Red Mansions: No Tears

Although Fan Jie's nonsense was just an accidental episode, it also caused Zhao Hua another concern. She remembered that Lin Daiyu seemed to have grown up at the beginning of the year, but she didn't know if it was because Lin Yu hadn't discussed marriage yet, or because there was no elder in the family to make decisions She has never heard of Lin Daiyu's visit to her in-law's family. Now that she has a estrangement with her uncle's family, won't it be more difficult to say goodbye in the future?

Zhao Hua suppressed such worries, and before the banquet was over, he used the incident just now to apologize to Princess Wenhe, and then took Lin Daiyu back to his small courtyard. Only in his own place, Zhao Hua dared to treat Lin Daiyu Say something honest.

"Sister Lin, I have never asked you before, does your brother have any plans for your future?" Zhao Hua held Lin Daiyu's hand and asked with concern, but Lin Daiyu suddenly showed a look of shock, she Fearing that Lin Daiyu might misunderstand her, she quickly explained: "I didn't mean to ask about your personal affairs, and I know that this is not something we unmarried girls should care about, but you are different from me, after all, your parents are no longer alive. , there must be someone in the family who can take care of you, but your brother is not much older than you, and now you have a relationship with your grandmother and two aunts, and no one comes to your door even for things as big as you and Ji I didn't send any gifts, I was really worried..."

"How could no one have mentioned my lifelong event? If it weren't for this matter, how could my grandmother be so cruel that she didn't plan to recognize me as a granddaughter again? In fact, two years ago, my grandmother had already secretly expressed that she hoped that I would The wish to be able to marry the second cousin of the second aunt's family, after I went home, she also sent a capable nanny to talk to me many times, and even thought about taking me to live in the Rongguo mansion , so that I have the opportunity to get closer to my second cousin Bao, but you also know... Not to mention that I still have my brother at home, so I have to make decisions for me on such a big matter. Living in the same garden..." Lin Daiyu shook her head helplessly and sighed.

"If that's the case, it's right for you not to associate with them! For now, no matter what the future is, if you look at the capital, there is no royal or noble man who does not move out of the inner courtyard when he is ten years old, even in our palace. With such a rule, the elder brother’s eldest son lived in a small courtyard by himself when he was only eight years old last year, could it be that the second master of the Rongguo mansion is younger than my elder nephew?” Zhao Hua also knew that Rongguo According to the situation in the mansion, Jia Baoyu is already sixteen or seventeen years old, and he still lives with a group of sisters?Those girls had long been unknown in the capital, and she didn't expect so much at first, but now that she thinks about it, she really has to be thankful for Lin Daiyu's intelligence and decisiveness, otherwise, wouldn't she be the same as those girls from Jia's family?

"That's because my brother saw that the situation in Rongguo's mansion was not quite right. He revealed to me early on that my father had already set a lifelong event for me before he was alive. It was best for me to pay attention to propriety when I was in Rongguo's mansion, but he He also said that even if my father never made a marriage agreement for me, he would not let me marry that kind of dandy who doesn't think about making progress and only knows how to have fun. I was very angry at first. , that's why I thought they were not good, but after looking at them later, I found that my brother's concerns were correct, acting like the eldest uncle and the second uncle. Over the years, it is not bad that my brother is willing to take care of the face of the two families. Besides, grandma wouldn't know that my second aunt didn't want me to marry my second cousin at all, but she still made such a decision. If she hadn't had more calculations in her heart, she wouldn't have dared to really surpass second uncle and second cousin who are biological parents. My aunt directly arranged a marriage for my second cousin, and I really don't know how to say no." Lin Daiyu thought that since she wanted to speak, she should make it clear at once, perhaps because she felt that the marriage between Lin Yu and Zhao Hua should not be far away, Otherwise, Zhao Hua, who has never mentioned his marriage, would not suddenly care about these things.

"It turns out that Mrs. Shi didn't know about your engagement?" Zhao Hua suddenly understood, and she thought, if the Jia family knew that Lin Daiyu had already been engaged to someone else, why was Mrs. Shi still thinking about it? Those with or without.

