The Red Mansions

Chapter 1688 Jia Heng: Just wait for him to make a mistake!

Chapter 1688 Jia Heng: Just wait for him to make a mistake!

Godly City, Ningguo Mansion

Chen Xiao and Gu Ruoqing were lying on the bed, holding each other's hands and chatting in low voices.

Chen Xiao covered her mouth with a pink handkerchief and was vomiting violently. She turned to look at Gu Ruoqing and said softly, "In the past few days, the morning sickness has become more and more severe."

Gu Ruoqing's willow-shaped eyebrows were curved like crescent moons, and her cold and sparkling eyes were filled with concern as she said, "I was almost like this some time ago, but I'm much better now."

Chen Xiao took a cup of tea from the maid, and his originally pale face regained some redness.

Gu Ruoqing stared at Chen Xiao, who was having a severe morning sickness reaction, and said, "You should eat more blood-boosting foods these two days to replenish your blood and qi. You don't look very well."

Chen Xiao said "hmm".

At this moment, Nan Ling appeared in a sky-blue dress with her hair combed into a bun, like a red lotus. Then, she came in gracefully, with a gentle smile on her charming face. She said, "Princess, Madam, the prince is here."

After hearing this, Chen Xiao looked at Gu Ruoqing beside him with clear eyes and said, "He is finally here."

After Chen Xiao became pregnant, her character inevitably became a little weak and dependent. Staying in the back house, she missed Jia Heng more.

After a while, Jia Heng came in from outside, turned his head to look at Chen Xiao and Gu Ruoqing, and said with a smile: "Ruoqing, Xiaoxiao, you are all here."

Chen Xiao responded softly and asked curiously, "What's the matter? You look so happy."

Jia Heng said, "Xiaoxiao, Jiangnan has already recaptured Jinling City. The King of Wu, the Hao family and others have been captured. The rebellion in Jiangnan is over."

Chen Xiao was also delighted when he heard this, and said in a somewhat cheerful tone: "The matter of Jiangnan is completely predicted."

As Jia Heng spoke, he couldn't help but sigh softly, with a look of emotion on his face, and said, "Yes."

He is also completing the last piece of the power puzzle.

Chen Xiao couldn't help but sigh as he said, "The world is finally at peace for a while."

Jia Heng nodded, turned his head and looked at Gu Ruoqing who was standing beside him. He walked closer, gently took Gu Ruoqing's slender hand, and asked with concern: "Ruoqing, how have you been recently?"

Gu Ruoqing smiled faintly and said, "I've been doing fine lately, nothing else has happened."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Ruoqing, you should take good care of your pregnancy recently. Don't ask about other things for now."

As he spoke, he gently stretched out his hand and put it around Gu Ruoqing's snow-white shoulders.

Chen Xiao added: "The Jiangnan case is bound to implicate a lot of people. How do you plan to deal with these people?"

Jia Heng's face was as cold as frost, and he said in a cold voice: "Anyone who accedes to the rebellion against the King of Wu and the King of Lu will be charged with the crime of accusing others of treason and their entire clans will be exterminated to serve as a warning to others."

Chen Xiao paused for a moment, and said, "Although the killing was excessive, it was an extraordinary time and we had to take extraordinary measures."

Jia Heng reached out and gently pulled Chen Xiao's slender hand, looked at her bright and beautiful face, and said, "Xiaoxiao, during this period of time, don't worry too much about what's going on outside, take good care of the baby, so as not to affect the baby in your belly."

Chen Xiao hummed, and gently reached out to stroke her bulging belly. Her frosty face was dazed, and a sweet and warm current surged from the depths of her heart.

Soon, she will become a mother.

For some reason, I felt both anticipation and fear.

Can she be a good mother?

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In the palace garden, Kunning Palace, in the warm room of the wing room——

In the warm room next to the window frame of the bedroom, Queen Song, wearing a crimson waisted palace dress, held a book with a blue cover in her hand and read it with her eyes lowered, her expression focused.

This is a novel.

Queen Song also had nothing to do so she was killing time. At this moment, the afternoon sunlight shone through the carved window lattices onto the beautiful woman's plump face, casting a warm and soft light on her delicate skin, undoubtedly adding a touch of holiness to her.

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, Prince Wei is asking for an audience outside the palace." At this time, a female official came into the palace and said in a low voice.

