April 16 is Zhuang Shiyu's marriage, for which the Zhuang family has been busy, the Zhuang girls have no heart to start the poetry club again, the Jia family has not yet fully recuperated Baoyu's disease, and naturally has no heart to compose poems, Daiyu has nowhere to relieve boredom, so she has to turn the book at home.

Lin Qingyun always has to go out to eat these days, either this family is married, or the family is married, and there is a birthday for Ding Ding. In the past, when he was alone, he naturally didn't need to move around, and only picked a few close families to give gifts, but after the wedding, it was different. Lin Qingyun's relationship here is simple, only one relative of the Lin family, only a few girls from the Jia family move around slightly, but Tu Yan's side is much more cumbersome.

In his spare time, at the repeated request of Tu Yan, he used one of his paintings as a base and painted an oil painting.

Tu Yan's painting is very large, although there are only two figures in it, but it is the actual proportion, and the identity of the characters in the painting is extraordinary, they are the two most noble people in the world - the emperor and the empress! This is the reason why Lin Qingyun was reluctant to paint at first, and she was afraid that something would go wrong, not to mention, the emperor's portrait was painted at random? Tu Yan was well prepared, and had earlier obtained the emperor's permission, so he came to her and said that he wanted to give this painting as a gift for Chinese New Year's Eve.

"You're going to be lazy and make me work hard, but the credit is yours." Lin Qingyun thought of such a big project and trying to achieve perfection, and he didn't feel very pressured.

"As the saying goes, those who can work harder, who makes Weiqing have the ability." Tu Yan jokingly looked at the various paints in front of her, asked her some painting skills, coloring steps and other things, and said: "You paint slowly, if you can't finish painting this year, you can wait for next year, and I will learn to give you a hand." ”

Lin Qingyun couldn't help laughing and said: "The prince is smart, and he has a foundation in painting, as the saying goes, 'one can do everything', and the prince learned it in a few months." ”

Although this is a joke, there is no doubt about Tu Yan's learning ability, she also teaches Western Chinese, Daiyu's learning progress is already fast, and the partial apprentice Yan learns faster than Daiyu. It's about Tu Yan who is more open than Daiyu, in addition to his outstanding learning talent, he doesn't flinch in practice, and often grabs her to practice dialogue. For this reason, the red silk egret often jokes, saying that there are two foreign masters waiting in the house, and when they meet in the morning, they say "Gude Maoning", at noon they say "Gude Nuen", and at night they say "Gude Yiwenning", and the maids find it interesting and secretly learn, but the tattooed aunt came to send things on the order of the queen, and listened to the big and small maids reading "Gude" in their mouths, and asked which family is so weird.

Now that the big easel has been stretched out and the oil canvas is ready, Lin Qingyun asked Tu Yan to start the draft.

"Princess." The egret came in from outside the door, and saw that the prince was painting, so he replied in a low voice: "The princess sent me to send all the things I sent, but I just saw that Miss Lin had something on her mind, Zijuan said that Miss Lin had been a little embarrassed since she returned from the palace last time, and it seemed to have something to do with the Jia family." ”

Because he hadn't seen him for a while, Lin Qingyun ordered the egret to send Daiyu some fresh melons and fruits, and by the way, he saw how the Lin family's father and daughter were doing recently, but they got the news.

Thinking about it carefully, the Jia family had nothing else to do except Baoyu had an illness. Maybe it's because of Shi Xiangyun's reputation? The Shi family and the Wei family have become a foregone conclusion, Jia's mother knows that she is powerless, two days ago Shi Wei's two small decisions, Jia's mother went to go on a trip, and praised the eldest son of the Wei family throughout the whole process, and said that this family business is a match made in heaven. When outsiders saw this, they questioned the remarks of the first two families. Mother Jia took advantage of Baoyu's condition to improve greatly, and ordered someone to give alms outside the city for three days, and said: "The two monks who treated Baoyu said that Baoyu should not marry early, and must marry after the age of eighteen. ”

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she gritted her teeth with hatred.

Baoyu is a boy, it is okay to get married later, and there are still monks' words in front. Xue Baochai is different. Xue Baochai is two years older than Baoyu, if Baoyu is eighteen, Baochai is twenty, and twenty-year-old girls still don't marry, even if there is a reason inside, it will cause a lot of discussion. Outsiders may not know, but the Jia family knows their own affairs, that is, relatives and friends all know that the Jia family has a guest girl from the Xue family, and as soon as Jia's mother's words were released, everyone thought of the Xue family. Xue Baochai didn't know how to do it, she was full of bitterness, but she had to support the light breeze, but Aunt Xue loved her daughter, and she was ashamed to find Mrs. Wang to ask for an explanation.

