The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

What? Concubine Xian De has...

When he heard the news of Yuanchun's pregnancy, Chen Heng was also speechless. No, what's this? It's such a big deal, why is there no sound at all?

Seeing Chen Heng's surprised look, Li Jun felt funny himself. But after the smile disappeared, the expression on his face immediately became dark and difficult to distinguish. This great grandson in Li Zhi's eyes roughly told the whole story.

Only then did Chen Heng know that after Wang Ziteng and Gu Zaiyong got together, Li Zhi was very weird about their cooperation. The latter thought about it repeatedly and felt that the problem might lie in the palace. After investigating later, I learned that Jia Yuanchun secretly visited the imperial doctor at the end of October.

The Li family's father and son quickly called for the imperial physician of the day, and before Li Zhi and Li Xian could ask more questions, the imperial physician reported Jia Yuanchun's pregnancy. Li Zhi was really angry and confused at that time, and asked the imperial doctor why he didn't submit it in time.

Then what? Did you ask what happened? Chen Heng asked. It is really embarrassing that such an important matter could be concealed by the Supreme Emperor and Gu Xiang until the end.

It's the news that was intercepted by the inner court and the clan's government... Li Jun's face was gloomy, and it was difficult to mention the name of the Supreme Emperor. But just talking about these two places, Chen Heng can already think of the shadow of Hongqing Palace.

The carriage was still passing through the lively streets, but both of them fell into silence. According to seniority, why should Li Jun call Concubine Xian De? This relationship is really far away. Chen Heng suddenly felt a pain in his head, and simply began to think about the changes that Yuanchun's pregnancy might bring to the court situation.

Li Zhi had many sons, but his eldest son, Li Jun, had always had a reputation as a virtuous man, and his biological mother was the queen of the dynasty, so Li Zhi's other sons had little support. But Li Jun, as the prince, has the biggest difficulty, which is his own age.

No matter how you look at it, Li Zhi's body can last at least more than ten years. By the time Li Zhi abdicates, Li Jun will be at least in his forties. This is really a long time, and no one can guarantee that they will never make mistakes.

If Chen Heng really had to choose, there should be no more miserable position in the world than second-in-command. There are people above you who are suppressing you, so you can't make the decision or make the decision. A group of people below stared at him, thinking about replacing him all day long. It would be an understatement to say that he was treading on thin ice and cautious.

It is almost foreseeable that as long as the child Yuanchun is born safely, there will be a bloody storm in the harem. If Li Zhi could only live for more than ten years, the situation would be easy to say. If it really lasts twenty years, then this child will just grow up by then.

Thinking of this, Chen Heng himself frowned. But when he saw Li Jun's expression, he immediately comforted him: The days are still long. Your Highness, don't be too anxious.

Chen Heng didn't expect that he could soothe Li Jun's mood with just a few words. It's just that doing nothing now is the best way.

Yeah. Li Jun's temperament is actually much more tactful and clever than that of Prince Li Xian. He knew that Chen Heng was still willing to talk at this moment entirely because of the good relationship between their families in the past. At this moment, it is really not easy to have such a comprehensive point of reference.

Let's not talk about these disappointing things. Li Jun laughed noncommittally, shook his head and said, First guess who chose your house for you.

Li Jun had already asked this, but it would be unwise for Chen Heng to guess about Xia Shouzhong. The latter had no choice but to glance at the emperor's grandson in front of him and asked, Isn't it His Highness?

Hahaha. Li Jun let out a proud laugh, stretched out his left hand and grabbed the air in front of Chen Heng, making a gesture of being in control, I'll see this house soon, I promise I'll like it.

Your Highness, I have seen many good houses in the capital. Chen Heng laughed and didn't respond much. The carriage drove on the street for a while. When the noise outside gradually faded away, Chen Heng finally waited until the carriage stopped.

Come on, I'll take you to see your home.

