The Red Mansions

Chapter 880 Bao Qin: She Can't Sorry Second Sister Anymore

Grand View Garden

Qin Keqing, the three sisters of Youshi, Fengping, Yingtan Xisanchun, Lanxi, Baoqin and others went to play in the garden from the covered bridge of Qinfang River in Huifang Garden.

Qin Keqing looked at the snow scene in the distance, and said, "Husband, this place is richer and wider than Huifang Garden."

Jia Heng said: "Huifang Garden is a small garden, so it is far behind."

Qin Keqing paused when she heard the words, her beautiful eyes cast a sideways glance at the young man.

She thought to herself, this garden was used by the husband to hide her beauty in the golden house, how could she not know?
Of course, as the hostess of the Ningguo Mansion, she can't be as knowledgeable as those little girls. If she moves into the garden, what will it be like?
Everyone bypassed a stack of rocky mountains, and suddenly their eyes suddenly opened up.

Surrounded by powder walls and weeping willows on the white embankment, because it is winter, the green leaves are withered, and the bare branches are covered with snowflakes. In front of you, there are three grand and magnificent gate towers with weeping flowers. , five huts, this is the original site of Yihong Courtyard.

Everyone looked at the eaves and pavilions, all secretly amazed.

Jia Heng entered the room, raised his eyes to look at the door lintel, and saw that the space above it was empty, and there was no plaque written on it.

He doesn't like Yihong Courtyard very much. As for the names of other buildings, they are quite appropriate, so they can use the names of the original works.

Dan Feng's eyes under Sister Feng's Liu Ye eyebrows turned, and she smiled sweetly: "Brother Heng, here is where Brother Heng can live and relax. You can inscribe a plaque, and let the craftsman engrave it and hang it up later."

Just like the red fragrant green jade, it was changed to Yihong Kuailu by Yuanchun, and later named Yihongyuan.

Qin Keqing also stared at Jia Heng, and said softly, "Husband, just think of a name."

Jia Heng nodded and said: "Under the Hengmen, you can live in Chichi, just ask someone to inscribe the word Hengmen Xichi on the lintel. From now on, this place will be called Qichiyuan."

This is a sentence in the Book of Songs, which means that you can enjoy yourself even if you are in a humble house or hidden in a shabby room.

Baochai said softly, "Qichi, the meaning of Youxi, Brother Heng is really simple and clear."

Daiyu's starry eyes flickered, and she looked at the young man with a hint of joy on her pretty face.

Tan Chun smiled and said, "Brother Heng, this name is indifferent and elegant."

Bao Qin stared at the young man, but she didn't know what to think of, that pink and snowy face was flushed with peach blossoms, bright and moving.

Zhen Lan held Zhen Xi's little hand beside her and said, "Sister, the environment here is quiet, and my sister can live here in the future."

Zhen Xi pulled her sister's hand shyly, thinking to herself, she didn't know how to keep her voice down.

In fact, most of the time, Jia Heng would definitely not live in the garden, while Zhen Xi and Zhen Lan mostly lived in the Qi Chi Yuan.

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Husband, there is a gazebo over there."

Jia Heng said: "Go and have a look."

While talking, everyone walked along a corridor. Because the servants had cleared the snow, there was no mud and wetness on the cobbled stone path.

The gazebo is right next to the hillside beside the Qinfang River. The four vermilion beams and pillars are brand new with red paint, and the black and green eaves and tiles are covered with snow, which has melted a little, and the water curtains are hanging all around.

Sister Feng asked with a smile: "Brother Heng, what is the name of this pavilion?"

Jia Heng said without hesitation: "Since it is beside Qinfang River, why not call it Qinfang Pavilion."

Because it is next to Qinfang River, it is appropriate to name this pavilion.

Except that Yihong Courtyard is too much like a brothel and needs to be changed, the rest is still original, and he feels more substituting.

Well, it's all Xianning's fault, he insisted on doing some acting, and now the sense of substitution has come out.

The others didn't have any opinions, so Jia Heng wrote their names, or it should have been Jia Heng, the patriarch of Ningrong and Rongfu, who wrote the plaques for the pavilions and pavilions.

Jia Heng inscribed Fenglaiyi and other plaques as in the original work. As for Changcui Temple, the name was already determined at the beginning of the blueprint planning. As for the plaques in various halls, Miaoyu should be inscribed.

Everyone crossed the mountain and crossed the bridge, talking and laughing, along a path paved with gravel to the site of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and stopped in front of the courtyard.

Jia Heng looked at the lush and lush bamboo forest surrounded by bamboo leaves covered with snow, turned his eyes to Daiyu, asked for advice, "Sister Lin, what do you think of this place?"

