Dai Yuxin says

This night, some people are really happy and some are sad.

During the day, everyone enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Yuyuan, and the fire of jealousy burned unbearably. In the presence of the public, each had to hide their inner jealousy, talking and laughing together, and full of praise for Yuyuan.The appearance of Yingchun made the hearts of the women in Jia's family even more like fuel on the fire.

Twilight is falling, the smoke from cooking in the capital is rising, the tired birds are returning to the forest, and the busy people are returning home.

Trembling, Jia Lian walked to Jia She's courtyard, stood there for a while, opened the curtain and walked in nervously.

"Lian'er, I heard that the second girl is living a good life, do you know?" Jia Amnesty sat on the grand teacher's chair, holding a delicate small teapot in his hand, squinting his eyes, braving the slightest air-conditioning, and asked in a light tone With Jia Lian.

Jia Lian stood opposite Jia Amnesty, and was startled when he heard this.Quickly asked: "How did father know?"

"Don't worry about how I know, I'm asking you!" Jia Amnesty's narrowed eyes cast sharp gazes, staring at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian stabilized his mind, guessing that Jia Amnesty was not very clear, he deliberately lowered his head and meditated: "The second younger sister left the Sun's house. My son has never seen her again, and I don't know where she is now. The matter has passed, and I miss her as a young woman. Outside, my son feels very uncomfortable, after all, my second sister and I are brothers and sisters. If my father agrees, I will find a way to get my second sister back tomorrow, how about it?"

Jia She was silent for a while, holding the small teapot in a daze.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a while, Jia Lian asked timidly, "If the father didn't give orders, the son would go down?" After speaking, he quietly left the room.

"Stop, you go out tomorrow, ask me carefully, where does the second girl live? Is the life really rich?" As he spoke, he said with emotion for no reason: "Oh! The girl is really a loser! She has been raised for 16 years , I can’t help you with anything, and I try to slander others.” Jia Amnesty pouted his goatee, looked very angry, and after finishing his orders, he waved his hand impatiently, signaling Jia Lian to get out.

Jia Lian went back to his room with a lot of worries, and saw Sister Feng talking with Ping'er there.

Seeing Jia Lian coming in, the two of them smiled happily: "Oh, what's the matter today, the master is back at this time, have you eaten yet?"

Jia Lian pouted and complained, "I'm so angry."

Sister Feng looked at him and smiled, and Ping'er asked softly: "Grandma heard that the old man sent people to look for you and asked you to go there quickly, so she thought there was some good fruit waiting for you to eat, but why did she come back so full of anger? "

"Little hooves, hurry up and pass on the meal. Master wants to drink two cups tonight." Jia Lian squinted at Ping'er, cursed with a smile, and sat down opposite Sister Feng.

Ping'er went out for a while, came back and cleaned up the kang table, arranged the food brought by the mother-in-law, poured wine and said with a smile: "Second Master, please take a seat." Then, he stood beside Sister Feng, ready to serve.

Sister Feng picked up the chopsticks and pointed at Ping'er: "You can sit down and use it together, maybe the old lady or the wife will send someone over later."

After hearing this, Ping'er leaned against the edge of the Kang with a smile, sat on half of his buttocks with a slanted body, filled a small bowl of rice and buried himself in eating.

Sister Feng held up the wine cup to respect Jia Lian and said, "Second Master, don't be angry."

Jia Lian raised the wine cup, poured all the wine into his mouth, swallowed it with a gulp, breathed out the smell of alcohol, and smiled embarrassedly: "I don't know where the old man heard that the second sister lived well, so I must inquire about it tomorrow. Go to her place and see if she's doing well."

Sister Feng raised Dan Feng's eyes and said with a coquettish smile: "Today, the old lady took us to see Sister Lin. In Yuyuan, we saw the second sister. The old man must have heard what the old lady said."

Afterwards, Sister Feng chirped and quacked about the situation at that time.

Then, he asked Jia Lian very puzzled, "I'm also very surprised, the second sister seems to be a different person, and she can't find the timid and fearful appearance she used to be."

Jia Lian drank another glass of wine, choking him so much that he coughed repeatedly, and tears were about to come out.Ping'er hurriedly left his job to pat his back, Sister Feng wiped it for him with a handkerchief, and complained, "No one will grab it from you."

