The wing room in the east courtyard, Lin Ruhai’s bedroom.

Lin Daiyu came out of the garden with Rhododendron and went straight here.

In the house, there was an old nanny about forty years old with a young child waiting beside the bed.

"Mama Liu, how is father?"

As soon as Lin Daiyu entered the house, she asked with concern.

Aunt Liu hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, girl, my old slave looks much better than yesterday. I think I have a good destiny, and I will get better after a few days."

Lin Daiyu stepped forward to check and found that she was as pale as usual......

"Don't cry, don't cry, I won't cry soon! Oh, my good girl, you have to take care of your body. If the master knows about it, he will be heartbroken to death, and even the young lady will not feel at ease." Liu

When grandma saw Lin Daiyu crying, she quickly comforted her.

Lin Daiyu sobbed and said in a trembling voice: "Mother Liu, I know my father's body, so you don't need to comfort me..."

Aunt Liu's heart tightened when she heard this. She looked at the sad and lovely man in front of her and didn't know what to say. After all, Lin Ruhai's body was lying there. It was useless to insist that she was fine. It was just her own girl.

Such disregard for her own body really worried her.

Lin Daiyu was already much more handsome, and she looked like a young lady between her eyebrows, and Aunt Liu was even closer to her. However, Lin Daiyu could still be seen looking so sad, and she was wiping tears at this moment.

Nanny Liu pushed the handsome child next to her and said, "Brother Qing, why don't you say hello to your sister?"

This little boy is naturally Lin Qing of the Lin family who has already married.

Compared with other marquis families in Suzhou, the Lin family is not prosperous. This Lin Qing is a distant branch of the family. He is not popular in the first place and does not receive much family property.

After a hundred years, all the so-called ancestral property was spent. When he heard about Lin Ruhai, he begged his elders to pass the house.

Those elders could not let Lin Ruhai die, so they naturally agreed.

Logically speaking, the elders make the decision, and Lin Qing is indeed Lin Daiyu's "brother."

Lin Qing, who had always lowered his head, raised his head and looked at Daiyu when he heard this. His expression was timid and he called softly: "Sister."

Although Lin Qing had stayed at Yanzheng Yamen for nearly a month, he had not spoken to Lin Daiyu.

His mother-in-law said she was afraid that Lin Daiyu would torture Lin Qing, so she refused to let Lin Qing have contact with Lin Daiyu, so that the "blood siblings" were not familiar with each other.

Lin Daiyu looked at Lin Qing's timid expression with a complex expression, nodded and said: "Yes."

After a moment of silence, Lin Daiyu seemed to have remembered something. She took out a small sachet from her waist, then put in a few small silver knives and handed them to Lin Qing.

Lin Qing raised her eyes to look at the sachet in front of her, raised her hand, then retracted it again, lowering her head and feeling at a loss.

Aunt Liu lowered her head and said softly: "Brother Qing, hurry up and accept the sachet my sister gave you."

Encouraged by everyone's eyes, Lin Qing reached out and took it, Nunuo said: "Thank you, sister."

Lin Daiyu's move also showed that she accepted Lin Qing. Of course, she had no choice. Apart from the fact that it was already up to her elders to decide the house, even if there were no elders to make the decision, she should still find a suitable house.

You can't...

Sighing softly, Lin Daiyu said: "Mama Liu, take Brother Qing down to have a rest. Father, I am here!"

Aunt Liu responded, then left with an uneasy Lin Qing.

In the room, Lin Daiyu leaned against the bed, looking at the withered face of Lin Ruhai on the bed, feeling desolate in her heart.

Zijuan sighed in her heart, walked to the table, poured a cup of tea, handed it to Lin Daiyu, and said: "Girl, let's have a cup of tea first!"

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Beijing, Rongguofu, Lixiangyuan.

On an autumn afternoon, the courtyard is filled with the fragrance of pears.

Xue Pan walked lightly and happily hummed a meat and vegetable ditty.

In the house, Aunt Xue was sitting on the kang in the house. When she heard the ditty coming from outside the courtyard, she pursed her lips tightly and looked helpless between her brows and eyes. She sighed and said to Xue Baochai, who was working on a red dress: "Your brother doesn't know what to say.

He's crazy and doesn't know how to restrain himself, so he makes people laugh for nothing."

Although Aunt Xue's tone was scolding, the doting in her heart was clearly revealed in her helpless look.

Xue Baochai's face turned red and he said angrily: "Mom, my brother has always been like this, you don't know."

Her tone was calm, but she still felt embarrassed in her heart. Those little songs were not something a girl like her should listen to.

Aunt Xue shook her head. Seeing that Xue Pan still didn't know how to restrain herself, she tilted her head and cursed out the window: "You evil thing, with his mouth full of excrement!"

Even Aunt Xue used foul language. It was obvious that Xue Pan couldn't tolerate it, and the lyrics and music became even more unbearable.

Xue Pan walked in with a smile, picked up the teapot on the table and drank.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue quickly reminded: "Son, slow down, don't choke."

Xue Pan took a big sip and let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

Xue Baochai raised his eyes, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on errands today. Why are you so happy? Could it be that something good happened to you?"

Hearing this, Xue Pan raised his eyebrows with a smile and praised: "My sister's vision is really accurate. Today a magpie came to the door..."

