The Forest of Red Mansions

Ever since the fourth master mentioned the matter of marrying Lin Jinyao, Kangxi also secretly thought about what she would look like. Considering the Lin family's ancestral home in Suzhou, Kangxi naturally imagined that Lin Jinyao should speak Wu Nong's soft language and have an extremely soft and gentle personality. soft girl.

But who would have thought...

You can drink two catties of burnt knives in one breath, you can piss people off when you start talking, and you can fight with a whip if you disagree!

After living for so many years, Lord Kangxi has never seen a girl with such a unique style of painting, and he was a little confused for a while.

What kind of gentle Jiangnan beauty is this? She is clearly an overlord flower who is more like a aunt than they are satisfied with her aunt. I didn’t see the one from Guo Luoluo’s family and the one from Nalan’s family. up!

Kangxi was a little tangled in his heart, but he still admired her. She has a straightforward temperament, is not pretentious, not soft to be bullied, and is not easy to be manipulated by others. When she gets angry, she will take action when it is time to do so, and she is unequivocally soft. But at the same time, he knows how to grasp the propriety, and will not easily let people hold the conversation.

This temperament and means are quite suitable for being a mistress.

Moreover, although such a person with clear likes and dislikes may have a slightly stronger temper, it is still much better than those people who do things in person and behind their backs.

Kangxi couldn't help but glanced at his fourth son beside him, feeling a little hesitant in his heart.

But Yinfeng laughed and said: "Huang Ama, those two just now are the daughters of Uncle Zhongyi?"

"good."

"It's interesting." The smile on the corner of Yinfeng's mouth deepened, "That Zhongyi Bo is a frail scholar, the most gentle and refined person, how did he raise such a powerful girl?"

Hearing the faint interest in his words, the fourth master immediately turned cold, and said lightly: "The prince doesn't know something. Miss Lin learned from her master since she was a child. The last time I went to Yangzhou, I happened to be with Miss Lin. Halfway When I ran into the gangster Miss Lin, she helped me a lot, and it is true that women do not give way to men."

Fourth master was never a talkative person, but now he took the initiative to explain, Yinfeng realized that something was wrong, after thinking about it, he smiled.

His fourth brother has also grown up.

Forget it, although Lin Ruhai's ability is good, but his fourth son is such a piece of ice, he finally opened his mind, so he won't win people's love. After all, the fourth son is on his side, and it's the same for a girl from the Lin family to marry him. of.

Thinking of this, Yinfeng teased and said: "Ama Huang, the fourth child has grown up unknowingly, I am afraid that he knows that he wants to be a Fujin, and Ama Huang must choose carefully for the fourth child in this draft." It's better to pick someone who is more courageous and hot-tempered. It's better to be like the eldest girl of the Lin family who dares to whip the whip, otherwise I'm really worried about my poor four in the bridal chamber. The siblings will faint from the cold face of the fourth child."

"Second, brother!"

Kangxi couldn't help laughing, "The one at Lin Ruhai's house is really good."

Mingzhu: "..." Well, don't expect to put eye drops on that stinky girl, these masters who are affectionate people are just like that.

"However..." Kangxi suddenly changed the subject, looked at Mingzhu, and said, "That girl of yours is not at all like her father, Rong Ruo is so intelligent and stunningly beautiful, this girl...it's a pity gone."

Playing tricks is nothing. If a person really has no tricks at all, then he really looks down on him. The key is that this Nalan Wanxiu is not only immature in tricks, but also stupid in mind.

Obviously she has no enmity or conflict of interests with others, so she jumps up and down in a hurry, and the result?For no reason, he provoked an enemy for himself and ruined his reputation.

Invited someone to come over as a guest, but secretly took advantage of the host to design her in such a way. Although the other girls didn't talk about it, they didn't like to meddle in their own business, but who didn't have a plan in mind?Such a person, which girl would dare to deal with her easily in the future?Who would dare to step into the door of her house again?

Nalan Wanxiu was so vain as a gunman without knowing it, so it can be seen that she was raised and abandoned.

