After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 1 After the rebellion was successful, I realized it was the Red Mansion

Dashun capital, Rongguo Mansion.

The sound of galloping horses broke the tranquility of the past.

"Urgent news! Two hundred thousand bandits are twenty miles east of the city! Quick, tell Second Master and Second Madam!"

The servant Lai Wang'er jumped off his horse and shouted to the servants at the east corner gate in a panic.

In front of the main gate of Rongguo Mansion sat a dozen or so gatekeepers in gorgeous clothes. When they heard his shout, their faces changed. They stood up in panic, not caring about their usual duties of guarding the gate. They all ran over to grab Lai Wang'er and asked:
"How could the enemy army be so fast?! They were just saying they were in Xuanhua a few days ago!"

"Damn thieves, they are not afraid of being beheaded!"

"Behead?! Once the enemy army enters the city, we will be beheaded!!"

"The enemy army is about to attack us... What should we do?"

"Wang'er, where's the master? Where's the second master? The eldest master has been at home the whole time..."

"Alas, the eldest master usually doesn't take care of things and just stays at home having fun."

The gate of Rongguo Mansion was no longer as quiet as before and became noisy and chaotic. Moreover, the commotion was quickly passed on to the maid through the gatekeeper, and then from the maid to the second-class maid, and finally to the ears of Ping'er, the head maid who was beside the second wife Wang Xifeng.

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Ping'er's face suddenly turned pale, and the needle and thread in her hand fell on the table. She looked at the maid in disbelief: "You said that the rebellious King Qian of Chu led his army outside the city?!"

"Yes, it was Wang'er who reported the news!" The little maid was also in panic.

"How could this be? How could this be... How could that traitor surnamed Chu be so rampant that even the 300,000 defenders of the capital couldn't stop him..."

Ping'er had lost her usual cleverness and was at a loss for a long time before she came to her senses, dropped the needlework in her hands, and hurried to the old lady.

Arriving at the old lady's courtyard, before entering, she heard Second Mistress's laughter from inside: "Old Mistress, you don't know, Baoyu and Miss Lin had another quarrel yesterday."

Ping'er heard the old lady inside laughing and saying, "These two troublesome little rascals keep me worried every day. When I close my eyes and breathe my last..."

The old lady hadn't finished her words yet, but Ping'er didn't care. She hurried in and shouted, "Old lady, Madam, something terrible has happened!"

The ladies, grandmothers, girls, and a group of maids and old women in the room all looked at her in surprise.

The person with the highest seniority in Rongguo Mansion was none other than Lady Jia, who was sitting in the main seat. Shi, and everyone in both Ning and Rong Mansions called her Old Lady.

Beside Lady Jia was a beautiful woman with a round and smooth figure and plump shoulders. Her almond-shaped eyes looked at Ping'er with a hint of curiosity. Another maid, Yuanyang, was behind Lady Jia, gently massaging the old lady's shoulders.

"Ping'er, what's wrong? Explain it clearly in front of the old lady."

Wang Xifeng, the second wife of Rongguo Mansion and wife of Jia Lian, was quite unhappy because Ping'er was a maid in her room, but now she had lost her manners in front of the old lady and the lady.

Ping'er said, "Madam, Madam, the servant outside the second gate, Lai Wang'er, said that the rebellious pseudo-King Qian Chu Yan, with an army of 200,000, has arrived 20 miles east of the city!"

After he finished speaking, all the women in the room fell silent.

With a "clang", the teacup fell to the ground, making an extremely harsh sound.

Ping'er looked over and saw that the teacup in Aunt Xue's hand had fallen on her knees, wetting her clothes, and the teacup fell to the ground again.

Aunt Xue's face turned pale.

She looked at the others and saw that their expressions were similar to hers, panic-stricken and at a loss, as if the sky had fallen.

Two hundred thousand bandits besieging the city is like the sky falling!

"Amitabha."

Grandmother Jia chanted a Buddhist chant to calm her panic and shouted outside, "Go call the eldest master and Lian'er! Send someone to the palace to inquire. Don't panic, the sky is not falling yet!"

"Yes."

The maids left in a hurry.

Aunt Xue didn't want to stay any longer, so she stood up and said goodbye. Xue Baochai, who was sitting next to Lady Jia, also took her leave. The mother and daughter left Lady Jia's yard together, both looking unhappy.

"What should we do?" Aunt Xue worried. "A few days ago, I heard that the imperial court sent 300,000 troops to encircle and suppress the rebels. Now the rebels are only 20 miles outside the city... Isn't the capital going to be surrounded?"

She hadn't read many books, but she vaguely knew that the capital was going to be in trouble.

Her daughter Xue Baochai was different. She was well-read in poetry and books. When she heard that Prince Qian Chu Yan's army was approaching, she knew that the capital would be difficult to defend. Either the dynasty would change, or the emperor would flee and the capital would fall.

