Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

Besides, the time required for the selection process is quite long. First, two rounds of strict screening are required, and only the remaining ones will have the chance to be selected by the emperor as concubines or as wives to royal children, such as the prince's elder brother.Those who have already entered the palace like Baochai Yingchun Tanchun have already passed the first screening. As long as they receive a name or leave a sign in the next second screening, they are expected to be selected by the emperor. The upper branch turned into a phoenix.Therefore, in the second screening, those eunuchs and nuns who are in charge can often get a lot of benefits from the beautiful girls to be selected, and make a lot of windfall.

As for the second screening, Daiyu and Concubine Rong discussed that firstly, the head eunuch in Chuxiu Palace, that is, the former Eunuch Liu, would do it. Submit it to yourself, and after seeing it one by one, let the emperor decide.Because doing this is the least likely way to offend people, and it is the way to relax yourself.

After hearing this, Eunuch Liu was very happy in his heart. After all, he had already gained a lot of benefits just by arranging some other matters in Chuxiu Palace in the past two days. The small treasury will not be able to fit it.Therefore, Eunuch Liu just went about it happily.

In this way, Daiyu was much more relaxed, but that day Yinzhen did not know where he got a parrot and gave it to Daiyu.I saw the parrot with its emerald green feathers and red beak, which is very clever and cute. The most important thing is that this parrot can speak human language. As long as you tease it with sunflower seeds, it will "golden". Mouth, spitting jade words", and occasionally a line or two of Tang poetry and Song poetry will come out.Therefore, Daiyu teases the parrot every day, but she doesn't feel lonely and boring.

Chunxian saw Daiyu teasing the parrot every day, but it was very interesting, so she smiled and said: "This parrot is also very interesting, it seems to be very human. No wonder the princess teases this parrot every day. I seem to be much happier than before!" But it never occurred to me that just after Chunxian finished speaking and Daiyu hadn't answered, the parrot fluttered its wings and flew away from the gold wire frame. He got down, stood on Chunxian's head, and said in a tone like Daiyu: "Chunxian, you stinky hoof, you actually made fun of me!" Then, he pecked Chunxian again with his red mouth. Willow leaf hairpin inlaid with emeralds on the slender temples.Seeing such a situation, Qingwen and the others couldn't help laughing out loud, and Daiyu couldn't help but blushed when she saw this.

At this time, a clear voice came, saying: "What is so funny? Tell me about it." Daiyu turned her head and saw that it was Yinzhen who came in, followed by her Li Dequan and two young eunuchs.Seeing Daiyu's reddish complexion, like the most beautiful peach blossom in March, Yinzhen couldn't help being fascinated, and was stunned for a long time before recovering from Li Dequan's cough.

Seeing the way Yinzhen looked at her, Daiyu blushed even more with embarrassment, so she turned around and was about to run inside.When Yinzhen saw him, he knew that his gaze was too abrupt just now, so he hurriedly stopped Daiyu and said, "Yu'er, stay here for a while. If you leave, Huang Ama ordered me to send you these What can I do with this thing?" After hearing this, Daiyu turned around, but the flush on her face did not fade, because she said: "Who cares about those boring things?" Then she felt suspicious: "The emperor Uncle has always been the meanest, why did he think of giving me something today, and ordered you and Li Wenda to deliver it in person? Could it be that he has some bad idea in his heart?"

Yinzhen listened, but before he answered, he saw a loud "haha" laugh outside the door and said, "The mouth of Zhenzhen Dai girl is like the sea, and it can choke people half to death." , saw Qingwen and the other four hurriedly knelt down and bowed their heads in salute, saying: "Your maidservant kowtows to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Then, Kangxi, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, came in from the door and said: "Pingshen." Afterwards, he walked up to Daiyu and said, "I knew that, since I'm not here, this girl must scold me a few words to feel comfortable."

Daiyu heard this, but she was not afraid of Kangxi's anger, she just said: "I'm just telling the truth. It's just the name of Princess Gulun and a mansion, so I begged for the snow geese around me. You dragged me into this palace, and you still have to arrange a talent show. You have to know which one of the people in this palace is easy to get along with? I secretly watched, Uncle Huang, those concubines of yours really wanted to eat me That's good." Then he looked at the two trays held in the hands of the two eunuchs, which were covered with bright yellow cloth, and he didn't know what they were, and said again: "So, now I don't I don’t dare to accept your things, Uncle Huang, lest I be tricked by you again!”

