Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

She first wrote a letter to Shi Aizhu, explaining the matter clearly, and tactfully expressed the hope that she could help, and then wrote back to Xue Baochai, expressing her thoughts.

In the evening, Chen Ruiwen came over and said: "I have already greeted Shuntian Mansion, and Xue Pan has also been released home."

Lin Wanru was taken aback, and said urgently: "It's not convenient for you to take action on this matter. I have already written to Aizhu, hoping she can help. If you meddle like this, what if the Bao family hates you?"

Chen Ruiwen smiled: "I was never polite to me before."

His voice gradually softened: "As long as you don't get angry with me, I'll do anything." Lin Wanru didn't speak, but kept Chen Ruiwen for dinner.

Unexpectedly, Shi Aizhu's reply letter came during dinner. Shi Aizhu was very annoyed in the letter and promised to seek justice for Xue Baochai.

Only then did Lin Wanru feel relieved, and when Aunt Shen found out about this, she could not help but sigh: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, so I have to send someone to Xue's house some other day to see what's going on."

Xue Pan was sent back, and it was not known if the Bao family had any backers, but the next day, the lady in charge of the Xue family came to deliver things to Aunt Shen, and the things were very generous.

Ying'er also came over, and said to Lin Wanru in private: "Miss, if you send the gift of thanks to the Chen family, I'm afraid everyone will know that the Chen family helped, and it will cause trouble for the Chen family, so send the gift of thanks to the Chen family." Auntie's here, it's just a New Year's gift, so I won't make a fuss if I ask the girl to help send it over."

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, Sister Bao is being polite." He also said that Shi Aizhu would help: "Instead of sending these things here, you might as well send them to Shi's house. The eldest princess is in charge. I dare not say anything more.”

Lin Wanru didn't want to accept this thank you gift, but Yinger insisted on keeping everything.

Lin Wanru called Chen Ruiwen over and asked him what to do. Chen Ruiwen looked at the exquisite and precious gifts in the gift box.He smiled and said: "The Xue family knows how to behave. Since it is delivered, you can take it."

The second day was the Lantern Festival, Chen Ruiwen took the sisters from the Chen family and the five young masters of the Shen family to the Beijing Palace as guests.

When Lin Wanru was in the Jia family, she knew that the relationship between the King of Beijing and the Jia family was very good, and that the King of Beijing was very young, only in his early twenties.Lin Wanru secretly opened the curtain to take a look, and found that King Beijing Jing was also very handsome, somewhat similar to Shui Rou.It's just that the delicacy is just right on Shui Rou's face, but it's a bit feminine on King Beijing Jing's face.

The carriage stopped outside the second gate, and Shui Rou greeted Lin Wanru in person at the second gate. Seeing Lin Wanru, she joked, "Isn't this Mrs. Chen?"

Lin Wanru's face turned red, Chen Ruixue and the others covered their mouths and laughed.Lin Wanru was a little annoyed, and Shui Rou hurriedly begged for mercy: "On the night of the first day of the new year, I just entered the palace and kowtowed and then came back. I don't know, and I heard people talking about it."

Just as he was talking, several carriages came over, and Lin Wanru saw them.It was Lin Daiyu and the Jia sisters who got out of the car, and greeted them happily: "Sister, you are here. I haven't seen you for several days."

Lin Daiyu was wearing a blue jacket and a sky-blue cloak. She looked more and more slender, with icy muscles and bones, and looked at Lin Wanru with a smirk: "I'm not coming. Don't you know to visit me at Jia's house?"

Lin Wanru grinned, and greeted Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun.Speaking of which, I haven't seen them for more than a month, and Tanchun and Xichun also ran over to pull your sleeves, and I pulled my arms as a joke, the scene was extremely lively.

Shuirou welcomed the crowd into the room, and whispered to Lin Wanru, "Bao Yaoyao and Bao Yaoyao are also here today, just ignore them."

Lin Wanru also agreed, and the partitions on all sides of the huge flower hall were removed, and all kinds of lanterns were hung up, illuminating the hall very brightly.

In the middle of the hall, four large tables carved with red sandalwood and rich flowers bloom together. On them are various pens, inks, papers and inkstones. There are more than a dozen embroidered piers around them. A light stand was also set up, reflecting the whole yard as if it were daytime.

Shui Rou greeted everyone with a smile: "I don't have so many rules here, you can eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, there are lantern riddles on the lanterns around here, if you guess it, you can take a pen and write your name on it." , let's take it down and see in a while, and judge the number one and third place for guessing lantern riddles, I have prepared a rich prize here."

No matter in the flower hall or on the veranda, people were standing there at this time. Everyone was either guessing lantern riddles or commenting on the lantern with a smile. The laughter was loud and lively.

Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun were dragged to guess lantern riddles by Shi Xiangyun, who also came to the banquet, but Lin Wanru was dragged by Lin Daiyu to talk in the dark: "After Sister Bao's brother was released, Sister Bao came to the mansion to report the news and told the old lady to rest assured." , the old lady asked her who helped her, but she hesitated, I ask you, did you beg your cousin?"

Lin Wanru smiled grinningly: "I also know it's not appropriate, but Sister Bao is very anxious, and I can't take care of it anymore. Cousin originally said not to interfere, but who knows that he handles this matter quietly. It's over."

