[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

In August of the second year, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant.Lin Ze really never thought that he would be able to give it a try so soon.On August [-]th, August [-]th, and August [-]th, there will be three consecutive exams.Lin Ze and the other three students who are also from Weiyang Academy vouched for each other. After finishing the three provincial examinations, they went back to their homes and waited for the day when the results would be released.

On the day when the list was released, Lin Ruhai had already sent Lin Cheng to wait there, so in less than a quarter of an hour, Lin Cheng had already returned to report the news.At that time, Lin Ze was still asleep in his room, unaware that he had now been awarded the Xie Xie Yuan.Lin Ruhai was overjoyed, even Daiyu had a rare smile on her face, and all the servants in the whole house took two months' monthly money.

When Lin Ze woke up, it was already night.Because Daiyu went to bed early, and because Lin Ze hadn't woken up at that time, she wrote a congratulatory message and asked Qingmei to pass it on.Although Lin Lan didn't quite understand the theory of Jie Yuan, he understood the happy atmosphere in the mansion. Knowing that his brother had passed the exam, he smiled and divided half of his favorite dim sum and put it in Lin Ze's house.

After Lin Ze woke up, the first thing he saw was Jiji, who had a congratulatory message written by Daiyu hanging around his neck, dozing off beside his pillow.Gently untiing the red string around Chirp's neck, Lin Ze carefully read the congratulatory message written by Daiyu, feeling a little dreamy.

He never thought he would be able to give it a try so soon.

Although he has already taken off his filial piety this year, it stands to reason that this year he will not be destined for Qiu Wei.After all, Qiuwei is only held every three years, and it must be in Fengzi, Mao, Wu, and You.Counting it, he was afraid that he would have to wait another year before he could end.But such a coincidence, because the old sage had his [-]th birthday this year, and now he is the number one filial son, seeing the old sage happy, he added Enke even more.When Lin Ze got the news, he still couldn't believe it.

If it wasn't for Shui Zhan and Shui Rong who repeatedly emphasized it several times, he might not believe it!Thinking of those two people, they took him to Shui Zhan's house in the capital for several days because of this matter. In name, it was to study his homework, but in fact it was to take him to relax.Lin Ze hooked his lips into a smile, thanks to them!

Touching Daiyu's congratulatory message, Lin Ze smiled and picked up the small plate full of snacks in his hand.Oh, it's rare to see Lan'er's chubby little prick so willingly.While thinking about it, I ate more happily.The little chubby guy in his family is so generous, Lin Ze has already started to think about whether he should give the little chubby guy more snacks and refreshments tomorrow.

Smelling the sweet scent of sweet-scented osmanthus at the tip of his nose, Lin Ze lowered his head and touched Jiji's little head. The smooth fur was scratched in the palm of his hand, making Lin Ze smile and narrow his eyes.Although he doesn't mind when he embarks on a career in economics, in his mind, the sooner the better.Only in this way can he have the capital to protect his family and the foundation to live in the world!He didn't want to rely solely on Lin Ruhai's status for everything, that's all, at that time in Jia's mansion, it wasn't likely that anyone would buy it.In the final analysis, you still have to stand up straight on your own.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a light cough.Lin Ze turned his head and saw that it was Lin Ruhai who came in under the moonlight.

Seeing that Lin Ze had just woken up and his hair was still a little messy, Lin Ruhai smiled unconsciously, sat down beside the bed and said, "What's wrong? Zhong Zhiyuan still looks like this, and your sister will laugh at you again when she sees it carefully."

Only then did Lin Ze come to his senses, and he was a little surprised when he thought that he had actually won the Yuan Yuan. He just smiled and said, "I didn't expect to be able to get the Yuan Yuan in the first place. This is my luck."

But Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "What are you talking about? You are diligent and hardworking, and you have spent a lot of time and energy on studying. Wouldn't it be a joke if you said it was 'good fortune'?"

Lin Ze also laughed, and said with a rare smile: "I want to be humble, haha."

Lin Ruhai was amused by him, turned to look at the laurel plant outside the window of Lin Ze's room, and sighed: "When Madam passed away, she still remembered your fame and official career. If she knows from heaven, she should be relieved."

