The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

"Jue'er, cough cough..."

Just as Lin Ruhai called Lin Jue's name, he couldn't stop coughing again.Seeing this, Lin Jue hurriedly brought warm tea to his lips.Holding Lin Jue's hand, Lin Ruhai took a sip of tea, and his breath became more stable.

"Jue'er, is there any news from Yu'er?"

Lin Jue patted Lin Ruhai's back to cheer him up, and said, "Xin'er has been away for three months, and I think I have already got news from there, but my sister is weak, so I might delay some time along the way."

Lin Ruhai coughed twice when she heard the words, and Fang sighed: "Yes, I was a little impatient. Alas, your sister is delicate and frail, and has a heavy heart. Although she is not close to you, she is coughing..."

Lin Jue hurriedly took another sip of tea, Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Lin Jue with a little guilt. "Although she is not close to you, she is still your own sister after all. Blood relationship is hard to break. If... If you are going to be a father, you should take care of her more..."

"Father..." Lin Jue groaned in his heart, "Father just caught the wind and cold occasionally, and he also suffered from overwork. He needs to rest and recuperate, and he will recover soon."

Despite such consolation, the father and son knew in their hearts that Lin Ruhai's time was approaching, so they called Lin Daiyu back in such a hurry, in order to see their daughter for the last time.

Lin Ruhai sighed, and patted Lin Jue's hand, "These days in the mansion are enough for you to be busy, go down and have a rest, I'm tired of being a father."

Lin Jue had no choice but to agree, and helped Lin Ruhai fall asleep, tucked in the corner of the quilt, and stood quietly for a while.After listening to Lin Ruhai's breathing gradually stabilized, Fang exited from the inner room.He also left Fengju beside him, and told her to pay attention to the movement in the room, and if the master woke up, quickly bring the medicine in.

"Don't worry, my lord. When my lord wakes up, Fengju will send someone to call my lord again. My lord has been exhausted for the past few days, let's go and have a rest. If my lord wakes up and sees your description like this, you're going to blame your slaves. My lord will Think of it as feeling sorry for your servant."

Lin Jue looked at the big maid who had been with her since she was a child, and smiled faintly, "The girl will be here in a few days. I gave you to her last time because I thought you were a good one. But, she In the end, I cared about me, so I didn't take you with me, so don't take it to heart. After all, it's not your fault, it's my fault. If she said something, don't really annoy her."

Fengju covered her lips and smiled, "The uncle is here to tease the servant again. Fengju is just a slave. How dare he really annoy the girl? It's just to use this introduction to ask the uncle for more benefits. It's just... Jia's mansion is finally The girl's grandfather's house, the girl has such a temperament, when she was in our mansion, she was spoiled by you and the master, what will happen there!"

Lin Jue knew in her heart that Fengju was a high-minded person, and she would care about Daiyu to some extent.But the words have been ordered, Fengju has always known the general situation, and he will not mess around.

Shaking his head helplessly, he is not like Jia Baoyu, he is a sentimental young man, but he always has a softer heart towards women.I have been spoiled by these girls, they are always bold in speaking, but they are the most disciplined, it is really distressing.Forget it, let them go, after all, I can still protect a little now, and I will do my best to plan a way out for them in the future.

Thinking of this, Lin Jue couldn't help thinking of his younger sister Lin Daiyu who vomited blood and died miserably.Daiyu was still young when she left, but she has already shown intelligence and intelligence beyond ordinary people. Now she has stayed in Jia's house for three years, and she doesn't know what to do.

The woman had also been dead for three years, and his mother's revenge was avenged, and now Lin Ruhai is suffering from serious illness, Daiyu is innocent, not to mention the fate is bleak, Lin Jue does not want to make things difficult for her.It's just that Daiyu was not close to him back then, and she was separated by her aunt, and now she has stayed at her grandfather's house for three years, so she probably doesn't want to see herself even more.

