Return to the Qing Dynasty 69

"The daughter of the Lin family, Lin Fanghua, is Lin Ping's eldest daughter. When she gave birth to this girl, Lin Ping was just a little scholar. But even though she was just a girl, not a male who was a family, Lin's mother also liked it... The Lin family also had a big banquet for guests for three days. It was a great thing in the countryside. Besides, Lin's father had long been gone, but only a widow left. The family was so happy that she was supporting her son to go to school and marry her son to get her first granddaughter. The girl in this family has always been an old lady. She praised the child to others.

I am blessed. Because of the second year after I had this granddaughter, Lin Ping passed the imperial examination and was directly awarded the Jinshi and became an official in the capital half a year later. Lin's mother told everyone that it was all the blessings brought by her granddaughter. Lin Ping was awarded an official and stayed in the capital. After that, Fang also entered the capital. The old lady was a very reasonable old man. First, she felt sorry for her son's first arrival in the capital. It was not easy to live in the capital. It was not easy to move the food and food, rice, oil and salt, and it was all money. The old man insisted not to follow his son to come to the capital and asked the family of three to go into the city. She could still clean up the fields at home..."

"A family of three?" Lin Yutong looked at Dong Xiaowan. "Are you saying that the daughter of the Lin family followed her parents into the capital?"

Dong Xiaowan nodded, "Yes! I followed him into the capital. But less than half a year, this girl from the Lin family was sent back to her hometown by her parents. The reason was that Fang was pregnant and couldn't take care of her." She sighed, "The real strange thing is that the old lady of the Lin family didn't know why she was different from her granddaughter. She didn't take her out for visiting her, and didn't boast about it in front of others. If she wanted to see her, she always used words to make excuses and said that the wife of the official family did not tell her to see people easily. For several years, the family next to their house had never seen the daughter of the Lin family look like. Later, someone could meet occasionally, saying that the little girl was big feet and was busy in the vegetable field in the backyard at a young age. She looked very skillful, and she should have worked a lot. She lived this life like this until six years ago when she was taken to the capital."

Lin Yutong frowned, "Are you trying to say that this girl is not the daughter of the Lin family?"

Dong Xiaowan nodded, "I can't explain this clearly now. Anyway, the attitude of the old lady of the Lin family has changed a lot. This is unreasonable. Besides, Lin Fanghua still has a very recognizable appearance. Fang also said that a rouge-colored beauty mole was growing between her eyebrows. I also asked someone to ask the neighbors of the Lin family to see who could have an impression of the appearance of the Lin family's daughter when she was one or two years old. I asked them if they had moles on their faces when they were young? Did they have similar reactions before? Ask someone to ask more details, some people said that the child was young at that time, and even if he grew so young, he couldn't see anything. There was even that person who had moles in middle age. It was not good to have a child later on..."

Yes! Children change quickly, who would have thought that children were not the same as before?

After this past, Dong Xiaowan's tone had a little more sympathy and regret, "... After this girl was taken back, her family hired a nanny for raising her. It is said that the nanny went out of the palace, but she found someone to paint the portrait of the nanny, but she did not find out the trace of the person in the palace. Maybe she hadn't found it yet. I asked someone to continue to check it. I skip this section and don't think about it. Just look at the article of hiring the nanny. The Lin family still wants to raise this girl well."

That may not be necessary. I really want to educate myself well. I will not ignore it for so many years. I will only remember to teach my daughter until she becomes a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. Isn’t it a bit late?

I'm afraid I don't want to educate this girl well, but I finally got a place to use this girl.

Lin Yutong didn't say anything, just listened to Dong Xiaowan continuing to say it.

Dong Xiaowan frowned, "It's actually quite unfair to say that the Fourth Prince is actually injustice. I checked in the palace. Lin Fanghua was originally a girl who was doing cleaning in Kunning Palace. She spent a lot of money to transfer it out and went directly to the Prince's Office. In the Prince's Office, she didn't know how she took the favor of Gao's family and was asked to be by her side... until something happened..."

Lin Yutong understood that the girl's goal was very clear, and she was going to go to Hongli. Thinking of Lin Ping's young secretary's official position, a hint of question flashed through her heart: Is this official position coming to him because he has no background? Or is it what he wants? If his daughter went straight to Hongli, then what he said, Shao Zhan is an official in the Eastern Palace, wasn't he going to go to Hongli?

This is hard to say.

Dong Xiaowan had a little shame on her face, "A lot of things here are very ambiguous, I... couldn't find out clearly."

How else should I be clear?

All the matters of the three generations have been dug up, which is already very good.

Lin Yutong patted her shoulder and praised, "I did a good job." It doesn't matter if I can't find out the rest. If I can't find out, I won't check it. Since I've confirmed that there are problems with the Lin family, I'll check it out. "Bring people here, ask directly."

Arrest?

Dong Xiaowan asked, "Silent?"

"No need!" Lin Yutong smiled, "It's time to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger." After saying that, he reminded him, "Call Hongli quietly..." Before he finished speaking, he thought about it and added, "Come Fucha, please call him here too."

