When Jia Lian walked in again, Ping'er, who had just been wearing a gorgeous brocade skirt, had disappeared. Instead, under the north window, there was a person sitting, wearing a dark green skirt, a moon-white thin-sleeved shirt, and a light-colored t-shirt. Belt, girl dressed as a maid.
When Jia Lian saw it, he was stunned.
Although he could no longer remember Ping'er's specific dress that day, Jia Lian knew that she was probably like that at that time.
From this, Jia Lian knew that this girl was not a sudden idea, but had had this intention for a long time. Otherwise, how could she have been prepared for this? I guess it was just the right time today, so I made such an initiative to him.
"Second Master Lian is here, you, are you here to see our girl?"
Ping'er, who was picking up the soles of his shoes, saw Jia Lian, seemed to be in a daze, stood up, and greeted Jia Lian timidly.
Jia Lian laughed. That's fine, because he originally felt that Ping'er was usually too sensible. As the master, he was in debt because Sister Feng didn't love her too much. Since she likes this kind of sentiment, why don't she fulfill her wish?
Therefore, Jia Lian also put away some of the righteousness he had cultivated over the years, put on the frivolous look he hated most, strolled over, and said with a smile: "Originally, I came to see you girls, but now, I have changed Got an idea.”
"What...what do you want to do? Don't be rude. Our girl went to see my wife. We will be back soon."
"Rude, how come I am so rude? Is it like this, or is it like this... Jie Jie Jie..."
"Uh-huh-huh."
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While Jia Lian was playing an exciting and enjoyable little game with his concubine in the house, the upper-class mansion in the middle of the capital received news that the clan's children scolded the emperor and was punished by the emperor to guard the ancestral temple.
This matter didn't seem to be a big deal, and even the emperor didn't seem to have much reaction. He just punished the unscrupulous disciples with minor punishments and severe punishments.
But because this happened at such a critical juncture, it's hard not to speculate. In particular, it is even more intriguing to know that the descendants of the clan are complaining because they are dissatisfied with the new tax law that the imperial court is about to promulgate.
In Prince Yun's Mansion, when the third prince knew the news, after a little thought, he felt that there was a lot of room for maneuver in this matter!
His advisers agreed with him and offered suggestions one after another.
"Your Highness, Third Highness, this is the information given by God regarding the Crown Prince. If we can complete this article well, it will be of great benefit to His Highness's great cause!"
"The prince is already close to the clan and the old ministers in the court. These people are stubborn and stubborn, which makes your majesty unhappy. This time, your majesty wants to implement new policies, but these people are obstructing them in many ways. Therefore, your majesty has long been angry with the prince.
Now that this incident has happened again, especially among the clan members who were punished to go to the Ancestral Temple, many of them are people who often walk around the Prince's Mansion. If we spread some words and say that they are disrespectful to His Majesty, The words came out of the prince's mouth. Otherwise, how could that dandy boy have the courage to slander Sheng Gong?
As long as this method is used properly, it is expected that even though the prince has hundreds of people, he will not be able to argue. In this way, even if His Majesty cannot depose him as the Crown Prince, it will not be difficult for His Majesty to be greatly disappointed in him and shake the Crown Prince's status in His Majesty's mind. "
"In addition, Your Highness should, as always, support His Majesty's new policy. According to the villain's judgment, if Your Majesty wants to implement the new tax law and convince the world's scholars, nobles, and relatives, he must set an example with the clan. However, most of the clan members are clinging to their old ways. , is so stupid and stubborn that he will not yield, and your Majesty will be in a dilemma.
Therefore, the villain suggested that if His Highness can persuade the people in the clan to support the new deal, even if he fails to achieve full success, as long as His Majesty can see His filial piety and loyalty, and then compare it with the cowardly and incompetent Crown Prince, His Majesty's status in His Majesty's mind will become stronger. , and can also add more chances of success for His Highness’ future great cause! "
"Finally, seeing that the Emperor's lifetime is approaching, I wonder how prepared His Highness is? If His Highness can come out on top at the Emperor's birthday banquet, and make the Emperor and others like His Highness, then great things will happen. This is the most important thing, compared to Now, the first two discussions are anti-Xiaodaoer, although they are useful, compared with this, they are like the mountains and rivers and the mighty rivers and seas, they are incomparable."
"It makes sense."
"That makes sense..."
The third prince looked at the crowd of confidants and advisers, and his heart was full of pride.
As a prince who is famous for his elegance and virtue, he has gathered many ambitious people from all over the world for his own use. How can his vulgar and unscrupulous eldest brother compare with him!
But he was born two years earlier, so he is the prince, but he, a wise king praised by everyone, can only bow his head to him and obey his orders all his life?
That's not fair. Look, that position must be his, and it can only be his!
In the Prince's Mansion, the Prince could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
"A bunch of bastards who fail to accomplish anything but fail more than they should!
