Chapter 260: Enriching the Harem
"Why are you here?"
Jia Qing was very surprised, and then hurriedly asked, "What about your master?" ”
Before the two girls could answer, they heard You Shi say, "Master? They still have masters? ”
In her opinion, shouldn't the two girls be the maids that Jia Qing values to be bought back or given by others, how can there be a master? Others have similar doubts.
Jia Qing remembered that it was not good to ask Ya Xian'er and the others in front of everyone, so he explained with a smile: "I am friends with their master, because she is going to go far away, so she asked me to take care of them temporarily." I thought I'd send someone to fetch them in two days, but they came on their own.
By the way, when did they arrive, and did the sister-in-law arrange a place for them to live? ”
"I see, when I asked them before, I didn't talk much, I just said that I came to find you, second uncle, I saw that they were a couple of ...... I thought ......"
After You Shi finished speaking, Cuiliu added with a smile: "They arrived in the afternoon, and the eldest sister-in-law of the residence has already arranged it, vacated the ear room here, and let them live inside." It's right next to me, and it's good to take care of them. ”
Hearing about You Clan's arrangement, Jia Qing still didn't know what You Clan and their thoughts. The ear room is usually a place where concubines and aunts live in the room.
No wonder they had that expression, Jia Qing smiled in his heart, skipped this stubble, and said to You Shi: "Sister-in-law is bothered!" ”
You Shilian said, "It's a foreign way" and "it should be"...... Qin Keqing suddenly let out a "ah" and exclaimed, "Second uncle, what's wrong with your hand?" ”
As soon as Gayin Jia Qing's hand was raised, the white sand belt wrapped around it was revealed, which happened to be seen by Qin Keqing.
"I was scratched by a cat, and it didn't get in the way." Jia Qing said, beckoning everyone into the house to talk.
At this time, it was getting late, and You Shi and the others were about to leave, but they didn't look at Jia Qing's hand, so they didn't feel at ease, so they followed into the house. After making sure that it was really okay, he got up and said goodbye.
Subsequently, Cuiliu also returned to the West Wing, she knew that Jia Qing must still have something to deal with, and she didn't want to delay his time more.
"Why are you here, your masters?"
Jia Qing retreated from the others, leaving only the big and small Shuang'er in front of him, and asked.
They are obviously still not used to such a deep mansion compound, but fortunately, when they saw Jia Qing, they suddenly became more confident, and said in a low voice: "It was the master who asked us to come to find you, the eldest brother, and they are ......all gone."
"Gone, where did you go?" Jia Qing asked.
"We didn't know, we just said we were leaving. We originally wanted to go with Master, but Master didn't allow us, and asked us to come to the eldest brother and say that you would take care of us.
Woo, Master, she must have thought the two of us were too useless, so she didn't let us follow......"
As he spoke, he didn't know whether it was the big or small Shuang'er who became sad.
Jia Qing called her forward, hugged her in his arms, and comforted: "Okay, don't cry, it's not what you think." Your master went to do something dangerous, because he felt sorry for you and was afraid that something would happen to you, so he didn't let you go.
Look, didn't she tell you to come to the big brother, or did you not believe that the big brother could take care of you? ”
Jia Qingfu let go of her again, holding her little face and said.
"No, we don't need to take care of it, we can take care of the big brother!"
After listening to Jia Qing's words, she didn't seem to like being coaxed as a child. Wiped the sparkle that had not yet flowed out of his eye sockets, emphasized.
Jia Qing smiled, stood up and took the other person's little hand, and said, "Okay, I believe in you!" Let's go, big brother will send you back to the house, and you will sleep well and be mentally healthy enough to take care of me. ”
"Uh-huh."
......
"Can he do it?"
In the south study of Daming Palace, the conversation between the two monarchs and ministers continued.
Cui Wenlong said: "The emperor can rest assured, you don't need to let him do anything, just rely on his identity." The emperor can secretly arrange another reliable person to go with him, and leave the matter to him. ”
Seeing that the emperor was still a little hesitant, Cui Wenlong said in a hurry: "Wechen has been secretly paying attention to it all these years, but He Shanbao is cunning and cunning, and he has been careless, and Wechen has been helpless.
Now that I finally have a clue, the emperor can't give up! ”
When the emperor heard this, his eyes sharpened.
