[Red House] But for the sake of the king

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the New Year's wine for the Lin family. The Lin family is in a beautiful time, and many relatives and friends have come.

Lin Ruhai greeted all relatives and friends for drinks and food, and happened to catch a glimpse of his brother-in-law Jia Zheng who was at the same table with a hesitant expression on his face, so he knew he had something to say.Sure enough, when the wine was warming up, when everyone was not paying attention, Jia Zheng came to Lin Ruhai with a wine glass, raised his glass with a smile, "Ruhai, I'll toast you too."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly got up and gave way, "Second brother is polite, I should have respected you, how dare I dare." He clinked glasses as he spoke, but he didn't drink it all, but just took a sip.

Although Jia Zheng knew that he was not a good drinker, he just had something on his mind, and when he saw him like this, he thought it was intentional.Just clinked glasses with several other adults, but they drank thoroughly, even with my elder brother, but he didn't drink when he took the initiative to toast.It's just that if you want something from others, and in front of everyone, it's not easy to get angry, and said with an embarrassed smile, "You are busy with your affairs now, but it's been a long time since you came to our house, and it's rare to have a chance to chat with you."

Lin Ruhai said lightly, "Second brother was joking, others don't know you don't know, we are all on errands for the emperor, we say whether we are busy or not, but we are in his position to seek his own affairs. If there is something, second brother, send It’s enough for someone to tell you, but if it’s just chatting, the second brother probably doesn’t have the skills.”

Jia Zheng was just a member of the Ministry of Industry, and even if the court had important matters, he would not be able to attend to him. He would only go to the yamen to deal with it. It was naturally embarrassing to hear Lin Ruhai say this.Yin said, "It's not a big deal, I just have a small matter I want to ask you for advice, I don't know now..."

Lin Ruhai smiled lightly, "So that's the case, there are too many people at the moment, let's talk about it."

It dawned on Jia Zheng that just now he was only focused on talking to Lin Ruhai about Wang Ziteng, but he forgot that he was still at the table, and he blushed.Thinking carefully about Lin Ruhai's expression just now, he felt that he was mocking, and he felt uncomfortable.If he was usually so confused, how could he be so confused recently, but recently, Mrs. Wang has pushed her into a hurry, using the Zhen family's things as a threat, and moving out Zhu'er, who died young, almost to the point of crying, making trouble, and hanging himself, insisting on letting him replace him. Wang Ziteng took care of it.Selfishly, he is naturally unwilling to take care of this matter. He has clearly seen the emperor's methods over the years, no matter whether it is against those corrupt officials or the Zhen family who once dominated the government, he has never been soft-hearted.He also knew a thing or two about Wang Ziteng's affairs. To make the emperor so angry must have committed a serious crime.It's just that what Mrs. Wang has is enough for him to drink a pot, and if there is no Wang family to rely on, he will have less confidence in separating from the boss in the future, so he can only try to find a way.

Lin Ruhai didn't know the reason, and secretly sighed in his heart that this Jia Zheng was so indiscriminate, and he was planning to save Wang Ziteng at this time, and he didn't know whether he should praise his benevolence or righteousness.Turning around and seeing Jia She, who was enjoying himself drinking, Lin Ruhai thought to himself, with the current situation of Jia's family, this bastard who is addicted to alcohol and sex is still reliable, at least there is no serious crime.Jia Lian is a clever one, so he came directly to avoid him, and he didn't know how long he could hide.Then he thought that the collapse of the Jia family was inevitable, but he wondered if the Lin family would be implicated. After all, they were in-laws. In the early years, his father seemed to have had a secret relationship with the Jia family before his marriage.

Just as Lin Ruhai was thinking hard, she heard Lin Heng calling him from the side. She didn't know what he said, so she asked again, "What did you just say, it's very noisy here, please say it again."

Lin Heng approached again and said, "Father, Uncle Lin said that a Taoist priest came outside and insisted on seeing you, saying that he had something important to tell. He couldn't make up his mind, so he came to ask Father how to deal with it."

Lin Ruhai frowned, and didn't know the origin of the other party, but since even Lin Sheng couldn't make up his mind, it didn't matter if he just met.Because he found an excuse to get away from the banquet, he went to meet in the outer court.Unexpectedly, at first glance, the Taoist priest is wearing an ordinary Taoist robe and holding a dust whisk. Although he is a bit frugal, he is not sloppy, and he is a full-fledged Taoist priest.Looking closely at his eyebrows and eyes, the white eyebrows are long to the shoulders, but they are full of energy, even the so-called old god of Qingxu Guan is not so human.

