Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

After Lin Feng and his party returned to Beijing, they first went to Rongguo Mansion to settle down Jia Mu, and then returned to Lin's house after everything was settled.He also handed over to Jia Min the letters brought back from Ping'an Prefecture and the many local ceremonies and special products prepared by Jia She's family.Jia Min read the letter, and the letter was written about things in Ping'an Prefecture, how Jia's mother entrusted Jia Huan to Jia Amnesty, how Jia's mother insisted on returning to Beijing, Jia Lian, Sister Feng and Sister Feng's pregnancy. With the Lin family.

After Jia Min read it, he handed the letter to Lin Ruhai and Daiyu, who read it carefully.Daiyu saw that Jia's mother had brought ten thousand taels of gold to her uncle, which was beyond her expectation.Only now that Jia's mother uses the 1 taels to form a good relationship, I'm afraid it will be beneficial to Jia's family in the future.

The Lin family were very keen, and when they heard that Jia Huan was staying in Ping'an Prefecture, they guessed Jia Mu's intentions.Lin Ruhai nodded and sighed: "Although it's a dead sheep, it's better than going all the way to the dark. It's a good thing in the future." Then he patted Jia Min's hand and said, "Min'er, don't worry too much, the Yue family Considering the matter, Jia Wang is the only one who committed the felony, so it may not necessarily bring trouble to everyone in the Yue family." Jia Min nodded naturally after hearing this.

Lin Feng rested at home for two days, and then went to Xie Yuan's mansion again. Mr. Liu's guest residence went to school with the prince, and he was not too busy.

Looking forward to the end of the year, because of keeping the country's filial piety, these two years have only been going around doing some etiquette, but they don't have to dress up to attend the palace banquet, which makes both Lin Ruhai and his wife feel cheap.Speaking of rituals, it’s fine for other good friends, Weirong Guofu is different from other places: the Lin family has arranged the rituals of Jiamu’s place, and also arranged for those in Ping’an Prefecture. Jia Huan who lives in Ping’an Prefecture also has a share. There is no Jia Zheng's room alone.

After the spring of the next year, it is the second anniversary of Emperor Taihe.After that, only three months later, the crown prince and his entourage went out to mourn the country, and Daiyu and other agreed crown princes and concubines also had to pay big gifts.Therefore, after the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, Qin Tianjian, the Weaving Mansions, and the Imperial Merchants were all very busy.

Because all ranks of imperial concubines in this dynasty had great gifts, and the Ministry of Rituals has set rules for the cost of uniforms, Jia Min does not need to prepare a dowry for Daiyu, which is more leisurely than ordinary officials and eunuchs.In the beginning of spring this year, the first major event in the palace was that the crown prince and several county kings were going to marry their concubines.

Because Lin Ruhai is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is also busy every day.This day when Lin Ruhai came back from get off work, Jia Min still welcomed Lin Ruhai into the house at the gate of the inner courtyard, and Daiyu and Lin Feng came to pay their respects again.After Daiyu and Lin Rong greeted each other, Lin Ruhai frowned and said to Jia Min, "I encountered a strange thing today. It's fine. The king of Ju County came to ask me something, asking me if there is a way to get Shi's daughter's name from Ju." It will be removed from the list of the county prince's mansion. The concubine who has been selected for more than two years can also be removed at will? Besides, Shi's daughter was designated by the first emperor. Removing the name, I'm afraid it won't be a good reputation if it spreads out."

Jia Min was taken aback when he heard this. As the saying goes, there is no joke, the first emperor pointed out the marriage, and the king of Jujun is a son of the royal family, so he must not be such a trifle in matters of marriage.So Jia Min also said with a puzzled face: "Why is this? Why didn't you hear anything about it before?"

Lin Feng listened to it, but burst out laughing, and then snorted and said: "It's also Jujun Wang Renyi, such a woman still wants to quietly drive out the genealogy of the county king's mansion before the ceremony. If Baolinghou's mansion is The smart one immediately said that King Ju's heart is tight, and this matter will come up in the future. I'm afraid that the girls from the historian's two marquis's mansions will not be able to be elected again, even if they are relatives, they will not be good people. "

After hearing this, Jia Min glared at Lin Feng and said, "What a man, why do you talk about these inner things? You are not allowed to talk about it outside, and you don't have to let people say that our men from the Lin family have broken their mouths."

Lin Feng smiled and said: "Mother taught you the lesson. If there are no outsiders in our family at the moment, even if you beg me, I would not dare to disgrace our family. It's just the king of Jujun and His Royal Highness complaining, I I listened to it for a while. If it were someone else, even if I begged, I might not like to listen."

