The Opening of the Red Chamber

Lin Fan's words, in the ears of the faction of the eldest princess and the seventh prince, really made them sit on a needle blanket.

Believe in Lin Fan, an outsider, or believe in your own brother, there is an obvious bias.After all, they have been in this court for so many years, the eldest princess does not fully believe Lin Fan's words, and neither does the seventh prince.

What they need more is the evidence of the things Lin Fan just said, but there is no way to produce these evidences immediately, and they have to find them by themselves.

In the silence of the crowd, Princess Dachang spoke first: "The concubine Wei is not chaste and unclean, she has an affair with a slave, dragged out and killed with a stick."

In a word, Wei Shi, who was kneeling in the hall with a pale ashes, suddenly woke up. She half-closed her eyes, staring at her nominal husband with resentment like a poisonous snake, and finally fixed her eyes tightly on Lin Fan. on the face.

Lin Fan met Wei Shi's gaze, and the other party saw that she was calm as usual, and finally a unwilling and mocking smile flashed across his eyes, as if silently cursing.When Lin Fan received the message from Wei Shi, he couldn't help snorting coldly, opened his mouth and said silently: "Damn you!" If she hadn't killed her before, or said a good word in front of the fifth master, she might He will also help to find a decent way to die in front of the Eldest Princess.But what Wei Shi did, from the very beginning when he knew this person, Lin Fan never had any good feelings for her.

After hearing the eldest princess's order, the guards and servants guarding the door came in swiftly, dragged Wei Shi out.

The evening light falls on the exquisite and luxurious hall, on the dark brown floor, there are long shadows of the guards outside.A faint soft wind rushed in through the door curtain, carrying the fragrance of flowers, but it couldn't blow away the dullness and depression in the whole room.

"Girl Lin, today's matter and what you said, absolutely don't talk about it again." After Wei Shi dragged it out for a while, the eldest princess said to Lin Fan half as a reminder and half as a warning, "Today's matter, It is true that you slipped and fell into the water, the reason is that the servants in my princess mansion don’t care about things, and they didn’t take care of the path by the water, they should be punished.” Having said this, the Eldest Princess turned her head and said to the son-in-law, "My son-in-law, let's borrow two of your guards and send them to Miss Lin. After all, this matter..."

The eldest princess spoke halfway, the son-in-law immediately understood, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll make arrangements now."

Hearing the string song, Lin Fan knew that it was an olive branch from the eldest princess, and it was also a protection that the eldest princess promised her. Only by saying this, the people on the fifth master's side would not be so quick to act. "Princess, don't worry. I live with my uncle. No matter how bad the Duke's Mansion is, it's still safe."

Hearing the words, the Seventh Prince shifted his eyes to Lin Fan, and said lightly, "I'm still worried about your uncle. There are two guards guarding him, so everyone can rest assured." The most important thing is that now Lin Fan clearly wants to stand up. On their side, in a sense, it can be regarded as roughly pulling Lin Fan's father who was tossing around in the south of the Yangtze River. After so many years of hard work, he finally pulled the other party into his camp. Of course, he must protect him.

"Okay, this is the way it is, no one should mention it anymore." The eldest princess made a final decision, "Lao Qi, send Lin girl back later, I still have things to deal with in this house."

I don't know what's going on with the eldest princess's mansion to choose a wife for her concubine.

After Tanchun and Baochai learned that Lin Fan had fallen into the water and was rescued, they were invited to drink tea in the side yard and wait.When the sky darkened, he finally waited for Lin Fan to come back.After seeing Lin Fan, they wanted to say a few more words, but seeing the nanny next to the princess who followed Lin Fan, Tanchun and Baochai shut their mouths knowingly.

In this way, Lin Fan took Tanchun and Sister Bao back to their respective places under the escort of the people arranged by the Princess Mansion and the Seventh Prince.

After returning to Jia's mansion, Tanchun also knew that it is best to know as little as possible about the recent affairs, so he never asked Lin Fan at all, but just like before, he talked a little about his daughter's boudoir, and then went back to Jia. The mother's office and Mrs. Wang's office answered.

Lin Fan felt that he was exhausted from tossing and tossing himself today, so he went to Yaoquanxuan to rest first on the excuse that he was not physically strong enough.

As for the two guards who came back, they were said to be hidden guards. Lin Fan didn't pay much attention to it, because after the seventh prince came to Jia's mansion, Jia Amnesty personally came out and invited them to the study, and the two disappeared in that corner by themselves. In the corner, Lin Fan didn't know either.What's more, Lin Fan was really exhausted. When she came back, she kicked on her shoes, and she didn't even care about her usual behavior. She walked carelessly towards the bed, and just fell asleep like this in a daze.

The sleepy Lin Fan didn't know that many people in Beijing couldn't sleep that night.

That night, a noble concubine in the Princess Mansion died suddenly, saying that she was seriously ill. That night, the Princess Mansion started all preventive work.As for the Seventh Prince, after explaining Jia She's important words, he returned to his mansion and began to prepare for some things.As for the fifth master who pushed Lin Fan into the water, he was staring at the dancing flame of the candle with the creed in his palm in the study, with a sullen look on his face and even more grinning.

