Indulgence in the Red Chamber

At dusk, the rain was still falling. Although it was much lighter, the foggy air took advantage of the gloomy sky and the watery ground, and occasionally a few leaves blown by the wind mixed in the soil. It's so depressing.

Daiyu leaned against the eaves of the corridor, watching the swaying flowers in the rain, silent.

"Girl. It's getting late, and the wind is cold. Let's go inside." Xueyan took a cotton damask cloak and put it on Daiyu, persuading her softly.

"Tell me, where should Xuan Ning go now?" Daiyu didn't turn her head, her foggy eyes were still looking at the fluttering petals.

"The young master has just left for two hours, and I'm afraid he has just left the western suburbs of the capital. If the young master knows that the girl is sitting in the cold rain, he will not agree. Let's go inside?" Xueyan took another umbrella Come and stand in front of Daiyu.Because of the wind, the rain drifted down the corridor eaves from time to time, and already wet the broken hair on her forehead.

"He said that he will definitely come back in half a month or two months." Daiyu sighed, stood up obediently, held Xueyan's hand, and walked into the house slowly.

Xuan Ning rode alone, carrying a simple package on his back. After leaving the city, he rode his horse like flying and headed straight to Xijiang.He knew that he would encounter many robberies and murders along the way, but he couldn't care less. There were two people in Xijiang who were very important to him, one was his father, and the other was Daiyu's. Father.His father is the emperor, and the real dragon emperor must be favored by heaven. No matter what troubles he encounters, he will save himself from danger and live until the 61st year of Kangxi, but Daiyu's father is hard to say.It is said in the original book that he died of illness in his 40s, so I don't know if it should be here.

If Lin Ruhai died, then Daiyu must be extremely sad. Thinking of her being sad, Xuan Ning felt that his heart also ached.

The black Dawan Liang horse spread its hooves and ran all the way. Before dark, Xuanning left Zhili Province and entered the territory of Ping'an Prefecture.

In modern times, the training Xuan Ning received was extremely difficult, even worse than that of international mercenaries.So such a long journey was nothing to him at all.After entering Ping'an Prefecture, he did not stay in an inn, but found a restaurant to eat something, bought some food to wear on his body, left Ping'an Prefecture overnight, and continued westward.

When leaving the west city gate of Ping'an Prefecture, Xuan Ning's figure paused for a moment, and the hand that was pressing against the package squeezed the knot tied by the package vigorously. He greeted the soldiers guarding the city gate with a smile, and then went to Ma Xi. .

As soon as Xuan Ning left the city gate, four people jumped down from the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate stretched out their hands to stop them: "Who are they?"

"Huh?" The leader of the four threw a token forward, and the soldiers guarding the gate retreated immediately.

After the four of them chased out of the city, they found that Xuan Ning had long since disappeared.

"Damn, so fast?" The leader cursed with a low hand.

"I thought he would live here tonight, and it would be convenient for us to attack. I didn't expect him to travel all night." A person beside him sighed in a low voice.

"It's better not to stay at the inn. There is a small forest in front of us. Let's go there to ambush."

"Okay. Let's go!"

The four of them were strong and strong, and they disappeared into the dark night while talking.

Daiyu was restless, and dinner was useless, because it was raining and Jinyu was unable to move, so she asked Liansheng to come over to see Daiyu, and persuaded her a lot.Yinzhen was busy dispensing medicine and was not at home.Liansheng was worried about Jinyu, so he and Xueyan helped Daiyu lie down, and left in a hurry.

The sound of wind and rain outside the window gradually intensified, and Daiyu lay on the bed tossing and turning unable to sleep.

In the middle of the night, she suddenly heard a commotion in front of her, so Daiyu hurriedly woke up Xueyan and told her to ask someone to go out to see what was going on outside.

Xueyan put on her clothes and got out of bed, and ordered two women to go to the front to inquire. After a while, the woman came back and said that Fujin was about to give birth.

Daiyu couldn't sleep more and more, so she asked someone to light the lamp, put on her clothes and got up.

"Girl, it's still raining outside, it doesn't matter if you go ahead in the dark, if you slip and fall, what can you do?" Xueyan was afraid that something would happen to Daiyu, so she had to persuade her again.