It turned out that although Lin Wei was named as the prince's companion, in fact the prince, the king of Jujun, Lin Feng, Liu Xianglian, and Li Han were all very friendly. Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu privately gave and received these things, not only Lin Xuan knew When a few of them practice riding and shooting together, even Li Han and Liu Xianglian know about it.It's just that although these few people are teenagers, they also understand that these are not honorable things, and they are all nothing but outsiders.

So Lin Feng told Jia Baoyu how to give and receive privately with Jia Baoyu, how to make fan covers and shoe soles for Jia Baoyu, how to stay in a room alone with Jia Baoyu, and told Jia Baoyu to love her brother.At the end, Lin Feng sighed: "The king of Jujun was a person who cherished blessings. He didn't dislike the death of Shi's daughter's parents. Baolinghou's Mansion. Later, I heard that Zhou Nanny and Wu Nanny next to Shi's daughter said that Shi's daughter's behavior, no matter how good-natured she was, couldn't bear it. The daughter of the Shi family was expelled from the genealogy of the county prince's mansion."

When Lin Ruhai and his wife heard this, they couldn't help but suddenly realized, and Du Daiyu thought about it.Xiangyun was a little slurred, and used to call his second elder brother love brother, so he couldn't conclude that Xiangyun and Baoyu had any personal relationship.It's just that the world criticizes women harshly. Since the king of Jujun knows about these things, I'm afraid Xiangyun won't be able to enter the palace.

Lin Ruhai sighed and said: "So there is such an inside story? It's just that the king of Jujun and the daughter of the Shi family are married by the former emperor, and there are two princes from the same family of historians. However, in the middle of the capital, with a false title, if it weren't for the face of Zhongjinghou, I'm afraid it won't be good for a few years. Only Zhongjinghou is in charge of the military power in Guangdong, and the historian has a good relationship with the empress's mother's Nan'an County Palace. , I'm afraid that the king of Jujun has no one to make decisions, so it's not easy to cut the historian's face."

Lin Feng sighed: "Isn't that the reason? Otherwise, I'm afraid that the marriage would have been withdrawn long ago, which is why it has been delayed until now. Although His Royal Highness supports King Jujun, the sage listens to the empress empress very much. Four The prince was not favored when the first emperor was around, and he is unable to make decisions for the king of Jujun at this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the king of Jujun looked at it coldly, and the empress and empress wanted to exchange the position of Princess Ju for the historian's heart."

When Jia Min heard this, he suddenly changed the subject, and interjected: "Speaking of which, the empress is also very strange. Back then, the prince was poisoned and had a violent temper. The late emperor always wanted to abolish the prince, but he didn't see Nan'an Palace being more oriented toward her." The empress who was the concubine back then. Now that the Zhen family and the five princes are dead, the prince is enthroned, and the empress has fallen to the Nan'an palace very much."

Lin Ruhai heard this, and sighed: "The harem was as deep as the sea, and the status of the prince and princess was in jeopardy back then. The Nan'an palace secretly took refuge in the Zhen family without telling the princess for the sake of the palace's wealth and prosperity. In the eyes of the Nan'an Palace, the Crown Princess is nothing more than an abandoned son, and now that the Crown Prince ascends the throne, the Nan'an Palace is the queen's mother's family after all, and it is human nature to get the moon first when it is close to the water."

After all, Lin Feng was younger. Hearing this, he couldn't help snorting coldly: "If the empress is not confused, how can she let people unknowingly poison the prince but not find out at all? Thanks to my father for finding out the emperor When she was still the crown prince, her temperament changed drastically because she was poisoned. Since she was a fool, it was also possible that she couldn't recognize the true colors of her mother's family."

Jia Min listened and sighed: "Back then I was elected with the current queen, and the empress was still distressed and said she didn't want to be elected. Only Nan'an Palace sent her to participate in the election for the sake of helping the harem and for the glory of the Huo family. It was involuntary. Now that many years have passed, for some reason, Empress Empress is now more and more towards her natal family."

After hearing this, Daiyu thought to herself: That's it. There are many children who are not valued at home, and are more obedient to their parents and elder brothers, just to get the approval of their parents and elder brothers.Since the old Nan'an King was willing to send him into the palace regardless of the Queen's wishes, the Queen's Queen might not be favored much when she was at home, and such a daughter would easily carry a glory on her own.Throughout the ages, no matter rich or poor, the younger the child who was not favored, the more unprincipled the things that he did for the family.