Kangxi just smiled and said, "Girl Dai, to be honest, as long as you are willing to be my daughter-in-law, I will give you whatever you want without hesitation." Hearing this, I blushed and said angrily: "Uncle Huang, you are the emperor, how can you make fun of me like this! Besides, I am only 13 years old. It's too early." Kangxi said: "It's not too early, I got married at the age of 12, and the fourth son, the emperor's mother, married me at the age of 13!"

After hearing this, Master Dai only played with the handkerchief in her hand, and said after a while: "Daiyu dare not, these days in the talent show, it is not uncommon to see intrigues between those beautiful women, it is really impressive. I'm disappointed. Although Daiyu said she wasn't afraid of these things, she didn't like them very much. To be honest, if it wasn't for her father's intentions, Daiyu would never have thought of going to Beijing." Kangxi sighed after hearing this, and said: "I know, I don't force you. To be honest, there are very few people like you, girl Dai, in this world, if not in the palace."

Yinzhen was listening, and he was even more proud. This is his jade, the most precious and rare jade in the world. It is not only beautiful in its shape, but also in its heart and quality.Although there are not a few people who covet Fang Meiyu, but he will definitely get her, because when he first saw her, he had already made up his mind that this pure and pure woman was destined to belong only to him in this life.

Suddenly, Yinzhen saw a piece of paper pressed on the table, which seemed to have something written on it, so he picked it up again and said, "What is this?" Said: ""The Song of Burying Flowers", "The Song of Burial Flowers" written by the princess, the quality is originally clean and clean, it is better than the pollution and sinking into the ditch!" After saying that, he flew back to the shelf again to eat the sunflower seed.

When Yinzhen heard this, he became even more curious, and lifted the paper a little higher. Daiyu couldn't catch it, so he had to let it go.When Yinzhen looked at it carefully, he saw the words on the paper: "Flowers wither and flowers fly all over the sky. Who is there to pity when the red fades and the fragrance is gone? The silk is soft and the spring pavilion is floating, and the falling catkins are lightly stained with the embroidered curtain. The daughter of the boudoir Xichun At dusk, there is nowhere to let go of melancholy. Hoe the flowers out of the embroidered boudoir with your hands, and bear to step on the falling flowers to and fro. Willow silk and elm pods come from the fragrance, regardless of peaches and Li Fei. Peaches and plums will reappear next year, who will you know in the boudoir next year? The moon fragrance nest has been built, and the swallows in the beams are too ruthless! Next year, although the flowers and hair can be pecked, no one will go to the empty nest in the beams. 360 days a year, the wind, the knife, the frost and the sword are fierce. How long will the bright and fresh beauty last? It's hard to find when you are wandering in the morning. Blooms are easy to see and fall are hard to find. The people who buried the flowers are suffocated in front of the steps. Leaning on the flowers alone, the hoe sprinkles tears in the dark, and sprinkles the empty branches to see the blood. The rhododendron is speechless. At dusk, the lotus hoe goes back to cover the heavy door. The blue light Zhaobi fell asleep for the first time, the cold rain knocked on the window, and the quilt was still warm. The blame for the slaves made me feel sad, half for the pity of the spring, half for the pity of the spring: the pity of the spring suddenly went to the annoyed, and then there was nothing to say. Last night, the sad song was released outside the court. Do you know the soul of the flower and the soul of the bird? The soul of the flower and the soul of the bird are hard to stay. The bird is speechless and the flower is ashamed. May the slaves grow wings and fly with the flowers to the end of the sky. At the end of the sky, where is the fragrant hill? The kit collects the beautiful bones, and a piece of pure soil covers the wind. The quality is originally clean and clean, which is better than the dirt and sinking into the ditch. If you die now, you will be buried. I don’t know when you will die? Do you know who it is when he is buried in the new year? Just look at the flowers that fade away in spring, that is when the beauty dies. Once the spring is over, the beauty will grow old, and the flowers will fall and the person will die!"

Yinzhen looked at it and sighed: "I know that Yu'er is talented, but I don't know that it is so good! It's just that although this poem is good, it's too sad." Kangxi heard this and read it. I am amazed.

Daiyu said with a faint smile: "This is because I have watched the open and secret fights among beautiful girls with cold eyes these days, and I have seen flowers falling in front of the court, being trampled on by others, and no one cares about them. I don't know how much difference there is, so I just felt emotional for a while." Yinzhen knew that Daiyu's thoughts were always more important than others, and she thought she was also associated with herself from the struggle between beautiful girls, so she was confused, thinking of this, Feeling a pain in my heart, I said to myself: "Yu'er, don't you have so little confidence in me?"

