[Red Mansion] Young Master Lin Yan

When Lin Yan changed his clothes and came back again, Situ Kun and the others were already gone. After asking, they found out that they had gone to the Tiger and Leopard Room.Lin Yan could only go with Situ Yue.Situ Yue probably knew that he seemed to have caused him some trouble again, so he watched his face the whole time without saying a word.

When I got to the tiger and leopard room, I heard a burst of laughter.The voice was still quite familiar.Lin Yan turned his head and saw that it was Daiyu and Situ Luan who were sitting on the back of the little tiger and chasing him.

Lin Yan was startled, and subconsciously wanted to go forward to carry Daiyu back, but was stopped by Situ Yue.

"Don't be nervous! You have been locked up by Mr. Lin these days to study. It's not the first time your sister has come back to the palace. The empress likes her and often calls her into the palace. I'm afraid I can play with her in the palace. There is only Xiao Shiqi, who is about the same age.

My two little tigers are said to be mine, but I live outside the palace after all, and Xiao Shiqi plays with them every day, and they look like his.Your sister played with him back last time. "

"That female grew up in the deep forest, wild and hard to train, and has been chained all the time. But the two little ones were raised at home not long after they were born, and they didn't even realize that they were tigers and had the right to be themselves. It's like a big cat. It likes to play around with others."

Lin Yan still frowned.Situ Yue said again: "With Azak following him, no matter how bad it is, there are so many servants and guards. Do you think they are eating dry food? Besides, the tiger's claws are often trimmed, and a few teeth have been pulled out. What do you think?" You can rest assured."

Lin Yan was stunned for a while. Tigers and other ferocious beasts would naturally resort to certain methods if they wanted to keep them at home.Lin Yan disagreed with this method from the bottom of his heart.But he didn't talk too much, looking at Daiyu, he couldn't believe it.

Sister Lin riding a big tiger?Does this style of painting sound wrong?

In particular, after the past few months, the tiger, which has grown a lot in size, is still rolling around and acting like a baby at Sister Lin.Lin Yan would not have imagined such a scene if he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes.

But on the other side, Situ Kun and Lin Ruhai talked and laughed at Yan Yan, in harmony.Lin Yan's heart dropped.If Lin Ruhai can rest assured to play with Daiyu, there will be no major problems.

He took a few glances at Lin Ruhai's complexion, and saw that he looked good, he had lost the black face just now, and leaned closer, but happened to hear Situ Kun's words.

"Junior brother, what do you think of my little Seventeen? Is it suitable for your precious daughter?"

Lin Yan paused, his heart sank suddenly, and he wanted to step forward to refuse like a conditioned reflex, but at that moment, Lin Ruhai grabbed his wrist from behind and strangled him tightly.

Lin Ruhai's complexion did not change, "Your Majesty was joking. His Highness Seventeen is talented and intelligent, and he is a prince, so there is no question of whether he is worthy or not. The child is still young!"

Situ Kun laughed, "That's right. She's really young. Don't worry. However, my junior brother's daughter is a pain in the ass. The queen likes it very much. She's usually fine. Let her come into the palace to accompany the queen."

Lin Yan lowered his head and tried hard to restrain the urge to go forward and tear Situ Kun apart. Lin Ruhai's wrist was pinched even tighter, and he couldn't get rid of it.

"It is Yu'er's blessing to be appreciated by the queen."

Situ Kun nodded, looking very satisfied.

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on the carriage.

When he came out of the palace, Lin Yan was out of state. After entering the mansion, he followed Lin Ruhai to the study and knelt down.

"Father, hit me!"

Lin Ruhai looked at him and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"It's all my fault! If it wasn't for me, my sister wouldn't...wouldn't..."

Lin Yan gritted his teeth, his hands were trembling, his lips were trembling, and his whole body was trembling.

"I should have thought a long time ago that the emperor would not allow me to betray me when I made such a lethal bow/crossbow and bed/crossbow, and would definitely tie me to the royal family. Just because of my friendship with the Ninth Prince How could it be possible!"

"It was rumored earlier that the emperor wanted to call me Princess Shang. I just took it as a joke. But now, it seems that I thought it was simple. His Royal Highness has been in the cold palace for a long time, and the emperor has ignored him for many years. Why did he let him out suddenly? It was also when I asked the third prince to use the convenience of the concubine Xian to solve the Shen family's difficulties."