"Let's walk slowly. It's not too far from this yard to Fujin's house. Besides, we have to walk back and forth several times a day. Every brick can be counted. How could something happen? I can't help but sit here." If you can't sleep, you might as well go and have a look, and feel more at ease." Daiyu insisted on going ahead to have a look.Xueyan and others had to follow her, put on their clothes and cloak, and took a big umbrella to support her. Xueyan and Chunxian supported her and walked out of the courtyard slowly.

As expected, Jinyu's room was in chaos. Yinzhen was standing outside the door wearing a robe, watching the women and girls coming in and out, and hearing Jinyu's wailing inside, even a grown man changed his face .At the place where the lights were flickering, I suddenly saw a few maids walking around Daiyu, and said with a wry smile: "It's the middle of the night, why don't you sleep?"

"Fourth master, Wanfu. We were asleep, but we heard the commotion here, so we came to see Fujin." Daiyu blessed Yinzhen, and looked at the door anxiously, "I don't know what Fujin will do now. How is it?"

"The four stable women are waiting inside. It shouldn't be a big problem. It's not suitable for girls to stand for a long time. Why don't you sit with me in the wing room." Yinzhen looked helplessly at the bustling figures on the window, and sighed again.

"Are Shu Fujin and Ge Ge inside?"

"Yeah, we are employing people at this time, how can it be done if they are not there to serve?"

"Chunxian." Daiyu turned her head and ordered, "Go in and help Liansheng."

Chunxian is small but quick-witted, and Daiyu understood what she meant as soon as she opened her mouth. She didn't say a word, but just agreed to let her in.

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, he called a maid and said, "Go in and call me Lishi and Guixiang. They said Miss Lin came to see Fujin, and asked them two to prepare tea and snacks."

"Yes." The little girl agreed, and hurriedly handed over the things in her hands to others, and went in to pass on the message.

"Girl, sit here." Yinzhen turned sideways and let Daiyu go into the wing.

The relationship between Li Shi and Guixiang is not very good.Mrs. Li was jealous that Guixiang was a newcomer, and she waited in the study as soon as she arrived, staring at Gege's name but acting like a girl.You can be by Si Ye's side anytime, anywhere, but you don't have to be angry with Fujin.Li Shi couldn't ask for such a good thing anyway.So I was very jealous.

Gui Xiang was even more unafraid of Li Shi, she was just a concubine Fujin who fell out of favor, if it wasn't for Fujin's birth, she wouldn't be able to point fingers at home, so Gui Xiang didn't take Li Shi seriously at all.

However, Fujin gave birth tonight, and the two seemed to realize their own crisis at the same time, but they became enlightened the moment they entered the delivery room to serve, and they warmed up to each other.Jinyu was dying of pain on the bed, but the two of them were flirting with each other and whispering a lot.

Chunxian came in, took a look at the two of them, then went up and said a few words to Liansheng.Liansheng nodded, and the two stayed by Jinyu's side.No matter how busy the others were, the two of them only stared at the four women.

Just at this time another girl came in to say Yinzhen's words, and ordered Shu Fujin and Miss Guixiang to go out to serve.

Jinyu happened to be in pain a little bit, and when she heard the words, she turned her head and looked over, just in time to see Chunxian.So he asked weakly, "Is my sister here too?"

"The girl is worried, she can't fall asleep even in bed, so she just came here. It's in the wing room now."

"Hmm..." Jinyu was about to speak when the pain came again, she frowned and was unable to speak.

Li Shi and Gui Xiang glanced disdainfully at Jin Yu who was dying of pain on the bed, with a sneer on the corner of their mouths, they left the delivery room one after the other and walked towards the wing room.

In the middle of the night, Yinzhen and Daiyu were sitting in front of the tea sea in the wing room drinking tea and talking about Buddhist scriptures.Li Shi and Gui Xiang stood aside to serve.The maids and women outside have been busy coming in and out.In the delivery room, Fujin Nala's painful murmurs rose and fell.Until it was slightly bright, a baby's cry suddenly broke all this.Xu Zhen suddenly raised his head and looked out of the window, a ray of dawn came in through the window, with a dazzling halo.

