Chapter 125: Family Banquet
Playing with the rouge box sent by Chi Xun, Lin Qiantan smiled and thought that Lin Shuchen's spring might have arrived.
Lin Shuchen was the same as her in the Dongshan Marquis Mansion, and was once tied for the least valued master.
However, now Lin Qiantan can be regarded as "getting rid of poverty and becoming rich", and she has become the only one who has been trampled on.
However, unlike Lin Qiantan, who once followed the crowd and was slaughtered by others, Lin Shuchen knew how to fight for himself.
She is not like Lin Qiantan, and there are a few people who are shed by her biological mother. There is no uncle to rely on. She's all on her own.
Lin Qiantan has always felt that this sister is too snobbish in everything, and even does not hesitate to sell her dignity.
Let's just say that in that Lin Bixiang's poisoning design, she chose to stand by without hesitation. It was also because of that time that Lin Qiantan had no good impression of this sister-in-law who didn't like it much.
But in the end, she is just a person who is trying to survive.
Three rooms and three sisters, Lin Qiantan and Lin Bixiang are the same year, and Lin Shuchen is only one year younger than them, sixteen.
Originally, Yin Wei didn't pay much attention to her marriage, and Lin Bixiang jumped up and down, which brought the reputation of the Hou Mansion to the back. The girls in the house are all lost.
Lin Qiantan closed the rouge box.
Everyone else is managed by elders, and the marriage is barely affected by fatal influences. Lin Shuchen can only rely on himself.
It's not easy to have no father or mother......
The hand that grabbed the rouge box tightened.
Lin Qiantan is indeed entrusted by others, and the things that are loyal to people and the things that have been promised will of course be done for others.
Lin Zirong is the most promising one among the descendants of the Hou Mansion, she intends to help Lin Dong ascend to the throne to fight for Lin Yangde's position after his death, so for this future Hou Mansion prince, she will sell it well and not lose money.
Left and right are just a matter of words.
On the side, a little girl who specializes in running errands came up, took the rouge box, and flew to Lin Shuchen to send it over. At the same time, there was also a little silver tael that Lin Qiantan brought in the past.
Lin Shuchen received this rouge box and was flattered. When I asked about the calendar, I was even more panicked. The little girl came back to her life, and she came with her.
She was both happy and scared in her heart.
At this time, although the etiquette was not very strict, it was privately taught and received by foreign men, and it was not easy to hear it when it was passed out. But Lin Shuchen didn't want to miss the surprise.
Of course, Lin Qiantan could clearly see the joy on Lin Shuchen's face: "What are you thanking me for?" It's not me who wants to marry you. ”
Lin Shuchen's face turned red when he was said.
Lin Qiantan actually understood in her heart where her happiness came from.
In all fairness, she and Lin Shuchen are both persona non grata in the third room of the Lin family, and she should take some care of this younger sister. Lin Shuchen's biological mother is still Chu Ling's eldest girl. Back then, Chu Ling and the late aunt and servant were said to have a good relationship.
Lin Shuchen's birth was also a means for Chu Ling to succumb to reality and compete for his favor in desperation.
It's a pity that even if the aunt asked her daughter to be loyal to her sister when she was dying, the two still didn't seem to have much sisterhood.
Lin Qiantan just meant to keep Lin Shuchen and sit there for a while, and then served tea to the guests.
Lin Shuchen was also sure that Lin Qiantan would not leak this good thing about the Zhongyi County Palace, so he was relieved to leave.
Jin He was very dissatisfied with this Ninth Lady, and as soon as Lin Shuchen walked out on her front foot, she said: "This is really a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain!" The villain who was afraid that Lin Qiantan would be unreliable, and also hinted that Lin Qiantan would restrain his subordinates from talking too much.
Lin Qiantan put down Biluochun, who had drunk half of it, the corners of her lips hooked slightly, and said: "It's not easy for her, and she works hard so that she won't be forgotten in this family."
