The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 621
In the back hall of Weiyang Palace, Princess Zhaoyang originally wanted to take Mrs. Zhen and others to Zhaoyang Palace in person, but was left behind by the Queen Mother.

"Tell me."

"say what……"

Princess Zhaoyang pinched the empress dowager's shoulders graciously, and asked with wide eyes when she heard the words, looking a little obedient.

"Don't pretend to be stupid. From the time you took the initiative to invite him, I saw that something was wrong. Could it be that you want me to call those palace people to interrogate one by one? How long do you want to hide from me?"

The Empress Dowager didn't like Princess Zhaoyang's flattery and obedience at all, and looked at her coldly.

Seeing this, Princess Zhaoyang smiled, put her arms around the Empress Dowager's arm and said, "I know that nothing can be hidden from you..."

"Hmph, then you haven't really recruited."

"Okay, Qingran will tell the truth. Because the Marquis of Zhenyuan has saved Qingran's life, we have gone through life and death in the desert before returning to Hantu, so now Qingran and him can be said to be life-and-death friends."

"friend?"

The Empress Dowager raised her willow-leaf eyebrows and looked at Princess Zhaoyang in puzzlement, but Duke Zhaoyang returned a bright smile.

The queen mother realized something, and she solemnly said to Princess Zhaoyang: "You are a princess who has not left the cabinet, and he is a courtier with a wife. The two of you have very different identities, how can you be friends? Even If there is a life-saving friendship, the friendship between gentlemen should be as light as water, as private as you... meet in private, and if it spreads, won't you be afraid of being laughed at?"

Princess Zhaoyang didn't think so when she heard the words, "First, Qingran is not a princess who has not left the court. I'm not afraid of people's jokes about my own affairs, and there is nothing to laugh at. Qing Ran was not raised in the boudoir since she was a child, and she will not be a lady of the big family."

The Queen Mother suddenly didn't know how to reply.

Originally, she only noticed a little clue, so she tried to test it out.But she didn't want to, Princess Zhaoyang didn't seem to hide her intentions, which made her feel slightly depressed.

After all, she couldn't bear to scold her, the queen mother sighed: "Why did you come here? You were the one who made Ben Gong feel difficult for him at the beginning, and now you are the one who is so entangled, so Ben Gong doesn't know what to do."

Hearing the empress dowager's words full of pity, Princess Zhaoyang leaned her head lightly on the empress dowager's shoulder, and said softly: "It was then, and now is now. The emperor's grandmother doesn't know what kind of person he is. What's more, he didn't know that outside the Great Wall that day, when Qingran was deeply involved in the chaos of swordsmen and was about to be imprisoned, at that time, he brought a team of Qingqi down from the sky, in Qingran's eyes, how heroic and invincible he was.

This is Qingran's fate, Qingran is willing to do so, so the imperial grandmother doesn't have to worry about me.Qingran, enjoy it. "

The queen mother was stunned. How could she not know what kind of person Jia Lian was? It's not an exaggeration to say that it is a strange man in the world.If not, she would not have tried to choose him as Princess Zhaoyang's son-in-law when she knew she had a wife.

As for what Princess Zhaoyang said, she was in danger outside the Great Wall and Jia Lian led the army to rescue her, even though she didn't see it with her own eyes, she could imagine it.

Perhaps, it's the same feeling as when she was framed by Concubine Li and fell from the horse in the prince's other courtyard, when she saw the young general flying over.

After thinking for a while, the queen mother said seriously: "It is impossible for him to give up his wretched wife. It is useless for you to be willing. You can only delay your life in vain."

Although the queen mother is the great-aunt of Princess Zhaoyang, the age difference is only more than ten years old.Ever since Princess Zhaoyang became sensible, the conversation between the two was also very equal and casual, and the Queen Mother seldom regarded herself as an elder.

Therefore, the grandparents and grandchildren get along like mother and daughter, but also like sisters, without much generation gap and estrangement.

