The Opening of the Red Chamber

The news was indeed a thunderclap on the ground, and Lin Fan's mind froze for an instant.

After being stunned for a while, Lin Fan asked him to go down from the letter to rest.She thought that since this matter had reached her, it would be better to tell her uncle Jia Amnesty by the way.In addition, I thought of Grandma Liu at Sister Feng's place, so let's take a look together by the way.After thinking about it, he got up and changed his clothes and tidied up his appearance.While dressing up, she ordered Xueyan to bring the keys, and then asked Yunxia to follow Xueyan to the room in the back building to wrap 30 taels of silver and pick up five bolts of fine cotton cloth.After all the people and things were ready, he took the two little girls, Yunxia, ​​Yunwei and Qiaohe and Qiaoyun, straight to Sister Feng's yard.

This trip is really a coincidence.It happened that Ping'er was talking to Grandma Liu. Sister Feng had just given birth, and even with delicious and nourishing food, giving birth is a hell of a journey, so I only spoke a few words to Grandma Liu. , I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

According to Sister Feng's instructions, Ping'er talked intermittently with Grandma Liu outside.

When Lin Fan came, he happened to hear Ping'er asking Grandma Liu about the harvest of this year's crops and whether the materials for the New Year were ready this year.Grandma Liu is an honest person, so she answered Ping'er's questions one by one.As soon as Lin Fan came, Ping'er briefly explained where Grandma Liu came from, and asked her to continue talking with Ping'er, while he listened.

When Grandma Liu said that it was snowing heavily in the countryside, Lin Fan couldn't help but interrupted and asked, "Grandma Liu, when you came to the city, was it still snowing in the countryside? How is the situation in the countryside now?"

Grandma Liu put her arms around her grandson Ban'er, sighed and said in detail: "The girl is young, and she has never seen the climate of this land. I have lived for so many years, grandma, and this is the first time I have seen such a big one." Snow. The situation in our village is fine, and no house has been crushed by heavy snow yet. The village next door is not doing well. I heard about houses collapsed in the village next door yesterday morning.”

As soon as it was said, Ping'er, a soft-hearted girl, also sighed and regretted.But it didn't take long for this to be said, and after chatting about some homely things, the topic naturally shifted to formality.Because Lin Fan came here suddenly, Ping'er knew that she must have something to say to Sister Feng, but it was inconvenient for Grandma Liu to be outside, so she thought of sending him away quickly.Firstly, he knew the purpose of Grandma Liu's visit, and secondly, the snow outside the house seemed to be showing signs of getting bigger again.

"Grandma, I don't want to nag you any more today. It's snowing heavily outside, and our grandma gave birth, so it's hard to keep you here because of the blood." Ping'er said, and stood up, and Grandma Liu knew it was To see off the guests, he also stood up.Ping'er walked up to Grandma Liu, took out a bag of silver from her cuff, and said, "Don't be disgusted, Grandma, this is the 30 taels of silver that our grandma asked to seal up, to make some winter clothes for the children and some food for the family. Don't be too disgusted with grandma, in this snowy day, we can't entertain well, since grandma is a relative, I will come and walk around more in the future."

Grandma Liu gave 30 taels of silver right away when she saw it. Her wrinkled face blushed with joy, and she hurriedly said kind words with gratitude.When Lin Fan saw this, he couldn't help feeling a little sad in his heart.The working people at the bottom, in this feudal era, lived a more difficult life.Lin Fan also gave Yunxia a wink at her side. Yunxia understood, and stepped forward and said, "Grandma, this is a little wish from our girl. Don't be too disgusted." The money was stuffed into the hands of Grandma Liu, and she pointed to Qiaohe who was holding the muslin cloth carefully and said, "Qiaohe is holding no muslin cloth in his hand. It is also a good idea to make some clothes for grandma and grandma and grandchildren, or add some small things." OK."

Seeing this, Ping'er quickly called the rough envoy woman in Sister Feng's yard to be a helper to help Grandma Liu take out the things.Later, when he was going to see off Grandma Liu, Lin Fan asked Ping'er to see her off, but he went inside to talk to Sister Feng.

Sister Feng probably heard the sound of seeing off the guests, and woke up again from a drowsy sleep.

After hearing Lin Fan's voice, he came up with the spirit to talk to Lin Fan.Although Lin Fan didn't come to visit every day, he would visit her every now and then.The two chatted a little about homework, and after Lin Fan looked at the newborn nephew again, he said to Sister Feng with some words, let her take care of her with peace of mind, don't think about anything, and come to see her when she is free.

After staying in Sister Feng's courtyard for a while, Lin Fan went to the main courtyard of Rongxi Hall, planning to talk to his uncle Jia She.

Fortunately, before she came, she had inquired whether Jia Amnesty had ever gone to court, and today happened to be none.

In other words, it was this morning that the empress dowager in the palace disappeared.Today is just another day of rest and bathing. It's really time for the old lady to die.Lin Fan came to look for Jia She, and Jia She, who is an uncle, naturally liked it very much.

Jia Shen's temperament has changed a lot in recent years. When Lin Fan came, he was admiring a recently bought picture scroll in his study, and he was so intoxicated with himself.Seeing his niece coming, he hurried to share his intoxicating experience.

Then, Lin Fan said: "Uncle, the queen mother in the palace is gone this morning, Master Qi sent someone to pass the message to me."

