[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Just as Lin Liu was about to ask again, Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Although the royal family did go out of their way with regard to the Rongguo Mansion, my Lin family has always been law-abiding, so the royal family should not attack my Lin family. You are still young, little Qilin. Just stop thinking about it."

Lin Liu raised his head to meet Lin Ruhai's eyes, and found that he had regained his composure, and there was no other emotion in his eyes.

It was as if the fear she had seen before was just her own illusion.

But Lin Ruhai has repeatedly emphasized that "the royal family will not deal with the Lin family". Obviously, even if there are some secrets that she doesn't know, it is impossible for Lin Ruhai to tell herself.

So Lin Liu could only salute and leave without asking any more questions.

After she left, Lin Ruhai sat down on the chair slumped.As if he was convincing himself, he kept repeating words such as "the royal family will not deal with the Lin family".

But whether he believes it or not, God knows.

After Lin Liu left, she couldn't let go of her heart.

In the past, Ji Song's family was wiped out, later, the Supreme Emperor attacked the heroes for his own selfishness, and there was speculation that the Lin family might be plotted against by the royal family...

Lin Liu always feels that this world is not very safe.

She desperately needed something to soothe her restless heart.

Lin Liu walked to Guiling's courtyard, but there was no one there.At this point in time, Guiling should have gone to class, and Ji Song, as the big maid, would naturally not be absent.

She didn't care either, and after waving away the maid who wanted to say hello, she went directly to Guiling's study, picked up a book and read it with relish.

After watching for about half an hour, she went to Sheng Man's yard for class.

Seeing Lin Liu, Sheng Man unceremoniously rolled her eyes at her: "You're late again."

Although I complained a bit, I didn't mean to blame.

Obviously, Sheng Man is used to Lin Liu asking for leave and being late from time to time.

No way, who would let this student complete all the homework assigned by her even if she asked for leave and was late a little too many times, and her academic progress was not delayed at all?

To treat students with bright brains, another set of standards must be used——

Didn’t Confucius say it all?There is no class to teach!

Sheng Man shook her head: "Come in, your junior sister is about to finish learning the poems in the Book of Songs. Next, I will start teaching her Chu Ci and Tang Poems, etc. You can also listen to them. Great Tang Huanghuang, the poets of the Great Tang They are all free and easy, and the poems they write have a special charm, even if you have given up on poetry, it is good to follow along and cultivate your sentiment."

After speaking, I smiled, "I will teach you calligraphy and painting after your junior sister finishes studying. You have already started to draw fine brushwork, and the things you draw are also lifelike. It's just that the flowers and birds you draw are always too vibrant for people to see. I I will teach you how to change it."

Lin Liu naturally had no objection, and obediently sat next to Yinglian to listen to the class.

Sheng Man teaches less new knowledge every day, and most of the time is reserved for the two students to practice repeatedly.In about an hour, Sheng Man finished all the lessons to be taught today.

As soon as she finished speaking, Yinglian couldn't wait to lean into Lin Liu's ear and said, "Sister Lin, my mother has been very happy every day since she was pregnant. When my parents talked, they always said that they were able to conceive a child. Bless me, I don't think so."

Lin Liu laughed: "What do you think it is?"

Yinglian smiled shyly: "I just told my sister that my mother has always wanted a child, and the mother conceived the child. I always feel that the mother can conceive a child not because of gods and Buddhas, but because of my sister."

"I'm just an ordinary person, how can I make my aunt pregnant?" Lin Liu smiled, "If I really have this ability, many officials and women in the court will suffer from their children, wouldn't I be able to use this ability to rake in gold and silver?" , attractive?"

As soon as the words fell, before Yinglian said anything, Lin Liu froze on the spot.

Yinglian didn't notice the change in Lin Liu's expression, and she still chirped her guess like a lark: "Even if it wasn't my sister who made my mother pregnant, it must be something my sister did to impress the gods and Buddhas, so that the gods and Buddhas Give an heir. Otherwise, the mother was so sincere in serving the Buddha before, how could she never conceive?"

