The Unparalleled Warrior of the Dream of the Red Chamber

Lin's family was full of joy, and Jia's mansion was also very happy. Mother Jia ordered Sister Feng to put up lanterns and festoons to celebrate.Mrs. Xing also came to make fun of her. Although she is not a good talker, she told Gong Wei's words upside down, which made Jiamu laugh from ear to ear.But Mrs. Wang felt really awkward in her heart, and an inexplicable sourness welled up in her heart. Although she didn't dare to show it very much, anyone could see that the second wife was not happy, so everyone was careful Avoid her and try not to touch her head.

Sister Feng has been the housekeeper for many years, and only came to ask Mrs. Wang for instructions unless it was an important matter, and she could make decisions about the rest. Therefore, Mrs. Wang didn't want to see everyone celebrating with lanterns and festoons, so she pointed out something and walked to Lixiangyuan unconsciously.

Ever since Doctor Wang said that Xue Pan's disease needs to be treated by martial arts masters, Aunt Xue sent all the servants in the family to look for it, but it is not easy to find the martial arts masters. Nine and a half are swindlers, all of whom came to cheat and cheat money. They met more than a dozen so-called martial arts masters back and forth, but none of them could tell what was going on with Xue Pan. Slowly, Bao Chai hid behind the screen and understood that her brother's illness was really only curable by the Daoist Sanqing.So he dismissed those half-baked wild doctors, and said to Mrs. Xue: "Mom, it seems that only Daoist Sanqing can cure this strange disease."

Aunt Xue wiped her tears and cried: "My son, the Taoist Sanqing's whereabouts are erratic. No matter how much money our family has, it is useless to find him."

Xue Baochai gritted her teeth and said, "Mom, besides Daoist Sanqing, there is one person who can save brother."

Aunt Xue grabbed Baochai and shouted, "Who is it? Please come quickly."

Baochai helped her mother to sit down, shook her head and said, "It's Miss Lin, brother's strange illness is inextricably related to her, even if she didn't do it herself, it was her two little girls. But we never caught them, they I definitely won’t admit it. I hate that she went out again today, otherwise I will bring her here and force her to save my brother.”

Baochai had just finished speaking when she heard a little girl's voice outside: "Second wife, please be well!"

Mrs. Xue and Baochai rushed out to welcome Mrs. Wang. Seeing Mrs. Wang's gloomy expression, they hurriedly took Mrs. Wang into the room, and then asked, "Who made Auntie angry?"

Mrs. Wang said bitterly: "Do you know who the champion of the new division is?"

Mrs. Xue and Baochai both shook their heads. Their family is an imperial merchant, and they only care about matters related to the imperial merchant. As for who is the number one scholar, it is not within their scope of concern.

Mrs. Wang said angrily, "It's that Hu Meizi's elder brother, named Lin Cheng."

Baochai wondered: "Auntie, isn't that girl Lin coming out alone? Why does she have a brother?"

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "It's her baby brother. Lin Yatou's father adopted him as his adopted son before he died, and he was included in Lin's genealogy."

Baochai nodded slightly and said, "Oh, it turned out to be him. My brother has seen him and praised him very much." The clan's children and Xue Pan and others had had wine, Xue Pan saw Lin Cheng's good-looking appearance, handsome and handsome, and Long Yang's spirit was unavoidably moved. The elder brother and the younger brother called each other very affectionately, Lin Cheng ignored him, On the contrary, he rushed forward even more. Later, after Lin Cheng left Beijing, Xue Pan kept talking about it for a long time, and it was then that Xue Baochai heard about Lin Cheng.

Aunt Xue's thoughts are all on her son, and she has no interest in who is the top student in the new department, but Baochai is different. Hearing that Daiyu's brother is the top student in high school, Baochai has mixed feelings of envy and hatred.Baochai was in a trance, and Mrs. Wang called out, "Bao girl, what are you thinking about?"

Baochai mournfully said: "Girl Lin has an elder brother who is number one, but my elder brother was harmed by her like this, what is the reason..."

Mrs. Wang said in a deep voice: "Baby girl, you go out first, I have something to say to your mother."

