Chapter 157: The Storm Rises Again (3)
Yu Yu was stunned when she heard this, and Han Qing's appearance immediately appeared in her mind, and she got up and looked at Lin Jia.
Lin Jia stretched out an index finger to block her lips and gently "shhh
Yu Yu understood, and immediately went to the back of the screen.
A moment later, Ah Qing led a young man of medium stature and a dignified face into the procession.
As soon as the young man saw Lin Jia, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "Lord Lin, thank you for saving your life!"
Lin Jia hurriedly returned the salute: "Third Brother Han, your own family, you don't need to be polite!"
Yu Yu never heard Lin Jia be so polite to others, and called him "Third Brother", and the other party also thanked Lin Jia for saving his life, so he guessed in his heart that this "Third Brother Han" should be the third son of the crown prince and Fu Han Li, and Han Zhaoyang, the same acquaintance of Yunzhou.
Lin Jia and Han Zhaoyang chatted a few words outside, and then went straight to the topic: "Third brother, the Zhu family is extremely powerful in the northwest, if the third brother arrives in Ganzhou, don't fight with the Zhu family, it's better to give in for the time being, and wait for the opportunity!"
Han Zhaoyang is Han Li's son, so he naturally learned from his father that Lin Jia would definitely attack the northwest, so he said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Jia, Brother Fool will definitely be extremely submissive, wait for Brother Jia to come to the rescue!"
Hearing Han Zhaoyang's interesting words, Lin Jia couldn't help but sigh, and said loudly: "Third brother, don't worry, Brother Yue will definitely rush to Ganzhou, and the hero will save the beauty!"
Han Zhaoyang laughed when he heard this, and then Zhengse asked, "Brother Jia, how can I contact your people?"
Lin Jia groaned slightly, and then talked to Han Zhaoyang in detail.
After Han Zhaoyang said goodbye, Yu Yu walked out from behind the screen: "Ajia, Third Brother Han is going to the northwest to be an official?" Is Ganzhou Zhizhou? ”
Lin Jia nodded and said, "Now that the situation in the northwest is treacherous, it is extremely dangerous for Third Brother Han to go...... Mr. Han is an upright person and dedicated to the country, and the same is true of the three senior brothers......"
Seeing Lin Jia's solemn face, Yu Yu raised his eyes to look at Lin Jia: "Why don't you let Yibaolou send a few masters to protect Third Brother Han?"
Lin Jia nodded: "I will see the people of Yibaolou tomorrow, let them arrange it, and we can't let those who are loyal to the country be harmed by traitors!"
In the blink of an eye, in December, the exact news of Han Qing's escape to the northwest came over.
When Lin Jia came to the Yutang Palace, Emperor Yongtai was talking to Gonggong Ding.
When he saw Lin Jia coming in, he said covetously: "Ajia, you don't need to salute, come and accompany me!"
Lin Jia obediently replied "yes" and sat down on the brocade bench next to the imperial couch.
Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia with a depressed expression: "It turns out that Han Qing is the lover of the Zhu family, no wonder he fled as soon as something happened."
Lin Jia was silent.
Emperor Yongtai stared at Lin Jia, and when he saw that he looked very good, he finally felt a little happier in his heart, so he said: "Ah Jia is now much better than before, I am very relieved!"
Lin Jia said honestly: "Uncle Huang, the Yu clan has taken good care of me!"
Hearing Lin Jia mention the Yu family, Emperor Yongtai's eyes lit up: "Ah Jia, how many months has the Yu family been pregnant?" I remember it's been two months? ”
Lin Jia's eyes were overflowing with joy: "Uncle Huang, the Yu family is two months pregnant!"
Emperor Yongtai was also very happy, thinking: "I have to think about it, how to reward the Yu Clan......"
Seeing that Emperor Yongtai had recovered from the decadence just now, Gonggong Ding was also very happy in his heart, and said in his heart: Ajia still has a way, and a few words will make His Majesty turn from worry to joy!
Lin Jia looked at Emperor Yongtai's increasingly thin face, and felt a little sad inexplicably, so he smiled and said: "Uncle Huang, the Yu family has a pregnancy, and you have to continue to hide it, the people of the Li family ......."
As soon as Emperor Yongtai heard this, he knew that Lin Jia was talking about Concubine Li and Princess Li, so he said: "Li Qingze is quite loyal, who knew that his aunt and sister were like this!"
Lin Jia smiled slightly and did not answer.
Li Qingze and he are political enemies, and they will never die, what can he say?
Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia: "Ajia, since Han Qing has fled, you will be the head of the Internal Affairs Office!"
Lin Jia replied "yes", took the teacup from Gonggong Ding and took a sip, and then said, "Uncle Huang, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job!"
