[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The Lin family has been fooled by the old sage's edict of bestowing marriage, so I won't go into detail about the pomp and ceremony.

However, to receive the imperial edict, Daiyu also had to wear the majestic make-up of the county lord to receive the imperial edict. After receiving the imperial edict, she was surrounded by mothers and maidservants and returned to the courtyard where she lived alone.

Thinking of this sudden and absurd marriage, I can't help but shed tears.The last time Xiao Jingyun saw Daiyu's appearance, but Daiyu adhered to the boudoir training, and she didn't even glance at the strange man outside.

There was also a maid like Zijuan who said something like Mr. Xiao's beautiful appearance. Daiyu couldn't help thinking that in "The West Chamber", the matchmaker fell in love with Zhang Sheng and set up a match for Cui Yingying. Miss betrayal.This is a violation of Daiyu's taboo, because Zijuan said such a word, Daiyu punished her to kneel in front of the door for an hour.Seeing that Daiyu was so cautious and knew how to protect herself, Mammy Xu and the others secretly admired her. They felt that Miss's temperament was beyond the reach of ordinary women, so they naturally wouldn't mention it again.

But at this moment, she suddenly knew that she was going to marry not the Shi family, but the Xiao family. How could Daiyu not be anxious and worried?

After changing the high-grade make-up, she leaned on the couch in the house, she was crying a little, and the pear blossoms were raining. Mother Xu and others came to comfort her, and she stopped crying a little.

Lin Ruhai was also caught off guard, but at this time the deal is done, so what?He also had no choice but to rush into the palace with Mrs. Sun, and kowtow to thank him outside the Shangyang Palace, but the daughter who was given a marriage is not easy to come forward. The daughter's family has to be reserved in his own marriage, so Daiyu didn't go .

At the gate of the palace, I met Xiao Hou who had to taste what he wanted and smiled like Mi Le Buddha, and the young man who was full of energy stepped forward and called "father-in-law", Lin Ruhai felt dizzy for a while, and was angry. of.Xiaohou's wife Nie was very polite to Sun.

Xiao Hou also smiled and said: "Ben Hou said it earlier, don't be too modest with your in-laws, if you are destined to get married, you still have to get married."

Lin Ruhai just cupped his fists at him and walked away without going into details.

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No matter what, it's a done deal, Daiyu's marriage has been decided and nothing can be changed.

On April [-]th, Xing Xiuyan sent people to pick up the two girls into the palace.

Su Fu'er did not enter the palace anymore, and Tan Qian brought a matchmaker to propose marriage on April 25th.Xing Zhong has already agreed to the marriage, and is negotiating to marry him on May [-]th, before Xing Li's delivery.At this time, Su Fu'er was busy embroidering the wedding dress, because Mrs. Xing and Li were very heavy, and Mrs. Chen's wife, Mrs. Yin, brought the nuns of Xing's house to help prepare the dowry.

Xing Xiuyan was drinking tea, Shi Hui still complained unwillingly, anyway, the Xiao family was shameless, Daiyu lowered her head and remained silent.

When she was at home, Mrs. Sun had already comforted Dai Yu, saying that although Xiao Hou was outrageous, that Prince Xiao was both talented and beautiful, just like her father.

Even if the Xiao family has a family style... a bit special, regardless of all factors, as far as Xiao Shizi himself is concerned, he is still a wishful man.But Daiyu found it difficult to face the Shi family. Although the two families hadn't talked about it before, both families had this intention, and the third sister always thought that way.

Xing Xiuyan finally interrupted Shi Hui's anger, raised her eyebrows and said: "Third sister, don't complain, it shows that you and the second sister are only sisters, not sister-in-law. This marriage is predestined by fate, what can I do? "

Shi Hui looked discouraged, and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, my second brother is so sad, and he is also..."

Xing Xiuyan interrupted Shi Hui, saying: "The righteous brother will definitely find his own fate. The third sister is at home, so she should take good care of the righteous brother."

"Of course I will do that." Shi Hui nodded, and also understood what Xing Xiuyan meant by interrupting her words. Although there is no outsider present, it is a whisper between sisters, but if she talks too much, the second sister will also be embarrassed.

The imperial concubine invited the two of them to accompany her in the palace. In fact, apart from the reunion of sisters, she didn't let the two of them not create a estrangement because of this matter.

