[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Jia Min subconsciously turned her head to look at her mother.

Mother Jia nodded: "Yuanchun has been coughing continuously since the beginning of spring. Although the imperial doctor said there was nothing serious about it, it was too decent to keep coughing, so I let her rest in bed. It's not a big deal. Min'er doesn't have to worry about her." .”

Jia Min froze for a moment, then nodded, "Good mother."

Mrs. Xing only said such a sentence, and then she closed her mouth like a gourd sawing its mouth, but she just glanced at Jia Mu from time to time, with sad eyes.

Jia's mother is not as good-tempered as Jia Min, and she naturally feels uncomfortable being looked at like this.If you feel uncomfortable, you will naturally vent.

She turned her head to look at Mrs. Xing, her tone was cold: "My daughter-in-law, what do you want to say? What are you doing staring at me? If you have something to say, speak up quickly, and if you have nothing to do, leave as soon as possible. Me and Min'er I haven't seen you for a long time, and I have a lot to say about myself, so I won't entertain you."

Mrs. Xing was speechless by these words. If she really had something to do, she would naturally say so, but she is actually fine.

When I came here today, I just heard about Jia Min's sister-in-law's previous style from other people, and heard that she and her husband had a good relationship, so I wanted to learn from it, and meet Jia's mother by the way, and brush my face in front of her.

No one thought that she didn't say much, so she was driven away by Jia's mother.

Mrs. Xing glanced at Jia Min again, then got up and saluted and said goodbye.

After the people left, Mother Jia lowered her eyelids: "I really regret marrying such a daughter-in-law for Xi'er, she's really petty and can't be on the stage."

Jia Min smiled, not knowing how to answer her mother's words.

Fortunately, Mother Jia didn't really regret it, but she was so angry with Mrs. Xing during this period and complained to her daughter.

The two quickly forgot the previous unhappiness, and talked about the details of their lives after three years apart.

The two chatted happily until noon, when they had lunch with the two brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng and the two sister-in-laws of the Xing family and Wang family. Jia's mother was going to take a nap, so the mother and daughter stopped talking for a while. .

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng have already retired, and only Jia Mu and Jia Min are left in Rongqing Hall.

Looking at her daughter and the children, Jia's mother smiled and said, "Min'er, do you want to take a nap? I asked Yuanyang to take someone to clean a yard for you. It is also interesting for your family to take a nap in the same yard."

But Jia Min shook her head: "I'm so busy these days that I don't have time to take a nap. If I lie down today, I'm afraid I won't be able to wake up at night. If this is the case, it will be too late, so I don't want to take a nap. .”

Mother Jia gave her an angry look: "Even if you sleep till night, what's the big deal? I'll let someone go to Lin's house and talk to Ruhai."

Jia Min shook her head with a smile: "We have just come back, and there are still many things in the house that my daughter needs to deal with. How can I sleep for a whole day? And these young ones love Daiyu and Maoshou the most. It’s okay to stay in the government for half a day, but if you stay for a whole day, even if you don’t even go at night, these guys should be making trouble.”

"Mother also knows that these children's quarrels are like magic noises, which is really unbearable. I'm fine, I'm used to the crying of these children, but my mother is old, and these children can't bear it. I'm afraid that the noise will make your head hurt."

When Jia Mu thought of Baoyu who had been kept in the house, she suddenly felt terrified.

She shook her head and said nothing more.

So Yuanyang helped Jia's mother to take an afternoon nap, while Jia Min left Rongqingtang with a few children and began to stroll around.

Along the way, she laughed all the way: "You guys are staying in Rongqing Hall listening to my conversation with my grandmother, are you bored? Now that I'm free, I'll take you around."

Lin Liu reached out and tugged on Jia Min's sleeve: "Where's Cousin Lian? Why haven't I seen him come over to say hello to the old lady today?"

Jia Min paused, and said with a smile: "When I was in Jinling before, the old lady wrote to say that Lian'er's maternal ancestral family took him in and said he would stay for a while, maybe he hasn't come back yet."

Lin Liu was a little dazed: "Grandpa's house? Why haven't I heard of it before? Cousin Lian also has his grandparent's house."

