Chapter 020
Chapter 020 Beijing Palace's banquet invites Yu Jue
After the Double Ninth Festival, the autumn harvest will follow. The Lin family only has this Zhuangzi in Beijing, and this Zhuangzi mainly grows some vegetables for the daily needs of the two masters of the Lin family, so there is no need to arrange it, but the Jiafu side sent 100 stones of the newly harvested rice this year, and the Lin family had to prepare some return gifts to show politeness.
Mother Jia took the return gift list, seeing that it was just some ordinary vegetables and a few jars of chrysanthemum wine, she sighed slightly, Daiyu's heart to treat her and her sisters is good, but in the end it is far away from their Jia Mansion, so she didn't say more, just asked someone to send the vegetables to her small kitchen.
The mandarin duck quietly came back to Jia's mother, there was news about the previous matter, "Yu Chu'er replied, saying that the rumor was indeed let out by the second wife, and it seems that there is some movement on the Xue family's side, but I am not sure. ”
Mother Jia sneered, the two sisters really don't know how to stop, but I don't know if there is a shadow of the generous and benevolent Miss Xue behind this rumor, that is, she wants to marry into her Jia family, and she shouldn't step on her granddaughter's position, this Miss Xue, her hand is too long.
"Go and talk to the mother-in-law of Rikawon, she knows what to do."
The mandarin duck was busy.
Because the Lin family wanted to rebuild the yard, Lin Jue asked Xie Jinxuan to help find a craftsman, but it was also a coincidence, the craftsman Xie Jinxuan was looking for was actually Shanziye who built the Grand View Garden for Jiafu. Lin Jue touched his chin, which had a slightly prickly stubble, and smiled like a cat that had stolen fish, feeling that he had taken such a big advantage.
Now that the Grand View Garden has not yet been built, if he rebuilt his house into the Grand View Garden, will it be too much to steal the limelight? Forget it, don't do such an eye-catching thing, after all, Daiyu can't stay at home for a few years, she is a big man, where is she so exquisite.
After Shanziye came to Lin Mansion to take a look at the foundation of the courtyard, a few days later, he drew a few design drawings and came over for Lin Jue to choose. Lin Jue looked very good, and showed it to Daiyu, and the brother and sister discussed it for two days before making up their minds. I also found someone to calculate the auspicious day of the zodiac, and set a date for the start of construction in the spring of the next year, so that it was stopped.
After working for more than a month, it was the first day of October in a blink of an eye, "October 1st, go to the grave to burn cold clothes", because of this saying, you can know that on October 1, the weather turned cold, and even the ancestors had to add a piece of clothing.
Daiyu had put on her winter clothes half a month ago, and Lin Jue was fine, but in the end, she was used to living in the south, and she was still a little uncomfortable with the cold air in the north. Think about your previous life is also a sturdy Northeast man, in the winter with a down jacket outside, only a shirt inside is enough, which is like now, look at this thin little body, think about it and make a handful of bitter tears for yourself!
Because the two little masters are living in the south, the comprador in the house has bought a lot of good carbon early on, and now that it has entered the winter, it is even more early to light the dragon, and the house is also smoked warm. Although he felt a little dry in the winter, it was also a rare thought, Lin Jue praised the comprador very much, and asked Lin Cheng to reward him.
When the first snow fell, Jiafu sent a post to invite Daiyu to come over to stay, and coincidentally, Lin Jue also received a post from King Shui Rong of Beijing, who not only invited him, but also invited Daiyu to participate in the poetry meeting held by Princess Beijing in the past.
Two posts, without thinking about it, Lin Jue rejected Jiafu.
Let's not talk about whether a first-class general's mansion with the sign of Guogongfu can be compared with the county king's mansion, it is a selfish theory, and Lin Jue is not very happy that Daiyu often goes to Jiafu. With Jia Baoyu's personality, if there is really anything to say, Baoyu will be said to be "romantic" at most, but how will Daiyu behave in the future?
And no matter how the princess of Beijing knew about Daiyu, there must be a lot of nobles in Beijing participating in such an occasion, and the entire grade style is much higher than that of the Jia family. Even if I have seen the Red Mansion a few times, I have never seen Jia's mother take a few granddaughters from her concubines to participate in other people's blind dates in the name of flower-viewing and poetry, so you should know that the Jia family is still not in the eyes of these serious nobles. Otherwise, why didn't any of the granddaughters of the Jia family come to the door to ask for marriage?
Thinking about it like this, Lin Jue was even more unhappy that Daiyu would go, so as not to be stained with the filthy air of the Jia family, and there would be no bad luck.
However, as for how the princess of Beijing knew about Daiyu, and specially sent a post to invite her to go, Lin Jue secretly thought that it was better to inquire with the master, so that they could be prepared, so as not to panic when it came.
And Daiyu is going to the banquet of the princess of Beijing, and it is not good for her to go alone, in the end, it is better to find an old lady who knows her well, so as not to be bullied by some people who are not long-sighted. Lin Jue didn't recognize such a person, so he still had to trouble his master.
I didn't bother at the moment, and went straight out to Master Luo.
Master Luo and Senior Brother Xie were sitting in the shop, they were busy at this time, Lin Jue was used to coming, so he found a place to sit, and asked someone to go to the opposite tea house to ask him for tea and snacks, and ate and drank by himself. When Master Luo's side was idle, Lin Jue had already eaten and drunk enough, his hands were in his sleeves, and his head was sitting little by little and dozing off.
