The Second Master of the Red Chamber

"General Jia, the princess welcomes you."

When Jia Lian came out of the conference hall, two maids from Princess Zhaoyang's side came to summon her.

Jia Lian nodded and followed her to Princess Zhaoyang's palace.

The inside of Ganning Pass is no different from the towns in the Central Plains. Both the roads and the surrounding buildings are simple, desolate and vast.

Throughout the pass, there are teams of soldiers patrolling at any time, which shows that the military discipline here is strict.

Only when it is close to Princess Zhaoyang's palace, can there be a little more peaceful life atmosphere.

It is said to be a palace, and in terms of majesty and majesty, it is completely incomparable with the Tianjia Bieyuan in the capital.That is, a huge official residence, which has been redecorated inside and out to look a little more luxurious.

Before walking to Princess Zhaoyang's dormitory, the four young and beautiful maids standing at the gate of the palace immediately bowed down.Two of them, Yingying, knelt at Jia Lian's feet.

Jia Lian was born in a public house, so he would not fail to understand the etiquette here.

When the maid on the left stretched out her hands carefully, she didn't feel embarrassed, she let her lift her foot, took off her official boots, and put on a cloth shoe.

The same is true for the maid on the right.

The other two maids opened the door curtain at the right time, revealing the scene inside.

Although it was still the place where Princess Zhaoyang lived when she first came to Ganning Pass, the layout inside has a completely new look.

A lot of new furnishings have been added, and the decoration is brighter. At a glance, the floor is paved with silk, and the room is full of fragrance, which is very luxurious.

It can be seen that Princess Zhaoyang's quality of living has gone up a level compared to last time.

Just like the ceremony of taking off the boots at the door, Jia Lian remembered that the last time he was here, he was not so particular.

But when I think about Jia Lian, I don't think it's strange.

The last time Princess Zhaoyang just passed by this place, but this time, she will stay here for a long time until the order from above arrives.Moreover, the princess has suffered a lot this time. The so-called master humiliated his ministers to death. Wu Shiwei and others will naturally want to serve them wholeheartedly to make up for it.

As for playing such a battle in such a bitter cold place, Jia Lian didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Because this battle is not just for Princess Zhaoyang alone, but for the majesty of the entire Great Wei Kingdom.

A princess who sacrificed her life for the country naturally represents the glory and majesty of the entire country.

Otherwise, since Princess Zhaoyang came out of Beijing, apart from the officers and soldiers who guarded her, there were nearly a thousand court ladies, eunuchs, and servants dedicated to serving and taking care of her.

These people stay in the pass, idle is also idle, it is better to order them around, so as not to make troubles when they are idle.

Stepping on the bright red carpet into Princess Zhaoyang's bedroom, another court lady who was more beautiful came to guide her.

In the dormitory, everything was as Jia Lian had expected, there were beautiful court ladies with fragrant clothes everywhere.

When Jia Lian passed by them, in addition to saluting gracefully, they would take the opportunity to sneak a glance at Jia Lian.Of course, no one dared to be blatant, otherwise they would be severely punished by the foster mother.

"Minister Jia Lian, pay my respects to the princess."

Turning into the Nuan Pavilion, in front of an exquisite silk translucent screen, the maid who led her stood aside, and Jia Lian bowed to a faintly visible woman above.

Although she is already his woman, she still has to do her best on the surface.

"Others back down."

Following Princess Zhaoyang's order, other court ladies filed out, leaving only the two tall court ladies on both sides of the long couch inside.

The two maids were not idle either, after the others retreated, they stepped forward and opened the screens in front of Jia Lian and Princess Zhaoyang from both sides.

Jia Lian didn't expect that the screen embroidered with complete pictures of landscapes and ducks was actually made of two screens.

With the opening of the middle of the screen, Princess Zhaoyang sat sideways, revealing her solemn and beautiful figure in front of Jia Lian.

At this time, Princess Zhaoyang was completely dressed up.

