[Red Chamber] Mrs. Lin replaced her

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the annual Lantern Festival.On this day, countless young people, including young girls, can go out of their homes, go out in the streets and alleys, light lamps and flames, guess riddles and admire the moon, all night long, which is an extraordinary and lively scene.

Lin Hai and Jia Zi held hands and squeezed through the bustling crowd, looking here and there. After a while, Jia Zi held several lanterns in his hand.

"It seems to be guessing lantern riddles over there." Jiazi tiptoed to look, suddenly pulled Lin Hai's hand, and said anxiously: "Come on, let's go and have a look."

Lin Hai smiled and nodded, protecting Jiazi and pushing into the crowd over there.Jia Zi had kung fu, and his body was extremely flexible. He led Lin Hai to run left and right in the crowd, and squeezed to the front in a short while.

"Ah," looking at the dazzling array of lanterns, Jia Zi happily pulled Lin Hai's hand, motioned Lin Hai to look at the boss, and said with a smile, "There is still a lot of money!"

Lin Hai looked at Jiazi's smiling face, and showed a gentle smile on his face: "Do you want to guess?" It's not the first time for Lin Hai and Jiazi to go to the Lantern Festival, but Jiazi looks very happy every time with excitement.This kind of happiness and excitement unconsciously infected Lin Hai, making Lin Hai, who didn't like this kind of bustle and crowding, feel happy involuntarily.

"Moonrise scares the mountain bird!" Jia Zi casually glanced at the face of the lantern riddle, frowned, and curled his lips again: "What kind of lantern riddle is this called? It's so boring, let's go!" Jia Zi said, He directly pulled Lin Hai to squeeze out, as if he was not interested in lantern riddles and lottery.

Lin Hai looked at Jia Zi clearly, followed Jia Zi to squeeze out, leaned into Jia Zi's ear, and said with a smile: "Why, can't you guess it? Shall I guess a few for you and win you some points?" Go back?" Actually, Lin Hai already knew the answer to the riddles just now, but he didn't say it out, the reason is that Lin Hai really likes to see Jia Zi's pensive appearance.Therefore, even though he knew the answer to the lantern riddle long ago, he didn't open his mouth to say the answer before Jazi.

"It's not that I can't figure it out!" Jiazi took Lin Hai's hand and walked out, without turning his head, retorted: "I just find it boring. Besides, it's too crowded here, and it gives me a headache."

Lin Hai looked at Jia Zi with a funny face: "Then why don't we find a restaurant and sit down and rest?" Lin Hai naturally didn't believe that Jia Zi would have a headache because of this level of crowd at the Lantern Festival. After all, she had faced him on the battlefield. A mighty general.However, Lin Hai would not be so stupid as to expose Jiazi directly.

Jia Zi, who finally squeezed out the location of the lantern riddle, let out a long sigh of relief. Hearing Lin Hai's proposal, she nodded with a smile: "Yeah. I just happened to be a little tired, and there happened to be a restaurant over there. Let's go and have a rest." Let's go!" Jia Zi said, pointing to a restaurant not far away, while pulling Lin Hai to walk deep into the crowd.

Lin Hai smiled, and while taking the dangling lantern from Jiazi's hand, he squeezed Jiazi's hand tightly. The two of them squeezed through the crowd of supporters together, and walked slowly to the restaurant not far away.

However, I didn't expect that the two of them would be stopped by someone as soon as they entered the restaurant.

"Wei Cheng?" Jia Zi looked at the man in casual clothes in surprise: "Why are you here? Don't you need to wait... Uh, I mean, isn't that someone visiting relatives today? You Why didn't you go to that mansion?"

Today is the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated all over the world, and it is also the day when Jia Yuanchun, the concubine who was born in the Jia family, visits her relatives.Wei Cheng is the son-in-law of the Jia family, so it is inevitable that he must go to the Rongguo Mansion to support Jia Yuanchun.Although Jia Zi also came from the Jia family in Jinling, but the relationship is a bit far away after all, so naturally he doesn't bother to join in the fun.Therefore, suddenly seeing Wei Cheng here, Jia Zi naturally felt very surprised.

Before Wei Cheng could speak, a very familiar voice from Jia Zi and Lin Hai came from upstairs: "It's Ru Hai and A Zi, come up quickly! By the way, Wei Cheng is also coming up together."

Jia Zi and Lin Hai looked at each other, then walked upstairs at the same time.However, both of them were dizzy in their hearts, and their eyes were full of question marks: Why did he run out?

