[Red Chamber] I am Lin Daiyu and her uncle

Changchun Palace.

It was late, night fell, the full moon hung high in the dark night sky, the light of the bright moon was too bright, and the stars scattered around were forced to disappear, leaving only the holy moonlight to comfort all beings in the vast night.

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of "pop" from the inner hall——

It was the sound of a teacup breaking.

Zhang Jieyu was sitting on the bed, her pretty face was full of anger, her willow eyebrows were erected, her phoenix eyes were wide open, her chest was heaving and shaking, she was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Kneeling at the bottom was a trembling little eunuch, wearing the clothes of a messenger, who was prostrate on the ground, not daring to raise his head.It is now March, and the weather is very cool, but the little eunuch has beads of sweat on his forehead, which shows that he has been frightened and overwhelmed.

Caipei, the chief court lady of Changchun Palace, stood beside her, her eyebrows slightly frowned, while stroking Zhang Jieyu's back to give her comfort, she turned her gaze back and forth on Zhang Jieyu and the little eunuch, and her thoughts raced quickly , urgently looking for a solution to the deadlock.

Zhang Jieyu was both angry and in pain. After a long while, she finally calmed down the overwhelming anger in her heart, and said with a sneer: "It's useless for me to pour my heart and soul out to my mother's family! I was thinking about studying hard, and I planned to ask Your Majesty." I found a decent civil job for Jiner, but I never thought that not only did he pass the Wu Jinshi examination, but the whole family also hid it from me as an aunt. This is treating me as an outsider? The old saying is true, marry out The water poured out by my daughter was because I was too sentimental and didn’t even understand such a simple truth, so I told them to trample on me for nothing and treat my sincerity like a donkey’s liver and lungs!”

"Your Majesty, calm down!" the little eunuch begged for mercy in a trembling voice.

Although Zhang Jieyu is cold-tempered, she has a deep affection for her natal family, and the letters are very frequent. If there are any good things, they should be sent back to her natal family first, and then herself.

This eunuch acts as a middleman to deliver things for Zhang Jieyu on a daily basis, and gradually becomes familiar with the Zhang family after going back and forth.Every time after delivering things, the Zhang family will give him a big red envelope, which has been accumulated over the years, and it is also a lot of money. You don’t look at the monk’s face to see the money, so this little eunuch also loves the Zhang family and Zhang Jieyu a lot. A little sincerity, not all impartiality.Seeing Zhang Jieyu's quarrel with her natal family now, she couldn't help but want to comfort her.

"The servant has worked for the empress for many years. The slave sees how the empress treats her family and how the Zhang family treats the empress. The empress really misunderstood the madam this time. The servant listened to the madam, and she didn't know it beforehand. Back then, the young master only Said that he was depressed, and asked a friend to go to the next county town to play. Madam didn't want to agree, but she couldn't bear the son's softness, so she reluctantly agreed. But who knew that this was just an excuse for the young master to apply for the martial arts exam! The purpose was to get rid of Madam I can stand in the election with peace of mind. Madam only found out the truth after the results were released, and she tied the young master to a post and whipped him severely, and when the servant left, the young master was still lying on the bed recuperating, which shows that the injury was serious."

Zhang Jieyu had lost most of her anger after listening all the way, and when she heard her nephew being beaten, she immediately threw her anger out of the sky, and hurriedly asked, "Is your strength seriously injured?"

Then she complained again: "My sister-in-law is really good. If the child is disobedient, can't she just teach her well? She has to beat her hard, and she will cry when she breaks it. It's really..."

Caipei listened to Zhang Jieyu's rambling, her tight eyebrows finally relaxed, and she secretly laughed at her own mother, who really had a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and when she heard that Mr. Jin was beaten, her heart immediately softened.

The little eunuch was also a smart person, knowing that Zhang Jieyu was no longer angry, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and handed over the letter Mrs. Zhang asked him to hand over.

