"Respond to the master's words." The nanny replied, "Princess Beijing did not express her position, she only talked about the affairs between the daughters-in-law. She is a mother-in-law, so it is not good to interfere too much, and let the princess decide on her own. But the princess is at a loss now. Yes, I don’t know what to do.”

Jiang Ling glanced down, because of the accident just now, the concubines were a little bit overwhelmed, gathered in twos and threes, and sent people here to inquire about news from time to time.Lin Daiyu obediently followed Princess Beijing's side, not leaving a single step.Two young daughters-in-law tried to talk to her, but they all hit a soft nail and had to go back home.

As for the Rongguo Mansion, Xue Baochai and Jia Yingchun had just been sent out to catch up with Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu is not good at dealing with such matters, and Princess Beijing insisted that "I, the mother-in-law, don't care what the daughter-in-law wants to do" and let Lin Daiyu mediate with them.Only when Lin Daiyu was about to cry, did he go up and take her away, leaving Xue Baochai and Jia Yingchun looking at each other there.

From a distance, Lin Daiyu glanced at Jiang Ling, saw that Jiang Ling was also looking at her, and put on a crying face.

Jiang Ling coughed lightly, and said: "Go and tell Princess Beijing that if you are tired, you can come to my place to rest. It is quiet here."

The nuns agreed, leaving two female officials here to serve Jiang Ling, and went to the front by themselves to invite Lin Daiyu over.

"I'm so tired of those parties."

Lin Daiyu sat beside Jiang Ling and complained softly: "Just now I went to meet some people with the concubine, and those sisters and cousins ​​from the past all came forward one by one, saying that they wanted to talk to me. But in the past In the Grand View Garden, I have never seen them so enthusiastic. Ah Ling, you seem to be quiet here." Even Rong Concubine, who had the nearest seat, was 30 meters away from Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling smiled and thought to himself, it's because you didn't see the tit-for-tat confrontation just now.

She pressed Lin Daiyu's hand, said with a faint smile, "Since it's quiet here, let's stay a little longer."

Lin Daiyu hummed lightly, with a look of joy on her face.Jiang Ling waved to the big palace maid who was leading the way just now, and said: "Wangfei wants to sit here for a while, you and the mother, go and talk to Princess Beijing, with a more gentle tone."

These people were standing beside them, and they even lowered their voices when they spoke, so they got rid of them as soon as possible.

The leading lady weighed in for a moment, and left two maids and two eunuchs to watch, while she and the same nun went to Prince Jing's place to pass on Jiang Ling's message.Holding the cup of warm water, Jiang Ling asked someone to bring a new cup of tea to Lin Daiyu, and said with a smile, "Since you don't want to socialize, it's fine to stay with me. Just now you said that they asked you to take the family of Jia and Wang. Girl, how many concubines and princesses should I introduce to you?"

Lin Daiyu nodded, and her voice slowly decreased: "Yes. If they are all familiar sisters, it doesn't matter. But I have only casual acquaintances with those concubines and concubines, and I don't usually like to go to banquets. It seems too strange to suddenly introduce the cousins ​​of my uncle's family." And there are a few girls from the Wang family, separated from Lin Daiyu by another layer.

Jiang Ling nodded slightly and said, "I see."

We were talking there for a while, when suddenly Lin Daiyu's expression froze.Jiang Ling followed her gaze and saw Baoqin, Caiyun, and Xue Baochai who had just left once, walking towards this side together.Lin Daiyu instinctively wanted to hide, but Xue Baochai had already frowned with a smile, and then bowed to Jiang Ling: "Please be safe, Concubine Yun."

Lin Daiyu looked at Jiang Ling and then at them, her expression became a little nervous.

Baoqin also greeted the two of them, saying: "Since I saw the princess last time, I haven't seen her for half a year. It just so happens that the timing is right today, and I want to invite the princess to talk about the old days, and let the princess meet for a while. See the Empress Dowager. Princess—please?"

After speaking, he turned slightly sideways and made a gesture of please.

Lin Daiyu looked at her nervously, then at Jiang Ling, but said nothing.

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "What's the matter with frowning?" In private, they were used to this address.