"
The prince naturally understood how detrimental today's incident was to him.
Unlike the third prince, he has a concubine who is deeply loved by his father. His concubine has passed away long ago. Therefore, if he wants to keep his position as prince, he can only rely on the clan and the people in the court who pay attention to elders. Young and orderly old minister.
He has been doing this all these years and worked hard to do it well. But who would have known that since he ascended the throne, his father has shown an increasingly revolutionary attitude and disliked those old ministers, which made him feel uncomfortable being caught in the middle.
Many times, he felt that his father looked at him with dissatisfaction. He even doubted whether his father really liked him as his eldest son and whether he really wanted him to be the prince!
Therefore, he was very wary of and suppressed the third prince, who was very deep in the city.
At first, the third prince tried his best to disguise himself, but later on, I don’t know whether he was completely angered, or whether the third prince felt that he had grown up, and actually no longer concealed his disobedience in front of him, the prince!
He was angry, but he found that in the current situation, he really had no good way to deal with such a third prince.
That's right, even their father has only been on the throne for a few years, and even now he is still more or less under the control of Chonghua Palace. Therefore, even if there is a fight, it will not be their turn yet.
But as the prince, he was in the light, and the third prince was in the dark, causing trouble for him everywhere, making him very passive.
It is conceivable that when this incident comes out today, his third emperor brother will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it, for fear that his trouble will come soon.
Over the years, the prince has naturally cultivated some confidants. Seeing that his master was troubled, all of them began to make suggestions.
However, the handle is out there, and if there is no power to turn things upside down, at this time, we can only wait for the other party to make the first move, and find out every move. Where can we find a good strategy?
Suddenly someone said: "I heard that Your Majesty was worried about the fact that he couldn't get support from the clan for the new policy. His Royal Highness has always been close to the clan and won the trust of all the princes. If I can solve this problem for Your Majesty, it will make Your Majesty Longyan very happy. , an immediate solution to the adversity before us.”
The prince shook his head and said: "Gu He has never thought about it. But the old guys in the clan are very greedy. Over the years, Gu He has treated them badly, but when it comes to using them, he always shirks and perfunctors. There are few people who are sincere.
These are all things that don't let go of hawks before they see rabbits, not to mention that this time involves such interests, it would be extremely difficult to ask them to give up voluntarily. "
"In fact, it is not the case. The reason why the clan insists on opposing the New Deal is based on the laws of the ancestors and greed. As the crown prince, the future ruler of the world, if he can prepare generous gifts and make serious promises, Then it may not be possible to say something."
The prince's eyes lit up when he heard this. Yes, it seems that he does not need to persuade all the clans to move. As long as he can persuade a few to let Emperor Ning Kang see his filial piety, isn't that enough?
But then there was still some hesitation. He was too embarrassed to say it. Over the years, in order to deal with his difficult Third Emperor brother, he had tried to win over the clan, relatives and others. Which of these people had the smallest appetite?
As a result, the dignified prince actually began to feel embarrassed because of money.
This is also the reason why he intervened in Jiangnan Salt Policy. Originally, when the salt policy incident broke out last time, the third prince was ready to bite off a big piece of his flesh. Fortunately, he was well prepared and was able to escape unscathed. Of course, he himself paid a heavy price.
At least he had to restrain himself in the salt administration to prevent Emperor Ning Kang from noticing and bringing up the old news again.
As a result, his Prince's Mansion will be short of sources, which is something he needs to consider.
Suddenly he remembered that the queen had mentioned to him before that she wanted to give him the daughter of the Zhen family in Jiangnan as a concubine. She also said openly and secretly that the Zhen family was a prominent family in Jiangnan and how close the ancestors were to the Tian family.
He didn't listen to anything else, but he heard that the Zhen family was acting as the agent of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau on the order of the Supreme Emperor. What came to his mind was one word: rich.
So he told the story.
"Hahaha, if this is true, it will indeed be a great help to His Highness. Prince, don't look at the fact that the Zhen family is not in court and leading the army, but the old lady of the Zhen family is the 'county head' personally named by the great ancestor. He is quite famous among the clan and nobles. Even in front of the Supreme Emperor, he is rumored to be someone who can speak his mind. That is why the Zhen family has been able to sit in charge of the weaving bureau in Jiangnan for so many years.
No one knows how wealthy the Zhen family is, but everyone who has been to Jinling Province knows that the Zhen family is known as the most famous family in Jiangnan!
Therefore, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can get his help, it will be even more powerful. "
After hearing this, the prince began to pay attention to this matter. At the same time, he was secretly happy that the Zhen family was just paying it forward. What he was happy about was that he originally thought that the queen was being a matchmaker for him out of boredom, but he didn't expect that the queen had such a deep meaning behind it. Can it be said that the Queen is optimistic about and supports him?
