When Daiyu first heard the news, the concubine Shu in the palace sent someone to reward her, and she also dressed up intentionally, so she sat in the flower hall and waited.She had heard Lin Ruhai mentioned the relationship between Concubine Shu and her family, and had visited Mrs. Tang at the Tang family, but Concubine Shu's reward still surprised her, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy.

It's just that no one came in after waiting, and no one came in again, even the nuns didn't let people come back and forth.What went wrong in the middle?The more Daiyu sat, the more uncomfortable she was, and she had to call someone: "Xueou, go and see what's going on? Why haven't you invited the female officer in for so long?"

While asking Xueou to inquire, while reminding himself of his young age, he was afraid that the people in the palace would think that the Lin family's etiquette was out of order, so he stood in and walked to the door to wait quietly.Just standing by the door, I heard Mrs. Lin's voice: "Miss, please. Girl, Miss Xue is here." There was joy in the voice that couldn't be concealed.

Just as Daiyu turned over the words "Ms. Xue" in her heart, Baochai had already walked in through the raised curtain. The sun was shining outside, and Baochai naturally entered the room. She didn't see Daiyu's description clearly for a moment, but that A trace of thinness is still noticeable: "Sister Lin!"

With a smile at the corner of her mouth and reddish almond eyes, Daiyu recognized Baochai immediately: "Sister Xue, why is it you?" But her two hands had already followed the question and held Baochai's tightly.

"I heard that the empress wanted to give my sister something, so naturally I quickly asked for this good job!" She also squeezed Daiyu's hand tightly with a smile.

For a while, there were tears in the room, and one party laughed, talking very lively.There is no distinction between subject and object, and no matter what the reward is, the two just talk about other things.What Baochai cared about was not only Daiyu's current health, but also whether she would still leave Beijing after entering Beijing, and whether she could get along well with her relatives.

It has been more than half a month since Daiyu came to Beijing, and all the relatives who should be interviewed have already been interviewed—or Concubine Shu would not have gotten the news of her coming to Beijing from Mrs. Tang—now she will accompany her father to wait for today's interview.It’s just that the days of coming to Beijing were a bit late, and I was in a hurry to close my pen at that time, so I simply met with Lin Ruhai, gave a detailed job description, and whether Lin Ruhai’s next step is to return to Yangzhou or stay in Beijing to work, it will take many years.

Speaking of relatives, this was the first time for Daiyu to go to Beijing, and the Rongguo Mansion naturally sent a maid to pick her up when she first disembarked.But the old butler Lin came to Beijing early, tidied up the old house of the Lin family, and waited for his master to move in.And Lin Ruhai is still waiting to report on his work, and has his own old friends who want to visit, how can he live in Rongguo Mansion?

People didn't live in, so the Rongguo Mansion was very worried. Every day, servants were sent to greet Miss Biao, and the old lady would send people to Lin's house for whatever dishes she liked.Lin Ruhai couldn't help it, so after seeing her, he brought Daiyu to visit the old lady.

But in Rongguo Mansion now, the wife in charge is already Mrs. Wang.The old lady has been asking Daiyu from a distance for the past few days, and she has successfully brought back Mrs. Wang's bad memories of her sister-in-law.Therefore, even though Daiyu was not as cautious as in the original book when she entered the door, Sanchun still went to school, and Baoyu went to the scriptures on her knees, and all kinds of things that made the old lady feel unsatisfactory appeared.

Daiyu herself didn't have any idea about this, she just found it strange that why the students in Rongguo Mansion were not young masters but girls instead.However, this is considered a family matter, and it is not easy for her to ask directly, until Mrs. Wang said those classic lines that made her ignore Baoyu.

