[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

Nine days passed quickly, and Tang Yuanwei's book boy knocked down the gong hard.

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Tang Yuanwei and Chen Dai in the No. [-] room finally got out of the room exhausted as if they had received some signal.

The two looked at each other with a bleak smile.

A closer look revealed that both of them were unshaven and disheveled.If you look carefully, you can also find that the eyeballs of the two people are covered with bloodshot eyes, which makes people feel that they have suffered a great crime.

The book boy hurried up to meet him, but before he walked in, he was waved away by Tang Yuanwei: "Don't come over, go and prepare the bathtub, I want to take a bath."

Just now he didn't feel anything in the number room, but now he went out and smelled the fresh air outside, he just felt that his whole body was going to be bad.

Before, he couldn't figure out that the boss of the Lin Family Bookstore would specially ask someone to mark it on the title page of the book, prepare the number room according to the environment of Chunwei, and try to do a set of questions to get used to it.After all, Qiuwei is the same as Chunwei. They also have three exams, and they have been tested for nine days. They have already passed Qiuwei more than once. How can they adapt to the environment?

Who knows if you don't try it, you won't know it, and you will be shocked if you try it.

Because of the different exam time, the environment of Qiu Wei and Chun Wei is very different, and they cannot be compared at all.

The most critical of these is the issue of food and warmth.

Needless to say, keeping warm, when he was in autumn, because he could only wear single clothes to enter the examination room, he was very cold at night.But the Spring Festival will be held in February, and the weather is very cold at this time. If you wear a single shirt to enter the examination room, if you are in poor health, you may faint from the cold.

Although the imperial court would place a small stove in the number room for the sake of warming up the students, on the first day, he didn't even have time to do the questions, so he kept rubbing his hands and jumping there, and couldn't concentrate at all. .

And the food...

In order to free up more time to do the questions, most of what everyone brings into the examination room is dry food that can be eaten directly.

But in the cold weather, the dry food was basically frozen hard after being placed on the table for an hour or two, and it was impossible to eat it at all.

However, they didn't bring anything like a pot, so they could only make do with roasting the dry food before they managed to put it in their mouths.

As for the smell that the two were worried about before, it was not so unbearable because of the weather.

Chen Dai hesitated for a moment, then said to Tang Yuanwei embarrassedly: "Brother Tang, can I let you wash up before returning to the inn?"

Tang Yuanwei was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized: "No problem."

As for Chen Dai's current body odor, if he went back to the inn without cleaning it, he would be disgusted by others along the way.

The Ji family members were quite nimble, and quickly carried the two bathtubs to Tang Yuanwei's room.

He hadn't returned to the bedroom for nine days, and the moment he saw the familiar bedroom, Tang Yuanwei felt warm in his heart, as if he had returned home.

The two of them quickly took off their clothes and entered the bathtub, and their bodies were so cold that they got goose skin before entering the warm water. Tang Yuanwei and Chen Dai let out a comfortable sigh at the same time——

"Ah, so comfortable."

The two of them picked up the bath towel and rubbed their bodies vigorously several times until all the dirt and peculiar smell on their bodies were removed, and then changed the bucket of hot water. Then they stretched their arms and put their heads directly on the edge of the tub. I took a bath.

"Fortunately, after seeing the content of the title page, we tried it ourselves according to the above. Otherwise, we will definitely suffer a big loss if we use Qiu Wei's experience to deal with Chun Wei." Tang Yuanwei sighed.

Chen Dai nodded approvingly: "We remember to bring a pot and put some white rice in it, and cook white porridge by ourselves, it's better than that dry food."

"There are also clothes, and I have to go to the tailor shop to buy those with thicker fabrics."

The two talked again, and only came out of the tub one after another when the water temperature became cold.

The book boy went to the kitchen and ordered a table of steaming meals, and when the two of them came out, they just set them up. Chen Dai was not polite any more, and walked behind Tang Yuanwei to sit down and had dinner together.

It was getting late at this time, and candles had to be lit in the room to see things, but the two didn't intend to rest there. They went to the study room, picked up the test papers in their hands, and began to look for the answer on the answer book.

The book boy felt sorry for his young master and wanted to dissuade him, but Tang Yuanwei dismissed him directly.

"Seeing that the spring is about to start, I have no time to waste."

The book boy had no choice but to back down.

Tang Yuanwei and Chen Dai both did the same set of questions, which was exactly the same set of test questions that Lin Ruhai had in the last exam.