She was dressed in a gorgeous palace dress, her hair was piled up high, her head was crowned with a sunset phoenix crown, and even a pair of jade hands stacked on her knees, ring finger and little finger were covered with golden fingertips for the first time.Such a solemn attire, coupled with Princess Zhaoyang's tall, slender figure and fair skin, completely revealed the majesty and beauty of a Tian family princess!
Even Jia Lian, who was already very familiar with Princess Zhaoyang, couldn't help but look bright at this moment, and took a second look.

Seeing Jia Lian's eyes, Xu Shi, Princess Zhaoyang smiled slightly, and lightly parted her lips, saying, "The escape of this palace is due to the general's life-saving protection. Zhaoyang has not yet thanked the general, so I invite the general to come and talk about it today."

Jia Lian cupped his hands and replied, "I don't dare to be a princess when it comes to matters that belong to me."

"Ha ha."

"Why doesn't the general come forward and speak?"

Princess Zhaoyang smiled lightly, raised her hand, and signaled Jia Lian to go up.

Jia Lian frowned slightly, and glanced around.The warm pavilion here is not very big, apart from the two of them, there are only two maids standing beside him. Looking closely, Jia Lian can tell that these two seem to be the ones arranged by Princess Zhaoyang to wait for him to take a bath. The maid should be her confidant, no wonder she is so casual.

However, Princess Zhaoyang is sitting sideways on the couch at this time, and there are no other stools in front of her.

Could it be that he was allowed to approach her condescendingly and look at her while talking?
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Jia Lian also found that although there were no seats, people could sit on the long couch in front of Princess Zhaoyang's knees covered by the palace skirt.

Jia Lian came forward and sat down firmly on Princess Zhaoyang's knees.

Seeing this, Princess Zhaoyang smiled even more, "This time General Lao rescued me, and even escorted him thousands of miles away. Zhaoyang will always remember such a great kindness.

I wanted to repay the general, but the general is already in a high position, and there is no shortage of officials and riches. Even though I am a princess, I am afraid that I can't produce anything that can catch the general's eyes.

It was heard that the general was going out of Beijing this time, and he only brought a servant with him, so I'm afraid it would not be possible to properly arrange to take care of the general's daily life.

It just so happens that there are quite a few servants here in this palace, how about I send the general alone? "

Saying that, Princess Zhaoyang waved her hand casually.

Immediately, one of the maids standing next to her stepped forward gracefully under the envious eyes of the other.

"Let's see, general, this person may fall into the eyes of the general?" Princess Zhaoyang asked with a smile.

Jia Lian frowned and turned to look at Princess Zhaoyang.

As his woman, she actually took the initiative to give him a woman?
Seeing Princess Zhaoyang looking at him calmly, Jia Lian couldn't figure out what she was thinking.However, he knew that Princess Zhaoyang was not Wang Xifeng, but a person who acted generously and with a sense of gentleman.

This move is absolutely not just to test him.

So Jia Lian turned his head and glanced at the woman in front of him.

The pink face is full of spring, the crescent eyebrows are light, and the figure is tall and slender. She is indeed a rare beauty. I am afraid that among the hundreds of maids serving Princess Zhaoyang, her beauty is also among the best.

But after Jia Lian glanced at it twice, he still shook his head and said, "I thank the princess for her kindness, but this time I not only shoulder the duties of envoys, but also command the officers and soldiers. It is really inconvenient to carry the beauties around me. The princess's heart, I can only appreciate it." gone."

Princess Zhaoyang said: "With the general's status and meritorious service, it is only natural that there are people around to take care of her, not to mention that I gave this beauty to the general, so I don't think others will say much...

Forget it, I know the general is a strict self-disciplined person, so I won't force the general.

That being the case, I will keep it for you first, and after returning to the capital, the general will take him back to the mansion, so the general will have nothing to say. "

Princess Zhaoyang seemed to want to persuade her, but after seeing Jia Lian's displeasure, she smiled again.

Seeing Princess Zhaoyang's insistence, Jia Lian didn't want to argue with her, but said: "Then thank you Princess for your gift."

Anyway, the two mansions occupy a vast area, so there is no need to worry about not being able to accommodate a maid.

Seeing Jia Lian's displeased expression, Princess Zhaoyang secretly thought it was funny.

