[Red Mansion] The Wife of Powerful Officials

The day before yesterday, Baoyu courtyard was thrown and beaten, so it was heard elsewhere.Jia Zheng had instructed early in the morning that this matter should not be spread to the outside world, and Baoyu dared not lose face.

When Jia Mu sent him to talk, he just said in a sly voice: "It's nothing, just because of my seniority, I asked her to eat the maple tea that Qianxue made for me. I was at Aunt Xue yesterday. After eating wine there and going back, I was very thirsty, and when I heard about this, I became angry..."

Mother Jia cherished him for a while, hugged him and coaxed him a few words, and then asked someone to send Nanny Li out of the house.

Nanny Li had thought that she had been in the mansion for several years, and she should have worked hard without credit. Who would have thought that Baoyu was so cruel. When someone came to send her away, Nanny Li immediately cried, quarreled, and finally went out. .

The people in Baoyu's room were stunned for a while.

When Baoyu went back, he felt that the atmosphere was not appropriate.

Seeing Xiren, she also lowered her eyebrows.

"What's the matter? Why do you look sad when you see me?" Baoyu looked around and asked with a smile.

The attacker dragged Baoyu into the house, and sighed half-truthfully, "Second Master kicked out Mother Li, who knows when he'll kick us out together?"

"Then what's the same?" Baoyu shook his head and said, "If she destroys my things, I will calm down after two days, but what she destroys are other people's things. Another day if it doesn't matter, it will bring me disaster. I am the one who eats the crime. How can there be a reason for the master to take the blame for the slave?"

Xiren just lowered his head and didn't speak.

Baoyu raised her head with a smile and said, "Who are you? I can't leave you for a moment. How can I drive you away?"

However, under the candlelight, Xiren's face was beautiful and his eyes were full of sparkles.

For the past two days, Baoyu had been depressed. When he saw her, he couldn't help but pull Xiren to bed.

Let's talk about the other end, Baochai went back to Lixiangyuan.

Aunt Xue was afraid that she would get worse, so she ordered Baochai to take medicine again.After taking the medicine, she sat down beside Baochai's bed and tucked Ye Baochai's quilt.

At this moment Baochai raised her head slightly and said, "Mother doesn't have to worry about that in the future."

Aunt Xue paused: "It's pretty good, how do you say that?"

"At Sister Lin's place, I saw a good show. I have heard that my cousin loves to play, and he has a very good relationship with the maids..."

"Young master, it's not surprising that the red sleeves around you are more fragrant. No mistress will care about such things."

"But he has never been motivated, and he always makes troubles. It is possible to bring others into trouble someday. Yesterday, he provoked the court's minister and servant, and asked someone to come in person to teach him a lesson."

As soon as these words came out, Aunt Xue stopped talking.

For a while, the courtyard was extremely quiet.

Aunt Xue's heart fluttered heavily, and she finally believed Baochai's words.

Baochai has always been clever and very assertive.

If she can't say it, then it probably won't work.

Inside the study.

He Shen rubbed the letter paper in his hand, put it on the wax, and burned it.

Lin Ruhai is coming to Beijing.

Coincidentally, Jia Yucun is also going to Beijing.

What the two want to play is not the same.

But the two wrote letters to He Shen in unison. According to the date, Lin Ruhai should arrive in a few days, while Jia Yucun is a little behind.

He Shen tapped his fingers on the table, with a vague plan in his heart.

Lin Ruhai is the censor of salt inspection in Yangzhou, and belongs to the local officials.And he is the second-rank official of the household department, a Beijing official.No matter which dynasty or generation of emperors, the most taboo is for local officials to interact with Beijing officials. Therefore, local officials and vassal kings from all over the country are not allowed to enter Beijing at will.In addition to debriefing, there must be important affairs before going to Beijing to face the saint.This reduces the contact between the two.

It stands to reason that he should reduce his contact with Lin Ruhai, the less the better.

But there is something in my heart that I can't let go.

However, he didn't have many officials in the capital, so if he deliberately reduced contact, it would be unreal. It would be better to be generous with Lin Ruhai, which would calm Qianlong's heart.

Qianlong was not suspicious at all.

He Shen called Liu Quan: "Send a letter to Rongguo Mansion, saying that Master Lin is going to Beijing to meet the saint."

Liu Quan nodded in agreement.

"Call me Helin again. I heard that he had a dispute with someone a few days ago."

Liu Quan smiled and said, "It's not uncommon for men to love to play."

After that, he turned around and called He Lin.

He Lin is now the same age as Daiyu, and has grown a lot in stature, and Tuantuan's face has lost some flesh. He looks richer than He Shen, and he is dressed in gorgeous clothes, just like Who is the young master in the palm of his hand.

But such a young man, after seeing He Shen, had a bitter face, and came up and said: "Brother treats me more and more harshly every day, and it is not at all compared to when I was young."

He Shen kicked him: "Stand up straight and speak. Who was the one who fought with you that day?"

"How would I know? It was Yancai who started the fight with him. I thought that no one could bully my friend, so I rolled up my sleeves and followed him off."

He Shen sneered and said, "Just don't let anyone come to your door and say that I am not strict in discipline, that is your ability."

