Jia Minqi's family in the Red Chamber

After seeing off Zhou Li, Lin Hai went straight to the back house——since the first month of the lunar year came out, his daughter-in-law was already seven months pregnant. Because it was twins, he cared more than ever before, so he had to see it with his own eyes when he had time. Only the daughter-in-law is willing to live in peace.

At this time, four doctors in Hangzhou who are good at gynecology came here one after another. After seeing it, they all said that his wife was pregnant with twins this time... at least they were seven or eight percent sure.

The twins are bound to be born prematurely, except for the nanny who is used to at home, the midwife has already come to the mansion to wait quietly, not afraid of the wife suddenly mobilizing.

But this year, Lin Hai specially invited his riding and archery master to teach his sons and daughters how to ride horses, and even bothered him so much that he bought two docile colts from the Northwest Racecourse.

Jia Min has a lively personality and learned riding and archery from her father when she was a child. Although she was pregnant and couldn't try it herself, she wanted to go there to see the heroic appearance of her children.

As soon as the order was spoken, the chief steward who came to report was so frightened that he almost knelt down for his wife.

At that time, Daiyu's brothers were all there.

Brother Jue got his sister's wink and threw himself on his mother's lap to stay, while Daiyu ran to the study to invite his father over.

After a flirtatious "bargaining" between the couple, Jia Min finally agreed not to go out without the company of the master.

Why Jia Min didn't know the importance, she really knew it in her heart: the merits are enough, and this time the delivery will be smooth, but the master and the children don't know.

She was a little reluctant when she agreed, and Lin Hai saw it, so he... kept his wife tighter.

As soon as Lin Hai stepped into the main room where the couple lived, he saw his daughter-in-law hugging his elder brother and teaching his son how to read. Han Qi and his wife had just given birth to a fat boy. Jia Min couldn't go out, so he asked his nephew Jia Zhu and her daughter Daiyu came to congratulate her with presents.

When brother Jue saw his father, he patted his mother to hold his hand, took a small step forward, saluted politely, and then asked his mother, "Father and mother want to talk about themselves? The son is leaving. "

Jia Min pinched his son's little face, "The little devil is smart."

Brother Sui let his mother fiddle with it, but it didn't hurt anyway, so he turned to his father, "My son is really gone."

Lin Hai couldn't help smiling, "You talk too much."

Looking forward to the son who is looking forward to the stars and the moon, the attitude of the couple is far from doting.

Seeing his father and mother looking at each other, Brother Sui seemed too lazy to talk to him, so he went out the door with a smile... Just as he stepped over the threshold, he jumped up and down.

Lin Hai sat next to his wife, took her hand and asked, "How is it?"

Jia Min raised his leg, "It's swollen, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out."

The daughter-in-law has been bored at home for more than a month, and it would be a lie if Lin Hai didn't feel distressed, but at this moment he had to say, "You have to bear it for a while."

Jia Min leaned back slightly, "What did Brother Zhou say?"

How could she not know the reason for her visitor?

Lin Hai was also unambiguous, "We discussed some ideas, just in case, it's better not to go out."

Jia Min is also a person who knows a little bit, "The Sun family can come up with such ideas as raising private soldiers to eat big families, and they dare not do it in Jiangnan."

In fact, in the previous life, the Sun family didn't do anything to their colleagues in the south of the Yangtze River, but directly attacked a prince... The matter was revealed, and it was "defeated like a mountain", and the ending was even more tragic than that of the previous life's natal family.

However, with the Sun family's unreasonable disposition, the master really made them resentful, and it is not impossible to express their anger no matter what.

It's all about being careful.

Lin Hai continued: "I have added more people to Daiyu and the second boy, so they are not allowed to leave Hangzhou City."

Jia Min replied: "That's right." She grabbed her husband's hand and pressed it lightly on her belly, "Master, I made a calculation once and the two young ones came out. Although our family has enough manpower, there are some who are short-changed." one day."

In the past, the Lin family was passed down for several generations, and the retainers were all particular about the expensive and the expensive. When Jia Min gave birth to his brother, something went wrong, and Lin Hai personally dismissed the entire two families.

So Lin Hai didn't hesitate at all: it's time to recruit a group of new retainers.

Just taking advantage of the opportunity to deal with the Sun family, pay more attention, pick a few decent ones, bring them with you early or put them in the mansion~tune~teach them.

The staff in the inner house had to be carefully selected by Jia Min after giving birth and confinement. Seeing that the master listened to it, she said, "My niece Yuanchun is not young."

Lin Hai raised his eyebrows, "You want her out of the palace to marry?"

"Brother Zhu is in the south of the Yangtze River. My second brother and second sister-in-law have to be watched by someone." Jia Min sneered, "I don't think it's embarrassing. What's wrong with a married woman dictating her natal family? If I don't care, I don't know what trouble I will cause Come on. The Baochai girl of the Xue family is the niece and niece of my second sister-in-law and Mrs. Wang's family. She has no hesitation in selling it. Master, Baochai girl is only fourteen! Wait until the parents grow up, right?"

