Lin Jiajingyu's Counterattack in the Red Chamber

It was already afternoon when Daiyu returned to the mansion, and when the servants came to report, Lin Jingyu was chatting and laughing with Yanyang.

"Understood, you go down first. By the way, fresh lotus pods were sent to the Zhuangzi early this morning, and I sent some to the girl."

Letting people go down, Lin Jingyu turned to talk about an interesting story that he heard in the Xu Mansion in the morning: "I heard an interesting story in the Xu Mansion today. The cousins ​​of the two princes admire Liu Jiyuan, a student of the next subject, and they have arrived. It’s the point where you don’t want to marry.”

Yanyang was peeling the lotus pods, when he heard Lin Jingyu's words, he smiled and threw the lotus seeds into the jade bowl that was almost full, and instead of answering Lin Jingyu's words, he said instead: "Liu Jiyuan, the second son of the Liu family, his father Liu Min, his biological elder brother, Liu Jiayuan, and his mother's family is the Jiang family in Kansai. Now, do you know why?"

Although it is impossible to memorize the factional information of all officials in the court, Lin Jingyu is still clear about the leaders and backbone of each party.The Liu family...nearly half of the real power holders in the dynasty have ties to their family, and what's even more rare is that their family has never participated in party disputes.

No matter who is sitting on the throne, as long as he is given food, grass and military pay, he can guard the frontier with peace of mind.You can say that the Liu family is not loyal to the emperor, but you cannot say that they are not patriotic.Their family has a very high reputation among the people, especially in the frontier areas where the Liu family is stationed.There is a folk saying, "In ancient times there was Yang Menjiang, but now there is Liu Jiajun." 'That is to say, their family.

I can't blame people for not being moved...

Lin Jingyu asked with a smile: "Are you moved?"

Yan Yang pushed the jade bowl full of lotus seeds to Lin Jingyu, and said without hesitation: "Yes, I admit it, my heart is moved."

Lin Jingyu naturally knew what Yan Yang was thinking, if he could bring the Liu family to the royalist faction, it would be much easier to eliminate dissidents in the future.Even if he can't be drawn to his side, at least the Liu family must remain neutral as it is now.

Yan Yang asked with a smile: "Aren't you inquiring about the sons of various families recently? What do you think of Liu Jiyuan?"

Hearing Yan Yang's words, Lin Jingyu picked up the lotus seeds and ate them, and immediately went through Liu Jiyuan's information in her heart. There is no need to establish rules; Liu's parents-in-law has always presided over the Zhongfu, and Liu's parents-in-law is a well-known virtuous woman in the capital, and Liu Jiyuan was almost brought up by Liu's parents-in-law, and the sisters-in-law must be easy to get along with; The family is a family of military generals, but Liu Jiyuan is from the literature, so there are naturally common topics; the most important point is that Liu Jiayuan, the eldest son of Liu, now has three sons and two daughters, and two sons and five daughters from the concubine. pressure.

Lin Jingyu straightened her waist involuntarily, well, he admitted that he was moved.

Lin Jingyu had to be discouraged after drawing out his own family's conditions. He was a good candidate who was one in a million, but unfortunately, his status was not worthy.His father was a high climber when he was alive, let alone now.

People have to be self-aware.

Lin Jingyu advised Yanyang, and comforted herself by the way: "People still have to be pragmatic!"

Yan Yang laughed loudly: "You—"

Lin Jingyu glanced at him and said angrily, "He will come to amuse me!"

Lin Jingyu saw that Yanyang was peeling lotus seeds, and she also took a lotus seed to play with, "I think you already have a candidate for the ring in your heart?"

"Choose and choose, there are several people whose status and status are worthy." Yan Yang nodded but did not elaborate.

Lin Jingyu didn't care either. Thinking of Jia Mu's birthday that was approaching, the hatchback was connected, and she gave Yan Yang a bad idea with a smirk: "If you want me to say, the two princes are idle."

