The younger brother of the Red Chamber is a fighter

Chapter 108

Talking about the interesting stories in the palace, Tu Linger suddenly sighed: "...you haven't seen a thirteen, two-year-old boy who hasn't walked down the ground yet. Concubine Xian Gui is too careful. I won't call my sister!"

Tu Linger's ability to say such sensible words shows that Concubine Rong's efforts over the past few years have been fruitful.Lin Mingyu was slightly surprised by what she said.Jia Yuanchun has long sleeves and is good at dancing, so he wouldn't teach children like this.He looked at Daiyu puzzled.

Lin Daiyu said softly: "What the princess said is true. The thirteenth prince looks very much like the emperor when he was young. He was loved and loved by everyone in the palace. It is necessary to be careful. Concubine Xian has only one child under her knees, and she loves her like an eyeball. Yes, it’s easy not to let the nurse out to meet people. The little prince doesn’t know people very well right now.”

Lin Mingyu couldn't help shaking her head secretly.Jia Yuanchun's move was too bad, and it can be seen from this that this tender baby is so important to the Jia family that Jia Yuanchun dare not take any risk with him.

"Father is not like Shisan. Father is majestic and majestic. Thirteen can only play with fingers, hide in the nurse's arms and don't talk to others." The fifth princess didn't like Jia Yuanchun's son so much.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly persuaded: "The thirteenth prince is still young, the princess should not say such words, and let the empress be sad if it reaches the ears of Concubine Rong."

Tu Linger pouted, and didn't say any more complaints.

Lin Mingyu hurriedly diverted her mind, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid the princess doesn't know yet, General Tu Lingguang Tu has returned to the capital, and today he came to the morning court."

Tu Ling'er immediately became happy: "Oh, Ling Guang'er is back, hurry up, let's go and play with him, he can play, yes, call Shang Yan'er, Yun Hua'er!"

As he was about to leave, Lin Daiyu hurriedly stopped him: "Since Mr. Tu has entered the palace, he must go to the Queen Mother to pay his respects. If the princess wants to look for him, why not go to the Queen Mother's Palace first, and send a letter to Shizi Yan if you have time. "

"Exactly, Brother Tu said earlier that after seeing the emperor, he went to the Empress Dowager's palace to pay his respects. Just now, the noble concubine Rong also said that Princess Yunhua is at the Empress Dowager's place."

Tu Ling'er said: "Then I'll go to the Queen Mother and wait for him. Aunt Lin, follow me."

Lin Daiyu nodded, and asked the maid to lead Lin Mingyu to the warm pavilion in the side hall to rest for a while, and then come to look for him when there is someone.

Lin Mingyu was bored doing things in the warm pavilion, the maid came over with a few books and said that Aunt Lin ordered the young master to entertain her.Lin Mingyu thanked her, and asked the maid to go to her errands, took a copy of Yufu Zhiyi and leaned on the kang table to read it.

I don't know how long it took, the side hall became lively, the palace ladies came in and out, and the whole palace became lively.Lin Mingyu reckoned that it was the fifth princess who came back, and sure enough, the little palace maid who was serving earlier came in and squatted down and said: "The princess has returned to the palace, please go to the side hall."

Lin Mingyu entered the side hall, the fifth princess was sitting in the hall, and Tu Lingguang and Yunhua were sitting next to each other, and Tu Yan stood opposite and said something, which made everyone laugh.

"Mingyu is here too. Uncle Santang is talking about interesting things about the sea. You lived in Fujian for a while before, so you just told us whether it is as fun as Uncle Santang said."

With sharp eyes, Tu Yan saw Lin Mingyu coming out of the Nuan Pavilion, and greeted him with a smile.

Lin Mingyu saluted one by one, Tu Linger pointed to the maid to move a seat for him, Tu Lingguang said, "Put me up next to me, so that Mingyu can hear if I'm right or not."

Tu Lingguang went on to say, "...Liangying people are weak and small. The women there have thick smears on their faces, and their mouths are so red that they can still catch their eyes if they don't open their mouths."

Tu Linger urged: "Why can't you open your mouth? Could it be that the words are extremely unpleasant?"

Everyone knows about the rest, Tu Yan laughed and said, "Are you scared by a mouthful of black teeth?"

Tu Lingguang also laughed: "That's right. Some soldiers in the Fujian barracks have been stationed in the barracks all year round. They didn't ask for wives, so they bought a few Liangying women from the sea merchants. First, let them have their teeth brushed hard. Don’t let people laugh in front of others, so as not to lose face. These women are meek, so all of them have developed the habit of pursing their lips and smiling. When the sea merchants got the news, they simply raised them up for them to choose.”

Tu Linger was amazed: "That's not too pitiful."

Everyone laughed, how could it not be pitiful.Liangying's domestic turmoil, because of Dahong's intervention, the Sato family's emperor's position, which was supposed to be abolished, is still precariously under their buttocks. To maintain this position, the only way to maintain this position is to hold Dahong's thigh tightly .When the most core authority organization can't even guarantee its own interests, how can it take care to protect its people.

Tu Yan was more interested in the sea merchants, and said: "Then the sea merchants must have a lot of new and interesting things in their hands. The oriental shops in Kyoto specialize in these foreign goods. Once there is something novel and novel, it may not be enough to spend thousands of dollars to catch up with it." Son. How much profit does this sea merchant have?"

