The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Daiyu already knew that Shui Lan was a reborn person, but it was thanks to Situ Zhuo's reminder that Shui Lan had regretted her marriage.It is indeed a trivial matter for Shui Lan to repent of marriage, but later the second prince was deprived of an errand, and those who are interested will naturally seek to verify the details of Shui Lan's refusal to marry. .

As far as Shui Lan is concerned, he can naturally get a good reputation for being smart, and he can also get better resources, such as more support from the Beijing Palace.

When Lin Ruhai came back from Luoya, he heard that Situ Zhuo had come to his house for dinner, and asked Daiyu to ask him a few words.When they ran into each other on the street that day, Lin Ruhai felt that although Situ Zhuo was young, he was calm and outstanding, and people with skills often acted with deep meaning, so he had a purpose in coming to the house for dinner.

Daiyu naturally didn't say anything to Lin Ruhai about the unexplainable things like time travel and rebirth, but she told Lin Ruhai everything she could say, especially about Shui Lan's refusal of marriage by the Second Prince's Mansion, which is very likely to be Shui Lan's own doing.

Lin Ruhai said: "Could it be that Shui Lan can't tell the truth? The second prince's mansion was not unsightly back then. Why did she do this? Not only did she miss out on a good relative, but she also ruined her reputation."

Shui Lan is really unpredictable.

However, Daiyu did not directly admit this unthinkable thing, and only said: "Actually, Shuilan may not need the ability to foretell. As long as she is not optimistic about the future of the Second Prince's Mansion, she has enough reasons to do so. But anyone with a vision , until the situation in the East Palace and the Second Prince's Mansion is unclear, you can choose to avoid these two houses for the time being. Three years ago, Shui Lan was still young, so it would not be a big problem to wait a little longer for the marriage. I think Shui Lan knew that he could not It was only after persuading Prince Jing and his wife that they made such a bad move and let the second prince's residence take the initiative to refuse the marriage.

From time to time, from time to time, when maybe Shui Lan bad reputation, there are all guesses.But now, the world will only lament Shui Lan's foresight, and the reputation of being unhealthy will not hinder Shui Lan's marriage.Not only will it not be harmful, but it will also add points to it. After all, Shui Lan is accompanying the thirteenth princess as a companion, and the orders of each family can see Shui Lan a lot. You can tell if you are in good health.But such a foresighted lady is rare. "

Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "Yu'er's words are reasonable. It's just such a trivial matter, it's hard for the little prince Zhuo to pay attention to it. Shui Lan has such a vision, which is amazing, and the little prince is not too far behind. In today's world, the younger generation is born in large numbers. ah."

Lin Ruhai not only talked about Shuilan with Daiyu, but also raised a word with Jia Min when going to bed, with a hint of worry in his tone.

The two have been married for many years, so Jia Min could hear the meaning in Lin Ruhai's tone. Jia Min said: "When we left Beijing, Shui Lan was still young, so I didn't see how outstanding she was. But in terms of intelligence, I think No one can compare to Yu'er, what is the master worried about?"

Lin Ruhai's tone was still worried: "That's not what I'm worried about, I think Yu'er didn't tell me something."

Jia Min was secretly startled when she heard this, and sat up and said, "Isn't it possible? Yu'er has no reason to do this? Besides, I don't believe that Yu'er can be divorced from us."

Lin Ruhai helped Jia Min to lie down, and said with a smile: "When did I say that Yu'er was separated from us? I just think Yu'er is hiding something, but she must have her reasons for doing so. Madam, think about it, even if Zhuo Xiaowang finds out Shuilan is unusual, what did Baba come to tell Yu'er? After we returned to Beijing, we only met Prince Zhuo once in Dongcheng, when did they establish such trust?"

After hearing this, Jia Min became suspicious and said, "Master, this matter won't cause any trouble, will it?"

Lin Ruhai knew that Jia Min was worried about giving and receiving privately, so he shook his head and said, "I don't think so, I believe in Yu'er's sense of propriety. Besides, today Yu'er and the young prince are only discussing matters in the yard, and they also keep watch in the distance. I'm just curious, the little prince has such insight, even if he finds something, he should tell His Highness the Crown Prince and Eldest Sister. Why did he bypass the East Palace and tell Yu'er directly."

