The Rose of the Red Chamber

Liu Xianglian didn't know that his acquiescence to this name at this moment would make him bear such a "good word" all his life.

It was one afternoon a few years later, when Liu Xianglian had just returned from fighting on the battlefield, the new emperor met Liu Xianglian and Lin Ping at the Shunchang Hou Mansion.

During the conversation, he asked if Liu Xianglian, who was about to lose the crown, had any words, and our little classmate Lin Ping jumped up to answer for him.

"Yes, yes, Brother Liu told me that his name is Liu Dengtu..."

At that time, the emperor's eyes were very strange, even Shunchang Hou looked at Liu Xianglian with a weird look in his eyes.

The emperor was so embarrassed by the name that he could only politely say, yes, yes.

But who is the emperor, what he said is perfunctory and polite words, not the golden rule, but also the existence of golden words.So what was originally just a joke by a certain girl was taken as a word by a certain man, and it was used for a lifetime.

If money is hard to buy, I knew earlier, Liu Xianglian naturally didn't expect that something would happen in a few years.At this moment, all he thought about was how to make that girl in Rongguo Mansion remember him.

Winter is here and the windows are all sealed. He wants to see her, but no matter how hard he goes there in the middle of the night, he probably won't be able to see her.

It might be difficult for that girl to come out to walk the dog.After all, he didn't see the big dog when he went back to Rongguo Mansion, and he didn't know where she put the big dog.

Just as Liu Xianglian was thinking about how to get Lin Ping to help deliver the news, the official ship of the Rongguo Mansion finally arrived in the capital.

And it was a coincidence that on the day when the Lin family arrived in the capital, Lin Ruhai from Yangzhou also boarded the boat and set off.

Therefore, the brothers and sisters of the Lin family only need to stay in Rongguo Mansion for two months before they can return to their own home.

And they don't have to worry that Mother Jia will keep people from letting them go.

Mother Jia really looked down on a fourth-rank idle official.

If she knew that Lin Ruhai would be demoted to such an extent, Mother Jia probably wouldn't have sent a boat to pick him up.

In fact, what people like most is to deceive themselves and others.Baoyu was completely abolished because of that jade.

Even if it is nominated for the gold list in the future, it is just a life waiting for vacancies in Beijing.Even if it hits the top three, it is estimated that it will be just an idle job by then.

Because of this, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were more or less negative about whether Baoyu was studying or not, but people always take chances, "what if".

In case Baoyu is really not the nemesis, in case Baoyu's great fortune lies behind.

Compared with Jia Zheng's long-standing idea of ​​asking Baoyu to study, the wife and daughter-in-law are actually more optimistic about Jia Lan in terms of reading.

For one thing, Jalan has a father who 'can read'.Secondly, Jia Lan has a grandfather who is still the dean of the Imperial College.

In fact, from very early on, when Jia Zhu just passed away two or three years ago, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang already had a clear understanding of the future of Rongguo Mansion and Second Household and did not need to communicate with each other.

Jia Lan, that is to study and make progress, and to test abroad.

And Baoyu inherited the title of Rongguo Mansion.

So in this case, the selection of Baoyu's wife is very important.

If it weren't for Jia Zhu's early death, Li Wan's identity would bring Jia Zhu unexpected substantial benefits.So no matter how you look at it, Lin Daiyu, whose father was demoted, is not the No. 1 choice for Baoyu's wife.

So after comprehensive consideration, the two generations of mothers-in-law have no idea of ​​marriage with Lin Daiyu.

As for the property of the Lin family, if Lin Ruhai and Lin Piao were gone, maybe the two of them would have other ideas.After all, the Lin family is also very rich.

It's a pity that Lin Pang ruined all of this.

In Mrs. Wang's mind, it's not that she hasn't thought about it.If Jia Min's daughter is married back to her son as a concubine, then the large amount of property left by the Lin family for generations will belong to her...son.

It's a pity that Lin Ruhai and Lin Ping didn't die in that assassination, otherwise she would have saved her trouble.

Her poor private room could be filled again.

As soon as the boat docked, Liu Xianglian gave Lin Ping a wink, and then led the horse off the boat and left.