"I... I just thought it was the best way for A Yuan at the time. But I didn't expect, I didn't expect that the emperor changed his mind."

Lin Ruhai sighed softly, "How can this be your fault? The royal family needs a proton, and this is something that you, the princess, cannot get. When you marry a princess, it is the princess who is the hostage. It is the eyeliner who stares at you every day, and you have plenty of it." way to avoid her.

However, if Daiyu is allowed to marry into the royal family, Daiyu is the hostage.The two are completely different.Even without what you did for the Shen family, the emperor would always see this. "

Lin Yan shook his head, "No! Father, it's not just this. If it wasn't for me being so nice to my sister in every way, not for me being attached to her all the time, it wasn't me...it was me who let everyone see how I treated my sister. I thought it was good for my sister. In this way, no matter whether she makes friends outside or gets married in the future, others will not dare to despise her."

"But I forgot the disadvantages of doing this. If she is just a girl I don't care much about, then the emperor won't... It's me who has been increasing her bargaining chips, and let the royal family see that she is the most precious heart. The most suitable and irreplaceable pawn. It's all because of me!"

Lin Ruhai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, if he said that, then he, his father, was also to blame.Lin Yan is not the only one who cares about Daiyu?Why is he not?

But don't say that Lin Yan didn't expect it, even he didn't expect it. It was their attitude and behavior that strengthened the royal family's determination to tie Daiyu.

Looking at Lin Yan, who was pale and blamed himself beyond measure, Lin Ruhai felt even more distressed.

"Get up! It's not your fault!"

Lin Yan shook his head and knelt still.

Lin Ruhai frowned, and just opened his mouth to say something, when he heard Lin Huai's voice outside: "Your Highness, please."

The door of the study room was not closed, it was more appropriate to be open-minded.After all, they are not loud enough to be heard by others.Even when Bai Zhi sees it, she just treats it as an ordinary father and son teaching his son.If the door is closed every time, it will make people suspicious.Especially when they just came back from the palace, and there was a commotion in the palace with Situ Luan and Daiyu going out.

At this time, Situ Ling had arrived at the door.Lin Yan hurriedly said: "Father, I just came up with an idea and invested some money in the horse meeting. The rest will be done by Lord Jiu. It doesn't take much effort, let alone delay in homework."

Lin Ruhai understood what he meant as soon as she heard it, and snorted coldly, "Then what about the script of "The Female Number One Scholar's Cihuang Defeng" published by Yipin Teahouse a while ago?"

"This is even more unfair to me. Father forgot, you gave me a month to arrange things about the weapons store and the teahouse. This book was written at that time. At that time, I gave Jiu Ye three copies. Ask Master Jiu to take it out slowly. Since you told me to study at ease, I have never done anything else. It was planned by the Jockey Club, and it was also done during the break during the New Year's Eve."

Situ Ling stood a foot away, seeing this scene for a while, he was embarrassed, but he didn't know whether to enter or not.It was Lin Huai who stepped forward and interrupted the father and son, "Master, His Royal Highness Kang Wang is here."

Lin Ruhai raised his head, as if he had just discovered Situ Ling, he lowered his expression, frowned and scolded Lin Yan: "Get lost!"

Lin Yan got up quickly and took the opportunity to back out.

Situ Ling laughed for a while.

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As soon as Situ Ling left, Lin Huai stepped forward and said, "Master didn't go back to the courtyard, but went to the ancestral hall, where he was kneeling all the time!"

Lin Ruhai was taken aback, "How long?"

"It's been half an hour."

Lin Ruhai sighed, her legs paused, she thought for a moment, then turned a corner, instead of going to the ancestral hall, she went to the inner courtyard.He has to inform Jia Min about this kind of thing, and he can deal with it when he enters the palace, so he can pay attention to it.

After Jia Min listened, she smiled wryly, "No wonder, since you left the palace today, your classmate's complexion is not quite right. How is Yan'er now?"

"He took everything on himself, and only felt that he had harmed Yu'er. It would be good to ask him to kneel down. If he is punished, he may feel better."

