Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

Knowing that Daiyu was going to offer sea lanterns to pray for her family, the people in the temple were very enthusiastic. Before Daiyu asked how much she should offer, they hurriedly offered 48 catties of oil and one catty of lamp grass to the concubine of Nan'an County Palace for a day. After the matter was told, it was also said that the Marquis of Jintian ordered to offer 24 catties of oil, and how much other families ordered to offer. I only hope that Daiyu will offer more after hearing it.

Seeing Daiyu thinking, a Ma Daopo came over and said that the old lady of the Jia family offered five catties of oil a day for her grandson Baoyu, just hoping to protect her grandson's health.

With this standard in place, Daiyu was able to make up her mind, and offered oil for her father and her siblings. She was about to leave when she heard a call.

"Sister Lin?"

She turned her head to look, and saw Baoqin walking quickly with the girl.

When she came to the front, Baoqin smiled and said, "I saw it from a distance just now, but I wasn't sure it was you. I just called out tentatively, and only dared to come to recognize you when I saw you turned around."

Holding her Baoqin in her arms, Daiyu smiled and asked, "Why have you come to this temple?"

Baoqin murmured to the main hall: "I came with my wife. My wife came back to visit my relatives, talked a lot with my wife and old lady, and tested my sisters' essays. Today, my wife is going to come to offer incense and fulfill her wish, so she will come with me. Come together."

"It turns out that my aunt is also there, so I should also go to greet my aunt."

But Baoqin smiled and said, "It's not urgent. My wife still has some business inside. Let's talk here for a while. I heard that my elder brother brought back a girl, but I didn't have a chance to see her. Lin Sister, have you seen her?"

Baoqin's face was full of longing.

She had heard Xu Qingyan's name many times before, knowing that Xue Pan, who had always been known as the domineering king, was fascinated by this person, and only hated herself for being trapped in Jia's house.Especially a few days ago, all members of Jia's family had to follow the eunuchs who came out of the palace to learn how to bow on the day of visiting relatives in Yuanchun, and she never had the opportunity to go to Xue's house.

She was originally the daughter of the Xue family, but because of the love of Jiamu and Mrs. Wang's conviction that she would bring good luck to the family, she was forced to stay at home without giving her a chance to go back.

Although Bao Qin doesn't have many complaints, but this year's Chinese New Year has no chance to go home and talk about recent events with her two brothers and sisters in detail, Bao Qin is worried about panic.

Although Baochai and others had the opportunity to meet her at Jia's house before, but Jia's family has a lot of people, and the girl and the young master have always been inseparable from people, so it is not a good place to talk.She didn't dare to say many things in Jia's house, she could only wait for the chance to go home.

Daiyu also lived in Rongfu and knew the situation there. Now she only looks at Baoqin's expression and knows her difficulties, so she said with a smile, "in my opinion, you should not be in a hurry."

"And when my aunt finishes her work, I'll talk to my aunt to see if I can let you not go back to Rongguo Mansion with my aunt today, but go to play with me to find Sister Bao? I have never seen the woman brought back by Brother Xue. If you don't want to go back today, let's find Sister Bao and ask Sister Bao to take us to see her!"

After listening, Baoqin was not in a hurry to ask Daiyu about other matters, and just waited with her to wait for Mrs. Wang to finish talking with Baoyu's godmother Ma Daopo in the back room.

On the contrary, Daiyu was quite interested in what happened on the day of Yuanchun's family visit.This matter cannot be hidden from people, and there is nothing that cannot be said.Even Yuan Chun's conversations with Jia's mother and others were mostly heard by court ladies, eunuchs and Jia's servants.

The palace maids and eunuchs had to go back to the palace, and most of them would not talk much except to report to their superiors, but this was not the case for the servants of Jia's family.

In the past two days, even the servants who had no chance to wait on Jia's family on the day of visiting relatives have been talking about how beautiful the visit was during the Spring Festival. Many things have already been spread that are far from the truth.Fortunately, these falsehoods were all praises, so they didn't cause any trouble.

Now, what Baoqin and Daiyu said is true, without any exaggeration.

Daiyu was most concerned about the poems written by Yuan Chunming's sisters.

Baoqin also has the ability to recite from memory, so I still remember it, and now I recite it one by one, which makes Daiyu feel a lot of emotion.