"See..." Even though their hearts were full of doubts, when they saw two people in casual clothes sitting in the box on the second floor, Jia Zi and Lin Hai subconsciously bent down and said at the same time.

"Get up," the new emperor ordered someone to help them up with a smile on his face, and said with a smile, "this is outside, so there is no need to be polite. Sit down quickly." And the appearance of the new emperor just explained that Wei Cheng is still wandering in the streets on a day like today, and there is no reason why he went to Rongguo Mansion: The emperor and empress ran out of the palace to join in the fun, so Wei Cheng naturally had to be guards beside the two of them, so how could he run away? How about Rongguo Mansion to support Jia Yuanchun?

Since they were outside the palace, Jia Zi and Lin Hai still gave a half salute, then straightened up and sat quietly on the seat designated by the new emperor.Of course, the two of them are still in a dazed state: the emperor secretly left the palace, and was met by the two of them, how small this capital must be!

Of course, in the small box, not only the new emperor and empress were there, Wei Cheng, Du Ruo, Feng Tang, Chen Ruiwen and other court upstarts were also there.It's just that Jiazi and Lin Hai were shocked by the appearance of the "two big mountains" and didn't notice the existence of Feng Tang and others at all.

The new emperor looked at Jiazi and Lin Hai, who were rarely "restrained" in front of him, and joked with the queen with a smile: "See, am I right? This is like the sea, and I will definitely bring Azi I came out to visit the Lantern Festival." Obviously, before Jiazi and Lin Hai appeared, they made fun of Jiazi and Lin Hai.Lin Hai used to be the prince's attendant, and Jia Zi was a good friend of the queen, and the new emperor and Jia Zi had just made a fortune in partnership.For Jia Zi and Lin Hai, the new emperor is naturally closer.In addition, as we all know, Jiazi and Lin Hai have a strong relationship, and the two are often the object of jokes.

"Yes," the queen added a cup of tea to the new emperor with a smile, and flattered her casually, "You are the most wise and powerful. Who in the world can compare with you?" The smile on the empress's face became much brighter due to the plethora of rules in the palace, and the faint smile that didn't reach the eyes at all when facing other people in the palace was completely gone.After all, here, the new emperor is only her husband, not the lord of the world.

As for Feng Tang, Du Ruo and others silently exchanged a look, they all looked at Jia Zi and Lin Hai's rare embarrassment with a look of watching the show.

And here, Jia Zi and Lin Hai also gradually woke up from the dizzy state, and finally accepted the fact that they met the new emperor and empress who left the palace in disguise.

Jiazi's hand quietly fell on the whip around his waist, and he sighed secretly in his heart: "Oh, what a careless couple! Why did I meet them so unluckily? What a mess! You can’t stop walking around the streets, and you have to serve as guards for the two of them... If I knew it, I wouldn’t have come out.”

Although the new emperor has been on the throne for some time, he has gradually secured the throne.But the temptation of the throne is still great after all, and it is hard to guarantee that there will be those who are unwilling to fail, which will be detrimental to the new emperor and empress.Therefore, for the most honorable couples in the world, the safest place is naturally the imperial palace.However, who would have thought that they would leave the palace at this most chaotic time today?

However, since Jiazi met him, he could only accept this fact.Even if there is no order from anyone, she has to consciously assume the responsibility of protecting the safety of the most honorable couple in the world.Otherwise, if something really happened, she and Lin Hai would not have enough heads to cut off—even if the conflict between the emperor and the new emperor became more and more intense, they would still be father and son. As a pretense, the emperor had to take this opportunity to get rid of Lin Hai and Jia Zi who refused to obey his orders.

Just when Jiazi was thinking about Xinhuang not worrying, Xinhuang made another move that made Jiazi's eyes widen and he almost picked up the whip: he put his hands on the railing Up, still stretching his head and leaning forward to look downstairs.

"Don't worry about him." The queen gave Jia Zi a look, indicating that she needn't worry: Although the new emperor didn't have many people with him, only a dozen or so people, but secretly, his hidden guards were ambushing all around. , There is no need to worry about someone making a sudden stab in the back.

Looking at the fireworks that seemed to be blooming in front of his eyes, the new emperor smiled and said, "It's really lively today! The capital city hasn't been this lively for a long time."

"This is all due to the meritorious service of the Holy Majesty in governing." The queen smiled and flattered: "Only under the rule of the Ming Lord, can there be such a peaceful and prosperous world." One of my own, but the queen's words still have scruples, and people will not easily guess the identity of the new emperor from her words.

