Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 468 Chapter 6.39 Sister Lin will be named Zhou from now on

Volume VI

6.39 Sister Lin will be named Zhou from now on.

When Zhou Yang came out of the palace gate, it was already past half time. He looked like he was limping the whole time. Almost everyone in the palace laughed, but no one dared to really think that he had fallen out of favor or had passed away. And so on, because there is no news of "making a move" in Cining Palace, or simply saying that someone looks like this is the Queen Mother herself!

Although it's a bit cheap to say it, the truth is indeed a bit cruel. To be beaten up by the queen mother or the emperor himself is another kind of "sacred family".
"Brother Zhou!" Before he could walk out of the palace gate, he heard a surprised call from afar, "Come here quickly - Hey, why do you look like this?"

"Xuan'er - hiss!" Zhou Yang looked up and saw that it was Princess Yongjing who opened the carriage door and called him, "Didn't I tell you to go back first? Why are you still waiting here - Sister Lin, you haven't gone back either. ?”

"Brother Zhou is already like this, how can we rest assured!" Lin Daiyu's pretty face had pearls dripping down, "The Queen Mother is also true, didn't she say that she would not hit people?"

"What's going on?" Princess Yongjing looked at him for a moment and saw that there was no blood on him or any damage to his clothes, so she breathed a sigh of relief, "I asked Sister Qin and Xue Yan to go back first, and also sent half of the guards over. We really can’t delay Mr. Lin’s place any longer, so why don’t I accompany you there? With Mr. Lin’s temperament, my presence won’t cause too much trouble.”

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin is a humble gentleman. How could he do such a rude thing." Zhou Yang glanced around and saw that there was no one around, so he simply opened the door and boarded the carriage, then said hello and set off, "Say this more As time goes by, he has definitely recognized the affair between me and Sister Lin, unlike that bitch."

"Brother Zhou!" Princess Yongjing interrupted him angrily.

"Okay, okay - I won't tell." Zhou Yang carefully sat on the soft seat at the back of the car and slowly rolled up his pants. He saw that on his healthy bronze calves, an area half the size of a palm had dark purple hair. Hei, anyone with some common sense in life knows how painful this kind of mark can be, "She really dares to do it!"

"Pfft-" Unexpectedly, both girls laughed.

"Brother Zhou, I remember that the Queen Mother wore soft-soled shoes because she was pregnant, right?" Lin Daiyu suppressed a smile, took out the medicinal wine from the small drawer of the carriage, and carefully applied it on him, "How could such an injury happen? The situation?"

"I'm just teasing you." Zhou Yang stopped mid-sentence, but because the Queen Mother was inconvenienced, he could only do some "hand work", and when the Queen Mother was satisfied, he added a few words like "Like a wolf like a tiger" As the saying goes, "She just picked up the tea tray on the small table beside the bed and threw it at me. I just didn't pay attention and didn't avoid it, that's all."

"You'd better be content, I just got this beating." The two girls were only concerned about feeling distressed and didn't pay attention to the pause in someone's words, "The emperor's sister-in-law is originally dignified and gentle, but she was so angry with you that she didn't give in. It would be nice if someone directly hits you - by the way, did the Queen's Wife agree to what we discussed before we came here?"

"Here!" Zhou Yang took out a piece of bright yellow silk from his arms, wisely not mentioning how gentle the kneeling Queen Mother was after receiving this blow, "Anyway, Sister Lin will be named Zhou from now on; Let’s go to Mr. Lin’s place now. With this in hand, nothing too extreme will happen anyway.”

"You!" Lin Daiyu blushed and patted him, but she also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The emperor's sister-in-law really promised her grace and directly issued the marriage decree." Princess Yongjing closed the decree, but her tone was obviously complicated, "From now on, Sister Lin and I really want to be sisters for the rest of our lives. We are just following the rules. Come on, I’m afraid Sister Lin will suffer some injustice.”

"Thank you, sister Xuan'er!" Lin Daiyu took the Yizhi from Princess Yongjing, looked at it carefully and breathed a sigh of relief, "It doesn't matter that I have suffered some grievances. Compared with my sister, it is just a little less formal, but I am a sister. you."

"Okay, you two should stop talking, it's all because of me that you are so wronged." Zhou Yang hurried over and hugged the two girls from left to right, "Although sister Lin can't be like Xuan'er , enjoying the eight-carriage sedan chair and the ten-mile red makeup, but at home, you are all my lovers."

According to folk practice, the woman in the name of "Jianyou" and her original spouse "live in the same courtyard and have the same status as sister-in-law", and their status is not high or low. With Guo Xuan's status, no matter how crazy Zhou Yang was, he would never be so flamboyant when marrying Lin Daiyu. Basically, he would just find a good day and pick her up in a big sedan chair.

