The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Chapter 311 Vicious
The Ministry of Works was in charge of the country's military farms, water conservancy, civil engineering and other affairs. There were endless errands and work to do every day. However, the third prince, who was in charge of the Ministry of Works by imperial order, was very leisurely. He would go fishing, walk his birds, or go to the palace to have dinner with his mother, the Concubine Shu.

As the old saying goes, a happy heart makes the body fat. Without those annoying tasks in the Ministry of Works, the Third Prince has gained a lot of weight recently.

In the back garden, the third prince was feeding the bird in the cage while listening to the nagging of the Minister of Works.

"There are a lot of official documents piled up. If Your Highness doesn't go, I really don't know what to do." The Minister of Works was obviously feeling dry-lipped. He swallowed hard and looked at the Third Prince pleadingly.

The Third Prince added some water to the bird in the cage, then spoke: "Are you done?"

Minister of Industry: "Speak, I'm done."

The Third Prince glanced at him and said, "Why don't you leave? I don't provide food."

The Minister of Industry was stunned for a moment: "Your Highness."

The Third Prince waved his hand impatiently: "For matters concerning the Ministry of Works, you can go to whoever you want, don't bother me. If you have any questions, send them to the Cabinet or the Study."

Minister of Industry: “But.”

The Third Prince: "Get out!"

The Minister of Works had no choice but to walk out.

The Third Prince snorted, "Your heart is already on the right side, and you still want me to work for you? Dream on!"

At this moment, the butler came in excitedly, greeted the Third Prince, and then handed a letter to the Third Prince with both hands: "Your Highness, this is a letter from Wang Ren about the Second Prince."

The third prince: “Oh?” He took the letter and read it.

Housekeeper: "I didn't expect it to be so dark under the lamp!"

After reading the letter, the Third Prince looked at the butler and asked, "Could this be a trap?"

The housekeeper said: "I checked and found that there was indeed a village woman who went to the mansion of the Earl of Loyalty and Bravery."

The Third Prince's eyes flickered. "Why did Li Hu tell Jia She about this? Was it just a chat?!"

The housekeeper was stunned: "Your Highness, do you mean that Li Hu said this on purpose for Wang Ren to hear?"

The Third Prince: "Very likely."

The housekeeper said, "Could it be that the prince wants to use us to get rid of the second prince's people?" At this point, he laughed, "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also dissatisfied with the emperor's partiality!"

The Third Prince sneered. The Second Prince's killing of the Imperial Household Department's guards had been exposed, but the result was that the Xiangshan Palace increased the garrison and cut off the Second Prince's contact with the outside world. This was not a punishment, it was clearly a disguised protection!
Butler: "Your Highness, what should we do?"

A cold light flashed in the third prince's eyes: "Go, burn Xiangshan for me."

The housekeeper was startled: "This..."

The Third Prince: "Do you think that these people hiding in the West Mountain Hunting Ground can escape the eyes of the palace?"

The housekeeper was surprised.

The Third Prince: "Be more clean and don't leave any evidence behind."

The butler understood and retreated.

The third prince took down the birdcage hanging on the pavilion, turned around and walked towards the garden gate to take his bird for a walk!
The Minister of Works obediently sent the backlog of official documents to the Shangshufang.

Emperor Yongchang picked up an official document and flipped through it, asking, "Did that evil creature really say that?"

The Minister of Industry replied hesitantly: "This may be because I heard it wrongly."

Emperor Yongchang snorted, flipped through the documents quickly and slammed them shut. "Since he is unwilling to take on this job, you will still be in charge of the Ministry of Works. Go down."

The Minister of Works: "Yes." He bowed and walked out.

Emperor Yongchang looked at Dai Quan and asked, "What has that evil creature been doing lately?"

Dai Quan: "Fishing, bird-walking, and having dinner with Concubine Shu."

Emperor Yongchang was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you think I was too harsh on him?"

Dai Quan didn't dare to answer and lowered his head.

Emperor Yongchang: "Will he go to have dinner with Concubine Shu today?"

Dai Quan: "The Concubine Shu asked the imperial kitchen to prepare the dishes that the Third Prince likes to eat."

