[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 45 Please Call Me Little Brother

"Madam Feng sent someone to clean it up, and Yu'er can live in tonight." After all, it was her granddaughter. Although Mother Jia was brushed off by Nanny Lin, she still thought of her grandparents' love.

Wang Xifeng called Ping'er to come in and gave orders, "...sufficient manpower, call me to clean up first, work more quickly and carefully, clean every corner---" Glancing at Jiamu, He smiled and said, "Old Ancestor, you just need to rest assured, it's getting late now, and girl Feng will serve you for lunch?"

Mother Jia rubbed her temples, "Pass the meal, and Yu'er will eat with me."

Lin Daiyu naturally agreed.Seeing this, Mother Lin said: "Then I won't disturb the old lady's meal. I'll go down to make arrangements for you first, and you won't dare to eat accumulated food after traveling and traveling."

"Nurse, I will pay attention to it. Don't rush to clean the yard, eat first and then say you are not in a hurry." Lin Daiyu said softly.

Naturally, Nanny Lin took the girl and retreated out.The curtain flickered, and the maids filed in carrying the vegetable boxes. When they arrived at the dining room, the cold dishes were arranged one by one first. Wang Xifeng helped Jia Mu to go to the meal, and daughter-in-laws like Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing naturally followed behind and waited on them. See you in Sanchun He pulled Daiyu intimately into the flower hall.

Wang and Xing served Jia Mu with some chopstick dishes, and Jia Mu asked them to sit down and use them together.Wang Xifeng slumped a moment ago, now she sat down and asked curiously: "I see that Nanny Lin behaves well, but which family does she come from? Why does Madam Lin commit herself to serving others as a nanny?"

Lin Daiyu was serving her father and sickbed in Yangzhou. She came to ask her about the affairs of the backyard. She was not clear about it. Later, thanks to Xue Baochai's help, she broke it into pieces and told Daiyu about the management of the backyard. She has also learned a lot about common people, and her temper is even more resolute. Lin Ruhai is seriously ill, and she is the only serious master in the entire Lin family. Under such circumstances, Lin Daiyu is quite soft-tempered. thing.

At this moment, when Wang Xifeng asked such a question, he knew that he wanted to find out about Nanny Lin's background, so that he could handle it later.Daiyu, who was already able to distinguish between good and bad among her own people, smiled indifferently: "It's a long story, I didn't like to talk about it, but in the future, the mother will also communicate with the sister-in-law about the affairs of the inner courtyard, so let's make it clear now." That's fine too."

Mother Jia was also curious about Nanny Lin, so she didn't say anything at the moment. Mrs. Wang had just won 20 from Lin Daiyu, and she felt that Lin Daiyu could easily give out so much, and she could use Lin Daiyu's money for building the garden in the future, so she said: "I'm curious too, tell me, girl."

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said: "Nurse is the dowry of Mrs. Gongliang. After arriving at Gongliang's house, she worked with an outer courtyard of Gongliang's family. I was not born at that time. I heard from Mrs. Gongliang that the nanny married The man who followed Lord Gongliang went to the battlefield, heroically killed the enemy and made military exploits, but unfortunately lost his life, leaving Mammy alone. Then, my father entrusted me to Mrs. Gongliang, Mrs. Gongliang liked me so she sent the nanny to take care of me and teach me."

"Nurse Lin is also a chaste person." Mother Jia sighed.

Mrs. Wang wanted to compliment Lin Daiyu, so she smiled and said, "The lady of the Gongliang family in Hangzhou! I remember that she seems to be the eldest daughter of the Jin family in Huainan. It’s a grand event, and it’s probably good for those who serve by the eldest daughter of the Jin family to behave properly.”

"I heard Madam say that before leaving the cabinet, the family invited the palace to educate the nanny, and the nanny also learned the rules together, and then she helped Gongliang's house to take care of the housework, which is very good." Lin Daiyu laughed. .

