The Red Chamber is not a dream

[Chapter 120] Occasionally see Danqing pens on embroidered tables and screens · You must be exquisite when looking at people

It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.In Lin's mansion, Daiyu ordered people to pack up the sacrificial vessels, looked after the house was cleaned, and arranged gifts to be sent everywhere.Because Zhenyu is now an official in the court, it is inevitable to have some contacts with many people; fortunately, Daiyu is already familiar with this place now, and Zhang Nanny is by her side, so she is not very busy.Now the imperial court has given up their holidays, so Jinyu is at home every day and often reads some account books for Daiyu, so she is a little more leisurely than before.

On that day, Jinyu was going there to lock up the spring reward silver and came back to hand it over to Daiyu.Daiyu briefly told him about the things in Zhuangzi below that she had received recently, and said, "Now we can prepare everything for our family. I will teach people to send gifts from all over the place, and return the gifts. I wrote the brochure. If my brother wants to read it, he can read it a few times; if he is too lazy to read it, it’s fine. There are a few things that I can see that are useful. I have picked them out and sent them to my brother’s courtyard. It’s cheap either as a gift or as a gift. If there’s anything we need for ourselves, we’ll have it all today. Brother, if there’s any omissions, you can tell me.”

Seeing that he had finished speaking, Yunyu was secretly surprised, and said to herself: "He usually doesn't talk so much, but now it's strange, as if he deliberately wanted to show his merits to me." But she refused to say anything, and praised: "My sister is very capable now. I am a good shopkeeper; I don't have to worry about the things I use." After speaking, seeing Daiyu smiling, he suddenly felt narrow-minded and smiled deliberately. Said: "It's just that I have something to ask my sister."

When Daiyu heard this, she hurriedly asked questions.Yanyu laughed and said, "You are the head of the house now; have you prepared any rewards for people this year?" Daiyu said with a smile, "So it is this. I taught them to pour out gold and silver scorpions the day before yesterday. There is also brand new money, and other things are also available." Seeing Yunyu shaking her head, Nai smiled and said, "I know you must have something to say. Stop playing charades and just say it. Don't say good things. , you have to turn ten bends."

Seeing what he said, Yunyu smiled and said: "Then I'll just say it straight. I've been tired for a year, but you haven't prepared any rewards for me. A few days ago, Your Majesty bestowed some fresh ideas on the palace, I took it back and gave it to you, but you forgot about me. I didn’t want to say it, I’m afraid you will be ashamed, I just need to teach you to remember it yourself; who knows that you insist on teaching me to say it, but you can’t blame me for it.”

Daiyu couldn't help laughing when she heard the words. She was about to say something, but she blushed for no reason and said nothing for a long time.Fortunately, there were only two of his siblings in the room, and no one else was there, so he smiled quietly: "I thought you said something, so it was this. Even if you have forgotten everything, I dare not forget you again." Sure enough, he turned around and took a cloth bag from the table and handed it to Yunyu, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise I would really teach you to ask."

Yanyu was joking with him, but she thought that Daiyu had prepared things for herself, but she was stubborn with him; when she took the cloth bag for a while, she felt a little heavy, but when she unfolded it, she saw that it was a pair of fan covers. For the sachet, there is also a small table screen, which is embroidered with the twelve "Poems of Carrying Pleasure" that I wrote earlier. If you look closely at the handwriting, it is the same as what I wrote.Daiyu watched his expression carefully, saw his surprise, smiled and said: "I don't have anything to do, so I can only do these things to relieve my boredom. Because I love these poems, I will embroider them. Do you think it is good?"

Yanyu smiled and said, "It's good, but why didn't you embroider it yourself?" Daiyu shook her head and laughed, "Come on, come on, you don't have to shame me. I just wrote it myself. If I teach others to read Go, you have to laugh. Your poem is a big one, and we really can’t write it.” Yunyu said nothing, looked at it again, and said with a smile: “This word is just like what I wrote, but it’s just Smaller. How did you describe it?"

When Daiyu heard what he said, she just pursed her lips and smiled.But Yunyu suddenly remembered the story of Daiyu writing for Baoyu in the original book, and said to herself, "That's right, I forgot that girl Dai has the ability to copy other people's handwriting. It's just that there is such a similarity. Ordinary people can't tell the difference; maybe it will have a strange use in the future." Yin looked carefully at the sachet and fan cover again, thanked Daiyu with a smile, and put the things away.

Daiyu laughed and said, "You've been watching this for a long time, and it made me fearful. In the future, if I do anything with you, no matter whether you love him or not, no matter how bad he is, I can only say yes." As soon as Fang uttered the words, he felt a bit preposterous, so he hurriedly looked at Yunyu's expression; seeing that he was not rational, Fang was a little relieved, and called the maid to come in for tea.

Yan Yu smiled and said: "Yesterday I still thought about your appearance when you were a child. At that time, you didn't have to worry about anything, just caring about yourself. You can write some poems and draw two pictures in your spare time. Now that you are grown up, It adds a lot of things." Daiyu laughed and said, "If you like to be a child, you can do it. But I think it's better now; when I was young, I would only pester you to tell me stories, or teach you how to draw and learn. I see. Now that I am older, although I have never done anything for you, at least I understand things, and I no longer pester you every day; I know something about the daily clothes and food. If I were a child all my life, I would not only I can't help you with anything, but it will distract you, what good is it?"

