Fortunately, there was still Xiangyun. Tomorrow, she would have someone bring Xiangyun over. Her maternal family was the Shi family. Xiangyun was a good match for Baoyu. Although Xiangyun was an orphan, her parents had left her a lot of dowry.
As for the Lin family, Tan Chun, Xi Chun and Jin 'en were of suitable age. If they could succeed, it would be good. Jin' en was the eldest son of the Lin family. It was said that he was very capable at a young age. When the time came, even without Lin Ruhai, Jin 'en would protect the Jia family and her Baoyu.
On the third day of the Lin family's arrival in the capital, the imperial edict for Lin Ruhai's appointment came down.
Mother Jia had been paying attention to the Lin family's movements. Naturally, she quickly found out about Lin Ruhai's appointment.
Although Mother Jia felt that the Ministry of Rites didn't have much real power, it was still a first-rank official. So, she immediately called for Jia Zheng. She had Jia Zheng bring gifts and Baoyu to the Lin family to congratulate them.
Lin Ruhai used to think that Jia Zheng was a strict person and was pleasing to the eye. But now, Jia Zheng was not pleasing to the eye.
If Jia Zheng was really so "proper", why would he occupy the Glorious Jubilee Hall and force his elder brother, who had inherited the title, to live next to the stable? If he was really so "proper", why would he socialize outside as the head of the Rongguo household?
In the end, he was too greedy. Once a person's greed was born, it couldn't be stopped.
Looking at Jia Baoyu, who was curled up like a quail beside Jia Zheng, Lin Ruhai's face became even uglier.
Although Jia Baoyu's appearance was indeed good, Lang 'er's appearance was also good.
And looking at Jia Baoyu's bearing and demeanor, he really didn't like him. He couldn't compare to Lang 'er. Then, Jia Baoyu's knowledge — haha — just look at the information he found. Jia Baoyu couldn't compare to Lang 'er and Jin' en. She might not even be comparable to Jin Xuan. She only had a bit of spirituality in poetry.
Humph — Even if he raised Yu 'er for a lifetime, he definitely wouldn't marry Jia Baoyu.
After being polite with Jia Zheng for a long time and saying that he would go to Rongguo Mansion to visit his mother-in-law tomorrow, Lin Ruhai began to chat with Jia Zheng about everything under the sun, or about poems and songs that would not cause trouble.
Jia Baoyu was quite good at poetry. Therefore, when Jia Zheng asked him some questions, although he appeared to be timid, he still answered them. It was just that the way he spoke made people feel that he was not petty at all.
"Master, Young Master Situ, First Young Master, and Second Young Master have returned."
"You guys are back? Just in time, tell them to come over and meet their second uncle. "
It turned out that when Lin Ruhai brought a few people to visit his old friends and schoolmates, Situ Lang had gotten the top scorer in Jiangnan at such a young age. In addition, he was Lin Ruhai's disciple and son-in-law. Therefore, when the old fellows saw Situ Lang, they would always praise him and teach their own children a lesson.
In this way, Situ Lang had completely "offended" the younger generation.
Because of this, early in the morning, the head of the Hanlin Academy — Lord Zhao's youngest son — came to the Lin Family and called Situ Lang and Lin Jinen to participate in a "poetry gathering". There was also a little tail — Lin Jinxuan.
Jia Zheng looked at the two young men and a child who entered the door. His heart was very complicated, especially when he was facing Situ Lang.
Jia Zheng originally really looked down on Situ Lang. He had never cared about such a poor family with no parents, even if he was Lin Ruhai's disciple.
However, such a poor family that he had never cared about actually made Lin Ruhai choose a son-in-law and did not want his Baoyu. This made Jia Zheng somewhat unable to accept it.
Moreover, a fourteen year old High Scholar —
Jia Zheng also wanted to graduate from the Imperial Examination. Unfortunately, he did not even pass the Xiucai examination. That was why he respected Lin Ruhai so much.
However, the poor family that he looked down on had passed the Imperial Examination at the age of fourteen, and was even a Top Scholar. Then, he "defeated" his son and became Lin Ruhai's son-in-law.
Now that he finally met Situ Lang, looking at Situ Lang, Jia Zheng only wanted to say, "The stranger is like jade, the young master is unparalleled."
In terms of appearance, Situ Lang was not inferior to Jia Baoyu at all. He was handsome, tall and thin. His thick black hair was tied up high with a golden crown. Under his sword-like eyebrows was a pair of slender peach blossom eyes. They were filled with passion, making people fall into them if they were not careful. Her bearing was outstanding, and her bearing and grace were not inferior to those of the princes.
Facing such a person, no matter how biased Jia Zheng was towards his Baoyu, he could not say that his Baoyu was better than him.