Lin Daiyu said: "I..." She tugged at Jiang Ling's sleeve and gave a look for help.Jiang Ling pressed Lin Daiyu's hand, put on a surprised expression, and asked Baoqin, "Didn't the concubines meet the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager just now?"

Baoqin didn't know how to answer for a while, Xue Baochai laughed and said: "Just now, the concubine visited the empress dowager, but now she is the natal cousin of the concubine, who wants to meet the empress dowager. Concubine Yun is naturally intelligent, so she should know the difference." ?”

Baoqin and Caiyun agreed: "That's it."

Jiang Ling smiled, secretly thinking that it was Xue Baochai.

Lin Daiyu pinched the back of Jiang Ling's hand lightly, shook her head slightly, and mouthed: I don't want to go.

Jiang Ling thought for a while, then asked: "Is it the queen mother who summoned you just now, or the imperial concubine who wants to introduce the princess?"

Baoqin said: "Of course it's our empress..." Suddenly seeing Jiang Ling's expression was wrong, he followed Jiang Ling's gaze, just in time to see Jia Yuanchun was angered by Concubine Hui, his face was blue and white, as if a little scary.Jiang Ling stroked the back of Lin Daiyu's hand, and continued: "The girl Baoqin also saw the accident just now, and now that your master recommends her natal cousin, isn't it that you have given your handle to someone else? Bao Er Grandma and Miss Baoqin are both smart people, according to the two of you, isn't that the reason?"

Baoqin said in amazement: "This..." She was speechless.

Xue Baochai said: "Concubine Yun's words are reasonable." But she glanced at Lin Daiyu again, and said, "But the elder sister just said something, so we don't want to disobey the elder sister's wishes. In my opinion, it's better than this. Follow us to see Big Sister, let Big Sister take a good look at you, if you meet the right time, I will introduce you to the Empress Dowager; if it is not suitable, then let it go, what do you think?"

Jiang Ling glanced at Lin Daiyu again, asking for her opinion.

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, recalled Jiang Ling and Xue Baochai repeatedly, and then said softly: "Okay. But, A Ling, you have to wait for me here, and I will be back later."

Jiang Ling smiled and said, "Go ahead. I'll wait for you here."

Lin Daiyu nodded, and carefully told Jiang Ling to wait for her here, and left with Xue Baochai and others.Sure enough, when Jia Yuanchun saw Lin Daiyu, he smiled and led her to him, exchanged greetings for a while, and then wanted to introduce her to the Queen Mother.Holding the piano next to Jia Yuanchun's ear, he repeated what Jiang Ling had just said.Jia Yuanchun's complexion changed slightly, and he glanced towards Jiang Ling with surprise and uncertainty.

Jiang Ling still held the warm water cup leisurely, waiting for Lin Daiyu's return.

Jia Yuanchun thought for a moment, and thought Jiang Ling's words were not unreasonable, so he asked Lin Daiyu to pay homage to the Queen Mother in the name of Princess Beijing, and it was over.Just as Lin Daiyu was about to leave, she heard Jia Yuanchun say, "No, I just heard from my mother that I still have some things to ask you. You follow Baoqin and Caiyun and go back to your mother's side to have a look, okay? good?"

Lin Daiyu was an extremely crucial part of the Rongguo Mansion's banquet.It would be bad if she didn't cooperate.

Lin Daiyu shook her head and said: "I just made an agreement with Concubine Yun. When I see my eldest cousin, I want to drink tea with her."

Jia Yuanchun's complexion changed slightly, but he couldn't refute, so he found a compromise, and said with a smile: "I heard early in the morning that the relationship between you two is very good, and now it seems to be good. That's it, Baoqin , you go and call Yun Bin, and go there with Cousin Lin, so that mother and younger sisters can meet this former playmate."

She said the five words of former playmate with a smile.

Lin Daiyu looked at Jiang Ling, then at Jia Yuanchun, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "If Ah Ling has no objection..."

"Baochai." Jia Yuanchun said, "Go to Concubine Yun and tell her what I mean."

Xue Baochai bowed her head and said yes.

After Jiang Ling heard Xue Baochai's reason for coming, she couldn't help secretly admiring her.

After all, not everyone can be like Jia Yuanchun.

Jiang Ling glanced at the court ladies and eunuchs who were watching her, got up and said, "Then let's go and have a look."

