Red House Shoufu

Chapter 78
The Lin family's study room is very large, filled with all kinds of books.

After Lin Shu went to the north, he successively moved over almost all of the Lin family's collection of books in the south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Jia Lian looked enviously at the bookshelf full of books, and blurted out: "This is the confidence that a family can pass on from generation to generation!"

Jia Baoyu randomly picked it up and basically flipped through it. Coincidentally, what he read was only a subset of classics and history, and he put it back with a disgusted face.

"What's so good about it? It's just books on economics and official career. I don't want to be that country's thief."

Jia Lian smiled and didn't answer, just picked up a travel book and read it.Baoyu felt bored, so he lay down by the window to watch the scenery outside.

Xueyan came over with two servant girls, holding various snacks and tea in their hands, Baoyu's eyes lit up: "Xueyan, Xueyan, I am here..."

"Second Master Bao, is Second Master Lian here? The girl asks the slave to bring some tea and refreshments."

Xueyan smiled. Although Baoyu had some minor problems, she was still very kind to them servant girls.

"Second Master Lian, it will take a while for the uncle to come over. There is a lot of noise outside, so you should rest in the study first."

Jia Lian hummed and asked a few words about Daiyu.When Xueyan answered, Baoyu listened very carefully.

When she heard that Daiyu and Xichun spent three hours a day studying with the two nuns Zhang and Lu, Baoyu said indignantly: "What a good girl, what are you doing learning those hard things? Then Lin Shu said he would treat Lin Shu." Hello sister, is this what he calls okay?"

"Baoyu, it's my cousin's blessing to be able to learn from the nanny in the palace. What's more, that nanny Zhang is an old man next to the former queen. How many people look forward to having the opportunity to be taught by him. Go ask the second sister Third sister, let's see if they are willing to go to school together?"

Jia Lian stopped his complaints, but Xueyan didn't take Baoyu's words to heart.She has stayed in Rongguo Mansion for three years, and she has known the other party's temperament for a long time.

She smiled and said to Jia Lian: "Young lady heard that Second Grandma Feng is ill, so she has already taken a post to ask the imperial doctor to come to the mansion. She said that she will be free the day after tomorrow, so she will go to the mansion to visit Second Grandma Feng."

Daiyu is a titled county head, and she can invite the best imperial doctors from the imperial hospital, whose medical skills are much better than ordinary imperial physicians.

Jia Lian replied gratefully: "You will go back later and help me thank my cousin. That meeting in the morning really scared me."

Xueyan responded and prepared to go back to the inner house.At this moment, Baoyu clamored to follow Xueyan to find Daiyu, and Jia Lian's face darkened.

"Did you forget what the old lady said when you came here? This is not the Rongguo Mansion. Today, the Lin Mansion hosted a banquet, and there were many female relatives in the inner house. Have you ever seen any men run to play among the female relatives?"

"Second Brother Lian, I haven't seen Sister Lin for a long time, just let me take a look."

Jia Baoyu had long forgotten what Jia Shishi said when he came, and now his mind was on Daiyu, even if Jia Lian stood in front of him with a dark face, it would not work.

Jia Lian grabbed Baoyu's shoulder and restrained Baoyu who was about to rush out the door with all his strength.

"Xueyan, you go back first."

"Second Master Lian, is this okay? If you go back to the old lady to blame..." Xueyan looked at Baoyu who was screaming in pain, feeling a little worried.

Jia Lian smiled indifferently, and put a little more effort into her hands: "It's okay, I've been used to it for a long time. You go..."

After Xueyan left, Jia Lian let go.He looked at the glaring Baoyu, and said with a smile: "Are you planning to go back and complain to your ancestors? How old are you, you are not as sensible as Lange."

Bao Yu just wanted to refute, but he heard Jia Lian continue: "You are very smart, but your smartness is spent on how to pretend to be sick, how to please girls, and how to deal with your second uncle. Even if Lang Geer knows how to study hard, in the future So that sister-in-law Zhu earns her life and comes back. What about you? When will you have such ambition?"

There was no one around, Jia Lian said all the things that were inconvenient to say at home on weekdays, and her tone became more and more serious: "Do you still remember the eldest sister who is in the palace? Don't forget, she is still suffering in the palace? Don't you Study hard, how will you support her in the future?"

"Big sister is now enjoying the blessings in the palace as the imperial concubine. How can she be as pitiful as Lian's second brother said..."

Jia Baoyu retorted unconvinced. In his memory, the appearance of the eldest sister Yuan Chun has become blurred.

"Forget it, I'm just your cousin, and I can't take care of that much. If you feel comfortable going on like this, then go with you."

Looking at the ignorant and ignorant Jia Baoyu in front of him, Jia Lian suddenly became upset and irritable.

