Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

Mrs. Wang looked at the haggard woman in disbelief. Her eyes were full of fear and confusion, her cheeks were sunken, almost like a forty-year-old woman, and her clothes were shabby. Mrs. Wang was so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe. How could this be her incomparable elegance? Zhu Ruyu's daughter, she hugged Yuan Chun and cried, "My poor son, what's wrong with you."

Yuan Chun's eyes moved, and he hugged Mrs. Wang slowly. After a long time, he burst into tears: "Mom, I want to go home. This palace is not clean and there are ghosts. Yuan'er don't suffer this again."

Mrs. Wang was shocked, she couldn't let others listen to her words, she quickly covered Yuan Chun's mouth and said, "My son, what happened?"

Yuan Chun cried for a while before telling the story with sobs.It turned out that she went for a walk in the Imperial Garden that day, and because she felt tired, she sat on a stool to rest, and asked Baoqin to pour tea, when she suddenly heard someone calling her "Jia Yuanchun, Jia Yuanchun", she looked around, and also Some court ladies and concubines obviously didn't talk to themselves, so she felt strange, so she asked: "Who are you and where are you?" After receiving the voice, she smiled softly and said: "I follow you every day, and today I finally managed to I talked to you, why can't you guess, mother concubine!"

Jia Yuanchun was shaken out of his wits by the last round, and hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "You are talking nonsense, come out quickly, or I will ask the guards to arrest you."

The voice laughed for a long while before saying: "Okay, go and call me, I'll see how you catch me, I'm in your stomach."

Jia Yuanchun heard the voice was already very loud this time, but the concubine Liang who was not far away suddenly didn't realize it, and then started to get scared, and hurriedly said: "Who are you, Ottie, I have never sinned against you, don't play tricks on me."

The voice suddenly became sharp after hearing this, and laughed loudly: "I didn't offend you, fake virtuous, you have forgotten where you got this title from, people say that you don't forget the well digger when you drink water, how did you forget so quickly?" Killed me. Do you know how hard it was for me to escape from the ecstasy, just to catch up with you."

Yuan Chun spread out on the chair at that time, his soul flew away, and it took him a long time to recover his voice and said: "You are Qin Keqing, no, this is impossible."

"How can it be impossible? I have worked so hard to come to you to reminisce about the old days. Our fate is not over, so I decided to replace the child in your belly. Hehe, you don't know, that is really a beautiful girl , but not as beautiful as me, but don't be discouraged, she is already very good-looking after being modified by me, and you and the emperor will like it in time. You don't know how cold it is in Huangquan, but it's still warm in your stomach, although the heart, spleen and lungs It’s all black, but it’s just making up for my evil thoughts, so it’s good to come out and settle accounts with you. Don’t worry, there are still four months left, and I will often come to chat with you.”

Anyone who encounters such a weird thing in the sky should go crazy, not to mention Concubine Yuan has a ghost in her heart, she couldn't help raising her voice: "Get out of here, don't come to harm me and my children."

The voice said with a smile: "It's late, your daughter is dead, and I, Qin Keqing, am the only one alive! Jia Yuanchun, you and your vicious mother never thought of retribution, hmph, I will definitely pay the debt one by one Come back, don't worry, you will live well, I haven't played enough yet."

Jia Yuanchun saw that the sound was like thunder at the end, and others still didn't notice it, so he believed it, and immediately went crazy with fright, only thinking that Keqing could not be "born", and began to beat his abdomen desperately.When she woke up, she was already in Fengzao Palace, and what she faced was a cold imperial edict.

She thought that Keqing would disappear if the child was gone, but she didn't know that the voice that lived in her own palace was still lingering in her ears. She no longer knew whether it was a hallucination or reality. collapsed.After finally looking forward to Mrs. Wang, she hurriedly told her story.

Mrs. Wang was dumbfounded when she heard this, and she said after a long while: "My dear daughter, you are not hallucinating, how is this possible? Mom killed several aunts back then, but none of them came to make a fuss. Besides, I have already chanted scriptures to save Qin Keqing. ah."

Jia Yuanchun frightened: "No, it's true, she is a princess, she must be stronger than others. Listen, she's here again, no!" Yuan Chun desperately covered his ears and crouched on the ground trembling.Mrs. Wang was rightly dazed because she couldn't hear anything.It's even more terrifying when it's officially like this!

In fact, if they knew that there was a martial art called "Secret Technique of Sound Transmission", maybe they wouldn't be so frightened.A slender figure at the back of the room looked at the almost collapsed mother and daughter through the back vent, and smiled coldly.

"Mom, what should I do, think of a way quickly, Yuan'er is going crazy, it's terrible."

Mrs. Wang put her arms around Yuan Chun and said: "Good boy, don't be afraid. Tomorrow's mother will go back to do a ritual for her, so you have to be tough. They say that ghosts are afraid of evil people. If you are stronger than her, she will have nothing to do."

Jia Yuanchun cried: "Mom, I can't do it, she comes every day, she will kill me sooner or later, Yuan'er might as well be dead."

