Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

The emperor was annoyed, so he called Chen Ruiwen into the palace to talk all day long. Speaking of Chen Ruiwen's two sons, the emperor was very envious: "If I had two sons, why would I worry about these things? The matter of Yandao, with such a fuss, I'm afraid it will have to be postponed until the next year."

Chen Ruiwen was a little surprised: "The emperor wants to start with the Yan government?"

The young emperor was full of ambition: "Although I don't have the ability to do earth-shattering events, I still want to get rid of my old problems and do a few practical things for the people."

Chen Ruiwen was thoughtful, but when he returned home, he asked Lin Wanru about the Jiangnan Salt Administration. Before Lin Ruhai died, he was Yangzhou's patrolling salt censor, and Lin Wanru knew something about it. After rectification, the treasury can enter at least 2000 million taels of silver every year."

Chen Ruiwen was surprised, this is the treasury's income for two years.

Lin Wanru said with a smile: "The rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have a lot of money, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps. In addition, the salt administration has always been involved in a lot and is very complicated. It is good for the emperor to have this ambition, but it is not easy."

After the Double Ninth Festival, Lin Wanru reluctantly sent Lin Daiyu and others back to Jinling. It was not until November that the selection of concubines was settled. The matter of rectifying the Jiangnan Salt Administration, which was even bigger than the matter of the draft, caused another uproar in the court.

Since ancient times, Jiangnan is a rich place with outstanding people. Seventy-eight out of ten officials in the court are from Jiangnan. It is also because of this that the interests of Jiangnan have been safeguarded by the same people.In the case of Yanzheng, it is even more collusion between government and businessmen.

Although Lin Wanru didn't know the truth behind it, but when his father Lin Ruhai was the censor of salt, the rich merchants in Yangzhou all competed to curry favor, why?

The Lin family came from a noble and scholarly family, if only relying on salary.How can they accumulate such a large family business?

When the water is clear, there will be no fish.Lin Wanru knew, and knew that the emperor's move would be difficult, unless he really made up his mind, otherwise it would be thunderous and rainy, and nothing would happen in the end.

After autumn, there is one autumn rain and one cold, and it is even colder after the rain.When Chen Ruiwen came back from court, even though he was sitting in a sedan chair, his clothes were slightly wet, Lin Wanru hurriedly asked someone to help him change with the clothes, and offered him hot ginger tea.

Chen Ruiwen gulped it down, and then said: "The emperor asked me to nominate someone to take charge of this matter, and I recommended Guangzhu."

Lin Wanru was surprised.Although Shi Guangzhu is a relative of the emperor.He also has official positions, but those are all benevolent positions without real power.

Chen Ruiwen said: "Since being rejected by Shi Xiangyun, Guangzhu has become more honest. I want to take this opportunity to let him go to the south of the Yangtze River to meet the world. He is the emperor's cousin. He can represent the emperor better than ordinary officials. Worried that the light beads will not be able to suppress people. The eldest son of the Zhongshun Palace recommended himself, the emperor hesitated, and it has not yet been decided."

Lin Wanru was even more surprised, and said, "How did Prince Zhongshun get involved? Aren't they always aloof from the world?"

Chen Ruiwen said with a smile: "Emperor and courtiers, when King Zhongshun made meritorious deeds, the previous emperors all saw it, and naturally tolerated it in every possible way, but now that the emperor is on the throne, everyone around him has to be promoted one by one. King Zhongshun is afraid of himself. Taking up the position, rather than being chased away at that time, it is better to do something practical to win the favor of the emperor, after all, for the emperor, he is not as affectionate as a personal bodyguard."

Lin Wanru thought of Miaoyu whom she hadn't contacted for a long time, thought for a while, and wrote a post to the third young mistress of Zhongshun Palace, who would have thought that the third young mistress came over in person in the rain, with a resentful look on her face, and mentioned Zhongshun in front of Lin Wanru The king's not: "Although there are some people who are greedy for novelty, it is rare for such people who don't know the rules. They collected all the rare treasures in the mansion for her to enjoy, built Buddhist halls for her to worship Buddha, and opened Let her pick out the things in the warehouse, the mother-in-law is so angry that she can't tell, the house is really messed up, the little servants and girls are eager to listen to the orders from there, really..."

The third young mistress sighed, but Lin Wanru was dumbfounded. She never expected Miaoyu to be so skillful that she could hold King Zhongshun firmly in her hand, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

The third young mistress came in a hurry, and then left in a hurry. Lin Wanru sat in a daze for a long time, a little confused, not knowing what to do. When Chen Ruiwen came back from the outside, he saw Lin Wanru in a daze, and said in confusion, "I'm out." What's up?"

Lin Wanru shook her head and asked Chen Ruiwen: "Will the son of Prince Zhongshun follow Shi Guangzhu to the south of the Yangtze River?"

