The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 433 Zhaoyang Princess Mansion

"Tongxi, you stay."

In the middle of the night, Tongxi and Tonggui were about to go out after serving Aunt Xue to sleep, but Tongxi was stopped by Aunt Xue who was sitting on the edge of the bed.

Tong Xi's complexion changed slightly, a little embarrassed.But Tonggui quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and after giving his good friend an expression of asking for blessings and being helpless, he quickly left the room with the footwashing water in his hand.

After pouring out the footwashing water, Tonggui didn't dare to go into the back room to eavesdrop, but fetched water to wash himself. After leaving some washing water for his companions, he closed the front and back doors of the main house, and each After checking the lamps and candles, he went to sleep in the maid's night watch room.

But how can she sleep well? All she can think about is what Aunt Xue is doing to keep Tongxi behind. Could it be that she really discovered something good about Tongxi?

If this is the case, then what should I do, my wife will not drive Tong Xi away, right?Thinking of this, Tonggui was worried about his little friend for many years, and couldn't help blushing, and secretly spat.

Even if she was kicked out, she deserved it. She was too daring to openly seduce Lord Hou!

Although the light was dim and she was far away, she was not stupid. Although she was not quite sure what the little friend and Master Hou were doing at that time, it was definitely not a good thing.

For a moment, I wondered in my heart, if it was not me who played the lantern at that time, but Tong Xi, then should I help Lord Hou to relieve himself, and would the same thing happen...

Thinking about it, Tong Gui, who was tossing and turning on the small couch, couldn't help reaching out to touch his cheeks and facial features, and then touched his figure. When he wanted to touch between his legs, he suddenly held back.

Damn, what are you thinking!Tong Xi still doesn't know how his wife will deal with him. If he dares to think about this, he really can't help but die.

So, I forcibly expelled my crooked thoughts and evil thoughts from my mind, and silently waited for the result of lying down.

After a while, I really heard someone coming back from the main room, without lighting the lantern, and went to another small couch next to it in the dark.

Knowing that it was Tongxi who came back, Tonggui immediately turned over and sat up, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

There was a slight silence in the darkness, and then the voice of Tong Xi replied softly: "It's okay, it's okay..."

"Does my wife know about you and Master Hou? What did she say about you? Don't get me wrong, I didn't tell my wife about this!"

In the darkness, on another small couch, the little man was sitting close together, his state of mind, which had just calmed down, became unsteady again.

Through Tonggui's words, of course she understood what happened before Tonggui really saw it!

She didn't suspect that Tonggui was telling the truth, because just now when she was kneeling in that room, she was also coaxed and frightened by Aunt Xue, and she broke her nerve for a moment, and she confessed honestly.

Looking back afterwards, she felt that Aunt Xue must have been uncertain at the beginning, because her knowledge was too shallow. If she calmed down a little more, she might have gotten away with it.

After thinking for a while, Tong Xi shook his head and responded, "No, my wife didn't punish me, she just scolded me..."

"how is this possible!"

In the darkness, the friend's tone was particularly shocking.

Tong Xi blushed, and at the same time felt happy again.Sure enough, what I committed was a serious crime, and even my friends were so shocked to hear that I was not punished.

My wife is really kind. From now on, I must repay my wife's kindness well.

While being grateful for Aunt Xue's magnanimity in his heart, Tong Xi couldn't help recalling the scene of kneeling in front of Aunt Xue to reply.

Aunt Xue asked her to tell the truth about what happened when she helped Jia Lian to relieve her hand. She could understand, but what made her still have some doubts was that after she told the truth, Aunt Xue asked her to describe the process clearly...

This made her very shy and a little puzzled.

Could it be that the wife is worried that she is lying, and wants to use this method to judge whether she has lost her virginity?Of course she didn't!It's not that she didn't want to, she was willing to sacrifice herself at the time, but Hou Ye didn't know whether he suddenly realized the stakes, or his interest in her was only superficial, and after frivolously treating her all over, he pretended to be Gone like no one else.

However, even when she recalled what Jia Lian had done to her at this time, her heart still jumped, and she felt that Jia Lian's breath was all over her body.

It's really embarrassing, even when my wife listened to her talk, she acted strangely.

Finally, the wife was kind, and after confirming that she had not lost her virginity, she let her go.

Although the wife has passed the test, if the little sister in front of her spreads her truth, it would not be good.At that time, not only the wife's reputation will be affected by her, I'm afraid the wife will change her mind if she finds out.