Queen Song put down the book in her hand and said, "Announce."

After a short while, a young man in a python robe came striding over with a calm expression.

"Prince Wei, why are you here?" Queen Song looked at the young man in the python robe and asked softly.

Jia Heng said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, in Jiangnan, Cai Quan and Annan Hou have already recaptured the city of Jinling."

Upon hearing this, Queen Song's face lit up with joy and she asked in surprise, "The rebellion in Nanjing has been quelled? What exactly is going on?"

Jia Heng said: "The net has been closed in Jiangnan, and now there are some final matters to be dealt with."

Queen Song looked at Jia Heng with her charming eyes, and said happily, "Now, peace has finally come to us."

As Chen Luo's mother, she naturally did not want her son's throne to be as stable as Mount Tai.

Jia Heng smiled and said, "In the past two or three years, apart from promoting science, there should be no wars in the court, so you don't have to worry."

We have fought many wars in recent years, and it is time for the Han Dynasty to recuperate for some time.

Queen Song nodded, her beautiful eyes sparkling, and said, "That's good."

Jia Heng gently stroked the beauty's shoulders, held her in his arms and comforted her for a while, then said, "I'm going to Funing Palace."

Queen Song said, "Don't mess around."

Although she was dissatisfied with Concubine Duanrong's coveting of her son's throne, after all, they were sisters in the boudoir for many years, so Queen Song could not bear it.

In the end, no disaster occurred.

Jia Heng chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I just want them to behave themselves."

Queen Song bit her pink lips with her pearly teeth. Her charming eyes were as soft as water under her willow eyebrows. She said softly, "Just be sensible."

As Jia Heng spoke, he went to the palace where Concubine Duanrong lived. Bamboo curtains were hung in the four warm rooms in the palace. A gentle breeze blew, and the rich fragrance of flowers in the courtyard blew towards the warm rooms, refreshing the heart.

At this moment, Imperial Concubine Duanrong was chatting with the Eighth Prince Chen Ze. Her cold and beautiful face looked haggard as she had been worrying about outside affairs in recent days.

"Ze'er, what are people outside saying during this period?" asked Concubine Duanrong.

Chen Ze's eyes showed a dark color, and he whispered: "Mother, I have already inquired about it. Many scholars in Jiangnan are rebelling against Prince Wei. After a while, we should be able to see a good show."

Concubine Duanrong frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Chen Ze said: "If Jiangnan rebels, the imperial court's grain transport will be cut off, not to mention that the maritime trade tariffs are all in the south. At that time, the imperial court in Shenjing will be cut off from money and food, and the newly conquered Liaodong and other places, as well as the nearly one million soldiers in the north, will be unstable. At that time, King Wei will not be able to hold on."

When Concubine Duanrong heard this, her charming eyes showed worry, and she whispered, "If that's the case, it's possible."

At this moment, a tall female official in bright clothes entered the hall, with a look of panic between her eyebrows, and said, "Empress Rong, His Highness Prince Wei is here."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Duanrong was moved and asked, "Zi Yu?"

Immediately, he looked at Chen Ze who was standing beside him and said, "Your brother-in-law is here, come with me to greet him."

When Chen Ze heard this, his expression also changed slightly, and worry appeared in his eyes under his sword-like brows.

After a while, the young man in the python robe came quickly from outside, looked at the elegant Concubine Duanrong, and said with a bow, "Your humble servant greets Her Majesty Rong. May Your Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

Concubine Duanrong pursed her pink lips, her face looking a little unnatural. She had just said something bad about the person in front of her, and she didn't expect this person to come over right after her.

While Concubine Duanrong was speaking, she looked up and down at the young man in the python robe and asked, "Zi Yu, where are you from?"

Jia Heng did not answer directly, but stared at Concubine Duanrong and said, "I have good news for you, Her Majesty."

Concubine Duanrong: “???”

What good news?

Is Zi Yu going to change his name to Li Ze'er?

Of course, this thought only flashed through her mind, and Concubine Duanrong looked at the young man in the python robe with some curiosity.

At this moment, Chen Ze also looked over there, but his expression was not very good, and he had a bad premonition.

Jia Heng looked indifferent and said softly, "My Lady, the chaos in Jiangnan has been settled."

