Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 169 Your Jia Family Doesn’t Want Her Anymore

"This is the only beloved daughter of the late Wen'an Marquis Lin Ruhai, my most beloved little girl."

When the Queen Mother finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

Lin Ruhai?

Isn't that the one for whom the emperor specially asked Tao Xingjian, the chief eunuch of the Palace Department, to watch the entire ceremony and even read the sacrificial text and blessing at the end?

Not only did he posthumously confer the title of marquis, he also gave Wen'an such a beautiful posthumous title, took good care of the daughter he left behind, and even took away the new home of an important official and returned the old house to the Lin family!

Everyone's eyes fell on Lin Daiyu's face with a mixture of jealousy and complexity.

So everyone was stunned.

Those who were close to it almost gasped!

This girl is so beautiful!

She is as quiet as a beautiful flower reflecting on water, and as active as a willow swaying in the wind. She has two curved eyebrows that seem to be frowning but not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy.

She has a graceful figure and a smile as sweet as wine.

She is like a fairy descending to earth, transcendental and elegant, unparalleled in the world!

Suddenly, someone remembered the beating that Prince Beijing had received a while ago, and subconsciously stole a glance at Prince Beijing's Dowager and Princess at the top, and couldn't help but exclaimed to the person sitting next to him:

"With such character, even the princess can't catch up with him, and he still wants to make her a concubine. If you say that the Prince of Beijing is young, he doesn't know what shabby means..."

"Hush! Be careful, someone may hear you. Don't die of embarrassment on the spot!"

Princess Kejin was already stunned, and subconsciously took a few steps forward. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong, and hurriedly clapped her hands with a smile:

"That's why you say the Queen Mother has good taste! I'm stunned by this Miss Lin!

"I have a son and a daughter. My son is fine, but my daughter is really useless and only knows how to eat!

"Sister Lin, if you don't mind, would you be willing to be my daughter? I will also let your sister learn from you how to be a lady from a noble family!"

The Queen Mother laughed: "Shut up! My baby, is it my turn to be your daughter?! Isn't this the wrong generation?"

Princes Kejin, Duncheng, Zhongshun, etc. were all of equal generation to Emperor Zhaoming.

Princess Kejin suddenly woke up and slapped her mouth: "Oh my! When I saw this Sister Lin, I didn't know how to love her. I forgot about this! Please don't blame me, Queen Mother!"

The middle-aged woman in palace dress sitting in the first seat below the Empress Dowager looked at Lin Daiyu and the other three people with a forced smile, and finally turned her gaze away from Lin Daiyu.

It only stayed on Miaoyu's monk robe for a moment before moving away and landing on Tanchun, who was dressed in plain clothes. There was a hint of coldness in his eyes, and he smiled before he spoke:

"This girl looks noble, wearing a thorny hairpin and a cloth skirt. Is she here to celebrate the birthday of the Supreme Lord? What kind of girl is she? Why is she so plain and simple?"

Following up on her words, the Queen Mother also asked with a smile, "I was just about to ask, why didn't you come with the old Duke's wife from Rongguo Mansion? I thought you had to come early in the morning to arrange your shifts, and I was worried about you!"

Queen Mother, this is...

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized the significance of it and quietly pushed Tanchun.

Tanchun lowered her head, took a step forward, and without waiting for anyone in the Jia household to stand up, she knelt down before the Queen Mother and said:

"In reply to the Queen Mother, I have been expelled from the Jia clan of Rongguo Mansion. I no longer live in Rongguo Mansion, and I no longer have the surname Jia."

The hall suddenly became quiet.

The imperial concubine arranged a marriage for one sister, and then expelled the clan for another sister.

Although the Jia family handled this matter in secret, it was already known to everyone in the circle of nobles in the capital.

If it weren't for the series of funerals, deprivation of titles, etc. in his family, I'm afraid someone would have come up to find out what kind of big thing had happened to make the imperial concubine be so cruel to her own sister!

