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

Shulan and Xu Hao took advantage of the big construction of the family-friendly villa in the capital, and quickly grabbed a handful of money. Seeing the white money, Shulan hadn't finished enjoying herself, but was shocked by the news that Lin Shuyu brought back.

"You said you were going to suppress the bandits in the south!!!" Shulan exclaimed with wide eyes, and then suddenly felt that this image of herself was stupid, so she quickly put it away.

Lin Shuyu nodded, "The commotion in the south is too fierce. The local magistrate's yamen can't suppress it. The emperor sympathized with the people and asked the officers and soldiers of the Southwest Camp to send troops to suppress the bandits. The few of us were just sent down by the emperor to practice and experience. There is a big army There is no danger, mother, you can rest assured!"

Shulan sneered and said, "You're bluffing me that I don't have much experience. If it's really that easy, would it be necessary to send out an army?"She still remembered that in a certain version, the king of Nan'an County lost the battle and asked Jia Tanchun to marry him.

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from my mother." Lin Shuyu said with a smile: "The emperor has already started to control the government, but there are two kings of different surnames who hold heavy soldiers outside." The king of the county is ready to put his eyeliner in the army.

It's better not to say this, being a spy is more dangerous than fighting, but Shulan is also a sensible person, since the emperor has already ordered, even if Lin Shuyu doesn't want to go, she has to go, otherwise It is to resist the decree and disrespect the whole family to copy and kill.

"If you want to go, I can't stop you, but you need to be careful." Shulan said with a sigh.

"Don't worry, mother, I will definitely come back unscathed." Lin Shuyu has absolute confidence in her own force, and the only thing she needs to guard against is the conspiracy and tricks used by some people.

"Oh, I hope so!" Personal force on the battlefield is useless, and Shulan doesn't ask Lin Shuyu to make contributions, but only asks him to come back safely.

Lin Shuyu looked at the expression on Shulan's bitter face, and said coquettishly: "Mother, don't worry about me, I will not be back until a year and a half from this trip, and now there is still plenty of time before I leave in ten days, why not invite relatives and friends Get together?"

Shulan froze for a moment, then nodded, "This is what it should be." If the suppression of the bandits goes well, Lin Shuyu will definitely be promoted when he comes back. Even if he is sent to the south now, he will be promoted to a half-rank official, which is hardly a happy event One thing, it's time to celebrate with a drink.

Shulan agreed, and then went to prepare for this matter, but she didn't know Lin Shuyu's real purpose. Why did he go to the south this time to suppress bandits?The emperor didn't have that kind of kung fu anymore. As for being afraid of four kings with different surnames, there are some, but now the emperor really doesn't take them seriously. Don't look at the royal family who are fighting fiercely for the throne and making small moves in private, but once the four There is a change in the king with a different surname, so it is appropriate to jointly suppress the royal rhythm that the king with a different surname will talk about!

Therefore, Lin Shuyu went to the south not because of the king of Nan'an County, but because of the Zhen family!

The Zhen family now dominates the three major weaving mansions, and the money is coming in continuously. The Concubine Zhen Gui in the palace and the Prince Zhongxiao outside the palace are not idle for a moment, they have been jumping around.

The emperor did not touch these people at the beginning, except that his foundation was not stable and he did not have much power and cards in his hands, and he did not know the exact evidence of the Zhen family. More importantly, it depended on the intention of the Supreme Emperor. If the Supreme Emperor was determined to protect the Zhen family, then the emperor Naturally, he dare not act rashly, otherwise he will be the one who is unlucky now.

From this point of view, the emperor sincerely wants to thank Concubine De and Prince Zhongheng.Concubine Zhen Gui is indeed the Emperor's favorite concubine, but that happened more than ten years ago. The new love back then has become the old love, and there is no shortage of beauties in the palace.In recent years, the new love of the Supreme Emperor has always been Concubine De. In the past, it was because Concubine De was tender and tender, but now, it is because Concubine De is indisputable.

