[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

The easing of Lin Ruhai's relationship with the clan was due to Shen Yue's persuasion.In addition to persuading Lin Ruhai to make a soft gesture to the clan that day, he also said that if something happens to the Lin family in the future, he doesn't expect the clan to help him, and it would be good to keep outsiders in check.

Lin Ruhai didn't ask who the outsider was, and Shen Yue didn't say clearly.But after all, Lin Ruhai added some sacrificial land to the clan by building the tomb, and invited several gentlemen to the clan school.Although he didn't cover the expenses of the students, he issued the yearly records of several gentlemen alone.

Therefore, the clan and him gradually began to walk around, not to say that they were close, but it was much better than having almost no contact with each other.Old Mrs. Shen also knew from the letters from the people in the clan what Lin Ruhai had done for the clan, so she had less prejudice against him, thinking that if she could go back to Gusu once, she would have no regrets in her life, and she said He wrote: "A little girl, how could her parents let her go back to Gusu alone?"

Shen Yue said: "Let mother take her there, sir and teacher's wife are not worried."

Old Mrs. Shen shook her head: "Where can the old man leave Beijing?"

Can't leave Beijing?Shen Yue turned around again in his heart, still smiling on his face: "Today, I see that Grandpa's body is already healed, and when the flowers bloom in the warm spring next year, he will definitely be able to make the trip. People say that you can ride a crane down to Yangzhou with a hundred thousand guan on your waist. At that time, the old lady will bring a lot of silver, and she wants to use some great-grandson to buy it back for you, and you just wait to enjoy it on the boat."

What he said made Mrs. Shen and others laugh again. Mrs. Shen also said: "It's better to talk more than when I was at home. This is good, and I won't be allowed to be stern every day in the future."

Shen Yue responded with his mouth, but in his heart he was thinking about why Xueshi Shen didn't want to go out of Beijing.Then Mrs. Shen said to him: "Go to the master's study, I must be waiting for you to talk about your father's appointment."

He couldn't wait for this sentence, and reached out his hand to take the picture album still in the hands of Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen, but he didn't take any of them back. The two old people said, "Let's take a look." Shen Yue had no choice but to withdraw his hand embarrassingly. .

Shen Chao wanted to go to Shen Shangshu's study with him, but Shen Shangshu drove him back to study in his own room.When Shen Yue entered the door, he found that Shen Xin was already here. He saluted the two of them again, and got the signal to sit down. Shen Yue sat down gently and did not speak. The upright sitting posture made Shen Shangshu slightly nod his head: "Even if you are selected as a scholar, what are your plans?"

Shen Yue didn't believe that Shen Shangshu didn't know that he was going to the Imperial College to study, but he still went through them one by one, and waited for the next instruction.Shen Shangshu said slowly: "The Lin family is devoted to you, and they should treat their girls better in the future."

It's more than just dedication, thinking about the bookcase delivered to his room in the afternoon, Shen Yue still didn't say anything about the bottom of the Lin family.Shen Shangshu has already said on the other side: "Beijing is not peaceful, it is not a good time for you to enter Beijing. However, Jiangnan is afraid that it will be more chaotic, and it is better that the people in Beijing are still a little scared, so I agree with your father's request to let you enter the Imperial College gone."

"When you return to Beijing, don't walk around casually. When you go to the Imperial College, don't be arrogant, don't waste your studies, and don't make friends casually. Have you written it down?" Shen Shangshu's words became more and more severe. Shen Yue stood up early, and bowed to express himself after he finished speaking. I listened to it all.

For this grandson who has been away from him for several years, Shen Shangshu's impression stays more in Shen Ren's letter, knowing how deviant his words are.But when I saw him this time, I felt that the second son was exaggerating, he was clearly a good and motivated boy.Maybe it was installed in front of yourself?Shen Shangshu raised his chin and asked the eldest son to test his grandson's knowledge: observe his words and observe his actions, the time to observe his actions is still short, and you can always detect something between words.

After asking, I found out that Shen Yue's foundation was very solid. With his current level, he might not be able to pass the exam, but the scholar must have passed the exam by himself.This is not bad, it takes a lot of effort to read the book so solidly, not to mention that he has also learned painting, and he has also read Shen Shangshu's broken branches and flowers last time.

If you work hard, you have to have time. When you spend your time on reading, calligraphy, painting and painting, how can you have the energy to deviate from the old ways?Shen Shangshu felt that his second son's concern made him messed up.Even Shen Xin also laughed: "The book is good, don't look at Kai Meng late, I think it is better than Chao'er."