Lin Ruhai clasped his fists in salute, "This master is polite."

The Taoist smiled and bowed back, "Sir, you are polite, but a poor Taoist can't afford your great gift."

Lin Ruhai didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd, so he stretched out his hand to ask him to sit down, "Master, please sit down. I don't know why Master called to see Lin."

The Taoist thanked him and sat down, and then said, "Mr. is really quick to speak, but the poor Taoist came here for two things. One is to make the daughter, and the other is the future of the husband and his family."

The smile on Lin Ruhai's face gradually disappeared, and he put on guard, "Oh, I don't know why Master said that."

"Let's listen to the poor Taoist in detail." The Taoist didn't pretend to be a joke, and said directly, "I think there must have been a monk with a scarlet head who wanted to make her a monk when Ling Qianjin was young. Is what the poor Taoist said right? Because of the past life of a thousand gold, the kindness of dripping water should be repaid by springs, and the kindness of pouring water should be repaid with tears throughout life. My husband feels sorry for me, but I missed Ling Qianjin, and I don’t know what I will use to repay the kindness of my previous life. It’s just this one thing, I have no choice but to remind my husband, and I will ask Ling Qianjin again in the future. Accumulate merit."

After hearing these words, Lin Ruhai was still at a loss. What kind of past life kindness, the few words without thinking are really puzzling.Just when he was about to ask carefully, he saw the Taoist priest raised his hand to stop him from speaking, and said to himself, "This second matter, please listen carefully, sir. I must have been worrying about a big matter recently, but in fact, sir has long been thinking about it." If you have made a decision, there is no need to hesitate. If you are poor, you are not talented. There are only two words to send to your husband. , Farewell."

After the Taoist finished speaking, he got up and walked out. Lin Ruhai couldn't stop him, and kept calling, "Quick, stop him."

The servant guarding the door heard the sound and rushed in, and the master and servant looked at each other in blank dismay.Lin Ruhai repeatedly asked the boy why he didn't stop him, but the boy couldn't tell what to say, but said that no one came out at all.Lin Ruhai's thoughts became complicated again. Could it be possible that such a elusive person is really an old fairy?But why did he choose to go to the Lin family? He didn't go all over the world to seek expert divination and fortune-telling, but from what the Taoist priest said, he knew the Lin family very well. Clearly.But apart from himself, probably only his mother knew about that matter, and he told it afterwards.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Lin Ruhai cheered up and returned to the table, drinking with everyone for fun.There will be a conclusion about Wang Ziteng's matter in a few days, and the Jia family doesn't know how it will be implicated, and a Taoist priest is killed halfway, it's really messy.

Also upset was Mrs. Wang who was sitting among the female relatives in the backyard.She resorted to tricks to get Jia Zheng to agree to intercede with Lin Ruhai, but she still couldn't let it go. Firstly, she didn't know whether Jia Zheng would really tell Lin Ruhai, and secondly, she was afraid that Lin Ruhai would lift her hand and not care about it. .When she looked up and saw Sister Feng talking and laughing with the wives without any worries, Mrs. Wang became even more angry.

It's just that this matter really doesn't depend on Sister Feng. Jia Lian has already told her so much, and she even said the word of divorce, so she dared not intervene again.Furthermore, Jinling's natal family also sent a letter telling her not to interfere in this matter, so Sister Feng was also happy to be her grandmother in charge of Jia's family.

It is said that the Wang family is in the same line, and Sister Feng's father Wang Zipeng and Wang Ziteng are even more siblings of the same mother. Why is there such a cold relationship?It turned out that Wang Zipeng was also in the officialdom in the early years, but Sister Feng's grandfather was old, and the Wang family went from bad to worse. Later, he was involved in a major corruption case.At that time, both Wang Zipeng and Wang Ziteng brothers were implicated. For the sake of the Wang family, Mrs. Wang decided to sacrifice the eldest son who was more deeply involved, so as to keep Wang Ziteng.This Wang Zipeng originally had a pimple in his heart because his parents favored Yao'er, and then such an incident happened. Although the old man gave him most of the land in Jinling before his death, it really left a mark on his heart. , and Wang Ziteng is even more estranged.With Wang Ziteng becoming a nobleman, Wang Zipeng, who can only guard his ancestral property in Jinling, feels even more uncomfortable. He always feels that Wang Ziteng has robbed him of his great future. Now that he has lost power and he is an ordinary person, how could he make a move? help.

