[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Sheng Man was worried that Lin Liu would not pay much attention to the dowry maid, so that something would happen——

She could see very clearly that Lin Liu was actually not the kind of person who was willing to serve a husband with others, which could also be seen from her indifference to marriage.It's just that there are very few people in this world who are truly clean and self-sufficient, and they have to marry for the sake of the reputation of their natal girls, so this situation occurs.

However, due to the circumstances of the world, Lin Liu could tolerate her heartless husband taking concubines, but she might not tolerate her trusted maid betraying her and climbing into bed.

After thinking about it, she persuaded her earnestly: "Everyone knows that this woman's dowry maid is originally a concubine room for her future husband, and in most cases, it is used."

"If you don't want your dowry maid to become your husband's concubine, you'd better cut off their thoughts from the very beginning, so as not to let them grow up with other thoughts after marrying with you."

Worried that Lin Liu would not take it seriously, she explained earnestly, "My dowry maids grew up together when they were young, and they love sisters. But because I didn't make it clear to her in advance, I never planned to let him be with me. Serving a husband together, after marrying into her husband's family, she was coaxed by the family, and then she became resentful towards me, the master who has been slow to do anything, and finally collaborated with that family to harm me, and forged my handwriting and family communication."

Lin Liu was stunned: "Did Master Sheng and Mrs. Sheng not come to visit you in person?"

Sheng Man smiled bitterly: "Not long after we got married, I went to other places to be an official with my ex-husband. Even if my parents wanted to come and visit, they had no chance at all."

The sky is high and the road is far away, the transportation is inconvenient, and there is a confidant who grew up with him to help the tyrant, she feels that she can escape successfully, it is God who has eyes and gave her enough luck.

"But in fact, after my ex-husband died, my confidant maid was sold off by them. I was still young at the time, and I wanted to ask clearly, so I went to the dental office to see her. I think I know why she helps others to harm me."

Speaking of this, Sheng Man's eyes felt a bit disappointed, "She said, when we asked her to accompany me to get married, we planned to make her my husband's concubine. But I never mentioned this matter after I got married. , seeing the concubines next to my husband one after another, but she is getting older and older. If we continue to procrastinate, and when her appearance is gone, even if I let her be my concubine again, she will not be favored anymore, so She's going to fight for herself."

"But in fact, I didn't intend to make her a concubine from the beginning. I have already found a marriage candidate for her, and I will wait two or three years for her to be released from slavery to marry."

Lin Liu didn't expect that behind Sheng Man's accident back then, there was such a secret: "Then after you told her what you thought, did she regret it?"

"She was surprised," Sheng Man smiled, "I don't know if I don't regret it in the end. But she also said that if she knew my plan from the beginning, she might ask for it directly after she found out what she wanted. .”

Lin Liu had no way of knowing that the maid did not regret it, but seeing Sheng Man's expression, it was obvious that she did.

Obviously, as long as she said that sentence, she could avoid everything that happened in the future, but she arranged her life as a maidservant who was a good sister, and never discussed it with her, causing her to misunderstand, and finally fell to that point. field.

Comparing my heart to my heart, if Lin Liu encounters such a situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult not to regret it.

Lin Liu sighed, nodded and said, "Don't worry sir, I know the seriousness. When I get married, I will definitely choose the dowry maids carefully, and I will definitely explain the situation to them before I get married."

If she said it all, and there are still people messing around, then she doesn't have to be polite.

Sheng Man didn't know what was going on in Lin Liu's mind, so she was relieved when she saw that she listened to her advice.

She has also taught no less than ten students in these years, but seriously, she gets along with Lin Liu the most and is the most harmonious. Naturally, she also likes this student the most.

If possible, Sheng Man does not want her students to repeat their mistakes.

The master and apprentice talked for a while, and then Sheng Man said: "Speaking of which, I have another joke to share with you. My original husband is also the eldest son and grandson at home, and he has made great efforts to cultivate him from the bottom up. Yes, after his death, my husband's family was very decadent for a while, and it took a long time before I decided to raise the bastard in the family. But the bastard was neglected when he was young, his studies were neglected, and his temper was raised like a little frozen cat. It’s basically useless. The family was tossing and reminiscing about the past, but in the end they had to give up and think of marriage instead.”

"It's a coincidence that after the Spring Festival that year, there happened to be a young Gongsheng without a wife. Because the other party was born with a good appearance, and his conversation and behavior were not like ordinary people, so my ex-husband's family fell in love with him. That Gongsheng, he just decided on him before the palace examination."

