Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

"The Jia family didn't send anyone to invite you over, did they?" Li Longning asked this question a little casually, as if he really just mentioned it by accident.

Lin Ruhai heard another meaning from his words, and smiled.

"It turns out that the lord wanted to send someone to invite me early today. Didn't you really think these letters are so urgent and important that you have to deal with them today, just because you are worried that I will go to Jia's house?"

Li Longning admitted calmly: "That's right. When Jia Yuanchun comes out of the palace, he will definitely meet her father and others. I'm not too worried about Mrs. Jia's backyard women. Then Mrs. Jia enjoys a stable life It's too long, and they were so pampered at the beginning, but now they only know how to enjoy themselves. Even the rest of their family, I'm afraid they only know how to act in the name of the family, and never thought that there might be any problems."

Having said that, his tone added a bit of sarcasm.

"Although your family is related to theirs, especially since your wife has passed away, it is not impossible. If it is only the Jia family and others, I am afraid that they will not think of inviting you over, after all Your girl doesn't live in their house now. But Jia Yuanchun may not think so."

"She first sent out the eunuchs who arranged various matters for visiting relatives, and it is very likely that Old Madam Jia will invite you to the mansion. As far as I know, the concubines who are visiting relatives this time will hand in some eulogy after returning to the palace. articles, poems, etc. If you are here, how can you not write? As long as you start the pen, once the article is uploaded, there will be more than enough for them to write articles."

Even though Lin Ruhai didn't support the prince, Jia Yuanchun and the Jia family did.For such an important matter as visiting relatives, the Jia family would invite Lin Ruhai here, and in the eyes of outsiders, wouldn't it be a big proof of Lin Ruhai's position?

Lin Ruhai remained silent.

Li Longning's face gradually softened.

After thinking about it, he suddenly smiled and said: "Today, my emperor's brother rewarded me with a small singer who sang a song. I heard his singing is really good. It's getting late at night, and I don't know how many roads have been surrounded by those houses. You go back now." Instead, it's inconvenient, why don't we go drink and listen to a play?"

"Since the lord has such an elegant mood, it is better to obey his orders than to be respectful like the sea."

The two stood up one after the other.

However, Li Longning also took those letters from before, and threw them into the stove beside him for heating.

Although there were a lot of letters, the fire was even more intense, turning these letters into ashes bit by bit.

When Lin Ruhai looked back for the last time, he saw bright charcoal fire leaking from between the blackened letters. Although they were not completely burned immediately, even if they were snatched from the charcoal fire immediately, most of the writing on them would have been destroyed.

The music starts.

Wine with parsley hot.

Among Xue's family, Xue Pan had already drunk too much, holding Xue scorpion with one hand and Chongyu with the other, slurring his words, and there was an unscrupulous grin on his drunken face.

Finally, he suddenly tilted his head, his forehead directly hit the messy table, and fell asleep all of a sudden.

Xue Biao's face was not very good-looking, but he smiled wryly at Chongyu: "Thank you for your hard work..."

I almost heard Xue Pan talk about how good that girl Yan'er is all day long.

Chongyu stretched out his hand to push Xue Pan, who was completely drunk, only to hear Xue Pan mutter twice, his head tilted again, and he still looked sleepy.

"It's not so hard." Chongyu smiled with interest, "Second brother Xue, I'm more interested in that girl Yan'er now."

Chongyu really couldn't figure out what Yan'er, or Xu Qingyan, did to Xue Pan to make Xue Pan miss her so much.

It stands to reason that a woman like Xu Qingyan has long been used to Fengyue.I also heard Xue Pan describe her rules in Jinxianglou as being so big in the past, presumably not everyone can see her casually.

Such a person, would he really be willing to give up other things for the sake of Xue Pan who is illiterate, and just be a good housewife with peace of mind?

Although Chongyu helped Xue Pan a lot before, he sent Xu Qingyan out of the capital, and changed Xu Qingyan's identity as an ordinary woman today.However, in reality, Chongyu and Xu Qingyan had no contact at all, and even helping Xu Qingyan leave the capital, Chongyu just confessed to the servants of the Lin family and asked them to help.

Chongyu didn't even think that Xu Qingyan and Xue Pan could last forever.He chose to help Xue Pan, thinking that if he succeeds, Xu Qingyan will really stay by Xue Pan's side in the future, even if one day, Xue Pan despises Xu Qingyan, wants to marry a wife, and really meets Xia Jingui in the original book, Perhaps with Xu Qingyan's methods, she can control Xia Jingui and save the Xue family some trouble.

If it weren't for Baochai and Daiyu's deep relationship, now he needs Xue Biao's help in many things, once Xue's family is in chaos, Chongyu is worried that he will have to work hard in the future, so he wouldn't be so concerned about Xue Pan's affairs.

Knowing that Chongyu had never met Xu Qingyan, Xue Biao smiled and said, "I thought you should see her. Since she returned to Beijing with her eldest brother, she also wants to see your benefactor. But don't you say that you want to see her?" She, I don't know if you are not free or what, so I dare not tell you about it."

"Oh? She also wants to see me?" Chongyu became more interested, "She said she wanted to see me, but neither of your brothers came to see me? You're fine, brother Xue can bear it?"

Judging from how much Xue Pan cares about Xu Qingyan these days, if Xue Pan knows that Xu Qingyan has this wish, is there any reason why he doesn't want to do everything possible to make it come true?

