Chapter 236: The Origin of the Concubine's Position

In Rongxi Hall, Jia Zheng was busy all afternoon preparing for the garden.

After dinner, he was about to play with Zhao, when he suddenly heard Lai Da coming to report: "Sir, the chief historian of the Prince of Beijing is here!"

Jia Zheng hurriedly threw it away The next thought came out.

"I don't know that your greatness is here, but I am not welcome from afar."

Jia Zheng knew Shi Yangjun, the chief minister of the Prince of Beijing, so when he saw that he was really coming, he He hurriedly greeted him with his hands.

But behind Yang Jun, there were six attendants, and each of them held a tray covered with yellow silk.

"May I ask, sir, is this...?"

Jia Zheng was puzzled. Their house had not been doing anything for the past two days, so why did the Prince's Palace in Beijing look like this? Is it a gift?

"Haha, Mr. Zheng is very polite. I came here on the order of the prince..."

"I don't know what the prince has said, but I hope you will make it clear. ."

Yang Jun smiled and looked at Jia Zheng, who looked confused, and made sure that he didn't know about this matter yet, so he raised his hands and said: "Congratulations, Mr. Zheng, your house is indeed a famous family in the world. There are many outstanding people in the mansion.

The second son of your mansion today surpassed all the others in the literary society and wrote several classics in a row, making him famous in the capital!

Our prince is fortunate to have One of them is a gift. This is our prince's gift of three thousand taels of silver as agreed. Please accept it on your behalf."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he said doubtfully: "Quinzi didn't go out today. How could you do what you said? You must have made a mistake..."

Yang Jun knew that there was a second son in the Rongguo Mansion who was born with a jade in his head, so he knew that Jia Zheng had misunderstood. , hurriedly added: "What the official is talking about is Lord Lian of your mansion, the second son of Lian!"

"He? Jia Lian?"

Jia Zheng felt, I must have been working too hard, so I was hallucinating.

If we talk about his son Baoyu, although he is not engaged in a serious career and does not study seriously at all, he has been somewhat intelligent since he was a child. He has some attainments in those heretical and colorful poems.

So if Jia Baoyu accidentally wrote something outside, he could barely accept it.

But Jia Lian!

Could this Yang Changshi be joking?

Seeing the disbelief in Jia Zheng’s eyes, Yang Jun also had mixed feelings in his heart.

Beijing Prince’s Mansion and Jia Mansion have been friends for hundreds of years. He was an official in Beijing Prince’s Mansion. In previous years,, I often deal with the Jia Mansion, so I probably have some understanding of the situation of the main people in the Rongguo Mansion.

When he heard what happened today, he was also very surprised.

Now seeing Jia Zheng’s reaction, he naturally felt even more strange.

This Mr. Lian is so well-hidden that he even hid it from his own second uncle

"Mr. Zheng, don’t feel strange. This matter is absolutely true. I am a good official. I am really not joking with Mr. Zheng.

In fact, today is a cultural gathering held by the Crown Prince in a courtyard outside the city. In addition to our prince, there are also the princes, dragons and grandsons, and the princes and grandsons of Beijing. Everyone has witnessed with their own eyes the demeanor of the second young master Lian of your mansion!

If Mr. Zheng didn’t believe it, before the official came, he heard a few words from the colleagues who followed the prince, allowing the official and Mr. Zheng is here..."

Although Jia Zheng's eyes were as big as his eyes, he was still very polite. Upon seeing this, he hurriedly invited Yang Jun to sit down in the hall.

……

Forbidden City, Fengzao Palace.

Emperor Ning Kang stepped in and sat down on the Kang in the main hall.

Seeing that Jia Yuanchun was about to serve him tea after saluting him, he immediately gave in and asked him to sit down on the other side, and then asked:

"Jia Lian, are you Cousin?"

"Reporting to your majesty, it is true that he is the eldest son of my concubine... Why did your majesty ask so, but what happened to him?"

Ning Kangdi shook his head, "You don't have to worry, he is very good...

Huh, let me ask you, how much do you know about him?"

