[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Because the Lin family has been running around with Lin Ruhai for the past few years, and there is no time to return to the capital, and because the time they stayed in one place was so short that the contact with the capital was almost severed. I no longer know.

So just after returning to Beijing, Lin Liu was shocked to hear the news that Jia Rong and Qin Keqing were married.

Not only Lin Liu, but even Lin Ruhai and his wife, who knew Qin Keqing's identity well, couldn't help but be surprised.However, the two quickly remembered what happened when they dropped the contract. Now the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor probably thought that Qin Keqing was the orphan of the former prince, so Jia Zhen asked Jia Rong to marry Qin Keqing, which was not surprising in the eyes of those two.

What's more, the two of them might still think that Jia Rong is superior.

Apart from lamenting that the Ningguo Mansion was too courageous, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min quickly put the matter aside and didn't take it to heart at all.

On the contrary, Jia Min thought of Jia Lian, who was older than Jia Rong. Later, when she took a few children to Rongguo Mansion to visit the old lady, she asked about Jia Lian's marriage, and she really heard that Jia Lian had married Wang Xifeng two years ago. news.

Jia Lian has a good relationship with the Lin family, so Jia Min naturally wanted to meet Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng who hadn't seen each other for many years, and give Jia Lian and his wife a wedding present, but the old lady said that Jia Lian was no longer in the house.

Seeing her daughter's doubts, Jia's mother smiled and shook her head: "Since Lian'er came back from his grandfather's house, he has devoted himself to studying, and his relationship with Feng girl has become a lot stranger. Jia Rong and Qin Keqing in the mansion have a good relationship."

"I was thinking that such a marriage would not work out, but Jia Lian begged me to marry her when she found out that Feng girl and Jia Rong were getting close."

"Just marry, but after getting married, he said he would take his wife back to his hometown to worship the ancestors, and then he took Feng girl back to Jinling, and he has not come back yet." Jia Mu smiled kindly, "I don't know if he is with you. It has been two years since Feng girl did what she did in Jinling, and she only received three or four letters. Besides, if I want to know the news about their young couple, I have to ask the people in the old Jinling house for news. It's a headache."

But when she said that she had a headache, Mother Jia's tone was quite gentle, obviously she didn't take this matter to heart.

There was no way to see Jia Lian and his wife, and Jia Zhu and his wife were also in Guangzhou and hadn't come back yet. Jia's mother simply called the children of the family to Rongqing Hall and asked them to recognize them.

Not long after Yuanyang went out, he brought Sanchun and Shi Xiangyun, who had been living in Rongguo Mansion for a long time, to Rongqing Hall——

The girls were all in class before and did not stay in Rongqing Hall.

When Jia Min saw the four girls, he immediately put on a smile: "These girls are similar in age. They are already quite beautiful at a young age, and they will definitely be great beauties when they grow up."

She counted the ages of the children in her mind, and soon recognized Yingchun and Xichun, because one of the two was the oldest, and she already showed a bit of girlish beauty; the other was the youngest, and she was still a childish boy .

On the contrary, it is Tanchun and Xiangyun, because they were born in the same year and dress similarly, it is really hard to tell who is who——

Xiangyun was taken to Rongguo Mansion by Jiamu when she was young, and she grew up with Sanchun. Like Daiyu and Baoyu in the original book, they lived and ate in Jiamu's house together. Many times, she was treated even better in Rongguo Mansion than Sanchun. , Dressing and the like are naturally not much different from Miharu.

Jia Min smiled and looked at Jia's mother: "These two girls look similar to my mother, and they are also about the same age. My daughter really can't guess their identities. My mother told me which one is the girl from my cousin's family." , which one belongs to the second brother's family?"

Mother Jia glanced at her with a smile, pointed to one of the girls and said, "Look at the thinner girl is Tanchun, and the rounder girl is Xiangyun, and she is your cousin's only girl."

Only then did Jia Min recognize the two girls.

After that, several children recognized each other and greeted each other. The younger Daiyu hit it off with a few girls from Rongguo Mansion, and they soon got together talking and laughing, as if they had known each other since childhood .

Jia's mother is capable, and the girls who grew up beside her are among the best in education.

Jia Min looked at them, as if looking at himself when he was a child, and naturally felt that the little girls were cute, so he asked the little girls a lot of questions.

