Chapter 1179 The Lin family has a successor, Lord Wang arrives

Lin Ruhai was born into the Lin family of Gusu. His ancestors had been marquises for five generations, making him an extremely noble family.

When it came to Lin Ruhai's generation, although he failed to inherit the title, he worked hard and ranked third in the palace examination in his twenties, becoming the third place among the nobles.

If Su Mingzhe, the top scholar, had not appeared, Lin Ruhai's title of "third place scholar" would have been enough to make him proud for the rest of his life.

"What a pity that I can't even compare to my own son-in-law."

Lin Ruhai looked at the young Su Mingzhe and thought of his young self. After becoming the third place in the imperial examination, he was noticed by the previous Duke Rong and married to Jia Min.

After marriage, the couple lived in harmony and had deep love.

Unfortunately, his first wife passed away too early, and the two of them could not spend the rest of their lives together.

After expressing his feelings, Lin Ruhai calmed down and asked Su Mingzhe to sit down and talk.

"Over the past year, my mother-in-law, Yu'er, and your father have all written me a lot of letters, especially Yu'er. She mentioned you many times in her letters, saying that you took good care of her."

"In addition, the medicinal pills you sent me over the past year have helped me a lot and saved my life and your cousin's life!"

"Hmm? Cousin?"

Su Mingzhe was slightly stunned and was a little slow to react.

Lin Ruhai remembered that he didn't seem to mention this matter in the letter, so he smiled awkwardly and explained.

It turned out that in May last year, Lin Ruhai's concubine, Yi Niang Liu, gave birth to a son for him. Although he was a bastard's son, he was his only son now.

Aunt Liu was the maid that came with Jia Min as a dowry. After Jia Min's death, she took charge of the affairs of the rear house as an aunt.

"Congratulations, uncle!"

Su Mingzhe had known for a long time that Lin Ruhai had a concubine.

It is also known that Lin Ruhai had at least seven or eight concubines.

It’s just that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min used to have a harmonious relationship, so these concubines had no chance of getting pregnant.

Now that Jia Min has passed away and her eldest son has died of illness, Lin Ruhai has no choice but to ask his concubine to give birth to children for him.

After all, his incense can never be cut off.

In addition to Aunt Liu who was pregnant and gave birth to a son, Lin Ruhai had two concubines who were also pregnant. One had already given birth to a daughter, and the other was more than four months pregnant and would be able to give birth before the end of this year.

When Su Mingzhe heard the news, he congratulated him, but his sense of closeness to Lin Ruhai immediately weakened.

The two chatted for a few words, and then the butler came to report that the banquet was ready, and invited Su Mingzhe to take the seat.

Since it was a family dinner, Lin Ruhai didn't have so many rules. He asked someone to call Aunt Liu and Sister Lin, and everyone sat at a round table to eat.

After the banquet.

Su Mingzhe followed the housekeeper to the east wing. Before he even entered the door, he heard the complaints of Qianxue and several maids.

"Sister Xiren, my skirt is moldy! I don't know what to wear tomorrow..."

"Who told you not to wash?"

"Mine is washed and stinks!"

“And this one!”

"Second Master's clothes are also moldy!"

"Sister Qingwen, how come your skirt is okay?"

Seeing the sisters sighing, Qingwen couldn't help but say proudly:
"I told you a long time ago that you should wash your changed clothes and dry them over a fire before you can put them away, but you didn't listen. Now they stink and are moldy. Let's see what you can do!"

When the girls saw Su Mingzhe push the door and enter the room, they quickly picked up the clothes that were scattered all over the floor:
"Second Master is back!"

"How was your conversation with Mr. Lin?"

"Have you discussed your marriage with Miss Lin with Mr. Lin?"

A group of women kept chattering and asking questions. Su Mingzhe could only hold Qianxue, who was closest to him, in his arms and slowly answer the questions.

In ancient times, marriages were always arranged by parents and matchmakers. Su Mingzhe came to Yangzhou this time to bring letters from Jia's mother and Jia Zheng so that Lin Ruhai could meet him.

We will have to wait for a while for the real matchmaker to come, in two days or until May.

After answering everyone's questions, Su Mingzhe noticed that the girls' clothes and skirts were indeed moldy and smelly, so he asked Xiren to take out 1,200 taels of silver notes and distribute them to the maids. He also asked her to go out and buy some brocade and silk in the next few days to make some new clothes and skirts.

When the maids were jumping for joy, Su Mingzhe interrupted them in time:

"Yangzhou is not Chang'an. As outsiders, we are easily bullied. So if you want to go out to buy something, you must ask the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion to send someone to follow you."

"Second Master, don't worry, we won't run around!"

These maids are not stupid. They have been educated with various rules since childhood and will definitely not put themselves in danger.

the other side.

Lin Ruhai brought Aunt Liu and his daughter back to the flower hall in the backyard. Seeing his daughter holding her little son and laughing happily, any uneasiness in his heart disappeared.

Although Lin Ruhai's health has improved a lot recently after taking Su Mingzhe's medicine, he still often feels weak due to his busy official duties.

In addition, he is now in his forties and his son has just been born, so he began to worry that he would not be able to see his son grow up.

Now that his daughter and son are close, Lin Ruhai can rest assured to entrust his son to his daughter's care.

"father!"

Sister Lin held her brother for a while, and when she saw that he began to yawn, she handed him over to Aunt Liu to take care of him. She turned around and saw that her father seemed to be hesitant to speak, so she asked curiously:

"Do you have anything to tell me?"

"Yu'er, please sit down first!"

After Lin Ruhai sat down, he didn't bother to be polite with his daughter and directly expressed his concerns:
"Yu'er, in the blink of an eye, you will soon be married. But your brother and sister have just been born, and I am worried that after I am gone for a hundred years, they will be left alone and bullied..."

"Dad, you have always been in good health. You will definitely live a long life!"

Lin Daiyu had just returned home and was already in a sensitive mood. When she heard her father say such sad words, tears immediately began to flow from the corners of her eyes.

"What kind of stupid things are you talking about?"

Seeing that his daughter was frightened and crying, Lin Ruhai quickly stopped talking and said with a smile:

"It is rare for a person to live to be seventy. It is considered a long life for ordinary people to live to fifty or sixty. Your father is already forty-two, and he is only a dozen years away from sixty."

Lin Ruhai expressed his concerns with a smile, and then began to entrust his young son and daughter to him.

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu naturally agreed.

In her opinion, her father was in good health and could live for at least another 20 to 30 years, so there was no point in entrusting him with such a request.

When Lin Ruhai saw that his daughter agreed, he smiled with relief.

Afterwards, let Lin Daiyu go back to her attic to rest early.

Turn around.

Su Mingzhe, accompanied by Lin Daiyu, began to travel around.

On the first two days, a group of people took a boat trip on the lake and river.

After the fatigue from the long journey wore off, everyone got in the carriage and arrived at Nashan.

Nashan is a dead volcano.

For the girls, the stone pillars and unique scenery here have a unique wild charm.

In the evening, under the leadership of Qingwen, maids including Qianxue, Qiu Wen, Tan Yun and Jin Chuan accompanied the men to play in the water.

While everyone was enjoying themselves, Lin Ruhai, who was handling official business, suddenly received a report from his housekeeper:
"Master, Master Wang from Jinling is here!"

Lin Ruhai was stunned at first, then he reacted:

"Is it the Master Wang from Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue?"

(End of this chapter)