Indulgence in the Red Chamber

After Jinyu returned to the mansion with Yinzhen, the Old Summer Palace became much quieter.Fortunately, with Xuan Ning here, there are always many new tricks to entertain Daiyu in her spare time, and she doesn't feel bored.This autumn has been particularly rainy.Autumn rain sometimes lasts for three or four days.The air is damp and cold, and Daiyu is very sensitive to this kind of weather. If she is not careful, she will catch cold. Xuanning is particularly worried about her frail and sick.He kept saying to take her to Zhuangzi to meet Jiao Da, but there was no chance.

It was still a rainy day. After lunch, Daiyu was sitting on a low kang under the window surrounded by a rose and purple cashmere blanket that was a tribute from Siam. She was holding an embroidered frame in her hand. The purple hydrangea is bright and shiny, and the embroidery is complicated and exquisite. It can be seen that a lot of effort has been put into it.

Xueyan took a cup of fragrant tea and put it aside, seeing Daiyu's seriousness in embroidery, she persuaded: "Master just had lunch, why don't you take a rest and then embroider? Just keep your head down like this, and turn your head blankly." "

"It's irrelevant, why is it so delicate?" Daiyu shook her head, looked carefully at the petal she had just embroidered, then lowered her head and continued to embroider.

"The young master said that the master is not allowed to bother you. The master just didn't listen. Just as he left there, you started to be busy here again. If the young master finds out when he comes back, he will definitely say that the slaves don't care about serving them."

"If you don't tell me, how will he know?" Daiyu smiled, then raised her head and said, "I don't know whose girl you are, why do you remember every word he said, but you don't remember a word I said?" Can't remember?"

"Master made fun of the servant girl again." Xue Yan blushed, turned and went down.Daiyu looked at Xueyan's back, thoughtful for a moment, just stared blankly at the door, forgot the embroidery needle in her hand, accidentally pinched her finger on the needle, was pricked by the needle tip, and the painful finger trembled , when looking down, a drop of bright red blood oozes from the snow-white slender fingertips, like a similar red bean, trembling at the fingertips.

In the evening, Xuan Ning did not come back for dinner, Xue Yan only asked someone to prepare red bean porridge, four side dishes and a small plate of steamed buns with crab meat.Daiyu didn't have much dinner, this is a long-standing habit, and Xueyan didn't persuade her much.After the meal, Daiyu watched Xueyan pack up her things, and suddenly asked, "Xueyan, are you seventeen this year?"

Xueyan was taken aback, then turned around and replied: "What the master said is that the servant girl is exactly 17 years old this year."

"Not too young. I wonder if you have any plans for the future?"

"The servant dare not. Naturally, the servant will go wherever the master goes. The servant has served the master since childhood, and has never left half a step. Why did the master ask this now? But what did Xue Yan do wrong to make the master angry? gone?"

"Nothing. It's just that I was thinking, maybe I will leave one day. What can I do if you stay?" Daiyu suddenly sighed, which startled everyone in the room.

Xueyan knelt down normally, and the other girls also knelt down.

"What are you doing? I just said something in vain, and it has nothing to do with it. Get up." Daiyu stretched out her hand to pick up Xueyan, and the little girls behind followed suit, but everyone didn't dare to joke anymore , just cleaned up the dishes and other things in a regular manner, and quietly exited.

Xueyan had been crying a long time ago, but she didn't dare to make a sound. Now that there was no one else in the room, she knelt down in front of Daiyu again, and begged: "No matter what the master plans in the future, I just beg you not to leave Xueyan alone. Xueyan The wild goose is an orphan brought back by the master, and she has no one to rely on in this world. If the master does not want slaves, slaves will have to die."

"Don't talk nonsense, well, how come you're going to die?" Daiyu stretched out her hand to pull her, "If you have something to say, you can just stand up and say it, why kneel down again? Could it be that the cold ground is very comfortable to kneel on?"

"Okay, how can the servant not be afraid of what the master said? Besides, the servant is used to the master, and the master treats us very generously. Without the master, we really don't know what to do."

"There is no banquet in this world that lasts forever. Although you and I are good masters and servants, we will eventually have our own destinations in the future. I am thinking about your life, but you have twisted my mind." Daiyu smiled, still holding the snow. The geese pulled up.In recent days, she has always dreamed of her mother earnestly telling her to take good care of her father.Therefore, Daiyu always thought that she should settle the matter here earlier, so that she could follow Xuanning and leave here to find her father.Jinyu has reconciled with Yinzhen, and Daiyu doesn't miss her very much anymore, and thinking about the people around her, that is, a snow goose who followed her since childhood, if she doesn't arrange her affairs well, she might miss her even if she leaves.That's why I asked this question, which made Xueyan feel sad.

When Xuanning came back at night, Xueyan took his oil coat under the eaves, and bent down to change his rain-stained boots.Xuan Ning asked her: "What is Yu'er doing?"

Xue Yanfang replied in a low voice: "Young master, our master has not yet fallen asleep, and he is still embroidering."

"Why don't you sleep? What's the matter with you? Your eyes are red, as if you are crying? Has anyone been here when I'm not at home?"