It's just that she is already the mother of several children, and she doesn't understand the topics that the little girls like. After talking for a while, she found that although the little girls were all smiling, their expressions and movements were a little restrained, so she turned her head to Jia. Mother smiled.

"Mother, look at me. At such an old age, I still drag the little girl to talk non-stop, regardless of whether people are interested in my topics. The little girl's heart is full of romantic romance, but I am already addicted to daily necessities. I’m afraid that what you say will make them feel disgusted.”

The little girls quickly shook their heads, denying Jia Min's guess.

Jia Min was joking, so naturally he didn't care.

Mother Jia couldn't help laughing. After laughing, she suddenly thought of something, and asked, "At Daiyu's age, she should have started to learn poetry, poetry, chess, calligraphy and painting, right? Where have you learned it now?"

This was the first time Daiyu and Jiamu had met, so they were not familiar with each other.She is sensitive by nature, worried that she might say something wrong, so she subconsciously turned to Jia Min for help.

Jia Min knew her mother's temperament, and said with a smile: "I just read a few books, holding on to poetry and books all day long, and sometimes even forgot to eat, and his father bumped into him, and he had to talk a lot before restraining himself."

Jia Mu nodded: "A little girl knows a few words, which is enough. You have to learn, or you will become blind and despised; you can't learn too much, you don't need to say it, and it's easy to move." temperament."

Jia Min laughed and didn't respond.

Hearing this, Daiyu felt something was wrong, but she couldn't refute, so she reached out and grabbed her sister Lin Liu's hand, hoping to get some reaction.

Lin Liu turned her head and smiled at Daiyu, and grabbed Daiyu's small hand with her backhand.

Guiling sat across from him with a few younger brothers, and couldn't help but frowned when he saw the reaction of the two sisters, and he couldn't help feeling a little grudge against Jia Mu——

At home, they always want to learn what they want to learn, and where are they divided into men and women?

It's just that Jia's mother is an elder after all, so they naturally dare not say more.

On the contrary, Yingchun and the others noticed their expressions and looked at them curiously, not understanding why they reacted like this.

Mother Jia didn't notice the expressions of her grandchildren, and turned to look at Lin Liu, whom she was more familiar with: "If I remember correctly, little Qilin has reached her age this year, right? The other girls at this age are already engaged, so what can you do?" Did she choose her future husband?"

Jia Min was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect her mother to turn the topic to her daughter's marriage.

She froze for a moment, smiled and shook her head: "When little Qilin was 12 years old, I mentioned it to Ru Hai and asked him if it was time for him to find a suitable marriage candidate for Xiao Qilin. It's just that Ru Hai thinks that after marriage, a woman's life will be difficult." It’s rare to be at ease, so it’s better to live comfortably when you’re in your boudoir, so I thought about keeping the little unicorn at home for a few more years.”

"Besides, we were not in the capital at that time. If we decided on a husband-in-law for Xiao Qilin in the local area, and our family returned to the capital in the future, wouldn't it be helpless for Xiao Qilin to stay there alone? After discussing with Ru Hai, I simply sent her away. His marriage dragged on for a few years."

When Lin Liu heard the two talking about their marriage, she was worried that Mother Jia would notice the disapproval on her face, so she simply lowered her head and acted coyly.

Mother Jia really didn't notice Lin Liu's expression. After hearing Jia Min's words, she agreed: "You are right not to let little Qilin marry far away. It's just that Ru Hai has been promoted to a cabinet scholar now, and she must be in the future." Will not leave the capital, why don't you quickly find a suitable marriage candidate for her?"

Jia Min glanced at Lin Liu, saw her expression was unmoved, and simply refused: "Little Qilin just passed the age of Ji this year, and she is still young, why do I need to find a marriage candidate for her so quickly? I still want to keep her at home." How many years?"

Jia's mother disagreed: "Even if you start looking for a marriage candidate for Xiao Qilin now, if you want to find someone who is worthy of her in character and talent, it will take a year later, when the time comes to get engaged, and then go through three books and six months." Li, little qilin is already seventeen or eighteen years old, and the age is just right. If you don't look for it now, I'm afraid you won't be able to find someone suitable in the future."