When the Grand View Garden was built, the Xue family also gave 50,000 silver, saying that it was borrowed, but in fact it was no different from giving it for nothing. Why did Aunt Xue fill in 50,000 silver for nothing to build a garden for the Jia family? Isn't it just to find a good place for my daughter. At that time, Mrs. Wang promised to be good, but now what's going on?

Aunt Xue didn't say anything else when she entered the door, and resigned directly: "Sister, we can't live in this house, I'll talk to you today, we'll pack up our things immediately, and move out tomorrow." Although our family is not as good as before, we still have a house and a shop, and it is not that we have no place to live from here. ”

"Why is my sister saying this, you still don't know my heart? I value Baochai the most in my heart. Mrs. Wang hurriedly persuaded Aunt Xue to sit down, and after some persuasion, her eyes were red and tears dripped at the end: "Good sister, I am in my forties, I married into the Jia family at the age of fifteen, and I have survived all these years, serving my in-laws, managing family affairs, and socializing, which point is not good?" This is the foundation of being a daughter-in-law and a wife, I don't say grievances, only I only have Baoyu as a lifeline, I am his mother-in-law, and I can't even do Baoyu's family affairs. ”

Aunt Xue's heart softened after saying this: "It's not that I don't understand my sister's difficulties, it's just that Baochai is a girl's family, if my sister can't call the shots, I can't let Baochai waste so many years." ”

"Sister, don't worry, let Bao Yatou not think too much, I will ask the mother to call the shots in this matter. Where are the words of the monk worthy of the mother's decree, and besides, it is only said that eighteen parties can marry, but it is okay to make it early. ”

"Then, I'll trust my sister again." Aunt Xue is also helpless, rumors are flourishing outside, so she has to avoid the limelight. Besides, the Jia family is already a good choice for the Xue family, and they are close to each other, and they know each other's personalities, and if they change others, she is also afraid that her daughter will suffer. Let's wait and see, it's really not good, and then talk about anything else.

Sixteen is Zhuang Shiyu out of the pavilion, put on makeup a day in advance, and Lin Qingyun also went to add makeup.

It was still early, and when Lin Qingyun came, Daiyu had already joked with the banker's girls about the bride, and she went over and only asked Bailu to invite people. Waiting for Daiyu to come, she dismissed the maid, asked about Daiyu's current situation, and carefully observed her expression, but did not find anything wrong.

Lin Qingyun simply asked directly: "Last time, Egret went to deliver something, and came back and said that you don't belong to your mind, but why are you worried?" ”

Daiyu laughed when she heard this: "Where do I have anything to worry about, I know, it must be Zijuan who said it, just her mouth is fast." Seeing that she didn't believe it, Daiyu said: "It's really nothing, it's just that last time Baoyu was sick and came to a pair of monks, it reminded me of what happened when I was a child." ”

Lin Qingyun's heart moved, and suddenly remembered the original story, that pair of monks and Taoists are "human traffickers"!

Guo listened to Daiyu sigh: "When I was young, I was not in good health, and the weakness brought from the womb took medicine when I ate, and no matter how many doctors prescribed it, it didn't work." When I was three years old, I came to a monk who wanted to turn me into a monk, saying that only in this way could my illness be cured. My parents were reluctant to let me go, but the monk was really sloppy and insane, so he refused. Since then, my illness has not been cured, until my sister came to my house, and slowly a year or two of hard work has been cured, and the past is like a dream, if I don't hear the Jia family describe the monk, I will forget. ”

"It's all in the past, and if you forget it, forget it, and it's not a good thing." Lin Qingyun didn't know which place she thought of, so she could only explain it with this.

