Eighteen is to get married in spring, and on the first day of makeup, Lin Qingyun and Daiyu went over to add makeup together. It is obviously a happy day, but in addition to Baoyu is reluctant to welcome the spring and looks sad, Mrs. Wang also droops her face, and Mrs. Xing also has a painful face.

After adding makeup, Lin Qingyun didn't want to stay longer, and was about to leave, but was invited by Wang Xifeng to drink tea.

Of course, drinking tea is just a saying, Wang Xifengping stepped down and sent Ping'er to watch outside the door, and then said to her: "I asked the princess to come over, and I really have something to ask for." ”

Lin Qingyun laughed when she heard it: "It's really a day without seeing how three autumns, it's only been a few days, and the second grandmother of Lian has become literary when she speaks." ”

Wang Xifeng chuckled, most of his previous restraint was gone, and then he sighed and said, "Let's be honest, our second master asked me to ask the princess about this matter." The affairs of our house must not be hidden from the princess, the previous charges of the Jia family raiding the house, I am afraid that most of our family has it, for this reason, our second master is suspenseful day and night, and it is difficult to sleep and eat, for fear that the family will be imprisoned one day. At first, I laughed at our second master for being timid, but the Zhen family copied it, is it possible that our Jia family is special? The palace lady can't count on it. It's just that...... The princess knows a lot, I just want to ask, our two rooms have been separated, and many of those crimes are not in our big house, can't we avoid it? ”

Lin Qingyun didn't expect her to ask about this, she was really surprised.

She knew that the person who asked this was definitely Jia Lian, and Jia Lian was not so much asking her as wanting to ask for a promise or tone from Tu Yan. In the end, Jia Lian has been an official for a few years, and he feels some of the trends in officialdom, and he probably knows that the emperor does not like the old Xungui family, even if he is appreciated by Tu Yan, he still can't get rid of the identity of the grandson of the Jia family, in case the Jia family is really guilty, he will never be able to hide, and the lightest is to dismiss the official.

took a sip of tea, and saw that Wang Xifeng's eyes were really worried and frightened, so he asked her: "You didn't touch the deadly deeds of the Zhen family's daughters, did you?" ”

Wang Xifeng hurriedly shook his head, paused and said: "Someone gave me this idea, and I just happened to meet our second master as an official, so I didn't take over." Now that I think about it, I still break out in a cold sweat, and I am more and more annoyed with Mrs. Wang. It's just that Mrs. Wang is her aunt in the end, and they are all girls from the Wang family, and it doesn't do her much benefit to shake out Mrs. Wang, but she told Jia Lian about this early.

"Actually, it's not that I compliment the second grandmother, everyone in the house praises the second grandmother as a hero in the fat powder pile, and she is decisive in killing, even if there are many men, it is really a waste to be trapped in this inner house. Those who are harmful to the law and violate the law, the second grandmother must not be touched, if the second grandmother is idle and panicked, I will introduce a good errand to the second grandmother at that time. Lin Qingyun also suddenly flashed flexibly, thinking that if the club was really built, it really needed a talent like Wang Xifeng. has both identity and means, bold and funny, no problem with being up and down, and management ability, it's really hard to find a lantern.

Wang Xifeng didn't think that she said this, she didn't seem polite, and her heart moved: "What errand can the princess introduce to me?" We women have been trapped in the inner house all our lives, what is the use of more means? Is it difficult to take care of business like a treasure girl? ”

"I won't tell you for the time being, but when the time comes, I'll come and invite you, and make sure you like the errand." Lin Qingyun deliberately sold a pass, and then answered her first question: "I know some things about your house, and it is difficult to keep it clean after a long time." If the two of you are not separated, if there is something in the future, the big house will not be able to escape, and most of the charges will be set on the head of the big house, after all, the master of the house in this house is the lord of the lord. However, since the family is separated, it is natural that if something happens in the future, it will be counted separately, but if it is not a major crime of rebellion, the family will not be raided and the whole family will be affected. The reason why the Zhen family raided their home was that they had a huge deficit during their tenure, greedy for disaster relief money, and concealed many disasters, and the other was to form a party. ”

Wang Xifeng's eyebrows jumped: "What does the princess mean ......"

