Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

Chapter 130 Min'er, do you have any dealings with Prince Zhongshun's Palace?

"Jia Zhen?"

"Is there any news from your East Mansion?" Lin Daiyu asked mysteriously.

"Is it the kind of news that is particularly unexpected and sensational?" Lin Daiyu's eyes were bright at this time, and her expression contained a bit of curiosity and a bit of worry.

Ever since the parrot exposed the dirty thoughts of the East Mansion, she wanted to know the follow-up.

In other words, do these people have any shame?

Jia Baoyu blinked a few times, not understanding what was going on. He tapped his hands with his fan, thought for a moment, and replied, "No."

Brother Zhen spent a large sum of money to take in a concubine from a good family, who looked very similar to his nephew's wife, Qin Keqing.

For this purpose, Brother Zhen specially set up several tables to celebrate.

But how could I tell this to Lin Daiyu?

Isn't this just a waste of time? Lin Daiyu is such a crystal clear girl.

The women who came to the Jia Mansion this time were Lady Jia, Wang Xifeng and Madam You.

After greeting each other and Jia Min, they separated and walked inside with the crowd.

Jia Min followed closely beside Lady Jia, while Wang Xifeng was whispering with Youshi.

Grandmother Jia gently asked Jia Min,

"Min'er! When did you have any contact with the Zhongshun Palace?"

Jia Min stopped in surprise.

"Mother! I have no relationship with Prince Zhongshun's Palace! Why do you say that?"

Grandmother Jia gently patted the back of Jia Min's hand twice, as if to comfort her or to think about her.

"Isn't that strange? I'm old now and don't enjoy attending these banquets anymore."

"But the invitation sent by Prince Zhongshun's palace specifically mentioned your name."

"I just had to come."

When Jia Min heard this, she became confused and looked around.

Based on her own special experience, she had a feeling of being spied on.

"Mother! Didn't the invitation indicate who is in the Zhongshun Palace? You also know my daughter well. Since I came to the capital, I have lived in seclusion."

"I have never really liked this kind of occasion. How can I interact with people?"

Grandmother Jia was a person who had experienced many hardships, and she felt that there was something fishy when she heard this.

"Min'er, I'm still unsure whether this trip will be auspicious or not. Once you enter the mansion, don't leave my side."

Jia Min nodded frequently.

……

Compared with the Jia Mansion, the pavilions and towers in Prince Zhongshun's Mansion are more deliberately grand and spacious.

Lin Daiyu walked and looked. Look at the big rockery blocking the road. It seems that the Taihu stones are about to be hollowed out, right?

It does not seek to be exquisite, but only tall and strange, with towering pillars and rugged rocks. The small pavilion on the top is like a bird quietly listening to the waves.

After turning around the rockery, one group of people from the Jia family joined up with another group.

Jia Baoyu, who was standing beside them, seemed to have seen someone he knew, and ran up to greet two of the girls.

"Sister Yun! Sister Ya!

But I saw these two girls, one was smart and lively, the other was elegant and dignified.

"Brother Bao."

"Hello, cousin from the Jia family." The two girls also came out to return the greeting.

Lin Daiyu took a look and saw that one of them was an acquaintance, square and elegant.

Could the other person Jia Baoyu calls Sister Yun be Shi Xiangyun?

"Sister Lin! Let me introduce you. This is Shi Xiangyun from the Baolinghou Mansion. Sister Yun."

"This is Sister Ya."

The people who should have met in the Jia Mansion now meet in this strange mansion.

In Dream of the Red Chamber, Shi Xiangyun is also one of Lin Daiyu's favorite characters.

It's quite hearty and generous.

And this Fang Zhengya is really capable. Is he doing well in the Shi family? Can he be brought out?

Haven’t you seen that the three sisters of the Jia family are rarely brought out in public? Many of these girls have never seen outsiders.

Lin Daiyu walked up to Shi Xiangyun with a smile on her face and greeted her.

But Shi Xiangyun looked Lin Daiyu up and down with a scrutinizing gaze.

