Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

After leaving Mrs. Wang's courtyard, Baochai strolled leisurely, and a few begonias stood with withered and yellow branches on the side of the road, which was very boring.She sighed softly and stopped, staring at the dead branch without saying a word.Ying'er followed Baochai anxiously, seeing Baochai's expression flickering, she felt that she couldn't understand her own girl any more.

Baochai was stunned for a while, and when she turned her head to see Ying'er's panicked expression, she wondered, "What is Ying'er thinking? She looks so bad, don't be sick." , but the wind is a bit cold. The girl is going there, don't stand in the cold wind, be careful."

Baochai smiled, and said cordially, "You know you love me, so let's go and see Yun girl." Ying'er smiled mischievously.Xiangyun lives with Tanchun now, when Baochai came to Tanchun's room, he saw soft curtains hanging down, and there was no sound. The waiter outside was sitting on the kang, watching the stove and tying flowers. When he looked up and saw Baochai coming, he got up and laughed. "Miss Bao is here." Baochai walked up to him and saw that she was embroidering handkerchiefs, and laughed softly, "It's such a beautiful job, you're getting more and more dexterous. Where are you girls and Miss Yun?"

The servant said with a smile: "Miss is sleeping, and Miss Yun was so bored that she went to play in the room of Second Master Bao." Baochai pursed her lips and said with a light smile, "You girls still take a nap now that the days are short and the nights are long?" The secretary sighed, "Our girl doesn't sleep until midnight every day. How can she not be tired?" Baochai asked in a daze, "What is she busy with?" , especially love to practice calligraphy, and didn't practice until midnight that day." Baochai saw her flickering expression, knew that she was not telling the truth, so it was inconvenient to ask, so she left with a smile.Walking along the way, I couldn't help but wonder what Tanchun was up to in the middle of the night.

Seeing that Baochai had gone out, the waiter quickly raised the curtain to look inside the house. He was relieved when he saw that Tanchun was still asleep. He felt sour when he saw that there was a newly finished coat and hat beside her.It turned out that the coat and hat were actually made for Jia Huan.

Let's say that when Baochai came to Baoyu's room, he saw Baoyu and Xiangyun playing Go together. Xiangyun began to complain because he was about to lose. Playing tricks." Xiangyun stood up and pulled Baoyu's hand, the begonia flower pendant on her ear swayed mischievously with the movement, she said with a smile: "Win wherever you are, look at that child, he was obviously not there just now Yes, you are playing tricks again, and you haven't put it back where it was." Baoyu laughed and said, "Whoever said it wasn't there, it's just that your chess game smells so bad."

Baochai saw the two laughing and quarrelling, and suddenly felt that it was very dazzling, and a faint anxiety rose in her heart.The handkerchief in his hand was clenched tightly at some point.

"Miss Bao is here, why don't you go in." Xiren came from outside and just saw Baochai standing silently, so he couldn't help asking.Baochai's heart was agitated, and she hurriedly laughed and said: "Seeing that the two of them are having fun, I will watch it."

Xiangyun and Baoyu also stopped, and Xiangyun smiled and ran over to take Baochai's arm and ran to the front of the chessboard with a smile: "Sister Bao came just in time, please judge quickly, brother love is still here to repay the debt after losing."

Looking at Xiangyun's innocent and lively appearance, Baochai felt like he was breaking out in a cold sweat, and he was worried, what happened to him.Recalling what he just said to Mrs. Wang, he felt even more uneasy. When did he become so vicious, slandering Daiyu in front of Mrs. Wang, and jealous of Xiangyun here again.I have no hope of drafting, so I unconsciously shifted my mind to Baoyu, but even so, I should fight for it openly, why did I unconsciously have an ambiguous heart.

Seeing that Baochai was silent, Xiangyun shook Baochai's arm and said, "Sister Baochai, what are you thinking? Quickly show us this chess." Baochai nodded her forehead with a busy smile and said, " People say that you are a real gentleman when you watch chess, but I can’t say that, it’s a thing anyway, you care about what to do with it. I just saw that your bracelet doesn’t match your clothes, and it’s just right for me. If you don’t dislike it, I’ll give it to you.” As he spoke, he took off a red agate bracelet from his wrist and put it on Xiangyun's wrist.Xiangyun looked happily and said, "Sister Bao, you are so kind. Sister Bao really has the best vision, thank you, sister."

Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Sister Yun has fair skin, wearing this bracelet really adds to her beauty." Xiangyun had a big smile on his face, with a look of complacency.

Baochai said: "You two don't stay in the room all the time. Someone sent a good letter with goose feet and ducks on our cabinet today. Why don't you go to my place and have a drink at our house in the evening."

