The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

Riding a tall horse, wearing the bridegroom's wedding dress, carrying a sedan chair, and whistling along the way, Lin Shuyu welcomed her daughter-in-law back.

After the worship, the bride is sent to the bridal chamber, while the groom has to toast with relatives and friends outside. When he encounters a few bad-hearted people, he even tries to get Lin Shuyu drunk to let his bridal chamber spend the night of festivities.

Fortunately, Lin Shuyu has already been baptized by wine. Although he can't say that he won't be drunk after a thousand glasses, he can drink more than ordinary people. Even if he was sent to the bridal chamber, he was also drunk and dizzy.

After asking Xu Hao to help drive away a group of people who tried to make trouble in the bridal chamber, send away the guests who came to congratulate them, and ordered the housekeeper to tidy up the house, Lin Zhixiao and Shulan could finally breathe a sigh of relief.The daughter-in-law has already married into the family, and she can only bear the good or the bad, but on the surface, she still has to take care of her face, at least not let people pick the thorns first.

After taking a bath and changing clothes and going to bed, Shulan looked at the bed curtain and sighed, every time she thought of this, her heart would be filled with embarrassment.

Lin Zhixiao on the side said in surprise, "Why are you sighing?"

"How can you stop sighing!" Shulan turned her head and glared, "This is a marriage bestowed by the emperor, and there will be no chance of reconciliation in the future. If this Chen family is not good, then our family will have no peace." Pure He knew about Xia Jingui's sequelae.

"If she's not good, it's cheap for you, just hide in the outer courtyard, but me?" Shulan gave Lin Zhixiao a blank look. As a mother-in-law, she has to deal with the Chen family every day. If she really meets a daughter-in-law like Xia Jingui, Shulan felt that she must have been unlucky for eighteen lifetimes.

Although the Chen family is a concubine, and she is a concubine without a family, but she is the younger sister of Concubine De.If the Chen family is virtuous and virtuous, but if it is really a domineering one, then Shulan has no place to cry.After all, compared to Chen's, her current status is more embarrassing. Although she is Lin Shuyu's mother, she also has no natal family.

If there was a real fight, even with her mother-in-law's natural protective film, Shulan really didn't have much confidence to win the Chen family.

"You just love to think too much and worry about it." Lin Zhixiao said helplessly: "You only think about her bad, why don't you think about her." Lin Zhixiao didn't have such worries like Shulan.

It is only natural for me to beat my son and mother-in-law to control my daughter-in-law!

No matter how noble and favored the concubine De is, so what?

After all, she is only a member of the harem, and she is not qualified to intervene in the affairs of the previous court. The power to support the Chen family is limited, and Lin Zhixiao said that since the concubine De is so favored, she should be a person who knows how to advance and retreat, otherwise the emperor would not be so favored After all, there are many beautiful women in the world, she is not bad.In this way, this Chen family can think a little better.

As for the matter of his daughter-in-law, Lin Zhixiao didn't feel the need to worry at all.Most of the people who can turn their daughter-in-law upside down are because their sons are worthless and can't overwhelm their daughter-in-law.

In Lin Zhixiao's eyes, Lin Shuyu is extremely outstanding. Whether in ancient times or modern times, men are promising, powerful, powerful and rich, they are easy to mess with women, and women are attracted to them like crazy.At this time, it is too late for the daughter-in-law to guard against those little three, four, and five, and how can she come to provoke her immediate boss, the mother-in-law?

So the third aunt is the mother-in-law's biggest lethal weapon against her daughter-in-law.

It's no wonder that ancient mothers-in-law liked to stuff their sons, which was a way to show their majesty and seniority.

Although Shulan had lived in ancient times for decades, the Jia family was not happy to put people around the men. Those who became aunts and concubines were all made of beds by themselves, and they were very despised.Therefore, Shulan never thought that being a mother-in-law in ancient times could use this trick at all. Generally speaking, Shulan's worries were indeed as futile as Lin Zhixiao said.

Regardless of whether she is a good daughter-in-law or a bad daughter-in-law, a few concubines will stuff her down and keep the daughter-in-law obedient.