There was no return gift.

Instead, he turned to Jia Baoyu and asked, "Is this your Sister Lin?"

"I heard that you have a prodigy brother, so he must be a talented girl too, right? We are not good enough for him."

"We can't deal with her either."

"We are afraid of our family being destroyed if we deal with her."

Her words were full of sarcasm and her face was cold. After she finished speaking, Shi Xiangyun didn't even look at Jia Baoyu's surprised expression, and pulled Fang Zhengya to leave.

Fang Zhengya looked at Lin Daiyu with even more hatred and resentment.

Ha! This is like putting your warm face on a cold butt, rushing to get slapped in the face? And in front of everyone in the Jia family and the Baolinghou Mansion.

There were also nobles and idle people passing by, who stopped to relax.

This is unbearable!

"Stop! Do you have any manners?"

"How come I bowed to you but you didn't learn how to return the greeting and instead made sarcastic remarks, isn't that right?" Lin Daiyu called out to Shi Xiangyun and Fang Zhengya.

"What? You want us to salute you? Are you worthy?"

"Your whole family is full of vicious people. You have ruined our family. What else do you want?"

"Do you still want us to treat you as sisters and relatives?" Before Shi Xiangyun could say anything, Fang Zhengya stood up.

Her eyes were filled with venom and fire, and her dignified and elegant appearance seemed to be shattered.

"Speak clearly, how did my family become so vicious and cruel? How did it cause your family to be destroyed?"

"If we don't go out of the main gate or the second gate when we arrive in the capital, we will harm you." Lin Daiyu took the lead.

There was really no other way. I really wanted to make friends with Shi Xiangyun.

When Shi Xiangyun and Fang Zhengya heard Lin Daiyu's stubbornness, they were about to jump up and speak again.

Jia Baoyu was so anxious that he was running around in circles.

"Sister, sister" they shouted randomly.

"Shut up! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll send you all back." A noble lady in the Baolinghou Mansion stopped Shi Xiangyun and Fang Zhengya.

"Aunt! Her father was the cause of the Fang family being dismissed and exiled." Shi Xiangyun was still complaining.

Mrs. Baolinghou stepped forward, looked at the people staring at her, and loudly rebuked Shi Xiangyun.

"The Fang family's dismissal and exile is a matter of national law. You have no right to interfere."

She walked to Lady Jia and bowed, "Aunt, this is my fault for not teaching her well. I will teach her well when I get back."

Grandmother Jia also felt that this was not the place to talk, so she nodded, walked around the crowd and was about to leave. Family disgrace should not be made public, and family disputes should be discussed when they return home.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" Applause broke out all around.

"Don't go! It's so exciting!"

"Can't you explain everything clearly?" A girl walked out from the crowd watching the excitement. She was dressed in a fiery red dress.

She walked to Jia Min with a group of maids and servants. There seemed to be a flame in her pupils, and she was about to burst out.

She looked in the direction of Lin Daiyu and said solemnly,

"Still remember me?"

"My name is Huo'er."

"I saw with my own eyes your eldest son shoot an arrow at the horse, which frightened the horse and nearly cost me my life."

“This can’t be fake, right?”

She saw Jia Min and Lin Daiyu standing still, looking up at the growing crowd around them.

He smiled quite proudly.

"If you don't remember, let me remind you that the location is at Yangzhou Posthouse."

After saying that, she took off the hairpin on her head, put the tip of the hairpin in her mouth and licked it with her tongue.

Showing a wild smile.

"Where's your eldest son? You can also ask him to testify."

"See if what I said is true or not?"

……

Grandmother Jia and everyone else in the Jia family were shocked when they saw Jia Min and Lin Daiyu, whose expressions were changing unpredictably. Could this be true?

Although there were cases of bullying men and women among the nobles in the capital, few of them would do so in public for others to talk about.

Everything will be resolved privately. Someone is deliberately setting a trap for us.

Letting the Jia family come over would be like cutting off the Lin family and hurting the Jia family.

A strategy that kills two birds with one stone.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Jia Min.

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