But after listening to She Yue's words, Jia Mu and others knew that their brothers had gone to rob someone, and even Baoyu had gone with them. They were all anxious and sent people to spy. However, the spies didn't know that they were going.
After waiting at the front door for half a day, they could not wait for their young masters. As he was hesitating, he suddenly heard someone shouting, "There is a fight at the back door of Nan'an Prince's Mansion." I hurriedly went around to the back door, and sure enough I saw the two young masters of their family following them.
They were fighting. Because they didn't dare to go up rashly, they were working in a hurry at the back. It wasn't until the people from the Taiping Escort arrived that they felt relieved and ran back to report the news.
As soon as this boy entered the Hall of Rongxi, he was all smiles and kowtowed: "Go back to the old lady, gentlemen, just don't worry! At first, a group of people from the Nan'an Prince's Palace surrounded our young master, but they couldn't even fight to a draw. Just now, reinforcements from our mansion
When we arrived, we beat the people over there until they were crawling on the ground!"
Jia She first shouted "Okay!" and immediately ordered someone to reward him with a drop of money.
Jia Mu was anxious: "How can Baoyu fight? Isn't he just standing there and being bullied?"
The boy hurriedly said: "Second Master Bao didn't fight, so he was probably hiding somewhere. I saw Senior Master Gao standing in front of a carriage and beating a group of them one by one. It was so refreshing, but Second Master Bao was probably not all in the carriage."
Jia's mother Jia Zheng felt relieved after hearing this, and Jia She asked happily how the fight was going. The boy just shook his cheeks and blew. The two young masters were fighting one against three, and it was no problem for the third master to deal with thirty.
, so that Jia She could not close his mouth, and ordered someone to reward him with four purses and two boxes of good snacks.
I thought they would come soon, but after waiting for a long time, Jia Mu could no longer sit still. She was about to call someone to investigate again, but someone from outside finally came to report: The young man has brought the eldest daughter back. Now
The carriage has entered Ningrong Street! Overjoyed, Jia Mu hurriedly led her two sons to pick her up outside the Xiangnan Hall, and welcomed Yuanchun and his brothers in.
Yuanchun had not seen his father since entering the palace. Now seeing Jia Zheng with gray hair on his temples and a haggard appearance, he could not help but feel sad and happy at the same time, and burst into tears. Everyone held hands and shed tears, and after a long pause, they asked Yuanchun what had happened in the past few days.
It turned out that Zi Da was warned by the princess that he was extremely cautious in everything in Yuanchun and did not dare to touch food or water in their house. The next day, the princess came to her courtyard in person and first told him that Jia Cong wanted to exchange favors for her.
Looking at Yuanchun's face, he could see that he could not contain his surprise, but his words and demeanor were quite calm, generous and decent. He knew that this woman would probably not follow the concubine's wishes.
Then he tried again: "It's just that the concubine went to your house yesterday and wanted to discuss with your old lady to keep you in our house."
Yuan Chun raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "I am not a person on any famous brand, so what do you want the concubine to do with me?"
The princess did not answer, but continued to tell the concubine's conditions and asked her: "Are you willing?"
Yuanchun was silent for a moment, then asked: "Have my two brothers, Cong'er and Baoyu, agreed?"
The princess said hypocritically: "Your brothers are still young, what can they do?"
Yuanchun looked at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "The princess is teasing me. Although my brother is young, he is a man who can make decisions. Where can a woman take the decision in such a big matter?"
The princess also laughed and said: "Yesterday, it was your little brother Jia Cong who broke into the Hall of Honor and refuted the concubine. She was quite sorry and asked me to ask you what you meant."
Yuanchun couldn't help but smile with joy, and immediately said: "I heard that the young prince has been raised in the concubine's yard. She is so peaceful when she plays with her grandson with sweet treats. I am just an ordinary concubine, so why bother her old man?"
The princess nodded: "In that case, I will go back to the concubine."