As soon as these words came out, it sounded like a thunderous rumble, and Jia She, who was in a state of narcissism, was anxious and tender.

"You said..." Jia She was shocked.Staring at his niece drinking tea with a calm face while holding the teacup, he really wanted to say: "Niece, I really didn't hear what you said just now."

Lin Fan raised his eyebrows, looked at Jia She's astonished expression, curled his lips and said, "I said this morning the Seventh Prince sent me a message from the congregation letter. The old queen in the palace is gone this morning. There may be some It has changed, what do you think, Uncle?"

Jia She heard it clearly, quickly put away the picture scroll on his desk, and said: "This matter...it's just... not much..." It seemed that he was dizzy from the news, and uncle Jia She was a little bit speechless. Upside down.

Lin Fan was indifferent to the death of a certain powerful and background old lady in the palace. She brought the news, and now she was going to go back to her study to send a letter to her beautiful uncle.

The Seventh Prince said that there would be some movement in the future, and if her guess was correct, once the queen mother left, the sage would probably use this excuse to hide behind the scenes and push the person he had chosen to the throne.By the way, this power in the court will be cleaned up once again, making sure to replace the key positions with people who are reliable and trustworthy.

Of course, this could also be another phishing incident.You must know that after the prince was abolished last time, the sage's suspicion became more and more serious, and there was no medicine to cure it.

After talking about the important things and seeing his uncle sitting in meditation in the study, Lin Fan leisurely returned to Yaoquanxuan's study and began to write letters.

You must tell your uncle Mei about this matter quickly, who knows what will happen to those high-ranking snake spirits in the royal family?Prevention is the most important thing.After thinking about this, Lin Fan wrote all the news he knew in Beijing to his uncle Mei in the form of homely chatter, and of course he also talked about his friends and guests since the beginning of autumn .It seems that a nagging family letter full of vernacular contains countless important news. I believe my uncle Mei will understand it after reading it.

Another thing that makes Lin Fan a little uneasy is the incident of falling into the water in the princess mansion last time.Lin Fan immediately wrote about this matter to his Uncle Mei's father, and his father told him to stay put, let nature take its course, and continue to get along with each other without in-depth contact.What he wants is the state of invisibility. Although Lin Fan can guess his father's intentions on the surface, but in depth, she has not figured out until now.After all, it is an old fox in the officialdom, Lin Fan feels that his brain is not enough in this regard.So, when he heard the news this morning, Lin Fan felt that his father had to take a look at this matter, to see the chain reaction that this matter was about to cause and those hidden under the water that were about to come out and cause a big storm. What are the things.

After writing the letter, Lin Fan sent someone to deliver the letter to Lin Shisi who lived in a shop in the city, asking him to deliver the letter.

After dealing with this matter, it was already facing the evening again.

Compared with Lin Fan's leisurely attitude, after the Queen Mother passed away this morning, the people in the palace and the members of the royal family were all very busy.When Lin Fan delivered the letter in the afternoon, the official news of the Queen Mother's death was officially released.

As soon as the news came out, the officials and wives in the middle of the capital would naturally go to the palace to mourn.After the news came, Sister Feng, who was still in confinement, suddenly remembered what Lin Fan said when she came to see her this morning, and it took a moment to understand what Lin Fan said.

He also said that the eldest princess and the seventh prince are here, the aunt and nephew are also very busy, each mobilizing their own personnel to deliver news and arrange the layout.It's not just them, but anyone who has anything to do with this power can't stay idle.At this moment, the aunt and nephew were kneeling in front of the brazier and burning paper, but what they said was not a prayer to the deceased, but an astonishing dialogue.

"Lao Qi, what happened to the people you sent out a few days ago? Make sure that the fifth and third are connected? Did you do a good job of collecting food? They are all buried in the fifth and third Is there?"

"Don't worry, Aunt Huang, this matter has been handled properly. I will ensure that the fifth brother and the third brother will do a good job and everything will be fine."

"That's good, those chess pieces can be hidden after they are used." The eldest princess changed the subject again and asked, "By the way, I see that you sent someone to deliver a letter to that girl Lin this morning." The question was strange, it was clearly a declarative sentence, but it was in a questioning tone.

The seventh prince, Shui Junhui, lowered his head and handed the yellow paper to the brazier, and said calmly: "Well, tell her about the passing of the Queen Mother, and by the way, tell her that no matter what she sees or hears recently, she must pretend not to know."

When the eldest princess heard this, she couldn't help laughing: "Then girl, are you sure?"

"She has very good luck as a nobleman, and can bring good luck to others. She is also smart, and there are people behind her. Even if I don't call her, she will know." The Seventh Prince immediately thought of this matter. A few days ago, when Lin Fan told about someone maliciously hoarding food and the behind-the-scenes incident of the puppet mentioned more than ten days ago, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Aunt Huang, her sensitivity to this political affairs is not very high. , but the feeling of seeing the big picture from small things is really strong. I will tell her in advance to let her think about some things by herself. If I am not mistaken, she must write to her father. Lin girl herself has In my opinion, we are hiding this matter. Instead of letting her guess it, it is better to give her a clue now. Let her think wildly. Even if the water is clear in the future, she will find out. With her temperament, it is inevitable I won't say much."

"You are quite courageous, aren't you afraid of her?"

"Auntie, do you think Mr. Lin has suffered in the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River? And this little girl's behavior this summer, even the saint said she can't handle her, and the way she gets along with us, what do you think? Will she?"

"It is."