When Concubine Duanrong heard this, she was shocked and asked, "How could this be possible?"

Didn't Ze'er say that the Jiangnan rebellion was very powerful? Even if the rebellion could be quelled, it shouldn't be done so quickly.

Jia Heng caught the change in the expression on Concubine Duanrong's face, smiled, and asked, "Your Majesty seems unhappy to see this?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Duanrong suddenly woke up, and a trace of panic appeared in her beautiful eyes under her emerald eyebrows. She said in defense, "When have I not been happy to see you?"

Jia Heng turned to look at Chen Ze, who was standing beside him, with a strange look in his eyes. He said, "Your Highness the Eighth Prince seems a little disappointed as well."

Chen Ze had not been given a title before, or it could be said that he had not been canonized in time. Both emperors passed away one after another, and then Chen Ze ascended the throne and became emperor.

Chen Ze's expression was gloomy and inexplicable. Under his sword-like brows, which showed a bit of heroic spirit, his eyes flickered for a moment, and he looked at the young man in the python robe with some resentment in his heart.

Jia Heng's clear eyes flickered under his sword-like brows, and he said in a cold voice: "You and your son should behave yourself in the harem, and don't do anything wrong outside."

Chen Ze raised his sword-like eyebrows that slanted into his temples, his cold and bright eyes flickered, his white and jade-like face was as gloomy as iron, and a feeling of shame and anger surged in his heart.

Jia Heng didn't say anything else and then, without any further delay, turned around and left, planning to go and see the millstone again.

After Jia Heng left, the atmosphere in Funing Palace became extremely depressing.

Concubine Duanrong raised her eyes to look at Chen Ze who was standing beside her with a gloomy face, and said gently: "Ze'er, the uprising in Jiangnan has failed."

Compared to the Gao family in Bashu, which even prompted the court to send a large army from the capital to quell the rebellion, this "rebellion" in Jiangnan did not cause much waves and was quickly suppressed by the court.

Chen Ze's eyes were dark and inexplicable, and he said angrily: "Mother, this is a conspiracy designed by Prince Wei."

Concubine Duanrong sighed and said, "How could I not know that?"

From Jia Heng's expression just now, Concubine Duanrong naturally caught some clues.

Concubine Duanrong said: "Besides, your brother-in-law has obviously begun to target us mother and son. This is a warning."

Although because of Princess Xianning, Concubine Duanrong is not worried about her life, but after today's warning, she will definitely be imprisoned.

That...is almost worse than death.

When Chen Ze heard this, his face became gloomy and a hint of worry appeared in his eyes.

Concubine Duanrong pursed her soft pink lips, her beautiful eyes sparkling like water, and whispered: "Stop your little tricks in the future, wait and see, and wait for the opportunity."

Chen Ze nodded, his eyes showing a trace of wisdom, and whispered: "He wants to usurp our Han Dynasty, so he must use his prestige to subdue everyone in the world. If he wants to establish prestige, he must establish civil and military achievements, and doing things means offending people. Mother, just wait, it won't be long before the whole world will rebel."

Concubine Duanrong hummed softly and said nothing more.

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The palace where Zhen Qing lived——

In the warm room of the back hall, Zhen Qing was wearing a light pink high-waisted long skirt, with her lush and smooth hair combed into a bun, and her plump and lovely face had a bright red blush on both sides.

Ever since Chen Jie abdicated, Zhen Qing had become somewhat bored in the harem. After dinner every day, she would either read in the backyard or take a walk in the imperial garden.

At this moment, a female official came quickly from outside and said softly, "Your Majesty, the King of Wei is here."

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Qing's snow-white face asked in a low voice: "Where is the person? Please come over quickly."

As he was speaking, the young man in the python robe walked in from outside. His handsome and heroic face was as calm as black water.

"You're here." Zhen Qing looked at the young man in the python robe with soft and sparkling eyes under her emerald eyebrows, called him softly, and said in a low voice.

Jia Heng chuckled, looked at Zhen Qing intently, and said softly, "I just came to see you, where is Jie'er."

"He went to Hongwenguan early in the morning to listen to the lectures given by the scholars of the Hanlin Academy." Zhen Qing said with her beautiful eyes sparkling under her emerald eyebrows.