It's just that now that Daiyu has already appointed the crown prince, and the empress will also be his mother's queen in the future, it's hard for Daiyu to say such a thing.

The family chatted a few other gossips, and they always felt that Xiangyun's matter was a royal family matter and had nothing to do with their own family, so they put it aside and went about their own affairs.

Zhanyan is more than a month away, and the auspicious day monitored by Qintian is getting closer.In Baolinghou's mansion, Mrs. Shi Nai also taught Xiangyun over and over again the things that Xiangyun should pay attention to when entering the palace.Suddenly, I heard that there was a long history of Jujun Prince's Mansion outside, bringing four father-in-laws and a girl.Shi Nai and his wife thought that this was the meaning of King Jujun's emphasis on Xiangyun, so they hurriedly ordered people to open the middle door to welcome him.

When Chang Shi brought the palace people inside, Baolinghou Shi Nai became suspicious when he saw Chang Shi's serious face, which did not look like a happy event.He also ordered people to make good tea, and also entertained good students. He asked Chang Shi what happened today?Although Chang Shi's complexion was not good, he was very courteous. After meeting Bao Linghou, he said: "Our lord has a few questions to ask Miss Smith, and I heard Mrs. Smith answer it herself, so I can answer it here. Lord Hou, please forgive me."

Hou Baoling said it was all right, and invited Chang Shi to sit down.After hearing this, Chang Shi confessed his guilt and sat down, drinking tea by himself.The maid who owns Baolinghou's mansion took the eunuch from Jujun Palace and a girl dressed as a maid to meet Mrs. Baolinghou and Xiangyun.

Xiangyun was taken aback when he heard that someone had come to the Prince Jujun's mansion.First, the general will point out that after the marriage, before the big ceremony, there will be a national funeral, and all the selected concubines have lived at home for more than two years.At the beginning, the king of Jujun also ordered people to send some gadgets, which seemed very heavy on Xiangyun.I don't know when, there were no more things sent by the Jujun Prince's Mansion, Xiangyun didn't take it seriously, but Mrs. Shi Nai noticed something was wrong.

Today, there are people from Jujun Wangfu again, and Mrs. Shi Nai and Xiangyun are only acting as Wangfu and here to deliver things.

Unexpectedly, four father-in-laws came to the palace, two of them stood guard outside the flower hall, and no one was allowed to enter, while the other two brought a woman in with solemn faces, not like they were giving gifts.

Xiangyun has learned the rules for more than three years now, although he doesn't take it seriously, he still waits for the two eunuchs and Mrs. Shi Nai to meet the ceremony, and then to meet himself, which can be regarded as a measure of advancement and retreat.After the ceremony, Mrs. Shi Nai wanted to be offered a seat, but the two eunuchs refused with serious expressions: "We have some confidential questions to ask Mrs. Smith, and I asked Mrs. Shi Hou to screen out irrelevant people."

When Madam Shi Nai saw the expressions of the two father-in-laws, and a very familiar woman behind the two father-in-laws, she felt that something was wrong.In the end, the servants were screened back, only the others went out, but Mother Zhou and Mother Wu beside Xiangyun stood still.

Baochai also felt ominous, but she was a follower and wanted to withdraw, but she heard Mammy Wu say, "Miss Xue, don't avoid it." Xue Baochai had to stay again.

After all the servants of the Shi family retreated, before Mrs. Shi Nai and the palace eunuchs could speak, Xiang Yun said, "Sister Xiren..."

Fortunately, Mrs. Shi Nai saw the opportunity quickly, Xiangyun only said four words, and was stopped by Mrs. Shi Nai.Baochai also broke out in a cold sweat.Baoyu's filial piety is to have fun with Xiren, Xiangyun even went up to call Xiren's sister affectionately, just these four words are enough for her to drink a pot.If Mrs. Shi Nai hadn't stopped her, I don't know what shocking things she said.

Sure enough, the tall one listened to the four sons of "Sister Xiren", snorted coldly, and then said in a sharp voice: "Our prince heard that after Miss Smith married our prince, she still loved my brother outside." My brother is calling me, I just don’t know who this beloved brother is?"

Asking this, Mrs. Shi Nai was terrified, and Baochai was also disheartened.She recommended herself to study with her, and worked hard for more than two years, and now she was about to enter the palace, but she didn't know how this matter got to the ears of King Ju.Xiangyun was afraid that he would not be able to enter the palace, but he had to think of a way out for himself.

