Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

The pretense of saving face is over, there is no need for Lin Daiyu and Lin Chenxi to go to Jia's house anymore, they all have their own lives to live, and they will be irrelevant if they don't have time to spare.

Lin Chenxi has already graduated from the filial piety, and officially went to the Imperial College. She works hard every day, immersing herself in her studies without distraction, and strives to succeed in the provincial examination in a year and a half.The doctors and Confucians in the Guozijian appreciate his intelligence and hard work, and for Lin Ruhai's sake, they also teach him wholeheartedly, hoping to be successful.At that time, the Guozijian gave birth to a juren under the age of 15, which is also a good story.

While managing the family business, Lin Daiyu gradually began to socialize in the circle of nobles in the capital. She is now the county head, and socializing and entertaining are all necessary.Originally, Vanity Fair was a den of right and wrong, but fortunately she voluntarily refused to marry, and the reputation of raising her younger brother to the weak crown spread, so she would have to stay in her boudoir for another six or seven years.Furthermore, because of the inability to control her family property during those six years, others thought that she had no dowry now, so no one would plan to match her at that time, and she could not talk about marriage with others, and compete with any lady for the right husband. In this way, there is no conflict of interest; but because of the royal family's care for the Lin family and Lin Daiyu's title of county lord, no one with a wink will take the initiative to offend her, and she is not ostentatious and behaves properly, so , Lin Daiyu, who is beautiful and has been certified by the royal family, has a good reputation in the capital and is not bad in popularity.

In addition to filial piety, Lin Daiyu was also eligible to go to the palace to have a banquet during the New Year, and followed other foreign wives to pay homage to the queen.Lin Daiyu's status as the head of the county is not particularly high among the married women. Therefore, Lin Daiyu was caught among a group of married women and saluted in batches in the Queen's Palace.But it is a great honor to be able to visit.Everyone in the Lin family paid special attention to it.

New Year's worship, but no one from the Jia family can enter the palace. Although Jia's mother is a first-rank imperial order, she is too old to bear this kind of torture. Waiting for a long time, no one will take special care of you.Now the Supreme Emperor has retreated to the Tai Chi Palace to recuperate, his mind is sometimes sober and sometimes confused, and Princess Zhen, who had a good relationship with the Jia family, has lost her former glory.Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang are not qualified to visit the queen, they can only visit Jia Yuanchun on certain days.

Lin Daiyu sent someone to deliver a gift to Jia's family as usual. When Jia's mother heard the news that Lin Daiyu could enter the palace, she hesitated for a moment, and then proposed that if it was convenient, she could go to Fengzao Palace to meet Jia Yuanchun. You are first cousins It's a pity that I missed the meeting when my mother was visiting relatives. I have been thinking about you all the time.

Lin Daiyu would not pay attention to this at all, the rules in the palace are strict, how can she allow her to wander around?If someone sued her, even if the royal family did not blame her, the impression of her would not be good.What's more, she didn't want to see Jia Yuanchun at all, and it was best for them to be like each other and not interfere with each other.She thought lightly, then it depends on whether Jia Yuanchun has the ability and face to summon her clearly.She heard that it was not easy for the concubines in the palace to see their family members. It was the grace of the royal family. Every time Jiamu and Mrs. Wang had an audience, they had to follow the stipulated time in the palace, and there was no delay.But in the past, no matter how strict the rules are, there are always exceptions. If Jia Yuanchun is a favorite concubine, no one will care about these small things with her.

But obviously, Jia Yuanchun was not a favorite concubine, and no one came to give her this convenience.Since Lin Daiyu stepped into the palace gate, she had been vigilant in her heart, but she never waited for eunuchs or palace maids to summon her, and the empress Dao Xiande summoned her.It seems that the empress is a person who abides by the rules!She smiled coldly in her heart.Concubine Xiande did not dare to do, did she dare?Mother Jia has been the Duke's wife for decades, but she still doesn't understand, but it's about her own granddaughter, and she is about to stand back, what a kind grandmother!

The queen is a graceful and luxurious middle-aged woman, who greets all the wives one after another with a smile and orders them to reward them with something.When it was Lin Daiyu's turn, everyone bowed their heads and knelt down, and the female officials reported their names and identities one by one.After hearing Lin Daiyu's name, the queen paused, ordered Lin Daiyu to come forward, looked her up and down carefully, nodded with a smile, and praised: "So you are Lin Daiyu who voluntarily raised her younger brother. Not bad looking!"

After praising him, he ordered the female officer to double the reward.Everyone looked at Lin Daiyu eagerly. It was such a small matter, but this decency and honor was rare.It will be even more glorious to be praised by the empress herself, and I will be more convinced that I have outstanding talents, looks and morals, tsk tsk!