Living in seclusion, Xue Baochai knew very little about the outside world and was at a loss. Her mother called her several times before she came to her senses and tried to comfort her: "Fighting is a man's business. It's useless for us to worry about it. If the rebels enter the city..."

She thought for a while before saying, "There is always a way out. There is always a chance to survive." "Survive? Can the traitor named Chu really enter the city?!" Aunt Xue was terrified.

"It's still unknown. We'll know when news comes in from outside."

"What would happen if we really entered the city?"

Aunt Xue held her daughter's hand, her face pale as she thought of all the terrible things that had happened: house confiscation, beheading, and being bullied!

A complex expression flashed across Xue Baochai's eyes as she slowly said, "If Prince Qian really stormed into the city, he would probably have taken the wives and children of the officials who had been convicted of crimes from the previous dynasty into the Ye Ting Palace. This is recorded in history books."

"Ye Ting Palace!"

Aunt Xue was so frightened that she almost fainted.

The names of official positions and palaces in the Dashun Dynasty mostly used ancient names. The Ye Ting Palace was where the palace maids and the wives of convicted officials lived. The women there had to learn dancing and music skills to please the emperor.

Doesn't that mean her daughter Baochai will also go to the Ye Ting Palace?! To learn dance and music to serve the newly enthroned emperor, while she, old and faded, will only be able to do laundry and cook in the Ye Ting Palace...

"Mother."

Xue Baochai comforted her, "The ancients often said that fortune and misfortune are interdependent. We don't need to worry too much." After hesitating for a moment, she said with a playful smile, "Shangguan Zhaorong of the Tang Dynasty, known as the female prime minister, also originally lived in the Yunting Palace. If my daughter went there, she might not be worse off than her."

Aunt Xue looked at her daughter in surprise.

……

Outside the capital, inside the general’s tent.

After setting up camp, it was late at night. With everything done, Chu Yan was alone in the tent reading a book with a calm expression.

The 200,000 troops under his command have besieged the capital, victory is certain, and his ten-year military career is about to end.

The next thing to consider is what to do after entering the city.

"Call Mr. Xu and Chu Ming."

Chu Yan gave the order, and his personal soldiers outside the tent bowed and went to call for people.

After a while, Xu Zhiyi and Chu Ming arrived. Chu Yan stood up slightly to greet them. After sitting down again, he looked at the document in Chu Ming's hand and couldn't help laughing: "Chu Ming, you understand me. You know what I called you here for."

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Before attacking a city, Your Majesty always makes arrangements for the wealth, family members, and other matters of the city's powerful and influential people. This time, when besieging the capital, Your Majesty must have made arrangements for the princes and nobles in the city as well."

As he spoke, he stood up and handed the document to King Qian, which recorded the mansions and properties of the princes and nobles in the capital, as well as the fields, temples, manors, etc. around the capital.

He has sorted out all the important property in the capital and left it to Prince Qian to decide.

After the city was captured, it was a common practice for the rebel army to either reward the property to the generals or keep it in the warehouse.

The difference is that this time, Prince Qian's army besieged the capital of Shun Dynasty.

Chu Yan remained silent as he flipped through the document, "Seventeen palaces for princes, twenty-six for dukes, thirty-five for dukes... and what about the imperial palace?"

"Your Majesty, the palace is naturally yours to occupy, so it is not listed."

Chu Ming complimented.

These mansions were originally used to collect the wealth in the city so that they could be rewarded to the people. The imperial palace is where the emperor sleeps and holds court, so how can it be listed?

"Oh."

Chu Yan glanced at it casually and was about to throw it away when he suddenly saw a name on the second page of the document: "Prince of Beijing County?!"

He read it out loud.

This prince's name is strangely familiar. Looking at the other princes: Dongping, Nan'an, Xining...

"Among the princes, there are four princes with different surnames, all of whom were conferred the title of king when the Shun Dynasty was founded." Xu Zhiyi explained.

Chu Yan continued to look through the other lists and soon found two more familiar words in the Duke's Mansion:
Ningguo Mansion, Rongguo Mansion.

"It's actually Dream of the Red Chamber!!!"

Chu Yan screamed in shock and stood up suddenly. His eight-foot height made him look extremely tall and mighty in the tent. With his armor still on, his aura became even more terrifying.

Xu Zhiyi and Chu Ming were even more surprised. King Qian started a rebellion when he was young. After he occupied the first county, he was invincible. There were many brave generals in the army, but none of them could defeat King Qian. Whenever King Qian personally led the troops to charge, the enemy would be terrified and call him the reincarnation of King Xiang Yu of Chu.

But at this moment, Prince Qian was horrified and shouted "What is this, 'Dream of the Red Chamber'?"

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