Queen of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

In the 39th year of the Ding Yuan Dynasty, it was the emperor's [-]th birthday, and a three-day banquet was held in the palace, which can be described as a universal celebration.

All the members of the Lin family have gone. Lin Ruhai is in the Qianqing Palace. As the emperor's favorite, he got a long table in the Qianqing Palace. He can see the emperor when he looks up, and he can take a seat for a few words from time to time. .

Officials above the third rank can enter the palace for banquets, and those below the third rank can only rely on their brains to make up for it. However, the emperor's birthday is in early spring, and it is not a good thing to go to the banquet at this time.There are more than 300 officials in the capital who are eligible to participate in the banquet, and there is no room for them to sit in the Qianqing Palace, so the tables are placed from the Qianqing Palace to the Qianqing Gate.

The people in the palace are fine, one person per table, the dishes are still hot when served, but the people outside the palace are miserable, two or three people are at a table, the weather is very cold, not to mention the cold wind blowing, the roast lamb is cold when served It's over, the white oil is sticky. Fortunately, there are refreshments and fruit plates on the table, otherwise it would be really cold.

The emperor sat on the upper hand, half a step away from him, and the one with the desk and stool one level lower was the crown prince.The prince has learned a lesson. Although he can't be said to be respectful to brothers and friends in the past two years, his attitude towards his younger brothers has improved a lot.

The emperor was very pleased. If he wanted to abdicate now, he would be willing.The emperor thought about this problem. He was over sixty years old, and his energy was naturally not enough. He had a serious illness a year ago and lay down for more than half a month before getting out of bed.And the prince's temper is better now, which makes the emperor's vigilance a lot less in the past two years.That time, even though the crown prince wrote a blood letter, tossed himself in a bad manner, and the dilapidated Yuqing Palace testified, the emperor was still a little suspicious, but after the crown prince was released, he was cautious and asked for instructions on everything. Regardless, the emperor believed the prince completely now.

The emperor thought about the Huangji Hall built on the east side of the palace, and he would abdicate after the construction was completed. An Ansheng had lived a good life for two years, and his life was not in vain.Thinking of this, the emperor said with a smile to the clan members who were persuading him to drink: "I am getting old, let the prince drink with you."

The prince got up and smiled at the emperor first, and said: "Father is still as energetic as before."

The emperor laughed loudly, "Go and toast your uncles."

The emperor has a total of four brothers. After the emperor succeeded to the throne, they were all granted the title of county king. The county king can only be granted the title of royal blood relatives. On top of this, there is a prince who can be awarded the title. However, the emperor just took the throne for two years. Small-minded, he was not reconciled to being crowned prince to a few brothers who were not less stumbling, so he only gave it to the county king.Now, anyway, the throne is secure, so naturally he doesn't plan to be promoted again.

The Crown Prince toasted first to the King of Dongping County. Although he was the second eldest among several county kings, the oldest King of Beijing County had died. The new Prince of Beijing was his youngest son, and he was almost the same as the Crown Prince's legitimate son. The same size, was ranked last.

The king of Dongping County has no ambitions, and he eats himself fat, which is very popular with the emperor.He laughed loudly, drank the wine in the glass, and said: "I wish the emperor's brother blessings like the East Sea, and a long life like Nanshan."

After a round of toasting, the atmosphere gradually became warmer. The King of Nan'an patted the empty seat beside him, and said, "Ruiqing, come and have a drink with me." Ruiqing is the second prince, and he works in the Ministry of War. Bandit or something, they are on the same road as the king of Nan'an County, so the two of them walked closer.

Ruiqing looked at his father first, and after seeing him nodding, he sat next to Nan'an County King. The uncle and nephew drank three glasses without saying a word.

The emperor looked very happy, and patted the prince's shoulder vigorously, "I am happy today!"

The Qianqing Palace is a banquet for men, and the Jiaotai Palace is a banquet for women.

Different from the previous dynasty, both the women with inner destiny and the women with outer destiny are seated in the hall, but there are two main halls and side halls. Wanyu sits in the main hall. She has the rank of a township monarch. The big red man next to the queen.

Different from the rankings in the previous dynasty based on official ranks, the ranking in the harem also depends on the closeness to the emperor. For example, the emperor's concubines are all in the main hall, and the prince's main concubines are also in the main hall. There is a table for each person. .

A few people related to Wanyu, such as Jia Yuanchun, because he is the concubine of the Seventh Prince, was arranged in the left hall, sharing a table with another concubine of the Seventh Prince, and Jia Mu, because he was related to the royal family. There is no relationship at all, it is in the hall on the right side, but considering that she is the wife of the Duke, she is treated better than Jia Yuanchun, and she also has a table for one person, and Jia She's stepwife, Mrs. Xing, is also in this room. in the house.

As for Mrs. Wang, I'm really sorry. Jia Zheng is still a fifth-rank official. If Yuan Chun became a concubine like in the original book, Mrs. Wang would be able to come, but now, the palace banquet is out of reach for her. s things.

How beneficial it is to have a good relationship with the queen can be seen from the palace banquet alone.In addition to sitting at a table for each person in the main hall, she can also watch the wives come in to say hello.

As for whether Jia's mother or Jia Yuanchun would be uncomfortable seeing her, Wanyu was not worried at all, thinking that Jia Zheng had to kowtow when Yuanchun visited his relatives, but now she just watched them kowtow to the queen.

In the side hall where Mother Jia was, there were several people chatting behind her, and by coincidence, they seemed to be talking about Wanyu.

"The new one... is the emperor's new township monarch?" Mother Jia was shocked when she heard this, and she designated Wanyu as the only one who was newly appointed in the past two years.

