Enemies in the Red Chamber

Seeing that Wu Lin was called away without saying a word, Nuan Nuan was quite puzzled, "Why did Sister Lin leave as soon as she came?"

Nanny Li felt that Nuannuan's understanding was not as good as that of Daiyu back then, so she wouldn't teach her too much now, so she said, "It's just Chinese New Year, maybe there are visitors at home."

Instead, Daiyu wanted Nuan Nuan to know more things. Nuan Nuan had been favored since she was a child, and she was always protected by someone. She knew some things, but she only stayed at the stage of talking on paper, and she had no intuitive understanding of them. Not a good thing.So he said to her: "Your elder sister Lin fought with the princess, but in the end it was Brother Liu who was arrested by the Prince of Nan'an. Wu Lin is still on good terms with our family, and I'm afraid it will be bad news outside. Now it's time to avoid the limelight. When Wu Lin came to our house with great fanfare, do you think her family should let her go back quickly?"

Nuan Nuan came to a realization and said, "What are people's words to be afraid of?"

"Yes. How many people in the world are ruined by rumors. There are many people who don't know the cause and effect, catch a little bit of news and gossip about it, but they like to spread it around proudly, so many tragedies are caused, and they are easy to be used by others to deal with others. You must always remember the word cautious, listen less, believe less, think more, and don't let others catch you easily. It is best if you have a way to live in peace in the future. If you can't, don't forget that there are still This is the way to go." Daiyu taught her.No one can tell what happened in this world, not necessarily what Nuan Nuan will encounter in the future, as long as you don't want to harm others, it is always right to learn more tricks.

Nanny Li opened her mouth to say something, but thinking that Daiyu had always had her own opinions, she suppressed her conversation and only let the sisters speak.

Lin Ruhai, Jia Min, and Yang Shili didn't come back until before the curfew. Brother Chen and Nuan Nuan had already gone to bed, and Daiyu sat under the lamp and waited for them.Seeing them coming back, Daiyu didn't ask any questions in a hurry, and ordered someone to wait for them to wash their faces, and then served the prepared light hot soup and hot rice.

Lin Ruhai and Yang Shili were at the same table, with a screen standing next to it, and Jia Min and Daiyu were on the other side of the screen.Jia Min frowned. After eating half a bowl of rice, she said she couldn't eat any more. Daiyu personally filled half a bowl of sour bamboo shoot soup and brought it in front of Jia Min. "Madam, drink some soup. Only when you are healthy will you have the strength to deal with it." Jia Min sighed. He took a deep breath, patted her hand, picked up the soup and drank it slowly.Yang Shili next door also persuaded Lin Ruhai to eat more.

After the meal, Daiyu wanted to ask how the situation was going, but Yang Shili stopped her with his eyes just as she started.Daiyu asked the maids around Jia Min to take good care of her, persuaded her parents to rest at ease, and went back to her yard with Yang Shili.

After tidying up, only the husband and wife were left in the room, Yang Shili said to Daiyu: "The prince of Nan'an is completely playing a scoundrel, he has to rely on the elder brother, he only said that the elder brother misbehaved and committed crimes, but he didn't In the final analysis, how to punish, whether to hit the board or compensate should also be an argument, and it has been dragging on without letting people go. I see the attitude of the chief historian, they dare not do anything to the elder brother, now they are only afraid of the father-in-law The mother-in-law couldn't bear the torment."

Sitting in front of the dressing table, Daiyu brushed her hair sullenly for a while, and then asked him, "Is there any way to follow the formal procedure? It's better to let Brother Liu go to prison than to hang like this. There are loopholes to follow, so what is it if you don’t see anyone?"

Yang Shili sighed: "I also said the same thing, but my father-in-law said that the imperial court opened the seal on the [-]th of the first lunar month. Even if you go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sue, the Prince of Nan'an will not take it seriously. Before the seal is opened, there is no memorial, so you can't directly sue. Go to the Holy Majesty. I think that the Prince of Nan'an may have chosen this opportunity because of his thinking, and it should be fine after twenty."

