Enemies in the Red Chamber

Chapter 68

The Lin family didn't hide the matter of Liu Ge'er's travels at all, Nan'an Palace made an investigation, and within a few days they found out about the Lin family.Concubine Nan'an and Princess Wang naturally didn't believe and were unwilling to believe that the eldest son of the Lin family would fall in love with Jinxiu and agree to marry her.Immediately posted a message to Jia Min to choose a day to visit.

Jia Min was very surprised when he received the post from Princess Nan'an, especially Liu Ge'er was specifically mentioned in the post, which is even more worth pondering.Now everyone knows about Nan'an Prince's Mansion, and also knows that a daughter is going to be married. At this time, when it comes to a young man of about the same age, who knows what he wants to do.

Brother Liu was very impressed with the two girls of Prince Nan'an's family, and hated Nan'an Prince's mansion from the bottom of his heart.But the "expensive" guest came to the door and said that he couldn't see him if he wanted to see him, so he had no choice but to come out to see him.

The big girl following Princess Nan'an saw brother Liu's excited face, and wanted to speak out, but was suppressed by another person next to her.The concubine was paying attention to her at this time, and seeing her like this, she couldn't guess that this was the rightful owner.He was so enthusiastic, he beckoned Liu Geer to pass, "My good boy, come here and let me have a look."

Brother Liu is over ten years old, and being pinched and touched is really uncomfortable, although he was never comfortable at all.

The concubine smiled and asked him: "I heard that Mr. Lin once traveled to the West Coast. Did you have a hard journey, did you bring a few more people with you? My daughter brought a team of soldiers and she didn't feel well taken care of."

Jia Min laughed and said: "The princess is a noble man, he is not as used to beating Hu Baihai as my family, he is still a boy, his skin is rough and thick, he has been tempered, how can he compare with the princess. I followed an experienced The old servant and a more clever boy are enough, and I am lucky to come back without losing a piece of oil."

The concubine murmured: "Old servant and young servant." Then she smiled and said to Jia Min: "I think Mr. Lin is a talented man, and I don't know which family's daughter can get such a good son-in-law. Mrs. Lin may enjoy a good life in the future."

Jia Min thought she was looking for a son-in-law for her daughter, thinking that the whole capital knew her daughter's domineering temperament, but she dared not agree, so she said: "He is still young, so there is no hurry, his father and I are thinking of waiting It's not too late to talk about it after he has a reputation. Nowadays, the more girls are kept, the more precious they become. No family should keep them until they are thirteen or fourteen to be engaged and get married at fifteen or sixteen. The princesses of the royal family can all come Eighteen. The child is only ten years old, so we have to wait."

Princess Nan'an laughed when she heard this, since Mrs. Lin said so, it can be seen that what that little girl Jinxiu said was nonsense.In fact, having said that, so what if it is true, as long as the Lin family doesn't recognize it, no one can make a mistake.

Just about to say goodbye, who knows that the accident will rise sharply.The big girl who followed today has already recognized Brother Liu, and now that Princess Nan'an wants to fool her like this, Mr. Lin didn't mention anything about saving the girl, and immediately rushed out and knelt on the ground and hugged Brother Liu's leg . "My lord, my lord, I'm a big girl. You once saved our girl's life on the west coast, and even spent a night together. The lord was grateful for your benevolence and betrothed the girl to you. You also took out the jade pendant to give Our girl, have you forgotten?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was shocked, especially Brother Liu, his scalp was numb, and his whole body seemed to be struck by lightning.He kicked the big girl away, pointed at her and said angrily: "What a bold girl, how dare you talk nonsense!" Then he said to the princess: "My lord, your girl thinks she is crazy, and she talks nonsense when she opens her mouth. It is kind of such a girl to keep her, it is better not to let her out at will."

Jia Min said angrily: "My lord, although my Lin family is now in ruins, my ancestors are also a family of the Hou family, and the marriage of the eldest son is the most important thing, and it is not something that can be matched by just any cat or dog. What does this girl say now? My daughter was betrothed by your prince to the eldest son of my Lin family, I would like to ask, who is the girl she is talking about? What right does the prince have to make a marriage for my son when the parents are unknown?"

Princess Nan'an was of course unhappy at being scolded like this, she couldn't hold back her face, and said coldly: "This girl is already crazy, I'm sorry for Madam Lin today."

Da Ya still wanted to pester her, two women came out from behind the princess, one left and one right covered her mouth and dragged her out.Princess Nan'an didn't stop, she turned and left.

Just as Princess Nan'an left, the old lady of Rongguo Mansion came.Holding Jia Min's arm, he asked as soon as he entered the door, "Why did you do such a big matter without consulting me?"

