Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 268

It's really hard for the old lady to explain Master She's doubts, she can't say that girl Yun forced her grandson to kowtow to her to beg for this marriage.

She didn't expect that Yun girl would be so decisive today, leaving no way out for herself.

That scene caught the eyes of the maids and women serving in Rongxi Hall. If she rejects the marriage today, the girl Yun will have to twist her hair and go to the temple to be a sister-in-law tomorrow.

However, Xiangyun's performance today also made the old lady make up her mind. If this girl can be so decisive, she can manage their small family well in the future.

With this in mind, the old lady formally engaged the two after the Lantern Festival.On the one hand, it can cut off the minds of those who make Baoyu's idea, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as leaving a blood for one's natal family.

For all kinds of reasons, Master She only heard the old lady say that both Baoyu and Xiangyun were willing, and other things were not important at all, so he nodded and agreed to believe in the matter of Shijia brothers.

He also added: "This is a great happy event. Do you want the old lady to go to the palace and tell the empress that if the empress can give you one or two at that time, it will also add blessings to Baoyu and Yun girl? If you can please It would be even better if you move the empress dowager or the imperial concubine."

Who said Mr. Pardon is crude, look at this idea, even the old lady thinks it is very good.

Xiang Yunding was born as an aristocratic daughter, but in fact she didn't even have a real natal family. It was the old lady who made the decision to marry her, making the scene so big that many people would laugh and laugh in private.

But if the palace bestows one or two things, it is best to ask the empress dowager or the imperial concubine to give him a marriage, then it will give Xiangyun enough face.

The old lady thought about it for a while, Xiangyun's father died fighting for the country, maybe he could really ask for the imperial edict of marriage.

At worst, if I go to the Dragon Head Palace with the cheek, the saint should give me some face.

Everything is settled, on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the old lady took advantage of the snow to stop, put on an imperial order and entered the palace to see her.

It happened that the imperial concubine Yang was chatting with Yuan Chun in Fengzao Palace, and the servant reported to Mrs. Rongguo Mansion to see her in front of the palace, and immediately invited her in.

Hearing that it was betrothed to the second master Bao who was born with jade in Rongguo Mansion, Yang Shi also became curious, and after greetings and greetings, he asked which woman was the betrothed.

The old lady bluntly told Xiangyun's identity and current state, and the imperial concubine Yang also sighed.

Back then, there was a lot of trouble in Baolinghou's mansion, especially when Shi Yu, the eldest son of Baolinghou, died in the battle in southern Xinjiang, and Mrs. Shi Yu committed suicide after giving birth to a posthumous child.

After the old lady burst into tears for a while, Yang also realized what the old lady meant.

She is in charge of Fengyin as an imperial concubine, so she can naturally do this.

Moreover, after Yuan Chun entered the palace, he respected himself everywhere and never spoiled him by favor. Ning Rong Jia's family is also the emperor's confidant, and the gift of marriage is also due.

So Mrs. Yang said with a gentle smile: "Since this girl is a loyal queen, how can I not take pity on her? Don't worry, Mrs. Tai, after I report to the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty, the harem will give a decree during the Shangyuan Festival."

The old lady didn't expect that today's invitation would be so easy, and she was overjoyed after being surprised for a moment.

She hurriedly offered all blessings to Yang Shi, but Yang Shi stretched out her hand to support her.

"Madam Tai is slapping me in the face, please get up quickly."

Mrs. Yang helped the old lady up, held the old man's hand and sighed with emotion: "General Shi died for the country back then, leaving an orphan girl alone. The imperial court allowed his younger brother to become a noble, thinking that he would be brought up by his close relatives, but he didn't want to Historians would actually do such a thing, really..."

The old lady's face darkened, and only then did Yang realize that the Shi family was also the old lady's natal family, and the atmosphere in the palace was a bit awkward for a while, but fortunately, someone from the Palace of Compassion and Ning said that the empress dowager heard that the lady of the Rongguo Mansion had come to the palace , ask her to go to the Compassion Palace.

