The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

Lin Shuyu is the last Wu Jinshi, next year's Chunwei has nothing to do with him, but this matter has something to do with many people.

After the Golden Autumn Festival, in an atmosphere of sweet-scented osmanthus, a boat slowly sailed from Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River to the capital.After a while, I arrived at the capital city. Someone had already prepared a sedan chair and a carriage at the pier. I asked the master to get on the sedan chair, and put the salute that the master brought to the capital on the carriage. A group of people drove to the place where hundreds of officials gathered. go.

A few days later, the Lin family suddenly received an invitation card. Menzi saw the name of the family on it, and without hesitation, hurriedly sent the invitation card to the second door. The woman inside accepted it and handed it to Shulan.

After opening it, Shulan laughed and said, "I wonder who made the post. It turned out to be Lin's family." It turned out that the whole family of Lin's family came to Beijing. Min and Lin's elder brother Lin Jin also entered Beijing.

Standing on the sidelines, Mrs. Chen suddenly felt a little strange when she heard this. She has been married to the Chen family for a year, and she has a certain understanding of the general social circle of the Lin family.She thought it was a post from Jia's mansion to invite you to enjoy flowers or something. Jia's mansion likes to hold these kinds of banquets, but she heard that it was not the case, and it was a family she had never heard of.

Taking the post calmly, Mrs. Chen looked at it, and suddenly opened her eyes wide.It turned out to be Xunyan Yushi with the same surname, this... She had never heard of such a prominent relative in her family before!

After thinking about it again, I feel wrong. If it is really a relative, then why is my family still a servant of the Jia family? He still won't take his family out of Jia's mansion!

Rolling her eyes, Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "It's ridiculous that my daughter-in-law also said that all the relatives at home know each other. I didn't expect that there are still people who don't know each other. Fortunately, people handed over the post. Otherwise, if I saw it in other places but didn't know each other, then that's a big deal." The daughter-in-law will be ashamed and ashamed."

"You should not know his family. His family has been an official there since they went south to the south of the Yangtze River more than [-] years ago. Let alone you, even if I haven't seen him for more than [-] years, I may not recognize him." Shulan laughed and said: "However, although his family has the same surname as ours, they are relatives that cannot be reached. This Mrs. Lin is the fourth aunt of the Jia family. people."

Oh!

Mrs. Chen instantly understood the network of connections. Mrs. Lin was the aunt of the Jia family, and her family was from the Jia family. She must have known Mrs. Lin when she was not released from the Jia family.Now Mrs. Lin is coming to Beijing. No matter what the purpose of going to Beijing is, she always wants to entertain relatives and friends, so there is this post in front of her.

Not saying anything else, Chen smiled and said: "Since there is such a relationship, then the daughter-in-law sent the mother-in-law to deal with it?"

Shulan nodded, and then said to herself in a low voice: "I don't know what Mrs. Lin brought her brothers and sisters to Beijing this time."

Chen's eyes flickered, she bowed her head in silence, not knowing what she was thinking in her heart.

Soon came the day on the invitation, which happened to coincide with Lin Shuyu taking a rest, so she went along with her.It wasn't until I arrived at Lin's residence that I found out that Jia Min only invited her natal family and Shulan's family today.

Shulan led Mrs. Chen and Lin Hongyu into the inner courtyard. Jia Mu, Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Wang and others had already sat down in the open room. After seeing the ceremony, Shulan said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I saw my aunt, my aunt still looks beautiful, poor Those of us are all yesterday's old days, and it is true that the old lady can teach people."

"Look at her sweet mouth." Jia Min smiled, sitting there quietly, like a lady in a picture of a lady, she is slender, graceful, light and slender, she is really elegant.

As expected of sister Lin's biological mother!

Shulan can only express such emotions. In fact, she is actually pretty good, otherwise she would not be able to enter Jia's mansion as a servant, but compared to Jia Min, she is a heaven and a bottom, not to mention her appearance. , Jia Min's temperament alone can throw her as far as the Great Wall.

"My aunt was joking. I'm just like yesterday, and my sweet mouth is also annoying. It's better to be an old tree stump to let the younger generation show off the limelight." Shulan said.

