[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Zhen Fu is not a slow-witted person either. Now that she has discovered that she doesn't want to miss Lin Kou, her attitude towards Lin Kou's marriage has naturally turned around 180 degrees.

He wished he could ask the matchmaker to come and propose marriage immediately.

But Zhen Fu quickly thought of one thing——

When he asked the emperor to help dispel the Rongguo Mansion's idea of ​​calculating his marriage, he said that he did not want to get married in a short time.

Although the emperor may know that it was just his excuse, but the time for him to change his mind is too short. If the emperor knows from other people's mouths that he is meeting the emperor without knowing it, he will not be able to accept it within two months. It's hard to say whether there will be any lumps in the emperor's heart after making an engagement with her.

So he found Prince Zhongshun and asked him to help explain a thing or two to the emperor.

Prince Zhongshun, as the one who solved the schemes of the Rongguo Mansion, naturally understood what Zhen Fu said to the emperor when he entered the palace, so when he heard that Zhen Fu was going to get married so soon, he was also a little surprised: "Didn't you say that before?" , Don’t want to get married for the time being? Why did you have a marriage partner so soon?”

After a pause, Prince Zhongshun frowned, "But those bastards in the Rongguo Mansion, seeing that I haven't seen you much these days, are they targeting you again?"

Zhen Fu hurriedly explained: "That's not the case. I just fell in love with Lin Hai, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, that is, my uncle's adopted daughter, and wanted to marry him. But before the emperor boasted about Haikou, now it's changed in just a short time. It is inevitable that people will be misunderstood, I hope the prince can tell the matter to the emperor."

And say a few good words for him.

Prince Zhongshun paused: "Lin Hai? That's not bad, at least Lin Hai is loyal and patriotic, not like those bastards from the Jia family, who just play tricks on cats and dogs all day long without doing serious things. They also bully men and women and occupy people's fields , Putting loan sharks... Tsk, that's fine too."

Zhen Fu smiled and didn't say much.

It's a pity for Prince Zhongshun: "I think you're not bad. It's said that you were selected as a scholar in your teens, and you will definitely have a place in the court in the future. I wanted to marry my daughter to you, but now I can't."

Zhen Fu hurriedly said: "The princess is a daughter of gold, and the princess must marry the most outstanding son in the capital. How can I be worthy of me?"

Prince Zhongshun smiled, and didn't say any more, but said: "Don't worry, I just want to enter the palace tomorrow, and I will definitely convey your words to the emperor. The emperor knows that you are married, so he must be happy. won't be mad at you."

Zhen Fu was relieved.

But that's not all.

The hidden danger on the emperor's side was solved, but he still didn't dare to find someone to propose marriage immediately.

After all, his situation is really complicated.

Zhen Fu came to Lin's house and met Lin Kou.

Xu Shi had thoughts about Lin Kou in his heart. Zhen Fu, who was very calm when meeting her, felt that nothing was right at the moment, and even wanted to run away when Lin Kou met him.

After Lin Kou noticed Zhen Fu's red earlobes, he roughly guessed his intention in his heart: "Are you here to ask for marriage?"

Zhen Fu was taken aback, and quickly explained: "No, no, it's not right, it's..."

After a while, he finally sorted out his words, and said, "I do have the idea of ​​coming to propose marriage, but before I find someone to come to propose marriage, there are some things that I must let you know."

Lin Kou turned her head to look at him: "I know all about your basic situation, what else do I not know?"

Whether it was Zhen Fu's mother's early death, his father's arrest and exile, his brother's quarrel driving him out of the Zhen family, or even his shortness of breath when he went to the examination room, Lin Kou knew it all.

I can't, it's his identity as a blood drop, right?

Zhen Fu took a deep breath: "Although you said before that you don't care whether you can be an official wife or not, I still need to solemnly tell you again. I probably won't be able to go to the examination room again in my whole life." After a pause, "In other words, I will never be able to pick up books again for the rest of my life."