Of course Lin Daiyu is also very happy, who doesn't like to be treated kindly?What's more, the different opinion from the queen can save her a lot of troubles and give her more support. For example, when the Jia family wants to spread bad things about her in the future, they have to think twice, no one will believe it, and even less people will go along with it.Otherwise, do you think the Queen's vision is poor?The emperor affirmed Lin Daiyu's contribution to farming and mulberry, and the queen praised her character. Lin Daiyu felt that she could basically worry-free.

After all the noble ladies left, the queen felt a little tired, so she walked back to the inner hall to rest, half leaned on the bed and closed her eyes to rest.The confidant palace lady Sujuan quickly took a big pillow, put it on the queen's back, covered it with a brocade quilt, and said to the queen with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have worked hard today, please have a good rest."

"Well, I'm a little tired." The queen said leisurely: "This is the first time I've seen Lin's Daiyu today, and she really stands out."

"That's right, for her young girl, after her father left, she was able to resolutely set up a family, and she was willing to sacrifice her youth to raise her younger brother to an adult. It's really amazing!" Sujuan sighed.

"You also voluntarily follow me for the rest of your life. You don't marry yourself. It's a greater sacrifice than her!" The queen said with emotion. In the middle of the day, half of my life passed by like this.

"How can a maidservant compare to Miss Lin?" Sujuan shook her head and said, "A servantservant follows your mother, and compared to the sisters at home, it's like living in heaven. It's a good thing not to marry! But Miss Lin's family is born with a beautiful face and a beautiful family background. Gui, that's a real sacrifice for the younger brother and the family! In a few years, won't she be too old, how can she marry a good family? If she is a house filler, or if she gets a bad marriage , how wronged Miss Lin! If she is a servant, she won't want to get married!"

With a thought, the queen waved her hand, called Sujuan to her side, and said in a low voice: "If so, what do you think of her and Prince Zhonghui?"

"Prince Zhonghui?" Sujuan said in surprise, "Yes, yes, can Miss Lin be willing?"

"Yes!" The queen sighed, "This is also a difficult problem, and I have wronged Miss Lin. Zhonghui is now in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Miss Lin and the Ministry of Internal Affairs negotiated to buy properties, and most of them bought shares in Zhonghui's new workshop. She has a good eye for buying family business. Not many people were optimistic about these workshops at first, but now they are making a lot of money. According to Zhang De'an from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhonghui knew about this, and he told Miss Lin's name and family background. I was stunned for a long time, with a dazed expression. I was also curious, and I took a special look at Miss Lin today, and she is indeed a very outstanding woman. Sujuan, do you think Zhonghui has a different mind for Miss Lin?"

"Miss Lin and Prince Zhonghui are not unworthy in terms of age, family background, talent, appearance and character. It's just, alas!" Sujuan sighed.

The queen frowned and thought for a long time, then sighed: "Oh, the emperor loves Zhonghui very much, and I don't want Zhonghui to die alone. But Miss Lin is not a woman from an ordinary family, and it would be inappropriate to wrong her!"

"No way, Miss Lin is willing!" Sujuan pondered: "I heard that the economy in the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, and women raise silkworms, weave cloth and embroider, and it is more than enough to support themselves. I want to be free, and I don’t want to get married. I set up a female household to live, and I will adopt my nephew and niece to take care of me in the future. Parents are enlightened and don’t object.”

"I think Miss Lin is decisive, otherwise she wouldn't be able to take good care of herself and her younger brother, and arrange everything properly." Sujuan pointed in the direction of Fengzao Palace: "I heard that her family was a The people in the family have tried to get the idea of ​​the Lin family. They wanted to kill the family, but they were in vain! But I think, if I were Miss Lin, the generations of the Lin family would be simple. I'm afraid I feel very bored! The servant asked carefully, Miss Lin hasn't stopped since you left the Kunning Palace, and left. Baoqin from Fengzao Palace waited around on the way Miss Lin left the palace, I couldn't find a chance to talk to her."

"After so many years, I have never regretted my original decision! I live a clean and decent life now, and my sisters are working hard at home, and I am very envious of my servant!" Sujuan said with a smile, thinking The younger sister in the family was difficult to deal with her mother-in-law in her early years, her husband wanted to take over the house, doting on her concubine and destroying her wife, her life was miserable.Now that she has become a mother-in-law, she has become mean to her daughter-in-law, and she sighed in her heart.

The queen rubbed between her eyebrows: "Oh, let's have a look again!"