Following Shulan's words, Jia Min looked at Chen Shi and Lin Hongyu who were sitting next to Shulan, and said with a smile: "I said, why are you flattering me so much today? You were waiting here, so go and give it to Da Lin." Bring out the meeting ceremony between grandma and Miss Lin."

Shulan spat at her, and said angrily: "The aunt's daughter-in-law has given birth to the eldest grandson of the aunt, and I don't know who is waiting for whom." Shulan also has never met Lin Jin's wife, Yang Shi. , even if the Lin family is not as good as the Lin family now, but Shulan is the elder after all, and is no longer a servant of the Jia family, so no matter how much this meeting gift is, it must be given.In this way, let alone the younger master of the Lin family.

Shulan does have a daughter, Lin Hongyu, but Jia Min also has a daughter, Lin Daiyu!Such a calculation is really Shulan's loss.

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the words, and Mother Jia laughed so hard that her mouth parted, "Look at these two narrow-minded people, this matter can also be used as a joke."

"It's also our blessing to let the wife laugh at our old lady Bo, so it's possible!" Yang said with a smile on the side.

Everyone had a good time when they heard the words, and Madam Zhang even joked: "The old lady and aunt are so lucky, what a new daughter-in-law, pity our family is full of gourds whose mouths have been sawed off, and she can't even tell it." No wonder the old lady loves the aunt's family."

"Sister-in-law, don't say that. Be careful, Zhu's daughter-in-law and Lian's daughter-in-law really blamed me for this, so I am more wronged than Dou E..." Jia Min laughed, and the others Seeing this, he also laughed.

At this time, the girl next to Jia Min brought two brocade boxes and put them in Jia Min's hand, then bowed and left.

"Come, come, this is a meeting gift for the new daughter-in-law." Jia Min couldn't help but ask Chen to accept it, then took Chen's hand, and looked at her carefully. Chen's birth was very neat, with two eyes The water is lingling, and the whole body is extraordinary.Fortunately, Mother Jia had given Jia Min information about the Chen family before, otherwise Jia Min would have been surprised at this moment. This whole body is more grand than ordinary wives, and it is impossible to tell that it is the Lin family. The young mistress of a small family.

"Mrs. Lin is blessed!" Jia Min laughed.

"My aunt is ridiculous." Chen said shyly.

Jia Min's eyes flickered when he heard this, and after complimenting Chen Shi a few more words, he took Lin Hongyu's hand again and began to size up Lin Hongyu.

Although Lin Hongyu and Lin Daiyu have only one word difference, they are very different in terms of identity, appearance, talents and learning, but as long as this kind of thing is not a crooked person, Jia Min will definitely praise Lin Hongyu in various ways , guests, you have to be polite.

"I see that she is older than my sister. How old is she?" Jia Min asked kindly.

"Ten years old!" Lin Hongyu replied.

Jia Min laughed, "It turns out that she is three years older than my sister, but she is a big sister." She asked Lin Daiyu to stand up to greet her.

Only at this time did Shulan see Lin Daiyu's whole picture properly, and then she went blind instantly!

The agreed-upon' two eyebrows that seem to be frowning but not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be weeping but not weeping.Two dimples are born in the state of worry, and the disease of being delicate is attacked all over the body.Tears dripped, panting slightly.When you are quiet, you are like a beautiful flower shining in the water, and when you are in action, you are like a weak willow supporting the wind.The heart has one more opening than the stem, and the disease is like Xizi's three points. 'Woolen cloth?

What she saw was just a seven-year-old girl with a cute appearance. She didn't see the 'Yan Yan Mei' nor the 'Han Lu Mu'. Her body was weaker than Lin Hongyu's, but she was still within the healthy range.

"Jiao Hua Zhaoshui" is there, but "Weak Liu Fufeng" is completely invisible. How can a little girl who is about 1.2 meters act like a weak Liu Fufeng?I don't know how skinny I have to be.

As for other things, I have two dimples and a disease all over my body.Tears a little bit, panting slightly, "the heart is more open than dry, and the disease is like Xizi's three points".Shulan didn't notice it at all, maybe because of her bad eyesight.