At this time, I heard Kangxi suddenly say: "I heard that among the beautiful girls this year, there are also women from the four major families of Jinling, but is it true?" Could it be that Uncle Huang didn’t read the roster of beautiful girls on the website?” Hearing this, Kangxi nodded and said, “These are common practices in previous years, so I just ordered them to follow the previous practice. I just glanced at the roster of beautiful girls who came up, and let them do it." Hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help laughing, because she said, "That's right. The four major families in Jinling except the Xue family are imperial merchants, and they are not serious. Except for the enrobed slaves, the others are Manchu enrobed, and it is also the residence of the Hou Men. Although they cannot be selected as concubines like the women of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, they can be selected as talented people in the palace who praise good people. "

Kangxi asked: "Then how did I hear that you arranged those two women from Jia's mansion and a woman from Xue's family in Dufangju?" Daiyu laughed and said, "Uncle Huang, didn't you always want to know?" Is it the bottom line of these four families? Didn’t I just give you an opportunity by doing this now?” Kangxi hurriedly asked: “How do you say this?” Daiyu said: “Everyone who wants to come to the palace understands it very well. Well, this Dufang residence is not a place where ordinary beautiful women can live. After all, Empress Xiaoyiren, Empress Rongfei and Empress Yifei all lived there when they first entered the palace for draft, so it is not comparable to ordinary residences. But People outside the palace don't understand, and the reason why I arrange the beautiful girl from Shangsanqi in the Zhongcui Palace is to let people understand the relationship between them. Uncle Huang, if the girl from Shangsanqi Xiunu knows the meaning of this Dufang residence, will she get involved with the three of them?"

After hearing this, Kangxi understood Daiyu's meaning, secretly praised Daiyu for her kindness, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, sometimes your women's methods are stronger than men's." With a smile, Yin said again: "In fact, Cai Shuanghua Bingning also went to check, and sure enough, there were two beautiful girls in the three banners who had a fight with the three in Dufangju, and then the Dufangju The two of them are talking to each other again."

When Kangxi heard this, he couldn't help being very interested, and said: "Oh, but who is arguing with whom?" Daiyu gestured to Bingning, and when Bingning saw this, she smiled and said, "Report to the emperor. That Dufang lives in the middle It turned out that Jia Yingchun, the second daughter of the Jia family, and Jia Tanchun, the third daughter, were concubines. There was also a girl named Xue Baochai from the Xue family of the imperial merchant. Qi Xiunu, one is Nalan Mingyue, the niece of Concubine Hui, and the other is Wuya Yanluo, the niece of Concubine De. After knowing the meaning of Dufangju, these two people were deeply dissatisfied, so they went to Dufangju to find her. Apart from the troubles of Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun and Xue Baochai, apart from the fact that Jia Yingchun did not argue with Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo because of his stupidity, and that Jia Tanchun survived the disaster because he was not in Dufangju, then Xue Baochai Not so lucky, and was whipped by Na Wuya Yanluo with a horsewhip relying on the power of the concubine Defei. Although there was no serious injury, she was slightly injured. After that, for some reason, the Jia Tan Chun and Xue Baochai began to fight each other in Dufang Residence, but Xue Baochai accidentally knocked over the candle holder and almost burned the bed curtains. Therefore, Jia Tanchun and Xue Baochai now seem to be at odds with each other. "

Originally it was said that after Baochai and Tanchun entered the palace, both of them admired the life in the palace, so they tried every means to establish close relationship with those eunuchs and mothers in charge.Because Tanchun does not have as much silver as Baochai, so Tanchun's situation is much worse than Baochai's, and because of this, Tanchun has always hated him deeply, only thinking that Baochai blocked his way , without her, I am afraid that no one in this palace will be able to compete with him for favor.Therefore, Tanchun often secretly thinks about how to design a better way to get rid of Baochai.But Baochai is so thoughtful, and the city is not shallow in his heart, so Tanchun couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Just this day, Tan Chunyin was wandering in the imperial garden, but he heard the gossip of two court ladies who were watering the flowers.One of the maids said: "Sister Ling'er, do you know? I was called by Eunuch Liu from Chuxiu Palace, saying that he asked me to go to Chuxiu Palace to help wait on me." The one called "Ling'er "The maid couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiang'er, why are you showing off your hoof in front of me? If you have the ability, you go to the Zhongcui Palace to wait. You must know that the beautiful ladies there are all the three banners. In the future, most of them will be people in high positions, if you can benefit from them, it will be good luck."

