[Red Chamber] I am Lin Daiyu and her uncle

"Master Jijiu." Lin Qing cupped his hands and saluted.

Yun Songrui waved his hand, "There is no need to be too polite. Since you are outside the court, you don't need to be commensurate with your official position."

"Yes, Master." Lin Qing nodded and saw the young man in purple shirt standing beside him. After looking him up and down, he asked with a smile, "Which family is this young master? He was born so gracefully."

Yun Songrui smiled and introduced: "This is my student in Jiangzhou. He is currently living in my house and is preparing to participate in next year's Chunwei."

Lin Qing understood, smiled and stepped forward, patted the purple-shirted young man's right shoulder enthusiastically, and said while patting: "Hey! So it's the younger brother! I don't know what the name of the younger brother is?"

When the young man in purple shirt heard Lin Qing calling him 'junior brother', he knew that Lin Qing had already recognized him as a fellow student, he was overjoyed and hurriedly cupped his hands and replied: "Xuan in the lower high school, the word Huaizhen, senior brother can just call me Huaizhen. "

Lin Qing helped him up, "Excuse me, excuse me." At the end, he said: "Zhongxuan, Zhongyuan..., what a good name! The name of Junior Brother is very well chosen, and it foretells high school early in the morning."

Yun Songrui said with a smile: "Stop chatting there, I have reserved a seat, if you don't go, the food will be cold."

The three of them went upstairs one after another.

Lin House.

Daiyu came to the hall for dinner, smiled and called out "Auntie" to Shenjiao on the seat, Shenjiao responded with a smile, and ordered someone to bring up the stewed bird's nest.

"Uncle isn't eating at home today?"

Shen Jiao said 'hmm', "Your uncle just sent someone back to deliver a message, saying that he met the former teacher in Helelou, and he won't be back for a while, telling us not to wait for him."

Seeing Daiyu's rosy face, Shenjiao asked, "Are you still taking the medicine now?"

Daiyu nodded, "I'm eating. But the number of meals is less than before, and I only eat once a day in the morning and evening."

Shenjiao nodded, and then sighed: "When you get better, my aunt will take you out to play. It's a pity that you should be alive and kicking, but you are stuck at home all day long."

Just as she was talking, Yin'er brought up two cups of bird's nest.

Shenjiao told Daiyu to eat while it was hot.

After eating a few spoonfuls, Daiyu smiled and said, "The bird's nest is a bit different today."

"What's the difference?"

Daiyu pondered for a while, and said, "It's much sweeter. I've been too hot these days, but as soon as the bird's nest goes down, my stomach feels cool, and it's more comfortable than eating those cold drinks."

Shenjiao and Qin'er behind him looked at each other, and then they both laughed.

"What is Auntie laughing at?" Daiyu was a little puzzled.

Qin'er explained with a smile: "Girl, a snow lotus of Qingshan was added to this, so it has such an effect."

"Qingshan Snow Lotus?" She knew Tianshan Snow Lotus, but it was the first time she had heard of Qingshan Snow Lotus.

"Yes. I can't blame the girl for not knowing. It was originally obtained by accident when my master was out fighting. In addition to handing it over to the treasury, there were only five left in total. My uncle was not feeling well last time, so my master specially made it I sent someone to send two over."

When Daiyu heard that this thing was so valuable and it was for her uncle's health, she felt a little restless.

Seeing this, Shenjiao quickly comforted him: "You can eat with peace of mind, your uncle still has more."

Daiyu knew that Shenjiao was a generous and straightforward person, so she didn't struggle anymore and drank the bird's nest with peace of mind.

Hele Building.

"What?! My eldest brother is so seriously ill!" Lin Qing stood up from his seat.

"Ruqing, don't worry, listen to Huaizhen." Yun Songrui comforted.

"Yes, Senior Brother Lin, listen to me first, Mr. Lin still has something that I want to give to you."

As he spoke, he took out an unopened letter from his arms and handed it to Lin Qing.

Seeing that Lin Qing was about to open it, senior high school Xuan hurriedly stopped it: "Wait a minute!"

Lin Qing stopped the movements in his hands, and looked at Gao Gaoxuan in puzzlement.

Gao Gaoxuan explained with a smile: "Senior brother, it's like this. When I came, Lord Lin specifically instructed you to open it after you get home. Now that I am with my mentor, something is wrong."

After hearing this, Lin Qing knew that the letter was extremely important, so she put it in her bosom, ready to check it again when she returned home.

Knowing that Lin Ruhai is now seriously ill, and Lin Qing is no longer in the mood to socialize, Yun Songrui naturally saw Lin Qing's absent-mindedness, so he dismissed the party early on the pretext of being old and lethargic.

Lin House.

The gate of the mansion had already been greeted by Shen Jiao, and Lin Qing went straight to the study as soon as he got off the carriage, and locked the door immediately after arriving in the room.

The faint candle was crackling, Lin Qing leaned back in the chair, looking at the unopened letter in his hand with a gloomy expression.

According to the time in the original book, Lin Ruhai should have disappeared during this period, but once Lin Ruhai left, it would undoubtedly be a big blow to the faction of the Fifth Prince.

Nanke Kingdom has always respected the eldest son inheritance system, and the officials of Nanke Kingdom are more principled than each other.The queen has no children, so the third prince almost naturally has the support of a large number of civil servants.

