Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

"It's just that you think that in the future, the prince must be the Sixth Court of Sangong, with countless concubines, but now Cousin Sang can't stand it?"

Daiyu nodded without hiding anything, raised her head to look at Shui Rong, snuggled into his arms, and said, "Brother Rong, do you think I'm a bit unfounded in thinking this way?"

Shui Rong patted Daiyu in his arms lightly, and said with a light smile, "Why worry? It's normal for you to be worried after playing with cousin Sang for so long. It's just human nature." After pondering for a moment, he sighed: " Such things are hard to say, if the crown prince is really in love with Cousin Sang, of course he has the final say on whether or not to set up a harem, that's all."

"It's just difficult to look at the current situation." Daiyu took up the rest of Shui Rong's words, and she also understood that Shui Chen tried his best to win over the powerful officials with Shui Han.Prime Minister Sang needless to say, since he is the father of the crown princess, he will definitely do his best to keep the crown prince.

There should also be two arm guards among the ministers of civil and military power, the most suitable candidate is the daughter of the general and the scholar as the side concubine of the East Palace, thinking that Shui Han will protect the crown prince.In this way, before Sang Qingyan married into the deep palace, she would have to face the worries of the prince accepting the side concubine after her wedding.

Shui Rong raised his head and looked at Liujian Feiyan, his deep eyes became more and more like sea water, and said lightly: "Those who come to great things do not care about trivial matters. The emperor, the prince and even the queen mother behind him will only follow the prince. As for Qingyan, It is already a great favor for the master to be in the East Palace."

Daiyu nodded with embarrassment in her heart, and did not speak anymore. Since ancient times, there have been countless kings and concubines. There are 72 concubines in the Six Courts of the Three Palaces. It is inevitable that concubines will fill the harem. Thinking about it this way, I feel more and more that it is not something she can control.

The fierce little hands wrapped around Shui Rong's waist, and said lightly: "I just hope that Sister Sang can understand how to deal with herself." Shui Rong smiled and nodded, and said with a low smile: "Don't worry, Dai'er, it's the same as before. all over the place."

Thinking of the jade flute given by Taiwang Beijing, Daiyu couldn't help but looked up at Shui Rong with some doubts, and said, "Why did the father give me that jade flute? It looks a little old."

"Speaking of that jade flute, there is some history." Shui Rong looked at Daiyu with a soft smile, but her heart was overflowing with joy.

Daiyu grabbed the sleeve of the water-soluble sleeve curiously, and said, "But what's the origin? Brother Rong, tell me quickly!"

"That jade flute was given to my father by the late emperor. It was a gift from the late emperor and their concubines because the father, queen, and concubine stayed together sincerely."

Looking down at Daiyu's puzzled delicate face, he laughed softly, and walked forward with Daiyu on his arm, saying: "The former emperor and the empress dowager lived in the army all their lives, and the empress dowager has a deep affection for the first emperor. The first emperor I lamented the Empress Dowager's intentions in my heart. After ascending the throne, there were only two low-ranking nobles in the harem. That jade flute was their token of love that day."

Daiyu was stunned when she heard this, and there was joy in her eyes, she quietly smiled and said: "I don't think that the late emperor, as the king of a country, valued his married wife so much. .”

Shui Rong wrapped Daiyu's slender willow waist, leaned over and kissed her pink and tender face, and said with a light smile: "Yes, so this jade flute is handed over to you directly by the father and king today, so that the empress dowager and the first emperor will be handed over to you." That love lives on.”

Speaking of this, Shui Rong suddenly turned to Daiyu, looked at her puzzled face quietly, and said: "You, you are really amazing. The first time you meet, you are so valued by the father. It's just our family." Giving the jade flute to Daiyu also indirectly acquiesced in the idea of ​​Shui Rong Daiyu's life as a couple, affirming it with imperial power.

Daiyu looked at Shui Rong more and more puzzled, her black and white eyes were more and more puzzled, and said, "Brother Rong, what do you mean by that?"

Shui Rong suppressed the smile in his heart, and suddenly said seriously: "Dai'er, you have accepted father and mother today."

Covering her mouth with her slender hands and staring at Shui Rong, she looked so soft and cute that she couldn't tell, she let out a little surprise, feeling more and more flustered, and said, "What are you talking about? What did I say?"

