Ningguo Mansion
As night falls, the lights are brightly lit, and the rain falls gently in the sky, bringing a bit of coolness to the hot summer night.
After Jia Heng took a bath, he changed into a colorful green shirt and long robe. After thinking about it, he walked quickly towards the courtyard where You lived.
Because when Youshi was helping Ling go south, he was secretly guarded by the servants of Jinyi Mansion and Rongguo Mansion in the middle of the capital. Jinling could not control the attitude of Jia Mansion. In addition, Qin Keqing gave Youshi Ningguo Mansion before You left. Half of the cards are right, so you can live in Ningguofu.
Yindie was holding hot water, planning to wash Youshi's feet, when she suddenly saw a figure standing in the corridor, and said with surprise and joy on her face: "Uncle Heng, are you here?"
Because she had met him in Beijing, the little girl didn't have much fear of Jia Heng.
"Where is your grandma?" Jia Heng smiled, looked at the girl with a bun and an oval face that was slightly baby fat, and asked.
Yindie quickly put down the copper basin in his hand and said, "Master, wait a moment, I'll call you right away."
However, Youshi, who was sitting in the room, had already heard the conversation outside. After hesitation, he moved his lotus steps and walked out of the inner room, standing pretty under the eaves of the corridor.
The beauty is less than thirty years old. She is wearing a plain dress with bamboo leaves and cloud patterns. The fabric is as white as frost and snow, almost like a mourning dress. The young woman has a plump and exquisite figure. She has no makeup on her fair and jade cheeks, but if you look closely, you can still see her lips. It was still painted with light red rouge, and her cloud-like hair was pinned with a white beaded flower hairpin.
The corridor eaves are illuminated by lights, and there is a gentle breeze and drizzle. The beauty stands leaning on the railing, with a gentle and watery charm flowing out of her eyebrows.
You's face was calm at this moment, and under her curved eyebrows, her eyes were looking at the young man quietly, as if imprinting the sculpted lines of the young man's face.
Jia Heng looked at the widow who was dressed in elegant clothes, with a hint of melancholy on her face. She nodded and said softly, "Sister-in-law You, how are you these days after seeing each other after all?"
I don’t know where this sister-in-law wrote the book, but it’s hard to call her by any other name.
Youshi suddenly heard the young man speaking. For some reason, she felt her nose was sore and her beautiful eyes under her beautiful eyebrows were filled with mist. She said softly, "Thank you for your concern, Uncle Heng. Let's talk inside."
While talking, Xiang invited Jia Heng into the room and sat down. Controlling his emotions, he took a handkerchief and gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
Jia Heng nodded, walked into the hall, and sat down on a chair at a round table. He looked around at the furnishings, which were simple and elegant. He didn't know if they were scented with a few strands of sandalwood, but there was a shallow scent floating in the air. Orchid scent.
Youshi turned to Yindie and ordered: "Yindie, go and brew the Biluochun that is newly planted this year."
After saying that, he sat down, looked at the young man with beautiful eyes, and asked: "When did you come here, have you eaten?"
Jia Heng withdrew his warm gaze and said softly: "In the evening, I had dinner with the tribesmen who greeted me."
At this time, Yindie took the tea cup and handed it over. Jia Heng thanked her, looked at the beautiful lady who was gazing affectionately, and said, "Sister-in-law You, I have been staying in Jinling for more than half a year. My second sister and I The third sister misses her sister-in-law very much."
Meeting that gentle and jade-like gaze, Youshi's eyes turned slightly to the side, looking at the bamboo and stone screen not far behind the young man, and said softly: "It's okay for me to be in Jinling. I can eat and sleep, and they don't have to worry too much." Miss me."
After a moment of silence, he said softly: "The second and third sisters wrote to me last time and said that you made great achievements when you arrived in Henan and were granted the title of earl."
In the blink of an eye, half a year passed, and the young man in front of him had a higher title. I heard from outside that he was now a first-class uncle of the Han Dynasty. Even when Duke Daihua was alive, he was still far behind.
