"Master Hou, someone sent something over!"

As soon as Jia Chen returned to the mansion and sat down, he listened to Yang Li's report.

It was a package wrapped in silk, Jia Chen's heart was stunned, he didn't know many people in the capital, who would send it at this time?

Niu Tiande and Liu Quande, the two old guys, are as cunning as foxes, and there should be no movement before they come to the door.

Others shouldn't have given this thing, after thinking about it, Jia Chen waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Open it!" ”

On the side, Yang Liben was ordered to open it, but saw a letter in a delicate wooden box, seeing this letter, Yang Liben was slightly stunned, there was no signature on the envelope, he looked again, in this exquisite box, there was nothing else except this letter, he checked it twice, and found that there was nothing left, so he held the letter with both hands and handed it to Jia Chen.

Jia Chen was also watching from the sidelines, seeing this situation, he frowned slightly, this is the first time he has seen this situation, such a delicate wooden box, but there is only one letter, if it is not that the person who sent the letter has a problem with his brain, then it means that there is a problem with this letter.

He first checked the letter itself and found it unpoisoned, and then he looked at the contents of the letter.

There is a very eye-catching sentence at the beginning, "The gentleman is reserved but not fighting, and the group is not the party!" ”

This is a phrase from the Analects, to the effect that a gentleman is reserved and dignified and does not quarrel with others, and is gregarious and does not form sectarian forms with others.

In the vernacular, it can be summed up in only three words, "no party fighting." ”

Subconsciously, Jia Chen thought that it was Emperor Ming Kangdi or Emperor Taikang who sent it to him, but the latter words made his expression quite strange.

It is said that there are disputes in the court, mixed forces, there is a struggle between the forces of Emperor Taikang and Emperor Ming Kang, and there is a battle between Wenchen and Wuxun, and it also mentions several princes of Emperor Ming Kang, fighting openly and secretly, and finally reminded kindly that the water in the court is very deep, do not stand in line at will, otherwise it will be a catastrophe.

In the end, he was a little speechless anyway, who is this looking down on? Defection to the prince?? There's no way he'd do anything like that with his head caught in the door!

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If Emperor Tai Kang and Emperor Ming Kang are not reliable, where is there still a prince or something, he will think of the Chu family.

"What about the messenger?"

After reading the letter, Jia Chen asked softly.

Yang Liben kept his head down, and when he saw Jia Chen's question, he hurriedly replied: "This letter was sent by us when we went to Jiafu before, it was a doll, he left after putting down this thing, according to him, an old gentleman asked him to send it, and he also got a sugar gourd in order to send the letter!" ”

Hearing this, Jia Chen didn't continue to ask, the other party was so careful, he shouldn't have shown any horses, and he didn't think much about it, just asked Xiangling to bring a candle and burn it.

"General!"

At this moment, two voices came from outside the door, it was Xu Yuanhui and Erniu.

Jia Chen replied, "Come in!" ”

Then I saw Xu Yuanhui and Erniu walking in, these two people had served as commanders in the Great Snow Dragoon Cavalry before, Xu Yuanhui didn't need to say much, he was originally a cavalry general in Liaodong, and he was a survivor who followed Jia Chen through so many battles.

As for Er Niu, he is a thick and thin man, and he is also the first person he subdued in Liaodong, well, he is the one who was directly hammered away by himself in the school field.

After seeing the two of them, Jia Chen pointed to Yang Liben beside him, "Give you half a month to learn how to take care of a housekeeper with Yang Liben!" In the future, the housekeeper in the house will be the business of the two of you! ”

When Yang Liben heard this, a wry smile couldn't help but appear on his face, is he still here, this Hou Ye is so direct?

Seeing him like this, Jia Chen said directly to the point: "Don't say more superfluous words, lest we all be ugly, if you don't want to leave, I will throw you to the barracks, and whether you are dead or alive depends on personal creation~"

Hearing this, Yang Liben had a spirit, so he had to bow down to receive the order, thinking of the task on his body, he shook his head helplessly, and now he could only give up, fortunately, at the beginning, his master did not say that the task must be completed, and he also considered the situation that Jia Chen would refuse to accept it.

The snowflakes are still falling, looking at this appearance, I am afraid that it may not be able to stop even if it is dark, and the splendid Daming Palace is also buried by this heavy snow at this time.

In the imperial study, Emperor Ming Kangdi summoned Lin Ruhai, and while he criticized the folds, he said: "Ruhai, I heard that you have seen the champion Hou before?" ”

Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly in his heart, his guess was right, Emperor Ming still knew about it.

