Indulgence in the Red Chamber

Daiyu sorted out Xuanning's things, but they were just some old clothes and books, nothing special, only the strangely large and strange package when Daiyu saw him for the first time was left in the corner In, full of dust.

"Take this back and wash it well." Daiyu pointed to the package and instructed Xueyan.

"Yes." Xueyan agreed, and called Chunxian to come over and carry the package back to Wuxiangyuan together.

Xuan Ning still has no news.

Every morning and evening, Daiyu would go to the main room to see Jinyu, and by the way, see her younger brother Honghui.

Yinzhen was busy all day, and there was hardly anyone there.

Five or six days later, Daiyu finally couldn't bear it any longer. Watching the nanny take the baby away, Fang took Jinyu's hand and asked, "Fujin, did Lord Belle ever talk about the things in Xijiang? Ning, why has there been no news?"

"Sister, as women, how can we intervene and ask about the country's affairs? If you don't say anything, there will be no news. Don't worry, Xuan Ning will be fine. If there is something wrong with him, there will be news. Don't worry. gone."

"But—he has been gone for 37 days..." Daiyu frowned, and the panic in her heart gradually became stronger.

"By the way, although we haven't received the letter from Xuan Ning, I heard from my master that the emperor has won a complete victory, and Ge Erdan has been cornered. It seems that it is not far before the class teacher returns to court. Ning wanted to give you a surprise? That kid has always been unpredictable, don't you think so?" Nalashi forced a smile on Daiyu's face, but she lowered her head shyly at Daiyu's question.

If Daiyu wasn't shy, even if she was shy, she didn't bow her head, then she must be able to find something in Nala's eyes.It's just a pity that she missed that embarrassed look, and also missed an important message.

When he came out of Jinyu's room, he happened to meet Yinzhen entering the door.Daiyu greeted her with greetings, Yinzhen was a little startled, raised her hand to give some support, and said softly, "Miss, please get up."

Daiyu stood up, wanting to ask Yinzhen if there was any news about Xijiang, but recalling what Fujin had said, she swallowed the words that came to her lips, and said softly, "Daiyu will leave." Then she turned around go down.

Hearing the voice, Jinyu got up and came out to meet her. Seeing Yinzhen looking out the door with a complicated expression until Daiyu's figure disappeared at the corner of the veranda, she sighed softly and turned to enter the door, then said helplessly: "She asked about this again just now." thing."

"Help it. How long you can hide it."

"But——Huang Ama is about to return to the imperial court. How long can this matter be kept secret?" Jinyu sighed helplessly and anxiously.

"It's a day to hide it." A trace of indifference and pain flashed in Yinzhen's eyes, and he clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, trying his best to suppress the pain in his heart.

"Why don't you send someone to look under the cliff again. No matter what, there are always some clues. It's hard to believe that two living people just disappeared like this."

"Do you think Huang Ama won't send someone to look for it? Mingzhu's letter is very clear, Huang Ama vomited blood because of this matter. Regardless, we still have to worry about the living. Miss Lin is too weak , knowing that this matter must not be able to survive." Yinzhen's face was indifferent, only his eyes were terribly cold.

"Hey! For her, the sky is falling." Jinyu sighed and shook her head, then turned and went into the inner room.

Rongguo Mansion, Rongxi Hall.

Mother Jia stared tremblingly at Wu Xindeng, the housekeeper who was kneeling on the ground, before she spoke for a while: "What you said...is it true? Your uncle really watched Mr. Lin's aunt fall off the cliff with his own eyes?"

"Returning to the old lady, Uncle Zhen said so. The slave was serving the uncle's food in the barracks at that time. Not only Uncle Zhen said so, but all the soldiers present saw it with their own eyes. The assassin's martial arts are very strong, and he originally wanted to assassinate Long Live Lord. Yes, but Mrs. Lin happened to be beside the Lord Long Live. He rushed forward and pushed the Lord Long Live to the ground, making himself a scapegoat. The assassin originally planned to kill Mrs. Lin and then the emperor. Mr. Ning suddenly appeared, and saw the assassin's sword stabbing towards Uncle Lin's chest. The medicine bowl in his hand hit the assassin's face, and the assassin's sword deflected, only stabbing Uncle Lin's shoulder. Five or six assassins appeared out of nowhere, and the emperor's camp was in chaos. Later, two assassins held the emperor and the uncle to retreat, and pushed them to the edge of the cliff, trying to drag the emperor and the uncle to their deaths. Mr. Ning rushed up and broke the neck of the assassin who hijacked the emperor, but it was too late to save my aunt, so I fell down the cliff together with my aunt and another assassin."