Lin Ze was stunned, and then said: "Madam must know, master, don't worry too much."

Lin Ruhai patted Lin Ze's shoulder with a smile, and said: "It's not too late to say this after you get your name on the gold list. I think that it will be your wife's death day soon after Chunwei, and then our family will go to pay homage to her." Sacrifice your wife, so that she can comfort her."

Lin Ze nodded again and again, thinking of Chun Wei in March of the next year, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.He has always been young, mature and prudent, and behaves like a young adult when he talks and does things. When did Lin Ruhai see him so anxious, he smiled and said: "Why? There are still a few months for you to prepare, so let's get nervous now? "

Lin Ze was a little embarrassed by the words, so he smiled and said, "Did you feel nervous when the master was in the spring?"

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai only glanced at him sideways, and said with a light smile, "I took the exam with confidence back then, so there was nothing nervous about it. I write because I have my own ups and downs in my chest. What you can have every day is naturally accumulated over the years, and you can use all the books you have read, the poems you have written, and the texts you have written in your heart." When Lin Ruhai said this, his eyebrows and eyes were clear, and his eyes were clear. Lin Ze was stunned to see the handsome Tanhualang back then.

After a long conversation overnight, Lin Ze also put his mind back.On the second day, Lin Ruhai went to court, and Lin Ze had nothing to do, so he went to Weiyang Academy to look for Shen Yu.Who would have thought that I would meet another person by chance on the road, who do you think?It turned out to be Wen Xibai!

Seeing that Lin Ze was also going to Weiyang Academy, Wen Xibai couldn't help leaning over and smiling, "What a Lin Jieyuan, here's a courtesy for you."

Lin Ze pushed his shoulder with a smile, and said with a smile: "You know how to make fun of me, don't you want to think about your current identity and my identity?" Then he pursed his lips and smiled: "Look at what I didn't give this year. If you give a congratulatory gift, just use this to choke me!"

Wen Xibai chuckled when he heard the words, hugged Lin Ze's shoulders and walked into the academy, not forgetting to mention an old friend who was becoming more and more taciturn. "You don't know, although I'm already a Jinshi, but I feel very depressed. Hey, let me tell you, I still have to read this book, but I'm an official, so I don't care if I don't do it."

Lin Ze only smiled when he heard the words, and said, "What do you mean, it's better if I don't take the exam?"

Wen Xibai waved his hands quickly and said, "Hey, don't say it's what I mean. I'm just complaining in vain, but if you keep it in your heart, then it's really my fault. Don't say your master needs to know I hate it so much that my teeth itch, even your third brother, I'm afraid he won't be able to spare me!"

The two walked while talking and laughing, and arrived at Weiyang Academy in a short while.After entering, naturally go to Pei Zijun first, and the three of them sat together and talked a few more words.I heard Pei Zijun ask: "Now that you have passed the autumn exam, you naturally have to prepare for the spring exam. Are you nervous and restless?"

Lin Ze smiled and was about to speak when he heard Xi Bai said, "Ah, are you still worried about him? It's not that you don't know that he is the most mature and prudent character. It's really strange when he is still uneasy. As he spoke, he blinked at Lin Ze, clearly saying, "Look at me, how well I understand you"!

Lin Ze couldn't laugh or cry, so he said with a smile: "I was a little uneasy before, but because Enke opened this year, I was a little surprised and a little dazed. It's just that I talked to the master last night. It's much better now."

Pei Zijun nodded and stopped asking.I only heard that Xi Bai seemed to have heard something very strange, and rushed over and asked repeatedly: "Why? You really have such a strange time! Oh, ah, it's a pity that I didn't see it. Let me tell you , You shouldn’t have asked your master to enlighten you yesterday, at least you came to show me with that uneasy look.”

Lin Ze gave him a sideways glance. Although he didn't speak, his eyes were sharp, which made Wen Xibai automatically swallow all the words that followed.They just chatted, changed the subject, and said with a smile: "By the way, I heard that your family and Rongguo Mansion are related by marriage?"

Lin Zezheng wondered why he mentioned Rongguo Mansion so suddenly, but nodded and said, "That's right, the late mother is the youngest daughter of Duke Rong."

