Cui Shi and Jia Min were talking, Mu Lin's wife Yan, Yang Ze's wife Liu, and Qi Jiajue's wife Chu all arrived one after another, and the five young women sat together, smiling and whispering. At first, because he was not very familiar with Princess Ning's Cui family, he was still a little restrained. Jia Min is familiar with both sides and consciously shoulders the task of mobilizing the atmosphere of the scene.

She smiled and asked Liu, "Is your brother Yi better?" ”

At the mention of his son, the smile on Liu's face softened a lot, "It's much better, I can run and jump." ”

"What's wrong with Yige'er?" Chu asked. Now Mu Lin and Yang Ze have sons, she only gave birth to a daughter the year before last, and her body is not very comfortable these days. Recently, I didn't plan to move, but I wanted to keep it in the house. However, because it was the first time that the Seven Princesses had a banquet after the Seventh Prince got married, it was not good not to come, so she came over.

Liu said with a smile: "The child is greedy, and our wife loves him again, so he can't help but indulge his temperament, and he eats miscellaneous for a while, and his stomach is troublesome for a while." ”

"Yo, kids are like that." Yan interjected with a smile, she raised two sons, both of whom were very healthy, and they were the most experienced of the few.

With children taking the lead, the Yan family eased their emotions a lot and were no longer so nervous. The Seventh Princess smiled slightly: "The next time we get together, bring all the children of your families, and it will be more lively." Amin knows me best, and he has always liked children. ”

Jia Min quipped: "You made a mistake today, you didn't bring the child, and you got a meeting gift, so the princess saved it." ”

The seventh princess screwed her, "You are still a young lady from the big family, why are you like losing money." ”

Jia Min smiled: "I wish the gold and silver mountains would bury me." I just don't believe it, there are still people in this world who don't have a lot of money. ”

"Really, the more you talk about it, the more you put on your face." The Seventh Princess smiled and pushed her, "I'll have something good to give in a while, but everyone else has it." But you won't give any of it. ”

Jia Min tilted his head, "I just let our head of the house ask the prince for it." ”

"Ah, don't make a fuss, now that the prince has entered the Ministry of Rites, can someone embarrass you?" Now there are several princes who have been crowned kings, only the seventh prince was thrown into the Ministry of Rites by the emperor, and the rest are still idle, all of them are red-eyed and Xiao Jin's eyes are very red.

The Seventh Princess smiled: "But that's it, we don't care what happens between their brothers." I don't want to care. Between our concubines, we only deal with us. ”

Jia Min nodded: "It should be this reason." But be careful, don't fall for yourself. "Jia Min came today to give the Seventh Princess a wake-up call, and also to remind the rest of the people." What happened to our family last year, you all know the way, be more vigilant, don't let people take advantage of the loopholes. ”

Liu asked, "What have you heard?" ”

"The prince is now in a standout. We should be more careful when we get close to our sons, it always doesn't hurt. I'm afraid of not 10,000, just in case. "Jia Min is habitually vigilant. Fighting for the throne. It's always been life and death, and there is no lower limit. In particular, the one that was first reused was basically a common target. Besides, even if she heard something. It's impossible to say it in front of a few people.

Yan asked: "This year, it's time for your husband to end, right?" ”

"Hmm." Jia Min nodded, "You'll have to give me an idea." What do you have to prepare when you end up here? I've heard that someone has been sick for a long time. ”

Liu said: "My brother was sick for a long time, and he was young for half a year before he got better. ”

"Hey, those three days really grinded people to death." Yan said, "Before you end this year, you come to me, and I tell you." "When it comes to preparing things, the Yan family has the most right to speak, and the Mu family has passed the scientific examination the most, including Yan's own father and brother, who have also been in the examination room for a long time.

Cui Shi smiled: "Speaking of which, my brother ended up that year, and after he came out, he drank three bowls of white porridge alone. You must know that he never eats white porridge. ”

Liu frowned, "My brother, I haven't eaten much for several days. "Her brother is a little clean, and during the exam, he was locked up in a small room for three days, eating, drinking, and Lazar together, how could he stand it. After coming out, I only had anorexia for a while, and it was relatively good for psychological adjustment.

