Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The Yuhua Hall is a bit solemn in the night, a few glazed wind lanterns are hanging on the corridor, and the beads and tassels are fluttering with the wind. The night brings a lively breath.

The faint sandalwood came out from the house, and the house was not very magnificent, only a picture of summer lotus reflecting the sun hung in the middle hall, and the surrounding frame was just ordinary boxwood, with green lotus leaves and pink jade lotus, rolling crystal dewdrops Like dripping.

Only the sitting and living things are made of high-quality sandalwood, dark green group embroidered silver silk hibiscus mat, two rows of sandalwood chairs are placed facing each other, and there are several carvings of grass, insects and flowers in the middle. There is a small beauty cup on which is inserted the appropriate purple autumn chrysanthemum. The purple petals are like tender lancet leaves, the stamens are delicate and yellow, and the seemingly absent fragrance fills the face, adding a bit of tranquility.

Seasonal fresh fruits are placed on the orchid porcelain plate with white jade feet, and the bright color of the collocation diffuses with the memory. The whole hall has only a dignified state, elegant and pleasant beauty, leaving behind the ordinary and rich, leaving only quiet and elegant.

Appreciative eyes glanced over the corners of the house, Jiang Lianyu couldn't stop admiring in his heart, and the maids serving beside him were also quiet and silent, the upbringing rules of the Lin family really lived up to their reputation.

The two women who sit at the bottom, left and right, have gorgeous looks, each with its own merits. The woman on the left wears a chest-length cotton skirt inlaid with rolling sable fur in orange, a blouse in the style of apricot yellow and dark embroidered chrysanthemums, and a hairpin carved out of a whole coral plant is in the center of her hair. Jade phoenix hairpin jade beads hang down.

A pair of eyes radiate majesty as they move around and look around, the red lips are lightened with red dandelion, the white cheeks are lightly smeared with rouge, and the faint blush is smeared on the cheeks. The name is Jinli Ying.

The woman on the right is an orange-and-yellow jumpsuit, embroidered with large peonies in full bloom. She is rolled up high in a bun and beads shake in the wind, and her head is full of pearls and emeralds.A big phoenix hairpin inlaid with red gold and rubies is inserted obliquely into the bun, the red lips are vermilion, charming and charming, and the watery eyes are full of hidden shadows, similar to the woman on the left, but not comparable to that of the woman on the left Prestige is born.

Hearing the sound of the bead curtain moving, I saw Shui Rong Shuihan and the two came out, the three stood up from their seats, the woman on the right was already full of joy, she stepped forward to hold Shui Rong's arm, and said: "Prince Beijing, don't come all right?"

Shui Rong glanced at her indifferently, avoiding her arm without any trace, and said, "Lady Jin is concerned, my king is well."

Seeing Shui Rong dodging away, Jin Muna already had a look of unbearable embarrassment on her face, she immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "I haven't seen you for two years, Prince Beijing Jing is getting more and more pedantic."

Hearing the rudeness in her words, Shui Rong didn't pay any attention to it. He just looked at Jin Liying who was sitting firmly at the side, and said with a faint smile: "Master Jin, did you ever understand why the king invited you here today?"

Jin Liying raised her eyebrows, glanced at Jin Muna's half-annoyed expression, and said, "It must be because my subordinates gave and received gifts in exchange for weapons?"

Shui Han saw that Jin Li Ying was a girl, but she had the spirit of a woman who would not give way to a man, she was a little impressed, and said: "How did Miss Jin know what my brother wanted to ask?"

Jin Liying looked at Shui Han, smiled faintly and said, "May I ask who this young master is?"

Shui Han cupped his hands and said: "I am the cousin of Prince Bei Jing, you call me the Second Young Master Shui."

Jin Liying nodded and smiled, and said: "Prince Beijing is in the court, so naturally he is always for the country and the people, and the questions he asks must not be separated from the important affairs of the country." Shui Han only nodded when he heard that No more words.

Jiang Lianyu looked at Shui Rong and said, "Yangzhou Salt Inspection Censor Zhao Shixun searched for people's fat and people's ointment, and even sold official salt to unscrupulous businessmen. While making huge profits, the money is missing."

Although Jiangnan Jade is a dominant player in Jiangnan's business, the government is afraid of three points, but because of the protection of officials and businessmen, Zhao Shixun once wanted to monopolize Jiangnan Jade for his own use, but was politely rejected by Jiang Lianyu, and he is still lobbying Jiang Lianyu. .

