Heir of the Red Chamber

Chapter 54

Lin Ruhai has heard about today's meanness, lack of gratitude, and even ungratefulness when Mrs. Lin was still alive.

In the past, none of the eight sons of the late emperor were descended from the direct descendant, and the battle for the descendant was really a battle between the eight immortals crossing the sea and each showing their supernatural powers. Although the Lin family had never waded through that muddy water, they knew that today, the general Xian Pingyuan made it to the top one step at a time.As a result, today, the daughter of the most favored general, the imperial concubine, was allowed to provoke the dignity of the empress Yuan, almost leaving the empress Yuan no place to stand in the harem. After the death of the empress Yuan, the imperial concubine was imprisoned, and the imperial concubine's father was condemned. General Yuan killed the imperial concubine's father and daughter on the charge of cursing the empress, the Yi clan, even the son and daughter born of the imperial concubine died suddenly, and the clan was expelled.

At that time, it was the Xu family of the concubine's mother who ransacked the house, and many years later, the Xu family also ended up ruined with the sudden death of the prince.Now the court only knows the glory of Concubine Zhen's family, how many people still remember the two families that were once very prosperous back then?

As soon as the song ended, everyone left, but only this His Majesty, who turned his hand over and over again, was the only one watching the play.

Therefore, on the way into the palace, Lin Ruhai had already come up with seventeen or eight sets of rhetoric, so as not to miss it for a while, not knowing which one would arouse the suspicion of His Majesty, and bring disaster to himself instead.

Unexpectedly, this time, instead of continuing to use the false tricks that make people unable to understand their minds to spy on people's hearts, they simply and neatly exploded people from Zhen Guifei's family.As soon as Lin Ruhai arrived at the gate of the palace, he heard about the treatment of Prince Zhong'an and the others. He was surprised, but most of what he had prepared earlier was useless.

It took no effort to see the bad luck of the enemy, and the resentment accumulated in Lin Ruhai's heart also calmed down a little.It's just that Concubine Zhen conspired to murder him first, and now she has moved her ideas on the Lin family's heirs. This idea of ​​punishment doesn't even count as interest, and Lin Ruhai will never let it go.

But now that he has expressed his stance and wants to suppress Prince Zhong'an's family, Lin Ruhai will not mind fulfilling his duties as a courtier and sharing the worries of the present.Absolutely diligent and dedicated.

Speaking of it, Lin Ruhai also has to admire the coldness and cruelty of today's heart.As the saying goes, a tiger does not eat its offspring when it is poisonous, not to mention ordinary people's families, it is the first emperor, no matter how much he played with people's hearts in normal times, he still has a bit of father-son affection for his offspring.Now here, when the princes and daughters are favored, they are naturally the dragons and phoenixes among the people, and they are proud of the scenery. Once they offend their emperor father, they don't care about the slightest bit of affection now, as if these children were all picked up.

For example, when the fourth prince, Prince Zhong'an, was demoted this time, if the late emperor was in power, the ministers and workers would have to persuade him a little bit, and the late emperor would naturally raise his hand and let the fourth prince be a rich and idle person. A good end is due to the change of temper and the change of the tiger to a vegetarian diet.

And after this incident, the vague thought in Lin Ruhai's heart has finally been verified: Ever since the former prince was forced to rebel, he has never thought about establishing an heir at all.

Except for the prince, the princes count as one. In the eyes of their imperial fathers, they are all cats and dogs. .

Concubine Zhen's second son, the fourth one is completely finished, and the sixth one is after his elder brother, and it won't be a few days.After all the calculations, Lin Ya's hope of winning the bet is not too small.

As long as the Third Highness, Chu Ronghua, don't think too much about himself and annoy the present, since he has the same status as the carrot and cabbage in the minds of the other princes, and also occupies the title of "chief", it is logical to inherit the big position.

Anyway, in today's eyes, there is nothing but himself, and the third highness even skipped the step of showing his abilities, as long as he waits for today to eat the elixir comfortably.I heard by chance that the Third Highness did not do badly either.