"My God... My poor Yu'er..." Jia Mu listened to Wu Xindeng's retelling again, and finally believed it, tears streaming down her cheeks.Weeping Daiyu's name, she lay down on the low table beside her.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing were terrified when she heard it. At this time, when Jia Mu cried, everyone was upset again.

Mrs. Xing waved her hand to let Wu Xindeng back down.Mrs. Wang rushed forward, beat Jia Mu on the back, and softly persuaded: "Old lady, my aunt is loyal to the country, and there is nothing I can do about it. It is a rare thing for a minister to die so heroically throughout the ages." It is such an honor. The emperor will definitely not treat Miss Lin lightly. The old lady's health is important. If we feel sorry for Miss Lin, we will take her home and raise her, and she will be in front of the old lady every day. But if the old lady's health is not good first , how can I cherish my niece?"

After hearing this, Jia's mother took it for granted, Fang gradually stopped crying, and sighed sadly: "Poor my daughter, she passed away at a young age, and only one daughter is her own flesh and blood. There are no brothers or sisters, and I am alone, and now I have no father at all. Who will I rely on in the future?"

Seeing this, Sister Feng hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Miss Lin has no parents, no brothers and sisters, but there are old ladies and old ladies. Don't worry, the old lady, let alone our family, even ordinary people's homes, they definitely don't look at her." The reason why the niece is alone and unattended. The old lady is relieved. In a few days, I will take the girls to Sibeile's house to see Sister Lin. If she lives well there, that's fine. If she is not comfortable , let's take her over and put her in front of the old lady, can the old lady rest assured?"

"That's all I have to do. I don't know when the emperor will arrive in Beijing?" Mother Jia wiped away her tears and began to think again.

"Wu Xindeng said just now that Big Brother Zhen took people all the way in front of the emperor to arrange accommodation in the camp. Big Brother Zhen will arrive in the capital tomorrow, and it will be a few days before the Emperor wants to come back." Sister Feng took the girl's hand as she replied. Passed the tea to Mother Jia, "The old lady has been sad for a while, let's drink some tea to moisten her throat."

"Don't ask Lian'er to go out these few days. When the emperor comes back, he will definitely have an explanation for your Uncle Lin. Even if the body is not found, a tomb will be erected for him. Sister Lin wants to go back Let's go to my hometown in Gusu. Let Lian'er follow her to cook. She is a child, how has she experienced such a thing? Let us make decisions for her."

Mrs. Wang and the others quickly agreed, and the crowd talked gossip for a while before they dispersed.

In the western suburbs of the capital, the private garden of fourth master Yinzhen, the Old Summer Palace.

At this time, the Old Summer Palace was just a small private courtyard.Dozens of exquisite houses were built inside, some flowers and trees were planted, and a large piece of land was left unused. Daiyu brought Xueyan and others to live here, reading and writing in her free time, and then making a few female celebrities. Needlework, flower viewing, lawn trimming, very leisurely.

Agreeing that Daiyu would move out of Sibeile Mansion that day was also a helpless matter.Jinyu was afraid that one of the servants in the family would accidentally slip up and spread the news about Xijiang to Daiyu's ears, so she agreed to Daiyu's stay.Although the Old Summer Palace was under Yinzhen's name, Xuanning had bought the land a long time ago, and said that Daiyu would live there only after it had been pruned.Now that they moved here in a hurry, Yinzhen only sent a dozen capable guards to guard the surroundings, and the servants around Daiyu were still the few she often used, and no extra people were brought over.

Daiyu was counting the days, she had no other wish, she just wanted the emperor to return to court as soon as possible, so that she could meet her father and Xuanning.This day, the little girl Chunxian went out to do some errands, and hurried back after not wanting to go for a while.Daiyu was watching the girl pruning a begonia in the yard. Seeing Chunxian hurriedly, she blamed: "You are such a big girl, why is she still so frizzy?"

"Girl, girl!" Chunxian said out of breath, "Long Live Lord—Long Live Lord has returned to Beijing!"

"What?!" Daiyu stepped forward in surprise, grabbed Chunxian's hand and asked, "You said, Lord Long Live has returned to Beijing?"

"That's right. The crown prince has brought the civil and military ministers to the west of the city to meet the holy driver. The streets outside are covered with soldiers, and the common people are not allowed to walk around casually." Chun Xian said happily.

"Ah! I'm back at last!" Daiyu folded her hands together and prayed to the sky, then happily walked up and down in the yard, muttering: "I just entered the city now, and I will follow the emperor back to the palace. It’s afternoon. Snow geese, snow geese! Hurry up and prepare meals, ah—and porridge... Forget it, you’d better ask someone to prepare the car, I’m going out, I’m going out to see what the emperor’s triumphant return looks like ..."