Chen Ruiwen smiled and said: "The emperor has already agreed. He said that Prince Zhongshun is an old minister left behind by the emperor after all. If he is too shameless, he will cause criticism, so he agreed."

Lin Wanru nodded. According to Miaoyu's temperament, she would do it before the son left. Speaking of the Jiangnan Salt Administration, Lin Wanru felt inferior to Miaoyu. Miaoyu's father was a parent official in Yangzhou. After thinking about it, he understands better than others, now that Prince Zhongshun's mansion has suddenly changed his introverted temperament, and if he wants to dip into this muddy water, Miaoyu might blow a lot of pillow wind.

It's just that she didn't know how Miaoyu would act, Lin Wanru was worried, and asked someone to watch Zhongshun Palace quietly, if something happened, she should report it to her as soon as possible.

The day before Shi Guangzhu and Prince Zhongshun left the capital, Miaoyu asked someone to deliver several large boxes to Lin Wanru, with a seal on them, and upon opening it, it turned out that they belonged to the Lin family belonging to Prince Zhongshun.

Lin Wanru was surprised, she didn't expect Miaoyu to help her, she felt something was wrong for a while, and asked someone to collect the things, and at the same time asked someone to call Chen Ruiwen, when the couple arrived at Zhongshun Palace in a carriage, then A letter has been sent.

Miaoyu sent a letter to Mr. Shi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the pretext of sending things. After receiving the letter, Mr. Shi went to the palace to face the saint. Therefore, in a letter presented in front of the emperor, he enumerated the king's deeds. The evil deeds, many crimes, heinous, the emperor was a little unbelievable after seeing it, and looked at Mr. Shi with sharp eyes: "How did you get it?"

Lord Shi hurriedly knelt down and explained the whole thing.

Lord Shi and Miaoyu's father, Lord Zhuang, were classmates. At the beginning, one went to Yangzhou and the other stayed in the capital, although they didn't communicate often.But the relationship is still there. Later, the Zhuang family was ruined and Miaoyu became a monk. Although Master Shi had heard about it, he was small and weak, and could not compete with the Zhongshun Palace.Evidence can only be collected secretly.

But Miaoyu was copied at Jia's house.Deliberately being seen by King Zhongshun, he successfully entered the mansion and won the favor of King Zhongshun, and thus learned some private affairs and criminal evidence of King Zhongshun's mansion. Until today, Miaoyu learned that the emperor wanted to rectify the salt administration, and he must shoot the first bird .Then he exposed what King Zhongshun had done in the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River, and Mr. Shi presented the tribute on his behalf.

The emperor almost listened to Lord Shi's narration like a story, and Lord Shi's voice was choked up, and he couldn't cry: "...my niece is a weak woman, she can't protect herself, and now she went to the tiger's den and the wolf's den, that's why I collected these evidences. Please also ask the emperor to investigate clearly. Return justice to the banker!"

After all, the emperor was still calm: "Is there any basis for what Shi Aiqing said, and who can prove it?"

Mr. Shi was startled, and remembered Miaoyu's order. Miaoyu said that if necessary, he could ask the wife of the Duke of Qi's mansion to testify, but he hesitated again and again.She still said Lin Wanru's name.

Only then did the emperor change his face, and summoned Chen Ruiwen and Lin Wanru into the palace.

The couple are still on their way back from Prince Zhongshun's Mansion.Before he got home, he met the servant who passed the decree, and hurriedly followed into the palace. When Lin Wanru heard Master Shi's words, he was shocked and saddened, Miaoyu was planning to burn everything together.

Since this is the case, I have nothing to refute, so I knelt down and said: "The emperor knows that Lord Shi's words are true. The Zhuang family was indeed framed by King Zhongshun. King Zhongshun was greedy for Miaoyu's beauty and wanted to get it. Miaoyu was a steadfast character, she would rather die than submit, she became a nun, and led her to practice. Later, the Zhuang family fell down, and she went all the way to the capital, living in the Jia family, and when the Jia family ransacked the house, King Zhongshun took Miaoyu abducted by taking advantage of her position."

Not only that, but she also talked about King Zhongshun's private seizure of Lin Daiyu's dowry: "At the beginning, my concubine sister's dowry was put on file in Shuntian Mansion. Seeking personal gain from it, several boxes were seized, but fortunately Miao Yu worked hard to prevent the Lin family's belongings from falling into the hands of others."

The emperor looked at Lin Wanru, then at Chen Ruiwen, showing a puzzled expression: "Why are you so clear about the dealer's affairs?"

Lin Wanru looked at Chen Ruiwen, gritted his teeth, and said, "Before Miaoyu became a monk, she had a close friend in her boudoir. She was the only daughter of Lin Songcheng, the richest man in Yangzhou. Yu was very surprised when he saw my concubine at Jia's house, and she felt homesick, so she became very close to her, and even told her what happened before she became a monk."