The water-melting evil eyes are tender and gentle, like a whirlpool that wants to suck Daiyu's whole body, and she whispers to her ear, with the heat blowing gently, she said with a low smile: "We have to work hard, try hard to make a bunch of fat Baby, to reassure father, queen, mother and concubine, right?"

Daiyu blushed even more when she heard these words, she suddenly pushed Shui Rong away, took three big steps away, looked at him reproachfully, and was about to lift her feet to leave from a distance, the tenderness of yesterday and this morning is still the same when I think of it now It's blushing, shy and unbearable.

Shui Rong strode forward and took Daiyu's arm, and said with a low smile, "Dai'er is shy."

Daiyu turned around and spat at him, her face flushed, and she said: "It's becoming more and more serious, people talk to you seriously, what are you talking about?" Then she pushed Shui Rong to Yilan Courtyard, saying: " Go back quickly, we have changed our clothes and have to go to the palace to pay respects to the queen mother and father."

The smile on Shui Rong's face became even stronger, and he let Dai Yu lead her to the Yilan Courtyard.Having said that, after all, Daiyu's body is weak now, and it will not be too late to have a child a few years later, after all, it is appropriate to raise Daiyu's body and bones.

When they arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Nanny Nade greeted her at the door early, took over the maid's hand to hold Daiyu, and personally supported Daiyu to the Empress Dowager's Palace, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager was still talking about you, It just happened to come."

Seeing sitting on the armrest couch carved with lacquered dragons, phoenixes and clouds, Shui Rong took Daiyu and knelt down to pay her respects and said: "Rong'er (Yu'er) has met the Empress Dowager's grandmother, and the Empress Dowager's grandmother is auspicious."

With a smile on her face, the Empress Dowager ordered the maid beside her to lift up Shui Rong Daiyu, took Daiyu's little hand and sat on the couch, patted her little hand up and down, looked her up and down, nodded and smiled and said: "It's really good, you look much better now." .” Daiyu smiled shyly, but only slightly lowered her head and did not answer, the Queen Mother looked even more joyful.

The queen mother looked at Shui Rong who was sitting below with a smile on her lips, the gentle and explicit tenderness overflowed, which made the queen mother sigh even more, and said with a smile: "Rong'er, you go to pay your respects to the emperor first, Dai'er is here at Ai's house, You don't have to worry." Shui Rong looked at Dai Yu's pretty smile, then got up and nodded, "Since that's the case, Rong'er will step back first, and come later to pick up Dai'er back home."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother just stared at Shui Rong, and scolded with a smile: "You don't delay for a moment, no matter, you can use it in Aijia Palace during lunch time, and it will be cheaper to go back home then."

Seeing Shui Rong walk out, the queen mother looked at Daiyu with a blushing face, and joked, "It's the first time Ai's family has seen Rong'er's domineering temper. The most amazing woman in the world."

While talking, I heard the maid outside came in and handed over the sign, saying: "I would like to report to the Empress Dowager, Concubine Li, Concubine Mei, Concubine Yuan, and Concubine Yuan come to greet the Empress Dowager, and wish the Holy Body to be healthy."

The Empress Dowager frowned, and said: "It doesn't stop for a moment." But she raised her head and smiled, "Go and invite them in." In the Cining Palace.

"The concubine respectfully invites the Empress Dowager Jin An."

The queen mother waved her hand and said: "Forget it, let's all get up." Daiyu walked down with light lotus steps, and said with a blessing body: "I have seen Li Concubine, Mei Concubine, Yuan Concubine."

Concubine Li stretched out her hands to help Daiyu with a charming smile, and said with a light smile, "Princess Yundai has become a family now, but she has become more stable and her complexion has improved."

The queen mother sat on the head, picked up the hairpin and opened the longan stalk, and smiled softly: "That's what Ai's family said just now."

Concubine Mei, who was sitting by the side, looked at Daiyu for a long time, then looked at Concubine Yuan, covered her mouth with a coquettish smile, and said, "Princess Yun Dai and Sister Yuanfei are close cousins, and now Sister Yuanfei is pregnant. She is pregnant, and Princess Yundai just got married, isn't this just a double happiness?"

Hearing this, Concubine Yuan hurriedly raised her head to glance at the Empress Dowager and Daiyu who were sitting on it, she waved her diamond-shaped fan embroidered with green lotus in her hand, she was dignified and calm like a precious hairpin, and said: "Sister Meifei's words are true. That's right, but Princess Yundai is respected as a princess and is the heart of the Empress Dowager, how can this palace's willow posture compare to competing for the brilliance of the sun and the moon?"

