Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

The official matchmaker saw Liu Fu's appearance, and saw that although he was already in his forties, but because he was a martial arts practitioner, he was in good spirits, so Liu Fu looked like he was too old to stand up.Moreover, his appearance is handsome and handsome, and he has a certain bearing, which is better than many young men with weak crowns.The official matchmaker thought to herself: Master Liu is good-looking, and Miss Fu is a real man and woman.And now that Mr. Liu has a high position and authority, and Mr. Xiao Liu is promising, how can such a man not yearn for a good wife and beautiful concubine?

Therefore, the matchmaker didn't pay attention to Liu Fu's raised sword eyebrows, she just became more imposing as a military officer.He said to himself: "The girl I told Master Liu is now in her twenties, unmarried, and born in a scholarly family. Although she has no parents, her elder brother is in charge of the fifth rank. And the girl looks like The water spirit is neat and tidy, and Master Liu is a perfect match. Doesn’t this have all four corners?”

After hearing what the matchmaker said, Liu Fu thought to herself: Man said that I have already made up my mind not to marry again, and even if I do, I will not marry a woman from such a family.She is really a girl with good looks and character, how can there be a 26-year-old who is not married?So Liu Fu waved his hand and said: "Where did you come from, crazy woman, talking nonsense in the bright sky, if you don't leave, I will send you a woman to Shuntian Mansion, and charge you for bluffing and deceiving."

The matchmaker was stunned when she heard this.But she is used to seeing high-ranking and rich people pretending to be upright and upright, and she usually only agrees after several times of rejection.For example, if you say it the first time, Master Liu sternly refuses, it seems that you have deep affection for your dead wife; Agreeing, it seems that the kindness is hard to refuse.In short, these people who are butchers for officials will naturally get all the good things, but they want to appear innocent, and the benefits are not obtained by themselves.

So the matchmaker smiled again and said, "Oh, Mrs. Liu. The villain knows that you have a deep affection for your dead wife, but if Mrs. Liu doesn't have a proper person to take care of her daily life, wouldn't Mrs. Liu feel at ease? So Mrs. Liu became more and more worried. This marriage should be accepted."

Liu Fu became more and more unbearable after hearing what the woman said, and didn't bother to listen to her anymore, so she just ordered the housekeeper to come in and drag the crazy woman to Shuntian Mansion to slap her.The matchmaker was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak anymore, she lifted her skirt and ran quickly with her big feet, Liu Fu snorted coldly before going back to the house.

If you want to say who the matchmaker is talking about, you say a woman named Fu Qiufang.His elder brother Fu Shi was originally a student of Jia Zheng, but he was the general judge of Shuntian Prefecture.Later, seeing the failure of the Rongguo Mansion, he voted for the Huo family and was promoted to Tongzhi.Now that the Huo family is defeated, such small fish and shrimps were originally the ones that slipped through the net, but Fu Shi felt that he had no support in the court and his future was bleak, so he wanted to curry favor with Liu Fu.

Not to mention the first-class official residence of Liu Fu, his son Liu Xianglian was highly regarded by Emperor Jiangyou, and Liu Fu had a good relationship with Lin Ruhai. If he climbed to the Liu family, why would Fu Shi not have a bright future?

He also said that Fu Qiufang was born with a certain beauty, and it is said that he is both talented and beautiful.That Fu Shi'an relied on his younger sister to marry a rich and noble family, and refused to agree to it lightly.But who really has a solid foundation, who can take a liking to the Fu family?Therefore, no one came forward to ask for a match, so Fu Qiufang was delayed until now, she is 26 years old.When Liu Fu was promoted to a rank of Shangshu, Fu Shi was tempted, but met Guoxiao again, Fu Qiufang was delayed for another year, and finally left Guoxiao, so Fu Shi invited a matchmaker to come to Liu's house to talk about marriage.

Speaking of marriages between men and women at that time, the two families had made plans in private, and then the man asked the matchmaker to come forward to make a deal, so that it seemed that the girl cherished it and did not hurt her reputation.But there are twenty-six girls from the Fu family, who would come forward to ask for a marriage if they are a bit passable?It turned out that some widowers, or disabled, older single men came forward to ask for marriage, and they also acted as if they liked your old girls and sisters and were doing favors to the Fu family.

Fu Shi couldn't tolerate these people, he had to scold the matchmaker several times, and no one came forward to say kiss.That's why Fu Shi didn't care about face, and went to the Liu family to ask a matchmaker. If the reputation of the woman asking for marriage spread, it would really make people laugh.Fortunately, Liu Fu is not a mean person, after driving away the matchmaker, he did not make it public.

