The True Winner of the Red Chamber

It was early morning, and Zhen Yingjia was stopped by Kang He.

"Master Zhen, why have you been looking listless these past two days?" In the presence of the public, Kang He still spoke very seriously, with a gentle smile on his face and a bit of warmth in his eyes, "The Chinese New Year is approaching, if If Master Zhen has any difficulties, you can also tell Xiao Wang briefly, Your Excellency is deeply trusted by the emperor's grandfather, if there is something that Xiao Wang can do, Lord Zhen must speak clearly."

Zhen Yingjia said: "Thank you, my lord, it's just that I haven't slept well in the past two days."

This conversation sounds nothing special to others. Zhen Yingjia is the emperor's confidant, and Kang He is the emperor's grandson. The two have done errands together, and now they are fighting for the throne together.

It's just that the grandson of the emperor came to care about his number one general, so the others left after listening to a few words intentionally or unintentionally.

Kang He walked beside Zhen Yingjia, and the two walked towards the palace gate silently.

Kang He is in a good mood these two days. The emperor has appointed the second emperor uncle to preside over the sacrifice. Although the second emperor uncle's face is still calm, but if you take a closer look, you can find that he is restraining the smile on his face all the time. And the smile in the words.

Uncle Four and Uncle Five haven't appeared in court for a long time, one couldn't get down because of the cold weather and hurt his leg, and the other was imprisoned because of being reprimanded. Although it is impossible for these two people to succeed to the throne, the influence has not completely diminished. , They still have a lot of officials who are not willing to be reconciled, and now they are all burning on the second prince, even Kang He, who is an adult but still lives in the palace, no one has said that it is inappropriate recently.

"Looking at Second Uncle like this, I can bear it a little bit." Kang He narrowed his eyes, and his words were full of mocking smiles.

Zhen Yingjia glanced at him, "It's fake not to bear it, but it's true to want to add fuel to the flames."

Even if the two were related, it was rare for Zhen Yingjia to speak so frankly and mercilessly. Kang He suddenly stopped smiling and asked, "What happened?"

Zhen Yingjia sighed, "The girl at home is getting older..."

The Zhen family is now under the care of Zhiyin, so there is no news about it, but just this one sentence is enough for Kang He to understand what's going on. He frowned slightly. Seeing his appearance, Zhen Yingjia knew that he had misunderstood , and said: "Second girl."

Kang He breathed a sigh of relief, and after listening to Zhen Yingjia's words, he also sighed, "It's a pity I don't have a daughter."

Hearing these words, Zhen Yingjia felt a little rippling in his heart, "Not now, but there will be in the future."

These words were clearly probing. To be honest, Zhen Yingjia had thought about this question more than once or twice, but it was not until today that she took the opportunity to say it.

Zhen Yingjia didn't know how far he and Kang He could go. At the beginning, she had an attitude of pleasure, but now the relationship between the two has completely deviated from pleasure, especially when Kang He became emperor... …

And as for the issue of heirs, it was something an emperor could not avoid anyway.

Zhen Yingjia's thoughts were a little confused, especially after walking three or four steps forward, and Kang He hadn't spoken yet, it was even more confusing.

He felt that if Kang He was not allowed to get married, let alone he could not do it, even if Kang He would only be a prince in the future, it would be impossible. Besides, he already had an heir. From the eyes, these are all his heirs.

Such a comparison is very unfair, although to him, it is true that he has never touched a woman and has not had a child.

"You'll know in the future." It wasn't until the two of them reached the gate of the palace that Kang He said, "What I say now is all false, and you will look at it in the future."

Zhen Yingjia hummed, and went back to Zhen's residence in a little panic.

Soon there was a sacrifice to heaven, and the second prince took the place of the emperor to officiate. Although it was a solemn occasion, he couldn't hide the high spirits on his face.

The only one who can offer sacrifices to heaven is the crown prince besides the emperor, and now his second prince is the third. Although the emperor said at the time that the oldest one should go, but thinking about it from another angle, maybe this is the emperor rectifying his name?Think again, what about the throne?

Establishing the eldest son and establishing the first son, Prince Yizhong, who is the eldest son and the first son, has obviously been abolished. The emperor has no more sons. Compared with others, his second prince is at least firmly in the first place!

The second prince floated down from the altar, listening to the ministers' overt or covert praises, and Pang Ge, who was not very friendly to him these days, also came to talk to him, he almost floated into the sky.

The third prince who was watching the ceremony below sneered, turned and left.Kang He and Zhen Yingjia exchanged glances, and also came out of the crowd.

After offering sacrifices to heaven, it was time to close the pen, and after that, it was a big holiday for the Chinese New Year, but the Zhen family's New Year was not as lively as usual.

In other words, it's just as lively on the surface, but if you look closely, it's a bit of whitewashing.

Zhilan saw that Zhen Yingjia didn't allow her to go out, she couldn't even go to the temple to meditate and pray for blessings, so she resumed her cowardly behavior. In short, she was unhappy, so everyone was unhappy.

Zhen Yingjia said it twice, asking her clearly what she wanted, and then crushing the words and asking her, "You are not yet fifteen, even if he comes to propose marriage now, you will not be able to get married, why bother?" Everyone is unhappy."

Zhilan pursed her lips, but said nothing.

Zhen Yingjia knew that she couldn't listen to anything now, but she still wanted to say something, but before he could think about what to say, Zhen's mother patted the table angrily, "You can think about it! If you go on like this, Even if you get married in the future, don't even think about the dowry!"

