Lin Xuan of the Red Chamber

People in the world often say that there is heaven and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou. This sentence refers to the Jianghuai area, which has picturesque scenery and outstanding people. Gusu is located in Jianghuai. It is the first place where everyone gathers in the world, and it is also the most romantic and prosperous place in the world.

In such a place, it is natural that everyone's hermits, dignitaries and dignitaries are indispensable.And the Lin family is one of the Gusu families.

The Lin family is not only an aristocratic family, but also a scholarly family. The four generations of lords of the ancestors passed on the family with their scholarly delicacy. It can be said that they are an incomparably noble and scholarly family. Even though Lin Ruhai's generation has no title, they are from a serious family background. At the beginning of the scientific examination, Lin Ruhai overwhelmed all the talented scholars, and was hand-picked by Jinshang as Tanhua.Later, he was awarded the post of doctor of Lantai Temple.Up to now, he has been a senior member of the second rank in the current dynasty, and he is regarded as a minister of the upper arm, hand-picked as the censor of Yanyan, and sits in Yangzhou. He is really a very romantic person.

Lin Ruhai is proud of his official career, and his love scene is not inferior. He has an extraordinary appearance, can be said to be personable, and a good-looking talent. When he was in the first place, he won the love of many young ladies when he was in the first place, and he won the love of many young ladies. In the end, he chose out of thousands to marry Rongguo Mansion. The prostitute Jia Min is his wife. This Jia family is also extraordinary, not inferior to the Lin family, and even surpasses it. The "Four Kings and Eight Dukes" are the most prestigious families in the court. Jia's family occupies two, and Ningguo Gonghe Rongguogong is the descendant of Yin Ji.That Jia Min is also very beautiful, talented, and gentle and virtuous. After marriage, the two of them raised their eyebrows together, and they were very affectionate.

But there is nothing completely satisfactory in this world. Although this Jia Min is good, she has been married to the Lin family for many years but has nothing to do. Lin Ruhai is now more than half of her husband, but still has no children under her knees. Seeing that the Lin family's incense is hard to continue , Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are certainly grey-headed, but Lin Ruhai’s mother, Mrs. Lin, really can’t sit still. Relatives from distant families came to the door one after another, wanting to carve up the Lin family business, all thanks to the old lady Lin who insisted on guarding the family business and bringing up Lin Ruhai.

This old lady Lin is a smart person. She knew that when Jia Min first entered the mansion, her son liked Jia Min who was gentle, virtuous, and talented, so she wanted Mr. Jia Min to have a son. In the eyes of the concubines in the backyard, they would drink the avoiding son soup every time afterwards. This is normal, and most of the families do this. Mrs. Lin also liked this daughter-in-law very much. She was from a good family background, good-looking, well-behaved, well-mannered, and knew how to respect her mother-in-law, so she didn't say anything.

But now more than ten years have passed, and Jia Min has never had a child. Mrs. Lin can no longer tolerate it. A few years ago, the concubines in the backyard stopped the soup for avoiding children, but there is no news in the past few years. Mrs. Lin At first, I thought that these concubines probably drank too much soup and were not easy to conceive, so I sent them to the concubine, but it didn't happen, but there was no movement. For this reason, she couldn't help but suspect that Jia Min didn't want to conceive. The concubine was born, and he tampered with it in secret, but he searched it secretly, but he couldn't find anything. There was no way, old lady Lin could only suppress this thought, but there was a suspicion in her heart, and she didn't like it to Jia Min. Once upon a time.

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At this time, the Lin Mansion is in a small flower hall in a simple, quiet, patchwork and elegant courtyard with a unique atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River.

Mrs. Lin is sitting on a large beauty couch filled with lacquer, gold and mother-of-pearl, leaning on the autumn-colored brocade brocade that a Magu presented her as a pillow, and is being gently beaten by a maid with a beauty hammer with her eyes closed. With his legs crossed, he looked like he was sleeping but not sleeping.

Hearing someone coming in, Mrs. Lin opened her eyes, and when she saw clearly that it was Mother Wang who had been with her for many years, a smile appeared in her eyes, and she asked softly, "Can it be done?"

Nanny Wang was standing with her hands down respectfully, when she heard Mrs. Lin's question, a smile appeared on her face: "It's done, it's done, the young lady of that family has been delayed for a few years because of filial piety." , now it's hard to get married when you're older, and the people in their family are worried. You said that you almost got married because you were afraid of wronging the girl, but the good family already has a regular wife and children. If you don’t talk about being a concubine, you’re afraid of being wronged, right?”

Mrs. Lin realized something, she sat up straight and said with a smile, "Then I agree."

"Of course I agree, how can I disagree? What do you think about our family's conditions? The family was a little moved when I mentioned it. When I told about our family's situation, the family immediately agreed. I'm just waiting for you to speak, old lady, when did you enter the mansion?"

Mrs. Lin breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, she was really happy in her heart, and sighed: "That's good, that's good, this matter has become my heart, and I can let go of half of it, now I hope Master Jue Yuan said It really works, this girl can continue the incense for the Lin family and give me a big fat grandson."

