Queen's Development

Chapter 185
Emperor Yongtai met Lin Jia, Yuzhi and Lin Yin's family in Yutang Hall, and Emperor Yongtai was accompanied by Concubine Hu Xi who had been with him for many years.

Seeing the handsome and tall Lin Jia standing beside the delicate and beautiful Yuzhi, Emperor Yongtai felt a little uncomfortable in his heart—his Ajia, who is worthy of being the best woman in the world, how could he guard this servant who was born as a slave? woman live a lifetime?
But when his gaze turned to the shade of the tree in Yuzhi's arms, Emperor Yongtai's heart suddenly turned into a pool of spring water—my grandson, the only grandson in the world!
After Lin Jia and his wife stopped saluting, Emperor Yongtai said with a smile: "Bring Ah Yin here!"

Lin Jia took Lin Yin from Yuzhi, walked to the imperial couch and carefully handed it to Emperor Yongtai.

Lin Yin slept all the way, but now he is very energetic, a pair of black phoenix eyes focused on Emperor Yongtai, then stretched out his snow-white chubby hands to pat Emperor Yongtai's face, and yawned again, Some saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth.

It was the first time that Emperor Yongtai held such a small and cute child in his life. He felt that it was fragrant, soft and beautiful, and he just held his breath and looked at it carefully.

Concubine Hu Xi looked over with a smile, and was about to reach out to touch it, but was blocked by Emperor Yongtai's hand.

She was not angry either, knowing that Emperor Yongtai had something to say to Lin Jia, she got up and greeted Yuzhi: "Master Yu, the gardenias in front of Yutang Hall are blooming very well, you can go out with Bengong to have a look!"

Yuzhi answered "yes" and followed Concubine Hu Xi out.

Seeing Concubine Hu Xi going out with Yu Zhi, Emperor Yongtai touched Lin Yin's black and soft fetal hair lightly, and felt it was extremely soft. Touching Lin Yin's soft hair felt like a feather caressing his heart , is simply full of satisfaction.

Eunuch Ding personally moved the Zhang Jin stool over and put it beside the imperial couch, asking Lin Jia to sit down.

Lin Jia looked at Emperor Yongtai stroking Lin Yin's little head with a smile, and couldn't help saying: "Father, I really didn't know that children grow hair in the womb, and Ah Yin's hair was so long when he was born!"

Emperor Yongtai stared at A Yin slightly with a smile, and said casually: "You were born with black hair, black and soft!"

Lin Jia was taken aback when she heard the words, and narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly: "How does Emperor Father know?"

He was born in Ganzhou, and Emperor Yongtai was far away in the capital at that time, how would he know what happened to him when he was born?
Emperor Yongtai stretched out his fingers and lightly touched the dimple on Ayin's cheek, and said with a smile: "I sent Ding Dang to see it, and Ding Dang even brought a painter with him to draw a picture of your appearance when you were just born. !"

Lin Jia stared at Emperor Yongtai who had been looking at the shade of the forest, and said softly, "Father, where is that portrait now?"

Emperor Yongtai was startled, looked up at Lin Jia, with deep phoenix eyes, and said after a while: "It's in my sleeping hall!"

Lin Jia stared at Emperor Yongtai: "I want to see it."

Emperor Yongtai closed his eyes, thought for a moment, opened his eyes and told Eunuch Ding: "Go and get the painting on the pillow!"

Hearing this, Eunuch Ding knelt down to Lin Jia: "My lord, please don't look at that painting! Please!"

Seeing Eunuch Ding begging Lin Jia, Emperor Yongtai took a deep breath, but did not speak.

Lin Jiafeng narrowed her eyes and looked at Emperor Yongtai. Seeing that Emperor Yongtai was still hugging the tree shade tightly, not looking at herself at all, she knew that there must be some mystery in this painting, so she slowly said: "Forget it, don't look at it!"

Emperor Yongtai secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Eunuch Ding also breathed a sigh of relief.

Some things are over when they are over, why bother to uncover the scars of the year and show the wounds that are still dripping with blood?

Lin Jia had gained a psychological advantage, so she put on a very casual look, and said with a smile: "Father, with Ah Yin, I understand what people often say, 'You will only know your parents' kindness when you have a son'. I really love you Ah Yin!"

On this point, Emperor Yongtai and Lin Jia had the most in common, and he immediately laughed and said, "This child is really painful!"

A trace of melancholy appeared on Lin Jia's face, and he said: "But father, every time I think of the past when I lost my mother and was tortured and poisoned by my stepmother when I was young, I feel uncomfortable and can't sleep all night..."

Emperor Yongtai lowered his eyes when he heard the words, but did not speak.