Sister Lin and Princess Yongjing looked at each other, and then at the cheeky person in the middle. They both smiled and bowed their heads, leaning on Ai Lang's chest and stopped talking. The three of them just sat hugging each other, and the carriage shook slightly. We continued walking, feeling the rare silence. "Princess, the Lin Mansion is here!" I don't know how long it took, but the carriage suddenly stopped. The male and female guards driving the carriage raised their voices to report, which also woke up the three people who were in love.

"You guys wait a minute, I'll go say hello." At this time, it was naturally impossible for Zhou Yang to shrink in the carriage. He opened the door and jumped out of the carriage, stamping his injured right leg vigorously. He didn't know if it was on the road. The medicinal wine applied was very effective, and there was no obvious pain at this time. He didn't care about it. He just bowed his hand to the concierge and said, "I'd like to inform you, please."

"General Zhou is joking!" Before the boy who greeted the door could say anything, a rather respectable old man dressed as a housekeeper rushed out of the concierge. After bowing respectfully, he said, "The master has already told me that if the general comes to visit, there is no need to notify him. Just enter the mansion directly, and a servant will lead the general to the inner study to sit down; the carriage will meet all the strong men and old slaves."

"Uncle Lin, is father at home today?" Before he could finish speaking, Lin Daiyu's greeting came from the carriage.

"But the girl is here too?" The butler was obviously taken aback, and quickly trotted to the side of the carriage and bowed, "Master has nothing to do today, so he just reads in the inner study for fun, and this old slave will arrange for someone to serve the girl."

"Okay, you have people lead the carriage directly to the main courtyard. The princess is here today." Lin Daiyu's explanation made all the Lin family servants jump into excitement. The young boy who came to the door received a look from the housekeeper and ran as fast as the house to report; Zhou Yang He simply said hello and led the carriage into the hospital.

Naturally, there will be some reception etiquette next. Lin Ruhai is now a scholar of the imperial court who is extremely courteous and does not need so many rules to avoid. After personally receiving Princess Yongjing, Lin Daiyu took him to the back house, and Zhou Yang let him He led the guests until the guests and hosts sat down in the inner study, and a servant served him tea.

"Master Lin, please take a look!" After saying hello, Zhou Yang immediately handed over the marriage decree without mentioning any procedures for receiving the decree. "It's so late today."

"It's okay!" Lin Ruhai nodded lightly, interrupted him after taking the decree, and after reading it carefully, he was obviously relieved, but his expression was quite complicated, "Since it is the Queen Mother's order, I don't have much to say, so I have to say thank you. Heaven is tolerant."

"Thank you, sir!" Zhou Yang stood up respectfully, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

As for the title issue, there is nothing we can do about it. The wife of "Jianxi" is indeed considered the first wife. Logically speaking, Lin Ruhai should be called "father-in-law". But also because of Princess Yongjing's special status, the Lin family has no ability to reconcile with her. The royal family was treated as equals, so Zhou Yang was fooled by calling him "sir", because this title also means "relatives and elders" among the people.

"Zi Yang, do you know why I must send Yu'er to the Zhou Mansion?" Lin Ruhai nodded with a smile, stood up and helped Zhou Yang up. Seeing that he was confused, she asked and answered directly, "Because when I was in Yangzhou, I didn't actually think about it. But he was able to return to Beijing alive, and he planned to send Yu'er to Rongguo Mansion after the incident of his dead wife.

It was the news from His Highness Yongchang that made me understand that the Jia family is no longer the 'one family with two kingdoms and the first family with martial arts'. It happened that Ziyang came to visit again. At first, I didn't think so much, but seeing that The salt merchants who left me helpless were confiscated and exterminated like pigs and dogs in front of your soldiers. For the first time in my life, I had doubts about the words of the saints I had read all my life. "

"Sir, are you talking about a civil-military dispute?" Zhou Yang thought for a moment and understood Lin Ruhai's doubts.

"That's right." Lin Ruhai sighed softly, "The Suzhou Lin family followed Emperor Taizu in the early years of the country and started the army. Four generations of princes and Zhong Ding's family were civil servants and were not included in the list of military honors. Although there were many in the past dynasties, Despite the changes, poems and books have always been passed down from family to family. Naturally, I am the same, but I didn't expect that now, the world has obviously changed.

It is clear that the books of sages are still the same, and the readers keep saying that they are still the same, but they have no shame in front of hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of silver. I have been waiting for His Majesty's orders in Beijing since I was a prostitute, until I came to Yangzhou to serve as a patrol. Yan Yushi never thought that such shameless things could happen in the world.

From top to bottom, the entire Yangzhou government turned a blind eye to the greed of the eight major salt merchants and the affairs in the fish and meat village. It was lowered again and again, even if it was like this, it almost ended up with the family being destroyed. "

"Sir, times have changed." Zhou Yang sighed softly. Of course he understood that this was the "periodic law" of the feudal dynasty that had reached its support limit, but he couldn't tell Lin Ruhai Ming, so he could only smile bitterly and hold his hand.

"Ziyang, it seems you have something to say?"

(End of this chapter)