Shen Shangshu nodded slightly: "Chao'er followed the Seventh Prince, and was distracted by external things. I think it's clear to follow you to do things. By the way, Yue'er should go to your grandfather's house tomorrow."

Shen Yue took the opportunity and said: "Master also brought something to Rongguo Mansion."

Hearing the word Rongguo Mansion, Shen Shangshu frowned slightly: "Forget it, the people in that mansion have big eyes and empty hearts, and they will come back after sending things." Shen Yue responded naturally, and talked about being in the old lady Shen's room just now, The old lady thought about the words of her hometown in Gusu.

Shen Shangshu shook his head slightly: "It is said that the old lady has this idea, so she should return to the south with her old man. It's just that the grandfather can't leave Beijing for a while, let's see."

Shen Yue smiled: "I look at Grandpa's body and it's great."

Shen Shangshu glanced at him, and said slowly: "What do you know, although the grandfather has retired, the sage has also awarded the honorary title of grand master. The sage happened to think of inviting him to the palace to play chess." It was just these few months There are too many invitations, and the caring person has changed frequently, so he has to tell the outside world that he is seriously ill.

Shen Yue knew that there was a lot of story in it, but he didn't want to ask too much, seeing that Shen Shangshu didn't say anything else, he stood there silently in a daze.Both Shen Shangshu and Shen Xin drank tea by themselves, as if there was no such child in the room.

Half an hour passed, and the room was still as silent as before. Shen Yue was the most patient, and his standing body didn't shake or collapse. Only then did Shen Shangshu wave to him: "It's getting late, go back and rest. You are here I'm afraid Yangzhou is lazy, so don't forget to greet the grandfather and the old lady tomorrow."

Shen Yue smiled and agreed: "Yes." Bowing again to his grandfather and uncle, he walked out of the study lightly, walking steadily and vigorously, and his legs were not numb and weak due to sitting for a long time.

"Second brother taught well." Shen Xin praised his brother to his father.

"Where is he teaching well? I heard that this child grows up in Lin Ruhai's residence every day." Shen Shangshu did not whitewash his second son who was far away in Yangzhou.

Shen Xin still laughed after hearing this: "No matter who taught it, Yue'er is a child of the Shen family. Lin Ruhai has put his heart into it these few years." The situation in the south of the Yangtze River is getting tighter day by day, the salt merchants are not quiet, Lin Ruhai can still Yue'er taught so well, he didn't really treat him as his own child, who would have the patience to put in such effort.

Shen Shangshu also nodded: "It's hard for him. When writing to your brother, talk more about the current situation in Beijing, and ask them to be careful. Let the appropriate person send it quickly. It's not too late for this child to come back. He I’m going to the Imperial Supervision Office again, maybe there will be villains who want to test me out.” The news of Shen Xueshi’s serious illness was released, and it’s unreasonable not to have the second room and one person come back: “Let your daughter-in-law take care of her.”

This Shen Yue has already returned to the west courtyard, looking at the full moon, he can see that the two lilac trees near the gate of the courtyard have grown up a lot, which shows that the people who stayed to watch the courtyard are quite careful.When he came back, he didn't just sleep, but wrote a letter to Shen Ren by himself.

When the next day was less than Mao, Shen Yue got up, went to Mrs. Shen's main courtyard and asked the gatekeeper's wife, and found out that Shen Shangshu stayed in the study room last night, and hurried to the study room, and it happened that Shen Shangshu was serving Shen Xin. Getting off to get on the sedan chair, there was a smile in his eyes when he saw him coming: "You can just greet the old lady and the grandfather. I am going to morning every day, how can you send it over?"

Shen Yue still had a humble smile on his face: "Grandson hasn't done his filial piety in front of the master for a long time, so naturally he should be more courteous." Shen Xin laughed so much: "You have to be a student to do your filial piety to the master. What's more, it's a long body When you are snoozing, you don't have to get up early tomorrow." Shen Yue finally agreed, and finally sent the sedan chair out of the side door, and then slowly went back to catch up on sleep.

Today is the second day after he came back, so of course he should be more attentive.Even if he is the grandson of Shen Shangshu, he is still a grandson who has been away for a few years and has not grown up in front of him. If he doesn't take good care of him, how can he get more news in the future?It's better to rely on the fact that the servants inquired about it than Shen Shangshu's first-hand experience.