Especially when she heard that Baoyu wrote more poems than her sisters, Daiyu couldn't help laughing and said, "It's hard for him!"

Baoqin remembered Baoyu's frowning face that day, and smiled: "Fortunately, I usually see my second brother writing poems and compositions, and he has good words from time to time, but that night in front of the empress, I don't see him being quick-witted, scratching his ear and scratching his cheek in a hurry. Really! For this matter, we have laughed at him several times in the past two days!"

Daiyu has a different opinion.

"If he wasn't quick-witted, wouldn't he be unable to write an article?"

Just as she was talking, Ma Daopo sent Mrs. Wang out.Ma Daopo smiled so much that even the creases on her face stretched a lot.

Just now, Mrs. Wang promised her to add a lot of offerings every day!Previously, she only offered lamp oil for Baoyu alone, but this time Mrs. Wang will offer it for the rest of the Jia family.Especially for that empress in the palace... Mrs. Wang added a lot of extra money in order to keep her from speaking out.

This is already a fortune for her.

Mrs. Wang accompanied Ma Daopo to say a few words of courtesy, and she saw Baoqin and Daiyu standing not far away, followed by the girl and woman.

She was a little surprised, smiled and said to Ma Daopo: "You have had a lot of things in the temple these two days, so you don't need to see me off anymore. You'd better go back and make preparations for the sea lantern."

Ma Daopo hurriedly nodded and bowed her waist and said, "Madam, don't worry. Madam's family is so sincere. If the Bodhisattva finds out, he will try his best to protect her."

Madam Wang smiled.

Ma Daopo accompanied her for another two steps, Fang stopped and watched Mrs. Wang walk towards Baoqin and the others.

Daiyu and Baoqin welcome them.Hearing that Daiyu said that she would go to Xue's house with Baoqin, Mrs. Wang looked at Baoqin and sighed: "It's my fault. I forced you to stay at home for such a long time because of your mother's return, which will delay your family relationship." joy."

Bao Qin accompanied her with a smile and said, "It's my luck to see your mother's appearance, but my brother and the others can see them anytime."

Mrs. Wang sighed again to Daiyu: "On the day of the Lantern Festival, the old lady learned that the empress could only come out of the palace at night, and she was planning to send someone to your house to invite your family over, so that she could see the empress. In that place, I don't know when and what month I will be able to receive the emperor's favor again, and see each other again. Who knows that you are not at home."

Madam Wang was not surprised when she heard that Lin Ruhai had gone to Zhongshun Palace.She had known about this for a long time, and also knew that Daiyu's sister and brother spent Lantern Festival at Xue's house.

If not, she would like to invite Aunt Xue and Baochai here, so that they can also have a chance to meet Yuan Chun.Just because Jia Mu heard that Daiyu's sister and brother were in Xue's house, she refused to send someone to invite her.

Mrs. Wang knows what Jia Mu is thinking.Once you go to Xue's house to invite Daiyu sister and brother, it's hard not to invite Xue Jia.Mrs. Wang, who was worried about Jia's mother, once said something to Yuan Chun. Once Yuan Chun was allowed to meet Baochai, Yuan Chun would prefer Baochai and Baoyu to marry.

Although Yuan Chun grew up beside Jia Mu, she is Mrs. Wang's first daughter, she is more like Mrs. Wang, and tends to be closer to Mrs. Wang.For this reason, Daiyu was allowed to spend the Lantern Festival undisturbed.

In front of the temple gate, Daiyu and Mrs. Wang got into the car respectively.

Mrs. Wang brought Baoqin with her when she came, and went back to Rongfu alone when she went.

Baoqin simply drove with Daiyu, talking non-stop on the road.

After finally arriving at Xue's house, when Aunt Xue and Baochai saw Baoqin, they had to talk about the warmth and coldness.

Baoqin sighed suddenly: "Sister Eryun told me that if my wife is not in the room, I should not go there. I didn't care at first."

"A few days ago, my wife asked Jia Huan to help me copy the scriptures. As I was copying, Brother Baoyu came over to play with those girls, but Jia Huan quietly pushed the oil lamp to Brother Baoyu, and deliberately knocked it down, so that it was not burned. Brother Baoyu. Fortunately, brother Baoyu was kind-hearted and helped Jia Huan to speak, and only said that he was careless, so the wife did not pursue it."