As for this set of questions, Lin Ruhai's answer directly won Huiyuan——

At that time, someone said that based on Lin Ruhai's outstanding performance in the Chunwei and Palace Examinations, if he had not only won No.2 in the Qiuwei, but also won Jieyuan, he would not have been suppressed in the Palace Examination. .

But after the two seriously compared Lin Ruhai's answers, their complexions became ugly.

"Brother Tang, whether I can make it to the list in answering the question, the result is a bit unclear..."

Tang Yuanwei's complexion was even worse: "For my answer, if the number of Scholars awarded by the imperial court is the same as last year, I can be on the list, but the most likely possibility is that I am a fellow Jinshi."

For those students who are not too old and can continue to take the next subject, it is really better to fail the exam directly.At least in this way, they can wait three years before coming to the capital to take part in the examination.

Chen Dai sighed, but was a little envious: "I think it's lucky to be admitted to the same Jinshi."

Tang Yuanwei was puzzled: "Why is Brother Chen so discouraged? With Brother Chen's knowledge, even if you fail this subject, if you come to take the examination next time, you will definitely get the Jinshi degree."

Chen Dai waved his hand: "Brother Tang, why bother to comfort me? There are so many scholars in this world, and every three years there are new students who are admitted to Juren, and many of them are better educated than me...Moreover, they are as educated as I am. I don’t know how many scholars there are, and I have accumulated it year after year. You think I will definitely get a Jinshi rank in the next imperial examination, don’t my friends think the same?”

Tang Yuanwei quickly denied it: "Brother Chen, you and I are quite knowledgeable. If you fail this subject, you will definitely be on the list."

Not only Chen Dai, but he himself thought so too.

Chen Dai sighed: "Even if Brother Tang is right, I hope to be on the list this time, even if the final result is just a fellow Jinshi."

"Brother Chen..."

"Brother Tang, I don't know, the money I got for the exam this time is already the last savings of the whole family, and the family has even incurred debts for it." Chen Dai was frustrated, "I can't let my family save money, and they have to borrow money for me. day."

Tang Yuanwei opened his mouth, thinking of his father, wife and children, his expression was a little sad.

His family conditions are better than Chen Dai's, but not much better.

"If you think about it this way, Brother Chen can understand. It's just..." Tang Yuanwei lowered his head, "Wouldn't Brother Chen feel unwilling?"

Entering the officialdom with the same fame as Jinshi is naturally inferior to officials with Jinshi background, and the speed of promotion is far slower than that of officials with Jinshi background.

The most important thing is that officials with Jinshi background will never be able to enter the cabinet.

Isn't the purpose of their imperial examinations to become officials just to keep climbing?But a fellow Jinshi has blocked the top road. As long as he is not over half a hundred years old, it is a lucky student to pass the Jinshi exam. It is impossible for a student to be willing to have a fellow Jinshi on his head Jinshi's fame.

Even if there are very few officials who can enter the cabinet in the end, people like them are unlikely to reach such a high position, but as long as they are not fellow Jinshi, there is always some hope.

Chen Dai is an outlier: "But I don't think I can really get there."

"Brother Chen!" Tang Yuanwei was a little annoyed, "Why do you keep talking about frustration today?"

"I don't mean to be discouraged."

"you……"

"Brother Tang, have you ever thought about how hopeful we are to enter the cabinet with our family background and age?"

Tang Yuanwei's expression was shocked: "I never thought about it..."

"I've thought about it." Chen Dai said, "You and I are young and have no family background, no mentors and friends, and no capable Yue family. This promotion, you have to go through it step by step. But even if you survive until death, We don't necessarily have a chance to get into the cabinet either."

Of course, it’s not true that there’s no chance—

For example, after becoming an official, the outstanding performance has attracted the attention of the emperor; or some adventure happened, saving the prince, grandson or even the emperor, which made the emperor admire them; or being lucky, winning the favor of the future emperor...

But Chen Dai knew it in his heart. He had been studying since he could remember, and worked hard to get a good name in the exam. He didn't understand how to govern the people.

There are no contacts in the officialdom, and others will not be kind enough to teach him.

As for the other possibilities, that would be a dream come true.

Tang Yuanwei hesitated: "Brother Chen said so, I don't even know whether I should participate in this spring."

Because he realized that he was likely to become a fellow Jinshi, Tang Yuanwei really thought about giving up this spring.But Chen Dai's words made him hesitate.

