The eldest son of the concubine who crossed the red mansion

This year's winter came very late but was very cold. Lin Yuxuan put down the oil umbrella to block the snow in his hand, tightened his dark green silk-carved crane cloak around his body, stretched his hands to his mouth, let out a sigh of relief, rubbed them again, and then lifted the curtain. go inside.

"Xiuhe is here, but is it snowing heavily outside?" The person who spoke was Lin Yuxuan's classmate, Suzhou Jinshi Gong Jiayu.

"It's not too big." Lin Yuxuan said with a smile, "Just looking at the situation, I'm afraid it's going to get bigger and bigger. Did Yunzi bring an umbrella and a cloak?" Yunzi is Gong Jiayu's nickname.

"If the snow is too heavy, there will be servants to bring things." Gong Jiayu said, "Hurry up and ask someone to serve you a cup of hot tea. Today, the old scholar sent us many old memorials and ancient books. We want Hurry up and transcribe."

This old bachelor was the one who thought Lin Yuxuan's articles revealed arrogance during the palace examination. He was originally a rigid person who paid attention to seniority. One has never been reprimanded by him, especially Lin Yuxuan.So the few young people will rush to finish the things he ordered.

"Okay, I'll come right away." Lin Yuxuan put his hands on the charcoal basin to warm his hands, and then sat down at the table and began to write.But even though Lin Yuxuan seemed to be seriously copying, in fact, his mind was nowhere to be found.After a month of searching, he finally found an old servant of Feng Yuan who was beaten to death by Xue Pan when he was in Jinling, and that old servant was also willing to come to Beijing to testify against Xue Pan.

It's just that this matter has to be told to the emperor, everything has to be decided by the emperor.Lin Yuxuan blew on the wet ink and put the transcribed page aside.Lin Yuxuan has learned a lot in the few months since he entered the Imperial Academy. After all, there are many talented people here, so he has to be careful and learn a lot.

Lin Yuxuan would think that when the emperor knew that he had found the most important witness, he would immediately ask him to do it, but this was not the case.Tu Qingze just told him to hide this old servant so that no one would find out, and told him not to do anything else.Lin Yuxuan guessed that the emperor gave this order because he wanted to hit him immediately, so he agreed.

It wasn't until ten days later that Lin Yuxuan understood the reason why Tu Qingze did this - the emperor decreed that young women of the right age must participate in the draft in April of the first year in order to enrich the harem.

Lin Yuxuan was really shocked when he heard the news.His younger sister, Lin Daiyu, will be 13 years old in February and has just passed the age limit for the draft. According to the emperor's regulations, she must participate in the draft.It's just that Lin Yuxuan learned from the TV series in his previous life that the draft is always a struggle, but Lin Daiyu is a somewhat restrained and gentle girl, so he is very worried.

Lin Ruhai probably also got the news, so he sent someone to say that he would be back in a few days.

"I remember that both Xue's family and Jia's family have girls of the right age, right?" Lin Yuxuan asked.

"Yes. The second girl from Rongguo Mansion and the girl from the Xue family are both over the age, but the girl from the Xue family can't participate in the draft with our girls." Baozhu replied.

"Oh, because she was born in an imperial merchant?" Lin Yuxuan only thought of this possibility.

"My lord is right. I heard from the nurse next to the girl that even if the girls of the imperial merchants can participate in the draft, they can only participate in the minor election, that is, they are selected to be slaves in the palace. Our girl is different, she is an official. The girl from the Xue family is going to participate in the general election, and even if she can't enter the palace, she can still get a marriage gift from the emperor, which is much more noble than the girl from the Xue family." Baozhu said, "The nuns around our girl are very knowledgeable. Mammy learned a lot by staying by her side."

"The two nanny next to the girl came from the palace, how can they not know so much?" Lin Yuxuan said with a smile, "Fortunately, my sister has also grown up under the tutelage of the nanny these years, you go and ask the nanny to learn more about it." That’s the rule in the religious palace.”

"Yes."

Lin Yuxuan was actually a little worried about not having enough time. After all, the emperor had never mentioned the draft in the two years since he ascended the throne.This happened suddenly today, probably many people are busy looking for the teacher.But now the emperor has made a decree, so even if he is in a hurry, he can only do so.

"Our girl is very smart, so there must be no mistakes." Seeing Lin Yuxuan's worried look, Pearl poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him, "Master, you are worried too much."

Lin Yuxuan smiled, but did not speak.Lin Daiyu is only 13 years old, if she enters the palace or is given a marriage, wouldn't she be married?A 13-year-old girl is a first-year student in modern times, which really makes Lin Yuxuan somewhat unacceptable.But speaking of marriage, since he was disturbed by Prince Gong that time, there was no follow-up, and his father never mentioned the matter of marrying the Qin family again, which made Lin Yuxuan heave a sigh of relief.

"Daddy is coming back soon, remember to ask Song Lin's family to clean up the main courtyard."

"Yes."

People are very busy this New Year, not only have to ask Aunt Xi to teach Madam Xi, but also busy making jewelry head, and go to the cloth store to buy fabrics.Since the emperor's decree was issued, the business in Qiaozhi Zhai has more than doubled, and sometimes it is even overwhelmed.After discussing with Liu Xianglian, Lin Yuxuan decided to take all the family members of the old masters to the capital and arrange a house for them to reunite.Anyway, now the master craftsmen have brought out quite a few apprentices, and these apprentices can just ask those apprentices to do these orders.

