Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

In the Kirin Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhou Hang was staring at a picture of Begonia in a daze. Koizumi brought a bowl of tea and put it quietly in Zhou Hang's hand, reminding in a low voice: "Master, the imperial dining room sent someone to send a message that the meal is ready. Master , can you pass on the meal?"

Zhou Hang raised his head slowly, stared at Koizumi, and muttered, "It's time to eat so soon? Don't feel hungry yet."

His voice was so low that Koizumi didn't hear it, and raised his eyebrows in doubt, "Master, what do you want?"

"It's nothing." Zhou Hang waved his hand, "Let's pass it on, tell the Imperial Dining Room, I'm tired of eating meat, and I'll cook some light dishes for you." The types are divided into cold dishes, hot delicacies, stove food, side dishes and so on.However, it just depends on the appearance, and it may not meet everyone's taste, so most of the time, what the palace masters want to eat has to be ordered separately.Some favored concubines or concubines with high rankings can have their own small kitchens, and they don't have to be restricted by the meals in the imperial dining room. They can cook whatever they want in the small kitchens at any time.

The emperor originally wanted to get a small kitchen for Zhou Hang, but Zhou Hang himself didn't want it. He felt that the Prince's East Palace was already under construction and would move out soon, so it didn't need to be so troublesome.

Li Zhao thought, his son is right in front of him, he can order the meals in the imperial dining room as he likes, and ordering the imperial dining room to serve the prince as if he was serving him, he would not suffer any grievances, so he just let it go.

Unexpectedly, after more than half a year of preparations for the East Palace, it was still impossible to move in. Zhou Hang gradually became anxious.

Let's not talk about these things, Koizumi is about to go out under orders, Zhou Hang stopped him and said: "Koizumi, wait a minute!"

Koizumi hurriedly walked back with his bow, nodded and bowed his head and asked, "Prince, what else do you want?"

Zhou Hang put away the picture of begonias on the desk, handed it to Koizumi, and said, "Find a capable craftsman to frame this picture and hang it in the prince's bedroom... oh no, in the study, hang it in the In the study."

Zhou Hang originally wanted to say it was in the bedroom, but after thinking about it, he spent more time in the study than the bedroom, so he said it was hanging in the study.This is very good, when reading, writing, or reading memorials, you can see it just by looking up.

Koizumi's work efficiency is very high, which is also the reason why Zhou Hang pays more attention to him among the many internal eunuchs.

In the afternoon, Zhou Hang went to the meeting hall to listen to the government for a while. When he came back, the painting had already been hung up. It was framed with rosewood inlaid with gold, and surrounded by a circle of red and green gems the size of rice grains. It was very high-end and elegant.

The emperor once saw this painting and admired it very much. He said that the painting of crabapple flowers is very vivid, especially the color is light and elegant with a natural color, and the red is very pure. It looks like the real thing. Got it.

Zhou Hang didn't dare to say that it was painted by Sister Lin. He reasoned that he met a down-and-out scholar on the way out of the palace a few days ago. He saw that his painting of begonias was very good, so he bought a pair.Is the painting of a down-and-out scholar worthy of being so cherished by His Highness the Crown Prince?It seems that the convincing power is not very strong. From the corner of Li Zhaowei's slightly smirking eyes, Zhou Hang felt that he had said something very insincere.

However, Li Zhao didn't ask any more questions, and just said jokingly: "Is that so, then when you see this scholar again in the future, you should ask me for a pair too!"

Zhou Hang smiled awkwardly, "Definitely, definitely!"

Goodbye Lin Daiyu, Zhou Hang told Lin Daiyu this incident as a joke, and asked casually: "Several people praised you for your excellent use of color, unlike the material paintings sold on the street, what kind of paint did you use to paint?" of."

Daiyu said: "The paints I use for painting are indeed not bought on the street."

"Where did that come from?"

"I made it myself." Strolling on the green grass in the space, Daiyu picked off a flower, "This is it. I made the paint with various petals, and the colors I adjusted are naturally different from those outside. I tried a lot of petals, and finally found that impatiens flowers make the best pigments, the purest and most natural colors.”

"So that's how it is..." Zhou Hang suddenly realized, "No wonder you said last time you wanted to plant impatiens in the space, so that was the idea."

