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Shui Rong nodded and said: "Uncle Lin, you are sister Daiyu's elder, you are the one who decides here. My father and king said, just tell us if you need anything, but don't look outside!"

Lin Zhong said with a smile: "Of course I know the kindness of the old prince, but my elder brother has already made arrangements for Yu'er's marriage. No matter how much the dowry is or how many guests come, we will not let Yu'er feel wronged."

Shui Rong smiled, and said that he was going to see Daiyu in the backyard, Lin Zhong said: "These days, the mother of the king, Xueyan, and the others are all preparing for Yu'er's dowry. There are more than ten people, and they are probably busy."

Shui Rong came to the backyard with a smile, and saw maids and mothers doing needlework in the east and west yards.But Zijuan saw Shui Rong and Shui An first, got up and said to Daiyu, "Girl, the young prince is here."

Daiyu hurriedly blushed and stood up.

It turned out that Grandma Wang and the two nuns from the palace just said that they would be married in a month, and that the two married people could not meet logically.Unexpectedly, just after finishing speaking, Zicuckoo said that Shui Rong is coming.

Seeing Shui Rong only looking at her and smiling, Daiyu hurriedly walked over in embarrassment, and asked, "Brother Rong, why are you here at such a time?"

Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Why can't I come to see you? Shui'an and I went to the Jingxi Military Camp. We just finished our business and had to go back, so we stopped by to see you!"

Daiyu hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Brother Rong, don't come, just now the nanny said that we are going to get married, so it will be difficult to see each other."

Shui Rong asked in surprise, "Why?"

Daiyu hurriedly said, "Mammy said that's the rule."

Shui Rong hurriedly took Daiyu's hand and said: "How can I do that, there is still one month left."

Seeing Shui Rong pulling her hand, Daiyu hurriedly said: "Brother Rong, what the nuns said must be right, they were all sent by your father. You should go back!"

Shui Rong saw Daiyu was embarrassed, looked at Daiyu quietly, could only smile and said: "Okay, I'll go back now, but you have to send me out! Or I won't go!"

Dai Yuming knew that Shui Rong was intentional, so she had no choice but to say: "Okay, I'll see you off!"

Shui Rong and Daiyu came out, and Shui Rong said to Lin Zhong: "Uncle Lin, I don't think you need to buy flowers and trees, sister Daiyu likes chrysanthemums, I will ask someone to bring chrysanthemums over in a few days, and I guarantee that the yard will be filled with the scent of chrysanthemums! "

Lin Zhongdao: "Well, I will buy sweet-scented osmanthus these few days. I hope that sweet-scented osmanthus will be fragrant, and with the chrysanthemums sent by the young prince, this happy event will definitely be auspicious!"

Daiyu sent the water to dissolve out of the courtyard gate. Seeing that Daiyu's face was still ruddy and more charming, she really didn't want to leave. Come again, but don't worry, I won't come here when people from the Jia family come here! Take care of it!"

After Shui Rong finished speaking, he flew on his horse and returned to the city with Shui'an.

Seeing the handsome and unrestrained figure of Shui Rong gradually go away, Daiyu and Zijuan stood and watched for a while before turning back.

In a blink of an eye, it was July [-]th.Because of the rebellion of the Miao people in Guizhou, on this day and hour, the prince of Nan'an led [-] elite troops to leave the capital for Guizhou to put down the rebellion of the Miao people.

Starting from July [-]th, the Ministry of Rites and the Beijing Palace began to be nervous about the marriage of the fourth son of Emperor Luo, Su Rong.The emperor issued an edict that the marriage of Shui Rong still follows the prince's standard, but because Shui Rong is not only the fourth son of the first queen, but also the young prince of Beijing Palace, the emperor asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare more money and things for Shui Rong's big wedding this time than before. The princes got married a lot more, and the Beijing Prince's Mansion also gave everything to make this upcoming wedding even more busy and grand.

Daiyu always hoped that her marriage would be simple, but the dowry from the imperial palace and the Beijing Prince's Mansion were still sent to Linfu Daiyuan in batches.

