The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 717
The eighth day of September.

This morning, it was rare for Lin Daiyu not to stay in the study, but to pace back and forth in the courtyard anxiously and expectantly.

It was about [nine o'clock in the morning] when Chen Shi heard the sound of a carriage outside the courtyard, followed by Xue Yan's cheerful shout: "Girl, here we come, here we come!"

Lin Daiyu couldn't wait to welcome her out the door, just as she ran into Jiao Shun who was disguised and slowly stopped the carriage.

She didn't say hello to Jiao Shun, she walked around to the back of the car, looked up into the car.

At the same time, Xing Xiuyan just opened the door of the car, and the eyes of the people in and out of the car met each other. Sister Lin couldn't help calling "Sister Xing" excitedly, and then repeatedly urged Xueyan to get the wooden ladder.

At this time, Jiao Shun had already moved over with the wooden ladder. He was reaching out to help Xing Xiuyan get off the car, but Lin Daiyu took a step ahead, and then walked into the courtyard holding Xing Xiuyan's hand.

tsk~
Jiao Shun smacked his lips, and followed behind embarrassingly.

The coaxing and deception went very smoothly that day, but the bad thing was that he couldn't hold back in the end, and desecrated Sister Lin's beautiful face-but the arrow is on the string, who can resist it?

After all, he just made a mistake that any man would make.

After entering the yard, Lin Daiyu first took Xing Xiuyan to ask questions in the living room, and then took her to the study, where she brought out the draft of "Farewell My Concubine" like a treasure.

It is not surprising that Lin Daiyu is so enthusiastic. Although the life in Taohua Lane is well-fed, and Jiao Shun tries to make her happy, she grew up with her brothers and sisters in Rongguo Mansion, and suddenly lived alone for a long time. It is inevitable to feel lonely at times.

Seeing her like this, Jiao Shun smiled and said to Xing Xiuyan: "Earlier I was worried that she would be uncomfortable seeing you, but now that she is fine, you might as well come here often."

Naturally, Xing Xiuyan had no objection, but she couldn't help feeling a little sad in her heart. After so many things happened, she didn't expect that sister Lin would eventually become her master's person, and she would still be a shady concubine.

It can only be said that it is fate.

Lin Daiyu gave Jiao Shun a blank look, took Xing Xiuyan's arm and said coquettishly: "Even if you don't tell me, my sister will come here often, right?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled without answering, but stretched out his hand fondly to caress her hair.

Seeing the two of them getting close to each other, Jiao Shun didn't bother her at all: "Then let's talk first, I'll go outside and set up the grill—we'll make a living by ourselves today."

Said, went out of the study.

Xing Xiuyan originally wanted to go out to help, but was stopped by Lin Daiyu, and she couldn't help wondering: "Sister and Master?"

Lin Daiyu was so embarrassed to say so, she blushed and changed the topic: "Let's not mention him, I just have a matter here, and I need my sister's help to go into details."

As he spoke, he told about the novel that he and Xue Baochai co-authored, and how Xue Baochai suddenly sent someone to follow the messenger two days ago.

In fact, she had already made up her mind, and was going to write a letter to Xue Baochai in two days, saying that she would never step into the Rongguo Mansion again in this life, and the reason why she would ask Xing Xiuyan now was out of panic Just looking for a reason.

But after Xing Xiuyan listened to it, he pointed out a core question: Xue Baochai will marry to Rongguo Mansion next month, if she communicates frequently with Lin Daiyu then, how can she ensure that nothing leaks?
If Jia Baoyu or someone from the Rongguo Mansion came here by following the clues, how will Sister Lin plan to deal with it?
This time, Lin Daiyu stopped asking.

To be honest, she initially contacted Xue Baochai for the purpose of verifying her conjecture. Later, she was completely obsessed with writing books and couldn't extricate herself, so she never thought of this question at all.

As for why Jiao Shun didn't think of this...

What's so difficult about doing some 'private affairs' without telling the men in Rongguo Mansion?
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But Lin Daiyu was holding the draft and staring blankly for a while, not knowing what to do.

She doesn't have the "confidence" like Jiao Shun, and she doesn't dare to take the risk of being noticed by Jia Baoyu. In this case, she can only give up co-authoring the book with Xue Baochai.

