The Founding of the Red Chamber

Empress Dowager Lin's death was really too sudden. If someone who had been ill for a long time died suddenly, people would not be so shocked.Empress Dowager Lin is different. Empress Dowager Lin was living a good life at first, but it made the old Rong family disgusted. Afterwards, Empress Dowager Lin closed the palace door, and Emperor Zhaode, the concubine, and nephews from her natal family outside were not seen at all, so they went west .

The death of Empress Dowager Lin caught everyone in the court by surprise, especially Emperor Zhaode, he, he really didn't expect his aunt to be so depressed because of Rong's words.He needs to know that he must deal with the Rong family.The world did not know earlier that when the Empress Dowager Lin was with a person like Emperor Zhaode, he did not know how much he had guarded against the Lin family. When the Empress Dowager Lin left suddenly, his tears were not all fake.

But, at this moment, what's the point of crying again.

Emperor Zhaode wanted to hold a grand funeral for his aunt, and ordered all the officials to write a eulogy to commemorate his aunt, and choose a posthumous posthumous title for his aunt.He also sent the envoy of the imperial hospital who was treating him to the Lin family to see Lin Jing. Lin Jing was in a coma for three days before waking up.When he woke up, he saw the envoy Duan of the imperial hospital. This envoy Duan had known Lin Jing for a long time. When Lin Jing was a child, he would get sick every now and then, and it was the envoy Duan who diagnosed and treated him.Duan Yuan envoy said, "Brother Jing's illness, don't be overjoyed and sympathetic, you must calm your mind to heal it."

Lin Jing cried when he thought of his aunt. He lost his mother since he was a child, and it was his aunt who raised him. In Lin Jing's heart, he always felt that if his mother was alive, he might be just like his aunt.Lin Jing just woke up, feeling sad in his heart, his face was pale and weak from crying.Nanny Zhang and the others all came from the Palace of Mercy. Seeing Lin Jing being so sad, they all had red eye circles, but they didn't dare to cry out.Shu Jingyun's face was serious, and she said to Lin Jing, "There is no end to the Queen Mother's matter. You are so sick, and you are not worthy of the Queen Mother's usual treatment of you."

This person may have such a sigh of relief.

Lin Jing was so ill that when Empress Dowager Lin's Zi Palace was sent to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, Lin Jing still braced himself to see him off.It will be October when Empress Dowager Lin's funeral is over.The Muzhou Mansion has been at constant wars since Chongyang. Lin Jing drank the medicine and said, "Now the battle in the Muzhou Mansion, if there is no aunt, I am afraid that the Muzhou Mansion will not be able to fight this battle. Strange to say, every time The Rong family has something to do, and the Muzhou government will fight."

Nanny Zhang said, "Master rests in peace of mind to recuperate from his illness, and he will take care of himself so that he can vent his anger on your mother's behalf!"

Lin Jing said, "I don't need to go out, the way of heaven will just watch."

With Lin Jing's illness, he could not get out of bed until the spring of the second year.He has recuperated for half a year, and now he can go out, Lin Yi can't help him, but he just told him not to be tired.Lin Jing didn't go anywhere else, so he went to Xie Guogong's mansion.

Xie Guogong was very happy to see Lin Jing, and said, "It's good."

Lin Jing said, "No matter how bad it is, the Duke of the State will come to see me in person and give me back such good things." In terms of Xie Guogong's seniority, as the former father-in-law of Emperor Zhaode and the status of the Duke of the State, Going to visit Lin Jing in person, I really value Lin Jing.

Xie Guogong looked at Lin Jing and saw that his face was a little bloody, but he was too thin, so he couldn't help showing his heartache, and said, "I have to eat more, and I'll make up for it."

Although Lin Jing was pitifully skinny in the eyes of Duke Xie, really, these days people pay attention to "big fat boys" and think that being fat is a blessing. Lin Jing is so thin, especially in the wealthy family of the Duke's mansion. good.However, Lin Jing was in good spirits, and said, "It's either soup or tonic all day long, I can't even taste the taste after eating it."

