The Jade of the Red Chamber

By the time Shui Yang and Lin Zhenyu returned to the capital to return to their missions, it was already summer, and Jin Shang and Lin Ruhai glanced at them a few times, but they didn't bother to pay attention.Forget it, the errand was done very well, and I ordered someone to bring the booklet back to Beijing a few months ago, and there was no deadline at the beginning, so what can I say now?

He Er, who had made sandwiches for several months and was disgusted countless times, curled his lips when he saw this. It wasn't these people who deliberately indulged him. Otherwise, why didn't he see a letter of urging for such a long time?He knew in his heart that those errands were completed in less than a month, and the remaining few months dared to say that this was not a leisurely time for him to close his eyes.Rubbing his chin, He Er took a deep breath of the atmosphere of the capital, but he came back, and next time he has such an errand, he would definitely not go with his master, call He San and He Wu and the others to go!He Er, who was thrown in the inn by those two countless times, or kicked out by his prince without a trace, felt that there would never be another life-threatening job this time.

The capital city is hot, after breakfast, most of the people in Lin's mansion are tired from daily life, but Daiyu's room is very lively. It turns out that Lin Zhenyu went to Jiangnan, but she visited many places. There are so many skilled craftsmen in Jiangnan. Er, these two people never forgot to find some good things for Daiyu when they were playing, and after traveling south, they were tired enough to have more than a dozen boxes.Because these objects are heavy, it is two days slower than Zhenyu and Shuiyang's itinerary, and they have just arrived at this moment.

Weeping Willow in the Clear Sky opened the boxes and was shocked from ear to ear. Who would have thought that such an ordinary lacquered wooden box would contain all these rare objects?

Xi Shuangyou was not young, and although his family valued Daiyu and never urged her, the Lin family knew in their hearts that Daiyu would probably not wait until Ji was about to get married, so the three men of the Lin family rushed to make arrangements for Daiyu. How long do you want to get close to Daiyu?When Lin Zhenyu was playing outside, she also missed her sister in her heart, and she exchanged many letters.

The more than a dozen boxes in the ground were prepared by Zhenyu. Most of the Xi family members live in the south, and they are used to exquisite and meticulous objects. His family has a large population, and these southern objects are not only for the younger sister to wear. The use is also so that she can match it with the special products here in the capital to give gifts in return. You must know that the Xi family does not need to have their own, and there is definitely a lot of reciprocity.

Jinghu and Weeping Liu put the pens and paper into the book, and Qingkong and Changge took two or three second-class maids whom they had brought acquainted to take the seats and put these objects into boxes one by one and put them into the warehouse.Daiyu couldn't help saying a few words to her brother, such extravagance, wouldn't it mean that half of the house and brothers would be emptied if she got married?

Zhenyu rubbed her sister's head like she did when she was a child, and said with a smile: "You are the only girl in our family, and this is what should be done. It is only natural for a brother to make money for his sister, and no one can say anything."

Daiyu blushed, and her eyes were wet when she thought of leaving her father and brother in the future. Zhenyu hugged her sister to comfort her.

After a while, Qing Kong, who was tired and sweating profusely, came in and delivered the booklet.Zhenyuyin said: "Look, Dai'er, most of what my brother brought back this time is cloth and clothing materials, which are special products from various places in the south of the Yangtze River. They are rare elsewhere. There are all kinds of materials in them. You keep them for making clothes." You can give it away as a reward. There are also a few boxes of pearls, jade and gemstones of various colors, each of which is packed in a separate box. When you use it, you can take it to the shop for inlaying and carving. There is also this box." Zhenyu pointed at the just ordered A small mahogany box brought in by someone said: "This is full of treasures, I keep it for you to press at the bottom of the box."

Daiyu's face was flushed with embarrassment by these dowry talk, and she couldn't bear to disobey her brother's kindness, so she had to bow her head in agreement, and at the same time she felt grateful and happy-how lucky she was to be loved by such parents and brothers!

