said that Jia Lian left Jia's mother, was distraught, and returned to the house to lie down without saying a word. Wang Xifeng was talking to Ping'er, and when he saw him like this, he was quite surprised. Ping'er led the girls back with interest, and Wang Xifeng pushed Jia Lian and asked him what happened.

Jia Lian ignored her, suddenly turned over and went out.

Wang Xifeng looked at the shaking door curtain in a daze, gritted his teeth, and his eyes were red. It's the first time Jia Lian has slapped her face like this, but she hasn't done anything recently, why did she provoke him?

"Ping'er!" Wang Xifeng packed up his feelings and called Ping'er in. "Go and see, where has the second master gone."

Jia Lian went directly to the east courtyard to see Jia Yu. Although the father and son are not close on weekdays, and the father is a fool, he only knows how to drink and mess around with his little wife, but when it comes to major events, he is father and son after all.

Mrs. Xing had just told Jia Yu about the silver, and Jia Yu was thinking about how to get the silver into her own hands, when she saw Jia Lian coming, she thought it was still a matter of the provincial family's hospital. As soon as Jia Lian said what he meant, Jia Yu was startled at first, and then clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, good!" In the end, it is you, Uncle Lin, who loves you. Then his face changed, and he scolded with hatred: "You are still stupid to push this kind of good thing that fell from the sky?" You got kicked in the head by a donkey? You go out to inquire, how many are there in Beijing every year? No matter how many people spend money, they can't get officials, and you are not satisfied. ”

"My son doesn't dare, but now he is about to build a provincial hospital, and I'm afraid the old lady won't." Jia Lian was used to being scolded, but he could also hear that his father strongly approved of him as an official.

Jia Yu snorted and saw through his thoughts at a glance: "I know, you are afraid of hardship, and you are reluctant to bear the money in the house." You just go, I'm watching in the house, this is our big house! After pacing back and forth for a long time, he said, "Don't make a noise about this matter, and don't tell your daughter-in-law, so that the second wife can also get the news." When the official appointment paperwork comes down, I have something to say to the old lady. ”

Although Jia Lian was puzzled, he saw that he was so determined, so he responded.

Lin Ruhai was not surprised to see Jia Lian coming again, although he didn't give a good face, but he still helped with the matter of finding a child.

At the beginning of the month, the dealer entered Beijing in a low-key manner.

Because Zhuang Li came to clean up the house earlier, and visited several relatives and friends, he also knew about the Zhuang family's entry into Beijing. It was more than ten years ago, the younger generation did not know the dealer, and the older one could not remember, and the individual who knew the inside story may not have that keenness, only thought that the dealer had been hidden for so many years, and finally wanted to find a way out.

The Lin family also got the news early, and after a few days, it was estimated that the other party had settled down, and Lin Ruhai took Daiyu over to visit. Lin Qingyun wants to be filial piety in February next spring, even if he is curious about what kind of family the dealer is, it is not easy to go to the door.

In the front hall of the dealer's house, Zhuang Li personally greeted Lin Ruhai, and another kind old lady greeted Daiyu and led Daiyu's sedan chair straight to the second door. Zhuang Li knew that the girl of the Lin family was sitting in the sedan chair, and in recent days, he had always heard his grandmother and mother mention that there was a plum blossom poem in front of him, so he couldn't help but glance at the sedan chair twice. There is a small window on both sides of the sedan chair, because it is specially prepared for women, in order to prevent enlargement, the window screen is blown out, and the window screen is pasted. Although the pale cyan curtain is light and breathable, it is faintly visible from the inside, but the outside cannot see the inside at all. Daiyu is also very curious about the dealer, as soon as she heard the voice of a young man outside, she knew that it was the eldest son of the dealer, just when the other party looked up, although it was a shadow, but she would also take a look at the square appearance, and she was so shocked that she quickly retracted her gaze and hung her head, even if no one found it, she blushed and did not dare to look out at will.

"Please Miss Lin get off the sedan chair." The sedan chair stopped at the second gate.