Yuanchun thought for a while and asked: "It's just that I don't understand, why does the concubine keep me in this house?"
The princess said calmly: "Because you are her son's. Even if her son doesn't like it, you can't be someone else's."
Yuanchun shuddered and suddenly remembered that after a prince in the palace died in infancy, his pet dog was hanged by his mother and buried with him. He stood up and bowed deeply to the princess: "Thank you very much, Princess, for your kindness, Jia will definitely repay her in the future.
"
The princess was also overjoyed and secretly praised the girl for her ability to reveal the truth. She said with a smile: "Have I ever mentioned anything to you? It's just that the concubine ordered me to ask." Then she said a few polite words and left.
Yuanchun became more and more vigilant after that, even sleeping at night with only clothes on.
Last night, the princess sent someone to tell Miss Jia to be careful. Yuan Chun had thought about it countless times. Since food and drink can't help her, most women would start with reputation. Besides, it's already the second watch and the princess's talents are here.
Warning. So I packed up the books and music scores I usually read, as well as all my clothes, shoes and jewelry, packed a few ordinary baggage and stuffed them into the utility box in the wing, and locked it. Fortunately
She had very few things and packed them up very cheaply. For a while, the house was as empty as a snow cave, almost like an inn.
She pretended to sleep again, and after the two little girls were asleep, she placed the quilt on the kang to make a human shape, took out another quilt to cover it, and quietly hid in the small room next door, poking at the window paper.
Through the three holes, one could peek into various parts of the courtyard, so he waited inside with bated breath. After the third watch, he heard a "dong" sound outside. Yuanchun hurriedly crouched to the window and saw a black shadow.
Walking through the courtyard, he was a little lame. Under the starlight, he could clearly tell that she was a woman. For a moment, the woman entered her house without knowing what she was doing, then she came out quietly, climbed the wall and left.
Yuanchun waited in the wing room for another two-quarters of an hour. Seeing no movement outside, he knew that the concubine did not take the pair in advance, so he returned to the room, closed the curtains tightly, lit the lamp, and searched carefully.
It was very easy to search the house if there was nothing in it. After a while, I found a man's shoe under the bed, and took out a man's undershirt from the cabinet. There was also a love poem wrapped in the undershirt. It was just Yi Yuanchun.
It seems that this thing is not poetry at all.
She thought about it for a while, put the love poem on the lamp and burned it, then wrapped some clothes around her shoes, held her breath and walked to the door of the courtyard to listen to the noise. Fortunately, her courtyard was very remote and there was no one around. Yuanchun
She took out the key from her arms and opened the door. She walked out alone, discerned the road with the faint starlight, wrapped a stone in her clothes and threw it into a pool not far away, and then came back quietly. She threw away her clothes.
I bought some water for tomorrow morning and quietly brushed the soles of the shoes I wore when I went out in the courtyard. Then I didn't sleep all night.
At dawn the next day, Yuan Chun was packing up to go to watch Huo Xuan's funeral. There was a commotion outside, and someone was shouting and banging on the door. Yuan Chun just didn't know and asked the little girl to open the door. As soon as the courtyard door opened, more than a dozen people came in.
A strong woman couldn't help but rummage through the boxes in her room. Yuan Chun pretended to be frightened and stood aside. However, they rummaged for a long time and found nothing. They looked at each other for a while, and the leader turned around and looked Yuan Chun up and down.
Half a day later, he said with a fake smile: "Miss Jia, a kid with unclean hands and feet was caught outside, and he has confessed that he has something to do with you!"
Yuan Chun frowned: "Could it be that Princess Taifei only believed one side of the story?"
The woman said: "Anyway, just ask Miss Jia to come."
Yuanchun nodded and followed them confidently. The woman had a rope in her hand, but she didn't dare to tie her because she didn't find any evidence.
