[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

When Xianrou heard Zijuan's words, her eyes widened, and she couldn't help but said: "Sister Zijuan, our young master actually—"

Before she finished speaking, Xiang Wu standing behind her quietly tugged at the clothes behind her, Xianrou was tugged by Xiang Wu, and suddenly realized that she went back what she wanted to say before, and then paused Then he continued to laugh and said, "Our young master was actually sick when he was a child, so now he feels uncomfortable when he is tired."

"Sister Zijuan is right. We martial arts practitioners also eat whole grains. We don't have a body made of iron, so we will naturally get sick. I will go with my sister to add clothes."

After talking softly, she and Xiangwu went out of the house to their own house.

After entering their own place, seeing that there was no one around, Xiangwu went to get the clothes, Xianrou followed behind Xiangwu, sticking out her tongue in fear, and said softly: "Fortunately, my sister responded in time and stopped me. I'm going to say that the young master is in good health, I'm afraid that all the painstaking efforts of the madam and the young master will be in vain!"

Xiangwu took out two pieces of clothes, and handed one to Xianrou to put on: "You, you have to remember what Madam told you when you came here. The young master was sick when he was young, and he is not in good health now. Don't wear it when you have time." , Careful madam and young master blame you!"

Xianrou nodded again and again: "Sister, don't worry, I will remember it in the future!"

Xianrou added more clothes, and asked Xiangwu in a low voice, "Sister, what is the purpose of lying to Miss Lin like this, madam and young master? Miss Lin will know the truth about such things sooner or later. If Miss Lin knows The madam and the young master have teamed up to lie to her, and we are still accomplices, how will this matter end?"

Whenever Xianrou thought about it, she was worried about Lin Jian and Qiao Shi.

Xiangwu laughed: "Madam and young master are so smart, how can there be no way to end it? Don't worry about it. Just listen to Madam's orders and do our own things well. Don't overthink it."

"Let's go, Miss Lin is still waiting for us."

A few days ago, Li Wan sent someone to the garden to measure the girls, and brought out the fabric to make new winter clothes for the girls.

Although the family members in Jia's mansion have changed now, the housekeeper Li Wan treats Lin Daiyu as well as he did when Wang Xifeng was there, but he doesn't change his attitude towards Lin Daiyu just because Jia Mu's side treats Lin Daiyu indifferently.

This time when tailoring the winter clothes, Li Wan did not omit Lin Daiyu on purpose, and specially chose plain and good materials for her clothes.

Li Wan is a widow all the year round, even though there are hundreds of apricot blossoms in Daoxiang Village, her temperament is not that strict and rigid, but because she is widowed, she can't be too wanton.

But since becoming a housekeeper, Li Wan has gradually relaxed his mind, gradually getting started with the housekeeper's affairs, and this person has also become lively.She couldn't wear too bright clothes, more plain and elegant clothes, but she couldn't wear too plain, so she made a fuss about the materials.

For example, today Lin Daiyu picked out this set of light lotus-colored double-breasted long jacket jacket and the light purple jacket skirt, the fabrics of which are very special.At first glance, it looks plain and elegant, but when the sun falls on the clothes, the dark lines on the clothes will have a shimmering feeling.

Plain and low-key.But the dark light is sparkling and surging, and it has a mysterious and elegant air.

Lin Daiyu stands tall and graceful like a lotus flower that is just about to bloom in midsummer. Her figure is slim and graceful. Walking in the sun in this dress, she is quite attractive. opened.

Just as Lin Daiyu walked out of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, she bumped into a few people head-on.

The person walking in front saw Lin Daiyu at a glance, and hurriedly greeted her with a smile: "Sister Lin, where are you going?"

The visitor was none other than Shi Xiangyun, grand-niece of Mother Jia.

When Shi Nai and Shi Ding returned to the capital, Shi Xiangyun was not detained by her aunt in the mansion. After seeing her two nephews, Jia's mother remembered that she hadn't seen Shi Xiangyun for a long time, so she sent someone to bring Shi Xiangyun to the mansion. Live for a while.

