Miss Lin Family of the Red Chamber

"Mr. Yan, please wait a moment, Master Li. The old slave will inform you." Steward Lin led Yan Chengdui and Li Changwei outside Lin Ruhai's room.

"Master, the guests are here."

"Please come in."

When the two came in, they saw Lin Ruhai was being helped to sit up and lean on the bed. Lin Ruhai apologized slightly when he saw the two of them.

"Young Master Yan, Lord Li, please forgive Ru Hai for not being able to stand up to greet him."

"I've met Master Lin. Master Lin was injured on duty. Loyalty to the monarch and the country are our role models."

Li Changwei Master Li's eyes seemed to be sizing up Lin Ruhai intentionally or unintentionally, and seeing that his face was as thin as dirt, and he looked like he was dying, his eyes flashed and he remembered something in his heart.

"My lord Lin, the two officials came here by His Majesty's imperial decree. Your Majesty has ordered Li Changwei and Mr. Li to take over the post of inspecting salt and censor in the south of the Yangtze River. You can return to Beijing to take up the post after the handover between Mr. Lin and Mr. Li..."

Yan Chengze read out the will of the saint with a businesslike attitude, and Lin Ruhai was very satisfied to see his attitude.Although Yan Chengze and the Lin family are familiar with each other, there is no need to be humane, and more importantly, to distinguish between public and private and not to be blamed by others.

"Chen Lin Ruhai thanked Long En."

Lin Ruhai bowed down with the support of two servants, and then was supported to lie back on the bed.Next, Lin Ruhai braced his body to hand over to Mr. Li, and Yan Chengze was invited out for tea.

"Mr. Yan, please sit down and drink tea."

Butler Lin was arranged to personally receive Yan Chengze.

"Uncle Cheng. Uncle Cheng, where is Qing Heng?"

Yan Chengze took the tea from Butler Lin. Yan Chengze was an old friend of Meng Zhou. He had been to the Lin Mansion quite a few times over the years, and he was also an acquaintance with Butler Lin. None of the servants in the outer courtyard of the Lin Mansion knew that Mr. Yan was the young master of the mansion. friends.

Yan Chengze was puzzled when he saw Meng Zhou. Every time he came, it was Meng Zhou himself who came to treat the guests. He wondered if Hengqing wasn't in the mansion?No, since Hengqing was selected as a scholar, he no longer went to the academy, and Uncle Lin was injured, Hengqing was almost always in the Lin residence.

"The young master has gone to the capital. The master thought that the whole family would go to Beijing soon, so he asked the young master to take someone to the capital to repair the house first."

Lin Butler smiled with a chrysanthemum pattern on his face. Lin Butler liked Yan Chengze, a good friend of his young master, very much.

"Oh, we came and he left, so he missed it."

Yan Chengze reached out his hand to touch the box hidden in his sleeve, his face couldn't help being disappointed, as to whether it was because he was disappointed because he didn't see Meng Shao or because it was because of others besides himself, he didn't know.

Due to the many affairs of the salt government and Lin Ruhai's health, the handover is not complete every day. After Lin Ruhai and Mr. Li handed over for an hour, Mr. Li left the Lin Mansion with several thick piles of account books.Shortly after Yan Chengze left with Master Li, he returned to the Lin Mansion to see Lin Ruhai.

"I don't know what's the reason for my nephew's departure and return? Or is there another order from His Majesty." Lin Ruhai knew the relationship between Yan Chengze and Emperor Jing Xing, so it was understandable if Yan Chengze had other secret orders.

"Your Majesty has no other intentions. It is a private matter for Qinghe to return..."

Faced with Lin Ruhai, Yan Chengze felt embarrassed when he talked about his private affairs.

"Oh, but it has something to do with Zhou'er?"

The son made friends with Yan Chengze, and Lin Ruhai immediately thought of his son.

"No, it's not, it's related to your family's daughter..." Yan Chengze said feeling extremely uneasy.