Li Jun waved his hand, signaling Chen Heng to follow him quickly. He jumped out of the carriage first and, surrounded by the guards, walked quickly towards the steps in front of him.

When Chen Heng got out of the car, he was shocked by the spacious door in front of him. The half-closed and half-open red lacquered door shows the identity of the previous owner just from its shape. There is half a room outside the door, which can accommodate four porters standing. Further outside are two drum-holding stones in the shape of wishful thinking.

Above the drum stone, there are brick eaves protruding out layer by layer. This thing is called a pan head. There are sparrows, eaves, ridges and other objects on the head of the pan, as well as carvings of birds and animals or lacquer paintings for decoration.

Just such a door, it has a formal name. It's called Guangliang Gate, second only to the Wangfu Gate in terms of level. It can only be used by officials of considerable rank.

This... The more Chen Heng looked at it, the more he couldn't move forward and said in a panic, Your Highness, this is probably inappropriate. He was just a commoner now, how could he afford to live in such a house. Even before resigning, asking him to stay would make me feel guilty.

This bright door is really too luxurious.

What's appropriate or inappropriate? Li Jun stepped through the door and said impatiently, I told Grandpa Huang that it's appropriate, so it's appropriate. Don't go against my good intentions.

Chen Heng was already moved when he heard it, and when he thought about it again, he was really moved. He simply stopped resisting and walked directly in following Li Jun. Entering the house, the interior is not disappointing.

In addition to the themed three-entry courtyard, there are also three independent courtyards, naturally connected by verandas and ceremonial gates. Wherever Li Jun goes, he introduces it. After finishing talking here and there, I had time to introduce the original owner of this house to Chen Heng.

When Chen Heng heard this, he realized that he was not a stranger, but the former Zuodu Censor. After the latter resigned, he took his whole family back to his hometown. This house in the capital has been empty for a long time. Li Jun learned that Li Zhi was going to give Chen Heng a house, so he took note of the house.

The penthouse near the gate can be reserved for your servants to live in in the future.

The main hall will be reserved for the elders in the family. You can keep the largest courtyard for yourself. Li Zhi became more and more happy as he talked, and he arranged the use of the house for Chen Heng in the future. Look at this courtyard, your family will It would be good to plant some jujube trees, pomegranates, and sweet-scented osmanthus here...

Not only can you enjoy the cool air in summer, but in August, your yard will be fragrant. It will be absolutely comfortable to live in.

Thank you, Your Highness. Chen Heng thought for a while and said sincerely, But Your Highness, ordinary people are short of money and really cannot afford to buy such a big yard.

If Chen Heng said he didn't like such a big and nice yard, it must be a lie. But thinking about this mansion, which was larger than the Lin family's, Chen Heng felt that he couldn't live in it or afford it.

You don't need to pay for it. Li Jun sneered at this and said with a smile, Grandpa Huang said you did a really good job with the Honglu Temple matter. You may not know that Wen Yu from the Maritime Affairs Department has already brought the red-haired All the ships that the Fan and Franco people paid tribute to were sold. Guess how much the merchants in various places spent?

How many ships are there in total? Chen Heng asked first.

Li Jun smiled and held out his four fingers. Looking at his chicken thief appearance, Chen Heng knew that it was definitely not four ships. Forty civilian cargo ships is still a relatively reliable number. After weighing the cost of a ship in his mind, Chen Heng replied: But three million seven hundred thousand taels?

Li Jun shook his head again and said with a smile: Add more to the top.

Four million taels?

You are the God of Wealth after all. You might as well be bolder and take a guess. Li Jun laughed and took the initiative to tease Chen Heng.

Is that five million taels? Chen Heng was a little unsure of the number and hesitated to quote a price.

A total of 5,200,000 taels. Li Jun stopped talking and replied happily, Compared with it, this 2,000 taels of house is nothing. It is all your hard work.

