Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Because Mrs. Jia Muwang was not at home, for a while, "it was Baoyu's birthday. It turns out that Baoqin is also on this day, and they are the same." And the birthday star Zhima Shutou, and the locks that the natal star official is on the anniversary of Tai Sui." "Wang Ziteng's side is still a set of clothes, a pair of shoes and socks, a hundred longevity peaches, and a hundred bundles of silver noodles. Xue Auntie's place will be reduced by one class." The rest of the family members have their own shoes, socks, purses, or a fan with a letter and a picture, so they can't make a statement, they just talk about the occasion.There is also the gift of Baoqin.

Woke up early this morning, "Baoyu burnt incense, finished the ceremony, laid tea and burned paper, then went to the ancestral hall of the Zhongzong Temple in Ningfu to complete the ceremony, went out to the platform, and went up to pay homage to Jia's mother. Zheng, Mrs. Wang, etc. Yishun went to You's upper room, saluted, sat down for a while, and then returned to Rongfu."

When Tanchun and Jia Huan came to Yihong Courtyard, Baoyu had already finished saluting everywhere, and was chatting and laughing with Cuimo, Xiaoluo, Cuilu, Ruhua and other maids who came to pay their respects to the birthday. Everyone knows that today is also Ping'er's birthday. After Xiangyun came and talked about it, he said that Xing Xiuyan is also today's birthday. Tanchun hurriedly ordered the maid to say, "Go and tell the big grandma, hurry up." Make up a gift like Miss Zhaoqin's, and send it to the second girl's room." Pulling Xing Xiuyan and laughing, "Sister actually kept it a secret and didn't let us know. It's just a coincidence today, there are four writers. There is nothing more lively than this for a birthday."

Baoyu also laughed and said, "Our family has a lot of people. Every month, there are people who celebrate birthdays. There are also three birthdays and two birthdays. It goes without saying that the first day of the first month is the eldest sister, and the same is true for Sister Bao. Birthdays in the first month, sister Lin in February, but Qiaoer Xiren and her are on the same day, in March it is his wife and Lian's second brother, in April there are a few of us, but there is no birthday in May, and the third day of June is Huan Hey, the old lady said several times that she was going to celebrate his birthday, but it was delayed because of something, so let's think about it this year, and go to his place to congratulate him on that day, wouldn't it be great?"

Everyone in Xiangyun laughed and said, "It's not for Huan'er's birthday, he wants to play in that villa."

Baoyu hurriedly argued, "Where is it just for fun? It's not that I can't go on weekdays, it's just Huan'er's birthday, so why should I call him here?!"

Jia Huan laughed and said, "Don't talk about me anymore, it's too early! I don't even think about whose birthday it is today?"

Then everyone stopped laughing, and went to the hall to eat noodles together. Because of Baoqin's birthday, Xue Ke also bought birthday wine outside, and gave four-color birthday gifts of towels, fans, incense and silk, and Baoyu. Baoyu had to go there again to give up Once, Fang and Baochai came back from there together.

At noon, I set up a banquet in the Hongxiang garden. I saw tortoise shells in the feast and hibiscus on the mattress.Since there were no elders around, Li Wan of You family was all looking at Baoyu's happiness and didn't care about it at all, so he followed Baoyu's wishes and ordered wine at the banquet. I can't remember the rules of wine noodles and wine bottoms, so I simply don't waste that brain. When it's my turn, I just have a glass of wine and it's over, and Xiangyun comes over to set the table, pulling everyone around for a while, Jia Huan thought to himself, this group of little girls can't play word games, so can't they drink more?Therefore, sooner or later, he drank Xiangyun to the powder and radiance, and was seen by the knowing mandarin duck and Yinglian, and then persuaded and pulled Xiangyun away like a gust of wind.

But Jia Huan himself drank a lot. When he was drunk, he still had a sliver of clarity, and he knew that if he drank more, he would drink too much. Lin Zhixiao's family came to see him with a few old ladies. After the main scene was over, a little girl came over and said with a smile, "Just now, the inkstone outside the second gate sent someone to come in, saying that someone outside invited Mr. Huan."

Seeing Mo Yan sending the little girl to talk, Jia Huan thought that Yang Xiong had something to look for, so he staggered out. Mo Yan greeted him outside, seeing that he was not the same as usual, he couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "My lord, how much did you drink? Fourth Master Long is still waiting in Jinxiu Restaurant!"

Jia Huan hadn't seen Shui Lang for more than half a month, and didn't know what was going on with him. He was afraid that it might be something important to find him this time, so he asked Mo Yan to prepare a horse. Where did Mo Yan dare to rely, he found a car to send him off. He goes over.

When they arrived at the elegant room where the two often met, they saw Shui Lang wearing a plain silver robe and an ivory crown, which made him very cold and lonely. , even being an emperor is not happy, and people in later generations should be more free.

Shui Lang had already smelled the smell of alcohol on Jia Huan's body, and saw his black pupils glistening, as if the alcohol had forced water into his eyes, he couldn't help but put his arms around him and asked, "Why are you drinking?"

Jia Huan was hugged and sat on Shui Lang's lap, and he felt that something was wrong, but before he could say anything, he heard Shui Lang's question, so he smiled first, and said slowly, "Today is Baoyu's birthday, who Zhi's family found three older sisters to stay with him for a day, gathered a large family at noon, and just had a little drink, they were all sisters from their own family, and they didn't invite anyone or make a show."

Shui Lang knew that he was talking about the imperial concubine's national filial piety, so he chuckled lightly, "Who cares about that? It's just that I drank like this with a bunch of little girls. Could it be that the whole family is trying to force you down?"

