The Red Mansion Becomes Lin Daiyu

This time the person who came to announce the decree was Dai Zhong, the chief servant who was beside the emperor.Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu rushed to the middle gate and saw that Dai Zhong had dismounted and entered.Lin Ruhai hurriedly welcomed the people to the main hall, set up an incense table, and led everyone to kneel down to receive the order.

Dai Zhong stood facing him with the edict in his hands, and read: "Following the heavens, the emperor said, I heard that Lin Daiyu, the daughter of the British princess Lin Ruhai, the princess of Jiayu County, Lin Daiyu, is gentle and gentle, and has a deep understanding of etiquette, so she was hired as the princess..."

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but think to himself, the emperor wants to give the dowry as well!Since ancient times, there have been regulations on the period of employment and marriage. It is said: one year for the emperor, half a year for the princes, one season for the doctor, and one month for the common people.Shui Rui is the crown prince of the country, he should follow the example of the son of heaven, so he will be married in a year.Ordinarily the emperor wouldn't be in such a hurry, that was the kid's idea.Thinking that Lin Ruhai would give in like this, hum, let's see if he gets annoyed for a few years!

After the announcement, Dai Zhong helped Lin Ruhai up, and handed the imperial edict to him for reading.Lin Daiyu retreated with her maid, and Dai Zhongsui said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Lord Lin, I'm going to bother you to congratulate the princess on your behalf."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Where is it? I'd like to trouble the Minister of Internal Affairs to make a trip." Said that he handed Dai Zhong a purse, but the other party even refused to accept it.As the chief executive, Dai Zhong can be said to call the wind and call the rain in the palace, and it is common to receive the filial piety of some small officials and eunuchs.But he is the most observant person. Now that Lin Ruhai is in full swing in the court, and his daughter is the appointed princess, it is too late for him to curry favor, so how dare he accept his things?

Lin Ruhai insisted on not obeying, still smiled and handed it to him, saying: "What's the matter, you came to declare the decree, it's a happy event, there's no reason to go back empty-handed. People who don't understand the reason don't say you are high-minded and refuse to accept it, but say we The Lin family is being stingy, do you think this is the reason?"

Only then did Dai Zhong accept it with a smile, thanked him, and said: "The Duke of the country will prepare first, and the deacon who will deliver the betrothal gift will arrive in a while."

Lin Ruhai then asked: "Who will be appointed by the deacon this time?" Since ancient times, weddings have to go through courtesy appointments, and the royal family is no exception. The prince's wedding is generally compared to the emperor's wedding, but the specifications are relatively lower, but there are a lot of etiquette. .It's just that the prince usually doesn't send the dowry in person, but the emperor appoints a high-ranking official as a deacon to send it on his behalf, so Lin Ruhai asked this question.

Dai Zhong smiled and said, "It's Mr. Right."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and stayed Dai Zhong for tea again, Dai Zhong waved his hand and said, "I won't stay anymore, Your Majesty is still waiting for our family to return to order?" Lin Ruhai had no choice but to give up, and ordered the housekeeper to send him out of the Yimen.

After a while, Prime Minister Right arrived with a large number of horses and carriages, and Lin Ruhai ordered to open the middle gate to welcome him.Prime Minister on the right first announced the decree, and then asked people to arrange things one by one, and handed Lin Ruhai the dowry list. It turned out to be: five thousand catties of gold, fifty thousand taels of silver, twenty gold and silver tea utensils, one thousand pieces of brocade of various colors, and another There are countless antiques and hairpin rings.The things are all precious and precious, there are dozens of boxes piled up in one place, occupying most of the main hall.As soon as all the affairs have been completed, the right minister will leave.Lin Ruhai kept tea again, Prime Minister Right also said that he was in a hurry to return to his command, so he had to let him go.

Here, Lin Ruhai went to Yuyuan and showed the gift list to her daughter.

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "No wonder so many people want to marry their daughters to the royal family. This dowry is enough to last a few lifetimes!"

Lin Ruhai smiled to embarrass her face, "My daughter is still a little money fanatic, so these things will be your dowry in the future!"

