Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

When Yuanchun wanted to send Daiyu to see her, the etiquette eunuch immediately knelt down and said that the main hall was not here, and asked the empress to move to the main hall for a "meeting".Yuan Chun was not interested in the main hall, but because of the etiquette, he had to leave the pavilion.

A little further to the main hall road, Yuan Chun was invited to step up.This time, enter from the east through the inner door.The door is round and solitary, with three characters on the gate, the last word is also covered, and the first two characters are "Xiaoguan".

Yuan Chun said with a smile: "There are no other characters, it must be 'yuan', reveal it quickly!"

Once the cloth is uncovered, it is a "zhuang" - Xiaoguanzhuang.

Yuan Chun raised his eyebrows: "It's just that he is narrow-minded. Where did Zhuangzi come from in the city?"

The serving eunuch rushed to deliver the message, but was stopped by Yuan Chun, who said that he would decide after reading it.

Buyu continued to move forward, passing through the cave gate, and Yuanchun sat up with his body up—the large horse path in the era of the Duke of Guo became smaller, and it was built into a double horse path from the fourth grade, which made the two sides very spacious, and the strong scenery is breathtaking mind!

Speaking of the Northland in late September, the sweet-scented osmanthus has faded, but another kind of flower is still in full bloom, that is, the wild, chrysanthemum, and flowers that will flourish along the road!

On the side of the cave gate, there is a small red house courtyard, inscribed "Qiu Shuang", and the last word of the cloth is removed, which is "Qiu Shuang Zhai".Outside the small courtyard, the "vegetables" in three to five vegetable beds are growing just right, with tall signs inserted on the side: winter radish, potherb mustard, cabbage, etc.On the opposite side of the horse road, there is another red house with similar courtyards, which is called "Xianxia Pavilion". The dry grain is grown outside the courtyard, the corn is ripe, and the sorghum hangs red.In the past, it was the Green Bamboo Pavilion (replacing the inauspicious Xiaoxiang Pavilion), with fine bamboos supporting the sparse; on the opposite side, the Ziling Pavilion, where red and purple flowers of various colors compete for beauty in the bonsai inside and outside.

Going forward, not far away, there are two small red courtyards facing each other across the road. This time, autumn and winter vegetables are planted on the east side, and fresh winter wheat is planted on the west side. There are also country wells and windmills standing against the courtyard wall. .

These two small courtyards are named "Ouxiangxie" in the west courtyard and "Hengwuyuan" in the east courtyard.Why did it start like this?A certain time-traveler thinks that the plot is strong, and Baochai will live in it, so he planted chrysanthemums that are highly adaptable to the soil and resistant to barrenness, inside and outside the east courtyard.

Across the "Ouxiangxie" and "Hengwuyuan", there are two small ponds on both sides of the horse road, the water color is green and the grass is half yellow.

Under the old osmanthus tree, there is a "fish pond" sign on the east side, and it is marked with "Cultivation of water chestnut lotus in spring and summer";The "Ou Xiangxie" where Xichun lives and Zilingzhou where Yingchun lives can be regarded as practical, but Yingchun is married and will not come to live.

Further forward is Huacao Lawn, and the main hall is on the north side of the Ping. At first glance, the Baosha of Rongxi Hall has been painted with wall paint and changed its appearance.The main flower on the flower lawn is wild chrysanthemum, which constitutes the four big characters "You Feng Lai Yi" mixed with gold and red, which shines brightly in the sun.

Yuan Chun felt refreshed and happy, she never expected that the dude Lian Er would have such a handiwork, she really should look at her with admiration in three days!

She didn't want to sit on the footsteps any more, insisting that the main hall had arrived, she jumped down and walked across the garden, and ordered the eunuch to introduce those matching flowers and plants that she didn't know, but they turned out to be refreshing herbs that were similar to wild chrysanthemums.

After entering the main hall, the etiquette eunuch knelt down and asked the empress to ascend to her seat.

Amidst the music, the eunuch led the way, and Jia Amnesty led the family's nephews to meet under the platform.Yuan Chun lazily waved his hand, and Zhao Rong said: "Excuse me." After the man stepped back, Jia Mu led the female family members and followed the eunuchs to the platform to arrange shifts, and Zhaorong said again: "Excuse me."

