The Red Mansions

Chapter 284

Chapter 284

in the attic

Hearing Jia Heng's consolation, Princess Jinyang's heart widened first, then she gave Jia Heng a white look, and said, "You treat me like a child."

Jia Heng hugged the plump, sweet-smelling beauty, his face paused, he calmed down, and asked in his ear: "Your Highness, why is the loyal and obedient prince so trusted by the Holy One?"

Princess Jinyang felt the heat coming from her ears, suppressed the embarrassment and joy in her heart, her beautiful eyes showed the color of memory, and said: "Back then, when the emperor was still in the hidden mansion, when he was King Yong, he and Prince Zhongshun The relationship is not bad, after the emperor succeeds to the throne, he will be treated kindly, Kuang Tian's family also needs to be filial to the father and son, respectful to the brothers and sisters, otherwise how will the world see it?"

To put it bluntly, it is to erect an archway, otherwise the face of the Chen Han royal family will be embarrassing.

As the eldest princess of Jinyang said, a lotus jade face was turned around, and she said solemnly: "You know what happened back then, right?"

"I know a little bit, but the specific details are definitely not as deep as your client." Jia Heng spoke softly, holding the two peach blossoms again.

Without him, the sudden and serious Yujie was so angry that he always wanted to bully her.

"No~"

Princess Jinyang snorted and closed her eyes slightly.

For a long time, the lips were parted, the sun in the winter afternoon, through the window, the beautiful eyes painted with red eyeshadow were still narrowed into a line, as if reminiscing and intoxicated with the hot entanglement just now.

The string of pearl necklaces worn by Li Renxiu also showed Jia Heng again.

The necklace turned over and over the mountain, rolling and rolling all the way.

The beauty's delicate body trembled violently, and under the slender eyebrows of the willow leaves, a pair of water-like eyes opened, coquettishly angry, and broke free: "Don't...don't make trouble."

Xian Xian Rou Nian grabbed Jia Heng's hand and said angrily: "You disciple, you are not allowed to belittle me."

When Jia Heng heard the words, he had no choice but to silence the drums and wait for the opportunity to move.

He thinks that Princess Jinyang is also very interesting. She is obviously the mother of a child, and her body instinctively resists the reaction, and she is still like an innocent girl with yellow flowers.

It's just... dizzying.

At this time, the beauty played with Jia Heng's hand in her palm, comparing one white and tough, one slender and slender to the size of two palms.

Well, it's a bit funny to say that Jia Heng's hands are a little bit smaller than the eldest princess.

Seeing this scene, Princess Jinyang couldn't help laughing as a smile appeared on that beautiful and charming hibiscus face.

While the flower branches trembled slightly, the mature and bright charm between the eyebrows and eyes overflowed little by little, the red lips parted slightly, and said with a smile: "Your hands are smaller than Bengong's hands, no matter what."

At the end, Zhuyuan Yurun's voice trembled a little, it was just such a pair of hands that showed their frivolity to the fullest.

"Who made His Highness too big?" Jia Heng whispered, with a pun.

Feeling the heat of thought coming from her earlobe again, Princess Jinyang resisted the trembling of her delicate body, and said angrily: "You are not a righteous person."

When two men and women are together, talking and talking, it is easy to go wrong.

Ears and temples rubbed together, tired and crooked for a while.

Until, Liren panted lightly, grabbed Jia Heng's hand tightly, and broke free, her heart was throbbing non-stop, her beautiful face dyed crimson, and she said angrily: "I'm talking about business with you, and you... are dishonest." , I'll see you later when Chanyue comes up, so hurry up and take a look at the booklet."

Jia Heng could only suppress his anger first, let go of the beauty, turned sideways, took the book and flipped through it, looked at it for a while, nodded and said: "It's okay, you have to do more recently, I will go to the Beijing camp soon Training."

At this time, Princess Jinyang was straightening her clothes, and said, "Is it about rectifying the Beijing camp?"

Just as Jia Heng was about to speak, he heard Lianxue's voice from below, "Princess, Your Highness is on the second floor."

