Queen of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

This night was no different from the previous ones. Lin Ruhai returned home in the afternoon as before. After eating, it got dark about an hour later. After inspecting Lin Ping's homework, he said a few words to his two daughters and then went to bed. up.

Wanyu slept until dawn, watching her younger siblings having breakfast.Naturally, Lin Ruhai was not there. The court was three days together, and he had to get up before dawn. Even if he didn't go to court, it would be about half an hour in the evening. It was no more comfortable than when he was a patrolling salt censor in the south of the Yangtze River, and he could control his own time.

Everything was as usual, until after breakfast, Lin Ping went to study in the study, and Wanyu took Daiyu to listen to the housekeeper's mother-in-law report on the family affairs, and then there was something unusual.

The Lin family is a big family, and they are self-sufficient in general things, but in the kitchen, such as fresh vegetables and daily meat, eggs, milk, etc., are collected from nearby farmers’ homes, but today, the kitchen manager buys The mother-in-law back and forth in a panic: "The streets are full of official servants, you are not allowed to go out!"

Wanyu was surprised. At this time, there are no foreign heads of state who need to close the road to visit.It's just that after being nurtured for so long, she raised her eyes unhurriedly, and said: "There is always something in the kitchen, anyway, he can't seal it up for a few days, just save a little for these two days."

Then, even though Lin Ruhai didn't come back at night, although Wanyu was anxious, she couldn't help but think of what Master Lianyin said a few days ago, "The prince is not good". This time?

The abolition of the crown prince can be regarded as a major event that shakes the foundation of the country. Lin Ruhai is now a cabinet scholar, so it is normal to be left in the palace. Wanyu comforted herself and ordered: "Tell them to pay attention, this Don't stand at the door to watch the excitement, you can watch all the excitement." The mother-in-law went to pass the message to the person at the second door, and Wanyu comforted her younger siblings, "It's okay, father will be back at night."

Wanyu said that she was not confident, but thinking about it, the palace did not provide so many places for adults to eat, sleep and wash. Two days is the limit. If it is three days, those old people with unshaven beards and white hair I'm going to faint.

Indeed, Lin Ruhai came back at night, his face was gray, his lips were chapped, and he was dragged back by two servants in the house.

Wanyu looked sad, and hurriedly ordered the servant girl to get ginseng tea and prepare hot water. Lin Ruhai poured two cups and regained her energy. Seeing the three children standing around him in a circle, their eyes were red as if they were crying. However, he couldn't help showing a smile that can be described as bleak, and said: "It's okay for my father."

The three of them stood outside the door, waiting for Lin Ruhai to go in to wash and change their clothes. After such a toss, they felt a lot more energetic, but they were just hungry.

Wanyu prepared japonica rice porridge for him, boiled it thick, and said: "I think father may not have eaten for two days, so let's eat two bites first to nourish his stomach. I ordered the small kitchen to make some meals from the list. It must take a while." It will be fine."

After taking two mouthfuls, Lin Ruhai put down the spoon, sighed, and said to Wanyu: "You have to restrain your family these days, and don't make trouble." After that, she said to Daiyu, "You also have to help my sister." Looking at his only son, he said: "Study obediently, listen to what my sister says, and when the work is over for a while, my father will check."

One person dismissed all three children with one sentence, Wanyu first arranged for her younger siblings to go to bed, and after waiting for half an hour, she returned to Lin Ruhai's study.

"Father, is the prince bad?" Wanyu asked bluntly, and Lin Ruhai almost fell off the chair in shock. "How do you know?" Asking this sentence is a side-to-side acknowledgment.

Lin Ruhai looked at Wanyu and raised her eyebrows, showing her standard "I knew it" expression, but this would ignore the wits with her daughter, the prince led troops into the palace, and the emperor blocked the news... "Who did you listen to! "Lin Ruhai asked in a low voice.

"Master Lianyin." Wanyu replied very concisely, "From what she said, it seems that she has revealed some meaning since three months ago."