Xie Guogong smiled, "You, you little people, you don't take your body seriously. When I'm this age, you'll realize that everything is empty. You have to improve your size first. This is the most affordable."

"Yeah, I couldn't figure it out before, but now I figure it out. The shameless one is still alive, and we have to live a better life." Lin Jing has been recuperating for half a year, and now he doesn't gnash his teeth when talking about the Rong family. He also laughed at Cen Cen, as if nothing happened, but Xie Guogong looked at him with admiration.Xie Guogong said, "Yes, that's the reason."

Xie Guogong was very happy that Lin Jing's health improved, so he had lunch with him and talked a lot with him.

After Lin Jing left, Mrs. Xie said, "When I see Ah Jing, I think of the Empress Dowager. It's a strange feeling."

Xie Guogong sighed, "Good people don't live long."

Mrs. Xie said, "Tell me, why is the empress dowager so overwhelmed? Let me tell you, the shameless family is still alive, and the empress dowager should live a better life. Wouldn't it be right for that family to go like this?" child's heart."

"If we all think like you, there will be no empress dowager." Xie Guogong's eyes showed a trace of memory and regret, Xie Guogong said, "I followed the late emperor in modest clothes, and the late emperor occasionally saw the empress dowager, and since then he has fallen in love with her. At that time, the late emperor I wanted to accept the Empress Dowager into the palace and temporarily become the imperial concubine, but the Empress Dowager didn't want to, saying that entering the palace means becoming a queen, otherwise, it is better not to enter the palace. Later, the first emperor allowed the successor."

"The empress dowager's temperament is all about her gains and losses, and she is also respectable and cute. She has a high vision, and she has high standards for what she wants. Our nan and the first prince have gone. Except for our family, only the empress dowager is the real one. Sad." Xie Guogong still couldn't hide his sadness when he thought of his unlucky daughter, "If it weren't for the Queen Mother, I would not have allowed our aunt to enter the palace. These days, the better the heart, the harder it is to live."

"Who says it's not?" Mrs. Xie felt the same way.

After the beginning of spring, Lin Jing's body became better day by day, and everyone in the family was happy about it.

Lin Jing was in good spirits, and even gave the third nephew a name. Speaking of which, the birth of Xiao Sanlang was a bit untimely. It was during the filial piety period of Queen Mother Lin, and the third full moon was not celebrated.Lin Jing has always liked little dolls, but this child is the best-looking among his brothers. In Mrs. Yue's words, "I was born at the wrong time, so I have to be well-behaved to please my parents."When Lin Jing heard this, he would roll his eyes and stare at Mrs. Yue, what does it mean to be born at the wrong time.Lin Jingdao, "Sanlang is so handsome, he will be promising in the future, why don't you call him Hong and make a big splash."

Needless to say, everyone feels that the word "Hong" is good, with the ambition to fly high, and it means auspiciousness.

Thus, Lin Hong's name was settled in this way.

Lin Jing's health was safe in August. One year after the death of Empress Dowager Lin, Emperor Zhaode personally went to the Imperial Mausoleum to pay homage to his aunt. Lin Jing also changed into bright clothes in addition to his clothes.He is getting better now, and he often goes out.The reappearance of Lin Jing in the social circle of the imperial capital really frightened the Rong family.Because, whenever Lin Jing meets the Rong family at any banquet, he must ask, "Is your old man still alive? When will the imperial concubine be the queen? If you are in a hurry, why don't you call Rong Si and the barbarians again?" Buy some military exploits, anyway, whether the Muzhou Mansion will fight or not depends on whether the money is in place. The money does not belong to your Rong family, it belongs to the imperial court, so don’t feel bad about it.”

