The Red Mansions

Chapter 1008 Jia Heng: After all, Baoyu is not guilty of death

Chapter 1008 Jia Heng: After all, Baoyu is not worthy of death...

Kunning Palace, sleeping hall

The phoenix tree is on the moon, and the evening breeze is blowing.

From night to the beginning of Xu, the beauty in the bathtub raised her neck, and a snort came out of Qiong's nose. After a while, Snow White leaned against the bathtub, and the edge of the wet bathtub showed a faint gleam on the soft snow back. Gravure printing, water drops falling from the neck.

The beauty's plump and graceful face, blushed and jade-red, was a little more glamorous under the light of the candlelight.

Empress Song narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, and looked at the red candles on a row of desks not far away. The candles were burning brightly, and tears were trickling down.

Immediately, a sense of guilt welled up deep in my heart.

What was she doing just now?She is the majestic lord of the six palaces, the supreme mother of the world, how could she imagine...

The beauty's complexion changed, and then a sense of shame and resentment arose in her heart, she said she blamed the young man for peeking at her.

The beauty wanted to continue taking a bath, but she didn't want her delicate body to be as soft as a silkworm. An indescribable embarrassment surged deep in her heart. She collected herself, supported the bathtub with two slender hands, got up, and took it from the stool. Put away the towel and wiped his body.

While bowing and bending, the graceful curves were projected on the screen, and she took the dress and put it on her body.

Empress Song walked towards the inner room, calling for the female officials, and after a short while, accompanied by the sound of jingling rings, Dan Zhu led several maids to wait on Empress Song.

The beauty lay on the bed and couldn't help thinking about the court situation.

Your Majesty is old, and with such a poor diet, many things are difficult to say if this continues, but Ran'er has never been allowed to enter the East Palace.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, starting from Emperor Taizong, the seizure of the heir was all tragic, and during the Longzhi period, didn't it fall into the hands of His Majesty who was neither a heir nor an elder?

This matter should not be ignored.

Not long ago, I heard from my sister that there are a lot of customs taxes and money, if the third brother can get a hand in it.

But the customs was still proposed by the little fox, and it was not recommended by him, and it was not easy to operate.

That little fox is really...

Kanye, how much grace is this?But if she had stopped it at the beginning, this matter would not have been possible.

Now that little fox married Xianning and Chanyue as he wished, but he didn't even show gratitude, and he was evasive to her in Kunning Palace earlier.

I thought about it just now, why don't you worry, serve me with filial piety?It's all nonsense, and the attitude is still unclear, just like His Majesty's attitude, I don't know what he is thinking at all.

Empress Song's jade face changed, and the beautiful eyes under the willow-leaf eyebrows were dazed and lost, and she sighed faintly for a moment.

In the past two days, I still have to tell Ran'er that after Xianning passed the door, he usually came and went more often, and he also helped to manage Xianning's marriage recently.

For some reason, the beauty thought about it, and suddenly felt that the weather was unbearably hot, and her heart was on fire, as if the scratching just now was just to stop the boiling water and fight the fire.

And that little fox seemed to reappear in the lake of his heart, like a devil, gradually occupying the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, the female officer has already lit the incense to disperse the mosquitoes, waiting for the sound of the female officer's light footsteps to go away.

Empress Song only felt the scorching heat and her heart burning.After hesitating for a while, he had no choice but to stretch out his hand to untie the shackles of the little clothes as in the past, the snow-white feet and the ankles like glass were brought together, and the light beat on the beauty's icy skin and skin, those slender hands that were not painted with Kodan.

As the queen of the world, she has a dignified demeanor, so she can't be a gentleman like Sister Feng, who is good at fake things.

Otherwise, if it is known to others, or even spread to the ears of Emperor Chongping by some concubines vying for favor, it will cause a lot of trouble.

At this moment, Empress Song's eyelashes were trembling, and she closed her beautiful eyes. Her plump and gorgeous face was red like fire, her white teeth were biting her pink lips, as if she was trying her best to think about the face of Emperor Chongping when he was young.

But after many years, that handsome and cold face gradually blurred, and gradually turned into a young man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a serious face.

Empress Song's heart beat suddenly.