Daiyu was angry in her heart, she had learned the rules from the nuns who came out of the palace for several years, she also knew about the defense of men and women, and she also knew the importance of reputation to girls.So before the nuns who came out of the palace could speak, Daiyu had already expressed her attitude:

When I came to Rongguo Mansion by myself, I just came to visit the old lady and the elders. As for the cousins ​​and cousins, it would be better if they were lucky enough to see them.Besides, my old father has to report to the saint, and there are other relatives and friends who have to go around, so I won't live in Rongguo Mansion for a long time, and I won't provoke my second aunt's precious son.

Of course, Daiyu's speaking skills are good now, and she doesn't speak so straightforwardly, but the general meaning can still be understood at a glance.Not to mention that Mrs. Wang, who was not qualified to see her husband, was so angry that even the old lady who heard the news from the servants felt that although her granddaughter was reasonable, she was too disrespectful to Mrs. Wang.

But Daiyu didn't care what they thought, and was directly taken back to her home by Lin Ruhai who also knew the news.Don't talk about how Lin Ruhai knows about the inner house, are you the one who serves Daiyu just to put on a good look?Now Lin Ruhai only has Daiyu as a direct daughter!

Of course, when Daiyu and Baochai talked about Mrs. Wang, they still considered her relatives with Mrs. Wang, and said it more tactfully.But who is Baochai, no one is more familiar with the original work than her, okay, she can make up the expression of Mrs. Wang's speech by herself!

"Sister, you don't need to be sad about this matter. If relatives are good, you can stay in more places, and if you are not good, you can stay in one less place." Baochai could only comfort Daiyu in this way.

Daiyu didn't have the temperament to slander spring and autumn in the original book: "That's what my sister said. I don't know how my sister is doing well in the palace?"

Baochai also talked about her life in the palace for a year, and thanked Lin Ruhai for her kindness to become a female official: "I don't know if I am lucky enough to meet Mrs. Lin today. .”

Daiyu asked people to see if the master and friends came back, and suddenly remembered something: "My sister's family has also come to Beijing with us, does my sister know?"

Baochai really didn't receive the news: "Going to Beijing? I'm in the palace, so I really don't know anything about it."

Daiyu said: "I think there is a certain time for my sister to go out of the palace. I am afraid that if I go home now, I will attract others' attention. Why don't I ask Mrs. Xue to come to the house to have a gathering, my sister thinks it is okay?"

It's fine if you don't know the news, but if you know the news and say you don't see it, then it's just unreasonable.Naturally, Baochai kept nodding her head: "I'm sorry to trouble my sister." Daiyu didn't show any politeness to her, and ordered someone to invite Aunt Xue quickly.

During this period, Baochai heard that Lin Ru's friends from overseas visits had not returned, so she had to turn away people, so she told Daiyu what she said about Lin Ruhai to Concubine Shu that day, learned it carefully from Daiyu, and asked her to pass it on to Lin Ruhai.As for how Lin Ruhai should do it, it is beyond Baochai's guidance: Lin Ruhai, an old fox in the officialdom, knows the current attitude and evaluation of himself, if he can't make a favorable judgment, he will not be in the Yangzhou Salt Administration. It has been standing for so many years without falling.

Daiyu naturally knew the significance of these words to her father, and solemnly bowed to Baochai: "I don't want to thank you for your kindness. I will remember my sister's kindness."

Baochai hurriedly pulled her up: "What is this? Compared to Mr. Lin's kindness, I'm just saying something casually. If the news from the palace didn't come out, I should have said it long ago."

The two got along with each other purely from their hearts, and they didn't use any tricks to face each other. Once thanked, Daiyu stopped talking about it, and still cared about Baochai's future: "Sister, how do you think about the future?"

Baochai couldn't tell Daiyu that she still had tasks to complete, so she had to say something that she couldn't get out of the palace for a while, and said with a smile: "I can't say that when I go out of the palace, my sister's children should also learn the rules. When the time comes, I will just be a nanny to my sister's child."

These words aroused Daiyu's dissatisfaction with Xue's family, but they were Baochai's parents after all, even if she and Baochai had a good relationship, she couldn't say much.Just as he was talking, the person who went to pick up Aunt Xue had already returned.

