The Founding of the Red Chamber

According to the law of the country, the emperor bestowed titles, and Lin Jing punished slaves according to the family rules

Inside and outside the court, even the confidants said that Lin Yi had no faults and was worthy of the title of Lord Cheng En.Emperor Zhaode would not make things difficult for the world, and finally bestowed Duke Cheng'en on Lin Yi.

Emperor Zhaode went to the Palace of Mercy to visit Empress Dowager Lin every day, which was another way of flattering the Lin family and bestowing favor on Lin Yi, so naturally he had to inform Empress Dowager Lin.Empress Dowager Lin took Emperor Zhaode's hand and said with a smile, "Although the Lin family is my mother family, they are also the emperor's courtiers. I understand the emperor's painstaking efforts."

Emperor Zhaode didn't understand what Empress Dowager Lin meant by "hard work". Empress Dowager Lin hadn't been involved in government affairs for a long time, so Emperor Zhaode just listened to it and let it go.On the contrary, Concubine Rong, the cousin of Qingxiang Palace, was worried, and said, "Father has some friendship with the Second Master Lin, and I don't know much about court affairs, so I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager will not like it."

The death of Emperor Zhaode's mother was a bit strange, but it was a long time ago, even if Emperor Zhaode wanted to investigate, he didn't know where to start.Or because of this, Emperor Zhaode has always been close to his uncle's family, even Concubine Rong, Emperor Zhaode also treats him differently.Seeing Concubine Rong panic, Emperor Zhaode said calmly, "Lin Yi is a sensible person, you don't need to worry about this."

Concubine Rong saw that Emperor Zhaode was noncommittal, so she stopped mentioning the matter. Instead, she took out the Qianqiu Festival birthday gift prepared for Empress Dowager Lin, and showed it to Emperor Zhaode first, as if she was afraid that something was wrong.Concubine Rong's terrified appearance made the string of taboo towards the Lin family in Emperor Zhaode's heart tense again.

However, no matter how Emperor Zhaode tabooed the Lin family and Queen Mother Lin's birthday, even if Queen Mother Lin had said frugality several times, Emperor Zhaode would rather be frugal with himself than Queen Mother Lin.

Queen Mother Lin had no choice but to follow him.

To celebrate the future of Empress Dowager Lin, the harem is naturally the responsibility of Empress Xie.Empress Xie is the queen personally chosen by Empress Dowager Lin, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not bad, not to mention that the Lin family and the Xie family are on their honeymoon period.

In the past, Empress Dowager Lin chose Xie's daughter as her queen. Today, Xie Guogong assisted Lin Yi in winning the title of duke.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about the friendship between the two families.However, both Xie Guogong and Lin Yi are low-key figures. Even though they have a good relationship, they won't make a fuss about it. They just know it well.

Lin Yi got the position of Duke Cheng'en, and those who had been on the sidelines of the Lin family in the past quickly released their wait-and-see status, and congratulated Lin Yi with a hundred times enthusiasm for bestowing the Duke of Cheng'en.

The Lin family put the wine on display for three days, which was still under Lin Yi's very low-key request.

Taking advantage of the occasion of setting up wine, Lin Sa, Lin Duan, and Lin Ping, who delayed their marriage due to filial piety, all came out to socialize with their brothers and sisters-in-law.The three of them are not bad, but it's a pity that the three of them are all concubines, and their identities are inevitably somewhat insufficient.On the other hand, Lin Jing, although he was young, was the brother of Lin Yidi, and he had the opportunity to be raised in the Palace of Mercy, and he was smart, so he became a favorite in everyone's eyes for a while.What's more, Lin Yide bestowed Duke Cheng'en, Lin Jing, as Lin Yi's only direct brother, for a while, no one even mentioned his fate.

Lin Jing likes to be lively, but he is not very strong, so he fell ill the next day, and it was a lot of trouble to ask the doctor for medicine.

Even Mrs. Xie Guogong sighed, "If the fourth of the Lin family is in better health, he will be about the same age as our little granddaughter."

Xie Guogong lay in the rocking chair, shaking and shaking, "It's too early, it won't be too late when the child is older."

Mrs. Xie Guogong just said that, seeing her husband was noncommittal, she laughed too, "Yes."

"It's the Empress Dowager's birthday gift, how are you preparing?" Xie Guogong asked.

"The color is complete, and it has been carefully placed in the treasury." After speaking, Mrs. Xie Guogong called the maid to fetch the gift list. Xie Guogong read it carefully and nodded slightly.In fact, in his opinion, the Lin family brothers are all good, but... Thinking of Emperor Zhaode, Xie Guogong sighed.