"Chanyue is here." Princess Jinyang frowned, with a look of panic on her face, and said, "Don't let her see the clues."

Jia Heng nodded his head, changed his face, and said loudly: "Your Highness, I have read the booklet, it is proper and thorough, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Now he feels that he is having an affair with Princess Jinyang.

If I have time, I really need to have a good chat with Qinghe Princess Li Chanyue. This little girl has been blocking her mother's pursuit of happiness. What is going on?

Afterwards, accompanied by the sound of light footsteps from far to near, Princess Qinghe Li Chanyue went up to the second floor, and took a look at the two people who were sitting upright. There seemed to be a bit of suspicion on her beautiful and clear melon-seeded face. Said: "Mother, my cousin and the others have gone back."

As he spoke, he approached so close, looked at the booklet in Jia Heng's hand, and asked curiously, "What is Mr. Jia looking at?"

In fact, I heard it just now, and this is a deliberate question.

Jia Heng said: "His Royal Highness just let me see the account books of the store below Huiheng Chamber of Commerce."

Fortunately, at this moment, there is no way to see it.

"Oh." Li Chanyue said softly, silently.

Princess Jinyang nodded her head and said with a smile, "Chanyue, why don't you take a nap?"

Li Chanyue glanced at Jia Heng who was flipping through the book, and said softly: "I'm not very sleepy. I was worried that my mother would be bored by herself, so I came to accompany my maid. I also found a book to read. Mother, don't worry about me, just worry about it." Talk to Mr. Jia."

As he spoke, he picked up a book, found a chair beside him, and read it quietly.

Jia Heng: "..."

Why did he feel that the little princess had already seen something tricky and came here to stare at him and Princess Jinyang.

Of course, it is more likely to be some kind of intuition.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Princess Jinyang, and saw that the beauty's charming eyes were full of smiles, and seemed to find Jia Heng's speechless expression really interesting.

Seeing this, Jia Heng talked for a while, seeing that the little princess was always "cooking the eagle" by the side, so he had no choice but to leave.

To the little princess, he can only say that there are always times when he can't keep an eye on him.

After leaving the Princess's Mansion, Jia Heng took a deep breath and got on his horse. He wanted to ask Guoyong Camp to supervise the military training, but he looked up at the sky and thought that there was not enough time, so he gave up.

Instead, he walked towards Ningrong Street, intending to go back to the Ning Mansion, and then asked Qu Lang to help him inquire about King Zhongshun.

He just drove his horse to the Rongguo Mansion, and he was taken aback for a moment. He saw a grey-haired woman over sixty squatting under the corner of the wall near the stone lion in front of the Rongfu gate, leading a woman in a cotton-padded jacket and holding half a piece of paper in her hand. The child of the candy man.

Hearing the sound of hooves, the old lady straddled her basket, stood up, and looked over.

On the other side, the shy servant in front of the Rongguo Mansion saw Jia Heng with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Master Heng?"

Jia Heng nodded and asked, "Who is this old man? Why is he squatting in the corner?"

In fact, I already had some guesses in my heart, except for Grandma Liu and grandson Ban'er, there was no one else in this attire.

"Jia Baoyu first tested the love of clouds and rain. As soon as Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion, Baoyu was strangled in the cradle by me during the plum blossom season yesterday, so, but Grandma Liu's eyes continued this time." Jia Heng looked deeply, thinking with.

Just when the servant opened his mouth to go back, a woman walked out from the Rongfu, she belonged to Zhou Rui's family, and said with a smile: "Master Heng, this is Lian's second grandma's old relative, Grandma Liu."

Jia Heng nodded, glanced at Grandma Liu, nodded at her, with a gentle look in her eyes, and asked, "Why don't you let this old man wait in the corner gatehouse in such a cold day?"

Zhou Rui's family turned to look at the servant, and said coldly, "Master Heng asked you something?"

The servant: "..."

Grandma Liu said with a smile: "Thank you for your care, the uncle, and bring the children to make a fuss, so don't bring trouble to your house."

"Then go in quickly, the old man, it's cold outside." Jia Heng nodded, said, and was about to steer his horse away.

