Indulgence in the Red Chamber

There are a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, soft, like the cotton candy I liked to eat when I was a child.

Among the blue sky and white clouds, there is a colorful butterfly flying lightly, facing the wind, flying farther and farther.

And the thread holding the butterfly is sometimes loose and sometimes tight, and is being held by Daiyu in the garden, smiling and stepping back step by step.

"Yu'er, slow down. Be careful that there are stones behind you." Xuan Ning held her shoulders, held the string of the kite with her in one hand, and reminded her as she walked.

"I know, you let go, I'll do it myself." Daiyu said with a smile, "You go and get that centipede, it would be nice to put it together. Why do you have to fight with me for this one?"

"The two of us made the kite together, so naturally we flew it together." Xuan Ning boasted brazenly. In fact, he just played with the kite he made together, handing Daiyu a pair of scissors and the like.He didn't even do things like wipe the paste well, and now he actually said that the kite was made by two people.

"Some people are really thick-skinned." Daiyu smiled, looking up at the kite in the sky.

"Who is it?" Xuan Ning asked intentionally, raising his eyebrows.

Daiyu suddenly turned her head and looked at Xuanning with a smile.

"Look at what?"

"No wonder you don't have a beard. I have never understood why, and I finally understand today." Daiyu smiled, put the bobbin in Xuanning's arms, walked to the side and sat on the rock, holding The handkerchief gently wiped the sweat.

"You understand what you understand? At best, you are dissatisfied. Where did you get the beard?"

"Maybe you won't have a beard when you're eighty."

"why?"

"You are too thick-skinned, you can't grow a beard at all." Daiyu smiled triumphantly.

"Yu'er—" Xuan Ningyang threw the spool aside, rushed over and scratched Daiyu's ribs, threatening with a smile: "See how I will deal with you!"

Daiyu was so frightened that she ran over quickly, and Xuanning chased after her.The two were chasing and laughing on the grass, Daiyu couldn't run faster than Xuanning, she was caught up by him within a few steps and pulled into his arms.Daiyu struggled while laughing, and the two rolled onto the grass.

"Little girl, where do I see you running?" Xuan Ning pushed Daiyu down on the grass with his strength, and inserted his fingers into her armpits.

Daiyu laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe, and repeatedly begged for mercy: "I don't dare to say it anymore, please forgive me..."

"Who are you talking to, and you don't call anyone?"

"Master, Mr. Ning... please forgive me."

"No! Since I'm called the son, then I have to do business..." Xuan Ning scratched again, Daiyu folded her arms and hid aside, panting and laughing: "Okay, it's not the son, it's Diao Nu , Diao Nu... all right?"

"What?!" Xuan Ning stared, "You actually called me a slave? It doesn't seem itchy, continue..."

"Haha..." Daiyu is naturally ticklish, and the mountain flower that had been laughing at this moment trembled wildly, waving her hands and patting Xuanning, "If you scratch again, I will be annoyed! I will ignore you again."

"Really? Then try ignoring me."

"I hate it! Let it go..." Daiyu pinched Xuan Ning's cheeks and said harshly, "Are you going to let it go?"

"Call me brother, call me brother and I'll let you go." Xuan Ning smirked, Daiyu's strength was nothing to him.

"Okay, brother, good brother, let go..." Daiyu begged for mercy without thinking.

"Well, it's more or less the same." Xuan Ning stopped, "Come here, give brother a kiss..."

"Go! You're talking nonsense." Daiyu turned around and lay on the grass, not daring to look at him.

"Yu'er..." Xuan Ning lay down from behind her, raised her arms and hugged her, lowered her head and kissed her neck gently.

The numb itching forced Daiyu to twist her body in an attempt to get rid of the instigator behind her.However, Xuan Ning's arm clasped her waist, she couldn't break away from his embrace no matter how she moved, so she had no choice but to turn around and raised her hand to cover his mouth.He gasped and said, "Stop making trouble—oh, where's the kite?"

"Fly." Xuan Ning chuckled lightly, did he think of the kite now?I'm afraid it's long gone.

