[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

To say that Lin Ruhai didn't have the slightest feeling that Zhuzhu's name might be wrong with his own cognition, that's impossible, after all, Pippi's nickname is still there.

But Lin Ruhai didn't want to think about it.

Who knew that the two children only met Emperor Qisheng once, and the true meaning of Zhuzhu's nickname was exposed.

Looking at Zhuzhu who is still expressionless even though she is angry, Lin Ruhai only feels panicked, and really wants to ask Jia Shu who dug a big hole for him for help——

It seems that only Jia Shu can restore this kind of situation.

Zhuzhu sat in Qishengdi's arms, looking at him with black eyes without blinking: "Daddy is bad!"

Lin Ruhai was stupefied at this time, looked at Zhuzhu in Emperor Qisheng's arms, and then at Emperor Qisheng, but couldn't figure out how things had developed to the present situation.

He quickly lifted his robe and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please take it back."

Emperor Qisheng glanced at Lin Ruhai, feeling a little funny: "Famous? What order did I give just now?"

Lin Ruhai stared, what Qi Shengdi said just now was really not an order.

Even when Emperor Qisheng said that Zhuzhu would be recorded in the royal family tree, it was because Zhuzhu first mentioned to him that he would become a daughter in Emperor Qisheng's family.

But as soon as Lin Ruhai thought that his daughter might become a member of the royal family in a blink of an eye, his mind would short-circuit, so he could only repeat: "Please take back your orders, Your Majesty."

Zhuzhu looked at Lin Ruhai who was kneeling on the ground, and quickly broke away from Qishengdi's arms and ran over.

"Daddy." She didn't quite understand why Lin Ruhai knelt down again, and walked up to him and asked, "Daddy, is my daughter going to kneel too?"

Emperor Qisheng laughed when he heard the words: "Lin Aiqing, you'd better get up quickly."

Lin Ruhai looked at the eyeballs, then turned to look at Emperor Qisheng: "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Qisheng waved his hand: "Don't worry, I'm not so arbitrary!" Although he really wanted to disregard Lin Ruhai's wishes and record Zhuzhu on the royal family tree, but this kind of major event of adding population to the royal family was not done by him alone. Can make decisions.

Ordinary families have patriarchs, and the royal family naturally also has them.Even if Emperor Qisheng had an idea about these things, it still had to be discussed and agreed by the clan before he could give Zhuzhu a real royal status.

But I also want to know that the possibility of this kind of thing being agreed is very low——

Nowadays, it's not that the royal family needs to record the minister's daughter into the royal family as a princess for marriage, and the royal family itself does not lack princesses at all.How strong are the members of the royal clan to remember the daughter of a minister as a princess?

Even if Emperor Qisheng wants to adopt a daughter, there is no solution.The concubines in the harem have never stopped giving birth in these years, and the youngest princess is only one or two years old, and there are not many princesses who are as big as Zhuzhu.No matter how bad it was, those clan families did not lack a daughter. Qi Shengdi wanted to raise them, and they were more willing to have Qi Shengdi raise their daughter.

If Qi Shengdi insisted, of course this matter can only be done according to his wishes.

But the child Lin Ruhai's father disagreed, and neither did the clan's relatives. Even if Zhuzhu, a child, proposed to be a daughter of the royal family, he was just acting ignorantly, and he didn't understand what he really needed to face behind the words. What's the point of persisting?

Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

Remembering her daughter as a royal, how high a standard of life she enjoyed before she got married, she may pay a heavy price when she gets old.The marriage between the princess and the prince always has more political significance than others.

Emperor Qisheng waved his hands and continued to tease Pippi in his arms.

The appearances of the two children are actually different, but they are both cute. Now Zhuzhu returns to Lin Ruhai's side, but Pippi is still obediently sitting in his arms.

Lin Ruhai thought for a while, Pippi is a boy after all, it is impossible for him to be credited to the royal family, so there is no need for him to worry.

He simply turned his head to look at Zhuzhu, and asked in a low voice: "Zhuzhu likes it very much..." He was a little stuck, "Do you like Little Pig?"

Zhuzhu's dark eyes met Lin Ruhai: "I like it."

In order to let Zhuzhu have a clearer understanding of the creature "pig", Jia Shu specially asks people to order some pig-related dolls and wood carvings every year.I have to say that when the pig was still young, it was round and full of meat, and it was still very cute.

Zhuzhu likes ponies more, but she doesn't have a bad affection for piggies either.