Hongli alone is afraid that it won’t work. It’s okay to have other things. This person who likes to be confused when he sees women, especially beautiful women, is really unbelievable.

When Dong Xiaowan heard this, her face was a little embarrassed, "...I didn't have time to tell you..."

Lin Yutong waved her hand, "Hongli has favored this girl from the Lin family? That's it."

Dong Xiaowan blushed and said, "...I originally thought it was not a big deal..." The maid beside her was the male protagonist, and it was nothing to be favored or not. Now that she called the Fourth Fool, she would say this to the Empress in advance. Who would have thought that as soon as she opened her mouth, she hadn't said anything, the Empress guessed it. She couldn't help but be curious and asked, "How did you think of it?"

No need to think about it at all.

"Fucha remembers this maid named Honghua very accurately." Lin Yutong smiled, "Even because of Gao, she must not remember the other maids around Gao so clearly. Even if they had to ask the nanny or the big girl around her. At that time, in front of so many people, she immediately knew who it was when she said what characteristics she had? Can't this explain the problem?"

Dong Xiaowan seemed to have some understanding. Even if she was a maid, the maid who served her master was different in the eyes of the heroine. That kind of difference was that she finally entered the female protagonist's sight and was successfully hated by the other party.

Therefore, getting married is a terrible thing. A good girl becomes abominable when she becomes a kiss.

With this idea, she turned around and went out to do business. She hadn't figured out why the master asked the fourth prince and his wife to hire him.

She didn't understand, and Hongli and Fucha were even more confused.

Hongli asked Wu Shu to put a red envelope on the eunuch who was sent the order to see what he could find out.

But the little eunuch didn't know that it was just an errand instructed by Miss Dong.

This is equivalent to not saying anything. The matter between the emperor's mother is either Dong Xiaowan or Zhang Qilin is responsible, and there is no one else except them.

Hongli kicked Wu Shu just by stepping on him, and it was getting less and less helpful now. What he was asking about is what he was doing.

Fu Cha took Hongli and pleaded for Wu Shu, "That's right, the people around the emperor's mother have been conditioned, not the ones who are tight-mouthed, so they can't even ask for it. Besides, I'll ask me to go there with me. I think it's a family matter. It's okay!"

This is true!

Hongli glared at Wu Shu, "Why are you still waiting, why are you doing while standing there?"

Wu Shulai quickly agreed, and did not forget to take a grateful look at Fu Cha.

It takes half a day to get from the mansion to the garden. When it arrives, it is too late. I must stay tonight.

Lin Yutong didn't be polite to them, and just asked to stay for dinner.

The Fourth Master also took the Ninth Master and Thirteenth Master to the back. Lin Yutong sat down and Fucha served him aside, and no one felt it was inappropriate. Hongli held a pot and poured water for tea and water from time to time, which seemed respectful and would not make people feel flattering.

Master Jiu looked at Hongli for a few more times, but he didn't say what he wanted to say at the dinner table.

After dinner, Master Jiu and Master Thirteen hugged four little ones and played for a while, then followed Master Fourth to the front.

They have something important to say.

Jiu Ye pointed to the map spread on the table, "...I originally beat these people around to draw maps, but I just wanted to provide first-hand information to the court, but I didn't expect there was a boy here, and my father and brother at home had done it on the gold mine. He came back and said that the possibility of these places marked as gold mines is relatively high..."

These maps are very fragmented. After being spliced ​​together, the Fourth Master realized that this was a map of Japan. Lao Jiu not only sent people to draw all the mountains and rivers here, but looking at how it is now, it seems that he is still looking for minerals.

The Fourth Master knocked his hand on the map, "What do you want to do?"

Jiu Ye gritted his teeth, "Fourth Brother, our caravan goes to sea, and the pirates that the navy has encountered repeatedly, do you know who they are?" Before the Fourth Master could speak, he cursed, "It's these Japanese people! They are not pirates, they are completely wolf-raising... This is to see how powerful our navy is, otherwise..." His face became heavy, as if there were many words that had not been finished.

The Fourth Master had no words, and he could understand this feeling. He suddenly realized that this country was full of crises, and it was far from what he thought no one dared to provoke. I am afraid that the feeling in his heart was a little hard to say. There is also an old saying that if you are lying on the side of the bed, you can't let others snore. I think he felt a threat. He smiled in his heart and asked again, "What do you want to do?"

"It's impolite to come but not come." Master Jiu whispered, then turned his face to look at Master Thirteen.

Thirteenth Master was stunned, "What do you want me to do?"

"Renovation of two warships and mixed in the caravan..." Master Jiu laughed and looked at Master Fourth, "I don't know if it's OK?"

OK! Anything is OK!

As long as you don’t fight inside, you can fight anyway when you go out. Even if you break the sky, I will take care of it.

The two of you didn't know what to say, and laughter came from the imperial study room from time to time. When Lin Yutong took Hongli and his wife out and passed by the door, they could hear it vaguely. In the past, they were actually walking on the side door, and they would definitely not meet the ministers who came and went. Today, I wanted to explain to the Fourth Master, but I didn't expect to hear his happy laugh. She couldn't help but curl up, and then turned her feet without stopping, heading out of the gate.