"Girl, people are not allowed to walk freely on the street now. You may not be able to go out. Let's wait. When the emperor enters the palace, the soldiers all over the street have withdrawn. Let's go to Sibeile Mansion .”

"Oh, that's the only way?" Daiyu looked at Xueyan helplessly.

"Yeah, you can't even go out now, don't you want to huddle with those common people to watch the excitement?"

"Hey! Forget it." Daiyu sighed, looked at the door, turned and entered the room.

Xuan Ning only felt sore all over his body, so painful that he couldn't even open his eyelids, but there was an inexplicable worry in his heart, which made his heart feel hot, so he opened his eyes with difficulty, and looked at the pure white surroundings. world.He wanted to move again, but he felt a tearing pain all over his body. This pain was better than all the training pains in his memory.He couldn't help but snorted, which alarmed the medical staff outside the monitoring room.

"Report to the military division, No. [-] is awake! No. [-] is awake!"

"Well, check his body index." A cold order came from above the head, and the little nurse in white outside the monitoring room quickly pressed the keyboard of the computer, and after a busy meal, the printer on one side slowly typed out a form.

"Reporting to the military division, No. 70.00's body has basically recovered, but the blood index is insufficient, the nerve sensitivity is [-] beyond the normal range, the vision is good, and the hearing is good. The wound healing is [-]% [-]..."

"Hello——" Xuan Ning wanted to call out, but found that his mouth and nose were covered with a big oxygen mask. He wanted to reach out to remove it, but found that his arm could not move at all, and his whole body ached.

"Number [-]." The nurse in white entered the ward, reached out and took off the oxygen mask on his face, "Welcome home. Your brain is not broken, you should remember who I am."

"Ladybug. Am I dreaming?" Xuan Ning frowned, and when he spoke, he realized that his voice was unbelievably hoarse.

"It's not a dream. You have been away for more than a year. We thought you were nostalgic for the glory and wealth of the Qing Dynasty and didn't want to come back. Who knew that you went to become a hero who rescued the suffering. Fortunately, your mission has been completed. Otherwise, The military division doesn't know how to punish you."

"Oh! God! What the hell is this?" Xuan Ning closed his eyes in frustration, recalling that after saving Kangxi, he took Lin Ruhai's hand and fell off the cliff together. Before his body touched the ground, he had already lost his intuition.When I woke up, I was already lying here.After much deliberation, I couldn't figure out what was going on, so I tentatively asked: "How did I come back? I didn't bring the traverser with me, and I couldn't cross it by jumping off a cliff. Don't tell me any special natural phenomenon. Lies like that."

"Of course. It was No. 320 who went through to find you and brought you back in time. Otherwise, with your serious injuries left in that dynasty, even nine lives would not be enough for you to die. You suffered nine knives, and the wounds were deep and shallow. You were poisoned and fell heavily from the [-]-[-]-meter cliff, if Number Five hadn’t arrived in time to give you our latest preparation, your life would really be over.”

"Where is that person?" Xuan Ning frowned.

"There are two other people who fell with you. One of them is dressed as an assassin in black, and the other is about 50 years old who seems to be an imperial order. Which one do you ask?"

"The imperial order."

"Alive. But the situation is not much better than yours. Uh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that your left arm is broken, broken, and your right arm has a ligament injury. Both arms are temporarily immobile. It will take about nine to reply." Ten days."

"No!" Xuan Ning roared, "I want to go back."

"Go back? Where?" The female nurse looked at Xuan Ning amusedly, as if looking at a monster.

"Back to Qing Dynasty."

"No need, we have already found the imperial doctor's blacklist in your lapel. Although you have used it for too long, luckily you have fulfilled your mission. I am afraid that the military adviser will not let you go back."

"I must go back!"

"It doesn't count if I said it. Well, enough is said. You lie down and recuperate well. I will inject the nutrient solution into your body on time. During this time, you have to obey me obediently." The female nurse After finishing speaking, Xuan Ning put on the oxygen mask again, then turned and left.

Daiyu waited anxiously in the garden, hoping that the emperor's holy driver would enter the palace as soon as possible, and the officers and soldiers on the street would disperse as soon as possible.Waiting and waiting until after lunch, Xue Yanfang hurried in and said to Daiyu: "Miss, Fourth Master is here."

"Fourth master is here?" Daiyu was taken aback.When the emperor returned to Beijing, Si Bei Le didn't go to see him in front of the emperor, why did he come here?Could it be that Xuan Ning asked him to pick him up?It doesn't make sense, if you want to come, Xuanning will come by himself.