I don't know how long it took, Empress Song's bright forehead that was as clean as jade was covered with beads of sweat, her soft and white body trembled unconsciously, under the slender eyebrows of willow leaves, her unopened beautiful eyes sucked charm and melancholy.

"Asshole." Liren spat and cursed in a low voice, but she didn't know who to scold.

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Grand View Garden

The sky is dotted with stars and the Milky Way is vast, while the cries of frogs and cicadas are intertwined in the four-square courtyard, which makes the night more quiet, and the summer night wind blows away some heat.

Jia Heng paused slightly, looking at the mosquito net above his head, his gaze sometimes condensed and sometimes scattered, sometimes far and sometimes near, and at this moment it seemed a bit like, "When Yu Yi was a child, he could open his eyes to the sun... the crane was singing in the clouds, and he was happy for it .”

In fact, there are ventriloquists in Beijing.

In fact, in the bottom of his heart, Jia Heng is thinking about the current court situation or his own sphere of influence in the future.

The Beijing camp is too eye-catching, and the main thing is to maintain the status quo. It's not time to cultivate cronies, because the entire civil servant group or the emperor is also observing his conduct.

Then it is personnel and finance that can expand the political territory.

The Jiangnan New Deal is a majestic avenue on the bright side. Once the Four New Deals come out, the world pays attention and shakes the north and the south. This can set up a political banner and reunite political forces.

And the Royal Bank of the Customs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is secretly keeping old warehouses. If the Customs Taxation Department is taken over by the Ministry of Accounts, no one is more suitable than Lin Ruhai.

The Royal Bank was managed by Jinyang and even Xianning in the past.

Well, does this count as stepping up to seize power?

But today's "persecution" by Empress Song made him see some development trends in this matter. These people may not be happy to see the two major sources of income, the Customs Tax Department and the Royal Bank, being monopolized by the Jia family.

These civil servants and Emperor Chongping cannot be regarded as fools. It is conceivable that there will be intense slander and suspicion afterwards.

As for the Royal Bank, before Chanyue passed the door, Jinyang and his relationship were not so close on the surface. Now after passing the door, they are like a family.

Empress Song will probably also join the Royal Bank.

There is also the customs, will Chen Cheng from the household department also intervene?

Some things are not easy to block. If Queen Song intervenes in the customs, it is not impossible.

Jia Heng thought about it, after all, Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi were inexperienced, too careless, and soon their cheeks became rosy, and their breath was slightly soft.

Zhen Lan looked at the thinking young man with sweat all over her face, a charming and enchanting look appeared in her clear eyebrows.

Zhen Lan's soft and delicate body came closer, clung to the young man's body, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, you haven't told me that the land is worth the money."

Jia Heng said in a low voice: "As the name suggests, sharing the land into the mu... is to convert the tax of the land into the land. In this way, the rich with a lot of land will pay more silver, and the poor with little land will not be embarrassed. "

Zhen Lan thought for a while, her bright eyes flickered, and she said seriously: "In the long run, the population of the world will also increase dramatically."

Jia Heng pinched the girl's face and said appreciatively, "Sister Lan got to the point right away."

He feels that the big Han is more and more like the Qing dynasty, with sweet potatoes flourishing in the age of [-], and the spread of the land into the mu... It took three years to complete the nearly [-]-year dynasty process of the Qing Dynasty.

However, according to the history of parallel time and space, this time is indeed the Shunzhi period.

Under the slender eyebrows of Zhen Lan's willow leaves, her eyes were as clear as water, she moved her pink lips closer, and said in a low voice, "Brother Heng."

The girl clearly wanted to kiss Jia Heng at this moment, but she was a little afraid.

Jia Heng paused slightly, kissing at this time was too much.

Gently stroking the girl's fragrant shoulders, the soft skin overflowed between her fingers, and said: "Sister Lan'er was also tired just now, let me serve you."

Zhen Lan: "???"

For a moment, she didn't understand what he meant, she looked at the boy expectantly and shyly, and then she was dumbfounded.

This... How much does Brother Heng like her?

The girl's face was as red as rouge, her heart was suddenly moved, she resisted the shyness in her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, I'm not worth it."

