Queen of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

"Eat, eat." Mother Jia shouted, separating the entangled eyes of the daughter-in-law and daughter.

Wanyu smiled and said: "Grandmother, I heard from my wife earlier that the eggplant in your house is a must, and I don't know if I can eat it today."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Your mother loved to eat when she was at home. Did she even tell you this?" Jia Mu took Wanyu and walked to the first row, saying, "Sit next to me in a while, and I will go with you." Speak well."

There is an important rule when eating, which is to serve the mother-in-law.Both Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang have been married into the Jia family for many years, and Mrs. Wang has given birth to several children, but she couldn't get away with picking three chopsticks for her mother-in-law at the beginning.But it is not so happy to have my sister-in-law sitting at this table.

Everyone has the desire to compare themselves, especially after they get married, comparing themselves with their sisters and sisters-in-law at home.

To be honest, before Jia Min came, Mrs. Wang was completely victorious both physically and psychologically.Mrs. Wang's natal sister married a businessman, and her status directly dropped several notches. Although Mrs. Wang felt that she was not as good as her original sister-in-law, but the sister-in-law died early, and the deceased was the oldest, so I won't say much about it.As for the later Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang sneered three times, throwing her three blocks away, a rhythm that even riding a thousand-mile horse could not keep up with.

But this sister-in-law, every time, would faintly overtake her and then be overtaken fiercely.

Mrs. Wang's natal family and her in-law's family are both in the capital. Although she only goes back two or three times a year after she gets married, she is still in one place and it is convenient to pass on any news. My sister-in-law, after staying in the capital, she goes to Jiangnan every two years. , this sister-in-law is not as good as her.

But in serving her mother-in-law, my sister-in-law is much better than her.After several generations of the Lin family, it was very easy to marry a daughter-in-law. The mother-in-law didn't let her take care of her at first, and my sister-in-law wrote a letter about these things.As for Jia's mother, she just said a few words when she had nothing to do. Her daughter was married well, and her mother-in-law let the young couple eat by herself in less than a year after she left.

Every time she heard this, Mrs. Wang wanted to roll her eyes: You are taking care of your daughter, how about me?Mrs. Wang married and until she gave birth to Jia Zhu, except for breakfast, she stood and waited for Jia's mother to finish before going back to eat, and she couldn't catch up with the meal every day.After giving birth to two children, serving two meals turned into serving one meal, and when she also married a daughter-in-law, she finally got to the point where she could only use three chopsticks for food.

When a woman marries, she belongs to someone else's family. Although Mrs. Wang still retains her natal family's surname, all her glory goes with her husband's family. In such a comparison, she is still not as good as my sister-in-law.

But... Mrs. Wang thought about Jia Zhu, who was already a scholar at the age of 14, and she felt much better.Jia Zhu went to the Imperial College to study after she was admitted as a scholar, and she married the daughter of the Imperial College Jijiu. Although he was detained by his father-in-law for six years, saying that he was not good enough in writing and ended up as a training partner, but this year his father-in-law finally got married Let it go, Jia Zhu will be able to give it a try next year.

They have been studying in the Imperial College for six years, and a golden road appeared in front of Mrs. Wang. If she passed the provincial examination next year, she would be a Juren, and after the next year, she would be a Gongshi.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but went to see the three-year-old son in my sister-in-law's house again.You can't compare to this, even if you have the father of a first-rank official, you still...

Too bad, I forgot that his father is at least a member of the first rank!

There is a rule in this dynasty that civil servants with a third grade or above and military officials with a second grade or above can send a son to study in the Imperial College.Where is the Imperial College?The person who goes in to study is at least a scholar. In other words, only you can go in. There is no need to save the exams before the township exam.

Mrs. Wang choked herself again, and at this moment Lin Ping, who was sitting across from her, dropped something out of the bowl, and my sister-in-law wiped what seemed to be food residue from the corner of his mouth.

Mrs. Wang suddenly felt passionate, this guy is directly a scholar!Just like her son!