It was only half an hour of light sleep to catch up on sleep. Shen Yue first appeared in the main courtyard. Mrs. Shen had finished washing up. Seeing him coming over, she smiled again: "I heard that the master is sent to court today? It doesn't have to be like this tomorrow. I'm afraid I've been thinking about it all night. You didn't sleep well when you got up early, so you can sleep after breakfast."

After speaking, she asked the girl to bring a box: "If you think about it, you have to send someone to send a letter back. Here are a few things I wore when I was young. Let someone send it to Yu'er."

Seeing Shen Yue raised his head in disbelief, Mrs. Shen patted him lightly: "Why, as a grandmother, I shouldn't reward her?"

Shen Yue hurriedly thanked Mrs. Shen for the reward: "It should be, but it's a little early." Why did I suddenly think of rewarding things, is the power of a few paintings really so great?During the New Year's Eve in the past, Beijing only sent Erfang's own things, and then let Shen allow himself to communicate with the Lin family, and did not send gifts to the Lin family.

Mrs. Shen patted him again: "I didn't know she was such a lovely granddaughter-in-law before." After speaking, she laughed: "Seeing how she gets along well with your mother, when can I see her again?"

Shen Yue took the opportunity to say: "Yesterday elder brother said that she will go to Beijing soon, I know elder brother is teasing me."

Mrs. Shen's eyes dimmed, but she still said to Shen Yue: "Your elder brother doesn't know what to say, he's just teasing you." After speaking, she took Mrs. Liu and Shen Yue who rushed over to greet the old lady.

What is it for?Shen Yue's heart became more and more uneasy. Could it be that everyone in Beijing disliked Lin Ruhai, thinking that he would be unable to take care of his wife and children if something happened in the near future, so they could only go back to Beijing to seek asylum in Rongguo Mansion?

I didn't realize that I had already arrived at the Wanhui Courtyard, and the old lady Shen had been sitting there waiting for a long time. Seeing that everyone was here, she was not unhappy, and she was even more kind to Shen Yue: "Why don't you sleep a little longer? I'm sorry, you have been sitting for so long Boat."

Mrs. Shen wanted to be nice to her grandson, and told about Shen Yue sending Shen Shangshu to court this morning, which made the old lady even more happy: "Bring me what I want to reward him." box out.

Shen Yue made fun of himself: "The wife has already rewarded it just now, and if the old lady rewards again, she will get double."

The old lady Shen didn't care: "Your wife rewards you, and I reward Yu'er. I just don't know if she can draw. If she can, let her paint me the scenery of Jiangnan from time to time."

When Shen Yue heard the old lady ask if Daiyu could paint, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, who taught me, originally said that he wanted to go back to Beijing with me, but before he left, he wanted to stay in the Zhuangzi, saying that he didn't want to leave those potted flowers. Yu'er also learned a little bit, but not as good as me."

The old lady and Mrs. Shen both pointed at him and scolded him for being shameless. Daiyu is four years younger than him, and now she is only five years old, so she is ashamed to say that she is better at painting than Daiyu.

Daiyu is five years old.Shen Yue finally knew what the situation was that everyone didn't explain.In the original book, Daiyu went to Beijing at the age of six. Although Cao Dada’s appearance was not described as a six-year-old girl when she first entered Rongguo Mansion, Jia Min must have passed away when she boarded the boat and left Yangzhou.

Some red scholars believe that Jia Min's death was done by Lin Ruhai's political opponents in order to hit him. First, he had no heirs. According to legend, Jia Min, who was deeply in love with each other, died of despair. Without blood, how can he still be able to do things with peace of mind?Just because he can't do things with peace of mind, it is estimated that there will be mistakes in the salt administration and the secret errands, so the Supreme Emperor became suspicious of Lin Ruhai, and directly made him an outcast, and let him support the salt administration alone until the lamp ran out. dry.

Now that Lin Ruhai must let Shen Yue bring the most important property of the Lin family to Beijing, it is easy to understand. Lin Ruhai clearly knew about the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, so he gave things to himself without hesitation, just for his children Leave a way out.Still the same sentence, Brother Kuan is too young, let alone guarding those things, it is difficult to protect himself.

Lin Ruhai's family is in danger in Yangzhou, this is the conclusion Shen Yue came to the second day after he returned to Beijing.Waiting for him to pay his respects to Xueshi Shen, and faintly heard from Xueshi Shen that the sage had the intention of choosing a reserve, this conclusion was further strengthened.