She hadn't returned to the capital for several months, and although Liu Xianglian didn't feel homesick, she trotted back to Liu's house first.After seeing the old housekeeper, he handed over the things he bought to the old housekeeper for disposal. After washing up, he took the souvenirs for Chang Tuo and Lin Ruhai's personal letter to Shunchang Hou Mansion.

Hou Shunchang read Lin Ruhai's "thank you letter" and didn't take it seriously, after all, the result he wanted had been achieved.

With the help of Lin Ruhai, my uncle's people have taken root in Yangzhou Salt Administration.The people sent by my grandfather, no matter who they are interested in, they also have their own eyes and ears in Yangzhou Yanzheng.

"...I'm the eldest, I'm thinking of finding a job after the spring. I just don't know what to do to get promoted the fastest?"

Chang Tuo: "...", let's rebel.

A little speechless looking at his friend who has always been a single-minded friend, Chang Tuo no longer has any hope for his IQ.

I haven't found a job yet, so I'm thinking about promotion.To say that he is so ambitious is to flatter him.

"You really should find a serious job. You can't study well, and your skills are not weak, but you can become an official in the military. It's just that there are many factions in the capital, and it's not easy to get ahead, but you are at the feet of the emperor, and you don't have to worry about safety. It is okay to find a job as a guard first, but it is more difficult to get promoted." A good position and a good opportunity for promotion are not in his turn, a friend with no background.

However, seeking wealth and wealth, Chang Tuo thought for a while and continued, "Right now Rouran and the others have been at odds with Tianchao on the border, and there will always be a battle to be fought in a few years. If you go to the border, it may be a promotion There are more chances. It’s just that swords have no eyes, and life is impermanent.”

Chang Tuo also thought that his uncle had also placed manpower in the army. If Liu Xianglian went to the army, they could take care of each other and help each other.

When Liu Xianglian heard it, he felt that the frontier was better, but it was too far away.Although he didn't have to see that girl, but he always wanted to see that girl after a few days.This frontier is so far away from the capital, it is estimated that we will not see it for a few years.

If time goes by, what will the girl do if she forgets about him as a disciple?

Gritting her teeth, Liu Xianglian looked at Chang Tuo and said, "...then go to the frontier."

Chang Tuo nodded, he also felt that it would be better to go to the frontier with Liu Xianglian's heart. "...I will talk to my uncle about it, and I think there will be news in a few days."

"Thank you, thank you."

Chang Tuo waved his hand, there was no need to say thank you between them.But what you should ask is to ask, "I used to persuade you to find a job seriously, and you often said that you couldn't stand the restraint, why did you change your mind after walking from the south, but what happened to you in the south? thing or...someone?"

Liu Xianglian couldn't hide her words in her heart. Hearing Chang Tuo's question, and adding that Chang Tuo and Chang Tuo were good brothers who had a life-and-death relationship, she baffled him to Jia Tanchun, but Jia's family threshold Things that are too high are explained in detail.

When Chang Tuo heard Liu Xianglian's description, the corners of his eyes and mouth twitched non-stop.

He was really too ignorant, it turned out that it was rare to see such a rare flower like Liu Xianglian in the capital, and he thought that it would be unique and let him know about it.

"...You mean the last time you ran into Rongguo Mansion by mistake, you watched that girl walking her dog in the middle of the night?"

Liu Xianglian nodded, that's right.

Chang Tuo frowned and thought about it, thinking it was too weird.

But after thinking about it, it should be considered normal that this happened in Rongguo Mansion.After all, there is nothing in their family that is not weird.

Weird things.

......

For the time being, Liu Xianglian put aside all kinds of things at Chang Tuo's place, and only said that the Rongguo Mansion didn't notice Liu Xianglian at all. They only sent people on board to take the Lin family siblings and Yinglian off the boat.As for how the Lin family's housekeeper will arrange the Lin family's vanguard troops to go to the capital, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion will not think about that.

What good things can a poor fourth-rank official have.

There was a lot of people on the shore, and neither the Jia family nor the Lin family wanted to stay longer, so the Lin family siblings followed the Jia family's pickers and left first.As for Steward Lin and his party, they unloaded the ship and made arrangements for themselves.

When I was young, with carriages, horses and wheels, four people in a small sedan chair, a group of people wandered to Ningrong Street.

