The Opening of the Red Chamber

Before you know it, September has passed.

Lin Fan's Yuanquanxuan's courtyard has also become a frequent gathering place for many sisters and female relatives in Jia's mansion.

Tanchun was very grateful to Lin Fan. If it wasn't for Lin Fan's interference, she would never have had the opportunity to get in touch with the housekeeper so early.Now Tanchun's life is also very rich and fulfilling. After getting up early in the morning to greet her, she has to study with Sister Feng.In the afternoon, I come to Lin Fan to study women's homework with many sisters. This arrangement is the standard boudoir life for a woman raised by a wealthy family in a boudoir.

Jia Baoyu was spoiled in his early years, and now even though Lin Fan destroyed the jade, he still left many exclusive and arrogant habits on his body.For example: I still like to eat the rouge on other people's lips, I still like to hang out on the inner lining...

As long as he has time, or if he discovers something new from reading, he always loves to come to Lin Fan excitedly.

Now Lin Fan has a lot of people here, and there are several nuns guarding here, and Lin Fan coaxes him every time and threatens him that as long as she sees him eating the rouge on other people's lips, all the prescriptions about rouge will be related to him in the future. Thoughts, will not tell him.

This threat was very effective, so the brat didn't dare to mess around. After coming to Lin Fan many times, Lin Fan asked a few nuns to brainwash him from time to time. To follow the line and policy of "curve to save the country", it is guaranteed to be effective.Ever since, the effect was not bad. Jia Baoyu's temperament has also changed a lot from the original basis, and the bad habits left in his life are also slowly reducing.

The eighth day of October coincides with a holiday.

Lin Fan got up early that day, and ordered the servants to harness the carriage and prepare to go to Zhuangzi.

The Zhuangzi she was going to was the Zhuangzi left by the Lin family in the capital, not the Zhuangzi in Jia Min's dowry.Besides, it has been several days since the sage issued the edict to abolish the prince.

As for the great disturbance of the imperial court, it has nothing to do with her for the time being.

On the day when the imperial edict was issued, Jia's and Ning's houses had long closed their doors and put their tails between their legs.I don't know if there are other rumors in this huge network of relationships and interests and interpersonal relationships. In short, after the edict to abolish the prince was issued, even Jia Mu, who loved the most excitement, suddenly became quiet.

Now in the powerful family in Beijing, everyone is too busy to be distracted, those who are watching the theater, those who are personally on the scene, and those who are involved in the relationship.

Lin Fan wasn't worried at all. Her beautiful uncle had already cultivated into a fox for thousands of years, so he must know the essence of the abolition of the crown prince.Her father is such a smart person, what she wants to do now is to go to Zhuangzi to find Steward Lin, and let Steward Lin find a reliable person to take her letter back and hand it over to her father himself.The content of her letter is nothing else, just tell her father to stand in Qingliu, if the saint asks who is suitable to be the prince, he will still choose the original third son.The sage wants to fish, that's the thing, don't think about standing in line in a daze.

In this outlet, she would never touch the messenger sent to her by the Seventh Prince.

Two days ago, she also asked Xiao Si, who was assigned to her by the Seventh Prince, to go to Lin Mansion, and informed Steward Lin to meet him at Zhuangzi.And also spread the word, I want to find a piece of land in Zhuangzi in the coming year, dedicated to planting roses and roses.This time I went to look for Butler Lin, just to let Butler Lin look over the land and explain the matter to Zhuangtou.

If it is normal, this matter is just a one-sentence matter, but Lin Fan insists on being so laborious, and old man Lin doesn't understand why.When Xiao Si passed on the message, he understood that there must be a reason for Lin Fan's insistence on coming to see him.

As for Jia's mansion, Lin Fan was going to Zhuangzi, so Mother Jia was naturally worried.After Lin Fan said, "I'm going to Zhuangzi, tell them to plant some southern fruits and vegetables for me in the coming year", Mother Jia stopped talking.The old lady didn't want her to go out in this wind, but Lin Fan couldn't be screwed after all, and she was worried about her safety on the road, so she had to ask her to bring a few more people.So, in the end, it became Lin Fan who took his mother, maidservant and Xiaosi, and went to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing in a carriage.

In October, the weather entered early winter, and when the cold wind blew in the face, it was very cool.

Because of the small heater burning on the carriage and the relatively airtight space, it was very warm.Wearing a thick and soft overcoat, he fell asleep in a trance amid the swaying bumps of the carriage. He woke up too early this morning and needed to catch up on sleep for a while.

However, Lin Fan didn't know that when she left Jia's house, someone followed her.The person following her carriage was none other than the person she accidentally saw when she was talking with Lao Qi in the restaurant last time, Lao Qi's elder brother Lao Wu.

The fifth prince, Shui Junhe, named Ziqian, was nineteen years old.Now he is doing pretty well, and he has the title of county king on his head, and he has reliable people under him. He is currently holding a position in the Ministry of War, and he is a person with real power.After he paid close attention to Lin Fan secretly, someone naturally helped him to watch him.After he learned that Lin Fan was going to see his housekeeper at Zhuangzi, the idea of ​​following him to see him unexpectedly came up in his heart.In the bottom of his heart, there was an inexplicable idea of ​​meeting and getting acquainted with Lin Fan. He always felt that this girl from the Lin family was weird and tight, and he couldn't let her ignore it.Now as soon as the girl from the Lin family is mentioned, he will inexplicably think of what she said to Lao Qi at that time, 'Your father is fishing'.

Looking at the current political situation, isn't his father just fishing?For all the people in Beijing who have been jumping around in the past few days, he knows that his father is watching him silently, waiting for the time to close the net.

Wanting to meet someone on the road is a trivial matter for the prince, who is at the top of the social status.

