The Jade of the Red Chamber

Another half a year later, Daiyu was already three years old. She was born with a good appearance and clear eyebrows. She was really a beauty.Lin Hai and his wife love each other like precious treasures, and treat them like pearls in the palm of their hands.Xiao Daiyu was born with a natural and elegant attitude. Zhenyu was afraid that she would develop a temperament of hurting the spring and autumn, looking for sorrow and hatred, so she often played with Xiao Daiyu in her spare time, teasing her, joking, and finding out. Rare gadgets made her happy, and she strictly ordered Daiyu's maids, big and small, not to shrink back, wipe their eyes and tears at every turn, so although Daiyu was born with a meticulous heart, she was taught to be a big family, As for her petite nature, both Lin Hai and Zhenyu like her very much, and they are happy that their daughter (sister) is so close and act like a baby.

After Jia Min gave birth to Daiyu, although his body was much better than before, he was born with a deficiency. The doctor said that he should not have any more children. After Ruhai had Zhenyu and Daiyu, he felt that Ping's business was enough, so he didn't care.Zhenyu vaguely remembered that her father seemed to have a concubine, who was two years younger than Daiyu, and died when she was three years old, but now those aunts and concubines are all detained in the Xuetao Courtyard, existing in name only, I think this brother will never be born.

Unexpectedly, in the deep winter of this year, Jia Min was diagnosed and pregnant again, and the whole family was full of joy.Sending off the doctor, only Lin Hai and Zhenyu were sitting in the study, looking at each other speechlessly, with a hint of sadness on their faces. Thinking about what the doctors said, they all mentioned that Jia Min's visit was really dangerous, his nature was weak and young I am old, even if I give birth safely, it will greatly hurt my vitality, but I can't afford the risk of abortion...

Lin Hai was anxious and distressed. Seeing that Zhenyu's eye circles were red and her big eyes were full of water, she tried not to shed tears. She couldn't help calming down her sorrow and persuaded: "My son, don't worry too much, let's take good care of you Mother, I think I can survive this tribulation..." As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

After leaving the study room, the father and son put on a festive face at the same time, and invited doctors to research medicine in private, which was more careful than when they were pregnant with Daiyu.Zhenyu even moved Daiyu out of the warm pavilion of the main room, and tidied up the study in the East Wing to give her a place to live. Anyway, he has always been studying in the study in the gentleman's courtyard. Cheap.Jia Min refused at first, but Zhenyu couldn't help persuading her, "My mother is in a special body now, or there is a place where I don't care about Yu'er. Wouldn't my sister be wronged? Move to my son first. Next year, my son will turn seven years old and will open a separate place." Coming from the courtyard, I just gave the East Wing to my sister, isn’t it cheap? Besides, my sister and I are young, and the East Wing is not considered a man’s house, and there are no taboos or rules for giving it to my sister..." Jia Min thought again Zhen'er has always loved Daiyu the most, and Yu'er is also the closest to her brother. Sometimes Lin Hai and herself can't help being jealous of the two children, and seeing Daiyu's eager eyes, he is angry and laughs, and finally agrees.

Lin Zhenyu couldn't help mentioning this when she wrote to Shui Yang, and she could only tell Shui Yang that she was worried and uncomfortable, and she couldn't show it at home. The mother-in-law Yu who came out was full-time to take care of the body of pregnant women, but she was also proficient in medicine. Nanny Yu lowered her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes, and she had a good etiquette. Specially by Uncle Lin's side, obeying dispatch.Zhenyu was as happy as something, and hurriedly invited her to her mother.

In May, a letter from Aunt Zhou mentioned that Jia Yuanchun had already entered the palace as a female official, and Zhenyu suddenly realized that the future empress of Fengzao Palace had already gone to that "shameful place". The glory of the Duke's Mansion is going to be placed on the shoulders of her daughter, Zhenyu can't help but dislike the Jia Mansion, and she can only secretly swear that she must hurry up and let her mother come out of that dirty place!

Jia Min was often sleepy this time when she was pregnant. Although Jia's family came to report the good news of Yuan Chun's entry into the palace, they only congratulated her as usual. Maybe one day he will be a very honorable person if he gets lucky.

It was September, and Jia Min was in pain for a day and a night before giving birth to a frail baby boy. It was the ninth day of September, and everyone in the family said that the little brother was very lucky and was born on the Double Ninth Festival.Fortunately, although Jia Min's vitality was seriously injured, he was not in danger of dying, so the father and son Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief.

After thinking for a long time, Ruhai named the baby Fuyu, which was taken from "the wind is soft and the scenery is warm, and the fragrance is fragrant in Lintang". From the generation of "he", it means that the fragrance spreads far and is fragrant.Taking a name that is a bit weak and feminine, the yang pressure of the provincial brother's birthday on Chongyang Day can't hold back, but it drags the child down. Is the bad name easy to support?Furthermore, "Fu" is connected with "Fu", which also means wishing the little one good luck.

