Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 430

"Do you remember everything that my mother taught you clearly?"

In Xiaocui Hall, Aunt Zhao and Tanchun were also preparing their troops and preparing for the attack.

Because she was familiar with Lai Shangrong's special preferences, Aunt Zhao had the foresight to have dinner with Tanchun early.

Tanchun's fair face seemed to be dripping with blood, and he groaned: "Didn't my aunt say that we should tell our daughters to let Brother Lai do whatever they want? But why are they teaching those who have it and those who don't have it?"

"Hey! I treat my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. Aren't I afraid that you will be seen out?"

As Aunt Zhao spoke, she slapped Tanchun on the buttocks, and then said: "My mother always understands my uncle's movements. If you look like a dead fish, how can I not tell you?"

"This... this daughter can save me, and those changes... are all clearly remembered!"

"Yeah!~" Aunt Zhao nodded happily and said: "If uncle didn't notice it at first, don't hold back too much when you should speak out!"

"Ah! Didn't my aunt say not to make any sound?" Tan Chun said in shock.

"You are a girl, how do you know these things? My mother is so happy to call you, if you don't say a word, won't you make the uncle suspicious?
However, don't worry, just 'hum chirp chirp', he was right on top at that moment, how could you tell the difference? "

"No... you won't win in one fell swoop, right?"

Aunt Zhao waved her hand and said: "Hey! Don't worry about this! This is the first time for a big girl like you, how can you withstand the uncle's fierceness? My mother will be guarding the door by then, and she will come over on her own. I’ll share the burden for you!”

Having said this, he looked at the chiming clock in the house and shouted to the outside: "Servant of the book! Waiting of the book!"

The servant came in and said, "Auntie, are you calling me?"

"We, my mother-in-law, are talking tonight. I don't need you to serve me today. You can go to Qiu Shuangzhai and have a rest!"

Aunt Zhao didn't care, but Tanchun was afraid that the servant would know about her bold behavior, and she concealed it from the servant, Lai Shangrong, so she made this arrangement.

After the servant left, Aunt Zhao stood up and pointed to a silk nightgown on the bed.

"Hurry up and put this on. My mother is so worried about you that she specially asked the uncle for this. It is said that all the concubines and maids in the uncle's house only wear this to sleep. When the time comes, you only need to wear it, no need. Sir, please go to great lengths!"

After saying that, he stood up and walked to the door. Suddenly he turned around and said to the dazed Tanchun, "What are you still doing? Blow out the candles quickly!"

Seeing Tanchun shyly and timidly raising her hand to reach for the button on the collar, Aunt Zhao closed the door and walked out.

Come to the hospital.

He put his hands on his hips and said arrogantly to Sister Shan and the two wives: "My uncle is coming to spend the night today, so you should go and have a rest early! Don't disturb my interest!"

After dismissing the servants in the yard, he glanced at the window of his own room and saw it was pitch black, then returned to the hall, turned to the door of the other side of the room, and pretended to make the sound of opening and closing the door.

Immediately, he tiptoed to the courtyard gate, waiting for Lai Shangrong's figure.

After a while, I saw Lai Shangrong's figure covered with stars and moon.

He quickly waved his hands and called out in a low voice: "Master!"

"Is it all arranged?"

Aunt Zhao pointed to the window of her room and whispered: "Don't worry, uncle, everything has been arranged. The three girls are waiting inside!"

Lai Shangrong secretly thought, it feels good when someone responds.

He touched Aunt Zhao's waist and warned, "Well! I'll go ahead first, you can come in later!"

"Hey! Don't worry, uncle, the slave family is guarding outside the door!"

Walking to the door, Lai Shangrong did not push the door in hastily, but paused for a moment to adapt to the darkness in the room.

Aunt Zhao thought carefully, the windows in the room only had a layer of thin curtains, and there was still a sliver of moonlight shining into the room through the gap, which was much brighter than the back room.

Lai Shangrong looked at the bed in the moonlight and saw Tanchun in a nightgown, lying sideways on the bed with her back to him.

As if she disliked the nightgown being too short, she tightly grasped the skirt corner with one hand and stretched the nightgown straight, but instead it became uneven.

Lai Shangrong walked around the bed and came to the side facing Tanchun. While sitting on the edge of the bed, he reached out and grabbed Tanchun's ankle and reached up.

