Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

I was used to asking, and after Jia Huan answered, I didn't say any more.

At the gate of the Grand View Garden, the two parted ways and went back to their respective homes.

Jia Huan heard the garden gate creaking shut behind him, the smile on his face disappeared suddenly, his lips were tightly closed, and his eyes were dim.After Qingling urged him several times, he lifted his foot and left.

A few days later, Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Jia Lian and others returned to the mansion. Because Jia Mu saw You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, thinking of Jia Zhen's death, she couldn't help crying and hurting her body. She rested on the bed for several days before getting better. .

It was already mid-June after Jia Zhen finished her funeral. Jia Lan studied hard every day and didn't say much.

At the end of June, the case of Lu Renjia's murder gradually disappeared due to the third prince's failure to pursue him. Li Li was released from the house by General Li, Liu Xianglian left the capital without saying goodbye, and Shui Rong was dispatched to Luzhou by the emperor.

At the end of July, as the township examination was approaching, candidates from surrounding counties and cities gathered in the capital. Jia Lan would always go home by car from the Imperial College, hearing the constant sound of reading and reciting poems in roadside taverns and teahouses. homework.

At the beginning of August, the day before the exam, Liu Zihe did not start classes, and asked the students to go home to prepare for the exam.Jia Lan returned home, only to find that the mansion was in chaos.First, Li Wan was fidgeting, and turned out the test basket that Caiwen had prepared, tidying it up again and again.Later, Mrs. Wang called him into the room, saying that she wanted to worship the ancestors for protection.

In the evening, Jiamu took him to the left and instructed him to the right, and ordered Yuanyang to take several pills of good spirit medicine for him to use in the examination room.Jia Lan didn't dare to say anything else, but obediently snuggled into Jia Mu's arms and listened to her ramblings.

On the contrary, Baoyu, Xiangyun and others were impatient and funny when they heard it. They made jokes about Jia Lan, and Jia Mu couldn't stop her.

At the second watch, Jia's mother was a little ill and could not talk any more, so she told Li Wan not to wait on her anymore, and just go back with Jia Lan.The other girls and daughters-in-law also followed suit.

After entering Daoxiang Garden, Li Wan gave some more instructions, but he repeated those words over and over again, but he didn't think it was too much.Jia Lan listened quietly and well-behaved, but made Li Wan feel embarrassed. She was so happy that Suyun laughed and said that it was back to Jia Lan's time to catch Zhou.

After talking for a while, Li Wan ordered Jia Lan to go back to his room to rest, and kept emphasizing that there was no need to read any more, saying that reading it now would only mess up his thoughts.Jia Lan answered one by one, and went back to the room.

After washing, Jia Lan sent Caiwen and Tingling away, sat down at the desk, stared at the neatly packed books and brushes, was stunned for a while, got up and went into the inner room.

Jia Lan yawned lazily, took off his coat, only put on his underwear, picked up the candle on the table, and took a few steps forward to lift the veil in front of the bed.

As soon as he opened it, he was momentarily stunned by the white figure that caught his eyes.

Counting the past, Shui Rong seems to have appeared by surprise every time, the time at the Lantern Festival, the time at the tea shop, the time when hunting, the time when he suddenly appeared in the study, and this time.Looking at his deep sleep, Jia Lan sighed, and the mood that had been suppressed for several months was inexplicably relieved.

Jia Lan picked the candle wick to make the candle light dim so that the water would not be disturbed.He could see that Shui Rong should have come in a hurry, with an irresistible wind and dust aura, the tiredness in the frowns, and the fragile aura in front of him all showed this point.

Seeing that he was sleeping together, Jia Lan put the candlestick on the side table, intending to pull the quilt off and cover him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the hand touched the corner of the quilt, it was firmly held down.Jia Lan turned his head and saw Shui Rong frowning and opening his eyes.

Those eyes were facing Jia Lan, and for a moment, Jia Lan seemed to be poured by ice, unable to move.Those eyes were unprecedentedly cold and ruthless, with a strong majesty and evil spirit rushing towards his face.

But it was only for a moment, when Shui Rong saw that it was Jia Lan, he calmed down and said in a warm voice, "Are you back?"

This sentence is very similar to Li Wan's intimate tone of Jia Lan's speech after school every night. Between the hot and cold, Jia Lan can't react.He nodded blankly, "Well, I'm back."

Shui Rong sat up and said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for a few months, why are you so stupid in studying?"

Jia Lan pouted, sat next to him and said, "You're stupid, otherwise why did you come to my bed all of a sudden?"

Shui Rong said: "You have an exam tomorrow, let's come and see you." He spoke lightly, as if he completely forgot about the busy journey along the way.

Jia Lan sighed: "I wasn't nervous at first, but it made all of you a little nervous."

Shui Rong smiled and said, "It's good to be nervous, there is pressure to be motivated."

Jia Lan said: "When nervous, it is easy to make mistakes."

Shui Rong nodded and said, "It's good that you know."

Jia Lan wanted to ask him about the other garden of the Wangfu, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Shui Rong waved his hand and said, "It's too late, let's talk later, I'm really tired today."

