The True Winner of the Red Chamber

After leaving the warm hall, it was cold and windy outside, and the winter wind did not weaken at all because this was the imperial palace.

Being blown so hard, Zhen Yingjia was shocked, and the wine he had just drank slowly turned into warmth, rising from his belly. He remembered that at this time last year, he and Kang He were also the ones who came out to talk.

At that time, there were still two emperor's eunuchs behind him, but now...he looked back, and there was no one behind him.

Zhen Yingjia sighed, and there was a little satisfaction inside, "Compared to last year, it has improved a lot."

Kang He understood what he was going to say, but ignored the topic, and said, "It's cold outside, so let's take a walk in the corridor, and the hot wind can blow inside through the windows."

Zhen Yingjia nodded and walked beside Kang He, almost side by side with him.

The two of them didn't say anything, but they had been together several times, and even experienced life and death together, which made their footsteps very tacit.

When Kang He saw him, he couldn't help but secretly smiled, and stretched out his hand to hold Zhen Yingjia's hand.

Zhen Yingjia was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to pull it out.

It's not that he's hypocritical, if he's outside, or in another place, he might just let him pull him like this.It's just that the occasion is not right now, inside is a room full of important officials of the court, and a group of princes, although they are outside, but although there may be eunuchs coming out to serve, no matter which one of them sees it, it will not be easy to deal with the aftermath.

But after struggling twice, it didn't work at all.

"You can't see it inside." Kang He looked forward, his face was serious, and he looked extremely upright.

Zhen Yingjia calmed down, thinking about it, it was bright inside, but dark outside, even if they looked outside, it was not easy to see the two figures, and they couldn't see their holding hands.

Besides——Zhen Yingjia looked down, and the wide sleeves that were longer than his hands completely covered the hands of the two of them. If he didn't know that the hands were held in other people's hands, he wouldn't be able to see anything.

So don't be afraid of the eunuchs coming, besides Kang He is the master, the eunuchs will definitely not appear quietly.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia relaxed, suddenly smiled at Kang He, and at the same time reached out and scratched his palm lightly, "The eldest grandson of the emperor has passed the age of weak crown, can't he only hold hands?"

The people around him suddenly trembled, Zhen Yingjia only felt that the hand holding him was getting tighter, and then gradually moved upwards to his wrist, and then moved upwards while taking advantage of the wide sleeves.

In the main hall, the fourth prince stood with the fifth prince, and the fourth prince looked out with a little jealousy, "The two of them... are so close! Is there still a chance for us?"

If it was left in the past, the fifth prince might still be able to strike up a good conversation, but although he was unkind at the beginning, the fourth prince's revenge like a mad dog has already made him feel no guilt at all. He turned his head and glanced at the fourth prince, "I don't know if there are mine, but yours is definitely gone!"

"You!" The fourth prince just wanted to reason, but the fifth prince didn't want to waste this good opportunity to win over the officials to argue with him, so he turned his head away.

The fourth prince is also worthy of saying harshly: "See you in the future!"

The second prince stood in the distance watching this scene, thinking of Kang Quan, who cooperated with him, although he was very resourceful...but until now he has not been able to enter this hall.

Although this can ensure that the position in the future will definitely belong to him, it will not be like the alliance between the fourth and fifth, who will start fighting without waiting for the spoils, but at the same time, it also shows the usefulness of Kangquan...it will not be so big in the later stage up.

The second prince sighed and walked towards the academicians of the Imperial Academy.On the way to seize the throne, it is essential to win over civil servants, especially now that the border is stable and there are no bandits making trouble, the status of military officers is getting lower and lower.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glanced back at Zhen Yingjia who was outside. This person was born in the imperial examinations, had been a Hanlin, and now he has entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate.Although many people said that this was a drag on the emperor's blessing, but more people were envious and jealous.

Especially the bigwigs from the Imperial Academy and the Metropolitan Procuratorate secretly talked about Zhen Yingjia with a hint of pride and comparison, saying that he was the fastest-rising minister in this court since this dynasty.

But after looking at it, the second prince found that Zhen Yingjia and Kang He were no longer in the corridor, so they must have gone around to the back?The second prince had already walked in front of the academician of the Hanlin Academy, so it was too late to be distracted by these two people.

At the end of the banquet, Zhen Yingjia was sent out by Kang He. As soon as Ji Chu saw it, he hurried up to pick up his master, and said distressedly, "Why did you drink so much wine?"

Zhen Yingjia gave Kang He a veiled glare, and pinched the arm that was holding her. Unfortunately, the winter clothes were too thick, and Kang He was wrapped in fox fur, and most of what he held in his hands was clothes. .

Kang He helped him into the carriage, and took a closer look. Zhen Yingjia's face was also red, her eye circles were also red, and her lips could be described by two words.

He leaned down and whispered in his ear: "Now my lord Yushi should know that I can do more than just hold hands."

Zhen Yingjia glared at him fiercely, but just now he made her hands and feet soft. She went back to the hall to cover up her guilty conscience and drank a lot of wine. Now that Kang He brought her face up to her, he didn't have the strength to slap her.

It's just that he still has good teeth, if he dares to get close...