How could it be sold at such a high price?! Chen Heng really didn't understand. The gap between this price and his reserve price at the time was too big.

The Hong Mao Fan and the Franconian boatmen and sailors are all experienced in long voyages. They also have nautical charts of various countries and places. The extra money will be accounted for these people.

After Li Jun explained, Chen Heng had to nod and sigh, he was showing mercy after all. Originally, Chen Heng planned to give these workers to the merchants along with the ship. Unexpectedly, Li Zhi, who was crazy about poverty, was so cruel that he directly packaged people and boats together and sold them.

Looking at it this way, Li Zhi's intention of giving away his house must be put in quotation marks. It's hard to say, but he also has the intention of making himself the scapegoat. Chen Heng couldn't help but squint his eyes. If he took the blame once, he could get a whole house for free.

He felt that he could bear more of this blame. After all, he is young and his body can handle it.

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After leading the stunned Xinda home, Chen Heng couldn't wait to share the good news with his sister. The latter was also very happy when he heard it. Apart from anything else, with this house, the Chen family will be able to take root in the capital.

Congratulations, brother. Sister Lin said sincerely. She had witnessed Chen Heng's hard work step by step, so she naturally knew the hard work involved. But who would have imagined that Chen Heng, the evil-minded person, was congratulating her in turn.

Sister Hexi.

This was really hard to answer. Lin Daiyu glared at Chen Heng in shame and anger. But there are some things that are already tacit secrets between the two of them. Lin Daiyu couldn't react easily, so she just pretended that she didn't understand.

Having a house is one thing, but how to decorate it is another. It's definitely not possible to count on your brother for this kind of thing. The other party had to prepare for the interview with all their strength. After thinking about it for a while, Sister Lin decided to personally come forward and make the final decision for Chen Heng.

Brother, have you ever thought about how to decorate your home?

After Lin Daiyu asked tentatively, Chen Heng immediately acted as the shopkeeper and said, As long as my sister makes the decision for me, I will listen to my sister.

Knowing that you are lazy, Lin Daiyu pursed her lips, but with some expectation in her heart, she only went back to sleep for one night. The next day, he hurriedly found Jia Min and asked to borrow the housekeeper at home.

Jia Min was also amused when she heard that Lin Daiyu had taken over the arrangement of the Chen family. I couldn't help but tease her: It's really rare. I've never seen a daughter-in-law who hasn't married yet, but she has come to help others take care of the house.

Mom! Lin Daiyu complained before being dismissed by Jia Min who chuckled.

Speaking of Jia Min's current mood, it is also interesting. When the Lin family wanted to marry the Chen family, Chen Hengshang was in trouble. At that time, Jia Min never said anything clearly, and only followed her father-in-law's students in the details of life. Now that Chen Heng has lost his official position, she is teasing her daughter again, as if she wants to make her attitude clear.

In the evening, when Lin Ruhai came back and learned about this, she felt funny and said in a very subtle tone: My predecessor is a good person. He gave me his official position, but my students took over his house.

When Chen Heng heard this, he didn't know how to react. If you think about it carefully, this is really what happened.

Lin Daiyu didn't pay much attention. After lunch, she ordered the troops. He led the steward, grandma, servants and maids to Chen's house. It would have been better not to go, but once she went, Lin Daiyu discovered something interesting.

The Lin family is located on the edge of the imperial city. It has the best location and is very convenient for going to the morning court. The Chen family is behind the Imperial City, close to the Imperial College, Confucian Temple, and Shuntian Mansion. This location cannot be said to be bad, because it is far away from busy cities such as Qipan Street and has a quiet living environment. It is very popular among civil servants in the court.

But the interesting thing is that there happens to be Ningrong Street between the Lin family and the Chen family. Yes, it is the Jia Mansion and its Grand View Garden. Moreover, Ningrong Street happened to be stuck on the road that the two families must pass through.

