The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

Although the Princess of Beijing is very senior, she is only in her forties, and she is well maintained, and she is not much worse than when Jia Min was alive. Therefore, when Daiyu saw the princess Xie Wenya for the first time, she was quite stunned for a moment. Fang thought of bowing his head in salute.

Concubine Xie never cared about a little girl's slight disrespect, and since Daiyu entered the mansion, at such a young age, she has never made a single mistake, even secretly looking at the surrounding scenery. It can be regarded as quite understanding of etiquette.

Grand Concubine Xie cried out, let Daiyu sit down again, looked at Daiyu's description carefully, and then somewhat understood where her brother's thoughts came from.

Although Daiyu is only eleven or twelve years old, her body is already graceful and graceful, and her appearance is excellent. What's more, it's my younger brother who is always the most compassionate and tender-hearted.

Thinking of Daiyu's loss of husband and mother since she was a child, with only one elder brother by her side, and the appearance of her natal family, not to mention relying on her, she couldn't even accommodate a granddaughter, and then she thought of her son Shui Rong, who also urinated and lost his father However, his own mother is still alive, and he has suffered a lot of grievances, so it is inevitable that he will feel more sympathy for Daiyu.

Asked carefully what Daiyu does at home and what books she can read on weekdays, Concubine Xie smiled kindly, "You brothers and sisters have only moved to Beijing for a few days, but it is inconvenient to call you Brother just tell Xuan'er how much older he is than you, and he grew up in Beijing, there is no one more familiar than him."

He laughed at the other mother and said: "I see that the mother's demeanor is very comparable to other people. I think she came from an extraordinary family. After entering the Lin family, she will serve you Miss Lin wholeheartedly. If there is someone who doesn't have a good eye and bullies your family Master, come and let me know, I still have this dignity."

Mother Fang hurriedly obliged.

Concubine Xie turned to gossip with Daiyu again, and when several girls and wives came, Fang took Daiyu to the flower hall.

Concubine Xie originally wanted to give her son a blind date in holding this poetry meeting, so even though she had Daiyu with her, she was too young after all, the other girls and wives just looked at it secretly and didn't do much research.Daiyu followed Dowager Xie with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes, and only stepped forward to pay respects when the dowager introduced her to others, and did not take a step or say a word in other cases.Such behavior made Grand Concubine Xie more and more satisfied, and she couldn't help secretly praising Daiyu for knowing the etiquette and keeping the etiquette.

In this way, the concubine met all the girls from each family before starting today's poetry meeting.Because the poetry meeting is just a title, and the main purpose of these boudoir girls coming here is to let the concubine see each other, so they didn't really prepare seriously, but Daiyu has always had some poetic talent, and now she feels that her talents are springing up , There were several drafts in succession.

However, Daiyu always remembered her elder brother's words, so she didn't want to be too showy, so she held back her wit, and only waited until several ladies from the family handed in their poems one after another, so she continued to expand the poem about chrysanthemum that she had considered several times. Write it on paper and hand it over to the maid.

After all the girls had finished their poems, Concubine Xie and a few well-known ladies opened the poems one by one, and in a short while the leader was selected.

The wives did not show the poems to everyone, but read the best poems they selected, and it turned out that they were the best poets. Daiyu's mouth curled up slightly, and everyone praised her once. All are convinced.Concubine Xie smiled and glanced at Daiyu. After all, she was young, innocent and straightforward, and didn't know how to hide her thoughts, "At this time, all the flowers are withering, and the winter plums are not in bloom, but only this chrysanthemum is blooming in the frost. , this poem also praises chrysanthemums, but it takes a different approach and is unconventional, which is really rare."

So the servants transcribed the poem once and posted it on the Kuibang for everyone to appreciate.

After two rounds of rewards, everyone sat down again. This kind of poetry meeting held by women in the boudoir is just a joke. Even if they win the ringleader, no one will really take it seriously.However, there are always some people who are arrogant and arrogant, and it is inevitable that they will be unyielding and insist on trying to make you inferior and me superior.Poetry is such a thing that it is difficult to judge which one is better, so Concubine Xie has always held poetry meetings anonymously, so as not to say something later and cause embarrassment.

I wrote a few more poems in succession, some of them chanting Xu, some of them praising plums, and some of Ge Lian. After all, they are all women in boudoirs with limited knowledge, so the poems they make come and go, that's all.Even so, it was rare that there was such a loose time, and Daiyu unknowingly blended into this atmosphere, and really had a good chat with the girls of the two families.Concubine Xie's quarrel lasted until evening. Concubine Xie kept Daiyu for dinner, and after dinner, she sent a soft sedan chair to take Daiyu back.

After Daiyu left, King Shui Rongfang of Beijing entered the inner house from the outer courtyard, "Mother, have you seen that Daiyu? How does he look, tell your son quickly."

Concubine Xie pointed her son's forehead with her finger, "Look at your babbling, there is no such thing as a big man asking about the truth of a little girl's family, so let's take a rest, let the elder brother hear you and say you are bad." Don't beat you to death if you ruin the reputation of other girls!"

Shui Rong smiled and hugged his mother coquettishly, licked his face and said: "That's not what I said, isn't it normal for me as a nephew to care about my uncle? Mother, please tell me, what exactly does Lin Daiyu look like?" Like, I haven't seen my uncle caring so much about any woman before, and before I even put my horoscope on it, I begged my mother to come here, and I'm really afraid that my sweetheart will suffer a little bit of grievance."

