Lin Jiajingyu's Counterattack in the Red Chamber

In fact, Lin Jingyu and Daiyu didn't often go to Rongguo Mansion before.After getting rid of the clothes, Lin Jingyu and Daiyu only went there once when Jia Mu was seriously ill.As the day when the imperial concubine came to see her relatives approached, the inside and outside of the Rongguo Mansion were full of tension mixed with joy.At the gate of Rongguo Mansion, guests came like a cloud, and the eyes of everyone in Rongguo Mansion seemed to be in the sky.Since they don't rely on the Rongguo Mansion for food, why should they look at people's faces.

Since they broke up that day, Lin Jingyu and Daiyu didn't come to the door again.Perhaps it was because Lin Jingyu hit Jia Mu's sore spot, but Jia Mu didn't send someone to invite her like she did in the past three days.Even the girls from Jia's family who used to come to Lin's mansion to play with Daiyu from time to time, also fell silent after that.

Lin Jingyu was fine, but after Daiyu returned home, she was sad for a while.After all, Mother Jia is her grandmother, who gave her comfort and love when her mother passed away and first came to the capital. Now that she is in a situation that is almost like a stranger, she feels sad no matter what.

The next day Yanyang was going to come to Lin's mansion, Lin Jingyu came over to talk to Daiyu so that she could make arrangements, and when she arrived at the entrance of the flower hall, she heard Daiyu lamenting that things were different.

"I thought you've lived for hundreds of thousands of years. Things change when you're old."

After waving, everyone stood up, and Lin Jingyu sat next to Daiyu.Lin Feng's family and two young ladies were talking back to Daiyu, when they saw Lin Jingyu coming, they hurriedly stepped aside.

Still holding the cloth in her hand, Daiyu handed it to Lin Jingyu, and said, "In a few days, the godmother will take me and Sister Qin to enjoy the flowers. My clothes before are too plain, so it's nothing to wear in the mansion. Go out It’s not good to see guests, after all, I’ve already taken off clothes.” Pointing to the two young ladies, she said to Lin Jingyu: “The lady in charge of Jinlan Pavilion came to the mansion to ask questions, and she brought some cloth for me to choose.”

Daiyu couldn't understand what she said, and Lin Jingyu didn't understand what she heard, so she asked directly, "But did you like this one? It's very beautiful."

Daiyu never expected Lin Jingyu to understand her daughter's family's concerns, "This is soft smoke." After a pause, Daiyu said melancholy: "When I lived in Rongguo Mansion in the past, my grandmother saw that the window screens in my room were old. So I asked someone to use this soft smoke to paste the window for me. At that time, soft smoke was more expensive than now, even Lian's second sister-in-law had never seen it. I heard from Yuanyang that even Baoyu asked my grandmother for it, but my grandmother was not willing to give it to me. .”

Lin Jingyu turned the jade finger in her hand, and Daiyu continued: "Sister Bao has always been simple, not easy to paint, and there is nothing in the house. In the words of my grandmother, it looks like a snow cave. She also said that our daughter's family doesn't like flowers. If they are pink, then they should live in the horse stables. Later, when I went to the place where I lived, and saw that the window screens were old, my ancestors would use soft smoke to cover the windows for me."

"Is there any girl who doesn't like to be pretty? Even sister Qiao knows how to be particular at such an age. Cousin Xue also came from the prosperity and wealth when she was young. It's probably because her father passed away and her family went downhill before she became frugal." Some." Lin Jingyu added: "Besides, Cousin Xue was not selected at that time, how could she have any thoughts on dressing up?"

Daiyu sighed and said: "Sister Bao is both talented and beautiful, even better than the imperial concubines in the palace. It's a pity... time is fate, this time I'm afraid I will lose the election."

The Lin family and the Rongguo Mansion were almost torn apart, and the matter of borrowing money to build the Grand View Garden was left alone.The Rongguo Mansion naturally aimed at the Xue family. If Xue Baochai was elected, what else would the Rongguo Mansion do?But after all, this is not a small amount of money. Presumably after Xue Baochai loses the election, the marriage between Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu will also be finalized.

"Uncle Xue passed away a little too early. If he can last another year or a half and find a way out for his children, Xue Pan will not be able to stand up. Aunt Xue has been short-sighted after living in the inner house for a long time. With Cousin Xue's talent Strategies, how could they fall into such a situation where they are controlled by others everywhere."

After Jia Min passed away, Lin Ruhai became a bit of an outsider.After struggling for Lin Jingyu and Daiyu for a few more years, he arranged several escape routes before letting go.At that time, Lin Jingyu had already achieved great fame, and was quite famous among scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. Her husband was the emperor's teacher.Lin Ruhai served the new emperor when he ascended the throne, and he wrote to the capital to ask his old friends to take care of their children.

