The Red Mansions

Chapter 259 The Prophecy: "Frightful"

Ningguo Mansion, in the inner hall

In the afternoon, the golden sunset of early winter falls in the hall, soft and quiet, reflecting the jewels and emerald topknots in the hall brilliantly.

Sister Feng brought a group of Yingying and Yanyan to see Qin Keqing, but it was Jia's mother who told Sister Feng that according to Jia's mother's idea, she couldn't wait for him to return from victory before going to celebrate, which would also lose the sincerity of her family.

"Sister-in-law Feng, sister-in-law Zhu, the younger sisters should sit down quickly."

Qin Keqing had a beautiful face with a beautiful smile on her face, beckoning them to sit down.

Qin Keqing and Sister Feng were chatting next to each other in chairs. Li Wan, Tanchun, Daiyu and Xiangyun sat at the bottom, chatting and laughing with them.

Bao Zhu, Rui Zhu, Ping'er, Zhou Rui's family, as well as maids Su Yun, Shi Shu, Cui Mo, and Zi Juan stood by with their hands down, serving their masters behind their backs.

Bi'er and Yan'er were also standing behind Baozhu and Ruizhu.

Sister Feng smiled, and said softly: "Brother Heng is going on an expedition today, why didn't the siblings go see him off?"

Qin Keqing said softly: "You are not allowed to bring female relatives in the camp, besides... even if you go, it will be useless except to cause trouble for your husband."

Besides, last night she was tossed until she became soft into a ball of mud, and she didn't get up until mid-noon. After taking a bath, she took a rest for a while, and the feeling of weakness and weakness disappeared.

Sister Feng blinked her red phoenix eyes under Liu Shao's eyebrows, looking at Liren's delicate and gorgeous face, she felt that her face was radiant, bright and charming, and even she was a little moved.

Thinking, brothers Heng and Keqing, this young couple are like glue, they are really envious of others.

Instead, he thought of his second master, and couldn't help feeling depressed.

She has been alone in the vacant room for several months, and if the days go on like this... her fingers will be calloused.

As for Qin Keqing's face that seemed to be nourished at first glance, there was a bunch of innocent girls behind her, so she couldn't see anything famous.

Therefore, when Daiyu, Tanchun and the others saw Qin Keqing's glamorous and incomparable appearance, frowning her frowning eyebrows or her beautiful eyebrows, they had the same thought in their hearts, that only such a woman could match Brother Heng.

On the other hand, Li Wan's elegant and graceful face, which did not wear makeup, also showed a strange color, and he was envious, but also a little irritable and irritated.

Several people were chatting and knocking on melon seeds. Sister Feng smiled and said, "Why don't you see Sister-in-law You and your two younger sisters?"

Qin Keqing said: "I'm probably taking a nap at the moment, I'll let someone call me later."

Saying that, he was about to send Baozhu and Ruizhu to the small courtyard of Tianxianglou.

At this moment, a woman from the outside ran into the inner hall and said, "Second Mistress, Second Mistress wants you to go back."

"I just sat for a while, did you say anything?" Sister Feng put down the melon seeds that were handed to her lips, Liu Yemei twitched and asked.

The mother-in-law said: "I heard that it is my wife's nephew. Xue Pan was fighting with someone to buy a little girl in Jinling. He was a slave and beat her to death. The case is under trial in Jinling Mansion. My wife is worrying about it now."

When Sister Feng heard the words, her jade face changed slightly, and she said, "Where is the person who sent the letter? Did you say how the Jinling Mansion did the trial?"

The old woman shook her head, smiled wryly and said, "Second Mistress Lian, I don't know about this yet."

Sister Feng frowned and cursed, useless old bastard.

Turning to look at Qin Keqing at the side, he said, "Sister and brother, I'll go back and see what's going on, and come back later."

Qin Keqing said: "The lawsuit of human life is no small matter, let my sister-in-law go."

Sister Feng complained and said: "Last day, Aunt Xue from Jinling wrote a letter saying she wanted to go to Beijing, and she wanted to go to Beijing to make such a fuss again."

Said, greeted Zhou Rui's family, and said to a group of Yingying Yanyan who also got up: "You are stubborn here, I will go and ask about the situation over there."

Then twisting her exquisite and graceful body, she headed towards the West Mansion.

Although Sister Feng left, the atmosphere did not cool down. Qin Keqing also came here with the air of a hostess, talking to Daiyu, Tanchun and others.

Qin Keqing originally described her as graceful and slender, with a gentle and peaceful temperament, and she also has a way of dealing with people, so even though Sister Feng left, she did not appear cold.

A few people were talking, and not long after, accompanied by the clear sound of jingling rings, You Shi, You Second Sister and You Third Sister also entered the inner hall.

All of a sudden, three sisters were added to the inner hall, which were naturally bright and bright, as if a hundred flowers were blooming, and the hall was full of spring scenery.

