[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

No.60 Entering the Palace Eight Times, Please Encounter Zhen Lan

On July [-]th, Li En gave birth to a son for Lin Jinshu.The birth of the grandson made Lin Ruhai and Jia Min extremely happy. The Meng family also came to visit the day after they learned that their daughter had given birth to Lin'er for their son-in-law.Li En raised this baby well, so the delivery was quite smooth, both mother and child were safe.

The queen in the harem was also very happy to know that her niece gave birth to Lin'er, and it happened to be the day when the married woman came to the palace to pay her respects, so she simply called Jia Min to talk with Lin Daiyu.

"I'm also happy to hear that En'er, brother, mother and son are all well." The queen said with a smile, "How is En'er now, and who does my brother look more like?"

"Go back to the empress," Jia Min was also very happy, "everything is fine. The wife in-law comes to the door every three days and sends a lot of medicinal materials to the daughter-in-law. The concubine also invited a doctor to come back I go to the doctor's office and check my daughter-in-law's pulse every day. My brother's outline looks very similar to Shu'er, but his wife told me that his eyes are exactly the same as my daughter-in-law's when she was a child."

"That's good." The queen smiled, "I have a few ginseng plants here, you can take them back later and ask someone to make chicken soup for En'er to supplement. A woman giving birth is like stepping into the gate of hell, and it is not easy to give birth to a child." It’s impossible to keep them.” The queen has also given birth before, so she understands what to pay attention to, “It’s a pity that the queen mother went to the suburban palace with the emperor to escape the summer heat, otherwise she must be happy to see you.”

"It's strange to say that this year's weather is really abnormal." Jia Min said, "It's already late July, but I heard that there hasn't even been a single rain in the south of the Yangtze River. The days in the capital are only in the afternoon. It's also hot and sweltering, and I'm also worried that En'er will get sick from confinement in this kind of weather."

"The emperor has already gone to the Temple of Heaven to pray for rain, I hope this time there will be a good result." The queen looked at Lin Daiyu on the side, and smiled again, "See, we can talk about it, but we have forgotten Yu'er here. Then she called Wan Su who was beside her, "Take Miss Lin to the Royal Garden for a walk."

Lin Daiyu knew that the queen might have something to say to her mother, so she obediently followed Wan Su out.

The weather wasn't too hot in the morning, and Lin Daiyu had two sachets containing summer medicine hanging on her body, and the material of the evening haze purple silk Ruyi cloud pattern shirt and dress was very breathable, and the imperial garden was full of trees, which made her feel comfortable. With Wan Su holding the umbrella for her, she didn't feel very uncomfortable.

"This is the hibiscus and crape myrtle newly cultivated by the craftsmen in the flower house. Sometimes the master will order the servants to pick some petals back, trim them and put them in the house. The fragrance is refreshing, better than ordinary incense." Wan Su While holding an umbrella, he explained to Lin Daiyu, "There are still a few golden osmanthus over there, but it's a pity that it's not yet blooming."

"I remember that there is a Xifu Begonia in the Queen's Palace. When it blooms, the yard is full of fragrance. It is the best flower among flowers. It's a pity that I can't see it." Lin Daiyu said with a smile, "But it is the Queen's place after all. I heard that Xifu crabapple is the only one in the palace?"

"Yes. I have paid a lot from the past, but only the Xifu crabapple in Fengyi Palace has been successfully planted." Wan Su replied with a smile.

Lin Daiyu wanted to continue talking, but out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a woman in a pomegranate red palace dress standing beside the koi pond ahead.Nowadays, the only women in the palace who can walk freely in the imperial garden are the concubines.Lin Daiyu glanced at Wan Su, and asked in a low voice, "Who is that in front?"

Wan Su confirmed it, and replied, "It's Mr. Zhen Gui."

The nobleman Zhen Lan?Lin Daiyu pursed her lips, and saw that the pomegranate red figure had noticed her, so she walked over to Fushen and said, "My daughter, Mrs. Lin, pays her respects to Zhen Gui."

"So it's Sister Lin, get up." Zhen Lan smiled and stretched out her hand to support her, "Why is my sister here?"

"The courtier followed her mother into the palace to pay her respects. After hearing the empress's empress say that the imperial garden is picturesque, she begged for grace to come out for a walk." Lin Daiyu said with a slight smile.But after seeing each other for a few years, Zhen Lan's appearance has changed a lot.The originally childish face has quickly broken away from immaturity, and transformed into a kind of charm unique to women.On her slender and tender fingers as pale as scallions, she wore a silk-wrapped red gold ring inlaid with three-color gemstones, and her nails were stained with impatiens juice.The palace skirt embroidered with pomegranate red lilies and honeysuckle flowers outlined the woman's graceful figure. Lin Daiyu glanced at it, then quickly lowered her head.

"I see." Zhen Lan smiled slightly, "I heard that sister Lin's sister-in-law gave birth to Lin'er. Congratulations."

Lin Daiyu smiled slightly, but didn't talk to her.Wan Su on the side stepped forward and said, "Didn't Miss Lin say she wanted to pick some crape myrtle flowers back? Why don't you ask someone to help you? The sun seems to be getting a little bit sunburnt this day, so ask Miss Lin to sunbathe the Queen's Empress. Blame the slaves."

"Then there will be Aunt Lao Wansu." Lin Daiyu gave Zhen Lan a slight blessing, "I will take my leave first."