Daiyu sighed, "It's a pity that the impatiens in the space have only been planted for two days, and they haven't bloomed yet. The ones I use now are all planted by the girls outside, and the impatiens in the small garden are fast. I used up all of them. My ex-er Xueyan even complained to me that if things go on like this, they won’t be able to dye their nails enough.”

Zhou Hang rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was about to fight.

"Since you want to use impatiens to make paint, how about I plant more for you?" He said, he picked up the thing and planted it seriously.

After finally seeing each other, Daiyu was thinking about cultivation.

She has learned all the rules now, but she is not as busy as before, and she has a lot of time to practice on weekdays.But Zhou Hang is different from her. In addition to going to school every day, he has to listen to politics, read memorials, and learn how to manage a country well. He has almost no free time.And Zhou Hang needs more strength than her. After all, she stays in the boudoir, and seeing people is limited, which is not a problem, but Zhou Hang needs to show her face often.He is in the position of crown prince, and he is a thorn in the flesh of many people who don't know.

Therefore, it is very necessary to strengthen yourself. After all, no matter how many people protect you, it is still not as strong as yourself.

Daiyu urged Zhou Hang to practice quickly, and Zhou Hang naturally obeyed.

They practiced until Dongfang appeared pale, and the two of them left the space. Daiyu told Zhou Hang to be careful when going back, so as not to be bumped into.Zhou Hang turned into a cat and acted like a baby on Daiyu, and asked Daiyu if she liked the things he sent last time.

Daiyu naturally liked it, but she was too embarrassed to say so, so she urged him to leave quickly.

Zhou Hang flicked his tail, knowing that Daiyu was embarrassed because of everyone's ladylike reserve, so he left cheerfully without criticizing her.

Seeing the day when Yingchun is getting married, Daiyu must go to congratulate her.Zijuan prepared the clothes to be worn one day in advance, a pale pink dress embroidered with peonies, which was festive and would not steal the bride's limelight.

Rongguo Mansion was extremely lively that day, there was a lot of traffic in front of the gate, although the main gate was open, ordinary guests could only enter through the side entrance.Daiyu also wanted to enter through the car door, but Xingshi heard the news and came out with Wang Xifeng and a dozen servants and maids, insisting on asking her to enter through the main entrance.Daiyu has already declined once, if she insists on declining again, it will be suspected of deliberately making things difficult.Besides, since the edict of bestowing marriage came down, Daiyu was followed by nuns and female officials wherever she went. In terms of specifications, she was no different from the royal daughter-in-law, so it was reasonable to go through the main entrance.

She is the imperial concubine in the future, and the Xing family naturally dare not neglect her, and her attitude is very respectful.

The girls who entered from the side door all cast jealous eyes, so strong that Lin Daiyu could feel it very clearly in the sedan chair.

Another sedan chair came slowly, the guards in front cleared the way, the guards followed the servants, and then the maids, and behind the sedan chairs were surrounded by neatly dressed maids in red and green.The servant of Rongguo Mansion trotted up to greet her, and asked that she was Princess Changhua, the younger sister of King Beijing, and then smiled and led her to the side door.Princess Changhua quit, and asked why the sedan chair in front could enter through the main entrance, while her majestic princess could only enter through the side door.

Of course, as a princess, with a noble status, he would not ask the young servant these words by himself. Princess Changhua first told the words to his maid, and then the maid conveyed them.

The boy had no choice but to explain: "The one sitting in the sedan chair in front is the future princess."

This sentence stabbed a hornet's nest, and Princess Changhua immediately became angry, and the mother-in-law slapped the young servant's mouth, and ordered the servant girl to reprimand him: "You are a sycophant, flattering villain, you really deserve to be beaten! She didn't become a crown princess, but now she is just the daughter of a courtier. Our girl is the younger sister of the prince, the princess appointed by the emperor, how dare you be so negligent? Our princess can say a word in front of the queen mother Let all of you Jia's family go around in circles!"

The servant did not dare to fight back, and was beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Princess Changhua swaggered in through the main entrance, and none of the servants of Jia's mansion dared to stop her.

After entering the Chuihua Gate, Daiyu got out of the big sedan chair and changed to a small sedan chair. She sat in the courtyard of the main house before getting out of the sedan chair. She was led by Mrs. Xing to meet Jiamu first, and then went to Yingchun's place.

