Today is Mrs. Lin's birthday. This is also the reason why Lin Jingzhi rushed back to China in a hurry.

Mrs. Lin's maiden name is Jia, and since her great-grandfather's generation, it has been a single lineage. Until her, the Jia family has never been out again. And she was born in a great disaster, just in time for a plague. In the midst of that plague, she was still a baby and almost never saw the next day's sun.

At that time, it happened that a monk passed by, and the monk saw her in swaddling clothes, and praised her for being a person who would be full of children and grandchildren, rich and noble, and die at the end of her life. He took out a pill and told her mother to feed her.

In the spirit of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor, her mother did not hesitate to give her the pill to eat. It's strange to say, but with a cup of tea, her consciousness actually slowly came over.

Her mother was overjoyed and hurried to thank the monk, who was still there.

Therefore, from now on, every time she is born, her mother will take her to the Buddhist temple to pray for blessings. At the same time, on this day, the grain shed should be opened widely, and the porridge and silver should be given to the beggars.

Even later, the Jia family completely declined, but after getting married, she always remembered what her mother said on her deathbed: believe in Buddhism and be kind to all sentient beings.

Therefore, as a wife of the Lin family, she also told her husband from time to time not to celebrate her birthday, but only to go to the Buddhist temple on that day to offer incense and give food and silver to beggars.

In the past, her husband and son accompanied her, but later when she had a daughter-in-law, most of them accompanied her.

Early this morning, Mrs. Lin's yard was quite lively.

Lin Jin and Lin Xuan nested beside Mrs. Lin left and right, and Mrs. Lin loved to hug them and laugh with them from time to time, and asked Long Qiutong from time to time, 'Is the porridge shed set up, and has the money and silver for alms been installed'.

Long Qiutong smiled: "Mother, don't worry." The porridge shed has already been erected, and it is much larger than in previous years. The money to be given to the beggars was also packed in a purse. Don't worry about it, it's just more than in previous years, not less than in previous years. ”

Gently shaking the two little babies, Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "I'm an old fool." If it weren't for your baba early in the morning, I would have forgotten that today is my birthday. ”

"My mother is a rich and noble person, and I really respond to the sentence that nobles forget things."

It was Ren Mingyue who spoke, and her words made Mrs. Lin smile and point at her, not knowing what to say about her. At this moment, Lin Moqing, Lin Molou, Lin Jingzhi, and Lin Nianzhi all walked in and knelt in front of Mrs. Lin.

"The son (Lin Moqing, Lin Molou) respects his mother, and his life is better than Tianqi and blessed as the East China Sea."

"Sun (Lin Jingzhi, Lin Nianzhi) respects grandma's longevity than Tianqi and blessing like the East China Sea."

Smiling so tightly that she didn't disturb her mouth, Old Madam Lin said 'get up, get up quickly', and motioned to Long Qiutong and Ren Mingyue to help them up. Only Lin Xuan, looking at Lin Jingzhi who was smiling and about to touch her head, actually snorted and turned his head.

Knowing that the little girl was still eating yesterday's vinegar, Lin Jingzhi smiled and said, "I, bring back a foal from the Arctic country." ”

Sure enough, Lin Xuan's big eyes were curious, but because he was angry, he had to look angry, because although he still didn't look at Lin Jingzhi, his eyes were actually slanted in the direction of Lin Jingzhi.

"Although the foal is not as precious as a sweaty horse, it is extremely cute, snow-white, and has extremely long hair, and from a distance I thought it was a mass of fluff......"

Before Lin Jingzhi's words were finished, Lin Jin had already jumped up and said, "Really? Is there really such a foal? ”

"Of course it's true. It's a lot like the horse-like puppet that Xuan'er once loved, but this foal is alive. ”

"Why didn't you say it last night. It's not a lie. Lin Jin was skeptical.

"Your eldest brother and I not only completed the mission this time, but also because of the love of the Arctic Emperor, he sent two thousand war horses to Dongao, and also sent a few sweaty and bloody horses to your eldest brother and me. Because we don't have a special place to raise horses in Lin Mansion, your eldest brother and I have temporarily raised those sweaty and bloody horses in Mulan Horse Farm. Including that foal. ”

"Give it to me, I want it, I want it." Lin Jin shook Lin Jingzhi's arm, his face full of begging.

Lin Jingzhi let out a 'hitch', broke Lin Jin's hands one by one, then sat down beside Lin Xuan, wrapped Lin Xuan in his arms, and said, "I thought that we would definitely like this little pony and give it to Xuan'er." It's not for you. ”

Lin Jin screamed in disappointment, she pretended to have the consciousness of being a sister, and as a sister, she never grabbed things with Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan had already been itching for a long time, and he couldn't pretend to be able to make a gesture anymore, so he immediately turned around, put his arm around Lin Jingzhi's neck, and kissed him on the face.