"That man is a real person, and he won a biography in the subsequent palace examination. Not long after this gold list was inscribed, my ex-husband's family married their daughter-in-law to each other, and the two families are very prosperous in the capital." For a while."

"Originally relying on the power of my ex-husband's family, the other party's promotion was extremely fast. It didn't take long to climb to the rank of fifth rank, and was sent to Jinling to be the magistrate. Unexpectedly, some time ago, there was news that it was my ex-husband. The good son-in-law of the ex-husband's family was dismissed because of greed and cruelty."

Sheng Man had suffered enough at her husband's house back then, and she really didn't have a good face for that family. Seeing that they are not good now, she is naturally happy: "My sister-in-law's nose is on her forehead, and I used to have bad eyes. Eyes and noses are not noses, and now that my husband is useless, I naturally want to make peace. Although I was suppressed, I didn’t want to leave with my husband and suffer, so I went back to the capital directly with my dowry.”

"I heard that her husband couldn't bear this humiliation, so he cut off contact with her directly, and then traveled around with his belongings."

Lin Liu laughed, but also felt some karma.

Sheng Man laughed enough, and suddenly said: "Speaking of which, my sister-in-law's husband has the same surname as Rongguo Mansion. It seems that his name is Jia Hua, and his name is Shifei. Over the years, all the people with the surname Jia that I know have the same surname as Ning Rong. The two mansions are closely related, so maybe this Jia Shifei has some relationship with the Rongguo mansion, so it's not certain."

Lin Liu was stunned for a long time before realizing that the so-called Jia Shifei was actually Jia Yucun who appeared with Zhen Shiyin in the original book.

She didn't expect Jia Yucun to have such an old incident before he was reinstated.

Thinking of Jia Yucun's temperament, Lin Liu couldn't help laughing——

That person treats even those who are kind to him casually, and he has to keep every little thing in his heart for a long time. When Jia Yucun finds a way to recover, he still doesn't know how he will treat this family.

In the original book, Jiao Xing was only rescued after her original partner died of illness.

Thinking of this, she smiled and said, "I think Jia Yu Village will recover sooner or later. I'm afraid the younger sister of my husband's ex-husband will regret it in the future."

Sheng Man was stunned: "How to say?"

Lin Liu reminded: "Then Jia Shifei is considered a young talent, how come he was nearly twenty when he passed the Jinshi examination? At such an old age, he never got married. Instead, he got engaged after he passed the Gongsheng examination... Maybe this person is deliberately not marrying a wife, just waiting to use his marriage as a political bargaining chip in order to seek help for himself?"

Sheng Man immediately reacted: "If it's as you said, Jia Shifei's thoughts are too deep, and he is quite calm, and interests are paramount. Such a person, as long as he seizes the opportunity, Maybe I can really recover."

But once she recovers, the humiliation her ex-husband's family gave Jia Shifei will not be simply forgotten.

Thinking that there might be a scheming enemy in the ex-husband's family, Sheng Man suddenly laughed: "This is the real karma. I'll wait and see what happens to them in the future."

The two talked for a while, Lin Liu saw that the sun was almost at the top, so she got up and said goodbye.

Sheng Man wanted to keep her for lunch, but was rejected by Lin Liu: "My mother is keen to attend the banquet these days, and my father is on duty at the Yamen. As the eldest sister, it's hard for me not to go back during lunch."

Thinking of the children of the Lin family, Sheng Man couldn't help laughing: "Okay, then I won't keep you. Remember to be careful on the way back."

Lin Liu nodded, said goodbye and left.

The carriage moved forward all the way, and soon reached the side door of Lin's house.

Lin Liu got off the carriage and was about to enter the door, but the porter said: "Miss, a young master Ji came to visit just now and said he wanted to see you. He heard that you were not here, so he went to Uncle Song's yard."

Lin Liu was surprised for a moment, and nodded: "I see. Jin Qiu, let's see."

After speaking, he entered the door and went straight to Guiling's yard.

Ji Song and Guiling have met a few times in the past two years, but they bid farewell in a hurry after not getting along very much. Now that they have the opportunity to have a long talk, they naturally have a lively chat.

When Lin Liu came over, he saw the two sitting at the desk talking excitedly.

But as soon as she entered the door, the two stopped talking and looked over together.Seeing that it was Lin Liu, both of them relaxed their tense shoulders at the same time.

Guiling smiled and said: "Sister, you can be counted back. Brother Song came early in the morning, but he couldn't wait for you, so he had to settle for the next best thing and talk to me."

