armyinform Chapter 680 Qin Keqing: Otherwise, besides Sister Xue, who else would tell me this?
Chapter 680 Qin Keqing: Otherwise, besides Sister Xue, who else would tell me this?
Chapter 680 Qin Keqing: Otherwise, besides Sister Xue, who else would tell me this?
Ningguo Mansion
The backyard was brightly lit, and there were many people.
After dinner, Jia Heng and Qin Keqing sipped tea and chatted. They smiled lightly and said, "Who made this food? It's delicious. There are not only dishes from Luyu, but also Huaiyang dishes. many."
Because I have been in Huai'an Mansion before, I am no stranger to Huaiyang-style dishes.
"It used to be from the West Mansion. Sister-in-law Feng came to live during this time, so she brought her here, and now she is cooking in the back kitchen of the mansion." Qin Keqing put down the teacup in her hand and said with a light smile.
Jia Heng frowned, perhaps because of Zhen Qing's conspiracy, she felt something was wrong, she smiled, and asked: "Then there is a new cook in the West Mansion?"
Such people with unknown origins came to the house to cook in a short time, so they need to check it out, especially the back kitchen is more important.
In fact, it is impossible for ordinary Wuxun families to test poison with silver needles for every meal, and some poisons cannot be tested with silver needles. Life is not a film and television drama, and there is no certain event as the fuse. Nervous, all plants and trees are soldiers.
Jia Heng became suspicious because of Zhen Qing.
Qin Keqing's brows and eyes were as soft as water, and she explained: "Husband, have you forgotten? At the beginning, the fourth sister's maid was in the kitchen of the West Mansion, and there was a conflict with the Liu family? Their family used to have children, but they were later sent to do chores like washing clothes. After half a year, I begged someone to come to my door, and I couldn't say a lot of good things, and promised not to do it again next time, Sister-in-law Feng saw that she was pitiful, so she was sent to the back kitchen of the West Mansion to cook."
"Small punishment and big punishment, since you already know your own mistakes and omissions, then just don't do it again next time, and let them go back." Jia Heng nodded, and didn't hold on to it anymore.
At the beginning, because Xichun was neglected by the cook in the Rongguo Mansion, she took the opportunity to take Xichun over. Later, Sister Feng punished the cook in the kitchen. After beating her, there was no need to cut off people's lives, and it was not a heinous crime. .
A few people were talking, and soon they gradually dispersed.
Jia Heng and Qin Keqing returned to the wing room, the couple sat on the bed and washed their feet.
Qin Keqing leaned her head against Jia Heng's arms, and suddenly said: "Husband, what did you say about the coquettish thing?"
Jia Heng was stunned, his heart skipped a beat, even the warm water in the copper basin was splashing, he looked back and asked, "Is this what Sister Xue told you?"
"That's right, otherwise, besides Sister Xue, who else would tell me these things?" Qin Keqing said softly with a faint smile on her peony-like face, "If Sister Xue doesn't tell me, I'm afraid I'll be the last to know right?"
Just as the sufferer is always the last to know that he is green.
Jia Heng: "..."
Now Keqing and Baochai are already forming gangs, forming cliques in the harem, and undercurrents are surging.
Jia Heng held Qin Keqing's slender catkins, and said softly: "It's the meaning of the palace. I was planning to tell you these two days, and I mentioned it to Sister Xue the other day, and it was just a matter of time."
In the end, his voice was a little weak, and it was never easy to justify such things.
Qin Keqing's beautiful eyes twinkled, and she asked, "Husband, what about sister Xue?"
Some would like to ask, what about the eldest princess of Jinyang?
In fact, I already had some guesses in my heart that the reason for the little princess to marry was probably to repair the plank road in the open and hide the old warehouse.
The things recorded in the vernacular books such as "The Secret History of the Court" in the third sister's room are probably the same.
Jia Heng's expression paused, and he said in a low voice: "I didn't know at first, but the Holy Majesty actually had this intention, if I know..."