When Wanyu learned to read, she was in Lin Ruhai's study, and Jia Min's second daughter was also a daughter. Although Lin Ruhai told herself that if she gave birth to a daughter, she could have a son, but she couldn't help but have some doubts about herself and Jia Min's age. Therefore, treating Wanyu is a bit like teaching a son.

When she was reading, she also read a lot of memorials, and helped to calculate the salt tax. Lin Ruhai now feels a little headache, but there is nothing to hide from her daughter, and said: "The prince brought troops into the palace the night before, The third prince and the fourth prince seemed to want a praying mantis to catch cicadas and orioles, but they were also caught by His Majesty." Lin Ruhai rubbed his wrinkled brows, and since he said it, he didn't hide it at all, and continued: " This morning, the third prince committed suicide in the palace, the prince was imprisoned in Yuqing Palace, and the fourth prince was temporarily imprisoned."

The prince has not been abolished yet?Wanyu nodded. Before this happened, she could analyze how favored the prince was based on the several times she had met in the past. Even the title of Prince Yizhong in the future could tell that the emperor really cared for the prince. But now that this happened, she had to consider a consequence: Lin Ruhai was very close to the crown prince. When she was young, she celebrated her first birthday and the crown prince gave her a jade pendant. Later, Daiyu and Lin Ping, the crown prince also gave congratulatory gifts. When their family entered the capital and went to meet the queen, they could also feel the obvious kindness. Also, when she entered the palace once a month, anyone with long eyes could see how much the crown prince had inserted.

The prince led troops into the palace, this is treason, forcing the emperor to abdicate, otherwise why would he bring troops in?Do you run?It can be seen from the emperor's love for the prince and his final title of Prince Yizhong that the emperor is actually a doting master just like other fathers.

This leads to another mentality, presumably parents all over the world have this kind of mentality: my child is right, he is just young and ignorant, and was led to be corrupted by others, so will Lin Ruhai be classified as this bad person? ?

"Father, our family has received a lot from the prince."

Lin Ruhai frowned again. This was what he was worried about. The emperor refused to use an official point of view to discuss the matter of rebellion, and then detained the prince in Yuqing Palace, which showed that he wanted to excuse the prince. But bringing soldiers into the palace is a serious crime, and it is normal for the nine clans to be punished, so someone has to bear this crime.

He also carries the vain job of a prince and a tutor, how can he not be implicated in it.Kneeling on the cold stone slab for the past two days, watching the third prince's blood spilled all over the ground, Lin Ruhai was thinking about this problem.

Lin Ruhai sighed again, and said: "Now I can only take one step at a time, and I have to go to court tomorrow, so let's take a look." And there are some twists and turns, and some of them can't be told to my daughter.

Wanyu was a little uneasy, and she couldn't help hinting: "Father, it's not good to procrastinate like this. I went to the palace a few times before, and saw that the prince and His Majesty get along very harmoniously, as if no one else was there, and the relationship between father and son is unbroken."

These words reminded Lin Ruhai that the crown prince was the emperor's first son, born to the empress.Besides the prince, the queen also had a daughter, but unfortunately she died within two years after she got married, leaving no flesh and blood behind.

Lin Ruhai thought again that when the court came down today, several censors in the censor's platform said that the prince was unfaithful and unfilial, and that they would write a letter to abolish the prince tomorrow, and planned to admonish him to death, so his head hurt again.He waved his hand and said: "It's getting late, you go to bed first, let Weifu think about it."

Wanyu left, only Lin Ruhai and a lonely lamp were left in the study. Lin Ruhai watched the light flickering on and off. After an unknown amount of time, he finally made up his mind. With a long sigh, he spread out his papers and prepared to write a letter to apologize.

He is a princeling, there is no doubt that although the closeness to the prince was under the emperor's behest, it was also under his supervision. It kind of made the prince contact the capable and loyal ministers first, so that he could form his own team. But others don't know this, they only see one thing: Lin Ruhai is a princeling.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai couldn't help complaining to the crown prince, why can't he wait two more years after waiting for so many years.

Lin Ruhai's original plan was to delay first. Although he bears the title of Prince and Taifu, to be honest, this is a vain position for rewards. What's more, the prince is as old as him, and he has never taught the prince anything. Therefore, he originally planned to wait until the matter was settled. Anyway, the prince still has a father-in-law, and he would see how the emperor dealt with them.

