Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 110 Wrong way to open the door?

After coming to this home, Ruizhu really found it difficult to adapt for a while.

It’s not that Yue’s house is not good. On the contrary, she likes it very much. The rooms are big, and the food, clothing and daily necessities are much better than before. She can also often go to the garden with Baozhu and Xueyan. After all, Qin’s house doesn’t have such a big and beautiful garden.

It’s just that the role of a girl makes Ruizhu really unable to bear to watch it closely.

The girls who used to never touch water at home, now, even when washing feet with Yue Ling in the room, do not wipe them with cotton towels, but rub them with their hands first. They are not allowed to replace them, which really makes Ruizhu confused.

The girl's heart seemed to be devoted to Yue Ling, as if she had been fed a love potion by Yue Ling and was bewitched.

Ruizhu could see that Yue Ling was a good person. He was handsome, promising, kind to others, and had never been harsh to them.

But it was really hard for her to look at such a girl who was willing to lower herself to a low level.

At the right moment, Ruizhu looked at Qin Keqing, who was standing beside her with a dull look in her eyes, and said, "Miss? Go to your room and have a rest. Baozhu and I will go find Miss Lin to do something."

Qin Keqing withdrew her gaze from afar, patted Ruizhu on the head, and said coquettishly: "How many times have I told you, don't call me Miss in the mansion, call me Sister."

Ruizhu smiled awkwardly, her face full of helplessness, "I've been calling you girl for almost ten years, how can it be so easy to change my words..."

Qin Keqing blamed him, "You are usually too careless and never take things to heart. Look, Baozhu is crying peacefully."

Ruizhu's mouth drooped. She seriously suspected that Baozhu had become a little stupid because she had been with Xueyan for too long. She really didn't care about anything in her mind and just ate with Xueyan all day long.

"After all, she hasn't been with the girl as long as I have, so it's understandable."

Ruizhu found an excuse.

Qin Keqing turned over and went back to her room, and said to Ruizhu and Baozhu, "You go ahead, I'll go wash the clothes that Master just took off."

This is another thing that makes Ruizhu helpless.

The girl never allowed the two of them to touch the clothes that Yue Ling had taken off.

"Okay, aunt...sister, we'll go first."

Ruizhu took Baozhu and went to Lin Daiyu's room together. Seeing Lin Daiyu writing, she stood by and waited without saying a word.

Lin Daiyu noticed the two of them and said with a smile, "Let's find a place to sit first. I was checking the accounts and it's a little difficult to calculate since I was interrupted."

The two little girls nodded quickly and took an embroidered mat nearby to sit down.

Lin Daiyu saw at a glance that Ruizhu was not dressed neatly. The hem of her skirt was patched, and the patching was rather crude. She smiled and said, "Ruizhu, thriftiness is a good thing, but you should dress neatly so as not to bring disgrace to Brother Yue. You are all maids in Brother Yue's room now. How can you go out to work like this?"

"If the skirt is torn, take it off first and ask the maid who is better at work to mend it, then send it back for her to wear. Don't do things you are not good at, and don't be afraid of bothering others. We have a division of labor in our house, and everyone has their own responsibilities. Since she received this share of money, she naturally has to do this work."

Ruizhu was a person who was afraid of trouble. After being enlightened by Lin Daiyu's words, she stood up and bowed, "Thank you Miss Lin for your concern. I was inconsiderate. I will go back and change it now."

Lin Daiyu nodded and returned her gaze to the account book. "Okay, go ahead. There's no rush. There's not much to do in the mansion today."

Ruizhu pushed open the door and walked out of Lin Daiyu's room. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss Lin's aura is too strong, just like the eldest lady in the room. But Miss Lin is not a competitive person, so we can still get along well."

Ruizhu walked to the opposite door and pushed open Yue Ling's door, and saw that there was another person inside, holding the clothes that Yue Ling had just changed and burying his face in them.

Ruizhu was shocked and quickly closed the door, stroking Qifu's chest and breathing heavily.

"What is the girl doing? This, this, this is so shameless!"

Rubbing her eyes again, Ruizhu felt that she was hallucinating. She must have opened the door in the wrong way just now. She wanted to push the door open again, but someone pulled it open from the inside.

When I looked up, I saw Qin Keqing standing behind the door holding a stack of clothes, with a warm smile on her face.

"Ruizhu, why are you back?"

Ruizhu swallowed her saliva and said, "Well, I went to Miss Lin's place just now. Miss Lin saw that my skirt was damaged and asked me to change it into a new one."

Qin Keqing narrowed her eyes, lowered her head and looked at the hem of Ruizhu's skirt. It was obvious that she was not lying, so she said, "Okay, then go to your room and change. When you go to the garden, remember to be careful not to get scratched by branches. Although the mansion is wealthy, this fabric is also precious. It was given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Ruizhu nodded hurriedly, wanting to get away from here as soon as possible, "Okay, I understand."

Just as she lifted her foot, Qin Keqing's voice rang in her ears again, "Ruizhu, you didn't see anything just now, did you?"

Ruizhu turned her head and said with a fake smile, "What are you talking about, young lady? What did you see? I just came here. By the way, why did you leave now?"

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Just now I saw that the mattress on the master's couch was a little dirty, so I changed it and was planning to take it to wash."