Lin Liu came back to his senses and smiled: "How many people pray to gods and Buddhas every day? Where can I hear everyone's wishes clearly and satisfy everyone's thoughts? If this is the case, wouldn't the gods and Buddhas be too busy?" ?”

Yinglian curled her lips: "Anyway, I think it's because of my sister."

Lin Liu couldn't help laughing: "Well, it's because of my sister. My sister's abilities are so powerful that she can not only move mountains and fill seas, but also make people pregnant!"

Yinglian was so angry that she raised her hand and pushed Lin Liu. After snorting, she simply turned her head, leaving only the back of Lin Liu's head, apparently too angry to pay attention to her.

When she turned her head, Lin Liu suppressed the smile on her face, and lowered her head in thought.

Sheng Man looked at it and thought it was quite interesting, so she simply walked over to Lin Liu and sat down: "What are you thinking? Seeing that you are leisurely and comfortable all day, with the wisdom beads in your hands, is there anything that cannot be solved?"

Lin Liu never looked up: "Master, why do you say that?"

"Because that's how you behave." Sheng Man looked at Lin Liu, "Except for the time when your mother was pregnant a while ago, and I saw you frown, when have you ever shown a troubled expression?"

Lin Liu smiled, there were too many times when she was in trouble.

But after coming to this world, because she has been living a comfortable life, she really didn't encounter many embarrassing things for herself.

Even regarding Ji Song's matter, after discussing with Lin Ruhai, she quickly decided on a solution without embarrassing herself.

But now...

Lin Liu suddenly raised her head and looked at Sheng Man: "I have seen many women who get married, even when they are at the end of their lives, they often don't want to reconcile. What happened to you that made you resolutely choose to leave, and after being rejected, you chose to live in the temple without hesitation?"

Sheng Man is not the kind of person who likes to use her private affairs as a talking point. She clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs.

If this question were asked by another person, she would probably scold him.

But the person who asked was Lin Liu...

Seeing that there was no false concern in Lin Liu's eyes, she paused for a moment, then chuckled suddenly, and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just a crime of being pregnant."

Lin Liu was stunned: "The crime of Huai Bi?"

Sheng Man nodded: "I told you before that your mother and I were known as the twin sisters of the capital. Since my mother took me to the banquet, it has been very beautiful for many years. Jia Min is known as a talented woman. It’s quick wit and quick thinking, relying on the quick wit and foundation of poetry in seven steps; although I like poetry, I do have some talent in this area, but compared to Jia Min, I’m actually much worse.”

"It's still a lot worse?" Lin Liu was a little surprised, "Didn't the master say that you are much better than your mother now?"

Sheng Man smiled and patted her on the head: "Of course she is much better than your mother now. You don't even think about how much effort your mother has spent in pregnancy and childbirth in recent years, and it is already enough to maintain the previous level of talent and learning. She is very talented and never gave up, but I am different, I have been studying poetry all the time."

"If I have been studying these for many years and still can't beat your mother, wouldn't I be too stupid? Then why should I continue to entangle in this way?"

Lin Liu was curious and amazed after hearing this——

It can only be said that Jia Min is worthy of being the mother of Sister Lin, and her talent has even been praised by people like Sheng Man.

"Don't interrupt, or I won't tell you." Sheng Man smiled and pointed to Yinglian who was at the side with her head up, pretending to be listening attentively, "You can learn from your junior sister, just listen to me obediently." .”

Lin Liu decisively shut up.

Sheng Man recalled what happened back then, with regret in her eyes: "Because Hui Niang pursued Hui Wen, people in the world have lost the inheritance in front of Hui Wen since she left. They don't know that Hui Niang's surname is Sheng, and my Sheng family is of the same clan. In the past, I also taught the maids and sisters around me how to embroider the Hui pattern. Although no one is as beautiful as Hui Niang, and the embroidered Hui pattern is a bit less interesting than Hui Niang, but the embroidery method of Hui Wen is not as good as Hui Niang. It has been passed down.”

