The Red Chamber is not a dream

[No.30 three times] You still know how to be kind in the time of mustard beans.

Suddenly, four days have passed, and Jin Yu and Xue Die each come out and meet at the gate of the Gongyuan. Seeing each other's feelings, they burst into laughter.Yan Yuyin said: "I have gone through all this today, so I know that it was not easy for scholars in those days. It is pitiful for ten years of cold windows only for this day." Xue Die also sighed: "This is very true. That day I went to the gate of the Gongyuan Go and see, and saw each one of them looked like quails, laughing like quails, as expected, retaliation for retaliation, and it fell on me today." Hearing this, Yuyu laughed even more, and said: "Fortunately, this place is much wider than it was back then. What's more, even if you and I are quail, they are brighter than those feathers." The two chatted and laughed, and left the Gongyuan, the family had already prepared a carriage and waited here, and the two got into the carriage and went to Xue's house.After bathing and changing clothes in the room, and eating again, I heard that the family members who were going to Rongfu came to report: "I told my wife and girl, and my wife and girl taught me back and forth." Don't come back in a hurry, and rest first. It's serious.'" It turned out that Aunt Xue, Daiyu and others saw their family members coming to report, knowing that they were fine, and fearing that they would be tired after the end of the day, so they came here without teaching, and rested there first.Therefore, Zhenyu and Xue Die went to their rooms to sleep for a while, and in the afternoon, they took a car to Rongfu.When it came to the mansion, it was unavoidable to narrate, and Jia's mother ordered a banquet to clean up the dust for the two of them.

At this time, the old house of the Lin family has been tidied up, and all the things they wanted to go to Yangzhou's home have been transported. Zizhu led them to check them one by one, registered them in the register, and handed them over to Zhenyu and Daiyu.When Zhenyu saw that all the things were ready, she discussed with Xue Die and said, "Our house can be tidied up now. Let's find a time to tell the old lady together." Xue Die laughed and said, "Let's It's easy for the two of you to move out, but Miss Bao misses your eldest sister and is reluctant to go out." Yunyu laughed and said, "What's so difficult about it! Seeing the old lady's situation, I don't think she wants to teach Miss Dai to move out. The second wife hasn't figured it out yet, and she definitely won't teach your mother to go out. His sister is still young, and she's a girl's house, so she won't avoid suspicion when she arrives, so it doesn't matter if she stays here, as long as the phoenix egg comes to lure her. Xue Die knew that he was talking about Baoyu, so she frowned and said, "But, by accident, his father appointed a senior officer again. It's even better now, and he will live like a horse without a bridle. Let others know, it’s another public case. He’s just the daughter of Jia’s family, but the Bao girls are sisters with different surnames, so it’s not proper after all.” Although it is said that the defense between men and women must be 15 years old, the two of them insisted People who are not here are afraid of bringing down their sister's reputation, so they look at Baoyu more and more.

Who knows how coincidental things are going on in this world, Jia Zheng was packing there, but he heard that the fourth prince had passed away a few days ago, and his superiors ordered him to go if he didn't have to, and he would discuss the funeral with the head of the Ministry of Rites.Others can. Du Baoyu heard that Jia Zheng was not going out, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, so he had to put away those galloping horses. Although Jia Zheng was busy with affairs and couldn't go home, he was still in Beijing. I was a bit apprehensive, so I went to school every day, but I watched diligently, but I didn't know what I learned every day.

Now that the general examination has passed, the palace examination has not yet come, and it is the time of the fourth prince's funeral, someone wrote a letter to cancel the palace examination.Today, I feel sorry for the suffering of scholars who have suffered from the ten-year cold window, so I did not approve this matter. I only ordered the release of the list to be postponed for one month, and the day of the palace examination was also postponed.When everyone heard it, they all praised it.Although the four princes have not yet been entrusted, they are already adults, so they still follow the rules of the clan. The Ministry of Rites has old rules to follow, so the officials have their own positions, and it is easy to handle them one by one according to the style.