Jia Mu waved her hand expressionlessly, and said, "I'm tired, you need it, Yuanyang." The mandarin duck outside the flower hall lifted the curtain, saw Jia Mu beckoning, and helped Jia Mu back to the house.Naturally, everyone got up and saw each other off. After Jiamu left, Wang Xifeng also got rid of her fatigue and went back first. Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing were tired of seeing each other, so they went back separately. I haven't seen Sister Lin yet, I still have some plum cakes at my place, let's sit and play chess at my place?"

When Xichun heard about playing chess, she regained her spirits and said, "I haven't seen Sister Lin for a year, so it's good for us to talk."

Lin Daiyu naturally agreed, and the four of them left the table and went to Tanchun's yard.

It is said that the next day, Xue Wang took Xue Baochai and Baoqin to visit Jia's mansion.And Xue Pan happened to be at Mu leisure at home, just after lunch, he saw Xue Qing coming in, and said: "Master, the third prince has arrived." After the assassination last time, Concubine Rui strictly ordered Zhao Hongyi not to go out of the palace to play, and Zhao Hongyi, who had been depressed for a long time , when Emperor Pingkang came to Concubine Rui's Palace, he deliberately tried hard to get the approval, and he didn't hesitate to come out to play.

Since the Lantern Festival last year, all the concubines with high seniority in the palace have been promoted.Only Concubine Jing Gui, the eldest son and mother concubine, and Concubine Rou Gui, the second son and mother, did not make any further progress. Instead, Concubine Rui, the adoptive mother of the third prince, was promoted to Concubine Rui, forming a situation where the three kingdoms stand at the same time. However, Concubine Jing Gui has been in charge of Fengyin for many years and has great power in her hands. After the festival, Emperor Pingkang deliberately dissipated the power in the hands of Concubine Jing, and promoted Concubine Rui to become a noble concubine, causing the three noble concubines to take power and manage the harem together today, but Concubine Jing is vaguely the head of the three noble concubines.

The harem of the former dynasty has always been inseparable, and the situation in the harem has changed. The officials of the former dynasty naturally speculated on Emperor Pingkang's intentions. For a while, the third prince, who was originally neglected and not favored, also had many small officials cast their olive branches on them. After all, the two older princes already have high positions It is not uncommon for powerful and capable officials to assist, one more or less, but if the bet is placed on the third prince, if it succeeds, wouldn't it be a matter of adding officials to the ranks and pouring power over the government and the public!

Zhao Hongyi has been troubled a lot lately. He can no longer do the behavior of climbing trees and digging out bird eggs freely and freely. It seems that he has a radar installed on his body, digging out bird eggs with his front feet, and the officials will start in the morning. Preaching, Xue Pan felt that he was not in the right place when he heard the official impeach Zhao Hongyi in a serious manner in the morning.

In short, the third prince began to be urged to grow up by the former officials.

As soon as Xue Qing reported, he heard Zhao Hongyi's cheerful shout from behind, "Master, master! Where's the little brother?!" Hearing the name of the little brother, Xue Pan knew that Zhao Hongyi was in a good mood today. If he was in a bad mood, That Jia Huan is not a little brother but a thin monkey.

Before Xue Pan spoke to him, he saw Zhao Hongyi's footsteps Shengfeng had already run in, met Xue Pan, gave a student salute, and said with a smile, "Master, I miss you so much."

"It's just that I haven't seen you for two hours." He just finished his class in the morning, and knocked on Zhao Hongyi's head, "Where's the attendant?"

"They ran slower behind." Zhao Hongyi hugged Xue Pan's arm, and said heartily: "What are you afraid of when you get to Master?! By the way, where is the little brother, Master?"

"You take one little brother at a time, I'm afraid you miss me or brother Huan." Xue Pan said jokingly, "Your little brother is practicing calligraphy in his yard."

As soon as Zhao Hongyi heard that he was practicing calligraphy, his two thick eyebrows turned into eight-character eyebrows, and said: "Why do you spend all day practicing calligraphy or reading books? I want to compete with him after I improve my whip technique!" Zhao Hongyi is obsessed with martial arts and has a high talent , reading and studying are average, but even Xue Pan is too obedient to look at him, and he goes to practice martial arts after completing the tasks and homework.As for Jia Huan, he can say that he is mediocre in both martial arts and reading, but after suffering in his previous life, he has better endurance and self-control, and he has to do some extra homework after finishing his homework.