"Ah, that means Rongguo Mansion is your maternal ancestor's home?"

Lin Ze frowned, what if he didn't want to be related to the Rongguo Mansion at all?But before he could speak, Wen Xibai had already smiled and said to himself: "I heard that there was a noble lady in the Rongguo Mansion, and a relative of his family committed a crime and was arrested in Wucheng Bingmasi Yamen. Fortunately, this noble lady pleaded for mercy, so she had to be released."

Lin Ze frowned, the relatives who were imprisoned in the Wucheng Bingmasi Yamen, couldn't be talking about Xue Pan, right?But for the next year, Xue Pan seems to have happened two years ago?Lin Ze was puzzled, so he asked, "I heard that they are relatives?"

Wen Xibai shook his head and said, "I don't know what kind of relatives they are, who would inquire about these! I just heard such a rumor in vain, and I remembered that you are related to his family, so I said it." , Then he laughed again, and only asked Lin Ze: "Hey, let me tell you, if you are serious, you should study hard and wait until the spring of the next year to take the Golden Palace exam and win the first prize in one fell swoop."

Lin Ze laughed, and said: "Your words are very auspicious, but you don't think about it. How old are you that I am, but you still can't win the Golden Palace. Why did you come to me and put such high hopes on me?" Come?"

Wen Xibai was not ashamed, just smiled, and tapped the palm of his hand with the paper fan, looking very chic. "We also wanted to win the first prize, but no one is willing to place high hopes on us." After speaking, he turned his eyes to Lin Ze, and Lin Ze felt embarrassed when he saw it, so he smiled again: "Really , with your handwriting, it is no problem to win the first prize."

Lin Ze smiled and said nothing. Pei Zijun thought that he was under too much pressure, so he hurriedly added: "Even if you can't win the number one, the second place is also very good. Don't listen to Xibai's words, the number one is too much. It’s rare to have one, you just do your best.”

Wen Xibai shook his head with a smile and said: "Ah, that's a mistake. Even if you can't be the number one scholar, at least you have to be a Tanhua. Since ancient times, only a Tanhua Lang has to be talented and good-looking. You Look, which Qionglin Banquet was not the most eye-catching for Tanhualang?"

One sentence made both Pei Zijun and Lin Ze laugh. Lin Ze even leaned over and snatched his folding fan, held it in his hand, knocked on the back of the chair, and said with a smile: "This is true, since ancient times Wasn’t it always Junyan who was able to be a Tanhualang?” Jianwen Xibai and Pei Zijun nodded one after another, Lin Ze held back the smile on his lips, picked up the folding fan and picked Wen Xibai’s chin and teased: “Why don’t you see us, Mr. Wen? What about this name?"

When Wen Xibai was teased by him like this, his face immediately turned red, he hesitated for a long time, and then blushed and said: "Okay, I used to make fun of people, and today you make fun of me too!" I want to come over and fight with Lin Ze.

The three of them laughed for a while, because they heard that Lin Ze came to find Shen Yu, Pei Zijun said, "Mr. Shen went out early this morning, and he didn't say when he would come back. I'm afraid you will wait, is there something urgent?"

Lin Ze thought for a while, and there was nothing urgent for him, but he just came over to take a look.Then he smiled at Pei Zijun and said, "Is there anything urgent, but it's just because I haven't seen you for a long time, and I'm worried about it. Since my husband is not here, I'll just see you next time." After saying that, she wanted to get up and leave, Wen Xi Bai also stood up and smiled, "Leaving so early, why don't we go together." After that, he went to see Pei Zijun again.

Pei Zijun just shook his hand and said, "Go on your own, I still have to read for a while."

Wen Xibai laughed and scolded: "What a nerd, thanks to your family's loyal warriors, you hide in this sea of ​​books and become a bookworm." Then he pulled Lin Ze back and said, "Let's not go with him, He didn't have to be spoiled by him. Let's go, brother will take you to play!" Lin Ze laughed out loud, pushed Wen Xibai with his hand, and said with a smile: "What brother is not brother, I see You are the one who can lead the bad guys the most."

The two still talked and laughed and left. Pei Zijun just smiled and read the book alone.

