The Rongjudai of the Red Chamber

The affairs of the world are flashy, but they are ups and downs, Jia's mansion is not as good as it is day by day, and the benefits of all places in the mansion are also much less, which makes Madam Wang even more anxious.

On this day when Jiaofang came to visit the palace, Madam Wang had already prepared the things to enter the palace. After entering Fengzao Palace, please sit down, seeing Concubine Yuan's sick expression, Madam Wang was startled and said: " Empress, what's wrong with you?"

Concubine Yuan retreated to the left and right, sighed softly, and there was also a trace of boredom between her brows, and after a while she said in a low voice: "Now the Holy Majesty in this palace has not come here for several months, living in a deep palace, how can everything go well, the people in the palace They are all snobbish, seeing that this place is not good, they are becoming more and more indifferent, besides," he pondered for a long time, looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Now I am getting more and more lazy, I haven't had my period for two months, but I don't know why."

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurried forward and said, "Could it be that the empress is happy? Did you invite the imperial physician to come and see?" Concubine Yuan shook her head and said: "Mr. I have already invited the imperial physician to come to see it, but there is nothing unusual, but my body is becoming more and more lazy, and the imperial physician can't say anything."

Mrs. Wang was a little disappointed when she heard this, she thought that if Concubine Yuan was pregnant, her mansion would be even richer, but Kong was extremely happy, so she reluctantly said: "Although it is not, but the empress still has to be very careful , it’s good to keep the phoenix body.”

Concubine Yuan nodded, and said: "Of course I know this, but I have eaten a lot of this medicinal diet, but it has no effect at all. How can I not let this palace worry?" Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Don't worry, I still have some very good ginseng nourishing food here, the empress eats some every day, and it will definitely make the empress recover in a short time."

Concubine Yuan also nodded her head and said, "I know that, but how is Baoyu's illness now?"

Listening to Concubine Yuan asking about the affairs of the mansion, Mrs. Wang pondered for a long time before she laughed and said: "Now this mansion can still get by, you don't have to worry about it. Baoyu's illness has also improved, and now there is a purple man beside her. Juan is here, after all, I can read some books in peace. The day before yesterday, I specially ordered the girl to send some peach blossoms to my concubines. If I can not make my concubines happy? If this precious jade is recovered, our mansion will naturally be very good .”

Concubine Yuan nodded and said: "It's very good to be like this." Suddenly remembering what happened the day before yesterday, she said: "A few days ago, it was the Empress Dowager's birthday, so Mr. Xianya, is there any concern in your mind?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Now that Xianya County Lord has ordered Nanhou to be under house arrest in the mansion, and now that Xianya County Lord has become a joke among the dignitaries. According to the Xianya County Lord's temperament, he must not spare that Lin Daiyu's." There was a calculating smile on the corner of his mouth that was even brighter, and his heart was full of anticipation.

Concubine Yuan nodded, with a hint of calculation in her eyes, she said with a smile: "The gentleman of Xianya County is also extremely cruel, comparable to Princess Zhongshun, if she can get rid of Lin Daiyu, she can It saved us a lot of trouble."

Mrs. Wang also smiled and said: "That's not it. When the time comes, send the four girls to the Beijing Palace, and since the four girls have somewhat similar looks to that Hu Meizi, they must be able to climb to the Beijing Palace. At that time, we will really have peace of mind." Concubine Yuan also smiled, and the corners of her mouth showed a gleam of color, as if she had fulfilled her wish.

Thinking of being able to get rid of Daiyu, Mrs. Wang had a ferocious smile on her face, but she was extremely happy in her heart. Back then, Jia Min was more noble than herself, more beautiful than herself, and even married to a good man. She is already dead, so it must be counted on her daughter, making Jia Min regret that she was favored by so many people back then, and she actually blocked her way to Qingyun.

Mrs. Wang, who returned to the mansion, changed her clothes, then went to Jia Mu's room, and reported in detail what happened when she entered the palace today, and stood quietly with her hands down, waiting for Jia Mu's orders.

Jia Mu pondered for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty is very true. Now that something like this has happened, we don't need to do anything else. It's just that this matter should be discussed with Zhen'er. After all, the fourth girl is Ning The girl in the mansion, and Zhener is the patriarch of our family, if such a good thing comes, Zhener must agree."

Then he said: "Don't say anything about this matter for the time being, just wait for the time to come. I will tell Zhen'er in person in the next day, you should go back and rest first, the matter of the empress should be carefully considered. It's a good idea to prescribe a prescription." Mrs. Wang nodded in response, and then retreated.

Mother Jia was leaning on the couch alone, her kind eyes in the past now turned cold and poisonous, Min'er, don't blame mother, mother's support is Jia's mansion, if Jia's mansion collapses, mother There must be no place to rely on, and I can only blame the daughter you brought up for being too unkind, too indifferent, "people don't kill themselves for their own sake", if you think about it, you won't blame your mother, after all, this huge Jia family It is also where you were born.

