled, handed Rui Qi another cup of tea, and said, "Master of the Zhen family, speaking of him, he is about the same age as the prince, but I still have to call him uncle."

"Who told your mother to give birth to you so early." Rui Qi smiled and touched Yuan Chun's face, seeing the beauty blushing, the impatience in his heart slightly eased.

Yuan Chun gave Rui Qi a squinting look, and said, "I wanted the prince to see him too, but he said that these days I'm busy preparing for the imperial examination, so I'm afraid I don't have much time."

Rui Qi's face turned gloomy, and Yuan Chun hurriedly said: "The exam will be at the beginning of next year, and it won't be too long if I think about it."

Rui Qi didn't say a word, he didn't know what he was thinking with a sullen face, and said for a while: "This king has important things to do." After standing up, he said: "Prepare the wine and food, and come to see you in the evening."

After leaving the courtyard, Ruiqi went to the study.

There was a person sitting in the study room, it was the Fifth Prince Rui Ding. Seeing his expression, Rui Qi said, "He refused." Although Rui Ding still had a cold face, he couldn't help but hear this. He also frowned and said, "We must pull him over."

"He's just an individual, how useful can he be?" Rui Qi asked back, quite carelessly.

"You do the math!" Although he was facing his elder brother, the fifth prince's aura was stronger, "The emperor allowed him to resign, allowed him to take the imperial examination, and changed his yellow book. You and I are also under the prince's care." After twenty years, have you ever seen the second one?"

Ruiqi didn't speak.

"There are also this house, father's private house, five of which were originally intended to be used by the abolished prince, and I will give him one when I see him." Rui Ding stood up, already feeling a little anxious, "From the second brother to the sixth brother, there are five princes who have moved out of the palace. When did the father care so much?"

Rui Qi shook his head.

After a while, he squinted his eyes and said, "I'm not afraid... My new concubine Jia once said that the two of them are holding each other's hand, there's a soft one and a hard one. Besides, who doesn't love power?" , I promised him great profits, how could he not bend over?"

Rui Ding nodded, and said: "I told you in advance, act quickly, if he is recruited by other people, it will be a big trouble!"

"Of course I know, I'll go and urge Jia Shi again in the evening."

"If Jia's family is unreliable, I think you'd better go in person." Seeing Rui Qi frowning, Rui Ding said: "With such a person speaking in front of Father, are you still afraid that something big will happen? It's normal to be a little respectful."

"I know."

Waiting for the carriage to arrive at the gate of the palace, Zhen Yingjia still hadn't figured out what to say.

Because saying this is a thread, from Jia's mansion to the fourth prince, and then... the apparent calm caused by the abolition of the prince will soon be unsustainable.

Although Zhen Yingjia didn't intend to take a low-key route, it was not what he hoped to personally kick off the prelude to the multiple heirs, and then stand on the cusp of the storm and be regarded as a target by everyone.

What's more, now...Kang He is not a character that can be put on the bright side.

Of course, if the prince died in the position of prince, Kang He, as the grandson of the emperor, would still rank ahead of his uncles in name. He doesn't even have the position of the son of the eldest son, and now he is called by the grandson of the emperor.

But... Zhen Yingjia suddenly remembered that Kang Quan had won a county throne earlier, and it seemed that he was still wearing it.

Looking at it this way, Kang He really did something.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace for a while, and guards and eunuchs immediately stepped forward to check.

Speaking of Zhen Yingjia's coachman, he actually became familiar with him at the gate of the palace. Firstly, Zhen Yingjia came here a lot. Human beings are naturally treated politely.

Of course, there is also credit for the money, the Zhen family has never been short of money, and the rewards are also full.

"You are here." As soon as the eunuch saw the coachman, he knew that Zhen Yingjia was here. He stepped forward to lift the curtain, then passed his arm over, and said, "I'm a bit late today. I'm afraid I will leave the palace soon. .”

