Indulgence in the Red Chamber

When Yinzhen returned to his study, he wrote a memorial to Kangxi, sprinkling thousands of words, reporting everything in Yangzhou clearly, and finally talked about the death of Lin Ruhai's wife, Jia Shi, and said a few good words about Lin Ruhai, He also said that Lin Ruhai's daughter was only six years old, and that after her mother died of illness, she would have no one to raise her.

Originally, the fourth elder brother didn't like to meddle in the private affairs of these court officials' families, but since Yinzuo was involved in this matter, he had to be extra careful.Over the years, the emperor has never said how much he misses Yinzuo, but from the two things that the emperor loves for the fourteenth and the unfailing favor of the concubine De, Kangxi has made up for the guilt he felt towards the sixth son back then. On the body of the mother and son.

In Yinzhen's view, if Yinzuo really died, then forget it.Anyway, I have no intention of relying on something to win favor in front of the emperor, but now that Yin Zuo is still alive, it is somewhat unfair.

Everyone in the harem, from the ancestor Xiaozhuang, the Empress Dowager, down to the eunuchs at the lowest level who are responsible for sanitation, all think that Yinzhen is a cold-faced person. He always keeps a straight face 360 ​​days a year, 360 days , I don’t see any smiles, I do things in a orderly manner, I never overstep one step, I am not very happy when I am praised by the emperor, and I am not very angry when I am criticized by the emperor.It was as if the man had no feelings by nature.

So everyone behaved well in front of him, including the elder brothers who didn't like to get close to him, and they didn't even dare to tell jokes when they got together, of course, except for Yinxiang.

And Kangxi also took a fancy to him, so he entrusted him with the matter of going south to Yangzhou to supervise the grain and grass.Because the battle of Gerdan involved the honor of the royal conquest, it is extremely normal to win, but to lose?No defeat is allowed, unless Emperor Kangxi died in battle in the northwest—of course, during Kangxi's time, he must not die in the northwest.So Yinzhen also knew the arduous task of this trip to Yangzhou.

Therefore, Lin Ruhai became even more important.

The censor who patrols salt holds nearly half of the wealth in Yangzhou, and is really Yinzhen's right-hand man in this mission.

So it's not too much for Yinzhen to say a few good things for him.

On the same day, Yinzhen's official sent this memorial to the capital in an expedited six hundred miles, and on Yangzhou's side, Lin Ning had already started to make arrangements for Mrs. Luojia's funeral.

Although Lin Ruhai's title is not high, but the four generations of princes of the Lin family, the real family of Zhongmingdingding, Shishili, Shuxiang, have lived in the Qinhuai area for many years. Lin Ruhai's personality naturally made friends with some literati and strangers in the mountains and countryside.Everyone expressed their condolences to Mrs. Yushi's death and condolences to Lin Yushi's middle-aged widow in their own ways.However, Lin Ruhai didn't have the heart to deal with these things. Apart from going out twice a day to take a look around at random, he just sat in the mourning hall and guarded his wife's coffin, weeping in a daze.

Daiyu wept bitterly before the coffin every day, and her newly recovered body became weaker and weaker.

Fortunately, Lin Ning took two old butlers and some family members to take care of the food outside, and Yinzhen secretly mediated, and Jinyu accompanied Daiyu inside.Daiyu's food and medicine bait Jinyu is more and more attentive, and the wives of the various families who came to mourn Jinyu are also very considerate.Lin Ningjinyu and Lin Ningjinyu arranged Mrs. Lin Ruhai's funeral in an orderly manner.But Jia Lian's natal family has become an outsider instead.Every day, I was respected by the housekeeper of the Lin family to have tea and meals in the guest room, and he took care of all the extra things for snacks.

Five days later, Kangxi's imperial decree arrived in Yangzhou, praising the four censors of salt, iron, grain and silk in Yangzhou. She was given the posthumous title Mrs. Huimin, and a special reward of 1000 taels of silver was used for funeral expenses, and the fourth prince Yinzhen was ordered to go to offer condolences on behalf of the imperial court.

This kind of scenery was unprecedented. For a while, those officials in the south of the Yangtze River who loved glory were very envious. They always felt that it was a big profit to die a lady in exchange for such glory.Some good people took the opportunity to fabricate rumors, saying that Mrs. Jia was seen by Emperor Kangxi when she was young, and the emperor fell in love at first sight, but because Jia was a daughter of the Han family, she could not enter the palace.Now that he is dead, the emperor is thinking about his old love, so he has such a kind decree.Some people also said that the fourth elder brother fell in love with the girl of the Lin family, so he used it to speak well for the Lin family, and the emperor only had this letter. In short, after the folks in the south of the Yangtze River gossip, this Mrs. Jia has become a topic that people talk about.

As for Daiyu, after this catastrophe, her friendship with Jinyu became deeper, and she looked at Lin Ning even more differently.That kind of gratitude and trust has been deeply rooted in my heart unconsciously.

after one month.Mrs. Jia's coffin was returned to Gusu Lin's ancestral grave, Lin Ruhai had to return to Yangzhou to continue serving the country, and Yinzhen's errands were almost done.Now in May, the weather in Yangzhou is hot. Yinzhen and Yinxiang are all from the north. They like the beautiful spring in the south of the Yangtze River, but they can't stand the hot sun.Yinzhen saw that there was nothing serious about Jiangnan, and it was time to go back after leaving Beijing for more than two months.Then he took a moment to talk about it to Lin Ning.