The longer one enters the officialdom, the greater the difference between the Jinshi and the same Jinshi will be, but there is still not much difference between the two when the official is first awarded.

Tang Yuanwei was hesitant to take the examination as a Jinshi and become an official, and to take the examination after three years of recuperation.

Chen Dai got up and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Tang, this is just my idea. Brother Tang, don't worry about it, and don't think about it at night. After all, with my current knowledge, even the entrance examination depends on luck, and I have to do it tomorrow." Get up early and work hard, hoping to get the ranking you want.”

When Tang Yuanwei heard it, it was true, no matter what he was and planned, he should get up and study hard tomorrow.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and after packing up the books, they went back to Tang Yuanwei's room together.

-

On the day before entering the examination room, Ji Ru came to Tang Yuanwei's room with the prepared examination supplies in person.

"You don't know, it's so cold in the Chunwei examination room, you're so thin..."

Ji Ru looked at Tang Yuanwei's specially thickened clothes, and widened his eyes, "Where did you hear the news?"

When he took the imperial examination three years ago, because no one mentioned it, he had to endure the nine days of the examination.This time, I was worried that Tang Yuanwei would also suffer, so I came here to mention something, but I didn't expect to find that my trip was wasted.

Tang Yuanwei embarrassedly told what he and Chen Dai had done before, and seeing Ji Ru's astonished expression, he said again: "Because I have already experienced Chunwei once, so I have a basic understanding of what needs to be paid attention to in Chunwei, and I have already done it." ready."

As he spoke, he lifted the bamboo basket that he was going to bring into the Chunwei examination room, and showed Ji Ru the contents one by one.

After a few days of thinking, Tang Yuanwei figured it out: his temperament is not smooth enough, and his achievements in the officialdom are limited.Even if you pass the Jinshi exam, the chances of entering the cabinet in the future are very slim. It is better to be an official with the Jinshi exam and let your family live a good life a few years earlier.

After checking one by one, Ji Ru couldn't say a word.After a long while, he said, "If someone had reminded me during the imperial examinations back then, maybe my ranking would go up and up again, maybe I would still be able to get a biography."

Tang Yuanwei was surprised: "Uncle got..."

Ji Ru waved his hands in displeasure: "It's bad luck, I only got No.6."

Isn't it just bad luck?The top ten in this palace examination will be selected by the senior scholars of the various pavilions, and then discuss the approximate ranking, and finally hand it over to the emperor to decide. If the emperor particularly prefers a certain student's article, he will directly mention him from No.10 No.1 is not impossible.

Of course, if the emperor really doesn't like a certain student's article, it is also possible to directly kick him from No.1 to the last.

When Ji Ru was in the imperial examination, he still ranked fourth. In the palace examination, he consciously performed better than in the imperial examination, but the final result was worse than the palace examination. He had every reason to suspect that his essay was either not suitable for the emperor, or he could Well, there are other articles that are more suitable for the emperor's eyes and are mentioned in front of him, taking his place.

But No.4 is actually not much different from No.10, and it has been so long, he will not be troubled by it anymore.

Ji Ru looked at Tang Yuanwei: "Chunwei is the best opportunity for you to change your family, but you must seize it."

Tang Yuanwei nodded repeatedly.

-

It was still dark the next day, so Ji Ru personally took Tang Yuanwei to pick up Chen Dai in a carriage, and then went straight to the Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites.

It wasn't until he saw the two entering the examination room with his own eyes that Ji Ru turned and walked towards the Hanlin Academy.

Alas, it's spring again.

-

On the afternoon of February [-]th, outside the gate of the Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites, which was used for the Chunwei examination, some students came out one after another. Most of them were in good spirits, and they were all taken away by the young servants waiting outside the gate.

In the evening, the gate of the Gongyuan was opened, and all the students who participated in the Spring Festival came out in a single file.

The waiting servants rushed over one by one, trying to find out their own students so that they could take them home to rest.

The book boys of Tang Yuanwei and Chen Dai are also among them.

And beside Tang Yuanwei's bookboy, there were quite a few strong men standing, all of them were guards sent by the Ji family to pick them up in order to prevent accidents.

But several people looked around and listened to all directions, but they never saw the figure of the two.

It wasn't until everyone was almost gone that Tang Yuanwei's book boy pointed in the direction of the gate and shouted: "Master, Mr. Chen!"

The others rushed forward.

