Qing Wu Red House

Chapter 161

The first month of Hong Zhen's eighth year has passed in a busy manner. As the person in charge of the draft, Yuan Chun is naturally extremely busy.Fengzao Palace is full of people coming and going every day, it is even busier than when it was just a few months ago when I was concubine.As the most proud person around Yuanchun, Baoqin is naturally too busy to touch the ground.

After the first two rounds of selection had finally passed, the [-] beautiful women selected by Concubine Han Gui and Yuan Chun had already lived in the side hall of Wan'an Palace, waiting for the emperor's review.Yuan Chun and Concubine Han were finally able to relax at this time.

When bored, Yuan Chun always thinks about going home that day.She was very grateful for everything her family had done for her, and when she thought of the poems written by her sisters, she couldn't help being excited, and even compiled them herself.It happened that Yuanchun was transcribing the poems of Daiyu and others that day, and Emperor Hong Zhen quickly entered Fengzao Palace.

Yuan Chun was very surprised that Emperor Hong Zhen stepped into the harem at this time, but still greeted him with a smile on his face: "Why did the emperor come here at this moment? The concubine is far away, and I hope the emperor will make amends."

"There are no foreign ministers around, so you don't need to be polite to your beloved concubine!" Emperor Hong Zhen waved his hand casually, and went to the upper seat.

Emperor Hongzhen is thirty-seven this year, but due to the proper maintenance on weekdays, and the fact that Emperor Hongzhen himself has followed the appearance of Queen Yang, although he has lost the handsome face of the young man, he has also added A bit of elegance.Coupled with the fact that he has been in power in recent years, he has shown a domineering aura that makes people dare not look directly at him.

"Yesterday, my concubine got some rainy Longjing, and on a whim, she took out the snow water that was buried in the yard a few years ago. Does the emperor want to have a taste?" Yuan Chun smiled and stood at the head of Emperor Hong Zhen. , without the emperor's words, even if she is a noble concubine, she is not allowed to sit at will.

Emperor Hong Zhen laughed and said: "In terms of the skill of cooking tea, there is no one in the whole palace who can compare with the skill of my concubine." Yuan Chun said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment from the emperor, I will cook tea for the emperor myself."

Not long.Several maids came in with the case.Yuan Chun's personal maid took off a pair of jade bracelets, took off the ring on his hands, and cleaned his hands repeatedly.Then he knelt down in front of the table, poured out the snow water from the urn, boiled it with charcoal, and then carefully cooked the tea.Emperor Hong Zhen sat on the main seat and watched Yuan Chun's movements, and asked inadvertently: "You and Concubine Han Guifei have worked so hard on this selection of beautiful women. I think I should reward you."

Yuan Chun smiled and said: "This is the job of the courtiers and concubines, how can they be rewarded by the emperor." Emperor Hongzhen smiled lightly, and did not continue this topic.I think it has been eight years since Yuanchun entered the palace.Always abide by the duty.He didn't intentionally cause troubles like other women to make himself a headache. Maybe that's why he singled out Yuan Chun for promotion among the women in the harem.

In this draft, he watched with cold eyes.I can see that Yuan Chun is also the type of person who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger. He handles many things more transparently than Concubine Han, who has been in charge of palace affairs for two years.

Thinking of what I have heard these days, it seems that this Rongguo Mansion is really a sign of yin and yang decline, otherwise why those daughters are more able to provoke some things.But those men only know how to live a loose life with the blessing of their ancestors.

In a blink of an eye, Emperor Hong Zhen saw the scattered poems on the table, picked them up and looked at them casually: "Is this written by the sisters in your family on the day you visited relatives?" Yuan Chun was surprised, and hurriedly said: "Exactly, my concubine I have nothing to do today. I am talking about transcribing it."

Emperor Hongzhen nodded while watching: "Well, these children have done really well. It's a pity that your garden will be locked up after you leave."

Yuan Chun heard what Emperor Hong Zhen said.A move in my heart.Served the cooked tea to Emperor Hong Zhen himself: "Hearing what the emperor said, the concubine has something to report, and I hope the emperor will allow it."

"Oh? Let's hear it?" Emperor Hong Zhen laughed.

"The concubine thinks, it's a pity that the yard at home is deserted, why not let these little sisters go in to play and study together." Yuan Chun looked at Emperor Hong Zhen carefully.Said softly.Emperor Hongzhen laughed loudly after hearing this: "What's the important thing, the garden built for you at home. It's up to you to decide."

