[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

A flash of inspiration flashed in Lin Liu's mind, and he suddenly linked Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion's dumping of Qin Keqing and Miaoyu, the ignition of the princess concubine, and the murder of the whole family of Ji's family.

After all, the concubine's method of igniting the fire and the revenge method of the so-called illegitimate daughter of the Ji family are really similar and somewhat terrifying——

For a moment, Lin Liu even suspected that the matter of the princess setting the fire on fire was fake, and that she had been murdered.

But she quickly dispelled this idea. After all, the identities of the crown princess and the so-called illegitimate daughter were too different. There was no comparison between the two. protection strength.

In the hands of the Supreme Emperor, who was still the emperor at the time, not only killed everyone in the East Palace, but also blamed the Crown Princess, it was too difficult and impossible at all.

However, although the two cases are separated by seven or eight years, they are too similar. If it is said that the two cases are unrelated, it seems hard to believe...

Lin Liu was silent for a long time, not knowing how to tell Jia Min that the Jia family was plotting against her.

She couldn't even guarantee whether Mother Jia knew about it.

Regardless of whether the Rongguo Mansion knew about it or not, the Ningguo Mansion, who participated in Qin Keqing's and Miaoyu's civet cat's exchange of princes from the beginning to the end, must have known about it. hand.

But no matter what, the little girl named Jia Yue that Jia Min likes will definitely not be able to receive the Lin family again——

The time we have been together is still short, it’s okay, Jia Min has not developed any relationship with her yet, if after getting along for a long time, we have real feelings, and then find out that this child is actually a spy used by the Jia family in Jinling to spy on the situation of the Lin family, I’m afraid Jia Min couldn't bear it.

Lin Liu quickly told Lin Ruhai about this matter. He has always acted decisively and quickly, and soon found a reason to send the girl from the Jia family back to the Jia family.

It's just that although the reasons given by Lin Ruhai were sound, Jia Min, who knew her husband and daughter deeply, still felt something was wrong.

Lin Ruhai worked in the Yamen for most of the day, so Jia Min didn't need to press him.

Lin Liu is at home every day.

Soon, Lin Liu was blocked by Jia Min.

Jia Min sat in front of her daughter, frowning: "What kind of tricks are you father and daughter playing? Why don't you let me take Yue'er to the Lin family for a temporary stay?"

The key point is that she has brought this child to the Lin family several times. Not only did the father and daughter not stop him before, but they were always happy to see it succeed. Now she is suddenly not allowed to take him to the Lin family to play, which really makes people suspicious.

Even if Ruhai gave enough reasons, Jia's side was also helping to speak.

But Jia Min did not believe it.

Lin Liu looked at Jia Min's attitude of not giving up without asking, and couldn't help sighing: "Mother, do you still remember Ji Song?"

Jia Min nodded, of course he remembered.

In her heart, Ji Song is a very lovable child. When he was in the Lin family, the whole Lin family was full of laughter.

If possible, she even hoped that Ji Song could stay in the Lin family forever.

After Lin Liu hesitated, she still said, "Jia Yue came after Ji Song."

Only by being prepared against the Jia family in Jinling can they avoid being tricked again.

Jia Min was stunned for a while before he understood the meaning of Lin Liu's words.After she understood, she was completely annoyed: "You mean, Jia Yue has been inquiring about Ji Song at Lin's house?"

She just doesn't care about outside affairs, and she's not as politically sensitive as Lin Ruhai and his daughter, but that doesn't mean she's stupid.

After "Ji Song" has fallen into the river and drowned, who else is interested in whether he is dead, except for those who killed Ji's family?

Jia Min couldn't imagine that if Ji Song was found to be alive, would the Jia family still want to destroy the Lin family?

Although Ji Song is dead, such speculation still makes Jia Min shudder.

Jia Min, who used to like Jia Yue quite a lot, now not only has a psychological shadow on her, but even the twelfth room of the Jia family in Jinling makes her extremely disgusted and avoids it.

Lin Liu sighed: "Mother doesn't have to think too much, Jia Yue should be unconscious, but was used by her grandfather and father."

Otherwise, Jia Yue wouldn't have said that her grandfather and father were inquiring about the Lin family through her while chatting with her.

Jia Min believed in Lin Liu, but still did not intend to take Jia Yue to the Lin family.

The Jia family also seemed to know that their plan had been discovered, and faced Jia Min's apparent alienation, they didn't complain at all, but accepted it calmly, and at the same time, as Jia Min wished, they reduced their contacts with the Lin family.

—Anyway, the news they want to know is already known.

