The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Seeing Lin Yun, he felt a little regretful in his heart. After all, Ning Lang didn't have as much impact as the Emperor Zhide, but this is the bottom line of the emperor, and he didn't dare to make fun of himself.

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Dai Quan sent Lin Yun out of the imperial study, and turned back after a while.

He handed over a stack of banknotes to the imperial eucalyptus in front of the Emperor Zhide, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, this is the finishing touch fee that kid gave you."

Emperor Zhide picked up the banknote, weighed it in his hand, and said, "I never imagined that I could write a few words and it would be worth 1000 taels of silver."

Dai Quan: "This matter will damage His Majesty's reputation after all, so it is not appropriate to do too much."

"Why don't I know, I just feel it."

After a pause, Emperor Zhide said again: "Take a look back and see how the business of his shop is doing, whether it is as prosperous as he said."

"The old slave respects the order."

Seeing that the emperor accepted the 1000 taels of silver bill without any reason, Dai Quan thought to himself: "That kid from the Lin family is really a master of flattery, what is he paying for his pen, he is clearly bribing the emperor, fortunately This kid is not a servant, otherwise, the old man would not have a stable life."

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Lin Yun held the emperor's calligraphy and left the imperial study, not to mention the joy in his heart. With the emperor's autographed inscription as a signboard, it's hard to imagine that his perfume business will not be popular.

When he was feeling proud, he suddenly heard a little girl's crisp voice from the opposite side, "Bold, why don't you be polite when you see this princess?"

Lin Yun looked up, and saw a six or seven-year-old girl standing not far away, followed by four little maids.

The little girl was soft and cute, but at this moment she was holding a small face, as if she was asking him to blame her.

Lin Yun hurriedly stepped forward to accompany her with a smile and said, "Lin Yun greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The little girl raised her chin arrogantly, and said: "You can't even see the ceremony, what a fool, quickly kneel down for this princess."

Lin Yun became angry when he heard it, and he said to himself, "I have no choice but to kneel down to your father, and you want me to kowtow to you, a little girl who hasn't lost any of her tits."

He deliberately pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Your Highness, are you sure you want me to kneel and kowtow to you."

"Yes, do you dare to disobey the princess's order?"

Lin Yun smiled and said, "I can kowtow to you, but I'm afraid that you will commit the crime of beheading."

The little girl widened her eyes and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Lin Yun: "Here, I'm holding the calligraphy presented by His Majesty in my hand. Could it be that you want His Majesty to kowtow to you with the words written by His Majesty?"

"Uh,"

The little girl was stunned for a moment. The education she had received since she was a child was that the emperor was the best. Now she asked the emperor to kowtow to her, which seemed a little inappropriate.

However, she rolled her eyes, and then smiled again: "You can put down my father's calligraphy, and kowtow to this princess."

"This~"

Lin Yun said in his heart: "This little girl is really not good at making movies."

The little girl smiled smugly and said, "How about it. Now you have no excuses."

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "The princess's words are wrong. The calligraphy written by the emperor is so precious. How can I give it up so easily? It is disrespectful to His Majesty just to think so. Could it be that the princess asked me to put down the calligraphy to the emperor? Have a grudge?"

The little girl said urgently: "You are talking nonsense, this princess loves her father very much, how could she have the kind of evil thoughts you said."

Lin Yun said with a smile: "That's it. Since Her Royal Highness respects the Son of Heaven, she shouldn't say that kind of thing, and she shouldn't even think about it."

The little girl looked at Lin Yun in bewilderment, and always felt that there was something wrong with what he said, but she couldn't find fault with him for a while.

Lin Yun took advantage of the little girl's intrusion into the lake, and bowed to her, and said: "Your Highness, take care, and I will take my leave first."

After finishing speaking, he quickly walked around the little girl and ran away in a hurry.

Seeing this, the little girl said anxiously: "Stop, I haven't finished my words yet."

