Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

The news of next year's general election came out. Those who have daughters of the right age at home who are willing to enter the palace will naturally rush around to invite nuns from the palace; The daughter lost the election after one round and two rounds, so she came out and married herself.Therefore, in the capital, all the dignitaries with daughters in their families have their own ideas and go their own way, and they are very busy.

Naturally, Daiyu had no intention of being elected, and Lin Ruhai and his wife also had no intention of letting Daiyu run for the election, so the Lin family did not take this news to heart, only worried that the rumors outside would damage Daiyu's reputation.Although Daiyu didn't care, how could Lin Ruhai tolerate such slander for her own Yu'er?So they entrusted people from the beggar gang to help find out the source of the news.

As for who released the rumor, the beggar gang also found out, but the Lin family never imagined that the person who released the rumor was the mother-in-law of Baoling Hou Shi Nai's family.After Lin Ruhai found out the result, he said with great anger: "For the sake of the historian not participating in the assassination of our brother, I have always kept my distance from the historian and have never offended them. This person who has no grudges in the past and has no grudges in recent days, I really can't imagine that the majestic Marquis Mansion would act like this."

Daiyu didn't take it seriously when she heard this, and just smiled at Lin Ruhai: "Father, why should you be angry? In my opinion, the historians have a family of two princes, especially Zhongjinghou Shi Ding, who earned the title himself. He has real skills. Such a family should It's not a villain who slanders others behind his back, otherwise the structure would be too narrow. Therefore, I think, this may not be what Shihou meant, it could be that the servants have heard about his mouth somewhere, and his mouth is not strict enough to be used by others." Dai Yu is not speaking for the historians, but the four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue in the previous life. The historians are indeed the ones who have the least contact with the other three families, and their character is stronger than the other three families. They should not do such a thing.

After hearing this, Jia Min said angrily: "Know people, know faces, but don't know your heart. Our family is being calculated by others, whose character can we trust? I think this girl of the historian family is suitable for the election, she is only younger than our family's Yu'er In the next month, could it be that Yu'er of our family was regarded as a competitor, so she ruined Yu'er's reputation. Although Smith is a daughter of the Hou family, her parents died in her infancy. Such a fate is to run for the election, but It’s a process, and you’ll be eliminated in one or two rounds, so what are you trying to do? You’re not accumulating virtue for yourself!”

Daiyu laughed and said, "What do we care about so much? My father took care of me. The first round of release is, who wants to be tied up in the deep palace for a lifetime? What are they talking about, but to help me That's all."

After hearing what Daiyu said, Jia Min shook her head and said, "Yu'er is confused. You were the apple of our eye before, and your father naturally took care of it for you. Come out earlier, let's find a house for Yu'er and let Yu'er be the master of the house." My dear dear, let Yu'er be at ease all her life. But now it's different, Yu'er has ruined the reputation of villains outside, we have to let Yu'er go through two more rounds, and the last round will be defeated, so that outsiders can know: Our Yu'er is in good health, otherwise how could we survive so many rounds of the general election? Only in this way can we save some reputation. This historian has provoked us for nothing, sir, we can't let their family go!" Jia Min said to Daiyu in the previous paragraph He said it, but the latter sentence was said to Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "Min'er is right."

After hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help sighing, thinking to herself: I don't know how to find a way to get my parents to promise that I won't marry.Rolling his eyes, he said, "Look at my father and mother. I'm only 12 years old next year. How can I participate in the general election at such a young age? I don't care if I don't go in this election."

After hearing this, Jia Min shook his head and said: "You usually understand, why are you so confused about your own life-long affairs? The general election is held every three years, and women from the families of officials above the second rank are not allowed to marry before they can participate in the election. If you don't participate next year, you will have to marry again Wait for three years, when you are out of the election, you will already be 15 years old. I am afraid that all the boys who are of the right age will be engaged. Wouldn’t it be a waste of time? Therefore, you must be running for the election next year. This juncture is very popular. With that kind of reputation, you have to go through two tests before losing the election."

