[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

To be pitied by ordinary people would make people feel useless, but to be pitied by an emperor is a glimmer of life.One must know that the Ningguo Mansion's crime of overreaching the system may cause disaster to the nine clans.

Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion belong to the same clan!Even if Jia Amnesty hadn't been involved in Qin Keqing's funeral, the emperor couldn't escape if he really cares about it.Now that he heard that he was still alive, Jia Amnesty returned decisively to the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion and continued to pretend to be dead. No matter how much Jia's mother cursed at Rongqing Hall, he would not leave the East Courtyard.

As if Lin Ruhai and his wife didn't know that Ningguo Mansion was surrounded by Jin Yiwei, they still welcomed Mrs. He Shilang on the agreed day.On this day, Mrs. He brought He Gang to the door together, and naturally arranged for He Gang to greet Jia Min.

When Jia Min saw He Gang, he had a feeling beyond expectations: This child should have picked the advantages of his parents to grow up, his complexion is the usual fairness of scholars, and his eyes are like lacquer, but his eyebrows are not normal The man is thick and strong, and his features are delicate and delicate.The nose is straight, and the mouth is also square. No matter how picky Jia Min is, it's hard to say that his parents are only medium-length.

As for the height, according to Jia Min's visual inspection, it is about 1.7 meters, but it is not too low in this dynasty, but the person looks a little thin. Jia Min directly asked: "Dare you study too hard on weekdays? See This child is pitifully thin. It's a good thing to be motivated, but don't stay up too late."

Seeing that Jia Min didn't speak for a long time, Mrs. He knew that she was evaluating her son. After finally hearing Jia Min's question, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Since last year, I have only grown taller and lost weight."

It's just a draw.Jia Min nodded, and asked a few more questions about the situation in He Gang's school, about making friends on weekdays, and also concerned about He Gang's future plans. Not only He Gang's forehead was sweating, but Mrs. He was also a little worried.

Chunfeng winked at Jia Min while offering tea.Jia Min calmly asked He Gang to sit down, and asked the question again in a different way.When Mrs. He was serving tea in the spring breeze, she vaguely noticed that there seemed to be someone behind the screen. Seeing Jia Min asked He Gang again, her face finally relaxed.

He Gang's whole mind was devoted to dealing with Jia Min's problem, and he didn't dare to be distracted in the slightest. How could he know that not only Jia Min but also his own betrothal were looking at him?He thought that Jia Min asked the question again because he was dissatisfied with his answer just now, and he was more cautious in answering, but he didn't want to lose his heart. He just felt that it was more difficult than Qiu Wei.

Jia Min was somewhat satisfied with He Gang's performance: Even though He Gang's answer to the question this time was different from the first time, he still insisted on his own point of view, which is an idea.Such a person can have his own judgment when facing conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future, and will not only listen to one side of the story.

"Look at me," Jia Min suddenly ended the questioning of He Gang, turned to Mrs. He and said, "When I saw your young master, I felt close, so I couldn't help but say a few more words, forgetting that our master is still waiting in the study. .”

He Gang calmed down a bit, he heard the voice in the room very clearly, he felt the sound of the ring, and raised his head quietly, the sound was like a voice from outside the sky, it had disappeared without a trace.Mrs. He knew the opportunity, and smiled at He Gang: "Then why don't you hurry up and visit Mr. Lin."

He Gang saluted and resigned. As soon as he walked out of the house, he heard his mother say: "I miss your girl too."

He Gang wanted to walk slowly so that he could see what the person he would be betrothed to look like, but the yard was so big, and no one appeared until he walked out of the gate, so he couldn't help but feel lonely.

Mrs. He has already dragged Daiyu who came back from the back door, and she can't help boasting. Although this girl has not yet grown up, she has a scholarly atmosphere that complements the description, and she advances and retreats with a bit of shyness. , looking like a little girl, she was so happy that Mrs. He wiped off the bracelet on her wrist on the spot.

Speaking of which, the actions of both parties are not quite in line with the usual practice. Fortunately, they are not rigid people, so today they let He Gang enter the main room and Daiyu took a peek.When Mrs. He brought He Gang back to the mansion, she said to Shilang He in front of her son: "This daughter-in-law, Gang'er, is married." The words were full of satisfaction.

