Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 399
April 22.

The queen gave birth to a son, Longyan, who was very happy. The next morning, she was conferred the title of King of Qi.

As soon as he was born, he was conferred the title of Prince, and he was on par with Prince Jing, which naturally caused quite a stir.

Emperor Zhenglong was killed by Prince Yizhong in his early years, and had a difficult time producing heirs. After many years of succession, he only had one son, Prince Jing, whom he had acquired in his early years.

Most civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty believed that Prince Jing would inherit the throne in the future, and there were many people who made bets in advance.

Now, the queen gave birth to a legitimate son, and the situation suddenly changed.

If the emperor is old, Prince Jing has the advantage of age, so there is no need to worry too much.

But Emperor Zhenglong was at its peak in spring and autumn, and in another ten or twenty years, King Qi would come of age, so everything would be hard to say.

Therefore, they are inevitably a little uneasy.

Emperor Zhenglong has only really gained power in the past two years. Most of the people who would consider making bets in advance are his former ministers who have been hiding in the palace, and they are also the basic base of the current court. This has also made the originally complicated situation even more confusing.

However, all this has nothing to do with Lai Shangrong.

He had only been in the court for a short time and had no contact with Prince Jing. On the contrary, he had a close relationship with the Tian family and was the primary contributor to the Queen's birth of a child.

What's even better is that this credit has not been made public, only the queen and Tian Guojiu know it.

Therefore, compared to Chen Yiwen and others, he is a little more calm and calm.

On this day, the children's examination was completed, and Jialan lived up to expectations and passed the examination.

Li Wan couldn't help being happy. Although Jia Jun was a little weak and failed in the hospital examination, it was enough to make Lai Shangrong elated.

Perhaps out of shyness, perhaps not knowing how to face it, or perhaps the Jia Lan Academy Examination was about to take place and he could not be distracted. Since that day at the Jade Emperor Temple, under the control of Mrs. Wang, he had half pushed and half surrendered to Lai Shangrong.

Li Wan began to avoid seeing him, so that Lai Shangrong's desire to activate the bond was still not enough.

Now, when Jia Lan is admitted as a scholar, he has to express his gratitude in person to himself, the man who made the most contribution.

Sure enough, when Sanya returned home, Jin Chuan came to report. Li Wan and Jia Lan were waiting in the side hall.

He changed into casual clothes and came to the side hall.

When Jia Lan saw him, he bowed his head.

"Thank you, master, for teaching me!"

Li Wan lowered his head and did not dare to look at him, but he also bowed to his son Yingying.

Lai Shangrong stepped forward, supporting Jia Lan with one hand, and using the cover of Li Wan's body with the other hand, he moved from his pink back to his back arm, half grabbing and half supporting him.

"Sister-in-law, there is no need to be polite. I treat Lan'er as my own son, so why should I be so polite!"

Li Wan's cheeks felt hot when he heard this. Let's not say whether Jia Lan is his biological son or not, but Jia Zhu, his biological father, has done a lot of work that he can't do now.

Then he thought about the beautiful scenery in the Jade Emperor Temple that night, and was secretly speechless. He even took care of Jia Zheng's job.

Thinking of this, he glanced at his son who was slowly getting up, and glared at Lai Shangrong angrily.

Jia Lan didn't notice the flirting between the two. He stood up straight and said solemnly: "Once a teacher, always a father. The disciple must remember the kindness of the master!"

Lai Shangrong secretly thought that children can be taught, but he said with a pun: "Your mother worked hard and broke her heart for you. Although you entered school at a young age and gained fame, you still need to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. But we can’t live up to her expectations.”

With something on his mind, he couldn't help but accentuate his tone of voice because of his hard work and worry. Jia Lan only thought he was emphasizing his mother's concern, but he didn't know what he meant.

After being busy and respectful, he knelt down to Li Wan and gave a big salute.

Jia Lan couldn't hear it, but Li Wan felt it deeply, especially the words that broke his heart, which penetrated deep into his bones. It was just such a broken idea that he couldn't express it with his mouth.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little dazed, and for a moment I forgot to let Jia Lan get up.Seeing that Jia Lan didn't call him to get up for a long time, he hurriedly asked: "But what did my son do badly that made his mother angry?"