When Jia Min heard this, he also felt that it was very strange, and said: "Master, if His Highness the Crown Prince knows about this in the future, will he have suspicions against us?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said: "I guess Donggong won't know about this matter. Not to mention Yu'er is a measured person, even Young Master Zhuo has this insight and is also a smart person. Smart people will not leave future troubles for themselves. But it is Now that I have thought of it, I will tell you. When I walk around the palace in the future, don’t mention today’s incident.”

Jia Min thought for a while, and felt that Daiyu didn't seem like a person who would easily treat others humanely, and Situ Zhuo had no reason to frame Daiyu, so he also let it go.

Only two days later, Duke Cheng'en Mansion sent a message to the Lin family, inviting the Lin family to attend the Peony Banquet in Duke Cheng'en Mansion.

If we talk about peony, it is naturally the best in Luoyang, but the peony of Cheng'en Gong Mansion is also famous in the capital.The most important thing is that the peony banquet in Cheng'en Gong's Mansion is full of distinguished guests every year, which adds a lot of color to the peony banquet in Cheng'en Gong's Mansion.In short, the Peony Banquet in Cheng En Gong Mansion is one of the famous banquets in the capital.

When Jia Min received the post, she told Lin Ruhai that Prince Zhuo really had a heart.

Lin Ruhai raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "No matter how good the peony flowers are, I'm afraid there will be no good banquets."

Jia Min frowned slightly, and when he turned his head to think about it, he understood: "It's not only about clearing up the official circles in the south of the Yangtze River, but also about clearing up the debts this time. The rich and noble families in Beijing have been implicated a lot. These people are afraid of our family. There will be some good intentions, I'm afraid it will be unavoidable to make things difficult with a few words at that time, as expected, there will be no good banquet. But Cheng Engong's mansion is also the natal family of His Royal Highness, it is not good if our family does not go, Yu and I Bring more people with me, just pay more attention to yourself. After all, it is Cheng'en Gongfu, it's just that some people speak harshly, and we can't do anything to our family. Besides, Yu'er and I are not bullied by others because of our clumsy tongue. people."

Although the Lin family has already realized that the Cheng'en mansion is biased towards the Ninth Prince, but the Cheng'en mansion is also the family of His Highness the crown prince. As the prince's family, the Lin family will not refuse the post since they accepted the post.

Daiyu didn't interrupt, and asked Daiyu to say that there must be temptations and difficulties for this banquet, but I can also use this meeting to meet the female relatives of various families and see their attitudes.Temptation is always on both sides.

Lin Ruhai comforted Jia Min and said: "That's exactly what happened. In this kind of banquet, whoever makes trouble for no reason will be inferior. Even if they make things difficult with words, they won't be too explicit. , just have fun."

Jia Min has been to various famous banquets before, and knows that although everyone at the banquet is polite on the surface, there are not many good people behind the scenes.But when Jia Min was a girl, she could handle all kinds of banquets with ease, now seeing that Daiyu is only better than her back then, Jia Min also feels that there is nothing to worry about.

The peony flowering period is in April, and it blooms a little later this year. The peony feast is on April 26, Baoyu's birthday.Of course, now that the Wang family and Jia Zheng have reconciled, the Wang family has fallen, and the second wife has also lost power in the Rongguo Mansion. Baoyu is not like the stars in his previous life, and there are not many people who remember his birthday.Thinking about it, there will never be another scene of Qunfang having a night banquet in this life.

Thinking of Baoyu, Daiyu smiled calmly, had breakfast, changed her makeup and hair, and pedaled with Jia Min's mother and daughter to Cheng'en Gongfu.

There are countless banquets in the imperial capital, and the Peony Banquet in Cheng'en Gong's Mansion is one of the most famous banquets.But the more such a banquet is, the less likely it is to post easily.For example, Shangshufu of the Ministry of Household Affairs only posted posts for Jia Min and Daiyu; as for Su Lan and Yinglian, they were the daughters of Shangshufu in name, but they didn't mention it in the invitation from Cheng'en Gongfu.

Naturally, Su Lan and Yinglian didn't care about it, they were at home at home, and Jia Min was relieved to hand over the home to their sisters.

Jia Min from Cheng'en's mansion also came, because the Lin family just organized a banquet, and many orders, wives, sons, young ladies, Jia Min's mother and daughter have also met, so they are not unfamiliar.

