The Red Mansion's Late Welcome Spring

After Lin Ruhai had an audience with the emperor the day before, because the emperor did not give any explicit instructions, he still went to the court the next day according to the rules. After the emperor asked him a few more words, he immediately ordered another current military servant, Zhao Wenhua, to replace Lin Ruhai in Yangzhou Regarding the position of Yanzheng, there was only a word about what position Lin Ruhai would take over. He just casually told Lin Ruhai to rest in Beijing for a while when he retired from the court.

Lin Ruhai didn't seem to feel anything wrong with the emperor's will. After he calmly knelt down and thanked him, he left the palace with the others, but after leaving the palace, facing the puzzled eyes of some people, he went straight to find his second wife from the crowd. His brother-in-law, Jia Zheng, told him that he would visit Jia's mother the next day and take his daughter back to the house to talk about family happiness.

When Jia Zheng first saw Lin Ruhai return to Beijing, he felt a burst of joy in his heart. He had always thought highly of himself, but he did not look down on Lin Ruhai because he seemed to have no official position now. Of course, it can be said that he is not stupid enough I really thought that the emperor would be willing to hang up Lin Ruhai, who was valued in the past.

After Jia Zheng returned to the mansion and met Jia Mu, he naturally did not forget to tell Jia Mu about Lin Ruhai's upcoming visit, but when he saw Jia Mu's already sullen face, he became more angry, and he, who was always filial, had to leave hastily. , After going out of the yard to inquire with others, he found out that the Lin family had sent a name card early in the morning, and mentioned that he would bring Lin Heng over to meet the elders.

Lin Daiyu's perfunctory attitude has already made Jiamu's sullen feeling tighter and tighter, but she didn't want to lose her position in front of Lin Daiyu, so she didn't vent it all the time, but today Lin Ruhai seemed to add fuel to the flames by saying He wanted to bring his heir over to visit the old man, I really don't know if he did it on purpose or not.

Jia's mother finally calmed down, and after weighing the matter in her heart, she called Jia Zheng away again, showing her compassionate feelings for the daughter who died young and the granddaughter who lost her mother, and sternly ordered Jia Zheng: "The day after tomorrow Lin When the aunt brings the child over, you must carefully watch the child's character. Don't let the aunt Lin be fooled by the child. After staying at home for many years, we must not ask her to live under the same roof with a white-eyed wolf, if it is really not a good idea, I will never let Mrs. Lin take Yu girl back."

"My son heard that the child is also a child, and he plans to take the government examination next year. Since he is literate and polite, his character will not be bad, but it is always related to the future reputation of the niece. I will be careless, and I will definitely test that kid in school on that day." Jia Zheng actually didn't know why his mother-in-law was so concerned about the fact that his sister-in-law suddenly recognized an heir, but in his opinion, it is a big deal for a man to have no offspring Well, the younger sister-in-law had to make this decision naturally, but he really couldn't be careless regardless of his heir's character, so he was also happy to take this job.

"Well...Yu girl is left with us relatives. No matter how much Mrs. Lin loves her daughter, it is impossible not to consider the continuation of his Lin family's incense. There is no blood relationship, so there is no guarantee that he will not abandon Yuyatou in the future, Yuyatou is young, she only thinks that she has an older brother, so she can't take care of other things, we as elders can't be so foolish." Jiamu said again. With a dignified appearance of righteousness, those who didn't know thought that she didn't know how much she loved Lin Daiyu in her heart.

"What the old lady said is that the niece is protected by the old lady, and she will not be afraid of being bullied by others in the future." Jia Zheng never cared about the affairs of the inner house, and he didn't know that Lin Daiyu seldom came to Jia's mother's house except for the time to pay her respects. Walking around, I thought how close Jia Mu and Lin Daiyu really were.

Naturally, it was impossible for Jia Mu to explain this kind of beautiful-sounding misunderstanding to Jia Zheng, so she just nodded a few times as if in agreement, and once again told Jia Zheng to make a good judgment on Lin Heng who came out halfway to disrupt the situation, and then stopped. Jia Zheng came down to speak.

Just as Jia Zheng walked out of Jia's mother's courtyard, he was thinking about how to test Lin Heng's character and virtue. It happened that Jia Baoyu, who had gone out to play wildly, came back. His legs were weak, but fortunately the young servant beside him was clever and quickly supported Jia Baoyu quietly. Jia Baoyu also quickly regained his attention and respectfully greeted Jia Zheng.

"If you don't study all day, where are you fooling around?!" Jia Zheng saw Jia Baoyu's appearance, and couldn't help shouting angrily.

"Son, son just walked around the street and didn't go anywhere." Jia Baoyu replied nervously with his head down.

"Walk around the streets? Hmph! It takes a day to walk around any street in the capital. You don't think about making progress all day long, you only know how to have fun. The big characters I told you to practice a few days ago Have you finished studying? Wait, bring it here and let me have a look. If it’s good, just be careful. If it’s not good, be careful!” Jia Zheng coldly counted Jia Baoyu from head to toe, then shook his sleeves. Just leave by mistake.

Jia Baoyu didn't dare to refute, he lowered his head and sent his father away. When the other party disappeared, he hurriedly ran into Jia's mother's room, but quickly forgot what his father had told him.

Jia Zheng waited in the study for a long time before Jia Baoyu came, and seeing that it was getting late, he knew without thinking that it must be the old lady who refused to allow Jia Baoyu to come out, so he couldn't help sighing weakly.

On this day, Lin Ruhai took Lin Heng to Rongguo Duke's mansion early to visit, but when he entered Jiamu's room, he saw a little boy sitting in front of Jiamu, laughing and laughing with several girls beside him without any scruples. They were joking, and after seeing their father and son coming in, they didn't even have the intention of avoiding them. The originally good mood dissipated without a trace, and the only thing that felt lucky was that his daughter was not among them.