"She didn't tell her elder brother." Xue Biao watched the servants come over, and sent the drunk Xue Biao back to the room to rest, then turned to look at Chongyu, "Will you sleep with me tonight?"

Earlier, a girl from the women's family came over and said that Baochai had kept Daiyu to sleep with her tonight, and she wanted Chongyu to play jokes with Xue's brothers in peace of mind, so that she didn't have to worry about Daiyu all the time.

Chong Yulang smiled and said, "I'm not going to sleep with you."

Xue Biao said helplessly: "But you didn't let me finish my sentence. You sleep in my room, and I will go to the study to make do for the night."

The Xue family's house in central Beijing is not big, although there are still vacant rooms, they have not been tidied up, and now it is the first month, it is not convenient to clean, so they can only use the rooms that have been tidied up before to entertain guests.

"If you want you to sleep in the study, wouldn't you be wronged? Why don't you let me go?"

"What's the matter? My aunt reserved my room for me, and I haven't slept many times. In the past, when I came back to live, I often went to the study. Is it polite for you to say that I want to sleep in the study? "

Xue Biao and Chongyu were chatting and laughing while preparing to take a rest.Xue Biao's study is just outside the bedroom, very close.As he said, there are more traces of life in the outer study, but the bedroom inside is so tidy that there seems to be no trace of life.

Chongyu said he was sleeping, but actually he was sitting cross-legged and practicing internal strength.Xue Biao was in the study outside, but soon fell asleep.

In Baochai's room, Daiyu had already been persuaded by Baochai to lie on the bed.

It was Aunt Xue who asked her and Baochai to go back to the room early to sleep when it was dark at night.

Daiyu was not sleepy, so she rested for a while, and estimated that the time had passed, but she still did not feel sleepy, so she simply opened her eyes, and looked at Baochai lying outside with the faint light coming in from the window.

The moon of the Lantern Festival may not be comparable to that of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it is enough to reflect the hazy figure.

Suddenly, the person being watched also opened his eyes.

Baochai turned around and faced Daiyu who was on the inside: "Still asleep? Could it be that you, like Yun'er, have a problem with choosing seats?"

Daiyu was startled, only to realize that Baochai was talking about Xiangyun.

She couldn't help sighing.

"When I lived with her at the old lady's place, she never had this problem. During this period of time, she stayed at her house, my house, and occasionally returned to the old lady's place, so she developed this problem. Others said Changing places often makes it easy to get used to all kinds of bed pillows, but she chooses a seat instead."

Baochai was silent for a while, then sighed, "It would be better if it's just because of this."

Xiangyun never frequently talked to her about unpleasant things at home, and occasionally mentioned them, and often refused to say more than a few words.However, the more this is the case, the more Baochai understands that Xiangyun is not living a very happy life at home.Even though he doesn't go home many times, each time he goes back to live for a short time, Xiangyun is already tired.

After Xiangyun got married, and heard that Feng Ziying's appearance and character were all excellent, Xiangyun was once ashamed and happy.However, after returning home, Xiangyun had to prepare for the dowry and other matters, and Xiangyun's depression became more and more serious.

When Baochai asked, Xiangyun only said that he wanted to count the dowry list by himself, and was distressed looking at these things.After all, once a girl wants to marry, she will have to take care of the dowry herself in the future.Xiangyun's parents died early again, and the dowry left to her by her parents had to be counted and cleared earlier. Among them, Zhuangzitian shop especially needed to be taken over by Xiangyun as soon as possible.

Her dowry had been taken care of by Xiangyun's aunt along with the other property in the Baolinghou Mansion.Now that her marriage has been settled, her share should be clearly divided earlier, so as not to be confused when she gets busy in the future.

Gai Yin Xiangyun once said that when she returned home, she often needed to do some needlework for the family, and even when she stayed at the Lin family, she would occasionally be asked to help with needlework...

As a daughter of a thousand gold, Xiangyun is not like Yingchun who is cowardly and allows her monthly allowance to be taken up by the nanny and spends it without saying anything. However, Xiangyun is the least rich among these ladies, so she can't help it Baochai doesn't care too much.

Daiyu and Xiangyun also have a good relationship, but they are about the same age, and usually only play around together, it is rare for Xiangyun to complain to Daiyu.

Because Baochai is older, she is considerate and is of the same generation as her sisters, and also has a lot of knowledge and talents. Whatever the sisters say, Baochai can answer most of them, so she is especially trusted by the sisters. When I was unbearable, I brought up the thoughts with others a few times with Baochai.

Now it is Baochai who looks at Daiyu, who is in a dilemma and does not know whether to tell Daiyu about these things.

She didn't say anything, but Daiyu could already hear the emotion in her tone, and after thinking about it for a while, every time Xiangyun came back from Baolinghou's mansion, it often happened that she couldn't sleep in choosing a seat.If you go from Lin's Mansion to Rong's Mansion, or from Rong's Mansion to Lin's Mansion, this is rarely the case.With Daiyu's intelligence, how can she not guess the reason?

Although the guess is not very detailed, at least the direction is good.

"Sister Bao, but Yun'er once told you about her difficulties at home?"

Baochai was startled, hesitated, and stretched out her hand from under the quilt.

The warm and soft fingertips touched Daiyu's sideburns, and gently shaved her hair.

Baochai's fingers gradually slid down to wipe Daiyu's cheeks, and under Daiyu's slight trembling, they touched the edge of the quilt.

Baochai carefully tucked up Daiyu's quilt, and Fang whispered: "Go to bed quickly, do you want to stay in bed tomorrow?"