Of course, he was thinking about more than this one path, but today Wanyu's two words made him lean more towards the second path.

Different from the first way of the mean, which is somewhat passive, the second way is to take the initiative to write a letter to plead guilty.Since it is an apology, it is unavoidable to bring the prince with him. Of course, it is all the prince's fault for bringing troops into the palace, but there is a balance to be grasped in this book, whether to pile them all on the prince's head or all on his own head. One point can only be mastered by oneself.

If you take the first road, you will definitely be condemned, and the second road is the same, but the second road is blocked by the future, the Sacred Heart, and whether it will be restored again.The key to this is whose fault is it that the prince led troops into the palace.

Lin Ruhai planned to block this matter on himself.

As Wanyu said, the emperor has a deep relationship with the prince and his son. If he stepped on the prince, it would be a moment of pleasure. The prince has committed such a big thing, and it is indeed impossible to shirk it, but what if your majesty regrets it in the future?It is normal for the prince to be deposed due to his lack of virtue, but what if the emperor is also angry?After raising for so many years, the prince who worked so hard to cultivate is useless, okay, whoever said bad things about my son, I will clean up one by one.

This matter is not without precedent. For example, the prince's brothers, the two masters who were the prince's first masters, and even the ministers in the court, the prince has never suffered a disadvantage.

As for taking this matter on his own head, would it really be handled by the emperor? Lin Ruhai can only say that there is such a possibility. The emperor is still angry, and people can do anything impulsively. risky.

But just like everyone knows that Lin Ruhai is a princeling, everyone also knows that Lin Ruhai has no role in the growth of the prince. Besides, he has only been in Beijing for two years, and last year he hired a prince for three months because of his wife's death. In such a short period of time, it would be almost impossible for him to sneak into the Prince's confidant team.

What's more, Lin Ruhai still has past merits to stand up to. He has managed the salt tax for so many years without any mistakes. The title of culprit, this is why Lin Ruhai dared to take risks.

The more Lin Ruhai thought about it, the more excited he became, and there were seven or eight hundred words in a book, from the beginning of the confession to the analysis of his heart, in short, he was ashamed of the emperor's love and his ancestors.

After the notebook was finished, Lin Ruhai read it twice, thinking about what he was going to say tomorrow, and then went to bed in the study with his clothes on.

Before dawn, Lin Ruhai was called up by the servant from last night. After sleeping this time, he calmed down a little. The energy that invigorated his whole body yesterday also dissipated a lot. While eating breakfast, he ordered Someone went to call Wanyu over.

Wanyu didn't sleep well that night, she believed in her father's political and emotional intelligence, she would definitely not make any foolish tricks at this time, just rest assured, but rebellion is a major event after all, and it is normal to be implicated.

When she got the news that her father had summoned her, she hurriedly followed. "Father looks much more energetic than yesterday, and my daughter is relieved."

Although Lin Ruhai is [-]% sure that he will return safely, he is not afraid of [-] but just in case, and some things need to be explained to his daughter in advance.

"I'm going to ask His Majesty for my father's guilt today." Lin Ruhai started with this, and his expression became solemn, "Daiyu and Heping, you take care of it. You know where to put the deeds of the servants in the family, the title deeds, the land, Cash and so on, you have to be aware of it.”

Wanyu was startled, but seeing that Lin Ruhai's face was still calm, she tentatively asked, "What's wrong with father?"

"The fault of the prince is the crime of negligence." After saying this sentence, Lin Ruhai said again: "I will wait for my father to come back at night."

Even if he didn't feel at ease and wanted to ask clearly, there was not enough time, so Lin Ruhai went to court after saying a few words.

Above the court, the prince is still the prince—now he is still the prince—kneeling in the middle, his face is pale, and his spirit is listless. The prince is usually the most well-groomed, not to mention that he hasn’t washed and washed for three days, and even wears his clothes several times a day Change.The miserable appearance of the prince now made Lin Ruhai's determination even stronger.

