Survive in the world of Red Mansions

Although the fourth prince has not yet officially moved into the palace, but the next heir to the throne has been confirmed. Prince Chengyi's mansion will serve as the new emperor's hidden residence, and the guards of the entire palace will be strengthened immediately.

Sitting in the study room at night, the fourth prince Li Min looked at the information about the officials returning to Beijing compiled by the staff today, saw Lin Ruhai's name, and thought about how to use this person in the future some time ago.Lin Ruhai has served as the censor of Yanyan for more than ten years. Every time his term expires, he resigns. However, his father has never agreed. It is estimated that Lin Ruhai will resign again when he enters Beijing this time. government position.

Li Min thought over and over again, and decided to let Lin Ruhai stay for another term. Lin Ruhai has been in the position of inspecting the salt censor for many years. He is very familiar with these officials and salt merchants in Jiangnan, and he is also very capable personally.After he ascended the throne, because of the presence of the Zhen family in Jiangnan, the most important thing is stability. Lin Ruhai has already taken refuge in him, so there is no need to replace the Yanzheng position with someone else immediately.My father had to abdicate due to physical reasons. If I replaced all my father's confidant ministers as soon as I came up, it would also arouse my father's taboo.

What's more, Lin Ruhai has a rich net worth, so he won't commit corruption. Even the gifts he received, he has always reported them honestly. Many of the gifts he received before went into his father's private treasury. Lin Ruhai can stay in office for so many years. Probably also has this reason.However, Lin Hai is also a capable minister. Since he wants to leave the position of Yanzheng, it’s okay to satisfy him. It should be a good choice for Lin Ruhai to join the household department in the future, but we still have to look again.

"After Lin Ruhai arrived in Beijing today, is there any movement?"

"After Lin Ruhai arrived in Beijing, he returned to the Lin family's house in Beijing. There was nothing special about it for the time being. Also, some time ago, people from the Lin family came from Yangzhou to carry out some maintenance and repairs on the Lin family's courtyard. All the people in these rooms of the house were sent back to Yangzhou."

"Oh, do you know the reason?" The Fourth Prince asked the aide, Situ Jing, who was speaking back, a little curiously.

"I don't know the reason, but the people in these rooms are the companion rooms brought by Lin Jia's wife from her natal family. Since Lin Ruhai passed away, according to the situation in the past few years, Mr. Lin seems to have been cleaning up the old forest. The people left behind by the Jia family, do you think this is possible, my lord?"

"Why is it impossible? In the former Lin family, except for Lin Ruhai's official duties, other people from the Jia family had the final say. Fortunately, Lin Ruhai was able to manage official affairs and did not follow his wife's natal Rongguo Mansion. Otherwise, now The result is really hard to say!"

What the Fourth Prince didn't say was that if Lin Ruhai hadn't been able to control his official duties, and he and the Jia family had begun to drift apart a few years ago, he was short of money back then, no matter how badly he was short of it, he wouldn't dare to take it easy Lin Ruhai, what will happen to Lin Ruhai now? It's hard to say!

Thinking of this, the Fourth Prince felt a little complacent. Fortunately, he had a good vision at the beginning, and when he saw Lin Ruhai's changes, he found the right method and timing to win Lin Ruhai to his side in time, so that in the next few years, because of the With Lin Ruhai's help, money is much more relaxed, and Lin Ruhai has made a contribution to himself in this respect.Taking advantage of this visit to Beijing to congratulate him, it is also necessary for him to meet Lin Ruhai alone.

The fourth prince discussed some other matters with his staff. It was almost the second watch, and the fourth prince returned to the main courtyard at the back. waved.Walking into the wing room and seeing Princess Sun sitting under the lamp and flipping through an account book, she asked:

"Shu'an, why are you still busy at this late hour? Bao'er is asleep?"

