Red Mansions Dressed Into the Forest

If Lin Hai could open his eyes, he would definitely feel how so many things happened in one day, and many of them would have a profound impact on the future.

However, when Mrs. Zhen's family came to visit with her daughter, Lin Hai was still buried in the fishbone diagram in the household office, so that he could clear his mind and figure out the countermeasures.

As expected, the household department is a deep pit.But as the saying goes, risks and opportunities coexist. If you take this step correctly and stand firm, you will have a bright future... If you don't want to be famous and famous, it is always enough to support your wife and children.

When his little daughter-in-law is married, you can't let a rich and charming girl follow you, and the quality of life will plummet, right?There is also a talented daughter-in-law, you have to let her have enough confidence to buy, buy, buy and please, right?

However, since returning to the capital, Lin Hainian's cost of etiquette and etiquette has also risen accordingly, no wonder Bai Juyi lamented that "living in the capital is not easy".

When the sun went down, Wu Ming, Lin Hai's long entourage, stepped forward on time and asked, "Master, are you going home or going to a banquet?" high.

Lin Hai glanced outside the door, and then his eyes returned to Wu Ming's face.

Wu Ming understood, and said softly, "There is no one outside..." Blocking you.

The son of King Suduan returned almost without success, and when he returned to the mansion, he and his father made up their minds, there must be a plan waiting for him.Lin Hai also can't expect to have King Yizhong or the princes to protect him every time.

Anyway, if someone from Su Duanwang's side was guarding the gate of the yamen, Lin Hai would post a post and go to the banquet, if not...he would happily go home and hug his wife to coax his daughter, after all, he was just married.

In particular, it is very rare for him to marry a wife who is not so standard "virtuous and dignified" and who is ten years younger than himself.

Lin Hai was able to "get off work" on time today, so Lin Hai tidied up a little bit: he had to tidy up his manuscripts that ordinary people couldn't understand.Everything was in order, Lin Hai got into the carriage after leaving the yamen, nothing happened along the way, and he returned home safely... His wife and children also greeted him at the door wrapped in fluff as before.

Lin Hai had a daughter in one hand and a daughter-in-law in the other, and the three of them entered the house together.

There is an earth dragon in the house, and there is a charcoal basin in the corner. As soon as he enters the door, he feels a sense of warmth. Lin Hai took off his heavy coat and just sat down. He saw that the clothes in the cloaks of his wife and daughter were not ordinary clothes, "There are guests at home. ?”

Wang Chan smiled and handed over a hand stove, "Mrs. Zhen's family took her daughter to Beijing, and she heard that she came to our house before returning home, and told me that they didn't say hello to Rongfu."

The friendship between Zhen's family and Jia's family lasted for several generations-it is said that the two families with disparity in status could not always be friends, and even help each other.In the original book, before the Zhen family was ransacked, they handed over part of the family property to Rongfu for safekeeping, which was also a proof of the relationship between the two families.

However, when the two close families had just become concubines in Yuanchun and had a bright future... it seemed that they broke up.Otherwise, you can't explain that Zhen Yingjia's daughter-in-law went straight to the Lin Mansion, but refused to tell the Rong Mansion any news.

Lin Hai gave Zhen Yingjia a thumbs up in his heart.In Lin Hai's view, being separated from the Jia family will never be worse than the situation in the original book.

Wang Chan and her master wanted to go together again, and she poured hot tea for Lin Hai, "I have never dealt with this lady. I just heard that the Zhen family used to..." She glanced at Daiyu, and then He laughed and said, "I walked around with our eldest girl's uncle's house very frequently. I was taken aback by going straight to our house when I came to Beijing this time."

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, stood up and gave her father a tap on the shoulder, "When I was at my uncle's house, I often heard my aunt and sisters-in-law talking about the Zhen family. This lady pulled her mother to thank her when she came in."

Zhen Yingjia also used his prescription, and Lin Hai mentioned this to Wang Chan once.

When Daiyu mentioned this, Wang Chan couldn't help showing a bit of envy: Although Mrs. Zhen's family inevitably looked a little tired when they met, but looking at her moist and tight skin, it seemed that she was almost forty and had just given birth. What does the first child look like?

She also wants to give birth!

But she has asked the doctor to look at her several times: there is nothing wrong with her body, and the soup and medicine for conditioning can be taken or not.As the saying goes, medicine is three-point poisonous. What the doctors really mean is don't take it, and you can get pregnant naturally.