"If you feel that you have just returned to Beijing, you don't know much about Erlang in the capital, and you don't know which family's children are more suitable, you can come and ask me," Jia Mu shook her head, "I have been in the capital for so many years, I may know about the civil servants. Not many, but I know a lot about Xungui. If you want to find, I can find you a dozen suitable sons right away."

"Don't think that little Qilin is still young now. If you don't get engaged to her earlier, wouldn't even Guiling's marriage be delayed? Guiling is 14 years old, right? It's time to find out who to marry."

Women's marriage is more troublesome than men's. If you want to find a suitable one, you need to start searching as soon as possible.

After listening to Jia Mu's words, Jia Min felt a little shaken in her heart——

It's not too early to get married at the age of seventeen or eighteen. She married Ru Hai at the time when she was eighteen.She also felt that it was appropriate for little Qilin to marry at this age.

only……

Lin Liu still lowered her head and said nothing.

Jia Min sighed inwardly, and could only reject Mother Jia again: "I'm sorry to bother you about the little Qilin, but I'm not the only one who has the final say on the little Qilin's marriage. It's up to me to start looking after her so early. It can only be decided after discussing with Ruhai.”

"As for Guiling, his father said, first establish a career and then start a family. If Guiling fails the Jinshi examination, he will not be able to get married for a day." Jia Min smiled, "Who knows when Guiling will be able to pass the Jinshi examination? If it is earlier Engagement, and he failed the Jinshi examination for a long time, didn't he delay the girl?"

Mother Jia shook her head helplessly, but she didn't say anything more about it.

Lin Liu, who had been lowering her head all the time, let out a long sigh of relief. She never thought that she would have to face such sad things as her elders urging her to get married just after she turned fifteen in this life.

Fortunately, Jia Min was firm and did not give the old lady a chance to be a matchmaker.

Jia Min insisted that she didn't want to choose candidates for the two children so early, and Jia's mother couldn't force it, so she turned around and talked about the happy event in the Ningfu next door: "Brother Rong and the Qin family got married. No. It’s just that I got news a few days ago that the King of Beijing and Prince Zhongshun will attend the wedding banquet, and it would be a little inappropriate if you don’t come.”

Jia Min was stunned for a moment and asked, "Prince Zhongshun? Is he the emperor's brother?"

Jia Mu nodded: "He is the only prince named after the emperor ascended the throne. To a certain extent, his attitude also represents the attitude of the emperor. If you don't come, the emperor will be unhappy if he finds out."

Jia Min listened and nodded: "I see. When I got back, I told Ru Hai that when Brother Rong gets married, we will definitely come and participate together."

The mother and daughter held hands and talked, because they hadn't seen each other for many years, and they had endless things to say to each other.While talking, Jia Min accidentally noticed that although the children opposite were sitting upright, their eyes showed a bit of impatience.

She smiled, turned her head to look at her mother and said, "We mother and daughter are happy talking here, but the children are not interested in these words at all. It is boring to stay here, why don't people take them to other places together?" Let's play."

Jia's mother also hoped to get closer to her daughter's family, so what's wrong with hearing this?Immediately turned to look at Yingchun: "Yingchun, you are the oldest of the sisters, so take your cousins ​​to the garden to play. But remember to keep an eye on Daiyu on the way, and be careful not to let her fall."

Yingchun got up, smiled and answered.

She looked around in front of Lin Liu and Daiyu, and finally walked in front of Daiyu, stretched out her hand to hold Daiyu's hand: "Sister Qilin, sister Daiyu, let's go out and play together."

Daiyu turned to look at Lin Liu, seeing her sister nodding, she got off the chair and stood next to Yingchun.

Lin Liu also got up, she smiled, walked to the younger Xichun, took her hand and said, "Sister Yingchun, you can lead the way ahead, I will lead sister Xichun to the back, I will look at everyone, no It will make you fall."

Yingchun nodded shyly at Lin Liu, then pulled Daiyu away from the gate of Rongqingtang.As she walked, she introduced: "Let's go to the garden to play later. Although the garden is not very big, there are still many interesting places. If it doesn't work, we can also go to the female teacher to attend lectures. The teacher speaks very well. You will definitely like……"

Yingchun and Daiyu took a step first, Tanchun pulled Xiangyun to follow behind, Lin Liu then pulled Xichun to follow.