Princess Zhaoyang said with a smile: "The so-called lifelong, if you just marry someone who you don't like, or a mediocre person, it's meaningless to think about it for a lifetime. It's not as good as Qingran is now, while you are young, do something you want. Do things, cherish a time you want to cherish."

The Queen Mother looked at her speechlessly upon hearing this.But then she felt that Princess Zhaoyang's thinking was out of the box, full of transparency and open-mindedness, and for a while she couldn't judge whether it was right or wrong.

Even thinking about her first half of her life, she was still confused.

"Grandmother?"

The Queen Mother came back to her senses and asked, "Have you guys crossed the threshold?"

what……

Even though Princess Zhaoyang was so generous, she was ashamed by the queen mother's question for a while, she quickly shook her head and said, "No, no. Look at what the emperor's grandmother said, didn't Qingran just say that, she just wanted to thank the Marquis of Zhenyuan. The grace of saving lives is just to be a confidant and friend with him sincerely, how can there be, how can there be those things that the emperor's grandmother said..."

The queen mother nodded, not sure if she believed it, "That's good. Since you have your own heart, when the opportunity is right, I will personally mention it to your grandpa and ask him to come forward to help you marry me.

Hmph, I want to see if he dares to contradict me face to face, whether he has the guts to refuse your grandpa's marriage offer! "

It can be seen from the Queen Mother's tone that she is still brooding about Jia Lian's resistance to marriage.

Princess Zhaoyang was very moved when she heard what the Queen Mother said.How could she not see that the Empress Dowager was really thinking about her happiness, and wanted to bring out the Supreme Emperor to suppress her stubborn lover.

But she still shook her head and smiled: "No need for Grandmother. Qingran doesn't want to force him, let alone delay him. Let's talk about this matter later.

The emperor's grandmother may not know that he is very busy now.His father valued him very much and gave him many errands, asked him to set up a firearms camp, and asked him to go to Tianjin Guard to build new warships.

He told Qingran that he wanted to get these two things done as soon as possible, and then lead a powerful fleet to set sail and sweep away all disobedience. "

Princess Zhaoyang didn't realize that her eyes were shining when she said these words.

The queen mother saw it, and she was silent.

From the tone of Princess Zhaoyang, it is not difficult to hear that Jia Lian has lofty ambitions and ambitions that make Princess Zhaoyang admire.She was even afraid that Jia Lian's career would be affected if her grandfather gave her another marriage.

The Queen Mother found it very strange that she had been married into Tian's family for so many years, but she never thought that Tian's family would take care of the wishes of the courtiers.

But the queen mother knew in her heart that Princess Zhaoyang's worry was not unreasonable.That stinky boy was indeed not a master who would submit easily, although she really couldn't think of why Jia Lian could resist the majesty of the Supreme Emperor.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was thinking, Princess Zhaoyang, who wanted to pass the test quickly, laughed and said: "Okay, Qingran knows that the emperor's grandmother cares about me. Let's pretend that the emperor's grandmother doesn't know about this, and wait until a certain day in the future. When Ran completely takes him down, how about the emperor's grandmother making the decision for me?
Presumably by then, he will not be so stubborn.At that time, father, grandmother, and grandfather will all join the battle to make decisions for Qingran. If you don't believe him, he dares to submit. At that time, Qingran will be more magnanimous and let the Wang family be a concubine. How about making everyone happy? "

Even though she heard that Princess Zhaoyang was joking, the queen mother still couldn't help hitting her, and scolded: "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup he gave you. Do you still know that you are the princess of the Tian family!"

To this, Princess Zhaoyang just laughed.The queen mother couldn't help it, she had already discovered that Princess Zhaoyang had changed a lot since she came back from beyond the Great Wall, and she became more determined and assertive in her actions.

Forget it, just follow them first.Anyway, with him here, forgive me for that kid not daring to bully his precious granddaughter.

A potential crisis was resolved by Princess Zhaoyang's coquetry.