Jia Min said: "Speaking of which, there are a lot of people who are going to end this year. ”

Chu said: "Well, just I know the Tao, there are more than a dozen families, and there are people who want to enter. ”

"Hehe, the competition is so fierce." Jia Min smiled. It's really harder than when they got into college.

With the topic, they relaxed a lot with each other, chatting about children and husbands, and finally talking about clothes, jewelry, flowers, birds, insects and fish, and the more they talked, the happier they became. There were a few people seated, none of whom were shallow fat powder, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while. When it was time to start the meal, several people were already screaming and angry with their sisters and sisters, and they couldn't make love.

At that time, the friendship between women was sometimes so simple, the husband had a good relationship, there was not much interest between each other, and they were all from similar backgrounds, they could talk together, and then they could accommodate each other, and the relationship was good and easy to heat up.

After having a successful relationship, in the days that followed, they often came and went, and the relationship naturally became a lot closer. The hostesses are closer, and even the men feel more intimate with each other.

After Emperor Qixiang fell ill, his health was not very good, and he began to send several princes who had been crowned kings everywhere. At the beginning, King Ning Xiao Jin entered the Ministry of Rites, the second prince entered the Ministry of Works, the third prince entered the Criminal Department, the fourth prince entered the household department, and the fifth prince entered the Ministry of Officials.

Lin Ruhai felt sorry for Xiao, "Why didn't you enter the Hanlin Academy!" ”

Xiao Xiaoqi was very strange: "What are you doing in the Hanlin Academy?" ”

"Have a good relationship with the Hanlin scholars, and take care of your junior brother when you go to the township test." Lin Ruhai squinted at Xiao Xiaoqi, don't you understand this.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slap on his head, and Old Man Yuan's angry voice sounded above his head: "If you don't study hard, you will get these crooked ways!" ”

Lin Ruhai jumped up suddenly, "How can you call it a crooked way?" Isn't it okay to ask the examiner about his hobbies before the exam? ”

Old man Yuan choked, and patted Lin Ruhai a few more times with hatred. Speaking of which, each examiner has different preferences, some people love to be stable, some people love flowery words, and some people love to have something to say. Someone has a novelty. In short, it is normal to inquire about the preferences of the examiner in advance, and then focus slightly on the exam.

Xiao Jin smiled, "Well, if I don't enter the Hanlin Academy, I can help you find out." ”

Lin Ruhai unceremoniously arched his hand: "So, it's troublesome, senior brother." ”

Old man Yuan said unwillingly: "Why don't you ask me, I know more than Xiao Xiaoqi!" ”

Lin Ruhai said with great ambition: "No." Where can we rely on the teacher for everything, and we also have to be self-reliant? ”

The old man Yuan was so angry that he rolled his eyes and shouted: "The shaft doesn't know what to do." Then he threw up his sleeves and went back to sleep.

Mu Lin said: "Ruhai, how can you refuse Mr.'s kindness!" ”

Lin Ruhai also knows Old Man Yuan well, "He doesn't know how to say, and if he asks, he will ask in vain." ”

It's May, and there are still three months to go. Lin Ruhai and several people entered a state of emergency preparation, and Jia Min dealt with family affairs every day. The summary of the exam questions has also entered the most difficult stage.

"Na, look, this is the list of the main examiners and deputy examiners of the township examination in Shuntianfu in the last thirty years, and there are nine of them from the Hanlin Academy. There are fourteen deputy examiners, of which Zhang and Sun have each done four or three exams, and I think that this time in the Shuntianfu Township Examination, the two of them are most likely to serve as the examiners again. Of course. There is also the main examiner Qin Xian Qin last time, and he also has a 100% chance of 30%. These three people, unified preferences. It is a person who loves to write well, and Lord Qin prefers to be rich and ancient......" At this point, Jia Min glanced up at her husband, "In your case, it is more advantageous for this Lord Qin to be the main exam." ”

"But in terms of articles, it is Lord Zhang who is more beneficial to you." Jia Min held his cheeks in his hand, and his fingers drew between the two, and the most stubborn fell on Zhang Hanlin, "Your handwriting is good, I'm afraid the article is a little worse than Yang Ze and them, so it is most beneficial for you to take the main exam." After speaking, she got up and patted her husband, "From now on, I will pray for you, in this three-person room, Sun Hanlin is the main exam, it is not easy to do." The direction he admires is the opposite of yours. The other two, that one can do it, you can take advantage of it. ”