When Lin Daiyu returned home, she told Chen Heng about this discovery. Chen Hengchu didn't find any problem at first. It was just the road, so he just pinched it. But when I thought about it carefully, I couldn't help laughing. If I want to get married in the future, won’t I have to walk back and forth on this Ningrong Street?

Thinking of himself riding a white horse and Daiyu sitting in a sedan chair. They were a newlywed couple, beating gongs and drums as they passed through Ningrong Street. This taste, hahahahaha, seems a bit disgusting.

Chen Heng suppressed the pleasure in his heart, wondering if Li Jun did this intentionally. Anyway, it is definitely not His Majesty. Li Zhi has so many things to do every day that he has no time to pay attention to such trivial matters.

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Daiyu stayed at Chen's house for a few days, finalizing a few details in her mind, and then wrote down the information about each house on paper to discuss with Chen Heng.

The two of them had a happy few days together. Suddenly news came outside that Liu Xianglian had come to visit. Chen Heng did not dare to neglect his friend and hurriedly got up and went out to greet him.

When he came back with Liu Xianglian, Sister Lin had disappeared, and Zicuckoo and Xinda were left waiting in the house. Chen Heng and Liu Xianglian hadn't seen each other for a while. When they met today, Liu Xianglian shouted, I heard you got a new house?!

How did you know? Chen Heng was a little funny when he heard this. How come even Liu Xianglian knew about it in just a few days.

Listen to what I'm told. Liu Xianglian sat at one end of the soft couch, leaning half of her body against the wall, playing with the jade she bought from nowhere, with a rare look of exhaustion on her face.

Who said that? Chen Heng was very curious. Different from the original work, it can be said that Liu Xianglian has offended most of the noble disciples, and it can't be solved by traveling far away to avoid trouble. Liu Xianglian didn't come to see her during this period. Maybe she was stuck by these difficulties, or she couldn't save her face and was too embarrassed to come.

Harm, Feng Ziying and the others. Liu Xianglian shook her head indifferently, Those of them are not monolithic. Everyone has their own calculations. Do you think they are all as sincere as us?

If you are so sincere, I have been bored at home recently and you have never come to my door. Chen Heng joked, knowing that Liu Xianglian was blaming herself. But the fact that he lost his official position was essentially not his fault.

Liu Xianglian scratched her head impatiently and explained: You also know my temper. My brother can stab me, but if I trip him, I won't be able to dream well at night. Hey... Liu Xianglian sighed, He gritted his teeth and said, Anyway, I figured it out myself. It's my fault that you lost your job.

I don't have any other abilities. I only have martial arts that are impressive. Some say. If you don't mind, for five taels of silver a month, please invite me to be a bodyguard for your family.

Chen Heng couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Zijuan to come up and pour tea for his friend, They say that great kindness leads to enmity. Does it mean that if I don't agree, you will avoid me in the future?

After being pointed out by Chen Heng, Liu Xianglian lowered her head in shame, You had a bright future, but if it weren't for me, how would you be living under someone else's roof?

Hey, you can speak well if you want to, but you are not allowed to talk about my wife's natal family like this. Chen Heng rolled his eyes and sneered: It's not as bad as you said. I eat well and drink well at the teacher's house, and my life is very happy.

Then just tell me, do you want me or not?

Let's take it as a two-year period.

Okay, you can leave me a room at home. When you finish it, I will move in with you.

It seems that there are really a lot of people coming to see Chen Heng today. I just finished chatting with Liu Xianglian and was about to take her to see her new home. The concierge came again to announce that Du Hanlin was visiting.

This was a rare visitor. Chen Heng got up and went out again, only to see Du Yunjing. He said, Let me go out for dinner tonight. Everyone is waiting for you in the restaurant.

Everyone? ! When Chen Heng heard this, he became more cautious. When he rushed to the second floor of the restaurant with Liu Xianglian and Xinda, he saw that the people at the table were all his close friends.