Lin Kou nodded first, and then realized something was wrong: "What's wrong with being unable to pick up books for the rest of your life? Didn't you feel flustered and short of breath when you took the exam, why did you become unable to pick up books?"

Zhen Fu didn't want to say it clearly, but said vaguely: "Some things happened when I was young, which caused me to feel flustered, short of breath, and break out in cold sweat when I thought of the imperial examination. So once I came across books related to the imperial examination, I would have some bad reactions."

Lin Kou wanted to ask, but when she raised her eyes, she saw the hatred in Zhen Fu's eyes.

Probably, what secrets and scars were involved behind this matter, he didn't want to speak up, and he couldn't ask, lest it remind him of unpleasant memories.

So Lin Kou changed the subject: "I told you before that I have no obsession with being an official wife. Marrying an official is not as happy as marrying a good-looking one."

Zhen Fu: "..."

Although I think it's not good for Lin Kou to put so much emphasis on appearance, but...

Sure enough, he was still very happy.

Fortunately, he was born well, Zhen Fu thought to himself.

Not long after this conversation, Zhen Fu talked to Jia's mother, and then directly found a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Lin family.

Because the Zhen family was raided, Zhen Fu did not get any money from the Zhen family. All the money in his hand came from his mother's dowry and the private house he saved when the Zhen family was still alive.

This amount of money is not particularly large, but it is more than enough to buy a worthy dowry gift.

——Otherwise, why would the Rongguo Mansion focus on Zhen Fu?

On this day, the matchmaker came to Lin's house with a dowry gift and beat drums and gongs. She made all the necessary preparations. Zhen Fu even went to the suburbs to hunt a pair of live geese in person, which can be said to be full of sincerity.

The Lin family has no intention of embarrassing others.

After a conversation between the two sides, Na Cai ended smoothly.

Because they don't know when Xue Dizi will find out the truth, the Lin family naturally hopes that Lin Kou and Zhen Fu can get married as soon as possible.

So the wedding process, which might have been delayed for a year or two, finally took less than half a year, and it was almost done. Just wait for the last step and get married.

Seeing the smooth progress of the engagement between Zhen Fu and Lin Kou, many people in the Rongguo Mansion had bad thoughts.

Especially when I heard that Concubine Wu, Guiren Zhou, and other concubines' family's family-saving villas are progressing smoothly, and Zhou Guiren's family with a lower status is only left to finish.

They have land, talents, and plans, but they are timid about money.

But the money bags they were in love with, one from the Lin family and one from Zhen Fu, have now come together, making them completely lost their chances.

Really hateful!

But they can't do anything yet.

Because Zhen Fu had a very good relationship with Prince Zhongshun, the two female elders that Zhen Fu invited to the Lin family during the conquest were not from the Rongguo Mansion, but the royal family that Prince Zhongshun had found from the clan.

A princess, a princess.

It can be said that it gave the Lin family enough face, and at the same time, it also made the ghosts and monsters with ulterior motives like the Rongguo Mansion dare not make mistakes.

After being hired, Zhen Fu asked someone to buy a house near the Lin family as a new house.

On the day of the wedding, although Zhen Fu's family didn't have many guests, because of Prince Zhongshun and some royal family members he brought, the scene would not look shabby, but many people who came to the wedding were pleasantly surprised and surprised.

Lin Kou was also worried that there would be problems in the wedding, so she made a wish before the wedding.

But the wish failed.

Either there will be major events that cannot be changed on the day of the wedding, or there will be no accidents at all on the day.

Thinking of his and Zhen Fu's identities, Lin Kou only considered the latter.

but……

On the day of the wedding, the Zhen family came uninvited.

And because someone wanted to have a relationship with Lin Ruhai, but his identity was not enough, so he turned around and got an invitation to Zhen Fu's wedding banquet.

Among them was the husband's family of Lin Ying, the only daughter of General Zhen Guo.

Lin Ying and his wife came together, and soon, Lin Ying followed the maid to the backyard and sat with the female relatives.

Then, Lin Ying met with the female family members of the Zhen family.