Aunt Xue looked at Xue Pan's proud expression, which was not the same as the expressions of those famous actors who had fallen in love with her in the past. She guessed that this was the good thing Xue Pan said, so she said angrily: "Don't cause more trouble, this is the magpie."

At the door."

Hearing this, Xue Pan twitched the corner of his mouth, showed a big smile, and said hurriedly: "Mom, this is a really good thing today."

Aunt Xue sneered and said: "You came out of my belly, don't I know your temper..."

Xue Pan was really helpless when he heard this. He had always caused trouble in the past and rarely brought good things to his family, so no one believed that he could do good things.

Xue Pan stopped playing riddles and said proudly: "Today, my son went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and met the chief steward of the palace!"

Aunt Xue shook her head. What would happen if she met the chief manager? She guessed that someone else was inspecting the Ministry of Internal Affairs and happened to meet them. How could she pay any attention to them? They would show off such a thing...

However, Xue Baochai was perked up after hearing this and asked: "Could the good things my brother said have something to do with the palace manager?"

Xue Pan nodded with a smile and couldn't stop talking. He said with a smile: "The senior manager praised our Xue family for our ability to do things. He said some days ago that more of the palace's purchases would be handed over to our Xue family. Isn't this a big deal?"

Good thing!…”

Aunt Xue's face brightened when she heard this, and then she seemed to remember something, her expression changed, and she said suspiciously: "Don't lie to me."

Seeing Aunt Xue's suspicious look, Xue Pan immediately stamped his feet angrily and said dissatisfied: "Mom, would I trick you into doing this?..."

Seeing that Aunt Xue and others still didn't believe it, Xue Pan shouted angrily: "If I am lying to you, I am a son of a bitch..."

...........

Aunt Xue's face darkened. What she said was offensive, but fortunately, she was focused on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and didn't care about it.

Palace procurement has always been a cooperation between several companies, each managing its own share. Even so, each family can make a lot of money. Let the Xue family take more shares. This is not to make the Xue family make a fortune... and The larger the proportion of royal palace purchases, the higher the reputation of the imperial merchants, and it will be much easier to do things.

"Okay... okay... okay..." Aunt Xue shouted three times in a row, which was enough to see Aunt Xue's excitement.

Since the death of the father of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai, the Xue family's business has been deteriorating day by day, and the palace's share of purchases has been decreasing year by year. Suddenly, the palace wants to increase the Xue family's share. Isn't this a good thing?...

At this time, Xue Baochai reminded everyone as they were immersed in an atmosphere of joy: "Brother, the senior manager is taking such good care of our Xue family, so the Xue family should show its appreciation."

When Aunt Xue heard this, she felt it was very reasonable and hurriedly said: "My daughter is right."

Immediately, he couldn't wait to get up and said hurriedly: "I'm going to prepare a generous gift and let Pan'er deliver it later."

Xue Pan smiled and said: "Mom, don't worry, the high manager said that he will send his son to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss the purchase in two days. It will not be too late to send him there at that time."

Aunt Xue heard the words and nodded. Looking at Xue Pan's "calm and calm" appearance, Aunt Xue cried with joy and said to herself: "God, the men of the Xue family are finally sensible..."

After a while, Aunt Xue regained her composure and said doubtfully: "It's strange how the manager would praise the Xue family..."

Over the past few years, they had also known what happened when Xue Pan went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If it hadn't been for the help of his relatives, he would have lost his purchasing job long ago. This sudden and pleasant appearance was really suspicious.

Xue Pan was startled, waved his hand and said: "Whatever, maybe our Xue family is doing things well."

Aunt Xue sighed when she heard this. Just now she thought that Xue Pan had become sensible, but she never thought that he still had such an impetuous temper.

Xue Baochai, on the other hand, groaned and said, "My daughter is thinking that maybe it has something to do with Brother Yun from Dongfu."

Xue Pan heard this and said with disgust: "It would be great if that cunning boy didn't cause any trouble, and would he still help us?..."

He had approached Jia Yun to discuss the matter, but Jia Yun refused outright, so naturally he would not be the one to help.

Xue Baochai didn't think so. The Xue family and the Jia family had a close relationship. Even if Xue Pan was in Shuntian Mansion Yamen, it was also brought back by Jia Yun. In the eyes of outsiders, they were real relatives. If Jia Yun was in the palace, If they have dignity, those people will naturally sell well, and there is no need for Jia Yun to come forward. In Xue Baochai's view, this should be a close thing. If not, how could the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs change their expressions and still be in the palace? The chief manager here is here to show up!...

"With Brother Yun's status, it is not unusual for him to be familiar with the chief steward of the palace. Perhaps that is why the chief steward raised this matter." Xue Baochai guessed.

Xue Pan was startled when he heard this, but he remembered that the chief manager had talked about Jia Yun earlier. Thinking back on it now, he was afraid that it was just like what his sister Xue Baochai said.

Aunt Xue knew her son best. Seeing his stunned look, she guessed that Xue Baochai was right. After thinking for a moment, Aunt Xue said: "That's okay, I'll just prepare a copy and send it over there. No way." Nothing happens."

Xue Pan looked unhappy. First he had to stay in the Shuntian government office for several months, then he "robbed" Xiang Ling, and finally refused to give him face. All these things put together, he was very hostile to Jia.
Chapter completed!