Wen Yu and Fu Qingyuan were both present, and accompanying them were their close colleagues from the former Ministry of War and Ministry of Revenue. As soon as everyone saw Chen Heng arriving, they stood up and greeted him with a smile: Okay, okay, I'll be rewarded for my perseverance.

We were also worried that you would be depressed at home every day. Seeing your current complexion, I know that everyone's worries are unnecessary.

Hearing the familiar greetings and concerns, Chen Heng said he was lying if he said he was not touched. He hurriedly sat down and smiled: You asked Brother Du to invite me here just to see how I am doing?!

There is no way. After all, it is Chen Chixing who 'breaks the void with one argument and strengthens the country with his actions'. We should pay more attention to it.

Everyone said before that you are the face of our promotion. Who would have thought that we would encounter this recent stupid incident.

What does it mean to be a good person?! The more Chen Heng listened, the more he wanted to laugh. When did he have such a famous name on his head?

The person who knows the most about this matter is Du Yunjing, one of the only two Jinshi in the field. His position is next to Chen Heng, and on the other side is Fu Qingyuan. When Du Yunjing explained the origin of his name to Chen Heng, Chen Heng realized that because he became a member of the Sixth Division as a Juren, many of the Jurens of the Sixth Division had upward goals.

Everyone is trying to lift people up. There is no reason why Chen Heng can do it, but he can’t do it himself. This is what a thoughtful person should think. Chen Heng was not surprised at all, and was even quite happy. Compared with the sparse Jinshi, Jucai were the backbone of ancient dynasties.

If Jinshi is a flower on the surface, then Juren is the root and branch hidden behind the flowers. The aura of Jinshi is certainly eye-catching, but without the juren underneath, if you want to rely on Jinshi to fill up the six titles, you will have to wait at least fifty years.

Chen Heng just learned about his reputation among the people in history today. Only then did I realize why every time I went to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs for help, the attitude of the chroniclers below was very positive. They kept making trouble for a long time, and I became their leader.

Chen Heng was a little dumbfounded, but the people who came today were very excited. There are those who complain about Chen Heng, and there are also those who encourage Chen Heng to keep up his efforts and try to win the first prize in one fell swoop, so as to gain a reputation for such experienced people as them.

Then when I pass the Jinshi exam, everyone won't disown me, right? Chen Heng laughed and turned to tease his former colleagues sitting in the row.

How could it be? Wherever you go from now on, you will always be one of us. Wen Yu laughed.

After a long time of enjoying the harmonious banquet, everyone's positions were no longer in the previous order, and they each took their acquaintances to drink. Chen Heng also took the opportunity to ask Wen Yu about the situation in the Maritime Department. This is a yamen that he dominates. Although he is no longer in the officialdom, he is inevitably worried about it.

When Wen Yu heard Chen Heng's question, he just said in an inexplicable tone: It's peaceful.

That is, what is bad cannot get any worse. Chen Heng frowned directly. As usual, the shipping industry in Dayong is so busy now, and the Maritime Affairs Department should be one of the busiest yamen. If Wen Yu, the chief executive, can say that everything is peaceful, there must be someone behind it.

Fu Qingyuan was a student in the sixth subject. He also heard the overtones of the words, but it was difficult for him to fight with two fists. The people in the Maritime Affairs Department were all personally appointed by Yan Hu, and he couldn't control them even if he wanted to.

Be patient and patient until the clouds clear and the moon shines.

Chen Heng had no choice but to do nothing, so he simply stopped talking about disappointing things on the day when they were together.

But from that day on, Chen Heng studied harder and harder, almost ignoring what was going on outside the window. Lin Daiyu watched silently for a few days and knew that her brother must be holding a breath in his heart. She saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, but there was nothing she could do about her brother.

After a day of this, the new year finally came amid heavy snow.

Daiyu's gift of haircut is also coming.

Hahahaha, it took a long time to polish it.