The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

After Liu Zheng returned to Beijing, he first met with the saint to report on his duties, and then came to the Lin family to discuss Liu Xianglian's marriage.As soon as the engagement ceremony was accepted, Liu Zheng and his wife had already taken care of it when they were in Songjiang, so there was nothing fussy about it.

On the issue of Liu Zheng's resettlement, some disputes arose.

Fan Guangxi was originally on the political road in Suzhou, and his achievements in recent years have been decent. In addition, Fan Guangxi did not intervene in the matter of maritime trade before. no problem.

But Mrs. Fan came from the Zhong family. Before the fall of the Ninth Prince, the Fan family had many ties to the Ninth Prince's residence.Now that the radish is pulled out and the mud is brought out, Fan Guangxi, the fat vacancies of the Suzhou political road, has no share.If the Fan family's luck is good, they may be able to earn a relegation, but if they are not lucky, they may be punished.

Before the imperial court thoroughly investigated the case of the Ninth Prince, it was naturally a group of people who held military power to deal with it first.Now that the guards of Beijiang and Shanhaiguan have changed, they have time to rectify the civil servants.

Regarding Liu Zheng's position, some people think that Liu Zheng has just made some political achievements in Songjiang, so he should continue to consolidate the achievements in Songjiang, and it is not appropriate to replace local officials; Who will do their duty faithfully and benefit the locality.

Because participating in politics is an official position from the third rank, it just needs to be discussed at the court meeting, so there is still a small debate.Of course, this matter is not very controversial.Anyone who is an official does not want to go further, because the reason of staying in the original position because of a good job has blocked many people's promotion paths, so there will be few people who will second the proposal.

At the court meeting, it was quickly decided that Liu Zheng would be promoted to participate in politics in Suzhou.

Before Liu Zheng accepted the official seal of Suzhou Canzheng Dao, he was a fourth-rank magistrate, so he was not qualified to go to court. After the court was dismissed, many people expressed their congratulations to Lin Ruhai.

The girl of the Lin family and the young master of the Liu family are engaged, and the two families are relatives by marriage.Liu Zheng is not here, congratulations to Lin Ruhai as well.

The fact that Liu Zheng was promoted to participate in politics in Suzhou was actually no one in the Lin family was surprised.But Lin Ruhai couldn't understand Emperor Taizong's treatment of Fan Guangxi.

Fan Guangxi, as an accomplice of the Ninth Prince, even though he had not made any serious mistakes in Suzhou these years, judging from Emperor Taizong's treatment of the Ninth Prince's family this time, it was originally a capital crime and a living crime, at least he would be punished. relegate.But in fact, Fan Guangxi's transfer order came out, but it was regarded as a transfer at the same level. Fan Guangxi was appointed to participate in politics in Xining, and he left for the post after a year.

In this regard, Emperor Taizong had his own considerations, and he called Fan Guangxi to the front to have a consecration, which was nothing more than a way to entice others by giving a sweet date with a stick.

Emperor Taizong first recalled the past, saying how outstanding Fan Guangxi was when he was studying in the Imperial College, and how optimistic he was about Fan Guangxi.Fan Guangxi was naturally grateful and thanked the Lord for his kindness.

Then, Emperor Taizong mentioned Wang Ziteng again.Wang Ziteng was also one of the outstanding children in the Guozijian back then. Later, he made a mistake and ended up in disrepute. Emperor Taizong was quite heartbroken.

Naturally, Fan Guangxi knew that the emperor was beating himself by mentioning Wang Ziteng in a good manner, so he kept his head down and listened, and responded to the statement that the minister was taught in a timely manner.

Finally, Emperor Taizong finished his torture-like reminiscence of the past, changed the subject, and said: "When I was still in the Imperial College, I regarded you as the humerus of the country. Now Su Hanshan died young, and Wang Ziteng went astray. Only With Lin Ruhai, it has been smooth and steady to the present. Shi Ding has returned from the wrong path, and now he is the governor of Guangdong and Hai, and he has achieved remarkable achievements."

When Fan Guangxi heard this, he was almost moved to tears.Guozijian is naturally a place that scholars all over the world yearn for, but it is also a place to maintain imperial rule.Studying in Guozijian, you can learn the knowledge of governing the country, but you will also be instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. The king of a country is willing to instruct a courtier who has made a political mistake like this. For a while, Fan Guangxi felt that it would be difficult to report to the emperor even if he was heartbroken.