But can she really write this book by herself?

or……

She set her sights on Xing Xiuyan. Sister Xing's essay writing may be a bit inferior to Sister Bao's, but she has been in the folk for a long time, and she has seen far more than Sister Bao. If she is asked to replace Sister Bao...

But after hesitating again and again, Lin Daiyu gave up the idea.

The main reason is that I don't want Xing Xiuyan to think that he regards her as a second-best substitute.

However, since then, her heart has been empty, as if a piece has been dug out, and after sending Xing Xiuyan away, she is even more depressed and depressed, no matter how much Jiao Shun coaxes her, it doesn't work.

Later, Jiao Shun simply asked Xing Xiuyan to move to Taohua Lane for more than ten days in the name of going back to her mother's house to take care of her mother. Only then did Lin Daiyu's mood gradually improve.

…………

the other side.

After Xue Baochai passed the initial panic, seeing that she didn't see any "feedback" from sister Lin for several days, she gradually calmed down, but it was followed by deep loss and regret.

Perhaps from now on, I will never be able to contact Lin Daiyu again, and naturally I will never have the opportunity to continue to participate in the compilation of "Farewell My Concubine".

Strange to say, although she had poured her heart and soul into it before, she didn't take this novel too seriously. On the contrary, after confirming that she could no longer participate, she always thought of all kinds of things in the book for no reason.

So much so that after ten or so days of 'breaking the update', her enthusiasm for creation reached the highest level, and even in her sleep and dreams, there were stories of little beans and little stones, and the little actors in her dreams were not boys, but a group of innocent people. The romantic girls are fond of each other's childhood sweethearts.

Every time Baochai wakes up from the dream, she feels lost.

In such a blink of an eye, it was already the end of September, and the situation in the court had undergone considerable changes during this period.

First of all, after the assessment regulations of the Academy of Engineering were established, there were very few new Confucian scholars who signed up for the assessment, not even one-fifth of the applicants for the craftsman examination.

And behind this, there are tens of times the new Confucianism, and they have silently turned back to the old Confucianism-who doesn't want to be promoted and get rich?But it is another matter to let them confront the local gentry with the most drastic means in order to get promoted and get rich.

Affected by this, the Neo-Confucianism school, which seemed to be thriving at first, has only a few feathers left in just half a month, and even Wang Zhe, Wang Ge, and the elders have plummeted.

On the contrary, in this battle, Jiao Shun not only defeated the elder Wang Ge head-on, won the emperor's exclusive favor again, but also took the opportunity to elevate the status of engineering.

Not to mention, when September 22, the emperor suddenly issued an edict stating that Zhan Shifu would be established in October to prepare for the canonization of the crown prince.

According to the usual practice, the Donggong Zhanshi of the third rank will be concurrently held by six ministers from Hanlin. It has not yet been determined who will be assigned, but there is almost no dispute about the ownership of the Shao Zhanshi of the fourth rank.

Even the blind and deaf knew that this Shao Zhan event was tailor-made for Jiao Shun.

In just three years, he was promoted from the seventh-rank institute to the fourth-rank Zhanshi, and he has crossed a distance that many people may not have crossed in 30 years. marvel.

Among them was Jia Lian who had just been tough at the funeral.

Rongfu East Cross Courtyard.

"how so?!"

Jia Lian paced back and forth restlessly, sometimes gnashing his teeth, sometimes showing fear.

He originally thought that the emperor had turned to support the Neo-Confucianism, there was absolutely no reason for Wang Ge to fail, and that dog slave would surely become a thing of the past.

Who would have thought it would be like this? !
It's good now, that servant is about to become the minister of the Qiandi Conglong, and now it's okay to rely on the presence of a virtuous concubine in the palace, but if the new emperor ascends the throne, wouldn't that slave be even more lawless?
His two men, thieves and prostitutes, are all in a rage. If he has a grudge, or if he thinks he is an eyesore, and uses some tricks secretly, he will have nowhere to complain!
Jia Lian shuddered at the thought that Yushu Linfeng, who was so wise and mighty, might end up with a certain three-inch Dinggu bark.

But he was really not willing to let him be so humble and submissive.