Jia Min glared at Lin Liu: "Everyone has a mother, and every mother has a grandfather and grandmother. Otherwise, do you think Lian'er's mother jumped out of a crack in the rock?"

Lin Liu quickly shook her head: "Daughter didn't mean that, I was just surprised, because I never heard Cousin Lian mention grandpa before, not even the old lady mentioned it to you, so I thought Cousin Lian's grandpa's family was empty. gone."

Jia Min sighed after hearing this, and explained: "Lian'er is also suffering, his mother and elder brother died when he was born, and his grandfather's family was also implicated in the abolition of the prince, and the whole family was exiled. "

Everyone has already been exiled, and even mentioning it would only add to the sadness, so they naturally chose to ignore it.

Lin Liu was curious: "Then why is Cousin Lian's ancestral home..."

"After the emperor ascended the throne, he ordered people to thoroughly investigate the case of injustice, and it didn't take long to turn over the case of Lian'er's grandfather's family." Jia Min twitched the corners of his mouth, smiling a little mockingly, "After some investigation, it was determined that only innocent people were implicated. , Naturally spared their family's crimes and let them return to the capital."

Speaking of this, Jia Min paused for a moment, and then said, "But Lian'er's grandfather's family has suffered such a blow, and they have no nostalgia for the court. Even if the emperor asked again and again, Lian'er's grandfather refused to enter the court again. Take the family back to their hometown to take care of their old age. Before leaving, the old man wanted to spend some time with Lian'er, so he was picked up by Lian'er."

Otherwise, if we miss this time, Jia Lian and his grandfather's family may never see each other for the rest of their lives.

Lin Liu rolled his eyes: "Is it possible that Cousin Lian will follow his grandfather and live in his grandfather's house together?"

Jia Min smiled and rubbed Lin Liu's head: "Where is it so easy? Anyway, Lian'er is also the only heir of the Rongguo Mansion on the surface. What does it look like for outsiders to let his heir leave the capital with his grandfather's family?" Son?"

The point is that Lian'er's maternal ancestral home is of no use to him—

Lian'er is doomed not to be able to show his strengths in the court, but his grandfather's family is a scholar, a family of three Jinshi, and the rest are either Juren or Xiucai. Such a family is good at reading, and I believe it can also cultivate Jia Lian into a talent, but this talent, But it was not the kind of talent that the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor would like to see.

Since it is useless, there is no need to waste time sending people to live in their grandfather's house.

Lin Liu thought for a while and understood what Jia Min meant, so she couldn't help but sighed.

Jia Lian's future is really difficult.

The family walked and soon came to the vicinity of Rongxi Hall.

Jia Min thought for a while and said, "Since the old lady said that Yuan Chun is resting in bed, as an elder, I should visit him."

Although seeing what her mother meant, she didn't want to get involved with Yuan Chun.

But now that she has come here, she also knows that Yuan Chun is sick, and if she doesn't visit her, she will have a bad conscience.

After Yuan Chun returned to Rongxi Hall, he lived in Baoxia behind Rongxi Hall.

When Mrs. Wang heard that Jia Min came to visit Yuan Chun, she spit angrily: "The cat cries and the mouse pretends to be merciful. Her old mother won't see Yuan Chun well, and she won't get better. In order to prevent Yuan Chun from entering the palace, she made people sick. Now, do you still have the face to come to see a doctor?"

Zhou Rui's family quickly persuaded her: "Madam, you should be more cautious in your words and deeds. After all, the old lady did it. It is not certain whether the aunt knows about it now. If you say this, it would be okay if the aunt heard about it." But if the old lady finds out, I'm afraid it won't be good for the eldest girl."

Mrs. Wang was unhappy after hearing this, but out of fear of Jia's mother, she could only nod and let Jia Min be welcomed in.

However, she had no intention of meeting Jia Min. After Jia Min came in, she said that she was busy with work and couldn't leave for the time being, and asked her to hug Xia and see Yuanchun by herself.

Jia Min understood Wang's temperament, and knew what Wang meant when he heard it. He immediately sneered, and went to Baoxia behind——

She has lived in this place before and knows it very well.