After giving birth, Jia Min's health has not been good, Lin Hai is busy with work, although there are nurses and maids, Daiyu and Fuyu are mostly looked after by Zhenyu, so the two little guys are closer to their elder brother than their parents.

Lin Zhenyu was afraid that Jia Min would return home from a serious illness when Daiyu was five years old, as it was written in the book, so she often found some good prescriptions for her. Frozen three feet is not a day's cold, Jia Min is still getting weaker by the day, Zhenyu delays the government examination for a year, until Zhenyu is eight years old (the text is all imaginary years, the ancients used the imaginary age), Lin Hai ordered Zhenyu Study hard to prepare for the April exam, and move Zhenyu from Jing'anju to Qingliangshuixi to study with peace of mind.

The imperial examination in this dynasty was first the county examination (the big place became the government examination), and those who passed the examination were Tongsheng; then there was the courtyard examination, which was presided over by Xuezheng, and those who passed the examination were scholars (students); then it was the most important rural examination in the imperial examination. , once every three years, also known as Qiuwei, those who pass the exam are Juren, who can either participate in the general examination or become an official; after that, there will be a general examination, which is also once every three years, called Chunwei, and the ranking will be released in April. Those who take the pilot test are called Gongshi, and No.1 is called Huiyuan; the last is the palace test, and the rankings in the palace test after that: the first three people are awarded Jinshi and the second, the second-level seventeen or 19 people are awarded Jinshi background, and the third-class people are awarded the same Jinshi background .

Since the age of last year, Mr. Ye has asked Zhenyu to write test poems and stereotyped essays in addition to explaining the Four Books and Five Classics in detail.With Lin Zhenyu's talent and learning, the government examination is not a problem. There are five government examinations in total, roll call before dawn, and the papers will be handed in on the same day.After the announcement of the results, Lin Zhenyu really became a child student, and she was the head of the government's case. However, the government examination is just a prelude to the road of imperial examination. There are many young and intelligent boys in the government examination. It is natural for such a famous teacher to be an eight-year-old case chief. It is not uncommon for all the prefectures and counties in the past dynasties to have case chiefs who are younger than Zhenyu.

Lin Hai was very proud of himself, but he still said with a stern face: "It's better to be more diligent!" Daiyu and Fuyu's little buns had already surrounded her brother to congratulate her, and even Jia Min's spirits improved a little on happy occasions some.

Afterwards, Lin Hai and Ye Qiong had stricter demands on Zhenyu, and Zhenyu also felt a sense of urgency pressing on her heart all the time, studying even harder, which made Lin Hai a little frightened, fearing that Zhenyu would be exhausted.

Daiyu was over five years old, and when she was last year, under Lin Zhenyu's intervention, she did not invite Yucun to teach her poetry and books.Knowing that her younger sister is very intelligent by nature, Zhenyu was afraid of insulting her talent, so she simply asked Mr. Ye to help invite many of his old friends. With Mr. Guang'er, I'm afraid Lin Zhenyu's daughter may not come even if she invites her.The Zhenyu shop has accumulated a lot of gold and silver for him over the years, so he simply bought a large courtyard next to Lin's mansion to live with those gentlemen, and he didn't restrict Daiyu, only when she wanted to learn, let people go there one day first. It's all right next door, those gentlemen gathered together, exchanged ideas, talked and talked all day, it was extremely comfortable.Mr. Ye was free, so he also went to the next door to meet his friends for tea and wine, which went very well.

Lin Hai felt that Zhenyu doted on his younger siblings too much, so he couldn't help but say to him: "Yu'er has so many teachers, doesn't it make people feel frivolous? You spoil her too much!" Lin Zhenyu didn't care at all: "The boudoir How can I ask people to go outside to talk about it! Those friends of the teacher are all noble people, and it is second to come to teach Yu'er, but I just take the opportunity to get together with all the friends. Besides, Yu'er is very talented, if I don't, I'm afraid It has insulted her wisdom." Seeing Ruhai frowned slightly, he hurriedly said: "Mr. is also very happy! I just use this to let Mr. and old friends communicate more, and also to relieve Mr.'s loneliness. Don't worry, father, take care of me. The maids and servants are all honest, and there will never be any rumors about my sister!" Lin Hai was relieved, and then told Zhenyu not to treat those famous people with madness.

Daiyu reads and studies poems every day, accompanied by piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and lives a very fulfilling life, but she doesn't feel anything.Fuyu, a two-year-old little bun holding his big head, is depressed: his elder brother used to come to play with him, and tell him stories, and sometimes he could lie on his elder brother's bed and sleep with his elder brother, but since his father let his elder brother When he moved to Qingliang Shuixie, the nanny was not allowed to take him to find his brother, and he was not allowed to come to him. He could only see him every day when he was waiting for his brother to say hello to his mother, hum!Smelly Daddy!