If you know, maybe you can give it to Baochai, but now it's not possible. Picking peaches is not only a pity to Jinyang, but also a pity to Chanyue. I really sweated a lot before.
Qin Keqing leaned her head in Jia Heng's arms, her gorgeous jade face was charming, and said in a low voice: "Husband, Sister Xue told me that she doesn't actually care about that."
Now sister Xue is no longer a threat, but two noble daughters from the clan outside.
Jia Heng put his arms around Qin Keqing's shoulders, after a moment of silence, he said in a low voice: "Keqing, I have wronged you."
Sensing the guilt in the young man's tone, Qin Keqing pursed her pink lips and said softly, "My husband too... don't blame yourself too much."
She is not a jealous woman who cannot be tolerated. It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Besides, she has been in the family for a year, and her stomach is not up to date. Cheng Mu Yulin has not seen fruit.
Jia Heng also didn't want to continue the topic of death, so he looked at his wife's beautiful face, gently took Qin Keqing's hand, and said in a gentle voice: "Keqing, let's rest early, we have to go to Yuezhang tomorrow. home."
Qin Keqing's cheeks that were as bright as peony stamens flushed, she lightly touched Jia Heng's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Husband, don't make trouble, Baozhu and Ruizhu are still here."
Not far away, Baozhu and Ruizhu had red cheeks, lowered their heads, and wiped their feet.
Then he helped to put down the curtain, and went to the skirt, his cheeks, which were as soft as snow, were hot as fire.
"I'm a little tired today, you can do it yourself." Jia Heng was busy, and whispered in Li Ren's ear.
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The night is low and the moon is like frost. A Duan family's house in the west of the city is mostly covered in the night. In the study room, the lights are like beans, and the candles on the high table are dancing flames. A young man in Confucian shirt with a blue square scarf, Looking at a few pieces of paper in his hand, and reading the text on them, they were in a mess, and the candlelight flickering with the summer wind was reflected in his indifferent eyes.
"Master, Miss is here." At this moment, a servant came in and reported.
Chen Yuan, the son of the former King Zhao, put down the paper in his hand, and looked up at the woman wearing a bamboo hat who came in from the outside. It was Chen Xiao, the daughter of King Zhou.
Chen Yuan frowned, looked at the woman in the bamboo hat opposite, and asked in a deep voice: "It's been half a year, but what tricks have you found out?"
Chen Xiao took off the bamboo hat on his head, and under the orange light, he saw a beautiful and heroic face, and said in a low voice: "The scope has been roughly determined, and it can be basically concluded that it is in Jia's mansion, but I still can't say who it is. .”
In fact, I have a suspect in my heart, but there is still a question of age, so it doesn't make much sense.
"Who? The one who was born with jade?" Chen Yuan whispered, feeling a chill in his heart.
If it is true that any heir of the prince is found, it is necessary to find an opportunity to get rid of it secretly. How can a son who was born due to a scandal in the royal family use it to command the world and win the hearts of the people?
Chen Xiaoning frowned, and said in a low voice, "I'm still investigating."
Chen Yuan's eyes were dim, and he said in a deep voice: "Investigate? It has been half a year since the investigation, and the person has not been identified yet. The good situation in the Central Plains has been delayed by you."
Chen Xiaoying showed her brows, her eyes were clear, and she said, "Didn't you see it until now? Gao Yue was overwhelmed by the Kaifeng City Breakdown, and wanted to cut off the passage between Guanzhong and the world, but Jingying Ping The speed of the rebellion is almost as fast as thunder, even if Qilu and Bashu respond to the rebellion, they will be suppressed one after another by the imperial court, and there will be no big waves at all."
Chen Yuan's face was as gloomy as iron, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.
How could he not know?Hate lies in the hatred, this Jia Heng is too powerful, he must not stay.
Said, sat down on the pear flower wood chair, took a sip from the teacup, still a little irritable in his heart, thought over and over again, and said in a low voice: "There is something that needs to be done by you."