Saying this, Jinhe shut up.
also thought of Lin Qiantan's past, and sighed.
Zhongyi County Wangfu is indeed a good family affair lin qiantan slowly drank the remaining half of the tea and thought so.
Chi Xun, the fifth son of the grandson, is the grandson of today's old Zhongyi County King, and is loved by the family.
With Lin Shuchen's concubine background, although Chi Xun intends to marry the media, in Lin Qiantan's opinion, even if this matter is done, Lin Shuchen will be a concubine for the Chi family at most.
The Chi family is different from the Lin family, and the word "loyalty" is not for nothing. According to Lin Zirong, these things are still Chi Xun's wishful thinking, and the elders of the Chi family are still unaware.
The history of the Chi family is not a secret.
The Yan family started, and the Chi family was the first to follow. After the Yan family became successful, the Chi family also ascended to heaven and became the king with a different surname.
Otherwise, how could even such a major matter as the prince's choice of concubines be handed over to the Chi family.
Sometimes when I think about it, it is said that Lin Zirong has a strange temperament, is lonely and cold, but he is smart enough to know that making friends with a big guy will help him in his future.
Boarding the boat of the Chi family, it doesn't look good now, but if you look back, it should have been profitable. After all, Chi Xun is a descendant, and when he stays up for another two years, his brother in front of him is gone, and Chi Xun is the rightful heir to the palace.
Yes, "originally".
The Great Shang Dynasty was a hastily assembled ship that could not withstand the wind and waves. The Chi family is the pendant used to decorate the big ship.
In the previous life, Lin Qiantan didn't see who would ascend the throne and open up a new dynasty later, but no matter who it was, it was very likely that the Zhongyi County Mansion would not be reused.
After all...... If she were to be the emperor, she would not like the slave who betrayed her to seek glory.
Speaking of these, one or two old mothers-in-law in the courtyard couldn't help but interject and said a few words, saying how the Chi family grew up back then.
Lin Qiantan thought to herself, yes, at the critical moment of the dynasty's life and death, the Chi family stabbed the Xiao royal family and took the royal master to join the thieves.
The troupe often sings about this.
Several girls love to listen to dramas and watch dramas, and when they heard their mother-in-law, they also thought of the play "Righteous Thin Clouds". said one after another, isn't that a good word for the king of Zhongyi?
Lin Qiantan thought of the old man of the King of Zhongyi County, smiled, and did not leave the writing in his hand that was about to turn the page, and said: "Now that he is still the head of the Great Shang Dynasty, saying that the King of Zhongyi County is a traitor, isn't it saying that the emperor is not orthodox?" Even if it is a play, you must know how to judge the situation.
Who is so stupid.
It's just a matter of becoming a king and losing a villain, as it has been since ancient times.
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Lin Qiantan and the girls are talking about the Chi family without a match, and the Lin family is also being mentioned there.
Chi Xun handed Lin Shuchen a rouge box, and under the rouge box was a poem to confess his heart. He didn't know that Lin Zirong hadn't given things out for a day or two, so he was naturally anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
The elders of the Chi family, who had always paid close attention to his movements, soon noticed that their grandson was wrong, and privately called the people in his house to ask about it, and they immediately knew.
It's okay.
Chi Xun's marriage naturally has the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker. The elders of the Chi family are also afraid that their children and grandchildren will do something indecent, and they are very concerned about these things.
Chi Xun was called to talk about it inexplicably, not to mention how depressed he was. The elders did not agree with him marrying Lin Shuchen!
The result was naturally unhappy. He had just walked out from the elders, and he wanted to go out for a stroll and relax.
It was also his bad luck that he ran into a group of blind city guards who didn't know him, the fifth son of the Zhongyi County Wangfu family. He just saw that those soldiers took the opportunity to rub the little woman's oil and water, and went up to dissuade him a few words, and he was sent to prison on the grounds of collusion with the forces of the Xia Dynasty. But he didn't have anything on him that could prove his identity.
When he went to the prison, Chi Xun couldn't laugh anymore.
