Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 290 And relatives?

The situation in the capital changed three times a day, the cabinet issued several orders in succession, and the three divisions interrogated the criminals in the Kong Lin case day and night intensively, and demoted the officials of the Zhongxin Palace who were uncovered.

Of course, the factions in the three divisions are complicated, and party disputes are absolutely indispensable in the process of adjudicating cases.

Among the people who were labeled as Zhongxin Wangfu, there were many innocent and implicated officials.

This made almost all the officials of various temples fear the three divisions like a tiger, the air pressure in the capital is getting lower and lower, and the number of guests in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion has decreased a lot in recent days.

"The chaos has become like this, and the cabinet doesn't care?"

Jia Cong invited Feng Ziying into the study, and the maid served tea and retreated, and the two chatted about the recent situation in Beijing and China.

Hearing Jia Congzhi's question, Feng Ziying winked at him: "The great minister took leave four days ago, the gate of the Wei mansion was closed, and Mr. Qi Ge went to visit him in person, but he couldn't enter the great minister's house. The great minister didn't say anything. Who dares to take care of it? Even if Elder Qi Ge gave the order, who will listen to it?"

tsk~
The old man showed his power once and scared the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

As for the second assistant who was rumored to be taking over as the chief assistant of the cabinet, he really can't suppress the current turmoil in the court, unless the second sage personally steps down to stand for him.

But the second sage will definitely not show up at this meeting. The officialdom in the capital is like a pool of stagnant water, and it is time to clean it up.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has started to supervise the country in the past two days, but he just nodded and shook his head every day. The affairs of the court and China are still dominated by the blue approval and the Jun decree. The old Qi Ge who presides over the cabinet has gray hair. In a word, chaos!"

Feng Ziying couldn't help laughing bitterly while talking, it's too messy!

Except for the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the entire capital city was in chaos.

Fortunately, the Feng family is a confidant of the imperial party and has little contact with Liu Wei. The people in the third division just wanted to direct the disaster to the Feng family, but they had no chance.

Moreover, he himself is just an idle military general of the sixth rank, he only needs to go to the barracks every day to order a job, and the chaos in the capital can't be caused by him.

Jia Cong shook his head: "Actually, as long as the Governor's Mansion, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials are not chaotic, the world will be safe. Otherwise, how can the Second Sage and the Grand Master be able to sit safely? Brother Feng doesn't have to worry, we just need to be safe and secure." Just watch the show quietly."

Feng Ziying is also known as a shrewd person, so he naturally understood this for a long time, and he was just making complaints about it.

The tea in the room smelled of tea, Feng Ziying imitated Jia Cong's appearance, spread out on the bamboo couch, stretched comfortably, and asked casually: "Just now I went to pay my respects to Mrs. Tai, why did I hear Mrs. Tai say, Brother Bao wants to participate in next year's boy test?"

Baoyu, Feng Ziying, and Wei Ruolan can almost be said to be friends who have played since childhood, and they probably know who and what temperament better than their parents.

The second master Bao was going to take the imperial examination. When Feng Ziying was in Rongxi Hall, her jaw almost dropped.

Grandpa Tian, ​​Brother Bao was dropped?
"Surprised, I was actually surprised too."

Jia Cong couldn't help laughing when he thought of the reason Xiangyun said.

"Second brother Bao is worried that I will be ranked in the exam next year. If he doesn't pass the exam as a scholar, my second uncle will beat him up when he comes back..."

puff……

Hahahahahahaha...

Feng Ziying spat out a sip of tea, hugging her stomach and laughing out loud.

"This is something that Brother Bao can do. Let me just say, with his temper, why would he take the exam for that Laoshizi boy..."

"Brother Feng said that about me, I'm not happy!"

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao will be there, Baoyu heard Feng Ziying laughing at him as soon as he entered the yard.

But he was not angry, instead, after entering the room, he cheerfully proposed: "Ruolan will also participate in next year's boy's test, do you want Brother Feng to come together?"

"Grandfather, you spared me, I can't bear to sit all the time."

Feng Ziying waved her hands again and again, as if encountering a formidable enemy: "The Four Books and Five Classics have been separated from ethnology, and I have almost forgotten it. Now I have a headache when I read the books of the sages."