Although Lin Jingyu and Daiyu walked cautiously, although there were minor flaws, there were no major twists and turns, and everything went smoothly.

"Why did I tell you that Sister Bao is here? It's just fate." After being sad for Xue Baochai for a while, Daiyu's expression was a little sleepy. It's her eyeballs. I don't know until now that I think too highly of myself."

"When I saw Soft Smoke in the past, even though my mother passed away, my grandmother was so compassionate, and I was not bad. Today I see Soft Smoke again, but I just feel full of regret. So things are different and people are different."

Daiyu's sadness passed after a while, and she didn't have so much time to spend on it.After she got rid of her clothes, she didn't have as many taboos as before, and often got together with the noble ladies in the capital.Since she worshiped Princess Rongcheng as her godmother, she often went to live in her godmother's mansion.Princess Rongcheng has only one daughter under her knees, and she is the elder sister Qin mentioned by Daiyu, but after the early death of Princess Rongcheng's concubine, she left a daughter who is now living in the Sun's residence.Daiyu lives in the Sun's residence, so she can chat with people at night by candlelight.

Daiyu is not free, and neither is Lin Jingyu.Now that the autumn is approaching, the scholars are either reading behind closed doors, or worshiping gods from all sides.Mei Shilin didn't win the Qiu Wei last time, but this time he and Feng Zijian are both going to participate in the Qiu Wei.Although the candidates for the chief examiner are not yet clear, Zuo is just those few people.Feng Zijian is a scholar from a poor family, and the Mei Shilin family is from a general background, so there is not much help.The closer they got to Qiu Wei, the two inevitably panicked.

Nowadays, in various famous teahouses and taverns, scholars gather to discuss policies or compare poems. In the famed venues in front of Qiu Wei, many talented people gradually show up.With Qing Jin's letter from before, Lin Jingyu's reputation is already resounding enough, so naturally he doesn't have the heart to fight for it, he is naturally busy with other things.

In Lin Jingyu's outer study, Shi Shi was carefully replying, "Master, the person who went to inquire has returned. Both of Mr. Feng's parents died, and he was brought up by his elder brother and his sister-in-law. His elder brother was a private school teacher, and his sister-in-law was overworked in her early years and passed away. .Now his elder brother married a second wife, who is... a concubine."

Lin Jingyu frowned, lay on her back on the flower couch, and took the paper that Shi Shi handed over.The news about Feng Zijian was written in detail on the paper, not only the private school students' comments on Feng Zijian were recorded on it, but also the personal style comments of his brother and two sister-in-laws were clearly written.

Lin Jingyu scanned it quickly, and asked, "Yuxiao, do you have something to say, Madam Su?"

"It's okay."

Feng Zijian's character is considered good if he can fall into the eyes of the strict Su Momo.Feng Zijian himself is indeed a good candidate. After becoming an official, whether he returns to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to work or stays in the capital, it is good for Daiyu.But... Lin Jingyu couldn't take her eyes off the line that Feng Zijian's elder brother's step-wife was a concubine.

"Stone, you continue."

"Master, although Mr. Shi is not married yet, there is a cousin waiting for him."

Lin Jingyu closed her eyes and didn't raise her hand, Yuxiao stepped forward to take it.

Shitou glanced at Lin Jingyu's face, and said in a low voice: "Young Master Jiang is the only son in the family, with a good family background, his father is the dean of the academy, and his mother is a lady from the official family."

Lin Jingyu opened her eyes and reached out to take it.

"Mr. He's family is in the timber business, and his mother is a concubine from a big family."

Shi Shi briefly explained the situation of the people on the list that Lin Jingyu had given him before, and then stood aside without speaking.

Xu Wenxiu is now a first-rank official, and he is also the emperor's teacher. A large number of scholars came to Xu Wenxiu to recommend themselves.Xu Wenxiu selected a few people with good character, who were about the same age as Lin Jingyu, and who were likely to be in high school, and gave the list to Lin Jingyu to make friends with.Lin Jingyu made the best use of everything, so he planned to choose Daiyu's future husband-in-law among the scholars from the beginning.Although it is said that face is not very good, as long as life is going well and it takes advantage of the face, face is not so important.

Lin Jingyu only left three lists, Feng Zijian, Jiang Yi and He Ze.The rest were locked together with the list that Lin Ruhai had handed to him at the beginning, and when the marriage was finalized, they would be burned together.

Lin Jingyu got up and turned to the desk, picked up a pen and drew a circle on Feng Zijian's piece of paper where the concubine's sister-in-law was, and on Jiang Yi's piece of paper where the only son was, and He Ze's piece of paper was the concubine's daughter.

Lin Jingyu herself was inclined to Feng Zijian in her heart. She lived in Lin's residence for such a long time, although she didn't know everything about it, she wouldn't be blind.But there is always something unsatisfactory, the step-sister-in-law is a concubine...