So he hurriedly lowered his voice and said to Tonggui: "Nothing happened between me and Lord Hou, it's just that Lord Hou was drunk for a while, so...molested me a few words. The wife also let me go because of this." .

Good sister, you must not publicize this matter, or I will die, and if my wife is hurt because of this, I should really go to hell!

Good sister, as long as you help me keep the secret, from now on, I will listen to you..."

After Tong Xi spoke, there was no response for a long time, and he asked again nervously.

Of course she didn't know that Tonggui's mind was changing so quickly at this time.

Tonggui really didn't expect that Aunt Xue would not severely punish Tongxi for doing such a shameless thing.

It would be fine to say that Aunt Xue didn't know, but hearing Tong Xi's voice, Aunt Xue obviously knew!

Could it be that Tong Xi's tricky words tricked his wife?She is too lucky.

Why did she get drunk for a while, just teasing a few words, she clearly saw Tong Xi kneeling in front of Lord Hou, he didn't get up for a long time, okay?Still hiding between Master Hou and the wall behind, pretending she really can't see?

From this point of view, is it really all right?Then if he meets Lord Hou again next time, Lord Hou will do something to him, even if he is not...

Stopping the flying thoughts, Tong Gui also knew that Tong Xi was very nervous at this time.After thinking for a while, she laughed softly: "You said this, you can listen to me, I didn't force you... Well, from tomorrow onwards, you will get the water for washing our feet every night. Bar."

"Yes, yes, thank you sister~"

"Hee hee, alright, alright, let me tease you..."

When Tonggui's laughter came out, he had turned over and got out of bed, jumped onto Tongxi's bed, pressed on Tongxi, and asked with a smile: "I ask you, you said that Master Hou molested you, how did he molested you?" Tell me about it. You said it, not only will I keep it a secret for you, but if Lord Hou 'moleses you' again next time, how about I cover it for you?"

Tonggui was deliberately molesting you with the accent on the three words, which of course made Tongxi very ashamed, but he was forced to endure the shame, and once again confide that shameful but heart-pounding story to others things come.

So the two little sisters didn't know how long they had been arguing, which caused them to almost miss the time to get up the next day.

……

To Jia Lian, the small episode that happened at the night banquet of Xue's family was really nothing.

After returning from the Xue family's banquet, he was still at home, arranging some trivial matters, until the fourth prince's invitation date came.

On this day, Jia Lian got up early to prepare, and when the time was right, he rode his horse into the imperial city and arrived at the residence of the fourth prince.

Originally thought that the Fourth Prince would hold some "Cuckoo Banquet" on a whim, and would invite the clan and princes' children to the meeting, but who would have thought of the Fourth Prince's residence, but saw that the entire Fourth Prince's residence was very quiet.

Just when Jia Lian wondered whether he had misremembered the date and came early or late, the guards of Prince Xiao's Mansion invited him into the mansion very courteously and respectfully.

"Hahaha, Jia Lian... No, it's time to call you Lord Jiahou."

The Fourth Prince was still acting foolishly, he came out of nowhere, rushed in front of Jia Lian with a few strides, and punched Jia Lian on the shoulder.

Naturally, Jia Lian could tell that the fourth prince was in a good mood, so after receiving the punch, Fang bowed his hands and saluted, "Your Highness was joking, in front of His Highness, a humble minister can't be called 'Hou Ye'."

The fourth prince curled his lips, not bothering to correct Jia Lian's politeness, turned around and yelled at the guards to lead the horse, as if he was about to go out.

Jia Lian was puzzled: "Didn't it mean that His Highness is going to hold a cuckoo banquet at the residence? Why..."

"Oh, don't mention it. It was supposed to be done, but now it can't be done."

"What's wrong?
"What else can I do, the cuckoos have been taken away, what should I use for the cuckoo banquet?"

Hearing this, Jia Lian stopped talking.

There are only a few people who dare to snatch things from the Fourth Prince.

Sure enough, the fourth prince was not a man who could tell the truth. Seeing that Jia Lian was silent, he immediately said it himself.

"It's not my domineering imperial sister. I heard that I got a lot of precious rhododendrons, and she happened to be decorating her princess mansion, so she brought someone here and gave me all my dozen or so pots of rhododendrons. gone.

You said, without the cuckoo, how can I have a cuckoo banquet?There is no way, I can only tell those people who were invited before that they will not come.