Jia Min nodded, but her face was very melancholy.Lin Ruhai gently held her hand, "Don't worry, Yu'er is still young. I'm here! Just do as usual. Let me tell you, I'm just afraid that the emperor will say something like this suddenly today, and the queen will inevitably say something like that in the future." Ask, when the time comes, you are unprepared, and you will show something is wrong on your face."

"I understand."

After coaxing Jia Min, Lin Ruhai called Lin Huai over again, "Go and ask the uncle, if he has figured it out, if he has figured it out, let him come to the study to see me."

Fortunately, Lin Yan did not disappoint him.Just as Lin Ruhai returned to the study, Lin Yan came on the back foot.

Seeing his improved expression, Lin Ruhai heaved a sigh of relief, with a smile in his eyes, "Have you figured it out?"

"Yes!"

Lin Ruhai sighed softly, "You have been studying for the past six months, and you don't know much about the outside world. I'm afraid I know more about His Royal Highness Seventeen than you, and I have met him a few times. Although he is young, he is a bright and bright man. What's rare is that even with the past of living in the cold palace and being bullied, he hasn't cultivated a vicious and vengeful temperament, instead he can see a bit of optimism and generosity.

With the current attitude of the emperor, he also wants to teach him, and he will not let him go.What's more, according to this situation, he will not take power in the future, nor will he enter the court.To be a happy prince, Yu'er married him, her status is not low, and she can still get a piece of security and freedom.Not bad. "

Lin Yan frowned, as if to say something, Lin Ruhai raised his hand to interrupt, and then said: "Of course, there is a premise for all this, that is, he has no blemish in character, and he can treat Yu'er well. It is better to be able to complement Yu'er in terms of writing and poetry."

Although Daiyu is not very old, she can already see her talent and aura in this.Lin Yan knew this, and so did Lin Ruhai.

"One more thing, Yu'er played well with him and doesn't hate him. The royal family is also willing to let them have more contact. Now that His Royal Highness is still young, we may not be able to guide him more."

Lin Yan nodded.It was because he thought about it for a while.Although the royal family is not necessarily good, it is not necessarily bad.In particular, Situ Luan was destined to seize the heir, not the throne, or even power.From this point of view, isn't Prince Xiaoyao stronger than the youngest son of Xungui's family?

In a noble family, the youngest son does not bear the burden of the family, and he will have to establish his own family when he is separated in the future.It's not as easy as the prince has the backing of the royal family.Furthermore, the prince will leave the palace to build a mansion at the age of fifteen.When Daiyu married, she would be the master of the family. There would be no mother-in-law to wait on, and no sister-in-law to please, so she would be more comfortable.

As for poor families or small households?They are not in the same class, they come into contact with different things, they have good vision, and they see problems from different angles.How do you get along with each other if you have different views?Do you really think it's okay to marry low?Let’s put it aside, there are so many cases of Phoenix Man and Bai Fumei in modern times, isn’t it enough to be a lesson for the past?

Therefore, Lin Yan never thought of asking Daiyu to marry her lowly.And if you choose among the similar families as the Lin family, it's really not easy to choose the right one.

Lin Yan sighed, "Father, I understand. It would be the best if they could cultivate a mutual affection. Take a step back and say, if His Royal Highness really can't do it, all our current ideas will come to naught. Then The marriage has not yet been decided, and at that time, there may not be no other way."

"Do you know how the daughter of the Wang family disappeared?"

Lin Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Lin Ruhai speechlessly, "Father, am I so stupid?"

Lin Ruhai laughed, "How is your hand? Does it still hurt?"

Lin Yan was in a daze for a while, and looked down at the mark on the wrist that Lin Ruhai had scratched, which was already bruised. He pulled his sleeves and gathered them together, "It doesn't hurt!"

It's a lie.Lin Ruhai didn't ask any more questions, and only said: "If I hadn't suppressed you today, what would you think? You should know that in front of the royal family, especially in front of the emperor, one must never be careless!"

Lin Yan lowered his head, only then did he realize that Lin Ruhai didn't think that the royal family thought he would use such stupid tricks, but reminded him not to show dislike or dislike in front of the royal family.

"Father, I was wrong."