Guiling saw his sister pulling Xichun away directly, with a slightly unhappy expression on his face, but he still remembered his elder brother's responsibilities, so he simply walked up to Maoshou and hugged him directly: "Let's go, hurry up and chase after sister."

Jia Min hurriedly called people to stop: "How old are you all, how can you go to the back house with your cousins? If you can't sit still, Jia's family also has ethnology, you can let the boy take you to the ancestry to play .”

Guiling frowned, but considering his age, he could only acquiesce to Jia Min's arrangement.

Jia's mother cheerfully called the servant, and led the four Guiling brothers to the ethnology study, but did not follow Lin Liu and the others to the garden.

Lin Liu led a few children, laughing and making noise along the way, and soon arrived at the garden.

But she didn't expect that she didn't go far, and she saw two children standing in front of the rockery holding hands and looking at them.

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, then looked down at Xichun: "Are those two children also from the Jia family? Which family are they from?"

Xichun was cold-tempered, but it was not impolite. She glanced in the direction of Lin Liu's gaze, and then replied lightly, "It's Jia Cong, the uncle's son, and Jia Huan, the uncle's son. Although the two of them There is a two-year age difference, but they often play together."

In the original book, Jia Cong is actually closer to Jia Lan, while Jia Huan is closer to Yingchun, but now that Jia Lan has left the capital with Jia Zhu, Jia Cong has no playmates, and naturally begins to cling to Jia Huan, who is younger at this age. An elder brother who is tall but of the same status.

Seeing Yingchun, Jia Huan smiled and shouted: "Second sister, why are you here in the garden at this time? Who is the little girl you are leading? And whose family are those brothers and sisters behind you?"

Yingchun looked at Lin Liu with some embarrassment: "Brother Huan is just closer to me, but there is no malicious intention."

Lin Liu nodded: "It's nothing, he doesn't recognize us, it's normal to ask a question."

Tanchun, who had been silent all this time, curled his lips and looked at Jia Huan with disgust and dissatisfaction.

Facing Shang Tanchun's gaze, Jia Huan couldn't help but flinch, but soon raised her head up, ignoring her dissatisfaction, and looked at Yingchun and Lin Liu anxiously instead.

Lin Liu smiled and beckoned to the two children: "You guys come here too."

She was already guarding a group of children, and she didn't mind having two more.

Jia Huan and Jia Cong met someone who did not dislike their identities for the first time, their eyes lit up, and they immediately ran to Lin Liu.

Jia Huan looked up at Lin Liu: "Big sister, who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Lin Liu reached out and touched the heads of Jia Huan and Jia Cong, and introduced himself with a smile: "My mother and your father are brothers and sisters, you should call me cousin."

Jia Huan immediately knew Lin Liu's identity, and pulled Jia Cong's cousin and shouted sweetly.

After recognizing their relatives, Yingchun took Lin Liu and others to the garden.

Now the season is just right, and the words in the garden are in full bloom.

Except for Jia Huan and Jia Cong, the children were all good at composing poems. After chatting, they soon talked about composing poems.

Xiangyun's temperament is more forthright, and he simply suggested that everyone play Feihualing.

Lin Liu didn't want to get involved in the game at first, but Yingchun pulled her and insisted on her playing together, so Lin Liu couldn't spoil everyone's interest.

Fortunately, she was just playing Fei Hua Ling instead of writing poems, otherwise, even if she spoiled everyone's interest, she would not want to make a fool of herself among this group of talented women.

……

The time of playing games always passed quickly, and it was not long before it was time for lunch. Yuanyang took Glass and waited for the maids to come and invite them back to Rongqing Hall for dinner.

Lin Liu and Yingchun took a few girls to the Rongqing hall. The two brothers Jia Huan and Jia Cong didn't like the old lady, so they could only leave reluctantly and return to their yard.

Lin Liu had a good time playing with the little girls, but he didn't expect that when they returned to Rongqingtang, they would meet Guiling and the twins with impatient expressions.

The only one with a pretty good expression is the youngest cat Shou.

But he also had a dazed look on his face, as if he didn't understand why the three brothers were suddenly angry.

Lin Liu, as the eldest sister who watched the brothers grow up with her own eyes, knows the characters of the brothers best. Normally, the brothers are very polite and would not easily show such impolite expressions in front of the elders.

