The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Li Hu sat on a chair in front of a large basin of ice, drinking a bowl of sour plum juice.

Jia Lian walked back and forth with big strides, stopping from time to time to look at Jia She and Jia Jing who were sitting silently under the window.

"Alright, alright, stop walking around." Li Hu put down the bowl and rubbed his temples. "My head hurts."

Jia Lian stopped walking and looked at Li Hu: "What should we do?"

Li Hu said angrily: "What should we do? Eat and drink as needed, and do what you need to do."

Jia Lian: "But, it is clear that the emperor wants to..."

Li Hu interrupted him directly: "Do you really think you are the emperor's uncle? That is the matter of the second house, what does it have to do with your first house? You have already separated your rooms, but you still live together because of the old lady. Why are you so anxious!"

Jia Lian sighed: "That's true, but you can't write two Jia characters with one stroke. Once the second branch causes a disaster, the whole Jia family will be in trouble!"

Li Hu smiled: "A disaster? You think too highly of them. The highlight of the Second Master's life was raiding the homes of the wealthy families in Kaifeng City. That was because he was cornered, but he was merciful and let those people go. He almost got himself into trouble. With his personality, he couldn't even hide. As for your good aunt, Baoyu is his lifeblood. If he holds Baoyu in his hands, she will be obedient."

At this point, he turned his gaze to Jia Jing and Jia She, "What matters most is your position and attitude."

Jia Jing nodded: "That's right."

Jia She spoke up: "How to control Baoyu?"

Li Hu: "I won't get involved in this shit."

Jia She: "Then please tell the prince a message."

Li Hu was slightly stunned. It turned out that he was waiting for him.

Jia Jing smiled.

Jia She: "You also know that the current emperor is very narrow-minded. Even Lian'er can't go to see the prince at this time. This is also for the prince's good." At this point, he sighed, "The prince is a kind-hearted person who respects the virtuous and loves the people. If the Dashun Dynasty wants to change its past, only the prince can do it."

After hearing this, Jia Lian blurted out: "The prince won't live longer than the emperor."

Jia She glared at him.

Jia Jing: "It is unclear whether the crown prince can survive the emperor. If things continue like this, the princes will definitely not survive the crown prince."

Jia Lian was surprised: "This..."

Jia She looked at him and said, "If what I said today gets out, I'll skin you alive!"

Jia Lian was so frightened that he nodded quickly. Suddenly he saw Li Hu laughing at him and asked immediately, "Why doesn't the master say anything about him?"

Jia She said unhappily: "I am your father."

Jia Lian was about to say something when he heard hurried footsteps outside the study, followed by Wang Shanbao's voice: "Master, the eunuch from the palace is here."

Before he could finish his words, the door was pushed open.

So arrogant!

Li Hu, Jia Jing and Jia She all stood up.

The sweaty eunuch in red rushed in, walked quickly to Li Hu, and panted: "My Lord, please go quickly, His Majesty is waiting for you in the study!"

Li Hu: "Do you know what happened?"

The chief eunuch: "Eight hundred miles in an emergency, from Shandong"

"Shandong?!"

Li Hu was shocked. Could it be that something happened to his father-in-law? Without time to think about it, he ran out at a trot.

The chief eunuch: “Excuse me, excuse me.” He immediately chased after him.

Jia She and Jia Jing looked at each other and said to Jia Lian, "Go and find out the news."

Jia Lian: "Yes." He answered and walked out quickly.

It was noon and the sun was scorching.

Li Hu strode towards Zuoye Gate with sweat on his face.

At this time, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came over, and Li Hu subconsciously turned around to look.

A postman with a yellow flag tied around his body kept whipping the horse under his crotch and galloped towards this side.

Eight hundred miles urgent!
Everyone was shocked.

The eunuch on duty at the Meridian Gate hurried forward to greet him.

At this moment, the galloping horse let out a sad neigh, foamed at the mouth, and its front legs went limp, and it fell forward.

The postman was thrown to the ground.