When they arrived at the concubine's courtyard, the concubine pointed at her with a dark face and cursed: "You little whore! I only thought you were a well-educated person from a wealthy family, but I didn't expect you to do such dirty things! Xuan'er
I treat you so well, will your heart be eaten by a dog?"
Yuanchun knelt on the ground and said solemnly: "May I ask the concubine, does the person who claims to have an affair with me know how many moles I have on the back of my neck?"
The concubine was startled for a moment, and then looked at the princess complainingly.
Yuanchun said again: "But I don't know what this man looks like. He can be so easy to see that the servants leave the prince and look at him."
The concubine said that the man was neither good-looking nor bad-looking.
Yuanchun went on to say: "Maybe he is a man of great talent and a lot of knowledge? Otherwise, why would this slave like him?"
A woman hurriedly said: "He did it, he wrote you a love poem!"
Yuan Chun frowned: "Love poems are not easy to write. If they are straightforward, they are tasteless, and if they are written in a concise way, they are obscure."
The woman hurriedly took out a piece of paper from her arms and handed it to her: "He just copied it, and this is it!"
Yuanchun picked it up, looked at it, shook his head and said, "This isn't even oiling, it's just a few words written. Being able to write words in such a tangible and intangible way is considered a skill, and it's not worthy of comment." He smiled again.
The love poem was handed to a maid next to him, "The princess is also an expert, why don't you ask the princess to take a look at it, what is this?"
When the concubine heard that evidence had not been found in her room, she knew that the woman was on guard. Therefore, she stopped talking to Yuan Chun and attacked the case heavily: "The adulterers have already been recruited, and you can't tolerate your denial!" Then she asked the princess, "Look.
How to dispose of it.”
Yuan Chun knew in his heart that it would be useless to complain to Qu about his injustice, so he smiled coldly, stood up, and looked at the princess.
The princess said cheerfully: "This matter is strange. Now that the prince's important affairs have not been settled, it is better to send Miss Jia to the family temple to settle her temporarily, and then we will deal with it after the matter is settled."
The concubine nodded immediately: "You are right! Let's do it like this."
The princess glanced at Yuanchun, and Yuanchun knew that they had already discussed it, and fearing that there was no other way, he just gave the princess a blessing and left the courtyard silently.
Unexpectedly, when she was packing her things, a capable girl next to the princess brought her ten taels of silver and whispered: "What happened last night was something the princess did temporarily by inciting the concubine to do. It took a lot of effort from the princess. Princess
He said, "I haven't bothered so much in many years, and the concubine is becoming more and more difficult to coax."
Yuanchun was stunned.
The girl smiled and said: "The concubine wanted to wait until the prince's funeral was over before using this trick, but the concubine advised her that she would be afraid that something would happen again in the Rongguo Mansion. The nights were long and there were many dreams, so it would be better to choose a different day than to hit the sun. Anyway, she sent Miss Jia away first.
There is nothing we can do about the family temple and the Rongguo Mansion, but we are just sulking for a while. But if the mortals are in our hands, they will still have to go back and forth after half a year at most. The concubine coaxed her for a long time before she decided to take action immediately. If there is plenty of time,
, how can such an easy thing happen? I'm afraid that the girl's bellyband and embroidered shoes will be taken away by others. Talking about the mole on the back of the neck, I'm afraid the dowager will also check it out. If this matter is confirmed,
, it will be extremely difficult for the girl to escape in the future."
Yuanchun suddenly understood and nodded: "Thank you very much, Princess, I will keep it in my heart."
The girl said again: "When you get to the temple, someone will take care of you, so don't worry, girl. In a few days, there will be a way to let the girl out."
After hearing these words, Yuanchun calmed down and packed his things with peace of mind. He fully expected to go to their temple to stay for a while, but he didn't expect Jia Cong to be impatient and snatch them away without waiting for a long-term plan!
After hearing this, everyone sighed again, and Jia Cong first praised: "Although it didn't come in handy, my sister brushing the soles of shoes is something that ordinary people would never think of, and it is really safe."