Ji Song glanced at Gui Ling: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Gui Ling snorted and joked: "I don't know who heard that my mother was looking for a marriage for my sister during this period, so I became anxious and kept pestering me to ask if I found a suitable candidate."

Ji Song was taken aback, and stretched out his hand to cover Guiling's mouth.

He raised his head to meet Lin Liu's exploring eyes, and looked away uncomfortably.But seeing his reddish earlobes, one can know that what Guiling just said is true.

Lin Liu was a little curious: "What do you ask about my marriage?"

As she asked, she walked to the chair next to the two and sat down.

Ji Song looked into Lin Liu's eyes, and seeing the inaction in her eyes, he was immediately discouraged: "It's nothing, I just found out about this news all of a sudden, so I was curious and wanted to ask."

Lin Liu nodded, not doubting Ji Song's words at all.

She smiled and said, "You came to look for me today, but what happened?"

Ji Song glanced at Guiling, got up and said, "Let's go to the garden to talk, Guiling has to review his homework to prepare for next year's Spring Festival, so we don't bother him anymore."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Guiling: "Then you and I will go first, Brother Song, you study hard in the study, and we will have dinner together in the main room later."

Gui Ling pouted: "Go, go."

When someone doesn't know that you have a secret to tell, it's like you can't let him know.

Lin Liu rubbed Guiling's hair, then left his study with a smile, and took Ji Song to the Lin family's garden.

The scenery in the Lin family garden is biased towards the Jiangnan style, with winding corridors, one step at a time, one scene at a time.It's just that there are too many obstacles and it's too easy to hide, so she went all the way forward and didn't stay for too long.

She didn't stop until she came to the lake pavilion in the center of the garden: "This place is empty, no one should hear our conversation."

Ji Song glanced around and nodded: "Okay, let's talk here."

Lin Liu smiled, and asked Jin Qiu and other servant girls to step back and watch around.

After the two sat down, Ji Song told Lin Liu the clues he found in Yuanping Nanbo's Mansion: "I followed up and checked, and no one found that I had entered the secret room, so I took off the disguise and came to Lin's house to meet you in person. "

Lin Liu still believed in Ji Song, and never thought that he would bring danger to the Lin family.

She was a little puzzled: "You already know that the four princes and eight princes conspired against each other, and it is also related to your family's affairs. Why don't you think of a way to expose this matter directly?"

Since ancient times, the royal family has tabooed treason the most. As long as Ji Song discloses the news that there are a large number of weapons hidden in the secret room of Yuanping Nanbo's mansion, the four kings and eight princes will definitely not be able to please——

According to Ji Song's words, the Rongguo Mansion didn't seem to be involved in this matter. They may be able to escape, but it is absolutely impossible that they will not be implicated at all.

Lin Liu didn't want to understand why Ji Song was so stable after finding such important clues.

Ji Song licked his dry lips: "Didn't you say before that my family's affairs may be related to the life experience of the former prince's orphan? Now it's conspiracy, I don't know the matter clearly, how can I give up. And before my family was arrested Miemen, such a big matter, was suppressed in a short time, there must be someone in the palace helping, I want to know who this person is."

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song: "It is indeed the safest way to do this, but you are too tired. It is not so easy to check the affairs of the palace."

With Ji Song's current power, he might not even be able to enter the palace, so why should he investigate?

In fact, it is better to directly expose the four princes and eight princes, so that the matter of Pingnan Bo's mansion will naturally be investigated by the court.

But the problem is that the real murderer who destroyed Ping Nanbo's house is not necessarily the four kings and eight princes.

But if it weren't for the four princes and eight princes, then Ji Song might not be able to be right alone.

Now let it go as soon as it is good, at least Ji Song can appear openly and live in the sun.But if he persists in the investigation, once the result of the final investigation is related to the above two, Ji Song can only take the road of treason, no matter whether he still wants to take revenge or not.

And Ji Song's choice has never changed: "I must find out who is that person in the palace, even if that person is probably the Supreme Emperor, or the Emperor."

Lin Liu shut up and didn't try to persuade her any more.

The one who was exterminated was not Lin Liu, but she also had family members who cared about her. Just think about it differently, if Lin's family met with Ji's, her choice would be the same as Ji Song's.

Thinking of this, even if she had more persuasive words in her heart, she couldn't say it.

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song and sighed: "As you know, the grain merchants in the whole country are basically in our hands. If you can use it in the future, you can use it. But after all, economic warfare is not more deterrent than actual military force." ...If the result of your investigation is really the worst kind, and if you plan to take revenge after that, don't be impulsive, lie dormant, and wait for a suitable opportunity."