Yuan Chun was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty." After saying that, Ying Ying bowed down, and Emperor Hong Zhen stretched out his big hand, which stopped Yuan Chun from bowing down, patted the seat beside him, and let Yuan Chun sit down.Baoqin and other girls retreated out.Baoqin was very happy in his heart. After so many years, their girls finally came to the end of their hardships.Over the past few days, the emperor has obviously attached great importance to Yuan Chun, and he has to rest in Fengzao Palace seven or eight times a month, making everyone in the harem envious.

Not long after, Yuanchun sent a decree to Jia Zheng, ordering Jia Zheng to tidy up the garden and let the sisters live there.The clansmen who lived in the Ningrong Second Mansion for a while, saw the good job, and rushed to the front of Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue.On the contrary, Wang Xifeng, who had always been proud and arrogant before, closed the door and lived a steady life.

Concubine Wu's family, who also visited relatives, did not have this honor. First, the brothers of Concubine Wu's family were grown up, and second, Emperor Hong Zhen ordered the Wu family to take good care of the garden.Although Emperor Hong Zhen also rewarded the Wu family with many items, the closeness and closeness were immediately apparent.

In this way, Rongguo Mansion was pushed to the top of the storm, making everyone envious.Emperor Hongzhen may think that this is not enough, but after the tenth day of February, he ordered that Concubine Han Gui, who has always been weak, to rest and recuperate, and concubine Xiande will handle all the affairs of the six palaces.

To say that what happened before was just a wait-and-see attitude. After such a decree came down, the front of the Rongguo Mansion was simply bustling.Those who give gifts and make troubles are overwhelmed.This is too busy for Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue.Aunt Xue's only feeling of guilt towards Baochai at this time was washed away by such joy, and she just told Baochai to go to Baoyu's place more every day.

However, when everyone focused their attention on the Rongguo Mansion, no one knew that a soft sedan chair sent a woman from the Shenwu Gate into the harem.This woman was not of Ruhua's age, nor did she have any obvious background, but Emperor Hong Zhen waited on the road in person.He even arranged this woman in the emperor's Zhaoren Hall.

Yuan Chun naturally knew that such a woman entered the palace, but the emperor did not inform her to take care of her, nor did he let this woman come to see him.Yuan Chun had no choice but to pretend not to know, and could only calmly deal with the concubines who came to inquire about the news, showing no signs of happiness or anger.

And Emperor Hongzhen seemed to be very satisfied with Yuanchun's approach, but in the evening, people rewarded many objects to Fengzao Palace.After everyone retreats.Looking at the objects in the room, Yuan Chun couldn't help feeling thoughtful.

Holding the piano and seeing Yuan Chun's appearance, he couldn't help but comfort him and said: "Why are you still uneasy, the emperor must put your mother in his heart." Yuan Chun smiled ironically, stretched out his hand to caress the head of Diancui, and said tremblingly: "I'm afraid I'm just a pawn in the emperor's hand."

"Niang Niang..." Baoqin sighed.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Chun suddenly raised his eyes, and said with a firm expression: "It's just that the emperor doesn't know that even if I'm just a pawn, I can't just throw it away at will." For some reason, Baoqin looked at Yuan Chun's face , I even trembled a little.

Although Yuan Chun vaguely guessed his situation.But the people in the Jia family are still completely unaware.At this time, the entire Ningrong and Rongfu were immersed in joy, and even Jia Zheng, who had always been ignorant of ordinary affairs, couldn't help but take a fancy to the matter of their sisters and Baoyu moving into the garden.He specially called Baoyu to come and tell him one or two.And Mrs. Wang felt relieved when she saw that Jia Zheng was rarely friendly to Baoyu.

When Jia Zheng came out of Mrs. Wang's courtyard, he saw Baoyu and a girl enjoying the cool in the gazebo from a distance, and frowned a little, not knowing why.He actually felt that he should get to know this son better, so he strolled towards the gazebo.

Before approaching, I heard a familiar voice: "If you want to tell me, it's better for the second master not to live in the garden. Although the garden is good, it's just a place where the emperor allowed the girls to play and study. Second master It’s already this big. It’s inconvenient to live in.”

Jia Zheng made sense when he heard this, and felt that the voice was very familiar, so he couldn't help but look over.It's really that Jin Chuan'er.For some reason, Jia Zheng had a deep impression on this girl and recognized her right away.

