[Red House] But for the sake of the king

Shui Rong went to the backyard according to his father's order. There were many female guests today, and there were also a few daughters of similar age, so he asked someone to report in to let them know before going in.

Concubine Bei Jing was kicked out by the concubine a long time ago to have a good time with other imperial concubines. Seeing her son come to pay her respects, she said a few words and let him go to see the old concubine later.After he left, the couple chattered for a while, it was nothing more than flattery, but they were thinking about which family would have a suitable and worthy lady, and the prince would be married in two years.The young ladies came out from behind the screen, they stopped chatting and bowed their heads in meditation.Just peeking at it from behind the screen, the eldest son of the Beiwang family is really not an ordinary person. Although he is not very old, he is handsome and handsome, with extraordinary momentum.Although she couldn't talk about outside men because of women's reserve, she was thinking about it in her heart, and she blushed.

Princess Beijing saw Dai Yuan sitting there quietly, taking whatever was given to her, neither crying nor making trouble, she was very distressed.Yin said, "It was my negligence. If you want you to bring her here, you can only accompany us a group of old women, and you will be even more restrained by her." , and much smaller, a lot of inconvenience.

Tang said with a smile, "She doesn't have much to do at home, she can only read a few words anyway, what else can she do to have fun with the girls. Last time she played like crazy, she was sweating all over, and she became hot at night , making the chickens fly. Now I don’t dare to let her play wild, so it’s not good to be so quiet? "

Princess Dongping said, "That's right, that kid from the Niu family is much older than Yu'er, and she's been crazy all day long. I heard that now, she can't even hold an embroidery needle. If she is allowed to sit for more than half an hour, she will be asked It's like killing her. It's still Yu'er who is so good, cute and cute, I can't fall in love with her."

"Well, she was brought up as a boy since she was a child, and she often dresses like a boy at home, and she is the only one in the capital." Nan'an Wang Taifei said with a smile, "It's nothing else, it's just a female celebrity." This matter is really unreasonable. People like us, although they don’t need to be very proficient, they don’t want their little girls to do work to supplement the family anyway. It’s just that they should know some, so they look like girls. Don’t talk about others, who of us is not I have learned it hard, but I still remember your Su embroidery." This last sentence was addressed to Tang.

Tang covered her mouth with her handkerchief, "That's very true. Whether you're good or not is another matter. You should be able to do it. You don't care about Su embroidery or Shu embroidery. It's enough for you to repair a purse. I haven't sewed for many years." Unfortunately, I don't have a daughter to teach me, so I wasted what I learned that day. Fortunately, I still have Yu'er, and I will see her in the future. But I was afraid that the child would not be easy to support, so I wanted to imitate the appearance of a commoner's family. Raising her like a kid, even her big name is like a big brother. Now it seems that it is not good to be so good. If I really raise a tomboy, I will regret it. It’s just that everything has advantages and disadvantages, like a cow The girl from my family looked a little out of line, after all, her body was strong. I regretted it a little. Two years ago, when Yu'er was very noisy, I said twice that I didn't dare to play anymore. Now I want to let She can't be more lively, we have a small family, and it's strange that we are quiet all day long."

But Princess Beijing said, "As the old saying goes, rice raises hundreds of families. Yu'er's temperament will never be like that of the Niu family. Don't worry. I guess it's about her mother. Although she doesn't understand it, she has experienced it. .In such a scene, she has to cry and mourn again. If she doesn't pay attention for a while, she will be frightened. When we met last year, she would act like a baby to please her."

When Tang thought about it, it was true. He was very busy at that time, and there was always something to worry about.Just as she was about to speak, she felt a burst of force in her hand. It turned out that Daiyu was tugging on her sleeve.

Daiyu was a little shy, she drank porridge when she got up early, and she drank two cups of tea just now, her stomach couldn't take it anymore.Originally, I wanted to endure it for a while, and then secretly talk to my grandmother after she stopped talking.But after waiting for a long time and seeing them stop, I had to whisper to my grandmother.

