Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

When Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang heard that Baoyu had eaten too many crabs from Baochai and had contracted smallpox, they were so frightened that their hearts trembled wildly, and they couldn't care less about asking Xiangyun any more, so they hurriedly went to Yihong Courtyard to visit Baoyu. But Xiangyun stayed in the same place alone after everyone dispersed, with an unspeakable smile on his lips.

When Mrs. Jia Muwang arrived in Yihong Courtyard, the masters and maids were already in a panic. No one dared to approach Baoyu for fear of being infected by Baoyu. All the big girls with the autumn pattern of the musk moon stood half a zhang away from Baoyu. Only Xiren, because she usually waited on Baoyu personally, and because she had already had an affair with Baoyu, went secretly to Chen Cang, although no one said on the surface. What, in fact, everyone knows it, just looking at the monthly routine of Xiren holding the two taels of silver that his aunt had, and he already knew it, so although Xiren was reluctant in his heart, he had to stick to each other Baoyu waits, but no girl is willing to help. Whenever Xiren says a few words, someone will say, "On weekdays, Second Master Bao is only served by sister Xiren. Now that Second Master Bao is sick, how dare we take it?" Xiren's sister goes first, so as not to take the lead in front of his wife." Such a sentence blocked Xiren's mouth, so that Xiren could no longer say anything.

After being so busy taking care of her for about three to five days, Baoyu's illness not only showed no signs of abating, but became more and more serious. Not only Baoyu's cheeks, but also her arms, legs, and even her body began to be covered with rice grain-sized bruises. Acne rash, and fever at night, Mrs. Jia Muwang was anxious in her eyes and hurt in her heart, she just scolded Xiren bloody, Xiren felt wronged, but did not dare to argue, so she had to bear it for the time being .

One day, just as Baoyu's "smallpox" became more and more serious, Mrs. Jia Muwang and others thought that Baoyu was about to die. When he came in, he said to Mrs. Jia Muwang and others: "Old lady, madam, just now the princess's mansion sent someone to send this herbal medicine, which is said to be very effective in treating smallpox." Can't cry anymore, hurriedly asked: "Is this really true?"

Mrs. Wang glanced at the black, withered herbs in the hands of the hoe again, because she couldn't see the original shape, and said suspiciously: "What kind of grass are these? It looks like some dead grass roots. Save Baoyu's life?" Mrs. Wang didn't believe that Daiyu would save Baoyu with such kindness at all, if she could really save her, what did she do earlier?The hoe quickly agreed: "This is Achnatherum splendens. I heard that the current emperor used this to recover from the smallpox disease. The person from the princess mansion said that this herb is very difficult to find because it is not in season. , and the Princess Mansion has a wide network of people, but it took some time to get it from a village woman."

Before Kangxi ascended the throne, he also suffered from smallpox. At that time, Kangxi was dying, and he almost killed the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. Fortunately, Aunt Su Mala got a herbal medicine from nowhere and shut Kangxi out of hell. He was rescued and came back without even the slightest scar on his body.Therefore, Kangxi now respects Aunt Su Mala as his own mother, not only because of the kindness of teaching him when he was young, but also because Aunt Su Mala saved Kangxi's life. It can be said that there is no Aunt Su Mala , there would be no Emperor Kangxi today.And this matter, not only the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the royal family and nobles, but even the ordinary people in the folk know very clearly.

So Jia Mu heard that it was the "life-saving herb" that saved Kangxi back then, so she hurriedly asked someone to fry it and give it to Baoyu.Mrs. Wang still didn't believe it, because she said, "this achnatherum is just grass eaten by cattle, and it can also cure Baoyu's disease? Besides, Baoyu is precious, so how can you eat such a cheap grass?" Jiamu heard, She glared at Mrs. Wang angrily, and said, "Young lady Lin has always been kind, so how could she harm Baoyu? Besides, what benefit can Miss Lin get if she hurts Baoyu? It's you, who always wants to match Baoyu with that Bao girl, what kind of talk is there about a golden and jade marriage, now that Bao girl has not yet passed the family, she will kill Baoyu first, if she really gets married, Baoyu will still be alive?"

