Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 32 Aunt Bai (1)

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, Lin Ruhai became more and more busy.Apart from visiting Jia Min in the backyard in the morning and evening every day, having a meal with him is actually a luxury.Not to mention Aunt Bai and Aunt Liu who live in the side garden.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was so busy, Daiyu had no choice but to think of ways to recuperate Lin Ruhai's body, remembering in her heart: "The medicine is three parts poisonous, and the medicine is not as good as the food tonic." These two well-known sayings for nourishing the body were often heard in previous lives.When he gave Jia Min goat milk with almonds every day, he also gave Lin Ruhai a bowl.

Lin Ruhai actually didn't like it either, but Daiyu firmly said that drinking tea at night is not good, and she brought it every day.Even if he didn't come, he would not forget to send the little maid to bring it.Lin Ruhai got used to drinking, and it was not as hard to accept as Jia Min, and Daiyu had to stare at it every day without daring to relax.

The search for the man in black has been going on all the time. Inns and restaurants everywhere, gates and post stations in major cities, and even Lin Ruhai and Huang Jiyun in the Salt Gang and Cao Gang have been quietly investigated.But that person seemed to disappear out of thin air without a sound.

Of course, that's also because the man in black has been covering his face, and no one has seen his true face from the beginning to the end.Both Lin Ruhai and Huang Jiyun had to guess like this, otherwise it would be really hard to accept.

The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia's mother sent someone to return the Mid-Autumn Festival gift, and Jia Lian's letter was included in it.Although communication was inconvenient in the past six months, Jia Lian also sent two or three letters.Lin Ruhai was not surprised when he saw Jia Lian's separate letter.

After finishing the official duties, Lin Ruhai sat in the study as usual, drinking the almond goat milk sent by his daughter, while opening the letter from Jia Lian.

The account books of the Ministry of Accounts had been re-booked as early as a month ago.During this period, a large number of unknown deficits were discovered, and almost every family of the noble ministers of the major palaces owed money, and it only increased and did not decrease.And the recent accounting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is even more shocking, even more terrifying than that of the Ministry of Household Affairs.Even if the Ministry of Household Affairs is in a deficit, at least there are accounts to check, and the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are simply unsightly.There are many false reports of missing items and unreasonable damage reports, and they are not the most serious. What is more serious is that some of them have no accounts at all, and the overall missing is estimated to reach [-]%.

Even Lin Ruhai was in a cold sweat when he saw this data.He couldn't imagine what the Holy Majesty thought after knowing about it.

Going on down, there are too many false reports and false reports from the major Huangzhuang.Huangzhuang, which has thousands of fertile fields, is not as good as the harvest of ordinary big families.The Holy Majesty was furious because of this, and ordered the Seventh Prince to conduct a thorough investigation.

Right now, all the officials in the capital are panicking, only the adult princes, except for the fourth prince who is still taciturn and takes care of the household department, the rest are active...

Seeing how Lin is here, Lin Ruhai sighed endlessly, and Jia Lian didn't mention anything about the court affairs. After all, he is still young, and he just knows more about the account books recently.

But one piece of news caused Lin Ruhai to narrow his eyes, leaving only a gap in which a cold light shone.It turned out that Jia Lian said that after the Dragon Boat Festival, many salt merchants sent their adopted daughters to Beijing, and they entered the city with great momentum.No one would have thought that they would all be sent to the East Palace... Somehow this news made Lin Ruhai think of the man in black who had been unable to be tracked down, and couldn't help getting up and heading towards Huang Jiyun's courtyard.

No one knew what Lin Ruhai said to Huang Jiyun. Lin Ruhai was still busy after the Mid-Autumn Festival, even busier than before.But Jia Min is in a good mood these two days, not only because Mu Mian came to visit her when she was returning to Ning, but also because Jia's mother always cares about her body in her letters, and Daiyu hangs around her whenever she has free time.

After these days, Huang Jiyun's prescription and Daiyu supervised the meticulous recuperation. Even though Lin Ruhai was busy and rarely went back to the backyard, Jia Min couldn't help being in a good mood.As a result, his complexion got better and better, and even the flesh on his face was restored.

Jia Min is in a good mood and spirit here.But not necessarily the aunts who live in the side yard.Especially Aunt Liu, she is about the same age as Jia Min, and she is also a rare beauty.It was given to Lin Ruhai by the old lady before she died. Naturally, her temperament was higher, but it is a pity that Jia Min had never been pregnant before.Although she wasn't given the anti-inferior medicine from the beginning like Aunt Bai, she still had to eat a lot of avoiding children's soup.