If the Rong family wants to talk about it, it's true that ten people can't arrange Lin Jing alone.The Rong family wanted to do something, and that was even more so. Lin Jing brought his bodyguards with him when he traveled. The old family of the Lin family, one of Lin Jing's guards beat eight of the Rong family.The Rong family went to file a complaint in front of Emperor Zhaode, but since Queen Mother Lin passed away, Emperor Zhaode has been busy with the war in Muzhou Mansion and did not deal with the Rong family, but he is indifferent to the Rong family, even the imperial concubine Rong has no love for her , Emperor Zhaode seldom entered her palace again.Not to mention the later position, in this case, the Rong family dare not even think about the latter position.As for Mrs. Rong, if she wants to let others go, she won't have the face to live again.If Mrs. Rong was willing to die, she would be able to solve the crisis of the Rong family. However, she would not be willing to die, but since then she has no face to appear in the social circle of the imperial capital.People with a little reputation refused to associate with her any more.

Anyway, Lin Jing treats the Rong family like a ghost.

Apart from hating the Rong family deeply, Lin Jing is a normal person to everyone else, especially whenever the Rong family leaves his eyes, he will smile at Yan Yan, greet and talk to others, and look like a good person.

Compared with the previous low-key, he was afraid of getting Emperor Zhaode's eyes or something.Lin Jing can't be high-profile now. He dares to say anything. He is an in-law of the Rong family. Sometimes Lin Jing will say when he sees him, "What is the Muzhou mansion? If any of your important relatives are in the Muzhou mansion, I think you must have heard some rumors. Rong Si is in Muzhou Mansion. As long as his money can fool the barbarians, it is everyone’s blessing. One day his money will no longer work, just wait and see, the country will be in disaster, It must start from the Rong family. If there is any old relationship between your family and the Rong family, it will be too early to retreat."

What Lin Jing said was something that even Prime Minister Bai Xiang, the chief assistant of the court, dared not say.

Bai Xiang's grandson, Bai Xian, knew Lin Jing, and they both belonged to the powerful circle of the imperial capital. The Bai family also hated what the old lady Rong did. When Bai Xian asked Guan Xiaoer to talk to Lin Jing, Bai Xian asked Lin Jing "What you said seems to be true. Hey, no one will dislike the old man of the Rong family. Even my eldest sister moved out with her brother-in-law, and my grandmother refused to go to his house. It's just that Muzhou mansion After all, it is an important matter of the country, so it is not easy to talk about it casually." Bai Xian was a few years older, and his speech was particularly mature and steady.

Lin Jing sneered, "Could it be that I'm talking nonsense?"

Bai Xian said, "My grandfather is not sure about this matter."

"Bai Xiang looks at the memorials of hundreds of officials. In the current Muzhou Mansion, Rong Si has a long history of merging with the barbarians. Rong Si got the hereditary Marquis because of this, and the subordinates are promoted because of this, and those who get rich get rich. Everyone benefited from it, just a vine grasshopper, who would say that the Muzhou government's military exploits were fake. No one would say, and Bai Xiang naturally couldn't see it. I don't know about these memorials or not, but I heard that Recently, several leading merchants of the Muzhou Chamber of Commerce have sent a lot of important children, wives and children, together with their goods, to the imperial capital." Lin Jing looked at Bai Xian, "If I come from a noble family, what I have seen and heard Mostly it’s the flowers on the face. When it comes to the real situation, the people at the bottom often know better than us. You think I’m talking nonsense, let me tell you, Rong Si is now on the verge of riding a tiger. He dare not let go of the military power in Muzhou Prefecture. Because, he knows better than anyone else where those soldiers and rewards from the imperial court have gone! Once he lets go of the military power in Muzhou, who will make up the shortfall for the next general who takes over! Unless his henchman takes over, then It also depends on whether he can find such a scapegoat! But think about it, during the war, does the court go to change generals? It is His Majesty, who did not believe the words of Mr. Tang and my elder brother at first, and His Majesty could not change his honor for the sake of face. Si, Rong Si, he is already riding a tiger."

Lin Jing was originally very beautiful, but he was a little weak after recovering from a serious illness. The morning sunlight fell on his frail face through the window, reflecting a sharp and delicate delicacy.His eyelashes flickered, and there seemed to be a bit of sharpness in those black and white phoenix eyes.