Chapter 173: The Empress

Lin Hai and Jia Min moved back home, they were very busy, the old house had to be cleaned up, and the servants left behind in the family had to be re-examined. Moreover, the original relatives and friends have to move around again, and they have to deal with Lin Ruhai's new subordinates, etc., and the two husbands and wives are busy turning their backs on their backs. Lin Rui has grown up, and he can handle many things at home. And Daiyu, who has been learning to deal with family affairs for the past half a year, can help Jia Min a little. At least, her own yard never needed Jia Min to worry about.

When the husband and wife came back, the first one to come to the Lin Mansion was Lin Yun. She is now the Marquis of Pingnan, and the prince of the year, Xuancheng, also attacked the Marquis of Pingnan, and was arranged by Xiao Jin on a small errand, and she mixed well in Beijing.

"It's been a long time since I've been back." Lin Yun deliberately got off the sedan chair in front of the gate, looking at the plaque hanging at the main gate with the word Lin Fu written on it, familiar and unfamiliar.

"Ma'am?" Xuancheng came on horseback, accompanied by his two sons, one sixteen and one fourteen, both handsome young men in brocade clothes with red lips and white teeth.

Lin Yun came back to his senses, smiled slightly, turned around and got into the sedan chair again, and entered the house through the side door. Lin Ruhai had already received the news and came out with Lin Rui. As soon as he saw Xuancheng, Da Yan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I've been waiting for you for a long time, please come inside." ”

Xuancheng returned the salute, and turned around and asked his son to come over to meet his uncle. Lin Rui naturally came over to see his uncle, and met his two cousins. After each saluting, the group went to the main hall.

Entering the house, the guests and hosts sat down, Lin Ruhai said to Lin Rui: "Rui'er, take your cousin to see your mother." ”

Jia Min was at the door of Neiyi, and took her daughter to greet Lin Yun's house, and when she called her daughter Zhen to see her aunt, Lin Yun helped Daiyu up, and she was stunned, and Daiyu was quite uncomfortable.

"Sister." Jia Min chuckled and spoke, "I haven't seen you for many years, but you haven't changed much." ”

Lin Yun came back to his senses suddenly. Concealed smile: "My niece is so good, I watched it." Sure enough, she is the first heroine in the book of Red Mansions, who is called a peerless appearance by Cao Heipang, a rare handsome pearl fairy, and she can already see the future of the city at a young age. She covered her hand and touched her face, "Sister-in-law, don't laugh at me, they are all grandmothers, how can they still be the same as before." ”

Jia Min was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Lin Yun had two daughters who were already married. Then he asked, "How are the two nieces?" ”

"They are doing well, their in-laws are harmonious, and their husbands are also knowledgeable and motivated. Now, they have all given birth to sons, and they can be regarded as having a foothold in their in-laws' family. Lin Yun was still a daughter growing up day by day, and she really understood her mother's hard work for her in this life. can really understand how stupid what she did that day was. But what's the use of understanding, so many years have passed, and there is no plan to regret it. All she can do. is to prevent his daughter from making the same mistake as herself.

For the sake of her daughter, she even had a big quarrel with her husband, and refused to agree to the husband's family he chose for her daughter. With Lin Ruhai, the grand brother of the Holy Family, even Xuancheng didn't dare to offend her too much. He nodded reluctantly. However, within a few days, he brought a woman back and pampered him in every way. Lin Yun sneered slightly. She didn't care about this more than a decade ago. Anyway, no matter how many women you sleep with, it is impossible to have children in this life.

However, the woman spoiled him more and more. Lin Yun was also annoyed to see it, he found something at random, and he was beaten half to death with a board, and the current face of Xuancheng called someone to come over, and he sold it directly. Hehe, look at his bruised face, it's really comfortable. Over the years, the relationship between their husband and wife has become more and more cold. But she is still her Mrs. Pingnanhou, saying everything in Pingnanhou's mansion, and when she goes out to socialize, she is even more beautiful than Xuancheng, the current Pingnanhou. All because she has a good brother.

