The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 984

The newly appointed foreign minister of the Federal Empire, Situ Cen, is not a low-key person.When he first arrived in the capital, he spent a few days leading his wife and children around the Forbidden City for free.And took many photos, the three sons were all wearing small dragon robes and sitting on dragon chairs to take pictures, and naturally he himself was indispensable.Then the family visited several important scenic spots, such as a temple in Yipo Meilin, the powder shop opened by the little sage, Yanwang Mansion, Enhou Museum, Jian'an Science and Technology Museum, Ruijin Art Museum, Gao Mengsheng Concert Hall, etc., and took pictures everywhere. Take a souvenir.After a few days, he sent someone to send several large packages of photos to Shu. He wrote in the letter: "I am afraid that my father, queen mother, queen, brother, and nephew will fight for it, so I just wash a few more sets and give each one a set. Uncle also sent set."

On this day, the photos were sent to Chengdu.The king of Shu cursed secretly, and still sent two sets to his parents, one set to the dead son's mansion, and one set to Qiu Liang, Qiu's uncle.Looking at the photos, the Qiu family brothers can finally let go of their hunger for two or three months.

It's just that after their niece Qiu Shi wore the phoenix robe for a photo, she felt that the dragon robe looked better, so she also took a few photos wearing the dragon robe.Qiu Xing was looking at the side, frowning and said: "My sister wears a dragon robe, it seems disrespectful."

Qiu Liang sighed: "Is it respectful to wear a phoenix robe? In the palace, tourists have long been allowed to wear fake dragon robes and sit on real dragon chairs to take pictures. The prestige of the Tian family has been ruined for many years."

Later, I saw a few photos, which were a group photo of Situ Cen and his wife and Xiao Shengren in Daming Palace.There are four people wearing dragon robes, and there are two dragon robes and two phoenix robes, all of them are shaking with laughter.

Qiu also sent a letter home.It is said that everything in the capital is novel, and the surname Situ, even the big and the young, can't think of leaving in just three or four days.The second child of their family had a fight with the elder daughter Jia Dingbang when he entered Beijing, and lost the fight. Jia Dingbang was younger than him.So he vowed to practice martial arts well and never lose to girls.As a result, he lost to Jarvis' niece on the second day, and was so angry that he didn't eat lunch.At first, the eldest admired He Xiaonan, the assistant director of the Palace Museum, but never thought that he was already married.He was not convinced and insisted on seeing her husband.The husband's surname is Liu, he is a military officer, handsome and skilled in martial arts.The boss immediately abandoned Assistant He and worshiped Company Commander Liu, and decided to enter the military academy and serve as a soldier under his command in the future.The third child wished he could just live in the snack street, and almost took the girl who recognized the princess regent as his godmother.Don't get me wrong, it has nothing to do with the princess.The dim sum made by this aunt Chen is the best in Beijing.Mrs. Qiu was also thinking about it, and when the children got used to it, they could go to the federal government to get a job as an official.

Because the military system of the Federation is completely different from that of the Shu Kingdom, all the men in General Qiu San's family have gone to the military academy for training, so the letter is written briefly.There is only one important thing: the lieutenant generals who followed them to the palace that day are still locked up in the prison, so please Qiu Liang try to get them out, so that Jia Shima will send them to Beijing together with their families.

The female family members of the Qiu family usually followed the Qiu family around, not thinking about what to do in the future.Anyway, Mrs. Qiu San clearly said: The capital is really nice, and the prices are so cheap that I don't want to go back to Chengdu.But she made a list and asked Mrs. Qiu Liang to help her get some things from the original house.

After passing the letter, several members of the Qiu family looked at each other speechlessly.After a long time, Qiu Xingzheng said: "Actually...before I came back from Qin, Chang'an had roughly the same momentum."

Qiu Liang picked up the group photo of his niece and the "Queen" wearing men's western dresses sitting in the cocoa tea shop and looked at it for a long time, and said, "In your opinion, can the Situ family still thrive?"

Qiu Xingzheng shook his head and said: "Father, the whole family, relatives and friends, who don't know that my third aunt is the most well-behaved person. She has just arrived in the capital and she has become like this. Once the heart is released, it is like a bird out of the cage. I can't take it back. Besides, Ah Cen is the prince's brother in Shu! He thinks the capital is good, so what else can he think about?"

Master Qiu Er looked at the photo of the street scene in the capital and said, "The capital hasn't changed much."

Qiu Xingzheng said: "This is the old city, there is a regulation for the protection of ancient buildings. The Yan Kingdom's court also built a new city, which is completely different from these. Just read the newspapers and you will know."

Qiu Liang said: "The housing market has not changed roughly, but the number of people has changed. Look, no matter men, women, old or young, they all wear southern clothes, and there are only a few who wear decent clothes. And what kind of bicycles, there are only a few of us The young master is riding for fun, they are all over the street."