Thinking of Nalan Xingde's demeanor back then, and looking at this girl again, Kangxi couldn't help feeling sorry.

Mingzhu couldn't help but bitterness in her mouth when she heard the words.

The eldest son, Nalan Xingde, was his most beloved son, but it was a pity that he died young. He sent a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and he was heartbroken, so he couldn't help but feel more partial to the children left by the eldest son , but who would have thought that this granddaughter would be adopted and abandoned.

He also heard what happened today clearly, he couldn't believe that such a stupid girl was his own granddaughter!

Of course, although Mingzhu hated her granddaughter for not being up to date, she was too stupid, but she hated Nian Wanying even more, who used his granddaughter as a weapon behind her back. It's not easy for Wanying to do anything at this stall.

However, Nian Wanying must have had a hard fall just now, right?Standing here, he seemed to hear bones cracking.

Nian Wanying was indeed hit badly, the ground was frozen and hard, and she never wore a thick padded jacket for the sake of beauty, this fall, it was really crunchy, as if her buttocks were all crushed It felt like it was broken in two, and she turned pale from the pain, wishing she could roll all over the floor.

What's even more frustrating is that this injury is so embarrassing. When everyone comes to visit her, she feels that the other person seems to be staring at her ass. It's really embarrassing.

And in order not to touch the wound, she could only lie on the bed all day and all night. It happened that the two pieces of flesh on her chest were developing, and it hurt even a little touch. The unspeakable pain tormented her all day long, and the pain was so painful that she almost bit her tongue and committed suicide. She really hated Lin Jinyao to death.

……

On the eighth day of the eighth day, Grand Master Kangxi in the palace gave a big bowl of Laba porridge.

Lin Jinyao looked at it carefully, and found that the Laba porridge didn't look much different from her own. At most, the ingredients were more abundant and better, so she lost interest for a while.

Lin Daiyu and Lin Jinjun were equally uninterested, making Lin Ruhai dumbfounded.

"Others can't wait for it, but you..." Shaking his head helplessly, Lin Ruhai asked his servants to take it to the kitchen to warm it up, and then share the food with his children.

It is an honor for the emperor to reward these things, and only a few people in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty can get it. Who else is not jealous and envious?

However, in fact, this honor is not so easy to reap.

A large bowl of Laba porridge is the kind of big and deep bowl. If it is placed in someone else's house, I am afraid that it would be good if each person can get a taste of the bottom of the bowl. But the problem is that the Lin family has a small population, and there are only four people in total. Individuals, two of them are little girls, and one is a half-grown child.

Facing such a big bowl, several people were a little dumbfounded for a while.

The things bestowed by the emperor must be eaten!

In other words, such a big bowl of porridge must be eaten with its bottom upside down!

The three siblings looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally they all looked at the father, and the three pairs of watery eyes stared at him and blinked, "Those who can do more work, Daddy, you have worked hard."

Lin Ruhai: "..."

29 On this day, a banquet was held in the palace, and all officials above the fourth rank could bring their family members to the banquet.

This is the first time for Lin Jinyao and her brother to enter the palace, and they can't help being a little excited. They are curious about what the palace looks like, whether all the women in the palace are as beautiful as gods, and even more curious about the identity of the Ninth Five-Year Lord. Not three heads and six arms...

Even Lin Jinyao was looking forward to seeing a live version of the palace fight, where the girls would fight with each other, and you would fight each other, it was very exciting to think about it.

However, Lin Jinyao didn't realize until she entered the palace that novels and TV shows are all lies!

The guards in the palace are extremely strict, especially on occasions like today, where there are guards at five steps and one post at ten steps, and there are guards with knives staring at them everywhere. They didn't dare to wander around, and everyone became well-behaved as soon as they stepped into the palace gate, and everyone's words and deeds could be listed in textbooks.

Those women are like biological sisters, sitting on top of them chatting and laughing happily, they are very friendly, not to mention tit for tat, they don't even have a red face.

