[Red Chamber] Daiyu Reborn

It was getting late, Lin Daiyu had just recovered from a serious illness, and couldn't stand the toss, so she wanted to go to bed early.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the curtain was closed, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and then Mother Kang cried out in surprise: "Master is back?"

"Yes," Lin Ruhai hurriedly took off his robe and gave it to the servant girl. He couldn't wait to enter Daiyu's hut. He looked still weak but his face was pink, and he was still looking at him with affectionate eyes. Lin Ruhai yelled "Okay" three times in relief: "Okay, okay, okay... It's good that Yu'er is fine..."

"Father..." Daiyu saw her father for the first time after being reborn, her heart was surging, she was both excited and frightened, her tender little hands were clutching the handkerchief, and she froze in place, not daring to move rashly—she was afraid that if she pounced on him, her father would come again. Become the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water, disappearing in his own life...

However, Lin Ruhai quickly grabbed her daughter's little hand, pulled it under the light to look carefully, her face was indeed much ruddy——Lin Ruhai had tears in her eyes: "Yu'er, it's great that you're fine..."

"Father..." Daiyu finally couldn't restrain herself, she threw herself into Lin Ruhai's arms and cried bitterly—the tears of reunion after a long absence, the joy of meeting again, and all the grievances she had suffered in Jia's mansion these years... Finally , can be released...

"Yu'er doesn't cry, Yu'er doesn't cry..." Lin Ruhai slowly patted his daughter's trembling back, seeing his only precious daughter recover with his own eyes, he was finally relieved.

Daiyu cried for a long time before she stopped her tears. She rubbed her eyes with embarrassment and lowered her head: "Father is so busy, and he still finds time to come back to see his daughter. She shouldn't be crying..."

"Haha, it doesn't matter if my daughter cries here, as long as she doesn't cry in front of others!" Lin Ruhai is indeed very tired, the supervisor is a fat job and a hard job, not to mention worrying about Daiyu's illness, he has not slept well for several nights , there are large swaths of bruises under his eyes—but seeing his cuter daughter, as a father, he feels that his whole body is full of endless energy.

"Daddy..." Daiyu laughed through tears, as if she hadn't been this happy for many years...

The father and daughter chatted for a long time, but in the end, it was Lin Ruhai who was afraid of disturbing Daiyu's sleep, so he half-coaxed her to sleep, and kept saying that he still had some errands and had to rush back overnight.

Daiyu took Lin Ruhai's hand, quite reluctantly, but also quite sensible: "My daughter has made my father bother..."

"Just take care of yourself." Lin Ruhai patted Daiyu's little hand comfortingly, "In a few days, I'll be busy with errands. By then, Dad will have a lot of time to accompany you. You should rest well."

"Well, father also wants to protect his health for life."

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If Daiyu had been an official in the court, she would have doubted what Lin Ruhai said just now—soon, she would have a lot of time to spend with Daiyu... What does this imply?

In fact, Lin Ruhai's errands had already come to an end. At this moment, he did not hurry back to the river, but walked into his study slowly, stroking the beautifully written copybooks, feeling dejected and speechless.

These copybooks were written when Min'er was still there, when the two were joking.The love of the past is vivid in my mind, but it is a pity that the past is gone. My daughter lost her mother at a young age, and even her own father...

"Cough, cough..." Lin Ruhai couldn't help coughing a few times, and smiled wryly. Since Min'er passed away, his body has been getting worse every year. I don't know how many years he can last, and how many years he can hide from Daiyu ...

Daiyu is only ten and a half years old, and I don't know if I can see her get married... I discussed it with Min'er before, if both of them go early, I will let Daiyu take the family property to her grandmother's house, which is Jinling The Jia family in Rongguo Mansion lived there.

Although she is a host, after all, Daiyu is the daughter-in-law of an official of the second rank. She has been in the officialdom for many years, and she has some contacts and disciples; Daiyu also has a generous dowry. The second son, Baoyu, is definitely a match made in heaven.

But... Lin Ruhai smiled wryly—but Lin Rui came suddenly, and he didn't know how he knew what he was thinking, so he just left three words coldly: Mei Xinyu.

Mei Xinyu... is someone who is sealed in the deepest part of his memory and is almost forgotten!

Mei Xinyu is his aunt's daughter, three years younger than him, his cousin, and his former fiancée.

