Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 296
The emperor "could not afford to be ill" for nearly two months, and it seemed to be a matter of course for the crown prince to supervise the country.

The huge machine of the Great Xia court maintained a stable and effective operation, and it was more effective than ever.

After all, the young and vigorous crown prince often shows no sympathy to the civil and military officials who fish in the officialdom.

Moreover, the senior official who was more qualified once went to the Dragon Head Palace to complain, but only got one sentence.

The prince is young and immature, so the ministers should take more care of him.

He's still just a kid!

This [-]-year-old child was in charge of the previous dynasty, and the father and son of the Dragon Head Palace lived a happy life.

It wasn't until Shandong was killed by Xu Jin that the two of them realized that they were the real helmsmen of the empire.

Xu Jin and Liu Ke returned to Beijing together. On the way from Yongdingmen to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, tens of thousands of people watched all kinds of criminals who were arrested.

Especially the people involved in the Qianyan Shenggong Mansion, the people in the capital were hooked.

It turns out that the descendants of saints are not all of noble character!

When the imperial envoy returned to Beijing, he first went to the palace to return the order, but Liu Xianglian, who was in charge of guard duty, went to the Dudu Mansion to return his orders, then hurried home to wash off the dust, put on new clothes that fit, and went to Zhongshun Palace.

He went to Shandong, not wanting to get his daughter-in-law, whom he had been thinking about for a long time.

God knows, after he received the letter from Princess Cui in Shandong, he was so overjoyed that he almost hugged the imperial brother and kissed him.

That brother was so scared that he thought there was something wrong with his preferences, so far he has been hiding away when he sees him...

blah blah blah...

The horseshoes trampled on the bluestone slabs, and there was a crisp sound.

The drowsy Er Gouzi suddenly woke up, glanced forward, immediately put on a smiling face, and went forward.

"Yo, Second Young Master!"

Liu Xianglian blushed immediately when she was called by the second son-in-law, and the old servant behind her was trembling with laughter, and reminded in a low voice: "Second master, remember to go to Rongxi Hall to meet Mrs. Rong Guotai first, and then talk to the second girl. thing."

"Uncle Qi said yes, I wrote it down."

Uncle Qi is an old servant of the Liu family, a loyal servant and housekeeper left by Liu's father to Liu Xianglian.Originally thought that this marriage was still going to last, but I didn't want the young master to go to Shandong, so this marriage was suddenly settled.

The old servant took boxes and boxes of presents from the carriage, called his servants to carry them to the Rongguo Mansion, and carefully instructed Liu Xianglian which ones were for the old lady and which ones were for the future young lady.

Jia Cong and Jia Baoyu, who heard the news, came to greet him at the door. When they saw Liu Xianglian, they secretly praised Liu Erlang. He was worthy of his handsome and handsome Liu Erlang. His face alone was enough to match his second sister.

"Second Brother Liu..."

"Second uncle..."

Ok?
A small head protruded from behind Jia Cong, Liu Xianglian was both shy and happy, it seemed that everyone in Rongguo Mansion still admired her very much.

Even the little doll at home recognized him.

After giving Jia Lan a small golden key, Liu Xianglian, led by Jia Cong and Jia Baoyu, came all the way to Rongxi Hall.

The old lady's health has finally recovered completely in the past few days. It may be that people are in good spirits on happy occasions. Today, the children and grandchildren who are in the same room are chatting and laughing.

Suddenly I heard that the future second-grandson-in-law will come to visit as soon as he returns to Beijing, so he has someone prepare a banquet, so he insists on cleaning up Liu Xianglian at home.

"The younger generation pays respects to Mrs. Tai. A few days ago, I was under the imperial envoy and was not allowed to come to visit. I hope Mrs. Tai will forgive me."

Boom, boom, boom...

As soon as Liu Xianglian entered the Rongxi Hall, she knelt down and kowtowed three times in a row, performing the gesture of a grandson-in-law, which made the old lady and Mrs. Xing who sat beside her very satisfied.