Ruizhu nodded and said, "Okay, go and get busy, girl. If you are too busy, remember to come to my room to find me."

After leaving this sentence, Ruizhu successfully entered the room and escaped Qin Keqing's sight.

Leaning against the door, Ruizhu let out a long sigh, muttering to herself, "The girl just now was so scary. Did she bump into someone? Hiss, maybe it was because she smelled the clothes? It was really too scary..."

The Privy Council,
The court session was held every five days. Today was not the morning session. Yue Ling came to the classroom of the Privy Council and sat down at the desk.

Speaking of the morning court, in fact, it is nothing more than watching a group of civil servants quarreling with each other. If it does not involve their own interests, most of them will keep a distance, but when it involves themselves, few of them will not roll up their sleeves.

Yue Ling really didn't know what to do in this situation. The interests of all parties had nothing to do with him, only the interests of the King of Qin had something to do with him.

Yue Ling also discovered that the King of Qin was becoming increasingly impatient with these civil servants.

But he didn't have many civil officials to replace them, and there were indeed powerful enemies around him, so it was not appropriate to change them. When the King of Qin had time, it would be a natural thing for him to do to clean up the officialdom and eliminate the deep-rooted problems. And given the King of Qin's character, he would certainly act vigorously and quickly to cut off the rotten meat.

Now we should naturally focus on dealing with the two enemies, the Northern Barbarians and the Jurchens.

Yue Ling leaned back in his chair, holding a cup of tea and flipping through recent documents. Not long after, Feng Yu came in and greeted Yue Ling, "Mr. Yue, you're up quite early today."

Yue Ling smiled and said, "Feng Tongchen is not late either. Feng Tongchen lives far away, so he must have left home much earlier than me."

Feng Yu also smiled in relief, "Of course. There are so many ministers in the court, how many of them can be granted houses by His Highness? Except for the families of those who won military honors in the founding of the country, it is rare to see them later."

"Besides, even if I buy it, I can't afford a house so close to the Imperial City."

Yue Ling also poured tea for Feng Yu and asked with a smile, "What about Lu Yuanshi and Chai Fushi? Can they afford my house?"

Hearing Yue Ling's question, Feng Yu really thought about it seriously, and then slowly replied: "Lord Lu is about the same. Lord Chai has always lived a secluded life, with few children, concubines, and even servants. In times of disaster, he would donate money to set up porridge stalls to help the people. Such a senior official is rare in the capital."

Yue Ling also nodded and said, "Indeed. 'If you are in a high position in the government, you should worry about the people; if you are far away in the world, you should worry about the ruler.' Since ancient times, how many people can do this?"

Hearing Yue Ling citing scriptures, Feng Yu's eyes lit up and he thought he was a close friend, "Yue Tongqian also likes Wen Zhenggong?"

Yue Ling blew away the hot air, took a sip of tea, and sighed, "Who can not like Lord Fan? How many wise ministers throughout history can be compared to him? The posthumous title of Wenzheng is so popular precisely because of Lord Fan."

Feng Yu also sighed: "I have no chance, but Yue Tongqian may have a chance."

Yue Ling waved his hand and said, "Mr. Feng thinks too highly of me. To be honest, I am only slightly better at martial arts, but I am far behind in other aspects."

Two men were chatting in the office when a clerk came in at an inopportune moment.

"Mr. Feng, Mr. Yue, something terrible has happened. His Highness has summoned the important officials of the two ministries, the six ministers, the censors of the Censorate, the governor of the Beijing camp, and others to the side hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony for an audience. You two are among them and need to go immediately."

Feng Yu asked, "Where are Lord Lu and Lord Chai?"

The clerk hurriedly replied, "He has already gone."

Feng Yu raised his hand and said, "All the important ministers of the country have gone, including the generals of the Beijing camp. It must be that something happened at the border. Yue Tongchen, please go ahead. We have to go quickly too."

Yue Ling nodded, "Okay."

……

Arriving outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony,

Yue Ling found that he was the lowest-ranking official and stood at the outermost edge of the team, which seemed like a small court meeting.

When Dongfang Zhi, the Minister of State Affairs of the Central Secretariat, saw Yue Ling from a distance, he walked over and asked, "General Yue?"

Yue Ling cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Dongfang."

Although both of them worked in the palace, they had not seen each other for a long time. However, Dongfang Zhi was not in the mood to reminisce today. Instead, he asked directly: "General Yue, do you know what happened?"

Yue Ling shook his head, "Your Highness didn't look for me before."

Hearing this, Dongfang Zhi sighed and his face looked really ugly.

Yue Ling asked: "Mr. Dongfang, what did you guess?"

Dongfang Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Even if something happens in the Northern Barbarians' side, they won't be so anxious."

Yue Ling was startled, "Did something happen in Liaodong?"

Liaodong was closer to the capital, and if Liaodong was lost, Shanhaiguan would be completely exposed to the enemy. If this pass was breached, it would be a smooth journey to the capital in two days.

Dongfang Zhi took a breath and said, "I'm afraid it's almost certain, we'll know soon."

At the right time, Dai Quan pushed open the palace gate with the same serious look on his face.

"My loyal ministers, come this way."

(End of this chapter)