Everyone has their own worries and worries.

After a sleepless night, the day went on.

Lin Fan just woke up the next day, and before he could wash his hands, he heard a girl outside the courtyard who came to pass the message from his uncle, saying, "The old man said, 'After Miss Lin goes to the old lady's place to say hello, the old man will ask Miss Lin to go Let’s talk in the study room.’” Lin Fan had to pull himself together. About what happened yesterday, Jia She, who wanted to stand on the sidelines of the Seventh Prince, also told a little about what happened in the eldest princess’s mansion. As for Jia Shen’s ability to Lin Fan is not sure how much he has learned.Besides, the Seventh Prince, the two guards who came back with her yesterday afternoon, must have told Jia She some details.

After Lin Fan learned the news from Yunxia, ​​he called Xueyan and others, washed and changed in a hurry, and headed towards Jia Mu's yard.

After this visit, I learned that Jiamu's place is very lively.

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang were both there. Sister Feng and Li Wan were waiting on Mother Jia's side. Sister Sanchun was also sitting beside her.

Mother Jia saw Lin Fan coming, and after Lin Fan stepped forward to pay respects, she quickly patted and sat down on the big and amazing mahogany carved little treasure, and motioned Lin Fan to sit beside her: "Girl Lin, You didn't expect my place to be so lively today, did you?"

"Well, grandma, I really didn't think of it." Lin Fan looked around and saw Sister Feng's full moon belly, which was conceived a month before Lin Fan's filial piety. It was April at that time, and now it is September It's been a month, and I think that in about three months, we will have to talk about giving birth.Seeing Sister Feng's round belly and the sweetness on her face, Lin Fan thought of the child that Sister Feng conceived and lost after the eldest sister in the original book, and suddenly said in a short-circuit, "Sister Feng, little brother Are your bellyband, shoes and socks ready?"

As soon as these words came out, Sister Feng, who was still busy serving tea to Jia Mu, and everyone were stunned for a moment.

Jia's mother also asked curiously: "Girl Lin, how do you know that Feng Lazi's stomach is a brother?" The imperial doctor who was invited the day before yesterday came to take the pulse, and it was probably a sister.Although Jia Lian and his wife were a little disappointed, being able to give birth represents hope.Lin Fan didn't care as much about the private matters in Jia's mansion as before, so he didn't pay much attention to the family matters of other couples.

Now that Mother Jia asked this question, coupled with everyone's suspicious eyes, Lin Fan said indifferently: "I don't know, I think so. But whether it is a brother or a sister, they are obedient and well-behaved babies."

This answer made everyone laugh for a while, and Sister Feng stared at Lin Fan and laughed, "Then let Sister Lin give me a good word and give birth to a well-behaved, sensible and obedient brother. Come and cling to the old lady when the time comes, okay? "

"Good, good, good," Jia Mule said three times in a row, and then turned the topic to the serious business, and asked Lin Fan enthusiastically: "Lin girl, come and tell us about the gathering in the princess's mansion yesterday. , is the situation between you Tanchun sister and your treasure sister going well?"

Lin Fan's performance in Jia's house in the past three years, let everyone in Jia's house know that she is a big kid, so it is not easy to fool her.He usually looks like a child, but he is as mature as an adult in his heart.

Hearing this question, Lin Fan glanced at Tan Chun. Seeing Tan Chun blinking at her and then lowering his head in a shy manner, Lin Fan instantly understood.It seems that the matter of the princess mansion yesterday was not leaked out, that's good, that's good.Lin Fan, who breathed a sigh of relief, said unhurriedly: "Yesterday's party was very good, and the eldest princess didn't say anything." Xie’s younger sister gets along very well, and I heard that several sisters are going to invite Tanchun’s younger sister to their house to play.” Actually, there is no such thing, but it is related to whether Tanchun, Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan are doing well under Mrs. Wang’s hands. It was a matter of living, so Lin Fan had to keep his eyes open and talk nonsense.

Mrs. Wang on one side had a dull face at first, but when she heard Lin Fan say that Tanchun was invited, and it was from the Xie family, she interrupted what Lin Fan was about to say on the spot and asked, "Girl Lin, what did you say?" Then Xie Chun is Miss Xie from the cabinet bachelor's family? Does her family have that Miss Xie from several brothers?"

Ah!Lin Fan looked at Mrs. Wang's unbelievable look of pretending to be calm on the surface, but she was actually surprised. Lin Fan couldn't help but nodded and said, "Second aunt, you are right, she is the girl from the Xie family." But it was so clear that Lin Fan had no choice but to give Mrs. Wang a thumbs up for this skill.If only census workers had such a skill, that would be great.

Mother Jia was very satisfied with what she heard, and she took the conversation and asked, "What about your elder sister Bao? Is it possible to see what the eldest princess saw?"

Lin Fan shook his head blankly: "I'm not sure about this. After all, the eldest princess is the one who makes the final decision. Besides, even if I ask, it's not polite. Now I have to wait and see the result to find out." Lin Fan said. The words blocked the topic that Mother Jia wanted to ask, and she didn't want to continue to disturb this question.