Indulgence in the Red Chamber

Summer is long and hot.Daiyu couldn't sleep well at night, and now she just had lunch, and she felt sleepy.Zijuan Xueyan and the other maids didn't dare to make any noise, they just tidied up the house quietly, closed the door and came out quietly.

Huiyun looked left and right and entered the No Fragrance Courtyard, and saw that the courtyard was very quiet, and only a faint fragrance came over her face. There were more than a dozen pots of green Songmei under the window over there just in bloom, and the green petals hugged her. With a flowery heart, reflecting the scorching sun, it becomes more and more lovable.

"Is sister Xueyan there?" Hui Yun called softly, and then looked around carefully.

"Yes, you are..." Xueyan hurriedly came out of the wing room when she heard the commotion, and saw a tall and tall girl standing in the yard holding a gold enamel tray in her hand. Come up to say hello: "May I ask which room does my sister belong to? Xueyan is new here, and I don't know my sister, so please don't blame me."

"I'm Huiyun from Shufu Jin's room. Shufu Jin is recuperating at home these days and doesn't come out very often. So you don't recognize me. But I recognize you. You are distinguished guests in our house. How dare I blame you? Miss Lin Are you taking a nap? But it’s not the right time for me to come here?” Hui Yun took Xueyan’s hand and smiled, then pointed to Xueyan the tray in her right hand: “This is the little one that our Shu Fujin sent to Miss Lin. It's a thing, if you don't like it, you can give it to any younger sister."

"Yo, don't dare. The things Shu Fujin gave us, our girls naturally have to take them carefully." Xueyan hurriedly saluted, "Sister, go back and thank Shufu Jin for our girl's reward. Sister, please sit in the room and have a cup Herbal tea to relieve the heat. In this scorching hot day, please trouble my sister to come here in person, and we girls feel very sorry."

"What's the matter? We, Fujin, said that we should have come to see Miss Lin a long time ago. It's just that Miss Lin likes to be quiet and afraid of people disturbing me, so I haven't come all this time. If the girl thinks we're being slow, can my sister tell us the difference?" Huiyun said, handed the tray to Xueyan, and walked to the east wing.

Zicuckoo was sitting in the room embroidering flowers. When she saw someone coming, she got up and said hello.Huiyun took Zijuan's hand and said some polite words, Xueyan ordered the little girl to bring tea, and the three girls sat together and chatted.

Huiyun doesn't look bright, but she is actually very knowledgeable in speaking.Her tone was very humble, and her words revealed an affinity, and she quickly got acquainted with Zijuan Xueyan.It's just that Xueyan has followed Daiyu to many places. Although she is younger than Zijuan, she knows to be careful in everything, and she heard that Shufu Jin was very domineering when she was in the infantry commander's mansion, so she treats this Hui The cloud is still somewhat defensive.Chunxian next to her is a child who grew up from the world of people, and she is more and more like a human being.Only Zijuan grew up in Jia's mansion and has been with the old lady. Although she is very measured, compared to these girls in Baylor's mansion, especially this scheming Huiyun, she is obviously a little shallower.

Daiyu slept for a while, and wanted tea because she was thirsty, but she opened her eyes but saw no one in the room, so she called out, "Where's the snow goose?"

The little girl at the door heard this, and hurriedly agreed to go to the wing to call for someone.When Xueyan and Zijuan heard Daiyu calling for someone, they immediately came to serve her, and Huiyun also came along by the way.After drinking tea, Daiyu leaned on the couch with her eyes slightly closed, resting her mind. When she opened her eyes, she saw Huiyun was very strange, and she asked, "Who is this elder sister?"

Huiyun hurriedly stepped forward to salute.Xueyan then told Daiyu about Shu Fujin's delivery of things.

Daiyu thanked Huiyun, and said to Xueyan: "Go and bring the tea leaves we brought from the south to Shufujin to taste. Also, take out two pairs of the tea leaves you made and give them to Shufujin Take it there. Although she doesn't lack this, I know that your way of making connections is different from others, maybe Shu Fujin likes it after seeing it."

