Ten Miles of Spring Breeze in Red Mansions

Ming Yilan smiled, "Okay, I'll give you a chance, I know you are a smart person, otherwise you wouldn't have retreated from the Gan family."

"The princess took the maidservant's seven inches, so naturally she won't waste this opportunity." Xiaozhi followed Ming Yilan to the ear room, and explained the matter clearly in a few words.

"You mean, Xiaolan deliberately eavesdropped on Daiyu outside the window that day, not to tease cats?"

"The funny cat is probably just a cover-up. She sometimes goes home with Humu, and her brother comes to pick her up in a car. I was lucky enough to meet her once. Her brother looks very ordinary, and he can't be found in the crowd, but it happens It’s strange that this is ordinary. Xiaolan once said that she and her brother look alike. Maybe it’s an excuse, maybe it’s the truth, but it’s clear that this person is not her brother.” Xiaozhi said, “Both slaves and Xiaolan learned from grandma. Yiyu was bought in, and has been serving in the study, rarely getting close, the servant was afraid that there was some urgent matter recently, forcing Xiaolan to do something. She also sneaked out a few times at night."

"She is so cautious. She hasn't shown her feet for several years. She will go out while you are sleeping? Isn't she afraid of being noticed?"

Xiaozhi said, "The princess doesn't know that the servant girl and her first entered the Lin Mansion in the same room. At that time, she said that she didn't sleep well at night, and the servant girl pretended that once she fell asleep, she would not wake up. She has been in the same room for several years. I have tried it many times, and the servants have some tricks in regulating breath, but they have not been discovered."

"You two, it's a good show." Ming Yilan took a sip of tea, "What do you want?"

"The servant was taken away by a kidnapper when she was young, and she wanted to ask the princess to help her find her family."

"It's been many years, the sea of ​​people is huge, are you sure? I can help you get out of citizenship and find a good family."

"My servant has nothing to ask for. If the family is poor, the servant has little savings over the years. If the family is rich..."

Ming Yilan interrupted her and said, "If the family is rich, they may not recognize you as a maid girl. Not to mention poor enough to ask you to help. You are a knowledgeable person. Being poor sometimes does not mean being happy and happy. What is waiting for you is likely to steal all the continuations and a tooth."

"The servant knows, but even if they are far away, they still want to take a look at their relatives."

"I'll look for your family for you. You have a temper for me. Now Biling has a lot of things, Biping is bored, and Xueque can't come back. Why don't you stay by Grandma's side as a lock?"

Xueque was supposed to be the most suitable housekeeper next to Lin Daiyu, such as Wang Shanbao's family in Jia's mansion, but she married well, and she is a serious merchant's wife, so it's not easy to handle.

Xiaozhi thought for a while, then knelt down and kowtowed three times to Ming Yilan, "The princess is so kind and virtuous, and this servant is willing to be a cow and a horse for the princess."

Ming Yilan didn't want to bother Lin Daiyu who was raising her baby, so she ordered Xiaolan to be watched closely in private, and reported immediately if she made any moves.Xiaolan was sent by Nanny Yu to be a third-class sweeping maid in the garden, but she was not annoyed, and said guiltily, "It's all because I'm ignorant, and I scared grandma."

He didn't show any dissatisfaction.

Yan Ji left within a few days. Lin Daiyu didn't dare to struggle to get up to see him off. She put her hands on her belly and looked at him with a smile. I will hear about you from my father."

"I won't write a letter back. If someone uses my name to stimulate you and your mother, don't believe it. You just keep a good relationship with your mother and raise your baby." Yan Ji said, "There is nothing more important than you. Don't worry about me, my father's heroic spirit will protect me at Yanmen Pass."

"I don't believe a single word that other people say. I will wait for you to come back and tell me about many things." Lin Daiyu smiled, her pears were shallow, but her eyes were red. Take care of yourself for me."

Yan Ji took her hand and kissed her lightly, "You too, I will definitely come back before the child is born. Then I will tell you to listen to the wind and see the cattle and sheep."

