The Palm Jade of the Red Chamber

In April of the 13th year of Kangxi, Tianyou took the exam from February to April. After passing the government examination, he is now a small boy, and also the youngest boy. There are not many things, but this is also an entry barrier. As long as Tianyou performs well in the official school, he can enter the Imperial College to study. However, there is still a college exam that has not been passed, and Lin Hai is not in a hurry.

"It's normal even if you haven't passed the college exam next year. The difficulty of the college exam is different from the two exams you took earlier."

"I know what daddy said. Passing this year's county test has exceeded my expectations. I just want to try next year's government test, so I can grasp the difficulty and prepare for the future." Tianyou sullenly said, Said very seriously.

Lin Hai nodded in relief, and touched Tianyou's little head. Thinking of his dead wife, he couldn't help being sad again. In order to prevent his children from seeing his gaffe, Lin Hai said to Tianyou: "Go and tell your sister the good news. Worried about this."

"Yes, my son will tell my sister right now." Tianyou went to look for Daiyu with a smile. He wanted to tell his sister the good news in person and make her proud of him.

Looking at Tianyou's happy little back, Lin Hai was filled with relief: Min'er, our two children are very outstanding, and this child Tianyou has lived up to your expectations. His future achievements will definitely be even better than my father's. That child Yu'er—thinking of Daiyu, he sighed helplessly, Yu'er, her, as a father, he might be helpless.

Daiyu has been waiting anxiously since early in the morning, neither sitting nor standing, she is very absent-minded in doing anything, today is the day when the results will be announced, and I don't know how Tianyou did in the exam?

"Miss, don't worry, the master said that the young master is fine." Bai Ling looked at the anxious master helplessly, and comforted him, "Miss, you must trust the young master."

"I know, but it's just anxiety, just let me walk." Daiyu walked around the yard, always feeling that the time is going slower, and it would be better if it was faster.

"Girl, girl~" Xueyan, who was guarding the entrance of the garden, hurried in, with a happy expression on his face, "Young master is here, young master is here."

Daiyu walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, and sure enough, she saw Tianyou following behind Xueyan. When Tianyou saw Daiyu, he ran over. He was happy, he raised his head, his eyebrows and eyes curved into smiles: "Sister, I'm a Tongsheng now."

"Yeah." Daiyu nodded with red eyes, she was so happy that she couldn't describe it, she reached out and hugged Tianyou in her arms, since Tianyou was seven years old, she seldom hugged him like this.

Now I still vaguely remember the appearance of Tianyou when he was just born. She was small and thin. She stood on tiptoe and looked at the little baby held in her arms by her mother. The mother smiled and said to her: "This is your brother, Yu'er It's my sister now!"

"I'm an older sister now, and I will protect my younger brother." She knew that as an older sister and older brother, she must protect her younger siblings, and she wanted her younger brother to be safe and worry-free all his life.

"With Yu'er here, mother can rest assured." At that time, she didn't understand her mother's words, nor did she understand her mother's expression at that time, but after her mother passed away, she took over to take care of Tianyou, and only then did she understand that her mother trusted her , I believe that she can take good care of her younger brother and this family.

"I knew that our Tianyou is the smartest." She taught him to talk, walk, read and write. When he was sick, she stayed by the side worriedly. When he practiced martial arts, she was by the side. Yingchun joked that she It is not an exaggeration to raise Tianyou as a son. Now seeing that the children I have raised are better than others, the pride in my heart is unmatched by anyone.

Her brother, God bless her, is indeed the best!

"Sister, I will work harder. When the time comes, I will be the champion. I will be a good official like my father. I will protect my sister from being bullied by anyone." The little boy has the biggest ambition in his heart. Take good care of my sister.

"Yes, sister believes in you." Daiyu nodded with a smile, and took Tianyou's hand into the yard. Bailing had already prepared tea and pastries. The weather is not hot today, so Daiyu took Tianyou to sit by the side of the yard. On the stone chair, holding a handkerchief to wipe Tianyou's sweat from running, listening to Tianyou talking about his thoughts.

The warm sunlight penetrated through the leaves, and the little halos surrounded the bodies of the two siblings. The mottled marks on the ground swayed slightly with the wind, just like the water waves.

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, Kangxi was having a meal with Xiao Zhuang, Xiao Zhuang said: "Yu'er's younger brother, I heard that he is a child now, he is young, and he has good knowledge."

"I have also heard about that child. He is not only smart, but also eager to learn. Ruhai also said that he, as a father, doesn't know how to answer the questions that the child sometimes asks." Kangxi laughed, "Yu'er said before that he was going to end. , I took it as a joke, but I didn't expect to let him pass."

"During the New Year's Eve, Ai's family asked Yu'er to bring her younger brother to the palace. He was such a lovely child. Yu'er herself was weak, but her younger brother was raised fat and white. It was hard for her to be an older sister. "Now Daiyu is eleven. Thinking back when she married into the royal family at the age of thirteen, she was protected by an aunt in the palace at that time. If not, maybe she is gone now.

In another three years, when Daiyu is 14 years old, it will not be too late to let her enter the palace.

Now the emperor is busy with various matters, the empress is pregnant, and all the concubines are smart, they are not in a rush to do anything, even Concubine Tong is just doing some harmless things.

"When Yu'er came to the palace the day before yesterday, the Ai family saw that she seemed to be a lot haggard. She said she was worried that her younger brother didn't sleep well. Now that she is fine and her grades are out, she should take care of herself with peace of mind."

