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

Chapter 85: Obtain jade, find hairpin, and be beautiful at the same time
Chu Yan summoned Chu Ming in Linjing Hall.

"The envoys sent to the border troops to persuade them to surrender have already left the capital. The civilians from the capital region who were recruited for the siege have gradually returned home. They have been given sufficient money and food for the journey, and a few dozen to a hundred coins as rewards... There are approximately 70,000 unmarried soldiers in the army."

Chu Ming reported everything that had happened in recent days one by one.

Chu Yan nodded. "It's spring plowing season now. If the people go back early, they can still catch up with the farming season... As for the more than 70,000 unmarried soldiers and the wives of the former Shun princes and ministers who were not married into the imperial court, how many are there?"

"About thirty-two thousand people."

"Ask some matchmakers in the city to organize a matchmaking ceremony, arranging marriages between the officers and soldiers in the army and the slaves and maids of the palace. Anyone willing to marry a soldier will be freed from slavery and given a tael of silver as a dowry."

Chu Yan continued, "Encourage widows in the city to remarry, and do not force them to remain chaste. Any civilian woman in the city who marries a soldier will be given five taels of silver as a dowry."

He also worried a lot about his soldiers getting married.

There will be a general amnesty when the new dynasty is established, but it will be carried out after stability is achieved in all places and the bureaucrats of the old dynasty are dealt with. At that time, some people will be pardoned as well.

However, the idea of ​​being able to escape slavery right now was still very attractive.

After Chu Ming left, General Li Changjin came to meet him and mentioned something.

"Jia Baoyu's jade?"

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows, showing some interest.

Li Changjin laughed and said, "Someone from the Jia family went home the other day to get something to give to Jia Baoyu at the barracks. The rest of his clothes were stolen, and the jade was found by an overseer. He happened to know from a man in the capital that someone in the Jia family was born with a jade in his mouth, so he presented the jade to us."

"Did you bring it?" Chu Yan asked directly.

Li Changjin hurriedly presented the jade, apparently he had prepared it.

Chu Yan took the so-called spiritual jade in his hand and saw that it was only as big as a bird's egg, like a piece of rain flower stone, with five colors on it, and the words "eliminating evil spirits, curing grievances and diseases, and knowing misfortune and fortune" were written on the back.

In the novel "Dream of Red Mansions", the magical jade was only used once, and it was only effective when the lame Taoist priest and the bald monk used their magic power together.

"I'll keep the jade. If it has any magical effects, I'll reward you." Chu Yan said with a smile.

Li Changjin also laughed and said, "It's just a piece of jade, how can I ask for a reward from Your Majesty?"

After he left, Chu Yan played with the stone for a while, which was said to be left by Nuwa when she repaired the sky. Seeing that there was nothing special about it, he threw it aside.

Chu Yan guessed that it was Lin Daiyu who asked for the Jia family to send clothes and jade to the military camp. He would remember this and deal with her later if he wanted to punish her.

At this time, Xia Shouzhong came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Jia family sent someone to deliver a letter."

"What a coincidence? Bring it here."

Chu Yan thought it was a "work report" written by Lin Daiyu, but it turned out not to be. It was Qin Keqing and Xue Baochai who took the initiative to enter the palace.

Chu Yan naturally agreed and ordered the two of them to enter the palace tomorrow.

……

Sitting in the sedan chair, Xue Baochai gently lifted the curtain and looked outside.

The towering imperial palace was right before her eyes, more than ten feet high. The red palace walls revealed the royal majesty. The gate tower was lined with city guards, and the palace gate was guarded by more than a hundred armored imperial guards.

A few years ago, she entered the palace once and was selected to be the princess's tutor. Unexpectedly, time has passed and now she has entered the palace again.

People often say that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand, and it is indeed so.

I just don’t know what kind of personality the emperor has?

Judging from the decree he issued earlier, it seems that he is interested in taking in beauties, but he is also very lenient towards the Jia family and does not allow the women of the Jia family to enter the palace immediately.

Neither Qin Keqing nor Li Wan had ever entered the palace.

Unlike Qin Keqing's curiosity, Li Wan, who was riding in the same sedan chair with Ying'er, became more and more nervous as the sedan chair entered the palace gate.

She was worried about her son Jia Lan, and was also afraid that the emperor would discover her identity and blame her.

When the sedan chair entered the palace gate, several maids from the palace came to search to prevent them from hiding any sharp weapons on their bodies.

Because they were riding in the palace's sedan chair, they were able to ride through the front hall of the imperial palace and go straight to the front of the Linjing Hall, where they waited in a small house.

After a while, the eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs. Please ask the two girls to go to the palace to visit Concubine Xian De to pass the time." Hearing this, Li Wan breathed a sigh of relief.