In the original book, when Xia Jingui married Xue Pan, Xiang Ling was the first to deal with, and then Xue Pan and Aunt Xue Xue Baochai. It can be seen that the concubine's deterrent effect is not small.

"Her situation makes me think better." Shulan pouted.

Lin Zhixiao shook his head and said helplessly: "It is because too many people are like you that the Chen family has such a reputation. Good or bad comes from getting along with each other. How can we know good or bad if we haven't gotten along with each other. Besides, this Tang Du bowed and got married, do you still think that at this time, you will not be able to resist the decree and disrespect and regret the marriage?"

Now that the matter has become a foregone conclusion, then don't be so entangled. Rumors hurt people, and it takes time to see people's hearts.

Shulan's pouting mouth didn't come down, obviously her mind hasn't turned around yet.

"If Mrs. Chen is really bad, why don't we move out, or let the young couple move out, that's okay!" Lin Zhixiao looked at Shulan and said angrily.

"No!" Shulan also replied angrily: "If we move out, you let others poke Shuyu's spine! If Shuyu and the others move out, people who don't know don't know how to arrange Hao'er. "People who don't know think that Xu Hao's tricks are superb, and Lin Zhixiao and his wife want a nephew instead of a son.

But when it comes to Xu Hao, Shulan thinks of something, "Speaking of which, Haoer is only one year younger than Shuyu, and now Shuyu is married, what rules do you have with Haoer?"

Lin Zhixiao is Xu Hao's uncle, and legally Xu Hao's supervisor, so Lin Zhixiao should worry about Xu Hao's lifelong affairs, even if Shulan didn't have Lin Zhixiao's words, he would not dare to intervene easily .

Hearing this, Lin Zhixiao was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I've been busy with Shuyu these days, I haven't thought about it yet. It's just that he's not as good as Shuyu, he has limited knowledge, and there's another couple who don't act very well. His parents, if they embark on an official career, they will inevitably be attacked in the future. But he is grown up now, after all, we are just uncles and aunts, and he has to make his own decisions about the future. I will ask him to talk about it .”

Shulan nodded, Xu Hao really had a problem.

When Xu Hao came to the Lin family, he was too old to practice martial arts, and his talent was not good enough after studying literature. He has never passed the boy's exam, and he has such a pair of parents.It's just that these days, everything is low-grade and only high-level studies are high. They are not Xu Hao's biological parents. If they rashly persuade him not to take the official career and contact Lin Shuyu, some people may think that they are deliberately suppressing him. Xu Hao.

"Master is right." This matter can only be asked by Xu Hao himself, and then he can figure it out. The positioning of the future is different, and the way to find a daughter-in-law is naturally different.

Just like Lin Shuyu, before the martial arts exam, neither Lin Zhixiao nor Shulan thought about betrothing him.After all, if Lin Shuyu passed the exam, it would be very different for people who will walk in the future. People will be picked on when they go out to be guests, do things and talk, and ordinary people really can't do it.

That's all, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, it is useless to think about it.

After a busy day today, Shulan was also tired, and fell asleep after a while.

Shulan got up early in the morning the next day, and today she had to drink her daughter-in-law's filial piety tea. After they were tidied up, Lin Zhixiao and Shulan sat down at the head of the lobby.

Not long after, I saw a newly-baked young couple come in. The two walked up to Lin Zhixiao and Shulan and knelt down. The servants on the side had already put a cloth cushion on the ground, and the two happened to be kneeling. On the cloth pad.

After kowtowing, Mrs. Chen took the tea bowl handed over by the girl beside her, raised her hands above her head, leaned down again and said, "Master, please have some tea."

"Okay, okay." Lin Zhixiao took the tea bowl from Mrs. Chen, dipped his mouth in the tea, put the bowl on the table beside him, and handed two red envelopes to Lin Shuyu and Mrs. Chen.

Chen made a teacup according to the law and presented it to Shulan, who also gave two red envelopes.