Jia Min looked at Lin Yun's slightly smiling face, and suddenly asked, "Sister, have you had a good time all these years?" ”

Lin Yun raised a big smile, "It's good, it's good." ”

Seeing this, Jia Min directly changed the topic, "Your brother Ming is also sixteen this year, can you get engaged?" ”

Lin Yun nodded, "The youngest daughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, this year is fourteen, and when it is time for next year, I will handle it for them." "The son is the backer of his daughter in the future, Lin Yun believes in Xuancheng's character, and he has regarded his son very closely since he was a child.

They were talking about Lin Yun's son here, but it happened that Lin Rui came over with two cousins. When he entered the house, he saluted Jia Min first, and Jia Min hurriedly asked someone to help him up. Both of these little brothers are in their teens, and their parents have good looks, both of them are born with white faces like jade and clear eyebrows. It's just that they may be in the stage of changing their voices, they are all shy, and they look very cute.

Jia Min liked it as soon as he saw it, beckoned to his side, pulled one with one hand, asked a lot of words carefully, and asked someone to take the table and come over. He turned his head and instructed his son, "Rui'er, take your cousins out for a walk, you don't have to go to your father's side, you don't have to feel uncomfortable." ”

Lin Rui responded with a smile and took the two of them out.

At noon, Jia Min asked people to set up a banquet in the flower hall, Lin Yun looked at the dishes placed in front of him, his nose couldn't help but sour, and he almost burst into tears. She stabilized her mind and smiled lightly: "Sister-in-law, do you remember what I like to eat?" ”

Jia Min smiled: "Why don't you remember, you girl is the most picky, you don't like things, don't move." ”

Lin Yun said with a smile: "It seems that my sister-in-law doesn't pick her mouth." ”

The two went back and forth like this, but the atmosphere was a lot closer. I don't know who started first, and after chatting about the events of the year, Lin Yun's heart was agitated, and he didn't pay attention to drinking a few more glasses for a while, and he was six or seven points drunk. When she said goodbye and returned home, she took Jia Min's hand, and finally couldn't help crying, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong back then." ”

Jia Min sighed secretly and patted Lin Yun's hand soothingly, "I forgot about it a long time ago, but you have a good memory." She pursed her lips and lowered her voice, "Live a good life with your brother-in-law, don't make any more trouble." It is said that young couples come to accompany each other in old age, we are like a day by day, and our children have grown up, and each has its own family, and it is you husband and wife who are really together until we are old. ”

Lin Yun raised his eyebrows, although his voice was low, his meaning was firm: "I may not be able to live with many people, but I am worthy of him." Since he doesn't want to be cheap, I don't have to be cheap. Besides, I now have both children and daughters, and they are all sensible and filial. I also have my own happiness to find, and it really doesn't matter if I have a husband like him or not. ”

Jia Min said: "That's it, just be as happy as you like." "Everyone has their own day, as long as they are happy, they naturally want to live how they want, and outsiders have no room to intervene.

Xuancheng also drank a lot of wine today, and when he rode on the horse, he thought to himself whether he should repair the relationship between husband and wife with Lin Yun. these years. When he had nothing to do, he easily didn't go to Lin Yun's room, as if for a long time, the husband and wife hadn't talked well together. At the wine table just now, Lin Ruhai specially ordered him, "I heard that my sister-in-law has a lot of favorites." "This is the eldest brother's unhappiness, although Xuancheng is not very comfortable in his heart, he easily does not dare to offend Lin Ruhai.

This evening. The first time he went to Lin Yun's main courtyard before dinner, when he sat in the first place, he looked at Lin Yun with a smile but not a smile, for a moment. If you really want to pull your legs, just leave. But no, Lin Hai didn't return to Beijing before, and it was okay for him and Lin Yun to live any way, anyway, they were thousands of miles away. It is impossible for Lin Hai to know the Dao. Now it's different, Lin Hai is back, and he is still valued by the saints as before. Such a good in-law. How could it be broken.