Jia Lian wiped her eyes, and explained with an embarrassed smile: "Second sister is also poor, I don't know why the Elder Master is looking for her now, is it because of the bond of flesh and blood, and wants to take the second sister back home."

With a sneer in his eyes, Ping'er continued to bury his head in his meal.

Ms. Feng curled her mouth and shook her head like a rattle. She giggled and said, "I don't know, I thought you were putting money on the old man's face. If I knew, I would say you were pickling the old man."

A little girl looked into the room, and Sister Feng shouted angrily, "What's the matter?"

The little girl smiled and replied: "The old lady sent someone to tell the second master to go over quickly, and the wife is waiting there."

Jia Lian waved his hands and complained: "Go ahead, I'll be there in a while, even a dinner is uneasy."

Jia Lian put the wine cup in his hand heavily on the kang table, picked up the rice bowl and took a few mouthfuls, muttering: "Anyone who finds me will be no good. They are all called the second master, but they offer them like treasures like jade. I It’s still the long house, it’s just a small boy who does odd jobs, suffers from hardships, and is still not in the right place, life is hard.”

"Hee hee, those who are able work harder, who told you to be so capable?" Ping'er smiled jokingly, put down his job, got up and went to take out his clothes.

Sister Feng scooped up half a bowl of soup and handed it over, and said with a smile: "I reckon the old lady told you to come over to visit the grave for Sister Lin. Today, Sister Lin has no room to refuse the old lady's words. Maybe it's the old lady. The wife still doesn't give up and insists on escorting you. Are you going or not?"

Jia Lian frowned, took a sip of the soup, and said unhappily, "What are you going to do? It's not a lucrative job, I have a lot to do."

Jia Lian said that there are many things to do, but it is not false at all.The end of this month is approaching, and in five days, it will be the day when Yingchun will give him a bonus.

Recently, a nobleman named Chuntao came to Baihualou. He was very good-looking, and he liked it at first sight.

This time, Jia Lian accepted the lesson of marrying the second sister You, and stealing chickens won't make a fortune, and quietly bought a yard for Chuntao in Tilanqiao Hutong, with six or seven houses.

This time, he didn't dare to send people from Jia's mansion, but picked a middle-aged couple from a distant village with a pair of children, and let this farmer serve Chuntao to live in seclusion.

Now he is asked to send Daiyu back to the south to visit the grave, how can he redeem Chuntao?

"This trip is a hard job, but it doesn't necessarily mean that there is no lucrative water. According to my observation, sister Lin is very rich. Otherwise, the old lady and the wife would not be so concerned. Maybe there are many little-known inside stories, I advise you to take a trip. It is obvious that you are following the orders of your elders, and you can also win over Sister Lin secretly. The cunning rabbit still has three caves, and we can't hang on a rope. In the past, you and I wholeheartedly helped the second wife. Now So what? He was kicked away." Sister Feng's persuasion to Jia Lian was actually a reminder of Jia Rong's daughter-in-law Qin Keqing's dying words to her when she died.

Wang Xifeng is a rare smart person in Jia's house. She has been a housekeeper for many years, and she knows the economic situation of Jia's house very well.

She didn't have so much good intentions to plan for the entire Jia family, let alone try to save the fate of Jia's decline.

She just wanted to build a comfortable and safe boat before the big boat of Jia's mansion sank. Once the dark clouds overwhelmed and the storm came, she could take her daughter Qiaojie to the safe haven in the boat and continue to live her own life. happy days.Over the years, as the daughter-in-law of the big house, she has turned to the second house of the real power faction and tried her best to curry favor with Jia's mother. She has only one purpose, to gain power and make money.

In order to get more money, she regards money as her life, and even defaults on the meager monthly payment of the maid in Jia's mansion, and even takes risks to lend usury.

I got some money, but the child in my belly was also exhausted.After several years of marriage, she only has one daughter, sister Qiao, who is her lifeblood.

Wang Xifeng's words deeply touched Jia Lian, and he rolled his eyes angrily and said, "Your aunt, hmph, I really can't talk about her! Go! Go! What you said is not unreasonable. I will go to the old lady's place. If I come back too late , don’t wait for me, go to bed first.” These words seemed to concern Sister Feng, but only he himself knew the real situation.

Jia Lian hurried to Jia Mu's room, and Mrs. Wang scolded her head-on, "You are really talented! You can't keep the old lady waiting."