He Lin hurriedly smiled flatteringly, and said again: "That day, I vaguely heard people call him Uncle Xue, and that group of people looked like dogs. It's just that their style is not right. I took a look at it, and everyone There is a book boy in his arms, who looks like a woman."

He Shen frowned.

Such a coincidence?

Running into Xue Pan, Jia Baoyu and the others?

He Shen remembers that in the original book, these people love Longyang.

Especially Baoyu, the men and women around him told him to play it all over the place.

"If we meet again some other day..."

"I knew it, so I sent a letter to my brother. But my brother can't roll up his sleeves and end up fighting."

"Who said it couldn't be done?" Maybe just when he met Baoyu, he felt itchy too.

He Lin didn't really believe it, she shook her head and said, "Brother seems to be a different person recently, and he never said such things before."

"Is it getting better or worse?" He Shen looked at him coldly.

"It's changed for the better."

"Oh?"

"In the past, my elder brother raised me to take care of the family. It was rare to see my elder brother being happy. Recently, my elder brother smiles more often. Isn't that a good thing?"

He Shen was taken aback, slightly lost in thought.

is it?

"Brother, I have an appointment with a friend today..." He Lin said.

"Go away." He Shen said angrily.He just said, how could He Lin be so nice, and suddenly said nice words, so there was such a sentence waiting for him later.

He Lin smiled and trotted out.

After that, He Shen also went out.

Qianlong built a silver coin casting factory in central Beijing, and now Heshen still has to keep an eye on it.

It's been like this for two days.

Just as He Shen speculated, Lin Ruhai arrived in the capital.

He Shen met him at Qianlong.

Lin Ruhai stepped into the door, knelt down to meet Li, but didn't notice He Shen beside him.

After all, I haven't seen him for many years, and He Shen's stature and face have grown, so Lin Ruhai naturally couldn't recognize him.

But in this way, we can see the difference between Hanchen and Manchen.

Lin Ruhai had to kneel to answer, but He Shen was able to stand up and speak, and act as he pleased.

He Shen took a look at Lin Ruhai.

I don't know how he has lived in the past few years, but it seems that he has had beautiful hair early, and many wrinkles have grown on his face, his whole body is full of fatigue, and he is no longer as elegant and handsome as he was a few years ago.

But on second thought, this is not an exception.

The ancients often lived to thirty or forty before dying.

If you're fifty, you're really old.

That's why the ancients just married early, because in ancient times it was extremely difficult to feed young children, if a few children didn't die, how could they survive?But when that one was born, if he was a little older, he might have lost his life before the child was brought up.

Lin Ruhai's current age is not considered young, and he is also in charge of inspecting salt censor, busy with official duties, tired day and night, how can he have a chance to rest himself?

I'm afraid that after going back, I will find a chance to prescribe him a medicine.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Qianlong say, "Can Yushi recognize who is beside you?"

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at He Shen, tried to identify it, and then said in surprise: "Brother Zhi Zhai!"

He Shen smiled faintly and nodded slightly.

Qianlong said: "Earlier, Heshen mentioned to me that you and him were old acquaintances in the early years. He was still young at that time, but is that so?"

"Exactly."

"This kind of friendship is rare."

Lin Ruhai was surprised when he heard this.He Shen made friends with him, but the emperor was not angry at all?

It can be seen how He Shen has won the sacred heart in front of the emperor now.

"Okay, let's discuss this matter again, you two can talk about the past." Qianlong was generous.

This is also because He Shen was in front of him, and he didn't hide anything. On the contrary, Qianlong trusted him so much that it became a trivial matter in front of him.

Lin Ruhai kowtowed to Qianlong and said with a smile: "This slave should go and see my daughter."

Qianlong heard about it, pointed at Heshen and smiled: "But your daughter who was sent to your grandfather's house? Now in Rongguo Mansion? Heshen is very caring on weekdays. You should thank him."

Lin Ruhai was surprised again.Since all these words came from Qianlong's mouth, he should be more attentive on weekdays.

Lin Ruhai was very moved for a while, but it is his luck that the karmic connection in the early years has continued to this day.

Stay out of the palace together.

Lin Ruhai immediately ran to Rongguo Mansion.

He didn't want to neglect He Shen, so he invited He Shen to go together.

When the soft sedan landed outside Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng and others were already waiting.

This was also the first time that He Shen saw Jia She, the elder of the Rongguo Mansion.Because Jia's mother was partial to Jia Zheng's relationship, Jia Amnesty felt unhappy, so she indulged in drinking and sex all day long, and did a lot of ridiculous things, rarely showing her face in Jia's mansion.

But seeing it now, He Shen realized that this man looked a little younger than Jia Zheng.

It's just that his body looks so empty, and his eyes are still black and blue.

Look at Jia Zheng again.

But Jia Zheng was also looking at him, and even gave him a wink, full of happiness.

Come to think of it, it was thanks to him for his kindness a few days ago.

No, Lin Ruhai is here right now.

If by chance something happened to Daiyu, wouldn't Lin Ruhai be completely offended?

Jia Zheng was afraid in secret, so he hurriedly led people in.

In the green gauze cupboard, just as Daiyu was washing up, a servant girl came to deliver a message, saying, "Master Lin is here."

"Which Master Lin?" Xueyan opened her mouth, and stayed there, but she didn't dare to think about it.

Daiyu was also stunned, and murmured: "The good days are all in one place..."