Jia Heng picked up the tea cup, took a sip, raised his eyes to look at the pretty and dignified beauty in mourning clothes, and said softly: "I am given a title thanks to the grace of the palace."
You raised his eyes and took a peek at the young man, and said: "You are a dragon and a phoenix among men. In the future, you will be awarded the title of Duke and Marquis like Ning Rong and Duke Ning."
Jia Heng said: "Sister-in-law You is too praised."
You turned around and looked away, holding a white handkerchief under the table, going back and forth, and asked softly: "How are the third sister and the second sister at home? Do you have any letters?"
Hearing this, Jia Heng took out the letter from his arms and said warmly: "The third sister and the second sister each asked me to bring a letter. Sister-in-law You can read it."
With that said, he handed over the envelope.
Youshi quickly reached out and took the envelope, but when her fingertips with nails touched the man's palm, it felt like an electric shock. She couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in her heart. She quickly took the letter and started to open the envelope by the light.
Jia Heng stood up, took the candlestick nearby and placed it on the table. The candle was close and he said, "It's a little dark. Be careful not to hurt your eyes."
When Youshi heard the young man's gentle words, her delicate body couldn't help but tremble slightly. She quickly lowered her beautiful watery eyes, shook the white pearls between her lush hair, and said thank you in a low voice, staring at the letter. , Juan's beautiful words come into view.
As the letters were stacked one after another between the palms of her hands, You Shifang was slightly startled, and she quickly read it. For some reason, her cheeks turned red, and she quickly covered the letters and raised her beautiful, clear and soft eyes. Ding Ding looked at the young man and said softly: "What's going on between you and Third Sister? Is this Ding... settled?"
For some reason, the young woman's voice was trembling.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Well, Third Sister is a very nice person, but Qing also likes her very much. By the way, what did she write in the letter?"
Keqing likes her, and he doesn't reject her, so just give Keqing a helper.
Youshi's beautiful eyebrows were curved, and her soft and beautiful eyes seemed to show a trace of panic. She quickly hid the letter in the envelope and said softly: "She didn't say anything."
The third sister was crazy, what she wrote in the letter, wouldn't it be beautiful for three sisters to serve one husband and compete in the same bed? Third Sister, have you really... written too many stories?
Jia Heng looked at the widow opposite who had blushed cheeks for some reason, and said softly: "Sister-in-law You, why didn't you return to Beijing after you finished your work here?"
Youshi glanced at the young man and whispered: "After Fuling was buried, I stayed here to observe mourning. I originally thought I would go back when the peace is better at the end of the year. The roads in Henan are not smooth, and I heard that there was a flood in Huaibei." , I have the Jinling Residence Newspaper here, so the information is better."
Does he want her to go back?
"Reporter?" Jia Heng asked in surprise.
Youshi is literate and can read Di Bao, which is not surprising. Perhaps he learned the news in Beijing through Di Bao.
Seeing that she had slipped her words, Youshi's heart skipped a beat, her cheeks turned red, and she quickly explained: "Read it in your spare time."
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then changed the topic and asked: "Ke Qing, Third Sister, and Sister-in-law Feng are all thinking about you. By the way, there have been a lot of things happening in Beijing recently, and Brother Lian was involved in something." Due to the smuggling case, he and the elder were exiled to Guizhou."
"Third Sister told me in a letter before." When You said this, she sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Girl Feng, she always wants to be strong. She doesn't know what to do when something like this happens at home." How to be angry."
You and Sister Feng have a very good relationship as husband and wife, and they have a lot of interactions in the original novel. They laugh, curse, and tell dirty jokes about women, which is normal.
Jia Heng asked: "What's the situation in the clan here in Jinling?"
Youshi calmed down and said, "Here in Ningguo, Jia Zi is in charge. The elders of the generation are all old and are being raised at home. On the other hand, in Rongguo, it is Jia Long, and there are Jia You and his son, I heard that you whipped them in Huai'an Mansion?"