You must know that every maid in the palace has been carefully selected and selected before being sent to the palace to serve the nobles.

Although not all of them are beautiful, at least there are no ugly and obvious physical blemishes.

Therefore, other courtiers, if they can be rewarded by the nobles in the palace, they will regard it as a great honor and gift, so it is like Jia Lian, it seems that she is forcing Jia Lian to want it.

But she also knew that Jia Lian was not a womanizer.

On the day when Jia Lian was drunk, she specially asked the two most trusted and beautiful women around her to serve each other in the bath, so she wanted to take this opportunity to find out Jia Lian's character.

It would be fine if Jia Lian was really drunk and didn't know about human affairs, but she already knew that Jia Lian was pretending to be drunk. Therefore, under such circumstances, Jia Lian did not offend the beautiful palace lady Qiu who was at her fingertips, which shows her heart.

She beckoned the girl to back down, then Princess Zhaoyang looked at Jia Lian and asked softly: "Speaking of returning to Beijing, I have heard vaguely that the imperial court seems to intend to make peace with Wala again?"

While speaking, Princess Zhaoyang turned her head and looked at Jia Lian quietly. Obviously, she seemed careless, but she was actually very concerned.

Jia Lian pondered for a while, but he didn't intend to hide it from him. After nodding, he briefly told Princess Zhaoyang about the negotiation between the two parties and the reprimand of the subordinates in the meeting hall.

After Princess Zhaoyang heard the words, she was silent for a long time, not knowing what she was thinking.

"You don't have to worry, I will never let you go and kiss again."

After all, she was her own woman, so Jia Lian couldn't help comforting her at this moment.

Princess Zhaoyang laughed: "With Erlang's words, I feel relieved. I was worried before that Erlang would follow the trend and kick me out of this trouble."

Even though Princess Zhaoyang said it playfully, it still made Jia Lian look sour and glared at the woman in front of her angrily.

What does it mean to kick her out of this trouble?

Could it be that this woman felt that she had volunteered herself, so he would not cherish her at all, and would regard her as a trouble and a burden?

Well, he did think so before, that's why he was unmoved by the dignified princess' show of love.

But today is different, now that the other party has succeeded, but he said this, which makes him, a big man, feel very uncomfortable.

"I'll give you a chance to repeat what I just said."

Now that Princess Zhaoyang has naturally abandoned her prestige as a princess and called her Erlang every mouthful, Jia Lian didn't bother to pretend anymore and showed a manly attitude.

Anyway, although the eyes of the two maids in the room changed slightly, they didn't seem too surprised, they obviously knew something.

Princess Zhaoyang's eyes turned into two crescents, she covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Why, Erlang is still angry? Who told you to ignore me in every possible way before, hurting others' hearts again and again. It's not normal for people to have this worry. Well.

Okay, don't be angry, I know you are a great man who can protect his own woman, and you won't do things that are messed up and abandoned, so it's someone who said something wrong, okay? "

Princess Zhaoyang, unexpectedly teased Jia Lian casually as they did in the desert.

Seeing her being so humble and petty, Jia Lian felt embarrassed to argue with her, and just snorted: "I have worked tirelessly for your affairs, and I have not cared about offending others, and I have spent so much time planning, but you, a woman, questioned me instead. It is really embarrassing." People feel chilled."

"Okay, okay, I know you have worked hard, and the little girl has apologized to you."

Princess Zhaoyang took Jia Lian's arm and shook it a few times, then sat next to Jia Lian, reached out and rubbed Jia Lian's shoulders as a gesture of apology.

Perhaps it was inconvenient to sit sideways, so Princess Zhaoyang simply stepped off her shoes, shrunk down on the couch, and then knelt behind Jia Lian, massaged Jia Lian's back very intimately.

This is a move she used to please the Queen Mother before.Jia Lian is the second person to enjoy this treatment.

And the scene where Princess Zhaoyang knelt behind Jia Lian obediently and rubbed her shoulders made the eyes of the two maids standing next to her widen, feeling a little inconceivable.

Although the princess had arranged for them to wait on Jia Lian to take a bath, they had already realized that something was wrong between the princess and General Jia.

