Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 279 Xiyuan
The emperor was rich, so he used his own money to wrap the trees in the streets of Luoyang City with colorful brocade with a wave of his big hand.

The entire sky street was decorated with lights and colorful decorations on both sides, and there were large and small stages all along the road. Jia Hui saw nearly twenty of them when he walked from his home to the entrance of Xiyuan alone.

And I heard from people in the Jiaofang Division that they have invited almost all the dramas that are available in the country today, and it is quite the spirit of a hundred schools of thought contending.

Think about it, except for local dramas that have a home field advantage, the other dramas are just competing.

No one needs to judge who sings well, who sings poorly, or whose opera is more popular. You can tell by just looking at the number of people standing under the stage.

It is said that the Buddha competes for a stick of incense and others compete for a breath. It can be said that these troupes tried their best to move around on the stage at the risk of their lives.

At this time, the most challenging literary drama has no use for martial arts. Each troupe unanimously chose the most intense martial arts drama at the bottom of the box!

Let’s keep people busy first!
The cheers and cheers from the crowd never stopped.

Thanks to their blessing, the most discerning salesmen came around with loads of drinks, fruits and snacks. Business was very good, but they made a huge profit!
It's such a lively scene, but there's only one downside.
The east gate of Xiyuan is really congested!

"Hey, everyone from the entire city of God has gathered here, right?" Li Wan quietly opened some of the curtains, looked outside, and marveled.

"Ah? Doesn't that mean the royal family has been embarrassed?" Li Wan was a little surprised.

Besides, the emperor gave himself the right to ride carriages and horses in Xiyuan. After all, Xiyuan was too big.

"Ah? What's the matter?" The time spent waiting for the carriage to arrive at the palace gate was too boring. When Jia Hui heard that there was gossip to be heard, he immediately pricked up his ears and looked at Li Wan with wide eyes.

Jia Hui shook his head: "That's not true. This gate is not the main entrance of Xiyuan. Those foreigners from outside the vassal state all leave Luoyang early in the morning and take a detour to Xiyuan to officially take the south gate. They don't know how to walk there at all. East gate.

"Speaking of the third prince, sir, have you heard what happened in his house?" Li Wan suddenly whispered to Jia Hui in a somewhat mysterious voice.

Li Wan looked in the direction of Jia Hui's finger, and sure enough he found a carriage with a "Prince Yiren" flag.

Only our so-called own talents, such as our distinguished ministers, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, will go through this door. "

"Sister? Ah, that's all. I remember she seems to be seventeen this year." Jia Hui slapped his palm and recalled the message about the third prince's sister.

"That happened in February of the first half of the year, right? At that time, Chen San and I were coughing on the boat in Luoshui." Jia Hui, who suddenly realized that he had spilled the beans, suddenly covered his mouth.

"Shouldn't it be convenient for women to do this kind of thing?" Li Wan asked.

"Ah? What do you mean?" Li Wan quickly turned around and looked at Jia Hui and asked.

If he was the only one in the carriage, he would have abandoned the carriage and walked to the palace gate, but there was no way, his wife was still in the carriage, and the gold ornaments Zhai Guan and Jia Hui she wore on her head today were all visible to her. He felt the pressure on his neck and was reluctant to let Li Wan accompany him to the palace on foot.

Jia Hui also stuck his head out of the window on the other side and looked outside: "Well, someone is going to be unlucky today."

Since we have this kind of privilege, why don’t we have to wait longer for this kind of time?
"Hmph!" Li Wan smiled proudly, "Don't you know? Let me tell you, do you know that the third prince's concubine has a younger sister?"

"It's okay, I don't know what you are? Go on." Li Wan was already calm about Jia Hui's frequent trips to have fun. She would only be surprised if he stayed at home for a month.

"Huh?" Li Wan frowned, "How do you know the age of a little girl?"

"Ahem. Then we got together to drink together. While we were drinking, he told us that his princess's period of filial piety has ended, and that her younger sister has reached the age to look at her, so he asked us to go up to him. Please try your best to help her find a suitable husband!"

The gaze becomes more and more dangerous
"What's that look in your eyes!" Jia Hui shrank back into the corner unnaturally, "I'd like to state in advance that this is what Chen San said to me personally!"

"Oh? What did he say?" Li Wan's brows relaxed a little, "You continue."

After saying that, Jia Hui pointed to a carriage outside: "Well, isn't that Chen San's carriage?"

"Don't look at the traffic jam like this. In fact, there aren't many cars. As for why the traffic jam is like this, it's because the square at the east gate of Xiyuan is not only not big, but they didn't leave a passage for cars to leave!" Jia Hui rubbed the beard on his chin and said with gloating.

