The splendor of the red mansion

Chapter 7
"That's good. If I have to deal with them every day, I'd rather leave Beijing early. I can't let Yu'er go to that mansion." I grew up in that mansion, so how can I not know the difficulties.Now Jia Min and Lin Ruhai are shocked by the wealth and ostentation in the mansion.They couldn't be more clear about the salary of the Rongguo Mansion. Nowadays, such luxury is rarely seen in the prince's mansion. How much property can the ancestors leave for them to sit and eat?
In the study, Yinzhen sat behind the desk reading a book, while Daiyu stood in a chair and practiced calligraphy.

"elder brother?"

Feeling tired after resting for a while, Daiyu turned her head to look at Yinzhen who was sitting upright.Yinzhen looked up at her, and Daiyu smiled and said, "Brother, look at Yu'er's writing." Yinzhen put down the book and got up to look at the handwriting on the rice paper on the table.Daiyu is only four years old this year, and although her handwriting is not perfect, it is still neat.The three characters Lin Daiyu are written squarely.Daiyu handed the pen to Yinzhen, "Brother teaches Yu'er." Yinzhen took the pen, thought for a while and wrote the word Yinzhen next to it.Daiyu looked at him blankly. After all, her literacy is limited at a young age, and these two characters are not commonly used, but she can't recognize them.Yinzhen smiled lightly and said, "Yinzhen."

"Yin, Zhen. Is it the elder brother?"

Yinzhen nodded gently, handed the pen back to Daiyu, held her little hand and taught her to write the word Yinzhen.Daiyu said with a joyful smile, "Yinzhen, brother." Holding hands together, one big and one small, they wrote their names on a sheet of paper.Daiyu looked at the name next to her own name and for some reason felt sweeter than eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by her mother.Yinzhen looked down at the exquisite little person in his arms, the little white jade face was smeared with ink at some point, just like a cute little cat, "Little cat." He raised his hand and gently wiped it off for her. The ink stains on her face made Xiao Daiyu realize that her ugly appearance had been seen by others.Seeing the flashing smile in Yinzhen's eyes, Daiyu's eyes flashed mischievousness, stretched out her small hand stained with ink to wipe Yinzhen's face, looked at Yinzhen for a moment, and there was still that stern face The ridiculous ink on his face giggled, "Brother is a tabby cat!"

Yinzhen looked at her helplessly. In the palace, let alone a court lady and eunuch or an ordinary prince, who would dare to make such a joke with the imperial concubine's precious son?It's just that she couldn't give birth to the little person in her arms, so she had no choice but to nod her pretty nose, "Naughty." Daiyu frowned while covering her little nose, "Brother is bad, if the little nose is flat, it won't hurt." It's pretty." Mother said, Yu'er's little nose is the most beautiful.

"Brother doesn't dislike Yu'er for not being pretty."

"Hehe, Yu'er doesn't dislike elder brother either." Daiyu took out the small handkerchief folded by her mother and carefully wiped the ink on Yinzhen's face, her elder brother looked the best looking.At the same time, he stretched out his smiling face to Yinzhen's hand, "Brother wipe." Yinzhen smiled faintly, and stretched out his hand to gently caress the beautiful little face.

Outside the door, Lin Ruhuan and his wife quietly watched the warm interaction of the couple inside.Lin Ruhai shook his head to stop Jia Min from knocking on the door, supported his wife and turned to leave.

"Master, Yu'er and Fourth Prince..."

Lin Ruhai shook his head, and said softly: "It's too early to say these things. Yu'er is still young, and no one can tell the changes in Jiangnan. If they really have the heart, our family background is no worse than others when accompanying the royal elder brother." Jia Min sighed worriedly: "If it's possible, I still hope that Yu'er will be more calm in the future, and that she won't have anything to do with the royal family." Lin Ruhai smiled lightly: "Our family is in the flag. It's not easy to get in touch. In this case, as a father, I will naturally arrange everything for Yu'er. I will not let our daughter suffer." Jia Min suppressed two muffled coughs, nodded and said: "Master is doing things. I've always been considerate, but I just don't worry about it as a mother." Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Madam take good care of her body, and in the future, seeing Yu'er grow up, if we find a good home for her, don't you have to worry about it? "

"What the master said is true." I'm afraid that her body won't be able to wait for that day.

Yinzhen lived in Lin's house for half a month, so it is unknown how rumors spread in the palace that they are outside the palace, they only concentrate on listening to Lin Ruhai's lectures or playing with Daiyu every day, but they are also leisurely.Lin Ruhai felt a little relieved when he saw Yinzhen gradually receding from the chill all over his body. Empress Xiaoyi was his cousin after all, and now only this son was left to take care of him.These days Yinzhen also admires Lin Ruhai's knowledge very much, it is easier to understand and more practical than the masters that Huang Ama pointed out to him in the palace.Yinzhen is not a dull person, so he naturally understands that what Lin Ruhai focuses on teaching himself is not the poems, songs, Fu, four books and five classics that can be learned in books.It is the means and knowledge to survive in the deep palace, in the royal family, and in the world.So I also study hard.Daiyu followed in the study every day, and Lin Ruhai practiced calligraphy while giving lectures, and occasionally expressed her own opinions to her father, making the two of them smile.Lin Ruhai wasn't afraid of spoiling his daughter by teaching her like this, as the daughters of a well-known family like them were not comparable to those from a small family.Knowledge and means are indispensable, otherwise how will you manage a huge family in the future?How to stand in the world?
On this day, before Lin Ruhai finished his lecture, someone came to the palace and said that the queen mother missed the fourth elder brother, and ordered the fourth elder brother and Yu Gege to return to the palace for a few days.Lin Ruhai and his wife had no choice but to tidy up quickly and send them to the palace.

Cining Palace

The Compassionate Ning Palace is where the Empress Dowager lived with the concubines of the late emperor, and now the empress Borzigit of the late emperor lives here.After Kangxi ascended the throne, he was honored as the mother empress dowager and was honored as empress dowager Renxian.Kangxi was extremely filial, fearing that the queen mother would be lonely in her later years, and raised Yinqi, the fifth son of the emperor, in front of the queen mother.

When Yinzhen and Daiyu entered the Palace of Compassion and Ning, several favored concubines in the palace were chatting with the Queen Mother. When they heard that the fourth elder brother asked to see him, the Queen Mother hurriedly asked people to come in.

Yinzhen led Daiyu into the hall, and bowed respectfully: "Grandson pays respects to Mama Mama, concubine Xian, concubine Xi, concubine Xi, and all concubines." It was the noble concubine Tong Jia, the imperial concubine Niu Colu, the concubine Rong Ma Jia, the concubine Yi Guo Luoluo, the concubine Hui Nala, and the concubine Wuya.Before entering the palace, Lin Ruhai had instructed Daiyu what to do, and when Yinzhen finished paying her respects, Daiyu followed suit and said, "Xilinjue Luoshi Daiyu please greet the Empress Dowager, and all the empresses."

(End of this chapter)