The high-ranking families in the capital, the families of civil servants and military generals, are now talking about Shui Rong's marriage, although no one knows when Shui Rong got married.Many people are guessing, who is the girl who is so honored to be married to the young prince Beijing Jing who is so valued by the emperor as the princess.Because everyone knows that the fourth son of the emperor, Shui Rong, is already 19 years old. He doesn't have a housemate or a concubine. He even vowed to marry the current concubine for the rest of his life. Even the emperor and Prince Beijing have nothing to do with him.However, no one knew which family this handsome young prince married.

On July 22, news finally came from the palace: the day for the four princes' water-soluble wedding is August [-].The girl married by the fourth son of the emperor was a descendant of a scholarly family with excellent reputation and the daughter of a meritorious official. She was from Gusu in the south of the Yangtze River.

When the news reached Rongguo Mansion, it was already the afternoon of July 23rd.It turned out that Jia Zheng had been selected to go to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief, and Jia Amnesty was recuperating at home due to illness. During this time, few people knew about the outside world. Thinking about the marriage of the young prince, Shui Rong, he told Youshi when he came back.

On the afternoon of the 23rd, Mrs. You went to Rongguo Mansion to greet Jia Mu. Speaking of this, Jia Mu said: "That girl is so blessed, it is really enviable. The young prince of Beijing is very good-looking. He was named a young lady at the age of 14." The lord, is the queen's son again, I heard from the empress that the emperor thinks highly of the fourth prince, and he will give the best royal garden, Jasper Garden, to the fourth prince as a wedding present."

Youshi hurriedly said: "Since the emperor likes the fourth prince so much, why is he willing to adopt him to the Beijing Palace?"

Jia Mu laughed and said: "How do you know that the emperor nominally adopted the fourth son of the emperor to the Beijing Palace, but in fact it is better to say that the Beijing Palace has become a part of the emperor's family. Now the old Beijing King and The emperor is a compatriot from the same mother, and he was adopted in the Beijing Palace back then. His concubine was the younger sister of the late empress. Beijing Palace, the current emperor has adopted the prince's younger brother to Beijing Palace, from now on, why does the emperor worry about the high-ranking and powerful Beijing Palace?"

After hearing this, You Shi nodded suddenly and said: "So that's the case. I heard from Rong'er that the emperor also ordered that on the day of the fourth prince's wedding, the palace should also be decorated to make the deceased queen feel at ease, because I heard that Before the queen passed away, the fourth prince was the one she couldn't let go of the most."

At this point, You Shi sighed and said: "This girl from Gusu is really lucky, and I don't know the background of her family background. In this way, her family doesn't know how glorious it is this time."

Jia Mu nodded and said: "It goes without saying. With the emperor and the Beijing Palace as in-laws, everything will be possible."

After breakfast the next day, Mother Jia summoned Mrs. Wang Baochai for a discussion and said, "I count, the empress is four or five months old. The emperor allowed us to go to the palace to see the empress on the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. I think we will give the empress another Just take some money with you."

Mrs. Wang said: "The old lady is right. Your Majesty said last time that the emperor instructed that you are not allowed to bring in anything outside for your Majesty's use. I am afraid that the things outside are not clean, so I think it is worth the money. Me and Girl Bao has prepared 5000 taels of silver bills for your empress to use until the New Year, when your empress will also give birth. As long as your empress gives birth to a prince, we will not be afraid."

Jia Mu nodded and said: "That's exactly the reason. If the empress can live up to her expectations this time and give birth to a prince, our Jia family will not be afraid."

After that, Jia's mother looked at Baochai and said, "Bao girl, I heard that Miaoyu's body is four or five months old. You and Baoyu should work harder. I'm already dying. If I can see another great-grandson, Whenever I leave, I will feel at ease."

When Baochai heard this, she blushed violently.Mrs. Wang was about to speak when she saw a girl from outside hurried in and replied: "Old lady, madam, Miss Lin's uncle has come to send wedding invitations to our house, saying that Miss Lin is getting married."