A foal finally drained the vinegar in Lin Xuan's heart, and everyone in the Lin family laughed.

"Big brother. When are we going to Mulan Racecourse? ”

"Tomorrow. Today, we all accompanied my grandmother to Xiangguo Temple for incense. ”

Of course, knowing that accompanying grandma is the most important, Lin Xuan nodded happily.

Mrs. Lin smiled and sighed: "One or two of you, you are bullying me when you are old, and you don't remember anything, and you are hiding it from me." If I had known it was my birthday, I would have left dzi last night. ”

In fact, Old Madam Lin really didn't remember things when she was old, but her mind was on Wu Nianting during this time, and she naturally forgot many things about herself.

As Mrs. Lin finished speaking, she saw Wu Nianting wearing a thin robe with light blue quenched white orchid, a white jade silk ribbon tied around her waist, and a light blue coat running in, kneeling directly in front of Mrs. Lin, and said crisply: "Tianzhu wishes my grandmother every year to have today, and every year to have today." ”

When Mrs. Lin was pleasantly surprised to help Wu Nianting up, a hearty laugh came, but it was Master Lin and Old Man Wubi who entered the door.

It turned out that on the way back from Lin Jingzhi's Wu Nianting last night, he mentioned that today was Mrs. Lin's birthday.

Old Man Wu smiled and said, "Old birthday star, congratulations." ”

"Rejoice, rejoice." Old Madam Lin hurriedly motioned to Lin Jingzhi to invite Old Man Wu to take a seat.

Lin Xuan stopped eating Wu Nianting's vinegar because of the foal, and pulled Wu Nianting in her ear to say that she was going to Xiangguo Temple to make incense today. Le Dewu Nianting kept nodding and saying, 'Okay, I'll go, I'll go' too'.

Everyone was laughing, and Lin Zheng hurriedly ran over and said, "Someone is in the palace." ”

The crowd hurried out.

At this time of year, Emperor Jing'an would send people to send a large number of incense items. This year is no different. Seeing that Gonggong Zhao led a group of palace people to carry more than a dozen boxes of incense items into the house, Mrs. Lin hurriedly sent the old lady next to her to get the reward.

After a long period of busyness, Zhao Gonggong saw that the hour was not early, and said: "It's almost time to go to court, it's time for the Sprinkle family to go." ”

Master Lin hurriedly sent someone to send Zhao's father-in-law out of the house. Mrs. Lin told her eldest son and third son to go to court.

Mrs. Lin's birthday has always been based on the principle of not being quiet and not extravagant. After saying some more words to his mother, 'Go to Xiangguo Temple to pay attention to safety', Lin Moqing and Lin Molou went to the court.

Lin Jingzhifang returned from the Arctic country, and he had ten days off for bathing, but he didn't have to go, so he decided to accompany his grandmother Mrs. Lin to Xiangguo Temple for incense today.

"I have the protection of the mirror, so don't worry about it. You two old men will do me a favor. ”

Master Lin and Wu Bi hurriedly said, "Say." ”

"I heard Qiu Tong say that this year's porridge shack is bigger than in previous years. There must have been more people coming than in previous years. You all help Qiu Tong and Mingyue to go. I'm worried that the two of them won't be able to keep up. ”

Not only to distribute porridge, but also to distribute silver taels, although it is said that they are all for beggars, but there are also poor families who usually live a hard life to join in the fun today. At this time, there are crowds of people. I know it's hard. Master Lin said: "Cheng, don't worry, I promise to complete the task assigned by my wife." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone laughed again.

After cleaning up the incense items, Mrs. Lin took Lin Jin, Lin Xuan, and Wu Nianting into the carriage. Lin Jingzhi rode a horse and followed the carriage. Lin Zheng personally drove the car, and there were four rough mothers-in-law behind the carriage. After that, Lin Shi took more than a dozen family members to carry various incense materials.

A group of people went to Xiangguo Temple.

Because she didn't want to alarm everyone, at this time of year, Mrs. Lin went out relatively early, and the streets were quiet. When the group of them came to Xiangguo Temple, Fang Fangchen was there.

The abbot of Xiangguo Temple had already greeted him, and after carrying all the incense items into Xiangguo Temple, Lin Jingzhi sent Lin Shi to take the family members back, leaving only Lin Zheng and the four rough envoys and mothers-in-law with him.

Under the leadership of the abbot, Mrs. Lin took Lin Jin, Lin Xuan, and Wu Nianting to the main hall. Then the group knelt down in front of the statue of the Bodhisattva.

