Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 478 6.49 I’m not happy that there are still people in the Wang family

Volume VI

6.49 I’m not happy that there are still people left in the Wang family

Forbidden City, Compassionate Palace.

In the entire palace, no matter whether they were eunuchs, maids, or secret guards, everyone was cleared out of the palace gate. This is not uncommon in the palace. Apart from the relevant people, if other people have the courage to listen to many things, the consequences are very likely. It is an extended meaning of "you know too much", not to mention, the Queen Mother and the former personal maid are discussing official affairs with the powerful ministers who hold [-] elite soldiers.

"Honghong, aren't you?" Seeing the Queen Mother paralyzed on his chest and no longer moving, Zhou Yang, who had really worked hard, had a strange expression, "I remember the imperial doctor said that the first three months after receiving the good news, with The next three months are not suitable for this kind of thing. Why can't you bear this little time and let me take Yuanchun with you?"

"Shut up!" The Queen Mother gave him a soft slap, and then stood up and tidied up with the help of Yuan Chun, "I called you here today mainly to ask about Wang Ziteng. After all, he is also a dignified official of the imperial court. Check, now that the death is unknown, we can’t just pass it by in such a daze—it’s not you, right?”

"Replying to the Queen Mother, I haven't been able to reach out to the Jiubian area yet." Zhou Yang said unceremoniously, "Not only can I not do it here, but I can't do it with Rong'er as well. Have you tried to find out the news? Question, but it is too difficult to mobilize hundreds of cavalry, attack all the nine provinces and inspect the camps, and ensure victory and hardly miss a single one."

"Do you want to tell me that this was done by the Shui family of the Beijing Palace?" The Queen Mother frowned. After cleaning up, she put on a nightgown and followed Yuan Chun into the bathroom. "It's impossible. Even if Shui Rong is... He is young and has just taken over the position, but he is not stupid and will not do such a thankless thing."

In March last year, the old King Beijing died of illness. According to the rules, the prince Shui Rong inherited the title. Originally, according to the rules, he had to be demoted to the title. Emperor Yonghe, who was still there at the time, took pity on the Shui family who had been loyal to the Zhou Dynasty for generations and guarded the northern Xinjiang for hundreds of years. Shui Rong He was young, so he was given special grace to allow him to take over the title in his original position-in fact, every family of the four kings was like this, because they held the four most powerful frontier armies in their hands.

"Whether it's the Beijing Prince's Palace or the Dongping Prince's Palace, if Prince Teng is wanted to die, he will never survive now." Zhou Yang still doesn't know what's going on. The Beijing Prince's Palace can be regarded as "one of his own", so he can't Taking the blame casually, "Rong'er and I have considered and deduced over and over again that none of the families in the capital, including the four princes, will do anything casually, but there is another family who doesn't mention it much, in fact."

"The handiwork of Prince Yi Zhong." The Queen Mother frowned and motioned Yuanchun, who was helping to scrub, to adjust his position. "What's the benefit of him doing this?"

"My dear, he doesn't actually need any benefits, because no matter how big the benefits are, it won't let him live another day." Zhou Yang followed into the bathroom and took the towel from Yuan Chun, "Now, no matter how much he has, Whatever is left will not be of any use, as long as it makes you and His Majesty uncomfortable, he will be happy."

"Hmph, aren't you happy?" the queen mother said dissatisfied.

"As the empress said, I'm not happy that there are still people in the Wang family." Zhou Yang never concealed this point, "Fortunately, I have plenty of time to arrange, whether it's the second room of the Wang family that has no empty shelves now, or even the second room of the Wang family. The Zhen family is too lazy to take care of Prince Sheng Sanfang, and I am not even prepared to let them remain."

"Speaking of the Zhen family, I just remembered one thing." The Queen Mother frowned slightly, but did not say anything more about Zhou Yang's murderous intent. "Now the Kai'er inner courtyard is empty, and Fengzao Palace has no suitable candidates for the time being, but The other palaces can add one or two things, Mrs. Feng Sheng sent her a letter a few days ago, asking her only granddaughter to serve in the palace, what do you think?"

"This -" Zhou Yang paused but still didn't say anything. It was not his place to interfere in the emperor's selection of concubines, even if he had just discussed the length and breadth of the matter with the queen mother.

"Let's talk." The queen mother turned her head and gave him a white look.

"Then I'll tell you the truth." Zhou Yang then replied, "It's true that the Zhen family is the representative arranged by the Supreme Emperor in Jiangnan, but it is also the royal eyeliner in Jiangnan. In the past two years, it has been moving closer to the late emperor. Now this means, it should It is an expression of His Majesty’s attitude, but whether it is really necessary depends on the wishes of the Queen Mother and His Majesty.”

"That's right." The Queen Mother nodded lightly, helped Yuan Chun stand up and let her wipe away the remaining water drops with a bath towel, "But I have never seen this little girl from the Zhen family, so let's give it a chance - Yuanchun, wait a moment to draw up an order for the Zhen family to invite the female family members of the Zhen family to Beijing, in the name of spring outing."