Bao'er is the biological daughter of Princess Sun, and the only child who has survived so far. She is only a little over 3 years old now. Not to mention that Sun sees it like a jewel, Li Min himself also likes this only daughter-in-law very much. Time, see this daughter every day.Now Mrs. Sun is over 30, maybe this will be Mrs. Sun's only biological child, so she can't help but love this daughter more.

"Master, don't you look at what time it is now. Bao'er has gone to bed early, and you should pay attention to your body! Are you done with your work now?" Princess Sun stood up and asked, after the Fourth Prince sat down, , and ordered the maids outside to prepare water for the Fourth Prince to wash up.

"I'm also busy during the day during this time, and I don't have time to sort out these account books. It's just that I'm free now, so I took it out to have a look."

Princess Sun personally waited on Li Min to wash and wash, and picked up some important things on her side to talk to the Fourth Prince.

"Today during the day, the harem was moved, and Concubine Zhen is very dissatisfied with the Ci'an Palace that has been moved to the right."

Li Min listened, and laughed, "What? The third child participated in forcing the palace, and she herself was demoted from imperial concubine to noble concubine. How long has it been since she became restless?"

Mrs. Sun also smiled, "Concubine Zhen Gui has been favored for many years. It is inevitable that she will be moved to the Ci'an Palace on the right this time. Although she was demoted for a while, isn't there still the ninth one? Father, the emperor has always treated the old Nine, this old man loves me very much."

"Concubine Mu will be the Empress Dowager in the future. She is just a concubine. Does she still want to move into the Palace of Compassion and Ning on the left? How dare you think about it!"

The fourth prince thought that he and his biological mother had been oppressed by Concubine Zhen and his son all these years. In fact, it was not only their mother and son, but many people in the harem were oppressed by them. It's him.But fortunately, I won the final victory. Now that their mother and son have failed, they still want to press him on the head, and it depends on whether he agrees or not!

No matter how much father and emperor like Lao Jiu and how much he has feelings for Zhen Guifei, he will not mess up the etiquette. As the emperor's biological mother, his title of mother concubine and empress dowager cannot be escaped. Overwhelmed the Queen Mother?

For the rest, take your time, I have endured it for so many years, and now I am about to sit on the throne, what else can I not bear?

"Concubine Zhen Gui has been in charge of the harem for many years, even as it is now, she should still have a lot of people. Now that you are new to the palace, they must be angry with you?"

"The third child is now imprisoned in the mansion, and she herself has been demoted, so she can only vent her anger like this. What's the matter if I just bear this anger? Besides, I'm still willing to bear this anger." Mrs. Sun Speaking of the latter, I couldn't help but smile lightly.

"really!"

Li Min and Sun's husband and wife have been married for many years, and perhaps the relationship between the two parties was really mediocre at the beginning.When Li Min got married, he was a prince with no power and power, even if he had the prince to take care of him, it was really limited.But after so many years, it can be said that we have shared joys and sorrows together. Along the way, the two have always discussed and negotiated. Li Min gave Sun's complete respect and trust in the management of the inner house, and Sun has always helped Li Min plays his wife's diplomacy well and manages these women in the backyard well.

Don't talk about love or anything, but the relationship between the two of them is not fake. As far as Li Min is concerned, Sun's will not know in the future, but for now, it cannot be replaced by any other woman in the back house.

"During this time, are these women in the mansion still in peace?"

As soon as the fourth prince thought about Lin Ruhai's matter, he thought of his natal family's Rongguo Mansion, and also remembered the concubine named Yuan Chun in his mansion.It's not because of how much I care about her that I remember her name, but mainly because the name Yuanchun is a bit special.

Although the Rongguo Mansion has no rights, the family has a lot of thought. The crown prince and the third child invested on both sides. They originally wanted to send this Jia Yuanchun to the third man's mansion. Yuan Chun was sent to his own mansion, which greatly disappointed the Jia family.This is exactly what the Rongguo Mansion wanted.

Hearing that he was designated as the heir to the throne, the entire Jia family rejoiced and held a big banquet for relatives and friends. There was no movement at his grandson's family, Sun Shilang's family. How could their family really do it? !