I ate too much of this soup, which actually hurt my body. Although she didn't explain it, Aunt Liu went to the doctor to see it in private, and said that it was extremely difficult to conceive, so she was very resentful towards Jia Min.When Daiyu was weak back then, she was very proud of herself, always thinking that since Jia Min had given birth to the eldest daughter, she could stop avoiding the son-in-law soup, but unfortunately, the Lin family did not have a precedent for the eldest son of the concubine.Jia Min is even more unwilling to let his concubine be born before his own son.Knowing Yan Ge'er's background, her Bizi Tang stopped.

She was happy for a while, thinking that her chance had come.After all, when the old lady gave her to Lin Ruhai, in addition to her appearance and temperament, the more important thing was that she thought she was good-looking, even she herself thought so.

Unexpectedly, Brother Yan is almost two years old, and she failed to conceive. Although Lin Ruhai doesn't spend much time in her room, there are always two or three days in a month. But there was no news at the time, and she suspected that Jia Min had given her medicine, so she quietly asked the doctor to check.

The result is that the cold injury palace caused by Bizi Decoction.This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Aunt Liu who wants mother to be more precious than child.So he hated Lin Zhong's family and Jia Min who brought her medicine.

She was really happy about Brother Yan's death, and even recited scriptures in the Buddhist hall for a hundred days to fulfill her vows.Especially when the later Aunt Zhuang was dealt with, she almost danced, thinking it was Jia Min and Aunt Zhuang biting a dog.God has eyes and sent Aunt Zhuang to clean up Jia Min.

But now that Jia Min is pregnant again, how can Aunt Liu feel balanced?A few days ago, seeing Jia Min looking like he was dying, she felt happy for only two days, but who knew that he had come back again?

As for Aunt Liu's thoughts, Daiyu, who never dealt with aunts, didn't know.For Jia Min, as long as Lin Ruhai's thoughts are on his side, the aunts are irrelevant.So no one paid attention to Aunt Liu's thoughts, and of course no one would pay attention to Aunt Bai who stayed in the house all day.

But Aunt Bai, who lived in the same courtyard with Aunt Liu for nearly 20 years, wouldn't she know about it?Do not!Aunt Bai knew it, and she was very clear.She didn't tell the truth, and she didn't feel sorry for Aunt Liu.In fact, Aunt Bai hated Jia Min, but she even hated Aunt Liu who was pointed to Lin Ruhai by the old lady!

Both are aunts, but Aunt Liu was given by the old lady's high hopes, but she earned it with all her might!Moreover, the old lady gave Aunt Bai a drug to kill her offspring as soon as she heard the news, but Aunt Liu was placed with high hopes, but she herself was not blessed and had bad luck.Therefore, the resentment towards Aunt Liu in Aunt Bai's heart is even worse than that of Jia Min.

Before Jia Min married Lin Ruhai, she was already Lin Ruhai's roommate.When the old lady found out, she gave her the elixir.Aunt Bai couldn't forget the old lady's expression back then, it was so contemptuous and indifferent, so cruel and heartless.

Only she knew about this, she didn't even tell Lin Ruhai.So even after Jia Min drugged her, she didn't hate Jia Min much.More resentment lies with the old lady, but the old lady is dead!She could only hate this person whom the old lady placed high hopes on and pointed out to Lin Ruhai at the end of her life: Aunt Liu!

Jia Min didn't know that Aunt Bai had been drugged.I don't even know the nasty relationship between Aunt Bai and the old lady who was promoted to her status not long after she married.If you know it, you should feel sorry for the medicine that Mother Jia found for her, and even more for the effort you have spent in fearing that things will be revealed all these years.

Jia Min doesn't care, but some people want her to care.Aunt Liu didn't like Aunt Zhuang, and even thinking of Aunt Zhuang's face made her teeth itch with hatred.Especially when she thought that Aunt Liu's assertion was pointed out to Lin Ruhai by the old lady, Aunt Bai hated it even more.But this doesn't mean that Aunt Bai, who devoted all her infatuation to Lin Ruhai, has no resentment towards Jia Min.

Whenever she saw Lin Ruhai caring for Jia Min, in Aunt Bai's heart, it was like ten thousand ants eating her heart!Although Lin Ruhai treats all aunts equally and has no preference, but he treats his first wife Jia Min differently.When Aunt Bai learned that Jia Min's health was getting better day by day, she felt the same resentment in her heart.

When Aunt Bai passed by the door of Aunt Liu's room that day, she vaguely heard Aunt Liu cursing, and the corner of her mouth involuntarily pulled out a cold smile.