Lin Ruhai really wanted to pry open his brain to see if it was filled with water?When Jia Shu ordered pig-related gadgets for Zhuzhu, he curiously asked Jia Shu why, and what did Jia Shu say at the time?

"Don't you think it's cute and matches Zhuzhu?"

Because Zhuzhu's body had been recuperated at that time, like Pippi, she also had a lot of flesh on her body, and she became chubby when she put on thicker clothes. When he heard this, he naturally thought of the child's body shape. , and deliberately asked Jia Shu not to mention this matter in front of the children.

He thought, little girls love beauty, so they shouldn't want others to say that they look like pigs?

now……

Lin Ruhai couldn't help it, he could only hug Zhuzhu and apologize to her, who made him call the child by the wrong nickname and the meaning of the name in front of the emperor for so many years?

Zhuzhu rolled her eyes, and like a little adult, she patted Lin Ruhai's shoulder pretendingly: "Daddy, my daughter forgives you."

Lin Ruhai: "...Thank you, daughter."

Now he can't bear to look directly at the baby name Zhuzhu, and he really can't say it out loud. After hesitating, he still feels that he will still call his daughter Wan'er in the future.

Emperor Qisheng watched the interaction between the father and daughter, the corners of his mouth never came down.

Pippi sat in Qishengdi's arms for a long time, and couldn't sit still anymore. She turned her head and saw Qishengdi's beard. She couldn't hold it back, and stretched out her claws to grab it.

Emperor Qisheng quickly lowered his head and asked with a smile, "What does Pippi want to do?"

When he was young, he took care of the crown prince himself, but after so many years, he has almost forgotten the details.What's more, the prince has been well-behaved since he was a child, and he has never done such naughty things as pulling his beard. Emperor Qisheng has no sense of crisis at all.

Lin Ruhai raised his head subconsciously when he heard Qi Shengdi's question, and then saw Pippi's movements, he quickly stopped: "Pippi, let go!"

Then it was too late, Pippi grabbed his beard and pulled it down several times.

Emperor Qisheng: "..." Oh, my jaw hurts!However, I can't lose my composure in front of my courtiers, I must hold back!

He forced himself to be calm, and quickly reached out to take the beard out of Pippi's hand, then put him down from his arms, and looked at Lin Ruhai with a smile: "The banquet is about to start, you take the two children there first."

From what he said, did Emperor Qisheng not intend to pursue Pippi's offense?

Lin Ruhai originally wanted to kneel down to plead guilty, but was a little at a loss when he heard Qishengdi's words.

Pippi blinked, not quite understanding what adults were thinking, and asked curiously after being put down: "Grandpa, are you angry?"

Presumably he was angry, because when he was at home, he would pull his father's beard, and his father would be very angry. Later, he simply shaved off the beard that had grown for two or three years.

But it only took a while for Lin Ruhai to get angry, and Pippi didn't feel that the beard pulling was serious.

Lin Ruhai really wanted to cover Pippi's mouth with a piece of cloth.

Emperor Qisheng waved his hand: "Pippi go, I'm not angry."

Pippi nodded, and then rushed to Lin Ruhai's side.

Lin Ruhai didn't want to stay in the upper study room for a moment, so he hurriedly left, picked up the two children immediately after exiting the upper study room, and walked quickly as if there were ghosts chasing after him.

After the people left, Emperor Qisheng took a deep breath and stroked his beard: "Tsk, this kid has quite strong hands."

Thinking of the instructions of the Taoists in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Emperor Qisheng was a little embarrassed.

"Let me spend more time with lucky children and say what is good for my health." Emperor Qisheng suddenly felt that Taoists in Ming and Qing Dynasties were a little unreliable, "If other children are like this kid from the Lin family, wouldn't I want to Short life?"

The Taoist of the Ming and Qing Dynasties didn't say to give him any pills, and he didn't see him draw talismans. Although he had a childish face, he always felt anxious and couldn't let go.

But among the monks and Taoists he found, it seems that only this Ming and Qing Taoist is reliable.

The methods of longevity that other monks and priests said were either too ethereal, which made him feel absurd, or were too sinister, which made him wish he could kill people directly.

Emperor Qisheng looked at his wrinkled hands and sighed long.

-

The banquet was no different from usual, just as dull and boring as ever.

Jia Shu was not interested in the other wives who came to each other and said some hidden words. After no one came to disturb her, she simply put all her attention on the two children.

"Pippi, you are following Dad, have you seen anyone?"

Pippi nodded: "It's a bit fierce to see an old man."

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows. It seemed that this old man was Emperor Qisheng: "Have you ever been naughty in front of old man?"

