The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Chapter 186

Xue Pan was overjoyed when he heard the words, he got up quickly and ordered: "Please come in quickly."

The servant at the door immediately responded, turned around and left.But for a moment, I only heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the outside from far to near, and then the curtain swayed, Jia Baoyu jumped into the Ruirong hall in military uniform, knelt down in front of Jia Mu in three steps, and cried : "Old ancestor."

"My precious jade!" Mother Jia could no longer hold back the tears on her face. With trembling hands, she touched the top of Baoyu's head, hugged the whole person into her arms, and cried, "My darling, I thought this I will never see you again in my life."

"It's all the grandson's unfilial piety, which made the old ancestor worry and fear." Jia Baoyu said, suppressing his grief and comforting Jia's mother: "Don't worry, the old ancestor, when he comes back this time, he is going to take everyone in the house to the south. Let’s live with us. We will never come back here in Beijing.”

When Jia's mother heard Jia Baoyu say the word "we", she couldn't help being taken aback, and then she noticed the loyal and brave prince who had been silent behind Jia Baoyu.

Panicked, Jia's mother immediately got up and kowtowed: "I have seen Prince Zhongyong, the prince is a thousand years old."

All the women and children in the room noticed the stranger with an unfamiliar face, and immediately panicked and fled back and forth to avoid the corner, all of them bowed to salute.

Prince Zhongyong frowned unobtrusively, stretched out his hand to help Jia Mu on the ground, and said comfortingly: "The old lady doesn't need to be so polite."

With the support of Prince Zhongyong, Jiamu stood up tremblingly, and Yuanyang and Amber who were beside her immediately came to support Jiamu.Xi Ren, who followed behind, kept his gaze fixed on Jia Baoyu's face, hesitating to speak.

It's a pity that Jia Baoyu is no longer the amorous young man with a soft personality who can be manipulated by her, and now that the situation is urgent, he doesn't have the heart to chat with the former maid.He just tugged at Xue Pan's sleeve and asked: "Brother, have you gone to the Holy One to inquire about it? What does the Holy One mean, but our Jia family should be held accountable? It's still the same as what Big Brother told me last time. Can you take him back to Yunnan?"

Xue Pan reached out and patted Jia Baoyu, beckoning him to sit down first, and then gave way to Prince Zhongyong. The discerning little girl in the mansion had already served freshly brewed tea.After everyone was seated one after another, they heard Xue Pan say: "This time, the Holy Majesty had no choice but to be sent to the Rongning Second Mansion suddenly. The reasons for this are too complicated, so I am not in a position to go into details here. I just want to give you an explanation. Your Majesty Having said that, although there are many crimes in the mansion, but for the sake of fighting together with the ancestors of the emperor, the old Duke will not pursue his life. Of course, this title will definitely be taken away, the status of nobility cannot be kept, it must be demoted For the common people. And according to the previous discussion, they will be exiled to the southwest... I don’t need to elaborate on this point, you know it. Besides, the family wealth in the mansion will definitely be confiscated. It must also be sold according to the rules. If you find it useful, tell me as soon as possible, I will make the decision and buy it back to you. I will also supply some silver to the two privately and ask you to take it back to Yunnan—"

"That's not necessary." Jia Baoyu cut off Xue Pan's words, and said, "This matter has already troubled big brother so far. How can you make up for us again?"

Xue Pan opened his mouth to speak, but Jia Baoyu waved his hands and continued: "I said earlier that I had a plan in mind to go to the Southwest this time. So just after passing there, two rouge and gouache shops opened The shop. It is close to Yunnan, and the flower raw materials are naturally cheaper than those in Beijing. Therefore, for more than a year, although the business is not as profitable as the shop under the command of the big brother, it is still quite rich. OK."

When Jia Baoyu said this, Prince Zhongyong interrupted forcefully: "It's not enough, isn't there me?"

Before the words finished, everyone in Jia's residence looked at Prince Zhongyong and Jia Baoyu in amazement.The holy decree, insisting on marrying Xue Pan as the queen, has made them quickly accept that there is also a deep and unrepentant relationship between men.Everyone sighed and sighed, but after all, the matter was on someone else's head, even if they chatted, they were mostly after dinner, and they didn't take it to heart.Now that the matter fell on the head of his family, he suddenly felt unspeakably awkward and disappointed, and because it was difficult to reveal the identity of Prince Zhongyong, the expression on his face was embarrassing and awkward, which was unspeakably weird.

