Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 470 6.41 Dongfang Bing: I haven’t been to the princess for almost a month
Volume VI

6.41 Dongfang Bing: I haven’t been to the princess for almost a month
After arranging the marriage with Sister Lin, Zhou Yang did not stay in the Lin Mansion for long. After lunch, he took the two girls back to his home. In this way, except for Shi Xiangyun's special situation of "paying off debts", most of the others in the family were considered to have left. He breathed a sigh of relief after completing the engagement process and finalizing their relationship.

Of course, this excludes the four springs. Yuanchun was set by the Queen Mother in the form of "Yi Zhi", Yingchun was "bought", and Tanchun and Xichun were "gifts". But judging from Jia Zheng's meaning, it is obviously She deliberately tried to be pretentious and wanted him to come to propose marriage. When the time came, she would inevitably put forward conditions. Zhou Yang was not interested in wasting time with him, so he deliberately pretended to be stupid.

There is also a special case here, that is Xue Baoqin. It is said that her status as the princess of Fanbang is basically immune to all kinds of problems, but she still has a "marriage contract". The Mei family even discussed the marriage of the eldest son before, Zhou Yangyuan Thinking that the matter was over, news came from Princess Yongchang. The Mei family sent someone to send a message to the second room of the Xue family through the name of Xue, renewing the "engagement contract."

On the afternoon of February [-]th, Princess Yongchang’s private residence on Zijin Street.

"You're telling me such a big thing now?" Zhou Yang was really annoyed. When he found out that the Mei family had started discussing marriage, he thought nothing would happen anymore, so he didn't pay special attention to it. Plus, with the intelligence coming from the capital, The Internet master is in the hands of Princess Yongchang, who blindly trusts her to the point of neglect.

"The Mei family is really not worth wasting my time. I got the news because I have the manpower arranged by Xue Zihao in Beijing." Princess Yongchang was also aggrieved. "The current head of the Mei family is the so-called 'Mei Hanlin'. He is pedantic, rigid, and self-respecting." He is very tall, has no practical knowledge, and even speaks sourly. Since the imperial examination, he entered the Imperial Academy and has only adjusted his grade twice in more than ten years.

Why do you ask me to send people to keep an eye on such a person? Is it a waste of time or manpower?Besides, it’s not like I have nothing else to do these days, and you, too, are busy spending time in Miyun. You’ve only returned to your yard once in so many days, right?Are you not allowed to forget anything because of things? "

"General Zhou, if I remember correctly, apart from official duties, you haven't been to the princess for almost a month." Dongfang Bing had a business-like tone, but he still explained kindly, "The princess is indeed busy. In addition to endless things, well, just the day before yesterday, a member of the Huang family 'died' of illness, and the princess' presence is indispensable for the funeral."

"Thanks to your great blessing, General Zhou, I am now officially a 'widow'." Princess Yongchang looked at the very embarrassed person coolly, her tone of voice was yin and yang, "What a pity, as the saying goes, 'Young Master' "Father, when you marry, you follow your husband, and when your husband dies, you follow your son. Now that I am a widow and have no children, I will have no family for the rest of my life. It is really miserable and desolate!"

"Uh" Zhou Yang was so embarrassed that he didn't even know where to put his hands.

"Brother Zhou——" Dongfang Bing probably couldn't bear to look at him, just like he was trying to persuade him.

"Dongfang Qianhu, I remember that Jiangnan has just sent news, you go to sort it out and report it in the evening." Princess Yongchang interrupted her with one sentence.

"Yes, princess!" Dongfang Bing gave someone a wish-for-blessing look, turned around and left decisively.

"Rong'er——" Zhou Yang quickly went up and hugged her.

"Humph, haven't you, General Zhou, been busy with official duties? I am also very busy here. If there is nothing else, there is no need to waste time." Princess Yongchang said hard, but she was very obedient and allowed Ai Lang to do whatever she wanted. Carrying him back to the bedroom, "I heard that you set up something called a 'teaching camp' in Shenji Camp?"

"I can't help it." Zhou Yang was not lying about this. "Everything in the Shenji Battalion, from equipment and personnel to tactics and tactics, is brand new. No matter how much the imperial court values ​​it, it also helps in this regard." I can't be busy, so I can only cultivate it from scratch. Originally, I was in charge of a thousand households, even one guard, and at worst I would take care of it myself.

But today's Shenji Camp has a main force of fifteen thousand households and three town governors, including about [-] officers and soldiers, divided into three main combat arms: infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and multiple auxiliary arms such as baggage and sanitation. Even if I split into eight pieces by myself, it is impossible to do everything by myself. If I don’t train some people, is it possible to wait for the sky to fall? "

"That's all." Princess Yongchang nodded, "I have reported it as usual, and the emperor's sister-in-law and Kai'er didn't say anything. You should pay attention to yourself. If anything like this happens again, you'd better call us first. Hello, in today's world, the relationship between teachers and students is important. If you continue like this, everyone in the Shenji camp will call you 'teacher', which will not sound good."

