A visit to Fangchun

The four sisters pulled Baoyu, and went back to Jiamu, talking and laughing.Just when Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang came to say hello, seeing them laughing and laughing, even Mrs. Xing smiled involuntarily: "Old lady, take a look at these children. Seeing them so happy, we have How many lingering worries?"

Although I just witnessed Baochai and Tanchun's undercurrents and swords and swords, after all, I have long been used to pretending not to see, and Jia's mother was also full of joy. She smiled and took Mrs. Xing's hand and patted it, saying with emotion: " Yes. I am old, and you and the second child are not young anymore. This family will have to be managed by these children sooner or later. How many days can they play like this? So I will let them go. Wait until the one who is out of the cabinet is out of the cabinet , Those who get married are not so carefree."

Madam Xing's smile stiffened suddenly.

She thought of Wang Xifeng, and her eldest sister, and felt slightly guilty.

Unexpectedly, when Baoyu heard it, he turned around for the first time, smiled and helped Mrs. Xing's shoulders, and said, "Don't be sad, auntie. Turn around, we will go to your place with the second sister to play a lot and play with you, okay?" ?”

Mrs. Xing was so warmed by these words that her eyes were wet, she pulled Baoyu tightly, and nodded again and again: "I can't wait. When the time comes, you can think of anything delicious and fun, just tell me, and I will make it for you." Come on!"

Mrs. Wang saw that her son had won Mrs. Xing's sincerity, and she was naturally proud. Just as she was about to interrupt, someone came to report: "Someone is coming from the palace."

The whole family stood up quickly, and Mother Jia was also a little surprised.

Baochai and Tanchun have only been back for three days, so why is there another purpose?Dare something happened in the palace?

Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch in charge of Chonghua Palace, followed Jia Lian in with a smile on his face, and brought a palace lantern.Dare to love, I'm here to deliver lantern riddles.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Shouzhong's words meant something: "The imperial concubine has invited the empress's will, and invited the empresses of all palaces to celebrate the lantern riddle festival together. The girls in the house have all been educated, and the imperial concubine said, Hurry up and make some lantern riddles, send them in, and make fun of them together, that’s how interesting it is.”

As soon as Tanchun heard this, he knew that he was going to choose a family for himself and Baochai, and he immediately rushed up with a bird's anger.

In the evening, Xia Shouzhong sent everyone's lantern riddles back: "All the girls have guessed the lantern riddles of the empress, and the ladies have also guessed the lantern riddles of all the empresses. Please check if you guessed it. In addition, the empress ordered the ministers to ask Ask, why didn't the third girl guess or do it?"

Tanchun sat there calmly, his cheeks so thick that everyone was amazed: "My lady was ill when the lantern riddles were delivered, and she was so dizzy that she couldn't stand up, so she let her down. Although she is cured now, she is ashamed, so she just let her go." Don't rush to make it together again. Please ask the empress for advice next year during the Lantern Festival."

Xia Shouzhong took a deep look at Tanchun, bowed in response, and left.

Mother Jia thought that Tanchun was proud of being favored, so she was a little unhappy, but she forgot it in a blink of an eye, and smiled and said: "Hurry up, hang up our lights, let's have a banquet, so good." Have a good drink!"

When Jia Zheng heard that Jia's mother was happy, he was also happy, so he asked people to bring a lot of festive gifts and come to the banquet.

But as soon as he came, everyone from Baoyu to the daughters in the boudoirs were very polite, and the whole banquet suddenly became quiet.

Jia's mother knew that it was all because of him alone, so she drove him back to rest after drinking for three rounds.

However, Jia Zheng refused to leave. In front of his sons and nephews, he flirted with Jia's mother: "My son heard that the old lady was doing a lantern festival and made a lot of spring lantern riddles, so Tete came to the meeting. How could the old lady want to Drive me away? But I won't leave, the old lady must share her love for these grandchildren with some of her sons!"

Jia Mu also laughed, and said, "If you don't leave, they don't dare to joke. They don't have to bore me. Since you want to guess the riddle, then guess it. Her sisters are all there. Guess one and I will listen." "

Jia Zheng came down and walked around the Spring Lantern, guessing as he went, until he guessed the concubine Yuan, Yingchun, Xichun and Baochai, but found that their answers were firecrackers, abacus, Buddha Qianhai Lantern, and Gengxiang. , These things, when the firecrackers scatter, the abacus is in a mess, and the sea lanterns are clean and lonely, they are not good omens. Even if they are more fragrant, they look bleak, and they don't seem like things for people with good fortune.

While his interest was greatly reduced, Jia Zheng suddenly realized that there was no lantern riddle about Tanchun, so he couldn't help being excited: This daughter has always been bright and determined, so she must not be so depressed.He hurriedly turned around and asked, "Why didn't you visit my sister?"

Tanchun didn't look sick in the slightest today, she opened her eyes and told nonsense in front of Xia Shouzhong, so naturally no one would expose her—couldn't it be a big festival, what's the benefit of labeling her family as a bully?But in front of Jia Zheng, if she uses this kind of talk to deceive her again, not only Mrs. Wang, but also Jia Mu will not tolerate her!

