[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

Jia Lian just returned to Jia's mansion and was called over by Jia's mother without even taking a sip of tea.His heart skipped a beat, thinking that he would not be able to escape being questioned today.Thinking of the wound on the face of the second master, I couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

When we arrived at the Rongxi Hall, we saw Jia Mu leaning on a pillow embroidered with the word "Fu" embroidered with gold thread on the soft floor covered with silver thread embroidered auspicious clouds and riches. No rush.

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Aunt Xue and others were sitting upright, and Sister Feng stood behind Mrs. Xing, looking at him from time to time, and there was a hint of inquiry in Danfeng's blinking eyes.

Jia Lian felt bitter, but he had no choice but to come forward to say hello.Jia Mu didn't even look at him, but said lightly: "Is it over?"

Jia Lian couldn't answer for a long time.Xin said: It was extremely difficult for the Lin family to agree to this matter. The old lady was very determined in her heart, and she asked herself and the second master to go together, saying that they had mutual support, who didn't know that this was pushing her Go sing red face.There was some resentment in my heart for a while, and then I thought of Lin Ze's gloomy face at Uncle Lin's house today, and the advice he gave before leaving, my heart tightened, and I lowered my head and said nothing.

Mother Jia waited here for a long time but Jia Lian did not speak, so she frowned, and closed the teacup with a "ding", which made people's heart tremble even more in the silence of the room.

"Success is success, and failure is failure. What's the value of your hesitating, don't hurry up!" After speaking, the voice raised a little bit.

Jia Lian gritted his teeth, stopped his body, lowered his head a little more, and said in a deep voice, "Old lady, I'm afraid this will be very difficult."

He was still waiting to distinguish when he opened his mouth, but Jia Mu had already slammed the cup in her hand under his feet, and suddenly a blue and white porcelain tea cup painted with panzhi patterns split to pieces, leaving the warm tea and green tea in it. Jia Lian's robe was wetly stained with tea leaves.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xing frowned, and slightly lifted the handkerchief in her hand to speak.Wang Xifeng hurriedly grabbed the corner of her clothes from behind, and only shook her head gently when Mrs. Xing turned her head to the side.

Over there, Mrs. Wang's eyes flashed brightly. Seeing that Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng didn't move, she sneered and said, "I'm afraid someone is clumsy, and I can't handle a good cheap job!" To say that Jia Lian is incompetent, such an easy-to-talk marriage with the Zhen family can also be said to be dirty.

This was exactly what Mother Jia was thinking, she knew that Zhen's family was not low, and she and Jia's family were also brothers.If it weren't for the fact that there is no daughter of the right age in my family, why should I cling to the Zhen family?From her point of view, the third lady of the Zhen family is all top-notch in character and appearance, and even she can't fault it, thinking that the Lin family will definitely agree.Whoever wanted to hear Jia Lian come back and say this was immediately very displeased.

Aunt Xue saw that the displeasure on Mother Jia's face became more and more obvious, so she beat the side drum beside her, and said with a faint smile: "Don't worry, old lady, maybe Brother Lin has other thoughts in his heart. Don't worry." Blindly scolding Lian'er, they are all blood relatives of the whole family, who hasn't had a moment of carelessness."

When Sister Feng heard it, the corners of her eyes twitched.Looking at Aunt Xue's faint smile, those words were really harsh.On the surface, it seems that he is helping Jia Lian to speak, but in fact he has filed a criminal complaint.These words were overt, and he almost pointed at Jia Lian's nose and said that he didn't care about family affairs, what a clever idea!

As expected, Mother Jia became even more angry, and said angrily: "I leave everything to you to handle, and I only think that you are capable and well-connected outside. Who would have thought that even a small matter can't be done well now! It can be seen that I usually After looking at you, do you want me, an old woman, to come to the door in person to say that we can't get married?"

Jia Lian gritted her teeth secretly, and Sister Feng's complexion over there became more and more bad.