Basically before, Jia Shu was very worried that Pippi's naughty temper would cause trouble in the palace, so he specially whispered "precautions" in his ear several times, among them, he must be quiet when he sees his elders, and he must not talk nonsense. , nonsense.

Pippi felt a little guilty, her eyes rolled around, but she didn't look at Jia Shu.

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows: "What did you do?"

Pippi didn't dare to say anything, Zhuzhu on the side said, "Pippi was disobedient, so she went to pull the old man's beard."

Jia Shu: "..."

I don't know why, but Pippi seems to have a special liking for beards. Lin Ruhai used to have a short beard on his chin, but every time he was caught in his hands, it was a disaster. Because of the beard, Lin Ruhai even surpassed Jia Shu's position in Pippi's heart, as soon as he sees him, he will slip into his arms.

But although Pippi's strength is not as strong as Zhuzhu's, it still hurts every time she is pulled.

Because of Pippi, Lin Ruhai even gave up her hobby of growing a beard.

"Is grandpa angry?" Jia Shu was a little flustered.

Although she knew that Pippi could stand in front of her intact, and there was no news about what happened to Emperor Qisheng from the palace, so Pippi was definitely not punished, but she was still a little worried.

Pippi nodded happily: "Grandpa is not angry."

For some reason, Jia Shu became even more worried.

She really wanted to find Lin Ruhai immediately and ask what happened in the study room.But at this time the banquet started, she couldn't move around and could only wait for the banquet to end.

At this time, the lady sitting next to Jia Shu turned her head and talked to her, Jia Shu could only let go of his thoughts and socialize with her.

It's pretty quiet here.Everyone cares about their status and face when they do things on weekdays, and they have to turn several corners when speaking. Although the undercurrent is turbulent and many people have been stabbed by the words, but on the face of it, they can pass.

But on Lin Ruhai's side, it seemed a little noisy.

Everyone had quarreled in the hall, although they knew it was not good to be reckless at the banquet, but if they got there in a hurry, no one would hold back their temper and talk softly.

No one dared to quarrel at the banquet, but it happened frequently.

What's more, the prince took the lead, and many people had to stand in the front and charge for the prince whom they trusted.

At the beginning, the fifth prince raised a glass to the eighth prince with a smile: "In the past, when I saw my eighth brother running around behind my elder brother, I thought you were a reciprocal person, but my elder brother raised a white-eyed wolf. Sell ​​him. The key is to sell him, and he will treat you as a good person and count the money for you."

Although the Eldest Prince was imprisoned in the Clan Mansion because he was designed by the Eighth Prince, and because the Crown Prince offended Emperor Qisheng, it was unexpected that the Eighth Prince went to the Clan Mansion on purpose in order to better incorporate his forces. , the First Prince actually saw him——

He would know that when he saw the Eighth Prince, it meant that he didn't hold grudges against the Eighth Prince and still regarded him as a brother.

Not to mention the fifth prince, the other princes also couldn't figure out the brain circuit of the eldest prince: he was forced into the clan mansion by the eighth prince, and he didn't know when he would come out, did he?

But the fact is that the eldest prince really met the eighth prince regardless of previous suspicions. After that, the eighth prince also took all the forces of the eldest prince under his command very smoothly.

This was originally a matter between the First Prince and the Eighth Prince. It stands to reason that even if the other princes don't like it, they wouldn't be taunting him.

But when everything involves one's own interests, it is impossible to stay out of it.

Although the great prince's power was shaved time and time again by Qi Shengdi himself, his power has long been no longer what it used to be.But the size of a mosquito is also meat, not to mention that the power under the command of the First Prince is much larger than that of a mosquito's legs.

The other princes were very greedy. After the eldest prince was imprisoned, they began to divide and eat away the power that originally belonged to the eldest prince.Who knew that the Eighth Prince's intervention completely blocked their thoughts.

Now, the Eighth Prince naturally became the target of public criticism.

The eighth prince himself is tolerant, and he was not angry when he heard this, but laughed instead: "Fifth brother's words are biased, let's not mention that my younger brother is incapable of selling a prince, even if there is, is there still such a thing in this world?" Is there really someone who dares to buy it? What's more, you all know how big brother is, if I really want to sell him, can he give me a good face?"

The fifth prince only felt that his embarrassment was easily resolved by the eighth prince, and he took a deep breath.

But the Eighth Prince refuted these words, he still couldn't deny——

The eighth prince is right, how could anyone in this world dare to buy a prince.