Now, this great story that has spread throughout the capital is about to be performed right before their eyes. Everyone stretched their necks, opened their eyes wide, and held their breath, waiting for the Jia family and the Queen Mother to speak!

Sure enough, the empress dowager frowned immediately, bent down, stretched out her hand, pulled Tanchun up, and held her in her arms.

She turned around and looked around among the ladies in the inner chambers, but didn't see Jia Yuanchun, so she looked straight at Grandmother Jia: "Madam Shi, are you crazy?!"

At this time, Jia's mother had already stood up tremblingly with the help of Shi Xiangyun, but was choked by the Queen Mother's words and was speechless.

The Queen Mother then stared at her and asked, "Such a wonderful sister, I regret not having one. How did you get rid of her clan? What's going on with your family? Come on, tell me, I want to hear it!"

Grandmother Jia smiled and bowed to the Empress Dowager. Her mind raced as she slowly said, "That's what the Empress Dowager said! My third daughter is my dearest. If it weren't for some reason, how could I bear to move her out of the house?"

There was a sudden buzz all around!

"That's a nice thing to say! Look at the ragged clothes my sister is wearing. If you really love her, how could you not even give her a nice piece of clothing?"

"Oh! Just say it! Jia is always talking nonsense! Otherwise, how could he make up such a thing as 'born with a jade in his mouth'?"

"That's true. I heard that the imperial concubine is also in the palace..."

"Hush! That's the favorite concubine! No one can chew her! Can't you see that you dare not come today?"

"All of you stop talking and let me hear what that old man has to say!"

Everyone's ears pricked up and their eyes sparkled, waiting for Lady Jia to come up with a statement.

"Just because of the incense burning during the Dragon Boat Festival, the Three Pure Ones actually told me that this girl's horoscope is not compatible with her father's. The father doesn't tolerate the daughter, and the daughter also defeats the father.

"This is because the stars have changed this year. Since the Chinese New Year, everything has been going wrong in my family, and we've even had two funerals."

As Jia's mother spoke, she choked up, and as if she remembered that this was a celebration, she quickly put on a smiling face, "So I asked for a solution, and had to get rid of her clan, let her move out, and not use the surname Jia for the time being.

"I had originally thought that it wouldn't be too late to move back after a few years if the stars changed. But I didn't dare to say this before, for fear of affecting the child's future.

"So I asked the Queen Mother to give me an oral order and did it quietly. But the child took it seriously and got angry.

"She hasn't given me any news since she was expelled from the clan. I still don't know where she lives!"

So, it was this girl who was expelled from the family. First, she killed her father, second, she was unfilial, and third, her whereabouts were unknown! Her Jia family did nothing wrong and showed mercy? !

Everyone listened to what Lady Jia said slowly, their eyes widened in disbelief!

"Listen! Let's learn it too! That's what it means to be able to speak!"

"You think you can speak if you confuse right and wrong? Then I'd rather not speak for the rest of my life!"

"This old lady kills people without a knife!"

"I just want to know how this child offended her? This is almost like forcing the child to death!"

"…It's not a kiss, right?!"

Tanchun, who was held in the Empress Dowager's arms, felt her body go cold and her vision went dark as she listened to these words in the hot summer weather of July!

She lowered her head and tears fell drop by drop.

It fell on the Queen Mother's arms and hands.

The Queen Mother looked at Lady Jia from afar, expressionless. After a while, she suddenly snorted coldly and held Tanchun's arm tighter:

“Your Jia family doesn’t want this girl anymore.

“I can see that.

"That's great!

"If you don't want it, then I can come over here openly and seriously!

"Come here, girl, from now on you don't have to be called Jia, and you don't have to be called Tanchun!

"From now on, follow me and my last name is Chen.

"As for the name, that's easy. Didn't the emperor give you a plaque with the words 'Yi Min' written on it?

"From now on, you will be called Chen Yimin.

"From now on, you are my adopted daughter.

"Princess Yimin."