"Your Majesty wants me to live, how can I shirk it. Besides, you saw it just now, the master and wife have already agreed." Baoyu hummed.Naturally, he really wanted to go in and have fun with the sisters, but he also remembered how Daiyu treated him recently.I also feel a little bit depressed.But this was Jin Chuan'er's advice to him, and he would certainly not listen to others.

I don't know when Baoyu felt that Jin Chuan'er was different from ordinary girls. He was willing to talk about many things with Jin Chuan'er.In his impression, Jin Chuan'er has always been very peaceful and warm.Like a warm current always surrounds him, no matter when he is happy or depressed, Jin Chuaner is very quiet to accompany him, and occasionally a few words can calm his restless heart.

"That's because the old lady loves you, knowing that you will be lonely outside alone." Jin Chuan'er smiled softly, and filled Baoyu's tea again.Baoyu turned the pages of the book boredly, but didn't answer Jin Chuan'er's words.

"Look, it's time for the old lady to pass on dinner in a while. Didn't you say that the King of Beijing is going to test you for this article?" Jin Chuan'er couldn't help laughing as Baoyu turned the pages of the book back and forth.Baoyu said: "I've read it a long time ago, but it's just a review. The King of Beijing Jing is also a second person. It's hard for him to find so many learned people."

"Is the prince treating you well?" Jin Chuaner asked with a smile.Jia Zheng didn't listen any more, turned around and left Jia's mother's yard.In his opinion, his little son has really grown a lot, and the girl Jin Chuan'er seems to have played a lot of roles in this.

The twelfth day of February in the eighth year of Hongzhen coincided with Daiyu's birthday, and Mother Jia wanted to have a good time, but Daiyu refused because she was still filial.On this day, Daiyu only ate a bowl of longevity noodles with Xiang'er. Thinking of last year's birthday, Lin Haorui personally cooked noodles for Daiyu, and Daiyu couldn't help but think of her brother again.

Even though Ao Jian came back a few days ago and brought back the news that Lin Haorui was safe, Daiyu was still worried, after all Lin Haorui had been away from home for a long time.Seeing that the day of getting rid of the service is coming, Daiyu is not sure that Lin Haorui will be able to return by then.So while thinking about it, she also started to prepare for the matter of getting rid of the service with Nanny Song.

The 27 months of mourning will pass in a blink of an eye. Daiyu still remembers the feeling of bewilderment and bewilderment when she first heard about her brother.But in the past two or three years, I have been so dependent on the existence of this brother, and habit is really a terrible thing.

But things are often beyond everyone's expectations. On the occasion of Daiyu's birthday, Emperor Hongzhen obviously thought that Rongguo Mansion's limelight was not enough these days, so he announced the great victory on the Annan battlefield to the world.

The most prominent military exploits in that battle report were the young general Yang Chengping of the Yang family and the martial artist Jia Lian's solitary troops going deep.The two took 3000 men and horses.Drilling into the deep mountains and old forests, it lasted a month, and withstood many tests of food and water shortages, and finally hit the enemy's rear, laying a solid foundation for Daqi's turn from defeat to victory.

As soon as the battle report arrived, Emperor Hongzhen was overjoyed, not only generously gave Yang Chengping a title, but also promoted Jia Lian to join the Chinese army, becoming a fifth-rank garrison in the Chinese army, and his rank was immediately on the same level as Jia Zheng.

When the news came back to Jia's mansion.Naturally, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but burst into tears as she embraced the eldest sister and the fat brother.But the rest of Jia's family is not really so happy, the most disappointed among them.It's none other than Mrs. Wang.For such a long time, all of Mrs. Wang's business was just to pave the way for her son, but now that Jia Lian suddenly had such a big future, she was a little panicked and lost the direction of her efforts.

And surprisingly.Jia Amnesty wasn't as excited as he imagined, he was only supposed to gamble and drink every day.On the other hand, Jia Zheng, who never cared about mundane affairs, was really happy for this nephew, and smiled to discuss with Jia's mother about the banquet.

To talk about this series of things is just to make Daiyu really happy for Wang Xifeng.Then four days later, Prince Wen personally wrote the good news.It gave Daiyu too many surprises.In Prince Wen's memorial, he greatly praised Lin Haorui's achievements in this battle, and he was outspoken about Lin Haorui's being a disciple of Zen Master Huijing.

