Regarding the matter of Quanzhou City, Tu Yan did not dare to delay, so he went to the palace by asking An to go to the palace on the same day and personally told the emperor about it.

The emperor's eyes changed slightly, and he thought of countless possibilities in an instant, and finally looked at the vain Yan in front of him, regretful, guilty, and relieved. The emperor asked him, "You'an, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Tu Yan was also a little surprised, sighed slightly, and replied: "Although Erchen does not participate in politics, he knows the abundance of maritime trade taxes because he has traveled in Quanzhou in the old years. This place is like the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River, which is one of the important sources of finance for the imperial court, and the land south of the Yangtze River is coveted and strife, and Quanzhou is afraid that it is the same. ”

"Elaborate." The Emperor asked again.

"The Municipal Shipping Division is responsible for managing ships coming and going for maritime trade, which is similar to the Imperial Academy, but not as high as the Imperial Academy. Even if the officials of the city shipping department are greedy for ink and accept bribes, they will only ask for money from the shipowner in various names, but they will not say that the quotation is false. Once the text is falsified, it involves a wide range of people, and the officials at all levels of the city department can hardly escape the responsibility, that is, their officials are loyal to the court, and they should have reported the matter a long time ago, but there has been no news in the DPRK and China so far. In addition, the Municipality confiscated the supposedly forged quotation and ordered the shipowner to pay a fine before he could redeem the merchant ship, and the ship's contents were confiscated. Erchen thought that a single envoy of a district or city would not have the courage to do such a thing, and that there would be a master after him, and what the master wanted was nothing more than silver, and the difference was only that it was a large sum of silver. The son speculated that Baron Lawrence's case was not an isolated case, and in addition to extorting money from the shipowner, he was afraid that the tax revenue of the city department would also be involved. ”

The emperor nodded with satisfaction: "That Yan Yucong once served in the Imperial Court and knew something about various countries, but I am afraid that he also saw through the foreign merchant's title was bought, so he is not afraid." But he didn't expect that the merchant would find the capital. "The emperor also has speculations about the mastermind behind the scenes, either those sons, or the filial piety prince, or simply the emperor's people. After all, there is no peace of mind.

"You'an's health has been much better since he became a parent." The emperor suddenly sighed.

Tu Yan smiled: "Don't hide it from my father, my son also feels much better than before, at least not like a few years ago, I have to boil medicine in three or five days." Erchen was really afraid of smelling the medicine. ”

The emperor laughed when he heard this, and said with love in his eyes: "This is very good, and it also saves me and your mother from worrying day and night." Then he asked, "You are in good health, what do you want to do?" ”

"Thank you for your father's care, and the sons are now powerless, so they can only take care of their illnesses. The sons and daughters were ashamed, and they couldn't share their father's worries, but they worried their father. Tu Yan naturally heard the emperor's temptation, but the temptation was full of caution and concern, and he felt both warm and complicated. The emperor's fatherly love for him is pure and sincere, but it is mixed with guilt to make up, and because he is the only son-in-law, the only adult son who does not participate in politics.

The emperor was a little disappointed, but he also knew that everything should not be forced, and sighed: "I have been getting older and older in the past two years, and none of your brothers have any worries. ”

But this is the royal brothers, and all dynasties have come over like this.

Tu Yan came out of the Yangxin Palace and went to Fengyi Palace, and talked to the queen for a while, and then returned to the house with Lin Qingyun. Lin Qingyun wanted to talk to him, but saw that he was leaning on the back of the seat since he got into the car, closing his eyes and not moving. Lin Qingyun didn't alarm him, he looked out along the yellow curtain, thinking about his own affairs.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, Acacia handed over a post: "Princess, this is sent by Miss Xue of the Jia family." ”

Hong Aya on the side was pouring tea, and said in surprise: "What is Miss Xue of the Jia family?" ”

Acacia pursed his lips and smiled: "I'm just lazy, saving two sentences." The eldest girl of the Xue family is the niece of the second wife of the Jia family, who temporarily lives in Rongguo Mansion, and usually works with the three girls of the Jia family. ”

Lin Qingyun read the post, it turned out that the twenty-first day of the first lunar month was Xue Baochai's birthday, and Jia's mother paid for Baochai's birthday. Xue Baochai is one year older than her, and this year happens to be the year of Jilu, and it makes sense to do birthdays, but Jia's mother will do it......

suddenly remembered the content in the original book, Daiyu was teased by a joke on Baochai's birthday, but she didn't even dare to get angry because of her sojourn status. On the other hand, in the original work, Jia's mother held the fifteenth birthday of Xue Baochai and Xu, the intention was not pure, and Jia's mother only gave twenty taels of silver, what is twenty taels enough for everyone to hold a banquet? In the original book, Wang Xifeng made up for his birthday, and a young grandmother gave twelve taels, that is, Baochai is not as good as Sister Feng, but she can't be too cold.

