[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

No.40 eight times

"When we return to Beijing, we have always been busy. Have you paid attention to Brother Shu's marriage?" Lin Ruhai has been busy building a good relationship with Shangfeng's subordinates for the past two months after the new official took office, so he is free tonight Just told Jia Min.

"I've been asking, but there are quite a few girls of the right age in Beijing, and you have to ask them clearly." Jia Min asked someone to bring stewed soup to Lin Ruhai, "I just thought, Brother Shu has no fame yet Even if we are still in the body, we don’t feel at ease even if we go to the woman’s house of the relative’s family. It’s better to wait until brother Shu participated in this session of Qiu Wei, after all, he has also experienced the imperial examination, so he can rest assured.”

"That's right, the left and right brothers are not too old, let's just look at each other carefully." Lin Ruhai said, "I heard that Yu'er entered the palace with you and won the favor of the Queen Mother?"

"Yeah, after all, it's the queen mother who loves me. Seeing Yu'er is like seeing her own granddaughter." Jia Min laughed, "It's just that our family hasn't heard from Beijing for a long time. The Queen came back from the palace and told me that there are always a few young girls waiting around the Queen Mother, so is there any key to this?"

"Those girls are from the Li family, the Wang family, and the Wu family in Beijing. These three families have always been aristocratic families in Beijing. The Li family is extra cautious because they have a queen; the Wang family is the empress dowager's family. There are no important ministers anymore; in the Wu family, there is a prime minister in the court, and a noble concubine in the palace, who is the most arrogant. In the palace, except for the first prince who has become a married man and left the palace, the second and third princes are also nine years old. You What is the purpose of the Queen Mother summoning those girls?" Lin Ruhai glanced at Jia Min and said with a smile.

"That's how it is." Jia Min knew that the royal man married early, so it is possible to look at the future princess now.But according to what Yu'er said back, I'm afraid that the girl from the Wang family will be rejected, even the girls from the Empress Dowager's natal family can't be so pampered.

And in the next half month, Lin Daiyu was also lucky enough to enter the palace two or three times, and saw that the girls around the queen mother had changed a lot.Wang Wen seems to have disappeared, and her place is replaced by Zhuang Wanrou, the daughter of Zhuang Wensheng, the servant of the Ministry of Industry.Zhuang Wanrou lived up to her name, her words and deeds were gentle and elegant, and she won the Queen Mother's favor in one fell swoop.

But for some reason, Lin Daiyu didn't like her at all. She just felt that although she acted with restraint, she just didn't look like an eight-year-old girl.

I don't know where Mother Jia heard what she said. Knowing that Daiyu saw Jia Yuanchun in the palace, and hearing that the Queen Mother summoned her twice more these days, she sent another post to invite Jia Min. When I went to the mansion with Lin Daiyu, I only said that I would introduce Shi Xiangyun, a younger sister who Lin Daiyu had never met, to her.

"I've heard from Brother Ai that a fairy-like sister has returned from Yangzhou, and I can finally see her this time!"

Before seeing her, she heard her voice first, just as Lin Daiyu helped Jia Min into the room, she heard the voice of a girl chirping.The voice was not too noisy, but the words "Love Brother" sounded like a leak. Lin Daiyu looked over, and it turned out to be a girl wearing a bright red Ruyi pattern makeup and a pink pleated skirt in Jiamu. There was chatter around her, and there was a small golden unicorn hanging around her waist.

"Sister Lin is here!" Jia Baoyu's sharp eyes saw Lin Daiyu's figure at a glance.So he hurriedly took a step forward and made a big bow, actually going to hold Lin Daiyu's hand, "Sister, sit down quickly, we will wait for my sister to come."

Jia Min pulled Lin Daiyu away without leaving any traces, walked up to Jiamu and greeted her, then sat down and said, "Mother's place is really lively. Yingchun is healed?"

"Aunt Lao is concerned, everything is fine." Jia Yingchun replied with a smile, "Yingchun also wants to thank Cousin Lin for bringing me the tea. It tastes delicious and fragrant. It is really a good thing. I don't know if I will send it to my sister. Is your tea sister still used to eating tea?"

"It's all good. It's extra delicious to make tea with the dewdrops collected in the morning." Lin Daiyu laughed.

"The two elder sisters only care about talking to themselves, and they are going to leave the ancestors in the cold." Shi Xiangyun saw that Jia Yuanchun and Lin Daiyu were very involved, so he interrupted, "We were all invited by the ancestors, so naturally Please pay respects to the ancestors first. Sister Lin, are you right?"

Lin Daiyu raised her eyes to look at her, just smiled and said: "Just now when I came in with my mother, I had already saluted my grandmother, so younger sister Shi didn't see it. Anyway, my grandmother is an elder, so it doesn't matter if I salute again. "After that, stand up.

But Mother Jia said: "Sit down quickly. I am happy to see you little sisters talking and laughing. I just need to see the etiquette. Yun'er, didn't you say you want to thank your cousin Lin? Thank her." Is that the mask I gave you? Why can’t I talk to someone now.”

"The old ancestor loves to make fun of me." Shi Xiangyun glanced at Lin Daiyu, and could only say, "Second sister gave me the hoodie, it's all my favorite tricks, thank you, sister Lin. But I don't have anything good, this is I made a brocade purse with a hundred butterflies in it, give it to my sister, it will be my gift in return."

"Thank you, sister." Lin Daiyu took it over, and the purse was exquisitely embroidered, so she exclaimed, "It's really beautiful." Just listening to Shi Xiangyun calling "Second Sister", it is the same as the previous "Love Brother" The words are called differently, and I know in my heart that Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu are probably childhood sweethearts, so they are so close.

Jia Min glanced at it, and saw that the purse was densely stitched, and although the pattern was ordinary, it was very lifelike. She also praised it in her heart, but she didn't say anything on her face.