After returning to the mansion, before Lin Ze returned to the house, he saw Qing Xing holding refreshments and going to Daiyu's place. He couldn't help but wondered: "Sister Qing Xing, why did you bring these refreshments? I remember that Yu'er was the most impatient to eat. These sweet and sour desserts."

When Qing Xing saw Lin Ze came back, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Master, why did you come back so early? The girl just said that she doesn't know when he will come back, but it just so happened that he did." Hearing Lin Ze ask her hand He smiled again and said: "This is not for the girl. There are guests from the girl, so I want to bring these dim sum."

Lin Ze was even more surprised now, why didn't he know when Daiyu was waiting for guests!

Seeing that there was some doubt in his brows, Qing Xing smiled and said, "It's the Second Grandma Lian from the Rongguo Mansion, and the girl is talking with her in the room. If you don't have anything else to do, I'll go first." gone."

Lin Ze smiled and let her go, and went back to the room by himself. In the evening, he heard that Qing Mei brought Lin Lan outside the room to talk and laugh.I didn't go to Daiyu's until dinner time.

As soon as she saw Daiyu, she saw that the circles of Daiyu's eyes were slightly red, as if she had cried.Lin Ze's face darkened, he was doing well at home, why did he cry?Could it be that Wang Xifeng bullied his sister?Thinking of this, Lin Ze said to Qing Xing with a sullen face, "Young lady, why are you crying again? Aren't you all accompanying me?"

Qing Xing, Licorice and others looked at each other, but they were all speechless.Daiyu was slightly taken aback, seeing the anger in Lin Ze's eyes, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled and said, "It turned out that my eyes turned red when I heard Lian's second sister-in-law mention something this afternoon. How come my brother didn't even know about this matter?" Pursuing the investigation scared Qing Xing and Licorice, let's see if you regret it or not." Saying this, he let Qing Xing and Licorice go down, and started talking to Lin Ze.

"Today, Lian's second sister-in-law came over. I saw that she looked a little unhappy, so she told me that her nephew and daughter-in-law in the Ningguo Mansion were gone. She was asked to go because there was no one to take care of the housekeeper. Although she lives in the Ningguo Mansion, she feels uncomfortable in every way. She makes herself sick from going back and forth."

Lin Ze thought for a while, then he must be referring to Qin Keqing's disappearance.What does it mean to bring this up sooner or later?I heard that Qin Keqing's background is quite interesting. I don't know how many experts and scholars in later generations have studied it, so there is no conclusion.He also said that she was a fairy girl, and that she was the daughter of the old prince.Tsk, all kinds of speculation.Lin Ze didn't pay much attention to this person, except for the time when Jia Baoyu took him to Ningguo Mansion as a guest and took a nap at his house, and later learned about Jia Baoyu's disgusting incident, he had no impression of anything else.

Daiyu then sighed, "I was thinking that since I'm sick, I should take medicine. Who would have thought that Lian's second sister-in-law would tell me a happy event, and she would be pregnant."

Lin Ze frowned. Sister Feng is pregnant?

"This is good. Lian's second cousin is almost in his twenties, and has only one daughter under his knees. Now Lian's second sister-in-law is going to have another baby for him. I can't think of Lian's second cousin being the happiest."

Daiyu also nodded and smiled, "Yes, that's what I said. It's just that Lian's second sister-in-law is here today, but she wants to invite me to play." Then she lowered her eyes and said in a low voice: "But I I don't want to go at all."

Lin Ze laughed and said, "Why don't you want to go? I'm afraid that the people from Jia's family will hold you there and won't let you go. Don't be afraid, my brother and the master are here. If they hold you tight, my brother will not let you go." I will personally pick you up." As he spoke, he was very proud and imposing.

Daiyu was amused by his appearance, so she just slapped Lin Ze's arm lightly with her hand, and said with a smile: "You don't need to pick it up, so you can get to know Yuan, and you have to think about the spring in the next year." Well." Then he laughed again: "It's just that I didn't expect Baoyu to enter the yamen in the next year."

