Daiyu's stepmother is not easy to be

Even if the urgent report is transmitted from central Beijing to the local area, it has always been a few days in the evening, not to mention that the imperial decree of marriage is not an urgent matter, so before Lin Hai received the imperial decree of marriage, the merchants who traveled from south to north sent the The news was brought to Yangzhou.

Lin Ping, the housekeeper of Yangzhou Lin's Mansion, walked to Lin Hai's study in a hurry, and bowed outside the study to report: "Master, there is something urgent to report."

Lin Hai said inside the house: "Come in." Lin Ping opened the door, turned around and closed it, and then hurriedly walked to Lin Hai's side to answer.

After hearing this, Lin Hai frowned first, then smiled and said, "Don't talk nonsense! You have always been prudent, and you always hear some gossip and think it is true. If you are 20 years younger, I would believe the news."

"Just don't say that the empress does not have a younger sister, if she really does, what is the identity of the empress's younger sister? To my old man?"

Lin Ping replied: "My lord, it's absolutely true. I didn't believe it at first, but I asked about four or five companies that came back from the capital with horses and boats, and they all said it was true."

"It is said that she is the eldest maid next to the empress. She is filial and virtuous. She has served the empress for many years. The empress is benevolent and wants to find a good marriage for her, so she considers her righteous sister and proposes marriage to the master."

After finishing speaking, Lin Ping saw that Lin Hai's face was fine, and said with a smile: "Master has just passed forty, and he is in the prime of life. If the master thinks he is old, wouldn't most of the officials in Yangzhou have to sue for old age?"

Lin Hai laughed and said nothing when he heard this, he thought it was his righteous sister, so it was not surprising.Let Lin Ping step down first, then think carefully about the emperor's deep meaning in this marriage.

It's not that Lin Hai is complacent. Since Jia Min left, there are many families who want to give their daughters to Lin Hai as his successor.

Lin Hainian was just not confused, and he was born in Tanhua. He was an official from the second rank Youdu Yushi, and also a fat job as a patrol salt censor.

But because Lin Hai and Jia Min are deeply in love with each other, and they are over [-] years old and have no children yet. They have already believed that they are destined to have no children. If they marry another woman, they can neither treat each other wholeheartedly nor have children. Why delay people's life?So I decided not to continue.

It's just that Daiyu has no one to educate her, and everyone in the world said, "The eldest daughter should not marry if her mother dies", so she sent Daiyu to Jia's Mansion in Jingdu.

Being raised by the super-class Mrs. Rong Guo, Daiyu's upbringing can also be guaranteed.Then he pushed away all the furniture of the person who intended to betroth his daughter.

I didn't expect that I didn't want to marry again, but I had to marry again, and my old tree had to bloom.

Once I got married, I have never stood in the officialdom for more than ten years. I thought I could survive the power transition safely, but now I am afraid that I will have to walk with the light.Lin Hai couldn't help sighing: "The world is unpredictable..."

In a few more days, the well-informed officials of all sizes in Yangzhou also knew the news that the queen's righteous sister had proposed to marry Lin Hai, but because the imperial decree had not yet been issued, Lin Hai couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried every day.So they all kept their eyes on each other and kept their mouths shut.

So on the first day of May, when the eunuch who delivered the decree said the last sentence, "Specifically referring to Lin Ruhai, the censor of the right capital and the censor of salt inspection, to get married on September 21 this year", seeing Lin Hai smiling like a spring breeze, all the officials finally Can congratulate Lin Hai one after another, Yun will definitely be there when the wedding is held, and Lin Hai complied one by one.

Among them were some officials who wanted to betroth their daughters or family relatives to Lin Hai some time ago but were rejected by Lin Hai, and said with a smile: "I got a noble wife today, congratulations to Mr. Lin for getting what he wanted."

Lin Hai laughed and said: "The emperor is sympathetic to his subordinates. It is a great grace from God. If Mr. Jiang is diligent in serving the public, the emperor will definitely see it. I think it will not be difficult for Mr. Jiang to fulfill any wish by then." All the officials listened Yes, they looked at each other and smiled.

The three steps of "Na Cai", "Ask for Name" and "Naji" in the six rituals have been completed due to the imperial decree bestowing marriage.

There is also a "request date", that is, to choose an auspicious date to inform the woman's family of the engagement date. The imperial decree has also stated that the marriage will be completed on September 21 this year.So what Lin Hai has to do now is to "accept coins", that is, to send a betrothal gift to the woman's family.

The ancestors of the Lin family were also hereditary marquises, with rich family property, and because he married a second son, the dowry gift should have been lower than that of Jia Min at that time.

It's just that the new wife is the daughter of the Duke of the State and the younger sister of the Queen. Lin Hai is now the second-rank official and the head of the Lin family. few.

So in late May, the head housekeeper, Lin Ping, went to the capital with a dowry gift worth fifty thousand gold prepared by the Lin family.

In a wing room in the backyard of the Lin Mansion, a beautiful woman in her twenties, wearing a rose-colored dress and wearing a gold pendant on her hair, was pulling the handkerchief in her hand, and she almost tore the handkerchief. The girl next to her thought Persuade but dare not persuade.

When she was in trouble, the girl heard footsteps, looked up, it was Aunt Shen coming this way, and hurriedly reminded her master.

The master and the servant laughed: "Sister Cao is alone in the room, and she doesn't go to the garden. I see that the lotus in the pond is blooming very well. I wanted to enjoy it for a while, but the sun is too bright." It's hot, I can't help but come back."