What kind of shrewd person Sister Feng is, how could she not know that Mrs. Wang was staring at her like this, but she just didn't take it seriously, and continued to tease and joke with the other wives.The Jia family has always been in contact with only a few families. The four kings and eight princes speak nicely, and the prestige of the ancestors has long been lost after passing on for several generations; Carefully.As for the Lin family, not to mention a family like the Tang family with a long history of family education, and high-ranking officials who hold real power in the family; there are also upstarts such as the Chen family, Mei family, and Liu family.The most rare ones are the four county kings in the south, east, north and west. It is already a big honor for other people's family to invite one or two, but their family can invite all four at once.Look at the person sitting at the main table, the old concubine came with the princess, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, what a face.

I don't know if it was because she was afraid of touching the scene, but Jia Mu refused to come because she said she was not well.Tang was so happy that she didn't come, and he didn't have to spend time to deal with it, just chatting and joking with the old sisters.Since Princess Beijing left, only Princess Dongping and Princess Nan'an were left in the older generation of the Four Wangs.

Dongping Wang Taifei always likes to be lively, so she only listened to two lines of the play, and then she wanted to pull people to talk.Seeing that Princess Nan'an was listening to the opera with a fascinated face, she joked, "Oh old sister-in-law, they are all about old sesame seeds and rotten millet, and you are the only one who can listen to them so fascinated. Don't you have a group of small opera actors at home, and you just like it." It’s like this, I have to hold you, or I’ll run to the stage.”

Princess Nan'an smiled and stuffed a melon seed in her hand into her mouth, "Come on, you'll tell me you're listening to a show, so stop your mouth with something to eat. I still love this show, if you are a mouth addict Alright, go find someone else, don't disturb me listening to the play."

Princess Dongping was pulling Daiyu to talk, blaming her for not going to the mansion for a long time, and saying that she missed her, and no one talked with her without her daughter, which made Daiyu very embarrassed.Seeing the mother-in-law arguing with Nan'an Wang Taifei for a while, she knew the reason, and hurriedly pulled Daiyu over, "What's wrong with the princess, but she is complaining that the daughter-in-law has robbed your good granddaughter."

When Princess Dongping saw Daiyu coming, she hurriedly left Princess Nanan behind, took Daiyu to sit beside her, and said with a smile, "But, you two are very happy, it's no fun to leave me as an old woman. Good boy, your grandmother Heartless, I let you do this and that at such a young age, no matter how I remember, I haven’t come to live at home for a long time. Today is just right, I will go home with me in a while, and let that cruel old woman go about her own business.”

Tang changed her clothes, and when she came out from the back, she heard such a sentence, and hurriedly said, "Old sister, you are here to snatch my good granddaughter again."

Daiyu stood up with a smile and helped Tang to the seat, and said crisply, "How can it be, grandma, the concubine is just joking."

Dongping Wang Taifei didn't accept this favor, she was not afraid of Tang's anyway, "Don't be afraid of Yu'er, I still want to take Yu'er away today, you can't stop it."

Tang smiled and said, "I picked it up in the first month, I can't help you. Don't rush to say that I am cruel, I have already planned for you. After the first month, I will take Yu'er to the other courtyard to play in the spring. That's right."

"That's a good relationship," Princess Dongping said with a smile, "I really don't have much free time in the first month, and the other courtyard is the most beautiful time in March. Sister-in-law, otherwise we will go together, and there is nothing to do at home all day anyway."

Princess Nan'an smiled and said, "What's the rush? I'm really a child. It's not too late to bring up the matter in March. Now I'm talking about it. Who knows that I won't be free at that time. It's not about your second boy. Your wedding is scheduled for the beginning of spring, why hasn't there been any news yet."

Princess Dongping smiled and said, "Hey, it was originally scheduled for February, but Mrs. Huiming said that spring is not good, and autumn is suitable, so I changed the date again."