Zhenyu looked at Xiao Fuyu's aggrieved and crying little appearance and felt very distressed: "Fu Yu is good, next year my brother will take you out to play after the college entrance examination, so that Fu Yu and brother can sleep together! Okay?" Xiao Fuyu Congenitally deficient, his body bones are very weak, and his small body bears a big head. At one time, people were extremely worried that he would die young. Fortunately, the nurse sent by Shuiyang is very good at taking care of him. Fuyu has been better in the past six months, but Fuyu is very dependent on him. Man, his brother is the one who bears the brunt of it, no, the little bun is already tearing up from grievances.Fuyu was happy again after Zhenyu talked about it.In private, Licorice also ordered Licorice to bring the fold-eared kitten to accompany Fu Yujiu from time to time, to tease him to bask in the sun and move more before giving up and going to the study.

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The college examination is held twice in three years, and the time is just right. The content of the examination is the same as that of the county and government examinations, but there is an additional examination of classics and ancient times before the main session, which includes examinations on scripture interpretation, historical theory, poetry and Fu, etc.Mr. Ye is very confident in Zhenyu, but after a routine order, he threatened: "If it's not a granary student, let's see how the master will deal with you!"

After the college examination, they are called students, that is, scholars. There are three types of students: the best grades are Lin students, who have a certain number of places, and the government will distribute food; called epiphysis.Each year, the academic administration examinations are carried out in sequence according to the grades.

Being a "scholar" can be said to be the starting point of "fame". After that, you will be noticed by the officials in the south of the Yangtze River, and you will be able to get rid of the reputation of a boy, and you will be able to decide some things on your own.

In May, the breeze is blowing, neither hot nor cold.In the early morning of this day, before dawn, everyone in the Lin residence was busy, everyone spoke softly, and their hands and feet were brisk.In the main room, Jia Min paled slightly, and grabbed Lin Zhenyu to tell her something. Mammy Liu led the maids to check the contents of the test basket carefully several times, and both Daiyu and Fuyu were obedient Sitting on the stool, watching my brother remain silent, his two small faces were slightly stern, looking very serious.Zhenyu raised his forehead, this is not like going to an exam, seeing the nervousness of the whole family, it looks like going to the battlefield.In the study, Ruhai and Ye Qiong quietly sip tea, waiting for Zhenyu to come to ask Ann to speak.The boys stood by the door and didn't dare to hum...

The sky was slightly cool, and the government office was full of people waiting outside. Nearby were the servants in charge of the queue, further outside were the family members of the examinees, and there were large and small carriages on the periphery.Lin Zhenyu was sent to the outside of the government office by the housekeeper Lin Fu with his accompanying servants. Zhenyu got out of the carriage and was surrounded by his own servants. Lin Fu carried the test basket and said, "Master, I Wait for the uncle outside." Zhenyu waved his hand and said, "Uncle Fu, there is no need to be so troublesome. You have to take the exam until the sun goes down, just come and pick it up in the evening." Lin Fu didn't argue, just smiled.Zhenyu knew that this could not be changed, so she didn't say anything anymore, she reached out to pick up the test basket, and waved them to go back to the periphery, and she was at the end of a line. 'Hey, what a familiar scene, it looks like the college entrance examination for students back then! Zhenyu looked at the sea of ​​people and thought.

After a while, a group of people headed by Xuezheng came out of the government office, and the scene immediately became silent.This entrance roll call check is very strict.Lin Zhenyu and the other four children are mutual guarantees. These children are all high-achieving children from various adult families. They don’t want to follow the path of the shadow prison. They take the exams by themselves from the bottom. It is not surprising that Lu Zifang is the right way.The five children who are mutually insured must also be aware of each other, and if there is any tolerance to cover up, the five of them will sit together.When Zhenyu first heard about this rule, he couldn't help but be stunned. The college entrance examination is much more stringent than those high school entrance examinations, but Lin Hai found these four children himself, so there is no need to worry.When it was Lin Zhenyu's turn, the inspectors were very polite, but they were very careful. Not only the cakes and pastries had to be broken, stationery such as pen tubes had to be carefully inspected, but even hair, clothes, and shoes and socks had to be undressed. examine.Although Zhenyu admired this rigor, she couldn't help but slander: If it's the first time for this battle, the little boy must be scared!In fact, I have to say, Zhenyu Children’s Shoes, you are telling the truth, otherwise, why do you think that there are people who are several times more dense than the original children, not only a few years old children appearing in various situations due to fright or nervousness Yes, it is not uncommon for adults in their tens of years to get too tense and have accidents in the examination room due to repeated failures, so no matter what you say, Butler Lin Fu will not go back.

After finally entering the examination room, the sky was just bright, and the students were separated from each other. Zhenyu tidied up the things one by one, rubbed the ink well, and opened the test paper unhurriedly...

A few days of scientific examinations passed by, and Zhenyu silently read out the answer sheets for each session to her husband and father, so that she could really have a good rest for a few days.After a full day's sleep, Lin Zhenyu told his father the next day that he would take his mother and younger siblings to visit the Qiling Temple, a famous temple with a thousand years of history in Yangzhou, to burn incense. carry.