Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

The boy really wasn't placed by an outsider.

He was originally a child of an innocent family who bought into Lin's mansion since he was a child. Later, when he grew up, he was assigned to the Chuhuamen to take care of the messengers.Because the maids have lived in the deep house for a long time, they are not allowed to go out for no reason, they are all beautiful, they like to dress up with rouge and powder, and they are all curious about the things outside, so they often ask the maids and servants to buy some rouge and gouache outside. Items were delivered quietly.

Although they are not allowed to do this according to the rules, it is like this in every family of a high-ranking family, and no one is very harsh, it is actually acquiescing.

Two years ago, the Lin family's control over the inner courtyard was not as tight as it is now, so Xingwang, the servant, would often buy things for the girl.

This is how Jinhuan met Xingwang.She was born more beautiful than the girl next to her, and the boy was still in his youth, so he came and went, so he fell in love with Jin Huan.Gradually, Jin Huan also noticed, and the seduced young man who wanted to catch him became more and more out of his mind, so she took the opportunity to use him to do some convenient things.

This is how the news of many inner houses of the Lin family spread.

Although the young servant didn't know about the poisoning, and he didn't know that he unknowingly helped Jinhuan send a lot of information, even the poisonous medicine was brought in without his knowledge.At that time, Jin Huan told him that she had a relative who lived in the city, and she often asked him to send some things there, and sometimes brought some things back.

Because the frequency is not many, usually only once a month or two, Jin Huan asked him not to tell it, so everyone didn't know about it.

In fact, the relative she mentioned was also arranged by the prefect's wife. A thin, middle-aged woman rented in a three-room brick-roofed house in Qingling Lane, and usually sold some rouge and gouache and embroidered purses to cover up.

This woman disappeared suddenly two years ago, and even Lin Ruhai's people couldn't find out her whereabouts, so it was probably silenced.

Now that physical evidence is available, it is not difficult to find personal evidence.Although many of the young people who did this in the past have been silenced, there are still people who know, and it is not difficult to get them.Lin Ruhai has been in office for many years, so he is naturally not a kind person, and there are many ways to make them speak.

The point is, this alone is not enough to uproot the prefect Gao Pengfei and his followers.

Gao Pengfei is just a magistrate from the fourth rank, if there is not a powerful force behind him, he would not dare to hit Lin Ruhai if he is killed.This series of matters was handled by Mrs. Sun, Gao Pengfei did not show up directly, but pretended not to know anything about it.The evidence found these days can naturally cure Sun's crime, but if Gao Pengfei insists that he doesn't know anything, it will be really troublesome.

Gao Pengfei came from a family, although the Gao family is now in decline, the biggest official in the family is only fourth grade.But like other declining families, the background is there, and the old officials are intertwined, and the whole body is affected by one hair.Moreover, the Sun family has a close relationship with the Zhen family in Jinling, and the Zhen family is old relatives with many families in the capital, and has a princess, which should not be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai was stunned. According to him, Jia's family and Zhen's family also have close contacts.

According to the genius doctor, the poison that I and my daughter were infected with was originally one kind, so there must be some connection between them.The Sun family, the Zhen family, the Zhen family and the Jia family, things are getting more and more complicated.This poisonous medicine should come from the hands of one person, but it is not known whether it is from the Zhen family or the Jia family.

It is not a gentleman not to avenge a grudge, no matter who it is, it must pay the price.

Lin Ruhai, a doctor at Lantai Temple and a salt censor, not only has the responsibility to supervise the salt administration, but also has the right to supervise officials in the south of the Yangtze River.Lin Ruhai gritted his teeth slightly when he thought of the secret decree he had received recently, asking him to pay more attention to the dealings between the Zhen family in Jinling and the vassal princes and officials in the south of the Yangtze River.It seems that the Holy Majesty intends to completely rectify the administration of officials in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is also aware of the dangers of the Zhen Mansion and the four major families.There will be a big turmoil in the imperial court, and the collapse of the Zhen family is just around the corner. At that time, Gao Pengfei will also die without a place to bury him.