On the sixth day of the sixth day of the lunar new year, the old lady and Yuan Chun basically didn't say a few words, but Baoyu and Xiangyun's marriage was almost settled.

Not only did he get the marriage promise from the imperial concubine, but the empress dowager also gave him a pair of warm jade pendants after hearing about it.

The koi-shaped jade pendants are very beautiful. As soon as the old lady came home, she called Baoyu and Xiangyun, and each of them hung them on her body.

With the empress dowager and the imperial concubine looking after her, at least no one would dare to make irresponsible remarks in the open.

……

After the Laba Festival, the carriages between Ningrong and Rongfu never stopped.The old rituals of Jia's in-laws from all over the place arrived in the capital one after another.

Yingchun and Tanchun have no time to tease Xiangyun and Baoyu these two days, and have been staying in Rongxitang to help the old lady keep accounts and reply.

Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing to report on his work in the spring. Although he cared about his relatives in Beijing, he could only send letters to convey his thoughts.

If you are an official, you can't help yourself when you become an official.

Jiangnan’s salt class has started to improve. Lin Ruhai, as an imperial envoy to inspect the salt envoys of the prefectures and roads in the south of the Yangtze River, opened a new type of salt farm, recruited salt workers, formed a training team, suppressed private salt dealers, and cracked down on hoarding. The price of salt in the south of the Yangtze River fell by [-]% for a while. .

However, the salt tax has not decreased, but has increased by more than 500% compared with last year.On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Ruhai, who lives in Jinling Mansion, brought over twenty shipments of salt tax silver and a large number of rare treasures obtained from the seizure of private salt dealers, the total value of which directly exceeded [-] million taels of silver.

It is said that Wen Tongxuan, Minister of the Household Department, went directly to the Palace of Qinzheng with the bedroll in his arms, tortured the emperor for a whole day, and finally had to leave half of the money.

Jia Cong, who heard about this, immediately stopped thinking about entering the palace, so he wouldn't be so stupid as to give away the head. Let's talk about beating wolves later in the year.

It has been more than a month since Jinse gave birth, and because Lin Ruhai is still in the south of the Yangtze River, the full moon banquet is just a family meal behind closed doors.

At Jinse's request, the old lady personally gave this hard-won baby of the Lin family a nickname - Moyu.

Xiao Moyu hasn't faded the red color yet, but she can still see that her skin is fair and she is a delicate brother.

Jia Cong poked his little face, and was immediately criticized by his sisters for a while.

"You can't poke a child's face with your hand, it's easy to drool."

Yingchun gently knocked off Jia Cong's hand, then skillfully picked up Moyu who was woken up by Jia Cong, and hummed to coax the child.

Tanchun and Xichun approached, and they actually took the cat teasing stick to tease the child. The child was not attracted, but the two cats, one white and one yellow, became more playful and circled around the cat teasing stick. Meow meow non-stop.

The one-month-old child has poor eyesight but has a keen sense of hearing. When he heard the sound, he wanted to find the source of the sound. In the end, Yingchun beckoned to Mao'er, and put Xiao Moyu's hand carefully on the cat's soft belly.

cluck cluck...

meow meow meow...

The little doll and the cat sang together, making the warm room more comfortable.

Daiyu and Jinse answered the letter, put it in an envelope and handed it to Jia Cong.

Jia Cong hesitated again and then persuaded: "Auntie really plans to go south next spring? Brother Mo is still young, and Jiangnan is a mess. You might as well wait until Brother Mo is older before going to uncle."

Jinse shook her head, she really couldn't rest assured that Lin Ruhai was fighting those people alone in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although the letter did not mention the turmoil in Jiangnan, she could still be sure that Lin Ruhai had a very difficult time in Jiangnan.

Taking money from people is like killing parents. Now it is just a salt lesson, and Kaihai after the New Year is the beginning of the real war.

