[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

But some flags really cannot be inserted randomly.

Although Miss Zhao has no ill intentions towards Lin Kou and Zhen Fu, it doesn't mean that they are not implicated in this matter.

Because when Miss Zhao went to the capital by boat, she was indeed recommended by Zhen Fu to meet the emperor in the palace. After revealing the fact that the Zhen family had hidden property at the beginning, thinking that the Zhen family had been demolished twice, the emperor did not intend to send her to the palace this time. What about the Zhen family, but it just deprived Zhen Baoyu of the fame that he had so hard to get in the exam.

He didn't even ban Zhen Baoyu from continuing to take the imperial examination.

The ones who were really seriously implicated by this matter were the officials and wealthy businessmen who took over the property of the Zhen family.

Not surprisingly, all of these people's homes were ransacked.

However, not long after such punitive measures were announced, the old Mrs. Zhen fell ill and passed away.

In view of the fact that all the male members of the Zhen family were exiled and their heads were beheaded, Zhen Baoyu was already the pillar and the great-grandson of the entire Zhen family.As for the grandson of Cheng Chong, he needs to keep filial piety for the elderly in the family for three years.

In other words, if Zhen Baoyu wants to take the imperial examination again, he will have to wait three years later.

Zhen Fu was separated from the Zhen family, so there was no need to observe filial piety for three years, but as the grandson of Mrs. Zhen's direct relative, he naturally had to observe filial piety for one year.

One year, just missed the next year's test.

Zhen Fu: "..."

Lin Kou: "..."

People from the Lin family and General Zhenguo's mansion: "..."

But Ms. Zhao, who uncovered the matter, heard that the emperor took pity on her life experience, and was worried that her family would target her after returning to her hometown. So after asking the other party's opinion, she gave her to her son as a concubine. .

From a daughter of a petty official, she transformed into a prince's concubine, and if she was lucky, she could become a concubine in the future.

Miss Zhao's class transition is much faster than that of Jia Yuanchun in the palace.

Although her status change was due to the downfall of several families, who can say that she did something wrong?Didn't even the emperor praise her for doing a good job in killing relatives?

Lin Kou laughed at Zhen Fu: "No wonder Miss Zhao is not interested in you, so it turns out that people are targeting the royal family."

Zhen Fu couldn't laugh or cry: "I have never met Miss Zhao, how could she be interested in me? What's more, her father wants to send her to me as a concubine. I am a small juren, and I don't even have an official status." , how could she, a housekeeper, be willing?"

Lin Kou laughed: "I just said that when she mentioned you back then, she used such strange words. Now I can sort of understand it. It turns out that when she mentioned you, she was also evaluating your value."

To a certain extent, Miss Zhao and Zhao Zhizao are truly father and daughter.

Miss Zhao's personality has nothing to do with Lin Kou and the two of them, but Zhen Fu's inability to participate in the next exam will be a bit troublesome.

The examination is held every three years, and if you miss this session, you will have to wait for three years.

Lin Kou is 23 this year and will be 24 after the new year, while Zhen Fu is two years older than her and will be 26 next year.

26 is young for scholars. It would be fine if Zhen Fu had to give up the next exam just because of his lack of accumulation, but he missed the exam because of a not-so-important old lady Shou Xiao, and the time was still short. It was only a month or two, Lin Kou inevitably felt unwilling.

She thought about it and tried to make a wish.

Before making the wish, Lin Kou actually didn't think the wish would come true. After all, it has been the rule for hundreds of years, and it is not so easy for her to change it.

However, what I didn't expect was that after making a wish, Lin Kou actually lost twenty catties of flesh.

Lin Kou:? ? ?

Always feel something is wrong.

Lin Kou thought about the recent events, and there was nothing major that might affect the imperial examination.

So Lin Kou recalled the original novel, and found that it seemed that a major event would indeed happen in the palace in the past two years.

The old concubine in the palace seems to have disappeared in the past two years.

But what is the relationship between the death of the old concubine and the imperial examination?

Lin Kou didn't want to understand.

She didn't have time to think about it, because the Chinese New Year would not be long.