Fuyu was very happy to see her eldest brother back, she hadn't seen her for a few months, but she was thinking badly about the young man of the Lin family, she still had to go to the master's place, and when she heard that her elder brother was going to talk to her elder sister, she had to hold back, practice calligraphy and wait for the next session study.Fortunately, it was hot in the afternoon and it was better to go to the study room. The master also heard that the eldest son of the Lin family returned home after his business trip, so he saw some rough characters and didn't reprimand him. He only fined him ten sheets and told him to go back.

The young man Fuyu had a sad face when he heard the ten big characters, but when he heard the master said that he would hand it in tomorrow and go back, he immediately grinned like the master and saluted, and rushed out like a monkey.The master shook his head, and in the blink of an eye, he envied Mr. Lin's family's three sons and daughters who are in harmony with each other, and they are all very good. They are truly blessed.

Tired of talking and eating with his brothers and sisters, Fuyu's young boy shivered suddenly when he was happy. Daiyu saw it, and hurriedly pulled over to touch his younger brother's forehead. Didn't he have a cold in this hot summer?

Fuyu didn't feel uncomfortable, and was pulling her brother to tell her what she had seen. Zhenyu and Daiyu felt relieved when they saw her younger brother's rosy cheeks and bright eyes.What the three brothers and sisters didn't know was that in the study of the Zhou mansion, Father Lin and Uncle Zhou were looking at the portraits of the girls that Mrs. Zhou and other wives were coming. After returning this time, Lin Ruhai saw that her son and King Jing were getting more and more sticky. My teeth are sore and my eyes hurt, and I think about more in my heart.No, after discussing with Uncle Zhou, he decided to marry Fuyu first. Lin Ruhai felt that he had made a mistake back then. If he had married his elder son early, he would marry after a weak crown, and such things would not happen now. what?Therefore, the youngest son must hurry up and act first!

Lying on the table, two old men who add up to nearly a hundred years old looked at the portraits of those little girls, and one said: "Old Lin, you see this is not bad, don't say that you look Zhou Zheng, read what my sister wrote below, she has a good temper, very It is meek and filial."

Lin Ruhai didn't raise his head, and said, "I just read that one. The Mi family has a good family style, but Mrs. Mi has seven sisters and one brother. Their family has been like this for generations. His brother adopted a son!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bing immediately rolled up the painting scroll, put it in the orchid white porcelain jar beside him, and said, "That's what it means, this girl can't do it."

After a while, Lin Ruhai picked up another painting and said, "This is not bad. Mrs. Zhang's family can give birth. This girl is easy to give birth to. Uncle, take a look."

Zhou Bing approached enthusiastically, frowned at a glance, and hummed: "What kind of vision do you have? Fuyu is good-looking and intelligent, so you can find him a wife like this? Look, it's only five or six years old. He became so fat at the age of [-], the Zhang family and the older children, which one of them will be exhausted when they get on the sedan chair? What's the matter if they can have children, can they have children like this!"

Lin Ruhai also felt that this girl was a little too lucky, but she only said it because she was jealous of Mrs. Zhang's family who had given birth to seven or eight children in a row over the years. Hearing what Zhou Bing said now, she readily put the scroll in the vat .Anyway, there are many ladies in the capital city, and they don't ask too much, as long as the family background is clean, the children in the clan are well-bred, the girl looks about the same and has a good temper, and the most important thing is that the girl has a fertile mother and a foreign family!Father Lin and Uncle Zhou threw themselves into the pile of picture scrolls, and they couldn't believe that they couldn't find a suitable one...

This year, Zhenyu was fifteen and Shuiyang was nineteen, both of whom were hot candidates for son-in-law in the capital, how many families with girls were worried about them.But these two are also strange, one is said by Master Huiyan and the other, and the other is calculated by Qin Tianjian in the past. Only when they are old and weak can they marry a wife. It's okay to say it if it's settled, but it doesn't make sense to look at the posture of these two people.