However, he didn't expect that his hard-working performance would be disgusted to death by his wife. Lin Yun almost pointed at his nose and said that he couldn't do it, and sneered: "Just such a little ability, don't show it off in front of me, wash and sleep." ”

Xuancheng was beaten by his wife into eggplant skin, and the next morning, he met Lin Ruhai again.

Lin Ruhai was standing with Yang Ze chatting, and when he saw Xuancheng coming over, he said hello with a smile. Then, the thick eyebrows wrinkled, and his tone was not very good: "Sister-in-law, didn't sleep well yesterday?" "The face is blue and the lips are white, listless, and it looks like a person who has died.

Xuan Chengqiang smiled: "I was happy yesterday, and I had a few more drinks with Uchiko." ”

"Really?" Lin Ruhai asked lightly, then turned around and greeted Mu Lin, who had just come over, so that Xuancheng held a mouthful of old blood in his chest, unable to swallow it, and couldn't spit it out.

When Lin Ruhai was in court, the Lin family ushered in an internal supervisor. But it was the queen Xuan Jiamin who entered the palace, and specially confessed that she would take her daughter with her.

Jia Min smiled at the white and fat thirty-year-old eunuch: "Please wait a moment, father-in-law, I'll go and change my clothes." "When you enter the palace to meet the queen, you must wear a formal dress. Even Daiyu should be dressed up more ceremoniously.

Queen Cui's family learned that Jia Min had entered Beijing with her husband, and she had long wanted to invite her into the palace. It's just that the queen mother's phoenix body has not recovered, and she, as a daughter-in-law, has to accompany her all the time. As soon as the Queen Mother recovered, she immediately invited Jia Min in.

Although Daiyu has also heard that her own mother has a very close relationship with the queen, she really didn't expect it to be so close.

The two of them got off the sedan chair in front of the palace gate, and immediately an old lady in the queen's palace greeted her, first lightly blessed, and then said very kindly: "This is Mrs. Lin, the mother and the slave maid are waiting for Mrs. here." As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a few little eunuchs came over with two shoulders and asked Jia Min and Daiyu to go up.

Jia Min hurriedly waved his hand: "How can this be made?" ”

The grandmother smiled attentively: "This is specially ordered by the mother, the lady just sit on it, it's okay." ”

To put it mildly, Jia Min and Daiyu were carried all the way to the gate of Kunning Palace. There were already two big palace maids guarding in front of the door, and when they saw Jia Min and Daiyu, they all greeted them with a smile, "Mrs. Lin is here, and the mother has been talking for a long time." As he spoke, he reached out to help Jia Min and Daiyu down.

Someone had already gone in to report, and Jia Min and Daiyu had just entered the door when they felt a middle-aged woman in a bright yellow palace dress walking over. When she saw Jia Min, she was very excited, rushed over in a few steps, pulled Jia Min who was about to salute up, and said with a tearful smile: "What are you polite with me." ”

Jia Min smiled: "Etiquette can't be abolished." ”

After entering the east room, Jia Min took her daughter, and after a big salute, she sat opposite the queen generously. The two haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and there is still a trace of rustiness at this time. Sitting opposite each other, they are all silently taking care of each other.

It was Cui Shi who opened his mouth first, and said with a little envy: "In the end, it is the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River that raises people, look at you are still the same as when you were newly married." ”

Jia Min raised his hand and touched his face, and said with a smile: "No way, I was born with a good foundation and doesn't look old." ”

As soon as he said this, Cui Shi couldn't hold back his laughter, "I still love to boast about myself so much, and I am ashamed in front of your daughter." ”

Jia Min smiled: "She's used to it." ”

Cui Shi smiled: "You, this temperament is still like that." ”

"The bones that are born grow inside, and it's hard to change them." Jia Min sighed, and then smiled: "It's the queen." I think life is too smooth. ”

Cui Shi immediately understood, and glared at her slightly, "Don't you just want to say that I am blessed." Since a few years ago, she began to grow meat, and now the whole person is round and fat, compared with those young and pretty little girls, she feels that she can't compare with everything.