After hearing this, Xueyan hurriedly agreed to fetch the things.Daiyu asked Huiyun to sit and drink tea again.Huiyun sat down seriously and unceremoniously, and chatted with Daiyu.

It was inconvenient for Daiyu to go back to sleep, and Zijuan helped her get up to freshen up, Huiyun smiled and said: "I followed our Shufu Jin, and the daughters of each mansion, Princess Gege, have seen a few, but I have never seen Miss Lin like this." A person like a fairy. The girl is still young now, but when she grows up, she still has no idea how she will overwhelm the country and the city."

"Sister is joking, just make fun of me. If this word gets out, won't it make people laugh?" Daiyu was a little displeased. She just looked at her face in the Linghua mirror, and looked at Zi Juan said: "It's fine to comb my hair casually. I have to sleep for a while, and I don't see any guests. What kind of hair bun should I seriously tie up? It makes my neck hurt from the weight of the hair bun."

"Since this is the case, the maidservant should tie the girl's hair casually with a ribbon? It's hot today, and the girl doesn't go out. There is a word from Fujin that Concubine Tong Gui in the palace is not in good health, and Fujin has gone in to serve her." The girl doesn't need to go to the front today." Zijuan said, using an ivory comb to comb Daiyu's long hair smoothly, and tied it loosely behind her shoulders with a lake-green ribbon. I took a lotus-colored Suzhou embroidered gown for Daiyu to put on, fastened the belt on her chest, and fastened it with a pearl brooch.

"Miss, the flowers embroidered on this long gown are sweet-scented osmanthus?" Hui Yun was at a loss for words, and sat there refusing to leave.

"Where is this sweet-scented osmanthus?" Daiyu chuckled, "This is called hydrangea. How can sweet-scented osmanthus look like this?"

"Miss is very knowledgeable. I have heard of this hydrangea before, but I have never seen it. I haven't seen anyone who can embroider it on the clothes of us. Today, the slaves are really knowledgeable with the girl." Hui Yun After speaking, she stood up and walked to Daiyu, carefully looking at the embroidery on her clothes.

On the lotus-colored silk, clusters of hydrangeas are divided into two colors of pink, blue and pink. Taking advantage of the lotus-colored silk, it is elegant and fresh.

"Girl, I remembered that this hydrangea was planted in our garden. When I passed by the garden that time, I saw this flower and thought about it for a long time. Later, because I didn't know the name, I forgot When the girl said it today, I suddenly remembered it. There are six or seven trees in the northeast corner of the back garden.”

"Really? I'm free another day. I'll go take a look when I go out for a walk." Daiyu smiled, stood up, and walked to the window.

Xueyan took out the things and handed them to Huiyun, and Daiyu said a few more polite words.Hui Yun couldn't sit still, and knew that this matter would not be a one-day achievement, so she left and went back to Mrs. Li's room.

Daiyu sat bored for a while, and finally felt that it was not interesting, and the sun had gradually set, and the sky was not so hot.Then he said to Zicuckoo, "I'll go out for a walk, and I'll come back later for dinner."

"Girl, tell sister Xueyan to follow you." Zijuan urged.

"No, I don't go out anyway, I just wander around in the garden behind." Said Daiyu, she went out of the room alone and walked into the garden.

The garden was full of lush vegetation, and Daiyu walked all the way to play, and unconsciously arrived at the northwest corner, thinking of the hydrangea that Hui Yun said, so she went to look for it, and sure enough, she saw a hydrangea tree Xinxinran growing in the corner, which was only in the flowering period. In the past, there were only scattered petals on the branches, which looked a bit lonely.

Daiyu was tired from walking, and was about to find a place to sit down and rest her feet, when she saw a young man in green clothes slowly walking out from among the flowers, his hands were covered with dirt, he was holding a shovel in one hand, and a black shovel in the other. Huhu, it seems to be the roots of some flowers and trees.So he laughed and said, "Well, you are a flower farmer again? Why don't you be your doctor, and come here to loosen the soil for flowers and trees?"