The so-called "meeting" is over... no, it's time to eat, pass on the meal!

Speaking of such a meal, fifty thousand taels of snowflake silver may not be able to hold it down.Fortunately, Yuanchun has long been orally ordered to follow the four products, so the Empress Banquet only has 81 dishes, instead of [-] dishes.Others, except those who served the empress personally, the rest dined in Hemerocallis Courtyard and Jia She's East Courtyard, which was reduced by half according to the Empress's rule, and each table only had nine dishes.It is difficult to satisfy the eunuchs, court ladies and soldiers, so a certain time-traveling product dedicated a staple food of the time-traveling brand—bamboo tube rice!

The staple food of Yuanchun is rice in bamboo tubes, which is mixed with diced chicken and corn kernels.Not to mention rough, the original taste is definitely the delicacy of those who are used to palace meals, and the fight is something you have never seen before.

Concubine Xiande has a big appetite, she eats half of the rice in a bamboo tube, she hasn't had such an appetite for many years!As for the other dishes, only a few chopsticks of vegetables were used, which completely ruined the meticulous cooking of the cooks in the Red Chamber... No, the mothers have not eaten yet, and the empress has rewarded them all. As for whether the dishes will have diarrhea when they are cold , who can control it.

After the meal, drink tea, and after the concubine has offered three times, Yuan Chunma slips down to her seat, and the palace music stops with it.

Having to change clothes again, Yuanchun retreated into the east side hall, which is the room where Yingchun lived.Back in a moment, go to Jia Mu's backyard from the north side door, and the real meeting begins.

Don't think that eunuchs and maids can be driven away by "real marriage", Yuan Chun has the right to drive away only one Baoqin.

As soon as he arrived at Jia Mu's backyard, Yuan Chun chased Baoqin away—Baoqin also has family members, so we won't see each other this time, or maybe never again.Sister Feng knew it, and ordered Ping'er to take Baoqin to another room to "rest".

After entering Jia Mu's room, Yuan Chun wanted to perform family rituals, but Jia Mu waited and knelt down.

Tears welled up in Yuanchun's eyes, and he helped Jiamu and Mrs. Wang with his own hands.Mrs. Wang sobbed, and Mrs. Jia's old eyes blinked red. For a while, she was looking forward to the spring, and Mrs. Fengjie, Li Wanxing and Mrs. Li were in tears.

The ceremonial eunuch coughed heavily, and Yuan Chun took out a silk handkerchief and snorted to wipe away his tears, and said with a smile like a Sichuan opera: "It's so easy to go home, and the girls start to cry together when they talk about selfishness! Aunt Xue, Yingchun, Baochai, Daiyu What? Do you really want to invite three times and four times?"

Who dares to bother the lady to wait, in the blink of an eye, Mrs. Xue led her daughter-in-law to meet her, and Daiyu also changed into auspicious clothes to meet the lady.

Yuan Chun didn't know Yingchun well, so he was nothing more than polite to Xue's family, but he took Daiyu's hand and asked several questions, while taking his pulse quietly.In the past, Mother Jia's cultivation of her was all-round, but now it can only be used to call out the candidate sister-in-law.

When the political lord came to see him, the eunuch and maid pulled up the embroidered beaded curtain, and the father and daughter were just pretending to separate the curtain.

At another time, the eunuch reported that "Jia Xiucai" came to see him, and a certain traveler tenaciously supported his tired body to enter, and performed the national salute behind the curtain.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Chun lifted the curtain, stepped forward quickly, and embraced him in his arms.The etiquette eunuch coughed repeatedly, but Yuan Chun couldn't hear him, and stroked a certain head and neck: "It's so tall..." Before he finished speaking, tears fell like rain.

I don't know if it is the reaction of the body's leftover memory, but Fake Stone is so sad that there is no need to brew tears.All the female relatives rushed forward to persuade, while blocking the unkind eyes of the etiquette eunuch.

After a while, Yuan Chun forced a smile with grief: "You are actually a scholar. My sister is going to take the exam and see how much I benefit."

False stone panicked in grief, and opened his mouth wide: "The grassroots have no quick talent, and those couplet plaques have been pondering for several months." Speaking of this, he saw Daiyu with a dignified face, as if he had never heard of it, and he apologized guiltyly. Yun: "The cousins ​​of the Lin family and the cousins ​​of the Xue family are the only ones who can be considered high-ranking, my mother should test them! By the way, there is also Lan Er, the only son of my eldest brother, Lan Er, who is better than me!"