Looking at Lin Daiyu, whose cheeks were flushed with excitement after meeting a new friend, Shulan could only say, 'My idol is shattered! '

Before the original sister Lin grew up to be stunning, sister Chen was Lin Daiyu who would never change in Shulan's heart.

Although the plot of the idol was shattered, but Lin Daiyu made a wild comparison, she can indeed be said to be outstanding, and she has been a beauty since she was a child.Perhaps in a few years, after Lin Daiyu fully grows, Shulan will be able to see the truly magnificent Lin Xianzi who is unparalleled in the world.

After Lin Daiyu came out, Shulan also hurriedly presented a meeting gift to everyone in the Lin family. Sister Lin's idol plot is shattered here, but Yang's is really a stunning one. The brother she gave birth to is now more than two years old. White and fat, although his name is still unknown, but he is babbling and imitating the words of others, and his small appearance is very cute.

Shulan sent a safety lock to the little man, and now the little man has no name, only "Little Master" and "Little Master", so when he grew up, Lin Jin asked Lin Ruhai for instructions, and then the little man will have a name.

Chen Shi looked at the white and fat little man in Yang Shi's arms, her eyes were full of envy, she and Lin Shuyu had been married for a year, but she still hadn't heard from her stomach, even though neither Lin Zhixiao nor Shulan urged her, But Chen still felt a sense of crisis in her heart.No matter what age a child is, it is a woman's heart disease. A woman who has not given birth to a child is crippled all her life.

Everyone was happy for a while, and then everyone started to talk about business.

"You ladies, go and play inside! You are also restrained here." Jia Min said with a smile.

Lin Hongyu and Lin Daiyu looked at each other, answered "Yes." Then they turned and went to the inner room.

After dismissing Lin Hongyu and Lin Daiyu, Jia Min said, "Madam Lin is here today to ask for something."

This made Shu Lan surprised, Jia Min is the head wife of the Lin family, with the influence of the Lin family and the Jia family, and things that make Jia Min embarrassed, come to him?This is somewhat unlikely.

Both Lin's and Jia's houses can't solve it, so how can she solve it.

Immediately thinking about it, Shulan smiled and said: "Auntie and I, why are you being polite? If you have anything to say, just say it directly, but I can first declare that the one who can do it is obligatory, but if the auntie I can't do it, don't do it." Annoy me." If Lin Shuyu was asked to spy on the military and assassinate the emperor, then she would not do it.

Friendship is friendship, but compared with your own life, you are completely worthless.

"Naturally." Jia Min nodded. She would not let Lin Shuyu go all out just because Lin Shuyu was serving as a bodyguard next to the Supreme Emperor. It was just a small matter, and she dared not entrust Shulan to do such a thing.

Jia Min said with a smile: "I went to the old lady's house a few days ago, just in time, and ate the wild vegetables and game you sent. My two children are tricky, but they fell in love with this wild vegetable I didn't intend to bother Mrs. Lin, but bought it from outside. The brothers and sisters said that it was not right to eat it, and the fragrance was gone.

Yu'er has nothing to eat, and I don't feel bad, lest she marry in the future and now say that the girl in the Lin family is a greedy mouth.It's just that Jin'er is about to take the Chunwei exam after another year, and my mother can't see him being distracted by such a trivial matter, so I can only beg Mrs. Lin with the cheek. "

Poor parents in the world!

"Ouch, old lady, look at what my aunt is saying!" Shulan said angrily, "Master and girl like to use it very well, so my aunt can just send my mother-in-law to come and talk about it. They picked it from the field and sent it to your mansion right away. If my aunt is not happy, just reward them with some money for their hard work. Why do you say 'begging' so seriously, my aunt treats me like an outsider. It's a pity that I served my aunt when I was young."

"Your words are unreasonable. Now that you have come out, your elder brother is also the imperial guard next to the Supreme Emperor. He will definitely earn you a phoenix crown and Xiapei in the future. How dare I order you." Jia Min said angrily. That is to say, taking Shulan as his wife, Jia Min rolled his eyes at her.