Xing Xiuyan was too slow to react to Daiyu's marriage. He just heard that two days later, the old sage gave her a marriage.Originally, Xing Xiuyan thought that Lin Ruhai would be able to deal with it, but it was Xiao Houmo who was superior.Xing Xiuyan also knew what the imperial decree meant to bestow marriage, and the chance of changing the imperial decree was too low.

She inquired about Xiao's family again, and suddenly realized that Daiyu's real marriage into Xiao's family might not be an opportunity to change her tragic fate.

Besides, being admitted to Tanhua shows his talent and learning. Although Xiao Hou has faded out of the court, a hereditary Marquis who is irreplaceable cannot be sought by other families.

For Xing Xiuyan, this strengthens her political potential and is the capital for a happy life.

Being the queen mother is the dream of women who usually travel through the harem, but Xing Xiuyan is definitely not.

She couldn't figure out why some time-traveling women with big golden fingers would want to be queen mothers.It's a different matter for a time-traveling girl without a golden finger. If she has a golden finger, living with a golden finger is much more chic than being a widow and old lady. Xin Xiuyan, who has a strange mind, thinks that it is someone else's IQ problem, which is not worthy of a false reputation.

Besides, Tu Yuanyi is not a frail emperor like Tang Gaozong, and looks like he will be an emperor who is even older than Qianlong. When she dies of old age, maybe he is still playing around in the world.

Xin Xiuyan has a strange temperament, she doesn't look forward to children very much-even though these things will be done by the nanny now.In Xin Xiuyan's impression, children are little magic stars.When she was in middle school, there was an angel-looking child who lived next door to her rented house, six years younger than her.Because he is a single-parent child, his mother is very busy at work. After school, he always comes to her home to do homework, and she also teaches him homework.That child is an angel in front of others, well-behaved, talented, polite, cute, and filial; in front of her, she is arrogant, poisonous, devil, and little hooligan, that is a child of about ten years old!

Let her give birth to such a magic star, and then the mother will work hard to help him become the emperor, it is terrible to think about it.

The queen mother is "a good death", but people live a lifetime, for a "good death", live too much, worry too much, and suffer too much, is it putting the cart before the horse?

Life, life, people are of course concerned with maximizing happiness when they are "born".

Therefore, the queen mother is a fart. The life of the queen mother chanting Buddha every day to seek spiritual sustenance and saying that she mourns her family is terrible.

The Lin and Shi families already had some relationship with her, so it didn't matter to her Xing Xiuyan whether they got married or not.

If Daiyu married into the Hou's mansion and managed well, she would have another future brother-in-law of the Hou.As far as Daiyu's relationship with her is concerned, a hereditary Hou Mansion who holds the iron scroll of Danshu will support her no matter what.The only worry is whether Daiyu's husband will treat her well in the future, which requires her to support her in turn.

Although this way of thinking loses innocence, but the feelings are true, so there is no need to hypocritically disregard interests.Didn't Lin Ruhai think of benefits when he first looked at her?Xing Xiuyan didn't believe it.

Xing Xiuyan kindly relieved the two of them again, and comforted Daiyu, who was always shy and uneasy, and let her relax her mind and accept the reality. It is also a good talk for Tanhualang's daughter to marry Tanhualang.

Daiyu was so ashamed that his face was about to bleed, Xing Xiuyan laughed again: "Anyway, if Prince Xiao dares to bully you in the future, just tell me, and I will ask the sage to discipline him. Besides, foster father will not let him go."

Shi Hui was still sighing, but Xing Xiuyan showed her two patterns that she specially drew, and asked her to pick and see if they could be embroidered on a tuxedo.It was only then that Shi Hui's attention was attracted.

In the afternoon, Xing Xiuyan gave a lot of things to send the second daughter out of the palace, not to mention.

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After the marriage was granted, the Xiao family formally went to hire them. Although they hadn't lived in the capital for a long time, the warehouse of the Dingzhonghou's mansion in the capital was also full of treasures.The Xiao family is a hereditary first-class marquis' mansion, and its achievements are no less than that of the Rongguo mansion, but the Xiao family has been passed down through generations, and has never divided things. Back then, Taizong treated his cousins ​​and nephews no worse than his own son.The previous generation, Ding Zhonghou, was a military general, he put down several rebellions, he also robbed a lot of treasures and received rewards.