He put down the teacup and lowered his eyes: "Uncle Huang, in the northwest, I'm afraid we have to prepare for war......"
Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia and said worriedly: "Ajia, I have to work hard for you again!"
Lin Jia raised his eyes to look at Emperor Yongtai and said softly, "Uncle Huang, don't worry!"
No one knows except Yu Yu, he loves to fight very, very much!
Coming out of the palace, Lin Jia took Hu Yingzhi to the Internal Affairs Office.
He is very busy, so he plans to hand over the specific affairs of the Internal Affairs Office to Hu Yingzhi to be in charge, and he is only in charge.
In the dark incense courtyard in the back garden of the Lin Mansion, Concubine Li and Princess Li were sitting in the bright room of the main room, and the two sisters Lin Lixiang and Lin Guixi were sitting in the room to accompany them.
Concubine Li looked at Princess Li: "How is Lixiang's marriage?"
Princess Li sighed and said, "My cousin came over and said that Yu Yizhou's wife had originally agreed, but when she went back to discuss with Yu Yizhou, she immediately changed her words, saying that her son should concentrate on studying now and can't get married too early!"
When Lin Lixiang heard this, her pretty face suddenly turned red, tears swirled in her big eyes, and her delicate cherry mouth trembled slightly.
When she went to the prime minister's mansion to participate in the plum blossom party held by Yu Mingyue's daughter-in-law Yu Mingyue, she happened to meet Yu Mingyue's brother Yu Xingxing, and she fell in love with the star at first sight, but she didn't expect her mother to ask her cousin to propose marriage, but she was rejected by the Yu family!
When Lin Guixi saw it, he hurriedly handed the handkerchief to Lin Lixiang, and said softly: "Sister-"
Princess Li felt sorry for her daughter, and hurriedly ordered: "Gui Xi, you accompany your sister back to the room!"
Lin Guixi replied "yes", and was about to help Lin Lixiang, but Lin Lixiang straightened her back and said stubbornly: "Grandmother, mother, I want to know the real reason why the Yu family rejected me!"
Concubine Li raised her finger and pointed in the direction of Tingsongyuan: "It's not because of that cheap billet in Tingsongyuan, the Li family wants to marry their daughter Yu Mingyue to him, so they can't let Yu Xingxing marry Lixiang, lest they be said to be a family exchange!"
Princess Li was stunned when she heard this: "Auntie, Yu Yizhou is the prime minister, how can he fall in love with Lin Jia?"
Concubine Li didn't expect Princess Li to say such stupid things, and her eyes immediately lit up: "He is His Majesty's favorite!"
She sneered: "He's the future emperor!"
Hearing this, Princess Li, Lin Lixiang and Lin Guixi all turned solemn.
Lin Lixiang said disdainfully: "What is he? A little mouse that didn't easily escape his life! ”
She looked at Princess Li: "Mother, you are really, you haven't killed a helpless orphan for so many years!"
In her eyes, her father Lin Tao is just the father of their brothers and sisters, and has nothing to do with Lin Jia.
Princess Li had words of suffering, and sighed: "Someone has been protecting him, so that he has not succeeded every time."
Concubine Li said slowly: "Let's take our time in this matter, if Lin Jia dies and our Ah Yi becomes the heir to the throne, Yu Yizhou won't cry and shout to beg us to marry Lixiang to his son?"
Hearing this, Lin Lixiang was overjoyed, and looked at Concubine Li with bright eyes: "Please grandmother make the decision for her granddaughter!"
Concubine Li smiled kindly, called the eldest maid Qiulan in, and ordered: "Pack this plate of fragrant pears and send it to Aunt Yu in Tingsong Courtyard, and say that I will reward her!"
Yu Yu pretended to be sick, she hadn't come to ask for peace for a while, and she had to send someone to find out the truth of Yu Yu.
Qiulan was born with white skin and beautiful appearance, with a stable personality, and was Concubine Li's favorite maid.
She replied "yes" and went to clean up the plate of fragrant pears.
Princess Li looked at Concubine Li: "Auntie, will that Yuyu be ...... Pregnant? ”
Concubine Li sneered and said, "Qiulan, take a good look at Yu Yu's belly!"
Qiulan replied "yes".
After Qiulan went out, Concubine Li pondered for a moment and asked Princess Li, "Didn't you let Yu Yu's family find her?" Did you find it? ”
Princess Li had a smug smile on her face: "Aunt don't worry, I sent Li Fu to find it, and I have already obtained Li Fu's letter, saying that Yu Yu's family is in Wanzhou, her family name is Bai, her father and mother are farming, and her brother is now admitted to the examination and is waiting for an official in the capital." Li Fuzheng took Yu Yu's father and mother to the capital! ”
When Concubine Li heard this, she laughed: "Yu Yu didn't let Lin Jia help her brother?"