I don't know how long it will take before the stars are hidden in the summer night, the croaking of frogs returns to tranquility, and Jia Heng also embraces Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi who are limp in a ball and falls asleep.

Grand View Garden, Qichiyuan

The next day, the golden morning light shone on the houses of Qichiyuan, and the heat of the hot summer gradually rose, while the sycamore trees in the courtyard swayed with the wind.

Jia Heng opened his eyes, woke up suddenly, and couldn't help turning his eyes to look at Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi beside him.

Zhen Xi's sleeping face was exceptionally peaceful, her face was flushed with fragrant skin and skin, like a bright red apple, sweet and delicious, with curved eyelashes, and a white and delicate nose.

In fact, Zhenxi has a standard oval face, with flat eyebrows and almond eyes, the lines look gentler and quieter, and her temperament is a bit like Zhenxue.

Jia Heng turned to look at Zhen Lan, the girl put a lotus root arm on his chest at this moment, and she was also sleeping soundly.

Zhen Lan had a melon-shaped face, with curved willow eyebrows, slender phoenix eyes, a straight nose, thin lips, and a pointed chin, giving her a slightly mean and glamorous feeling.

The faces of the two sisters are the size of palms, and they are nourished by the water villages in the south of the Yangtze River. Their complexions are fair and their skin can be broken.

Jia Heng got up, and the girl next to her suddenly "snapped", her crooked eyelashes trembled, and then she regained her senses.

"Brother Heng, you're awake." Under Zhen Lan's willow eyebrows, she looked at the young man with bright eyes beaming with joy, and her voice was soft and sweet.

She thought that she would be able to see Brother Heng every day when she woke up.

Jia Heng stared at the girl, his eyes are the windows to the soul, and he could feel the joy that came out of his heart like the welling springs last night, obviously the intimacy last night had an extraordinary weight in Zhen Lan's heart.

However, this is only part of the plan.

"Well, it's midnight, get up earlier." Jia Heng looked at Zhen Lan, whose forehead was dripping with sweat, wiped it with her hand, and said, "It's all sweat."

On such a hot day, although there are icehouses in all directions to melt the ice to cool off the heat, but no matter how beautiful the flowers are, it is still a bit hot to hug them all night.

It's so hot, I can't bear to leave him, I can only say that I have both attachment and love.

Zhen Lan's beautiful and beautiful face flushed slightly, feeling the young man's pampering, her heart was full of sweetness, and there was a trace of charm in her cold eyebrows, she said: "Let me wait for Brother Heng to change clothes."

Jia Heng responded with a "huh", lightly patted the blushing girl who was already asleep with her eyes closed, and said, "Sister Xi'er, wake up, the sun is already drying your ass."

Zhen Xi let out a "wow", her cheeks blushed, she rubbed her eye sockets with two white hands, and said softly, "Brother Heng, you're awake."

Speaking of which, why did you take pictures of her there?

Jia Heng got up, put on his clothes and got down on the bamboo couch, Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi were also rustling in their skirts behind them.

After washing his face in the copper basin made by the maid, Jia Heng came to sit down beside the mahogany desk, and ordered the maid to prepare warm water for bathing and breakfast, and then looked for a book to read.

"Brother Heng, are you still busy going out today?" Zhen Lan tied a few buttons on the front of her skirt, and was about to go to the dressing table to dress up, and asked the boy with a joyful expression.

For two consecutive days, Brother Heng stayed in Qichi Courtyard. Although he and her were not married, she had a physical relationship with him in the past two days, especially last night, it was almost the same as husband and wife.

It is more likely that she will become a side concubine in the future.

Jia Heng opened a page and said: "Maybe I will go to the Beijing camp. Today, the eunuch Xia from the palace will bring people over and talk about the wedding."

He felt that Zhen Lan had started to cling to him, or at this time Zhen Lan still had a romantic mind.

But no matter how sweet it is, it won't take long, if the girl is unhappy, she will... After all, she paid by mistake.

This is a woman whose desires are hard to fill.

Zhen Lan said "Oh", her heart was a little sad for a moment, and she simply rolled up a woman's hair bun in front of the bronze mirror, but she heard the boy say: "Sister Lan, don't wear a woman's hair bun."