Jia Min said: "The heart is wide and the body is fat, only if the life is smooth, can you grow meat." If you are like me, you play with people every day. It's weird to get fat. ”

Cui's eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Isn't it going well in Jiangnan?" ”

"Alas, the first years were better. Later, after the reform of the salt administration began, the people who hated our master all over the world didn't know how many people there were, especially if I didn't care about it. This time, the saint transferred him back, and I can take a break. Jia Min complained as if it was true or false, and joked: "I'm not afraid to say a word to you." For a while, I felt like I was sick, and I didn't look like a good person. ”

Cui Shi first laughed, and then sighed: "Why didn't you say it a long time ago? As I said earlier, I am also a saint. Transfer Master Lin back. ”

"Our master, you also know that the temper is the most stubborn. If the saint had sent him back to the court earlier, I was afraid that he would not have it. The new policy is being piloted. If he doesn't keep an eye on it, how can he rest assured. Now, what should be smooth is also smooth. What should be done was done, and his laziness came up again, and he wanted to find a place to retire. He also said that his son was about to have a son, and he had to raise him well, so that he would not be able to play with his grandson when he got it. Jia Min shook her head and said helplessly about her husband, "Alas, that one out and one out is like a child, and our Yu'er is more trouble-free than him." ”

When it comes to Daiyu, Cui's has been coveting the beautiful little Lori for a long time, and at this time, he called people to his side in a bright light, pulled Daiyu to sit next to her, and hugged the person in his arms very dishonestly, and refused to let go. She glanced at Jia Min very jealously: "You are still blessed, your son is smart and sensible, not to mention, he actually gave birth to such a well-behaved and beautiful daughter, I am really angry." ”

Jia Minqi said: "If you talk about blessings, which woman in this world is as blessed as you." You calculate, throughout the ages, how many queens have given birth to five sons. ”

At the mention of her son, the queen was extremely annoyed, "Don't talk about those bastard boys, it will make me angry when I mention it." ”

"What is this?" What Jia Min has always heard is how the prince is born well, smart, gentle, and filial, anyway, they are all good words.

The queen mother is really full of bitterness, and she can usually talk to Xiao Jinnian, but that stupid father, looking at how good his son is, never thinks his son is so strange.

"Boss, the one who was picky before, and other idlers can't look down on it. has a bad mouth, and when he cries for his son, he cries, and I have to accompany his father and mother for him. "The queen thinks that the prince is too demanding of people, isn't everyone a genius like Lin Rui?

Jia Min: "Hehe, it's also a good thing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has higher requirements for his subordinates. If you are willing to train people, it means that you treat them as your own people. ”

The queen also followed twice, embarrassed to say that there was no difference in his training. "Second child, he is also smart, good at homework, and gentle in temperament."

"Isn't that good?"

The queen mother was extremely helpless: "He has a bad hobby, and he changes his law every day to inquire about the gossip." "Nima, how did you develop such a strange hobby.

Jia Min: "Hehe, it's not a big problem. "Everyone loves gossip.

"The third child is a stuffy gourd, if he can't make a sound, he can't make a sound, and if he can't move, he can't move. The fourth child happened to come against him, like a jumping bean, without a moment of honesty. What worries me the most is the fifth child, who gave birth to such a bastard boy, and I was really angry. A stinky boy who loves to look in the mirror more than a girl, smiles at himself in the mirror every day, and always despises others for being ugly and unworthy of talking to him. The queen complained about her sons in one breath, and finally said: "For everyone else's children are so well-behaved, I give birth to one by one." "After getting to the worst, she refuses to regenerate, for fear that she will have another one that is more mixed than the previous five, and she will not live.

Jia Min: "Hehe, are the princes very cute?" ”

"Forget it, I'll bother it for a few more years at most, and when they all become relatives, I'll leave it to their daughter-in-law to make trouble." Cui Shi waved his hand casually, and once again focused on Daiyu, his hand still touching Lori's hair, tender little face, and slender waist. In short, she is like a weird aunt. Snorted Daiyu from head to toe several times. While snoring, he also said: "It's better to be a daughter, look at how tender this little face is, how smooth her hair is, and how well-behaved she is." The most excessive thing is that he leaned his face over, rubbed and rubbed against Daiyu's little face, and said with satisfaction: "It's so soft, it's so fragrant, it's much more fun than a stinky boy." ”

Daiyu was about to be shocked by the weird queen mother. The decent smile on the little face froze, and from time to time her eyes fell on her mother for help.

