Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

Chapter 23: The Secret of Inner Latitude: Qin Keqing's Fragrant Boudoir

Throughout the year, the Jia family has endless banquets and banquets, just birthdays, "There are twelve months in a year, and there are several birthdays every month."If you attend every banquet, don't read fake stones, and fool around like Shenying brand Baoyu.

Therefore, apart from Daiyu's and Yingchun's birthdays, especially when he went to the banquet, everything else was meaningless. All poems are omitted.It was the birthday of Mrs. Jia Muwang Tanchun. They were afraid of delaying Baoyu's study, so they asked him to join in the fun after finishing his homework.Jia Zheng is even more "frugal by nature", and he checked his children's and grandchildren's homework before taking them to a family banquet for dinner.

October [-]th is Jia Zhen and You Shi's birthdays. When Jia Zhen married You Shi as his step-wife, it was more or less due to the fact that their birthdays were on the same day.Since Baoyu would not go too early, Jia Zheng had no choice but to avoid the routine inspection that day.

It was not too late for the fake stone to go. Although he was not capable of killing Jia Zhen, he thought it would be convenient to find out Qin Keqing's life experience. Nothing can harm him.

After a short break at noon, before three quarters (nearly two in the afternoon), he took two steamed buns with Lanjun to Ningfu.The two buns are tired of eating and drinking, and they are not very happy.Uncle Xiaobao assigned them a task: "If you don't attend the table, you will wander around the garden for a while, targeting Uncle Rui. If he goes to the sisters, sisters, and daughter-in-law, it will be a mess!"

The two Baozi felt that the responsibility was heavy, and they couldn't help but understand Jia Rui's character. Mr. Confucian is just such an orphaned grandson, so he has to help take care of him, lest he should be wronged by his elders!As for Jia Ruiruo, who would be beaten up by Master Confucianism because of embarrassment, he would not be able to come to the school for ten and a half months, and their convenience door would not be opened... Is there such a thing?

The weather was neither too hot nor too cold, which was a good time for a walk. The three of them didn't ask for a sedan chair, and they didn't disturb the long-term attendants. They only brought four smart servants who were guarding outside the door: tea, smoke, red hoe, medicine, and ink rain.No one expected that they would go so early, the women thought they were playing at home, and the maids did not dare to follow without Debao Erye's order.

The seven buns pretended to be playing all the way, and strolled to the North Corner Gate.This used to be the corner gate of Huifang Garden in Ningfu, and the noise came from across the street.The disciples didn't stop him, they just sent the young master to the corner door on the opposite side of the street, and handed it to the servants of Ning's residence.

Jia Zhen is extravagant, and Huifang Garden is where he seeks pleasure in his daily life. The verandahs are exquisite and unique, the garden is full of flowers and plants, the mountains and rocks are strange and the trees are lush, and the paths lead to secluded places...

Baoyu saw the "big world" when he was wearing it for the first time, and listened to it: good guy, men and women have a feast together!

This means that the female relatives of the Rong Mansion have not arrived yet, or have already left.Marathon is a slapstick, actors and actresses accompany the wine, mixed doubles, it is too unsuitable for minors.

After pondering for a while, he ordered his male servant to walk quietly to the place where Youshi and his concubines stayed.

Seven steamed stuffed buns and two adult male servants, no matter how quietly they were noticed.A steward greeted him and said with a smile: "Second Master Bao, Brother Lang, Brother Jun, don't panic, Mr. Zheng has already changed his clothes drunk, and he will accompany you to the table."

A little daughter-in-law scolded with a smile: "Stop chewing maggots, they are so smart. Second master Kuang Bao never likes smelly men! Come with me, sisters and sisters are over there." Then he called the servants and asked them to take the smokers to eat fruit.

Baoyu follows silently, and Jia Zhu also wakes up the role, whispering softly: "It's like a family banquet, no relatives, let's go!"—they will not have their target Jia Duan.

Baoyu nodded, thinking that it was not a big birthday, Jia Zhen would only invite guests who fit her tastes, except for the inevitable Rongfu.At the same time, he whispered back: "If no one knows, it's fine. They have already passed the Ming Road, and it's impolite to leave." Then he raised his voice: "My sister-in-law, we walked here, and our feet are sore. Find a quiet place for me Let's take a rest, and then we will pay respects to Big Brother Zhen and Grandma You during the dinner."

Seeing the sweat on their foreheads, the little daughter-in-law said hello repeatedly, and asked someone to invite Qin Keqing's eldest maid, Ruizhu—the in-laws celebrate their birthdays, and the daughter-in-law will take care of the inside and out, so don't bother the head grandma.