When Yan Yang rolled his eyes, he understood what Lin Jingyu meant, and teased him, "What do you mean?"

"You just pretend!" Lin Jingyu laughed before she finished speaking, "The concubine has worked hard to raise the two sons for the emperor. Recently, the two princes have been doing good things, and they are blooming. Why don't you add to the cake, Your Majesty?"

As the saying goes, when the moon is full, it will lose money, and when the water is full, it will overflow. Cooking oil with a strong fire is not something everyone can enjoy.There are many things that can be manipulated here. Even if it is really perfect, the veterans of the royalist party must be able to listen to the strings and know the elegance to make some troubles.He didn't believe that the concubine could treat the two princes equally, and the two princes were so good that they could wear the same pair of trousers.

"How bad!"

Lin Jingyu coughed, sat upright, and said righteously: "The king humiliated the subject to death, as a subject of His Majesty, I should be the heart of His Majesty."

Lin Jingyu didn't know that at this moment, his eyes were flowing, his lips were beautiful, and there was nothing more beautiful than this.

Lin Jingyu and Yanyang chattered about, and even talked about the time of night, so they simply kept Yanyang for dinner.Now is a good time for the lotus pods to come out, and Daiyu arranges the kitchen to make a lotus feast, which is very popular with the two of them.

Early the next morning, Daiyu took people to the outer study in the front yard. At that time, Lin Jingyu was checking the list with Lin Fengshitou and the others.Now that Yanyang has become dissatisfied with the recent popularity of the princely party to a certain extent, the order of Concubine Enzhun to go home and visit her relatives is estimated to be issued soon, and Lin Jingyu naturally wants to get everything ready before the order comes down.In the future, it will be the insiders of Yanyang's faction who will compete with them for business. To achieve the desired effect, it is natural to put in more effort.

Hearing that Yu Xiao came in and said that Daiyu was coming, he told Lin Feng and Shitou to go down first: "Then let's do this first, and you can check the list again. If there is nothing wrong, Lin Feng, you can take someone to go there in person." Do it, don’t let the wind leak.”

"Yes"

"Then you go first."

Seeing Lin Feng and Shitou bowing out, Lin Jingyu pressed her forehead while waiting for Daiyu to come in.Last night, he stayed up all night holding the candle before rechecking the things that he and Yan Yang had discussed before, and now he only felt a throbbing pain in his temple.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Lin Jingyu shook her head at Daiyu who was full of worries, and said: "It's nothing, I didn't rest well last night, it will be fine after a while. I told Miss Xu yesterday, no, now I am called Grandma Li, have you bid farewell?"

"Naturally, your elder sister is crying very sadly." Daiyu turned her head to look at Nanny Shen who was waiting outside, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, you are ahead, have you seen Mr. Li? How is it?" ?”

Lin Jingyu laughed: "We naturally went with the Xu family's nephews and nephews, but we saw the bride from a distance when she was crying."

"That's it." Daiyu regretted for a while, and then talked about the interesting incident in the bride's boudoir today: "Today, Sister Li picked up the marriage, and she called your sister sister-in-law as soon as they met, but she put your sister to shame."

Lin Jingyu listened with a dazed expression. Their family didn't have any sisters of the right age who could talk about interesting things about the boudoir with Daiyu, so they could only talk about these things with him.

"By the way, Sister Ying can't bear to part with Sister Gui. She is so angry that she almost choked on a girl from the Yuan family."

Lin Jingyu cheered up, the mother's family of the two princes was named Yuan, although the Xu family maintained a neutral attitude towards the outside world as a whole, but they just put on a show, who doesn't know which faction you are inside?The Xu family can be regarded as a royalist faction, and those who can become close friends with Miss Xu are either from the Xu family's faction or from the neutral faction; while the Yuan family is from the prince's party, and they are sharp-edged, and they have already ignited the fire to the boudoir In the daughter's communication.

