The Love of the Red Chamber

Fujin in Sibeile Mansion looked at the post in his hand and frowned displeasedly, and handed the post to Yinzhen who was sitting on the side and rarely had time to spare.Yinzhen looked casually, "People from the Jia family came to see Dai'er? Apologize for what happened yesterday?" Fujin nodded and said, "That's what you said, I don't know what these people are thinking." Yinzhen Zhen raised his eyebrows and sneered, and said lightly: "Just leave it to Dai'er." Turning around, he handed the post to the housekeeper beside him and said, "Send it to Yugege." The housekeeper responded, and Fujin raised his eyebrows curiously. "Grandpa, what are you?" Isn't his Lord Baylor eager to protect Yu'er from the wind and rain?Why do you feel relieved to let her go to see those ghosts and monsters?Yinzhen said indifferently: "Dai'er has grown up too, it's better to learn more about what should be learned. These people... just treat her as a practice." So that's the case, Fujin nodded reassuringly, No more words.

Sanchun and his party got off the sedan chair at the side door of Sibeile Mansion, and the two nuns led them to Xiyuan where Daiyu lived.Baochai looked quietly at the elegant and unique layout of Xiyuan, every place was carefully carved with the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River.He couldn't help feeling a little jealous towards this Heshuo Gege who hadn't met yet.Mammy led everyone to sit down in the side hall of Xiyuan, and then left.After a while, a few maids in flag costumes came over to serve tea, but they also quietly withdrew.

Sister Feng said with a smile: "This elder brother's mansion is different from ours. It's so angry." The grandma who has been a housekeeper for many years, her knowledge is not bad, and she can tell at a glance that although the side hall looks simple and elegant, but the thing that is placed casually is also a priceless treasure, and I can't help but feel dumbfounded. of wealth.Daiyu is just living in such luxury as a guest, she doesn't know how rich other places are.

Yingchun and Xichun didn't want to come.Yingchun is because she is born a little wooden, and she always feels that it is a bit unruly for a girl to come out and walk around like this, not to mention that she doesn't want to have too much contact with outsiders.It's a pity, but we shouldn't disobey Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's words.Although Xichun is young, she is the one who sees it the most clearly among the three spring sisters.The Jia family's calculations, the disrespect towards Heshuo Gege, and how the Jia family treated Aunt Min vaguely learned from the servants, one by one, how could they think that giving a few gifts would make others love them, I don't know if this idea is arrogant or naive.As a daughter of the family, she can do nothing but watch the future fate of the Jia family and her own destiny which is also beyond her control.

A group of five people were sitting in the side hall, a cup of tea was getting cold, but no Daiyu came, but a little girl came over to change the tea.Baochai looked at the girl who was pouring tea beside her and said with a smile: "Is Sister Lin very busy?" The little girl glanced at her, but didn't speak, turned around and put the last cup of tea in front of Xichun, and then retreated out.Baochai was so closed, her face was a little ugly, she looked at the other four and smiled and said: "The girls in Sibeile Mansion are really interesting."

The others didn't find it interesting, Sister Feng was a little anxious, if she couldn't see Yugege, she might not be able to explain it to the old lady.But if Yugege refused to see them, how could he let them in?Xichun was young and short, just saw a trace of contempt in the little girl's eyes, understood it in her heart, and said to Baochai with a half-smile: "Sister Bao, you and Heshuo Gege can call you even if you haven't even met. Sister Lin, that little girl doesn't know who Sister Bao is talking about." Baochai's face flushed, and she was a little annoyed at Xichun's ridicule of her being close to Daiyu, but she didn't show it at all, she just smiled dignifiedly laugh.

"Yugege is here." Someone outside the door whispered.Sure enough, after a while, Daiyu came in wearing a big cloak surrounded by several maids.One of them was Ziluo, whom Baochai had also seen.Zi Luo pursed her lips and smiled at the few present.Seeing Shu Yue and the others waiting for Daiyu to remove the cloak from her body, she went forward and put a soft cushion on the main seat, and carefully brushed away the dust that did not exist.Daiyu took off her cloak, revealing her lavender jacket trimmed with white fox fur. Her delicate face appeared crystal clear on the white down.