Therefore, before going to his grandfather's house, Shen Yue asked the carriage to take him to the old house of the Lin family in Beijing.There are people guarding the old house, and the guards got Lin Ruhai's letter early on, asking them to obey Shen Yue's orders, so Shen Yue's request to send the letter back to Yangzhou as soon as possible did not feel awkward at all, but agreed to it. Let people go out in the afternoon.

What's the use of sending letters, Shen Yue was still very worried, and when he arrived at Fang's house, he couldn't put his worries on his face, and had to smile at his grandmother.His grandfather's generation did not have a high official position, just the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, but his great-grandfather, like Bachelor Shen, was a scholar.It's just that he didn't live as long as Xueshi Shen, and he left without waiting for his son to get up, so Fang's family seemed not as noble as Shen's.

But the background is still there, all three of his uncles have official positions, several older cousins ​​have also entered school, and two are studying in the Imperial College, it may not be easy to stand on the pinnacle of power again, but in Beijing No one here dares to underestimate it.

Seeing Shen Yue, Mrs. Fang cried first: "Your mother has been away for a few years, I don't know if I can see her again when she returns to Beijing."

Shen Yue had no choice but to persuade her not to be sad, saying that she was still in good health and that they would meet each other someday.He also said that Shen Ren had been serving as Zhizhou for almost four years, and when it was time to go to Beijing to report on his work, maybe Fang would follow him back at the end of the year.In the end, he took out the picture album that he finally got back from Mrs. Shen, and showed Mrs. Fang that her daughter was living a good life now.

"The painting is really good." Mrs. Fang was satisfied after seeing it, and she wished she could keep it: "I think you will be more promising than your cousins ​​in the future. They are all stupid when they study. How can there be such ability as you."

Shen Yue thought to himself that it was fortunate that his cousins ​​were all away from home to study, otherwise he might have offended someone directly.There is still a slight smile on the face: "I'm not doing my job properly, I can't sit still while studying."

Mrs. Fang disagreed with this statement: "If you don't do a proper job, you passed the examination of scholar at a young age, and immediately went to the Imperial College to study. If you do a proper job, you will be even more inferior to them."

Shen Yue was even more unable to answer the conversation, so he could only smile at his aunts.The aunts smiled thoughtfully at the nephew who had already won the prize of a scholar. The sister-in-law is the wife's best heart, and the nephew is the careful one, so there is no need to offend.The most important thing is that people don't point to their own family to eat at home, and the Shen family's power will not fall, and it is even more important to make friends with each other.

People who are officials will not be at home during the day, Shen Yue used the excuse that he had just returned, and went back to the mansion after lunch, to straighten himself out bit by bit and let a few servants go out to inquire and get news:

Now everyone in Beijing knows that the Eldest Prince had a great fight with the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince. Each of the three Princes has people behind him to support him. If you join my people today, your people will be joined tomorrow.These are still civil servants. The eldest prince's main power is in the army. I heard that the Beijing camp and the guard camp are all his people.

After hearing this, Shen Yue didn't know what to say. It turned out that he was only worried that the eldest prince would jump over the wall in a hurry, and yesterday's letter only made Lin Ruhai and Shen Ren guard against the eldest prince's evil hands—Governor Shi and Yang Sen had already made it clear that they were on the side of the eldest prince. In the first team, Lin Ruhai refused to hand over the interests of the Yanzheng, even if he belonged to a different family, he was plotted secretly.Shen Ren is even Yang Sen's lower official, and it's easy for people to blame him.

Now that the third and fifth princes appeared again, everyone in Beijing would be in danger.Those who stand in line worry that they are on the wrong team, and those who do not stand in line worry that they will be liquidated in the future.Relatively speaking, those who are in the team are better off. There is always one-third of the hope in their betting that they will win from the dragon, and those who are not in the team are even more trembling.

Neither the Shen family nor the Fang family stood in line.So Xueshi Shen can only be sick, but Shen Yue shook his head in the Fang family. Now his grandfather doesn't even dare to get sick, just like Lin Ruhai. Keep out the wind and waves.

He rubbed the ink again to write a letter, and sent Shuangxi to the Lin Mansion, and the old housekeeper who stayed behind sent people back to Yangzhou.He wasn't afraid that the old housekeeper would think he was too troublesome. The old housekeeper gave him a very good impression in the morning, as a loyal servant who was dedicated to his master.

As for why such a loyal servant didn't even have a chance to show up in the original book, Shen Yue also knew in his heart.Seeing that Lin Ruhai hurriedly sent Daiyu to Beijing, he knew that he could hardly survive in Yangzhou, and sending Daiyu to Beijing was just to find a way for her to survive.Even Daiyu herself may not have been aware of it, or a child who is only six years old, no matter how he goes to a strange place, will not be as careful as a frightened bird.