"What's the restlessness? It's just that during this period of time, the interest is relatively high. This is going to be moved to the palace. It's normal to be happy. The family members of Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wu have come to send stickers to their homes. They want to come and visit. I think about it in the future If they moved to the palace, it would be inconvenient for their own family members to visit, so should they be allowed to meet their family members before entering the palace?"

Li Min heard that this is not a big deal, but what the Jia family thinks depends on whether he agrees or not, so he replied:

"Why don't those whose families are in the middle of the capital meet with their family members before entering the palace, and after entering the palace, they can do whatever they want, and find someone to pay more attention to Jia Shi in the future."

The two of them talked on the same terms, so Sun waited for Li Min to go to bed, and then he ordered a few words to the maid who kept watch at night, and went to bed together to rest.

Since the emperor appointed the Zen throne and the fourth prince Li Min, Mrs. Wang has been in a state of excitement all the time. She only feels that her daughter's suffering for so many years is finally not in vain. Doesn't it look like a better life now?First, he waited for his elder daughter Yuanchun to be summoned, but after waiting for such a long time, there was no news. A few days ago, he asked someone to post a post on the door of Prince Cheng's mansion. After waiting for a few days, he finally got a reply.

Everyone in the Rongguo Mansion waited for the reply from the Chief of the Palace, saying that Mrs. Jia could meet with her family before entering the palace. Everyone was very excited when they heard the news.

Since Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang received the news, they were preparing to go to see Yuan Chun the next day. Jia Baoyu heard that he was going to see his eldest sister whom he hadn't seen for many years, so he also made a fuss about going.Even though Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang doted on Jia Baoyu in normal times, they did not dare to take Baoyu, a boy in his teens, to the backyard of the palace at this time. We still knew this rule.

After entering Prince Chengyi's mansion, he first went to see Princess Sun, and Sun knew their purpose, and after saying a few words, he served tea to see off the guests, and asked the little maid to bring Mrs. Jiamu, Mrs. Wang, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Go see Yuanchun.

There are not many women in the fourth prince's backyard, so although Yuan Chun is only a concubine, he also has a small yard.Yuan Chun stood inside the courtyard gate, and when he saw the old lady and Mrs. Wang approaching, he hurriedly went up to meet them.

"Old lady, madam, I can see you!"

The grandparents, mother and daughter saluted each other, and thanked the little maid sent by the princess before entering the house. Holding the piano and seeing the old master coming in, they were also busy serving tea and water, and greeted each other.

The old lady looked at Baoqin and said with a smile: "Let's take a rest for Baoqin too. You have been working hard with Yuan girl for so many years. Don't worry, as long as Yuan girl is well, your parents will not lose money." Theirs." At the same time, he wiped an emerald bracelet from his wrist and stuffed it into the hand holding the piano.

It was the first time that the old lady spoke to herself so politely since Baoqin was working in Jia's mansion. She was really flattered, but she was still very happy to hear news about her family.Seeing Shi Taijun's reward, he didn't dare to accept it easily, and saluted the old lady with blessings.

"Thank you, old lady, this is all a servant's job, I can't bear your old reward!"

Shi Taijun grabbed the hand holding Qin, and slipped the bracelet up, holding Qin wanted to refuse, but Yuan Chun watched from the side, motioning for Baoqin to accept it.

Mrs. Wang hadn't seen her daughter for many years, and now she was so excited that she shed tears when she saw her for the first time.

"Yuanchun, how have you been all these years? How is the prince treating you? How is the princess?"

Jia Yuanchun was also very excited to see relatives whom he hadn't seen for many years, but after all, he stayed in the palace for a long time, even if he left the palace and entered the fourth prince's residence, the rules were strict, so he was still very restrained, looking at the king Madame like this, hurriedly took the handkerchief and asked Madam Wang to wipe her eyes.

After Madam Wang stopped her tears, she asked her daughter how she was doing these years, whether she could see the prince often, how the princess was like.