The reason why Jiang Lianyu refused at the beginning was because Zhao Shixun resold the official salt in his hands, guarded himself and stole it, guarded Jiangnan to flatter his boss, and the bribe was obedient. Naturally, everything went well and no one dared to participate.

Shui Rong played with the jasper wrench in his hand, his cold eyes seemed like a cold knife in the autumn wind, and said: "Zhao Shixun is a servant of the family who came out of the eldest prince's mansion. It is already a great grace of the emperor to be able to climb to where he is today. It's a pity that he doesn't know how to live or die. There will be a day of perdition."

Shui Han stared at the dark night in front of him with cold eyes, and said: "These corrupt officials don't know what use the court keeps them for? The fish and meat people are killing the village, guarding themselves and stealing, and colluding with thieves. The evidence of this kind of crime is thoroughly investigated. If you don't Killing, it is difficult for civilians to be angry."

Jin Muna looked at Shui Rong's cold and indifferent expression, and said with a faint smile, "Prince Bei Jing must have already made up his mind."

Shui Rong smiled lightly, flicked his sleeves and said, "If you have any ideas, it's just a trick to bluff people." Looking at the dark night when the lights were just on, he said, "Mr. Jiang and Miss Jin are both tired. After we have a table, how about a drink or two for your face?"

Naturally, Jin Muna was eager to agree, and Jiang Lianyu and Jin Liying couldn't refuse, so they followed Shui Rong's words and agreed.

A long time ago, maidservants filed up to arrange the food and sake neatly, and the five of them sat down facing each other.After drinking for three rounds, Jin Muna looked around and said: "This living room decoration is the idea of ​​Prince Beijing Jing? I see that it is not much different from your taste?"

Shui Han smiled while holding his wine glass: "Miss Jin is right, her taste is almost the same as Brother Wang's. There is only one thing you said wrong."

"What did I say wrong?"

Shui Han smiled and said: "The tables, chairs, murals, bead curtains, and vases in this room are all designed by Princess Bei Jing and put aside. If there is no way to say, it is a little bit of mutual understanding between their husband and wife."

Jin Muna was a little stunned when she heard this, but then she burst into a cold smile and said: "Oh? So it's Princess Beijing." Looking around, she said: "Isn't Princess Beijing here? Why? Didn't you see her come out?"

Hearing the coldness in Jin Muna's words, Shui Rong was already extremely dissatisfied, so he said lightly: "The night is already deep, she can't bear to stay up all night, not to mention there is nothing important, so naturally she rested early."

"Is there something shameful about her? Or does she feel that she is not worthy of the Prince of Beijing?" Jin Muna's words made everyone in the room change their expressions.

Shui Rong crushed the wine glass in his hand, looked at Jin Muna coldly, and said, "There is no woman in the world who can match her one-tenth, and naturally no one can match her. You are naturally even more difficult to match." There is no more in the words Save half of the face, the handsome face is full of cold and anger at this time, and the eyes are like icy knives directed at Jin Muna.

"You." Jin Muna couldn't hold back her anger, she stood up, looked at Shui Rong angrily, and said with a sneer, "I don't know if it's really as good as Prince Jing said, if it's really good, why are you hiding?" Get up and see no one?"

"An insignificant person will naturally not be able to stand the sight of my beloved wife in person." The cold and deep words seemed to strike at Jin Muna's heart like a sharp knife, and it was full of pain.

Shui Han also put away the smile at this time, looked at Jin Muna coldly, and said: "We respect Miss Jin as a guest, and we don't want to make trouble for the guest of honor. Miss Jin accepted your words early."

"Why should I accept it? I think that I am as good as anyone in appearance and wealth, but I want to see who I lost to?" "She is not a noble person that you can see, I am afraid that when you see her , I would retreat early in shame, wishing I hadn't been reborn in this world." Jiang Lianyu's undisguised disgust and sarcasm made Jin Muna's face turn purple immediately, and she raised her hand and was about to slap her.

"Muna, stop it." Jin Liying who had been sitting on the side held Jin Muna's hand, looked at her coldly and said, "If you are rude again, I will send you back immediately. Don't come follow me again."

With such a savage and willful personality and an unreasonable appearance, any man with some knowledge would not marry her, but she was so devoted to Shui Rong that she felt a little helpless and bored in her heart.

