The True Winner of the Red Chamber

Chapter 42

Zhen Yingjia was startled, although she felt that this was already expected, but what could force the emperor to make the decision to abolish the crown prince... What is it, or who is it?

This person...is he Kang He?

Zhen Yingjia ordered Ji Chu to inquire again, then turned around and entered Zhiyin's room.

Zhiyin was still in a daze, so Mammy took her wrist and came out to give the doctor the pulse, because she was still a child, and she had nothing to hide, and besides, she could make a diagnosis only when all four things were present.

It's just that Zhen Yingjia originally thought it was just a cold due to wind-heat, even if he didn't take medicine for seven days, he would be fine, but when he took a closer look, he saw the doctor's serious face and slightly raised brows, and he became worried instead.

"But what's wrong with the little girl?" Zhen Yingjia asked anxiously.

The doctor turned his head and glanced at Zhen Yingjia, and after thinking for a long time in a little embarrassment, he said, "Let's come out and talk."

The two walked into the yard.

Zhen Yingjia waited for a long time, and heard the doctor sighed countless times before saying: "Your girl...is not sick."

Zhen Yingjia raised her eyebrows, "How do you say that?"

The doctor sighed, and said: "I didn't plan to say that, even if your girl doesn't take medicine, she will be fine in seven or eight days at most. It's just the greeting card you handed over..."

Zhen Yingjia became more and more puzzled. He knew that a cold could be cured without taking medicine for seven days, but listening to the doctor's tone, it was obvious that what he said was not the same thing.

"I would like to hear your detailed explanation."

"This is a prescription commonly used in the palace." The doctor may be old, and he speaks very slowly, and the time between two sentences is too long for people to bear.

"She was drugged!" Zhen Yingjia stared, straightened her back, as if she was going to find someone to fight for her life at any time.

"You man," the doctor said hastily, "why don't you stop me from finishing my speech!"

"This is not a way to harm people!" The doctor's tone was a little nostalgic, "Sometimes in the palace, there are certain errands that cannot be avoided, and sometimes, in order not to fall into the shoes of others, etc. This formula."

Zhen Yingjia let out an "oh", and already had a faint guess in her heart.

"This prescription can only be taken by healthy people. If you drink it, you will have a high fever for seven or eight days. It looks like a wind-heat cold, but no matter what medicine you take, it won't work. You can only wait for the effect of the prescription to slowly fade away." Back off."

Zhen Yingjia frowned, "Is it harmless to the body?"

"It's nothing serious." The doctor explained: "It's just that after seven or eight days of burning, it's inevitable that some limbs will be weak, just make up for it."

Zhen Yingjia felt relieved, but within a few seconds she began to worry again.

The one who is relieved is Zhiyin, and the one who is worried is needless to say, Kanghe.

This is obviously a way to avoid disaster. In the East Palace, he is the only one left who can think of Zhiyin well.It's just that Kanghe promised Liu Zhiyin to pass on the news, and it's been less than two months... Is the situation changed?

Or Kang He left Zhiyin just to make him feel at ease.

The doctor saw that Zhen Yingjia was frowning, and persuaded him: "If you can take the post from the palace, I won't hide it from you. Most of the medicine you take is to avoid disaster. Although I don't know why, but this person treats you well." My girl has no bad intentions."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, cupped her hands and said, "Thank you! But since you're here, I'd like to ask you to prescribe a prescription. After burning for seven or eight days, it will cause some damage to your body. My little one just moved from Jinling this year. When I come to the capital, I always feel that the food is not good these days, so I will trouble you to take a look."

The doctor nodded, and went to give Baoyu the pulse again.

Zhen Yingjia sat alone in the yard and sighed.

He was just thinking about entering the palace tomorrow when Ji Chu came in in a panic.

Zhen Yingjia glanced at him and knew that the news from the second inquiry... must have something to do with Kang He.

The servants of the Zhen family, especially the few who had to be used, knew a thing or two about the court situation and Zhen Yingjia's future plans.

Although they don't know what Zhen Yingjia almost has with Kang He, at least they all know that their master is on good terms with the Prince of the Eastern Palace.

For Zhen Yingjia, telling them this is to let these people who represent the Zhen family to a certain extent on weekdays know who they can't touch and who they can ask for help.

In the south of the Yangtze River, it's okay to say that Zhen Yingjia herself is a local snake, but in the capital where there are real dragons sitting in the town, it's better to be more careful.

