[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

After coming to the capital, the Lin family found many good carpenters.There is also a lot of good wood in the warehouse, which is taken out and disassembled into boards, waiting to be used to make furniture in size.

Lin Hao asked for leave in front of the master of the Imperial College, and took the male and female housekeepers at home to the Seventh Prince's Mansion in person. His brother-in-law, the Seventh Prince Cui Shang, was not there, and all the officials of the Palace who were still in the capital welcomed them one by one.Every official has a humble attitude and will never fool Lin Hao as a child.

Everyone drank tea with him in the main hall, the Lin family's housekeeper went to the backyard to measure the house, and the Lin family left.

Jia Min took the size and asked people to make large pieces of furniture according to the pattern in the south.

A few days ago, Lin Ruhai had someone send another boatload of fabric from Jiangnan. Although it was sent to the mansion quietly, the quantity was huge, but many of them could not be used as dowry. It happened that there was nothing to do these few days, and the house closed the door to thank guests. , the Lin family is busy with these needles and threads every day.

Because this ship of cloth arrived at the warehouse, the mother and daughter took people to the warehouse for inspection.Because there were several warehouses, I had nothing to do later, so I simply started with those bulky furniture and chose smaller mirrored stools to decorate the room.

Linlin felt that Jia Min, who was in line with her wishes, had to be moved out. If it could be repaired and stuffed directly into the dowry, many of it was the dowry of the former wife of the Hou Mansion, and it would not be shameful to put it in the dowry of the children. Only those uploaded will be looked down upon, and people will gossip that the bride came from the Xinrong family.Most families in the capital like to display half-old items when entertaining guests, which shows the profound heritage of the family.When you go out as a guest, you wear new clothes and the latest fabric patterns, which means that life is booming.

The housekeeper took the keys, and accompanied them into the warehouse with a dozen maids. Starting with the dowries of the previous wives of the Houfu, they checked them one by one.

"Although it's not humid here, because people don't come here often, the high-quality wood is not put here. They are all a little bulky things. The lady and the girl went inside to have a look. There is a dressing table inside, which is small and unique. , can be used by the second girl. The screens, kang screens, candlesticks, drums and stools made of real good wood are all in warehouse B, and some of them can be put in the dowry of the eldest girl.”

After the mother and daughter walked a few steps inside with the butler, they did see a dressing table in the corner, which was the dowry of the first Mrs. Hou's Mansion.

"Let's put it in your sister's room. I think the one in your room is okay. This one is for your sister. If you have this, you don't need to make a new one for your sister."

Linlin nodded, she didn't need to compete with Lin Daiyu for such a small thing, besides, it's right for an older sister to give way to her younger sister.

A few strong women came and carried the dressing table out, and cleaned it up again outside. If there was any missing paint, re-paint it, and after it was packed, it could be sent to Lin Daiyu's room.

While these women were busy moving things, a married man outside ran over with their skirts in their hands.

"Ma'am, it's a big deal!"

"What are you doing in a panic, what's the big deal?"

"Just now my guy went out to do some shopping, and saw a lot of yamen servants posting notices along the street, so he squeezed in and had a look." Ma Chengjia, after saying these words, looked into Linlin's eyes with fear , trembling all over.

"What's the matter with you like this? Look at you swaying all over... Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, finish it in one breath. You're so up and down that it makes my heart jump."

"Ma'am, it's a good thing. It's the imperial list that our head of the family reads. The Holy Majesty is about to abdicate to our uncle."

After hearing this, Jia Min thought he was hallucinating, "Say it again."

"The emperor wants to give up the throne, let our son-in-law be the emperor, that is, give up to the seventh prince! Now everyone in the street knows, our head of the family came back and told me, let me tell the wife, and then ask the big housekeeper to send it around. Ask someone, he's gone out again now."

When the housekeeper heard this, he quickly put the key in his hand into the hand of Jia Min's maid, "Madam and girl will wait at home first, and this old slave will take people around the yamen in person, and invite our uncle to our master's house." Ask the brothers from the same sect."

"Hurry up, go early and come back early." Jia Min covered her heart, feeling her heart was about to jump out of her throat, "Let's go back and wait for the news."

The mother and daughter had just returned to the main room, and when they called Lin Daiyu to her, there was no joy on Linlin's face.On the contrary, the maids and women in the room were very happy, and some women even came to ask for an interview, saying that they would set off some firecrackers at the door to celebrate.

Jia Min didn't have time to talk to these wives, and only let the big maids around her suppress them, focusing on Linlin. Seeing that her daughter didn't show any pride, she felt relieved.

"My child, we have to make preparations. If you can't be a queen... don't worry about it here, and enter the palace happily when the time comes. The future will be long, and there will always be time for you to express your anger."

"Mother, what do you mean? Could it be that he turned his face and became ruthless now that he became the emperor?"

"Didn't I think about it a little bit more in my heart? If you were the queen, our whole family would be very happy. If you can't do it... Who would want to marry their daughters to the emperor outside, so the imperial decree didn't come down. Before, our family had to carry it, so don't get too happy." She was afraid that someone would cut her off halfway.