After hearing this, Xiang'er was not surprised and said: "Sister Ling'er, are there any beautiful women of this year living in Zhongcui Palace? Didn't I hear that Zhongcui Palace was allocated by the emperor to Princess Chenyu to live there? Princess Chenyu lived in Kunning Palace, but didn't the Zhongcui Palace say that other people are not allowed to live in it? Why did Xiunu live in it?" Ling'er heard it, and smiled unconsciously: "You Is the hoof stupid? I don’t even think about it, there are so many show girls this year, where can a mere Chuxiu Palace fit in? Therefore, Princess Chenyu arranged for all the show girls who went to the Three Banners to live in Zhong For Cui Palace, besides, the emperor loves Princess Chenyu so much, who should live in Zhong Cui Palace is not a matter of one word?"

Xiang'er said: "That's true. I heard that Princess Chenyu, Dufangju in the Chuxiu Palace, arranged for three beautiful women in clothes to live." Ling'er said: "You don't know that. Well, if the three beautiful girls in wrap clothes are even a little bit close to Princess Chenyu, that's why they were allowed to live there. Otherwise, do you think that you and their identities can live in Dufangju? "Xiang'er nodded understandingly.

After listening to Ling'er and Xiang'er's words, Tanchun recalled what the foster mother Feng Nanny said back then, and knew that those who could live in this lonely residence would become the emperor's concubine or the prince's elder brother's concubine or something in the future. So he became more determined to get rid of Baochai.But Tanchun didn't know what to do, after all, this was the palace, if something went wrong, Baochai couldn't be excluded, and maybe he would have to pay for his own life.

When he was at a loss what to do, Tanchun saw two women who were not dressed like ordinary beautiful women approaching not far away, and thought to himself that they must be the beautiful women from Shangsanqi, and he frowned unconsciously, thinking about it .So he went to Ling'er and Xiang'er and said: "Dare to ask these two sisters, do you know what the three beautiful girls living in Dufang Residence look like?"

When Xiang'er saw Tanchun's attire, she knew that Tanchun must also be a beautiful girl, so she said: "Young master is serious. The status of slaves and servants is low, how can they have the qualifications to go to the Dufang residence? I don't know." Yes. However, I just waited in Chuxiu Palace, but I also heard from two aunts, Shuangchuan and Shuanghuan, that the three beautiful girls are all very beautiful, and I heard that only the second girl from Jia's mansion is dull. Some, I’m afraid they are hopeless, and the other two may be extremely blessed people in the future.”

It was a coincidence that Xiang'er's words reached the ears of the two beautiful girls of the Three Banners who came here, and those two beautiful girls were Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo.It's just because Concubine Hui had a very good relationship with Concubine De before she was deposed.Because of this, Nalan Mingyue and Wu Ya Yanluo, who grew up in front of Concubine Hui and Concubine De, had a good relationship since they were young. They have one thing in common, that is, they are most reluctant to see others say that others are better than themselves in front of themselves.So after hearing Xiang'er's words, she was furious on the spot.

I saw the two of them walking up to Tanchun, Ling'er and Xiang'er, because they asked, "Who do you just say lives in Dufang's residence?" Ling'er recognized Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo. , knowing that the two people's tempers are extremely difficult to provoke, so they only replied cautiously: "Back to the two princesses, the residence of Dufang Residence is the second girl Jia Yingchun and the third girl Jia Tanchun of Rongguo Mansion, and the emperor. Xue Baochai is the successor of Shang Ziwei who gave birth to Xue Gong." Nalan Mingyue couldn't help sneering after hearing this: "I heard from my aunt that this Dufangju Bengege is not for ordinary beautiful girls to live in. Why is it that it's not like that now? There are two beautiful girls in clothes and a merchant's daughter living in it? What's the reason for that!" Ling'er said: "It must be because these three beautiful girls have such a little relationship with Princess Chenyu."

Wuya Yanluo heard this, and said to Nalan Mingyue: "Why is my sister angry with a servant here? Let's just go to Dufangju to have a look. I want to see what the three of them look like." Looks like a fairy?" Nalan Mingyue nodded after hearing this, and went to Dufangju together with Wuya Yanluo.

When they got there, Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo saw that although the Dufangju was not as splendid as the place where they lived, but it was extremely elegant, they couldn't help falling in love with it immediately, because they said: "This Dufangju It really is an excellent place." At this moment, Baochai came out from the inside, and seeing Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo, she stepped forward and asked with a smile, "I don't know what happened to these two sisters. What is your name? How did you come to our Dufangju?" Nalan Mingyue saw that Baochai called herself and Wuya Yanluo in this way, her pretty face sank, and she said: "Who is your sister or sister? Don't misunderstand Relatives!" Then he said: "Bengege is Nalan Mingyue, and this is Wuya Yanluo. But who are you?"

