Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

Lin Ruhai's funeral was handled by the government, and Jia Lian couldn't stay out of it. He needed to help, and he was busy for several days, very tired.He complained endlessly in his heart, and worried that he would not be able to explain to the old lady when he went back.Originally, this errand had to leave home for several months, and the journey was exhausting. It was always a bit hard. He just thought that he could take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and make a lot of money, so he was always in good spirits.Now, the hope was ruthlessly shattered, and I let out my breath. The whole person was like a cabbage beaten by frost, and it was dead.

He looked at Lin Daiyu beside him.These days, she became thinner and paler, often silent, either weeping in front of Uncle Lin's spirit, or lost in thought.Perhaps Uncle Lin's decision hit her hard.But Jia Lian no longer had the energy and thought to comfort her. His heart was full of resentment towards Lin Ruhai!

The servants of the Lin family, in accordance with Lin Ruhai's instructions before his death, all returned their life deeds, and also rewarded them with an extra sum of money, and sent them away.The housekeeper, Lin Baifu, went to Beijing with Lin Daiyu, and Lin Ruhai gave him 5000 taels at once, which was regarded as his salary for 20 years of employment, and it could be said that he had paid for it.The task given to him was to stay by Lin Daiyu's side to take care of her, and to be her housekeeper. Now Lin Ruhai can only choose to trust his brother who has followed him for many years and has a deep affection.

Before the return trip, the head of the Lin family made a special trip to find Lin Daiyu for a long talk, and told him a lot.Knowing that Lin Ruhai had told her the old things, she could only sigh deeply.An Ge'er couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart, so he wouldn't pay attention to Jia Min's daughter.Although Lin Daiyu is innocent, future generations will pay for the crimes committed by the predecessors.

Jia Lian took Lin Daiyu on the return journey in a gloomy mood. He took with him 5 taels of silver from the Lin family's property, which the government specially exchanged for silver ingots.And the dowry for Lin Daiyu specified in the imperial decree - the dowry of the Lin family's mistresses, filled a boat full, and the officials escorted the boat, followed their boat, and returned to the capital all the way.

As soon as the ship docked, the officials filled these belongings into carts and carts, and sent them to the gate of Rongguo Mansion from the port where they disembarked with great fanfare.

Rongguo Mansion recently had a great event: the eldest lady of the mansion, Yuan Chun, the daughter of Jia Zheng, was favored by the emperor after several years of female history in the palace.When the news came, the whole family was elated and beaming, and they felt that they were relatives of the emperor, and they were extremely proud.

One day, Mother Jia was lying on the collapsed floor, discussing family affairs with Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng.

"Historically, the most honorable titles of concubines in the palace are arranged in the order of nobleness, virtuousness and virtue. Empress, the virtuous concubine, has taken up the two words of virtuous and moral. It can be seen that the emperor treats empress with honor! What grade is the empress, have you sent someone to find out?" Jiamu asked.

"Old lady, Zhen'er from the East Mansion gave 500 taels of silver to Dai Quan, the head of the Daming Palace, and he told him that the imperial concubine received the monthly order of a noble concubine in the palace, but the gold book and gold treasure have not been given yet." Mrs. Wang He replied happily.

Mother Jia nodded in satisfaction, and sighed slightly: "If the treasure can be awarded as soon as possible, we will feel at ease. However, Prince Zhongshun is in charge of the House of Internal Affairs now. No one in our family and those old relatives can compare with him." Speak up. Sigh, I didn’t have close relationship with him before.” Speaking of this, Mother Jia couldn’t help feeling tense, not only the loyal prince, but also the current emperor was not close in her family.

Jia's mother didn't want to think too much, so she changed the subject: "The emperor issued a decree again, allowing concubines from all palaces to visit relatives at home, but they need to have a Chongyu other courtyard at home, so they can stay and guard. Our family should also prepare to build a Visiting relatives' villa, welcome your empress. This is related to the face of our family and your empress, it is a top priority and cannot be neglected!"