Princess Li said with a smile: "Auntie, Yu Yu hates her family for selling her, so she doesn't pay attention to her family at all, and even changes her surname!" Her brother didn't know that Yu Yu was in the capital, and he was the aunt of the deputy privy envoy of Zheng Erpin! ”
A gleam flashed in Concubine Li's eyes: "Things are getting more and more interesting...... Small families tend to favor sons over daughters, and if they can sell their daughters once, they can sell their daughters a second time, and a third time, as long as the price given is enough to impress people......"
Today, the wind is cold, the dripping water turns into ice, and the dark sky is splashed with dense and fine snowflakes, but the wax plum in the courtyard of Tingsongyuan is blooming, and the fragrance permeates the entire courtyard.
Yu Yu wore a red engraved gold peony pattern brocade mink skin jacket, and took the cold forest to the courtyard to enjoy the plums.
The wax plum is blooming in the snow, the plum blossoms are crystal clear and small and exquisite, as if carved with beeswax, the fragrance is faint, and the beauty is like a painting.
Hanlin folded a wax plum and handed it to Yu Yu.
Yu Yu was taking a closer look at this wax plum, but saw Ah Xuan come in with a very beautiful and familiar girl.
Ah Xuan raised his eyes and saw Yu Yu, and hurriedly bowed: "I've seen my aunt!"
Qiulan also bowed with her knees.
Yu Yu remembered that she was the eldest maid Qiu Lan in Concubine Li's room, and said with a smile: "Qiu Lan, get up!"
Qiulan smiled softly and said: "Aunt Qiyu, the weather is cold, there is a dragon in the house, the old lady is worried about the heat of the aunt, so she specially ordered the slave maid to send some fragrant pears over!"
As she spoke, a pair of watery apricot eyes kept hovering around Yu Yu's abdomen, but unfortunately Yu Yu was wearing a wide mink skin jacket, so she couldn't see any clues at all.
Yu Yu said with a smile: "Thank you, old lady!" It's just that I'm sick now, and I can't go to thank the old lady for the reward in person! ”
She instructed Hanlin: "Don't you take it yet?"
Han Lin took the heavy box of fragrant pears.
Qiulan saw that Yu Yu had no intention of inviting her in, so she smiled and said, "Auntie, the slave maid and Dongmei have been sisters for many years, I wonder if you can go and see Dongmei?"
Yu Yu smiled slightly: "Go, I'm uncomfortable in my lungs, take a walk again!"
Qiulan stared at Yu Yu's abdomen and glanced at it again, still unsure in her heart, but she had to bow her knees and go to find Dongmei.
Yu Yu watched Qiulan enter the west wing, and walked for a while, and then took Han Lin's hand back to the room.
Dongmei and Aimei were sitting on the couch in front of the window doing needlework, and when they saw Qiulan coming in, they both got up with a smile to greet them: "Your guest is here!"
Qiulan and Dongmei Aimei exchanged a few words of greeting, and whispered: "The concubine sent me to ask you!"
Dongmei smiled and groaned: "What are you asking?"
"It's not the one who lives in the main house!" Qiulan pointed outside, "Is she pregnant?" ”
Dongmei and Aimei both thought about it.
After a while, Dongmei said: "When I was setting the meal, I saw her retching!"
Aimei thought for a while, and said, "I've seen her retch, too, but it's gone in the past few days!"
Qiulan was overjoyed, and said hurriedly: "Then does she still serve the second son?"
Dongmei looked disdainful: "Why don't you serve?" She and the second son are like glue, and they can't wait to grow on the second son, so they naturally sleep together day and day, from night to light, from light to night! ”
When Qiu Lan heard this, she frowned and said, "Isn't she pregnant?" How can you dare to serve the second son when you are pregnant? Not afraid of abortion? ”
Aimei pondered for a moment and said, "I saw her eating pickled plums, which she never ate before, because she was too sour......"
Dongmei also thought about it: "When she comes out now, she is all delicate and charming, and she is still holding the cold forest when she goes in and out!"
Qiu Lan had almost concluded in her heart that Yu Yu was pregnant, so she chatted with Dongmei Aimei for a while, and then got up and left.
Listening to Qiulan's reply, Concubine Li and Princess Li couldn't help but look at each other.
After a while, Concubine Li said calmly: "The Queen Mother said, Your Majesty is now looking forward to Lin Jia's future, and you must not let Yu Yu give birth to Lin Jia's evil seed!"
Princess Li was silent for a moment and said, "Auntie, I have an idea!"
There is a shift at four o'clock in the afternoon~