[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

"So, Mrs. Wang is now 'meditating on her past' in the Small Buddha Hall."

Lin Ze took a sip of tea with a smile, and looked sideways at Shui Rong where the old god was.Seeing that the corners of Shui Rong's mouth were slightly raised, there was also a bit of interest in his eyes. "My lord, if you have something to say, just say it. You can't do without dessert."

"Hey." Shui Rong smiled innocently, but his hands were not slow at all. He quickly pulled a stack of fried chestnuts from under Lin Ze's eyes, and smiled while peeling the shells, "Hey , that is not the mother of the concubine, who dares to let her think about her own past. But the old lady of the Jia family was very angry, and the well-known political master had a quarrel with the Wang family. Mrs. Wang had a headache and dreamed of something, so she went to the Buddhist hall to chant scriptures and pray for blessings." After finishing speaking, he did not forget to wink at Lin Ze, "It was said outside, and the servants of the Jia family didn't say that .”

"The servants of the Jia family have always been the loosest-mouthed, and they are not restrained by the superiors. If you want to inquire about something, it is the cheapest to start with these servants."

Lin Ze's words were right in his arms, and he was so happy that he slapped his thigh with a "snap", and then he frowned and wailed twice before saying: "That's right, that's exactly the reason. I It also caused people to inquire about it, and it is said that there was a dispute over the marriage of the precious phoenix egg in the family, these days, the second wife of the Jia family and the wife of Osmanthus Xia's family have gotten very close."

When Lin Ze heard this, a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

Sweet-scented osmanthus summer home?At best, it was an imperial merchant similar to the Xue family. In the final analysis, the level of wealth of that family was probably even worse than that of the Xue family who had already fallen!

Lin Ze didn't forget that Osmanthus Xia's family was originally Xue Pan's in-laws.If the Xia family's financial resources are not weaker than the Xue family's, why should they marry Xue Pan as a wife? Xue Pan's nickname is known by half of the capital.Mrs. Xia's family must have been unable to find a good family, so she accepted the rich and powerful Xue's family.

In other words, now that the head wife of the Jia family, a duke's family, is helping to bridge the gap, Jia Baoyu's skin can be considered excellent.The mother and daughter of the Xia family may have met Mrs. Wang's eyes. No one can beat the other with mung beans.

But... Lin Ze stroked his chin twice, and asked curiously: "I remember that the eldest girl of the Shi family still lives in Jia's house!"

"That's right." Swallowing the chestnuts in his mouth, smacking his mouth with water, seeing Lin Ze's squinting eyes, he couldn't help but smirk and said, "What? You love that big girl from the historian That's right, the second wife of Jia's family made it clear that she doesn't like the eldest girl of the Shi family. Although the old lady of Jia's family has power, she is old, and there is a concubine in the palace to suppress her. Tsk tsk ..."

"Whether the eldest girl of the historian family can marry into Jia's family is another matter. If you are interested in other girls, you have to do it earlier."

When he said this, Shui Rong didn't forget to use the corner of his eye to glance at someone who closed his eyes and rested his mind.

"I am very concerned about the eldest daughter of the historian."

"puff--"

Before swallowing a sip of water, most of it was sprayed out. Shui Rong covered the bowl with shaking hands, and then asked in surprise: "You, what are you talking about?"

Seeing Shui Rong's lack of manners, it's worth it.Lin Ze bared his teeth and said with a grin: "I said, I really care about the big girl of the historian!"

"Snapped--"

Hey, Shui Rong took a breath of cold air. From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of Shui Zhan who had closed his eyes and opened his eyes before throwing a teacup. The look on his face was so calm that it was really painful!

The Lord Shui Rong, who has always been a small pioneer of gossip, had no time to care about Shui Zhan's reaction, but his eyes were too much for a moment, and then he turned his head and asked Lin Ze, "Do you really like that big girl from the historian? Hey, let me tell you Well, the eldest daughter of the historian family is not very good-natured. I also know the eldest son of the Bowling Marquis Mansion. I heard him talk about the sisters in their family, although he didn't talk much about them, I don't have a good impression of the eldest daughter of the historian family. Don't be overwhelmed, don't you miss the rest of your home?"