"My father didn't have time to tell my grandmother about my engagement, and my brother was tired of dealing with people in Rongguo's mansion, so it was even more impossible to mention it. Moreover, when my grandmother mentioned that matter, she never said bluntly that I am a future It's even harder to talk about your own marriage when you marry a woman." Lin Daiyu replied with a sigh.

"It makes sense... But did Brother Lin tell you who the other party is?! Uh... Huh?! Could it be?! By the way! Do you think it's possible... that is..." Zhao Hua's reaction was quick, She knew that what Fan Jie said was not a rumor, because Jiang Ke did live in Lin's house for a long time in the first month of last year, and even for more than a year, as long as Lin Yu came home, Jiang Ke would be happy if he went to rest. He must come to disturb, not to mention the extremely frequent gift giving on weekdays. Others may not know what the gift Jiang Ke gave, but she knew it. The son clearly wanted to please his sweetheart.

"Don't guess! It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, I have agreed with my brother that I can only tell this matter if my brother's marriage is settled." Lin Daiyu repeatedly warned anxiously.

"Hey! Don't you know that he is also a marriage partner that many people want in the capital? Although he is not from a noble family, but the fame and official position he obtained through his own efforts cannot be faked. I have heard from my brother that there are already Through my elder brother and some of his colleagues, several adults expressed to him that they wanted to betroth their daughters to him, but he said that his family had already made a marriage for him, and the wedding date could be set when the other party was old... Huh? I originally thought that it was because those people proposed that the partners were all concubines, and he didn't want to marry a wife with a low status, so he deliberately used that reason as a prevarication. I didn't expect it to be true, but if In that case, your brother..." When Zhao Hua said this, he suddenly felt stagnant...

Zhao Hua remembered that her elder brother had told her that both her father and mother wanted to wait for Lin Yu to tell him about their intention to get married after the next spring, but none of them thought that Lin Daiyu's marriage had been booked long ago, and it was still Jiang Ke, Jiang Ke is already [-] this year, so it's hard to guarantee that Jiang's parents won't be in a hurry to marry him. She was a little scared and wondered if Lin Yu would randomly decide to order a girl from another family for the sake of her younger sister's marriage? !

Seeing that Zhao Hua was speaking well, Lin Daiyu suddenly stopped, her face turned pale immediately, and she couldn't help asking with some worry: "Sister Hua, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, nothing, I just suddenly thought of myself... Actually, I don't seem to have the position to say anything about you or your brother, after all, even myself..." Zhao Hua was flustered because of his brother's hints intentionally or unintentionally, and because his mother had already Don't mention the matter of seeing other people for her, except for that Concubine Xiande... But to put it bluntly, all these thoughts are just their wishful thinking. The two families have never revealed this matter so far. I am afraid that the Lin family and Lin Yu may not be able to do it. Let's see her...

"Actually, Sister Hua can also be my sister-in-law! Although my elder brother may not be as good as most of the children from aristocratic families at the moment, but Brother Jiang Qi said that my elder brother's name in Chunwei next year will definitely be in the top two. I'm afraid the higher-ups haven't forgotten my father's contribution to the court, maybe if you're lucky, you won't have to wait too long to assign a vacancy, as long as you have an official position, are you afraid that you won't have a chance to succeed?" Lin Daiyu said In fact, the words also brought a little tentative meaning.

Lin Daiyu always remembered that Jiang Ke told her that Zhao Hua's elder brother intended to match Lin Yu and Zhao Hua's marriage, but because no one mentioned that matter later, she thought it was Prince Zhongsu and Princess Zhongsu. She didn't like the decline of the Lin family, so she rejected Zhao Hui's proposal, but since then, she has never heard of the news that Princess Zhongsu continued to look after Zhao Hua for Zhao Hua, and even allowed Zhao Hua to get close to her, and now she specially posted a post to invite her Coming to the palace to attend the banquet, Princess Zhongsu really made up her mind.