"Sister-in-law You, sit down quickly." Qin Keqing greeted with a smile, explained to Mrs. You, and said, "Sister-in-law Feng has some business to go to the West Mansion just now."

Youshi smiled, and the three sisters sat down together.

Qin Keqing said with a sweet smile: "Ruizhu, prepare the dominoes, and prepare some melon and fruit refreshments. By the way, there are also chess and Go for the uncle. Let's see if any girls are willing to play Go."

Although I came here to chat and laugh with her to relieve boredom, she couldn't be lazy.

A bunch of women are playing together, except for the activities that they can all participate in, such as sleeping with a large quilt, so they can only prepare more activities.

Li Wan said: "Sisters and brothers don't need to be too busy."

Qin Keqing smiled sweetly and said: "Sisters are more lively, I am also happy to see, my husband, he knows what he knows, I have nothing to worry about, I just hope that he will come back one day sooner, don't delay the New Year's Eve that is."

When several people heard the words, they had different thoughts.

But he remembered how calm and composed this beauty was in Huifang Garden more than a month ago.

Third Sister You's beautiful eyes were rippling, she looked at Qin Keqing, and couldn't help but sigh again, this grandma Heng has a refreshing temperament and a great atmosphere, she really can go out of the hall and go back to the wing.

Qin Keqing then looked at You Shi, Second Sister You and Third Sister You, and said with a light smile, "Three sisters, I lost money last time, but I want to win it back this time."

A few people usually play dominoes together, and they still have to place some bets, just one or two pennies, mainly for a lottery, and they can't lose a hundred pennies in one night.

Youshi smiled and said: "The money is ready, whether you can win or not depends on your ability."

Several people laughed when they heard this.

Qin Keqing looked at the gorgeous and charming Youshi three sisters, and said with a smile: "As long as Sister You and the two younger sisters don't join forces to wink, I won't be afraid."

Hearing this, several people laughed again.

On the other side, Tanchun said softly, "Sister Lin, let's play chess."

In fact, there are still some concerns in my heart that I can't get rid of.

Daiyu glanced at Tanchun in her starry eyes, covered her mouth with a coquettish smile, and said, "You've only been with Brother Heng for a day, and you want to be a female general who can strategize."

Tanchun was teased by Daiyu's words, his cheeks flushed slightly, and Yingxiu's bright eyes under the eyebrows just gave Daiyu a stare.

Xiang Yun pouted, and said with a light smile: "Sister Lin is used to making fun of people, and I will let Sister Lin go to brother Heng's study tomorrow."

A gloomy look flashed across Dai Yu's starry eyes under her smoky brows, and she said softly, "I don't have a third younger sister who can write or read paperwork. It's just disgusting to go to the talkative one."

Xiangyun and Tanchun: "..."

Fortunately, at this moment, the servant girl brought the chess pieces, Zijuan took the chess pieces, looked at Daiyu with a gloomy look under her smoky eyebrows, and suddenly smiled lightly: "Girl, here are the pieces on the chessboard, you play chess."

She naturally guessed some of the girl's thoughts, it's the same as a child yearning for more attention from his parents. Recently, I think I feel neglected by Uncle Heng, and there are small emotions hidden in my heart.

Tanchun smiled, looked at Xiangyun, and said, "Sister Yun, let's play chess."

Xiangyun took the chess piece, and with a sweet smile on his red apple face, he said, "Okay, third sister, I am not as good at chess as third sister, I hold the red piece, I will go first."

Daiyu suppressed a trace of melancholy at the moment, her eyes lowered, and the autumn water under her smoky eyebrows fluctuated, she covered her mouth and said with a coquettish smile: "Let's take turns, if anyone loses, Get someone else."

Not to mention that it is "joining together" and "coming in three turns", how can it have the "frightening beauty" of the prophecy.

But this side, the servant girl was preparing the poker table, Qin Keqing looked at Li Wan, her soft and charming eyes fell on Li Wan's face, her cherry lips were pursed, and she hesitated to speak.

This charming gaze made Li Wan a little uncomfortable, so he smiled lightly and asked, "What are you doing staring at me?"

It's hard for Qin Keqing to say, sister-in-law, I want to ask you, did your stomach move a few months ago when you were married?

"Just looking at my sister-in-law's kindness." Qin Keqing said softly with a smile on her delicate and beautiful face.

Li Wan only took polite words, and there was a bit of a smile on his elegant and beautiful face, he smiled and said: "I am also kind when I see younger brothers and sisters."

Qin Keqing said softly: "I heard from my husband that Lan Ge'er worked very hard in the school. Several lecturers in the school praised him several times, saying that he is the seed of my Jia family's study."

When mentioning the child, Li Wan also showed a bit of joy on his face, but said modestly: "Brother Lang, he just got enlightened earlier."

Qin Keqing nodded, and said with a smile: "My younger brother, my husband said that I still plan to let him study, and I can be a companion with Brother Lang in the future."