Because Baochai managed everything in the palace very properly, she still knows some things, like Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo, she has also heard of it, so she smiled unconsciously: "Back to the two princesses. If so, the little girl is Xue Baochai." Wu Yarou listened, and looked Baochai from head to toe unconsciously, and said, "You are Xue Baochai?" Baochai said, "Back to Gege, the little girl is right." Wu Yayan Luo said: "You are as fat as a pig, and you dare to come to the draft? You are really not afraid of losing face! For a person like you, if I were a man, I would only face you. I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat."

Hearing what Wuya Yanluo said, Baochai felt extremely ashamed and annoyed, but she couldn't help it, her face turned blue and white, and she forced a smile and said, "I have never offended the two of you, Gege. I just don't know why you are so aggressive?" Hearing Baochai's words, Wuya Yanluo just flicked the horsewhip in his hand, and heard a "pop", and the horsewhip hit Baochai's body, fortunately, it was not very powerful. Otherwise, Baochai must have been disfigured, but even so, a red mark suddenly appeared on Baochai's face like a silver basin, which was hot and painful.

At this time, Yingchun came out of the house. She was reading a book when she heard the noise outside, so she came out to have a look.Seeing Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo suddenly, Yingchun was stunned for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, because he walked over and bowed to Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo: "See you, slave girl Jia Yingchun." Pass two Gege." Nalan Mingyue and Wu Ya Yanluo saw that Yingchun was gentle and amiable, and her voice was as comfortable as the spring breeze blowing on her face. The original hostility towards Yingchun in their hearts had long since disappeared, because they said: "Don't worry. present."

Seeing the wound on Baochai's face and the horsewhip in Wuya Rouluo's hand, Yingchun immediately understood everything, and asked, "I don't know how this slave girl offended the two princesses? But no matter what, I just ask The two lords Gege are very generous, and they forgave this younger sister, the servant." After hearing this, Nalan Mingyue said, "Forget it, since she is the first offender, Ben Gege will forgive her this time." Then, he said to Wu Ya again. Yan Luo said: "Sister Yan Luo, let's go." After saying that, he left with Wu Ya Yan Luo.

When Tanchun came back, it was almost time for dinner.Seeing a red mark on Baochai's face, Tanchun knew that Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo must have taught her a lesson, and she was proud of herself, but she pretended to be careless and asked, "Sister Bao's face?" What's wrong with this? Could it be that you were caught by something?" Baochai felt that Tanchun was mocking her when she heard this, because she said, "It's just being plotted by someone, what else can there be?"

Tanchun had a ghost in his heart. After hearing this, he unconsciously said, "Sister Bao, what do you mean by this? Could it be that she is my sister Bao who plotted against me?" Baochai was originally a very smart person. To be clear, after a little thought, he realized that Nalan Mingyue and Wuya Yanluo must have been attracted by Tanchun, so he sneered and said, "As long as whoever does it knows it well."

Hearing this, Tanchun became angry from embarrassment, and said, "Sister Bao, I only called you 'Sister' because of my wife's sake, but don't go too far!" Baochai smiled coldly and said: " San girl, do you have a guilty conscience when you say this, that's why you speak so harshly?" After hearing this, Tanchun became more and more annoyed, so he went to find Baochai to argue.Baochai didn't budge in the slightest, and when the two of them disagreed, they started to pull their hair and clothes, which only made the room a mess. Accidentally, Baochai knocked over the candle holder and placed it on the bedside table. The table fell on the edge of the bed, and it caught fire immediately.The two were taken aback, and Yingchun came in anyway. Seeing this scene, they took a pot of water and poured it over without any haste, so that no catastrophe occurred.

Afterwards, Yingchun only glanced at Baochai and Tanchun, sighed, and stopped talking.

After listening to Bingning's words, Kangxi said: "According to this, wouldn't Jia Tanchun and Xue Baochai be incompatible?" Shuanghua said: "Maybe, but the slaves think that if they really have deep scheming, pointing out Maybe someday they will be reconciled as before." Kangxi nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Then Jia Yingchun sounds like she is a rare person."

Daiyu said: "When I was in Jia's house, although I was often with all the sisters, I didn't have much contact with Sister Yingchun. I only played a few games of chess with her. With her chess strength, she can be said to be a national player. " Yinzhen said: "In this way, this Jia Yingchun must be a woman with a rough chest, and her dull face may be her usual disguise." Daiyu said: "I think so too of."

Suddenly, Daiyu waved her hand and told Qingwen and others to go down.When Kangxi and Yinzhen met, they knew that Daiyu must have something important to say, so Kangxi said to Li Dequan, "Take Xiaoguizi and Xiaoanzi to guard outside." Li Dequan agreed, and took the two The little eunuch went out.