"Is it Yan'er or Yu'er? What's the matter?" Lin Ruhai was the first to think of Jia's mansion. Could it be that Jia's mansion did something wrong?

"Uncle be careful."

As soon as Lin Ruhai heard about his daughter, he became anxious and forgot about the presence of his nephew and called out the names of his two daughters. His body swayed and he almost couldn't support himself. Fortunately, Yan Chengze had sharp eyesight and quickly supported him so that he didn't fall out of bed.

When Lin Ruhai heard it, he thought it was something bad. Seeing that his two daughters were still young, Lin Ruhai didn't think of anything else.

"What's the matter with Qinghe, whether it's Yan'er or Yu'er, tell uncle quickly."

The Lin family has only one son for several generations, and has no daughters for five generations. Now he has two sons and daughters. He loves his two daughters no less than his three sons.

"The Concubine Zhen Gui said that the Supreme Emperor intends to make a big breakthrough in the coming year. She will select talented and virtuous women to serve in the palace for His Majesty, and give the virtuous and beautiful daughters of the princes as concubines... I heard that my uncle's eldest daughter and Hengqing are twins..." The implication is that Meng Yan is just at the age of the draft.

Yan Chengze told the truth that he pushed the matter to Concubine Zhen Gui to eliminate the suspicion of Emperor Jing Xing's sexuality. Of course, the fact was that Concubine Zhen Gui's idea, but people who don't know think that the new emperor will be elected after he ascends the throne. Put a hat on Emperor Jing Xing who is greedy for women.Because although it was Concubine Zhen Gui's idea, the Supreme Emperor made the final decision, but it was Emperor Jing Xing who made the decree. Outsiders don't care about the twists and turns in the palace, they only look at who made the decree.

Yan Chengze had ulterior motives in telling Lin Ruhai about this, but Lin Ruhai didn't have the time to guess what Yan Chengze meant by doing this. At this moment, he was full of worries, and all his thoughts turned to thinking about the draft.

It was only after Yan Chengze reminded Lin Ruhai that his eldest daughter would be fifteen years old in the next year, and if it was the emperor's decree to choose it, especially if it was Princess Zhengui's idea, Yan'er might not be able to escape the election.

He has offended and hindered the Zhen family so many times as the patrol censor in the south of the Yangtze River for so many years, he can't count the number of times, especially when he voted for Emperor Jingxing before, he offended Concubine Zhen Gui and King Rongjun to death, and even the king of Rongjun lost a lot The position also has his credit, I am afraid that Concubine Zhen Gui and King Rongjun have long been eager to eat his flesh and thirst for his blood.If Concubine Zhen Gui presides over this general election, I'm afraid Yan Er will be retaliated by them.

The only way to avoid the draft is to get engaged for Yan'er as soon as possible, and Yan'er and Ji will get married; it's just that before this incident, he and the Meng family have never seen each other and so far, there is no suitable candidate.Before, he and the Meng family did not dare to look at each other rashly because of the seizure of the princes by the princes. They were afraid that the person they liked would be implicated in the seizure of the inheritance, and his daughter would also be implicated in the Lin family; He didn't show it to Yan'er even though he was delayed by many things, and he wanted to keep his daughter for a few more years.But now they don't want the new emperor to be drafted after he ascends the throne, which puts the Lin family and Yan'er in a dilemma.

This should be as good as it should be, if Yan'er can't be avoided to go to the draft, wouldn't it be a harm to Yan'er.

As for going to Beijing to meet Lin Ruhai again, he didn't think about it at all, the day lily was cold when he came to Beijing.Who knows what kind of pillow noise Dou Concubine Zhen Gui blew into the Supreme Emperor's ears, she was thinking about how to deal with the Lin family.

In addition, he secretly voted for Emperor Jing Xing and the Supreme Emperor will know sooner or later, don't say that Concubine Zhen Gui will not let Yan'er off in the harem, I'm afraid the Supreme Emperor will be angry, whether Yan'er will survive in the harem is another matter.

