Chapter 026 Fu Zhong is like a sea of loyalty

Because of Lin Jue's gags, Master Luo was in a relaxed mood, but he still paid attention in the end, and when Li Yibai was invited to post again, he shirked his inconvenience and did not go to the banquet again.

Li Yibai also understood Master Luo's concerns, and he was not reluctant, and after a few times, he only invited Lin Jue and Xie Jinxuan. And because Xie Jinxuan often has to sit for a doctor, Lin Jue is often the only one who goes to the banquet.

Several times, Lin Jue inevitably noticed some of Li Yibai's intentions, but he was always deceived by Li Yibai's serious appearance, and the two had a bit of intimate intersection.

In a blink of an eye, it is the eighth day of the lunar month, which is commonly known as Laba. On this day, Lin Jue got up early and was poured a belly of laba porridge by the housekeeper. There is a saying: Laba Laba, freeze off the chin, this Laba porridge is drunk, which is equivalent to an extra layer of sticky on the chin, no matter how cold it is, the chin will not be frozen.

After Laba, it is the New Year, and every household, whether it is a small family from a poor family or a high-gate compound, has begun to get busy.

After Laba, it will soon be twenty-three hours. Folk songs are often sung: 23 sugar melons sticky, 24 sweep the house, 25 make tofu, 26 stew meat, 27 kill stove chicken, 28 applique flowers, 29 go to fight wine, Chinese New Year's Eve dumplings. This one is busy, but it really has a bit of a New Year's atmosphere.

The Lin family has a new funeral this year, and it is not easy to do a big deal during the New Year's holiday, so they simply swept the dust on the 24th, and sent an extra two months of monthly money to the subordinates.

On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the brothers and sisters were awakened in the morning, had breakfast, changed into new clothes, and went to their parents' spiritual seat to bow down, and Fang was pulled away by Mother Fang. Mother Fang said with a smile: "Because the uncle and the girl are both newly mourned, it is not good to celebrate in the mansion, but the house cannot be empty in the first year, and the uncle looks at the convenience, so it is better to ask the rest of the family to come together for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." Not to mention the excitement, it is also the benevolence of our house. ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "It's still Mama who thinks thoughtfully, otherwise this New Year, only our brothers and sisters are too lonely, and now everyone is together, it is not against the law, and it is very lively, it is really a good idea." ”

In the evening, Master Luo came to the Lin Mansion with his own bedding rolls, and said, "I'm afraid that my apprentice will be lonely, so I'm here to accompany him." ”

Lin Jue silenced his nose, but he didn't pierce Master Luo in the end. It must be that his senior brother was called to the house by the princess of Beijing to celebrate the New Year, and Master Luo was alone here, and he felt quite lonely, so he found a reason to run to toss the little apprentice.

Thinking of this, Lin Jue didn't feel it. Old children, old children, soft-hearted and hard-hearted, really make people love and hate.

Although the Lin family is not easy to do, the New Year's gifts sent to each family are indispensable, because he is familiar with Li Yibai, the New Year's gift must also add his share.

Jiafu's New Year's gift was also prepared early in the morning and sent it directly, but when he received the return gift list, Lin Jue had to laugh secretly. I don't know what Jia Fu thinks, this year's New Year's ceremony is thinner than in previous years, more than thirty percent. Mother Jia is not such a shallow eyelid, Lin Jue thought about it, and the only one who could do this was the mother of the concubine in Jia's mansion.

Lin Jue has always disdained to interact with Jiafu, especially looking at their previous actions, they are really far from those high-ranking families with background, and he doesn't want to marry Jiafu, so he just smiles. Only Mrs. Wang on the other side of Jiafu listened to the reply of her subordinates, and put down a heart hanging high.

Now that Baoyu is getting older and older, the old man in the family has never mentioned his marriage, and the old lady likes the Lin family girl so much, which really makes Mrs. Wang feel heartbroken. And now that Yuan Chun has been ranked as a concubine, Mrs. Wang feels that she has become the emperor's mother-in-law, and she is inevitably arrogant in her actions.

This is the first year that the Lin family has spent in Beijing, Jia's mother's meaning, the etiquette can't be thin, in the end, it's her only granddaughter, and she can't really give birth. But after the gift list was in the hands of Mrs. Wang, it was cut by half, and Mrs. Wang had always been afraid that Lin Jue would come to make trouble again, but now she was relieved to see him share it safely. The things deducted from Jia's mother's gift list were filled in his private library.

Lin Jue didn't have the time to take care of her, in the first year, there were heavy snowfalls everywhere, most of the treasury was emptied, and there were generous donations from various families, which helped the victims to tide over the difficulties temporarily. Therefore, on the thirtieth day, holy decrees continued to come down from the palace to commend and reward the officials and people who had contributed to the snow disaster before. Officials were promoted, the people gave words and feasts, and the city and outside were even more jubilant than in previous years.

Under such a will, Lin Ruhai was "loyal", and the will of Kaiping Bo was restored, and his lord was demoted from his son to inherit the will, which did not cause any uproar.

