'Lin Daiyu' of the Red Chamber

Fahrenheit got scented tea from his eldest daughter-in-law, it tasted good) The old lady liked to share things with her grandchildren, so she ordered Li Guo, the first-class maid beside her, to divide the scented tea into seven portions, and she kept a small portion for herself, except for Gu Ling, and the rest are divided equally among the six grandchildren.The second wife, Li Shi, and the third wife, Zhao Shi, also took two sips in the light of their children.

This Daiyu has not yet entered the Gu family's door, and all the Gu family members have tasted her scented tea, and everyone praises her, and they all say that Daiyu's scented tea has a fragrance that cannot be found anywhere else.

Besides, after Baoyu was hit one after another, he was insulted by his mother, Mrs. Wang.Baoyu felt wronged and resentful, but there was no one around him who knew how to talk to him and explain him.

Seeing that Baoyu is depressed every day, Qingwen is anxious in her heart.She remembered what the old lady had said to persuade Baoyu before, and discussed with Sheyue and a few servant girls, and together they persuaded Baoyu to go to Miss Baoyu for a walk.Miss Bao is open-minded, open-minded, and smart. If she enlightens Baoyu, maybe he will think about it.

Baoyu couldn't stand the softness and stubbornness of the maids, so he had to smile.It happened that he hadn't seen Sister Bao for a long time, so he followed their wishes and went to Baochai to have a look.

As soon as Baoyu entered Baochai's room, he smelled a strange cold fragrance. He took two greedy breaths and praised him again and again.

Baochai half-lyed on the imperial concubine's couch and squinted her eyes. Seeing him coming, she didn't intend to get up.She rested her head on her arms, and her sleeves slid down a bit, revealing her wrists that were as smooth as snow.When Baoyu saw the white and clean skin, he was infatuated for a moment, and his throat became dry and hot.Baoyu swallowed a couple of mouthfuls of saliva, fixed her eyes on Baochai's arm, smiled and leaned closer to Baochai, as if she wanted to lie down.

Baochai pushed Baoyu, laughed and scolded him for being unruly.He got up by himself, reached out and pulled Baoyu to sit beside her.

Baoyu responded with a smile, and took the opportunity to touch Baochai's arm.

Baochai screamed and looked at Baoyu in surprise.Baoyu was smirking at her, and there was no other intention in his eyes.Baochai felt relieved, and put down her sleeves to cover her arms.

When Baoyu saw this, Fang knew that he had been abrupt. When he panicked, there was only a faltering voice in his mouth, and he didn't know what to say.

Baochai understood what he meant, smiled, and took the initiative to change the subject to ease the embarrassment the two had just had.

"What are you doing here?"

"You didn't go there recently, so I came to see you. I smelled a strange fragrance in the room. Didn't Sister Bao start the Lengxiang Wan again?"

"Well, I haven't been in good health for the past few days, so I haven't passed it. Today I must be stronger than before, but I always feel a little dizzy, so I feel lazy and lie down."

"This medicine smells really good. Smelling it makes me feel sick too." Baoyu smiled foolishly, pointed her nose in Baochai's direction, and took two deep breaths.

Baochai was amused by his nonsense, and scolded: "Bah, bah, bah! No one cursed himself for being sick. Thank you for coming to visit me, and you are the only one who cares." After Baochai finished speaking, her expression was slightly gloomy.

Baoyu heard that there was something in Baochai's words, and felt that she might be complaining that Sister Sanchun didn't come to see her.Baoyu thought she would really feel sad about this, so he was anxious and tried to comfort her.

When Baochai saw that Baoyu rarely thought of her, his heart felt warm.Pulling Baoyu together to chatter here and there.The two chatted and chatted, and they involved Daiyu again.Baoyu told Baochai how he was turned away when he went to visit Daiyu, and was finally bullied by the Gu family.

Baochai laughed and scolded him that he deserved it.