Mrs. Shi Nai and Baochai were quite frightened. Although Xiangyun talked too fast sometimes, he was also very clever.After hearing this, what else does Xiangyun not understand?So he replied sternly: "It's brother eh, why do you love brother and not love brother? Brother eh and I grew up together, and we were called that way when we were young, and after we grew up, brother eh and I didn't get along very much. .”

Xiangyun really couldn't speak clearly, and the "second brother" and the third son always couldn't speak well.Now when I saw the eunuch from Jujun Prince's Mansion asking, he worked hard to pronounce the words, but he only said "Eige Ge", but he still didn't make it clear.

The two eunuchs and the two nuns nodded after hearing this. No one is perfect, and it's not a big deal if they can't speak clearly.So Mother Wu stood up again and said, "It's okay for brothers and sisters to be close when they were young. If they really know how to avoid suspicion when they grow up, it's okay. Miss Yun, do you remember this sentence?" Love brother, don't worry. , what's the matter, I can't make you and the old ancestor short.'" This Madam Wu used to have some ability to imitate people's speech, although she was very old, she was afraid that people outside would hear her, so she didn't raise her voice like Xiangyun did back then Shouting out, he also imitated Xiangyun's tone very much.

Mrs. Shi Nai, Baochai, and Xiangyun were all taken aback when they heard these words.Mrs. Shi Nai asked Xiangyun again, when did this happen?Xiangyun didn't dare to hide it, and since he told about the event of the day when the flowers were appreciated in Rongguo Mansion, he only kept the fan cover from mentioning.At the end, he waved his hand and said, "I just said a few words to brother eh, and then I came out. The two nuns followed me all the time, and the nuns can testify to me that I haven't left for a long time."

Mrs. Shi Nai then asked whether Baochai followed Xiangyun and whether Xiangyun's words were true.Baochai also nodded and said that she had been following Xiangyun on the day of viewing the flowers in Rongguo Mansion, and Xiangyun's words were true.

The two nuns Zhou and Wu also knew that this was true. Because of the country's filial piety this time, the selected beautiful girl had to be raised at home for more than two years before entering the palace, so the foster nuns around her naturally followed closely.The two foster nuns and the eunuch who came from the palace also knew it was true, so they didn't doubt it.

So the tall eunuch asked again: "What do you mean, Miss Yun, after referring to the marriage, she also did needlework for the son of the second master of the Rongguo Mansion who was born with a jade title? There is also a dignified princess who gave it to the son of a fifth-rank official." A needleworker? I don't even care if the son of a fifth-rank official can afford it!"

Mrs. Shi Nai's face flushed when she heard this, she trembled slightly in fright, and gave Xiangyun a hard look.She knew that Xiangyun often went to Rongguo Mansion to persecute her, and she had persuaded and said it, but Xiangyun always felt that his aunt was holding him hard, and he was not as comfortable as Rongguo Mansion. Someone came to pick her up.Mother Jia is the aunt of Shi Nai's direct relative, and also an elder. Mrs. Shi Nai is not easy to refuse, and she is afraid of being accused of treating her elder brother's orphan badly, so she has to rely on Mother Jia. Who knows that such a disaster will happen today.

After Xiangyun heard this, he was very puzzled, and then glared at Xiren who was behind the two eunuchs in the Prince's Mansion of Jujun.So I had no choice but to admit: "When I was young, I made one or two pieces and sent them around. I don't even remember who I sent them to."

The tall one listened too much, so he said to Xiren behind him, "Girl Hua, tell me."

The Xiren was forced to abort, and then sold out far away. Somehow, he was found by the people of the Jujun Prince's Mansion two months ago. The former son was about to enter the capital, and today he was taken to the Shi Nai Mansion. up.After experiencing the sale of aborted fetuses, she was too scared to lie, so she told the truth: from Jia Baoyu not wearing clothes made by outside needleworkers until she couldn't do it herself. Xiangyun did work. Xiangyun made fan covers, shoe soles, and nets for Baoyu. Some of them were done before Xiangyun chose the princess, and some were done after he was appointed.

Hearing this, Mrs. Shi Nai's face turned pale.

The tall eunuch said sharply again: "Why is a son born with jade so honorable? A son of a fifth-rank official dares to use the needle and thread made by the daughter of the Marquis Mansion, and he is not afraid of losing his life? I heard that Mr. Jia is the most sympathetic to jade." , why do you have the heart to let the daughter of the Hou Mansion do work for him? Miss Hua, are you lying?"

Xiren heard this, kowtowed again and said: "I dare not lie, because I can't do the second master's work, so I begged Miss Yun to do it, and then lied to the second master that it was done by a girl outside. Two The master took it seriously and used it. If the second master knew that Miss Yun was so tired, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to bear it."