Although the Taishanghuang's succession to the throne was quite smooth, it was not that there were no brothers to hinder him.He understands the temptation of the throne better than anyone else. Although the Supreme Emperor is a little more radical, he is not a fool, and the hidden guards in his hands are nothing but decorations. Although he doesn't say clearly what the princes below are doing , but probably still know something.

The Supreme Emperor originally abdicated because of his poor health and could not worry about his thoughts. This is the official statement, but another way of saying is that he was forced to abdicate because the prince below wanted to usurp the throne. Prince.

For this reason, the Supreme Emperor inevitably felt some resentment towards the remaining princes, even the seventh prince who ascended the throne and became the new emperor.Therefore, in the face of Concubine Zhen Gui and Prince Zhongxiao who have been relentless and eager to move in secret, the Supreme Emperor is naturally aware of it. Although he abdicated when he established the new emperor himself to use the new emperor as a shield, there will really be such a day. It's no wonder that the current emperor, the emperor, would be happy.

In addition, there is a very strong contrast with the Supreme Emperor. Concubine De and Prince Zhongheng are favored by the Supreme Emperor, but they have always been peaceful.Compared with Concubine Zhengui's behavior of giving benefits to her natal family at every turn and supporting Prince Zhongxiao's supremacy, this is really a heaven and an earth!

The Supreme Emperor, who had already doted on Concubine De, even doted on the mother and son. Otherwise, how could Prince Zhongheng be conferred the title of Prince before he left the palace, and the Supreme Emperor contributed a lot.

With Concubine De's mother and son making a strong comparison, Concubine Zhen Gui and Prince Zhongxiao are more and more consuming the affection in the Supreme Emperor's heart. It's not how long the Emperor has been on the throne now!The Supreme Emperor has already let go, as long as the emperor can have real evidence to dispose of the Zhen family, it will be fine. Of course, the premise is that there must be real evidence, and don't come for fakes.

It might be difficult to put it on other people's family, but it's too easy to put it on the upstart Zhen's family.In the past few decades, the Zhen family has been like an emperor in the south. It is too easy to catch the Zhen family's braids.

That's why Lin Shuyu was ordered to go to the south to suppress the bandits. Although it is easy to find evidence of the Zhen family's crimes, the south, especially Jiangnan, is the top taxpayer for the treasury. The Zhen family has been operating in Jiangnan for many years. Cleanliness or the Zhen family noticed it in advance, so I don't know what troubles will happen to Jiangnan.

What the Emperor wants is a prosperous South, not a broken South.Although Lin Shuyu's family background is not obvious and he worked with the Supreme Emperor before, but he is also the brother-in-law of Concubine De, and his family has a close relationship with the old relatives of the Zhen family, the Jia family. It couldn't be more suitable.

Then Lin Shuyu was chosen!

The reason why Shulan didn't think of this is very simple, the Zhen family has never made an official appearance in the Red Mansion, and the only two appearances were by sidestepping.After that, the Zhen family was finished immediately, but the time when the Zhen family was finished was wrong. Shulan remembered that in the original book, it seemed that Jia's family had collected the money and servants brought by the Zhen family to Beijing. She had calculated that Jia Yuanchun was now a concubine, and the Zhen family would be finished after Jia Yuanchun died, and that would be several years away.

Now how could she have thought that the emperor had already sent people to the south of the Yangtze River to collect evidence of the Zhen family's crimes, and was going to wipe out the Zhen family!

But even though Lin Shuyu didn't tell the truth to Shulan, Shulan still invited the Jia family and the Lin family. In Suzhou again, if something happens to Lin Shuyu, Lin Ruhai can help him.

Jia Min accepted the post and responded. She didn't see anything from it. She just thought that she would be fine if she was idle. It would be good to go out and have fun for a day. If Lin Shuyu can pass through Yangzhou, then it would be good to bring some messages to Lin Ruhai. of.Besides, there are also rumors that Jia Min is going to go to Jia's mansion. Although Jia Min is the biggest in Lin's mansion now, it's not good to go to her mother's house all the time, not to mention that Jia's mansion is busy building a provincial villa, and she is not good either. to bother.