Baoyu was aggrieved, with tears in her eyes, and said aggrievedly: "They all scolded me, and you scolded me too. Did I really do something wrong? What's wrong with me going to see Sister Lin?"

"Of course you are wrong." Baochai chuckled lightly, and said to Baoyu, "Your fault is that no one knows your uncle Lin's current status. He is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion handpicked by the emperor, and the emperor's first adviser. Naturally, your status and status cannot be compared with when you were in Yangzhou. If you go rashly, of course you will be rejected."

"You mean that sister Lin has a high status, and she is as powerful as those dog officials, putting on airs and ignoring others?"

Baochai smiled inexplicably, "Think about it yourself."

Baoyu couldn't believe it, no, he didn't believe that Sister Lin was such a person.But why doesn't Sister Lin see her?Baoyu panicked and complained that Daiyu didn't see her back then. If she had seen him back then, he would have refuted it in front of Sister Bao.Now it's all right, there is really no reason to refute her, so what she said is true.

In the middle of the month, the Empress Dowager's decree about marriage was issued to both Gu's and Lin's houses at the same time. Lin Daiyu and Gu Ling's marriage was decided by the Empress Dowager herself, and it was the third wedding scheduled for the next March.The general marriage decree does not specify a date. Before the decree, the queen mother personally asked Huang Daoji to help set the date. This is enough to show how much the queen mother attaches importance to the marriage between the Lin family and the Gu family, and it also indirectly reflects the importance the emperor attaches to the marriage of these two families. .

All of a sudden, the Lin family became a hot topic in the capital, and officials of all sizes tried to find ways to make do with Lin Ruhai, those who could make connections, and those who could get away with favors.As the only female family member in the Lin family's back house, Daiyu naturally would not escape the eyes of those officials' wives, but any girl in the family who was about the same age as Daiyu would worship Daiyu.

Daiyu chose a few social parties that were not easy to refuse, and every time they met, it was the mother who brought her daughter, and the mother and daughter took turns asking Daiyu questions, asking questions.It's so easy not to ask, but I'm talking about who is better with rouge and gouache.

Daiyu persisted until the sixth day, she couldn't stand it anymore, and was worried about what excuse she could use to block the party.There was news from the Rong Mansion that Jia Yuanchun was conferred the title of Concubine Xiande.This is a big deal for the Rong Mansion, and it is inevitable to invite guests to celebrate.Lin Ruhai also prepared some congratulatory gifts, and brought Daiyu to the door to congratulate her personally.

Jia's mansion became glorious for a while, and became the latest object of currying favor of officials in the capital. Almost all the sedan chairs on Rongning Street went in and out of Rong's mansion. Sometimes the boys are empty-handed.Seeing this, the common people naturally understand the reason for this, and it is no surprise that such things have long been seen.He said "tsk tsk..." a few times, and sighed a few words about the coldness of the world, and it was over.

Of course, these people who fawn on the Rongfu are basically petty officials below the fourth rank, they are all scumbags, and the wind is like rain.Those officials worshiping first and second rank officials naturally don't take the concubine Xiande's canonization seriously.In their view, the status of a virtuous concubine who has no children as a guarantee in the harem is not worth mentioning at all.

Petty officials are small-handed, and they can't give gifts that are really valuable. Basically, they are all good-looking but worthless, which makes Rongfu a "corrupt" name for nothing in the eyes of outsiders.

The only senior official who has good relations with Rongfu and has real power in the court is Dai Quan, but since Jia Yuanchun was canonized as a virtuous concubine, Dai Quan has never had anything to do with Rongning and Ningfu.The reason is very simple. Dai Quan's sister, Concubine Dai, is also an imperial concubine, at the same level as Concubine Xiande. The two will fight for a man together in the future. It is self-evident what the two families' positions are.