"This child is so sincere, his forehead is red."

The old lady hurriedly asked Liu Xianglian to get up, but she saw Liu Xianglian kowtowed to Madam Xing again.

After exchanging pleasantries, the old lady asked a few things about Shandong, Liu Xianglian's tension eased a little, and she let go a lot.

When he delivered the prepared gift, the old lady even said good boy, but also blamed her: "What do you think you are spending all this money on? This is ginseng and deer antler, and it costs a lot of money? And The Suzhou embroidery brocades for your mother-in-law are probably not cheap. You have a future, and there are plenty of places to spend money..."

Although the current Rongguo Mansion is a little nervous, it is really not short of money.

The old lady didn't have any good things in her private treasury. It's good for the child to be filial, but in the old lady's heart, she was still worried that Liu Xianglian would lose her parents early on, and she would be short of the housekeeper's teaching.

Therefore, when we talk about these things, we can't help but teach them.

In fact, Princess Zhongshun personally picked these things from the mansion, relying on Liu Xianglian's straight mind, it is estimated that she could choose the brightest things from the seized property as gifts.

Liu Xianglian listened carefully to the old lady's earnest teachings, and while being grateful in her heart, she was also dazed.

He is not much better than Baoyu in dealing with the housekeeper. Fortunately, Yuanyang came over in time and took Liu Xianglian to meet Yingchun in the garden.

"This is a good boy. It's just that his parents left early, so there are some things that he doesn't understand. Boss, daughter-in-law, you should be careful with the second girl, and break up all these things, and talk about them in detail. "

"Daughter-in-law saves..."

The old lady confessed a lot, and the Spring Festival must be recorded under Mrs. Xing's name. Mrs. Xing, who has a "daughter", is naturally extremely caring, and keeps the old lady's instructions in her heart one by one.

"And brother Cong, your teacher has returned to Beijing, I asked Yuanyang to pack some things, remember to bring them tomorrow."

Jia Cong nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Originally, my grandson was going to meet the teacher outside the city, but the teacher sent someone to say that he might be very busy these two days, and let me go there later."

When the old lady thought about what Liu Xianglian had just said about Shandong, she thought for a while that Xu Jin really didn't have time to talk to his apprentice.

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The officialdom in Shandong was turned over by Xu Jin like a plow, and there were more than a dozen officials above the seventh rank who were beheaded on the spot just by asking for the Wang Ming flag.

There are also more than [-] heads of the bandit leaders who participated in the White Lotus Sect Rebellion, which were hung on the city gates of Zhuzhou Capital.

The two prefectures of Qingzhou and Yanzhou, which were the most serious disasters caused by the riots and bandits, set up a crowd of [-] people to deter those who are about to move.

It was also because Xu Jin killed too hard and his methods were too hot, which caused the memorial of his impeachment to be piled up in the Palace of Qinzheng.

However, these mistakes in the eyes of pedantic people are fundamentally political correctness in the eyes of Er Sheng. Every Beijing Temple and every head is the credit of Chi Guoguo.

The Kong Lin case is still unfolding, but the Shandong White Lotus Sect rebellion has been completely suppressed, and the reward for this suppression will soon come down.

"Xu Jin, the censor of the Zuoqian capital of the Jindu Procuratorate, Zizhi Yin, doctor Jiayi, and the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, were appointed as guests of the prince, and they were in front of the imperial court."

This time in Shandong Province, Xu Jin made outstanding contributions, and he was even promoted to two ranks.Only the extra reward of being a guest of the prince made many people speechless.

"Poetry Xiaoya Auspicious Day" contains: "Send that little pig, kill this big one, to keep guests away, and to drink wine."

The prince's guests are the third grade, he is in charge of attendants, admonishes, praises the etiquette, and the banquet is the best.

With such an obvious award, everyone knew that the second sage was treating Xu Jin as the future prime minister.