And that Sun family!

No wonder the ancients said that the most poisonous woman's heart.A Wang family and a Sun family, women are more ruthless than snakes and scorpions!He didn't know until he checked that some time ago, Mrs. Sun was planning to kill Daiyu.

Didn't he politely reject Gao Pengfei's request to propose marriage for his son, and they still didn't give up.During the few days when he was seriously ill, Mrs. Sun even designed to invite Daiyu to their house for a gathering in the name of viewing flowers.In fact, it is to create a chance for the eldest son of their family to meet Daiyu, and it is best to have some physical contact, so that everyone who happens to be able to see it.

Since it was a flower viewing party, it was definitely not Daiyu who was invited, and such a story spread quickly.

At that time, Daiyu's reputation will be damaged, so naturally the only way is to marry their son.Even for the sake of his daughter, he had to take care of Gao Jiayan's future, it was really a good plan.

Fortunately, Daiyu was a filial child and refused to go out to play when his father was sick.Otherwise, I don't know what will happen.

Lin Ruhai laughed back angrily. He touched his chin and laughed enough, then tilted his head and leaned on the armchair to rub the edge of the teacup repeatedly.He has been up and down for decades, from the editor of the Seventh Rank Imperial Academy to his current position, the confidant of two generations of emperors, and served as Yanzheng for several years, do you really think he has no wrist at all?

Lin Daiyu is Lin Ruhai's Ni Lin, and the magistrate will have a difficult life in the future.

Gao Pengfei didn't know that Lin Ruhai had secretly found out many illegal things he had done.He didn't expect that the news of selling his concubine and punishing his concubine in a moment of anger would spread in Yangzhou, and it would bring about such bad consequences, which made him extremely embarrassing.

If he had known this earlier, he would not have sold him even if he was beaten to death, he thought.

But it's too late to regret it now, but every time I think about it, it's still like a stick in my throat.

Originally, he wanted to use some means to order the bustard to send the woman out quietly, so as not to embarrass her here.Unexpectedly, before he could do this, the woman was bought by a foreign businessman.The old bustard only knew that the businessman was rich and generous, so he sent someone to carry a box of gold, silver and jewels, which was so dazzling that the old bustard couldn't open his eyes, so he packed his luggage and waited for the two to leave. , I don't know who it is, what kind of person it is, and whose name it is.

Now that everyone had left Yangzhou, Gao Pengfei put it aside and didn't mention it at this time, but there was still one thing that worried him.

It was to stop the sedan chair and sue Huang Guixiang, who now lives in the Lin Mansion.

The woman kept saying that she wanted to sue the Gao family, which was heard by many people.Gao Pengfei was guilty of being a thief and didn't know what the woman knew, so he sent people to secretly inquire several times, but unexpectedly, Lin's mansion was guarded like an iron bucket, and he didn't find any useful information.

Mrs. Sun was confined to copy Buddhist scriptures in her room.She couldn't go out, but Gao Pengfei didn't forbid others to see her.The Sun family is very good at handling concubines and maids. She is a little bit rigid, and she can hit or scold, and insist on the person who is punished to bow her head and obey her ears.There were several people who were tortured to death by her, and they were dealt with quietly, and outsiders didn't know about it.Therefore, although there are many concubines in the mansion, no one dares to cause trouble. Although Mrs. Sun is grounded, they still have to go to the main courtyard every day to ask for safety and serve them.

Sun himself is having a hard time, so naturally he won't take advantage of these concubines.

Every day ordered the concubines to kneel in the Buddhist hall to copy the scriptures, and she supervised by herself. If they were not serious, they would be scolded, and everyone dared not speak out.

When Gao Jiayan came to pay her respects, she persuaded her once, but before Sun said anything, Gao Yurou said, "Brother said what mother did, it's because they disobeyed discipline, why don't you allow mother to punish her once or twice?"