The twins held the hands of their elder brother and sister tightly, their eyes rolled around, and they were quite curious about the surrounding scenery.

Lin Liu tapped Lu Sui's forehead lightly, and whispered: "Second Aunt and Mother have some quarrels, I'm afraid they don't like us looking around, please restrain yourself."

Hearing this, Lu Sui immediately withdrew his gaze and looked straight ahead.

Jia Min looked back at Lin Liu, but thinking of the entanglement between himself and Mrs. Wang, he could only shake his head helplessly, and did not deny Lin Liu's words.

A group of people came to Baoxia soon.

There were two maids guarding the door, they were a little young, maybe they were bought into the Rongguo Mansion in the past three years, and they didn't recognize Jia Min after seeing her.

But the two of them can follow Yuan Chun's side, so they are naturally not the kind of people who have no eyesight.

One of them inadvertently scanned Jia Min's body, and immediately recognized her attire, and then noticed the four children following her, immediately guessed Jia Min's identity, and greeted her with a smile: " Hello, auntie, are you here to visit the eldest lady? The eldest lady has mentioned to us several times before that she is looking forward to your coming. Please wait a moment, the servant girl will come in and announce, and the eldest lady listens When you come to visit her, you will definitely feel better even if you are sick."

After finishing speaking, the maid turned around and entered the room.

After a while, she came out with a more delicately dressed maid.

The maid saluted when she saw Jia Min, and then welcomed Jia Min and his party in with a look of eagerness.

Bypassing the screen, Jia Min and the others saw Yuan Chun.

She was leaning on the bed rail and looking at the door, her face was rosy, except for the occasional cough, she really didn't look like a sick person.

Jia Min thought that the servant girl's words were just to coax her, but she didn't expect to see her coming. Yuan Chun's expressionless face immediately showed surprise, and his eyes were full of earnestness, as if Jia Min was such an important person to her. same as people.

Jia Min was confused by Yuan Chun's actions, and even began to doubt his relationship with Yuan Chun.

But as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, Jia Min woke up——

The aunt and nephew had never met each other a few times, and their relationship was unfamiliar, so naturally they didn't have much to talk about.

What's more, Yuan Chun, who had been very eloquent in the previous few meetings, now seemed to be preoccupied with something, and was always distracted when talking, and the atmosphere between the two quickly fell silent.

Yuan Chun also seemed to realize that this was not possible, and after a moment of hesitation, he simply said: "Aunt Min, can you persuade the old lady? I agreed to enter the palace myself, and no one else forced me. You also talk to the old lady, I will definitely not give up entering the palace, nor will my mother, nor will the Wang family."

"Even if the old lady makes me sick and miss this small election, my uncle will definitely find other opportunities and send me to the palace. If the name is not right and the words are not right, wouldn't it be more ridiculous than the small election to enter the palace?"

Jia Min froze, then frowned: "Why are you determined to enter the palace?"

When Jia Min was still young, her family background and status and even her reputation abroad were the first-class existence among the noble girls in the capital. If she wanted to, she could even be a princess.

But both father and mother are very cautious about her marriage and never thought of sending her into the palace to fight for wealth.

Jia Min couldn't figure out why Yuan Chun eagerly wanted to lean on the fate she could not avoid back then.

Yuan Chun fell silent, as if he couldn't find a reason to enter the palace.

Jia Min was even more surprised: "I don't think you are so determined to enter the palace, why would you say such things to me?"

Yuan Chun smiled: "Aunt Min, please tell the old lady what I said before. I know that the old lady loves me and doesn't want me to enter the palace, but this is my own choice, and I hope the old lady can fulfill it." .”

Jia Min frowned and looked at her with disapproval.

Lin Liu, who had been standing invisible all the time, suddenly said, "Cousin Yuanchun, is it because of the second aunt? I don't think you want to enter the palace that much, but you insist on entering the palace. On the contrary, it is the second aunt who wants you to enter the palace." urgent."

Yuan Chun looked at Lin Liu in surprise, and smiled awkwardly: "Mother is also doing it for my own good."

After saying this, she didn't want to answer.