Although food control can deter the court, if you want to change the day, the food is not enough——

The imperial court collects taxes every year, which is originally the food collected.Although the grain merchants all over the country are now controlled by her, all government offices in various places have also built granaries. If they act rashly, even if it will cause shock to the court, it may not necessarily get the desired result.

We must wait for the right time.

For example, war.

Isn't Tanchun getting married because the imperial court failed in the war with the countries along the West Sea?It's not been a few years since then.

If you really want to do it, that is the best time.

Ji Song glanced at Lin Liu, and said with a smile, "You are the only one who hears what I say, and you won't say that I am whimsical."

The two sat facing each other and fell silent for a while.

After a while, Xu Shi felt that the atmosphere between the two was suffocating. Ji Song changed the subject with a smile: "Miss Lin, can I know what happened in Jiangnan back then? Why did Chen Hu suddenly say that he is not suitable to be with him?" By your side, want to return to the capital?"

Worried about Lin Liu's misunderstanding, he explained, "I can roughly guess that the person who did the wrong thing was Chen Hu, but after he returned to Beijing, no matter how I asked him, he refused to mention what happened in Jiangnan. I'm just curious. You If you don’t want to say it, don’t say it, don’t force it.”

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just that when he was helping me investigate the information on the family members of the grain merchant, he was deceived by a person who pretended to be a pig and eat a tiger. It's not a big deal."

Ji Song frowned: "Who is that person pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? But what happened?"

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Lin Liu quickly comforted him: "We found out in time. Apart from the loss of a jade pendant, there is no other loss. You don't need to be too anxious, and you don't need to blame Chen Hu. You really can't blame him for this matter."

Seeing Lin Liu's serious expression, Ji Song didn't seem to really blame Chen Hu, so he couldn't help probing: "Then if I transfer Chen Hu to work by your side again, would you still be willing?"

Lin Liu shook her head subconsciously, seeing Ji Song's complicated expression, she seemed to have misunderstood, and quickly explained: "I don't think Chen Hu is bad, and I really don't mean to blame him. It's just that I already have someone sent by my father by my side." , with Chen Hu's ability, if he comes to work by my side again, he will be wronged."

Ji Song shook his head: "What's wrong with you? It's his honor to do things for you."

Lin Liu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Since he has real abilities, he should naturally shine in his proper position. Why does he have to follow me? You are alone in the capital to investigate the truth of the year, so there must be a lack of people? Why must Chen Hu Put it next to me?"

Ji Song looked at Lin Liu: "It should be that Miss Lin definitely doesn't want Chen Hu to follow you, right? You don't have to worry about me, just tell me the real reason, can I still be born with you for Chen Hu?"

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song's serious expression, and sighed: "Chen Hu's ability is not bad, but he is a little contemptuous of women, which is not considered respect. Although I am a special case with him, but listening to Chen Hu belittle other women, I feel the same. Feel sick."

"And he is really not suitable to be by my side," Lin Liu explained, "Staying by my side will inevitably lead to contact with women. If his attitude is noticed by the other party, it may affect the cooperative relationship."

Ji Song suddenly nodded, and then stopped asking.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lin Liu said with a smile: "It's rare for you to visit today, so why don't you have a light meal at the house before leaving?"

Ji Song thought for a while, but still refused: "If I stay in the Lin family for too long, I'm afraid I will be remembered, which is not good for the Lin family."

Lin Liu laughed: "It's just a meal."

Ji Song still shook his head.

Lin Liu had no choice but to send the man out of the Lin family himself.

Ji Song didn't come here in a carriage, so naturally he can only leave on foot now.But this is also convenient. After leaving the gate of Lin's house, he can hide directly in the crowd, so as not to be discovered.

But before leaving, Ji Song still couldn't hold back, and turned around and asked, "Is Aunt Lin really picking a husband for Miss Lin? Is there a suitable candidate?"

Lin Liu was stunned, and spoke after a while: "I'm getting older, and I've indeed reached the age to get married. As for the candidate, I haven't found a suitable one yet."

Ji Song heaved a sigh of relief, showing his first smile today: "That's good."

After speaking, he walked into the crowd and quickly disappeared in front of Lin Liu.

Lin Liu froze in place, and turned back to Lin's house after a long while.

Jin Qiu didn't know Ji Song, and only regarded him as a friend of Young Master Guiling. Seeing that Lin Liu was a little distracted, he couldn't help asking: "Is this young master a friend of Uncle Song? Why does he keep asking about the girl's marriage?" Interested in you?"

Lin Liu was startled, and it took him a long time to say, "Who knows."

