Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

In the midwinter season, the continuous snowflakes sprinkled the entire courtyard with silver shards.

"Brother Rong, you said that the result of Concubine Li's search was that we found something that was not good for the little prince among the congratulatory gifts we gave you?" Daiyu held the small silver scissors in her hand with a faint smile, and cut off the little silver scissors unmoved. The yellow leaves of daffodils have just been cultivated in the indoor greenhouse.

Shui Rong looked at Daiyu a little dotingly and helplessly, stepped forward and took away the small silver scissors from her hand, and put them on the small table beside her, "You, now that your body is becoming more and more cumbersome, it's nothing to do. "

Daiyu sat on the soft chair with her water-soluble hands, looked at the narcissus flowers as white as beautiful jade, stroked them with her small hands and smiled lightly: "There is a beautiful flower in the middle of winter, but it is more and more scattered. Clear the cold air."

In the blink of an eye, the dripping eyeballs turned to Shui Rong, and said, "Brother Rong, don't bother talking about him, tell me quickly."

Shui Rong sat beside Daiyu, fetched the ginseng soup from the table, and said with a smile, "I'll tell you after I've finished drinking the ginseng soup." I drank it bit by bit.

Shui Rong looked at the empty bowl in his hand with satisfaction, walked to the couch in the inner room with Daiyu on his arm and sat down, said: "That kind of rhetoric is just a pretense, and it can be regarded as Concubine Li's poor skills. She even talked about it with a false match. , as everyone knows, this is exactly what the emperor wants."

Daiyu was startled, raised her eyes to look at Shui Rong, and said, "Brother Rong, what did you do?"

Shui Rong touched Daiyu's pretty face, smiled and said: "I didn't do anything, just let her show her feet and give the emperor an excuse."

Thinking about it, Shui Chen would definitely not believe what Concubine Li said. After all, poisoning the little prince would not benefit them or the prince. Those who rise quietly are preparing without a trace, just waiting for the time to come.

When the matter of the little prince was found out, it was only said that the nanny next to the little prince was not careful in eating, which affected the little prince, so he kicked the nanny out of the palace and let it go.

Daiyu cast a sideways glance at Shui Rong, and said, "You're a clever planner, but this move of the chess emperor is also subtle, if you draw out all their tricks, it will be a success."

Shui Rong straightened Daiyu's sideburn hair, but shook her head, "This matter is not that simple, the eldest prince is now more and more determined to hide his strength and bide his time, it would be better if the two ignorant and reckless people around him could Open the gap, and then we will be able to find a countermeasure to deal with it."

Daiyu nodded, also silently, and was about to say something, but she heard Chunxian outside the curtain, saying: "My lord and concubine, if Sister Yu brought the princess from the palace, I will go to Ciyun Temple in person tomorrow." Praying for safety with the empress dowager, Tete invited the princess to pray for blessings together."

After hearing this, Daiyu laughed and said, "What kind of tricks is Sister Zhushisang up to, that's fine, we will accompany the princess to Ciyun Temple for a walk tomorrow, and give the rice porridge to those poor families."

Shui Rong held Daiyu's little hand after all, he was a little worried, and laughed in a low voice: "I'm going down to court tomorrow, how about I go with you?"

Daiyu shook her head and said, "No need, Sister Sang is with me, what will happen if you follow?"

Shui Rong sighed, nodded, and said, "Forget it, I'll only rest assured if you're careful."

"It's becoming more and more nagging like an old woman. Well, Brother Rong, Dai'er will be careful." She said, looking down at Weilong's belly, smiling sweetly to herself, and said, "This child will be a baby next year." I'm afraid it will be in July when I'm born, so I'm going to ask for a name talisman first, and put it in front of the Buddha, just waiting for the baby to be born in the future so that he can keep him safe for the rest of his life."

Although Daiyu never believed in Buddhism, she had to be very careful because she was born in this emperor's family, so she also was very careful about the child in her womb.

How could Shui Rong not understand Daiyu's loving mother's heart, hugged Daiyu tightly in his arms, and whispered softly: "Dai'er must believe that Brother Rong will protect Dai'er." After a pause, he smiled again: "Forget it, as long as you can find peace in your heart, no matter what you do, Brother Rong will definitely support you."