Daiyu shook her head, frowned and said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. How could he, a prince who was captured before, have the courage to pick such a thing? He will gamble with his own throne and power. I am afraid that someone behind him will give him confidence!"

Before Yang Shili could answer, he squinted his eyes and murmured to himself: "From now on, there have been rumors that he is not in good health, and he has indeed been dismissed several times. I think that when Yuanchun became a concubine, I heard that the second wife was looking for a secret medicine. I want Yuan Chun to conceive and have a baby as soon as possible... I should have thought of it! Two saints are coming to court, one is old and the other is weak, this is going to tear apart. Seeing that the Lin family has surrendered to the present, the other party wants to make an example of others!"

Yang Shili was about to break out in cold sweat, he walked over and covered her mouth lightly, "Shut up!"

Daiyu took his hand off, turned to him and said, "Tomorrow you will come with me to Rongguo Mansion to visit my grandmother, and I want to see her family's weather with my own eyes." The situation can be guessed almost.To say that Rongguo Mansion is also considered weird, the family never knows how to hide, they are arrogant and domineering when they are proud, and they only behave in the nest and tail tucked outside when they are frustrated. If you want to know the direction of the wind, go to their house to see if it is true. wrong.

Although Yang Shili still couldn't understand the reason, but after seeing her sharpness in analyzing the political affairs just now, he didn't ask any more questions, nodded in agreement, and then pulled her into bed to rest, "It's getting late, let's go to rest, we will return tomorrow." It takes a lot of energy."

At this time, in a guest room of the Nan'an Palace, a dozen candles were burning on the candlesticks on the table, and there were tea, snacks and chess sets below.Brother Liu is sitting cross-legged in front of the chessboard, playing chess with black in one hand and white in the other. At first glance, he looks very peaceful and peaceful, but when you look closely, you can see that his eyes are full of bloodshot eyes, and the violent air is leaking from his bones. Seep out.What Daiyu could think of, of course Brother Liu could also think of it, he also knew that the current emperor had already been poisoned, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to really put the treasure on the crown prince.It's a pity, he thought that Lin Ruhai had crawled out of the quagmire, so he didn't tell him about it, and now he doesn't know if he can solve this situation.

Outside the door were four big men in brocade clothes, with sultry faces and fierce eyes, they could be seen as desperadoes crawling out of the dead.They half-closed their eyes, sitting on the stone bench in the corridor to rest their minds, no one said a word, but when they looked closely, they all kept their hands on their knives, vowing to make it impossible for an ant to get in or a cockroach to crawl out.

On the second day, Jia Min tweeted that she was unwell, and Daiyu and Yang Shili went to Rongguo Mansion.This time, when entering the door, I went through the side door in a regular manner, and after reaching the second door, it was also the mandarin duck beside the old lady who came to greet me.When Daiyu and Yang Shili entered the door, they had already avoided everything they should avoid. After seeing the ceremony, the old lady praised a few words and asked them to take them to greet Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng in turn.After Jia Amnesty met them, he only had two or three words to say, and Jia Zheng said he was busy, so he didn't see them, and only Baoyu came out to receive them.Afterwards, Daiyu went back to the old lady, and Yang Shili and Baoyu went to the outer study together to talk.At this time, Daiyu already had a bottom line in her heart.

When we arrived at the old lady's place, we saw Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang sitting on both sides. Li Wan sat next to Mrs. Xing. Baochai sat next to Mrs. Wang with a little girl in her arms. Aunt Zhen stood behind her. Xichun sat next to Li Wan. with.

Seeing Daiyu, the old lady pulled her to sit beside her, and said: "I heard from your mother that you will come in a few days. I have been looking forward to your arrival all day, and I blame your mother. Just such a daughter was sent to the old lady." Far away, even if I think about it on weekdays, I can’t see you. I’ve already delivered a letter to your second sister, and the welcoming girl is very close, and she should be here in a while. Second sister is here, I have seen your Aunt Lin.”