He bowed his hand and replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, I met three or four years ago!" But at that time, he was still a half-grown boy with no name. ”

Seeing that Lin Ruhai did not deny it, Emperor Ming Kangdi did not raise his head, and continued to criticize the folds, his eyes skimmed over the lines of small characters, and looked at the opinions that had been drafted by the cabinet, he crossed out a sentence with a red pen, added another sentence, and finally wrote a quasi-word, and put the fold in his hand to the side.

Then he picked up another book and began to read it again, not paying attention to Lin Ruhai, who had been standing with his head bowed in front of the imperial eucalyptus.

The imperial study became a little quieter, and Lin Ruhai, who was standing on the side, also began to drum in his heart, fortunately, his cultivation of his mind and temperament was good, and he did not make a fool of himself.

After another cup of tea, Emperor Ming Kangdi spoke again: "My champion Hou has been to Jiangnan? ”

Lin Ruhai paused for a moment and said, "I don't know, but the last time I saw the champion Hou was in Yangzhou!" ”

Those things that Ming Kangdi already knew, he didn't think about hiding it anymore, and told the truth.

After a while, Ming Kangdi asked again, "Who is that little girl?" ”

Lin Ruhai thought for a while and replied again: "It was a little girl who was rescued by the champion Hou back then, I heard that she was abducted by a kidnapper, and she was saved by the champion Hou at that time!" ”

Then Emperor Ming Kangdi asked: "Then do you know about him going north to fight thieves?" ”

Lin Ruhai secretly swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, the most critical time in his heart has come, for the first few questions, it is harmless at all, a little girl, here in Ming Kangdi, is not even as good as an ant, and Jia Chen, who has made monstrous contributions, is the most critical.

There was only the sound of two people asking and answering in the imperial study, and his mood was inexplicably nervous.

Slowly taking two deep breaths, Lin Ruhai said: "I know, but I didn't know that he was Jia Chen at the time, and at that time, Champion Hou seemed to use a fake name to avoid suspicion!" ”

Hearing Lin Ruhai's answer, Emperor Ming Kang's brows furrowed, and Xu Yuantu sent a secret report before, saying that Jia Chen seemed to have angered the old lady in the Rongguo Mansion because he had done something bad, and was driven out of the capital by the old lady.

In this way, it is also right, Lin Ruhai is the son-in-law of Jiafu, if he knew that Jia Chen was driven out by the old lady, it is estimated that he would not be received, so he used a pseudonym, which is logical.

Ming Kangdi, who knew more information than Lin Ruhai, naturally made up this paragraph, and also felt that he was right, the real situation should be like this, Lin Ruhai had only seen people, and he didn't know his real name.

After half a cup of tea, Lin Ruhai left the imperial study in a bit of a daze, remembering what happened before, he was confused, what did Emperor Ming Kang ask? Maybe Lin Ruhai would not have thought that his fate was so mysterious, and even Emperor Ming Kangdi let him leave without continuing to ask.

Today is also lively, a wave of unsettled, wave after wave, when Lin Ruhai came to Daming Palace to meet him, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng came to Jia's mother and talked about Yuanchun.

"Mother, do you think this is possible?"

Looking at Mrs. Wang, Jia's mother also muttered in her heart, not to mention, what her daughter-in-law said did not violate the three things Jia Chen said, and the return was extremely high, once the Yuanchun girl could become the emperor's concubine, then their family would ascend to the sky in one step and become a relative of the emperor.

Don't go against morality, don't go against people, don't endanger the court, and don't violate any of them! It's not to steal and rob, it's not to kill people and set fires, it's not to buy and sell, and it won't endanger Dakang's society.

But then she thought, will Jia Chen agree to this matter? He's not easy to operate, right?

The emperor is not a puppet, he says that he will like whoever he likes, and the concubine position in the harem is not said to be sealed.

After a pause, Jia Mu spoke: "The second family, are you sure you can do it?" Brother Chen'er can't have a relationship with the big girl, what can he do? The eldest girl has been in the palace for so many years, and there is no movement, which means that she does not meet the emperor's eyes! Although Brother Chen'er has made great contributions, he can't always decide what the emperor thinks! ”

There was no one else in the room except Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng was at the door, Sister Feng knew that there were many people in the house, and this matter was too much to do, so it was absolutely impossible for people to know.

