The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

"Yes." Lin Yao didn't pursue it, which made Yuzhu heave a sigh of relief.

Whether this matter is big or small depends entirely on Lin Yao's mood.

"Go down."

Lin Yao also knows the difficulties of being a servant, so she is usually very kind to these servant girls.

If Yuzhu committed an unforgivable mistake today, Lin Yao would naturally not be able to expose it lightly.

The crux of this matter was Gu Fulan, he valued Gu Fulan very much, and he refused to share the house before marriage, so everyone in the house agreed that he was for Gu Fulan.

Yu Zhu also obeyed Gu Fulan's order and concealed the matter because he thought he valued Gu Fulan so much.

It's just that she didn't expect that Gu Fulan hadn't told Lin Yao about it for such a long time after marriage.

Yuzhu went down, and as soon as he left the study, he saw Gu Fulan coming in from outside the courtyard.

When the two bumped into each other, Gu Fulan frowned slightly when she saw her coming out of the study, "Yu Zhu, you are the big servant girl who has been serving the master since childhood, don't you know the rules of the master?"

Lin Yao never allowed maids to enter Lin Yao's study.

Yu Zhu was startled, and curtseyed, "Grandma, grandpa...in the study."

Gu Fulan was stunned when she heard the words, "When did you return home? Why didn't someone inform me?"

Yu Zhu looked at Gu Fulan and hesitated to speak.

Gu Fulan remembered that she had just sent Tanchun away, and realized something, "I went back home when I saw Sister Tanchun?"

"Yes." Yu Zhu lowered her head.

Gu Fulan sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and did not pursue the matter of Yuzhu entering the study. Since Lin Yao was in the study, it was Lin Yao who asked Yuzhu to enter. She didn't know what she asked, but seeing Yuzhu's attitude...

She frowned slightly, "Go down."

Speaking of which, she asked the two maids who followed her to go down as well, and went into the study by herself.

"Why didn't the husband tell me when he returned to the mansion?"

Lin Yao was sitting in front of the desk, holding a book and reading it. In fact, he was just putting on a show. He had something on his mind. How could he have the time to read a book?

Seeing Gu Fulan coming in, Lin Yao took advantage of the situation to put down the book, stood up and went to meet her.

"Normally, when I enter the yard, someone will inform me, but today half of the people in the yard are gone, and there are still people crying in the room. I heard you called Sister Tanchun, so I didn't go in." Lin Yao took her hand and stood on the round table in the study. sit down.

Gu Fulan looked at Lin Yao's expression, but she couldn't see anything, but she was sure that Lin Yao must know.

"Has Yu Zhu told you all?"

Lin Yao was silent, and after a while, she sighed, "Why did Lingxi hide it from me?"

When Gu Fulan was questioned, she couldn't tell why she wanted to hide it from Lin Yao, maybe she cared too much about this person and was too afraid of losing, so she just wanted to marry off these two concubine cousins ​​to be at ease.

Lin Yao is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, young and handsome, which woman doesn't like such a gentleman?

Both Yingchun and Tanchun are concubines, the two wives of the Rong Mansion rarely take these girls out to socialize, and the men they know are only relatives of the Jia family. Not to mention Lin Yao, Baoyu is far inferior to him no matter which aspect is compared.

Baoyu is the brother of Yingchun and Tanchun, it is impossible for them to marry Baoyu, so Lin Yao is the most outstanding person they have ever met.

Since the mansion over there had the idea of ​​marrying one of these two girls to Lin Yao, why didn't they tell them?

Girl Huaichun is the most difficult thing to control.

When she first heard about this incident, Gu Fulan actually didn't feel any threat to her. After getting acquainted with the two girls from Jia's house, she also felt that their characters were not bad, and she wouldn't use any dirty tricks to get involved with Lin Yao. .

It's just that she also knows that Yingchun and Tanchun's backgrounds are not orthodox, and neither of them are from the head wife, so how can they do their best for them?

As for the old lady in the Rong Mansion, she is already old, so it is impossible for her to worry about marriage.

Gu Fulan helped them, not because she thought that she snatched away the good marriage between Yingchun and Tanchun. She understood Lin Yao's temperament, and neither Yingchun nor Tanchun was the type he would like. Besides, even if Lin Yao's wishes were not mentioned, It is impossible for Lin Ruhai to agree here.

For nothing else, the Lin family is a scholarly family, if the two girls from Jia's house were from the direct line, it would be possible if they got married, but if they are both from the concubine, this marriage would never be possible.

Yingchun and Tanchun are not unclear, not to mention that this marriage has hit a wall as early as Jia Min, and they all know about it.

The two sisters also explained clearly to Gu Fulan, saying that the marriage was a fiction.

Although the old lady had this intention, she only wrote a letter to her daughter to test it out, and did not formally mention it. What kind of marriage contract is this?

Gu Fulan felt that the two girls from the Jia family were good-natured and sincere, so she wanted to help them.

So a promise was made.

The former was accomplished easily, but Tanchun was in a dilemma.

Gu Fulan was silent for a while, but still shared her thoughts one by one.

After listening, Lin Yao didn't know what to say.

"Tanchun came to see you today, why are you crying so sadly?" Not knowing what to say, he simply said something else.

