The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Chapter 65: Beat the father-in-law unconscious with money

Lin Yun chatted with Ning Heng for a while, then stood up and said goodbye.

Ning Heng asked him to stay: "Brother Yun, just eat at my place and then go back."

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Today is my engagement day. I'm going to the academy tomorrow. I have to go to the girl's house first and say goodbye to her."

Ning Heng said in surprise: "Brother Yun is going to get engaged today? Whose girl is it?"

"It's a girl from Mr. Qin's family, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, and the great matchmaker of your ancestor."

Ning Heng smiled and said: "That's a great event, I'll ask someone to prepare a congratulatory gift later, and send it to your house as soon as possible."

Lin Yun waved his hand and said, "I'm going to the academy tomorrow, if you want to give a gift, then wait until I get married in the future."

Ning Heng said anxiously: "How is that possible? This gift must be given. I will send someone to deliver it to your house early tomorrow morning."

Seeing that Ning Heng insisted on sending her away, Lin Yun did not refuse. Anyway, they were about the same age, so he could just send it back when the other party got engaged.

After coming out of Prince Xuan's Mansion, Lin Yun did not wait for the old miracle doctor, but directly took Zhong Yi and Xiao Mo on horseback to the Qin Mansion in the east of the city.

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Qin Mansion, the back house.

After sending the official matchmaker away, Qin Ye went back to the living room and sat down, drinking tea while thinking about his thoughts.

Ever since accepting Prince Yizhong's entrustment, he has been living in anxiety almost every day. Now that Keqing's girl finally belongs to him, he can breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the young man named Lin Yun seemed to be a little frivolous, and there was no reason why he would come to see the woman when his marriage was undecided.

"We must teach him a lesson in the future, let him study hard and get rid of his frivolous bad habits, so as not to miss Keqing."

Qin Ye was thinking about something on his mind when he suddenly saw Steward Tao running in to report to him: "Master, our uncle is here."

Qin Ye stood up as if his ass was being burned, and said, "Nonsense, this marriage has just been settled, why is he here again?"

"My uncle said that he will go to the academy to study tomorrow, and he wants to say goodbye to our girl."

Qin Ye said anxiously: "It's unreasonable. You go tell him, let him go back quickly, and study with peace of mind is the only way."

"Master, my uncle brought many presents, would you like to see them?"

"Ah."

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Qin Ye stopped his anger when he heard the words, and looked at Butler Tao with a puzzled expression.

Butler Tao shouted out the door: "Hurry up and bring it in."

Not long after, more than a dozen servants came in carrying several large wooden boxes.

After the servant put down the box and left, Housekeeper Tao smiled at Qin Ye and said, "Master, seeing that life in the mansion is difficult, my uncle brought you 1000 taels of silver, ten bolts of silk, thirty bolts of linen, and There are leather clothes of various colors, as well as daily necessities such as tableware and tea sets."

After Butler Tao finished speaking, he stepped forward and opened a mahogany box, and saw rows of silver ingots neatly stacked inside the box.

When Qin Ye saw it, his eyes straightened.

These years, due to special reasons, he has always been a man with his tail between his legs. Although he is a fat job as Ying Shanlang of the Ministry of Industry, he dare not have the slightest idea of ​​corruption, which makes his life very tight.Now that he has this sum of money, his urgent need has been solved.

Butler Tao opened another box, revealing the dazzling top-grade silk, and said with a smile, "My lord, my uncle also said that if you need anything in the future, just send someone to tell him, and he will try his best." Get it done for you."

"The son-in-law has a heart,"

Seeing Qin Ye's satisfied expression, Butler Tao hurriedly said, "Master, that uncle wants to see our girl, you see~"

Qin Ye said with a smile: "It's not like meeting them once. You go and make arrangements for them."

"Yes, sir."

Steward Tao turned to leave, but Qin Ye urged behind him: "Tao Yi, you give the young master's Geng Tie to the girl, and let the servant girl take care of it carefully."

"The old servant understands."

...

In the study, Qin Zhong held a brush in his hand, and lay on the table seriously facing the post.

Beside him, Qin Keqing was holding a piece of paper and was reading it carefully. On the paper was Lin Yun's study plan for Qin Zhong, which made her feel very novel after reading it.

Just when she was fascinated, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

Qin Keqing looked up, and saw her maid Baozhu pushing the door and coming in, and said urgently to her: "Miss, I just heard from the servants that an official matchmaker came to our house and proposed marriage to the master."

"what!"

Qin Keqing exclaimed, then stood up and said, "Baozhu, what did the master say?"

Baozhu: "I heard that the master has agreed to this marriage, and even changed the Geng Tie."

Qin Keqing's face changed drastically when she heard the words, she opened her mouth to say something, but swallowed the words when she reached her mouth.

Qin Zhong raised his head and asked Baozhu, "Sister Baozhu, who is going to propose marriage to my sister?"

Baozhu: "I don't know who this servant is."

Qin Zhong looked at Qin Keqing and said, "Sister, may I inquire for you?"

Qin Keqing said angrily: "If you dare to talk too much about your post, I will punish you with ten more posts."