In the previous period, because Jinyu had not yet become a filial piety, he did not make friends with the children in Beijing, nor did he visit any major family.Now that the filial piety period is over and I have passed the general examination, but because of the new funeral of the fourth prince, it is not good, so I went to visit various houses, so I put this matter on hold first, and asked Daiyu what to do idea.Daiyu shook her head when she heard the words and said, "It's not easy for me to go. There are no elders in the mansion, just the two of us. Brother Kuang's friends are mostly young scholars, so we should avoid suspicion. I will go to the mansion first in a few days." Go and watch them tidy up, and stay here from now on." Hearing that his words were reasonable, and the situation was also in line with what he had in mind, she said, "Let's tell the old lady some other day, and then do it again. care about."

So the next day, Yunyu met Xue Die and reported to Jiamu together. Seeing that Jiamu pondered for a while, she said, "Although what you two said is reasonable, my aunt has a person of age, and she is the same as the second wife here. We have always been close, so we moved out because we were reluctant. Kuangbao girl, Lin girl, and her sisters are still young. If you move out, it will not be safe. If the two of you go out first, the concubine and the girls are still there. Just live here." The two of them had expected that Jia's mother would say this, so they agreed immediately.Zhenyu said again that Daiyu wanted to go to see her in her house, so Jiamu ordered her servants to set up a car and send it off. come here.

At the door, Zijuan Xueyan helped Daiyu out of the car and entered the courtyard. The whole family had already heard the news and waited there, so they all came forward to salute and smiled: "The uncle and the girl are here. Please come in and have a rest." Daiyu caught sight of Mingxiao and Qiansheng, and said with a smile, "When did the two elder sisters come? I didn't know, and my brother kept it from me." The two of them were originally from that day The first-class girl who waited beside Jia Min was a bit more respectable than the others. Both Yuyu and Daiyu were called sisters, but they hadn't seen each other since they came to Beijing.Now seeing that Jinyu's stature has grown a lot, she is already a young man, and Daiyu has become more and more elegant. I feel sad and happy at the same time, and I can't help but think of Jia Min again, but I am afraid that Daiyu will be sad and dare not mention it. Say some common words.Ming Xiao smiled and said: "Miss, don't blame the old man, we just arrived yesterday. It's been a long time since we saw each other, and the girl is more and more beautiful than when I was a child." Zijuan Xueyan also came forward to see her, and he The two brothers and sisters entered the main room and sat down respectively. Mingxiao Qiansheng led the family to visit the two of them again, and presented the list to them. They opened the door of the warehouse, and Daiyu went to check by herself.

But they said that the two Mingxiao and Qiansheng were originally from Beijing, and they were originally brought to Yangzhou by Lin Hai on the day he took office.After Jia Min passed away, Yunyu asked the two of them what they wanted, and they were both grateful for the kindness of the Lin family. That day, he did not come to Beijing with his brothers and sisters, and stayed in Yangzhou mansion temporarily.Now, because Jinyu wanted to move out, and was afraid that no one in the family would be able to use her, she wrote to Yangzhou to pick up Mingxiao Qiansheng and a few other old family members who needed to come to Beijing. When they arrived in Beijing yesterday, they went to the mansion. Living.When Daiyu finished checking all the things, she ordered her family to take out the few decorations that had been chosen before, and tidy them up in the jade room.