Lin Jue sighed slightly, if something happened to Lin Ruhai, Daiyu would be the only person he was connected with here by blood, if...he would never sit back and watch others bully his sister at will.

Before Daiyu disembarked, she heard a servant report that the sedan chair that the Lin family came to pick her up was already waiting at the pier.Daiyu smiled lightly, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed but did not relax in the slightest.

Seeing this, the big girl Le Yao who was waiting by her side hurriedly persuaded her: "Miss, don't worry, the letter only said that the master is not in good health. It seems that the master missed the girl, so he wanted to call the girl back. The uncle... the uncle also deliberately A letter came saying that the master is fine, and the girl can feel at ease."

Daiyu pursed her lips, recalling what her mother had told her before she died, and her elder brother's arrangement before going to Jia's mansion, and after arriving at Jia's mansion, those people quarreled with each other, and in the end they turned to the Lin family in their hearts.

After half an hour the boat docked, Le Yao hurriedly arranged Lin Daiyu's clothes, and put on a waist-length plain cape with thin snow-white fox fur around the neckline, looking very delicate and lovely. "It's a little cold outside, the girl coughed twice last night, you better be careful." He took the gauze hat and tied it with Daiyu.

As soon as this side was finished, the little girl Xueyan hurriedly opened the door and came in, saying: "Miss, the uncle came to pick you up in person, the outside curtains are all done, the uncle said that the girl does not need to wear a gauze hat."

Le Yao then took off the gauze hat again, looked at Daiyu's expression, and said with a smile: "It's still the uncle who is thoughtful."

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, the worry on her brows lessened, "Don't keep brother waiting."

Lin Jue stood on the pier with his hands behind his back.Seeing Daiyu and her party get off the boat, all the girls and women standing beside her stepped forward to salute one after another, surrounded Daiyu and boarded their carriage.After Daiyu and all the maids got into the car and settled down, the curtains around them were removed, and Jia Lianfang got off the boat to meet Lin Jue.

"Second Cousin Lian, you've worked hard all the way." Lin Jue clasped his fists in salute, even though he had no blood relationship with Jia's family, he still had to worry about the face of Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu, so this cousin was called out.

Jia Lian looked at the handsome twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in front of him, and nodded rather reservedly, "Cousin Lin, is Uncle Lin okay?"

"Father is fine, I'm sorry for my cousin. My cousin has been exhausted all the way, and Jue has built a table and banquet in the mansion to clean up the dust for my cousin." Lin Jue raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Very charming.

Jia Lian was originally a master who didn't care about meat and vegetables, no matter what smells good or smelly, he would swipe to his side. Seeing Lin Jue describe it like this, half of his body softened.However, Lin Jue's identity really made him dare not come up with any other ideas.

"Second Cousin Lian, please!" Lin Jue stepped aside with a smile.

Jia Lian smiled, held Lin Jue's arm, and said affectionately, "Our cousins ​​are so polite, let's go together!"

Lin Jue didn't give in to him any more, and let him pull her affectionately into the carriage.

The banquet at night was not very lively, after all, there were only a few people in the Lin family, and Lin Ruhai was ill and couldn't entertain guests.But without Lin Ruhai, Jia Lian felt more at ease. After a few cups of yellow soup, he took Lin Jue's hand and called out "good cousin" one after another.

With a smile on the corner of Lin Jue's mouth, he allowed Jia Lian to take advantage of him until he was completely drunk, then took the silk scarf handed over by the servant beside him and wiped his hands.He cast a sideways glance at Jia Lian, who was so drunk that he didn't know anything about human affairs, his face was gentle, but his voice was extremely cold, "Fu Lian, second master, go down!"

When Jia Lian came out this time, he only brought a few servants with him, and now he has been force-fed to such an extent that there is no way he can come and serve him.Lin Jue had been watching this Second Master Lian taking advantage of his uncle, and the servants rolled up their arms and sleeves and rushed towards Second Master Lian with a smirk.

Lin Jue turned and left. After thinking about it, she finally said, "Don't leave any traces."

