Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

To say why Baoyu was poisoned, we have to talk about Baochai and Xiangyun.When having dinner that day, Baochai saw that Yingchun and Xichun arrived a little later, and because she had never seen Yingchun and Xichun living in the same house before, she was puzzled, so she asked with a smile: "Two Where have you been, girl and fourth girl, I haven't seen you yet, and now you only come here for dinner?" Yingchun heard this, but before she could speak, she saw that there was anger on Xichun's face, because she said : "Miss Bao didn't know how to learn lessons. It turned out that Miss Bao had completely forgotten what the third sister said. Since Miss Bao forgot, it is necessary for me to remind Miss Bao. Although the second sister and I are slaves in coats , but she is a dignified noble lady of the Hou family, not a slave next to Miss Bao, who will allow you to have a long girl and a short girl to shout around! You don't know how to be superior or inferior at all."

Baochai blushed when she heard the words, and wanted to argue a few words, but never thought that Xichun's more powerful words were yet to come, and saw Xichun slapped his forehead, pretending to be enlightened, and said, "That's right, I She just forgot, a merchant's daughter who doesn't even understand the rules of 'Don't talk when eating, don't talk when sleeping', naturally doesn't understand the rules of a family like ours!" After hearing this, Baochai was very surprised. No matter how good the concentration is, it's rare to be angry, and was about to fight against the case, but heard Xiangyun laughing from the side: "Okay, don't be angry with the fourth sister, I think it was just Sister Bao's quick talk, and she made a mistake. In other words, it is time for dinner, and we are in the princess mansion, even though Sister Lin is not an outsider, she still has to abide by the rules, or she will be laughed at by others!"

Xiang Yun's words seemed straightforward, but in fact they said it very cleverly. If he didn't have a heart, it would be hard to hear the wit in it.Although Baochai and Xichun are shrewd, they are also deceived by Xiangyun's usual straightforward appearance, thinking that Xiangyun is purely trying to persuade a fight, so they each lighten their faces slightly, and just eat their meals without mentioning it.Only Yingchun listened to Xiangyun's words, but frowned slightly. It was only a moment, so no one noticed Yingchun's tiny movement.

After dinner, the more Baochai thought about it, the more strange it became that this Xiangyun usually opposed her in Jia's mansion, but now she came to the princess' mansion, although she said that she was against her during the day, but now why is she fighting against herself and herself? Xichun speaks for herself when she quarrels?Just as she was thinking about it, she saw Xiangyun walk into her room and said with a smile, "Sister Bao hasn't slept yet?" Baochai couldn't figure out what Xiangyun was doing here at this time, so she said with a smile: "I'm going to Sleeping, can't Sister Yun also fall asleep? If so, I'll accompany you to talk about meeting your son."

Hearing this, Xiangyun showed a look of joy on his face, so he said: "I used to have a problem with choosing seats, and I couldn't sleep well after changing the bed, so I came out for a little walk, but the door to the Grand View Garden was closed. Otherwise, it would be good to go to the Grand View Garden with the Second Sister and Fourth Sister." Baochai felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, and asked, "Second sister... did the Second Sister and Fourth Sister go to the Grand View Garden?" Xiangyun said: "Well, I just asked a little girl in the Princess Mansion, the second sister and the fourth sister used to live in the Ouxiangxie in the Grand View Garden."

After Baochai heard this, the hatred in her heart gradually became stronger again, but Xiangyun didn't seem to notice it, and just said in an envious tone: "Today, I just rely on the moment I stayed in the Grand View Garden. , you can also guess that the Ouxiangxie must be an excellent place to live. I heard from the little girl that the Ouxiangxie is next to Zilingzhou. If it is summer, you can open the window of the Ouxiangxie. A pond of lotus, although it has entered late autumn, but the scenery there is still quite beautiful, if you can set up a table banquet in that lotus root champagne, enjoy the chrysanthemums while eating crabs, it must have a special flavor." After saying that, he still looked yearning look like.

Hearing what Xiangyun said, Baochai felt relieved. It seemed that he was overthinking. This Xiangyun was just a child with a temper, and he only cared about eating and drinking. A few days ago, my buddy got a few baskets of huge and fat crabs. Although I ate some yesterday, there are still a lot left. I have been raising them with water, but I haven’t lost any weight. People sent it to the lotus root Xiangxie, since the second sister and fourth sister live there, it is not a problem." Xiangyun heard a hint of shame on his face, because he said: "Sister Bao, I always look at you on weekdays. It's aimed at you, you are still so kind to me, I really don't know what to say, just don't worry, from now on, I will only respect you as my own sister." Baochai heard the words, Pretentiously smiling, he said, "We are sisters, aren't we?"

Xiangyun laughed, then left Baochai's room and went straight to his own room without mentioning it.

