Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Shuirou pursed her lips and smiled: "It's okay to say this in front of us, but it's okay to go out and let people hear it? You just speak your mind."

Shi Aizhu personally brought tea to Lin Daiyu and Lin Wanru, and said: "My cousin is right, I bother them too."

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, my cousin took me and Ruixue to Tianxiangyuan to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus that day, and there was a little quarrel in the end."

Liu Xuan said: "Next time she dares to trouble you, tell me that she has a cousin who is the prince, and I have an uncle who is the emperor. Let's see who is better." Her words were interesting, and everyone laughed.

Shuirou turned to Lin Daiyu. She was very curious about Lin Daiyu, who was clean and graceful, and she asked her age, and then asked her words, and she laughed: "The word frowning is really appropriate."

Lin Daiyu smiled lightly: "It's all the sisters in the boudoir who are yelling and playing around. They can't be in the elegant hall."

Shuirou asked Lin Daiyu what books she had read, and Lin Daiyu answered them one by one. Shuirou was very envious in her words: "Your scholarly family, the rules are different." I can't find anyone, but now I'm fine, with you, my poetry club can also flourish."

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "If you want to start a poetry club, ask my sister to join it, but I won't. I don't know how to write poetry."

Shuirou didn't believe it: "Sisters in your family, there is no reason why the older sister studies and the younger sister doesn't study. Don't lie to me."

Lin Daiyu said: "Wan Ru was weak since she was a child. She was raised in her hometown in Suzhou and was not raised by her father. Her aunt loved her and she leaned against the cold window to study hard. She is a lucky life."

Shuirou still couldn't believe it, Lin Wanru smiled: "I am the one who hates studying the most, if you want to invite only my sister, I can only eat when I come here."

Everyone laughed, and Liu Xuan clapped her hands and said, "Who said poetry clubs have to compose poetry? My brother often talks about literature and poetry with his friends, but he ends up going to a restaurant to drink? Don't they allow us to do this?" ? In my opinion, it goes without saying that you must be able to compose poetry."

Shi Aizhu also smiled and said: "It's a real celebrity who has a romantic life. Hundreds of years later, maybe our name will also be named after the literary world. In ancient times, there were seven sages in the bamboo forest, and we are the eight ladies in the boudoir."

Shuirou smiled and said: "I'm really not ashamed, I'm seriously thinking of the Poetry Club, after being ruined by you, how can I still read it, that's all, I tell you to make trouble."

Just smiling, a girl came to announce: "The crown princess and the second prince concubine are here to celebrate the princess's birthday, please go out and meet the girls." Everyone left the banquet and went to the front hall.

Before they entered the courtyard, they saw layers of eunuchs and maids of honor. The eight girls walked to the corridor, Liang Yunzhi and the other four accompanying students stood in the corridor and waited. Shi Aizhu directly dragged the Lin family sisters in.

At the top of the hall were Princess Minghua and Princess Shunhua, and below were two young women in auspicious costumes. Liu Xuan, who was always lively, also bowed in a respectful manner. The Crown Princess looked at the two strangers. The girl from the Lin family smiled and said, "I haven't seen these two girls before."

Shi Aizhu smiled and said: "They are sisters, surnamed Lin, they are my friends, the older sister is called Daiyu, and the younger sister is called Wanru."

The Crown Princess waved at Lin Daiyu, and asked her with a smile, "How old are you? Who is your father?"

Lin Daiyu was neither humble nor overbearing, and said in a gentle voice: "Xu is sixteen years old, and his father passed away early. He was originally Yangzhou Yanzheng Lin Ruhai, and his ancestral home is Suzhou."

The Crown Princess was born in the Fei family, and her father, Fei Mingxuan, lived in the Crown Prince's Taibao. The Fei family is also a well-known family in the Southwest. Naturally, she has heard of the Shen family and the Lin family in the south of the Yangtze River, and she was a little surprised: "You are the daughter of the Lin family, no wonder The demeanor is different, after all, it is a scholarly family, and the girls taught are also different from others."

Then Lin Daiyu and Lin Wanru were rewarded with a purse each. The second concubine's surname was Niu, and she was born in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Her grandfather was Niu Qing, the Duke of Zhenguo. One person gave a pair of rings and two strings of incense beads as a meeting gift.

Princess Minghua smiled and said: "Jifen doesn't know yet, Wanru and the Chen family are relatives, and Wanru's mother and grandma of the Chen family are cousins ​​of the same family. According to this relative, I want to call you cousin sister-in-law." .”

The second concubine's boudoir name is Niu Jifen, she was really surprised when she heard that, she asked carefully, and said with a smile: "I said this child looks familiar, but the eyes of the Shen family are all black and bright, and they look spirited, I didn't leave the pavilion When I was young, I followed my father to the south of the Yangtze River, and met Uncle Shen, his eyes are exactly the same as Wan Ru's."

The Crown Princess smiled and said: "They all say that my nephew, Uncle Xiao, is true." She then asked Lin Wanru's mother which house was in the Shen family.

Shen seldom mentioned the Shen family to Lin Wanru, so she said honestly: "My aunt seldom talked about this with me, but I heard from my aunt that my grandfather's single name is Xian, and his name is Ai Xiao."