Lin Daiyu was a little worried and couldn't help but stood up.Baoyu hurriedly held her down, shaking his head to indicate no.

Tanchun thought of all kinds of schemes of Concubine Yuan, Jia Zheng's secret collusion with Beijing Palace, and Rongning Second Mansion's building was about to collapse, and she was already full of impatience; Auntie and Jia Huan, with various unsightly expressions on their faces, stood up according to the rules, seemingly respectful, but their words were extremely rude: "My daughter obeys the master's order. These days, except for the order of the empress, she enters the palace to accompany, lead Except for the old lady's life and sister Bao's birthday celebration, they are all respectfully copying the women's ring, so there is no leisure for fun. Please learn from the master."

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other with different expressions.

If these words were said bluntly among peers, it would be six words: copying women's rings, no time.

Baoyu almost burst into laughter at that time, and quickly covered his mouth with his hands, looking at Tanchun with admiration.

But Jia Zheng felt extremely embarrassed when his daughter who placed the greatest hope spoke back like this.

Jia Mu's face darkened almost immediately.

Has this third girl actually become so proud of being favored to such an extent?

Mrs. Wang smiled secretly, but on the surface she hurriedly said: "I'm afraid the master is tired, why don't the old lady let him go back and rest?"

Mother Jia hummed, and after a few words of concern, she let Jia Zheng go.

Looking at the back of the youngest son so desolate and tired, Jia's mother's desire to have fun was suddenly extinguished, and she looked at Tanchun coldly, about to explode at her.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Lin Daiyu quickly smiled and pushed Baoyu: "Uncle is gone, you can have fun!"

Baoyu understood, and a smoke ran to Chundeng, criticizing him all the time, saying that this one was broken improperly, and that one was improperly solved.

At this time, Wang Xifeng was naturally the one who could adjust the atmosphere the most. He poked his head out from the room and said: "This person should be close to the master every day. But I forgot, why don't you be in front of the master? How about writing lantern riddles?"

Shi Xiangyun laughed out loud: "Then the second elder brother must be sweating right now!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Baoyu then went to pull Wang Xifeng, all kinds of disobedience, just sticking together like twisted buttocks.

Only then did Jia Mu's expression ease a little.

Yuanyang hurriedly brought a bowl of hot tea to her, and whispered to persuade: "Don't be angry. The third girl has never been such a disrespectful person. I will go and find out later, what is it for?"

Mother Jia hummed, took the tea bowl over, took a sip, and raised her head unexpectedly: "What is this? It's so sweet?"

Yuanyang pursed her lips and smiled, but said in a low voice, "Miss San was afraid that you would be flustered by the bustle these two days, so she specially asked us to boil water with longan, jujube kernels, wheat, lotus seeds, etc., and give it to you at night so that you can sleep well. Sleep."

Only then did Jia's mother really let go of her worries, and she still gave Tanchun a distant look, Fang Zhen smiled and joked with Baoyu, Daiyu and others.

Mrs. Wang felt extremely uncomfortable when she saw that everyone was working together to help Tanchun. She couldn't help asking: "Third girl, what are you doing today? You just don't want to guess or make lantern riddles? At least it's your mother's work." Will, you seem to be not afraid of disobedience?"

Before the words were finished, a daughter-in-law came back suddenly, and seeing Mrs. Wang asking a question, she didn't dare to interrupt, so she just stood there with her hands down.

When Jia Mu heard that Mrs. Wang wanted to find fault, she immediately became protective of Tan Chun, and while drinking the sweet water from the tea bowl, she said to the daughter-in-law: "If you have anything to do, just tell me. "

The daughter-in-law lowered her head and replied: "The master asked the servants to pass the message to the third girl."

Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up first, but then her complexion darkened again.

At first she thought that Jia Zheng would deal with Tanchun, but after thinking about it, she realized that this was absolutely impossible—if Jia Zheng had the intention to deal with Tanchun, or it was just acting on the spot just now, or it was just to make Jia's mother happy. One night, after returning home, people spread the word again.

Now that he is speaking in front of so many people, it must not be punishing Tanchun, but something else...

Mother Jia put down the tea bowl, looked up at the daughter-in-law: "What are you talking about?"

The daughter-in-law turned to Tanchun, who had stood up and was obedient. She tried her best to recall Jia Zheng's words, and said, "You don't need to copy the third girl's ring. I'll send you the books in a day. You are good at reading. If you don't understand, you can ask." Your sister-in-law, if you still don’t understand, you can just come to me directly. Together with your sister-in-law, you can urge Brother Huan and Brother Lan to improve their studies. If Huan’er’s homework is bad in the future, it’s all your responsibility.”

In front of Jia's mother and the whole family, Jia Huan's teaching responsibility was blatantly bypassed by Mrs. Wang, and completely handed over to Tanchun!

Suddenly, following these words, Jiamu's main room fell silent.

Tanchun was so surprised, he looked up at the daughter-in-law blankly, and forgot to accept the order.

The wine glass Mrs. Wang was comfortably holding in her hand fell to the ground with a clang, and broke into countless pieces.

Jia Mu frowned slowly.

Son, this is, what's wrong?