Then, Fan Guangxi expressed his attitude very sincerely.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Emperor Taizong said with earnestness and earnestness: "You are young and talented, and you have been outstanding since you were young. I am heartbroken when you make a mistake. Although I cherish good talents, if I don't punish you a little, I will still leave you in the rich and prosperous south of the Yangtze River." I am afraid that all the officials will not accept you. Now I will give you a chance to pay off your merits and transfer you to Xining Pass, will you be convinced?"

If there is any dissatisfaction, Fan Guangxi kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times to thank the Lord for his kindness.Moreover, Emperor Taizong really subdued Fan Guangxi after a lot of fighting, and he was convinced.

Although Fan Guangxi was also transferred from a wealthy place to the frontier from a senior official in the south of the Yangtze River to work in the Northwest, but the grade was regarded as a transfer at the same level.Ask other people to say that they feel that this kind of punishment is not painful.

But anyone who knows the inside story also understands how Emperor Taizong handled it.In Shui Lan's confession, everything that Daiyu and Situ Zhuo had not been involved in was extremely effective. Emperor Taizong would naturally have a deep defensive attitude towards the war in Xihai Yanzi two years later.

Even though Fan Guangxi had been in close contact with the Ninth Prince before, he was indeed a capable person.Emperor Taizong would naturally be happy to let Fan Guangxi go to the northwest if it could make a difference in the war situation two years later.If the Northwest War is still defeated by the imperial court after a few years, it will not be too late to deal with the defeat on the grounds of the war.

After dealing with the placement of Liu Zheng and Fan Guangxi, the year is approaching.

Because many officials returned to Beijing this year to report on their duties, plus Liu Zheng's promotion, Liu Xianglian's marriage, and the Liu family's double happiness, more people in the Lin family needed to move around than in previous years.

But Zuo just needs to attend a little more banquets, and there is nothing to describe.Only when Liu Zheng and his wife came to the Lin family as guests, they discussed for a while whether their children would live in the capital or follow Liu Zheng and his wife to the south of the Yangtze River.

Before the Lin family fell into a life-and-death crisis because of Daiyu, in order to spread the risk, they proposed the idea of ​​hoping that Liu Xianglian and Su Lan would get married earlier and send Su Lan to Songjiang.Later, Daiyu survived the crisis safely, but Su Lan's marriage schedule did not change.

Although Liu Zheng has been an official for many years, and is an offshoot of the Duke of Li's mansion, and his family is well-off, he is not comparable to the century-old Lin family, nor does he hold a larger dowry than Su Lan.But the Liu family also has a house in the capital, Liu Zheng and his wife have long entrusted Liu Xing and his wife to clean and renovate the house, the flowers, plants and trees have also been arranged, but it is neat and tidy.

If Liu Xianglian and his wife stayed in the capital after getting married, they would have a ready-made house; if they went south with Liu Zheng and his wife, they would have cleaned up the official residence of Songjiang Mansion. We have to wait for Fan's family to move out before cleaning up and installing appliances.Liu Xianglian and his wife wanted to go back to the south. What Liu Zheng and his wife meant was to wait for their husband and wife to go to Suzhou to pack up first, and then send a letter for Liu Xianglian and his wife to go south.

Lin Ruhai and Liu Zheng felt that staying in Beijing and going south made sense, but for the future, it was better for Liu Xianglian to stay in Beijing.They also asked their sons and daughters about their intentions, and both of them were willing to stay in Beijing.

This year's New Year's Day is Su Lan's last year in Lin's family. The family was happy, but as they got closer, Daiyu noticed that Su Lan's expression was a bit sad.

The wedding day of Su Lan and Liu Xianglian is scheduled to be on the sixth day of the first lunar month. After this year, I can count on one hand the days I spent as a girl in the Lin family.Su Lan wasn't unhappy or something, just an indescribable mood.Daiyu described this feeling as fear before marriage.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Su Lan had a grand wedding.

Other people's beautiful marriage and ten miles of red makeup may be a compliment, but for Su Lan's big marriage, the scenery is really beautiful, and ten miles of red makeup is also really ten miles of red makeup.

Not to mention Liu Zheng's double happiness of being promoted and having a wedding, just saying that Su Lan is the daughter of Su Hanshan, it is worthwhile for Emperor Taizong to send a servant to add makeup to Su Lan. Make-up, no matter how much it is worth, just the decency is not something that ordinary courtiers can have.Besides, Emperor Taizong's things are always good.