Yuan Chun smiled and said: "I heard someone in the palace once said that a palace maid went out to do things for her master in the middle of the night. Later, she was found out because there was pollen on the soles of her shoes... Many people died that time."
Jia Huan couldn't help but muttered: "No wonder my aunt said you were lucky to come out alive."
This remark reminded Jia Zheng to remember that he had thanks to Gao Mang for his help today, and he hurriedly thanked him; Jia's mother couldn't help but thank him once. Gao Mang smiled and said: "My cousin has just thanked me, so there is no need to thank me again.
"
For a moment, Jia's mother was worried that the Nan'an Palace would ruin Yuanchun's reputation. Jia Cong smiled and said: "No. The concubine originally wanted to use her name to trap the eldest sister, but for the sake of Huo Xuan's reputation, she would not let many people know.
Everyone who should be silenced will probably be silenced by now. Since this matter is under the control of the princess, she will not let many people know. In order not to offend our family, and in order for Huo Sheng to have a good relationship with our brothers in the future, the princess will
She will guard this matter tightly and not let any news come out. Now that the princess and the concubine in their palace have fallen out, and there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, the remaining confidants and concubines around the concubine who are reluctant to deal with it will naturally handle it for her. And the concubine will naturally deal with it for her.
Although the concubine is dissatisfied, she will have nothing else to do from now on except teasing her grandson."
Jia's mother couldn't help shouting: "Nonsense! What kind of status is the concubine? The princess is just her daughter-in-law, how can she still climb over her mother-in-law?!"
Jia Cong said: "Of course, ordinary people can't, but their family is different. Many mothers only have sons in their eyes, and they are willing to abandon the overall situation for a little benefit of their sons. This is the case for the Nan'an Princess and the Princess.
The concubine is willing to fall out with our family in order to trap all the women in the name of her son, and the princess will also fall out with the concubine in order to prevent her son from spending the money to support those many women for Huo Xuan. If she just wants to
When my eldest sister returned it to our family, the princess had many extremely convenient methods, but she used the one that was the most labor-intensive and caused the most trouble."
He took a breath, looked at everyone, and then said: "Our family's intention is very clear. As long as there are people, nothing else will be mentioned. I also told Huo Sheng that day, if he can't take charge, I will think of other ways. Stay.
The concubine's original intention was to take care of the eldest sister's matter, but the concubine specially tried to cut off this path and intensified the situation. How can our family just let it go? There must be a way to do it. The concubine said, "In some time, we will find a way."
"Letting the girl out" probably means using the pressure from our family to disperse all Huo Xuan's concubines in the name of the "overall situation" and "face". Naturally, she didn't expect that we brothers would
Go and rob people."
After hearing this, Jia Mu thought for a long time and said angrily: "This woman is so stingy, why not raise a few women for her husband."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "But now the house belongs to her son. Raising those women is of no use to her son. It's useless to worry about her husband when her husband is gone." Jia Huan couldn't help but look at Gao Mang.
At one glance, Gao Mang had a smile on his face - didn't Jia Mu lose contact with her sister-in-law as soon as her husband died? "She dared to order someone to take the concubine in. It was obvious that she didn't care about her face. Besides, we have been at the door of their house today.
He yelled that our family was taking advantage of the law and that the lawsuit would go to the Jinluan Palace. Brother Baoyu wandered around with the snack box again. The concubine had no chance to speak and she let me beat her up. Those who were watching the show would naturally guess this.
You don’t need to ask the concubine to take the blame, the princess has her own backup plan.”
Yuanchun praised: "The princess is indeed a sensible person."
Jia Congnai quietly whispered to Yuan Chun: "I have left two Lingxi messages for Huo Sheng today. I just want to see if and how he picks them up."
Yuanchun heard this and laughed softly: "One of them is another box of snacks. I have been waiting for you to come to the car to ask for it, but you didn't come. What is the other one?"