Fu Shi thought that although Liu Fu had a high position and authority, he was just a widower, and she must be looking for an innocent girl, but he didn't want the matchmaker to be driven back, and she even went to Fu Shi's mansion to ask for tea money.Fu Shi thought the matchmaker was ineffective, so he didn't want to give it. Later, for Fu Qiufang's reputation, he finally rewarded the matchmaker with money.

After Liu Xianglian and his wife returned home, they really stayed for a few days.After coming back and listening to the fact that my mother was at home almost for a few days, the husband and wife looked at each other in blank dismay.

He also said that the Huo family had many students, and it was too late for Fu Shi to join him. If Fu Shi didn't let people go to Liu's house to talk about marriage, maybe the matter would just pass like this, and his family would not be involved.However, Fu Qiufang found out about Fu Shi's sending someone to Liu's house to propose a marriage. Fu Qiufang cried loudly in the boudoir, saying that she was ashamed to see others.

When Fu Shi and his wife saw Fu Qiufang like this, Fu Shi's wife had no choice but to persuade her: "Isn't it chilling for you to make trouble like this? Over the years, how many families have your brother inquired about in order to find a good family with you? It’s not that the girl doesn’t know how strong she is. At this moment, we are saying that we use the girl as a weight, and what the girl said really makes people’s hearts go cold.” Then, Fu Shizhi’s wife took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

Fu Qiufang is not a pungent woman, otherwise, how could Fu Shi be delayed until 23, and now it is 26?But these years, Fu Qiufang's heart has become more and more desperate. She has seen through her brother and sister-in-law's face.I heard that the Muni Academy in the suburbs of Beijing has a great reputation. The families of the two girls in the Ningrong Second Mansion suffered a catastrophe. The reputation of the Tuomuni Academy has blessed them. The two girls have not been convicted yet. Wouldn't it be clean to go to the Muni Academy by themselves as aunts?

So Fu Qiufang put her heart together and said: "As the saying goes, elder brother is like father and elder sister-in-law is like mother. I dare not forget how elder brother and sister-in-law have cared for me over the years. But I have dreamed of a Bodhisattva calling me in the past few days. I think it is me. I used to be a Buddhist, if I don't listen to the call and attract the wrath of the Bodhisattva, wouldn't it be a disaster for my brother and sister-in-law? And now I don't know why, the reputation of my wife's proposal has spread, I'm afraid I won't be able to marry a good family Brother and sister-in-law, why don't you let me go to the Muni Temple to practice."

It turned out that Liu Fu never publicized the fact that Fu's family sent a matchmaker to the man to talk about marriage, but Fu Qiufang wanted to find a solution, so he asked his confidant to publicize the matter.

After hearing this, Fu Shi and his wife couldn't help but feel deeply distressed.They saw that Fu Qiufang was outstanding in appearance, in order to cling to the wealthy family, they also cultivated them with all their heart, and they also used the best materials and the latest clothes to wear Fu Qiufang closely. Wouldn't it be a waste of all these years of hard work to enter the Buddhist sect this time?

So Fu Shiyu said earnestly: "My sister's words are off the mark. Our parents died early. I finally brought up my sister. Now that I have an official position, if I don't tell my sister a good family, let the world talk about me. I'm not afraid, I'm only sorry for our parents, how will I explain to my parents in the future?"

Hearing this, Fu Qiufang couldn't help snorting in her heart: She just thought that it was not easy for her brother to get a good grade in the exam, and in order to maintain his reputation, he was delayed from 16 years old to 26 years old now, but did the brother and sister-in-law ever think about it for themselves? Two points?At the beginning, my youth was just at the right time. It wasn't that people without foundation and family status were willing to seek marriage, but it was delayed because of my elder brother's selfishness. Now, how many good families are willing to seek marriage for a 26-year-old woman?It's not as easy as taking off the control of your brother and sister-in-law.

So Fu Qiufang raised her face, stared into Fu Shi's eyes and said, "If my elder brother refuses, I can't help it. It's just that my wife's reputation of rushing to marry her will spread, and sister An will be hurt. If my brother and sister-in-law If you insist on not allowing me to become a monk, Mo Xiao will blame me again in the future."

When Fu Shizhi's wife heard this, she trembled in fright, and the tea bowl fell to the ground.Fu Shi saw that Fu Qiufang had made up her mind and could not force her to do so, so she allowed Fu Qiufang to go to the Muni Court.