Seeing his limp appearance, Kang He felt that he had a different taste, but it was a pity that he couldn't follow him back. It's just that there will be a long time to come, but this time will not be missed.He squeezed Zhen Yingjia's hand, got out of the carriage and told Ji Chu, "Go back and take good care of her. You must prepare hangover soup and hot water, and you must drink and wash before you go to bed."

Ji Chu hurriedly agreed, and said with a smile: "The mansion knows that the master is coming out for a banquet today, and everything is prepared."

Kang He hummed, lifted the curtain again and said, "Then I'm leaving?"

Although Zhen Yingjia didn't want to pay attention to him, but when he saw Ji Chu behind Kang He, and that this was outside the north gate of the palace, where all the imperial courts came from, the expression on his face changed again and again, and finally he nodded and replied , "Thank you King Yutai for your concern."

Kang He laughed twice before leaving.

There are soft cushions in the carriage, and there are several hand stoves to heat the inside. In such an environment, Zhen Yingjia drank more and more wine, and when she returned home in a daze, she should wash herself first. With a cold face, I was a little more energetic, thinking about going to say hello to Zhen's mother before going back to rest.

It's just that Zhen's mother was very distressed when she saw him, and said, "Why did you drink so much wine?" After she finished speaking, she sighed, "You are a high-ranking official outside, and when you enter the palace, you, the fourth rank, are in front of the prince, prince and Shang Shu. There won’t even be a splash if you go down.”

Hearing this, Zhen Yingjia comforted, "You didn't go to see it, and they didn't take care of it." It's just that he drank too much wine after all, and there was a bit of a drunken tone in his words.

Mother Zhen laughed angrily, and said, "Hurry up and go back to rest, we'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

Zhen Yingjia got up unsteadily, and walked outside, Zhen's mother said to the maid beside her, "It's really hard for him, he drank like this, and he knew he would greet him as soon as he came back."

"It can be seen that the master is filial." The servant girl said along the way, and Mother Zhen became more and more happy.

Zhen Yingjia walked to the door, tugged on her collar, and felt a little more awake after blowing on the cold wind.Zhen's mother was getting old, and the room was very warm. Zhen Yingjia sweated a lot inside, and seemed to have woken up a little from the wine.

He raised his foot and was about to go back, when he saw a light not far ahead, and when he got closer, it was his second daughter, Zhilan.

"Why come out at this time?" Zhen Yingjia asked.

The two maidservants in front of Zhilan held the lamps, and the other two maidservants behind her supported her. When they saw Zhen Yingjia, they all bowed their heads to greet her.

Zhilan said: "I heard that my father came back, so I came out specially to say hello to my father."

Zhen Yingjia hummed, he came back from the banquet in the palace, and when he entered the door, there was already a knock on the clapper outside, why she came out so late, and he was the only one of his four children who wanted to come out, his tone could not help but He softened a little, "Father knows that you are filial, but it's getting late at night, go back and have a good rest."

Zhilan blessed her body, and said: "The second girl from Jia's mansion sent me a message asking me to go play in the future."

Zhen Yingjia was taken aback, his already sober mind became more and more sober now, his complexion darkened, today is the third day of junior high, and the day after tomorrow is the fifth day of junior high...you are not allowed to go out before the sixth day of the new year, and you can only visit relatives even for New Year's greetings.

"The family is busy during the Chinese New Year, and they are also a lot of relatives with a big family and a big business. You should wait until the fifteenth day before going."

Zhilan felt a little wronged, and said in a low voice, "It's a girl from another family who wants to get together."

Zhen Yingjia still shook her head, and asked sternly, "Have you asked your elder sister yet? Did your grandmother agree?"

Zhilan hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and said, "I asked..." After a long pause, she said, "They didn't agree."

Zhen Yingjia sighed, and said: "It's cold outside, help Miss go back to the room."

The next two maidservants who had nothing in their hands came up in a hurry, supporting Zhilan from left to right and trying to walk backwards.

Zhilan bit her lower lip, and said as if to vent her anger: "Eldest sister went there for whatever she wanted, no one stopped her if she wanted to go out, and the third younger sister also went to Jia's house if she wanted to see her, so could younger sister Lin if she wanted to see her." Go, why is it just me—"

The two servant girls beside her were so frightened that they held her tightly, Zhilan had no time to speak.

It's just that her voice was loud just now, and the two of them were at Mother Zhen's door again.Mother Zhen heard the movement inside and asked the maid to come out and ask.

Zhen Yingjia's face was sullen, but she still managed to smooth things over, "Just now I found something in the grass, which scared the second girl."

The servant girl went back and told Zhen's mother, but although Zhen's mother couldn't hear what Zhilan said clearly, she couldn't justify being frightened and other reasons for such a long passage.

Zhen Yingjia looked at Zhilan outside, and said: "Your elder sister and your grandmother didn't agree, so you want to talk to me?" Zhen Yingjia asked back: "Of course I won't agree." She said to the two maids He shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze! You haven't helped the girl back! It's dark, be careful of falling!"

Zhilan is a girl in her boudoir who has been pampered until now, her strength is no match for the maids who work and serve people all day, let alone two, she was reluctantly dragged back into the house by the two maids.

When Zhen Yingjia returned to the study, she felt exhausted both physically and mentally. She was drinking again, washed up a bit, and then fell asleep.