Lin Yun pretended not to hear, and ran away without looking back.

The little girl stomped her feet angrily, and said harshly: "Next time I let this princess catch you, I must punish you severely."

Chapter 83: What you give is what you get

After leaving the palace, Lin Yun didn't delay for a moment, and rode back to Lin Mansion with Zhong Yi on horseback.

As expected, Jia Min was anxiously waiting for his news in the room, and she finally felt relieved when she learned that Lin Yun had returned safely.

In the bedroom, Jia Min sent out the maids and mother-in-law, leaving only Madam Liu by her side to listen to Lin Yun's details about entering the palace.

Knowing that Lin Yun secretly arranged for Dong Xiong to be in charge of collecting and investigating private salt dealers, Jia Min was both moved and annoyed. She scolded Lin Yun, "Even the master dare not interfere with such an important matter. How dare you act recklessly, you really don’t know how to live or die.”

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Lin Yun said annoyedly: "Aunt, calm down, my nephew already knew it was wrong. In fact, when His Majesty asked about this matter, my nephew already figured it out. Even if I don't intervene in this matter, Your Majesty will arrange someone to assist uncle. I just built a ladder for them."

"Even if you haven't arrived home yet, the Son of Heaven and Lord Xuan are such shrewd people. If they couldn't even see through your little tricks, they would have died countless times."

Lin Yun smiled wryly and said, "I didn't have such an idea at first. It was only when Dong Xiong asked the door that day that I suddenly had this idea. Who knew that I stepped into a muddy pit."

Jia Min said angrily, "It's all your fault for being bold and making a decision on your own, but if you can discuss it with me, why bother?"

Lin Yun quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, so to speak, he finally calmed down Jia Min's anger.

Jia Min asked again: "How did your Majesty forgive you?"

"I wrote a Pingnan strategy in the academy. After reading it, Lu Shanzhang forwarded it to the emperor. The emperor thought that this strategy had many merits, so he gave me a merit. be exonerated."

After hearing this, Jia Min said happily: "You are also lucky. If you hadn't made a contribution by mistake, you might have to suffer a bit this time."

"That's not all. I asked the emperor for a calligraphy painting to be used as the signboard of the perfume shop. From then on, our family's perfume business will become very popular."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he handed the picture written by the emperor to Jia Min.

Jia Min unfolded the rice paper, and when she saw the calligraphy left by Emperor Zhide on it, she was stunned.

After a long time, she said in a daze, "How did you do it?"

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Auntie, please forgive me. You can't say this. It's disrespectful to the emperor."

Jia Min nodded, then handed the rice paper back to Lin Yun and said, "Later, you'll have someone rub the characters down for the artisans to make plaques. Keep the originals and don't damage them."

"My nephew understands."

Next, Jia Min asked him about his visit to Baolinghou's Mansion, and when he learned that Shi Xiangyun was coming to stay for a few days, Jia Min hurriedly asked Mother Liu to take someone to clean up the house and arrange a place for Shi Xiangyun.

Seeing that he had explained the situation clearly, Lin Yun bid farewell to Jia Min.

As soon as he walked out of Jia Min's bedroom, he saw Dai Yu leading Fu Rong and Xue Yan over.

Knowing that Lin Yun had agreed with Shi Xiangyun's uncle that he could come to play tomorrow, Daiyu immediately took two little maids to help Madam Liu arrange Shi Xiangyun's place to live.

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Lin Yun went back to his room, found Xiao Mo, and asked him about going to the Qin Mansion.

Xiao Mo took out a string from his bosom, handed it to Lin Yun and said, "Third Lord, after receiving your letter, the girl from the Qin family didn't say anything, she just asked the little one to bring this string to you."

Lin Yun took the net and looked at it for a while, then nodded and smiled, "Thank you for your hard work."

As soon as he finished speaking, Brother Parrot walked in through the curtain and reported to him: "Third Master, Second Master Lian from Rongguo Mansion is here."

