Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

The next day.

Jiang Yuhan came to Hua Zifang's home early with a gift.

Hua's family invaded his home, he still felt at a loss, the family seemed to have known that he would come.After entering the house, he saw Baoyu talking, and he understood.

After that, Jiang Yuhan was a little dazed, in a dream, only knowing that Hua Zifang accepted the gift from him, and made an appointment with him to wait for him to come to Hua's family to make an appointment.Finally, he walked out of Hua's house with Baoyu, and Jiang Yuhan woke up when he was blown by the cold autumn wind.

He thought carefully about what he had heard in the room before, and he knew that this time he was an actor, but he was able to get the approval of the Hua family so smoothly, and Baoyu came to help him early.

Although the Jia family is no longer what it used to be, Xiren used to follow Baoyu, and the Hua family was also taken care of by Jia's family. Now that there are fields and houses, there is no need to worry that Xiren will suffer with Jiang Yuhan in the future, and there is no need to commit himself to be a concubine, so the Hua family agreed.

Jiang Yuhan was about to thank Baoyu when Baoyu laughed and said, "At the beginning I changed the sweat towel with you, because I gave you it was offensive. When I went back, I saw that she was annoyed, so I gave back the one you gave me." I missed her. I didn’t feel anything that day, but now that I think about it, maybe it’s God’s will. You go back and prepare things quickly, I can’t find anyone else, so at least go and see Qingwen.”

Qingwen is in the embroidery workshop of the Lin Family Firm, and it is indeed easier to find than other girls who have gone somewhere.

At that time in the Rongguo Mansion, there were not many girls whose embroidery work could match Qingwen's. Now she has not been embroidering for the Lin Family Embroidery Workshop for a long time, but she is already somewhat famous.

There are also some descendants of aristocratic families who have already known through Baoyu's possessions that there is such a girl who is proficient in embroidery by his side, and now that they can buy them here, they are happy to join them.The children of these aristocratic families dare not or do not want to have much contact with the down-and-out Jia family, but they still covet some good things from the Jia family's past.

When Baoyu came, he saw Qingwen holding a needle and thread, lowering her head and concentrating on her work.

He almost went up to Qingwen and said to Qingwen that it hurts his eyes carefully, so there is no need to bother so much, but he suddenly remembered that Qingwen is no longer his girl now, and has to rely on these needlework to make a living.

He just stood there like this, staring blankly at Qingwen, and he didn't know how long it had passed.

It was because Qingwen's neck was a little tired, so she put down her things to rest for a while, and then she accidentally saw him, and hurriedly came up to him and asked, "You, why are you here?"

Baoyu felt his eyes were dry and his voice was hoarse. He grabbed Qingwen's hand in a daze, but didn't know what to say.

Before coming to visit, he had a million thoughts on his mind.But I really saw Qingwen, but I don't know where to start.

Qingwen let him shake hands for a while, then gently pulled away, and said with a smile: "You are here again, I heard that Sheyue is alone by your side now. Thinking of how I looked at you and Xiren back then, I still When she will definitely follow you for a long time in the future, have you ever thought of this?"

The smile in her words gradually dissipated, and she was left blank and sentimental.

Back then, she always found Xiren not pleasing to her eyes, she only felt that Xiren relied on her intimacy with Baoyu to get big in front of other girls. The old lady favored those who promised to Baoyu, and their status in Baoyu's room was not as good as that of Xiren.

But in the end, neither she nor Xiren got what they wanted. She used to think about it, but suddenly it seemed insignificant.

He didn't even have the chance to stay by Baoyu's side as a girl, so why talk about an aunt?

Xu Shi no longer has any distracting thoughts about Baoyu, only the friendship between master and servant in the past, and more importantly, he has to focus on his own survival. Qingwen now faces Baoyu with a little indifference.Although that trace of melancholy lingered for a long time, she did not have any distracting thoughts in her heart, and she was more open-minded than before.

Seeing that Baoyu hung his head and said nothing, Qingwen laughed again and said, "It's okay not to mention these things. Since you're here, let's talk for a while? My son Xue Erye came to me a while ago and asked me if I would like to be here An embroiderer, she also proposed that I be in charge of a series of embroidery products, which should be released according to the seasons. What he said was complicated, and I couldn't understand it. As long as they wanted me to embroider, I would embroider whatever. alright."

The two chatted for a while, and other people in the embroidery workshop came to ask Qingwen to work, saying that Qingwen had to come because they didn't know some stitches.

Qingwen hurriedly responded, and looked at Baoyu apologetically.

Without waiting for Qingwen to say more, Baoyu reasoned that she had something to do and had to leave.

Qingwen watched Baoyu turn and leave, but she couldn't see the moisture in the corners of Baoyu's eyes.Baoyu still remembered that in her room that day, Qingwen was always wanton with the other girls, even with him, when she talked and laughed a lot, she only restrained herself a little when facing the other masters.Now if anyone in the embroidery workshop comes to call at random, Qingwen should be cautious.

How can Ren Qingwen say that she is doing well now, but Baoyu can't hide her sadness in the end.

In the past, he only said that everyone was happy together, even if the sisters were rarely around, he knew that they were doing well, and he only regretted that he had no chance to get along with the sisters, and it was rare to get close to them.

But now, seeing the sudden change of the family situation, unexpectedly, everyone in the family can't keep the comfort of the past.Except for Liu Xianglian and a few friends, the other people he usually associates with are all related to him, and they regard him as a scourge and keep away.