"Besides, you have someone deliver it every day, and the cheapest ones are not those from the kitchen at home." Jia Min naturally said in his heart.

Besides, since she was pregnant with Lin Jin, she followed Lin Ruhai to the south of the Yangtze River to be an official's wife and helper. From the first wife of a small official to the current position of Mrs. Xunyan Yushi, Jia Min has already been well-rounded.Even though the Lin family is weak at the moment, it has a good future, and Jia Min is unwilling to offend.

Of course, not wanting to offend does not mean that you can’t afford to offend, but there are only so many official positions in the imperial court. It’s not you who get up, I get up. Instead of letting others sit in that position, it’s better for your relatives and friends to sit in that position. It's easier to talk.

I have to say that Jia Min and Jia's mother are really worthy of being mother and son, and they have similar ideas.

"Since the aunt has said that, then I won't be hypocritical. I will tell them when I go back today." Shulan smiled, rolled his eyes and said: "Listen to what the aunt said just now. Participate in next year's Spring Festival?" She didn't hear that, did she?

Sitting at the top, Jia's mother smiled and said, "It's not just Jin'er, Zhu'er and Lian'er are ready to try it out."

"Oh, let's not talk about Uncle Lin. Uncle Zhu and Lian Erye are very knowledgeable, especially Lian Erye has studied with Confucianism for a period of time, and he will definitely give the old lady a Jinshi examination in May next year when he comes back. I don’t know how many people I have to die with envy.” Shulan said flatteringly, and listened to what Jia Mu, Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Wang and others liked to say.

There is nothing they love to hear more than Jia Zhu and Jia Lian being awarded Jinshi.

"I would like to borrow your good words." Madam Zhang and Madam Wang raised the corners of their mouths at the same time, and the corners of their eyes were full of joy and complacency, as if Jia Zhu and Jia Lian had both been admitted to Jinshi at this time.

But Jia Min quit at this time, and said to Shulan angrily: "Why didn't my brother stop talking about it, you can't engage in discrimination."

Shulan heard the words and said with a smile: "My aunt is the former Tanhua Lang. Since he asked Uncle Lin to go to Beijing to take the exam, he must think that Uncle Lin is already very sure of being admitted to Jinshi, so I still need to say good things. Maybe the emperor will come up with a good story, asking your house to be a double detective, father and son are both detectives." After speaking, Shulan blinked her eyes, "If I'm right, my aunt will give me a big red envelope."

Jia Min felt a lot happier when she heard the words, and couldn't help laughing when she heard Shulan's last words, "If Jin'er can really get into Tanhua, I will definitely give you a generous thank you gift." The words hit the mark, and Jia Min couldn't believe it.

Lin Ruhai told Jia Min when he entered Beijing that next year's spring may not necessarily have all the children of the aristocratic family take action, if that is the case, it will be a gathering of masters.Therefore, although Lin Ruhai used all his care networks in the capital to pave the way for Lin Jin, he never thought about the top three.

I just thought that it would be fine for Lin Jin to be admitted as a Jinshi, and then enter the Imperial Academy. Then, until the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor, and the princes below have no winners and losers, just stay in the Imperial Academy and study honestly. up.

To put it bluntly, Lin Ruhai let Lin Jin enter Beijing to take him as a 'proton'.

Thinking about it, Lin Ruhai took the position of Xunyan Yushi after the fall of the fourth and fifth princes, and was appointed by the Supreme Emperor.If the Supreme Emperor was still on the throne, Lin Ruhai would not be so passive. The officials who are released to the outside world are elected every three years. He has not been a patrol official for a year, and the Supreme Emperor has abdicated.

The so-called one emperor and one courtier, after each emperor ascended the throne, no matter how smoothly the crown prince ascended the throne, or how to get it.The first thing is to support one's own power to control the government. The so-called rewards for meritorious deeds also have this reason, and they replace all important positions with their own people.

In Lin Ruhai's eyes, since the Supreme Emperor is the Supreme Emperor, the future must be dominated by the Emperor.Maybe there are princes who are not convinced, but since ancient times, every slap of a prince who successfully rebelled can be counted clearly, and most of these princes have fiefs and hold heavy soldiers outside.

