The Warm Jade of the Red Chamber

At dinner time, Jia Min didn't wake up, and Lin Ji said he didn't feel well and didn't want to eat.Daiyu sat alone in front of the table, feeling like chewing wax.Since when did the warm natal family in her memory become like this?It's like a wall that has begun to crack and may collapse at any time.

Daiyu casually ate a few mouthfuls of food, then put down her chopsticks, and took a few sips of the porridge specially made for her with Danju in her hands. The affairs of the Lin family are so complicated now that no one can take care of them except herself. She can't fall down.

After dinner, Daiyu went to play with Lin Yu for a while.Daiyu got along very well with the two baby uncles in the palace, and naturally knew how to please the children. After a while, Lin Yu's strangeness towards Daiyu completely disappeared, and he stumbled on the bed, crawling and jumping, "Sister, sister "He yelled non-stop.

Seeing his innocence, Daiyu showed a rare smile, embraced Lin Yu, and said softly: "Brother Yu, let's go and see mother, okay?" Doctor Sun said Now, Jia Min's illness will not pass on the illness to others, as long as he is careful, it doesn't matter if Lin Yu goes to see Jia Min.

"Mother?" Lin Yu's reaction was obviously stunned, then turned to look at Mother Jiang, seeing Mother Jiang nodded to him, then turned to Daiyu and said, "Yes."

Daiyu frowned, Lin Ji's reaction was not joyful, it was very abnormal.Moreover, before he made a decision, he actually wanted to look at Mother Jiang's eyes, which made Daiyu feel afraid in her heart.

Daiyu glanced at Nanny Jiang indifferently, but Nanny Jiang was not unusual, she was a slightly serious middle-aged woman, she would only show a loving smile when she looked at Lin Yu.

Daiyu casually asked: "Where is the nanny from? How did she come to the mansion to be a nanny for Brother Yu? Who else is there at home?"

Mother Jiang replied respectfully: "If you come back to the concubine, the old slave is a countryman outside the city. He once raised three children. Before coming to the mansion, he gave birth to a girl. Because there are too many mouths to eat, So I begged the toothmaid to help the old slave find a job as a nanny, and it is also a blessing for the old slave to be able to be a nanny for the young master."

Mammy Jiang's words were very common, yet unusual.Why didn't the Lin family look for a nanny at home?But looking for someone through the toothmaid outside?

Daiyu didn't ask any further questions, just smiled and brought the matter over.

At night, Jia Min woke up again, holding Daiyu's hand, Daiyu knew that Jia Min had something to say to her, and she was hesitating whether to tell Jia Min what she had noticed. He said, but he was afraid that Jia Min would worry too much and make his condition worse. After much deliberation, he decided to wait until the situation became clearer.

Jia Min signaled Daiyu to send away all the servants with her eyes, and the two mother and daughter took advantage of the dim candlelight to have a long-lost intimacy.

Jia Min's affection for Daiyu is very deep. The pressure of having no children for more than ten years is a burden she cannot bear. I feel a little regretful. At that time, I really wanted to raise Daiyu as a son.

It's a pity that she didn't love this daughter for long before she became someone else's daughter-in-law.Nowadays, everyone envies that she has a daughter of a prince's son, but in Jia Min's heart, after all, she feels a little regretful.

Jia Min took Daiyu's hand and called, "Yu'er."

Daiyu was in a daze for a moment, as if she heard Qiu Qingyu calling Zhuang Yu, but she immediately realized that in the Lin family, Lin Hai and his wife still used to call her "Yu'er".

Jia Min didn't realize it, but still held Daiyu's hand, his palm was a little cold: "Yu'er, have you seen Brother Yu these two days?"

Thinking of Lin Yu, Daiyu couldn't help but smile a little: "I see, Brother Yu is very obedient and listens to Mammy Jiang very much." Daiyu said, quietly paying attention to Jia Min's expression.

But Jia Min didn't think there was anything wrong with it: "Nurse Jiang is really dedicated. With her here, I can rest assured. If I am in the future... I believe she can take good care of brother Yu."

