Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The snowflakes drifted outside the window, and scattered into the doors and windows that were not closed tightly, and a thin layer of snow was attached to the window lattice.

Seeing that Shui Rong made that worried look at her, Daiyu smiled first, snuggled into Shui Rong's arms, and said with a low voice, "Brother Rong, Dai'er is fine."

Yubai held a piece of paper embellished with warm topaz and small osmanthus flowers in the palm of Yubai's hand, Shui Rong took the paper, looked at the paper on it with frowning eyebrows, and then took out the paper in his arms again, indeed It is exactly the same paper and handwriting, and the eyebrows are furrowed more and more.

Daiyu looked at the paper in Shui Rong's hands in surprise, took two papers and put them in her hands, but the two papers were divided into two halves by a piece of paper, each decorated with a warm topaz flower carefully carved small sweet-scented osmanthus.

"Brother Rong, sister Xichun handed this to me in the temple. But, it's not her handwriting."

Shui Rong nodded, and said: "The one in my hand was given to me by Prince Zhongshun." The delicate and powerful handwriting is familiar to Shui Rong, but he really doesn't know who wrote it.

Daiyu suddenly remembered something, she clapped her hands and got up, and Shui Rong hurriedly turned around to support her, saying: "Dai'er, what's the matter?"

Daiyu pushed away Shui Rong's hand, turned around, went to the table and opened the drawer, and took out a folding fan, which also had only two words on it, 'Lingxi'.Daiyu spread out in front of Shui Rong, smiling lightly.

Shui Rongbi suddenly smiled at the handwriting, put his arms around Daiyu and leaned in his arms with a light smile, "I thought the handwriting was so familiar, it really was made by an acquaintance."

Daiyu raised her eyes from Shui Rong's arms and said with a light smile: "It can be seen that you are very charming, Brother Rong, otherwise, how could she come to help Brother Rong?"

Shui Rong nodded Daiyu's pretty nose, smiled dotingly and said, "You're just a bitch. She's just friends with me, and it's just for the sake of King Canglang."

Suddenly remembered something, Shui Rong lowered his head and smiled and said, "This time it's really for your sister Xichun's sake."

"kindness?"

Shui Rong kissed her pink lips, and said: "Master Canglang asked the emperor to marry Princess Jingning back to Lie Yu Kingdom."

"Yeah." Daiyu suddenly stared at Shui Rong with rounded eyes. That cute and innocent appearance made Shui Rong steal the fragrance and kiss him lightly. Said that the Lord Canglang is going to marry the fourth younger sister and go back?"

Shui Rong nodded, and said: "This was said by the emperor himself yesterday. Today, your little sister Xichun handed this note into your hands, it was also Princess Yanling's doing, wasn't it?"

Daiyu looked down at Yubai's fingers, then raised her head and asked, "Is their marriage based on marriage?"

"What's the matter?" Shui Rong knew what Daiyu meant before he finished asking, and suddenly held Daiyu in his arms, calming the sorrow and worry between her brows, and said with a smile: "Dai'er, don't worry, Canglang You are not an ordinary person, and your sister Xichun is not an ordinary woman. If there is nothing special, they will not accept it, right? No matter what the court wants this time, Canglang and your sister Xichun are going to go there , Whether it is based on marriage depends on their state of mind and fortune."

Daiyu nodded thoughtfully, and sighed: "Forget it, it's her good fortune for sister Xichun to come out of this muddy nest."

Shui Rong pondered for a long time with lowered eyes, before he said: "The emperor's order has been issued, to confiscate Jia's family and question her. Jia Zhen has already crossed off Miss Xichun's roster in Jia's mansion, and at that time, she will directly serve Jingning County, which is loyal to the king's mansion. The Lord's marriage to Lie Yuguo has nothing to do with the Jia family."

Daiyu nodded dispensably, everything in the Jia family seemed to be far away from her, far, far away.

"Princess, there is a woman who claims to be Zijuan outside the door and wants her servant to give this thing to the concubine." The little girl outside the door stood outside the curtain and said to Daiyu inside the room.