As a result, when Jia Lian returned to the Weiyang Palace again, he was a little uneasy facing the empress dowager who looked at him coldly and spoke neither salty nor plain.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother didn't do anything to him in the end. Instead, she changed the subject and ordered someone to bring out the reward she had mentioned earlier.

Jia Lian was amazed by the rarity and number of rewards.

"These things, in addition to commending you for winning the favor of the Supreme Emperor at the birthday banquet, more importantly, when you brought Zhaoyang back safely from outside the Great Wall, I have not rewarded you before, so let's end it together this time." .”

The queen mother's voice finally softened a lot when she said this.

She was really glad in her heart, if there was no Jia Lian, maybe her Zhaoyang would never come back!In fact, she had thought about rewarding Jia Lian a long time ago, but she couldn't let go of the face that Jia Lian had disgraced at the beginning, and second, when Jia Lian returned to Beijing, he won the attention of Emperor Ningkang, and she had more important things to do.Therefore, I have never found a suitable opportunity.

"Back to the queen mother, these things are too precious, I am ashamed to accept them."

The queen mother ignored Jia Lian's refusal, but ordered Su Quan who was next to him to arrange for someone to deliver the things to Jia's mansion, and then drove Jia Lian out.

Jia Lian didn't leave Weiyang Palace, but waited outside the palace.

Sure enough, after a while, Princess Zhaoyang walked out and came to Jia Lian's side.

Seeing how far away the eunuchs were, Jia Lian asked in a low voice, "Has the Empress Dowager noticed what happened to us, and she just raised her eyebrows at me?"

Princess Zhaoyang laughed when she heard the words: "Is there, why didn't I see it?"

Jia Lian didn't wrinkle: "Before I broke into the Forbidden Palace without authorization and appeared with you again, the Queen Mother must have doubted it..."

"What trespassing in the Forbidden Palace? Didn't the Queen Mother say that she called you in?"

Jia Lian thought for a while and asked, "Is that true?"

"Otherwise? Erlang wouldn't think that I tricked you into coming here by falsely preaching the Queen Mother's will?"

Uh...Jia Lian really thinks so.

But in the face of Princess Zhaoyang who had a playful face at this time, Jia Lian suddenly reacted.

Although Princess Zhaoyang did not stick to one pattern, she used to always go to him without making an agreement with him.But thinking about it, she is very cautious every time she acts. When there are so many people around like today, it really seems not safe to ask him to have a private meeting within the scope of Weiyang Palace.

If the Empress Dowager really summoned him, Princess Zhaoyang would take the opportunity to meet him, it would be completely reasonable.

Fortunately, he told the queen mother before that when he entered the inner palace at her imperial edict, he was still very grateful, thinking that the queen mother was covering him and Princess Zhaoyang, but he did not expect it to be true.

Knowing this was the case, Jia Lian dispelled his worries and looked around.

Princess Zhaoyang saw what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "You want to go and see your beautiful sister-in-law? Unfortunately, just now my people told me that your good sister was frightened, Madam Zhen thought I want to take her home to recuperate earlier, I have already bid farewell to Kunning Palace, and now I may have seen the queen and left the palace."

Jia Lian nodded and glanced at Princess Zhaoyang inexplicably.

He heard Princess Zhaoyang's banter, and felt strange in his heart, why his woman would think wildly whenever she saw other beautiful girls around him, even the generous and upright Princess Zhaoyang was not surprised?

The last time I heard her speak so eccentrically was when Xue Baoqin appeared.

……

There is no dinner for the Taishanghuang's birthday banquet, but the ministers can have a banquet in the Chonghua Hall until the end of the day, sunset and dusk.

Jia Lian didn't intend to stay until that hour, so he approached the official in charge of the ceremony from the Ministry of Rites and left the palace early on the grounds that he had military affairs.

Not far from the imperial palace, on the avenue from the imperial city to Xi'an Gate, I happened to meet the carriage of the Zhen family.