Baochai wondered secretly, Xindao's aunt did not avoid me when she spoke, what happened today?But thinking about it, Baochai withdrew and closed the door, then went back to her room.

"Sister, I have something I want you to fulfill." Mrs. Wang said while holding Aunt Xue's hand and looking into her eyes.

"Sister has something to tell, but we will agree to anything we can do." Aunt Xue knew that her family was orphaned and widowed, and at least she had her older brothers and sisters as backers to maintain her life. Therefore, Madam Wang tried her best to satisfy whatever she wanted. .

Mrs. Wang said happily: "Really, that's great, you are really my good sister."

Aunt Xue said sadly: "My sister hasn't said what happened yet, and now I don't have any other thoughts, I just hope that Pan'er will get better."

Mrs. Wang took Aunt Xue's hand and said, "Sister, I want Girl Bao to be my daughter-in-law."

"What? How can this work? Chai'er is going to Beijing to be elected, sister, you know, didn't we agree to recommend Baochai to the palace once the mother is pregnant?" Aunt Xue's eyes widened in surprise. , looking at her sister in disbelief, suddenly felt that the most familiar face became so strange.

"Sister, don't worry, let me tell you slowly." Mrs. Wang pulled Mrs. Xue to the side and sat down, and said in a soft voice.

Aunt Xue was furious in her heart, but she could only sit down powerlessly. Now that she is under the eaves of someone else's house, it is hard not to bow her head! "Sister, earlier today the old lady made it clear that she wanted to hire that foxy girl to be Baoyu's wife, which I would never agree to. I thought that from the girls I've met, only Baoyue is the most suitable for me. I don't know how much stronger that Hu Meizi is. To tell the truth from my sister, now Feng girl only knows how to curry favor with the old lady, and doesn't pay attention to me as an aunt at all. My brother won the first prize. If we really marry in, the old lady will definitely hand over the power of housekeeping to her, and I can still be good to me? If I marry Bao girl, with the old lady's love for Baoyu, she will definitely let her go. Bao girl is the housekeeper, we are of one mind, this Jia family is not our Wang family's final decision. Sister, think about it, my Yuanchun has been in the palace for many years, and she has worked hard to get the title of imperial concubine. She is lucky There are so many beauties in the cold palace who are both talented and attractive. Do you have the heart to let Bao girl go to that place where the sun never sees? Yuan girl has been in the palace for ten years, and I have seen her no more than ten times. Sister, Can you bear it?" Mrs. Wang said with sincerity and tears, which made Aunt Xue's neck feel cold when she thought about it, and she couldn't help shivering.Couldn't help muttering: "Is it such a hardship?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly struck the iron while it was hot: "It's not a big deal. It costs money to move there. Since Yuan girl entered the palace, she has spent more than a million taels of silver at home. Looking at the four seasons and eighth festivals, we will also get some rewards, but those The rewards don't add up to 1 taels of silver, but it's nothing more than a face. Sister, I thought over and over again, it's fine for Yuan girl to suffer alone in the palace, why bother with Bao girl, I really can't bear it in my heart. "

Aunt Xue's heart was really pounding. The ancestors of the Xue family were imperial merchants. In Xue Pan's generation, they only borrowed the favor from their ancestors to maintain it. Nearly half of the family's property was sold to support the present. Decent, if Baochai really enters the palace, it is really unbearable to send a lot of money in.Mrs. Xue was deliberately misled by Mrs. Wang. The Jia family has hereditary titles, so the word "expensive" is naturally taken, but the Xue family is different. The Xue family looks rich and can take the word "rich", but the merchant One is regarded as a humble job, but it is much worse in the word "expensive".

Seeing that Mrs. Xue was a little shaken, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "My sister's daughter is just like my daughter. I will definitely treat her well when she marries, and my sister can rest assured. If she marries into someone else's family, can my sister not worry about it? "

The balance in Mrs. Xue's heart was overturned. She was persuaded by her elder sister, and immediately said: "If you can really be in-laws with your elder sister, that would be great, but how can the old lady agree?"

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Don't worry about this little sister. No matter how old the old lady is, she will never be as big as the royal family. When the time comes, let the empress ask for the will of the marriage. Wouldn't it be honorable, and she can also stop the old lady's mouth."

