The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Outside the gate of Zhenbei Palace, guards with guns and swords were standing every three steps. The red silk lanterns that usually hung under the eaves of the gate were changed from two to nine.

At this time, Li San accompanied Jia Yucun out from the side door.

Li San smiled and said, "Thank you for taking care of the coronation ceremony."

Jia Yucun quickly bowed and said, "You are joking. This is my duty. Besides, it is my honor to organize the coronation ceremony!"

Li San smiled and nodded: "If you have any doubts, please report to the princess at any time."

Jia Yucun was overjoyed: "Yes."

Li San: "Although the sun has set, the residual heat is still there. I won't delay you from going back to cool off and have a rest." After saying that, he turned and walked into the gate.

"Yes."

Jia Yucun bent his body slightly, and watched Li San's back disappear through the door before he stood up straight.

Li San is going to be crowned a king in the future. Apart from Jia She and the two Grand Secretaries Shi and Meng, he is the only one who can send him off!

Jia Yucun straightened his official hat, brushed off the non-existent dust on his body, and then strode towards the sedan chair with his head held high.

Just then, the sound of horse hooves came from the corner of the street.

Jia Yucun quickly looked over there.

Ni Er came galloping over with several guards.

The weather was still very hot. Nanny Wang was sweating profusely as she hurried from the inner gate to the backyard. As soon as she entered the main room, she heard laughter from the warm room. She walked to the door and whispered, "Princess."

The laughter in the warm room gradually stopped, and then Lin Daiyu's voice came: "Come in."

When Nanny Wang lifted the curtain and stepped in, she first saw Jia Yingchun and Xing Xiuyun sitting beside an ice mirror playing black and white chess. Then she turned her gaze to the kang to the south, where Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baoqin, and Jia Xichun were sitting there whispering something, lying on an ivory mat that was tributed from Guangdong.

"Princess, this is a letter from Ni Er." Nanny Wang took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it over.

Lin Daiyu took the letter, tore it open and read it. Then her eyes flashed. Her second uncle Jia Zheng really asked the Rongguo Mansion for help!

Jia Zheng, Liu Xianglian and others took the little emperor and a group of refugees from Baoding Prefecture and fled all the way to Shanxi. They used the property they carried with them to buy some properties, intending to make the little emperor a wealthy man there.

The news of the massacre by rebels in Baoding Prefecture had already spread to several surrounding provinces, so the local officials did not doubt their identities. After receiving money, they registered them in the local household registration.

Jia Zheng was a man with ideas. He wanted to earn a fortune for the little emperor, so he started a business in the county town.

Lin Daiyu smiled bitterly. Li Hu let them out to experience the sufferings of the people and feel the ups and downs of ordinary people's lives. He wanted them to know how difficult life is, and then they would be willing to come back and live an honest life.

In recent years, the Li Family Chamber of Commerce has expanded its business all over the country.

Under the targeting of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, all their businesses failed. Not only did they lose all their capital, but they also had to mortgage all the properties they had just purchased because they were unable to pay for the goods. Now they have to rely on Liu Xianglian to take people hunting to earn some money to make ends meet.

Of all the seasons, winter is the hardest. Spring and autumn are comfortable, needless to say; summer is hot, but you can go shirtless and just bear it, but winter is different. Charcoal is expensive, and they can't afford it under their current conditions. The little emperor certainly can't bear it.

According to Li Hu's plan, they would suffer for half a year and then be brought back to the capital before the beginning of winter.

Lin Daiyu frowned. The old lady must have sent someone to find her uncle Jia She to discuss the matter. What would they choose? If they chose to conceal the truth for her second uncle Jia Zheng, what would she do? !
Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu began to blame Li Hu in her heart again. He just left, leaving all the difficult and hard work to her!

Everyone was shocked by Lin Daiyu's expression and looked at her.

Shi Xiangyun couldn't help it: "Sister Lin"

Lin Daiyu came back to her senses and said, "Yes." She folded the letter and said to Nanny Wang, "Tell Ni Er that if there is any situation, send someone to report it immediately."

Nanny Wang: “Yes.”

Just as Nanny Wang walked out, Xue Baochai's voice came from outside: "Princess, the crown is delivered."

Lin Daiyu: "Come in." The door curtain was lifted. Xue Baochai came in holding a lacquered tray with a crown with twelve tassels on it.

Xue Baochai carefully placed the tray on the kang table.

Shi Xiangyun, Jia Xichun, and Xue Baoqin quickly gathered around and asked in unison: "Is this the crown?!"

Jia Yingchun and Xing Xiuyan also leaned over.