When Baochai saw that Aunt Xue's face was old and her hair had some silver light, she couldn't help bowing down: "The unfilial daughter pays her respects to her mother."

It's not like Baochai is cold-hearted towards Xue's family. Even if Aunt Xue sent her daughter to the palace for her son, but Baochai is always well-behaved, how can she not miss her?Naturally, she hugged her son and whispered some affection: "Since I entered Beijing, I have entrusted your aunt's house to deliver a letter to you. Why are you so cruel and never reply?"

As expected, Baochai thought so, but his face was still shocked: "Have you ever heard a half-word? If you really know, mom only sees that I even want to let the little maid in front of me go home and have a look." , can you not go home to see your mother? Besides, since the family is here, why didn’t the father ask someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bring the letter, instead entrusting the aunt’s house?”

Aunt Xue saw her daughter speaking solemnly, and was also a little puzzled: "It was your aunt who brought letters several times, saying that you and your cousin took good care of each other in the palace, so I asked them to bring you letters. Besides, your father is now You are not in good health, and you are thinking about your elder brother's imperial examination, and you have already given up the matter of the imperial merchants to your second uncle, so you are not so close to the adults of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Father is not in good health, does it matter?" Baochai was also a little worried, if Father Xue collapsed, no one would be able to control Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue talked about the family situation after Baochai left home this year: It was just that Xue Pan was studying at Qingshan Academy and won several compliments from his husband—he was a bullying and cowardly person, and he asked him to clean up a few times. After all, the little problem has been corrected a lot-it made Xue's father feel hopeful, thinking that if his son can succeed in the imperial examination, it can be regarded as a change of family in his family.

With such a plan, it is natural that business can no longer be the priority.Fortunately, the Xue family's business operations for several generations can be regarded as accumulating money that cannot be used up for several generations, so they transferred the responsibility of the imperial business to their younger brother, the father of Xue Biao, on the grounds of poor health. .The only thing left in the family is the shop and the fields with good income.

That Xue Pan is also strange, it turned out that he could no longer get into reading at home, but who knew that after entering Qingshan Academy, he was taught by his master, or was stimulated by the events of the year, so he could put his heart down to read books up.At the time when Father Xue and Aunt Xue were presenting Baochai's small election, Mr. Xue actually signed him up for the childbirth examination.

What surprised Baochai the most was that he actually became a scholar during the year Baochai entered the palace!The result was too horrifying. After Baochai repeatedly confirmed it with Aunt Xue, she couldn't help but read to the sky: "Amitabha, my brother has made progress."

Speaking of her son, Aunt Xue was even more eloquent, praising Xue Pan again, and then under Baochai's urging, she revealed the purpose of her family's coming to Beijing: to find a good husband for Xue Pan, It is even closer to Baochai, so that we can take care of each other nearby.

Baochai was almost stunned by this magical brain circuit: Don’t you know that Jiangnan is the most flourishing style of writing?Even if there are no scholars in the family, have you never heard of the name of Qingshan Academy?He actually left the good Qingshan Academy instead of studying, and wanted to go to Beijing to find Mr. Hao.You have no official and no title, even if there is a good gentleman in Beijing, can you invite him?

In fact, this was also in front of Daiyu. Aunt Xue couldn't tell Baochai about Xue's father's deep thoughts: as early as when Baochai was appointed a female official, the Xue family had already received news. There are so many white people.Although the people in the House of Internal Affairs don't know why Baochai is appointed as a female official today, it doesn't prevent them from understanding one thing - Baochai is in the eyes of today!Then why don't you pass the news to Xue's house early?

The Xue family who got the news were naturally overjoyed. They felt that their daughter had not been raised in vain. She had won the favor of the saint as soon as she entered the palace, so what's the next step?Father Xue thought even more "profoundly", that is, what if his daughter got further favor from the sage one day, and he was too far away, what should he do?

