When Xiangyun arrived at the mansion, she first went to visit Grandmother Jia and meet her sisters. There was a lively atmosphere. Xiangyun saw them and asked,"Where is Sister Bao? Why didn't she come to welcome me?"”
"Your Sister Bao is celebrating a relative's birthday," Grandmother Jia said."She went to have a drink with her whole family, so she's not here."”
"I was wondering why she wasn't here. It turns out that she went to eat wine.”
"There are so many of us. Yun 'er only thinks that Sister Bao isn't here. It's obvious that she's still on good terms with Sister Bao. We're all fine."”
Xiangyun twisted Daiyu and chased after her, making everyone laugh. At this moment, a servant boy came to report that there was a letter. Yuanyang went out to take the letter and saw that the servant boy was full of smiles. She praised him a few times and came back to tell Grandmother Jia that it was a letter from Second Master.
"Old Lady, Second Master's letter.”
Grandmother Jia took the letter and read it. She said happily,"Amitabha. The dream I had in the first month has finally come to fruition.”
Xi Feng asked curiously," What kind of strange dream did the old lady have? Why didn't she tell us about it to broaden our knowledge? Now that she's talking about it, her face is glowing and her complexion is flourishing. Did she eat the celestial peaches of the Queen Mother in her dream?"”
"Slap your mouth, slap your mouth. You dare to joke about the Queen Mother? You're so young and have no respect.”"It's your Second Master," the Lady Dowager said happily."He was quite capable in handling his duties during the New Year. His Majesty appreciated him and promoted him. He wrote a letter to let me know."
Madam Wang was delighted. She first congratulated Grandmother Jia with the others, and then everyone congratulated Madam Wang.
"Your Second Master has recently been promoted to an official position. He should be back in three to five days, and he should be preparing for it.”
"It's only been the New Year," Xi Feng said happily."The houses and guest houses are all good." I'll immediately get someone to write the invitation to inform my relatives and aristocratic families. I'll only wait for the old lady to read it after dinner. As for the rest of the banquet, they would just wait for Second Elder Wen to come back and spread it out.”
Grandmother Jia nodded." We should prepare some gifts in advance. We don't have to be flustered when the time comes. If we make a mistake, others will laugh at us for not being thorough."”
Xifeng and Lady Wang agreed.
When Aunt Xue's family received the news of Jia Zheng's promotion, they no longer stayed at their relatives 'house and immediately returned to congratulate him. Aunt Xue came back and talked to Madam Wang and her sisters. Madam Wang talked about the return of the banquet and the difficulty of the turnover of the public service. Aunt Xue said that since it was a happy occasion, how could she be worried about this? She immediately sealed 20,000 silver notes and gave it to Madam Wang.
When Baochai came back, she first delivered the gifts of her sisters one by one. She mentioned that she had already started a poetry club and said that she regretted it. When he opened the poetry club again, he first read the poems of the sisters one by one and commented on them. They all said that they were not bad. When he flipped to the end, he asked curiously,"Second Younger Sister Lin wrote a poem this time, but why is it only two lines, why didn't she continue?”
Lin Er was chatting with Yuan Yang and Ping Er when he heard this. He smiled and said,""Ping Er and I are in the same group. These two lines are mine. If you want to see the last two lines, you can just ask Ping Er to continue.”
Ping 'er said shyly," Everyone, don't believe her. I don't know how to write poems. Second Young Lady is just teasing me."”
Lin Er said," How am I teasing you? I wrote these two sentences casually. You can just add a few more sentences."”
Therefore, everyone started to cheer for Ping 'er to continue. Ping' er couldn't take it anymore. She grabbed a pen and went forward. She spread out the manuscript and wrote a few sentences. In the end, she felt that it wasn't good. She tore it up and smiled."Aiya, I didn't do it well. I can't let anyone see it. I'd better tear it myself. Second Miss Lin is really harmful. I won't write poems with you in the future.”
Xi Chunyuan was beside Ping 'er. Seeing that she was about to tear it, she went to stop her and said,"Why did you tear it up? I think it's not any worse than ours.”This sentence caused everyone to snatch the remnant scroll from Ping 'er's hands to take a look.