Hearing this, Zhen Lan pursed her pink lips and stared at the boy.

What does it mean.

Jia Heng came up to the girl and said in a low voice: "It won't be too late for Sister Lan'er to tie up her hair after she marries me. Sister Lan'er looks better with a girly bun."

The hair is tied up in a bun, exposing the smooth forehead, not everyone can control it, only the graceful and gorgeous faces of Jin Yang and Song Empress.

But after Qing became pregnant, her plump cheeks, which were originally as beautiful as hairpins and blacks, became more and more beautiful, and she can be combed.

The girls in the garden, except for Feng Wan who was married, had this kind of hairstyle with slapped faces, and there was always a feeling of... a child combing her hair to look like an adult.

Especially Baochai, it's really ugly to show her forehead.

"I listened to Brother Heng." Zhen Lan said "Oh", her heart was slightly sweet.

It turned out that she looked good in a girlish bun.

Zhen Lan finished dressing, and finished washing under the service of her maid.

Now Jia Heng came to the desk, took a blue booklet, and asked, "Is this written by sister Lan'er?"

It is clearly a book of reading notes, which records some experience of reading history, and it records "History of Ming Dynasty".

Zhen Lan came slowly, the young girl did not put on any makeup, she looked like a lotus emerging from the water, she couldn't hide the charm of a bride in the corners of her brows and eyes, she smiled lightly and said: "When I was at home, I read the history books, and I got some experience , just write whatever you want.”

Zhen Xi just washed up at the moment, the little girl was sleepy, there was still a little tiredness between her brows and eyes, after washing her face, her beautiful face was white and rosy, and water would come out when pinched lightly.

Jia Heng flipped through them one by one, and asked in amazement: "Sister Lan wrote about the reason why the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty killed heroes indiscriminately?"

No wonder the political literacy is not low, if the girl who is the favorite of future generations of military history enthusiasts.

Jia Heng looked at it with great interest, looking at the beautiful handwriting on it, in which some experience was written, reading the words, it seemed like a conversation with him.

Under Zhen Lan's slender eyebrows, her eyes were as bright as water, and she said in a clear voice: "I've been thinking about this matter recently, and I feel that the four major crimes in the early Ming Dynasty were tragic, and the massacre of heroes was unprecedented in history, but Suffering from ordinary times, no one can talk about it. Fortunately, Brother Heng came back. The founding monarch of the former Ming Dynasty slaughtered heroes wantonly, while the four kings, eight lords and twelve lords of this dynasty have not committed any crimes. The structure of the dynasty Taizu is especially superior to that of the pre-Ming Dynasty."

Jia Heng said: "It's not the same. After the founding of the dynasty, following the codes of the Song and Ming Dynasties and combining the good laws of the Han and Tang Dynasties, although martial arts were given preferential treatment, there were also countermeasures. In fact, if Zhu Biao hadn't died early, there might not have been in the early Ming Dynasty." Such a tragic massacre, and among the founding lords of the Ming Dynasty, many Jing Nan heroes died well, and as for this dynasty, Taizu's majesty is magnificent, and he is far ahead of the previous generation, which is really incomparable to ordinary people."

The latter sentence is politically correct. Chen Han Taizu united the generals to the greatest extent because of his lack of foundation, coupled with the maturity of civil politics.

Zhen Lan's eyes sparkled, and she asked: "Brother Heng, how do you think Wu Xun can keep the same family as the country and keep his family's prestige intact? Don't end up with the death of the Niu family."

Jia Heng said in a soft voice: "Serving your superiors carefully, you have to transform into civil servants, and the world cannot have military affairs for a long time. When political affairs are repeated, military commanders have to study more. They can not only assist the king to control the four directions in wartime, but also help the shepherd in peacetime." Guard the people."

Zhen Lan asked: "So Brother Heng came up with these new policies?"

Jia Heng took the girl's plain hand, sat in his arms, and said softly: "Sister Lan is so smart and smart, she is even better than men, and she is not afraid that she will not get married."

Hearing the man's doting praise, Zhen Lanfang was sweet-hearted, and shyly said: "So I can only marry Brother Heng."