Jia Min was inexplicably asked, "Mother's words are strange. What important event should I tell you but didn't say it? These days, there is only one important event, which is to be engaged to Daiyu. Didn't mother know about it a long time ago, and she even drank wine?" of?"

The old lady said: "Brother Liu's matter, Baoyu told me when I went back today that Brother Liu wanted to take the concubine of Prince Nan'an as a concubine, so I rushed here. You and your son-in-law are too trusting, after all She is a girl from the palace. Although her status is not comparable to that of the princess, she is enough to be a wife. How can she be admitted as a concubine! Now, even though the son-in-law is an official in Beijing, he would never dare to compare with the prince, even though the prince of Nanan is in trouble now. However, I don’t know that there will be no day of turning over. At that time, if the in-laws become enemies instead of relatives, it will be troublesome. In my opinion, it’s better to change it, and say that the rumor was wrong, it’s not a concubine, but a wife who is married by a Ming matchmaker.”

Jia Min was stunned, Princess Nan'an had just left, she had nothing to do, why did she become a concubine again. "No, the old lady said Brother Liu wants to take a concubine? Or the illegitimate daughter of the prince? When did this happen! Who told it?"

Seeing that Jia Min didn't look like a fake, the old lady said puzzledly: "Baoyu was out playing with that child from Xue's family and a few young masters today, so she told me when she came back, and she also said that it is now being passed on in restaurants and restaurants. My ancestors also know, don't they?"

Jia Min hurried to find Butler Lin and asked him to go out and inquire.

Then he said to the old lady: "It's nothing! Princess Nan'an just left, can I not know if there is anything?!" After thinking about it, it's bad. Princess Nan'an left from the Lin family, which has never had much contact. Confirmed those rumors? !Think again about what the girl named Da Ya said, "This is someone who is going to rely on my Lin family!"

It was indeed Jinxiu who had to rely on the Lin family.Jinxiu used a large sum of money to buy news, so naturally Princess Nan'an couldn't hide the matter of posting to the Lin family, let alone taking her with her.As soon as the concubine went out today, Jinxiu exhausted all means to dissipate the gold and silver, and finally delivered the news. She also specifically stated that she was a concubine and not a wife, which whetted the appetite of ordinary people and accelerated the spread.Sure enough, as expected by Jinxiu, before Princess Nan'an returned to the mansion, the news had spread widely, and even if she wanted to control it, she could no longer control it.

Princess Nan'an heard this news when she entered the gate of her own house, her face was so dark that ink could be squeezed out, she didn't even go back to her room, and went directly into the courtyard where Jinxiu was.Seeing Jinxiu without saying a word, he slapped her and pointed at her, "Okay! Hello!"

Then the concubine went directly to the concubine's room to plead guilty, "It's the daughter-in-law's incompetence, after all, that little hoof took advantage of the loophole."

Seeing that the concubine was silent, she said again: "Go to the Lin mansion today and see how Mrs. Lin and the brothers of the Lin family behave. It can be seen that this is all nonsense from that little hoof. The girl next to the little hoof is still hugging the Lin family. Brother Lin cried, saying that the lord had promised someone to Lin Geer, Lin Geer kicked him aside, and said that she was talking nonsense, and Mrs. Lin even arranged a meal for me, so it can be seen..."

The concubine interrupted her impatiently: "Okay! Is it useful to talk about it now? Have you gone to the Lin family today? If you go, the matter is settled. Who cares whether you are a guest or a teacher? Discussing the marriage. You don't think about what to do, and you still have the time to talk nonsense, so you don't care about it. If that's the case, I don't care about it? Just let your daughter get married!"

Princess Nan'an hurriedly said: "It's the daughter-in-law's fault. Bao'er grew up in front of the concubine. The concubine has always loved her. The concubine should think of a way to save her."

Concubine Nan'an said: "You don't need to say that I can't let my granddaughter go to the barbarian's territory to be tortured. Now whether the Lin family recognizes it or not, that girl can't be used anymore. How can a girl with a bad reputation become a princess. Even if everyone We all know that this princess is going to be sent to be married. After all, the royal family will not be willing to bear the name of a princess. The only way now is to think of a way to recognize a girl and come back. There was such a thing earlier For example, even a serious princess or princess is unwilling to get married, so she has to recognize a girl from the minister's family as a princess. The emperor only asked our family to have a daughter, but he didn't say that it must be his own, so you should recognize another one. At the beginning, there was a dead star in the family, so I didn’t mention it, but now I have to mention it. You see whose daughter can do it, don’t forget to give them more benefits, after all, it’s to protect Bao’er from disaster.”

