The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

The arrival of this child was unexpected by Lin Yao. Because Gu Fulan was pregnant, Lin Yao went home straight after finishing the work at hand every day, and did not stay in the yamen for long.

After a month of this, the imperial physician was invited to see that Gu Fulan's pregnancy had already exceeded three months, and the fetus was stable.

Gu Fulan's birthday is in these two days, but because she is pregnant, there is no banquet at home, only the family has a meal together, Jia Min also asked Lin Yao to take care of Gu Fulan.

As time passed, Gu Fulan's stomach gradually bulged.

Her belly was getting bigger and bigger, Gu Fulan couldn't sleep well at night, and Lin Yao could only stay with her.

Jia Min mentioned letting Lin Yao and Gu Fulan sleep in separate rooms, and also meant to arrange for Lin Yao to serve in the same room, but Lin Yao refused.

The wife is still pregnant and tells him to sleep with another woman. Is this still a human being?

The weather was getting colder, and when Lin Yao came back from the yamen that day, she heard that Luo Wencheng had entered the capital, and this year he passed the provincial examination. Although he didn't get the first place in the examination, he was still among the top ten.

Yingchun is not young anymore, and the wedding date is set for December.

The third day of the twelfth lunar month is an auspicious day for the zodiac. Since my uncle's family has been in the capital for less than a year and there are no old relatives in the capital, Lin Yao naturally wants to support the scene.

The welcoming team arrived at Luo's house before the auspicious time, watching Luo Wencheng and Yingchun worship, Yingchun was sent to the new house, and Luo Wencheng stayed in the front yard to deal with the guests.

After drinking for three rounds, Luo Wencheng moved to Lin Yao's side and said in a low voice, "Ayao help me block the wine, I can't bear it anymore."

Unlike Lin Yao, who has practiced martial arts for many years, although Luo Wencheng can also ride and shoot, he does not know martial arts. He is just a frail scholar, and he is not good at drinking. Today is a newlywed, and Luo Wencheng does not want to get drunk to see his bride .

It is recognized that Lin Yao has a good drinking capacity, so Luo Wencheng naturally wanted to ask him.

Luo Wencheng was already slightly drunk, Lin Yao responded with a smile, "Leave it on me, you can go to the bridal chamber."

This marriage can also be regarded as facilitated by him, so naturally Lin Yao will not spoil her cousin's good deeds.

Yingchun has a gentle temperament and should get along well with his cousin.

Most of the people who came to toast were old classmates who were studying in Shanhai Academy, such as Zhao Lan, Liang Cheng, and Gu Zhen.

Lin Yao stopped them all.

"When Jin Cheng got married last time, we didn't catch up. Today, I managed to catch him to toast, but you actually stopped us." Zhao Lan drained the wine in the glass in one gulp, shaking her head and sighing.

Lin Yao smiled and said, "It's not easy for my cousin to marry a daughter-in-law and come back. You can let him go today, and let him treat us to a banquet some other day, how about it?"

"What else? You let everyone go, can we still go to the new house and arrest them?" Gu Zhen laughed.

Lin Yao also laughed.

"Speaking of which, my sister is about to give birth, right?" Gu Zhen asked again.

Lin Yao nodded, "Probably within a few days."

"Since my younger sister is about to give birth, you should stay with her at home for the next few days. It will be the same when we get together again after she is born." Gu Zhen still cares about this younger sister very much.

Lin Yao smiled and said, "Do you need to say that?"

"Yes yes yes, I don't need to say, you are the best man in the world, none of us can compare to half a hair of you." Gu Zhen joked with a smile, "Like our A Yao, if the daughter-in-law is pregnant, why don't you marry me?" It's really rare for someone who is connected to the room."

"Hey, I don't like to hear what you say. I don't have a concubine. When my wife gave birth, I didn't think about taking a concubine." Guo Xiao said immediately.

Gu Zhen said, "You are different. Lady Zhen is something you have worked so hard to get, so you naturally hold it in the palm of your hand." Furthermore, their backgrounds are different. Among them, except for Xie Yan and Guo Xiao, all of them are They were the sons of officials, and the family would prepare one or two housekeepers to teach them personnel affairs before they got married, but Xie Yan and Guo Xiao were born from poor families, so it was impossible for them to have housemates.

Of course, he just wanted to think about these words in his heart, and he would not say them.

"Don't talk about that," Lin Yao changed the subject directly when she saw that the atmosphere was cold, "Yu Jin, haven't you and the princess's wedding date been fixed yet?"

Xie Yan sighed, "The empress is reluctant to part with the princess, and wants to stay for another year."

Hearing this, Lin Yao felt a little sympathetic to him.

Originally, the marriage was granted, and they were about to get married, but at that time the princess was not yet ready, so the wedding was postponed.

Who would have thought that the empress could not bear to part with the princess and would stay for another year.

"Is the princess conceived this year? She will be sixteen next year, and the empress wants to stay for another year. Doesn't she want to marry you when the princess is seventeen?"

Xie Yan and Lin Yao are the same age, and Lin Yao will be nineteen after the Chinese New Year, and after another year, she will be crowned.

According to the empress' wishes, wouldn't it be necessary to wait until Xie Yan's twenties to marry a daughter-in-law?

This is too pitiful.

"That's not true. The wedding date is set for October next year." Xie Yan said.

Even if it is scheduled for October next year, it is too late.

Lin Yao didn't say any more, after all, it wasn't his marriage, so he couldn't talk about it.