"The fourth master is waiting outside. He said that the emperor has a decree to take the girl into the palace."

"Oh! Where are father and Xuan Ning? Didn't he say where they are?"

"The servant asked, and the fourth master naturally knew about it when he was in the palace."

Daiyu was stunned, with a smile on the corner of her mouth.It seems that both father and Xuan Ning made military achievements, so the emperor was extra merciful and allowed him to enter the palace to meet his father.So she hurriedly turned around and walked out, and said anxiously: "Then let's go quickly."

"Hey—girl, look at you, don't you just go into the palace with disheveled hair?" Xueyan laughed and pulled Daiyu.It turned out that these days, Daiyu didn't think about doing anything, she didn't go out anyway, her hair was not tied up with a ribbon, and she was wearing homely unlined clothes, not even the big outer clothes.

Xueyan Chunxian and others came in hurriedly, tidied Daiyu up and down, and finally took a cloak and wrapped it in the bag, saying: "If it's cold today, let's prepare an extra dress."

Daiyu nodded, and led Xueyan Chunxian out of the room.

Yinzhen has been waiting in the yard. At this moment, he is looking at the flowers and plants in the yard, thinking of Xuanning talking and laughing when he was there, and his heart feels sour.The words that had been brewing for several days were still unable to be uttered when they saw Daiyu.He just watched in a daze that the flower-like girl happily came out of the room, walked up to him, and greeted him softly, "Daiyu greets fourth master."

My heart feels like a knife is twisted, the pain is unspeakable.

Yinzhen gritted his teeth secretly, looked up at the eaves above him, and said for a moment, "Let's go."

Daiyu gave Yinzhen a puzzled look, she really didn't understand why the emperor returned to court after a complete victory and why this Sibeile was so cold, as if he had lost the battle.But Fourth Master always had a cold face, so she didn't want to ask too many questions, so she nodded, followed Yinzhen out and got into the carriage, bumping all the way to the direction of the Forbidden City.

Suddenly the wind picked up, and there was a bit of desolation in the air.

This year in the Prince's Mansion, autumn seems to have come earlier.

Prince Yinreng sat blankly in the lake pavilion in the back garden, looked at the sad-faced Suo'etu opposite, and asked in a deep voice, "Did you find anything?"

"No. Lin Ruhai, Xuan Ning, and that assassin all disappeared without a trace."

"Could it be that Huang Ama's people rescued him first?" Yinfeng looked at Suo'etu closely, and the faint fear in his heart made him almost uncontrollable to rush forward and beat this old thing up.

"No, our people are in the dark, one step ahead of the emperor's people to the bottom of the cliff. They really disappeared. Don't worry, the prince, the emperor must not have found the three of them. If he did, the emperor would not be sad Absolutely." Suo'etu said firmly.

"I hope so! Let him dodge it 11 years ago, I don't want it to happen this time!"

"However, the emperor is already suspicious about the dispensing of medicines in the imperial hospital, delaying the military plane, and the charges of conspiracy are almost settled. If we go deeper, I am afraid there are other things. The old slave knows it well even if he doesn't say anything. I don't know that Mingzhu's old thing is in the emperor. What I said before, the emperor has ordered the imperial doctor Wang from the imperial hospital to enter the palace. For the sake of safety, if the emperor asks the prince about this matter, the prince must refuse to know. Everything will be pushed to the old minister. As long as the prince is fine, I am proud There is hope for the Sheli family!" Suo'etu said, stood up and knelt down at the prince's feet.

Yinfeng's heart ached, he bent down and pulled up Suo'etu: "Grandpa, what are you doing? We discuss everything. This time things have come to this point, I absolutely can't get rid of myself. push on you."

"Prince! Don't you understand the painstaking efforts of this old slave?!" Suo'etu had tears in his eyes, and explained the reason to Prince Yinrong.Naturally, there is a detailed debate on the interests here. The prince is the key to the honor and disgrace of the Suo family. Even if Suo Etu risked his own life, he also wanted to keep the prince's title and give his family a chance to turn around.

Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

This place is still an idle courtyard, which houses some books and other sundries that the emperor usually uses.There are people cleaning and guarding it every day, so although it is uninhabited, it is clean and tidy.

Sitting in the side hall of the main hall, Kangxi looked at the girl kneeling in front of her with tears all over her face, sighed deeply, and persuaded in a hoarse voice: "Good boy, you can't afford to kneel here, and your father can't survive .Listen to me, go back first."

"Your majesty, Daiyu doesn't believe that both father and Mr. Ning are dead. Please send someone to look for them. They must still be alive." Daiyu knelt on the ground straight, motionless.