Concubine Xie is quite satisfied with Daiyu, her family has a simple population, only two brothers and sisters, although they lost their widows and mothers, but their Xie family doesn't value family status, as long as the young children get along well, they are poor So what, what's more, the ancestors of the Lin family also once attacked Jue.

Lin Ruhai was born in Tanhua, and was once a confidant of the emperor. That is Lin Jue. Hearing what his younger brother said, he is a juren at a young age. Regardless of his future, he has the help of his Xie family Some are not bad.What's more, marrying low and marrying high, Daiyu is not incompetent and talented to start housekeeping at such a young age, why can't she ask for a marriage for her younger brother?

If it is true, even though my family is the mansion of the county king, my younger brother cannot surpass his two elder brothers to become a noble, and he is not born to like to be an official, even if he donates an official body, it is just a false name. It's just a few taels of salary, and it's not enough to support the family. It's not a matter of whether people can look down on him or not.Thinking of this, Concubine Xie couldn't help but worry about her younger brother again.

At this time, Xie Jinxuan, who was being worried about by his sister, didn't think about it at all. He didn't mean it that way, but his master kept talking about how good the Lin brothers and sisters were in his ears. Yes, so I couldn't help being a little more curious about Daiyu.

When going back to the Lin family's Zhuangzi, he accidentally glanced at Daiyu, and that slender figure was engraved in his mind, and he couldn't wave it off no matter what.

When I heard my master talk about how wronged Daiyu was in Jia's house, I felt a little sore and distressed, so I begged my sister, after all, it was all about the secret affairs of the inner house, he really couldn't intervene as a big man, so he just I can use my sister to justify Daiyu's name.

Xie Jinxuan has a calmness in his nature, he is the kind of person who can set fire to a house without being in a hurry.Now that Daiyu is still young and still in Xiaozhong, he doesn't think that Lin Jue will propose marriage to Daiyu at this time.Moreover, when the Lin family first came to the capital, Lin Jue had always looked down on the Jia family. It can be said that their brother and sister are helpless in this capital. If Lin Jue wanted to propose marriage to Daiyu, he would definitely discuss it with their master and brother. , Xie Jinxuan is very confident about this.

Although Xie Jinxuan is already married, he is still a young man who has just begun to fall in love. No matter how arrogant or impetuous, thinking that in two years, Sister Lin will become a filial piety, and then he will be able to propose marriage and marry Sister Lin back home. Bring out some joy.Every time he smirked at the medicine stove, Master Luo was terrified and wondered if his apprentice had some kind of illness.

How did he know that there is really no cure for this disease, and it is called "lovesickness".

Besides, Daiyu returned home from the Beijing Prince's Mansion, because Lin Jue left early and heard that Daiyu was kept for dinner, so she went home by herself without waiting for Daiyu.When Daiyu saw Lin Jue, she was rather proud of herself and told Lin Jue about the fact that she had won the leader by writing a poem during the day. After getting up, they laughed and chatted with Lin Jue all the way, and then went to rest.

However, within two days, Daiyu's poem about chrysanthemums was spread throughout the boudoir in Beijing, Lin Jue also heard about it, and everyone praised the exquisiteness of this poem, it is not like a woman's writing, but rather masculine, Lin Jue Jue couldn't find it funny when he heard the words.

But Daiyu couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this statement.

After another two days, the author of this poem surfaced, and everyone said that the princess of Beijing accidentally slipped her tongue, and Lin's Daiyu was in the limelight for a while.

Even at Jia's house, Mother Jia specially sent a woman to ask whether the "Poem Chanting Chrysanthemum" was really written by Daiyu.Daiyu couldn't avoid meeting that old woman, and hearing what the old woman said inside and out, she said that her little girl didn't know the importance of her family, she was so prominent, she fell into the status of the government, and she almost fainted out of breath.

However, Lin Jue happened to be at home, so someone pushed the old woman out of the house directly. The old woman stood guard in front of the corner door of the Lin Mansion and wailed twice. After all, it was terrifying to see the servants of the Lin Mansion staring at her viciously. Stretching out his sleeves to wipe away tears that did not exist, he covered his face and walked away quickly.

Lin Jue went back to comfort Daiyu, saying: "It's a mediocrity not to be envied by others. That villain's eyelids are really shallow, but I don't know that the Queen of Beijing and his wife were deeply in love back then, and they often used poems to express their love. Concubine Beijing was also famous for her talent in her boudoir. Since my younger sister has this talent, why bother to hide it? You must know that a woman without talent is a complete nonsense. What husband wants his wife to be like a piece of wood? The hard ones only know how to obey. Adding fragrance is not something that a single piece of wood can do."

Lin Jue was also very angry. Fang said everything. Daiyu was still a little bit annoyed, but now she was only ashamed. She really didn't know how to take Lin Jue's words and ignore Lin Jue. He stomped his face twice and hid in the house.

Lin Jue was still waiting to persuade her, but Nanny Fang smiled and said, "Master, don't worry, the girl is really shy. The girl didn't take what the old lady said very much, but I don't know who told the old lady to say it." For such a remark, the girl is just thinking about the old lady of Jia's mansion, Jun Fang did not refute that's all. If the uncle is free, you might as well go and investigate, lest someone embarrass our girl through Mrs. Jia, after all, Mrs. Jia is our The girl's grandmother, she can say something, but others can't say it."

Lin Jue immediately understood the meaning of Nanny Fang's words, so she didn't stay any longer, turned around and asked someone to intercept the woman.