Comparing his heart to his heart, if his family Lin Ping had reached this stage, he would have softened his heart a long time ago.The emperor is also a father, how can he be hard-hearted when facing his most beloved son?

So after the eunuch said, "I have the book to play", Lin Ruhai pinched the fold in her cuff, took a deep breath, and was the first to stand up, and said loudly: "The minister has the book!"

Wanyu was frightened waiting at home, but in order to prevent her younger siblings from worrying too, she didn't show it at all.

But at noon, she didn't wait for Lin Ruhai to come, but a group of officers and soldiers came first from the Lin residence, the first two were an eunuch from the House of Internal Affairs, surnamed Li, and the other was an imperial guard, surnamed Qi.

The guards didn't come in at the front yard, but the eunuch didn't feel restrained. He went directly to the back yard and said to Wanyu, "Your Majesty has a decree. Lin Ruhai will win the title, withdraw from the post of cabinet scholar, and change to editor of the Imperial Academy."

Wanyu pulled her younger brother and sister to kneel to thank the emperor, and when she stood up, the eunuch said: "The sign on the house is about to be picked."

Wanyu nodded, and said: "Don't dare to bother Eunuch, I will arrange someone, Eunuch will wait for a while, drink some tea, it will be fine in a while."

Eunuch Li also heaved a sigh of relief. The emperor said that he would take off the Earl's Mansion sign, but there was another sentence, "The Lin family has three children at home now, please be polite and don't scare the children." polite?Eunuch Li was also nervous, for fear that something would happen in the Lin residence, and he would blame His Majesty when he returned.

But looking at the calmness of the eldest girl of the Lin family, the second girl held her elder sister's hand tightly and didn't say much, although the second girl's eyes were red. Cry out loud.

Although this job is only a little bit better than ransacking the house now, but thinking about the emperor's ambiguous sentence of "being polite", Eunuch Li felt that the Lin family's current misfortune was just a temporary thing, so he smiled at Wanyu and said, "Miss sit down!" Don't worry, Lord Qi is watching the officers and soldiers in the front yard, they won't come in."

Wanyu was really not particularly worried. She said so politely about seizing the title and demoting her position, she knew that the emperor was not here for real. She took a purse containing silver bills and handed it to Eunuch Li, saying, "Eunuch, take it to drink tea." After she finished speaking, she smiled slightly and said: "Eunuch Zhang is doing well today, I haven't seen him for some days."

Eunuch Li was taken aback, only then did he realize that the girl in front of him looked familiar, didn't he?Last year, he entered the palace every month. He rolled his eyes and said, "Miss, you are thinking about it. Master has a neat waist and legs, and he can still serve His Majesty for many years."

After finishing speaking, Wanyu smiled a little profoundly, and stopped talking.

Naturally, Eunuch Li wouldn’t be so foolish to go back and report Wanyu’s words back to the emperor, otherwise his master would be no good. He just said that the three children in Mrs. Lin’s family looked pitiful, holding hands tightly, and their voices were still a little trembling .

But no matter what, starting from Lin Ruhai's demotion, a series of events caused by the prince leading troops into the palace officially kicked off.The crown prince was deposed and imprisoned in Yuqing Palace. Although the queen didn't get any reprimand, she couldn't easily leave Kunning Palace.Concubine Liu, concubine of the third prince and concubine of the fourth prince, concubine Li Guifei, concubine of the fourth prince and concubine died, and the family members were demoted to common people.

As for the previous dynasty, the three censors kowtowed on the big stone pillars in the hall until their heads were bleeding. All the officials and emperors who were involved with the prince and three or four princes were not let go. Those who punish the five clans will not be allowed to take the imperial examination within three generations.

In short, from the beginning of winter, a gloomy and gloomy New Year passed, until the fourth prince died of illness in the mansion in March of the following year, and the emperor stopped.But at this time, one-third of the officials in the court have been implicated, and the rest are all in danger, and they dare not even say hello after the court.

The Lin family's backyard was relatively stable after Wan Yuzhang scolded the two servants who feared that the world would not be chaotic, but the letter from Jia's mansion caused some disturbances in their calm hearts.