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

Chapter 39: Soldiers Besiege the Grand View Garden

Let’s talk about Dai Wei, the personal guard of Prince Qian.

After receiving the order, he first asked people to roughly understand the size of the Ning and Rong mansions, then he selected a hundred soldiers and fully equipped them. After conveying Prince Qian's order to them, they rushed to Ning and Rong Street together.

Entering Ningrong Street, there were some people on both sides of the street. When they saw this group of wolf-like and ferocious soldiers coming in, they all hid at the wall and looked at these Qianwang soldiers in awe. After they left, they dared to whisper:
"What are you doing here?"

"You still can't guess? Think about it, what street is this?"

"hiss!"

"Haha, the two Duke's Mansions of Ning and Rong are probably going to be in trouble!"

There were a few brave ones who followed the more than one hundred soldiers of Prince Qian from a distance, and indeed saw them running straight towards the gate of Ningguo Mansion.

They watched with excitement and fear:

There were two large stone lions in front of the Ningguo Mansion, and the three gates with animal heads were closed. A dozen servants in gorgeous clothes and hats sitting in front of the door were startled when they saw this group of King Qian's soldiers. Some of them hurried forward and bowed, as if asking something, but they couldn't hear clearly.

"Is Ningguo Mansion built by imperial decree?"

Dai Wei, riding on his horse, first checked the words on the plaque above the main gate. After confirming that they were correct, he waved to his subordinates and shouted, "This is it! Surround them!"

"what!"

The servants in gorgeous clothes looked horrified, but before they could say anything, more than a dozen soldiers rushed up, held them down, dragged them to the corner gate next to the main gate, and threw them into Ningguo Mansion.

Anyone who tried to dodge was kicked or punched in the abdomen by the soldiers. When they bent over in pain, they would grab the back of their collars, drag them towards the corner gate, and throw them in.

The servants were terrified and shouted, "Go and get Master Zhen! King Qian's soldiers are here to rob the house!"

When the maids at the second gate heard this, they were also frightened and hurried in to report to Jia Zhen and Youshi.

"From now on, you are not allowed to leave Ningguo Mansion!"

Dai Wei ordered ten men to guard the main gate and the east and west corner gates of Ningguo Mansion, and then sent out two teams of forty men in total to walk along the outer wall of Ningguo Mansion and guard all the small gates and back gates.

"let's go!"

Dai Wei led his soldiers to rush towards Rongguo Mansion. When passing by an alley, he saw that it was a private alley between Ning and Rong Mansions, so he sent another six people to go in and see if there were any doors for entry and exit. If there were, they would also block them off.

A moment later, he led the team to Rongguo Mansion. Just like before, he drove the dozen or so servants sitting in front of the Rongguo Mansion into the corner gate, and then sent people to surround the back door.

After hearing the news, Lai Da, the steward of Rongguo Mansion, rushed over. He saw several soldiers in full armor standing at the corner gate. He was immediately frightened. After a while, he calmed down, took out two ingots of silver, and walked over with a smile on his face:

"I'll treat you all to a drink!"

As he said this, he stuffed the silver into their hands, wanting to wait for them to accept it before asking any questions. However, the soldier pushed them away, and the silver in Lai Da's hand fell to the ground, and he staggered.

"Get back!" the soldier shouted. "Don't try to get close to me. By order of Prince Qian, the people from the Ning and Rong mansions are temporarily prohibited from leaving the mansions and await Prince Qian's decision. If you dare to offer bribes or disrupt our military operations again, you will be killed without mercy!"

After saying this, he drew his long knife and forced him to go back.

Lai Da was used to seeing the extortionate soldiers of the Shun Dynasty in the capital, but he had never seen such murderous soldiers. The murderous aura on him was so overwhelming that he was so scared that he crawled back.

"Hurry up and report to the old lady and the mistress!!"

Lai Dachao shouted loudly to the old woman at the second gate.

The old woman went in hurriedly.

"what?!"

Mrs. Wang, who suddenly heard this, dropped the Buddhist beads in her hand to the ground, her face turned pale, and after a while she suddenly asked, "Where is the master?!"

"The master went out of the city to welcome Prince Qian and has not returned yet."

"Hurry up and call Lian'er over. He's met Prince Qian and might be able to plead for us. Go quickly!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

The maid ran out in a hurry again and came to the room of Master Lian, shouting, "Master Lian, Madam Lian, something terrible has happened." This scared Wang Xifeng, who was coaxing her daughter Qiaojie, and Qiaojie also burst into tears.

"What is the little bitch yelling about?!" Wang Xifeng said angrily. She had no time to deal with this ignorant maid, so she hurried to coax her daughter.

The maid stamped her feet anxiously and said, "Second Madam, our gate has been surrounded by soldiers sent by Prince Qian!"

"……what?!"

Wang Xifeng turned her eyes away from her daughter and looked at her in shock: "What did you just say, you little bitch?"

At this time, Ping'er also came back from outside, with an equally anxious expression on her face: "Grandma, something bad has happened, the gate of the mansion is..."

As she spoke, she saw the maid from the mistress's room standing there, and she knew that she was there to report the news.

Wang Xifeng sat there for a moment, then came to her senses and hurriedly asked Ping'er, "Has your Second Master come back? He once met Prince Qian. Ask him if he can go see Prince Qian again!"

"Second Master went out early this morning and hasn't come back yet. Grandma, hurry up and go to the old lady. I'm afraid she knows about this and is worried too."

