Survive in the world of Red Mansions

Lin Hai looked at Lai Chuan's servant, who worked in the Shangyang Palace where the emperor lived after he abdicated. He just talked to his son about the emperor last night, and he was summoned by the emperor today. What a coincidence!

Lin Hai was on the way to Ningshou Palace, although he looked calm, he kept thinking about the reason why the emperor summoned him at this time, was it because of the recent reasons of the Ministry of Household Affairs?

When Lin Hai came outside the Ningshou Palace, the little servant went in first to report, and after a while, the servant came out to summon Lin Hai to meet him.It was not the first time for Lin Hai to come to Ningshou Palace, and he was already familiar with the furnishings in the palace. Once he entered the palace, he didn't look much, and went straight to the Supreme Emperor.

"Chen Lin Ruhai kowtowed to the emperor!"

"Ruhai, here you come. Chen Ping, give Lin Aiqing a seat."

"Thank you, Emperor." Alas, Lin Hai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, sitting here is no better than standing!

"Ruhai, you have been in the household department for more than two years, right?"

"Going back to the emperor, I worked in the household department the year before last, and it has been more than two years." Lin Hai hurriedly replied when he heard this, the emperor wants to recall history?

Looking up slightly, although the Ningshou Palace is decorated with splendor and unparalleled luxury, it still makes people feel a sense of stagnation for no reason.The old emperor paid more attention to maintenance, but after many years of hard work, several sons forced the palace, and the death of the two sons, the original prince and the first prince, made the emperor suffer too much, and he also aged a lot.After he abdicated, he was unwilling to give up the power in his hands, and had disputes over rights with the new emperor, which also made the Supreme Emperor overworked. With all these things, it is hard for the Emperor not to grow old.

"In these years, Ruhai, you have finally lived up to my expectations of you when you were selected as Tanhualang."

When Lin Hai heard it, he said, no matter what the reason was, he should thank him first and express his fear moderately, this perverted system of monarchs and ministers!

After a lot of tossing, the normal conversation finally resumed, but it was only relative. In this era when the king claimed to be the son of heaven, the king would always stand on a high place and look down on all sentient beings. How could he behave normally when facing them? ~!

"Ruhai, you have done your best in these years of errands, and you need to work harder in the future. You are the one I like, so don't disappoint my expectations of you."

Originally, Lin Hai thought that when the emperor summoned him at this time, he would definitely mention the current situation of the household department, but until Lin Hai withdrew from the Ningshou Palace, the two monarchs and ministers would come and go, and their words would be very aggressive. I said a lot, but until the end, the emperor didn't mention this matter, but he did mention the emperor a little bit.

Hearing the meaning of the emperor's words, he was not dissatisfied with himself, and he also mentioned that he should not disappoint his expectations, but it seemed that he would reuse his meaning. From this point of view, does the emperor intend to let himself take over the post of Shangshu of the household department? ?

I just hope I didn't get it wrong!

Lin Hai often thinks that it would be better for the old emperor to die earlier, so that many things will happen less, so that they, the courtiers, will often be in a dilemma between the emperor and the emperor, but such a rebellious thought can only be thought in his heart Just think about it.

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It was rare for Lin Rui to wait until the holiday. He was thinking a few days ago to take advantage of the holiday to invite a few people to go horse racing in the suburbs. He didn't expect that it started to rain in the middle of the night last night. The horse couldn't run, so he could only stay in the mansion.Lin Rui was looking at an article he just wrote today, and was deliberating carefully. Xiaobao came in to report, "Master, Master Lan from Rongguo Mansion is here. Do you want someone to bring him here directly?"

Hearing Xiaobao's voice, Lin Rui replied directly, "Well, please invite Master Lan to the study directly!"

Jia Lan was the one who came to the Lin family most frequently from the Rongguo Mansion. Although the Lin family didn't want to have much contact with the Rongguo Mansion, they would not give him cold treatment every time Jia Lan came to the Lin Mansion.