"Master, the other students have been picked up, why did you come out so late."

Tang Yuanwei looked a little tired, but he seemed to be in a good mood: "It's not because I made preparations in advance, so I didn't suffer too much in it, so I don't have to rush out."

After entering the room arranged by the imperial court, Tang Yuanwei discovered that he was not the only one in the examination room, and there were also many students who had participated in Chunwei in previous years but unfortunately failed the rankings.

He was relieved then.

But what Tang Yuanwei cared about the most was the participation in Chunwei this time, which seemed to be much less than expected.Obviously, when I went out to participate in the poetry meeting before, I met many more candidates than now.

I don't know if it's because Lin Family Bookstore has published many supplementary books in the past six months, or because many students have doubted their own knowledge after taking the exam questions in advance. Generally, he was worried that he would become a student of the same Jinshi instead of being admitted to Jinshi, but he finally decided to fight, and the others chose to give up.

In short, the number of students who finally entered the examination room was much less than in previous years.

Tang Yuanwei felt that the possibility of being admitted to Jinshi this time might be relatively high.

Chen Dai's expression was also much more relaxed than before Chun Wei: "Jinshi dare not think about it, but with Jinshi, it is stable!"

-

No one from the Lin family participated in Chunwei, but because most of the books published by the Lin family bookstore were related to the imperial examination, they also made people pay attention to one or two.

After the general examination on February 21th, students who participated in Chunwei had to wait for the release of the list on April [-]th to get the news. If they were on the list, they could go to the Palace of Preserving Harmony in the Forbidden City to take part in the palace examination on the [-]st.

The palace examination only examines theory, from sunrise to sunset, only one day, and go home in the evening.

Then, wait for the final announcement on the 25th.

On this day, many families with daughters of the right age went to the place where the rankings were released early, and if they found that the people who came to see the rankings were selected, and they were not too old, they would directly take them home and marry their daughters——

This is the so-called catching a son-in-law under the list.

If a Jinshi is in his twenties or under thirty, after asking if he has a wife or children at home, if he has no wife or his wife is dead, he will also arrest him.

Of course, some businessmen don't pay much attention to these things. Regardless of the age of Jinshi, as long as they don't have white hair and beard, they simply bring people back——

Their daughter's status is not enough, so these Jinshi masters can only be concubines.

When the servants of the Lin family told these interesting stories to Jia Shu, she immediately rolled her eyes with a smile, hugged her daughter and couldn't help but say, "In the future, Zhuzhu will not marry when she reaches her age. Big, we don't care about him, just get you a husband-in-law."

Listening to Lin Ruhai's smile at the beginning when he heard that he was going to raise his daughter, Jia Shu changed the subject and said directly that he wanted to get a son-in-law for the Zhuzhu list, which made Lin Ruhai's face darken .

"Ruosang, Zhuzhu is still young, why do you want to marry her?"

Jia Shu took a look at Lin Ruhai: "I didn't know before, that if a woman doesn't marry at the age of 20, she will be randomly matched with a crooked melon by the official media. I don't want Zhuzhu to marry too early, but other honorable men in the capital Marrying a wife for your children and grandchildren must be seen from childhood. It is not like you who have studied hard since childhood and have no intention of marrying a wife. But you are only left with a married wife, or a widower whose wife died. You are willing to let your daughter marry That kind of people?"

When Jia Shu first knew that this point had been written into Daxia's laws, he was in a bad mood——

No wonder women in ancient times started to see their husbands and sons-in-law after menarche came. It turned out that there was a reason for this law.

After all, it took a year or two to go through the three books and six rituals in ancient times. In order not to be randomly matched with a street ruffian, you have to hurry up and find someone to marry your daughter.

Of course, both Jia's family and Lin's family belonged to the powerful class, and such a law would have no effect on them.

However, if you don't have a fiancé after the age of fifteen, you will be gossiped about.But if she finds a fiancé for her daughter, and later discovers that the other party has shortcomings and quits the engagement, the one whose reputation is damaged is also the daughter...

Jia Shu had secretly poked in his heart more than once to think about rebelling.

At this time, Jia Shu couldn't help thinking that it would be great if he gave birth to two sons. In such a world, a daughter would be born to suffer.

Lin Ruhai was naturally reluctant to marry Zhuzhu to those people: "We can marry Zhuzhu, and then make an agreement with the other's parents that we will marry after Zhuzhu."

Jia Shu glanced at him: "Then wait for the daughter to marry, and there will be a lot of concubines and concubines?"