Ping'er said this, and Wang Xifeng listened and hurriedly ordered someone to call the wet nurse to look after Qiaojie. She changed her clothes and hurried to Jia Mu's room.

Before entering the house, I heard the old lady crying from inside: "My Jia family... has been loyal and righteous for generations... After I die, how can I face your grandfather?"

Everyone was trying to persuade her. When Wang Xifeng went in, she saw that everyone in the room had tears in their eyes, and their expressions were flustered and uneasy.

Wang Xifeng forced herself to remain calm and said with a smile, "Madam, things haven't come to that. Lian'er met with Prince Qian a few days ago. Prince Qian asked about our affairs and knew about Leng Zixing... How could he have raided our house?"

"But those soldiers at the gate..." Madam Wang, Madam Xing, and Youshi who came from Ningguo Mansion all looked at her.

Wang Xifeng sighed, "The old must go before the new can come. Which of these princes, dukes, and kings in the court can escape?"

These words made Lady Wang, Mrs. You and the others silent.

In such earth-shaking changes as the change of dynasties, they could do nothing but leave everything to fate.

Madam Xing said, "Lian'er said earlier that Prince Qian learned from Leng Zixing that we have several pretty girls in our family..."

Everyone looked at her, understanding the hidden meaning in her words.

Mrs. Wang also looked at Lady Jia. Originally, she thought that this was a bit like selling a daughter for fame and fortune, and was afraid that she would be looked down upon. But now that Prince Qian's soldiers surrounded the gate of the mansion, she could no longer care about that.

She has already sent one daughter to the palace, and if sending another one can save the Jia family, she will be willing to do it!

Grandmother Jia said with a worried look on her face, "Let's discuss this after your master comes back. First, go talk to the maids and ask them who is willing to enter the palace."

Yu Shi took the initiative to say: "Although the fourth girl is a little young, she can enter the palace as a female historian first. The eldest daughter of our family will also have someone to take care of her in the palace."

It would have been better if she didn't mention it. But once she mentioned Jia Yuanchun in the palace, Lady Jia, Lady Wang and others became sad again. They wondered how Prince Qian would treat the concubines of the previous emperor after entering the palace.

……

In a private alley.

Xue Pan was about to leave when he ran into six armored soldiers. He was used to being a bully, and because his uncle was the governor of the Beijing camp, he held a high position of power, so he didn't pay any attention to these small soldiers. He immediately shouted, "What are you doing? What are you doing here?"

The six soldiers looked him up and down and asked, "Are you from this mansion?"

"Uncle, I live inside, what's wrong?"

"That's good, go back!"

The soldier pointed at the side door in the alley and ordered him to go back.

Xue Pan was annoyed and cursed: "Open your dog eyes and see who your uncle is. My uncle is...Ah!!!"

Before he could finish his words, a soldier suddenly punched him in the stomach with such force that Xue Pan screamed, bent over like a cooked shrimp, and spat out a mouthful of his breakfast.

Without waiting for him to react, the two soldiers grabbed his collar and dragged Xue Pan back to the side door. They threw him inside and shouted, "By order of Prince Qian, no one in Rongguo Mansion is allowed to leave!"

After saying that, without closing the door, four of them stood guard at the door while two of them went back to report to Dai Wei.

Xue Pan inside the door rolled on the ground in pain, covering his stomach with his hands and screaming.

The sound alarmed the maids and servants in Aunt Xue's house, and they all ran out. When they saw four soldiers in full armor standing at the door, they were frightened and ran back to report to Aunt Xue.

“My son!!”

When Aunt Xue came out and saw this scene, tears rolled down her face and she quickly ordered someone to bring her son back.

Xue Baochai and Xiangling came out upon hearing the news. After seeing the four soldiers, they did not dare to move and just watched from afar. They did not dare to approach until Xue Pan was brought back to the door by the old woman.

Xiangling looked at Uncle Xue carefully and saw that his injuries were much worse than the last time when he twisted her face. Her face was pale and she was sweating coldly. She didn't know what the damage to her internal organs was like and whether she had any internal injuries.

"Someone come over here!" The Qian Wang soldier standing at the door raised his hand to greet them, pointing to the ground and saying, "Sweep up the stuff he vomited and wash it clean with water!"

Aunt Xue was only concerned about Xue Pan's injuries, so Xue Baochai stepped forward and ordered two maids to bring brooms and buckets to clean up.

Xue Pan felt pain for half a day before he felt better.

Xue Baochai sighed deeply, "Brother, you should stop doing those overbearing things in the future. You must know that disaster comes from the mouth."

Xue Pan said, "Who knew they were King Qian's soldiers?"

Xue Baochai couldn't persuade him and could only ask him to have a good rest.

After returning to his room, he ordered Ying'er to start packing up and prepare to move back to the garden.

Puzzled, Ying'er whispered, "A disaster was imminent in the mansion, and you had previously dodged it. Why are you now voluntarily going back and jumping into this heated kang?"

Baochai said quietly, "The capital is in chaos. Where can we find a safe place? At least if we go back to the garden we can avoid the soldiers at the gate. Let's talk less and pack up quickly."

Ying'er felt that the girl had something else in mind, but she didn't dare to ask more.

After finishing packing, Baochai returned to Hengwuyuan in the Grand View Garden and lived with Xue Baoqin. When Aunt Xue heard her say that she was worried about the soldiers at the gate, she sent Xiangling into the garden to serve her so that she would not be seen by Prince Qian's soldiers.

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