The True Winner of the Red Chamber

There was no silence at the main table for too long, but after a few breaths, the princes and grandsons, who had been able to pretend since they were young, put smiles on their faces again, as if they hadn't heard the second prince's half-intentional disruption just now. Those who eat food, those who drink wine, the third prince even laughed with Kang He: "You are a good theater troupe. I will take a look when the troupe master comes. Next time, please come to my house and sing."

Kang He smiled and said, "Third Emperor Uncle remember to invite me."

But not long after, the second prince seemed to have woken up from the wine, he suddenly raised his head, startled people, saw Kang He sitting next to him in a daze, and said again: "You are not authentic!"

Kang He's face darkened, he understood that Uncle Erhuang wanted to pretend to be crazy by drinking, firstly, to make people relax their vigilance, and secondly, he could take advantage of this to return home earlier, but he understood that Uncle Erhuang was pretending to be crazy on him , this is completely unacceptable to him.

"Uncle Huang speaks carefully." Kang He put down his wine glass and said with a cold face, "You need to know that disaster comes from your mouth."

The second prince smiled coldly, and after thinking about tomorrow, I will let you know what it means to say that misfortune comes from your mouth!But with a dazed look on his face, he said: "Your father's palace has prepared a room for you, but you have never been there once, and you left the palace to build a mansion today, and no one from Prince Yizhong's mansion came! "

Kang He sneered, he knew that Uncle Er Huang was close to Kang Quan, but he also knew that Uncle Er Huang would become suspicious if he pointed out this point now, so he could only bear with it for the time being and pretended that he hadn't. Hearing it, he only watched the lively scene on the stage ahead, completely ignoring him.

The second prince didn't take it easy, and said: "You are not as good as your father in this regard. Although your father was the empress's son, he was very kind to us younger brothers, but look at you, you and I Your two younger brothers, why can't you be more friendly?"

Kang Hepi smiled and said: "The second emperor's uncle is worried, and the affairs of other people's families are becoming clearer."

The third prince looked at Kang He, who didn't have a smile on his face, and the second brother who smelled of alcohol and couldn't even hold the wine glass steadily. He went over and snatched the wine glass from his hand, and said, "Second brother! You drink drunk!"

As soon as the words came out, the second prince was stunned, his eyes suddenly turned red for a long time, his voice was still a little choked, he held the hand of the third prince and said: "My brother is suffering. The place in the southwest... is not easy to treat, it is also I don’t know if I will have a chance to come back after I go!”

Kang He watched the second prince's performance with cold eyes, and just looked at the front of the stage calmly.

Thinking about the experience of this year, the third prince couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional, and said: "Don't worry, after a while, I'll go privately and beg my father to see if I can let you come back."

The second prince held the hand of the third prince without speaking, as if he was filled with emotion.

After a while, the second prince seemed to wake up a little bit, sat down and whispered to Kang He: "I'm really a little drunk today, I'm afraid I'll disturb your banquet if I stay any longer. I'm going out of the city tomorrow, so I won't be much." Wait, go back first."

Kang He nodded and said, "Second Uncle, don't take it too seriously, your nephew will see you off when you travel far tomorrow." Kang He gritted his teeth a bit, on the surface it seemed that the second prince was at his banquet Gossip and get angry, in fact... If the second prince really went to force the palace tonight, he will definitely have to "travel" tomorrow.

It's just that the third prince didn't understand the deep meaning here, and the six and seven at the same table with them were also unclear, and even the second prince could only hear the first meaning.

The second prince waved his hand, and the little eunuch who had been waiting for a long time came up to support him. The second prince staggered out of the gate, and he did not forget to apologize to the ministers he met along the way, "... drank too much, I will drink more tomorrow." If you travel far, you won't stay any longer..."

Kang He watched the second prince go away, snorted in his heart, and subconsciously looked for Zhen Yingjia's figure, but he didn't see anyone when he looked at it. He thought he was going to wash or change clothes, and he didn't care too much. He just waited until a play sang After finishing, I didn't see Zhen Yingjia coming back, so I became a little anxious, and hurriedly called the servants to ask.

The man said: "Master Zhen said that it's his turn to be on duty tonight, so he left after drinking two glasses of wine."

Kang He was stunned suddenly, and felt resentful for a moment. He squinted his eyes and looked at Zhen Yingjia's seat, thinking that he really dared!

Like Kang He, Zhen Yingjia also wanted to do something on this night of forcing the palace, whether it was to help Kang He, or to make another career for himself, since he was the first to know about the second prince besides the second prince. It would be a waste if the prince wanted to force the people in the palace to do nothing.

So basically one month in advance, Zhen Yingjia started her own arrangements, trying her best to stay in the palace on duty during the night when she was forced to go to the palace.

The arrangement almost a month in advance is naturally foolproof. Even if the emperor saw the roster and wanted to keep him from coming in, he was afraid of alarming the enemy, so he only ordered the guards a few words in private, and then left it alone.