It can only be said that the power is charming. Originally, Father Xue sent Baochai into the palace. As long as he kept his family's status as an imperial merchant, he was content with being a merchant with some background.But if someone with a heart guides her, she must think that her daughter can go a step further, and her son has shown some ability to read at this time, and her heart will expand infinitely.

What is a merchant, even an imperial merchant is still a merchant?But as long as my daughter is favored by the sage, maybe I can be the grandfather of the prince, and my son will not be afraid of having no one to back him if he succeeds in the imperial examination in the future!

Baochai looked at Daiyu who was looking around her house with some shame, and said in a low voice, "Sister Lin, can you find me something to eat? I came out of the palace early in the morning. I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it."

Daiyu herself felt uneasy staying in this room for a long time, so she said that she went to see if there was anything in the kitchen, and left the room like a gust of wind, and did not come back for a long time.

Only then did Aunt Xue realize that her daughter's complexion was a bit unsightly. She actually felt that this daughter had become more majestic after entering the palace, which made her, a mother, a little scared.Baochai knew that she had been staying in Lin's house for a long time, so she was not polite to Aunt Xue, and said directly:

"I don't know whether it was my uncle or my aunt's family who said something to my father, but my daughter can only tell you that this capital is wrong." Before Aunt Xue could refute, Baochai went on to say:

"Mom, listen to me first, just go back and learn this from your father. My aunt said that my cousin and I supported each other well in the palace, but my cousin is from the queen's palace, and I am Concubine Shu. People in Ligong, what can I support? And I have had accidents in the palace several times, I am afraid that my aunt has not told my mother, there is a shadow of my cousin in it, right? "

"I don't know who took a fancy to our family's money, so they urged our family to come to Beijing. I am afraid that the family has spent a lot of money these days in Beijing, right? Where is the money spent? My father must be wondering There are quite a few. But if my family went to Beijing, if sister Lin hadn’t mentioned it today, I wouldn’t know about it at all, and my father will understand the key to this after thinking about it.”

"It's just that our family has already moved to Beijing, so it doesn't look like we'll go back and look at it right away. But for my brother, my mother told my father to take care of it. After all, the family's hope in the future is still my brother. It's just that I can't find a good man for a while. I beg Lord Lin to lead a thread, and never ask my aunt and uncle."

Aunt Xue made her daughter unable to recover from her words for a while, and finally said: "Your uncle's family and aunt's family are relatives, and you can ask for help. Even if Master Lin and your father get along well, it's not good. Always begging for someone."

Baochai shook her head and said, "Mom, let father think about it when you go home. Apart from etiquette, did he spend any extra money in his relationship with Mr. Lin? But as for uncle and aunt's house, how much money we spend in our family, you can figure it out yourself." That's enough." He also told about the so-called insider father-in-law Xiao An who asked Jia Yuanchun to question him.

Even if Aunt Xue is not as shrewd as Mrs. Wang, she has been a mistress for many years. After thinking about everything, she can't see the disharmony inside, let alone such obvious loopholes.

"My son, it's hard for you." Aunt Xue felt that her daughter was not easy, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.Baochai had no choice but to persuade: "Mom, don't be sad. Since I was sent to the palace that day, I should think about what happened today. It's just that my daughter doesn't want to go to the palace by herself, and she has become a trick for others to manipulate our family." , I have to go back and discuss with my father a charter. My daughter can only use today's opportunity to talk about it this time, and I don't know if I will have a chance to see my mother next time."

There was no more time for Baochai, and before Daiyu could bring her snacks, Qiulan returned to the Lin Mansion happily, and also met with Aunt Xue.At this time, Aunt Xue asked Baochai to wake her up, and Jing Mingjin also came back, asking for the address of Qiulan's house, and busy with giving Qiulan a bracelet.

Daiyu also said a few more words to Baochai, and Fang reluctantly shed tears to say goodbye.