When Jia Mu heard this, she asked in surprise, "What, Yu'er is getting married? Her Uncle Lin has come to the capital again?"

The girl said: "Old lady, yes, Miss Lin's uncle said that not only he has come to the capital, but Miss Lin has also returned to the capital. However, Miss Lin now has a new house, which she said was prepared by the aunt before her death. Miss Lin's uncle said that in addition to sending wedding invitations, he also wanted to invite the old lady and other ladies to visit Miss Lin's new residence."

Baochai, Mrs. Jia Muwang, was surprised when she heard this, and hurriedly greeted her out together.

When we arrived at the front flower hall, we saw Lin Zhong, Hu Shan and two young people waiting in the flower hall, and the butler Lai Da was talking with him.

When Lin Zhong, Hu Shan and others saw Mrs. Jia Muwang coming out, they hurried forward to salute.Lin Zhong personally presented the wedding invitation, and said with a smile: "Old lady, although I have been in the capital for half a month, I am really too busy. I have to tidy up the house and prepare Yu'er's dowry, so I came to see the old lady today. Ladies and wives and grandmas, please forgive me for being impolite!"

Mother Jia took a look at the wedding invitation and said with a quick smile, "Uncle Lin, you don't have to be polite. I don't know who Yu'er is marrying? Will you leave the court on August [-]?"

Lin Zhong said with a smile: "Back to the old lady, the person Yu'er married is also the son of my elder brother's former friend. He is good-looking and understands literature and martial arts. They met before, so they are considered acquaintances, so the official media agreed , It turned out to be. Yu'er said that although she was going to get married, she was in a hurry to return to the capital this time. Thinking about the previous few years, the old lady and the wives took care of her, so Yu'er said that before getting married, she wanted to invite the old lady, Ladies and grandmas, come to our new house to get together and talk about family affection. I don’t know if the old ladies think the 26th or the 29th is better? I can send someone to pick you up then.”

Mother Jia hurriedly asked: "Uncle Lin, I wonder if your new residence is far from here? Hearing what you said, I really want to see my Yu'er. I haven't seen her for more than half a year. It's strange." miss her."

Lin Zhong hurriedly said: "Old lady, our house is not far away, it's just down the mountainside to the west of Beijing. The old lady said any day, I will definitely pick you up!"

Mother Jia thought for a while and said, "Let's do it on the 26th. You don't need to send a car. We have a car here. You can just lead the way."

After hearing this, Hu Shan hurried forward and said, "Then I will come to pick up the old lady and the wives and grandmothers on the 26th. Uncle Lin wants to make arrangements at home, so there is no need to come out."

Lin Zhong thought for a while and said, "That's how it is. Old lady, madam, I will ask Hu Shan to bring someone to pick you up on the 26th."

After Lin Zhong finished speaking, he asked the two servants who came together to bring the gift they had brought to Mother Jia, and said with a smile: "Old lady, this is a gift that Yu'er asked me to bring to you. Heavy. Yuer said that she is very grateful to the old ladies and grandmothers for teaching and taking care of her all these years, and now that she is about to leave the cabinet, it is too late to come here to visit you, I hope you will not be offended!"

Jia's mother hurriedly said: "Yu'er knows how to be polite, and we are all in the same family. How can I be offended!"

Lin Zhong took out another wedding invitation and said: "Old lady, I would like to ask the old lady to pass on this wedding invitation from Ningguo Mansion. Please tell them that if they are free, they can go to our house together on the 26th. In a few days, the family will be busy with Yu'er's wedding."

Mother Jia took the wedding invitation and said with a smile, "Forget it, let Uncle Lin worry about it."

Lin Zhongdao: "Old lady, this is what I, Lin Zhong, should do. Yu'er has no other relatives now, so who should worry about me as an uncle if I don't worry about her. At the beginning, my elder brother left limited things for Yu'er, but elder brother After all, I still explained some things, so Yu'er should not be too wronged to leave the cabinet, after all, our Lin family is also a famous family of five generations of princes and centuries of scholars."