"I know you are very sad, but this is the truth. All the soldiers of the three armies saw it. They were injured again on such a high cliff, and there was no possibility of surviving after falling. Even if there is no body, there is no way to return. You are gone. Father, I have also lost a very important person. I also know how you feel. It is I who am sorry for you—fourth, let Miss Lin live in your house. Wait until tomorrow morning to discuss the affairs behind Lin Ruhai. .”

"Your Majesty..." Daiyu finally cried out, knelt forward two steps and lay on the ground, weeping uncontrollably.

"Good boy, your Lin family is full of loyalty. Your father is even better than your grandfather and great-grandfather. I will protect you completely and never let you be wronged. You go back with the fourth child, and everything will be discussed tomorrow when there is a result." Okay?" Kangxi leaned tiredly on the chair, and at this moment he really wanted to get up and pull the little girl up from the ground, but for some reason, he didn't have any strength in his body, and he stretched out his hand, but he was still powerless.

Yinzhen went forward and stretched out his hand to pull Daiyu up, but Daiyu cried and lay motionless on the ground, so Yinzhen had to half-kneel on the ground and stretched out his arms to hug her, she just cried and said a word Can't tell either.Yinzhen hugged her helplessly and said to Kangxi: "Huang Ama, Miss Lin is heartbroken and weak, look at this..."

"Take her back and let your Fujin take good care of her. You have to take care of Lin Ruhai's funeral. I have already made up my mind on the way here. I will make Lin Ruhai the first-class Duke of Jingxi, and the funeral will be handled according to the usual practice. In addition, 6000 taels of silver will be rewarded to build a tomb for him. Lin Ruhai's daughter, Daiyu, is Princess Gulun. Bar."

"Huang Ama..." Yinzhen looked at the dizzy Daiyu in his arms, his heart ached.If Xuan Ning is alive, Lin Ruhai's husband must be him, but he is gone, who else can be the child's husband?

"You go. My heart is sore and sore, I don't want to say any more."

"Huang Ama take care of the dragon's body. My son must take care of this matter and take good care of Miss Lin." Yinzhen hugged Daiyu and kowtowed to Kangxi again, then turned and left slowly.

Four Baylor Mansion, No Fragrance House.

The autumn wind is bleak, and most of the orchids in the yard have withered. Only a few pots of precious varieties have been moved into the house by the maids to take good care of them. There are still a few delicate flowers blooming, swaying gently under the light, and the breeze blows through them. Blowing in through the window screen, the candlelight trembled and almost never went out.The girl hurriedly turned around to close the window.

Sitting in front of Daiyu's bed was Nalashi Jinyu, and beside Jinyu sat Yinzhen.The two looked at the curtains hanging on the bed with sad faces. In the purple floral curtains, Daiyu's red and swollen eyes were slightly closed, as if she had just fallen asleep.

"Master, it's the third watch. Go back to your room and sleep first. There is business tomorrow." Jinyu looked at Yinzhen who was sitting upright like a statue beside her, and persuaded softly.

"Go to sleep now. Honghui is still young, so he wakes up in the middle of the night and cries when he doesn't see you. I can't sleep, so I'm sitting for a while."

Jinyu was taken aback, looked at Yinzhen's expressionless face, and sighed helplessly, "She's a girl's family, so what's the matter with my master staying here all night?"

"If Xuan Ning is here, I will definitely not leave when I see her like this. Tonight, I will take my brother's place." When Yinzhen said this, his face was still expressionless, but his eyes were looking at the curtain with a bit of grief. .At this moment, all he thinks about is Xuan Ning, as if only when he looks at Daiyu, can he feel that Xuan Ning has really come back.

Jinyu felt sore, remembering the firm look in Yinzhen's eyes when Xuan Ning said that she had accidentally eaten musk that day and said that acupuncture must be given.Thinking now that Xuanning has gone and Daiyu has nowhere to go all her life, if Yinzhen really likes her, it would be good if she can stay in the mansion as a companion.It's just that the position of the side Fujin has wronged her. If she wants to, it doesn't matter if she gives up the position of this Fujin, as long as they all live well by her side, and everyone can have a meal together and talk about homely things, that's fine. .

"Master, take care of yourself too. My sister has no Xuan Ning, so she can rely on us in the future. I can't do anything as a woman. If the master's body collapses again, who can we sisters rely on?"

Yinzhen was heartbroken, and Jinyu didn't think much about what he said, but just nodded numbly.No one can understand his mood at this moment.Lost and regained, gained and lost again, this kind of intertwined pain tormented him, piercing his heart.

Jinyu got up to leave, and she didn't forget to look back when she went out.