Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "No one in the whole capital knows that Princess Chaohuang told the emperor with embellishments as soon as she returned to the palace. The emperor was as happy as something, and rewarded Sister Bao with many things, saying that Sister Bao had done a good job in persuading the princess on weekdays. Aunt Xue came to the mansion these two days happily."

Then he said quietly: "Why did I hear Aunt Xue say that Aunt Xue has started your marriage? Are you so impatient to get married?"

Lin Wanru blushed and said angrily: "Where is it me? Auntie suddenly said that she wanted to do it, so don't rely on me."

Mother Jia was a wealthy idler as always, with Tanchun Xichun's two granddaughters and Sister Feng making fun of her. When she saw Lin Wanru, Jia's mother was also kind and enthusiastic. Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Old ancestor, I want to place Wanru in The Aujingxi Pavilion, so she lived there."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "It's up to you to decide which one is easy to clean up."

It can be seen that Jia's mother has changed her love for Lin Daiyu from her granddaughter to her granddaughter-in-law, and Sister Feng also has the intention of standing back.

Tanchun Xichun dragged Lin Wanru to play in the garden, and said with a smile: "You don't know, since your Fuyun Club became famous, some poetry clubs have sprung up in the capital, and we are also discussing, come to be arty, do you want it?" join?"

Lin Wanru hurriedly begged for mercy: "Please forgive me, I don't know how to compose poetry, no one else knows, you still don't know?"

Tanchun laughed and said, "Who told you to write poems? I originally wanted you to be a supervisor, and when I started the poetry club, I would help draw up topics."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Who will participate?"

Tanchun smiled and said, "Besides you and I, there are Xiangyun, Lian's second sister-in-law, and sister Lin."

Lin Wanru heard that she was called Sister Lin, and said with a smile, "Why don't you call Sister-in-law Bao Er?"

Tan Chun giggled and said, "We grew up with Sister Lin, and we are used to being called Sister, but we are not used to being called Sister-in-law. Our ancestors also said that it is good to be called Sister Lin."

Lin Wanru said: "It's a poetry club. Why didn't Xiangyun disappear? Besides, whose host is it? What date has been set? What kind of poems are you doing? You don't have any clues. What did you call me for?"

Xichun also smiled and said, "I just want to ask you to help the staff?"

The three of them gathered in Tanchun's Qiushuangzhai and chatted all afternoon, and at night, Lin Daiyu came over and hosted a banquet in Yihong Courtyard to welcome Lin Wanru.

Tanchun and Xichun thought about their sisters talking privately, so they didn't join in the fun.

Yihong Courtyard, as always, is decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, inlaid with gold and jade.It's just that there are two more shelves of books, and you can tell at a glance that they belong to Lin Daiyu.

Xiren and Qingwen are the only ones waiting in the room.There were a few musk moons, and there were more Zijuan and Xueyan. They were very familiar with Lin Wanru, and when they saw each other, they all ran over with a smile to say hello.

Jia Baoyu was not there.Lin Daiyu ordered someone to bring the small kang table and put it on the kang in the east room. The table was full of Lin Wanru's favorite dishes, and there were also two tables beside the kang, where Zicuckoo and others sat. It's also a fun together.

Jia Baoyu came back.Hearing laughter from the whole room, he was very happy: "Wan Ru's sister is here, but she called you because of the poetry club?"

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "So brother-in-law also knows about the Poetry Club."

This is brother-in-law.Lin Wanru yelled naturally, Jia Baoyu patted his head silly and smirked, but Lin Daiyu blushed, and the maids laughed together.

Lin Daiyu sent Qingwen to wait on Jia Baoyu to change clothes, and Xiren followed.Lin Wanru saw it, and waited for the two of them to talk together after dinner.Then he asked Lin Daiyu, "Xiren was originally called by the old lady to serve her brother-in-law. Now that she has a sister, why is Xiren still here to serve her?"

Lin Daiyu said: "After all, the old lady gave it to her. The lady said she was stable, so she told her to stay." Lin Wanru stopped talking.

Lin Wanru went back to the Aujingxi Pavilion for a rest, but Jia Baoyu talked to Lin Daiyu about what he had seen during the day: "When I came back from Beijing Prince's Mansion, I happened to meet Brother Ruiwen when I was passing by East Street, and he brought four or five stewards to surround him. At the door of the shop selling dried seafood, I felt strange, so I went up and asked, who knew Brother Ruiwen had ordered so many dried goods, I asked if he wanted to set up a banquet, he smiled and said nothing, do you know who the Chen family wanted? Do you have a wedding?"

Lin Daiyu said: "He is the eldest grandson of the Chen family. He doesn't do marriages, and no one dares to be ahead of him. My aunt saw me two days ago and said that Grandma Shen asked her to be a matchmaker, saying that Chen Ruiwen and It's like a marriage, I'm afraid it's real."

Jia Baoyu also felt that it was coming soon: "Our marriage has only been done for a short time, so let's talk about it after the New Year."

Lin Daiyu was also unhappy, and was very dissatisfied with the impatient Chen Ruiwen.

In the early morning of the second day, Lin Wanru was dragged by Tanchun Xichun to discuss the matter of starting the society, and begged Mother Jia to bring Xiangyun in too. When Xiangyun came, it was even more lively, a group of people chattering non-stop, Jia Mu is also lively watching.