Daiyu was stunned for a moment when she heard the word Zijuan, and said calmly in a blink of an eye, "Chunxian, go and see what it is?"

Chunxian opened the curtain and looked at the little girl, and said, "Who told you to bring something here? You are so ignorant. Be careful that the prince peeled your skin." The little girl immediately sat down on the ground on the ground.

Daiyu sighed in the room and said, "That's all, that's all, Chunxian, quickly bring those things here, let me have a look."

Chunxian responded, and only asked Chunlan to send the little girl out of the Yilan Courtyard. She just picked up the curtain and came in with an old silk handkerchief in her hand.

When Daiyu looked at the silk handkerchief, she remembered that it was the silk handkerchief that Baoyu had taken away when she was in Jia's mansion that day. She became more and more suspicious of Zijuan's intentions, and when she opened the handkerchief, she saw blood stains inside. , The distorted handwriting seems to be written in a panic.

Daiyu looked at the silk handkerchief carefully, becoming more and more difficult to calm down, almost throwing the silk handkerchief on the ground with her trembling fingers, Chunxian looked at it strangely, and hurried forward, when she saw the words on it, her face was as pale as paper, and she said in a trembling voice : "Princess, this is really true."

Daiyu closed her eyes and pondered for a long time. There seemed to be tears in her eyes, but they never fell. She raised her head and looked out of the window and sighed softly: "Actually, I have thought about this matter a lot, and the result I fear most is this. I think the Zicuckoo is probably gone."

Chunxian heard tears fall, looked at the silk handkerchief in Daiyu's hand, and said: "At first, I was thinking of resentment towards Zijuan, but now she still has some heart when looking at this silk handkerchief, it's a pity."

Daiyu was silent after hearing this, and seeing Sipa in her hand, she ordered someone to fetch the brazier, threw it into the fire, and said calmly: "Forget it, from now on, we should think about it."

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law." Shui Wanyu's call came from outside the door, Chunxian hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, stepped forward and raised the curtain, and said: "The princess is getting more and more disfigured, if the concubine sees her like this, It must be for the teaching mother to teach the rules again."

Shui Wanyu couldn't comprehend the jokes in Chunxian's words, so she rushed to Daiyu and said, "Sister-in-law, Jia's house has been ransacked."

Shui Wanyu's cheeks were rosy with excitement, thinking of Daiyu's difficulties in Jia's house, she hated her for a long time, but fortunately now Shui Chen has raided Jia's house and sent all their black-eyed chickens to prison middle.

Daiyu raised her hand to wipe off the sweat stains on Shui Wanyu's forehead, and said with a low smile, "Look at your sweaty head, sit down quickly, and be careful of catching cold from hot to cold."

Shui Wanyu picked up the teacup and drank a cup of tea, wiped the corners of her lips with a brocade handkerchief, looked at Daiyu suspiciously, then patted her forehead and said in annoyance: "Look at me, I'm getting more and more stupid, how can sister-in-law not I know Jia's house has been ransacked."

Daiyu smiled lightly, with a little peace and a little sentimentality between her brows, after all, the house was ransacked.

Looking up at the peace between Shui Wanyu's eyebrows, Daiyu smiled lightly, caressing Shui Wanyu's small hand and said with a light smile: "In a high official position, no matter how favored you are, you will eventually lose power. The tree fell The hozens are scattered, and their Jia family has just reached the time of this karmic cycle."

Shui Wanyu looked at Daiyu thoughtfully, and finally said after a long while: "I understand what my sister-in-law said, and it is the best policy to make early preparations for retreat."

Daiyu nodded with a smile, Wanyu has really grown up these days.

He got up and walked to the window, closed the open window with his bare hands, and glanced at the last bit of residual snow between the gaps in the window.It was difficult for Daiyu Shuishui to have any other emotions in her eyes, and she let a little tear fall down while stroking Weilong's belly with her small hand.

"Hula la" the sound of rummaging through boxes and boxes, maids, servants, and even concubines in each room ran around, and the men in official costumes grabbed everyone like chickens, no one paid attention to their crying and shouting, one by one One by one stringed them together and imprisoned them in the servant's room in the backyard.