The three of them then entered the harem from the Qianqing Gate and soon arrived at the Changchun Palace, where they met the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun.

"You're here?" Jia Yuanchun smiled and greeted Qin Keqing. Then she looked at Xue Baochai and said with a smile, "Bao-ya-ge is here too!"

"I've met my empress."

Qin Keqing and Xue Baochai wanted to bow, but Jia Yuanchun hurriedly held them back, explained again with a smile, and then asked them to sit down.

The three of them had met when Jia Yuanchun came home to visit her family. Yuanchun had given gifts to the family several times, and Baochai also had a share of the gifts, and even -

"Bao girl, now you have also entered the palace."

Yuanchun looked at her and still felt that Baochai was a beautiful woman who satisfied her. She had fair skin and bones, a dignified appearance, and a beautiful figure. She originally wanted to hint to her family and ask her grandmother and mother to make the decision and ask Baoyu to marry Baochai, so that she, as an elder sister, would not be in vain for loving her younger brother.

But now, regardless of Baoyu, Baochai has already entered the palace and is about to become a concubine serving the emperor in the palace with her, so there is no need to mention the matter of sister-in-law anymore.

Xue Baochai sat upright in a chair and said with a smile, "Grandma Qin and I have come to the palace today to report to His Majesty what has happened in the Ning and Rong mansions over the past few days. Fortunately, the four of us have been granted His Majesty's grace to temporarily manage the two mansions. We are always worried that we haven't done this or that well, and that we haven't been able to understand His Majesty's wishes. That's why we have the audacity to enter the palace today."

He then explained, "Sister Lin is not feeling well and is staying in the garden to recuperate. Sister Qin is accompanying her."

Before Yuanchun could say anything, Baoqin laughed, "Just going into the palace to report something? Looking at the way Grandma Rong is dressed, and Miss Bao's appearance, it seems like she's going into the palace to be selected as a concubine!"

These words made Xue Baochai blush with shame.

Qin Keqing simply covered her mouth with a handkerchief, smiled with curved eyebrows and said, "If the emperor does not despise my humble appearance, I will enter the palace as a concubine this time."

Yuanchun, Baoqin and the female historians and eunuchs in Changchun Palace all looked at her.

Qin Keqing said, "The Ning and Rong mansions are now in name only. The whole family has been confiscated into the Ye Ting Palace. Not only me, but also Grandma Zhen, Aunt Feng, Aunt Da, and the girls in the family are all slaves to the emperor. In fact, they are not selected as concubines."

Baoqin looked at her deeply. How did this person with charming looks and frivolous words marry into the Jia family?
Now she has entered the palace. With her vixen-like appearance, the Empress is afraid that she cannot compete with her!

"That's exactly what you said."

Jia Yuanchun sighed softly.

Xue Baochai said with a smile, "There's another person coming into the palace with us. Big sister, do you want to see her?"

"Who is it?" Yuanchun asked hurriedly, and then ordered the female historian Zhaorong: "Call the people outside in!"

So, Li Wan, who was in the maid team, entered the main hall.

“Sister-in-law!!”

When she saw her, tears appeared in Jia Yuanchun's eyes again, and she hurriedly stood up to greet her. Li Wan didn't know that she was no longer a noble concubine, and she hurriedly asked her to sit down and kneel down to her.

After a while, Li Wan sat down and reminisced with her, wiping her tears with a handkerchief. She missed Jia Lan in her heart, but did not dare to say it out loud.

Fortunately, Jia Yuanchun noticed and said with a smile, "Lang'er is in the palace. He usually lives in Fengzao Palace and is taken care of by the old concubine and the queen mother. I will send someone to call him over."

Li Wan looked surprised.

After a while, the palace maid brought Jia Lan in. When the mother and son met, they both burst into tears.

A eunuch saw this scene and quietly told Eunuch Xia.

Although it was just a trivial matter, Eunuch Xia had instructed that all matters related to the Jia family should be paid attention to and reported to Eunuch Xia.

in the afternoon.

Xia Shouzhong came to deliver the decree: "Summon Qin and Miss Bao to the Linjing Palace for an audience!"

Qin Keqing remained calm. Xue Baochai was an unmarried girl after all. Although she was dignified and steady, she couldn't help but feel nervous at this moment. Jia Yuanchun smiled and helped her fix her makeup, comforting her not to panic, saying that His Majesty was a peaceful person.

So, under the guidance of the eunuch, Qin Keqing and Xue Baochai entered the back hall of Linjing Palace through the back door.

The two walked in and saw the emperor sitting and reading a book. Xue Baochai's face became hotter and hotter, and she could not suppress the heat in her body. She lowered her head to avoid him, and only then did she feel better.

(End of this chapter)