Old things in the Red Chamber

"Since you also said that it is a matter of chasing rumors, let's stop talking about it. The good mood will be ruined by this matter."

"I really want to talk to you today about the imperial concubine. She is gone. Thinking about it in other days, I don't want to talk about her. I have to talk about her today, and I will tell you a little bit about her." past."

They didn't notice that Princess Ruhe hid quietly behind the screen. The purpose of the princess was to know what the empress would do with the things left by those women today.But I didn't expect to hear what the father and the emperor said about the mother and concubine's past. For Princess Ruhe, this was really a surprise, and she couldn't help listening.

"When I first met her, in Anyang Huangjie's mansion. At that time, Huangjie was ill. She followed Jia Gu's wife to visit her. The girls of the Qi family played tricks on her and threw her by the pool. She came back from the pool in a hurry with her maid. I entered through the back door of the imperial sister's mansion. We must pass the rockery. We met there. She bumped into me, and I only glanced at her hastily. I took the maid and ran away. After I returned to the palace, I thought of her three or four times, and thought that once or twice would be fine, and more than three times would be interesting, so I sent someone to find out who she was."

"Checking out a young lady is a trivial matter for the emperor."

"Finding out a young lady who is waiting to be married is a big worry for me, especially when I want to get her into the palace. At that time, the reputation of the second girl of the Jia family was relatively loud."

"Why is this? I heard people say that He Guifei is not a smart person. I remember that she is not the kind of person who will please others. Why can't someone make a name for her?"

"That's because she's too picky about choosing a son-in-law." Speaking of this, the emperor laughed happily, "If you say this, she and I really have a fate, so many matchmakers in front have told her so much Young Master, this matter has not been accomplished."

The queen thought about it, and quickly figured out the joints, "It must be very useful for Master Jia to speak inside."

"That's right, that's right, that's it. He looks down on the young master of the east family, and the gentleman of the west family. Those with many brothers are afraid of disputes, those with few brothers are worried that their niece's housekeeper will be tired, and the old ones go around asking about others. Why do you hesitate to get married for so long, and when you are young, you think that your niece is already like this and bring a husband who is younger than her, life is even more difficult. Let me tell you, no matter how good the family is, you can always pick one from him At that time, Jia Gu was raising two girls, and the imperial concubine was a little older. They were gearing up to find a good wife for their niece. As people said, they didn’t have a girl, but they thought about raising a girl. You don’t know, when I called Jia Gu over and told him to send Jia She’s daughter to the palace, his face twisted several times, and the chopsticks he held in his fist were supposed to be a knife. If I hadn't been the emperor, none of Zhao'er and the others would have been born today."

The queen laughed happily, "It's probably like this for a family who loves their daughter. It's a pity that I have little luck, but I can't understand it."

"Things are over. No woman in this world is more blessed than you. I heard that being a human being can't be too perfect. It is said that Tang Taizong knocked a gap in his own bowl when he was eating, because he was worried that everything would be perfect. We are like this Compared with the present day, the days back then were nothing. In the early days, I climbed over the wall of your house and was almost bitten by the dog raised by your second brother. "

This thing is true, talking about the past when I was young.There were tears in the queen's eyes. "We are not perfect, there are too many imperfections, it would be great if we had another child, but I am getting older, it is as difficult as going to heaven to have another child."

The emperor just patted her hand, "You must not be consummated. If you are consummated, you will have nothing to ask for. What I want in this life is to meet you in the next life. Even if I am no longer an emperor, I will be satisfied."

In the evening, Princess Ruhe ran to the Ninth Prince, but the Ninth Prince hadn't come back yet, so Princess Ruhe tried her best to kill time in her brother's palace.

"Why are you here? Did something happen to my little brother?"

As soon as the Ninth Prince entered, he saw his sister walking around in his bedroom.Worried that the nineteenth prince is too young, sick or something else happened.

"Brother, you are back, come and sit down, I have something to tell you."

"What the hell is going on?"

"Today, Concubine Cui..."

"I already know what happened today. Don't worry about such private things. Now you just need to take good care of my little brother. What tricks are they going to do? My brother will continue here."

"I'm here to tell you about this matter. Father already knew about it. Father didn't take it to heart, so he just laughed it off."

"I don't know the news yet, who did you hear it from or did you see it with your own eyes?"

