'Lin Daiyu' of the Red Chamber

"disobedient!"

Gu Ling entered the room with doubts, and listened to what his mother said next, with a dark face.

Niu took Daiyu and said: "There is one more thing. We have hated him for a long time. His third brother was naughty when he was a child, and always liked to play in the pond behind the courtyard. Once he accidentally fell into the water, and he happened to pass by. His third brother broke his throat, and he just left without blinking."

Before Daiyu had time to express her surprise, she saw Gu Ling enter the door with a black face, covering her mouth and snickering.When Niu saw his son coming, he smiled shyly and asked him to sit beside him.Xu Shi felt that he had been shattered by saying bad things about his son behind his back, and felt a little guilty, so Niu changed the subject with a smile and asked the fourth prince Gu Ling about his visit.

"A congratulatory gift, a Jade Guanyin."

It was only then that Niu remembered that all the princes of the emperor's big wedding had arrived yesterday, but the fourth prince hadn't. It turned out that he came today to give gifts.

Niu nodded with a smile, looked at his son and daughter-in-law with a wide smile, pretended to be tired, and sent them away.After watching them go, Niu really felt a little sleepy, so he fell down on the kang and yawned.

At this time Jiang Nanny entered the door and saluted Niu Shi: "The uncle sent someone to send Yuguanyin here, saying that he has no place to put it there."

Niu sneered when he heard the words: "It's a joke, Qiu Siyuan can't fit a Guanyin in such a big place?"

Mother Jiang smiled awkwardly, bowed and said, "Madam, this Guanyin statue is at least seven feet tall."

"What!" Niu went out immediately, looked at the Jade Guanyin standing in the yard, which was taller than her, and helped her forehead. "Go and vacate a room for special placement."

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On the way back, Daiyu and Gu Ling walked side by side, their arms brushing against each other vaguely.Afraid of Gu Ling's embarrassment, Daiyu wanted to raise her hand, but was suddenly held by Gu Ling.

Gu Ling still kept a cold face and didn't speak, but the warmth from his palm made Daiyu feel that the people around her were very safe and reliable, and her heart felt warm, as if a boat that had been drifting for a long time had finally docked.

The two of them were quiet all the way, Daiyu felt that this embarrassment could not go on, and she searched her brains to find a topic.It's also strange, if it were normal, she would have found something to talk to, and now it's not just because of nervousness or something, she can't think of it.

Daiyu suddenly remembered what Niu said before, and she was puzzled.

"I have a question for you, your brother fell into the water, why didn't you go to save him? Didn't you hear?"

Gu Ling turned his head sideways, his deep phoenix eyes fixed on Daiyu's. "I heard it, but I don't want to save it."

Daiyu opened her eyes wide in surprise, and held his hand instead.

"why?"

"There was a drought that year, and the pond was less than a foot deep."

Gu Ling turned his head to the front, raised his chin, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, her eyes bent into a crescent shape, she could almost imagine the mischievous Gu Leng sitting in the pond, struggling hard, only to find that the water was not deep.However, the younger brother fell into the water, and the eldest brother knew the situation and didn't say anything, it was still a bit...

"I told him earlier that he is not allowed to play by the water." Gu Ling added.

Now Daiyu understood Gu Ling's intentions.It turned out that he was deliberately teaching his younger brother Gu Leng a lesson. At first, he refused to listen to his orders, so he deliberately let Gu Leng suffer a real disadvantage once, so as to teach him not to dare again in the future.

When the two returned to their room, it was already getting late. After dinner, Daiyu began to talk about returning to Ning tomorrow.Gu Ling had been quietly hiding in the back room reading a book, and when Daiyu finished packing, he took a book and handed it to Daiyu.

"Bring it to your father on the way."

Daiyu glanced at it, and it seemed to be the original Lanting Preface.The characters on it were left by Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, and they are extremely precious to this day.For all reading, it is an unattainable treasure.Give this thing to Lin Ruhai, his father will naturally like it.

"It's too expensive."

Gu Ling looked at her intently: "Compared to you, it's worthless." His father-in-law sent the most precious thing to him, so he naturally expressed his heart to make it up to him.

Daiyu hesitated.

In order to reassure her, Gu Ling explained: "This is what the fourth prince used to bribe me. It's easy to come by, so don't worry about it."

buy?Daiyu was stunned, she also understood the current situation, the emperor's three sons were fighting fiercely, and Gu Yitai, who was a neutral faction, had always been the target of the three factions of princely parties.The fourth prince's act of bribing Gu Ling with this is self-evident. It is estimated that the old man will not waver, so he wants to break through the young Gu family.

But Gu Ling is not someone to be fooled with. Since he dared to accept the great gift from the fourth prince, does it mean that Gu Ling has already stood in line?

Daiyu wanted to ask clearly, but she also felt that she did not personally participate in the affairs of the court, and the random meddling without knowing the truth was just adding to the confusion.Fortunately, I kept my mouth shut and didn't say much.

Gu Ling seemed to see Daiyu's worry, put his arms around her shoulders, and said with a light smile, "Yu'er don't worry, I have my own measure."

Yuer?Daiyu was stunned, and looked at Gu Ling in surprise, he called out so smoothly, without warning.

Gu Ling was amused by Daiyu's stupefied appearance, and lowered his head to kiss her lips lightly, with a deep and magnetic voice.

"Let's rest."

The veil was lowered, and the two figures gradually merged together...