Lin Hai's attention was now on Daiyu's side, and after listening to the daughter, he asked, "If there is nothing to do, why is she here?"

Daiyu looked at Wang Chan eagerly.

Wang Chan personally took out a thick letterhead from the desk drawer, "I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter for Mrs. Zhen's family to deliver it in person."

Daiyu was waiting for her father's wink: see if I want to take refuge temporarily...

When Mrs. Zhen's family chatted with her mother, she always looked at her with a smile every now and then.How could Daiyu not understand what this lady was thinking?

Lin Hai pinched the envelope and said with a smile, "It's too thick, let's talk about it after dinner." What if the things in the letter affect your appetite?Anyway, it's not bad for a while, so why bother to make the daughter-in-law and daughter unable to eat well.

Halfway through dinner, snowflakes started falling outside.

Daiyu suddenly had a whim, "Daddy, when the snow stops and the wind stops, I would like to invite my sisters to sit down."

Lin Hai has no reason to refuse the girl's reasonable request, "Find your mother some good things to entertain you." Then he turned to Wang Chan and said, "You ask the sisters you have been friends with before to come to our house often to talk. There's no point in just staying at home."

Wang Chan responded with a smile.In fact, she has not been idle these days: when she married, the master handed over all the accounts and manpower of the mansion to her.

It was the first time to see the family property of the Lin family, even Wang Chan, who had seen the world, was also taken aback: a million-dollar family property... Then she was inspired by this amazing family property to be competitive!

It is said that the Lin family has several Zhuangzi in the south of the Yangtze River and the suburbs of Beijing, and there are many shops in Jinling, Suzhou and the capital.However, after Lin Hai came to Beijing, all the shops were no longer operated by the family, but were all rented out.

Wang Chan, the new daughter-in-law, also saves a lot of trouble as the first housekeeper. Now it is enough to take care of the property.

This year the weather is good and the harvest is quite good.

Wang Chan also has money in his hands and is confident: at the end of autumn and early winter, it is the slack time for farming, and the farmers are sent to repair roads, canals, and build some granaries and farmhouses. farm work.

When Wang Chan summoned the stewards for questioning, he didn't forget that La Daiyu came to listen.

What Wang Chan did when he married, Lin Da told Lin Hai that Lin Hai was very satisfied with his wife, so he specially reminded her to "combine work and rest", and by the way, at the end of the year, he should invite relatives and friends generously, especially handkerchiefs Hand over to play.

Lin Hai's proposal once again met Wang Chan's wishes: Hmph, before I got married, I let you gossip behind my back, and now I'll let you see how enviable my life is!

So Wang Chan showed joy, "Then I have to do things a few more times." After speaking, he asked with a smile, "Is there any arrangement for the master?"

Lin Hai waved his hand, "I just took office, and I invite friends to drink and have fun, which is taboo after all."

After dinner, Daiyu remembered the thick letter, so she stopped talking to her father, but took Zijuan to leave early.

Wang Chan also winked at his girls: tell them to clean up the dishes quickly, and then leave quickly.

After Lin Hai rinsed his mouth and washed his hands, only Wang Chan was waiting for him in the room.

He sat directly next to his wife, opened the envelope, and unfolded the letter paper. The handwriting that caught his eyes was very familiar: naturally it was written by Zhen Yingjia himself.

After the four words "seeing words like meeting"... there are long paragraphs of complaints, and Lin Hai immediately burst out laughing at Wang Ziteng's complaints.

As far as the content of these few pages of letters is concerned, there is nothing that is not suitable for his wife to read, so Lin Hai met Wang Chan's bright eyes and stuffed a few pages of letter paper into her hand, "You are curious."

Wang Chan was elated: Master really didn't hide it from me... After receiving the letter and reading it, she couldn't be as relaxed as Lin Hai.

Jinling has Jiayucun, and Wang Ziteng probably had a lot of money, so Jiayucun's efforts to make money were not only intensified, but even a little... so that Jinling's gentry, officials, businessmen couldn't bear it at the time, and began to complain.

As the "head snake" of Jinling, the local officials, gentry, and businessmen did not know how many times they went to Zhen Yingjia's mansion: they just vomited bitterness and thought of countermeasures when they met.

Wang Ziteng is also from Jinling, and he probably knew that it would be too offensive to be cruel to the villagers, so he sent Jia Yucun to be the vanguard.

Jia Yucun didn't know if he was happy or not, but when he exonerated Xue Pan and climbed up to Wang Ziteng, it meant that he was on the boat for a while... The main reason is that no other capable people on the mountain came forward to accept him. He was also powerless to disobey Wang Ziteng's order, and he didn't even have the confidence to obey and disobey.

Because Wang Ziteng has countless relatives and friends in Jinling, there is no shortage of eyes and ears to inform him.

However, Zhen Yingjia is also a veteran in the officialdom, so she can't tell the priority, and who is the real mastermind behind the scenes.Those Jinling officials and gentry who came to complain to him may not know who is greedy, but it is not easy to talk about first-rank officials, let alone this first-rank official is from Jinling.

After reading what Zhen Ying wrote in Jia's letter, Wang Chan felt "pity" for Jia Yucun, who was in a dilemma. "This Mr. Jia has been a teacher for the young master of the Zhen family and our eldest daughter for a few years?"

Lin Hai laughed as soon as he heard it, "You are really thoughtful in inquiring." He nodded again, "I have a heart."

Wang Chan immediately blushed, "I was thinking of finding a husband for our eldest girl in the beginning of spring. There are not many Jinshi candidates in the capital, but there are many candidates from various places waiting for the examination. Among them, I can always find a few truly educated ones." scholar."

Regardless of Jia Yucun's character, since he has won the Jinshi, his knowledge is also "real gold and silver", and there is no doubt that it is genuine.Daiyu's starting point for studying is too high, and Wang Chan, a stepmother, finds it difficult to find a teacher for her.

Even well-known families in Beijing can afford Jinshi to teach their children and grandchildren, let alone Daiyu is a girl.

To be honest, Lin Hai originally wanted to teach his daughter knowledge himself, but unfortunately he didn't have the time - he inherited the memory of his predecessor, so knowledge was naturally included.

Lin Hai's prospect was not rewarded by the Supreme Emperor because he thought Lin Hai had a good face, but "real gold and silver" based on his talent, knowledge and experience.

Lin Hai smiled and said, "Sir, you must choose another one. I will trouble Madam with this matter."

Thinking about Daiyu's age of graduating from elementary school, how could Lin Hai have the heart to let his daughter "drop out of school"?However, in the stage of shaping the Three Views, Lin Hai had to do some things himself.

Wang Chan nodded solemnly.

Lin Hai lowered his head and continued to read the letter.Complaining about the fun, Zhen Yingjia began to speculate why Wang Ziteng loves money, to be precise, "suddenly became interested in Aduwu".

Coincidentally, Lin Hai really knows why Wang Ziteng loves money...

The Wang family also took over, and there was a caravan of sea ships in the family when it was prosperous, but it gradually declined after that, until Wang Ziteng embarked on an official career.

Being an official can indeed make money, but at the beginning, especially when the official position is not stable, it requires a large amount of gold and silver investment.At the very least, if you're new to a place, it's a lot of money to buy your subordinates.

In fact, it can be seen from Mrs. Wang's and Wang Xifeng's greed for money. Regardless of Wang Xifeng bragging about how beautiful her natal family is, the actual situation is that the two sisters and nephews did not live very richly when they were in her natal family.

Lin Hai felt that most of the wealth of the Wang family was probably spent on paving the way for Prince Teng: that is, the so-called expansion of contacts.After all, unlike Lin Hai, Wang Ziteng was born in a serious imperial examination.

Lin Hai knew that if he didn't die, the Rong Mansion's millions of dollars in the original book would be "no trace".

He estimated that Mrs. Wang and even the whole Rongfu swallowed Daiyu's dowry mainly for three things: maintaining the luxurious expenses of the Rongfu, paying tribute to Yuanchun, and helping Prince Teng to manage around.

And the business that costs the most money, is the easiest to lose everything and even wiped out the family, but at the same time has the most lucrative return... is to help a certain Highness win the heir.

Lin Hai believed that Wang Ziteng was so eager to ask for money, probably because of this.Without Daiyu's dowry, both Yuan Chun and Wang Ziteng would be more difficult than in their previous lives.

Zhen Yingjia also went back and forth with Lin Hai, "heroes see the same thing", he felt that Mr. Wang's attitude just to please the "noble man" was too ugly.Where is this?The princes are still young, so eager to "make meritorious service", we have to see if the Holy Majesty can stand it!

