Chapter 760: The First Banquet of the Lin Family (2)
There were not many royal relatives in the front yard.
After all, the Lord of Lang County posted a message asking the female relatives of the royal family to come over and have fun.
The commander of the Jinyi Guards will treat guests to dinner, so the princes will not join in the fun.
Not only the royal family, but also civil servants and military generals came.
Everyone sent someone to follow the gift and congratulate the future elder Lin Ruhai on his birthday, that was all.
As for the guests who came to visit, apart from relatives of the Jia family, the only ones left were Lin Zhao's subordinates and friends he met in the capital.
There is no need to say anything to my subordinates.
Among the friends are Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan, and Xue Pan.
Logically speaking, Xue Pan is a relative, but he feels that he has a closer relationship with Lin Zhao, so he counts himself among his friends.
It’s because friends are the “good friends”.
In addition, there were General Zhaowu, Yang Lin, son of Yang Feng, the newly appointed Marquis of Nanchang, Chen Ying, the prince of Taining Marquis, and several people from Xuancheng garrison Guo Zhenlu.
In the end, these few all participated in the battle of Tiewang Mountain that day and experienced the test of life and death. Each of them was at least a fifth-grade military officer. When everyone in the Jia family saw them, they were full of evil spirits. They were not very courageous in the first place.
After a while, even the bohemian Jia She and Jia Zhen did not dare to be presumptuous.
Jia Baoyu wanted to enter the inner courtyard, but Jia Zheng and the Lin family's servants looked at him tightly and did not dare to move. Therefore, the outside was extremely quiet.
In fact, there are a few scholars like Zhang Wannian who can have a few words with the self-proclaimed Jia Zheng, but Jia Zheng is not very excited and seems to have something on his mind.
When Lin Zhao was toasting, he chatted a few words with his uncle for a while. Jia Zheng then stroked his beard and sighed: "After the New Year, I'm afraid I will have to go out."
Of course you have to go outside.
Otherwise, how can you let everyone see clearly your incompetence?
When the wall falls, it will be easy for everyone to push hard.
Thinking this in his heart, Lin Zhao said: "Your Majesty is the hero. He has held the official position for a long time, so naturally he needs to be mobilized. My uncle has been serving as a member of the Ministry of Industry for a long time, so naturally he has to go out. This
It is also a wise move by His Majesty."
After hearing this, Jia Zheng felt more comfortable in his heart. He couldn't help but nodded and said with a smile: "That's right. It's all thanks to your majesty's blessing!"
After seeing everyone off in the evening, Lin Zhao and Daiyu personally thanked Jia Mu and Sister Feng for their help.
Jia Mu shook her head and said, "It's nothing. It's just that Princess Yi seems to have some thoughts about Yu'er's marriage today. Brother Zhao, what can you do?"
Lin Zhao smiled slightly: "This must be what Princess Yi said. As long as I am still the commander of the Jinyi Guards, no king will dare to marry me. If he has such an idea, Your Majesty will let him not have such an idea.
After all, it’s better to keep the handle of a steel knife in your own hands.”
As soon as these words came out, others were still confused, but Jia Mu nodded thoughtfully. At the same time, she felt very uncomfortable. These were originally her treasures, but now she didn't know which outsider had taken advantage of her. She stared and stood down.
Mrs. Wang, whose head was like a wood carving and clay sculpture, Jia Mu said: "In that case, it seems that it will have to wait until your father returns to Beijing. You will not be able to hold this official position anymore?"
Lin Zhao shivered slightly and nodded. Although he didn't say much, he admired the old lady's knowledge in his heart.
Once Lin Ruhai returns to Beijing, with his talents and achievements, if he makes no big mistakes, he will definitely be appointed to the cabinet.
But since the father has become a pavilion elder, there is absolutely no reason for his son to serve as the commander of the Imperial Guard.
Whether from the perspective of political stability or imperial balance, Lin Zhao is bound to leave Jinyiwei.
At that time, the courtiers who have seen the situation clearly can weigh their own weight and whether they can propose marriage to Lin Ruhai.
But no matter what, Baoyu has no chance.
Thinking of this, Jia Mu sighed secretly and said nothing. Now that the matter has come to this, it is better to completely lift her hands and leave a good impression on the Lin family, which will also be beneficial to Baoyu in the future.
Lin Zhao added: "I shouldn't have said this. It's just that my sister is young and weak. She has been tired these past few days and her food has not been easy to eat. Therefore, I would like to ask the old lady to agree to let the second grandmother stay here for two more days.