Seeing that his face was really tired, Jia Lan said, "Why did you come in such a hurry?" She stood up to help Shui Rong untie the quilt, then leaned over and pulled out a set of quilt from the bedside table, and was about to go to the small bed next to her to sleep.

Shui Rong pulled him back, "The little bed is very squishy, ​​making people sleep uneasy. You have an exam tomorrow, so you can sleep here."

Jia Lan didn't want to sleep in the cot either. He slept once last time, which made him sore and sore for several days.Now that Shui Rong said so, he happily put the thin quilt on the bed regardless of whether it was inappropriate or not.

Shui Rong couldn't help laughing and said: "If I don't say it, don't you just sleep on the cot without mentioning it?"

Jalan nodded.

Shui Rong said: "What do you want to do in the future, just tell me, I won't refuse."

Jia Lan thought for a while and said, "Are you going to leave before the fifth watch tomorrow?"

Soluble nodded.Jia Lan said, "Then I'll sleep inside, lest you wake me up when you leave."

Shui Rong laughed and said, "This is your first request?"

Jia Lan said, "Didn't you tell me to say whatever I wanted?"

Shui Rong moved his body and sighed: "Go in, I promise I won't wake you up."

Jia Lan climbed in, pulled off the quilt and lay down, and Shui Rong blew out the lights, and then lay down too.

In the darkness, Jia Lan suddenly took a few deep breaths and said strangely, "You have a fragrance on you."

Shui Rong put the sleeves under his nose and sniffed, "The clothes are just incense."

Jia Lan leaned closer to smell it a few times, and said with a smile, "I haven't noticed it before, and it smells good." It's a cool and chilly smell, not like the usual gentle habits of water-soluble, but it fits perfectly with the cold and ruthless eyes just now .

Shui Rong said: "The fragrance of epiphyllum grows stronger at night, if you want it, I will give you some tomorrow."

Jia Lan shook his head, "I don't want it. I have it too. You can smell it." He shook his sleeves and smiled at Shui Rong.

Shui Rong didn't smell it, but said: "I know, it's the smell of orchid grass. Your whole body has turned into orchid grass."

Jia Lan said: "It's specially made by my mother. I don't collect much incense every year, so it's quite faint, and most people can't smell it."

Shui Rong hummed, and said, "It's getting late, and you still need to get up early tomorrow, so go to sleep."

Jia Lan pulled the quilt and said casually, "Good night."

Shui Rong was taken aback for a moment, pondering over and over the simple words in his mind, Fang whispered back: "Good night." As soon as the words came out, he heard Jia Lan's steady breathing.Knowing that he has gradually fallen asleep, Shui Rong couldn't help laughing: "You sleep fast."

After finishing speaking, she leaned inward, closed her eyes An'an, and the impetuousness that had been entangled in her heart for several months was caressed away by this light orchid fragrance.

The screen window is dim, separating the dim moonlight, the distant sound of the watch, and all mundane things.

All that's left, under the carved beams of the building, is the dream again and again.

39. Exam, epiphyllum

The eighth day of the eighth lunar month, a day that Jia Lan didn't deliberately remember in the future, now makes people in the Grand View Garden panic and panic, wishing it was the end of the world.

Just after five o'clock, Ting Lingbi knocked on the door outside and called Jia Lan.Jia Lan woke up in a daze, barely got up, and saw that the window was not fully lit, it was pitch black, only a few sporadic lights.

Hearing Ling yelled again in a hurry outside, Jia Lan answered.He gathered his collar, lifted the quilt, and unconsciously touched the other quilt beside him, which was cold without any warmth.

Water soluble has been gone for a long time.

Jia Lan paused, then got out of bed, folded the quilt he had made, and put it in the bedside table.He pulled off the overcoat casually, put it on his body, and went to open the door for Ting Ling.

As soon as Ling Ling came in, he began to say in a hurry: "Brother Lang, the whole yard is awake, and you sleep the most peacefully." After saying this, his subordinates kept on laying out basins and towels .

Caiwen walked in with a water-blue silver-patterned thick coat and said, "This is the best way, don't be nervous, don't be nervous." The way she said this was not at all different from her usual calm look, not like Talking to Jalan, but comforting himself.

Jia Lan looked amused, washed up one by one and said, "Why are you nervous, it's not like I haven't passed the exam."

Jia Lan originally intended to refer to the college entrance examination, but Caiwen and Ting Ling thought he was talking about the previous college exams or something, and said, "That kind of small exam is fine, now it's the rural exam."

Jia Lan hummed and said, "That's right, there are a lot of people competing for the exam."

Caiwen put the clothes on the table and tidied up the quilt. Hearing Jia Lan's words, he said nervously, "Is that true? Then you should tell the wife quickly, and ask the wife to find some people to watch over him so that they don't crowd. "

Listening Ling came over to help her tidy the bed and said: "Yesterday, my grandma already asked my wife, and my wife promised to send some people to follow."

Caiwen breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good... Hey, what is this?" She took out a simple embroidered sachet from under Jialan's pillow.

Jia Lan was taken aback for a moment, and seeing Caiwen and Ting Ling discussing the patterns on it strangely, he hurriedly said: