The Red Mansions

Chapter 855 Sister Feng: If she is the wife...

宫苑
Walking along the palace road, the high red walls on both sides were covered with snow, and there was still unmelted snow, and the cold wind blew over the faces of several people.

Princess Xianning looked at the young man and said softly: "Sir, I will buy a house on Ningrong Street in a few days, sir, don't forget to come here."

Jia Heng said: "You can tell me about it when the time comes, but I think after the new year, the empress may build a princess mansion for you, and let you go out of the palace to open the mansion."

If the princess gets married, it is obvious that the princess mansion will be repaired, and the servants will also be recruited, and the consort usually lives in the princess mansion.

The son-in-law is not nice to say something, he is a minister himself.

And Xianning is so big, if it is a vassal king, like Liang Wang will leave the palace next year to open a mansion.

The little princess said: "Cousin, I have nothing to do in the mansion, so come and stay with me."

Princess Xianning said softly: "You and I live in the palace, isn't that how we came here?"

Li Chanyue's cheeks were blushing, and she said in a trembling voice, "Why are you doing well in Beijing..."

During this period of time, after Jia Heng changed ships, he basically played around with the two of them, and sometimes slept together at night.

Jia Heng pulled the girl's plain hand, and said in a warm voice: "Xianning, you have to be more careful in Beijing, don't affect your reputation, it's also a bit troublesome."

He remembered Gao Zhongping, the son of the governor of Sichuan, Gao Zhongping, um, he really forgot, he still likes Xianning?
Princess Xianning's clear eyes flickered, and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, sir, but it's good to live in my aunt's house. Don't forget to come and look for me, sir."

She suddenly had an idea, if she could just sit with her husband on the bed where her aunt usually rests, and then let Chanyue paint...

The girl had consciously been bullied many times in the south before, and she felt sullen in her heart, but Jinyang was just pregnant, so naturally she was not good at provoking her, so she could only seek compensation from the bottom of her heart.

Jia Heng agreed, walked to the corner of the palace road, looked around for no one, stopped, stared at Princess Xianning and the little princess, held each other, and said softly: "Xianning, Chanyue, wait for two days before we can get back together again." Speak, I'll go back first."

Princess Xianning's gaze was lingering, and she said softly, "Mr., be careful all the way."

Being held by Jia Heng outside the palace gate, Li Chanyue was a little ashamed. She glanced left and right and saw no one was there, so she felt relieved, but Yanli's face was still blushing, and she urged: " Mr. Jia, please slow down on the road."

Jia Heng nodded, said no more, and then walked towards the palace gate.

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Ningguo Mansion, in the hall of the back house
When Jia Heng attended the banquet in the palace and left alone for Emperor Chongping to ask questions, the Ningguo Mansion was still peaceful, and the discussions and noises from the West Mansion had not yet been fully heard.

But Qin Keqing knew about the news of Jia Heng's return to Beijing today, and originally wanted to welcome him, but according to what the West Mansion said, there are so many officials, it's not suitable for women's family members to come to the ferry to meet him, so Qin Keqing had no choice but to do it in the mansion.

And when it was time for lunch, Qin Keqing also learned that Jia Heng was named a first-class marquis almost immediately after Jia Mu.

Suddenly, the entire Ningguo Mansion seemed to be plunged into a sea of ​​joy.

Qin Keqing asked Aunt Cai to send some happy money to the servants and maids in the mansion. Although there were no lights and festoons in the mansion, everyone was smiling and happy.

The maids and nuns discussed with great interest the respect and rarity of Jia Heng's Marquis.

Jiao Da, the housekeeper in the front yard, seemed to be overjoyed to give something. He gave a group of young family servants to popularize the Marquis who was a big man, and then mentioned his heroic demeanor when he was young with Ning Guogong in killing the enemy.

For so many years since the Ningguo Mansion, there was only one occasion in the first 20 years of the Li Mansion to attack the Marquis and make great achievements.

In the backyard hall, in the afternoon, Yingying and Yanyan sat together in hairpin skirts and jackets, discussing in a low voice while waiting for Jia Heng's return.

After hearing the news, Xichun, Xing Xiuyan and Yingchun also came and sat in the hall.

In addition, there is a girl with Miao Chang bun, who is not a monk or a Taoist, holding a Buddhist bead in her hand, and is gently fiddled with chanting scriptures to pray for blessings. It is Miaoyu.

When he raised his eyes, the bright eyes under the willow eyebrows were full of strong thoughts.

At this moment, Mammy said: "Ma'am, Grandma Feng from the West Mansion is here."

Upon hearing this, Qin Keqing quickly led Eryou to the door of the living room to greet her.