While Mrs. Wang was making up for herself, from a heart attack to a heart attack, the four members of the Lin family sitting opposite her were enjoying themselves.

The dishes in Beijing are a bit drier and saltier than those in the Jiangnan area, but they are not eaten every day, and they are delicious once in a while.Especially the eggplant that is said to be paired with n chickens is indeed quite famous.Not to mention all-natural and pollution-free vegetables, free-range chickens that eat bugs are also delicious.

It's just that Wanyu has been eating naturally and pollution-free for seven years since she was born, so she is still a little disappointed.

"How is it?" Mother Jia asked the servant girl to put a spoonful of eggplants in Wanyu's bowl.

Wanyu turned her head to look at Jia Min, and whispered, "Can I have another spoonful?"

Jia's mother laughed loudly, "You can eat it! Your mother won't let you eat it. I'll beat her."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help saying bitterly in her heart again: Little sycophant!

But this is what the old people eat. It is much more convincing to ask for more food by the spoonful than to just say it is delicious.

After lunch, Jia Mu took Jia Min to her room to talk privately.Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang both said goodbye, and came out of Jia Mu's flower hall, Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "My sister-in-law has finally returned to the capital, my uncle has been promoted every step of the way, and the days to come must be more comfortable."

Madam Wang said with a blank face, "I'll go and see Li Wan", then turned and left.

After the meal, the adults go to talk privately, and there is only one activity left for the children, which is to sleep.Commonly known as the three things for children: eating and sleeping is the second thing in the long list.

All the children of Jia's family, including the one-year-old Xichun in Ningfu, were raised in Jia's mother's yard.Before Jia Min came, Jia's mother had made all the calculations. Just one noon, Mrs. Yuanchun Wang's room was crowded, and Wanyu and Daiyu slept in Yuanchun's room.Although the old lady treats everyone equally on the surface, and the other two concubines have what Yuanchun has, she still clearly distinguishes between the concubines and concubines in her heart.For example, her two granddaughters can only live in Yuanchun's house, and Yuanchun cannot go to Yingchun or Tanchun's house at noon.

As for Lin Ping, of course he slept with Baoyu.The old lady likes children, especially Baoyu, who was born with jade in her mouth.

Jia's family didn't have any children of the same age as Baoyu's, and Jia Huan was not included, so Lin Ping from his aunt's family was the one he was closest to.The title of title will not fall on Baoyu's head in the future, but his uncle is a capable man. With this backing, Baoyu's road to imperial examinations in the future will be much smoother.

There is only two years difference between Baoyu and Lin Ping. When they start to study, these two years will not be a big difference.Mother Jia watched with great joy as the nanny carried Lin Ping, who had already started to yawn, to Baoyu's room, and said, "Baoyu and my brother get along well." After that, she pulled Jiamin again, "You go to my room."

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed, and Mother Jia asked Jia Min's life in recent years, and comforted her: "It's good to go back to the capital, now there are only two of you left at home, Lin Ruhai is getting old, you stay here It’s enough for the three children to live a good life, and the good life begins.”

Jia Min nodded, thinking of the obedient and sensible Wanyu, the smart Daiyu, and her son who had been waiting for a long time, she smiled knowingly.

As for the little friction with his sister-in-law just now, Jia Min had the upper hand, so naturally he didn't think too much about it. After all, Jia's mother is Jia Min's real mother, and after thinking about how hard it was for her daughter to meet her once, the daughter-in-law suffered a little loss and left. Eat it, and reward her with two horses tomorrow.

"Okay, I won't keep you anymore. I'm afraid my uncle should go back at this time. You can take the child and go, don't let my uncle go back first." Mother Jia ordered to call the child, and pulled Jia Min to stand up, " I send you off."

"It's already unfilial for my daughter to ask the old lady to pick us up at the door, how can I still let her go." Jia Min hurriedly pressed Jia's mother's hand, "We can go on our own, anyway, I also ordered the people in the family to take care of them. Yes, I saw a lot of familiar faces when I came back this time, the old lady just rest assured."