The so-called Huiwen is actually only mentioned in one paragraph in the original work, and there is not much ink, but it clearly expresses the pursuit of Huiwen by literati.

All Lin Liu's impressions of Huiwen are precious——

Even if Jia's family is as wealthy as Jia's, they only got three pieces of Huiwen embroidery, two of which were given as tribute to the Supreme Emperor, and the only Yingluo was regarded as a treasure by Jia's mother, so she would not take it out for fun.

But she remembers Hui Wen because many people say that this Hui Niang is actually the shadow of Lin Daiyu, and her life alludes to Lin Daiyu's ending——

Hui Niang is from Gusu, and so is Daiyu;

Hui Niang was born in a scholarly family and was good at calligraphy and painting, and Daiyu was also born in a scholarly family. Although there is no mention of Daiyu's calligraphy and painting in the book, it is not bad;

Hui Niang is skilled in embroidery, but she doesn't make a living from embroidery, she only embroiders a stitch or two occasionally for fun. Lin Daiyu is the same, even Jia Baoyu has to ask for a piece or two of her embroidery, and she won't easily. Even Qingwen, her embroiderer, agrees to work with her needle and thread.

But Hui Niang had a bad ending, and died at eighteen before she got married.

So many people said that Daiyu should also be gone.

This is all Lin Liu's impression of Hui Niang and her special skill "Hui Wen".

She never thought that Huiniang's surname was Sheng, and she was of the same family as her master Sheng Man.

Sheng Man sneered: "Although this Huiwen work is highly sought after, Hui Niang didn't embroider it much when she was alive. Now, it is very difficult to find it. Therefore, the price of a piece of Huiwen work has been raised." The price is sky-high. Seeing its huge profits, many people want to fake and imitate it.”

"We are far away in the capital, so we were not disturbed by nature, but some bad things happened to the girls of Huiniang's family. After the incident, the whole family of the Sheng family ordered everyone in the house not to learn the Huiwen technique."

"I have a good talent, and I am curious about Hui Wen. Relying on my good embroidery skills, I secretly asked someone to learn Hui Wen. But I dare not let others know, so I only dare to use part of the embroidery techniques of Hui Wen when embroidering. Into ordinary embroidery, so that my own embroidery will not be noticed by others, but also have two charms of Huiwen."

She sighed, "I was able to call your mother the twin sisters of the capital, not only because of my talent and appearance, but also because of my embroidery skills."

After listening to Lin Liu, she understood a little bit, but she still felt that there was a layer of veil, making it difficult for people to see the scene behind.

Fortunately, Sheng Man didn't hide it, and continued to follow up: "I will Huiwen, except for the maids and mother around me, even my father doesn't know about it. I thought this matter would just keep being hidden like this, so I just got excited If you do one or two stitches occasionally, you won’t be able to make a piece of Huiwen embroidery throughout the year, and the embroidered ones will be put in a private warehouse immediately, and there is no possibility of exposure.”

"Then why?"

"Because my father had an accident in the officialdom, my mother was eager to save people, so she secretly asked the servant girl to take out my embroidery and give it away to plead for mercy." Sheng Man's eyelids drooped, "But my embroidery is a little short of the real Huiwen." In order to distinguish, I will also embroider a wisteria flower on the embroidery as a mark."

"My mother was also worried that the man would become angry if he found out that he had been cheated, so she specifically explained that the embroidery was not Hui Niang's work, and that the man really loved Hui Wen, and she didn't mind after hearing it, and she helped rescue my father. "

"No one expected that after my father survived the catastrophe, that man would come to propose marriage for his son."

"My parents thought that he was a good person who was upright and had kindness to the Sheng family, so they agreed to this marriage." Sheng Man's expression was complicated, "Even I knew it at the time, and I thought it was a good family."

"Who would have thought that although they had money in their family, they wanted to rely on Huiwen to open up contacts, so after I married, they trapped me in the Xiulou all day long, and asked me to embroider for his family without sleep. I embroidered for him. The family embroidered for three or four years, and my eyes were almost burnt out, so I finally found an opportunity to contact my parents for help after I was pregnant, and then conspired with my parents to use the child in my womb as a trick, and finally escaped."