The female family members of the Zhen family almost all came to the Zhen family. The young juniors only vaguely felt that she looked familiar, but the wives of the Zhen family almost stood up the moment they saw Lin Ying.

Not only did they stand up, each of them was stunned, muttering words such as "Prince Yizhong" and "Cousin Girl".

There is nothing strange about Biao girl, the word "Prince Yizhong" is a taboo title in this capital.

All the female relatives were so frightened that they rushed out of Zhen's house in hatred.

Princess Zhongshun immediately stood at the door: "Everyone, I seem to have heard something that I shouldn't have heard? In order to prevent someone from leaving later, those who spoke just now..."

Someone whispered: "A member of the Zhen family in Jinling, the natal family of the princess of Beijing County."

Princess Zhongshun nodded at the person who spoke, and then turned to look at the Zhen family members: "Mrs. Zhen, and this..."

"The only daughter of General Zhen Guo, her husband is the head of the Wupin Household Department."

Princess Zhongshun said with a smile: "How many people, come back to the mansion with me?"

Lin Ying was dumbfounded: "Your Highness, I don't know anything. I just followed my husband to attend Lin Shangshu's daughter's wedding, and I don't know these Mrs. Zhen and Miss Zhen. I don't know why they would It was such a big reaction when I saw it.”

Princess Zhongshun has a tough attitude: "If I misunderstand Mrs. Lin, this princess will definitely come to the door to apologize in person in the future. But now, Mrs. Lin should follow my princess?"

Lin Ying was in a hurry: "Today is the big day for Mr. Zhen and Lin Shangshu's only daughter. You rashly took away so many guests at the wedding, are you planning to make enemies with Lin Shangshu's family?"

After ascending the throne today, the people of Zhongshun Palace can almost walk sideways in the capital.

Princess Zhongshun is used to this kind of life, and she is really not afraid of offending Lin Ruhai, but when she thinks of the prince's attitude towards Zhen Fu, she can't help but hesitate.

After a pause, she called the maid beside her: "You go to the lord, tell him what happened here, and ask him to send a few people to guard near the Zhen's house. After the wedding, all the Zhen's family members, and This Miss Lin Yinglin..." She glanced at Lin Ying, "and her husband are all brought back to the palace."

The servant girl took the order, turned around and ran away.

The Zhen family finally realized what they said just now, their eyes were dull, and they almost wanted to go back to the past and beat the nonsense self to death.

What did they say just now? !

He wanted to escape, but Princess Zhongshun's gaze was like a thorn in his back, and the thought of running away was snuffed out by him at the bottom of his heart as soon as it arose.

Soon, the wedding began.

The atmosphere of the male guests was as usual, all of them were smiling, which made it easy for people to know what kind of happy event the family had.

On the side of the female relatives, everyone is like mourning and concubine, which is completely different from that of the male guests.

Lin Ying felt uneasy, and looked up at her husband from time to time, but when her husband noticed that someone was watching her, she immediately lowered her head, her eyes full of panic.

The men's side was affected by the atmosphere of the women's side, and the original joy was also discounted.

But fortunately, they are used to acting. After the bride entered the door, the faces of each of them were filled with smiles, making people completely unaware of any bad emotions.

"Worship the heavens and the earth-"

"Second worship high hall-"

"Husband and wife greet each other—"

……

Until the end of the wedding, Lin Kou didn't notice anything was wrong.

The next day, Zhen Fu, who had been busy for most of the night, woke up before dawn. Seeing that Lin Kou was still sleeping, he deliberately closed his eyes again to accompany Lin Kou to sleep for a while.

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden sound of cicadas outside the house——

This is the code of the blood droplet.

Zhen Fu immediately opened her eyes, carefully tucked in the blanket for Lin Kou, and prepared to get up.

Lin Kou opened his eyes instantly: "What are you doing up so early?"

Zhen Fu was taken aback, and quickly said, "Someone is calling me, something must have happened, I have to go and see."

Lin Kou nodded: "Remember to come back and sleep with me when you're done."

Zhen Fu paused and nodded dumbfoundingly.