In order to get rid of Fu Shi's control, Fu Qiufang released the news herself to get a bad reputation, but she also spread the matter to the ears of Xie Yuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.When Xie Yuan heard about this, he felt that a person like Fu Shi should not be reused. Although there was no serious fault, he was only given a false job.Two more years later, Fu Shi was dissatisfied with the status quo, and if he went out of his way again, he would be convicted instead, but that's another story.

It is also said that after Liu Xianglian's wedding, there will be a hundred-day banquet for Li Han's son.Yinglian has accompanied Daiyu since she was five years old, and the two naturally have a close relationship.Daiyu and Emperor Jiangyou also had their own rewards, and Li Han's son's hundred-day banquet was also very respectable.

However, at the hundred-day banquet of Li Han's son, except that after Emperor Jiangyou ascended the throne, it was not easy to drink with everyone like a prince. Qiu and others were all present.At the banquet, everyone not only congratulated Li Han very much, but also congratulated the newly married Liu Xianglian.

The king of Jujun said: "Master Xiaoliu has been so energetic every day since he got married, and he is even more extraordinary than before." Because Liu Xianglian and his son were officials in the same dynasty, everyone is used to calling Liu Fu Master Liu, Liu Xianglian For Master Koyanagi.

The others listened, and they all agreed.Liu Xianglian smiled, neither agreeing nor disapproving. Instead, she smiled and said to King Jujun: "You don't talk about your status at the wine table. Don't blame the king for my wrong words. I'm afraid the king of Jujun will say that I am a fake." , It is true that you want to establish a county princess, but you are making fun of me, but you are going in the wrong direction."

Everyone was very reasonable when they heard it, and laughed and said it was very, very true.He also said that the palace had already missed a general election, but he didn't know when the re-election would be held. King Jujun's compatriot King Qiongjun was now a father, but King Jujun was still alone.

King Qiongjun and King Jujun are twin brothers. In the last general election, King Qiongjun's concubine chose the daughter of a side branch of the Huo family.Back then, Princess Qiongjun was backed by Concubine Nan'an, not only jealous of Daiyu's identity and status, but also stabbed Daiyu several times.That's all, Daiyu is happy and happy in this life, with a broad mind, and doesn't care about a domineering woman from the Huo family.

But Princess Qiongjun relied on the Huo family's backing, and seeing that King Qiongjun was not favored, she actually called and shouted at King Qiongjun back then.Later, the Huo family was defeated. Although Emperor Jiangyou was magnanimous, he did not sit Qiongjun Wang Feilian.But Princess Qiongjun didn't know how to restrain herself, and asked Qiongjun King to intercede with Emperor Jiangyou in an orderly tone.Although the King of Qiongjun is not as deep as the relationship between King Jujun and Emperor Jiangyou, it is not shallow.After Princess Qiongjun came in, because King Qiongjun had a concubine from the Huo family, Emperor Jiangyou naturally couldn't let King Qiongjun know what he said, and the two cousins ​​were separated.

After all these calculations, it was all the princess of Qiongjun who harmed the bright future of King Qiongjun.Now that Princess Qiongjun has no backer, she still dares to dictate to King Qiongjun, how can King Qiongjun tolerate her?King Qiongjun was so angry that he let out all the anger of the past few years and slapped Princess Qiongjun several times, but Princess Qiongjun became honest.From then on, Princess Qiongjun was driven into a side courtyard, and was rejected by King Qiongjun.Although Princess Qiongjun gave birth to a son, she was taken away by the king of Qiongjun after the Huo family was convicted and found a proper nanny and nanny to raise him, and the son of King Qiongjun did not marry the princess.

It's just that, after all, the king of Qiongjun already has a son, and Shi Xiangyun, appointed by the king of Jujun, had a private relationship with Jia Baoyu, so he retired because of incompatibility.Later, it was delayed due to a major event, and the king of Jujun still has no concubine.

Everyone heard about King Ju's establishment of a concubine. No one knew that although the officials and eunuchs were out of state filial piety, even though King Ju was considered to be the late emperor's nephew, the Emperor Jiangyou and his wife were supposed to observe filial piety for three years. There will never be a general election, and the king of Jujun will continue to be delayed if he wants to come, so everyone will inevitably worry secretly for the king of Jujun.

King Jujun saw everyone's expressions and knew what everyone was thinking. He smiled and said, "It's so good, why is it talking about me again? If it's about getting married, I'm not the only one who has nowhere to go. Brother Lan, Brother Jun, Xue Didn’t the brothers not say anything about their marriage? It’s brother Yu, who has been engaged to someone earlier, so it’s time to settle down at this age.”