"Your Majesty, this is the letter Madam entrusted me to deliver to you."

Caipei stepped forward to take it and handed it to Zhang Jieyu.

Zhang Jieyu opened the letter and only read a few lines before giving Caipei a look, Caipei understood and asked the little eunuch to follow her out.

After a while, Caipei opened the curtain and walked in.

"Have you given a reward?"

"It's a bit thicker than it used to be."

Zhang Jieyu nodded slightly, "You did a good job. It was me who lost my temper without asking the reason clearly, which made him suffer for no reason."

"Ma'am." Caipei walked up to Zhang Jieyu, knelt down, raised her head and asked, "What do you say about Madam's letter? Mr. Jin is the only child of the Zhang family, and it's perfect to be a civil servant. If you join the army, what will happen again?" What an accident, but what to do!"

The more Caipei talked, the more afraid she became.

She is Zhang Jieyu's dowry maid, and her parents, brother and sister-in-law all work in Zhang's family. If this single seedling has any good or bad, her relatives will definitely have no support.

"It's a done deal..." Zhang Jieyu sighed deeply, "Jin'er's name has already been on the imperial list, what else can I do? There are many more martial arts scholars participating in the Spring River Banquet this year than in previous years. Huang Liangguo is now stepping forward. Forced, there will be a war between the two countries sooner or later. The country is employing people, and the energy is restless. If a war breaks out, I will be thankful if he doesn’t rush to the forefront. How dare I ask for anything else.”

"Then, what should I do?" Caipei was really worried because it was a matter of family and life, "Master is the only male in our Zhang family, if he dies in battle like the other masters, our Zhang family will... ..."

Before the word 'extreme post' could be uttered, Caipei clearly sensed the subtlety of the atmosphere. When she looked up, Zhang Jieyu's expression was really gloomy and terrifying.

Busily knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, forgive me! The servant was impatient for a while, and his words were indiscriminate, which reminded the Empress of sad things."

Zhang Jieyu didn't ask Caipei to get up immediately, but stood up, went to the window, stared blankly at the bright full moon in the sky for a while, and then murmured: "I'm really pleased to be so motivated. It really deserves to be the seed of my Zhang family. It is bloody, courageous, and can pass the Jinshi exam with its own strength. If the father and elder brother have spirits in heaven and see how aggressive they are, they must be able to smile at Jiuquan. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Jieyu's voice gradually choked up, and at the end she couldn't help but burst into tears and complained: "Everyone in my Zhang family is not full of loyalty! I will not stop Jin from giving up the civil service examination. But I was punished by dozens of people. The war years ago was frightening... My father and four elder brothers all died in battle. If my sister-in-law hadn't been pregnant at the time and left some flesh and blood for my elder brother, my Zhang family would have no descendants! Unfortunately, God's will tricks people After all, Jiner followed the old path of his father and uncles."

Zhang Jieyu's face was already stained with tears. Although her eyes were still weeping, there was a bitter smile on her lips. This crying and laughing appearance was really sad.

Caipei also knelt aside and wept silently.In the war decades ago, not only Zhang Jieyu's father and brother were killed, but her little uncle and fellow brothers were also lost.Every time my father mentioned this matter, he beat his chest and stamped his feet, hating that he was not the one who died at that time.

A master and a servant just faced the moonlight like this, shedding tears against the wind, silently feeling the grief of the loss of their loved ones.

After a while, Zhang Jieyu finally spoke.

"I'm tired, help me over there."

"Yes." Caipei stood up, walked slowly to Zhang Jieyu, and helped her to the bed.

Zhang Jieyu was also getting older, she was exhausted from crying just now, now she was exhausted, and now she just wanted to wash up quickly and go to bed to rest.

However, just after washing, outsiders came to report.

Caipei went out for a while, and returned to the hall after the people who would report to her had been sent away.

"What's the matter?"