It stands to reason that Jia Zheng and Yifang are completely opposed to him, but he doesn't have much ill feeling towards Jia Baoyu.Even looking forward to Jia Baoyu's future success can be regarded as complete brotherhood.

But under the doting of the old lady, his cousin was really ignorant, and he was completely raised and abandoned.

Jia Lian sighed, unwilling to talk to Baoyu any more, picked up the travel notes by himself and continued to read.

Jia Baoyu was also happy and quiet, and continued to lie by the window, thinking about how to go to the inner house to find the sisters to play.

After a while, Fuquan came to Jia Lian and said that there were distinguished guests, so Lin Shu invited them to the main hall to have a talk.

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It turned out that Lin Shu originally planned to go to the study to look for Jia Lian, but the sect suddenly came to report that Prince Shui Rong of Beijing County, Niu Jizong, the first-class uncle of the Duke of Zhen, Liu Fang, the first-rank son of the Duke of Li, Prince Teng of the county, and Huang Xue Pan from Shang Xue's family came to congratulate him for the banquet.

Although Lin Shu was suspicious of the purpose of this group of people, he quickly sent someone to invite Jia Lian, and then went to the front yard to welcome them in.

Shui Rong was young, around his early twenties, after the death of the old county king, Shui Rong, who was originally a concubine, took over his title.Although there is no real power, the Beijing Palace is extremely powerful in the Nine Frontier Army, second only to the Jia family with one family and two princes.

In the main hall, Shui Rong sat at the first place, followed by Niu Jizong and Liu Fang, and Lin Shu sat on the right side of the main hall, next to Wang Ziteng and Xue Pan who had been sizing him up.

"Duke Zhuangyuan, this king came here uninvited and became a bad guest, so I still look forward to Haihan."

Shui Rong is worthy of being a well-known "virtuous king" in the capital. Not only is he handsome, but he also speaks like a spring breeze. If Lin Shu hadn't known the inside story, he would have been deceived by his appearance.

Lin Shu didn't dare to say anything, and replied a few words that were not nutritious.Before figuring out the purpose of this group of people, the best way is to stop quietly.

Shui Rong, Niu, and Liu tried a few words respectively, which were basically about the sun-drying method.

Lin Shu excused himself by saying that the emperor supervised it himself, and he didn't know the specific situation. For a while, several people couldn't get the words out of Lin Shu's mouth.

At this time, Jia Lian and Baoyu hurried in, and they bowed to each other: "I pay my respects to the king of the county, and to all (uncles) uncles."

The Jia family and the four princes and eight princes have better generations, and the etiquette on the scene still needs to be sufficient.

"Brother Lian is here today too? Ah, isn't this Brother Bao? Long time no see."

Shui Rong first greeted Jia Lian cordially, then saw Jia Baoyu next to him, smiled and stood up, with La Baoyu sitting beside him.

Jia Baoyu had seen Shui Rong several times before, and the handsome Shui Rong gave him an excellent impression.The two sat there ignoring the others, and whispered intimately.

After Jia Lian's arrival, the atmosphere in the main hall was awkward except for Shui Rong and Jia Baoyu who were getting carried away chatting.

Niu Jizong was quick-tempered, relying on himself as Jia Lian's elder, he pretended to teach Jia Lian a few words.

Between words, he was extremely dissatisfied with Jia Lian and his son's repayment of the debt owed by the household department.Liu Fang also echoed a few times, but Wang Ziteng didn't speak, and silently looked at the expressions of Jia Lian and Lin Shu.

It's a pity that whether it's Jia Lian or Lin Shu, although they are young, their expressions don't change. Wang Ziteng didn't notice anything.

"Ahem, nephew Lin Xian, I have known your father for many years, and now he has passed away like a sea. I heard that you, niece Lin and uncle's family had some misunderstandings. As an elder, I have to say a few words to you..."

Wang Ziteng's sudden opening made everyone in the main hall quiet down, including Shui Rong and Baoyu who seemed to get carried away talking.

Everyone focused on Lin Shu and Wang Ziteng, only to hear Wang Ziteng say: "As juniors, you and niece Lin, how can you offend the elders because of trivial matters? You didn't even visit Rongguo Mansion during the Chinese New Year."

Lin Shu's face was calm, he looked straight into Wang Ziteng's eyes, and said leisurely: "If it's a trivial matter, this junior will naturally not take it to heart. But it is related to my sister's reputation, even if it is said to be unfilial and unrighteous, this junior will not care Will not compromise."

Wang Ziteng glanced at Jia Baoyu, and said to Lin Shu: "But I heard that niece Lin and my nephew are childhood sweethearts, and there is only a marriage letter..."

Hearing this, Baoyu got up happily.Although there were many rumors in the Rongguo Mansion that he and Sister Lin were childhood sweethearts, this was the first time someone officially mentioned his marriage to Sister Lin.

