"Eunuch Xia..."

"Oh, Mr. Marquis, this old slave has sent his regards to Mr. Hou."

In the left side hall of the front section of the palace, Xia Shouzhong and several The eunuch was sitting drinking tea when he saw Jia Lian coming in. He hurriedly came forward to greet him and said with a smile on his face to please him.

Jia Lian glanced at him, shook his head secretly, and said that these eunuchs were accustomed to adapting to the wind. No wonder those noble literati looked down on eunuchs the most.

In fact, Xia Shouzhong was the eunuch of the Sixth Palace. In the palace, except for the several eunuchs of Chonghua Palace, only Dai Quan could outdo him.

To be able to reach this level as a eunuch, you must be used to being powerful, and there is absolutely no need to be servile to a Marquis with a foreign surname.

Jia Lian knew that in the original work, when the Jia family began to decline, the first to inflict trouble on the Jia family were a group of eunuchs headed by Xia Shouzhong.

The reason why he lowered his stance at this time was just because the Jia family was in great power and Jia Lian was deeply trusted in front of the emperor.

It is conceivable that if one day Yuanchun falls out of favor, or loses the emperor's trust, Xia Shouzhong will definitely be among the people who fall out of favor the fastest.

Even though he knew this, Jia Lian still smiled at him and said: "This is because the imperial concubine and the queen are visiting relatives. I have exhausted Eunuch Xia and all the other father-in-laws in their busy work. I would like to thank you all here."< br />
"I don't dare to be a prince. It's my duty to be able to serve the Marquis and be loyal to the empress. I don't dare to be a Marquis to thank you."

Xia Shouzhong said , the other two eunuchs next to him also echoed with smiling faces.

Seeing them like this, Jia Lian was too lazy to talk nonsense. He waved his hand and Lin Zhixiao walked out from behind him, holding a tray in his hand.

Jia Lian did not cover it up and opened it directly, revealing a brand-new plate of small silver ingots inside. The weight was about five hundred taels.

"This is a gift from my Jia family. Please take it with me, father-in-law, and get some wine to eat."

Following Jia Lian's words, Lin Zhixiao took the tray and sent it to Xia Shouzhong's house. before.

"This...this is so embarrassing, costing Lord Hou money..."

This is not the first day that Xia Shouzhong has dealt with the Jia family. He knows that the Jia family is rich, so Saying sorry, he already took the silver in his hand.

Jia Lian smiled, cupped his hands and said: "In that case, please take a good rest here, sir, and I will not disturb you."

"Master Hou, walk slowly. ..."

Walking back to the side courtyard where the gentlemen of the Jia Mansion gathered, Jia Zheng became very excited as soon as they met.He came up and asked, "How are you doing, my father-in-law?"

Jia Lian nodded, the best thing to do with these eunuchs is free money.

Don’t think that five hundred taels of silver is small. Not to mention the matter of saving relatives, the Jia family has stuffed countless amounts of money into the pockets of these eunuchs. Let’s just say five hundred taels of silver. , which is definitely enough for the big eunuchs.

You must know that the annual salary of a third-grade eunuch at this time was only more than a hundred taels of silver. Let’s take a look at the original work. Dai Quan, who is the general manager of the Daming Palace and is known as the internal minister, is willing to promise Jia Zhen and donate a fifth-grade dragon ban captain to Jia Rong for one thousand taels of silver.

It’s just that Jia Lian is so rich now that he doesn’t think that a few hundred taels of silver is nothing.

As for giving some benefits to these eunuchs, that is also a must. Not to mention opening up a way for Yuanchun, just say that this time Yuanchun goes home to visit relatives, there are many things inside and outside, even if the Jia family No matter how careful it is, there will always be criticisms.

At this time, it is very important not to let the eunuchs in charge speak in the palace, or even say good things in turn.

"In that case, let's rush over. Your Majesty has finished her bath and is about to have a banquet in the main hall, so I should go over and accompany her."

"Okay. ”

…

By the way, Yuanchun took a bath in the luxurious and comfortable bath, and after changing his clothes, he really felt refreshed.

If she hadn’t been thinking about getting together with her family for the Mid-Autumn Festival, she would have wanted to hang out for a while longer.

Gathered with Jia Mu and others in the main hall, Yuan Chun ordered everyone inside and outside to sit down without ceremony and have a grand banquet.

Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and other female family members were accompanying each other in the palace. Among them, Sister Feng and You were personally holding soup and cups at the side, while Jia Zheng brought more than a dozen of the principal nephews and nephews of the Jia family. Waiting on the corridor outside the palace.

Yuan Chun thought about the scenery in the garden he had just visited, and it was surprising that everything was pleasing to the people. And out of respect for her, Jia Zheng and others, at most, only briefly mentioned the plaques on the pavilions and pavilions. None have been officially named.

So he ordered the pen and inkstone to serve him, and chose the person he liked best to give his name.

In the main building, there is a plaque "Daguan Tower".

The main hall was given a plaque "Gu En Si Yi", with the title couplet:

"Heaven and earth show great mercy, and the innocent ones feel the same gratitude; ancient and modern times are honored, and all the nations of Kyushu are honored by kindness. ”

Also:

There was Feng Laiyi who named it "Xiaoxiang Pavilion".

The red fragrant green jade was renamed "Yihong Kuailu" and named "Yihongyuan".

Hengzhi Qingfen gave her the name "Hengwuyuan".

Xinglian is looking forward to naming it "Huange Villa".