"Going back to your mother, the person who came to report said that the Ching Ming Festival is coming soon, and the Queen Mother specially asked His Majesty for a favor, allowing concubines who have relatives of soldiers who died in battle to set up altars in the palace to worship."

Caipei was very happy, "Your Majesty, we can't go out of the palace so easily. Even though we are concerned about the general and the others every year when we worship our ancestors, we can only think about them in our hearts because of the palace rules. This is good, your Majesty allows us to worship in the palace, so forget it." It has fulfilled my mother's wish for many years."

"The cat cries and the mouse pretends to be merciful!" Zhang Jieyu sneered, "It's so polite, why did you suddenly allow us to worship? It can be seen that there is a ghost in my heart, and I am afraid that the wronged soul will come and claim my life!"

"Your Majesty!" Caipei hurriedly stopped Zhang Jieyu, fearing that she would say something even worse.Then he walked to the door in a panic, poked his head out to look around, and came back after making sure no one had heard their conversation.

"My empress, you have to be cautious!" Caipei exclaimed in a low voice: "Now the palace is the head of the house, if it is accidentally spread, it will be embellished, and disaster will happen."

Seeing that Zhang Jieyu was still stern and silent, Caipei had no choice but to use her big move.

"Your Majesty, even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your son. Your son has joined the military now, and that elder brother is a general. He has always been the same in the army. If you offend his family, your future official career will be much worse." Too bad."

When Zhang Jin was mentioned, Zhang Jieyu's expression softened a little, but her eyes were still full of resentment. She wanted to put aside the discussion, but she couldn't swallow that breath in her heart.

"At the beginning, Shen Lianggong led them to the battlefield. In the end, the dead and the crippled were the only ones who survived! He is still alive and well. Affecting his title of 'God of War', huh..." Zhang Jieyu sneered, "He deserves it too? Dreaming back at midnight, seeing those soldiers who died tragically in other places, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well."

"Your Majesty! There are many eyes and ears in the palace, so don't show off for a while!" Even though Caipei felt very hurt in her heart, she had to take into account that the walls had ears. Seeing that Zhang Jieyu didn't listen, she stomped her feet anxiously.

Zhang Jieyu sighed, patted Caipei's hand, and comforted her: "Don't worry, I know what's in my heart, but I can't get used to his family's beauty. For example, Concubine Nie, Liu Ronghua, and Zhao Cairen were all born generals. The situation is similar to ours. All of them are in ruins. Liu Ronghua’s family is even worse. The noble titles they desperately obtained were taken away by the clan members who couldn’t win. Only the Shen family was the most beautiful from the beginning to the end. He was the one who was in charge at the beginning. , Now he is the one whose sister is the queen and his nephew is the heir apparent! All the good things are taken by his family. Just wait, people are doing it and the sky is watching, too many blessings will lead to a premature death, and sooner or later his family will suffer retribution!"

Listening to Zhang Jieyu's gnashing of teeth, Caipei felt mixed emotions in her heart.After a thorough investigation, the defeat cannot be entirely blamed on General Shen. She has worked in the palace for so many years, and she has heard some rumors that it was the spies in the court that led to the defeat.And General Shen must also feel guilty in his heart, why would he refuse the reward of the title given to him by His Majesty several times?

She is a servant girl, born inferior to others, and needs to act according to people's eyes. Zhang Jieyu is the master, no matter how unfavored she is, she is also the master. Life will not be too bad. This also makes the authorities bewildered, unable to see Queen Shen's tolerance for them.

In all fairness, even the first empress was polite to the concubine Shen when she was alive, and never dared to show her face, let alone the others. It's kind of flattering.But her empress, not to mention being disrespectful to Queen Shen, has always treated her with a cold face.Empress Shen is a delicate and transparent person, and she knows the reason well. Although it has nothing to do with her as a younger sister, she still magnanimously takes the initiative to give in and never cares.

It is really enough for a human being to do this.