Wang Momo has followed Mrs. Lin for many years, so she naturally knows what Mrs. Lin likes to hear, so she immediately said: "Don't worry, don't you believe what Master Jueyuan said, it is very effective, besides, that girl Your birthday horoscope is the best, and it matches the master's, this time, you will definitely get what you want!"

Mrs. Lin also felt happy when she heard that, she pointed at Nanny Wang and said with a smile, "Don't worry, if you really get what you want, I will definitely wrap a big red envelope to thank you, the matchmaker."

After hearing this, Wang Momo immediately bowed and thanked: "Then I will thank the old lady first, old lady, I will make a note of it, you will not be able to deny it in the future, everyone in this room is my witness"

All the maids in the room laughed, and Lin Lang, the eldest maid standing beside Mrs. Lin, rolled her eyes at this moment, looked at Mrs. Lin, and said with a smile, "Old lady, what Wang Momo said is right, others Do you remember, the little maid doesn’t know, anyway, the little maid remembers, if you renege on your debt then, the little maid can only be a fair person.”

Seeing that Mrs. Lin was happy, Nanny Wang would also make fun of it, and said to Lin Lang, "Lin Lang, don't worry, when the old lady's red envelope comes out, I will give you half of it."

Lin Lang clapped her hands, looked at Mrs. Lin and said, "Did you hear, old lady, this is already related to me, and I will offend you because of this red envelope."

After speaking, he looked at the people in the room and said with a smile: "You are one step too late, and you are not allowed to snatch me when you are jealous."

Mrs. Lin pointed at the two of them while lying on the beauty bed and laughed non-stop: "You two are a big money fan and a small money fan, you really came to my side."

Linlang rolled her eyes and pretended to be aggrieved, "Linlang was chosen by you personally, old lady, now you dislike Linlang, what can Linlang do, no, I have to coax you, or else you will drive me away What should I do if I'm gone?" Then he went up to give Mrs. Lin a back massage, trying her best to please her.

Everyone was laughing when they heard someone calling outside: "Master is here." Then they knew that Lin Ruhai had returned from the yamen.

The clever little maid stepped forward to open the curtain, and Lin Ruhai, who was dressed in normal clothes, walked in after a while.

Seeing Lin Ruhai coming in, all the maids in the room squatted down and saluted. Lin Lang quickly went to get a stool and put it not far from Old Madam Lin. Lin Ruhai nodded slightly, sat down, and said with a smile: "Just now in the yard, I heard the house laughing non-stop. I don't know what it is laughing at. The old lady told her son to laugh too."

"We were talking about your happy event just now, and it so happened that you came here." Mrs. Lin was very happy when she thought of this.

"Oh, what a happy event, why doesn't my son know about it?" Lin Ruhai was a little surprised, wondering if there was any great event that he himself didn't know about.

"Mother, I just asked someone to tell you about a good concubine. Tell me, isn't this a great event!"

Lin Ruhai was startled, good concubines, this is different from the concubines Mrs. Lin used to give him, they are all lowly concubines, the power of life and death is controlled by the husband's concubine, the difference from slaves is that they are treated better , is not the master, and has no freedom. He can be betrayed by the master at will, killed with a stick, and completely controlled by his first wife.Good concubines are brought in from the outside, most of them come from innocent backgrounds, can be recorded in the genealogy, have serious concubine documents, not only can raise bastards, but also are equivalent to half masters, they cannot be disposed of at will.

The old lady wants to find a good concubine for herself, Lin Ruhai knows that this is the expression of the old lady's extreme dissatisfaction with Jia Min, and he also understands why, it is nothing more than the word "children". He has no heir until now because Jia Min has done something secretly.But he and Jia Min are together all the time, and he understands how much effort she has put in to have an heir. For Jia Min, even if it is a bastard, as long as she can continue the incense for the Lin family, she is also looking forward to it.

Lin Ruhai wanted to reject the old lady's idea. He and Jia Min had been married for many years and had a deep relationship, so he didn't want to have another good concubine to hurt her heart.

But before he could open his mouth, Mrs. Lin hurriedly said seriously: "Son, don't take it seriously, this is what mother personally asked Master Jueyuan to calculate. Master Jueyuan said, this girl will definitely be able to Continue the incense for the Lin family, that family has already agreed, and is waiting to enter the door."

After finishing speaking, seeing that Lin Ruhai still wanted to say something, Mrs. Lin frowned, and said decisively: "This matter is settled like this. If you still recognize me as mother, you are not allowed to object."

"I know you are worried about Jia Shi, but she has been infertile for many years, and she has already committed seven crimes. She can be divorced if she has only one child. Now she is just taking a good concubine, which is considered cheap for her."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai could only smile wryly. That is to say, it is still rare to divorce a wife because of childlessness. However, the situation in their family is also special, so it cannot be generalized. After all, they also have concubine sons, and they can still pass on the family line to receive them. Their family doesn't even have concubine sons, so it's not wrong to say so.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai no longer objected, Mrs. Lin's tone softened, "Also, you must know that the girl at home was also pampered and grew up. After that, when she entered our house, She is from our family, you are not allowed to treat her poorly"

Lin Ruhai sighed to himself, his mother had said so much, what he could do, he could only agree, thinking that his father died young when he was young, and his mother raised him single-handedly, even now he has married and established a business How could he have the heart to disobey his mother if he was still worrying about him.