Lin Daiyu was ashamed and anxious, stomped her feet and turned around, angrily said: "Father, I'm serious, why are you talking about the dowry again?"

"What I said is also serious." Lin Ruhai said: "Not only these things, our Lin family's property is your dowry, which is much more valuable than this betrothal gift."

Lin Daiyu said: "Daddy, you keep all these, and I don't lack anything." The things in her space are inexhaustible, and all these things can be left to Daddy.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Then there is nothing missing for being a father. These things will be put in your space at that time, how safe. If Rui'er treats you badly in the future, you can just dump him and go on your own."

"Pfft..." Lin Daiyu couldn't help laughing when she heard this, how could there be a father who would force his daughter to dump his son-in-law before they got married?But after hearing this, she felt warm in her heart, and only her father would pamper her like this.No, maybe there is another one, that is... Brother Rui, but if he knows what his father said at this moment, he doesn't know how he will feel.

In the evening, Lin Daiyu was watching the lanterns in Yuyuan, when suddenly the porter came to report that the third princess had come and had entered the second gate.Lin Daiyu hurriedly brought people out to greet her, and as soon as she left the courtyard, she saw the third princess leading people rushing towards her.Seeing Lin Daiyu coming out, she was already beaming with joy, so she rushed forward with joy, grabbed Lin Daiyu without letting go, and said with a smile on her face, "Sister Yu, I am so happy today!"

Lin Daiyu hurriedly brought the man back to the courtyard, and asked, "What good thing happened to you, so happy?"

The third princess then said: "Naturally, it's a great thing. Sister Yu will be my sister-in-law in the future. Isn't it worth being happy?"

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu knew that she knew about the marriage, and thought that it would be inconvenient to talk about it with the third princess, so she bypassed the matter and asked, "Did your majesty and queen mother know about this time you are leaving the palace?"

"I know, I said I came to see Sister Yu, and the grandmother agreed." The third princess waved her hands, waiting for her round eyes to look at Lin Daiyu eagerly, "Sister Yu, let's not talk about this, let's go to the Lantern Festival , it’s only once a year, if you miss it, it’s gone.”

Lin Daiyu didn't intend to go at first, but now that the third princess is here, and she is so excited, she has to accompany her around.When it was close to the end of the day when they had finished their fun, when they just returned to Yuyuan, they encountered an unexpected guest, who turned out to be Xiao Muzi, the servant next to the Eighth Prince.

Lin Daiyu then asked him why, Xiao Muzi said: "Your Highness asked me to come and give the princess a betrothal gift?"

"..." Lin Daiyu was full of doubts, and asked, "Isn't the betrothal gift already delivered, how can I give it again?"

"It was given as a routine. His Highness has something else of his own. He said that it is inconvenient to deliver it in person. Let the maidservant pay for it. I hope the Princess will forgive me." Holding the gift list with both hands, Hong Lian took it and gave it away. Show Lin Daiyu a look.

Lin Daiyu saw that there were many novelties in it, although they were not as valuable as the ones given by the deacon, they were all very delicate, and the ones she always liked, it can be seen that she had put a lot of thought into them.So he smiled and said to Xiao Muzi: "Okay, I know everything, go back and tell your master, tell him not to worry too much, I won't get angry with him because of these trivial things."

Xiao Muzi felt relieved after hearing this, and secretly patted his chest to let out a breath.Before, he was afraid that Princess Lin would be unacceptable due to etiquette?But he had no choice but to obey the master's order, so he had to bite the bullet and come, but he didn't expect that the princess was really unusual.The master must have known this before sending him here, and the beauties he saw in the palace can be said to be countless, and only the princess is worthy of his highness.It can be seen that everyone's fate is different, but it is all arranged by God, so you can't force it!

Lin Daiyu asked Honglian to send Xiao Muzi out, and she only looked at the euphemistic "betrothal gift" sent by Shui Rui.Just at this time Sa Zi came running happily, wearing a festive red robe, a small golden crown with chiseled beads on her head, and jade pendants on her waist. Take the fruit and eat it.