He's just an innocent passerby who was caught by a damn ** by mistake. However, many of the people who were locked up in the same cell as him were genuinely arrested and imprisoned because they "criticized" the imperial court.
The remnants of the Xia Dynasty do not forget the previous court in their hearts, how can they have a good evaluation of the loyal and righteous county king who betrayed the emperor of the Xia Dynasty and caused the Xia Dynasty to lose the country?
Chi Xun didn't like to hear it, but he wasn't stupid enough to stab his identity in this prison. He didn't worry that he would become a prisoner on the street by mistake, and when he went out, he took a small servant with him. When the little guy went to buy pastries and came back to see people who couldn't see him, he would naturally ask people nearby.
However, Chi Xun still suffered some hardships, and was released from prison in the evening. The officials who arrested him were already frightened and came over to apologize repeatedly. He didn't bother.
He said in his heart, he can't blame all these villains. These officials in the capital who were used in the Xia Dynasty period, many of them retained the arrogance and domineering style of the late Xia Emperor, pretending to be public and private, and glamorous and bullying, but looking at his "coarse" cloth, I thought there was no great family background.
Chi Xun straightened the wrinkles on his body, not caring about the insults he was being given by the group of people who had just been imprisoned in the cell behind him. When he went up to the ground, his own servants came over and waited for him to get into the car, and said, "Several masters in the house are worried about the young master."
Chi Xun nodded, then got into the carriage and walked back.
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Zhongyi County Wangfu, the title is "loyal" and "righteous", but in fact, as a grandson, Chi Xun has to admit that his grandfather has little to do with these two words that want to be covered.
It's just a betrayal of the old master, and after he became a courtier of the Shang Dynasty, the emperor helped him forcibly whitewash.
The king of Zhongyi is disloyal and unjust, but he is just a little person who is interested in profit.
In the Dongshan Marquis Mansion, the two errand girls came in from outside while holding each other, talking about the fifth prince of the Zhongyi County Mansion who was caught in prison as a thief.
"It's not good to catch someone, catch this one!"
"Isn't it? That family is the one who has the amulet given by His Majesty! ”
Lin Qiantan was writing to Wang Yuanzhao who was far north at that time, informing him of the current situation, and when she heard them chatting, she asked more. Wang Yuanzhao mentioned in a recent letter that the current situation of the Rong State.
Lin Qiantan's impression of Chi Xun is not bad. She paused, thinking that this man was not a good person, but at least not bad. Compared with studying and progressing, he is the darling of a duke and marquis, and he does not need to study hard to get a position like the children of the Shu clan like now.
This is probably one of the reasons why Lin Zirong looks up to him.
This is nothing, and it is not surprising that people have been arrested everywhere on the streets in the past two days, and occasionally a few powerful children have been arrested by mistake. But the funny thing is that the title of the Zhongyi County Mansion makes people feel a little embarrassed.
The pun on "collusion with anti-thieves" in the discussion in the market is actually not wrong.
As he was talking, Lin Shuchen walked over from outside the courtyard and asked straight to the point about Chi Xun. Lin Qiantan was writing a letter to Ergouzi, but she was not afraid that Lin Shuchen would peek at her, and a few words would fool her back.
Of course, he didn't ignore the appearance of Lin Shuchen sitting there peeping over from time to time.
Jin He sneered: "The slave maid still can't get used to the appearance of Miss Nine, and she doesn't even think she is the fifth young lady of the Zhongyi County Palace."
Lin Qiantan smiled and said, "You should worry about lifelong events, don't laugh at her." When someone asks for it one day, maybe you'll be more anxious than her. "Jin He actually has some snarky problems.
Jinhe is not at all like the thin skin of the plum. She was old-cheeked, laughed at by kindness, and giggled: "I told my master a long time ago, I don't marry, wouldn't it be beautiful to accompany my master for a lifetime?"
Of course, Lin Qiantan knew that what Jinhe said was true, but it was impossible for her not to take it seriously and not plan for Jinhe.
