The True Winner of the Red Chamber

After Zhen Yingjia left the palace, there was basically nothing left in her heart for taking advantage of the emperor.

After all, he did not lie at all, the Jia family was indeed helping the fourth prince to match up, and the fourth prince was indeed interested in the position.

He just hid the part that was not good for him a little bit.

Back home, Ji Chu came over with a post before he finished his cup of hot tea.

Zhen Yingjia looked at the stack of posts in his hand, and said to herself that it was fortunate that she had a quick reaction.

"Master, these are all posts you received when you went out."

Zhen Yingjia took one by one and looked at it. There was a post from Prince Yizhong to celebrate the housewarming; there was also a banquet hosted by Mr. Sun of the Imperial College to celebrate these candidates' participation in the provincial examination. On the occasion of the festive season, I invite him to come to the house for a talk.

They even encouraged Sun Jijiu to come out, so they were too impatient. They all became anxious when they saw Jia's mansion inviting him.Ordinarily, Sun Jijiu's banquet should be held after the provincial examination and the list of candidates came out, but the provincial examination has only passed a few days, and now... anyone can see that the drunkard's intention is not to drink.

Zhen Yingjia put the post aside and said to Ji Chu, "I'll write a reply first, you wait..." He pursed his lips, "I'll send someone to deliver it in three days."

He thought in his heart, even if he brought Zhiyin and Baoyu with him, two days would be enough to clean up, and when they went out on the third morning, the one who sent back the post would also go out, so that when they saw the post, he might have left the capital Now, I am not afraid of rejecting too early and being blocked at home.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia made a decisive decision, stood up and went to Zhiyin's room.

Since Zhiyin came back from the East Palace and heard that the Crown Prince was abolished and Kang He's sons were taken away, she was very silent.Zhen Yingjia knew that Zhiyin had been in the palace for a long time and was very intelligent, so she must have guessed something from these things.

Zhen Yingjia wanted to comfort her, but she was afraid of talking too much, and she would see that Kang He's life experience was different. After all, there were too many doubts here, and no matter what the truth was, the less people knew the better.

After entering the room, seeing Zhiyin lighting incense and copying Buddhist scriptures, Zhen Yingjia sat quietly on the side, and waited until a stick of incense was lit before saying: "Pack up your things, and your brother's by the way, I will take the two of you in the future." Go back to Jinling."

Zhiyin became excited all of a sudden, her originally quiet face was full of smiles, she hadn't been back to Jinling for several years, her two younger sisters and grandmother also hadn't seen each other for several years, "Father didn't lie to me!"

Zhen Yingjia nodded with a smile, and said, "But it won't be long. We will try in April next year, and we have to come back before the year."

"I'm a little nervous." Zhiyin sighed. She lowered her head and thought for a while, then asked, "But the situation in Beijing is unclear? Father...do you want to hide?"

This time it was Zhen Yingjia's turn to sigh. The daughter of an ordinary family is at the age of the first love, and all she thinks about is dressing up in the mirror, or her cousins ​​at home, etc., but his daughter... Although he did not make the decision to send Zhiyin to the palace, but it is inevitable that he felt a little sad.

"It turned out that my father was thinking about it." Zhen Yingjia looked at Zhiyin and said sincerely: "I sent you to the palace, and I will never do it again... When we come back from Jinling, the house at home will be healed, and you I can have a good time with my two younger sisters."

"What are you talking about, father?" Zhiyin said angrily, "After staying in the palace for two years, most people can't ask for it. Besides, I have grown a lot in the past two years." She hesitated, bowed her head and said: "My mother is gone, and at home... until my father gets a bride, I, the eldest daughter, will always be there to help. If I do well, can my father... can..."

Zhen Yingjia could hear the uneasiness in her words. Speaking of it, he had passed the filial piety long ago, but he never planned to marry a bride. It was just that Baoyu was the only one with him before, and he raised him quite carelessly. Lung's posture, there is no chance to say that's all, just using this topic, he said: "I only have a few of you, and your mother only has her."

Just looking at Zhiyin's reaction, she knew that she didn't believe it. Zhen Yingjia sighed and said, "You will know later." After finishing speaking, he subconsciously wanted to change the topic to a less serious one, and said, "What did you copy?" through?"

Zhiyin replied: "The reincarnation curse. I copied it for the princess, and burned it to her later."

Zhen Yingjia looked at the already thick pile of scriptures, and immediately came up with an idea, saying: "In this case, you should be busy these two days, pack your things quickly, and we will go to the Taimiao the day after tomorrow, and go to the imperial concubine's funeral ceremony Let's say goodbye."

Two days later, it happened to be the first day of September.Early in the morning, the Zhen family was mobilized in full force.

Ji Chu took people to deliver the post, Zhen Yingjia took Zhiyin and Baoyu to the Taimiao, and a group of servants took their luggage to the pier.

Near noon, Zhen Yingjia and his party arrived at the Taimiao.

The Taimiao Temple was very majestic, even Baoyu held his breath when he arrived here, and quietly followed the guest monk to the wing room, Zhiyin went to the main hall to burn scriptures, Zhen Yingjia was taken to the backyard, Kang He went live here.

As soon as he saw Zhen Yingjia, Kang He immediately came forward happily, "I received the news that you were coming yesterday, and I couldn't believe it. Today I saw a real person, but..." Kang He touched Zhen Yingjia's hand cautiously. hand.

Just from his actions, Zhen Yingjia knew that Kang He's life was not easy these days, and looking at his face, he looked a bit decadent.

Zhen Yingjia immediately grabbed Kang He without letting his hand go away, and said, "Let's go for a walk in the back, I have something to tell you."

Kang He straightened up immediately.

Seeing him so nervous, Zhen Yingjia couldn't help feeling amused, and the two of them walked on the empty path, and soon reached the halfway up the mountain.

Maybe it was because there was no relationship with others, maybe it was because the beautiful scenery made people feel refreshed, Kang He returned to normal after a while.

Zhen Yingjia said, "I'm going back to Jinling."

Kang He froze slightly, and said, "It's time to go back to Jinling... Now—"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zhen Yingjia, "I will go back and move, and then I will live in the capital."

Kang He's face brightened immediately, but seeing him like this, Zhen Yingjia became more and more worried.

"What's going on?" Zhen Yingjia stopped, stood in front of Kang He, and looked at him intently.

Kang He sighed, and said: "I think you already know that the crown prince was abolished, and I got involved."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, "It's just that I don't really know what's going on."

Kang He looked into the distance, "This is one thing. Later, when I investigated what happened back then, I made some progress, but these things were mixed together, and I was a little..."

Judging by his appearance, he just got bad news, could it be... Zhen Yingjia was startled, and said, "Tell me about it."

Kang He thought for a while, and said calmly: "Actually, there is nothing to say. The matter of the crown prince being deposed, including the loss of my position as the eldest son, is all within my expectations."

"You must have seen it too. I took the golden locket that was tampered with by the crown prince from the tomb of my concubine."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, and Kang He said again: "After I sent Zhiyin out, I took this box, and the two women who were falsely accused of stealing things that day, and went to find the emperor's grandfather."

"I said that the princess was killed by the prince, and died by swallowing gold."

Zhen Yingjia gasped, he didn't expect Kang He to use such a method.Although it is very light to hear him say it now, there is another article in the law: a son does not sue his father.In other words, the government will either not accept this type of case, or...the "son" will have to pay a huge price. Not my biological mother and concubine, but she has raised me for more than ten years, and I always have to repay this kindness. Besides..." Kang He hesitated, as if he was hesitating whether he should say, "I intend to Your Majesty, at this time, you must come out from under the wings of the deposed prince, this is the best opportunity."

He sneered twice, "Look, I can even use this for myself."

Zhen Yingjia's heart twitched.

But immediately, a bit of confusion appeared on his face.

Zhen Yingjia walked forward quietly with him for a long time before he heard Kang He say: "I'm a little confused now, am I born to the Crown Princess?"

Zhen Yingjia was puzzled, "What did you find?"

"Those two wives, the one who stole the Crown Princess' things came to me on her own initiative, saying that the Crown Princess was killed by the Crown Prince. The two of them endured the humiliation and begged me to avenge the Crown Princess."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, but then shook his head again. He heard the conversation between the two wives. It can be said that all the actions of the two wives were ordered by the princess, so it is very strange...

"Did you see it too?" Kang He said: "The two of them didn't tell the truth. They didn't know that Mrs. Zhao had come to look for me, and they didn't know that I had doubts about my life experience." Kang He closed his eyes Eyes, to put it more bluntly.

"There is a lot of encouragement in their two words, although they are very euphemistic, but inside and out, the princess and I are dependent on each other, and they urged me to complain in front of the emperor's grandfather and grandmother." Kang He paused and asked Said: "Do you understand?"

Zhen Yingjia said: "The Crown Princess believed Mrs. Zhao's words. You are not her own. She left these two wives to persuade you to sue, just to make the Crown Prince and you suffer!"

Kang He nodded heavily, and said: "Those two women committed suicide last night."

Zhen Yingjia shook her head and said, "What else?"

Kang He said: "There is another reason, that Kang Quan was identified as my mother-in-law. I sent someone to check her family, neighbors, etc. Not long after her death, a fire broke out in her house, and one of the dead Not left."

Zhen Yingjia narrowed her eyes, "Where's the neighbor? Did you hear anything? It shouldn't be that none of them escaped."

Kang He nodded, "The neighbor's house burned a little bit, but everyone is fine, so someone must have tampered with her family. I asked someone to investigate again, and found that Zhao's and Kang Quan's accounts had a large amount of money at that time Expenditures. I wrote that I bought vases and jewelry, but I didn’t see Mrs. Zhao bringing the jewelry, and the vases... were opened within two days.”

"So it was Kang Quan's move?" Zhen Yingjia was a little puzzled.

"Most likely." Kang He nodded.

"But..." He hesitated again, and this time he stood in front of Zhen Yingjia, staring intently and said: "I went to check the maids, eunuchs, and imperial physicians who served the concubine's delivery back then..."

Kang He paused for a long time, and said: "It's only been 17 years. Some palace maids and eunuchs died suddenly, some left the palace, some imperial physicians resigned, and some died violently after encountering bandits. Now there is only one alive...! "

"Who!" Zhen Yingjia asked anxiously.

"Grandmother Cuizhu next to the imperial grandmother!"

So when the princess concubine gave birth, the queen must have tampered with it!

Removing the concubine, who is very likely to be deceived, did not mention it. Kang Quan did it, proving that it was his trick. Did Zhao participate in the two discussions, but the queen did it...

Zhen Yingjia looked at Kang He, not knowing what to say.