Jia Lian felt very disgusted, and had to smile apologetically, bowing and arching: "My wife taught me that my nephew is convicted."

"Lian'er, your younger sister Lin will go back to the South to sweep the grave tomorrow. I am very worried about her being a girl. In the past, you sent her back and forth. You will escort her tomorrow. I have already given you the money needed on the way. Ready." Yuanyang presented a bank note, Jia Lian glanced at the corner of his eyes and saw that it was 50 taels.

Seeing Jia Lian's disapproval, Mother Jia smiled and said, "These 50 taels are just your pocket money on the way. Your sister Lin will pay for food, lodging and transportation by herself, and you don't need to spend it."

Jia Lian rolled his eyes and said sincerely: "The old lady told me that my grandson shouldn't have resigned, but I have something important to report. Two days ago, my grandson had a drink with friends. I heard that recently an expert came to the capital. The genius doctor who treats gynecology is called Sai Huatuo, who came from Bashu. It is said that Sai Huatuo is amazing. If an infertile woman takes two doses of his medicine, she will be able to conceive her brother within a month. Grandson wants to wait The genius doctor came and asked for a few doses of medicine, and dedicated it to the empress in the palace. In addition, he also wanted to make his daughter-in-law happy, take two doses of medicine, and give birth to a great-grandson for the old lady."

Mother Jia smiled and said, "Is there such a thing? This is really a good thing. You leave your friend's name and address, and I will let you Laozi and Zhen'er do it. Don't worry."

Jia Lian didn't say anything more, so he had no choice but to do what Jia's mother said.

When he came out of Jia's mother's room, he was like a little ghost who had been pardoned. He slid out of the gate of Jia's mansion, first went to Yingchun's place, and said that he would send Daiyu back to the south to visit the grave tomorrow, and hoped that Yingchun would advance the dividend to him in advance.

Yingchun looked at him and asked with a mischievous smile: "Brother, if you don't tell the real reason, I won't give you the money in advance. Oh, don't say it's because of Sister Lin's needs."

Jia Lian knew that this sister was very kind to him, and he kept many things from Wang Xifeng, but he was very frank with Yingchun.

The two brothers and sisters are often together and discuss some things.

Jia Lian felt that this younger sister was very smart, and that she could make herself understand many things that she couldn't understand or understand in a few words.

At this moment, Jia Lian didn't want to hide Yingchun from her, and she couldn't keep it from her for long.He smiled and said with a cheeky face: "I didn't want to hide this matter from the second sister. You know, brother, I am so old and I don't have a son yet. In the past, I married the second sister You to have a son, okay? It's easy that Second Sister You is pregnant, and a formed male fetus is lost for no apparent reason, and even Second Sister You has gone with her. There are three unfilial acts, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. I've made up my mind, in order to have future generations, I will give you another Marry a sister-in-law, and resolutely keep the people in the house from knowing about it. I hope my sister will do it."

As soon as Jia Lian's legs gave way, he was about to kneel down to Yingchun.

Panicked, Yingchun stretched out her hand to support him, and said with a smile: "Since brother is so serious, this woman must be a very good woman."

Jia Lian smiled shyly and told the whole story about Chuntao.

In the end, Jia Lian especially emphasized: "Although Chuntao has been exiled to the land of fireworks, she is a strong woman with love and righteousness. She was originally a girl from a wealthy family, but because of her status as a concubine, after her father died, her aunt would not allow her After her mother was buried, she was sold into a brothel. In the brothel, she would rather die than receive customers. She was beaten to death by the old bustard, but she would not give in. The old bust was afraid that she would lose her money when she died, so I met her when she was about to resell her. This is also fate, I like her, she also likes me, she is willing to be my concubine and live a secluded life outside Jia's residence."

Hearing that Chuntao is a concubine, Yingchun couldn't help but felt compassion, and asked Xiuju to take out 600 taels of silver and handed it to Jia Lian, saying, "Brother, sister guesses that you must be in short supply recently, sister, I only have this amount in total. I’m very nervous about buying money after I gave you the money. This 1000 taels is a congratulatory gift from me to my brother and sister-in-law. I hope my brother will treat her well and don’t give up. The 600 taels is my brother’s ten-month bonus in advance. I'll give it to you. It's getting late, and my sister won't keep my brother."