"Greetings to Heshuo Gege."

Sister Feng invited Ann with her sisters in a polite manner.In this Baylor Mansion, you can't be as casual as in Jia's Mansion.Daiyu smiled shallowly, pulled Xichun up with her hand and said with a smile, "Get up, it's freezing cold on the ground." Then everyone got up, and Baochai had long wanted to see this lucky and enviable Heshuo What did Gege look like? She got up and looked up at Daiyu, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Ah? It's you!" I have to say that women's memories are sometimes very stubborn. If Daiyu and Bao Chai had met on another occasion, so Baochai might not remember her after all these years.But that fight back then was Baochai's first humiliation in her life, and I'm afraid she might not forget Daiyu's appearance in another ten years.

Compared with Daiyu, Baochai's appearance has changed more.But soon Daiyu still dug out from the depths of her memory the original memory about orchids and the delicate young lady in her memory, and after a closer look, there was indeed a bit of Xue Baochai's shadow.But Daiyu didn't answer her words, just glanced lightly, turned to look at Sister Feng and said, "Second sister-in-law Lian, who is this?" The daughter of the imperial merchant, Baochai, is a girl from Xue’s family. She and I are also cousins.” Ziyin helped Daiyu to sit down, and Shuyue on the other side had already served hot tea. Daiyu smiled and said, “So it’s Miss Xue. Everyone sit down. I was learning the piano just now, but I kept everyone waiting." Sister Feng laughed quickly and said, "How can it be, it is our honor to be able to wait for Gege."

Daiyu burst out laughing, looked at Sister Feng and shook her head and said, "You can talk. The second sister-in-law of Lian brought her sisters and... Miss Xue is here, but what's the matter?" Sister Feng hesitated. I couldn't figure out what Daiyu was thinking for a while, so I had to say: "My son Baoyu bumped into Gege on the street before, and the master has already punished him heavily. The old lady was afraid that the girl would be frightened and felt uncomfortable, so she ordered us to come Look at Gege, and by the way, let the sisters accompany Gege to relieve boredom." Daiyu rested her chin with both hands, looked very cute and innocent, shook her head and smiled: "Where? Listen to Ziluo girl The fourth elder brother of the former son ordered someone to beat Baoyu. It’s fine if the old lady is not angry with me.”

Seeing that she was not angry, Sister Feng was overjoyed and said with a smile: "It's too late for the old lady to hurt Gege, so how can she be angry. No, she personally arranged a lot of things for me to give to Gege early in the morning." Called the girl who came outside to deliver the gift she brought.Daiyu looked at them casually, and found that they were all good things, but she couldn't see them, so she nodded and ordered them to leave.Baochai saw that Daiyu didn't even take a second look at the things she brought. She hated inwardly, and said with a smile on her face, "Ge Ge doesn't like these things? We still have some good ones at home. If Ge Ge likes them later, we can buy them." Tell someone to send some to Gege."

When Daiyu heard this, she naturally knew that these things belonged to the Xue family.She frowned slightly. After hearing about the grievances between Jiang Yuhan's family and the Xue family's Jia family a few days ago, she didn't want to see the Jia family very much. Now she saw that the girl from the Xue family was also restless in front of her. Naturally, she would not give her a good face if she was unhappy in her heart, and said lightly: "That's not necessary, although the Sibeile Mansion is small, it can't afford even this little thing." Baochai laughed: "That's not what you said Although Sibeile is a prince, he and Gege are not from the same family.