At this moment, there was a servant girl outside the house reporting that the Elder Master had come.Jia Mu's expression changed slightly, she pondered for a moment before saying: "Call him in."

As soon as Jia Amnesty came in, he didn't even look at Jia Lian who was kneeling on the ground. He greeted Jia's mother first, then stood up straight and said, "What's wrong with the old lady, can someone make you angry?" Then he turned around and stared at Jia Lian and said, "You must be the one who didn't live up to expectations and offended the old lady! Why did I give birth to such a worthless person like you, you should be killed as soon as possible!"

With that said, he was going to beat Jia Lian.Seeing that he could hear him yelling all over the room, Jia's mother frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "If you want to beat the house, don't make the whole room dirty!" Amnesty just passed by the ear.

Looking at Jia Lian, he said angrily, "I had to beat you to death today, so that the old lady can calm down. The old lady is kind enough to let you off this time, otherwise I won't. Hurry up and go back, it's embarrassing here!" As he spoke, he did not forget to wink at Jia Lian. Seeing that Jia Lian got up in a hurry to accuse Jia Mu, he turned around and ran out. Jia Amnesty spat at his back again, and said in a low voice, "It's useless." Things, little things can't be done well."

Seeing him like this, Jia's mother was very disgusted and didn't want to talk to him.Jia Amnesty was quite at ease, he greeted Mrs. Wang, and after sitting down, he chatted with Aunt Xue two or three times about homework, and then said to Jia Mu who was sitting in the seat: "The old lady is here today for your sake." Why are you so angry, if my son can share your worries for you, he will definitely die."

Mother Jia gave him a cold look, and saw that he had a smile on his face, but she didn't like his foolishness very much.But since Jia She has already asked, there is no need to avoid him about this matter, so he said: "It's just for your nephew's marriage proposal, who would have thought it would not work out." His words were full of displeasure.

Jia She smiled, and said: "The old lady is kind, and she has to work so hard for the elder nephew. It's just that the nephew is poor. His fate is really not suitable for marrying a wife before the weak crown. I am afraid that the old lady's kindness will be rejected."

There was a slight coldness in Jia Mu's eyes, she stared at Jia She for a long time, then sneered: "The old man is well informed, why didn't I know it? Come and listen to us, so that I, an old woman, will grow up." experience."

Jia Amnesty didn't know whether he was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, he seemed to have not understood the meaning of Jia's mother's words, he just smiled and talked about the things that Master Tang of the Qin Tianjian had calculated for Lin Ze.

There are so many women in the inner room who can't believe the theory of ghosts and gods the most.Hearing Jia She's words, his complexion changed several times.Xia Jingui showed a bit of surprise and curiosity on his face, and asked Jia Amnesty: "If you get married before the weak crown, will the uncle of the Lin family really..." The words are not finished, but the meaning is not clear.

Even the emperor has admitted the words of Master Tang, Qin Tianjian, if Lin Ze was weak and the woman stood beside him, then the jade will be broken, I am afraid that it will not be an easy end.

Jia Amnesty smiled and shook the folding fan in his hand with a kind smile. "Nephew and daughter-in-law are too young. There are some things you children don't know, but if something happens, the superior..." Jia She said, "Hula" put away the folding fan, and pointed Pointing to the top, deliberately lowered his voice and said: "The top blames it, whoever it is... can't afford it."

"Ah, really!" Xia Jingui exclaimed, and immediately realized that she had overreacted, so she quickly covered her mouth with a veil.Seeing that Mother Jia's expression became more and more gloomy, Fang retreated behind Mrs. Wang and stopped talking.

Aunt Xue saw that Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu's faces were not very good-looking, so she smiled lightly and said, "It's a pity."

"Who says it's not!" Jia Amnesty opened the folding fan again, shook it, and began to praise Lin Ze's various benefits with a smile.

"It's not that I praise my nephew. With his character, appearance, family background, and talent, he won't be able to marry any girl in the future. I'm afraid that after he becomes weaker, the threshold of the Lin family will be said to be close." People trampled it to pieces, ah, ah, if my niece has the grace of the emperor and the empress, and is married with gold and jade, I'm afraid my big nephew will not be bad."

