The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 117
Had it not been for this jade pendant, the Xing family would have had a hard time when they first arrived.The jade pendant was pawned for 300 taels, and only then did the Xing family have a chance to turn around.Maybe it was a little apprehensive at first, but after a long time, not to mention Lu Shi, even Xiuyan had long forgotten that there was such a thing.

At this moment, seeing the jade pendant appear again, Xiuyan naturally thinks that this jade pendant has a lot to do with Zhengde's life experience.

"This jade pendant was sent by me and my mother, Yutongdang, how did it get into your hands?"

Song Chen said in a deep voice: "When the emperor was only a prince, he once visited Jiangnan privately in Weifu. This jade pendant was carved by himself and given to a woman he liked. Because he concealed his identity at that time, the original stone of the jade pendant is very ordinary, but The emperor's carver was taught by famous masters in the palace, so it is not difficult to distinguish. This jade pendant was bought back when I led the decree to find Zhengde's life experience. The owner of Yutong has been secretly sent to the capital , he has a deep impression of you and Mrs. Xing, and many people in Wu County know about Zhengde's adoptive status. With these few evidences, it is basically concluded that Zhengde's royal blood. But... "

Song Chen's eyes were a bit more obscure: "Although the emperor has already known about Zhengde from Mr. Bai, he has no plans to take him back. I talked with my father once, maybe the emperor still has the heart Doubtful. After all, this child came out too suddenly, and your family treated him surprisingly well, the emperor may think that this is a trick played by someone behind the scenes."

Xiuyan said: "Since you doubt it, just pretend you don't know anything. Why are you mobilizing people again? Even people like the Rongguo Mansion know that the four kings and eight princes are already second-rate people in the capital. , Don’t those famous families, the emperor’s relatives, want to give pointers to our family?”

Zhengde nestled in the elder sister's arms, patting Xiuyan with his small hand: "Sister, I don't want to leave you."

Xiuyan's eyes turned red, and teardrops fell down in strings.

Song Chen handed the handkerchief in his arms to Zhengde, motioning for the little guy to take it.Zhengde looked at the two of them repeatedly, then took the veil from Song Chen's hand without saying a word, and carefully and obediently wiped it on Xiuyan's pink cheeks.

Song Chen sighed: "I know that your sister and brother are deeply in love, but looking at the current situation, if Zhengde is safe and sound, the only way to go is to enter the palace. There is news from the palace that the Supreme Emperor wants to meet Zhengde and you in person. Father, but after the matter of Concubine Xu, the Supreme Emperor felt too sad, and it was a bit difficult to bring up this matter again."

The Yuntai, where the Supreme Emperor rested in the palace after he took the Zen throne, was the Grand Concubine Xu who took care of all the affairs of the Yuntai. People often said: I am always with you, the death of the Supreme Concubine Xu is a great blow to the Supreme Emperor.

Now there are different opinions in the palace about the death of Concubine Xu. Although the Queen Mother tried her best to suppress it, everyone is guessing that it was the Queen Mother who poisoned Concubine Xu.

Even Prince Fu's son, who was brought into the palace by the Queen Mother, was implicated, and his status and treatment were far from being comparable to those of the serious princes in the palace.

When Zhengde heard Song Chen talk about Prince Fu's son, he calmly thought of the idea of ​​punishing that kid.

No wonder he couldn't find this person after searching for a long time, so he hid in the palace!
Hmph, beating his sister is like hiding, what a beautiful thought!This blood debt has always been a matter of course.

Neither Song Chen nor Xiuyan noticed Zhengde's thoughts, Song Chen only explained Zhengde's background to Xiuyan, so that they could be prepared in advance.

"There is a rich family in Yangzhou named Ouyang. Eight years ago, there was a young lady named Yuhe who was born in the eldest house. It is said that she is a talented woman from Yangzhou. The people who asked for marriage almost did not break through the threshold of the family. But suddenly the fragrance disappeared, and the city I don’t know how many people regretted this incident, and the old lady Ouyang was too sad, so she went there within a few years. But the strange thing is that the old lady refused to enter the ancestral grave of Ouyang’s family, let alone her daughter. "

Xiuyan asked softly, "This is Miss Ouyang."

Song Chen nodded: "Do you still remember that Liu Chongyi who entered the palace not long ago?"

Of course Xiuyan remembered that she had a relationship with Liu Chongyi who was not outstanding but could win the favor of the emperor.Xiuyan whispered: "I thought it was strange at the time, but now that I think about it, Liu Chongyi's eyes are surprisingly similar to Zhengde's. Could this be the reason why the emperor chose Liu Chongyi to enter the palace?"

"Although it's not very accurate, it's about the same. The emperor intends to promote Liu Guogong, and this is also for the court to see."

Song Chen waved to Zhengde, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty likes smart children. If you really can enter the palace, don't show indifference to Miss Ouyang. She is a talisman to keep you safe."

Zhengde drooped his little head and kept drawing small circles one after another under his feet, replying to him with silence.

All of a sudden, someone from the Zhenfu Division came to look for Song Chen: "Qianhu, there is news from the palace to announce your meeting."

Xiuyan hurriedly got up to say goodbye, Song Chen personally sent her and Zhengde out of the corner gate, and asked a few capable men to change into casual clothes, escorting her siblings all the way to the car shop.

When Xing Zhong returned home in the evening, he was shocked for a quarter of an hour when he heard the news from his daughter.

"Your mother already knows?"

