[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

What happened at the Lantern Festival finally caught Lin Liu's heart, so soon after she came back, she began to have people investigate Guiling's fiancée.

It's just that before the investigation results came out, it was discovered that Guiling was depressed these days, and it seemed that something had happened.

She also didn't bother to investigate that girl, and hurried to Guiling to ask about the situation: "Aren't you all right a while ago? What's the matter? Have you encountered problems at work? Or...what happened to your fiancée?"

Guiling always talked to Lin Liu about everything, so he explained: "I have been looking for Miss Hu during this period of time, but I can't see anyone. Her family always said that Miss Hu is sick and resting in bed, so she can't see any guests. .I don't have to see you, but I'm always worried."

Lin Liu blinked: "If that's the case, you can use your name card to hire an imperial physician for Miss Hu, and then ask the imperial physician what illness Miss Hu has, so that you can rest assured."

Gui Ling couldn't help laughing: "Sister is confused? With Mr. Hu's rank, can't you invite an imperial physician?"

Lin Liu smiled: "After all, it is your heart. If I get sick, but Ji Song doesn't show any signs of it, do you think I will be angry?"

Guiling was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Sister, I understand. I'll go ask the imperial physician right away."

After speaking, he ran out in a hurry.

It's just that when Guiling came back, the worry on his face not only didn't disappear, but became more and more serious: "The Hu family didn't let the imperial doctor see Miss Hu, they said that they had already seen the doctor, and they would get better soon, so I don't have to worry. Me too It was only at this time that I realized that the Hu family had never hired an imperial doctor for Miss Hu, and had always been an ordinary doctor hired outside."

Hearing this, Lin Liu already understood what the Hu family was up to, and couldn't help but sneer: "Just wait, Miss Hu's illness, I'm afraid she won't get better."

Guiling was taken aback for a moment, and wanted to say, "Why is my sister still cursing Miss Hu?" But after thinking about it, it seemed that my sister had never uttered bad words to people, and I had never heard such curse words.

What's more, in his heart, he had never seen a fiancée before, so he was naturally inferior to his sister's status, so he opened his mouth and didn't say much.

Lin Liu liked Guiling's reaction quite a lot, but when he thought of his guess, his heart was filled with anger.After a pause, she said: "I don't think the Hu family is sincerely married this time, so I will go to my mother and call off the marriage."

Said and looked at Guiling, "Don't pay too much attention to Miss Hu, Miss Hu, she's not worth it."

Almost subconsciously, Gui Ling thought of what Lin Liu had said on the night of the Lantern Festival when she saw Miss Hu with another man.

He wasn't sad at all, just slightly angry——

He thinks that he has done a good job during this period of time. He also imitated how big brother Song treated his sister, and he has never slacked off.

Sincerity is enough, his family background is not bad, and his appearance and talent are even more outstanding. He entered the court at a young age and became an official. Now he is a fifth-rank. No one knows that he has a bright future.

Just like that, Miss Hu actually got mixed up with other men, and she even left him as her real fiancé on the Lantern Festival to have sex with a wild man...

Just thinking about it, Guiling is about to explode.

Seeing his expression, Lin Liu found that there was only anger in Guiling's eyes, not even the slightest bit of sadness, but his mood improved a lot.

What I am most afraid of is that Guiling has taken his heart, and now he finds that the other party is half-hearted, and will be devastated because of this.

Fortunately not.

Lin Liu breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and rubbed Guiling's head, got up to look for Jia Min, she told Jia Min what she saw on the night of the Lantern Festival, and what happened to Guiling during this time.

Jia Min is not stupid, so he naturally guessed the reason.

So he changed his clothes immediately, and went to Hu's house with a group of maids.

Knowing that there was no evidence, Jia Min did not ask the teacher directly for the crime at first, but asked with a smile: "I heard from Guiling that the daughter of your family has been ill for a while and has not recovered? Why don't you invite an imperial doctor to take a look?" ? Guiling has invited the imperial physician to Hu's house, even if you want to reassure him, you should let the imperial physician go in to have a look, otherwise why bother me?"

Jia Min's words could not be described as yin and yang, but listening to him, he always felt uncomfortable.

Especially when she was in contact with the Hu family before, she was still very enthusiastic.

Comparing the two, even a fool would know that Jia Min's visit this time was not kind.

Madam Hu's expression was stiff, and she didn't know what to reply for a while.So he muttered, and only said: "Please trouble my wife to think about it."