Every word and every sentence made Jia's mother feel like a needle was stuck in her heart.Seeing Jia She's smiling face, Mother Jia snorted coldly, "Based on his personality and appearance, he is your eldest nephew after all, but you, as an uncle, don't care too much!"

Jia She's smile didn't change at all, he just smiled and said, "Don't tell me, old lady, it's not that my son doesn't care about his nephew. On the contrary, he cares about everything for his nephew!"

"Yesterday after I went to court, the emperor left a few adults to talk. My sister-in-law and I were there. While talking, Mr. Xu, an academician of the Imperial Academy, mentioned his youngest daughter. You know, old lady. , Mr. Xu’s family tutor can’t be compared with any other one in the capital, but why, the emperor still doesn’t agree to it.”

Jia Amnesty didn't say a word, not only the emperor refused to agree, but also the third prince and Prince Beijing who were present at the same time also refused to agree.On the spot, Mr. Xu's face flushed with embarrassment. Although he didn't directly refuse, the reasons for moving out were very good.

You can't risk the life of your good son for your daughter's good marriage, right?

Jia She said leisurely, and then said: "Don't talk about that, I just heard a strange thing yesterday. It has something to do with our family, but I'm very confused."

When Jia Mu heard this, her brows frowned slightly, and she had some bad premonition in her heart.

Jia Amnesty didn't care about her expression, and said to himself: "It wasn't long after Mr. Xu said this yesterday, and the censor mentioned that there are rumors in the capital that my eldest nephew is going to marry the third son of the Zhen family in Jiangnan. Miss. Which one does this belong to?" As he spoke, Jia Amnesty looked at Mother Jia with a half-smile.

Mother Jia's expression changed slightly, but she still insisted and said: "There are always too many rumors in the capital. It is nonsense to talk about this in front of the imperial court. You are also a prince after all. How can you even talk about these things?" Believe it all?"

But Jia She said with a smile: "The old lady knows that even though my son is confused, there is no reason to offend the emperor for something that is inappropriate. That's why the censor said this, and the son refuted it in person. Don't talk about Mrs. Zhen He and Ms. Zhensan both live in our house, so it’s a bit out of tune to spread the word, besides, my nephew is now Jane’s figure in the emperor’s heart, who would dare to think of him? After living for too long, does it have to provoke the emperor's wrath?"

Jia Mu was slightly startled, and remained silent for a while.

Jia She said with a smile again: "Son, I know that it was a good intention of the old lady to keep Mrs. Zhen and Miss Zhen San to live in our house temporarily, but the old lady has to weigh it. Does the Zhen family have any relatives with our family?" Those who come and go, although we have contacts during the New Year's holidays, we are not close on weekdays."

"He lives in our house. People outside know that our family treats each other with courtesy. If you don't know, I'm afraid there will be a lot of nasty gossip."

"The old lady has to be careful."

Mother Jia's eyes flickered slightly, thinking that Miss Zhen San was such a good chess piece, she was going to give up after all, and she felt a little unwilling.But looking at Jia Amnesty's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Mother Jia couldn't help feeling anxious.

"So, Second Wife, tomorrow...no, tonight, you will send capable servants and servants to the Zhen family's mansion in Beijing to help tidy up. When you are done tidying up, send Mrs. Zhen and Miss Zhen San to go. .”

"Old lady...but..."

Seeing Mrs. Wang's stunned expression, Jia's mother glared, "Where are there so many words, hurry up!"

Aunt Xue hurriedly supported Mrs. Wang, she just smiled and said: "What the old lady told me is that my sister has been a little tired these days, and she can't react in time."

Mother Jia didn't know what they were thinking, but rather than win over the Zhen family and the Lin family, the most important thing right now was to protect her own family.As for Miss Zhensan whose reputation has been ruined... Huh, what does it have to do with her!