Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Daiyu gave a thumbs up and said, "Mammy, you are amazing! Your answer is so perfect! Is this considered changing the subject?"

Gu Mama smiled slightly, with a gleam of wisdom in her eyes: "Miss, you are too kind. These words are only between the two of us, so please don't mention them to others."

"Why?" Daiyu asked curiously. She thought to herself that she was a little unwilling to not confront Xue Baochai when she had such a good opportunity.

Nanny Gu glanced at Daiyu, and there was a kingly aura in her eyes, which made Daiyu feel envious. Her aura was in no way inferior to those ladies in the palace fighting dramas!

Gu Ma said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, you are also a girl, not much younger than her. If you take the initiative to come to her house and tease her, she will most likely go along with it and mention that you can also be selected. With my support behind you, you will definitely become a queen. When the time comes, how will you respond to her?"

"It would be fine if such a conversation didn't get out." Nanny Gu paused. She didn't mind using the greatest malice to guess people's hearts. "If such a conversation between you spreads out of the Jia Mansion and is known by outsiders, how will you deal with it in the future?"

"I see, Madam Gu!" Daiyu suddenly understood what she said. In terms of the ways of the world, even though Daiyu, a commoner, had cultivated her brain for so long, she still couldn't beat the people she had been influenced by since childhood.

However, it was impossible for Daiyu to let go of her secret poaching behavior.

Daiyu suddenly had an idea and said to Madam Gu, "Madam, I guess Xue Baochai will definitely ask you for information about the palace selection. When the time comes, just tell her what she wants to know, and the one thousand taels of silver she gives you will be the cost of buying the information."

The news from the palace was totally worth the price, so Daiyu let Nanny Gu keep it with peace of mind, without feeling guilty at all.

"Yes!" Although Grandma Gu had seen such large rewards before, only a few of them actually fell into her hands.

But Daiyu never asked her to hand it over, which made her feel lucky again that she had seized a good opportunity this time.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn wind takes away the last bit of summer heat, leaving only a hint of coolness.

As the temperature gradually dropped, Daiyu began to change into thicker clothes.

That day, Luluo came back from outside, jumping and skipping. After being scolded by Gu Mama several times, the girl had learned her lesson and would no longer shout loudly in the yard.

"Miss, I heard from the people at the other end of the alley that there are people asking for money in the mansion today, and everyone is talking about how lively it is!"

Daiyu was about to turn the page when she paused and looked at Luluo: "What kind of person is he?"

"I didn't see anyone, but I heard it was an old man and a child." Luluo squatted beside the brazier to dispel the coldness on her body. She touched two fragrant roasted chestnuts and stuffed them into her mouth while mumbling, "The chestnuts that Brother Linji sent are so sweet!"

Daiyu smelled the tempting sweet aroma of chestnuts and felt a little empty in her stomach, so she walked to the brazier, squatted down, and picked chestnuts to eat with Luluo.

She had drunk the potion and cultivated her inner strength, so this little bit of cold was nothing. But the two maids still felt that she needed to keep warm, and insisted on putting a brazier in the room.

However, Daiyu also felt that putting a brazier in the house and roasting chestnuts or sweet potatoes was a very wise decision.

Daiyu reminded Luluo, "You better be careful, don't let Grandma Gu see you!"

"Don't worry! Grandma Gu hasn't come back yet!" Luoluo said, handing a peeled chestnut to Daiyu.

Daiyu stuffed it directly into her mouth and said vaguely, "Go and ask around later to see what Lian's second sister-in-law is planning, and then we can add a little bit too."

Luoluo was so surprised that the chestnut in her hand almost fell into the brazier: "She is not our relative, why should we care about her?"

"Are we short of those ten or twenty taels? I'm doing that for the sake of Lian's second sister-in-law. Go quickly!" Daiyu waved her hand, threw a sweet potato from the pile beside the brazier into the brazier, and covered it with firewood.

Soon, the whole room was filled with the sweet smell of roasted sweet potatoes.

At this moment, the voice of the maid came from outside: "Miss! Miss Xichun is here!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xichun pushed open the curtain at the door and asked curiously, "Sister, what smells so good here!" As she spoke, she began to search in the house.

Daiyu smiled and pointed at the brazier, saying, "Please wait patiently, it's not ready yet!"

Xichun moved an embroidered cushion and sat by the brazier to warm her hands. She smiled and said, "Where did you learn this, sister? Why didn't I think of it before?"

Daiyu joked, "You'd better not try it! Otherwise, the old ancestor's room will be filled with fragrance, and then she will drive you out of her yard. Don't come to me and cry!"

Xichun tilted her head, glanced at Daiyu, and said coquettishly: "If the old ancestor really kicks me out, I will stay here with you! Do you think my sister has the heart to kick me out?"

"Okay!" Daiyu smiled and hugged Xichun, "When I go back to Yangzhou, you will follow me, haha! It's a pity that I don't have a brother, otherwise I would definitely marry our eldest Miss Xichun, and we would really become a family!"

"Oh! What's the point of marrying? Aren't you ashamed?" Xichun pushed Daiyu away shyly.

Daiyu also brought an embroidered cushion and sat beside her. While helping her find chestnuts, she asked, "Why are you here today? Is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh! It's all because of your delicious food that I forgot about my business!" Xichun slapped her forehead in annoyance and asked, "Are you going to perform a ritual for my cousin this year?"

"Of course I do. What's the matter?"

"Can I go with you?" Xichun looked at Daiyu expectantly.

Daiyu frowned slightly. She didn't know whether Grandmother Jia would allow it, so she explained, "According to the rules, I have to go, but I don't know whether the old ancestor will allow me to go out."

Xichun lowered her head and pondered for a long time, and finally made up her mind and said, "When you mention it to the ancestors, I will ask again."

Daiyu thought Xichun, like Yingchun, just wanted to go out and play, and didn't think much about it.

In the evening, Lan Rui brought Daiyu a note, which was sent to the corner gate by Qin Keqing.

Since the last time she visited Qin Keqing, Daiyu has been corresponding with her from time to time.

Originally thought it was just an ordinary letter, but when Daiyu opened it, her heart tightened, and she felt as if it was expected.

This is a distress letter.

Qin Keqing had mentioned in a letter before that Jia Zhen used to look at her with restraint, but recently he had become more and more unscrupulous, and he even often ran into her in the garden.

Fortunately, she always brought a lot of people with her every time she went to the garden, so no accidents happened.

Today, hiding alone is no longer the answer.

Daiyu sighed lightly, threw the note into the brazier and burned it, thinking about how to break the deadlock.