The Fate of the Red Chamber

In the previous article, it was mentioned that the Jia family sent the fourth girl Xichun to the Lin Mansion, which completely angered Daiyu, and she decided not to tolerate them anymore.Mo Han sat on the first seat in the main hall of Jia's mansion until he saw cold sweat dripping down Jia Zheng and Jia Lian's back, and when Jia's mother was swaying, Mo Han put down the teacup heavily, and asked indifferently: "I heard that you plan to send the fourth girl Be a female official for the princess?"

Jia Zheng raised his head in astonishment, and looked at Mrs. Jia Muwang. Jia Lian stood trembling. It seemed that he knew the truth.

"The chief of the county enters the palace for a draft, so there are too many things to do, and the people around him may be too busy. Besides, with the talent and character of the princess, there is a high probability of being selected. After entering the palace, she must be a lady. Xueyan Although they are good, they are just slaves, not familiar with the rules of the palace, their status is relatively low, and they are easy to be manipulated.

Although the princess and the prince have misunderstood us, I am the grandmother of the princess after all, and I hope everything goes well for her.The fourth girl has been with me for several years, the rules are clearer than Xueyan and the others, and her status is higher, so it is easy to shock those people in the palace who don't have eyes.Si Yatou is still young now, and there is no rush to get married. In a few years, the Princess will be kind enough to release her, and there is still time.I am also wholeheartedly worried about the princess, Wang Ye Mingjian. "

Jia Mu stabilized her mind, and spoke earnestly and slowly about the manuscript that she had written long ago. Every word and every word was for Daiyu's consideration, even her own granddaughter.

It's not the first time Mo Han has had a fight with Jia's mother, and he has learned a lot about her eloquence, so he doesn't intend to stick to this issue with her.The gloom just now dissipated a lot, and he changed his tone to a milder one: "The old lady is not unreasonable. After all, the palace is not as comfortable as my own home. Of course it is best to have multiple sisters to take care of you. But there are rules in the palace. If you want to enter the palace as a maid, you must sell yourself as a slave, otherwise it will be difficult to control.

The fourth girl is the daughter of everyone, how can she be like that?Without her contract of selling herself, the younger sister would not be able to bring her in.So, forget about it, I thanked the old lady for her kindness on behalf of my sister.The fourth younger sister will stay at our house for a few more days, just to accompany the younger sister, and send her back when the younger sister enters the palace for draft. "

Well, there is indeed such a rule. There are many daughters in the palace who are female officials, but they are selected through small elections. Those who are not high-ranking palace ladies who are not small elections must be sold as slaves.The Jia family no longer has any places for the small election, otherwise Jia's mother would not have come up with this trick.Moreover, there is a huge difference between ordinary court ladies and the court ladies around the queen. If the queen is favored, she can see the emperor almost every day.

Of course, there are other ways to do this. With the status of the Lin family, it is obvious that such a small matter cannot be done, which is obviously deliberately making things difficult.

However, such a good thing as placing someone next to the future empress is extremely rare, isn't it because of the sisterhood between Daiyu and Xichun, would the Lin family trust Xichun?

Mother Jia still didn't give up, and asked tentatively: "The prince is a celebrity in front of the queen mother and the emperor. This matter is not a trivial matter, it is mainly for the good of the princess."

Mo Han didn't answer immediately, but pondered for a while intentionally, and sighed: "The House of Internal Affairs is now under the control of the King of Xining. I have never had any friendship with him. I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate. It's a pity that Fourth Younger Sister is such a smart person." , can’t help my sister.”

Mother Jia thought that Mo Han deliberately disagreed, so she came up with this difficult problem. Now, his tone seemed to agree with Xichun's going to the palace to follow Daiyu, and she couldn't help gritted her teeth and asked, "Is it true that the fourth girl is going to be sold to the county?" Is the master a slave?" Naturally, her words were more tentative.

Although Jia Zheng was dissatisfied with sending the girl in his mansion to serve others, he gave up when he thought that his daughter was only a female official in the first place. This matter is absolutely impossible. The fourth girl is the daughter of the dignified Duke's mansion, how can she be sold to others as a slave? What will this do to the reputation of the whole mansion and the face of the ancestors?