"Nonsense." The new emperor reprimanded with a smile.However, the smugness in the corners of his eyes could not be concealed: the queen's words were really good, all of which are due to his hard work and hard work every day, getting up earlier than chickens, going to bed later than dogs, and working hard to manage .

Realizing that the new emperor's mood was much better than during the day, the queen also breathed a sigh of relief: The emperor is too worried, he is paralyzed on the bed, and he has been tossing and tossing endlessly all day, he is really fed up .

And the new emperor was in a good mood, and naturally he was in the mood to chat with his courtiers, so he immediately dragged Lin Hai, Wei Cheng and others to talk endlessly.And Jia Zi was there with the queen chatting all over the world.

"By the way," the queen suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help looking at Jia Zi curiously: "Don't you need to go to the Rong Mansion today?" Today is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, but at the same time, it is the concubine Jia Yuanchun who was born in Rong Guo Mansion. day.Based on what she knew about the people in Rongguo Mansion, they definitely wanted Jia Zi to come and welcome Jia Yuanchun. On the one hand, it was to put pressure on Jia Zi so that Jia Zi would not neglect the Rongguo Mansion; Let everyone who stared at Jia Yuanchun know that even without Jia Daishan, the Jia family is still powerful and Jia Yuanchun still has a background.

"Why should I join in the fun?" Jia Zi took it for granted, and his tone revealed a bit of dislike for Jia Yuanchun.

The empress, who knew Jia Yuanchun's ascendancy very well, naturally disliked Jia Yuanchun. Therefore, Jia Zi's dislike for Jia Yuanchun was naturally in line with the empress's wishes: "That's right, you don't have to give it to me." Concubine Jia joins in. If you have that time, why not come out and visit the lantern festival!"

The queen and Jiazi have known each other since they were young, so naturally they don't have so many scruples when talking to Jiazi.But this seemingly frivolous sentence showed that Jia Yuanchun's visit to relatives, which was extremely honorable in the eyes of the people in the Rongguo Mansion and could make them embarrassed for a long time, was not as important as the lantern festival outside in the Queen's heart.

Jia Zi nodded lightly: "That's not true." Jia Zi naturally knew the Rongguo Mansion's intention to welcome her to meet Jia Yuanchun's relatives, so how could it be as Rongguo Mansion's wish?If the Rongguo Mansion wants to use her, it also depends on whether they have the confidence, and more importantly, whether she is willing to be used by them.

The queen looked at Jia Zi, slightly raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Don't worry. If you don't want to see her, no one can force you." This she, of course, refers to today's Concubine Jia.Another meaning in the queen's words must also be the meaning of the new emperor: she can completely treat Jia Yuanchun as nothing, and ignore Jia Yuanchun and Rongguo Mansion.

In fact, the new emperor and empress are undoubtedly satisfied with Jia Zi's performance: Everyone knows the relationship between Jia Zi and Jia Yuanchun, but Jia Zi never pays attention to Jia Yuanchun—whether it is a female history or a concubine, Jia Zi Jia Yuanchun has never been taken seriously.

On weekdays, even when Jiazi entered the palace, he would just report to the new emperor and then leave, never staying longer.Even if Jia Yuanchun wanted to summon Jia Zi in the name of a concubine, she had no choice: she was only a concubine after all, so naturally it was impossible to intervene in the former court.Therefore, as long as Jia Zi does not enter the harem, even if Jia Yuanchun wants to see her, he will never be able to see her, let alone use her to achieve his own goals.

Jiazi's actions naturally pleased the empress and made them trust Jiazi even more.

"She doesn't look good." Jiazi blinked mischievously: "What do I think she is doing?" Perhaps this is not the palace, and Jiazi talked more casually with the queen, and gradually returned to his childhood naughty and casual.

The queen nodded Jiazi's head funnyly: "How do you know she's not good-looking?"

"You can tell by looking at her mother." Jia Zi squinted his eyes and smiled brightly: "How can her daughter be good-looking if Wang looks like that?" Everything is not pleasing to the eye.

Hearing Jiazi's words, the queen couldn't help laughing: "You, you are so old and still not in shape. Look at what you are talking about? Be careful when your second cousin knows it and clean it up." you."

"Him?" Jiazi raised his eyebrows: "Hmph, does he dare to say that his wife is beautiful and charming?"