Fujin Nala gave birth to Yinzhen's first son.Yinzhen was very happy and named him Honghui.

Prince's Mansion.

After listening to the reply from the confidant boy sent by Suo'etu, Prince Yinreng punched the high table beside him with a bang.A pot of orchids was on the verge of falling, and the boy who was kneeling on the ground was so frightened that he didn't dare to look up.

"Waste! A bunch of waste!" Yinfeng couldn't suppress the anger in his stomach, kicked the boy and cursed: "Get out!"

The boy crawled out of the door and fled in a hurry.

Behind the screen, the concubine Jin Yuanchun came out slowly, walked to Yinreng's side, and gave a blessing lightly: "Your maidservant, please ask the crown prince, Jin An. Your auspicious."

"Did you hear it all?" Yinreng felt a little better after seeing Yuan Chun, but his tone of voice was still sullen.

"I heard it. It stands to reason that they are too incompetent. But this is not the first time. That person is not an ordinary person. It is not an accident that he missed it outside of Ping'an State. Lord Suo set it up this time." It's a series of tricks. Why do you have to be so angry, it's not worth it if you get angry." Yuan Chun said, leaning against the prince, and raised his hand to knead his shoulder.

"The fourth child got a son last night." Yinfeng suddenly said in a rambling manner.

"Yes. The maidservant has heard about it too. The Crown Princess woke up early and told the maidservant to go and get some congratulatory gifts."

"Could it be that God is helping him? Guixiang, a lowly slave, doesn't care about things at all." Yinfeng said bitterly again.

"Master, don't worry. Although the child was born smoothly, it may not be able to grow up smoothly." Yuan Chun sneered.

"Well, it's true. Let's arrange the things in front of us first." Yinfeng nodded, the anger in his heart finally calmed down, and he began to think rationally.

Jinyu was delighted to have a son, so she was naturally very happy.The old Fujin of the infantry commander's mansion was taken over to serve the confinement child again. The little elder brother was a little guy like a dough ball, and Yinzhen, who usually had a cold face, would smile when he saw a child.Baylor House became more and more lively.

But these seem to have nothing to do with Daiyu.

Little elder brother Hong Hui saw the full moon.The smile on Daiyu's face became less and less.Meals are pitifully short, and the whole person is a little out of shape.This day, she sat alone for a while, and Xueyan persuaded her to go out for a walk. She was too lazy to move, but because she suddenly remembered something, she got up and walked outside.Xueyan was afraid that she would forget to come back after walking too far, so she hastily put down the half-embroidered embroidery work in her hand and followed.

Daiyu didn't go anywhere else after leaving the Wuxiang Courtyard, but went all the way through the bamboo forest to Xuanning's original courtyard.

"Girl, no one has lived in this yard for a long time, what are you doing here?"

"I'll come over and look at his things."

"Young master's belongings are all in our yard. The things here are all clumsy things. What's so interesting?"

"I've tidied up my belongings. I'll see if there's anything useful here, and I'll ask someone to tidy it up for him. So that he won't be handy when he comes back to use it."

Xueyan was taken aback, thinking that Xuanning had been gone for almost a month, but he didn't come back with a single letter.The whole person was like a stone sinking into the sea, even there was no news from Xijiang, even Lord Sibeile was a little bit impatient, let alone Daiyu.Xueyan felt sad, but she had no choice but to persuade Daiyu: "Young lady is worried about the young master, and the servants are also worried. I think Lord Belle and Fujin are also worried. After all, the emperor's safety is still there, and there must be news from them. Why don't we go to Zhengzhou?" Sit in the room, let's take a look at Big Brother, and then listen to whether there are any little bears outside. Miss, do you think it's okay?"

"There is a eldest brother in Fujin's room, and he has been busy with the full moon wine these few days. If we are too busy, why should we make trouble?" Daiyu shook her head, and just quickened her pace.Seeing the gate of the courtyard in front of his eyes, and remembering that Xuan Ning was always by his side in the past, everything went well with him, his heart felt sour, and his vision blurred.

"But, if the girl wants to clean up these things, she needs to call a few more people to help. What can we do?" Xueyan pushed open the courtyard door, and the two women who were in charge of cleaning hurriedly turned around to greet Daiyu .

