In April, the palace test was released, and Zhuang Li was appointed by the saint as the champion.

As soon as the news came out, the capital was boiling, everyone was talking about the banker, talking about Zhuang Li, and the people in the capital went to watch when they were playing horses and parading the streets. The dealer is also a day of wine banquet, the congratulator almost broke the threshold of the dealer, Zhuang Li is even busier, thank the master, Qionglin feast, the same subject gathering, etc., but the most important thing is that he is about to get married.

Lin Qingyun also went to the day when the dealer set up the wine, and got the quasi-letter from the eldest wife of the dealer, and their family was obviously satisfied with Lu Hong. Lin Qingyun came out of the dealer and went directly to the eldest princess's mansion, and told the eldest princess the good news.

The eldest princess finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this: "Although I know that Hong'er is not bad, the dealer has never replied, and my heart is always hanging." Now that the dealer has nodded, then when their family is busy for a while, I will ask the official media to come to the door to propose. ”

"Their family will hold a happy event on April 20, and when they come to the door in May, even Xiaoding will have to be in August." Lin Qingyun felt tired and panicked, and relaxed her body slightly and leaned on the back of the chair.

When the eldest princess saw that her face was not good, she couldn't help but ask her, "But is it uncomfortable there?" ”

"Probably tired, nothing hindered."

"Then I won't be worthy of you." The eldest princess personally sent her out, and she was always not very relieved, and sent someone to Prince Chun's mansion to listen to the news.

said that when Lin Qingyun returned to the house, she only felt very tired, so she reluctantly changed her homely clothes and went to bed, and fell asleep in a while. Seeing this, the egret was a little worried, and Mama Li came over to ask a few words, but her heart moved, and she told Zhang Bao to invite the imperial doctor. Lin Qingyun has always been in good health, and the last time she asked for peace was half a month ago. The imperial doctor who often asks for a pulse in the pure prince's mansion is the imperial doctor of Xiao Qin, and when he saw that someone suddenly came to the palace, he thought that the princess had some emergency, so he hurriedly came, but it turned out to be a slippery pulse after a diagnosis!

"Imperial Physician Xiao Qin, how is the princess?" Although the egret was unemployed, Mama Li asked so carefully at that time, she guessed a few points, and she couldn't help but be nervous and expectant.

Through the gauze tent, Lin Qingyun stroked her lower abdomen, thinking that the letter period was indeed late, and she planned to ask the imperial doctor to take a look in a few days.

Doctor Xiao Qin diagnosed it twice, and then congratulated him repeatedly: "The princess is happy!" According to the pulse, it has been a month and a half, and it must have been too young to be diagnosed. The princess has always been in good health, and the fetus is very stable, but she must be tired today, and she doesn't have to take medicine, so she will be fine if she only rests for two days. ”

As soon as the words came out, all the maids in the room congratulated in unison: "Congratulations to the princess!" Congratulations to the princess! ”

"Egret, reward! Send the imperial doctor out for tea. Lin Qingjun only felt happy, this was an indescribable feeling, not ecstasy, like a trickle of warmth, which made her feel a sense of rebirth.

As soon as the happy event came out, he immediately arranged for someone to report the good news to the palace, and went to inform Tu Yan who was still in Honglu Temple. Tu Yan stayed for a long time when he learned the news, and then rushed to the mansion, and when he saw Lin Qingyun, he stretched out his hand and gently put it on her still flat lower abdomen, which seemed not so real.

"It's really magical." Tu Yan has seen many pregnant concubines since he was a child, and he also saw the eldest princess when she was pregnant with Anle, but at that time, when he saw their bellies changing every once in a while, he never felt anything, he only knew that women were pregnant like that. At this time, Tu Yan's feelings were completely different, he was not good to describe for a while, he only knew that the corners of his mouth could not be recovered, thinking that at the end of the year or early next year at the latest, a child who continued his bloodline would be born, maybe like him, maybe like Lin Qingyun, it was really a very magical thing.

Tu Yan suddenly stood up and hurriedly walked out: "I have to go and flip through the book and come up with a name first." ”

Lin Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's still early, why is it so urgent." ”

Not to mention that Tu Yan is like this, the queen in the palace was even more "anxious" when she heard the news, and on the one hand sent someone to report to the emperor, she instructed Wenxin to open the treasury to prepare supplements, and selected the midwife from the Internal Affairs Office. When the queen was happy and busy, the Zongren Mansion invited the emperor to choose a side concubine for Prince Chun, and the emperor read the excerpt and came to Fengyi Palace to discuss with the queen.

