[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Rumors are spreading in the capital.

Someone sighed: "The Jia family is too unlucky, last year the house was ransacked, and this year the married princess was robbed again, even the eldest daughter of the Jia family who was a concubine in the palace was implicated, and she was kicked out of the palace and punished to copy scriptures! "

Someone gloats: "His family deserves it! Back then, the Ningrong Second Mansion was so beautiful, everyone walked with their chins up and looked down on others! Now it's like this, it's not because there are many unfilial children and grandchildren who idled around and ruined this huge family business." ?”

Halfway through the talk, someone disagreed: "Aren't the two brothers Baoyu and Baocong considered promising? Besides, Jia Baocong is still an official in the court, and he is much more unpromising than ordinary people like you and me?"

"Hum!" Someone sneered: "You're still promising, but Jia Baocong is going to be killed this time! I heard that he made a mistake in his errands and sent him to marry the princess, who was robbed of his relatives again. He is absconding in fear of crime, no Know where it went!"

"Ah? Then isn't his mother and daughter-in-law still in the capital? They don't care?"

"Then who knows? The Jia family has many unworthy descendants..."

In the lobby of the tea house, everyone was whispering or talking loudly, but they didn't care about the majesty of the Jia Mansion in the past.

Lin Daiyu listened to it in the private room, and immediately looked a little unhappy.

Qingwen sighed angrily, and said angrily: "These people's mouths are really cheap, dogs can't say good things! Why are you saying that the eldest girl was kicked out of the palace and punished to copy the scriptures? It is obvious that the eldest girl came out of the palace to pray for blessings!"

Then he said to Lin Daiyu: "Grandma, don't be angry, wait until I tear their mouths off, and let them know that now that the empress is pregnant with a dragon fetus, I don't know how much she is favored by the emperor!"

"Hey——" Lin Daiyu was about to stop her, but she was a step too late. Qingwen had already opened the door and went out.

She hurriedly stood up, and walked outside in two or three steps, but saw Qingshuang holding a food box and stopped Qingwen.

"You are a girl, why are you arguing with a man?" Qingshuang blocked the way, preventing Qingwen from going downstairs.

Qingwen couldn't go left or right, and forced her way as if she was throwing herself into her arms, so she stopped her steps and said angrily: "They are talking nonsense, spreading rumors and causing trouble, anyone can take care of it, why can't my girl's family say it?"

He also said Qingshuang: "What those people said is not true at all. Such a way to ruin the reputation of the master's family. As a girl, I have the heart to argue, but you, a big man, only know how to hide! Hmph!"

"Did you forget that when grandma went to visit her, she told the family to keep a low profile?" Qingshuang just said this, and then fell silent.

When it came to Yuan Chun's instructions, Qingwen died down a little bit, but she was still angry.

"Come on," Lin Daiyu gently pulled Qingwen over and brought her back to the private room. "It is said that as you get older, your personality will become calm. Why are you still a small firecracker? What Qingshuang said is exactly what Baoyu said in troubled times at home. Since Bao Cong is not at home, let's not cause trouble."

"Can royal affairs be discussed casually? The chirping sparrows are managed by the officials themselves." Having said that, Lin Daiyu was puzzled.

With so many people talking about Jia's family in public, it's not unusual to even talk about Yuanchun Tanchun.

Qingwen glared at Qingshuang, and said to Lin Daiyu: "I am not fair for grandma, but grandma is partial, I just think Qingshuang is doing the right thing!"

"Huh?" Lin Daiyu was surprised, "Where am I biased?"

When she came back to her senses, there were Qingwen Qingshuang and Qingshuang in their eyes, one was angry and the other was silent, Lin Daiyu understood a little bit.

These two became angry again, and I don't know why this time?

But no matter what the reason is, the two of them have always kept it a secret, quietly getting angry, and will quietly get better after a while.

"Yo," Lin Daiyu smiled lightly, and said with a half-smile, "Other people are angry with me, and you are also angry with me, just because Baocong is not at home, are you happy to bully me?"

As he said that, he flattened his mouth, and his eyes were filled with resentment, "That's right, Bao Cong didn't know where he fled in fear of crime, who really cares if I'm angry or not..."

"Grandma!" Qingwen was anxious, "How can those jokes be trusted? The third master is away on business, how can he not miss you? Maybe he wants to go back to Beijing to see grandma in his dreams!"

Lin Daiyu took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner, still complaining, Qiqi Ai said: "Who knows, he has been out of Beijing for three to five years. It is not uncommon for him to leave whenever he wants to. He used to write letters, and now he even reports his safety." There is no oral message."

"That, that's not—"

Qingwen stammered for a long time and didn't say anything, so she quickly motioned for Qingshuang to answer. Qingshuang received the look and said slowly: "Grandma, don't worry, I heard the news from Yushixuan, the third master is busy It’s critical. Maybe it’s because I’m afraid of leaking the news, so I didn’t report my safe return during this period of time. After these few days pass, there will be new news, maybe I just returned to Beijing and I don’t know.”

Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded again and again: "Exactly!"

The two looked at each other, and they got into a tacit understanding again, said many good things about Bao Cong, and apparently made up quietly again.

Lin Daiyu's mood also improved, and when the people downstairs started talking about other gossips, she put on her veiled hat, and the three went downstairs quietly.

As soon as she got into the carriage, Lin Daiyu pinched Qingwen's face, "You two flirt every day, because you are jealous of me, a single shadow swallow?"

Qingwen was so ashamed that she blushed, and worried about Qingshuang being on the shaft, she lowered her voice and annoyed.