Lin Yun hurriedly got up to greet him, and saw Jia Lian walking in hurriedly, and said anxiously to him, "Brother Yun, are you alright?"

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Second Brother Lian, what can I do?"

Jia Lian: "I heard that you were called into the palace by the emperor. I was so worried for you that I didn't even feel like drinking wine."

Lin Yun smiled and said, "Thank you, Second Brother Lian, for your concern. Come, let me show you something nice."

Jia Lian asked curiously, "He baby?"

Lin Yun took out the emperor's calligraphy and handed it to Jia Lian, "This is the calligraphy I begged from the emperor. You take it and ask someone to rub it down, and then go to carve a plaque to make a shop sign."

Jia Lian's eyes widened in surprise, and he stammered: "You mean to use the emperor's calligraphy to finish the signboard of our shop?"

Lin Yun: "That's right, I begged for this with great difficulty. Please keep it carefully and return the original copy to me after it has been extended."

"Don't worry, I will handle this matter myself, and there will be no loss."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he unfolded the emperor's calligraphy and looked at the three big characters Yipinxiang written on it, as if he saw piles of silver ingots rolling towards his arms.

He suddenly remembered something, and said anxiously to Lin Yun: "Brother Yun, since the emperor's calligraphy is going to be used as a signboard, the shop I selected earlier is not suitable."

Lin Yun asked curiously, "Why?"

Jia Lian: "The shop I chose is near the Jinxiangyuan in the east of the city. Although it is lively there, it is next to the brothel and Chuguan. If you hang the emperor's calligraphy there, you will definitely be sprayed to death by the officials."

Lin Yun nodded and said, "According to what you said, it's indeed a bit inappropriate."

After a pause, Lin Yun said again: "Apart from this shop, do you have any other good shops?"

"I don't have any. However, the old lady has a silk shop in the most prosperous area of ​​the West Market. The location of the shop is good and the shop is large. If it can be used as a perfume shop, it would be perfect."

Lin Yun rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said: "Well, you go back and show the old lady the emperor's calligraphy, and then tell the old lady that when the perfume business makes money, we will honor her with 300 taels of silver every month. , wait until the old lady is happy, and then you raise the problem you are facing, I think the old lady will definitely understand your thoughts."

Jia Lian said with a bit of pain: "I give the old lady 300 taels a month, isn't it too much?"

Lin Yun said angrily: "If you don't give the old lady 300 taels, your father will ask you for 1000 taels, whichever is lighter and which is heavier, so I don't need to remind you."

Jia Lian smiled shyly and said, "Okay, I'll just listen to you."

Lin Yun: "Second brother Lian, don't blame me for not reminding you. When the news of the emperor's royal gift of calligraphy spreads, the Elder Master will probably talk to you. If you don't deal with the old lady first, you will definitely suffer."

Jia Lian was taken aback by Lin Yun, he quickly stood up and said, "I'll go back right away, and explain myself to the old lady first."

Lin Yun smiled and said: "That's right, there will be more opportunities to make money in the future, so don't worry about small profits."

Jia Lian thought to himself: "Thousands of taels of silver are still small profits, why do you feel that Brother Yun is the heir of the Rongguo Mansion, I look like a poor boy from the countryside.

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After sending Jia Lian away, Lin Yun immediately called Xiao Mo and Zhong Yi, ready to go to the Qin residence.

But before he could go out, the servant guarding the gate came in and reported to him that a man named Qin Xiaoting had come to visit.

Lin Yun hurried out to meet him. As soon as they met, Qin Xiaoting grabbed his arm and said with a smile, "Brother Yun, let's go to Jinxiang Courtyard for a drink."

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "I just came back, and I haven't met my unmarried daughter-in-law yet."

Qin Xiaoting complained: "Your daughter-in-law won't run away, so what's the difference between seeing you sooner or later."