Character is like a plum, lonely and proud; appearance is like a plum, red flowers in the snow; talent is like a plum, blooming youth.How proud he was that he had such a perfect fiancée.

But... Lin Ruhai fell into memory, and smiled wryly:

It turned out that Mei Xinyu's parents died when she was young, and she was fostered at Lin Ruhai's home.Mei Xinyu's father was also an important minister in the court, and he had a great reputation. Mei Xinyu's elder sister even married the eldest prince as a side concubine.It is precisely because of this that Lin Suzi resolutely opposes the marriage between Lin Ruhai and Mei Xinyu.

Because Lin Suzi has already seen the way: the eldest prince's intentions are not righteous, and there will be great disasters in the future.

The words of parents, the righteousness of filial piety.No matter how dissatisfied Lin Ruhai was, he could only let his father take advantage of the opportunity when the eldest prince's concubine Mei fell out of favor and was imprisoned, and seized the time to marry Xinyu's cousin far away... After careful calculation, Lin Ruhai realized that it had been seventeen or eighteen years. However, Mei Xinyu has never heard from her.

——The result: Lin Suzi's words became a prophecy.Seven years ago, the prince born in the middle palace, namely the second prince Yun Hua, was rebellious and unruly. The emperor Yun Luo of that year, who is now the Supreme Emperor, sent him to Yunnan to observe the sentiments of the people, and it was really a tempering of his temperament.

However, no one expected that the prince would unite with the Burmese and other barbarians in the southern border to rebel. The emperor was furious, and despite the dissuasion of the Manchu court, he brought Su Wang Yunzheng, who was the fourth prince at that time, to march in person.

The eldest prince Yun Wei, however, took advantage of the opportunity of his father's imperial conquest and his own supervision of the country, to rebel... At that time, if Lin Rui hadn't defended the capital to the death and cut off the internal and external connections of the rebel army, the fifth prince Yun Shuo would not have been able to rebel against the army , captured the eldest prince, it is impossible to be supported by all the officials and enthroned as emperor after receiving the news of "the emperor's death in battle".

However, no one expected that only one month after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the fourth prince Yun Zheng would break out of the siege and return to the capital with the dead "Emperor Daxing"!

The fifth prince, Yun Shuo, has already succeeded to the throne. A country cannot have two emperors.In the end, under the painstaking mediation of the Empress Dowager Xiao, who had assisted two generations of emperors, Yun Shuo personally went outside the capital to plead guilty to his father, and the Supreme Emperor followed suit and abdicated.

... But, how could Yun Luo, who has become the Supreme Emperor for no reason, be reconciled?Although the false news of the death was released by the eldest prince, Yun Shuo is the prince he dislikes the least, just because Yun Shuo's biological mother was a lowly palace official, and she had a good night with the drunken emperor, leaving behind "should not exist". objects.

——It's funny or lamentable that Yun Shuo and Princess Roulan are still rare twins of dragon and phoenix, which should be a great auspicious omen, but Yun Luo, who is an emperor, only thinks it's unlucky: who made them fall from the belly of a palace official? crawled out?

If it wasn't for the humiliation of his biological mother, He, and the protection of the empress dowager, Yun Shuo, who had never been looked down upon by his father, would never have grown up alive; Throughout the government and the public, his father and king still spoke coldly to him, and even called him "Son of Duren" in front of all the officials.

Yun Shuo succeeded in succeeding to the throne, and Lin Rui made great contributions, so he was named Marquis of Dingyuan; in the same month, the Supreme Emperor named his fourth prince, Yun Zheng, who was also brave and good at fighting, as King Su, and the military power in the court was divided between these two. .

——The confrontation between the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor has officially formed.

Since ancient times, there have been countless funeral objects for the royal family to fight for power and profit. The Mei family is an example. Even though Xinyu's parents had passed away a few years ago, the Supreme Emperor still liquidated the Mei family into the "chaotic party" attached to the eldest prince, and his poor cousin was killed. Involved, committed suicide in the mansion, leaving only a son, Yun Ya, who was less than four years old...

Knowing what happened to the Mei family, Lin Ruhai was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat: If he married Xinyu's cousin, he might not be able to escape this catastrophe.