Sheng Man looked down at her flat stomach, neither sad nor happy, her eyes numb.

In her whole life, she has almost never made a mistake, but in the end she still got such an ending, and her own child was also implicated...

Therefore, Sheng Man made up his mind that he would never marry again in the future.

Lin Liu was terrified: "Master's ex-husband married you only for your craftsmanship?"

Ying Lian, who was next to her, who half understood Sheng Man's experience, also had a look of fear at the moment.

Sheng Man sneered: "Otherwise? My ex-husband originally had a fiancée who was in love with him. If it wasn't profitable, why would he break off the engagement and marry me? There were also some dirty things that happened, but even if those things just came out of my mouth , It also made me feel that my mouth was dirty, so I didn't say it and dirty your ears."

After she finished speaking, she patted Lin Liu on the forehead, "Although I don't know what you asked me about my previous experience, but the whole thing happened like this. Now, it's time for you to practice calligraphy!"

Lin Liu was a little restless, but she immediately picked up the brush and began to practice Zanhua Xiaokai.

At the end of the half-day class, Lin Liu went to the courtyard where Zhen Shiyin taught after lunch.

Gui Ling and Ji Song had already arrived, and when they saw Lin Liu approaching, they immediately waved to her.Guiling looked at Lin Liu curiously: "I heard from the maid that my sister came to my brother's yard in the morning? Do you want to find me for anything?"

Lin Liu glanced at him, smiled and shook her head: "I'm looking for Chunxiao."

Guiling immediately turned her head and glared at Ji Song, then angrily buried her head in her book.

Ji Song was also a little curious: "What does the eldest girl want from me?"

Lin Liu glanced at Zhen Shiyin, who was sitting at the front, and shook his head: "We'll talk about it after the class is over, and listen carefully to the class now."

Zhen Shiyin glanced at the two of them, shook his head, and didn't say much.

As long as you listen to what the teacher said, the afternoon will pass quickly.Lin Liu felt that in the blink of an eye, it was already time for get out of class to end.

Zhen Shiyin thought about his pregnant wife, so he immediately packed up his things and went back to his yard.

So in class, only Gui Ling, Ji Song, Lin Liu and the two maids she brought were left.

Lin Liu waved her hand to let the servant girl back down.

Thinking about what her sister said before, Guiling pointed at herself with some reluctance: "Sister, do I want to leave too?"

Lin Liu thought for a while, then nodded: "Let Bichun take you back to the yard first, I have something to say with Chunxiao, and I'll come to you immediately after I finish."

Guiling looked at her sister and then at Chunxiao, always feeling that she was abandoned.

But Lin Liu's expression was serious, and he didn't dare to act like a baby, so he could only go out and let Bichun take him back to the yard.

After they left, Lin Liu looked at Ji Song: "Have you ever thought that your enemy might be someone from the royal family?"

She originally didn't want to tell Ji Song her guess, which broke the "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" education he had received since childhood.But now, Lin Liu has something she wants to do, but being a woman is inconvenient, so she has to find a male ally for herself.

Lin Ruhai was actually the best choice, but judging from his previous reactions, it was obvious that he would not resist the imperial power until the end of his life.

Therefore, she could only find a way to find someone else.

But Lin Liu didn't know many people, and Ji Song was the only one who might be dissatisfied with the imperial power.

That's why she came to the door.

Lin Liu originally thought that Ji Song would be surprised, scared, unbelievable, and even veto her idea, but she didn't expect that after she asked this sentence, Ji Song's face was quite calm, as if he had already guessed Been to this possibility.

The fact is just as Lin Liu thought, after such a long period of calmness and thinking, he has indeed guessed that the murderer behind the Ji family's destruction is most likely the royal family.

Even if it is not the emperor himself, he is definitely involved with the royal family——

Who made such a big case of extermination of the Ji family, except for the disturbance at the beginning, the case was closed so quickly, and it was calmed down in less than a year, and no one mentioned it again?

Ji Song is not stupid.