Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

Chapter 69

When he came to pay his respects at Prince Jing's Mansion, he seemed to be accompanied by such a person, who seemed to be Jia Baoyu's nephew, what Jia Qiang was called.

It is said that Jia Qiang got the errand of buying girls for the concubine's relatives, so she brought a few stewards to Jiangnan, and the beginning went smoothly. There are always people who can't live in that family, and there are many cases of selling children and daughters. I have already negotiated with that person for five taels of silver for a good-looking girl.But at this juncture, the Holy Spirit came down with a new policy, strictly prohibiting human trafficking, and Ren Yazi doubled the price on the pretext that the news was tight.

Because the elders of the family attach great importance to the purchase of opera operas by the imperial concubine and relatives, so the money for the purchase is very sufficient. He lowered the price with Ren Yazi, and he could earn more than half of the money. If not, he would not have stolen his head Fighting for this fat job, but as soon as this person changed his mind, Jia Rong didn't have any money left in his hand, and he had to pay a little bit. Although he could make up for it after returning to Wang Xifeng, he could deduct the money from Wang Xifeng's hand when he went back. Coming here is like plucking the feathers from an iron cock, and there is no door.

Therefore, Jia Qiang wanted to use her family's influence to suppress this person's teeth. She bit her teeth and refused to pay money. This person's teeth are able to hang out in Nanjing City, so he is naturally powerful. Yes, it is against the law to buy and sell people in private. If there is no contract, how can it be allowed? This is not because people from both sides are fighting over this matter.

When Li Wei saw this situation, he was immediately overjoyed. He is the most restless person, and he was most afraid of having nothing to do, so he pulled Shui Rong to him to find out what happened, and Dao Zheng was worried. There are no chickens to scare monkeys. Isn't this what is lacking?Then imitating the appearance of the senior official in the play, he put one hand behind his back, walked squarely, coughed twice, and said in a Beijing accent, "what's going on here?"

As soon as Li Wei took office, the people in Nanjing didn't know him, but Jia Rong knew him. Who in the capital didn't know the most unreasonable Mr. Li who was born as a beggar. The grass people kowtow to Mr. Li."

When that person saw Jia Qiang, who had a tough face just now and looked like someone above me, suddenly became so obedient and panicked, and heard "Master Li", he knew that this person must be newly appointed. Li Wei on the Taoist platform quickly knelt down to salute.

"I heard that someone here is buying and selling people?" Li Wei said slowly.

Naturally, Ren Yazi knew the imperial court's decree, even the children in the street could read a few lines of "Ode to the Emperor's Grace", and quickly said: "Report to my lord, there is absolutely nothing like this!"

Li Wei was about to explode, but Jia Qiang saw Shui Rong next to Li Wei with sharp eyes, thinking that nothing would happen based on the friendship between the empress in the palace, Uncle Bao and Prince Beijing, so she turned around and bowed to Shui Rong Said: "Jia Qiang pays homage to Mr. Rong."

Li Wei glanced at Shui Rong in confusion, Shui Rong understood, and explained: "This is the nephew of Concubine Xiande's family."

Li Wei squinted his eyes when he heard the words, and said: "Since he is the nephew of the concubine Yuan, he shouldn't know the law and break the law. I met the empress a while ago, and I immediately said that he is virtuous!"

Jia Qiang heard the meaning of beating in Li Wei's words, and quickly said: "My nephew, I heard that the Jiangnan opera troupe sings well. It just so happens that the mother is going home to visit her relatives, so the ancestors sent my nephew to invite the troupe."

Although Jia Qiang's words were polite, they brought out Concubine Yuan and Mother Jia to suppress Li Wei. Not to mention that Concubine Yuan was being favored now, just the fact that Mother Jia was the emperor's nanny was enough for Li Wei to be scruples .

Others don't know about the affairs of Shui Zhan's harem. Li Wei, as Shui Zhan's confidant, naturally knows it well. The concubine Yuan is nothing to be afraid of, but the old lady Jia Mu is indeed a problem, because the emperor attaches great importance to it, and even the emperor wants it. Give three points of face, then smiled and said: "Of course it should, this matter must be handled properly, the empress can look forward to it!"

When Jia Qiang heard this, she knew that this matter was over, but she wanted to give Li Wei three points of face. This purchase must be reconsidered. When she went back, she immediately sent a letter of divorce and returned to Rongguo Mansion to explain the matter to Wang Xifeng. Jia's mother said that it was For the sake of the reputation of the empress in the palace, she must abide by the law, and she only selected the best from the Jiangnan opera troupe and didn't mention it.

Back on topic, saying goodbye to Jia Qiang and others, Li Wei said to Shui Rong: "Young Master, this Jia family is dishonest!"

Shui Rong nodded when he heard this, and said, "Father can bear it so much that I can't wait."

Li Wei heard the words, and said: "Young Master is right, when His Majesty wants to clean up these dishonesty later, I will definitely ask for this errand to come back to have a good time!"

Shui Rong smiled and said, "I'll be with you when the time comes!"