Seeing that the Jia family did not take any other actions, Lin Liu knew that the Jia family believed Jia Yue's words, and maybe they still had doubts about Ji Song's death, but they would not send people to the Lin family to investigate again.

To be honest, after Lin Ruhai and Lin Liu found out about this, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they felt that their plan was flawless, neither of them was sure how much those people believed in Ji Song's "death" and how much they were determined to kill them.

Now that the Lin family is completely safe, the two of them can breathe a sigh of relief.

The father and daughter originally thought that this was the end of the matter, Lin Liu continued to study with the two gentlemen, while Lin Ruhai devoted himself to work, and at the same time did not forget to care about the operation of the newly opened factories that had entered the Jiangning Weaving Bureau .

It has to be said that Jenny's textile machine has a great impact on the world of Red Mansions.

Even if the Jiangning Weaving Bureau is providing services to the royal family, their demanding quality makes them almost give up on speed, but how many people work in the Weaving Bureau, and how many people are there in this small textile factory?

When the people in the Weaving Bureau saw that the newly built textile factory was transporting silk fabrics in piles every day, and it didn't take long to fill up a warehouse, and when the weaving speed far exceeded that of the Textile Bureau, they also couldn't help being jealous.

Especially when they learned that these women's speed was not because they were good at weaving, but because of a new type of weaving machine, these people who felt the crisis immediately couldn't sit still.

Many people found the steward of the weaving bureau, and the steward himself was also greedy for the Jenny loom, so he went to the yamen of the weaving bureau to find Jiangning weaving.

Jiangning Weaving was worried that the silk fabrics woven by Jenny looms would not be as good as before, and was not only willing to provide Jenny looms to the Weaving Bureau.

But the steward is not a vegetarian either. Seeing that he was worried, he immediately patted his chest and promised that once the products woven by the Jenny loom were found to be unqualified, he would immediately throw the Jenny loom into the warehouse without Jiangning Weaving's reminder, and never Will be used.

"My lord, everyone knows that the silk fabrics produced in the Weaving Bureau are sent to the Forbidden City. If the quality is not up to standard, we will lose our heads. Although we are not as smart as your lord, we still cherish our lives. We will never take our heads back. thing."

When Jiang Ning Weaving heard it, he thought it made sense, so he had someone carry two Jenny looms into the Weaving Bureau.

On the same day, Jiangning Weaving was worried, so he simply asked Lin Ruhai to go to the Textile Bureau to investigate the situation.

Then, the two witnessed with their own eyes the scene that the silk that originally required a person to sit in front of the loom for a whole day was spun within an hour.

Both of them were stunned by the speed and forgot to speak for a moment.

In the end, she trusted her daughter 100%. Lin Ruhai, who had already made enough mental preparations, was the first to recover, and immediately turned to look at the steward of the weaving workshop: "Go and see if the quality of this piece of silk is qualified."

The steward immediately stepped forward, worried about missing something after reading it, and even asked someone to fetch a magnifying glass from his office, and checked it carefully again.

Then, he walked in front of Lin Ruhai and the two with great joy: "I tell you two adults, this piece of silk has no quality problems, and it is no different from silk spun by other looms."

Jiangning Weaving was ecstatic: "Are these two Jenny looms enough? If not, I'll ask someone to bring over a few more. Remember to work harder this year. If you can double the silk fabrics produced this year, we will The Jiangning Weaving Bureau has developed."

Although the emperor has repeatedly emphasized that the three textiles in the south of the Yangtze River are one, they must support each other, and there should be no discord.But everyone is doing things for the royal family, and they are still doing one thing. Even if there is no conflict, the competition between each other cannot be said to be gone.

In the past few years, which Jiangnan Sanzhi weaving company didn't try its best to surpass the other two, so as to be rewarded by the nobles in the palace?

Whether it is more in number than the other two, or weaving fabrics with newer patterns, not only can the weaving bureau where you work show your face in front of the emperor, but you can also make yourself a good impression in front of the emperor. It's easier to be promoted than others when the bureau is transferred back to the capital, isn't it?

Thinking of a bright future, Jiangning Weaving couldn't put it down to the Jenny loom.

This matter has nothing to do with Lin Ruhai, the provider of Jenny's loom, so after he was happy, he quickly regained his composure.

The matter was settled, and Lin Ruhai's life was a little more leisurely than before.

So on this day, he deliberately went home early, hoping to get along with his family for half a day and cultivate their relationship.

Unexpectedly, when he returned home, he saw his wife angrily yelling at a letter.