Mother Jia gave Jia Yuanchun a wink and asked her to take a few girls to the back, while she left Jia Min to talk: "I will help you find out. My uncle is now a first-rank official, brother Shu's son." Marriage can only be chosen from the first-rank official or the mansion of a first-rank official, and there are not many suitable girls. However, there is a girl of the right age in Jinling Zhen's family, who is the daughter of Lord Zhenying Jiazhen's direct relative, what do you think?"

How can the daughter of the Zhen family marry?Jia Min held the teacup and took a sip, and said: "It's not that I refuse my mother's kindness, but I don't know the girl from the Zhen family, and I don't feel at ease even if I send someone close to me to inquire about it. I just thought about it." The girls in our capital are closer after all, so I can inquire about their tutors. In fact, I have discussed with the master, the girl's family background is not the most important thing, the important thing is to have a good temper."

"Master Zhen is a minister trusted by the emperor, so his family's family education is naturally good, what is Aunt Min worried about?" Mrs. Wang smiled and glanced at Jia Min, "Of course the family that the old lady chose for Brother Shu is good. "

Jia Min didn't even give him a wink, he just said: "We still have to wait for Brother Shu to take part in this imperial examination, don't worry."

"That's true." Mother Jia nodded, "I heard that you saw Yuan Chun when you and Yu'er entered the palace a few days ago?"

Jia Min's face remained unchanged, and he only said: "I just met once from a distance, so I can't say anything, but I just look more stable. The queen has always been good at sex, and Yuan Chun can serve by the queen's side." Learning is also her blessing. I heard that Yuan Chun is now the most proud person around the empress, and I'm afraid she will be blessed in the future."

Xu bowed her head and smiled.It's just a female official who serves others, no matter how lucky she is, she is still a slave.She raised her eyes, exchanged a clear look with Jia Min, and said, "It's Yuan Chun's good fortune to be able to serve the queen." Seeing Wang's complacent look, Xu almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

Jia Mu and others were talking at the front, and Jia Yingchun took Lin Daiyu, Jia Tanchun, Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu to the back to chat.Jia Xichun was young and it was hot outside, so she didn't hug her this time.Jia Baoyu was happy to see the sisters together, and he didn't notice Lin Daiyu's dissatisfaction with him at all.

"Brother Ai said before that he would make rouge for me, why did Sister Lin forget me when she came today." Shi Xiangyun saw that Jia Baoyu, who had always had fun with him, didn't pay much attention to him, so he said coquettishly , "If you love brother, just talk about sister Lin, and forget about us sisters."

Lin Daiyu took a look at Shi Xiangyun and said with a smile: "Sister Shi is joking, the second cousin likes to play with you the most. I want to talk about making tea with the second and third cousins, why don't you just go and play." Don't say inside and out that she hinders you, even if she hears it, she will feel sore.Naturally, Lin Daiyu didn't say the second half of the sentence, and just turned back to talk to Jia Yingchun about the joy of making tea.

Jia Yingchun is good at chess, and also enjoys the life of making tea and playing chess records on weekdays. Naturally, she and Lin Daiyu have endless topics to talk about.Jia Tanchun was able to chat occasionally, and the three girls were chatting and laughing, but Jia Baoyu was really left alone.

Shi Xiangyun pursed his lips and snorted, then pulled Jia Baoyu aside, and said, "Brother Ai, don't keep staring at Sister Lin, okay? He also said that he would play with me after picking me up. It turns out that Sister Lin I forgot everything when I came here. Fortunately, I miss you every day at home, so what you said before was deceptive." As he spoke, he was about to shed a few tears.

Jia Baoyu couldn't see her sister crying, so she quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe away her tears, and said straightly: "My dear sister, I was wrong, I apologize to you!"

Shi Xiangyun couldn't bear it, so he quickly pulled him to sit down, and said next to him: "Brother Ai, really, how stingy I am! I promised to make peach blossom rouge for me today, so why not ask Sister Xiren to fetch something for Brother Ai , How great it is for me to develop it together with you. At that time, I will make a few boxes for the second sister, Lin sister and third sister, and all of us sisters will be able to use it."

The battle over there was so big that Lin Daiyu could hear it clearly.The daughter's family likes to specialize in makeup, but it's okay to give birth to this second cousin, a boy who doesn't like reading but likes to play with sisters, and even adjusts makeup to make makeup by himself.Just looking at the appearance of the second cousin and the third cousin, it seems that I have been used to it for a long time...

"What is Cousin Lin thinking?" Jia Tanchun saw Lin Daiyu suddenly lost his mind, and lightly touched her shoulder, "When I went to the second wife's place yesterday, I heard from the second wife that Cousin Lin went to the palace earlier. Now, why don’t you tell us something about the palace. I heard that it was painted by Fulitang in the palace, but is it true? Has Cousin Lin met Eldest Sister?”

"There are many rules in the palace, and I only go to the Queen Mother when I enter the palace, so I don't have a chance to visit." Lin Daiyu took a sip of tea, and seemed to notice that there was a trace of worry in Jia Yingchun's eyes looking at her, as if she was afraid that her troubles would come from her mouth He smiled at Jia Yingchun as a consolation, "I saw it once when I went to greet the empress dowager under the order of the empress dowager. It's just that the most important thing after entering the palace is to be cautious. I didn't tell my eldest sister Come on."

"That's how it is." Jia Tanchun also saw Jia Yingchun's disapproving expression, so he stopped the topic.

Lin Daiyu remembered Jia Min's words, she took Jia Tanchun's words to heart, and thought about it with her mother when she went back.She did remember that the third cousin was originally born by her aunt, and was later raised by her grandmother. Why is she serving at the second aunt's place now?