After the drama and wine came to an end, Lin Yi was also busy with the Queen Mother's birthday ceremony, being close to his aunt, and taking care of their brothers. Lin Yi had just won the title of Duke of Cheng'en, so naturally he was more attentive in preparing the ceremony.When Lin Yi went to visit Lin Jing's body, he said to Lin Jing, "Auntie raised you, and you keep a separate copy, and put it in there when the time comes, and Auntie will be happy when she sees her." Thinking of Lin Jing drinking the soup for a few days, Chu Chu After getting better, Lin Yi felt a little distressed when he saw that his little face had lost weight, and said, "Don't bother too much. If you have an idea, I'll send someone to do it for you. It's also your wish." .”

"I've already prepared it," Lin Jing said.

Lin Yi couldn't help asking, "What have you prepared?"

Lin Jing took out a scroll from the desk at hand and showed it to his elder brother. When it was unfolded, it was a mounted scroll of the Sutra of Peace.To be honest, Lin Jing's handwriting is not very good, it's not that he didn't practice carefully, it's just that he is small and weak, lacks strength, and lacks some skills.However, Yi Lin Jing's age is quite regular, so it can be seen that he has put his heart into it.

"My aunt is not an outsider. There is no shortage of gold, jade and jewelry in the palace. The eldest brother just prepares gifts as usual. Whether we are close or not does not depend on these birthday gifts." Lin Jing has a different conclusion.

Lin Yi said, "That shouldn't be too simple. We are the Empress Dowager's natal family, how can we not embarrass the Empress Dowager." Then he asked Lin Jing, "How is the book reading?"

"It's okay." Lin Jing asked back, "Didn't Mr. Xia tell the big brother? Or, did the big brother ask Mr. Xia how my studies are?"

Lin Yi smiled, "But it only shows that you are smart. Ask Mr. Xia if you are the same as yourself."

It's not that Lin Jing is not good at studying, on the contrary, Mr. Xia is still full of praise for Lin Jing just because of such misfortunes and eight diseases that delay homework from time to time.Mr. Xia believes that in time, Lin Jing will definitely achieve his career as a famous teacher.Lin Jing's talent is very good, he can understand a little bit, but there is one thing, the physical reason is one of them, moreover, Lin Jing didn't pay much attention to the Four and Five Books.

Due to Lin Jing's physical limitations, Lin Yi did not dare to arrange too heavy homework for him. He had one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon every day, and he could not have extracurricular homework.In this way, Lin Jing's rapid progress in that day was enough for Mr. Xia to learn a lot.Mr. Xia had already told Lin Yiming that according to Lin Jing's aptitude, he would be sure to take the Jinshi examination in the future.

At first, Lin Yi taught for Master Lin Jingyan, but he just wanted the children to study well, and he didn't plan to take the imperial examination in the future.It was a surprise that Mr. Xia had such a high opinion of Lin Jing.Lin Yi is very proud of his younger brother. In his opinion, Lin Jing has such a talent, so he shouldn't waste this rare talent.

Aim high.

Lin Yi wanted to take this opportunity to ask Lin Jing about his future ambitions, to encourage Lin Jing and so on.But for some reason, as long as you talk to Lin Jing, you can always be fooled by this kid infinitely.

Before Lin Yi could talk about his career in the imperial examination, Lin Jing said, "Mr. Xia is very nice, but he always tells me about the imperial examination. It seems that he wants me to take the imperial examination."

"What's wrong, your third brother has already been selected as a scholar, and he will have a try this autumn." No matter how good the title is, there is only one, and with the big tree of the Lin family, the children still have to go their own way.Compared with Lin Sa and Lin Duan, Lin Yi is more optimistic about Lin Jing.

Lin Jing lost interest, and said, "I can't bear to go to the exam. I heard that it's cold in the exam room, and I don't have any food. Isn't this killing me?"

Lin Yi thought of Lin Jing's body, and said, "You are still young, take care of it, and it will be fine when you grow older."

"Then I don't want to be tested for fame." Lin Jing whispered, "It's not that big brother doesn't know about His Majesty's temper. Big brother and I are both legitimate sons. It's enough for big brother to win the title, and I can enjoy wealth."

Regardless of Lin Jing's young age, he had already planned, saying, "In the future, my eldest brother will donate to me a spare job, and it's enough to give me more money and family property when we divide the family. I don't really want to be an official."