Daiyu looked up at the blue sky, frowned and said, "Hey, it took me a long time to finish it, and then it disappeared after I put it away. It's all your fault, why didn't you hold it properly? No, you have to pay me for it." better one."

"Okay." Xuan Ning didn't even want to open his mouth to agree.

"I mean what I say? I don't want to sell goods." Daiyu pouted and looked at him.

"Well, it's not a market." Xuan Ning nodded, while secretly thinking where to get her a kite to make up the number.

"Hmph. Looking at you like this, what the hell are you planning?" Daiyu patted his face and said disdainfully.

"How do you know I'm playing tricks? I'm thinking about what kind of kite I'll make for you later." Xuan Ning raised his eyebrows and said proudly, as if he was a kite expert.

"Cheek-skinned!" Daiyu rolled his eyes at him, turned around and lay down.

The weather in April is sunny and sunny, with a breeze and the fragrance of flowers is pleasant.

Xueyan searched all the way, looked left and right, but couldn't see Daiyu's shadow, so she had to let go of her voice and shout: "Master—Princess—"

Xuan Ning touched Daiyu who was about to fall asleep next to him, and whispered, "The snow geese are looking for you."

"Huh?" Daiyu opened her eyes and listened carefully, and she heard the snow geese calling, so she sat up and said nervously, "Hurry up and hide. If she sees it, she will say hell again."

"I've been hiding for so long, and I don't want to hide anymore. Besides, Xueyan is the person next to you. I can't be with you for a long time if I hide from her. Even if I don't let outsiders know, I can let her see me. ?” Xuan Ning smiled.Now the arm injury has healed, and after playing with Daiyu for the past two months, some things can no longer be delayed.

"Ah?" Daiyu didn't understand what he was thinking, and looked at his cynical face and evil smile suspiciously.

"It's time for some people to learn a lesson. Tell us what's going on here so we can go back."

"Go back?" Daiyu was taken aback, and after a while she understood Xuanning's meaning, "You want to take me away? To see my father?"

"Well. Would you like to?"

"That's great!" She jumped up and put her arms around his neck happily, and smiled happily. After laughing a few times, she sighed helplessly, "But, if I leave with you, there will be more flowers on my mother's grave." There are no more people from the soil. She died with injustice, and I haven’t figured out what happened so far. We have to figure out her injustice and take revenge before leaving, shall we?”

"Okay, everything is up to you." Xuan Ning patted her on the back and said softly.She had been away for more than six years, and she came here alone, and she didn't know how many grievances she suffered and how many tears she shed.So from now on, he will never let her suffer any grievances, nor let her have any regrets.

"Master—" Xueyan's voice was getting closer and closer, and she was right in front of her.

Xuan Ning pulled Dai Yu up from the grass, and the two of them held hands and walked towards the direction Xue Yan had come from.

"Master... ah!" Xueyan turned around suddenly, saw Daiyu holding hands with a man standing behind her, she was so frightened that she couldn't speak.

"Xueyan, what do you want me for?" Daiyu chuckled.

"Master...this...he...?"

"Don't you know him?" Daiyu asked with a smile, then looked back at Xuanning, "Isn't this Mr. Ning? You've forgotten what he looks like in just a few years?"

"No, I don't dare to forget, but... this..." Xue Yan's heart was trembling. These days, Daiyu is very different from before. She knows that since she came back from going out with the emperor, she likes one for everything. People, even the servants are driven out to eat, not even themselves.Everyone secretly guessed, Xue Yan was also wondering if the master was getting bigger and bigger, and he had something on his mind and didn't like being seen by others?Or what happened to the prince made her feel terrified and worried about everyone?Or maybe the prince kept saying that he saw Xuanning's ghost, so she was sad...

Xueyan guessed many reasons, but she didn't guess that Xuanning would really appear beside Daiyu—and the appearance was still the same!

"Snow Goose." Xuan Ning smiled slightly, "You didn't see a ghost. I didn't die."