Because Lin Kou and Zhen Fu were not in the capital last year, and they did not visit the General Zhen Guo's Mansion and the Lin family during the Chinese New Year, and this year because Zhen Fu had to observe filial piety, he could not go out to pay New Year's greetings. At noon on New Year's Eve, we had a reunion dinner at General Zhen Guo's Mansion, and at night we had a New Year's Eve dinner with the Lin family.

Neither of the two families is unreasonable, and a New Year's meal calmed down the anger of the two elders.

But after that, the husband and wife stayed at home completely. One of them ate and drank and read some scriptures to pass the time, while the other immersed himself in studying hard and doing some exam questions by the way.

Daiyu and the other girls originally wanted to spend more time with Lin Kou because they had been separated for a year, but they didn't expect to encounter Shou Xiao, a stumbling block, who would not dare to disturb Lin Kou if there was nothing serious.

The little girls only came to Lin Kou when they encountered problems in their business.

Lin Kou didn't mind their interruption, but there were too many guests, and it was inevitable that some people would suspect that Zhen Fu was not sincere in keeping his filial piety, which might have a bad impact on his future career, so she didn't let the little girls come casually, but It is to let them simply be together every time they come over.

On this day, several little girls came to visit.

Lin Kou was also very happy to see them, but she was also worried that something happened to the business, so she asked, "Is there a problem with the rouge and gouache business, or is there a problem with the clothing and jewelry business?"

The little girls smiled and shook their heads, and finally Daiyu stepped forward.

"Sister guessed wrong this time. Our rouge and gouache business is doing well. The Rainbow series, Immortal series, Beast series II, and Hundred Flowers series II that have been launched in the past year or so have received a very warm welcome. Every month It can bring us a lot of money.”

After speaking, Daiyu handed Lin Kou an envelope, "This is my sister's share."

Lin Kou opened it and took a look, then he handed it to Bai Xue and asked someone to come in and put it away.

Then he looked at the little girls: "Could it be that Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng are in charge of the examination paper business that has gone wrong?"

Daiyu smiled and looked at Tanchun.

Tanchun explained: "It is indeed related to them, but it is not a bad thing, but an excellent thing. Lian's second brother and Lian's second sister-in-law just returned to the capital yesterday, Lian's second sister-in-law, she is pregnant!"

Lin Kou was taken aback: "Wang Xifeng is pregnant?"

Tanchun nodded with a smile: "The couple have been wanting to have another child all these years, but the child never came. They didn't expect to be pregnant after going out for two years. The two of them are very happy. They even made money for the child. Let them all go."

"Furthermore," Baochai added, "after a few discussions, we decided to exchange the second elder brother Lian with Jia Yun, and let Jia Yun go outside, while the second elder brother Lian stayed in the capital to take care of the rouge and gouache business. After Feng girl's child is born, our clothing and jewelry business should also be on the right track, and it will be appropriate to hand it over to Feng girl at that time."

Lin Kou nodded: "The clothes and jewelry you designed are all for the ladies and gentlemen. It's really inappropriate to let a man be in charge, but it's just right to hand it over to Wang Xifeng. She has a quick temper and can talk, and she will definitely be able to coax the ladies and gentlemen into tears." Be happy."

"It's just," Lin Kou looked at several people, "Jia Yun agrees? Although it is more profitable to run a business outside than staying in a rouge gouache shop, it is also more difficult. If the person is changed, can he be happy?"

Tanchun laughed and said, "Jia Yun had a good relationship with Lian's second elder brother before, and was favored by Lian's second sister-in-law. The third was alone and wanted to save more money to marry a wife and have children. He wished to run a business outside."

Lin Kou was relieved now.

After talking about the business matters, the moods of the little girls became more relaxed. They won't talk about winking at each other, and you pushed me and I pushed you one by one, and finally pushed Yingchun out.

Lin Kou looked at Yingchun strangely: "But what's the matter?"

Yingchun turned her head and glared at the sisters reproachfully, her face was already flushed when she turned her head, and she was even more shy when she looked at Lin Kou: "It's, it's nothing serious, just, it's just that the family is preparing to show me a wedding."

After speaking, I don't plan to speak again.