Lin Jingyu was thinking about it secretly, but saw Lin Feng walking in quickly, and said to Lin Jingyu, "Master, that one is here."

Regarding Yanyang's identity, Daiyu might have guessed a thing or two, but Lin Feng figured it out the most clearly.Although Lin Mo is the chief housekeeper of Lin's mansion, Lin Jingyu believes in the two brothers Lin Feng and Shitou more in his heart, and matters of life and death are also handled by these two brothers.Every time Yanyang came, Lin Feng did it himself.

Lin Jingyu was startled, just as she put down the paper in her hand, she saw Ah Sheng leading Yan Yang into the door.

"Why are you here? You didn't send anyone over to say something." Lin Jingyu complained, and let the people in the room go down.

"Come here to relax." Yan Yang lay down on the flower couch where Lin Jingyu had just been lying, and sighed with his eyes closed, "You are comfortable here, what are you doing standing so far away?"

"How can a poor family compare to your palace compound?" Although Lin Jingyu said so, she still walked over.

The flower couch couldn't fit two people, so Yan Yang pulled Lin Jingyu into his arms, "Even if it's a horse pen and cowshed, it will be full of glory with you there."

"You must be poor!" Lin Jingyu said angrily, and then asked: "A few days ago, you complained that you were so busy that you didn't even know your last name. Look at your leisurely and cheerful attitude. I didn't notice it at all. Where are you busy when you come out?"

Qiuwei is a major plan that cannot be ignored for scholars and the court.Besides, in a few days it will be the day when Concubine Wan returns to the mansion, and there are many things waiting for him to make decisions.

Yan Yang took Lin Jingyu's hair and twirled it around his fingers, and said with a smile, "It's half a day's leisure to steal a floating life."

"Did you do it on purpose? It's too blatant for you to sneak away, and the husband already knows it."

Thinking of her husband's insinuations these few times, Lin Jingyu felt a pain in her head.Xu Wenxiu does not reject masculinity. Among scholars, masculinity is even regarded as an elegant thing.But in Xu Wenxiu's eyes, anyone can become Lin Jingyu's Lord Longyang, except Yanyang.

"Sir, he just thinks too much, don't worry about this matter, I'll tell him later." Yan Yang said casually, parted a strand of his own hair, and tied it with Lin Jingyu's hair seriously.

"Maybe before you tell him, my marriage has already been implemented."

Yan Yang's tone was full of confidence, "I said what is Mr. busy with these days? It's okay if he doesn't pay much attention to the Yuan family's affairs. He didn't even pay much attention to such a big matter as Qiu Wei. So he was busy with this matter." Complaining to Xu Wenxiu, Yan Yang tied the knot steadily, "He is not in a hurry about the imminent matter, he just does his best."

"It's not something you found yourself. I should be glad that you didn't come to my mansion after going around the inner city in a dragon chariot?" Seeing Yan Yang looking around for something, Lin Jingyu hurriedly stopped and said: "Yan Yang , do you know what is meant by 'body, skin, and parents'? You are not afraid that the queen mother will cut you, but I am afraid that my father will come in a dream and make me kneel in the ancestral hall."

"Speaking is better than singing. Who knows whether your mouth is true or not? Don't think that I didn't see the nail print on your palm last time. It couldn't be the pretty maid in your room who scratched your palm, right? "

The last time Yanyang said, it was not long after Lin Jingyu and Daiyu came back from Rongguo Mansion. Lin Jingyu's fingernail marks in Rongguo Mansion were still there, and Yan Yang saw it and buried Lin Jingyu for a long time. "Where are the scissors?"

When Yanyang said this, Lin Jingyu couldn't find anything to say, and complained: "I don't embroider, where can I find you scissors?"

They are now in Lin Jingyu's outer study, of course there is no scissors, but there is a knife for cutting paper.Yan Yang made gestures for a long time but nothing came of it, and finally Lin Jingyu asked Yu Xiao to fetch her embroidery thread scissors.At that time, although Yu Xiao didn't change from usual, Lin Jingyu still felt quite uncomfortable.

Yan Yang smoothed out his knotted hair, and carefully put it in the empty purse hanging on his body, "As the saying goes, parents are ordered by matchmakers, since uncles and aunts died early, it is natural that my husband and I are worried about you, you Just don't worry about it."

Lin Jingyu glanced at someone who was climbing up the pole, "The name is changed quickly."

"I'm optimistic about the candidate, and I'll give you a marriage after your spring. Don't you want to go back to worship your ancestors after you get married? The mountains are far away, and the charming guest is weak and sick. How can I take good care of you? Let me go back with you?"

Lin Jingyu is now the head of this branch, and is the head of this branch. After getting married, the wife of the head of the family will naturally go back to the family to worship the ancestors and record her name on the genealogy.

Regarding Yan Yang's brazenness, Lin Jingyu didn't want to say anything anymore.