Chapter 127: The Wheel of Fortune

I have to say that fate is a magical thing, and no one knows where it will turn in the next second......

After the prince's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Prince Teng wooed Lin Ruhai. It will not be difficult for Wang Ziteng to think that his daughter Wang Xifeng is married to Jia Lian, who Lin Ruhai personally cultivates and values very much, and Lin Ruhai's daughter Lin Daiyu is very good friends with Feng Yatou.

And the most important thing is that the Wang family and the Lin family are related, both of them are related to Jiafu. And now, the Wang family and the Jia family are on the side of His Royal Highness the Prince, can Lin Ruhai still be alone? In Wang Ziteng's opinion, it was only a matter of time before Lin Ruhai joined the prince's camp.

Wang Ziteng didn't know that Zhen Yingjia, the head of the Zhen family in Jinling, had been wooed many times, and although Lin Ruhai never refused head-on, he never agreed. Not long ago, Zhen Yingjia was annoyed and ashamed, and frequently sent people to assassinate Lin Ruhai, wanting to get rid of him and replace him with his own manpower, but he always missed.

When Wang Ziteng came back from the banquet, he wrote a long letter after a while, only saying how Jia Lian came out and had become a tribute in the country, and even worshiped Huang Jiyun's brother Huang Shufeng as a teacher, and said how Wang Xifeng and Lin Daiyu were close. At the end of the article, it is mentioned that the two families are married to Jiafu, which can be regarded as having more contacts in the future, advancing and retreating together.

But he didn't want this letter to be placed in Lin Ruhai's mansion, and Zhen Yingjia's people got it. Zhen Yingjia wasn't sure whether the prince had instructed Wang Ziteng to do this, or if it was Wang Ziteng's own idea. But no matter what, Zhen Yingjia won't let it happen!

First, if Wang Ziteng succeeds in wooing Lin Ruhai, he will appear too incompetent in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, which will greatly reduce his status in the prince's camp. Second, Lin Ruhai will not have no guesses about the many assassinations, if his assassination is revealed in the future, I am afraid that the prince will not take care of the old feelings, and he will definitely blame!

Thinking about this clearly, Zhen Yingjia decided to give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a gift for last year early this year. After carefully considering the wording in the study, Zhen Yingjia wrote a long letter to the prince, asking the loyal servants to write the annual rites and hand them over to the prince.

On the first day of November, after eight years of holding the Hanlin Academy, the prince and the prince returned to his hometown, and after the saint retained him three times, he was actually approved! For a while, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the prince was furious! And what made the prince even more furious was that the fourth prince in charge of the household department actually made a statement to the saint in the upper study, and transferred Lin Ruhai to Beijing to take charge of Hanlin!

The four princes have good reasons, and Lin Ruhai has indeed won the sacred heart, especially in the past few years, Lin Ruhai has been in charge of the Lianghuai Salt Administration, and the tax revenue of the Salt Administration has increased by nearly half, but the salt people's riots have become less and less.

Lin Ruhai's new account book notation method has made the accounts clearer and has gradually been fully used. The auction method of salt introduction is even more ingenious, the salt merchant bids on his own, and the one with the highest price wins, and the salt tax is collected according to the quantity of salt introduction, and then the government comes forward to clarify the price of salt to ensure the basic interests of the salt people, so that most of the salt people return to the imperial court. The Holy One was even more satisfied with this.

In addition, Lin Ruhai has been in the salt administration for five years, and it is indeed a little longer, but he has never had it before. The saint thought about it for less than three moments, asked the fourth prince to step down, and then said a few words to Gonggong Su, and listened to his words, and the saint actually agreed! Although the news has not yet come out, and the Holy Lord has not yet issued a clear decree, the prince has already received the news.

Wang Ziteng stood at the bottom, and saw that although the prince sitting on the dragon carved chair was silent, and even smiled at the corner of his mouth, he inexplicably made Wang Ziteng feel that the prince was exuding a compelling cold air at this time.

When the prince asked Wang Ziteng about wooing Lin Ruhai with a smile, Wang Ziteng scolded Lin Ruhai in his heart! This Lin Ruhai didn't reply to his letter, this is not putting himself in his eyes!

Thinking of this, Wang Ziteng said to the prince with a little anger: "Your Highness, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the minister wrote a letter to Lin Ruhai immediately after he returned, but there has been no reply so far, and the servant has lost contact. The minister thought that the servant must have been taken down by Lin Ruhai, or something had happened. After speaking, Wang Ziteng bowed his head and said no more.