"When the first emperor was in office, he treated the old ministers leniently, and because of the difficulties in the courtiers' families, he was allowed to borrow from the treasury, but when the new emperor ascended the throne, these old ministers either relied on the old and sold the old, or cried poor, and none of them took the initiative to repay the silver. Your house has also borrowed money from the treasury, and you can't take care of anything else, so you can talk to your second master about this and get a charter. ”

Wang Xifeng was inexplicably a little flustered, if she was just borrowing silver, she would never be like this, after all, there are many such people. But for a while, she couldn't remember why she was flustered.

Lin Qingyun remembered the faces of Mrs. Wang and the others before, and asked.

Wang Xifeng sneered: "Our eldest wife is distressed about the large dowry taken away by the second girl, how much money can she have?" Those dowry things are only one or two thousand silver, and most of them are dowry gifts sent by the Liguo Mansion, Zuo just found some good wood furniture from the treasury, after all, the Guogong Mansion married his daughter, and he entered the door of the Liguo Mansion, so it can't be too shabby. The other is the silver in the box. Our eldest wife has always been stingy, but the eldest master only has Brother Kwai in his eyes, and he wants to deduct the silver, in the end, our second master persuaded and persuaded him, so he made the 20,000 silver dowry sent by the Liguo Mansion as a pressure box of silver and brought it to the second sister. ”

Wang Xifeng married into the Jia family at the beginning, although the dowry is not as good as Jia Min's ten-mile red makeup, but it is definitely very rich, even if the silver in the box is tens of thousands, so he has the confidence to mention this matter. In the Jia family for so many years, she has become more aware of the importance of a woman's dowry, so even if she is greedy for money, she did not reach out to the dowry of Yingchun, but helped to cook properly as much as possible.

Wang Xifeng said again: "The second wife's face is not good-looking, and it is also because of the dowry. She didn't want to get something out of it, although my aunt was greedy, but in the end she was the daughter of the Wang family, and she didn't look down on that idea, and the two rooms had already been separated, so there was no reason for her to worry. It's just that now Yingchun is married so richly, Tanchun is the same background, but it can't be compared to the second girl, and it can't be too little, no, when the time comes, the second room will give a dowry, and my aunt is not happy. In addition, Baoyu's family affairs were mentioned, and the old lady disagreed. If you want me to say, although Baoyu is good, other people's girls are not bad, no matter who you choose, it is important to set it early. Baoyu is sixteen. ”

Now that the two rooms are separated, Wang Xifeng is not worried that Baochai will enter the door and take away the housekeeper's rights in the future, so he is happy to watch the play.

"Why didn't you go to ask for a virtuous concubine?" This is a question that Lin Qingjun has had for a long time.

Wang Xifeng smiled when she heard it: "I knew that the princess had this doubt, how could she not ask for it, but every time the old lady followed, how could Mrs. Wang have a chance to speak?" That is to say, the old lady took a block, and the mother was not good at only caring about her mother, in the end, the mother was also raised by the old lady. ”

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and a little girl was shouting something.

"Ping'er, what's going on outside?" Wang Xifeng asked in a loud voice.

Ping'er lifted the curtain and came in, and replied: "Listening to the words shouted from the little girl's mouth, it was the eldest grandmother of the Xue family who made trouble again, and arranged Miss Bao in her mouth, and Aunt Xue came out to play and press, but she was angry by the big grandmother's accusations." ”

Wang Xifeng didn't have a surprised expression, only turned around and said to Lin Qingyun: "Look, since their family married the eldest grandmother, they have to make trouble every three or five times, and the big fool Xue can't control his wife, so he just opened his hand and hid outside and didn't come back." ”

"It's a bitter girl." Thinking of Xue Baochai being in such a home, it is hard enough.

Daiyu is going to stay in Jia's house tonight, mainly because the sisters will accompany Yingchun, after all, Yingchun will marry tomorrow, and it will not be easy for the sisters to get together again in the future.

Two days later, the grandson of the head of the Zhongyong Mansion married his wife, and Lin Qingyun also took the post. The Zhongyong Mansion is the queen's mother's house, and it is also the home of the mother-in-law of Huiyi County, so Lin Qingyun naturally wants to take a trip. The youngest son Zhou Xu, who married him, is sixteen this year, and is the nephew of Huiyi Junma, who is a generation shorter than Lin Qingyun, and is her cousin.

This is the uncle's house in vain.

The descendants of the Zhou family are not very talented, but they are better than honest duty, otherwise the emperor would not have given the father of the queen as a loyal and brave duke. The emperor's biological mother's maiden family, the title is the uncle, and it has never been sealed, if it weren't for the sake of the old uncle, maybe the old man He would have to descend when he attacked the lord. This is the last affection given by the emperor.