Hearing this, Mrs. Shi Nai naturally felt dizzy, but the two eunuchs of Jujun Prince's Mansion and the two foster nuns beside Xiangyun laughed lightly.The short eunuch didn't speak at first, but now he said sharply: "Mrs. Shihou, listen too. A servant of the Rongguo Mansion dares to order the daughters of the mansion to do work. What's the face of the Baolinghou Mansion? Is it true that Miss Qianjin of your mansion humiliates others like this? If this word gets out, I am afraid that all the girls in the family will be misunderstood as self-deprecating and self-deprecating people."

Mrs. Shi Nai hurriedly stepped forward to apologize and said: "It turned out that I didn't discipline Xiangyun well, but the two nuns were extremely responsible. Under the guidance of the two nuns, Xiangyun also made rapid progress. Given time, Xiangyun It must have changed.”

The short man was too listening, and he laughed and said: "Mrs. Shihou said that, what does Miss Smith have to do with us? Is such a self-deprecating and self-deprecating woman worthy of entering our palace? Madam Shihou, don't you?" Don't forget, when Miss Yun saw such a seductive servant who seduced her master, she called her 'Sister Xiren'. Tsk tsk, real things flock together, I'm afraid Miss Smith is just like this girl Hua. That's our lord Kindness, I didn’t spread it out, otherwise I’m afraid that the two marquis’ mansions will be affected. The matter has been clearly distinguished, and the Shihou and his wife are asked to handle it themselves. It’s just that women like Xiao don’t want to pollute our prince’s genealogy. "

After finishing speaking, the two eunuchs from Manshuo Jujun Wang's Mansion asked the two eunuchs guarding the door to leave together, and even Zhou Nanny and Wu Nanny did not stay in Baolinghou's Mansion.

This side has made a clear distinction, and an eunuch has already told the situation here to Wang Changshi of Ju County.After hearing this, Chang Shi stood up, bowed to Shi Nai very politely, and then told Shi Nai what he had asked.When Shi Nai heard this, his face turned blue with anger, and he sent a group of people from Jujun Prince's Mansion out of the mansion, and turned back to ask Mrs. Shi Nai.

Mrs. Shi Nai also sighed, retreated from her servants, and told the situation one by one: how did Madam Wu hear Xiangyun shouting "Love Brother" outside the Rongqing Hall of Rongguo Mansion, and how did she see Baoyu come out of Rongqing Hall? ran away.That's why the Jujun Prince's Mansion started to investigate, who knew that Xiangyun had done so many things that were not self-respecting.Man said that marrying into the palace is an ordinary official's family, knowing what Xiangyun has done, who would dare to ask for marriage?I am afraid that the daughters of the historian's two marquis' mansions will be affected.

When Shi Nai heard this, he was also very angry, and said angrily: "I don't know what crime I have done, and I have been exposed to such a life-threatening girl. What can I do now? Even the king of Jujun is just the most inconspicuous person. Your lord, they are the sons of the royal family. It’s just that they don’t know about Xiangyun. Now that they know about it, they must not send Xiangyun into the palace. Otherwise, if Xiangyun’s deeds are really publicized, we Qingyun will be implicated.”

Mrs. Shi Nai sighed: "Is there any other way, now I can only ask the master, how can there be a way to quietly remove Xiangyun's name from the name of the palace."

Shi Nai pondered for a long time and said: "I'm afraid that's the only way to go." So he went to Qin Tianjian to ask someone to criticize the inconsistency between Xiangyun and King Jujun, and with the comment, he personally begged Emperor Ding'an: For King Jujun The future will be smooth sailing, please allow Xiangyun not to enter the palace.

Mrs. Shi Nai also sent a great gift to beg Nan'an Taifei, Nan'an Taifei looked for Queen Huo, Huo Queen thought that King Ju was just an ordinary county king with no real power, and it didn't matter if he married or not. If you want something, you agree.He hit Mrs. Shi Nai again, remembering to owe himself a favor.Mrs. Shi Nai naturally knew it well.

In this way, although neither the royal family nor the historians considered treachery, the responsibility would fall on the head of Qin Tianjian. Why didn't they figure out the incompatibility between King Ju and Shi's daughter earlier?After finishing this matter, the historian owed Qin Tianjian a favor after all, but that is another story.

He also said that Xiangyun was forced to ask for a divorce when the ceremony was over, and he was also implicated by Jia Baoyu.Because of this, Shi Nai and his wife also secretly hated Rongguo Mansion, and gradually separated from Rongguo Mansion.