Lin Ruhai stepped forward: "Min'er, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Min found out by herself, but she didn't expect her husband to come back at this time. Thinking of her state of mind just now, she blushed with embarrassment.

Lin Ruhai smiled to divert Jia Min's attention: "Is this letter from mail? How did you make this lady so angry?"

Jia Min breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed, "My mother wrote to apologize to me."

Lin Ruhai was stunned: "Old lady?"

Jia Min nodded: "Didn't I tell you before, did I want to ask my mother if she knew about the plot against me by the Jia family in Jinling? My mother really didn't know, and she became furious when she found out, and went directly to Ningguo Mansion to look for it." Jane."

Lin Ruhai didn't fully believe Jia Mu's words, but still listened carefully.

Jia Min continued, "My mother didn't say what the two said in the letter. But judging from what she said, it is indeed related to the Ningguo Mansion, and it is of great importance. She told us not to mix it up again." The matter with Ji's family, otherwise it is easy to get burned."

"Burning yourself?" Lin Ruhai frowned, "Is the old lady being too careful?"

"I don't know either. Mother spoke vaguely. I really have no way of guessing what is going on." After a pause, Jia Min frowned, "But my mother had inadvertently mentioned in her heart that Brother Rong from the Ning Mansion seems to have made an appointment , the other party is Qin Shi, the adopted daughter of Ying Shulang Qinye."

Jia Min naturally knew that Qin Ye's adopted daughter had a special status, but she didn't find it strange——

After all, with Qin's current status, if she wants to marry into a noble family and enjoy the glory and wealth, she can only choose among the descendants of people in the Ningguo Mansion who know her status.

Regardless of Qin's true identity, in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor, she is the orphan of the former prince.

Jia Min brought this up specifically because of his understanding of Jia's mother.

"My mother hated the Ning Mansion next door a few years ago, let alone writing letters. Even when we were still in the capital, when we went to Rongguo Mansion as guests, my mother seldom mentioned Ning Mansion." Jia Min didn't know if she was thinking too much. "But the letter my mother gave me is only about two hundred characters in total, and the marriage between Rong'er and the Qin family takes up forty or fifty, and my mother also deliberately wrote this matter at the end of the letter paper, which is really thought-provoking." It’s hard not to notice.”

Lin Ruhai frowned: "The old lady may be reminding you specially."

"Huh?" Jia Min was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized, "Ruhai, what do you mean, mother really reminded us that Ji's family will be exterminated because of the former prince's orphan?"

Lin Ruhai nodded: "That must be the case, otherwise the old lady would not have specifically mentioned the marriage of Brother Rong of the Ning Mansion in an apology letter."

This does not match the character of the old lady.

After a pause, Lin Ruhai couldn't help sighing in his heart, the old lady really had a motherly heart towards his wife, and she really put her at the top of her heart.

But thinking of the two brothers-in-law of the Jia family, he immediately understood the behavior of the old lady——

If his three sons were like Jia She and Jia Zheng, he would rather spoil his two daughters than devote his limited energy to his son.

Jia Min didn't know Lin Ruhai's thoughts, but felt puzzled: "It's just for an illegitimate daughter of the first prince, how can we do this?"

Lin Ruhai sneered: "Min'er forgot, Jia Zhen and others would rather deceive the emperor than hide the real orphan of the former prince. There is definitely something wrong with the real orphan of the former prince."

Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for Jia Zhen to take the risk of deceiving the emperor and agree to the prince's plan of replacing the civet cat with the prince.

Jia Zhen is ambitious, but not stupid.

The husband and wife looked at each other in blank dismay. They really couldn't imagine what the identity of the child was that would make Jia Zhen and others do such a rebellious thing.

"Could it be that the child who was sent away was a boy?"

But it's not right either...

Before the crown prince died, several sons were born, and the emperor did not blame him, so why not take good care of them?

The couple looked at each other and sighed in unison.

Lin Ruhai put his arms around his wife, feeling sorry for the old lady: "Forget it, as the old lady said, our house should be far away from Ning Mansion in the future. It's a pity for the old lady..."

Surrounded by pig teammates, the old lady is really miserable!

Jia Min turned to look at Lin Ruhai: "Is there any way to help mother?"

"Of course there are ways, but the old lady I think of can definitely think of it." Lin Ruhai kissed Jia Min's brow and said, "But who are the people in Ningrong and Rongfu? Your elder brother and second brother are filial, but they are Can be suppressed by the old lady, but Jia Zhen in Ningfu is not a person who respects the old and loves the young. Isn't his biological father already enraged by him into the Taoist temple and ignores common things? As long as he is around for a day, the old lady just wants to No matter how many ways to save yourself, it is useless."

