In Rongxi Hall, Jia Zheng was busy all afternoon preparing for the garden.
After dinner, I was about to play with Mrs. Zhao when I suddenly heard Lai Da coming to report: "Sir, the Chief Historian of the Palace of Beijing is here!"
Jia Zheng hurriedly put aside his other thoughts and came out.
"I don't know that your greatness is here, but it's a long way to welcome it."
Jia Zheng knew Shi Yangjun, the head of the Prince's Palace in Beijing, so when he saw that he was really coming, he hurriedly greeted him.
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. There was nothing going on in their house for the past two days, so why did the Prince of Beijing seem to be sending gifts?
"Haha, Mr. Zheng is very polite. I am here on the orders of the prince..."
"I don't know what the prince's instructions are, 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, so he raised his hands and said: "Congratulations to Mr. Zheng, your house is indeed a famous family in the world, and there are many outstanding people in the house.
The second son of your family was at the Literary Conference today, surpassing all others in skill, writing several classics in a row, and becoming famous in the capital!
Our prince is fortunate enough to receive one of them as a gift. This is a gift of three thousand taels of silver as agreed upon by our prince. Please accept it on your behalf."
When Jia Zheng heard this, he wondered: "How can Quanzi do what you said if you haven't gone out today? You must have made a mistake..."
Reading with rice balls
Yang Jun knew that there was another second son in Rongguo Mansion who was born with a jade in his head, so he knew that Jia Zheng had misunderstood, so he quickly added: "What the official said was Lord Lian of your mansion and the second son of Lian!"
"He?? Jia Lian?"
Jia Zheng felt that he must have worked too hard and was hearing hallucinations.
As for his son Baoyu, although he was not engaged in a serious career and did not study seriously at all, he had some intelligence since he was a child. He had some attainments in the heretical and colorful poetry.
So if Jia Baoyu accidentally wrote something outside, he could barely accept it.
But Jia Lian!
Isn’t this Yang Changshi kidding?
Seeing the disbelief in Jia Zheng's eyes, Yang Jun also had mixed feelings in his heart.
The Beijing Prince's Mansion and the Jia Mansion have been friends for hundreds of years. He was an official in the Beijing Prince's Mansion. In the past years, he often dealt with the Jia Mansion, so he probably had some understanding 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.
Is this Mr. Lian so well hidden that he even hid it from his own second uncle?
"Don't be surprised, Mr. Zheng. This matter is absolutely true. I really wasn't joking with Mr. Zheng.
In fact, today is a cultural gathering held by the prince in another courtyard outside the city. In addition to our prince, there are also all the princes, dragons and grandsons, and the princes and grandsons of the capital. They all witnessed with their own eyes the elegance of the second young master Lian of your mansion!
If Mr. Zheng doesn’t believe it, before I came here, I heard a few words from my colleagues who went with the prince, and asked him to come and talk to Mr. Zheng..."
Although Jia Zheng's eyes were equally big, he was still polite. When he saw this, he hurriedly invited Yang Jun to sit down in the hall.
…
Forbidden City, Fengzao Palace.
Emperor Ningkang stepped in and sat down on the Kang in the main hall.
Seeing that Jia Yuanchun was about to serve tea to him after saluting him, he directly gave in and asked him to sit down on the other side, and then asked:
"Jia Lian is your cousin?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, it is true that he is the eldest son of my concubine... Why did your Majesty ask this, but what happened to him?"
Emperor Ning Kang shook his head, "You don't have to worry, he is very good..."
Hum, let me ask you, how much do you know about him?"
Yuanchun heard that Emperor Ning Kang's tone was not quite right, and he became 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 my concubine heard that His Majesty's grace was so great that he was given an official position as commander of the Xicheng Military and Horse Division.
But what did he do wrong to make His Majesty unhappy?
If this is the case, please take your Majesty’s mind to see that he is young and ignorant, and give him a lesson patiently, and he will definitely listen to your Majesty’s words.”
When Emperor Ningkang heard that Yuanchun had 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 and looked at two or three poems carefully. Then he briefly glanced at the back ones and said: "Although I don't understand poetry, I can read it roughly."
, I also think 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……"
Sure enough, Yuanchun's originally calm and elegant expression was suddenly startled.
But she looked at Emperor Ning Kang and nodded: "I will naturally believe your Majesty's words."
Emperor Ningkang subconsciously twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that this Jia family girl 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 some 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 on that day. As a female official next to Concubine Yuanchun, canonizing her as a concubine was already a step forward.
However, when he went to pay his respects to the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor, who had been growing flowers and fishes in the Chonghua Palace for a long time, suddenly asked about this matter!
"The two ancestors of the Jia family have contributed greatly to our dynasty, they have done good deeds to the country, and they have a brotherly relationship with 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 are the original words of the Supreme Emperor.
At that time, he did not dare to ask in detail why the Supreme Emperor cared about a daughter of the Jia family who lived in a deep palace, but he did not dare to disrespect the Supreme Emperor's wishes. Therefore, according to the Supreme Emperor's wishes, Yuan Chun was canonized as one of the four concubines.
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 after not seeing each other for eight or nine years, my brother Lian has grown to this point and can actually write
Come up with a poem like this.
If His Majesty hadn’t said it himself, it would be hard for me to believe it.”
"There are many people who are as unbelievable as you.
In fact, unless multiple parties come to retaliate, it is just the same statement, and even I don’t believe it.”
With that said, Emperor Ning Kang finally explained the origin of these poems to Yuan Chun.
When Yuanchun 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. I had never heard of anyone saying that he had a talent for writing poems and lyrics."