When the queen heard the actions of the Zongren Mansion, she was not surprised, but she sighed and said: "How can the concubine not want the seventh son to be rich, only the emperor knows that the temperament of the seventh child is clear, since he said that earlier, how can he change it lightly." What's more, the seventh daughter-in-law has just been happy right now, and the little couple is happy when they are happy. Bring the royal grandson in the belly again......"

"Then leave it for two years until he figures it out. You also teach the princess more. ”

Because of the emperor's actions, the queen calmed down a little, and after thinking about it, she found Tu Yan. The queen didn't try it, and directly said the excerpts of the Zongren Mansion and the emperor's words.

There was no one in front of him, and even the tattoo was outside, and the queen asked him in a low voice, "What are your plans for the future?" Now more than ever, your brothers are staring at you. ”

Tu Yan's expression was still the same as always: "Queen Mother, we don't have to do anything, my father is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is not difficult to reign for one or two decades, do you want me to be the same as the abolished prince of the previous dynasty?" ”

When it came to the old prince Yizhong, the queen's face was solemn and her heart sank. Indeed, Tu Yan is the son-in-law, if he really wants to fight, according to the emperor's current value, even if he is not crowned the prince, it is the same as the invisible prince, how can the other princes and brothers be willing? According to the old example of the Emperor Taishang and the old Prince Yizhong, such a father-son filial piety will not last for a few years, and sooner or later he will be defeated by the emperor's suspicions, or swallowed up by the expanding ambition of the "prince".

"If you don't do anything, you'll only be afraid of ...... in the future" The queen is worried that others will not let him go, not to mention that she is the queen of the middle palace, and her son is a concubine, can't she be the new king? None of his sons are bad, so why can't they?

As the saying goes: It is human nature to look forward to Shu. The queen is no exception, and at this time she is looking forward to her son to inherit the throne in the future.

Tu Yan naturally knew this, and still said: "If the queen mother believes in me, then it will be the same as before." ”

The queen gave him a long look, and nodded in the end: "That's it, it's your own way after all." ”

In fact, these days, not only the former dynasty cared about Prince Chun's backyard, but the foreign wives in the harem and the capital were equally enthusiastic, and they all recommended their daughters, nieces, granddaughters and other outstanding women when they asked for peace, and they all expressed their willingness to share their worries for Prince Chun. Although the queen does attach importance to the first imperial grandson, she attaches more importance to Tu Yan, and it is precisely because she knows Tu Yan's temperament and temper, so she does not give it directly without greeting her. Now she hopes that her son's heart is not in vain, and hopes that Lin Qingyun can get a man in one fell swoop, and her sons and grandsons are different.

Nowadays, in order not to be shocked, women wait for March to stabilize before reporting good news everywhere, and Lin Qingyun's situation is special, so that when she reports to the palace, it is equivalent to knowing it in the capital. No matter how jealous others are, the Lin family is happy, and Wang Xifeng on the Jia family's side is also thinking about sending something to congratulate him.

As soon as Jia Lian came back, he saw that the boxes and cabinets were rummaging through the house, Wang Xifeng and Ping'er did it together, and they didn't know what they were looking for.

"Second grandma, what is this doing? Ping'er quickly pour tea. Jia Lian was busy all day, and fell on the pillow, lazily not wanting to move.

Ping'er poured the tea, and Wang Xifeng smiled when she heard it: "I can be regarded as having found it." I'll just say, it's clearly in a box over here. ”

Jia Lian saw that she was holding a five- or six-inch-tall white jade Guanyin in her hand, and the jade quality was unusual, it was actually a mutton fat white jade that was as delicate as fat. "What is the second grandmother doing so hard to find this? How come I haven't seen this? ”

Wang Xifeng ordered Ping'er to find a good box and put it carefully, turned around and smiled with him: "Have you ever seen my things?" This is when I was pregnant with my eldest sister, my mother gave it to me privately, I wanted to give birth to a boy, but it turned out to be a sister, and the second master was uncomfortable for several days. Later, I stuffed it in a box and didn't remember it. Princess Chun is happy, I want to send this to congratulate, what does the second master think? ”

"The second grandmother is really generous, this Guanyin is really good." Jia Lian is now very satisfied with Sister Feng, she used to know that Sister Feng was capable, and she cooked very well inside and outside the house, especially when she gave gifts back and forth, and she was also very handy at socializing with the wives of her colleagues.