Jia Min thought about her mother's attitude when she mentioned Yuanchun, and she understood the reason.People like Yuan Chun who don't make any sense at all will only make themselves angry when they see it, and it has no use other than that.

"Do you really want to enter the palace?"

"Yes," Yuan Chun nodded earnestly, emphasizing again, "Grandmother's actions are of no use other than delaying my entry into the palace. Even if I pass the small election, uncle will always find a way to let me enter the palace." .”

Seeing that Yuan Chun was determined to enter the palace, Jia Min shook her head, and simply took Lin Liu and others out of her room.

When walking out the door, Lin Liu looked at Jia Min curiously: "Is mother going to tell the old lady what Cousin Yuan Chun said?"

Jia Min nodded: "If it's what she said, mother can only let her enter the palace."

Good words can't persuade the goddamn ghost.

Yuan Chun was determined to enter the palace, but the old lady could stop her for a while, but she couldn't stop her forever.

However, the old lady was not at all surprised when she heard what Jia Min relayed: "I knew that the Wang family would not give up, and I never planned to really prevent Yuan Chun from entering the palace."

Jia Min was stunned: "Then Yuanchun coughed?"

"I did it," Jia Mu said with a calm face, "Since she wants to enter the palace, she must show me her determination and scheming, otherwise entering the palace will mean death. If she just dies on her own, that's all. Rongguo Mansion is not good."

"Make her sick just to see how she reacts."

Jia Min was taken aback: "Then is mother satisfied or not?"

Jia Mu glanced at her and said with a light smile: "In the past, your father and I didn't want to send you into the palace. Firstly, it was because we loved you and knew that the palace was not a good place to go. I am afraid that the palace can only be calculated by others, the girl we raised like pearls and treasures is not sent to the palace to be abused by others."

Jia Min smiled a little embarrassedly: "I have always been very grateful to my father and mother."

Jia Mu waved her hand: "I didn't say this to make you appreciate me, I just wanted to say that with your talent and scheming, I thought you would only be bullied when entering the palace. Afraid……"

She shook her head and said nothing more.

Jia Min still believed in her mother: "If that's the case, why didn't mother just stop him?"

"Since she wants to seek death, let her go. I don't bother with her." Mother Jia said indifferently, "Anyway, she will be a female official at most in the palace. If she wants to become a concubine, she must be lucky. There is Mrs. Zhen The concubine looks at it, she will never harm the Rongguo Mansion."

Jia Min could see clearly that her mother had obviously given up on Yuan Chun as a granddaughter. When she mentioned Yuan Chun, her eyes had lost half of her emotions.

After returning to Lin's house, Mother Jia's cold eyes still hovered in front of her eyes.

Lin Liu looked at Jia Min worriedly, but she didn't seem to notice.

It wasn't until Lin Ruhai came back from the outside that Jia Min had an expression on his face: "Why did you come back so early today?"

Because I want to put it outside, and I also want to put it in a good place——

At least you can't bring your family to endure hardships, right?

Lin Ruhai has been walking around since returning to Beijing, never stopping.A few days ago, he basically didn't come back until nightfall, and it had never been like today. In the early afternoon, he took the servant back home.

Lin Ruhai came to Jia Min's side and sighed long: "I got some good or bad news today."

Jia Min came alive: "What news?"

"Today, my friend who works in the Ministry of Officials told me that the higher-ups may have other arrangements for me. He wanted to put me in Hangzhou, but was called back by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a senior official who is also in charge of the promotion of officials all over the world. He is so busy on weekdays that he does not touch the ground. Where does he find time to pay attention to Lin Ruhai? Although his rank is high enough, he has never done anything important. An official who has never shown his face in front of the Supreme Emperor or the Emperor?

His sudden intervention must have got the above meaning.

Jia Min blinked: "Isn't this a good thing?"

Lin Ruhai smiled, and turned to look at Lin Liu: "Little Qilin, tell me, why does my father think this is not necessarily a good thing?"

Lin Liu didn't think much, and said, "Because I don't know if the emperor has other arrangements for you, or the Supreme Emperor has other arrangements for you, or both of them have other arrangements for you."