Lin Ruhai: "...how come?"

"Say it yourself, if after you get engaged to me, Rong Guogong tells you that you have to wait for me to get married, will your mother arrange two roommates for you in advance? Will you refuse?" Jia Shubai said He glanced.

This topic is a bit dangerous.

Lin Ruhai wanted to deny it, but under Jia Shu's gaze, he could only shut up.

"But at that time, my husband was already seventeen, so I couldn't be compared with other people..."

"But most of the other families arrange a room for the man after he ejaculates." Jia Shu pointed out the facts lightly.

In today's world, a man like Lin Ruhai who has not yet arranged a house at the age of seventeen is a truly rare creature, comparable to a national treasure——

Of course, this is in the rich family.

Lin Ruhai was worried that Jia Shu would doubt his own intentions if he continued talking, so he could only change the subject: "Now that the results of the palace examination are released, in three days it will be the birthday of the third concubine. Should we bring our children with us?"

Jia Shu shook his head: "Mother will not go there, just leave the child to mother to take care of."

She was crazy to bring the child to the third prince's mansion who was very dissatisfied with Lin Ruhai. In case of any accident, there is no regret medicine in this world.

The two of Jia Shu were also discussing going to the third prince's concubine's birthday banquet. Unexpectedly, before that, Emperor Qisheng ordered Lin Ruhai to go to the Imperial Academy tomorrow to participate in the "Enrong Banquet" for Xinke Scholars, which is also known as Qionglin Banquet.

Lin Ruhai experienced it once three years ago, and now he is naturally familiar with it.

In the Hanlin Academy, Lin Ruhai accidentally saw Ji Ru talking to two new scholars, and he walked over directly: "Brother Ji, who is this?"

Ji Ru smiled and introduced: "This is the son of my good friend, called Tang Yuanwei, and this one is Yuan Wei's good friend, Chen Dai." Lin Tanhua, my lord, serves as a bachelor."

Tang Yuanwei and Chen Dai hurriedly bowed their hands together.

Although Lin Ruhai is nearly ten years younger than them, in terms of seniority, he is already Ji Ru's peer, and the two of them will become officials in the court in the future, but Lin Ruhai's official position is higher than their elder Ji Ru After several steps, no matter how they counted, they should be the ones who saluted Lin Ruhai.

Not to mention that it was Lin Ruhai's help that the two were able to pass the Jinshi and Tongjinshi exams this time.

After saluting, the two got up and thanked Lin Ruhai one after another.

Lin Ruhai looked confused: "We have never met before, why do you want to thank me?"

Chen Dai said: "If Master Lin hadn't let me experience the Chunwei environment in advance on the title page of the book that he sold, I might have missed a lot because of it. Moreover, the answers written by Master Lin also let me know more about my knowledge. With a clearer understanding, I also have a clearer direction in my studies later, otherwise the next two people will not be able to achieve such good results this time."

Lin Ruhai is now a bachelor's student, and he is willing to spend his time helping the students. His dedication is really hard to move.

Of course, the answer about Lin Ruhai hit some students' self-confidence and made them give up the words of Chunxiu this time. He didn't say anything about this kind of thing.

But in his heart, he was very grateful to Lin Ruhai.

Tang Yuanwei had the same thought as Chen Dai, looking at Lin Ruhai with gratitude.

Lin Ruhai blinked: "You probably thanked the wrong person. Whether it's that sentence or the behavior of answering the question, it's all out of clumsy thinking, not credit." He even wanted to say that there is nothing worthy of thanks at all, after all Apart from that sentence, whether it's publishing a book or answering questions, Ruo Sang just wants to make money.

But he has grown up now and knows that these words cannot be said to other people.

Tang Yuanwei and Chen Dai suddenly became curious about Lin Ruhai's wife at this moment.

But thinking of the identity of the other party, the two quickly dispelled this curiosity.

After all, they were at the Grace Banquet, and there were people coming and going around them, so it was inevitable that their words would be heard by others.

And it seems to involve two Jinshi who might not have passed the exam, but in the end they accidentally passed the exam. People who heard the words inevitably took it as an anecdote and told their friends.

At the beginning, the person who sent the message was still strict, and relayed the words of the four to his friends verbatim.But in the matter of passing on the word, it is inevitable that it will go out of shape in the middle, otherwise there will be no such thing as "three people become tigers".

