Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 146: Visiting Rongguo Mansion for the Third Time

Not long after, someone came to the room to report.

"Second Master Bao, the carriage from the Yue residence has arrived. However, it did not go through the corner gate, but through the small gate that the old master has opened in the alley. At this time, Miss Lin has already gone to pay her respects to the old master."

Jia Baoyu stood up and shook his robe, then put the spiritual jade wrapped with five-colored silk strips back into his arms, and said in high spirits, "Well, finally here, I will go over there and wait for you."

In her heart, she thought: "My decorations are dazzling. If Miss Lin sees me, how could she not come and talk to me? If I chat with her for a few more words, how could she not know how refined I am."

"There has never been a woman in this mansion who doesn't like me, and Sister Lin is no exception."

Just as Baoyu was about to leave, Xiren hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master, please don't go over there. The old ancestor has repeatedly warned you not to hang around at the old master's place and to stay in this courtyard. If the old master hadn't sent a message, no one in the mansion would go over there."

Baoyu slapped Xiren's hand away and frowned, saying, "Of course I'm not stupid, so of course I won't go to play at the door. Sister Lin will come out someday, so I'll wait by the roadside and give her a surprise."

After saying this, Baoyu strode out of the door, and the maids could not stop him at all.

Xiren knew what kind of temperament Baoyu had, and she also knew that Lin Daiyu was not familiar with Baoyu, so how could she be "surprised"?
Xiren hurriedly said to the maid in the room, "If the master goes out like this, something bad will happen. No, I have to go find the lady first and ask her to send someone to bring the master back as soon as possible."

The maids also thought it was correct and urged Xiren to go out.

……

The driver placed the small tiptoe stool in place, and Yue Ling helped Lin Daiyu slowly get out of the carriage.

"We're here, Sister Lin, come with me and take a look."

Lin Daiyu nodded gently and hid half a body length behind Yue Ling, accompanied by Xueyan and Zijuan.

After passing through the small gate, you will see the gate of a small courtyard.

The gate plaque of the courtyard is still empty, as if it was built not long ago.

After crossing the threshold of the courtyard, I saw two rattan chairs placed in the yard. Duke Rong Jia Daishan and the first-class general of Ningguo Mansion Jia Daihua were lying together, with only a small kang table between them.

Hearing the noise outside the door, Jia Daihua stood up slightly and said with a smile: "It's General Yue who is here."

Jia Daishan had some difficulty getting up, so he stayed lying down and replied, "He came much faster than I thought. The palace bells rang, so I thought he would come at least until night."

Yue Ling walked up to the two people and bowed, "Old Master, Old General, I received the invitation and came to visit you. How are you?"

Jia Daihua also bowed in return, "I'm fine, at least I can still walk without anyone's support, but he can't."

Jia Daishan smiled and said, "Grand Commander, please forgive me for not being able to stand up to return the greeting. Please sit down first. We can chat later. Let me take a look at my granddaughter first."

Yue Ling waved his hand and asked Lin Daiyu to come forward.

Lin Daiyu nodded slightly, walked forward, came to the side of the two old people, and greeted them one by one.

"Meet grandpa, meet old man."

Jia Daihua nodded slightly, "This girl is very pretty, she really looks like your eldest daughter."

Jia Daishan took a closer look, his eyes moistened, "Yes, Yu'er looks quite like her mother when she was a child."

After coughing lightly, Jia Daishan asked about family matters, "How is your father doing recently?"

Lin Daiyu replied, "Dad is in good health. He is still busy with official business in Yangzhou and goes out on errands from time to time."

Jia Daishan sighed softly, "Since your mother passed away, your father has not written to me again. I know he feels guilty for not taking good care of Min'er, and he is too embarrassed to write to ask about her. However, I don't blame him. Life and death are determined by fate, and I can't blame him for not taking good care of her."

"I heard from the servants in the mansion that you were born with a weak constitution. Will your condition improve after entering the capital?"

Lin Daiyu nodded slightly, "Thanks to Uncle Yue's care, I am now much healthier than before."

Jia Daishan took a closer look and thought that he looked good, not as sick as the rumors said.

"That's good. Meeting you has fulfilled one of my wishes. From now on, stay by the side of the Grand Commander and take good care of yourself. Restoring your health is the most important thing."

Lin Daiyu nodded softly again, responding to the words of her elders.

"Well, you can go out and take a walk in the garden first. We still have some official business to discuss with the Grand Commander."

Lin Daiyu bowed to the two elders again and then led the two maids out the door.

Watching Lin Daiyu leave, Jia Daihua nodded and said, "This girl is outstanding in appearance and well-educated. She is a delight."

Jia Daishan looked at Lin Daiyu, then at Yue Ling, and felt that he had some understanding of Lin Ruhai's intention.

"Okay, let's put family matters aside for now. Grand Commander, after you entered the palace, did His Highness say anything to you?"

Hearing Jia Daishan's question, Yue Ling remembered the King of Qin's hesitation to speak, and thought to himself: "Could it be that these two know something?"

Shaking his head in confusion, Yue Ling replied, "No, I didn't say anything."

Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua looked at each other and then nodded.

Jia Daishan said again: "This is just our experience, Grand Commander, just listen to it. The final choice will depend on your opinion."

Yue Ling nodded, moved closer, and listened attentively. "It's true that the two of us have a very high prestige in the army, especially in the border troops. Although it is not as high as the prestige of the current Grand Commander in the capital, the civil officials at that time still regarded our two governments as thorns in their eyes and bones."

"Take his second son Jing Ge'er for example. He originally passed the imperial examination and could have become an official, but he was tortured by the civil servants and lost his original intention, so he went to practice Taoism."

Yue Ling was puzzled, "Do those civil servants have such great abilities?"

Jia Daishan shook his head. "They didn't at that time, but the previous emperor intended to suppress the meritorious families. However, after the birth of the King of Qin, he had to balance the meritorious families with the King of Qin."

Jia Daihua also sighed.

"Back in the past, we sat together and discussed it. I guarded the border, and he stayed in the capital. With one inside and one outside, we could be more informed."

"At that time, I had just made a military achievement, and my title was raised to the rank of Duke of Rongguo Mansion. This was a great honor. However, I was also criticized and slandered by the civil officials for being more meritorious than my master, and I never had a peaceful day in my life."

"Even so, we have been investigating the mastermind behind this for a long time, but we have found nothing. It was not until we left the capital to avoid disaster that the mansion was able to regain stability. There are still invisible forces in the capital that are influencing us in secret."

"The Grand Commander's current situation is not much different from ours. However, the Grand Commander is fortunately an old official of the King of Qin, and he has no lack of trust. With this alone, when the Grand Commander returns after recuperating, no one will be able to stop him."

Yue Ling nodded slightly and said, "I originally wanted to leave Beijing. But now the capital is too popular. I heard that when I defeated the northern barbarians, people shouted "Long live the king" in the streets. It's hard not to think that someone is fanning the flames and making a big fuss about it later."

Think about the story of Di Qing. Although he had the absolute trust of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty and was determined to create a good relationship between the monarch and his subjects, he was repeatedly impeached by civil officials, which made him exhausted both physically and mentally.

There were even people who impeached Di Qing by making up lies that the dog in Di Qing's mansion had horns and glowed at night. It can only be said that some civil servants were so shameless that they could do anything.

To grasp the general situation and know when to advance and retreat is the way to protect yourself.

This is good for both Yue Ling himself and the King of Qin.

After hearing Yue Ling's words, the two heads of the Jia family could not help but nod their heads secretly, "At his age, with such a temperament, what great things can't he accomplish? It's a great wisdom to retreat from the current."

Jia Daishan smiled and said, "Well, since the Grand Commander can see it clearly, we won't say much. I called the Grand Commander here today for another matter."

Today, the two seniors wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, so Yue Ling didn't hesitate to say, "Please go on..."

……

"Miss, the old master in Rongguo Mansion seems to be very kind, not as you worry."

Xueyan walked beside Lin Daiyu and leaned over to talk to her.

Lin Daiyu nodded slightly, "It's different from what I imagined. He's just like a kind and gentle elder."

Xueyan said to Zijuan, "Sister Zijuan, you used to be a lady in Rongguo Mansion. What beautiful scenery is there in this garden? Take me there to relax."

Zijuan responded, "Okay, okay, come with me."

The three of them walked together on the forest path. It was surprisingly quiet here, with only the breeze blowing and the sound of the treetops trembling, which was refreshing.

Lin Daiyu also took a few deep breaths, slowly closed her eyes, and relieved the pressure on her body.

Just as the three of them were sitting on the side of the road, enjoying the quiet and beautiful moment, a group of maids came and paid their respects to Lin Daiyu.

"Meet Miss Lin."

Lin Daiyu's eyelashes fluttered, and when she opened her eyes she saw that they were the maids of the Jia family, some of whom she had met several times before.

But judging from their postures, they didn't seem to be looking for her, and they couldn't help staring at Zijuan.

Lin Daiyu suddenly realized something and couldn't help but feel evil and smiled secretly.

"Are you here to look for Sister Zijuan?"

Several maids were startled, and then nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, Miss Lin is right. We were either passing by or we heard that Miss Lin was coming, so we wanted to come and see if Zijuan had come."

"We miss her very much and want to catch up with her."

The maids emphasized the word "fine" in this sentence so much that Zijuan couldn't help but tremble.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Okay, then you can go for a walk with her. But don't stay too long. After Grandpa finishes his business, we should go back."

Several maids held onto the embarrassed Zijuan and said to Lin Daiyu, "Don't worry, Miss Lin. It won't take us long."

Then he carried Zijuan away like a criminal.

Zijuan couldn't help but look back, "Girl, you..."

The conversation between Lin Daiyu and the maids just now seemed to be saying to Zijuan, "You want to settle accounts with her, right? Then hurry up, because we will be leaving soon."

"Don't worry Miss Lin, we won't be delayed for long, we will settle accounts with Zijuan soon!"

　Sorry, chapter 3 is a little late

　　
　
(End of this chapter)