After Lin Hai finished reading these pages, he gave them to his wife as usual: the wife he likes is the one who can stand side by side with him at the peak, not a high-end nanny who looks decent but actually shares the same bed with him.

Wang Chan's heart is enough: since the master is willing to show her the letters from his relatives and friends generously, he is naturally willing to chat about it.

So she asked: "Master Wang is so anxious, there must be a reason."

Lin Hai said succinctly, "The governor of Jiangsu has reached his age, and it's time to retire. It will only take half a year." Otherwise, how could he turn a blind eye to Wang Ziteng's actions?People who are about to retire don't have so many things to do.

Wang Chan reacted very quickly, "This is...whose person do you want to replace?"

Lin Hai replied decisively: "I heard from the teacher that the Holy Majesty prefers the nephew of the former empress."

The Holy Majesty's first wife, that is, the former empress, gave birth to the eldest prince and the second prince, but they didn't live long.The former queen's biological sister was the birth mother of the fifth prince, and a former imperial concubine.

The palace where Yuan Chun lives now is the place where the fifth prince's mother lived, so the fifth prince's attitude towards Yuan Chun is a bit subtle.

But despite the fact that both the first empress and the first noble concubine passed away, the first empress's natal family still won the trust of the Holy Majesty and their prestige remained the same as before.

By the way, the Empress Xian, the Concubine Xiangui, and King Yizhong and his concubine are also sisters, the kind of sisters who didn't appear in Wufu.

It would be strange if the former queen's natal family liked Wang Ziteng, because after leaving King Yizhong, Wang Ziteng did not seek refuge with the current emperor...

Having said that, what else does Wang Chan not understand?

When the governor of Jiangsu is changed, Wang Ziteng may not have the opportunity to "scrape the land" in his hometown, so this time he may be able to make as much money as possible.

Seeing his daughter-in-law's understanding, Lin Hai added, "Back then, Lord Wang and his family were generals under the command of King Yizhong. Later, Lord Wang changed his family."

This is also what Lin Hai admires Wang Ziteng: he is very decisive, and changing his family is a very risky speculation. In the end, he succeeded, several times in a row.

With several opportunities like this, coupled with Wang Ziteng's extraordinary personal ability, after making a few waves of political achievements, he quickly became No. 1 among the four families of King Xue of Jia Shi.

However, in Lin Hai's view, this way of getting rich has too many disadvantages: in all fairness, if you get promoted by hugging your thighs, it's easy to lose your foundation.

Because Wang Ziteng's contacts are largely owned by his "thighs", when he changes his backer, most of his previous contacts will be... abolished, especially the high-ranking officials who suffered heavy losses.

Although it is not uncommon to see officials who have a milk is a mother, but there are actually more than four ranks of weeds - because the Holy One is not that big-hearted, and even the weeds can be reused without any grievances.

Wang Chan thought for a while before saying sincerely, "It's a pity."

Wang Ziteng is about the same age as her father, and has already lived in a first-rank official. If he hadn't always changed families and lacked the support of important officials, he might be in the cabinet.This is also a gain and loss.

After finishing talking about Wang Ziteng, Lin Hai looked down at the letter again, and suddenly his spirit shook: he saw the "highlight" in this letter.

The letter that Zhen Yingjia asked his daughter-in-law to deliver in person was definitely not just a lot of complaints.

If Zhen Yingjia wants to get close to Lin Hai, he must make a show of favor, especially since Zhen Yingjia has also received Lin Hai's favor, so this "show of favor" must be full of sincerity and full of value.

Yuan Chun has been in the palace for many years, and suddenly he was appointed a concubine, not to mention outsiders, even the concubines in the palace were quite surprised.

And Zhen Yingjia wrote clearly: Yuan Chun handed over the evidence that the Queen Mother died of poisoning to the Holy One.He even told Lin Hai the source of the news.

It is said that the Supreme Emperor has two queens: the original queen, who is the biological mother of King Yizhong; the other is the biological mother of the Holy One.

At that time, no one seemed to see that the queen mother was not dying, including the imperial physician.Well, don't talk about others, even the son, the Holy Majesty, didn't notice anything unusual.

Everyone felt that the Empress Dowager didn't know whether it was a good life or a bad life: she was not in good health all the time, she was sick and took medicine all the year round, but she persisted until her son ascended the throne, and just when she was about to enjoy the blessings, she passed away.