What's more, as long as he goes to Beijing, he will be summoned by Emperor Jing Xing. He is not a confidant of Emperor Jing Xing, but he has important information and evidence. Whether it is to win over him, the confidant of the Supreme Emperor, or to appease the Supreme Emperor They must bring his daughter into the palace...

What's more, even if Yan'er married into an ordinary family, she might not be able to escape the revenge of Concubine Zhen Gui's family safely.

Lin Ruhai knew that Emperor Jing Xing would clean up Concubine Zhen Gui's lineage sooner or later, but as long as the Supreme Emperor was still alive, Jing Xing Emperor would not do it, but who knew when the Supreme Emperor would live?

Lin Ruhai didn't dare to think about it anymore, thinking about the possibility of Yan'er, Lin Ruhai coughed up blood in a panic, and immediately frightened Yan Chengze, and rushed out to call for a doctor.

"No, no need." Lin Ruhai stopped Yan Chengze who wanted to call a doctor, Lin Ruhai held Yan Chengze's hand and looked up at Yan Chengze, as if he had thought of something.

"Please trouble my nephew." Lin Ruhai was helped to sit upright by Yan Chengze.

"Uncle Lin, are you okay? Let the doctor take a look." Yan Chengze's heart sank. If something happened to Lin Ruhai in front of him, he really didn't know how to explain to Hengqing and the Lin family. It will be a bubble.

"No, you don't need to call the doctor, uncle is fine." Lin Ruhai fixed his eyes on Yan Chengze: "I heard from Zhou'er that my nephew is not married yet?" Zhou'er and Yan Cheng are close friends, so what he said must be true.

"Qinghe is indeed not married yet."

When Lin Ruhai asked him suddenly, Yan Chengze couldn't help being surprised.I can't help but guess in my heart that it has been seen.

"Is my nephew engaged?"

"When Qinghe was young, his mother was betrothed to Qinghe..."

Yan Chengze felt that there was nothing to hide about his engagement, but before Yan Chengze finished speaking, he heard that Yan Chengze had already engaged, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but feel sad, Yan Chengze seemed to think of something when he saw this flash of light in his mind, and couldn't help being happy Crazy.He seemed not to notice Lin Ruhai's expression and continued.

"It's just that before the woman and her father and brother were implicated in King Zhongyi's rebellion and their family was confiscated, the woman committed suicide and died. Because of the many things, there has been no marriage engagement until now."

"You are not engaged again?"

Things turned around suddenly, Lin Ruhai was overjoyed.

"It's true that I haven't been engaged again."

"How does my nephew see my uncle's eldest daughter?"

Lin Ruhai, who was anxious about her daughter, asked Yan Chengze in person, regardless of how it might affect her daughter's reputation.

"Uncle, what do you mean by this?"

Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Yan Chengze tried his best to calm himself so that he would not lose his composure because of the joy in his heart.

"Why, could it be that my nephew already has someone he likes?"

Seeing that Yan Chengze's face remained unchanged, Lin Ruhai couldn't help being disappointed, thinking that Yan Chengze or someone he liked didn't like his daughter.Yan Chengze is Jing Xing's cousin, the son of Cheng Engong, the grandson of Master Yan of Minglu Academy, and he, the daughter of a third-rank foreign official, is indeed worthy of being the son of Cheng Engong.Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai's originally disappointed expression darkened again.

Yan Chengze was stunned by the sudden surprise and didn't answer Lin Ruhai's words in time. When he came back to his senses, Lin Ruhai's face changed, thinking that Lin Ruhai had changed his mind, he couldn't help but hurriedly said.

"Uncle, uncle's eldest daughter is naturally excellent, but Qinghe is so old that she is worth a lot of money, I'm afraid..."

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai, who was anxious, couldn't wait to finish listening and interrupted: "In this case, how about uncle marrying Yan'er to a good nephew?"