The Unparalleled Warrior of the Dream of the Red Chamber

Under the night, the capital city is filled with the light smoke of burning candles. Today is the New Year's Eve. Regardless of rich or poor, every family is gathering around the fire, with smiles on everyone's face.Reuniting with loved ones is always the most joyful thing in the world.

Because during Lin Hai's filial piety period, it was New Year's Eve, and the Lin Mansion was not decorated with lanterns and festoons, and it was still as plain and clean as usual.Daiyu woke up early in the morning and went to Nian En Hall to remember her parents.From Linyi down, everyone in the Lin family understood Daiyu's mood, and they didn't come to disturb her, they just accompanied her outside the Nian'en Hall.Daiyu knelt in the Nian'en Hall for more than an hour, telling her parents what had happened these days and what was on her mind, and then she rubbed her numb legs and barely stood up with the chair beside her.After resting for a while, Daiyu walked out of Nian'en Hall slowly, she couldn't help being stunned as soon as she went out.

Outside Nian En Hall, Lin Yihui, Lin Cheng, and the servants of the Hefu were all kneeling in the courtyard, everyone looked solemn and mournful, Daiyu hurriedly stepped forward and called: "Uncle, aunt, brother...why are you all kneeling here? Get up quickly, please."

Everyone stood up, Lan Xin saw that Daiyu was moving slowly, and knew that her legs must be numb from kneeling inside, so she stepped forward to support Daiyu, Daiyu leaned softly on Lan Xin, looking at Lin Cheng with teary eyes, He frowned and said softly: "Uncle, it's so cold, why do you bother to come..."

Lin Yi said in a low voice: "Everyone is grateful for the kindness of Mrs. Master. Today is the [-]th year. It is right to kowtow to Mrs. Mrs. It has been like this for many years. Now Mrs. Mrs. is gone, but this rule cannot be changed. "

Seeing that Daiyu's tears were about to fall again, Huiyun hurried forward and hugged Daiyu with a smile: "Yu'er, today is the thirty-year-old, you are the head of the Lin family, don't be sad, we are all waiting for you The head of the family is giving out money."

Daiyu wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said softly: "Daiyu is self-willed, let's go to the main hall now." According to the Lin family's rules, every New Year's Eve, the mistress of the family will receive all the servants in the main hall, And send them red envelopes.When Jia Min was around, it was Jia Min who sent out the red envelopes. After Jia Min passed away, Lin Hai didn't continue. Every New Year's Eve, he would personally hand over the red envelopes to each servant, and then say a few words of praise and encouragement. It makes everyone feel warm in their hearts, which is one of the reasons why all the servants of the Lin family are loyal.It's not about the weight of the red envelopes, but that the Lin family really treats their servants as human beings, unlike other big families, the lives of servants are not as precious as a plaything.This year is the first New Year's Eve after Lin Hai's death, and Lin Yihuiyun had already discussed that the red envelope distribution should be handed over to Daiyu.

Sitting on the big mahogany armchair in the main hall, Daiyu looked at the two rows of servants neatly arranged outside, and said softly: "Auntie, the capital city is not as cold as the south of the Yangtze River. Let everyone come into the hall."

Naturally, Huiyun could have thought of it a long time ago, but Daiyu had to say the words. Although Lin Yi had entered the genealogy, in their hearts, they had always regarded themselves as Daiyu's servant.

Huiyun smiled and said: "The girl said that it is cold, so everyone should wait in the living room."

All the servants knelt down to thank each other in a neat way, and then quietly walked into the main hall, and lined up in order.Daiyu said softly, "Everyone has never given up. My late father still wanted to stay in the Lin family to take care of our family after his death. Daiyu thanked you in advance. Today is New Year's Eve, everyone has worked hard for a whole year, so let's take a good rest." After a break, starting from tomorrow, everyone will have a seven-day holiday, and everyone will be loose." All the servants, the men beat Qian'er, and the women saluted thousands of blessings, thanking them in unison.Lan Xinzhuying Qingmei Songyun carried two long kang tables, on which were piled up red envelopes like hills, Xueyan held a roster book and read with a smile: "Lin Zhong."

A middle-aged man with an honest appearance stepped forward and bowed to Daiyu. Daiyu took a red envelope and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhong, you have worked hard to take care of the big and small things at home. We don't invite New Year's wine , let’s take a good rest during the new year, Lin Sheng travels outside all year round, and he only comes back every New Year, so we should have a good reunion.” Lin Zhong is the current internal housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, and his greatest advantage is that he is careful and thoughtful .Lin Zhong listened to Daiyu's soft voice, and seeing his dead wife in a daze, he quickly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and said, "Thank you, miss, old slave."