After one night, Daiyu's biggest gain was that she was called Gu Lingyuanzhi very easily.Thinking of how many times she lost control last night and shouted 'Far away' loudly, Daiyu's face turned red.

Returning to Ning on this day, Daiyu and Gu Ling visited Gu's old lady Huashi and others early, and then drove to Lin's residence.

Lin Ruhai had been waiting for them impatiently, and when he heard that they were coming, he held hands with Lin Dian and personally won them.After accepting Gu Ling's meticulously prepared return ceremony, Lin Ruhai smiled from ear to ear, and even trembled a little while holding the book of Lanting Preface.Immediately ordered Zhou Pu to send someone to invite the best carpenter in the capital city to make a book case with the best mahogany to hold it.

According to the usual practice, on the day of returning to Ning, the father-in-law and mother-in-law will ask to educate the son-in-law and ask him to treat his wife with respect and kindness in the future.Lin Ruhai was overjoyed for a moment, and was too busy admiring the Lanting Preface, forgetting to follow these routines; besides, he was very satisfied with his son-in-law in all aspects, so it didn't matter whether he said it or not.

Lin Dian was indeed unconvinced, and felt that Gu Ling deliberately bribed his father with a heavy heart and deep thoughts.

"Eldest brother-in-law, you should treat elder sister well, instead of spending time on these boring things."

Gu Ling gave Lin Dian a cold look.

Lin Dian trembled in fright, hid behind Daiyu, pretended to make faces at Gu Ling.

"A few packets of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes won't bribe me."

Gu Ling looked sideways, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you want?"

Lin Dian was overjoyed, thinking that Gu Ling was not angry because of his words, and looked up to Gu Ling a bit.He reckoned that Gu Ling was originally a person with a cold aura, so he wasn't afraid anymore, so he walked up to Gu Ling and whispered something in Gu Ling's ear.

Gu Ling raised the corners of his mouth slightly and nodded.

Lin Dian jumped up happily, clapped her hands, and shouted: "That's great! Brother-in-law, I like you so much!"

Gu Ling shook his eyebrows, and said coldly, "Don't like me, just don't speak ill of me in front of your elder sister."

"Yeah, never say it! Let's make a gentleman's agreement." Lin Dian joyfully stretched out his hand and high-fived Gu Ling as an oath.

Lin Dian's attitude made a 180-degree turn, which made Dai Yu puzzled.Daiyu asked them, but the two of them kept silent.

Later, Daiyu found out that Gu Ling would send someone to Qingping County to buy sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and send them to Lin's house every seven days, so she knew what the two agreed on that day.It turned out that her good brother Lin Dian was successfully bribed by sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, to be precise, a large amount of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes.

The three of them happily finished their lunch, and after cleaning their hands, a servant came in to report that someone from Rongguo Mansion had arrived.

When Lin Ruhai heard that it was them, his face darkened, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

"Like a gift-giver, carrying two big boxes."

Daiyu wondered: "There is no reason, why did you suddenly give a gift?"

Gu Ling's expression remained unchanged, and he said coldly, "I'm afraid it's because we got married the day before yesterday and there was no one from Rongfu."

For important events such as Daiyu's wedding, according to etiquette, the Rong Mansion must be notified. Not to mention the fact that the Lin family has a relationship with the Rong Mansion, even officials in the capital city who have acquainted with the Gu family or the Lin family will all go there. Just to join in the fun; even if there are no people, I will send a few pieces of cloth to express my heart.Rong Mansion neither visited nor sent congratulatory gifts, which is very strange.

Lin Ruhai carefully recalled the situation that day, but he really didn't see anyone from Jia's family.This is not surprising, Jia She is not doing business all day long, and the dandy does not care about things, Jia Zheng was sent to work outside Beijing.There is no serious man in the family, so it is reasonable not to go.Lin Ruhai always thought that the daughter-in-law had come to the Rongfu, but now after listening to her son-in-law, she realized that the Rongfu did not go at all.

Lin Ruhai didn't mind at all, because he meant to alienate Rongfu, because he was a junior here, so it's not easy to do too much, and he originally thought that he would be in a lukewarm place.This time Rong Mansion broke the etiquette and gave him a chance.Their Lin family couldn't even get married to a concubine's daughter in Rongfu. The news of Daiyu's dignified concubine's marriage to Gu's eldest son almost shook the entire capital city. How could their Rongfu be neglected?

Lin Ruhai had to say something.

Daiyu also felt that this was a good opportunity, so she won Lin Ruhai's consent with her eyes, and then sent the servant: "No, you go and refuse them. As for how to say it, you can figure it out."

The boy responded, and hung his heart as soon as he went out.Why did he take up such a job, this Rongfu is something he can offend.Thinking about it left and right, I thought of a reason that I thought was acceptable, and said to Lai Dao Dao, the general manager of the Rong Mansion who gave the gift: "Today is the time when the eldest girl returns to Ning, and the master is not free, so I asked me to tell you, and take the things back, he Your old lady is a junior, so there is no reason to accept gifts from elders, she should be filial to her elders."

Lai Daben wanted to fight for it, but when he saw the boy looking at him with a troubled expression on his face, and seeing him sweating, he knew that this boy was also ordered to die by his master.In this case, it was useless for him to talk more, so he took the things back and went back to Jiamu according to the boy's words.As for whether this reason is true or not, it is up to the masters to think about it. . ..