In addition, Wen Cheng admired the two girls of the Lin family very much, and he also asked the prime minister's wife to put on some makeup, and there were also Qingliu officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Imperial Academy who were friendly with the Lin family. Congratulations.Needless to say, people like Jia Jing and Zhang Yan.

As for the officials of the Ministry of Households, if the Minister is marrying a daughter, his subordinates will naturally also want to come.What's interesting is that many of the gifts sent by the officials of the household department are much heavier than the gifts given to their superiors by the subordinates of other departments. Daiyu made a guess in her heart and knew that someone here had folded the dowry of Su Lan who was greedy for ink into gifts. Sent it back again.

The Lin family was not short of money, and all the gifts they received were added to Su Lan's dowry.In addition to the one purchased by the Lin family and the one left by Su Hanshan, the ten miles of red makeup are solid.The other end has already been carried into Liu's house, but there are still a lot of red dowries piled up in the Lin's hall and have not been carried out.

But the most beautiful thing is Liu Xianglian's wedding party.Among them were the descendants of the Liu family, needless to say, the key point was that there was also a figure in the royal family, Situ Zhuo, the seventh son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.Accompanying the emperor's grandson to welcome the relatives, in the ancient times with strict hierarchy, it would be impossible to put anyone on him, but Situ Zhuo had such a temper since he was young. won't say anything.

If I had to say it, it would be Liu Jiazi's respectable marriage, and I have never seen other young princes get married with such dignity.

Three days later, Su Lan returned home, and the Lin family saw that Su Lan looked good, so they knew that the young couple lived in harmony.But Jia Min still asked Su Lan privately, how is life after marriage?

Now, apart from Su Lan and his wife, the Liu family has four masters, in-laws and mother-in-law.As soon as Su Lan walked through the door, Mrs. Liu Zheng specially called her servants to her, and paid homage to the new grandmother, which shows that she attaches great importance to the new daughter-in-law.Liu Zheng and his wife are not mean people. Liu Xianglian had met Su Lan many times before marriage, and she had been interested in Su Lan for a long time. Later, Su Lan became a girl in the Shangshu Mansion. Liu Xianglian even felt that her family background was not worthy of Su Lan, so she worked hard to study I have been studying for a few years, and I want to earn a career earlier.

Later, the parents proposed marriage to the Lin family, and the Lin family agreed after three pushes according to the etiquette. Liu Xianglian was overjoyed.Now that she has got her wish and married a lovely wife, Liu Xianglian loves Su Lan so much.How could Su Lan be unhappy?When Jia Min asked, Su Lan was so ashamed that she just bowed her head and said everything was fine.

Although they are adopted daughters, seeing their daughter and their husbands are in harmony, Lin Ruhai and his wife feel relieved at first, and they also have an explanation to Su Hanshan and his wife.

Jia Min originally wanted to remind Su Lan that she should go to do a ritual ceremony for her biological parents, but Su Lan mentioned this first, saying that Liu Xianglian will go to the Muni Court to perform rituals tomorrow, and it will be the first time for her son-in-law to pay homage to her father-in-law and mother-in-law there.

The marriage of the eldest daughter is considered a major event for the Lin family.Now there are two daughters and a son.Especially since Yinglian is only a month younger than Su Lan, this marriage should be put on the agenda.

But Yinglian's marriage is more embarrassing than Su Lan's.Even if Su Lan didn't have biological parents, someone might pick her a reputation as a criminal, but Su Lan's background and her own quality are fine.In this way, many self-righteous people came to propose marriage in order to cling to the Lin family.

There is no problem with Yinglian's original background. Zhen Fei is also a scholar and has been an official. Even if she later resigned from office and became a squire, Yinglian can be considered to be from a scholarly family.It's just that after being kidnapped and sold for a few years, there are no good people who come to propose marriage.

At the beginning, they proposed marriage to Su Lan, and there were people like high family bastards, but now those who proposed marriage to Yinglian, the bastards with slightly better backgrounds are all gone.Therefore, Yinglian's marriage was delayed like this.

Seeing that Yinglian has reached the age of Ji, and Daiyu's thirteenth birthday in February, Jia Min felt a little anxious, and even wanted to ask Feng Shi to discuss it, if not, choose a family background among the people who came to propose marriage Be a son-in-law with a good character.This matter was stopped by Daiyu, although it was a bit late in ancient times when the marriage was not settled after Jiji, but Daiyu said that instead of marrying someone who is not happy and suffering in the future, it is better not to marry until there is a predestined one.