"Haha, it's not like you've never met the third prince's concubine before. You're so shy that you blush whenever you see someone. How can you be so embarrassed to talk about this in front of outsiders?" Jia Hui raised his eyebrows.

Hearing this, Li Wan also nodded and agreed: "Indeed!"

Unlike the couple, who claim to be taciturn, dull and honest, the third prince's concubine is really dull and honest.

Mainly because the emperor specially selected such a princess for Chen San.

"Anyway, my prince, you are physically disabled and you are no longer destined for the throne. In this case, my father will choose an honest wife for you who will definitely be loyal to you throughout your life!" the emperor said.

The emperor was worried that his good son's wife would despise her son's disfigurement and lameness, and would collude with an adulterer to harm his royal son, so he simply chose a beautiful girl with a reputation for being submissive to be his royal son's wife.

"So, something happened to the third prince's sister?" Jia Hui also realized whose gossip this was, "Could it be that her sister was seduced by someone?"

"How could it be? It's even more exciting than that!" Li Wan returned to his mysterious look, "Let me tell you, this sister-in-law climbed into my brother-in-law's bed in the middle of the night!"

"Ah!" Jia Hui's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.

"Just because of Chen San's dignity, my sister-in-law crawled into bed? What a fool!"

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, just listen to me!" He lightly patted Jia Hui's arm, "But everyone thinks Chen San is a good character! At first Chen San thought it was his own princess who had slept with him, so I didn’t think much about it, but the moment I opened my eyes, I discovered that it was my sister-in-law! Hey, guess what Chen San did?"

"How?" Jia Hui asked very cooperatively.

"Goose, goose, goose, he. He kicked his sister-in-law out of bed! Goose, goose, goose." As soon as he finished speaking, Li Wan immediately laughed out of breath.
"What's so funny?" Jia Hui didn't quite understand the point of the joke, "Then, what happened to his sister-in-law?"

"What else can I do? Of course I'll send him back to his hometown!" Li Wan quickly adjusted himself. "This time, the third prince's concubine was tough. She slapped her sister on the face and let her sister say whatever she wanted. She didn't agree to anything, didn't let her have breakfast, just put her in the carriage and left the city that night."

"Ah, let me tell you. When I met Chen San the day before yesterday, I asked him if his sister-in-law had fallen in love with him. Why did he look like he had eaten shit?"

"You are so vulgar!"

"Tsk, we have been married for how many years, and now we are talking about this?"

The blockage in front was finally loosened, and the carriage full of laughter moved towards the palace gate again.
. . . . . .

The carriage has indeed entered Xiyuan, but since entering, the carriage no longer belongs to Jia Hui.
Looking at the several ladies who shakily climbed onto their carriage, and then held hands with their wives and called each other "sister" and "sister", Jia Hui stood in the palace gate with a messy face in his hand. "Hey, Jinyu, have you been kicked out of the carriage by your wife?"

Chen Si, wearing a blue prince's crown, swayed over, and behind him were all people wearing prince's and county king's crown.

Even if you don't know them, you can still tell the difference between the prince and the county king at a glance.

For example, the two princes Chen San and Chen Si had dragon patterns embroidered on their arms. Jia Hui's Qing Yuan Chi Luo Yi also had dragon patterns embroidered on them, but the embroidery was of a red bird flying high.

In comparison, the princes were much inferior. There were no patterns on their clothes.

"Yes." Jia Hui sighed softly, "But it doesn't matter. I can still walk down this short distance, but the same cannot be said for those ladies who never go out or take a step forward. They can walk from the east gate. The venue may have to be folded a few times.”

Chen Sixen agreed: "No, my princess's Zhai crown feels heavy when I hold it in both hands. This is because she is more frugal and doesn't have many jewelry! If there are those who like to compete for beauty, I am really afraid that they will turn away. Your neck is twisted, right, Lao Qi?" Chen Si said teasingly.

Hearing this, everyone present looked at Chen Qi, who had a stinky face.

Chen Qi was speechless.

There was no way, his princess was the kind of person who wanted to put all her belongings on her head.

Moreover, the silver one is not inserted yet. I feel that it is not worthy of her, so I insist on a full set of gold.

With gold on my forehead, how can this weight be lighter?

"Let me tell you, instead of wearing jewelry on your princess's head, just wear a gold brick!" Chen San said to Chen Qi with a playful smile.

"Why do you think the thing she is carrying on her head is lighter than a gold brick?" Chen Qi said quietly.

"Huh?" Jia Hui's eyes widened, "Is it really heavier than a gold brick?"

"Haha." Chen Qi smiled bitterly, "The gold alone weighs about four kilograms, which is the weight of four gold bricks, not counting the jewelry and so on."