The princess was relieved when she heard that her daughter was not going there, and she didn't care about anything, so she readily agreed.It's just that she is not reconciled to Jinxiu's affairs, "The girl really asked her to marry into Lin Hanlin's family? It's too cheap for her."

The concubine sneered and said: "Do you think the Lin family is willing? You don't have to worry about anything, the Lin family will naturally make a move. If this is how it is calculated, Lin Ruhai will not be able to safely retire from the position of the Yanzheng. Besides, it is just So what if I go to the Lin family? It’s just a concubine from a better background, her mother’s family dislikes her, her husband’s family doesn’t like her, and the trouble will come later!”

It's a pity that Jinxiu didn't have the chance to taste that kind of pain.

With Jia Min around, she would never get a concubine to disgust people before her son married a wife, let alone allow her to become the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lin family. That girl thought that she would tolerate her because of her reputation and not the Lin family?If a prince becomes the father, the Lin family will regress?dream!Let alone an illegitimate daughter, even a daughter who has entered the family tree seriously, don't even think about entering the Lin family's door.

Daiyu watched the farce from the beginning to the end, until the end of the play, Daiyu could only laugh at it.Zou Xu is really unlucky, he encountered the same drama in two lifetimes, and he doesn't know if this girl can still become a cinnabar mole in his heart this time.

Just looking at Jinxiu's way of wanting to enter the Lin family in this life is almost the same as that of Concubine Hua in her previous life. They all ruined her own reputation to achieve her goal.It's just that Concubine Hua has a good background, a good reputation, and high means. From the beginning to the end, she is beautiful and unstained in the eyes of everyone. What she shows is to beg for perfection, while Jinxiu is just trying to be shameless.

Brother Liu is not stupid, not only is he not stupid, but he is quite shrewd. In his previous life, he was in it and couldn't see clearly. This time there is a control group, and when he thinks about it bit by bit, some things will surface and reveal his true face.He didn't want to believe it, but was stimulated by the news coming in from outside from time to time and had to believe it. Thinking of Jinxiu's face similar to that of Concubine Hua made him so tortured that he couldn't sleep.So in the dead of night, the more I thought about it, the more I took everything out of my memory, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that there was something suspicious about it.He seemed to have walked into a dead end, and it was even more uncomfortable than when he distorted his outlook on life when he missed such important things as his family and country.He thought if He Hua lied to him, what about Ning Ru?Did he lie to him because of his single feelings, or did he dig a hole for him to jump in?He hated Ning Ru for half his life, hated him even when he was dying, and ended up having no sons or grandchildren, isn't he just doing it to himself?

Jia Min and Lin Ruhai thought he was so haggard because he was really pissed off by the white-eyed wolf, and they all comforted him, "Don't worry, there are parents here, let alone Prince Nan'an's absence, even if he is there, we can't force our family."

Brother Liu still couldn't sleep peacefully, every time he saw Daiyu looking at him with a half-smile, as if he knew everything, Brother Liu became even more angry.

When people are pushed, they tend to take their anger out on other people, and Jinxiu happens to be a good target.In a rage, Liu Ge'er didn't pay attention to any strategy anymore, he just wanted to ruin her face as soon as possible, and directly bribed a few maids and women from Nan'an Palace, who hated Jinxiu deeply all day long. The little princess challenged her in front of her.

In less than ten days, "good news" came. The little princess scratched the face of the outside house girl in a rage, and splashed ink on the very deep cut. Even if Hua Tuo was born again, Bian Que would save her not coming back.For the reputation of the little princess, the concubine and the concubine tried their best to suppress it. Even if the concubine of Nan'an tried her best to gain an unbearable reputation, she didn't want her daughter to be charged with this crime.Three months later, Jinxiu died of illness. It is said that she stayed up all day and night to pray for the prince of Nan'an, and died of an illness after suffering from a cold.

With Jinxiu's death, it seemed that the side concubine Hua in Liu Ge'er's heart also died, and he could finally sleep peacefully, instead of waking up in the middle of the night to think about things.

After Jinxiu died, the little princess was protected, and in the end it was the innocent who were unlucky.Mrs. Wang heard that Princess Nan'an wanted to recognize her daughter, so she took the initiative to report Tanchun's name. The old lady only said, "You are the mother of Tanyatou, and you can decide what to do with her." Jia Zheng was even more relieved. Nodding his head in agreement, he also said "contributing to the country, great kindness", which made people's teeth cold.

The author has something to say: the white lotus is finally settled, and Tanchun is the one who gets married.The silent mourning for Tanchun is all caused by his birth.