After serving tea and meeting Xu Hao and Lin Hongyu, Lin Zhixiao led the team to the ancestral hall. After paying homage to the ancestors, the Chen family was considered the legitimate daughter-in-law of the Lin family.

After leaving the ancestral hall, Lin Zhixiao and Lin Shuyu went to the front yard to discuss matters. Shulan waived Chen's gift and asked her to go back to her room to rest, and led Lin Hongyu back to the main courtyard.Lin Hongyu is already eight years old this year, and Shulan has already started to let her get in touch with housework. Although she basically listens with her ears up and doesn't speak, but with familiarity, Lin Hongyu, who was originally smart, is even smarter now very.

"Let people prepare these things and send them to Grandma." Shulan drew up a post with several things on it, which Shulan planned to bring when Chen Shi returned home in three days.

Because it was a gift of marriage, and besides Concubine Chen De, the Chen family had no other relatives, so she must go to Concubine Chen De when she returned home, etiquette is indispensable, even if they might look down on it at all.

After returning home, Mrs. Chen began to come to Shulan to set up rules.

But Shulan has never experienced the crying of being a daughter-in-law, so every time Mrs. Chen came early in the morning, Shulan let her go back after a short while.

This day was like this again, Mrs. Chen resigned as she said, and returned to her room, her eyes turned red.Waiting for only his confidants to marry everyone in the room, he couldn't help complaining.

"Auntie, what do you think I'm not doing well? I go there early in the morning to wait, but she still gives me a cold face." After holding back for half a month, Chen finally couldn't help it.

Speaking of which, Chen's fate is quite good. Although she was not the son that her biological mother Aunt Liu expected, at that time Concubine Chen De was old enough to take care of Chen. better.Aunt Liu has been the head of the Chen family's inner house ever since the Chen family could remember. Her parents love and fawn on her servants, and she will become even more delicate after her own sister becomes Chen De's concubine.

Therefore, even though Mrs. Chen was brought up to look good by the mothers in the palace after entering the palace, she was still a little arrogant and naive in her heart. Neither Aunt Liu nor Concubine Chen De could show their truest side in front of Mrs. Chen .

Although Mrs. Chen learned to be cautious in her words and deeds in the palace, it was only for outsiders who were not familiar with her.Mrs. Zheng's was the grand maid sent by Concubine Chen De to serve Mrs. Chen before. Later Mrs. Chen left the palace to get married. Concubine Chen De was worried about Mrs. Chen, so she let Mrs. Zheng out and married Mrs. Zheng Da as a companion and married into the Lin family.

Now Mrs. Chen didn't even change her name. With such deep feelings, Mrs. Chen now felt that she had been wronged. She couldn't and didn't dare to show it in front of other people. explain.

"Grandma is wrong now. Although my wife doesn't smile at grandma, grandma doesn't know that my wife may have such a temperament. Isn't that what Zhen Guifei in the palace used to look like? My wife's rules for grandma are all good. , I don’t mean to hate my grandma on purpose. Besides, there must be an eye for everything. Grandma and his wife have never gotten along before, and the wife has a daughter-in-law by her side. How can a daughter-in-law compare with a daughter-in-law? Grandma must not Thinking too much." Everyone Zheng said consolingly.

To be honest, Shulan did not show much affection towards Chen, but this is also human nature, even if someone inexplicably stuffs a stranger who wants to live with his son and himself for the rest of his life, I am afraid that he will not have a good face.

Shulan is not wrong about Chen's rules, and she can't find any faults.Besides, even if there is no such thing as a gift of marriage, the new daughter-in-law and mother-in-law will have to get along for a while to get along well. After all, people are not money, and everyone loves them.

Let everyone in Zheng say that this is not bad. The Chen family will not rely on Shulan but Lin Shuyu in the future. As long as she has the rules for Shulan in place, no one can pick a thorn. How does Shulan treat her? It is important, but not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Mrs. Chen wants to seize Lin Shuyu's heart during the time of her wedding.

Only by capturing Lin Shuyu can the Chen family live a good life in the Lin family.