Shi Taijun next to him heard this, and looked at his granddaughter with concern, wondering if Yuan Chun was favored, mainly Prince Chengyi's mansion, with strict rules, it was difficult for outsiders to get news from the mansion.In addition, the Fourth Prince had been disfavored in the past, and no one would have thought that he would inherit the throne, so he did not pay much attention to Yuan Chun in this mansion. Of course, he couldn't pay attention to him even if he wanted to.

"The concubine is generous. I'm fine here. Our master is not lustful. Except for the concubine, there are almost all the women in the backyard, once or twice a month."

Shi Taijun thought that his granddaughter had been in the fourth prince's mansion for four or five years, and he was stunned that there was no news at all, so he couldn't help but secretly worried.

"Did you take medicine afterwards? Why is there no news from my stomach?"

Yuan Chun shook his head, now there are only three men and two women in the fourth prince's mansion, if he has children, he will have the title of concubine, not to mention the title of lord of the first palace after entering the palace.Now that she is like this, she herself is also anxious. There is no news at all these years. She is getting older and she is not pregnant yet, so it will be even more difficult to have a chance in the future.

There is now a main concubine, two side concubines, and several concubines in the mansion. After my father ascends the throne, the harem will definitely recruit newcomers. By then, it will be very important to see whether there will be one or two chances to serve the bed every month like now. It's hard to say, the chance of having one's own flesh and blood will only be more slim.

It was rare for Yuan Chun to see his family, and he wanted to be happier, so he changed the subject.

"Brother Baoyu has been smart since he was a child. When I was at home, I taught him hand in hand. Now he is eleven, how is his reading?"

Hearing Yuanchun mention his own precious jade, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both wanted to praise each other.

"Baoyu is still young, but now he knows how to study. Now, with the younger brother of Qin's daughter-in-law in the Ning Mansion, he goes to home to study hard every day. You don't have to worry in the mansion. Be careful when you enter the palace. People are looking for some prescriptions for having children, and then they will find a way to send them to the palace for you, and you can rely on having a prince, and you can also help some precious jade at that time."

After Shi Taijun said this, he motioned to Mrs. Wang to take out the bank note prepared before this visit and give it to Yuan Chun.

"After entering the palace, those eunuchs and maids are not easy to get along with. If you have money in your hands, you might as well reward generously. It will be convenient to do things like this. It is not convenient for us to stay here for too long, Yuan girl, be careful. "

Although Yuan Chun was reluctant, and the rare meeting ended in a hurry, but he also knew that the old lady's words made sense, so he had to send his grandmother and mother out.After seeing off his family and leaving, Yuan Chun tidied up again and went to the princess to thank her.

On the way back, the old lady told Mrs. Wang to find someone to try to find a prescription for having a child, and to do it secretly, so as not to make a well-known joke.

After returning to Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang waited for the old lady to go back to the upper room of the main building compound, and then returned to the yard by herself, thinking about how to send someone to find the secret formula for giving birth.

After Shi Taijun rested for a while, he ordered Yuanyang to find Jia Lian.

After a while, Jia Lian came to the old lady, "Old lady, are you looking for me?"

"Lian Er, I asked you to pay attention to your Uncle Lin a few days ago, how are you doing now?"

"Back to the old lady, my grandson just found out that Aunt Lin is also among the officials who came to Beijing to pay homage. He just came to Beijing yesterday."

Since officials from other places came to Beijing, Jia's mother asked Jia Lian to pay attention to see if her son-in-law was among these officials.Now that the son-in-law came to Beijing, but did not visit the Rongguo Mansion, it seemed that the son-in-law was really going to go far away from his own mansion.The officials who came to Beijing to congratulate him were either the emperor's confidants or the new emperor's people. There was no doubt that the son-in-law was the emperor's confidants. I don't know what the new emperor will do to him now that he is here?Can it continue to be in the position of Yanzheng?