Jia Lian didn't expect Yingchun to be so considerate, and the money he gave really saved his life.

He had money to do things easily, so he rode around for a while, and quickly collected enough money, rushed to Baihualou and successfully redeemed Chuntao, sent her to Tilanqiao Alley, gave her 100 taels of silver, and explained everything in detail. Fan, without caring about being gentle, returned to Jia's mansion.

Before she had time to drink a cup of hot tea, Sister Feng brought Ping'er to the study in person. Seeing Jia Lian sitting there in a daze, she thought Jia Lian was thinking about sending Daiyu tomorrow, so she comforted her with a smile, "It's not like going to Gusu once or twice. I'm back, I'm familiar with the road, what are you worried about? Could it be that there are wild girls in the capital that make you worry?"

Jia Lian raised her head and gave Sister Feng a gentle smile, stretched out her hand to grab her slender waist, and teased, "With a beauty like you, how can there be a beautiful lady? The old lady only gave 50 taels of road fare, poor family rich road, this point How much money is enough?" He was deliberately depressed, looking at Sister Feng with a sad face.

No matter how tough a woman is, she can't be tough to her life partner.

Sister Feng sighed softly: "50 taels, this is too much! Needless to say, the money that is used to subsidize the empresses in the palace every year, even Baoyu's food and clothing expenses are all paid by the officials. The annual pen, ink, paper, fruit refreshments, etc. There are thousands of taels of pocket money on hand. Now, if you want to travel thousands of miles to run an errand, you will be given 50 taels of travel expenses, what is this!"

Sister Feng complained fiercely, and continued: "My second master Lian, I don't care about the house now, and I have no money to live on. I only live on such a small amount of money every month. When I came back from Yuyuan, I guessed When the old lady will send you, let Ping'er pawn my gold collar for 200 taels of silver, and you can take it with you on the way. Cough! I don't know if this gold collar can be redeemed."

Jia Lian saw that Sister Feng's eyes were moist and her voice was low and mournful. Looking closely at her thin shoulders, she seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

Involuntarily, he hugged her emotionally and said, "Don't worry, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. If you look at the whole Jia's mansion, can you survive without my husband and wife? Although I am not talented as a husband, I don't think I will let you go." The lady is starving. I will hold the money for the time being, as a reserve, and return it to the lady when I come back."

Sister Feng smiled through tears, shoved him, and said coquettishly: "Which one wants you to pay back? The money was given to you, and it's not meat buns beating dogs - there will be no return."

The young couple chatted and laughed, Ping'er tidied up the study, and deliberately asked with a smile: "Grandma, should the things that Master will bring tomorrow be delivered here or in your room?"

Jia Lian scolded with a smile: "What a fool, of course the things I want to bring tomorrow are in your grandma's room for convenience."

Ping'er pursed her lips and said with a snicker, "Oh, I thought Grandpa was going to spend the night in the study."

Jia Lian put her arms around Sister Feng, squinted at Ping'er and said with a smile, "I see that your words are getting more and more confused."

Jia Lian held his wife in his arms, looked at his concubine, and forgot Chuntao in his heart.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was still dark, the cold wind in early spring was blowing, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road.

At the gate of Yuyuan, there are two sedans with four Yunnan horses each parked. The simple and clumsy black and yellow tung oil cowhide sedan in front is given to Daiyu by Shui Jing.The appearance is very rough and simple, but the inside is spacious and comfortable, with complete facilities.

The car in the back was prepared by Ah Shan for Daiyu, and it was also spacious and comfortable.Just because the car sent by Shui Jing has better safety performance, Ah Shan uses the car behind as a luggage cart for traveling life.

As soon as the east side turned white, Daiyu had finished her breakfast. Zicuckoo, carrying a package on her back, carefully put on a silver silk cross-lace plain satin cape and a light green beaded wreath hat, and helped her out of the room.

Xueyan followed behind, holding Daiyu's precious jewelry box with both hands, while Xiugu was closely accompanying Daiyu, carrying a small exquisite gold-painted sandalwood box, which was filled with precious medicinal materials.

Walking to the car, Ah Shan opened the door, took the medicine box from Xiugu's hand and put it into the car.

Xiugu was tearful, looking at Daiyu reluctantly, before she could say anything, the tears couldn't stop streaming down, and she choked up, "Girl, I'm at home, I will miss you."