Busy days always go by very quickly. In order to survive Yucun’s sleepy days, Shui Zhan buries himself in government affairs. He only rests for two or three hours a day, and half of them stay in Yucun Tell him what happened during the day, complain, and complain about lovesickness.In just half a year, he lost a lot of weight. Even the Supreme Emperor, who never cared about political affairs, was alarmed, and sent someone to persuade Shui Zhan to take more rest every day, saying, "Let the emperor do everything, and this group of ministers is required to do everything." do what!"

Shui Zhan was persuaded by the old emperor, the busy hours are less, but the time for sleep and rest is the same as before, but more and more like sitting on the edge of Yucun's thousand-year-old cold jade bed, holding Yucun's hand and talking, and when he comes out His hands were blue and white from the cold, Su Peisheng was worried but he didn't dare to say anything when he saw this, he could only pray for Prince An to get well soon.

In a trance, it was the fifteenth day of the day again. Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang went to the palace to see the concubine Yuan. Baoyu followed because of his young age, but he was a sitter, moving his hands and feet in the palace. At ease, seeing that he was not at ease, Concubine Yuan ordered the maid beside her to take Baoyu to the imperial garden.

No matter how much Jia Baoyu was favored by Jia Mu, she didn't dare to run around in the palace, she just followed the maid around the imperial garden, talking and not running around.

But some encounters are destined, and there is no escape.It just so happened that Shui Zhan had finished dealing with political affairs, and remembered the details of getting along with Yucun, so he came to the imperial garden with interest.But I saw the maid beside Concubine Yuan leading a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy around in the imperial garden, frowning. Although he hadn't been near the harem for a long time, after all, he was a female relative by his side, and princesses and princesses often It’s not a good thing to come here to play in the imperial garden, if you collide, it’s not a good thing, and in a blink of an eye, I thought about the thing that Yucun often said that women in the world hold up half the sky, and felt that girls should also go out of the boudoir, and it’s okay to have a little contact with men. Then he asked Su Peisheng beside him, "Whose family is that?"

Su Peisheng raised his head when he heard the words, he understood in his heart, and said: "Reporting to the Holy Majesty, that is the younger brother of the concubine Yuan, who was born with the title of jade. His name is Baoyu. It is rumored in Beijing that he is a talented scholar!"

Shui Zhan nodded when he heard the words, and said, "Well, since that's the case, let's call to talk!"

Saying that, Shui Zhan walked to the nearby Wanchun Pavilion and sat down.

Su Peisheng hurriedly ordered the little eunuch to call Jia Baoyu over to speak.When Baoyu heard the emperor's summons, he thought that he must be as scary as his father Jia Zheng. He was terrified in his heart, but he didn't dare to resist the order, so he could only go obediently.

Arriving in front of the Wanchun Pavilion, seeing that the emperor was as cold and solemn as imagined, with a sense of majesty, an inexplicable sense of timidity arose in his heart, as if he was a natural enemy in his previous life, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees He couldn't even speak.

Shui Zhan originally thought that there was something special about the precious jade that was born with a jade title, but now it turned out to be a pustule, and he was a little disappointed, so he waved his hand and wanted to tell the concubine Yuan to take the precious jade to play elsewhere, but Unexpectedly, two words popped out of Jia Baoyu's mouth: "Shui Zhan..."

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"Bold Jia Baoyu, to speak disrespectful words!" Su Peisheng, the chief eunuch standing next to Shui Zhan, heard that Jia Baoyu dared to call the Holy Master by his name, and immediately reprimanded him.

Concubine Yuan ordered the maid who was looking after Jia Baoyu to see that she was not well. She knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowed her head twice, and begged for mercy: "The Holy Majesty redeemed, Mr. Jia has never been in the palace, and he doesn't know the rules. I beg the Holy Majesty to forgive me !"

And when everyone was panicking, Jia Baoyu, the person involved in the incident, stood on the spot, staring at Shui Zhan closely, with endless affection in his watery eyes.

Seeing this, Shui Zhan squinted his eyes. Although Jia Baoyu and Jia Yucun both have the surname Jia, they are not related in blood. The two pairs of eyes are naturally different. Jia Baoyu's round eyes seem to be happy but not happy. In love.But Jia Yucun's eyes are Danfeng eyes, the corners of the eyes are slightly upturned, very beautiful, maybe because of practicing Buddhism, they are always faint.But inexplicably, Shui Zhan was very familiar with Jia Baoyu at this time.

But Shui Zhan has never been an emotional person, he squinted his eyes habitually, and said: "Concubine Yuan is virtuous and virtuous, I guess my younger brother must not be a villainous person, since we have met, let's talk together!"

Then he turned to Jia Yuanchun's court lady and said, "Go back and tell Concubine Yuan that I'll ask his younger brother to talk with her, and tell her not to worry."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards the palace where Yucun's body was placed.Seeing that Shui Zhan was heading north, Su Peisheng gave Jia Baoyu a wink and motioned him to follow.

It is said that Jia Yuanchun heard that his younger brother bumped into the emperor in the imperial garden, and was called to question by the Holy Majesty. He really didn't know whether to be worried or happy. What worried him was that his younger brother was weak by nature, and the Holy Majesty was worse than his father Jia Zheng. Be more solemn, afraid that Jia Baoyu will make mistakes in front of the Holy Master, but happy that his own brother can finally make a mistake in front of the Holy Master.