Heir of the Red Chamber

Chapter 72

Lin Ya's drunkenness disappeared all at once, and he watched the maid in palace costume retreat with the other maids coldly, then lightly waved away Fu Sheng who wanted to help him, and got on the car steadily.

As soon as he came up, Zeng Hui was taken aback, only when he was outraged outside, came back with a cold face, and asked with concern: "Master, what's the matter?"

Now that her husband is the most proud person in front of the imperial court, no matter how she thinks about it, Zeng Hui feels that there shouldn't be such a shameless person in the court, but maybe there are some people who are living a good life enough?

Only then did Lin Ya realize that he had drunk a little too much and couldn't hold back his emotions, which disturbed Zeng Hui.

"It's okay, who else would dare to be angry with me now except Lao Taishan?" Wen Yan teased his wife, Lin Ya changed the subject and mentioned the palace maid just now: "Why do I see, you brought back a palace maid?" Pretending to be a maid? Could it be a reward from the empress?"

Lin Ya remembered that before getting married, he had a hand-to-hand conversation with Chu Ronghua, who had not yet ascended the throne. He once talked about wives and concubines in the backyard.

Thinking about it, Chu Ronghua wouldn't have allowed the queen to send such a person to his home when he had just made meritorious service, and the government affairs were complicated, so many things would make Chu Ronghua feel sad, how could he care about a courtier's back house.

I'm afraid that this is the queen's whim and self-assessment, or that a certain concubine has bad intentions.

Only then did Zeng Hui understand what Lin Ya was worried about, the smiles in her eyes were overflowing, and she took the initiative to hold Lin Ya's hand for the first time in two days.

"It's not what you think." Zeng Hui's voice was gentle and joyful: "It's our maid, Ying'er, who has made a big fortune. It just so happened that there was no girl in my yard last month to serve the pen and ink, so I shamelessly put her I got it from my younger sister. That girl is really rare, and I brought her into the palace today, but the empress also caught my eye, so I took the girl in exchange."

In the original book, Lin Ya knew what kind of character Ying'er was going to be rubbed to death by Xue Pan and Xia Jingui's scumbag couple. I'm afraid the queen didn't want her to be an ordinary court lady.

It is estimated that without waiting for dawn, the news that the Lin family has a maid with great fortune will spread all over the capital.

Shaking his head, Lin Ya didn't know how to evaluate this matter. When he rescued the young Xiangling, he didn't think about letting her fall into the quagmire of the court. He just looked at Zeng Hui's appearance and obviously felt that For a maid who sold her body into slavery, this was a skyrocket.

Regarding the concept of this matter, Zeng Hui and Lin Ya can be said to be separated by a whole time and space. She saw that Lin Ya's face was not happy. Although she did not think that Lin Ya had other ideas, she inevitably thought of other things place.

"Of course, this is what I told outsiders." Zeng Hui pursed her lips, a little uneasy: "When I sent you out of Beijing that day, the saint took a look at Ying'er, and there were quite a few people who watched this matter. Later, the big steward next to the master came to mention it, and I took her from my sister. I didn't want to hide it from you, I just teased you..."

In the last sentence, Zeng Hui's voice was so thin that it was almost lost in the noise of the chariot.She originally wanted to whet Lin Ya's appetite with some words that sounded wrong, but when Lin Ya's expression was wrong, she became a little scared.

It's not because of fear, it's just that she is simply afraid that Lin Ya will be unhappy, and she even draws on Lin Ya's father who has always been respected, hoping that he will stop showing such an expression.

In the narrow space, Zeng Hui's apprehension magnified countless times, Lin Ya looked at her curved eyebrows and suddenly couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.

This is his wife in this life, happy because of him, worried because of him, this world is already so harsh on women, how can he not take care of her in every possible way?