After listening to Wang Ziteng's words, the prince couldn't even hold back a fake smile on his face. Just as he was about to have a seizure, an attendant reported outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhen Yingjia, President of the Jinling Provincial Tiren Institute, has a New Year's gift." ”

Not to mention the prince, even the prince Teng was shocked, and couldn't help but raise his eyes and quietly look at the prince. This is nearly two months before the Chinese New Year, is it too early to send a New Year's gift at this time? Just as Wang Ziteng frowned and pondered, the prince said in a deep voice: "Send it in!" ”

For the prince did not shy away from himself, Wang Ziteng was naturally full of joy, but more of it was Mo Ming's apprehension, always feeling that something was about to happen......

As soon as the prince's words fell, a gray-clothed attendant walked in with a nanmu box in both hands, and Wang Ziteng hurriedly lowered his head and held his breath. The prince didn't seem to care about the existence of the prince, reached out and took the box handed by the chamberlain, opened it and took out the gift list inside, only glanced at it, and then raised his eyebrows, showing a satisfied look.

I have to say that Zhen Yingjia has a clear view of the court situation and understands that it is now a critical moment, and the New Year's gift sent to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince this time is more than three times as much as before, which makes the prince understand the position of the Zhen family, and secondly, it also allows the prince to lay out more calmly.

Looking at the resignation list, the prince took out the letter at the bottom again, and the smile on the prince's face disappeared in just two or three lines. After reading the letter, the coldness in the prince's eyes made the prince Teng, who looked down below, shudder, and wanted to look up at the prince, but he couldn't.

On the third day after the prince was furious and ordered the prince to go to solve Lin Ruhai, the saint finally issued a clear decree in the early dynasty: Lin Ruhai was ordered to enter Beijing after the year and be promoted to the head of the academy.

Shengshang's move can be said to be some people happy and some worried, of course, it did not cause much shock in the court, but Lin Ruhai was originally born in Hanlin, and a few years ago Lin Ruhai was already a doctor in Lantai Temple, and his official residence was from the second grade, and now he is just a bachelor in charge of the Hanlin Academy who has been promoted to the second grade by half a level.

Jia Yu learned of the news on the afternoon of the day when the Holy Divine Decree was issued, and even though he took leave early and returned to Jiafu. Originally, Jia Yu wanted to show off in front of Jia Lian and others, but he didn't want Jia Lian to arrive home one step earlier than him.

When Jia Yu entered the house, he saw Mrs. Xing sitting on the kang with a smile on her face and doing needlework, the little maid and the maid accompanied her eldest grandson Brother Chun to play on the ground covered with a thick velvet blanket, and Jia Lian stamped her feet around the hall, as if she was anxiously waiting for something. But no one found him.

Jia Yu couldn't help but put away the joy on his face, put his hands behind his back, and coughed lightly: "Master, I'm back." This sudden sound made Mrs. Xing plunge the needle into her hand at once, and Jia Lian also looked up at Jia Yu with a surprised face, only Brother Chun on the ground, climbed down the velvet blanket in three or two clicks, and crawled towards Jia Yu.

Jia Yu was very dissatisfied with Mrs. Xing's exclamation after stabbing her hands, and glanced at Mrs. Xing and said, "What are you doing!" Didn't scare my eldest grandson. Saying that, Jia Yu bent down and picked up Brother Chun, smiled and teased Brother Chun'er and asked, "Does Brother Chun miss the master?" After getting a kiss from Brother Chun full of salivation, he glanced at Jia Lian.

Jia Yu was about to say something, when Wang Xifeng led Daiyu and hurriedly arrived. held Jia Yu's words in his throat alive. Jia Yu put down Brother Chun on the one hand, and smiled at Daiyu on the other: "Miss Lin is here?" Uncle is about to call you. ”

At this time, it was also the first time Jia Lian saw Daiyu after Daiyu's complaint that day, I never thought that Daiyu had lost a lot of weight, and the clothes on her body were a little empty, I didn't know what happened, I wanted to ask and felt that this was the right time from time to time, but I looked at Wang Xifeng but saw that Wang Xifeng was leading Daiyu and Jia Yu to salute.

Daiyu and Wang Xifeng respectfully saluted Jia Yu before they smiled and said, "My brother asked my sister-in-law to call Yu'er in person, saying that there is good news, and I don't want my uncle to call Yu'er too, but there is also good news?" ”

Hearing Daiyu say this, Jia Yu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Jia Lian and said, "It's not good to be born in Guozijian to study, what good news do you have to tell your sister?" Jia Lian smiled very embarrassedly: "I think my father also knows, so naturally my father should tell my sister such good news." ”

Seeing that Jia Lian didn't rush to tell him the news that Lin Ruhai would go to Beijing to take up his post after the New Year, Jia Yu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's go into the house and talk, don't block at the door." Then he lifted his feet and walked in.

After everyone sat down, Jia Yu coughed, ready to tell Daiyu the good news, who knew that Daiyu saw Jia Yu coughing, and hurriedly said, "Uncle can take care of himself." When Jia Yu heard this, he was stunned and looked at Daiyu.

