Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Everyone saw that four nuns who used to serve nobles in the palace came to the Grand View Garden, and they took care of Daiyu's side every day, and they behaved differently from those in the mansion.Fortunately, although these four nuns discipline the maids and women in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion very strictly, they don't care about things outside the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. It is my duty to not use Princess Daiyu's power to suppress others, so all the sisters in the garden, including Baoyu, still went to talk to Daiyu every day, just like in the past.

This day, all the people went to the Tanchun room to talk together. It happened that Sister Feng was diagnosed as pregnant again. Tanchun and the two had to fight again.

When Tanchunfang and Li Wan came back after discussing matters, they saw Baodai, Xiangyun, Sanchun, Baochai, and Baoqin slowly coming in with Sister Feng in their arms. Tanchun saw that it was very lively, and ordered Cuimo to invite Li Shi The sisters and Xing Xiuyan came to talk and relax.Shishu and Yinglian saw Zijuan following Daiyu silently and without looking sideways, and they couldn't help jokingly said, "Zijuan has gained enlightenment in the past few days, tell us quickly, what did those nuns teach?" What's wrong with you, let us learn from it."

Zijuan smiled and said, "I never imagined that Yinglian would be spoiled by the book attendant. What you say now makes people's teeth itch. You still want to learn poetry from our girl, and you won't let the girl teach you a word in the future." your!"

Yinglian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My good sister, what I said was the truth, please tell us quickly, I just heard that you have a lot of rules now."

Zijuan glanced at Daiyu, saw that she was joking with Tanchun Baoqin and others, and didn't look this way, so she said, "It's not much after all, but let's set the rules for the day. Get up in the morning and make a decision." Time, you must not be lazy, even Miss Lin. She is not allowed to talk when she gets up, first drink a cup of health-care scented tea, and then do a piece of Baduanjin on the bed, and then let her go to the ground to wash and comb her hair. Normally, girls are good at writing, reading and embroidering. But I have to get up and walk around every other hour. Madam Cui also taught the girl to embroider with us, and there are so many patterns. Anyway, I am clumsy, and now I only learned one kind of willow leaf needle. Miss He learned faster than us, and now he knows how to use the willow needle and butterfly needle."

After hearing the first one, Baoyu couldn't help but said, "Sister Lin is getting more and more capable, and she begged her to embroider me a pouch fan pendant again, and let me also bring the needlework from the palace."

Daiyu glanced at him and said, "That's all when I'm happy." Although she didn't agree, Baoyu was already overjoyed.

Baochai also said with a smile from the side, "Girl Weidao Yan has become more and more extraordinary in the past few days, and the girls around her are also very lively, so you know she is so meticulous. How can this be an ordinary family?" Do you know this? Even a family like ours rarely enshrines the four nuns of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so there must be good luck in the future!"

Daiyu just smiled, and said to Tanchun and others, "I just don't want to go against my godmother's kindness, and those nuns are also doing it for my own good. Walking around, I feel more energetic than in previous years, but eating is really trivial, as you saw at the old lady's place that day."

Because the rules in the palace have always attached great importance to the word "self-denial", no matter how much food or things you want to play, there must be a limit. The princesses and princes in the palace will eat at most one-third of a plate for their favorite dishes, and the rest will be taken away, and they will not be served for a long time.

Since last time Baochai sang with Mrs. Wang in Langhuan Mountain Villa, although Daiyu and others don't understand the details as well as Jiahuan, but after all, they left everyone with the idea of ​​being good at calculating and flattering high positions, so they are not as good as before. So respectful, but no one mentioned Mrs. Wang and her relatives.However, although everyone didn't care about Baochai's words just now, they said that they had annoyed one person. Who do you think?It is the other Baoyu in the "Golden Marriage" that Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue really want to make.

Baoyu was originally "busy with nothing". In the original book, Grandma Liu said that there is a land temple, and he wanted Mingyan to find it and worship it. What's more, Jiamu hid the Longevity Palace that night and didn't tell him. Madam inquired about the details, and found out that the Longevity Palace is a room in the imperial palace. No one lives in it now, but it has been changed into the library of the current Holy Majesty. In fact, it is the East Palace in the eyes of ordinary people.

Mrs. Wang heard from Xiren that Baoyu had something in mind for Daiyu, so she wanted to take the opportunity to beat him, so she had to explain slowly, "Your sister Lin is now the princess, and the future husband's family is afraid The empress and the old lady can't make the decision either. At first, I thought that King Beijing was about the same age as her, but your sister Lin became the goddaughter of Concubine Beijing, and the two of them are godbrothers and sisters. Unexpectedly, Concubine Bei Jing gave this piece of jade again, the old lady and I looked at it coldly, probably your younger sister Lin is going to enter the palace more, maybe our family will have more empresses."

After finishing speaking, he said, "Now that you sisters are all grown up, you don't just know that your sister and sister mess around together like you did when you were young, but like your sister Bao, you sit in one place when you have free time. How nice to talk."

Not to mention how much "wronged" Shui Lang has been for this, but Baoyu listened to Mrs. Wang's very reasonable words, but for a while resisted not committing any "sluggish illness", only feeling that she was very tormented.It's not that he doesn't have deep affection for Sister Lin, it's that he knows the powerful relationship here very well.