Seeing that she was still pretending to be stupid, Jia Min sneered at Ji Ji: "Madam, I came here this time to visit my future daughter-in-law. I have worked tirelessly to visit a junior as an elder. Madam Hu will never Stop it? I am also a woman, Mrs. Hu can't say that it is not suitable for me to go in to visit the doctor, right?"

Mrs. Hu's expression became more and more stiff, but she couldn't say anything about asking someone to visit her sick.

Jia Min became more and more sure of her daughter's guess, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Hu, I'm worried about Miss Hu's health. Should you lead the way? If it doesn't work, let me ask a doctor to go in and have a look. Madam Hu, you have to do something Do you want me to feel at ease?"

Madam Hu was sweating profusely on her forehead, and she was unable to utter a complete sentence.

After a while, she really couldn't bear the pressure brought by Jia Min, and said like a broken pot: "My daughter is not at home now, and Mrs. Lin may not be able to see her today."

The smile on Jia Min's face disappeared in an instant: "Oh? I don't know where Ling Ai has gone? She is still sick, how can she go to relatives? Just now my family Guiling came to visit the sick, didn't you say that Miss Hu can't go out, can't see her? Guest? How long has it been since you're not at the house anymore? Does Ling Ai have a pair of speedy legs to run so fast?"

Mrs. Hu blushed with embarrassment at these words, and could only apologize in a low voice: "I'm really sorry, we only found out some time ago that my daughter disappeared from the room at some time, and I don't know which relative's house she went to. Because I haven't been able to find her, so I can only excuse my illness and dare not speak up. Don't worry, Mrs. Lin, as long as my daughter is found, we will inform your family as soon as possible."

Jia Min was almost laughed at by Mrs. Hu's cheekiness, and she didn't bother to flirt with her anymore, and directly exposed her lies: "I don't know which relative's house I went to? I can't see it all? Your girl is not like this. People who don't know the severity, and don't even tell their parents when they go out to visit relatives? I'm afraid they eloped with some lover?"

Madam Hu raised her head suddenly, and after seeing the mockery in Jia Min's eyes, she collapsed on the chair dejectedly.

Jia Min stood up, sneered and said, "For the sake of the reputation of other girls in the family, the Hu family should give me an explanation as soon as possible, otherwise, when I come to the door to divorce the engagement with great fanfare, not only Miss Hu, but also the reputation of other daughters of the Hu family may also be ruined." .”

After speaking, he turned around and left Hu's house.

When Jia Min went back, he called Lin Liu and Guiling to him, and told them the matter without reservation: "Even if the Hu family dotes on their children, for the sake of the reputation of the other girls in the family, we must give us an explanation. If you continue to let Miss Hu get sick, and then use this as an excuse to come to the door to withdraw the engagement, or just say that your daughter is lost or a monk, it will not damage Guiling's reputation, you can rest assured."

Gui Ling nodded: "That's fine, since she doesn't like her son, it's good for both of us to separate as soon as possible."

Lin Liu looked at Guiling, seeing that he didn't react much, and his anger towards Miss Nahu eased a lot.

From then on, the Lin family waited for the Hu family to come and withdraw the engagement.

Soon, the Hu family really gave the Lin family an explanation, but it wasn't any of their guesses, but——

"What did you say? Miss Hu was ill for a long time, and she died yesterday morning?"

When Guiling heard the news, she couldn't believe it.

He found Lin Liu: "Sister, help me find out if Miss Hu has been found by the Hu family, and..."

Miss Hu's elopement really made him very angry, but he didn't want her to die because of it.

Lin Liu looked at Guiling's unbelievable expression, and sighed: "Don't worry, Miss Hu should be fine. Tiger poison doesn't even eat babies, let alone human beings?"

"Then why..."

"This should be the explanation given to us by the Hu family. Miss Hu died of illness, and this marriage will naturally be annulled. Your reputation will not be affected in the slightest."

Guiling was stunned for a moment: "Sister, what you mean is that Miss Hu is not dead, and she was not even found by the Hu family. The so-called death is just a cover-up? The Hu family is lying?"

Lin Liu looked at Guiling and nodded: "That's true. If the Hu family found Miss Hu so easily, it wouldn't take so long. Let us see the flaw."

But this result is a little better than real death. After all, Miss Hu's identity is already dead, and she can only hide in Tibet for the rest of her life, or continue to live with another identity.

Miss Hu no longer exists in this world.

Gui Ling breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that she didn't die."

As for the rest...

Gui Ling himself has almost become the laughing stock of the entire capital, where is the time to take care of Miss Hu's life outside, is it convenient?He is not the Holy Father!