"Okay, this matter will be done as you say!"
So, the two discussed again and finally determined the name and specific person to act.
"Emperor Shengming, this arrangement is the most appropriate." After the agreement, Cui Wenlong said with a smile.
Emperor Zhengqing sneered: "What Shengming! I am a dignified son of heaven, I want to check a courtier, and I still have to hide and set up a name, as soon as I think of this, I can't wait to stop being this emperor immediately.
The so-called out of sight is pure, return the throne to my father, no matter what they do, it has nothing to do with me! ”
Cui Wenlong's face changed when he heard this, and he said in a rare tone of rebuttal: "The emperor's words are wrong!" The Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, even though he is the Lord of all peoples, must also follow the way of Heaven!
The emperor is now following the way of heaven.
The emperor is the son of the emperor. Serving the Emperor and relieving the worries of a country for the Emperor is the way of heaven, how can it be abandoned because of a momentary will!
Could it be that the emperor's ambitions back then were exhausted before a small He Shanbao? ”
Emperor Zhengqing smiled bitterly and said, "How could I really put a He Shanbao in my eyes." I just can't figure out how the Emperor Taishang could make such a person my auxiliary minister and hinder me everywhere. ”
Cui Wenlong said: "The emperor doesn't have to be suspicious, the emperor has not asked about the government for many years, and it is impossible to deliberately embarrass the emperor." It's just that He Shanbao relied on his seniority and took advantage of the power of the emperor that he dared to collude with the Quartet and embarrass the emperor.
All this must not be the original intention of the emperor. Weichen believes that as long as he can find out the conclusive evidence of his guilt, without the emperor's action, the emperor will definitely depose him himself. ”
The emperor nodded when he heard this, and said: "It's just that although this Jia Qing has the right identity and is Lin Ruhai's nephew, after all, he is young and his title is not heavy, as a condolence, will it be ......?" ”
Cui Wenlong thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said, "The minister has a proposal." ”
"Speak quickly!"
Weichen remembered that since the emperor ascended the throne, except for the first year of conforming to the national system, he added six palaces. For so many years, it is rare to have a concubine.
According to the system, this year should be the year of recruiting talents and hiring concubines, and the Ministry of Rites was on the charter earlier, but the emperor's birthday was about to be pushed.
Now that the emperor's birthday is over, the imperial court should also start preparing for this matter. ”
Emperor Zhengqing said unhappily: "Aren't you talking about condolences to Qincha, why did it suddenly get involved in the selection of concubines!" ”
Cui Wenlong said with a smile: "Don't blame the emperor, just because Weichen happens to know that among the four kings and eight princes of the founding of the country, the Jia family, who is the first of the eight princes, happens to have a daughter who is in the harem as a praiser, and she is also Jia Qing's cousin."
Why didn't the emperor take this opportunity to show favor to the Jia family, first, to comfort the hearts of the founding heroes, and second, wouldn't the emperor's previous worries go? ”
When the emperor heard this, he also thought that this move was very good. In recent years, he has had the heart to win over the former ministers. The Four Kings and Eight Princes are obviously an important group among them.
"Hmph, I found that Aiqing seems to be very familiar with the Jia family. Even I didn't know that the Jia family had a woman in the palace, how did you know? ”
Suddenly, Emperor Zhengqing said.
Cui Wenlong was startled when he heard this. Seeing that there was no doubt in Emperor Zhengqing's eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief, knelt down and explained: "Weichen is guilty. After Lord Fang entered the cabinet, Weichen paid a lot of attention to him.
Then, I accidentally knew that he had accepted a disciple after the eighth prince, that is, Jia Qing. Later, I repeatedly heard the name of Jia Qing's prodigy, so I fell in love and ...... privately Privately sent someone to inquire about his family...... Wechen is guilty! ”
After that, kowtow and confess your sins.
He can't do it, if Emperor Zhengqing suspects him of worrying about things in his harem, then it will be a big trouble. Now, only by honestly admitting the crime of investigating the minister can we be suspicious. In fact, none of this is a sin.
Sure enough, I heard Emperor Zhengqing say: "Okay, get up, you care about the government." As a minister, Fang Ge Lao is very related, and it is common for you to understand it clearly, so you don't have to admit any crimes. ”
"Thank you for your compassion!"
Cui Wenlong kowtowed again, and Fang stood up again.