"Ugh……"

Jia Cong knew that persuasion would have no results, so he could only sigh and turn his gaze to Daiyu, hoping that Daiyu could help persuade her.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu also smiled and said: "After the spring, I will go south with my aunt..."

"what?"

"What? Sister Lin is going back to Jiangnan again?"

Be it Jia Cong or Sanchun, they all looked at the smiling Daiyu in surprise.

Daiyu nodded solemnly with a smile on her face. After a long time, Jia Cong had to sigh: "In that case, I will go south with Sister Lin and Auntie."

……

The matter of going south was not blocked, mainly because the old patriarch Jia Jing had made a plan earlier, intending to find an opportunity to go back to the ancestral land in the south of the Yangtze River to clean up the mess of Jinling Bafang.

The old lady saw that Daiyu, who was unable to persuade her firm attitude, explained carefully to her nephew Jia Jing, and sent someone to Jinling to inform Lin Ruhai of the situation.

After the plan was finalized, in the last dozen or so days of the fifth year of Yuanyou, Ningrong and Rongfu were preparing for the New Year, packing up and saluting and preparing to go south.

Don't be greedy, children, Laba is the new year.

Lili la la 23, 23 Tanggua sticky,

24 house cleaning day, 25 to buy tofu,
26 catties of meat, 27 slaughtered chickens,
28 noodles, 29 steamed buns,
Stay up all night at [-], and there are dumplings every year on New Year's Eve.

Everything was prepared in an orderly manner, and amidst the sound of firecrackers, the time came to the first day of the first month of the sixth year of Yuanyou.

At the beginning of Mao, Jia Cong, who had stayed up all night, washed his face with cold water, shivered, changed into official clothes, and boarded the carriage with a fluorene board in his hand.

Today, in the Zhengdan Dynasty, all the people with official titles from the two prefectures, including Jia Jing and Jia Rong from the Ningguo Mansion, Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Cong and Jia Baoyu from the Rongguo Mansion will all enter the palace to have an audience.

In the past, when the Taizu founded the country, the Ministry of Rites invited the imperial court, the first year of Yuanzheng, the first day of the winter solstice, and the restoration of the sun, the sages valued it, and made it a ceremony for the court celebration.

Especially in the Zhengdan Dynasty, the royal family in Beijing, relatives of martial arts nobles, civil and military officials, and envoys from all feudal vassals all had to go to the Fengtian Hall to pay homage.

"Da Xia Hui Dian" contains: "National Daqing, congratulations from all over the world, from the winter solstice and Yuanzheng to hold court congratulatory ceremonies, according to the story of the country and dynasty, set up a big battle and use music and dance, etc., the honor of the emperor, the old code will not be discarded fall.

Before dawn, all the officials were crowned and waited at the south gate of the imperial city, and after the Jingyang bell in the Forbidden City rang, the emperor lit incense to pray for the people to have a good harvest.

At the time of Chen, the sky was slightly bright, the Jingyang bell rang again, the palace gate was slowly opened, and all the officials entered the palace in line, and stood still outside Fengtian Hall.

The first month in the North coincided with the coldest period, and when Jia Cong felt his hands were going numb from the cold, he finally heard the sound of the whip in the hands of the Great Han General.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Three whips sounded, and nine generals of the Han Dynasty shouted together: "Yuanzheng Qizuo, all things are new, and hundreds of officials enter the palace!"

Fire paths have been laid in Fengtian Hall long ago, and the temperature inside and outside the hall are like two worlds.

The space in the hall is limited, and it can only accommodate officials above rank five.Fortunately, Jia Cong was a small official, so he didn't have to endure the cold wind outside the palace.

Today is the Zhengdan Dynasty, the solemnity is awe-inspiring, even Jia Cong is used to being loose and knows the seriousness, obediently stands at the end of the third-rank military officer, quietly waiting for the arrival of the holy driver.