Lin Ruhai had a bitter face, "Do I have to end up this year?" ”

"Yes, if you don't go, the master will stuff you in." Jia Min looked at her husband sympathetically, "Recently, I have been exercising well, and I have to take three exams in a row, each for three days, which is not so easy to survive." ”

"Wife, I don't want to go." As long as Lin Ruhai thought that he was in a small room for nine days, as if he was in prison, eating, drinking, and Lazar together, he wanted to cry.

"No." Jia Min smiled, "Work hard, boy!" ”

In the days when he was preparing for the exam with all his might, Lin Ruhai felt that he even dreamed of all kinds of eight-strand texts, but there was also a very bad news that his wife circled out the three main exams, and one of them won one, which was the one who was the most unhelpful to him. After Lin Ruhai learned the news, he hugged his wife and complained for a while, and pointed at God and scolded him.

Jia Min also sighed, "Your luck...... Alas......"

No matter how resentful you are, you have to take this test. If the main exam is not so satisfactory, he will have to work harder. Lin Ruhai seems to have found the dark stage in the early stage of the college entrance examination again, in addition to endorsements every day, it is eight strands, eight strands, and eight strands.

Time passed day by day, the day of the exam, finally came, early in the morning, Lin Ruhai carried a bamboo basket, changed into a blue shirt, brought a scarf, and was personally sent into the field by his wife.

Jia Min lifted the gauze curtain slightly, and watched her husband's figure disappear at the gate of the Gongyuan from a distance, and felt uneasy for the first time in her heart. "Grandma, it's time for us to go back." Mo Ju said softly.

"Hmm." Jia Min glanced at it again, gave an order, turned the car and went home.

She just arrived home here, changed her clothes, and immediately a little maid came to report, "Grandma, the master asked the little one to come and tell the eldest grandmother, the main examiner of this year's township examination has been replaced." ”

Jia Min was stunned, "Replacement?" What's going on? ”

"It was said that Master Sun was sick and was carried out of the Gongyuan."

"Who's the new examiner?"

"It's Lord Zhang Ting."

Jia Min breathed a sigh of relief and changed to a better one, "Mo Ju rewarded him." She sat for a while, slowly smiled, and whispered, "What kind of luck is this......"

Lin Ruhai, who was sitting alone in the number room, was also relieved to hear that the main exam was temporarily replaced, and he also changed to someone who was more beneficial to him according to his wife.

After three games and nine days, when Lin Ruhai came out of the examination room, he really felt that he was a human again. Looking back at the gate of the Gongyuan, it was as if he had just been released from prison. His first thought was, I'm not coming here again.

Xuan Yi and a few people had been waiting outside the Tribute Courtyard for a long time, and when they saw Lin Ruhai coming out, they all surrounded them, "Uncle, why are you emaciated like this?" Several people carried Lin Ruhai into the car and quickly returned home.

Jia Min had been waiting at the door for a long time, the water in the house had already been prepared, Lin Ruhai's favorite food had been prepared early, and there was even an old lady waiting in the east wing.

Lin Hou in order to show calmness. I went to work as usual today, but I just did something wrong, and I almost used the brush as chopsticks several times. It's easy to stay up until the end of work, and in order to show that I don't care, I deliberately delayed for a while before I went out to turn over and get on the horse. As soon as he got on the horse, he subconsciously waved his whip, and as soon as his legs were clamped, the horse sprang out of the horse. At the cost of saving more than half of the time in the past, he rushed to the doorstep.

"Has Uncle come back?" Before the man dismounted, he asked the butler.

"Uh, haven't come back yet."

Lin Hou sat dumbfounded. I had the heart to go to the gate of the Gongyuan to pick up my son, but I was a little embarrassed, stopped for a while, and got off the horse with a wilt. Lethargically returned to the study, and then began to draw circles. One circle to the left, one circle to the right. Two circles on the left and three circles on the right.