This side persuaded Jia Mu, and the other side got Wanyu and Daiyu up smoothly. The girl's sleep was relatively quiet, and she just got up with a little hair trimming, but it was difficult to get Lin Ping up.

Wanyu and Daiyu came in holding hands. Mother Jia looked at her and smiled, and said, "You two daughters have a good relationship."

Jia Min beckoned, "Come and drink a few sips of water, and we will go home in a carriage when my brother comes."

Unexpectedly, the person Jiamu sent to wake Lin Ping up came back empty-handed, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, "Old lady, Master Lin...he wet the bed."

Wanyu couldn't help turning her head and secretly laughing twice.

Jia Min immediately stood up, "My child, I have something in the car, you go and change it for him." Then, Jia Min took the two little ones and went to Baoyu's house with Jia Mu.

The bed has been tidied up, new mattresses and quilts have been replaced, and the wet ones are piled on the floor.However, there were still two pairs of trousers and a jacket on the ground, and they were also covered with a lot of wet marks.

The food at noon was a little salty, and Lin Ping drank a little too much water before going to bed, so he can't be blamed.Wanyu looked at her younger brother who was sitting on the bed with no pants and wrapped in a quilt, and smiled unkindly again.

but!Why did Baoyu, who was standing next to him, change all his clothes?Seeing Wanyu and Daiyu come in, Baoyu blushed and said, "I'm going to wash my face." Then he left with the servant girl.

The nurse in the room said again, still smiling, "I don't know how Young Master Lin peed. I only had a little bit on my trousers, and the rest poured on Baoyu."

Spreading your hands, this can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the waiter Shenying. Although it is very different from Jing Huan's earlier idea of ​​returning tears, the kindness still needs to be watered to be considered equal.

Wanyu looked at Lin Ping's blushing face because of embarrassment, stepped forward and patted his head to comfort him: "It's okay, your sister Daiyu was just like you when she was young."

Lin Ping looked at Wanyu with wide eyes, "Really?"

Before Wanyu could return, Daiyu's soft and weak voice came from behind her, "Sister~" The voice became fierce, but the content was even more cruel, "Why don't you say that you have used more diapers than me!"

Jia's mother laughed loudly, "You children, come and see grandma when you have nothing to do."

After getting the nods of several children, Jia's mother finally sent them out with confidence.

The first trip to Jia's mansion is finally over, and the results are as follows:

In the first game, Mrs. Wang vs. Jia Min, Jia Min won the game

In the second round, Mrs. Wang vs. Daiyu, Mrs. Wang was defeated

In the third scene, Mrs. Wang made up her own mind and ended up feeling stuck

The fourth game, Lin Ping vs Jia Baoyu, Jia Baoyu lost

In short, Wanyu is very satisfied, but if he uses this method to repay the water he poured, his mother will probably have to take Jia Baoyu to his home, sleep with his younger brother day and night, and have to wet the bed every time he sleeps, which is a bit cruel It's bad for my brother's reputation...

The carriage returned to the Lin Mansion, and happened to meet Lin Ruhai who had returned from the palace.

"Don't go out for these two days." Lin Ruhai said: "The Empress announces that you and Wanyu will enter the palace in three days to pay their respects."

Going to meet the big boss again, Wanyu felt that she had already met the emperor, so she was not very nervous. Thinking about the empress and the emperor, she finally became the emperor and empress dowager. In the original book, she lived to Yuanchun to visit her relatives and was considered healthy. .But it seems that their son is the old prince Yizhong who went bad. Today, when he went to Jia's mansion, he heard that Yuanchun will be drafted next year. So who is Yuanchun's husband? What about the old prince Yizhong? What about bad things?

Wanyu tugged at Lin Ruhai's sleeve and said, "Father, please speak a little more, I'm nervous."

Lin Ruhai patted her head, and said to Jia Min: "I entered the palace today, thanks to the grace of the sage, I have officially become a cabinet co-organizer." Lin Ruhai smiled, very proud, "Your Majesty said that I will enter the university in the first half of the year Sergeant. This time I asked you to enter the palace, because your imperial order has also been promoted, and the empress wants to see you."

