The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 407
Now, Jia Lian didn't have the time to guess Zijuan's thoughts, his mind was full of considerations about how to deal with Lin Ruhai when he saw Lin Ruhai later, so he only nodded to Zijuan before stepping to Lin Ruhai's room.

Who knew that Lin Ruhai was not in the Nuan Pavilion where he had been recuperating, but summoned him in the main hall.

When Jia Lian entered, he saw Lin Ruhai sitting on the main seat covered with fur, with two screens to keep out the wind on both sides.In the hall, apart from the old butler, there is no one who serves.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was so sick and still put on such a posture, Jia Lian naturally understood that Lin Ruhai had made a decision.

Therefore, he took a deep breath, walked straight into the hall, and bowed to Lin Ruhai: "I have seen my uncle."

"Sit down." Lin Ruhai nodded, and after Jia Lian sat down, he asked, "You went to see Yu'er, how is she doing?"

"Sister Lin's complexion is much better than yesterday's. Presumably Doctor Wang is right. Sister Lin is fine. Uncle can rest assured."

"Um……"

Lin Ruhai hummed, then lowered his head in thought, as if he was thinking about something.

Jia Lian didn't interfere, just sat quietly on the pear flower wooden chair below, with a very upright posture.

"I have seriously considered what you said yesterday..."

Lin Ruhai only said this on purpose, then stopped, looking up at Jia Lian's reaction.

Jia Lian just straightened his figure again, indicating that he did not move other than listening, not even the expression on his face changed.

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai nodded. He was indeed tempered by His Majesty, and he was not surprised by honor or disgrace.

Originally, he had a prominent family background, outstanding character and appearance, and extraordinary intelligence, but now he is valued by His Majesty. At least, there is no problem with his future.

So he stopped making rounds and said straight to the point: "You said you wanted to marry your sister Lin, but here I have a few questions I want to ask you, I wonder if you would like to hear them?"

"Even if my uncle says it, my nephew will follow suit."

"Ha ha……"

"The first point, I want to ask you, can you be completely in charge of your own affairs?

I don't want to, now you just promise many things with your mouth, but in the future you will use the elder's order as an excuse to break your promise. "

Jia Lian cupped his hands and said solemnly: "Uncle, don't worry, don't say that I have now been conferred the title of Marquis by His Majesty, concurrently serving as the Commander of the Xicheng Military and Horse Division and the Deputy Commander of the Shenji Battalion. Just say that at home, I am also the acting patriarch.

In addition, my biological parents died early, and now in the entire Jia family, except for the old lady, no one can interfere with the decisions I make.

As for the old lady, she is Sister Lin's direct grandmother, so as long as it is good for Sister Lin, she will not object.

Even if she objected, my nephew was confident that he could persuade her, and there would never be any situation that my uncle worried about.

If not, my nephew wouldn't dare to speak to his uncle. "

Jia Lian knew that Lin Ruhai was worried about adoptive children...

Lin Ruhai nodded. Lin Ruhai knew about the Jia family's situation. He made a special trip to inquire yesterday and found out that Jia Lian did not lie to him.

With Jia Lian's current status, even Jia's mother would not easily oppose Jia Lian's decision.

Others are naturally even less qualified.

"Then let's talk about the second point. Since you have already married a wife, and now you want to marry your sister Lin, naturally you can only be a concubine.

I want to ask you, if I really promise to betroth your younger sister Lin to you, what title will you give her?
Good concubine, or, noble concubine? "

Lin Ruhai stared at Jia Lian with fiery eyes.

The current concubine system is generally divided into two types.

Good concubine and bad concubine.

As for the concubines, concubines, etc. who are lower than the status of concubines, it goes without saying.

Strictly speaking, that kind of people are not concubines, they can only be regarded as playthings of men.

As for concubines, even if they are just lowly concubines, at least a simple ceremony is required before they can be brought into the room.

This type of concubine usually belongs to the lowly family.

For example, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou in Jia Zheng's house are both concubines.

As for good concubines, they are required to be at least the daughters of good families and marry others as concubines.