Since Zhen Baoyu sent back the spirit of the psychic jade in him, he has felt the huge gap even more strongly.It is as if he is chasing the prosperity in the world of mortals, wanting to live the beautiful life of soft jade and fragrance as companions, but loneliness often arises in his eccentricity, no matter how much he talks and laughs with others, it is difficult to suppress this loneliness, and more and more he wants to be in the world When chatting and laughing with others, some strange words appeared in the eyes of others.

No one can understand what he said, and he has said less of those words now, but it’s not that he has figured it out and no longer has those weird thoughts, as others think, but he deeply feels that no one understands. , I was so lonely that no one would say anything.

Seeing that he is staying in the world of mortals now, his life is not as lively as in the past, and the daze that is suppressed by all kinds of hustle and bustle in the bustling place is getting bigger and bigger.

Baoyu walked on his own, and he didn't know how many places he had passed. Only when he heard someone calling him, did he realize that he had reached the door of Lin's house.

Baoyu first looked at the plaque on the main entrance, then followed the direction of the voice calling him earlier, and saw Chongyu with a tired face.

"Brother Baoyu, what were you thinking just now? You didn't hear me until I called you several times." Chongyu said as he approached, seeing that Baoyu was still in a daze, he simply pulled him inside, "It's all here Here, let's go in and sit for a while? Grandma and the others miss you very much."

It's okay if Chongyu didn't say anything, but when he said that, Baoyu shook his head hurriedly and sighed: "I went in and saw them now, wouldn't it make them more worried?"

Chongyu turned her head and smiled at him, "Then go in and sit for a while, it's even more worrying for you to walk outside like this."

Chongyu led Baoyu to his room and sat down, and ordered someone to bring hot tea and snacks.

After drinking tea, Baoyu calmed down and asked Chongyu where he came from.

"I just came back from my former Mr. Jia's house. Do you know that he resigned from office yesterday, and he is going to go back to his ancestral home to find his wife and children? Anyway, he used to teach me. I am also busy recently, and I can't figure out when he will leave, so I might as well say goodbye to him earlier."

Baoyu was startled, Fang Xing realized that the Mr. Jia mentioned by Chongyu was Jia Yucun, and asked in surprise, "Why did he resign?"

Chongyu thought about it, and finally gave Baoyu a brief explanation.

It turned out that Jia Yucun was clearly close to Nan'an County King, but in fact he was more willing to follow the former prince Li Chongchen.

Even though Li Chongchen knew that the King of Nan'an was in collusion with foreign enemies for the sake of his succession in the future, he still allowed the King of Nan'an to act in his name.But with the news of Yuanchun's pregnancy, Li Chongchen also speculated that the king of Nan'an might be more willing to watch himself fight with the third prince, and lose both, so that the king of Nan'an could have the opportunity to support the prince born in Yuanchun to ascend the throne .

At that time, there is no guarantee that the child is really of royal blood, and since he is still young, everything can only be decided by the king of Nan'an County.

Li Chongchen was afraid that he would also become a pawn abandoned by the king of Nan'an County, so as early as after Zhen's house was confiscated, he let Jia Yucun, who had voted for him, stay in Beijing pretending to be sick, so that Li Chongchen could leave early in autumn under the pretense of being injured. After hunting back, he was able to take advantage of the Nan'an County King's rebellion in the hunting ground, and he first dealt with the fetus in Yuanchun's womb in Beijing, which might endanger his status.

Because of this, Li Chongchen first ordered the two imperial physicians, Zhang and Wang, to secretly add cold medicine to Yuanchun's pregnancy-preserving medicine, otherwise the fetus would not be protected, and then forced Yuanchun to death, so as to further cut off future troubles.

At first, in Li Chongchen's idea, it should be used to search Jia's name, so that the responsibility for Yuan Chun's dead body and two lives can be attributed to Yuan Chun. He couldn't save the fetus because of his panic and heart, and because of the miscarriage, he couldn't even think about dying to atone for it. Li Chongchen was able to pick himself out of it.Because of Yuan Chun's death, he pardoned the Jia family, and also accumulated a good reputation for himself after he ascended the throne.

Little did they know that the emperor was actually in the palace, saving Yuan Chun, but convicting him of murdering the emperor's heir, depriving him of the crown prince title.

Since Jia Yucun had done something for the prince, he couldn't let the emperor trust him no matter what.Coincidentally, Jia Yucun also recognized the clan with the Jia family in the past, so the emperor secretly forced Jia Yucun to resign on this ground.Jia Yucun also knew that he had made a mistake in going to the prince before, and now that he resigned, even if he lost his official position, he could at least keep some family property and even save his life, so he took the initiative to submit the resignation memorial, and made a complete resignation yesterday. Set it up.

Chongyu didn't dare to tell Baoyu all the things he had checked and guessed during the period of time, so he only picked up the contents of Jia Yucun's memorial and said at the end: "I think Mr. Jia also had such ambitions back then, and gradually The land has become like this. Brother Baoyu, the words you said about the beetle are almost gone."

Baoyu hurriedly asked: "Then you want to continue to take the exam?"

Chong Yulang laughed, and said calmly: "That's natural. Although there are many people in this world, everyone only sees that there are many people, but they are unwilling to become an official, not to mention changing anything, even themselves. It may not be able to protect, so what's the point of just standing there and criticizing? I always have to do something, just see how to do it!"

Baoyu was thoughtful, but after a long time he let out a long sigh: "After all, I can't do such a thing."

"Everyone has their own aspirations, and it's not so difficult to be harmonious without being different." After speaking, Chongyu asked again, "I think you are in better condition now, do you want to go see your grandmother and the others?"

Baoyu thought about it, nodded, and went out with Chongyu.