The next day, Baochai ordered someone to bring some baskets of crabs. Because of Daiyu's words, Chunxian and Bingning could do whatever they wanted, just watch. Xiangxie held a crab feast, but it didn't stop it.When Xichun saw this, she frowned and said to Yingchun: "Although Sister Chunxian and Sister Bingning got the words of the princess and told us not to restrict everything here, but after all, they are guests, and their behavior like this is a little too much. Yingchun also frowned, and then sighed: "Since the princess doesn't care about it, let them do it, and let's take care of ourselves." So the two didn't go to the crab feast, After only eating some food sent by Bing Ning, he started to play chess in that room.

Seeing that Yingchun and Xichun didn't eat, Baochai didn't say anything, so she ordered someone to invite Baoyu.Hearing this, Baoyu hurried into the Grand View Garden, and asked Yinger, "Where is it in the garden?" The water in the river is clear and clear. Sitting on the pavilion in the middle of the river, wouldn’t it be bright, and your eyes are clear when you look at the water." Baoyu listened, and said with a smile, "That's very true." Then he followed Yinger. Come to the Lotus Root Champs.

This lotus root champagne is built in the pool, with windows on all sides, winding corridors on the left and right, and it also crosses the water to meet the shore, and there is a zigzagging bamboo bridge behind it.When I entered the pavilion for a while, I saw two bamboo tables outside the railing, one with cups and chopsticks and wine utensils, and the other with tea whisks and teapots with various tea utensils.There are two or three maids over there fanning the stove to make tea, and a few other girls on this side are also fanning the stove to heat wine.Baoyu happily asked: "Who thought of this, even tea, and everything in this place is clean."

Xiangyun smiled and said, "This is prepared by Sister Bao." Baoyu said, "Sure enough, it is Sister Bao. I know that except her, no one else is as meticulous and thinks about everything properly." The hanging pair of black lacquer embedded with mussels read: "The shadow of hibiscus breaks through the orchid paddle, and the fragrance of water chestnut lotus root deeply writes on the bamboo bridge." After reading, he nodded again in admiration.

Seeing Baoyu like that, Baochai smiled and said, "Usually my uncle asked you to compose poems and essays. You hide faster than anything else, but now you are acting like an old pedant. Who will show it to you?" Baoyu listened. , because he made a face at Baochai, then he entered the pavilion and took a cup of tea from Yinger.But Baochai was busy setting up a table, asking for cups and chopsticks.Baochai told Ying'er again, "Don't bring more crabs. Put them in the steamer. Bring ten of them, and then take them after you eat them." He asked for water to wash his hands again, and stood in front of Baoyu to peel the crab meat. Baoyu said: "I eat it by myself, and I don't need anyone to let me." Xiangyun saw it, and said with a smile: "You know that Sister Bao peeled it for you to eat, but I said that Sister Bao peeled it for me to eat." Come on, he snatched the crab meat that Baochai had peeled.When Baoyu saw it, he just smiled and said, "That's fine." Then he asked Baochai to eat for himself, leaving him and Xiangyun alone.

When Baochai heard this, he only smiled, and said, "Bring the wine hot." He also ordered the little girls to fetch mung bean noodles smoked with chrysanthemum leaves and sweet-scented osmanthus pistils, and prepare to wash their hands.Ying'er brought the wine, Shi Xiangyun poured a glass and drank it himself, and said, "Eating and drinking like this is boring after all, how about we write poems?" Baoyu laughed and said, "It's interesting, but it's just What is the best theme? I saw a few osmanthus flowers blooming very well on the way here, why not use osmanthus as the theme?" Xiang Yun said: "Osmanthus poems are a bit vulgar after all."

Baochai smiled and said, "Brother Bao, don't you see that there are ready-made chrysanthemums in front of you?" Baoyu followed Baochai's finger and saw many beautiful chrysanthemums of different varieties. I can't even call out the name.When Xiangyun saw him, he said with a smile, "It's Sister Bao after all. Although this chrysanthemum poem has been chanted by many people throughout the ages, it is extremely difficult to fall into the cliché." Baochai said, "Let's not stick to any rhyme, just make a random Just come with two heptapods." After hearing this, Baoyu and Xiangyun nodded in agreement, and ordered someone to fetch a pen and paper.

After about a stick of incense, the three of them composed each of them. When they took it out to read, they saw that each of the three had composed two poems.

The first thing to look at Baoyu is:

visit chrysanthemum

Take advantage of the frost and sunshine to try it out, don't drown the wine cup and medicine cup.

Who will plant it under the moon before the frost, and where to worry about the fence outside the threshold.

Wax sandals are so in love from afar, and they can't be happy with their cold chants.

Huang Huaruo sympathises with the poets, and should not bear the head of the cane at the moment.

Kind of chrysanthemum

Bringing a hoe to the autumn garden, I moved it here, and planted it in front of the court by the fence.

Unexpectedly, I survived the rain last night, and I still like to open with frost today.

Coldly reciting a thousand autumn poems, drunk with a glass of cold fragrant wine.

Irrigate the spring with mud and protect it diligently, knowing that the diameter of the well is free from dust.

