The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 391 Dreamland
Supported by a servant, Lin Ruhai walked into Daiyu's room.Seeing that the imperial physician was administering acupuncture to Daiyu, he didn't dare to disturb her, and just waited anxiously at the side.

After a while, seeing the imperial physician withdraw the needle, he hurriedly asked: "Emperor Wang, how is my daughter?"

Physician Wang turned around and saw Lin Ruhai, got up and saluted.

"Your Majesty Lin, don't worry too much. Miss, this is a symptom of heart depression. It must be that she has experienced extreme emotions such as great sadness and great joy in a day, which led to chest congestion and even fainted.

Xiaguan has given the young lady an injection, maybe it won't be long before she can wake up.

In addition, I will prescribe two more recuperation prescriptions for the young lady, and take care of her according to the prescriptions. After a few days like this, the young lady must be fine. "

While speaking, Imperial Physician Wang involuntarily raised his sleeves and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.

No way, whoever was happily eating lunch with his family was hurriedly invited into the carriage and drove all the way at a fast speed. It would be tiring to come here to treat people.

Fortunately, he is a frequent visitor to Rongguo Mansion, and he also visited Daiyu at the invitation of Jia Mu before.Therefore, it is not too difficult to diagnose and treat this time.

It's just that the bumps on the carriage before almost shook his old bones to pieces!

Even so, complaints are not dared to have.

Here are two court officials, each with a deeper background than the other, and he can't afford to mess with them.

Lin Ruhai felt relieved, and felt a little ashamed when he noticed Wang Taiyi's actions.

Lunzhi Lin's family is not honorable, so it is impossible to invite the imperial physicians from the imperial hospital to come to the house for consultation.Before that, it was Emperor Ningkang who took the initiative to send people from the Imperial Hospital to visit his residence twice.

It's just that it's the Spring Festival, and most medical clinics are closed, so it's not easy to see a doctor.Especially the doctor that Lin Ruhai often hired, sent someone to inform him a few days ago that he had gone back to the countryside to visit relatives.

Jia Lian said that the doctor Wang who often treated Jia's mother lived not far away, so it only took a quarter of an hour to "invite" the person back.

This made Lin Ruhai feel that Jia Lian was reckless, but at the same time he couldn't help sighing that Jia Lian really cared about Daiyu.

"I'm bothering Doctor Wang this time, please go down and have some tea."

Lin Ruhai cupped his hands, and gave the old butler a look, asking him to thank him with a generous gift.

Imperial Physician Wang went down to write the prescription, and after a while of refusals, he took the generous gift from the Lin family and went back quite relieved.

Inside the house, Lin Ruhai saw Jia Lian dismiss the imperial physician, and sat beside Daiyu's bed again, looking at Daiyu who was lying still with doting and concern.

That expression, that look in the eyes made Lin Ruhai frown.

He felt that Jia Lian was bullying him because he was inconvenient and robbed him of his role.

After all, Jia Lian's current state, and his busy figure asking for medical treatment and medicine for Daiyu, are indeed more caring than his old father!

But thinking about Daiyu's sudden fainting before, if Jia Lian hadn't been unceremonious to make an argument for the Lin family, I'm afraid the Lin family would be in a panic, and how could they settle down so quickly.

Thinking about it, it's not good to say something unkind to Jia Lian, it will appear that he is ungrateful.

So ignoring Jia Lian, she also went up to take a closer look at her daughter's face, and then said to Jia Lian, "You are returning to the capital for the first time today, and everyone in the family is probably waiting for you. I am watching over Yu'er, so you don't want to." Don't waste any more time here."

"Ah."

At this time, Jia Lian didn't mean to be entangled. He knew that he had just expressed to Lin Ruhai his intention to marry Daiyu. After Lin Ruhai expressed his refusal, he was still able to tolerate him until now, which is already very self-restraining.

"Then I'll see sister Lin later."

After getting up, Jia Lian added something.

Lin Ruhai was about to refuse as soon as she heard it.You are not too lazy to run away, I am afraid that you have bad intentions.