No one would believe this.

Among Baoyu, Wei Ruolan and Feng Ziying, Feng Ziying is the oldest and also the most patient.

Feng's family was strict in education, and Feng Ziying became famous as a young man.

He didn't want to take the imperial examination route. To put it bluntly, it was difficult for the heirs of the Feng family. He had to keep a certain distance from the circle of civil servants so that he could succeed his father in the future.

Alas, in the final analysis, each family has its own difficulties.

Who would want to go to the battlefield to die if they can sit in the capital and use their mouths.

Feng Ziying was a little envious of Jia Baoyu. It is good to have more brothers. Brother Bao can rely on his brothers to be rich and prosperous for a lifetime even if he is incapable of writing or martial arts.

"I won't get involved in this matter. After you finish your exams next year, I'll wait outside and prepare a banquet for you. Let's go to the largest restaurants in the capital one by one."

"Hey, the post for you..."

"what?"

Baoyu took the bronzing post from Feng Ziying, opened it and looked at it while asking.

"April 21... the crowning ceremony... ah, brother Feng is going to hold the crowning ceremony?"

Baoyu suddenly remembered that Feng Ziying was four years older than herself, and she was eighteen this year.

He slapped his head and said, "Then I must go. Uncle said earlier that he would wait [-] to give you the crowning ceremony, but I didn't expect it to be earlier. Look, I haven't even prepared a present."

Feng Ziying responded with a smile: "What kind of gift do you want? If you can come, it is the best gift. You also know the situation of my family. I am the only male heir in my family. Now that the East Palace has been established, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked me to serve in the East Palace. That's why my father planned to crown me in advance. I, I can't grow up forever!"

Feng Ziying has a very good personality and is also free and easy. He lived a carefree life in the first 18 years, but from the moment he took the coronation ceremony, he will start to bear the burden of the family.

Even Baoyu, who is ignorant or unwilling to understand the world, knows the helplessness of the Feng family, and can't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, with sympathy for his friend on his face.

Seeing the dull atmosphere in the room, Jia Cong sighed inwardly, and mentioned what the old lady had just said in Rongxi Hall.

"Second Brother Bao, Brother Feng is engaged and will get married this autumn."

"What? Engagement? Which girl?"

Not to mention Baoyu, when Jia Cong just heard the news, his whole body went numb.

Because the girl Feng Ziying wanted to marry turned out to be the empress dowager's natal niece, Cao Dudu's niece, and the young daughter of Cao Jiunan, the great master of Cheng'en Gong's mansion.

If he remembers correctly, Cao Dudu told him before that if he wants to marry his niece, he must be able to beat those "bad guys" in his family.

Feng Ziying smiled with a rare shyness on his face.

"It's Miss Six from Cheng En Gong's Mansion..."

Baoyu's eyes were round and her mouth was wide open.

After being shocked for a long time, he exclaimed: "The sixth daughter of the Cao family? My God! That Cao Xiaoman!"

puff……

Jia Cong put down the teacup, coughed again and again, suppressed his smile and said, "Second Brother Bao, don't talk nonsense, Miss Cao Liu is both civil and military, and Brother Feng is a match made in heaven."

Why does the sixth girl have the "elegant title" of Cao Xiaoman, who can beat men of the same age to cry at the age of seven, and at the age of 13, beat the clan princess and princess to the point of obedience at the Shangyuan Palace Banquet.

It is said that he has a stunning and brilliant flying knife stunt, and Xiao Cao's flying knife is not in vain.It's a pity that it's a girl, otherwise Daxia might have a "Xiao Cao Tanhua".

"Your house was in chaos a few days ago, and it's not easy for me to come and disturb you. You know the situation of Miss Six. There are very few people in Beijing who can play with her..."

Feng Ziying got up suddenly, and bowed to the two of them: "Brothers, please have the cheek to ask the two brothers. If there is a chance, please ask the two brothers to mention to the younger sisters in the house. I will be a middle-aged man someday." , introduce a few younger sisters to get acquainted with Miss Six."

This guy is still an idiot...