These eunuchs and guards didn't know Zhen Yingjia's hesitation at all, they were just invited out by them, but it was hard to say that he was thinking about life at the gate of the palace, so Zhen Yingjia could only nod his head, handed over the sign and said, "I just came to see His Majesty. "

The eunuch hurriedly picked up the things and sent the news inside, and said again: "You wait a moment."

Zhen Yingjia hadn't waited for a long time before the eunuch who served in the imperial study came to pick him up. Zhen Yingjia followed him all the way to the imperial study. He was about to break out in a cold sweat, but he still couldn't figure out what to do.

Are you going to have a fight with the emperor?

Under the pressure, people's thoughts turned very fast, and when Zhen Yingjia saluted the emperor, he immediately had an idea in his mind.

He can't say it explicitly, but he can act and hint.

So when she raised her head, Zhen Yingjia immediately smiled and said, "Today I came here specially to bid farewell to the Holy Spirit."

The emperor didn't take it seriously, and said: "The Double Ninth Festival is coming, it's time to make friends with friends, climb high and look far away, and plant dogwood everywhere..." The emperor sighed, "When I was young, I was also very good at climbing mountains. Yes, it's just that my old arms and legs are tired from walking around the palace."

Zhen Yingjia kept quiet on purpose, and waited until the emperor looked up at him suspiciously because he hadn't seen him for a long time, and then Zhen Yingjia said, "It's not because of Chongyang, but because I want to go back to Jinling..."

The emperor got up immediately, looked at him with "Are you stupid" eyes, and his tone was full of disapproval, "It's only half a year before the next year's trial, what are you going to Jinling at this time! Even if you take the Grand Canal, come and go It will take two months to go back, what if it is too cold this winter and the canal is frozen?"

The emperor walked up to Zhen Yingjia, and said, "Even if I find a master for you and tell you who the examiner will be next year, you're just like this—too disappointing!"

Zhen Yingjia couldn't tell the difference, the emperor hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "But what's the matter with your family? I remember that you only brought Baoyu to Beijing, and there are your mother and two daughters at home..."

The emperor suddenly remembered that Zhen Yingjia, the son of Zhen's father, was almost 30 years old, and Zhen Yingjia's mother was probably fifty years old. "Is there something wrong with your mother?" The emperor ordered: "Take two Go to the doctor!"

Hearing the emperor's words, Zhen Yingjia felt inexplicably guilty. He shook his head and said, "It's not my mother...my two daughters in my family are left alone, and the old mother lives alone in her hometown. After the house was given, I thought it would be better to take this opportunity to bring her in so that I can take care of her for the rest of my life."

Seeing that the emperor had something to say again, Zhen Yingjia rushed to the front and said: "I heard people say that people are getting old, and I'm afraid that the climate will not suit them if they change places. It's best to start living in spring. That's why I decided to go back to Jinling now. If we can pick up people before the end of the year, the end of the year will be the beginning of spring, which is the beginning of the year."

This reason...

The emperor looked at Zhen Yingjia. Although it was in the name of filial piety, the reason was justified. The emperor himself knew something about starting to live in spring.

It is indeed so, if it is not this year to pick it up, then it will be at the end of next year, it is a bit late, the emperor nodded, but he still felt that something was wrong.

He was silent for a while, and said: "You..." Then he went around and sat down behind the desk, and said, "Have you arranged the hull for going back? The end of the year is approaching, and the canal is also in a hurry. The post station can send people to look at it." gone?"

Zhen Yingjia smiled and said, "This is to beg you."

The emperor was happy, "You haven't prepared anything for your feelings?" The emperor slapped the table after speaking, and said, "Okay, I will take care of this for you!"

Zhen Yingjia thanked her, and said again: "It's getting late, although I still want to tell you about the two families, but I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the palace any later, so I will leave now."

When Zhen Yingjia came out of the imperial study, the emperor shouted: "Xia Bingzhong, go and investigate! Why did he choose this time to enter the palace on purpose! Who did he see and what he said in the past two days, let me investigate carefully!"

Xia Bingzhong led the order to go, the emperor sighed, "I haven't lived in peace for two days..."