The Lin family has a female named Qingyun [Red Mansion]

In the twelfth lunar month, every family was busy buying new year's goods and arranging new year's wine, Lin Qingjun and Daiyu also had no time to relax.The two of them are young, but this is the second time to do a New Year's event. In addition, everything in the family has rules and regulations, but now there are a little more in the capital, and it is not difficult to get rid of the cumbersome things.

The emperor usually seals his pen on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and all decrees are completed before then, including the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials from various places.Different from the excitement of the Zhuang family, the official document appointed by the Ministry of Officials was almost silently sent to the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian rewarded the visitor, holding the document up and down several times, and then happily went to the old man The good news, the same table also discusses a countermeasure.

Jia Amnesty confirmed that the appointment document was correct, and raised his beard in the same joy: "That's right! It has the seal of the Ministry of Officials on it. The Shunning Mansion passed the judgment and took office after the year. Although it is far away from the capital, it is really bad. , our family is not short of money, you can be your official in a safe and sound way when you go, as long as there are no mistakes, you can return to Beijing or change to a better place after three years. He raised his voice: "Don't be afraid when you go there. The Zhuang family was transferred back from the south of Yunnan, and the third master is still here now. Your uncle Lin has a very close relationship with the Zhuang family. If he can find this vacancy for you, I'm afraid there will be someone who will let you go." The meaning of the Zhuang family's help is that you don't ask if your Uncle Lin doesn't tell you, if your Uncle Lin tells you, don't bother the Zhuang family with trivial matters unless you encounter a major event."

Dealer?Jia Lian was in charge of the general affairs of the mansion, so he was naturally well aware of the news in Beijing, so he immediately knew which one it was.Unexpectedly, his father, who has always just stayed at home and ignored his business, was so troubled about his affairs. He was immediately moved and ashamed, and felt that his father was hiding so deeply.

"The son remembers his father's words. It's just that everyone in the mansion knows that his son has become an official. The old lady..." Now that the mansion has already measured the place to build a provincial house, he is the one who comes out to deal with foreign affairs. Afraid of revealing the clues, he remained as usual.Now that the appointment document has finally come down, the stone in my heart has fallen to the ground, and I am afraid that the old lady will mess with the second room.

"Let's go! Let's say hello to the old lady. You just follow me later." Jia Amnesty had already made up his mind about this, but at worst, the old lady agreed with his old face. Anyway, he was not stingy.

When the maids saw Jia She was coming, they raised the felt curtains and announced, "My lord is here."

Sitting in the house was a room full of masters and masters, and Zhou Rui's family was talking about Jia Lian's acquisition of an official, not to mention other people, even Wang Xifeng was shocked.

Jia's mother was about to send someone to call for Jia Amnesty, when she saw him coming by herself, she immediately asked, "I heard that Lian'er got an official. What's going on?"

Jia She said with a smile: "The son is about to come to announce the good news to the old lady. Lian'er is so incompetent that he has won a small official of the sixth grade. Can we know how much he weighs? I'm afraid it's because the Holy Majesty sees it." In the face of the empress, she is very grateful to our family."

Although Jia's mother was eccentric, Jia Lian was the grandson of the big family after all, and it was an honor for the family to be an official, so she was naturally happy.Seeing the boss mentioned Niangniang again, he smiled even more, and hurriedly asked: "This is the sage Long En. I just don't know what official position it is? If it is a real position, the sixth rank is not low, and the new champion is only the seventh rank. "

Mother Jia has a lot of experience and is quite knowledgeable. Although she looks down on some small officials and family members, she is not ignorant in this regard.On the contrary, Mrs. Wang went from being surprised and ashamed at the beginning to being contemptuous and disdainful now, but she completely looked down on the low-level official of the sixth rank.