The remaining small group of civil servants are either idle and do not care about world affairs, or they have no hope of official career. With the mentality of "burning cold stoves", they put their treasures on the fifth prince and prepare to "use small things to make big gains".The ones who are really powerful have to be part of the Qing school represented by Lin Ruhai, but after all, the number is too small and the effect is limited.

If Lin Ruhai can come back safe and sound after finishing his work in Jiangnan, there are naturally more possibilities, but, alas...

Lin Qing knew very well that if he married Shen Jiao, he would be born into the Five Kings Party. Unless he divorced Shen Jiao, even if he had the heart to maintain neutrality, he would never be able to be alone.

According to Lin Qing's understanding of Lin Ruhai, since he agreed to the marriage so straightforwardly back then, there is no reason why he would not have thought of the current situation.

Or, is there a backup?

Just as he was thinking, there were knocks on the door suddenly.

"Knock Knock Knock..."

Lin Qing restrained her thoughts, and said loudly: "Who is it?"

"it's me."

Lin Qing recognized that it was Shen Jiao, and hurriedly put away the letter before opening the door.

Shenjiao ordered Qin'er to put the freshly made bird's nest porridge on the round table, "This is the freshly made bird's nest porridge. It's best for nourishing the stomach. Master, eat it while it's hot."

Lin Qing nodded, and immediately began to feast on it.

Because of something on his mind, and Lin Qing's always rough mouth, he didn't notice any difference until he finished eating a big bowl of porridge.

After eating, Lin Qing leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes without saying a word.

Seeing that Lin Qing was different from the past at this moment, Shen Jiao asked people to step back, came behind Lin Qing, and massaged the acupuncture points on his head carefully.

After Lin Qing was massaged by Shen Jiao for a while, most of his fatigue disappeared. He grabbed Shen Jiao's hand and asked, "Who did you learn this technique from?"

Shen Jiao paused, "Are you uncomfortable?"

"Comfortable, it's just too comfortable, but I'm not used to it." Lin Qing bit the word 'too' very hard.

This method is simple.

Some time before the college entrance examination, Lin Qing was so stressed that she couldn't sleep the whole night, and her eyes were red from the boil.

Seeing his miserable appearance, the head teacher took him to a well-known local massage parlor at his own expense without saying a word, and asked the technician to give him a full body massage.

The moment Lin Qing came out of the massage shop, she felt refreshed, and she performed exceptionally well in the college entrance examination, which made the class teacher very happy.

The level of comfort Shenjiao brought him just now was comparable to the comfort he had at the massage parlor that day.

It's just that Shenjiao is a big lady, how can she be so skilled in massage techniques?

Shen Jiao received Lin Qing's praise, didn't think too much, and was only very proud, "When the Holy One first came to the throne, there was a lot of waste in the country, and a lot of things were waiting for him to do, and it was not uncommon for him to stay up for days and nights. He suffered from headaches at a young age, and had a splitting headache when he had an attack. My aunt felt distressed every time she saw her, so she specially asked an expert for advice and learned a set of massage techniques from him. The Holy One massaged, and since then, the symptoms of the Holy One's headaches have really eased a lot."

"I lived in the palace for a long time, sometimes when I was bored, my aunt would teach me some things."

Lin Qing was quite surprised when she heard that, the mode of getting along between this virtuous concubine and the emperor was really like that of an ordinary husband and wife, and this virtuous concubine was really worthy of the word 'virtuous', indeed virtuous.

It is said that 'ruthless is the emperor's family', with such a person who knows the cold and the hot by her side, it is no wonder that the emperor dotes on her.

"But having said that, why are you so preoccupied when you come back today? You'll be fine when you go out in the morning."

Lin Qing didn't speak, but silently pulled Shen Jiao to him, raised his head, and looked at her solemnly, "My elder brother is very sick now."

Shen Jiao was very surprised, "What's going on, and where did you know about it?"

"Just now in Helelou, my teacher followed a student who came to the capital from Jiangzhou to take the exam. He told me."

Jiangzhou is close to Gusu, Shen Jiao believed most of it, but still said: "It is reasonable to say that the elder is in an important position now, if it is really seriously ill, the higher-ups must be the first to know."

After pondering for a while, he said: "You are in the court recently, have you ever heard that there are plans to send another person to the south of the Yangtze River to preside over the overall situation?"

Lin Qing shook his head, "It's calm."

"That's weird." Shenjiao muttered, "How about I go to my aunt's place tomorrow?"

Lin Qing hurriedly stopped, "No! The Xianfei has always been favored by the emperor, and the Holy Majesty must not cause a rift with her because of this."

The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!

This has been the case in all dynasties, especially today, who is not a fatuous emperor, let alone take this risk.

The concubine Xian and the fifth prince are the biggest backers and trump cards of their faction. As long as the concubine Xian wins the emperor's favor and the fifth prince is still alive, my faction will still have a chance to rise to the top.

Therefore, these two people must not make any mistakes.

"Then what should we do? We can't sit still and wait for death."

Lin Qing closed her eyes, and after being silent for a while, said: "Don't mention this matter to anyone, not even Yu'er. I will go to inquire again tomorrow, and if I still can't get a letter, I will explain it directly to the Holy Master." This matter."

Shen Jiao sighed, "That's the only way to go."

After Shen Jiao left, Lin Qing locked the door again, and then opened the letter.

Looking at it, Lin Qing's originally frowning brows gradually eased.

It turned out to be the case.