The True Winner of the Red Chamber

When the food came, Kang He didn't bother to tease people anymore, after all, he came here today to do physical work, so it's better to do it after he's full.

The two chatted while eating, Zhen Yingjia smiled and said: "It seems that in Wang Ziteng's heart, I am more expensive than the prince, and he came to ask me first."

Kang He said with a smile: "Why don't I ask you first? You can still get me, and I won't get married until next year. Even if I fall in love with his concubine sister, it is impossible to welcome his concubine sister into the door before marrying his wife." , and I am already a prince now, and the status of the princess must not be low. In order to show respect, the first two concubines are probably brought by the princess. Even if I want to take a concubine, I guess I have to wait for a year after the princess comes in. In this way, if I agree to let his concubine sister come in, it will be at least two years later. Besides, this kind of alliance can't be announced to the public to make the princess unhappy, so what's the use? If he is not stupid, he must first came to find you."

Zhen Yingjia saw that he analyzed the matter of marrying a wife and taking concubines in such a serious manner, although she knew it was probably a joke, she still felt uncomfortable, and said, "The lord wants to marry someone's daughter as his regular wife?"

Kang He leaned in front of Zhen Yingjia and said, "Don't Master Zhen know?"

Seeing that Zhen Yingjia's face softened a little, Kang He sighed, "Prince Tengguo is really old. He was able to win over this large group of people in the early years and make no trace of the private salt sale. Lost vigor, but also lost prudence."

As he spoke, he poured wine for Zhen Yingjia again, and said, "I don't know when I'll be able to drink this sweet rice wine until my hands shake."

Zhen Yingjia smiled, knew what he was talking about, so she deliberately opened the collar a little, and said seriously: "Speaking of this, after the fourth and fifth princes did not go to court, many people came to win over me ” said Zhen Yingjia toasted Kang He, “I also collected a lot of good things, thank you, my lord, for promoting me.”

Kang He said: "Speaking of which, Mr. Zhen is also protecting me from disaster."

It was more interesting for the two of them to make fun of each other by titles such as Wang Ye and Master Zhen.

Speaking of which, Kang He actually wooed a lot of people, but he was afraid of attracting the emperor's taboo, and also afraid that his uncles would think he was too threatening, so they turned their guns and took him down first, so in the past two years, Kang He On the surface, he only interacted with Zhen Yingjia, and the rest of them were just nodding acquaintances. When they met, they said a few words, and Zhen Yingjia acted as a mouthpiece for the rest.

Kang He raised his glass and touched Zhen Yingjia lightly, "Many people envy me for having Mrs. Zhen. I have won the Sacred Heart, and I am working in a key yamen like the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Kang He said as he spoke. They laughed, "They don't know that Mr. Zhen can do much more than they thought."

If these words were spoken in a normal tone, it would not arouse people's imagination, but the two of them are now in a secret room, and there is no one around, Zhen Yingjia can't help but think of some unharmonious places.

But before he could speak, Kang He said again: "I have honestly only made friends with a minister like you, and I am not jealous of the emperor's grandfather, but I have everything."

These words were very tender and sweet. Zhen Yingjia squinted his eyes and glanced at Kang He, smiled, raised his wine glass and shook it for some reason, and the wine spilled on the skirt of his clothes. He stood up and said what he said Confused, "I'll go in and change clothes."

After speaking, he entered the inner room.

Kang He was still sitting at the table without moving, holding the wine glass in his left hand and the chopsticks in his right hand, but his ears were erect and he was not thinking about the dishes.

He listened to the movement inside and thought about the layout of the inner room.

Zhen Yingjia should have reached the screen... No sound could be heard, she must have stood still and started to undress.With a soft click, Kang He suddenly sat up straight. The sound... was made by the clothes falling on the screen.

Kang He sat there for three or five breaths, but the wine glass in his left hand did not move at all, and his right hand holding the chopsticks was also caught in the air, until a sigh came from the room, and Kang He suddenly moved.

The chopsticks were glanced at casually, the wine glass was poured on the table, and the wine was drawn along the flawless white jade table, and dripped on the floor, leaving a small group of dark marks.

Kang He didn't leave until sunset at Zhen's mansion, and took a bath by the way, and the reasons were easy to find, for example, he had to go back to the palace, and he had to greet the emperor when he got back to the palace, and he couldn't smell of alcohol at all.

Naturally, the servants couldn't think so much, and they carried the tubs forward in fear, and at most they could only sigh that the prince has a close relationship with his master.

After sending Kang He off, Zhen Yingjia lay on the bed and stretched her waist, thinking in her heart: What Muxiu?It’s not like working hard all day!

But after all the troubles, the night's sleep was extremely comfortable. The next morning, when Zhen Yingjia stood up, she saw a person she hadn't seen for a long time in the hall.

Fifth Prince.

With a haggard face, the fifth prince limped up to the Golden Temple with a cane.

It has been four or five months since the fifth prince broke his leg in the hunting ground. If he still walks like this, it will never get better.

There was no one to help him, Zhen Yingjia felt a little terrible when he saw it, he tilted his head slightly, and found that many people were acting in the same way as him.

The emperor opened his mouth and said: "Not too soon—" You don't need to think about the second half of the sentence, you know it is "Hurry up and help him", but when the emperor saw the resolute face of the fifth prince and those eyes full of longing, the emperor would Swallowing the second half of the sentence, he said very distressed: "Didn't I tell you to rest in the mansion? It's hot now, so it's the same when you come out again in autumn."