In the original book, Zijuan lied to Baoyu that sister Lin wanted to go home, and Baoyu fell ill, which made Jia's mother panic, and immediately ordered sister Lin's personal girl, Zijuan, to stay by Baoyu's side and not allow her to leave for a while. His eyes are because Baoyu knows that Jia Mu loves him very much, and when there is a quarrel, Jia Mu will definitely follow him in everything.

How dare today's Baoyu make trouble?No matter how ignorant and uncommon he is, how can he not know that if he really wants Sister Lin to enter the palace, the whole family, including the old lady and the eldest sister in the palace, no one dares to stop him, even if he wants to stop, he will do it for the whole family. Incur catastrophe.

Baoyu was feeling very uncomfortable because of this, and it was not easy for Daiyu to throw away the piece of jade. He was very sad, but today Baochai said that "there will be a great fortune in the future", which hit him right He couldn't help but sneered and said, "I can't think of what kind of great fortune Sister Lin will have in the future. It's just that I heard that Sister Bao came to Beijing to wait for election. Didn't the family also enshrine the foster mother? I was still young before your empress entered the palace, so I thought there were two of them, I don't know what Sister Bao learned from those nuns?"

Baochai's face turned red and white, and she couldn't help saying, "Those nuns were invited when we were at home. Later, when we went to Beijing, they didn't want to come back and stayed in Jinling. But it's nothing new to learn some housework from female celebrities. .”

For a moment Li Wan saw that Baochai was boring, and Baoqin was still young, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to change the subject and said, "Why don't you see Huan'er? He lives so close to here, and a group of brothers, sisters and sisters-in-law are here. He didn't even show his face, so quickly ask him to tell us something new about accompanying us on our southern tour!"

Tanchun said, "he said that he stayed up late these days and didn't get enough sleep. He probably fell asleep somewhere with a book again." He ordered someone to invite him.

Jia Huan really fell asleep on the couch. When he came, Sister Feng smiled and said, "People say that you can't leave your fists and your hands, and you can't leave your mouth. Brother Huan sleeps all day and works hard with a book in his hand. It's a strange way to find flowers!"

Jia Huan said with a smile, "This Lian's second sister-in-law guessed wrong. I slept faster with a book. If you don't believe me, you can ask your second brother, or you can go home and ask Lian's second brother, it's the same."

Everyone looked at Baoyu and laughed, but Baoyu couldn't help laughing anymore, moved Jia Huan to sit next to him, and wondered, "What kind of incense is on your clothes that it smells so good?"

Tanchun said, "But he has a good nose, those flowers are blooming, and there is no scent that he can't distinguish. Now we haven't smelled it, but you have smelled it!"

Baoyu said, "It's really fragrant. If you don't believe me, come and smell it."

Jia Huan also smelled it himself, and said with a smile, "I know, a friend I met a few days ago gave me a piece of creamy yellow soap. It smells like this. I put the box on the bed. I didn’t care about it next to the pillow, I just lay on the couch for the past few days, who knew that the fragrance was coming out of the box, so I got infected. But I don’t know what kind of spice it is.”

Tanchun and Xiangyun couldn't tell the difference, Sister Feng smiled and said, "I guess something, brother Huan came over and let me identify it. It's just that kind of fragrance is very rare, and it's impossible." Jia Huan sniffed it at the shoulder sleeve, and couldn't help being very surprised, "It's really that thing. I haven't seen it for many years. It was when I was a little girl." Some foreigners come, and they are all supported by our family. All the goods on foreign ships from Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, and Zhejiang belong to our family.’ I’ve only seen it once like that, it’s only as big as an egg, but it’s worth a thousand dollars It can't be exchanged."

Everyone laughed and said, "She's just like a storyteller, what kind of treasure is she?"

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Brother Huan is not sure what he said, it should be a piece of wax, right?"

Jia Huan nodded and said, "Yes, I feel like wax when you say it."

Sister Feng said, "This thing is called dragon, saliva, and incense. It is said that it is a sea spirit treasure. No one knows where it came from. The second-class ones are gray and golden, and the milky one you mentioned. But it is the best of the best. It needs to be soaked in sea water for many years, exposed to wind and rain, until all the impurities inside are soaked and cleaned, and then it becomes that milky white color. You said I don’t know how much this one is worth.”

Everyone couldn't help being amazed, Jia Huan ordered Xiuyun to go back to the room to get it for everyone to see, and said with a smile, "It is such an amazing treasure, how can I have it to myself, it should be given to the old lady."

Sister Feng naturally understood what he meant, and couldn't help secretly regretting that she was quick to talk and accidentally broke the matter. How could Jia Huan keep such a treasure by herself, so she hurriedly said, "Don't rush to offer the treasure. According to me, There is another thing about this thing that you don't know. This ambergris is just like the Huangtian stone. It cannot be made by the emperor. It is a serious crime for ordinary people to keep it in their hands. Since you said it was given by someone else, go to the old lady to return it now. It’s okay to say it, but it’s not easy to give it to others, so what will the person who gave it to you think?”

Everyone heard that it was given by someone they met on Jia Huan's tour, but now that Sister Feng said this again, they couldn't have imagined that the idea of ​​asking Jia Huan for a little fun was naturally dispelled, and he hurriedly asked Jia Huan to put it away. , Fu talked about the other joke again, and suddenly saw Amber in Jiamu's room rushing from outside, and said to Jia Huan, "Brother Huan, go out and have a look, there is an order from the palace, waiting for you to receive the order." What!!" Everyone didn't know what was going on, so they let Jia Huan go forward.