Jiazi's expression of "I'll beat him if he admits it" made the queen so happy that she even fell down on the table laughing.The empress's laughter, which could no longer be concealed, also attracted the attention of the new emperor and the others, and they finally turned their heads to look at Jiazi and the empress, who had been leaning aside and chatting quietly from the very beginning.

"Empress?" The new emperor had never seen an empress so happy before, so he couldn't help being very surprised when he heard the happy laughter of the woman who accompanied him through the ups and downs: "What's the matter, why are you smiling so happily? Azi , What did you say to the queen?" The new emperor naturally turned his gaze to the serious-looking Jiazi, and asked the reason why the queen smiled like this.

Jiazi had an innocent face, and she didn't know why the queen laughed like this: she was telling the truth without any exaggeration—could it be because the queen had been in the palace for too long and had become depressed ?

The queen barely stopped her smile, and explained to Jiazi with a smile: "Hey, she said that Concubine Jia looks like her mother, and she is also beautiful and charming."

Xinhuang, Lin Hai, Wei Cheng and other people who have met Jia Yuanchun or Mrs. Wang, when they heard this, they couldn't help looking at Jia Zi strangely, "Is there something wrong with your eyes, just Jia Yuanchun/ Mrs. Wang looks like that, and I dare say it is a beautiful, beautiful and moving" expression.

Jia Zi pointed at himself innocently, with the appearance of "when did I say such unconscionable words".

However, Jia Zi, who could not refute in the end, could only wave his hand, looked at the queen who had ruthlessly cheated him, and let out a ruthless sigh: "You are ruthless."

The queen looked at Jia Zi proudly, and said softly: "It's good that you know."

Seeing the empress' rare mischievous appearance, Jiazi also showed a smile: Forget it, if you can make her smile so happily, if you are wronged, you will be wronged. Who told us to fall off the tree together?

"By the way," the queen suddenly thought of something, looked around, and then looked at Jiazi: "Where are the children in your family?" Thinking of Jiazi's children, the queen still feels a little regretful: if it wasn't for the new Huang had promised Lin Hai and Jia Zi that Lin Hui and his wife would arrange their own marriages in the future. She really wanted to snatch Lin Hui and his sister as her son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"There are too many people here," Jiazi said with a smile on his face, "The children are too young, and they are just being naughty, so we didn't let them out."

Du Ruo, who was at the side, accidentally heard such words, couldn't help rolling his eyes secretly, and said to himself, "You have the nerve to say such things? When you were young, you were naughtier than anyone else, and you would go wherever there was excitement. You are a kidnapper, Prostitutes, punks, which one doesn't tremble when they see you? Now I think my children are naughty, so I won't let them out."

"Look at what you said," the queen said rather disapprovingly: "With so many servants and guards, how many children can't be ignored? In such a lively scene, the children should have a good time to meet and have a good time. It was an eye-opener." The queen knew Jiazi very well, so she naturally knew Jiazi's children, each of them looked honest and well-behaved, but in fact they were all very mischievous.And Jia Zi and Lin Hai never restrained their children, they would let them go.Therefore, on such a lively occasion today, Jiazi didn't let a few children come out, the queen naturally felt strange.

Jiazi raised his eyebrows slightly, and said to himself, "That's because you haven't seen how pitiful the children who have been kidnapped." Although Jiazi was very confident in the intelligence of his children, but Thinking of the pity of the children who were abducted by kidnappers, Jiazi didn't let a few young children out: You can go shopping anytime you want, not necessarily on a day like today...

Over there, Lin Hai, Xinhuang and the others were chatting casually while drinking; over here, Jiazi and the Queen were also talking about their children, and Lin Yan was mentioned for some reason.

"Actually," thinking of what happened during the day, Jia Zi said with a smile: "It's not that I didn't take them out, it's just that they have something to do."

The queen looked at Jia Zi curiously: "What can they do?" You know, Lin Hui, the oldest of Jia Zi's children, is only eleven or twelve years old, so how can there be any serious business?

"Zan'er is making up her body at home!" Thinking of Lin Zan's bitter face during the day, saying solemnly that he has learned arithmetic recently, used his brain too much, and needs to make up for it, Jiazi couldn't control it. Keep the smile on your face.

The queen looked at Jia Zi in surprise: "What's the matter, is Yan'er not feeling well?" Naturally, the queen has seen Lin Yan, and she also likes Lin Yan, a fat boy who looks white and tender.Therefore, the queen was naturally worried when Jiazi said that Lin Yan was recovering.