Lin Jia smiled and said: "Since I had Ah Yin, I am sometimes happy and sometimes sad. What if I marry a wife and she is like my stepmother? When I think that Ah Yin will suffer, I will suffer." My sin, it hurts like a needle prick in my heart!"

Emperor Yongtai hugged Lin Yin tightly, looked at Lin Yin, saw Lin Yin looking at him curiously, and the dimples on his cheeks appearing and disappearing, he felt uncomfortable for a while, and said: "Ajia, what do you want to say? "

He knew that once Lin Jia started to sensationalize, she would definitely have a request.

Lin Jia: "..."

Although his plot was seen through, he still said with a cheeky face: "Father, I want to wait until Lin Yin is three years old before thinking about marrying a wife!"

Just as Emperor Yongtai was about to speak, Lin Jia had a pure face: "Father, I'm only 20 years old!"

Looking at the tree shade in his arms, and Lin Jia who looked at him expectantly, Emperor Yongtai sighed and said, "Ajia, without Yu Yizhou's support, it would be difficult for you to control the civil service system!"

Lin Jia smiled slightly: "Father, then I can't sell my body to sleep with his daughter just to get Yu Yizhou's support!"

Emperor Yongtai coughed violently upon hearing this.

Lin Jia hurriedly got up and lightly patted Emperor Yongtai on the back, and said in his mouth: "Father, the truth is so ugly! Do you like Empress Zhu? Don't you? You married an annoying woman as your wife for the sake of the country. You know how to sacrifice My own pain, why should I repeat your pain again!"

Emperor Yongtai took a deep breath, hugged the tree shade tightly, and said in his mouth: "Get out! Get out! I don't want to see you again today!"

Lin Jia smiled slightly, saluted seriously, and prepared to leave.

Emperor Yongtai hurriedly said: "Leave the nanny, the female doctor and the maid who waits on Ah Yin!"

Lin Jia agreed, and retreated with a smile.

Emperor Yongtai hugged A Yin, and looked at A Yin's black jewel-like eyes, only felt that with A Yin, everything had meaning; as for Lin Jia, let him do as he pleases!

Lin Jia took Yuzhi out of the Yutang Hall, and walked hand in hand on the square outside the hall.

The waiters kept a distance and followed behind.

The wind was very strong in the empty square, and the wind blew up the hem of Lin Jia's brocade robe, making a hunting sound.

Lin Jia took Yuzhi's hand and looked forward together.

In front is the majestic, majestic and proud Daqing Hall.

It is the place where all officials go to court early.

Yuzhi looked up at Lin Jia, her big eyes dazzled: My Ajia must go on firmly, master the civil service system, quell the rebellion of the Guizhen Sect, solve the monopoly of the aristocratic family on the political economy of the Great Zhou, and become a generation of the Great Zhou Dynasty Mingjun!
The full moon ceremony of the eldest son of Lin Jia, who is also the heir of His Majesty, supervisor and privy envoy, was naturally grand and enthusiastic.

Riding in the big sedan chair, Yuzhi felt that everything today was like a dream, without any sense of reality.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the moon gate at the gate of the inner courtyard.

Following the slight sense of weightlessness when the sedan chair landed, Yuzhi finally came to her senses.

Lin Jia got off the horse, reached out to hold Yuzhi's hand, led her off the sedan chair, and walked forward.

When everyone in the Lin family saw the appearance of the lord and Aunt Yu, they saluted together.

Lin Jia glanced at Yuzhi, and said with a smile, "Get up!"

He added: "Today is the full moon ceremony for Lin's eldest son, and everyone in the family will be rewarded!"

Everyone saluted and thanked in unison.

Lin Jia looked at Yuzhi and smiled slightly: "Yuzhi, I'll take you to the back garden!"

King Xingping had already taken Lin Yi and Lin Lixiang back to Qingzhou. The back garden had been vacated early and cleaned up again. This time the banquet was held in the back garden.

After discussing with Li Rui, Yuzhi and Li Rui ordered people to divide the back garden into East Garden and West Garden with brocade barriers, with male guests in the East Garden and female guests in the West Garden.

Yuzhi was still a little nervous, but when she heard that Lin Jia was going to send her there, she couldn't help smiling—Lin Jia was afraid that those noble women would look down on her status and refuse to salute her, so she took her there herself!

She gave a "hmm" and looked up at Lin Jia: "Ajia, I'm so happy!"

Lin Jiafeng looked at Yuzhi with a smile in her eyes, and said softly, "Me too!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards the back garden hand in hand.

Li Rui, A Lan, A Chi, Han Lin, Ye Ling and Ye Bi all followed behind, and the group meandered north.