Zhen Xi finished dressing at this moment, looked at the two who were hugging each other again, remembered the absurdity of last night, blushed, and said softly: "Brother Heng, Sister Lan, it's time for breakfast."

Jia Heng and Lan Xi ate their breakfast talking and laughing, so they didn't stay in the Qichi courtyard any longer, they left the courtyard and went to the front courtyard.

At this moment, the various houses in the front yard of Ningguo Mansion are already busy. Maids and servants are walking through the corridors, serving the masters of each house for daily living and washing.

Accompanied by Third Sister You, Qin Keqing walked slowly in the corridor after breakfast, eating away.

Jia Heng came to the study in the front hall, looked at the girl in the green dress, and called softly.

Chen Xiao put down the teacup in his hand, looked Jia Heng up and down, and said: "Flying pigeons in the northwest are passing the letter, the Prince of Xining County has led the troops of Xining Mansion out of the city to conquer Gu Shihan's ten auspicious men." Erji Department."

Chen Xiao is a special existence in the mansion, even Zhen Lan in the backyard knows that Miss Xiao and Jia Heng are inseparable.

Jia Heng said: "What about Donglu's recent movements? Have you found traces of Jurchen's high-ranking officials in Qinghai?"

Chen Xiao's eyes were deep, and he said in a cold voice: "It's Yue Tuo. It's Yue Tuo who went to Qinghai and Mongolia. This is a secret report from Liaodong. In addition, Zhongshan Wolf has already gone to Shengjing to meet with Dorgon's brother Azig. On the line."

Although Sun Shaozu was unwilling to go deep into the enemy's rear, he couldn't resist Qu Lang's coercion and temptation after all, and led Qiao's daughter to "escape" to Liaodong to ambush.

Of course, according to the rules of the Jinyi Mansion, there is no intersection between this route and the information line of Calabash Monk Wei Guang, and the two sources of information are used to corroborate each other.

Jia Heng said in a low voice: "Yue Tuo is unparalleled in wisdom, if he goes to Qinghai, those people in Xining County Palace are not his opponents."

Among the high-ranking relatives and nobles in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were many generals, but only two of them were resourceful and wise generals, one was Duoduo and the other was Yue Tuo.

Chen Xiao said: "Then what are you going to do?"

Jia Heng said: "Look at the situation first, we can't send troops now."

While the two were talking, a servant girl reported, "My lord, an inner eunuch came to the palace and said it was sent by the empress."

Jia Heng paused, knowing that Xia Shouzhong was here.

At this moment, Xia Shouzhong was already sitting in the flower hall in the front yard, with several eunuchs accompanying him behind him.

Xia Shouzhong looked at the paintings in the central hall of Ningguo Mansion, his eyes flickered, and he was thinking about how to elaborate on the marriage between his niece of the same clan and the second master Bao of Jia's West Mansion.

If it weren't for worrying about the blame from the empress, even if my niece was a concubine for Wei Guogong, she would be a high climber.

The Xia family is a merchant in the central capital, and through Xia Shouzhong's relationship, they have received some business from the Osmanthus Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Central Beijing Municipality.

At this moment, hurried footsteps came from outside.

Xia Shouzhong got up and looked at the young man in the python suit. There was a smile on his fair and beardless face, but the eunuch had a soft temperament, and his smile was a little creepy. He cupped his hands and said, "Duke Wei."

"Eunuch Xia came to the door, but it was not too far away to welcome him." Jia Heng raised his eyes to look at the old eunuch, and greeted him with a smile without being negligent.

This is the head of the eunuch next to Empress Song, who is in charge of the internal affairs of the six palaces. He would rather offend a gentleman than a villain.

Xia Shouzhong smiled on his fair face, and said, "Duke Wei ruined our family."

After exchanging greetings, the two sat down again.

Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "Duke Wei, the Empress specifically instructed that Duke Wei had a face-to-face meeting with the Holy Father yesterday, so I only have free time today, so she sent our family over."

In a few days, there will be a big wedding, and the various etiquette procedures are much more complicated than the Yuanchun family visitation in the original book.

Jia Heng said with emotion: "Let the Queen bother you."

In fact, Empress Song was really worried about the matter between him and Xianning, how about treating her better when we meet again later?