Jia Amnesty glanced at the crowd, and said with a little distaste, "Shunning Mansion is a judge. It's too far away from Beijing, and the place in southern Yunnan is barbaric, and the people are rough. It's really not a good place. My son thinks Why don't you ask your majesty to tell the sage to change Lian'er to a more affluent place."

"You have such a big face!" Mother Jia immediately spat out, "The harem is not allowed to engage in politics! It is God's grace for the Holy Majesty to care about your empress and give Lian'er an official position. You are not grateful, but you despise him."

Mrs. Wang also smiled at the side and said: "Shunning Mansion is indeed a difficult place. If Lian'er doesn't want to go, just say that he is sick and resign from the office. Right now the mansion is busy visiting relatives, and Lian'er Let's go, who will take care of this mess. Blinding relatives is a big matter for your mother."

"I think the second wife is the good-looking face!" Jia She had been dissatisfied with the second room for a long time, because the old lady was eccentric, and Yuanchun was named a concubine. Jia Amnesty didn't care about anything else, and sneered directly: "Lian'er is the grandson of the eldest son, and the successor of the Rongguo Mansion. If he wants to take care of the general affairs, he is idle. If he doesn't care, it is more reasonable. Who is decent? The heir is in charge of general affairs? What is the use of raising so many scary people in the mansion? Besides, doesn’t the second room still have Baoyu? Anyway, Baoyu doesn’t like reading, so it’s better to be familiar with general affairs now and have a job in the future.”

"Boss! You are trying to anger me, aren't you?" Baoyu is the lifeblood of Jia Mu. When Baoyu was mentioned, Jia Mu immediately changed her face and scolded Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty lowered his head, seeming to give in, but actually his heart was filled with sarcasm and desolation.

His mother is too eccentric, she is also a grandson, but Lian'er in his family is not as good as Baoyu's finger, and Wang's earlier said that Lian'er may not be able to blame Lian'er.Jia Amnesty knew that mentioning Baoyu would be scolded, but he mentioned it, not out of anger, but because his mother is a shrewd person, and she would be suspicious if she blindly obeyed. .

Sure enough, Mother Jia waved her hands with a tired face and said, "Go, go, since Lian'er has won the official position, she must go to the post in the next year. You should go down and clean up earlier, so as not to rush to leave after the New Year and lose everything."

Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian withdrew, followed by Wang Xifeng.

Back in the small courtyard, Wang Xifeng pretended to be complaining and said: "Second Master kept it from me so hard, could it be that I, Heping, are an outsider? Second Master won't tell me about such a big matter."

Wang Xifeng didn't believe that Jia Lian didn't know before. Mrs. Wang and Jia's mother knew it well, but Jia's mother didn't pursue it when she saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion and her mother was involved, so Mrs. Wang couldn't hold on to this point.

Jia Lian was in a good mood at the moment, thinking about going to office in the next year and so on. Seeing Wang Xifeng's attitude, he sneered and asked, "If the second grandma knew that I was planning this, would she agree?"

One sentence stopped Wang Xifeng.

If it is said that although Wang Xifeng is greedy for profit and loves power, she is always compatible with Jia Lian and his wife, she has Jia Lian in her heart, and she naturally hopes that Jia Lian will do something.It's just that the Rongguo Mansion is different from other houses, the big house that was supposed to inherit the title lived in the barn, but the second house was in charge, not to mention the second house's Yuan Chun became a concubine again, so the whole mansion doesn't rely on the second house to live?It would be fine if Jia Lian had been a good official, but it was so far away and so bitter, and he was still a junior. Wang Xifeng grew up in the royal family since she was a child.

If he had known earlier, he would have persuaded Jia Lian to give up, even if it was a foregone conclusion, he still felt a little unhappy.

Naturally Jia Lian knew her well, the husband and wife were very similar, so he didn't blame her, he just explained the matter clearly. "After the next year, I will definitely go to the office. I will serve for three years. If there is no accident, I will not come back. The second mistress can think about it. If she is reluctant to stay in the house, she can stay. It can be regarded as filial piety to the old ladies and gentlemen .”