Before Sister Feng entered the hall, the laughter came first, and the charming laughter was passed over like a lark, and she said, "Are younger brothers and sisters in the room?"

As he spoke, he led a few Yingying and Yanyan into the house, beside him were Youshi, Ping'er, two girls Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi, as well as several nuns and maidservants.

They had lunch at Jiamu's place earlier, and Daiyu and Baochai, Xiangyun and Tanchun, Li Wen and Li Qi went back to have a rest because of the long-distance boat ride, to wash off the travel and dust all over their bodies, and take a good rest by the way. Get some sleep and wait until the evening to celebrate.

And Sister Feng was in charge of leading You Shi, Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi, two Jinling guests who came from afar, to Ningguo Mansion first, and also dropped by to join in the fun.

"Sister-in-law Feng." Qin Keqing looked at the splendid beauty, with a smile on her beautiful face, she approached and took Sister Feng's hand, and said, "Why are you here?"

Sister Feng was wearing a peach red flowered jacket, a moon white jacket with a stand-up collar, a big red crinkle silver mouse skin skirt, and a squirrel screen carved in stone and blue silk. Her face was as bright as a rose, and there was a smile hidden in her willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes. .

Sister Feng looked at the graceful and charming Qin Keqing with a smile, and said to herself, what a blessing, there is no need to do anything in the mansion, just wait for Mrs. Hou.

How much work does it take?

Thinking that she will be strong in her life, not weaker than others, why...

Sister Feng had complicated thoughts, she smiled, and said, "This is not to congratulate Mrs. Hou, but to ask for some rewards."

Qin Keqing joked with a smile: "Sister-in-law Feng is joking again, I don't have any rewards here, but I have dinner."

Although the girl is less than eighteen years old, the jokes between the sisters-in-law have become more and more like a housewife after she got married.

Sister Feng joked with a smile: "Then when we play mahjong, I will win from you."

Seeing this, everyone was talking and laughing.

It's just that there is unspeakable envy deep in Youshi's eyes.

Qin Keqing also greeted Youshi who was at the side, and asked, "Sister-in-law You, are you back?"

It has been almost a year since we parted ways in Shenjing, and the two of them have only met each other. Keqing also misses this kind-hearted sister-in-law a little bit.

Youshi nodded with a smile, stared at the bright and charming beauty, and said, "How are younger brothers and sisters?"

Qin Keqing smiled sweetly on her face, and said: "Okay, everything is fine at home, the second and third sisters are always thinking about sister-in-law."

At this time, Second Sister You and Third Sister You approached, their beautiful faces were quiet and beautiful, and their beautiful faces were full of smiles, and they called out cordially, "Eldest Sister."

"Second sister, third sister." You Shi called out one by one, took the hands of the two younger sisters, and looked at the two younger sisters, who were becoming more and more beautiful and charming, with some inhuman envy deep in their hearts , softly said: "Two sisters, is mother still healthy at home?"

Third Sister You smiled and said, "Sister, everything is fine at home."

Xin Dao, the two sisters are serving as the concubines of Uncle Heng in Ningguo Mansion, the old lady is very happy, and let her and sister take good care of the uncle, now that the uncle is sealed as a waiter, I am afraid that she will be floating when walking.

Well, she also feels a little fluttering when she walks now.

That said, it's time to wait, but how old is he?Although she doesn't care about this, it's mainly because of this peerless and good husband...

Thinking of the young man's promise to take him into the house, the girl couldn't restrain the joy and sweetness in her heart.

Everyone exchanged greetings and sat down.

At this time, Sister Feng held Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi's hands from left to right, and introduced: "These are two girls from the Zhen family, the older one is Lan'er, and the younger one is Xi'er. They came here with Brother Heng. .”

Jia Heng mentioned Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi in the letter on the road earlier, Qin Keqing also knew the reason, Zhen Lan needless to say, this is a guest, the young Zhen Xi, Jia Heng also described in detail the old lady Zhen The Tuogu matter.

Qin Keqing looked at the youngest Zhenxi, seeing the shyness in her eyes, she seemed to have the character of her sister Xiangling, but her quiet eyes and eyebrows were a bit like Daiyu's, her thoughts were a little complicated, and there was still a gentle smile on Furongyu's face Meaning, said: "Sister Xi'er, come here, let me have a look."

After all, it is the future concubine of the husband, so she has to check it out.

"Sister Qin." Zhen Xi's aura-like eyes were as moist as water, and she stared at the beauty who was as gorgeous as peaches and plums. She pursed her lips, saluted happily, and walked forward.