"Why should I leave? I won't leave. I was invited by the Prince of Beijing." She knew that Jin Liying liked Jiang Lianyu, and she had always missed Jiang Lianyu all these years. When she heard that Jiang Lianyu had something to help, what was it? They ran to help him without hesitation, after all, it was to win his favor.

"Why did this king invite you? This king invited the first head of Jin, why did he invite you to be the second head of Jin?" Shui Rong stopped Jin Muna's words without raising his eyebrows.

"Brother Rong, the visitor is a guest, how can you say that?" Daiyu's soft voice came from behind the beaded curtain at the side door. Hearing this, Shui Rong hurriedly got up, opened the beaded curtain, and really saw Daiyu's smiling face. Standing beside the bead curtain, she said softly, "Ye Hanlu is heavy, why is Dai'er here?"

Daiyu took a look at him, and walked out of the bead curtain with the support of Shui Rong, her eyes turned slightly, looked at the people in the room, and smiled faintly.

She had just walked outside the curtain and had already heard most of it. Hearing Jin Muna's words, she had already felt anger in her heart, but what was hidden in the sweet smile was cold and solemn, so cold that it made people feel terrified.

Shui Rong smiled faintly, helped Daiyu to walk into the hall, and said with a smile: "Since you're here, let's sit down together."

Daiyu raised her eyes and smiled slightly, she sat down holding Shui Rong's hand, looked at Jin Muna's angry face, smiled slightly, and said, "Who is this girl?"

Shui Rong didn't intend to make any introductions, just smiled and said, "He came with Miss Jin."

Daiyu looked at Jin Liying and nodded, and said with a smile: "I have always heard Brother Rong mention Miss Jin, but after seeing her today, I know what it means to not give up to a woman."

Jin Liying stepped forward and took Daiyu's little hand and stood up, looked up and down, her eyes were full of admiration, and said, "As the saying goes, the daughters of Jiangnan are beautiful women pinched out of water, and seeing them today is really extraordinary. , no wonder the prince of Beijing Jing loves her so much, if I were a man, I would have married my younger sister back home."

The half-joking words made Daiyu have a good impression of her, and her cheeks turned pink, "It's this girl who praised her absurdly."

Jin Liying waved her hand and said, "Don't call me a girl, I'm a little older than you. If my sister doesn't mind it, just call me sister." Daiyu smiled faintly, the sneer hidden in her eyes was still there She faded away, but bent her knees and said, "Sister Jin."

Jin Liying sat by her side holding Daiyu on her arm, holding her moist little hand and was about to say something, but felt that her hand was empty, when she looked up, she saw that Shui Rong had already embraced Daiyu by her side, she smiled lightly and said : "Prince Beijing is so jealous, the whole room smells sour."

Shui Han held the wine glass at the side, and said: "This is still a small vinegar jar, Miss Jin has never seen a real vinegar jar, it is really sour that the whole capital can smell."

Shui Rong cast a sideways glance at Shui Han, then beckoned to the little girl beside him to invite Sang Qingyan, Daiyu hurriedly stopped his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Rong, you should stop inviting me, Sister Sang I've been tired for a whole day, and I've already rested. Let's write down this account for now, and we will find Sister Sang to settle the account with him tomorrow."

Jin Muna, who was ignored by no one, was already full of anger at this time, so she got up and fell off her chair and ran out with anger all over her body.

Daiyu looked at her back quietly for a long while, then looked back coldly, looking at Shui Rong with a little softer eyes, and said: "Brother Rong, it's already late at night, let's go back and rest earlier. Come on, I really need a break even after thinking about it.”

Hearing this, Jiang Lianyu got up early, turned to look at Jin Liying and said, "What Princess Beijing said is that Miss Jin is tired from traveling all the way, so let's go back and rest first, and I will have to rely on Miss Jin for the rest of the days." It’s good to deal with the things under your hands.”

Jin Liying smiled and got up and nodded, walked to the door, but turned around and bowed again, saying: "I apologize to the two of you for what happened to Muna today, and please forgive me, we spoiled you." Muna." After saying that, he followed Jiang Lianyu out of the living room.

Seeing everyone in the living room leave, Daiyu snuggled into Shui Rong's arms just now, looked at Shui Rong with half-sorrowful eyes, and said, "I didn't expect Brother Rong to be so charming, even the women who came from outside It's all about you."