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Think about Cousin Xinyu again... 17 years ago, the Mei family members declined, and Cousin Mei, who was the side concubine of the eldest prince, completely fell out of favor, but just in case, Lin Suzi didn't inform Xinyu beforehand, so she made a hasty appointment. A marriage was arranged... But how can a woman like Mei Xinyu who has a delicate heart fail to understand?

Knowing that she was getting married soon, Mei Xinyu's expression was flat, not even her eye circles were red, but after that, Lin Ruhai found a plain white brocade handkerchief on her desk, on which was mentioned a poem, which was her favorite "Ru "Dream Order": Once Meng Yanghua flew to count, Meng woke up and lost her mind, Zhuang Zhou left the dream to worry, leaving the covenant empty.Home, home, floating life is a lake.

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As the memories came to an end, Lin Ruhai sighed deeply. Lin Rui mentioned Mei Xinyu, and the meaning was obvious—who can guarantee that after Lin Ruhai's death, the Jia family will treat Daiyu as before?Can you keep the "marriage contract" that you don't talk about three matchmakers and six women, and that you don't even have a verbal agreement?

After all, Daiyu is not from the Jia family; however, Daiyu's surname is Lin after all.

Now that Lin Rui and Lin Jifeng have returned to the clan, I am relatively close to them in the five clothes. Lin Rui has been married for many years without any heirs, and Lin Jifeng is still young. Daiyu has undoubtedly become a fragrant bun of their Lin family... Although Lin Rui To this day, he still complains about his father's inaction back then, but with his character and temperament, since he took the initiative to mention Daiyu, he should take good care of Daiyu after his death, right?

Lin Ruhai wandered around worriedly and full of hope, wishing to spend the few remaining days of his life in exchange for a good home for his daughter.

When Lin Ruhai was worried, Lin Jifeng was in Lin Rui's room, knocking on Erlang's legs, dangling for a long time, his eyes were so beautiful that he narrowed his evil eyes, and his chin was curved: "Uncle Ruhai must not have thought of it—Mei Xinyu, It's my mother."

Lin Rui stood by the window, dazed in the faint moonlight, not looking at him at all.

Lin Jifeng curled his lips, and Erlang's legs shook again: "Back then, my mother was married to a place where she was not familiar with her life, but her husband died of a sudden illness before paying homage to her husband, and she could only live a miserable life alone, with a The notorious head of the family widow; the father has been criminalized-the two of them can be regarded as "the right family"... At that time, Yunnan was in chaos, and the foreigners were ready to move. Later, the "prince rebelled" and simply started a war... …As soon as the war broke out, this human heart was revealed. Parents loved each other and supported each other, but unfortunately, they still couldn’t make it through..."

Lin Rui waited quietly for him to finish speaking, and then "rebuked" lightly: "You can't say these words again when you leave this room."

"Understood, uncle!" Lin Jifeng knocked on another leg, looking even more cynical, "Fortunately, it was Zhan Luan, everyone and everything were drowned in dead people and blood, no one knew that my mother was the remnant of the Mei family back then '——If the old man in the palace finds out, before he seizes this golden opportunity, he will immediately treat you as the 'remnant of the eldest prince'!"

Lin Rui frowned when he heard him call the Supreme Emperor "old man" outrageously, but only sighed.

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In the servant's house of the Lin family, Mother Kang looked at the happy Mother Wang after a busy day, and sighed silently: "Although we slaves shouldn't talk about the master behind their backs, it's about the girl after all... Do you think that Lin Houye and the two of you should be together?" How is Uncle Ji?"

"Mr. Hou's character and disposition are naturally nothing to say. Didn't you hear what others said? The emperor praised our Lord Marquis as... called, by the way, called that 'a rare general in a century'! He also called Lord Lin Open-minded, not proud, and kind to his opponents..." Wang Momo happily poured out the gossip she got from various channels in the most simple words, and then talked about Lin Jifeng, "But... Although this uncle treats us girls Very good, but that temper, hey... tsk tsk..."

Mother Kang looked at her tangled in circles, and could only sigh in disappointment: This sister Wang is indeed sincere to the girl, but this is the only sincerity!

Why didn't she think about it carefully, why did Marquis Lin support a perverted and arrogant young nephew as patriarch?Also, is the matter of "returning to the clan" really worth a Marquis and Consort who holds military power to stay in Yangzhou for nearly a month?