Tang realized that Daiyu was getting more and more shy now, she really seemed to be a stranger, and she was even stronger than when she was a child, it could be that she has been locked up these few months.At the same time, he asked Nanny Ding to take her there.Princess Beijing pointed to a big girl beside her to follow her, "Be careful and wait on her, it's okay to go for a walk in the garden, anyway, I'm just sitting here in a daze, just don't miss lunch."

The girl smiled and came to lead the way, Daiyu held the nurse's hand with a red face, buried her face behind her arm and refused to look up again.The concubines all smiled and looked at her, feeling embarrassed.It's just that when she did this, even the maids standing underground couldn't help snickering.Daiyu didn't raise her head until she was far away from her laughter.

Over there, Shui Rong went out from the front hall to the flower hall where the concubine was, but got stuck on the way.It was a ten-year-old girl who jumped out of nowhere, stood in front of him aggressively, and shouted, "Hey, you look so good-looking, how about you be my husband-in-law?"

The unbearable experience of last year once again surfaced in front of his eyes, and Shui Rong felt angry from his heart.Being molested by that idiot Xue Pan last time was already a major failure in his life, but now at home, he was molested by a little girl, really unbearable!Immediately, she glared beautifully, and shouted at the little girl, "Where did you come from, the little shrew, who is acting wild here! Someone, please get her out of here."

That girl was Niu Wan, the daughter of Zhen Guo Gong Niu's family that the concubines were talking about just now.She has been spoiled since she was a child, and has always been defiant.Recently, one of my cousins ​​got married. After listening to her mother a few times, she fell in love with it after she knew a little about it.Seeing that Shui Rongsheng looks good now, he stepped forward without hesitation.The girl following behind couldn't stop her, making her young lady make a joke. Just as she was about to make up for her, she heard the young master in front of her say this, guessing that it must be the eldest son of the Northern Prince's Mansion, and felt even more terrified.Naturally, Niu Wan couldn't bear his tone, and wanted to argue with him, but was held back by the girl, and turned her fire on her instead.He struggled to break free from the girl's hand, and while beating her, he cursed, "The bastard with the elbow turned outward, when he sees that she looks good, he puts on a show, and doesn't even look at who is the master, how dare he cover my butt?" Mouth. See if I don’t beat you to death, you little bastard who wants to kill you, eat everything inside and out, beat you to death. Tell your mother later, kick you out and make you a widower, let’s see if you dare.”

This mouthful of Huqin, I think I learned it when the mothers-in-law and maids were bickering at home, it's really unbearable.The girl didn't dare to fight back, so she could only suffer.Shui Rong was stunned, he didn't know that there were such rude women in the world, and seeing that she was only ten years old, she was already so cruel, if she was older, it would be fine.The two people following Shui Rong didn't see the situation well, so they hurriedly ordered a little girl to report to the princess, and then let Shui Rong go first, so as not to pester the Niu family girl any more.Who knew that when Shui Rong moved, Niu Wan left the girl and ran over to block him, just not letting him go.The two were entangled together and were at a stalemate for a while.

After Daiyu untied her hands, the girl led her to walk around the garden to see the scenery.I just turned around a bush of flowers and saw such a noisy scene.When Daiyu was at home, at most she only saw Xia Lu teaching the little girl, and she always said that she would not continue when she saw her, let alone directly teach her, that must not be seen by her.Now seeing a gorgeously dressed young lady attacking the little girl, Daiyu was stunned for a while, not knowing how to react.Nanny Ding hurriedly covered her eyes, according to the old lady's orders, she dared not let the young lady see such a scene.Children don't know how to distinguish when they are young, and it will be bad if they learn badly.

Ru'er, the eldest girl of the concubine, stepped forward to mediate, and said with a smile, "Why is my son still here? The concubine has been waiting for a long time, and I just asked about you, so hurry up." Then she turned to the two A girl said, "Which family does this girl belong to? She's already put on the show, why don't you hurry up and invite guests to the table. You two are too lazy, beware of the princess's blame." Then she said to Niu Wan, "I don't know this girl What orders, the servants are disobedient and hand them over to the housekeeper to punish them, why bother to dirty their hands. Just now I heard that I was looking for someone in a daze, I don't know if it is from the girl's family."