Mother Jia actually dotes on Shi Xiangyun very much.Before Lin Daiyu came to Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia felt sorry for Shi Xiangyun who lost his parents at a young age, so she took Shi Xiangyun, who was only two or three years old, and raised her with Jia Baoyu.

Before Lin Daiyu came to Jia's mansion, it was Shi Xiangyun who went with Jia Baoyu for several years, and it was also a few years later that Lin Daiyu came, and Shi Xiangyun was taken back to the mansion by her aunt, and Jia Baoyu came into existence. Later intimacy with Lin Daiyu.

When Shi Xiangyun grew up, she didn't have any close relatives like Lin Daiyu, and unlike Lin Daiyu who had no one to rely on, she also had uncles and aunts, so she couldn't live in Rongguo Mansion for so long after she grew up. However, Mother Jia missed her and sent someone to pick her up and live there for a month or so.

During this time, Lin Daiyu hurt Jiamu's heart, and she always felt unhappy in her heart. Mrs. Wang and others were clumsy, so they couldn't comfort Jiamu, and sometimes talking made Jiamu even more unhappy.

Tanchun is a master who can talk, but Tanchun is still busy preparing for marriage. The imperial decree has even fixed the wedding date. Tanchun will leave for southern Anhui in ten days or so. Time is tight, and the mansion is all in Take the time to prepare her wedding dress and dowry. Mother Jia didn't want to disturb her mood, so she didn't let Tanchun come to her more.

Yingchun is not one to comfort people, and when Jia She heard that Tanchun's marriage was settled, he was busy getting people to marry Yingchun outside, so Mrs. Xing didn't let Yingchun out much at this time of year.

Mother Jia couldn't take care of her own thoughts, so she didn't think about Yingchun. She only thought that if Yingchun's marriage was not suitable, she would just refer to it for details.Since Xichun is still young, she still needs someone to take care of her, so Mother Jia won't tell her about her size.

For a while, no one went down to the knees, and Jia's mother thought of Shi Xiangyun.Shi Xiangyun has a straightforward and playful personality. At this time, Mother Jia really hoped that there was such a person talking and laughing in front of her, so that she could put aside distracting thoughts for a while and be happy.

Shi Xiangyun was picked up by Jia Mu's envoy.

But the fact is not what Jia Mu expected. After Shi Xiangyun came, he talked and laughed in front of Jia Mu, which really made Jia Mu's dull mood dissipate in an instant, and she became much happier.

On the first day Shi Xiangyun came, he spent time in front of Jia Mu. On the first day, she went to see Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai. On the second day, she came to meet and say hello to all the sisters in the courtyard.This is when I went to Qiushuangzhai.By the way, I finally came to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu had heard Zijuan say that Shi Xiangyun was here, and when she saw that she came here specially today, she smiled and said, "Yun'er came by accident, I was just going out."

Shi Xiangyun joked around in front of Mother Jia, which made Mother Jia happy, but it didn't mean she knew nothing about the affairs of Rongguo Mansion.Long after Jiamu sent someone to pick her up, Yuanyang secretly told Shi Xiangyun what happened in the mansion behind Jiamu's back.

If she didn't explain the matter clearly to Shi Xiangyun, she wouldn't be able to coax Jiamu well with her mind.After all, if she really said something wrong in front of Jia Mu, wouldn't that make Jia Mu even more unhappy?Yuanyang didn't dare to take risks, so he could only inform Shi Xiangyun in advance.

And Shi Xiangyun went to visit Jia Baoyu after coaxing Jia's mother to be happy. Xiren had served Shi Xiangyun for several years before. Shi Xiangyun asked her carefully about Jia Baoyu. Xiren hesitated to say more. In the end it was all said.

Shi Xiangyun knew the recent events in the mansion, he also knew about the affairs between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, and he also knew that Lin Daiyu had been sheltered by the Lin family recently, so he guessed what Lin Daiyu said.

She smiled and said, "Sister Lin, is she going out to see Mrs. Lin's family?"

Lin Daiyu nodded slightly, but did not talk to Shi Xiangyun.

Shi Xiangyun didn't ask any more questions, and turned his head to ask her girl Cuilu to give Lin Daiyu what she brought: "Since Sister Lin is going out, I won't bother you. This is a gift I brought to Sister Lin. Be careful, and I hope Sister Lin will not dislike you."