He Shilang followed suit and nodded: "Shangshu Lin came from a former family background, even his wife heard about it and never left his poems and books. In this way, the girls taught by others will not be bad. Besides, who didn't praise Mrs. Lin and his wife as a couple back then? I think their girls are also outstanding."

Mrs. He nodded in agreement, and said to Shi Lang He: "Everything is fine, but there is one thing that is a bit difficult."

He Shilang heard his wife said that there was something embarrassing, and he was puzzled: "The family background of the Lin family is not to be chosen. Miss Lin is enough to be the prince and concubine. She is also the eldest daughter. If it weren't for the friendship between me and Lin Shangshu for many years , I am too embarrassed to open my mouth to ask for Gang'er's marriage. Didn't you agree with that Miss Lin just now, what's so embarrassing?"

Mrs. He sighed: "It's Miss Lin who is good in everything that makes people feel embarrassed. I heard what Mrs. Lin said today, Miss Lin's dowry is too generous."

He Shilang saw that his wife was embarrassed by this, and couldn't help laughing: "No matter how rich her dowry is, it will be left to our grandchildren in the future. People always pick their daughter-in-law's dowry to be small, so you are afraid that it will be too much?"

"It's because of fear." Mrs. He still sighed: "The family background of Lie's daughter-in-law is not comparable to that of the Lin family. If the dowry is overwhelmed by the younger sister-in-law, in the future..."

He Shilang pondered after hearing this, the eldest daughter-in-law's family is from the Chen family, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, she is said to be noble, but in terms of rank and real power, she can't compare with Lin Ruhai.In addition, in this noble family, several generations often live together, the family's assets are only so much, and if there are more people who share it, it will be less in everyone's hands.

He Lie's daughter-in-law is the eldest daughter of the entire Chen family, and her dowry is 66% higher than that of her younger sisters, which is only [-] petties, including the dowry from the He family.This kind of dowry is considered quite satisfactory in Beijing, so I don't know how much the Lin family's dowry will be raised.

Mrs. He whispered to Mr. He: "Ms. Lin told me about the dowry just after accepting Cai, in order to give us time to prepare. Listen to her words, for fear that our family will worry that she will send the dowry back to Rongguo Mansion, and even Miss Lin's dowry is thin, Master Lin deliberately used the dowry of the previous two generations of mistresses as Miss Lin's dowry."

After hearing this, He Shilang said, "The dowry of the two generations of mistresses? When the country was founded, rich marriages were popular, and the Lin family didn't live long, and the previous two generations married top-ranking families. The dowry combined is probably a lot. It has caught up with our entire family."

The room fell silent.It is a good thing to have money, but if you have too much money, you are afraid of biting your hand.According to the rules of marriage in Beijing, the dowry must be half of the dowry. If the Lin family married a daughter, how would the He family pay the dowry?Again, the dowry of the youngest son-in-law cannot exceed that of the eldest son-in-law.

Two sighs sounded in the room at the same time, and after a long time, He Shilang's uncertain voice was heard: "Why don't I talk to Lin Shangshu someday?"

Facts have proved that it is useless to talk to Lin Shangshu about Daiyu's dowry. Jia Min, who can make the decision, pays close attention to the fate of Ningguo Mansion every day, so Daiyu's dowry has just been prepared.

The situation in Ningguo Mansion is getting worse and worse.

Originally Jin Yiwei just surrounded the Ningguo Mansion, and the people in the mansion were not allowed to enter and leave the mansion freely, they still lived in their own courtyards.Unexpectedly, Mother Jia sent someone to quietly open the corner gates of the two mansions and two companies, in an attempt to take Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, Jia Baoyu and others back to Rongguo Mansion, but they were discovered. The audacity was reported to the emperor.

Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and their sons were taken away by the lock of Dali Temple, while Jia Zheng was imprisoned by Shuntian Mansion. Jia Baoyu still lived in the mansion with his female relatives because he was not a child, but he could no longer live in his own courtyard. They were locked together in a woodshed.

As for Jia Mu, because she was the only remaining wife of the Duke, the emperor was unwilling to let her go lightly for a confused old lady as an excuse for the emperor to intervene in him.

