Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 69 Qin Ye and Jia Zheng are promoted
The princes canonized by Emperor Jing'an begin with the word "righteousness".

The princes canonized by Emperor Chengtai begin with the word "loyalty".

The emperor of Zhou Dynasty, the generation before Emperor Jing'an, was also the imperial grandfather of Emperor Chengtai. The canonized prince began with the word "和".

Among them was Prince Heduan, a cousin of Emperor Jing'an.

In March of the first year of Chengtai, Prince Heduan passed away. Since he had no children, Emperor Chengtai, with the consent of Emperor Jing'an, made his fifteenth emperor brother Yuan Sichun his heir and inherited the title of Prince Heduan.

When Emperor An summoned all the princes and grandsons to announce his throne, it was Yuan Sichun who took the lead in saying good things for Emperor Chengtai, who was still the third prince at the time.

Yuan Sichun was good at judging the situation and had always been close to Emperor Chengtai.

Speaking of which, Yuan Sichun and Yuan Qingbai have some fate.

Since Yuan Qingbai was raised by Emperor Jing'an, Emperor Jing'an not only arranged for him to study and practice martial arts, but also specially asked Yuan Sichun, who was good at firearms, to teach him to learn firearms.

Yuan Sichun is Yuan Qingbai's fifteenth uncle, and he can also be regarded as Yuan Qingbai's teacher in firearms.

Now, this person has inherited the title of Prince Heduan.

In fact, Emperor Chengtai had the idea of ​​​​letting Prince Heduan serve as the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, and wanted Prince Heduan to help him manage the Zhou clan.

It's just that he has only been on the throne for less than three months, so he feels it is not appropriate to mention this matter to Emperor Jing'an yet.

Also in March of the first year of Chengtai, Emperor Chengtai posthumously named a princess, his second daughter who died of illness three years ago, and is now the daughter of Queen He.

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It’s already the end of March in the blink of an eye, and summer is about to begin.

Emperor Jing'an habitually moved out of the palace and settled in Dangchun Garden in the western suburbs.

Emperor Chengtai also followed him to the Dangchun Garden, and he was eager to do so.

He suffered from heat stroke in his youth and has been afraid of heat ever since. The palace is very hot in summer.

In addition, Emperor Jing'an let Emperor Chengtai live in the Jiujing Sanshi Hall in Dangchun Garden. This Jiujing Sanshi Hall is the main hall of Dangchun Garden. It can be used for regular dynasty and part of the functions of a large dynasty. It is equivalent to The palace is a complex of Qianqing Palace and Taihe Palace.

Emperor Chengtai, who lived in the Jiujing Sanshi Hall, naturally felt more like an emperor.

Of course Yuan Qingbai had to live in Dangchun Garden with two generations of emperors. Not to mention his other status, as the minister leading the bodyguard, he was responsible for the defense of Dangchun Garden.

Yuan Qingbai's residence in Dangchun Garden is still Nianfangzhai.

Because Wang Xifeng's father was in Jinling, Jiangnan, even if Emperor Jing'an arranged for her to become Yuan Qingbai's roommate, Emperor Jing'an felt that he should say hello to Wang Xifeng's father first.

Wang Ziteng couldn't wait for this matter, so he sent someone to deliver the letter to Jinling at full speed that day. In just one month, he received a reply from Wang Xifeng's father. Naturally, he would not reject the letter and expressed his gratitude to the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty.

So, one day in April, Yuan Qingbai personally sent a team to Wang Di and directly took Wang Xifeng to Dangchun Garden.

As a rule, Wang Xifeng could only bring one personal maid, and the one she brought was Ping'er.

Wang Xifeng was not a calm person. On the way from Wang Di to Dangchun Garden, she would lift the corner of the sedan curtain from time to time to look at the scenery outside the sedan. She was very excited and looked forward to seeing Mr. Bai.

Because Yuan Qingbai was on duty, when Wang Xifeng brought Ping'er to Nian Fangzhai in Dangchun Garden, only Youshi, Qin Keqing, Lingxue and others greeted her.