Just as Jia Huan was talking about his pride, he couldn't help putting one hand on Shui Lang's shoulders and hooking his neck and said with a smile, "You want to force me? They don't add up to much, and Baoyu was also force-fed. There is an old lady's natal family there." The cousins ​​who came here, the little girl still has a little bit of energy, but I have already dismissed her when she came here, and now I don’t know where she is lying around!" After saying that, her face turned pale, and she forgot that she was still in Shui Lang's arms, and she wove Chi Chi smiled on his chest.

Shui Lang and Jia Huan haven't seen each other since they were young, but now that they have Nephrite in their arms, they can't bear it any longer. Seeing that Jia Huan's appearance is really irritating, he can't help but stretch out his hand to lift Jia Huan's chin, and fold his hands thousands of times. He kissed her tenderly and affectionately, and for a moment, he felt that the cloves were lingering, sweet and refreshing, and it was hard to give up.

After the two separated for a while, Jia Huan was out of breath, his eyes and bones became softer, his face was flushed, and he just stared blankly at Shui Lang, as if he had lost all his wit and response.

Shui Langsheng was afraid that he would be annoyed and frightened because of this, and that the gain would not be worth the loss, so he coughed lightly, and diverted the conversation, "It's inevitable that you will get drunk and have a headache, how about letting them make some hangover soup?"

While ordering the people outside to get the soup, he helped Jia Huan to sit beside him and said with a smile, "Is the one you're talking about Shi Xiangyun, the grandniece and grandniece of Mrs. Shi's natal family? You are younger than her, Just call her a little girl?!"

Jia Huanfang came back to his senses, seeing Shui Lang's gentle and carefree appearance, it was really hard to get angry.

He has been in the imperial study for the past two or three months, so he has naturally encountered the thunderous wrath of this person as an emperor, and he is decisive in killing people.Such a person is so low in front of him, not to mention that the two have worked closely together for many years, and their friendship is precious after all.

But this went back to Jia Huan's difficulty in making a decision at the beginning, now he had to borrow the steps of Shui Lang to come down, lowered his eyes and forced a smile, "Of course it's the one from Shi Hou's family, with a temper like a kid... "

Seeing that Jia Huan was still willing to joke, Shui Lang immediately knew that there was nothing serious, so he distracted him with more words, and said, "The Empress Dowager Wu has entered the Imperial Mausoleum, and the wives in your family are coming back soon. It's just that the Supreme Emperor values ​​filial piety the most, so I issued a Taoist decree to let Zhong Shun and Ren Jing continue to guard the tomb for a hundred days before allowing them to come back."

Sure enough, Jia Huan raised his head and asked concerned, "Will they be obedient?"

Shui Lang said with a smile, "The Supreme Emperor is deeply saddened by the death of the Empress Dowager, and now his spirit is getting worse, how can he care about them, let alone this is a matter of course."

Jia Huan nodded and said, "That's good. When they come back, the dust will settle here."

Shui Lang sighed, "It's too early to say when the dust has settled. It's about the beginning. You haven't been here for the past few days, so I haven't seen you. Jiangnan Road's report on the impeachment of the Zhen family has come up, and their good days are coming to an end." .”

Jia Huan already thought that there would be a turmoil in the aristocratic family soon, and thought that sooner or later it would affect Jia's house, so he could only secretly hate those people for not being up to date.

The two gradually talked freely again, Jia Huan became tired, Shui Langfang ordered someone to send him back to Rong Mansion, seeing him go, he brought him back to the palace.

Jia Huan went back to Xiaocui Hall and fell asleep. When he woke up at night, he realized that after Xiangyun was drunk, he fell asleep on a green stone bench behind the hill in the garden, and asked the little girls to lead Daiyu, Tanchun and others look at her.I never thought that "Han Xiangyun Drunken Mian Shaoyao Yin" in the original book would now be credited with my own contribution.

At night, Baoyu sent people again and again to invite Tanchun Jiahuan to hold a night banquet in Yihong Courtyard. Because Yinglian had recently paid homage to Daiyu to learn poetry as a teacher, Tanchun did not bring her servant books, but only Yinglian. Lian together.

Jia Huan went and said, "I can't drink as much as I did during the day, I just watch you play."

Everyone laughed and said, "It's just a set of flower-name sticks, and there's not much to drink." Jia Huanfang sat down next to Tanchun.I also saw that the lottery drawn by the people at the banquet was mostly the same as the original book, some I remembered, and some I couldn't remember clearly, but for some reason, it was not Baoyu's and Jia Huan's turn to draw lots all night. He didn't even get to drink with him, he just watched the girls playing.

The next day Ping'er came again and invited everyone back to the east. "Everyone was in the Yuyin Hall in the name of wine. Everyone laughed and ordered the first daughter to beat the drums and pass flowers as orders. It was a lively time. Because people said : "Two women from Zhen's family have brought gifts." Tanchun and Li Wanyou's three went out to meet in the conference hall."

Now that Jia Huan heard the word "Zhen's family", he became a little suspicious, so he pulled Tanchun back and asked, "Why did the Zhen's family send things to our house?"

Tanchun didn't know what it meant, and said with a smile, "It's just that someone from their family brought some local products when they went to Beijing. Why don't they send it to our family? Yes." After speaking, he left.

Not long after, I saw a few people from the East Mansion rushing over in a panic, saying, "Master, it's the heavens." Everyone was joking in the Yuyin Hall, and they all jumped when they heard it.