The four continued to move forward, and after a while, Qin Keqing came in person, followed by a large group of maids and women.This woman is very careful and acts "very properly". She is "the most proud of the great-grandson's daughter-in-law" in front of Jia's mother. She thinks that the old lady's darling will come quietly. .

But she said with a smile, "I know that Uncle Bao doesn't like noise, so he cleaned up Uncle Bao's house a long time ago. Brother Lan, brother Jun, have you told your mother? Do you want my sister-in-law to tell someone?"

Jia Lan and Jia Zhu even said they didn't need it, so they took the opportunity to respect the congratulatory couplets they wrote before they came, and wrote their farewell notes.

Baoyu grabbed a disloyal bastard with one hand, and reprimanded: "What does my uncle teach you on weekdays? You must personally kowtow and give presents to the elders when they celebrate their birthdays! Grandma Xiaorong, you don't have to talk about it. Let's rest for a while. Brother Zhen and Grandma You kowtowed and left. If you send a carriage, I will take them home. They used to study with me until about [-] o’clock in the afternoon before returning home.”

Qin Keqing repeatedly said that "Uncle Bao is very thorough", and led them out of Huifang Garden to a certain inner room of the upper house.

The floor of this room is gorgeous, and it has the taste of a study.Pasted on the wall is the "Ranchen Picture" written by Liu Xiang, the water envoy of Zuodu in the Western Han Dynasty, who studied hard when he was young.

Jia Lan's eyes showed admiration, but Jia Jun didn't take it seriously: "How did he hold the book and read it when the God-man didn't come? Act like it?"

Baoyu finger-painted the couplets on both sides: "'The understanding of the world is knowledge, and the sophistication of human feelings is the article', dare to say anything that is inappropriate, and carefully beat the board of the Confucian school! You rest here, and I will kowtow for you. "

The maids and women covered their mouths and laughed, Baoyu proudly took three small gifts and left the house, and went to Huifang Garden to kowtow.

It didn't take long for Youshi to come here in a hurry. She couldn't control Jia Zhen, but it didn't mean she was a fool. The second master of the Rong Mansion valued Baoyu so much.He said with a smile at the moment: "Your big brother Zhen is already drunk and changed his clothes. My family is not so particular. Kowtow is avoided, and the gift is brought! Daughter-in-law Rong, take your Uncle Bao to rest. After a while, the old lady and the others came over , and invite Uncle Bao to the table for a glass of water and wine."

So the group turned back, and Baoyu said to Qin Keqing, "Lan'er and Jun'er have already rested, so don't bother them anymore. I'm not afraid you will be annoyed, I don't like that room either, what about "The Picture of Burning Quinoa", laugh at me!"

As the old saying goes, "Good things don't go out, and foreign things spread thousands of miles away." Although Qin Keqing heard that Baoyu went to the family school every day, he thought it was the political master who forced him, so he laughed and said, "Uncle Tangtu, why don't you come to my house?"

Baoyu nodded again and again, acting for half a day was to escape into the mysterious beauty's house.One is curiosity, and the other is that the residence can best reflect the essence of a person. For example, Mrs. Wang, the guest room is simple and generous, and the bedroom has the taste of a nouveau riche. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't dare to be so sure that the Wang family was once poor.

The mother-in-law at the other end said it was not suitable, Qin Keqing laughed and said that Baoyu was only a small peacock, shorter than her brother Qin Zhong.

The fake stone has no doubts, although Qin Keqing is small and exquisite, she is not from the Qin family, but was adopted.But no matter how tall the Jia family was, they were born in the south of the Yangtze River. Since the capital is located in the north, the northern family must be bigger than the southern family.It's just that Shenying's waiter is infatuated with Qin kid who is bigger than himself. Could it be that Qin Zhong is attacking Shenying or receiving it?Aversion to cold!

So everyone went to Qin Keqing's house.The door of the incense room was just opened, and the fake stone trembled. The plate contains the papaya that An Lushan threw and injured Taizhen's milk. On it is the couch where Princess Shouchang lies under His Royal Highness Hanzhang, and the linked pearl tent made by Princess Tongchang is hung on it.He used to be very puzzled, even if Qin Keqing is really a concubine today, or the widow of a former prince, it is impossible to collect all these famous antiques, right?This will look, but some fakes!

Although he doesn't have the sharp eyes to identify antiques, the engraved papaya is fresh and can't be mistaken, and the "beaded tent made by Princess Tongchang" is exactly the same as that hung in Mrs. Wang's bedroom!