Lin Ning's teahouse has also opened at this time, because Daiyu was depressed and in poor health in Xiaoli, so Lin Ning never told her about the outside affairs, but asked the tea boss to recruit a few employees to open the store. To put it in perspective, Lin Ning mortgaged 3000 taels of silver from Zhiwei Bookstore for the inventory of the floor.The teahouse took a very elegant name, called 'Songyue Fengquan'.

It didn't alarm anyone when it opened. The so-called opening is just to open the door to do business. Lin Ning never pays attention to these things, so Yinzhen didn't know it at the time.I found out later, thinking that he would always have a foundation for his own survival, so he privately gave him 2000 taels of silver as a turnover fee.The two brothers have developed a tacit habit, and no one will pierce the window paper.

Daiyu came to Songyue Fengquan for the first time. The shopkeeper was the owner of the tea stall at the time. His surname was Yang. He used to be the third eldest, and people called him Yang Saner. Call him Shopkeeper Yang.It was the first time for this shopkeeper to see Daiyu's daughter's attire, but she saw plain silver clothes, with fluttering belts, like a white plum standing proudly in the wind, like pear blossoms in the rain, graceful and graceful.He was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to greet him for a long time. It was Lin Ning who stepped forward and slapped him. Then he came to his senses and hurried forward to greet him as a servant, calling him a girl.

Daiyu saw that the owner of the tea stall who used to be dressed in coarse cloth was now also wearing a light gray silk long gown with flowers and five blessings holding birthdays, with a bare forehead, and he looked more energetic, so she smiled lightly, avoided her body slightly, shook her head and said: "Wan You mustn't salute like this."

"Just accept it. You are my master and I am his master. After all, he is still a servant of his grandchildren. Why not?" Lin Ning spoke seriously, but Daiyu was amused .

For the first time in more than a month, Daiyu smiled from the bottom of her heart. The beautiful and pure smile made Lin Ning's heart tighten - this girl actually had the prettiest smile.

"What nonsense are you talking about? There are slaves and grandchildren? For no reason, how did you make people into slaves? Don't you hate this the most? Why do you do this now?"

"He works here. I give him 1000 taels of silver a year. He insists on signing a contract with me. He seems to be afraid that if I lose, it will not count as owed to him, so he signs it. He also reports to the government. Now, in a sense, isn’t he my slave?” Of course, Lin Ning would not want Yang Laosan’s prostitution contract, he imitated the modern employment contract to revise an employment contract, but there was no such thing in the yamen. Having seen this, I classified it as a prostitution contract.When Lin Ning went to do it, he muttered: Isn't it just buying a slave?Do you need to work so hard?

"Since this is the case, since there is no such labor contract between you and me, the status of master and servant is fake and cannot be counted." Daiyu said, smiling secretly, and walked in.

"Huh? You can't say that?" Lin Ning was also happy, and turned to Yang Laosan first: "Go and get the tea made by my own hands, and then go to the backyard to get the freshest spring water."

"By the way, you said back then that you wanted to give him back the No. [-] teahouse in Yangzhou! I want to see how your teahouse can become the No. [-] teahouse in Yangzhou." Daiyu said as she went up the stairs, and the snow geese kept helping her. Holding her arm, the master and servant walked slowly in front, and Lin Ning followed slowly.

"When you taste my tea later, you'll know that the number one in Yangzhou is nothing more than 'searching for something'." Lin Ning said confidently.

"Oh! I've seen someone who is arrogant, but I've never seen someone as arrogant as you. You can really brag!" Daiyu turned her head and gave Lin Ning a look, "You have to be honest, how can you be so superficial?"

"Yes, yes, the master taught you the lesson." Lin Ning hurriedly nodded and agreed, and before the three of them finished climbing the stairs, they heard someone upstairs laughing, "Everything in this world is indeed one thing descending from another! Ning The young master is not afraid of anyone, even the fourth brother dares to contradict him, but he doesn't have the courage to be a man even if he is so obedient to Miss Lin."

"It turns out that the thirteenth master and fourth master have already arrived!" Daiyu smiled, and quickened her pace to go up to the second floor, and saw Yinzhen also standing at the door of a private room, wearing a blue-gray long gown, standing there casually, With a faint smile on his face, two deep eyes fixed on himself, but he didn't speak.

"Wow!" Yinxiang saw Daiyu wearing women's clothes for the first time. Because she was in Xiaoli, Daiyu was dressed in plain white brocade clothes, with only thumb-sized pearl silver hairpins on her head, and two drop-shaped pearls on her ears. Jadeite pendant, no extra accessories at all, because she had just experienced a sad life and death, her thinner face was a little more mature.

"Miss Lin!" Yinxiang stepped forward to look Daiyu up, down, left, and right, and after looking at it several times, he turned to Yinzhen and said, "Fourth Brother, Miss Lin is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. When I grow up, I want to marry her and be my Fujin!"

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, a blush appeared on her pale face, she shook her hand and broke away from Yinxiang's hand: "Master Thirteen, don't talk nonsense. You can't take such a joke."