The Unparalleled Warrior of the Dream of the Red Chamber

This day is the queen's birthday, and the lords of the palace came to the Kunning Palace early to celebrate the birthday. Seeing the radiant face of the queen, there is still a touch of spring that has not faded in the joyful face, looking at the lords of the palace I can't help feeling sour in my heart.For a while now, the Emperor has only favored the Central Palace. He eats three meals a day in the Kunning Palace, stays overnight, and has never hired any concubine to serve him. This has made every concubine feel resentful but dare not speak out. There was more envy and jealousy in the eyes looking at the queen.

"The concubine congratulates the empress and empress for a long life." A group of concubines lined up according to their status, bowed down and congratulated.The queen looked at the group of women who had the same husband as her, and sighed slightly in her heart, feeling pity suddenly, and said with a gentle smile: "Every sister, please get up."

As a noble concubine, Yuan Chun naturally stood very close to the front, Baoqin and a court lady helped her up, Yuan Chun said with a smile on her face: "Elder sister Empress is overjoyed, younger sister specially found a treasure for older sister's birthday, please accept it. "

After hearing this, the empress just smiled lightly and said: "Concubine Jia is too polite, it's just a small birthday, there is no need to be like this." Calling all the concubines and sisters is the empress's politeness, in fact all the concubines are just emperors and empresses. It's nothing more than their high-ranking servants. Jia Yuanchun openly called the Queen's sister because she was pregnant, implying that she was raising her self-esteem.The queen knew it well, so naturally she wanted to suppress her quietly.

Yuan Chun was upset when he heard the queen's words, no matter what he said, he was also a noble concubine, but the queen was so disrespectful, she just didn't call her sister, and even omitted the word "gui" for that noble concubine.Baoqin knew Yuanchun best, she quietly tugged at Yuanchun's sleeves, Yuanchun came to his senses, and then smiled and said: "The empress has never seen anything, if other concubines would not dare to offer it, it's just that It's a set of wisdom patterns, the concubine knows that the empress loves embroidery the most, so she dares to congratulate it."

The queen was slightly startled when she heard the word Hui Wen, she had to know that this Hui Wen was extremely precious and could not be bought with money, as she was a queen and loved embroidery, there was only one hanging screen, and Yuan Chun would not want to sell it. is a set.All the concubines knew the preciousness of Hui Wen, and they all looked at Yuan Chun, wanting to see Hui Wen's true face.

The queen nodded slightly and said: "Concubine Jia has a heart, so let's bring it up for all the younger sisters to see."

Yuan Chun nodded to Baoqin, Baoqin hurriedly went out and led eight palace maids to come in carrying four screens covered with red silk, and carefully put down the screens, Yuan Chun smiled triumphantly: "Please, empress."

The queen signaled Huanxia, ​​who was beside her, to step forward and take off the red silk, and saw four red sandalwood openwork screens with embroidered flowers and poems in cursive script on the four red sandalwood screens.The queen walked down slowly and took a closer look, nodded and smiled, "It really is Hui Wen, thanks to Concubine Jia."

Yuan Chun hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be a concubine. It is a blessing for my concubine that this thing can enter the eyes of the empress."

The queen nodded and said: "Well, Huanxia, ​​let someone arrange the Huiwen."

For the queen's birthday, the lords of the harem carefully prepared gifts. Everyone knows that the queen likes it, so there are not a few people who prepare embroidery. But seeing the Huiwen sent by Yuanchun, everyone is embarrassed to present the embroidery they prepared. up.The queen glanced at it and knew where everyone was in trouble, she just smiled and said: "Concubine Jia has really bothered, this wisdom pattern is extremely rare, I only have one after looking for it for many years, I don't think Concubine Jia has a whole set, it's really rare. In fact, it's not a big birthday, Concubine Jia doesn't have to be like this, every needle and thread between sisters is love, why bother to spend so much money."

After hearing the queen's words, all the concubines felt better. Everyone presented their gifts one by one. No matter who gave what, the queen always treated each other with a smile and warm words, but she was a little closer than Yuanchun.And those concubines had to go through Concubine Yuan when they returned to their original positions after presenting gifts, but everyone smiled at Concubine Yuan with an inexplicable meaning.