On the contrary, Lin Jin raised his eyebrows meaningfully when he saw the post, and then shut himself in the study. Early the next morning, a servant of the Lin family left the capital in disguise and headed straight to Yangzhou .

It didn't take long for Lin Shuyu to go south, leaving only Shulan and Chen's two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law secretly sad.

Lin Zhixiao couldn't stand it any longer, and said angrily, "Shuyu is here to make contributions. If your gesture spread, you would think that our family is disrespectful to the emperor's imperial decree."

Shulan also said unhappily: "Why don't I know that Shuyu is here to make contributions. He is capable and a man. What he desires most is to make contributions to the emperor's family. But I am worried, this time there will be no Elder Deng is by his side, and he is going to do that kind of work again, how can I not worry about it."

The son travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried!

"All right, all right, I won't tell you anymore. Instead of worrying about Shuyu, you might as well show Hongyu his family." Lin Zhixiao said.

Shulan squinted at Lin Zhixiao and asked, "What's the matter, is there someone for a kiss?"

Lin Zhixiao shook his head, "Who do I usually get in touch with? Those are the stewards of various prefectures. I am reluctant to marry Hongyu to those people. I heard that the eldest daughter of Jia's family will be married after the next year." I'm engaged, and I thought Hongyu was not much younger than her." In fact, Lin Zhixiao just changed the subject.

"Oh!?" Shulan's eyes widened. "A few days ago, when the eldest wife and the second mistress Lian came to our house for a drink, I didn't hear them talk about it! I don't know which family it is."

Jia Yingchun is getting engaged! ?This is a strange thing.

"I heard that it is the eldest son of Qi Qinghou's eldest son. You also know that there is a full ten-year difference between the eldest son of Qi Qinghou's family and the eldest son of the first wife. Mrs. Qi Qinghou is afraid that the eldest son will become powerful in the future. After all, this concubine The eldest son was adopted by his original spouse before, so he wanted to find him an honest wife with decent family background but no real power and duty. It just so happened that the stepwife’s natal family and the eldest wife’s natal Zhang family had a good relationship, so this marriage was settled It's done!" Lin Zhixiao said.

This is a very common marriage in a wealthy family, right?

In addition, Shulan can also see that this stepwife is not only doing this to prevent the eldest son's wife and family from crushing her mother and son, but also because she is afraid that her own child will let the eldest son inherit the title of the family in case one day. At that time, Jia Yingchun will be related to her natal family, and she will not end up miserable in her later years.

Husband is a concubine of a noble family, whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for Jia Yingchun Shulan doesn't know, but it is better than the ending of being eaten by Sun Zhonglang in the original book.

"I've thought about Hongyu's marriage for a long time, but I still can't make up my mind." Shulan didn't think about Lin Hongyu's marriage when she had nothing to do.

The marriage between Lin Hongyu and Jia Yun in the original book is very interesting to talk about. Jia Yun is smart, well-spoken, and also a grass-roots generation who can do things and do things.Look at Cao Da’s Jia Yun is also a serious person, although it makes people feel that he has no backbone when he is attached to Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng, but in Shulan’s eyes, what is the value of backbone, Jia Yun’s father died young, and the family is widowed Mother, he can think about finding a real job to earn some money to support his mother instead of going out to mess around, which is already very good.

Although the Lin family is no longer in Jia's mansion, it is not difficult to find Jia Yun. Jia Yun is now in charge of the flowers and plants in the Grand View Garden. This is Xu Hao's main business now. Coupled with the relationship between his family and Jia's mansion, it is not difficult to get on the line. No problem at all.

The only thing that makes Shulan unsure is whether Lin Hongyu should be betrothed to Jia Yun. In the original book, even if Jia Yun has no wealth, she is still the serious master of the Jia family, and Lin Hongyu is the housekeeper's daughter and a servant. The two match well. .

But things are very different now, Lin Hongyu is the daughter of the official family, and it is expected that Lin Shuyu's momentum will rise in the future.If the Jia family is not finished in the future, this marriage still needs to be discussed, but the Jia family will be finished in the future!