Linlin couldn't help but glanced at Jia Min a few more times, "You mean to say that now he borrowed someone's strength, and he will reward the queen's position to someone, is that what you mean?"

"You girl's heart is bright and bright. You know what I think. Think about it, my child. Our family has not participated in many things. You said that they took such a big risk to ask for a meritorious service from the dragon. It’s not about the glory and wealth. There are those who offer their own schemes and those who offer their schemes, so everyone offers different strategies and efforts, and the rewards are also different. You just need to have this spectrum in your heart.”

At this time, it is impossible for Linlin to say that she is as calm as a mirror in her heart. Originally, she thought that being a noble lady would be enough, but she did not expect that Zhaidou has been upgraded to Gongdou now... all plans will be overthrown and restarted.

For the next time, the mother and daughter didn't speak, they waited and waited until it was almost time for dinner, and then they waited for those who had gone out to come back.

Lin Hao didn't change his clothes as soon as he came back, and ran directly to his mother and sister.

"I found out clearly. Recently, the news in the palace has been strictly blocked. It was only revealed today that it was the Holy One a while ago... the old saint. He was lying on the bed for a while. Although it is better now, it is not good. Li Suo, the imperial physician meant that he could not get better. So at this time, he wanted to choose a son to inherit the throne, and this good thing fell on the Seventh Prince. Now the edict has been issued to the world. Qin Tianjian has counted the days, The 26th of next month is an auspicious day, and all officials in the capital must participate in the enthronement ceremony, and officials from other places who have a favor can come to Beijing to watch the ceremony."

After hearing this, Jia Min asked anxiously, "Have you found out whether your father has received the decree of grace?"

Lin Hao glanced at Linlin, "I have seen this list today, but there is no father's name on it. And I found out clearly that the new emperor has moved into the palace today."

Jia Min suddenly lost her mind, "If your father doesn't come back, what about your sister's affairs?"

Lin Hao didn't care about this, "When I just entered the door, I saw a lot of people sending posts to our house. When I went out in the morning, I said that everyone who posted posts would be politely rejected... There will be even more people who post tomorrow. There are too many, and I can't see all the family. When the time comes, I ask mother to tell me who should see and who should not."

Jia Min rubbed her hands anxiously, "You can't tell the outside world that I'm sick. If you say I'm sick, it's unlucky at this juncture, let alone say that your sister is sick... What do you think?"

Jia Min was a little hesitant, she used to be able to make up her own mind, but ever since she knew that the 30 taels of silver was given to the fifth prince by her mother's family, she became timid, always afraid that one thing could not be done well, and she would give it to the family. Bringing catastrophe.

Just when the mother and son felt that this matter was extremely difficult, several officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived.

After these people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came, it can be said that their attitude was extremely humble.Lin Hao entertained them in the front yard, and one of them was an elderly man who was their leader. He didn't look at Lin Hao's young age and fooled him as an ignorant child.

"Mr. Lin Haihan, you came late today. There is really no room for manpower in the House of Internal Affairs when the emperor ascends the throne next month. Today, after our three supervisors assigned errands, we came to visit with a few colleagues. It's a business matter, maybe the time to interrupt will be later, if we can't make a decision today, I will come to interrupt tomorrow."

Lin Hao thought for a while, and felt that they probably came here for their sister.

"Please tell me that I'm young and ignorant. If there is anything I don't understand, please explain it to me." After speaking, he asked the butler to prepare the next meal, and he himself accompanied them for dinner.

Seeing that Lin Hao is so polite, he understands the ways of the world at a young age, and these talents are not as cautious as before.

The person at the beginning introduced himself, "My surname is Hai, and I am currently in charge of allocating the harem expenses. Today, I have received the job of the general manager, responsible for the dress and dowry of the empress."

"Please explain clearly?"

"It's like this. From Gaozu to now, it's the first time for the emperor to marry the Yuan Empress. The Yuan Empress has to take a 81-carriage sedan chair and bring some dowry into the palace. The queen's guard of honor plus the inside and outside of the wedding There were rules for the number of wives back then, so..."

"So you mean that my sister's wedding dress and dowry must follow this rule."

Mr. Hai nodded, "The dress that your empress will wear when entering the palace will be provided by the House of Internal Affairs. Tomorrow someone will come to pay your respects to your empress and measure her body. I also want to show your dowry list to the officials and others. Now no matter how much you make, stop first, the furniture in the palace is complete, ignore these big things for now, those small things, I will talk to you in detail tomorrow."

Seeing that Lin Hao took the notes, Master Hai became even more excited, "Then there are dowry populations. Even if these people can be dowry, they can't bring everyone into the palace. We still need to find some old-fashioned ones to bring in as personal maids. As for the manpower used by the empress and the things used in the palace, we will give you a detailed list tomorrow. Also, on the day of the wedding ceremony, your mansion will entertain all the wives, civil and military officials, and guards for a meal. The number of people who welcome the bride is about More than 9000 people..."

The author has something to say: I'm very sorry, everyone.

There are exams today and tomorrow, I put it in the draft box yesterday and forgot to set the time.After leaving the examination room, I realized that it was not published when I saw a cute message.

Sorry everyone.

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