"Then what do you want to do?"

Lin Jing's eyes were shining brightly, "I want to visit various places when I have time. The beautiful rivers and rivers, the local customs and customs will also broaden my horizons."

What is this called, Lin Yi said, "Read the serious scriptures before we talk." When Emperor Zhaode was around, it might not be their brother's turn to stand out. After all, Lin Jing was young, and according to Lin Jing's talent, who said In the future.

Lin Jing responded lazily, and said casually, "If you want me to say, the third brother doesn't have to end this autumn. If you want a future, just donate an official." Lin Jing raised a thin finger, pointed to it, and said , "It's not just because of taboos from above. Our family is originally a family, and the children of the family seek birth, and there are rules of the family. Why do you have to squeeze the single-plank bridge with the children of the poor family? If you win, it's just the hard work of six or seven rank sesame officials. If If you lose, you lose face."

Thinking of the temperament of the two concubine brothers, Lin Yi said, "The third brother is willing to try, so let him try it, there is nothing wrong with it." Now the brothers are not married yet, so the family has not been separated.When the family is separated in the future, the younger brothers will be side branches, and it doesn't matter if they were born in the imperial examination.

It's strange to say that Lin Yi, as the eldest brother, watched Lin Sa and Lin Duan grow up, and they lived together since childhood. Even though there was a difference between the aunt and concubine, they were brothers who had been together for more than ten years. In the end, Lin Yi felt that he was not as good as Lin Sa. Jing gets close to his younger brother who has only been together for a few days.

For example, Lin Jing returned home for a short time, and Lin Yi scolded him many times.Most of this was due to Lin Jing's audacity, but Lin Yi scolded Lin Jing without any psychological pressure.However, for Lin Salin Duan, don't say reprimand, Lin Yi will think it over if it is a little serious.Facing Lin Jing, Lin Yi didn't have such worries at all, even if it was serious, Lin Yi didn't feel what would happen.Of course, Lin Jing doesn't have the temperament of being disadvantaged at all, he can still make three points if he doesn't reason, if you want to wrong him, it's a dream!

Even Lin Yi sighed in his heart. As the eldest brother, he always adhered to the principle of a bowl of water being equal, and took good care of his younger brothers.Now, Lin Yi feels that people's hearts may be biased, otherwise, why would he like Lin Jing as soon as he sees him? He has an instinctive closeness to Lin Jing.

After talking with Lin Jing for a while, under Lin Jing's strong request and on the premise that there was no third person in the room, Lin Yi rode him back on the neck again, because Lin Jing insisted: If the big brother is willing to coax him , coaxed him to be happy, he was in a good mood, and he recovered quickly.

Lin Jing has always been consistent with such fallacies, and Lin Yi couldn't stand his endless pestering, so he reluctantly agreed.Coaxing Lin Jing to smile, Lin Yi had dinner with him again before returning to his yard.

Even the Yue clan was very close to Lin Jing, and the Yue clan asked Lin Jing for his opinion on the gift list for the Empress Dowager.Lin Jing has been with Empress Dowager Lin for several years, and he is a clever person, so he naturally knows what Empress Dowager Lin likes.

Lin Yiyue's pampering and thoughtful treatment of Lin Jing is not without envy.For example, Lin Sa and Lin Ping's biological mother, Aunt Zhou, sees it in her eyes and sees it in her heart, her pair of big almond eyes that still have a bit of moisture, wishing that sparks would sparkle, she gritted her silver teeth, and chatted with the children who came to visit her. He complained, "It can be seen that he is a brother of a direct relative. Before he came, the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to clean up the house, and the money was wasted! I have only lived for a few days, and I have a small kitchen and a famous teacher. Let alone your food and clothing costs, even the old lady did not do this when she was alive! Although there is a difference between the concubine and the concubine, don’t be too partial and spoil your conscience! When there was no title, you were still a brother and friend Gong's Xiang'er, now that there are officials and nobles, he doesn't even want face! He is only willing to cling to his own mother and compatriots! Just think about it, although I was born as a slave, you are all descendants of the old man. The blood of the Lin family is flowing all over the body!"

Lin Sa hurriedly persuaded, "What is Auntie talking about? Eldest brother and sister-in-law have treated us badly. The fourth brother is young and weak, so naturally we should be more careful. Why doesn't Auntie understand this? Auntie If you tell your brothers and sisters-in-law to hear them, wouldn’t it be chilling?" In the past, Mr. Lin had a cheating brother, the Second Grandpa Lin, so he was very concerned about the education of his children and grandchildren. Another cheating product.The son moved out of the inner house when he was six years old, and was brought up by the men of the family, because he was afraid that women would be ignorant and delay the child, and in turn, he could cheat his father.