This dynasty stipulates that the daughters of officials of the second rank or above must participate in the election, and they can marry by themselves only after they lose the election.Therefore, those families who do not want to be elected send their daughters to participate in the election when they are eleven or twelve years old, and even if they are not elected, there is no delay in talking about marriage.And those families who intend to let their daughters enter the palace send their daughters aged 14 to 16 to run for election.Gein's daughter's family is already older, she is the most beautiful girl, and she knows more rules than eleven or twelve-year-old girls, and she is more stable, so she has a better chance of being elected.It is also very risky to participate in the election when you are only around fifteen. If you lose the election, you will not be able to talk about others after you go home.

But this year's draft is different from previous years. There are general elections every three years in this dynasty. In the previous general elections, there were no princes or grandsons who were of the right age and did not have a concubine. .But now the emperor is no longer a queen, and several princes have their own concubines. The candidates for women only start from concubines. If so, how many families send their daughters to the palace.

This time, because the third grandson is 16 years old this year, the fourth grandson, and the fifth grandson are all 15 years old, only a few months away, and none of them has established a concubine, so there are many people staring at them.Originally there was an eighth grandson who was 14 years old this year, the most talented and beautiful, and the one with the best reputation, but for some reason, it was a bad thing, and now he has been relegated to the common people.The remaining two emperors and grandchildren have already established concubines, and there are ten emperors who will be 13 years old next year. Whether they will become concubines depends on the meaning of the seventh emperor.But everyone guessed that the three, four, five or three grandsons of the emperor would all choose the concubine. How could such an opportunity not be overwhelmed?

But Daiyu heard Jia Min's words and knew that she must run for election next year, so she stopped fighting.Fortunately, her parents were also reluctant to enter the palace by themselves, so Daiyu was not very worried.As for the matter of talking about marriage, let's adapt to the situation when the time comes.

It is only said that Daiyu heard that it was the historian who ruined her reputation. After pondering for a long time, she suddenly remembered that Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, and Xue Baochai in her previous life ordered her servants to ruin her reputation, saying that her actions were annoying.Shi Xiangyun not only firmly believed in this matter, but also liked to spread this word everywhere.Shi Xiangyun, although he has some agility in composing poems, but in this kind of careful thinking, he is most likely to be used as a spear. Could it be that Shi Xiangyun was provoked by someone to deliberately spread rumors?

Thinking of this, Daiyu raised her head and said to Lin Ruhai: "Yu'er thinks these rumors directed at me are very strange, if father doesn't ask people to inquire again, is there any nanny or other people around Miss Shijia? "

Lin Ruhai has always known that her daughter's delicate mind is different from other people's. Hearing this, she also felt reasonable. She nodded and said with a smile: "Sure enough, Yu'er is still careful. It's not a big deal. It will be clear in a day or two at most."

It’s fine if you don’t inquire, but after listening to it, the result is really surprising: Xu heard that this general election is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Shi Xiangyun really did not know who persuaded him, and he wanted to go to the palace for a try.Mrs. Shi Hou has always been kind to Shi Xiangyun. In her previous life, Mrs. Shi Hou took Shi Xiangyun to various places. Nan'an Taifei and other concubines, Gao Ming and Shi Xiangyun were all familiar with each other.In this life, Shi Xiangyun is going to enter the palace to stand for election, and Mrs. Shi Hou invited another nurturing nurse from the palace for Shi Xiangyun. , this companion is Xue Baochai, sister of Xue Pan, the emperor of Jinling.

When Daiyu heard the news, she hurriedly covered her mouth, otherwise she would have laughed out loud: Xue Baochai in her previous life had her own aspirations for Qingyun in her heart, and she originally came to Beijing to run for election.However, the Xue family is only an imperial merchant, that is, their ancestors had the title of Ziwei Sheren, and after all, they are merchant girls, so they are only eligible to participate in the small election.Therefore, in the previous life, Xue Baochai originally went for the election, but Xue Baochai in the previous life somehow lost the election, and claimed that it was Xue Pan who got involved in the life lawsuit.

In the previous life, Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai were the best. Shi Xiangyun even said "If I have such a biological sister, it will be fine even if I lose my parents." .As for Xue Baochai herself, if she becomes Shi Xiangyun's accompanying reader, it will be a shortcut to the end.Although in this life Xue Pan was not guilty of fighting to buy Xiangling, after Master Xue died, the Xue family was in decline, and Xue Pan, who could not support him, had to be taken care of by Baochai.Therefore, Baochai would either enter the palace to fight for wealth, and no one would dare to sell Xue Pan's face outside, or she would marry a wealthy family. The Xue family had a reliance, and no one would dare to bully her.