But after opening his mouth, Lin Ruhai finally sighed: "You have traveled a long way back to Beijing. After you return home today, you can take a break and don't come here again. If there is anything, I will send someone to inform you."

Jia Lian didn't say anything, but said goodbye and was about to leave.

"If you are interested, come see your sister Lin tomorrow." Lin Ruhai added.

Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, but then he felt grateful, bowed deeply to Lin Ruhai, and then drifted away.

And Lin Ruhai, after instructing Zijuan and others, returned to the main room.

But his heart is no longer as calm as it was before Jia Lian left the house.

Thinking over what happened today, Lin Ruhai felt very tired and felt drowsy, so he lay down.

Xu Shi was thinking in his heart, so he couldn't help falling into a dream.

The self in the dream really passed away soon, but for some reason, the soul still stays in the world, watching everything.

He saw his daughter was lonely and helpless in Jia's mansion, depressed and miserable all day long.I also saw that Jia's mother wanted to marry her, but she was secretly obstructed by Mrs. Wang in every possible way.

He clearly saw the schemes used by Mrs. Wang and the slander against his daughter, all of which made him angry.

The dead wife suddenly appeared and scolded Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang suddenly turned into a ghost when she was ashamed, and uttered vicious words to make her mother and daughter as short-lived as they are!

This frightened Lin Ruhai, and he was about to step forward to argue with her, but unexpectedly the screen changed, and in the blink of an eye, her daughter was married, and her mother-in-law was the Wang family.

With her daughter's fragility, she shed tears all day long in the face of the evil mother-in-law Wang's making things difficult day after day, and soon became terminally ill.

Lin Ruhai was anxious and regretful in his heart, but he was powerless to do anything. He seemed to have heard his daughter's words of resentment towards him.

Hate why he can't protect her, hate why he doesn't find her a husband who can take care of her and protect her, why make her suffer so much...

These words made his heart feel like a knife, and he woke up from the pain without realizing it.

Looking up at the clock in the room, he actually only slept for less than half a quarter of an hour!
I was in a trance and couldn't calm down for a long time.

He didn't quite understand why he had such absurd and treacherous nightmares, but he knew that he couldn't take it lightly.

People in the world say that when a person is about to die, his soul can enter the underworld, and he can communicate with spirits.

If this is God's sign to him, how can he just let it go?Also, Jia Zheng's wife, Wang Shi, was usually a kind person, so how could he be so vicious in his dream?
That's right, I still remember that before Min'er passed away, when he mentioned the family affairs, he seemed to have a lot of complaints about the second sister-in-law, but he never cared about such trivial matters in the house before.

Is the relationship between the late wife and the Wang family really bad, or is it because of his villainous heart that he suspects that she will treat Yu'er harshly in the future?
It doesn't matter anymore.

Not to mention that they don't want to get married, even if they change their words, with such worries in their hearts, it is naturally impossible to send their daughter to them again.

But if so, who should he entrust his daughter to?
The famous talents in Beijing are either already engaged or married.Those who are not well-known, although there must be good ones, but since they are unknown, he naturally does not know who is good and who is bad.

He didn't have time to check them out one by one.

If he only looked at his parents' family background and betrothed Yu'er easily, he could feel at ease.

In case of losing sight and delaying Yu'er's life, wouldn't it be just a response to the terrible dream just now?

Could it be that you really want to agree to Brother Lian's request.

Thinking of Jia Lian, Lin Ruhai sighed continuously.

Frankly speaking, even in his opinion, Jia Lian's excellence is admirable.

And the conditions that Jia Lian mentioned before also moved him quite a lot.

If Jia Lian can really do what he says, even if he entrusts Yu'er to him, it will not be a shortcut. It will not only save him trouble and trouble, but also allow his daughter to live a safe and smooth life.

The only concern is that Jia Lian cannot be given the title of official wife.

Although Jia Lian promised that everything about marrying Yu'er will be handled as a regular wife.