Yan Yu went to the courtyard with several family members and saw that everything was exactly the same as what she had paid, so she came into the house.When I entered the main room, seeing that Daiyu was not there, only Zijuan brought a cup of tea, and asked, "Where is the girl?" It is because I am afraid that we don’t know the master’s mind, so I have to palm the eyes in person.” Yunyu laughed when she heard this, because she thought: “In the previous life, the person who knew my thoughts best was Thirteen. People were originally brothers from the same father, and when they were young they sat together, so their closeness is different from ordinary people; although this sister is neither the same father nor the same mother as me, the closeness is not inferior to that of ten Three with me." Thinking about it, the group couldn't help worrying secretly: "In this life, thirteen children of the Xue family have nothing to do with me. If he is still as infatuated as in the previous life, he will inevitably be implicated by me; He is an idiot, now I see that he doesn't care about Baoyu at all, but he only sees me in his heart; if he knows the truth in the future, I don't know what the situation will be." So he was worried and happy, but he didn't show it on his face, but got up He said with a smile, "I'm going to go there to see what kind of situation you girls have cleaned up my room?" Zijuan hurriedly laughed and said, "I don't know, the girl taught me to guard here. If you don't teach me, you can go." After tidying up, people will come to invite you." Yunyu laughed again when she heard the words, and said, "Good girl, it's the girl who used to make you so bold, and now even I stop you." Zijuan was busy Smiling and apologizing, he said again: "It's not that we dare to be bold, but it's because Mrs. Zhi and Miss are lenient on weekdays, and I dare not refuse to listen to the girl's orders."

Just as I was talking, I saw Xueyan coming, and said with a smile: "Miss, invite the uncle to go. She said that the study and the bedroom have been tidied up. It would be satisfactory for the uncle to take a look; if it is not in the right place, it can be changed." When Yu heard this, he went there with him.First, when I went to the study room, I saw that the side bookshelf was already full of books, and there was a big yellow rosewood desk under the window. Write a pen and inkstone.Yan Yuyin picked up the inkstone to have a look, and said with a smile, "Didn't his father give it to him that day? He kept it and never used it, but now it's here." Seeing that the window drawer was newly covered with rain. There is an azure-colored gauze, and on one side of the red sandalwood shelf is a bottle with animal ears and string patterns; on the west wall is a landscape painting, and there is a couplet, which reads:

Yun pipe hanging pearls dipped in morning dew

Hui Furnace Congeals Seals and Auspicious Smoke

Zhenyu saw that this couplet was originally made by him in his previous life, and he wrote it on a whim that day. He didn't want Daiyu to put it away, but at some point someone framed it and left it, but today he just hung it up and smiled.Below the painting are the big spring thunder qin and a square table with a catalpa chessboard on it; and two rosewood chairs with autumn-colored cushions and brocade burdens and blue pillows.Yanyu smiled and said, "It's really my sister, she's thoughtful about her sex." Then she went to the bedroom again.As soon as Fang entered the door, he saw Daiyu making people hang up the curtains there. Seeing him coming, he smiled and said, "I don't know what brother likes, so I just cleaned it up based on my own guess. Brother sees it's not good, teach me again." They changed it." Yu Yu usually didn't like luxury, and all the things she used were clean and generous; now seeing that the furnishings in the study room and bedroom are all in line with her own ideas, she said with a smile: "Everything is good. My sister dared to sneak into me. Have you ever had it in your stomach?" Daiyu heard the words but was afraid that he was trying to make her happy, so she asked again and again, and she was relieved when she saw that he really agreed.At this time, it was getting late, and the kitchen had already cooked food. The two Zijuan and Xueyan were put on the table. After the two brothers and sisters used it, they went to Rongfu to finish.

[Note: In the original text, Jia Zheng was a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, but later he was appointed Xuezheng (belonging to the official position of the Ministry of Rites), and also became Jiangxi Liangdao (belonging to the Ministry of Households), expressing that he was very confused by Mr. Cao, about I can only jump out of the history of the Qing Dynasty for an overhead look, so let him stay in the Ministry of Rituals first, and finish the funeral of the fourth prince == Friends who have studied this part can give you and the ignorant author some popular science~ In addition, the prince Death is not considered a national mourning, the most is that everyone should not entertain for a period of time, and this time probably depends on the emperor's mood.Here the fourth prince is not considered favored, so the scale of the funeral is not too large, and the palace examination has not been cancelled. 】