Lin Daiyu said: "I know that the Chen family is very capable, but this matter has nothing to do with them after all. The white belt has tired them. Do you know that Sister Yingchun has suffered a lot of grievances, is it because of this incident?"

Lin Wanru was a little worried about Jia Yingchun, and said, "How is sister Yingchun?"

Lin Daiyu frowned and sighed: "We received a letter saying that sister Yingchun fell and was injured, and my second aunt and sister Feng took us to visit. You don't even know how angry the Bao family is. After all, it is a famous family. Yingchun My sister is still the young mistress of the Bao family, and there is no one in the room except Siqi and Xiuju, who were married as dowry, and Siqi poured the tea himself, and Mrs. Bao didn't come out to say hello, so she asked someone to invite her, and she came back after a long time, saying It's a heartache, she can't get up, we don't know if she has a heartache, but the second aunt was really pissed off, and she wanted to take Yingchun back immediately, but Yingchun cried and refused, saying that it was her own fate. "

Lin Wanru said: "Where's the Baochang Ling? Sister Yingchun was injured, so he didn't say anything?"

Lin Daiyu said: "Speaking of which, we haven't seen his face at all, but he looks neater and can write two poems. It's as if he has become the number one scholar. If he is really talented, why don't we see him won the first prize?" ? Siqi told us in private that on weekdays Baochang Ling never talked to Sister Yingchun at all, and he didn't even think about it. If Sister Yingchun hadn't married, he might still fall asleep. He really has no conscience."

Seeing that Lin Daiyu was filled with righteous indignation, Lin Wanru felt pity for Jia Yingchun in his heart. If it wasn't for Chongxi, the Bao family would not be able to ask Yingchun to marry him. Go down to the church, and then talk about a good relationship for Baochang Ling.

The two sisters were chattering in the dark, Shui Rou greeted her around, saw it, came over and smiled and said: "What are you talking about, why don't you go to guess the riddle?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "We're talking, why didn't Aizhu and Xuan'er come?"

Shui Rou said with a smile: "They want to come, but unfortunately there is also a banquet in the palace, so they can't leave, but it's Baochai, why don't you see her?"

Lin Daiyu said: "Sister Bao is going to enter the palace after the Lantern Festival, I'm afraid I'm packing things at home now."

Shuirou sighed, and also talked about Xue Pan's matter: "It's really a disaster from heaven, and it's too wronged, and there's no reason to justify it."

After a while, Jia Tanchun, Jia Xichun, and Shi Xiangyun also came over. Hearing what they said about Xue's family, Shi Xiangyun was very angry: "It's okay for the Bao family to bully people so blatantly, and even abused sister Yingchun. Today I must come to the door to vent my anger on her."

Lin Daiyu said: "You can do it again? Be careful to add fuel to the fire. Sister Yingchun's life is already difficult. If you make a fuss again, she will have no place to stand."

Shi Xiangyun said impatiently: "Are we just going to watch her being bullied? Bao Yaoyao and Bao Yaoyao are used to working hard to torture people. My hall sister offended them for some reason. They just taunted her once they saw her. Now my lobby My sister is afraid to go out."

Shi Xiangyun's cousin is Shi Qingyun, the eldest daughter of the Shi family, and she is a bit shy.

Jia Tanchun was also jealous, she said: "As younger sisters, we never watched her being bullied. The reason why we watched is to seek justice for them."

Shi Xiangyun eagerly stood next to Jia Tanchun: "Then when will we come?"

Lin Wanru didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Are you looking for faults or reasoning? Don't be impulsive, don't steal the chicken for nothing, and cause more trouble for Sister Yingchun."

Shi Xiangyun said: "Anyway, I can't just watch." Then he urged Jia Tanchun: "Just now I saw the Bao family sisters over there. Sister Yingchun's anger was probably instigated by them. Let's go. It is better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Let's do it now." Talk to them."

But was stopped by Shuirou: "I'm the master today, if you make trouble, how can I explain to your family, when I go out, I don't care if you want to beat or scold me, I can't do it here."

Shi Xiangyun hugged Shui Rou's arm with a smile: "I know you are a warm-hearted person, if you help us sincerely, cover it up for us." He said, pulling Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun over there.

Lin Daiyu was worried, and followed behind, Lin Wanru smiled and said, "You, since you have been dragged into the thief boat, don't even think about going down." Shuirou smiled wryly, and hurriedly followed.

The Baojia sisters were surrounded by a circle of people trying to guess the lantern riddles, and they all said it was difficult and impossible to guess. Let the Baojia sisters show off, Lin Wanru carefully looked at the surrounding lights, almost all of them were the names of the Baojia sisters.

At this moment, Bao Yaoyao was about to write on a lamp with a pen, but was stopped by Shi Xiangyun, and he wrote her name on it first.

Bao Yaoyao's face immediately turned down: "Smith, everything should be told first come first, first come first, I guessed this lantern riddle first."

Shi Xiangyun sneered: "For reasonable people, I am naturally reasonable, and for unreasonable people, I can't control so many people."

Bao Yaoyao beside her also changed her expression, and shouted: "What do you mean by that?"