"Xiu Gu, I will miss you too. I will go back to the south to visit the grave, and it will take more than a month at the earliest to come back. Ah Shan followed me. Although my fourth uncle sent someone to take care of me, there was no one from my own family to watch over me. Still can't rest assured."

Hearing Daiyu's words, Xiugu actually regarded her as a relative of her own family, sobbing movedly: "Please don't worry, Miss, Fourth Master will help take care of us and be our backing, Xiugu will take good care of our family."

Daiyu stretched out her little hand, held Xiugu's hand tightly, shook it vigorously, and said with a childish smile, "I'm leaving. When I come back, I will bring you delicious food from my hometown."

Xiugu wiped her tears and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll wait at home, girl, take care all the way!"

Sitting next to the driver in the Daiyu carriage, Ah Shan waved his hand and smiled at Xiu Gu, "Xiu Gu, take good care of the house, we will be back in a month's time!"

With a crisp whip, two guards rode steeds to clear the way ahead, and four Yunnan horses pulled the car up to start, followed by two guards to escort the car.

A group of ten people walked south along the official road in the morning light of early spring.

At three poles in the sun, Jia Lian came slowly to Yuyuan with his servants.

Seeing that the gate of Yuyuan was deserted, when he walked up the steps, the gatekeeper of Yuyuan stepped forward to stop him, and Jia Lian knew that Daiyu had left early in the morning.

Jia Lian stood at the gate of Yuyuan, stared there for a long time, pondered for a long time, and told the servants beside him, "Go back and tell Second Mistress Lian to tell the old lady that Miss Lin left before dawn. , I’m going to hire a boat to chase him by water.”

"Master, I'll go with you." The boy flattered him.

"Bastard! Miss Lin may have left on a dry road, and I don't know if I can catch up with Miss Lin. Go back and tell the old lady not to work hard." Jia Lian smiled slightly when she saw the young man leaving, turned her horse's head, and walked towards the basket Riding on the bridge alley.

Under the mirror of the morning, facing the memorial as high as a hill in front of me, I was upset.

He picked up a memorial, turned it over, didn't look at it, and threw it on the dragon table with all his strength, shaking the tea bowl that Baozhu had just made upside down, and the tea dripped half of the dragon table, and Baozhu was so panicked that he used his sleeve to get rid of it. wipe.He lowered his head while wiping, peeking secretly at the water mirror with the corner of his eyes, thinking about his master's abnormal mood in his heart, and dared not speak casually.

"Baozhu, where do you think Yu'er should be now?" Baozhu was overjoyed when she heard Shui Jing's words.It turned out that the emperor, who was respected by the world as the iron-faced and cold-hearted king, was missing Miss Lin.

That's right, the emperor is not a god, he is also a person of flesh and blood, and if he is a human being, he will have human feelings.

It's just that the emperor buried people's feelings deeply, and he didn't want to show them easily.

Now, it seems that the emperor is really moved.

"Baozhu, didn't you hear me asking you?" Shui Jing's roar like a thunderclap awakened Baozhu's reverie.

"Listen, I hear you clearly. The slave is thinking, thinking that Miss Lin might be in Dezhou now." Baozhu turned over nervously and knelt on the ground, stammering an answer to Shui Jing.

"No, Yu'er arrived in Dezhou the day before yesterday, and she may have arrived in Jinan Prefecture today. She walked fast enough." Shui Jing looked out of the door with a friendly look, and her voice was unusually soft, as if she was talking to Baozhu, or as if she was talking to Baozhu. talking to himself.

"What the master said is that Miss Lin's heart is like an arrow. She must have arrived in Jinan Mansion at this time. The master knows things like a god. She can see clearly and hear things better than a clairvoyant eye and a wind ear." .

"Report! Jinan Mansion [-] Li urgently!" The eunuch outside the hall held up the urgent documents with both hands, shouting and ran.

"Quick! Get it here." With a big wave of Shui Jing's hand, Baozhu rushed over to fetch the urgent documents, held them high above his head, and knelt down to offer them to Shui Jing.

"Hehe, Yu'er really arrived in Jinan." Shui Jing laughed loudly, turned back and walked back to the dragon table, sat firmly on the dragon chair, picked up the vermilion pen, picked up the memorial, with sweetness in the corner of her mouth, and began to review it seriously.