This time General Jia brought the princess back from the desert safely, and those who served them closely found that the princess after returning was a little different from before.

The melancholy and deepness when I came here completely disappeared. In addition to reading books and learning the piano, I spent most of my time sitting in front of the makeup mirror trying to dress myself up, and occasionally humming a few beautiful melodies...

Of course, they were occasionally sent to find out what General Jia was doing.

In short, compared to before, the princess looked much lighter.

Those who are smart have probably guessed the reason.

Sure enough, after the princess dressed up today and sent someone to invite General Jia, they understood better.

But no matter how you understand it, you can't understand such a profound situation.

The majestic princess, Her Royal Highness, is like a well-behaved little wife in front of General Jia, this...

I just felt that staying any longer might cause unnecessary trouble. The two upper body girls looked at each other, then quietly bowed and retreated to the pavilion door.

Now that the maid stepped back obediently, Princess Zhaoyang had no worries, and just exercised Jia Lian's muscles seriously.

She knew that Jia Lian was not exaggerating.Even though Jia Lian is the official envoy, he still has to face enormous pressure and risks to reject Wala's reconciliation proposal.

Not only must he convince his colleagues on his side, but he must also convince the Wala side.

The most important thing is not to damage Wei's vested interests by refusing to marry.Otherwise, the officials of those missions would join forces to impeach Jia Lian after returning to Beijing.

Therefore, after hearing Jia Lian's plan, she was very moved, so she gave Jia Lian a massage service, and she was very sincere.

But after a while, she still asked Jia Lian: "If so, why is the envoy from Wala refusing to give in?"

"I'll let him get away with it."

"What if they insist? I heard that this is the order of King Navala."

Princess Zhaoyang asked very objectively.

Although Jia Lian can say a lot here, he can represent the court with full power.But he couldn't control Oirat, nor could he control Oirat's envoys.

If they can't reach an agreement, there is a high possibility of other accidents. At that time, it may not be under Jia Lian's control.

Among other things, if the negotiations with Oala cannot be settled for a long time, the Wei court may not be able to sit still, and maybe they will change their envoys.When the time comes, it's hard to say whether Jia Lian will be able to escape unscathed, let alone protect her.

Jia Lian was silent for a while, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Don't worry, with the current situation in Wala, they dare not offend our Great Wei.

Of course, if Song Ye Wang was really determined to insist on this marriage, it would not be of much benefit to them at all...

Then, let him stay in Ganning Pass forever like the third prince. "

Princess Zhaoyang was startled when she heard the words, and looked at Jia Lian's profile in surprise.

She understood what Jia Lian meant.

If the envoy of Nawara really refused to accept the hard and soft, what Jia Lian meant was to get rid of him secretly.

It is believed that the two Oirat royal families and Oirat envoys died in the hands of Great Wei one after another, and it is difficult to talk about the alliance between Nawara and Great Wei.

Since it is impossible to even talk about an alliance, let alone a relationship.

In this way, she is safe.

I'm afraid it's not good news for both Wei and Wala.

Even if the two sides do not immediately break out into a war, I am afraid that the situation at the border will become more tense.

As the instigator of all this, one can imagine how the imperial court will deal with Jia Lian once the Dongchuang incident happens.

It can be said that it is irrational to do so, and it does not conform to Jia Lian's behavior style in Princess Zhaoyang's mind.

If she was a bystander, she would make Jia Lian think twice.

However, Jia Lian did this for her!This made Princess Zhaoyang not have many other thoughts in her heart, only touching and loving.

She slowly put her rubbing hands in front of Jia Lian, hugged Jia Lian from behind, and whispered in his ear: "Qingran is very happy, she didn't make a wrong choice...

However, such a risky method should not be tried by Erlang unless it is absolutely necessary.

As Erlang said, Wala can't afford to offend our Great Wei.The original marriage was just a conspiracy of the third prince of Wala, and I believe Wala would not insist on this too much.And I believe that Erlang has the ability to make the other party quit in spite of difficulties. "

Jia Lian smiled, raised her hand to caress Princess Zhaoyang's smooth catkin, and nodded yes.