As he spoke, he raised his voice and called Chun Xian who was outside the curtain: "Chun Xian, you will go to Ciyun Temple with the princess tomorrow, and ask the princess for a safe and auspicious talisman. I just want the princess to be safe and well." Chunxian outside responded, and went outside to prepare things for going out tomorrow.

Daiyu turned around and wrapped her arms around Shui Rong's waist, bowed her head and put it on his chest, sighed: "I should say this, tomorrow I will ask Brother Rong for a safe and auspicious talisman, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

The next morning when Daiyu woke up, after washing and dressing up, she saw Sang Qingyan in ordinary attire, accompanied by several maids in the palace, quietly walking towards her. Daiyu chuckled unconsciously, "Sister got up very early."

Sang Qingyan took Daiyu's little hand to look it up and down, and said with a light smile, "My sister's complexion is getting better." She said with a smile, "I went to ask the Buddha for peace, why bother to go there with great fanfare? When the heart of devotion arrives, that’s it.”

Daiyu just smiled when she heard this, turned around and took the gauze hat from Chunxian's hand, helped Chunxian's hand to go out, and said with a smile: "If you are sincere, your wishes will come true."

Sang Qingyan's eyes flickered slightly, but she smiled lightly and said nothing, just quietly followed Daiyu into the carriage of Prince Jing's Mansion and headed for Ciyun Temple outside the city.

Ciyun Temple surrounded by clouds and mist and green hills, you can only feel relaxed and happy when you are in it. It is a miracle that the green mountains are still like spring in winter, not to mention that the green calyx plum blossoms in the temple are more rare, and you don’t feel a little bit. Dimple on face.

Walking slowly, after worshiping the gods and Buddhas, he walked into the backyard, surrounded Zhaojun with a crane cloak to block the cold air.

Suddenly hearing a soft voice, Daiyu looked up, but saw a familiar voice in the green mist, the lotus-colored woman in winter clothes stood like Xichun Nana, and the one in the paddy field clothes was not Miao Who is Yu?

As if she felt something in her heart, the woman in the lotus-colored dress turned around, she was really Xichun, she unconsciously smiled, walked forward and said: "Sister Xichun."

Xichun's cold eyes flashed with an unseen warmth, she stepped forward and held Daiyu's little hand, with tears in her eyes, she sighed softly, "Sister Lin."

Miaoyu looked at Sang Qingyan who was standing on the side, and hummed softly, followed the servant girl and turned into the Lve Meilin in a blink of an eye, only the faint and cold words were scattered with the wind, "If you finish talking , I will wait for you by the stone bench in the green plum grove."

Xichun held Daiyu's little hand in silence for a long while, and after looking at it for a long time, she smiled flatly: "I know that my sister is the most blessed person on weekdays, but now I see it is really good, and I will forget about it when I see my sister today." A matter of heart, goodbye, sister."

While speaking, Xichun had already let go of Daiyu's hand, turned around, without the slightest nostalgia, and never gave Daiyu a chance to speak, and went straight to the road Miaoyu walked in the plum forest.

Daiyu stared blankly at the back of Xichun's departure, that lonely and cold look made her heart hurt more and more, she just quietly leaned on Chunxian's arm beside her, sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Let's go too .”

Sang Qingyan looked at Daiyu and said with a light smile: "These two women are very strange. We have seen that woman who looks like a Taoist nun in Xuanmu Temple in Suzhou, but I don't expect to see her in Ciyun Temple today. , is there really a fate?"

Daiyu shook her head and said: "They are people who practice outside the country and make their homes everywhere. Where can they stay in the corners of the world? Meeting today is just to break a little relationship in the past."

Daiyu didn't want to talk about it, and Sang Qingyan didn't ask any more, just watched Lu'e step forward and gently broke off a branch, and said: "This Lu'e is very strange, there is only Ciyun Temple in the whole capital, and you It was only planted in the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and there are only one or two plants in other places, or none of them can be planted, but it is a magical thing."

Daiyu looked at her tightly clenched little hands with a low eyebrow and a slight smile, and said with a light smile, "Forget it, Sister Sang doesn't have anything to discuss about this matter, let's go for a walk in the plum forest." Sang Qingyan nodded, Holding Ran Yu's hand, she walked in front of Daiyu, and walked towards the plum forest.

Looking at Sang Qingyan's back, Daiyu sighed softly, and gently sent her tightly clenched hands to glimpse the writing on the note, Chunxian's expression had already changed, and she hurriedly clutched Daiyu's little hand.