It was difficult for Gao Jiayan to say anything, besides, he was studying at an attached school outside and could not return home several times a month, so he wanted to persuade his father to talk about his mother.But thinking that as a son, it is unfilial to say that his mother is not, after several weighings, he finally let go of this idea.Simply pack up your things and live in the academy for a long time, out of sight and out of sight.Sun originally wanted her son to plead for mercy and let Gao Pengfei spare her from being grounded, but Gao Pengfei left without making a sound.She had no choice but to place her hopes on her daughter.

"Rou'er, go and persuade the master, he is your father and has always loved you."

Speaking of this matter, Gao Yurou became angry, pulled her face and said, "That was before, ma'am, don't you know, now my father likes sister Qin more. She is just a lowly son of a slave, I don't know what is good about her , my father also praised her for her beauty. Her nose is not a nose and her eyes are not eyes, so she is so beautiful, she is far worse than I used to be!"

The sister Qin she was talking about was her concubine Gao Yuqin, who was one year younger than her.

Speaking of this, she showed an anxious look, and grabbed Sun's hand: "Mother, quickly find a way to help my daughter get rid of the scars on her face. My daughter doesn't want to live like this for a lifetime! Didn't you say that there is a magic doctor who cured grandma?" He has a kind of ointment, which is extremely rare, and it can remove scars and scars. Mother, please send someone to invite this miracle doctor, please mother!"

"Do you think I don't want to?" Mrs. Sun shook off Gao Yurou's hand, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes.She had long wanted to invite the miracle doctor, but he was an expert outside the world, whose whereabouts were erratic, so it was not so easy to find.

Since the disfigurement, Sun's temper has become more and more eccentric.She is most jealous of others mentioning words such as scars and beauty. Once she hears it, she can't control her manic emotions.She never looked in the mirror, and she didn't allow anything that could reflect light to see people's shadows in the room. Even the maids all hid the bronze mirrors tightly, lest one accidentally violated the taboo.

The reason for this is that she wanted to deliberately forget about her disfigurement.

But every time since Gao Yurou, the lie that she deliberately hypnotized herself has been completely shattered.Seeing Gao Yurou's mottled face, she thought of herself, and gradually became disgusted with this daughter.

She knew it was wrong, and she tried very hard to tell herself that it was her own flesh, and she couldn't have sex with her no matter what.Unfortunately, it was in vain. Every time I saw Gao Yurou, all my weapons were shattered. Seeing her was like seeing myself, and I hated her from the bottom of my heart.

In less than a month, Mrs. Sun has changed from a noble lady who is well-managed and admired by everyone, to a mentally ill patient who is suspicious and loathes even herself.

"Mother, what's the matter with you?"

Seeing her holding her forehead with her hand, Gao Yurou asked cautiously as her body trembled.

"Enough!" Mrs. Sun was furious suddenly, causing Gao Yurou to tremble with tears in her eyes.

Mrs. Sun glanced at her, forced herself to suppress her restless thoughts, reached out and took her hand, and said, "Son, your father is going to give up on you! Do you still remember the family I told you about years ago? It's your aunt's cousin, Jinling Zhen's family, the one named Baoyu. Although it's not very sure, but the two families feel good, and it's eight or nine points. I heard that the old lady of their family loves you very much. Cousin, even his son has to be late, and the one who will inherit the family business in the future will undoubtedly be your cousin."

Speaking of this, she sighed, and said: "Your aunt wrote a letter a while ago, saying that their old lady heard from somewhere that you were scratched by a cat and left many scars, and that you were an unknown person, so she felt a little regretful." I mean. The master also knows the news, I think he wants Sister Qin to replace you. "

"What? That lowly servant's daughter, she is also worthy!" Gao Yu thumped the table softly and stared, the veil on her face fell off and she didn't even bother to pick it up.

If, if I really let that lowly servant girl succeed, what should I do?No, no, I can't let that bitch get away with it, my cousin is my own, and the glory and wealth are also my own, no one can take it away!

Thinking about it, Gao Yurou eagerly grabbed Sun's sleeve and said, "Mother, you have to help me!"

She looked a little crazy, and she looked a bit like Sun when she lost her temper recently.