After hearing this, Aunt Xue nodded and said: "Sister is very right, but... Pan'er is like this, I don't have the heart to take care of these things. Only when Pan'er is cured can I take care of Bao girl's affairs."

Mrs. Wang looked at Xue Pan, who was lying on the bed and knew nothing about his personnel, and suddenly an evil thought flashed in her heart. She thought that if Xue Pan died, wouldn't all the private affairs of the Xue family belong to Baochai? Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Sister, don't worry, I have always taken Pan'er's matter to heart. Didn't you say that Sanqing Daoist may be able to cure Pan'er's disease? I have already sent someone to find Sanqing Daoist .I think there will be an answer soon."

When Mrs. Xue heard this, she chanted Amitabha repeatedly, and she threw herself down in gratitude, and the words of gratitude were full of words.Mrs. Wang had already achieved her goal, so she didn't want to stay in the room where a living dead person was lying, so she pointed at the matter and walked away.

Jia pardoned Jia Zheng and returned to Jia's mansion to report to Jia's mother. When Jia's mother saw that Daiyu hadn't picked her up, she lowered her face and said, "Where's Yu'er? Why don't you take my Yu'er back?"

Jia She gloated and said with a gleeful smile, "The Lin family wanted to keep their niece, so the second master agreed."

Mother Jia looked at Jia Zheng and said in a deep voice, "You can make your own decisions."

Jia Zheng hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt down and replied: "Returning to the old lady's words, it is not my son's own opinion. It is really Lin Erye's words that are reasonable. If we don't agree, it will seem disrespectful. Congratulations, my niece should stay, it's not good to force her to come back."

Jia Mu nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Get up, it makes sense, I don't know if Yu'er is away from me, but I'm used to it?"

Jia She hurriedly bowed and said, "It's my niece's house, how can I not get used to it. According to my son, the Lin family is as rich as it used to be, better than our Duke's mansion. It is said that it only serves the niece's orders." There are dozens of girls, and there are more others. According to my son, although Lin Yi and Lin Cheng have been included in the genealogy, they still regard their nieces as master girls, nieces are amazing!"

After hearing this, Jia Mu said happily, "Is that true?"

Jia Zheng nodded quickly and said, "Brother is very true. Although we haven't seen our niece, we can tell from the words and deeds of the servants of the Lin family."

Jia's mother said happily, "That's good, that's good! Then Lin Yi really lived up to the word 'righteousness'. Since it's like this, it's a good thing for Yu'er to come back a day or two later. It's also a happy event for our Jia family that Lin Cheng won the number one prize. Yes, but have you ever sent a message to your mother, she is in the deep palace, I am afraid that she does not know the relationship between the new champion and our family, so she should tell her."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said, "I've asked someone to send a letter to go in. I think the empress already knows about it."

Jia Mu nodded and said, "Oh, it's good to know, it's good to know."

The palace was full of joy, and everyone was preparing for the Qionglin Banquet in the future.The Qionglin Banquet this time is not just as simple as the Qionglin Banquet, but to choose a son-in-law for the daughter of the clan of the right age, so the preparation must be more careful.

The empress held the Luo Qionglin banquet in person, and the princes and princesses would naturally show their filial piety to the front and back. The crown prince Shui Chi laughed while he was busy: "Mother, who do you think is the number one scholar?"

The queen slapped the prince lightly and scolded with a smile: "You know your mother and the queen never asks about these things, but you still use this as an example, you really deserve a beating."

Shui Chi hurriedly begged for mercy and said: "Mother, please forgive me, my son will not be a fool. The number one scholar in this division is the adopted brother of my younger sister and Mr. Lin's adopted son."

The queen widened her eyes and said, "Really? Yu'er also has an older brother, which is great! Chi'er, why didn't you tell the queen mother earlier?"

Shui Chi hurriedly said: "I just found out about it. The papers have been sealed before. I'm afraid that Lin Cheng has the same temper as Mr. Lin Cheng, and he is full of pride. He will definitely not come here to cheat, so no one knows that he is the same as you." Regarding the relationship between the Lin family, my son heard the news from his father talking to himself."