What's more, the fourth girl is from the Eastern Mansion, and Zhen'er is in charge of this matter, we can't bypass him to do such a thing, otherwise it will be bad if there is no gap between the two mansions.Think twice, old lady.What do others think of our house when it spreads? "Jia Zheng valued his reputation the most. The incident of Baoyu's marriage had already ruined his face. Wouldn't the next one make things worse? How could he meet those colleagues?

"Old lady, the second master's words are justified. Let's pretend that we haven't said this, so as not to spoil the fourth sister's reputation." Mo Han quickly continued to express his opinion.

Jia's mother was in a hurry immediately.With Daiyu's heart, she will definitely take care of the fourth girl when she enters the palace, and with Yuan Chun's secret help, the fourth girl will be favored just around the corner. questionable.Such an opportunity is once in a lifetime, and it will never be missed.It's not that she didn't think about letting Yuan Chun call Si Yatou into the palace occasionally, and then try to push her to the emperor, but Yuan Chun is no longer favored, so it's better not to implicate Si Yatou.Daiyu was different, she entered the palace for the first time when she was the most favored, the emperor saw the fourth girl every day, but she was still a bit unmoved, everyone knew that the emperor was lustful.

"Second, the fourth girl is sold to the princess as a slave. That's just a matter on the surface. The princess is her sister. I can't treat her badly in secret. This matter is up to me. Lian Er, go to Dongfu to invite Zhen'er Come here, he still needs to come forward." Mother Jia stopped what Jia Zheng wanted to say, and ordered Jia Lian to act.

Jia Lian didn't dare to delay, so she hurriedly retreated to find Jia Zhen.

Jia Zheng was dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say any more, he just obediently agreed.

Mo Han secretly smiled in his heart, thanks to Jia Zheng's excitement, Jia's mother's mind was strengthened, but he still murmured and asked: "Is this not good, if you sell yourself, you will not be a girl from the Duke's Mansion, but a girl from the Duke's Mansion." A servant of the Lin family. How could the fourth younger sister suffer such humiliation with a body as rich as gold. The old lady should think again?"

"What's the difficulty? When she leaves the palace, just ask the princess to grant her freedom." The more Mo Han objected, the more Jia's mother insisted.Of course she considered Xichun's status as a slave, but as long as you become the emperor's woman and have a title, who cares if you were once a court lady.What's more, ordinary court ladies are naturally different. With the support of the family behind the fourth girl, who would dare to underestimate her.

"That's natural. The fourth younger sister is willing to enter the palace as a palace maid for the sake of my younger sister. We will definitely not treat her badly and let her leave the palace in a good manner." Seeing what Mo Han said, everyone thought Daiyu was the queen-to-be, Not only did he not refute, but he accepted it calmly, as if the Empress Dowager really decided to make Daiyu her queen.

After a while, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian rushed in side by side. Jia Zhen had already listened to Jia Lian's general account of the matter on the way.

Although letting his sister be a slave was a bit insulting to the Jia family, but thinking about the power and wealth in the future, he couldn't help but be tempted.You see, why is the West Mansion so beautiful, even a white man can be married by the Queen Mother himself, isn't it because there is a noble concubine, who can ascend to heaven alone.If his younger sister becomes a noble concubine one day, then he must be even more beautiful than Xifu, and those who fawn on him will be able to level the threshold.

Because she has been raised in Xifu, Jia Zhen has no brother-sister relationship with Xichun, and a little bit of brother-sister relationship is nothing in the face of such a huge temptation.As long as the news of Xichun's betrayal in the Lin Mansion is not spread, the reputation of the mansion will not be affected at all, the old lady's strategy is great!

"My lord, old lady, the fourth younger sister is my own sister. As an elder brother, how can I make her suffer that kind of humiliation. However, since she is willing, she is reluctant to be a sister with the princess and wants to take care of the princess. It's useless for me to stop her, so it's better to fulfill her. I believe that in the future, the princess will definitely give her a good home." Jia Zhen spoke righteously, and pushed everything on Xichun, and she transformed , became Xichun who despises himself and wants to sell himself as a slave, and he, the elder brother, has no choice but to fulfill it.