Aunt Cao straightened up and gave way a bit, and asked the girl to serve tea, she leaned down again, and said with a sneer, "I don't know when Sister Shen became so magnanimous. I can't wait to come and visit the garden, come and see My joke."

"If my sister has nothing to do, why don't you dress up and go for a walk, so that the master will come often. When the new wife comes in, sister Shen won't see the master for a long time, so don't cry in secret. "

"I don't know if the new wife is as magnanimous as the first wife. Poor sister, I advise the master to come and see my sister."

Seeing that Aunt Cao didn't get up, Aunt Shen said something like this again, she couldn't hold back when she brought up the past, she also sneered: "It's kind of nice to see my sister, but it's not very interesting for my sister to say that."

"I'm not as capable as my younger sister. I can speak well, and the master often comes to visit. It's just that my younger sister is so powerful. When my younger sister gives birth to a son and a half, I will really convince my younger sister."

Aunt Cao was so angry that her eyebrows stood on end, but Aunt Shen didn't wait for her to say anything, turned around and left.

Aunt Cao raised her teacup and wanted to smash it, but Lin Hai didn't dare to smash it because she was afraid that Lin Hai would know about it.After getting angry for a while, he took the little girl's fault and pinched her arm to vent his anger.

Over there, when Aunt Shen returned to the room, how many tears did she shed? After thinking about it for a long time, she asked the girl to take the needle and thread, and began to work hard every day without mentioning it.

In Changle Palace, Wen Jiao didn't know that she had already been picked up by the aunts of the Lin family, and now she had a full schedule every day.

If I get up early in the morning, I have to read poems and songs for an hour first, to cultivate some talents, and I have to try to make a few more sentences to show to Empress Su.

It’s just that every time I do it, I don’t have the face to show it to others. Empress Su shook her head after reading it, so after a month, Wen Jiao finally didn’t have to write poems every day, but had to read the book.

When I got up in the afternoon, I had to give lessons to the palace servants around Empress Su and the maids I was going to bring as a dowry in batches, and they passed by quickly.

Even after dinner, there is no time to be idle. When the emperor is not here, he and Empress Su will read the palace ledgers and discuss the regulations for managing the harem in the future.If the emperor comes, he will go back to his house and do some needlework.

Most of the women in this dynasty would embroider wedding dresses by themselves if they got engaged early, were still a few years away from getting married, and had confidence in their embroidery skills.

Although Wen Jiao's embroidery work is almost comparable to that of the embroiderers in the palace, it's just that her wedding dress is coming soon, so her wedding dress was carefully made by Empress Su, but Wen Jiao still has to embroider some purse fan covers by herself, etc., in preparation for the wedding. Then give it to Lin Hai.

Also because Wen Jiao is nominally the second lady of the Su family, no matter whether Su Shangshu and his wife agree with her as a righteous daughter in their hearts, Wen Jiao must abide by the etiquette of this era, respect them, and serve their parents.

Even if she was in the palace, she would often send Mrs. Su some self-made socks, forehead wipes and other things to show her filial piety.

Besides, last time I gave Daiyu a purse embroidered by myself, this time I want to embroider some sachets for Daiyu, so that I can give it to Daiyu when Daiyu comes next time.

So every night I work hard at needlework under the lamp, not to mention doing three shifts every day, but it is still possible to do two shifts every day.

Only then did Wen Jiao realize the advantages of marrying Lin Hai.When chatting with Empress Su one day, Empress Su joked: "Hey, after being my younger sister, you are busier than before. Even if I want to get another purse made by you, I can't bear to bother you. I always feel that Your waist is two inches thinner."

Wen Jiao also said with a smile: "Fortunately, Lin's family is small. If there were a lot of aunts and sisters-in-law, I would have to make a lot of things. Now everyone says I'm thin again, so now I don't even have a belt. Dare to fasten."

Empress Su leaned close to Wen Jiao, smiled and whispered: "I have inquired for you, there are only Sifang aunts in the Linhai courtyard, two are over 40 years old, and two are younger, but one is already in her twenties, The other twenty is five."

"Although he is not a lecherous person, which man doesn't like a young and beautiful woman? Once married, it is important to seize the power of the housekeeper. I am not worried about you at all in this regard, but it is more important to seize the heart of a man."

"I think your waist is just right now. I still have a good recipe here. Let them make it for you. It will make Lin Hai startled when he sees it, and he will never see anyone else again. .”

Wen Jiao blushed. In ancient times, she talked about husband/wife affairs in broad daylight, and taught her how to seduce her future husband. Are you really a real man?

Seeing Wen Jiao like this, Empress Su couldn't help pinching her face, and taught her: "Look at the palace. Besides, there are not many concubines in the palace, there are more than ten people. Why can the emperor come here half the time every month?" Here?"

"Even if I am the empress, the palace rules are only for the emperor to come on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year. You are not by my side for a year or two, and you are not uncommon for me to do things. It is good that you are steady, but sometimes you are not steady , more delicate, more pampered."

Wen Jiao thinks about the coquettishness of the emperor and Empress Su in their daily relationship with Empress Su, and then applies it to himself and Lin Hai (please imagine the image of Lin Hai in Wen Jiao's mind: a 50-year-old bearded old man). The picture is too beautiful.

She hurriedly drove this thought out of her mind, and said: "Got it." But she thought in her heart, anyway, there are still a few months before the big wedding, so let's talk about acting like a baby at that time!

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