Tu Lingguang said: "It's better now. In the early years, the sea was banned by the imperial court, and merchants traveled across the ocean. They either encountered pirates or bad weather on the way. If they were not careful, they would be buried in the belly of the fish. Where is the money? It’s easy to make money. Now that the sea trade is looser, the court is turning a blind eye, and businessmen can do things freely and according to rules, which is better than before.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Mingyu, he had already talked about the Haimeng with Lin Mingyu yesterday, but time was tight and he didn't have time to elaborate.However, Lin Mingyu has always kept in touch with Haimeng, not to mention Song Wenning lives in the Lin Mansion in the capital, the Song family's loyalty to him can be described as a fist, and he is very familiar with the situation of Fujian maritime merchants.

Although Qian Hua didn't let go of joining the Sea League, the two sides have a cooperative relationship. It's just that he has been there for a hundred years, but his attitude is ambiguous, as if he has a plan in mind. During this period of time, his frequent actions are mostly to test the Fujian Navy.

Tu Lingguang is based in Fujian, and the navy is monolithic. He has never been discouraged for a hundred years.This matter made Song Huang and the elders whisper in Lin Mingyu's ears.

Tu Ling'er heard the maritime business matter was boring, she covered her mouth and yawned after a while, feeling tired.Lin Daiyu led the maid to bring tea, and when she saw it, she said to Tu Linger: "Princess wakes up early, why don't you go to the kang for a meeting."

Yun Hua laughed and said, "We've been arguing here for a long time, and it's time to leave the palace. The princess is fine."

Everyone left their seats one after another, and Tu Linger tried her best to persuade her to stay, but Tu Lingguang said: "... I will stay in the capital for a while, and I will come to see you when I have free time." That's how she let her go.

Lin Mingyu gave her sister a wink, and didn't have time to say anything, so she followed a few people out of the palace.After leaving the palace gate, Tu Lingguang pushed Yunhua away on the grounds of men's activities, and raised his eyebrows at the two young ones: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat and drink today."

At this time, it was almost time for dinner. Tu Lingguang reserved a private room in Taibai Building, and shopkeeper Du personally led the person to the door on the second floor.

Lin Mingyu stood at the window and looked out. This window was facing a street, and to the east was the official office.Lin Mingyu suddenly realized.

Tu Yan didn't know about it, so he sat down at the table and saw that Tu Lingguang hadn't ordered the food to be served, so he asked, "Did Uncle San Tang invite someone else to return?"

Tu Lingguang curled his lips into a smile, and hooked his fingers at him.

Tu Yan leaned over, only to hear him say in a slow and malicious tone: "Brother Yan, I'll teach you an errand. Uncle Tang entertained an extremely important guest. That man is addicted to alcohol. After a while, he will If you do your best to help me toast, if you can't beat him, Tang Shu will lose face."

Tu Yan blinked, looked at Tu Lingguang and then at Lin Mingyu, sat upright, and smiled: "Tang uncle invited me, I dare not say no."

After sitting for about a moment, it was estimated that it was time for the yamen to take a lunch break.Tu Lingguang walked to the window and looked out. At this time, Tu Yan had probably come to his senses, and followed him to the window.

On the street on the east side, a green-draped oilcloth carriage was slowly driving over. A flower-carved plaque was picked out from the roof eaves of the carriage, with a Hu character logo on it.This is a carriage that Hu Hua often used, Lin Mingyu recognized it at a glance.

Hu Hua rides horses on weekdays. He has an unrestrained personality and doesn't like to be restrained.Why do you think of riding a carriage today?

Considering that the carriage has been welcomed by the staff to the front of the restaurant, from the perspective of the second floor, it is impossible to see what kind of clothes the people coming down are.

The three returned to the table and sat down. Tu Lingguang sat at the head of the table, Lin Mingyu and Tu Yan sat on each side, forming a triangle.Lin Mingyu quietly slandered in her heart: This really looks like a grand banquet!

After a while, the door of the guest room was knocked open, and Hu Hua's voice came over with a smile: "Mingyu, if there is anything you can't ask someone to tell you, please treat me to dinner, and see who I brought... Come, Tu, General Tu ..."

Hu Hua's smile was a little uncomfortable, but soon he resumed his etiquette and bowed to Tu Lingguang: "General Tu, I heard that you returned to Beijing, and I was thinking of visiting you, but I didn't expect to meet you here today." .”

Tu Lingguang critically glanced at the young man in front of him from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top. He was wearing a brocade gown with water-color makeup and a sapphire blue vest with dark water plants on the cuffs and collar. The pattern is exquisite and complicated, but it is not eye-catching if you don't look closely, it is somewhat restrained and gorgeous.

Seeing this man's thick black eyebrows, small but radiant eyes, straight nose bridge, thin lips, his face looks a bit elegant but still masculine, he is satisfied in his heart.

Hu Hua saluted. Behind him, Lin Rui looked at the situation in the room and understood a little. He gave Lin Mingyu a playful look, and came forward to salute Tu Lingguang and the others.

They met each other in Fujian, and because of the relationship between Hu Hua and Yun Hua's marriage, the two sides don't have much unfamiliar things to say, and Tu Lingguang can persuade them to drink with a few words.

How can Hu Hua dare to talk too much, the wine is dry.Hearing that this uncle returned to Beijing yesterday, he thought that he might meet him in the morning, so he deliberately dressed up and didn't dare to ride a horse. The relative is really satisfied, and knowing that there is only such a girl in the Changping Palace, it is inevitable that everyone will spoil her to the extreme.Unexpectedly, the preparations that he had thought to make actually came true in this scene, and he didn't dare to shirk a word even though he knew that his uncle was drinking.

Luckily, he brought Lin Rui over. Seeing that Tu Lingguang retreated and Tu Yan started to climb up, Hu Hua winked at Lin Rui who was sitting next to him in a drinking posture: Brother, help!