Yurun Bingyan of the Red Chamber

Chapter 74

Baochai and Tanchun returned to Jia's house in a daze, even ignoring the cynicism of Princess Hanxing.In a hurry, Baochai wanted to see Mrs. Wang and ask her to help save her brother.It's a pity that Baochai doesn't want to cause trouble but can't stand Shui Hanxing, which is difficult to deal with.Squinting her eyes and seeing Baochai's expressionless expression, Princess Hanxing sneered, and hit Baochai with the whip in her hand.Baochai didn't know martial arts in the first place, and she was absent-minded, so she couldn't avoid the whip, and she got hit firmly, "Ah! Princess, you..." Shui Hanxing took the whip away, tilted his head and looked at her, "How about the princess? Who taught you the rules when you saw that the princess didn't answer?"

Seeing the bloodstains on Baochai's body, Tanchun was startled, and said softly, "Princess... this..."

Shui Hanxing glanced at her with a smile and said: "Third sister, it's better to stand aside. The princess taught your second brother's concubine who doesn't know the rules. It's not good if you don't pay attention and hurt you. The girl who is still in the boudoir, Even if one inadvertently got hurt, what should I do?" Tanchun instinctively wanted to refute, but faced with Shangshui Hanxing's eyes that were clearly smiling but inexplicably made her feel a chill, she had to shut up.Fortunately, Shui Hanxing didn't seem to want to trouble them very much.He glanced at Baochai annoyedly, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's rare for this princess to teach you. Be careful in the future. Let's go." With the grievance in his heart, he saluted and hurried to Mrs. Wang's residence.Seeing that Baochai had left, Tanchun also bid farewell to Han Xing and went back to his residence.

Shui Hanxing looked at Baochai's panicked back curiously, hooked his fingers to summon the people around him, and said, "Go and find out, why did this Xue Baochai go today? Didn't he look very proud when he went out? Why did he come back so late?" ?” The person sent out came back before Shui Hanxing walked back to the yard where he lived.He told the story of Baochai and Tanchun meeting Yan Wang and Yan Wang.Shui Hanxing listened to Zhile, shook his head and smiled and said, "This Xue Baochai really can't figure it out. Doesn't she know that every time she sees sister Xiaoyu, she will be unlucky again? But she still wants to post it so that Yan Wang doesn't like it." It's really amazing." Standing beside her, Mu Yue helplessly supported the smiling princess and said in a low voice: "Don't be too happy, princess, the prince also sent someone to come over, let us prepare , it won't be long before we go home."

"It's over?" Suddenly hearing that his married life was coming to an end, Shui Hanxing felt a bit of reluctance for no reason.After all, there is really no place where she can mess with people as she pleases than Jia's.In the past, I always had to worry about my elder brother in the palace. Even if my elder brother wasn't around, the mansion was full of old people who had been with my family for decades, so I was too embarrassed to play too much.Mu Yue nodded and said, "My lord, please check out the property details of Jia's family, so that they won't make troubles when the time comes. Also, the emperor has already sent someone to copy several families in the south of the Yangtze River, and some of them have contacts with Jia's family." Quite a lot. Thinking that those rebellious ministers might send some shady money to Jia’s house for collection, the princess should also pay attention to it.” Shui Hanxing gave her a strange look, “It’s not all about you. Are you responsible? You can just figure it out." Mu Yue rolled her eyes helplessly at her, my Princess, even if you shouldn't be in charge, at least you should listen to what we have done, right?
No matter how Baochai begged Mrs. Wang, and no matter how Mrs. Wang answered.Xue family's gold and silver were sent to Jia's family like running water, but Xue Pan's fate could not be saved.It didn't even have time to wait until after autumn, just after summer, the Ministry of Criminal Justice's verdict came down.Make a decision.When Baochai came back from the execution ground, she fell seriously ill and hid in her room all day without going out. Others only thought her brother had passed away and felt overwhelmed with grief.On the contrary, Shui Hanxing squinted his eyes and said with a rare shrewd look: "That Xue Baochai looks like an unbeatable cockroach, too sad? Who would believe it?" He couldn't stop running outside, but after a while, Baoyu and Xiangyun became the closest.At the beginning, Baoyu also went to take care of Baochai several times, but every time Baochai was unwell and sent her out, gradually Baoyu didn't bother to join in the fun.It is also very happy to live with Xiangyun Xiren every day.Within half a month, the doctor diagnosed that Xiangyun was more than a month pregnant, and the Jia family was overjoyed. "