Daiyu shook her head slightly, her eyebrows frowned slightly, as if she was confused by something: "Sister doesn't know, that pair of monks is weird." My sister knows that there is a young nun living in the Jiajia Grand View Garden, named Miaoyu, who is nineteen years old this year and has been practicing since childhood. She was originally a young lady in the family of poets and scholars, she was sick since she was a child, and she bought a lot of stand-ins that were useless, so she entered the empty door in person, and it was strange that her illness never happened again. She once said that when she was a child, her parents looked for medical treatment for her illness, and at that time, there was also a monk who wanted to turn her into a monk, but her parents refused and beat people out, who knows what the monk said later. He added: "Sister Bao has the heat poison brought by the womb, and she can't seek medical treatment, so a monk from Laitou gave a prescription, and she will be fine as soon as she eats it." Baoyu is sick, there is no need to invite, the monks and Taoists come together, and they don't want to thank people for curing them, and they go away, just like an immortal outside the world to save the suffering. Why is the monk so merciful to Sister Bao and Baoyu, but he is determined to let our other girls enter the empty door? Could it be that people outside the world also pay attention to favoritism? ”

Daiyu's heart became heavier and heavier as she spoke, as if a boulder was pressing down, almost out of breath.

She has been confused about this these days, thinking about it day and night, and suddenly she thinks of a verse. If her father had a chance in Yangzhou back then, if she had not been taken home, if her illness had not recovered, if she was still suffering in the Jia family......

She always had a sense of darkness, a qiē changed from the arrival of Lin Qingyun.

If it is really as assumed, she is an orphan living in Jia's house, and the situation can be imagined. Now she can guess that her father's intention of entrusting her to her grandmother back then may not be without the intention of entrusting her with her life. Mrs. Wang obviously doesn't like her, the Xue family will definitely enter Beijing, how similar to the current situation, but the person in Jia's mother's heart has been replaced by Xiangyun.

Golden Jade Relationship! This qiē is all for the sake of gold and jade.

Baoyu's "jade" and Baochai's "golden lock", one was brought when the grass fell, and the other was given by the monk, but isn't it a marriage fate.

Lin Qingyun didn't know that she had gone so deeply, but when she saw her abnormal expression, she didn't speak for a long time, for fear that she would be fascinated by this, so she hurriedly called her: "Sister! ”

Daiyu held her head, as if she was tired: "I'm fine, sister, don't worry." ”

"The words of the monk and Taoist priest are the most unbelievable, but it is a shame that the father-in-law did not give you away, and it is not known that the monk was a kidnapper back then. Nowadays, the abductors also have a lot of tricks, pretending to be a monk not only has no one to guard against, but ordinary poor families can't afford to raise children, seeing these monks open their mouths, in order to give their children a way to live, it is an official eunuch family like my sister's family, parents who are unwilling to endure the illness of their children, or are afraid that their children will die, will also allow. They abducted the child without much effort, and no one pursued them, thinking that they had done a good deed. ”

Daiyu listened to it for a while, and couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that parents give up their children, and they don't even ask about the origin of monks and Taoists?" I don't know where I was born, where can I visit in the future? Is it possible that there is no longer any connection to it? ”

"It can be seen that my father-in-law loves you. It may not have been untempted back then, but the monk could tell where he came from, but he was afraid that his father-in-law would detain him, and the monk ran fast. Just like this time, after curing Jia Jiabao's second master, how much silver can't he get? It is to uphold the spirit of the monks, do nothing but do good deeds, and do not have to run so fast, as if they are hiding from something. In order to comfort Daiyu, Lin Qingyun racked her brains to break her anger.

Daiyu didn't have any doubts, and after thinking about it, she said unconvincedly: "Is it difficult, are you afraid of bumping into someone from the Xue family?" ”

If it is true, then the Xue family's remarks about the golden lock are doubtful.

"Who knows." How could Lin Qingyun really discuss this with her, I was afraid that if I continued to talk about it, I would not be able to do it.

Daiyu reacted suddenly, and said angrily: "My sister bluffed me again, I almost really believed it." ”

Lin Qingyun smiled: "I'm not lying, do you think about it, my words make sense?" It's just a guess, and I don't say it must be. Well, today is a good day for the third sister of the Zhuang family, we are here to congratulate, and someone should come to find it if we don't go out again. ”

After some talking, Daiyu's stuffiness in her heart dissipated, and she went out with her.

Returning from the dealer's house, Lin Qingyun couldn't help but think about Daiyu's words again and again, and her heart jumped after realizing it. She has always known that Daiyu is smart and transparent, but it is the first time that she has learned so personally, and she is afraid that Daiyu's doubts will not be all said. In the middle of the night, she sighed to herself. In her own situation, anyone who doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas will think that she has unrevealed means, especially the Lin family's father and daughter get along day and night, how can she not have the slightest suspicion? It's just that Lin Ruhai saw that she didn't have bad intentions and had no intention of exploring, Daiyu had preconceived trust in her because of her father's relationship earlier, so that she only reacted now.