If something is short, it is better to make it at home.Grid won't be wronged, will he? "

"Presumptuous!" Beside Daiyu, Shu Yue raised her brows, revealing her demeanor as the emperor's personal maid.That is definitely more outstanding than these so-called daughters of famous families.Shu Yue looked at Baochai with a cold face and said: "Master is Heshuo Gege who was appointed by the emperor himself, who dares to wrong her? Are you saying that after the royal family treated the hero badly, you still want to say that Sibeile disrespects the holy will?" Seeing that she was scolded by a girl, Baochai felt annoyed in her heart, and said embarrassingly, "I just reminded Sister Lin kindly. The master didn't say anything, so why are you a girl getting in the way?"

As soon as these words came out, Sister Feng and Sanchun changed color a little.Baochai didn't know who Shuyue was, but they did.Sure enough, Shu Yue sneered and said: "Ge Ge is too lazy to be as knowledgeable as a businessman's daughter like you. Do you think others are flattering you? Why are you screaming about sisters and sisters? It's just tearing you up." If you think about it, Gege and Lord Belle won’t blame him.” I’m afraid that Lord Belle will reward him instead of blame.

Baochai turned her head to look at Daiyu, only to see that she was drinking tea with her head bowed, with a faint smile on her lips.Sure enough, she looked aloof and didn't take her seriously.Sensing that Baochai was looking at her, Daiyu put down her teacup, looked at her and said in a low voice, "Miss Xue, Baylor House has many rules, and the most taboo thing is talking. If you don't know what to say, don't blame me. Take care of your mouth." After finishing speaking, he ignored him and turned to other people: "I should have left a few sisters to play for two days, but I should go to the palace tomorrow when I come here. Second, Miss Xue wants to come here. It's inconvenient. Sisters, go back after lunch."

The others whispered yes.Tanchun, who was sitting next to Baochai, hesitated for a moment and said, "Yugege, we want to meet the eldest sister, but I wonder if it's okay?" Daiyu glanced at Ziyin and said, "Go and ask the fourth sister-in-law."

Zi Yin nodded and went out, and came back after a while and said: "Fu Jin said, since she is Yuan Gege's sister, she should go to see her. Fourth Master asked Gege to go to the study, saying that he wanted to see Gege's homework. Hearing this, Daiyu frowned in frustration, "Fourth Brother wants to read homework again?" Zi Luo covered her lips and snickered, "Fourth Master is notoriously strict. I heard that Thirteenth Master was punished by Fourth Master When Master was staring at his homework, he was so frightened that he wanted to run away when he saw Fourth Master." Daiyu hummed and said in unison: "I won't be as worthless as Brother Thirteen, go to the study! Ask Xiaocui and the others to lead the class." Sisters, let's go and see Yuangege."

In the study, Daiyu was listlessly lying on the table, playing with the Langhao brush in her hand, while looking at Yinzhen who was sitting on the other side reading a book.Without raising his head, Yinzhen turned over a page of the book and said calmly: "Write well, what are you thinking listlessly?" Daiyu put down the pen, lay down on the seat, looked at Yinzhen with blinking eyes and said: "Fourth brother, What do you think grandma asked them to come here?" Yinzhen raised his eyes and glanced at him and said, "It's nothing. It's just to win you over. It would be better if you can get involved in the Sibeile Mansion. You are annoying What are they doing? Just don’t like to drive them out.”

Daiyu frowned and shook her head, "How can that be? It's very rude. Besides, they are all girls' homes. How will they behave after they are kicked out like this?" Yinzhen said a little displeased: "You will do it for They think about it. Unimportant people, why are they so kind to them?" Daiyu smiled sweetly, "I didn't treat them well. It's just that I don't hate them. Now it's not time to turn against the Jia family. Dai'er will not be kind to anyone other than her parents and fourth brother." Hearing this, Yinzhen felt a burst of joy in his heart, and looked at Daiyu with softer eyes, "Dai'er will only treat her parents and fourth brother OK?" Daiyu thought for a while, then stretched out her small hand, "There are Brother Thirteen, Uncle Huang, and Grandma of the Empress Dowager... Ke..." Before she could finish speaking, she was hugged by Yinzhen In her arms, Yinzhen whispered: "Dai'er can't be nice to so many people." Daiyu moved her body uncomfortably, thinking that the fourth brother was a little weird.Now the fourth brother doesn't seem to love her as much as three years ago.But it's true, she's grown up, it's tiring for fourth brother to hold her all the time, and she doesn't want to be hugged around like a little doll at such a big age.