"Blessed by the ancestors, this girl Yun is a lucky one. She became pregnant not long after entering the door." Mother Jia couldn't hide the joy in her eyes, and she pulled Xiangyun to her, wishing she could rub her into her arms.Xiangyun's pretty face was red and shy.Sister Feng and others were also in front of them, congratulating the old lady on her great-grandson.On the contrary, Princess Hanxing snorted lightly, dispelling the joy slightly.Only then did Jiamu and the others realize that the princess had not made a move for nearly half a year after marrying into the mansion, but the concubine had a child first, so the princess might not look good on her face.But everyone in the Jia family knew that the princess would not let Baoyu get close to him at all, and the two of them had never even had a relationship, so Baoyu couldn't just keep waiting like this to not have children.If the princess does not let Baoyu touch her for the rest of her life, doesn't it mean that Baoyu will have no children and grandchildren? "Princess" Jia Mu hesitated for a moment, carefully pondering the words with a smile on her face.On the contrary, Shui Hanxing said magnanimously: "Needless to say more, old lady, I can't blame Xiangyun for this matter. Since she has a child of the county horse, the princess is not such an unreasonable person." Jia Mu heard the words Overjoyed, she said with a smile: "The princess is indeed a sensible person. It is really a blessing for our Jia family." Jiamu, the princess of Hanxing, doesn't pay attention to her, but Fan Fan can't care about the Xining County Palace and the palace behind her. King of Xining.Now that the Princess is relieved, Mother Jia is naturally relieved.Shui Hanxing sat on the side with his stomach, curling the corners of his mouth in secret: This princess is kind, but I don't know if your Jia family can last until then.

A whole room of people were happily discussing about going to the palace to tell Concubine Yuan Gui the good news.The girl's footsteps came rushing outside, "Old lady! Ma'am! It's not good! It's not good!"

Jia's maids and servants have always been well-trained, no matter how big the matter is, they don't see such screaming and chattering.For some reason, there was an ominous feeling in everyone's heart, and they were afraid that something serious was really wrong.Jia's mother gathered herself together, and scolded the girl who rushed in: "What's the shame of yelling?! Why don't you tell me what happened!" The little girl's face was pale and her body trembled, obviously frightened. , tremblingly said: "Old lady! There are a lot of soldiers coming outside, saying that they want to search our Rongguo Mansion!"

"What?!" This sentence was like a thunder on the ground, which shocked everyone into a daze.Mother Jia almost fell to the ground when she tilted her body.Mrs. Wang and the others also looked panic-stricken.Mother Jia glanced at Shui Hanxing, who was sitting firmly on the side, and said, holding Yuanyang's hand, "Follow me to see what's going on? Who dares to search our Rongguo Mansion!" Mrs. Wang also quickly stabilized her mind and thought of the palace. The daughter of the noble concubine Zhong and the grandson of the little prince said: "Exactly, our Jia family is the natal family of the imperial concubine, who dares to search it." Shui Hanxing snorted softly, thinking that these people don't know whether they are ignorant or dare not face it. to reality.In this imperial city, who else would dare to search official residences except the emperor?He didn't speak, stood up and followed Jia Mu and others to watch the excitement.Sister Feng was walking at the back, just in time to see the mocking smile on Shui Hanxing's face, her heart sank, and she secretly thought that the Rongguo Mansion might be doomed.Thinking of sending the little daughter out half a month ago, I felt a little more at ease.If people like them can't escape being convicted, I just hope that the government will not care about Qiao'er when she is young.

At this time, the Jia family hall was not as prosperous and graceful as before, and it was sitting in a mess.The messed-up servants were all detained outside the hall and were guarded not to move around.Groups of soldiers came in and out to remove the things in the Rongguo Mansion.When Jia Mu and others rushed to the hall, they saw the messy Yimu. Jia Mu felt a bet in her heart and shouted sharply, "What are you doing?" Sitting at the head of the hall was a young man in gray clothes, because He didn't wear official clothes and couldn't tell what his identity was, but he looked handsome and extraordinary, obviously not like an ordinary person.The person sitting under him was a fourth-rank official.The young man casually glanced at the female relatives and nodded towards the official.The official got up and took out a bright yellow scroll from his wide sleeve and unfolded it: "Everyone in the Jia family accepts the order."

Everyone was stunned, and then they all knelt down, "The Jia family of the Rongguo Mansion used the people of Concubine Yuan Gui to run amok and disrupt people's livelihood. I am really saddened. Today, the Ministry of Punishment is investigating Rongning and Ningfu for accepting bribes in the name of Concubine Yuan Gui. Forming a party for personal gain... It was verified that it was true, and a group of people from Rongning and Ningfu were sent to prison to wait for their release. All their property was confiscated to the state treasury. This is it." Hearing this, the people in the hall were so soft that many people fell to the ground, Mrs. Xing and others were at a loss. Straight call wronged.The official received the imperial decree in his hand and said: "Your Majesty and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment will verify whether you are wronged or not. Lord Wei, please leave me as an officer." The young man in gray nodded and smiled, "Go slowly, my lord. I will leave after finishing my work here." Going to report to His Royal Highness Yan Wang." The official seemed to respect Lord Wei very much, and left very humbly.

"My lord...what's going on here? How could our Jia family..." Mother Jia asked, holding Yuanyang's hand.The young man glanced at Jia's mother, but he didn't have the arrogance of ordinary officials who are in power at all. He still looked very calm and said: "I ordered the emperor and His Royal Highness to search Jia's mansion, and I ask the old lady to forgive me. " Jia Mu staggered, and said in disbelief: "How could it be? Yan Wang...His Royal Highness Yan Wang..."

(End of this chapter)