Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

The Empress Dowager said: "When Minghua and Shunhua got married, they didn't open another princess mansion, but lived with their in-laws. Anyone who heard it would praise them for their filial piety. Now that Chaohuang has opened another princess mansion, what will others think? ? You have to worry about Chaohuang's reputation."

Concubine Roujia naturally hopes that Chaohuang can be praised as much as the two eldest princesses of Minghua Shunhua, but the two eldest princesses have been strictly disciplined by the queen mother since they were young, so not only do they not have the arrogant and extravagant temperament of princesses, they are also more beautiful than ordinary ladies More knowledgeable and sensible.

It was also because of that that when the two eldest princesses reached the marriageable age, the dignitaries in the capital asked for marriage one after another. When Princess Chaohuang was born, the queen mother had no energy to discipline her granddaughter. Although Chaohuang is pure and kind, she also has a temper and is spoiled. After getting married, there will inevitably be friction between her parents-in-law. Will Chaohuang not be wronged?

Concubine Roujia euphemistically stated this meaning, and the queen mother sighed, a little helpless: "It's true that one generation is not as good as the next generation. It's strange that people say that if a family loses, it must start from the failure of the descendants. That's all. After all, Huang is the daughter's family, you can do whatever you want, but you must be cautious about the marriage of the third, fourth, and fifth children. I don't care whether I am well-matched or not, and I am a proud girl. As long as she is not virtuous or dignified, she is married. I must also ask the emperor to open the ancestral temple and give it up!"

The Empress Dowager's words were a little harsh at the end, and Concubine Roujia shuddered secretly. She remembered that the Empress Dowager gave wine to the deposed prince. It was the grandson of a direct relative, and the poisoned wine was given as soon as it was said to be given, without any hesitation ,Older gingers are more spicy!

Concubine Roujia thought so, and all the way back to the palace, she saw that the fifth prince was messing with the girl who was feeding the birds in her palace, she couldn't help frowning.He scolded: "You have nothing to do all day, don't you?"

The little maid was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down, but the fifth prince said indifferently: "What are you doing? There is a second elder brother in important affairs in the court, do you want me to read the Four Books and Five Classics like the sixth younger brother?"

Concubine Roujia looked at her son, and said bitterly: "I must find you a powerful wife to take care of you."

The fifth prince heard the words but salivated and came over: "Mother, I was about to talk about this, so you can give me Xue Baochai. Anyway, my sister is getting married soon, and they have to get rid of these companions. Why don't you make me a side concubine?" .”

Princess Chaohuang was stunned, thinking that Xue Baochai wanted to climb high and seduce the Fifth Prince?

But then she denied this guess, she could clearly see what kind of person Xue Baochai was.He didn't look like someone who did such a thing, so he said coldly: "Quickly stop thinking about it, Baochai is your sister's accompanying student, and she has accompanied your sister to study and learn the rules all these years. I just said to point her to a good family to be your side concubine? You are just greedy for novelty, and you will forget about it in two days. I can't ask you to ruin others."

The fifth prince accompanied him with a smile and served tea to Concubine Roujia: "I promise to treat her well, and my concubine mother also said that she is dignified and virtuous. When the time comes, I will help my minister manage the backyard, so my minister will not worry much."

Concubine Roujia said: "That's even worse, what happens after the concubine enters the door, you can't miss the rules of respecting the concubine, anyway, you have given up on it." The fifth prince naturally understands Concubine Roujia's uncompromising temper.She walked away in a daze, but she didn't give up in her heart.

Within a few days, Lin Wanru got the letter that Xue Baochai entrusted her to deliver from Shi Aizhu. Shi Aizhu had a confused expression on her face: "I said that if there is something to do, please just enter the palace. You must entrust me to deliver the letter, I think If there is something important, I will send it quickly."

Lin Wanru was also very surprised. When she opened the letter, she saw that there was only the word "Golden Buddha Temple" on it.Shi Aizhu was still confused, but Lin Wanru understood that Xue Baochai was asking her to meet at the Golden Buddha Temple.

She asked Shi Aizhu: "Is the princess going to the palace to offer incense recently?"

Shi Aizhu said: "I entered the palace for this purpose today. My cousin said that she had made a wish in front of the Buddha, and now she has a wishful husband. She wants to go out of the palace to offer incense and fulfill her wish. The imperial concubine Roujia also agreed, and the date is set at The day after tomorrow, I will go there too."

She said with a shy look: "Mother asked me to burn incense sticks and beg for an heir."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Then I will go too."

Shi Aizhu was surprised: "You have a wishful husband and two sons, what more do you want?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "I beg the Buddha to make Aizhu pregnant as soon as possible, so that I can be a godmother." Shi Aizhu blushed, but she was very happy.

In the early morning of the next day, Lin Wanru said to go to the Golden Buddha Temple, Chen Ruiwen said: "I have something to do today, so I can't see you off, so bring some more guards." Lin Wanru said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are still bandits? "

Chen Ruiwu, who happened to be looking for Chen Ruiwen, heard it, and said with a smile, "I'm fine today, or I'll escort my sister-in-law." Chen Ruiwen naturally agreed.

Lin Wanru couldn't refuse, so he had to thank Chen Ruiwu again and again. Chen Ruiwu was a little embarrassed: "Because of my marriage, I was also very disturbed to ask my sister-in-law to worry about it. Now my sister-in-law just orders things. It seems unfamiliar to thank you."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "It's my fault."