Hearing this, everyone cast their inexplicable gazes at Daiyu.

Daiyu Chunshan, with beautiful eyebrows and smoky eyes, was looking around from her starry eyes, and said with a light smile: "The mountains and rocks surround the pavilions, and the rustling bamboos are rustling, but it seems quite quiet."

Brother Heng had told her earlier that this place was called Xiaoxiang Hall, which was specially built for her, but now looking at the surrounding scenery, it really fits her temperament secretly.

I really care about it.

There were circles of ripples in Baochai's watery apricot eyes, and she said: "I look at this, and it is quite in line with the aspirations of the hairpin."

Qin Keqing smiled sweetly and said, "Sister Lin will live here from now on."

This is the garden specially built by my husband for Sister Lin, and it took so much pains.

At this moment, Third Sister You took Second Sister You's hand, glanced at Chai Dai, under her curved and beautiful eyebrows, her beautiful eyes were rippling, and she secretly smiled.

After everyone finished speaking, they did not enter the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but walked along the covered bridge to another cool tiled house, with brick walls polished by water, and tiles and flower blocks cleared.

Everyone walked around an exquisite mountain rock, and they could see five huts, with corridors on all sides, green windows and oil walls, and under the flower walls, various vines, Xueli and Du Ruoheng were planted. Because it was winter, there was no green smoke. .

Jia Heng turned to look at Baochai at the side, looked at the door lintel, and said, "It's about Hengzhi Qingfen, sister Xue and sister Baoqin can usually live here."

Baochai is also looking at the scenery at this moment, secretly satisfied in her heart, there were no flowers and trees before, not extravagant, but these flowers and trees inside wait until spring and summer, and the fragrance is far away.

This will be her boudoir residence from now on.

Baoqin took Baochai's plain hand, feeling a little happy, looked around at the scenery, and said, "Second Sister, this place is really beautiful and luxurious."

She will live in Hengwu Garden with her elder sister in the future, so Brother Heng...

Everyone went in and took a look, but they didn't stop. While talking, Jia Heng led a group of Yingying and Yanyan to play with other buildings in the garden.

Because it is inscribed with a plaque, I didn't appreciate it in detail, but just browsed through it, and left it for the girls to explore slowly after they settled in the garden.

And Zhuijin Building, Daoxiang Village, Qiushuangzhai...etc. names were spoken out of Jia Heng's mouth one by one, which was regarded as naming each courtyard.

After only five or six out of ten swims, it was already dusk, and all the girls had rosy cheeks and slightly sweaty bodies.

Qin Keqing said softly: "Husband, is it almost the same? It's cold now, and the cold wind is blowing, it's not a joke."

Along the way, talking and laughing, the beauty is also in a somewhat happy mood.

Jia Heng said: "Then go back first, and play again when you have time."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Ping'er, have you written down the name of the plaque that the uncle ordered just now?"

Ping'er said: "Grandma, I wrote it all down, and let the craftsman make a plaque and hang it later."

Jia Heng turned to look at the three Youshi sisters, Chai Dai, Lan Xi, Ying Xi, Tan Chun, Bao Qin and Nuo Na, and said: "It's getting late, I can't finish shopping today, wait until tomorrow Let's go shopping again when you have time."

A group of Yingying and Yanyan were talking, still discussing in twos and threes, as if they still had something to say.

Qin Keqing smiled and said: "Husband, let's go to Tianxiang Tower, a dinner has been arranged there."

These girls live in this garden, and she can usually live in Tianxiang Tower, and then use some "telescope" brought by her husband to climb up and watch her husband make out with other people?

The beauty was thinking wildly, and followed Jia Heng to Tianxiang Tower. At this moment, strings of lanterns have been lit in the pavilion, and the lights are bright and glowing like a glow.

The dinner party has been set up long ago, and a group of maids and mothers are waiting.

Hairpins, skirts, and jackets sat down one after another, sitting in twos and threes according to their usual speculative temperaments, happily discussing the scenery in the garden.

Under the illumination of the lights, the beaded and emerald jewellery, shining brightly and colorfully, filled the eyes with splendor, and the smiles were almost dazzling.

Jia Heng picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Qin Keqing said softly: "Husband, let all the girls move in tomorrow?"

Jia Heng said: "Well, it's not good to leave the garden idle."

Qin Keqing asked with a smile, "Where is your husband?"

Jia Heng said softly, "I won't go there yet."

And just as Jia Heng led the crowd to enjoy the scenery in the garden in a relaxed and comfortable manner, in the ancestral hall of the Jia family——

A lamp is like a bean, flickering.

