dream of red mansion

Chapter 430 Little Zhonger and Smarter

"Old Cui Ge, you should go back first, His Majesty will not see you."

Daming Palace, outside the Linjing Gate, Dai Quan walked out helplessly, and said to the anxious Cui Wenlong.

Cui Wenlong is very worried now, worried about the state of Emperor Zhengqing.He wanted to go in and give advice, but after waiting for more than half an hour, Emperor Zhengqing still didn't want to see him.

"Director Dai, are you okay looking at His Majesty's face?"

Dai Quan smiled wryly and shook his head, "Old Cui Ge, you should go back, why bother touching your eyebrows at this time?"

Everyone knew that Emperor Zhengqing must be in a very, very bad mood right now. Even Shui Rong, Zhao Qian and the others had disappeared, but Cui Wenlong was not afraid of offending Longyan at all, so he insisted on coming to see him this time.

Seeing that it was impossible, Cui Wenlong had no choice but to say: "Please take care of Chief Dai and take care of Your Majesty, and I will leave first."

"Mr. Cui Ge, walk slowly."

Alas, Cui Wenlong sighed softly, turned and left.

……

On the way back, Jia Qing parted ways with Jia Zheng and went to Fangfu.

"Second Master, Master is here to invite you."

Fang Shou seemed to have expected that Jia Qing would come to him, and when he got off his horse, the steward of the Fang Mansion immediately stepped forward and led Jia Qing to Fang Shou's study.

"The disciple has seen the master!"

"sit down."

"Yes."

So Jia Qing sat down on the chair next to him.

"But have doubts?" Fang Shou said straight to the point.

Jia Qing nodded. In front of Fang Shou, he didn't have to pretend to be deep. If there was anything he didn't understand, he always asked for advice.

"The Supreme Emperor's move has greatly reduced His Majesty's prestige, and it will be very detrimental to His Majesty's future control over the court. Why did the Supreme Emperor do this?"

Fang Shou wanted to take this opportunity to test Jia Qing, so he asked, "You really don't know the reason?"

Jia Qing said: "On the surface, the Supreme Emperor seems to be protecting He Shanbao..."

Indeed, on the surface, the Supreme Emperor personally ordered all the people to be killed, so the case would naturally be closed, and no one could go any further.The result of this is that the emperor no longer has any evidence to attack He Shanbao.

Fang Shou smiled and said, "Oh, on the surface? Don't you think that's not the case?"

Jia Qing shook his head and asserted: "He Shanbao is not qualified."

There is no need to say more about the emperor's face and He Shanbao's wealth and life, which is more important.It is even more unreasonable to protect He Shanbao by losing the emperor's face. In ancient times, such a thing has never been heard.The Supreme Emperor wanted to protect He Shanbao, there were too many ways to choose, but why did he choose the most drastic way?

Fang Shou looked at Jia Qing with admiration, suddenly became serious, and said seriously: "It's good that you can understand this... You don't need to think about this matter, it has nothing to do with you, just don't get involved, it's already It’s not just a matter of government.”

Jia Qing was silent.He has his own opinion on this matter, and now he has confirmed his opinion after listening to Fang Shou's words.

If you look at this matter horizontally, it's actually not that complicated. In simple words, Emperor Zhengqing's strides are too big, and it's getting involved in the balls...

After getting rid of He Shanbao, the situation in the court immediately changed drastically!As soon as He Shanbao fell, it was foreseeable that there would be a big reshuffle in the DPRK and China.

He Shanbao's family will surely fall a lot, and the power of the emperor's direct line will inevitably increase greatly. Those who were originally vacillating or even the Supreme Emperor will see that the Supreme Emperor really ignores everything, and they will definitely follow the trend to Emperor Zhengqing. The era when Emperor Qing was in power
At that time, whether the Supreme Emperor can still maintain the current deterrent force is not certain.It cannot be said that there is no family relationship between father and son in the Tian family, but it must be suppressed under the imperial power.

It can be said that the Taishang Emperor suppressed Emperor Zhengqing this time. After this, Emperor Zhengqing was far away from the days when he was in power alone.

It can also be seen that the Supreme Emperor did not ignore everything, he was just tired and wanted to take a break, so he asked Emperor Zhengqing to sit in the office for him and become the general manager, while the chairman was himself.

This time, Emperor Zhengqing seemed to have crossed the line, so the Supreme Emperor made a move!

This is the most reasonable explanation.

However, it was too cruel to Emperor Zhengqing.

Because, he may not have thought of usurping power, nor did he use any tricks, but the Supreme Emperor reminded him fiercely, who is the real master of the world.

If Emperor Zhengqing is still the prince, or even the prince, that's all.However, he is a justifiable son of heaven, this kind of humiliation is very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.