The nuns hurried forward to support her, and the female officer followed.Jiang Ling is a person with two bodies now, if there is a mistake on the way, they will all die.

So Jiang Ling and Lin Daiyu, led by Xue Baochai, Baoqin and Caiyun, came to the Rongguo Mansion among the people.

After careful calculation, Jiang Ling has not seen the wives and girls in Rongguo Mansion for a whole year.At this moment, at a glance, Mrs. Wang is a little older than before, and her expression is more tired; while Mrs. Xing is still the same, she has nothing to do with her, but she can cleverly avoid all troubles; And the remaining three girls, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun, except for Xichun who is still young, have all reached the age of marriage.

Especially Jia Yingchun, who had just been discussed by her father a few days ago, and came here today just to accompany her two younger sisters.

When Lin Daiyu saw Mrs. Wang, she subconsciously grabbed Jiang Ling's hand, but slowly let go, and called her aunt.

Madam Wang didn't seem to see Jiang Ling, or she had forgotten what happened in the past, so she simply said hello to Concubine Yun, took Lin Daiyu's hand to greet her, and gave up her position to let Lin Daiyu and the people in the house The three girls in the house, as well as a few distant relatives I brought from my natal family, chatted some gossips together.

Xue Baochai also stood by to help.Jiang Ling stood by and watched for a while, and gradually saw some tricks.

Sure enough, as Lin Daiyu said before, they wanted to meet those princes and concubines through Lin Daiyu's network.

In the early years, the Rongguo Mansion maintained a certain amount of contact with the royal family in Beijing, but it was superficial after all.Even if you want to discuss marriage, you can't find a way.Since the decline of Rongguo Mansion, the superficial connections have gradually become colder and colder. It was not until Lin Daiyu got married that life slowly recovered.

Lin Daiyu talked with them for a while, then glanced at Jiang Ling again, and gave a look for help.

Jiang Ling walked up to Lin Daiyu, lowered his voice and said, "You just need to be perfunctory and agree. One word, um. Two words, no. Four words, flattering me. The rest don't need to be said. No matter what others say."

Lin Daiyu looked back at her in astonishment, meaning: Is this okay?

Jiang Ling nodded slightly, that's fine.

So Lin Daiyu turned her head away again, and according to what Jiang Ling just said, chatted happily for a while with the three girls, two daughter-in-laws, and the girls from her natal family.In fact, sometimes, Lin Daiyu didn't understand the meaning hidden between the lines, but according to Jiang Ling, she responded humbly and occasionally said no, but the chat was quite pleasant.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing were elders, so it was not easy to get involved in their affairs, so they watched from the sidelines.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Mrs. Wang mentioned again that she wanted to meet those princes and concubines through Lin Daiyu's network.Naturally, it would be the best thing if Lin Daiyu could use Lin Daiyu to pass through King Jing's line and enter the Nan'an Palace.

Lin Daiyu shook her head slowly and said, "Auntie praised me."

Mrs. Wang has changed.

According to Lin Daiyu's original temperament, it is impossible to say such words.

Jiang Ling still sat there leisurely, waiting for Lin Daiyu to give her a look of asking for help, and then reminded her with the shape of her lips, how to deal with it.After going back and forth, Mrs. Wang found that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't talk to Lin Daiyu, so she was inevitably a little unhappy.

Lin Daiyu was also careful, for fear that if she was not careful, she would offend the aunt in front of her.

Everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while, but those words were always repeated over and over again, Rongguo Mansion didn't get any advantage, and Lin Daiyu didn't want to let go.Seeing that it was getting late, the imperial concubine had already sent someone over to urge her.Mrs. Wang seemed a little anxious, and was about to say something more, when suddenly the high-pitched voice of the little eunuch came from the front: "Respectfully send off the empress dowager—"

So the concubines above, as well as the concubines and concubines beside them, all knelt down in unison.

A young eunuch hurried to Jiang Ling's side and lowered his voice, "Master Yun, the Empress Dowager told you to follow her back to the palace. She has some important questions to ask you."

Jiang Ling froze.

Lin Daiyu also raised her head slightly, looking at Jiang Ling with a look of anxiety in her eyes.

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