"Don't worry about the old ancestor!" Wang Xifeng said with a smile, "I have already hired someone to survey the place and design the blueprints. The East Mansion has also promised to donate the Huifang Garden to us to build a garden. These are easy to say, and the granddaughter-in-law will definitely take care of it properly." It's all right, let the empress be satisfied! But, what's the matter outside?"

Jia's mother understood what she meant: "We also have a solid foundation in our house, we can support it first. Besides, Lian'er has been away for so long, so he should come back."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.

"Old lady, Second Master Lian has returned to the residence." Just as he was speaking, Yuanyang came in and reported back: "Miss Lin also came back with her, wearing a heavy filial piety, saying that Young Master Lin has passed away."

"Oh, my poor Yu'er, life is so hard, now my parents are gone!" Jia Mu immediately wiped her tears, crying about her granddaughter's misfortune.Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng also covered their eyes with handkerchiefs, and became sad together.

"Also, they brought back a lot of cages, and the outside is in a mess. Please ask Second Mistress to check it out, how to arrange it."

After the mandarin ducks retreated, Mother Jia complained to Wang Xifeng with an unhappy face: "Why does Lian'er have no rules for her actions, why is she so ostentatious?"—Wouldn't the money be exchanged for bank notes and carried around?Those small and soft items that are not easy to sell should wait until night, when the night is quiet, and then quietly bring them into the house!In broad daylight, you swaggered and brought many things back to the mansion. I don't know how many people saw them along the way!What kind of thing is this thing called? What a fool, just like his incompetent old man!

Wang Xifeng felt ashamed and came to look for Jia Lian bitterly, but seeing his despondent face, her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that something went wrong in Yangzhou?

Seeing Wang Xifeng's questioning expression, Jia Lian smiled wryly before she could open her mouth, "Sister Feng, you don't need to ask, I'll let you see the old lady!"

Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang had just met Lin Daiyu who came to pay her respects with a pleasant face, and shed tears for a long time with her, reassuring her not to be sad. Although her father is gone, her grandmother is still there.Just treat my uncle's house as my own and live in it.Good boy, you have worked hard, Zijuan, quickly take your girl back to dress and change, and take good care of your girl!Let's take a good rest these few days, don't come here to say hello. "

After sending Lin Daiyu away, Jia Mu's face immediately darkened, and she wanted to question Jia Lian.

Jia Lian sighed and said with a wry smile, "Old lady, this is how it happened!"

"What, Uncle Lin donated all his family wealth?" Mrs. Wang cried out, "Could it be that our family wants to keep his daughter alive? It's really abominable!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Jia Mu settled down, stared at Mrs. Wang and said, "Didn't you see that the emperor has issued an order to commend you? You say that, are you going to confront the emperor? Shut up and tell the empress in the palace." Get into trouble!"

"Lian'er, doesn't it mean that your Uncle Lin has no other arrangements?" Jia's mother asked Jia Lian.

Jia Lian replied truthfully: "The emperor's decree gave 3 taels to the Lin family as family property; and 5 taels of silver was allocated for the living expenses of sister Lin before she got married. I brought them back. At that time, the person who came to deliver the decree The magistrate of Yangzhou said that Sister Lin should stay at our house, saying that this was the emperor’s intention, and asked if 5 taels of silver was enough? How dare I say no, so I naturally agreed. Wanliang was replaced by silver ingots, which were heavy to pack into several large boxes. I said it would be better to replace it with silver notes, but they didn’t bother.”

"Other than that?" Mother Jia asked.

"The emperor graciously collected all the dowries of the mistresses of the Lin family, including the aunt, and left them to sister Lin as the dowry. In addition, she also gave sister Lin the treatment of a township monarch, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued salary silver and Lumi every year. Lin Baifu, the chief steward of the Lin family, went to Beijing to follow Uncle Lin's arrangement to serve as the housekeeper for Sister Lin. .He is Uncle Lin's nanny, and now he is a free citizen."

