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

Chapter 14 Jia Lian Talks about the Grand View Garden
Chu Yan and Jia Lian walked out of the tent. Chu Yan looked casual, while Jia Lian looked cautious. He was not short, but standing next to King Qian, he seemed to be a head shorter.

"Let's just chat."

Seeing that he was nervous, Chu Yan said, "Don't worry, I never do things like being punished for my words."

"Yes, yes... I wonder what connection Prince Qian has with my Jia family?"

Jia Lian was still cautious.

Chu Yan smiled and asked, "Who are the people in the Jia family now?"

Jia Lian smiled apologetically and said, "There are quite a few people in my family... The current master is Jia Zheng, the eldest master's name is She, and he is my father. The steward of the East Palace - that is, Ningguo Palace - is called Jia Zhen, and his father is Jia Jing..."

Chu Yan smiled. This Mr. Lian in Dream of the Red Chamber was too nervous to speak clearly, but at least people could understand him.

"I heard that there was a young man in Rongguo Mansion who was born with a jade in his mouth?" Chu Yan tried to ask.

"Your Highness Prince Qian actually knows Baoyu?!"

Jia Lian's face was filled with surprise, and he quickly added, "Your Highness must be referring to my cousin, Jia Baoyu, who was born with a multicolored, translucent jade in his mouth. Many people in the capital know this, and everyone says he has a distinguished background and will achieve great things in the future. However, as Baoyu grew up, he became rather stubborn, so gradually no one mentioned him anymore."

The story that Jia Baoyu was born with a jade in his mouth is widely circulated.

Chu Yan looked at him and asked, "Is this true or false? How many years older are you than him? Do you remember what happened when he was born?"

Jia Lian hurriedly bowed and said, "I dare not lie to Prince Qian. I was very young at the time, so I don't remember much. I only know that when Madam gave birth to Baoyu, the midwife found the jade in his mouth... Whether this is true or not, I'm afraid I'll have to ask our Madam. It's also possible that the midwife secretly took the jade into the delivery room for good luck and good fortune. Who knows?"

He realized that Prince Qian did not have any connection with the Jia family, but was interested in the jade!
If you don't answer this question properly, it will be a serious crime of confiscating property and exterminating the entire clan!

"Oh."

Chu Yan nodded and said with a smile: "I heard that the Jia family has a daughter in the palace?"

"That's right. Her name is Yuanchun, the daughter born to the master. She was granted the title of Consort Xiande by the grace of Heaven."

Jia Lian spoke with extreme caution, and he had to say his elder sister's name directly. In front of the King Qian who was in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops, he did not dare to avoid taboos for his elder sister.

"I heard there's a Fengzao Palace in the palace, and Jia Yuanchun is the Shangshu of Fengzao Palace?"

Chu Yan asked again.

Jia Lian hurriedly replied, "Fengzao Palace is the residence of the old Dowager Consort. The so-called Fengzao Palace Shangshu is a filial piety of the old saint. He handed all the affairs of Fengzao Palace to my eldest sister. My eldest sister entered the palace at the age of nine and served the old Dowager Consort in Fengzao Palace. Therefore, she was given the title of Fengzao Palace Shangshu."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "That's strange. What's the relationship between the Jia family and the old concubine? And who is the old concubine?"

In Dream of the Red Chamber, when the old empress dowager died, Lady Wang, Wang Xifeng and others all went to the palace to keep vigil, and as a result, a series of events happened in the Grand View Garden.

"Your Highness, the old concubine's surname is Zhen. She is from the Zhen family in Jiangnan, and is a distant relative of my Jia family."

If possible, Jia Lian didn't want to mention the Zhen family, because the person who destroyed all the major families in Jinling and ransacked the old houses of the Zhen and Jia families was none other than the King Qian in front of him!

"I see."

Chu Yan nodded.

He was not very familiar with the major families in Jinling Yingtian Prefecture, and as luck would have it, he fell ill when attacking Jinling.

When he recovered from his illness, the major families in Jinling had already been raided by Chu Ming and others. After entering the city, he simply rewarded everyone and did not care who the original owner of the property was.

"When Jia Yuanchun came home to visit her parents, you built a garden at home called the Grand View Garden?"