Whether it is the Jia family or the Wang family, the Zhen family and the Zhen family are both grasshoppers on the same rope. When His Highness the Third Highness boards the Great Treasure, it will be the day to settle the accounts—provided that the two families can survive until then.

When Lin Ruhai followed the eunuch Xia Bingzhong slowly into the main hall with a dignified face, the maids in the palace had already changed their clothes.In the midst of cigarette smoke, a black embroidered golden dragon uniform set off the aging face of today, making one's back shiver.

Although his body has been deteriorating in the past two years, his eyes are still sharp. As soon as Lin Ruhai climbed the steps, he saw Lin Ruhai, a smile appeared on his gloomy face, quietly waiting for Lin Ruhai to walk slowly and steadily.

In the many years since he ascended the throne, there have been countless first-rank officials who have come and gone. Lin Ruhai is really the No.

I remember seeing Lin Ruhai at the beginning of the year, the Lin family was still headed by his father, Lin Ruhai was still called Brother Hai, it was the time when he had exquisite eyebrows and eyes and could not distinguish between men and women.He was still annoyed for a long time, sighing to himself how could she not be a sister with such an appearance, and he couldn't wait to be brought into the palace when he grew up.

Later, Lin Ruhai, who had a lot of affairs in court and mediocre talents, left early, and he forgot about Lin Ruhai until a few years later, Lin Ruhai became a blockbuster, and he looked down on the world's talents in the palace examination.

He not only loves Lin Ruhai's talent, and appointed Lin Ruhai as Tanhua, but he also likes his appearance, and he can't help feeling regretful in his heart.However, beauties often exist, but ministers of the humerus do not often exist, and this point of propriety is easy to grasp.

It's a pity that now that he is getting old, Lin Ruhai's demeanor has not diminished, but has become more mellow.

Now he was sighing in his heart, but his face was very warm. Before Lin Ruhai's gift was finished, he asked Xia Bingzhong to help Lin Ruhai up, and ordered someone to give him a seat, and he directly spoke words of comfort.

"The fourth child is ignorant, and Aiqing has been wronged."

Lin Ruhai can understand what kind of temper he is in these days, and he is more surprised than happy when such a sentence is dropped.He did know that he had a slight preference for him today, but Lin Ruhai couldn't bear it if he said it right now.

The sleeves of the robe were tilted, and Lin Ruhai got up and left his seat in an instant, folded his body and bowed deeply: "The sage loves you, how dare I refuse to die?"

Hearing Lin Ruhai's solemn expression of loyalty, he couldn't help laughing, his voice was unavoidably sputum-like, and it sounded harsh: "Why do you have to do this, Aiqing? I and Aiqing are comparable to Bole Maxima. Aiqing entered the officialdom When you come, you will be loyal to the country, pass on my will, and give Lin Ruhai, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the title of General of the third rank, which will come down from the third generation."

With just a few words, he actually rewarded a three-generation third-rank noble.The civil servants were conferred titles, the last time was when the first emperor ascended the throne and praised the crown prince and grand tutor.

Even Lin Ruhai, who was so mature and dignified, couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and immediately changed from bowing to kneeling, bowing three times and knocking nine times.

Not waiting for Lin Ruhai to thank you, now it's as if he changed his temper in a day, squinting his eyes and continuing to show kindness: "Aiqing's eldest son will soon go to a barbarian place for state affairs, and getting married in January is indeed a bit rushed. The decree is to give the Zeng family a first-class imperial clothing."

With the two decrees and the previous treatment of His Royal Highness and Jia Lian, Lin Ruhai has no choice but to ask for justice, but to thank him.

Lin Ruhai's expression on the surface is very sincere, now that he has been looking at it for a long time, the smile in his eyes is even stronger, but there is still a bit of inquiry: "Aiqing is my humerus, and she can be a person who will be left alone in a hundred years. The clown is angry?"