Daiyu looked at the note as calmly as ever, and tore it to pieces in the blink of an eye, blowing it away in the wind, and said calmly, "Let's go."

"Princess." Chunxian anxiously wanted to drag Daiyu's footsteps, trying to stop Daiyu from walking forward.

Daiyu looked back at Chunxian and smiled soothingly, "It's okay! We're just going for a walk."

Daiyu insisted on insisting, Chunxian couldn't say anything, so she had to carefully support Daiyu to go forward, her eyes looked around to be vigilant, while looking back, she winked with Chunxian and Chunlan Meijian, telling them to be more careful.

The green calyx in the depths of the plum grove is like a cloud of green smoke, lingering and fluctuating with the cold wind. Sang Qingyan climbed down a green calyx and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "The green and white petals are tender and the yellow core is so delicate and exquisite. Plum blossoms, put in a vase like this in the house, I'm afraid it will be another kind of beautiful scenery."

Taking a deep look at Daiyu, Sang Qingyan smiled lightly and said, "I've always heard that my sister's paintings are the best. I don't know if I can paint a scene of a plum forest with green calyxes today? In the painting, fairy clothes are fluttering and green calyxes are hanging down. Hanging down is also a rare beauty.”

Daiyu sneered, looked at Sang Qingyan and said: "My sister is getting more and more bitter, what is a good place? What is a beautiful person? Although the green calyx is beautiful, there are people in the forest, but it is not a good place. It is just an ordinary person in Qingmei. .”

"My sister's realm has always been pure, but I am so envious." Life in the court is doomed to intrigue, not to mention that her husband is the prince of a country. Such a life will be enough to upset the Sangong and Six Courtyards in the future. Jue murmured in a low voice: "Actually, I envy you very much. You are admired by others, you have a husband who loves you, and you have children by your side. You have everything a woman in the world wants, and you have it perfectly."

Daiyu looked at Sang Qingyan, there seemed to be no change in the faint eyes, but the floating pupils drowned the rising light in a blink of an eye, and she sighed softly after a long time, saying: "There are many unavoidable things in life, and there are also A lot of wishful thinking. But if you let go a little bit, there won't be so many idiots and resentment in this world. Why should you be jealous and jealous? It's a waste of this good skin given by God. After all, it is a secular body. "

Sang Qingyan's figure standing under the plum tree trembled imperceptibly, her drooping eyes and long eyelashes trembled slightly like two small fans, the black color was unreal.

It took a while before I heard Sang Qingyan chuckle and say: "Sister is really an open-minded person." Looking at the sky, she said with a low laugh: "Storm and snow are about to come, the sky is so dark, sister is heavy, I'd better go back quickly Rest." Said the hand that took the lead to support Ran Yu, stepped on the white snow tremblingly, and walked out of the backyard.

"Princess, she is the crown princess."

Daiyu waved her hand and sighed softly: "Let's go, we should go back to the palace, I'm afraid the prince will be worried if it's late." Sang Qingyan wanted to be alone, and she didn't bother her.

She has been in the palace for several years, and she knew how to go back without knowing it, so why should she be forced to stay with her, it would be best to separate and think about it separately.

"Princess, be careful." Sensing an unusual voice calling from behind, Chunxian hugged Daiyu by the waist and stepped back.

Sang Qingyan and Cheng Ran, who heard the exclamation in front, hurried over, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they exclaimed in shock. Sang Qingyan glanced at Ranyu in a panic, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and go!" The guards outside were invited to escort them." Cheng Ran trembled, and hurriedly walked towards the outer courtyard.

The four men in black were ruthless in their moves, Chunxian only protected Daiyu behind him, Xueyan didn't know martial arts and could only do it in secret, and saw that Chunlan and Mei Jian were already unable to deal with the four of them, Unknowingly, she became more and more anxious, and worried about Daiyu's safety, so she wanted to protect Daiyu.

The man in black noticed that someone had changed direction, so he was distracted and swung his knife in the direction of Xue Yan, "Snow Yan." A scream made Xue Yan turn around in a daze, but saw the shining big knife swinging towards him, and he didn't realize that he was flustered It was so frightening that it was difficult to move, and he could only stand there blankly, not knowing how to dodge.

