[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

Yanyu and Daiyu were sitting on the kang reading a book, and the movement outside had already spread to the inner courtyard.

Daiyu looked outside the courtyard frequently, only to hear Jin Qing still saying with righteous indignation: "Girl, that Mrs. Wen Er is too much! But the wife is very angry, saying that Mrs. Wen Er didn't come here sincerely at all." .”

"Okay!" Yubai gently pulled Jinqing's jacket from behind, and said in a low voice, "Young lady is in a bad mood, don't talk anymore. Mrs. Wen Er and Mrs. Zhuang are still in the front hall with Mrs. Speak, you go make tea for the girls."

Jin Qing was stunned for a moment before going down to make tea.

Yanyu closed the book and put it on the table, pulling Daiyu back to her thoughts: "The fourth sister told me when I was at my grandmother's house. It's just that I thought that my mother hadn't mentioned it, so I pretended not to know it. That's it."

Hearing all kinds of words from the front hall, Daiyu was so sad that she shed tears. Yanyu wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief: "The second Mrs. Wen's speech is unpleasant, I know you are uncomfortable. That Mr. Shijia is probably not a good match. Madam Zhongjinghou is even more unkind; if this marriage is settled, what will you do in the future?"

"Sister, what should I do then?" Daiyu asked Yanyu with her head lowered.

Yanyu turned her head and told Yue Bai and the others to wait outside the house, and then said to Daiyu, "Let's make a tally together, sisters."

Daiyu nodded in confusion: "Sister, what should we do?"

Thinking about these things, Yanyu started talking to Daiyu; "I heard that before we were born, my mother had an marriage contract with Princess Qingdu; Princess Qingdu is the biological mother of the eldest cousin of the Shi family. The first wife of the Marquis of Zhongjing."

In fact, Daiyu didn't know anything about the in-law agreement between Jia Min and Princess Qingdu, but after hearing Yanyu's words, she became more concerned: "Mr. Obey. Besides, our parents have always loved us, so we don't think we will stop at such a big event."

Yanyu was also puzzled by this.

After all, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min love their sisters so much, why did they agree to marry Shi Jin?

No matter how much Wen Er's wife praised Shi Jin, it couldn't change Wen's selfishness of wanting Shi Jin to marry Wen's daughter.Even though Shi Jin was selected as Tanhualang, he was a student of the emperor with a bright future, but those who were really willing to marry their daughters to him were somewhat unsatisfactory; Jinghou Shi Ding doted on his step-wife Wen Shi, and even his second son, Brother Heng, who was born to Wen Shi, loved his house dearly, but Shi Jin, the eldest son left by his first wife, was naturally unwelcome; Shi Jin is so nice, but who would want to marry his daughter to suffer this crime.

Lin Ruhai's unusual attitude made Yanyu suspect that it might have something to do with the dark current in the capital.

Originally, Yanyu didn't want her younger sister to marry into the historian's family, and she didn't want the Lin family to be involved in the storm that would come when she didn't know when.

But now it seems that she has more than enough heart but not enough energy.

"Yes, father and mother have always loved us..." Yanyu chewed this sentence carefully, not knowing how to feel it.

"Sister, please tell me more." Daiyu said to Yanyu very seriously.

"Many things will come out of my mouth and into your ears, so don't tell anyone else." Yanyu carefully told her younger sister, and Daiyu replied solemnly: "Sister, I will, I will die if I hear it." It's in my heart."

Yanyu took a deep breath before she spoke again: "The third wife of the Shi family, Wen Shi, is the sister of the imperial concubine Concubine Wen, and the Zhao Wang born by Concubine Wen is His Majesty's favorite successor. Now that His Majesty is in his old age, Wen The clan could not wait to claim to be the mother clan of the future empress dowager, and behaved inappropriately in Beijing. Back then, when Miss Wen became the step-wife of the historian's third cousin, it was not only a win-win for the Zhongjinghou's mansion, but also a way for the third cousin to treat her well. The surrender of the Wen family; since the Wen family gave birth to Brother Heng, Brother Jin's position in the Shi family has been very embarrassing."

Daiyu just kept nodding when she heard this: "In the school, I also heard Mr. talk about the things in the capital. I have heard about these things. I just think that cousin Shijia is really unfortunate. How could such things happen to me? Fortunately, now To be favored by His Majesty is the end of all hardships."

It seems that my younger sister doesn't know much, Yanyu sighed: "Princess Qingdu is the adopted daughter of the former Empress Mu, His Majesty is very jealous." Besides, Shi Jin also had an affair with Mu Yun; others may not know it, but she just saw it. really.

"I've heard of Princess Qingdu. Princess Qingdu and Sister Luo's sister-in-law, Princess Heqing, are both students of Mr. Jiang." Daiyu said when she remembered.

"The king's blood flowed into rivers when the king was angry, and the historians were already unstable. Who knows what will happen in the future!" Yanyu realized that her words were too harsh and might scare her younger sister, so she lowered her tone and sighed.

Daiyu clutched the silk handkerchief thoughtfully, as if still worried about the unknown future.

The front hall was full of guns and sticks, and the arrival of Zhuang Shishi made the situation more clear.Zhuang Shishi is also doing his best for Shi Jin's marriage. To deal with someone like Mrs. Wen Er who doesn't care about face in order to achieve his goals, some words are more appropriate for Zhuang Shishi's status as Zhong Jinghou's younger sister.