Lin Ze listened to Shui Rong's words with a half-smile, and when he finally stopped, he said, "I'm just distracting her, who said I like her?" Then he turned his head to look at her. Shui Zhan, who was picking up the broken porcelain pieces at his feet, said with a smile, "Third brother, don't you think so too?"

Shui Zhan, whose name was called, froze slightly imperceptibly, and then said lightly, "How could that be?" Saying so, Shui Zhan, who had his back to Lin Ze, slowly scratched the piece of porcelain His right hand was retracted in front of him.

"Hey, don't change the subject. Why do you care so much about her when you don't like people?"

Lin Ze glanced at Shui Rong with an idiot-like look.

Prince Bei Jing, who has been dedicated to destroying the atmosphere for 100 years, doesn't know that he has left a mentally hard impression in Lin Ze's heart.With a silly and cute expression of "tell me quickly, I'm curious", even Shui Zhan, who glanced at him faintly, couldn't bear to look directly at him.

"Third Brother, didn't you say last time that you let Lian's second cousin enter the Ministry of Criminal Justice to be a foreigner?"

"Ah."

Shui Zhan's face was still so gloomy, and after hearing Lin Ze mentioning Jia Lian, it tended to turn dark.

Lin Ze is too lazy to care about this, he just wants to quickly pull the progress bar of brushing the BOSS to the front, and spend every day writing things in the Hanlin Academy, he is about to get moldy, okay?Especially when he was working, the next to him was a chatty and saucy Mr. Wen.Dedicated to sowing discord and being complacent about angering him, Lin Ze doesn't want to talk to him at all, okay?

If it is possible, Lin Ze can't wait to be promoted immediately and raise his salary, marry a rich and beautiful wife, and his wife and children are hot on the bed... It depends on your third brother's willingness!

Lin Ze was a little depressed, why every time he came up with similar thoughts, he felt sorry for Shui Zhan?The rhythm is totally wrong, okay?

"When you enter the criminal department, you should let him read the criminal law first!" Touching his chin, Lin Ze smiled meaningfully, "It's better to let my father do it for this favor, third brother, you are not a big deal suitable."

"Alright."

Shui Rong, who had been ignored for a long time, finally came to his senses when he finished eating the last fried chestnut in sugar.

"So... are you going to do something bad again?"

"You have eaten too many chestnuts, do you want to feel it again?"

Meet on a narrow road... Lin Zesheng!

Shui Rong shrunk his shoulders silently, with a pitiful feeling of being rejected.Lin Ze rubbed the bridge of his nose, my God, this kind of sight of a stray dog ​​must be the way he opens it, right?

"I heard that Princess Beijing and Princess Nan'an have a good relationship?"

Shui Rong replied pitifully: "Who did you listen to, the news is not true."

"So it's a bad relationship?"

Shui Rong continued to look stupid with aggrieved expression: "How is that possible?"

……

"So, don't you want to have a good talk?"

After Lin Ze planted a chestnut about the size of a fried chestnut on Shui Rong's forehead with practical actions, he blew his fist with a smile, and smiled innocently at Shui Rong: "I'm not with you Well, my temper is not very good, please forgive me, my lord."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Isn't that how it was written!

"I have something to ask Princess Beijing. If your mother and concubine can speak in the middle, it can save a lot of trouble."

"Do you want my mother and concubine to pass on the words that the second wife of the Jia family likes a girl from Osmanthus Xia's family, but not Miss Shi, to Concubine Nan'an, so that Concubine Nan'an can come and make a fuss?"

Huh?Lin Ze blinked twice, a little surprised by Shui Rong's sudden soaring IQ.To comprehend the meaning of his words so quickly, a child can be taught!

Seeing Lin Ze's expression, Shui Rong knew he had guessed right.The young prince proudly puffed out his small chest, and instantly transformed into a complacent star with his nose up, with an expression of "quickly praise me".It is in sharp contrast with the pitiful appearance that was abandoned before, the contrast is too big to accept!

Lin Ze touched Shui Rong's forehead in a good mood - where there was still a red mark.