Yuan Chun and the other concubines finished presenting their gifts, and they took a step forward to speak, but they heard the eunuch in charge of ceremonies outside screaming: "I would like to report to the empress, the imperial concubine has arrived outside the Kunning Palace, waiting for the order from the empress."

The queen smiled and said: "Let them come in." The eunuch went to deliver the decree, and the queen smiled again: "Today, the younger sister's family members are here, so let's see you next time." She didn't kneel down, but her heart was sore and astringent. Jia's family members were all in prison, and she would never see her again today.

When I was young, with Princess Beijing as the head, there were successively the princesses from Zhongshun's prefectures in Nan'an, Dongping, Xining, followed by the wives and ladies of all ranks. Everyone filed in. After three kowtows and nine birthday greetings, the queen smiled and said: "My concubines, please rise up. "

Everyone offered birthday presents one after another, the queen only looked at Daiyu and said with a smile, "Yu'er, come here quickly, let aunt see what good things you gave?"

Daiyu blushed slightly and walked to the center, bowed to the queen first and then gently opened her red lips and said, "Daiyu embroidered a picture of a hundred birds, a phoenix, a long life, a pine and a crane for the empress, and I ask the empress to comment." The people in the hall heard Daiyu When I mentioned the name of the embroidery, I couldn't help but snicker a few times. A picture is embroidered with both birds and phoenixes and long-lived pine and cranes. How can it be compatible?

When Yuan Chun saw Daiyu, he felt uncomfortable. Hearing Daiyu say that she had embroidered, Yuan Chun couldn't help smiling proudly, and thought, "No matter how good your little girl's embroidery skills are, she can't compare with Hui Niang's wisdom." You really don’t have any knowledge, and Huiwen is placed on both sides, and you dare to take out what you embroidered.”

When Daiyu entered the palace, she had already seen the wisdom patterns on both sides, she was secretly startled, how come this wisdom pattern is so similar to her own set, could it be that there are two sets of the same wisdom pattern in the event?But this was in the Qianyuan Hall, so Daiyu kept her face and suppressed the matter.

The Empress smiled happily and said, "Quickly present it to Auntie to see."

Daiyu hurriedly ordered Lanxin Zhuying to lift up the golden sandalwood stand, which was also covered with red silk on one side. Seeing the size of the golden sandalwood stand, the queen was startled at first. Judging from the stand, the Longevity Songhe must at least be It is four feet wide and three feet high, so much effort is required for such a large piece of embroidery.

The queen walked to the golden sandalwood frame in person, stretched out her hand to remove the big red silk, and a picture of pine and crane appeared in front of her eyes. The green pines were as green as the sea. Playing between the pines and waves, its shape is different from that of the ordinary song and crane picture. The two white cranes embroidered by Daiyu play with each other, and the slightly larger one spreads its wings and gently pats the smaller one. One, like an intimate couple talking in whispers.Even people who don't know calligraphy and painting can understand the meaning after reading it. The queen said with a smile: "Yu'er really put her heart into it, and my aunt likes it very much."

Those concubines and concubines didn't dare to go forward because they didn't get the order of the queen. Everyone just looked at it from their own perspective. Some nobles who were slightly behind saw Daiyu's embroidery and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Ah, it's so majestic. Phoenix!"

After hearing this, the queen remembered the name of the embroidery that Daiyu had just mentioned, so she went around to look at the back.On top of the strange mountains and beautiful rocks, a magnificent phoenix that looks down on the world is holding its noble phoenix head up, accepting the reverence and reverence of all birds.The Empress has seen a lot of birds facing the phoenix, but she has never seen such a vivid bird facing the phoenix. The eyes of the phoenix seem to be alive. No matter from which angle you look at it, you can feel the supreme aura of this phoenix.The eyes of the birds are also vivid, and the awe and submission in their eyes can be seen clearly at a glance.

This is a double-sided embroidery, even if Hui Niang is born again, she will be ashamed of it.The queen's eyes widened in amazement, and she said in disbelief: "Yu'er, you have such a unique skill. You are truly unparalleled in the world. Even Huiwen can't compare to your jade embroidery."