Jia Lan started to study in the free school of the Jia family a few years ago, but the free school of the entire Jia family has been supported by an elderly Jia Dairu for a long time. However, since his only grandson Jia Rui passed away, Jia Dairu also I don't care about it anymore, the whole free school has been turned into a mess, and I can't find a few motivated and eager to learn in the whole free school.

Rongguo Mansion now only has Jia Lan interested in studying, but because Jia Baoyu is in front of him, he can't hire a gentleman if he wants to. If you pass the exam, let alone raise a person to be a Jinshi.

After the Lin family came to Beijing, when Jia Lan first came to ask Lin Rui, he was quite embarrassed, but later he saw how kind the Lin family was to him, so he started to come here often.

Although Lin Rui was the same age as Jia Lan, but because he was a generation behind, and Lin Rui was the second generation, he always regarded Jia Lan as a junior.Because after all, it's a little pity for Jia Lan's mother and son in Rongguo Mansion. No matter how well-behaved and obedient children are, it is always easy to arouse the favor of others. Jia Lan is really motivated, so Lin Rui doesn't mind giving him some pointers. .

After a while, Xiao Bao brought Jia Lan in. As soon as Jia Lan entered the room, he greeted Lin Rui, "Nephew Jia Lan pays a visit to his cousin!"

"Lan'er is here, you don't need to be so polite, come in and sit down."

"Thank you cousin!"

After Lin Rui waited for Jia Lan to sit down, he ordered, "Licorice, send someone to tell my sister that Master Lan will have lunch with me."

"Cousin, I'll be back soon, don't delay..."

"It's raining, Lan'er is polite here? I don't have any other invitations today, so you can rest assured."

Jia Lan was probably used to being cautious in Rongguo Mansion. Every time he came to see Lin Rui, he was afraid of disturbing him, and the Lin family also tried to postpone the meal as much as possible, for fear that being too casual would annoy the Lin family.

After talking for a while, Jia Lan showed Lin Rui the article he thought he had done better during this period.In a certain way, Lin Rui can be said to be half of Jia Lan's husband, and he has been teaching him his homework for several years.Judging from the past few years, Jia Lan's qualifications cannot be said to be poor, but he is really not the kind of very talented student. Although he is not very talented, he is hardworking and studious enough.

The foundation is good, the four or five scriptures, the scriptures and poems involved in the imperial examination will be memorized very carefully, and I have insisted on writing big characters for many years, and I can write well with one hand, but compared with some people like Lin Rui and others, the articles are always It's much worse.

Lin Rui read the few articles that Jia Lan brought this time, and thought for a long time before saying, "Lan'er, these few articles of yours are not badly written. They have something to say, and the layout is reasonable. After reading the article, I still don’t know what I want to express. The allusions quoted in these two articles are also very suitable, which are very good, but there are some similar problems to the previous ones. How should I say, there are some It’s rigid and looks too ingenious, so it needs to be changed.”

After hearing Lin Rui's words, Jia Lan lowered her head and waited for a while before speaking, "Cousin, if I go to take the exam like this, is there no hope at all?"

In fact, Lin Rui knew that he had this problem when he read Jia Lan's articles before, but he was always reluctant to open his mouth. Another thing was to see if Jia Lan would change after a long time. Now it seems that there is little chance of change. Maybe it's because no one mentioned it, and Jia Lan himself didn't realize that his article needs to be improved in this aspect, so he only pointed it out now, but he didn't want to knock down the child's self-confidence all at once.

"Everyone who just started writing articles has one or another problem. Even I will often be criticized by my husband. This is normal. No one can read smoothly. I will bring it up today. I hope you can correct it in the future. I I believe that Laner will not retreat just because of this small setback.

With your current level, it is not difficult to get the fame of a scholar.But since the article has flaws in this aspect, it is better to improve it in advance. You will have to take the provincial examination, general examination, and even palace examination in the future. There will be more people competing at that time, so you should prepare in advance now.

Besides, you have many advantages of your own. "

Jia Lan listened to Lin Rui, his cousin, sitting on the sidelines and carefully counting his own advantages. At last, he was not as depressed as he was just now.