"Lin Xiang" Snow Goose called again.A tall and tall man strode forward, knelt down on one knee, and said in a loud voice, "My subordinate, Lin Xiang, pays homage to Miss." Lin Xiang is the head of the Lin family's guards, he is an orphan adopted by Lin Hai in his early years, and he has a good body. The fact that the Lin family is now protected like an iron bucket is all due to him.

"Brother Lin Xiang, Daiyu has entrusted the safety of the Lin family to you." Daiyu said as she handed the red envelope to Lin Xiang.Before Daiyu came to Jia's mansion, Lin Xiang was Daiyu's bodyguard, and the two of them were very familiar with each other. When Daiyu was young, she often sat on Lin Xiang's shoulders and went out to play, so Daiyu didn't need to say anything. Lin Xiang understood everything in his heart. "Miss, don't worry, as long as Lin Xiang has breath, the Lin family will be safe." Lin Xiang replied loudly.

"Lin Ying"... "Lin Ping"... Following Xueyan's roll call one by one, it took more than an hour to distribute all the red envelopes.Daiyu looked up to see that the main hall was empty, and sighed softly: "It can be considered that the distribution is over, no wonder when I was a child, I couldn't watch my mother distribute the red envelopes from beginning to end every time." Huiyun smiled and said: "Isn't it? , you didn’t have this patience when you were a child. You sat on the chair and writhed and writhed before three people, and finally coaxed you to sit down, but fell asleep again after a quarter of an hour. Madam was worried that you couldn’t Good housekeeping, but I don't know that you are doing exactly as well as her."

Thinking of her mother, Daiyu sighed softly, "I will never be as good as mother."

Huiyun knew that she had aroused Daiyu's sadness again, so she hurriedly walked over and said, "Yu'er, the rewards have all been distributed, now it's time to visit my uncle and wife and Master Lan."

Daiyu nodded and said: "Well, Chunxian, bring the presents for my aunt and brother Lan'er, we'll go there now."

After Li Wan moved into Lin's house, she only taught Jia Lan every day, and rarely came out on weekdays. Daiyu felt a little guilty because she couldn't go to see her often because of her busy schedule.

Huiyun smiled and said: "Yu'er, you take the girls over there, I'll go see how the New Year's wine is being prepared, and I'll invite my uncle and wife and Master Lan to enjoy the New Year's wine together."

Daiyu nodded, and led her to Aoxuexuan.The green calyx plum blossom in Aoxuexuan is still in full bloom. Two little girls are folding plum blossoms. One of them sees Daiyu coming, and hurriedly drags his companion to kneel down to pay his respects. Daiyu smiles and says, "Little aunt and brother Lan'er are here where?"

The little girl who was combing her maidservants and tied with a light green ribbon raised her head and said, "Uncle and Madam are watching Uncle Xiaolan study in the study."

Daiyu nodded and said, "Go ahead and fold flowers, don't disturb me, I'll go there by myself."

Qingmei drew up the cotton curtain in front of the door, and a gust of cool air swept into the room. Li Wan hurriedly looked back and saw that it was Daiyu who came in. What's the weather like for you?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Did my little aunt forget that today is the New Year's Eve, and my niece specially came here to invite my little aunt and brother Lan'er to have a reunion wine?"

Li Wan patted his forehead and said, "Oh, look what kind of memory I have. I've completely forgotten the days. No wonder I woke up early in the morning and heard the sound of firecrackers far and near. It turns out that it's already thirty."

Daiyu saw that Li Wan's face was rosy, and her brows were no longer filled with sadness like when she was at Jia's house. Although she could not wear red and green, she no longer had to wear old clothes like before. A new gown with blue lotus-colored satin surface and silver trim set off her elegance and freshness, which certainly looks like a big family.

Daiyu leaned down lightly and said, "There are a lot of things at home these few days, and I didn't bother to say hello to my little aunt, please forgive me."

Li Wan lifted Daiyu up with both hands and said with a smile, "Yu'er, don't say that, I know all about it." While pulling Daiyu onto the kang, he shouted, "Lan'er, come and see my sister."