Since the New Year's meeting, the palace would give gifts to the Lin family from time to time. People said that Lin Daiyu had fallen into the empress's eyes, and the Jia family was even more eager for the Lin family, but Lin Daiyu still refused to come.Mother Jia sent someone to pick her up several times, but they all declined politely.The Jia family was very dissatisfied with Lin Daiyu for ignoring their own family and Jia Yuanchun in the palace, but they didn't dare to spread the words, because when they were in the mansion, they would inevitably complain.

Shi Xiangyun, who often came to Jia's house for a short stay, heard this in his ears, and was very displeased with the behavior of the Lin family and Lin Daiyu.When going out to socialize, he mentioned this matter several times, implying that Lin Daiyu was cold, ruthless, arrogant and rude, and had no affection for Jia Mu and her family.

This word quickly reached Lin Daiyu's ears, and the Lin family was very angry.Lin Daiyu is not interested in confronting her, but it is not her style to swallow her anger.Shi Xiangyun didn't understand the inside story, and didn't even see his own face, so he judged her fault and damaged her reputation.How similar is this kind of behavior to those keyboard warriors who are accustomed to cyber violence in modern society!If it were Sister Lin in the original book, I don't know what kind of grievances and tears I would have to shed!

If Shi Xiangyun really defended Jia's family and said this to her face to face, Lin Daiyu would think highly of her and would be willing to explain clearly to her.But it's a pity that Shi Xiangyun doesn't have an aboveboard character and courage!

Lin Daiyu ordered people to spread Shi Xiangyun's words and deeds in Jia's house, which did not involve Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu's various behaviors that did not avoid suspicion. She did not want to make a fuss about a woman's reputation.However, in Jia's house, Shi Xiangyun vaguely mentioned how the aunts treated her poorly, no matter in front of the master or the servants, this is absolutely true!

Inheriting her elder brother's title and treating her dead brother's orphan badly, what kind of consequences would it bring to her uncle and aunt if the word spread, how could she not know in her heart?But Shi Xiangyun still did this.Fortunately, the historian is a nobleman, and he only hangs around in the noble circle, so it doesn't matter.If the historians were changed to civil servants, the reputation of her uncle and aunt would be lost, and their children would also be implicated!

In fact, in Lin Daiyu's view, although Shi Xiangyun's uncle and aunt did not treat her as affectionately as their own, they did not treat her badly.The historian's family is in financial distress, and their life is not as comfortable as that of Jia's. Shi Xiangyun feels that Jia's family is worse than his own. It is human nature to work hard every day at the Shi's family.However, the historian is not alone in her hard life, and all the female family members in the family need to undertake this work, and she will not mention these.In the eyes of others, Shi Xiangyun's parents died, and the orphan is really pitiful!

However, in the book, Shi Xiangyun often socializes with his aunt. When noble ladies go out, they have to arrange clothes, jewellery, carriages, gifts, everything. How much needle and thread does she have to make up for the money spent?The girls of the Jia family are raised at home, and it is rare for them to visit their relatives. They have sympathy for Shi Xiangyun, so they might as well pity themselves!Compared to Jia Yingchun, who was sent 5000 taels of silver by his father to repay the debt, and Jia Tanchun, who went to get married instead of the princess of Nan'an Palace, is the uncle and aunt who found Shi Xiangyun a good marriage for her really a bad person?

Shi Xiangyun's words and deeds were spread, and everyone was not blind, and knew it in their hearts, and they all respected her at a distance.Shi Xiangyun's aunt was even more furious, and simply stopped caring about Shi Xiangyun.Shi Xiangyun lived a "happy" life at home where no one disciplined her, let alone forced her to become a female celebrity, but no one wanted to pay attention to her anymore, and she felt extremely uncomfortable and uncomfortable.Not long after, he packed his luggage and went to Jia's house in a despondent manner.

Lin Daiyu's counterattack made Shi Xiangyun shudder, and also made Jia's family tremble.Looking at the sluggish Shi Xiangyun, Jia's mother sighed silently again, feeling worried.Seeing that Lin Daiyu got the queen's favor, but she never said a good word for the Jia family or for the empress in the palace, and she didn't even want to see her.How cold-hearted and cold-hearted this girl is!Can my plan still come true?

Hey, wait, she vaguely remembered that Jia Min wrote her a letter back then, as if she had mentioned something.

Yes!Jia's mother hurriedly ordered Yuanyang to open the box, and finally found a letter that Jia Min sent her before his death.It said: I am ashamed that I can't be married, the Linjia family should get close for a long time, and she is willing to marry the next generation of the two families again!