When Niu Wan heard that she was looking for her, she had no choice but to withdraw.She begged for a long time to go to the banquet with her mother, but just now she sneaked out again.If mother finds out, she should be punished again when she goes home, and she can't go out for a month, so she won't be suffocated.So he could only call his girl, and hurried forward angrily.On the way, he still looked back at Shui Rong from time to time, as if he still didn't give up.

Shui Rong's head got dizzy just now from Niu Wan's disturbance, and he immediately shook his head when he saw her leave, "It's finally clean. Xie Ru sister's kindness for saving her, I'm sure someone will give you a big gift later."

Ru'er smiled and said, "That slave girl is so disrespectful, the reward from the son is rare."

Shui Rong ignored her joke, and asked, "Why is Sister Ru here now? Grandma really came looking for me?"

It was only then that Ru'er remembered that there was another guest beside her, so she pointed to Daiyu and said, "The concubine asked me to take Miss Lin to the garden for a walk, and I happened to meet the eldest son. The concubine hasn't asked about you yet. It's coming soon, if you have time now, go there."

Shui Rong looked past Ru'er, and saw a simple and elegant little man standing there with doubts on his powdery face.Thinking of today's visitor, the old lady of the Lin family was alone with her grandmother, so she knew that this was the daughter of his benefactor's family.Because Daiyu was still young, he didn't shy away from it, and walked over to her and asked, "But the daughter of Mr.'s family? I'm your father's only student, do you know me?"

The girls laughed, but they had never seen each other before, so how could they know each other.But Daiyu tilted her head seriously and thought for a while before shaking her head, "I don't recognize you."

Shui Rong was discouraged, sir, he really didn't want to introduce him, the only student, to his younger junior sister.He has always been proud of his master's students. He heard from his father that the emperor wanted to ask him to teach several princes, but he refused and only accepted him as a student.

Ru'er smiled and stepped forward, "Master, I want to go to the concubine's place. Miss Lin has been out for a while, and it's time to go back. Why don't we go together?"

"Exactly, let's go quickly, don't let that little shrew come out to harm others." Shui Rong still had a look of disgust while speaking, which shows that he has a very bad impression of Niu Wan.Then he asked Daiyu, "What did you see just now?"

Daiyu shook her head, Nanny Ding had already covered her eyes, so she couldn't see anything.Shui Rong felt relieved, seeing such a shrew would scare her.So the two walked towards the flower hall one by one, and Shui Rong also walked very slowly because of Daiyu's pace.Nanny Ding wanted to carry Daiyu away, but she refused to let her go, thinking that someone else was embarrassing her.Shui Rong thought it was too dull, and wanted to talk to Daiyu, but she was a four or five-year-old child, so she couldn't understand anything.He had never been with such a child before, so he couldn't find a suitable topic after thinking for a long time, so he gave up.

Fortunately, the flower hall is not far away, and we will arrive soon.Princess Beijing was even more happy to see her precious grandson, and seeing that he came in with Daiyu, she asked, "But I met on the road, Rong'er, this is your daughter-in-law of Mr. Lin's family, do you recognize him?"

Shui Rong nodded, "I just found out. The husband is here too, and he is talking to his father. The father said he would like to say hello to grandma. He is busy ahead of time, so he won't come. If grandma wants to eat and play, just say it. If the show is not good." Just let them rearrange. Today is for fun, just to have fun."

The concubine nodded his head, "You must have lied to me to coax me. Your old man will never say that again. It's because you are filial. Today's arrangements are very good. When can we not listen to the play, let's do it today." It's already very good. Thanks to your mother, you dragged your body to arrange these, so don't be tired. Have you been to her place?"

Shui Rong said, "When I came here, I stopped by there first, because the girls from various families are there, and the grandson won't stay for long, so I just asked for peace and then came out. There are several people around the mother to take care of her, so grandma doesn't have to worry."

