dream of red mansion

Chapter 427

In the depths of the Jiuzhong Palace, there is a splendid palace.

On the northeast corner of the palace, there is a small artificially carved lake.On one side of the small lake, a pavilion built near the water stands majestically.

The weather is clear and the sun is bright but not dazzling. It is a good time for hanging water fishing.

Outside the pavilion, near the water, is a small pavilion with a few dozen square meters without a roof.The pavilion is made of gold as the ground and white jade as the railing.

An old man sat in the pavilion, staring intently at the lake.In front of him, a dark green fishing rod stretched out from the white jade fence, quietly resting on the water.

Suddenly the fishing rod trembled slightly, and the buoy made of goose feathers floating on the water surface was suddenly immersed in the water and then resurfaced through the connection of the fishing line.The old man frowned slightly, but he was not in a hurry.Sure enough, immediately after, the buoy sank into the water more urgently and more dramatically.

There was a confident look on the corner of the old man's mouth, he reached out to pick up the fishing rod, and pulled it lightly, a fiery red fish struggled to jump out of the water, then rose up, shining brightly under the sunlight.

"Congratulations, Long Live Lord, it's a koi."

The old eunuch who had been standing beside him saw the fish coming ashore, and hurriedly stepped forward to catch it. While taking the fish down, he said happily, as if he had caught the fish.

The fisherman is none other than the current Supreme Emperor Wanlong.He smiled and looked at the red carp that his eunuch took off the hook and put it into the golden basin to swim quickly, and suddenly asked: "Dequan, how long have you been with me?"

Wu Dequan immediately raised his head proudly, and said with a smile: "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, the slave has been with the Long Live Lord for 55 years, six months and [-] days. After today, it will be exactly [-] days."

Emperor Wanlong was taken aback, and then sighed: "I didn't think so. In the blink of an eye, 55 years have passed. I still remember that when I first came to the throne, the Great Chu was just saved from war, the court was in shambles, and the whole country was waiting for prosperity. At that time, there were so many things that I was eager to do, and so many things that I had to do, but now, we are all old."

Hearing Emperor Wan Long's sentiments, Wu Dequan was also excited and reminiscent, and said: "The slave is old now, but the Long Live Lord is not old at all, and he is still as vigorous as he was back then, overwhelming the world."

Emperor Wan Long smiled and said: "What is the coercion of the world? Just now, it is just a lot of effort to pull such a big fish. From now on, I don't know when it is time to meet the late emperor."

Wu Dequan stood still with his head bowed.Although he is good at flattering, he knows that such words cannot be accepted.The emperor's life and death, the emperor himself said, but they couldn't say.

Emperor Wan Long also didn't expect Wu Dequan to answer his words, so he said after saying, "Forget it, I just don't know how many old courtiers who accompanied me to rule the world are still alive today."

Wu Dequan turned his eyebrows when he heard Emperor Wan Long's words, and suddenly said: "I heard something, I wonder if Long Live Lord is interested in listening to my slave's gossip?"

"What's the matter, tell me."

"It's about Master He"

Emperor Wan Long frowned and thought for a while, then said, "He Shanbao?"

Seeing Wu Dequan nodding his head, he really became interested.When people are old, it is easiest to remember, and then cherish the past memories even more.

"Quickly tell me, he should be old now, so what new stories are there?"

Wu Dequan said with a smile: "It's not Mr. He's own business. This is the case. The servant also heard that the eunuchs who went out to the comprador occasionally said that Mr. He's little grandson was arrested by Qiu Liang from the Wucheng Military Division. went."

Emperor Wanlong wondered: "Isn't He Shanbao the current Chief Assistant? What happened to his grandson and he was arrested?"

Wu Dequan said with a smile: "Speaking of it, it's also my fault that Mr. He taught Sun Buyan. Yesterday his little grandson returned home from the Imperial College for vacation. Because he was happy, he ran a horse on the street. Who knew that if he was not careful, he would hurt a passerby. .

It just so happened that Qiu Liang saw this again, and he was escorted back to the prison of Wucheng Bingmasi on the spot.I heard that Mr. He was very angry because of this matter."

Wu Dequan took this matter as something new, but did not see Emperor Wan Long's frown.

He has been in the imperial court for many years, and he knows everything about the government affairs like the palm of his hand.As soon as he heard this, he knew it would not be easy.

"I heard that the emperor confiscated another mansion not long ago?" Emperor Zhengqing asked suddenly.