Zhou Rui's family suddenly laughed and said: "My lord, please wait. Just now, my concubine went to the East Mansion to look for him. She said that she had prepared a small banquet and thanked him for sending it the day before yesterday. But I couldn't find anyone in the East Mansion. If the lord is free right now, Are you going to see my aunt?"

Because Xue Pan was idle yesterday, he didn't return until late.

Aunt Xue couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so she thought about it and decided that it would be better to send her son to the ethnology school. By the way, she also made a side note about helping the Jingzhong shop to check the accounts.

Jia Heng paused when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "I'll go and have a look."

Between relatives, it's better to ignore people too much, get off the horse, throw the horse to the servant of Rongfu, and walk straight in.

Zhou Rui's family also smiled and said, "Grandma, follow me in quickly."

"Sigh." Grandma Liu glanced at the young dignitary who disappeared at the end of the corridor, and said with a smile, "This Uncle Heng, who is the man in the house?"

Brother and sister are all titles for young masters and young ladies.

From Zhou Rui's family, with a false and delicate smile on his fair face, he chuckled lightly and said, "Look at what you've always said, who is this brother? It's Master Heng from the East Mansion, who is an official in the outer court, from the East and the West. patriarch."

Grandma Liu smiled and said, "Oh, hey, this is a nobleman. Just now, I saw that he spoke strangely and kindly. He is not very old. It's because of my poor eyesight."

Zhou Rui's family smiled and thought to himself, it's not that young, but kind?

When you didn't look very powerful, which of these two houses, apart from the old lady and Mr. Zheng, hadn't been reprimanded by him?

Not to mention how Grandma Liu went to see Sister Feng, but said that outside the west gate of Shenjing City, in the Muni courtyard——

It was the cold winter season, and in the backyard of the slightly dilapidated temple, under the shade of pines and cypresses, stood an unremarkable Zen room quietly.

The scent of herbs and sandalwood are intertwined and mixed together, the surrounding decoration is simple, and outside the window covered with white paper, the cold wind is noisy, and the coldness rushes in from the gaps in the doors and windows.

A graceful girl in a moon-white monk's robe, lying in front of a sick bed with plain curtains hooked up with copper hooks, gazed at the dying old nun lying on the bed.

The young girl was flawless, with a look of sorrow on her clear and beautiful face, and the bright eyes under the willow-leaf brows were full of tears, and she called: "Master."

"Miaoyu, don't be sad. The Buddha said, I seek death and get rid of lust. This is also my wish as a teacher... But, after all, I am not enough to practice as a teacher, and I still can't let you go. After the teacher passes away, what will you do? What should I do?" The old nun lying on the bed stretched out his hand to caress Miaoyu's face, and said softly.

Miaoyu leaned over her face, feeling the cold fingertips touched by her touch, knowing that her vitality was being lost, she couldn't help but feel even more sad, and tremblingly said: "Master, I plan to take Master back to his hometown to live in peace."

The old nun's voice was weak and he lacked energy. He said: "Your clothes, food and daily life are not suitable for you to go back to your hometown. Besides, it's a long distance and the journey is inconvenient. You might as well live quietly in the middle of the capital and wait for the opportunity."

"Waiting for the opportunity." Miao Yuyu paused for a moment, her eyes moved slightly, thinking of her life experience, she lost her mind for a moment.

A smile appeared on the old nun's golden paper face, and he said, "Your mortal relationship has not yet ended, and you only have a relationship with my Buddha. Flowers bloom and fade, and gathering and dispersing are impermanent. From now on, you should cherish yourself."

Looking at her disciple's appearance, she has the appearance of a catastrophe. She has been worried about this, and she does not allow Fu Ling to return to her hometown. There is an unexpected disaster.

But recently, for some reason, when she looked at Miaoyu's face, she actually looked like the mountains were poor and the water was poor, and the willows were dark and the flowers were bright. Maybe it was because there were noble people in the capital to help them, and they could turn bad luck into good fortune, and make disaster auspicious?