Over there Dongping Wang Taifei suddenly shouted, "Oh, look at my memory. Rong'er, you don't know Yu'er, you two even exchanged tokens that day." Seeing everyone looking at her in doubt, she said, "You guys But I forgot, when Yu'er caught Zhou, she didn't grab a colorful palace sash that Rong'er was wearing. Later, Master Lin took his own and replaced it, could it be that he didn't count?"

Only then did everyone understand and burst out laughing.Shui Rong also thought of this, and blushed.Only Daiyu didn't quite understand, she probably knew that it was related to her, she just looked at Tang, wanting to clarify.

Princess Beijing said, "It's really old and uneducated. I said this in front of children. Fortunately, Yu'er is still young. If she is a few years older, she won't need to meet people."

"Oh, my good sister, you don't know my mouth, what to say, if there is something inappropriate, I can only ask the old sisters to take care of it. But I am not joking, Yu'er has such a good appearance, I But I like it very much, and I don’t know who will be lucky enough to go there in the future. It’s a pity that I don’t have such a grandson who is worthy, and I just wait for our family to adopt my daughter as a goddaughter in the next year. What do you think, sister?” Dongping Wang Taifei looked at Tang, and then said, "Don't rush to refuse, I have thought about this for a long time. Yu'er is like this now, so it is inevitable that people will look down on her. Even if she has a stepmother in the future, she will not be as caring as her own mother." .I just want to give her a good reputation, and we sisters will not be in vain. Besides, my wife has three boys in a row, and she is also looking for a daughter. Yu'er is so cute, let her take advantage of it."

Hearing her sincerity, Tang said it was for Daiyu's sake, and said, "I know you are doing it for the child's benefit, but this matter cannot be done casually. If you really want to do it, you can do it in a serious manner. To tell you the truth, I Now the only thing you care about is her, if you can plan for her in this way, if I go someday, you can rest assured."

"Bah, bah, bah, I just said that I was talking nonsense, and now it's my sister's turn. Okay, don't say whether to go or not. If you are worried, even if you live a long life and watch Yu'er leave the pavilion, I will give you Let’s talk about it after adding a great-grandson. Please ask the two sisters to be witnesses for this matter, and I will ask someone to do it later.”

Princess Nan'an smiled and said, "This is a good thing, if I don't want to be preempted by you, I should have mentioned it earlier."

This is not just about sisterhood, if Lin Ruhai's daughter is adopted as a goddaughter, the relationship with the Lin family will be closer.Nowadays, no one in the whole court knows Lin Ruhai's prestige, what's more rare is that he is relied on by the emperor, and he has made great contributions in the Northwest War.As long as he doesn't get sick and stabs the emperor with a knife, one can imagine the prosperity and wealth in the future.The ancestor of the Lin family had already attacked the Marquis, and hearing the news, the emperor probably meant to give him another favor.This kind of family is different from those who have been on the rise in the past. If they have no foundation, they will not care about people like them even if they are prosperous for a while; that's it.Because of this, the status of the Tang family among the numerous orders and feudal monarchs in the capital has also increased.To say that getting married is also a way, but now the child is still young, I don't know what will happen in the future.Besides, it took Jia Min more than ten years to have such a daughter. If Daiyu followed her...these people are all good people, so important things must be considered.No matter how good the Lin family is, they have to take care of their offspring, not to mention that the marriage of a family like theirs is just icing on the cake, even if they find someone who is worse, they will not help too much, and it will not hinder anything.

While speaking, another servant girl came, saying that the concubine ordered to come over to see if the prince and Miss Lin were frightened.The concubine hurriedly asked what was going on, but Ru'er didn't know very well, so she said a few words, then pointed to the two girls who followed Shui Rong back and forth.Everyone was really angry and funny when they heard it, and they didn't know where the girl from the Niu family heard the nonsense. A little girl was chanting something like "sister-in-law". Who would dare to have such a daughter-in-law in the future.The concubine asked how the situation was going, and told the girl to follow suit.