To the west of the main building, the place where you just took a bath was named "Hanfang Pavilion", and the flying tower to the east was named "Zhujin Pavilion". In addition, there are more than ten plaques with four characters such as "Liao Fengxuan", "Lotus Xiangxie", "Purple Lingzhou" and "Qiu Shuangzhai", etc. The list goes on and on.

He also ordered that the old plaque did not need to be removed, so he first inscribed a unique saying:

All the scenery is prepared, Fang Yuan should be named Xi Grand View."

Yuan Chun, including Yuan Chun, showed off his talents. On the outer corridor, all the men of the Jia family paid close attention to what was going on inside, just waiting for " After the "Wenhui" was over, music was played and the opera began.

While waiting, every time Yuan Chun’s poem came out, everyone except Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu rushed to flatter him and praised Yuan Chun’s talent. How amazing, this is an ordinary appearance

Jia Lian didn't bother to praise her because of her status, while Jia Zheng was embarrassed to praise her because she was his own daughter.

As for Jia Baoyu, he had an inkling and confirmed that his sister was really even more talented than ordinary people, and he felt even more sad.

Suddenly, he saw the maid next to Yuan Chun coming out with her Qin in her arms. After bowing to Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and others, she said, "Your Majesty, please let Second Master Lian and Second Master Bao in."
< br />No one was surprised by Yuanchun's order, and could only look at Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu with envy.

Who let the two of them be the younger brothers of the imperial concubine? Isn’t it natural for a sister to dote on her brother?

Of course, there are actually two people in the two houses who are Yuanchun's younger brothers, Jia Cong and Jia Huan. Among them, Jia Huan is Yuanchun's younger brother.

However, Yuanchun never asked about these two people from beginning to end, and everyone treated them as if they did not exist, and they were not even allowed to enter the palace.

But it was said that Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu entered the palace under the guidance of Bao Qin. They saw Yuan Chun sitting high in the middle of the main case. On both sides of him, Li Wan, Baochai, Daiyu and Sanchun were lined up. In front of each person's case, there are pens, inks, paper and inkstones placed, and each of them is bowing his head and thinking hard.

At first glance, it looks like the examiner is supervising the students.

“Meet the eldest sister.”

“Baoyu... met the eldest sister...”

Jia Baoyu was taught that, to meet the eldest sister, In Yuanchun, he must be called "Empress", which he had done before, but now he was following Jia Lian and was disturbed by his words.He took it and stuttered a bit.

"Hurry up and get free of charge."

Yuan Chun walked down from behind the case, took a shower and touched up her makeup, and changed into regular clothes, she looked even more beautiful and charming. Even Jia Lian couldn't help but take another look, wondering in his heart, there is no reason why the emperor should not love such a beauty.

"I am not very talented, and I am not good at chanting. I am just doing this tonight to pay off my responsibilities and live up to this garden and this scenery.

I am happy for my sisters at home. , they are all familiar with literature and calligraphy, and I have just ordered them to write whatever they want, each with a plaque and a poem."

Yuan Chun explained to Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu who were confused, and asked the people next to Sister Feng and Youshi were very embarrassed.

Obviously, these two illiterate sisters must have been embarrassed just now.

Yuan Chun didn't care about them, and turned to Jia Baoyu and said, "When I returned home this time, I was very happy to see the words you chanted in this garden. It shows that you have also been You have not neglected your studies and lived up to the hard work I have put in since childhood."

Yuanchun's praise made Jia Baoyu feel embarrassed. In his father's words, he only had this little ability, he could only work on thick poetry and colorful poems, but he was ignorant of serious knowledge.

In short, studies are the two words that Jia Baoyu is most impatient to hear. But facing outsiders, especially those he hasn't gotten to know yet, he still won't show off his personality, so he nods obediently.

Yuan Chun did not know these inside stories, because after Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang entered the palace, they all said good things to Jia Baoyu. Things like being handsome, cute, and obedient.

"Because there are four places in the garden that I love most, the first is Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the second is Hengwu Garden, the third is Huange Villa, and the fourth is Yihong Courtyard.

Since we have this meeting today, you can make two places, Hengwu Garden and Yihongyuan. There is no limit on rhyme, just five-character rhyme."

When he heard that Yuanchun asked him to write a poem, Jia Baoyu also breathed a sigh of relief. Because these parts were his favorites, he had already secretly composed many poems on them, and now it was not difficult to compose two poems, so he bowed and accepted.

Yuan Chun looked at Jia Lian again.

Jia Lian understood what she meant when she heard that Yuanchun proposed four places, but only asked Jia Baoyu to do two.

So he immediately bowed his hands to Yuanchun and said, "Eldest sister knows me. I am a vulgar and rough person. I only like to wield swords and guns. Unlike Brother Bao, who is elegant and can recite poems. , Big sister, please don’t make things difficult for me.”

Yuan Chun didn’t expect that she would be rejected by Jia Lian before she said anything. She was stunned and couldn’t help but laugh.

“Brother Lian isSelf-effacing is too much. If you say you are good at martial arts, I believe you, but if you say you cannot recite poems and compose poems, I don't believe it. I believe it is not just me, but who else here can believe it? "

Yuanchun waved her hand, and the people she pointed at laughed in unison.

"That day in the prince's residence, brother Lian sang "Die Nian Hua", The song "Lovesickness Order" can be said to be full of romance, but why are you declining it now? Oh, I understand. Brother Xu Shilian had no choice but to write about the vastness of eight thousand miles of mountains and rivers and the deepest feelings of human relations in the world. He didn't even bother to praise this garden and scene. "

Yuan Chun said with a smile. Judging from her appearance, she was not ready to let Jia Lian go easily.