Hearing Jia's mother's words, Mrs. Wang's heart suddenly bottomless, before only Jia Chen was the most prestigious marquis of the dynasty, if he wanted to work hard, it should be able to work, but after Jia's mother said this, she also reacted, they have already been divided and re-established, the relationship can be far away, no matter how much credit Jia Chen has made, it has nothing to do with them, didn't he reward the two mansions when he didn't see the emperor's reward?

It's just that in the end, Mrs. Wang remembered her eldest girl, in the courtyard of the deep palace, she couldn't see her daughter twice a year, she was also very unbearable, and she planned to try it, if Jia Chen helped her, her life in the palace would be much better.

So Mrs. Wang knelt down and burst into tears, "Old lady, what is the place in the palace, others don't know, don't you know?" I can't see Yuan girl twice a year, there, she is cautious everywhere, there is no good brother in our house, no one supports her at all, the last time I saw her, her knees were swollen, but because of a small matter, she was punished by those nobles in the palace to kneel, she was raised under your knees~"

These words, but Mrs. Wang's true feelings as a mother, Yuan Chun is her daughter, in the final analysis, she is distressed, unlike Jia Huan and other concubines, she doesn't take it to heart at all, she was caught in something wrong, she must be punished for kneeling, punishing copying scriptures, and showing no mercy.

Hearing this, Jia's mother didn't feel good in her heart, Mrs. Wang poked her sore spot, Yuanchun was raised under her knees since she was a child, because she was born at the beginning of the new year, she was born to celebrate auspiciousness, she also liked it, so she took the name of Yuanchun, and then Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun are all because of this big girl.

Then Jia Mu's eyes flashed twice, and she let out a long sigh, "That's it!" Let my wife think about it! When the time comes, let a few gentlemen in the house discuss it! Although the chance is not big, if it can be done, it will also be a splash of wealth! ”

At the end, Jia Mu suddenly looked at Mrs. Wang, who was kneeling on the ground, and she said in an extremely serious tone: "The second family, even if this matter is decided, you are not allowed to reveal half a word, if I hear anything about it, even if I come back when the girl is old, there is no room for negotiation~"

For some of Mrs. Wang's means, Jia's mother is clear, and those are just the rest of her play, you must know that in the house fight, Jia Mu is a king-level figure, except for her two sons in Xifu, there is no other concubine, but there are many concubines in Dongfu! On the other hand, Mrs. Wang is even worse, Jia Huan, Tanchun's two concubines are not all living so well.

Seeing the cold light in Jia's mother's eyes, Mrs. Wang's heart trembled, she secretly swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, nodded hurriedly, and promised that there would be no wind in the house, but seeing that Jia's mother had the intention of relieving, she was still a little happy in her heart.

As he spoke, it was almost noon, and the smoke of birds and birds rose in the silver-covered capital.

In Taihe Palace, in a room, an old man in a bright yellow dragon robe stretched out his fast hand to pull a steaming small silver pot in front of him, which was filled with thin slices of fresh venison, beef and mutton, camphor meat, and rare green vegetable leaves in this season, which was full of aroma.

There was also an old eunuch on the side who was reporting something, and the old man raised his head from time to time to say a few words.

These two are none other than Emperor Taikang, the Emperor of Dakang, and Xia Cheng, the eunuch in charge of Taihe Palace.

Hearing that Jia Chen didn't bring his entourage, he rode up the street on a horse, Tai Kandi smiled, "This bastard didn't pay attention to the pomp and circumstance at all, and went back with a few little guys!" ”

Xia Cheng answered on the side: "No, in the end, he is young and doesn't understand the rules, if the saint has the heart to take care of one or two, our little marquis Mu has received the grace of heaven, wouldn't he be grateful to Dade and thank him for a thousand thanks." ”

Tai Kandi glanced at Xia Cheng who was kneeling on the side, a trace of deep meaning flashed in the depths of his eyes, and he was silent for a while, Tai Kandi suddenly asked such a question, "I heard that this kid also promised two mansions and three things?" ”

A smile appeared on Xia Cheng's face, "There is such a thing, the old slave looks at it as a good thing, and he knows how to be grateful!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Tai Kang laughed, of course he knew what Xia Cheng meant, but he knew even more that it was too late now, and his son was already too late when he was crowned the champion of Jia Chen.

At this point, there is no way to be gracious, unless there is another king with a different surname, he is not old Hutu, the prince is a bottom line, the current four princes are enough to make trouble, he doesn't want to ask for trouble.

Thinking of this, Tai Kandi sighed softly, looked at the snow white outside the window, and muttered in a very low voice, "It's late~"