"Oh,"

Qin Zhong shrank his neck in fright, quickly lowered his head and continued to face the post.

At this moment, a man's voice sounded outside the door, "Is the girl in there?"

Baozhu hurriedly said, "It's Steward Tao."

Qin Keqing walked to the door, looked outside, and saw Steward Tao smiling at her with a Geng Tie: "Miss is overjoyed."

Baozhu walked out from behind Qin Keqing and asked Butler Tao: "Old steward, who proposed marriage to our girl?"

Butler Tao smiled and said, "You have all seen that person before, he is Lin Xiucai who came over yesterday."

"what!"

Both Baozhu and Qin Zhong exclaimed, Qin Keqing was stunned, but his heart became much lighter in an instant.

Qin Zhong put down the brush in his hand, ran out and asked Butler Tao: "Old steward, are you saying that Brother Lin wants to be my sister-in-law?"

Steward Tao nodded and said with a smile: "Exactly, Mr. Lin is from Suzhou, and his family is in the business of silk and spices. His uncle is called Lin Ruhai. He is a former inspector, and he is currently the salt patrol envoy of Lianghuai. Mr. Lin is coming to Beijing this time. , is to escort Lin Ruhai's wife and daughter to Beijing to visit relatives, and his aunt is the daughter of Old Madam Shi of the Rongguo Mansion."

Qin Zhong: "Old housekeeper, brother Lin seems not as old as my sister, right?"

"Mr. Lin is thirteen years old this year, three years younger than our girl. However, this marriage is a great matchmaker secured by Prince Xuan, and it has already been settled."

After Tao Butler finished speaking, he passed the Geng Tie in Qin Zhong's hand, then turned and left.

As soon as he left, Baozhu said anxiously: "Miss, what should we do? That Xiucai Lin is from Suzhou, if she marries him, wouldn't she go to live in Suzhou?"

Qin Zhong handed the Geng post to his sister and said, "I think Elder Brother Lin is pretty good except for his younger age. It's good to be my sister-in-law."

Qin Keqing took the Geng invitation with a blushing face, stuffed it in her sleeve, and said to Baozhu: "Let's go back first."

Qin Zhong said happily after hearing the words: "Sister, then I don't need to post this post, right?"

Qin Keqing turned her head and said: "Talk too much, add three more, and you can rest when it's over."

"what!"

Qin Zhong walked back dejectedly, and was about to sit down when he heard his servant shouting outside: "Master, that Mr. Lin wants to see you, do you see it or not?"

Qin Zhong glanced at his sister, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Qin Keqing said coquettishly: "If you want to see me, go see me and see what I do?"

After saying that, she took the orb and left.

Qin Zhong hurriedly said: "Qing'er, hurry up and bring Brother Lin in."

"Okay, I'll pick you up right now."

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Chapter 66: With a stamp, you are mine

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Qin Keqing returned to her boudoir, and the maid Xinzhu came to greet her. While taking off her cloak, she asked with a smile: "Didn't the girl go to urge the uncle to study? Why are you back again?"

Baozhu explained from the side: "Sister Xinzhu, the master has arranged a marriage for the girl today."

"Ah! Why did you decide so quickly? Do you know which courtier's family my uncle is from?"

Baozhu: "That person is Lin Xiucai who came yesterday. Didn't I tell you about it yesterday?"

"Ah! He's not the master~"

Qin Keqing: "Stop talking, you two go out first, and let me be quiet for a while."

After kicking the two maids out, Qin Keqing sat on the kang, took out the Geng Tie from her sleeve, read it carefully, and then put her cheek on her hand and fell into deep thought.

When Lin Yun suddenly appeared in the back house yesterday, she suspected that it might be arranged by her father, and today her guess was confirmed.

Just thinking that she is about to marry a 13-year-old husband still makes her feel shy.

She thought to herself, "How did father think about it? Why did he arrange this marriage for her? Could it be that father has the heart to watch her marry thousands of miles away in Suzhou?"

Qin Keqing was thinking about something, when she suddenly heard the voice of her younger brother Qin Zhong from outside, "Sister, Brother Lin sees you coming."

"ah!"

Qin Keqing exclaimed, then quickly stood up, rushed out the door and said anxiously: "Xinzhu, let him go back quickly."

The little maid named Xinzhu hurriedly ran out of the door and scolded Lin Yun, who had followed Qin Zhong, saying: "Young Master is so rude. How can you come to your door just after we are engaged?"

Lin Yun explained with a smile: "Sister Xinzhu, I'm going to study in the academy tomorrow, and I probably won't be able to come back until ten days later. I'm here today to say goodbye to your girl."

Baozhu stepped forward and reprimanded: "Young master is a scholar, don't you even understand the defense of men and women?"

Lin Yun didn't say much, and directly took out a few silver locks from his bosom, handed them to the two maids, and said with a smile, "I would like to ask the two elder sisters to make it easier for me."

The two little maids were frightened by Lin Yun's actions. A silver coin was worth six or seven qian, which was almost more than their monthly money for a year.

Seeing that the two little maids were still hesitating, Lin Yun added, "It's convenient for you two sisters, next time I will give you another big gift."