In the wing room, the orange candlelight was as soft as water, and two figures fell on the screen.
Yuan Chun raised her beautiful eyes, gave Jia Heng an angry look, and hummed, "Then I'll listen to Brother Heng and leave early tomorrow morning."
These words almost sounded like coquettishness and annoyance.
Jia Heng picked up the tea cup and was sipping tea by himself. He raised his eyes and looked at the jade face like a hibiscus stamen, and said warmly: "Sister, that's what I said. It's not too late to leave after the Lantern Festival."
He could more or less guess what Yuanchun was thinking, and wanted to use this matter to help him ease his relationship with Mrs. Wang. This idea was not wrong, and he understood it, but it was a bit wishful thinking.
Yuan Chun said "hmm", looked at Jia Heng with her beautiful eyes under her beautiful eyebrows, lowered her head slightly, and didn't know what to say, and sighed quietly.
Jia Heng said: "Don't worry, big sister."
When Yuan Chun heard this, he raised his round and round face, met those warm eyes, and hesitated to speak: "Brother Heng, I..."
"Eldest sister also has good intentions, I know that." Jia Heng smiled and said with relief.
Yuan Chun pursed his red lips, feeling warm in his heart.
Jia Heng raised his head and glanced at the sky and said, "Okay, it's getting late. Sister, please rest early, and I'll leave first."
"I'll see Brother Heng off." Yuan Chun suppressed the sudden feeling of loss in his heart, stood up, and looked at the young man's eyes, as gentle as water.
Jia Heng smiled and said, "No need, it's very cold at night, so my eldest sister is wearing thin clothes, so be careful not to catch a cold."
At this time, Yuan Chun also realized that his hair was disheveled and his clothes were slightly disheveled. His heart skipped a beat and his cheeks warmed slightly. He raised his eyes to look at the young man opposite and said softly: "Brother Heng, please slow down on the road. Hold the piano and go pick up the lamp." lantern."
"Hey." Baoqin responded.
Jia Heng took the lantern from Bao Qin and left the wing with Yuan Chun seeing him off.
Yuan Chun stood under the eaves of the corridor, watching the light and shadow of the lantern held by Jia Heng disappear, still lost in thought.
"Girl, it's cold in here, go back to the house." At this time, the attacker took the big cloak and put it on Yuanchun's shoulders.
Yuanchun turned to look at the attacker, his eyes flashed, and he sighed again.
This attacker had served in Baoyu's room for several years, but was kicked out just because he informed Hengdi about the use of smokeless animal charcoal in Baoyu's room. This shows her mother's resentment towards Hengdi.
That's all, leave it all to Brother Heng to handle.
But he said that Jia Heng left Tanchun Courtyard, carried a lantern, and returned to Ningguo Mansion.
As soon as he reached the inner hall, he saw a slim and small figure, opening the beaded curtain in the inner compartment and coming in. Guazi had a smile on his face: "I heard the footsteps sound like a young master."
Jia Heng smiled, sat on a chair with a backrest and joked: "You are so great now that you can even hear footsteps."
Qingwen smiled softly, came closer, fanned her nose with her little hand, furrowed her thin eyebrows, and said angrily: "Young master smells like alcohol."
Turning around, he poured a cup of fragrant tea and handed it to Jia Heng.
Jia Heng said "hmm" and felt a little thirsty now. He picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp. Then he looked at Qingwen and asked, "It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Qingwen poured another cup of fragrant tea for Jia Heng, sat down on the chair opposite, and said softly: "I was doing some needlework just now, and I was waiting for the young master by the way. I thought that when the young master comes back from dinner, there will probably be no one to serve him. .”
Jia Heng nodded and asked, "Where is grandma?"
"Grandma, you should rest now." Qingwen said, looking up and down Jia Heng's cheeks, and said softly: "Young master, your face is red after drinking."
Jia Heng said: "This wine is good for your face."
At this moment, Qingwen suddenly stretched out a hand, put it on Jia Heng's neck, and said, "Then I will serve the young master to bathe and change clothes."
With that said, Qingwen led Jia Heng into the side room, helped to undress, and then took off the outer clothes one by one, and then took off the middle coat.
Qingwen suddenly saw thin blood marks on Jia Heng's back, and asked in surprise: "Why are there scratches on the young master's back?"
Jia Heng paused and said, "I bumped into it accidentally."
This Li'er, next time her hands will have to be tied with a red rope.
"Looking at them one after another, it's scary, as if they were caught." Qingwen Liuye blinked her bright eyes under her slender eyebrows, and murmured as if she was suspicious.