Sure enough, as he expected, Ji Chu trotted all the way to his side, with a little uncertainty in his tone for the first time, and said: "It has been spread all over the capital, the crown prince has been deposed, the prince...now he is not the prince anymore, Kong bears the title of the eldest grandson of the emperor, and was sent by the emperor to guard the spirit of the princess."

Zhen Yingjia was taken aback, and looked up at Ji Chu, only to see that Ji Chu swallowed his saliva, and carefully said a more bad news, "There is no deadline in the oracle."

"What!" Zhen Yingjia slapped the stone table and stood up.

How could he be so impulsive!

No, there is another person in the East Palace, a person who hides deeply!

"Where's Kang Quan?" Zhen Yingjia asked.

Ji Chu was stunned, as if he didn't know who this person was.

"The prince's concubine, the one who is as old as the prince."

Ji Chu nodded, and said: "After the princess was buried, there was news about him, saying that he went to the Huangzhuang to recuperate because of his frailty. He hasn't moved in the past two months, so he probably hasn't come back yet."

so far so good.Zhen Yingjia breathed a sigh of relief. If Kang He himself did the trick, then he must have left a way out, but if Kang Quan stepped in, it might not be so easy to get out.

However, Kang Quan is a concubine after all, and the opportunities to see the emperor and queen are very limited. In the three-acre field of the East Palace, he may be able to rely on the crown prince's favor and domineering, but once the scope expands to the entire palace, even the prince It is also necessary to restrain the three points.

Zhen Yingjia sat down again, but she couldn't hide the uneasiness in her heart, thinking that she should go to the palace to test it out tomorrow.

"Has he gone already?"

After a while, Zhen Yingjia asked a question without thinking.

Although he was used, Ji Chu also knew that his master was referring to the Eastern Palace—no, it was only the eldest grandson of the emperor now, he nodded and said: "After the imperial decree, the emperor's personal guards will escort him to the Taimiao. "

Zhen Yingjia nodded thoughtfully. Looking at it this way, Kang He had indeed contributed a lot in the matter of the prince being abolished, and he didn't want him to know.Or for his own good, and don't want him to be involved.

It can be seen just by looking at Zhiyin's going or staying in the East Palace.

Kang He probably kept Zhiyin in the first place, just to reassure him and keep him out of the matter. At that time, he must have started planning.

Waiting until the imperial examination, the township examination three times in a row, each three days, at this time Zhen Yingjia could not get any news in the Gongyuan, so he specially picked up the last one to send Zhiyin back, and gave her food again This medicine...

If he hadn't invited the imperial physician who retired from the palace, he might have to wait anxiously for several days before he could feel at ease.

In this way, don't say that you don't have the heart to inquire about the news, even if you want to inquire about the news, you have to wait until Zhiyin recovers before entering the palace with peace of mind.

Zhen Yingjia sighed, and became more and more determined to enter the palace tomorrow.

Not long after, the doctor finished his pulse and prescribed a prescription, and Zhen Yingjia ordered Ji Chu to send someone out, but Ji Chu took someone out, and brought another person in when he came back.

Zhen Yingjia was thinking why he was so unruly, but seeing the clothes on this person, she knew that Ji Chu could not be blamed.

This man was wearing eunuch clothes, so he must have come out of the palace, but Zhen Yingjia looked at him a little strangely, and didn't know what this man was here for.

Thinking of this, Ji Chu has already brought people in front of him.

Zhen Yingjia smiled slightly, stepped forward to greet her and said, "Eunuch is coming from the palace? But what does the Holy Spirit want to say?"

The visitor returned the salute with a smile, and said: "It is true that he came from the palace, but he was ordered by the empress."

Zhen Yingjia restrained her smile a little, and said, "I don't know what orders your empress has?"

The visitor handed over a small package, and said with a smile: "Earlier, the eldest girl in the family was in the palace, and she was sent out of the palace to recuperate two days ago. The empress means that the girl of whose family is the darling of her parents, so there is no reason to send her here. The family is far away from the palace."

Zhen Yingjia took over the burden, and the visitor continued: "Your Majesty said that the girl is getting old, she has only been away for a few years, and she just wants to fulfill her filial piety at your knees. Let me bring these things back to you."

The words were very polite, the visitor still had a smile on his face, the main meaning was only one, Zhiyin didn't need to go.

Zhen Yingjia obviously understood. Since Kang He is no longer in the palace, he naturally doesn't need to bother to deliver the news. He nodded immediately and said, "I'll trouble you, father-in-law."