Anyway, by the time Lin Ruhai heard the rumors, those words had become "There are two candidates who couldn't pass the Jinshi exam at all, because they read all the books in the Lin Family Bookstore and finished the questions, and finally they both passed the Jinshi exam." .

Lin Ruhai only felt that there were too many slots and nowhere to vomit.

If you knew Chen Dai and Tang Yuanwei, you would know that they were already well-educated and had the possibility of being admitted. This is completely inconsistent with the rumors that the two Juren who were impossible to pass the Jinshi examination; Lin Family Bookstore’s complete set of books, but neither has nor had the time to read all the books and complete all the test questions; of course, the most important thing is that although both of them passed the exam, Chen Dai did not pass the exam. Jinshi, but the same Jinshi.

But rumors are inherently more legendary, and naturally they are more believable than truth.

Moreover, everyone just listened to the rumors for fun, and then lamented that the books of Linjiashusi are really good. If there is a child who wants to study in the future, he must buy a whole set of books from Linjiashusi for the child, and forget it , No one is willing to spend their time to find out the truth.

Lin Ruhai originally thought that the rumors he had heard were outrageous enough, but when he went home and complained to Jia Shu, he heard another even more astonishing rumor——

"As long as you read all the books published by the Lin family bookstore, you will definitely pass the Jinshi exam!"

What's more, because of this rumor, the business of Lin Family Bookstore, which had started to decline after the end of the palace examination, climbed to the peak again, and once reached the height of "Five Years of Spring and Three Years of Palace Examination" which was only released on the third day.

The printing work of the people in the printing workshop has gradually decreased. Seeing that the holiday is expected, who knows that because of this accident, their workload has increased again, and even because the inventory consumption is too serious during this period, they can only print overtime and night .

The boss of the printing workshop has come to Lin's house more than once to complain.

Of course, after Jia Shu lured him with a bonus, he quickly went back and told the craftsmen the news, and then worked more willingly and vigorously.

Some people are willing to buy and some are willing to do it. Jia Shu himself is happy. He just sits at home and waits to count the money.

Lin Ruhai: "..." Are these people bewitched?

Jia Shu didn't know if he was bewitched or not, but why were these people so crazy?Advertising effect chant!

When modern advertisements first appeared, the popularity of those products was much more exaggerated than her books, and those advertisements were also much more exaggerated than this rumor.

-

As the days passed, it was two days later, the birthday of the third concubine.

Lin Ruhai and his wife got up early in the morning to wash up and had breakfast. Lin Ruhai was on duty as usual, while Jia Shu handled affairs at home.

After about two hours, Lin Ruhai went home. After changing his clothes, the two of them got into the carriage together and headed to the Third Prince's Mansion.

At this time, many people had already arrived, and many carriages had already parked outside the gate of the Third Prince's Mansion.Fortunately, there are only three or four princes living in this street. The street is spacious and there is no possibility of traffic jams.

After entering the door, Jia Shu and Lin Ruhai separated, one went into the backyard where the female relatives gathered, and the other went directly to the front yard.

It was probably because the Lin family bookstore was very famous two days ago, but this time at the banquet, many family members of the royal family found Jia Shu, talked to her, and inquired about news by the way.

Not everyone of these royal family members had an easy life. Many of them were from the same line as the emperor, and they could only be regarded as idle clans. They usually received some money from the court, and other than that, they were no different from other nobles.

Even because of the status of the clan, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of the emperor, and even dare not get too close to the nobles.

But a scholarly family like the Lin family is different, even if they have a strong relationship with the Lin family, they will not arouse the emperor's suspicion and suspicion.

What's more, the Lin family has been in the limelight recently and made a lot of money.

Although Jia Shu didn't know the inside story, but looking at the clothes of these so-called royal family members, he probably knew that their life was difficult, so he was not enthusiastic about them.

Perhaps they sensed Jia Shu's alienation, and those people quickly left her side.

When the banquet was about to start, the third concubine finally came out, and after greeting Jia Shu and other female relatives with a smile, she walked directly to the table full of concubines.

Jia Shu carefully looked at the few people, and then through the attitude of the third concubine, he distinguished the eldest concubine from the crown concubine. At the same time, he also kept a low profile, but made the fourth concubine who did not dare to offend the third concubine recognize it. .

As for the other princes and concubines, because their ages were not much different, although Jia Shu had vague guesses in his mind, he was unable to determine their identities.

Jia Shu lowered his head and didn't care about anything else.