Concubine Bai came to Concubine Liu's room in the afternoon, seeing Concubine Liu's face was ugly, and the little maid Ruyi standing aside tremblingly, she sneered even more in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and said with a smile: "Sister Liu, what are you doing?" Is that so? But Ruyi did something wrong? Anyway, I sent it out and asked my wife to give me a good idea, so why bother to make me angry?" After speaking, he found a seat and sat down without waiting for anyone to give up his seat. .

Aunt Liu looked down on Aunt Bai.Anyway, I was pointed out by the old lady, but Aunt Bai was the seat on the pillow recommended by herself.Therefore, although Aunt Liu has also been in contact with Aunt Bai these years, she is not enthusiastic, and even shows contempt everywhere.However, Jia Min always arranges them to live in the same courtyard.

Aunt Bai came here uninvited, and Aunt Liu inevitably looked a little ugly. Originally, Aunt Liu was already very angry because of Jia Min's matter, so how can she speak nice words now?Seeing that Concubine Bai didn't know how to be a guest, Concubine Liu didn't want to talk to her, so she just gave her a slanted look, although she was surprised to see her happy face, but she just asked coldly. Said: "I don't know how Sister Bai came to my room today? I'm afraid it's a good thing to see her smiling face?" After finishing speaking, he brought the teacup and didn't drink it. He just held it in his hand and played with it. .

Seeing Aunt Liu's expression like this, what does Aunt Bai not understand?Although he hated in his heart, he still smiled and said: "Isn't it just a happy event? My wife is getting better and better. Seeing that there will be more people in our house in three or two months, the master may not be happy." The maid next to her said: "The weather in August and September is still a bit hot. Xin'er, let's go to my room and bring the bowl of fruit ice that my wife gave you. My sister and I will share it. It's good." Xin'er After listening, he quietly backed out.

Aunt Liu's complexion became more and more ugly, and there was a taste that she couldn't hide, and she was not easy to attack, so she said to Ruyi: "Are you dead? You don't know how to serve tea when you see visitors?" Aunt Bai laughed when she heard it: "Sister, don't be too busy. We will eat that fruit ice later. It seems that the girl wanted to come out to relieve the heat of the wife. It must be a very good thing." Aunt Liu ignored it and said angrily: "Don't give it to Bai. Auntie, serve tea!" If he saw that Auntie Liu was angry, he hurriedly poured tea.

Aunt Bai glanced at the tea bowl, but did not move.Suddenly changed the subject and said: "I see that my wife is getting older, even though her body is better now, she doesn't have much energy. So I thought that our sisters can share some burdens for my wife." After finishing speaking, he looked at Aunt Liu's face, The smile became stronger, and he continued: "If you want to do other things, we can't help you. Why don't our sisters make some small clothes for the child who is about to be born? Even if the wife does not lack, it is also ours. Mind."

After hearing this, Aunt Liu despised Aunt Bai even more.Thinking of you is just flattering her, and she may not have a crush on you!But he said in his mouth: "I'm not as skilled as you, so it's going to be a laborious task for you." After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at Aunt Bai and drank tea on his own.

After a while, Xin'er brought a small bowl of crushed ice, with some fruit juice and fresh pulp poured on it, which looked pleasing to the eye.Under Aunt Bai's gesture, the heart was handed to Aunt Liu, but Aunt Liu paid no attention and just looked at the floor with the tea bowl.

Seeing this, Aunt Bai smiled and said, "Little sister, let's try it, this is a good gift from my wife." After speaking, she got up and took the small white porcelain bowl containing fruit ice, and handed it to Aunt Liu.He said again: "If it's not good, I won't bring it for you to eat, anyway, it's my wife's wish."

Aunt Liu was already unhappy, but Aunt Bai didn't look at her face, and she was even more upset.Coupled with the fact that Aunt Bai was talking about a wife, Aunt Liu finally couldn't help but waved her hand to block Aunt Bai.Unexpectedly, at this moment, the small bowl was knocked over on Aunt Bai's body.Aunt Bai was taken aback, and fell to pieces.Porcelain, ice chips.Looking at Aunt Bai's juice, the pulp is also in a mess.

Immediately, Aunt Bai blushed and said: "Sister, what is the meaning of this? I brought it for you to eat out of good intentions. It's fine if you don't appreciate it. This is Madam's wish after all. Even if my sister is dissatisfied with me, she will You shouldn't ruin your wife's kindness like this."

How could Aunt Liu's temper withstand such a provocation from Aunt Bai?If it wasn't for Aunt Bai not planning to do it herself in these years, Aunt Liu would have died several times.But this time, Aunt Bai obviously didn't intend to let it go.Then he said: "Could it be that my sister thinks that my wife has rewarded me, but she forgot about you? It's just that I just went to greet my wife, and when I met, my wife was afraid of the cold and rewarded me. Why do you do this?"