Daiyu was narrow-minded, so she immediately smiled and said, "It's not just about marriage? I heard that they have already taken a fancy to her. Just wait for the two families to pierce a layer of window paper, and the other party will ask a matchmaker to come to propose marriage."

Lin Kou calculated her age and found that Yingchun was already fifteen this year, and she was indeed at the age to see her marriage.

This year's engagement, three letters and six rituals will go on for another year or two, and after getting married, they will live as a couple and have children.

So Lin Kou asked with a smile, "Which family is it from?"

Yingchun turned aside embarrassedly, but Tanchun came forward and replied: "It's not a high family background, it's just a person in charge of the fifth-rank etiquette department, and she is still a stepwife when she enters the door, but after all, she is an official. climbed high."

Xichun said coldly: "It was my aunt who made the peace. Although the other party is a little old, but the other party is gentle and willing to tolerate, and the ex-wife has no children, and there is no concubine in the family. There is only an old aunt who has never given birth. It’s a pretty good marriage for my sister.”

Xichun is actually quite dissatisfied with this marriage, but considering Yingchun's temperament...

She also understood that it was really hard work for Jia Min to find such a candidate.This marriage may not be a very good marriage for other girls, but it is only for the gentleness and tolerance of the other party, and it is considered affluent family background, Yingchun will not be able to bear the hardship.

Lin Kou was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Jia Min to find Yingchun a house-filling marriage.

But seeing that the other girls were very satisfied, she didn't say anything more.

Baochai, on the other hand, was a little envious and a little sad for herself, but she didn't say anything, but stood quietly by the side without saying anything disappointing.

As Daiyu and the others said at the beginning, the Jia family and that family did have a tacit understanding with each other. After the Jia family gave each other a hint, the head of the Ministry of Rites immediately sent a matchmaker to come to propose marriage.

He also sympathized with the Jia family's love for their daughters, and understood that if the Jia family hadn't been in trouble, he would have no chance of marrying home as his original spouse with the character of the Jia family girls, let alone marrying home to fill the house, so he Quite sincere, and willing to tolerate Yingchun's overly shy and meek temperament.

The three letters and six ceremonies came according to the Jia family's request, and it was not until the end of the year that they were almost done, and finally the wedding date was set in March of the next year.

After the new year, the Jia family began to prepare for the wedding in the Spring Festival.

In addition to the silver that Yingchun earned over the years, the Jia family also gave Yingchun 5000 taels of silver as a dowry. Although it was not as much as what Yingchun gave to officials over the years, it was also comparable to the standard for married daughters of the Rongguo Mansion.

Yingchun is quite satisfied.

She is a person who is very easy to satisfy, if she hadn't met Sun Shaozu in the original book, who is not as good as a beast, she would not have ended up like that.

Although Lin Kou didn't have a good impression of Jia's family, since Yingchun had seen her often over the years, after learning about Yingchun's wedding date, Lin Kou came to buy a dowry for her.It's not a very valuable item, just a set of heads made of gold.

But Yingchun was so happy that she rarely showed her emotions and reached out to give Lin Kou a hug.

The next day, Yingchun got married.

Her dowry is not very much, but there is a lot of private money at the bottom of the box. Even if she finds out that she has entrusted someone to someone else, as long as that person is not someone like Sun Shaozu, Yingchun will be able to live well.

As it turned out, Jia Min had a pretty good vision.

Although the head of the bureaucracy was older than Yingchun, nearly thirty years old, he really loved Yingchun, his little wife. Not only did all the family affairs be handed over to Yingchun, but the keys to the warehouse were also handed over to her early.

On the day of returning home, Yingchun couldn't hide the smile on her face and her attachment to her husband.

The most important thing is that the head of the official department did not stop Yingchun from socializing. Yingchun can still go to Jia's, Lin's and Lin Kou's homes at any time like before marriage.

With such an attitude, Daiyu and the other little girls were envious.

Among them, Baochai's eyes are the hottest.

But to be honest, the only thing Xue's family can plan for Baochai's marriage is Aunt Xue who has soft ears, no one buys it, and has no vision.

It is not so easy for Baochai to find a marriage that suits her heart.