Mrs. Zhuang Shi put a label on Mrs. Wen Er, saying that Mrs. Wen Er deliberately sabotaged the marriage between Brother Jin and the girl from the Lin family in order to marry her niece and daughter. Could it be that the girls from the Wen family couldn’t get married and had to stuff all of them? To historians?Mrs. Wen Er was so angry that she was about to go home immediately, saying that she didn't want to be a big matchmaker.

Jia Min was startled when he heard that Zhuang Shishi's words scolded Concubine Wen in the palace as well.

"Where was there any kindness in this capital city? Otherwise, my mother and my sister Mu would not have been killed." Zhuang Shi said softly, wiping away tears, very sad.

Even though he had already guessed that the epidemic in Yangzhou was a man-made disaster, Jia Min couldn't help but be amazed when he heard Zhuang Shishi's story: "So many innocent people in Liangguang Temple were murdered to death."

Zhuang Shishi obviously didn't want to talk about the past, so he hurriedly said: "This is not the time to talk, we will talk about it in the future."

Jia Min agreed.

As for the matter of getting married with a historian, it is natural to postpone the discussion.

Later, when talking about it with Lin Ruhai, Jia Min confessed: "I talked to my mother. At that time, I still thought that Yan'er would marry into the historian's family. Yu'er had a delicate mind, and her temperament was not suitable for the winding family of the princes. The best thing is to marry an honest and motivated scholar who can love and protect Yu'er; Yan'er is bright and lively, and has more eyes than Yu'er, so she will never suffer." It's just that Wen Shi preemptively took the lead.

Hearing his wife's words, Lin Ruhai also sighed: "There is peace in the world. The door of a court official may not be as good as the home of a public servant. At least the Zhongjinghou's mansion is still looked after by his mother-in-law and Mrs. Zhuangjia; , Wen's is no longer a climate."

When Jia Min heard Lin Ruhai directly talking about the Wen family, he couldn't help being shocked: "Your Majesty is really going to attack the Wen family? What about Concubine Wen and King Zhao in the palace?" Now it is said that His Majesty likes King Zhao and will set him up. As the prince, Lin Ruhai said that the Wen family was almost finished.

"The king of Zhao and the king of Jin are twisted together, so how can your majesty not be in a hurry." Lin Ruhai only said to Jia Min in a low voice, "three years ago, your majesty sent his cronies to Yangzhou to send a secret edict to me and Mr. Zhuang, to investigate Pingfeng again. case."

Jia Min paled in shock, and suddenly lost strength and fell back onto the kang.

Lin Ruhai patted Jia Min's shoulder lightly, speechless.

Thinking of Zhuang Shishi's efforts to promote the marriage between the Lin family and the Shi family, Jia Min already understood the reason.

"Since that's the case, I will listen to the master." Jia Min replied after returning to his senses.

"It's just that if the historian wants to make further progress, he and Mrs. Zhuang can go to Qingping Temple to ask for a lottery, so that they can come back and stop Wen Shi's mouth." Lin Ruhai gave Jia Min a serious idea, and Jia Min understood what he meant and quickly agreed. : "I understand what the master means."

The next day, sisters Yanyu and Daiyu came to the main room to say hello, and Jia Min saw that their sisters were all unhappy.

Jia Min asked Jiang Bi to take out the dowry box from the sandalwood stand and put it on the case to open it. There were two white pearl hairpins in the box; They have grown so big! They have grown into big girls!"

Hearing what Jia Min said, the two sisters knew that their mother was going to formally propose marriage to them.

Yanyu caressed the white pearl Zaner in her hair in a state of confusion, and asked first, "Mother, I heard that you and your father really want to marry Yu'er to the Shi family's eldest cousin Jin?"

Daiyu just kept her head down and listened to them quietly.

There was such a big commotion when Mrs. Wen Er came to propose marriage, Jia Min knew that their sisters must have heard about it, but in front of Daiyu she only vaguely said: "It's still a matter of nothing, in front of your sister Talking about it will embarrass your sister."

Sure enough, she saw Daiyu blushing in anxiety, looking at Yanyu who hesitated to speak.

"Mother, but I heard—" Yanyu really wanted to persuade her mother to think twice, after all, this matter is related to her sister's life, but she can't be careless; it's just that Shi Jin is good at everything, she was born in a noble family, and she has a good reputation However, if the children of other people's families have a bright future, Shi Jin has a stepmother who is full of bad intentions. This is the fatal Achilles' heel.

Yanyu couldn't help saying to her mother all the time: "I heard that cousin Jin's mother, the third cousin, and sister Yun said that the third cousin is very harsh on the younger generation, and only loves Brother Heng." In front of her mother She couldn't make it too obvious, so she could only express her thoughts to Jia Min by making indirect remarks; besides, Xiang Yun did say similar things to her. The matter of the Hou Mansion is clearly seen, and Yan Yu is not completely talking nonsense.

Jia Min frowned, feeling more and more confused.

But Daiyu only said in a low voice: "That's why I think Cousin Jin is very unfortunate."

Jia Min was silent for a while and then asked, "Have you seen Brother Jin at your grandmother's house?"

Daiyu shook her head naturally, but the corners of Yanyu's mouth twitched, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated to speak.