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Jia Mu nodded and said, "This is as it should be. Girl Feng, you must help your brothers and sisters diligently and don't be lazy, otherwise I will not obey you if I know about it."
Sister Feng responded crisply: "Ancestor, just trust me and leave it to me. I will definitely lead the way. Sister Lin will follow your lead."
After hearing this, everyone laughed: "It's amazing, Feng Yatou is also talking about words."
Sister Feng said with a smile: "Our Qiao girl has become a disciple of Sister Lin. I have learned a few words from her in the past few days to amuse my ancestors. If I add more, I will be the same Feng Lazi who doesn't know a single Chinese character."
Everyone burst into laughter and said, "Young girl Feng Zhen has the most clever mouth. No one can compare with her."
Lin Zhao and Daiyu sent Jia Mu and others out. Tanchun and Daiyu disappeared for a while, but it was only a delay, and they appeared at the door of the house hand in hand.
The people in the Jia family were always careless, so no one would pay attention to this. Only Lin Zhao glanced at them and saw that there seemed to be tears in their eyes, and there seemed to be dust on Tanchun's clothes.
After thinking about it, Lin Zhao didn't say anything.
After everyone left and the troubled Sister Feng was settled, Daiyu said to Lin Zhao: "Third sister just knelt down to me and asked me to ask you for something.
"Kneel down?" Lin Zhao sighed.
This Tanchun has outstanding appearance, is smart, capable, scheming, and decisive. He is nicknamed "Rose" and has a strong personality.
Under normal circumstances, if it was for herself, even if she was wronged, she would not ask for help, let alone kneel down.
There is only one person who can bring a girl like her to her knees.
"But for our third brother Huan" Lin Zhao said.
"No." Daiyu sighed: "Brother Huan is becoming more and more outrageous. I'm afraid he is even more outrageous than cousin Baoyu."
It turns out that although Jia Huan and Tan Chun are siblings from the same father and mother, they are different from Tan Chun. He was brought up by Aunt Zhao since he was a child.
Although Aunt Zhao has a good look, she was born as a girl from the first wife's house. She is a vulgar character. She is a master but a real slave in the Jia family. Sister Feng once said of her: "She is confused, her heart is clouded, her tongue is rotten, and she will not die well."
I'm just making something... I don't even think about it, I'm a slave, I'm worthy of two or three girls!"
Although she is Jia Huan's biological mother, she is narrow-minded, vicious and selfish, and has a low status and no cultivation. She is like a shrew herself. She can only teach Jia Huan anything good, but only instigate him to make troubles. Jia Huan was punished for making troubles.
After a beating, Aunt Zhao could not come forward to support him, so in the end it was Jia Huan who was unlucky.
Jia Huan, who was brought up in such an environment, was just as Mrs. Wang expected, a wretched and dirty guy. Naturally, he was not liked by Jia Zheng, so he did not pose a threat to Baoyu.
Jia Huan was taken to Yunfangzhai by someone a few days ago. He had six taels of silver with him, and he ordered a table of top-notch noodles and two top girls!
As a result, at the critical moment, Jia Huan was unable to get the money, and was blocked by several turtle slaves screaming and screaming.
I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune, but he was noticed by a few wandering boys and they redeemed his debt, but they signed a usury loan.
So Huan Laosan owed him one hundred taels of silver, and he was asked to repay the debt.
What can he do?
I had no choice but to pester Aunt Zhao and Tanchun.
Aunt Zhao was so entangled by him that she could only cry and curse.
However, Tanchun was a smart person. He could come up with the answer in just a few words, but he also felt a trace of despair.
One hundred taels of silver is nothing to Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Mu and the others were so happy that one quail egg was worth one tael of silver.
A meal of wine for Jia to pardon Jia Zhen would cost more than five hundred taels of silver.
But for Aunt Zhao and Tanchun, it is an astronomical figure.
They did not dare to tell Jia Zheng, for fear that the master would lose his temper and beat Jia Huan to death.
Fortunately, Tanchun was not a fool and immediately thought of Lin Zhao.
So I took advantage of this banquet to seize the opportunity to beg Daiyu.
"Such a small matter is not difficult to solve. But if we help you this time, I'm afraid there will be another time. We have to think of a permanent solution to make Huan Laosan change his ways." Lin Zhao smiled slightly.