Xia Shouzhong picked up the red slip from the small table beside him, with a big smile on his face, he said, "This is the process of getting married on that day in the middle of the month. Duke Wei will take a look at it first, and our family will explain it one by one later."

Jia Heng took the paper, thanked him, and began to read it on the spot.

From hiring, welcoming, and wedding, the process is quite cumbersome.

Jia Heng was already good at remembering people, and after browsing through it, he had memorized a lot, and then asked Xia Shouzhong for some vague details.

Xia Shouzhong answered them all with a smile on his face.

Before you knew it, it was noon, and Jia Heng wanted to host a banquet and accompany him in person. The kindness of a favored Duke undoubtedly gave Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch in charge of the Six Palaces, enough face and made Xia Shouzhong laugh. Not from ear to ear.

During the dinner, Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "Duke Wei, our family actually has something to ask, I don't know what Duke Wei wants."

Jia Heng put down the wine cup in his hand and asked, "Grandpa Xia, please speak."

Xia Shouzhong smiled and said: "Before our family entered the palace, there was a fellow from the same family who came to Beijing to do business in flower gardens and beautiful trees. There was a righteous daughter under him, her maiden name was Jingui, and now she is still in her boudoir, and she has a pretty face. Gentle and virtuous, I heard that the second master Bao of your mansion is not yet married, so our family has the audacity to be a matchmaker and betroth my niece to the second son of Rongguo mansion."

Jia Heng heard the words, his face remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "This matter..."

This daughter Xia Jingui is particularly vicious, she can be said to be the female version of Sun Shaozu, if such a person comes to Jia's house, she will undoubtedly be a black sheep, and I am afraid that it will not be long before the Rongguo Mansion will be disturbed.

Of course, he has a way to suppress Xia Jingui.

At the beginning, he also thought about enticing Xia Jingui to restrain Mrs. Wang, but after he was proclaimed as the Duke of the State, he was still worthy of the princess and princess, and his mentality changed a little.

Instead, he didn't want to lure Xia Jingui into Jia's house.

After all, Baoyu is not guilty of death, and Yuanchun also devoted his heart to him. In order to be with him, he has to become a monk.

Thinking of Yuan Chun, I can't help but think of that plump, soft beauty like a big white goose. After so long, I also think about it.

But he couldn't refuse these words, Jia Heng thought for a while, and said: "Grandpa Xia may not know, Baoyu's marriage is managed by the old lady of Xifu, I can't make the decision."

Xia Shouzhong heard the words, the smile on his face froze for a while, pretending to be surprised and asked: "If Wei Guogong is a matchmaker, Mrs. Rong Guotai won't take care of face, right?"

Jia Heng shook his head and said: "Grandpa Xia doesn't know about my family's situation, the old lady is especially fond of Baoyu, no one else can make decisions about Baoyu's marriage, only the old lady can make decisions, and the old man is getting old, I am not good Going against the old man's mind in this matter."

Xia Shouzhong was silent for a while when he heard the words, and murmured: "What should I do?"

Could it be that he had the cheek to promise his niece to the boy in front of him as a concubine?This fell into the ears of the Empress Empress and Concubine Rong, and he couldn't bear to walk around.

In this way, how to cling to the upstart Jia family?

Jia Heng pondered and said: "How about this, Eunuch Xia will follow me to the West Mansion to meet the old lady, mention this matter, and see the old lady's attitude?"

Don't think about it, Mother Jia will definitely refuse.

Without him, the family background of the Xia family is too low, not to mention the family status of the Duke’s family in the Jia family, Jia Zheng is also a fourth-rank Beijing official, a merchant woman, not to mention the Xia family, even the Xue family, Jia’s mother may not be interested .

From the very beginning, Daiyu was arranged. Mother Jia is obviously a poisonous eye, a person who knows goods, several generations of princes, and a Hanlin Tanhua background.

But if it is Mrs. Wang, she may not be tempted.

When Xia Shouzhong heard the words, he smiled happily, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wei, our family is going to persuade the old lady."

As the two talked, they didn't drink any more, but went to Rongguo Mansion.

　Don't wait for the second, I can't finish writing.

(End of this chapter)