When Daiyu and Lin Ruhai came to visit, it happened that Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu were receiving the wife of a fourth-rank official.Lin Ruhai was invited by Jia Zheng to go to the front yard, and Daiyu stayed with Jia's mother. Mrs. Wang wanted to chat with the official's wife for a long time, and had no intention of entertaining Daiyu.Daiyu happened to be unwilling to talk to them either, so she resigned and went to Sister Sanchun.Mrs. Wang complacently chatted with Mrs. Guan enough, and then she remembered Daiyu. She went back to look for her, but found that Daiyu was no longer there. She was deeply dissatisfied with this.

She took people back to the house, and when she passed the Baosha where the Sanchun sisters lived, she heard Daiyu's laughter coming from the house.So she is here at ease!Mrs. Wang became even more angry, and grabbed the handkerchief fiercely...

Daiyu had had enough fun, and distributed the scented tea she brought and a few cute gadgets she had carefully prepared to Sister Sanchun.

Baochai is also there, but she looks strange today, standing aside in a daze.Tanchun fiddled with the two little flower hairpins in his hand, they were both pretty pretty, and he didn't know which one to choose, so he thought that Baochai would choose first, and she would pick the rest and keep it for herself.

Baochai glanced at the worthless things in Tanchun's hands, and shook her head: "I have a lot of them. Both of these are yours. If you think it's not enough, I'll ask someone to give you some."

Xichun didn't hear the voice of Baochai's words, so she nodded happily.

Tanchun understood Baochai's meaning, curled his lips, and thought to himself: When Sister Lin gave us things, you just said these things, why don't you bring them earlier, and wait until they give you something, I don't care.

Tanchun then accepted both, ignored Baochai's words, and thanked Daiyu with a smile: "She doesn't want to be just right, I like both, and I want both."

Daiyu smiled, took Tanchun's arm, and stuck out her tongue at Baochai. "Look at her, she's very knowledgeable."

Baochai looked back at Daiyu, was she mocking her ignorance?Due to Daiyu's current status, Baochai pursed her lips and said nothing.

When I returned to Lixiangyuan at night, I complained to Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue comforted her: "She has only come here for a few months, so don't worry about going. Your Aunt Wang has looked down on her long ago, and she didn't see how indifferent your aunt is to her today. Hmph, sometimes this matter is true." No. Today, he is appointed a bachelor, and he is proud, but tomorrow, the daughter of the family will be named imperial concubine, and he will be overwhelmed."

Hearing this, Baochai smiled reassuringly, and it was over.But she has not resolved one of her worries today.Originally, she wanted to be engaged to the Chu family, but now Baoyu's sister has been named a virtuous concubine, and Baoyu suddenly fell in love with her a few days ago.Both are good, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, making it difficult for Baochai to choose for a while.The son of the Chu family has a good appearance and character, but unfortunately his family background is a businessman like them.Rong Mansion has a good family background and official background, she will be an official wife in the future, she will not be looked down upon, but Baoyu is not up to date, but her temperament is not bad, easy to handle.

Not to mention Baochai, Aunt Xue is also worried about this matter.

Unexpectedly, when the mother and daughter woke up, they no longer had to worry about which one to choose.The Chu family entrusted Mrs. Song, the eldest wife of Duke Li's mansion, to answer the Xue family.

Mrs. Song was a little embarrassed after receiving Aunt Xue's warm hospitality. After all, she had benefited from the Xue family a lot.After hesitating for a long time, she finally said: "The old lady of the Chu family wants to find a lady official for the eldest brother. She has taken a fancy to your girl, she is good at everything, and the only difference is her status. I want to mention the status of the elder brother of the Chu family in the eyes of the lord Guan, as a last resort, please forgive me."

Aunt Xue smiled awkwardly and nodded to express her understanding.

Song didn't dare to stay any longer, so she got up and said goodbye immediately.

As soon as the person left, Xue Baochai came out of the back room with red eyes, and threw herself into Aunt Xue's arms and cried.Seeing her daughter being wronged, Aunt Xue felt as if her heart had been gouged out by a knife, and she also cried.