These words surprised Lin Ze, thinking that apart from Jia Baoyu's habit of messing with his sister's flowers and plants, Jia Baoyu has no other bad habits of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.But Daiyu said that Jia Baoyu had entered the yamen coldly, which surprised Lin Ze.Then Jia Baoyu entered the yamen after looking at the appearance of being a strong outsider, what could he provoke?

"I heard it's because he befriended an actor and then abducted that actor." Biting her lip, Daiyu thought she shouldn't be the one who said this, so she hurriedly stopped.

When Lin Ze heard this, he thought of Jia Baoyu's lingering love affair with a little actor named Qiguan in the Prince Zhongshun's mansion in the original book, and felt uncomfortable for a while.But seeing Daiyu bit her lower lip lightly and stopped talking, she was shocked again.No way... Daiyu was hesitant to talk about this matter, and her eyes were red because of this matter in the afternoon?God, does Daiyu still have any affection for that stinky stone?Bah bah bah!What are you talking about, a mouth full of nonsense, can the innocent boudoir of my daughter's family say that!

Lin Ze's tangled face made Daiyu startled, and asked why.Lin Ze hesitated and said, "Yu'er, it's not worth it to cry your eyes red because of this matter. Then Jia Baoyu originally made friends with opera actors and so on, and they didn't do anything about our family. You don't care about him." My eyes are red from crying...I feel uncomfortable." In the end, I was just jealous.

When Daiyu heard what he said, she was a little dazed at first, but then she laughed.He only smiled at Lin Ze: "Why do you think so? My eyes are red from crying for someone, and I won't do it for him again!"

"Then why are your eyes red?"

"It's because Lian's second sister-in-law has suffered a lot of grievances at home, and I feel sorry for her. When we lived at my grandmother's house, we saw that Lian's second sister-in-law was such a strong person, but now I have to suffer from the idleness of the servants when I don't care about the family. I told her that I have also learned how to be a housekeeper recently, so we have a lot of conversations. After talking like this, I realized that Lian's second sister-in-law looks glamorous on the surface, but she has suffered a lot of grievances on the inside. .”

Lin Ze didn't know what to say after hearing this.Sister Feng has always been the strongest. When she lived in Jia's mansion, when Sister Feng and Mrs. Wang were still alive, it could be seen that she was very talented and loved to show off.But now that the housekeeper's burden has been dropped all of a sudden, although it has caused a lot of inconvenience to Mrs. Wang, in the final analysis, Sister Feng must also be very disappointed.

Lin Ze sighed in his heart, still smiling and said to Daiyu: "Since the second sister-in-law Lian is pregnant, I think we should send something to congratulate her." Just as he was speaking, he heard a soft voice from outside. , Lin Ze hurriedly smiled and said, "Sister Lurou, come in quickly."

Lu Rou answered in a low voice outside, lifted the curtain and came in and saw Daiyu and Lin Ze talking, so she put the box in her hand on the table and said with a smile: "The girl wants what I'm looking for, I'll find it caught."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Sister Lurou knows where these things are, show me quickly." Then she took the box and opened it.Lin Ze leaned over to look, and saw that there was a red gold silk coiled eight-treasure collar in the box, and the same set of longevity locks, bracelets, and anklets.A set of gold ornaments is extremely delicate and unique, the collars, bracelets and locks are all woven with extremely thin gold threads, and they are worn with eight treasures the size of rice grains.

Lin Ze took the long-life lock in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, and couldn't help laughing: "I remember Yu'er wearing this thing when I was a child, right?"

Daiyu raised her head to look at Lurou, Lurou pursed her lips and said with a smile: "No, when I was young, the girl liked to wear this longevity lock the most, and she didn't like any other collars, anklets and bracelets. .”

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "It's all happened when I was a child, why do I still bring it up now." Then she smiled and asked: "Why didn't Lan'er wear it?"

Lin Ze laughed and said, "Why haven't I worn it before? I have worn it before. It's just that Lan'er is naughty. Every time I put it on for him, he would put it in his mouth and bite it. Although this thing is made of real gold and silver, but It was dirty with dust on it. Besides, he was young and weak at that time, so I had to put away all his things and only show it to his little wife later.”