Wang Xifeng's complexion changed slightly: "What did the second master say? I and the second master are husband and wife. The second master is going away to take up his post. Naturally, I have to follow. The good second master is served by the clumsy boys."

Wang Xifeng was really reluctant to part with the mansion, both the power and the money in the mansion, especially when the mansion was about to build a family-friendly villa, so as long as he stayed in the mansion, he would be able to have a hand, even if he couldn't eat meat, he could still eat soup.However, Jia Lian's saying that she would not come back for three years really frightened her. She has no son now. If Jia Lian has another woman in office and adds a son and a half daughter, what will she have?If Ping'er goes to serve with her, she is not at ease, once she is out of her control, she is afraid that her heart will grow bigger.

Jia Lian knew that she was cruel enough to say this, took her into his arms and sighed, "Second Mistress, don't be reluctant to stay in the mansion, the old man will take care of us. What's more, how much can you earn if you stay? If you have broken your body, you might as well follow me to the post. We husband and wife can live our lives quietly, and maybe we can have a son. The old man is looking forward to a grandson. If you can give birth, the good baby in the old man's private room It's all yours, even if you want to be a housekeeper, it will be easy."

Wang Xifeng's heart softened after being coaxed, she was not as reluctant as she was at first, she leaned into Jia Lian's arms and said with a smile: "Then I will listen to the second master, I am still waiting for the second master to give me an imperial order."

It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

There was a heavy snowfall in the middle of the night last night, and it didn't stop until five o'clock.Lin Qingjun got up early and went out to have a look. The snow was a foot thick, and the treetops on the roof were covered with a thick layer of white. It was like a fairy tale world, and the snow was so enchanting.At this time, the sky was bright and the servants had cleared the road. She came to Daiyu's yard nearby and asked her to take a walk together.This is a habit that has been formed since arriving in the Lin Mansion. At first it was to supervise the Lin family's father and daughter, but now it has become a family habit.The Lin family's father and daughter are in good health, and seeing the benefits, they don't need her supervision and reminder.

"The eldest girl is here." The little girl opened the curtain, Juanbi came out with a basin of residual water, and said with a smile: "It's really early, the eldest girl, the girl asked just now, the eldest girl, go in quickly, the girl just finished washing her face Comb your hair."

As soon as Lin Qingyun entered, Xueyan brought a bowl of jujube tea and said, "Miss, drink tea."

"Sister, it's so early, please trouble me to wait for me." Daiyu sat in front of the mirror, and Zijuan was combing her hair.Because today is New Year's Eve, Daiyu is dressed in bright colors, and she wears an exquisitely crafted five-tailed golden phoenix hairpin on the front of her hair. Added a delicate.

With dexterous hands, Zicuckoo quickly finished taking care of it. She took out the mirror and took pictures before and after. After Daiyu was satisfied, she took out lip gloss and rouge to make up her makeup, carefully painted her eyebrows, and finally took away the cloud shoulder. .

Daiyu stood up, Xueyan held a red satin cloak sprinkled with plum blossoms and put it on for her, Lin Qingjun and Daiyu walked out the door, Xueyan and Bailing followed, and the group went straight to the garden .Because the road was slippery due to the heavy snow, the two of them didn't go far. They walked slowly around the blue brick road that had been cleaned.

Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief, her face wrapped in the snow cap was flushed by the wind, but she didn't feel cold, holding the small heater in her hand and looking at the snow in the garden, her voice was very brisk: "This snow is coming. It’s really good, tonight on New Year’s Eve, we will have a poetry competition with daddy, and we will do plum blossom poems, and we will definitely please daddy.”

Lin Qingjun sighed and laughed: "If I say that, I can only bow down. Both my sister and my adoptive father are talents. I am an ordinary person who can barely read a few words, but I dare not play tricks. I will tell Bailu to prepare things early. When you say that you will try to write a poem, I will give you the lottery first."

