Queen of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

The New Year in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty was not good at all, because the emperor's fifth younger brother died.

Although the emperor had no feelings for him, and had a bit of resentment towards this brother who had made trouble when he was in trouble, but the light of death was extinguished, and the superficial etiquette had to be followed.

This New Year passed in Shouxiao, there was no banquet, no celebration, and people with titles in the city couldn't even set off firecrackers, it was very miserable.

But relatives still have to move around, but what Wanyu said last year is still vivid in my memory. When she went to Jia's mansion on the second day of the new year, she refused because of illness. In the end, only Lin Ruhai and her two children went to Jia's mansion.

Mother Jia was not very happy, and she didn't look well at Daiyu, but there was one more important thing compared to Lin Wanyu at this time.

In fact, there are two things. After the Spring Festival, you will enter the palace. The imperial decree has been issued and the auspicious day has been selected. Although the position is low and you can't bring maids in, you can be promoted after giving birth within two years.

The second thing is that Yuan Chun is pregnant.It has been several years since Yuan Chun married into the Seventh Prince's Mansion, and now there is finally good news, how can Mother Jia not be excited.What's more, since the seventh prince's concubine had a miscarriage last time, there is no news about it. If Yuanchun gave birth to a boy, he would be the most prestigious in the Seventh Prince's house.

Therefore, Mother Jia turned a blind eye to Wanyu's apparently disrespectful behavior and let it go, "Alas...she will enter the palace this year, so it's time to take care of her."

Daiyu laughed a couple of times, but didn't say much.

Wanyu didn't go out, and Jia's Yingchun didn't go out either.When Daiyu first came in, she was still a little confused, so she subconsciously asked, "Where's Sister Yingchun?"

What did Mother Jia say, with a proud smile on her face, "She is now the noble master, and she is easily shamed. The nuns from the palace are teaching her how to behave, and they are waiting to enter the palace."

Daiyu felt that she also had the title of a township lord, and she didn't say that every time she came here, she would show off her might, and besides, how could a noble person be so noble.Because Wanyu is about to enter the palace, the housekeeper's affairs are basically handed over to Daiyu, and she is very sensitive to salary and other matters now.

The nobleman's annual bill is 100 taels of silver, and there are quite a lot of daily necessities, but these things need to support the four maids under her name. Although the palace maids also have salaries, the palace also has their daily necessities, but basically they are daily food and clothing. , There is still some gap from the good days.

Daiyu was a little distracted. Mother Jia noticed it but kept silent.In her eyes, the Lin family should be in a mess now, right!Who told them to reject the person she arranged.

Wanyu is going to get married, and no one will arrange the dowry for her. Although the dowry is prepared since she was a child, but thinking about the time when Jia Min died, she probably only prepared wood, but marrying in the palace It is unfurnished.And I prepare a dowry for myself... Although Jia's mother has given birth to three children, she feels very ashamed when she thinks about it.

Mother Jia showed a deep smile on her face, and said, "Your sister...go back and let her not be too anxious." Not going to help anymore.Anyway, it wasn't the face of her Jia family that was lost, let alone the girls of the Jia family, one is now the concubine of the county king, there is another in her stomach, and the other is about to enter the palace and become a concubine, so she is proud of herself.

Daiyu didn't quite understand, but she remembered Wanyu's confession when she left the house: just laugh, laugh if you don't understand, laugh when you don't understand the answer, and laugh when you don't want to talk to others.Daiyu carried it out very thoroughly.

As soon as the new year was over, the emperor desperately wanted to have something new, and it had to be a happy event, so as to blow away the unhappiness accumulated due to filial piety in the previous year.

So just after the first month, the two people the emperor had his eyes on, Yingchun from the Jia family and Rongyue from the Li family, were approached to the palace.

Li Rongyue's grandfather was also the former governor of Jiangnan. He was able to take the position of governor because the emperor who was still the prince said a few words. Now he has stepped down from the governor and is getting old. A servant, in the future, he will retire from this position.

Mrs. Li can barely be regarded as the emperor's faction, but the two girls entered the palace as nobles, with the same status, the difference is where they live. Li Rongyue was arranged to live in the side hall of Yongshou Palace, and Jia Yingchun lived in the side hall of Chengqian Palace. Li Rongyue's place is obviously closer to the emperor.

The day before Yingchun entered the palace, Jia's mansion opened the ancestral hall and recorded the name of Yingchun's birth mother in the genealogy, only two words, Lou's.After coming back, Jia's mother promised Yingchun that as long as she could give birth to a son, she would move Lou's grave to Jia's ancestral grave.