Because Princess Chaohuang went to the Golden Buddha Temple to fulfill her vows, the area within two streets of the Golden Buddha Temple was cleared, and the full princess guard of honor marched from the palace gate to the outside of the Golden Buddha Temple. It was already late when Lin Wanru came. Looking at the street guarded by soldiers in front, he said to Chen Ruiwu: "It's all right for the second brother to send me here. There are guards in front, so it's okay."

Chen Ruiwu looked at it, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, the leader is my good brother in the army. I'll go talk about it and ask him to escort my sister-in-law in."

As he patted his horse and stepped forward, Lin Wanru saw that Chen Ruiwu and the leader were really joking. After a while, Chen Ruiwu pointed to this side, and the leader nodded again.

Chen Ruiwu returned quickly, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, he said that please just go in in a carriage, as there are people within a few meters away, which is the safest thing." Lin Wanru thanked, and told Chen Ruiwu to go home, and then took the carriage All the way to the gate of the Golden Buddha Temple.

Shi Aizhu was waiting there, when she saw her, she came up to meet her: "You are finally here."

Lin Wanru said: "I calculated that the time is not bad, how did I know that you left early."

Shi Aizhu said: "Cousin insisted on stopping to rest on the road, but later she was afraid of being late and hurried on her way, so she came early."

The two of them talked and laughed and entered the mountain gate. There were layers of guards inside and outside, either guards or palace maids, very strict.

The little maid said that Princess Chaohuang was changing clothes, so Shi Aizhu and Lin Wanru sat in the Zen room drinking tea, who would have thought that the time for a stick of incense had passed, and Princess Chaohuang hadn't come out yet, Shi Aizhu was dissatisfied: "It takes so long to change clothes?"

She broke into the house, but found no one there, she couldn't help being stunned, the maids serving inside knelt on the ground, one of them cried: "The princess is gone, the slaves are looking for it secretly."

Shi Aizhu said angrily: "Stupid things, you dare to hide it at this time, why don't you send someone to look for it?"

The other is Chaohuang's personal maid, she was calm and said: "If you go back to the princess, it's not the princess, but Miss Xue. The princess changed clothes with Miss Xue when she was resting just now, and the fifth prince took the lead. I secretly went to see the future son-in-law at the Sheng family, Miss Xue was afraid of revealing her flaws, so she stayed in the house and did not dare to go out, and just when the slaves came in, she found that Miss Xue was gone."

Shi Aizhu became anxious immediately, but Lin Wanru was more calm, and said: "There are many guards here, and there are guards outside. A living person will always notice when he goes out."

She suddenly remembered that the last time the coral disappeared inexplicably, it was also in the Golden Buddha Temple, and she couldn't help but said: "The Golden Buddha Temple has a small corner gate, and vegetable farmers who come to deliver vegetables often come in and out, don't sneak in there and sneak in to kidnap Sister Bao Let’s go, call someone to take a look.”

Several maids hurried out to order, Shi Aizhu was a little worried: "Do you want to tell the emperor?"

Lin Wanru said: "It's better not to alarm people. No matter who is kidnapped, the one who is kidnapped in name is the princess. It's not good for the princess' reputation. The fewer people who know about it, the better."

At the same time, he secretly suspected in his heart, who is so courageous to kidnap the princess?

If Princess Chaohuang was raised in the deep palace, who could she have any enemies?If it is aimed at the noble concubine Roujia and the fifth prince, one is an assistant to the Sixth Palace, the same as the deputy empress, and the other is of noble status, although they are domineering but have not done any serious bad things, who can and who dares to target them?

If it is the remnant party of the abolished prince, but the abolished prince and Princess Chaohuang have no hatred, if they want to tie up, they should also tie up the second prince and concubine.

Lin Wanru was puzzled, waiting for the news from the maids, who knew that the news from the maids did not come, but instead, there was a message from the servant that Chen Ruiwu was asking for an audience at the mountain gate. Seriously, he whispered to Lin Wanru: "Miss Xue was taken away."

Lin Wanru was surprised, looked at Chen Ruiwu, and Chen Ruiwu said: "I have already rescued him, I don't know what to do with him, so I sent him home first, please ask my sister-in-law to go home and have a look."

Lin Wanru nodded, if she had anything to say, she'd better go home and say it, it's hard for this person to talk too much.

Lin Wanru told someone to tell Shi Aizhu and went back with Chen Ruiwu.

Xue Baochai was being accompanied by Mrs. Shen to talk. Although she was frightened, she seemed to be in good spirits. Apart from her pale face, she was fine. Lin Wanru held Xue Baochai's hand, very concerned: "What happened?" thing?"

Xue Baochai smiled wryly, but she didn't hide it. She told the princess that she wanted to see Sheng Wen in private, so she changed clothes with her: "I was afraid that people would find out, so I just read a book in the room, but I lost consciousness in a daze. After waking up, I found that I was tied up, but fortunately, Second Young Master Chen rescued me."

Speaking of getting up and saluting to Chen Ruiwu, Chen Ruiwu hurriedly said: "I also saw those people sneaking around and thought it was strange, so I went up to have a look, but I didn't expect to see Miss Xue. It's nothing to worry about, please Miss Xue Don't take it to heart."