"I don't know how happy you are to be able to joke with me." Looking at Zeng Hui with clear eyes, Lin Ya himself didn't notice how gentle his voice is now: "I'm just afraid that it will be difficult for you. If you put it at home, it will cause you a lot of trouble."

Zeng Hui's cheeks seemed to be flushed again because of Lin Ya's simple words. She lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then slowly moved to Lin Ya's side, and whispered in his ear what she wanted to say after going home. guess.

"I thought, this person probably wasn't given to us. At that time, the grandma next to the empress specifically mentioned a few words, saying that the maid who was given to our family was a veteran in the palace, and she had learned the rules with Princess Zhongshun. The gift that the empress gave to my younger sister is so precious..."

The position of King Zhongshun as the main concubine was finally settled after Chu Ronghua ascended the throne. The queen decided to appoint the eldest daughter of the Hanlin family. For half a year.

After Zeng Hui thanked her, no matter how much she thought about it, she felt that the queen was implying that she sent someone to Daiyu's side, but she didn't want to call Daiyu into the palace, which was really puzzling.

Zeng Hui couldn't figure it out, but Lin Ya was so blessed that he thought of someone.

It wasn't someone else, it was Xu Nan who was taken directly to the palace by the guards of the Zhongshun Palace after entering Beijing.

If it wasn't her own sister who was missed by the queen, Lin Ya could still praise Xu Nan as a talented person with a bright future, but now thinking that the queen might prefer Daiyu to be the daughter-in-law of Xu's family, Lin Ya's mind is full of poor family fortune and uncertain future.

It's not that Lin Ya is self-indulgent, after all, with the queen, it is a great honor to choose someone to be the wife of her mother's family, but the royal family has no married man, and there are no young talents worthy of marriage in the court .

But if the queen didn't mention it, Lin Ya would definitely not point it out. It happened that Xu Nan was hiding in the Zhongshun Prince's mansion and didn't show it.

After all, Daiyu is Lin Ruhai's only direct bloodline. Lin Ya planned to keep this matter to himself before talking to his father Lin Ruhai, so he had to hide it from his wife for a few days.

Fortunately, Zeng Hui didn't get to the bottom of it. The young couple talked about other things very sweetly, and Lin Ya's speech and behavior became more gentle because of a little guilt in his heart.

It's really better than a newlywed after a long absence.

Lin Ya returned safely. Besides the members of the Lin family, the Zeng family was the happiest. Mrs. Zeng, the head of the family, even rewarded the servants in the yard with three months' monthly money, and went to the temple to restore it. The sisters-in-law also joined in the fun, even the old lady Zeng said to go, and she was beaming.

It's a pity that the men of the Zeng family have another worry that weighs heavily on their hearts.

After coming out of the palace, Old Master Zeng called several of his children and grandchildren whom he valued very much to the study.

Looking carefully one by one, the descendants stood respectfully and respectfully, just waiting for him to reprimand or teach the descendants. Old Master Zeng didn't speak for a long time, but only let out a long sigh in his heart.

With the achievements of the Zeng family's many years of assistance and careful planning for the present, the so-called rewards and neglect they receive now are almost the same.

Although his contact with the present is not as much as that of the third child, he gradually understands the meaning of the present.The new king suspected that the Zeng family had left behind, and mistakenly thought that they didn't want to bear the notoriety, and wanted the new king to bear the crime of killing his father himself.

Old Master Zeng has lived for so many years, why doesn't he understand the truth that when weeds are cut, the roots must be eradicated?At that time, they also thought of killing them all at once, but the one behind him was too fatal, so they didn't make another move.

Now that I think about it, even if there is no mistake, the taboo against my family must be very deep in my heart now, otherwise why would I be so suspicious?

On the contrary, it was the Lin family who came halfway, did not do any of the real confidential things, and got blue eyes.

Sigh to sigh, some things still have to be done.

"Second, please trouble me again."

After saying such a sentence without thinking, old master Zeng waved his hand wearily, signaling for his children and grandchildren to go out.