"What?" Chen Xiaoning stared, and asked in surprise.
"Aren't you working as a cook in Ningguo Mansion now? Give this to Jia Heng." Chen Yuan said in a low voice with a hint of evil on his face.
Just as Jia Heng was worried, with his high position and power, people with malicious intentions could not do harm openly, but secretly began to resort to some sneaky means. Zhen Qing's kind was only a threat, while others might be killed .
"What's this?" Chen Xiaoning narrowed her eyes, took the medicine bottle, and understood it clearly on her clear and beautiful cheeks without makeup, and a look of disgust flashed in her eyes.
The daughter of King Zhou has always been the most disgusted with things like poisoning.
"The medicine that can poison Yongning Bo to his bone marrow silently and die young." Chen Yuan said coldly with a gloomy expression.
Chen Xiao's eyes flashed coldly, and he threw the medicine bottle aside, saying, "No."
After her investigation during these days, she discovered the identity of Jia Heng's mother. She was a female medical officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Shangyao Bureau. Later, because she was involved in the scandal in the palace, she went out of the palace to make a living.
So is it possible to steal the dragon and turn the wind?
But the ages just don't match up, and the writing on that stone is also very suspicious. Could it be the reason for the suspicion?These are all in between.
Chen Yuan's complexion was iron, and he said in a low voice: "Then you assassinate him, this person can't stay, if he helps that one again, we can't accomplish anything!"
"Jia Heng's thoughts are deep, it's difficult to plan." Chen Xiao's clear eyes under Liuye's slender eyebrows were cold, and his voice was as clear as ice rain falling on a jade plate with firmness.
Chen Yuan said: "How many things did this Jia Heng ruin for us in Henan earlier? I really can't keep him anymore."
Chen Ling frowned, and said, "That's not okay, you can't touch him yet."
Seeing that the girl insisted on refusing, Chen Yuan showed suspicion on his face, and then his pupils shrank sharply, and he said in a surprised voice: "You don't think that he... No, his age is not right, according to his speech, he is not the same as that girl." Jian Zuo is the same age, based on this calculation, the total age of this year is only sixteen, which is still a year or two away."
If this Jia Heng is the heir of the crown prince, wouldn't he be in control of the Jingying and Jinyi Mansion now...
Chen Xiao shook his head, and said: "Probably not, but it's not guaranteed. If you hide it from one or two years younger, no one will notice it after more than ten years, but there are still suspicious things."
Age is something, unless someone pays attention to our children, children in poor families are always as old as their parents say.
"Is that true?" Chen Yuan stared at the girl closely, not letting go of any change in expression.
Chen Xiao said in a low voice: "I don't know, if it is, maybe the world will be in chaos and blood will flow like rivers."
When Chen Yuan heard this, his heart tightened, his face was gloomy and cold, and murderous intent emerged in his heart.
He has been hiding in Tibet all these years, working hard and solitary, not to make a wedding dress for the prince's heir.
Chen Xiaoxiu frowned, and said in a low voice: "Let me take a look again, don't mess around."
Now she is still not sure if it is Jia Heng, but she only knows that the child that Concubine Jing and the Crown Prince secretly gave birth to was sent out by the palace servants early in the morning, and she has not heard of any tokens or birthmarks for future identification.
But the words on that piece of jade, "Don't lose and never forget, immortal life and prosperity", are indeed the words of birthday wishes given to the prince by the prince's close friend Changchun Taoist. engraved on the jade?
Who asked Jia Wang to engrave the words on the jade stone to raise his son's worth?I'm afraid these mysteries can only be solved by interrogating Mrs. Jia Wang.
As for the words of the quack warlock who was born with jade, she didn't believe a word.
"Anyway, you can't touch him." Chen Xiao said in a deep voice.
Chen Yuan raised his eyes, his face was gloomy, and he said, "Then let him help that one? Do you know that he is now asking Jin Yi to investigate the matter of the White Lotus Sect?"