Wang Xifeng was not one to take advantage of others. Taking advantage of Yuan Qingbai's absence, she used sweet words to please Youshi, Qin Keqing, and Lingxue. After all, they were new here. When Yuan Qingbai learned the news, he temporarily returned to Fang Nian Fangzhai. He really wanted to see what Wang Xifeng in this red mansion world looked like.

"Greetings to Third Master!"

Wang Xifeng respectfully bowed to Yuan Qingbai and called out "Third Master". Her heart beat faster, thinking that this Third Master Bai was indeed as heroic as his uncle Wang Ziteng said.

Yuan Qingbai brought Wang Xifeng and Ping'er into the study, and did not let Wang Xifeng sit down. He looked at her up and down carefully. He was not disappointed. The Wang Xifeng in front of him was a beauty, and her appearance was no less than that of Youshi. No wonder the original work listed Jia Rui. Fascinating.

Yuan Qingbai looked Ping'er up and down again. Seeing her beautiful face and good temperament, he asked with a smile: "Who is this girl?"

Before Ping'er could speak, Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "To tell you what Third Master is saying, she is my girl, I call her Ping'er."

Ping'er lowered his head and knelt down with a Wanfu gift: "My slave Ping'er would like to say hello to the third master."

Yuan Qingbai nodded, feeling a little happy in his heart. According to his prediction in advance, Wang Xifeng would probably bring Ping'er, but this was not certain.

In the original work, when Wang Xifeng married Jia Lian, Ping'er became Jia Lian's maid, who was extremely smart and handsome, kind and capable, and quite outstanding.

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When Yuan Qingbai met Wang Xifeng and Ping'er in Nianfangzhai.

At the same time, Emperor Chengtai was reviewing a memorial regarding the promotion of officials from the Ministry of Works in the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things. Cao Wenyou, the Minister of Works, was standing in front of him.

Two names related to Yuan Qingbai appeared in the memorial.

One is Jia Zheng, the sixth-rank director of the Ministry of Industry.

The other one is naturally Qin Ye, a member of the Ministry of Industry from the fifth rank.

Jia Zheng has been the director of the Ministry of Industry for many years, and Qin Ye has been a member of the Ministry of Industry for many years.

Because Jia Zheng was not familiar with the world and was not good at official duties, while Qin Ye was an honest official and did not try to please his superiors, let alone bribes. Neither of them had been promoted for many years.

In the memorial presented to Emperor Chengtai this time, both Jia Zheng and Qin Ye were praised, thinking that they should be promoted...

Obviously, it was mainly for the relationship between their respective daughters and Yuan Qingbai.

Emperor Chengtai asked Cao Wenyou: "What are Qin Ye and Jia Zheng like as officials? Please report to me truthfully."

Cao Wenyou didn't dare to hide it and told the truth immediately.

Emperor Chengtai nodded after hearing this, and immediately approved in the memorial that Jia Zheng be promoted from the sixth-rank chief to the fifth-rank Yuanwailang, and Qin Ye was promoted from the fifth-rank Yuanwailang to the fifth-rank doctor. !
He thinks Qin Ye is a good person and should be promoted.

As for Jia Zheng, although he was a little dissatisfied, considering that Yuan Chun was about to get married to the prince he had secretly appointed, he still decided to promote Jia Zheng's official position.

After all, she is the prince's concubine and will be the queen in the future. Her father has also been the chief minister for many years. If she is promoted to a member of the family, the prince's wedding will be more dignified.

In this way, Jia Zheng became a member of the Ministry of Industry, and Qin Ye became a doctor of the Ministry of Industry.

When Yuan Qingbai learned about this, he thought that if he, the time traveler, did not appear in the world of Red Mansions, Jia Zheng would still be promoted to wailang, because Yuan Chun would become Emperor Chengtai's concubine.

Qin Yeke in the original work was not promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of Industry. This was the change brought about by Yuan Qingbai, because Qin Keqing became his roommate instead of marrying Jia Rong in a few years.

(End of this chapter)