But after Dai Quan left the palace, he smiled at a young eunuch and said: "Seeing that you have been filial to me in the past, I will give you a way to make money. Go to the old lady of the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion to pay your respects. Just say what I say and follow my instructions."
According to the rules, when your lordship comes to Beijing on orders, he must first meet with the saint before he can visit his relatives."
This little eunuch followed Dai Quan to the Jinyi Guards and the House of Internal Affairs all year round. Naturally, he understood what Dai Quan meant and quickly kowtowed and went.
So the Jia family was in chaos.
After listening to the words of the little eunuch sent by Dai Quan, Mother Jia smiled and asked Sister Feng to send her away. When she turned around, she knocked over the tea cup and called in Jia She, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Xing Wang, and Jia Lian.
Swearing.
In fact, Jia She and Jia Zheng also knew this rule, so it didn't mean that they would be able to see their nephew today, so one of them was drinking with his wife in his arms, while the other went out to enjoy the flowers and the moon with a few Qing guests.
When they came back, they met Jia Mu's anger.
This Jia She is thick-skinned, but he also feels that this matter is not handled properly: "Second brother, we are the Duke's Mansion, and this is how the housekeeper of the second brother and sister is now in charge? Not to mention whether we should take in our nephews and nieces, even if
You have to send someone who can talk, right? As for sending a few people who can't stand up to the stage to humiliate others? After all, my nephew has a higher title than you, why are you trying to show off?"
Jia Zheng blushed with embarrassment and said with shame, "Brother, you are serious. I will definitely discipline Mr. Wang well when I go back. But now I still need to think about how to make amends with my nephew and niece."
"Hmph." Jia She said casually: "Apologise, how to apologize? You have forgotten the national laws and almost had your title revoked. Why should you apologize now?"
"As the saying goes, you can't pursue the past, brother, now we still have to figure out how to make amends..."
"If you want to make up for it, your second wife can do it yourself. This is not an apology item that offended our first wife. The money is not allowed to come out of the public house."
"Brother, that's not what you said..."
"Okay!" Jia Mu threw the cup and said angrily: "I'm not dead yet." Then she said to Mrs. Wang: "Ms. Wang, do you have anything to say?"
Mrs. Wang had already knelt down and said with tears: "Daughter-in-law has been busy with the family temple these days, so she really forgot about this matter. Master is busy, so I originally planned to ask Lian'er to go to the dock to say hello."
Yes, who knew that there were many people below who were passing on the message, and they were passing it on and on. I thought Zhou Rui had heard the message wrong, so he sent a few women to pick it up..."
"Humph," Jia She said, "Who doesn't know that you have two easy-to-manage men, one from Lin Zhixiao's family and one from Zhou Rui's family. They are both smart and capable, and there is no way they can make mistakes in this matter.
So what the second brother and sister just said was just perfunctory..."
"Boss!" Jia Mu glared at Jia She, who groaned and shut up.
A sharp look flashed in Mrs. Wang's eyes, and then she returned to her honest and dull look.
Jia Mu said, "Have you really forgotten about this?"
"I really forgot," Mrs. Wang muttered, "No matter how stupid my daughter-in-law is, she would not dare to criticize the future of other provinces."
Jia Mu stared at Mrs. Wang coldly for a long time, then said: "In that case, fortunately no big mistake was made, so let's forget about it. Lian'er, Feng Yatou, tomorrow you will go and apologize to your brothers and sisters in person. As for the apology gifts,
, just come out from my ladder, no need to go to the public house. Anyway, these things are the things that Min'er used to respect me."
"Mother, how could this happen?" Jia Zheng was so ashamed: "My son still has a few good calligraphy and paintings. I will send them to my nieces and nephews tomorrow to make amends."
"You are not at home during the day, but you are more interested in the evening." Jia Mu stopped talking and waved her hand for them to leave: "I am tired too, you can go down."
Everyone retreated.
Jia Zheng glared at Mrs. Wang hatefully, slammed the door and went directly to the study room.
Mrs.
Mrs. Wang waited until everyone had left, then wiped the corners of her eyes as if nothing had happened, and said to Jin Chuan'er who was supporting her, "Let's go."
Jin Chuan'er didn't dare to make a sound, and respectfully helped Mrs. Wang away.