Now they don't even care about Jia's mother who is sitting at the top. Obviously, the four brothers must have suffered a lot before.

Looking at the expressions of Jia Mu and Jia Min, it seems that they are not very good.

Lin Liu led Daiyu to sit beside Jia Min, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, where did Guiling go a few days ago? Why do you look in a bad mood?"

Jia Min glanced at Jia's mother, and also replied in a low voice: "After you left, I asked the boy to send Gui Ling and the others to Jia's ethnology. I was thinking that the only male in the house was still there. It’s not easy to call people back during ethnology class, so they take your younger brothers to play, so that you won’t feel bored listening to me chatting with your grandmother.”

Who would have thought that the four brothers would go out for a trip and come back soon.

The key is that she has kept a straight face since she came back. She and her mother questioned the four brothers who opened their mouths for a long time but couldn't open their mouths, as if they had encountered something unspeakable.

Jia Min stared at Lin Liu: "Guling listens to your elder sister the most. You take him out and ask him to see what happened to the four brothers in the family school that made them so angry?"

Lin Liu glanced at the old lady, stood up and waved to Gui Ling.

Gui Ling frowned subconsciously, shaking her head at Lin Liu.

Lin Liu paused, and roughly guessed what Guiling and the others had encountered in the smoky ethnology of the Jia family: it was just some messy dirty things between men and women that might involve money and be degrading to the gentlemen. .

After guessing, she couldn't help frowning.

Lin Liu sat next to Jia Min again, and said in a low voice, "Mother, since Guiling and the others don't want to tell, why do you and your grandmother ask more questions? If you could tell you, how could Guiling hide it from you? Not now I would like to speak, I'm afraid it's hard for you to tell those things."

Jia Min was taken aback, then turned to look at Mother Jia.

Although the two spoke in a low voice, Jia's mother was not deaf, so she could naturally hear their conversation.

Jia Min turned her head and met Jia Mu's eyes.

At this time, Jia Mu's expression was not very good-looking.

Jia Min himself didn't know what happened to Guiling and the others in the ethnology, so naturally he couldn't tell Jia's mother, only Guiling and the others knew, and they were unwilling to tell.

If Mother Jia wanted to know what happened to the ethnology, she would naturally have to ask someone to inquire.

but……

Mother Jia waved at the maid: "Let the kitchen set the meal first. No matter what happens, don't forget to eat."

After a meal, Jia Min hurriedly took his leave and left with a few children.

Jia's mother didn't want to stay, and after a few words, Yuanyang took Jia Min and his party to leave Rongguo Mansion.

After returning to Lin's house, Jia Min couldn't hold back, pulled Guiling and asked again: "What did you encounter in the ethnology before? Did you get bullied?"

Guiling had a bad expression on her face, but she still shook her head patiently: "With the servants around the old lady, who dares to bully us?"

"Then what happened?"

"It's nothing serious, just saying it will dirty your ears." Guiling sighed, "Don't ask, mother, you go to Rongguo Mansion in the future, and it's enough to bring your sister and Daiyu. We brothers still don't care. went."

"We are too old to stay in Rongqingtang to get along with our sisters, and we can't enter the backyard. The elders in Rongguo Mansion are not very decent. As for the ethnology... let's not mention it."

Until the end, Jia Min did not know what happened in the ethnology from his son.

After Lin Ruhai came back, Guiling told him what he saw and heard in the ethnology, but even Lin Ruhai didn't tell Jia Min after knowing what happened in the ethnology, but agreed that Guiling would not go to Rongguo Mansion in the future proposal.

Not to mention Lin Ruhai and his son, even Jia's mother directly asked Baoyu to be brought back from the ethnology after asking people to inquire, and then hired another teacher, but did not tell Jia Min what happened that day.

Regarding the decision of the Guiling brothers to seldom visit the Rongguo Mansion, the old lady also rarely said anything.

Jia Min was so confused that he brought Lin Liu and Guiling and twin brothers Lin Ruhai to the wedding banquet of Jia Rong and Qin Keqing.

This wedding was extraordinarily grand, not only did the four kings and eight princes arrive, but even Prince Zhongshun came to congratulate him in person.

