The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Chapter 159

It was still a bit late when Yuan Chun hurried to Zigong with Baochai.I saw people kneeling inside, not to mention a sea of ​​people, and there was no place for them to squeeze in.Yuan Chun had no choice but to take Baochai to find an open space and kneel down first, surrounded by nobles and lower ranks who could hardly see the emperor, and behind him were a group of foreign wives of lower ranks.With Yuan Chun's grade, it would be a complete embarrassment to be squeezed into this group of people.She really wanted to go past them, but how would they give way?It was not easy to have a chance to meet the emperor. Of course, the closer you kneel, the better the chance. They came early to cry for the empress Dowager Laoshizi, just to show off.Yuan Chun was unwilling, but he couldn't show it. He could only hold back his breath and pinch his palm, suppressing his inner annoyance with the pain of his body.

Different from Yuanchun who has kept his head down to suppress his anger, Baochai is full of excitement. The excitement and joy that has been suppressed since entering the palace can no longer rippling on his own. Start looking ahead.The emperor was offering incense right now, and he was kneeling at the very front. Sitting diagonally across from him was the Supreme Emperor with obvious blue and black eyes.The two most honorable men in the world are in front of them, and even Baochai, who is indifferent by nature, can't control his excitement.Of course, the main object of her excitement is the emperor. Although it seems that the emperor has more power at present, he is too old after all.Baochai is ambitious, even if she can't be the empress dowager, she still hopes to be a concubine after giving birth to a son.Therefore, the Supreme Emperor, who has passed the childbearing age, is of course not considered.

In addition, there are princes, who are also good choices, and their ages are more suitable.It's just that Baochai is not sure which one will be able to board the dragon chair in the future. If she chooses the wrong one, wouldn't she regret it for the rest of her life?After all, there was only a clear old calendar in the past few years. No one expected that the fourth prince would become the present. This directly led to the fact that people who tried to make contributions from the dragon became more cautious in the next few years.After all, everyone knows that the royal family holds grudges the most. If they are blind and do not choose the right one, the disaster will be minor to the whole family, and it is not impossible to implicate the nine clans.

Baochai, who was staring intently at the new emperor, trying to win a chance to succeed, suddenly saw a familiar figure faintly among the kneeling crowd in front of him. He couldn't remember who it was for a moment, so he moved his position calmly, and quietly stretched out his hand. The long neck glanced over.When I saw it clearly, I was shocked immediately. The lady who was kneeling behind many princesses and next to many noble ladies in red and colorful dresses, the lady who was not low in status was Mrs. Xing, and the one next to her The petite girl with an immature face is actually Xichun.

Baochai was taken aback, she was not surprised that Mrs. Xing would enter the palace, after all, imperial orders are qualified to enter the palace, but why did Xichun enter the palace?Why did Mrs. Xing bring Xichun with her when she entered the palace?Is she the only one here?Or are Yingchun and Daiyu also here?But where are they?

Of course Yingchun and Daiyu won't come, they are at home with Princess Yinghua to amuse their boredom, when the imperial concubine dies, all entertainment activities have stopped, even if the family has an opera troupe, they dare not sing, Yinghua The princess was bored, so she asked Yingchun and Daiyu to play the piano and read.On the one hand, the two rejoice that they don't have to enter the palace, but on the other hand, they are worried about Xichun who is in the palace. At the same time, they try their best to hide the truth from Princess Yinghua, and find all kinds of excuses to explain Xichun's absence, so as not to let her become anxious or angry after knowing the truth. .

On the other hand, Miss Xichun, who was missed, followed Mrs. Xing into the palace every day. annoyed.However, this is still a little far away from the date they agreed to pretend to be sick. The mission I invited here cannot be given up lightly.Xichun tried her best to cheer herself up, but in the end, because she was young and her endurance was not strong, she couldn't kneel down after a while, and her body shook slightly.