Wang Xifeng suddenly remembered something, waved his hand to order Ping'er to retreat, sat opposite Jia Lian and said: "Last time, I asked the princess about our family according to the meaning of the second master, what did the eldest master say about the treasury owing silver?" ”

"What can you say? The old man said that there was no money, and besides, when the family was divided, the silver should have been set aside, and the remaining two rooms were divided. The master doesn't want to go out by himself, that's 300,000 taels! If our family wants to take out this money to pay off the treasury debt, there must not be so much cash, and it is necessary to pawn the big guys in the treasury. Now the old man looks at the money and things very closely, and even I can't touch them, it's all for Brother Kui. Last time I went to talk about this, the lord scolded me, saying that I was worrying about it, and other people's families didn't pay it back, so what are we anxious about. ”

Wang Xifeng frowned, and wanted to say something, but gave up again.

"Master's words are right, although I'm worried, but the other family hasn't paid it back, won't our family be hated? On the other hand, the princess also mentioned one thing that day, which made me very concerned, the second master was tired on the day of his birth, and I fell asleep without finishing my words, and I forgot about it the next day. ”

"What else?" Jia Lian didn't care.

I only heard Wang Xifeng say: "The princess deliberately took the Zhen family as an example, we all know the Zhen family's crimes, the princess didn't mention anything else, only mentioned two things." One is that the treasury owes money, and the other is a party. I wondered if there was no such bold person in our house, and there was no way out, so where could we do such a thing. ”

Jia Lian sat up suddenly, and his face changed: "Forming a party? Did the princess really say this? ”

"Second master?"

Jia Lian rubbed his eyebrows, only to find that there was a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, picked up the tea on the table and poured it, and said, "I'm afraid that the princess is not referring to our mansion, but to the East mansion." Brother Jane, father and son, often invite people to gather for a banquet at home, I just thought it was an ordinary pleasure hunt, they also invited me twice, I pushed it because of official business. If our family is a so-called party, it must be in the East Mansion. In the end, we can't write two 'Jia' characters in one stroke, there are really such crimes, and our family won't be able to run away at that time. ”

"This, there is really ...... in that house" Wang Xifeng's face was full of surprise, he didn't expect Jia Zhen to be so bold.

Jia Lian sneered: "What do we have in Ningrong Mansion?" It's not the time when the old prince is alive, the only thing that is valuable is the relationship with the army, and those people are not exactly this. In the early years in Shunning, there were also people who came to try to win over, how dare I get involved in that kind of thing, I pretended to be confused. ”

"What then?" Wang Xifeng also panicked, especially the example of the Zhen family, she has children and daughters, how can she really be fearless.

"Let's stay away from Dongfu in the future." Jia Lian thought that Prince Chun was very willing to reveal the news, so it can be seen that he is still willing to help, he can only follow the other party closely and find a way out for himself and the Jia family.

On April 19, the day before Daiyu's wedding, Lin Qingyun ordered Egret Acacia to take a few large boxes that had been packed up a long time ago to Lin's house, and Zhang escorted the car. Originally, on such a big and festive day, she should have gone in person, but now that he is just pregnant, he has not been more than three months old, and there are many taboos nowadays, and pregnant women are not allowed to participate in red and white affairs. Lin Qingyun really couldn't figure it out, but she had a special identity, and she didn't want to rush Daiyu's good life, so she had to follow the custom and didn't go.

Today in the Lin family is very lively, the Jia family up to Jia's mother, down to the sisters have come, and there are many good friends of sisters and wives to add makeup. Lin Ruhai only has a daughter of Daiyu, and the dowry prepared is naturally extremely rich, and the four words of red makeup are far from being described, if Lin Qingyun marries with royal pomp and dignity, the abundance of the dowry alone is not as good as Daiyu.

Jia's mother naturally liked Daiyu when she saw the dowry, especially the amount of dowry sent by the dealer was 3,800 gold, even if it was counted in the princess's mansion to marry a daughter-in-law, it was a lot of money, which shows that the dealer valued Daiyu. Because of this, Zhuang Li won the first place in a row, has served as the editor of Hanlin, and was summoned by the emperor to the imperial study, the future is limitless, and Jia's mother's previous disgust was accepted.