Jia Mu sat firmly in the main room, watching the official servants who entered the room did not move at all, and the mandarin ducks beside her were already anxious and did not know what to do.

Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty also brought shackles to Jia's mother's room. Seeing Jia's mother sitting there steadily, the house exploded for a while, and Jia Zheng even cried: "Old lady, it's the sons!" If you are unfilial, you, the old man, will suffer like this even now."

Mother Jia didn't answer, she just looked at the officials coldly and said, "My third granddaughter is the wife of the Great General of Dongying, my fourth granddaughter is Princess Jingning who was conferred by the emperor of Zhongshun Palace, and my niece is the official of Beijing Palace. Wangfei, my eldest granddaughter is the late imperial concubine Xiande Yuanfei, and even the old grandmother of the little prince Shui Wangchen in the palace, who asked you to come to our Jia family to play wild?"

"The majestic Duke's Mansion wants its own granddaughter and niece to achieve its own means. Such a shameful thing is thanks to your Jia Mansion's complacency. Every dude-like figure will only use his daughter as a nepotism. "Cold and mocking words came from the door, and the one who walked in was the loyal prince Shui Che.

"Princess Chengyang is now married to Dongying, a girl who no longer belongs to your Jia family. Princess Jingning has long since left the family tree of your Jia family, and is now the princess Jingning of our Shui family. Princess Yundai is even more favored by you." The Jia family forced her to leave. I don’t know how you have the face to say that Princess Yundai is your niece. As for Concubine Xiande Yuan, she is already a dead person. The little prince she gave birth to has been announced by the emperor today, and the little prince has gone. " Shui Che coldly interrupted Jia Mu's wishful thinking.

"What?" Mother Jia suddenly fell to the ground, seeming to have aged a lot in an instant, and then shouted loudly: "I don't believe it, the little prince has been safe since he was born, how could he die? You are lying."

Shui Chen was too lazy to say anything to Jia's mother, just looked at the guards behind him and said: "Lock the old lady of Jia's mansion together in the servant's room in the backyard, and serve her well, and let her taste the betrayal of all relatives." result."

Mother Jia looked up at Baoyu, who was kneeling on the ground, who seemed to be dumbfounded, and begged: "Loyal to the prince, Princess Beijing grew up by Laosang's side, and the relationship with Baoyu is also extraordinary. I beg the prince to plead with Beijing. The prince and his wife come to meet each other, okay?"

Shui Che clenched his fists tightly, and Huo Di turned around to look at Mother Jia's unrepentant face, with a sneer on his lips and said, "It's strange that everyone says that the old lady Jia in Jia's mansion only has glory and wealth in her eyes, and all family affection is treated as Flying clouds pass by. Princess Beijing is your niece, and her mother is your only daughter. I didn't expect that at this time, you still want to blackmail Princess Beijing with that little nurturing affection .”

Talking and looking at Baoyu holding the child on the ground, he snorted and said: "Baoyu in your mansion is originally a person who is as precious as jade, but he was born to be doted on by you and poisoned by you. Even if he and Princess Beijing So what if the relationship is good? It's just a little bit of brother-sister relationship in the old days."

Shui Che's protection of Daiyu made Mother Jia understand a little bit, and she also felt that there was a sliver of hope, so she said: "Since Prince Zhongshun is fighting for Princess Beijing in this way, I beg him to help, otherwise when the time comes, we will be concerned about Beijing." The rumors about the princess may be difficult to dispel if they spread among the public."

Shui Che glanced at Jia Mu with a half-smile and said, "Do you think there is any meaning in what you said? The Prince of Beijing is an official in the same dynasty as me, and the Princess of Beijing is Princess Yundai conferred by the Empress Dowager. The royal family is a family. What right do you think you have to dictate? But based on what you said today, this king can punish you for slandering the royal family. If you still want your descendants to have a better life , just stay there obediently."

Baoyu, who was kneeling on the ground, listened to Shui Che's long speech, but instead burst out laughing loudly, and said, "Prince Zhongshun's words are very clear, is there anything Old Madam Jia doesn't understand?"