The reason why Daiyu said this was influenced by the thoughts of later generations, but she was good at eloquence, clear and well-founded, and she convinced Jia Min.Yinglian's marriage was temporarily put on hold.

In fact, rich families pay attention to early marriage for a reason. There are only so many sons and daughters who have real family background, appearance, and quality.As soon as Yinglian's marriage was delayed, those men who came to propose marriage became more and more unattractive.

This shelving will be put on hold until Daiyu gets married.

Daiyu was 13 years old this year, and it was the resignation of the remaining officials of the Eastern Palace Clan in her previous life. The year she died was also the year when the Nine Princes succeeded in forcing the palace, and Emperor Taizong abdicated as the Supreme Emperor.

There is no Ninth Prince in this life, originally Daiyu thought that this year would be passed safely, but something happened.

Emperor Taizong was getting old, and he was thinking about Shui Lan's dream. This year, there was an incident of rebellion by a rebellious son, and he still didn't go to Iron Net Mountain to hunt this year.Unexpectedly, the climate changed from summer to autumn in this year. The first day was still hot enough to make people panic, and the second day the temperature dropped sharply. Emperor Taizong fell ill at the beginning of autumn, and the illness came on urgently and seriously.

In fact, the previous Emperor Taizong also fell ill at this time, and the Ninth Prince was forced into the palace at this time.

After the nine princes forced the palace to proclaim themselves emperor, news spread to the south of the Yangtze River, and immediately Lin Ruhai sent his son to Beijing, claiming to be seriously ill, and asked the imperial court to send someone to take over the post of salt administration, while sending a letter to Rongguo Mansion to bring Daiyu back to the south.

In the previous life, Lin Ruhai was really sick, but after the Ninth Prince proclaimed himself emperor, all thoughts were lost, he lost his will to live, and died of illness on the third day of September.

This year, both Emperor Taizong and Yu Lin Ruhai had difficulties.

However, Lin Ruhai's body has been recuperated by Daiyu persistently according to "Liu's Miscellaneous Techniques" for six years. All helpless.

Now the adult princes and county kings took turns serving the imperial court, but they couldn't keep the Emperor Taizong full of worries. In addition, he was already old and couldn't bear the chronic illness, so his body was still failing day by day.On this day, Emperor Taizong announced Cui Hongan, Minister of Dali Temple, to enter the palace, and drove Dai Quan out of the bedroom, to discuss with Cui Hongan alone.

Cui Hong'an was the only one who knew Shui Lan's confession. He vaguely guessed why Emperor Taizong's condition was so critical this time, and persuaded Emperor Taizong: "Your Majesty, none of the non-existent things in Shui Lan's dream have ever happened. Your Majesty must not be blamed for those things. Worried, but missed the body. Now all the princes are filial, the country is governed by the emperor, Haiyan and Heqing, even the maritime trade franchise, and the surplus goes to the treasury, which shows that the emperor is good at governing the country. The emperor cherishes his body, and the early peace is the people of all people. Blessing."

Emperor Taizong didn't know this truth, but people, the more worried they are, the more unable to recuperate at ease. The worse the condition is, the more suspicious Emperor Taizong becomes.He has been the king for many years, and his two biggest weaknesses are suspicion and soft-heartedness, and now he has shown his suspicion to the fullest.

Because his condition did not improve after taking medicine alone, Emperor Taizong suspected that someone in the imperial hospital was trying to harm him. Before that, there was a doctor Hu in the imperial hospital. The three emperors had suffered from leg problems for more than ten years. Emperor Taizong still felt that his suspicion was justified. According to it; if the princes and concubines come to persuade, come on, Emperor Taizong will have to scold whether you have bought the imperial doctor like the lowly servants of the Zhong family, and worked together to harm me.

In this state, it is strange that Emperor Taizong's illness can be cured by medicine.

Emperor Taizong said: "My illness is clear to me. If I can pass this test, then it's fine. If I can't, I have a will here. You take it well. Once my filial piety is over, let the new emperor give it to Qilang and Lin Ruhai. The first daughters of the family gave marriages, and then entrusted them to the northwest, so that they can quickly become a feudal domain."