Wu Dequan said: "There is such a thing. I heard that it is because the Jinyi Army found out the Shoushan uncle's mansion half a year ago and sent people to intercept and kill the postman who sent the message six hundred miles away in the border of Jinling. His Majesty was furious, so this is the decree."

Emperor Wan Long remained silent, and said for a while, "Let's go, go back to the palace."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, I think Qiu Liang's move is very inappropriate. He Shanbao is the chief assistant of the court anyway, how can he be humiliated by such a trivial matter?"

In the Daming Palace, Emperor Zhengqing invited several of his confidants to discuss matters.What is being discussed is how to take advantage of this opportunity to show He Shanbao his cards and win him the position of Chief Assistant of the Cabinet in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, Cui Wenlong expressed his objection first.

"Mr. Cui Ge's words are serious. How can this be regarded as humiliation? Could it be that his grandson rode a horse in the street and hurt people? Was it someone else's slander? You can't ignore the laws of the country just because he is the chief assistant, right?

Did Cui Ge think that the imperial court should order Qiu Liang to release him immediately, in order to preserve the dignity of the chief assistant?So where is the law of the country? "

Zhao Qian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, had a different idea from Cui Wenlong. Like Emperor Zhengqing, he believed that this was an excellent opportunity to break the situation.

Cui Wenlong couldn't refute Zhao Qian's words on the line.Unspoken rules can only prevail over the rules when both parties agree, and once they are put on the table, they cannot be implemented.

Therefore, Cui Wenlong did not answer Zhao Qian's words, but turned to Emperor Zhengqing and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that everything is under our control now, and it is not long since the big case three years ago was revealed to the world." Well, at that time, His Majesty can justifiably abolish the position of He Shanbao's first assistant, but it is unnecessary to do it with such means, and it will be disrespectful to the court."

Zhao Qiandao: "Old Cui Ge is a bit stubborn. Those who come to achieve great things by themselves should make the best use of the situation. Now that there is a ready-made opportunity and not take advantage of it, but wait for the east wind that will arrive at an unknown time, I think it is completely unnecessary of.

If His Majesty agrees, and I decide to impeach He Shanbao at the court meeting in the next day, Your Majesty can take this opportunity to discuss He Shanbao's crimes. "

To convict He Shanbao, only the three judiciaries will have a joint trial. Other than that, no other yamen is qualified to do so.

Therefore, the evidence they currently have is not enough to convict He Shanbao.This procedure must be passed before He Shanbao can be sent to prison in a legitimate manner.

Emperor Zhengqing thought for a while and asked Fang Shoudao: "What does Fang Aiqing think?"

His words had already expressed his intention, and he agreed with Zhao Qian's words.Because, he also felt that there was no need to wait any longer, and took this opportunity to attack He Shanbao.

Fang Shou replied: "I think that Master Cui and Master Zhao are both right. I have no objection to this. I implore Your Majesty to decide."

The soldiers and horses of the five cities were under the Jiedu of the Jingying, and his eldest disciple Sun Da happened to be the Jiedu of the Jingying now, so Qiu Liang could be regarded as one of his people, so he didn't say much.

Emperor Zhengqing glanced at Cui Wenlong, and Cui Wenlong knew his intentions. He sighed helplessly, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please judge."

Emperor Zhengqing smiled slightly and said: "Since that's the case, let's do as Zhao Aiqing said."

"Go, hurry up, take a look!"

In a courtyard of Rongqing Hall, several young maids urged each other to rush to the main courtyard.

Running to the courtyard in front of the main hall of Rongqing Hall, there are already many maids and women gathered around the middle of the courtyard, pointing at a big tree that appeared out of thin air.

"Those are lychees, there are so many!"

Many little maids have never seen what a lychee tree looks like, but they still recognize the fruits that hang on it.After all, with the respect of the Jia family, there are still channels to eat lychees.

However, I have never seen anyone directly move fruit trees in together.

"The old lady is out."

As soon as the voices of the maids fell, the curtain in front of the main hall opened, and Mother Jia came out surrounded by Yuanyang, Li Wan, and Mrs. Wang.

The girls who had been surrounding hurriedly stepped aside and let Jia Mu come over.

Mother Jia walked down the steps, raised her eyes, and looked at the two or three tall trees standing in the hallway.Underneath is a large wooden frame one or two meters square, which is filled with soil, and the trunk is inserted straight into it.

Going up along the trunk, there are unfolded branches and leaves, stretched out, occupying a large area.There are plump red lychees hanging on it, which are golden and beautiful!
Rao is that Jia Mu has enjoyed all the glory and wealth all her life, and she has never let anyone do such a naughty thing.This thing, there are not seven or eight men, I'm afraid they can't lift it.