He was about to say something, but Lin Shu interrupted Wang Ziteng's words seriously: "My lord, please be careful, the reputation of sister-in-law cannot be tarnished, and the reputation of the Lin family cannot be insulted!"

The main hall was quiet, except for the breathing of everyone, there was silence.

Wang Ziteng opened a box he was carrying and took out a letter from it. He opened it and handed it to Lin Shu: "This is a letter sent to Rongguo Mansion by Lin's niece's mother in the second year of Zhide. To renew the marriage, and the person she chooses is Baoyu."

Lin Shu didn't accept the letter, he knew it was true.At that time, Jia Min felt that time was running out and worried about Daiyu's future, so he went to Xinrongguo Mansion to discuss with Jia Shishi, hoping to make Daiyu and Baoyu get engaged.

But time waits for no one, before the capital can reply, Jia Min passed away, and the matter is over.

When Daiyu went to the capital, Jia Shishi wrote to Lin Ruhai many times, trying to settle the matter.But with Lin Shu's reminder, Lin Ruhai sent people to investigate the specific situation of Rongguo Mansion and Jia Baoyu, and declined the matter.

If it weren't for the turbulent undercurrent in the south of the Yangtze River in those two years, Lin Ruhai would have brought Daiyu back to Yangzhou long ago.

Wang Ziteng saw that Lin Shu didn't accept the letter, so he opened the letter directly: "Nephew Lin, Ru Hai is gone, and Auntie is the grandmother of Lin Shu. It is much better than blind marriage and finding a stranger. Although you have become the head of the Lin family, you are still young, and this matter was the intention of Lin's niece's mother back then, and it is better to obey her mother's order. What do you think? ?”

Wang Ziteng first used friendship to open the way, and then carried out Jia Min to suppress him with filial piety. He originally thought that even if he couldn't succeed for a while, he could shake Lin Shu's mind.

But Lin Shu still stood still, pushing the letter back without even reading it.

"Eldest brother is like a father. My parents are not here. I, the eldest brother, still decide on the marriage of my younger sister. Mr. Wang, if you come to congratulate the younger generation today, the Lin family will welcome you. If you propose marriage, the younger generation will say sorry, and the daughter of the Lin family will not marry." A person who has no merit in the country and is useless to the people."

Lin Shu got up and bowed in the direction of the palace, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty's grace, I told this junior that he will find a suitable marriage for my younger sister. So, thank you, Mr. Wang, for your concern, but this junior can only say sorry Already!"

Just after Lin Shu finished speaking, not to mention Jia Baoyu who stood there dumbfounded, even Shui Rong and the others were too shocked by Lin Shu's words to say a word.

"Impossible, how can sister Lin marry someone else, she can only marry me!"

The originally silent main hall was broken by Jia Baoyu's grief-stricken shout.Seeing that he was crazy, he rushed towards Lin Shu.

Jia Lian couldn't hold back, and Lin Shu was bumped into his arms by Jia Baoyu who suddenly rushed over.Fortunately, Jia Lian came to his senses and rushed over to hold Jia Baoyu down.

Lin Shu looked at Jia Baoyu who was glaring at him, and said to him slightly ironically: "Brother Baoyu, let me ask you, why do you think my sister can only marry you? What do you use to support her? Why do you, Let her live a carefree life?"

"Can't the dignified Rongguo Mansion allow Sister Lin to live a good life?" Jia Baoyu retorted bitterly.

Lin Shu sneered: "Rongguo Mansion belongs to Uncle now, and will belong to Cousin Lian in the future. What does it have to do with you?"

"What's his and mine? Am I not from Rongguo Mansion? A family, how do you divide me?"

Hearing Jia Baoyu's response, Lin Shu shook his head.He continued to ask: "Then you want Cousin Lian to support your family in the future?"

Without waiting for Jia Baoyu to answer, Lin Shu turned to Wang Ziteng and said, "My lord, although the younger generation can't do the marriage of the master sister-in-law, but if you think about it, your majesty will not let the sister-in-law marry such an immature person, right?"

Wang Ziteng looked at Baoyu who was struggling in Jia Lian's hands, and couldn't help but blush.Although I knew that my nephew was a little ignorant and childish on weekdays, I didn't expect to be so ignorant.

He shouldn't have responded to the matter that Jia Shishi mentioned, isn't this just asking for a slap in the face?

Shui Rong and the others couldn't bring up the matter of drying salt, and Wang Ziteng's plan didn't make any progress.Except for Jia Baoyu who was still a bit crazy, Shui Rong and his group were unwilling to stay in Lin's mansion, so they said a few words in a hurry before leaving.

Before leaving, Wang Ziteng took away the reluctant Jia Baoyu, but left Xue Pan behind.

Xue Pan was a little scared by Lin Shu's performance just now, he thought in his heart, it's really scary that Lin Shu can speak eloquently in front of his uncle, and can also silence his uncle's refutation.

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