In the old days, the family held a banquet for the daughter, which represented the girl's adulthood and also meant that she could be married.

Jia's mother had always wanted to promote Daiyu and Baoyu, but now Daiyu has married Zhuang Li, but it doesn't mean that Jia's mother can agree to Xue Baochai's entry. Mother Jia has a very high vision, and she has an account in her heart, and she can't look down on Baochai not for anything else, but because the Xue family background is not good. The Xue family is no matter how rich it is, it is only an imperial businessman, and it is already in defeat, just like the Jia family is only an empty shell, what benefits can the marriage of the two families get? Jia's mother hopes to marry a family to help the Jia family and help Baoyu, even if Daiyu can't, there is still Shi Xiangyun. After all, the Shi family is a double marquis, and it is Jia's mother's mother's family, so it is naturally of the same mind as Jia's mother, which is very important for Jia's mother to continue to grasp the right to speak in the Jia family.

"Are you going?" Tu Yan asked her.

Lin Qingyun nodded: "My sister must have also received the post." After all, the girls of the Xue family had a relationship, and it was the birthday of the fifteen-year-old and Lu, so she sent a post, and she was idle left and right, so it was okay to go and take a look at the sisters of the Jia family by the way. After a pause, he smiled meaningfully: "You can also take a walk around their Grand View Garden by the way." ”

Tu Yan also smiled: "Now that the New Year is not over, the ground has not thawed, there are no flowers and no grass, what is there to visit?" It's better to wait until March or April. ”

"It's not our garden, and we're used to being picky. Didn't you get the garden map of the Grand View Garden? Lin Qingyun still felt strange when he thought of this festival, who would have thought that he would send someone to approach Jia Yu, not only did Jia Yu successfully split up, but also got a garden map from Jia Yu.

"The design of the old garden is really exquisite, but our garden is not bad." Tu Yan said this in his mouth, but he was planning in his heart when to build another Zhuangzi in the suburbs.

Lin Qingyun didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked Acacia to reply to the Xue family's post, and sent Hongya and the others out, asking him: "When you enter the palace, what does the emperor say?" ”

Tu Yan moved the white fruit plate to him, and said while peeling the fruit: "My father attaches great importance to it, and it is estimated that he will secretly investigate." You don't have to worry about Lawrence, even if my father believes me, he will still ask Lawrence for specific verification, not to mention that this matter is not an isolated case. ”

Seeing him say this, Lin Qingyun didn't ask any more.

On the twenty-first day of the first month, Lin Qingyun went to Lin's house first, and then went to Jia's house with Daiyu. Now Lin Qingyun's identity is not as good as before, and she learned in advance that she was coming, and the ladies of the Jia family were all at the Yimen to welcome her. Others are upset, only Jia's mother is old, and she is Daiyu's grandmother, Lin Qingyun will never accept her courtesy. On this day, there were no outsiders, because Lin Qingyun was invited, and the You family in the East Mansion also came to accompany him, and there were a few sisters, which was also lively.

Lin Qingyun noticed that there was no Jia Baoyu on the table today.

Lin Qingyun sat at the table, and only Jia Mu was at the same table. Mrs. Xing Wang sat at the table with You Shi and Aunt Xue, Jia Sanchun, Daiyu, Xiangyun and today's birthday star Baochai, and the girls and mothers-in-law who were waiting stood on the ground and put on a small show. These little dramas were specially raised by Jiafu for the provincial relatives before.

"Please order a play, princess." Jia Mu said.

Lin Qingyun smiled and excused herself repeatedly: "I'm not afraid of the old lady's jokes, I don't understand this, but please order Miss Xue, she is a birthday star today." ”

When Mother Jia saw her say this, she ordered the drama to be sent to Xue Baochai. Xue Baochai was naturally humble, but with Lin Qingyun's refusal, Jia's mother did not allow her to refuse, Xue Baochai had to order a play, but it was not the "Journey to the West" in the original book, but the "Garden" in the West Chamber, which was the play sung by Jia Yuanchun when he was pro-family. Then Xue Baochai came to Lin Qingyun with a play excerpt and asked her to order a play.