"I know, don't worry, Jinyi Mansion won't find anything." Chen Xiao said softly.
Chen Yuan looked deeply, and said: "Jia Heng can ignore it, but the day after tomorrow is the old woman's birthday, and Princess Jinyang will come to the palace to celebrate her birthday, so you ask the people who are placed in the palace to find a way to get rid of the mother and father. female."
Back then, one was by the prince's side, and the other was in the palace, helping the other get the throne by cheating.
Chen Xiao said coldly: "Aunt Jinyang was involuntary back then, so we can't blame her. As for Concubine Shu, she is kind to others and has never done anything evil."
"That's their hypocritical posturing, and they are no different from that one. If it wasn't for their family's conspiracy to frame the father and the prince, would they be in charge of Changle now?" Chen Yuan whispered, staring at the man again. The girl said: "How great was Uncle Zhou Wang at the beginning? Yunwen Yunwu, a virtuous name passed down inside and outside the court, but it is said that he is weak and his offspring are difficult. Later, it was found out that he had been poisoned. Who is secretly harming him? If you think about it, you also know that later on, that person lied to Zhou Wangshu, saying that the father and the crown prince rebelled, and used the country and the country to suppress Zhou Wangshu, and within two or three years, Zhou Wangshu died, have you forgotten all this?"
Back then, the king father was too honest, engaged in emotional disputes, and was ignorant of conspiracy and tricks, which made King Yong become powerful by relying on those sneaky tricks.
Chen Xiao frowned, and was speechless for a while, before saying in a cold voice: "There are many guards in the palace, once they are attracted, it will definitely lead to a search in the palace, you are so impatient, you are just venting your personal anger, it is useless to the overall situation."
Chen Yuan's eyes were dark, and he thought to himself, the little girl has short-sightedness, what does she know?
Even if the assassination of the wife, mother and daughter was unsuccessful, the courtiers would impeach Yongning Bo, who was in charge of the Jinyi Mansion.
But the people placed in the palace are all in the hands of the person in front of him. He wants to do other things, but he can't. However, he can send an assassin to assassinate Jia Heng first.
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The next day, Qin House
A beautifully decorated carriage slowly stopped at the door. After the nanny stood in the distance to protect her, under the retinue of Baozhu and Ruizhu and other two maids, Jia Heng got off the carriage with Qin Keqing in her arms and entered the hall. The Qin Mansion is surrounded by walls. At this moment, Qin Ye had someone set up a banquet early, and stood under the eaves to welcome Jia Heng and Qin Keqing.
Entering the flower hall, Weng and his son-in-law were seated separately as guests and hosts.
Jia Heng looked at Qin Ye and asked, "Yue Zhang, how are you doing in the Ministry of Industry recently? Have you ever been tired from official duties?"
Except for a few words of pleasantries before the court meeting, after returning, he did not have a conversation with Qin Ye.
Qin Ye smiled and said softly: "Everything is fine, I'm not tired. I was relatively familiar with the affairs of the Ministry before, and Zhao Shangshu took good care of me."
Now Qin Ye is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and there is only one Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Yi, who is the second person in the Ministry of Industry and has a lot of power. The Ministry's affairs were running smoothly, but it disappointed those inside and outside the Ministry of Industry who wanted to see jokes.
As Qin Ye said, he raised his old eyes to look at the young man, and asked, "The court meeting yesterday, Zi Yu was in the court hall, why did he argue so fiercely with the Qi and Zhejiang party members?"
Jia Heng said: "It's not just a day or two that they have bad intentions towards me. Taking advantage of the shortage of Henan governors to make up for their children, they make a lot of noise and hate, but they are just to separate the ears of the monarch and his ministers."
Qin Ye nodded, and said: "The Holy Majesty has no doubts about Zi Yu, almost like a heart."
Thinking of the members of my party and the wings of the country the day before yesterday, I was also a little shocked. The emperor who was always known as the "King of Cold Face" in Longzhi had such a high regard for his son-in-law, which is really joyful and worrying.