"No. Please come in, my lord." Xue Yan said this, already blessed her body, and opened the curtain for Xuan Ning.

Xuan Ning raised his foot to enter the door, and stepped on the inch-thick carpet without making a sound.There are four candlesticks in Daiyu's room, each of which is lit with a dozen candles, illuminating the room brightly.And she was sitting under the candlelight, embroidering a hydrangea carefully.The sapphire blue silk is like the deep night sky, shining brightly under the candlelight, like a waterfall, hanging from Daiyu's knees to the footsteps in front of the low kang, with colorful hydrangeas blooming on it. Colorful, the pink and purple color is set off by the royal blue, making it more delicate and bright.

"What is the purpose of embroidering this? Is it worth your effort?"

"Of course there is something for me, so don't ask me too much now." Daiyu smiled, looked up at Xuanning, then lowered her head and continued to embroider.

"I'm back, but you don't pay any attention to me, and you just keep embroidering this. Is it important for me, or the silk and satin?" Xuanning said, sitting next to Daiyu and pouted.

Daiyu laughed, and couldn't help pinning the embroidery needle aside, put the silk in her arms and the embroidery frame aside together, turned around and said, "You are important." Xuanning hurriedly approached happily and was about to praise, but she heard Daiyu Continued: "It is more important than you."

Xuan Ning immediately stretched his face, like a child who couldn't eat candy, "Yu'er, what you said is really sad. Look at how kind I am to you. In my eyes, there is no one in this world except you." Others, but you compare me with a piece of embroidery. And it is more important than me... Oh! I am so heartbroken!"

"You said that in your eyes there is no one else but me, why did you go out for so long today? You didn't come back for dinner. You still talked in front of me." Daiyu curled her lips and pushed Xuanning away who was leaning against her. , "I don't believe your nonsense anymore."

"I'm wronged. I went out this afternoon because of you!" Xuan Ning's body was pushed away, and then stuck to him. Instead, he stretched out his arms to hug Daiyu even more roguely, trapped her in his arms, and said in a low voice: " Isn't everything I do for you?"

"Then you said what did you do in the afternoon?" Daiyu continued to ask.

"I went to fourth master's."

"Is it still brotherly love?" Daiyu asked with a smile.

"I want to explain everything here clearly, and take you away quickly." Xuan Ning said softly, "Everything is in the way here, and many things cannot be done by one's temper."

Xuan Ning was indeed a little distressed.He likes to study medical medicine, and he doesn't like those intrigues and tricks, but the technology here is very backward, and the interpersonal relationship is still so complicated.He knows that it is impossible for him to change history, but he has to survive these historical tragedies. He often feels powerless, and thinking about how thrilling Nine Dragons will be in the future, he wants to take Daiyu even more Get out of this vortex and live your own peaceful life.

"I want to leave too. But I always feel reluctant to part with these people around me." Daiyu said, looked at the door, and thought of Xueyan.Thinking about Yinzhen and his wife, as well as the emperor, eighth master and thirteenth master, he felt melancholy for a while.Head down again.Sometimes, people are always difficult to choose and hesitate.Although Daiyu is intelligent, she is just a young girl in the world of mortals. There are always some things that she can't see through.After all, she has personally experienced the past ten years, and she keeps every bit of it in her heart.

Xuan Ning lowered his head, put his chin against Dai Yu's forehead, and asked in a low voice, "I asked someone to bring Jiao Da to the capital. Do you still want to see him?"

"Why don't you see me? The matter of my mother has always been a thorn in my heart. At that time, I watched her leave me, but I couldn't do anything. It is clear that my mother died wronged, but we were helpless. All these years I In my dreams, I want to figure out what exactly Jia Lian said to my mother, which caused her to suddenly become seriously ill, and then passed away without even saying a few words to me."

"That's good. It will be sunny tomorrow, and I'll take you out to meet him. It's too ostentatious here, so it's hard to get him in."

"Okay." Daiyu nodded, feeling tired for a while, and couldn't help yawning.

"It's getting late. Go to bed now."

"I'm going to sleep, you can go back too."

"Okay." Xuan Ning let go of Daiyu, and called in Xueyan to order her to serve Daiyu to rest, then turned around and picked up the unfinished royal blue silk, put it aside, and said: "This is not allowed to embroider again." You must sleep soundly before the hour of Hai, if you don’t take good care of your body, it won’t work.”

"Understood, Housekeeper Ning." Daiyu smiled mischievously, and helped Xueyan get off the low kang, and asked someone to bring a bamboo hat to bring it to Xuan Ning herself, and then asked if there was a big umbrella ready outside.

The woman outside rushed in and said: "The glazed lamps and umbrellas that are not afraid of wind and rain, as well as the rain boots of the young master are all ready. Please rest assured, princess."

"Then go back quickly, there are still things to do tomorrow morning." Daiyu walked to the front of the house and saw Xuan Ning wearing rain boots, the woman in front of her was leading the way with a lamp, and there were people on both sides holding up big sixteen-bone hang silk umbrellas with flowers , the shadowy figure disappeared in the rain and mist, and just now he asked someone to close the door.