Queen of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Demotion was expected by Lin Ruhai, not to mention that compared with another colleague in the cabinet who directly pushed him to the end, he was already lucky enough not to be marginalized. There was also the father-in-law of the crown prince who was in the Ministry of Industry, and the two younger brothers of the princess concubine. , although the emperor is quite satisfied with the princess, but these people's errands are over.

Having said that, I really went from a cabinet bachelor to an editor at the Imperial Academy. Although I have repeatedly comforted myself that it will only take a year or two at most, the psychological gap cannot be adjusted in three to five months.What kind of position is an editor? This is actually an internship position. It is a position held by new champions and concubines after passing the palace examination through normal channels. It's a bit like doing it all over again, and you can't see the holy face.

Lin Ruhai flipped another classic from the shelf, and began to copy page by page. He chose it himself anyway. No matter how disturbed he was, Lin Ruhai was still the same to the outside world. The smile is much less.

In fact, it’s good to think about it from another angle. This position is idle, and the emperor has only assigned him the job of repairing books. He doesn’t have to compete with those real newcomers, and he can save a lot of time to go home and teach his daughter and son.

It's good to live like this. Lin Ruhai doesn't interact with his usual colleagues anymore. Occasionally, there are a few people who are close to each other. They all meet each other and then give a slightly more cryptic look, knowing that they are okay.

Even for the few children in the family, Lin Ruhai also secretly mentioned that they should try their best to go out as little as possible. If the three of them are still in the filial piety period, the only place they can go to is the Rongguo Mansion other than temples and nunneries. Except for the two visits to Guanyin Nunnery, all three of them stayed at home peacefully.

"I don't like to go out either." Daiyu looked at her sister, then at her father, "It's fine to have my sister with me, my grandma's older sisters and younger sisters..." Daiyu instinctively said that she was not very nice. Okay, but... Sister Yingchun always looks sad, and Sister Tanchun is energetic all day long, but it makes people feel a little uncomfortable. As for Sister Xichun, she is younger than Lin Ping, so there is nothing to say.

It was the same with Lin Ping. Although he didn't say a word, the disgusted expression was revealed on his face.

Lin Ruhai touched the tops of the children's heads, and said, "Just stay at home and not go anywhere."

However, not two days after the death of the fourth prince, Jia's mansion sent a letter to Wanyu, the letter was dictated by Jia's mother and written by Jia Zheng.First, I talked about my worries about the children and my memory of Jia Min, and then I mentioned a few words about Lin Ruhai's demotion. Finally, I changed my style and said that your children are still in their filial piety. It's better not to go out.

Wanyu smiled wryly as she shook off this letter of confidence, who would want to forcefully get into Jia's house?Originally, I didn't go there for a year just to avoid trouble, but now it's fine, I'm disgusted by others.Whoever would go to Jia's mansion, just relying on that hereditary title, and second uncle, a fifth-rank official, what can they be expected to do!

Wanyu wrote back, saying that she was bothering her grandmother to worry about her. The three of them did not go out except to offer incense to ask for Buddhist rituals, or go to the Bodhisattva to miss their dead mother. They didn't even go to her grandmother's house for nearly a year. Where did I hear the gossip? This is to ruin the reputation of several people.

To say that this letter was answered would be somewhat resentful, but when Wanyu took the two letters to Lin Ruhai to read, he didn't say anything, but his tightly pressed lips revealed his heart. "Just go back like this." Lin Ruhai spoke, he thought he was a self-aware person, and he did everything properly, but the clay figurine was also a bit angry, not to mention it was the dead wife's natal family.

If it is said that the direct line of the Lin family is not obvious, and it has been passed down for several generations, he really treated the Jia family as relatives in the past, but now he has been slapped in the face.Since Lin Ruhai was demoted, he has held back a lot of hostility in his heart. Since you want to distance yourself, we will accompany you to the end. After all, my Lin family and you are neither a clan nor an ancestor. You have nothing to do with each other.

With her father's permission, Wanyu showed it to her younger siblings again.These two are still children and can feel malicious, but they are not as well-mannered as adults.Sad at first, then angry, Lin Ruhai said with a flat face, "I'm going to study."