However, this Jia Zhen is very ambitious, and everything she does will involve the Rongguo Mansion. Even if the old lady wants to tear herself apart from the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Zhen is probably not willing.

After all, the Rongguo Mansion still has some old feelings with the Taishanghuang, even for the sake of the passing Jia Daishan, he can still forgive him.

What is there in the Ningguo Mansion?

Jia Min was furious: "Jia Zhen is really not a thing, she is really an inhuman bastard like what mother said!"

Lin Ruhai no longer treated Lin Liu as a child, not to mention the fact that the Jia family was related to the Miemen Ji family's forces, she was the one who discovered it.If there is a follow-up to this matter, he will naturally not hide it from his daughter.

After hearing this, Lin Liu also felt a little distressed for the old lady: "I thought that when the interests of the Jia family and the Lin family conflicted, the old lady would definitely give up on her mother without hesitation. Now it seems that the old lady's respect for her mother The feeling is deeper than I imagined."

Lin Ruhai couldn't help laughing: "After all, it's my daughter who has been hurting for so many years. The old lady doesn't know that Ji Song is not dead, so she is naturally willing to remind your mother."

If it is known that the Lin family has saved Ji Song, it is not certain whether the old lady will tell Jia Min that this matter is related to Ningguo Mansion.

But even so, the old lady's approach doubled the favor of the father and daughter.

Lin Liu has watched a lot of film and television dramas in modern times, knows a lot of plots, and knows that the child who was sent away is Miaoyu, and now she is hiding in Panxiang Temple in Gusu, so she has some guesses about Miaoyu's real life experience.

She thought for a while and asked, "Father, do you think that the child's mother has a special status? For example, could her mother be a former princess? Or an enemy spy? I always feel that the oiran is not that The birth mother of the child."

Of course, Lin Liu had a more shocking idea that she didn't say, but after seeing her father, who had a gentle temperament and a jade-like demeanor, and his way of acting was more inclined to the ancient scholar-bureaucrat's father, after she hesitated, she decided not to say it out and dirty Lin Ruhai's ears .

Lin Ruhai followed Lin Liu's words to think about the possibility: "I, the dynasty has been established for nearly a hundred years. If there is a so-called former princess, I am afraid that she will become an old woman. It is a child of the former princess, which is somewhat possible."

"The possibility of being a spy of the enemy country is too small," Lin Ruhai sighed, "Although the former crown prince was forced to become insane in the later stage, he was raised as a prince from a young age. Protect your children with all your heart.”

To put it bluntly, if he knew that he had been cheated, it was because of his kindness that the prince did not kill the mother and the child with his own hands.

On the contrary, because of her status as an orphan in the previous dynasty, she poses little threat to the royal family——

Now Haiyan, Heqing, and the peace of the world, the identity of an orphan from the previous dynasty, can't shake the rule of the current royal family at all.

Lin Liu thought for a while, then nodded: "Father is right."

Lin Ruhai smiled: "I have thought about it with your mother for a long time, but I have never thought about this possibility. It is not as open-minded as you, little Qilin."

Lin Liu waved his hand: "I just haven't finalized my thinking, so I dare to guess anything. And there are still many mistakes and omissions in this statement, I'm afraid it may not be the truth."

Lin Ruhai sighed: "How can the reason behind such a major event involving the extermination of the family be so easy to guess? We can know that this matter is related to the Ningguo Mansion and the former prince, and the scope has even been narrowed down to the mother of the child who was sent out. Very lucky."

There are a lot of people in this world who don't know the truth and are confused and die.

Now that they know about it, the Lin family knows how to take precautions.

only……

Lin Liu hesitated: "Should I tell Ji Song about this?"

With Jia's family on one side and Ji Song on the other, Lin Liu really couldn't make up his mind.

She wasn't worried about Ningguo Mansion, but she was afraid that Ji Song would take revenge and anger Rongguo Mansion and even Jia Min.

Lin Ruhai also felt embarrassed: "If I had known that this matter was related to the Ningguo Mansion, I really shouldn't have..."

After a pause, he sighed, "Since things have developed to this point, it's better to tell Ji Song about it. The most feared thing in this world is misunderstanding. If we don't tell him now, he will find out by himself later. If we know the truth, I’m afraid they will think that we are protecting the Ningguo Mansion, and I’m afraid even we will hate it.”

Lin Liu breathed a sigh of relief: "My daughter understands. I hope that after Ji Song knows about this, he can calm down and listen to my explanation..."