"Dai'er?" Yinzhen looked at the little man in his arms, determined to get his answer.Daiyu could only nod her head, "Well, Dai'er is only good to fourth brother and parents."

Yinzhen sighed softly holding the soft person in his arms, Dai'er has grown up.In two or three years, I will be able to license someone. Thinking of this, I feel very depressed and uncomfortable.Yin Zhen shook his head to shake off the thought. (Fourth Master, you don't even want Dai'er to be nice to others, so can you still watch her get married?)

Yuanchun's residence

Naturally, the courtyard where Yuanchun lived could not be compared with that of Daiyu.Yuan Chun lives in the backyard of the palace, the corner farthest from Yinzhen's main courtyard, Fujin's Lanyuan and Daiyu's Xiyuan.Not only Yuanchun lives in this courtyard, but also Zhang Gege, Wu Gege and Song Gege.These three came earlier than Yuanchun, but they were all unfavored, and the four of them lived in peace on weekdays.The petty intrigues were also suppressed by Fujin so that nothing major could happen.

As soon as they entered the yard, Tanchun and the others frowned first, this is too different from Daiyu's Cherishing Garden, isn't it?Thinking about coming to Yuanchun, it would be difficult to live in Sibeile Mansion.Yuan Chun came out and saw the sisters were very happy, Xiaoju who led the way said: "Girls, let's talk to Yuan Gege first, and then go back to Gege's yard for dinner later." After speaking, she was about to leave.Baochai quietly stacked it over, stuffed a gold ingot with an auspicious pattern into Xiaoju's hand and said with a smile, "Please, miss." Xiaoju glanced at her, lowered her eyes and returned the thing to her hand, saying, "Thank you, miss, This servant can't bear it." After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, regardless of Baochai's expression behind her.

Yuan Chun brought his sisters closer to the room.The inside is indeed very simple, and there are not many valuable things.Even the residence of Yingchun and others in Jia's mansion is much better than this.Looking at it, Tanchun felt a little bitter in his heart, and said, "Big sister, have you suffered?" Yuan Chun shook his head, and smiled, "It's my blessing to serve Lord Belle, so where do you suffer?" Live left tears.She was a daughter of the first daughter in Jia's family, but she was a servant in Baylor's house, the hardships of which are naturally not for outsiders to understand.Baochai Lala Tanchun said: "I should be happy to see the eldest sister. Why are the third sisters crying?"

Sister Feng also said: "Exactly, sisters talk to each other well, and crying makes the elder sister sad."

Looking at Baochai's dignified and generous appearance, Yuan Chun couldn't help feeling fond of it, and said with a smile, "Is this the younger sister of Aunt Xue's family? She is very good looking. She must be a great beauty in two or three years." Baochai smiled a little shyly. : "It's not as good as what the big sister said. If you want to say that the big sister is really above all the sisters." Everyone sat down and chatted for a while, Yingchun has always been a boring gourd, Xichun is cold-tempered and not talkative, Then she took Yingchun to the outside room to rest. Sister Feng looked at Yuanchun chatting with Tanchun Baochai, and she was a little boring. Thinking that her wife had finished her explanation, she got up to find Yingchun Xichun.Only Tanchun and Baochai were left in the room, and Baochai said curiously and tentatively, "Big sister and Lin... He Shuogege are also cousins, why didn't Heshuogege mention something about big sister?"

