Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 75 Marriage Letter
To Mrs. Ling Zhengqiao:

Bowing from afar like the sea.

I am seriously ill and fear that I will not live long. I cannot come to see you in person, so I hope you will understand.

Zongyou and I have known each other since childhood and were close friends. Although thousands of miles apart, we exchanged letters. Zongyou's death from illness has deeply saddened me...

...I often miss Zongyou, but I didn't expect that I would be terminally ill now.

I have spent my life repaying the emperor and bringing peace to the people, and I have no regrets in my heart.

When he was dying, he was only worried about his little daughter.

My little daughter, Daiyu, lost her mother at a young age. She is naturally pure and sensitive, and especially delicate at heart. Now that she has lost her parents, I only regret that I cannot see her get married.

I have heard that Zongyou has a son, Siyuan, who is kind-hearted and talented. If Lingzheng doesn't abandon him, I would like to encourage my daughter and Siyuan to get married.

My descendants are few and I am afraid I will not be able to live up to my ancestors in the future. If you agree, I hope that the two of you will perform the ceremony of inheriting the throne together in the future.

The eldest son born inherits the Chen family name, inherits the ancestral business, continues the sacrifices, and is included in the Chen family genealogy according to the order of seniority, and spreads out to other branches and continues the foundation of the Chen family;
The second son married into the eldest branch of the Yu family's family, inherited the reputation of a scholarly family, and took charge of the ancestral property of the Yu eldest branch, continuing the family's aristocratic family tradition and ensuring that both branches had descendants to carry on the family line, so that the family line would not be disrupted and the incense would not be cut off.

If you can show me mercy, I will be grateful for your friendship even though I am in hell.

I burst into tears while writing and didn't know what to say.

With all my heart.

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month in the twelfth year of Yankang.

Below it is Lin Ruhai's private seal.

　This marriage certificate was forged by Sun Guangcheng, and it was the one Chen Siyuan showed to Jia She.

　　After thinking about it, the previous one seemed inappropriate, so I changed it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)