Qin Keqing and Qin Zhong watched Weng and his son-in-law talking not far away, and the siblings were also chatting about homework.
Jia Heng said: "However, for those coal deposits in Henan, the Ministry of Industry can also send some craftsmen, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs can set up a coal company to sell coal to the Central Plains and other places. In addition, the army was led to Luo, and the official road is muddy. Unbearable, when will the Ministry of Industry have a paving repair plan?"
It is impossible to completely use the Ministry of Internal Affairs to rob mines. This is not the blessing of the country, because the middle-level officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs may not be free from corruption, and a long-term institutional mechanism must be established.
As for the official road, it would be great if the cement could be produced. It can not only be used to build roads and bridges, improve traffic conditions, but also be used for national defense projects.
Lime can already be burned in this era, such as Yu Qianzhi's lime, and clay can be used to make pottery and bricks. As far as he knows, lime and clay can be fired in a certain proportion to cement. How to do it still requires a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry teacher to operate.
According to the size of the city, the official roads at this time were good or bad. Some official roads had not been repaired for many years and were extremely muddy. Some, such as Kaifeng and Luoyang, the local government would repair some official roads.
Qin Ye said: "I will discuss with Zhao Shangshu later, Ziyu wants to build roads?"
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, and said: "Easy customs and easy roads, open trade and broaden agriculture, these are effective methods, not only to facilitate the common people, but also to make the world's merchants and merchants exchange continuously and prosper."
In the feudal period, productivity was not just a steam engine, it was an improvement in all aspects. If you want to mine, you need chemical explosives.
Qin Ye nodded, and said, "It's just that the Ministry of Households has difficulty with money and food. With such a large-scale construction project, there are a lot of criticisms from the government and the public."
At Qin Ye's age, he was already satisfied with being promoted to a department hall, so he must be on the safe side, and he didn't want to make too much trouble.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Yes, it's still money. It's not in a hurry now. Yuezhang can first gather some craftsmen who make lime kilns. If cement can be fired, it can be used for road maintenance every year." On, with the latest technology, not much construction work."
It is true that it is not suitable to open up and close together now. It is true that development is the top priority for a strong country and a prosperous country, but the premise of development is...safety.
Peace and development, without a peaceful environment, there can be no development.
In a big way, it is the corrupt and unstable situation in the North of Chen Han, and in a small way, it is the political future of Jia, who is not in his position and does not plan his politics. prisoner.
Qin Keqing looked at the young man, took a few teeth of watermelon, and said softly: "Husband, after finally coming back, let father rest for two days."
Qin Ye said: "Ziyu, I said to let Jingqing go to school to study. I saw that his frailty has gone a lot. It is reasonable to study for the imperial examination."
Qin Zhong is practicing martial arts in the lecture hall, which can be regarded as a physical exercise, but Qin Ye still hopes that his son can pass the imperial examination and become an official.
Jia Heng looked at Qin Zhong. After practicing martial arts for a period of time, the pussy temperament on the young man's face undoubtedly dissipated a lot, but his handsome appearance remained unchanged. He asked, "What does Jing Qing mean?"
Qin Keqing looked at her younger brother and said, "Jingqing, if you have any ideas, you can talk to your brother-in-law and let your brother-in-law give you an idea."
Under the eyes of everyone, especially Qin Ye's slightly dignified eyes, Qin Zhong was still a little shy, his cheeks flushed a little, and he said: "Brother-in-law, the masters in the school say that fists can't be separated from hands, and tunes can't be separated from mouth, so you can't delay your martial arts practice." , it’s all right to study and become an official.”
As he said that, he looked at the young man across from him. He hoped that, like his brother-in-law, he would become a man who is both gentle and martial.
Jia Heng smiled and said: "Master Yuezhang, Jingqing Neixiu hides his heart and has his own opinions. Let him go to study, so it won't delay his martial arts practice."
Qin Ye nodded, a few people talked and started to eat lunch.
(End of this chapter)