Hearing what the queen said, all the wives hurriedly responded: "What the queen said is very true, as expected, jade embroidery is far better than Huiwen." Yuan Chun didn't step forward to see it clearly, but he heard the queen praise Daiyu so much , I couldn’t help but feel angry, and just smiled: "The empress really praised the concubine’s cousin too much. She is just a child. No matter how good her embroidery is, she can’t compare with Huiwen’s." After listening to Yuan Chun’s words, the empress She frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Concubine Jia, stop talking nonsense, Yu'er's embroidery skills and ingenuity are far better than Hui Niang's in the past."

At this time Yingxia came forward, bowed to the queen and smiled and said: "Major, Lin County Lord just said that it was a picture of a hundred birds facing a phoenix, a long life, a pine and a crane, so you haven't seen the picture of Wanshou yet?"

After hearing this, the queen quickly looked at the golden sandalwood shelf again, looked at it for a while and asked suspiciously: "Yu'er, where is this longevity?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, stepped forward and said softly: "Please order the palace servants to cover the doors and windows with curtains, and nod the candles, so that the empress can see Longevity."

The queen hurriedly ordered people to do so, and sure enough, when the candlelight was illuminated, the characters for longevity flashed on the whole embroidery, and I saw cursive, official, seal script... and so on. One hundred and ninety-nine, the acquisition is exactly the meaning of longevity and boundless. These longevity characters set off the birds and phoenixes and the pine cranes more and more beautifully. The queen shook her head in amazement. I really don't know what words to praise.

There was a sound of gasping in the Qianyuan Hall, and everyone exclaimed: "This is too amazing. There are three kinds of miraculous skills in a row on a thin piece of silk. Could it be possible that County Lord Lin is a fairy who came down to earth?"Only Yuanchun's jealous face changed. He originally thought that Hui Wen would be able to come out on top with face and easy to talk to, but whoever wanted to kill Lin Daiyu halfway, even compared Hui Wen with a piece of embroidery? Going down, so that all his face was lost.The lords of the palaces whose gifts were compared by Huiwen in the past were extremely happy at this moment. They all rushed forward and praised Daiyu like a fairy, and even those who were not afraid of things deliberately pulled her away. Daiyu went to look at Yuanchun with demonstrative hands and eyes, and Yuanchun was so angry that his hands and feet felt cold, and he almost lost his anger.

Everyone went forward to look at it for a while, and the queen ordered people to remove the curtain and extinguish the candles, and Huanxia Yingxia carefully carried the picture of a hundred birds, a phoenix, a long life, and a long life to her bedroom. Seeing that the queen attached great importance to Daiyu Yuan Chun felt more and more uncomfortable with the embroidery.

Princess Beijing stepped forward and took Daiyu's hand and smiled affectionately, "My good boy, it's hard to explain why you have such skillful hands." Princess Bei Jing returned to her seat and sat down, said softly: "If Auntie likes it, Yu'er will also embroider one for Auntie in the future."

Princess Beijing happily said: "That's great..." Before Princess Beijing finished speaking, Daiyu was pulled into her arms by the Queen, who hugged Daiyu and said: "Sister, this is not possible, this embroidered thing It hurts my eyes and my mind, but I don't want Yu'er to suffer. Yu'er, don't listen to your Aunt Bei Jing, we won't embroider for her."

All the wives knew that Princess Bei Jing was the queen's biological sister, and the two sisters had the best relationship, so they just watched with a smile.Princess Beijing said angrily: "Sister, you have to be more respectful as a queen, let go of Yu'er quickly. I don't know if you look at me, but you have called Yu'er into the palace to accompany you several times while I was sick. It's my turn."

The queen just put her arms around Daiyu and smiled proudly: "Sister, she is our family's jade, you are not allowed to snatch her."

Princess Beijing was not weak, she stood up and took Daiyu's hand and said: "Who said that, I also said that Yu'er belongs to our family, I have never seen a queen like you, even people from the courtier's family want to snatch her away." .”

Daiyu blushed when she was told by the queen and Princess Beijing, she stepped on her feet and shouted: "The two aunts want to make fun of Daiyu again, Daiyu will..." Thinking that this is in the palace, there are so many wives beside her , Daiyu's voice became quieter, but the queen didn't obey, she just asked with a smile: "Yu'er, what do you want?"