With a sound of "clang", Xueyan's tightly closed eyes suddenly broke away, seeing someone blocking the man's big knife in front of her, she hurriedly looked at Daiyu, but saw that Shui Rong was already holding Daiyu in her arms, and felt her feet go soft, Sit down on the ground.

Shui Rong's eyes were red like a beast, and he hugged Daiyu tightly in his arms. Seeing that the four people had been caught, he said sharply: "Take all these people back, and when I go back to deal with them, I'll keep an eye on them. Short-sighted, this king wants your life."

The eight people who came along with the water were all dressed in navy blue robes with white edges, tied their hair with a navy blue headband, and stood there in an orderly manner. Someone had already stuffed the mouths of the four people with cloth towels , in case they commit suicide.

The person who had just rescued Xueyan leaned over and helped Xueyan up, saying: "Young lady, are you all right?"

Xueyan shook her head and nodded again, not caring about anything else, she hurried to Daiyu, looked her up and down and said anxiously, "Miss, ma'am." Tears fell down, and she could hardly cry out.

Daiyu was leaning on Shui Rong's arms at this time, she had lost the nervousness and fear just now, raised her head and caressed Xueyan's trembling shoulders, and sighed: "Xueyan, I'm fine."

"Wow", Xueyan had already cried out, Shui Rong frowned, Chunxian hurried forward to help Xueyan to stand aside, and comforted in a low voice: "Sister Xueyan, I know you are afraid, but now the princess just now It’s better, you still have to be more careful.”

Shui Rong looked at the eight people, and then the eight people handed over and disappeared with the four people in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Ran Yu brought the guards from the outer courtyard to protect him. Seeing Shui Rong appearing here with Daiyu in his arms, he was shocked, but saw Sang Qingyan leaning against the wall with an earthy face, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "It's a slave girl." Leading all the guards to arrive late, the crown prince and concubine were frightened."

Shui Rong looked at Ran Yu coldly for a long while, before he said slowly: "Did you come out after watching the assassin leave? Then what are you doing out there? The emperor raised a group of trash like you? Even the prince The concubine and the princess couldn't bear to let the assassin touch them in, and those who didn't know thought that someone let them in on purpose."

He said sharply: "You have never rescued him, so you can delay the time and explain to your master yourself. Tomorrow, when the king enters the palace, he will ask the emperor and queen mother to give an explanation." Then he leaned over and hugged Daiyu Go out the door.

Yingmian met Shui Han who was also looking for her, and seeing Shui Rong's sharp eyes and cold killing intent, that Shui Han was stunned, seeing Daiyu's pale face in Shui Rong's arms, blurted out concerned words: "What's wrong with sister Yundai? What's the problem?"

Shui Rong glanced at Shui Han but didn't answer, just hugged Daiyu and walked out the door.

Shui Han turned around and looked at Sang Qingyan who was standing aside, and said, "What happened to sister Yun Dai? You are talking, you said you would come to Ciyun Temple to offer incense, why did such a thing happen?"

Sang Qingyan gritted her teeth tightly, looked at the light-colored green calyx falling from the ground, and after a long while raised her head to look directly at Shuihan and said, "You only have Yun Dai in your heart, why have you ever thought about my safety? Have you ever thought about my safety when you came in?" There is a sentence asking if I am all right? I have always been by Yun Dai's side, don't you know that I am also in danger?"

A look of guilt welled up in Shui Han's eyes, but in the blink of an eye, he was calm again, and he went forward and held Sang Qingyan's hand and said softly, "I naturally hope that you are fine, so I'm worried about sister Yun Dai, don't go Go with your heart."

Sang Qingyan broke free from his hand lightly, and sighed: "Forget it, we are the closest people, so naturally you have to care about outsiders first, don't you?"

Sang Qingyan bit the word "outsider" very hard, but she looked at Shui Han's slightly changed face without any trace, her face froze for a moment, then walked out holding Shui Han's arm again, and said with a smile: "Let's Go back to the palace, or let my father and grandmother punish me for my misconduct."

Shui Han held Sang Qingyan's hand and said: "You are also a filial piety, who would have thought that they would be so bold and domineering in the temple where the emperor bestowed a plaque, they must be thoroughly investigated."

Sang Qingyan smiled faintly, watching the entire temple gradually drifting away, a few points of condensation drooped in his eyes.