After coming out of Qingyan in Jiuzhou, Hongli looked back and looked at him. He had never seen Emperor Ama smile like that.

While he was stunned, Fucha quickly pulled his sleeve and reminded him, signaling him to look forward.

As a result, when he turned around, he saw that the emperor's mother had already walked away. He hurriedly chased after him.

After seven or eight turns, the couple was confused and arrived at an inconspicuous yard. Hongli was still stunned. He had never noticed that there was another heaven behind the rockery.

Dong Xiaowan greeted Lin Yutong at the gate of the yard, helped Lin Yutong down, and bowed to Hongli and Fucha.

Hongli raised the fan in his hand and said, "No gift." Then he asked Lin Yutong, "Mother, what is this place?"

Lin Yutong didn't answer, but said, "Come on."

After entering the yard, Hongli's heart suddenly became raised. It seems that this matter is far from being as simple as family matters.

The door of the main hall was pushed open, and several strong eunuchs retreated from the inside one by one.

Hongli pulled Fucha and followed Lin Yutong into it.

The space inside is not large, with three chairs on it. The chair in the middle is filled with fox fur cushions, and the chairs on both sides are scarlet felt half old.

Lin Yutong sat down in the middle, and Hongli and Fucha were sitting down next to Lin Yutong.

As soon as he sat down, he saw a man with a black cloth cover on his head arrested from outside and pressed him directly on the chair, without any intention of loosening. The men in black who were escorting the prisoners behind him were also masked. Hongli thought to himself that the identities of these people were probably not simple. Otherwise, they would not have been so covered in their faces. Is it because they had a secret identity and another identity on their faces? Does that mean that if there were such a person around him, he might not have appeared? Thinking of this possibility, the sweat on his head followed. He looked at the queen carefully, and his plain expression and eyes only felt unfathomable.

Since childhood, how could he always think that the current queen's former concubine was a foolish person?

All of them were misled by my mother.

Now I don’t care about anything else, because the queen spoke, “Go ahead and go to the headband.”

As soon as the headband was removed, the face of a middle-aged man in his forties showed. There was no obvious feature, and the type was still not found in the crowd.

Because Lin Yutong doesn't like the Fourth Master's beard, the main reason is that the Fourth Master himself is a little annoyed with the Beard.

The beard is actually not easy to manage. Some old men, when they dare to come over to see the car in the middle of winter, the beard still has white frost on their beards, and the anger they emit is all frost and condensed on their beards. From a distance, it is like snot hanging on their beards. It should be more pickled. Because the Fourth Master does not grow a beard, most people will not grow any longer. This is also a trend. Lin Yutong actually complained to those sisters-in-law. For example, the Third and Fifth Masters originally had beards, and they had been growing for many years. After suddenly coming back, they shaved their beards.

Why don’t you like it? The Fourth Master is different from them, why? The Fourth Master looks young, and he looks younger without a beard. This makes people feel uncomfortable. But the Third Master and the Fifth Master are similar to the Fourth Master, and the frown on their faces has long been coming up. Even if they are pampered, they are not the ones who live in their hearts, and they look old. Such an old face is no longer a beard, and the mansion is full of the kind that is qualified to serve eunuchs. After a sudden look, it is compared with the old eunuchs who serve them. It’s really not much different.

People say that the King of Chu is so thin that he often starves to death in the palace. The same is true now. It is not the kind of person who is really old, and those court officials actually follow the Fourth Master's preferences before leaving.

Even the third and fifth masters are no exception, but Lin Ping is an exception.

If you don't think deeply about it, this is not a big deal, but if you really think about it carefully, it can be said that he doesn't like someone like the emperor, but it can also be said that he actually lacks the most basic awe of the Fourth Master in his heart.

This is a subconscious thing of human beings, and external factors cannot change much.

So when Lin Yutong looked at this person, she looked at him a little more.

Lin Ping first squinted his eyes, as if he was adapting to the light, then slowly raised his head and looked at the three people sitting on it, and then he looked stunned. Then he was panic and whimpered in his mouth.

Lin Yutong waved her hand, "Tell him to speak."

The white cotton cloth was stuffed into his mouth and was pulled out at this time. He took a breath twice, struggled for a few seconds but didn't break free. Seeing that he had no intention of letting go of him, he said: "I bow to the Queen and have met the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Prince."

A trace of doubt flashed in Hongli's eyes. He didn't know who this person was. He heard that he was a minister, and he thought that who would be the one who was in charge of this matter? It really had nothing to do with him. He looked at Lin Yutong uncertainly.

Lin Yutong looked at Lin Ping, "You have a lot of eyesight."

Lin Ping glanced at Hongli, "Although I have never seen the queen's golden face, I have seen the fourth prince several times. I can sit on the fourth prince and have such a demeanor. No matter how stupid I am, I know that it is the queen who is in front of me and cannot be praised by the queen."
To be continued...