Jia's mother is only a pity, Zhuang Li is talented and learned, and now he has just entered the official career, he is a seven-grade petty official, and I don't know how many years it will take to be able to become a third-grade master. A woman's life of honor and disgrace are on men, as the so-called husband and wife are honored, the orders are determined according to the rank of the husband, and the official position of the husband is also seen when he walks outside, so even if Daiyu is the daughter of a first-class official, but if she marries, she will only be the wife of Hanlin in the future, and she will be inferior to others in the outside world, so it is not hard.

When adding makeup, Jia's mother was the first, as a makeup for her beloved granddaughter, it was naturally very rich. As soon as Jia's mother made a move, there were four sets of head noodles, a set of pearls, a set of jade, a set of emeralds, and a set of tortoiseshells.

Everyone looked at it and praised it, the makeup of the young sisters was just a heart, and even then it was not simple, and there were wives of various families who added makeup, most of which were all kinds of heads, brocades and other things.

Lin Qingyun added the most makeup. A box of books, most of which were collected on the way south that year, most of them were foreign translations. The whole box of cat's eye rubies, a box of carefully selected foreign gadgets, the popular head and face are not less, because Daiyu particularly likes all kinds of jade ornaments, and there is a box of white jade and green jade with good quality, and there is also a box of good materials popular in the West.

The next day, the dealer welcomed the family, and the sisters stayed in the room with Daiyu, and Zhuang Li was embarrassed. In the end, Zhuang Li has real talent and learning, although he is not as good as Daiyu spiritually, but he is agile in poetry, and what is even more rare is that he was deliberately made difficult several times, with only a smile on his face, and no annoyance. This is not that Zhuang Li has no temper, but it shows that he is satisfied with Daiyu and his relatives, so that he can be so "magnanimous".

When Daiyu's wedding sedan chair was gone, Lin Ruhai's face was stunned, and his heart was empty.

At this time, I saw an inner supervisor greet him, saluted, presented a wooden long box, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lin Shangshu, our princess ordered the servant to send something to Lin Shangshu." ”

Only then did Lin Ruhai recognize that this person's name was Zhang Bao, and he was the chief eunuch beside Lin Qingyun.

The box was opened, but it was a roll of canvas with the smell of oil paint. In the past, Lin Qingyun had a special studio at home, and he often painted, so he was familiar with this taste. Lin Ruhai already had a guess in his heart, and when he unfolded the canvas to look at it, he was stunned.

"Min'er ......"

The person depicted in the painting is not Daiyu, but Jia Min!

For this painting, Lin Qingyun asked all the subordinates who served by Jia Min's side back then, and changed the manuscript several times according to their descriptions, until finally got the sentence "There are □□ points similar" from the big girl next to Jia Min back then, and Lin Qingyun began to finalize the draft. In this oil painting, Jia Min stood in the courtyard and smiled, Lin Ruhai recognized at a glance that this was the courtyard where Yangzhou lived back then, and even Jia Min's clothes were specially worn when he was diagnosed with Daiyu, and he stood in the courtyard early, just to say hello to him in person.

Seeing this painting, those years that were long ago and thought they had forgotten seem to come to life.

Lin Ruhai framed the painting with his own hands, and sighed with relief after a long time: "Min'er, Yu'er has grown up, I have found a good son-in-law for her, she will definitely live a very good life, I will also watch her, and let no one bully her." Maybe next year, I will be able to be my grandfather...... Qingyun is pregnant, and our Yu'er has such a sister to protect her, so she will not be able to suffer a loss. ”

Daiyu married into the banker's family, and her life was naturally very good. Originally, the Zhuang family liked her, the sister-in-law was familiar with each other, she and Zhuang Li often had poetry exchanges since they were married, and they had the same heart to mind, and now they have become relatives, and naturally husband and wife are compatible, which makes Zhuang Shixiang always tease her.

Three days after the wedding, Zhuang Li went to Hanlin Academy to be on duty.