Returning to her room after lunch, Lin Liu hadn't recovered from Ji Song's guess that he might be interested in him——

Although the two are in a cooperative relationship and have grown up together since they were young, Lin Liu has always regarded these peers as juniors because she is living a new life. Even Jia Lian is more like a cousin than a cousin in her eyes. elder brother.

Ji Song is only two years older than Lin Liu, so she naturally treats him as a younger brother.

Who would have thought that after a few years of absence, this kid would have thoughts about himself?

Lin Liu couldn't figure it out, even if the two had feelings, they were childhood sweethearts when they were young. Now that they haven't gotten along for many years, why does Ji Song still have other thoughts about him?

This is so strange.

Lin Liu hadn't figured it out until she fell asleep.

It would be fine if it was someone else who had thoughts about her, but this person was Ji Song, which naturally made her feel awkward, and she was not sure for a while when she would contact him later, what attitude should she use to face him.

In fact, the best way is to cut off contact directly. After a long time, Ji Song will naturally let go of her thoughts.

But after all, there are interests involved between the two, and it is simply unrealistic to break off contact.

Lin Liu was extremely troubled by this sudden discovery.

But soon, Lin Liu forgot about it——

Because after that day, Ji Song lost contact with her.But if you ask Ji Song's confidantes, those people say that he has been safe recently and has not encountered any danger.

Lin Liu only felt relieved when Ji Song regretted it.

But Lin Liu would forget Ji Song's thoughts so quickly, not only because he lost contact with Ji Song, but also because not long after that, it entered December, and everyone was about to prepare for the New Year.

After the New Year, the whole family will start to prepare things for Guiling to participate in Chunwei——

Chunwei is no better than the rural examination, the weather is very cold, and you will get sick if you don't pay attention, so you must be well prepared, and you can't be negligent.

Since Guiling passed the Juren examination, he entered the Imperial College to study again.

The teachers in the Imperial College were all Jinshi backgrounds, and it was more than enough to teach Gui Ling to study, and Lin Ruhai gave him some advice on official matters. He himself had followed Lin Ruhai around before, and he himself followed Lin Ruhai to do some practical things.

From all aspects, Guiling is fully confident in this exam, so there is no need to worry at all.

The facts were as expected by the Lin family. After Chunwei's results came down, Guiling was indeed on the list, and unexpectedly No.1.

Xie Yuan of the township examination, won the Huiyuan examination in the general examination, as long as the subsequent palace examination does not perform abnormally, he will definitely try the champion of this session——

Now that the emperor is suppressed by the Supreme Emperor, he needs auspicious omens similar to Sanyuan Jidi to add luster to his reputation.

Soon the palace examination came, and the emperor really looked at Guiling differently.

Xu was worried that the emperor's people would play tricks, and the emperor announced in front of all the examiners and candidates right after the exam that the number one scholar this year was Lin Ruhai's eldest son, Lin Song.

Even though everyone had expected this result, they were still taken aback when they saw that the emperor announced the matter on the spot and insisted on confirming the result.

But the emperor doesn't care what these officials think.

He already admired Lin Ruhai, a capable minister, and now that his son has brought him the auspicious omen of Sanyuan, he is naturally more pleasing to the eye.Even so, the way he looked at Lin Guiling was full of kindness.

So not long after, the emperor made an exception and directly appointed Lin Guiling as an attendant, and asked him to give lectures to him every day.

After the news came out, relatives and friends of the Lin family came to congratulate them one after another.

In order to thank everyone, Lin Ruhai asked Jia Min to hold a banquet to entertain everyone, which can be regarded as a celebration for Guiling Lianzhong.

With the golden signboard of Guiling, Lin Liu became more and more popular in the marriage and love market.

Almost as soon as she appeared at the banquet, she was dragged by a group of ladies to ask various questions, and at the same time received countless sales messages, her mind was going to be blown up, it was really annoying.

Fortunately, at this time, Guiling sent someone to come over, saying that he was looking for her for something.

Lin Liu escaped this time and followed Gui Ling's maid to his study.In the study room, she saw Ji Song who had disappeared for a long time again.

Just when she was feeling confused, Gui Ling said: "Sister, you don't know how fast my heart beat when I saw Brother Song just now, and I almost grabbed him and ran away. Who knew that he introduced himself in a calm manner, and he didn't know How did you do it, and now he has become the eldest son of General Shenwu's family who was raised in the temple since he was a child because of his frailty."

Ji Song turned to look at Lin Liu with a smile on his face: "Miss Lin, long time no see."