The boys who had disliked Jia Lian early in the morning left a sentence of "don't worry, sir" and went to the second master Lian of Jia's family without mercy!

Lin Jue shook her head and smiled, "Second Master Lian, please be blessed."

Lin Jue walked slowly to the garden, where Lin Daiyu was talking with Lin Ruhai by the lotus pond.

Lin Jue walked over to meet the two of them, and asked about Lin Ruhai's body with a smile. Seeing that his face looked good, and his cough was much lighter than before, it seemed that it was because Daiyu was back and was in a happy mood. Lin Jue was somewhat relieved. some.

"The capital is thousands of miles away from Yangzhou, and the boats and cars are exhausting. Why don't my sister take a rest?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and replied with a smile: "It's just a few days on the boat, she's not that delicate."

Lin Jue smiled and said: "Girls' families are delicate, let alone people like ours. My sister is not as casual as my own when she is in her natal family. She has only come back after so long. If there is anything unsatisfactory, you can tell me." He also ordered Feng Ju came over to greet her.

"The girl next to you has not been in the mansion for the past few years. I'm afraid there may be some inconvenience. Feng Ju has been with me for a few years. She is the most considerate. Now that she is old, she has not married outside and has been assigned to the mansion. Lin Cheng, the second housekeeper. The chief housekeeper is getting older, and has become more and more confused in the past two years, and they have always been in charge of the house inside and outside the house."

Fengju knelt on the ground and called "girl", and Daiyu hurriedly called out, "Sister Fengju, I still remember, she is the number one servant by my brother's side, and now she is given to me..."

Lin Ruhai frowned, and couldn't help coughing. Lin Jue hurriedly got up and patted Lin Ruhai's back lightly. Daiyu served Lin Ruhai and took a sip of tea.

Lin Ruhai hadn't seen her daughter for three years. This illness came suddenly, but it was reasonable. She knew her own body, so she hurriedly took Daiyu back, thinking that before she died, she would always have to See her one last time.

When he was talking to Daiyu before, he had discovered that after seeing her for three years, Daiyu had become more petty.After all, it was the daughter he had been thinking about, he thought it might be because he hadn't seen her for a long time, because Daiyu was a bit reserved, now he heard that his daughter who is as beautiful as a jewel, the daughter of the daughter of the jewel in the palm, actually aroused her sister with a servant girl, this is really... …It is really……

Thinking of Jia Lian's timid look when he came to greet him, he felt even more ugly.Thinking about the marriage with Jia's family back then, it was precisely because of his father-in-law's rigorous and open-minded manner in running the family, but he didn't expect that after his father-in-law passed away, the situation of Jia's family would deteriorate day by day.Every time I talk about it with my wife, my wife still doesn't care about it. He is an uncle with a foreign surname, it is really not easy to interfere in Jia's family affairs, so he just let it go.

Now his wife sent her daughter to Jia's house to be raised by her own will, and she was brought up to look like this. Lin Ruhai had a mouthful of blood choked in her throat, and she didn't know how to question Jia's upbringing.

Lin Ruhai was deeply distressed. When his wife was dying, he insisted on sending his daughter to Jia's mansion to be raised. He had no intention of continuing. There was only one daughter, and there was no one in the inner house to raise her. In the future, Daiyu's marriage would always be hindered. It would be cheaper to send it to Jia's mansion, after all, it was the ancestral home of relatives, so after a lot of thinking, I finally agreed.

Although it is from her ancestral home, Lin Ruhai also knew that Daiyu had a very noble and lonely temper, so she made some arrangements, for fear that her daughter would suffer a little bit of grievance in Jia's mansion.But he didn't expect that his daughter would never return, and he wrote several times to bring Daiyu back, but was blocked by his mother-in-law.If he hadn't helped Jue'er's dead mother upright this time, he might not be able to see his daughter again.

Feeling angry and hurt in his heart, Lin Ruhai clutched his chest.