Jia Heng said: "Let's take a shower, I'm a little tired."
Qingwen said "hmm" and stopped asking. She untied her coat and skirt. After a while, she and Jia Heng entered the bathtub together with a "crash" sound.
Qingwen helped Jia Heng wash his body from behind. After a while, the girl put her two white lotus-rooted arms around Jia Heng's neck and breathed like a blue breath: "Young Master..."
Then the sound gradually became inaudible.
Jia Heng's expression paused and he whispered, "Wait until you take a shower."
The experience with Tanchun earlier made her a little uncomfortable.
Moreover, Keqing was not in good health these past two days, and it took him two days to remove the blood marks on his back.
After bathing, Jia Heng carried Qingwen to the embroidered couch in the back room.
for a long time……
Qingwen's cheeks were red, she lowered her head and coughed non-stop. Under Liu Ye's thin eyebrows, her bright eyes looked seductively at the young man opposite her, and she slumped in her arms.
Jia Heng poured tea from the small table on the side, handed it over, and whispered: "Actually, there is no need to...swallow it."
Qingwen took a sip of tea, lowered her eyelids and whispered.
"Okay, you clean up."
In the wing room, the candlelight was as bright as day. Qin Keqing was sitting on the bed, reading a book by the light of the lamp. Looking at Jia Heng coming from outside, the look of joy on her beautiful face showed, "Husband."
As he said this, he was about to lift off the quilt and get up.
"Don't get up again." Jia Heng sat down on the bed next to Qin Keqing and asked, "It's so late, why are you still reading?"
Qin Keqing smiled sweetly and said: "I couldn't sleep for a while, so I looked for a book of piano music and read it. I feel a little sleepy now."
After saying that, he stood up, put the music score on the small table beside him, and said softly: "I will wait for my husband to change his clothes."
Jia Heng put on his clothes and chuckled: "Forget it, I drank some wine and the smell of alcohol in my mouth is a bit heavy."
After Qingwen reminded him, there were still some marks left on the bloodstains on his back, so he couldn't let Keqing see it, so he needed to keep a middle coat.
When Qin Keqing heard this, the smile on her face froze, she pursed her lips, lowered her head, and said in a trembling voice: "Change...you don't need to talk."
Jia Heng: "???"
Suppressing the strangeness in his heart, he took off the outer layer of his robe, leaving only his middle coat on.
The couple lifted up the brocade quilt and lay on the bed together. Jia Heng felt a warm fragrance floating under his nose, and his delicate body leaned against them.
At this time, the maids Baozhu and Ruizhu lowered the golden hooks all the way, and the curtains fell one after another. Only the lights on the high table were still on.
Jia Heng said: "Didn't you and Sister-in-law Feng say that you wanted to invite a theater troupe? Why didn't you meet today?"
"I plan to invite you again from Powu. We will perform operas during the day and it will not be lively at night. But my husband doesn't seem to like listening to operas." Qin Keqing leaned her head in Jia Heng's arms and said softly.
Jia Heng said: "Actually, it's not bad."
There are many entertainment programs in later generations, but he is really not very enthusiastic about listening to operas.
As Qin Keqing spoke, she noticed that the young man was silent and asked softly: "Husband, what's wrong?"
Jia Heng said: "There is an old man who will go to the north after Powu. I was thinking that I should pay him a visit tomorrow."
Veteran General Li Ge will go to Beiping Prefecture to supervise the army the day after tomorrow. He should enter the palace to pay his respects tomorrow, but he needs to meet with him in advance to discuss the situation in Northern Xinjiang.
Qin Keqing said with emotion: "My husband is not very leisurely during the New Year. Others only think that my husband is still young enough to be here today, but they don't know how much thought he put into it."
Jia Heng held his wife's jade breast, released the pressure, and said softly: "I can't help it, I was born to work hard."
Qin Keqing snorted and asked, "My husband went to see Aunt Zhao. Didn't he encounter any trouble? Now I let him make the decision on all major and minor matters in the two houses."
Her biggest feeling during this period was that both houses came to her husband for advice on everything.
Jia Heng said: "It's nothing. Mrs. Zhao wants me to help her brother find a job."
Qin Keqing said: "My sister-in-law Feng has told me some rumors about that aunt's character, but they don't seem to make sense. It's just a pity for my third sister."
Jia Heng said: "It can't be said like that. Mrs. Zhao was originally a maid in the old lady's house. Because of her good color, she was later given to the second master. Mrs. Zhao has never read a book and has shallow eyes. The third sister has not grown up with her. , but it was not affected.”