As soon as this sentence was said, Zhilan exploded again, "Going out without a dowry? It's not embarrassing me anyway!" Looking at Zhen Yingjia again, she said: "In the future, they will send a betrothal gift, but we will have no dowry, hmph." Zhilan With a sneer, he stopped talking.

No matter how good-tempered Zhen Yingjia is, she was worn out like this, "I'm not afraid of losing face!" He looked at Zhilan and said, "Besides, if I don't agree, they can still bring in a betrothal gift?"

Zhilan was so angry that her chest heaved uncontrollably, and she replied: "With my state like this, my father still wants to marry me to another family? It's not a relationship, it's a grudge!"

Zhen Yingjia hated her again in her heart, and ignored her more and more in her eyes, so she calmed down in her words, "I'm not afraid of losing face, keeping you at home for the rest of my life is nothing more than a meal."

Zhilan stared fiercely at Zhen Yingjia, took a few breaths and finally couldn't restrain herself, and opened her mouth, "Father has always been cruel, otherwise how could mother die!"

Both Zhen Yingjia and Zhen's mother were stunned when they said this.

"Where did you hear such a bastard again!" Mother Zhen said angrily, and then said: "I am such a granddaughter, but I have only been to Jia's house a few times, how did I become like this!"

Zhen Yingjia also thought the same way, otherwise the child had been doing well for the first ten years, but since the incident with Xue Pan came out, it was like a whole new person.

"Do you still need to listen?" Zhilan asked back: "Mother gave birth to four of us in six years. If it wasn't for the frequent births, how could there be postpartum disorders? If it wasn't for postpartum disorders, how could they have died young?"

Mother Zhen's complexion changed after she said a word.

Zhen Yingjia's face darkened. It is a fact that Li's childbirth is too frequent, but it is difficult to blame all these things on one person. The three generations of the Zhen family are single. Shi also wanted to stay with the Zhen family wholeheartedly, and besides, there were no contraceptive measures at this time, and Zhen Yingjia and Li Shi cooperated very well. There used to be concubines and housemaids in Zhen Yingjia's backyard, but after all these years, the only one The one with stomach movement is Mrs. Li.

There are also postpartum disorders, not to mention that the last child was born with dystocia, but to be honest, it is the same postpartum disorder after three years of birth. Besides... just from four to this big, and they are all healthy Kang's child, it can be seen that Li's care was good at that time.

So in summary, it is a fact that Li Shi gave birth to too many children, and it can even be said that she died of postpartum disorders. After all, she bled heavily when she gave birth to Baoyu, and she was lying on the bed for almost half a year before she could walk on the ground by herself.

But Zhilan said that... she was obviously misled.

Zhen's mother still remembered Zhen Yingjia's pain when Mrs. Li died, and she was afraid that Zhilan's words would arouse Zhen Yingjia's madness, so she was so anxious that she shed tears and said, "You can't blame your father for this matter. You can only blame me."

After hearing Mother Zhen's words, Zhen Yingjia knew that something bad was going to happen, and she saw Zhilan's eyes were red, looking between Mother Zhen and Zhen Yingjia.

Zhen Yingjia said decisively: "The reason for your mother's death is not something you can understand by listening to other people's gossip. Besides, there were doctors who diagnosed and treated him at that time, and the prescriptions were still kept. Our family has never been in Jinling for many years. What have you said, even your grandfather's family has been in harmony with each other."

Zhen Yingjia's face was very calm, but Zhilan seemed to be justifying everything now, and she was about to speak, but Zhen Yingjia didn't want to entangle her, so she directly ordered the maid to send Zhilan back.

Zhen's mother overreacted that what she said just now was a bit wrong, and she couldn't calm down when she realized it, and said: "I don't know who she looks like, she is so shameless, I have seen the children of Xue's family before, she looks average , the character is average, how can she be fascinated by such a person? She is separated from her family, even if she marries in the future, no one will support her..."

Zhen Yingjia didn't know the same, "She's the one who's cold."

Zhen's mother sighed, "At the beginning when she gave birth to Baoyu with dystocia, she told Baoyu to hide it, for fear that he would feel uncomfortable when he became sensible in the future, love..." Zhen's mother sighed, and at the same time remembered what Cai Zhilan had said just now, "She Such a temperament... If I can't figure it out, will I really want to marry into Xue's family in the future?"

Zhen Yingjia sneered, "Anyway, I'm still young, so I just need to raise her." He said so, but he thought in his heart that he would have to wait a year or two.

If Kang He fails to seize the heir apparent, it is not certain whether the Zhen family will be there or not. Let alone marrying into the Xue family, it is a luxury for her to become a nun in the temple.

As a result, Zhilan didn't even come out much during the Chinese New Year.

Although she was no longer on the table to find fault with sharp words, but there was obviously one person missing on the table, and the Zhen family was not stupid, so after a little thinking about why this person didn't come out... the atmosphere turned cold all of a sudden.

But Zhen Yingjia didn't just have this matter in mind, and he had already figured out how to solve it, so this matter didn't have much impact on him.

It's just that the few remaining people saw that Zhen Yingjia was absent-minded and occasionally distracted, thought he was angry, and became more afraid to speak.

This Chinese New Year will soon be lukewarm.

When the emperor started writing, the first decree sent out caused an uproar among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Let the second prince lead a thousand personal guards to the southwest to oversee the army!

This is no different from distribution.