Jia Cong chuckled: "Guess!"
Because Yuanchun had been locked up in a small courtyard for the past two years, he didn't know many things. After guessing for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he stopped guessing at all.
At that time, Jia's mother ordered people to clear out a large room in her courtyard to accommodate Yuanchun. She said that she and her sister Baoyu had not seen each other for many years, and Yuanchun probably had not been in the house for a long time, so they took the opportunity to kiss each other.
Jia Huan and Jia Cong left Jia Mu and went out. They hurriedly ran to brag about today's achievements with their sisters. The girls were naturally happy to hear this. At the end, Jia Cong smiled and asked, "Who can guess what the secret I left for Huo Sheng is?"
My sister only guessed one."
Tanchun said with a smile: "The first one is easy to guess. Since you two are pretending to have a falling out, Mr. Zhao is watching from the sidelines and it must be very easy to guess that there may be something wrong with the snacks. The other box of snacks was not returned to them on the spot.
We have the intention of keeping a piece of evidence of guilt. If Prince Huo has a clue, he will not send anyone to return the snack."
Jia Cong nodded: "That's right. If he doesn't want us, he trusts us, and we can secretly become allies. If he wants us, he has to make it clear. In the future, we will go our separate ways."
Tanchun thought for a while and said, "I can't guess the other one. Does Sister Lin know?"
Daiyu was leaning on the imperial concubine's bed and was too lazy to speak. When she heard this, she pursed her lips and smiled and said: "The other one is very easy. I'm afraid you have ignored it. The two little girls of the eldest sister are obviously from this family. Cong'er doesn't care about them.
And snatched them away. Let's see tomorrow. It would be smart for their family to give us just those two girls. If they give us their families as well, they would have done enough to save face. In the future, the two houses will spread
But you have to think of something else."
Xichun smiled and said, "What if they come and take the person back?"
Daiyu said: "From now on, we will go as far around our house as we can."
Jia Cong hurriedly bowed to her and said, "Respect the Prime Minister's order!" Everyone laughed.
Seeing Daiyu's relaxed expression, Jia Cong knew that she had figured it out and was secretly happy.
Later, when someone from Nan'an Prince's Palace came to help Jia's family register for Yuan Chun, they only sent the two little girls' deeds and didn't mention anything about the snacks. The two houses stopped communicating with each other.
Jia Cong and others laughed loudly and said to Baoyu: "It's rare for you to be stupid, but you have made a smart friend!" This is something to say later.
Early the next morning, the Prince of Nan'an released all the women in Huo Xuan's backyard, including several concubines. The concubine tried her best to stop her, but she only said that there was a traitor in the backyard who had harmed Huo Xuan.
The person has not been found out yet, and the tiger cannot be let go. But she said no, she was so angry that her heart and liver were twisted into a ball. Where did the princess care who gave Huo Xuan the medicine? She knew that they might have ill intentions towards Huo Sheng, but at the same time
We couldn't find out who it was. What if someone immediately tried to harm Huo Sheng? Could it be possible that she would still use her son as bait? So she didn't care about her face or her reputation, so she threw them all away and never wanted them again.
She came to harm her son. She also tried to persuade Huo Sheng every day that she did not need to avenge her father. If the king wanted his ministers to die, they would have to die. I had never heard of a minister seeking revenge from the king. Huo Sheng only paid lip service.
Because the princess has always been gentle and virtuous, and has a good reputation among the female relatives in the capital, her release was extremely hasty and clean, and it followed the riot in the Rongguo Mansion the day before. The cause of the riot seemed to have something to do with the princess, and Huo Xuan's funeral.
They were all anxious about this matter, but no one suspected that the princess was jealous and intolerant, and they all thought it had something to do with the incident in Rongguo Mansion. Seeing that the princess was silent in defense of themselves, everyone guessed that she intended to take the blame for her mother-in-law.