Jia Lian looked at Mrs. Wang's and Wang Xifeng's changing expressions and the momentary greed in their eyes, and hurriedly added another sentence: "When I was in Yangzhou, the dowry of Lin's mistress was registered one by one by the government. After I signed the roster, it was shipped back to the capital together with the 5 taels of silver."

The implication is, don't think about the dowry, the government is well prepared!

Jia's mother pondered and asked, "Did your sister Lin get the canonization of the township lord?"

"I don't know. The imperial decree only said that everything should be done according to the example of the township monarch." Jia Lian said hesitantly.

"Lian'er, you have worked hard all the way, go down and rest first." Mother Jia said in a deep voice.

Jia Lian promised to go down when she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly turned back: "By the way, old lady, there is one more important matter to report."

"When I went to Yangzhou this time, I also found out that Uncle Lin succeeded a concubine's eldest son more than ten years ago, and now" he said in detail the news he heard from the Lin family and the secrets Shisun's confessed. come out.

"Then Lin Ming'an is No. 7 in the second class of the current discipline? Lin Qing has been conferred the title and is still an official in the Ministry of Industry. Isn't that a colleague with the master?" Mrs. Wang said in amazement: "Then will they treat our family? Holding a grudge? Will it be against us?"

She tried her best to swallow the words "But what does this have to do with our family? Isn't that the enmity that Jia Min forged?"

"Okay! Since we are colleagues, let Zheng'er get in touch with one or two to ease the relationship. They are just newcomers, do we need to worry so much?" Mother Jia said displeasedly, and waved Jia Lian to leave.

"Old lady, what should I do now?" Wang Xifeng asked: "Then how can I build the family-saving villa?"

"I have to be frugal." Mother Jia sighed and said, "Our family still has some old foundations, so we will borrow some from relatives and try our best to do things according to our ability. Let's use your sister Lin's 5 taels of silver. The dowry," she said. Hesitating for a moment: "Help her keep the dowry in the treasury first."

"Old lady, it seems that Mrs. Lin doesn't trust our family at all! Otherwise, why would he give up all his family property? This is because he wants the emperor to take his favor and protect his daughter!" Mrs. Wang said With a thorn: "It's just that the emperor didn't think much of him, and he didn't even give him the title of a township lord. He only let her take the title of a township lord."

"That's also the emperor's grace. Tell others not to treat Yu'er slowly!" Jia Mu thought in her heart. Under the title.It can't be said that the emperor still can't completely let go of the fact that the four princes and eight princes turned to the deposed prince and treated him coldly.Uncle Lin had no choice but to take the property of the Lin family and surrender to the emperor in exchange for the emperor's understanding and protection of Yu'er.

Although she could understand Lin Ruhai's thoughts, Jia's mother was still very uncomfortable. Lin Ruhai clearly showed her distrust of her Jia family, thinking that the Jia family would not treat Yu'er well?Besides, the construction of the family-saving villa is imminent, so how can the large sum of money be raised?It turned out that the Lin family's investment in foreign money was planned, but Uncle Lin came up with this trick before he died!

Mother Jia suddenly had a thought, thought of Yuan Chun, and hurriedly said: "The second family, the mother's happy event should be more attentive! Tomorrow, I will prepare two generous gifts, one for Eunuch Dai's mansion, and one for Mrs. Dai. Go to Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, ask them to help, and issue the empress's book of treasures earlier. After the canonization ceremony, we can feel at ease. One of them is the internal supervisor of the palace, and the other is the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If they are willing to take care of it, The empress is in the palace, life will be easier!"

Mrs. Wang quickly responded, and said in a somewhat embarrassed way: "Old lady, Eunuch Dai is fine, he will give our family this face. But with Prince Zhongshun, our family has never had any friendship with him. Except for the emperor, it is rare for him to betray anyone. face!" There is another sentence that is very heartbreaking, those who Prince Zhongshun is willing to sell face, even the Jia family can't climb up now!

Mother Jia frowned, thought for a while, and sighed helplessly.This time, I really hope that my family will have a few more good relatives, so that the Jia family can rely on them!