Baoyu laughed and said, "Okay, I remember that the goose-footed duck letter from Sister Bao's house is the most delicious. I'm afraid my mother won't allow me to drink wine." Baochai laughed and said, "You are a guest in my house, so naturally you can follow the master's advice." Well, Mother Li is too embarrassed to say it if I think about it." Baoyu was overjoyed: "Then I'm going to have a good time today and get drunk." Xiangyun pointed to his face and smiled: "It's as if I haven't had a drink in eight lifetimes. Shame or not."

The three of them chatted and laughed for a while, then went out to Lixiangyuan, passed through the hall and turned northeast, before reaching the corner gate, they saw a figure going to Mrs Wang's courtyard in the distance, who looked like Tanchun.Baochai wondered, "Tan girl was still sleeping just now, what are you doing now?" The three of them walked over to see Tanchun, but they went to the side room.After thinking about it, I figured it out, so I didn't call. Just as I was about to leave, I heard a woman next to the small rockery say with a smile: "Really, these three girls are also filial. Baba made clothes for that worthless aunt and brother." Go. Well, her brother is so wretched, it makes people sick to look at."

"What can I do? She is also her own mother and younger brother. The third girl is usually fine, but she can't hide the slave look in her bones. Naturally, she looks at the slave mother. A daughter who is a slave is a slave no matter what. No matter how merciful the wife is in her heart, she will be indifferent, but Aunt Zhao is still indifferent. Speaking of which, the third girl is also pitiful, why was she not born in the wife's room, and the phoenix flying out of the sparrow's nest is also a fake phoenix. Now that she is in her true form, she will be a slave who will be a concubine and a maid for the rest of her life. One generation of slaves is another generation of slaves, who made her not cultivated well in her previous life."

"That's not necessarily true. But who can be as lucky as our eldest lady?"

"Come on, that's just the emperor's liaison girl."

"That's the same thing. Those are members of the emperor's family. Even cats and dogs in the emperor's family are more noble than us. Stop talking and see when the third girl over there approaches."

Speaking of which, the women hurriedly dispersed.Baoyu found out that Gu had listened to it, but he didn't know when Tanchun came out.Baoyu watched Tanchun's figure getting closer and closer with a look of astonishment, feeling a little flustered in his heart, he was not a fool, so he naturally understood the meaning of those words, and suddenly felt unable to face Tanchun.Xiangyun was a little angry, she and Tanchun were doing well, why didn't she get angry when she heard people slander her behind her back, but she couldn't get angry, so she couldn't ask Tanchun in front of her.But Baochai's heart was full of turbulent waves, and the disdainful words of those women pierced into his heart like an awl. Although he talked about Tanchun, his family had already fallen. fate.Furthermore, although Tanchun was born as a concubine, she is still a young lady, and her fate is worrying. How can one imagine her own fate, if she doesn't fight for it... the more she thinks about it, the more frightened she becomes, and she feels a faint chill.The bit of remorse I felt for slandering Daiyu and being jealous of Xiangyun just now disappeared without a trace.

Tanchun walked to the door without looking sideways, saw Baochai and the others, and said with a smile, "Second Brother, what are you doing?"

Baochai hurriedly laughed and said, "I just wanted to go to my aunt's place. I thought maybe she was still asleep and was about to leave. Today I invited Brother Bao and Sister Yun to drink. I was just thinking about going to see you too, but I happened to meet you. It saved us a trip."

Tanchun smiled and said: "I won't go, I feel very tired today, and I want to go to rest." After speaking, he went straight away.Baochai and others also went to Lixiangyuan.

Tanchun walked a few steps, looking back at Aunt Zhao's room, there was a bit of resentment in his eyes, which turned into helplessness and sadness.He looked at the figures of Baochai and the others again, with shame, indignation and misery on their expressions.But it turned out that those women's voices were not low, and they didn't see me coming out, so they said it very carelessly, so I listened to it for a while.I have heard these words before, but I have never been so unscrupulous. Sister Pianbao also stood there and listened, otherwise I could have scolded those wives. Can deserve it.I have always been strong, and I don't go in with Aunt Zhao very much, but I always feel that I am my mother after all, and I should be filial occasionally, but I didn't expect to be said like this.

Perhaps it was God's will, the unintentional words of the women actually changed Tanchun and Baochai's minds.It's a pity that they never thought that they have other choices. With their status and family background, as long as they don't covet the unattainable wealth, how can it be out of reach to live an ordinary and warm life.Blindfolded by wealth and fame, he still argued that it was his only choice!

Ruthless but acting like a lover, even if you are passionate, it is in vain.