The most frightening thing is that she has to make plans for herself.

But how is this possible?

Lin Kou saw Baochai's anxiety, so she went to Daiyu directly, "How is your relationship with Baochai?"

Daiyu nodded blankly: "Excellent. Among all the sisters, only Baochai has the best relationship with me. Although we have different temperaments, hobbies and pursuits, the chat is still very speculative. Many times what I say, Only Sister Bao can pick it up."

Lin Kou nodded. Sure enough, without Jia Baoyu, the relationship between Baochai and Daiyu was really like sisters.

She smiled: "If you have a bad relationship with Baochai, I won't mention it; but since you have a good relationship with Baochai, you might as well go back and mention Baochai's age with your wife."

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Sister means, Sister Bao's marriage..."

Lin Kou nodded: "I see that after Yingchun got married, every time Baochai appeared there was a little worry in his eyes, and it seemed that he was worried about it."

Daiyu was in a bit of a dilemma: "My mother acted as a matchmaker for the second sister, one is because the second sister is from the Jia family, she is considered to be the niece of the mother's natal family; the other is that the second sister's parents are not here, and the old lady is too old to think too much. But elder sister Bao's mother and elder brother are both alive, if mother intervenes... I believe elder sister Bao won't mind, but will Aunt Xue and elder brother Xue really not mind?"

"Then you can ask Baochai." Lin Kou laughed, "I see that the real masters of the Xue family are not Aunt Xue and Xue Pan, but the little girl Baochai. If Baochai agrees, the only one in the Xue family Pleased."

How unhappy?Just for Jia Baoyu, Aunt Xue could push her daughter into the fire pit. Given the current situation of the Xue family, Jia Min's choice of marriage for Baochai was better than that of the Xue family. Don't blame them, I'm afraid Still be ecstatic.

Daiyu was taken aback, then nodded immediately: "Then I'll find a chance to ask Sister Bao."

Looking at Lin Kou after speaking, he couldn't help sighing, "My sister is married, and my second sister is also married, and now Sister Bao should not be far away from getting married... I'm afraid it will be difficult for the few of us to get together again in the future .”

But Daiyu's temperament is naturally happy to part and not to get together, she just sighed and let go.

Daiyu quickly asked Baochai.

As Lin Kou expected, when Baochai learned that Daiyu was willing to ask Jia Min to help her find a marriage, she was only happy, how could she refuse?

"I'm not afraid of making fun of you, Sister Lin." Baochai felt relieved when she saw that her marriage had settled down, "My mother has the softest ears. I'm not worried that she treats me badly, but I worry about her. Hearing what other people said, he casually agreed to a marriage, taking me..."

"It's good now. If Aunt Lin is willing to help, I can rest assured."

Daiyu didn't understand what Baochai meant at first, but after Jia Min asked Baochai, selected a few suitable candidates for her, and invited Aunt Xue to discuss it, she immediately understood why Baochai would Say that.

Jia Min: "This man is a fifth-rank captain. Although he is a bit old, he is not yet married. There is only an old father in the family, and there is no mother-in-law to discipline him..."

Aunt Xue: "This is excellent!"

"This man is the bastard of the third-class Viscount's family. Although he is not very successful, he is better than young and there are only three brothers in the family. In the future, he can divide the family and get a lot of wealth..."

"This is also good!"

"This person is in charge of the Ministry of Fifth Grade Industry. He has a good temper, but he already has sons and daughters in his family..."

"Good good!"

"This is the fourth grade...but there are many concubines in the family, and the original spouse left a pair of children..."

“Excellent excellent!”

"..."

Jia Min: "... Mrs. Xue, are you serious?"

Even Daiyu, who was watching by the side, was full of astonishment and embarrassment at this time. She never thought that Aunt Xue would have such a temper.

Aunt Xue seemed to realize that she had lost her composure, and her expression immediately became awkward.

After a while, she looked at Baochai with an awkward smile: "After all, Baochai will live her own life after marriage. It is most suitable for Baochai to choose who to marry in the future."

Jia Min: "???"

Daiyu: "???"