Mo Han didn't know whether to be angry or to laugh. With such a brother, it's no wonder that the fourth girl would become a monk in the end. It would be better to die than anyone else.Selling his own sister to gain glory and wealth, without such a family of bells and lanterns, and the mansion of the Duke who has stood for nearly a hundred years, it is really unreasonable for him not to perish.

Mo Han was so angry that he wanted to beat up the people in Jia's house immediately, but he held back and even pretended to be very moved: "Jia Zhen, you really think so? You have to know, Then the fourth younger sister will not belong to your Jia family, and you will have nothing to do with her life or death in the future. Have you thought about it clearly?"

What's the point of this, it's just a contract of selling herself, after Xichun becomes a noble concubine, will she not recognize her natal family, hasn't she given all the benefits to her natal family?This Lin Mohan, unfortunately, is too young and not experienced enough.

If Mo Han knew that Jia Zhen missed him so much, he wouldn't know whether to laugh or not.

Under the unanimous approval of several masters of the Jia family, Jia Zheng saw that his brother had no objection, so he stopped talking. Lin Mohan and Jia Zhen signed Jia Xichun's contract of sale, stating that Jia Xichun would be a member of the Lin family in the future. It has nothing to do with Jia's house.

Mo Han couldn't stop laughing in his heart, he got it so easily, he thought it would take a lot of effort to make up a lot of beautiful futures to seduce them, but who knew that they made it all up by themselves, and he just signed it.He is not stingy either, he spent 5000 taels of silver, but the money will be recovered soon.

After finishing the work, Mo Han went straight back to Lin's mansion to report the good news, regardless of the kindness of Jia's people.Of course, this may not be considered good news for the fourth girl, just don't hit her.

In Wanyuan, Xichun was chasing Daiyu to ask if she entered the palace voluntarily, or if she was forced to do so, and even encouraged Daiyu to twist her hair and become a sister-in-law if she didn't want to enter the palace.

When Mo Han heard this sentence just in time, his clothes were really wet with sweat. This fourth girl is a dangerous person. She likes to be a sister-in-law with others at every turn. If she dares to make herself a monk, she should be careful.

The two saw Mo Han approaching together, and Mo Han touched Daiyu's clothes, his face became gloomy: "What's the matter, I'm only wearing a single dress, where's the one I wore in the morning?"

"Why are you so fierce? I just played with my fourth younger sister, and I took it off as soon as it got hot. I'll put it on after a while." Daiyu was both aggrieved and sweet. She was a little aggressive at the beginning, but she was soft-spoken in the end. .

Xichun sticks out her tongue, but only for a short while, brother Lin really takes care of her, sister Lin is no longer a child.

"Okay, I'm not worried about you yet. But I'll put it on in a while, don't be sloppy with me." Mo Han took Daiyu's hand and beckoned Xichun to walk into the house together.

Naturally, Daiyu didn't blame him, but felt that Xichun was a little embarrassed, just now she was an older sister in front of her fourth younger sister, and then she was scolded like a child in a blink of an eye, how embarrassing.

Mo Han didn't beat around the bush, and briefly told Xichun about what happened in Jia's mansion. Xichun was still a little bit sad at first, with red eye circles, but after thinking about it, that's all.Staying there is the end of being sold anyway, it is better to just sell it to Sister Lin directly as it is now, and selling it as a concubine and aunt is not much different from selling it as a slave.Thinking about it this way, she felt relieved. In the future, only Sister Lin can decide her affairs, and the Jia family can no longer control her.

It's impossible to say that there is no sadness and grievance, after all, she was raised there, and it would be pretty good for another girl not to seek death.But Xichun is different, she is a cold-hearted person, afraid of being hurt if she gives her feelings, so she always avoids giving her sincerity to others, especially after seeing the faces of Jia people.Although they gave birth to her, Brother Lin spent 5000 taels of silver, so he didn't owe them anything, and she, a little girl, would not be able to spend all that money in more than ten years.

"Sister Lin, I'm not very good at serving people, I'll learn from Sister Baihui." Unexpectedly, this was the first sentence Xichun uttered.

