"Thank you Auntie!"
Su Mingzhe came to pay his respects to Mrs. Baolinghou. As soon as she took a sip of Chun Xiang and Xia Xiang, the aunt generously rewarded the two maids to Su Mingzhe.
She is worthy of being the mistress of the historian family, she is indeed generous.
Until noon.
Stern, who came back from school, invited Su Mingzhe to go out and play.
Su Mingzhe couldn't shirk it, so he had no choice but to follow.
There are many places of interest and historical sites in Jinling Mansion.
However, the only thing that thousands of men love most is the Qinhuai River.
There are countless pavilions on this boat platform.
At night, there are countless flowing crystals, which are magnificent and beautiful.
Of course, even during the day, if you see a smeared and powdered nanny guarding the door, as long as you give a few taels of silver, she will take you to talk about poetry with her young lady.
If you give more money, you can fall in love.
If you have more money, you can love each other and enjoy the happiness in the world.
Su Mingzhe played with Stern for a few days. Seeing that his cousin knew this very well, he suddenly understood why, in the eyes of Mrs. Baolinghou, this son was already a nerd in reading, but he could not even pass the exam to be a scholar.
Not on.
On weekdays, my cousin comes to both sides of the Qinhuai River to study with the girls.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Mingzhe secured Jia Yu Village and tamed all the Jia Mansion tribesmen. He called them together and re-instructed them on the plan he had made before preparing to return to Yangzhou.
Before leaving, Su Mingzhe did some cooking and invited all his relatives, peers, and cousins to play.
The eighth day of May.
Su Mingzhe took Chunxiang and Xiaxiang back to Yangzhou.
Lin Ruhai, who was sitting in the Yamen hall, was furious when she learned that her son-in-law had gone to Jinling and when he came back, he brought two beauties with him.
When he returned to the back house, he became more and more angry as he thought about it. He grabbed a blue and white porcelain and threw it to the ground.
boom--
The bottle smashed to pieces.
This made Aunt Liu very distressed:
"Master, if you want to get angry, just criticize Baoyu, why smash this bottle? You spent thousands of taels of silver to buy this!"
"How do you want me to scold Baoyu?"
After hearing Aunt Liu's words, Lin Ruhai was so angry that she blew her beard and stared:
"Those two maids were given to me by Mrs. Baolinghou. Can I still ask him to return them?"
"Then don't be angry."
Aunt Liu comforted her master and waited for him to calm down a little before she joked:
"Since ancient times, there have been many talented people, and handsome and talented people love beautiful women. We, Yu'er, are not angry, so why is your father-in-law so uncomfortable?"
"You...are so unreasonable!"
Lin Ruhai felt that his lungs had been stabbed by this vicious woman. He was so angry that he shook his sleeves and went to seek comfort from other concubines.
Aunt Liu smiled coquettishly for a while, thought for a moment, then picked up her skirt and came to Sister Lin's attic.
"Auntie is here!"
Sister Lin was looking at the gift Su Mingzhe brought back to her from Jinling. When she saw Aunt Liu, she smiled and asked her to sit down.
In this Lin Mansion, Sister Lin is the legitimate daughter, and her status is higher than Aunt Liu, so there is no need to bow to Aunt Liu.
"Yu'er."
Aunt Liu has followed Jia Min for many years, and her personality is similar to Jia Min's. She doesn't like to go around in circles, so she immediately recounted the conversation she had just had with Lin Ruhai to Sister Lin:
"This is the kind of person the master is. If he says anything to you or Baoyu, don't take it seriously. It's common for this man to socialize outside and accept a woman. Over the years, the two of them have
There are only twenty or thirty people in the "Yangzhou Slim Horse" given to your father by the Huai salt merchants. You also know these things..."
Seeing that Aunt Liu was excusing Su Mingzhe, Sister Lin secretly felt funny, but she could only follow her words and say:
"Auntie, don't worry, Jade
I won’t get angry over these little things.”
