[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

Zhao Yueying went down to the mansion to be the teacher of the girls, and Jia Min chose the Yunqi Pavilion built by the water and rearranged the landscape as a school.

Yunqi Pavilion faces the water on three sides, which is unique and elegant; the water is bounded by the endless blue lotus leaves in the sky, and when the lotus blooms in the summer, the cool breeze blows the fragrance; now the bamboo curtains are hung to block the wind and the sun, and the rustling brilliance is reflected from the sparse gaps. mottled.Years ago, Lin Ruhai obtained two bamboo-shaped inkstones and fragrant ink, and gave them to their sisters with the Four Treasures of the Study;

Zhao Yueben was born in a scholarly family, and the folding fan inscribed by Mrs. Lu as a gift to the sisters of the Lin family has been treasured for many years; Lin Ruhai also selected antique calligraphy and paintings and sent them to the Zhao family as a reward.

Jia Min left Jia Zhu at the house for a while longer, and Yanyu and Daiyu occasionally saw Cousin Zhu reading a book by the window, and heard their mother teasing Yan'er saying: "When Yan'er grows up, if he can look like a You don't have to worry if you work as hard as Brother Zhu." Yan'er didn't understand her mother's words, but she still babbled cheerfully.

Lin Ruhai only smiled and said, "Yan'er is still young, so you should worry about it."

"I only hope that a few children can grow up safely, and I am satisfied." Jia Min said with a light smile.

Now that Yanyu and Daiyu were going to study and read with their husband, Jia Min took them to pick out maids to serve them closely.

Yanyu's nurse Liu Nanny and Daiyu's nurse Wang Nanny were originally escorts brought by Jia Min from Rongguo Mansion, so they were loyal wives and girls.This time, they selected the right-age children from Zhuangzi to enter the mansion, and Jia Min asked the sisters to choose the ones that would suit their eyes; after all, the big maid next to the girl will also be the girl's caring and trustworthy confidant in the long run. However, the maid next to my sister is also serving as a companion to serve the girl and aunt.

Yanyu and Daiyu murmured for a long time before choosing the maid.

Yanyu named the two maids Yiyue and Yiyun, and Daiyu's two maids were named Yiqing and Yiyan.The four little maids are all eleven or twelve years old, and they look good; Yiyue is the daughter of the embroiderer in the house, and she does things meticulously and conscientiously; Yiyun is the youngest but obedient; Daughter, Yiyan is smart and stable.The most important thing for a girl's servant girl is to be honest and honest, and the other ones are second.

Jia Min laughed and said that they were officials' ladies who could read and write, but the names they gave were really not up to par.Yanyu argues that practicality is more important, and Daiyu nods in agreement.

Jia Min picked her confidant maid, Jiang Bi's younger sister, Yue Bai, and Qian Yi's daughter-in-law, Ye Zi, to be maids beside her, taking care of her and controlling all the little maids; The big maids who come out with a head and face have their own way of doing things, and even the two nanny mothers have to give them three points.

Coupled with the teaching nuns who teach the girls, the mother-in-law and maidservants around the two girls are also in the same room.

Yanyu and Daiyu learned from Mr. Zhao at ease, and Zhao Yue only taught them poetry, calligraphy and writing.

In the cool breeze in early summer, Yanyu and Daiyu arrived at Yunqi Pavilion early in the morning. The difference is that Daiyu loves poetry and books, while Yanyu is looking for the sky to take out the drawing paper hidden in the book and draw a few strokes, and she also feels at ease pleasure.Once Mr. Zhao found the drawing paper she hid in the book, he was not annoyed, but just smiled and said: "The big girl's paintings are also good, if you practice hard, you will become a talent in time."

When Yanyu heard Mr. Zhao say this, her eyes sparkled immediately: "Thank you sir."

"But Mr. Lin, please come to the house to be the husband of the two girls, and I will also be a good student to teach the girls." Zhao Yue said gently, stroking his beard.

"Student understands." Yanyu said politely.

But Yanyu still loves painting with all her heart.

One is indeed too boring, girls from aristocratic families who have not been out of the cabinet can only stay at home and learn female celebrities from the nuns.

The second is that she is rarely interested in painting, and she is willing to put some thought into it.

Daiyu also likes to watch her sister paint, and then writes poems on Yanyu's paintings and shows them to her husband. Zhao Yue reluctantly agrees after reading them.

Yanyu felt that her sister was really caring.

"A branch of red sleeves crushes the crabapple, and half of the city is surrounded by misty rain clouds."

The drawing paper was blown by the wind and fell outside the bamboo curtain. Jia Zhuben was going to the main courtyard to say goodbye to his uncle and aunt when he passed by Yunqi Pavilion and picked up a piece of drawing paper.The ink halo on the drawing paper is light, but the words and sentences in the inscription are appropriate to the occasion and look joyful.

Daiyu raised the bamboo curtain and came out of Yunqi Pavilion, seeing the passing cousin and the drawing note in his hand, she said crisply, "Brother Zhu, can you return the drawing note to me?"

"The first cousin's paintings are very good, and the second cousin's poems are also good." Jia Zhu returned the drawing paper and added another sentence.

"Thank you, Big Brother Zhu." Daiyu smiled happily, took the drawing paper and trotted back to the school.

She told her elder sister what Big Cousin Zhu had said, and Yanyu put her chin up in thought, imitating her husband's tone: "Brother Zhu is too polite."