With such a great goal, Yingchun entered the palace.But she hadn't seen the emperor for a month, and her fighting spirit suddenly dissipated, leaving only three or four.

Life in the palace is not easy, this is her only emotion.

Wanyu is quite relaxed at home now, she is far less shy than Mother Jia thought about preparing a dowry for herself, besides, with the help of Wang Momo, the Lin family still has the dowry accumulated by several generations of mistresses The list can be used as a reference.Moreover, the Ministry of Rites also has the dowry list of all the princes and concubines from this dynasty to the present, it should not be too easy for Lin Ruhai to ask for one and return.

So Wanyu was not in a hurry, and prepared slowly.

Kant's filial piety is in April, so it doesn't mean that you can get married after you pass the filial piety, there are still six rites to go.The more honorable the status of the married couple, the longer the six rituals will last, and of course it can't last longer than two years, otherwise, dragging a [-]-year-old girl here will be a feud.

So it will be the end of this year soon.

To avoid suspicion, Wanyu hadn't entered the palace for a long time, and she didn't know that the situation in the palace had changed slightly.For example, after a year of silence, the empress reappeared in the complex emotions of the emperor and the empress dowager mixed with temptation, guilt, and distrust.

The queen's comeback at this age, of course, does not mean pampering, but starting to manage palace affairs.Concubine Wu Gui is a little calmer than before, and she treats Kant in a different way.

The queen mother quietly held the balance behind her back, watching with cold eyes.

As for Kant, the emperor laughed that he finally realized that he had made progress after getting married. This year, he made a lot of limelight in a jaw-dropping manner. The emperor praised him several times, which made Kang He, who was still not crowned prince, more jealous.

"Didn't it mean that girls from the Lin family can't get married?" Kang He paced in Jingren Palace angrily, "Mother, you didn't see the way Father praised him today! And the smug look on Kang De's face, Lin Ruhai Now they are looking for a job for Kant in a different way. They! They..."

Kang He was suddenly discouraged, and suddenly said viciously, "If I had known this, I should have..." Looking for an opportunity to kill Ning An.

The queen watched Kang He lose his temper, and said: "The last time I shot too impatiently, the queen mother became suspicious." The queen's voice has become more calm and peaceful since she was imprisoned for almost a year. The voice has the effect of calming people's mind, but the desire in her heart has not diminished at all, and it has been hidden deeper and deeper.

"Do you still have to wait? When will you wait?" Kang He sat down on a chair with his head downcast, "Tomorrow the Ministry of Rites will go to Lin's family to give the bride price, and the Qin Tianjian has even chosen Najib's date."

"Lin Ruhai has stood on Kant's side, and this year's Enke, many of Jiangnan's candidates are Lin Ruhai's disciples. Even the number one scholar went to visit Lin's mansion afterwards." Kang He's voice became more and more depressed, "Royal Father If the decree has not been promulgated for a long time, what will the mother... the son do?"

"Don't be impatient." The queen pinched the prayer beads wrapped around her wrists, and said, "You have lived in the palace until now, and your father must still like you in his heart." Except for the prince, the rest of the princes have to be married as adults. Moving to live outside the palace, Kang He is 27 this year and still lives in the palace, but not in Yuqing Palace.

Kang He nodded, as if he was persuaded by the queen, but he immediately shook his head and said: "Kant is now favored by the emperor, and the queen mother also likes the girls of the Lin family. The queen mother, the son is very afraid." Only dead.

"So we have to wait!" This is the first time the Empress has sternly said today, "This time I have to wait for a perfect opportunity. Think about it, you can be deposed even if you become a prince, and he is nothing now. The Empress Dowager I'm still wary now, I have to grind it down slowly."

"Don't worry." The queen's tone became calm again, and she said it to Kang He and herself, "When they let go of their guard..." The queen smiled slightly, "Your father is not just your son, everyone else wants to let him go." It’s your father’s seat. Lin Wanyu is not the only granddaughter-in-law in the palace, and there are many people who don’t like her, and they will suffer in the future.”

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, the Ministry of Etiquette sent a dowry gift. Lin Ruhai specially asked for leave to stay at home. Looking at the long list of gifts, she felt mixed feelings in her heart. Her daughter was finally going to be someone else's.