"Who sent this in?"

Just now Li Wan, Yuanyang and others only said to let her come out to see the rare items, so she still doesn't know who sent them in.

Li Wan smiled and said, "Guess the old lady?"

Mother Jia thought for a while, and said, "This kind of thing, probably only Brother Qing, a narrow-minded brat, can think of it!"

"The old lady is so clear, she guessed right!"

Jia's mother also laughed and said, "Did he really do it? Fortunately, he still said that he is a person who does big things all day long, so he didn't have to do things to make people laugh. Let relatives and friends know about this way, and it's not bad." What a joke, even we have become greedy cats."

Mrs. Wang said: "It's okay, he is filial to the old lady. If others know about it, they will only praise him for his filial piety. There will be no other words."

Just as he was talking, the sisters also came after hearing the news.The first thing I saw was the conspicuous big tree in the courtyard. I took a closer look before walking to Mother Jia to greet her.

Jia Mu said: "It just so happens that you are here, go and pick a few, let's try it."

The sisters used to eat fruits ready-made and put them on the plate. They had never done such a thing of picking fruits directly from the tree, and they all came forward excitedly.

Turned around for a long time, but no one started.It's not that it's not tall enough to reach, but, looking at the brightly colored fruits hanging on the branches, the sisters feel that they are very neat and beautiful, and they can't bear to do it for a while.

Mrs. Wang said: "Hurry up, the old lady is waiting to taste."

Several people couldn't help it, so they had to be cruel, and one of them stepped forward and grabbed a branch, and picked two from it.

"Here, old ancestor."

Shi Xiangyun was the fastest runner, and was the first to hand one to Mother Jia, and kept one for himself.In this way, the others did the same. Tanchun was given to Mrs. Wang, Yingchun was given to Mrs. Xing, and Daiyu was given to Li Wan.Xichun gave Yuanyang one, Yuanyang hurriedly thanked her, and took it without refusing.

After Shi Xiangyun handed one to Jia Mu, he couldn't wait to peel the lychee in his hand.It's not that she hasn't eaten this kind of food before, but where is it so fresh and interesting in the past?Besides, at least this year is the first time to eat this thing.

"Ouch."

But I don’t know whether it’s because of impatience or something, I just peeled off the lychee shell, and I was about to bite the white and tender flesh exposed in half of the shell, when the round flesh suddenly jumped out of the shell due to the force, and fell on the ground.

Beside, the people who were preparing to do it all smiled happily when they saw Xiangyun's annoyed and remorseful expression.

Jia Mu said: "There are so many on it, you just pick it again, why do you feel sorry for it?"

Only then did Shi Xiangyun feel happy, and walked over to pick another one.She's more careful this time
"So sweet!"

Although it was the second time to do it, Shi Xiangyun still ate the fruit before everyone else.She tasted the smooth, cool and sweet taste, which is her favorite feeling, so she said while eating.

Mother Jia also ate one carefully, and she really felt that it was better than the ones she had eaten in previous years.Seeing that the fruit trees were also clean, it was obvious that someone had pruned them beforehand, so I couldn't help but feel that Jia Qing worked hard.

So, she went up to it herself, stretched out her hand and wanted to break one off by herself.

When Li Wan saw it, he quickly pressed down the one that Jia Mu wanted to pull, so that Jia Mu could easily fold it.

Jia Mu is old and should not eat. After breaking off one and eating it herself, she withdrew her hand and said, "You don't want to eat too much. It's not good to eat too much."

"Yes."

After Jiamu entered the room, Tanchun took the lead to pull Li Wan and said, "Sister-in-law, who sent this, why are you so intentional?"

Daiyu twitched her lips and said, "Who else, it must be the second brother!"

"Who called me?"

As soon as Daiyu's voice fell, a gentle voice came from the corner of the corridor eaves.

Everyone turned their heads to look, but it was not Jia Qing.

At this time, Jia Qing had just come from Ningguo Mansion, and seeing Daiyu and others gathered around the big lychee tree, smiled, walked over, and then asked: "Which one of you just said about me, I heard it all. But are you speaking ill of me?"

Li Wan said: "It's just that you are too narrow-minded and feel that everyone wants to speak ill of you!"

Jia Qing glanced at Li Wan and was very surprised: "Could it be that they can speak well of me when they get together? I absolutely don't believe this!"

Li Wan was speechless.

The sisters smiled, they were already somewhat used to Jia Qing joking anytime and anywhere.

"Second brother, how did you come up with such a way to send this thing in?"

(End of this chapter)