In comparison, Mr. Lin didn't care much about his daughter, because in Mr. Lin's heart, his daughter was an outsider, so it was no big deal.Lin Ping was far more knowledgeable than her brother Lin Sa, touching the translucent and moist jade bracelet on her wrist, curled the corner of her lips, and said, "If you hear it, you will hear it. If they acted fairly, wouldn't Auntie be so unreasonable. I am the second brother's own sister, and my aunt is the second brother's own aunt, and the second brother really does not favor us, but outsiders."

Lin Sa scolded in a cold voice, "Presumptuous! Which one is an outsider? Is the elder brother an outsider? Or is the sister-in-law an outsider?" Lin Sa's face turned cold. Lin Ping was still a little scared at a young age, so she lowered her mouth and stopped talking. .Aunt Zhou hurriedly said, "You child, why are you angry at your sister?"

"Why am I angry?" Lin Sa asked back, "I would like to ask, what good is it to have Auntie who is so provoking disharmony between our brothers and sisters?"

Aunt Zhou thought she was a child with good intentions, but she choked Lin Sa half to death, screamed, and dragged Lin Sa to cry and curse.As soon as Lin Sa saw that his aunt was going to be rude, he ran away, and even made Aunt Zhou so angry that he yelled and scolded her in his small courtyard.

I don't know why old aunt Zhou was deceived by the lard, or because Lin Yi and the Yue family have always been generous to these old aunts, old aunt Zhou was so angry that she blamed Lin Jing for all her resentment. superior.Aunt Zhou murmured to herself, "The whole family still treats such a thing that restrains father and mother as a living treasure, hum!" I get sick and hurt from time to time, but it doesn't matter if I'm just a furry child.He was so dizzy that he ordered the two maids around him to gossip outside Lin Jing's courtyard, intending to disgust Lin Jing, but also to vent his anger.

It's a pity that Aunt Zhou has neither wisdom nor luck. What kind of temperament is Lin Jing?

Old Aunt Zhou probably felt that she had meritorious service in having children. In the past, even the old lady who passed away gave her three points, and Lin Yiyue's family was not as knowledgeable as her.The girl under her hand was beaten, and Aunt Zhou was so angry that she asked Lin Jing to comment.Lin Jing directly ordered people to bring all the people in Aunt Zhou's house, and they were all beaten and unable to move.Aunt Zhou was so angry that she went crazy, and then she uttered wild words, Lin Jing beat her close girl to death in front of Aunt Zhou!

Aunt Zhou has been taken over by Mrs. Lin, she has been doted on, and she has given birth to a son and a daughter. There are many servants in the house who flatter her, but her bones are so light because of the flattery. I wish I could go to heaven go!As fierce and cruel as Lin Jing, it was the first time in the world that Aunt Zhou met Auntie Zhou. Regardless of raising a son and a daughter, she was only in her early thirties.Immediately, he sat down on the ground in fright, trembling all over, at first he was very eloquent, but now he couldn't even utter a single sentence.

After hearing the news, the Yue family came to persuade Lin Jing first, and said in a gentle voice, "Fourth Uncle is in better health, why bother to be angry with the servants, he is so angry that he will embarrass them."

Lin Jing's complexion was as usual, the corners of his lips curled up, and he said, "I can't be angry with my servants, but if some servants speak rudely and don't take me seriously, I will teach you a lesson. Sister-in-law, please come in, I have just done it here. A good peanut cake, sister-in-law, try it, does it taste good?"

The Yue family knew that Lin Jing had a big idea, and the disturbance in Lin Jing's courtyard was so earth-shattering, the Yue family was really worried about angering Lin Jing, but now seeing Lin Jing's expression is fair, talking and laughing, even the Yue family is deeply surprised.Since Lin Jing was fine, the Yue family said again, "The old aunt is notoriously stupid. I don't want her to be more rude now and offend the fourth brother. What is the aunt worth, but to look at the face of the second brother and sister. .”

Just at this time, Lin Ping hurried over with Lin Yi and Lin Sa in a panic. Seeing that her aunt was disfigured and discolored, the two girls on the ground were dead and there was thick blood flowing out from under her body. Ping was also so frightened that she didn't know what to do, she rushed over to hold Aunt Zhou and burst into tears.Aunt Zhou came back to her senses, seeing that her children had arrived, she hugged her daughter and wept over Mrs. Lin, who had died prematurely.