It's not good to push it again this time, Lin Qingyun watched the track, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "That's it." If Grandma Lian was here, she would definitely order this. ”

When Jia Mu watched it, it was "Liu Erdangyi", and she immediately laughed: "This is a lively scene." ”

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and You Shi all ordered plays one after another.

Jia's mother watched the play and ordered someone to call Xiao Dan and the clown, and she was even more pitiful under a closer look. As mentioned in the book, when I asked about my age, I gave them the meat and fruits, but because Lin Qingyun was not good at crossing, I didn't reward them. Lin Qingyun didn't care about that, just thought, now that Wang Xifeng is not here, no one will say that sentence, and the drama will never happen again, right? What's more, Baoyu is not in front of him.

As soon as the thought flashed through his mind, he suddenly heard Mrs. Wang say: "This child looks a little familiar, and he can't remember who he looks like." ”

No one else answered, only Shi Xiangyun clapped his hands and smiled: "I can see it, it looks a little like Sister Lin." ”

The originally lively banquet suddenly fell silent because of these words, and everyone looked at Shi Xiangyun, surprised, puzzled, and gloated.

Shi Xiangyun also reacted, his face changed, he hurriedly looked at Daiyu beside him, and hurriedly explained: "Sister Lin, I didn't mean to ......"

"Yun girl is still so straightforward! I should let your sister Lin punish you with a glass of wine. Mother Jia spoke out to solve the siege, not because she was worried that Daiyu would be annoyed, but because she didn't want Lin Qingyun to have a gap with Mother Jia because of this.

Although Lin Qingyun didn't like Xiangyun's words, she hated Mrs. Wang even more, if it weren't for her words, Shi Xiangyun wouldn't have said it. It is difficult to conclude why Wang Xifeng said such things in the original book, but Mrs. Wang's move is quite meaningful. Mrs. Wang is definitely not targeting Daiyu, after all, Daiyu has already made a marriage, and the Lin family is in a high position, so Mrs. Wang can't get along with Daiyu anymore, so the person who designed it is Shi Xiangyun. Shi Xiangyun has been walking around Jiafu since he was a child, and it is well known that he is straightforward and fast-talking, and Mrs. Wang's plan is to make Shi Xiangyun offend Daiyu and make a fool of herself in front of Lin Qingyun and Jia's mother, in this way to express her determination not to let Shi Xiangyun be her daughter-in-law.

It has nothing to do with Lin Qingyun who Mrs. Wang chooses to be her daughter-in-law, but she shouldn't use Daiyu's reputation as a raft!

was worried, but saw Daiyu smile and said: "Grandmother's punishment is very much, today can be regarded as the first time to catch Yun Ya, and she must be punished with a glass of wine." Saying that, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and sent it to Shi Xiangyun's mouth, and personally poured Shi Xiangyun to drink, then went to see the little play, nodded and said: "But you are not wrong, it looks really familiar, and it is difficult for her." learned to sing at a young age, and I don't know how much hardship I suffered. ”

Lin Qingyun answered: "It's strange that I just thought that this Xiao Dan looked kind, if it weren't for the original preparation for the virtuous concubine, I would have asked the old lady to cut her love." "The little dan in front of him is Ling Guan, and I don't know if the ending is really dead, at least now he looks vivid and lovable. So he ordered the egret to give the reward.

Lin Qingyun said this, and other people expressed their positions no matter what, and Ling Guan got a benefit.

Today's events are in the past.

Things have changed a long time ago, Daiyu Xiangyun has never been angry, Baoyu is not there, Baochai has never talked about the "Parasitic Grass" for him, and Baoyu has never planted the idea of becoming a monk in his heart.

During the banquet, she asked Xichun curiously, only to know that because she was there, Mrs. Wang said that Baoyu was too old to avoid it, so she did not let Baoyu enter the table. He also said that Jia's mother intended to move Baoyu to the outer courtyard, but she didn't care about it for a while because of the recent turmoil, but Baoyu made a fuss, and she didn't want to go out to live because she was afraid of Jia Zheng.

At the end of the banquet, the mother and daughter of the Xue family returned to their residences, and the others also dispersed, obviously the atmosphere was not as good as at the beginning of the banquet. Others may not understand, but as Jia's mother's personal maid, Mandarin Duck witnessed a qiē, but he knew the confrontation between Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang during the banquet.