Although good concubines are still no better than regular wives, at least they are not like lowly concubines who can be beaten and scolded at will.

Because good concubines are generally like regular wives, and usually have their own dowry, and have a certain degree of independence financially.

And when you get married, you have to carry at least four big sedan chairs, and the matchmaker is marrying, not like a concubine, who can be carried into the house with a small sedan chair regardless of the arrangement of the master's family.

Therefore, the titles of good concubine and low concubine are somewhat different.

A lowly concubine is commonly referred to as an aunt.

The good concubine is the second room and the concubine, and the servants can also be called the second room grandmother and the third room grandmother.

For example, in the original book, "Jia Ershe secretly married Second Sister You".

Jia Lian's marriage to You's younger sister, You Er Jie, was done secretly, but because You Er Jie was a woman from a good family, and Jia Lian was from a different family, Jia Zhen, You Shi and others were invited to bear witness Carried into Huazhi Lane.

Therefore, Second Sister You is a good concubine.

Therefore, Jia Lian's servant, Wang'er Zhao'er, and the others called Second Sister You also "Second Grandma You", not Auntie.

The second sister You at that time could be called Jia Lian's second wife.

But Aunt Zhao and others are not qualified to be Jia Zheng's second wife.Jia Zheng is a decent family, he has no second wife, only one wife, and two concubines who serve in the house.

Because of the low status of being a concubine with others, nowadays it is basically only those women who can't help themselves, such as the maids of big families, who are willing to be concubines with masters and young masters, or prostitutes who are good.

These are all lowly concubines, and they also occupy more than [-]% of the concubines.

And good concubines are very few.

Because generally a good family would not let their daughter be a concubine unless there was a reason.

This is the custom nowadays, but as Lin Ruhai, even if he agreed to Jia Lian and let his daughter be Jia Lian's concubine, he would never be willing to be like others.

Lin Ruhai, who has read a lot of poetry and books, of course knows that above good concubines, there are actually noble concubines.

The saying of noble concubines has a long history and has existed in many dynasties.

Especially in the pre-Qin period, when the princes were in war, many princesses of the royal family and ladies of the princes needed to marry other heroes because of political marriages.

Generally, she is married in a high-profile way with the etiquette of a noble concubine.

The status of a noble concubine is naturally far above that of a good concubine.

Since ancient times, all families with noble concubines are rich and powerful, with astonishing power.

As for noble concubines, they are definitely not at the mercy of others, even the mistress cannot be bullied.

To be honest, even the noble concubine in the palace is actually a title evolved from the noble concubine.This shows the status of the concubine.

Since there is such a saying in history, then Lin Ruhai wants Jia Lian to show this attitude.

Therefore, he seemed to be asking, but in fact he only gave Jia Lian an option!After he said this, he looked at Jia Lian's face, as long as Jia Lian was unwilling, he would cut off the idea of ​​continuing to negotiate with Jia Lian.

Although he had to agree to marry his daughter to Jia Lian for many reasons, he didn't want his daughter to be wronged.

He must fight for the rights that should be fought for his daughter.

Of course Jia Lian understood what Lin Ruhai meant, he thought for a while, raised the hem of his robe, knelt down and said, "Don't tell my uncle, my nephew is going to explain to my uncle.

Sister Lin, as the fourth generation of princes, is also the only daughter of my uncle, her status is extraordinary.

To be able to marry my nephew is a blessing for my nephew.

So, don't talk about good concubines and noble concubines, my nephew has never wanted sister Lin to be a concubine, but wanted to marry her as a 'equal wife'.

After sister Lin marries into our family, my nephew will treat her as a regular wife.

My nephew said this before, and I reiterated it this time just to let my uncle know that my nephew did not just say it casually, but really thought so. "

"A flat wife?"

Lin Ruhai frowned.

To be honest, if Jia Lian said that yesterday, he would be disgusted.

But today, he has clearly expressed the intention of agreeing. Jia Lian said this again, but he seriously thought about the operability.

"Let's not talk about this dynasty, even in the previous dynasty, there is no such thing as equal wives."