If you could accept the late Emperor's love for you, today's Jia Mansion will definitely not look like this. You owe it to your mother, and you owe it to your mother. You know what your mother wants most in her heart. It's just that you didn't care about your mother's thoughts at all, and insisted on marrying Lin Ruhai. Although they are also extremely rich, they are no match for imperial power.

Fortunately, Yuan'er made up for it now, but your daughter shouldn't be so cold-hearted, and didn't support the Jia family at all. Thinking of this, Jia's mother actually resented Jia Min in her heart. The events of that year came to my mind together, and my heart was full of resentment.

Mrs. Wang walked out of Jiamu's main room, and was about to go back, but suddenly remembered what Xiren said that day, her heart tightened a little, and she walked towards Yihong Courtyard, although she knew that what Xiren said must be true , but still feel uneasy, Zijuan is the person trained by that Hu Meizi after all, she must be given a warning.

Seeing Mrs. Wang coming, the maidservants who had been laughing and squabbling immediately fell silent, and hurriedly stood aside with their hands down, but Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, then turned and walked into the room.

Seeing Zijuan rubbing ink and brush next to Baoyu's desk, his face was pale, but he still didn't like Zijuan very much.

Seeing Mrs. Wang coming in, Zijuan hurriedly left the book case to salute, Mrs. Wang responded lightly, Baoyu also hurriedly got up to salute Mrs. Wang, and ordered the servant girl to serve the brewed maple dew tea to Mrs. Wang, and sat down on the table. Madame's side.

Mrs. Wang stroked Baoyu's cheek lovingly, and said, "Baoyu, how are you doing these few days?" Said: "Ma'am, look, I just wrote this, okay?"

Mrs. Wang took the copybook in Baoyu's hand, looked at it carefully for a moment, was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Good boy, it is indeed very good. If you can read and write well, you will be well-known in the future. It can be regarded as the good deeds of our ancestors."

Baoyu took a look at Zijuan, then rolled into Mrs. Wang's arms like a twisted bone sugar, and said: "My knowledge is done, maybe my sister is coming back, so can we sing poems all day long?" correct?"

Mrs. Wang's face turned ashen when she heard this, and she stared at Zijuan with a cloudy and uncertain expression, which made Zijuan's face pale with fright, and cold sweat broke out behind her.

Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, then lovingly caressed Baoyu in her arms, and said, "My good boy, it's time for you to stop thinking about it now. Your sister Lin has climbed a high branch, and she doesn't look down on our family anymore. You Remember what she did?"

Baoyu jumped suddenly when he heard this, and the veins on his head popped up and said: "My sister just married into the Beijing Prince's Mansion. Then I heard that the Prince of Beijing didn't treat her very well, and she will be divorced sooner or later. My sister married someone else." What are you doing, we recite poems and fight against each other every day, can our mansion be short of food for the two of us?" While talking, he glanced at Zijuan, feeling even more surprised and uncertain in his heart.

Mrs. Wang was even more angry when she heard that, she gave Zijuan a vicious look, and said, "Good Baoyu, don't listen to some bastard daughter-in-law who doesn't want to talk about it. No matter what happens in the future, your sister Lin will not be involved in our house." Don't let the master think about the matter, don't let the master get angry, and be careful to beat your flesh." Baoyu immediately became sleepy after saying a word, and dared not say any more, but his heart was even more suspicious.

Seeing that Baoyu remained silent, Mrs. Wang comforted Baoyu for a while, then let Baoyu rest, took Zijuan and Xiren to the outside room, sat on the head, and said coldly: "Let you serve the second master." , are you holding him like this? Today is fine, if such words are still spread in the future, see who I will spare you." The cold and stern eyes looked at Zijuan, and Zijuan was bluffing. Cuckoo doesn't know what to do.

Xiren Qianqian stepped forward and said: "Slaves are naturally serving the second master well. If you can't tell the second master these words, let alone hold the second master, the slaves are naturally slaves, and they are doing their duty as slaves. Serving the second master, I dare not have other unreasonable thoughts."

Mrs. Wang nodded in satisfaction, looked at Zijuan beside her and said, "Zijuan, you are also a member of Baoyu's house now, you should persuade me in everything, and you should have some calculations in your heart, don't do something to make me Disappointment came out."

How could Zijuan fail to understand the meaning of Mrs. Wang's words, and after spending half a day in her heart, she stepped forward and said: "The slave girl has received the grace of the old lady, and now she should serve the second master well. Unreasonable thought."

Glancing at Xi Ren's slightly disgruntled face, she was so angry that she must have told Mrs. Wang something, otherwise how could Mrs. Wang know about the Yihong Courtyard? If you hate secretly, you must find a chance except for this person.