"My son-in-law pays his respects to the old lady. I haven't seen you for a few years. It's really gratifying to see that the old lady is still in good health." Lin Ruhai forced a smile on his face, and bowed his hands to Mother Jia.

"Thanks to Mrs. Lin, please sit down, Mrs. Lin." Mother Jia just raised her head and glanced at Lin Ruhai, but said perfunctorily to Lin Heng who was beside him.

"This is the son-in-law just recognized by my son-in-law. The single name is "Heng". Today, I specially brought him here to say hello to the old lady." Lin Ruhai narrowed his eyes slightly, and then calmly introduced Lin who was beside him to Jia Mu. Heng.

"The younger generation has seen the old lady." Seeing Jia Mu's indifferent expression, Lin Heng couldn't help but flinch a little in his heart. He just remembered his father's explanation to him before leaving the house, so he still went forward to kneel and salute.

"Forget it, my wife is old and can't stand this kind of stimulation, but it's a visit, and you can't break the etiquette, Yuanyang." Jia Mu signaled Yuanyang to present a meeting gift without interest.

Lin Ruhai looked at the things that Yuanyang brought out, but they were nothing more than ordinary four treasures of the study. This kind of thing might not be appreciated by his family's servants, but it was used by Jia Mu to prevaricate her son who was passing by Minglu, Lin Ruhai. Anger suddenly arose in my heart.

"Brother Heng, since you have greeted the old lady, why don't you go see the two uncles and masters, and your father will pick up your sister to say goodbye later." Lin Ruhai raised her hand and stroked Lin Heng's head, her gentle movements were timely It calmed Lin Heng's heart.

"Yes, my son is waiting for my father at my uncle's place." Lin Heng nodded obediently.

Lin Heng saluted Jia Mu again, and then hurried out of the room. From entering to leaving, Lin Heng never turned his head to look at Tanchun and Xichun, let alone set his eyes on the maids. Very satisfied.

"It's rare for Mrs. Lin to go back to Beijing. Why don't you stay for a few days so that you can have a happy family relationship with Miss Yu." Jia's mother deliberately dispelled Lin Ruhai's idea of ​​taking Lin Daiyu away as soon as she opened her mouth.

But how could Lin Ruhai agree to let her daughter continue to live here?Especially since he knew Lin Daiyu's situation in Rongguo Duke's mansion a long time ago, not to mention that Lin Daiyu was lucky to be protected by her aunt and cousin, and never lived with Jia Baoyu as Jia's mother wished. I am afraid that it is still inevitable to meet each other every day.

"Master Lin wants to take sister Lin away? Why? Doesn't she live well here? We can see each other several times a day. If she leaves, can we still see each other often? Can she come here from time to time like sister Yun?" Do you want to stay for a few days?" Although Jia Baoyu didn't care much about Lin Daiyu because of the geographical distance, as in the original book, she still felt unhappy when she heard that a girl in the family was leaving.

"Of course it's possible, and let her play with Baoyu more," Jia's mother coaxed Jia Baoyu lovingly, and then said to Lin Ruhai with a calm face: "I just saw that the child is not outstanding, I really don't know. What did the Taoist priest think, so well, he called an outsider to share Yu girl's favor, I can't say anything else, but I definitely can't see Yu girl being wronged in the slightest."

"The old lady is wrong. Although I recognize the heir, Yu'er is just a lot of brothers who love her. How can there be any favors? Besides, Brother Heng is not an outsider now, he is my Lin Hai's." Son." Lin Ruhai retorted lightly.

Mother Jia opened her mouth to say something noncommittal, but she heard the little maid outside the door shouting: Miss Lin is here, and she had to take back the words she wanted to say.

"Father!" As soon as Lin Daiyu entered the door and saw Lin Ruhai whom she hadn't seen for a long time, she didn't even care to salute Jia's mother, and ran into Lin Ruhai's arms with a smile on her face.

"Yu'er, I haven't seen you for two years. You've grown up a lot." Seeing her daughter's ruddy complexion and her stature being much taller than two years ago, Lin Ruhai was deeply relieved, and couldn't help touching her daughter sadly. Daughter's head.

"Of course, my daughter hasn't seen her father for so long, so she's grown up...but father, you also have a lot of gray hair..." Lin Daiyu burst into tears when she saw her father's face, which was slightly older than she remembered.

"Hey, don't cry, no matter what father does, he can still watch you grow up and get married." Lin Ruhai comforted her daughter generously.

"Old lady, why don't you let Sister Lin stay with Master Lin for a few days, and when Master Lin returns, we can pick up Sister Lin to live here again." Jia Baoyu saw Lin Ruhai and his daughter hugging each other and crying, and immediately went to bed. My heart softened.

"But..." Mother Jia also knew that she had no position to prevent Lin Ruhai from taking Lin Daiyu back, and she was worried that if Lin Daiyu left, it would be even more impossible for her and Jia Baoyu to have nothing at all, so she felt extremely difficult.

"Old lady, the time Yu'er can spend with her father is less and less every day. Although my father has an elder brother to be filial to him, but the elder brother is an elder brother, and Yu'er is Yu'er. How can they be exactly the same?" Lin Daiyu hurriedly knelt down to Jia In front of her mother, she cried and begged.

"This! Alright, alright! Anyway, your father may still be released, and it won't be too late to pick you up to live in." Jia Mu could only agree indiscriminately. In fact, how could she be sure that Lin Ruhai was released? Or stay in Beijing?

"Thank you, old lady!" Lin Daiyu kowtowed happily.

Seeing that Lin Daiyu looked eager to leave her father early, and Lin Ruhai didn't intend to waste time with Jiamu, she could only watch the two say goodbye to her and leave.