Since Wan Su was watching, it was inconvenient for Zhen Lan to say anything more, she just nodded and walked towards Fenghe Palace with the maid.

"I met Zhen Guiren today." Lin Daiyu said to Jia Min in the carriage on the return trip, "Looking at Zhen Guiren's appearance, she is quite different from the sister Zhen Lan in my previous impression." I met Qingxiu in Zhen's residence before A beauty, but in three or two years she has become a concubine with heavy makeup, her elegant face submerged under luxurious and gorgeous clothes and makeup, it is really a big difference.

"Mr. Zhen was conferred the title of concubine Liang when she first entered the palace, and was later promoted to concubine Hui. Now she has fallen out of favor and will be a noble person. It is a heavy blow to her." Zhen Yingjia is always in the officialdom, and so is his daughter. Growing up pampered, where did she experience the calculations of the human heart?Being demoted and grounded this time was enough to change Zhen Lan's temper.Jia Min sighed, "People's hearts are changeable, so it may not be a bad thing for her."

Lin Daiyu also knew about Zhen Lan's confinement and demotion. Although she didn't know what was wrong with it, this blow was indeed an experience for Zhen Lan, the proud daughter of heaven, to change her way of doing things.She continued: "Speaking of which, when my sister-in-law was about to give birth, the Xue family sent a post, but my mother didn't come to the door because of my sister-in-law's affairs. What's the matter?"

"Oh, you were too busy helping me with housework, so I forgot to tell you." Jia Min said, "It's a post from Xue's family after they moved and settled down."

"Moving?" Lin Daiyu couldn't believe it, "I thought Xue's family would always live in Lixiangyuan."

"After all, the masters of the Rongguo Mansion are the Jia family. Mrs. Xue probably didn't want to disturb her sister anymore, so she moved out after repairing the Xue family's residence in the capital." Jia Min said meaningfully, "Moreover, Xue My girl has been sick all the time, and it is not a long-term thing to live in a relative's house to recuperate. It is better to move back to my own home so that she can be raised, maybe she will get better sooner. No, now I heard that Miss Xue's health has improved a lot gone."

"That's right, no matter how nice your relative's home is, how can it compare to your own home?" Lin Daiyu said.It's not that her maternal grandfather's family is bad, but she has to be entangled by Jia Baoyu every time she goes back.It would be fine if the Shijia girl was there, but if she wasn't there, it would be difficult for him to get out.Fortunately, there are not many visits in the past year, except for my grandmother's birthday, it can be said that there are very few. "Speaking of which, the third day of August is my grandmother's birthday, but my sister-in-law is still in confinement, so shall we prepare a gift for my sister-in-law?"

"Your sister-in-law has already prepared the gift list, and I'll just ask someone to tidy it up." Xue's family moved out of Rongguo Mansion, but her mother didn't say a word, and it seemed that she agreed with Xue's move.It's a pity that the Wang family's "golden jade marriage" is too bad.

Grandmother Jia's birthday is nothing short of grand.Although Dafang's grandson was not able to celebrate her birthday when she was in office, Jia Baoyu was joking beside her and Shi Xiangyun was making fun of her. Mother Jia was very happy about this birthday.Xue's family just asked Xue Pan to have a banquet on the pretext that Xue Baochai was not recovering from his illness, so Mrs. Wang wanted to talk to her sister, but in the end it didn't work, so she had to sit down and put on a wooden face.

"The troupe of this play is the most famous in the capital. It's not easy to get them to perform in the mansion. After all, it's because our ancestors have a lot of face." Shi Xiangyun, dressed in a bright red dress embroidered with yellow hibiscus flowers, said with a smile.Her uncle Shi Nai has been released, and the whole family has already taken office, so she lives in the second uncle Shi Ding's house now.Mrs. Yu treats her well, and she doesn't need her to do embroidery until late at night. Now she is like a bird out of a cage, chirping around Jia Baoyu all day long. "Cousin love, what would you like to play later?"

"Just ask them to bring the playlist and see." Jia Baoyu replied absent-mindedly.This time, Sister Lin is here too. It's great. I haven't talked to Sister Lin for a long time.

How did Lin Daiyu know that Jia Baoyu was thinking of her, she was listening to the people on the stage singing "The Drunken Concubine", she was fascinated by it.

On the other hand, Jia Yingchun touched her hand and said, "Baoyu has been watching you."

Lin Daiyu had no intention of turning her head to look at Jia Baoyu at all, she just said: "What did the second cousin say? Maybe the second cousin has been looking at you all the time. But I really like the second cousin when I look at my grandmother. There are so many girls living here, but he was the only man born."

"It's not that you don't know, the old lady regards Baoyu as a baby lump." Jia Yingchun was also at the age to discuss marriage, so Xu took the opportunity to propose to take Jia Yingchun back to Rongxi Hall, just calling her Helping to accompany Lian Shi, Jia Mu thought of the great-grandson in Lian Shi's belly, so she naturally agreed.Now that Jia Yingchun has returned to the big room, she is naturally less restrained, and her speech is not as restrained as before. "Fortunately, today the old lady moved the two of you apart."

"Second cousin has become more and more talkative recently." Lin Daiyu said with a smile, "I heard from my mother that the eldest aunt is going to propose marriage to second cousin."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jia Yingchun blushed slightly, "Mother just wants me to accompany my sister-in-law."

Lin Daiyu let out a long "oh", until Jia Yingchun couldn't bear it and was about to pinch her mouth, then she smiled and begged for mercy.

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