"I...with your brother!? You, how did you think of this? Isn't it..." Zhao Hua's cheeks flushed instantly, and when she heard Lin Daiyu's words, her first reaction was: Could it be that sister Lin already guessed that her mother invited her today? The purpose of her coming?Did she refuse to agree! ?After all, in the past, she felt that Sister Lin was a little alienated from being friends with her, and seemed to think that she was superior. If she knew her, her... Sister Lin must be very angry, right? !But it seems that the meaning of sister Lin's words does not object to her... But is it really, really what she guessed?

"Jiang Qige and Zhen Guogong have been friends for several years. Zhen Guogong is very worried about your marriage, so he did mention to Jiang Qige that if it is possible... But Jiang Qige understands that my brother and I are not the kind of people with high eyesight and low power. , and didn’t have any intentions of climbing high, so he only mentioned it to me temporarily the day before we met for the first time, and you already knew about it, didn’t you?” Lin Daiyu knew that today she had to talk about something, so She also asked a question frankly.

In fact, Lin Daiyu thought about it from the very beginning, although Zhao Hui was born as a concubine, she is still the daughter of Prince Zhongsu, so how could she not be a bit coquettish and arrogant?She had heard Zhao Hua mention many times that her brother Zhao Hui was in charge of the Zuodu Censor of the Procuratorate. In the past two years, she had done several errands for the emperor, and almost all of them received good evaluations. According to the superficial common sense, Zhao Hua has such an excellent brother who is willing to protect her. Do people in the palace think highly of her?In this way, Zhao Hua naturally did not suffer any grievances in the palace, which can be guessed from the fact that she always sent a lot of good things.

But for the Lin family, such a high-status and well-loved girl is willing to pay so much tenderness and care for her, a commoner. Whenever she gets something delicious and fun, she will never forget to give it to the Lin family. This is beyond imagination. If she hadn't been sure that Zhao Hua was a woman and had no problem with her sexuality, she would have thought that Zhao Hua had taken a fancy to her. But after thinking about it, maybe Zhao Hua had known Zhao Hui's plan a long time ago. Or maybe he found out that after the two met that day, they seemed to be able to get along very well, so they took advantage of the situation to establish a friendship like a friend, and through their daily contacts, they indirectly understood what Lin Yu was like. Uh~ So she also worked very hard to let Zhao Hua understand that Lin Yu is a person who can be trusted for life, eh!She is indeed a good sister.

"I just said, how could a girl as smart as Sister Lin fail to guess which side? But I didn't expect Jiang Qiye to tell you such a thing? Probably he also knows the deep bond between you brothers and sisters, I don’t want you to misunderstand him because of this in the future, right?” Zhao Hua chuckled, but he didn’t dare to ask Lin Daiyu what was in his heart.

"Sister Hua, don't underestimate yourself, let me tell you! Brother is blessed. If you are not as delicate and lovely as Sister Hua, our Lin family can't climb higher. I once heard a saying: "The emperor's daughter Don't worry about getting married, Sister Hua is the daughter of Prince Zhongsu anyway, and she is probably a little lower than the princess, so naturally she doesn't have to worry about getting married." Seeing Zhao Hua's expression getting darker, Lin Daiyu hurriedly comforted her.

"It's nonsense, can the princess of the royal family be used as a joke for you? Thanks to me, if you change to another place, someone should trouble you tomorrow." Hearing this, Zhao Hua couldn't help but angrily reprimanded .

"Yes, yes, I dare not!" Lin Daiyu hurriedly pretended to beg for mercy.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said a few words to appease Zhao Hua, thinking that it is time to prepare for Lin Yu's affairs when he goes back today. One thing is that he will take the exam next year, and the most important thing is to adjust his body before the exam, so don't be like Just like Jia Zhu, she failed the exam once she took the test, and Zhao Hua was a year older than her. Men no matter how old they are can marry a beautiful woman, but women have a limited time and youth is fleeting. In her opinion, the only advantage of marrying into the Lin family at Zhao Hua's age is that he doesn't have to worry about raising children too early, and the offspring will have congenital problems, although for modern people, sixteen or seven years old is still too early point. ?