Shui Rong lowered his head and licked her red lips, half-blamingly said: "I've been talking nonsense and thinking wildly all day, how did you see that she fell in love with me? She's just a domineering woman."

When the night wind came, Shui Rong wrapped Daiyu in a cloak and went to Mo Yuxuan together. Daiyu smiled faintly and said, "These two golden girls are the lonely king and the golden prince of the daughter country you mentioned."

Shui Rong nodded with a smile, and said: "The women's country is full of women, and the men in their country have become concubines. Although this kind of inversion of yin and yang has improved a lot, it is deeply rooted, and it is difficult to change it all in a short time. "

Hearing this, Daiyu immediately covered her mouth and snickered, the embroidered handkerchief in her hand had already been twisted into a flower, Bibi leaned on the water-soluble hair, and said with a coquettish smile: "I don't know that Brother Rong was taken by this Prince Jin and dressed as her What does the princess look like?"

The Daughter Country reverses yin and yang, women are men, and men are women. I don't know if it will be like the Shuichen harem, where everyone fights and exists only for one person?It can't be said that when a man really fights, it is more exciting than a woman's harem.

Shui Rong stared at Daiyu for a long time, seeing the mischievous smile on her face, suddenly nodded her forehead with some helplessness and amused, and said: "You, you don't know what's in your little head, what are you thinking?"

Daiyu leaned on Shui Rong's arms a little sleepy, feeling a little uneasy between sleeping and not sleeping, her little hands unconsciously grabbed Shui Rong's skirt, and muttered: "I'm not good enough for you, I don't know who else can." Is it worthy of you? We are just supporting each other and living together."

Shui Rong hurriedly circled Daiyu's slippery body, let her lean in his arms, looked at her sleeping beautiful face, and smiled quietly: "Our husband and wife are of the same heart, so we are of one heart, and there is no one who is not worthy of anyone? We are destined to be friends. A supportive couple."

Wrapping Daiyu tightly with the cloak, he hugged her sideways and walked towards Mo Yuxuan, a faint glow in the dark night was warm and smudged.

Looking at Daiyu's sleeping face, she had been in love with her for a long time, she just put on her clothes and got out of bed, and walked outside the door.

Jiang Lianyu had already turned around from behind, leaned lightly on a crabapple tree, and said, "What do you think of these two people's affairs today?"

Shui Rong stood up with her hands behind her back, looked at the stars twinkling in the sky faintly, and said: "Since she is the lonely king of the Daughter Kingdom, she can naturally restrain the people under her command. If she can't even do this well, then support her to become the king back then." It was a wrong decision."

Jiang Lianyu held a chrysanthemum in her hand, watched the petals fall to the ground, and said after a long while, "Then you should also know that Prince Jin's temper is so stiff today, and she can't guarantee what she will do. "

"The left and right are just joining forces with that water show, what else can there be?" Shui Rong took out a letter from his arms, and said lightly: "I take such things to heart. That Jin Muna has long been in collusion with Shui Yan, It’s the same whether it’s today or not.”

Jiang Lianyu frowned and held the letter in her hand, and saw it clearly with the faint light of the lamp, and couldn't hold back the anger in her heart for a long time: "She is so ambitious to abolish Jin Liying, and then she ascends the throne? "All kinds of unreasonable ambitions in the letterhead make people shudder to see.

"People make money and birds die for food. There is an even greater temptation, that is power. With power in hand, what are you afraid of failing?"

"A group of people have already sneaked into Yangzhou City and Suzhou City. There are people everywhere in these two places, and there are many hawkers selling things around this house. You should also take some precautions."

Shui Rong smiled faintly, his eyes were full of sternness, and said: "Zuo is just some assassination tricks that don't go on the table. At this time, the emperor is in Changping Villa, waiting for such an opportunity."

Jiang Lianyu nodded, and suddenly looked at Shui Rong seriously and said, "If you hurt Sister Yu'er in the slightest, I will definitely pay any price to take Sister Yu'er away."

Shui Rong flicked his sleeves and smiled coldly, and said: "It's still the old saying, if you want to wait, just wait, I just hope that you won't regret today's choice in the future. As for Dai'er." Shui Rong sneered, "Don't dare I will trouble you, Mr. Jiang, to worry about it."

Jiang Lianyu didn't care about Shui Rong's anger, and only said: "If you can still understand, you should also know that there are not a few people around you who are thinking about Sister Yu'er, there are good and bad, and it depends on what happens. The final result."