On the other hand, Daiyu, to be honest, after Lin Ruhai was demoted, life in the Lin family really hasn't changed much. Her father's salary has decreased a lot, but the family's Zhuangzi is still there, and she didn't listen to what her sister said. This year is the year of the imperial examination. Since years ago, students from the south of the Yangtze River have come to visit their father one after another. It is said that they cried bitterly when they left.She thought about the father-in-law who came back home again, and said: "Did my sister tell my grandmother's family about the fact that Eunuch Li came back to pick up the plaque? Maybe it won't be like this."

Wan Yu shook her head and said, "Why say that, they might not believe it."

The smile on Daiyu's face is a bit like the expression of a good person catching a bad person doing bad things, "Sister did it on purpose."

Wanyu glared at her, "Eunuch Li is also responsible, can you talk nonsense? If you say it, you are trying to figure out the holy will, and you will be beheaded!"

"Sister, don't scare me." Daiyu smiled, "Our whole family depends on my sister to take care of me, and my sister will do whatever she says."

This really wasn't intentional, but with today's result, can it be regarded as killing two birds with one stone?Wanyu analyzed it carefully, and found that Jia's family was not wronged if they took this step, but they didn't know if they would regret it in the future.Sending charcoal in the snow, icing on the cake, has been the greater contribution of the former from ancient times to the present.

Not to mention regretting it in the future, Mother Jia felt a little uncomfortable when she sent the letter, but after receiving Wanyu's resentful reply, the guilt in her heart eased a bit.

"I'll just say it." Mrs. Wang read the letter as well, "Look at Wanyu's letter, the old lady wrote it for their own benefit, so it's as if she's hurting them by changing hands."

Mother Jia couldn't bear it, thinking about her daughter who died young, she said: "The three of them lost their mother, and they were already distraught. Well." Mother Jia rubbed her eyes, "My Min'er."

Mrs. Wang's eyes darkened, and she persuaded: "The old lady can't think so." She took the letter and put it in front of Jia's mother, "They can't see any sadness in this letter."

Mrs. Jia glanced at her, but she couldn't see any intentions. Mrs. Wang said again: "The old lady must be able to hold on now, Yuan Chun is in the palace... Seeing that it is getting better and better, but now it is not wrong at all." Can't get out."

Jia Mu nodded, and called Yuan Chun again, saying that she lived alone in the palace.

"Yuanchun went to the Seventh Prince's place, old lady, think about it..." Mrs. Wang looked around, and the next thing she said was a crime of beheading, so her voice dropped a little. "This is too bad," Mrs. Wang held out a thumbs up, pointing to the eldest prince.Mother Jia followed suit and nodded.

Mrs. Wang stretched out two fingers and said again, "This biological mother's status is too low." This is about the second prince. If the biological mother is a court lady, it is not uncommon for someone to become an emperor, but the second prince has not been around since he was a child. He was raised in the palace of a high-ranking concubine, so the possibility of this is extremely slim.

The third and fourth princes both went, so Mrs. Wang jumped directly to the sixth prince, "This one is in poor health. He has been married for four years and has not even given birth to a child."

"These two are the only ones left." Mrs. Wang first compared five, and then compared seven.

Mrs. Wang seemed to be moved by Mrs. Wang, she put away her sad expression, nodded and said: "What you said is somewhat reasonable..." Jia Mu thought for a moment, and said: "Forget it, let's do this first, and wait for my house It's better, when Yuan Chun is able to speak, I will naturally be able to plead for them. They are still young, so I naturally want to think about them." Jia Mu frowned again, "It's just Mrs. Lin..." She seemed a little dissatisfied with him for not persuading Wanyu.

"The old lady is kind." Mrs. Wang smiled, and then cursed in her heart, this old woman is old, but she is not confused at all, pushing her granddaughter away is forced by the situation, and she can find someone who will be favored in the future to help Their excuses are to be more sincere and learn more.

On the way back, Mrs. Wang met Lian's Second Mistress who had been with her for more than a year. Naturally, this Lian's Second Mistress was not Wang Xifeng.

Why?After she comes in, Mrs. Wang will no longer be the housekeeper. Although it is still in the process of handing over a little bit, although Mrs. Wang has grown up with her for a generation, the title of "long house and eldest daughter-in-law" is not an empty title. It includes many things. Well, the first person in the line is the number one housekeeper, and her mother-in-law, Xing, has to be behind her because she is a step-wife.