If the first contribution was given to Xu Jin, who was in charge of Shandong affairs, then needless to say, the second contribution was definitely Jia Cong of Rongguo Mansion who caught a big fish with his body as bait.

Originally, Jia Cong thought that the emperor would not reward him again, but he didn't want the inner eunuch to come early in the morning on the second day after Xu Jin returned to Beijing, saying that there would be an imperial edict to reward him before noon, so that the Rongguo Mansion would prepare for it. A good incense table and other things to receive the order.

When Liu Xianglian came over on horseback, Jia Cong was in a daze holding the freshly baked reward edict.

"Jin Zizhi Shaoyin, Captain Qingche, and General Zhaoyong Jia Cong was appointed Captain Shangqingche, Zizhi Yin, and was promoted to General Zhaoyi."

These are the usual practices, and one level is added to be promoted to the third rank.

But conferring rewards is not just that simple, the emperor even conferred a knighthood on Jia Cong!

"Ziyang county son?"

what?
Jia Cong recovered from the shock when he heard someone talking in his ear.

"Second Brother Liu..."

Looking at the jade axis in Jia Cong's hand, Liu Xianglian couldn't help but envy her brother-in-law's family.

It is difficult to confer titles in the imperial court, especially this kind of martial arts conferrals, and you will not see one for many years.

"First class, it is estimated that the palace also counted Brother Cong's contribution in Qufu."

Jia Cong nodded, the person who came to pass the decree was Xia Shouzhong, the imperial eunuch, and he did say such a thing.

Jia Cong had a lot of credit for cleaning up the Kong family, but it's hard to say it in the open, so he put all his brains on countering the rebellion.

In addition, there are a lot of credits that have been suppressed before. After thinking about it, the emperor finally bestowed Jia Cong with a title.

Jia Cong scratched his head, grinned and said, "Your Majesty probably has a headache as to how to award rewards, you can't give me a real official."

Liu Xianglian smiled, this is the truth.

"By the way, did Second Brother Liu also get a reward?"

Hearing Jia Cong's question, Liu Xianglian nodded with a smile: "Well, I was promoted to one level, and I was given the ranks of Cavalry Captain and General Xuanwu, and my real position remains the same."

From the title of the fourth rank to the real position of a thousand households of the fifth rank, this is the usual method of the court.

After all, Liu Xianglian has just entered the Beijing camp not long ago, and the court will not simply promote him to his real position.

"By the way, the palace has given you a lot of satin, and I'll give it to your sister..."

Suddenly being fed a mouthful of dog food, Jia Cong suddenly felt full.

Several bolts of fine tribute satin were sent to Yingchun's yard, and the girls who were playing were joking, making Yingchun's neck turn red, and everyone giggled.

Yingchun asked the maids to put away the silks, and began to urge the girls to pack their things, because Liu Xianglian had one more thing to do when she came here today, and that was to invite them to play in the mirror garden in Rizhong Square in the north of the city.

Also going were good friend Feng Ziying and his fiancée Cao Ying, and Wei Ruolan and his fiancée who also formally married after Feng Ziying's coronation ceremony.

Several of them are close friends, and now, through the flower viewing banquet in the Mirror Garden, it can be regarded as a gathering to introduce each other to each other's other half.

Wei Ruolan's fiancée looks like a small bunch, and her age is definitely not older than thirteen.According to Wei Ruolan's introduction, this is Yang Yi, the daughter of Yang Jinxian, Wei Ruolan's mentor, Guozijian.

Yang Jinxian is very talented and learned, but unfortunately his health has not been very good.At the beginning of April, I couldn't afford to be sick. I was worried that I would just go there, and my precious daughter's marriage would not be settled, so I asked someone to look around.

Wei Ruolan's mother made a decisive decision and invited Li Shouzhong, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, as an intermediary to propose marriage to the Yang family.

Perhaps because of the joy, Yang Jinxian got better day by day after the official engagement. For a while, this marriage was passed down as a good story by the people in the capital, saying that Wei Ruolan and Yang Yinai were a match made in heaven and blessed by heaven.