After speaking, Daiyu laughed lightly, and asked Lurou to tidy up the set before she said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I will go to Rongguo Mansion as a guest, so let Sister Lurou and Licorice accompany me there. Sister Hongxing the day before yesterday I just caught a cold and I'm still not feeling well, so I can take care of Qing Xing at home."

Lurou smiled and said, "Although the girl is kind enough to understand us, there is no such reason. Since you are a guest, you should be more considerate of etiquette." After speaking, she looked at Lin Ze and said with a smile: "I will I'm going to ask the uncle for two people."

Lin Zeyin thought that if Lurou wanted to please others this time, she would definitely get green plums and ginkgo fruits, so she also smiled and said, "Just let Lurou sister decide, I don't care." As he spoke, he saw that it was getting late , So I went to have dinner with Daiyu.When the meal was over and Daiyu was sent back, Lin Ze was about to go back to the house, but on the way he ran into Lin Ruhai and Shen Yu, who were slightly drunk.

"Sir, sir?"

Shen Yu's expression was quite clear, but his face was slightly flushed. When he saw Lin Ze approaching, he touched the top of his hair with a smile, and said with a smile: "I know Yuan, but I don't know who will go to my place first. It should be hit." As he said that, he actually reached out and hit Lin Ze on the back twice.

Lin Ze smiled wryly, it was very rare for Mr. to speak like this, he must be drunk.Seeing Lin Ruhai's misty eyes again, he hurried over to support Lin Ruhai, and asked Shen Yu, "Why did you come back with Master?"

Shen Yu rubbed his forehead, and then looked at the surrounding scenery, and sure enough, this is not Weiyang Academy.He pointed at Lin Ruhai and said with a smile: "It's not that your master insisted on pulling me to drink together, saying that he joined the cabinet together, and wanted to celebrate with a drink. But look, your master has never been a drinker. Yes, after only a few cups of old wine, I was already drunk and dizzy. I was worried that others would send him off, so I had to send him back myself."

Just as he was talking, Lin Fu had already brought Lin Cheng over. Seeing that Lin Ruhai was already in a daze, he quickly reached out to support him, and they sent Lin Ruhai to the main courtyard together.Lin Ze saw that Lin Fu was here to take care of everything, so he looked back at Shen Yu and said, "Sir, it's so late, why don't you just stay here today and go back to the academy tomorrow morning."

Just as Shen Yu was about to speak, Lin Fu had already cleaned up Lin Ruhai. He turned around and said to Shen Yu, "Mr. Shen, the guest rooms are all clean, just ask someone to take the bedding. It's also very cheap for you to live here."

Hearing what the two of them said, Shen Yu nodded in agreement.When the three of them were going to the guest room, they heard Lin Ruhai, who was already sleeping on the bed, suddenly groaned, and raised his voice, "Mr. Shen, let's have another drink. We are both in the cabinet now, but it's fate!"

Lin Ze was also slightly surprised at this moment, has the master been promoted to the cabinet now?When I looked at Shen Yu again, I heard Shen Yu laughing and said: "It's just a cabinet bachelor, what is it worth?"

Lin Ze suppressed the doubts in his heart first, and waited until the next morning. Both Lin Ruhai and Shen Yu had a good night's sleep, but when they saw Lin Ze, they became a little cautious.I think it's because I drank too much last night and lost my composure in front of my son/student.Lin Ze didn't expose it, he just smiled and said, "Congratulations to Master and Mister."

"Which song is this?" Shen Yu said to Lin Ze with a smile, "What's your congratulations, let's hear it."

Lin Ze smiled and said, "Didn't the gentleman say last night that the master and the gentleman are both cabinet bachelors now, shouldn't it be my congratulations to the younger generation?"

It made Lin Ruhai and Shen Yu laugh.After breakfast, Daiyu went to Jia's mansion, and Shen Yu went back to Weiyang Academy, Lin Ruhai told Lin Ze about yesterday's court affairs.

It turned out that when he went to court yesterday, Lin Ruhai was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of officials and a cabinet bachelor by today's court, and he was a member of the cabinet.Although he is still a second-rank official, what Lin Ruhai said in the emperor's heart is no longer clear.What's more, everyone in the court knows that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is now very old, and he will be old in a year or two. It is not foreseeable who the post of Minister will fall.Besides, although the cabinet bachelor belongs to the second rank, the fact that he can be a cabinet counselor alone makes countless people flock to him.