Jia Min was full of black lines, "Hey, Niangniang, you can stop in moderation, don't scare my daughter." ”

The queen gave her a blank look, and firmly occupied Daiyu in her arms, "I like your daughter, stay with me for two days." ”

Jia Min: "...... No way. ”

"For what?"

"I can't bear my daughter."

"Stingy."

"Just be stingy. I want a girl. Give birth to one of your own. ”

"Don't give birth, what if another stinky boy comes out."

Daiyu: Help, my mother is also getting naΓ―ve.

In the end, Jia Min won. finally rescued his daughter from the queen's demon and successfully brought it home. The queen is really late to see the sky, and if she doesn't let people go, the palace gate should be dropped. She reluctantly sent the mother and daughter to the gate of the palace. also instructed: "I will often send someone to recruit Yu'er to come to the palace to play, you can come with it once or twice out of ten, don't come too often." ”

Jia Min's response was. pulled his daughter's head and left without looking back, and waved his hand at the back casually, indicating that he heard the queen's words.

Xiao Jin waited in front for a long time before he heard the little eunuch report, "Mrs. Lin is out of the palace." He straightened his clothes, lifted his feet, and walked back.

In Kunning Palace, the queen mother was talking about the beauty of Lori in front of her son, and Xiao Yan, the fifth prince, was holding a small mirror in her hand, carefully arranging her hair, and humming in response to her mother's words. At that time, he thought with disdain, "What Yu'er, it is definitely not as good-looking as this prince, and it is not as smart as this prince." ”

When Xiao Jin came in, he saw his wife pointing at his youngest son's nose and reprimanding him. He hurriedly took a few steps and pushed his son behind him, "Queen, Xiao Wu is naughty again?" ”

When the queen saw him coming, she reluctantly suppressed her anger, blessed her body first, and then said: "Sage, you take care of Xiao Wu, a boy, what do you say about taking a mirror every day." ”

Xiao Jin: "Uh...... It's a lot of nonsense. However, if he likes to watch it, let him love it, and it's not a big problem. ”

"Sage......" The queen's eyes widened.

Xiao Jin hurriedly changed his words, "This problem must be changed, Dai Quan, you take someone and collect all the mirrors of the five princes." ”

Xiao Yan cried with a sad face: "Father, mother, ......" When he saw Dai Quan answering the call and walking out, he also hurriedly saluted and chased after him.

The queen looked at her son very melancholy, "This kid is like this, how can he marry a daughter-in-law in the future." Speaking of her daughter-in-law, her eyes lit up, and she grabbed her husband casually, "I saw Lord Lin's youngest daughter today, a good Peugeot girl, it is just right to give Xiao Wu." ”

Xiao Jin had this idea as early as knowing that Lin Ruhai had a daughter, and he was only three years old from his youngest son. Helplessly, he mentioned it to Lin Ruhai countless times, but his junior brother refused to agree.

"Well, Xiao Wu is the youngest son of the two of us, and he is much more spoiled than his four elder brothers, so it's not good." Xiao Jin twisted his beard, thinking of a bad idea, "I think Ruhai is very knowledgeable (don't you have a conscience?) I will teach the children to look at Arrow, who is much stronger than many officials in the DPRK and China. ”

The queen said: "Do you want Xiao Wu to go to Lord Bailin as a teacher?" ”

"It's not just the little five, it's from the second to the fifth." I heard that his younger brother likes to take his son to farm, and the prince has planted them all back then, so he should let the rest of them suffer a little. Well, he is busy with politics, so he won't join in the fun. Also, senior brothers and sisters or something, the natural marriage partner is wood. Emma, give yourself a thumbs up, he's so witty.

Lin Ruhai: Have you asked my opinion?

Xiao Jin: Don't worry about those details! (To be continued......)