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Jia Lian didn't care about the quarrel between the prince and the third prince. As long as these two didn't come to trouble him, he didn't want to mess with any of them at all.
The emperor is still in his prime, so holding on to his thigh and not thinking about things is the way to get promoted, make a fortune and survive.
Therefore, after Jia Lian returned home, he completely forgot about the affairs in the palace and hugged his beautiful concubine tenderly.
Seeing the tears on her beautiful and clean face, and the bruises on her raised wrists, Jia Lian couldn't help but feel distressed and amused: "You are also honest, and you don't know how to scream when it hurts."
Ping'er raised his head and glanced at Jia Lian, shook his head and said, "Master, don't worry about me. I don't feel any pain. I'm very happy..."
Jia Lian looked at the bed tent speechlessly.
This Ping'er will be a good actor in future generations. When I said I wanted to recreate the scene with him, I really got into it and acted so sincerely from beginning to end.
In addition to being afraid of attracting people's attention and not shouting loudly, he had actually experienced the feeling of a handsome young man coercing a maid from a good family.
This means that even he was brought in and couldn't help but use some force. It's also Ping'er's fault, he just pretended to struggle and grapple for a while, but she played like the real thing, otherwise with his control, he wouldn't hurt his obedient concubine.
Ping'er could naturally see Jia Lian's self-blame. She smiled, touched Jia Lian's face with her Guerlain jade finger, and looked at her again to show that she was fine. Then she pushed herself up and tidied the bed curtains.
The two of them were in a mood just now and couldn't care too much. Now that she was satisfied, she naturally couldn't keep evidence and let Sister Feng come to trouble her.
Jia Lian didn't say anything to help because he wasn't afraid of being discovered by Sister Feng. He even thought that it would be good for Sister Feng to find out, but Nizi's understanding in this area was too poor, and she was really a fool to have a master-level figure by her side who didn't know how to ask for advice.
So I just leaned on the bed and watched Ping'er's actions. Because of his graceful figure and soft limbs, Jia Lian soon became interested again. He quietly got down on the bed and hugged Ping'er from behind, who was about to put away the cups, saucers and teacups. "Let the little maids come in and clean up. Be careful about your injured hand."
Ping'er looked at the broken cups and saucers on the ground and blushed. Although she had intended to protect her before, the second master's force was too strong. When he pressed her here, a lot of them were broken, some were broken, and some were not broken.
How could she have the nerve to let the little maids come in to clean up? They might have thought there was a thief.
"Second Master, go find Xiangling, Ping'er, Ping'er can't stand it anymore..."
This was a lie, she just wanted to get rid of Jia Lian so that she could tidy up the house quickly. According to her prediction, Sister Feng will be back soon.
Jia Lian refused, and was about to pick Ping'er up and bully him again, when Xiang Ling's voice sounded outside the corridor: "Second Master, the second master has come to send a message, asking Second Master to go to the master's outer study."
Jia Lian then slowly put down the delicate and soft Ping'er, kissed her white teeth and red lips, and then wiped her mouth and opened the door and came out.
The courtyard was no longer as quiet as when he first came back. The sounds of the little maids laughing and talking in the boiling room, as well as the "ah-ah" sound of his precious daughter in the east chamber, could all be heard faintly.
However, there was only one person on the main corridor, and that was the stupid maid Xiang Ling.
When the girl saw Jia Lian coming out, she looked at him up and down. She immediately blushed and lowered her head without daring to speak.
Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, then walked over and said softly: "When were you here?"
"No, not for a while..."
Listening to her hurried denial, Jia Lian was sure that this girl must have been listening outside.
"Don't make random guesses. I didn't bully your sister Ping'er, let alone beat her..."
Jia Lian tried to explain, but found it unnecessary. Thinking about it, Heping'er was so noisy inside, but no one came to ask outside, it must be the credit of this girl.
So he gently stroked Xiang Ling's head and said softly: "I really didn't lie to you. Your sister Ping'er and I were playing around. You will know in the future."
After saying that, Jia Lian left when Xiang Ling didn't respond.
Little did he know that after he left, Xiangling's innocent and cute little face lifted up, looking at his back with a look full of panic.
What should I do? Could it be that the Second Master wants to treat me like he did to Sister Ping'er...
Thinking of Ping'er's voice of shame, anger, scolding, and struggling that she had heard faintly before, she could imagine how miserable Ping'er was treated inside!
By the way, Sister Pinger!
Thinking of something, Xiangling didn't care about anything. She quickly opened the door and went in, rushing into the west room. All she saw was a neatly dressed Ping'er, bending over two brocade quilts stacked on the heated Kang. Although she couldn't see Ping'er's front, Xiang Ling could tell just from her skillful movements and brisk and natural posture...
Sister Ping'er, are you in a good mood? ?