In the upper room, Jia Mu had a bitter look on her face: "What evil have I done?"
Yuanyang gently tapped Jia Mu's thigh and did not dare to say a word.
However, after the Lin family sent Dai Quan away, they walked around the yard accompanied by Lin Yang and gave some casual instructions, which Lin Yang naturally kept in mind.
Lin Zhao smiled and said: "You don't have to worry too much. Since His Majesty gave me a house, I will have to move there sooner or later, but our house cannot be empty. In the future, when Daiyu gets married, this will also be a dowry."
"That's what the uncle said, I've written it down."
Lin Zhao waved Lin Yang to leave, and went straight to the backyard. He saw a group of women busy moving things, but did not see Daiyu, so he asked Aunt Rong: "Where is Daiyu?"
Aunt Rong held back her smile and said, "Sir, the girl is in a daze in front of the plum blossoms in the back garden. She doesn't let others get close to her. I don't know whether she is imitating Wang Yangming's bamboo pattern or preparing to compose a poem."
Grandma Rong is also a knowledgeable person.
Lin Zhao couldn't help but smile.
As early as when he was in Yangzhou, Lin Zhao told Aunt Rong, who had an extraordinary background, that Daiyu had extraordinary talents and temperament. He was going to train her to become a lay scholar in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he had to teach her the rules and this talent and temperament must not be suppressed.
Unexpectedly, although the two nuns came from extraordinary backgrounds, they did not show off at all, which was quite respectable.
Lin Zhao strolled to the back garden, and happened to see Daiyu standing in a daze in front of a clump of plum blossoms, with her hands behind her back, her brows slightly furrowed, and her exquisite little face thinking seriously.
Lin Zhao looked at it for a while, really afraid that he would imitate Wang Yangming because it was said that Wang Yangming fell seriously ill after playing with bamboo.
"Yu'er, what are you looking at?"
he asked softly.
Lin Daiyu turned around and saw her brother standing aside with a smile on her face. She didn't realize it. She must have been here for a while, so she couldn't help but blush.
However, in the past few years, accompanied by her parents and brother, she had never had any heart palpitations and had long since become a cheerful and cheerful person. At this time, she replied: "Brother, I just came here with Grandma Rong and Zijuan."
Here, I see the beauty of the plum blossoms, and I want to write a poem in my heart, but every time I do it, it always doesn’t go with my heart. What could my brother do?"
"Make poetry!"
Lin Zhao frowned slightly and said with a smile: "You have also written many poems about plum blossoms in the past years, why can't you do them today? Besides, even if I do something, how can I show my ugliness in front of the Great Zhou Yi'an?"
"Brother." Dai Yu said coquettishly, shaking Lin Zhao's arm: "Since brother said it can be done, it must be great, so hurry up and tell me."
Lin Zhao sighed and thought to himself: "It seems that if I don't write a poem, this little girl will not give up. Anyway, the reward is only half a poem. This time I want to give it a good shock, even if you
He is really a great layman in Zhou Yi'an, but he has to be willing to be inferior!"
Thinking of this, he followed Lin Daiyu's example just now, stood up with his hands behind his hands, and said: "I used to read Lu You's poem about plum blossoms and used it contrary to its meaning. I would like to ask the great layman Yian to correct me."
At this point, he read aloud: "The wind and rain send spring back, and the flying snow welcomes spring. The cliffs are already covered with hundreds of feet of ice, but there are still beautiful flowers and branches. They don't compete for spring, they only report the coming of spring. When the mountain flowers are in full bloom, she is there
Laughing in the bush."
As soon as this poem was read out, Daiyu's eyes immediately shone with admiration.
Seeing Daiyu's expression, Lin Zhao couldn't help laughing: "This is just what my brother did casually, it doesn't count. It's windy outside, so you should go back to the house and rest early."
After the two returned to the room, Daiyu came back to her senses and said: "Brother, you were on the dock today. You could have just said that you are not allowed to see your relatives without meeting the saint. Why not just say so in case those women go back to gossip?
Gen, will it offend grandma?"
"It doesn't matter, his Rongguo Mansion is in a mess himself, and he still wants me to violate the rules. Why is he afraid of offending me? Is his Rongguo Mansion great?"