But that's exactly the case, if she doesn't have the status of a regular wife, but enjoys the treatment of a regular wife, I'm afraid that she will cause criticism or even disaster for her daughter for no reason.

Although in Jia Lian's capacity, he could imitate the ancients and rectify his name with titles like wife or wife.

However, these titles are not customary in this dynasty after all, and in the eyes of most people, they are just euphemisms for noble concubines.

Perhaps in some earlier dynasties, Ping's wife was really a wife, such as a lady, and she was really a wife.Just like the emperors of some dynasties before the Tang Dynasty, there were more than one canonized queen.

But that is not the dynasty after all.

The emperor of this dynasty can only confer one queen.

The emperor is like this, let alone the common people?

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai was relieved that Jia Lian didn't use these words to confuse him.

Undecided, Lin Ruhai recruited Lin Youquan again.

Now he can only discuss such important matters with this servant who has taken care of him since he was a child.

Based on what Jia Lian said earlier, only the fact that he was willing to adopt the child to his Lin family was omitted.

Because Lin Ruhai knew that for the blood of the Lin family, Lin Youquan, an old servant who was born and lived in the Lin family and was loyal to the Lin family, cared no less than he did.

If Lin Youquan knew that even if he had no son, it was still possible for his descendants to inherit the Lin family, Lin Youquan would definitely spare no effort to make it happen.

Lin Ruhai didn't want Lin Youquan to defect to Jia Lian all at once.

He wanted to hear the old servant's more objective opinion.

"Master Hou wants to marry a daughter-in-law?"

Because of the decline of the Lin family's descendants, especially after Daiyu's younger brother died at the age of three, the Lin family actually raised Daiyu as a boy.

Therefore, old servants like Lin Youquan always called Daiyu the daughter-in-law.

Lin Youquan was a little surprised and pleasantly surprised by what Lin Ruhai said.

Unlike Lin Ruhai, almost as soon as he heard it, he felt that the matter was great.

First of all, Jia Lian has a noble status and excellent character and talent. Even if he is a concubine, it is not humiliating to most women.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that based on Jia Lian's current conditions, if news is released that he wants to take in a concubine as an heir, there are many high-ranking families in Beijing who would be eager to marry off their concubine daughters.

Even, if the conditions of being willing to write three letters and six rituals, and to carry a big sedan chair eight times are added, I am afraid that those daughters of famous families will also have a lot of willingness.

After all, Jia Lian is not only young and handsome, but also young and promising, and he was born in a century-old government, and he is also a marquis himself.

Being able to get involved in nepotism with Jia Lian, both for himself and for the family, the benefits are immeasurable.

Not to mention, Jia Lian promised more than this to the Lin family.

Secondly, to say a thousand words and ten thousand, if the Lin family did not have Lin Ruhai, they could only be regarded as former nobles after all.

In today's Lin family, not to mention the center, there is no one else, not even a court official in the local area.

It is conceivable that once Lin Ruhai died of illness, the Lin family would completely become a family of country gentlemen.

Therefore, even if Lin Ruhai didn't want the young lady to be wronged, it would not be easy to find another good marriage for her.

So, why bother to look far away?Isn't it just right that a well-informed Lord Hou will take care of the daughter-in-law all her life?

At last.

Lin Youquan still has selfish motives.

Ever since Lin Ruhai tried unsuccessfully to find his heir that year, he seemed to have lost his mind.

He knew that Lin Ruhai was planning to let someone with prestige in the clan inherit the position of patriarch after he died.

As for his own lineage...

It can only be broken.

He has no bloodline inheritors, and this is God's will.

But Lin Youquan was not reconciled, and persuaded Lin Ruhai.He knew that Lin Ruhai also hesitated.

Lin Ruhai looks down on those greedy people in the clan, and doesn't want the clan to fall into intrigue because of him, which is not in line with his heart.

In the end, the bloodline was broken, I am sorry to the ancestors.Although there is no way to do it, as long as you find a successor from the clan, it can barely be regarded as an explanation.