"Auntie." Mrs. Yu greeted without changing her expression. Mrs. Wang was a little worried. If Wang Xifeng married in, then...but this person was brought in by Lin Ruhai, so I don't know if he was implicated. Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang suddenly Smiling with Mrs. Yu, he said condescendingly and pityingly: "Now that you have married into Jia's family, it's better to spread your branches earlier."

Mrs. Yu, who has no borders, didn't understand this sentence at all, but the serious mother-in-law, Mrs. Xing, who came around the corner, quit. She raised her eyebrows and said sarcastically: "What's the rush after only entering the house for a year, let alone the first year?" For such things, the chosen auspicious day is useless, and I have been filial piety for seven months after entering the door, and I don’t know whose blessing it is." After she finished speaking, she looked at Mrs. Wang's pale face, and said to Yu Shi: "I know you are filial, don't you have something to say to the old lady, you go first, I will have a good talk with your aunt and sister-in-law."

I don't know if Mrs. Xing learned something from seeing Jia Min just a few times, or because her daughter-in-law has gained confidence in coming in. Now she can beat Mrs. Wang four or five times out of ten times. Anyway, she always goes to her every time. Madam Xing is not afraid at all, she is so old, she will not be able to give birth anyway, it is better to let out this breath, so that she can feel better.

But Mrs. Wang ignored her this time, and left as soon as she said she still had something to do.

Mrs. Xing looked at Mrs. Wang's back and smiled coldly, "Just pretend I don't know. Is it because Mrs. Yu went to poke me in front of her when she came in? Although I am not as prominent as your family, I am still a serious mother-in-law. How can I get rid of it?" I'm going to curry favor with you, I really think that I've read the Four Books for nothing!"

"Let's go!" Madam Xing turned her head and called her maid, "I'm happy today, let's go for a stroll in the garden."

Wanyu completely put aside the matter of Jia's mansion. Before Jia Min died, she said that she had a better relationship with her eldest brother than her second brother, but since Lin Ruhai was demoted, Jia Lian didn't give away much of his gadgets. After Jia Min's death, he even gave some plain silver jewellery, and he also said that girls should keep their filial piety at home, but they can't really have a plain face.

But that's good too, Wanyu comforted herself, she recognized everyone clearly this time.Everyone in the Jia Mansion is a pair of snobbish eyes, that's right.

After two days, Wanyu thought that the oil lamps enshrined in the Avalokitesvara Nunnery were almost finished lighting, and the day was almost fifteen, so she planned to go there in the morning, just in time to ask for another one after finishing the ceremony .

The first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year was the official day, and there were rituals in Guanyin Nunnery, so many people went there. This Wanyu was not worried at all, she always went directly to the backyard, and the number of people had nothing to do with her.

But this time, she met an acquaintance.

To be precise, it was the concubine that the crown prince took to Jiangnan, the Wu family who is now the side concubine, with her son and daughter, and one of the crown prince's concubine who had lost her mother and was taken care of under her name. Come to Guanyin Nunnery to offer incense.Guanyin Nunnery said that it does not accept male guests, but like the royal family, it is absolutely free from all rules. The host said a few words that the child is still young and not in the way, so he invited people in.

Both parties were taken aback when they met, but Wanyu came to her senses first and greeted Wu.

It is true that the deposed prince was imprisoned, but the only one who accompanied him to live in Yuqing Palace was the concubine. The remaining side concubines, concubines, and children, whether they were born to the concubine or not, were all chosen by the emperor. The government chose an auspicious day and threw it all out.However, the emperor still took care of those people. Those who should go to school went to school, and those who should get married got married, as if they were not affected at all.

Wu's voice is soft and soft. In the early years, she was able to attract the prince by her color, but now she is still able to attract the prince when she is older, because of the temperament she has cultivated over the years. She smiled softly at Wanyu and said: "I didn't expect to see the girl here again. The girl's family has suffered from our Ruiyong..." Wu wiped away her tears, "I have wronged the girl."

This tone may be liked by men, but Wanyu is not cold at all, and she dare not raise her head, for fear that Mrs. Wu on the opposite side will see the uneasiness in her eyes, "You worry too much." Just this sentence, I dare not say more, this This kind of thing involves the throne, what do you want me to say?It doesn't matter if you don't feel wronged?

But this leads Wanyu to another train of thought, if the future emperor is not the crown prince, and her father dies like in the original book, then wouldn't their family fall into the hands of Jia's family, and they will die without a whole body!

No!The prince must be the emperor, and her father must not die!