This flash inevitably attracted more people's attention.Because the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor are sitting on it, no one dares to stand out easily, even the princesses and princesses kneel honestly.However, Xichun is indeed the youngest among the people present, and even the emperor's princesses are a few years older than her, so although such behavior is inappropriate, it is understandable.

But the emperor didn't think there was anything to forgive, he didn't want to lose face, he almost called Yingchun and Daiyu from the Ning family by name, but Ning Shan perfunctorily stuffed a little girl who was not of sufficient stature over, Even if he was born well, but he is so naive, and he will look down on him within ten years.

It seems that it still depends on the concubine Jia, the emperor thought to himself, and couldn't help but glanced at the group of concubines.As a result, he didn't see Jia Bin at a glance, he was taken aback for a moment, and then looked back, only then did he see it.To be precise, what he saw at a glance was Baochai who was slightly upturned in the crowd.Her lips are red without spots, her eyebrows are green without painting, her face is like a silver basin, her eyes are like water apricots, she is dressed in a light blue dress, without any jewelry or make-up, but it even highlights her talent like hibiscus coming out of clear water.

The emperor was dumbfounded at that time.

There is no doubt about Baochai's beauty. The girls in the Grand View Garden are the most beautiful girls in the capital, and Baochai can still win the first place among these people.Especially on this occasion, the new emperor has been unable to draft due to various problems since he entered the Qing Palace. The ones below ten are more than ten, and most of the people next to them are middle-aged.Baochai was originally born with a plump appearance, and with this kind of contrast, an eight-point color can also be set off by a twelve-point color, not to mention that Baochai is very beautiful!

Baochai blushed and lowered her head at the emperor's blatant obsessive gaze, but she was extremely happy in her heart.On the first day of entering the palace, even the stools in the palace fell into the eyes of the emperor without sitting on the warm ones. This was really beyond her budget, and it went so smoothly that she was a little flustered.

During the whole sacrifice, the emperor sat longer than usual, and his eyes were glued to Baochai all the time. It was obvious that all the concubines found out, and each of them gritted their teeth with hatred. The normal-hearted queen couldn't hold back anymore, she was so lucky that she wished she could go back to the palace and drive Baochai away the next moment.

Yuan Chun, who was kneeling beside Baochai, naturally noticed it too, but she had no choice but to smile wryly and feel chilled. She even had to feel thankful that Baochai came from a humble background and was not as likely to pose a threat to her as Yingchun and Daiyu.But watching her husband covet other women is still a very bad thing, even if Yuan Chun himself is a concubine, he can't bear to have another housemaid by his side.

As soon as the priests dispersed, the Supreme Emperor got up and left. He would only stay more and more depressed in this oppressive atmosphere.The emperor followed closely behind, and when passing by Yuan Chun, he gave a meaningful smile of appreciation, and immediately dispelled the urge in Yuan Chun's heart to send Baochai out of the palace.Yuan Chun knew that not only would Baochai not be able to leave the palace, but she would also have to take the initiative to recommend her to the emperor, and felt sore for a while.Fortunately, after all, he had practiced in the palace for many years, and seeing that there was no room for change, he simply changed his mind and quickly thought about how to use Baochai to benefit himself.

The most important thing is to let Baochai give birth to a son as soon as possible, and raise him under his name.Having a son is the hope of the rest of the life for the women in the palace. There are only those who think there are too few sons, but there is never one that they don't want.Yuan Chun originally planned to take advantage of being favored to give birth to a child, but he didn't give birth until he almost fell out of favor, but he didn't stop growing older, and now it is difficult to give birth to a dragon son even if he is favored again.In this way, adopting a son born to a low-ranking concubine is the only way out.

However, a concubine is not low, but she is not high either. There are concubines above her, four concubines of the first rank, and many of the concubines and concubines of the first rank have no children. Everyone is waiting to adopt them. It is her turn. The chances are really not high.Unless she pushes someone from her own palace to be a solid favorite, the only confidant she can trust in Fengzao Palace is Baoqin, but Baoqin cannot be a concubine, and Yuanchun still has many secrets waiting for her that she cannot reveal herself do it.