Mrs. Lin clasped her palms together and prayed silently: "The believer Lin Jia, I have the compassion of my Buddha and live in the world, my husband loves my son, and the family is harmonious." I was only heartbroken by the early death of my beloved daughter, and I begged the Buddha to return my beloved daughter to the believer. My Buddha is merciful, and finally sent a miracle to the believer, and the believer has no regrets in her life, contentment, contentment. ”

This old lady Lin sincerely repaid her vows in front of the Buddha, and the four people of Lin Jin, Lin Xuan, Wu Nianting, and Lin Jingzhi quietly knelt down to the Buddha, kowtowed, incense, and prayed according to the abbot's guidance.

Because Mrs. Lin prayed and repaid her vows, she would also recite the scriptures, knowing that the little ones would definitely find it boring, and besides, it was already good to ask them to quietly incense and pray at the age of these three girls, and she really didn't expect them to be able to accompany her to read the scriptures, so she asked Lin Jingzhi to lead the three of them to other halls.

Knowing that her grandmother was devout to the heart of the Buddha, Lin Jingzhi led the three girls out of the hall. Tell the four rough envoys to wait carefully outside the hall.

After Lin Jingzhi led the three girls to visit Xiangguo Temple for a whole circle, it was already time. Many pilgrims also came in one after another.

The most eye-catching of those pilgrims is Yu Changyue, the daughter of Yu Mansion and Yu Yichuan, who is slowly entering Xiangguo Temple surrounded by a group of people.

Wearing a light blue embroidered white tulip flower case thin robe, the waist is tied with a white jade silk ribbon, draped in a light blue daze, the hair is combed in a double bun, and two crystal clear pearls are hung at the earlobes on both sides, under the reflection of the sun, the light swims on her pink face, lining her small eyes, small nose, and small lips are full of beauty.

If you just look at her facial features, they are not outstanding. But these small facial features are quite outstanding on the same small face.

Therefore, as soon as Yu Changyue entered Xiangguo Temple, the sensation caused was naturally not small. Of course, it also attracted the attention of Wu Nianting and others.

Wu Nianting was attracted because of the collision, in addition to the flower case, she and Yu Changyue strongly collided. It's all light blue...... And Yu Changyue's figure is evenly matched, and it seems that she is more suitable for wearing light blue than her chubby figure.

Approaching Lin Jin's ear, Wu Nianting asked, "Who is she?" ”

"Princess Xining Yu Qianyue's niece Yu Changyue. Her father's name is Yu Yichuan, and now my eldest uncle is on an errand boy. ”

"It turned out to be one of the seven nobles of the world."

Dongao officialdom is divided into two factions, one is the Shi clan and the other is the Han clan.

The clan is a faction that has existed since the establishment of the Dongao Dynasty, and was initially regarded as the pillar of the Dongao Dynasty. They pay attention to their bloodline, and their children and grandchildren do not need to participate in the imperial examination by virtue of their contributions to the Dongao Dynasty for hundreds of years, and they can enter the court as officials only by virtue of their bloodline. As for the officialdom, it depends on his political achievements. Among the people of this faction, the 'Seven Nobles of the World' is the most talked about. These 'seven nobles' are the big families with seven surnames, the Yu family of Princess Yu Qianyue of Xining, the He family of He Jinyao, the princess of Dongping, and the Yang family of Yang Yunqi, the concubine of Dongping.

The Han people started later than the Shi people, and they were all used by the Shi people at the beginning, which is also the reason why the so-called 'upper grade has no Han clan and lower grade has no Shi clan' since ancient times. But the red dust is rolling, and for hundreds of years, there are many young talents among the Han people who have stood out and been reused by the dynasty and have achieved quite outstanding results, and they have slowly attracted the attention of the rulers of the dynasty. In order to weaken the growing control of the Shi clan in the court, the rulers of the dynasty began to use a large number of Han personnel in an attempt to make the Han clan and the Shi clan rival.

From the Han clan, which was oppressed and controlled by the clan, suddenly jumped to the new star of the dynasty, and the rise of the Han clan naturally aroused the opposition of the clan. So the royal family reached an agreement with the Shi clan, no matter which Han clan was used, the consent of the Gu Shi clan must be passed in advance.

This move seems to be a compromise between the royal family and the Han clan and the Shi clan, but in fact, this move is like boiling a frog in warm water, after hundreds of years of development, when the Shi clan suddenly realized that the Han clan had reached a point where they could not control it, it was too late.

In the generation of Emperor Jing'an, the Han clan has reached a glorious period, and has completely reached a state of competition with the world. Among this group of people, the 'five surnames of the Han clan' are the most talked about, and among these 'five surnames' is the Lin family, which is now a relative of the emperor.