The other voice hummed, the voice was so small that Jia Mu's ears were starting to get a little sluggish, and she could barely hear the words "Master Lin" and "13 years old".

The next few sentences were said by the two ladies through their ears, and Mother Jia didn't hear them clearly until the last two sentences.

"It's a pity, her mother died early." This was the voice at the beginning, and it was a bit regretful.

"Xiangjun, you still have to be respected by your mother, how can you make up for this one."

Is this talking about Wanyu's marriage?Mother Jia contacted her back and forth, and immediately responded.But the two of them changed the subject immediately, and talked about the newly married fifth princess. When Jiamu heard the banquet was over, she never heard about Wanyu again.

After the palace banquet was over, the queen saw that it was getting late, so she specially sent a nanny and a young eunuch to send Wanyu out of the palace.But as soon as Wanyu left the Shenwu Gate, she saw a car belonging to the Rong Mansion standing next to her carriage, the door curtain was still open, and there were two people she didn't want to see sitting inside, Mother Jia and Mrs. Xing.

It has been more than a year since Wanyu became a filial piety. The Rong Mansion invited her five times, and she went there at most once. The rest was either pretending to be sick, or prevaricating by saying "ask my father".

According to Wanyu's temper, if someone treats her so coldly, let alone a year, if she doesn't come for three times, she will break up immediately. However, the Rong Mansion has been entangled tirelessly for more than a year, and they can't really tear themselves apart. In the end, even Lin Ruhai gave up. , Said: "You figure it out yourself, go once every three to five months, don't bring your younger siblings, don't stay too long."

Wanyu herself lowered the frequency a lot. She didn't go to Jia Minji for a few months before and after the Chinese New Year, so she only went to Rongfu twice a year. Second-rate.

When Jia Mu saw her, she smiled and said, "It's cold down here, come up first to warm up."

With so many people around, Wanyu had no choice but to go up and said, "Greetings to my grandmother. Hello, Auntie."

Mrs. Xing got Jia Amnesty's warning, and also remembered the tit-for-tat confrontation between sister-in-law and Mrs. Wang earlier, so she smiled and said: "It's so late, the road is probably too dark, the old lady just asked you to come over to say hello."

Madam Xing was afraid at first, but later she confronted Madam Wang and was scolded by Mother Jia and came back to complain to Jia She. "It's all come to this stage, what are you afraid of!"

Mrs. Xing's enlightenment came from this sentence.

Jia Zheng lived in the main house of the Rong Mansion, and she and Jia She lived in the small courtyard in the southeast corner of the Rong Mansion. They had their own gate, and the expenses in the courtyard were also at their own expense.What else?

The big deal is to separate the family, and the second room will move out after the separation. In short, it will not be worse than it is now.

Jia Amnesty still has titles on her body, even if rumors spread about being unfilial to Jia's mother, if the emperor revoked their titles because of this, the second room would suffer a lot.

Their big house is already independent, but because Jiamu is still there, there is no public separation. The inner courtyard of Rongfu is managed by Mrs. Wang, and she can't get it at all. Jiamu's private property is supposed to be left to the family. There are more second sons, and they can't take much of this, so what are they afraid of.

Since that day, Mrs. Xing has completely embarked on the road of confronting Mrs. Wang, with sharp words and quick actions, even Jia She admired.

This is an inner activity. On the surface, Mrs. Xing is even more stupid, unable to speak, "No wonder she was raised by a small family, and she has no experience!" This is what Jia's mother said to her.

Therefore, after hearing Mrs. Xing's obvious dismantling words, Mother Jia just gave her a look and said to Wanyu, "You have grown up too, you are thirteen."

Wanyu is inexplicably cold, and it is not a good thing to mention age in any era.Wanyu nodded as if she didn't understand.

"Oh, when I see Wanyu, I think of my sister-in-law. What if..." Mrs. Xing said sadly, feeling that she would use a sharp weapon against Mrs. Wang.

After being interrupted several times by Mrs. Xing, Mother Jia almost forgot what she wanted to say. Even if she didn't forget the main idea, the words she had originally planned were all in pieces.

At this time, the mother of the Lin family just came to remind her. Wanyu took this opportunity to say goodbye to Jia Mu and got into her family's carriage.

"You!" Mother Jia glared at Mrs. Xing again, she even forgot to ask Wanyu to sit at home.

Mrs. Xing still had an innocent face, "Old lady, the dishes for this palace banquet are quite rich."

Thinking of her own age, and thinking about the draft next year, Wanyu felt inexplicably nervous.Although relying on her own title, her father's power, and the favor of the empress, she is definitely married as a son-in-law, and she will be a housekeeper when she enters the door, but she still has a little longing for a beautiful love, and she really wants to marry blindly like this Married, she is not reconciled.

Spring is already a restless season, plus Wanyu has something on her mind, making her even more restless.On this day, Lin Ruhai was resting, Wanyu was practicing calligraphy in the study, and the door of Lin's mansion was knocked by the famous golden matchmaker in Beijing.

"Someone is here to match my sister." Daiyu laughed.

Wanyu grabbed her younger sister, and slapped her hard on the lower back twice, she was still angry when she finished, and said: "Chunning, serve the bird's nest soup, and follow me to father's study."

Wanyu brought the maids all the way to Lin Ruhai's study, there were two maids standing outside the inner study, just about to salute the young lady, but Wanyu stopped her.

"Master Lin, this is the fourth daughter of the county king, she is sixteen this year..."

Wanyu only felt that her ears were ringing, and she couldn't hear the words that followed.This damn is looking for a stepmother for her!