At this time, the red on Daiyu's face had faded, and when she saw the sedan curtain open, she helped the hand handed by the old lady to get off the sedan chair. Daiyu Bingxue is smart, as soon as she saw that this grandmother was dressed and behaved differently, and she came to greet her, she knew that it was the old lady of the Zhuang family or the ladies who had a very decent status around her, and her words were very polite: "There is Mama Lao." ”

Mama couldn't help but admire in her heart at a glance, she was worthy of being the daughter of Lin Tanhua's family, and her delicate flowers were like water, and because she was the daughter of Jiangnan, she had her own charm and tactfulness, and compared several girls in the family.

"The old slave's surname is Chen, and the girl doesn't dislike calling Mama Chen."

"Mama Chen." Daiyu called out as she said.

"Miss Lin was born so well, it reminds me of Lord Lin's demeanor back then, and when the old lady and the ladies see the girl, they must like it very much." Mama Chen led her up the steps as she spoke, and a maid had already opened the curtain, and a warm fragrant wind floated out of the door.

Daiyu entered the door and bypassed a large interstitial screen on the floor, but saw an old lady with silver hair sitting in the middle, two ladies next to her, and four girls of the same age. This familiar scene made her a little trance, as if she had entered the Rongguo Mansion again, but she soon came back to her senses, and the dealer was not the Jia family after all.

As soon as Daiyu came in, everyone in the room was looking at her, and this look was all bright.

Today, Daiyu is wearing a goose yellow round-necked brocade cotton suit embroidered with green bamboo, covered with a big red feather veil and a crane in a white fox, and the bright color makes her delicate and elegant, with a smile and a picturesque smile. After entering the house, Daiyu untied the crane and walked to the middle of the house to greet the old lady of the banker.

"Lift up! Lift up! Although Mrs. Zhuang is full of silver hair, her face is ruddy, her spirit is strong, and she looks calm and generous, and she is very kind. Ordered Mama Chen to help the person up, and gave a pair of green and transparent jade bracelets as a greeting gift, and said: "This is what we brought from the south, there is a lot of jade over there, it's not worth anything, you just have to accept it." ”

Daiyu thanked her, and gave gifts to the two wives of the banker, and the two also gave them meeting gifts.

The four girls of the dealer stood up early, talked to each other about the New Year, and saw each other again, and then sat down. Daiyu was a guest, sitting on top of the four girls, next to Mrs. Zhuang. The old lady asked her how old she was, what books she read, what she did on weekdays, etc., Daiyu answered one by one, and her expression was naturally generous, because the Zhuang family is a century-old family of poetry and books, Daiyu did not hide it, what she learned, what books she read, and what articles she liked were told the truth.

"Ouch, your father didn't count if he took the Tanhua exam himself, so it's hard to teach you to be a female Tanhua." Although the old lady was so funny, she liked her more.

They are not only men studying, girls are also reading, and the daughters-in-law they marry are also born in the family of poetry and books. They have the same hobbies as each other, and they are fun when they chat, Daiyu gradually let go of her hands and feet, and she is interested in inviting them to go to her home to enjoy the plum blossoms and compose poems.

When she came back in the evening, Daiyu went directly to Lin Qingyun's room.

"Sister Qingyun." Daiyu recognized a few sisters today, chatted about poetry and books, and was in a very good mood, so she pulled Qingyun and told everything she saw and heard when she went to the dealer's house. At the end, he said with a little regret: "I wanted to invite them to come to our house to enjoy the plum blossoms and compose poems, but they were busy in the wax moon, and they had just entered Beijing, so they had no time in the wax moon." ”

"After all the end, I will be in the capital, and after the New Year, how many poems do you want to make?" Lin Qingyun listened to her words, and he had a better understanding of the dealer, and he discovered one thing. "According to you, the dealer only came to two rooms, and the third room stayed in southern Yunnan?"

"Well, after all, the Zhuang family has been in southern Yunnan for more than ten years, and the academy that was originally run is also quite large-scale, so it is not easy to let go. The third master had no intention of being an official, so he decided to stay in southern Yunnan to take care of the academy for the time being, and their family also had the Luming Academy handed down from their ancestors, which was the foundation of their family. The young lady of the third room followed Shangjing, named Shiya, ranked sixth, ten years old this year, she was the youngest. The two girls in the second room are fifteen and thirteen, and Shixiang in the big room is twelve years old. ”

Lin Qingyun was a little stunned when she heard it: "I remember that their family rules are not allowed to take concubines, and those who recruit concubines in order to seek heirs should take a look at the Zhuang family. As soon as he finished speaking, he felt bad, but he forgot about Lin Ruhai's situation for a while, and at a glance, Daiyu really looked sad. Qingyun hurriedly punished herself twice and hit herself: "Sister, forgive me, it's all my nonsense, there are exceptions to everything......"