The Daiyu siblings went to the capital and entered the Rongguo Mansion this time, and left through the Xijiao Gate.

Daiyu and the two foster nuns were extremely dissatisfied with this point.

But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, they are customers, and they can only do what they want.

The brothers and sisters went to other people's homes as guests, but after all, the Lin family was observing filial piety, so Daiyu and his party were all dressed very cleanly.It's just that the people in the Rongguo Mansion looked down on them for their clean attire.

At this time, the winter clothes of the Rongguo Mansion had just been distributed not long ago, and the girls and women were all wearing brand new winter clothes, with red flowers and willow green, not to mention being energetic.

Yinglian got out of the sedan chair along the opened curtain, and then pulled out Lin Ping who was sitting in the same sedan chair with her.At this time, Daiyu also got out of the sedan chair.

At first, I thought there was a girl and a young master, but when I got to the gate of the old lady's courtyard, I found out that it was two girls. The girls and women at the gate saw it, and their eyes widened.

Heck, I never heard that Mrs. Lin has such a big concubine daughter?

The two foster nuns also followed, and hurriedly introduced to everyone that the older one was a girl from the Zhen family, and the younger one was a girl from the Lin family.

After hearing this, the crowd rushed forward and surrounded the three of them into the yard, but compared to Daiyu and her brother, Yinglian's side was much quieter.

Suddenly, a girl shouted loudly into the courtyard, "Miss Lin, Uncle Lin is here."

Walking through halls and alleys, turning into the main courtyard, a group of people entered Jiamu's courtyard, and saw that the courtyard was spacious and orderly, with extraordinary style.The big and small girls in the courtyard were all laughing and whispering.Looking at the group of them, it was like seeing some western scene.Whispering in a low voice, pointing lightly with little hands.It can be seen that the whole group is impatient.

"Miss Lin, Uncle Lin has finally arrived. The old lady has been waiting early in the morning." The three of them walked all the way to the old lady's main room, and only then did a girl who looked like a big girl in charge stood at the door and greeted with a smile.

While speaking, he opened the door and signaled the three of them to enter the room.

Along the way, Daiyu looked at the two foster nuns from time to time, with more and more questions in her eyes.

The Jia family's rules are really different.

Jia Min used to take Daiyu and his brother out of the house as guests, to show off their sons and daughters, and Jia Min was a must at every banquet.

Those families, although some are superficial and some are poor, but the rules are not like Rongguo Mansion.

When guests come, there are no rules.

How come here, but it is like this, is it possible that this is the atmosphere in the capital?It's still just Jia's house.

The two nuns naturally saw Daiyu's unspoken words, but what could they say, the situation of the Jia family's loose rules is not a day or two.

At the beginning, they were only responsible for teaching the eldest girl the etiquette and related rules of the harem.

As for the rules of the Jia family, hehe, what does it have to do with the two sisters.

Without waiting for an answer from the two foster nuns, Daiyu was pushed into the Rongqing hall full of thoughts, and Jia Mu was already sitting on the big couch in the middle.

The other wives and grandmas were also waiting there, so after bowing down and recognizing each other, everyone started talking.

"Whose family's child is this?" Mother Jia embraced Daiyu's siblings from left to right, and only then did she have the time to look at Yinglian who came to Beijing with her.

Yinglian has an outstanding appearance, and she is already in her teens this year. Both her figure and appearance are first-class.In addition, they entered the capital together with Daiyu's sister and brother, which cannot be ignored in this beautiful flower group.

When Daiyu heard Jia's mother's question, she quickly replied, "This is the elder sister of Mr. Zhen's family. How old are we? Mr. Zhen is the scholar my father invited for our siblings, and he is also my father's staff. Because Mr. Zhen and Mrs. Zhen were going to Beijing with their father, so my father asked the sister of the Zhen family to go to Beijing with Yu'er and younger brother."

It turned out to be just the daughter of a teacher's family.

When everyone heard about Yinglian's background, they immediately lost interest in her.

"Your girl's surname is Zhen? Does it have anything to do with the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River?" Jia's mother was more thoughtful than others, so she smiled and waved her to come forward and ask.