At this point, the beauty frowned and looked at the young man opposite.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "They don't know the general situation. They took advantage of the flood in the north of the Yangtze River to hoard goods and make a lot of money out of the national crisis. I punished them a little but gave them a big warning."
Now along the way, the impact of the floods in Jiangbei was almost unnoticeable. Along the way, many local officials wanted to board the ship to ask for an audience, but they were all declined by him as an imperial envoy and could not be detained.
"Jinling had been talking about it for a while before, but he didn't have anything good to say. They were all slanderous words, so it's okay not to say them." You revealed the matter, looked at the young man steadily, and said, "You did the right thing about this matter."
Jia Heng looked at the young woman, smiled, and said softly, "That's fine, I won't ask."
He glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late today, so I'll be here first. These two
Oh my God, Sister Lin was thinking about going around. Sister-in-law You knows where there is fun and can be a guide. "
Youshi was surprised and said, "Girl Lin is here too?"
Jia Heng smiled and said, "Yes, I came here from Yangzhou. Jinling was the capital of several dynasties, and there are many places of interest there."
With that said, he stood up and left without staying any longer.
Mrs. You returned to the side room again, sat on a few stools beside the round table, looked at the half-cup of residual tea that was radiating heat, and sighed quietly in her heart.
Picking up the letter in his hand, his eyes were distracted for a moment.
The third sister got what she wanted, and the second sister could also find a place to live, but she... maybe she would be a widow for the rest of her life.
Jia Heng left You's courtyard and was suddenly startled. He looked at the girl in green standing with a sword in her arms. She wore a bamboo hat on her head, and the hanging green yarn fell in pieces on both sides of her shoulders. It was very quiet. "Why are you so invisible?" Jia Heng frowned and asked.
Chen Xiao glanced at the brightly lit orange house behind him and whispered, "Sure enough, Wang Shouqi went to the Liangjiang Governor's Yamen to see Shen Fang."
Jia Heng said: "This Wang Shouqi may not know that we are spying on him. He is so arrogant and arrogant. He is doing it to show me. The Governor of Liangjiang is a high-ranking official in the border areas, and he has a good backer."
This is the survival wisdom of merchants in this land, using officials to control officials. Chen Xiao looked thoughtful and asked, "What should you do?"
"Look again, don't be impatient for a moment." Jia Heng said in a low voice with dark eyes, and immediately walked towards Daiyu's courtyard. Suddenly he paused and looked at Chen Xiao, who was slim and beautiful.
Chen Xiaoqing's eyes flashed, and she asked with a puzzled look, "What's wrong?"
"The bamboo hat, veil, and heroine outfit suit you quite well." Jia Heng said softly, patting Chen Xiao's shoulder and patting away the rainwater.
Chen Xiao glanced at Jia Heng, but did not knock down the hand, and said angrily: "It's inexplicable."
Is it just a compliment anyway? I heard this.
Jia Heng said, and came to the courtyard where Daiyu was. The wing was dimly lit with lights like beans, and it was silent. He nodded towards the attacker and entered the wing.
Daiyu sat behind the desk and read a book, with thoughts in her delicate and picturesque eyebrows. When she heard the conversation outside, she followed the sound and saw that familiar figure, and her heart couldn't help but feel happy.
"Sister, I'm not asleep yet." Jia Heng looked at Daiyu and asked warmly.
Because Yuanyang went to Ningguo Mansion to reunite with Jin's father and mother who were looking at the house, Jia Heng felt a little less uncomfortable as "an ordinary person with a straight head and a straight face...".
Daiyu put down the collection of poems and essays in her hand, her starry eyes were like dew under her beautiful eyebrows, she looked at the young man intently, and said, "I can't sleep. Is Brother Heng finished?"
Jia Heng nodded and said with a smile, "I'm done."
With that said, he walked slowly to Daiyu's side. At this moment, Zicuckoo quietly left the wing and went to look at the wind under the eaves of the corridor.