Zhou Xu, the grandson of the eldest family who married this time, is the most outstanding figure in the Zhou family's young life, smart and clever since childhood, and is good at reading poetry and books. Zhou Xu has been studying in Guozijian and likes to make friends with readers, so he has a good relationship with the prince of Beijing. It is said that Zhou Xu plans to return to his hometown next year to take the exam, and he is very sure.

The carriage arrived at the Zhongyong Mansion, Tu Yan went to the front, and Lin Qingyun was introduced into the flower hall in the backyard, where many female dependents were already located. The county lord of Huiyi was waiting for her here early in the morning, and when he saw her coming, he personally led her to sit down. While walking, he reminded her in a low voice: "Chengping Bofu is also here." ”

Lin Qingyun paused, knowing that she was actually talking about He Yuefu, so she smiled and said, "I may not have seen Miss He San for a long time, she is eighteen this year, right?" Still not married? ”

Hui Yi smiled very badly: "Yes, it is said that there are also people who come to the door to propose marriage, but those people either want to marry the house, or the second son of the fourth or fifth grade official's family, or the family has a room of girls in the house, where can He Yuefu look at it." You didn't come just now, the wives in the flower hall were talking, and someone unintentionally asked Tang Yiren if the three girls had promised to marry, not to mention how embarrassed Tang Yiren's face was. I wondered, why was He Yuefu embarrassed to go out? Tang Yiren didn't stop either. ”

"Maybe their family has other plans." Lin Qingyun smiled faintly, she knew what the He family was trying to do, but she was also confident, and He Yuefu was insignificant at all.

Hui Yi also knows it, but Hui Yi doesn't look down on Chengping Bo Mansion, not just because of this. Hui Yi has always felt that the women next to her are different, and she knows that she has her own calculations, but looking at her, she is still light and light, and she can't help but be anxious and secretly remind her: "Although she has no calculations, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites." In the old years, although the words she passed on to slander you were clumsy, in the end some jealous people echoed it, and the old uncle of her family is still alive, if you really ask to go to the palace, I am afraid that for the sake of the old uncle, people will come to your house. When you see her every day, can you feel comfortable? ”

Although Hui Yi is domineering, she also knows that a man has three wives and four concubines, how can he guard a woman for a lifetime. She is very fortunate to be the lord of the county and has the loyal royal mansion to rely on, otherwise even if the wooden county horse of her family values her again, she is afraid that she will take a concubine under the nagging of her family. Now it's different, hindering her identity, if she doesn't agree, Junma can't take a concubine, as long as she gives birth to a son in the future, she can manage Junma for a lifetime, anyway, if you don't end the incense of Junma's family, you are not afraid of carrying the reputation of jealousy.

The husband and wife of the prince of Zhongshun really love their daughter, and in order for their daughter to have a better life in the future, they specially asked for the county lord's mansion and the county horse mansion to be built together.

Hui Yi has been accustomed to seeing men's temperament since she was a child, and as a prince, she expects that there will be a lot of concubines and concubines in the palace in the future, but it is useless for the prince to value Lin Qingyun again, and the palace will always give people, so he always targets He Yuefu, and he simply does not like this person.

"If you want me to say, you are now rounded, so you need a son to establish a firm foothold as soon as possible. The prince's health is getting better, but it's not just the He family who is enthusiastic when he looks at it, I don't know how many people are staring at your house, after all, you are the only one in your house, and so many holes have not been filled, isn't it that scratching the hearts of others is unbearable. ”

Listening to Hui Yi's earnest muttering, Lin Qingyun couldn't help but burst out laughing: "This is not like your behavior, I almost thought that my aunt was talking to me." ”

Hui Yi glared and said angrily: "I'm worried about you, but it can be seen that I'm worried in vain." Whatever you want. ”

Lin Qingyun hurriedly said: "I know everything, I understand what you mean, don't worry, I remember everything." ”

At this time, a maid came over, it was Feixue beside Hui Yi. Feixue bowed, but she didn't shy away from Lin Qingyun, and reported directly to Hui Yi: "Just now I went to the teahouse to spread the word, and when I came back, I saw Miss He San talking to someone, and I didn't know what to mutter, I hid behind the rocks, and I mentioned Prince Chun's Mansion in my mouth. I was afraid of being seen, so I didn't dare to listen to it, but then I inquired, and it was Zhao Ruren who was in the same place as Miss Hesan. ”

Hui Yi was puzzled: "Which Zhao Ruren?" ”

"Zhao Yunshuang Zhao girl of the Zhao Yushi family, married a little official surnamed Zhang in the Hanlin Academy four years ago, and last year that Master Zhang was promoted to the seventh grade editor, Miss Zhao is not a widow."