"Appreciate~"

Jia Lian rode his horse to the side of the carriage and stopped, and bowed to Mrs. Zhen who opened the curtain.

When Mrs. Zhen saw him, she immediately expressed gratitude, "So it's Brother Lian. Your sister was frightened and had a fever. I was in a hurry to take her home, but I forgot to say hello to Brother Lian. Very sorry..."

"Madam is too polite. How is Huan'er?"

"Second Brother Lian..."

Under the car window, Madam Zhen slowly raised a petite and lovely head from her arms, with a soft voice.

Jia Lian took a closer look and found that Zhen Yuhuan's flushed face was abnormal, which was just a symptom of a cold.

In fact, Jia Lian felt that Zhen Yuhuan's body should be much better than Daiyu's.If it was Daiyu, Jia Lian couldn't even imagine the consequences of falling into the icy pond on such a cold day.

"My younger sister is weak and caught the cold, so it's better for Madam to take her back and ask a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

That being the case, I won't bother. "

As Jia Lian said, he was about to say goodbye.

Zhen Yuhuan suddenly shouted: "Second Brother Lian..."

Jia Lian turned around when she heard the sound.

"You, didn't you agree to Sister Lin..." Zhen Yuhuan seemed a little embarrassed, with a twisted expression, and her face turned even redder.

But Jia Lian understood, and said with a smile: "Your body is important. The affairs of the poetry club are not in a hurry. Let's talk about it when you are well."

When Zhen Yuhuan heard this, her face was troubled.In fact, she didn't think she was in serious trouble, but her mother was very nervous.

Jia Lian saw what she was thinking, shook his head and smiled, and then said to the puzzled Mrs. Zhen: "Sister Huan'er is in our house and gets along very well with the sisters in the family, and everyone likes her very much.

They formed a poetry club together, and sister Huan'er also joined.There is no club yet, so everyone is naturally reluctant to let her go. "

Only then did Mrs. Zhen's nod: "I see."

Zhen Yuhuan immediately said: "We originally agreed that we are going to open the first club today, and the theme will be the crabapple that Lian's second brother gave us yesterday."

Even Jia Lian could see it, and Mrs. Zhen's family naturally understood her daughter's thoughts, and she couldn't help persuading: "Silly girl, you are already weak, so you should listen to your second brother Lian, and we will talk about the poetry club later.

Otherwise, even if you go with your second brother Lian now, if you are seriously ill, not only will your second brother be troubled to take care of you, but your little sisters may also be worried about you, and the poetry club will not be able to run. Wouldn't the time be beautiful at both ends? "

Mrs. Zhen's family said, she turned her head and bowed to Jia Lian and said, "Thanks to brother Lian for what happened today. If it weren't for you, I really can't imagine what would happen to Huan'er. After I go back, what will happen to her father?" Explain, how to explain to the old lady at home."

Mrs. Zhen's family wiped her tears unconsciously as she spoke.

Jia Lian comforted her, then looked into the arms of Mrs. Zhen's family. Zhen Yuhuan, who was obviously a little disappointed, said softly: "Go back and take good care of yourself. I will go to your house to see you in two days. If your health is better, come Then I will take you to our house to play with your sisters."

"Second brother, are you serious?"

"It's true."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he nodded with Mrs. Zhen's family, and then turned his horse's head and went forward.

Mrs. Zhen's family watched Jia Lian and his entourage ride away with gratitude and inexplicable envy in their eyes.

I thought it would be great if he also had such an outstanding son.It's a pity that although her own Baoyu is well-behaved and lovable by nature, she is rich and noble, otherwise she would have brought him with her when she went to Beijing this time.

With a man helping out with foreign affairs, she can relax a lot.

She opened her mouth to order to set off, and when she lowered her head, she saw her daughter looking at the direction Jia Lian was going away with a dazed look on her face. She only thought that her daughter wanted to play with the sisters of Jia's family, so she put down the curtain of the car, and hugged her daughter in her arms to comfort her stand up.

(End of this chapter)