Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

Since Lin Ruhai left Beijing, the Lin family's house in the capital has not been inhabited for more than ten years except for the two servants who look after the house.This time the transfer order came again suddenly, even though Lin Er quickly came to Beijing, the Lin family's house was still not cleaned up properly.So the Lin family and his party went to the Lin Mansion, and they were busy for several days in a row, allocating the house, cleaning the yard, and installing the appliances.

The next day after entering Beijing, Jia Min was busy writing posts, and prepared earthenware to send to relatives and friends.The post said in detail that after entering Beijing, everything will be slowed down, and I will visit various houses when I have time.Also, please don't dislike yourself and neglect words.After each family accepted it, they replied that they understood and congratulated Lin Ruhai on his promotion.

The day after Lin Ruhai entered Beijing, he went to Beijing to meet the saint, and went to the Ministry of Households to receive a hat and a crown.Saint sympathized with his exhausted journey and gave him a three-day rest, so before Lin's house was tidied up, Lin Ruhai had already gone to the household department to go to work at midnight every day.

It turned out that many provinces across the country were hit by disasters last year, and the old Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs was getting old again. Among the official documents from various provinces requesting the transfer of relief money, he was worried about a serious illness, and the sage allowed him to retire.And because of last year's disaster relief, Lin Ruhai did a great job, so the saint thought that Lin Ruhai only took care of the Jiangnan province, wouldn't he be inferior?Such a talent is suitable to be the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, so an imperial edict was issued to transfer him to Beijing.

In a place like Lin Ruhai, the last time he went to Beijing was the order of the minister, and last year the disaster relief provinces did not do as well as the Jiangnan province, which aroused the envy of many people.Unexpectedly, at this time, I don't know why there are rumors that Lin Ruhai is embezzling and collecting money in the south of the Yangtze River, and plundering millions of family assets.So after the Lin family came to Beijing, although they had a bright future on the surface, there were many people who isolated the Lin family behind their backs.Xie Yuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Chen Yong, Xiuzhuan of the Imperial Academy, and several other Lin Ruhai colleagues, and the old Ministry of Lin Hou picked up gifts and came to congratulate.The rest are several handkerchiefs from Jia Min's back then.

Seeing such a situation, both Lin Ruhai and his wife knew that someone was playing tricks behind their backs.That day Jia Min and Lin Ruhai said: "My lord, I don't know who is so vicious. We will use these rumors to slander people when we go to Beijing. Who doesn't know the truth of how much money can be made by talking together and how much money can be destroyed? We will come back soon I have never offended anyone, so someone must have intentionally harmed us. You must be more careful when you are in court. I am not afraid of a few villains talking nonsense, but seeing the rumors spreading all over the city, I am afraid that someone will think about it. Blow into the imperial city and force the master."

Lin Ruhai smiled easily and said: "What are you afraid of? We can walk upright and sit upright, but it's not so easy for the villain behind us to destroy the bones. It can't be said that it will help us blow all the sand until we reach gold. The sage is a wise king. Xiaoxiao can't hide it from him, but from this incident, we can distinguish who is really worth making friends with and who is just a fool."

After hearing this, Jia Min still frowned and said: "Master said it easily, although the reasoning is the same, but who knows what kind of villain will come to the saint to slander? Even if Ming Jun doesn't investigate for a while, how can I tell you?" Can you not worry?"

Lin Ruhai laughed again and said, "Since Min'er knows that someone has slandered him, can't I find out about this person?"

Jia Min was taken aback and said, "There are so many people, where can I check?"

Lin Ruhai took Jia Min's hand again and said: "You don't know, our Yu'er is really a lucky star. Yu'er asked me that day, why is it so good, someone randomly made up our family?" So Lin Ruhai will go to the city that day. , Daiyu said what she heard when the carriage passed by the teahouse.Then he continued: "Now that we know the source of the rumors, it's easy to find out. Besides, the disciples of the beggar gang are all over the world. We have made friends with Li Longtou. When we went north, Li Longtou told me about the hidden stake of the northern branch, so this matter It's cheaper to check. Min'er just put his heart in his stomach and tidy up. Our family should also pay a visit to the mother-in-law's house. The rumors are cleared up, and the real complaint is that you can't come to the relative's house if you are late. People chew their tongues."

Jia Min was a little relieved after hearing this, and then said angrily: "It's really a father and daughter, Yu'er always likes you to say everything, my mother who is a direct relative takes care of her when she is young, it is better for you to go to work every day father."

Seeing Jia Min, Lin Ruhai looked slightly annoyed and angry, and seemed to be jealous. He thought it was funny, and laughed and said, "It's not that Min'er raised Yu'er well. I asked Yu'er why she didn't ask her mother that day. What do you think?" What did Yu'er say? Yu'er said that her mother taught her, so she was not allowed to listen to gossip, and she was not allowed to gossip, so she dared not tell you. Speaking of which, Yu'er dared to tell me because I spoiled her too much."

Jia Min smiled sweetly after hearing this, and said nothing.But what Lin Ruhai said was not true.It turned out that when the carriage passed by the teahouse that day, Daiyu listened to it, but didn't take it to heart.Later, rumors spread all over the capital, and Daiyu thought it was not a coincidence, so she told Lin Ruhai about it.Although the day of Jia Min's death in her previous life has passed now, Daiyu still doesn't want Jia Min to worry about it, so she didn't tell her.But Lin Ruhai didn't know about the past life, didn't have these worries, and didn't want to hide it from Jia Min, so today he told half truths and half lies.