Mrs. Sun embraced her and said, "I want to help you, but the master doesn't come to me at all now, and I can't get out." When she said this, she looked at Gao Yurou with pity, squeezed a few She shed tears, looking like a loving mother who was very sad and resented her for wanting to help.

"I'll go find my father!" Gao Yurou got up and ran out after saying that.

Sun stretched out her hand, as if trying to stop her, but grabbed a cloud of air.Gao Yurou had already rushed out, until the hem of the goose-yellow tulle and gold silk embroidered dress disappeared from sight, she withdrew her hand, rubbing her cheek through the veil, the corners of her lips slightly curled up, as if talking to herself, With a low voice, I am afraid that only she herself knows what she is saying:

"Still in such a hurry, I can't remember the rules I taught you..."

Gao Pengfei worked in the yamen during the day, and also ate there. As a female family member, Gao Yurou couldn't go there, so she begged the servant to spread the word. Gao Pengfei only said to let her learn needlework and read more women's books, and don't hang around all day long to make trouble.She was so angry that she went back and lost her temper. She dropped several bowls and dishes from the official kiln. After finally calming down, when she went out, she saw Gao Yuqin and two other concubine sisters playing with picking plum branches with a small flower basket each.Gao Yuqin's basket was already full of plum blossoms, talking and laughing with the two concubines, she felt a little more angry.

Furious, without even thinking about it, she went up and snatched Gao Yuqin's flower basket and threw it on the ground.

Baskets full of flowers were scattered all over the ground. For a while, the flowers fell all over the ground, and he was still not relieved, so he stepped forward a few times, and the flower juice was soaked on the ground, and the ground was scarlet.Looking at Gao Yuqin's delicate and beautiful face, Gao Yurou's chest became more and more tight, and she wished she could leave her face on the ground and crush it like those flowers.

Gao Yuqin was older, but still calm. Although her eyes were red, she held back her tears.The other two concubines, one nine and the other seven years old, were so frightened that they cried out with a "wow".

Gao Yurou scolded: "No prospect!" and left with a group of girls.

Watching Gao Yurou go towards the second gate, Gao Yuqin narrowed her eyes, turned around and hugged the two concubines in her arms to comfort her.

What did Gao Yurou go to the second door for?

She was going to block Gao Pengfei, the cousin of the Zhen family should belong to her, so why was he snatched away by that lowly maid Gao Yuqin!

"What a girl, what are you doing here at Ermen?"

Gao Pengfei frowned when he saw her, and said displeasedly with his hands behind his back.There were two servants behind him, and they all bowed their heads and retreated when they saw this.

"I...I have something to say to my father."

Originally full of anger and complaints, when Gao Yurou saw his father's frown, Gao Yurou was already frightened.

Her father loved her the most since she was a child, and he treated her more gently and peacefully than all her brothers and sisters, but even so, she was terribly afraid of her father.Because his father favored him, even when he was strict, it was very scary. His eyes were wide open, as if he was going to eat someone.I still remember that when she was a child, she accidentally broke a vase that her father liked very much. She was punished by kneeling in the Buddhist hall to copy the original Four Books for Women. She was not allowed to eat for three days, and her father whipped her.

Although her father sent her off afterwards as an apology, but she remembered the pain of that whip, and she will never forget it.

From then on, she knew that her father's authority was inviolable, so there was still a limit to being willful and unreasonable in front of her father.When other sisters avoided her father, she was the only one who dared to act like a baby, because she knew that her father liked her, and no matter how tough she was, she would be lonely. Forgiving, and the fact that this daughter is still submissive to him makes him feel fulfilled and fulfilled.

She played such a wayward and not arrogant daughter in front of her father. She has always done a good job in the past, but for some reason, she can't bear her temper recently.

It's all because of those nasty cats!

Staring at this daughter whom he had loved for more than ten years, Gao Pengfei's eyes were suffocated.His brows became tighter and tighter, and the word "Chuan" gradually formed between his brows.After a long time, he nodded and ordered Gao Yurou to follow him to his study.

"Father, do you... want to marry Miss Qin to Cousin Zhen?"