Daiyu didn't know whether to scold her or laugh, it's really the temper of the fourth younger sister, if someone else would never say such a thing, she smiled and stepped forward to break Xichun's cheek, and asked: "I have to tear your cheek today. Mouth, will you still say this in the future?"

"I dare not, sister Lin, good sister, please forgive me." Xichun tried her best to dodge, laughing and begging for forgiveness, the gloom just now was swept away.

"You. I just thought that in this way, Mrs. Jia would not be able to order you in the future, but I forgot that your boudoir reputation is not good. I was negligent. But don't worry, as long as we don't talk about it, the Jia family will definitely not Dare to publicize the embarrassing thing to the outside world, outsiders will only think you are temporarily staying at our house. The contract of selling your body will be torn up, but we will have no proof when the Jia family comes to the door in the future, so I will give it to you. You are welcome. with.

You didn't just meet my elder brother and I just today, you just need to rest assured, if you talk about serving people, slaves and so on, don't call me Sister Lin. " Daiyu's slender index finger tapped on Xichun's forehead, and she spoke with sincerity and sincerity.

Xichun is not the kind of heartless person, knowing that Daiyu really didn't treat her as an outsider, she would stand up for her, and the Lin family doesn't need a useless person like her as a maid.She was the kind of person who couldn't express her emotions or anger. Even though she was very grateful in her heart, she couldn't say a word, she just nodded her head repeatedly.

In mid-April, the imperial court began to draft, and both the palace and the families of the officials were busy.

The queen mother took special care of Daiyu, saying that she does not need to participate in the first few rounds, as long as she appears in the final holy election.This undoubtedly confirmed everyone's speculation that the princess of the Lin family was appointed by the empress dowager, even if she was not the empress, she would not be able to run away as an imperial concubine.The concierge of Lin's mansion was almost annoyed to death by people who came to curry favor with her every day. Daiyu never saw anyone, and just stayed quiet in the mansion every day.

Xichun couldn't help but wonder, sister Yilin's temperament would definitely not allow her to enter the palace as a concubine, why didn't she object at all, she didn't even see that she was unhappy, what should she do every day?Could it be for Brother Lin?But the imperial power is at the top, what should Sister Lin do, she can't resist, but in the end it hurts the entire Lin family.Xichun felt that she had never really understood Daiyu, especially after she came back from Jiangnan, she seemed to be covered with a hazy secret, but she didn't want to interfere too much with Daiyu's life.In the end, nothing was asked.

On the day of the final election at the end of April, Daiyu was personally escorted into the palace by Mo Han, and her breakfast and meals were a standard higher than that of other show girls, leaving eighteen show girls in the end.

On the second day, the families of the [-] beautiful women all received the imperial decree, what grade they were granted, when they would enter the palace, and so on.As expected, Lin Daiyu became the queen.All the concubines and nobles entered the palace very quickly, except for Daiyu. She is the future queen and needs to hold a wedding ceremony with the emperor, so it can't be rushed. Qin Tianjian chose an auspicious day, the tenth day of October, as the day of the emperor's wedding. .The Ministry of Internal Affairs still has more than four months to prepare.

For the queen mother, the move of canonizing Daiyu as queen is very important.To contain the Lin family, to contain Mo Han, with Daiyu in the palace, Mo Han probably would not dare to act rashly, or directly submit to the queen mother's overtures.The Lin family was a banner, existing as the late emperor's confidantes, their submission was a huge blow to the late emperor's party.The Lin family is still a representative of the Jiangnan gentry, and at least one-third of the Jiangnan gentry will follow the Lin family's choice, which will have an effect that cannot be ignored in consolidating the emperor's throne.

And this is still the first step, the next step is to grant marriages to the Zhongshun Palace and the Chengen Palace.Even if the Lin family has two hearts, Tang Jin will be the fatal pawn of the Lin family. If Lin Mohan can't be persuaded, she will give birth to the next generation of the Lin family. There is no need for Lin Mohan to exist.At that time, the Lin family will not be entirely decided by the Queen Mother.

After receiving the imperial decree, the Lin family was as calm as ever, as if nothing had happened.The queen mother was a little uncertain, because she didn't expect the Lin family's attitude to be so obedient, and she didn't have the slightest intention of resisting, so she could only keep her eyes on the Lin family more closely.