No, just as Lin Fan was in a drowsy sleep, a horse neighed suddenly from outside the carriage.Immediately afterwards, the carriage stopped.Lin Fan, whose mind was still blank, yawned, and asked Jing Yun beside him, "What's the matter? It's here so soon? Didn't you say it will take more than an hour? It feels like time hasn't passed so fast?"

The maid Yunxia who was with Lin Fan whispered: "Girl, I'll ask." After saying that, she was about to lift the curtain of the car.

At this time, a voice came from outside the car, saying: "He Ziqian, there was an accident on the way to the suburbs of Beijing today, and the wheel of the carriage broke. Please help me from the Rongguo Mansion, can you?" The speaking voice was a male voice, very pleasant to hear, deep and steady, like water in a deep pool, cold and heavy.

"Yunxia, ​​how does that person know that we are from the Rongguo Mansion?" After hearing other people's voices, Lin Fan suddenly realized a problem.

Jingyun raised her forehead and said in a low voice: "Girl, when you go out, the car was arranged by the second master Bao for you! All the cars in the mansion are marked." After a pause, Jingyun noticed Lin Fan wanted to get distracted from time to time, so he imitated her usual mantra and said, "Girl, that's not the point. The point is that this person wants our help. Do you want to help?"

Lin Fan rolled his eyes, and across the carriage, suddenly raised his voice and shouted out of the car window: "Hey, that He Ziqian, do I know you?" Before the people outside the car could answer, Lin Fan even said, "How about you?" Yes, I am not a brother but a sister! Besides, I am not from the Jia family!" She would not do anything to help, and besides, the person who spoke was a man, so she had better not get in touch with him.

"You don't know me, girl." There was an obvious smile in the reply of the man outside the carriage.

Hearing that voice, Lin Fan immediately felt uncomfortable. "Then what are you talking about? I don't know you, so don't talk to me!" The old lady is very unhappy now, so the unhappy Lin Fan stretched out his hand to poke Jingyun, saying: "Don't pay attention to him, Go tell the coachman first, hurry up. When you get to Zhuangzi, it’s not too late to arrange for the car to help. He’s been waiting for a long time, and he doesn’t care about waiting for such a short time!”

Jingyun is a smart girl with a good EQ, and she immediately said to the people outside the car: "My lord, there is a Zhuangzi not far from the meeting. Please wait here for a while longer." Just as Jing Yun was speaking, the coachman was already driving the car quickly, bypassing the obstacles in front of him, and was about to whip the horse.

As soon as Jingyun finished speaking, the carriage started to move as expected.

This scene left the fifth prince speechless from ear to ear.Well, it sure is a special one.It's no wonder that the seventh child brought her back, and it's no wonder that the seventh child was able to come over under the assassination of the third child.This girl's thoughts are quite special, if an ordinary person is a girl of this age, maybe she will really arrange for the servant to get out of the car to help, and take her to Zhuangzi with her.At such a young age, he is very spirited, which is really good.

Lin Fan didn't know what He Ziqian was thinking, she was busy on her way!

After a bumpy journey, I finally arrived at Zhuangzi.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw the butler Lin Laobolin waiting not far away.

The chubby and energetic old man Lin always makes Lin Fan feel like a grandfather in the cartoon world. The most important thing is that she can feel safe and reliable in old man Lin's place.

After meeting and sitting down with Lin Bo, the first thing Lin Fan did was to dismiss the people around him.

Then, she told him that she wanted to communicate with her father Lin Ruhai: "Lin Bo, I really don't trust others to deliver letters for me. I need someone I can rely on to deliver my letters to Father's hands. Lin Bo, this matter really needs to be handed over to you." The letter was written long before departure, and it was placed in Lin Fan's sleeve at this moment.

When Lin Bo heard Lin Fan's words, he was both surprised and happy. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Don't worry, Miss, Lin Bo will take care of this matter properly, and will never let it go."

When Lin Fan's father sent Lin Bo here, he said cryptically in the letter that Lin Bo was his confidant, and he was absolutely reliable.Lin Fan didn't use Lin Bo's manpower at that time, but he was actually somewhat defensive.

She came here to guard against the seventh prince. After all, this person belongs to the royal family, and the royal family has never had good things.The second is to guard against Jia's house. Among the masters in Jia's house who can manage affairs from top to bottom, there is really no one who can make her feel at ease.After delaying for so long, it is nothing more than watching the changes and planning carefully.

"Lin Bo, I came to Zhuangzi today, not just to talk about the letter." While speaking, Lin Fan handed the letter to Lin Ruhai to Lin Bo, and said, "Here is the letter I brought. Some arrangements and plans for the coming year, you should read first, and start to do what you can do. If there is still something you don’t understand, just send me a letter to Jia’s mansion.” After speaking, he stayed in Jia’s house. The plan written by the mansion over the past month and the decoration plan of the Rouge Shop were all given to Lin Bo. "Those shops are the dowry of my mother's dowry, and the three shops are connected. The location is not bad. I haven't gone to see it now, but I just heard people say it. Now they sell cloth and satin, and the profit is very small. How about it. Since my father has given me to take care of my mother's dowry, I will naturally take care of it."

"Okay, girl, don't worry, the old man will definitely handle it well."

"By the way, Uncle Lin, I encountered something on the way here." Lin Fan recounted what happened on the way just now, and then said, "Since that person recognizes the sign of Rongguo Mansion, he must have some background. Lin Bo, you can make arrangements later, and have someone send a carriage to check, if the person is still there, please help. If he is not waiting there, then come back."

After Lin Bo wrote it down, he brought her the account books of the Lin Mansion in Beijing and Zhuangzi's account books after returning to Beijing, and let her have a look.This was Lin Ruhai's plan after learning that the sage had sent Lin Fan a foster mother.