The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

"Before you returned to Beijing, the emperor summoned me to the imperial study to ask my opinion on the marriage between Yu'er and King Qi," Lin Ruhai sighed, "This is what the emperor meant."

It was the emperor's intention to bestow the marriage, otherwise the emperor would not have called him to the imperial study to ask his opinion.

The emperor seemed to intend to strengthen the power of the prince. Whether it was the concubine selected for the prince, or the idea of ​​marrying the fifth princess and Lin Yao, they were all helping the prince.

If you ask Lin Ruhai what he thinks, he naturally doesn't want to marry Daiyu into the royal family.

Before the emperor intended to marry Lin Yao and the five princesses from the empress, but before the emperor could find Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai knew the news from Ruan Yiran in advance. In order to avoid this, after discussing with Jia Min, Lin Ruhai asked Lin Ruhai Yao's ideas made a marriage contract for Lin Yao and Gu Fulan in a short period of time.

Now that Lin Yao's marriage has been decided, the gift of marriage naturally has nothing to do with it.

But apart from the son Lin Yao, the Lin family also has a daughter Lin Ruhai and his wife, Lin Daiyu.

In the eyes of outsiders, Daiyu is naturally more important than Lin Yao, the adopted son. After all, she is the biological daughter of Lin Ruhai and his wife. How can it be exactly the same?

Even for Lin Ruhai and his wife, Lin Yao and Daiyu are the same, but in the eyes of outsiders, this is the difference.

Holy fate is difficult.

Lin Yao was full of resentment, like a punctured balloon, which deflated in the blink of an eye.

"Does sister know?"

Lin Ruhai lowered his eyes and said, "I haven't mentioned this to Yu'er."

Lin Yao nodded, said nothing, got up and left.

All along, Lin Yao has not had a deep desire for power, but this time, Lin Yao has the urge to break the rules of this era.

Compared to Lin Ruhai and his wife, Lin Yao and Daiyu have a closer relationship. He has always been looking for a suitable husband-in-law for his younger sister.

However, it is too difficult, too difficult to find such a man who is devoted to Daiyu, gentle and considerate, single-minded, and does not accept any color.

In the original book, Jia Baoyu, who was introduced by Daiyu as a confidant, in Lin Yao's view, is a child of a family with no responsibility. Sometimes you will think that Baoyu has a pure heart, and sometimes you feel that he has nothing to do with those dudes. different.

Not to mention far away, Lin Yao once heard that there was a maid named Jin Chuan in the second aunt's room.Just because she joked with Baoyu a few words, she was scolded by her second aunt as a little prostitute and taken away by her family.

As soon as Jin Chuan died, Baoyu was beaten to death by his second uncle because of an actor in Zhongshun's palace, and he had to be raised for several days before he could go to the ground.

Baoyu flirting left and right like this is really a scumbag's behavior, but he really loves these daughters' families, and he feels a little sad after death, but after a while, he is forgotten by him. Still surrounded by a group of sisters and sisters.

The reason why Lin Yao ruled out Jia Baoyu early on was because he felt that Jia Baoyu was not a good match.

Unexpectedly, the emperor actually wanted to marry his younger sister and the third prince.

In the imperial era, the imperial power was supreme.

Even if he becomes an extremely powerful minister in the future, but his sister has been wronged, it is impossible for him to rebel.

Matters between husband and wife can't be resolved by others' intervention. Only you can taste the warmth and coldness in it.

The more Lin Yao thought about it, the more angry she felt in her heart. He pampered his younger sister, and in the future, he will have to rely on other people's faces to make a living?

Absolutely not!

Lin Yao plans to meet this King Qi sometime to see how he is. If he passes the test... Lin Yao sneers in her heart. If she doesn't pass him, she won't even think about marrying her sister. Come down, are you afraid that you won't be able to solve the problem?

Before that, he had to deal with Zhou Wenlang first. Did you think today's kick would be the end of today's business?

not at all!