So when Zhen Yingjia came out, she bumped into the second prince at the gate.

Zhen Yingjia saluted the second prince.

Because he is one step closer to forcing the palace, in other words, one step closer to the throne, the second prince is now very excited, if he hadn't walked with his head down, everyone would have seen the distorted expression on his face.

But it was also because he walked with his head down that he and Zhen Yingjia pretended to be together.

The second prince's contorted expression turned into fury in an instant, he raised his head and wanted to kick him, "Who doesn't have eyes—" Just seeing that the person in front of him was Zhen Yingjia, he immediately died down.

This is a big red man in front of the emperor, if he kicks others, it's okay, if he kicks him... What if the emperor calls him into the palace to reprimand him?It would be fine if we left it in the past, but today there can be absolutely no surprises.

"Why is it Mr. Zhen?" The second prince put a smile on his face and asked, "Could it be that Mr. Zhen is also drunk?"

Zhen Yingjia smiled and said: "Just like the second prince, I have important things to do, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time."

The second prince panicked, laughed twice and said: "What can I do?" After speaking, he laughed again.

Zhen Yingjia said: "The minister is on duty in the palace tonight, and the prince will leave tomorrow. It's all a matter sent by His Majesty, isn't it important?"

It turned out that he was talking about this, the second prince heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "It's just that, you and I both have important things to do. I'm back home, Mr. Zhen also washed up early, so don't delay the evening's errands."

Zhen Yingjia left with a smile, thinking in her heart that the second prince's incoherent and somewhat random words just showed that his plan to force the palace tonight has not changed.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia felt relieved, and respectfully waited for the second prince to go away before getting into the carriage and returning home.

As for the second prince, his journey back to the mansion was not as easy as Zhen Yingjia's. Zhen Yingjia was on his mind the whole way back to the mansion.

He thought that if Zhen Yingjia had been recruited back then, maybe there would be no need for such a dangerous method now.Look at Kang He, who was only the eldest son of the abolished prince at the beginning, now he has the qualifications to compete for the throne, and he is still vaguely the dominant one.

The most dominant one.

Although the second prince didn't want to admit it, he subconsciously still thought so.

What about him?The second prince felt resentful, but the Kang Quan he recruited was just as useful!He also helped him grasp a lot of people left behind by the former prince, but the most useful one was Pang Ge. Tonight's actions... all depended on him!

As the night fell, Zhen Yingjia entered the palace and sat down in the side hall in front of the imperial study. Kang He took the opportunity to send the sixth uncle and the seventh uncle back to the palace, and went to the queen's palace to greet him. The second prince looked at the darkness outside. The sky was dark, quietly wiping the long sword in his hand.

And the emperor, kneeling in front of Pang Ge, said: "Your Majesty, everything is properly arranged."

The emperor was silent for a long time, and said: "Then let's start!"

"Yes!" Pang Ge roared, and he left the palace with two personal guards.

The emperor sat in the study for a while, carefully thinking about the arrangement for tonight, and then came out of the study. Although a big event was about to happen, or he was about to take his son's name, he tried his best to Let yourself calm down and speak and behave as usual.

The first step is to go to the front side hall to take a look at the ministers who are on duty tonight.

The emperor arrived at the side hall as usual, and glanced at the ministers who were drinking tea around the table. It would be fine if it was just this glance as usual, but for some reason today, maybe he thought that these people were about to witness a scene The palace changed, and the emperor lifted his foot and walked in.

"Your Majesty!" Everyone knelt down in unison.

The emperor smiled, although the smile was stiff, but no one dared to look directly at the emperor's face.The emperor asked people to stand up, and said again: "Did you go to Kang He's mansion to drink today?"

Everyone laughed and said: "Exactly, the prince is very considerate in greeting, and the host and guest have a good time."

The emperor glanced at Zhen Yingjia again, and told the eunuch, "It's good to watch the candlelight at night." Then he told the ministers, "Although it's spring, it's cold at night, so be careful of catching a cold."

Everyone thanked them together, and the emperor left.

When the emperor walked out of the imperial study room, he couldn't even see his figure, these ministers calmed down, but all looked at Zhen Yingjia, and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Zhen. I have been on duty in the palace for more than ten years, and this is the third This is the first time I saw the emperor." Needless to say, this is to attribute all the credit to Zhen Yingjia for the emperor's return tonight.

It's just that for these ministers, although they are not as favored as Zhen Yingjia, they are not so jealous. The person who spoke even thought that he would talk to the emperor tonight. Since he showed his face in front of the emperor, he kept Impressions are always good for the future.

Zhen Yingjia could guess what he was thinking just by looking at his face, she thought that it was not just an impression, the emperor will probably remember you all for the rest of her life during the night of being forced into the palace.

The emperor came out of the imperial study room and went to the queen's palace in the harem. Unexpectedly, he saw Kang He as soon as he entered.

The emperor was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Why are you still in the palace?"