Xuan Ning was carefully looking at a piece of root of Polygonum multiflorum in his hand, the wind whimpered in the flowers and trees, he was only sighing that this piece of wild Polygonum multiflorum was too small, he didn't want Daiyu to approach, but he didn't hear it.At this time, she spoke suddenly, but she was taken aback.When I looked up, I saw Daiyu standing under the flowers and trees with a smile on her face. The hydrangeas on her body seemed to come alive, reflecting the green branches and leaves dancing in the wind.So he laughed and said, "Where did the hydrangea fairy come from? It really surprised Xiaosheng."

"Spoof. Have you ever heard of a hydrangea fairy in this world? Could it be that you scolded me in a different way?" Daiyu smiled lightly, walked up to Xuan Ning, pointed to the soil in his hand and asked, "This What is it?"

"He Shou Wu."

"This is Polygonum multiflorum? Is there any plant like this in this garden?"

"No, this is the wild one I dug from the corner of the wall. Most of the ones sold outside are grown by flower farmers, and the medicinal effect is not as good as the wild one. I dispensed the medicine for Si Fujin's father, Lord Fei Yanggu, the commander of the infantry, so It’s just that I found this place. It’s hard for you to rest in the house on this hot day, why did you run out by yourself?” Xuan Ning looked at Daiyu’s pretty face, and felt happy for no reason. Drilling back and forth made my body smelly of mud and sweat, and I don't feel much right now.

"If you want wild ones, why don't you look outside the city?" Daiyu frowned, looking at the sweat and mud on Lin Ning's face, and asked amusedly.

"Outside the city? Where can I find it outside the city? This thing grows in different places, and the medicinal effect is also different. The kind I want is best grown in an old house."

"I've never heard of this. There are always many strange things hidden in your stomach." Daiyu shook her head and asked again: "Are you tired?"

"Tired." Xuan Ning said, and took the lead to sit down on a smooth bluestone on one side, and then patted the open space beside her for Daiyu to sit on.Daiyu didn't dislike the moss on the bluestone, so she sat down next to him and wiped the sweat off his face with her handkerchief.

"I'll do it myself." Being rushed by the faint fragrance of Daiyu's body, Xuan Ning only felt his heart warm, and couldn't help but raise his hand to hold Daiyu's little hand.

Daiyu let go of the handkerchief and drew her hand back, and said angrily, "Who cares to wipe it for you? Look at you like a mud monkey."

"What? Do you dislike me?" Xuan Ning smiled, raised his hand and drew on Daiyu's nose, and there was a mud mark on Daiyu's clean face.When Xuan Ning saw it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "You still talk about me, look at yourself, you have become a mud monkey."

"Where do I have it?" Daiyu was stunned for a moment, then she understood, and rushed forward to beat him: "You damn thing, dare to smear mud on my face and tell you to wipe it on me, I will beat you!"

The small powder fist hit Lin Ning's body, neither light nor heavy, just relieved his fatigue, so Xuan Ning sat there enjoying himself, closed his eyes and said: "Left left...right right, above A little, so comfortable..."

"Ah? You..." Daiyu made a phone call, and found that he was not afraid at all, and was enjoying himself so much, so she laughed angrily, pushed him, and cursed: "You rascal!"

"Huh? The daughter of the Lin family, why is she sitting with a scoundrel?" Lin Ning said, pretending to be surprised, and quietly put his face in front of Daiyu, pretending not to see clearly, while saying , while continuing to move forward, almost never lying on other people's faces.

"Oh, what are you doing?" Daiyu hid back, her eyes widened strangely.

"Mmm - it's really fragrant!" Xuan Ning closed his eyes comfortably, and sniffed the fragrance of Daiyu's body carefully.

"What is really fragrant? I don't have any flowers or pink ones here. Where can there be any fragrance?"

"Really? This should be the scent of hydrangeas, right?" Xuan Ning remained motionless, still lingering in front of Daiyu with her eyes closed.

"Nonsense. The hydrangea has been out of bloom for a long time. Where is there any fragrance?"

"It's the scent of flowers on your clothes."

"Dream? Whose clothes smell like flowers embroidered on it?" Daiyu raised her hand and pushed Xuan Ning, and said angrily.

"Oh..." Xuan Ning was unprepared, was pushed back by Dai Yu, and fell to the ground.