Lin Jinyao thought about it carefully, yes, what kind of occasion is it today, the most prestigious people in the entire Qing Dynasty are gathered here, even if there is any great hatred between each other, you have to put it aside first, otherwise if you hate each other When he woke up, he felt ashamed as well, and made people see the joke for no reason.

Besides, Kangxi is not a soft-tempered person, who dares to make him lose face in front of so many courtiers... Ha ha!

"Sister." Lin Daiyu pulled her sleeves and said softly, "Is that the Xiande Concubine? She is looking at us."

Lin Jinyao looked over, and sure enough, she saw a very beautiful woman looking at them, met her eyes, and showed a gentle smile.

"It should be her, she looks somewhat similar to Jia Baoyu."

It's just that Jia Yuanchun should only be in his 20s, right?This appearance seems to be a bit old, and there is a gloomy look in the eyebrows and eyes. I think it's because life in the palace is not easy, right?

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips slightly, and whispered: "I don't like her, she looks at us with estimation, as if we are something, and is calculating our value... That look, I always feel that she It's like calculating something."

Lin Jinyao picked a piece of pea yellow for her, and said with a light smile, "What are you afraid of? After all, she is in the palace and we are outside. We don't see each other once a year. Even if she has a thousand ideas, she must find a way to implement them." ah."

"I'm afraid of the second aunt..."

"She's worried that it's too late for Jia Baoyu. Besides, because of Jia Baoyu's matter, the mother and daughter were still awkward."

At this moment, Lin Ruhai turned his head, "What are you sisters muttering about, eat something to fill your stomach, and you won't be able to eat it when it gets cold."

Lin Jinyao smiled, but when she raised her head, she happened to meet Fourth Master's dark and burning eyes, her complexion turned red immediately, and with a quick glance from the corner of her eye, she got a rough idea of ​​the appearance of the elder brothers.

The eldest brother is fighting with Bangzi, so he can't see it. The second elder brother is wearing an apricot yellow dragon robe.

The fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother seem to be a little taciturn, but the eighth elder brother is somewhat similar to Xue Baochai. They are the same. ……etc!The chubby guy next to Brother Eight is Brother Nine? !

Lin Jinyao was stunned, thinking back in the past, although Brother Jiu was a bit ugly, he was at least a beautiful kid, but what the hell is this chubby little chubby boy now!

Wait, what is that little chubby looking at?Looking at her sister? !

Lin Jinyao couldn't help but glared at her viciously. That little chubby boy was at least as heavy as her three younger sisters. The two of them really wanted to stand together... It's so eye-catching!no!Absolutely not!

"Sister, what are you looking at?" Lin Daiyu followed her line of sight curiously, and at the next moment, her face was filled with confusion, "Then... that is Brother Jiu... Brother Jiu?"

Lin Jinyao nodded, and Lin Daiyu was speechless for a while, her little heart crackled as if something was broken in an instant.

Seeing the shocked and disbelieving eyes of the two sisters, Yinzhen, who was originally full of joy, became a little depressed, "Brother, is my current appearance really strange?"

Yinhu just took a sip of wine, when he turned his face and saw a fat face with all the features crowded together, he forced to make an expression of weeping, and suddenly turned pale with fright, so that he almost didn't spray a sip of wine on his face.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!" The tragically choked Ba Ye finally stopped coughing, looked at him, and said insincerely with tears in his eyes: "Ninth brother is very...very cute..."

Yinzhen curled her lips and ignored him, "dongdongdong" ran to the fourth master's side again, and forced his fifth elder brother to sit on the ground with her huge body.

All the bad-hearted brothers laughed without brotherly love.

"Yinzhen!" Yinqi hurriedly got up, his face turned pale, wishing he could grab that idiot and beat him up, but...he couldn't grab him, let alone hang him...

"Fifth brother, please sit with me first, I'll talk to fourth brother for a while." He didn't care about his brother, he just leaned in front of fourth master and asked, "Fourth brother, what do you say to younger brother?" Honestly, is my brother really ugly and weird looking like this now?"