Yuan Chun immediately rolled his eyes at Li Wan: "Why didn't you see Brother Lan? I heard that I passed the county exam at the age of eight, and I have to take the exam!"

In the original book, there is only one sentence describing Jia Lan, "Jia Lan is very young at this time, and he has not mastered many things. He just follows his mother and uncle to salute."

Generally speaking, Jiulingtong (eight years old) is indeed at this level, but our Lang Geer has seen many big worlds now, that is called a well-organized, well-planned advance and retreat, and the joyful Yuanchun took one in each hand and started from Pangu. From heaven to earth, ask a question.

Lang Geerbao's second master's strengths are the Four Books and Five Classics, and his forehead was sweating when he was asked.

Yuan Chun was overjoyed, so in order to avoid embarrassing them, he asked some stereotyped questions.Baoyu was in admiration. The emperor granted Yuanchun the title of Nushangshu not blindly. If she went to the imperial examination, not to mention the number one scholar, she would definitely have a share in the second class.

At this time, Sister Feng came to save the two burnt boys, and said: "The feast of chrysanthemum appreciation is ready, please visit me."——There is no sweet-scented osmanthus tree in Jiamu's yard, but there is, and there will be nothing to reward.

The Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet was held in the courtyard of the boudoir in Yuanchun, and it was just after lunch. The so-called banquet was nothing more than various snacks, not intended to be eaten.

As soon as she entered the old courtyard, the concubine Yuan set up a pen and inkstone and wrote "Daoxiangshe, Qingmaitang, and Lianying Pavilion" with a brush, and said with a smile: "I am also lacking in talents. I just saw that only the three rooms in the main hall were not named. These are the three from west to east. Although there is no rice in Xiaoguanzhuang, we are originally from the south of the Yangtze River, so we set up a house to remember it. The real scene of Qingmai Hall is taken, and the lotus shadow hall is facing the lotus pond. It will be there in the spring and summer of next year. Lian. Baoyu came to write the names of the other red houses, and after drawing lots, he got three sets of imitation couplets in Baoxia, and a poem in the red house. Baoyu wrote another "Xiaoguanzhuang", this way Live up to my childhood professor!"

Baoyu is both happy and worried. The happy thing is that "Xiaoguanzhuang" has been brewed early, and the worry is that if the three sets in the main hall are drawn, how can I get a couplet out of it?Did he ask sister Lin for help on the spot?So many eyes on it!

Helpless, he secretly marked the back of the house name paper.Unexpectedly, Yuanchun's fire eyes are golden, and when he speaks, others draw Baoyu first and last.No matter how talented the eunuch in charge is, a certain "Smooth" was drawn to the "Lotus Shadow Hall".

A certain despair, Lian and Ying will not fight, unless "Ying" is regarded as a real thing!

Perhaps it was the miscellaneous books he read, but he was so inspired that he came up with a couplet: "The lotus moves over the water, the cool breeze fills the window; the shadow shakes the core, and the weeds and yellow flowers cover the path." .

Yuan Chun was just joking with his younger brother, and didn't take him seriously, praising him for his talent.

Jia Lan got the "Daoxiangshe" and wrote a couplet: "Daohuabaijiu wakes up from a dream, and the fragrance of pink butterflies and golden chrysanthemums comes late."

Xichun was drawn to the "Qingmaitang", and wrote a couplet: "Split the road to make a field, and collect the fragrance of wheat to accompany the piano and books."

Everyone knows that couplets are more difficult than poems, and this is serious writing.There is nothing to say about Jia Lan being a boy who has won the lottery. Although Xichun is young, she is the daughter of the Jia family, so don't think that she is making things difficult for you, you still have the right to be making things difficult.

As for poetry, it must be better than Lianqiang. I have thought about it long ago and I don’t know how to believe it. All of them are great.