Lin Ruhai didn't think that the emperor would be so stupid as to give land to his younger brothers, and there was no such thing as land fiefs in Qi, and all the princes had no purpose to stay within thirty miles of the capital, otherwise they would be in trouble.If someone finds out, it will be a trivial matter to degrade and eliminate the nobles. The serious crime of rebellion will knock you off, and no one else has any gossip.

Therefore, Lin Ruhai decided to join the emperor and become a pure minister of himself, only loyal to the person on the dragon chair.

However, Lin Ruhai could also see that the emperor had no influence for the time being, and it was impossible to compete with the younger brother under the emperor, so Lin Ruhai had to continue to hold the position of patrolling salt censor, at least in the past few years, there was no way to leave.

You can't win the favor of the new emperor by resigning to give up a fat job to the new emperor. Then Lin Ruhai can only let his son go to Beijing as a 'proton'.

Of course, Lin Jin's status is not enough to be a "proton", the high-end and high-end position that Qin Shihuang's father once held. Lin Ruhai doesn't need Lin Jin to be so promising and dazzling. It's enough to go to the capital to show the emperor's position. Therefore, it is a very good choice to dabble in life after being admitted to Jinshi and entering the Hanlin Academy for a few years.

Jia Zhu and Jia Lian from Jia's mansion were hesitant at first, but Jia Min's family came to Beijing and said that Lin Jin was going to participate in Chunwei, and the two brothers immediately decided to follow Lin Jin, and they also wanted to participate in Chunwei.

Compared with Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, Lin Ruhai, who has been promoted all the way to the official position, is undoubtedly the idol of Jia Zhu and Jia Lian. After meeting Lin Jin, a cousin, both of them were impressed by Lin Jin's academic demeanor. In his heart, he wished that he was Uncle Lin's son.

Since Uncle Lin asked his cousin to take the Chunwei exam next year, it must have a deep meaning. Although his IQ may not be enough to think of the deep meaning, he still can't draw a gourd, so he will go to the Chunwei exam himself.

Jia Zhu's body has been recuperated, and Jia Lian was alive and kicking. Since the two wanted to take the exam, no one in Jia's house would dare to stop them from making progress. People make up their bodies, and there should never be another tragedy like Jia Zhu's.

But what Jia's mother didn't know was that the tragedy of Jia's mansion continued.

Speaking of the child's future, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became better than before, and it was very happy.

But when you think about it, the relationship between Jia Min and Mrs. Wang is not good. In fact, it is very simple. At that time, the person Jia Min was going to marry was Lin Ruhai from the scholarly family. Living in the Lin family, it is inevitable to make friends with Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang have always been wrong, and Jia Min was inevitably pulled down during the period.Jia Min is also Jia's mother's darling, and the daughter-in-law is meant to give in to her sister-in-law, so Mrs. Wang's resentment towards Mrs. Zhang and Jia Min is getting deeper and deeper.

Mrs. Zhang was originally born in a scholarly family. Her dream since she was a child is that her future husband is the number one scholar. Although Lin Ruhai is a Tanhua Lang, compared to Jia She, she is a block away from Jia She.

I can't marry a Tanhua Lang like Lin Ruhai in the scholarly family, but Jia Min, who was born into a nouveau riche, married Lin Ruhai. How could Mrs. Zhang be willing? It is envy and jealousy.

Besides, all four of them have sons, Jia Zhu is the oldest, Jia Lian, Lin Jin, and Lin Shuyu are almost the same age, but the oldest one has no high school, and neither does the middle one, only the youngest Lin Shuyu is a high school Wu Jinshi.Even Jia Min and Mrs. Zhang knew the reason why their son didn't push forward to continue taking the Chunwei exam, but they would inevitably feel sour.

Who made Shulan a former servant of Jia's mansion, even if he is a good citizen now, his status is not as good as Jia Min, Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Wang and others.But the son of the family is the most promising. This is undoubtedly a silent mockery to them. Although they don't show it on the face of Shulan and the others, they are always weird in their hearts.

The result of this complaint was that although nothing happened on the surface, the atmosphere was lukewarm, which made people feel stomach ache.