Gu Fulan sighed, "Sister Tanchun sees that Sister Yingchun is married well and lives a happy life, and feels that she is not the same as other people, and she was ridiculed by Aunt Zhao yesterday."

Aunt Zhao?

Lin Yao knew that this was the concubine of Jia Zheng's second uncle Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng had only two concubines, one surnamed Zhou, who had no birth and was completely transparent in Jia's house; She gave birth to a daughter, Tanchun, and a son, Jia Huan.

Although Aunt Zhao gave birth to two children, her status in Jia's house was only higher than that of a maid.

A few years ago, Baoyu was cursed and almost died. It was the mysterious monk Taoist who appeared to save Baoyu.

As for Wang Xifeng, who was supposed to be cursed together with Baoyu, I don't know whether Ma Daopo didn't curse her or the Phoenix Pearl protected Wang Xifeng.

Although Aunt Zhao is just an aunt, she has a big heart. Because she has a son, she wants Jia Huan to replace Baoyu.

Stupid.

Baoyu was so loved by the old lady not because he was Jia Zheng's son, nor because of his piece of jade, but because Baoyu was like his grandfather, Jia Daishan, who died early.

Jia Shishi, the old matriarch of the Rong Mansion, has a deep relationship with her husband and loves her house as much as she loves her. That's why she has such a preference for Baoyu, who looks most like her husband.

The curse on Baoyu was precisely the curse that Aunt Zhao paid for Ma Daopo to cast. It was only because of the monk and Taoist two immortals that the curse was broken.

Lin Yao didn't have a good impression of Aunt Zhao.

And because of Aunt Zhao, Lin Yao was convinced that the concubine was the source of the chaos in the family.

"what happened?"

Gu Fulan sighed, "Why else? A few days ago, Aunt Zhao's brother, Zhao Guoji, disappeared. According to the old practice, Aunt Zhao was given 20 taels of silver for burial, but Aunt Zhao was dissatisfied, so she ran to find Tanchun and asked her to come forward. Tong Lian's sister-in-law said to give 20 taels more, but Tanchun refused, so Aunt Zhao said some nasty things."

Although Gu Fulan didn't say anything, Lin Yao could probably think of what Aunt Zhao said.

Lin Yao sighed, "Hey."

Marrying a wife and taking concubines is indeed a beautiful thing for a man.

But for these concubines, concubines have children, but they are full of bad things.

"Tanchun came to see you today, just to complain?" Lin Yao said.

Gu Fulan was silent, "I really came to complain."

Tanchun sees that Yingchun is living a good life now, how can he not be envious?

Rong Mansion is indeed the mansion of the Duke, but as far as Yu Tanchun is concerned, it is not a place worthy of nostalgia.

Seeing Gu Fulan pause for a moment, Lin Yao understood, "Is Tanchun's marriage going to happen?"

Hearing Lin Yao's question, Gu Fulan knew that he had understood.

Gu Fulan sighed, "Tanchun came to cry today, and said in words that she envied Sister Yingchun. She didn't expect to be like Sister Yingchun. Even if she married a poor scholar, as long as she could do it, she would admit it."

Lin Yao was amused, "She's smart."

"What?" Gu Fulan didn't understand.

Lin Yao poured her a cup of tea, moistened her throat, and explained to her, "Nowadays, officials from poor families can account for one-third of the court. Tanchun wants to marry a scholar from a poor family who can do something. , with her ability, can life be worse than Yingchun?"

If you focus on the marriage of a high family, not to mention her family background, how many children from a high family who are stable and progressive, can pass the imperial examination and become an official?And whether the age match?

It's better to lower the standard and take it step by step.

Tanchun has never been an ambitious person.

"There is nothing wrong with making plans for your own future." Tanchun's father only cared about his son's upbringing, and his daughter's upbringing was all handed over to his wife, Mrs. Wang. It is impossible to treat a daughter of a concubine as her own.

As for the birth mother, Aunt Zhao, if you don't cause Tanchun any trouble, you should congratulate her.

"I didn't say she was wrong, I just said she was smart." Lin Yao paused, and then asked, "You only promised Yingchun and Tanchun to help them solve their marriage problems, and you didn't promise anyone else?"

Gu Fulan shook her head quickly, "No, it's just the two of them."

Lin Yao nodded, "Well," she paused, "It's not a solution to procrastinate about Tanchun." After pondering for a moment, Lin Yao thought of someone, "I have an old classmate, surnamed Zhou, from Yangzhou, There was an accident in his family two years ago, but his character and knowledge are quite good. When he recovers, the second-class Jinshi is not a problem. He used to have a fiancée who was well-matched, but after the accident in his family, the marriage was withdrawn. After that, no marriage was settled. I heard people say that he planned to talk about marriage after high school, but his family is still busy. Although Tanchun is a concubine, but marrying into their family is also their family's high marriage, so I'm not afraid How do you feel about Tanchun being bullied?"

What Lin Yao was talking about was the young man who was slapped by Yang Zun in Shanhai Academy back then.

The one named Zhou Jun.

Later, they often played together with Lin Yao, but Lin Yao was promoted too quickly, and their aptitude couldn't catch up with them. Later, Lin Yao officially graduated from Shanhai Academy and returned to Beijing to get married.

The old friends of these academies are only in correspondence.