Lin Ruhai shook his head. Seeing his expression, he knew it in his heart, so he didn't say any more, turned his head and said, "Do you know why the Third Highness came here today?"

"Why?"

"He came to send two messages. One is about Ye He. His people moved faster than the Lin family, and went to Huxiang early in the morning.

According to the household registration and the words of the neighbors.Ye He's mother was originally from Huxiang, and her maiden name was Zhang Yan.More than ten years ago, due to a major flood in Huxiang, all the homes were flooded, and some died and scattered.She took her children and followed the refugees all the way to the capital to join relatives, but they couldn't find them, so they sold jewelry and settled down. "

"What can the people of the Third Highness find out in Huxiang?"

"I searched seven or eight neighbors, and they all said that the Zhang family did have a daughter named Zhang Yan. Because she was born in autumn, she was named Qiuniang. Later, she married Ye Xiucai from Linzhen. They got married 20 years ago. After marriage, two Ye He was born in [-]. When Ye He was five years old, there was a flood in Huxiang, and everyone in her natal family and husband’s family disappeared. She said she would go to relatives, but there has been no news since then.”

Lin Yan frowned.

Lin Ruhai smiled and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong?"

"There is nothing wrong with this, it is not right at all! I remember that during the flood in the south of the Yangtze River the year before last, my father told me about the flood in Huxiang, and said that it was a once-in-a-century event. The severity of the disaster made me People didn't expect it. The villages and fields were almost completely destroyed, and many people died."

"There must be migration after a severe disaster. And my father also said that Ye He's mother left with the refugees. Since there were refugees, it means that many suffering people left their homeland at that time. Under such circumstances, some died and scattered. How could there be so many old neighbors left behind?"

"What's even more strange is that Ye He's mother's household registration status is not a farmer's daughter. But if there is a family with some family background, how can the daughter's baby name be known to everyone? Besides, this happened many years ago. Unexpectedly Remember when she got married and when she gave birth to a child?"

Lin Ruhai snorted softly, "Sometimes, the more you are afraid of problems, the more likely they are to go wrong. Cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness. It's not easy to inquire about things that happened more than ten or twenty years ago, and have experienced catastrophe and relocation. It’s possible that you can’t get any information. But in the current situation, it seems that someone deliberately made it in order to deal with the investigation.”

Lin Yan was even more puzzled, did Ye He do it?If it was him, where did he get such ability?If not him, then who can help him?

The mother came from a lowly family background, gave birth to an heir, and did not want to live in the old place.For the sake of the children, it is understandable to create another household registration to enter Beijing.Ye He doesn't want people to know his origin, and it's understandable that he wants to cover up this past.But is it really that simple?

Lin Yan only felt that things were far beyond his expectations.There may be a shocking secret hidden in Ye He's life experience!

He looked up at Lin Ruhai, but saw that Lin Ruhai's expression did not change, "I heard that Qiuniang's nickname reminds me of it. Twenty years ago, there was a prostitute named Qiuniang on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and she was also good at playing the pipa. Excellent skill."

Lin Yan opened his eyes wide, "Father suspects that Ye He's mother is this Qinhuai famous prostitute?"

"The boundary of the south of the Yangtze River is more convenient for us than the Third Highness. I have told Lin Huai to start an investigation. It's just that this matter has been going on for a long time, so I'm afraid it will take some time."

Lin Yan nodded, "But at least we have confidence in our hearts, and naturally we have taken precautions. By the way, father, you said that His Highness the Third Highness brought two messages. This is the first, so what about the second?"

"It's related to the Jia family. He knows our in-law relationship with the Jia family, and he probably saw your choice in the second room of the Jia family's big house, so he specially sent it here."

Lin Ruhai took the letter paper from the table and handed it to Lin Yan.Lin Yan took over and took a look, dumbfounded.

Jia Yuanchun hooked up with Gu Yankai!

Gu Yankai, the first-class son of Duke Cheng En.The empress' nephew, the only child of the eight generations of the Gu family.The queen has no heirs and treats this nephew as her own.The emperor felt ashamed of the empress and treated the Gu family well, even when Gu Yankai was ten years old, he made him Marquis of Anle.

I have to say, Jia Yuanchun really knows how to pick people!