Baoyu's crazy words made Jiamu's heart flutter, and her heart became more and more flustered, but she saw that Baoyu had got up and followed the guards and turned out of Jiamu's main room, and Jiamu was so angry that she fell to the ground.

The centuries-old Jia family fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Jia's mother was forced into the servant's room in the backyard on the day the house was ransacked. She was hung up with ginseng by Shui Che in the midst of hunger and cold. After leaving, she watched her descendants being paraded in the streets one by one, or beheaded to death one by one.

"Is this kind of treatment in line with your original intention?" The two men in white clothes stood against the cold wind in the white snow, and their faint words seemed to float in their ears.

Shui Rong held up the white jade wine glass in his hand and raised a toast to Shui Che, then smiled lightly and said, "It's better than worse, thank you."

Shui Che drank the sake in his hand, and said coldly: "I don't need your thanks. However, if you can let me encounter a miracle that I haven't encountered in a hundred years, then I will reluctantly accept your thanks."

Shui Rong snorted, took two steps before standing still, looked at the dim winter moon, and said calmly: "The hazy moonlight is only short of the bright light that can pierce all the veils. , and it all became clear."

Shui Che put the wine glass on the stone table, and said: "I hope you can know what you are doing, although Shui Han is a gentle person, and he treats people and things more leniently, but it is hard to keep those slanderous courtiers under him from slandering him." Because, when the time comes, you just don’t regret it.”

Shui Rong smiled faintly and said: "I just gave him back the love of his mother and queen in the past. To him, I didn't owe anything at all, but the only one who owed was the former queen."

Looking at Shui Rong's too plain face with frowned eyebrows, Shui Che said indifferently: "When are you going to catch that poisonous insect and hand it over to the emperor?"

"You have been lying in ambush by his side for many years, can't you see the situation clearly? The emperor has already launched a murderous plan. We don't need to do anything. As soon as the time comes, the emperor will eradicate him boldly. Otherwise, you think the emperor has prepared plum blossom guards for many years. What do you do?"

Shui Che shivered in his heart, looking at Shui Rong standing indifferently in the cold wind, his elegant and gentle demeanor seemed like a frail scholar, but the demeanor of not changing face when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him was hard to match in the world, It should be considered an honor to lose at his hands.

He knew that Shui Rong was not that simple, just like when Shui Chen entrusted the matter to the two of them, he was a little uneasy, but Shui Rong smiled calmly about the next matter.

The emperors of all dynasties are most taboo about being the master of high meritorious service. Shui Rong has military merits and is more escorting. He also protects the crown prince very well. It may not be a good thing for Shui Han to ascend the throne in the future.

"You should also be careful of other people around Shui Han." Shui Che said something pointedly, and then said: "The water show is a little bit impatient now, the last time you went to the temple A few assassins were probably assigned by Concubine Li and the First Princess. Just."

"You want to say, I don't know if the emperor still has parental affection for him? After all, they are father and son." Shui Che didn't talk nonsense to ask Shui Rong, but just nodded.

Shui Rong smiled faintly and said, "Like the word, add another word for water. Acting in the water is nothing more than a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water, which can be broken by a stone strike. The actor, I am tired." Shui Che was a little surprised when he heard it, but in the blink of an eye Yes nodded.

"Jiang Lianyu and Jin Liying have made all the preparations, Dongying's eldest grandson Wuyong is just their last trump card in their dying struggle."

"Changsun Wuyong is the most incompetent person, there is no need for water performances to do anything, as long as Murong Chengbo wins Dongying's power in one fell swoop, he has completely given up the idea of ​​water performances."

Shui Che lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said: "The Lord Canglang of Lie Yu Kingdom is also the one they want to win over, so they tried everything possible to get their idea on my two imperial sisters. Fortunately, the Lord Canglang and Jing Ning still have a relationship." fate."

Shui Rong took a sip of sake, looked at the sky and the moon for a long time and didn't speak again, even when Shui Chen left without saying hello, he never turned back.