When Daiyu was idle, she instructed the maids to pack up the dowry, and Xue Yan opened a box and suddenly said, "Girl, there is a small box here." ”

Zijuan laughed when she heard this: "You still call the girl, but now you have to call the grandmother." ”

Daiyu blushed and asked Xue Yan, "Who sent it?" What's in the box? ”

"It's a make-up from the princess, it's full of books, and I never thought there was a small box underneath." Snow Goose said as she checked the small box, and when she saw that it was not locked, she opened it directly. "Girl, grandmother, look! It's all silver tickets! ”

Daiyu took a look, and sure enough, it was a pile of thick silver tickets, each of which was a household treasure banknote, with a denomination of 10,000 and 1,000, and after counting, it was exactly 100,000 taels. In this way, what else do you not understand, Lin Qingyun gave 100,000 yuan of dowry silver when she got married, but now after a few years, she has returned it in the end.

"My sister is too outward." said this in her mouth, but Daiyu knew that if it was herself, she would definitely do the same. sighed, and finally accepted the silver ticket, but always thought that it would be better to treat my sister in the future.

On the second day of the first month of May, the eldest princess invited the official media to come to the door to propose marriage, and the same steps were taken, and the two sides did not discuss it until June. Because both men and women were delayed because of national filial piety, and their age was here, they didn't want to delay it for too long, so they set the day for June 28. Zhuang Shixiang wants to prepare a small set of needlework, a total of only a month, very hurried, besides, she is lively and does not like embroidery work, and it is the first time to tailor clothes for men, so she can only come to Daiyu for help.

Daiyu is used to being clever, and she thought of a clever cut and embroidery for Zhuang Shixiang, and she hurried to work, but she couldn't miss the day.

Daiyu is now the new daughter-in-law, and the first two layers of mother-in-law, if there is no mother-in-law to lead, it is usually difficult to go out. Fortunately, there are many girls in the banker's family, and the girls usually like to compose poems at small banquets, so Daiyu simply sent a post to Lin Qingyun and the sisters of the Jia family, and set up a seat for herself, asking the sister-in-law and the sisters to compose poems.

Now Lin Qingyun has passed the first three months, the fetus is stable, and there is no obstacle to going out to a small banquet. The books Tu Yan reads now are all medical books, dietary taboos for pregnant women, and even enlightenment books, usually when she is idle at home, she talks to her about how to enlighten her children in the future, and often explains how to serve the egrets, what should be prepared in the kitchen, and also agrees with her to go out and walk around, for fear that she will be unhappy when she is stuffy.

"If it's too hot today, let's go to Zhuangzi outside the city for two days tomorrow, and I'll let someone clean up first." Tu Yan said.

In the city all day, I was really bored, and I couldn't ask for it if I could go out and walk freely.

Lin Qingyun arrived at the dealer's house, Daiyu and the banker's girls greeted her at the second gate, and when they saw her, they hurriedly came up to hug her. Daiyu asked her how she was doing, and looked at her belly, except for wearing looser, she didn't see anything unusual.

Lin Qingyun smiled and quipped: "Sister, but your eyes are hot?" If you want me to say you don't have to worry, how long have you been married? According to the sweetness of you and your brother-in-law, the good news may come soon, and then you will no longer have to stare at my pair. ”

The words made everyone laugh, Daiyu blushed with shame, but she didn't dare to move because she was pregnant, so she had to stare at her, and said hatefully: "My sister is getting poorer and poorer!" Only makes fun of people! ”

"Although the princess said that she was stubborn, I looked at it and said the truth, I look forward to having a smart and clever little nephew as soon as possible." Zhuang Shixiang and narrow.

Daiyu countered: "Fifth sister, don't laugh at me, I know you're looking forward to getting married early." ”

Zhuang Shixiang's face flushed: "Sister-in-law is not allowed to talk nonsense!" ”

Daiyu covered her face with a fan, and laughter came from behind the fan: "It's me who said wrong, it's not that the fifth sister is looking forward to marrying early, it's that Lu Gongzi is looking forward to marrying early." ”

Zhuang Shixiang didn't spare her now, Daiyu saw her coming, and hurriedly let go of Lin Qingyun to dodge, the two of you chased me, which made everyone laugh.

Lin Qingyun took a look and found that the girls of the Jia family didn't come today, and the hour was not early, so they shouldn't come. Looking for Zhuang Shiyu to ask, Zhuang Shiyu said: "I came back earlier, and I heard from the fifth sister that the Jia family sent someone yesterday to say, and I can't come over today because of something." The second girl of the Jia family didn't come, saying that she was inconvenient, and the maid who came was full of joy, and she estimated that she was happy, because she had not yet reached three months, so she was silent. ”