Jia Min nodded and said: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Wanyu, and I won't embarrass you."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "The Queen summons the married woman, and I think there will be no one else around, you just need to pay a respectful visit to the Queen."

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and Wanyu was pulled from the bed early in the morning before dawn, changed into new clothes and combed her hair before getting into the carriage and entering the palace with Jia Min.

In fact, entering the palace was quite a torment. In the past three days, it was said that it was because she was afraid of being rude when she met the queen. She hadn’t eaten anything other than porridge. She didn’t even dare to drink more water when she woke up in the morning. I'm getting a little hungry now.

The two of them arrived at Shenwu Gate in a carriage, got down and changed the sedan chair, the nanny who led the way was quiet, but spoke clearly, "The empress met you two at Kunning Palace, the road is a little far away, so the sedan chair was passed on. "

Jia Min hurriedly thanked the empress for her compassion, and gave the purse to the nanny and the little eunuchs who carried the sedan chair, and then led Wanyu into the sedan chair.

The sedan chairs in the palace also have curtains, especially the sedan chairs that carry people outside the palace like them. The front and back are tightly covered, probably because they are afraid that they will go out and talk nonsense when they meet the queen in the palace or the route.

The whole journey was quiet and only the sound of footsteps could be heard, and within a quarter of an hour, the sedan chair stopped.

Mammy lifted the curtain, smiling more on her face.She just looked at the purse Jia Min gave, and it was very generous, and this person behaved well all the way, there was no problem at all, and even the little girl Wanyu never spoke in the sedan chair, which shows that the family education is very strict. Those who can be summoned by the Queen's Empress are also the family members of the favored adults in the court. This time, even the daughter is brought in together, so the mother said a few more words on purpose.

"Today is the day to meet the wives, and you will wait in the side hall in a while." The nanny pointed her finger and said, "When you arrive, you will have a maid to guide you. The empress is a benevolent person, and her words are appropriate. , you will know when you see it.”

Jia Min pulled Wanyu and followed the maids into the side hall. There were already five ladies sitting in the side hall, but she was the only one with the child. Jia Min felt a little proud.

To say that the grade can also be seen from the style and color of the clothes and the jewelry on her body. Wanyu glanced roughly, and two of the five people are the same as her mother now. of.The crouching tiger hides the dragon in the middle of the capital, and the imperial city is full of talented people. Her father's official position is one of the best in the region, but it is above the middle level in the palace.

Seeing Jia Min coming in with the child, the previous five wives all smiled and nodded as a gesture of greeting, but no one dared to be the first to speak.

Just sit quietly like this, Jia Min watched his heart carefully, and then looked at Wanyu beside him.Every time I take this child out, there are surprises. Although he is like a king of the mountain at home, he leads his younger siblings crazy, and he is well-educated when he goes out. Although he has not read those poems and songs deeply, But it looks like that if it is just pasted on the outer skin.

The Queen used one day every other month to meet the wives. When she heard the mother report that everyone was here, she said, "Master Lin's wife is also outside? Tell her to come in first."

Why Jia Min was given this dignity? After all, apart from the emperor's high regard for Lin Ruhai, the crown prince's opinions also accounted for a large proportion.

The prince is thirty-eight this year, and he has seven younger brothers. There are five people competing with him for the throne, except for the sixth prince who is in poor health and the eighth prince who is only seven years old this year.

In the past two years, the competition for favor and succession has become more and more fierce. Although the queen is the mother of all the princes, in the final analysis she is standing beside her son. The highest position a woman can achieve is the queen mother, although no matter who becomes the emperor, she is still the queen mother , but if the crown prince becomes the emperor, the queen is the only queen dowager. If someone else becomes the emperor, then her queen dowager becomes the queen mother queen mother. In addition, there must be a queen mother queen beside her. Thinking about this, I feel a little bit heart block.

So when the crown prince wanted to treat Mrs. Lin better, the queen agreed without any hesitation.