After all, he is a single seedling who has poured all his heart and soul into the whole family, and now he has managed to get rid of those flamboyant dudes back then, and has become a serious man who can set up a family.Before he could jump for joy in the future, he suddenly found out that his baby was taken away by others. No matter how he thought about it, he still couldn't see it.

So Mother Jia sighed depressingly, and rubbed her forehead even more when she thought of the inheritance of incense behind Baoyu.

Xue Pan originally thought that Jia Baoyu would lose face seeing this scene, but just as he was about to open his mouth to smooth things over, he saw Jia Baoyu turned around and held Prince Zhongyong's hand, and said with a generous smile, "What the prince said is very true. The ancestors don't have to worry, even if It’s where I can’t do it, and the prince. I will definitely not make my ancestors feel helpless.”

After a pause, he added: "Don't worry, my ancestors, I'm living a very good life. I've never had such a good life."

Seeing this, Jia's mother reluctantly hooked the corners of her mouth, pulled Jia Baoyu and asked cautiously: "Such a big incident happened at home, and I didn't have time to ask. How have you been in the southwest these few years? What's the matter? Is there something difficult?"

Jia Baoyu looked back at Prince Zhongyong, with a happy smile on his lips, and said softly: "In life, there are eight or nine out of ten unsatisfactory things. Even the Holy One still has three points of sorrow, let alone you and me? It's just those All the troubles are gone. It's really good now."

As he said that, he immediately told Mother Jia about his tossing about the rouge shop in Yunnan. The main reason was to tell everyone in the Jia family that he had enough money to support his family. afraid to worry.As long as everyone can get together, there is nothing wrong with it.

Seeing this, Jia's mother asked about gossip for a while, only to feel that her energy was getting weaker and her whole body ached faintly. Seeing this, Jia Baoyu immediately got up and said, "It's all my fault. I know that my ancestor is in prison." The old ancestor who was so tired came to talk with me after a restless life. Sister Yuanyang help the old lady to rest!"

Yuanyang and Amber immediately bowed and agreed upon hearing the words.Helping Mother Jia slowly went back to the guest room.

Seeing this, the rest of the Jia family also got up to leave.The big guys have been tossing for several days, and they were frightened, but now they have calmed down, and their energy is a little lacking.Tomorrow I have to get up early to attend Xue Pan's conferment ceremony!If they can't maintain their spirits at this time and something goes wrong, then their family will feel sorry for the Zhongxinhou Mansion.

For a while, everyone dispersed.Jia Baoyu sat in the empty Ruirong hall, a little dazed.

Seeing this, Xue Pan immediately walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "I haven't asked you yet. Are you going to stay at our house today, or follow the prince to his mansion in Beijing? The two of you come here Did you say hello to the Holy Majesty when you entered the palace? Did you meet the Holy Majesty when you entered the palace?"

Jia Baoyu came back to his senses, and immediately smiled wryly: "When I entered Beijing, I heard rumors that Rongning's Second Mansion was raided. I was excited and rushed to the elder brother's mansion immediately. Didn't you see that I even forgot to change my clothes?" gone."

After finishing speaking, he said worriedly, "Your Majesty won't blame us, will you?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Prince Zhongyong with a guilty face.

When the chief official of the border region came to Beijing under the imperial edict, the first thing he did was not to go to the palace to meet him, but to go somewhere else.I am afraid that this matter cannot be done without the impeachment of those censors.

Prince Zhongyong shook his head, smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry about it."

Xue Pan also nodded and replied: "Yes, you really don't need to pay attention to it. There is still me in front of the Holy Majesty! Could it be that his brother is only allowed to come to Beijing to see him, and my brother is not allowed to come to Beijing to see me?"

This is nonsense, but Xue Pan's words are useful.At that moment, Jia Baoyu let go of his concern, took Prince Zhongyong's hand and said with a smile: "No matter what we say, we should go to the palace to meet the Holy Majesty. Fortunately, it's not too late now, let's go over and hand over the booklet first. "

Seeing this, Xue Pan immediately nodded and smiled, "That's the truth. I'll just go with you."