Daiyu blushed and said a few words in a low voice, the empress and Princess Beijing's expressions changed, and they rushed to say: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, Yu'er, you can't do this." The two mothers who love their sons You must not let your son get in the way of chasing girls. Even if you want to rob someone, your son must marry the girl first.

"Sister Lin, how can you talk to the empress and the concubine of Beijing like this? Don't you lose the way of being a minister, and hurry up to apologize to the empress and the concubine of Beijing." Yuan Chun felt that he finally caught Daiyu's mistake , hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said loudly, intending to let all the wives hear.

The queen glanced at Yuan Chun, and said calmly: "Yu'er is an innocent child, we love to hear what she says. Concubine Jia, you are sick and cannot stand for a long time, go down and rest."

Yuan Chun's heart froze, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "The concubine obeys the order. It's just that the concubine still has something to tell the empress, can I let the concubine say it before stepping back?"

The Queen pulled Daiyu to the back seat in the middle, she pulled Daiyu to her side and hugged her, and then said slowly that Concubine Jia had something to say. "Yuan Chun knelt down and said: "I want to report to your mother, the servant girl of the concubine has passed the year of the plum blossom, and the concubine wants to ask the mother to let her out of the palace. "After listening to Yuan Chun's words, everyone couldn't help being stunned. What's the matter? It's worth talking about a little maidservant in Qianyuan Hall.

The queen said lightly: "Concubine Jia, get up. Since you have this heart, I will accept it. Huanxia Danxia, ​​go and check the roster of palace ladies, not only Concubine Jia's holding the piano, but also all the palace ladies who have reached the age , Ask them what their wishes are, and those who want to stay will stay, and those who are willing to go home will be given money to return to their hometowns so that they can be properly settled by the local government. They are all people who have served the palace for many years, so they should not be treated badly."

As soon as the Queen's words came out, there was a burst of praise, everyone praised the Queen's empress for her kindness, no one cared about Jia Yuanchun at all.Yuan Chun's face turned red and white, and he forced himself to kneel down with a smile on his face and said, "Major Empress, County Master Lin is my concubine's cousin, and this concubine wants to chat with her about the family life to comfort her family, and I beg your empress to help."

After hearing Yuan Chun's words, everyone was stunned. Everyone looked at Yuan Chun, and those who knew something inside kept shaking their heads, secretly thinking that Concubine Jia Gui was crazy. Who didn't know that County Lord Lin is now The empress's heart is so sharp, but she still has that shady idea.The queen's complexion sank, and she said calmly: "Concubine Jia, you have a body, and Yu'er is still young, if there is any collision, you can't tell clearly, you go back and rest, Yu'er just stay with me."

Yuan Chun only looked up at Daiyu, and said in a pitiful voice: "Sister Lin, you are my aunt's daughter. When I saw you, it was like seeing my aunt. My aunt and I were very good that day, so you can accompany me." Cousin, say a few words."

Daiyu Yingying stood up, blessed Yuanchun slightly, and said softly but crisply: "Ms. Jia, you were still in your infancy when your first mother came out of the court. The servant girl didn't know that your first mother and your empress are very close. The servant girl came here today to congratulate the empress, how can she not be doing her job properly. Please forgive me, Daiyu cannot obey orders today."

Yuan Chun didn't expect that Daiyu would show no sympathy in front of so many people, pointing out that she was lying, she had no face to show anymore, gave Daiyu a resentful look and then left with hatred.

The queen patted Daiyu's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, Yu'er, there is an aunt."

Daiyu smiled slightly and said, "Well, Yu'er is not afraid."

The Qianyuan Hall was lively, and the Jinluan Hall was not deserted either. King Zhongshun was the leader, followed by Wang Ziteng, brothers Shi Ding, Shi Nai, and many officials from various ministries. He is an old treacherous man, he never asked the emperor to pardon the crimes committed by the Jia family, he only said that the Jia family is of the same family and the dukes of the two countries, even though they violated the laws of the country, they should still be treated preferentially, even if they were imprisoned, they should be locked up in a better place The place, the prison of the Zongzheng Temple is really not a place to detain the descendants of heroes.Especially when it is the Queen's birthday, we should be more lenient.