After Lin Ze heard this, he couldn't help but click his tongue.The emperor treated his father better.

Looking at Lin Ze's expression, Lin Ruhai knew what Lin Ze was thinking, flicked his forehead with his hand, and only smiled: "I met the emperor when we were young, and at that time the emperor was not the best candidate to inherit the throne, and he had no intention of taking the throne." The battle between the princes. I also have a deep personal relationship with him because of his indifferent temperament, honesty and benevolence, and now he has become the emperor. Although my friendship with him in the past is still there, we still treat each other as monarchs and ministers."

Lin Ze covered the forehead that was hit by Lin Ruhai, smiled and said, "I didn't expect the master and the emperor to have such a friendship."

Lin Ruhai only smiled and said: "Your husband also entered the cabinet yesterday. Although he was already a talent that the emperor praised, but he was young and energetic and refused to flatter him, so he was not very proud in the court." As he said that, he looked at Lin Ze and said with a smile: "It's also fortunate that he didn't go well in court and went far away to the south of the Yangtze River, so you and his teacher-student fate."

Lin Ze asked curiously, "What grade is the gentleman now?"

"It's also a cabinet bachelor, and a second-rank official." After speaking, he smiled at Lin Ze: "You go to study hard, and don't embarrass your husband in the next spring."

After Lin Ze heard this, he responded and went to his room.

But Daiyu came to Rongguo Mansion in a carriage, and all the sisters welcomed her in happily.And because she has taken off her filial piety now, the clothes on her body are brighter in color, although they are still very elegant, but compared to the plain white and dull in the filial piety period, it is already very eye-catching.

Xichun was the first to hold Daiyu's hand, and she saw that Daiyu was wearing a double-breasted gown embroidered with golden lotus patterns in a honey color, a crepe skirt with scallion-yellow trim, her eyebrows were like emerald feathers, her muscles were like white snow, her waist was as slender as a willow, and her teeth were white. Hanyu, Duan is peerless.He smiled and praised: "Sister Lin's body is really beautiful and beautiful."

Daiyu nodded her nose, took her hand, came to Jia Mu and greeted Ann first.Jiamu raised her eyes to see her black hair like clouds, her brows like daisy, she also smiled and said: "It's still what the fourth girl said, Yu'er is more and more fresh."

While talking, I heard Hu Po knock on the curtain and say, "Old lady, Miss Bao and Miss San are here to greet you."

Jia Mu also laughed and said, "Let them come in soon." Turning around, she said to Daiyu and Xichun, "Stop standing, both of you, and sit down quickly. Yuanyang, make them a cup of good tea." Yuanyang listened So, I was busy responding, and soon four cups of tea were ready, and Baochai and Tanchun also sat down one by one.

They hadn't seen Daiyu for quite some time, so naturally they all came over to ask for their warmth, among them, Xichun and Daiyu had the best relationship, so they couldn't help asking a lot.Talking about the recent situation in Daiyu's family, Daiyu said: "Because my elder brother only knows Yuan, and next spring there will be Chunwei, and I have to take care of the trivial matters in the house, so I can't get away."

Xichun and Tanchun listened to these words, but Du Baochai laughed and said, "Sister Lin is the most considerate and considerate person. If you want to come home, you can take care of everything." Because Daiyu mentioned Lin Zezhong's understanding of Yuan, it was unavoidable. He wondered again: "Why did Brother Lin go to Qiuwei? I thought it would be next year."

When Daiyu heard Baochai's question about Lin Ze, she felt a little displeased, but in front of everyone, she had no choice but to say flatly, "Because Enke was added this year, and my elder brother came out of the filial piety, so I drove you away like this." It's a coincidence." Then he smiled at Jia Mu and said, "Grandmother, I heard that Lian's second sister-in-law is pregnant, isn't she?"

Jia's mother also laughed and said, "Since you know, why are you still asking me?" Yin said again: "She has suffered some losses in recent years, and she finally became pregnant again. I won't ask her to come out to take care of the house. You The sister has a good relationship, so visit her more often so that she won't be bored in the house."