"My lord?!" Xue Yan immediately recovered from the shock when she heard Xuan Ning's words, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "My lord, Wanfu...you are finally back!" Red, Daiyu's hardships and sorrows in the past few years are unknown to others, Xueyan has witnessed it with her own eyes, and spent every moment with her.

"Yeah, I'm back. Thanks to you for taking care of Yu'er all these years. You have worked hard!" Xuan Ning smiled, bent down to help Xueyan up, "I know how well you treat your master."

"Ah... why are you saying these words, sir. It is our duty as slaves to be loyal to the master." Xueyan rubbed her eyes embarrassedly, then looked at Daiyu and said: "The man from Sibeile Mansion, It is said that Empress Defei is at Sibeile's residence, she wants to pick up the master and talk to her..."

"Oh." Daiyu turned to look at Xuanning, "What about you?"

"You go first and let Xueyan accompany you. I just want to go out to meet Lao Ling and the others."

"Be careful, their people will be indispensable around this garden." Daiyu said worriedly.

"Based on their ability, they can't do anything to me." Xuan Ning smiled, and said to Xueyan: "My affairs will be kept secret for the time being. The less people know, the better. I won't hide it from you, it's because you are right For the sake of your master's loyalty."

"Your servant understands." Xueyan smiled, Fushen agreed.

"Come back early in the evening." Daiyu told Xuanning again.

"Okay. Got it." Xuan Ning touched Daiyu's face with a smile, "You should also be careful when you go to the palace, and avoid people you don't like as soon as possible, and don't talk nonsense to them."

"I know. You don't need to tell me these things." Daiyu nodded, and took Xueyan to take a step ahead.

Xuan Ning saw the figures of their master and servant hidden among the flowers, and then returned to a small boat in the pool.

The boat is not too small, it is a building boat used by southerners to swim on the lake.Therefore, the lotus in the pool did not bloom at that time, so the boat has been idle.Xuan Ning chose to live on this ship in order to hide. When Daiyu was not in the garden, he was recuperating on the ship alone.There are Daiyu Kankan prepared for him a change of clothes, snacks, tea and other utensils inside.

These days Xuanning learned about the situation outside through Daiyu, the first thing he wanted to do was to go through all the business matters.Now that I'm back, I can't let Daiyu take care of these messy things.So he decided to go out quietly first, meet the Ling family, and then start his own actions.

Daiyu took Xueyan and two little girls out with the nanny sent by Jinyu. It turned out that today is Yinzhen's birthday, and the emperor was unhappy about the prince, so Yinzhen and Jinyu discussed it quietly and let it go Everyone knows that there is no need to put on wine and treat guests.Helplessly, Yinxiang and the others are used to celebrating his birthday, so they will definitely come to the house to have a drink and listen to a play on this day.Concubine De, however, was lonely and had nothing to do, so she also said that she came here to listen to operas to relieve her boredom.In this way, Jinyu and others had no choice but to make a fuss.

Concubine De thought of Daiyu after listening to the two plays, so she asked Jinyu why Princess Gulun didn't see Daiyu.Jinyu hurriedly replied: "I have been ill since I came back from Dezhou, and I have never been out of the garden. My daughter-in-law went to see her a few days ago. Although her complexion is fine, she is lazy."

"Even so, it's time to go out for a stroll. The house is busy today, so why don't you take her over? I haven't seen this child for two or three months, and I miss her very much."

Jinyu had no choice but to order someone to pick her up.

Daiyu had ordered someone to prepare a birthday present, and it was delivered early in the morning, but now she couldn't come again empty-handed, so she asked Xueyan to pack a box of Sophora japonica cakes that she had steamed with Sophora japonica dew for the past few days , as well as a few homemade Huaiyang-flavored side dishes.

Today is Yinzhen's birthday, so all the princes and elder brothers must come to celebrate.Yin Si also came to join in the fun with a birthday gift, firstly to connect with the brothers' feelings, and secondly, naturally, he must know himself and the enemy before he can win every battle.