Of course, Lin Daiyu's jewelry must be made by a master craftsman.

"Is the jewelry my brother sent me too expensive?" It was rare that Lin Yuxuan was at home today, so Lin Daiyu brought Xueyan Xuejuan over, sat down and drank a sip of tea, and then Lin Daiyu asked: "I look at The tourmaline and emerald on the pearl hairpin are much better than the ones I usually wear."

"That's natural. When you enter the palace for a draft, you represent the Lin family. Girls from my Lin family must be imposing and have a strong character. If what I give you is not the best, others will look down on you." Lin Yuxuan said.

"I, I don't want to enter the palace." Lin Daiyu looked at Lin Yuxuan with some unease, and said with determination, "I heard that there are many open and secret fights in the palace, I'm afraid."

"Daddy and I don't want you to enter the palace either. Others only see the scenery in the palace, so they don't know the dangers inside. Daddy and I only hope that you can come back safely, and it doesn't matter whether you can marry me or not. But you have to remember, Don't lose face to our Lin family, when someone despises you or belittles you, just show the bearing of a girl from our Lin family."

"Okay." Lin Daiyu just broke into a smile.

"Recently, you should listen to the teachings of the nanny more. After all, the two nanny came from the palace. It would be beneficial to listen more and memorize more." Lin Yuxuan instructed, "Remember to ask the people around you to do more small things. Purse, I will always use it for rewards in the future."

"Yu'er understands." Mother Xi has told her about these things. Originally, the mistress of the family should have told her, but her father didn't remarry, so it's hard for her brother to ask these things for her. , "Yu'er remembers how good my brother is to Yu'er."

Lin Yuxuan raised his eyebrows, not knowing why Lin Daiyu said this suddenly.He only saw such scenes occasionally when he was watching TV dramas, so it should be similar.

"Master." Lin Hui poked his head in, "The thirteenth master came outside and said he was an acquaintance of the master. Would you like to go out and have a look?"

Thirteen Lords?Lin Yuxuan understood, and said, "Please invite him to the flower hall, I'll change my clothes and go."

"Brother wants to see a guest, so Yu'er will go back first." Lin Daiyu got up, blessed her body, put on a female cloak, and went out.

"Why is the lord here?" Lin Yuxuan changed into a dark blue plain brocade robe, and walked into the flower hall with a smile.

"I was caught by the emperor today and entered the palace to learn a lesson. When I came out, I thought that it would be nice to have a warm pot of wine with you, so I came here." Tu Qingchen hugged the teacup a little depressed, "By the way, Brother Huang also asked me to bring you a letter." After finishing speaking, he asked his attendants to hand over the letter to Lin Yuxuan.

Lin Yuxuan opened it and glanced at it briefly, then nodded and put the letter away, and said, "What kind of wine does the lord want to drink? I can ask the shopkeeper of Zuixianlou to prepare it first, and it will be warmed just right after I go."

"It doesn't matter, just take out the best Jiu from your restaurant." Tu Qingchen was eager to try, "Let's go now."

"My lord, please." Lin Yuxuan winked at Mo Cheng, and Mo Cheng nodded slightly and left.

I asked for an Accord at Zuixian Tower, and Lin Yuxuan ordered the waiter in the shop to prepare a few side dishes and hot pots, and asked the shopkeeper to warm up the good wine stored in the restaurant and send some pots up. Then he smiled and said to Tu Qingchen: " In fact, the prince's trip is just in time, the building has recently brewed a new batch of wine, and it has just come out of the cellar today, and it will be sent up for the prince to try later."

"Oh, your restaurant also makes its own wine?" Tu Qingchen was a little curious.

"Of course, it's just that most of the wine brewed in the building is made from flowers and fruits. It tastes sweet and is suitable for female relatives. Fruit, I don’t know how it will taste.” Lin Yuxuan thought that if it is not a long-term solution to rely on imported fine wines for business, it would be better for him to launch his own special wines in his own restaurant.

"Then I'm going to try."

Saying this, a little errand brought some jugs of wine.Lin Yuxuan dismissed the attendants, took a jug up to his nose and sniffed it, then took two white jade cups and poured two cups, pushed one of the cups in front of Tu Qingchen, and said, "This is the drunken rose." , try it, my lord."

Because he had already tried it at Tu Qingze's place, so Tu Qingzhen was not too surprised by this, so he just asked Lin Yuxuan to find out the newly brewed pot of wine.Lin Yuxuan was not pretentious, picked up the wooden flagon and poured a glass, and put it in front of Tu Qingchen.

"This wine is very good." Tu Qingchen took a sip, "It has a faint smell of grapes and plums, but it doesn't smell like medicine at all."

"As long as the prince likes it." Lin Yuxuan poured himself a cup, took a sip, and nodded with satisfaction.

Just when Tu Qingchen asked Lin Yuxuan to introduce some more wines to him, a loud laugh came from outside the door, and the red lacquered wooden door was pushed open with a "stab", and someone came in and said loudly: "Brother Thirteen drinks here. Why don't you call my younger brother, you should be punished."