At this time, the Xiao family finally wanted to marry a woman from the grave. Apart from the customary ritual items and antique calligraphy and painting, the dowry gift, as well as gold and jade items and betrothal gold and silver, would blind people's eyes when they were brought to the Lin family.The main courtyard of the Bachelor's College couldn't be put down at all, so it had to be extended to the south courtyard.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng came to help, and they couldn't help being speechless when they saw such a wealthy cousin's family.Jia Lian was present when the letter of engagement was issued, and he also knew that the Xiao family had paid 68 taels of betrothal money in addition to the dowry gift.

Wang Xifeng has always loved these riches and honors, so after returning to the Rong Mansion, she inevitably talked about Mrs. Xing, Yingchun and Xichun again.The two springs were not going well, and Mrs. Xing regretted that her aunt did not go to see her that day, because Jia's mother wanted her to serve her closely, so Jia Lian and his wife went.

Mrs. Xing will inevitably talk too much, and she also deliberately provokes Mrs. Wang.Of course she knew that the mansion wanted to marry Daiyu for Baoyu, and Mrs. Wang was not happy in her early years. Baoyu was so precious to her.

Mrs. Xing just wanted to say: Look, what kind of phoenix egg do you think your Baoyu is, and you want to marry Sister Dai.Sister Dai is going to marry into the Hou family, and only the dignified son Tanhualang is worthy of her. What family and what kind of talents are you in the same room!The betrothal money is only 68 taels. This is the daughter of the imperial concubine's righteous sister and a first-rank university scholar's mansion.

It is inevitable for everyone to have a heart to gossip, not to mention that the life in the inner house is boring, and the snobbish servants of the Rong Mansion would not yearn for that kind of wealth after learning about it, such rumors are inevitable.

The matter finally reached the depressed Jia Baoyu.

Sister Lin has made a promise, and was married by the old sage, and has already been hired.

Jia Baoyu only felt a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and he didn't want to believe it was true. He ran to Jiamu's Rongqing hall in a panic, and asked Jia Yuanchun, not caring that Jia Yuanchun had been serving Jiamu all the time.

Naturally, Mother Jia knew about this, but she really understood Jia Baoyu's thoughts to a certain extent, and she just kept it from her.The first room and the second room are out of balance, and there are always people she doesn't like coming out. Recently, Jia's mother has been irritated and unhappy.

After all, Mother Jia loved Baoyu the most, and she still felt that he had good luck, but he was a late bloomer, otherwise how could there be such a natural abnormality?

Seeing his appearance, Jia Mu comforted: "Baoyu, don't worry, I will find you a better one."

Jia Baoyu murmured: "I want Sister Lin, I want Sister Lin..."

When Jia Yuanchun saw that Jia Baoyu was still so incompetent, he felt pain in his heart.If it wasn't for the fact that the men in the mansion were not up to the task, why would she have to stay in the palace for more than ten years if she wanted to take the "shortcut to the south" in the harem?If as early as when the sage came to the throne, Baoyu had a desire to make progress and had the hope of high school, why would she give up her face to vote for Queen Yang and delay all these years?

With her looks, there is still hope to find a good family when she leaves the palace at the age of 22.Think of the bride of the Lin family, who is still 27 years old and can marry a first-rank official.But time, fate, it's always too late now.

Jia Yuanchun used to miss his family all the time, but only after returning home did he understand what it means to "meet each other rather than miss them".

Her father is now an eighth-rank official and lives in the East Courtyard. Although her younger brother also studies every day, he can't read anything ugly, and he hardly looks at her concubine brother in high school. The concubine's sister, Tanchun, looks much better than her in the mansion.

Mrs. Xing used to be an embarrassing person in the mansion, but now she is the most embarrassing person. Even Jia's mother only warmed to her for three days. After that, she also clearly realized that she was worthless to the mansion.

The resentment in Jia Yuanchun's heart couldn't be vented, and he couldn't see Baoyu's appearance, so he couldn't help but look like a elder sister, and said, "Baoyu! Cousin Lin has already promised her, so don't miss her anymore. Sifang, younger brother Huan is already in high school, and second younger brother Lian has also joined the government. You and Cong'er are the only ones in the house. Cong'er is still young. You should be a role model for your elder brother. Study hard, so that you can be like Brother Huan in the next scientific examination. Same as high school."

As soon as Jia Yuanchun finished speaking, Jia Baoyu fell down. Jia's mother exclaimed and called the maidservant to come in to see.

Jia's mother hurriedly called the imperial doctor, who then carried Jia Baoyu back to his room.

Jia Baoyu had a fever that night, and he saw his eyes straight and his mouth drooling, and he didn't feel when everyone called him.