Lin Ling is the youngest among these people, less than 15 years old.If you talk about getting married, you are sure, but if you say wait, you can still wait, so Lin Feng smiled and said: "It's good, tell me what to do, if you don't drink all the wedding wine of the prince and the elder brothers, it is the parents who want to marry you." Say goodbye to me, and I will refuse first, and then I will be free for a few more years." After hearing this, everyone laughed, put the matter aside, and said something else.

A group of young people who speak have no intentions, but those who are elders are interested in the listeners.When he returned from drinking that day, Lin Ruhai told Jia Min what Li Han's son had said at the hundred-day banquet.

Jia Min laughed and said: "I only think that we are the only ones talking about the back house. It turns out that everyone in the main hall outside is talking about it. Exactly. Today, at the banquet in our inner hall, there were many wives, ladies and gentlemen. My wife asked me to talk about marriage. There are people who like Lan Geer and Jun Geer, and there are people who inquire about our brother Reng, but the king of Jujun has a high status, and no one inquires about it. I only think that the mediator is a good person. Well, if the husband and wife have a bad life in the future, they will blame the matchmaker instead, so I pushed them all.

But I didn't expect that on the head of the king of Jujun, although the king of Jujun has his father, the fourth prince, the fourth prince has another princess.But the fourth prince had lost his birth mother because of the birth of a pair of county kings and disliked them. Now that the king of Jujun is valued by the emperor, he treats the king of Jujun better. worry?

Fortunately, the imperial concubine who is not married is always the emperor and empress. Although this time is special, the emperor and the queen are considered to be the cousins ​​and sisters-in-law of the king of Jujun, not the elders, but the marriage of the king of Jujun may still fall on the head of the empress.On the first day of the lunar new year, I entered the palace and made a brief mention with the empress, and it was not in vain that King Jujun and the emperor had a good relationship. "

Lin Ruhai listened, nodded yes, and smiled again: "The Empress has always been right-minded, maybe she has already thought of it."

It is also said that because of the death of Emperor Ding'an, Daiyu and his wife decided to wait for their husbands and wives to leave their filial piety, and then choose a date to move into Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace respectively. At this time, the couple are still living in the East Palace.In the East Palace that day, the husband and wife were still talking.

Daiyu said: "In a blink of an eye, sister Yinglian, who has been with me since I was five years old, has already had a son; sister Su has also got a good match. Time flies. I think that Xueyan has been with me for two lifetimes. In the previous life, I didn't know what would happen to her after I died. In this life, I am not only well, but I also have to be cared for by Saburo. I would like to ask Saburo for a favor to get rid of Xueyan's slavery, let her go out as soon as possible, and choose a good life. Although Xueyan was the child of our family and my close-knit girl when she was young, I only think of her as my elder sister in my heart."

Emperor Jiangyou listened, and said with a smile: "Senior Sister's words are very true. Miss Xueyan is different from others, and we should treat her kindly. As long as we don't treat Miss Xueyan as a human being in our hearts, after all, her identity is here, and it is not appropriate to be kind." Too much petting. Even if we want to treat Xueyan kindly, we must first choose a concubine for Brother Ju."

When Daiyu heard it, she smiled and said, "Sanlang's words are very true. See, I forgot about it. As for King Ju's marriage, does Sanlang have any idea? Although King Ju is out of filial piety, we are still in filial piety." , it is not good for a general election at this time. But as the king of Jujun, his concubine should be elected again, and he should be chosen from among the daughters of officials and famous families."

After hearing this, Emperor Jiangyou sighed slightly and said: "It should be so. Firstly, it will take more than a year for the two of us to be filial piety, but we will continue to delay Brother Ju; secondly, I said that I will not establish a concubine in this life. What are you going to do with a general election that only chooses a princess of the county and mobilizes the masses? It doesn’t waste people’s money.”

Daiyu nodded slightly when she heard this, and said after pondering, "If you have, I don't know if the king of Jujun dislikes this one."

Seeing that Daiyu seemed to have a candidate, Emperor Jiangyou hurriedly asked who it was?

Daiyu said: "Sister Xichun is a young lady from the Ningguo Mansion. The general election went through three rounds in a row, so there is nothing to say about her talent, appearance or character. But now that the Ningguo Mansion has fallen, although Sister Xichun has not been convicted, she is not guilty. Miss Guogong Mansion, in terms of status, she is not worthy of King Jujun."