The queen said angrily: "Your father didn't come to tell me, it's always your Mr. Lin and Aunt Min's child, so you should take care of it more."

Shui Chi hurriedly said: "Father also said the same. If he hadn't been selected as the number one scholar, and Father had checked his name, otherwise Father would not have known about his relationship with the Lin family."

The queen nodded and said, "Sure enough, he is an ambitious child! I really want to meet him sooner."

Shui Chi approached the Queen, and begged in a low voice: "Mother, my son wants to go out of the palace to see this new champion, so you agree!" Plead for mercy in a low voice.

The queen calculated that Shui Chi was fined for more than ten days, and was detained in the imperial study every day. It was really pitiful, so she smiled and said: "Forget it, I will spare you once, and you can go if you want, but there is one thing, God You must come back before dark, and you are not allowed to drink outside."

Shui Chi seemed to be amnesty, he threw himself down on his knees and kowtowed to thank him, and then ran out, like a gust of wind, and when the people who saw him finished their salutes, the prince was no longer in sight.How could the queen know about Shui Chi's careful thinking? Although others can't leave the palace, someday those ears and hearts will not secretly report the news. He knew that Daiyu left Jia's mansion to go to the mansion of Lin Cheng, the champion of the new department, so he came to the palace. There will be something like that just now.

Shui Chifei also rushed to the Lin's mansion, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Prince Shui Rong of Beijing dressed in casual clothes, pretending to be an ordinary scholar, and just cast a greeting on the door.

Shui Chi rushed forward and shouted, "Why are you here?"

Shui Rong couldn't help being stunned when he saw Shui Chi, and then asked with a dark face: "You sneaked out again, aren't you afraid that two crimes will be combined into one, and you will be punished twice?"

Shui Chi smiled triumphantly and said, "I didn't sneak out, I came here to pay a visit to the champion of the new division at the request of my mother!"

Seeing Shui Chi's smug smile, Shui Rong said awkwardly: "Hypocrisy, pretend I don't know why you came here?" Shui Chi didn't give in at all, and opened his mouth, "You pretend I don't know why you came here ?”

Shui Rong generously admitted: "I'm here to visit the champion of the new division, and I'm also here to give something to my junior sister."

Shui Chi was choked by Shui Rong, and said, "I'm also here to deliver something."

Shui Rong stared and said: "You are so old and still learn to talk to others, you are not ashamed!"

Shui Chi shouted unceremoniously: "Boy, don't forget you have to call me cousin!"

The more the two talked, the more angry they became, and their voices gradually became louder. The members of the Lin family are well-informed, but it is definitely a headache to see two noble young men blocking the door of their own house and arguing. one time.The door hurriedly persuaded: "You two, calm down, let's not hide it, today is a big day for our family, you two..."

Shui Chi glared at Shui Rong, and said to the door: "Go and tell Lin Cheng that it is Shui Chi who is visiting, and ask him to come out quickly." Shui Chi has been in the top position for a long time, and he is used to serving people, so he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with his words and deeds.But Shui Rong is different, he is much more polite than Shui Chi, he smiled at the door and said: "Go and report to your master, just say that the old man Shui Rong is visiting, and he will know who I am."

Menzi obviously had a better impression of Shui Rong, he bowed to Shui Rong and said with a smile, "Master Shui, wait a moment, and the villain will report back."

Shui Rong proudly raised an eyebrow at Shui Chi, and was so angry that Shui Chi stared straight at him.

After hearing the disciple's reply, Lin Cheng asked about Shui Chi's description carefully, and hurriedly went to Lin Yi and said, "Second Uncle, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Prince of Beijing are here in disguise."

Lin Yiqi said: "Prince Beijing Palace is old with our Lin family, so it is reasonable to come to congratulate us, but the crown prince has never lived with us, why did he come here?"

Lin Cheng also couldn't figure out the joints, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Since they are all in modest clothes, we can't welcome them with big gifts, so we have to ask our second uncle and nephew to pick them up, and let's talk after we enter the door."

Lin Yi nodded and said: "That's right, Huiyun, you should clean up the flower hall quickly. The prince came here in disguise. You definitely don't want people to know."