It's okay, the Lin family's father and daughter, and even Tu Yan, are the closest people to her in this world.

Back in the house, Lin Qingyun just wanted to lie quietly for a while, and just changed into homely clothes when he saw Tu Yan coming over. Tu Yan waved his hand to order the egret and the others to retreat, pressed her in front of the mirror, and personally removed the cumbersome ornaments from her hair. This is not the first time, he has become proficient in his movements.

"Something?" If nothing happens, the maids will not be sent out.

"Wei Qing is interested in going out for a walk?" Tu Yan leaned over her face, looked directly into her eyes in the mirror, and smiled a little bit of merit: "Out of Beijing." ”

"Out of Beijing?!" Lin Qingyun exclaimed in a low voice, his eyes full of disbelief: "What the hell is going on?" Didn't you say you couldn't go out for three or five years? ”

Tu Yan said something that seemed to be irrelevant first: "On the 28th of last month, the Iron Net Mountain was besieged, don't you want to go too?" ”

Lin Qingyun glared at him angrily: "I want to go shopping, but you are lazy, and I don't want to go alone." ”

The royal siege is a grand event, but unfortunately Tu Yan said that she was weak and never participated in the siege, and the queen wanted to sit in the palace again, and she was not very interested in going to Xishan, so she could only stop in the end. The last hunt in Xishan was only three days, and half a month has passed, how can you bring it up again?

Tu Yan said: "Fortunately, you didn't go, something happened that day." On the second day of the hunt, there were assassins, but fortunately, my father had already prepared, otherwise he would ......"

Lin Qingyun's face changed slightly: "I didn't hear any wind. ”

"My father issued a gag order, saying that it was nothing to do, and if it was spread, it would make people panic." Tu Yan straightened the hair on her sideburns, and said: "Now it looks calm on the surface, but secretly it is turbulent, and I don't know if it will break out one day." The emperor is probably suspicious of respecting the prince, but he is only hindering the emperor, but it is not easy to verify it openly. Do you remember the last time you went back to the city? ”

Lin Qingyun nodded.

"My father intends to let me go to Quanzhou and take it to see the other two places by the way." Seeing that she was puzzled, Tu Yan carefully explained: "Most of the city's shipping divisions deal with foreign merchant ships, and it's not that my father is not unavailable, but he is not as suitable as us. You know Western, I have a friendship with Baron Lawrence, and I have a history of travel. Where I really went in those years, outsiders don't know, but my brothers know it. If it was really you and I who went out of Beijing, they just thought that I couldn't bear to live in Beijing and wouldn't be too suspicious. ”

"But you want to find out who is behind the scenes?"

Tu Yan shook his head, with a cold face on his face: "My father suspected that they had merchant ships, so they not only secretly sought heavy profits, but also secretly purchased iron ore to make weapons. ”

Crafting weapons without permission is tantamount to rebellion!

Lin Qingyun's heart sank, and after thinking about his words, he understood. If it is really the city that is manipulated, it is small to seek money, but it is a big matter to quietly occupy the waterway route. Once weapons were built in the field, the merchant ships of Tongguò operated in the port, and they were actually close to the important place of the Beijing Division. The nearest to the capital is the port of Tianjin, which has civil affairs, salt transportation, taxation and military facilities, if those merchant ships with other contents can be close, the strict zhòng cheng dù inside is self-evident.

"The emperor sent someone else to Tianjin Mansion?" She guessed.

"Hmm." Tu Yan lamented her sensitivity and did not say much about it. This matter is very sensitive on the whole, if it weren't for his special identity and special situation, the emperor would not use him. Moreover, even if it was used, it was not without the intention of observing and tempting, at this time, the emperor was not suspicious of his son-in-law, but hoped that he could share one or two in the government affairs. After all, if other factors are excluded, Tu Yan's ability is the emperor's favorite.

"How shall we go?"