Of course, after hundreds of years of development, the original history of the Seven Gui of the Shi clan only allowing each other to intermarry among the Seven Gui to maintain the purity of the bloodline is quietly gone, and there are also many people in the five surnames of the Han clan who intermarry with the Seven Gui and even the royal family.

Although the lineage of the Shi clan and the Han clan has been somewhat confused, it is still possible to distinguish one or two if you want to divide them carefully.

The middle 'one and two' refers to the lineage that is still pure, and their descendants can still rely on the privileges of their ancestors to enjoy various privileges in and out of officialdom without the need for imperial examinations.

Therefore, Emperor Jing'an wanted to erase these 'one and two' from the court, and really recruit talents without sticking to one pattern, and really do the capable and the mediocre. In this way, it can ensure that his son Long Shihuai will not be completely controlled by the Seven Guizhong in the court in the future. Second, you can also let Long Shihuai love what he loves, don't let his harem need the principle of checks and balances because of the court's principles of checks and balances, and there is no need to miss the people he loves the most for these principles.

These twists and turns of the doorway were all told by Long Shihuai to Wu Nianting. Today, I really saw a girl from the Seven Nobles, and she was also quite interested.

I heard that this Yu Changyue's bloodline belongs to the essence of the ultra-pure 'one or two' bloodline left among the seven nobles, and among the seven nobles, the dignity of her identity is not as noble as the princess of the next dynasty, and it is the noble daughter of the nobles. This is also the reason why she came to Xiangguo Temple today to make incense, and there were no less than 100 people who accompanied her Yahuan, the old woman, and the caretaker.

After the crowd of people who were pressed by Yufu Wu were welcomed in by the abbot under the guidance and discussion of the pilgrims, Lin Jin suddenly pulled Wu Nianting suddenly, pointed to a familiar figure in the group of maids in Yufu, and said, "Look, who is that?" ”

Wu Nianting hurriedly looked at it carefully, and shouted: "Fang Qiuwen! ”

Not bad. There is indeed Fang Qiuwen in that group of girls.

It came from that day after meeting a wandering monk outside Dongao City who cured his sister's illness. Fang Chunwen took Fang Qiuwen to the home of a distant relative in Dongao City.

At first, because the distant relative was a family slave, such a lowly birth was not favored by Fang Chunwen. But in order to survive in Dongao, she had to condescend and choose to defect. Fortunately, the distant relatives were honest and straightforward, not only accepted their sisters, but also introduced their sisters to the head of the house, that is, Yu Yichuan's wife Yang.

Yang saw that Fang Chunwen was delicate and flexible. And Fang Qiuwen seemed to know some medical skills at a young age, and he knew how to cook a good medicinal diet, so he kept both of them. Now, Fang Qiuwen was sent to Yu Changyue by the Yang family, and he was specifically responsible for conditioning Yu Changyue's body.

Because the monk who healed her said that he would worship the Buddha on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, Fang Qiuwen did not dare to delay it for a day. Always keep in mind. Today, while Yu Changyue worships the Buddha, she also came.

In fact, as soon as she entered Xiangguo Temple, she saw Lin Jin and Wu Nianting, and her hateful eyes disappeared in an instant. Then she trotted a few steps to her sister's side and whispered to her sister, "People from the Lin family." ”

Fang Chunwen didn't dare to move, just glanced at it, and then glanced at Wu Nianting and Lin Jin. Then I saw Lin Xuan being held in the arms of a tall and handsome young man. During this period of time, she served the Yang family, occasionally heard the discussions of those noblewomen, and knew a little about the affairs of the court, coupled with her understanding of the Lin Mansion, she could quickly guess that this young man should be the eldest grandson of the Lin Mansion, Lin Jingzhi, and his face was seven or eight points similar to Lin Moqing, the uncle of the Lin Mansion.

If he could enter the Lin Mansion at the beginning, he would not be able to enter the eyes of the old and serious second master Lin Mohan, but I am afraid that he can also hook the heart of this fledgling Lin Jingzhi......

Only now, alas, it's a pity, it's a pity. The seven nobles of the family and the five surnames of the Hanmen are natural rivals, and since she has served the seven nobles, she has to share the same hatred with the seven nobles. What's more, she hated the Wu Nian Pavilion who didn't leave any room for their sisters at all. Wu Nianting is now a treasure in the hearts of the people of the Lin Mansion because of the identity of the little Engong of the Lin Mansion. If she Fang Chunwen has attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven one day, she must let Wu Nianting also taste the taste of life that is worse than death.

"You wait for an opportunity to quietly inquire about why the people of the Lin Mansion came to Xiangguo Temple today."

Listening to his sister's instructions, Fang Qiuwen nodded.