Naturally, people at the Holy Majesty's place dare not say that the means and scheming of the Majesty over the past few years have suppressed the rich and powerful in the capital, and ordinary people dare not even guess privately what he is thinking.In this way, it is Lin Ruhai who suffers. He is knocked on the sidelines all day long, and even comes to make peace. Even Uncle Zhou is implicated, and he is entrusted to be a matchmaker to send away one by one for Lin Zhenyu to make love. The progress of these two for Fu Yuxiang's daughter-in-law has slowed down a lot.Although Lin Ruhai accepted his fate, he still held his breath in his chest, and directly threw the burden to Lord Jing. There will be rumors about this matter sooner or later, it would be better if the dust settles sooner!

Shui Yang is beautiful in his heart, he already has an idea in his heart.Anyone with eyes in the capital can see the importance he attaches to Zhenyu. The Lin family has also been favored over the years. Lin Ruhai went deep into the cabinet and took charge of the bureaucracy. After becoming Cong Sipin, when such a thing broke out, there might not be anyone who dared to speak directly to Zhenyu's face, but those eyes were difficult to deal with, and the rumors behind it were also hurtful.Naturally, Shui Yang would not let his daughter-in-law suffer such a crime, so as soon as Lin Ruhai said it, he went to the palace to discuss with his brother. Does his brother have to settle this matter?

Shui Zhan has a headache, the ball kicked to him, the most difficult issue of reputation, even the emperor can't stop the spittle of the world.

He gave his younger brother an angry look, and Shui Zhan thought it was a good thing that Lin Zhenyu had some skills, so the matter would be much easier.

In fact, there are a lot of things between the princes of such aristocratic families in the capital city. At most, they are all talked about in two days. The special thing between Shui Yang and Lin Zhenyu is that Shui Yang's status is too high, and the gap between the two is too big. Some are big, and the second is that they are not like those princes and buddies. They are "Qi brothers" who work, but there are many wives, concubines and children in the family, but these two are determined not to get married.If she rashly poked it out, I'm afraid Lin Zhenyu would gain a reputation as a pampered and sycophant in the mouths of interested people, and the reputation of the Lin family would also be damaged.

Shui Zhan thought for a while and decided to do what his younger brother said first. Lin Zhenyu has real talent and a pure mind. He can indeed be called a pillar of talent. So send more errands so that he can do more practical work in front of the courtiers and the common people. When achievements come out, people will be given the impression of being practical and promising. There is no need to rush to promote the official position.After a while, when the family banquet is held in the palace, and then bring him to join in the banquet, the twists and turns in this are enough for those people to weigh it carefully. Naturally, there are very few people who dare to mention Lin Zhenyu's marriage.In Shui Zhan's view, it is the most stupid way to publicize the matter directly, and there is no need to avoid people when Lin Zhenyu and Shui Yang are in contact. Such confusion will make people afraid of Lin Zhenyu.

Shui Zhan decided to let Lin Zhenyu take another stroll in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment. After such an experience, he would be thrown out and beaten in the local area for a few years. After returning to the capital, who would dare to underestimate such an official.On the contrary, it is Shui Yang, what should be done in the past few years is to lie dormant, the capital will never be short of new topics, and King Jing's glory will fade as soon as it passes.In the future, the two of them will live their lives behind closed doors, even if there are rumors that the Holy Majesty will be there to support them, neither of them is a soft persimmon, so it's up to you to decide which one to use?

After thinking about it, Shui Zhan still said to his younger brother: "Xiao Jiuer, Deng Meiren is pregnant, and it has been three months now." Speaking of this Deng Meiren, Shui Zhan's eyebrows twitched. This is a restless master. He was chosen to enter the palace a few years ago. He hadn't been close to the harem for a long time, but he didn't expect to find the way of a little beauty.Shui Zhan was arrogant, and even more murderous towards this woman, but her fate was good. Before Shui Zhan could do anything, the imperial doctor said that she might be pregnant. Head, there is no movement.This Deng Meiren thought that her mother would be able to rise to the top because of her son, but she never thought that her fate was already doomed by the emperor's thought.