Lin Hai is really not afraid of adding fuel to the flames, "For the sake of our own future, children are nothing." He explained, "The father of the child is very angry, but he is also powerless. In fact, if he really begs me, I will Just write a letter asking Concubine De to depose that girl's name, but it's a pity that Xue Huan is reluctant to part with this road to promotion."

If the name is deposed this time, he will not be eligible to be elected in the future.

As the eldest daughter of a seventh-rank official, Baochai is not an important person even if she is handed over from the second-rank uncle and fifth-rank uncle.

Wang Ziteng and Jia Zheng are both following the prince now, so Baochai is also going to marry into the East Palace.However, filling people into the crown prince's east palace is either the sage's golden words, or the crown princess opens her mouth to ask for someone in front of Concubine De during the big challenge.

If Wang Ziteng and Jia Zheng could make the emperor change his mind, there would be no need to send the girl to be elected; and how would the princess be willing to prepare someone to serve her husband, or would she go to the concubine to ask for it in person?

Therefore, Concubine De, who was in charge of palace affairs, wanted to send Baochai home without any effort.

Jia Min also shook his head, "Let him go."

Lin Hai then asked with a smile, "Yuanchun girl, what is your charter?"

"Look for a down-to-earth young man to marry, preferably from the clan. After marrying, you can earn a royal order after a few years... Anyway, we didn't waste our efforts." Jia Min leaned on her husband and said, "Our family doesn't need To add any help in the harem, it is best to be a clean courtier. And compared to the face, of course I want the face, but the face can't be too bad."

He listened to his daughter-in-law's words very well, and Lin Hai asked bluntly, "Who do you fancy? Tell me and I'll do it for you."

His daughter-in-law has some friendship with several well-informed wives in Beijing, and he is not surprised at all if any of them have recommended outstanding talents or relatives and juniors to his wife.

Although guessing that her husband would not refuse, Jia Min still felt very caring after hearing what he said... The smile on his face became softer, "Master, you are not afraid of trouble, meddling in other people's business?"

Lin Hai said calmly: "Your natal family's affairs are nothing to worry about. If you know how to take care of the children, it would be a good thing to save us some trouble."

The second uncle and his wife are not very confused, but they are by no means sensible people.Take care of the couple's children, don't ask them to repay their kindness, as long as they can stop their parents from holding back - besides, with Zhu Ge'er and Yuan Chun's ability and character, he is indeed willing to take care of them more.

He deliberately told his daughter-in-law what he was thinking, and he also hoped that her daughter-in-law would not need to be grateful to him.

After Jia Min heard this, she thumped her husband, "You won't thank me if you don't say thank you?"

Master's official position has nothing to do with his mother's family. In fact, he is not afraid that his second elder brother and second sister-in-law will cause trouble and hinder his family.The Lin family has stood firm for many years, relying on their loyalty to the emperor, and they have always been impartial to the princes.

But then again, since my father passed away, even if my mother's family wanted to be loyal to the emperor, I'm afraid they didn't have the confidence to ignore the princes or win them over or threaten them.

Maybe the sons and grandchildren's family has already disgraced the second elder brother several times, and the second elder brother and the second sister-in-law join hands with Wang Ziteng and his wife to send Baochai to the prince, so as to show their loyalty?

So the second elder brother didn't send a letter to "persuade" himself, is he finally a little bit responsible?So she immediately asked, "Did my second brother send you a letter?"

Lin Hai smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry if you say you are happy, and tell me not to quarrel with the Sun family again, after all, everyone has to look at the prince's face."

Jia Min covered her forehead when she heard the words, and it took a long time before she could speak, "My second brother is really hopeless."

How much she wanted to tell the master: She was holding the water mirror and saw a long history family sent by Prince Zhongshun, and the second brother immediately pushed his son out to talk about it without asking a few words... After all, her family is also the first of the Duke's family, and the second brother is still The imperial court ordered officials to be cowardly like this!

At that time, she wanted to kick her second brother.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was aggrieved, Lin Hai hurriedly persuaded him, "You always choose the road yourself." He raised his hand to give his daughter-in-law a good look, "I haven't said who you fancy yet."

Jia Min said decisively: "The second son of Prince Ning."

Lin Hai thought for a while, "It's a good candidate."

King Ning is the present's cousin, so he didn't choose the right person back then, so he just ended up having fun at home.However, no matter how unsuccessful Prince Ning's Mansion is, it is still the Prince's Mansion, and the family status is definitely not something that the second room of Rongguo Mansion can easily afford.

Coincidentally, King Ning's second son was born out of the first wife of King Ning, who is gone. Now the mansion of King Ning's mansion is the second Princess Ning who is 20 years younger than King Ning.

This Concubine Ning is beautiful and scheming, she even gave birth to three sons to King Ning, and also won over the three sons born to him by King Ning.

As an ordinary stepmother, for the sake of her son, she would not hire a noble daughter-in-law for her original son.

As long as Concubine De is willing to speak out about this marriage, it will be eight or nine points.