Yuan Chun sneered when he heard the words: "He is Heshuo Gege now, but I don't know how much nobler than Ge Gege, who can't get on the table in Baylor's house. I'm afraid he will dislike us as relatives who are concubines." Baochai Sighing lightly: "This He Shuogege is too disrespectful of family ties. The eldest sister is young and beautiful, so don't be discouraged. When Sibeile knows that the eldest sister is well, are you afraid that you will not have a good life?" Saying that, Baochai He took out some banknotes and jewelry that he had brought from home and gave them to Yuan Chun, saying, "Mother asked me to bring these to my eldest sister. They were originally cousins, but it's a pity that my mother has never met my eldest sister." Yuan Chun just After receiving the bank notes brought by Sister Feng, and now seeing that Baochai's gift is not as small as my own, I like it very much in my heart, and pulling Baochai said: "My good sister, it is indeed a relative that you and your aunt remember." But in his heart, Xue family said that pearls are like earth and gold is like iron, which is indeed true.If all these wealth can be received by Jia's family, Jia's family will definitely be able to take it to a higher level. At that time, he will also have a helper behind him, and I am afraid that the fourth master will look at him differently.The fourth master did not pretend to be polite to other women, but he respected Fujin alone. Isn't it because Fujin is the daughter of Nala's family?

Seeing Yuanchun satisfied, Baochai smiled vaguely, and said, "Eldest sister, why be polite, we are all relatives of the family. In the past two years, my aunt has helped our Xue family a lot. It's a pity, If He Shuogege would help Eldest Sister to speak in front of Sibeile, then Eldest Sister would feel much better. When we came just now, we heard that Sibele would personally check Heshuoge's homework."

Speaking of Daiyu, Yuan Chun felt angry and snorted, hating Yinzhen's love for Daiyu even more.Tanchun, who was sitting on the side, looked at them quietly, opened his mouth to say something while listening to their conversation, but closed his mouth for some reason.He lowered his head and said nothing.

Yuanchun pulled Tanchun again and told her to be filial to the wife and the old lady, etc. Tanchun agreed one by one, and after a while Xiaoju from Daiyu's courtyard came to invite everyone to have dinner.Baochai looked at Yuanchun and said, "Big Sister, you can go with us." Although Yuanchun was tempted, he had spent a lot of time in Baylor Mansion, so he knew the rules.In a place like Xiangshufang Lanyuan Xiyuan, she cannot go without being summoned in her capacity.After hesitating for a while, he shook his head and said, "Sisters, go, I'll just eat in the yard."

Baochai smiled and pulled Yuan Chun and said: "Eldest sister is He Shuo Gege's cousin after all, and the elder sister of sisters who have something to do. I think Lord Sibeile won't blame me if we have a meal together." Yuan Chun was a little moved, "This... ..." Baochai said softly: "Si Bei Le and He Shuo Gege were together just now, and they might have dinner together. Don't you want to see Si Bei Le? If Sibeile is not here, Sister Lin won't say anything." Yuan Chun thought that he hadn't seen Yinzhen for nearly a month, so he didn't refuse anymore, and turned to go in to get dressed.In the room, Yingchun frowned and glanced at the others in embarrassment but didn't say anything.Xichun looked out of the window disdainfully.Sister Feng frowned and glanced at Baochai, but she didn't speak, but was silent for a while.

After a while, Yuan Chun came out and put on a light blue dress with a few red hairpins on it, and a light makeup on his face, which really looked pretty.Out of the room, I happened to meet Wu Gege who was out for a walk. This Wu Gege is also a bit tempered. Because he is not favored, he usually looks a bit bitter and mean, but he also knows how to read people's faces, and he is a Fujin who cannot be offended in the house. Naturally, Yugege wouldn't provoke her, so when she saw Yuanchun's well-dressed clothes and wanted to go out, she naturally stepped forward to say something bitter. (Fourth Master, in fact, you raised a bunch of grieving wives, right?)

"Yo, sister Yuan, where are you going?"

Yuan Chun also smiled triumphantly, "A few sisters don't understand the rules, my sister took them to Yugege's courtyard for dinner. Sister, excuse me." After speaking, he took a group of people away, leaving Wugege to grit his teeth for a long time Then he snorted, "What, you think it's great to have a cousin who is so handsome? It also depends on whether people regard you as something!"