Qin Keqing looked at the young girl, seeing that she was weak and shy, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on her face like a spring breeze, and said: "Sister Xi'er will live in the mansion from now on, just treat her as her own home, don't be restrained, your eldest sister still Second sister, when I was in Beijing, I often visited the house as a guest."

Zhen Xi's beautiful cheeks blushed into a glow, she responded lightly and thanked her.

This elder sister Qin seems to be a nice person, but the elder sister and the second elder sister are visiting in Beijing, so they often come to Brother Heng's house for... trysts?
Qin Keqing turned to look at Zhen Lan again, scrutinized the girl's melon-shaped face, and said softly: "You are sister Lan, right? Your brother Heng also mentioned you in the letter."

This is equivalent to the sister-in-law of the concubine's room found by her husband, but she is also a concubine's room.

"Sister Qin." Zhen Lan responded softly, and said softly, "Brother Heng has often mentioned sister before."

In fact, Zhen Lan should call her sister-in-law. Of course, her sister... doesn't seem to be able to say anything wrong. Instead, she looks more intimate from Qin Keqing's side.

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "My sister looks a bit like your elder sister, Princess Chu."

In fact, Zhenxi just now looked a bit like the character of Princess Bei Jing, and judging from the temperament of her speech, she seemed to be a bit like that too, her elder sister was more shrewd and capable, and her younger sister was weak and Yiyi.

"At home, daddy and uncle also said the same thing." Zhen Lan said with a chuckle, but her heart was a little cold.

She will not be like a big sister who knows people and does not know people. She has done so many things for the King of Chu, but the Zhen family has something to do, but the King of Chu is nowhere to be seen!
In the end, she was humiliated by the divorce, and that person stood up to help her get justice.

She wants to go out of her own way and become that person's... good housekeeper, an indispensable right-hand man, and let that person lead her every step of the way!
The girl was thinking wildly, Qin Keqing pulled Zhen Xi's slender catkin, and said softly: "Sister Lan'er, Sister Xi'er, let me introduce you to some sisters in the house."

As he spoke, he looked at Xichun, Yingchun, Xing Xiuyan, and Miaoyu on the right.

Qin Keqing looked softly at the oldest Xing Xiuyan and said, "This is your cousin Xiuyan."

Xing Xiuyan nodded, got up from the embroidered pier, and looked at the Lanxi sisters. Her eyes were kind and gentle like the clouds, and her voice was like a clear spring, and she said calmly and clearly: "Sister Lan'er, sister Xi'er."

Xing Xiuyan is indeed old, but in comparison, Miaoyu is the oldest.

"Cousin Xiuyan." Zhen Xi looked at the girl who seemed to be locked in the ethereal bamboo forest by the hazy rain and mist between the corners of her brows and eyes, and a sense of intimacy spontaneously grew in her heart, and she called out in a waxy voice.

Zhen Lan also stared at Xing Xiuyan, her long and narrow phoenix eyes flickered, her heart moved slightly, how could there be such a calm and self-confident girl in Brother Heng's house.

Xing Xiuyan's demeanor is indeed unforgettable at first glance. Just as Jia Heng said, his expression is relaxed and has the atmosphere of the forest.

Especially Xiuyan, who is proficient in Zen, is like Wang Wei's poems, lingering a kind of tranquility and emptiness in the bright moon and pines, and the tranquility and etherealness of clear springs and stones. It is mostly a kind of Zen mixed with landscape and pastoral.

An indifferent Wen Qingnv.

As a Wenqing girl, this young girl who is deeply influenced by Miaoyu's Buddhism and Zen theory undoubtedly lacks the paranoia and eccentricity of Miaoyu.

When Qin Keqing introduced Miaoyu, Zhen Lan's feeling was even more strange, that kind of cold and distant eyes gave Zhen Lan the first feeling of discomfort from the bottom of her heart.

In other words, Miaoyu's arrogance of a lady from a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River and her paranoid and Zen-like temperament made Zhen Lan a little uncomfortable.

In fact, Jia Heng knew very early on that Miaoyu, who is as beautiful as orchid and as talented as a fairy, is the kind of person that no one can look down upon. Not to mention Zhen Lan, even Chai Dai is just a high-profile person in her eyes.

As for Youshi's Shuangshu, they may be vulgar fans who have nothing to say about summer insects, cricket crickets who don't know their age, and who have nothing but beauty and no connotation.

Of course, if you know the staunch actions of the second sister You and the third sister You in the original work, you should be moved.

Miaoyu raised her palm holding a string of Buddhist bead bracelets, and said in a voice as calm as water, "Poor Ni has seen Miss Lan and Miss Xi."