Emperor Hong Zhen was even more happy.With a flick of a pen, Lin Haorui's third-class Uncle Chaoyang became a champion.Now the whole capital is full of excitement, but anyone with a little common sense knows the weight of the three big characters of "Champion Marquis".In the Qi Dynasty, the title of "Champion Marquis" had never been awarded, but this time it was given to a boy who was only 17 years old.Let everyone be amazed.

When Daiyu heard the news, she was not overjoyed.She just felt a little strange.But she couldn't figure out where the blame was.But when she saw Baochai at Jiamu's place at night, she woke up suddenly, yes, Chu Tianyou was missing from this achievement.

She clearly knew that her elder brother was bound to be with Brother Chu in Annan, and the last time Madam Yang came here, she had personally said that Brother Chu was also on the battlefield in Annan.Then why is there not a single word mentioned in this battle report.What the hell is going on with Big Brother Chu that makes people taboo to this point.

In the evening, Daiyu asked Qingwen to take this question to the herb garden to ask Aojian, but only got an answer that Aojian didn't know.Daiyu was really confused, and vaguely felt that things couldn't be so simple.Although Daiyu was worried about Chu Tianyou, the fact that her brother was coming back soon kept reminding her that she would be able to go home soon.

It's only been half a year, and she already misses the Herb Garden and Misty Rain Pavilion very, very much.Of course, I also miss Teng Man who is far away in Zhen'an Prefecture.I don't know if Tenman will turn around with his brother this time.

In such a mood, she seemed a little bit disinterested in the matter of Yuan Chun letting all the sisters move into the garden.So that when Baoyu asked her enthusiastically at Jia Mu's place, she just said lightly: "I don't live often, so I can go anywhere."

Baoyu saw that Daiyu was smiling, but obviously the smile was not because of him, or even because of the good deeds of the Rongguo Mansion.I'm afraid it's just because Lin Haorui is coming back soon.

"I thought my younger sister would be very fond of the bamboo in that pavilion." Baoyu sighed softly. Now he has learned not to conflict with Daiyu because of these things, let alone to speak unscrupulously because of these things.

Hearing Baoyu's words, Daiyu thought of the hotel's appearance of "thick phoenix tails, thin dragon chant, surrounded by green bamboos" in a trance.Can't help laughing: "That's a good place to eat, but I don't know if the second sister and Bao sister can choose?"

Jia Mu said angrily, "If you love that bamboo, just live there. Why should you care what other people choose. They know where you chose, so they will naturally choose another place they like." Daiyu laughed when she heard this. Said: "Then according to what my grandmother said, I will live in that hotel." Baoyu smiled reassuringly when she heard Daiyu say so.He had already decided that he would live in the Yihong Courtyard and let Daiyu live in the hotel, so that the two places would be closer and it would be easier to move around on weekdays.

Not long after, Aunt Xue brought Baochai to greet Mother Jia.Then Jia's mother asked Baochai about moving into the garden.Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Where did she live without me? I'm afraid she won't be able to adapt here."

Jia Mu said with a smile: "Their sisters and sisters are all in one place, so why can't they get used to it? It's not that Baoyu and Lin girl have already chosen a house, just wait for them to discuss it, and we can report to the empress to know .”

Baochai smiled and took Daiyu's arm: "Where does my sister live, I thought I would be closer to her, so that I can talk to her more conveniently in the future!" People love it."

Baochai was taken aback for a moment, that hotel was the place her mother had chosen for her, unexpectedly Daiyu had already chosen it first.But Baochai didn't show it at all, and still smiled kindly: "My sister is really good at picking places, and I also like that one-tailed bamboo the most, which makes people yearn for it."

Daiyu smiled and said: "That's not easy. I just live here and there occasionally. My sister can stay here, but she can help me look after the house." After Daiyu finished speaking, she heard the laughter of Yingchun and Tanchun. came.Tanchun laughed and said, "Sister Lin's clever mouth is really incredible. Sister Bao just envied her bamboo, and she turned Sister Bao into a housekeeper in a blink of an eye."

Baochai smiled: "No, if I let her go, wouldn't it be too cheap for her." Tanchun laughed and said, "Exactly, Sister Lin should be punished." Daiyu said with a smile, "What do you mean by punishment?" Chunda rolled his eyes: "Let's punish Sister Lin to take us to see the scene of Cousin Lin's triumphant return!"

Jia's mother laughed loudly from the side: "These girls are bored at home. For such a big event as Lian'er and Rui'er's triumphant return, everyone should go, all of them!" I am very happy.Only Aunt Xue looked at Baochai and became slightly pensive.