If she meets the right one in the future, she still hopes that Jinhe can become an ordinary family, have children, and stop dying like she did in her previous life.
"Look at what you say, it's like you have become a relative, and you can't stay with me and help me. You look at Mei and get married again, isn't it still there. Lin Qiantan laughed.
Ji Mei originally wanted to say that she had a chance to get the field back on Jin He. As a result, before she had time to tease a few words, Lin Qiantan pulled the topic to her, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed: "When you talk about Jinhe, you will talk about Jinhe, and what does the master do and come to talk about the slave and maid."
When Mei was soft and a silly girl, Lin Qiantan arranged for her to follow the capable Zheng Hao.
There is also Bishu, a sister-in-law who is like a sister to her and has always been known as "Little Mei", and Mei will not be sad in the future.
Lin Qiantan originally planned to do so.
Who knows, Zhimei actually didn't have that chance to enjoy that kind of life.
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When Mei still went out to take a look at the Song family from time to time, Zheng Hao also escorted her every time.
At first, Lin Qiantan, just in case, borrowed Zhou Yi's hand and arranged for a few thugs with good martial arts skills to follow behind Mei Zhimei. In the previous paragraph, it was also after Mei's repeated strong requests that Lin Qiantan gradually reduced the number of people.
Most of the wounds on Zheng Hao's body were healed, and Lin Qiantan thought about observing again, looking at whether the people who had chased after Mei before to "rob" would come out.
Zhou Yi also checked, these people, chasing a little girl, there is no reason at all. Either they're looking for the wrong person, or there's something else they don't know about.
So Lin Qiantan was not at ease.
When Mei herself is concerned, she automatically thinks that the previous possibility is higher than what Zhou Yi said, she is a little girl who has nothing, and she is not beautiful, who will be okay to target herself? !
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In broad daylight, it was bright and clear, and there was no abnormal situation for a long time.
Lin Qiantan still asked someone to follow Mei out as usual. When Mei can't resist her, she can only be forced to accept it. I just told the few people who followed her in private that if she was in the Song family's house, she would tell them to go around the neighborhood and not have to keep an eye on her all the time.
Later, Lin Qiantan saw that she was indeed fine, but she slowly relaxed.
The days flew by, Emperor Tianlong went back and forth, and after coming back, it was another action, and when the wind outside quieted down, the time passed for two months.
During this period, Lin Qiantan was very busy. In addition to her own affairs, she also went to several banquets.
The marriage of Wang Yuanxuan, the third son of the Yanguo Mansion, was also decided, and Lin Qiantan went to their mansion to have a meal.
Good things come in pairs.
Lin Qiantan set the marriage of Mei and Zheng Hao in September. The deed of sale of their husband and wife is in the hands of Lin Qiantan, and they have no father or mother, whatever Lin Qiantan says, it is what it is.
At this time, it was still August, and although there was still a month to prepare, Zhimei also had to prepare for the things that should be prepared.
On the seventh day of the eighth month, only a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion night, when Mei was officially put on marriage leave by Lin Qiantan, she was asked to hurry up and embroider her wedding dress with her own hands.
No matter how many times Mei is molested, she can't learn Jinhe's shameless ability, others say that once she is teased, her face will be red again.
Lin Qiantan thought to herself, Zhimei was the first big girl in her house to marry, so she had to take it seriously. Therefore, he also specially thought about giving Mei a heavy dowry.
When Mei originally refused, Lin Qiantan had to insist, she had no choice but to accept it. But I was thinking about whether I could change the way and use this money to cook some food from time to time in the coming day and give back to my master.
Lin Qiantan likes to treat Mei's craftsmanship, and Mei herself is happy.
Zheng Hao also deliberately became jealous from time to time and said that he was in the mind of Mei Mei, and he was afraid that he would not have the slightest importance of his master.
Wait Mei also replied without hesitation: "It's good if you know."