"You went and called the Chunxian Wang Mama and others to come and help me. I'll sit here for a while." Daiyu said, walking along the veranda to the house.But seeing that the door of the side room was locked with a lock, he asked strangely, "Why is this room locked?"

"Returning to the girl, the son locked it at the beginning. He also told the servants not to open the door without his permission. So the servants don't know why."

"Oh. Open it, I'll go in and have a look." Daiyu didn't think too much about it, thinking that there might be something more important for Xuan Ning inside, and if so, she should go in and have a look.

"However, the key is not with the slaves." The woman replied in embarrassment.

Daiyu nodded, and said: "Yes, he left the key of this house with me. Go to my yard and tell Xueyan that there is a key in the small box on my dressing table, and ask her to bring it by the way. "

"Yes." The mother-in-law agreed.Daiyu sat on the railing in front of the house to rest.She didn't care where the other woman went, she just leaned on the porch pillar and meditated, replaying the scene of playing with Xuan Ning over and over before her eyes.

There was a sudden bang, which startled Daiyu.When she hurriedly turned around to look, she saw an extra person in the yard.

This person is very strange, wearing silver-white clothes, said to be clothes, but in fact it is not clothes, but a robe, the robe is very big and fat, wrapping him tightly.A hat made of the same fabric is also worn on the head, covering the nose and mouth completely, leaving only two eyes.

"Who are you?!" Daiyu stood up in fright, and asked in a low voice while leaning against the pillar.

"Little girl, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. I'm here to find someone." The weird man spoke kindly, waved his hand at Daiyu, and then took out a painting from his arms and unfolded it in front of Daiyu: " Have you seen this man?"

On the painting is a portrait of Xuan Ning.

Daiyu was shocked when she saw it.That's not the current Xuan Ning, but the way she was when she saw Xuan Ning for the first time.Such weird clothes, bare forehead, no braids.Daiyu's heart suddenly rose to her throat: "Who the hell are you? What do you want him for?"

"Little girl, don't be afraid. I am his senior brother. The master said that the junior brother has been away from the master for too long, and he should go back. So let me come out to find him. According to our special contact signal, I found this place. So—— Little girl, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. Tell me where this is, but is he here?"

"This is Sibeile Mansion. The courtyard where Mr. Xuanning lives. So, you'd better leave quickly, otherwise someone will come later, and I'm afraid you won't be able to leave." Daiyu tried to calm down her heart as much as possible.

"Master Xuan Ning is my junior brother?" The strange man smiled and raised the portrait in his hand.

"If he is really your junior, you can go to the main courtyard in front of him to look for Si Baylor. Explain the relationship between you and your purpose, and Si Baylor may not make things difficult for you."

"No need, little girl, you just need to tell me where my junior brother has gone. I'll leave right away."

Daiyu was silent, thinking about one thing over and over in her heart: Is this person Xuan Ning's senior brother?Will someone pretend to be his senior brother to inquire about news?Bad intentions?

No, he can hold such a portrait, which shows that he is indeed an old friend of Xuan Ning. Moreover, many people know that Xuan Ning has gone west. If he wants to harm him, he should be in Xijiang instead of here Inquire about news.

After much deliberation, Daiyu finally made up her mind and said: "He has gone to the western border. The emperor attacked Galdan, and he went to serve in the army."

"Okay. Thank you little girl. I'm leaving!" After the weirdo finished speaking, he turned around and jumped out of the wall, disappearing without a trace.

I hope you are a good person, and you can help Xuanning when you go.I hope that the emperor will return triumphantly as soon as possible, and that my father and Xuan Ning will also come back together.

Daiyu looked at the direction in which the strange man disappeared, and muttered silently.

When Xueyan arrived with a few maids and women, she saw Daiyu standing silently under the eaves of the porch, staring at a certain part of the low wall in a daze, and couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Girl, what's wrong with you?"

"What a weird person." Daiyu sighed, shook her head, turned around, looked back at the place, and said leisurely: "But they do have the same place."

"Who?"

"It's nothing. Open the room." Daiyu smiled and walked to the door of the side room.