Mrs. Wang nodded, stood up, and said: "Forget it, just look at you today, and tell you something by the way, don't take money from your own master. In the final analysis, it is you who serve Baoyu well." As long as the things to be done are not out of line, I just turn a blind eye and close one eye."

As he said that, he walked out with the hands of Jin Chuan and Yu Chuan, and when he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "Xi Ren, if you serve Er Ye and Zi Juan well, your benefits will definitely be indispensable in the future." Yes, you and Zijuan are good sisters, and I will be relieved to have someone as honest as you serving Baoyu in the future."

A trace of Mrs. Wang's words made Zijuan's face even more gloomy and uncertain, but Xi Ren was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly bowed and said: "I will listen to my wife's instruction, and I will serve the second master well." Mrs. Wang nodded in satisfaction , turned around and took everyone away, Zijuan hurriedly led the people in Yihong Courtyard to send off Mrs. Wang respectfully.

Seeing Mrs. Wang walking out of Yihong Courtyard, Zijuan straightened up, her expression became more gloomy, and she snorted coldly when she saw Xiren's secretly delighted expression, ignoring the usual inner peace, and said coldly: "Miss Xi, Now that my wife is gone, don’t you hurry to take away your virtuous appearance? Take away these tea trays and bowls covered, and take back the second master’s clothes, I really think that I am the master’s grandma.”

Xiren also smiled coldly when he heard this, looked up at Zijuan and said: "'Auntie' is very true, everyone is not the master's grandmother, and there is no second grandmother in the courtyard now, slaves should obey the orders of 'Auntie' , let’s go and collect the things in a good way, 'Aunt and Grandma' just rest assured."

Hearing Xiren bite the words "aunt and grandma" very hard, his face was livid with anger, and he wanted to explode, but seeing Xiren turn around and go into the house, with a breath stuck in his heart, he was even more furious .

It took a while to calm down the anger in my heart, and I lifted the curtain to enter the room, and looked at the scene inside the room even more angry, so I said coldly: "Yo, this big girl packed the teacups, and she packed them all by the second master's side." The man was beside Baoyu, and after hearing Zijuan's words, he said: "It's not that my aunt is not in the house, and my servant is helping the second master grind ink. This servant is going to clean up the teacups. Please do it yourself, aunt."

Seeing Zijuan come in, Baoyu hurriedly got up and took Zijuan's hand and said, "Zijuan, didn't you say that sister Lin is not doing well, why doesn't she come? Don't you really look down on our mansion. "

After hearing this, Zijuan hurriedly covered Baoyu's mouth, and said, "My good second master, I can never say this. If my wife hears it, wouldn't we be charged with more crimes? Let's stop talking quickly. No matter how the girl is, we will talk about the matter in the future." After finally coaxing Baoyu, she turned around and saw a sneer flashing from the corner of Xiren's mouth, Zijuan was even more angry, but she couldn't get into a fit.

Thinking about it in my heart, I saw that the attacker had gone out, so I said in a low voice: "When the girl was here that day, the people in the mansion said a lot of things that were unfavorable to the girl. In fact, the slaves also know how many things , it was all released by the ears and spirits in our garden, knowing that the wife doesn't like girls, so she caters to the wife everywhere, no, today the wife has given up on the idea of ​​the second master even more." As he said, he pretended to wipe away his tears, lovingly The pitiful look made Baoyu feel more pity in his heart.

Baoyu was even more puzzled when he heard this. He took Zijuan's hand and said, "Then do you know who it is?" Zijuan sighed and said, "It's not what the slaves said. It's just that the second master is thinking about who is in the garden." If you can get closest to the second master and the girl, then you will know."

Baoyu murmured in his mouth after hearing this: "The ones who are close to my sister and me? It's just Qingwen, you and Xiren. You only want to be good to your sister, so naturally you won't. Qingwen has always been very cheerful, so naturally you don't would do something like that, wouldn't it?"

Baoyu shuddered shiveringly, looked at Zicuckoo and nodded, and was even angrier. She actually compared the daily things one by one, and she was even more angry in her heart.

Zijuan was startled, and hurriedly pulled Baoyu back, saying, "Second Master, what are you doing? If you ask now, it will make your wife more bored with your servants. My wife didn't like her servants very much. Could it be that now? Want to make a scene known to everyone? At that time, I will no longer be able to serve the second master." As he spoke, he felt like weeping even more.

Baoyu panicked immediately, and hurriedly wiped away Zijuan's tears, and said anxiously, "Then what can I do? If I can't say it, what can I do?" After hearing this, Zijuan took Baoyu's hand and said, "Second Lord Just be careful in everything in the future, just be on guard, and the second master should stay away from her, so the servants can rest assured."