The wealthy families in the capital all lived in Xicheng, but they were not far away. Jia Min's mother and daughter didn't go out very early, and they arrived at Cheng'en Gong's mansion either too early or too late.

This is Daiyu's first visit to Cheng'en Gong's Mansion with Jia Min. Naturally, Cheng'en's Mansion is extremely rich, but Cheng'en's title is not passed down from generation to generation.Back then, when Empress Zhong was granted the title, Tween added that Empress Zhong's father was Duke Chengen. Now the old Duke Chengen has gone, but after Emperor Taizong did not establish a new one, the son of Duke Chengen inherited the title. The old lady Chengen As long as it is still alive, the Duke Cheng's Mansion is still prominent.

After Jia Min's mother and daughter got off the car, a servant came up to guide the servants of the Lin family to stop the car, and another maid came out to welcome Jia Min's mother and daughter to Rong'en Hall in a sedan chair.

Daiyu never fought unprepared battles, what's more, when she returned to Beijing this time, her father made a lot of moves and offended many people.Even if she came to the banquet, Daiyu prepared carefully. For example, although she knew a lot about the rich and noble families in Beijing before, but this time she asked her father about the situation of Duke Cheng'en's mansion.

Today's Mrs. Cheng'en Gong lives in Rong'en Hall.Mrs. Old Cheng Engong was also of noble birth, from the Mu family of the king of Dongping County. Now the king of Dongping is still in charge of the military power in Shanhaiguan.It is also for this reason that Mrs. Mu is highly respected in the Duke Cheng'en Mansion.

The current Cheng Engong is the eldest son of Mrs. Mu and the elder brother of Empress Zhong.The current Cheng Engong is also a grandfather. Although his eldest son is also crowned as the eldest son, whether Cheng Engong's eldest son can inherit the title depends on whether the crown prince or the ninth prince can successfully ascend the throne.The title of Duke Cheng En belongs to the mother clan of Empress Tuen, but it is not a hereditary title. If other princes win in the future, this title will be taken back from the Zhong family.

Daiyu thinks: It is because the Zhong family is not only prominent, but the Zhong family's in-laws are Dongping Wang Mu's family, Nan'an Wang Huo's family, and Zhongjing Hou Shi's family who hold military power, so Queen Zhong could enter Fengyi Palace back then.Emperor Taizong was able to ascend the throne smoothly, and he did get a lot of help from his relatives.

However, power needs to be balanced. It is because the family of relatives like the Zhong family holds military power. Before Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he naturally got help. When choosing a concubine for the crown prince, he chose a noble family like the Lin family.

Naturally, these are all Daiyu's speculations.Paying attention to the path he walked into Cheng'en Gong's Mansion all the way, keeping it in his heart, while thinking about the Zhong's family, Rong En Hall arrived.

I don't need to go into details about the splendor of the Rong En Hall, but after everyone entered the hall, Daiyu saw an old woman with silver hair and beard sitting on the soft slum in the middle, she guessed that this was Mrs. Mu, Mrs. Cheng Engong's wife.The first noble lady under the Mu family is Shi Shi, the current wife of Duke Cheng'en, who came from the Baolinghou historian.After all, she is still the niece of Jia's mother's direct relative.

As long as the rich and nobles have many marriages and go around, they can talk about relatives.

Jia Min met the two wives of Duke Cheng'en, so he brought Daiyu to salute with a smile.

Rong En Hall was full of guests and friends, Daiyu took a quick glance and recognized several acquaintances.Those who can enter the Rong En Hall are all nobles. You can tell from the clothes and clothes that there are princesses and princesses inside. Daiyu didn't look at it for a long time. Sitting quietly.

But at this glance, Daiyu has already recognized several princesses, the thirteen princesses, Shui Lan, Yuan Chun and Shi Xiangyun under the crown prince's knees.Needless to say, the Thirteenth Princess and Shui Lan, as for Yuan Chun, she originally entered the palace and entered the palace of Concubine Zhen to be a female historian. Later, Concubine Zhen was demoted. , Followed the thirteen princesses again.