Daiyu scolded: "My sister is too disappointing, it's just for fun, so I don't care about winning or losing seriously. Besides, my sister also has advantages that others can't match. I envy her, even my father can't compare."

"It's true that no matter what kind of person you are, there are one or two benefits." Lin Qingyun stretched out his hand to help her, and walked up to the small stone bridge with her. charge.It was inevitable that Daiyu would think of some sad lines again, so Lin Qingyun sighed first: "This year, the snow is so heavy. The coming year will be a bumper harvest year, and the common people must be very happy."

"The field has a good harvest, and the people have food to eat and clothes to wear. It is indeed a happy event." If Daiyu, a boudoir, had paid attention to spring planting and autumn harvest in the past, it was only because Lin Qingyun came from the countryside that she occasionally heard it mentioned. Those farmers also have more respect.

When the two came back from the garden, the maids brought hot ginger tea, each of them drank a bowl, and the whole body warmed up.After breakfast in one place, I checked all the places again to confirm that there was nothing wrong with it, but red lanterns had already been hung up and down the mansion, new talismans were replaced on the door, and the servants were also in brand new attire, beaming with joy.

The sky was getting dark, the upper and lower lanterns in the mansion were lit up, there were mats in the flower hall, braziers were arranged in the four corners, and the room was smoky and warm.The door opened, and the maids came in and out with various dishes. The three members of the Lin family had already sat down, chatting while the dishes were being served.

Although the family has a small population, it is a blessing to be able to reunite with my daughter for the New Year. Lin Ruhai smiled and served two bowls of hot soup in person: "Time is still long, drink the hot soup first to warm your body, and then according to Qingyun Yes, let's draw lots, and what you get is what you get, and if you lose, you are not allowed to renege." Lin Ruhai made a rare joke.

"Thank you adoptive father/father." The two stood up to receive the hot soup. Daiyu had already held a bowl, and Qingyun added a bowl of soup for Lin Ruhai.

Daiyu drank two sips of soup, looked around, and suggested: "There are too few lottery drawers, it's no fun, and our family has too many girls, why don't we let them have a seat beside us, and have fun together."

"That's good." It's rare for a holiday to be lively, but Lin Ruhai is not so polite.

After two rounds of the game, some of them wrote poems and lyrics, and the girls were illiterate, so it didn't matter if they rhymed or used words, as long as they came out fluently.There are also riddles and storytellers, which are all kinds of interesting.As the master of the family, Lin Ruhai, as long as the girls are drawn, they will give rewards regardless of whether they are good or bad. He himself was also drawn to tell a story, so he told an unsolved case that he encountered in the old year. Not to mention the girls, it was Qingyun and Daiyu. Everyone listened.

The banquet was lively, Uncle Fu suddenly walked in against the cold wind: "Master, there are people coming from the palace!"

Lin Ruhai stood up quickly, and walked out while arranging his clothes. Qingyun and Daiyu looked at each other, and stood nervously at the door listening to the movement outside.

Before Shaoqing Lin Ruhai came back, Aunt Xu came first to report.Aunt Xu said with a smile on her face: "Great joy! Your Majesty rewarded the master with two bowls of blessing dishes, and the master has already gone to the ancestral hall to offer them to the ancestors."

Daiyu was relieved when she heard the words, and whispered to Qingyun: "No matter how good the food served in the palace is, it will be cold when it comes out. Even if you don't offer it, you can't eat it. Dad once said that when I was ordered I got a reward once in the year of the Yanzheng, and this is the first time after many years. Although I don’t value these things, it’s a good thing for Dad to be rewarded by the palace.”

"This shows that the Holy Father values ​​the foster father." Lin Qingyun also felt happy. At the same time, he felt that the emperor would do a profitable business. A bowl of leftovers represented the emperor's favor and glory. Those who got it were happy and those who didn't were envious envy.