"Why did you come out today?" Xue Pan asked curiously.Two days ago, Zhao Hongyi was called out by the speaker and registered in front of Emperor Pingkang. It stands to reason that he shouldn't be released to play.

Speaking of this, Zhao Hongyi frowned as if thinking of something else, and said unhappily: "I coaxed my father, I don't know what's going on these days, some civil servants always say mean things when they see me. Gossiping, isn’t it just trying to trick me into using me as a weapon! Hmph! I don’t have any talents that can’t be cast by the elder brother and the second brother, but they come to me. I’m not a pail here, and everything that stinks is stuffed here! What do you want them to do!"

When Xue Pan heard it, he was filled with emotion for a moment. The heir of the Tian family really has a natural ability to discern the conspiracy to seize the throne. Don't underestimate Zhao Hongyi's ignorance of world affairs. It can be seen from these words that this kid probably knows it well in his heart. I understand very well.

"The time has not yet come, so be careful with your words and deeds." Xue Pan said lightly, and then changed the subject, "Go, go and see how your little brother's handwriting is doing! Stay here for dinner in the afternoon, if anyone wants to eat ?”

"I want to eat small wontons and sweet-scented osmanthus cold cake." Zhao Hongyi said.

The two of them left the hospital and went to Jia Huan's quiet small building. Since Mrs. Wang returned to Jia's mansion, Aunt Zhao probably also knew that Mrs. Wang's return was not good for Jia Huan. Seeing the bright future of Mrs. Gaoming, she didn't leave her son back to Jia's small courtyard, and now she even sent Xiaoru to Xue's Jingxin Xiaozhu to serve her.

Pushing the bamboo door, he saw Jia Huan in a crescent white gown, writing on the stone table in the yard, Shi Shi was fanning on the side, it was very cool under the shade of the big tree.Shi Mo first heard the movement, looked up, and saluted, Jia Huan put down his pen and saluted as a student.Zhao Hongyi winked and teased Jia Huan, Jia Huan's face was indifferent, and when Xue Pan couldn't see him, he also turned his eyebrows coldly at Zhao Hongyi, and the two of them came and went.

"Skinny monkey, what are you wearing? It's neither fish nor fowl." Zhao Hongyi asked curiously when he saw Jia Huan's fair collarbone.The clothes were neither obscene clothes nor robes, they seemed to be hanging loosely on the body, and Jia Huan's white and thin chest could be seen even when he bent down.

Jia Huan handed the article to Xue Pan to have a look, and said, "It's hot, you don't feel uncomfortable wrapped up in three layers!" With a straight face, he scanned Zhao Hongyi from the beginning to the end, and said, "This one It really looks like a zongzi, and you call me little brother!"

Zhao Hongyi first retorted, and then glanced at Xue Pan, indicating with his eyes whether he was wrapped up like a rice dumpling. Then he saw that the master was wearing a lake blue long-sleeved short robe, and the lower half was black loose pants. He didn't pay attention to it just now, and compared it first, the short crescent white robe of the thin monkey has no sleeves, and the two white arms are exposed, and the difference can be seen at a glance.

"The clothes don't conform to the rules. It's better to wear them in my own yard in hot weather. It's more comfortable." Xue Pan explained, seeing that Zhao Hongyi was wrapped up like a rice dumpling, he said, "Today, the female relatives in the mansion are out. If you are hot, ask brother Huan. I want to wear this short jacket to keep cool."

Jia Huan said lightly: "Call me little brother!"

Zhao Hongyi was gnashing his teeth angrily. He was used to the heat, so he didn't have much interest in the short jacket, but the master skinny monkey wore it, so he looked like an outsider if he didn't wear it!

"Little, master, brother!!!"

The author has something to say: Good night everyone, I will fix it during the day tomorrow