The old nun waved his hand, smiled, closed his eyes slightly, and said, "Miaoyu, live quietly in the middle of the capital, wait for the opportunity, remember to remember."

After about a while, the old nun's face was peaceful, as if he was asleep, but the hand touching Miaoyu's face slowly dropped, and he died suddenly.

Then, the sound of crying sounded, and Miaoyu came out of her eyes, and lay beside the old nun, mourning and weeping.

Not long after, with the sound of hurried footsteps, the mothers and maids from the outside came in and helped Miaoyu clean up the old nun's funeral.

……

……

Besides, when Jia Heng entered the Rongguo Mansion, he headed towards Lixiangyuan, passed the powder shadow oil wall from the moon gate, and walked along the Chaoshou corridor. After a while, his face paused, but he looked at the two maids. , It is Xiren and Musk Moon.

Seeing Jia Heng, the second servant girl's expression changed, she hurriedly dodged aside, lowered her head, and called out in a low voice: "Master Heng."

Jia Heng nodded at the second maidservant, and asked, "You two, where are you going?"

Xiren lifted his drooping head slightly, and on that plump face, there was a slightly embarrassed and ingratiating smile: "Master Heng, Madam called us over, saying that it was Dong'er, to keep warm for Second Lord." The animal charcoal used should be replaced, and the quilt should be replaced with a new pair, which is warmer."

Jia Heng nodded, and asked casually: "Is the animal charcoal unusable? Why do you need to change it?"

"My wife said that the last time I went there, the charcoal had a lot of smoke, and I was choked up." Xiren glanced at Jia Heng and said in a charming voice.

Jia Heng looked noncommittal, waved his hands, and said, "Go."

When I saw Grandma Liu just now, I couldn't help but glance at Xiren. I saw that the corners of the girl's eyebrows were not opened, and there was no abnormality when walking. I guess Baoyu probably didn't try.

Then I remembered something again.

"It's winter, and it's getting colder and colder today. Yesterday I saw that Xichun was dressed somewhat thinly. I live here, so I might not be able to take care of her. Let's go back to Xichun's house and have a look."

Jia Heng looked silent, thinking.

He is the patriarch of the Jia family, and the small clan became the big clan. Xichun, as a decent Dongfu lady, has nothing to do with Jia Zhen. Even if it is to show generosity, he should take a chance and take over and raise her.

"At least it's raised by me, and it can be Baoyu's treatment in exchange for smokeless charcoal in Xifu." Jia Heng was thinking, walking towards Lixiangyuan without stopping.

As soon as I arrived at Pear Fragrance Court, I told the nurse who was passing the message to the gatekeeper.

In the wing-

"Madam, Miss, Master Heng is here." Nanny smiled.

Aunt Xue, who was knitting a scarf for Xue Pan, beamed with joy when she heard the words, and said, "Brother Heng is here."

Hastily ordered: "Hurry up and invite people over."

Baochai also raised her eyes, handed the corset she was sewing to Yinger, and told her to take it back and put it away.

"Mom just invited Brother Heng after lunch, but I couldn't find anyone. It seems that he just came back from the yamen." Baochai said softly.

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "Isn't it? I'm too busy to go home, why don't I let the kitchen cook some meals later, and wait for your brother to come over and chat with me."

Still thinking about the school, Xue Pan was having fun all the way in the early morning, and he didn't know where to hang out. Aunt Xue just wanted to send Xue Pan to Jia's school as soon as possible.

Baochai said softly, "Mom, let's see what people say later."

"That's what I mean." Aunt Xue smiled, thought for a while, and said to Tong Xi Tonggui who was beside her: "Take the two account books on the shelf quickly and put them in my hand."

Baochai:"……"

While the mother and daughter were talking, they heard the sound of footsteps. Soon, a tall and straight boy with a relaxed face followed the mother, opened the cotton curtain, stepped into the wing room, and turned a screen.Then enter the inner compartment.

"Auntie, sister Xue, it's okay." Jia Heng greeted.

Sitting on the bed, Baochai paused for a moment, got up, raised her plump and bright face, her apricot eyes were as bright as water, and softly called: "Brother Heng."

(End of this chapter)