Lin Yi's face was ice-cold, Yue frowned and said, "Help the old lady and the second girl back first."

Lin Jing said coldly, "Gag me first!"

Lin Jing had just killed two of them, but now his words were more effective than that of Yue's, the two women in his courtyard stepped forward and gagged the mouths of Aunt Zhou and Lin Ping with handkerchiefs.Lin Jing's eyes were on fire, he glanced at Lin Yi and Lin Sa, and said, "Big Brother and Second Brother came just in time, and also just in time to see the rules of our Lin family, an old aunt, dare to come to my courtyard to rape me! "Then Lin Jing ordered Ding Xiang to find a little girl in Aunt Zhou's courtyard. The little girl told how Aunt Zhou was dissatisfied with Lin Jing's detached treatment, how she cursed in her own courtyard, and how she ordered the girl to say that Lin Jing was hard-fated outside Lin Jing's courtyard. I learned the words of Ke Fu Ke Mu again.

Lin Sa blushed with shame, stepped forward and bowed to Lin Jing, "The old aunt doesn't understand the rules, I hope the fourth brother will look at me for my sake, and let the old aunt be spared."

"If it weren't for the face of the second elder brother and the second sister, the old aunt would not be here." Lin Jing stopped Lin Sa's mouth with a word, and calmed down, Lin Jing asked, "Then according to the second brother, the old aunt should be How to deal with it?"

Gritting her teeth, Lin Sa said, "Since then, the old aunt has eaten fast, recited Buddha's name, prayed for her father, and never left the hospital."

Lin Jing said lightly, "Second elder brother said so, it's fine." Lin Jing's dark eyes slowly glanced at the family servants, and said, "The master is lenient, so it's a mistake to be lenient. Since you recognize an old concubine as the master, Listen to her errands, this family can't accommodate you. The second girl is about to talk about her in-law's family, and she is so unrefined, the nun and the personal maid don't know how to advise, and let the second girl go crazy and throw away. What use is there for you to save your face?"

Lin Jing kept his body healthy and read books on weekdays, and seldom went out. Some servants saw him as young, so they inevitably looked down on him.Now, as soon as Lin Jing made a move, he took the old aunt Zhou's food to eat vegetarian food and prayed to Buddha, and even the girls and women around Lin Ping changed all over again.

Because Lin Jing took the opportunity to say to the Yue family, "If the family was not too generous and easy to be bullied, how would the second grandpa dare to be moved to seize the title." Once again, the government was reorganized like an iron bucket.

But Lin Sa, after his biological mother was grounded, he felt ashamed that his biological mother was rude to Lin Jing, and his younger sister was so out of tune that it could make people grey.He didn't really know Lin Jing well, so he asked Lin Yi for help, thinking about apologizing to Lin Jing again.Lin Yi comforted Lin Sa, "Jing'er has always been generous, not a stingy one." It's not that Lin Yi intended to praise Lin Jing. Originally, Lin Yi thought that according to Lin Jing's temper, there was an old concubine in his courtyard. Make a fuss, you can't be so angry.As a result, Lin Jing dealt with Mrs. Zhou, and continued to eat and drink as usual.Lin Yi understood at that time that Lin Jing really didn't care about Mrs. Zhou.

In the end, Lin Sa found a few playthings and gave them to Lin Jing, Lin Jing took them away, and Lin Sa felt a little relieved.

One day, Lin Jing asked Lin Yi how the families of the two girls who were killed by him were sent away.Lin Yi whispered a few words to Lin Jing, Lin Jing nodded slightly, Lin Yi pointed Lin Jing, "Family has family rules, you are the master, even if you get angry in the future, let the housekeeper deal with it. This is the style of our children "Because Aunt Zhou said that Lin Jing's fate is hard, Lin Yi was very unhappy, otherwise, Lin Jing would not let Aunt Zhou and Lin Ping lose face.

Lin Jingying said, "Got it." If we don't set up rules first, I'm afraid those servants don't take him seriously.

Lin Yi said again, "Don't take what some slaves say."

Lin Jing smiled at the end of his eyes, and looked at Lin Yi, "Big brother is talking about my fate?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Lin Yi patted Lin Jing's head, "It's just the ignorant words of some foolish men."

Lin Jing smiled, disapproving.

In the blink of an eye, Empress Dowager Lin had arrived, Lin Jing changed into a festive robe, and entered the palace with his brother and sister-in-law for a banquet.