After the mother and son bid farewell, there was another request, Ming Yilan said, "I remember to toast your father with a glass of wine when you pass the Yanmen Pass."

"Yes." Yan Ji walked halfway, turned around and knelt down for her at the door, "Mother, don't worry."

Ming Yilan waved her hand, "Go, I won't send you out of the city, remember the way home."

She closed the princess's mansion for nothing, and moved to Yan's mansion to guard Lin Daiyu. Lin Daiyu was stronger than she thought, and sometimes read it to her children. Ming Yilan couldn't help laughing when she heard her read Guanju, " Growing up carefully is a kind of love."

"When the time comes, don't put rouge in the Zhou Dynasty." Lin Daiyu said something without thinking, and then changed a poem.

But Ming Yilan quickly remembered the young man who caught the rouge at the age of one, and shook his head, "Do you want to know how they are doing?"

"Isn't that good?"

"Compared to the poor, it's not bad. The Mrs. Jia who was separated took her son to live in Zhuangzi, leaving her aunt and concubine son and daughter at home. I heard that the concubine housekeeper is a good hand. It's a pity, a clever woman can't do anything There is no rice to cook, I heard that Mr. Jia still owes money to the shop and can’t pay it back, so I have to use things to pay off the debt.” Ming Yilan is still more concerned about Jia Min’s two elder brothers, and occasionally asks, “The second wife is also smart. Watching the east wind blowing from Wang Ziteng, and controlling the family's money, Zhuangzi can live comfortably."

Lin Daiyu thought that the concubine must be Tanchun, "Fortunately, Mr. Jia is no longer an official, otherwise it would be nice to be spoiled by ginseng and kill his wife."

"The son with the title of jade has not been engaged yet. She said that Mrs. Jia looked down on the daughter's family of a small family and thought the merchant was vulgar, so she was the first to choose the youngest daughter of the Wang family, Wang Ziteng's daughter-in-law."

"It probably won't work. Lian's second sister-in-law married into Jia's family, because Lian's second elder brother was a nobleman. For example, Mrs. Xue's family, although she is the daughter of the Wang family, is born of a concubine." Lin Daiyu sighed, "I don't know that. Whether you have a man or a woman in your belly, what kind of wife will you find in the future?"

Ming Yilan was amused by her, "If it's a boy, how about marrying him a princess and a girl marrying a prince? But now that there is no child in the middle palace, it's impossible to say that girls are older than boys."

Lin Daiyu herself also found it funny, "I just said that. I also asked my mother to inquire about something for me. I also have a fourth younger sister, whose baby name is Xichun. She is a lady from Ningguo Mansion. She is much younger than me, but It's time for an ordinary girl to find a marriage."

Ming Yilan thought about what kind of marriage he was looking for, according to the affairs of Ningguo Mansion, it would be good if he could escape a clean life in the future, but he couldn't tell Daiyu, so he could only ask.

About half a month after Yan Ji left, Lin Yuan returned to Beijing with the stolen property of the Zhen family. Those official ships had a very deep draft, and they seemed to be fully loaded.

The Ministry of Households took over the family property and stuffed all of it into the treasury. None of the men from the Zhen family were kept, and they were all beheaded on the spot in Jinling.

Ming Yao said angrily, "I let you do things cheaply, but you are very happy, I will slaughter them all, at least let someone go to Beijing for trial?"

Lin Yuan still had a cold face, and cupped his hands and said, "Just bring the silver back. The evidence of the Zhen family's crimes is solid. If someone dies unjustly, I will pay for my life to the Zhen family."

"You slaughtered all the cronies of the Supreme Emperor, I'm afraid that the old man will ask you to pay for your life now." Ming Yao raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you afraid that I will use you as a scapegoat?"

"The humble official has a reputation of being a mad dog, a cruel official, etc. It doesn't matter if you have multiple scapegoats." Lin Yuan didn't change his expression, "What else can your majesty order?"

"No, I'll give you three days off, and then go back to Yushitai to work. Some people took things from the Zhen family and asked him to spit them out for me."

So Jia Amnesty was inexplicably raped, disobeyed the imperial decree, and harbored the Zhen family's property.