Although they are all in power, whoever noticed Lin Ruhai has a deeper meaning behind it.

Regardless of whether it is the emperor or the Taishanghuang who has taken a fancy to Lin Ruhai and wants to assign him to a special position, there is still room for maneuver. I am worried that Lin Ruhai will become the rope between the emperor and the Taishanghuang. The two are at the mercy of each other.

Lin Ruhai nodded: "My friend is considered the second in command in the Ministry of Officials, but he still hasn't heard the news about this matter. I'm afraid that the position that the higher-ups want to arrange for me to go to is very important, and even before I leave, I can't let irrelevant people know."

Lin Liu subconsciously thought of the position of Huaiyang Salt Patrol Censor, and she was a little surprised: "Father was in Jinling before, although he made some political achievements, but it wouldn't attract the attention of the emperor and the Supreme Emperor, right?"

It's just a Jenny textile machine with eight times the efficiency, and it's only used by the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, which has no impact on the lives of ordinary people at all.

——It's not as good as Lin Liu's troubles in the south of the Yangtze River, which have a great impact on the lives of ordinary people.

Lin Ruhai rubbed his forehead in annoyance, obviously he also had guesses about his future appointment: "It should be because my previous actions in Jinling attracted the attention of the higher-ups, or because..."

He glanced at Jia Min and sighed, "Maybe it's because of my family background and identity."

The Lin family has always been a family of scholars, and Lin Ruhai was an official in the imperial examination. He should be regarded as a group of Qingliu civil officials, but his ancestors were marquises, which can be regarded as honorable. It's an in-law relationship.

The four kings and eight princes, these veteran nobles, are still the supporters of the Supreme Emperor, and they have always followed the Supreme Emperor; but most of the Qingliu civil servants have already stood behind the Emperor, let alone Lin Ruhai who secretly joined the Emperor?

Lin Ruhai's identity can be regarded as relying on both sides, and neither side.

But in the eyes of the emperor and the overlord, he is his own.

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there was no other official who was as suitable as him but held a high position.

Lin Ruhai sighed in annoyance, only felt that there was a knife lying in front of him, you knew it was about to fall, but you were still lucky, praying that you were wrong and that the knife was just your illusion.

But in reality, he didn't give him a chance to get lucky.

Not long after, the imperial court issued an order to promote Lin Ruhai's official position, and promoted him from the second-rank inspector to the first-rank Lantai Temple doctor, and concurrently served as the Huaiyang patrol salt censor.

At the same time, he ordered him to set off immediately.

The Lin family had not stayed in the capital for a month before they had to leave the capital again.Fortunately, Lin Ruhai had guessed the result before, and asked Jia Min to pack up the salute in advance. Now that the imperial decree has been issued, he can leave the next day.

Because the court was in a hurry, Jia Min only had time to write a letter to Jia's mother overnight, and then took the family on board and set off.

Just before leaving, a little accident happened.

After Lin Ruhai's three aunts who stayed in the capital got the news, they came to the main room in the middle of the night and knelt down directly to Jia Min.

"Madam take pity on us, take the three of us with you. We have stayed in the capital for three years, and we have had enough of living alone in an empty room. Now you are leaving the capital again, and you don't know how many years it will take you to come back. We, we really yes……"

Although the expressions of the three aunts were different, the pleas in their eyes were exactly the same.

Jia Min opened her mouth, feeling a little sour in her heart.

After she hesitated, she asked someone to call Lin Ruhai over.

After Lin Ruhai returned to the capital, he had been busy with official affairs, but he really didn't have time to think about the three aunts who stayed in the capital. Now that everyone was kneeling in front of him, he couldn't continue to ignore them.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with taking the three aunts with him, so he simply nodded and said to Jia Min, "It's really not good to keep them in the capital. Since they want to leave with us, they should take all of them with us." Bar."

After a pause, he turned his head to look at the three aunts, "Have you packed up your salute?"

The three aunts couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately nodded their heads, worried that if they shook their heads in denial, Lin Ruhai would reject their proposal to follow.

A few people didn't see it, but Jia Min, who was sitting next to him, didn't look very good-looking.