-

In the third prince's study room, a mouse secretly hid behind a stack of books on the bookshelf, waiting patiently for someone to come in.

Not long after, the third prince brought a group of brothers into the house.

"Say, who is harming me about the Lin family bookstore?" The third prince held back his breath for almost a month, waiting to ask the situation face to face when all the brothers are here today, "The one who stood up The censor, which one of you is it?"

The princes kept silent, smiled, looked foolish, and none of them spoke anyway.

In the end, the crown prince thought that today is the birthday of the third younger brother and sister, so it would not be good for the third brother to go out to have a banquet in anger, and said, "Could it be that the third brother called all the brothers to the study just for this matter? Even if it is this matter It was done by other brothers, and it is impossible for anyone to admit it, if there is nothing else, Gu Ke will leave."

The third prince's eyes were red with anger: "I have suffered such a big loss, why don't you allow me to ask who hurt me?"

The prince smiled and did not speak again.

He couldn't help it either.After all, a long time ago, he hadn't realized that his brothers were all jealous of him, and when they were always ready to pull him down from the position of prince, he suffered more from these brothers than the third prince.

It's just that with his father protecting him, he didn't suffer as much as the third prince this time.

And the other brothers...

The third prince is indeed being cheated miserably now, but when he cheated other brothers, he didn't see him being soft-handed.

So even if the third prince's words seemed to be selling misery, no one took them seriously at all.

The third prince was even angrier: "You are just pretending to be confused here. My subordinates have already told me that the officials under my command have been infiltrated and turned into your people. My image in the heart of my father is only The next one is incompetent and can't compare with you!"

"I ended up like this because I am not as good as others, I admit it. But even if I die, you have to let me die to understand?"

Still no one spoke.

Some princes even couldn't help but show some joy when they heard what the third prince said.

The third prince turned his eyes around them, then looked away, and looked at the prince again, but after thinking about it, he still turned his eyes away.

His eyes turned to the remaining few brothers who were not showing any signs of anger: "Who plotted against me, can't you say it now?"

He didn't see that one of the few princes who had been ignored by him had a twinkle in his eyes.

The princes who were watched by him glanced at him indifferently, and finally the prince said: "Third son, I told you, even if other brothers did this, no one would admit it, why do you waste your efforts? "

The third prince was furious: "His Royal Highness really can stand and talk without back pain!"

The prince's face darkened for a moment, and he walked directly to the bookshelf and found a place to sit down, not bothering to talk to him anymore.

He didn't realize that there was a fat mouse hidden behind the stack of books behind him.

The other princes looked impatient.

The fourth prince said with a sullen face: "Third brother, if there is nothing else, the younger brother will leave."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Among the dozen or so grown-up brothers present, he had the worst power in his hands. No matter who did the third prince's matter, he had nothing to do with him.

But the third prince actually stopped him: "Fourth brother, the matter has not been resolved yet, you'd better stay with third brother and wait for the truth to come out."

If the staff hadn't told him, the prince and the fourth prince couldn't have done this. If he couldn't say it, he would directly suspect the fourth prince.

The fourth prince frowned: "Third brother, this matter has nothing to do with me!"

The third prince didn't take him to heart, and replied casually, "I know."

The fourth prince was so annoyed that he simply went to sit next to the prince and sat down without saying anything.

At this time, only the fifth prince, the seventh prince and the eighth prince are left to be targeted by the third prince. These three princes have already married wives and have begun to participate in court affairs. They are very powerful and have the strength to instigate rebellion. Officials under his command.

As long as he thinks that the good situation he had worked so hard to plan has disappeared in just two years, and now it is almost impossible to recover because of a frame, the third prince hates the culprit who caused all this in his heart.

The faces of the three princes who were targeted by him were also not good-

Anyone who is slandered for no reason will not be able to have a good face towards the third prince.

But even if the third prince has little hope of winning the heir apparent, as long as he can win back his father's heart, it is not impossible for him to do so in the future.And on this point, the third prince did the best besides the prince.

No one can guarantee that the third prince will really ascend to the throne, and besides, he is still the elder brother of the three princes.

Even if they held their breath, the five or seven or eighty three princes could only find a way to dispel the suspicion of the third prince.

The fifth prince said: "Third brother, I like beauties. You also know that I am usually most afraid of hearing those censors gossiping in front of the father. How can people win over the censors?"

The seventh prince said: "Third brother, I am struggling in the military department now,