"Sure enough, your head should be dealt with in this way in order to be good. Hey, I hope that the Queen Mother of Beijing and the old prince will not give me any big gifts. After all, this is what I should do. If I accept a big gift, I should not I'm so sorry."

"puff--"

Now it's not only water-soluble, even Shui Zhan didn't hold back, he laughed!

Within two days, Princess Beijing invited a group of officials' wives to enjoy the flowers in the garden, and also invited the two wives of the Shi family. Princess Nan'an also brought the girls from the Shi family who lived in the house together.During the process of visiting the garden and enjoying the flowers, some officials' wives asked about the marriage of the eldest daughter of the Shi family. It was neither awkward nor embarrassing, and even the two wives of the Shi family didn't have any smiles on their faces.

Princess Beijing saw that the fire was almost ready, so she let everyone hang out, went to the flower hall first, and then asked people to invite Princess Nan'an and the two wives of Shi Jia to the flower hall for a short talk.

"Old sister, it's not me who said that it's not suitable for Miss Shi to live in Jia Gong's mansion? The so-called relatives should not be too casual. After all, there are male relatives in that mansion."

The words were very polite, and Concubine Nan'an snorted lightly, "It's not like you didn't miss out on that day, since what happened to Yun girl at Jia's house, it's possible that Jia's family returned it." Want to push it clean?"

Concubine Nan'an talked to Concubine Wang Jing of Beijing, so naturally it had nothing to do with the two wives of the historian family.Their identities don't matter at all in front of the two concubines, so they also sat quietly below to accompany them.Only when she heard Concubine Nan'an talk about the events of that day, Mrs. Baolinghou held the handkerchief tighter and tighter. Fortunately, Mrs. Zhongjinghou saw it and calmed down silently.

These little actions can't be hidden from Princess Beijing, so she just smiled and said: "Old sister, I have heard some things recently, but it's hard to talk about it because of sympathy. Now that you have opened up your words today, it can be seen that you didn't take me As an outsider, it's not easy for me to hide it, and I will appear stingy instead."

"The second wife of the Jia family has recently gotten close to the wife of Osmanthus Xia's family in the capital. I heard that the wife of the Xia family borrowed tens of thousands of taels of silver to the second wife of the Jia family as soon as she made a move. Watching the second wife of the Jia family wandering in the garden."

"Hey, actually, let me tell you, we shouldn't be asking about these things. But, I don't know why last time, the second wife of the Jia family went to the palace, and when she came out, she said she had a palace. It contains the order of Concubine Xiande, and she will send Miss Shi back when she returns to the mansion. Taijun Jia is so angry that he is sick, and now he still needs a doctor to extend the medicine."

"Is what the princess said true?"

Before Concubine Nan'an could speak, Mrs. Baolinghou couldn't hold back anymore.

Xiangyun was raised under her name, and if something like this happened, not to mention Xiangyun's reputation would be ruined, so would her reputation.Originally, she didn't want to get close to Jia's family, but the old lady Piangu said that every time, which made it bad for her to say "yes". "Not good" is not good either.Every time I go to pick up Xiangyun, I still get winks from my aunt.

She was suffering in her heart, but who could she tell?

In the final analysis, Xiangyun is an orphan girl, and she is descended from the eldest family of the historian family. Who doesn't feel pity for her?Although there may be some omissions on weekdays, it will not be treated badly.On weekdays, there are delicious, delicious and fun things to do, so which one would you not keep close to Xiangyun first?But every time Xiangyun went to Jia's house, she would say everything in the Shi's house so unbearably, and she would just let her own reputation go, anyway, the marriage between Xia girl and Ni girl has not been settled yet.

"I don't dare to talk nonsense about this, but it is indeed what the Jia family said. I don't dare to say more about the rest. Don't be angry with yourself, old sister. Maybe this matter will not be as we thought. How about that?"

Concubine Nan'an yelled angrily: "If the Jia family really dares to do such a thing, I will come to ask for an explanation!"

If a girl with such a bad reputation like Shi Xiangyun was sent back by the Jia family, who else would want her?Her face was scratched, and she didn't know if she was disfigured, but even if she wasn't disfigured, Concubine Nan'an didn't think she was a law-abiding person because of her careless temperament.If something goes wrong in the future, the Hou Mansion will lose face. There is no reason to involve the future of Xiangxia and Xiangni for the sake of a girl named Yun.