In front of the fifth prince, especially a hopeless fifth prince, even the emperor may not have noticed that he has changed from father to father.

But Zhen Yingjia realized this point, and several other princes who knew the fifth prince very well also saw this point, but now is not a good opportunity to reveal it.

After all, no matter how much the fifth prince arouses his father's distress, he will not be the emperor anymore.

After trying to understand this point, the princes all heaved a sigh of relief, Zhen Yingjia also slightly stretched his brows, and felt that the fifth prince's scheming... I'm afraid it's a bit too much, how could there be no one to help him, the eunuch of the prince's mansion, the palace The eunuchs, even the guards, don't need the fifth prince to take the initiative to greet them, they will definitely come up to help them.

It won't be long before the emperor will figure this out.

Zhen Yingjia sighed, but if he were in the fifth prince's situation, he would not be more thoughtful than him.

By the time the Fifth Prince stood where he used to be, it was already time for a cup of tea. Many people present were shocked by the Fifth Prince's move. This is to take advantage of the emperor's guilt and so on. Even though many people can't figure it out, they subconsciously feel that something is wrong.

It's just that when the court meeting started, everyone lowered their voices by coincidence, and even glanced at the fifth prince more or less inadvertently when they went out to play.

No matter what the fifth prince wanted to do, at least he left an indelible impression in front of the courtiers and the emperor today.

Not two days later, Zhen Yingjia heard that the emperor sent another team to the fourth prince's residence, reprimanded them severely, and cut his salary for one year.

The fourth prince's hope of returning to court is as slim as the fifth prince's.

Two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was Zhilan's birthday.

Of the three daughters of the Zhen family, the eldest daughter Zhiyin was born on the sixth day of June, the second daughter Zhilan was born on August 27th, and the youngest daughter was born in winter on October [-]th.

Zhiyin's birthday, according to her wishes, was not a big deal. In addition, those two days were when the fifth prince had just come to court, so the whole family had dinner, and several girlfriends who Zhiyin knew gave gifts to the little one. For the presents, Zhiyin went back to sewing one by one.

But for Zhilan's birthday, everyone in the Zhen family planned to take care of it.

Since Zhilan was reprimanded by Zhen Yingjia during the Chinese New Year, she has been a little depressed. Although she also followed Zhen Yingjia's instructions, she went to Jia's house twice in the past eight months of this year, but before and after each visit After that, I will be depressed for two days.

And this year was supposed to be a good time to grow her body, but Zhilan was too preoccupied. Not only did she not grow much this year, but she lost a little weight, and she didn't even need to re-measure her new clothes.

So no matter if it's Zhen's mother or Zhiyin, they all told Zhen Yingjia in private that children like to be lively, let her have a good birthday and invite more people, maybe it will be fine.

Zhen Yingjia nodded in agreement, but she still felt a little unhappy, just thinking that this is just a teenage girl, raised in a deep boudoir and not allowed to go out, her vision is limited, and it is the time when everything feels sad. After thinking about it, it was over, and I just told Zhiyin that all the birthdays were left to her, and it was done according to Zhilan's wishes.

As August [-]th passed, the invitations written by Zhilan herself were sent out one by one.

Although Zhen Yingjia said that they would all be handed over to Zhiyin, she still asked every night, knowing that there were only two invitations sent to Jia's mansion, one for the second girl of Jia's family and one for Miss Lin, so she also Take it easy.

Thinking that although she was silent on the surface, she still listened to his words, so she smiled happily, went to Kang He, and took a set of inner jewelry from him. I'm going to give Zhilan a facelift on her birthday.

August 27th is not a holiday, and it is not the Muxiu that rests every tenth day, so Zhen Yingjia still has to go to work in the yamen on this day. When Ji Chu wakes up in the morning, he waits on him, and he gives a few more instructions.

"Everything has to be taken care of, and the servants who are driving the car must be rewarded, but we must be careful not to let them go to the inner courtyard."

Ji Chu nodded and said with a smile: "Miss is very appropriate, these things are thoughtful, master, don't worry about it."

Zhen Yingjia looked in the mirror and saw that she was still in full bloom, she smiled slightly, and said: "Although there is a big girl and you can't get in because there is a banquet in the inner courtyard, but you have to be smart and follow along. All the guests are invited from other people’s homes, so there must be no mistakes.”

While agreeing, Ji Chu sent Zhen Yingjia into the sedan chair.

Although he still has to go to work today, many of the guests are the daughters of colleagues, so the news that the second daughter of the Zhen family is celebrating her birthday is not a secret, so Zhen Yingjia received a lot of congratulations on this day, and the boss also sent a message to tell him to go early Going back, so Zhen Yingjia went back to Zhen's Mansion before the time came.

The banquet had already ended, and the carriages coming and going at the door were about to go out, Zhen Yingjia saw the situation and ordered the driver to stop at the side, and wait for the female guests to leave before returning to the house, so as not to disturb them.

Not long after, the carriage was almost gone, Zhen Yingjia ordered the driver to enter the gate, but as soon as he entered the gate, he saw a carriage parked in front, and there were two people standing in front of the carriage, one was his daughter Zhilan, and the other was a stranger , but it does look familiar.

But for Zhilan to send it out, there must be no one else except the second girl from Jia's mansion.

Seeing this, Zhen Yingjia didn't step forward, and ordered the driver to turn the car around quietly and get off from the other side.