In fact, when she heard that Lin Yan was not feeling well, the queen really wanted to ask the imperial doctor to visit Lin Yan.However, after all, Lin Yan is only the son of an important official, even if the queen cares about him, she can't send out the imperial doctor: otherwise, she will push that cute and lovable fat man to the forefront and make him a target of public criticism.

No matter from the relationship between her and Jiazi, from the loyalty of Jiazi and Lin Hai to the new emperor, or from Lin Yan's sake, the queen could not do this.

"He's not feeling well. Let me tell you..." Jiazi leaned into the Queen's ear with a smile, told the ins and outs of Lin Yan's request for tonic, and said with a smile: "No, I'm afraid he may eat too much , his older siblings are watching him at home."

"Zan'er is so cute. If it wasn't for..." Seeing the new emperor who had been attracted by her and Jiazi's voice, the queen said in a low voice, "I'm really going to steal someone from you. But, at this point The children still need to study and practice, so of course they are tired, so it doesn’t matter if they eat more good food.” As for how Lin Hai and Jiazi educated their children, the queen naturally didn’t care.Moreover, she imagined the scene of Lin Yan with a white and tender face, saying seriously that she used her brain too much and needed tonic, and she couldn't control the smile on her face.

Jiazi looked helpless: "Does he want to eat more? If I eat any more, I won't be able to hug him."

The new emperor at the side saw how the empress and Jiazi were chatting speculatively, and interrupted with a smile, "It's really rare to see the empress so happy. Azi, what did you tell the empress to make her so happy?"

"Your Majesty," the queen said in a low voice, "Azi and I are talking about the children. You haven't met Yu'er and Yan'er in Azi's family, have you?"

The new emperor, who had only seen Lin Hui, nodded lightly: "I have only seen Lin Hui. Lin Hui is a good kid, and he has the style of Ru Hai back then." In fact, the new emperor had a good impression of Lin Hui. There is time without losing vigor and vitality.If it weren't for Lin Hui's current age, the new emperor, who was in urgent need of employment, would have wanted to capture Lin Hui's young man.

"Yu'er is beautiful and has outstanding temperament. I don't think there is any girl in Beijing who can compare with her." The queen said with a smile: "There is also Yan'er, which is very interesting. You know what Azi told me just now, Yan'er What are you doing at home?"

Hearing the queen's words, Lin Hai naturally thought of Lin Yan's nourishment at home, and couldn't help but glance at Jia Zi, showing a knowing smile.

"Oh?" The new emperor's curiosity was aroused: "What is he doing?"

"He is nourishing himself at home!" The queen paused, and then continued: "The reason for nourishing is because he is too tired from studying. Your Majesty, do you think he is particularly interesting?"

Hearing the queen's words, the new emperor couldn't help laughing out loud, even Du Ruo, Feng Tang, Wei Cheng, Chen Ruiwen and others beside him laughed.

The new emperor is still worse, after all, he has never seen Lin Yan.But the other few who had been deeply "damaged" by Lin Yan's weight moved their arms involuntarily, and said in unison in their hearts: "Does he still need tonic?"

"Haha..." The new emperor pointed at Lin Hai with a smile and said, "Why did you have such a temperament that you gave birth to a son who is a treasure? Bring it to the palace to show me some other day, and see if the child is being bullied by you husband and wife. That's why you need supplements."

At this time, a man dressed as a servant in the palace quietly came upstairs, and after paying his respects, he leaned into the Queen's ear and whispered something, which caused the Queen's face to change: "She really said that?"

The man who was clearly dressed as an eunuch had a respectful face: "I dare not lie."

The queen took a deep breath: "Okay, you go down first."

Jia Zi and Lin Hai looked at each other, secretly guessing the origin of this inconspicuous little eunuch.However, combined with today's events, they could easily guess which palace man this little eunuch was: It seemed that Jia Yuanchun had gotten into trouble again.

The author has something to say: Jia Yuanchun visits her relatives, so of course Azi can't be allowed to kneel down on her.Therefore, it is better to let Jazi act as the bodyguard for the restless couple.Jia Min couldn't escape no matter what.

small theater:

Jiazi: Let me tell you, I really know how to guess lantern riddles, but I just find it boring

Mrs. Wang: Who said I'm ugly

Jia Baoyu: Just look at me and you will know, Sister Yuanda must be beautiful

Lin Daiyu: Are you saying that she is a girl with a masculine face and a face as big as a basin?

Jia Baoyu: Ah, sister Lin talked to me, sister Lin talked to me