Daiyu's eyelids twitched when she heard that the old lady was about to call Yingchun back from her in-law's house.

According to Qiao's ranking, the girl born to Baoyu by Aunt Zhen was the second, and as usual, she didn't have a name yet, so she was called the second sister first.The little girl stumbled down from Baochai's arms to salute, and vaguely called her "Lin Bubu".Daiyu smiled and praised her, "You are a good and sensible child. Auntie gave you a red envelope and something fun to play with. Take it and play with it." The maid behind her brought up the prepared gift and handed it to the maid behind Baochai.

Everyone talked together for a while, and Mrs. Wang said that she still had something to do. Baochai also said that she was going to prepare a meal, and Li Wan also said that she had something to do, so she left.Xichun invited Daiyu to play in her room for a while, and then she also left. Seeing this, Mrs. Xing had no choice but to leave.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, the old lady asked Daiyu: "How is the matter with Brother Liu now? Your mother has a stubborn temper, so she should just be soft as I said. The situation is stronger than others, and there is nothing wrong with being stubborn." What's the use. Just because I said this, she was angry with me, so she didn't come today?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "How could it be? There is no overnight feud between mother and daughter. The wife is really upset, so she didn't come. The wife said, Rongguo Mansion is not anywhere else. I have been used to walking since I was a child, so there is no need to take it with me." , just come by yourself. This is how the two families are close."

The old lady also laughed, laughed for a while, and said, "Go back and persuade your mother, don't harm the whole family because of that useless persistence."

Daiyu kept the topic vague, but she was convinced that there must be something wrong in the palace.Sighing: "Brother Liu, I'm afraid this matter is difficult to handle. I'm afraid the Prince of Nan'an is still angry with the girl. But what can we do? After all, it is the prince's flesh and blood, and we can't really accept her The concubine, but the rumors have spread like that, let’s talk about it coldly, who knows, it’s a disaster, it’s a disaster. Now, I heard from my wife that there was no such thing as Brother Liu, and the confused Prince of Nan’an wanted to grab Liu Don't let me go, hey!"

After hearing this, the old lady had nothing to say, so she could only tell Daiyu to go back and persuade Jia Min to be soft.In fact, where did he want Jia Min to be subdued? He wanted Lin Ruhai to be subdued. After Lin Ruhai had been the salt administrator for so many years, even if he stepped down, he still had a lot of things in his hands.If you want to control the transportation of salt in the Huaihe River, these things are indispensable. This is the purpose.It also happened to be a warning to the monkeys, to let those people see that the current emperor is unreliable, and the Supreme Emperor is the one who really holds the power.

It wasn't until Yingchun came that the two stopped talking.Daiyu and Yingchun went to Xichun to talk, and then called Baochai and Li Wan to talk together.Everyone now has their own situation except Xichun, and they don't know what to say except lamenting the passing of time.

After returning from the Rongguo Mansion, Daiyu suggested to Lin Ruhai: "Father, you don't need to spend any more time on the prince of Nan'an. Why don't you find another way, I'm afraid there will be changes in the palace."

Jia Min worried: "You mean...? How is this possible? I despise villain behavior the most in my life. Even if I surrendered at the beginning, I didn't betray anyone. Even if I did it, I'm afraid I will suffer People criticize."

Daiyu shook her head and said: "That's not the case. I thought about it, Brother Liu vowed to send me to the East Palace back then, probably because he knew that the current Emperor and the East Palace had backers, and that they were more likely to win. Now even if the Supreme Emperor suddenly If you make an attack, you should not be very sure of winning, after all, the name is not right. Now it is better to wait, the imperial court will open the seal on the [-]th day of the first month. It is considered a statement. The emperor has to order him to let Brother Liu back in order to show others. If the emperor can't even go to court, then he has to find another way, but I guess this may not be the case. big."

Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words, but at the same time, he looked at Daiyu with puzzled eyes. What have their siblings been doing all these years in Beijing?Whose children can plan these!