When I mention Tanchun, I can't help but think of the warm, soft, moist heat on my earlobe again.
"So, my husband asked Qingwen to study and be sensible. This is the reason for this consideration." Qin Keqing suddenly said.
Jia Heng: "..."
He couldn't help but reach out and grab the girl's round hand. He felt that his wife was hiding a hidden edge in every word she spoke.
Qin Keqing chuckled and said, "Husband knows me, I'm not jealous."
Jia Heng was silent for a moment.
Qin Keqing paused and said softly: "As the head of the clan, your husband must continue to have descendants and expand the clan. When there are more children in the future, there must be a constitution in the future."
Jia Heng hugged the girl's shoulders tightly and couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's too far away for you to say these things now. Okay, why have you been confused by the devil in the past two days? You can't even talk about it. Okay, stop thinking about it. "
In fact, he guessed that the girl just lacked a sense of security. This may be the change brought about by his identity, or it may be the woman's vigilance... But Qing discovered something.
Qin Keqing said "hmm" and said nothing else.
A night of silence.
next day
After breakfast, Jia Heng sent someone to send greetings to Li Zhai in Yongyefang and Tangqiao Hutong, and then went to the Wucheng Army and Horses Division with his personal retinue.
As soon as I arrived at the Wucheng Bingma Division and before I entered the yamen, I saw a beautifully decorated and luxurious carriage parked on the street in front of the yamen. Several of them looked like they were Ban Zhi guards from the palace, and their expressions were Be alert and guard with a knife.
"I've met my lord."
The soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division who were guarding in front of the official office saluted one after another when they saw Jia Heng and his entourage.
Jia Heng nodded at him, and just as he was about to walk in, he saw a soldier wearing the robes of a military attaché of the General Banner, approaching and saying: "Sir, His Highness King Wei and His Highness King Liang have arrived at the Secretary Affairs Hall, Master Fan. We are receiving you."
"knew."
Jia Heng said, leading his followers and heading towards the Secretary's Office.
In the Secretary's Hall, Wei Wang Chen Ran was sitting on a black lacquered wood chair with a teacup in his hand. Liang Wang was sitting beside him, while Fan Yi and a group of Kongmu and Shu from the Wucheng Army and Horses Department were sitting there. The officials were accompanying and talking around, mostly with respectful expressions and careful responses.
After all, he is a member of the clan, so not everyone can deal with him calmly.
In fact, none of the people present were even fifth-rank officials.
"Master Fan, Mr. Jia is here."
While everyone was talking, a civil servant came into the Secretary's Office and reported.
When Fan Yi heard this, he felt happy. Without the lord, he felt quite uncomfortable facing these two noble people.
The King of Wei was okay and his attitude was quite kind, but the King of Liang was arrogant and looked like he was not a good person at first glance. He often looked at his lame leg with sneer eyes, which was really annoying.
"These days, if Huang Guizhou is not born with a golden spoon in his mouth, let alone compared with the Duke, he would even be inferior to Fan." Fan Yi thought coldly in her heart.
King Wei, who was sitting there, heard Jia Heng's arrival and quickly turned his eyes to look at King Liang. The two of them got up one after another and came out of the Secretary's Hall to greet him.
After the military parade the day before yesterday, even the King of Liang was vaguely aware of how popular Jia Heng was in the city of Shenjing. Although he was not convinced by his brother Wei Wang's repeated warnings, he openly did not dare to do anything. Second-rate.
"Master Jia." Under the eaves of the corridor, King Wei stared closely at the young man in the python suit, his eyes burning and a little eager, and he called out.
This scene fell in the eyes of the soldiers and horses of the five cities, Si Wenli, who was dealing with it carefully on the side, and his heart was shocked.
The clans of this kind of country are very respectful to adults.
Jia Heng raised his eyes to look at King Wei and said in surprise: "Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Why did His Highness King Wei come here so early?"
The tone is casual and relaxed, neither flattering nor distant.
Hearing the tone, King Wei was overjoyed, with a smile on his fair face, and said: "Brother Jia, I had nothing to do in the palace, so I took my sixth brother to the Wucheng Army and Horses Division to have a look, so that we can get familiar with it early. Familiar with the affairs of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division."
They quietly changed their names, but they also felt close to each other.
"The two Your Highnesses, please enter the Yamen together." Jia Heng glanced at Prince Liang and paid no attention. He nodded, and they entered the hall together and sat down again.