"Although there is no such thing in this dynasty, but going back to the past dynasties, there is such a saying.

Of course, I also know that the so-called equal wife is just a nice term for a noble concubine.

But I love Sister Lin, and I don't want her to suffer any grievances. Even if it's just a title to comfort her, I must win it for her.

As for going outside, it doesn't matter whether others approve or not.

As long as I take Sister Lin out to a banquet in the future, and others see me treating her respectfully, they will naturally not dare to be contemptuous.

To put it bluntly, if my nephew is lucky enough to make meritorious service to the court again in the future, I will personally pray to His Majesty and give Sister Lin an imperial order.

This is also what I had thought a long time ago, but yesterday I was afraid that my uncle would think I was a frivolous person, so I dared not say so. "

Jia Lian said seriously.

When Lin Ruhai heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face.

He didn't doubt Jia Lian's words.

Because, since noble concubines dare to use the word "gui", they are naturally different from other concubines.

Noble concubines are eligible to be favored by the court, which is why Lin Ruhai insisted on Jia Lian granting her the status of noble concubine.

In fact, he saw that Emperor Ningkang attached great importance to Jia Lian, and thought that if it was feasible in the future, he would ask Jia Lian to ask Daiyu for a reward, even if it was only five or six ranks, at least he would be close to him.

Unexpectedly, before he said anything, Jia Lian had already taken the initiative to speak.

This made him somewhat relieved.

As for flat wives, although it sounds like they are above noble concubines, after all, noble concubines are a common saying in all dynasties, but flat wives are not.

But it doesn't matter, at least it can explain that Jia Lian's heart for Yu'er, let them go.

"I hope you will remember what you said and do what you say in the future."

After Lin Ruhai said something, he called Jia Lian up, and then he stopped putting on airs, but resumed his previous attitude towards Jia Lian.

"You said yesterday that the first boy you and Yu'er will give birth to in the future is willing to adopt my name and be my grandson. Is it true?"

"It's true.

But my nephew didn't dare to lie to my uncle. My nephew knows that Sister Lin is weak, so even if I marry into my family, I plan to let Sister Lin take care of my body first, and I won't let Sister Lin give birth to me rashly.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong with sister Lin, my nephew will regret it for the rest of his life!
Therefore, even if everything goes well, it will take at least four or five years before this can be fulfilled.

Therefore, I also hope that my uncle will take good care of his body and raise his own grandson himself in the future..."

Hearing what Jia Lian said, Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and laughed.

"Even if you don't say it, I won't let you break Yu'er's body right now.

You kid...you don't need to comfort me with empty words, I still know about my body.

To tell you the truth, I have already decided that after I die, I will let Yu'er observe mourning for me for three years before marrying you.By then, Yu'er must have grown up too.

As long as you take good care of her during this period, she will definitely feel much better.

At that time, if she can give birth to a child, it will be great.I also believe in you and will not break my promise.

But if my Lin family is destined to have no descendants, don't be too demanding, let alone blame your sister Lin for it.At that time, the point of adoptive heirs, let it go, do you understand? "

Jia Lian heard the meaning of Lin Ruhai's words, and couldn't help but admire Lin Ruhai's love for his daughter, so he solemnly cupped his hands and said, "My nephew obeys."

Having said that, it seems that the dust has settled.

Jia Lian forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and was about to discuss with Lin Ruhai the specific rules for marrying Daiyu. The clinker Lin Ruhai was in the hands of the old housekeeper. After taking a sip of tea, he waved his hand: "Not busy."

"I have one last request for you.

If you can agree, we can naturally continue to discuss the following matters. "

"Uncle, please tell me."

Now, of course, Jia Lian has nothing to worry about.

Even if Lin Ruhai wants to test him, or even make things difficult for him, he is not afraid.

This is because he has enough self-confidence.

After all, he could even break the relationship between Shenying's waiter and Jiangzhu Fairy, who were a match made in heaven, and thereby take away Sister Lin's heart. He didn't think that Lin Ruhai, who looked like this now, could stop him.

(End of this chapter)