At the second quarter of the hour, the holy car is coming.All the officials worshiped and danced according to the system, shouting long live three times, the Shanggong delivered a speech, and the Privy Councilor announced the answer.

After the court congratulations, the emperor gave a banquet in the palace to the ministers and executives, and the officials said that the cup was on the birthday.In the palace, the monarch and his ministers get along with each other, and they are happy and harmonious. The emperor ordered Hanlin to compose poems and paintings to remember it.

In the sixth year of Yuanyou's Zhengdan Dynasty, there were not many twists and turns, everything was in order, and no one dared to be presumptuous at this time.

Until the beginning of Sishi, just after the end of the banquet, the palace gate came to report that Guangxi sent eight hundred li urgently...

The emperor unwrapped the wax seal, turned his face cold after only one page, and then walked away.

The officials in the palace couldn't laugh or cry. According to the system, there will be vassals offering tributes, gifts from the emperor, etc., but the emperor is gone now, what should we do?
The officials of the Ministry of Rituals were all dumbfounded, and when they were about to inquire, they saw the great eunuch Xia Shouzhong walking back with a serious expression.

Xia Shouzhong shook the dust, and declared: "Your Majesty has a decree. The fourth son of the emperor will preside over the court on my behalf. The generals of the five armies and above, the cabinet ministers, the household department, the military department, and the industry department will go to the Palace of Qinzheng to discuss matters."

"My ministers respectfully abide by His Majesty's decree!"

As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Grand Master She naturally went to the Hall of Qinzheng with the British Duke and other generals. Jia Cong watched his father leave, secretly guessing in his heart that the war in South Vietnam must be unfavorable, and it was an extremely serious change.Otherwise, the emperor would not have walked away on such an important occasion as the Zhengdan Dynasty.

Liu Hong temporarily presided over the Zhengdan Dynasty on behalf of the emperor. The ministers of the Ministry of Rites who sang the ceremony were a little out of their minds, and most of the remaining civil and military officials in the palace were whispering.

After hastily going through the rest of the process, Jia Cong quietly went to the fourth prince Liu Hong to find out the news. Liu Hong just told him in a low voice that Shui Rong was defeated when he first arrived in Guangxi, and he was not very clear about the rest.

The emperor decreed that it is strictly forbidden to enter within [-] steps of the Hall of Qinzheng, Jia Cong finally bid farewell to the equally anxious Liu Hong and left.

After all, this year was extremely unsettling, Elder Xi didn't return until night, and when he got home, he sent his soldiers to Ningguo Mansion to invite Jia Jing over, and everyone gathered in Rongxi Hall again.

"Shui Rong led a total of [-] troops from Liaodong, Hexi, Sichuan and Guizhou, and arrived in Nanning in the middle of the twelfth lunar month. After taking over the command of Hong Zhengyuan, the commander of Guangxi, he gave up the strategy of guarding the city and divided the troops into three groups. Lu rashly sent out troops, causing the army to be divided by the monkeys in South Vietnam. They defeated Zhen'an first, and then Siming. No audio at all."

Although Grand Master She's voice was quite steady, he and everyone in the room were in a state of suspense.

It was said just now that Shui Rong took soldiers and horses from the Sichuan local guards to Guangxi, so...

Elder Xi suddenly let out a long sigh: "The Shi family is afraid that something will happen to them, Shi Nai is so dazed that he really hooked up with Shui Rong."

"According to Hong Zhengyuan's report, after Shi Nai went south with the army, he temporarily acted as Hong Zhengyuan's deputy. It was originally planned to let him hold the city in Zhen'an Mansion and wait for the army to encircle and eat the [-] pioneers of South Vietnam. Unexpectedly, Shi Nai refused to listen to Hong Zhengyuan's order. Recklessly attacking the city, leading to the fall of Zhen'an Mansion, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city were slaughtered by South Vietnamese monkeys."

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　Let’s stop here tonight and continue tomorrow, good night!

　　
　
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