Next to Shi Xiangyun is an eight-nine-year-old girl, who is supposed to be from the Shi family, but I don't know if it is from the Baolinghou family or the Zhongjinghou family.As for the woman sitting with Shi Xiangyun, it is naturally Mrs. Shihou.

In the previous life, Shi Xiangyun always liked to tell her sisters how difficult her life was, she also had to do needlework, and she was not liked by her uncle and aunt; Pay attention to her.

Daiyu thought about it a lot, but it was just the mother and daughter, Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Shi, who met each other.

Mrs. Mu waved her hand and said, "You don't need to be polite." After looking at Jia Min for a while, she said, "You are the fourth girl of Rong Guogong's family? I haven't seen you for many years, and your appearance hasn't changed much, but your status is different. , now it is the order of Mrs. Shangshu. Back then, the old man watched so many girls grow up and became mothers. You are the most lucky. This is the daughter you got as soon as you were released? Really? He's an outstanding child, no worse than you were back then." The last sentence refers to Daiyu.

Jia Min hurriedly smiled and said: "In terms of good fortune, no one can compare with Lao Fengjun. I have been blessed by Lao Fengjun today, but I can't afford Lao Fengjun's praise."

Mrs. Mu is over seventy years old, but she is very tough and talkative.Cheng'en Gong's mansion had many younger generations gathered around her to make fun of her, making it even more prosperous and peaceful.

For such banquets, the girl's family has its own room for socializing and socializing. After everyone has seen the ceremony, several girls from the Zhong family will lead them to talk by themselves.

The girl in charge of Duke Cheng'en's mansion today is named Zhong Hanyan, she is the youngest daughter of Duke Cheng'en's knees, she is 14 years old this year, she is very bright and unusual, and her manners are also graceful.In today's occasion where ladies gathered, Ms. Zhong Liu was quite decent.

They are all young girls, and when everyone talks together, they let go.

"Yu'er, you're here too? Now that you've entered the capital, why don't you often come to play with me in the palace?" The one who spoke was Princess Mingyue, the sixth daughter of His Highness the Crown Prince.Princess Mingyue's biological mother was weak and sick, and she passed away when Mingyue was young, so the princess was raised under the knee of Crown Princess Lin Qing since she was a child.Daiyu has been to the East Palace several times, and she has become acquainted with Mingyue.

Besides, most of the children in the palace are extremely precocious. Princess Mingyue is now 13 years old, and she knows many things right and wrong.In the past two years, how much support the Lin family has given to Donggong, Mingyue also knows it well, and naturally has a feeling of closeness with the Lin family.In addition, Daiyu's beauty is outstanding, and the more she gets along with her, the more she feels like a spring breeze. Princess Mingyue likes Daiyu more and more.

Daiyu said with a smile: "The Princess is so kind to invite you, how dare you say goodbye. When I enter the palace next time, I will definitely go and ask for the good tea from the Princess."

Princess Mingyue sighed: "I live in the palace all day long. It's better for you to live outside the palace. You can often go out to socialize. But Cheng'en Gong's mansion is no better than other places. Today's Peony Banquet, I must come." After a while, he said again: "Yu'er, is this the first time you have come to the Peony Banquet? Come on, I'll take you to the Peony Garden. The Peony Garden in Cheng'en Gong's Mansion is famous even for Emperor He."

Daiyu also stepped into the peony garden with all the ladies. The peonies in Cheng'en's mansion are naturally good, but Daiyu said that the reason why the peony banquet is so famous is because Cheng'en's mansion produced a queen.

The peony is the queen of flowers, and the Zhong family gave birth to a queen. Therefore, many people would like to go to the peony garden in Cheng'en Gong's mansion to be blessed. Year after year, the reputation of this peony feast is getting bigger and bigger.

Daiyu walked a few steps, and saw Yao Huang, Wei Zi, Zhao Fen, and Dou Lu competing to open up and compete for beauty.Many famous ladies have already spread out their drawing paper for painting.

Whenever there is beautiful scenery, people always want to keep it. There were no cameras in ancient times, but there were many painters who were good at painting to freeze the most beautiful moments of beauties and famous flowers.There are many famous ladies who are good at painting. At this moment, in this peony garden, someone is painting with brushstrokes.

Aristocratic ladies with good education, there are people painting in one room, and poetry in the other room.Daiyu listened to a few words, but got a few good ones.Among them, Shi Xiangyun has a few good poems.This can't help but remind Daiyu of the Lu Xue'an couplet poems in the Grand View Garden in her previous life.