Concubine Nan'an didn't say some words, but she knew them very clearly in her heart.

Mrs. Bowlinghou had arranged a marriage for Shi Xiangni long ago, and the two families knew each other clearly, and the scholarly family and the Hou's family also complemented each other.Just wait for two years from Xiangni and Jiji will marry.

If something goes wrong, even Concubine Nan'an will feel sorry for her.

Therefore, according to Lin Ze's conjecture, after hearing the words of Princess Beijing, Dowager Nan'an really came to ask Mrs. Shi for an explanation!

The chickens and dogs dancing in front were very lively, but here in Dafang it was a joyous atmosphere.

Wang Xifeng coaxed Brother Xun, who was like a dough ball, and the eldest sister was also laughing and wanted to hug her younger brother. Mrs. Xing and Yingchun were making female reds on the kang, and occasionally looked up to see Wang Xifeng's warm face, and pursed their lips knowingly smile.

"Grandma, the second master sent me to invite grandma over. He said Miss Lin sent something and asked grandma to take a look."

"If it's a big deal, just put it there, and it won't be too late for me to go see it later in the evening."

Because Mrs. Wang was locked up in the small Buddhist hall for the past two days, and Jia's mother fell ill again, it is shameful that there is no one in charge of the family.Mrs. Xing is not willing to take care of things, so she still let Sister Feng take care of it. Sister Feng is also clever, and she no longer shows off her talents to provoke resentment. Instead, the daughter-in-law was full of praise for Sister Feng.

Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "Since Lian'er is looking for you, you should go and have a look. Anyway, it's Miss Lin's wish. You can decide what kind of gift you want in return. It's windy outside, and you can Leave Brother Xun with me, and I will keep it for you to take care of, and after you finish packing those, wouldn’t it be convenient to come to me to pick Brother Xun back?”

Sister Feng felt very good when she heard it, so she joked again: "My wife still loves me and thinks so thoughtfully of me." Then, she touched Brother Xun's face again, and said with a smile: "Our brother Xun is so considerate." Blessed is my son, his wife loves him so much, if he dares not to be filial to his wife in the future, let me see if I will forgive him or not!"

This made Yingchun laugh, and Mrs. Xing pointed at her and laughed and scolded her. Sister Feng took Ping'er to Jia Lian's place.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Jia Lian sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, holding a thick book in his hand to read.Sister Feng covered her lips and said with a smile: "Oh, the second master has changed his temper now. People who usually suffer from headaches when they read books, now they read with books in their hands. What's the matter? Ping'er, go and have a look. Is the sun rising in the west today, or is it raining red?"

Jia Lian raised his head and smiled wryly, "Where is it that I want to see, it's clearly what Uncle Lin wants me to see."

"What's the meaning of this?"

Jia Lian then showed the letter written by Lin Ruhai to Sister Feng, and finally said: "Look at what Uncle Lin said, does it mean that if I can memorize these criminal laws, I can take office immediately?"

Sister Feng carefully read the letter from the beginning to the end, and when she heard Jia Lian's question, she smiled and said, "Isn't that so! It's no wonder that Uncle Lin is so thoughtful. If you are an official, you must have an official." Is it possible that after entering the Ministry of Criminal Justice, you thought you were the same as Tongzhi? Although the rank is not high, this official position is very different."

After hearing this, Jia Lian wailed, "I'm really not good at reading. If you want me to study, don't you force me to die!"

"Bah, what's in your mouth!"

Wang Xifeng poked Jia Lian's forehead with one finger, and her phoenix eyes raised slightly: "Second Master is afraid of endorsing the book, so I think it's better to be accompanied by a beautiful woman with red sleeves and fragrance. Second Master only said, what do you want?" The girl is by your side, so I found it right away, how about it?"

Jia Lian was also on the road. Hearing what Wang Xifeng said, and seeing her look full of spring, he stretched out his hand and took Sister Feng's fingers, and said jokingly, "I like a beauty like Second Mistress. Would you like to accompany me?" Woolen cloth?"

"Of course, I'll accompany you!"