This kind of treatment is not common for the clan to marry wives and daughters. It is inevitable that people will be full of suspicion about the marriage between the Ningguo Mansion and the Qin family.

However, the Lin family was very clear about the details, and they were not surprised by the arrival of these princes with real power.After eating and drinking, he just said goodbye and left, and didn't intend to stay in Ningguo Mansion any longer.

Unexpectedly, when Lin Ruhai was about to say goodbye to Jia Zhen and leave, he was stopped by Prince Zhongshun.

Even if today is the great happy event of Jia Zheng's son, when Prince Zhongshun saw Jia Zhen, his eyes were not eyes, and his nose was not his nose. On the contrary, when he saw Lin Ruhai, Prince Zhongshun's attitude became quite gentle, not only He asked him how he was, and also praised Lin Ruhai for promoting the Yantian method in the coastal areas.

Lin Ruhai thought it was strange at first, until Prince Zhongshun seemingly inadvertently whispered in his ear: "Because after the promotion of the Yantian method, a lot of high-quality sea salt has been produced, and the output has surpassed that of the Huaiyang newspaper in less than two months." Therefore, the emperor decided to completely abolish the official position of inspecting the salt censor, and the original salt quotations will also be suspended."

Although Prince Zhongshun later praised Lin Ruhai for doing practical things for the common people, and the promotion of the Yantian Law has benefited many poor people who were reluctant to put salt in their cooking, but...

Lin Ruhai understood very well that Prince Zhongshun's most important purpose in finding him was that part of the emperor's decision to cancel the inspection of Yan Yushi and Yan Yin.

Prince Zhongshun was reminding himself.

Lin Ruhai realized this very clearly.

The officials and the government in Huaiyang lost the salt they depended on, so naturally they would not let it go, but after all, they were far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and they couldn't do anything to Lin Ruhai, who was in the capital and was in the first rank.

But the Supreme Emperor, who originally lived a luxurious life by relying on the Jiangnan Salt Administration, may not be able to do anything to Lin Ruhai.

But Lin Ruhai had already anticipated the current situation when he did this, so he was naturally not worried about it.

However, it was kind of Prince Zhongshun to come and tell him. No matter what his purpose was, Lin Ruhai smiled and thanked him, accepting Prince Zhongshun's favor.

Prince Zhongshun left with satisfaction, and went to chat with other guests.

Lin Ruhai stood there with a serious expression on his face.

Guiling stretched out his hand and tugged at Lin Ruhai's hand, reminding him: "Father, you are still at the wedding banquet in Ningguo Mansion."

Lin Ruhai regained consciousness, reached out and touched Guiling's head: "We'll be right back..."

Before the words were finished, the guests who had seen Prince Zhongshun came over one after another, trying to chat with Lin Ruhai——

He was originally a cabinet scholar, and his official position was high enough. Before, Prince Zhongshun, who was valued by the emperor, also had a close attitude towards him. Others naturally wanted to build a relationship with Lin Ruhai.

Facing the constant stream of guests who wanted to chat, Lin Ruhai also took a lot of effort to get rid of them all, but at this time, Jia Zhen came up again.

If Lin Ruhai's attitude towards the two brothers Jia She and Jia Zheng was just impatient and he couldn't avoid it, then when he faced Jia Zhen, his attitude was much colder.Even though Jia Zhen had already appeared in front of Lin Ruhai with a smile on her face, he didn't intend to say anything to her, but wanted to say goodbye.

Jia Zhen seemed to know Lin Ruhai's attitude towards her, so she never gave him a chance to say goodbye.

As soon as she walked in front of Lin Ruhai, Jia Zhen stretched out her hand and grabbed Lin Ruhai's wrist and dragged towards the King of Beijing and the others: "Uncle Lin's achievements in the coastal area are really admirable. I have already wanted to meet Uncle Lin, this opportunity is rare, so Uncle Lin will do my nephew a face and meet them."

When Lin Ruhai heard that he was going to see the king of Beijing County, he immediately stopped and shook off Jia Zhen's hand. Jia Zhen wanted to grab it again, but was blocked by Gui Ling who was chasing up next to him: "Cousin Zhen, my two younger brothers seem to be I have a bad stomach, and I am arguing to find my father. If you have anything to do, I will talk about it later. I will take my father to see my brother first. You go to work first!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Lin Ruhai's hand and walked in the opposite direction.