Emperor Yongchang was silent for a moment and said, "Tell Concubine Shu that I will go over to eat after I finish my work."

Dai Quan: “Yes.” He answered but showed no intention of taking a step forward, and looked embarrassed.

Emperor Yongchang: "What's wrong?" Dai Quan: "Just now, Concubine Wu sent someone to tell me that she has prepared the meal that the emperor likes."

Emperor Yongchang frowned and said, "Tell Concubine Wu that I have something to do tonight and I can't come over."

Dai Quan, however, looked embarrassed again and stood there hesitating deliberately.

Emperor Yongchang frowned and asked, "Anything else?"

Dai Quan immediately knelt down and said, "I dare to ask Your Majesty to explain it in person. It's not that I'm afraid of being beaten, but I'm really worried about making the imperial concubine angry. If the little prince is implicated, I will never redeem myself!"

Emperor Yongchang's face darkened: "If she dares to lose her temper again, tell her that if she does it again, I will send the child to the Queen to raise!"

Dai Quan pretended to be surprised: "This..."

Emperor Yongchang: "Go!"

Dai Quan: “Yes.” He answered and kowtowed, then got up and walked out. When he retreated to the outside of the study, he raised his head, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned around and walked out.

The sun has set.

The third prince walked out of Xihua Gate, and the butler waiting at the door hurriedly followed him.

Approaching the sedan chair, the Third Prince looked back at the palace, a sneer flashed in his eyes. He thought to himself that all people are lowly, the nicer you are to him, the more he will look down on you.

The wind started to blow, coming from the Taiye Lake, and it was chilly.

The butler lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and said, "Your Highness, the wind is blowing."

The third prince smiled and said, "Even God is helping me."

The butler smiled too.

The third prince stopped smiling and said, "Tell Li Hu that the moonlight is beautiful tonight. Let's go to the back hill to enjoy the night view. Don't go to bed so early." Then he got into the sedan chair.
The moon on November 1st is mostly bright in the west, which is called the upper gibbous moon.

The moonlight quietly splashed on Tuobi Villa.

Li Hu sat on a chair by the door, staring at the hazy moonlight outside the door in a trance. He felt the person in his arms move and asked softly, "Are you sleepy?"

Lin Daiyu twisted her body and changed to a more comfortable position, leaning on Li Hu's arms and looking at the moon in the distance: "Let's celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival here this year."

Li Hu held her hand tightly and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Lin Daiyu smiled happily, leaned her head on his shoulder, looked up at his face, and said coquettishly: "I want you to break crabs for me to eat, and I also want to eat the barbecue you cooked yourself, and the watermelon you cut yourself. You have to carry me up."

Li Hu chuckled and leaned his head against her face, "Okay, okay, as long as you are happy."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu rubbed Li Hu's head like a cat.

Li Hu was amused by her, "What happened today?"

Lin Daiyu did not answer. She turned around, hugged Li Hu's waist with both hands, and buried her head in his chest.

Li Hu stopped talking. He held Lin Daiyu tightly with one hand, patted her back gently with the other hand, and hummed the Suzhou nursery rhyme she had taught him.

Lin Daiyu burst out laughing: "Are you coaxing a child?"

Li Hu held her up and stood up. He patted her back gently and walked back and forth, saying with a smile: "This is how you coax a child."

Lin Daiyu laughed and punched Li Hu: "You are so bad!"

Li Hu smiled.

Lin Daiyu suddenly remembered: "Hey, you're not panting anymore? It seems that exercise is still effective."

Li Hu raised his eyebrows: "I hope you can be so tough after we get married."

Lin Daiyu blushed: "Bah, so indecent!"

Li Hu was about to speak when Xiangling suddenly exclaimed from outside: "It's dawn in the west!"

Then came the voice of Xueyan: "Half the sky is red."

Li Hu walked out holding Lin Daiyu and was shocked. It was not dawn at all, it was clearly a fire!
This direction, Xiangshan?

Li Hu understood that this little bastard was warning him.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath. What a vicious little beast! Not to mention the temple on the mountain, there are also thousands of craftsmen and laborers in the mountain who are building the mausoleum for the virtuous concubine!

(End of this chapter)