After being demoted, the Jia family cut off their official positions, and then the two wives of Xing Wang were imprisoned in chaos, and now the official is restored to his post and pregnant. There is an elusive change in mood.

Concubine Mei squeezed the ruby ​​ring on her hand, smiled coldly in her heart, looked at Jia Yuanchun's swollen abdomen, and said with a faint smile: "Sister Yuanfei said that, no wonder." She said in a sharp voice: " You people in your mansion don't know what is good or bad, so driving the real Phoenix out of the mansion is not worth the loss?"

Hearing the offensive words in Concubine Mei's words, Concubine Yuan's face turned pale, thinking how Jia's family ruthlessly drove Daiyu away. Although they tried their best to wipe them out, they could only hope that time would gradually fade away.

Now being mentioned in person by Concubine Mei in this way, the guilt and regret in my heart became more and more intense. I only looked at the expressions of the Empress Dowager and Daiyu, but saw that the two of them seemed to have never heard the words, and they just chatted, feeling more or less like one. Some put it down, and then said: "Sister Mei Concubine's words are really ridiculous. I don't know where to hear such rumors? Princess Yundai is the daughter of the aunt at home, and the granddaughter of the old lady at home. How can such a blood relative Is there such a thing as random bullying? Could it be that Sister Mei Concubine heard it wrong."

Although Daiyu was chatting and joking with the Queen Mother, she still listened to their words, her face was fine, but the cold sneer on the corner of her lips betrayed that she was on the verge of anger.

They are closely intertwined with vicious intentions, although Shui Rong deliberately suppressed what happened yesterday, she still found out nine out of ten out of ten from Chunxian's mouth, and even made such a nasty thing out on her wedding night.

If it wasn't for Shui Rong's precautions, wouldn't it be that Li Xuemei was going to pretend to be her wedding night?What about her?Maybe she will be hidden away, maybe what she sees when she wakes up is Shui Rong and others, what makes her feel uncomfortable, and what's more, what's the face of Beijing Palace?

The tea bowl in the Empress Dowager's hand seemed to be joking with Daiyu, but she listened to every word in her heart. She put the tea bowl on the kang table beside her, and the third concubine hurriedly stopped what she was saying, and listened with lowered eyebrows. Queen Mother precepts.

The Empress Dowager smiled faintly on her lips, her white eyebrows and white hair became more dignified and kind, she patted Daiyu's little hand, looked at the three people below, and said: "You have all been with the Emperor for so long, especially Concubine Li has been here for half a hundred years. Years old, what else is there that I don’t understand? It’s because some of them are useless and some are useless.”

Hearing a bit of reproach in the Queen Mother's words, Concubine Li immediately stood up and bowed in response: "What the Queen Mother taught me is that the concubine was negligent." The Queen Mother nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly said: "Yesterday, I heard that Ai's family is here. Someone in the Beijing Palace is going to make a fuss about the wedding ceremony, but is there such a thing?"

When Li Concubine heard these words, she felt cold and cold, but she could only laugh and said: "The concubine really didn't hear this. Now that Yun Dai is here, why don't the Empress Dowager listen to what Yun Dai said?"

"Hey, this is nonsense again. Yun Dai was a bride yesterday, how could she know about those dirty things? Aijia is just asking in vain. I think I went to the show too, so I can't come back and tell you What. Since you don't know, that's all."

The empress dowager's words were already very vigilant, she frowned for a moment, and then said: "Han'er's wedding is coming soon, as the prince of the country, this wedding event must not be sloppy at all. Concubine Li, since you are in charge of the harem now, these The etiquette should also be well taught to the deacons, eunuchs and maids in the palace, so that some people can be handled more smoothly with the Crown Princess in the future."

Concubine Li couldn't help but her eyes flickered when she heard it, but she also agreed with a smile on her face.

The Empress Dowager looked at her coldly, and said with a smile: "Now Concubine Mei has Wan Yi to take care of, and Concubine Yuan is pregnant again, so I can only trouble you."

When Concubine Li heard this, she immediately knelt down and said, "Thanks to the kindness of the Empress Dowager, I will do my best, and I hope the Empress Dowager can relax."

The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Mei and said, "Is Wanyi's body in good condition now?" Concubine Mei hurriedly got up, and replied, "Thank you Empress Dowager for your concern, Wan Yi is already in good health, and the imperial doctor said that she will recover in a short time. .”