After delivering the betrothal gift, the officials from the Ministry of Rituals told Lin Ruhai about Najib's life, and finally left with ease.Kant was the first to get married, and there were several others after him.

In the inner courtyard, Wanyu and Daiyu went through the Lin family's property again.

Thanks to the fact that his father is still alive and has been promoted step by step, the Lin family's property has increased by 3506% compared to the last count.Various farm shops, Zhuangzi, antique furniture, calligraphy, gold and silver ornaments, etc., based on the market price, are about [-] million taels.

Referring to the proportion of dowry in the family property, and then comparing the dowries of the previous princes and concubines, and then excluding the [-]% increase in swollen faces, the Lin family is now about to squeeze into the top [-] in the country.

Really rich, Wanyu said with emotion, taking this opportunity to sort out her sister's dowry by the way.Put aside the ancestral property of Jiangnan first, and start picking up the rest of the things one by one.

"The rice shop in the capital." Wanyu took out the account book and said, "The profit of this shop is mainly due to my father's official position. Our family's boat rides the Grand Canal without tax money. Let it be left to my younger brother."

Daiyu nodded and made a note on the paper.

"Zhuangzi from outside the capital." Wanyu also looked at it, "The two of us who have hot springs will each have one, and the ones without hot springs will be left to my younger brother."

Daiyu hesitated for a moment, why did she still have her share.

"There's also a jewelry shop, keep it for now, anyway, I've already bought everything I want, and it's up to you to use it later. Don't take this with you when you go out, and keep it for others to use in the future."

Daiyu blushed, and only then did she understand what Wanyu wanted to do.He turned his head and put the pen on the table, "Why did my sister drag me to do this?" The voice became smaller and smaller.

"My younger sister is going to get married too." Wanyu's voice was sweet and greasy, "It's not okay to be so thin-skinned." She even reached out to touch her.

Daiyu rubbed twice and wanted to flee, but unfortunately she was not as quick as Wanyu.The two sisters made a fuss in the room, and Lin Ruhai outside the door looked relieved and sad, and left quietly.

All went well until the fifteenth of June.

The sixth prince died, and the weak and sickly sixth prince finally died.It is said that there are not many people who are sad, except for his biological mother, Mrs. Zhao, who is now Mrs. Zhao.The death of the sixth prince was like the one with only one boot taken off. After waiting for more than twenty years, the dust finally settled.

The Ministry of Etiquette is proficient in this kind of thing, and last year there happened to be a fifth prince who practiced his hands, so it was considered smooth and orderly for the sixth prince's funeral. Unexpectedly, on the day of the sixth prince's funeral, Zhao Taifei in the palace cried Crying, she pouted and followed along.

Concubine Zhao was a great beauty when she was young, and what the Supreme Emperor liked the most was her lovely and pitiful demeanor.Upon hearing the news that Concubine Zhao had gone, the Supreme Emperor was excited for a moment, and also passed out, waiting for him to wake up again.

Okay, trembling and unable to stand up, unable to even speak together, this one has had a stroke.

As far as the Taishanghuang's stroke is concerned, Zhao Taifei is only an inducement at most. The main reason is that the Taishanghuang likes to eat meat and meat, and because he has been pampered for so many years and has not exercised much.

Yishui's imperial physician knelt in front of the Empress Dowager, and only said that the Empress Dowager was emotionally agitated for a while, which hurt her body.Concubine Zhao is dead anyway, so she will be the one to take the blame.

The Queen Mother was furious.

The palace affairs are now under the care of the Empress Dowager, although the Empress and Concubine can also help, but they are all trivial matters.

Now a prince died outside the palace, a concubine died in the palace, the empress dowager had a stroke again, and the empress dowager was anxious and angry, and after a few days of handling the palace affairs, she also fainted.

This time it was really chaotic, and in desperation, the emperor could only let the queen come out to take charge.

The queen twitched her eyebrows a few times, holding the prayer beads tightly, the opportunity has come!

But before she went to call Kang He, Kang He came to Jingren Palace, walked back and forth but didn't speak.

At first, the queen drank tea patiently, but finally couldn't hold it anymore, "Why are you so impatient!"

What are you doing?Naturally, he wanted to make a big deal, so Kang He went to check the main door, the side door, and a few windows, and when he came back, he solemnly knelt down in front of the queen, "I beg my mother to help my son."

The queen was startled, and hurriedly got up and wanted to help him up, but Kang He was a strong man, how could the queen help him up, after a few pulls, the queen said helplessly: "You are my son, crawl out of my belly How can I not help you, just tell me what you want."