Emperor Jiang You heard this, but smiled and said, "It's okay that people in the world have so many opinions from different sects. Why should we stick to them? From what I know about Brother Ju, as long as he finds a speculative partner, he won't care about them. I'll see you tomorrow." Quietly ask him, and you also quietly asked sister Xichun, if she agrees, then I will re-designate your two sisters as township lords on the grounds of praying for the country, and I will be a good match."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Pian Sanlang came up with such an idea, but it's also very good."

So on the first day of this month, the palace issued an oral decree, announcing that Xichun, a lay lady from the Muni Academy who was praying for the country, entered the palace to give a lecture to the empress.

On the day Xichun entered the palace, she was still puzzled, thinking: Why did the empress only announce me to enter the palace, and not call her sister Tanchun?After arriving at the East Palace, Xichun wanted to give a big gift, Daiyu hurriedly said no, and a palace servant helped Xichun get up.Daiyu retreated again and explained the reason why she was allowed to enter the palace today. When Xichun heard that Daiyu wanted to speak for herself as the king of the county, she couldn't help but blushed and said, "Your Majesty, Xichun can escape a catastrophe. The nunnery has spent the rest of their lives very contented, so why does the empress make fun of people with these words?"

Daiyu saw the blush on Xichun's face, making her even more charming, and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, you just think of me as Sister Lin. Let's be sisters, I am for your own good, Ruoju County King is not a Okay, I haven't come up with this idea yet. The two masters of the Muni Academy are good, but with your appearance and age, wouldn't it be a pity to be a layman in the Muni Academy for the rest of your life? Not to mention you, in the future If your elder sister Tanchun finds a suitable family, I also hope to find a reliable life for her."

The two sisters talked for a while, and Daiyu told the king of Jujun about his behavior.

Xichun heard that the king of Ju County had withdrawn from his marriage with Xiangyun. He was a king of the county but had no concubine or concubine by his side.

On the other side, Emperor Jiangyou also talked about cherishing spring with King Jujun.King Jujun took power lightly, knowing that being born in the emperor's family, he should step back and withdraw even more, but he didn't dislike Xichun's status as being unable to help him.Among the many crimes in Ningguo Mansion, the one of lewdness is astonishing, and there are two sisters of the main wife who have sex with brother-in-law, nephew and father, which is really unbearable to hear.

King Jujun frowned after hearing this, and said, "Why does the emperor come to tease me? It's not that the emperor doesn't know how I and Shi's daughter divorced. Even if I will never marry for the rest of my life, I dare not marry a woman from such a family."

Emperor Jiangyou smiled and said: "I don't know your nature? If it's not a good one, how can I come to harm you?" So he beat Xichun and raised him in front of Shi Taijun. Let's talk about it.At the end, he said: "The servants of Jia's family are not strict with their mouths. You can still inquire about these matters now. You can make a decision after inquiring clearly. The most important thing in marriage is to be happy with each other. I will force myself if I don't have a happy marriage. You are referring to someone else. Don't worry, only your sister-in-law and I know what happened today, if you don't want to, then just pretend no one has said such a thing. Miss Xichun continues to pray for the country in the Muni Academy."

King Jujun heard that Xichun was able to keep himself clean in such a mansion, and felt that it was even more rare than beating a girl who was severely disciplined when he was young, so he couldn't help being awed and moved.When the sun came out of the palace, people asked where did the servants of the Rongguo Mansion sell them?

Because Jia amnesty to return the owed money in this life, and the Jia family did not have the huge sum of money of the Lin family in the previous life, it has long been difficult to survive, but it has sold several batches of servants one after another, and many of these people are still in the capital.Xichun put an end to Ningguo Mansion, and said to Jia Zhen's wife, Youshi, "I am a clean person, I don't have to make you tired, and I will not go to Dongfu from now on." It is not difficult to inquire.After getting the exact news, King Ju also felt that Xichun's character was rare, and he was very willing.

He also said that on the first day of the lunar new year, Jia Min went to the palace to reunite with the queen, but he was surprised to see that Xichun was also in the East Palace with a reddish complexion.When he was about to ask in detail, Xichun left with a blushing face.

After Xichun left, Daiyu took Jia Min's hand and told the story. Jia Min listened and told Daiyu what the former son and Lin Ruhai had said.At the end, Jia Min said: "It's true that I know my daughter Mo Ruofu. Your father can guess what you think when you were young. Sure enough, this time he said that the empress will have something to do with it. It really is not bad."

After hearing this, Daiyu said with a smile, "My father should know me best." Said with a proud face, Jia Min also felt satisfied when he saw the expression of the goddess of love.