Seeing that the teapot and snack plate in front of Lin Jue were empty, Master Luo didn't care about him, and ate the meal sent from the house with Xie Jinxuan, and woke up the sleepy-eyed Lin Jue.
went to the opposite tea house to find a quiet room, Lin Jue went straight to the point and said: "The princess of Beijing sent a post to my sister to invite her to the Beijing palace to participate in the poetry meeting the day after tomorrow, what do you mean by her, don't you look down on my sister?" ”
Luo Song gave him a burst chestnut, "Nonsense, Daiyu just came to Beijing, and the concubine has never seen her, how can she fall in love?" Besides, the King of Beijing is now twenty years old, and Daiyu is only twelve years old, and she can't get into the eyes of the concubine. ”
Lin Jue smiled, "It's in the eyes of the concubine, and I'm not happy to marry my sister to King Beijing." ”
Luo Song sneered when he heard this, "Beauty doesn't kill you, King Beijing is a well-known beautiful man in Beijing, I don't know how many women in the boudoir have secretly agreed, and people's eyes are high." Daiyu is a good one, but it's a pity that she is too young, and now you should pay attention to her and look at each other, but it is very unnecessary to settle down too early, and there will be many better ones in the future. ”
Lin Jue glanced at his master with distrust, and Master Luo had to continue: "Don't think about it, the Beijing Mansion will give you brothers and sisters a post, but your senior brother mentioned Daiyu to his sister, and the concubine has the heart to carry it, how can you have so many thoughts as you said." ”
Lin Jue smiled slightly when he heard this, "I'll just say, why did the princess of Beijing invite my sister for no reason, it turns out that there is also the handwriting of the senior brother in this." As he spoke, he glanced at Xie Jinxuan, whose face was slightly red, and said with a smile, "In this way, Jue will thank Senior Brother for his kindness." ”
Xie Jinxuan coughed embarrassedly twice, and said: "I can't afford to be a thank you word for my junior brother, but it's just a gesture, you and I are senior brothers, and Daiyu is the same as my own sister." ”
Lin Jue pursed his lips, and showed a look of embarrassment, and Senior Brother Xie asked, "But what's wrong?" ”
Lin Jue pretended to sigh and said, "Senior brother also knows that my brother and sister are very picky, not to mention that the foreign family is like that, it is really a little unreliable." My sister went to the banquet alone, although I was outside, if there was anything in case, it would not be good to be abrupt with my relatives, and I was a little worried. ”
Xie Jinxuan smiled when he heard this: "What should I do, junior brother doesn't have to be embarrassed, senior brother has already mentioned this matter to my sister, and at that time, my sister will protect Daiyu, what else is there to worry about." ”
When Lin Jue heard this, he smiled and said, "That's it, thank you so much, senior brother." ”
Lin Jue's hateful appearance of being cheap and obedient really made Master Luo hate it. Look at his three apprentices again, they obviously look shrewd and wise, but as soon as they pair up with their own people, they become such stupid and sweet IQs, but what should I do? In the past, he was bullied by the boy surnamed Shui who was kind and treacherous, and now he was eaten to death by his own shrewd and tricky little apprentice, but he really has such a shrewd face.
Lin Jue listened to the words of Master Luo and Senior Brother Xie, and he also understood what was going on. I think Xie Jinxuan has also heard some rumors in Beijing in recent times, the rumors are not very clever, if ordinary people listen to it, they will not guess who the protagonist is, but if people who are familiar with Daiyu and understand the relationship between the Lin family and the Jia family listen to it, they will naturally associate it with Daiyu. In this way, Yu Daiyu's reputation will have some impact.
In fact, Lin Jue also admitted that Daiyu's subordinates in the Spring Festival Courtyard did not think about it before, but he didn't think it was a big deal, and he just asked Mama Fang to secretly mention Daiyu.
Daiyu is still just a twelve-year-old girl, don't look at Lin Jue has already started Zhang Luo Daiyu's lifelong events, he is just afraid that Daiyu will make mistakes in her life like the girls of the Jia family, and now it is better to start carefully selecting than to be blind temporarily in the future, and then find a second ancestor like Baoyu, a greedy and lustful person like Jia Lian, where can he cry?
And Daiyu has always been cautious in her words and deeds, it is rare to have such a time, not to mention that as soon as this matter comes out, the people in Jia's mansion no longer dare to bully Daiyu openly and secretly, that is, Jia's mother is afraid that she will also think more about it when insisting on Bao Dai's marriage. Lin Jue didn't want Daiyu to be perfect, she just had to follow her own heart and do whatever she wanted. An imperfect, somewhat willful woman is better than that beautiful, but she will die in tears.
Rumors are rumors after all, why Mrs. Wang didn't dare to pick the words so clearly, but she was still thinking about Yuan Chun in the palace and Baoyu who had not yet discussed marriage. After all, if she really said that she would go out, she, the second wife of the housekeeper of Jiafu, would never be able to get out of it, and wouldn't her children be implicated at that time? No matter how stupid Mrs. Wang is, she will not harm her children.
For a typical woman like Mrs. Wang, Lin Jue still knows a little about herself, her vision is not long-term enough, but her methods are vicious enough.
And what Lin Jue has to do is just to direct this rumor to his advantage. And he will not deliberately harm the Jia family, after all, the Jia family is still his grandfather's family in name, if the Jia family is knocked to the dust, it will not be beneficial to him as a small person.
Now Senior Brother Xie has made a move to correct Daiyu's name in the name of Princess Beijing, but it couldn't be better. The Jia family slapped their mouths, hoping that Mrs. Wang would be smart and stop provoking their Lin family.