"Sister doesn't have to be like this." Daiyu shook her head, her expression was already much better: "Mother was tired of her children when she was alive, and her life was too hard, if that younger brother survived, her mother would not be ......."

Qingyun couldn't help but be too sad, so she opened the topic: "I heard you talk about the population of the banker, I found that their family is not prosperous with men, but there are a lot of girls." ”

Daiyu sighed: "My sister must have also found out, their family has a woman first, and then a man." I heard my father mention that although the Zhuang family does not accept concubines, they have always had many heirs, but there are more women than men. Shixiang and their generation, in fact, were not only one male in each room at the earliest, but some fell off before they were born, and some were born without living. Shiya's mother is not the original partner, and the original wife of the three-room master happened to have a body when the dealer was in prison that year, and she was frightened by the small and medium-sized property, and the adults failed to keep it. At that time, there was a brother in Dafang, who was only one or two years old, and a high fever did not go down, and it was gone, and there was no order at all. ”

The more she spoke, the more she spoke, and Daiyu was tired after going out for a day, Qingyun urged her to go back and rest.

On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the dealer came to report the good news, the old man of the Zhuang family Zhuang Pei was promoted to the imperial envoy of the fourth product of the left, and the saint was grateful to the old lady of the Zhuang family for the merit of the court, and the second old man Zhuang Chengguan was reinstated, and he was appointed to edit the Hanlin Academy.

The promotion of the eldest master of the dealer is not eye-catching, the key is that the second master's official reinstatement can make the saint remember in his heart and deliberately decree, what a glory! What a grace! For a while, what Jingzhong knew and didn't know was inquiring about the dealer's affairs, and many people went to give gifts to congratulate, and there were even those who posted early to invite New Year's wine. In addition to the good news to a few close to the world, the dealer did not put wine to celebrate, and the gifts sent by each family prepared a similar return gift, which did not mean to be close to people at all. Now in the eyes of the people in the capital, the dealer is not what it used to be, so when he saw that they were so uninteresting, he gave up.

Sending off the guests from all sides, the two brothers of the Zhuang family sat in the study, Zhuang Li stood on the side, and there was a gift list on the table, which was the family that came to congratulate today. The three of them are different from the past, it is precisely because of this gift list, just because the gift list is from the Jingjun Palace.

Today, King Jingjun personally came to congratulate him, and shouted "uncle" to the Zhuang brothers, not to mention the second old man Zhuang Cheng, who has always been calm and moody, and the big man Zhuang Pei has changed his face.

"Mingjing, tell me." Zhuang Pei asked his son.

Zhuang Mingjing had long known about his family's past, and when he learned that he was going back to Beijing, he thought about these intricate relationships, and he also knew that his father wanted to test himself, so he said: "Although our eldest aunt was the crown princess of the year, she died of illness long before the prince's bad deeds, and the first prince is abolished, and our family has nothing to do with King Jingjun." If King Jingjun values the feelings of his uncle and nephew, it is okay to walk around during the normal New Year, but there is a difference between the monarch and the minister, and the status of the king of Jingjun is precious, but our family cannot cross the boundary between the monarch and the minister, so as not to be criticized. ”

Zhuang Pei nodded and sighed: "I hope that King Jingjun will not follow in the footsteps of others." ”

Zhuang Chengdao: "Now that the saint is Longen, let's just be loyal to His Majesty and do our part." 陛xiàQingming benevolence, a qiē is in the palm of your hand, and we don't need to worry too much. ”

"The Emperor is still here, and the Holy Lord is also hindered, and our family's situation is really embarrassing." Zhuang Pei is even more worried, although this return to Beijing is the current message, but the meaning of which person is still uncertain. Let's hope it's today.