Hearing what Jia Min said, Daiyu couldn't help but said: "Mother, don't say that, you will be fine! The concubine mother will come to visit you tomorrow. When the time comes, let the concubine mother show you the medical skills of the concubine mother. Inherited from Mr. Bai, it will definitely cure you."

When Jia Min heard Daiyu talk about Mr. Bai, she finally gave a wry smile and said, "Yu'er, you don't know. When Mr. Bai was at our house in Yangzhou, I begged Mr. Bai to cure me. , to be able to give birth to another child for your father. However, Mr. Bai said that... if I am destined to have no children, I will enjoy my old age in peace, and if I have children... I will surely die soon. My child, even if I die immediately, I am willing. However, no matter how much I pray to Mr. Bai, he refuses to agree. "

It was the first time for Daiyu to hear Jia Min talk about this matter, and she always felt it was very strange. Lin Hai treated Mr. Bai as a benefactor, and even now, he still respects Mr. Bai very much.But Jia Min seemed a little complicated. She was also grateful to Mr. Bai, but compared with Lin Hai, she seemed a little perfunctory and resentful?It turns out that there is also this reason.

"Later... I had Brother Yu, and my health seemed to be fine, so I once felt that Mr. Bai deliberately lied to me because he favored Ji'er."

Daiyu frowned. She felt that Mr. Bai would not lie, but didn't this mean that Jia Min would definitely die soon?So she could only say: "Maybe another chance happened to my mother. It is possible that Mr. Bai left so early, he didn't expect it."

Jia Min smiled wryly, and said: "At this point, I don't have to deceive myself anymore. Mr. Bai is indeed a man of God, and what he says will surely not come to nothing."

Daiyu said anxiously, "Mother..."

Jia Min interrupted Daiyu and said: "As I said before, if I can give birth to your father a child, I would be willing to die immediately. However, people's hearts are not easy to be satisfied. With Brother Yu Afterwards, I really wanted to take care of him and give him the best in the world. I wanted to see him be named on the gold list, get married, have children, get everything he deserved, and have a smooth life. But I couldn’t do it. Yu’er, except You, I don't know who else I can trust, so you must promise me one thing."

Daiyu felt a faint uneasiness in her heart, but she was defeated by Jia Min's intensely expectant eyes, so she nodded and said, "Mother, tell me, daughter listen."

Jia Min breathed a sigh of relief before continuing, "Yu'er, brother Yu is your own younger brother. In this world, you are the one who should protect him the most, do you know that?"

Daiyu nodded: "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely take good care of Brother Yu."

Jia Min shook his head and said, "No, Yu'er, what I want is not only for you to take good care of Brother Yu, but also for you to help Brother Yu get back what he deserves from Ji'er." thing."

"Mother?" Daiyu couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Ji'er is also my younger brother..."

Jia Min grabbed Daiyu's hand and used a lot of strength: "No, Yu'er, in the final analysis, Ji'er is not my own, if I didn't think I would never have children...he is just a bastard now .”

Daiyu felt very uncomfortable, she thought she knew where Jia Min's knot was, but this was exactly what she didn't want to face.

Looking at Daiyu's expression, Jia Min knew Daiyu's reluctance, but now the only thing she can gamble with is Daiyu's heart.

Jia Min didn't give Daiyu a chance to speak at all: "Yu'er, I know that you and Ji'er have a good relationship. After so many years of getting along, why am I not? Ji'er was brought up by me. How do I treat him? You Don't you know?"

Daiyu looked at Jia Min in pain, it was precisely because she knew that Jia Min treated Lin Ji well, and now she felt even more sad in comparison.

"But," Jia Min continued, "Yu'er, don't you think all of this is so unfair to Brother Yu? He was supposed to be the only legitimate son, but because of my momentary misconception, he died. With an extra elder brother on his head, the family business that should have been legitimately inherited will be divided by others. You may think that it is very selfish for me to be entangled in the Lin family's family property, but that is It should belong to Brother Yu! What's more, what was divided by Ji'er was not only the Lin family's family business, but also his father's love, sister's love, and even...even his mother. There is no way to accompany him to grow up. Compared with Ji'er, what he can get is so little. Yu'er, do you really have the heart? Brother Yu is the brother of your mother and compatriot!"