At this time, Jia Qing didn't have much energy to guess the emperor's mood, and he was also in an absolute predicament.

Originally, the head and deputy head of the White Lotus Sect were all sent to the capital as witnesses, and he also reported to Emperor Zhengqing the promise he made when he subdued and persuaded these people to surrender.Although Emperor Zhengqing didn't approve, but with the credit he made, Emperor Zhengqing didn't care about these reckless life and death, how could he be happy not to show mercy?
However, now that the emperor's imperial decree was issued, it became a deadlock in an instant.

"Master, I don't want to get involved in right and wrong right now, so it's best to avoid it. However, if you dare to ask Master, is there any way to avoid the death of those leaders of the White Lotus Sect? At least, let them not be villains. The wicked are spared.

Because, even in the big case three years ago, not all the White Lotus Sect were involved. "

Jia Qing asked, full of luck, with a hopeful voice.

Fang Shou frowned: "The White Lotus Sect is a traitor. Could it be that you really have friendship with them?"

Fang Shou didn't sympathize with the bandit leader of the White Lotus Cult at all.Seeing Jia Qing like this, thinking about what happened half a year ago, he was a little worried that Jia Qing really got involved in the White Lotus Sect.
Jia Qing shook his head: "Master, could it be that he forgot that they were captured by the disciple himself?"

Fang Shou frowned, and said, "Then why did you say that?"

"Because, in order to avoid death or injury, the disciple made a promise to subdue them by recruiting them, and promised not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. In this way, the White Lotus Sect was truly broken without a single soldier.

Once all of them are executed by the imperial court, wouldn't the disciples be dishonest to the world?

Moreover, there are tens of thousands of members of the White Lotus Sect in custody in Jiangnan. Once this happens, I don't know what kind of accidents will happen. "

That's right, because all the orders that Jia Qing gave when he left were all recorded, so the lives of those Bailian sect members were somewhat guaranteed. Now that half a year has passed, some people have begun to be screened and released.

However, once all the leaders of the White Lotus Sect who were escorted to Beijing were executed, I don't know if those local officials can fully follow his request.

Even if it is carried out, what kind of hatred will those released Bailian believers have towards him and the government?
That's all, the real reason is that Jia Qing can't pass the test in his heart.

Fang Shou was also silent.Fang said after a while: "Qing'er, you have to remember that in this world, many things will not develop according to your own ideas. Some things, you know it's wrong, but you have to do it, and some things, you want to do , but you can't do it!

This is the helplessness of life, you have to learn to adapt.

You are still young, as the teacher knows that you are not willing to break your promise, but... forget it, just pretend that you never said that sentence, because you can't change it! "

I can't change it. That's right, the imperial decree issued by the Supreme Emperor in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the current emperor, who in this world can change it?

Use means?This is not in Yangzhou. Once things fail, they will be buried with Jia's family!
Does he dare?
Thinking of this, Jia Qing tried something called powerlessness for the first time in nine years.

With the help of Jia's ancestral shadow, he has been going smoothly for too long, and he almost forgot what else he can't do.

Can't change it!Fang Shou gave an affirmative answer.

Jia Qing said bitterly: "Disciple, I understand."

Fang Shou seemed to be able to sense Jia Qing's immature thoughts, and said gently: "The summer vacation is here, and you don't have to come to my place for the next month. It just so happens that your family is going to welcome the concubine Yuan to visit her relatives, so I can hide from you." It’s fine to open the imperial court.”

"Thank you, Master. If there is nothing wrong, the disciple will leave first."

"Go."

Walking out of the gate of Fang Mansion, Jia Qing still couldn't let go.He came here just to ask for advice, but Fang Shou gave him a clear and realistic answer.

The execution will be executed the day after tomorrow, what should he do?At the beginning, when Wu Xian'er took the initiative to explain the time and place of the Pope's Conference in their church, she mentioned this condition.

At that time, after some bargaining, he promised Wu Xian'er ten places.
When she was in Yangzhou, due to lack of time, counting Wu Qi, only three people were lost for her.

When Wu Xian'er urged him, he assured him that when the time came, buy one and get one free, and give her twenty.
Thinking of these, he felt extremely depressed.

Inside Ning'an Hall, Peifeng walked out of the room with a puzzled face, looked at Xie Luan who was packing up the cups, saucers and tea utensils, and asked: "Xie Luan, do you feel something is wrong with the Second Master today?"

"What's wrong?" Xie Luan said.

"That's right, anyway, I think the second master must have encountered something unhappy. In the past, when he was writing, he liked to let us grind ink for him by the side. I helped him grind ink just now, but he actually said no."

