The splendor of the red mansion

Chapter 3 First Meeting
Daiyu happily reached out her hand to touch Yinzhen's cold cheek and said, "Then brother, don't be sad. The empress will be very sad if she knows that brother is sick." Mentioning the deceased mother, Yinzhen's mood became depressed again , whispered, "Emperor Niang..." Daiyu stretched out her small hand to hold Yinzhen's hand, and said seriously: "Yu'er is with brother, brother is not sad." The two small figures stood tightly in front of the Buddha statue. depend on each other.The warmth and fragrance emanating from the little soft body made Yinzhen couldn't help hugging the little person tightly, absorbing the warmth from her body.The chill that was originally all over his body finally gradually melted away.

In the imperial study room, Kangxi and Lin Ruhai listened to Li Dequan's report.Kangxi smiled and said to Lin Ruhai: "It seems that Zhen'er likes Xiao Yu'er very much. He doesn't like to see anyone in Jingren Palace these days, and he doesn't want to talk too much, but it will be better once your Xiao Yu'er goes." Lin Ruhai was not at all complacent, and said: "The emperor has won the award. My girl has been lacking in discipline since she was a child, no matter how big or small, I am afraid she will offend the fourth brother." Kangxi sighed softly, stared at Lin Ruhai and said seriously: "Ruhai, zhen Er is the child that Tong Jia misses the most. No matter what, I will ensure that he grows up safely. You know, life is not easy for a ten-year-old child in the deep palace, and I can't watch him all the time. Too much favor will give him He caused trouble."

Lin Ruhai was silent for a while, and said: "Isn't there the one from Yonghe Palace? Anyway, she is also the fourth elder brother's biological mother-in-law, right?"

Kangxi nodded and said: "Now it can only be like this. After sending Tong Jia to the mountain mausoleum, I will let Concubine De raise Zhen'er." In terms of status, Kangxi still prefers to belong to Concubine Xian or Concubine Xian who was born to Queen Tong Jia's mother. Niu Hulu's noble concubine.But the fourth elder brother is the queen's adopted son, and it would be inappropriate for him to be raised by others, so he can only be raised by his biological mother.Lin Ruhai looked at Kangxi and said, "What are you worried about, Your Majesty?" Kangxi frowned slightly and said, "Concubine De just had her fourteenth elder brother last year. I'm afraid she doesn't have the heart to take care of Zhen'er." It's not something he should talk about as a foreign minister.Naturally, Kangxi didn't want him to help him with advice, but he just said something lightly, thought for a while and said: "Speaking of which, you are close to Tong Jia, but you haven't met Concubine Xian a few times. Ask your wife to take you with me later. It's good for Xiao Yu'er to go and see you." Lin Ruhai raised his eyebrows, waiting for Kangxi's next words, and sure enough, he only heard Kangxi say: "Tong Jia's filial piety period has passed, and I will make Concubine Jinxian the noble concubine."

Lin Ruhai took her daughter to bid farewell to the emperor and went back to the Lin family's mansion in the capital. Along the way, Daiyu lay in her father's arms, feeling rare and quiet.Lin Ruhai squeezed her daughter's pink face and said with a smile: "Why is Yu'er so focused on thinking?" Daiyu's long eyelashes flickered, and she looked up at her father, "Daddy, brother is so pitiful."

elder brother?Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment before reacting, and said, "Yu'er is talking about the fourth elder brother? Why is he so pitiful?"

Daiyu said sullenly: "My brother has no mother, it's very pitiful. He chanted scriptures for his mother every day in the Buddhist hall. My brother must miss her very much." Xiao Daiyu thought that if the mother disappeared, she would It must be very sad.When she just left, she saw her brother kneeling alone in front of the Buddha statue just like when she first met, Daiyu felt that her chest was constricted and hurt as if she had been pricked by a needle, and her small face immediately wrinkled into a ball .Lin Ruhai looked at her and asked, "Yu'er likes Sia...brother?" Daiyu tilted her head and thought about it, then nodded solemnly.

"Why does Yu'er like brother? Didn't you just meet?"

Xiao Daiyu rubbed her little nose in distress, and shook her head, "Yu'er doesn't know. Daddy, let's take my brother to live at home, shall we?"

Lin Ruhai smiled wryly, for her precious daughter's whims.Where can the dragon's son and emperor's grandson be taken to live at home?

Back at the mansion, just after entering the door, the butler came up to report that someone had come to Rong Guogong's mansion, and his wife was accompanying him in the front hall.Lin Ruhai frowned slightly, carried Daiyu back to the room and changed her clothes before going out to meet guests.Mrs. Lin Jia Min is the daughter-in-law of Duke Rong's mansion. Now that Duke Rong has passed away early, the second wife Jia Zheng and his wife are in charge of the house, which is Jia Min's brother-in-law.Lin Ruhai and his wife just returned to Beijing yesterday, Lin Ruhai was reported to the palace this morning, before he could go to Jia's house to meet the old lady, Jia's family sent someone here first.

Lin Ruhai stepped into the flower hall, and Jia Min greeted her with a smile. When she saw Daiyu lying in her father's arms, she stretched out her arms to hug her and said with a smile, "Can Yu'er listen to my father today?" Daiyu obediently hugged her mother and rubbed Rubbing his small face, he said with a smile, "Yu'er is good, I miss my mother." The young man sitting next to him also got up and said, "My nephew pays respects to my uncle." Lin Ruhai helped him up and smiled, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Zhu My son is more outstanding now." This young man is the eldest son of Jia Zheng and his wife in the Rongguo Mansion, named Jia Zhu.Jia Zhu smiled impressively, and said: "My nephew is dull, how can my uncle be as handsome as my uncle." When the Lin family was still in the capital, Jia Zhu was still a half-grown child, and he respected his talented uncle very much.Therefore, when they heard that Lin Ruhai and his wife were returning to Beijing, they hurriedly came to see them.

After the host and guest were seated, Lin Ruhai asked the old lady and everyone in the Jia family how they were, and said that he would go to see his mother-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law tomorrow.Jia Zhu sent some gadgets to Daiyu as a meeting gift.Then he also talked about some trivial matters in Rongguo Mansion.Finally said: "A few years ago, my wife got a little brother named Baoyu who was born with jade in his mouth. Madam and old lady love her like eyeballs, but she is more than a year older than her sister." He said this, but It was to remind Jia Min.In the early years when Jia Min was not out of the cabinet, his relationship with Jia Zhu's mother, Wang, was very rigid at home.With Jia Zhu talking like this now, if Jia Min valued Baoyu and treated him better, Mrs. Wang would feel better, and the quarrel between sisters-in-law might disappear.

Lin Ruhai and his wife naturally knew about these things. They hadn't had much contact with the capital in recent years, but they occasionally communicated with each other, but they didn't think so much about the birth of the jade.

Jia Zhu looked at Daiyu, who was sitting next to Jia Min, bowed her head and concentrated on dismantling Jiulianhuan, and said in a low voice: "I usually listen to the old lady's meaning, but she actually wants to marry my uncle's family. Now my uncle and aunt are bringing my sister Come back, the old lady’s thoughts..." Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "We are well aware of this matter. Thank you for pointing it out." In the past two years, the old lady’s letters to Jiangnan often mentioned the idea of ​​marriage, but they were caught by them. It is said that Yu'er is still young and is not in a hurry to consider this matter.First of all, it was true that the daughter was still young, and they were unwilling to casually engage in a marriage and tie her up for life.Lin Ruhai never thought that the Jia family would be a good home.

(End of this chapter)