The treasury is actually the property of the Zhen family, and the old servants of the Zhen family are still withholding their testimonials in the yamen, it is useless for Jia Amnesty to repent and reflect.

His title was stripped, he was demoted to a commoner, he was taken back to the Duke's mansion, and he was fined a large amount of money. Fortunately, he was fine and left a lot of money, which was enough for a comfortable life in the future.

The Rongguo Mansion has completely become history, and Jia's mother was so breathless that she didn't come up, pointing at her to ask her to move Jia She scolded, "The title of the ancestors will be ruined in your hands. What face do you have to meet the ancestors!"

"The things were collected by Mrs. Xing. Isn't Mrs. Xing the idiot who the old lady specially found for me to renew? At this point, who is the old lady going to blame?"

"If it weren't for your incompetence, why would you not be a serious lady to marry you, and you can only get this poor household! If you are as serious as the second child, you are studying on an errand..."

Jia She interrupted her and said, "Then marry someone who is worse for the family, and you will be expelled from the clan, and you can't even be a fifth-rank official. I heard that the Jia family is now headed by an aunt. Baby, what kind of noble girl can you get?"

He pointed to the mandarin duck who was glaring at him and said, "You little hoof, don't play tricks here, you think it's the former deputy lady? Master, I will give you monthly money, and it's your turn to show me face. "

Mrs. Xing knew that she did not listen to Sister Feng's advice to cause a catastrophe, so she hid in the house for fear that Jia Amnesty would find her to settle the score. Fortunately, she had previously hidden the bank notes and land deeds for the escort to take out of the house. .

Jia She was so angry that Jiamu was about to come to her next time, but he looked at her coldly for a long time without saying a word, and then said, "For the sake of your virtuousness in the past few years, please forgive me this time, there are no injuries on the left and right." Yuan Qi, whoever you like will live in this Rongxi hall. In the future, use your brain to do things, and when everything is settled, you and Lian'er will go and ask his wife back."

It's relatively easy to have a wife who doesn't care about everything and only cares about catering to her, so let's leave it as a decoration.

How could the Zhen family's delivery escape Jia She's eyes? He tacitly agreed that the family accepted it. Since His Majesty used the title to cover the matter, for this sake, there is no need to blame anyone.

Lin Ruhai asked someone to send some money over, but didn't say much else.

Gui Shilang smiled in his study, "This is just brains. If you want to be an official, you will be a corrupt official. You will be executed sooner or later."

Lin Ruhai sneered and said, "Why not. I really recommend them as a father and son. It's too late to follow behind to clean up. Now it's peaceful without a title, and the word rich is probably enough."

In a few days, Lin Yuan joined Ningguo Mansion.

Except for the money owed to the state treasury, there are more traffickers and foreign officials, and the rest are bullying the weak and taking the wives and daughters of good people as concubines. All of them are charged with the same crime as the Zhen family.

Ming Yao threw the memorial to the front of the hall, "You elders, please take a look. First there is the Hou family, the Zhen family, and then the Jia family. This is how the aristocratic families bully our people, but the ancestors have some merits, so they dare to be so lawless. Check, check carefully, starting with the four princes and eight princes in Beijing."

The subordinates looked at each other in dismay, and had to kneel down three times to shout Long live the wise, and everyone in Yushitai was gearing up, waiting to turn the family upside down.

For a moment, there was a lot of turmoil in Beijing, especially the Duke Xiu's family, which had suffered a disastrous defeat in the seizure of the heir apparent.

The case of Xue Pan's murder in Jinling in the past was also uncovered.

Xue Pan's leg was broken by Prince Zhongshun that year, and he walked with a limp. He had a bad temper, but now he is violent, and no family would dare to marry their daughter to him, who is disabled.

On the contrary, Aunt Xue felt a lot better seeing Xiangling serving Xue Pan without complaint. After Xue Baochai got married, she entrusted most of the family affairs to her.

This day, Xiangling took advantage of Xue Pan's afternoon nap, changed clothes with the maid, and hurried out the back door.