Li Wan smiled, pretending not to care and asked: "Isn't he teaching martial arts now, is he going to join the army?"

She was a little curious about Uncle Heng's arrangement for her brother-in-law's future, and she wanted to know...whether he gave him a little more preferential treatment than the children of the Jia clan?
Qin Keqing said softly: "My husband said that you don't have to be born in the army to practice martial arts. Practicing martial arts can strengthen your body and exercise your mind. Jing Qing will still study for the imperial examination in the future, otherwise you will look weak. If you continue to study, you will burn your bones." , it’s not good.”

These words were Jia Heng's original words, Qin Keqing thought it was reasonable, so she said it right now, without thinking about it for a while.

Li Wan heard the words, but his smile gradually disappeared, his bright eyes dimmed, and he remained silent for a while.

But she thought of her dead husband, why not?

If this is the case, why don't you send Lang Geer to the martial arts hall?

Or she could find Uncle Heng and ask Uncle Heng to teach him, but she couldn't open her mouth because he was not related to her.

In fact, she still had one other thing on her mind. At the beginning when Lang Geer was borrowed by that Uncle Heng for two books, she "stingyly" went to the door to ask for them, not sure what people thought of her.

Seeing Li Wan's gloomy expression and flickering eyes, seemingly thoughtful, Youshi smiled and smoothed things over, and said: "When Brother Lan is a little older, I will go to the lecture hall to practice martial arts."

At this time, Qin Keqing also realized that she just forgot, the speaker didn't mean it, but the listener meant it.

Just as I was about to change the topic, I saw Sister Feng from a distance, leading Zhou Rui's family, holding a handkerchief, entering the hall, before parting her lips, she heard laughter first.

Everyone turned their eyes to Sister Feng's smiling face.

"I was in a hurry, who knew it was a false alarm." Sister Feng smiled and sat down on the chair beside the card table, and took a cup of tea from Ping'er beside her.

"Sister-in-law, what do you say over there?" Qin Keqing asked.

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Guess what? Isn't my cousin under the trial in Jinling Mansion? It turns out that the prefect of Jinling Mansion is a student of our Jia family. He said something there and paid some money to the sufferer. I reported my death from a serious disease, and the death case is closed, so the case is over, and my aunt, cousin and cousin are all in Beijing right now, and they are rushing to Beijing."

At this moment, Sister Feng is undoubtedly immersed in the power of the Jia family, her cheeks are flushed, her red phoenix eyes are shining, and she is drinking tea.

When everyone heard the words, their complexions changed slightly, with different expressions.

It's absurd to say that it's too late to hide this kind of illegality, but in fact, in the original book, even Zhou Rui's family, when they see Xiangling, say that this is the little girl who was beaten to death by Uncle Xue before he went to Beijing?

Qin Keqing frowned, a look of worry floated in her beautiful eyes, and said softly: "Sister-in-law, this killed someone, how could the Jinling government office close the case in such a muddle?"

Li Wan and You Shi also paused when they heard the words, although they were not well-known, they could still hear something wrong.

Second Sister You and Third Sister You looked at each other, and they also saw a bit of darkness in each other's eyes, but because they were outsiders, it was difficult to say much, but they also agreed with Qin Keqing's words.

Third Sister You glanced at Qin Keqing, her beautiful eyes were rippling, unmoving for a moment.

She has always been curious about why that Uncle Heng married this Grandma Heng. If it is said that she is beautiful in color, although she is... slightly inferior, she is not the appearance of a willow, and she has not seen anything about that Uncle Heng.

When Sister Feng heard this, the smile froze on her face, and she said: "Sisters and sisters, it's not that we entrusted others, but the prefect of Jinling gave us the case. Those official figures want to know the way."

In fact, this reflects the difference between Qin Keqing and Sister Feng. Although they both have a sharp temperament, and even in the original work of Dream of the Red Chamber, the two have a congenial temperament, but Qin Keqing has a peaceful temperament, while Sister Feng has a fierce temperament.

Qin Keqing pursed her cherry lips, although she felt that something was wrong, she couldn't say anything.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Sister Feng also knew that it was difficult for her to show off her power, so she turned away with a smile and said, "I heard that Aunt Xue and my cousin are also of first-class character. Good girl, see you then."

Ping'er's bright eyes under her curved and slender eyebrows were as gentle as water, and she said with a light smile: "Second Grandma's words sound a bit like Second Master Bao."

These words are naturally helping Sister Feng liven up the atmosphere and dilute the slightly embarrassing atmosphere just now.

As for Ping'er's teasing of Baoyu, everyone in Jia's mansion knew Baoyu's temperament of "cherishing his daughter".

Secondly, Ping'er was originally a dough boy and a Bodhisattva, and he didn't have much malice.

Of course, when facing Mrs. Wang... the above will not work.

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the words.

Obviously, because of someone, Baoyu gradually showed signs of becoming a source of happiness.

(End of this chapter)