Jia Heng nodded, walked to Zhen Qing's side, gently took Zhen Qing's slender hand, and said, "Qing'er, let me see."

Zhen Qing rolled her eyes at Jia Heng and said gently, "They are an old married couple."

But an inexplicable sweetness surged in the beautiful woman's heart.

Under Jia Heng's thick eyebrows, his cold and bright eyes showed a slight tenderness. He said softly, "The chaos in Jinling has been resolved."

Zhen Qing said "Ah" and asked, "What do you mean?"

Jia Heng nodded, his expression paused, and whispered: "King Wu, King Lu and others have been captured, and the storm in Jiangnan has subsided."

Zhen Qing said: "In this way, the world will be peaceful again."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "Yes, the rest is to proceed step by step and steadily."

At least in the next three to five years, there will be no major internal strife in the Han Dynasty.

From the 14th year of Chongping to the first year of Qiande, major events happened almost every year in the Han Dynasty during these eight years, one after another.

Zhen Qing said softly: "Yes, it's time for people to be quiet for a while."

As she spoke, her snow-white face flushed, and she gently pushed away the hand of the young man in the python robe and said, "What have you been doing all this time?"

Jia Heng said softly: "Isn't this because I miss you?"

As he spoke, he leaned close to Zhen Qing's ear and held her soft and slightly moist earlobe.

Zhen Qing's plump, soft body seemed to tremble slightly, and she groaned and said softly, "Don't do it here."

Jia Heng hummed, without saying anything else, he gently reached out his hand to embrace Zhen Qing's delicate body and walked towards the inner room.

The two of them fell on a bed covered with a mattress. Jia Heng turned his head to look at that beautiful and gorgeous face, his eyes flickered, then he moved closer to those plump lips and kissed them gently, with a hint of delight in his eyes.

Zhen Qing's beautiful and bright face was as rosy as the clouds. She gently put her hands around Jia Heng's neck. Her eyes seemed to be moist with water and she was full of charm, as if she was madly in love with the man in front of her.

After an unknown amount of time, the soft panting sounds in the room gradually calmed down. Zhen Qing pressed tightly against the chest of the young man in the python costume, her face burning hot and rosy like clouds.

"Yesterday, Concubine Rong sent someone over here, saying that she wanted to ask for Xinxin to marry her son Ze'er, and asked me to tell him on her behalf." Zhen Qing suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Jia Heng frowned and said, "Chen Ze wants to marry Xin Xin."

He had just met Xinxin some time ago.

It has to be said that the young girl has now grown into a graceful young lady with fair skin and a graceful look.

Zhen Qing snorted, her eyes and eyebrows showing her lustful feelings. Her lips slightly opened, her fragrance was faint, and she said, "I don't want to agree to him. If she hadn't contacted Li Zan and others, Jie'er wouldn't have lost his position."

Although the mastermind behind this incident was Jia Heng, who was in close contact with Zhen Qing, how could the beauty vent all her anger on Jia Heng?

Jia Heng gently embraced Zhen Qing's shoulders, his palms full of softness, and said, "I also think it's inappropriate. The reason why Concubine Duanrong proposed to Shui Xin for her son Chen Ze is simply because she was attracted by the military power controlled by Prince Beijing Shui Rong."

Zhen Qing asked: "What do you mean?"

Jia Heng sneered and said, "Xiang Zhuang dances with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong."

He knew exactly what Concubine Duanrong and Chen Ze were thinking. They were just lying in wait for the opportunity.

Just wait for him to make a mistake!

Zhen Qing said softly, "Then you don't plan to marry Shui Xin to Chen Ze."

Jia Heng said: "Of course not. Although Xinxin has reached the age of many people, she is still young. It won't be too late to wait for another two years."

He still needs to carefully choose a goddaughter for him.

Zhen Qing looked at Jia Heng intently and said, "You don't have other ideas, do you?"

Jia Heng asked, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhen Qing snorted and whispered, "I didn't say anything, how do you know I'm talking nonsense?"

Jia Heng was speechless for a moment and did not continue to explain the matter in order to avoid making things worse.

Zhen Qing said, "I've been missing Lan'er and Xi'er for a while now. Ask them to come over for a few days."

Jia Heng said "hmm".

Then, Jia Heng lingered with Zhen Qing for a while before putting on his robe and leaving the palace.

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