Feeling Tan Chun tremble slightly, he tensed up his slightly stiff calves, pretending to be confused and said, "My aunt took the initiative in the past, why are you so nervous now?"

Hearing this, Tanchun loosened his grip on the hem of her skirt slightly, then reacted and turned to his side, lying flat on his back. He propped up his feet on the bed board and straightened his body slightly. At the same time, with trembling hands, he each grabbed one hem of his skirt. Cover your head. …

"Drive! Drive!"

On Zhuque Avenue, a horse galloped on the wide avenue, galloping all the way towards the palace.

"Quick! Go and report to the Emperor that His Highness Prince Jing was murdered and something unexpected happened!"

At this time, the palace was already locked, but the matter was urgent, and the guards guarding the gate had no choice but to bite the bullet and report.

In Fengzao Palace, Emperor Zhenglong, who was comforting the queen, was immediately furious when he heard the news. His vision went dark, and he felt dizzy and almost unsteady on his feet.

"Someone wants to kill the emperor's queen!"

At this moment, Queen Tian screamed, finally saving Emperor Zhenglong from his grief.

"Quickly order the Yulin Army to strengthen their vigilance. Send an edict to all the battalions in the capital to be on strict alert. No movement is allowed without an edict!"

"Your Majesty, go quickly! Leave me alone, the most urgent task is to find this thief first and cut him into pieces!"

"Password to Qining! What do Jin Yiwei do for food? There is no news about such a big thing!"

Emperor Zhenglong's face was ashen, and he immediately left Fengzao Palace and went to Linjing Palace without caring about comforting the queen.

As soon as the cold wind blew on the road, Emperor Zhenglong also recovered from his anger.

He ordered Xia Shouzhong beside him: "Go! Send someone to tell Lai Shangrong to enter the palace!"

The incident happened suddenly, and coupled with the Queen's words of 'unparalleled', he had to connect the murder of Prince Jing with what happened to Prince Qi that afternoon.

Therefore, the first reaction was that of an old minister of the Supreme Emperor, and even vaguely doubted whether it was because of the instruction of the Supreme Emperor.

Since ancient times, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two monarchs in the country. Recently, he and the Supreme Emperor have different opinions on the funeral ceremony of his mother and concubine and the search of Zhen's family.

But with the situation under control, the Supreme Emperor was powerless.

Who has tasted power and is willing to do so?

However, since he holds the throne for justice and holds great power, the Supreme Emperor has little hope of making a comeback.

But once he died, the Supreme Emperor would have a reason to abolish Li Li. Although Qiu Duo had already taken charge of the post of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp, his time was still young and his control was difficult to estimate.

If you die and your mind changes, you may not have a chance of success.

Therefore, as soon as he heard the news, he immediately ordered the Yulin Army to be on guard, and ordered Qiu Suo to stabilize the capital and not to move without permission.

After regaining his composure, he had to consider other possibilities.

Although the Supreme Emperor is the most suspicious, he is already old after all. There is still a question mark as to whether he would really ignore the comfort of the country for the sake of monopoly power.

After all, this is a serious crime of confiscating a family and annihilating a clan. If there is not enough profit motivation, how could you dare to be so rebellious?
What could be more tempting than the throne?
Once he had no children, he would inevitably be adopted within the clan, and King Zhongshun, as the younger brother of his own mother, was naturally the first choice.

This led to other associations, and it was not even ruled out that the Supreme Emperor and King Zhongshun would join forces to get what they wanted.

As for the queen, after all, King Qi was an attempted assassination attempt. Although the suspicion is petite, it is difficult to rule it out completely.

Emperor Zhenglong was now surrounded by soldiers, and no one dared to believe him.

He knew very well that both King Zhongshun and the Tian family had an intricate relationship with the old officials of the palace.

As for the former ministers of the Supreme Emperor, he dared not use any of them. Youdao means that one person is for personal gain and two are for the public good.

He must find someone to supervise the Jin Yiwei's thorough investigation to ensure that no one is deceived.

Although Lai Shangrong also has business dealings with King Zhongshun and the Tian family, on the one hand, Lai Shangrong is not greedy for money, and at the beginning of the cooperation, it was with his own instructions.

On the other hand, he was also aware of Jin Yiwei's report.

Knowing that business cooperation was not without grudges, and since Lai Shangrong was a pure minister, and there really was no more suitable candidate, he was ordered to be sent to the palace to supervise the Jinyi Guards for a thorough investigation.

(End of this chapter)