Kang He knelt and rubbed forward again, holding the queen's hand, "Mother, in the winter of the 37th year of Yuanding, father led troops into the palace..."

Before Kang He could finish speaking, the queen broke free, stood up, and said in a deliberately suppressed but extremely clear voice: "You want to plot rebellion!"

"Mother!" Kang and Dongdong knocked their heads, "Mother, the emperor praised Kant again. Mother, you pity your son. If you can't be the emperor, your son will have to die. And my sister, I saw her last time. Still looking sad, mother, do you want my sister to live and die in the hands of those people!"

The queen fell into the chair again, she was not favored, she was also grounded, and moved out of Kunning Palace, Kang He is not the prince, there are even princes who are more favored than Kang He, so her Jingqi Will be bullied by her husband's family...

Kang He's voice sounded again, "Mother, my sister's today is my son's tomorrow!"

In fact, the queen was able to realize so quickly that the prince was going to rebel, she must have thought about this jump in the subconscious, the queen grabbed her son's hand, half-closed her eyes and said: "My natal family has no help at all. The number of people is limited, how can..."

"We do it ourselves, as long as the father is dead, as long as he is dead!" Kang He said viciously.

"You mean..." the queen hesitated.

Kang He nodded, "The biggest threat is Kant, but he is not yet an adult, he has never been to any of the six volumes, and he is still studying in the study. This will be the best opportunity. The other two princes are not as good as me, as long as the father dies, even if there is no edict, I can still succeed!"

The queen looked at Kang He and said nothing, and Kang He said again: "The imperial grandfather has a stroke, and the imperial grandmother is too sick to get out of bed. The palace is all under the care of the empress mother, as long as I can succeed this time."

The queen struggled fiercely in her heart. This is different from rebellion. When this kind of thing is discovered, it will punish the nine clans, but...

Kang He burst into tears, and kowtowed while saying, "Instead of being killed by someone a few years later, it's better to fight now. If you succeed, you'll be the emperor, if you don't...it's nothing but death!"

Husband and son, after all, the son is closer, the queen nodded slowly and said: "I will help you."

Kang and Yixi got up and explained his plan carefully in the Queen's ear.

It's night, in the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

Both the empress and the emperor were sick in the empress dowager's palace. The emperor looked at the empress's increasingly haggard face and said, "Go and have a rest. Some things can also be entrusted to others, so don't get exhausted."

The empress's eyes became more and more tender, she shook her head and said: "The empress mother teaches a lot of courtiers and concubines, which is what it should be."

The emperor sighed, and thought about Kang He who was sick at the Supreme Emperor's place, and stopped talking.

In the evening, the emperor and the empress were resting in the side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and the night watchman was the mother from the empress's natal family. When the hour of the third watch passed, the empress quietly got up and said, "I want some tea. "

The emperor was in a deep sleep and didn't respond at all. A dark-faced eunuch came in from outside the palace, with his head down, his hand shaking while holding the tea.

The three people who were awake in the hall looked at each other, and the queen said, "Let's do it."

The sleeping posture of the royal family is very standard. The emperor has always been facing up so far, so it is very convenient to move.

The eunuch played by Kang He stepped forward and pressed the emperor's legs through the quilt. The mother put two pillows on the emperor's arms, and the empress took wet papers and pasted them on the emperor's face one by one.

After posting the second picture, the emperor woke up, and the queen's hands trembled a little, but her movements became faster and faster.Three, four, five...

The emperor struggled more and more fiercely, and the nanny almost couldn't hold it down anymore. The queen gave her a look: If you can't hold it down anymore, all three of us will die!

The mammy made a dead hand, and the voice from the emperor's throat became more and more shrill.

Finally, when the No. 20 piece of paper was pasted, the emperor trembled and softened.The three of them looked at each other, the queen's face was covered with tears.

Kang He panted heavily, and squeezed his trembling arm.

After another cup of tea, Kang He stretched out his hand to remove the paper from the emperor's face, looked carefully at the emperor's limbs, and sighed: "As expected, there are no scars at all."

Kang He hid the ball of paper in his bosom, and said, "Be careful, Queen Mother, I'm going back to the Emperor's Palace."

The Queen nodded without saying a word.When Kang He left the room with the teapot again, the queen covered the emperor with the quilt again, glanced at the nanny, lay down beside the emperor, and said, "Go to sleep, it will be fine when the sun rises."