The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

The night is already deep.

Xia Jingui sat alone in front of the dressing table taking off her head ornaments.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open!
Wang Ren, drunk, staggered in, glanced around the room, and then walked towards Xia Jingui who was sitting in front of the dressing table.

At this time, Xia Jingui unbuttoned the collar around her neck, looked at Wang Ren stumbling towards her in the mirror, and unbuttoned two more buttons, revealing a patch of white skin.

Wang Ren walked behind Xia Jingui, his eyes fell on the white patch on her chest, his face immediately showing a sound effect, then he put one hand around her waist, and inserted the other hand into her half-opened chest, while stroking, he said: "You little slut, you are aroused, wait and see how I will deal with you!"

Xia Jingui held Wang Ren's hand, looked at Wang Ren in the mirror, and asked coldly, "Did you go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion again?"

Wang Ren pulled his hand out and unbuttoned Xia Jingui's clothes while asking, "What's wrong?"

Xia Jingui: "You said that you would make me your principal wife after the national mourning period. Now you want to marry someone else."

"The principal wife means nothing! I'll make you a concubine." Wang Ren quickly took off Xia Jingui's underwear, leaving only a bellyband. Then he picked her up and walked towards the bed.

Xia Jingui was stunned for a moment, "Concubine? What concubine?"

"Serve me well first!" Wang Ren threw her on the bed and took off his clothes in a hurry.

Xia Jingui was anxious: "The door is not closed yet!"

Wang Ren's face was full of sound effects: "Whoever wants to watch can let him watch, even if he sleeps in the same bed."

Xia Jingui laughed angrily: "You are also a scumbag"

Wang Ren: "I was famous in Jinling back then, what do you mean by 'also'?"

A trace of panic flashed across Xia Jingui's eyes, and she immediately turned over and pressed on Wang Ren: "Master, rest."

"You little slut!" Wang Ren hugged Xia Jingui tightly and rolled into the bed.

Here, the second master of the Niu family helped Niu Ben, whose face was red from drinking, into the study room and said to the housekeeper, "There is nothing for you to do now, go down."

The butler stepped back and closed the door.

The second master of the Niu family helped Niu Ben sit down on a chair against the wall, then made a cup of tea and brought it over.

Niu Ben took the tea bowl, drank a few sips in succession, and then put it down, saying with a smile: "This little bastard can drink a lot!"

The second master of the Niu family sat down on the side and asked in a low voice: "Can he do it?"

Niu Ben sneered, "He is just a selfish little beast! Count all the things he has done over the years. Which one of them is something a human can do? Especially betraying his sister and brother-in-law. That is something that even animals would not have the heart to do!"

The second master of the Niu family smiled and said, it is true.

Niu Ben: "With Wang Ziteng's ability, even if he can earn a hereditary title of Marquis or King, there is no such grass growing on his Wang family's ancestral grave. Not to mention the next life, even in the next life, his Wang family will not have such a fate!
Wang Ren is very clear about this, and he will not miss this opportunity. If Wang Ziteng does not agree to marry us and stand together with us, Wang Ren will help us solve this problem. "

He paused, "He is no longer the despicable man he was before. Over the past year or so, he has amassed wealth while serving as the commander of the Southern Pacification Division. His hands are stained with a lot of blood, and he has a very evil heart!"

The second master of the Niu family nodded.

Niu Ben stood up, paced a few steps, and said, "The most urgent task is to deal with that old immortal Zhen Yingjia!" As he said that, he slowly turned around and waved his hand.

The second master of the Niu family also stood up and leaned over.

Niu Ben whispered something in his ear.

The second master of the Niu family hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhen Yingjia is dead, and our family is the most suspicious."

Niu Ben: "Do they have evidence? Even if they do, what can they do to me?"

At this point, he snorted coldly, "They'd better tuck their tails between their legs. If they push me to the limit, I'll kill them all!"

The second master of the Niu family nodded and asked, "Now that the inner city has been taken over by the Shanhaiguan troops, will it affect our plan?"