After thinking about what everyone in Zheng said, he said: "Grandma and uncle are still newly married. My wife will come back after asking grandma to say goodbye to her every day. Isn't this showing sympathy to grandma? Grandma takes advantage of her free time to give uncle Wouldn't it be great to make some personal gadgets?" Naturally, we can't say clearly what caught the man's heart, and everyone in Zheng can only hint.

Mrs. Chen lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head after a while and said, "Auntie, you are right!" It's just that Mrs. Chen's thinking is a little different from everyone's. Mrs. Chen's thinking is that she is no longer liked by Shulan. If Lin Shuyu doesn't like her again, then life in Lin's family will be miserable.

If Lin Shuyu likes her, and Shulan doesn't like her too much, at worst, let her beg her sister to let Lin Shuyu let her go with her.The two can't see each other, and they don't like it or feel angry.

As he said that, he was thinking in his heart, whether it is better to make a pouch for Lin Shuyu, or a sachet, and a belt is also good.

Here Mrs. Chen was busy making things for Lin Shuyu, while Shulan let Lin Hongyu go back after finishing the housework.

A housekeeper who combed her hair gave Shulan a bowl of tea and said with a smile, "The third day of the next lunar month is the birthday of the old lady of Jia's house. Madam, do you see?"

This is the birthday of the first mother of Jia who came out of the Lin family, and the Jia mansion sent invitations in a serious manner. Because of the situation, everyone in the Lin family had to go to Jia's mansion on this day, and they had to send a copy of the invitation card. Good gift to go.

Shulan held the tea bowl for a moment, took a sip, and then said lightly: "We have just left the mansion, and our family background is also poor. Besides, the old lady is expensive. Mrs. Chaopin of Rongguo Mansion has never seen anything good. , Those with thin eyelids don’t need to take it out. I heard that Western wares have recently sprung up outside, so you ask your man to ask outside to see if there are any suitable ones.”

"Yes!" Zhang Sheng answered with a smile.

Zhang Sheng's father, Zhang Er, used to be Master Lin's confidant, and was also the chief housekeeper of the Lin family. explain.

Shulan said to Luwei, the girl next to her, "Go and send that gold-embedded jewel-embedded pearl and phoenix hairpin to grandma."

"Yes!" Lu Wei agreed, and hurriedly went into the next room to look for it. After she found it and showed it to Shulan, she took the box and went to the East Wing.

"My wife is so kind to the eldest grandma. The master gave it to my wife. My wife is willing to do so." Zhang Shengjia smiled, although his eyes were very hot, but she also knew that this kind of thing was not something she could have.

Shulan said with a half-smile: "There's nothing to be reluctant about. In the future, the whole family will belong to their young couple, but now it's just a hairpin. I've been cold to her for so many days, and I haven't seen her complaining in private. The rules are not good." Poor. She is one with Shuyu, and if she loses face, what face will Shuyu have."

The second understanding of Zhang Sheng's family is that the mother-in-law gave the new daughter-in-law a big blow, and now seeing that the new daughter-in-law is a good person, she began to open her heart and accept it.

The third day of August is Jia Mu's birthday, but if all relatives and friends come, fearing that the banquet will not be held for one day, it has been agreed to hold a banquet in both Rongning and Ningxia from July 28th to the fifth day of August. The mansion only invites officials and guests, and the Rongguo mansion only invites guests.

On the 28th, please invite the royal relatives to accompany the princes, princesses, princesses, princesses, kings, emperors and wives, etc. On the 29th, you will be the governor of the capital, the town, and the edicts, etc., and on the [-]th, you will be the officials and the edicts, relatives, friends and guests from far and near. The first day is Jia Amnesty's family banquet, the second day is Jia Zheng, the third day is Jia Zhen, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian, the fourth day is a family feast gathered by the elders and children of Jia's family, and the fifth day is Lai Dalin's Xiaoxiao and other families. The servants and others gathered together for a day.

In the past, the Lin family used to celebrate Mother Jia's birthday on the fifth day of the lunar new year, but now that they are released, their status is different, so they have to go on the [-]th day.The congratulatory gift Shulan has already been prepared and sent to Jia's mansion. Except for a statue of Bodhisattva, the others are all Western artifacts. It's fresh to see.