Daiyu covered her lips and said with a smile, "That's right. Lian's second sister-in-law invited me to play yesterday. I think she looks fine."

For a while, I was chatting and joking with Jia Mu again, and then I heard Amber knocking on the curtain. It turned out that it was Mrs. Wang who came in.Daiyu and all the sisters hurriedly got up to say hello, and Mrs. Wang greeted Jiamu again.When I sat down again, I heard Mrs. Wang laughing and said: "I haven't seen you for a long time, how is your family doing now? Why don't you come over for a walk? I have invited people several times during the year, and they all said that it is not good to be busy. Come here. Your sisters have nowhere else to go at home, so I miss you."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Thank you, Second Aunt, for your concern."

Mrs. Wang didn't like Daiyu's coquettishness, so she just turned her head and smiled at Baochai: "I just went to your mother's place, and said why you weren't here, so I came to the old lady's place."

Baochai said with a smile, "Auntie misses me, but I think Sister Lin will come here so hard, I'm afraid I'll miss it too." As she spoke, she smiled generously, and Mrs. Wang liked her steady and dignified appearance even more.Even Jia Mu looked sideways at Baochai.

Mrs. Wang became more and more complacent, she just covered the corners of her mouth with a veil and smiled: "I am afraid that the eldest lady is busy with business, so we went to pick him up happily, but the eldest lady is too busy to come. Thanks to you I'm thinking about the eldest girl in everything, I'm afraid I'll miss it."

Hearing what she said, Daiyu felt annoyed for a while.This is an interesting remark, as if it made her put on airs and refuse to come over.Seeing Baochai sitting next to Mrs. Wang with a gentle face, and Mrs. Wang looking at her with a fake smile, Daiyu felt her chest was tight and wished she hadn't come here.

Just when she was angry, Mother Jia coughed lightly and said, "Your Lian's second sister-in-law is twin now. Since you are here, why don't you go and see her?" Then she said to Yuanyang, "" Hurry up and take your miss Lin to see your second grandma Lian, she is the most lively person, but I am a little tired here."

Seeing the sisters get up one after another to leave, Mother Jia's expression darkened, and she looked at Mrs. Wang with a somewhat unfriendly expression.

"Second wife, there are some things that you and I know very well. What kind of family is our family, and what kind of family is Xue's family. Not to mention that his family has no father now, only orphans Widowed mother. Even if his father is still alive, I will never allow Baoyu's marriage to be tied to the head of the merchant."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help pinching the Buddhist beads in her hand.

"I know you like the precious girl of the Xue family, but you should take a look at her background anyway. No matter how rich and powerful the emperor is, it is also a business name. Now the empress is struggling in the palace, our family Anyway, we have to plan for the future. Baoyu is a man of great fortune, and his marriage needs to be carefully watched."

Seeing that Mrs. Wang was still silent, Mother Jia sighed deeply and said, "Zhu'er is gone, and Baoyu will undoubtedly inherit the second room in the future. You only see the wealth of Xue's family, but is there any?" I thought about it, Baoyu will get the help of his wife's natal family when he becomes an official in the future. If he marries a Bao girl from Xue's family, if he has money, can he possibly buy a future?"

After all, he seemed to be extremely tired, so he waved his hand to let Mrs. Wang go back. "Go back and think carefully about what I said to you today, and don't let your thoughts wander. We want a housekeeper from a merchant in our dignified family. Does it mean that you have some face when you spread the word?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback, looked at Jia Mu and said in a daze, "Old lady..."

Jia's mother had closed her eyes and fell to her side, she just sighed: "There are a lot of rumors in the house now, some say that Bao girl is better than our girl. I didn't care about this story, but now it is spreading more and more. There are no rules. What kind of family are we, raped by a merchant's daughter, how do you want the empress in the palace to deal with herself?"

Jia's mother is well aware of Mrs. Wang's nature, if the matter did not involve her interests, she would never have thought about it.So the top priority is to use Yuanchun and Baoyu as an excuse to get rid of her idea of ​​marrying the Xue family.

Sure enough, when Mrs. Wang heard this, her face became very ugly.He just said in a low voice: "The daughter-in-law knows