The fifth prince picked up the wine glass resentfully, poured a large glass into his mouth, and looked at the eighth prince with very unfriendly eyes.

Seeing this, the sixth prince raised his glass to the eighth prince: "The eighth brother is still as sharp as ever, and the sixth brother proposes a toast to you."

The eighth prince's eyes darkened, and he immediately picked up the wine glass: "It's no better than the sixth brother." After speaking, he drank it down in one gulp.

There is no peace between the princes, and there is no harmony among the ministers.

Lin Ruhai was able to stay out of it at first, but obviously no one would let him go.

"Master Lin, everyone is talking, why are you eating food alone and telling us a word? Are you looking down on us?"

After hearing this, the people around Lin Ruhai who looked towards him sighed in their hearts: "My lord is joking."

This person is also a member of the Hanlin Academy, and his official position is equal to that of Lin Ruhai, and he is serving as a bachelor's lecturer explaining scriptures and history to Emperor Qisheng.However, it took him many years to become a Bachelor of Attendant, and he climbed up by himself.The key is that after climbing up, Emperor Qisheng didn't like him because he was old and his appearance was not outstanding. Every time it was his turn to explain the scriptures and history, Emperor Qisheng would have something wrong eight out of ten times. Either change someone, or don't want to hear it.

And the person who was replaced was Lin Ruhai most of the time.

But the most infuriating thing is that Lin Ruhai has only been admitted to Jinshi for a few years, and then triple-jumped his official position, and his rank is directly on the same level as him.Even if it is equal, it is not counted. A few years ago, Emperor Qisheng wanted to compile a book, but before the news came out, the good job fell on Lin Ruhai.

How do you make him angry?

Afterwards, this bachelor attendant disliked Lin Ruhai horizontally and vertically. Basically, whenever he saw Lin Ruhai, he would tease him and find fault from time to time.

Although Lin Ruhai didn't feel that he was at fault, but he couldn't argue with him, so he often avoided him.

But the two of them attended the banquet together, Lin Ruhai couldn't avoid it even if he wanted to.

The man said some sour words around Lin Ruhai again, which made Lin Ruhai frown.But before he could do anything to make him shut up, the fourth prince who had been sitting quietly in his seat suddenly said, "Xueshi Lin, Xueshi Chen, what are you talking about? Maybe tell this prince?"

The bachelor attendant smiled immediately when he heard the fourth prince calling him, but when he recalled what he said just now, his expression froze immediately, and he could only deny it with a stiff face: "It's nothing, nothing, the fourth prince must have read it wrong."

The fourth prince looked at him expressionlessly: "Oh? Bachelor Lin, is what he said true?"

What else can Lin Ruhai say?I can only nod.

"That's all." The fourth prince didn't care, "The banquet is still going on, so it's better for you to talk less. It's very noisy."

Because of his official position and title, Lin Ruhai's position was already closer to the fourth prince, but he was quite far away from the bachelor attendant who spoke at the beginning.If the Bachelor Attendant wants to talk to Lin Ruhai, he can only amplify his voice, which is not too abrupt in the hall, but if he insists that he disturbed the fourth prince, it is not impossible.

Lin Ruhai and the Bachelor Attendant nodded one after another.

Afterwards, the Bachelor Attendant no longer found fault with Lin Ruhai, and other officials also had their own friends and political enemies, but no one noticed him.

It's just that when the banquet was about to end, Jia She, who had come to the banquet with Jia Daishan, greeted him.

Whether it is Jia Daishan's status as the son of Rong Guogong or his status as the prince's companion, he has a place in such an occasion.

Lin Ruhai didn't find it strange, and after exchanging pleasantries with him, he began to pick up vegetables and eat on his own.

-

Back at Lin's house, Lin Ruhai and his wife felt physically and mentally exhausted.After putting the two children to sleep, the two immediately washed up, and then lay on the bed and didn't want to move anymore.

Jia Shu was lying on the bed in a daze when he suddenly heard Lin Ruhai say, "Ruosang, which 'zhu' is the baby name you gave Zhuzhu?"

Jia Shu was a little strange: "It's the pig, don't you know?"

Lin Ruhai was in a daze for a while: "My husband thought it was a slanted jade bead, a pearl like a pearl..."

Jia Shu was speechless, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth: "Pippi's nickname is like that, why do you think I will give my child a delicate nickname like Zhuzhu?"

She didn't think Zhuzhu was a bad nickname, but it obviously didn't match the style of her other nicknames.