Shulan led Chen Shi and Lin Hongyu directly to Rongguo Mansion, and when they reached the second gate, Wang Xifeng, Lian's second grandmother Xu Shi, and Zhen's eldest grandmother Ye Shi were waiting at the door. She greeted her and jokingly said, "Oh, Sister Lin is here. The old lady has talked about it several times. Oh, this is the new daughter-in-law, she looks weird." The last sentence was looking at Mrs. Chen and saying of.

Shulan smiled and pointed at Wang Xifeng and said, "This is finally going to cure you. See if you still dare to make jokes casually in the future, be careful to lose face to outsiders."

Wang Xifeng pretended to be scared when he heard the words, which made everyone laugh.

After laughing, Shulan said: "When she was not married, she was raised in Zhongcui Palace in the palace, so you can see it naturally." There is nothing to say about this, Mrs. Chen lived with Concubine Chen Defei for several years , It may not be that Mrs. Gaoming knew her.Why hide it.

Wang Xifeng looked Chen Shi up and down, and said with a smile: "As expected, it was raised in the palace. Look at the water spirit, my burnt paper is no match for me!"

"Grandma Zhu was joking, I see that Grandma Zhu is more beautiful than Peony." Chen Shi pursed her lips under Shulan's gesture.

"Yo yo yo, look at this sweet little mouth." Wang Xifeng praised, then shook her head, "It's a pity, we are of the same generation."

"What's the matter, are you planning to do something wrong?" Lian's second grandmother Xu Shi joked.

Wang Xifeng shook the handkerchief in her hand and said with a smile: "What's the matter, I'm stupid but I don't understand what my brother and sister are saying. I'm just looking at her and wanting to get closer."

"Okay, okay, I know that Grandma Lin is a lovely person. The old lady, the eldest wife, and the second wife are already looking forward to it. Let Mrs. Lin and Grandma Lin go to see the old lady, the eldest wife, and the second wife first. Son, you can get as close as you want." Zhen's grandmother, Ye Shi, heard that this was wrong, and hurried out to smooth things over.

That's a good statement, besides, if the two of them quarreled and made some jokes on Jia Mu's birthday today, they wouldn't be able to eat it.

I don't know how Mrs. Xu will be treated by the eldest wife.But Wang Xifeng knew that Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied with her, and another year had passed, and she still had no news from her stomach. Some time ago, she vaguely heard that Mrs. Wang was going to stop Ru'er's contraceptive pills. How can this be possible!

Today's Wang Xifeng didn't dare to take a wrong step, she was afraid that Mrs. Wang would catch her and threaten her to stop the medicine for Jia Zhu's concubine.Compared with concubines and concubines, Wang Xifeng naturally hates sons and daughters more.

Shulan pretended not to have heard or seen this, and led Chen Shi and Lin Hongyu to the main hall of Rongxi Hall to greet Jia Mu. When she entered, there were already many imperial orders sitting in the room. start speaking.

As the younger sister of Concubine Chen De, the Chen family has no reason not to be the focus. Although it is not considered to be from the family background of the Lin family, just because the eldest grandmother of the Lin family is the younger sister of Concubine Chen De, they should treat the Lin family with special respect.In addition, this is a guest at someone else's house, and the people present are all veterans. Naturally, it is impossible to make the atmosphere awkward. The room that comes and goes is extremely lively.

Seeing that although Chen Shi was a little shy but coped with the temptations of the orders with ease, Shu Lan nodded in her heart. Chen Shi was worthy of seeing the big world, and now she was not afraid of the scene, and her generosity made her feel better. People feel good.

As far as Chen's is concerned, Shulan is the most satisfied with her, and she will not be inferior when she goes out to visit relatives and friends in the future.Everyone was chatting and laughing, and suddenly Liu Shan's family came in, and said with a happy face: "Old lady, someone from the Lin family in Yangzhou has arrived."

Mother Jia's eyes lit up, "Let them in quickly."