Zijuan went forward to receive the gift, but it was inconvenient for them to go out with a gift. Xiang Wu walked quickly on delicate feet, and immediately took the gift from Zijuan and turned back to Xiaoxiang Hall.

Lin Daiyu stood in the same place waiting for the fragrant mist to be tender, but Shi Xiangyun left without leaving. She looked at it for a moment, then smiled and asked: "Sister Lin, these are the two young girls who can learn martial arts that the young master of the Lin family gave to my sister?"

Lin Daiyu nodded quietly with a smile. Shi Xiangyun wanted to talk about it later, but Xiangwu and Xianrou had already returned. Lin Daiyu suddenly tightened her cloak and coughed twice. Seeing Zijuan Xiangwu Xianrou, all three of them looked nervous Surrounding her, she smiled and said, "Sister Lin is weak, and it's not appropriate to stand on the air vent to blow the wind. Sister Lin, go, I'll talk to my sister some other day."

Lin Daiyu nodded, said goodbye to Shi Xiangyun, and left.

Lin Daiyu and his party walked through the Qinfang Pavilion to the Yihong Courtyard. It was very quiet and there was no one there. Zijuan looked around and said in a low voice: "Girl, I always feel that Miss Shi speaks like a different person." .”

Lin Daiyu said quietly: "In this situation, if she is still the same as before, then she is really stupid. She has a close relationship with the old lady, but I still live in the garden. This broken bone is still connected to the tendons, turning my face It's impossible. I have to be like the old lady, and I can live with face and affection."

Lin Daiyu actually didn't care that Shi Xiangyun didn't come to see her until today, but just had a few discussions with Zijuan.Her thoughts are already outside the garden.

Shi Xiangyun watched Lin Daiyu and his party leave in front of the gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, until their backs could not be seen from a distance, and Shi Xiangyun did not leave.

"Girl, Miss Lin is gone, let's go too."

Cuihui called Shi Xiangyun, and Shi Xiangyun came to his senses, but she refused to go back to Jiamu's place, and asked Cuilu to accompany her around the garden.

"I've been away for several months, and I haven't been in this garden for a long time. I missed it when I was at home. I came back, but I didn't bother to go for a stroll yesterday. I just went to talk with the old lady and the second brother. Now When we are free, let's go for a stroll by ourselves, and then go to the old lady's for dinner after noon."

Shi Xiangyun also walked along the path that Lin Daiyu had just walked, but Lin Daiyu wanted to go out from the winding path, but Shi Xiangyun wanted to go around the Yihong Courtyard and wander deep into the garden.

Seeing people going to the empty Yihong Courtyard, Shi Xiangyun felt quite emotional: "Yesterday, my second elder brother told me about the garden, saying that he wanted to move back to live in it. I'm afraid that my second elder brother won't be able to move back."

When Shi Xiangyun saw Yihongyuan think of what Jia Baoyu said to her yesterday, he was emotional for a moment and then a little angry.

There was no one around, only Cui Lian was left, Shi Xiangyun grabbed the weeds growing from the flowering branches beside him, and couldn't help but angrily said: "Obviously I also stayed with my second elder brother for several years, and we didn't have the same relationship when we were young. Poor. Even if we are not together later, why am I no match for her in my second brother's heart?"

"The second elder brother's accident happened because of her. She didn't even look at it. She and the old lady's second elder brother are separated. No matter how bad they are, they have taken care of her for several years. How can they hurt their hearts like this?"

"I always thought that even though I didn't like her temperament, I was also annoyed that she took the attention of my second brother and told me not to get close to him, but she is a lonely person like me, and I can't bear to be too harsh. She is fine now, as soon as she has the protection of the Lin family, she will turn her face and deny anyone!"

Shi Xiangyun still had some thoughts on Jia Baoyu, but she didn't often live in Rongguo Mansion later, she had Lin Daiyu first, and then Xue Baochai. Jia Baoyu only used her as a playmate, and she gave up for a while, so she could only give in if she was not willing to give in.