Gao Pengfei just sat and sipped his tea, he didn't raise his eyes when the bowl of tea was empty, let alone speak.Gao Yurou was agitated and peeped at her father several times, but he just lowered his head and picked the tea leaves. She couldn't help herself, so she asked.

That's what my mother told me.Originally, she wanted to add such a sentence, but she swallowed it again.Because, she noticed that her father's complexion was not good.

"Who did you listen to?" Gao Pengfei finally spoke, but his voice was cold and without any warmth, as if he was not a father, and the person standing in front of him was not his daughter.

"Too... madam." In front of her father, she dared not hide it.

Gao Pengfei squeezed the knuckles of the tea bowl so tightly that he could see the bulging veins on it.After a long time, he put down the tea bowl and said, "It's nothing, don't think too much about it."

He wanted to marry Sister Qin into the Zhen family, but Sister Qin was just a concubine daughter, and the old lady of the Zhen family loved her grandson so much, like her lifeblood, how could she let him marry a concubine daughter from the prefect.Sister Rou's appearance has been ruined, and it is difficult to find a suitable husband's family.Although Sister Qin's appearance is slightly inferior to Sister Rou's before, she is still considered a beauty. Although she cannot be the first wife of a high-ranking family because of her status as a concubine, it is still possible to marry a noble eunuch's family as the second wife.

In another year, the term of Yangzhou magistrate will expire, and Gao Pengfei wants to transfer back to the capital.Shen Yuan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, also came from a family. His first wife died when he was only forty years old. He kept the rules for one year.Now that the one-year period has passed, I heard that there is an intention to continue.Gao Pengfei planned to ask someone to tell this waiter Shen that Gao Yuqin was worthy of her background.

That's why he has paid more attention to Gao Yuqin recently.

Gao Yuqin is only less than 15 years old this year, Shen Shilang is already over forty, and there are a lot of concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, concubines, and concubine daughters. If they marry, they will face a large number of concubines.Moreover, I heard that Shen Shilang has a bad reputation, he likes to drink and beat people, and it is rumored that his first wife was tortured to death by him, so he is not a good person.

But Gao Pengfei didn't care about these, all he saw was the side that was beneficial to him.

Gao Yuqin finally invited Gao Pengfei to Sun's room.

The two retreated from the crowd and discussed in the room for a long time. Gao Yurou was curious to listen to the corner, and was dragged by Mrs. Sun's companion to eat pastries.No one knew exactly what the two of them talked about. Gao Pengfei's face was very serious. If he was still angry, it didn't seem like he was still angry, because he immediately announced that Sun's restraint order had been lifted.

Lin Ruhai received news that Gao Pengfei might take action against Huang Guixiang for suing Huang Guixiang recently.

Huang Guixiang has lived in the Lin Mansion for some time, he should have done it long ago, why wait until today?Could it be that he didn't think Huang Guixiang was a threat before, but now he thinks she is a threat?If so, someone must have said something to him.Lin Ruhai thought for a while, and the most likely person was the Sun family.This woman has helped Gao Pengfei do so many bad things, so Gao Pengfei must have something in her hands, and this time it has something to do with Huang Guixiang.

What exactly happened?Lin Ruhai became more and more curious.

The answer will always be revealed one day, right? Therefore, he is not in a hurry.

When the time comes, you will naturally know everything. Now, just watch them play, watch the fire from the other side, add a little firewood if you have nothing to do, make a little trick, and watch them kill themselves.

Time passed quickly, and it was already February, and Daiyu's birthday was approaching.This was Lin Daiyu's first birthday in Yangzhou Lin Mansion in recent years, Lin Ruhai was a little excited, and decided to take this opportunity to have a good time, so she specially invited a theater troupe and juggling troupe to perform at the mansion.

Lin Ruhai's face is full of red these days, and he is happy to see everyone.