Even Xue Baochai, who was always calm, had a rare tinge of blush on his face.

She quickly picked up the teacup: "Mom (named in the original book), you are thirsty, drink some tea first."

Aunt Xue took the teacup and began to drink tea in embarrassment.

Jia Min withdrew her eyes, and she felt extremely sympathetic towards the little girl Xue Baochai in her heart: she really felt wronged by such an unreliable mother.

Baochai took a deep breath and plucked up the courage to say, "Aunt Lin, my niece has always been in charge of my family since my father passed away. Auntie, please tell my niece about the remaining candidates in detail. My niece has fallen in love with her." Appropriate, discuss with mother and then tell auntie to decide."

Jia Min subconsciously refused. Where in this world would a little girl choose her own marriage?

Although Baochai looks calm and generous, she is still a real little girl inside, and her occasional demeanor is no different from that of her little daughter, which is different from the Lin Kou back then.

but……

Jia Min glanced at Aunt Xue, sighed, and handed Baochai the list of candidates he had chosen for Xue Baochai: "Look at it first, because you said before that you hoped to help Xue's family, so I will choose for you." Most of them are those with relatively high official positions, and their character is of course passable, but the conditions in other aspects may be much worse..."

Xue Baochai nodded: "My niece understands."

The Xue family is a merchant after all, even if the Rongguo Mansion fell, a girl from a merchant family and a down-and-out daughter from the Hou family are two completely different markets.

Since Xue Baochai wanted a high status, he could only give up other conditions.

For example, the other party's temper, heirs, concubines and so on.

Xue Baochai went through everyone's selection, and finally set his sights on the only fourth-rank official on the list, the young minister of Dali Temple.

To be honest, among all the people on the list, this Shaoqing of Dali Temple is inferior to others in almost everything except for his official position: not only did he leave behind a pair of children from his original spouse, but he also had many concubines in his family In the family room, the concubine's children also have one son and two daughters, and he not only has a bad temper, but as the young minister of Dali Temple, he often deals with corpses, and there is a mother-in-law who is not to be messed with and a former Yue's family who are not to be messed with...

However, his official position is the highest of all.

Moreover, although this person has a bad temper, he has no bad habit of beating women.

Baochai gritted her teeth, and decided to choose this one after several struggles.Because this is the only chance she has access to now to become the wife of a senior official.

But even though he had an idea in his heart, Baochai still said to Jia Min: "Auntie, I have some ideas in my heart, I want to discuss it with my mother, can I give you an answer tomorrow?"

Jia Min was stunned for a moment, did this girl really think about it?How did you make your choice so quickly?

But she also understood Baochai's embarrassment, so she nodded at them.

Baochai and Aunt Xue's mother and daughter quickly bid farewell and left.

Soon, Lin Kou learned the news that Baochai's marriage had been decided from Daiyu: "Sister, I don't quite understand that my mother has selected so many people for Sister Bao, and every official position is not bad, even if the conditions are not the same. Brother-in-law is in a good condition, so she doesn't need to pick the young minister of Dali Temple? The young minister of Dali Temple has to deal with corpses every day, so Sister Bao will sleep with him in the future, won't she be afraid?"

Lin Kou smiled: "Since Baochai has chosen him, he is definitely not afraid. Yu'er, everyone's pursuit is different. As long as Baochai knows what he is doing, he will not regret it in the future."

The people Jia Min selected had at least passed the test of character, at least they would not be honed.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple judges cases every day, and I think he is a very rational person who pays attention to evidence. At least Baochai will not be wronged by his children and concubines when he marries in, and as a regular wife, his status is naturally higher than others...

Although there are many unsatisfactory things, Baochai is indeed not choosing blindly.

Unlike Yingchun's husband, this young minister of Dali Temple hopes that Baochai will join her as soon as possible.

Baochai didn't have any entangled thoughts, so Aunt Xue agreed to the matter.

It's a pity that before the three books and six ceremonies were completed, news spread from the palace that the old concubine of the Zhen family had passed away.

Before the old concubine's funeral was over, there was news that the Supreme Emperor was seriously ill, and he was about to die.

Under such circumstances, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple could only postpone the marriage.