"Your Majesty, this -" Yuan Chun looked embarrassed. After all, she was no longer a palace maid of Fengzao, and according to the rules, she should not get involved in such things. "When I let you out of the palace, I didn't say that I would take away your position as female historian."The Queen Mother could not see what her former personal maid was worried about, "General Zhou, do you have any objection to me keeping Yuanchun at my service for a few more days?"

"My Queen Mother, you can't think carefully about what it means when the news of 'females staying in the palace' spreads." Zhou Yang refused without hesitation.

Ever since King Zhou of Shang Dynasty forced the wife of King Huang Feihu of Wucheng to stay in the palace, and tried to humiliate her but failed and caused Mrs. Huang to jump to her death from a building, any royal family that was a little more particular in the past dynasties no longer allowed the female relatives of ministers to stay in the palace. If so, it was generally It will be regarded as "useful". Whether it is true or false, it is equivalent to giving the minister a hat of forgiveness.

"Humph!" The Queen Mother realized that she had made a mistake, but she had no intention of admitting it. She just turned around behind someone, helped him remove the nightgown he had just put on, and helped him scrub and bathe. It was a practical apology. " Yuanchun, you don’t have to think too much, just draft the decree - Mr. Zhou, I remember that when you were in Jinling, you paid a special visit to Madam Feng Sheng, have you ever heard about this girl?"

"Empress Dowager, let's not talk about it. I only glanced at this girl. Even if I really know something, do you think I dare to say it?" Zhou Yang said back angrily, "Besides, there is nothing to consider about choosing a concubine. What’s the girl’s situation? First, look at her value, and secondly, whether she can contribute to the royal family. Are other things important?”

"It's my fault that I was negligent." The Queen Mother laughed dumbly, "Well, after the Zhen family's family members enter the palace, as long as the girl is good enough, I will give her a favor, whether it is for the value of the Zhen family or for the honor. Such grace is not too generous for the saintly lady, but it is a pity that the old lady is already old and it is really inconvenient to receive her in the palace to see her again."

"This old lady is indeed a momentary figure. It's a pity that she is a woman. When the Supreme Emperor first came to the throne, there were many trusted ministers in front of him to help him. The whole harem was supported by this nanny. Later, he even controlled a lot of children. The power of eyeliner was one of the most important supports in the 20 years before the Supreme Emperor.

What's even more rare is that she is sensible and knows how to advance and retreat. Seeing that the situation of the Supreme Emperor has been achieved, she takes the initiative to apply for leave the palace and be honored. In exchange for decades of wealth and honor for the Zhen family, as well as the identity of the royal family's spy and representative in Jiangnan, she gives them The grace of a royal concubine is indeed not too much. " Zhou Yang added with a smile, "Speaking of the imperial concubine, I remembered another thing. Didn't you mention a few days ago that you wanted to give Prince Teng that pearl a favor?What do you say now? "

"Didn't you just say that?" The Queen Mother smiled faintly and said nothing more. She grabbed a bath towel and threw it to someone before turning around and preparing to go out. She felt the strong arms wrapped around her again and gave her a slight pause. , submissively said with a light sigh of relief, "Didn't you say it was inconvenient?"

"Don't worry, I'll find Yuanchun later."

Outside the bathroom, Yuanchun was holding a jade tube pen and writing on bright yellow small silk. However, as various sounds came out, her writing became slower and slower, and her face slowly turned rosy. Shaking, directly wasting the precious yellow silk.
The Wang Family, the former residence of the "Jiedu Envoy of the Beijing Camp".

The originally magnificent main hall of the courtyard is now covered in dazzling pure white. A rather expensive coffin is placed in the middle of the main hall. The copper basin in front of the coffin has long been filled with paper dust or even overflowing. However, at this time, it is obviously gone. People can take care of it, and there is not even a single person in the entire mourning hall.

"Luan'er, haven't you found your eldest brother yet?" Mrs. Wang Ziteng has long lost her former bossiness. The well-maintained and charming lady's face is full of fear, and even looks yellow from staying up late. "He usually Have you searched in all the places you went? No matter what, you should send someone over to have a look!"

"Since my father let us go back to Beijing to take care of the house since he was sent to inspect the capitals of the nine provinces, we originally thought that we could use the help of Jia's family to help him find an errand, but I didn't think that my elder brother would not want to, and we were like wild horses let go. Mother still let him do this." Although Wang Luan'er was dissatisfied, she still had enough time to stop when facing her mother, "Compared to what you said, my daughter is more worried about the other two.

First, in the morning, my daughter arranged for people to go to three other families to report funerals. It is now past noon. Except for the Jia family who sent a dozen or so children from the clan to help, the Shi family and the Xue family have not responded yet; second, last night, my father The news was sent. This morning my daughter sent a message to the Queen Mother hoping to meet her, but so far there has been no reply. "

"Luan'er, you know what my mother is capable of, what should you do?" Mrs. Wang Ziteng didn't understand what her daughter meant at all.

"Mother just needs to take care of the house." Wang Luan'er rubbed her temples, feeling exhausted, "My daughter will go to Xue's house in person."

(End of this chapter)