Mrs. Wang was sitting by the table not far from the ancestral hall, copying Buddhist scriptures.

And the young man wearing red arrow sleeves and a purple gold crown with hair tied on his head, his face is full of depression and melancholy, just like the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

During the few days when Baoyu knelt in the ancestral hall, Mrs. Wang came to accompany her. In the past two days, she planned to copy a copy of Buddhist scriptures for Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, and prayed for them.

Baoyu looked at Xiangyun who was grinding, and asked, "Why didn't Sister Yun follow Sister Lin and the others to the garden?"

I don't know what kind of scenery is in that garden?It is said that the pavilions, towers and pavilions, beautiful flowers and Yaocao inside are like a fairyland.

Xiangyun said: "Brother Ai ([-]) is bored here, I'll come to accompany Brother Ai."

There are too many people in the garden at the moment, so it won't be too late to watch it later.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang smiled on her fair face and said, "Sister Yun is a good one."

Following Baoyu's smashing of jade earlier, Daiyu moved to Ningguo Mansion, and in the Rongguo Mansion, except for the newcomers Li Wen and Li Qi, only Xiangyun was left.

Because Li Wen and Li Qi listened to their cousin Li Wan's instructions, they almost walked around Baoyu. For a while, Baoyu seemed to have no playmates besides Xiangyun.

As for Baochai and Baoqin, Aunt Xue is now focused on how to make her daughter marry Jia Heng in a beautiful manner. There is no such thing as a happy marriage, and there is no word in the mansion.

Baoqin is a newcomer, and because she was in Haojing before, she has a closer relationship with Jia Heng. Not long after she arrived, she saw Baoyu go "crazy", and she kept her distance from her.

Mrs. Wang immediately discovered that her son, who was once a sweet potato, gradually became a person who hates dogs and hates dogs.

Even though Mrs. Wang has made up her mind to let Baoyu study hard and enter school as soon as possible, she is inevitably a little disappointed in her heart.

At this moment, a servant girl came in and said, "Ma'am, the old lady sent someone to call Miss Yun and Master Bao to have dinner."

Mrs. Wang said: "Baoyu, don't copy it now."

Baoyu seemed to wake up from a dream, and put the brush on the pen holder, and her hands were sore and her wrists hurt for a while, which made Mrs. Wang feel distressed for a while.

At this moment, in Rongqing Hall, Mother Jia was washing her hands under Yuanyang's service, and asked, "Have you sent someone to deliver the letter to the Hou Mansion?"

Yuanyang said: "Send it, Mr. Shi said that he will bring Mr. Shi Xiaohou over tomorrow."

Bowling Marquis Shi Nai is in Beijing right now, and just as the Chinese New Year is approaching, Shi Xin is also in Shi Hou's Mansion.

Jia's mother nodded and said, "Brother Xin is now transferred back to Wucheng Bingmasi, closer to home, and it will be cheaper to take care of the family in the future."

While talking, the mother outside said: "Old lady, Second Mistress, Second Master Bao, and Miss Yun are here."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Let their wives come over."

After a while, Mrs. Wang entered the hall holding Baoyu's hand, saluted and greeted Jia Mu.

Jia Mu's loving eyes fell on Baoyu's white and greasy face like a silver basin, and she said distressedly: "My Baoyu has lost weight and haggarded a lot, are you hungry?"

Baoyu came so close, broke into Jia Mu's arms, and said, "Old ancestor."

Jia Mu patted Baoyu on the shoulder and said, "I've already told you, Brother Heng, to kneel there for two days and copy the Four Books and Five Classics, and this matter will be over."

Baoyu coquettishly said: "Ancestor, I heard that the garden in Dongfu has been repaired, and it is quieter and more elegant inside. Ancestor, I want to move in and study."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "I have to tell your elder brother Heng about this, and I'll talk to him later."

When Baoyu heard this, he was slightly happy.

Ningguo Mansion

Jia Heng had dinner with Yingying and Yanyan in Tianxiang Tower, and returned to the study without staying any longer. He just sat down and was about to pick up a brush to write a memorial.

Suddenly at this moment, a young girl's soft and soft voice came from outside: "Is Big Brother Heng in the house?"

Jia Heng paused, put down the writing brush in his hand, and looked towards the direction of the door, only to see a plump, chubby girl with radiant skin, wearing a scarlet cloak. Xue Ni'er's face flushed slightly.

The girl's eyebrows, eyes and bones don't have the slightest characteristics of a foreign country. After all, you can't go to a foreign country when you were a child, and even your innate genes have changed.