Lin Daiyu smiled and asked: "Enough shopping? Don't say I'm holding you back!"

Sa Zi hurriedly pulled Lin Daiyu's hand: "Sister, I bought you a lot of gifts, do you like them?" Then she asked the maids to bring in the gifts.

Lin Daiyu saw that they were all small things, so she accepted them with a smile. She was still very happy that Sa Zi went out to play and brought her a gift?Lin Daiyu picked up a sugar figurine, and asked with a smile, "Is this according to you?"

It was a child's sugar figurine, whose general outline was about seven or eight points like Sa Zi's. He was also wearing a golden crown, wearing a long robe, and posing in a strange shape, which was charmingly naive.Jade pendants and other objects are all vivid, showing the exquisite craftsmanship.

Sa Zi looked at it and rushed to grab it: "Sister, I can't give you this. I specially asked Master Sugar Man to make it like me. I want to keep it for myself."

Lin Daiyu held the sugar figurine high and said with a smile: "That's not acceptable, there's no reason to return the things you gave away!"

Sa Zi knew that he was not at the same level as his master in terms of force, so he could only beg with a bitter face: "Good sister, good master, give it back to me!"

Lin Daiyu smiled and shook her head, "I've kept this one, if you want it, let the master make another one for you!"

Sa Zi bowed her head and said: "Okay!" He can only be bullied in front of his master!

Lin Daiyu pushed him, handed him a glass of fruit wine, and pointed to a pile of things on the ground, "Don't get angry, how about this, you can choose those things!"

Sa Zi took the fruit wine, raised her eyes, shook her head, it's better for him not to touch the things given to him by the previous owner, so as not to suffer in the future.

Lin Daiyu was amused by his stinginess, she is quite petty, but from the bottom of her heart, she thought Sa Zi was cute like this, so she smiled and said: "No, maybe I want your master to personally Carve a picture of you as a gift?"

Sa Zi was overjoyed when she heard this, nodded repeatedly, and begged Lin Daiyu to carve for him.Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Is it still not enough to promise you? Go back to your own room and stop messing with me!"

Sa Zi asked Lin Daiyu several times before leaving.Here, Hong Lian came to serve Lin Daiyu to freshen up, and while helping Lin Daiyu comb her hair, she said: "I'm busy today, and I haven't had time to congratulate the girl yet?"

Lin Daiyu said: "Why is this between you and me? It seems heretic!"

Hong Lian nodded with a smile, "It is a lesson to be learned from the sun to see His Highness the Crown Prince's love for you as a servant girl. You will be blessed in the future!"

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but blushed when she heard this, and feigned anger and said, "Honglian, come and make fun of me too!"

Hong Lian smiled and said: "Don't be ashamed, what this servant said is the truth."

Lin Daiyu was getting impatient after hearing the congratulations all day today. It was a matter of mutual affection, and she made it seem like she was so high up.She, Lin Daiyu, still doesn't like this mortal power, brother Rui's kindness to her, he naturally knows, why use others to remind?Although he knew that Honglian was sincere, he didn't want to talk about it now, so he changed the subject and asked, "How is your cultivation going, are there any difficulties?"

Hong Lian sighed and said, "The foundation of the servant girl is not good enough. It's been so easy to build a foundation. It's been a month and there is still no progress."

Lin Daiyu patted her hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, just let nature take its course. I'll refine some pills that suit you some other day, and there will be progress."

Honglian hurriedly shook her head: "Girl, it is already a great gift for you to teach me the method of cultivation. I am so grateful, so why bother with my slave? Doesn't this make my slave feel uneasy?" .

Lin Daiyu hurriedly pulled her up, and said, "Honglian, what are you talking about? Since my mother left, how can I not manage my life these years? To be honest, between you and me, you are no worse than sisters. Well, what's the point if I do something for you? If you do this again, aren't you trying to make me feel bad?"

When Hong Lian heard the word "sister", her eyes turned red, and she would have no regrets even if she died with the words of a girl.Both the Lin family and the girl are very kind to her, and what she does is just a drop in the bucket.