After talking with him, Jia Zheng realized that other than Baoyu's background, Baoyu really could not compare to him at all. Even Jinen, who was younger than him, could not compare to him.
In the end, the devastated Jia Zheng brought the cowering Jia Baoyu and left the Lin Family. This time, Jia Zheng naturally did not see his younger sister — Jia Min.
The next morning, Dai Yu woke up and dressed up. Today, their family was going to the Jia Family. To Dai Yu, this was like finally going to the battlefield.
Situ Lang was not with them today. Although he and Dai Yu were already engaged, it was only an engagement. Furthermore, the Jia Family was only Dai Yu's maternal family, not his maternal family.
Before the Lin Family reached the Jia Family's door, the servants of the Jia Family, who had received orders early in the morning, saw them and opened the middle door to wait.
Dai Yu sat in the sedan and looked at the wide open middle door through the curtain. She lowered her head to hide the sarcasm in her eyes.
Thinking back to when Dai Yu came here herself, she used the West Gate that the servants used. But now?
She wasn't really concerned about what kind of door Dai Yu had chosen. After all, if one were to really argue about such things, there would always be a case to be made between the two parties.
But now, she was not the original Lin Dai Yu. She would not give the Jia Family a chance to step on her.
And that Xue Baochai, a mere merchant girl, dared to teach the original Dai Yu a lesson. No matter what, Dai Yu was the eldest daughter of a second-rank official in the imperial court. Even if she did not have parents, she was not someone a merchant girl could teach.
Jia Min brought Dai Yu and Jinxuan into the house and was hugged by Mother Jia who had already walked down. Then, she began to cry bitterly.
Jia Min also lowered her head to wipe her tears with a handkerchief. Finally, under Dai Yu's persuasion, she stopped crying and sat down at the side.
As for Mother Jia, she had already stopped crying and sat properly under the persuasion of Wang Xifeng and the others.
"Where is Yu 'er? Where is my pitiful granddaughter? "
Pitiful? The original Lin Dai Yu was pitiful. Now, her parents were here and she had two intelligent younger brothers. How could she be pitiful?
Although that was what she thought, Dai Yu still stood up. Then, under Mother Jia's beckoning, she walked to Mother Jia's side. However, she still acted dignified and magnanimous, acting like a high and mighty noble lady.
Mother Jia hugged Dai Yu and began to cry again. She cried that she had not seen Dai Yu even once since she was born. She cried that Dai Yu had been engaged at such a young age. Moreover, it was such a terrible engagement. She said that if people who did not know heard of this, they would definitely think that her parents did not love her.
Jia Min, who was sitting at the side, cried until her face turned black.
Dai Yu, who was in Mother Jia's embrace, lowered her head to hide the cold light in her eyes and the cold smile on her lips.
What kind of engagement was that? What kind of engagement was that? What about Situ Lang? He was someone who would become an extremely important official in the future.
Also, the purple aura on his body that represented providence was getting thicker and thicker. This meant that his position in the future would be even more stable. One had to know that only those who could touch the world's providence would have the purple aura that represented providence. Even some of the imperial family, even if they were part of the imperial family, would not have the purple aura that represented providence as long as they could not participate in the major matters of the world.
Even if one did not talk about Situ Lang's power in the future, Situ Lang himself was a hundred times stronger than Jia Baoyu.
In Dai Yu's eyes, Jia Baoyu was just a sissy pretty boy. He only knew how to hang out with his sisters and play with rouge. In terms of appearance, he could not compare to Situ Lang's handsomeness and elegance.
Most importantly, Situ Lang was sincere towards her.
What about Jia Baoyu? One moment, he could not bear to part with this younger sister. The next moment, he would pity that older sister. He was simply a playboy.
But what about those daughters that followed him? How many of them had a good ending in the end?
The only one that was okay was that Hua Xiren, right?
In the end, he married Jiang Yuhan — — a performer. One had to know that performers had a very low status in the current society. They belonged to the lower nine classes.
Dai Yu's silence made Mother Jia unable to continue her act. In the end, under the "persuasion" of others, she 'stopped crying' and let Dai Yu go back to her seat.
"This is Jinxuan, right? Why is there only Jinxuan? Where is Jinen? "
After Mother Jia let Dai Yu go back to her seat, she hugged Jinxuan and rubbed him in her arms. Jinxuan's eyes were filled with impatience.
One had to know that in the Lin family, even Jia Min and Dai Yu would not hug and rub him like this. After all, he was already a big child. Also, Jinxuan always said that he was already a man.
After Lin Ruhai found out about Jia Baoyu's matters, he did not dare to spoil this young son who was definitely an old man. He was even very strict with him. He was afraid that if he did not pay attention, Jinxuan would become like Jia Baoyu.
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