Mrs. Wang should have been locked up in the Buddha Hall, but today is the birthday of her niece, and it is unreasonable not to attend, and the first month is not over, and the news that Mrs. Wang is sick is not very good, so Mother Jia ordered her to come out. Who knew that Mrs. Wang had never given up, and she actually said those words during the banquet, almost offending Prince Chun's Mansion and the Lin family together, she was a stupid woman!

The mandarin duck had just brought the tea, and overheard Jia's mother say, "Go and call the eldest master." ”

Waiting for Jia Yu to come over, he didn't expect Jia's mother to talk to him about changing the two rooms. Because the mother has just finished saving her relatives, and it is the first month of the New Year, Jia Yu plans to wait until February to choose an auspicious day to move, he is more anxious than anyone else, he is afraid that it will change later, who knows that the old lady will take the initiative to mention it, Jia Yu's first thought is not joy, but full of doubts and vigilance.

"The third year of junior high school is a good day, and I changed the house on that day, so I can worry about it early." Jia Mu was tired, so she didn't care what Jia Yu thought, and waved his hand to order him out.

Early in the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, Rongguo Mansion made a big move, Jia Yu and his wife moved into Rongxi Hall, but Jia Zheng and his wife lived in the East Courtyard. The subordinates talked a lot, but they only thought that the eldest master finally wanted to be the actual ruler again, and he didn't know about the separation of the two houses, and Jia's mother didn't want to make the matter public.

Jia Yu originally thought that he would take Yingchun over to live, so that he could be his only daughter, and he could help Linlian Er in the future. Who knew that two days later, the mother in the palace sent out an edict, ordering Baoyu and the sisters to live in the garden, Baoyu and others were happy, but Jia Yu was annoyed.

Now it is not as good as before, the family is divided, each house is in charge of each room, and these people who live in the garden must be served everywhere, and it is not a small expense when it is calculated, who is it? Moreover, the Grand View Garden is not counted in the name of the family, but the garden is dead, and it must be attributed to the Rongguo Mansion and counted in the name of their big house.

Sure enough, as soon as this matter came out, the two rooms fought on the basis of reason, and they refused to give more money.

Jia Zheng doesn't care about the housework, but Mrs. Wang is not an idle person, even if she is locked up in the Buddhist hall now, the affairs of the second room are still her main management, and Jia Zheng can't take care of it by herself. Therefore, confinement is just a formality, Jia Yu doesn't bother to pay attention to it, after all, the family has been separated, even if Mrs. Wang continues to come out and jump, it is none of his business.

Mother Jia was troubled by the people in the two rooms, and her liver hurt, so she simply said: "That's it!" It's my own grandchildren after all, you don't care about your parents, my wife cares. ”

Because of this sentence, Jia Zheng, a filial son, was annoyed, scolded Mrs. Wang, and then said: "Old lady, don't say that, I agree with the eldest brother's meaning, since the two rooms are divided, then each will pay their own fees." ”

Jia Mu waved her hand, looking tired: "That's it!" A garden lives, there is only one second girl in the big room, but there are three girls in the second room, Baochai is also a relative in the second room, and there is a mother and son of Brother Lan, and there is a cherished spring. Anyway, this garden is not separated, and from now on, my wife will be in charge, and all the expenses in it will be paid by me, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

"In the end, the old lady loves her grandchildren." Jia Yu complimented him with no skin and face, and suddenly mentioned: "The second brother also has a ring brother, Baoyu has lived in the garden when he is thirteen years old, and it is not good to be too favoritistic." Besides, we also have a brother Cong in the big house, he has a child, and he always wants to visit the garden. ”

"They are all my grandchildren, and naturally they also live in the garden!" Jia Mu didn't know Jia Yu's stingy thoughts, and she didn't bother to be angry again.

Jia Yu stopped making a sound, and although Jia Zheng was ashamed, he didn't speak again at the signal of Mrs. Wang.

Baoyu and his sisters gathered in the hall, discussing where to live in the garden, in fact, he liked Yihong Courtyard when he visited the garden earlier, and felt that the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was suitable for Daiyu, but unfortunately Daiyu could not come to live. Thinking of this, Baoyu's feelings were low, and he lost his spirit.