"Are you thinking too much?" Zhou Yang said aggrievedly, but felt very guilty in his heart, because he originally meant "principal", "Did all the adults in the court grow up eating salted fish? It's business. There are a lot of farts, but if you can’t do your work, you’re good at it, who is it that brought it up this time?”

"Wei Guang, the censor of Zuodu of the Inspectorate." Princess Yongchang had no intention of hiding anything.

"Huh? He's not dead yet?" Zhou Yang was very surprised. "There is no harm in leaving a mad dog in the court." Princess Yongchang let Zhou Yang understand with one sentence that Liu Lun's pug had now changed his master to the royal family, "Okay, don't think too much about it. Who doesn’t want to be impeached a few times as an official, just make it clear—what were you talking about just now? The Mei family?”

"Mei family?" Zhou Yang was almost dodged by Princess Yongchang's sharp turn, "What's wrong? You won't tell me that this matter can't be solved, right?"

"Now there are three ways." Princess Yongchang glanced at him sideways, "One is for me to help you get rid of the Hanlin named Mei, the other is to get rid of his only son who is also rigid and pedantic and useless, and the last one is you yourself. Now if you come to bully the Mei family, it's best to go too far."

"Huh?" Zhou Yang paused, vaguely guessing what Princess Yongchang meant, "As for that?"

"It won't do you any harm, it's just a few more impeachments." Princess Yongchang said indifferently, "You can't get along with those poor people anyway. It doesn't matter if you have more hatred. Besides, this person named Mei is nothing. It doesn’t work, I’m almost alone, I’ll be fine once I get through the initial storm.”

"Is he at home?" Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, then nodded and asked.

"The Hanlin Academy is a Qingshui Yamen. Except for a few bachelor's degree lecturers, everyone else basically doesn't care about official duties. This Mei Hanlin considers himself to be 'unappreciated', and no one pays attention to him when he goes there. On weekdays, he talks to the guy from the Jia Mansion The second master can be said to be a bright star for a while." Princess Yongchang said in a very sarcastic tone, "Also, remember to come over for dinner tonight."

"But I don't know what delicious food His Highness Yongchang has prepared?" Someone deliberately teased.

"As long as there is something in this yard—" Princess Yongchang slipped her slender hand, "You can eat it!"

Less than a stick of incense later, a team of more than ten high-quality war horses roared to the Mei family on Hanlin Street and stopped neatly in front of the courtyard gate. Zhou Yang looked down for a moment and waved back, and immediately there were four strong relatives. The soldiers jumped off their horses, took off a stick from the last empty horse, and rushed towards the courtyard gate shouting a chant.

"Bang——" It was just a muffled sound. The old, deformed and dilapidated door smashed to the ground after the bang, and pitifully cracked into several pieces, followed by a scream, the only one in the Mei family, The manservant, who was responsible for various duties such as purchasing, chores, cleaning, and repairs, fell to the side of the broken door with an "ouch" and got up and ran away as soon as everyone came in.

But when I entered the small courtyard, I saw that the three main rooms with wing rooms on both sides, two wing rooms on the east and west, and a gatehouse were all like the wooden doors just now. They were dilapidated and mottled visible to the naked eye. The ground was only paved from the courtyard door to the main door. The weathered slates, both the courtyard walls and the house walls are very old, and the bricks and doors and windows are all damaged. However, there are small gardens in front of the east and west wing rooms, which are quite delicately tidied up.

"Who doesn't know how to die?" The door of the main room suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man with a rather bookish temperament rushed out with an angry face, but his expression froze when he saw someone standing proudly at the door, " You vulgar warrior, who gave you the heart and courage to dare to come to my home?"

"Pa!" Even though Zhou Yang held back his strength, the slap he rushed forward still knocked the man to the ground, "You are just a sixth-grade Hanlin, what qualifications do you have to call yourself 'my official' in front of me? My identity You should have figured it out, there is no other purpose in coming here today, I heard that you sent a letter to Prince Jinghai through Xuezihao?"

"You - you vulgar warrior."

"Huh?" Zhou Yang bent down slightly, grabbed Mei Hanlin's neck with one hand, and held him at eye level with him as if he was holding a chicken. He looked at his depressed and red face with cold eyes and said, "I'm not I'm discussing with you. If I hear similar news in the future, I heard that you only have one son, right? But don't let anything happen to you!"

"I want to interfere with you, to raise dead soldiers, and to plot evil--ahem!" As soon as Mei Hanlin was thrown to the ground, he couldn't get up even after struggling for a long time. He still covered his neck and howled at the top of his lungs, "You This vulgar warrior, I have nothing to do with you!"

"Is it so scary?" Zhou Yang curled his lips indifferently, "Okay, you should understand the meaning of my coming today. You're not welcome - search and find out what I ordered when I came. Anyone who dares to If you try to stop me, I will knock it down first and then ask questions!"

"Yes, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)