Princess Nan'an nodded, "Master Huiming is proficient in astronomical calculations, gossip and feng shui, she is right. Anyway, it is only half a year away, so there is no need to worry. The kid from the Shui family doesn't know what he is planning."

Princess Dongping glanced at Princess Beijing in the distance, and said in a low voice, "I asked my sister earlier, and she said that Rong'er has to observe filial piety for three years, so I don't rush to make a decision. She was picky about her nose and eyes in the early years, Now it is even more difficult to be high or low. The New Year is 21, and except for Xiaoke, who will be 16, there are not many young ladies in the capital who are around [-] years old, which is difficult."

Everyone nodded and said nothing.In fact, it's not a big deal, the family background and status of the Beiwang family is there, and whether Shui Rong is handsome and good-natured, how many people are willing to climb high, as long as the Beiwang family lowers their requirements, there will naturally be candidates for daughter-in-law.

Daiyu avoided them when they talked about their wedding date, and talked to a few good sisters.She is the master's house today, not only has to greet the guests, but also has to pay attention to whether there is something missing, and how well the servants are serving her, so she is extraordinarily busy.It was easy to rest for a while, and was dragged away by Princess Dongping, before he had time to talk to the sisters.

Tanchun had sharp eyes, and as soon as he saw Daiyu, he ran over to hold her back, fearing that she would run away, "Sister Lin, I can see you. I've been watching you wandering around for half a day. Are you really so busy? We've been together for a long time. Gone, come and talk."

Daiyu said as she walked, "It's not like I'm so busy, please forgive me for neglecting all the ladies."

Chen Piaoxu and Mei Fangfei also came up to surround Daiyu, "It's not sincere to just say it, you should punish yourself for three cups."

Daiyu hurriedly begged for mercy, "Two good sisters, please forgive me. The first one caught a cold and was coughing, so he dare not drink. If grandma sees it, he will be accused again."

Unwilling to be left out, Tanchun quickly interjected, "But sister Lin has always been physically weak, and she has a headache every now and then. Now that she has caught a cold, she can't drink this wine, so I'll let my sister be punished for my sister."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Daiyu and the others changed.Because Tanchun watched people order dishes, these people's impressions of her became even worse, and their relationship was not far or close, but they didn't expect her to say such words today.Shui Qin was rushing to the side, and immediately became unhappy after hearing this, and said angrily, "Why are you so ignorant of etiquette, whoever you are, dare to be punished for Sister Yu. Also, Sister Yu has always been in good health, Where are you, the red-mouthed and white-toothed curse man!"

Tanchun regretted his slip of the tongue, but what he said was just a splash of water, so he could only blushed and apologized, "What the Princess said is that my sister made a slip of the tongue for a while, please forgive me, Sister Lin."

Daiyu was annoyed in her heart, but she was afraid that Tanchun would have such an impression because she complained of illness several times and didn't go to Jia's house, so she said flatly, "Sister Qin speaks like a child, so don't worry about the third sister."

Piaoxu also eased at the side, "It's probably because sister Yu is too thin and weak, so she made sister Tanchun think so. Seeing that you still complain, you should eat fatter. Your grandmother is also happy when she sees it, and she won't let others Misunderstanding, wouldn’t it kill two birds with one stone.”

Daiyu also had a smile on her face, "It's not that my sister doesn't know, she has made up everything that needs to be replenished, such as bird's nest porridge, ginseng tea, and various soups. They are served in turn. No matter how much you eat, you won't grow fat. I But I also want to grow some flesh, otherwise I won't be able to make trouble with Fangfei."

Fang Fei tickled her when she heard it, "Take me to do something again, but I have to treat you well now."

Daiyu laughed so hard that tears came out, begging for mercy.Biansheng Shuiqin was young, and seeing her laughing like this was amusing, he also imitated Fang Fei's example and tickled Daiyu's itch.Seeing this, Piaoxu hurried up to stop them, and helped Daiyu fix the loose hair.

Daiyu gasped for a while before she could speak, "Sister Piaoxu is better, Fangfei, you have led little Qin'er away. By the way, why haven't I seen Sister Pingting and Sister Zhilan?"

Fang Fei angrily ignored her, and took the water to the side to play.Piao Xu smiled back at her, "I was called by your two aunts just now, it seems that Princess Bei Jing wants to see them."

The teenage girl already knew a lot of things, and Daiyu understood a lot after hearing her say this, so she didn't ask any more questions.