Before Jia Cong could speak, Baoyu had already helped Feng Ziying up: "Brother Feng, what are you talking about, you and I are as close as brothers, this matter is on my shoulders."

Feng Ziying turned her eyes to Jia Cong who was really able to make up her mind, saw him nodding with a smile, and then told Baoyu about the sixth girl of the Cao family.

……

"The sixth girl of the Cao family, I have heard from Sister Tu that she is a very straightforward person. It's just that the Zhen family was powerful back then, and Concubine Zhen favored the sixth palace. It's just that the noble girls in Beijing deliberately squeezed out the sixth girl."

Daiyu raised the curtain of the car, and said to Jia Cong who was guarding him: "Sister Tu will come over soon, but it's a pity that Brother Qiang and uncle went to the south, otherwise we can take this opportunity to let them meet."

Jia Cong glanced at the carriage behind him, it was Baoyu's car, and he could still hear Baoyu and Xiangyun playing in it.

Well, why can't he squeeze into Sister Lin's carriage?
"Don't worry about these things. Uncle Jing has made up his mind about Princess Tu and Brother Qiang's matter. It is estimated that Uncle Jing and Consort Tu have already discussed it."

The carriage traveled north, and Feng Ziying got Jia Cong's consent, and went to Cheng'en Gong's mansion that afternoon to talk about it with the sixth girl of the Cao family.

Before evening, the post from Cheng En Gong Mansion was sent to Rong Guo Mansion.

Cheng En Gong's Mansion is on the west side of the Da Guangming Hall. The city square is not big, and most of them are relatives of the emperor.

Ning Rong's Jia family had very little contact with Cheng Engong's Cao family, especially after Cao Jiugong became the commander of the Governor of the Dragon Guard in the second year of Yuanyou. Contact has stopped.

Although it was an invitation between the younger generation, Duke Cheng'en's mansion still showed the greatest sincerity and opened the middle door to welcome the Jia family.

The eldest son of the Cao family, Cao Jiunan, and his seven sons were not in Beijing, and the second son, Cao Dudu, was still on duty at the Yamen. Cao Yu, the son of Cao Dudu, and Cao Ying, the sixth daughter of the Cao family, were in charge of welcoming them at the gate.

That's right, the old man of the Cao family has six sons, plus Cao Dudu's son Cao Yu, the Cao family's seven rough guys are proper.

How rough, when Jia Cong took the lead in bowing, Cao Yu grabbed him and helped him up. The tiger's mouth was full of calluses!

If he remembered correctly, Cao Dudu's son was two years older than him, but a head taller than him.

Good guy, grow up eating giraffes!

"Little General Jia, I finally met a real person! How did the Battle of Yanzhou go? There were so many bandits, how did you stop their attack with less than three thousand troops..."

Snapped!
Cao Yu excitedly grabbed Jia Cong's hands and kept asking about the defense of Yanzhou, but was slapped on the arm by Cao Ying.

"Blocking guests at the door of the house to ask questions, what's the etiquette?"

Although Cao Ying is not as good as the other girls in the Jia family, she is a heroic woman. Her tall figure is reflected in her red palace attire.

After reprimanding Cao Yu for being impolite, she greeted Daiyu and the others with a smile as if she had changed her face.

And he didn't forget to give Cao Yu a glare. Instead of being angry, this strong and rough man grinned foolishly.

He scratched his head, and said to Jia Cong and Baoyu: "It's my fault. I lost my manners in a moment of excitement. I can't blame Sixth Sister for being angry. Let's go in soon. Great-grandmother said she wants to see two brothers."

Cao Ying just passed the age of Ji a few years ago, but the Cao family ranked sixth.

There is one elder sister and five elder brothers.Later, there were two younger brothers, Cao Yu and Cao Xiang, and a younger sister who was one year younger than her.

Along the way, Cao Yu briefly told Jia Cong and Baoyu about the situation of the Cao family, which gave them a little understanding of the inside story of the Cao family.

Cheng'en Gong's mansion is not big, the three of them came to the front of the main hall in a short while, and were welcomed in without waiting for the report.

Mrs. Yue, the wife of the State of Wei with the highest seniority and prestige in the Cao family, was sitting under the plaque of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, looking at Jia Cong and his brothers with a smile.