"I hid behind the screen of the queen mother today. I heard her talk about this matter with the emperor father, and I also heard about the meeting between the emperor father and the concubine mother. Brother, our concubine mother left too early, otherwise our life It won’t be like this.”

"You are so naive, go back, go back and take care of your brother."

Princess Ruhe doesn't want to go back, she also wants to participate in the matter of seizing the heir, although she is not the one who wins in the end.But she is very yearning for this kind of turbulent rebirth, and she is very satisfied to be able to participate in it.

"Brother, listen to me, I'm in the queen's palace, my father often goes there, I can help you."

"Help me? I told you not to get involved, even if one day..."

"Under the nest, there are no eggs. If something goes wrong, who can take care of me and my brother? If something happens to you, do you think that mother and son can let us go? Don't they do this matter today? Can they spare our lives with such kindness? Brother, we should stand up together at this time and fight for a way out for us."

These few words really moved the Ninth Prince, he didn't hesitate, and just patted his sister on the shoulder. "Do what you can. I'll send someone to watch you. I don't ask you to help me. I just ask you not to pull my leg."

"Brother, you underestimate me. I'm definitely more useful than Brother Eleven. You won't believe what I say. Just wait and see what my sister does."

His attitude made the Ninth Prince feel terrified. Some things are not afraid of timidity, but boldness.However, Princess Ruhe couldn't listen to anything at this time.

After she bounced away, the Ninth Prince quickly sent someone to invite the Eleventh Prince.The two brothers had been discussing this matter until midnight, and it turned out that their sister was involved.The two of them couldn't help but become more cautious.

Seeing that it was very late, the ninth prince left the eleventh prince to sleep by his side.In the dead of night, neither of them could fall asleep. After careful calculation, it was less than two years since my mother left, but in retrospect, it felt like a long time had passed.And her voice and smile gradually faded in memory.The eleventh prince said to the ninth prince in fear, "I forgot the voice of the concubine mother when she spoke."

"I forgot too, go to sleep, maybe the concubine mother will come to our dreams tonight."

This is a very beautiful wish. With such a wish, the two of them slowly fell asleep, without dreaming until dawn.After waking up, she was indescribably disappointed, but life was still going on, and the mother's departure would only make her children stronger.So the Ninth Prince and the Eleventh Prince put on their clothes, washed their faces, and tidied up their expressions. When they went out, they were the two elegant young masters.

The two princes in the palace did not dream of their mother.However, Lin Daiyu, who was about to approach Gusu, saw her parents again in her dream.

There was a gap of several years between this time and the last time.

That night, she fell asleep on the boat, because the two sons slept with the husband and wife when they were away from home.Gu Yun hugged Gu Xin, and Lin Daiyu hugged her youngest son.

In the half-dream and half-waking period, she felt that her family's boat was like walking in the clouds.I don't know how long it took, the clouds turned into a calm lake.The lake is very large and boundless.The sky is blue and clear, the lake is calm and waveless, and the sun hangs high. People just feel refreshed and happy in it.Someone came wading through the water, and Lin Daiyu could see it was her parents from a distance.

She happily held up her skirt and stood on the deck waving to them, and shouted excitedly, "Father and mother."

In a short time, the fairy couple on the opposite side had already arrived in front of him.

"Where is the child? Let's go and see."

Lin Daiyu led the two of them into the cabin.She looked at her family of four lying side by side with a very novel look, and fell asleep peacefully.Then it was inconceivable to see the mother bent down to pick up the younger son, handed it to the father, and bent down to pick up the older son in her arms.

At this time, only the husband and wife were left on the bed.

"He's a good boy," Lin Ruhai nodded between the two children's eyebrows, "When he grows up, he will be very smart." They put the child back, and together they took Lin Daiyu to the deck.

"I took the time to find you this time, because I have something to tell you. In the capital, don't meddle in everything lightly. The most important thing is to protect yourself and your children. Remember!"

The two beeps are still in my ears, but my parents passed by quickly.It turned into a small black dot and disappeared into the distance.The official boat they were on also left the lake at a very fast speed. When they opened their eyes again, they were filled with darkness, and they didn't know when the lights went out.

Lin Daiyu turned her head to look at the child sleeping between the husband and wife.The sleeping posture is upright, that's because when their grandmother put them down just now, she put them upright.

Lin Daiyu looked at the moon above the river, "Could something happen in the capital?"