For Xue Baochai in this life, the former path is naturally better.With Xue Baochai's status as a businesswoman and such a troublesome elder brother, who would like Xue Baochai as a daughter-in-law?Although Xue Baochai himself has good looks and talent, his status is not high after all, or he will marry a dude with a good family background and live only on the back of his in-laws.Otherwise, it will only be given to someone with status as a continuation. Who really has status and ability will choose a daughter like Xue Baochai as his wife?Not to mention anything else, even if you go out to socialize, you will be laughed at, and you are afraid of being dissatisfied by your sister-in-law if you are a clan wife.

But entering the palace is different. In the harem, although there are intrigues, but it is not the case that there are no low-income women who use their appearance and means to fight their way out and collect three thousand favors.If Xue Baochai really has such good luck, not only will the Xue family's business be kept, but it will be even better.Taking ten thousand steps back, even Xue Baochai did not make a name for himself in the palace, and only said that Xue Pan had a younger sister who worked in the palace, and no one came forward to insult her casually.Besides, Xue Baochai has always been conceited about her appearance and talent. If she has a glimmer of hope to enter the palace, she will not think highly of the position of Second Grandma Bao.

If Xue Baochai entered the palace by chance, more than half of the chances would be allocated to the concubine, princess, and princess palace as a maid. In that case, I am afraid that a prince or grandson with status will not have a chance to see him. I go to Qingyun?It is different to follow Shi Xiangyun into the palace. Shi Xiangyun is the daughter of the Marquis Mansion, and he is participating in the general election. If Shi Xiangyun is elected, he will be the prince and grandson's mansion as soon as he enters the harem.Xue Baochai entered the palace as Shi Xiangyun's companion, and served in front of the prince and grandson, which was cheaper than participating in the election by herself.Besides, the foster mother around Shi Xiangyun was released from the palace. When Shi Xiangyun was learning the rules, Xue Baochai would not steal from the teacher to learn art.Even if Shi Xiangyun lost the election, Xue Baochai participated in the small election as himself, so he can fight again. Naturally, he will not suffer a loss if he learns the rules of the palace with Shi Xiangyun's upbringing and nuns.

After hearing the news, Daiyu guessed Xue Baochai's wishful thinking, but she didn't know whether Shi Xiangyun's sudden election was prompted by Xue Baochai.

Daiyu guessed half right: Xue Baochai did persuade Shi Xiangyun to run for the election, but it was not Shi Xiangyun who made the decision, but the two historians.Bowling Marquis Shi Nai's title was inherited, but Bowling Marquis Shi Nai also had some skills, so he was not downgraded to the rank of Marquis, and Shi Ding was granted the title of Marquis based on his skills. The two brothers' acumen is different from the others.A few years ago, Lin Ruhai secretly planned to contain Zhongjinghou's military power, and Zhongjinghou was aware of it. Therefore, in this general election, historians thought that someone in the palace would do no harm to them, so they strongly supported Shi Xiangyun's election.Otherwise, where would Shi Xiangyun be with a nanny from the palace?We must know that when the news of next year's general election spreads, it will be very difficult to recruit nuns from the palace, and others will not be able to invite them.For these two nuns, the Shi family also put in a lot of effort.

Strange to say, the Lin family found out that the Shi family had maliciously slandered Daiyu with news behind her back, and before Lin Ruhai took revenge, Mrs. Shi Nai brought Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai to the door.

Jia Min took the post and read it. The historian's post was written with humility and sincerity, but Jia Min couldn't help being angry when he saw it: The reputation of the corrupt people behind the historian is not counted, what does it mean to visit?Do you still want to come to see if Yu'er was disturbed by the message, tortured to the point of being haggard?I have never seen someone who slanders someone behind the scenes and visits the door to protest.