After listening to Li Wan's order, Jia Lan dared to put down the pen in her hand. She quickly ran to Daiyu and kowtowed on the ground, saying, "Jia Lan kowtows to sister Yu'er." Daiyu saw Jia Lan wearing a green He pulled Jia Lan up with a smile, looked at it carefully, and said, "Lan'er's complexion is much better, and he has flesh, little aunt, he is still a child after all, don't worry about it." It's too much, when he is a few years older, I will ask the emperor to let him study with the seventh prince."

Li Wan was so overjoyed that he knelt down to Daiyu and said repeatedly: "I thank Yu'er on behalf of your little uncle."

Daiyu hurriedly pulled Li Wan up, wiped the excited tears from her eyes with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "Little aunt, don't be like this, Lan'er belongs to my younger brother, so I naturally want to take care of you. If you do this, don't you just Heresy."

Li Wan wiped away tears and repeatedly said yes, while Jia Lan snuggled up to Daiyu's lap and was very close to her.Daiyu stretched out her hand to hug Jia Lan on the kang, but Li Wan hurriedly took him over and said with a smile, "Lan'er has gained a lot of weight recently, Yu'er, how can you hug him? Lan'er, sit on the kang properly." , don’t be naughty.”

Jia Lan said in a childish voice, "Mother, Lan'er knows."

Li Wan turned around and opened the box, took out a bundle and handed it to Daiyu, and said with a embarrassed smile: "Yu'er, my aunt doesn't have anything good for you in this new year, this is a set of clothes, I made it myself , don't be disgusted."

Daiyu hurriedly got off the kang and took the bundle with both hands, put it on the kang table and opened it. Inside the bundle was a brand new set of clothes, made of beige palace satin, lined with silver fox fur, and embroidered on the hem of the gown. A branch of green calyx plum blossoms, the iron-gray plum branches are vigorous and unyielding, and the plum blossoms seem to have a dark fragrance. A light green cotton silk skirt is embroidered with heavy plum blossoms. The plum blossoms rise from the hem of the skirt and gradually decrease to the waist. Then it disappeared, and from a distance it looked like a skirt made of falling flowers.Daiyu touched the fine workmanship, looked at Li Wan's slightly red eyes, felt hot in them, and called out softly: "Little aunt" and couldn't say anything.

Chunxian stepped forward to look at it carefully, and only exclaimed: "Ah, it's so bright and bright, it's as good as Aunt Hui's embroidery!" Compared with life, it is the greatest compliment to oneself.So he just smiled and said: "You girl is laughing, how can you compare with the embroidery skills of the second lady."

Daiyu looked at it carefully, and said softly: "Qiansi embroidery is no worse than Su embroidery. Don't be too self-effacing, little aunt."

Li Wan looked at Daiyu in surprise and said, "How do you know about Qiansi Embroidery?" Li Wan learned the embroidery technique of Qiansi Embroidery from his mother. .

Daiyu laughed and said, "I heard my mother mention it when I was a child, and Yu'er just guessed." Li Wan was slightly disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't say anything more.

Li Wan changed Jia Lan's clothes, then left Aoxuexuan with Daiyu, and went to the flower hall to have a family dinner with the family.

Daiyu, Lin Yi, Huiyun, Lin Cheng, Wang Momo, and Li Wan's mother and son sat down around the round table. Everyone raised their Tusu wine to celebrate the new year. Jia Lan was young and couldn't drink, so he held a glass The grandma followed suit, and it was very interesting to see his serious appearance, which amused everyone at the table.

The Lin family's annual wine was only halfway through, and Lin Xiang walked in with a group of people. There were four people in this group, tall and short, all wearing big stone blue cloaks, and wrapped their whole bodies in the cloaks. Find out who is who.

Lin Yi was startled, and was about to stop the visitor, but Daiyu smiled and bowed down and said: "Uncle Emperor, Aunt, Brother Chi, Brother Qing'er, why are you here in this new year?" Daiyu's words shocked everyone except Lin Cheng.

"Hahahaha..." With a burst of smug laughter, the person in the head threw off his cloak abruptly. Could this person be the current Emperor Long Live?He laughed proudly and said: "Queen, Chi'er, Qing'er, you all lost. I said that Yu'er will definitely see through us, but you don't want to believe it."

The second person also took off the cloak, this time the one who lost the fright can be replaced by Daiyu and Lin Cheng, the second person is the queen, this is not wrong, but she still holds the seventh prince Shui Zhan in her arms, which makes Daiyulin How can Cheng not be surprised.