After Lin Zhong finished speaking, he and Hu Shan took the two young men and stood up to say goodbye.Jia Mu hurriedly asked Lai Da to send him out of the house.

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang Baochai looked at the gifts from Lin Zhong, and asked Baochai to go forward and take the gift list first. On it, there was a gift list written by Daiyu: Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Wang each sent good ginseng Two pieces of palace satin, and Jia Mu added a squatting jade Buddha statue.You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Li Wan and Feng, each have two pieces of Baochai palace satin, and each of Xichun Baoyu, Jiahuan, and Jia Lanqiao, each has a set of four treasures in her study.

It turned out that Daiyu was afraid that the news of Xichun's defection to her would be leaked, so she still pretended not to know about Xichun's departure, and gave Xichun a gift.

Seeing Daiyu's generosity, Jia's mother praised: "Yu'er must marry a good family this time. These palace satins are rare satins, and I don't know how much money was spent to prepare them."

Mrs. Wang said: "Old lady, didn't my niece's uncle say that the person Lin Yatou chose is the son of my brother-in-law's friend, so he must be the son of an important official of the court. Naturally, he must be from a wealthy family."

Jia's mother thought for a while, and then said with some melancholy: "Speaking of Miss Lin going out of the cabinet, according to what Uncle Yu'er said just now, Yu'er's father should have left a letter to explain the matter of Yu'er's dowry. I don't know when Yu'er's father Send those silver coins to us, do Yu'er and her uncle know?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang thought for a while and said, "Old lady, from Lin Zhong's tone just now, you probably know something, right? Didn't he say just now that 'the eldest brother has explained something after all'? It can be seen that he must know something."

Mother Jia sighed, "If that's the case, how can we afford 40 taels now? I have less than 10 taels left from Yu'er's father."

Mrs. Wang thought for a while and said: "At the beginning, I spent several million yuan to build a garden for my mother's consolation. Now the situation in the mansion, the niece should know when she leaves. In this way, old lady, we will put together 10 taels of the rest to give My niece, presumably she won't say anything."

Mother Jia thought for a while and said, "That's the reason. Yu'er is not a person who values ​​money very much. However, I still feel a little uneasy."

Baochai thought for a while and said: "Old lady, madam, you don't have to worry about Sister Lin. I guess Sister Lin doesn't know how much money my uncle gave me here, or even a little bit. Because Sister Lin told me, It is said that all the scraps and papers that she is here are from this mansion. It can be seen that she has no idea about the money sent by her uncle to this place. Even if her uncle knows, he should not know the exact amount. Let's go to Sister Lin. You can first talk about the difficulties in the mansion, and then hand over the 10 taels of silver to Sister Lin, I think Sister Lin is the most affectionate person, and will not say anything else."

Mrs. Wang also nodded and said: "Bao girl is right. The housekeeper of the third girl also said that the niece knows the difficulties in our house and is still frugal. Let's go to her and tell her that she is a smart person, so why not?" I understand. Maybe the old lady won’t accept the 10 taels.”

Jia Mu sighed: "This is already the case in the mansion, and the rest can gradually get better, but money can't continue to lose money, and we can't add new losses because of Yu'er's affairs. We will take the 10 taels to give Yu'er, I also told Yu'er about the fact that Feng girl left here, I told her about the second girl's disappearance and the fourth girl's disappearance, so she must be able to understand our difficulties."

Mrs. Wang and Baochai both nodded in agreement.

On the morning of July 26, Jiamu brought mandarin ducks, Mrs. Wang brought jade bracelets, Baochai brought Yinger, and Youshi brought Ruhua. They took two carriages respectively, followed by Hu Shan and others who came to pick them up. The two young servants went to Daiyuan in Linfu.

Jia Mu and her party, who haven't seen each other for more than half a year, what emotion do they have when they see Daiyu?And see the next chapter.