Li Wan woke up with a start and said hurriedly: "Get up quickly! My mother just saw that you have a future, and she was so happy that she forgot about it!"

When Jia Lan stood up, Lai Shangrong handed over an inkstone and said, "This square inkstone should be regarded as...a congratulatory gift from my master!"

He was so involved in the drama that he almost blurted out his words to his father. Fortunately, he woke up in time and was not exposed.

He often walked by the river, so that Jia Lan wouldn't notice the clues, he said, "You go out and wait. I still have a few words to tell your mother."

Seeing Jia Lan standing outside the door with his back turned like a young adult, Lai Shangrong said to Li Wan: "Although Lan'er was involved by the second master, it is not the second wife's fault after all. Now she is suffering in her heart and has also avoided entering the garden. You can go there in the evening." It’s more convenient to talk with you and relieve your boredom.”

Hearing what he meant, Li Wan glanced at Jia Lan at the door with a guilty conscience. He was relieved when he saw that he was standing at the door with his back turned and didn't notice anything.

However, just halfway through this tone, Lai Shangrong whispered in his ear like a devil: "Your figure is similar to that of the second wife, borrow a monk's robe from her to change at night!"

The sound seemed to have a kind of magic power, going straight from the ears to the heart and lungs, and then spreading from the heart to the limbs and bones. Li Wan seemed to have been possessed by a poison, and nodded erratically.

Just when he realized what this nod meant, he felt like he was being stung behind him, and he almost screamed.

"I'm taking Lan'er back, there's no need to send Shang Rong away!"

After saying that, he quickly turned around and went out, taking Jialan away.

Lai Shangrong stared intently behind Li Wan, until the two swaying ripe peaches disappeared into the darkness, then he smacked his mouth and left the side hall.

It was still early, so I ate dinner leisurely, then went to Youshi and Qin Keqing's house to see their children.

I had to wait until the second watch before arriving at the east corner gate of the Grand View Garden in Huifang Garden.

Although the Rong Mansion was very open to Lai Shangrong, Lai Shangrong would not rest assured that Jia Baoyu still lived in the Grand View Garden.

Therefore, although the door was opened by the Rong Mansion, the lock was changed by Lai Shangrong. Apart from him, Youshi had a backup key, in case there was any emergency and the two parties needed to exchange information.

While taking out the key and opening the door, he was thinking about how to drive Jia Baoyu out of the garden or open the door wide and use the Grand View Garden as his own backyard.

After placing the door lock on the door knocker on the side of the Grand View Garden and locking it again, Lai Shangrong walked around the wall of the Jade Emperor Temple and entered the temple.

Suddenly, Mrs. Wang came out from the darkness and said a little cautiously: "My wife is already inside, Shang Rong, hurry in and I'll guard it for you!"

That day, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan broke into his tracks. Later, Lai Shangrong gave some guidance. In order to stabilize Li Wan, Mrs. Wang promised him to come and go often.

Mrs.

But Li Wan was her daughter-in-law. Although her whereabouts had been broken, she still couldn't help but compete with her.

He had no choice but to follow the example of Rong Ci on his wedding day and help guard the door.

Lai Shangrong came here for this, and there was no room for her to evade. He grabbed Mrs. Wang's monk's robe by the waist with one hand, pulled out her curvy figure, and slapped the plump peach with the other hand.

Immediately, he put his arms around Wasp's waist and led Mrs. Wang towards the main hall, half pulling and half pulling her.

He said with a smile: "It's cold and dewy outside, how dare you keep my second wife guarding the house?"

Although Mrs. Wang hesitated to move forward, she couldn't help but because Shangrong was strong and didn't dare to make any noise, so her feet dragged two long marks on the ground.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the main hall, he had no choice but to beg for mercy: "It...it's almost May, and it's cooler outside...Shang Rong just think I'm outside to enjoy the cool air!"

“It’s not like the second wife has never seen her before, the room is not the same!”

Lai Shangrong paused, and jokingly said: "The second wife forcibly controlled the eldest grandma last time, I'm afraid she is still angry, this time, why don't you let her restrain you for once, let me out of this tone, From now on we will be in harmony, right?"

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(End of this chapter)