Not to mention when Aunt Xue left the Lin residence, and how she talked with Xue's father overnight when she returned home, but only said that once Baochai returned to Shangli Palace, she would report her itinerary to Concubine Shu: "Miss Lin is a kind-hearted woman. Because the servants' parents went to Beijing with them, they specially sent someone to invite my mother, so that the servants, mother and daughter could meet at least once, so they came back a little late, your empress forgive me."

Concubine Shu couldn't blame such a trivial matter, she smiled and said: "I really didn't pay attention, I didn't know that your family also went to Beijing. If I knew, I should let you stay with your family for a while. It's been a year See you."

Baochai saw that the room was full of Concubine Shu's confidantes, so she didn't hide it: "It's better not to see, but it makes me very angry." Picking and talking about the matter of Xue's family being coaxed into Beijing, he said : "The slave girl originally said that she entered the palace and got such a great face, the family will be better off, but who knows that someone made a way to deceive the family."

Concubine Shu also finds it unbelievable that the Rongguo Mansion acted like this. This is to deceive relatives, right?What's more, Mrs. Tang vaguely mentioned Daiyu's going to Rongguo Mansion to Concubine Shu, which made her sigh: "With such relatives, even if you sleep, you have to keep your eyes open."

Who said no, Baochai finally stopped getting into trouble because of Xue Pan's progress in his studies, and his home is far away in Jinling, far away from Jia's, and this task is half completed.Unexpectedly, if it was Mrs. Wang or Wang Ziteng who made such a move, Xue's family went to Beijing again, which meant that the first half of her mission was in vain again!

Seeing that she didn't answer, Concubine Shu thought it was because she hadn't recovered from the blow she just received, so she had to let her go down to rest.

It was just a few days earlier today that I got the tunic given by Concubine Shu, and I feel comfortable wearing it. Not to mention the reward, I also want to come and have a chat to show my favor.Just as Baochai came out of the palace, the corners of his eyes seemed to be red.As soon as the saint came in, he said to Concubine Shu: "You have softened your heart these past few years, and the rules of the palace people have also become negligent."

Concubine Shu was taken aback by today's words: "The concubine's rule is not strict, and I ask the sage to punish me." I don't know the reason, it's better to admit my mistake directly.

Seeing that Concubine Shu didn't make any excuses now, she turned around a little, and said, "Why did I see a woman dressed as an official just now, and the corners of her eyes were red? You don't feel taboo for those who celebrate the Chinese New Year."

Only then did Concubine Shu realize that it was for Baochai, she couldn't help laughing and said, "The sage is so forgetful, why did he forget the female official he appointed himself? If you say that other people's rules are not good, that's all. This girl is the most mature and prudent." The corners of her eyes are red today, there is another reason."

The sage was meant to gossip, so naturally he didn't mind hearing why.Concubine Shu sent Baochai to give a reward to the Lin family. As a result, Baochai learned that Xue's family had come to Beijing and told people that they had cheated of money.

The saint also just shook his head: "Then this girl's temper is also a bit stronger."

Concubine Shu said: "Where does the sage know the hardships of this little election into the palace? This girl has endured this hardship, isn't it because of the protection of the imperial merchant's position at home? Now she has suffered, and the imperial merchant's seat in the family has returned. If someone else loses, the money will be spent even more. No matter how good your temper is, you have to be in a hurry."

Thinking about it today, no matter whether it is the Rongguo Mansion or Wang Ziteng, it is really unreasonable to do this matter, but now that the Supreme Emperor is still there, even he himself has to pretend to these people. Famous and rich, don't they make people think about it.

Make people miss?Now my heart was also moved, and I couldn't help asking: "The girl's family is related to both the Rongguo Mansion and the Wang family?"

Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Didn't the sage hear what my son and concubine said just now? One is my aunt and the other is my uncle. If they are people next to each other in two lives, they won't be so angry."

The saint nodded: "It seems that the girl understands better than her parents. There is no time a year ago, so you give that girl a day off in the next year, and let her go back to Haosheng to meet her parents."

Concubine Shu didn't ask why there was such an order today, she just nodded her head and said something else with the sage.

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