Daiyu then smiled: "In the first half of the year, Yu'er boiled a lot of paste, and now there are some more, and I will send them to my uncle when I go back, and my uncle will take some in the morning and evening, I think it's good." ”

Jia Yu coughed, originally wanted to attract everyone's attention, who knew that Daiyu said this, not to mention Jia Yu's stunned face, even Mrs. Xing, who was handing tea to Jia Yu, also shook her hand and sprinkled the tea on Jia Yu's body, which made Jia Yu very angry. And Jia Lian saw that Daiyu could still joke, and his heart was relieved a lot.

Daiyu originally just wanted to joke with Jia Yu, and didn't want Mrs. Xing to sprinkle Jia Yu's tea, but now she is not embarrassed. However, Mrs. Xing saw Jia Yu glaring at him with an unkind face, but she smiled unexpectedly: "It's a coincidence that I cut new clothes for the master, so let's try to see if it fits." ”

Jia Yu saw Jia Lian and his wife who lowered their heads and couldn't help laughing, Daiyu, who was very embarrassed, and it was not easy to have a seizure here, so she had to get up and flick her sleeves and enter the inner room, and Mrs. Xing hurriedly followed.

As soon as Jia Yu turned the screen, he heard the suppressed laughter of Jia Lian and Daiyu, and couldn't help but turn around and glared at Mrs. Xing very unkindly. Immediately furious: "Get out!" I'll come by myself, sir, I don't need your service! Mrs. Xing couldn't help but smile and retreated.

When Jia Yu came out with a dark green cloisonnΓ© black edge, and the side placket with rat tail hair was full of embroidered fragrant cloud bamboo and Confucian shirt, Mrs. Xing asked with a smile: "Is the master dressed well?" Jia Yu pretended not to care and looked down and said, "It's okay, I'm good at craftsmanship." ”

Mrs. Xing hurriedly smiled: "The concubine doesn't dare to take credit, this material was specially selected by Feng Yatou for the master, the clothes are sewn by Yingyatou, and the fragrant cloud bamboo is embroidered by Lin Yatou." ”

When Jia Yu heard this, he clenched his fists and was about to cough lightly, but he couldn't help it when he remembered what had happened, and paused for a while before saying, "Well, look at it, it's better than what you do!" For a moment, the people in the room couldn't help laughing out loud.

Jia Yu was actually very happy in his heart, but he deliberately said with a straight face: "What are you laughing at?" After speaking, seeing that the tea that had been spilled before had not been replaced, he glared at Mrs. Xing and yelled, "Don't you want to serve me tea yet?" Want to die of thirst for me? When Mrs. Xing heard this, she quickly smiled, got up and re-served tea for Jia Yu.

After everyone sat upright, Jia Yucai coughed lightly again, and was about to speak, but he felt that something was wrong, and after pausing for a while, he saw that everyone had no strange looks before he said with a smile on his face: "Tell everyone a good news, especially Lin Yatou, don't cry with joy." ”

When Wang Xifeng went to call Daiyu before, he said that Jia Lian had great news to tell her, but he didn't say any good news.

Daiyu went through a circle in her heart, thinking that it was impossible to come to Yuanchun to seal the concubine, after all, the fourth prince had not yet ascended the throne, and the old emperor had not abdicated, so it must be related to his father! couldn't help but Daiyu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she looked at Jia Yu.

Sure enough, Jia Yu saw that the big guys were looking at him, so he was very proud to tell the matter of Lin Ruhai's promotion to the head of the Hanlin Academy in Beijing this morning, Daiyu couldn't sit still for a while, stood up suddenly, and asked urgently: "But really?!" ”

Since Jia Rui died, these days have been too tormenting, Daiyu **** is worried about Lin Ruhai, and the whole person has lost weight, I don't want Jia Yu to tell her the news of Lin Ruhai's entry into Beijing after the New Year. Daiyu thought that she was looking forward to this news too much, so she heard it wrong, and couldn't help but look at Jia Lian and shouted, "Brother! ”

Daiyu's eyes were full of anticipation and uncertainty, which made Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng and others sad for a while, Jia Yu was very dissatisfied with Daiyu's suspicion of him, and made a special trip to take leave to bring back the news! couldn't help but aggravate his tone and said, "Naturally, it's true!" After speaking, he continued with a smug face: "The Holy Lord has issued a clear decree, and Gonggong Li will personally carry the holy decree out of Beijing and rush to Yangzhou. ”

Hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help crying anymore, and Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng hurriedly relieved: "This is good news, you should be happy!" Why are you crying, girl? Jia Yu also said bluntly: "I just said it, don't cry!" ”

It took a while for Daiyu to clean up her mood, and a room full of people rejoiced for Lin Ruhai's entry into Beijing. (To be continued.) )