"Master, master, uncle is back, uncle is back......" Wang An, the second housekeeper in the house, rushed in like a burning buttocks.

When Lin Hou heard this, his face was overjoyed, and then he froze, "Let him come over." ”

Lin Ruhai was already walking towards Lin Hou at this time, and when he entered the house, he asked for peace first, Lin Hou flashed his eyes, and immediately felt distressed. His son was thin, his clothes were crumpled, his hair was a little messy, and his face was haggard.

"Go back and take a shower, eat some more, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." Originally, I wanted to ask how he did in the exam, but when he saw his son's appearance, Lin Hou immediately decided not to ask, and waited for his son to get up for a good night's rest.

Lin Ruhai said: "I haven't seen my wife yet." ”

"Alright, you can go back quickly, ma'am, I'll go and talk about it." Lin Hou drove his son back.

It just so happened that Lin Ruhai didn't want to see Mrs. Lin very much, so he returned to Songfeng Courtyard from the good side. As soon as he saw his wife, his mouth flattened, "Wife, I finally came back alive." "Emma, exams are like prison! He didn't care about the large number of people in the house, so he hugged Jia Min and started crying.

Jia Min endured it for a long time, and found that he had a tendency to talk more and more often, and reached out to pinch Lin Ruhai, "Go take a bath first, and don't look at what smell you have." ”

Lin Ruhai said twice, picked up the curtain and entered the inner room, and untied his clothes after removing the screen.

After her husband went in, Jia Min raised her hand to sniff herself and slammed the cup, "This bastard!" "He also went into the house.

It was easy to finish freshening up the two of them, Jia Min hid, asked the old doctor to come over, showed Lin Ruhai a look, and left a prescription, saying that it would be enough to eat for three or five days.

During the meal, Lin Ruhai held the bowl, like a starving ghost reincarnated, and ate four bowls in a row, and asked people to serve it again, but Jia Min stopped him, but he didn't dare to give him any more.

Mrs. Lin also knew that Lin Ruhai went home today, packed up early, and sat in the house waiting. Until it was dark, Lin Hou sent someone to deliver a message, saying that Lin Ruhai was tired, so he would go back to the room to rest first, and then ask his wife for peace tomorrow.

Mrs. Lin was so angry that she grabbed the cup and wanted to drop it, but after thinking about it, she slowly put it back. After several months of hard work, Lin Hou's attitude towards her has changed, and she can't afford to fall short.

"Madam...... Qinglian asked cautiously, "Do you want to set the meal?" "It's all at this point, Lin Hou hasn't arrived yet, obviously he can't come.

Mrs. Lin smiled, "Let's set the meal, don't be too troublesome, just keep it simple." ”

After a night without words, when he got up the next day, Lin Ruhai felt that he was in pain everywhere in his body, so he couldn't get up in bed. Jia Min took the beauty fist and beat him for a long time before he was slightly relieved.

Lin Yun asked for leave from her mother-in-law early this morning, and was escorted back by her husband, Lin Ruhai had just eaten, and was crawling on the bed pulling Jia Min's sleeve to be coquettish, so she heard the little girl report, "Our girl and aunt are here." ”

Jia Min patted her husband, "My sister and sister-in-law are back, but you can't get up yet." ”

Lin Ruhai made a bitter face, "They can't wait two days and come back." ”

"People are also worried about you, hurry up."

Lin Hou didn't pretend to be calm today, he directly asked for leave and didn't go to work, watched his son come over, and hurriedly asked, "How is it?" "That kid Yang Ze, he had a fever when he went home last night, and Old Man Yang invited two imperial doctors to come over.

Lin Ruhai said: "My son has nothing to do, and he did well in the exam this time." Don't worry, sir. Then he turned around and bowed his hand to Xuancheng: "Sister Lao's son-in-law is worried." ”

Xuancheng looked at Lin Ruhai's face carefully, "Big brother is fine." ”

Lin Yun saw Mrs. Lin, and then saw Jia Min in Songfeng Courtyard, "How is my brother's health?" ”

"I've asked the doctor to take a look, and everything is fine." Jia Min twisted a grape and stuffed it into her mouth, the sweet and sour taste made her squint her eyes in satisfaction.