Lin Ruhai froze for a moment, then laughed, without struggling, and let Guiling drag him forward.

It's just that although Lin Ruhai escaped from meeting the King of Beijing, he also missed the best time to say goodbye. Now he can only sit back in his seat and wait for the groom to come out to toast.

As Jia Rong's elder, Lin Ruhai naturally wanted to drink his toast.

There is nothing strange about this.

What puzzled Lin Ruhai was that when Jia Rong was toasting, for some reason, Jia Zhen, the father's gaze, not only did not fall on Jia Rong, but instead glanced in the direction of the new house in the backyard from time to time.

Although she didn't know the reason, Lin Ruhai still frowned subconsciously.

Compared with Lin Ruhai's messy affairs, the women's side is more peaceful: There is no way, Jia Zhen's stepwife Youshi is in charge of the Ningguo Mansion.

As a stepwife, her status should be lower than that of her original wife, but there are not many people left in her natal family. Facing these real noble wives, she can't be too cautious in her words and deeds. How dare she make people make trouble? Something went wrong?

The only thing that makes people a little unhappy is that You Shi arranged for Jia Min's mother and daughter to sit at the same table with Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Xing is okay, but she looks at Lin Liu with some enthusiasm; Mrs. Wang looks at Jia Min and Lin Liu with more jealousy and inexplicable arrogance. The two emotions are mixed in her eyes. The eyes fell on Jia Min's mother and daughter again, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Because of Mrs. Wang, Lin Liu liked Mrs. Xing a lot.

It happened that she was sitting next to Mrs. Xing, so she simply found someone who almost sent some supernatural powers into Mrs. Xing's body, and specially designated a boy. As long as she had intercourse within half a month, she would always be able to conceive a child——

Jia Lian is already married, even if Mrs. Xing is pregnant with a boy, Jia Lian's position cannot be shaken.Otherwise, Lin Liu might not be willing to use the ability to make Mrs. Xing pregnant.

After the wedding banquet, Lin Ruhai took his wife and children to leave immediately.

The next month remained calm, and the Lin family and the Jia family had no more contact with each other. It was not until Jia Zheng's [-]th birthday that Jia Min took all the children to Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as he entered the Rongguo Mansion, Guiling took his younger brothers straight to the Rongqing Hall, and after sitting down, he didn't intend to move his butt at all, as if his whole body grew on it.

Looking at it funny, Jia Min could only shake his head helplessly.

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang have already arrived at Rongqing Hall, and now they are sitting on both sides of Jiamu, talking in low voices to amuse them.

After Jia Min and Jia's mother greeted each other, Yuanyang asked someone to bring a chair and put it next to Jia's mother. Jia Min didn't shirk, and sat on the chair directly.

Mrs. Xing may have been used to it for a long time, she just sat beside her and smiled.

Mrs. Wang frowned, her eyes fell on Jia Min who had just entered the door, her expression was rather bad.

Lin Liu's eyes fell on Mrs. Xing's stomach——

It was also after seeing Mrs. Xing that Lin Liu suddenly remembered that he had used some supernatural powers on her before.

If there is no accident, Mrs. Xing should already be pregnant with a child.

But looking at the behavior of Mrs. Xing herself and the maidservant around her, it seems that there is no such thing at all.

After Lin Liu sat in her seat, she smiled and looked at Yingchun next to her: "Sister Yingchun, I remember how many imperial physicians are there in the house? Then how often do you usually ask for peace of mind?"

Yingchun looked at Lin Liu suspiciously, but still answered the question seriously: "Usually ask for a pulse once every half a month, such as the old lady, the elder master, the second master, the elder wife and the second wife. I will ask for it once a day, and I will ask the imperial doctor to come and see if I have a headache."

Lin Liu nodded: "So that's the case."

If Mrs. Xing is really pregnant, she should find out.They still behaved like this now, probably because she was not pregnant.

Lin Liu is still very confident in her ability. After learning that she used the ability, Mrs. Xing was still not pregnant, so she naturally wanted to find out the reason.

So after smiling, she asked again, "I remember that the eldest wife has been married into the Rongguo Mansion for five or six years, right? Why hasn't she been pregnant? But what's wrong with her body? Didn't the imperial physician in the mansion help her take care of her?"