As for why I didn't tell you..."

The Fourth Prince nodded and sighed, as if he was very dissatisfied with Princess Zhaoyang for stealing his flowers.

Speaking of the latter, he quietly looked at Jia Lian with a pair of big bright eyes, turned around him for half a circle, and suddenly asked very vigilantly: "Tell me, what happened to your boy and my sister, how do I feel about my relationship with you?" Miss Huang, do you really care about your appearance?"

Jia Lian's complexion did not change, and he replied calmly: "Your Majesty, your words are serious, the princess's daughter, what can she do with a humble minister, must be because of the few poems I gave her back then, and the fact that I escorted her this time. For the love of returning to Beijing, she will treat me differently."

The fourth prince stopped talking.

The reason why he asked this question was because he felt that the relationship between Jia Lian and his sister was a bit strange.

It stands to reason that if a woman took the initiative to pursue a man and was rejected, she would probably be extremely ashamed in her heart.

Of course, her imperial sister is not an ordinary woman.But no matter what, she is still a woman!Even if you don't hate Jia Lian because of this, at least you should avoid him, or ignore him, right?
Why, Miss Huang, on the contrary, seems to pay more attention to Jia Lian.

The previous son, Princess Zhaoyang, came to rob him, but he couldn't resist in every possible way, so he could only let Princess Zhaoyang remove all his flowers, and he sent someone to inform those dudes that there was no need to go to the house.

Xu Shi happened to know that he had invited Jia Lian, so Princess Zhaoyang ordered him not to inform Jia Lian, saying that Jia Lian had escorted her back to Beijing safely, and she was very kind, and she wanted to repay him.

It just so happened that her princess mansion was about to be repaired, so I asked myself to bring Jia Lian there today to visit her new princess mansion.

This made the fourth prince a little suspicious.

He didn't speculate too much, he didn't like to think about deep things, after all, what Jia Lian said really made sense.

It's not the first day that Sister Huang treats Jia Lian differently.

Even if Jia Lian was appointed as the sending envoy back then, it is said that Sister Huang personally recommended her to Father Huang!
Not to mention, Jia Lian really contributed a lot to the fact that the imperial sister was able to return to Beijing safely this time.

Isn't this the reason why I personally invited Jia Lian on the second day after he returned to Beijing?Really think that he is the prince of the dynasty, the dignified Prince Xiao is approachable and has no airs?
Thinking of this, the fourth prince calmed down, punched Jia Lian on the shoulder again, and said seriously: "When I was at Yanmen Pass that day, I said that as long as you deliver my imperial sister to Wala safely, I owe you the second Personal love...

Of course, Prince Wala, a beast like a dog, dared to conspire against my imperial sister, so naturally you would not be able to send my imperial sister to Wala, so naturally that promise would not count.

But I, Wei Ling, keep my word.You protected my sister Huang all the way, so I owe you a favor.You killed Prince Navala with your hands, and made me angry on my behalf, so I owe you another favor. "

The fourth prince spoke seriously and did not give Jia Lian a chance to interrupt.

"Now that you have fallen into the eyes of my father, you have already been enshrined as a marquis. Presumably, there is no shortage of people to do things for you. I owe you so much favor, which seems like empty talk.

How about this, if you don't dislike me, from now on, I will recognize you as a brother, how about it? "

When Jia Lian heard the words, she subconsciously wanted to decline, but seeing the seriousness on this kid's face, and the eager look on his face, he knew that he was serious. If he refused, he might be upset.

Thinking about it, the fourth prince was playful and active all day long, and he didn't take part in court affairs. He didn't have a lot to do with him, so it wasn't necessary to be so rigid when interacting with him.

So Jia Lian replied with a smile: "Thanks to His Highness for his favor, forgive me for being rude, this time I will definitely climb up to His Highness next time.

However, the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers cannot be discarded.When there are outsiders around, you should treat each other with national courtesy, otherwise, even if His Highness doesn't mind, if it falls into the ears of the speaker, I'm afraid he will reprimand me for being disrespectful. "

"It's up to you, anyway, I treat you as a brother in my heart. I didn't say anything, as long as you have something to do in the future, as long as it's not a rebellion, I will definitely help you!" Seeing Jia Lian, the fourth prince actually agreed without hesitation. He was even more satisfied, so he patted his chest and said.