"Yu'er didn't expect that, today is the reunion year, how can I not bring this little thing." The queen patted Xiao Zhan in her arms and said calmly, which surprised the Lin family in the flower hall again.

"Yu'er, Sister Yu'er!" Both Shui Chi and Shui Qing took off their big cloaks, revealing Lushan's true colors.Shui Qing ran to Daiyu's side, stretched out her hands and said coquettishly, "Sister Yu'er, I'm younger than you, give me a lucky red envelope."

Daiyu slapped Shuiqing's palm lightly, angrily and amusingly, and asked softly, "Uncle Emperor, Auntie, why are you here suddenly?"

The emperor smiled and said: "This year's reunion wine was set up early. After we broke up, our family was watching the new year in the Qianqing Palace. Suddenly I felt boring, so I wanted to see Yu'er how you have a reunion. Yu'er, you can't talk You don’t give Uncle the New Year’s wine, do you?”

Daiyu couldn't help smiling wryly in her heart, the emperor was quite majestic at first, how could he become like this after getting along for a while, like a naughty boy.The queen handed Xiao Shuizhan to Shuiqi, took out a bright yellow lotus purse and stuffed it into Daiyu's hand, and said with a smile: "Yu'er, this is the lucky red envelope given to you by your aunt, press it and grow it quickly. I will grow up to be a bride." The Queen rubbed Daiyu's head as she spoke.This is the habit of the queen's natal family. When the female elders give the lucky red envelopes to the female juniors, they have to say it once.The queen is eagerly looking forward to Daiyu growing up soon, and when she grows up, she will be Shui Chi's bride.

Daiyu blushed, she just lowered her head and said nothing. Lin Yi, his wife, Wang Nai, Lin Cheng's mother, and Li Wan's mother and son both left the table and knelt down to kowtow. The whole family just wants to join in the fun with your family, so don't spoil your interest in drinking."

Daiyu held the bright yellow lotus purse given by the queen in her hand, and before she could put it away, she heard a loud voice from outside, "Girl Yu'er, Uncle Shui is here to see you!"

When Daiyu heard the voice, she suddenly became overjoyed, trotted out to greet her, and shouted happily: "Uncle Shui." The emperor couldn't help saying sourly when he saw it: "Brother is really good at disrupting the situation."

I saw King Bei Jing and Princess Bei Jing brought Shui Rong to the Lin Mansion, and walked in while talking.Princess Beijing held Daiyu's hand to prevent her from bowing down, and quickly stuffed a pink and green camellia pouch, and said with a smile: "Yu'er, this is the lucky red envelope that my aunt gave you, press it and grow it quickly, I will grow up to be a bride." Those words were exactly the same as the empress's word for word, and even the gestures of rubbing her head were not taken away.Daiyu held a purse of bright yellow lotus in her left hand and a purse of pink and green tea flower in her right.Lan Xin came over and untied the purse that Daiyu was wearing and put it away, and hung up the purses that the Empress Empress and Princess Beijing had given her, she was impartial, no one could say anything.

Shui Rong walked up to Daiyu, bowed and said, "Yu'er, senior brother wishes you a happy new year. This is a New Year gift from senior brother. You can keep a little thing for fun." She handed a pretty white jade lamb to Daiyu's hand.Shui Rong has already inquired clearly that Daiyu belongs to the sheep. This pretty white jade lamb is moist and delicate. The horns on the head are exactly where the pretty color is, and it is extremely moist orange. The lamb is kneeling, and the sheep's head Twisting backwards slightly, it seems to be looking at something, very vivid and lifelike.Daiyu fell in love with it as soon as she saw it, and said with a happy smile, "Thank you, Senior Brother Rong."

Shui Chi saw that Shui Rong was the last one, and before he had time to give Daiyu his gift, he hurriedly threw Xiao Zhan into the Queen's arms, walked up to Daiyu and said with a smile: "Yu'er, Brother Chi I have a gift for you too."

Daiyu and Shui Chi were fully dissolved, and she was in her own home again, so she tilted her head to look at Shui Chi, opened her left hand and asked with a smile, "Brother Chi, what did you give me?"

Shui Chi laughed and said: "Although there are many pearls and jades in the palace, I didn't make them myself. I thought that Yu'er is so elegant, so I carved an agarwood hairpin for you with my own hands. Yu'er, take a look at it dislike?"