The reason why he was chosen was, of course, that the second son of Prince Ning had contributed a lot to the sixth prince's victory over the heir apparent, and the sixth prince would be of great use after he ascended the throne, but he was by no means the most prominent group of heroes.

Jia Min also considered sending Yuan Chun to the sixth prince early, just like in the previous life.

In the previous life, Yuan Chun was the first to serve in the East Palace. He made a contribution by reporting on the prince, and was brought into the harem by the sixth prince, who would later become the Holy One.

The titles of concubines in this dynasty are mostly single-character, double-character... they are already dead.

At that time, Yuan Chun could think that she made an exception for the Holy Father because she was extremely favored; or...the Holy King had already regarded her as a dead person.

Just look at Yuan Chun, who had no son and died early, and failed to support his father and brother when he was alive, and even let the Zhongshun Palace bully him, but he didn't respond in the slightest.

As a real aunt, no matter how wishful Jia Min was, she would never believe that Yuan Chun was in the former situation.Moreover, the sixth prince, who will be the future sage, seems to really dislike Yuan Chun.

In this life, don't let girl Yuanchun walk on thin ice in the palace. It's better to find a man with a good future who won't spoil his concubine and kill his wife to marry.

Ever since Jia Min accumulated merits and became pregnant, her heart has softened a lot: she has a good life, and she will never secretly hope that others will have a bad life for no reason.

But Lin Hai promised his wife, so he wrote a book that night and sent it to the capital.

The next day, Jia Min hurriedly called Zhu Geer to speak while her stomach still hadn't moved.

Jia Min didn't have time to exchange pleasantries, but said directly, "Yuan Chun is not young, do you have an idea as a big brother?"

Jia Zhu really didn't want his sister to be betrayed by his parents again, so he went straight to the prostration, "I don't care about my aunt, it's all up to my aunt to arrange."

Jia Zhu deserves to be a sensible person: If it weren't for the aunt's sake, would my uncle be able to control their brothers and sisters? !Therefore, although my uncle has made great efforts, it is my aunt who should really thank me.And the aunt's love for their brothers and sisters cannot be faked!

Jia Min looked at his nephew who was prostrating in front of him, and smiled gratifiedly, "Since you thanked me, I will arrange it for your sister. I know that you brothers and sisters have their own ways to send messages. You tell Yuan Chun, and I will give her a message." Picked the second son of Ning Wang's family. If you are not satisfied, tell me as soon as possible."

Jia Zhu knew that her uncle and Concubine De's natal family were on good terms, so she immediately said, "Nephew, let's do it."

At this moment, Aunt Xue had already lived in Beijing with her daughter Baochai for a full month—no matter how much Xue Pan begged, Xue Huan still kept his son by his side.

During this period, Aunt Xue took Baochai to the Rongguo Mansion and the eldest brother's mansion, but she lost her original intimacy when she saw her sister-in-law and elder sister again.

Sitting and talking together, Aunt Xue was still not sure about Baochai's entry into the East Palace from her sister-in-law... her expression changed immediately.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said, "It's still early, don't be in a hurry."

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue's sister-in-law, Wang Ziteng's wife also said, "Your eldest brother will return to Beijing to report on his duties, sister, don't worry."

Having said that, when she returned to her home, Aunt Xue couldn't help crying while holding Baochai, "My poor son!"

In the past two years, her mother has been hit hard—the aunt and aunt she has devoted herself to are not what she imagined, Baochai sighed softly thinking about this.

She is only fourteen, and with her father's careful guidance, she is more stable than her mother. At this moment, she even persuaded her mother, "When Cousin Yuan Chun enters the palace, I'm afraid she will be resigned to fate."

Aunt Xue's heart hurt even more, "I don't know what's going on, why do I believe their words so much!"

But Baochai had heard from her father that most of the girls around the prince were offered by the Sun family, so if she showed interest in the East Palace when she entered the palace for election, she might be targeted immediately.

Besides, my father has now taken refuge in Mr. Lin...

Look at cousin Yuanchun who is serving as a female official next to Concubine De, and her rank is higher than that of her father.When the time comes to enter the palace, it is time to spend some money to see my cousin, and then ask for advice.

Before the departure, my father also told me that I don't have to listen to everything my uncle and uncle say...

Because my uncle and uncle had a sudden idea, and after not getting along with the teaching mother who came out of the palace for a long time, Baochai wanted to "catch the ducks to the shelves" and went to the palace to be selected according to the order.

With Yi Baochai's appearance, it is not difficult to pass the primary election... But under the scrutiny of all the girls, she lowered her head and glanced at the dignified female official standing behind Defei——this female official was looking at her slightly. nod.

And Concubine Xian who was sitting in the hands of Concubine De suddenly said: "I see that this girl is not bad, the sixth one is short of two servants."

Concubine De smiled and said: "Since my sister has taken a fancy to it." She turned her head and ordered the servant who was recorded next to her, "Leave it."

Yuan Chun, who was standing behind Concubine De, blinked: I should say my cousin is lucky or not...

And Baochai was already falling into the clouds at this moment, and he was completely dumbfounded: how could it be the concubine Xian?Sixth?The sixth prince?Why is the princess silent? !