Baochai was almost the only one who came to my door, and it was probably the last chance.

Yuan Chun, who had made up his mind, called Baochai to him when he returned to the bedroom, and without allowing him to salute, he gave her a seat directly, took her hand, and called out infinitely intimately: "Cousin, long time no see, you have grown up a lot , and even more beautiful."

Baochai lowered her head and said shyly, "What's your mother talking about? How can Baochai's appearance of pu willows compare with my mother's appearance of golden phoenix?"

Yuan Chun rubbed Baochai's hand, lowered his voice, and said coaxingly: "If you put your appearance in that small family, it would really be a waste of time, and I would hate it." Baochai was secretly happy, Sure enough, Yuan Chun went on to say: "In this world, where else is more honorable than the royal family? You are my cousin, and our mother is from the same mother. In my heart, you are no different from my own sister. You also You know, I only have a younger brother, Baoyu, and no younger sister..." Tanchun had long since been forgotten, and Yuanchun didn't think that the concubine was also a younger brother and sister at all. He only saw Baoyu in his eyes, but it was Baochai. When he thought of Baoyu, he couldn't help thinking of him as bad In order to protect his reputation, he unconsciously bit his teeth.

Yuan Chun continued to coax, "When I saw you today, I felt that I loved you so much. I just couldn't bear to let you go. I thought about how to keep you and stay with me for a long time."

Baochai took advantage of the situation and said, "The courtiers are also looking forward to being able to follow the empress and learn how to look up and down."

Yuan Chun pretended to be annoyed: "What kind of empress do you still call me?"

Baochai then changed her words, and called out softly: "Sister." Yuan Chun embraced her in satisfaction, suppressing the soreness in her heart, and said, "I see, today the emperor is amazed by your beauty. The concubines of the palace are also eclipsed in front of you, why don't my sister seize this opportunity and become a superior person?"

Baochai declined reservedly: "What did sister say? Your Majesty clearly saw her as my sister." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an excited loud voice holding a piano outside: "The emperor is here." Yuan Chun and Baochai were startled at the same time, Immediately one was dejected and the other was ecstatic.

The emperor strode in with his head held high, with impatient excitement on his face, and his eyes were fixed on Baochai. Looking at her, she blushed even more, but his heart was filled with pride.Yuan Chun held back his sourness, and pretended to be generous and introduced: "The concubine sees the emperor. Thank you for your majesty's kindness, allowing me to bring my cousin into the palace to accompany me."

The emperor glanced at Yuan Chun for a while, and asked without sincerity, "Are you feeling better?"

Yuan Chun pretended to sigh, and said: "The concubine has a long-standing illness, how can it be so easy to heal, if you don't get over the illness, let the emperor go, why don't you ask your cousin to accompany the emperor to the toilet hall to rest for a while?" This cousin of the concubine is a famous talented woman, who is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In the early years, the concubine was lucky to go home to visit relatives, and the sisters in the family gathered together to compose poems. No one can compare to her."

When the emperor heard it, he took advantage of the situation and said: "Since this is the case, the girl will play a song for the widow." Yuan Chun is good at playing the piano, and before he became a concubine, he relied on this hand to win favors.The emperor would mention the qin, but it was just a matter of mouth, thinking that finding a qin here in Yuanchun is easier than other things, after all, thinking that he is still in the filial period of the imperial concubine, no matter how much he covets the beauty, he can't directly Put your arms on the bed, at least, you can't put your arms on the bed openly.

During the period of filial piety, the common people and nobles were forbidden to marry, and naturally the concubines could not be canonized in the palace. The emperor thought that Yuan Chun's cousin must be the Lin family who raised a huge sum of money in Ning Shan's family. There are both parents, and theoretically there is definitely more than one cousin.Originally, the emperor wanted to accept Yingchun and Daiyu, one was to win over Ning Shan, and the other was because the two girls had a huge dowry, so he didn't think about how outstanding their looks would be.It is really a surprise to see such a beautiful Baochai now.