Baoyu nodded after hearing this, and gradually put away her usual dependence on Xiren in her heart, and actually relied more on Zijuan. Thinking that Daiyu could not come back, it was all because of her cold words behind her, so she couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Xiren was indifferent for three minutes, he didn't care about her at all, and only cared about sticking with Zijuan.

Seeing that Baoyu believed it, Zijuan breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a successful smile on the corner of her mouth. Originally, in the garden, she was not as charming as Qingwen, as warm and careful as she was, but in her heart she still had feelings for Baoyu. I can't forget it all the time. I originally thought that according to Jiamu's intention, I would announce the affairs of Baoyu and Daiyu to the outside world everywhere. I just thought that Daiyu would marry Baoyu in the future so that I could sit firmly in the seat of my aunt.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu turned out to be Wuxin Baoyu. Although she was anxious in her heart, she couldn't find a way to do it. Thinking of the charming Qingwen next to Baoyu, thinking of attacking people, she felt even more discouraged. He was reluctant to part with Baoyu, but he did not want to part with Daiyu's affection for many years. After thinking about Daiyu's status in the future, he would definitely marry a very rich man. Yu left the house together.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu became the princess of Beijing, so she was very happy in her heart. Originally, she thought that through Daiyu, she could become a member of the palace, which was also extremely honorable. She didn't pretend to be polite to the rich and powerful daughters in the capital, and she showed pity to Daiyu in every possible way, not to mention that she was a lowly maid, I am afraid that he would look down on her even more, so she gradually became discouraged.

I really thought about Baoyu in my heart. Later, my parents sent someone to send a letter, but because of Brother Zijuan's misbehavior, the slaves in the day were bought by Jia's mother. Jia's family threatened their parents. He wanted to report everything about Daiyu to her, maybe promised to give her a place in the future, thinking of all the benefits in the future, Zijuan just betrayed Daiyu.

After being driven back by Daiyu, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang really fulfilled the promise they had made that day, and the one who put on wine and sang opera offered herself to Baoyu as an upright aunt. Compared with the Xiren, she was extremely honorable for a while. There is no second grandmother Bao in Yihong Courtyard, isn't it her own world?

What's more, that Baochai was driven out by Mrs. Wang, and she was even more secretly happy, letting go of her usual anxiety, and even holding Baoyu in the name of Daiyu to suppress the attacker. Let her grasp the handle and tell Mrs. Wang how she was not angry in her heart, and she was even more annoyed that Baoyu still couldn't forget Daiyu.

There is also a bit of resentment towards Daiyu in her heart, and she completely put aside Daiyu's affection for her on weekdays. Thinking of the meaning of Mrs. Wang's words, Zijuan is even more angry in her heart, with a slightly ferocious expression on her face , Qingwen who didn't know when she was standing by the door frowned secretly, a smile flashed on the corner of her mouth, but she also retreated silently.

Zijuan regained consciousness and looked at Baoyu's face, smiled softly, and said, "Second Master, it's getting late now, let's rest." Then he walked in and said, "Yes, yes, yes, let's rest, let's rest."

The corner of Zijuan's mouth showed a smug smile. Now she only wants to be able to conceive a man and a half woman, so she must be able to secure her seat. By then, won't the Yihong Courtyard have the final say?

The panting sound in the room caused Xi Ren who had put away his clothes to burst into hatred in his eyes. He stood outside the door for a while, feeling really unhappy in his heart, and said: "Second Grandpa and Auntie's clothes have been taken back, and the servants are placed outside. .” Then he turned and left.

Zijuan's face froze when she heard that, and she was even more angry with that attacker, if she didn't give her a little color, she didn't know who was the master.

When I got up early the next morning, I heard that the attacker had broken Zijuan's favorite white jade bottle, and was kneeling in the rain to be punished, dripping wet. Baoyu wanted to ask for love, but he was thinking about what Zijuan had said yesterday. Saying that, he accepted his usual soft-heartedness, and he didn't say anything. After a long while, Zijuan ordered someone to carry the attacker into the house, but the attacker was already trembling and pouted.

Seeing Xiren poking over, Baoyu still felt a little pity in his heart, so he lightly ordered his mother-in-law to invite the doctor to come, boiled medicine and poured it on Xiren, and then ignored it.

The Xiren was hot all over, and woke up faintly, but seeing Zijuan's proud smile, he was even more angry, seeing that Baoyu didn't plead for mercy today, he was even more suspicious, and he didn't dare to offend Zijuan, so he had to Pretend that there is no such thing, but underneath it is even closer to Mrs. Wang, and it is not the one who arranges Zicuckoo everywhere.

Qingwen also just smiled lightly, tidied up her head, and went to the kitchen with a paper umbrella, instead of going to the room to serve Baoyu and Zijuan, but to be some rough clerks, which made Zijuan feel relieved a lot.