Yuanchun only praised Daiyu and Baochai.But what really surprised her was Baochai. Poetry can be written by others, but Baochai's speech and behavior are not inferior to Daiyu's.It's a pity that Yingchun has already married into Xue's family, otherwise it would be all right to marry a merchant girl from the son of fifth rank.As for the fate of Baoyu's official career, it's not that she has low self-esteem, so what if she is talented?Uncle Jing is the life of a monk, how much future can Baoyu have?Therefore, she felt that if her younger brother was able to marry Daiyu, it was not because of a little bit or two.

After tasting the poems, Yuanchun asked Baoyu to play the piano again. He said that he had heard that he had been studying the piano for a long time. When would he not play it now?

Baoyu gladly told him that it would be even more embarrassing to be at the back!Sure enough, after he finished playing, it was Jia Lan. Even though Lang Geer was younger than him and had studied under Yinquan for a long time, he could play better than him.

Next is to welcome the spring, explore the spring and cherish the spring. Finally, Baochai and Daiyu are more serious than the other.Jia Lan was ashamed and muttered: "Second Uncle, let's make a fool of yourself today!"

It doesn't matter whether it's showing ugliness, or showing nothing, there will be rewards for everything.From Jia's mother down, including Jia Huan who didn't show up, all of Jia Jiafan's relatives in Beijing were rewarded.In addition, there are also rewards for those who manage projects and furnishings in the garden, as well as kitchen servants and miscellaneous people.It's just that Yuanchun didn't take the silver that Mrs. Wang donated, so it couldn't be the gold, silver, silver, inkstone and silk satin in the original book.

After the reward, Yuanchun went to offer incense in the nunnery of Jiamuyuan, which is where her boudoir often goes.What is Jingxin Nunnery, at that time, it was just a servant to take care of it to keep the incense burning.

After serving the incense, drink vegetarian tea.After tea, the three tours went to the west, and the deacon and eunuch started to play "drive back to Luan".

Yuanchun felt sad for a while, and forced a smile and said: "The grace of God is so great that I can return to my province. Xiaoguanzhuang has already been built and cannot be left unused. Daiyu, Baochai, Xichun, and Tanchun, you live in the village with your sister-in-law. Maybe it can be pleasant and nourishing." (Xue's family passed a message from Mrs. Xing, who had to enter the palace to see her mother after her leg injury healed, hoping that her mother could plan something for Baochai's marriage. What can Yuanchun do? The only way is to let Baochai Live in Rong Mansion, get some light, and see if you can talk about a good marriage.)

Mrs. Wang also knew that Xue's family gave out so much money, otherwise she couldn't explain it, but she was still panicked.What's even more annoying is that Daiyu only sold [-] taels, but she ranked ahead of everyone. Isn't it because her dead father was posthumously made a marquis?If you want to talk about Hou Men's girl, the other one is serious!Now he started to play with a smile: "Madam, do you still remember that Baoyu had a playmate when she was young? It was Xiangyun, the eldest daughter of the historian. Poor Xiangyun's parents left early, and the old lady often picked her up to stay in the house. She will come again soon. As a guest..."

Yuan Chun remembered that before she entered the palace, Xiang Yun was still a fluffy girl, jumping up and down was very pleasing.So he said repeatedly: "How can I not remember, she lived in our house for ten months, there are so many houses in the village, how could she be missing? It's just that she would prefer to live in the Daylily Garden. I remember that she likes living among the Daylilies the most. Roll around, how many yellow flowers will be crushed!"

Jia's mother was secretly annoyed. Although she loved Xiangyun, it was impossible for Xiangyun to marry Baoyu. What kind of dream was Wang's dreaming?Hmph, my wife doesn't have to be a villain. Let's see what Wang does when Xiangyun is engaged!At the moment, he also laughed and joked, saying that Xiangyun had been arguing to visit Xiaoguanzhuang, and that Xiangyun was so fresh that he might snatch the red brick house.

It is really not a good thing for a girl who is a guest to "rob" a house to live in.Pian Daiyu added: "I like Hemerocallis Courtyard. The Yixin Hall is so nice. You can enter the yard of your ancestors through the small corner gate." ——Hemerocallis Courtyard and Jiamu's Courtyard are next to each other, so it was also called Jiamu's Court Jia's mother didn't like daylilies, and when Jia Daishan's aunts and housemates went, they couldn't live in such a large yard, so they left the day lily yard idle.

The author has something to say: Appreciating chrysanthemums in Jia Muyuan: No matter whether it is showing ugliness or not, I have lied out!