Baochai's is:

Yiju

When looking at the westerly wind and sullenly thinking, when the intestines are broken in the red reed and white.

There is no trace of autumn in the old garden with empty fences, and the thin moon is clear and the frost is dreaming.

Nian Nian's heart follows the wild goose far away, and a few sit and listen to the evening anvil,

Who pity me for the yellow flower disease, comfort words Chongyang will have a period.

draw chrysanthemum

I don't know how to write poems and dramas, so it's a contest of Danqing fees.

The gathered leaves are splashed with thousands of spots of ink, and the gathered flowers are stained with a few traces of frost.

The light and strong spirit knows the shadow before the wind, and the fragrance that escapes Qiu Sheng's wrist.

Don't admit that Dongli is idle, sticking to the screen and chatting to comfort Chongyang.

Xiangyun’s is:

pair of chrysanthemums

Biepu moved more expensive than gold, one clump is light and the other clump is deep.

Xiao Shulipan Kesi sat on his head, hugging his knees in the cold fragrance.

There is no king who is proud of the world, it seems that only my bosom friend.

Don't let the autumn light go by, it's better to cherish every inch of shade.

offering chrysanthemum

Playing the piano and drinking wine is a happy couple, and a few cases of Tingting are embellished.

Every seat is divided into three branches of incense, and the person who throws the book is facing a branch of autumn.

Shuangqing paper tents come to new dreams, and the cold setting sun recalls old travels.

Aoshi also because of the same smell, the spring breeze peaches and plums did not drown.

Baochai looked at it, and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the first sentence is "reminiscing about the old tour in the cold setting sun in the garden", and the reverse of this sentence is Fumi. After chrysanthemum finished speaking, there is no place to say more, so I turned back and thought that before it was dismantled and offered, the meaning was deep." Xiangyun laughed and said: "Sister Bao is also very calm, 'Qiu Wuji', 'Meng Youzhi', put a The words of memory have been dyed." After saying this, he smiled again and said to Baoyu, "Brother Ai has read too few books. This time you are writing poetry, and you have failed again." Baoyu just smiled when he heard this.

The three commented again, and ordered crabs again, and ate them on the big round table.Baoyu said with a smile: "Today you can appreciate osmanthus with your pincers, and you can't do without poems. I have already chanted it, who dares to write it?" As he said, he washed his pen and wrote it out.Baochai Xiangyun took it and read it, and saw that it said:

Holding the claws is more like the shade of osmanthus, and the ginger is ecstatic when splashed with vinegar.

The gluttonous king and grandson should have wine, but the rampant son has no guts.

The navel is cold and greedy and forgetful, and the fishy smell on the fingers is still fragrant.

Originally, Poxian used to laugh and be busy all his life for the sake of the world's delicious food.

Baochai didn't comment on it, but Xiangyun said, "A brother like this dares to come up with such a poem." Baoyu laughed and said, "You have exhausted your talents at this moment. If you don't say you can't do it, you will demote others." Yun heard this, but he didn't write it himself, but said to Baochai, "sister Baochai, you can write one too, and let brother Ai have a look." Baochai listened, and said with a smile, "since you say so, I can't do without it." Reluctantly." After thinking about it for a while, he wrote it himself.When Baoyu Xiangyun took it to look at it, he saw that it said:

Gui Ai sits in the shade of Tongyin and raises his glass, Chang'an salivates in hope of the Double Ninth Festival.

The road in front of me has no latitude and longitude, and the spring and autumn sky in Pili is black and yellow.

Seeing this, the two couldn't help but exclaim.Baoyu said: "Writing happily! My poem should be burned." Looking at the bottom again, he said, "Chrysanthemum is used when the wine is not smelly, and ginger is used to prevent coldness. What's the benefit of falling into the cauldron now? Yuepu is empty. millet fragrance."

After reading it, the two of them said that this is a swan song for eating crabs. These small topics are considered great talents if they have a general meaning, but they are just too poisonous to satirize the world.As he was talking, Baoyu suddenly yelled "stomach hurts", and then fell down straight, scaring Baochai and Xiangyun to call for a doctor.

At this time, it happened that Lin Wenfu came over. Lin Wenfu was a good friend of Yin Zuo and Mo Liji, so he also learned a little bit of medical skills from them. He can still cure common intractable diseases. , so he came over to give Baoyu a pulse.Because Baochai had always had some thoughts about Lin Wenfu in her heart, when she suddenly saw him coming, she felt shy and shy, and just looked at Lin Wenfu foolishly from the side.When Lin Wenfu saw Baochai's gaze, he was extremely disgusted in his heart. When he lowered his head to feel Baoyu's pulse, he saw that Baoyu was also looking at him with extremely unruly eyes, so he roughly checked his pulse, and then said: " It's nothing, it's just a matter of eating too many crabs and drinking cold wine."

After speaking, he fed Baoyu a pill, then got up and left.