Although she was humiliated by King Zhongshun, Lin Ruhai was very happy. When she got home, she didn't bother to rest and went straight to Lin Daiyu's yard.
"Dad, why do you drink so much wine? Xueyan, go and get a bowl of hangover soup." Lin Daiyu said complaining words, but she felt sorry for Lin Ruhai in her heart.
Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. Dad is here to tell you two things."
Lin Daiyu tilted her head and asked: "What is it that deserves dad to be so concerned about?"
Lin Ruhai stopped laughing and said seriously: "This first thing is not good news. Your grandmother plans to propose marriage to the Lin family."
Having said this, Lin Ruhai paused and looked carefully at Lin Daiyu's expression.
Lin Daiyu blushed with embarrassment and said: "What happened to the Lin family has nothing to do with my grandmother's family. No matter what my father does, Yu'er will always stand on his side, regardless of Yu'er's feelings."
Lin Ruhai said happily: "I feel relieved that Yu'er can think so. Don't worry, dad will not agree. You must also be careful not to believe in the Jia family's affairs easily."
What Lin Ruhai is most worried about is the Jia family's dirty tricks. Lin Daiyu has too little experience, is easily soft-hearted, and is very easy to be fooled.
Sometimes, Lin Ruhai feels lucky for the Jia family's arrogance. If the Jia family were not so arrogant, they would keep staring at the Lin family.
It really made Lin Ruhai feel helpless.
Lin Ruhai said to Lin Daiyu: "Please ask Aunt Zhang and Aunt Liu to come over. They still need to worry about this matter."
After a while, the two nuns came over.
Lin Ruhai said to the two nuns: "Thank you very much, nanny, for teaching my little girl."
Grandma Zhang said: "Mr. Lin, you are too polite. Miss is very smart. It seems that we have taken advantage of her."
After a few brief exchanges of greetings, Lin Ruhai talked about Princess Zhongshun's party.
The two nuns looked at each other and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we will definitely take good care of the young lady."
"Lin naturally believes in grandma, but this is Yu'er's first time attending such a gathering, so please take care of her. I have already made an agreement with King Zhongshun, and Princess Zhaojing will take care of Yu'er when the time comes.
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Now, the nuns were not so calm. It was obvious that the standards of this gathering were very high, and no matter how well Lin Daiyu learned, there was no guarantee that she would not make mistakes.
In a situation like Lin Daiyu's, there is no room for error.
But no matter what, they must try their best to complete this appearance.
It is very cumbersome for a lady from an aristocratic family to attend a party, and she needs to prepare a lot of things. The Lin family does not lack these, but after all, it has been a long time since they attended such a party, so they can't help but feel a little flustered.
Lin Ruhai couldn't be of much help, so he didn't stay here long and went back to rest.
In the next few days, Lin Daiyu fell into a busy schedule. She had to learn the rules from her grandmother and remember the key things about people who might attend the party, so as not to get into trouble unintentionally.
Lin Ruhai looked down upon the Jia family, but that didn't stop her from taking precautions against the Jia family. Although Jia's mother had poor vision, her methods were indeed quite powerful.
The Jia family can still rely on the power of the four princes and eight princes, and Jia Mu's role in it is indeed not small. Without Jia Mu's turnaround, the Jia family would have been eliminated by the four princes and eight princes long ago.
When Lin Ruhai met Jia Zheng at home, she seemed very surprised. Although she would not agree to the Jia family's proposal of marriage, sending Jia Zheng over was a bit childish.
Lin Ruhai accompanied Jia Zheng and talked about calligraphy and painting from the Four Books and Five Classics, but never got to the point, which made Lin Ruhai want to speak out for him.
"Brother Zheng, Ruhai still has official duties to do. I'm sorry that Ruhai can't accompany me anymore." Lin Ruhai had to admit that he lost to Jia Zheng in terms of patience.
Jia Zheng had no choice. If he didn't say anything, he would really have no chance.
"Ruhai, to tell you the truth, this time I am here to propose marriage to my useless son. This is the letter my mother asked me to bring." Jia Zheng held it in for a long time, but could not find a chance to persuade Lin Ruhai.
, we can only move Jia Mu out.
After taking out Jia Mu's letter, Jia Zheng was still a little ashamed, all because of Jia Baoyu's incompetence, which gave him no confidence at all.
Lin Ruhai took the letter from Jia Mu, without any intention of opening it, and said directly: "The Lin family is a scholarly family, and I also plan to find a famous child for Yu'er. It's okay not to talk about this matter."
Jia Zheng looked at Lin Ruhai in shock, wondering why he refused the marriage without even reading the letter.
"Ruhai, why don't you give me a reply after reading the letter."
Lin Ruhai said in her heart, I am also the Minister of Household Affairs. Do the Jia family just want to agree to the marriage based on a letter?
Jia Mu's letter is not an imperial edict. How could she agree to the marriage between the two families after just one glance?
"No need, Brother Zheng, with the relationship between the Lin and Jia families, do you really think that I will consider this marriage? Even if we put aside the relationship, why do you think that Jia Baoyu is worthy of Yu'er?"
Jia Zheng opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything, so he left in shame.
After Jia Zheng left, Lin Ruhai picked up Jia Mu's letter and read it.
There was nothing else in the letter. First, he praised Jia Baoyu, then talked about his love for Lin Daiyu, and finally mentioned Jia Min, saying that she had agreed before her death.
In this regard, Lin Ruhai could only comment on wishful thinking.
Jia Zheng returned to Jia's house angrily and went directly to Jia's mother's yard.
Jia's mother was waiting for the good news about Jia Zheng. When she heard that Jia Zheng was back, she said to the maid below: "Zheng'er came back so quickly. It seems that son-in-law Lin still misses Min'er's friendship. This makes me feel relieved."
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But when Jia Zheng arrived at Jia Mu's house, Jia Mu immediately noticed something was wrong and asked, "Zheng'er, what happened?"
Jia Zheng said: "It's all that evil that makes me lose face in front of Ru Hai. Ru Hai has already refused the marriage proposal."
Jia Mu was shocked and asked: "Didn't you take out my letter? I don't believe that Ruhai will refuse the marriage after reading my letter."
Jia Zheng said with a dark face: "Ruhai didn't even read the letter and directly rejected the marriage."
Mother Jia's face also darkened, and she said angrily: "It's true that most of the people who are disloyal are scholars. Back then, the Duke of Guo gave Lin Ruhai a lot of help, but now he has turned his back on me."
Jia Zheng said: "Don't be angry, mother. It's because Baoyu is not angry and can't get into the eyes of my brother-in-law."
"What does this have to do with Baoyu? It's Lin Ruhai who is ungrateful. Look around the capital and see how many children can compare to Baoyu."
But no matter how unwilling Mother Jia was, Lin Ruhai had already rejected the marriage after all, and she had no good solution.
Jia Mu sat in the room with a gloomy face, thinking about what to do.
Lin Ruhai actually dared to say this to Jia Zheng, obviously he was not afraid of quarrels with the Jia family. Besides, Lin Ruhai was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs after all. If a quarrel broke out, the Jia family would not get any benefits, and it would even affect the empress.
Pity.
If Lin Ruhai agrees to this marriage, she can also use the Lin family's help to check and balance the increasingly arrogant Mrs. Wang.
If not for Mrs. Wang's short-sightedness, how could the Jia family have fallen into such a state? Do they really want Jia Baoyu to marry Xue Baochai, the daughter of an imperial merchant?
Jia Mu was unwilling to give in. Without the support of powerful relatives, how could Baoyu get ahead?
This chapter has been completed!