Chen Ruiwen didn't expect Lin Wanru to speak for Miaoyu like this, he was surprised, after hearing Lin Wanru's words, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I also know about this matter." He winked at the Emperor again.

His Majesty understood, he knew that there must be some story in the middle, so he didn't ask any more questions, he just looked at the parallel prose-like paper in his hand, and didn't know what to do. , I don’t know how many people will be involved, and maybe they will scare the snakes, which is not good for the Yanzheng. If they don’t deal with it, the law of heaven is clear. If I know the grievances but turn a blind eye, wouldn’t I become a foolish king?

The emperor frowned and called Chen Ruiwen into the study to ask for advice. Chen Ruiwen didn't hide anything, and he didn't add any embellishments. He said very sincerely: "The banker is indeed wronged, but most of the people below are just trying to curry favor with the lord. If the lord really sees it If you have won Miaoyu, I am afraid that if you snatched it directly, why would you ask her to lead the cultivation?"

The emperor frowned helplessly: "What should I do?"

Chen Ruiwen laughed and said: "According to me, if there is a grievance and a debt, the emperor just discusses the matter, and it's fine to deal with King Zhongshun. Now, because of King Zhongshun's special favor on Miaoyu, everyone in the palace is quite critical. I'm afraid it's not just the concubine. , even the son will not object, the son is a sensible man, when the time comes to take over the palace of Zhongshun, it will be fine slowly."

The emperor nodded, and when he understood it, he was stunned, and looked at Chen Ruiwen, Miaoyu was really vicious. If I have complaints in my heart, I'm afraid I won't stop them.

Miaoyu removed the stumbling block for the emperor to deal with King Zhongshun, even if the emperor didn't deal with it, there was no better way.

The emperor was silent for a while, and then said: "Don't offend women."

Chen Ruiwen couldn't help smiling, and said yes.

The emperor quickly issued a decree to detain Prince Zhongshun on the grounds of framing loyal ministers and good generals. The son of the upright and loyal prince went to the south of the Yangtze River to do errands for the emperor. No matter whether it was the princess, the son or even the whole family, they were all very anxious, for fear of the matter of King Zhongshun It would hurt me, but knowing that the emperor only detained Prince Zhongshun, I was relieved. Those who should go out, those who should pack their bags, are all like normal people. As for Miaoyu, she was taken back by Lin Wanru Chen family.

After Prince Zhongshun's son left the capital, the emperor issued an order to deal with Prince Zhongshun. He was judged as a crime of disregarding human life. He should have been executed, but because of his merits, he was instead sentenced to life imprisonment.

Usually, the family would send people to take care of such things, but Princess Zhongshun shut the door on the grounds that the eldest son was not at home and was not good at making claims. Therefore, King Zhongshun was locked up by the inner guards and went to the clan mansion Imprisoned.

On the day that King Zhongshun was imprisoned, Miaoyu was about to leave, Lin Wanru said anxiously: "Where else can you go now? It's better to stay here, there is always someone to accompany you."

Miaoyu said with a smile: "I want to go back to Yangzhou. After all, it is my hometown. Do you have anything to say?"

Lin Wanru wanted her to see if her parents were safe, but she couldn't tell - it was for no reason, why would she care about two unrelated people?

But Miaoyu said: "If you don't say it, I understand it too. Don't worry, I will help you with my voice."

Lin Wanru looked at Miaoyu in surprise, did she see through her own secret?

Miaoyu smiled and said nothing, and took the two old mothers and two maids who were accompanying her back to Yangzhou by boat, but Lin Wanru didn't agree to send someone to escort her.

Two months later, Lin Wanru received a letter from Yangzhou, saying that after returning to Yangzhou, Miaoyu first went to worship her parents, then visited her old neighbor Lin Songcheng and Mrs. Lin, and then jumped into the lake by the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. and died.

Lin Wanru cried a lot while holding the letter, she should have seen that Miaoyu had long been determined to die, the revenge of her parents had been avenged, she had already lost her mind, and naturally she was unwilling to continue living.

Chen Ruiwen saw that Lin Wanru's expression had been gloomy for several days, and he was anxious, but he didn't know what to persuade. It happened that Guangzhu sent a letter, saying that the Jiangnan salt administration was very troublesome, and asked him to help him. Wanru and her two children went to Jiangnan to see the Jiangnan and Yangzhou where Lin Wanru once lived.

The big ship gradually sailed away, away from the pier, Lin Wanru stood by the window, in a daze for a moment, as if he was still the same as when he first came to the capital.

At that time, she, her aunt, and her sister were not separated, and they came to the capital with the expectation and joy of starting a new life.

Now that she has left this place again, she knows that one day she will still come back, but the person by her side is changed...

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I finally finished writing, and the next step is the update of "Xu Shi", I hope everyone will continue to support it, and at the same time wish everyone a happy new year and all the best.