Yuan Chun heard it. Emperor Ning Kang's tone was not right, and he became more and more cautious, thinking: "When I entered the palace to serve the Dowager Empress, he was only eleven or twelve years old, and he was still a completely ignorant boy. Therefore, I really didn’t know much about him in these years.

But I heard that His Majesty’s grace was so great that he was given an official position by grace, and he was the commander of the Xicheng Military and Horse Department. .

But what did he do wrong that made His Majesty displeased?

If so, Your Majesty, for the sake of his youth and immaturity, please give him a patient lesson. I will definitely listen to your majesty."

When Emperor Ningkang heard that Yuanchun entered the palace, Jia Lian was only eleven or twelve years old, and he knew that he would not hear any useful information from Yuanchun.

"I have something here for you to see."

Emperor Ning Kang said, waving to the attendants who were accompanying him.

Yuanchun didn’t know why.But he still obediently took what the eunuch handed over.

There were several poem manuscripts. Yuanchun glanced at Emperor Ning Kang first, then lowered his head to look down. He looked at two or three of them carefully, then briefly glanced at the back ones and said, "I am a concubine. I don’t understand poetry, but after a rough reading, I feel that these sentences are very well written.

However, I have never heard of it before, but it has only been published recently. I wonder where your majesty got it from?"

Emperor Ning Kang smiled and said, "If I said that these were all written by Jia Lian, would you believe it?"

"This..."
< br /> Sure enough, Yuanchun's originally calm and elegant expression was suddenly startled.

But she looked at Emperor Ning Kang and nodded immediately: "I will naturally believe your Majesty's words."

Emperor Ning Kang subconsciously twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling in his heart Think about it, this daughter of the Jia family has been in the palace for so many years, but she is still so cautious. Even now that she is the concubine, she is always careful about what she says.

Although he likes women who are law-abiding, he inevitably feels that they are a little less interesting.

Moreover, when he thought of Yuanchun, he couldn't help but think that this was a deal he had made with a few old guys from the Ministry of War.

He doesn’t like making deals with his ministers very much.

Moreover, there is another point that makes him still doubtful.

Originally, he was only planning to confer Jia Yuanchun as a concubine that day. As the female official next to Princess Yuanchun, canonizing her as a concubine was already a step to the top.

However, when he went to pay his respects to the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor, who had been growing flowers and fish in the Chonghua Palace for a long time, suddenly asked about it!

"The two ancestors of the Jia family have made great contributions to our dynasty, they have done good deeds to the country, and they have brotherly feelings for me. A concubine is not enough to demonstrate the merits of the Jia family.

Since you are willing to show kindness, why not make her your concubine."

These were the exact words of the Supreme Emperor.

At that time, he did not dare to ask in detail why the Emperor would care about a daughter of the Jia family who lived in a deep palace, but he did not dare to disrespect the Emperor's wishes. Therefore, according to the Emperor's wishes, Yuan Chun was canonized as the fourth concubine. one.

Although this move indeed made him close to the founding ministers, he always felt uneasy every time he thought about it.

This kind of uneasiness is anxiety about things that one cannot fully control.

Yuanchun didn’t know what Emperor Ning Kang was thinking. When she saw that Emperor Ning Kang didn’t speak, she took the initiative to speak: “It’s just that I really can’t imagine that I haven’t seen him for eight or nine years, but my brother Lian has already Having grown up to this point, I can actually write such a poemCome.

If His Majesty hadn’t said it himself, it would be hard for me to believe it. "

"There are many people who are as hard to believe as you.

In fact, if not for the retribution from many parties, it is all just the same statement, and even I don’t believe it. ”

After saying that, Emperor Ning Kang finally explained the origin of these poems to Yuan Chun.

When Yuan Chun heard this, he also expressed only a few or four points of surprise in his heart.

"It's really unexpected. I originally thought that Brother Lian didn't like reading. In the past, no one had ever heard that he had a talent for writing poems and lyrics. "

"You really can't think of that? ”

Emperor Ning Kang’s eyes narrowed slightly.