The postman struggled to get up, holding the 800-li urgent memorial soaked with sweat, and staggered towards the eunuch on duty at the Meridian Gate, panting: "He, Henan. 800-li urgent. 8." With a "thump", he fell to the ground. The eunuch on duty at the Meridian Gate took the urgent document from the postman and said to the two young eunuchs: "Quick, help him up and send him to the Imperial Hospital!" After that, he held the urgent document high and ran towards the Zuoye Gate.

Li Hu also rushed into the Zuoye Gate.

At the same time, the streets of Qianmen were filled with people screaming and dodging to both sides.

The sound of hurried horse hooves could be heard on the street. A general dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant general led four soldiers and galloped on horseback, completely ignoring the pedestrians on the street.

The lieutenant general and the soldiers were all disheveled, with torn clothes and armor stained with blood, obviously coming from the battlefield.

As everyone was surprised, the five horsemen had disappeared at the end of the street.

Someone saw it at a glance: "Where did we lose the battle?"

An old Beijinger made an even more startling statement: "What day is today? Three express mails have arrived in the blink of an eye. This means that the court has suffered defeat in three places. This is the first time I have seen this in my life! Chaos is coming!"

The surrounding crowd immediately became excited.

The fifth prince's masterpiece was now placed on the desk in the queen's bedroom.

The queen sat silently in front of her desk, staring at the word "imperial" in a daze.

There was the sound of footsteps and the eunuch in charge hurried in.

The eunuch in charge was stunned for a moment, but still walked over lightly: "Madam!"

The queen still looked at the word and asked, "What did you find out?"

The eunuch in charge said: "Your Majesty, I have found out everything. There are three urgent messages of 800 miles. One is that the Shandong general was killed in battle, the capital of Yizhou Prefecture was captured, and Yanzhou Prefecture was also attacked. The second is that Luoyang was lost again. The last is that the Shui Rong tribe ambushed the main force of the Jiangnan camp in Chuzhou."

The queen raised her head. These three pieces of news were more shocking and serious than the other, especially the ambush on the Jiangnan camp, which completely disrupted the court's strategy in the Central Plains.

Thinking about this, the queen's eyes fell on the Fifth Prince's masterpiece again, and then her eyes flashed: "This child is ominous."

The eunuch in charge understood: "I will arrange it right away."

Queen: "Don't let anyone from the Third Prince's residence spread the news this time."

The eunuch in charge was stunned for a moment: "I will go and arrange for someone myself."

Queen: "No need. Doesn't the old lady of the Zhen family hate the second branch of the Jia family?"

The eunuch in charge smiled and said, "I understand."

The Queen pointed at the masterpiece and said, "Frame it and send it to Consort De."

The melodious sound of a flute floated from Lady Jia's courtyard.

The play "Man Chuang Hu" is being sung on the stage.

In the upper room, Aunt Xue said something that made Grandmother Jia burst into laughter.

At this moment, a report came from the maid outside: "Miss Amber is here."

Before she finished her words, Amber hurried in, came up to Lin Daiyu and whispered a few words.

Lin Daiyu was shocked: "What? Your Second Master went to war?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the upper room immediately became quiet.

Jia Mu and others all looked over.

Amber: "Second Master left in a hurry. He only said a few words to reassure the girl that he was going to Shandong to help Master Lin eliminate the White Lotus Rebellion and would be back soon."

Lin Daiyu felt relieved when she heard this.

Amber hesitated for a moment, then leaned close to Lin Daiyu's ear and said a few more words.

Lin Daiyu subconsciously looked at Grandmother Jia.

Grandmother Jia: "What's wrong?"

Lin Daiyu: "No, nothing."

Suddenly, Jia Baoyu rushed in like a gust of wind, "Old lady, old lady."

Just as Grandmother Jia was about to start scolding him, Jia Baoyu said with tears streaming down his face, "Something happened to the master."

Grandmother Jia stood up suddenly: "What. What did you say?!"

Jia Baoyu: "Luoyang City was breached by rebels, and the master's life or death is unknown"

With a buzzing sound, Jia's mother's eyes went dark, and the sky and the earth began to spin. (End of this chapter)