Xiuyan smiled wryly and looked at her father: "Mom is pregnant with a child. I dare not tell her for fear of scaring her." Xing Zhong's expression darkened: "She raised Zhengde as her own son. Zhengde fell seriously ill when he was three years old. She took care of her day and night, not to mention she lost a lot of weight, and since then she has fasted on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, saying it is to pray for Zhengde. Both father and daughter can see that she is afraid that she will not be able to accept this fact."

Xiuyan sobbed softly: "So what if you don't accept it! Song Chen is right, entering the palace is the only way for Zhengde to survive. Fortunately, everyone has a saying while they are young. If they wait until they are older, the first The one who can't tolerate him is actually the emperor."

The position of the emperor has been sitting unsteadily, the emperor is too strong, if a certain illegitimate child is used by someone with a heart, he will take it as a puppet.The court may once again be in crisis.
Xing Zhong pondered for a moment, and began to talk about his own opinions with his daughter: "From the point of view that the emperor reused the governor as soon as he came to power, this His Majesty Xiaozong is not a soft-hearted person. He said that he has feelings for that Miss Ouyang, but what exactly is it?" Who knows?"

Xiuyan sneered: "I can also guess that the Ouyang family must feel that their daughter lost their family reputation by being pregnant before marriage, so they called her away quietly. Unfortunately, I didn't know what happened when I picked up Zhengde. Maybe This Miss Ouyang is a caregiver on her deathbed, maybe she just left the child quietly and left. If someone in the future palace asks, how should we answer?"

Xiuyan's family had this child when they came here, and it almost became a hot potato at that time.

Annoyed that she kept forgetting to ask Luzhu carefully about the details at that time. The original Xing Xiuyan was able to put the child she picked up in Luzhu's house, which showed that she had great trust in Luzhu's family, and might mention some useful clues. But in the past few years, she kept secret about Zhengde's life experience, and she didn't dare to bring up this topic with Luzhu, and she didn't expect it to be delayed.

After the father and daughter discussed, this matter should not always be kept hidden from Lu Shi, it is better to know earlier than later.

Early the next morning, when Xiuyan, Daiyu and Zhengde went to the room for breakfast, they saw Lu's eyes were red, as if she had been crying all night.Xiuyan and Daiyu, who just found out the inside story, felt uncomfortable and didn't dare to say anything more, so Lu Shi held Zhengde in his arms, and both mothers cried very sadly.

Xing Zhong felt sore in his heart, he forced a smile and said: "We don't need to worry about it, maybe things are not as bad as we imagined. We should be happy that the child can have a good future."

Unexpectedly, one sentence made Lu Shi even more sad, but Daiyu tried every means to dissuade her, so the mother and son finally stopped feeling sad.

Xing Zhong was worried about his wife's emotional instability, so he also asked the yamen for leave, and planned to take Mrs. Lu to live in a Zhuangzi in the suburbs for two days. Arrived at the gate of the mansion.

The whole family hurriedly went out to greet him, but Mr. Bai only stood in the empty space of the main courtyard, not willing to enter the inner hall.He first gave Zhengde a displeased look, and then said sharply: "How can I explain to you before I go out? I have to memorize the whole "Mencius" before I can take leave from your senior brother. Now you leave without saying goodbye, how can you be a scholar?" Courtesy!"

Zhengde said unconvinced: "Senior brother has accepted our family's paintings, and has agreed to take half a month's leave with me."

A middle-aged man behind Mr. Bai blushed, not daring to look up at Mr. Bai's fiery eyes.

Mr. Bai hated his apprentice for not being able to live up to expectations. All his life, he disdained to be with the rich and powerful. If the Supreme Emperor hadn't personally left him to teach the current emperor, he would not have become a so-called emperor's teacher at all.

To be honest, Xiaozong was the least talented among his disciples, and he was also the one he disliked the most.It has nothing to do with talent, but Xiaozong's only remaining thoughts are spent on intrigue with others.Otherwise, Mr. Bai would not turn a blind eye to Xiaozong's announcement of his intention to enter the palace several times.

Mr. Bai hates even more people like Xing Zhong who get into officialdom by selling their officials.

If money can be exchanged for ten years of hard work, why should he work so hard to teach his disciples?Wouldn't it be good to just open a bank and buy officials for the apprentices?

If he hadn't hindered Song Lian's face, if he hadn't guessed at a glance that Zhengde was the emperor's blood, Mr. Bai would never have allowed a family like the Xing family to enroll in Bishan Academy.

Just because he disdains the cracks in the door of the Xing family, Mr. Bai always suppresses Zhengde and forbids him to go down the mountain and go home.

Unexpectedly, this brat not only failed to learn well, but also abducted his senior brother.

Zhengde's third senior brother secretly groaned in his heart. If he knew that he would not accept the painting, how could he have guessed that the master would return to the academy early?Moreover, he asked where the little junior brother was when he opened his mouth, and there was no chance for them to prevaricate.

Mr. Bai pointed at Zhengde's hand and trembled, "You, come with me!" Regardless of his old body, Mr. Bai was about to pull Zhengde when he came up.

In the past few days, Zhengde has become round and round again, like a small meatball, and his legs and feet are exceptionally flexible, and he ran behind Lu's back as soon as he dodged.

Mr. Bai was so angry that he almost jumped his feet regardless of his status.Although Lu's clothes are loose, it can be seen that he is a pregnant woman. If he has the same knowledge as women and children, his reputation will be completely ruined for the rest of his life!
(End of this chapter)