But she prefers Xue Baochai, and thinks that Xue Baochai is calm and dignified, even if Jia Baoyu looks at him differently, she can still tolerate it; but Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu often quarrel. If she didn't go in, Shi Xiangyun really didn't like it, so she would ridicule whenever she got the chance, it was her own little selfishness.

Now that Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu have separated, Jia Baoyu still misses Lin Daiyu, which makes Shi Xiangyun unhappy.

Cui Hui whispered beside her: "The old lady wants the property of the Lin family, not to mention Miss Lin, if you were another girl, how would you be willing to hand over things to others?"

Speaking of this, Shi Xiangyun stopped being angry, and she was a little sentimental: "That's true. When I was in love with Sister Lin, I thought she was helpless and had nothing. Now she has won the Lin family's property, which is also true. Her good fortune. But I am a truly helpless person. If I have these things in my hand, not to mention the farm property, even if the Zhenxia Pavilion that the old lady said before is still there, I am reluctant to give it to others. You have to protect your life.”

At this point, Shi Xiangyun understood Lin Daiyu for a while.

Cui Hui accompanied Shi Xiangyun out of the Yihong Courtyard, and when the women on the way had gone away, Cui Ling said in a low voice: "These are irrelevant things, so don't think too much about it, girl. The old lady sent someone to pick her up, but the second wife was willing to let the girl come here, she also had some plans. The second wife said that the second wife had listened to the second master's thoughts, and the girl had to come up with a charter. Otherwise, things No, the second master and the second wife don't value the girl more and more, and the girl's life in the mansion becomes more and more difficult, so who can I rely on for the rest of my life?"

"Although the old lady here said that she loves the girl, the girl has also seen it. It is impossible for the girl to be with the second master Bao. After all, the old lady has entered Jia's house, and the girl's marriage has to be decided by the house. The old lady is old and can protect her. When is the girl? Even if it's the girl's marriage, the old lady here can't help but decide."

Shi Nai and Shi Ding brothers are fighting for each other, each has meritorious service in the official ranks, and the mansion is not in short supply. In addition, after Shi Xiangyun's father died, Shi Nai inherited the title of marquis. Shi Xiangyun lived alone in the mansion, and Shi Nai and Shi Ding It's not bad for her and his wife's family to treat her as an uncle and aunt, but they don't pay much attention to it.

Shi Xiangyun and Ji want to discuss marriage.Historians are also discussing this matter, but at this time, the situation in the court has changed. Emperor Chengsheng did not appoint a crown prince and canonized him as a prince, which caused the princes to compete for the heir.

Shi Nai and Shi Ding could see clearly that these things all originated from Lin Jian.This Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is firmly on the side of King Zhao, but their historians, together with the Jia family, and part of the forces of the four kings and eight princes, are firmly on the side of Prince Rui.

Prince Zhao and Prince Rui are naturally hostile in order to fight for the position of crown prince.

There will naturally be games and struggles between these hostile forces.Some of them tried their best to get rid of Lin Jian, but everything should be prepared.Just like the Jia family didn't quarrel with Lin Jian on the surface, and married the third daughter of their own family to Wannan to win over the general stationed in Wannan, Shi Nai and Shi Ding naturally wanted to make some moves to win over Lin Jian.

Slap and sweet dates are indispensable.

Lin Jian was young and hadn't married a wife yet. Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty. Shi Nai and Shi Ding had learned from Feng Ziying that Lin Jian was not keen on these banquets and gatherings in official circles, and they knew very well that, like Lin Jian It is very difficult for men to win over such a young, frivolous and unscrupulous young man.

Money and power are useless, so only beauty is left.

Earlier, the mother of the Wang family had thought of marrying the Lin family and marrying Tanchun to Lin Jian, but in the end Lin Hong retorted with a few words.Just because of Lin Hong's few words, Lin Jian's possibility of getting married within a year or two was abruptly cut off.When Lin Hong said that, not only the Jia family, but also other families in Duzhong who had daughters of the right age would find it difficult to open their mouths to the Lin family.

This young master of the Lin family is good, but he can't let his daughter of the right age wait for a year or two for him, right?Therefore, no one mentioned Lin Jian's marriage anymore.