But Qin Keqing personally "unfolded the gauze quilt that Xizihuan had worn, and moved the mandarin pillow that the matchmaker had embraced" - all of which were embroidered with eye-catching words with colored silk threads, so that eyewitnesses could understand them at a glance.As for the "Picture of Begonias Sleeping in Spring" painted by Tang Bohu and the couplet written by Qin Taixu, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, "The tender cold locks dreams because of the cold spring, and the fragrant air envelops people like the fragrance of wine" on the wall, he has no ability to distinguish between true and false.The right should be true, anyway, the Ning Mansion is the home of Shixun, so there is no way that there are no genuine items.

The mothers-in-law and maidservants waited for Baoyu to lie down after cleansing her face and feet. Qin Keqing ordered Ruizhu and three maidservants to guard the phoenix egg. Fang Pingting left with her servants in a graceful manner.

Baoyu listened quietly to the sound of footsteps going away, and the maids moved to the door, and sneaked into the small space of "Tongling Baoyu" with fascination.

Wucaishi scolded: "Bold! Aren't you afraid that the girl will see a dead body when she lifts the tent?"

Baoyu sighed: "Isn't this covered by you? This is a joke about sleepwalking in too illusory land. I'm afraid that the police fairy will arrest you. I'm less than ten years old, so I don't have the ability to deal with clouds and rain!"

The five-colored stone chuckled: "That's a good thing only for Shenying's waiter. You, if you want to swim in Taixu, I will reward you with a dream."

Baoyu waved his hand: "No need! I can memorize the poems and ballads that herald the fate of Chai Na Chai, but I have to enter Qin Keqing's bedroom if I want to reveal Qin Keqing's hole card. MD, that scent, that shop, what kind of serious grandma, Qing~loutou card The incense room is pretty much the same! I always thought it was Jia Zhenhuang~ whore, it seems that someone took the initiative to say something."

Wucaishi said: "Didn't you say that men expect their daughters-in-law to be 'sluts when they go to bed, and noble ladies when they get off'? She is a woman from a small family, and she only wants to please Jia Rong."

Baoyu hummed: "It's not considered a small family. Yingshulang is the fifth rank, half a rank higher than our master. Strange, if Qin Keqing has no special status, why did all the kings and princes show up at her funeral? Because Jia Zhen Is the head of the clan, and she is the clan's wife? Jia Zhen is just a third-rank general with false title, the old lady with the highest title in the Jia family is only a countess, Jia She is a first-rank general with false title, and Yuan Chun has not yet taken the lead. Sorrow, is it possible to miss the glorious years and go downhill together in sorrow?"

Wucaishi laughed loudly and said, "If you really want to know, ask Qin Ye, he must know."

Baoyu rolled his eyes wildly: "My historic meeting with Qin Zhong is ahead of schedule? But his family lives 'twenty or thirty miles' away, and I went to Ningfu to have nine twists and eighteen bends. The Qin family visiting old man Qin?"

Wucaishi said: "No need to go! You forgot that Qin Zhong wants to study at Jia's private school, and Qin Ye will visit Jia Dairu with gift money."

Baoyu was indifferent: "If Qin Keqing's identity is really mysterious, Qin Ye's mouth must be tighter than a dumb man. Is it possible to engage in torture? I haven't done it yet, no need, as long as I reveal the intention of interrogating Master Qin, the five long-term followers will drag me away immediately." Let's go, it doesn't count if you finish persuading me, and I will tell the master that all the hard work I have done for more than a year will be in vain."

The colorful stone pondered for a while, and said: "If you see the incense, it is the incense of the mantra."

Baoyu looked at the few sticks of incense next to "Dream of Red Mansions" in surprise, which were the same as the usual incense in the study, so he didn't pay attention.Immediately full of hope, he said: "That is to say, when the incense is lit, what do I ask and what does he answer, and what he said is true?"

Wucaishi said: "Yes. Whatever he asks, so do you."

Fake stone discouraged!Wucaishi said again: "Whether it's him or you, the past will not be forgotten like a dream."

Baoyu is completely discouraged. Are you kidding me if you want to?

Wucaishi sneered: "You idiot, wouldn't it be enough to get him drunk?"

That's true, but drunk three minutes sober, and how to control the size of the other party so that he can not die of drunkenness, can answer without remembering what he said?

The fake stone sighed, and said: "It's a brilliant move, but why do I think it's harder than castrating Jia Zhen? Qin Ye is almost seventy, boy, how can I have a good time with him?"

The five-colored stone who claimed to be a high-ranking ginseng became angry: "This can't be done, and that can't be done, just eunuch Jia Zhen! I heard that eunuchs love to seize power, Jia Zhen was eunuched, and her interests changed. She doesn't like beauties and loves rebellion, punishing the nine clans." !"

The author has something to say: please stop, the front is free for idlers to enter the boudoir!You said those two?Hey, voyeurism didn't end well. In the future, one will touch the pole and die, and the other will become a monk.

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