Yinzhen felt a little depressed today, but he couldn't tell why.It just so happened that the brothers were all there, and each of them persuaded him to drink, so he drank a few more glasses by taking advantage of everyone's energy.Feeling a little dizzy, he said to Yinzhi who was beside him: "Third brother, help me block it for a while, I will come after I go out and wash my face."

"Well, I'm a little anxious to drink. Look at your face is a little red. It's good to wash it." Yinzhi smiled and nodded. He is already the king of the county at this time, he is older, and his title is higher than that of the other Baylors. Gao, everyone has to obey his words even if they deal with them face-to-face.

Yinzhen came out from the banquet, met Xueyan head-on, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Xueyan hurriedly paid her respects, and replied: "If you go back to Fourth Master, the maidservant came with the princess."

One sentence made Yinzhen sober up a little bit, and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't you say that you are not well, but come here?"

"It's the Concubine De who said she misses the princess, so she sent someone to the garden to pick her up and talk about it." Xueyan faced the master's indifferent face, not daring to lie.

"Well, you go." Yinzhen waved his hand to let Xueyan go down, but he stood there motionless.Daiyu's beautiful and beautiful face appeared in front of my eyes, and I felt soft in my heart, as if white clouds gathered together one after another, and then a gust of breeze made my heart moist.

Naturally, Xuan Ning would not contact the shopkeepers in the shop. He went directly to Ling's other courtyard in the capital when he left the Old Summer Palace.Because Daiyu told him that Mr. Ling has been in the capital since the Spring Festival, he is getting old and not in good health.The imperial physicians in the capital are always better than the private doctors, and the medicinal materials in the capital are also complete.So the descendants of the Ling family don't want the old man to go back to his hometown to recuperate.

The door of the Ling family has always been closed.Old man Ling's outlook on life may be different from other businessmen.Others can't wait to make friends with dignitaries and nobles, Prince Baylor, but he seems to have avoided it in the past two years.However, he tied his family and Princess Gu Lun together secretly, so he didn't need to deal with too many people anymore. Too many deals would cause troubles, so it's not as good as this.Besides, this courtyard was not known to more people, and no business people came here.

Xuan Ning walked to the gate, looked at the closed black lacquered gate, smiled slightly, shook his head, and knocked on the door.

When the old family saw Xuan Ning, their old eyes blinked a few times, Xuan Ning smiled and didn't care: "Is Mr. Ling at home?"

"Uh...at home, at home..." The old family opened the door to let Xuan Ning in, then closed the door carefully, hurriedly followed Xuan Ning's footsteps, and asked in a low voice: "Master, son, wait..."

"What are you waiting for? Why don't you go in and inform your master?"

"Yes, yes, sir, please have tea in the front hall." The old family hurriedly walked to the inner courtyard. The girl serving in the front hall didn't know who Xuan Ning was, but she didn't dare to neglect the old family's attitude.After all, there are not many visitors here, and those who come are not ordinary people.

After being amazed, Mr. Ling finally accepted the fact that Xuan Ning had come back. His life was saved by Xuan Ning, and the rise of his business was also helped by Xuan Ning.Now that he is dying of illness, Xuan Ning appears again, which is simply a lucky star for him.

After pulse diagnosis and acupuncture, old man Ling's spirit improved a lot.He tremblingly climbed down from the bed and kowtowed to Xuan Ning, and asked with a smile: "Master, how many years can you live with this old bone of mine?"

"Well, don't worry, it's fine to live another ten or eight years." Xuan Ning washed his hands, took the handkerchief handed over by the little girl and wiped it carefully.

"Yo! Thank you, Young Master, for your auspicious words."

"Thank you for what? I treated you for myself. There is nothing to thank." Xuan Ning smiled, threw the handkerchief in his hand into the tray held by the girl, took tea and drank slowly.

"Ling Luolan respectfully listens to the young master's orders." Hearing what Xuan Ning said, old man Ling hurriedly leaned over to hit Qian'er.

"Come on. You know I'm the most annoyed by these red tapes. It disgusts me again. I said, old man, can you do something for me?" Xuan Ning smiled and leaned half on the grand teacher's chair, looking down at the eyes This eighty old man.