The two got along more and more intimately and casually, and Lin Qiantan was very happy when she saw it. Although Mei is still ashamed, she is also adapting to such changes.
As everyone knows, she and Zheng Hao have no fate.
In two months, the changes in the court are not small.
First of all, Emperor Tianlong appointed and promoted a large number of Hanmen disciples in the court as a means of confrontation to capture the family group. Among them, there are even a few people who can go straight up to heaven and become the emperor's newly favored ministers.
On the side of the Saga Group, their power has been further shrunk by relative suppression in the past two months.
There are two more families that can be called families, and their positions are delicate.
The Chu family has always watched from the sidelines, and if they don't get along with other families, others are not surprised.
The Yin family is different.
In the past, it did not represent the family, but in this trend, it merged with the family group, and to a certain extent, became the agent of the interests of the family group. The Wei family, the Qin family, and the Qi family are even more faintly in a situation where the Yin family has turned enemies into friends.
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet is basically prepared to be held under this background.
For the tenacious approach, Lin Qiantan is not surprised. The Yin family was originally also a positioning between the Shi clan and the Shu clan. Yin tenacity has always been anti-hearted, if you want to succeed, you can't help but consider taking the fastest shortcut.
Then it is undoubtedly a convenient way to choose and cooperate with a family that has a confrontation with the emperor. There are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests.
And Concubine Lian, who had already entered the palace, did not surprise Lin Qiantan...... Collusion with the pubic tenacity.
Lin Qiantan didn't have the eyes to see what Yin Ren and Concubine Lian said and did when no one was in private.
But there are some things, Lin Qiantan really took advantage of the two lives of reincarnation.
After all, in the previous life, Yin Ren did a lot of things through Concubine Lian's hand.
In contrast, her half-brother chose someone else and gave up on herself, which really made Yin Qiang extremely angry. Two months was enough time for her belly to be flat to a slight bulge. Yin Qiang secretly hated that she was pregnant and hard, and it was difficult to support herself. She didn't know where she had offended Yin Ren, and she actually asked the other party to give up on herself at a critical time.
Also because she was pregnant, Emperor Tianlong issued an order that she no longer had to attend the palace banquet as in previous years. Just let her hold the harem authority in her hands for many years, and the emperor also intended to transfer it all to Concubine Xiao.
Yin Wei still misses a little sisterhood, and occasionally visits the palace.
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Yin Qiang then knew that before the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, the Lin family would hold a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet by themselves.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion. However, everyone in the Lin family may be there, but only Lin Ziye, the only son of the third room, is not at home.
Lin Ziye went to the northern garrison, followed the garrison and stayed there, but if he really didn't come back, he wouldn't come back.
Although there are also family letters sent back from time to time, as a mother, Yin Wei still misses him.
And the more Yin Wei misses it, the more she will turn this longing into resentment and vent it on Lin Qiantan's body.
After all, even Yin Wei herself believed that it must have been Lin Qiantan who instigated Lin Ziye and went to the north.
Lin Qiantan knew that the day before the family banquet, Yin Wei had just entered the palace and met Yin Qiang. The two sisters didn't have anything good to do when they ran together, and they didn't know what bad ideas they discussed.
Lin Ziye is not at home, and the marriage with the Qi family does not mean that it will fall through.
That is, dragged down by Lin Bixiang's previous actions, the Qi family has always been reluctant, but by that time in July, the Qi family finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yin Wei also promised to marry Lin Bixiang as soon as possible, so as not to embarrass her in front of her future brother and daughter-in-law.
In this matter, Lin Qiantan did not interfere in the open. The mother and daughter of the Qi family are reluctant to marry the Lin family, but this does not mean that the rest of the Qi family, even the people of the Qi family, will not be tempted.
At this time, it was clear that the Lin family was holding their own family banquet, but there were two or three more people at the banquet table who did not belong to the Lin family.
A lady of the Qi family appeared on the table as a friend, and she sat in the middle of a group of Lin family members, looking very abrupt......