Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 424 Some Trash

"The magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture, Fu Shi." Xiao Hong thought for a moment and then explained, "He is the disciple of the second master who persuaded Sun Shaozu to marry our daughter last time."

Lin Daiyu frowned: "Why did he jump out so hastily?"

"Tao Jian said that it seemed that a certain family had taken a fancy to his sister while she was out and about and wanted to make her his concubine, but he refused because he was afraid of offending others, and so he pushed the Second Master forward.

"Now that the Jia family's house was raided in the morning, the family immediately sent someone to the door and ordered him to send his sister over within half an hour, otherwise they would sue him for being in cahoots with the Jia family.

"He was so scared that he wanted to send his sister away. But his sister advised him to be the first to file a complaint in order to protect himself and his sister." Xiaohong said in detail.

Lin Daiyu understood: "This Miss Fu is really smart."

Xiao Hong frowned: "It's fine to use the Jia family as a stepping stone. Now that everyone is pushing the wall down, it's not the fault of Miss Fu being cruel.

“But if this happens, her brother’s reputation as an ungrateful person will surely be known to the heavens, and he will probably never be able to make a comeback.

"Is she saving her brother or harming him?"

"Silly girl!" Lin Daiyu smiled and looked at Xiaohong with interest, "Have you forgotten?

"It was Fu Shi who wanted to use his sister to get close to the rich and powerful, so Miss Fu is already twenty-two years old and has not yet married.

“If her brother is really left unharmed, then Miss Fu will never be able to escape the fate of being sucked dry by such a brother for the rest of her life!

“But once Fu Shi is rejected by the emperor and his talent is spread, naturally someone with a discerning eye and a prudent heart will come to ask for marriage.

"By then, even if Fu Shi doesn't want to, there will be no way to stop her from escaping from the Fu family!"

Xiaohong suddenly realized: "She really lives up to her reputation of being both talented and beautiful."

Lin Daiyu smiled and ignored it.

Fu Shi was just a student of Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng said he valued him, but he refused to marry his daughter to him, which showed that he didn't like him in his heart.

Then he would definitely not have the chance to know the secrets, he was just bluffing.

but……

Speaking of Fu Shi, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but think of Sun Shaozu and Xia Jingui, a pair of wolves and tigers made in heaven:

"Since Fu Shi has come forward, why didn't Sun Shaozu show up as well?"

Xiao Hong shook her head blankly: "I haven't heard of it."

Lin Daiyu narrowed her eyes and thought for a while, then said, "I'm sure that when the news comes again, Supervisor Tao will call you over again.

"You can ask him, and tell him that I am worried about Miao Gu, and ask if you can go out of the palace and go home to visit her."

Xiaohong understood and nodded in agreement.

Lin Daiyu asked someone to grind ink, spread out paper under the window, and wrote three letters in one breath. She let Xiaohong read them all and then sealed them:

“No matter where I am or what I am doing, don’t worry about it. Just go out and hand these three letters to them respectively.

"Especially tell Jiang Yong that if the world is at peace, I may as well stay in Yanjia Palace until the end of time. He can do whatever he wants.

"But in these troubled times, I can't be blind and deaf and wait for others to tell me everything. If he doesn't intend to treat me as his master, he should get out of my house as soon as possible."

Xiaohong nodded vigorously and put away the three letters carefully.

At that moment, word came from outside that the Queen Mother had asked people to play dominoes together and asked Daiyu to go along as well. Only then did Daiyu calm down and go out.

Daming Palace.

It's getting dark.

Emperor Zhaoming was busy in the imperial study all day long. It was not until he sent someone to invite him to the Kunning Palace that he put down his pen, stood up and stretched.

Zhu Ying stood at the door, stealing glances at the emperor, who was handsome and dignified, with a strange light in her eyes.

Your Majesty is in the prime of life, but the concubines in the harem are all old and faded...

Zhu Ying bit her lip quietly, and a blush appeared on her face.

Compared to most of the imperial concubines, I am considered young, fresh, and beautiful...

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you daydreaming about?" Tao Xingjian impatiently used the whisk in his hand to hit Zhu Ying, who was staring at Emperor Zhaoming infatuatedly, lightly.

Zhu Ying hissed in pain!

Emperor Zhaoming looked in the direction of the voice and said, "Hmm?"

"Your Majesty, would you like to set off for Kunning Palace now?" Tao Xingjian remained calm.

Emperor Zhaoming's eyes passed over Zhu Ying, who looked aggrieved and resentful, without stopping. He hummed, took the crane cloak handed to him by the eunuch and put it on, saying casually:

"Today, the concubines are all sensible. They clearly know that I am back, but no one dares to come to the imperial study to disturb me. Very good."

Tao Xingjian bowed slightly, walked half a step behind Emperor Zhaoming, and said with a smile: "You are busy during the New Year, it must be because something big happened.

"The ladies in the palace are all from noble families, well-educated and well-mannered, and they take the overall situation into consideration. How could they act recklessly at a time like this? Your Majesty underestimates the ladies too much."

Emperor Zhaoming was very satisfied with this flattery, and nodded with a smile. He got on the imperial sedan chair, turned around and pointed at Zhu Ying with a smile:

"Your queen is also very good. She has been busy with so many things by herself while I am not here. She has worked hard."

Seeing that Emperor Zhaoming took the initiative to talk to her, Zhu Ying smiled so brightly that her whole face lit up: "Your Majesty, you shouldn't say this to me! Wouldn't it be nice if you praised our queen in person and made her happy?"

Emperor Zhaoming laughed: "As expected of someone close to the Queen, you are really good at talking."

Zhu Ying's smile became more and more radiant.

Tao Xingjian watched her pretentiously raise her hand to pinch the gold lilac pendant on her earlobe, turned away expressionlessly, and rolled his eyes viciously.

Having said these words in front of Zhu Ying, Emperor Zhaoming had a very comfortable dinner. He was neither told explicitly or implicitly to stay, nor did he hear any whimpering drama.

After eating, wipe your mouth, get up, and leave immediately.

Empress Wan looked at the emperor's back with satisfaction, and sighed with a smile: "It makes people worry like this."

Su Hong looked up at her woodenly, then lowered his head again and said nothing more.

When Empress Wan heard the secret report from the young eunuch in the afternoon, she almost destroyed the entire main hall.

But after being coaxed by Emperor Zhaoming through Zhu Ying, his rage was softened.

The ancestors of the Wan family would be too embarrassed to watch in their graves as the Empress was being crushed into pieces by His Majesty in her hands.

When Queen Wan turned around and saw her expression, her smile disappeared.

Zhu Ying took the opportunity to step forward and sent Su Hong away first: "Your Majesty didn't sleep well last night, can your aunt help you make a bowl of soothing soup?"

Su Hong didn't want to care about these trivial matters anymore. When Queen Wan nodded, she turned around and left without any reluctance.

Here, Zhu Ying smiled quietly and whispered to Queen Wan.

Empress Wan listened for half a minute and looked at her in surprise: "Xia Shouzhong is capable of this?"

"How can he be so capable? He is just taking advantage of the power of the tiger! If it weren't for the fact that he was promoted by the queen, who would care about him?"

Zhu Ying's eyes sparkled, "Madam, why don't you let him try?"

Queen Wan leaned on the couch and smiled meaningfully: "Okay. Let him try!"