The two brothers Shi Ding and Shi Nai even knelt down and begged, and they were willing to donate officials to atone for Jia's mother.Shui Chi stood under His Highness and carefully observed the expressions of all the officials. Seeing that more than [-]% of the officials showed sympathy and approval, Shui Chi was secretly startled. Book."

The emperor said lightly: "Speak."

Shui Chi came out of the class and said: "Just now, I understood what Lord Shi of Zhou Wang said. Since it is for the blessing of the mother, I will not object. I think that the female family members of Jia's family can be moved to the prison temple, and given He used food and wine to show God's grace, but as for the young man of Jia's family, he did not want to serve the country after he was a hero, and his evil deeds are too numerous to record and cannot be forgiven."

As soon as Shui Chi said this, Wang Ziteng emptied a little bit, and quietly retreated to his seat. The officials didn't understand the case at first, and after hearing what the presiding prince said, they naturally lowered their heads and had no objection.

The emperor glanced at all the officials, and saw that King Zhongshun was slightly taken aback, while the Shijia brothers nodded slightly on both faces, and seemed to agree with the crown prince's words.The emperor nodded and said: "Okay, according to the prince's proposal, we will move the female family members of Jiamen to the Prison Temple and give them food and wine." It was too late for the king of Zhongshun to object, so he had to follow Baiguanshan to praise the emperor's benevolence .At the same time, he also paid more and more attention to the prince Shui Chi. It turned out that the prince was just a brave and ruthless person. Today, it seems that the prince is as shrewd as the current emperor, so he cannot be underestimated.Zhou Sheng, the son of Zhongshun Prince, saw that the prince's understatement had resolved the plan he and his father had been planning for many days, and hated Shui Chi even more in his heart. It was only because he had to hang his head to hide the glare in his eyes because he was in the Golden Temple. hate.

The emperor saw that Shui Chi had resolved King Zhongshun's tricks, but his face was still as usual, without a hint of complacency, and he was very happy in his heart. This son is really getting more and more calm, very good. "Today is the Empress's birthday. All my loves are going to the Tongqing Hall to receive a banquet. Today I want to have a drink with all my loves." All the ministers said yes, and filed out of the Golden Luan Hall and rushed to the Tongqing Hall.

Shui Chi and Shui Rong fell behind and dealt with the officials who came to express their favor, Shui Rong smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will go to work right away."

Shui Rong beat Shui Rong with a crooked smile and said: "There is no outsider, and you still call me that, you go, and come back soon after you settle down." Shui Rong made a grimace and said with a grimace: "Your brother obeys, after half an hour Just come back. Cousin, you have to save some of Uncle Huang's good wine."

Shui Chi knocked Shui Rong on the head and said with a smile, "You are indispensable. As long as my aunt agrees, I don't care if you take a cart home." Shui Rong smiled wryly, and rushed to Zongzheng Temple.

Shui Chi looked at the Tongqing Hall and couldn't help but shook his head.He was so busy the past few days that he didn't even get a good night's sleep. Naturally, he didn't have time to see Daiyu. At this moment, he had a deep understanding of not seeing Daiyu every day. I feel that there is a corner of my heart that is empty, as if it has been hollowed out by someone.Shui Chi was walking while thinking, and when he entered the Hall of Tongqing, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the hall of Tongqing, which was originally spacious, was divided into two halves by several curtains, and the fragrance in the curtains swayed people's temples.It turned out that there was no separate banquet today, Shui Chi was overjoyed, and walked inside.

"Stay here, Your Highness, where is your seat?" Eunuch Feng stepped forward to stop Shui Chi, pointed to the first seat on the left outside the curtain and smiled.Shui Chi glared at Eunuch Feng, stopped and sat down in his seat sullenly, but his heart had already flown to Daiyu's side in the curtain.It didn't take long for Shui Rong to come back. Seeing the arrangement in Tongqing Hall, he couldn't help but smile knowingly, and sat down at the lower end of Shui Chi.

After the water dissolves, they listen to the palace music, and after the music and dance, the banquet begins.