He also said that Jia's mother hadn't seen her kin's daughter for more than ten years, and she had heard that Daiyu and Lin Zhen were very smart, and she had long been looking forward to the Lin family's coming to Beijing.Now that the Lin family has arrived in the capital, Mother Jia originally wanted to pick up the ladder and send it over.This day, Nanny Lai went to Rongfu to pay her respects, and then quietly told Mother Jia about the rumors in the capital.

At the end, Nanny Lai said: "The old lady also knows that my ineffective grandson has been honored by the master, and now he is also a small official of Sesame Mung Bean, so he has a bit of information. My grandson said, In the capital city, there are very limited people who come to the Lin family to give gifts and congratulations. The old lady also thought about it, for a first-rank official like Shang Shuling, whoever was not congratulated by the capital city before he took office. Therefore, the servant got the news and hurried to tell the old man today The madam knows that although the aunt is the daughter of the old lady's direct relatives, she has to move around, and the old lady should not get too close to the Lin family and suffer trouble."

Nanny Lai is Mother Jia's companion, and is also Mother Jia's most capable confidant. Now Nanny Lai's two sons are the managers of the Rongguo Mansion and the Ningguo Mansion respectively. Grandson Lai Shangrong was born again and had to be taken care of by Mother Jia to let him go. , Now donated to the official.Therefore, Mother Jia believed what Mammy Lai said.The Lin family was disturbed by the messages. The members of the Jia family originally hid it from Jia Mu. Now Jia Mu listened to it and pondered for a while. It turned out that the house was not tidied up very properly. Just tidy up and come to say hello to me. The date has been set, just three days later. But the post did not mention these things in the slightest. Arrange and send him home."

Nanny Lai said: "The old slave has lived a long time, thinking about the four generations of princes in my aunt's house, the population is not large, the family wealth should be very rich, and I think this is not true. Only the rumors outside The spread was too strong, which made the old slave puzzled. According to the humble opinion of the old slave, Mrs. Left and Right and Lian’s daughter-in-law have been managing the family for many years. Don't worry about it. Just wait for my aunt to come back in a few days, and the old lady will ask carefully. If this statement is true, who can say how many ladders the old lady ordered to send to you?" Mother Jia listened with reason. , then nodded.

Mrs. Wang is already at odds with Jia Min, what good things can she give?However, I picked up a few perfunctory items, but I still think there are too many.He casually picked up the gift and wrapped it up, and ordered Zhou Rui's family to deliver it to Lin's family after a delay of two days.Only Jia Amnesty is a fool, and he doesn't care about anything else. He only feels that his brother-in-law has made a ministerial order, and he has a proud face, so he picks out a word and a painting, all of which are authentic works of famous masters.

The gift from Jia's mansion was about to be delivered, but Lin Ruhai came back from get off work with Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace.A large cart behind him pulled up a red sandalwood carved screen with a marble base, saying that it was a gift from the emperor to Mr. Lin.He also ordered the little eunuch to hold the brocade box, saying it was his own wish.

Zhou Rui's family, who came from Jia's mansion to give gifts here, saw this battle, and they were too frightened to vent their anger.Only after Lin Ruhai personally sent Dai Quan out of the mansion did Zhou Rui's family dare to bid farewell to Jia Min.When Zhou Rui's family returned to Jia's mansion, Mrs. Wang was unconscious in Jia's mother's room, so Jia's mother asked Zhou Rui's family, "Why did you come back so late?"

The expression of Zhou Rui's family was strange. They glanced at Mrs. Wang before lowering their heads and said: "If you go back to the old lady, my aunt's complexion is very good. She has not changed much from her appearance when she left Beijing. She is very young. The girls and elder brothers of the aunt's family I also saw the son servant, who was born very well, with the character of my aunt and aunt. My aunt said: "Tomorrow, my aunt will take a bath, so I will come to our house to greet the old lady. My aunt also said that there are few people in the family. I have been busy for the past few days before packing up, and I hope the old lady will not dislike her for being late to invite Ann."

Mrs. Wang was very puzzled when she heard Zhou Rui's family's flattery.Before going out today, Zhou Rui's family still looked down on the Lin family very much, why did they change their tone after sending a gift back?I'm afraid there must be a reason for it.

Mother Jia was a little happy when she heard this, and ordered her to go down after rewarding Zhou Rui's family.Mrs. Wang also left from Jiamu's house, and Zhou Rui's family, as expected, was outside the door and did not go far.Mrs. Wang winked at Zhou Rui's family, Zhou Rui's family understood in their hearts, followed Mrs. Wang to Mrs. Wang's room, screened off the other servants, and then Zhou Rui's family reported what they saw today.

Mrs. Wang heard that Lin Ruhai actually received an imperial screen from Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, and a congratulatory gift from Dai Quan himself, she was stunned.She originally thought that the Lin family was disturbed by the rumors and their reputation was ruined.How many princes and nobles did not come to the Lin family to congratulate him, it can be seen that he was isolated, even if he was promoted for a short time. , Who would have thought that the Lin family would gain such a great honor when they returned to the capital? Wouldn't this tell the neglected Lin family that there is a saint behind the Lin family?

As for why Emperor Taihe sent the screen to the Lin family, it was concubine Zhen Guifei who used the topic to make use of it: there must be a reason for Lin Ru's official voice, and I hope your Majesty will use this person with caution.Only Concubine Zhen was an old man who lived in Beijing, so she didn't bluntly say what Lin Ruhai was going to do, otherwise she would be reprimanded.

But Emperor Taihe didn't know there was something in Concubine Zhen Gui's words, so he rewarded Lin Ruhai with a screen, which meant "screen the wind".When Lin Ruhai saw it, he knew what it meant.As for Emperor Taihe making a special trip to send the eunuch in charge of the palace to the Lin Mansion in person, he was expressing his attitude to those who spread the rumors.