"It's okay if you don't know. I'm mainly afraid that the master will say something that will make you and Baoyu angry."
Aunt Liu gave Sister Lin a defensive shot. After a while, she began to look solemn and said:
"Yu'er, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you."
"Your father's term is about to expire, and the imperial court intends to transfer your father to the position of Hubei Liangdao. This is the fourth grade. As a result, your mother's coffin needs to be transported back to the Lin family ancestral temple in Gusu for placement. Your father is
Officials of the imperial court are not allowed to leave the guarded area without authorization. The matter of protecting the spirits going south will be left to you."
After hearing this, Sister Lin naturally would not object.
Soon, Su Mingzhe also learned that Lin Ruhai was about to be promoted, and quickly went to Lin Ruhai to ask for details.
Lin Ruhai has been serving as the Salt Patrol Censor in Yangzhou for his ninth year, and it is long past time for him to move.
In some novels of later generations, it is said that Lin Ruhai was a confidant of Emperor Longqing.
In fact, this is completely wrong.
The Gusu Lin family is also from a noble family and belongs to the die-hard Supreme Emperor faction.
Moreover, Lin Ruhai was the courtier of the Supreme Emperor when he was the emperor, and he was appointed as the salt inspector nine years ago. At that time, the emperor was still a little transparent in the court.
Therefore, it was impossible for Lin Ruhai to seek refuge with Emperor Longqing before he ascended the throne.
After Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, his legitimate son Lin Ruhai, his wife Jia Min, and himself died of illness in a few years, and Emperor Longqing showed no favor at all.
From this we can know that Emperor Longqing did not regard Lin Ruhai as one of his own.
Emperor Longqing might even be angry with Lin Ruhai because he was the son-in-law of Rongguo Mansion.
With the above understanding, if we look at Lin Ruhai's promotion this time, we will know that there are pitfalls, even big pitfalls.
Su Mingzhe relied on his knowledge in other dimensions to find Lin Ruhai and told him about the possible pitfalls:
"Uncle, I'm afraid this trip to Hubei is not safe. Otherwise... you can retire for a few years due to illness!"
Retreating due to illness is the most common method used by courtiers when they are frustrated.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party was suppressed by eunuchs, so they resigned and returned to their hometown, where they opened many colleges to give lectures.
"You have an order, and as a minister, how can you take advantage of it and be afraid of the more important?"
Although Lin Ruhai knew that Su Mingzhe was right, he was only in his forties, so how could he be willing to just retire like this?
Therefore, he directly declined his son-in-law's persuasion.
May 12th.
Su Mingzhe and Sister Lin carried the spirit south and escorted Jia Min's coffin back to the Lin family's ancestral temple in Gusu for burial.
Because we took a boat all the way, it only took three days to reach the end of the land.
According to the rules, if Jia Min, as Lin's daughter-in-law, wants to enter the ancestral temple, she needs to be buried with Lin Ruhai's coffin.
Before Lin Ruhai died, Jia Min's coffin could only be stored in a nearby nunnery.
Su Mingzhe and Sister Lin, with the help of the local Lin family, arranged to stay at Panxiang Temple, a local scenic spot.
"Yu'er, Baoyu, this is Zen Master Lingyin, the host of Panxiang Temple!"
Aunt Liu has been to Gusu several times and has already arranged things.
Lin Daiyu and Su Mingzhe put their hands together and bowed to Zen Master Lingyin.
Panxiang Temple is a nunnery, full of nuns, and the pilgrims are all ladies from nearby famous families.
As a man, Su Mingzhe naturally found it inconvenient to go in, so he could only stand outside and wander around.
It was a coincidence that he had just walked back and forth at the door for two or three minutes when he saw a young girl walking towards the nunnery carrying a basket.
As the girl came closer and closer, Su Mingzhe felt that the girl had a pretty face, as if he had seen her somewhere:
"Isn't this little beauty also my cousin?"
This chapter has been completed!