Tu Yan smiled: "There is a ready-made reason to seek medical treatment for me." ”

Lin Qingyun couldn't help but worry when she heard this: "Although you are less sick now, you can't stand the fatigue of traveling, if you are delayed on the road, what if you miss the emperor's errand?" ”

"It doesn't matter, my father said, our affairs are not in a hurry, we will go all the way slowly, and just return to Beijing at the end of the year. If this is really the case in Quanzhou, let's just check it out first to see who is involved in this matter. The emperor will not touch them this year. Seeing that her expression was heavy, Tu Yan didn't have the ease of going out at all, so he couldn't help but smile and rub her face: "How old are you, it's not suitable for an old-fashioned appearance." Think about it, what kind of emergency can my father hand over the errand to you and me? Father's ...... It's just a matter of trying me out. ”

Lin Qingyun's heart tightened when she heard this: "You mean ......?"

"I think Wei Qing is my confidant in this life, can Wei Qing know me?"

Lin Qingyun chuckled, looked directly at him and said, "I naturally know that you just have to do it with your heart, and I will never wronged myself." ”

Now Tu Yan has become a parent, and his health is slowly getting better, but because of the further intimacy between the Emperor Taishang and Prince Jingxiao, he has attracted everyone's attention, and he has not paid much attention to Prince Chun's Mansion for a while. The emperor always remembers his sister-in-law, and when he sees Tu Yan's current state, he can't help but think about it, and it is really that other princes are fighting too fiercely, and Tu Yan, who has no quarrel with the world and has outstanding ability, will win the hearts of the people.

After many years of idleness, he was forced by the situation to prepare for the worst.

Two days later, news came out from Prince Chun's Mansion that Prince Chun was sick.

The emperor and queen, the county palace, the Zhongshun palace, the palace of the prince of Jingxiao, etc., all came to visit, although the pure prince's mansion called Tu Yan only the wind evil into the body, but it was not healed for seven or eight days, considering the special physical condition of Tu Yan, each family gave the greatest attention. Several princes of the county saw Tu Yan, his face was pale, his spirit was weak, his words were weak, his mind was lazy, and he heard that he didn't eat eight times out of ten times, and the princess was wiping her tears every day, which showed that she was seriously ill. You must know that even a small illness can cause a major illness and kill people.

Until after the Dragon Boat Festival, Prince Chun's Mansion suddenly prepared carriages and horses, but when mortals asked, they all said that they wanted to go far away.

The boxes and cages and other things were packed up earlier, and the people to be brought were also arranged, Lin Qingyun checked it, and ordered people to go to the Lin family, the Jia family, the Zhuang family, and the Shi family to send back the gifts. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Lin Qingyun's always strong body suddenly became useless, and he suffered from heat stroke, and he lay down for three days. Before leaving, there were still many melons and fruits that the queen in the palace had rewarded, so she added some fresh materials and distributed them to the sisters.

Daiyu received something, and then learned from Bailing that she was leaving Beijing, so she hurriedly changed her clothes and came by car, and complained when she saw her: "Why does my sister suddenly want to leave Beijing?" He didn't even tell me about such a big thing, so it can be seen that he doesn't treat me as a sister. ”

"Good sister, it's not like that, we also made a temporary decision." Lin Qingyun had no choice but to lie, after all, the details inside really couldn't be said. "You also know that our prince has been sick for several days, and the queen mother is also frightened and sick, and even I can't survive it. A few days ago, I heard in a trance that someone had a grass reed in Jiuhua Mountain, free for pedestrians to see a doctor, although he was in his thirties, but he had excellent medical skills, and cured a lot of incurable diseases, but this person had a quirk, only willing to treat in Jiuhua Mountain, and did not go elsewhere at all, that is, the local prefect sent a sedan chair to meet and refused to go to the sedan chair. I thought, since this person has such courage, he can continue to stay in Jiuhua Mountain to practice medicine after refusing the prefect, which shows that he has real skills. Xu is sincere and spiritual, in order to cure the disease, it is what's the harm of running. For this reason, after discussing with the prince, I decided to go to Jiuhua Mountain. ”

"Is there such a strange man? Maybe it's a real capability. Daiyu also knew about Prince Chun's illness, and after hearing these words, she didn't complain, but felt that Prince Chun was sincere. After all, as a pure prince, as long as he is interested, the emperor can even issue an order to "invite" the healer.

"Sister, go back, I'll leave now, and I'll write to you when I get there." The remarks of the Jiuhua Mountain doctor were not made up, but he had already gotten the news, but he didn't take it to heart, and now he is just using it.

Bidding farewell to Daiyu, and saying goodbye to the families who came to see each other off, Tu Yan took Lin Qingyun to board the car and leave.