After a few days like this, the poetry club has a rough outline, but the name of the club has not yet been named, and Lin Wanru was taken back by Aunt Shen.

Aunt Shen and Mrs. Shen have roughly decided on their marriage, and the wedding date is also set at the end of October, so that Shen Yueming and others will have time to return to Suzhou for the New Year after attending the wedding.

Shen Shi was afraid that Guan Shi would find out about the trouble, so she forcibly hid it from the people in the Shen family's old house, and only told Zhuang Shi quietly, and Zhuang Shi also agreed: "Make it up early, and let her die, Sister Man This child is not bad, gentle and considerate, he should have settled down a long time ago, so we can't delay like this."

Shen said: "These days Ruiwen is so happy, but he is sincere to Wanru."

Zhuang said: "Speaking of this, I saw Ruiwen often going to Lianhua Hutong before, thinking that the two of them are not yet married, so I didn't say anything. It won't happen in the future. I have to avoid suspicion."

Shen said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never ask Ruiwen to break the rules."

On the side of Lianhua Hutong, Lin Wanru touched the bright red brocade fabric in her hand, a little unbelievable, how come she is going to embroider a wedding dress and get married so soon.

Aunt Shen looked at the bright red material as if she was so happy. She is an aunt, but she has never worn bright red. Seeing her daughter wearing a phoenix crown and Xia Pei, she was more happy than anyone else, so she told Lin Wanru carefully: "In the future, An Sheng will embroider the wedding dress at home, and don't run around, it will save people a joke."

Aunt Shen, the girl in Lin Wanru's house, also instructed one by one: "I'm so happy to serve the girl to embroider the dowry. When the girl gets married, you will have a red envelope."

Since then, Lin Wanru has been locked up in the courtyard to embroider dowry, said to embroider dowry, but mainly to embroider wedding dresses, the rest of the things are assisted by girls, tired but not tired, even bored, but boredom is useless According to what Aunt Shen said, which girl do you see who is about to get married and who is married to the owner, and who is away from relatives in the west?

Chen Ruiwen followed Shen Shi's order and never came to Lianhua Hutong again. He is now in good spirits when he meets happy events, and he is always happy when he sees everyone, with a smile on his face. The second prince smiled and said: "What? What made you so happy?"

Chen Ruiwen was still a bored gourd, he shook his head and did not answer, but asked the second prince: "Deng Lanzhi was really scolded?"

The second prince wanted to laugh when he mentioned this, and said: "Master Deng was so angry that he said he might as well be a few girls, and told him to study behind closed doors at home, and he was not allowed to go out and lose face again."

Chen Ruiwen laughed. Master Deng studied under Mr. Wei, while brothers Shen Aixiao and Mr. Shen Yueming studied with their grandfather Mr. Zeng. Scholars are also divided into factions. Mr. Wei formed his own school in Jiangxi, and Mr. Zeng was also a figure when he was young , Occupying Suzhou is another faction.

The Ye family is another faction in Jinling, and the scholars who study with them will belong to that faction. Regardless of the students going to Beijing to rush for the exam, even if they stay in a hotel together, they must first ask, which family they study under, whose disciples, if they belong to one faction Yes, they are naturally affectionate, if it is not a faction, then they will definitely not be able to talk about it.

It is said that Wen Wu is the first and Wu Wu is the second. When it comes to learning, the public is right and the woman is right.

To say that there are many well-educated people in the capital, Deng Lanzhi's Wenhui even wanted the fifth prince, but didn't want the Ye family's children, because of the different schools.

Even for the children of the Shen family, because of Mr. Zeng's death, there was no leader for a while, and with the friendship of the Chen family, Master Deng agreed to accept Shen Cheng and Shen Yu to study, but he just stayed to study. It's enough to call him Mr., but it's very different from direct disciples.

Chen Ruiwen was not interested in the intrigue among literati, and left the palace after discussing a few official matters with the second prince.

As soon as Chen Ruiwen left, the second prince went to report to the emperor: "Looking at Ruiwen's appearance, there is a prospect of marriage with Lin Wanru."

The emperor was very interested and said, "Are you sure?"

The second prince smiled and said: "Father, Rui Wen and I grew up together, and I have never seen him so happy. Apart from marriage, what else can make him so happy? Now Jiang Dao is empty for fetching water from the bamboo basket. Just like being married, can he still come to snatch the marriage?"

The emperor stroked his beard with great interest, and said: "The news from the south has arrived. Mr. Wei and Jiang Wenming set off for the capital together. Now the capital is very lively."

The second prince was a little puzzled: "Father, my son doesn't understand, why do you want to intervene in this matter?"

The emperor laughed loudly, and said: "You have been studying with Deng Yuan for such a long time, but you still don't understand the twists and turns between literati."

As he spoke, he took a piece of paper and showed it to the second prince: "There are 230 ministers in total, and 95 of them are above the fourth rank. Of these 95, 70 are disciples of Mr. Wei, and the remaining 25 are disciples. , five of them are disciples of the Ye family, ten are neutral, and ten are disciples of Mr. Zeng, do you know what this means?"

The second prince understood what the emperor meant almost immediately.