Hearing this, Shui Yang looked at his brother with some doubts. He knew that there was a different atmosphere between his brother and his husband. These years, his brother was not close to the harem, and the youngest child was five years old. He thought... why did he come out now? A pregnant Deng Meiren?But looking at the corners of his elder brother's eyebrows and the displeasure in his eyes, Shui Yang immediately guessed that there might be some twists and turns, so he covered his words and didn't ask.

Sure enough, Shui Zhan paused and said again: "Originally I wanted to adopt Ning'er to you, but he is older, so it is better to be close to him from childhood. The child in Deng Meiren's belly is just right, you If you have an heir, it will be easier for Lin Zhenyu." Before they finished speaking, the two brothers knew that if King Jing had an heir, those clan relatives would stop, at least they should not cause trouble for this reason, Zhenyu will be much less stressful.

Shui Yang nodded gratefully, feeling very heartwarming, if it wasn't for himself, I am afraid that his brother would have disposed of that woman long ago?He originally thought of adopting an older brother's child. Ning'er was the youngest, and it was also the best choice before. The child's mother was not happy, and he was a bit cowardly, and he had nothing to do with the throne.He was also worried that the child who had been in the palace for so many years would not get close to Zhenyu, but now the unborn child is just right, and he doesn't have to compete with Ning'er's mother and concubine.

With a glance, Shui Zhan understood his younger brother's thoughts. It had been a long time since he saw this awkward and touched look. Shui Zhan couldn't help laughing, and the depression in his heart suddenly disappeared a lot.Although that woman is an eyesore, let's keep her for a few months.After giving birth to a child without his secret protection, the jealous concubine in the harem could tear her apart.Hmph, a smart woman, but he hasn't heard of any heirs for more than five years!

Shui Zhan laughed and scolded his younger brother, "Okay, put away what you said, thinking that I didn't know that you were interested in Ning'er, I made up my mind a long time ago, and now it's not too ugly."

Shui Yang blinked away the wetness in his eyes, turned his face and said to his brother seriously: "Well, after a few years, I will let Zhenyu adopt another one, just to be a companion."

Shui Zhan choked on his breath, thinking that this younger brother was raised by someone else, and his heart is hanging behind his ass, look at this hopeless look!

Now that the matter has a charter, Shui Yang naturally went to Lin's house to report. In the study, he had a secret meeting with Lin's father, and when they came out, both of their faces were "happy": Lin Ruhai listened to Shui Yang's words before he really let go When he thought about it, he also thought about it, as long as he had a son-in-law, besides, the sage also agreed to give Zhenyu an adoptive son in the future, so that after the two of them were married, the life of the son would not be worse than that of other families Where to go, Lin Ruhai is naturally happy to let go of the hanging heart; as for Shuiyang, he explained the matter with Father Lin, and even asked Father Lin's consent that Zhenyu can live with him in the house he built next door to the Lin family Go, like this, can Lord Jing be unhappy, he can't even maintain his usual expressionless face.

In Shuiyang's heart, the house next door to Lin's mansion that he poured his heart and soul into is the real home for him and his own baby. Because of this, he and Zhenyu have done everything by touching each other, and even endured the last one. Threshold, just thinking about moving into the house... Shui Yang felt that although the two of them couldn't make a big banquet with guests like ordinary people, they should still have some, and invite close people to have a gathering , I set up a few tables of banquets at home, and my daughter-in-law is happy in her heart, so it's good for the bridal chamber.

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The Lin Mansion and Shuiyang Mansion are thriving, but the "original" Rongguo Mansion is not doing very well. Mother Jia is paralyzed on the bed, her eyes are dull, but time is running out.Sister Feng, who came in to visit with great difficulty, saw her heart skipping a beat. I'm afraid this is not good. How could the old lady have become like this in just a few months?