Qiu Xingzheng pointed to a photo and said: "Even Chang'an has begun to promote the popularization of bicycles, and the streets of Beijing are full of cars. Dad, if I were an ordinary person, I would also like to go to Yan Country."

Qiu Liang's eldest son also said: "Just looking at these photos, I want to go to Yan Kingdom."

Qiu Xingzheng suddenly remembered something, and asked his servants to fetch "Hangzhou Weekly" from his yard.When the newspaper arrived, Qiu Xingzheng turned to a page and pointed out: "This is an advertisement." When everyone saw it, it turned out that it was issued by the Hangzhou Tourism Bureau. I took pictures on the West Lake, and attached a few photo collages of the staff wearing dragon robes.Qiu Liang sighed in disappointment.

The photos of Beijing and Central China naturally entered the Shizi's residence, and the Shizi and his staff took a look at it together.Seeing that Situ Cen's family is in good spirits, the son feels at ease.

While discussing, Ms. An came.Wearing southern style clothes, she waved to An Xuemin and said with a smile, "Brother, I picked some fresh sweet-scented osmanthus to make crispy candy yesterday, try it!"

Everyone saw that the wet nurse behind her was holding a large food box, and they all laughed and said, "Whoever sees has a share!"

An Xuemin gave them a sideways look: "Good girl, I've told you several times. The delicious ones are only sent to my laboratory, not their share."

Miss An looked around casually with a smile, and saw Shizi sitting on the main seat looking at the photo, Tong Buye stood behind him and pulled his shoulder to probe, gnashing his teeth secretly.So he walked to An Xuemin's side first. "Brother picks first, picks the rest and gives it to others."

Everyone laughed and said: "Let him choose, let him choose, they are all crisp candy, so the taste is different."

The nurse lifted the lid of the food box, revealing a layer of six grids.Miss An pointed: "This one is the sweetest. Turn around in order, this one has the least sugar."

An Xuemin said: "I don't like to eat very sweet things. Give me the ones with less sugar, and they will share the rest."

Then they divided the crispy candies in a noisy manner.When he got to Shizi's side, Tong Buye first smiled and said, "I like sweets, the sweetest kind. How much can I get?"

Miss An said: "There are so many people, even a young lady can only get two yuan."

The prince said: "I'll give you the two yuan, but you don't want to eat it all at once, and you won't be able to eat later." Tong Buye hurriedly agreed.

Ding Mei said from the side: "Then you shouldn't tell her right now. Leave two yuan first and give it to her in the afternoon. Otherwise, the appointment will be gone before the meeting ends, don't you believe it?"

Tong Buye hurriedly said: "No, I will save two yuan for lunch!" While saying that, he picked four of the sweetest ones and put them on his plate. "Thank you, Ms. An!" Ms. An nodded with a smile and went to the next person, pinching her palms with her fingers so painfully.

After a while, the kung fu crispy candy was distributed, and Ms. An left.Just after going out the door, the elder in the house said: "Third uncle also brought some boxes of rouge, girls and sisters-in-law, let's share it."

Someone laughed and said, "Is there no rouge in Chengdu? It was sent all the way from the capital."

The prince said: "It's the rouge of the emperor's family."

"what?"

"Does anyone still remember that there was a little sage in Beijing? He is not too young now. He is the fifth son of my third uncle. He has long since left the Forbidden City and opened a powder shop under the name of an ordinary person. These boxes of rouge are his. Great stuff in the shop."

Miss An paused.Then Ding Mei laughed and said: "He is the real emperor, even your father is just a prince. As for the rouge, I will pick a box first."

Tong Buye said: "Here it is. Take your pick, I've already taken mine."

Ming Shun said: "Leave a box for my wife."

Tong Buye said: "It's not enough here, you can buy it yourself on a business trip tomorrow. You're quick and slow—"

The sound of footsteps in the room, the girls and sisters-in-law are talking about rouge, and they are gone.Outside the door, Miss An's eyes turned red, and she left quickly.

Turning out of the courtyard, the nurse gritted her teeth and said, "These things should be decided by the girl and distributed to the two concubines."

Miss An couldn't hold back her tears, and said with a sob: "I'm not the imperial concubine, but a guest. They introduced me and said, 'An Xuemin's sister'."

The wet nurse also wept and said, "My poor girl. You were clearly brought in in a dignified dress! Why did you become a guest. Your Majesty is so cruel."

Ms. An wiped her tears and said, "Brother has explained to me a long time ago. It was I who insisted on marrying here, and has nothing to do with the prince."

The two hugged their heads and cried for a while, then sadly walked to their yard.When he was about to arrive, he happened to meet two girls, Xin and Liu, chasing after him laughing and joking.Miss Xin smiled and ran behind Miss An: "Sister An, help me stop her!"

Miss Liu said: "Sister An, don't mind your own business, I must beat her today."