No, Yang Siye, who everyone thought was hopeless, is now able to go out and walk around!
Jia Cong can't tell if it's a blessing, but Wei Ruolan's mother is indeed a person who can see through the world.

Although the Yang family came from a poor family, Yang Jinxian's official position is not high.But Wei Ruolan is weak and can only take the imperial examination route. Yang Jinxian's accumulated contacts in the world over the years will definitely help Wei Ruolan get through the initial difficulties.

We must know that Jia Zhu relied on the Li family of Wenhua's family to study for the imperial examination, and Wei Ruolan is the same now.

The Flower Viewing Banquet in the Mirror Garden was held by Princess Zhongshun Cui herself. Her little princess is also growing up, and recently there was a marriage turmoil. Many families in the capital have hurriedly settled the marriage.

Princess Cui felt that if she didn't show her daughter a good husband and son-in-law, she was really worried that the good son-in-law in the capital would be singled out.

After Jia Cong learned the reason for the flower viewing feast, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Why?
Liu Xuan, the little princess of Zhongshun Palace, is the same age as herself, only ten years older this year.

Little Maomao is going to show her husband and son-in-law!
"Brother Cong, you are also a little fluff yourself!"

Uh……

Daiyu stood on tiptoe and rubbed Jia Cong's head, teasing Jia Cong with crooked eyebrows.

Jia Cong spread out his hands, short, chubby and round...

"I'll start eating eight pig's knuckles a day by tomorrow, I don't believe that I won't grow up!"

"County Lin, Concubine Mother invites you to go over."

Liu Chong, the son of the prince's mansion, came over in person, bowed his head to greet Jia Cong, and asked the female officer to invite Daiyu to go to the female family, while he stayed to talk to Jia Cong.

"My son... Seventh brother, how is the thirteenth master?"

Liu Chong was the seventh eldest child in the royal family, and both of them were officials of the Eastern Palace, and they had very close contacts on weekdays.

Hearing Jia Cong asking about his father's situation, Liu Chong's mouth twitched involuntarily.

Because his unreliable father was hanged on the tree of Dragon Head Palace by Master Saint again.

The reason is simple. Our Lord Zhongshun went to the Sifang Pavilion to see monkeys in his free time. It is said that a certain monkey stepped out of the gate of the Sifang Pavilion first with his left foot, which made King Zhongshun unhappy and ordered someone to tie it to the gate of the Sifang Pavilion. At the door, he whipped him hard with a whip.

Afterwards, the missions of the Nanyue Kingdom clamored for compensation from the Celestial Dynasty. It was like stabbing a hornet's nest. King Zhongshun mobilized his own soldiers without hesitation and surrounded the Sifang Pavilion...

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites rushed to the Sifang Pavilion, including the South Vietnamese monkeys, members of the Siamese and Burmese missions from top to bottom, no one was able to stand.

This incident caused a big commotion, the envoys of the other vassal states in the Sifang Pavilion tremblingly hid in the corners and did not dare to speak out, but outside the pavilion were surrounded by hundreds of people from the capital watching the excitement.

After the people from the Ministry of Etiquette tried to persuade the master to leave, Nanyue, who had few good teeth left in his mouth, made Ruan Xuren try his best to say that if Daxia didn't give them a satisfactory explanation, he would stop the peace talks and continue fighting. .

Not only did the three kingdoms in southern Xinjiang yell for Da Xia to uphold justice, but even the envoys of Japan, Goryeo and other countries also shouted, saying that they were frightened and wanted Da Xia to compensate.

After the Zhongshun King Liu Ke "leveled" the Sifang Pavilion, he originally wanted to go out of Beijing to hide.

I don't want to be caught by Habayashiro to the Dragon Head Palace before leaving the city, and hanged on the tree before by the sage.

"It's okay, my father is used to it. He was drunk before and said that he already had feelings for that tree, so he insisted on asking me to worship that tree as godfather..."

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