So let go and no longer pay attention to the follow-up of this matter.

Jia Min almost wanted to start choosing a fiancée for Guiling right away, but Miss Hu died of illness. For the sake of Guiling's reputation, this matter should not be rushed.

At least, wait for half a year.

So Guiling's marriage was temporarily put on hold.

Fortunately, Gui Ling didn't mind, on the contrary, he felt very happy——

When he had a fiancée before, no matter where he went, he would always think about his fiancée, even if he didn't have a good time playing, but now, he is alone, doing what he wants to do.

Jia Min saw that Guiling was enjoying himself, so he was no longer in a hurry.

Anyway, there are still two or three years before Lin Liu gets married. As a younger brother, Guiling must marry after her sister leaves the cabinet. It is still early, so there is really no need to worry.

And with Miss Hu's lessons learned, Jia Min is a lot more careful this time, even if he thinks that a certain little girl looks right in everything, he still has to investigate carefully, and he doesn't dare to be too anxious.

She didn't rush, but she really found out a few girls with inappropriate personalities in private. These girls were either spoiled and willful at home, arrogant and domineering, or they liked to bully concubine girls and servants. After that, Jia Min became even more serious. Be careful.

Everything was fine at first, and Jia Min had gradually forgotten Miss Hu, and began to look forward to what his daughter-in-law would look like in the future, but he didn't expect that the loyal prince and concubine who had given up before would appear frequently in the occasions where Jia Min appeared again.

So once again, the Lin family fell into a passive state.

The Lin family couldn't figure it out, the daughter of Prince Zhongshun's family didn't have to worry about marrying, so why did they focus on Guiling?Although Guiling is good in everything, there is always someone better than him in this world.

Jia Min wanted to marry Guiling before Princess Zhongshun spoke like last time, but she didn't have a suitable candidate at all——

Because after seeing each other last time, the few girls she felt satisfied with have all been engaged one after another during the period after Guiling's engagement.

The few girls who thought they were good now all retreated after Princess Zhongshun appeared.

Jia Min looked around, feeling isolated and helpless.

At this time, Princess Zhongshun came to the door, with an apologetic expression on her face: "I saw the meaning of the Lin family not wanting to marry Zhongshun Prince's mansion earlier, and I chose to give up immediately. It's just that my daughter has always liked scholars, and she is very interested in Sanyuan. The young master of the Lin family admires him very much, so..."

She stretched out her hand to grab Jia Min's hand, "I wonder if Madam can tell me why she doesn't want to marry Zhongshun Palace? After I go back, I can tell the princess to make her give up."

Jia Min looked at Princess Zhongshun, and sighed after a while: "The princess should know, shouldn't she? Qi Dafei!"

Given the current situation of their family, there is really no need to marry the royal family. Not only is it not good, but it has a lot of disadvantages.

After hearing this, Princess Zhongshun's expression froze, she actually nodded, and then she took her leave and left.

Jia Min originally thought that after the princess went back and relayed her meaning to the princess, the matter would be over.Unexpectedly, what awaited the Lin family was not the peaceful days before, but...

A marriage decree.

Lin Song, the eldest son of Lin, and Princess Shile, the eldest daughter of the Zhongshun Palace, were given a marriage decree.

After other people knew about this, they were very envious: This is a marriage with the family of Prince Zhongshun who is the most trusted by the emperor, and the one who is destined is Prince Zhongshun's favorite Princess Shile. How can people not be envious of such a good deed?

But because of this marriage decree, the entire Lin family fell into a strange tranquility.

Lin Liu secretly thought, it would be better to overthrow such a dynasty, right?Otherwise, if the dog emperor comes here a few more times, will the Lin family be okay?

Longevity is excellent, but twins are not?Maoshou is not good?Isn't Daiyu good?

Lin Ruhai was furious, as calm as he was, and couldn't help but want to rush into the palace, grab the emperor by the neck and yell at him.

The two calmest in the family are like this, how can the rest be better?

The Lin family was gloomy.

Guiling lowered his head with a cold expression.

Even if he has not yet enlightened, and he doesn't care about the identity or temperament of his future wife, he is really not happy about being threatened by someone holding his head and having to marry Princess Shile.

But since the marriage decree has been issued, as long as the Lin family can't rebel immediately, they can only "joyfully" start preparing for the marriage.

Whether it is accepting, asking names, or other steps after that, they must be prepared according to the highest standards, there must be no negligence, and the Zhongshun Palace must not be allowed to find any faults.

But Guiling lacked interest in this.

