It's the year of Dabi again, and this year's Dabi, Huguang's results are unprecedentedly good, and it is actually a fat and unusually fruitful year.

Qingfeng Lou has long had seven or eight small courtyards by the lake, when the five princes dominated the back lake, he almost never came again after he became a family, the shopkeeper felt sorry for the beauty of the lake and could not make money every day, looking for an opportunity to say to the prince and princess of Funing, got the approval to open the ban on the back lake, and built seven or eight small courtyards along the lake, and now these seven or eight small courtyards are the most elegant places loved by the most noble people in the capital.

In one of the small courtyards, there is a man in brocade clothes sitting around a round table in the water pavilion near the lake, this is the new Jinshi of Huguang this year, and a table of people is listening attentively to a middle-aged man with a happy face sitting at the bottom of the dough.

“…… Let's talk about Jiang Xiang first, Jiang Xiang was born in the first place, entered the middle school book in his thirties, and has been a prime minister for ten years now, the dragon of the saint's family, it is really unprecedented! ”

"Jiang Xiang is the flagpole of our scholars," a young man in his twenties with a white face said with admiration: "Don't say anything else, just that demeanor, tsk, it's really like a fairy descending to earth!" ”

"If you want to talk about style," the middle-aged man laughed: "It is said that the Manchu Dynasty has good eyes and martial arts, the prince and Jiang Xiang are both fairy-like characters, and the idlers in the capital have also specially commented on it, saying that it is the prince's natural demeanor, which is better than the beauty and expensive, although Jiang Xiangtianzi is slightly worse, but the temperament is slightly better than that of the prince Qinghua, and it is not equal!" The table full of new science and technology scholars laughed.

"Let's go on to talk about Jiang Xiang, Jiang Xiangxiu is cautious and independent, his personal morality is excellent, and he can't find fault with half a point!"

"I heard that the children of the Jiang Mansion are the illegitimate children of Jiang Yuan in the north......"

"Shh The middle-aged man hurriedly signaled to the speaking Jinshi to silence: "This is a nonsense rumor, don't mention another half a word in the future, you just listen to me, these two children are a pair of twins adopted by Jiang Xiang on the road when he returned to Beijing from the north, and his son Jiang Dalang has been studying with Jiang Xiang since he was a child and the prince of Prince Funing's mansion...... I heard that I also bowed, so forget about this, that is, a few days ago, the official family was in charge, and just gave that girl, that is, Mrs. Jiang, to the prince of Funing, and it will be time to make a decision in a few days, you say, this pair of twins can be discussed casually? There was a sound of surprise during the banquet, and the middle-aged man said with a smile: "Prince Funing and Jiang Xiangxiang are incompatible, and the official family has a headache. ”

"I heard that the princess of Prince Funing's mansion is not simple?"

"Hmm!" The admiration on the middle-aged man's face could not be described: "This princess's surname is Li, she was born in the Yongguo Mansion, and her father is also a fairy-like figure like Jiang Xiang, have you all heard of the tragedy in the Yongguo Mansion back then?" During the banquet, some people nodded, but most of them shook their heads, and the middle-aged man elaborated on the tragic events of the Yongguo Mansion back then: "Alas! After her grandmother died, the big shopkeeper fell into the well, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, put aside ordinary people, has long been calculated that there are no bones, but ......" The middle-aged man stopped halfway through speaking, stood up and turned around the windows and doors, and came back and said haha: "Don't talk about this, the princess is a woman in the house, it's too rude for us to talk about it like this, besides, it has also violated the etiquette law." ”

"It's okay to talk about it!" A table of people was listening, and when they saw that the middle-aged man was about to stop talking, he hurriedly urged, and the middle-aged man shook his head with a smile: "This is the second taboo I want to tell you." The brothers and sisters of the Jiang Mansion can't talk nonsense, and the princess of Prince Funing's Mansion can't talk nonsense, for the sake of this...... I'll just choose what I can say. First of all, the princess's dowry, I'm afraid that no one has heard of it, right? The people at the table smiled and nodded together: "Who doesn't know this!" ”

"Even this Qingfeng Building is the princess's property." The middle-aged man pointed to the newly blooming lotus and the sparkling lake: "The princess has a rich dowry, and she is kind and charitable, and now the righteousness all over the world is said to be the queen's mother, but in fact, it is the princess who gives the silver, not to mention this capital, because of this, I don't know elsewhere, in this capital, the princess is very respected by the people, and the princess gossips, maybe someone will choke with you, this is one, two, the princess and the prince are deeply affectionate, and the prince is extremely protective, so offending the princess is worse than offending the prince." Third, Jiang Xiang came from the Xu University Scholar, Xu University Scholar is a three-ding Jia, Bangyan Gong is married to Jiang Xiang's sister, Tanhualang is married to Jiang Xianggu's cousin, the little lady of Nanning County's palace, this Nanning County Wangfu little lady has been friends with Princess Funing since childhood, closer than sisters, Jiang Xiang's sister and the princess are also excellent handkerchiefs, and now the wife of Wen Guogong, who is in charge of the North Route Army, and the princess are also like sisters, the princess regards the old lady of Qingjiang Houfu as her mother, and the old lady of Qingjiang Houfu is the sister of Xu University...... "The middle-aged man called, almost stunned the table full of new science and technology jinshi: "According to this, didn't this princess step on Jiang Xiang's faction and the prince's faction?" ”