After the alarm was lifted, Lin Kou soon fell asleep again.

Zhen Fu tiptoedly opened the door, closed the door gently, and followed the cicadas to find a colleague who was squatting on a big tree by the wall of his house.

He was a little unhappy: "I'm newly married, I asked for leave!"

Even a blood droplet who is open all year round doesn't have to work the next day after a wedding, right?He asked for three days of wedding leave!

The colleague also knew that it was unethical for him to come to the door on the second day of his wedding, but he couldn't help it: "You think I'm here to annoy you? Isn't it because you got married yesterday and caught a few small fish?"

Zhen Fu frowned: "Can I still go fishing at my wedding?"

The colleague gave him a sympathetic look: "The few fish caught belonged to the Zhen family. After all, you belong to the Zhen family. I came to you because you are responsible for this matter, and also because I want you to prepare early so as not to When I got to the boss, I asked him three questions."

But Zhen Fu really didn't know anything: "The Zhen family is still related to the case of Canghai Yizhu? I have lived in the Zhen family for almost 20 years, how come I don't know anything?"

The colleague shrugged: "You have to ask yourself."

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Zhen Fu quickly thanked his colleagues, and then left the room with him.

Zhen Fu's boss is surnamed Hu. Unlike Zhen Fu, a pure spy, his boss is still a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination, but he was involved in the fight for succession before the emperor ascended the throne, and was treated as cannon fodder. The future was over, so he accepted the emperor's solicitation and became a member of the blood droplet.

And because Zhen Fu was well educated, Master Hu always treated him more than others.

When seeing Zhen Fu on weekdays, he would not greet her with a smile, at least not with a livid face.

But today...

Zhen Fu couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw Master Hu's disappointed eyes——

He might not be able to go home and sleep with Lin Kou today.

If Mr. Hu wants to know what Zhen Fu is thinking, he might slap him on the face.

But fortunately, he didn't know.

Zhen Fu walked up to Lord Hu: "Master Hu, it's too late for the humble job."

Master Hu glanced at him and took a deep breath: "It's okay, I understand, it's really unreasonable for me to have someone call you over just after the wedding night."

He paused, and then said, "But the current situation is that if I don't call you here today, next time you might be called by the emperor to question you."

Zhen Fu frowned: "So serious? The Zhen family was directly involved in the case?"

Lord Hu nodded with satisfaction: "Not only did they directly participate in the case, but they were also the protectors of the 'Prince Yizhong's daughter'."

"The daughter of Prince Yizhong?" Zhen Fu was surprised, "The identities of the two Highnesses have been found out?"

Lord Hu shook his head: "How is it so easy? If it weren't for your wife's appearance being five points similar to Lan Yun's, and Qin's facial features are really not the slightest similarity to the two princes, the identities of the four of them would be even more difficult to distinguish But the fathers of the two Highnesses are brothers, and their appearance...

Master Hu sighed fiercely, feeling aggrieved in his heart.

Not long after the case was discovered, they quickly found out the identities of two of the four girls, but now it has been more than half a year, and the identities of the other two are still unclear. Feeling frustrated?

Zhen Fu was not affected much——

After all, he has been lurking in the south of the Yangtze River for several years and has not found the account book. If it weren't for Lin Kou, he might not have realized that the account book is not an object but a person.

His patience has long been tempered.

Zhen Fu thought for a while and asked, "Which girl is the Zhen family protecting? My wife, or Miaoyu?"

Two of the four girls are in the south of the Yangtze River, and two are in the capital city. Although the Zhen family is neither in Gusu nor Weiyang, Jinling where they live is very close to Weiyang and Gusu, so it makes sense to provide protection for either one.

Master Hu has experienced so many winds and rains, and quickly adjusted: "What do you think?"

Zhen Fu's eyes darkened: "Is it Miaoyu? My wife suffered a lot when she was a child. If the Zhen family really protected her, it would be too dereliction of duty. The Zhen family is still very loyal to Prince Yizhong."

Master Hu paused, then reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "It is indeed Miaoyu."