Aunt Liu finally broke out: "Who cares about what she doesn't want? You are so cheap and you just lead it yourself, why are you pulling me?" After she finished speaking, she took a sip and said: "Her kindness? Her kindness will make me feel like I am now. Not human or ghost? You don't care, I care!" The more Aunt Liu said, the more excited she became, "I was originally an old lady who passed on the family to the master! Look at what she gave birth to herself? Either she was weak or died early. Don't let others live!"

As soon as Aunt Liu said this, Aunt Bai's eyes flashed with pride, but she lowered her head to wipe her clothes, but no one noticed.

No one noticed the look in Aunt Bai's eyes, but what Aunt Liu said just now fell into Ruizhu's ears verbatim.It turned out that Aunt Bai had just gone to greet Jia Min.It happened that the kitchen gave Jia Min some fruit ice, and Jia Min rewarded Aunt Bai with a bowl.Concubine Bai made a plan when she came out, knowing that Jia Min would definitely give Concubine Liu a bowl in a short time, so she deliberately came to provoke Concubine Liu's words.Who knows that Ruizhu really listened to it.

Ruizhu was so angry when she heard it outside the door!He didn't go into the house anymore, so he turned around and went back to Jia Min's room.Seeing that Ruizhu's expression was not right, Qi Luo brought back the fruit ice that Aunt Liu had just delivered, wondering, and asked, "What's the matter with you? Well, I asked you to deliver a bowl of fruit ice to the side yard, and I also made it." Is it bad?"

When Rui Zhu saw Qi Luo, she angrily told Qi Luo verbatim what she had just heard outside Aunt Liu's house.Qi Luo is not as good-tempered as Kapok, and when she heard it, she turned her brows upside down and tried her best: "It's against her!" Turning around, she was about to report to Jia Min.

Ruizhu was so frightened that she quickly grabbed her and said: "My good sister, calm down. My wife is very heavy now, and she dare not bother her with any affairs in the house, so you use these bad things to talk about it." What if there is something good or bad?" When Rui Zhu said this, Qi Luo calmed down a bit, frowned and thought for a while, "Then I'll tell the girl!" After finishing speaking, she wanted to go to Daiyu's courtyard again go.

Daiyu is very busy every day, she has to go to class and take care of housework. Recently, she is also busy preparing children's clothes.Rui Zhu hurriedly caught up with Qi Luo again and said: "Sister, please feel sorry for the girl! Besides such things, where is the girl in charge?"

These Qiluos were completely irritable, and they stomped their feet and said: "This will not work, and that will not work, so let's forget it? We still have to help her hide it? She really has face!" The voice couldn't help being a little loud, coincidentally Grandma Sun passed by, and after listening to half a sentence, she hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with you two? Well, who is shameless again? Mrs. Careful knows how to punish you."

Qi Luo knew that although Grandma Sun was with Daiyu now, she was Jia Min's nanny, she was very respectable in the mansion, and his wife could talk to her former son, so she repeated what Cai Ruizhu said just now. Learned it for her.Grandma Sun also frowned when she heard this.After a while, Fang said: "You guys have to bear with this matter first, everyone knows what's in your mind, my wife must not make a mistake now! Otherwise, no one will be able to afford it."

When Qi Luo and Rui Zhu saw what Sun Nanny said, they nodded in agreement.But in his heart, he thought that all the maids and women in the courtyard must know about this matter, so soon, except for Jia Min, the whole upper room knew about it.

Within two days, Daiyu also knew.However, Nanny Yang told her: "I know that the girl loves the wife. But the girl should understand that this is a matter between the master and the wife! There is no place for the girl to talk, and she should not get involved in these matters. Which lady No matter how capable you are, you can't control the reasoning of parents' room." Daiyu knew that Madam Yang was doing it for her own good, so although she was not angry, she didn't say anything, and just let Qinghe Xueyan quietly stare at the west side Yard.

After all, this kind of thing won't happen just once, within two days, Aunt Liu said similar things under the provocation of Aunt Bai, so even the east courtyard where Daiyu lived knew about it.

Daiyu soon thought of the death of Brother Yan.Although Jia Min believed that Aunt Zhuang was behind it, and Daiyu asked Zhixuan to investigate the two aunts Bailiu and found nothing, she always suspected that Aunt Zhuang was just a scapegoat.Now he had to suspect that he had sex with Aunt Liu, although there was no evidence.

(End of this chapter)