"Yu'er is a filial child. If she knows that the emperor's grandmother cares about her so much, the next time she comes to the palace, she will definitely let the emperor's grandmother see a white and fat Yu'er." Kangxi laughed.

"I don't dare to be fat in vain. If Yu'er hears about it, she will get angry with you!" As if thinking of Daiyu's chubby appearance, Xiaozhuang and Kangxi couldn't help laughing, "It's really Can't imagine how chubby that kid was."

"Keep it well, maybe you will get fat!" Kangxi also couldn't imagine what would happen to Daiyu if she became fat, but this did not prevent him from having such an idea. After Daiyu entered the palace in the future, Kangxi's greatest pleasure was also the greatest. The biggest challenge is to make Daiyu fat. For this reason, the father and son have thought of many ways, but it seems that the effect is not very good.

"That's right." Xiao Zhuang nodded, instead of talking about Daiyu, he changed the subject, "The imperial doctor said that the Queen's pulse condition is not very stable, and now the appointment is imminent, if you have nothing to do, you can go and see her more."

"I understand." Speaking of the queen's belly, Kangxi also had a serious expression on his face. The pulse condition diagnosed by the imperial physician was dangerous. If one was not careful, it might be——Kangxi didn't want to think about it, and his expression returned to his original state. He pointed to a steamed bream and said, "The emperor Grandma tasted this and it was delicious."

"It looks good too." Aunt Su Ma picked up a piece of fish belly meat for Xiao Zhuang and put it in Xiao Zhuang's bowl. Xiao Zhuang tasted it and nodded, "Not bad, not bad, the cooking skills of the imperial dining room It is getting better and better, and the emperor will use it more."

"It's great that the imperial grandmother likes it." Kangxi was satisfied when he saw that Xiaozhuang was eating happily.

Compared with the warmth of the Palace of Compassion and Peace, Jia's mansion is very quiet. The whole family dined with Jia's mother, but because of Jia's mother's unkind expression, none of them dared to say anything, even Baoyu was cautious. of.

When Jia's mother saw Baoyu like this, she felt even more helpless, and she was also angry. Now she thinks, is it wrong to pamper Baoyu?

At the beginning, Jia Zhu was valued, and the family had too high expectations of him, so that he died of exhaustion in the end. Now, for Baoyu, she dared not let him have the slightest fatigue, for fear of following in Jia Zhu's footsteps, but in the end Baoyu But it seems that being raised by her has become more and more out of tune.

Jia Lian is promising, but he also left the capital, and now there are four members of his family, and even Yingchun got married in Suzhou, Jia Amnesty looked indifferent, and left her in the capital to make her feel bad.Although she loves her second son, Jia Zheng is a pedantic and inflexible person. She is very clear about this, otherwise she would not be a small official until now. He has been in the same position for decades, and he is not tired of.

Baoyu is intelligent, but he can't read. Although Jia Huan is diligent, he is restless, but Tanchun is watching. There is no one in Jia's house who is capable.

There were only three people in the Lin family, but none of them could be caught up by the people in the house. Mother Jia sighed again, put down her chopsticks, and couldn't taste the food.

"Mother, if there is something bothering you, why not tell me." Jia Zheng also put down his chopsticks and asked with concern.

"Zheng'er, it seems wrong for my mother to stop you from teaching Baoyu. Tianyou is younger than Baoyu, but he is a child now, and Baoyu is smarter than Tianyou, but he can't do anything." Jiamu said. At that time, looking at Baoyu and seeing that he was still ignorant, I felt even more helpless.

"Mother, our family has a great career, and Baoyu has a great fortune, which is incomparable to the Lin family." Mrs. Wang didn't care, her son was born with Baoyu in his mouth, and the fortune was great. Her daughter is now in the palace. After working hard and becoming an imperial concubine in the future, who would dare to underestimate her!

Mother Jia gave Mrs. Wang a hard look, and angrily said, "Stupid woman still keeps her mouth shut!"

Mrs. Wang shut up unwillingly, Mrs. Xing sneered, but she didn't open her mouth. Jia Amnesty drank the wine leisurely by herself, pretending that she didn't see the commotion in front of her.

"Zheng'er, from tomorrow onwards, Baoyu will teach you personally. I don't want Baoyu to be half as capable as his brother, but I just hope that he can share the worries of Jia's family in the future." Jia's mother sighed again and again, thinking of the well-behaved and sensible Jia Zhu, Looking at Baoyu who doesn't understand anything, I feel very sad.

Li Wan lowered her head slightly, Lan'er raised her head to look at Li Wan, her lips were tightly pressed together, she stretched out her hand to hold Li Wan's hand, and gently clenched it.

Li Wan glanced at his son, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

When Baoyu heard that he was going to be handed over to Jia Zheng, his face was pale and bloodless, and he said weakly: "Old ancestor—"

"Baoyu, it's for your own good!" Mother Jia stood up holding the mandarin duck's hand, and didn't look at Baoyu, fearing that she couldn't bear it for a while, so she told Jia Zheng, "I'll leave Baoyu to you, Zheng'er." , don’t be too harsh on him.”

"Mother, don't worry." Jia Zheng nodded, glanced at Baoyu, and decided in his heart to teach Baoyu well, Baoyu trembled, and looked at Jia Zheng, wanting to cry but not crying.

This is really God busy him!

Brother Lin, you have done me a disservice!