Therefore, he did not hunt the two wild geese that Na Cai needed, as he did last time when he was engaged. Instead, he asked the guards at home to hunt a pair of wild geese, and sent them directly to Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

After getting engaged, he is not as enthusiastic as before. Even if he sees something novel, he will only buy it for his sisters and sisters at home, and then let someone send a copy to the princess.

But he never thought of giving the Princess a unique gift to distinguish her identity from the two sisters Lin Liu and Daiyu.

He would not even inquire about Princess Shile's preferences, and then give gifts according to his liking.

Lin Ruhai and others felt sorry for Guiling, who could only be forced to marry someone they didn't like, and seeing his behavior was not out of line——

When other people's husbands are engaged, not to mention live geese, even dead ones, they always only ask people to make two geese out of gold and silver.Those who have money will send gold to those who have no money, and those who have no money will send silver-plated ones.

As for gifts?Other gentlemen didn't even think of giving gifts to their fiancées!

As far as Guiling's behavior after getting engaged, no one dared to think about it.

Anyway, Prince Zhongshun's mansion couldn't make a mistake, so Lin Ruhai and Jia Min just turned a blind eye, as if they didn't see Gui Ling's perfunctory.

But his fiancée Princess Shile couldn't be happier after receiving the gift.

The master Xue Baochai is now following, that is, Princess Shile, once again received a gift that she didn't like at all and was obviously liked by the sisters of the Lin family, her expression immediately became gloomy: "Lin Song What do you mean by this? Do you think it's okay to marry me?" Wronged him, right? When I was engaged to Hu Jin’s flirtatious woman before, I knew to inquire about her preferences, and from time to time I personally came to cultivate feelings with Hu Jin. Now I am engaged to me, but I am perfunctory, and my treatment is not good. Nothing is as good as that bitch Hu Jin!"

Xue Baochai always liked to show off in front of Princess Shile, but she really didn't know what to say about this matter.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with Princess Shile asking the emperor for a marriage, but before asking the emperor for a marriage, Princess Shile clearly knew the Lin family's unwillingness to get married, so she still insisted on asking the emperor for a marriage.

Now that she has done so, she should be able to predict the Lin family's reaction to this matter and bear the consequences of this matter.

Xue Baochai herself doesn't quite understand why Princess Shile insists on marrying Lin Song. It is true that Lin Song is a very good husband-in-law candidate, but since the other party has clearly expressed his unwillingness to get married, no matter what the reason is, Shile County The Lord should not wrong himself, but to pester him.

With the family background of Princess Shile, there is no need to wrong yourself, right?

Only a person like her would use her marriage as a bargaining chip and plan in every possible way.Princess Shile's status is already better than most of the girls in the world. For her marriage, she should have chosen a couple who are pleasing to each other.

She couldn't figure it out, so she didn't want to.

It's just that Xue Baochai withdrew, and another attendant seized the opportunity to stand up: "Princess, I think this Lin Song just doesn't know what to do. If you are really angry, just bring someone to the door to question the crime. Forgive him, Lin Song won't do it." Dare to refute."

Xue Baochai was a little anxious: "Princess, absolutely not. If you really do this, there may be no room for change between you and Lin Song. At that time, no matter whether you are good or bad, then Lin Song will not I'll see you again."

Another attendant sneered: "Look at what you said, does Lin Song still dare to snub the princess after he got married? Sure enough, he was born in a merchant family and is petty, and he doesn't know how to adapt at all."

Xue Baochai opened her mouth, wanting to say that there are so many tricks in this world that can make people suffer without saying anything, and the relationship between men and women is not that simple.

But seeing the princess's proud eyes, and the look of contempt flashing in her eyes, Xue Baochai decisively closed her mouth.

Why bother?The princess is obviously not listening to the persuasion at the moment, not only is there no benefit in her words, but it will also make the princess misunderstand that she is deep-minded, and it is easy to be beaten up by another person, slandering her background...

Saying this will do more harm than good, so it is better not to say it.

Xue Baochai refused to persuade her, and the other two regarded themselves as "princess masters" very highly, and didn't think that Lin Song really dared to do anything to the princess, so after asking where Lin Song was on duty, they looked for them angrily.

It's not easy for ordinary women to walk around the yamen, but royal princesses and princesses have their own privileges.

The guards didn't dare to stop him.

So Princess Shile took two escorts and a long line of maids and servants, and drove straight in to the Hanlin Academy where Lin Song is now on duty.

Even if there were a group of men around, Princess Shile didn't care at all, and directly yelled: "Lin Song, come out!"