Daiyu smiled when she heard her sister's words: "I see my sister's paintings are very good."

"Sunset clouds and solitary ducks fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky." Yanyu caressed the ink painting she had just completed, thinking about it, and transcribed a sentence from a famous ancient poem on the paper, which also felt appropriate.

"Sir, my sister's ability is also very good." Daiyu looked at her sister's paintings happily, and said with a teasing smile, covering her lips.

"Bad girl!" Yanyu pretended to be angry, and reached out to pinch Daiyu's face, "You dare to tease my sister!"

Daiyu begged for forgiveness again and again, but she never dared again.

Jia Zhu went to the main courtyard to bid farewell to Jia Min. After asking An to say hello, he said, "My nephew has been bothering my uncle and aunt for a long time, so I came here to bid farewell to my aunt. May my aunt be well and happy, and my uncle is very prosperous."

Jia Min smiled softly: "Say hello to the old lady for me. You will be participating in Chunwei next year, and my aunt is waiting for your good news."

Jia Zhu cupped her hands and said, "My nephew will definitely live up to my aunt's expectations."

"Years ago you married a girl from the Li family. I haven't seen my niece and daughter-in-law yet." As Jia Min said softly, Jiang Bi presented an exquisite dowry box containing a gold and jade lotus bracelet. My niece and daughter-in-law."

"My nephew thanked my aunt on behalf of my wife," Jia Zhu replied.

After bidding farewell to Lin Ruhai, Jia Zhu set off to return to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, just after Jia Zhu and his party left the city, they were intercepted by bandits and looted all their belongings;

The rumors of bandits spread more and more in Yangzhou, from the Shangyuan Lantern Festival to the current chaos.

Jia Zhu went back to the Lin Mansion and explained the situation. Jia Min had heard of such a situation before, but now he was terrified when he heard it from his nephew.

"Uncle, my nephew also discovered a strange thing." Jia Zhu said to Lin Ruhai, "My nephew sounds like a person from the capital city from the bandit's accent."

"Don't speak out about this matter, it may be of great importance." Lin Ruhai listened carefully to what he was saying, and then warned.

Seeing Lin Ruhai's solemn expression, Jia Zhu knew it was not a trivial matter: "Uncle, don't worry, nephew understands."

Lin Ruhai frowned, thinking hard about the reason.

In fact, he already knew that the group of people wandering outside the city were not real bandits, but were actually monitoring in the name of bandits.

□□The emperor once created a team of spies, called secret envoys, who were mobilized and assigned by the emperor himself to spy on the private affairs of clan officials; and the so-called bandits were deployed by secret envoys to lurk.The disaster at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival was caused by Ren Yazi abducting young children in the street, rather than the rumored thieves entering the city and setting fire to create chaos; only Jia Zhu actually met the bandits after leaving the city, and heard that the bandits were suspected to be from the capital.

The battle for the heir apparent in Kyoto has not yet ended, but the fire has spread to Yangzhou.

The emperor had five princes and eight princesses. Except for the eldest son Prince Zhaoming who died young, the fourth prince who died young, and the deposed fifth prince, only the second son Zhao Wang from Concubine Wen and the third eldest Jin King from Zhen Guifei remained. Senior officials in Beijing and China are also forming two forces around King Zhao and King Jin to oppose each other.Concubine Zhen is the elder sister of Zhen Yingjia, the president of Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education.

Lin Ruhai remembered that his Yue family and Zhen family were family friends, and wondered if there was any connection.

After comforting Jia Zhu, Lin Ruhai asked his confidants to escort him away by water.

"Master, is the situation in central Beijing really so severe?" Jia Min asked hesitantly.

"I'm afraid that what we hear is just a drop in the bucket." Lin Ruhai sighed; he went to Beijing to report on his duties with Zhuang Ren, the prefect of the south of the Yangtze River. Even if they are valued by the emperor, they have been in Beijing for just a few days and there are already two princes trying to recruit them. Fortunately, they left Beijing early and were able to get away. I agree, but if I go back to Beijing, I won’t have many days to live in peace.”

Jia Min secretly wiped away tears: "I only hope that the master and the three children can grow up safely and be satisfied."

Lin Ruhai felt sad seeing his wife like this, so he said to each other: "Now Yan'er and Yu'er are grown up, and they will have to see each other in five or six years. This family is a family, and everyone has to watch each other carefully. No matter how good this Yangzhou is, there are only a limited number of children of the right age, and it is not as good as Kyoto after all."

At that time, Yanyu and Daiyu were learning how to embroider according to the model drawn by the mother-in-law, threading needles and threads, and discussing who could do better needlework.

"It's so difficult to be a daughter in this world! It's better to be a man who only needs to read and write to get a job." Yanyu caressed the embroidery with only a few stitches, muttering with emotion.

In the past, she was still a crimson plant growing on the seashore of Guanchou, and she and her younger sister saw the fairies swaying and swaying, so she cultivated into a female form; now that she has fallen into the world and become the daughter of the Lin family, she realizes that it is not easy.

Daiyu covered her lips and smiled slightly when she heard her sister's words: "My sister will definitely be able to write a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, and come back as a champion."

Yanyu's smile gradually froze.

Seeing the two daughters chatting together, Jia Min burst into tears and laughed: "Yan'er and Yu'er are both grown up, I still remember when their sisters were just born, they were still hugged by the midwife in swaddling clothes. .”

Lin Ruhai held her hand reassuringly: "The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, and everything will be fine."