Chu Yan asked again, and after receiving Jia Lian's affirmative answer, he smiled and asked him again: "Who lives in the garden now? Have all the girls in your family moved in?"

The Grand View Garden is where the girls in Dream of the Red Chamber live and where most of the stories take place.

When you find the Grand View Garden, you will find Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Li Wan, Miaoyu, Qingwen, Zijuan and others.

Chu Yan took some time out these past two days to "read" A Dream of Red Mansions in his mind, reviewing what he had read in his previous life, so he was quite interested in the Grand View Garden.

"This...living in the garden..." Jia Lian broke out in a cold sweat.

Is Prince Qian so familiar with the Jia family?

Or is it that Prince Qian has taken a fancy to the young unmarried girls in the Grand View Garden?
But how did he know that Lin Daiyu, the Xue sisters and others lived in the garden?
Seeing what he was thinking, Chu Yan said calmly, "I heard from a businessman named Leng Zixing that he is very familiar with your family."

"Leng Zixing?"

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment. He thought carefully, but he didn't know who Leng Zixing was.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "He told me that the Jia family has four daughters, starting with Jia Yuanchun, and they are named Ying, Tan, and Xi. Grandmother Jia gave birth to a smart and beautiful daughter named Jia Min, who married Lin Ruhai, a former top scholar in the imperial examination. He was previously the Imperial Salt Inspector in Yangzhou. The couple had a daughter named Lin Daiyu."

a bolt from the blue!

Jia Lian broke out in a cold sweat on his back. Prince Qian was not only interested in the jade, he was also interested in the daughters of the Jia family, Lin Daiyu, and even the sisters Baochai and Baoqin of the Xue family.

Want to take all the unmarried girls in the Grand View Garden into the harem? !
What on earth did that damn Leng Zixing tell Prince Qian?! He actually planned to take all the girls in his family into his harem before he even entered the capital!
"Why aren't you talking?" Chu Yan asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes...every word that King Qian said is true!"

Jia Lian bowed again, not daring to conceal anything, and then said with shame, "It is truly shameful. My servants at home did not discipline me properly, and the names of the girls have spread outside. I am sorry that Prince Qian has laughed at me!"

Chu Yan didn't say anything.

In ancient times, women would not easily reveal their names to anyone except their close relatives.

"The Xue family has a daughter named Baochai, who is also in the garden?"

Chu Yan asked again.

In Dream of the Red Chamber, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai are ranked first among the Twelve Beauties of Jinling. Although the love list compiled by Fairy Jinghuan is not a list of beauties, it can still be said that their talents and looks can be regarded as the best among many women in Dream of the Red Chamber.

So Chu Yan focused on asking them two questions.

"Yes, yes, Miss Bao lives in Hengwuyuan in the Grand View Garden!" Jia Lian replied hastily, and then added, "Second Miss Bao also lives in Hengwuyuan."

"Who is Miss Bao Er?"

"It's Xue Baoqin, Baochai's cousin."

"Is she in the Grand View Garden?"

Chu Yan felt a little sorry. The appearance of Xue Baoqin meant that the plot of Dream of Red Mansions was halfway through. Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu had a stable relationship, and Shi Xiangyun and others were also preparing to get engaged.

Later, Qingwen, one of the maids who is mentioned a lot in the book Dream of the Red Chamber, is about to be driven out of the Jia family and dies of illness.

Jia Lian said, "Miss Bao Er is in trouble because of the rebellion in Jiangnan..."

At this moment, Jia Lian wanted to slap himself in the face!

He bowed hurriedly, "Please forgive me, King Qian. I deserve to die!"

Chu Yan laughed heartily, pulled him up, and patted him on the shoulder: "I told you, I never get punished for my words. You are a member of the imperial court now, so calling me a thief king is only natural!"

“I dare not…I dare not.”

Jia Lian said embarrassedly.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "Xue Baoqin came to the capital because of me? So..."

He thought about it carefully, but couldn't find any point that could tell where the plot was at the moment.

Because the plots in "Dream of the Red Chamber" all take place in the inner house and have no special features. For example, when Jia Baoyu was beaten, Jia Lian might not know which time he was beaten.

As for the emotional changes between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu in the book, it is even more impossible for Jia Lian to know.

(End of this chapter)