At that time, the sisters in the garden were all little girls, and they all had a bit of a competitive heart.Xiangyun naturally reacted quickly, Baochai and herself didn't want to let it go, and Baoqin was also talented, Daiyu remembered that the speed of the few people's grabbing surpassed the quality of polishing, and the poems were written faster and faster. When I read it later, There are many that could have been better.

After being resurrected for a lifetime, Daiyu didn't care about being the best among the ladies.There are very few occasions for girls in this era to show off their strengths, and such large banquets are a good time to show off.If you can win a talent name, it will be beneficial to talk about marriage in the future.But Dai Yuzhi wasn't here, so she didn't plan to join in the fun.

After hearing a few words, Daiyu got up and saluted to Princess Mingyue and other acquaintances, and said, "The princess has a good time, I'm going to find my mother first." Listen, although the woman in the back house is just chatting, she might be able to reveal a sentence or two of useful information.Daiyu is much more interested in the affairs of the court than in being a lady.

Princess Mingyue smiled and said: "The ladies should still be talking about family affairs in Rong En Hall at this moment. It's so boring. What are you doing there? If you don't like couplet poems, let's go shopping elsewhere. Wait a little longer, the ladies will also I will come to visit the Peony Garden, so I will meet him naturally."

It's not that Daiyu doesn't like couplet poems, she just thinks that when the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River was purged, the Nine Princes were not damaged at all, and this is Cheng'en Gong's Mansion, so she wanted to go to Rong En Hall to listen and judge the status of Cheng'en Gong's mansion. manner.Daiyu was trying to find an excuse to still go to Jia Min, but she heard a few ladies talking in a low voice.

Among them was a girl from the Niu family in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion who said with a smile: "What are you talking about looking for your mother? I'm afraid I can't write poetry and I'm afraid of being timid, so I made an excuse? Who came to the peony banquet and didn't appreciate it?" Hua, go to listen to the wives instead?"

In the peony garden today, there are countless ladies who don't like the Lin family, and when Miss Niu said this, she echoed everyone.

Zhong Chu is the eldest daughter of Duke Cheng En's son. Although she is a generation younger than Zhong Hanyan, they were born in the same year, and Zhong Chu is only younger by month.

Zhong Chu turned around and said to a maidservant: "Go and get the name tag." Then he smiled at Daiyu: "If Miss Lin doesn't like to write poems, how about taking a name tag?"

Name tag is certainly a game often played by boudoir daughters, but in a banquet like the Peony Banquet where celebrities gather, many famous ladies try their best to stand out, let alone play, they will fall behind if they propose it.

The Lin family and the Zhong family are also related because of their relationship with the East Palace. Before the Lin family had a banquet, the Zhong family was also present.When Zhong Chu mentioned this, a girl who had been to the Lin family's banquet said, "This idea is not bad. When the Shangshufu held a promotion banquet, Miss Lin was playing with name tags."

As soon as this remark came out, many ladies began to discuss in private.Daiyu listened for a while, and it was nothing more than Miss Lin. Anyway, she is the daughter of Lin Shangshu, so why can't she write poetry.

Some people also said that the Lin family is a scholarly heirloom after all, so it shouldn't be like this.

It was still Chunshan and Xueyan who went out with Daiyu today.What does a maid do?Isn't it just to protect the face of the master?Besides, Chunshan and Xueyan are not clumsy people, Chunshan couldn't listen to it on the spot, and wanted to refute.

Daiyu pulled Chunshan and shook her head slightly.

Regardless of Daiyu's young age, Chunshan has a certain amount of admiration for his own girl, who knows everything and is extremely intelligent, even poetry and songs are excellent.Not to mention Daiyu, even myself and Xueyan, who have been studying with Daiyu all the time, are not far behind in today's joint poems.But Chun Shan was really puzzled by Daiyu's actions today.You must know that on such an occasion, once someone shaves your face, it will be difficult to raise your head in the imperial capital's circle of ladies in the future.

But since the girl stopped her, she must have intentions, so Chunshan didn't say anything.

Then, Daiyu heard Shi Xiangyun say, "Hasn't Miss Lin ever read?"