In an instant, everyone was in awe of the seventh prince's neck.

. . . . . .

After Taizu Luoyang conquered Guandong, Taizu ordered the overhaul of Luoyang City based on the concept of Xiao He, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, that "the emperor regards the four seas as his home, and he cannot be majestic unless he is magnificent"!

After receiving the imperial edict, Yuan Kai and Yuan Jian, their father and son, used Zhou Tianxingdou as a model to rebuild this splendid city, which is as bright as the ancient times and far surpasses any big city in the previous generation.
As the largest royal garden in the divine capital of the Daqi Empire, it symbolizes the Yaochi of Heaven. It is named Xiyuan because it is located in the west of Ziwei City in Luoyang.

In fact, her most formal name is Fanghuayuan.

With an area of ​​approximately 400 square kilometers, it can be said to be the largest royal garden at home and abroad in history and is truly the "No. 1 Garden in the World". The design still has the style of the Han Dynasty, and the garden site has undulating terrain.

There are hilly barriers on the periphery, and streams, valleys, and Luoshui flow through here. The garden is centered on the large artificial lake "Beihai" with a circumference of more than ten miles. There are three islands in the sea: Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou. On the islands are Tongzhen Temple, Xiling Temple and Zongxian Palace respectively, as well as the "Fengzhang Temple". The pavilion and the moon view are all made by machines, and they may appear or disappear if there is a divine change."

Today's birthday banquet was arranged in the large square on the south side of Hunan.

It was already close to noon when Jia Hui walked to the venue and found Li Wan chatting with a group of ladies.

"Oh, sir, you have worked really hard. Come on, come on, this tea has been cooled for you a long time ago!"

Li Wan was very attentive and handed a full cup of tea soaked in ice cubes to Jia Hui, who was sweating profusely.

"Yes." Jia Hui nodded with satisfaction, picked up the cup and drank the tea in one gulp.

It's not that he is weak, he is a general who will definitely not be tired and sweat after walking a few steps.

Mainly because the court clothes I wore were too thick and the sun was too strong today.

"Huh" Jia Hui breathed out comfortably, "How about it, are our family's gifts to the Emperor ready?"

"Don't worry, I have personally handed over the things to Prime Minister Dai. Are you still worried about Prime Minister Dai's work?" Li Wan said with certainty.

"Okay, now that it's in the hands of the old internal minister, it'll be fine." Jia Hui nodded.

Dai Quan watched him grow up and even saved his life, so he would definitely not harm him.

Since I'm here to celebrate my birthday, I naturally want to give birthday gifts, otherwise why don't I just come here to eat and drink with such a big face?
Moreover, this birthday gift for the royal family is also very particular.

According to custom, birthday gifts include Ruyi, longevity Buddha, calligraphy and painting, bead room, gold and silver products, etc. Nine pieces are grouped into a group, called "one nine", and the number can be up to "nine nine".

This kind of thing that can be done openly and openly to bribe the emperor is not something that can be given if you have money. If the relationship with the royal family is not at that level, you can't even give a gift!

However, for the Jia family, it was normal to send "Nine-nine" to the emperor and the emperor on holy festivals.

Although the value of the things given out as gifts is in units of "one hundred thousand taels", this feeling of standing out from the crowd makes everyone in the Jia family, even the most greedy Jia She, feel pain and happiness. of.

Although Jia Hui was also very hurt, seeing that his family was very happy about it, he didn't say anything more.

"Where are the children? Have they all gone to the back?"

"Of course, I went back with Prime Minister Dai. I'm old, and what I like most are the juniors. The Emperor and the Queen are definitely no exception. They just like a group of fair and tender juniors to surround themselves. There were people laughing and joking around, and they even asked Prime Minister Dai to come here early to wait and pick up the children one by one!"

Especially nowadays, the number of royal grandchildren is really rare, and most of them are young. Even the emperor may not see them several times a month, and the children are even more rare.

Jia Hui nodded, but was still a little worried: "I'll ask the old minister to look after them more. After all, there isn't much else in Xiyuan, but there is a lot of water. If you accidentally fall,"

"Bah, bah, bah, what are you talking about?" Li Wan forcefully interrupted Jia Hui, "Today is such a happy day, why are you saying these unlucky words? Besides, the old internal minister is a child with a What could possibly go wrong if the servants are taking care of it?"

"What you said made me even more flustered."

"Oh, you're the only one with a lot of things to do!" Li Wan rolled his eyes at Jia Hui, "It's getting late, it's time to go celebrate the emperor's birthday, let's go!"

Without waiting for Jia Hui to reply, Li Wan turned around and walked towards Yanguangyuan where the emperor and his wife were.
(End of this chapter)