Not to mention that Lin Yao didn't want to let Zhou Wenlang go, Zhou Wenlang must have hated Lin Yao very much after he returned, and would definitely wait for an opportunity to get revenge. Lin Yao didn't want to be stabbed by such a ruthless person with a family background.

Before Zhou Wenlang took revenge on him, Lin Yao planned to deal with Zhou Wenlang first.

When Gu Fulan was in Guangji Temple, she mentioned a woman from a brothel, and the death of this woman must have something to do with Zhou Wenlang.

Liang Cheng's father had been promoted to Dali Temple Minister as early as three or four years ago, and the official residence was the third rank.

Although it is worse than Lin Ruhai, the power in his hand is not low.

Lin Yao originally wanted to find Liang Cheng and asked him to help find out, but then she thought about it.

Everything about this brothel girl was told by Gu Fulan, and Gu Fulan was just a boudoir girl, so it was based on hearsay.

Thinking in this way, Lin Yao called Ye He in and told him to inquire about Zhou Wenlang's affairs, no matter how big or small, as long as it was related to Zhou Wenlang, he would report back to him.

Ye He didn't go to Guangji Temple with Lin Yao today, so he naturally didn't know what happened, but every time Lin Yao asked him to investigate someone, it meant that this person was going to be unlucky.

He retreated under orders.

After Ye He left, Lin Yao went to the study to practice calligraphy and meditate.

Lin Yao stayed in the study all afternoon, and in the evening she had a simple dinner in her yard, washed up and went to bed.

It was just dark at this moment, before the night ban, Lin Yao was tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep.

Listening to the noisy voices from outside, Lin Yao frowned and stood up, raising her voice and asking, "What's going on outside? It's so noisy?"

The eldest maid, Yu Zhu, heard the sound and came in, "It seems to have come from the main courtyard, and I have ordered someone to ask."

Lin Yao was upset at first, but she couldn't fall asleep after this disturbance, so she sat and leaned against the head of the bed.

After a while, Shanliu came in and replied, "The Qin residence sent someone to report the funeral, saying that their grand master is gone."

Lin Yao was startled. Today, he told Lin Ying that he would visit the mansion tomorrow, but he didn't expect that someone would come to report the funeral before Xushi.

Hearing this, how could Lin Yao be in the mood to sleep?He quickly put on his clothes and went to the main courtyard to meet Lin Ruhai.

Seeing Lin Yao coming over, Lin Ruhai also knew why, and sighed, "The people in the Qin Mansion said that Mr. Qin died at the beginning of Youzheng. Tomorrow, you and I will go to the Qin Mansion to express our condolences."

Lin Yao's complexion was a little ugly, "How could it be so sudden?"

"Master Qin's health has not been very good in the past two years. This time, his illness was violent. His sudden death is indeed a bit sudden, but it is normal when you think about it carefully. After all, he is over sixty years old." Lin Ruhai said sadly. , "I don't know how many years I have to live."

Lin Yao was startled when she heard the words, "Where did the master say this?"

Lin Ruhai's 50th birthday next year will also reach the age of knowing his destiny, but Lin Yao feels that he is only [-] years old, so it's not enough to think about how long he can live, right?

"I've also reached the age of knowing my destiny. This Mr. Qin is only ten years older than me, and he died of such a disease. It's really hard to say how long this person will live." Lin Ruhai sighed.

Lin Yao took a deep breath and said, "Sir, don't say such depressing words. My sister and I still rely on you as our backer. Our Lin family has a small population, so don't say such words."

Lin Ruhai laughed lightly when he heard the words, "It's all just a few casual words, but you are getting serious."

"..." Lin Yao looked helplessly at Lin Ruhai, old children, old children, people are really getting more and more childish when they get old.

Lin Yao didn't stay here for long at Lin Ruhai's place, after a while she got up and went back to the yard.

On the second day, I went to the Qin Mansion to express condolences. There were many people who came to express condolences, and returned to the mansion after expressing condolences.