As for the food and other things of the people locked up in Ningguo Mansion, they have to find their own way to solve it.Jia Amnesty originally stayed in the East Courtyard well, but when Jia's mother ran over, crying and howling, she had no choice but to take Jia Lian to deliver some food to the female relatives.Then send Mrs. Xing and Jia Lian's daughter-in-law to serve the old lady in the main courtyard.

At this time, Jia's mother was like a frightened bird. For a while, she felt that Jin Yiwei would catch her next, and for a while, she felt that the emperor didn't lock her up in Ningguo Mansion with the female family members of Ningguo Mansion because the Supreme Emperor cared about the old minister's widow. The Supreme Emperor cried out so that Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu could be rescued.

When Jia Amnesty heard Jiamu's whimsical idea, for the first time, he showed the air of being the master of the house, and declared that if anyone dared to prepare a car for the old lady, he would wait for the whole family to be sold to the northwest.

For this matter, Jia Lian was also asked to go to the Lin Mansion, and told Jia Min not to worry that Jia's mother would come to ask for help.Jia Min said that he and the Rongguo Mansion had already broken off all ties, even if Jia's mother really came to the door, she would not let people enter the mansion, so that Jia Lian couldn't close his open mouth, and didn't know how to answer the words.

Jia Min saw that he was completely devoid of the sudden change mentioned in the original book, and understood that the incident in Ningguo Mansion had frightened Jia Lian a lot, but he felt that it was better for Ningguo Mansion to have an accident sooner rather than later, or the next time Ningguo Mansion has a funeral, something will happen The son should be Jia Lian.

But she still comforted Jia Lian: "Now that something like this happened in the Ning Mansion, it was agreed that you would go to the Ministry of Households to take the examination of the writing style of the household department, so you can only wait a little longer, otherwise it will be difficult for your uncle to talk."

Jia Lian had already given up hope that he could go to the Ministry of Accounts to do a post-writing ceremony, but he was overjoyed when he heard Jia Min say this, so he stood up and saluted Jia Min: "Thank you, aunt, for your concern."

Jia Min asked Jia Lian to go out indifferently, then turned around and sighed.Naturally, what she was worried about was not the matter of Ning and Rong, but the sudden presence of brother Tang who had a strong sense of presence.

Ever since he found out about Daiyu's engagement, Brother Tang became more motivated to study.With Lin Ruhai's rank, the Lin family also has a place in the Guozijian, but Brother Tang is young, and the students in the Guozijian are good and bad, so Lin Ruhai has been asking Brother Tang to study at home.

Brother Tang, who used to study step-by-step, after Daiyu made his ambition to take the children's test this year before accepting the adoption, reading books is really painful. The husband has told Lin Ruhai more than once that even if you let Brother Tang now If my son goes to the exam, Zhongxiucai is not a problem.

Even though the master has affirmed Brother Tang's level, this kid still reads day and night, which made Jia Min feel relieved and distressed, so he had to change the way to let the kitchen stew tonic all the time, as long as Brother Tang said something in the yard If you want, I can deliver it to brother Tang right away.

Even so, Brother Tang still lost weight visibly to the naked eye, and his clothes were already half-folded before the strips were drawn. Jia Min was so angry that he called someone over and scolded him: "You think about it?" I am naturally happy to be motivated, but I have suffered a lot at such a young age, not to mention whether I can wait until the mid-level Jinshi to become an official, but if I can be an official, how long will I be able to do it if my health is not good?"

Brother Tang lowered his head after being scolded by her, and after a while he raised his head and said to Jia Min: "I heard that my father was a little Sanyuan back then."

Jia Min was choked up all of a sudden, she really didn't expect Brother Tang to have such ambition at such a young age.I couldn't help waving to Brother Tang, let him sit beside me, and said in a gentle voice: "You have such an ambition, both father and mother are happy. But you also have to know that when your body is healed, it will be one and a half subjects later." Yes, we can afford to wait."

He also gave Jia Zhu’s example to Brother Tang, and told him that Jia Zhu was carried out of the Gongyuan before he even finished answering the papers because of his poor health: “Tell me, is this putting the cart before the horse? ? Jia Zhu still has a root, if you make something out of it, who can I count on?"