Miss An said softly: "Don't make trouble, you are all sweating."

Ms. Liu snorted: "Look at Sister An's face, let me spare you this time."

Miss Xin cupped her hands: "Thank you, my lord, for your generous amount!" Several people laughed.

The nurse said, "You two girls, have you ever gone to the front?"

Miss Xin said: "We never go to the front."

Miss Liu said: "We don't have any elder brother working in this mansion, what did we do in the past?"

The nurse said: "I just heard one ear, as if to say, that——" She stretched out three fingers, "I sent a few boxes of rouge from Beijing, which is from the emperor's shop. The prince will give it to all the girls." Woolen cloth."

Xin and Liu looked at each other.Ms. Liu said: "That's the girl assigned to Shizifu, it's nothing to do with us."

The nurse laughed and said, "Aren't you from Shizi's Mansion, but you are from outside the Mansion?"

"Of course it's outside the mansion." Miss Xin said, "We're just borrowing here. It's embarrassing to use other people's money. Is it possible that we still want to get their things? Even if there are no girls in this mansion, we should be What does it have to do with our guests to give to the relatives and women of the master's house. The son has so many relatives, cousins, and cousins."

Miss Liu said: "Auntie, please don't misunderstand, we two are still getting married!" As she spoke, she pushed Miss Xin with a smile.

Miss Xin said angrily: "How old am I? Who is in a hurry to get married? Wait two years." Then she turned and left.Ms. Liu smiled and waved to Ms. An, and ran away with her.

The wet nurse regretted: "The two of them really thought they were guests."

Miss An said contemptuously: "There are men who are courteous. If you are not a guest, is it possible to cuckold your son?" She went back to her yard angrily.

On the other side, in the office of the History Department of Shu University, the gentlemen had just finished a meeting and were packing up their things and preparing to leave.There were two young lecturers gossiping.

One said: "The student who transferred the department, did he really transfer the department?"

Another said: "Really, the formalities have been completed and the notice has been posted."

This one tut-tsk said: "Transfer from Chinese studies to physics, follow where."

That person said: "I know this An Xuemin. He looks like a handsome young man when he is not talking, but he blushes when he makes a little joke. He is really cute. He is also very deceptive, and he believes everything he says. Unfortunately, he probably won't do it after transferring to another department." Will have another history lesson."

The man smiled and said: "What a pity? My dear brother, you must have fallen in love with him."

That one also smiled and said: "Don't talk nonsense. I just think it's fun to tease him. That kid can't lie at all, and he can tell whether he is telling the truth at a glance. Last time he played with some classmates. With his eyes closed, he drew the killer, with the word guilt written on his face, and was spotted by several people in the first round. Those who didn't see it were all nerds. Later, the police quickly teased him to talk, and it didn't take much effort to catch him Who is the other killer?"

"I also want to meet such a wonderful person. Why don't you invite him to come with me tomorrow?"

"Now he is a staff member of the Shizifu, presiding over a laboratory, and he is so busy every day that he doesn't have much free time to play."

The two said they packed up and left together.The other lecturer sitting next to them, Mr. Wu Fang, looked serious.

A few days later, Ms. An and her nurse went out to relax and walked to a teahouse to rest at random.While having tea and looking out the window to look at the street scene, someone suddenly said, "It's An Xuemin's sister, Miss An, isn't it?"

Miss An turned her head to look, and there was a person standing in front of the table. It was the gentleman from Shu University whom she had met on the day of her wedding. He hurriedly stood up and said goodbye. "Mister, the little girl is polite."

This person is Wu Fang, nodded with a smile and said: "It really is Miss An. It's a coincidence. I heard that your eldest aunt is the concubine?"

Miss An's face froze: "...Yes."

Wu Fangchao glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "An Xuemin transferred to another department. I haven't seen him for many days. I heard something important a few days ago. I would like to ask Miss An to tell...Master An Zixiao."

Miss An opened her eyes wide: "Please enlighten me, sir."

The nurse realized that the old man was still standing, and hurriedly said, "Sir, please sit down."

Wu Fang waved his hand: "I won't sit down anymore, just say a few words." Then he said in a low voice, "The lord seems to like Mr. Ding Mei in the prince's residence. He once told his confidants that she is suitable to be the prince's concubine."

Miss An was shocked: "But...Master Ding is also old, and his appearance is also ordinary."

Wu Fangdao: "The main concubine does not need to be beautiful, but the side concubine and concubines are good. The queen is not considered a beauty when she is young."

Miss An's voice trembled slightly: "Master Ding...I'm afraid he won't agree."

Wu Fangdao: "Of course the prince has the final say on such important matters, so it's up to Mr. Ding whether he is willing or not. The son wanted to marry a fan from the secretary of the Jiaofang, but in the end he just married your sister honestly?"

Miss An's face turned pale in an instant.