Lin Jue received the decree and thanked him, stuffed a purse to the eunuch who delivered the decree, and said with a smile: "Thank you father-in-law, Jue still has to bother here, enter the palace tomorrow to thank you, but what do you need to prepare in advance?" You also know that Jue is also the first time to enter the palace, and he is really a little afraid of bumping into the nobles. ”

The eunuch pinched his purse without a trace, he was very satisfied with Lin Jue's upper path, and smiled kindly, "Lord Lin can't bother the villain, later the palace will send someone to teach the lord to enter the palace, and the lord will remember it carefully." When the villain returns to the palace to settle down, he will arrange for someone who is familiar with the palace rules to send it to the lord, and he will not make the lord have any rudeness. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly stuffed another purse for the eunuch, and there was a flattery in his mouth, and when he sent away the messenger, Lin Jue straightened his waist. I can't complain that Eunuch Xia can get a lot of money every time he goes to Jiafu, it is really such a society, there is really no one who understands the emperor's preferences better than them. If there is no reminder of the rules without an official like Lin Jue, I am afraid that after just a few steps, I don't know where to commit a taboo and will be "clicked". For a few small bucks, you can get a boost, which is really a good deal.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a palace person to come to teach Lin Jue the rules, because Lin Jue was a generous person, and the palace people had to get the word, so they worked even harder, Lin Jue had to sigh again, it was really rich that could make ghosts grind.

On the second day, when it was still dark, Lin Jue was called up by the housekeeper. After some freshening up and dressing, Lin Jueshang was still staring at him, and he was stuffed into the carriage. After traveling all the way, he finally arrived in front of the palace gate, Lin Jue got down from the carriage, and was agitated by the cold wind outside, and suddenly became energetic.

There was a snowfall last night, and now the snow on the road has not been cleared, Lin Jue walked forward step by step with the eunuch who led the way and a few other people who entered the palace to face Saint Shane. In the palace, only the emperor and high-grade concubines can still have a sedan chair to travel, even the concubines on the concubine position do not have this treatment, and Lin Jue has no extravagant expectations.

After walking all the way, when the sky was white, everyone stopped in front of a palace. The eunuch who led the way ordered a few people not to run around, and then they went in to pass the ceremony. After a while, the door of the hall was wide open, and a few little eunuchs walked out unhurriedly with a father-in-law who was a little older, and everyone was busy bowing and standing still. This is not flattery, it is just human nature.

The father-in-law walked in front of a few people and shook off the dust, bowed slightly and said, "Please ask a few nobles to move to the flower hall to rest first, and wait for His Majesty to announce them one by one." ”

Lin Jue and the others were busy.

The father-in-law took a step back, led a few people into the flower hall, and when he passed by Lin Jue's side, he lowered his voice and said to Lin Jue: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, the twelfth master has orders, and the miscellaneous family will mention it." ”

Lin Jue paused slightly, and after a moment he understood what the father-in-law meant, he bowed his head slightly, and smiled lightly to show his gratitude, but he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat in his heart, this Li Yibai, his hand was stretched long enough.

Lin Jue walked into the room and found a secluded place to sit quietly, at this time he didn't dare to look around secretly, maybe how many pairs of eyes were staring at him, and he did a lot of things, but he didn't do it well.

After hearing the father-in-law summoning him, Lin Jue hurriedly stood up, quietly tidied up his clothes, took a deep breath secretly, and followed his husband into the emperor's study.

Lin Jue kowtowed to the emperor in accordance with the teachings of the eunuch the day before, shouted to the emperor, gave up, and got up in a regular manner, without raising his head in the middle, nor saying a word more.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, the rules and etiquette were not bad.

"You are the son of the former Yangzhou Salt Patrol Yu Shi Linhai family? Lift up your head and tell me to look. ”

Lin Jue replied "yes", and raised his head slightly, so that the emperor could see his face more carefully, but his eyes were always lowered.

The emperor said with a smile: "Lin Hai is a five-year tanhua of Taihe, when he was playing horses and parading the streets, I don't know how many boudoir women were blinded by him, shouting that Feiqing would not marry, but he turned around and married the Jia family, I don't know how many people's hearts were broken!" A flash of nostalgia flashed in the emperor's eyes, and then he said sharply, "You don't look like him." ”

Lin Jue said: "The student is more like a dead mother. ”

"Oh? But the youngest daughter of the Jia family, Jia Min? ”

Lin Jue didn't want to hide his life experience, especially in front of the emperor, the emperor's mental trick was willing to use an extremely smart person with a slight flaw on his body, which was easy to control. So he told the emperor about his life experience.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "You have a reputation for making meritorious contributions, and now that you have been named a viscount, you can't advance to the imperial examination, are you still willing?" ”

Lin Jue smiled shyly when he heard this: "Don't dare to hide it from the saint, the student came today to ask the saint to take back his fate." ”

"Oh? Are you unhappy with the title I gave you? ”

Lin Jue hurriedly said: "It's not dissatisfied, but also ask the Holy God to forgive the sins, the student has been enlightened since he was five years old, and it has been ten years now." Not to say that it is hard to read every day, but it has never stopped. Last year, I was fortunate enough to be lifted once, and it was inevitable that I would have some arrogant thoughts. The so-called 'learning into literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family', students understand, that is, this 'literature and martial arts', learned to serve the saint and serve the country, how can you covet a moment of comfort, and give up the ambition of life? Therefore, the students had the courage to ask the Holy God to take back their fate. ”

Lin Jue's inconspicuous slapping really made the emperor very useful, "You little slippery head, you can speak." ”

In the emperor's tone, there was no sense of anger, Lin Jue was a little relieved, and smiled again, "Don't blame the student for being a sincere person, although the student thinks that he has resigned from this title, he still wants to ask for a favor with His Majesty." ”

"Oh?" The emperor's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, "What kind of grace?" ”

Lin Jue was quite shy when he said this, "The saint also knows that my sister and I are out of love, I am a man, I am a man, I am a big man, I am a woman, but my sister is a woman in the end, so I want to ask the saint for a favor." ”