As for what Jia Lian said about putting on a show in front of outsiders, he understands, and he doesn't like trouble.

Jia Lian cupped his hands, feeling a little speechless.The fourth prince really has no taboos, what is he doing, so he is worried about his rebellion?

Leaving the mansion through the main gate, soon the fourth prince's horse was brought out, and Jia Lian and the fourth prince rushed to the other side of the imperial city.

Not long after, they came to a secluded and majestic area. This place seemed to be farther away from the imperial palace than the Fourth Prince's Prince Xiao's Mansion, but the nearby roads and high walls were more orderly and solemn.

After walking around a high wall for a long time, they came to the main entrance of a mansion.

After the fourth prince dismounted, he looked up at the plaque that had been replaced with the words "Princess Zhaoyang Mansion", with indescribable envy in his eyes.

"Look, Jia Lian, the father is partial, and he gave such a good house to my sister! When I was about to turn 16, he just asked someone to build a palace for me, and said it was on purpose. It's closer to the palace, so it's easier to discipline me."

Jia Lian heard the words of the fourth prince, and looked towards the gate of the princess mansion.

Just looking at the freshly painted, but still desolate and heavy black gate, one can tell that the house inside is not simple.

The fourth prince is still complaining: "You don't know, this is the house of my uncle, Prince Boy Yizhong. It is said that he almost...

All in all, this mansion has been abandoned for almost 20 years, and no one dared to ask Father for it until the Queen returned to Beijing. For some reason, Father gave her this house as a princess mansion. "

Prince Yizhong!

Jia Lian's heart was shocked, and he finally knew the gold content of this house.

Even when it happened, he was probably just a baby.But nearly 20 years later, the influence of this person still remains in Beijing, and it is a topic that many people keep secret.

It was also when Jia Lian was investigating Qin Keqing's identity that he vaguely knew some of the inside story of that year.

It can be said that this person was mainly not a bad thing at the beginning, and there was nothing wrong with the later Ningkang Emperor.

The former house of such a sensitive person was given to Princess Zhaoyang. I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

But Princess Zhaoyang is only eighteen or nineteen years old this year, thinking about what happened back then, it is impossible to have anything to do with Princess Zhaoyang, so there is no need to be nervous.

Probably the emperor or the empress dowager, it's a pity that this huge mansion has been hanging vacant, but this time it was given to her to make up for Princess Zhaoyang.

No matter how glorious the past is, it is just the past after all.With Emperor Ningkang's current strength, there is really no need to fear a dead person.

After being led into the mansion by the palace servants, the fourth prince knew him well, and took Jia Lian to wander around the princess mansion, introducing him to various buildings and scenic spots.

It's like his imperial sister's home is his home, just so casual.

Jia Lian shook his head inwardly, but couldn't help feeling a little fond of the Fourth Prince.After all, it's my cheap brother-in-law. Treating my sister is the same as treating him?

"His Royal Highness Xiao Wang, Lord Jia, the princess is in the martial arts arena, please come over."

A eunuch hurried to report.After the fourth prince heard this, he said to Jia Lian: "Let's go, this place is quite far from the martial arts field, let's go there on horseback."

It has to be said that it is worthy of the former Prince Yizhong Qiansui's house, even if it has been abandoned for more than ten years, it is still not ordinary.

Not to mention anything else, just the size. According to Jia Lian's footprints, it is much larger than the original Rongguo Mansion, and it is estimated to be much larger than the largest palace that Jia Lian has ever visited, the Beijing Palace.

This is not in the major state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, but in the most precious imperial city in the world!

Occupying such a large house here can be described as a symbol of identity and status.

Take a look inside, there are many large and small gardens, Martial arts arena, Colosseum, and racecourse, all kinds of large-scale facilities, everything that one expects to find.

Not to mention the fourth prince, even Jia Lian couldn't help feeling a little envious as he went deeper.

Sure enough, people are incomparable.

In the past, everyone said that Princess Zhaoyang was the most favored princess of the Tian family, the most dazzling pearl in the world, but Jia Lian didn't feel much about it yet.

At this time, the family had just made up their mind to leave the palace and live in another residence, so they directly got a top-notch prince's residence!
Jia Lian didn't know if there were any larger and more majestic palaces in the entire Wei Dynasty than Princess Zhaoyang's.

This……

All I can say is, our daughter-in-law is amazing.

　It's a big chapter tonight, I'm too lazy to tear it apart, otherwise it's too short.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)