Fourth master nodded without hesitation, and said frankly: "I can't bear to look at the ugliness."

Yinzhen: "..."

"Fourth brother, can we stop being so sincere?" Yinzhen looked at him resentfully with his eyes that had become slits, "Are brothers and sisters as promised? I must have picked it up." brother?"

An imperceptible smile flashed in Fourth Master's eyes, and he said, "Judging from the appearance alone, [-]% of them may be picked up. There's nothing wrong with that."

Yinzhen: "..." If he beat his fourth brother to death now, would the old man kill him?

"Fourth brother!" Yinzhen tried to take a deep breath again and again, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't the little girls nowadays know how to appreciate my style?"

"When did the little girls know how to appreciate your style?" The fourth master was full of surprise.

Yinzhen: "..." Don't stop me, I really want to kill him!

The fourth master slightly curled his lips, and said with a smile: "You go back and look through the history books carefully. Is there any handsome man who has been sought after throughout the ages as a chubby man? Which word is related to Little Pang Duner?"

As he said that, he looked him up and down carefully, and frowned slightly, "You had a good appearance when you were young, why did you make yourself like this so abruptly?"

Yinzhen wanted to cry but had no tears, "Eat."

Fourth master: "...shut up and open your legs."

"I can move my legs, but I can't control my mouth." Who understands the sadness of a foodie!

The fourth master seemed to glance in a certain direction unintentionally, looked at him with a half-smile and said: "Since you can't control your mouth, it's okay to keep looking like this, but if you can't get a wife in the future, don't cry .”

"Whoever marries him is really a flower stuck in cow dung, ha ha." A noble and cold mockery came from behind.

Yinzhen turned his head to look, but saw that his brother was standing there and never left. He obviously heard the conversation between him and the fourth master just now. When he rolled his eyes, he saw his brothers sitting upright. Looking like a dog, in fact, everyone's ears are pricked up to eavesdrop. Looking at the distorted expressions on their faces that want to laugh but can't laugh, one knows that they must have heard everything, and immediately Yinzhen burst into shame .

"Do not see evil, do not speak evil don't you understand!"

"Yinzhen!" Kangxi frowned, and glanced over coldly, "What are you making a fuss about?"

Yinzhen trembled in fright.

The fourth master stood up and said with a faint smile: "Don't worry about Huang Ama, he just became angry from embarrassment."

"Oh? What did you say that made him angry?" Kangxi looked at his sons curiously.

Yinzhen jumped up anxiously, "Don't say it, don't say it!"

Kangxi showed a little displeasure, while Concubine Yi hurriedly scolded: "Old Jiu, what are you messing around with, shut up!"

At this time Yinfeng stood up and recounted the conversation between Yinzhen and Yinzhen just now.

The prince spoke vividly, teasing the bad intentions of the fourth master and Yinzhen's various anger, grief and anger, and the shame and anger of wanting to stretch out his claws to scratch others, as well as the noble and glamorous "maliciousness" of the fifth elder brother who sprinkled salt on his wounds. "The deeds were described one by one, only to hear that Kangxi, the Queen Mother and all the concubines couldn't help laughing.

Some of the ministers in the front row heard it too, and they didn't dare to laugh wantonly, and they all couldn't help poking their mouths out of laughter.

Yinzhen's face turned green, his grandma, this time it's really embarrassing!

Kangxi suppressed a smile, and said: "Yinzhen should lose weight, now you can't even ride a horse, do you still want to go outside the Great Wall this year? Besides, your fourth brother and fifth brother What brother said makes sense, you are not young anymore, it will be your turn in the next draft, no matter how fat you are, no girl is willing to marry you."

Then he said to Concubine Yi: "Don't pamper him all the time in the future, don't give him extra food, tell him to shut up. The same goes for everyone else, except for normal meals, no one else is allowed to give him extra food. Let me know what he eats, and I will deduct your portion together."

Yinzhen: "..." Why can't fat be considered beautiful?This world is so unreasonable!