Brother Tang didn't expect that his poor health would have such consequences.He dared to study so hard because of his good foundation, and he had piled up all kinds of supplements, so he didn't feel that he couldn't bear it.Now that Jia Min said it sincerely, I quickly admitted to Jia Min that I was biased, and I will definitely change it in the future.

Daiyu has been listening, and seeing her younger brother admitting his mistake, she pleaded with Jia Min on his behalf: "Mother, brother Tang knows his mistake, I will watch him in the future, and if he is disobedient, I will punish him for three days. Reading, what does mother think?"

Not letting brother Tang study now is more uncomfortable than punishing him for copying books, so he begged Jia Min for forgiveness. Don't take it lightly. From tomorrow onwards, you will walk with me in the garden for an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening."

Brother Tang was a little embarrassed: "Sir, the class lasts half a day, it's not good to ask for leave all the time."

Now that Jia Min said it, he naturally thought of a solution: "I heard that your husband is often a little weak, why don't I tell your father that you can stay with your husband for half an hour every morning."

Brother Tang was not allowed to refute after speaking, so he told Lin Ruhai that night.Lin Ruhai had seen Jia Min taking Daiyu for a walk around the garden every day in the early years, and thought it was a good idea.Think about it and said to Jia Min: "Why don't I hire Brother Tang a martial arts master, don't ask him to practice anything famous, just keep fit."

The heirs of the Lin family have always been weak, and the male's frailty is the main reason. Lin Ruhai wished that brother Tang's health would remain healthy so that he could bear a bunch of grandchildren.

Jia Min didn't know that Lin Ruhai had already started fantasizing about the beautiful picture that his grandson couldn't hold, and he still agreed with the idea of ​​hiring a martial arts master for Brother Tang, but told Lin Ruhai: "When the master invites someone, he should pay a close visit. God is easy to send God to be difficult."

Seeing Lin Ruhai nodded, Jia Min smiled and said, "Speaking of which, the master can also practice with Brother Tang's martial arts master, so as not to be unable to hold his grandson in the future."

Lin Ruhai's expression turned a little bad when he heard this: "Madam, do you think your husband is getting old?"

To actually ask such a question, Jia Min looked at Lin Ruhai in surprise, and found that this man's eyes were extremely serious, and she had a tendency to stare at him without answering.Jia Min had no choice but to reassure and say: "Among the six books, who is the master who is young, even the saints have a lot of reliance on the master?" You have just turned fifty, and those people are all in their sixties or even seventy years old, okay?

Although the words were true, it made Lin Ruhai's expression even worse: "I'd rather the sage don't rely so heavily on it than being in a dilemma."

Jia Min straightened his face after hearing this: "But the Supreme Emperor..."

Lin Ruhai nodded helplessly: "Today Dai Quan quietly left the palace and stopped me on the road."

Although Guan Tiandaiquan didn't appear many times in the original book, his identity was very important. Almost all the occasions when he appeared, he was ordered by the Supreme Emperor.Now the Supreme Emperor was disfigured by the fire and could no longer see his courtiers, and Dai Quan even regarded himself as the spokesperson of the Supreme Emperor.

Such a person actually intercepted Lin Ruhai on the way, Jia Min's heart suddenly arose: "What did he say to the master?"

Lin Ruhai has long been used to telling Jia Min about outside affairs. Every time the husband and wife discuss how to agree with the outside world, he feels that it is safer and more considerate than discussing with his staff.

Hearing Jia Min's concern now, he told her directly: "Dai Quan came to see me in disguise today, saying that the sage has disobeyed the Supreme Emperor, and the things sent to the Daming Palace where the Supreme Emperor lives are all glamorous on the outside, but in fact they are too flashy to be used. Let me prepare silver to offer to the Supreme Emperor."

Jia Min thought for a moment, and a look of sarcasm appeared on his face: "Then he asked the master to enshrine the silver directly to Daming Palace, or give it to someone else?"

This is exactly what makes Lin Ruhai feel uneasy.If it is said that the old minister enters the palace to see the Supreme Emperor, he has never stopped it now.But Dai Quan actually asked him to hand over the silver to Feng Tang, the general of martial arts, saying that Feng Tang would find a way to secretly transport the silver into the palace in order to prevent Lin Ruhai from being suspicious today.