Shi Nai was still moved.

The Lin family didn't want Lin Jian to get married, and the normal marriage proposal couldn't be done, so they found another way.If this young master of the Lin family, who has always kept himself clean, has an inexplicable relationship with a decent official woman, can he still say in a serious way whether to marry?

Lin Hong is the most upright and innocent person, he will never allow his son to ruin the reputation of the innocent girl's family, if there is such a thing, he will definitely ask Lin Jian to marry the girl.

But in this way, people can enter the Lin family, but what happens after entering depends on the girl's ability.Anyway, what he wanted was to win over Lin Jian and install his own people in the Lin family.

Shi Nai couldn't bear to let his daughter suffer this crime, so he asked his wife to hand over the matter to Shi Xiangyun.

What Shi Nai's wife said to Shi Xiangyun was quite good: "Yun'er, you don't have to really do anything to the young master of the Lin family. You just need to let people know that it was he who took the initiative to flirt/seduce/seduce you, and secretly It's fine if you lure him into the bait. If you succeed in doing this, your uncle will help you marry into the Lin family in a splendid manner and become the serious daughter-in-law of the Lin family. But if it doesn't work out or something bad happens to you, what happens next? That would be hard to say."

Shi Xiangyun is unwilling to do such a thing.

How could her innocent daughter's family do such a seductive thing?But her marriage is still in the hands of Shi Nai Shi Ding. If she refuses, I'm afraid that in the future, she will have a marriage that is glamorous on the surface and painful on the inside, but only she knows about it.

Shi Xiangyun originally wanted to come to Jia's mansion to secretly beg Jia's mother, go out and beg Jia's mother to be her master, but after seeing the portrait of Lin Jian sent by Shi Nai, she was quite hesitant.

It's human nature to admire sex. She is a little girl who has just experienced love. A handsome man like Lin Jian is still very attractive to her.In particular, Lin Jian was still a young and promising young general with a good family background and the title of marquis, and now he was also the censor of the imperial capital, with a bright future ahead of him.

If such an outstanding man falls in love with her and becomes a husband and wife with her, there is really hope for a comeback in her life.

After Shi Xiangyun came to Jia's mansion, he learned about Lin Jian's maintenance and care for Lin Daiyu from Yuanyang Xi's population.

Only then did she start to seriously think about Shi Nai's words.

Cui Wei was right, she really had to come up with a charter.

In fact, she came here today deliberately to get close to Lin Daiyu, and her friendship with Lin Daiyu is still as good as before, probably because of Lin Jian.She knew that Lin Jian would often visit Lin Daiyu in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Lin Ruhai entrusted Lin Daiyu to Jia Mu. Lin Daiyu would not move out for a year or so. She just took this opportunity to come here to meet Lin Jian. Come a few more times, come and go, don't you get acquainted?

Things like seducing/seducing a man can only be done after getting used to it.

Unknowingly, Shi Xiangyun walked to the stone bench that she had slumped down on when she was drunk that year.She stared at the stone bench for a while, then looked away again, and saw the Aojingxi Pavilion where she and Lin Daiyu used to write poems in front of her again.

It was at that time that she and Lin Daiyu recited the sentence "crossing the crane's shadow in the cold pond, burying the soul of the flower in the cold moon" that is still remembered today.

Thinking of this, Shi Xiangyun stopped in his tracks, turned his head and took Cui Ling to the west corner door not far away: "Let's go, let's go back."

She had made up her mind.

She is inferior in talent and appearance to Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, but she also has a beautiful heart occasionally. She has a straightforward and straightforward personality. Jia Mu always said that she is straightforward and cute.The young master of the Lin family was born in the army, such a chic and unrestrained character should be in tune with her temperament.

As long as she does what she likes, given time, how can she not make Lin Jian fall in love with her?As long as Lin Jian was tempted, and she asked him to meet alone again, she would find someone to ambush in this garden, and when the time came, Lin Jian would marry her to protect her reputation.

Shi Xiangyun was very courageous, once he had made up his mind, he stopped looking forward and backward, took Cui Ling back and told her in a low voice, asking her to inquire more about Lin Jian's preferences in private, so that she could use him as she likes.