Daiyu shook her head sadly, yes, what Jia Min said is right, everything Lin Ji has obtained now, including Jia Min’s maternal love over the past ten years, should have belonged to Lin Yu, but this kind of thing can really be done like this Is it calculated clearly?Can human feelings really be wiped out?What's more, if she really wanted to favor Lin Yu, where would she put Lin Ji?Lin Ji recorded her name and entered the genealogy, so can she change the inheritance right if she says so?She had to use some methods, but she didn't want to use methods on her relatives at all.

Daiyu's resistance was all in Jia Min's eyes. The excessively burning expectations in her eyes gradually dimmed and turned into disappointment. She let go of Daiyu's hand. She knew that she wanted Daiyu to help Lin You suppress Lin Ji, I'm afraid it won't work.She also knew that maybe she could rely on her last words to force Daiyu, but is that really good for Lin Yu?Even if Daiyu did follow her last words out of filial piety, in Daiyu's heart, she might have a grudge against Lin Yu, and she might feel extremely guilty towards Lin Ji.In that way, even if Lin Yu got the Lin family's business, he would lose the help of Prince Chengke's Mansion where Daiyu lived, and Daiyu would make up for Lin Ji because of her guilt.Calculated in this way, it may not be a good thing for Lin Yu.

Therefore, after Jia Min thought about it, she could only take a step back. She was very helpless, but it was the best choice she could make so far.

Jia Min raised her hand with difficulty, stroked the top of Daiyu's head, and said softly, "Yu'er, it's your mother who made things difficult for you."

Daiyu murmured: "I'm sorry, mother..." She knew that maybe this was her mother's last wish in her life, but she couldn't do it.

Jia Min said: "Since you don't want to, my mother won't force you. You are my most beloved daughter, and I don't want to embarrass you. However, I have a heartless request, but I hope that you can do it." .”

Daiyu replied, "Mother, tell me."

Jia Min continued: "I have a precedent in my dynasty. Between the eldest son and the son, the inheritance rights belong to the eldest son first, but the son can also share half of the family business."

Daiyu nodded, she was also aware of this precedent. 【1】But that situation is still a little different from the current situation of the Lin family.That family at the beginning was also the family of the Marquis.The eldest son is recorded in the name of the first wife, but the first son is from the belly of the wife who filled the house.Back then, for the succession to the title, the two brothers tried their best, and there was a lot of trouble.It stands to reason that the status of the son who fills the house is lower than that of the original spouse, but the child under the original spouse's name is just a concubine who remembers the first son. Among them, the status of which is higher and which is lower, even caused a lot of controversy among the priests at that time.In the end, the trouble became too big, and the emperor at that time calmed down the turmoil and issued a decree. The title will be inherited by the eldest son of Ji Di, but the family business will be divided into two, and the two brothers will get half of each.However, this process of family separation also produced a lot of tricks, just because the old Hou Ye felt that he owed his son-in-law, so in the process of family separation, the seemingly fair distribution actually distributed the empty shell to the intern. The eldest son, and the real future property and Zhuangzi are all distributed to the eldest son.

Now that Daiyu knew this precedent, she naturally understood what Jia Min was going to say.

Sure enough, next, Jia Min's request did not exceed Daiyu's expectations.The Lin family has long since lost its title, so what Lin Ji can inherit is only the position of the head of the Lin family.Jia Min then asked Daiyu to be able to persuade or influence Lin Hai, and when Lin Ji and Lin Yu separated, distribute as much good property as possible to Lin Yu.Moreover, Jia Min also asked Daiyu to help Lin Yu as much as possible in the future, paving the way for him, so that he can make every step of the way and live a prosperous and safe life.

The author has something to say: Note: [1] Because the author was unable to find specific ancient examples, he compiled a precedent of "this dynasty".Because this article is empty, so... this can have... right?