"Don't stand around anymore, everyone should go about their official duties." Jia Heng turned to look at the clerk standing respectfully behind Fan Yi, frowned, and shouted in a deep voice: "From now on, His Royal Highness the King of Wei will often come to sit in the Yamen. Are you going to serve like this all the time? What a shame!"
"Yes, sir."
The expressions of all the low-level civil servants changed slightly and they dispersed one after another.
When the King of Wei saw this, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly apologized and said, "I came here presumptuously. I was just curious, so I went to the Yazhong officials to ask questions. I hindered official business. Please forgive me, Brother Jia."
Jia Heng said: "Your Majesty, the King of Wei, came here and didn't know what was going on. It's understandable. However, most of them are old officials who abandoned their official duties and gathered around His Majesty. It's really shameful. It's because I have no way to control my subordinates, so I let them go." Your Highness is laughing."
This is actually normal.
It would be better if a prince came to the Si Yamen to observe the government. It would be better if he was in the six ministries. Officials who came from the imperial examination were mostly distinguished. All of them are "able to crush their eyebrows and bend their waists to serve the powerful".
This is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
"To me, it would be unwise for such a national clan member, or even a candidate for the crown prince, to limit his presence in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division. At that time, not to mention the Queen Song's dissatisfaction, even the emperor had his own thoughts. After all, he is the father and son. Now that King Wei has arrived at the Five Cities Army and Horses Division, if he has made great achievements, he may even take over the Five Cities Army and Horses Division." Jia Heng looked deeply, thinking about the pros and cons.
In fact, when the time comes, he will take the initiative to resign from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.
Previously, when King Zhongshun was looking for someone to impeach him, it was difficult for him to leave his post, because that would mean being driven away, which had a different meaning.
But once Li Zan left, he actually took control of the Beijing Camp and even went directly to the Military Aircraft Department. Within a year at most, he would voluntarily resign from the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities to concentrate on the military affairs of the Beijing Camp and the affairs of the Jinyi Mansion.
Of course, the Five Cities Military and Horse Division would also keep his cousin Dong Qian as his eyes and ears.
Otherwise, if you don't resign, will you really have to shoulder the responsibility of Jingying, Jinyi Mansion, and Wucheng Military and Horse Division?
Therefore, Emperor Chongping's hidden intention was to ask him to help train the King of Wei, and at the same time, it was also an assessment of the King of Wei. If he could be used, the Five Cities Military and Horse Division would be put in charge of him.
Otherwise, if all the sons are taken care of, who will take over?
And his own stance must be firm and he must not forget who he is, so it is also an assessment of him.
The emperor's mind is nothing more than this.
As for the King of Wei's attitude towards him, since he was promoted to the rank during the military parade, the King of Wei's attitude has become respectful and even flattering.
He vaguely remembered that he met these two princes for the first time when he was practicing riding and shooting on the outskirts of the capital. In their eyes, he was just like a piece of grass.
The King of Wei did not pay attention to those minor officials from beginning to end, and asked with a smile: "Brother Jia, I have a banquet at Zuixian Tower. Do you have time at noon to have a banquet with me?"
Jia Heng muttered: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I will visit Mr. Li Ge later to discuss the defense of Northern Xinjiang. Mr. Li Ge is out of town in Peiping and will set off tomorrow."
When King Wei heard this, his face was slightly shaken, and he said regretfully: "That's really an unlucky thing."
Li Zan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, was about to go to Yan. He also heard some rumors about this matter. He also wanted to meet these important officials of his father's emperor, but he did not dare.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said, "Let's wait for another day. I'll invite His Highness another day."
King Wei nodded and said with a smile: "Then it's settled."
Jia Heng called Fan Yi at this time, asked about the public security in the capital city in the past few days, and ordered: "Master Fan, please summarize the recent public security cases in the capital and show them to King Wei for reading."
King Wei looked surprised and looked at Jia Heng.
Jia Heng said: "This is a case handled in accordance with the Public Security Regulations. On His Highness's birthday, I also told the Prince that matters should be decided by laws and regulations. Your Highness is the meritorious officer. In the assessment within the bureau, you must also be thoroughly familiar with the Public Security Regulations. chest."
King Wei looked calm and took the case from a scribe.
At about four o'clock, a soldier led a boy in from outside the Secretary's Office.
There was sweat on the forehead of the young man. He clearly came on horseback. He cupped his hands and said, "Sir, Mr. Li Ge is now at the house. Are you going to visit him right away?"
Jia Heng said: "I'll go over and visit you now. Your Highness will take your time and take a look first. I'll go visit Mr. Li Ge."
King Wei hurriedly put down the case in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Jia, please go quickly."
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Second, don’t wait.
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