"Be careful!" Daiyu was startled, and hurriedly reached out to grab him, but this guy grabbed Daiyu with his backhand, and the two of them rolled to the ground together, one rolling, pressing the little girl down, and stealing a incense stick by the way. kiss.

His lips slid across the little girl's face, soft and sweet.It tastes like the sweet-scented osmanthus cake steamed by my mother when I was a child.It also has a bit of earthy aroma.

Daiyu stared blankly, looking at Xuanning above her face, her mind went blank.

"Hey, silly girl." Xuan Ning smiled, looked at the mud on the little girl's mouth, and knew that it was the mud on her face that rubbed against her mouth, and she made a big deal.Feeling a little sorry, "I'm sorry."

"You rascal! What's the use of saying sorry? Why don't you get up quickly? Are you going to push me into the dirt?" Daiyu came back to her senses, grinning and cursing.

"Uh, good. Get up now." Xuan Ning said, put his hands on the ground, turned over and sat aside, then stretched out his hand to pull Daiyu up, carefully helped her tidy up her clothes, and patted the dirt on her body.

Daiyu looked narrowly at his serious appearance, suddenly smiled in her heart, raised her hand and pushed suddenly, Xuanning was unprepared, and pushed him to the ground again, this time it was a solid fall on her back.

"Haha..." Daiyu smiled triumphantly, pointed at Xuan Ning and said, "Don't be annoyed, you were still pressing on me just now, anyway, I was kind enough to ride on you. Not necessarily so kind.”

Come on!I beg you, little ancestor, you should come up quickly!

Xuan Ning lay on the grass, looked up at the lazy sky, and prayed over and over again from his heart.

"Hey——what's the matter with you? We agreed not to be annoyed?" Seeing that Xuan Ning didn't speak, Daiyu hurriedly stopped laughing, and went to him to see him, but saw him quietly waiting with big eyes, looking at him. The sky, I don't know where my mind has wandered.

"Hey!" Sitting in front of him, Daiyu raised her hand and pushed his shoulder, asking, "What are you thinking?"

"I didn't think about anything." Xuan Ning smiled, "Are you homesick?"

Daiyu shook her head sadly and said, "I don't want to."

"Liar." Xuan Ning suddenly sat up from the ground and looked at Daiyu: "Who doesn't want to go home? Even me. What's more, you're a little girl?"

"What is there to think about? My mother is gone, and now it's turned into a pile of loess, and my father is far away in the western border. What should I miss home now? It's my father's side, which is worrying." Daiyu sighed, Slowly lowered his head, put his chin on his knees, and looked at the green grass in front of him.

"Don't worry, I heard that Jia Zhen is responsible for transporting the grain and grass. He is your cousin. I think he and your father will take care of each other." Xuan Ning didn't know how to comfort her for a while. she.

"Take care?" Daiyu smiled faintly, "So I didn't know. Now that I've entered the capital, I realize that in the officialdom, besides the two words of benefit, the most important thing is that in the face of major events, even the biological father, son and brother have to worry three points. What's more about such relatives? When my mother was alive, there were some courtesies during the festivals, and the two families still had some kind of relatives. Now that my mother is gone, how can they be considered relatives? At critical moments, I just ask them not to stab Amitabha in the back. gone."

"Okay, don't worry. They'll be anxious if they can't find you after you've been out for so long. Shall I take you back?" Xuan Ning said, stood up from the ground, and stretched out his hand to pull Daiyu.

Daiyu sat for a while, her legs and feet felt a little numb, she couldn't stand upright at first, she took a few steps while supporting Xuanning's hand, and then she felt better.The two walked back all the way and came to the side of the purple bamboo forest, just in time to see the purple cuckoo looking for it from the Wuxiang courtyard.As soon as I looked up, I saw Daiyu and Lin Ning walking side by side. Both of them were covered in dust and mud. Lin Ning was still holding a flower shovel and something black that looked like nothing, so he rushed to meet her. He smiled and said: "Where did the girl go? I haven't seen anyone for a long time, so I can find it easy for the servants. Xueyan went out to look for the girl, but she hasn't come back yet."

"I just walked around in the garden, where did I lose it?" Daiyu smiled and looked sideways at Lin Ning.