Wei Guo's wife, Yue Shi, is over eighty years old, with gray hair, but she looks very energetic.This old lady is the only daughter of Emperor Taizong's general Qiyang Hou Yue Qilu. The Cao family has always been able to stand above the disputes over the succession, and Mrs. Yue contributed a lot.

"Junior Jia Cong (Jia Baoyu) pays his respects to Mrs. Wei!"

The two brothers bowed down together, and Yue Shi smiled and asked the old woman beside him to help him up.

I only heard Yue Shi say: "The royal cat, Jia Cong, has both civil and military skills, a remarkable young talent!"

Then she set her eyes on Baoyu, and there was a trace of pity in her exclamation: "It is as precious as jade, no wonder your grandmother hid you at home for fear of being stolen. If it were me, I would also hide my grandson." stand up."

The two brothers blushed from the old lady's praise, while Daiyu and the others covered their mouths and snickered.

The old lady only gave one look, and the old mother next to her brought a tray, on which were gifts for several people, each of which was different, but it was enough to show her thoughts.

For example, what was given to Jia Cong was an exquisite short sword, which seemed simple and unpretentious, but it broke its hair.

What was given to Baoyu was a painting, which was said to have been painted by a famous artist in the former dynasty.

What is given to Yingchun is a chess record left by a master, which is extremely precious.

Tanchun's is even more interesting. It turned out to be a Western classic on magic, and I don't know where the Cao family got it.

Xichun's most abundant is a box of children's toys, which is enough for a little girl to play with the same thing every day, and does not need to repeat the same thing for a month.

What was given to Xiangyun was a complete set of palace headgear, the hairpin rings are exquisite, they should be made in the palace, and they are definitely not available in the market.

Daiyu held the collection of poems in her hand and couldn't put it down, it was an orphan, she wanted to go back to her home right now, copy it carefully and treasure it.

The value of gifts in the market may vary, but they are extremely precious in everyone's heart.

Jia Cong secretly sighed Cao Jia's heart, and then Baoyu came forward to present the gifts prepared earlier, most of which were rare medicinal materials such as Liaodong ginseng.

When the old lady learned that she had received a post from Cheng En Gong's Mansion, she even took out several hundred-year-old ginseng plants that she had collected.

Yue Shi smiled and took it, and after chatting with a few people, he asked the sixth girl, Cao Ying, to take Yingchun and the others to play in the garden, leaving only Jia Cong talking in the main hall.

She even drove out the servants, leaving only an old nun to serve her.

"Brother Cong is left alone, I have something important to tell you."

Jia Cong was a little confused, so seeing his serious expression, he cupped his hands and said, "Mrs. Tai, please tell me, if there is a place for the junior to serve, you don't have to be polite. Speaking of which, the junior is still a soldier under Cao Dudu's account."

Yue Shi pursed his lips, sighed and said: "Nanjiang was defeated, the battle line collapsed for thousands of miles, Shui Rong was captured, and Da Xia Erlang suffered heavy casualties. The news was just secretly sent to the capital last night. Nanyue asked the court to agree to their conditions. One of them is to ask Daxia to send the princess to marry, otherwise she will never let the princess come back."

"Then let Shui Rong die!"

Jia Cong said what was in his heart without hesitation, full of murderous intent.This yin man is not only yin, but also incompetent, so why should he come back?Better to die at the hands of the South Vietnamese!
Yue didn't want Jia Cong to be so frank, so he couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "In that case, where will the court face? After all, Shui Rong is a king with a different surname in the court, even if he is to be punished, he must be rescued first."

Jia Cong was unwilling, but had no choice but to nod in agreement.The Kingdom of Heaven is both glory and shackles.Alas, it was worse than swallowing a fly.

"Isn't this the important thing you're talking about? After all, this is something that His Majesty and the princes of the court should worry about."

Yue Shi nodded, with a sad face on his face: "Of course not, what I am worried about is that many courtiers in the court have agreed to marry, and have decided to choose a noble daughter from the royal family to be the princess, and marry Nanyue, and my Li'er is one of them." One of the candidates for…”

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