The Lin family doesn't have a hostess who is active in the ladies' circle to inquire about news, so now they can only rely on a few words from Daiyu's boudoir circle.As for the communication between the noble girls, the topics are wild and unconstrained, so Daiyu had no choice but to write down the few words she found useful, and Lin Jingyu extracted the information he needed from them.

There are naturally small groups among noble girls, and sometimes this can also implicitly express the attitude of one's own family.Now that Daiyu has stepped into this pool of water, she naturally has to abide by these little secret rules.Lin Jingyu explained: "You should have heard some rumors in the boudoir. Now that the two parties are fighting each other outside, it has reached the point where fire and water cannot be tolerated. The Yuan family is the mother's family of the two princes, and the husband is the emperor's teacher. "

Lin Jingyu moved a little bit, and Daiyu understood: "Because of Mr.'s relationship, we naturally have to keep some distance from the Yuan family. And brother, you haven't entered an official position yet, so you can't do too much with Miss Yuan."

Lin Jingyu nodded with a smile, he never questioned Daiyu's intelligence. "Now that the son-in-law is on the decline, he naturally wants to make a comeback. The old patriarch is not in good health, so the concubine naturally wants to take advantage of the old patriarch's presence. What would you do if it were you? Family and country, this has something to do with your family management place."

Daiyu rubbed her handkerchief, walked back and forth in the room frowning, and exclaimed after a long while, "Relying on the old to sell the old weeds!"

It seemed that an opening had been opened, and Daiyu thought more seriously: "The name of the concubine is not right, it is best to seek the support of a famous person; and the concubine has already become the head of the family anyway, first get rid of some people who only have a false name but no real power." It is the best and the least injurious way for people to gradually nibble away at them. But what will become a stepping stone for the son Liwei?!"

Only then did Lin Jingyu smile with satisfaction, "Now you understand? You can see how the noble girls who have become friends with Ms. Xu communicate with each other, and just think about it."

Daiyu's eyes were bright, "I will pay attention, try not to get involved with girls from families targeted by the royalists, so as not to cause trouble in my life."

Lin Jingyu thought for a while, and finally said this: "Now the two parties are trying to win the support of the Liu family. One of the players participating in the game is the girl Yuan you mentioned, and the other is nothing more than the few You should have met all those who are on good terms with Ms. Xu, who are of the same status and age as Miss Yuan, and you can figure it out yourself. Just look at it, but don’t take it too seriously, the water is deep here."

Daiyu said coquettishly, "Brother, I know, don't worry."

This is the end of Daiyu's doubts accumulated in the circle of noble women yesterday.Naturally, the sooner these things are straightened out, the better. The longer the interval, the easier it is to forget the few words that make you wonder.Lin Jingyu thought about it carefully, and after realizing that there was indeed nothing missing, she remembered another thing: "When you just came back yesterday, what did you send Xueyang over to ask?"

"Anyway, it's not urgent, and it's not too late. I'll ask you again in the afternoon. It's the same. Brother, I think your face is really bad. Why don't you go and lie on the couch for a while?"

Lin Jingyu covered her mouth with her hands and yawned, and said, "In that case, I'll rest in the study for a while, and you can go and do your work first."

"Well, I'll go first." Seeing Lin Jingyu nodding, Daiyu led people out of the study and back to her own yard.

On the way, Xueyan asked suspiciously: "Miss, aren't you curious about the identity of the guest who came to the house yesterday? Why didn't you ask the uncle?"

Daiyu was really curious about the identity of that person. Every time he came, the entire mansion was under martial law, and he was not allowed to enter the place where he was not summoned. The tea and ingredients used had to be tested again and again.Repressing the doubts in her heart, Daiyu smiled and said to Xueyan who was looking at her suspiciously: "Since my brother said he is a distinguished guest, it must be a very important distinguished guest."

After Lin Jingyu's long-term polishing like a water mill, this woman who is like a banished fairy in the red building not only did not lose her own aloofness, but also better melted herself into this chaotic world.

The author has something to say: I have always felt that Daiyu's best state is that she has not lost her own characteristics, and at the same time understands the rules of the secular game.What do you think?