Qingshuang listened to it for a while, but only heard the indistinct sweet talk of the two people in the carriage, and she didn't know what they were talking about.

When she arrived at Mrs. Wang's residence, Lin Daiyu went to the second sister You's room.

Today is the full moon of Second Sister You's son, and Mrs. Xing wants to invite someone to dinner, so Lin Daiyu has no choice but to join in the fun.

There are a bunch of maids and nurses in the room, including Old Lady You and Third Sister You, and it is very crowded.

Lin Daiyu only visited politely, gave the child a full moon gift, and then withdrew.

Just as Mrs. Xing came into the house, Mrs. Xing was busy today, so she hurriedly greeted her a few words, and then went to talk to Second Sister You.

There was a lot of indistinct laughter in the room, Madam Xing said: "You are in your early years now, and you have a son by your side, and now Lian'er is helping you to be the wife of the wife. In the future, you will enjoy endless blessings!"

Oh, how long has it been since Wang Xifeng left?

Lin Daiyu was in a gloomy mood, so she took a few steps down the corridor to avoid the laughter in the room.

Sister Qiao was hiding behind Ping'er, timidly, occasionally looking into the room with curiosity and envy, and occasionally whispering a few words to Ping'er, she looked neat and quiet.

Lin Daiyu greeted her: "Sister Qiao, come here. I brought a lot of snacks. Let's try it." Then she and Ping'er led Qiao to the main room.

When Baochai saw a few people coming, he asked the girl to serve iced sour plum soup.

In July, it was full of heat, and even Lin Daiyu was sweating a little on her forehead.

When the sour plum soup came, Lin Daiyu tasted it, it was cold, sour and sweet, paired with the snacks in the teahouse, it was very refreshing.

Just about to drink sour plum soup, Madam Wang came in and said, "Yu'er, you are cold, why don't you drink this sour plum soup? It's not good for your children!"

Lin Daiyu: "..."

Holding sour plum soup, drink it is not, do not drink... hot.

Baochai hurriedly made a rescue: "Mother, don't worry, sister Lin's bowl is not iced, it's cold in the well water, it's okay."

Mrs. Wang suddenly realized, and praised Baochai with a busy smile: "My son, you are so careful! I am so busy today, I can still notice this." She also told Lin Daiyu, "Even if the well water is cold, you can't drink too much water. Too many, we will have dinner later!"

Lin Daiyu nodded with a smirk, Mrs. Wang gave some instructions, and went to Aunt Xue to find Mrs. Xing and Second Sister You.

Ping'er didn't want to say anything, but coaxed sister Qiao to drink sour plum soup.

Baochai also drank a bowl of sour plum soup slowly, and said to Lin Daiyu, "It just so happens that I have something to discuss with you today."

Lin Daiyu asked, "What's the matter?"

"That's right, as you can see, Lian's second sister-in-law can't live in that room at all."

After a pause, Baochai glanced at Lin Daiyu, and then Baochai went on to say, "A while ago I inquired about the Sanjin courtyard next door and said it was for sale. I think I can buy it and open a door between you and your other courtyard, so that the wives can live here." It should be more spacious, so Lian's second sister-in-law doesn't have to squeeze in."

Lin Daiyu smiled and nodded: "Sister Bao's thinking is naturally good, it should have been like this long ago." Then she asked Baochai, "How much money does the yard next door cost?"

Baochai shook her head and said, "How can you pay for it? It's cheaper since I allocated money from my dowry." Then she smiled and said, "You should save your money to buy more pens, ink, paper and inkstones!"

Turning around, she teased Lin Daiyu again with Ping'er: "Other families only focus on their children and grandchildren's reading and literacy, and are eager to learn. Our sister Lin is very different. Even the maids and servants in the family and the children of the farmers in the village are allowed to practice big characters every day. You really are a very educated lady!"

Lin Daiyu had nothing to do in her free time, and the story of teaching servants and children of tenant farmers to practice calligraphy was widely spread among Jia's relatives.

"What's the matter, I used to teach Xiangling to write poems, why didn't you say so?" Lin Daiyu didn't care about this at all.

"Yes, yes, thanks to your teaching, my sister-in-law is now an even better wife and mother. After a few months, I will definitely let my mother and sister-in-law set up a big table of wine, thank you very much!"

These words of gratitude are not mixed with water at all, thanks to Lin Daiyu's careful teaching.

Now that Xiangling is also Xue Pan's wife, she is more knowledgeable and reasonable, and the housekeeper is also very thoughtful in business, even handling Xue Pan is much better than before.So Xue Pan also restrained a lot honestly, only dared to touch some unimportant flowers and plants secretly, and did not dare to do anything wrong as before.

In the evening, Feng Jiangyi and Yingchun with a big belly came over. There was a large table of people sitting around to eat, and several children set up another small table. It was lively and noisy.

After finally finishing the meal, Lin Daiyu talked with Mrs. Wang for a while, and then went back in a carriage.When he was about to reach the other courtyard, a figure jumped out from the side alley, Qingshuang was shocked!

At this time, the wind and rain in Xinjiang were whistling, and Bao Cong was eating dirt in the grass with a bunch of soldiers disguised as ordinary people.

Jiang Che hurriedly chased him away before, but he didn't expose him. He only told Dongming to pay attention to the movement, and then brought his soldiers and guards to suppress the bandits.

At this time, he had made an agreement with Liu Xianglian to lie in ambush at this place, and he had been waiting for two hours.

"Hey, it's impossible to meet a pack of wolves, right?" Bao Cong said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a faint green in the night.