The little girl was tongue-tied, and said in a crackling voice, "Miss Niu doesn't seem to know the identity of the eldest son, she went in angrily and yelled that others bullied her. The princess also said that someone who had no eyesight offended her, because she asked clearly Only then did I know that such a thing had happened. I wanted to cover it up, but I didn’t know that the Niu girl refused to let it go. The slaves looked at Mrs. Niu’s face so ugly, and the other wives were holding back their laughter and dared not say anything. Niu The girl vented her anger on her girl again, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, which was a bit disrespectful. She was talking on the sidelines, but all the wives of her family knew about her troubles. The princess got angry and said, "I think our family is not strict in education. Let the prince offend the girl. I don’t know how the prince offended the girl. The girl explained clearly, so that I can let that stinky boy come to apologize to you in person. Oh, look at my memory. After all, the girl is old, how can she easily meet a foreigner? , how about I ask him to apologize to you through the screen? This brat is the same, he came in and didn’t say anything, just bumped into the girl and bumped into you, so he must teach you a lesson when he turns around.” The cow lady was ashamed It's all red, but the cow girl didn't seem to understand. She thought someone was supporting her, and said carelessly, "I want him to be my husband. He, he refused, and scolded me." Madam hurriedly covered Miss Niu's mouth, apologized to the princess, and left in a hurry. Later, the princess heard that Miss Lin was there at the time, and she was afraid that she would be frightened, so she asked the servant to come over and ask."

After hearing this, Tang said with a smile, "We, Yu'er, are fine. I'm afraid the son is still feeling uncomfortable. Speaking of which, a character like the princess is used to hearing gentle and elegant words in the past, but I have never heard of her having a sharp mouth. Every word and every word, if I don’t mention Mrs. Niu, even if I hear it, I will feel ashamed and flustered.”

Princess Nan'an also said, "I haven't heard her say such a thing for many years. It can be seen that she hurt her precious son. The Niu family is too ignorant and speaks out loud, worse than a village girl in the countryside."

Everyone narrated it again, and then threw it away.Shui Rong sneaked away before the little girl could speak, and he would be ashamed to tell such a thing.Afraid that this matter had already spread to the men in front, he simply reasoned that he was unwell and hid back in his yard.

On this day, the guests and the host had a good time, and the old sisters had a lot of homework, and they returned home happily.It's just that before leaving, Princess Beijing secretly told Tang about one thing, but it was related to Lin Ruhai.Tang shi heard this and kept it in his heart, so he said goodbye to the house without saying anything.

Finding a stepmother for his son, this matter Tang has long considered, even hinted in front of his son.But every time Lin Ruhai pretended to be crazy and foolish, he just refused to answer, and Tang felt that something was wrong.If an outsider would definitely think that he has deep affection for his original partner, he would not want to welcome a newcomer in so quickly.But Tang knew that Ruhai would marry Jia Min because of filial piety, and now it is impossible to disobey her mother's will for the sake of his dead wife.Tang was afraid that Ru Hai had other thoughts in her mind, and she was not satisfied with the person the concubine mentioned, so she didn't say anything, it was regarded as a refusal.It's just that in the future, I will pay more attention to Ru Hai's every move, hoping to see some clues.

On the second day, Dongping Wangfu really sent someone over to take Daiyu's birthday horoscope.This is to be calculated with the princess, and it cannot be conflicted.Tang shi told Lin Ruhai about this matter, but he didn't object. Princess Dongping and his mother were handkerchiefs, but it was too urgent to do it now.The Tang family also meant the same thing, because first they sent Daiyu's birthday horoscope, and then said that if it doesn't fit, forget it, if it does, it won't be too late until the year before, after all, it's better to get rid of the obedience.

Concubine Dongping was also in a hurry to talk that day, and when she went home, she thought that this serious and righteous girl had a lot of things to prepare, and now she heard what the Lin family wanted, so she naturally agreed.At this time, doing it with great fanfare is not good for both of them.

After several trivial matters, it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Ruhai thought for a few days before making up his mind.