Even though Feng Tang is now unemployed, he was once a titan in the army, with countless comrades, if he had money in his hand... Lin Ruhai didn't even dare to think about the next thing.

After hearing this, Jia Min sneered: "The saint is the Supreme Emperor himself. He has offered sacrifices to heaven and told the ancestral temple. He is naturally grateful to the Supreme Emperor. How can he turn against the Supreme Emperor just a few days after he ascended the throne? This is not true. Master But don't forget, the saints are using all the old ministers of the emperor like the master."

This is exactly what Lin Ruhai is afraid of.He dare not say to others, but here he himself was, when he first came to Beijing, he had resentment against the Supreme Emperor for putting himself on fire, but when he became Minister of the Household Department, he felt that the Supreme Emperor was a test for him at that time, and he was not unappreciative ——How many second-rank officials with real power are there in the whole world?Since the Supreme Emperor treats himself as a national scholar, he should also repay the Supreme Emperor.

The rest of the ministers should have the same thoughts as Lin Ruhai. In the current situation that these people have not been favored by the Supreme Emperor, it is self-evident who to choose to listen to when something happens between the Supreme Emperor and the present.If the Supreme Emperor is really treated harshly today, these ministers will be a little procrastinated, and many current decrees will not be implemented.

For the stability of the government, there will be no such thing as harsh treatment of the Supreme Emperor in the Daming Palace!Dai Quan must be lying.

An eunuch, but took the risk to tell a big lie, no one would believe it if he didn't have a picture.Lin Ruhai and Jia Min have already thought of what this picture is about - Cong Longzhigong!It's just that the new emperor was crowned by the Supreme Emperor himself, and the eldest prince and his family have all turned into loess, not to mention Prince Yizhong, even the county king Yizhong has been turned into flying ash. Who else would dare to jump out at this time and want to transform into a dragon?

The two looked at each other, and they both thought of one person - the fourth prince.

They all knew that it was the Supreme Emperor who dealt with the First Prince, Prince Yizhong, and Yizhong County King. Perhaps his sons and grandchildren had killed too many people. Thinking that the Supreme Emperor had a good reputation in the history books and hoped that someone could check and balance the new emperor, he did not commit The four and five princes were dealt with together, and now these two are still jumping around, causing little trouble for the new emperor from time to time.

As the son of Concubine Zhen Gui who has been rampant in the palace for many years, how could the fourth prince be willing to let the throne fall to the present who was not as good as himself in every way?

In addition, the Supreme Emperor and Concubine Zhen were injured at the same time, even if his biological mother was named the Empress Dowager after ascending the throne, the Supreme Emperor still ordered Zhen Guifei to recuperate with him in the Daming Palace.As the emperor's confidant eunuch, it will be a matter of time before Dai Quan surrenders to Concubine Zhen.

The fault was that Dai Quan surrendered too late, and took the throne too early!To make Jia Min say that Concubine Zhen is useless enough, she didn't let Dai Quan surrender until she lived in Daming Palace, why did she go all those years ago.

As for the fact that he once thought that if the fourth prince came to the throne, he would make him a short-lived emperor, Jia Min had already selectively forgotten.But the matter in front of him couldn't wait, Jia Min said directly to Lin Ruhai, "Master will report this matter to the saint."

Lin Ruhai was a little hesitant. Dai Quan wanted to help the fourth prince to rebel. This was their husband and wife's guess, so they reported it directly to the present day. It is beyond redemption!

Jia Min didn't allow him to hesitate: "My lord, a sage deserves an upright position. These days, I heard from my lord that he governs fairly, and he loves the people like his own people. Such a person is the emperor, just like the lord when he was studying. Coincidentally, does the master think the fourth prince can do it?"

There is a daughter-in-law who is too educated and sensible, what should I do if I can't say it?Lin Ruhai said, then do as the daughter-in-law wants.Fortunately, the right to play the secret scriptures given to him by the Supreme Emperor has not been taken back, but the person above who received the memorials has been replaced by the new emperor.

Looking at the secret document that Lin Ruhai sent to the palace overnight, the new emperor smiled at the queen mother: "Lin Ruhai is a person with a clear mind."