The core of an adult inside me still feels heavy, isn't it frightening for a six-year-old sensitive child?Maybe Lin Ruhai would reveal a thing or two to Daiyu in order to make Daiyu agree to go to Beijing, in order to make Daiyu act more cautiously.

Lin Ruhai would not tell Daiyu that her family still had a backup in Beijing, but would only tell her that only by staying in her grandfather's house for a good life can she survive.Or if Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun feel that they have been wronged and are about to go back to the old house, what kind of backhands are they? !As for why the old butler Lin didn't show up in the end, Shen Yue felt that it had a lot to do with Lin Ruhai's sudden death or with Jia Lian following him back to Yangzhou, and he didn't have time to explain it.

"Grandfather, please come and talk to Second Young Master." A girl announced from outside.

Shen Yue responded: "Bring water." Only the girl carefully carried the water basin into the house, and let Shen Yue wash his hands, and then carefully took the water basin out.Now there are two second-class maids in the yard, who were matched by Mrs. Liu this morning.Because the west courtyard is regarded as an inner house, it is not easy for his young servants to come in, even if he goes to Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen to spread the word, it is not easy for the young servants to go. There are more maids in those two courtyards.

Therefore, Shen Yue did not refuse, and the Liu family knew Shen Yue's temperament, so the two girls sent over were both thirteen or fourteen years old, and they were both second-class.This kind of girl who is a few years older than the little master, who has already learned how to serve and does not spend her mind on seducing the little master, is Liu's consideration, and Shen Yue knows her.

Xueshi Shen seemed to be in good spirits, holding a book by himself and reading it with reading glasses.Shen Yue didn't make a fuss when he entered the room, he still stood there quietly waiting for orders.In fact, he sometimes complains in his heart that these elders are always the same when they test whether the younger ones are calm, and they don't know how to change it, but they don't show any impatience on the surface.

A moment passed quickly, and Xueshi Shen suddenly said: "Maybe you can draw my expression just now?"

Shen Yue didn't guarantee it: "The great-grandfather lights up the lamp to read at night, and he is a great-grandson's model. Just now, the great-grandson saw that the great-grandfather read seriously, and his heart was full of admiration, but he didn't pay attention to the great-grandfather's description."

"Greasy mouth." Xueshi Shen made his great-grandson feel better when taking pictures: "Go back and draw, don't be in a hurry. If you don't think you can see it clearly, you can come and see it anytime in the next few days." He said in a lower voice: "You draw Be true, and I will have some thoughts in the future.”

"The great-grandson wants to refute the grandpa's reply." Shen Yue blurted out a sentence: "The great-grandson painted the grandpa, but he just admired the grandpa's knowledge and wealth and kept studying. It is really a role model for the children and grandchildren to learn from time to time. It is to motivate ourselves, not to keep any thoughts. .”

This child is too sensitive, Xueshi Shen looked at Shen Yue and shook his head lightly: "It's up to you." After thinking about it, he said: "The Guozijian Jijiu is my disciple's disciple, so it's still a bit of a respect, you don't have to go too far Restraint. Forget it, there is no rush for a few days, let your uncle take you there when he is free."

Shen Yue thanked Bachelor Shen for his concern, and said something that he didn't quite understand in his studies, which caused the old man to talk to him for half an hour before letting him go back to the courtyard to rest.

The next day, Shen Yue didn't send Shen Shangshu to the court—the attitude of being attentive had already been overturned, and he was his own grandfather again, so being attentive would make people feel false—he had other things to do today, and he was spending time with Mrs. Shen After dinner, he reported to Mrs. Shen: "Master asked grandson to bring something back, and it is not good to always keep it at home. Yesterday, someone sent a post to Rongguo Mansion, and today grandson will send it over."

Although Mrs. Shen still doesn't like her grandson having too much contact with the Rongguo Mansion, she can be entrusted with the end of the matter.What's more, the marriage between Shen Yue and Daiyu has been decided, and the family can be regarded as relatives who have turned a corner.Listening to Shen Yue's words these past few days, Jia Min has treated his grandson well these past few years, even for Jia Min's sake, he can't just let his servants deliver things over.

"Go, go and come back quickly. You are already so old, and there are many girls in the mansion. After entering the second gate, greet their old ladies and come back." Mrs. Shen Tong finally said this.