All the salt merchants in Yangzhou knew that it was the birthday of the daughter of the patrol salt censor, and sent people to send congratulatory gifts one after another.Daiyu accepted the gift, but she was embarrassed and didn't express anything, so she discussed with Lin Ruhai about holding a small birthday party, and invited the wives and ladies who gave the gift to come and have fun.One is the right to return the gift, and the other is to recognize people. If you live in Yangzhou for a long time in the future, it will not hurt to get to know more ladies from Yangzhou.

Jia's mansion also sent someone to bring gifts. When I lived in the capital, my grandfather's family also celebrated her birthday. It was nothing more than making some clothes and setting up a few tables of banquets. Everyone was lively and lively.This year she is not in the capital, but the presents have been plentiful. There are more than a dozen sets of clothes for the four seasons alone, and there are many playthings, all of which are very exquisite.

Daiyu didn't look at the clothes, nor at the gold and silver playthings, but only picked up some gifts from her uncles and sisters.The presents given by everyone all have sticks written on them. The ones who welcome the Spring Festival are a handful, a purse, a collar, a gold bracelet, and a jade pendant for Tanchun, and a scripture copied by myself, a small golden pompom, a little bell.

The little pompom and the little bell were for Zhou Hang at first glance.

Daiyu scratched the kitten's neck with a smile: "Fatty, but sister Xichun remembers you."

The things Jia She gave were packed in a separate box, including snowflake foreign sugar, a small watch with a gold shell, and a small incense burner. It was brought back from the West.

There was also a letter in it, sealed with a mud seal.

Daiyu took off the glue that sealed the seal, opened it and read it, only to find out that her uncle, Jia She, had moved back to Rongfu.

It turned out that Jia Zheng was terrified when he knew that he was going to be impeached.Mrs. Wang suggested that Wang Ziteng impeach Jia Amnesty, but she did not expect that Jia Amnesty did not go well, but Wang Ziteng was reprimanded by the Holy Spirit, which was very embarrassing.Her natal brother and sister-in-law complained about her, and Jia Zheng also blamed her. Mrs. Wang had nowhere to complain, so she could only vent her evil fire.

There are probably two kinds of people in this world.One kind of people likes to stand out, always want others to see themselves, stand on tiptoe to make themselves different when standing in the crowd; there is another kind of people who are afraid that others will see themselves, and hate when standing in the crowd. You can't shrink your body to the minimum and let everyone ignore you.

Most of the senior officials who can hold power in the court are the former type of people, while the small officials who have been working as officials for many years and have been struggling for qualifications below the fifth rank are mostly the latter type of people.

Jia Zheng is typical of the latter type, timid and afraid of getting into trouble, he dare not say a word in the government office, he does not seek meritorious service, but seeks to be innocent.Rao is still in fear all day long, so when he heard that someone impeached him, he was really scared.

After discussing with his elder brother Jia She to no avail, he went back and told Jia's mother that he wanted to move out of Rongxi Hall and let his eldest brother live there.

Jia's mother's first reaction was to be furious, and she wanted to call Jia Amnesty to scold him again.Persuaded by Jia Zheng, Mother Jia wanted Jia Amnesty to take the initiative to say that she felt pity for her mother's old age. Although she inherited the title, she was willing to let her live in the duke's mansion abroad.Not wanting to hint several times, Jia Amnesty pretended not to understand, and Jia's mother couldn't say clearly, she was so angry that her stomach hurt for several days, and she couldn't help it.

Later, she came up with an idea to ask Jia Zheng to move the Rongxi Hall out, and find another spacious yard for Jia Zheng and his wife to live in, and let Jia Amnesty move to the Rongxi Hall, so that the imperial censor would not be able to say anything more.

Of course, Jia Amnesty did not write these complicated processes in the letter, but only passed it by one generation.

Daiyu felt relieved after reading the letter.Although the old garden on the east side of Rongfu is not bad, after all, it is a bit cramped, and it has been in disrepair for a long time, and it smells of mildew. The flowers, plants and trees are not good-looking, so it is good to move back.

That is, the eldest uncle was not liked by the grandmother. After moving back, he bowed his head and looked up with the second uncle and grandmother. Would there be a lot of quarrels?

Not long after, someone came in and reported, "Master Jiu also sent something?"