Lin Yun saw that Jia Min had been eating grapes, so he didn't resist the temptation, and also picked one and put it in his mouth, almost sour and vomited. She saw that Jia Min was satisfied. Suddenly an idea popped up: "Sister-in-law, this grape is sour like this, you love to eat it very much, isn't it ......"

Jia Min smiled: "I don't know what to do, but I've always loved to eat sour, and I can't do this." ”

"Sister-in-law, you should pay more attention these days."

"Hmm."

Because Jia Min was not sure here, she didn't tell Mrs. Lin. Lin Yun was not very relieved about Mrs. Lin now. Just the things that he did to her, and the words he said to her, if he knew that Jia Min was pregnant, he might have to do something. Lin Yun has an opinion about Jia Min. But she was also afraid that she would not be able to give birth to a child and cut off the heirs of the Lin family. Now that Jia Min may be pregnant, pinching her fingers, she must not be Sister Lin. Whether the child was male or female, it was also her nephew and niece, and she didn't want it to be folded into Mrs. Lin's hands.

Xuancheng saw that Lin Yun was in a good mood. With a sweet smile all the time, I couldn't help but ask in private, "Why are you in such a good mood?" ”

Lin Yun pondered for a while before quietly saying to her husband, "My sister-in-law seems to have a doll." ”

Xuancheng was also happy, "So, it's really good news." ”

"Don't tell anyone to go, sister-in-law isn't sure yet." Lin Yun hurriedly instructed him.

Xuancheng nodded, "Hmm." ”

After Lin Yun left, Jia Min sat thoughtfully. If she hadn't said it, she really hadn't found out. Counting the days, it will take seven or eight days until the day when the monthly letter comes.

She called Mama Yu, Mo Ju, and Cuizhu and asked quietly, "I've been eating recently, has my taste changed?" ”

Mama Yu is the most sensitive in this regard, she thought about it carefully and shook her head: "I don't think grandma's taste has changed during this time?" She stared at Jia Min's stomach in surprise, "Isn't grandma there?" No, you can still get your days up this month? ”

Cuizhu was even more cautious, "Grandma slept more than usual at noon during this time. ”

Mo Ju said: "I don't need it for breakfast." ”

Well, there is not much time, and even the people around him have to think carefully before saying one or two points, and they are still uncertain, Jia Min also feels that he is a little anxious. She instructed a few people: "I'm not sure yet, don't talk about it." ”

When Lin Ruhai came back in the evening, Jia Min whispered to him in private: "Looking at other people's children, one by one they are running all over the ground, and I am also anxious." Then he learned his suspicions in the afternoon, and said: "We don't have contraception, so go with the flow, there is still no news, your classmates and peers should ask." ”

There were really people who asked, but they were all blocked by Lin Ruhai on the grounds that he was now concentrating on studying. He naturally knows about Lu Dao, and some people talk about it in private, saying that their Lin family doesn't know that Lu Dao has offended that kind of immortal, and the heirs are not prosperous from generation to generation. He said this to his wife, so he could only pretend to be stupid and shake his head, "No one has asked, everyone is too late to prepare for the exam, and they still have the leisure to ask other questions." ”

After Lin Yun returned home, she thought about it again and again, and felt that it was not safe to occupy her mother's body, and she seemed to have a particularly big reaction to Jia Min, what if she did something to hurt her brother's child? The more he thought about it, the more he felt unsafe, Lin Yun wrote another letter to his father, and this time he gave it to one more person, Lin Ruhai. forced Lin Ruhai to have no choice, so he took Lin Yun's letter and went to Lin Hou.

In the study for a while, he saw Lin Hou's eyebrows furrowed, sitting cross-legged on the kang, and there were a few pieces of paper on the kang table of rosewood.

"Sir."

Lin Hou seemed to be taken aback, packed up the letter on the kang table, stuffed it into a wooden box randomly, and pointed to the opposite of himself, "Sit." ”

Lin Ruhai sat down sullenly, and after a long time, he said, "You all go down, I have something to say to the master." ”

The mermaids waiting in the house came out, and Lin Ruhai took out the letter and put it in front of Lin Hou dignifiedly, "This is from my sister." (To be continued......)