Xue Baochai kept her head down ever since she left the house. Now that she heard Princess Shile yelling regardless of her appearance, she quickly covered her face with a handkerchief, lest someone would see her face and recognize her. identity.

Gui Lingben was sorting out the books, looking for the content of the lecture to the emperor tomorrow, but suddenly heard a female voice calling his name, he stumbled and almost fell off the ladder.

The colleague next to him was startled, and quickly stabilized the ladder, which saved him from a disaster.

After he stood still, he lowered his head in a daze: "I seem to have heard someone calling me just now, or is it a woman?"

The colleague nodded: "I heard that too."

Gui Ling couldn't believe it: "A woman? In the Imperial Academy? Or yelling in front of everyone?"

The colleague nodded, and gave Lin Song a sympathetic look: "In the entire Forbidden City, there are only two women who have the courage to do this. One is the daughter of the queen's direct relative, the third princess of the emperor. But the queen raised her very well. Being favored, but with a demure and generous temper, I will never do such a yelling, which is demeaning."

A bad premonition flashed in Guiling's heart: "What about the other one?"

The sympathy in the eyes of colleagues is almost substantive: "The daughter left by Prince Zhongshun's original wife, Princess Shile."

Lin Song: "..."

He didn't dare to stay any longer, so he quickly jumped off the ladder, took two steps in three steps, and trotted all the way out of the Imperial Academy.

Then at a glance, she saw Princess Shile's exquisite and gorgeous face, but her haughty and hideous face.

Lin Song's heart sank: "The princess called me?"

Princess Shile regarded Lin Song as his own, walked up to him, and snorted, "Lin Song, why do you always give me gifts that I don't like?"

Lin Song squinted his eyes, never expecting that she would come to the Imperial Academy with great fanfare and disturb his work just because of the gift.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to laugh or to be angry. After he calmed down, he said lightly: "I don't know what the princess likes. If the princess doesn't like it, I won't give it away. If the princess likes something Yes, just ask someone to come to Lin's house and tell me that as long as I can afford it, I will definitely buy it myself and ask someone to send money to Prince Zhongshun's residence."

Princess Shile stared: "You don't want to give it away? You don't know what I like, so you won't let people inquire about it?"

"Prince Zhongshun's mansion has strict rules, don't dare to disturb!"

"You can ask me!"

"The fact that a man and a woman are not close to each other will hurt the reputation of the princess if it spreads."

"Then why did you know that bitch Hu Jin's preferences before? Didn't you ask her!"

Lin Song frowned: "The princess is careful, the dead are the most important. It's better not to mention Miss Hu, who is dead, when the princess speaks."

Princess Shile was furious: "After all, you just don't care about me!"

Lin Song looked at Princess Shile blankly, and calmly pointed out a fact: "Princess, if I remember correctly, today should be the first time we meet."

care?Who would care about a woman who has never met a single face and uses imperial power to force him to marry back home?

Princess Shile was very angry with him, and wanted to speak, but Xue Baochai reached out and grabbed her sleeve: "Princess, there are more and more people around, let's leave quickly."

The number of people is not the point, the point is that everyone is watching Princess Shile's jokes, thinking that she is arrogant and domineering, and doesn't know what to do!

Shi Le's expression froze, and she looked around, only to find that there were already men standing around, and all of them looked at her with disapproving eyes.

After all, she was a shameless person, so she immediately covered her face and fled.

After he left, everyone, whether they knew Gui Ling or not, all stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder affectionately——

Before, I thought it was good luck for him to marry the princess, but now it seems that it is the worst luck in the world, bar none.

The tortoise is young, so it is natural to feel pity.

Guiling: "..."

If I remember correctly, he didn't seem to suffer just now?

It didn't take long for the matter to spread in the capital.

Princess Shile wanted to file a complaint when she went home, but was reprimanded by Prince Zhongshun: "You forced this marriage. Your mother said at the beginning that the Lin family didn't want to marry us. It was you who fell in love with Lin Song. , let me give up my old face and ask the emperor for a marriage decree."

"Even if the man Lin Song is unwilling, he has done what he should do. Look at his actions, who can do it with another man?"

Princess Shile was not happy: "But I don't like many of the gifts he gave!"

"But you yourself are not his favorite!"

Prince Zhongshun sighed, "Shi Le, you are really spoiled by me!"

After saying that, he walked away.

Shi Le sat in the room, and after a while, suddenly remembered what Xue Baochai said before, got up immediately, and took people to Xue's house.

If her father doesn't help her, it's okay, she can still go to Baochai.