Feeling depressed, Lin Ruhai turned over and hugged Jia Shu directly, mumbled "sleep", and fell asleep, no matter what Jia Shu said, he didn't open his mouth.

Jia Shu thought it was funny and stopped harassing him.

The period of Chinese New Year is always busy. It is necessary to arrange the New Year gifts for the people who are close to the Lin family, arrange for the servants to clean the Lin family thoroughly, and prepare the New Year's goods...

Busy and busy, it will soon be New Year's Eve.

Because of the small number of people, the Lin family's New Year's Eve has always been simple. The whole family sits together to have a New Year's Eve dinner, watch the New Year's Eve, and then go to bed.

But this year, because of the words of the Lin family bookstore, several new plays have been adapted into several new plays, which are very popular in the capital, and even Lin's mother has watched it more than once when attending banquets at other people's homes.

Thinking that the stories of these repertoires still come from her own bookstore, Lin Mu simply invited the troupe to perform at home after agreeing with Jia Shu.

Lin's mother and Lin Ruhai were really interested in watching, but Jia Shu and the two children were a little drowsy——

Jia Shu is really not interested in opera, but the two children don't understand it at all.Only when the martial arts students of Wudan play, the two children can make a fuss with them.

Looking at Hua Dan on stage, Jia Shu's nostalgia for modern film and television dramas reached its peak——

If only there was a TV and a mobile phone at this time.

But she could only think about it.

The Spring Festival is too long to be the Lantern Festival. When Jia Shu traveled to the Red Chamber, he always thought that the Spring Festival should be more grand than the Lantern Festival, and the ancients paid more attention to it.But after living in Jia's house for two or three years, she realized that the ancients actually cared more about the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival.

On this day, Emperor Qisheng specially issued an order to open the curfew.

At night, the streets are filled with lanterns of various colors, bright as day, and crowded with people.

Jia Shu didn't dare to take the child to the street. There were too many people on the street, and if he didn't pay attention, he might miss the child and be abducted by a kidnapper——

There are many more kidnappers in ancient times than in modern times.There are many more possibilities for the whereabouts of those abducted children than in modern times.

The key point is that in ancient times, transportation was underdeveloped and there was no monitoring. Even if the child was sold to a prosperous place, it would be difficult to find it.

Think about Xiangling's experience, being both a maid and a concubine.As long as Jia Shu thinks that Zhuzhu will fall into the same situation as Xiangling in the future, he feels short of breath and wants to kill.

Jia Shu really loves his children and will never let them take any risks.

But not allowing children to participate in the Lantern Festival is also a bit cruel to children.

So early in the morning, Jia Shu asked Steward Lin to find a skilled lamp maker, and made hundreds of lanterns of different shapes for the Lin family.

Among them, there are many cute lanterns made by Jia Shu himself according to his memory.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, just as night fell, the lanterns in the Lin family's garden were lit up. When the family walked to the garden, seeing the dreamlike scene, all of them smiled unconsciously.

The two children immediately broke free from the adult's hand and rushed into the garden, running back and forth, looking at the rabbit lanterns for a while, and the lotus lanterns for a while, the lanterns of the Chinese zodiac, the lanterns painted with flowers and plants, and the lanterns of various animals. lantern……

The two children ran around holding hands, feeling dizzy and simply not enough to watch.

The three adults walked to the table and chairs and sat down, looking at them with smiles.

Not long after, Pippi and Zhuzhu ran over, followed by a young man with a lamp in his hand.

"What's the matter?" Lin Ruhai looked at the sweaty Pippi and asked him with a smile.

Pippi turned around and pointed to the lantern in the boy's hand: "Daddy, this lantern can turn, and there are people fighting on it, so watch it. I want this lantern."

Lin Ruhai glanced at it and said with a smile: "This is called a revolving lantern. If you like it, Dad will ask you to make a few more."

"Where is Zhuzhu, don't you like it?" He turned his head to look at Zhuzhu.

Zhuzhu shook her head and pointed at the other lanterns: "I like those, I don't like fighting."

Mother Lin laughed loudly: "If Zhuzhu doesn't like the picture of fighting, we'll ask someone to change it and draw the circle that Zhuzhu likes."

The two adults and the children were talking happily. After a while, Lin Ruhai noticed that Jia Shu hadn't spoken, and turned to look at her: "Ruosang, why are you..."

Jia Shu's eyes looked at the revolving lantern in the boy's hand, but his eyes were empty, as if he was thinking about something.

He froze for a moment, "Ruosang, what are you thinking?"

Jia Shu came back to his senses and said with a smile, "No, I just thought of something suddenly."