Lin Daiyu held up the crown with both hands and examined it carefully. According to the Dashun Chengming system, the emperor wore a crown with twelve tassels and twelve emblems, the crown prince and prince wore a crown with nine tassels and nine emblems, the prince wore a crown with eight tassels and seven emblems, and the prince of a county wore a crown with seven tassels and five emblems.

From the beginning of April, the court began to prepare Li Hu's enthronement ceremonial clothes and other things needed for the ceremony.

The emperor's crown and robes mainly consisted of a crown, a black robe, a purple skirt, a white silk belt, a yellow knee-covering, a plain yarn middle singlet, and red shoes. Among them, the production process of the black robe was the most complicated. In addition to the black robe, all the clothes Li Hu needed for his enthronement were delivered.

Similarly, Lin Daiyu's queen crown and clothes were also being made. Except for the Nine Dragons and Four Phoenixes crown and the Zhaiyi, all other costumes were also delivered.

Jia Yucun is in charge of all these.

After reading it, Lin Daiyu put down the crown and nodded with satisfaction. She thought that her teacher was not as bad as Li Hu said, and was quite reliable.

Shi Xiangyun stared at the twelve-tasseled crown and suddenly remembered: "Sister Lin, has the name of the country been decided?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the golden hairpins turned their eyes to Lin Daiyu again.

Lin Daiyu smiled but did not answer.

The cabinet compared Li Hu's family tree, read a large number of ancient books, and combined with Li San's oral statement, they suspected that their lineage was a descendant of Li Tang.

If it is confirmed, it would be okay to reopen the Tang Dynasty, but the Xin Dynasty inherited the culture and politics of the Dashun Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty represents the virtue of earth, and wood overcomes earth, which does not make sense in terms of the five elements.

The theory of the five elements is very mysterious. The two great scholars Shi and Meng said that the correct five elements would be beneficial to the national destiny of the new dynasty.

Lin Daiyu sent an urgent letter to Li Hu. If Li Hu wanted to use "Tang" as the name of the country, she had already thought of an excuse for him. Earth conquers water, so Li Hu destroyed the Jurchen Tartar outside the Great Wall. As for Dashun, the young emperor died at the hands of the Prince of Nan'an. The country was already destroyed. Dali destroyed Dashun.

Dali belongs to the virtue of fire, Tang belongs to the virtue of earth, fire gives birth to earth, isn’t that enough!
Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but praise in her heart: I am indeed very intelligent!
Just as she was thinking, Feng's voice came from outside the door: "Princess, the lady from Rongguo Mansion is here."

"Are you here to confess?" Lin Daiyu's eyes flashed, and at the same time she felt relieved, "Let's go out and greet him." After saying that, she stood up and walked out.
As the sun sets, the lights go up, and Rongqing Hall is brightly lit inside and out.

Mrs. Xing led Li Wan and Wang Xifeng to wait outside the Chuihua Gate when Grandmother Jia came back.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and two lanterns led the eight-person sedan chair in from the inner ceremonial gate.

The sedan stopped, and Wang Xifeng hurried forward to lift the curtain, saying with a smile: "Old Ancestor, please watch your step."

Grandmother Jia walked out of the sedan chair.

Seeing that Jia's mother's forehead was covered with sweat, Wang Xifeng hurriedly took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat off Jia's mother's forehead. At the same time, she scolded the housekeeper's wife who was serving her, "You are getting lazier and lazier. It's so hot today, why don't you put ice cubes under the sedan chair?"

Grandmother Jia patted her hands and said, "It's none of their business." Then she walked straight into the hanging flower gate.

Wang Xifeng hurriedly followed and held Lady Jia's arm.

Madam Xing and Li Wan also followed in.

Outside the door, a housekeeper's wife took out ice cubes from under the sedan chair, which were placed in a carved rosewood box with a blue and white porcelain heart.

Another woman reached into the sedan chair and said, "It's quite cool, isn't it?"

Grandmother Jia walked towards Rongqing Hall and sighed in her heart. Thinking of the scene just now, she felt scared again.

Although Lin Daiyu said nothing, Grandmother Jia understood that Jia She was right. Li Hu and Lin Daiyu had known about this for a long time!
She was so frightened that she dared not mention anything about Jia Tanchun. She drank half a cup of tea and came back.

It was a close call. If I hadn't listened to Jia She and confessed the matter to the Li family, I can't imagine the consequences!
Thinking of this, Jia's mother took out her handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead, smiling bitterly in her heart: I am old and can't stand the storm! The Jia family can't stand the storm either! (End of this chapter)