From the fact that Jia Lian wanted to marry Daiyu, Lin Youquan saw the hope of persuading Lin Ruhai.

The reason why Lin Ruhai didn't want to find Cheng Sizi anymore was because he was tired and didn't want to do useless work.

But as long as the son-in-law marries Jia Lian, with the backing of the dignified Lord Hou, he will naturally be able to take care of the Lin family in the future.

So even if the Lin family can't stand up, at least there is hope for a stronger family.

As long as the family grows, maybe the next generation will have the seeds of reading?
Given the opportunity to make the Lin family turn around again, Lin Ruhai must not be able to refuse.

In that case, he, Lin Youquan, would have a new master to serve him, and he would not have to leave the Lin family with his family after Lin Ruhai's death.

Although Lin Youquan wished that Lin Ruhai would agree immediately, he also knew Lin Ruhai's concerns.

Therefore, he tried his best to persuade Lin Ruhai without breaking Lin Ruhai's knot.

"However, after all, my Lin family is a century-old famous family. If Yu'er and others are passed on as concubine, I'm afraid they will be ridiculed." Lin Ruhai finally expressed his worries directly.

When Lin Youquan heard the words, he didn't know what to say for a while.

But he has already seen that in Lin Ruhai's heart, he is actually optimistic about Jia Lian and has the intention of agreeing, but he can't get over the hurdle in his heart.

If not, try someone else?

If he dared to ask the female son to be his concubine, Lin Ruhai would definitely lose his face.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Youquan suddenly said: "Master's worry is not unreasonable, but I think Hou Ye's heart towards the young lady is really sincere.

The master hadn't seen before, the anxious and flustered appearance of Master Hou when he found out that the young lady fell ill.

I heard from the maids that Lord Hou carried the young lady back to the boudoir in person..."

Lin Ruhai frowned, this brat, he dared to hug his daughter even before he agreed!
But there was nothing I could do, I hugged and hugged, and nothing I said would help.

But this matter, since it was seen by the maids, if it gets out, it may damage Yu'er's reputation.

I don't know if it happened so suddenly that the boy didn't have time to pay attention, or if he did it on purpose to force him to submit.

If the latter, his heart should be punished.

Lin Ruhai thought bitterly in his heart, and heard Lin Youquan add: "Instead of worrying about here, master, why don't you ask the young lady what she thinks?
Although the marriage of children is the order of the parents, after all our family is different.

Madam, go early, the son and the master have lived together for so many years, the master should love the son more.

If the son-in-law himself is unwilling, then naturally there is no need to say more.No matter how many benefits Master Jia has, we can't let the daughter-in-law feel wronged and married.

Master, don't you think so? "

Ok?
Lin Ruhai suddenly felt that what Lin Youquan said made sense.

Since I can't make a decision by myself, I will leave it to Yu'er to decide.

Even if she made a mistake in the future when she decided on her own, she wouldn't blame me too much after all.

The reason why I was entangled before was just guessing that Yu'er might admire Jia Lian, and Jia Lian's performance was too good, which made it difficult for him.

If he guesses wrong, then even if Jia Lian speaks to the sky, he doesn't have to pay attention to it.

A feeling of enlightenment welled up in Lin Ruhai's heart.

"Well, so, after Yu'er wakes up, I'll ask her what she means."

Lin Ruhai nodded, finally feeling much less stressed.

But Lin Youquan continued smiling.

There was a hint of a smile in his eyes.

The master is dedicated to the public and never pays attention to small things.

But he, the manager, can see clearly.

Whether it was in Yangzhou back then or in the capital this year, according to his cold observation, the young lady is very close to Lord Hou.

Every time Lord Hou came to the mansion, the son-in-law would be much more cheerful.

It can be seen that even if the female son does not admire Lord Hou, at least she has a good impression of Lord Hou.

Under such circumstances, with the personality of a young lady, she probably would not reject Lord Hou who took the initiative to express his feelings.

This matter is very promising.

(End of this chapter)