There are many girls in the room, including the maids who serve the Spring Festival and the girls who come to various prefectures to congratulate.Tanchun, Xichun, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun and others were also there. As soon as Daiyu left, everyone was busy going forward to pay respects. Daiyu knew some and some didn't. Of course most of them didn't know each other. Although she was seven to ten years old I lived in the capital, but never attended a banquet or entertainment. Later, when I came to Beijing again, although I received many invitations, most of them were turned down, and not many went.

What surprised Daiyu was that Zheng Lihua was there.

When Xiao Nizi saw Daiyu, her eyes lit up with excitement, but Daiyu was protected by the nuns, maids, and maids, and there were a bunch of people rushing to chat and greet, so she was embarrassed because she couldn't get close for a while. .

Seeing that there were quite a lot of people in the room, Mrs. Xing ordered her mother-in-law to lead the crowd to the flower hall to watch a play, and let Xichun and Tanchun accompany them.Xichun was fine, she took her big girl into the painting and dragged a group of girls away, Tanchun was a little reluctant, but followed.

Zheng Lihua was about to leave, but Daiyu stopped her, she blinked her eyes, seemed very surprised, also very pleasantly surprised, subconsciously stepped forward to hold Daiyu's hand, after seeing the solemn-looking mother beside Daiyu I didn't dare to back down again.Daiyu smiled faintly, took the initiative to hold Zheng Lihua's hand, and asked with a smile, "How long have you been here?"

While talking, he went to Yingchun.

Zheng Lihua said: "I've been here for a while."

Yingchun was sitting and dressing. Seeing Daiyu approaching, she was about to get up. Daiyu hurriedly held her down and said, "Sister, please sit down. My sister will talk to you."

Yingchun was wearing a red wedding gown, and when talking about getting married, she was still very shy, her face was flushed with shame, and she was very beautiful with the red wedding gown.About to leave the home where she has lived for 15 years, leave her parents, relatives, and everything she is familiar with, Yingchun feels shy, nervous, and a little apprehensive, and her hand that holds Daiyu trembles when no one is around.

Daiyu tried to appease and persuade her, and finally she got better.

Daiyu asked Yingchun who were the girls who would accompany her as a dowry, and Yingchun said, "There are four in total, Siqi, Xiuju, Lianhuaer and Jinhong, all chosen by my father himself."

Daiyu said: "These four are excellent, but they can help you manage the family."

People in the Yingchun room came and went, and they couldn't talk much privately. Seeing that it was time to get ahead, it was meaningless to stay any longer, but it would be a hindrance, so Daiyu dragged Zheng Lihua to sit in a quiet small garden.She has brought Rongguo Mansion for three years and is very familiar with it. It is not too difficult to find a quiet and elegant place.

Once in a place where no one was around, Zheng Lihua couldn't hide her true nature, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, I really didn't expect that Miss Jia would send me an invitation card."

Dai Yu was also a little surprised when she saw Zheng Lihua, but after thinking about it, she figured it out.Zheng Lihua often went to play with her, and her cousin Yingchun also often went there, and the two of them would inevitably bump into each other. After meeting a few times, they naturally became acquainted with each other.Cousin Yingchun is not the kind of person who hates the poor and loves the rich, so it is reasonable to invite Zheng Lihua.Besides, although the Zheng family was not a noble family for generations, it was a scholarly family. Zheng Lihua's father is now an official in the capital, and his status is also worthy.

Daiyu laughed and said, "Now that you have visited the Prince's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion, don't you think you have never seen the world?"

"My sister made fun of me again!" Zheng Lihua stomped her feet and turned around, and suddenly said "Yeah".

"What's the matter?" Daiyu looked back, stood up, and pulled Zheng Lihua to leave.

Zheng Lihua hastily followed Daiyu's pace, muttering: "It's so strange, today the inner curtain is only a place for ladies to play and rest, how come a man appeared out of nowhere."

The man behind was still in a hurry to chase: "Sisters and sisters in front, don't go, I have something to tell you."

It turned out that the man was Jia Baoyu, and Daiyu had her back to him just now, so he didn't see that it was Daiyu.