"The young master ordered."

"Bad - all the business under the name of Suo'etu, or in the dark. Try to eat it, eat as much as you can. How much money you need, you count with me." Xuanning's mouth still has a slight smile Smiling, but there was a gloomy and cold look in his eyes. Before old man Ling agreed, he continued, "Of course, Prince Yinreng's property outside should also be investigated. The two of them are grasshoppers on a vine." , have always been tightly tied together."

"My lord!" Ling Yulan fell to her knees with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Suo'etu has lost his holy favor, so there is nothing to say. But the crown prince will not fall for a day, he is a relative of the emperor, and he is the most expensive pepper house. How can we Why do you secretly check on him?"

"You're right. The prince will not be defeated for the past two years. But his life will not be easy. As for Suo'etu, you can rest assured. If the emperor can let him survive next year, I will be your slave instead. "Xuan Ning said, with a strong hand, a blue and white porcelain teacup shattered.The broken magnetism fell to the ground, on the thick blanket, without a sound.

"Yes, the old slave takes orders." Ling Yulan knelt on the ground and did not dare to look up.

Although Ba Age and others are not close to Yinzhen, in fact, the party has gradually formed at this time.The courtiers in the court all liked Yinsi's gentleness and elegance, and the old nine and ten were inseparable. The family power behind the two naturally followed behind Yinsi.And Nalan Mingzhu also got close to Yinsi because Yinsi was raised under the name of Concubine Hui since he was a child.

These people may not have thought of making Yinsi the crown prince, but it is a fact that the crown prince Yinfeng has fallen out of favor.

A look in the eyes of the superiors will become a weathervane for those below, not to mention such a major event as the prince falling out of favor and being punished behind closed doors.

Various forces in the capital were undercurrents, and factional disputes were more intense than before, but many things were still going on in private. With Kangxi on board, they didn't dare to be too blatant.

Prince's Mansion, pavilion in the back garden.

All around are guarded by Suo'etu's confidantes.

In the pavilion, Al Jishan, the second son of Suo'etu, stood in front of the prince, and replied humbly: "Prince, the servant has sent people to secretly inspect the Sibeile Mansion, the Thirteenth Beile Mansion, and the Old Summer Palace these days, but they have not found anything. There are traces of the person I mentioned. Are you delusional?"

"Fart! He beat me like that that day, how could I be blinded? Don't tell me that the person who punched me is a ghost! Otherwise, I will chop you up now!" Yin Reng's injuries are almost healed It was a painful experience, the more he thought about what happened that day, the more strange it became, and he suspected that someone was pretending to be Xuan Ning to secretly revenge himself, and he was determined to find out that person.

"But—my lord, I really didn't find the person who beat him, not even a ghost."

"Hmph! That's why you are useless." Yinfeng snorted coldly, thinking that he suddenly appeared from behind that day, and even the guards around him didn't find his whereabouts, and then Lao Ba and the others led people to search the entire state government office. There was no trace of him.This man is really elusive!

"Prince, according to my slave's short-sightedness, we have to focus on the master who lives in the Old Summer Palace." Al Jishan whispered.

"Lin Daiyu?" Yinreng looked up at Al Jishan, and asked for a while, "What's your idea?"

"Let's keep an eye on her, and we will be able to find out about this matter."

"That's right! That person came for her that day. He hurt me to save her! And I vaguely heard him pulling that girl aside to talk about the old days..." The prince gritted his teeth and recalled the situation that day.Although he was terrified at the time and his memory was somewhat blurred, he still remembered the scene when Xuan Ning appeared.He first threw himself in front of Daiyu and knocked off the hairpin in her hand... That's right!There is absolutely no wrong way to start with this girl!Yinreng's fists hung heavily on the stone table, and he waved to Al Jishan.Aljishan immediately leaned forward and listened attentively.

After Yinfeng gave some instructions, Al Jishan nodded and left.He quietly went out from the west corner gate of the Prince's Mansion, and got into a carriage after seeing no one left or right.