Yanyu laughed and said, "You listened to me the most when you were young. Even if I said this charcoal is white, you still have to nod; now that you're older, I can't coax you anymore. What's more disgusting is the sharp teeth and sharp mouth. I said one sentence, and you have to say ten sentences over there, which is not as good as when I was a child." Daiyu listened at first, but when she heard the last sentence, she spit out: "I should be something. I thought I was old, so don't lie to me. ; It can be seen how many times I coaxed me when I was young." If the two of them chatted and laughed once, it was no problem.

It was already the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. Daiyu changed her clothes and was accompanied by Nanny Zhang to the palace to congratulate her.When the concubine saw Daiyu, she was very happy. When it was time to salute, she called him to look at her carefully, and said with a smile, "it looks better." She also ordered him to sit by her side.Daiyu took her seat and sat beside the concubine. Knowing that all the women who came were ordered by the court, she carefully looked at everyone's expressions and said to herself, "Although the affairs of the court have nothing to do with the women in the back house, I can see it to some extent; I rarely come to the palace. Now that these people are together, I have carefully observed their expressions. Maybe there is something strange. I feel a little uncomfortable with my brother when I want to come to their house. .”

So Daiyu made up her mind, and the party chatted and laughed with the concubine, while carefully checking the expressions on everyone's faces.Fortunately, he was quick-witted by nature, and his answers were fluent, but he didn't teach the concubine to see the clues, on the contrary, he liked it very much. After the banquet, he took Daiyu to talk again, and then taught him to go home.

In the two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia in that chamber, all those who had a patent were also led by Jia Mu to the palace, but they sat far away from Daiyu and never said anything.When they came back, all the members of the Jia family went to the ancestral hall to worship, and then went to the Ningfu.

It is only said that when Daiyu returned home, she thought about what she had seen today, but she felt something strange inside. When she saw Yunyu also came back, she sent all the servants out, and told her what she was suspicious of. Talked to him, and said: "The daughter of the Wang family in Xining County looks a little strange to me, and she seems to be dissatisfied with me. I don't think I have seen him before. I think his father and brother have something to do with you. , you must be careful."

Yunyu knew the key to it earlier, but Qi Daiyu guessed it right, she thought to herself: "It turns out that he is so clever. But you can guess this from the way people look at him; it can be seen that he He is also wholeheartedly for me, even when he goes to the palace, he has to look around at people's faces." Yin smiled and said, "But I have troubled you. I will be careful in the future." Daiyu said: "This is so boring. If you say it again, I will be annoyed."

Jinyu was joking with Daiyu, but when she heard him say that, she nodded and smiled and said, "I have a plan in mind. How do you look at other people?" Daiyu laughed and said, "Mrs. Zhao needn't say, it's you who Brother Xue's mistress. It's nothing more than other people, she also said it on a regular basis; it's just that Jing'an is a little different." Yunyu nodded when she heard that, and asked him again: "How did you see the concubine today?" Daiyu heard this Then, Nai frowned and said: "It's hard to say. The concubine treats me the same as in the past, but she looks a little tired. I don't know if I'm tired these days."

Hearing the words, Yan Yu made a calculation in her heart, nodded secretly, and sighed: "After the New Year, you should go to the palace more in your free time. The concubine is an old person, presumably she likes young daughters at home. Talking in front of you." Daiyu nodded her head when she heard this.I was speechless for a while.

But he said that Xiangyun taught him to pick him up at home a few days ago. Although he was unhappy, he couldn't do it; after a few days, he rushed to the fifth day, and there was a banquet in Qia Rong's mansion for Mrs. Shi Jia to go there. , packed up early, and went to Jia's mansion with his aunt Chen.

Because Xiangyun's second uncle, Shi Nai, was promoted to a foreign post early, and now he only lives in his third uncle Shi Ding's house; Chen's temper is impatient, and he couldn't help but look at Xiangyun early in the morning, thinking to himself: "Now the second sister-in-law has gone out. , What I saw was that he was supported by me. If there is any reputation, won't people say that I am incapable of teaching?" He agreed to restrain him.However, every time Shi Taijun taught someone to pick him up and live at home for ten days and a half months, even though Mrs. Chen wanted to, she was powerless.

Now that Mrs. Chen saw Xiangyun so happy and joyful, her heart was already half ashamed, and she said to herself: "What the old lady means is that she wants to make Yun girl with their Baoyu. It's just that you are dragging it so that people can see it, isn't it? A ridicule? Forget it, she’s not my daughter anyway; why would I bother to be such a wicked person?” Knowing Xiangyun’s thoughts, Yuanyuan thought that he would live in the Rong Mansion again, but he couldn’t help it, so he talked to Shi Ding, and then Putting this matter aside, he brought Xiangyun all the way to Jia's mansion.

When the meal was over, Mother Jia told Chen that she would stay in Xiangyun for a few more days; Then I went home.Xiangyun knew that his aunt would definitely refuse, but who knew it was so easy, he was really relieved, and still stayed in Jiamu's room.