The Zhen family appeared as family friends of Miaoyu's parents and told Miaoyu that her parents were beheaded because they were forced into the palace by Prince Yizhong, and they sent her to the Zhen family to prevent her from being implicated.

But she was weak and sick when she was young, and it was useless to find a lot of substitutes to become a monk on her behalf. In the end, she had to enter the temple to lead her hair to practice.

But even after entering the temple, the Zhen family never treated her badly.

Some of Miaoyu's daily necessities come from the Zhen family, some from other remnants of Prince Yizhong, and some from the property left by Prince Yizhong.

With money and the care of the Zhen family, Miaoyu didn't suffer much.

but……

Zhen Fu was in a very bad mood: "I never knew there was such a person. Maybe it was because my mother died young, or maybe it was because my mother was just a concubine in Rongguo Mansion and my father's stepwife. It is valued, and there is no way to get too much information."

"I know how to look into other matters. It seems that the Zhen family has never been to Gusu Panxiang Temple on purpose."

Master Hu thought for a while: "If this is the case, the Zhen family should visit Miaoyu every time when they go to Gusu to do other things. Only in this way, you will never be aware of the existence of such a person."

After all, when Zhen Fu lived in the Zhen family, he rarely had the opportunity to go out with his elders.

That trip to Weiyang was the first time he left Jinling.

Master Hu confirmed that Zhen Fu did not hide it intentionally, nor was he too stupid to not notice the abnormality of the Zhen family, and he felt relieved: "Since we know that the Zhen family were the insiders of the case back then, this matter is considered a breakthrough. That is..."

Lord Hu's head really hurt when he thought of the Zhen family who were still imprisoned in the palace.

They originally thought of conducting a secret investigation. Firstly, most of the people involved in this case are in high positions, even involving the royal family, so there is no way to put it on the table; Identity, then the city will not be full of trouble.

However, Prince Zhongshun and his wife arrested people directly, so it was not so easy to keep a low profile.

Zhen Fu also thought of this: "But since the matter has already happened, we can only make mistakes. The Zhen family has been arrested by Prince Zhongshun, so can the other insiders be arrested too?"

"Who?"

"A few incompetent men from Ningrong and Rongfu, Qin Ye, Qin's adoptive father, and..."

"and also?"

Zhen Fu frowned: "General Zhen Guo and Mrs. Zhen Guo, there must be an insider between the two of them. Maybe they don't know all of them, but they definitely know part of the truth. The daughters of the two brothers Lin Wen and Lin Wu have been replaced. It’s not like one person can do it.”

"It should be Mrs. Qian who replaced my wife, but who replaced Mrs. Qian's daughter?"

Master Hu nodded again and again: "You are right."

Now that the matter has been quarreled by Prince Zhongshun and his wife, they can only put the case on the table for investigation.

Zhen Fu was just a spy and couldn't investigate the case, so Mr. Hu sent him back directly.

Zhen Fu was ordered to resign.

Before leaving, he added one more sentence: "Your Excellency, you can focus on investigating Jia Zhen from the Ningguo Mansion. He has unruly thoughts about the Qin family. He must know that the Qin family is not the daughter of Prince Yizhong. Ask him, at least you can know about the Qin family. How did you become Qin Ye's adopted daughter?"

Lin Wen's daughter, or Lin Wu's daughter, could never be the daughter of the two princes anyway.

Otherwise, he would never dare to have that kind of thought about Qin.

Master Hu turned pale with shock: "Isn't Qin his daughter-in-law? How dare he?!"

Zhen Fu looked disgusted: "The two houses of Ning and Rong are rotten from the root, and Jia Zhen is the leader among them. It is no surprise that he does anything."

Master Hu almost didn't spit it out.

What the hell is this!

Because it was too disgusting, Mr. Hu deliberately used severe punishment when interrogating Jia Zhen.Jia Zhen is not a hard-headed person, so she recruited in a short time——

"Qin Keqing is Lin Wen's daughter! The child was exchanged by Lin Wen himself!"