After eating the wedding wine, each went home.

Because she drank a lot of wine today, Lin Yao deliberately took a bath and changed her clothes, and returned to the house after the alcohol was gone.

When they returned to the house, Gu Fulan had already fallen asleep, and Lin Yao lay down beside her lightly. After a while, Gu Fulan felt the temperature around her, so she stuck her up.

At the end of the year, the weather was getting colder and colder. Gu Fulan was afraid of the cold, so Lin Yao would help her warm the bed every night before she was willing to sleep. Today is also because Lin Yao went to a wedding and came back late. Gu Fulan is pregnant and can't bear the sleepiness. Then he fell asleep first.

Lin Yao hugged Gu Fulan, and was careful not to touch her big belly, counting the days in her mind, the little one in her belly would be born in a few days.

Hmm, is it time to think of a name?

Otherwise, the right to name will be taken away by his master, and he will have no place to cry.

I don't know if it's a man or a woman.

Lin Yao pondered for a moment, thinking, whether it is a boy or a girl, the first child should be named Chun, Lin Chun.

Pure, pure.

This word has a good meaning.

The next day, Lin Yao woke up, Gu Fulan was still asleep, Lin Yao lay on the bed, not in a hurry to get up.

Two months earlier, due to the cooling weather, Lin Yao got up every morning to practice martial arts, and Gu Fulan woke up when she came back, because the bed was not warm.

So since then, Lin Yao didn't get up in the morning to practice martial arts, and planned to wait until Gu Fulan gave birth.

After a few hours, Gu Fulan finally woke up, yawned, and said, "What time is it?"

"It's time."

Gu Fulan was surprised when she heard the words, "It's so late?"

"It's very late, hurry up and wash up, breakfast will be served in a while." Lin Yao said.

Gu Fulan was pregnant, and it was difficult to get up, so Lin Yao got up first, and then helped Gu Fulan get dressed after getting dressed.

When Lin Yao was taking a rest, she didn't ask her servants to come in and dress her. When Gu Fulan was not pregnant, she would dress herself. After Gu Fulan became pregnant, Lin Yao had to dress Gu Fulan after she had dressed herself.

It's just that after Lin Yao was transferred to the Ministry of Officials, he didn't have much time to dress Gu Fulan, and he had to rush to the morning court.

Lin Yao helped Gu Fulan put on her clothes before she asked the maid to come in and take care of washing.

After washing up, the small kitchen in the east courtyard also prepared meals.

There were only Lin Yao and Gu Fulan in the east courtyard, afraid of eating too much food, Lin Yao just asked the small kitchen to cook three dishes and one soup.

After eating and rinsing her mouth, Gu Fulan wiped her mouth and said, "When did my husband come back last night?"

"Probably one more day, it was a bit late yesterday." Lin Yao thought about it.

Gu Fulan said, "Fortunately, I thought of being a matchmaker for Cousin Cheng and Sister Yingchun that day, otherwise Sister Yingchun would be in trouble."

"How do you say that?"

Gu Fulan said, "The former son Daiyu came back and told me that there was a man named Sun Shaozu who wanted to marry Sister Yingchun at the beginning. It seemed that the uncle owed him money and wanted to pay off the debt with Sister Yingchun. Fortunately, the marriage between the Luo family and the Rongguo Mansion was at that time. It's already been decided, and I can't go back on it, or Elder Sister Yingchun might really be taken by my uncle to repay the debt."

Hearing this, Lin Yao was startled, "When did this happen, why haven't I heard of it?"

"Daiyu also heard about it from King Qi. King Qi went out to drink a few days ago and heard it from someone."

King Qi?

Lin Yao frowned slightly, pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think it's possible for uncle to owe someone money. Most likely it's the nonsense of that surnamed Sun. Although the Rongguo Mansion is not as good as before, it still doesn't owe him money. At the beginning, I got it from the Rongguo Mansion." After a pause, Lin Yao was a little displeased, "This man is really a white-eyed wolf. He was penniless back then, so he begged the Rongguo Mansion for nothing. One official and half job, now earning such a large family fortune, not to mention being grateful, but actually relying on it."

If he hadn't been given such an official position by his contacts in the Rongguo Mansion in the past, how could he be where he is today?

Gu Fulan frowned upon hearing this, "What else is there?"

"This happened many years ago. It's normal if you don't know." Lin Yao poured a cup of tea and drank it to moisten her throat. Madam, you told me a lot of things in the capital, and one of them is related to this Sun Shaozu."

"Tell me carefully."

"It's nothing unusual. The ancestor of the Sun family was a military officer. He was originally a student of Ning Rong, and he was also a family friend. Sun Shaozu died of illness that day. He was not a student, because he was quite strong. Tall and burly, he followed the Jia family's lineage and assumed a commanding position in the capital."

"The commander... is not a high-ranking official, how dare he rely on uncle to owe him money?" Gu Fulan couldn't figure it out.

Lin Yao sighed, "How can Rongguo Mansion today compare to the splendor of a pair of males in the past? Ever since my grandfather passed away, this Rongguo Mansion has become worse day by day. Can it still be called the Rongguo Mansion? After all, the descendants are unworthy, and no one can stand up to the family."

In this way, it is no wonder that these people in the past have risen to power and ride on their heads.

Gu Fulan sighed when she heard the words, "Fatality tricks people."

"If Cousin Zhu is still here, the Rongguo Mansion will not stop here. Second brother Lian is born a genius, but he is still young. It will take at least ten years for him to grow up."