On the 22nd, Baoyu, Sanchun and Baochai moved into the garden. Baoyu lived in Yihong Courtyard, Baochai lived in Wuyuan, Yingchun lived in Jinlou, Tanchun lived in Qiushuangzhai, Xichun lived in Lotus Lotus Pavilion, Li Kun and Jia Lan lived in Daoxiang Village, in addition, Jia Mu specially explained that Xiaoxiang Pavilion was left to Xiangyun, and there was a Qingtang courtyard to Jia Huan and Jia Cong, plus the Miaoyu who lived in the Lucui Nunnery, and the Daguan Garden was suddenly very lively.

Daiyu was picked up by Jia's mother to live for a few days, specifically to invite her to visit the garden, and did not live in the garden at night, but lived with Jia's mother. In the end, Jia's mother was also very cautious here, so she never mentioned letting her live in the garden.

When she fell asleep at night, Mother Jia looked at Daiyu and couldn't help sighing: "I still wanted to keep Yu'er by my side for a lifetime, but I saw that it was someone else's daughter-in-law." ”

Daiyu is now older, where can she not hear the meaning of Jia's mother's words, although she has no idea what happened in Jia's family, but Jia's mother's love for her is true, and she also has her own admiration and respect for Jia's mother. Now Jia's mother is in her seventies, full of silver hair, but she still has to worry about the Jia family, which can't help but be very sad.

remembered what Lin Qingyun said to her last time, and when she had the opportunity, she whispered: "There is a sentence that Yu'er shouldn't say, it's just ......"

"It's just our grandparents and grandchildren, you can say something." Jia Mu patted the back of her hand and encouraged her.

Daiyu vaguely mentioned at this time: "Sister Bao has passed her fifteenth birthday, and the second sister is one year older than Sister Bao." ”

Jia Mu was slightly surprised: "Yes, the two girls are sixteen." ”

This is the end of the topic, and no one has said anything more.

The peach blossoms bloom in March, and it is a good time of the year to step into spring. Lin Qingyun received a post from Princess Yongjia and asked her to go out of the city, she replied to the post and invited Daiyu to go with her. These days, the weather is warm, Tu Yan's spirit is getting better, and he is also moved by the smell of spring, so he goes with her. Lin Qingyun ordered the carriage to go to the Lin Mansion, went out of the city with Daiyu, and joined Shilipo and Princess Yongjia.

In February and March, there are many happy events, and when the carriage travels to the street, I will meet the team of relatives beating gongs and drums, and coming over with joy. Tu Yan ordered the carriage to lean to the side, and Lin Qingyun was busy ordering people to look at Daiyu who was following behind, in case the horse was startled by many people. While waiting, Lin Qingyun looked at the send-off team and saw the difference.

"Which adult marries his daughter? The dowry was so rich. ”

Tu Yan smiled: "Wei Qing said this without a heart? Now I am looking all over the capital, which family has the rich dowry given by Lord Lin? That's really ten miles of red makeup. ”

"Who let my father-in-law love me?" Lin Qingjun said with a smile.

Tu Yan didn't argue with her, listened to the discussion of the pedestrians outside, and said: "It's Zhao Yushi's granddaughter who got married." ”

"Zhao Yushi? The granddaughter of Zhao Ke, the imperial history of Zuodu? Husband's surname is Zhang? Lin Qingyun was quite surprised.

"Well, it's his house." Seeing her like this, Tu Yan suddenly remembered that she had been married before, but many outsiders didn't know about it. "Do you know why the Zhang family divorced you in the first place?"

Lin Qingyun shook her head, she really didn't know, but she didn't care: "No matter why, it's all in the past, and it's useless to say it." In comparison, I'm more curious about how the girl of the Zhao family became the character she is now? I heard that she wasn't like that before. ”

Seeing her staring at herself, Tu Yan smiled helplessly: "How can I know it?" ”

"Did you know that?" Lin Qingyun now knows many things about him, such as when he is not in the capital, there are still people collecting news in Beijing for him, such as before getting married, the emperor gave him all the news about her, and for example, he knew that the Wenlou was her property early on, and he also found out her identity early.

"It's kind of heard." Tu Yan didn't deliberately inquire about Zhao Yunshuang, but because of his grandfather Zhao Ke, he accidentally learned about the secret of the Zhao family. Seeing that she seemed interested, I had to say to her: "That girl is nineteen this year?" ”

"Nineteen last year, twenty this year." At this age, it is definitely a late marriage in this dynasty.

"That was six or seven years ago."