Among the concubines around the Holy One, only Concubine Shu, the mother of the Seventh Prince, can call the Queen Mother "Aunt".

So when the Holy Majesty got such "shocking" news from Yuan Chun, he could only reveal a little to Concubine Shu.

It so happened that Zhen Yingjia had a little bit of face with Concubine Shu's confidantes and servants.

Seeing this, Lin Hai suddenly laughed: I understand why the Zhen family fell earlier than the Jia family and Wang family in the original book.

I know that your Zhen family has a lot of background, after all, you have taken over many times, and your ancestors have produced high-ranking officials.But... spying on the secrets of the palace is lucky enough to get something, but let it go if it doesn't look good?How can spying be addicted?

Sure enough, later Zhen Yingjia asked tactfully: He wants to send his daughter to the palace, does Master Lin think it's okay?

Make a fart!Lin Hai really wanted to reply him like this.

Even though the letter complained that Wang Ziteng was too greedy and disregarded the face of these relatives and friends at the beginning of this letter, his thinking was clear and there were often witty remarks.

But when it comes to her own future, Zhen Yingjia's IQ runs wild all the way, showing no signs of being able to hold back.

Lin Hai was muttering to himself when Wang Chan suddenly pulled his sleeve and asked softly, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Laughing, frowning and sighing... no wonder the daughter-in-law is worried.Lin Hai thought that he had shown her so many pages before, so let's stuff the rest of it together.

He pinched his temples and said softly, "You read it first, and we'll talk about it later."

Wang Chan's reading speed is not slow at all.

When she looked up again, the shock on her face hadn't faded away. "this……"

Lin Hai's voice was extremely soft, "Even the queen mother can be harmed without anyone noticing."

Do the Supreme Emperor and the Holy Majesty have any other ideas?The people in the whole world who cherish their lives most are probably this father and son.

He nodded at her daughter-in-law again, "Go back to your mother's house and tell my father-in-law."

Wang Chan simply recruited his eldest girl directly, and ordered, "Send someone back to her mother's house and tell me, I will go back tomorrow." He glanced at Lin Hai and added, "Take the eldest girl back."

Lin Hai stretched out his arms, and when the big girl went out, Wang Chan leaned against his chest.

Both husband and wife are wondering: what is the plot of the Queen Mother... Who will be behind the scenes?Or is the Queen Mother purely acting on behalf of others?

Even though Lin Hai and Wang Chan heard the shocking news, they were still quite calm, but the Suduan Palace not far from the Lin Mansion...the old man scolded his son quite lively.

King Suduan is the younger brother of the Supreme Emperor, and he is also in his 60s.His eldest son, the son of Prince Suduan, was born to the concubine who was remarried by the prince—the concubine of the original concubine gave birth to two daughters and died in her 30s because of poor postpartum care.

The concubines that King Suduan continued to marry were similar to those of Wang Chan, both of whom were more than ten years younger than her husband, and they all hit it off very well.

After the relationship between husband and wife, King Suduan was very patient with the son born to him by the princess—even though he knew that this son was far worse than his concubine brother.

This time, the son of King Suduan reported to his father how he dealt with Lin Hai in the Ning Mansion, and then offered the prescription with both hands.

King Suduan didn't even look at the prescription, he directly picked up the paperweight on the case and aimed it at the stupid son's shoulder... After thinking about it, if it really hit it, his princess would be crazy with him, so she aimed at his son's thigh and threw it down.

Shizi was hit by his father's paperweight, bent over in pain, his facial features were twisted into a ball, and he hugged his legs and rolled on the ground.

King Suduan took a closer look and saw that his son's legs were bleeding: in just a short while, the trousers and gown were stained.He had no choice but to call the housekeeper to invite the imperial physician.

But he said that the reason why King Suduan's son had such a lapse of time was that on the day the son went to the banquet, King Suduan and his wife happened to go to the suburban hot springs, and they just returned home tonight.

There was a lot of activity in the study here, and Princess Suduan hurried over.However, the first thing the mother did when she entered the door was to glance at her son, and found that the injury was on her leg. He died of poisoning."

King Su Duan was startled, and then blurted out, "Xiaoer is cruel enough."

The second prince of the Holy Majesty died long ago, before the Queen Mother; the second prince of the Supreme Emperor...is still alive, and is the current King Yizhong.