On the contrary, Baoqin resembles Baochai's classical and graceful charm, with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, and the skin on the cheeks looks even whiter and pinker.

"It's Sister Baoqin, why are you here?" Jia Heng asked.

Baoqin raised her eyes to look at the young man, then quickly moved her eyes away, licked her lips with powder, and said in a low voice, "Brother Heng, what did Daddy say?"

Jia Heng picked up the teapot from the table and poured a cup of tea for Bao Qin, and said in a warm voice, "I've persuaded her, don't rush for a year or two."

Hearing this, Baoqin immediately saw joy on her plump, pink face, and approached, asking: "What did Brother Heng say? Daddy agreed?"

Jia Heng stared at the look of anticipation in those shiny eyes, and said: "Well, I promise, I will let my sister pass the door in a year or two."

Baoqin: "..."

"Brother Heng." Bao Qinfang's heart skipped a beat, a bit of embarrassment appeared in her bright eyes.

Jia Heng was originally joking, but when he heard this, he stretched out his hand to take the girl's slender hand, and said softly: "It's okay, the marriage is uncertain."

Baoqin let out a "tired hum", her plump, white and greasy face turned red with embarrassment, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, don't act recklessly...don't let my sister see it."

Brother Heng is going to kiss her again later, what should she do?

Jia Heng: "???"

You obviously didn't do anything, why don't you let Baochai see it?
Moreover, what Baoqin said is very problematic. Could it be that she can act arbitrarily without seeing it?
Jia Heng stared at the beautiful and blushing girl, sat on the embroidered pier holding the Baoqin, and said softly: "Come here and have a cup of tea to warm yourself up, what are you doing with the pestle?"

As he said that, he picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Bao Qin. He was not frivolous, and the atmosphere in the carriage was really high, and he was in love for a while.

"Thank you Brother Heng." Baoqin said softly with her picturesque brows drooping shyly, and her mind settled down.

Jia Heng said softly: "You and your elder sister Bao live in Hengwuyuan, have fun for a year or two, don't be in a hurry."

Baoqin gave a soft "um", pursed her pink lips, and wanted to ask, what happened before?
After all, she was shy and didn't say anything, thought for a while, and said: "Brother Heng, why don't Nuona live in the garden these days? I'll live with her, she doesn't know the others very well. "

Jia Heng sat back on the chair and said: "Well, that's fine, but she probably won't want to live in the garden, the customs and customs are different here."

Baoqin gave a "hmm" and looked at the young man who was concentrating on writing something. The eyes under the firm eyebrows seemed to hide a sharp sword, and her face was as calm as black water, and she didn't see the skin-to-skin contact when the carriage Domineering at the time.

Baoqin watched it for a long time, only felt her heart beating a little bit, and asked curiously: "Brother Heng, what are you doing?"

Jia Heng dipped his pen in the ink, looked at the girl, and said softly: "Write the letter, and deliver it to the palace tomorrow."

"Oh." Baoqin didn't say much anymore, and looked at the young man with her almond eyes fluttering.

For some reason, she couldn't help but peek at Big Brother Heng in the garden before, and... almost let her sister find out.

But as if she couldn't help it, she couldn't help looking at Big Brother Heng's face, especially when everyone was joking.

In fact, this is when a group of people laugh, and everyone can't help but look at the face of the person they like.

Jia Heng wrote a memorandum, put down the brush, dried the ink on it, was silent for a moment, turned his eyes to meet the moist apricot eyes that autumn water is a god, the eyebrows and eyes are almost the same as Baochai, and it is not to blame for his previous moment Love, but, can't we just throw the handkerchief again?

"Baoqin."

"Brother Heng, what's the matter?" Bao Qinfang's heart beat slightly, her eyes averted, and she said in a low voice, "I...I'll go back first."

He got up lightly, and was about to leave, but saw the young man get up and walk, as if roots were growing under his feet.

Jia Heng picked up the red cloak that Baoqin took off at some point, and said warmly: "It's cold outside, don't forget to put on this."

Baoqin let out a "hmm", but saw that the young man had already draped it behind him, with his head slightly lowered and tied with a cloak rope, um, he even tied a bowknot?
"Okay." It was like a breeze caressing the willows in the ear, making circles of ripples in the heart lake.

Facing those warm eyes, Baoqin's voice stuttered, her expression was a little soft, she grabbed the corner of her cloak with one hand, and said in a low voice: "Brother Heng, then...then...I'll go first."

"Well, let's go." Jia Heng said softly, looking at the shy and timid eyebrows and eyes, as if he caught the faintest expectation in the deepest part of the girl's heart, which he didn't want to admit, said: "Wait a minute."