When the old lady Jia of Rongguo Mansion was thinking about the future of her son-in-law Lin Hai, Lin Rui looked at her father, who had entered Beijing early yesterday and hadn't left the house until today, and felt strange.

"Father, didn't you say that you wanted to visit some friends of the same year in Beijing? Why are you staying in the mansion now?"

"I have to wait for the emperor to summon me before I can go to visit relatives and friends. I have submitted a paperwork to ask His Majesty to see you yesterday, and I will definitely wait in the mansion."

"Already handed over the booklet? I don't even know."

"After you ate a little food yesterday, you slept like a piglet during the day. What do you know? This time, we are going to Beijing to celebrate the new emperor's enthronement. We can only go back to the mansion after we go to Beijing. In Beijing, many of them didn’t even return home, so they just went to hand over the paperwork and begged His Majesty to see you.”

"Father, if you want to see the real emperor tomorrow, don't you have to kneel and kowtow? Who dared to let father do this before?"

Lin Rui knew it was inappropriate when he said the latter, and his voice dropped.Lin Rui thought of his previous life, how many people dared to make their father bend over, but in this perverted ancient time, they have to kneel down to others!

Lin Hai himself didn't want to kowtow and kneel, but now that he's here, in this imperial society, do he still want to live so recklessly and unrestrainedly like in his previous life?How can it be!When you come to this society, you have to follow the rules of this society, but seeing Lin Rui like this, you can only persuade him in a low voice:

"Rui'er, we should be glad that we didn't come to the real Qing Dynasty. If we go to the Qing Dynasty, we will call ourselves slaves every day. Oh, in front of the emperor, Han people are not qualified to call themselves slaves, and all men have a tail. Isn't it more uncomfortable? Now this superficial dynasty is already very good!"

"That's right, I'm just saying that, you have to follow the rules here, I know it."

"Master, someone is coming from the palace!" Lin An's voice came from outside.

"I'm going to enter the palace. You can read at home by yourself. Remember to make up for yesterday's homework!" Lin Haibin said as he walked out.

"Got it, when did my homework bother you, go get busy!"

The author has something to say: the ancient hierarchy was strict, and left and right were one of the signs distinguishing superiority from inferiority, and it was generally practiced in various etiquettes.Because when the monarch receives his courtiers, he sits facing the south, left, east, and right west, and the courtiers stand facing the north, left, west, and right. The courtiers are lined up according to their official positions. Respect the right and despise the left; otherwise, respect the left and despise the right.

However, the situation of each generation is different, and the historical records are assessed as follows:

During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, court officials respected the left; swallow drinking, murder, and military affairs respected the right.During the Warring States period, court officials respected the left; the army respected the right.Qin Zun left.The Han Dynasty respected the right.In the Six Dynasties, the officials respected, and Yan Yin respected the right.In the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the left was respected, and in the Yuan Dynasty, the right was respected.

Generally, in festive activities, the left is the most precious, and in condolences for murderous injuries, the right is the most respected. "Yi Zhou Shu. Wu Shun": "The way of heaven is on the left, and the sun and the moon move west." The prime minister of the right, every position. Ping Migration is the prime minister of the left, the second place." "Hanshu. Zhou Changzhuan": "Zuo Qian" Yan Shigu's note: "It is time to respect the right and despise the left, so it is said that the demotion is the left move "Song Daiyan's "Shu Pu": "Han regards the right as the respect. It is said that the demoted rank is the left move, the official prince is the left official, and the high position is the right position." Also, Tang Li Bai has "Wen Wang Changling Zuo Qian Long Biaoyao has this message "poetry.By the way, the characters in the Tang Dynasty should respect the left. In this question, "Zuo Qian" refers to relegation, which is an idiom in the Han Dynasty, and the right is respected.Qing Qian Daxin's "Shijiazhai Cultivation New Record. Left and Right": "Examination: Mongolian and Semu people call it the right list; Han people and southerners call it the left list. Also the right is the top."