"Is this it?" The middle-aged man stilted his legs, smiled mysteriously and did not answer, and a new science and technology jinshi with a gray beard in the seat interjected and asked: "I heard that Feng Yuan on South Zhejiang Road relied on a painting to get Jiang Xiangqing's eyes, what is this painting about?" ”

"What is this...... the middle-aged man tugged at his earlobe in embarrassment, grinned like a toothache: "When you listen to it, you just think it's drunk talk, but don't take it seriously!" ”

"Say it quickly! Say it! Everyone's eyes lit up and urged urgently, and the middle-aged man leaned forward to the middle of the table, and said in a low voice: "Jiang Xiang's blue eyes are not the painting, it is said that the painting is extremely ordinary, and what Jiang Xiang favors is the line written on the painting!" The middle-aged man was very good at talking, stopped at a critical time, took a few sips of tea from a cup, and saw that everyone was anxious, so he continued: "It's two old poems: take the second flower bush and look back, half of the path of cultivation and half of the king!" After the middle-aged man finished reading, a table of jinshi, you look at me, I look at you, and they are all stunned.

"This matter should not be examined in detail, not in detail! Ha! Yes? Hehe! The middle-aged man laughed dryly: "Then let's talk about important things, our official family is rare in a hundred years, there is a Daoming monarch, and the tranquility of this harem is also rare in a hundred years, and several princes and princesses are all out of the queen." This is one, Prince Funing doesn't say anything, and the princess is alone in the palace,"

"I heard he's afraid of guilt?" The youngest Jinshi interjected curiously, and the middle-aged man laughed a few times: "Is this...... The princess was personally chosen by the first emperor, this is said carefully! The table full of jinshi all looked at each other clearly, the middle-aged man coughed with a smile and continued: "If you want to be close to Prince Funing, you have to be careful in this backyard, if you want to be close to Jiang, ......" The middle-aged man dragged out his voice: "Last month, the new member of the Ministry of Labor, He Qing, was assigned to Shangjing Road to dig silver mines, have you heard of it?" Those who know about this don't want to say more, and it's common for you not to know. This He Qing is the last Jinshi, born poor, is an orphan, all rely on his wife Liu to do embroidery work to support his livelihood, forty years old only in the Jinshi, boiled for two years, took the Ministry of Labor Lang Zuoquan's door, elected the Ministry of Labor member Wailang, because Liu is over forty years old, this He Qing is going to divorce his wife and marry, Liu is a fierce one, took the letter of resignation and handed over the form, I don't know what way to go, actually told Jiang Xiang, according to Liu, she was pregnant with a child, this first child because of the overnight embroidery work to earn a lot of money to prepare He Qing to take the examination of the people's travel expenses, Too tired to have a miscarriage, after a miscarriage there is no money and no one loses to recuperate, the body is seriously injured, so that it has not been able to give birth to so far, and now He Qing divorced his wife and married another, she only has a dead end. ”

"This Liu family is pitiful, since this is the case, he should have given birth to a child for He Qing's concubine a long time ago, why didn't he think of this?" Someone interjected, the middle-aged man smiled and didn't answer, but continued: "This case is said to have been personally judged by Jiang Xiang, and as you said, He Qing thinks about his heirs, and it is understandable, but firstly, the Liu family is a bad wife, and secondly, He Qingneng has been concentrating on studying for many years, thanks to the Liu family's support, this situation cannot but be repaid, so He Qingfa will be assigned to the Shangjing Road silver mine to mine for ten years to repay the suffering of the Liu family." ”

"Ten years?" There was an exclamation on the table: "How can He Qing come back with his life?" ”

The middle-aged man shook off the folding fan and shook it comfortably and said with a smile: "He Qing's family property and Yulu have been awarded to the Liu family, everyone, think about it." Jiang Xiang and the prince, if you talk about being amiable, it is naturally Jiang Xiang, if you talk about ruthless means, it is also Jiang Xiang, the trade-off between them, just look at your fate! Let's talk about it today, Xiao Ke has to go to the nobles of Zhejiang Road to talk about gossip, first say goodbye, if you have anything, just come to find Xiao Ke, let's be born and cooked twice, you will look for Xiao Ke, Xiao Ke will give you a 20% discount on this talk. It's only eight taels of silver an hour, which is a good deal! Well, don't do that. The middle-aged man stood up as he spoke, and walked out, full of new nobles absentmindedly arching their hands, each with an idea.

Outside Qingfeng Building, an indigo silk car is passing in front of the festive Huanmen, the curtain hangs a corner, Jiang Hong is dressed in a temple Ling robe, sitting in the car, holding a book in his hand, looking up at Qingfeng Lou slightly, the scene that year seems to be singing in his ears again, when he laughs at the people in the play, he doesn't know that he is also a person in the play......