The visitor smiled, and said again: "You have a close relationship with the palace, so let's say one more thing, the empress does not mean to blame at all." Then, he lowered his head slightly and moved closer, whispering: " If a girl from an ordinary family is sick, it means that the little black house in the palace has raised it herself, and there is absolutely no reason to give it away. Even if she leaves the palace when she is old, she will leave as soon as she leaves, and the leftovers can be divided, but not It was set on fire, where is there a special messenger to deliver it again."

Zhen Yingjia nodded, and the visitor said with a gratified smile, "It was because I was afraid that you would be overwhelmed that your empress sent me here."

"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law." Zhen Yingjia cupped her hands and said, "I will engrave your empress's kindness in my heart."

"Well," the visitor shook his head again and said, "This is what our family told you in private, and it should not be passed on to the ears of third parties."

Zhen Yingjia nodded knowingly, reached out to take the reward money that Ji Chu had prepared, and quietly handed it to the eunuch.

The eunuch didn't even look at it, he just stared straight ahead, and with a certain movement of his hand, the money disappeared.

"The things have been delivered, and our family has other errands, so we will stay soon."

After saying this, the eunuch left.

Zhen Yingjia weighed the small bundle in her hand.

There are two types of people in the palace, masters and servants.

The master's clothes can be worn freely within a certain range, but there are still theorems.For example, the color, bright yellow can only be worn by the queen.Or phoenix hairpins, twelve golden phoenix hairpins can be inserted on the queen's head, and no more than eight other concubines.

Not to mention the servants, even the hairstyles are fixed, and the jewelry is also made by the palace, and most of these things can't be taken out of the palace, so... How can I put it in this small package? what is it then?

Besides, it has only been two months since Zhiyin entered the palace this time, what can she have?

Zhen Yingjia carried the package into Zhiyin's room.

According to the orders of the retired imperial physician in the palace, Zhiyin had already been called up to drink the medicine.

Zhen Yingjia watched with a smile as she poured down a bowl of black bitter medicine soup, and said, "The palace gave you something, let's see what it is?"

Zhen Yingjia put the things on the table, Zhiyin approved the coat and got off the bed.

When the package was opened, there were some small things inside, and Zhiyin counted them one by one.

"This is the hairpin given by the crown prince. It is said that it was brought by the princess when she was young; this is the silver reward, purse, and ring from last time..." Zhiyin counted one by one, and then she squeezed a blue purse in her hand. Stopped, "It's not mine."

Zhen Yingjia raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure?"

Zhiyin raised her eyes and looked at him and said, "This thing was sent out with the autumn clothes to match the clothes. Although everyone's is the same, but look here." Zhiyin pointed to the corner of the purse, "My one Accidentally stained with tea, this place turned yellow."

Zhen Yingjia narrowed her eyes, took the purse in her hand, and said, "Since it's not yours, I'll help you deal with it for my father."

Zhiyin glanced at her father suspiciously, and Zhen Yingjia said, "You don't know that you are sick, the crown prince has been deposed, and the son is not the son now."

"Ah!" Zhiyin exclaimed, "Then I...the princess..."

Zhen Yingjia pinched the purse in her hand, felt that there seemed to be nothing hard in it, and it seemed to be something like silk cloth, and said: "You don't need to go back to the palace anymore, as for the matter of the princess... you have to wait a little longer." Inquire slowly."

Seeing that Zhiyin had regained her spirits after drinking the medicine, the doctor said that it was not wind-heat cold, but actually a symptom caused by medicinal herbs. Zhen Yingjia thought about Baoyu who had been very restless for the past two days, and said, "Since you have recovered It's almost time, the three of us will have dinner together, your brother is worried about you."

Zhiyin nodded, but immediately became a little flustered after looking up at the chiming clock in the room.

"It's already this time, it's time to wash up." As she said that, she hurriedly got up, and even begged and coaxed Zhen Yingjia out.

Zhen Yingjia smiled, really no matter what time or age, even for a young girl like Zhiyin, grooming is still the top priority.

Zhen Yingjia walked slowly to the small garden ahead, and opened the purse under a tree of sweet-scented osmanthus.

There is a small piece of silk cloth hidden inside, with writing on it.

Kang He's character.

I'm fine, don't read.

Zhen Yingjia smiled, rolled up the silk cloth and put it back into the study together with the purse.