At this time, a roll shed was set up in the West Garden, under which were placed countless red sandalwood square tables and red sandalwood carved armchairs. I went to see Mrs. Yu first before I dared to go back and sit down.

When Lin Jia and Yu Zhi went in, there were several female family members standing in front of Zhuang Shi, talking and flattering Zhuang Shi.

With a smile on the corner of Zhuang's mouth, she sat there reservedly. Her eldest daughter, Yu Mingyue, and her concubine's second and third daughters sat on the left hand side, and there was a lot of excitement for a while.

Mrs. Meng, the wife of Liu Zirui, Minister of Industry, was smiling and flattering Yu Mingyue when she suddenly fell silent.

Mrs. Zhuang and Yu Mingyue were a little curious. They were about to speak when they saw Mrs. Meng curtseying along with the crowd: "I've seen you, my lord!"

At the same time, everyone around stood up and saluted.

Mrs. Zhuang stood up holding her daughter Yu Mingyue's hand, turned around and looked over, only to see a tall and handsome man with phoenix eyes and red lips walking over holding the hand of a beautiful lady. It was Lin Jia and his Concubine Yushi.

Seeing this, Yu Mingyue pursed her lips and looked at her mother.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhuang didn't want to salute, Yu Mingyue hurriedly whispered: "Mother!"

He said again: "For Master Lin's sake!"

Mrs. Zhuang looked at her daughter, and said in a low voice: "Could it be that I am a dignified order to salute a concubine who was born as a lowly maid?"

Yu Mingyue shook her head lightly, and said, "Mother, although this concubine's room is lowly, it is now standing side by side with Master Lin!"

Seeing Lin Jia and Yushi standing side by side like a golden boy and jade girl, Yu Mingyue felt angry for a while: Nowadays, people have to bow their heads under the low eaves, but I will never be true to such a humble concubine as Yushi. Bow your head!
The Zhuang family had no choice but to endure this, and bowed to the knees with his pro-daughter and three concubine daughters.

After the banquet was set up, a small play began to be performed on the stage outside the rolling shed. While using the banquet, the female family members chatted in low voices and looked up to enjoy the small play.

For a while, a small play started, the sound of silk and bamboo was melodious, and the sound of singing was overwhelming, attracting the attention of all the female relatives.

Yu Zhi respected her status, opened the banquet and left after offering a glass of wine to all the female relatives.

Although she gave birth to Lin Jia's eldest son, she was only a concubine after all, and everyone was not happy with her here, so it was better to step down.

Yu Mingyue sat with her mother for a while, seeing that Mrs. Yu had left, she couldn't help feeling a little bit down, and slowly ate with a glass of wine.

At this time, a familiar voice came from behind her: "Sister Mingyue, the lotus over there is blooming very well, do you want to follow me to have a look?"

It was the voice of Wu Jiexin, the daughter of Wu Yucun, the daughter of Wu Yucun, who offered sacrifices to the Imperial Academy.

Yu Mingyue got up with a smile, and only brought her maid Zhuyu with her, and followed Wu Jiexin to see Lianhua.

Wu Jiexin seemed to be familiar with the road here, and led Yu Mingyue straight through the bamboo forest, around a rockery, and finally came to a lake with clear water.

Now it is the end of summer and early autumn, the weather is clear and the sky is clear, the lotus leaves in the lake are green and the lotus flowers are white, and the fragrance is overwhelming. The poplar trees by the lake are tall and straight, which is really picturesque and beautiful.

Yu Mingyue's boredom was swept away immediately, she took Wu Jiexin's hand and said, "Sister Wu, this place is beautiful, thank you very much!"

Wu Jie was about to speak when she suddenly heard footsteps getting closer, so she pulled Yu Mingyue to look back.

As soon as Yu Mingyue turned her head, she saw a young man who was described as handsome and tall with a servant coming over. She couldn't help taking another look, and found that the young man had picturesque features and was extremely handsome, especially his eyes, which were clear and vivid. It seems to be able to speak.

She always felt that this young man looked inexplicably familiar.

The young man was talking with the young man, when he raised his eyes to look over, he seemed to be taken aback, hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, then turned around and left.

Wu Jiexin smiled and said, "Brother Bai, it's me!"

The young man took a closer look, then laughed, bowed his hands to Wu Jiexin, and left with the servant.

Yu Mingyue's heart was pounding, her eyes were fixed on the young man's back until he disappeared behind the rockery, and then she pretended to be nonchalant and said, "This young man is——"

Wu Jiexin smiled slyly, and said: "This is Bai Yuming, the detective of Jinke. He is my father's student. He often goes to my house to ask my father for advice. He treats me like a younger sister!"

Yu Mingyue nodded: "No wonder... so it's Jinke Tanhua!"

(End of this chapter)