Bao Qinfang's heart skipped a beat, her eyes flickered, and she said in surprise, "What, uh~"

Seeing the gentle and bully approaching with some heat, Baoqin quickly closed her bright eyes, and then the familiar breath came again, more unscrupulous than the first time, and felt that there was no way to escape, like vines entangled.

The girl's plump and soft body gradually collapsed in the boy's arms, she felt like a flat boat in the raging waves, drifting with the current, almost not knowing where it was going.

After a while, Jia Heng looked at the girl whose plump and jade cheeks were already flushed like a rosy glow, lightly pinched her pink and peachy cheeks, and teased, "Sister Baoqin won't tell your sister, will she?"

Under the slender brows of Baoqin's willow leaves, there was embarrassment and joy in the moist apricot eyes, Qiong snorted and said, "Brother Heng, I...I don't know how to do it."

After finishing speaking, she suddenly woke up, and the girl's heart was suddenly shy to the extreme.

This... What is she talking about in front of Brother Heng?She couldn't be sorry for the second sister anymore.

At this moment, Tan Chun's charming and somewhat heroic voice came from outside the house, asking: "Is Brother Heng in the house?"

With a sound of "ah", Baoqin quickly got up from Jia Heng's arms, went to the chair beside her and sat down, breathing slightly.

Jia Heng looked as usual, picked up the teacup from the small table, took a sip, raised his eyes to Tan Chun and Zhen Lan who were coming from the screen, his eyes turned quiet.

"Sister San and Sister Lan, why don't you play mahjong with them?" Jia Heng asked.

Because of the long winter nights, it was dark early in the morning, and it was actually still early in the year, so it was still early to go to bed.

Zhen Lan looked at the boy in the python suit, and said softly, "Come here and see if Brother Heng needs help?"

Then, looking at Baoqin who was sitting with her head down, seeing the suspicious look in her long and narrow eyes, she smiled lightly and said, "Sister Baoqin is here?"

Baoqin's plump cheeks were blushing like a rosy cloud, fortunately because she was against the light, she couldn't detect any obvious abnormalities, she said in a low voice, "I have something to do with Big Brother Heng, Big Brother Heng, I'll go back first."

Jia Heng nodded and said: "Well, sister Baoqin, please slow down on the road."

While raising his eyes, he watched Bao Qin's figure leave in a panic.

Tanchun's eyes flickered, and he felt a little suspicious, but he didn't ask any questions. He walked up to him and asked by the flickering candlelight on the candlestick, "Brother Heng is writing a diction?"

Jia Heng nodded, not hiding the two of them, and wrote lightly: "Resign from the post of Wucheng Bingmasi."

Tanchun was startled, raised his bright eyes, and said in a low voice, "What's wrong with Brother Heng?"

As Tanchun, who used to help Jia Heng deal with the documents, he often consulted the official documents delivered by the Wucheng soldiers and horses.

Zhen Lan also cast a pair of narrow, clear eyes on Jia Heng's face, feeling inexplicably surprised.

Why did he resign from his job as the military commander of Wucheng, who had just been sealed as a first-class Marquis of Wu?
"I've been busy fighting against captives for the past two years, and I really don't have time to take care of the affairs of Wucheng soldiers and horses. After resigning, I can concentrate on fighting against captives." Jia Heng explained.

Upon hearing this, Zhen Lan thought for a while, and asked with concern: "Will the palace agree?"

Could this be avoiding disaster?But brother Heng is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, so it's too early to avoid disaster now, isn't it?
Jia Heng took a sip of tea, suppressed the sweetness in his heart, and said: "The palace should also hope that I will do my best to deal with the prisoner's affairs."

After resigning from the post of Wucheng soldiers and horses, there are only the prince Taibao who is also the minister of the Ministry of war, the minister of military aircraft, the governor of Jinyi, the envoy of the Beijing camp, and the supervisor of military weapons.

Zhen Lan thought for a while and asked, "Will the court situation affect the war against the captives when the elder Yang Ge resigned as chief assistant?"

Jia Heng pondered and said: "No matter who is the head and assistant, the national policy is established, and we can't change it without authorization."

But he doesn't know whether the people in the Zhejiang Party will obey others.

As Jia Heng said, he picked up the brush and began to write his speeches and praises for recommending the king of Wei to mention the Five Cities Army Commander.

Zhen Lan didn't say anything else anymore, she picked up a book and read it by the light, while Tan Chun also picked up the book of war and began to flip through it.

The candles were burning silently, the candles were brightly lit, and the night was getting darker.

(End of this chapter)