The Rongguo Mansion is headed by the Second Household. Jia Lan, as the eldest grandson of the Second Household, should have received preferential treatment. The tragedy is that there is a Jia Baoyu who has a vision in front of him. What kind of descendants, grandsons, everyone has to step back and step aside station, including Jia Lan, the eldest son and grandson of the second bedroom.

Lin Rui and Jia Lan were about the same age in actuality, and when they sat together, they could talk about other things besides homework.Although Li Wan loves Jia Lan very much, he will not necessarily keep Jia Lan by his side, turning him into a nerd who doesn't know anything about human affairs. Apart from going to school, Jia Lan will often go outside After leaving, the two can also exchange some information about the capital, gossip and have fun.

Although Lin Rui didn't want to have too much contact with the Rongguo Mansion, he was still curious about the ending of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling. Daiyu was engaged now, but it was not known who would be the second grandmother of Jia Jiabao!Thinking of this, Lin Rui couldn't help laughing, "Lan'er, is your second uncle's marriage confirmed now?"

Jia Lan shook his head when he heard this, "The people in the house are saying that the old lady and the wife are not giving in to each other, but it should be soon, Second Uncle Bao will be fifteen this year, how long can we wait?"

"You are often outside now. What happened in the Grand View Garden is now spread outside. Have you... heard of it?"

"Cousin, you don't have to be so cautious. I've heard it many times outside. The reputation of the aunts in my family is now..." Jia Lan was in the middle of speaking, probably really embarrassed, so he didn't say anything more, " My mother said that my third grandmother, my mother’s aunt, had already sent a letter to another brother of my grandfather’s. After receiving the reply, I planned to take my two aunts to join them. I used to think They are relatively remote in Shaanxi-Gansu, and it is not safe for the mother and daughter to bring a few servants with them, and now I think it is better to go there, the two aunts are in their teens, so it is time to talk about kissing."

Lin Rui remembered that Li Wan's two cousins ​​were mentioned in the later stage of "Dream of Red Mansions", but he can't remember their names now, "It's better to leave early, it's fine if all the boudoir ladies live in Grand View Garden, and cousin Baoyu also lives in it." Inside, there is always something wrong."

"Master, Master Jing is here!"

When Lin Rui heard that Xu Jingzhi had come again, his complexion turned bad. The people around Lin Rui knew that the uncle and uncle were at odds. After the engagement, they called Young Master Xu as uncle, and the uncle was not happy, so now every time After Xu Jingzhi came the next time, they changed their name to Young Master Jing instead of Young Master Xu.Lin Rui thought, this guy came here while his Guozijian was on vacation, and he didn't know what kind of courtesy he was lending his hand this time.

Xu Jingzhi entered the room, saw Jia Lan beside him, nodded his head, and said, "Rui'er, I got two plates of lilies, they look good, and I brought them here for you."

Now I have to thank these perverted systems in ancient times. It is inconvenient for married couples who are engaged to send gifts directly, so now Xu Jingzhi wants to send anything to Daiyu, and if he wants to show his hospitality, he has to go through Lin Rui. The future brother-in-law who doesn't want to see him.

Lin Rui glanced at Xu Jingzhi, and wanted to roll his eyes at him. What "brought it to you", he knew very well that he was not interested in these things, and he was obviously going to give it to Daiyu.

Although Lin Rui was unhappy with Xu Jingzhi, he was very pleased that Xu Jingzhi was willing to spend his time on Lin Daiyu early, so although Lin Rui gave him a little face in person, he would not be too much.

"Licorice, you take the two plates of flowers that Young Master Jing sent to your sister, and then say, I-give it to my sister, I understand."

Licorice suppressed a smile, hurriedly nodded and said that she had retreated.

Lin Rui asked Xu Jingzhi with a smile, "Master Jing, I don't know if it's just to show you face, so you stay at my house for lunch?"

Hearing what Lin Rui said, Xu Jingzhi finally smiled a little on his serious face, "I'm the son-in-law of the Lin family now, and I feel like I'm at home here, so I won't be polite!"

"..." Damn, Lin Rui yelled in his heart, he was as shameless as others, there was nothing he could do!

The author has something to say: Is there any typo, I will correct it tomorrow, 886!