Mrs. Wang shivered, and she said angrily, "No, you have to be strong. There is dragon energy in this palace to protect you. As long as you get the emperor's favor and touch the dragon energy, you won't be afraid of any ghosts. Good boy, you must Listen to the mother, this is not only for our family but also for yourself."

Yuan Chun's heart was a little cold, why did he get to this point, his mother didn't have a word of comfort, and made him work hard for the family.

Mrs. Wang saw that her daughter didn't speak, her face turned paler and paler, she seemed a little regretful, realized that she had spoken too hastily, and hurriedly said: "Yuan'er also knows that a woman who enters the palace and is favored can only be locked in the palace for the rest of her life. I really want to fend for myself in this palace. You have been so successful that you have attracted the envy of many people, but now if you don’t stand up for yourself, you will be bullied to death sooner or later, good boy, I’m sorry for you.”

Yuan Chun sighed, his eyes were cold, and he said blankly: "Mom is right, Yuan'er will work hard. Mom will definitely do a ritual for Qin Keqing when she goes back, maybe it will really work."

The couple wanted to talk again, but the little eunuch outside came in and said, "It's time, go back quickly."

With a word, both mothers and mothers burst into tears immediately, Mrs. Wang was dragged away reluctantly by the eunuch, Yuan Chun burst into tears when she saw her mother disappear, in a place where the sun could not find it.In the bleak room, the only sound of whimpering and crying gave birth to an indescribable bleakness.

When Mrs. Wang returned home, she was in a hurry to pay someone to perform a ritual ceremony for Qin Keqing in the temple, hoping that Qin Keqing's soul would not come back again, but she herself became suspicious when she thought of Yuan Chun's behavior.She didn't tell the truth with Jia's mother, she only said that the imperial concubine seemed to be plotted by others, and she suddenly lost her mind.Mother Jia sighed, the palace has been a place of cannibalism since ancient times, who can I turn to to appeal for grievances, it's a pity that one of the emperor's granddaughters just disappeared, I just hope the emperor will remember the old love and favor Yuanchun again.

Everyone in Jia's mansion is a bit disappointed now, but Tanchun Baochai Xiangyun is very interested, especially Tanchun finally feels that his ambition can be displayed, and he is gearing up for a big job.After a few incidents in a day, the family members felt that Tanchun was meticulous and would not let Sister Feng, so they didn't dare to underestimate her.However, Baochai is peaceful and stable, not like Tanchun's thunderous methods, but still more popular than Tanchun.As for Xiangyun, she was impetuous and aggressive, but no one took her seriously. The old lady could only sigh that Xiangyun was a dou who couldn't help her.

Coincidentally, there have been more than a dozen hereditary officials of Prince Houbo in recent days, all of whom are relatives or friends or family friends of Rongning. I went to congratulate and see off in person. I was too busy to entertain, and there was no one in front.Then Tanchun reformed wantonly, even the matter of Baoyufeng's sister was refuted several times.But Aunt Zhao’s brother is gone, Tanchun gave 20 taels of silver according to the old practice, Aunt Zhao quit, saying that Xirenniang died and it was 40 taels, but she was not as good as a slave, and had a big fight with Tanchun field.From then on, the people in the family dared not do anything to Tanchun, but they despised this daughter who didn't even want her own mother.

Since Daiyu heard about these things, she has long been estranged from Tanchun, but she still feels a little sentimental, but she won't intervene, she just goes to chat with Xichun Miaoyuan to relieve boredom.Now that Daiyu has nothing to do, she thinks that her brother is taking advantage of all kinds of entertainment at the end of the year to deal with King Zhongshun's party members in the capital, so she waits for them to finish their work before finding a chance to go home.

This day, Tanchun invited Baochai, Li Wan, Xiangyun Ping'er, and said, "Let's take advantage of the cleanliness today. Let's discuss two things that are good and bad. It's not in vain for my wife to entrust one. It's my little knowledge, thinking about it." The grass and trees in this garden should also be useful, you just have to see if it works." Then he explained his ideas in detail.

Ping'er had nothing to say, so Baochai smiled and said, "That's very good. Such a big garden should be beneficial, but you've got the point."

But Xiangyun didn't understand clearly: "What's the use of these flowers and plants?"

Baochai sighed: "You are really a rich lady. You can sell the fragrant flowers to the spice shop, and what can you do with the bamboo? Every plant and wood are useful."

Xiangyun was dissatisfied and said: "I know a little bit, but I just don't know the specifics." Baochai Tanchun couldn't help laughing.Tanchun and Li Wan then ordered a list of all the wives in the garden to come, and everyone attended and decided on a few.They were sent together again, and Li Wan probably told them.After hearing this, everyone was unwilling.Seeing that everyone was paying attention, Baochai said, "But I have an idea. In the end, if the money is returned to the account outside, they will have to be exploited by them. Why don't you just return the account in the account room inside? You should pay the money after paying it." share, and the rest is for my own household, so I can eat and drink after a year of hard work.”