Mrs. Wang did not dare to refute, but she secretly blamed Baochai in her heart. She had nothing to do with a crab feast, but she caught Jiamu. It seems that she must talk about Baochai later.Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang said to herself: "My daughter-in-law knows, just don't mention this matter in the future." Don't mention it anymore, but it doesn't mean you don't think about it anymore, anyway, she must think about it She found a way to marry Baochai in to be her daughter-in-law, and she could only rest assured that the Jia family's housekeeper was handed over to Baochai.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's superficial resignation, Jia's mother knew that she must have not changed her mind, but Jia's mother didn't have the heart to pursue it anymore. After all, it is important that Baoyu be cured first. If something happens to Baoyu, It is useless to marry whoever enters the door.Just thinking about it, Xiren brought in the medicine and carefully fed it to Baoyu.Seeing that Baoyu had drunk the medicine, Jia's mother let go of her hanging heart.

After a few more days like this, Baoyu's fever gradually subsided, and the pimples on her body also gradually faded, but because Baoyu could not bear the extreme itching during her illness, she scratched a few pimples, so that her face fell down. There are a few brown pockmarks, so Baoyu, who loves beauty the most, can't help but make a fuss again.When Jia Mu knew about it, she had to go over to comfort her, and at the same time hurriedly sent people to find the good medicine to restore her face, and finally coaxed Baoyu down.

Mrs. Wang doesn't care much about other people, she only regards Yuanchun and Baoyu as her gods. Now that Baoyu has ruined her appearance, it is more uncomfortable than digging out her heart, so she burst into tears.When Jia Mu saw this, she couldn't help but glared at Mrs. Wang, and said angrily, "Don't cry anymore. You don't look like a lady from a family like you! Baoyu just has some pockmarks on his face. There are some people in the palace who are like that. The elixir of Fuyan, now that Tanchun and Yuanchun are both in the womb of the crown prince, it is not difficult to get some, if you don't have to mourn here, is it impossible to curse the precious jade?" Mrs. Wang heard the words, but she dared not Cried.

And this day also happened to be the day when the pepper room in the palace allowed family visits, so Mother Jia thought about it, and then went into the palace to see Tanchun and Yuanchun.Although Tanchun and Yuanchun were in great danger in the crown prince's womb and wished they could not see each other, they still showed some face to Jiamu, so when Jiamu came to visit the prince, they came together up.

When Jia Mu said that she wanted to ask for some elixir for restoring face to cure Baoyu's pockmarked face, both of them sighed in unison, and said, "The old lady doesn't know that the elixir for restoring face comes from the palace. But there is none in the palace, so begging us is useless." When Jia Mu heard this, she was surprised and said: "How is it possible? Although this kind of elixir for restoring beauty is rare, there should be many in the palace." Tanchun said: "The old lady didn't know that the elixir for restoring the complexion was originally called 'Qiongyu Revitalizing Cream', but later because the emperor said that this name violated the taboo of Princess Chenyu's brothers, so it was renamed 'Snow Muscle Cream' 'Yes. There used to be a lot of this kind of snow muscle cream in the palace, but they were all given to the princess mansion by the emperor later, not to mention our place, even the favored empress in the palace doesn't have any at all."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she was not disappointed, because she asked, "Is there really nothing in the palace?" Besides, that Concubine Mi has no friendship with our family, so how could she give medicine so easily?" She had thought that Xueyan was originally Daiyu's maid, and even though she entered the palace as Concubine Mi, the concubine was still in the thick of it. , but he has some relationship with his family, so he wanted to ask Concubine Mi to help him improve his status, but he never thought that Concubine Mi didn't give him any face, and he was kicked out directly.Of course, it's hard to say these words in front of Tanchun, otherwise, wouldn't you let your concubine sister die of a joke?

After hearing Yuan Chun's words, Jia's mother could only sigh, because she said: "In this way, I have no choice but to give up my old face and go to the princess mansion to ask for medicine. I hope that Princess Chenyu can see it for the sake of relatives. Give me some too." Hearing this, Tanchun frowned unconsciously, because he said, "Speaking of the princess' mansion, Fujin on this side would like to advise the old lady that it is best not to go to the princess' mansion in the near future." Mother Jia heard the words , with a flash of light in his eyes, knowing that there must be something inside, he pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Why is this?"

Tan Chun said: "Yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to this side of Fujin, and happened to mention that Princess Shuning was missing, and the entire Princess Mansion is already in chaos. The Emperor also issued a secret order to investigate the matter secretly, old lady If I crash into the Princess' Mansion at this time, I'm afraid it will be used by someone with a heart." When Jia Mu heard this, she agreed with her lips, but she was secretly hesitant.