Daiyu said happily: "What have you sent, show it to me quickly!"

He was more curious about what his adoptive father would give her than anyone else in the Jia family.The adoptive father is funny and likes to be independent, and the things he gives are often different from others, which almost always makes Daiyu's eyes shine.

Xueyan and Zijuan agreed, and took a few little girls out.After a while, several people worked together to lift a box in.The box is square and square, about one foot long and wide. The material is huanghuali, exuding a faint fragrance of wood, and the carvings are very exquisite.

Xueyan smiled and held up a small box, saying: "Girl, this is the key."

It was a box carved with red lacquered peonies, and it was also very delicate. Daiyu touched the concave and convex patterns, and it was extremely smooth without sticking her hands. She couldn't help but praise: "What a delicate carver!"

Opening the box and taking out the key inside, Daiyu inserted it into the exquisitely engraved small lock of the wooden box, twisted it slightly, and only heard a "ding", and the small lock opened in response.

Slowly opened the lid, not only Daiyu, but everyone present was surprised.

It turned out that this was not a box, but a set of carvings, which showed a very exquisite small courtyard.Rockery, pavilions, gardens, and many people.There are maids holding food boxes, butterflies flying, children playing, and a beautiful woman in a long skirt with wide sleeves is holding a kitten and walking under the plum blossom tree with her long skirt tail.

Everyone including Daiyu was stunned.

"Girl, isn't it you at this moment?" Suddenly, Xue Yan called out.

Then everyone came back to their senses, looked at Daiyu, then at the engraved beauty, and said with a smile: "It's really a girl, look, there's a fat girl."

It was Zijuan who suddenly said: "I heard from the deliverer that this box can be opened on all sides."

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu looked around, but didn't find how to open the other three sides, but there was a small round bump protruding from the bottom.Daiyu tried to press down, and the small round bump was pushed down, and then the other three sides were slowly opened, and finally the whole box was spread flat on the table, fully occupying half of a table of eight immortals.

It turns out that this small box still has a hidden mechanism.

At this moment, Daiyu was very grateful for her wise move of letting Xueyan be placed on the table of the Eight Immortals before, otherwise, ordinary small cases would not be let go.

At this point, everyone can see the whole picture of the sculpture clearly.

The small courtyard is very exquisitely carved, and the courtyard door is lifelike, with three big characters "Cuiyuxuan" written on it.Moreover, it is a rare courtyard in the middle of the courtyard. After entering the courtyard gate, there is a piece of green bamboo. The color of the bamboo leaves is crisp, and each leaf is clearly visible.There is also a lotus pond next to the emerald bamboo, in which the lotus is in full bloom, and the fish are swimming happily. A few little girls are lying on the white marble railing to feed the fish.At the end of the green bamboo grove is a moon gate. After the moon gate is the main courtyard. There are corridors on both sides and rockery and flowing water in the middle.There are several plum trees planted in the courtyard. Under the trees are a stone table and several stone piers, on which there are embroidered mattresses.

"This is really a wonderful workmanship!" All the maids said.

"Yeah, I don't know who has such a good skill, I have seen it today!"

The maids all gasped in praise.

Daiyu was also secretly surprised.She even suspected that the sculptor had seen her, after all, the sculpted beauty was very similar to her.Can you carve yourself so vividly just by relying on the description of foster father?No, definitely not, even if the adoptive father painted his own image, it would not be able to carve such an effect.After all, no matter how good a person's painting skills are, after the painting is completed, some aura will be lost.If the craftsman compares the painting to the carving, it will be a little biased, and it will definitely not achieve this effect in the end.

Unless the master sculptor is very skilled, has the ability of Luban, and has seen himself with his own eyes.

But she has been reclusive, so far, except for a few relatives and a few servants who were vaccinated, she can count on one hand the men she has met.

It can't be... the foster father carved it himself, right?

But usually I never heard my father say that my adoptive father has such skills!

Daiyu suddenly thought of the mutton jade that Li Zhao gave her. She wanted to carve Zhou Hang's kitten.Lin Ruhai gave Daiyu some of the things carved by that craftsman. In the past, Daiyu thought it was very good, but now it is far worse than that.