Xiang Yun moved closer to Baochai and read the two lines Lin Er had written. She turned around and asked,"These two lines are good. Lin Er, you never wrote a single line in the past. How did you get such a good one this time?”
Baochai laughed." Who knows? This girl is used to being quiet. If she suddenly does something good, it's a good example of 'not making a sound, but shocking the world with a brilliant master'. Our second sister is already here, and we still have another second sister. When will we have another one?”
"Why tease me? I'm different from her."”
Tanchun said," Everyone, we've strayed from the topic. Do you still want to see the last two sentences? If you do, just detain Lin Er and ask her to write it out."”
Lin Er quickly waved his hand and smiled.”
Daiyu smiled." At least there is. When did you learn from Baoyu? You're also dragging your feet when composing a poem. Hurry up and compose it!"”
Still by everyone pull, Lin Er just don't do. Xiang Yun said,"Lin Er is really boring. What's wrong with adding a few more sentences?" If you don't continue, I'll continue. Just this poem is mine.”
"That's good," said Lin Er."You can just pretend to be."”
Xiang Yun raised her brush and thought for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea,"Lin Er, I won't continue with you. I'll only write mine.”After saying that, he picked up the brush and wrote two poems, one was Wing Chun and the other was Sighing Snow. Yongchun was full of joy, and Sighing Snow was desolate and disappointed. They were all high-grade. The sisters read them together and wrote their own poems to match her.
In the Emperor's bedroom, the Imperial Consort sat in front of the Emperor's sickbed. Mother and son faced each other, and the two were speechless.
"Imperial Mother, please return."
"If the emperor doesn't come to see me, I can't come to see the emperor?”
"If it wasn't for me not going to see him, I wouldn't dare to.”
"I'm your mother. Why would I harm you?”
"The Northern King's matter has been decreed, there is no turning back.”
"The Northern King has no ambition, why do you have to force him to do this?" Imperial Consort Li has treated you very well. How can you bear to see her lose her son?”
The Emperor was so angry that he couldn't say anything. After a while, he said,""This isn't a small matter of the inner palace, it's a major matter that concerns the common people. The day before yesterday, when Zhang Junwang accepted the memorial to withdraw the real and fill in the void, zhen should have killed him. Mother advised the pros and cons, zhen listened, and then opened the first case of withdrawing the real and filling in the void in this dynasty! With this, I have nothing to say to the late emperor. If I still care about these things and cause the country to shake, wouldn't I have let down my ancestors?”
"It's just a Northern King. How can he shake the country?"”
The Emperor sighed." Every day in the court, when it comes to war, the four princes all bury their heads in fear that I will appoint them as generals. I am bitter in my heart. You all shout that you share the burden of your father, but what is the truth? The North King alone is not enough to shake the country, but if even the North King of the Imperial Clan is unwilling to put on armor for the country, the Imperial Court, the country, I…"
"Zhang Jun hopes that you will spare him. Why must you kill the Northern King?”
The Emperor stared wide-eyed." When did I say I wanted to kill him?!" Could it be that Mother is like the fools, thinking that my soldiers are no match for the barbarians and that they are courting death on the battlefield?!”
"If it's really as you think, my world can't defeat the barbarians, and the country will eventually fall, what will happen to mother and the North King?？”After saying that, she fell back onto the pillow and spat out two mouthfuls of blood.
"What does the world have to do with me? What does a broken life have to do with me? Don't you know that the two drops of blood you spat out have already taken half of my mother's life?" The Northern King is the son of Imperial Concubine Li. The late Emperor loved his literary talent and was very close to the Empress Dowager. If you want him to go to a dangerous place on the battlefield, wouldn't it be difficult for you?”
The Emperor said,"If I can return peace to the world, I will not care about death. Why should I be afraid of these difficulties?"”
The Imperial Consort continued," The Emperor is wealthy and has countless civil and military officials in the Imperial Court. All of them can be used. How can it not be the Northern King?"”
The Emperor closed his eyes." If Mother Consort is worried about the Northern King, won't the people of the world be worried about their own son?" I've been racking my brains day and night for the world. The Northern King is my brother and shares the bloodline of the Emperor. It's only right for him to fight for the foundation of his ancestors. Since he enjoys the highest status in the world, he should set an example for the world.”
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