Zhen Lan looked at the nun who looked like Xueling Hongmei alone, her eyes were soft and rippling, and she suppressed a trace of strangeness in her heart, and said, "I have seen Mrs. Miaoyu."

Qin Keqing's beautiful eyes were full of smiles, her rouge-painted pink lips parted slightly, and she said: "Master Miaoyu's teachings are superb, and she is highly respected by the old lady in the West Mansion. When your big brother Heng is here, you often ask her for help." .”

When Zhen Lan heard the words, her eyes flickered under her willow eyebrows, and she said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Is it her illusion?Why do you think sister Qin's tone is a little... weird?

In fact, it is really not Qin Keqing's yin and yang Miaoyu, but an unspeakable emotion,

Miaoyu pursed her cherry lips, a dazed look appeared on her jade-like face.

If she hadn't been obsessed with him and missed him so much, she wouldn't have come out to join in the fun.

He... will go to her.

Zhenxi also greeted Miaoyu at this moment, and the previous feeling became stronger.

Brother Heng's house is really lively, um, maybe this will be her home in the future.

Qin Keqing introduced Yingchun who was on the side, and said with a smile: "This is the second younger sister, you should be older than her, just call the second younger sister."

Yingchun was a little dull, met the eyes of the two sisters on Lanxi, and called out: "Sister Lan, sister Xi'er."

Zhen Lan glanced over, her eyes flickered, and she pulled Yingchun's hand closer, which made the latter a little embarrassed, and said with a chuckle, "Second sister."

Most likely, this is a simpleton, not a threat at all, and the sister of the Jia family is actually helping.

Now that he has decided to embark on a path of power, he must find out about these girls around Jia Heng.

Then came Xichun, Xichun looked like a tsundere little lolita, staring at Zhenxi's face, pursing her lips, is this the new sister-in-law that brother Heng found?
For some reason, looking at that petite and tender face, which seemed to be not much older than her own, the girl felt a sense of boredom in her heart.

Anyway, she won't call sister-in-law...

Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi also met Xi Chun and talked about their age.

Xichun's eyes lit up, she said her age, and then looked at Zhenxi with shining eyes.

Zhen Xi's brows and eyes are as agile as streams, and the gentleness of Zhen Xue's youthful version is somewhat girlish, and she said softly: "I am one year older than my fourth sister."

I heard from Sister You earlier that this is Brother Heng's clan sister in Ningguo Mansion, and he usually loves this little girl the most, so she is his sister-in-law.

Zhen Lan chuckled and said, "It's really a fate. Fourth sister has Xi in her name, and sister Xichun also has the word Xi."

I saw it here, and Qin Keqing led the two Lanxi sisters to recognize You Er and You San who were on the side.

Dayou had already recognized him before, so it goes without saying.

Just now, Zhen Lan saw the beautiful and charming Youshi Shuangshu beside Qin Keqing at a glance.

The second sister You and the third sister You belong to the kind of gorgeous looks that are particularly eye-catching. After being pampered in the Ningguo Mansion, they are dressed in various exquisite silk and gold and silver jewelry, and they are gorgeous and charming beyond all ages Still young, a little girl who hasn't fully grown up yet.

Only Qin Keqing's coquettishness can overwhelm Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

Third Sister You stared at Zhen Lan, and said with a smile, "Sister Lan'er."

The third-ranked girl in the Zhen family, with bright eyebrows and a mean, cold melon-seeded face, looks a bit like her eldest sister, Princess Chu, so she shouldn't be a good person.

Zhen Lan looked at Third Sister You with bright eyes, and said softly, "I've met Third Sister, Second Sister."

The You's sisters in this house are said to be Sister Qin's right-hand man, and this Third Sister You is even more aggressive.

In fact, before the girl came, she had already insinuated some information about Ningguo Mansion from Xiangyun and the maid beside Tanchun.

Zhen Xi also met the two sisters and called them softly.

After some introductions, everyone is familiar with it, and the turmoil and scheming in it are known only to the parties involved.

After all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes...

Sister Feng laughed and said, "It's been a long time since I said this, why hasn't Brother Heng come back yet?"

This is really a room full of Yingying and Yanyan, not to mention other things, just the Youshi sisters, I don't know if Brother Heng's body can bear it?

That is to say, Keqing tolerated them, if she was the main wife...

Thinking of this, Sister Feng suddenly sighed in her heart.

She is a widow now, so it doesn't make much sense to think about it.

But at this moment, the mother outside said happily: "Ma'am, the uncle is back."

As soon as these words came out, the complexions of all the beauties in the hall with different thoughts changed suddenly, their hearts were filled with joy, they got up and followed the prestige.

(End of this chapter)