The mother-in-law immediately applauded and thanked Baochai for her compassion.Baochai smiled to herself, Tanchun's idea is now that everyone only sees their own.It's a pity that Tanchun didn't even realize that he was making wedding clothes for others.

The next day, Baochai calculated that her elder brother was about to get married, so she asked for leave and went home.Exploring the spring has made the women move. Although it is winter now, many winter flowers can still be cooked, and the ground will soon be divided.Tanchun worked tirelessly to supervise himself.Seeing that it was assigned to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, a woman volunteered and said: "Third Miss, Miss Lin's bamboo is Xiangfei bamboo, which is more precious than other places. Why don't you just let me take care of it." The other two women said hurriedly : "Give me, give me."

Tanchun frowned and said: "Check the place first before assigning people." Looking at the four guards standing in front of the door, Tanchun hurriedly said: "Brother guards, please go in and report that Jia Tanchun begged to see Sister Lin."

Tanchun would come here occasionally, the guard nodded and went inside to talk to Xueyan, Xueyan rushed into the room and told Daiyu.Daiyu laughed and said, "The third younger sister hasn't come here for a while. What's the matter today?"

Tanchun entered the room and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, what are you doing, is your health better?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "You are a busy person, why do you have time to come to my place?"

Tan Chun smiled and said: "But I have something to ask Sister Lin. I thought of a way to benefit and eliminate disadvantages. I thought about subcontracting all the garden land to everyone, and it will be considered a benefit at that time. What does my sister think?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "You are smart, I heard about it yesterday."

Tanchun smiled and said: "I just divided up the Yihong Courtyard, and I came to my sister's place by chance. The bamboo here is also a great benefit, so I came to tell my sister."

Daiyu couldn't help lowering her face when she heard this, and said: "Third sister is confused, this is my princess's other garden, but the emperor personally allowed it and sent someone to renovate it, it no longer belongs to Jia's family, how can third sister fight against it?" Come up with my idea here. Is this also agreed by my wife?"

Tanchun blushed, and stammered: "I thought so, since this is the mother's family's family villa, why is it not Jia's family? Why should my sister make things difficult for my sister?"

Daiyu smiled coldly: "When did the third sister become so greedy for profit that she didn't even know right from wrong? You'd better wait until you ask the old lady to see if what you're doing is right. If you don't have to marry someone else, it's not good. It's not that I deliberately make it difficult for you, but I just don't want you to be guilty." Seeing that Tanchun seemed to be dissatisfied, Daiyu sighed slightly, when will these three girls be enlightened, and said lightly: "Muxiu Yu Lin Feng will urge her, The third sister also knows something about me recently, so I didn’t need to say anything, I just said this because I had some affection when I was a child. I’m done talking here, the third sister wants to go by herself.”

Tanchun fell silent, she didn't understand what Daiyu said about marrying others, but she knew that Mu Xiuyu and Lin Feng must urge her, but if she didn't show her talent, how could she meet her own ambition and the high expectations of her wife, the family is so difficult now , Is it wrong to do some frugal things by myself, no, it is impossible, my wife will be happy.

Seeing that Daiyu couldn't move the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Tanchun left angrily, and finally told the old lady, but she didn't expect the old lady to reprimand her. Yu Shi was not at ease, so the relationship became more and more distant.She didn't know that Mrs. Wang saw that Baoyu was affected by her frugal measures, and she gradually became dissatisfied. It's just that no one can use her now, so she didn't take back her power.

Soon on November 25th, Baochai dressed up as a man to marry Xia Jingui for her elder brother, and only quietly changed into Xue Pan after entering the wedding hall. Brother to marry, this groom is ugly enough, a good daughter is married to a toad.She sighed and sighed that she didn't worry about it.

Now the Xue family is not as good as before, only close relatives and friends came here, Daiyu was impatient to attend, after hearing what happened, Daiyu was also amused, and Baochai was too eager for quick success, to do such an unreasonable thing, It's not in line with her usual shrewdness. It can be seen that her family has really fallen. She really treats others as soft persimmons. This famine is not so easy to fight.

Mrs. Wang was very satisfied when she saw that the wedding was quite grand, and she also heard that the girl was very rich, so she had a better impression of Xue's family.

Baochai breathed a sigh of relief when the dust settled, went back to her room to rest for a while, and took some pastries to satisfy her hunger, but just after eating a few mouthfuls, she suddenly felt sick and vomited, she was so busy all day He didn't eat much, and now he only vomited some acid water. After retching for a long time, his face turned pale.Ying'er hurriedly handed her tea to let her rinse her mouth, and said, "Miss, take a rest, your face is pale."

Baochai just felt his stomach turned upside down, thinking that he had always been very healthy, what was going on, a flash of inspiration, and suddenly remembered that this month's menstruation never came, and he didn't pay attention when running around in Jia's and Xue's families, could it be , Her eyes darkened, and her face turned paler.