Niu Ben raised his hand and said, "Don't worry about this. With such a small number of people, they can't make any waves." At this point, his eyes sparkled, "Now Shanhaiguan, Jizhou, and Juyongguan are all in our hands. Li Hu can't get in, and Shi Ding is besieged in Xuzhou by the rebels. We just need to get the 50,000 troops from Wang Ziteng, close the nine gates, and force the Empress Dowager to write a letter of abdication.

As long as he gets the abdication edict, he will immediately open the inner treasury and give away the wealth accumulated by the royal family for more than a hundred years as rewards. Where there is a sweet bait, there will be a fish; where there is a heavy reward, there will be a dead husband.

I have thought about it carefully, and Jingji can still raise an army of 100,000 people! In this way, we will have nearly 300,000 people in our hands! With these 300,000 troops, plus sharp firearms, there will be no problem in defending Jingji. With Jingji as the foundation, we can plan for great things!"

These words made the second master of the Niu family excited and he nodded excitedly.

Niu Ben: "Kill Zhen Yingjia first!"

Niu Family Second Master: "Then do it!"

The sky gradually darkened again, and the eunuch on duty lit the lantern.

The spring rain had been drizzling for two days and one night. The Empress Dowager stood by the window, staring at the fallen leaves and petals on the ground in a daze.

At this time, the eunuch in charge of the seal came over with a bowl of medicine and said softly, "Grand Empress Dowager, it's time to take the medicine."

The Empress Dowager came to her senses, took the medicine and drank it in one gulp.

The eunuch in charge of the seal smiled and said, "Li Yuanzheng said that as long as the Empress Dowager takes these medicines, her health will be completely healed."

"Do you think our ancestors' country and people will wither like these flowers?" the Empress Dowager suddenly asked.

The eunuch in charge was shocked and wanted to kneel down to persuade her, but the Empress Dowager changed the subject: "When will the troops from the northwest enter the capital?"

After the death of the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager sent people with the imperial edict to the northwest to mobilize troops, and transferred troops from Ningxia, Guyuan and Gansu to Beijing to support the king!
Only the Empress Dowager and he knew about this matter. Those who went to mobilize the troops were all old people from the palace at that time. They were absolutely reliable and loyal to the Empress Dowager.

In addition, the change of guard at Shanhaiguan was also the Empress Dowager's way of taking advantage of the situation and taking control of the inner city again to facilitate the entry of troops from the northwest. Although the troops from the three towns in the northwest, plus the garrison at Shanhaiguan, were not as numerous as those under Niu Ben, let alone Li Hu, they could stabilize the situation in the capital and prevent it from getting out of control.

In this way, the Empress Dowager would have the opportunity to take back the military power of the imperial guards and completely control the capital, the capital area and the surrounding areas.

As for the Northwest, I can’t care so much!

The eunuch in charge of the seal said: "According to the time, we can enter the territory of Zhili by the end of the month at the latest."

The Empress Dowager nodded and said: "This period of time is when Niu Ben is ready to make a move. We must not be careless and keep a close eye on him."

The eunuch in charge of the seal said, "Yes." As he answered, he suddenly remembered, "Wang Ren had a drink at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion yesterday and returned very late."

The Empress Dowager walked to the couch and sat down. She picked up the rosary beads on the couch and rubbed them one by one. After a while, she said, "Don't worry about him for now. Let's wait until the troops from the northwest arrive."

The eunuch in charge of the seal: "Yes."

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment, then asked, "Will Li Hu rebel?"

The eunuch in charge of the seal was silent for a moment: "It's hard to say, but at present, Li Hu has no intention of rebelling."

As he was speaking, a red-robed eunuch from the Imperial Household Department rushed in like a gust of wind.

The Empress Dowager was shocked.

The eunuch said: "News just came from outside the palace, the second assistant was assassinated on his way home."

The Empress Dowager stood up suddenly.

The eunuch in charge of the seal: "Where is the murderer?"

The chief eunuch said: "He was the Duke of Zhenguo's man. Because of the imperial decree, we cannot alert the enemy, so the people who are monitoring the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion can only watch the second assistant being killed."

"This damned little bastard!"

The Empress Dowager suddenly threw the rosary in her hand to the ground, "It seems that he is determined to rebel" (End of this chapter)