Daiyu is a person who pursues perfection. After seeing the top-level sculptures, and then looking at the original ones, she can't see her eyes.

Now, she would rather keep that suet jade forever than ruin it.

Thinking about it, Daiyu asked, "Where is the person who delivered the things?"

Zijuan said: "It was sent by two men, so it's not easy to call them over for the girl to see. If the girl has something to ask, why not order the maidservant to call them here, and the girl will ask through the window?"

Daiyu thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Alright, you can call them here."

Zicuckoo led the order to go out, and ordered the maids to avoid it.After a while, the yard became quiet and quiet, only the sound of the warm wind blowing the leaves.The two men were not like servants, they were both in their 20s, and they were rather mighty, one was wearing a crow-blue hang silk plain jacket, the other was wearing a white ermine fur jacket with a Buddha's head and blue carved silk, they were imposing.

After the two saluted outside, Daiyu asked, "Did the righteous father ask you to bring anything?"

One of them said: "My master asked me to bring a letter to Miss Lin." Then he took out a letter from his bosom, and the mother-in-law took it and opened the curtain to go in and present it to Daiyu.

Daiyu was still puzzled when she took it, since she had the letter, why didn't she take it earlier?

The two of them may also feel some conflict, so they said: "Yin Lord told me that this letter is very important, if you can see Miss Lin, you can hand it to Miss Lin face to face, if you can't see the girl, you can ask Mrs Lin to pass it on, and don't pass it on to others. That's why I didn't take it out just now."

Lin Daiyu nodded and said, "You two have come from a long way for your hard work, and Daiyu thanks you." As she spoke, she got healthy inside and ordered someone to take her down for hospitality.

Here Daiyu took the letter and read it.

It turned out that Cuiyuxuan was a residence of Prince Jing's mansion. Li Xu said in his letter that Cuiyuxuan was very close to the courtyard where he lived.He has ordered people to clean it, and planted many flowers and plants such as wintersweet, camellia, clivia, etc., accompanied by the original green bamboos, which is very quiet.

Daiyu didn't expect that Li Xu would set up a small courtyard for her in her palace, she was very moved, she was stunned, and when she realized it, her eyes were already wet.

Apart from her father, he was the one who cared most about her.

He was the only one who could think of spending so much effort to carve such a courtyard, just as a goddaughter's birthday gift.

In the letter, Li Xu also solved Daiyu's doubts, which is the question of who made the sculpture.

It turned out that such an ingenious carving was actually made by the uncle Sang who had been standing beside his adoptive father.Daiyu didn't know much about Sang Sheng, she just knew that he was a good friend of her adoptive father, and the two were so close that they never left each other.

If it was him, would you like to help yourself become fat?

Daiyu frowned and thought for a while, pursed her lips, and pulled the corner of her mouth for a long time, revealing a strange smile.

Besides, Lin Ruhai was invited to swim in the West Lake with two friends during his rest day.The willows on both sides of the bank are green, boating on the lake, the spring breeze is blowing, with the unique fragrance of vegetation, very pleasant.They took a two-story boat with wide plywood, so they spread felt mats and sat on the floor, eating tea greedily, and didn't let the boatman paddle, just floating freely and leisurely.

Not long after, a bigger boat floated on the lake, and there were seven or eight guards with knives standing on the deck. If you look carefully, those guards are protecting a man in brocade clothes sitting in the middle.Because of the distance, he couldn't see the appearance of the man in brocade clothes clearly, but just judging from the pomp, he was from a high family background.And looking at the style and the attire of the guards, it doesn't look like the style of Jiangnan, but rather has the luxury of a rich and powerful family in the capital.

Could it be that these people came from the capital?

The big ship gradually approached, and gradually he could distinguish the appearance of the guards. The man in brocade clothes flipped up his sleeves and turned to enter the cabin.

Not long after, a guard cupped his hands and said loudly: "Is the officer on the opposite side Mr. Shilin the inspector?"