But Jia Min is not easy to bully, the Shi family came to visit, Jia Min wanted to meet them and see what kind of medicine they sold in their gourds.So while passing the post to Daiyu, he ordered someone to invite Mrs. Baolinghou to come in.Daiyu looked at the post, clapped her palms and smiled and said, "Excellent, excellent, it's time to meet Miss Shi and Miss Xue." Jia Min saw that Daiyu was not angry at all, and she smiled meaningfully. marvel.But Daiyu just thought: I haven't seen these two old friends in this life, so it's interesting that they are willing to visit.

After a while, Mrs. Shi Nai followed the woman in charge to Songhe Garden. The little girl opened the curtain and the Shi family came in. I choose, but I dare not make enemies with Shang Shuling's family, so I ask Lin Shangshu and Mrs. Lin Shangshu to forgive me."

Seeing Mrs. Shi Nai's anxious and somewhat timid look, Jia Min was a little confused.Hastily gestured and ordered the irrelevant servant girl and mother-in-law to go down, only paying attention to the confidant girl and mother-in-law, and then asked: "What did Madam Shihou say, I am a little confused."

Mrs. Shi Nai greeted Jia Min again, and said: "It turns out that our family is not strict with the government. Miss Lin's words were spread outside, and some of our family's gossip servants also followed suit. But those words are three It was leaked from the palace years ago, and I don’t know where the damn slave heard about it, but he didn’t know how to talk about it outside. Recently, more and more people have heard nonsense outside, and it’s not good for Miss Lin. Therefore, I was terrified in my heart, thinking that after all our servant has caused some trouble, so I came here to apologize today. I already sold that unreliable servant yesterday, and I would like to ask Mrs. Shangshu to forgive me a lot. "

After Mrs. Shi Nai finished speaking, she handed over the gift list. Jia Min opened it and read it. The Shi family sent a lot of gifts, but they were also somewhat sincere.The historian first slandered the person's reputation behind his back, and then came to the door to apologize in fear, but he didn't hear that the master had taken action. Jia Min called Mrs. Shi Ding confused by such behavior.

Mrs. Shi Nai said a few more words of apology, and asked Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai to come forward to apologize to Daiyu.When Daiyu looked up, she saw that Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai had the same appearance in the previous life, Shi Xiangyun was delicate and simple, and Xue Baochai was dignified, both of them looked beautiful.Although the faces of the two of them were covered with powder, they still couldn't cover the redness and swelling of their cheeks, as if they had been palmed on their mouths.

After Yinglian beat Jia Baoyu, she went out with Jia's family, but Daiyu didn't go, so Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai haven't seen Daiyu yet.Now when the two of them saw Daiyu, she was like a delicate flower shining in the water when she was demure, and her actions were like a weak willow supporting the wind.It can be seen that the rumor is not true.It was also heard that Miss Lin was a disciple of Mr. Liu, a great contemporary Confucianist. With such family background, talent, learning, and appearance, the two couldn't help secretly thinking: such a person is actually the only one I have ever seen in my life.Talking about Daiyu, it is Yinglian who is the companion behind Daiyu. Shi and Xue also feel that her appearance and bearing are not inferior to theirs. Mrs. Wang.

It turned out that it was Xue Baochai's idea to spread rumors to tarnish Daiyu's reputation, but Xue Baochai heard the news from Mrs. Wang.Three years ago, when Daiyu attended the palace banquet, Jia Yuanchun was in Concubine Zhen's palace. Jia Yuanchun had informed Mrs. Wang of the situation that day.In her previous life, Xue Baochai liked to borrow some small news from her servants, but she pretended to be a good person herself, so she has the same temperament in this life.

After listening to Shi and Xue's apology, Daiyu said that it was all right, and what did the servants do with the two girls?Instead, let Xueyan go and get two boxes of high-grade golden sore medicine to distribute to the two of them.Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai picked it up with embarrassment on their faces, feeling more and more hot on their faces, as if being slapped on the mouth again.Although Daiyu knew in her heart that the Shi family's betrayal of servants was just to find someone to bear the responsibility, but she didn't want to get to the bottom of it.It is nothing to say bluntly, and it is not worth visiting the door to apologize.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the Shi family was sent out. Daiyu's mother and daughter looked at each other in a daze.To say that Daiyu's mother and daughter were sure that Lin Ruhai hadn't taken revenge, why Mrs. Shi Nai came to apologize in a panic, and who hit Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai on the face, the mother and daughter were also inexplicable.