Yinglian was a little timid, but she still came forward generously, and bowed her knees to salute Jia Mu, and then said bluntly, "I never listened to my parents."

If there is a relationship, it will definitely be mentioned.If you haven't mentioned it, it shouldn't matter.

Mother Jia nodded, smiling kindly, "Miss Zhen just live here with peace of mind, don't be polite."

"Yes, thank you, old lady, for your kindness." Yinglian held back her skirt and bowed.

After all, she was an outsider and not someone with any background, so Mother Jia didn't say much, and sent Yinglian back to the small courtyard where she lived temporarily.

After Yinglian left, she asked about Jia Min's visit and how the funeral was handled.

Daiyu listened and answered one by one.When it comes to the sad part, the voice is also choked with sobs.

Daiyu was very good at talking, and she was very clear. What she said made Jia's mother feel really uncomfortable, and the other people who said it also accompanied Jia's mother. For a while, except for Daiyu's voice, it was almost audible.

......

Because I don't know when Daiyu will arrive, and Daiyu is not valued by Jia's mother, so Jia's Sanchun should go to school as usual, and should connect with feelings and relationships.

This day in the women's school, the girls had just talked about the women's book and the things on the women's ring. Tanchun looked disapproving, and seemed to be doing the opposite, and deserted in class.

Although Yingchun said that she had attended the class, she gradually became less interested in the subject that she had to accept.

It is deceitful not to fight or grab anything.

If you don't work hard, good days will never come.

Xichun did listen carefully, but since she was too young, she really didn't understand.

For a while, the female teacher who taught Sanchun was very hurt.

The female gentleman felt relieved when he thought that he could leave Rongguo Mansion after the Chinese New Year.

For a while, the atmosphere in the classroom was cold, and the female teacher lost her enthusiasm for teaching, and so did the three female students.

After teaching a few more words, the girl let the three girls go to the interest class first.

Miss Jia Er likes to play chess, and her style of chess is rigorous.Miss Jia San's handwriting is pretty good at a young age, but her fine brushwork is a bit hot and vivid, so you can take a look at it.

The youngest four girls also seem to like to draw, but due to their age, they are not very good at drawing.

The female gentleman first pointed out Yingchun's chess strategy and style, and then when Tanchun was writing running script, she mentioned a few words, and circled the good and bad characters with a pen.

As for the fourth girl Xichun, that is to change the posture of holding the brush and how to move the brush when drawing ink and wash paintings.

The reason why Tanchun wants to practice good handwriting is because she wants to let herself have multiple handwriting styles.

She planned to write with one style of handwriting at Jia's house, and write with another style of handwriting when she left Jia's home.

Not only that, she has been extremely careful with her pen and ink in the past few years, and all papers she has written or drawn on must be burned in front of her paintings.

Ancient people were extremely shrewd, not to mention recognizing fonts, they could judge the mood, age, and gender of the person who wrote it just by a few words.

If the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his status, and if he does not keep few things secret, he will cause harm. Many things are lost due to carelessness and details.Tanchun didn't want the current good situation of their family to be ruined in the future because of her carelessness.

Therefore, all her calligraphy and paintings will not be left outside.And all her needlework is almost never given away.

Since last month, she has also started to pay attention to makeup.She wanted to use a makeup effect to give people a vague idea of ​​her face.

When she left in the future, or happened to meet Jia's family elsewhere, others would only think that she looked a little like the third girl from Rongguo Mansion.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Jia Yingchun, but Tanchun knew in his heart that maybe he could hide it from others, maybe he couldn't hide it from this one.

After all, the sisters who have been together for several years, she is more likely to notice herself than those wives and grandmas.

But the sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fishes to leap. If she doesn't act quickly, she will run away in two years.

Tanchun sometimes wondered what kind of demands Jia Yingchun would make of herself when she knew her secret.But after thinking about it, Tanchun felt that if Jia Yingchun didn't know her abilities and backhands, and she only knew what Xiaomei knew, then she wouldn't be too demanding of her.

After all, it's a small matter, and there is nothing to worry about.

However, Tanchun also understands that since she knew that she already knew that Aunt Zhao was her own mother, and when Aunt Zhao "died", she didn't feel sad at all, which may remind people of Aunt Zhao's still life. things in this world.