"Oh, it's her." Hui Yi still doesn't like Zhao Yunshuang, not for anything else, the two of them are very similar in temperament, where can they get it, and Zhao Yunshuang is good at poetry, but she dismantled her stage, making her very shameless. Hui Yi thought about it, turned sideways and asked Lin Qingyun: "I seem to remember that you and Zhao Yunshuang had a holiday, and I can't remember it for a while." ”

"It was a few years ago." Lin Qingyun and Zhao Yunshuang met head-on only in the spring of that year, when there were many people around the spring, it must have been transmitted back to the city, and the news was slightly better-informed. At that time, she was just the righteous daughter of the Lin family, and the Zhao family knew that they would not take it to heart, but hated her, and later she became a princess, and the Zhao family was afraid that she would hate the old things, and she had the heart to make amends and it was difficult to mention it for a long time. In the past few years, she and the Zhao family have met, and they are indifferent to each other, and she has also heard Tu Yan say that the Zhao family and the king of Dingjun are close.

Unexpectedly, He Yuefu would be involved with Zhao Yunshuang.

Zhao Yunshuang is different from He Yuefu, although Zhao Yunshuang is low-married, her mother's family should not be underestimated, and her scheming is not much higher than He Yuefu, plus new hatred and old hatred...... Although she has never understood, Zhao Yunshuang has already married Zhang Ming, what is the point of always staring at her? Thinking that the Zhao family was close to the eldest prince, and now that Tu Yan had also gone to the court to participate in politics, she couldn't help but think deeper.

When he returned to the house, he couldn't let go of it after thinking about it, so he simply told him about it.

"I'll have someone look it up." Tu Yan had a plan for the future, even after his health recovered, although he was shaken in the future, he never thought about losing Lin Qingyun. Now the quiet days are what he is looking forward to, he does not allow anyone to destroy, if someone really has malicious intentions, whether the other party is a woman or not, he will not be merciful.

The matter was investigated quickly, and there was a response that night.

It turned out that Zhao Yunshuang was somehow involved with He Yuefu, and both of them were dissatisfied with Lin Qingyun, so they became so-called good sisters. In order to help her sister achieve her wishes, Zhao Yunshuang went to her mother's house, but Zhao Yushi had other intentions and responded to the matter. It was another operation, which reminded the Zongren Mansion that Tu Yan, who was the prince of the prince, had only one princess, which was really undignified for the royal family. The Zongren Mansion is planning to play to the emperor, on the grounds of maintaining the royal face and planning for the royal descendants, to choose a side concubine for Tu Yan.

When Lin Qingyun heard this, she was not annoyed or panicked, but just disgusted.

If it weren't for the fact that Tu Yan had already asked for the emperor's permission, she would no longer accept it in this life, and just a book of excerpts from the Zongren Mansion would give her a headache. It's just because the reason of the Zongren Mansion is very legitimate, and it is recognized by people nowadays, even Tu Yan himself is difficult to refute. Even if there is the emperor's acquiescence now, when the sect's mansion mentions it in a grand manner, will the emperor really follow the previous words?

After all, Tu Yan is in good health, and the emperor is increasingly relying on him, can he really allow Tu Yan to only guard one princess?

Tu Yan was thoughtful, and said after a while: "Zhao was stimulated in her early years, and her temperament became very extreme, she regarded Zhang Ming as a private property, and she was very strict with her, and she did not allow the other party to get out of control in the slightest. She is so targeted at you, probably resentful that the Zhang family once had a marriage contract with you. In this case, she must have more than one plan. Then he summoned a man and gave some orders.

Lin Qingyun was a little bored: "In the end, what the county lord of Huiyi said is reasonable, you are a fragrant glutton, there is a He Yuefu today, who is Ming'er?" ”

"Then I'll continue to be sick." Tu Yan didn't want to see her bothered by this, but his identity was destined to be inseparable from these rights and wrongs, and it was difficult to leave the capital now.