At this time, the New Year's Eve dinner in the palace is in full swing.

The emperor and empress sat in the most honored position at the banquet, and the person closest to the empress was always the same—Pure Prince Tuyan.Even if the other princes are county kings, even though they grew up watching this kind of disparity in treatment, they are not without envy, but they also know the reason why the other party is favored, and with the body of a pure prince, it is hard to say that they can live for a few years, so they can't help it. There is nothing to be jealous of.

The queen was talking to Tu Yan with eyes full of love: "You will be twenty after the new year, and there is no concubine in charge of internal affairs in your house, and it doesn't look like it. The queen mother carefully selected the ladies from various families, and there are really a few of them. It’s not bad, and I’m not forcing you to choose which one, but you should also take a look, maybe there is something you like.”

Under the illumination of the palace lanterns, Tu Yan's pale face made people feel more distressed. He hadn't eaten a few bites since he sat down, and kept holding the stove with both hands. In the blink of an eye, people turned into nothingness along with the snow outside the temple.After hearing the queen's words, Tu Yan only said indifferently: "You don't have to worry so much about the queen mother. We have chosen it. How do you know that the lady is willing? Even if I am a prince and prince, I don't want to force this matter. It's meaningless after all."

The queen's face was sad and angry at once, she gritted her teeth and said: "It's their blessings that my son has cultivated for several lifetimes!"

"Queen mother, don't force it, it's fine for the son to live like this." Tu Yan couldn't stop coughing twice as he spoke, the empress' face changed in panic, and she opened her mouth to tell the imperial physician.Tu Yan hurriedly held her back: "Don't panic, Empress Mother, it's not in the way, it's just that I'm a little tired after sitting for a long time."

Although the emperor was talking to other princes, he paid attention to this, and hurriedly said: "Lao Qi is weak, don't talk about so many rules, go and rest quickly, I can still blame you for this."

"Your servant is rude." Tu Yan didn't insist, got up to plead guilty, swayed slightly and left the table.

Every move at the banquet was watched by people, and Tu Yan's situation was even more eye-catching. Some gloated, some felt sorry for his misfortune, and some wanted to profit from him.The queen was very distressed, she managed to finish the banquet, and couldn't help crying when she returned to Fengyi Palace. On New Year's Eve, the emperor was going to rest in Fengyi Palace, but the princes hadn't left yet, and the emperor was talking to his sons , if it wasn't for that year...

"Your Majesty, don't be sad, your eyes are red from crying carefully, Your Majesty is coming." The big palace maid Wen Xin hurriedly comforted her.

The queen was upset, sad and angry.

Tu Yan is already twenty, and he is a prince, yet he has not agreed on a marriage. It's not that she is picky, but that the person she chooses is either already engaged or unwell, and she doesn't like the person who is willing. Either the family background is too low and the daughter is not well-raised, or the concubine is not favored, how can she be a prince or princess.

It stands to reason that the Prince's marriage shouldn't be so difficult, because that incident completely broke Lao Qi's body back then, not only was he weak and sick, but his life span was limited, and it even affected his heirs.Although these things are secret, a shrewd person can find out about the life expectancy, but those who love their daughters are unwilling to send their daughters to suffer.Therefore, this matter is already very difficult, and Pian Lao Qi is also stubborn, so he must find someone who agrees with him, otherwise he would rather be alone, so that he doesn't even have a concubine to serve him.Because the imperial doctor said that it is better for Lao Qi's body to be kept quiet, and the housework can be as little as possible, so the queen didn't force him to give it to him.

Thinking of today's imperial doctor's diagnosis, saying that Lao Qi would only have five years to live at most, she was heartbroken, and became more determined in her plan to find a princess for Lao Qi.Even if Lao Qi is gone one day, at least a trace of blood will be left behind, and there will be sacrifices at festivals and festivals in the future, so as not to be a lonely ghost.