It's just that the sky is big and the earth is big, unless Jia Yingchun keeps staring at her or the girl next to her, how can she find more clues by following the clues.

But how many trusted people does Jia Yingchun have?

With Jia Yingchun's mentality, she probably wouldn't tell Xing about this matter.

The Xing family is notorious for not doing enough, but not doing enough.

Sighing, Tanchun felt that Yingchun's goal had been achieved halfway, because now she was thinking about what she could do for her every day.

"Girls, Mrs. Lin, Mr. Lin has entered the mansion, and the old lady invited the girls to meet the guests."

At this moment, a little girl from Jiamu's courtyard ran in and said this in a charming way.

Meeting guests?What if they are the girls in Qing Lou Chu Pavilion?

However, will sister Lin enter the mansion today?

Tanchun straightened his dress, saluted the lady with his sisters, and took the girl to Rongqing Hall.

When they were young, the Tanchun sisters took their maids and mothers back to Rongqingtang, where they saw Lin Daiyu and Lin Ping sitting beside Jiamu.

Seeing the sisters, they seem to be in harmony.

Tanchun has long wanted to meet Sister Lin, who is in a fairy land outside the world.

I met at this time, although I am still young, but my appearance is first-class.And the scholarly temperament all over her body made this little girl stronger than their sisters by only a little bit or two.

On the way here, I heard that Zhen Yinglian had also come to Rongguo Mansion, and Tanchun was so surprised that he almost cried out.

Mud, the wind blown by her butterfly wings is strong enough.

Apart from Yinglian, Tanchun is quite curious about Sister Lin.

Relying on his own favor, he took advantage of the opportunity to sit with Daiyu on Jiamu's couch.

The little nose sniffed, and there was a faint fragrance.

"What does Sister Lin usually do at home?" Sitting there, Tanchun stretched out his hand to take Daiyu's hand. Those little paws were white and tender, as if they had no bones.

Ah, that little face looks good too, as if reaching out to touch it.

Daiyu didn't realize that Tanchun was looking for something to say, and she answered softly without pulling her hand out.

Although the first impression of this mansion was not very good, it was rare for a sister to be so 'enthusiastic' to her, and Daiyu was still happy.

Everyone in the mansion knew that his mother had passed away, and he was still wearing beautiful clothes today, which showed that he didn't take his mother's daughter seriously.

Daiyu is a suspicious person, seeing people in the mansion today is like watching a group of opera singers.

When the old lady is sad, they are also sad.When the old lady cried, they were sad.

It's hard to ignore fake ones.

I hope the sisters are easy to get along with, and fortunately my father will be in the capital during the Chinese New Year.

"That's a coincidence, our sisters usually go to school too. Old lady, sister Lin and that sister Zhen also go to class with us?"

Mother Jia looked at her granddaughter and granddaughter with a smile, and said with a smile, "It's only natural. Your elder sister from the Lin family just came here, so you mustn't bully her."

Tan Chunjia wrinkled his nose dissatisfiedly at Mother Jia, "Look at what the old lady said, am I that kind of person? Why didn't you like me when Sister Lin came here?"

After saying that, she pretended to cry for a while, but she never let go of Daiyu's hand.

Hee hee, I finally touched Sister Lin's little hand, she would be a fool to let go.

That's right, that's right, Sister Lin has just come to the capital, and she must have many unaccustomed and worries. She can also stay with Sister Lin at night.

Thinking of this, let alone fake crying, Tanchun almost laughed out loud.

Mud, so happy, isn't it?

The author has something to say: I caught a cold when the season changed, and it felt like the Queen Mother had only been away for three or four days, and I was already missing her.

Fortunately, I made up my mind to live with the old couple in the future.

Spring has just started and the temperature is still not warm. You must listen to the weather forecast when you change your clothes.

When I was sleeping yesterday, I suddenly thought of a sentence from a TV series, "The first day XXX left, I missed him. The second day XXX left, I missed him."

Uh, anyway, I miss my queen mother very much now.

Eh, let's not talk about this.I still want to remind everyone that the temperature in spring is unstable, so pay attention to keeping warm.

I just discovered that there is no time set for the manuscript deposit box.