"Okay, pretend to be sick." Nowadays, people are superstitious, and there is no big deal, where are they willing to pretend to be sick and curse themselves. Although she didn't believe this, she didn't want to watch Tu Yan take refuge in the mansion because of this. Holding his chin and thinking about it, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "As the saying goes: the soldiers will block, and the water will cover it." It's just He Yuefu and Zhao Yunshuang, if a princess of mine is afraid of them, what face will there be when it is passed out. Although Zhao Yunshuang has a bad temperament, she has done a good job as a wife, and I can learn from it. ”

Tu Yan laughed when he heard it: "What the princess said is reasonable, everything in our house is under your control, and I will listen to you." ”

Remembering something, he said: "I went to the household department yesterday to ask, and there are still a few houses that have not been sold, but the layout and terrain are not very good." The clubhouse you mentioned should always be quieter, the garden is essential, and there must be some privacy, and the place is too small. There is a suitable place in the west of the city, where a teahouse is about to change hands, just around the corner. Although the teahouse is limited, it can be bought in a row, the door is not very big, but the inside can be wide, and there is a river behind it, which can be a natural barrier, and is conducive to draining water and digging ponds. ”

Lin Qingyun listened well, took out the plan he had written earlier, told him one by one, and said: "I don't know the garden map, and I only have general ideas for the preparation of the club, but you can sketch it." After all, these places are counted, and you can add some others as appropriate, and we will discuss it when the drawings come out. How is it? ”

"It's fine." Tu Yan had drawn a picture of the garden of the palace before, and he had also studied this aspect, so he had some experience.

A month later, the list will be released on a trial basis.

Lin Qingyun is painting a portrait of An Le in the study, which An Le has been begging for a long time, and it is only now the end. Put down the paintbrush and call the egret to come in and wash his hands. As soon as the door opened, I only heard the girls outside talking about the trial list, and intermittently heard something like the champion and the Lin family.

"Princess, guess who the first name is?" Before anyone heard it, the lark thrush came in to serve with a towel fragrant pancreas, and there was a Lichun basin, and several were waiting on the porch outside the door in Lixia and Liqiu.

The egret and the acacia were cleaning up the paint, cleaning the brush palette, and she didn't allow anyone to touch the things in the studio, so she only let the four egrets clean up.

While washing his hands, he said with a smile: "There are so many people who take the exam every year, I can know how many, and if you ask me, it must be someone I know." The big boy of the dealer, right? ”

"It's the princess after all!" Bai Ling smiled: "It is indeed the eldest son of the banker, and he will try Huiyuan!" Four years ago, the township test that Zhuang Dagong had to understand the yuan, this time it was the Yuan, if the palace piloted the champion, but it was □□. It's all a story from a play, and I've never seen it before. ”

"Don't say you haven't seen it, from the founding of this dynasty to the present, the people who have been in the □□ are only a handful of people. The last one was in the early years of the first emperor, fifty or sixty years ago. Lin Qingyun used to hear Lin Ruhai praise Zhuang Li, but now it seems that Zhuang Li is really good. A person who only learns well may not be able to get the top spot in the exam, and he can't complain that Lin Ruhai said that Zhuang Li will either be a capable minister or a powerful minister in the future.

The dealer has reported the good news to each family, but he did not put on a big wine to celebrate, Zhuang Li only went to the Lin family once, and the rest only got together with three or two friends, and then no longer entertained. Everyone also understands that after all, the palace exam is immediately followed, although it is only a re-ranking, but it is extremely important, if the article votes for the Sacred Heart, the progress is just around the corner.

The dealer is low-key, but there are many people who come to congratulate him.

In addition to the in-laws of the Zhuang family, the Lin family, as a quasi-Yue family, was the first to come to the door. Even if Lin Ruhai is usually picky about Zhuang Li, he is very happy in his heart at this time, and he can't help but sweat for Zhuang Li's palace test, even if he was not so nervous when he was in the palace test. In addition, the Eldest Princess's Mansion also sent people to send congratulatory gifts, as well as Lin Qingyun, Zhuang Pei's colleagues and subordinates, etc. For a time, everyone in the capital knew that Zhuang Li, the eldest son of the banker, was romantic, outstanding in writing, and had a good character. People who have daughters don't know how much they regret, and they envy the Lin family for choosing a good son-in-law, not to mention the family rules of the Zhuang family, how many girls can't wait to replace the Lin family Daiyu.

Daiyu is complacent and funny, but also a little embarrassed, but fortunately, the day of marriage is near, and she doesn't have to go out to make everyone red-eyed.