The Empress Dowager stared at Concubine Mei, with some thought in her eyes, and said: "How is the matter of Prince Nan'an now?" Concubine Mei is the cousin of Prince Nan'an, and she has a very good relationship with Concubine Nan'an since then. It's not wrong to ask her about things.

Concubine Mei wiped away her tears when she heard this, and said, "Thinking of the Nan'an Wang's sister-in-law washing her face with tears every day, and the concubines having trouble sleeping and eating, now I just hope that I can find a suitable beautiful girl soon, so soon." It’s about rescuing Prince Nan’an.”

"Which concubine Nan'an has chosen a lady?" Daiyu unconsciously clenched the brocade handkerchief in her hand when she heard this, and looked at Concubine Mei with her clear eyes, listening to Mei with anticipation and fear at the same time. The concubine said which family's daughter it was.

Concubine Mei murmured for a long while, and said: "These days coincide with the grand wedding of the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and the Grand Concubine of Nan'an put this matter on hold for the time being, but there are a few girls who are attractive, and they still have to ask her to decide .”

Daiyu tightly squeezed the little hand with the embroidered handkerchief, she felt a little wet, didn't Concubine Nan'an still have no decision?That being the case, why did they go to Najia's mansion with great fanfare, and spread rumors that Tanchun would be adopted as a righteous daughter?

"The Ai family heard that the concubine of Nan'an chose the third girl from Jia's mansion?" Concubine Mei was startled suddenly, her scalp felt numb, and she hurriedly raised her head and said, "This concubine really doesn't know .”

The Empress Dowager nodded, looked at Concubine Yuan and said, "Concubine Yuan's dignified and virtuous character, I think the three girls in Jia's Mansion will not be different. After all, they are the flesh and blood of the whole family. How can it be so bad?"

Concubine Yuan supported her slightly sore waist, got up hurriedly and said: "The empress dowager praised her absurdly, and the sisters in my concubine's family are just like pu willows, I can't afford to be praised by the empress dowager."

"Sister Yuanfei's words are a bit incomplete and untrue. Just looking at Princess Yundai who came out of your mansion, you can understand, isn't this the fate of Jin Fenghuang?"

"Concubine Li is wrong. Daiyu is the daughter of the Lin family, and she only lives in Jia's mansion temporarily. What is the Golden Phoenix that came out of Jia's mansion? The name of the Golden Phoenix was also given by the queen mother, grandmother and father. The grace that came down." The lonely and arrogant words were like the twittering of the yellow warbler.

The Empress Dowager patted Daiyu's little hand, raised her eyes and said, "Concubine Li, it's all right to talk about it. If you say that again, the Ai family will definitely not forgive you." Then Concubine Li hurriedly knelt down and didn't dare to say anything.

Seeing that the situation was at a stalemate, everyone was hesitant to say anything, Nade Nanny hurriedly stepped forward to make jokes, and said with a smile: "The old slave can be considered to have seen the third girl of Jia's mansion. She looks as good as the Yuan Concubine. The points are similar, and she is also an excellent girl."

The Empress Dowager nodded and looked at Concubine Li who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up too, you need to take care of the affairs of the harem. However, there are some things that should not be said, and you must swallow them in your stomach and never say them."

Concubine Li thanked her, and sat down on the side seat, but the cold light in her eyes made people have to be wary.Thinking that the thing that almost succeeded yesterday was messed up, I felt more and more angry.

Ever since Li Xuemei married the son of the Marquis of Jinxiang, the husband and wife have been in harmony, so Li Xuemei has gradually lost her thoughts about Shui Rong, and turned to serve the Marquis of Jinxiang, his wife and the son of the Marquis of Jinxiang better. It is also a big improvement.

But she didn't think that her aunt, mother and elder sister insisted on plotting her up to this point for their own selfish wishes, regardless of family ties. She didn't know what kind of mood she would feel when she knew about this matter.

Daiyu silently looked out of the window full of peaches and plums, and the peach petals were flying in the sky with the breeze. What is a family relationship, what is a mother-daughter relationship? Well, it's not good to say that she took her daughter as a commodity and never showed any pity.

She understands what the queen mother said today. The queen mother has the heart to protect her and Shui Rong, and even more to protect Shui Han and Sang Qingyan. What is the queen mother who is in the deep palace that she can't understand?Unknowingly, the lowered eyes carried a bit of fear and dislike for the palace, and he only hoped that he could leave the palace soon.