Two days later, Gu Zhen and his party arrived in the capital, because it was New Year's Eve soon, and Lin Yao didn't have time to meet up with her friends, so she stayed in the mansion without going out.

After New Year's Eve, ancestors are worshiped on the first day of the new year, and then they go to relatives' homes to pay New Year's greetings.

On the day of Shangyuan Festival, Lin Yao went to Gu's mansion to pick up Gu Fulan and set off the river lanterns.

After playing until she was done playing, she sent Gu Fulan home. Before getting off the carriage, Gu Fulan stuffed a purse into Lin Yao's hand, and smiled sweetly at him, "This is a gift for you." After speaking, she was about to get off the carriage, Lin Yao Yao subconsciously grabbed her wrist.

Gu Fulan was pulled back, paused, and turned her head to look at Lin Yao suspiciously.

Lin Yao smiled, "You gave me a gift, if you don't return the gift, wouldn't it be rude?"

"I'm going to give you a gift and I haven't told you, and I'm not in a hurry to return the gift. You can think about it..." Before the words fell, Lin Yao took out a small flat rectangular wooden box from her arms, "This is I didn't tell you about the gift I prepared for you."

Gu Fulan looked at the box and was stunned.

She didn't expect Lin Yao to prepare a gift for her. She was surprised and happy, and happily took the small wooden box, "I accept the gift."

Lin Yao didn't pull her any more, and got out of the carriage together. When Gu Fulan entered, Lin Yao went to see Gu Zhen again, and then went back home in the carriage.

Just after the Lantern Festival, Lin Yao was preparing to clean up Zhou Wenlang, when a marriage decree arrived at the Lin family, catching Lin Yao off guard.

The emperor bestowed a marriage on Daiyu and the king of Qi, and became the concubine of the king of Qi.

Lin Yao knelt on the ground and followed the master to accept the imperial decree, but she was not happy in her heart.

Before the New Year's Eve, King Qi didn't come out of the palace, and he never met King Qi even once, so he didn't know anything about King Qi's temperament. He could ask others, but everyone's impression of others They are all different, just hearsay, it is untrue, Daiyu is very special to him, Lin Yao is very cautious, so she decides to personally investigate the character of King Qi.

However, I didn't expect the emperor's imperial decree to come so quickly this time.

Lin Yao couldn't help thinking, is it because his marriage was decided suddenly last time, the emperor was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he gave the marriage just after the Lantern Festival?

This is just his guess and cannot be used as evidence.

People from the imperial palace came and left in a mighty manner. Both Lin Ruhai and Lin Yao had smiles on their faces, but when they entered the door, the smiles on their faces disappeared instantly.

Lin Ruhai looked at the imperial decree in his hand and sighed in his heart.

It's time to come.

Order people to open the ancestral hall, offer the imperial decree, and then go to the main courtyard to tell about the marriage.

Lin Ruhai had been with Jia Min before, so he wasn't surprised.

As for Daiyu, perhaps because she likes King Qi, she didn't feel sad at all when she heard the news of the marriage, and was even a little happy.

Lin Yao: "..."

It is said that the gate of a palace is as deep as the sea, and the same is true for the palace.

Lin Yao felt that with Daiyu's personality, she might not be able to bear the pain.

The two brothers and sisters came out of the main courtyard, one smiling and the other sad.

Daiyu naturally noticed Lin Yao's expression, and thinking of what Lin Yao had said before, Daiyu stopped, grabbed Lin Yao, and told the servant girls to stay away.

"Brother, don't feel sorry for me, His Royal Highness Qi Wang is not as bad as you think."

Daiyu really doesn't understand why her brother is sad for her. Women in this world are looking for sincerity, and she is no exception. Daiyu can feel His Royal Highness Qi's affection for her, and she believes that she is right. people.

But his elder brother had the expression that she was about to step into the fire pit. Daiyu knew that her elder brother was kind to her, and her elder brother was so worried, Daiyu felt that it was necessary to explain clearly to him.

His Royal Highness Qi Wang is really not the kind of heartless person his brother thought.