Jia Heng and Daiyu sat side by side behind the desk. Daiyu leaned her head in the arms of the young man beside her, without saying a word, and they hugged each other quietly.
Jia Heng gently grabbed Daiyu's bare hand and whispered: "Does my sister have something on her mind? In fact, there is no need to pay attention to her words and expressions. Daiyu's thoughts are all written on her smoky eyebrows and gentle eyes."
"I didn't." Daiyu shook her head gently, her starry eyes under her eyebrows condensed, but a sweetness surged deep in her heart.
Jia Heng picked up the letter on the table and said with a chuckle: "It's just a frown, but it's in my heart. This is the words of layman Yi An. My sister said she didn't have anything to worry about."
In fact, we can guess a little bit. He was the one who made a fuss over eating sheep on the boat. This is not the era of fast food love in the previous life. In this era, anyone would feel uneasy if he was with her.
What's more, it's a young girl who couldn't hold back before. She would naturally get a fever after eating mutton.
Jia Heng's eyes flashed, and he guessed some of the reasons. He gently pushed Daiyu's bangs and whispered, "Sister, are you worried that you can't marry me?"
Daiyu: "???"
The girl's thoughts were exposed all of a sudden, and in a joking tone, which almost made Daiyu feel embarrassed.
I was annoyed, but I didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Jia Heng smiled and said softly: "Sister Lin, I definitely want to marry you in a big sedan chair, but I'm just thinking about one thing."
When Daiyu heard this, her heart was filled with joy, her cheeks were slightly ashamed, and she said angrily: "Who, who wants to marry you?"
After saying that, he asked again: "What is Brother Heng thinking about?"
Jia Heng looked at the candlelight and said softly: "My uncle has grown older and has had no heirs for many years. The ancestors of the Lin family, including the princes, are now in danger of losing their heirs. This makes people feel really sad. People's words will never be forgotten, and there will be echoes. The incense lingers, that’s probably the reason.”
The reason why people in this era attach great importance to men is not because there is succession to the throne in the family. In addition to the bloodline memory of ancestor worship, there is also the continuation of life and the passing of the fire from generation to generation.
Just like the human civilization in the Three-Body Problem, in the end, human courage will create a new chapter in the universe.
An epic hymn, human footprints are all over the universe, and no one in the world can live forever, only the God of Death.
If the ancient ancestors did not have such deep-rooted "feudal" ideas, then whose family would rule this land of China? Is it really just black and white, vacating the cage and changing the bird?
He respects the self-choice of personal values in the era of industrial civilization, but looking at the entire ethnic group, life and reproduction, the passing on of civilization, and endless life... are all eternal themes.
Hearing that her father was mentioned, Daiyu was a little confused for a moment. She bit her pink lips and whispered: "This dad..."
Jia Heng gently stroked Daiyu's hair and whispered: "I was thinking if my sister should not get married."
When Daiyu heard this, her little face turned white, her delicate body trembled non-stop, she felt a twinge of pain in her heart, and her usually shining starry eyes dimmed.
It turned out that he had lied to her, got her body, and then... he was confused and finally gave up.
Don't get married, don't get married...
Jia Heng lowered his head to look at the tearful and grief-stricken girl, pinched the pink face, gently pecked the girl's cherry lips, and said softly: "Why is Sister Lin thinking so wildly again?"
"Ah?" Daiyu's starry eyes moved slightly, and the tears slowly flowed down her cheeks. She pursed her pink lips, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Are you still making fun of her at this time?
Jia Heng held her pink and soft little face, gently wiped Daiyu's tears with her thumb, and said warmly: "I was thinking that my uncle has no children. If he and his sister have a son, then he will have to give birth to the Lin family. In addition, if I have great achievements in the national society in the future, I will see if I can get a marriage from the palace. I will still marry my sister, but my sister is not married."
In fact, he could also forcefully marry Daiyu and Baochai as concubines, and then if he really became the king of the county one day, he would also become the concubine.
However, there was a vague idea in his heart, or a strong impulse.