When Cui Hongan heard this, he knelt down, held the imperial decree with both hands and said: "I obey the decree."

Emperor Taizong waved his hands and said, "Get up, I still have something to say."

Cui Hongan got up to thank him, but still couldn't help persuading him: "Your Majesty, if the Emperor is really worried about Shui Lan's dream, the emperor's disease can also be treated from Shui Lan's dream."

People always have the desire to survive, not to mention Emperor Taizong ruled the world and held supreme authority.Emperor Taizong said: "You tell me."

Cui Hongan said: "I dare to come up with an idea, whether it is useful or not, and I am not sure, but I feel that if we solve today's situation from Shuilanmeng, what I will say next will make a lot of sense."

Since Chen was not sure, putting aside the responsibility, Cui Hongan continued: "In Shui Lan's dream, apart from the addition of the Seventh Prince, Miss Lin is completely different from Shui Lan's dream, in fact, the extra person is the Minister of the Household Department. Mrs. Jia of the government and Lin You, the son of the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

The minister has carefully investigated what happened to the Lin family in recent years.Lin You was indeed rescued by Miss Lin, but after Lin You was rescued, it was Liu Xing, the owner of Baoqingtang, who treated Lin You; According to the investigation, Mrs. Jia has been ill all these years, and she also took Liu Xing's medicine.The minister speculated that in Shuilan's dream, Mrs. Jia had died, and now Mrs. Jia is well, thanks to Liu Xing's diagnosis and treatment.

In addition, old Mrs. Baolinghou was seriously ill before, and many imperial physicians did not get better after consulting with Liu Xing. After asking Liu Xing for diagnosis and treatment, old Mrs. Baolinghou not only recovered, but also went south to Guangdong to recuperate.Since the emperor made such a bad plan, why not invite Liu Xing into the palace for a try.Another one, the emperor has the intention to facilitate the marriage between the Seventh Prince and Miss Lin, why not grant the marriage now, the royal family has a happy event, maybe the emperor will be safe. "

The ancients said that there is a saying about holding a happy event, and since Situ Zhuo has indeed reached the age of choosing a concubine, it is not a bad idea to make a rush.

Emperor Taizong pondered for a moment, and said, "Go and Xuan Daiquan and come in."

Cui Hongan should have exited the bedroom, whispered a few words to Dai Quan, and Dai Quan turned around and returned to the bedroom, saying: "Your Majesty, the servant is here."

Emperor Taizong ordered in a low voice, and Dai Quan took the order to do it.

First, it was announced that Liu Xing would enter the palace to see Emperor Taizong.Unexpectedly, after Liu Xingxing bowed down and bowed, just got up, Emperor Taizong was stunned when he saw Liu Xing.

Liu Xing was afraid of offending the emperor, so he hurriedly lowered his head, but Emperor Taizong asked Liu Xing to raise his head, and asked the palace servants to hold the lamp closer. Emperor Taizong looked at Liu Xing and murmured: "Hell's enemy?" Then he shook his head and said : "No, if Hades lived to this day, he would be more than 100 years old, how could he be so young. But seeing how similar you and Yan Wang's enemies are, it's unknown if they can really cure my illness. Feel my pulse. "Speaking, stretch out your hand.

Liu Xing was taken aback by Emperor Taizong's actions, seeing Emperor Taizong's expression eased, he said don't take offense if he offends, and then stepped forward to feel the emperor's pulse.

First of all, there is nothing to say about the family medical skills of the Liu family; secondly, Emperor Taizong mistook Liu Xing for the enemy of the king of hell, maybe he really thought that the enemy of the king of hell was sent by heaven to treat his illness, and the suspicion was gone, and he had confidence in recovery, which was also a condition. One of the reasons for the improvement.In addition, Emperor Taizong did have some senile diseases, but he was not terminally ill. Under Liu Xing's diagnosis and treatment, it really seemed like a day.

While Emperor Taizong was recuperating, Lin Qingqing passed Jia Min into the palace and asked about Daiyu's birth date and so on.As soon as Jia Min heard it, she knew it was about Daiyu's marriage, so she asked, "Ma'am, what are you asking Yu'er for?"

Lin Qingdao: "Although Qilang was not born to me, he was raised under my knees since he was a child. I have always treated Qilang as my own son. I see that the child looks good and is a stable person. Although he is a few years older than Yu'er, he is a child It is also suitable to be a relative, how do you look at Qilang?"