He did this in order to stop the mouths of those speech officials and censors.To prevent someone from secretly impeaching Prince Zhongyong for colluding with the Beijing officials and having an unclear relationship with the Zhongxinhou Mansion.Xue Pan simply put this matter on the bright side, but as long as Tu Zhen didn't speak, he wouldn't dare to talk nonsense.

He didn't believe it, who dared to write a letter to impeach him for having an affair with Prince Zhongyong, with the intention of cuckolding Tu Zhen.

Xue Pan's defense of Prince Zhongyong was naturally seen in his eyes, and there was a flash of warmth on his face. Prince Zhongyong nodded and said: "In that case, please trouble the young master."

So Xue Pan directly brought Prince Zhongyong and Jia Baoyu into the palace.Tu Zhen looked at Xue Pan who left and returned after only an hour or two and said with a smile: "I didn't know that you were so attached to me that you couldn't even wait for a few hours, so you have to stay with me in the palace tonight? "

Xue Pan gave Tu Zhen a vicious look, and said disapprovingly, "What are you talking about? If it wasn't for the sake of Prince Zhongyong's reputation, why would I go back and forth so many times? It's fine if you don't praise me, but you even made fun of me. "

Embarrassment flashed across Prince Zhongyong's face.

Tu Zhen shook his head helplessly, and said to Prince Zhongyong: "Pan'er was spoiled by me, please don't be offended by my disrespect."

Prince Zhongyong immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "How come? Young Lord Gao Yi, it's too late for me to be grateful!"

Tu Zhen immediately said, "Since that's the case, my brother must stay in the palace today. I have already prepared a banquet to cleanse my brother."

Prince Zhongyong nodded in agreement, then looked at Tu Zhen hesitantly and said nothing.

Tu Zhen lived up to expectations and asked, "I don't know if my brother has any doubts, so feel free to speak up."

"It's not doubts." Prince Zhongyong shook his head, looked at Jia Baoyu who was kneeling on the ground obediently, and said, "It's just that I want to invite you to be the princess."

A strange look flashed across Tu Zhen's face, and he subconsciously glanced at Jia Baoyu who was kneeling on the ground.

And Jia Baoyu looked up at Prince Zhongyong in surprise.For half a day, a touch of emotion flashed across his face.

He is no longer the naive and ignorant playboy he was back then.Having experienced the ups and downs of Rongning and Ningfu, Jia Baoyu did not say that he had tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, but he also had a haze about the indifferent temperament of the world who seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages.But when he was the most lonely and helpless, Prince Zhongyong resolutely stood behind him to plan with him, and now it was his most difficult moment, Prince Zhongyong even asked to marry him as his concubine...

Jia Baoyu sniffed, trying to suppress the sadness and gratitude in his heart.He didn't evade in every possible way as usual, duplicity.Nor did he persuade Prince Zhongyong on the grounds that his family's disaster status did not match.

Jia Baoyu and Prince Zhongyong have stayed together for more than a year, so he naturally knew that with Prince Zhongyong's temperament, if he hadn't made up his mind and thought about it, he would not have easily asked for the concubine title.If he shirks hastily, he will not only fail the affection of Prince Zhongyong, but also insult the heart that he accompanied him on the battlefield last year to live and die with him.

When Jia Baoyu thought of this, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.He actually raised his head and silently looked at Prince Zhongyong, his eyes were burning, full of lingering sorrow, just thinking that if he really got what he wanted this time, he would cherish his fortune and life in the future, and live a good life with Prince Zhongyong.Even if he dies unexpectedly in the future, he will be shrouded in horse leather.

The fiery heat in Jia Baoyu's heart was transmitted to Prince Zhongyong accurately through his black eyes, seeing that Prince Zhongyong felt happy, he walked up to Jia Baoyu involuntarily to help him up, and hooked the corners of his mouth honestly.

In the other room, Xue Pan and Tu Zhen looked at each other, looked at the loving couple passing by their master, and looked at Xue Xiaopantao who was smiling from ear to ear and only cared about his brother. He snorted and curled his lips in silence.

Even if I agree to your memorial to invite you to become the princess, you still have to wait for Qin Tianjian to choose a date before you can get married.Compared to the fact that I am going to marry the queen tomorrow...how dare you show off!

Thinking of this, Tu Zhen stared at Xue Pantao, who was laughing and silent, and began to count the time when he and Pantao got married.

There are still...five and a half hours before the big wedding tomorrow!