After hearing Peifeng's words, Xieluan put down the movements in his hands, thought for a while, and said: "Listen to what you said, after the second master came back from court, he seemed really dull."

Peifeng immediately said: "Then what should I do, the second master is rarely unhappy, today is like this, he must have encountered something difficult."

Jia Qing treats them so well on weekdays, Peifeng feels that they have an obligation to find a way to make Jia Qing happy.

Xie Luan wondered: "But, we don't know why Second Master is unhappy."

Peifeng was a little discouraged immediately.They don't know anything, how can they be funny, and they don't have as much funny skills as Jia Qing!

Suddenly Peifeng lowered her voice and said: "Otherwise, how about we go and seduce him?"

"Ah, damn girl, what nonsense!"

Xie Luan's hand trembled and almost tripped over the teacup.

Peifeng was just being straightforward for a while, and after she said it, she felt quite embarrassed, and after thinking about it, she said, "Why don't we pick some fresh lychees and peel them for him to eat?"

Xie Luan said: "Why don't we let Ping'er go in and serve her? We don't know anything, but we don't know what to say when we go in. Ping'er usually dare not say a word when she sees the second master, but the second master likes to bully her the most. , maybe, the second master will be fine soon."

Peifeng thought for a while and said, "Alright, I'll go pick the fruit right now."

Half a quarter of an hour later, Peifeng and Luan looked at Ping'er who came out, pulled her and said, "I told you to go in and serve, why did you come out?"

Ping'er was only a little girl of eight or nine years old, and she was puzzled when she heard the words: "Second master asked me to come out?"

Uh.

The two women were speechless, and finally realized the "seriousness" of the matter!
"Okay, you go out and play."

Seeing that the little girl was being teased, Jia Qing didn't accept the move, and Xie Luan couldn't help it, so she had to let Ping'er go out.

"Xieluan, what should I do?"

Peifeng's complexion became serious.Jia Qing's mood has always been their barometer.

"Forget it, let the second master be quiet for a while, and let's not go in and disturb him."

"okay."

"Hey, little Zhong'er, why don't you tell the truth, you and that smart boy?"

Inside a carriage, Jia Baoyu looked at the shy Qin Zhong with a "cheesy smile", and said in a loud voice.

Today was the day when Jia Baoyu went to the temple to fulfill his vows, he dragged Qin Zhong, and the two of them went to Shuiyue Nunnery to play kung fu for half a day under the escort of seven or eight servants and long followers.

Qin Zhong blushed and said shyly, "Don't talk nonsense, we, we have nothing"

Jia Baoyu laughed and said, "Don't lie, I've seen it all. If it's nothing, why did you hug her just now?"

Qin Zhong was ashamed and said: "Good man, don't shout, let others hear you."

Jia Baoyu laughed and said: "Okay, I don't want to shout, but you have to tell me the truth, what's going on with you, otherwise, I'll go to the nunnery and ask Mrs. Jingxu."

"Don't, don't!" Qin Zhong said urgently.

Seeing Jia Baoyu looking at him leisurely, Qin Zhong couldn't help but said: "If I tell you, just don't tell anyone. I will obey you for whatever you want to do in the future."

Jia Baoyu immediately said happily: "Okay, then tell me quickly." After speaking, he sat next to Qin Zhong and grabbed his "little weak and boneless hand".
Qin Zhong whispered: "Me and her, we are determined to be husband and wife."

"Really?"

"Ah."

Qin Zhong said: "In another two years, when I grow up, I will let her return to secular life and marry her as my wife."

Jia Baoyu immediately said happily: "This is really a happy event. Tell me, how did you get on?"

Jia Baoyu really thought it was a happy event.As for the fact that Smarter is a nun, in Jia Baoyu's view, it doesn't matter!On the contrary, it became more and more obvious that Qin Zhong was not a common man who fell into the world, just like him.

Qin Zhong was about the same age as Jia Baoyu. He was the son of Qin Bangye in his later years. He regarded him as a treasure. He was born weak, but under the pampering, he was as shy as a girl.

He has no wit and knowledge, but he was born with a heart as extraordinary as Jia Baoyu's. He thinks he is fresher and refined than the world, so he dares to do things that ordinary people think are unethical.For example, hooking up with nuns, for example, accepting the love of men and women
Seeing that Jia Baoyu wanted to ask for advice, he half leaned on Jia Baoyu's body, and told Jia Baoyu the whole story of how he hooked up with Nun Miao Zhier in a soft and low voice.

"Ungrateful, despicable and shameless villain, I will fight with you!"

The two were talking about each other in the carriage, when there was a resentful voice from outside the carriage, and then they felt that the carriage was hit by someone, making a "boom".

(End of this chapter)