Not only the crown princess and the second concubine, but even the eldest princess Minghua were a little surprised. Shen Aixiao was a well-known talent in the south of the Yangtze River, and the second son of the eldest son. Jieyuan.

It's just that the imperial examination career is like a child's play for him, it doesn't matter at all. After passing the exam, Xie Yuan's family arranged a marriage, so he stayed in Suzhou all the time, relying on his elder brother to eat, and studied behind closed doors for decades. Ai Xiao's knowledge became better and better, and people joked that he was the most beautiful man in the south of the Yangtze River and the most talented man in the south of the Yangtze River.

Shen Aixiao's eldest brother, Shen Sheng and Shen Yueming, is the father of the grandma of the Chen family, Shen Shi. He is also a well-known talent, but he is not as romantic as his younger brother. He is very calm and sophisticated. Now that the Shen family is under his helm, the children are becoming more and more competitive. , and Shen Yueming had a close relationship with the emperor when the emperor went south to the south of the Yangtze River. If Lin Wanru is Shen Aixiao's granddaughter, that's really amazing.

The second concubine pondered for a moment, and said: "I know that the second master of the Shen family has five children, where is your mother?"

Lin Wanru said: "My aunt is a five-year-old girl, and she has a small character, Wu Niang. Because she is a concubine and married early, the empress does not know."

The second concubine couldn't help but nodded, that's it. If it was really a concubine, how could she have never heard of it? Shen Aixiao's wife is indeed a bit fierce, and she is not very affectionate with the concubine's children. No wonder Shen Wuniang stopped contacting her natal family after she got married.

It's a pity that although this girl is a descendant of the Shen family, she is a concubine. Although the older sister is a descendant of the Shen family, she is not a descendant of the Shen family. The second prince and concubine stopped talking while drinking tea.

The concubine smiled and praised a few words, and Princess Minghua told Shi Aizhu to step back, and when she got out, Shi Aizhu pulled Lin Wanru and asked, "Is your grandfather really Shen Aixiao? I still keep his collection of poems." .”

Shui Rou also looked surprised, Lin Wanru said indifferently: "That's what my aunt said, I've never seen it before, but my aunt is a concubine, my grandfather must have forgotten her long ago, and I don't know there is such a person as me granddaughter."

Shi Aizhu stopped talking after hearing this. Although Shen Aixiao is a great talent, she is indeed very romantic and fickle. Now she is more than 50 people, and it is said that she even carries a concubine into the room.

Liu Xuan said with a smile: "The granddaughter of a great talent is here now, what kind of poetry club do we have, isn't it a class with an axe?"

Shuirou laughed, she also read Shen Aixiao's poetry anthology since she was a child, she admired it from the bottom of her heart, now that Lin Wanru can't compose poetry, it's quite interesting to think about it.

Shi Aizhu quietly talked to Lin Wanru about the second concubine: "I actually don't like her very much, but it's not because of Brother Xuan. I think she's a bit of a sniffer. If you have a high status, she will be amiable. If you With a low status, she puts on airs and is indifferent."

Lin Wanru nodded, she also felt the same way. At that time Princess Minghua said that she was from the Shen family and was related to the Chen family. She did not miss the flash of light in the eyes of the second prince and concubine. Later, she heard that she was a concubine. It is far less enthusiastic than the beginning.

It is human instinct to hold the high and step on the low, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Lin Wanru doesn't think it is strange, but thinks that the second prince of Zhilanyushu is a bit wronged with such a person, just like a precious orchid seed In the golden basin, beauty is beautiful, but it is too tacky.

Lin Wanru thought about this metaphor herself, and couldn't help laughing. Lin Daiyu was originally the eldest daughter of the Lin family, and her father, Lin Ruhai, was the only descendant of the Lin family's direct line before his death. Once Lin Ruhai passed away, the Lin family gradually declined. The scenery of the Shen family.

Now when she hears about the Shen family and thinks of her deceased father, she feels a little sad. Fortunately, Shi Aizhu and Liu Xuan escaped, chatting and laughing, and she was dragged out before she could immerse herself in grief.

During the dinner, Liu Xuan asked about Lin Wanru's relationship with the Chen family, Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Auntie loves me very much, she often picks me up to stay for a while."

Liu Xuan said: "You are her niece, so she naturally loves you. Apart from you, there are five or six cousins ​​in the Shen family. I have never seen her love anyone as much as she loves you."

Lin Wanru was a little surprised: "Really, why have I never heard of it?"

Liu Xuan was speechless, and Shui Rou smiled and said: "It seems that you really don't keep in touch, or why don't you even know about this? Even we know that Shen Aixiao has six children, and one daughter died when she was young. There are only two sons and three daughters left, the eldest son and the second son gave birth to three daughters, who are the daughters of the Shen family, and two daughters, one married to the Feng family in Hangzhou and gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the other married to The Gao family in Jinling gave birth to a pair of sisters, and the other one is your aunt, who gave birth to you, you can calculate how many brothers and sisters you have."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "My aunt hasn't been in touch with the Shen family since she got married. I'm afraid she doesn't know if I ask her now, so I naturally don't know. To be honest, if you didn't tell me today, I really don't know. Grandfather is so famous."

Lin Daiyu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Actually, when you were born, the Shen family came to give you a full moon gift, but my aunt didn't accept it, and the Shen family is also very temperamental, so we really broke off contact from then on."