"Oh, you are such a big girl, and you still go to play with mud? Look at the mud all over your body!" A woman cleaning up the purple bamboo next to her smiled and said, "Mr. Ning is also true, Miss Lin is not a child. Sensible, is the young master also a child? Is this digging up some of our flowers?"

When Xuan Ning heard this, he felt unhappy, turned his head and stared at the woman and said, "I'm just ignorant, and I'm going to overturn your garden tomorrow. Do you have the ability to let the fourth master drive me out?"

"Oh, young master, don't be angry. The slave is old and his mouth is a little bit broken. It's just a casual joke, that's all."

"In front of your fourth master, you dare to joke like this?" Lin Ning snorted coldly, "Why, you still don't leave, are you waiting for me to go back to fourth master, so that I can reward you?"

"My lord, please forgive me, but this servant doesn't dare." Knowing that she had slipped her words, she kowtowed and hurriedly retreated.

Lin Ning told Daiyu, "Go back and take a bath and change your clothes. I'll come and see you later."

"Well, come later and tell them to bring dinner here." Daiyu nodded.

"it is good."

The two broke up in the Zizhu Forest, and went back to their rooms to take a bath and change clothes.Sure enough, Xuan Ning came to see her, and brought his own dinner with him when he came.

"Young master is here." Zijuan was instructing the little girl to serve Daiyu a meal, when she saw Lin Ning coming in, she hurriedly saluted.

"What about your girls?"

"Inside." Zijuan pointed to the inside, and Xuanning picked up the curtain to go in, and saw Daiyu sitting in front of the window writing, her long hair was half dry and half wet, hanging loosely on her back, her body was covered with He was wearing a smoky blue jacquard gown with untied trouser legs, and a pair of pink and purple embroidered shoes.

"What are you doing?"

"Father came to write a letter saying that everything is well in Xijiang, but the air is dry and he has a dry cough every day. I will write him a letter. Please help me prepare a prescription and a few more medicines. I will ask someone to give it to him. Take it there." Hearing the voice, Daiyu hurriedly turned around and said.

"I believe you just write it down. I'll prepare pills and ask someone to take them with you later. The decoction won't work. The quality of the water over there is different from that in the capital. You may not be able to eat the decocted medicine." Xuanning said, approaching Daiyu , picked up Lin Ruhai's letter and read it again, and persuaded: "Don't worry. The pill will be available in two days."

"Well, I know there's no need to rush this. I won't rush you either." Daiyu nodded, glanced at him, and slowly lowered herself again.

"Don't cry." Xuan Ning squatted down and looked at the weeping Daiyu: "I just wanted to tell you that I will take you out for a walk tomorrow. You are crying again now. What if you feel ill again?" Alright, how can I go out to play tomorrow?"

"Father is getting old, how can he stay in the bitter cold place in the northwest for a long time? I don't know when the emperor's expedition to the west will be scheduled?"

"Soon, after this hot day, it's time for the army to move out."

"Hey! At this moment, I really want to rush to my father immediately."

"What are you going to do? Learn Hua Mulan to serve in the army instead of your father? Then you have to practice martial arts well. With your small body? Let's forget it." Xuanning smiled and patted Daiyu on the shoulder , "Little Mulan, should you eat? Even if you want to serve in the army instead of your father, you have to eat until you grow up."

"He's bored, and you still come to make fun of him." Daiyu wiped away her tears, got off her chair, and walked outside the house.

"It's not a joke. It's time to eat, and you cry again. You're so angry. If you eat without laughing, your stomach will hurt at night." Lin Ning said, and sat down at the table first, and took the Pass the chopsticks to Daiyu.

The two had dinner together, but before tea, Lian Sheng came in a hurry, and when he saw Xuan Ning, he didn't have time to say hello, so he said: "Fourth master is in the study, and he said he has something urgent to find young master. Young master, go quickly. "

Lin Ning was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"My master didn't say anything, so how dare we ask questions? Young master, let's go quickly. My master's complexion is very bad, as if something serious happened."

"I'll come as soon as I go." Lin Ning patted Daiyu's hand, and followed Liansheng out in a hurry.