Even though Lin Zhixiao and Lin Shuyu would not dislike Jia Yun's humble family background, but Lin Hongyu himself?In this world, Lin Hongyu and Jia Yun don't have an affair. Her elder brother married Concubine De's own sister, but she wanted to marry a down and out family. What do you make Lin Hongyu think!If this happened, those who didn't know would think that the Lin family would do anything to curry favor with the Jia family.

The Lin family can't afford to lose this person for the time being.

No matter how I think about it, Shulan feels that this marriage is not very suitable.It's just a pity that Jia Yun is a potential stock. According to the original book, he can still do something after the end of Jia's mansion.But Shulan didn't know, she would not regret it after a few years, because the fat water still didn't leave anyone else.

But to let Lin Hongyu marry another family, to be honest, Shulan really didn't know what kind of temperament the candidate would have. If Jia Baoyu cheated on all his relatives and friends like this, it would be bad luck for eighteen lifetimes.Besides, Shulan knew that the emperor would wantonly cleanse the court in the next few years, if they had bad eyes and married Lin Hongyu into such a family, what would they do?

"Tell me about it." Lin Zhixiao asked curiously.

"Since Hongyu and I went out, many people have come to say it in secret, but I don't look down on those people! I don't ask for the family background and wealth of the future son-in-law, at least he can't be a dandy. If you know how to make progress, then of course it is the best." Shulan's request is neither high nor bad, but it can be said that it is not low, how can this man not be careless if he is capable and wealthy.

Lin Zhixiao nodded. Everyone in the world has such an awareness, strict requirements on others and lenient requirements on themselves, he can add to the red sleeves, but his son-in-law can't.

Shulan whispered to Lin Zhixiao: "The family we associate with is the family of military generals, and the family of military generals is not as safe as the family of scholarly fragrance. It is our family who has Shuyu who is born with supernatural power, so we let him practice martial arts , but the grandson did not inherit this natural supernatural power. In the future, I think it is better to study and take the road of imperial examination. Now it is not safe for Hongyu to find a husband's family, but it is not safe to find a military general's family, and there is no way to find a scholar's family. Others may not be able to see it Come on, what do you think we should do?"

"Poor scholar..." Lin Zhixiao was interrupted by Shulan before he finished speaking.

"Master, stop thinking about it soon. I would rather marry Hongyu to the family of a military general than find a poor scholar for Hongyu." Shulan sneered, "How lofty a literati is, even if he doesn't rely on us to get up in the future , other people will say the same, when he gets annoyed, won't he hate our girl, what good life will there be for Hongyu. If he is worthless, he will not be able to marry, maybe he will use our girl's dowry It is impossible to feed him.

And what do literati usually talk about when they get together?It's all romantic, which family's actors are like, which family's sisters are like, and which family's gardens are like.It's not as good as a general's house, there are not so many hooks.Otherwise, look at the eldest daughter of the Xue family, why would she rather enter the palace and be a court lady than find a poor scholar to marry? With their family's money, they can support not only one poor scholar, but even a hundred of them. "

It's not that Shulan looks down on those inspirational emperors who were born in a poor family, but it's the fact that the vast majority of literati have always been like this, eating yours, using yours, wearing yours, and living in your final gold list. Disgusting you and forcing you to ask yourself to go down, to put it bluntly is worse than Jia Baoyu.

Although Chen Shimei's story is false, this kind of thing is not new in all dynasties. Otherwise, why in the world where men are respected today, there is still a rule that a man must give up his wife when he is poor, isn't it? In order to prevent such a thing from happening.

"You still have insight, but I didn't think of this." Lin Zhixiao has also heard of this kind of thing, especially after the three-year palace examination.

"Master was joking. Now my mind is in a mess. I don't know what kind of person to find for Hongyu. Master will also look around when he is walking outside. If we meet good ones, we will count them up." Shulan, a boudoir wife He knew the children of the capital, but he didn't know them deeply, and this matter had to fall on Lin Zhixiao and Lin Shuyu.