Since it is a concurrent temple, one is a princess and the other is a princess, so one is a concurrent temple for the heavenly family, and the other is a concurrent temple for the people. It can be regarded as one light and one dark, complete with all four corners.
He had already thought of the reasons. The royal family considered it an example of etiquette and married off the princess and the princess. In order to promote folk schemes and make it a common practice, they chose two common girls and gave them to Yong Ningbo as wives, thinking that they would also serve as wives.
Because the prince consort himself has some connotations of becoming a wife.
But after all, this idea is too wishful thinking, too shocking, too perfect... to the point of jealousy.
It can be said that all of this requires a lot of credit. It can be said that it almost requires the emperor or the officials of the Han Dynasty to be immersed in the ocean of joy after the victory. In the blur of joy, they almost dumbfoundedly admit that he has this little success. A ridiculous suggestion.
The most I can say is that if a hero has a hard time with a beauty, this will not be the case next time.
Perhaps it would be like destroying the Jurchens as a way of self-preservation, or it might be like abolishing Duduo, or killing the captive chief Taiji, and taking the opportunity to invite him, "taking advantage of the captive's own dignity."
Well, of course, the above is just an analogy. It is impossible for him to go to Liaodong to assassinate Huang Taiji personally. In short, if he wants to suppress the criticism, he will need to pay a certain price.
For the emperor, in fact, he really didn't pay much attention to these ethics because of the war in Donglu, so he might not be unwilling to create a story that will last forever.
To the courtiers, they were
But he was ridiculous and unreasonable. From then on, his personal ethics had more things to criticize.
To put it bluntly, you have done so much that others have turned a blind eye except to criticize your personal ethics.
At that time, maybe it was really true, "I brought the hairpin to the southeast, and we spent the whole day and night together happily. I embraced the palace of the emperor's daughter, and I was surrounded by the two concubines."
The yin and yang and the five elements flow. He has everything in the southeast, northwest, and Qin Keqing lives in the middle. On the left and right are Xianning, Qinghe, and Chaidai.
Fortunately, Daiyu and Baochai are still young and can wait for that day. This is the best policy, well, it's almost a daydream.
Of course, the next best thing is to all become concubines of the county king. Of course, before that, or "joining the family", the first son born to the Lin family is named Lin, in exchange for Lin Ruhai's emotional concessions.
It is equivalent to using his wealth to help the Lin family stay humble and prevent Daiyu from being looked down upon by the world. It also still needs great achievements to support it, and it must deal with the pressure from the royal family, such as Empress Song and Concubine Duanrong. This pressure is not would be too big.
The next best thing to do is to follow the rules of the universe, follow the rules, and stick to your word. Maybe Jinyang will be able to... the eldest princess of the former dynasty and the queen of the current dynasty.
But that is a road full of thorns, and he has no intention of stealing the country. Besides, it is too childish for such a trivial matter of eating and drinking. Kuang Xianning and Jinyang will not allow him emotionally. Usurping the inheritance of my father-in-law and uncle.
Well, in short, he has three strategies, upper, middle and lower, which can solve the status problem, but if it doesn't work, are there any people in the 12th house in Jinling who are extinct?
Then, we may return to the old novel. Although the best strategy is good, it is perfect and jealous, but it can be met but not sought.
In the Qing Dynasty, only Emperor Xuan Yun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty established five queens, and he was scolded as ridiculous.
In the end, the middle strategy is a combination of hardness and softness, and it can be implemented. Although there are some small regrets, if there are no regrets in life, how boring would it be?
But whether it is the upper, middle or lower strategies or anything else, there is a premise: let the worldly etiquette adapt to him, rather than him adapting to the worldly etiquette.
The current dilemma is still insufficient and unbalanced development, and problems must be solved during development. Even Daiyu's concern is still a problem for his development.
At this time, Daiyu listened to Jia Heng's "proposal" idea, and her originally pale cheeks were already as red as clouds and as bright as fire. She was thinking about the "heirs" mentioned by Jia Heng in her heart, and she felt peaceful for a moment.