Why?Why? !

It's obvious that it was the pair of dogs and men who committed the crime, but why do you want to bow your head to them instead? !

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Just as Jia Lian subconsciously wanted to shake his sleeves, he suddenly saw Qin Xian coming in to report that Mrs. Wang wanted to ask the second master Ming'er to come forward and personally escort the second girl to the temple to clean up.

"understood."

Jia Lian replied impatiently, even though they were half brothers and sisters, he was not close to Yingchun in the first place, and now that he knew what Yingchun had done, it was even more impossible for him to have a good impression of her.

But this incident reminded him that maybe he could find a way to go down through the younger sisters——isn't the third girl going to marry Jiao Shun before the end of the year?Isn't it a matter of course for me to approach him as my uncle?
Just couldn't figure out how to subdue that dog servant without losing dignity when the time comes.

wrong!

I don't call it subdued, it's just that those who know the current affairs are handsome...

Not right either!
It should be said that it is waiting for the right time.

The higher this dog slave climbs, the worse he will fall in the future. I just need to lie down and wait to see what happens to him.

After such self-comfort, Jia Lian suddenly felt that the world was vast, and he was not so resistant to strategically bowing his head and giving in.

So I went to the Grand View Garden while the iron was hot, planning to inquire about Tanchun and Jiao Shun's engagement in the name of asking about tomorrow's itinerary.

On the way, when passing by the Moon Cave Gate made of bamboo hedges and flower barriers, I saw Jia Baoyu pinching a cosmos, chanting words there: "Go, don't go, go, don't go, go..."

Jia Lian stopped and raised his voice and asked, "Baoyu, what are you doing here?"

"No, nothing."

Jia Baoyu subconsciously hid the cosmos behind her back, but then suddenly remembered something, and blurted out, "Second brother Lian, you have been to Suzhou and presided over Uncle Lin's funeral in person, do you know what is nearby?" Is there a place where people can hide?"

Jia Lian immediately understood what he was doing just now, and immediately said impatiently: "You should give up as soon as possible, don't say that you are going to get married next month, even if there is no such thing, the family will never let you go to Suzhou Looking for Sister Lin! Besides, although Sister Lin is good, I'm afraid she won't be able to surpass Baochai, so don't be in the midst of blessings and not know your blessings!"

After a pause, he said again: "Besides, what did you do long ago? If the old lady was invited to make the decision early in the morning, why would Miss Lin leave without saying goodbye?"

After speaking, he walked away.

Jia Baoyu stood there in a daze for a long time, then waved his hand dejectedly, and threw the cosmos whose petals had been torn off half way into the water.

Brother Lian was right, if he had done his best early in the morning, how could sister Lin leave without saying goodbye?

Just like that, staring blankly at the cosmos slowly floating down the water, Jia Baoyu suddenly thought of something, hurriedly chased after and picked up the remaining flower with great effort, and holding it preciously came to the peach blossom forest middle.

He looked left and right, found a small bag of earth according to his past memories, and dug it up with his hands without hesitation. After a while, he dug out a small bag from the soil.

Thinking back to the scene when Lin Daiyu buried the flowers, and thinking that the peach blossoms are still there, but Yiren is hard to find, I couldn't help crying out of grief.

It happened that Caixia and Cailuan passed by, and they were very curious when they heard the cry, so they followed the sound to find them.

When she realized that it was Baoyu kneeling on the ground crying for Daiyu, Cailuan subconsciously wanted to step forward to help him up, but was stopped by Caixia, and whispered: "Why are you offending this little ancestor? He cried for him, Let's go our own way, just pretend that we haven't seen it—otherwise it will be a bad thing if we get involved!"

Cailuan, on the other hand, held three ounces of sympathy, pointed at Baoyu and said, "Look how sad the second master is crying. If I were Miss Lin, I'm afraid he would have changed his mind long ago when he saw how much he loved me."

"That's because you're not Miss Lin!"

Caixia snorted and sneered again: "Besides, it's for Miss Lin right now, and maybe it will be for that girl in the future—believe it or not, if it was Miss Xue who left without saying goodbye now, he would probably cry like this. It doesn't matter how sad Miss Lin will be when she sees it!"

(End of this chapter)