Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

Sure enough, Mother Jia didn't bother to care about this kind of petty quarrel between brothers, and didn't even mention it at dinner.

After a silent dinner, Baoyu went back to the room silently, took a bath and went to bed silently.When he was wrapped in the quilt at night, he was regretting it!Regret that I shouldn't have written that letter, shouldn't have written about that.Yuan'er is so thin-skinned, he must be annoyed that he doesn't know what to do!

Annoyed, he rolled around on the bed, rolled around again, and finally let go of his worries temporarily, and fell asleep with his head rolled into a chicken coop.

He awoke at dawn on time the next day.Putting on the middle clothes, I got out of bed first to go to the screen, and after solving my physical problems, I called for Mingyan to wash.He looked out while brushing his teeth, the snow hadn't stopped overnight, it was still falling like rubbing cotton.

Comb the messy hair, then comb it neatly into a bun, use the white jade hairpin as a hairpin, put on the deep clothes and cloak, still dressed in black, he asked Mingyan to prepare the car and wait at the corner gate, buckle it by himself Put on the hat and go to Jia Lian under the snow.

The two discussed it yesterday, and when Baoyu found it, he had already dressed it.The two stepped on the snow and got into the car together.

"Go to Tianxiang Pavilion first." Baoyu said to Mingyan who was driving. "Let's go have some breakfast, pick up Gu An by the way, and go together." He said to Jia Lian.

The carriage wheeled, and there were people cleaning the street, but the snow was too heavy, and there was another layer in the blink of an eye, and the sides were full of dirty snow, which couldn't be swept away.

It wasn’t long before dawn at this time, but there were already hawkers on the street doing business, most of them bought all kinds of breakfast, buns, porridge, noodles in clear soup, mutton buns, pancakes rolled with green onions, and so on.The hot air of the food mixed with the white smoke exhaled by people rises and disappears in the streets of Shangdu.

Every time Baoyu sees such a scene, he will most clearly feel that he is still living in this world.People's full of hawking, smiling faces looming in the mist, and the aroma of the most simple food seem to be more real and more reassuring than the high-end houses with rich clothes and fine food.

Suddenly, Baoyu called out and asked Mingyan to go down and buy some mutton buns.Mingyan was a little strange, even Jia Lian didn't understand what happened to him suddenly.He smiled: "It's just... I suddenly want to eat. Go." Mingyan stopped the car, trotted to buy four hot mutton buns and brought them back. Baoyu asked him to take one to eat, and then picked it up come over.

"Would you like to have one? I have eaten it a few times, and it tastes very good. It doesn't have any smell." Strange to say, Baoyu doesn't like to eat mutton at all, it's too smelly, but the mutton here is always very pure , there is no fishy smell, so he can eat a few.

Jia Lian smiled and reached out to take one: "I'll just have one. You can eat the rest."

The three of them ate up all four steamed buns, and after Baoyu served the last sip with tea, the car stopped.

When they entered, they immediately saw Gu An waiting at a table next to him.He saw them too as he was walking that way, and smiled at them.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Baoyu asked with a smile after sitting down. "Just came down." Gu Junbai said with a smile, "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Why don't we have some first?" "He just ate two buns, so he probably won't be able to eat anything else." Jia Lian said to Gu Jun Bai smiled and said, "We just need two bowls of porridge, Brother Gu, eat more." Baoyu also nodded, telling Xiaoer to watch and order some breakfast.

For some reason, while drinking the hot sweet potato porridge, he was still relishing the taste of those two mutton buns.

Two quarters of an hour later, the three of them had almost eaten, got dressed and got into the carriage together.The car is very spacious, and it doesn't look crowded at all with three people sitting in it.It took about a cup of tea to walk from Tianxiang Pavilion to the gate of the palace, and a thick layer of snow had already fallen on the roof of the car.

Mingyan pulled the reins, jumped out of the car and ran to the front to have a look. After a while, he ran back and said to Baoyu, "Second Master, the car of Prince Beijing is waiting for us!" Baoyu said hurriedly: "Go over quickly." Mingyan drove the car over, and the two cars became side by side.Baoyu lifted the curtain of the car, saw Shui Rong also showing his head, and smiled at him: "You are here, just in time, the emperor asked me to wait for you, follow me in."

Baoyu smiled: "Okay." Turning to call Mingyan: "Follow the prince's car!"

There are many little eunuchs on the spacious palace road, sweeping the snow with brooms and a handful of dustpans, and some carrying sacks of coarse salt to sprinkle on the road, all of them are pale and purple with cold.Seeing the prince's car coming, they put down the guys and knelt on both sides.

All the way to the gate of the palace where Shuihong handles political affairs, they all got out of the car. This is considered to have enjoyed this kind of treatment with Shui Rong. Generally, ministers and princes have to get off the car at the gate of the palace and walk into the palace.Shui Rong was wearing a clean white cloak, with his hands in his sleeves, he smiled at them and said, "Come in with me, it's your first time here, right? Don't be nervous, there is no one else, just treat it as normal."

Baoyu said with a smile, "That's good. If the emperor and his ministers are right, I really don't know what to do!" Shui Rong pulled him and walked in, smiling: "You should be humble, why don't you come here?" Is there anything you dare not do? Zhuangyuan Lang will follow quickly, the emperor has long wanted to see you!" This was said to Gu Junbai.

When he just got out of the car, he wanted to salute, but before he even opened his mouth, Shui Rong spoke first. Until now, after hearing what the prince said, he hurriedly said: "Thanks to the emperor's concern, I really dare not do it." Shui Rong smiled and said nothing .Jia Lian didn't say much, just followed them inside.

When they arrived in the palace, a middle-aged eunuch greeted him with a smile, and said: "The prince is here! The emperor is waiting for you all in the Xinuang Pavilion! Please come with this old slave." Shui Rong said with a smile: "I have to thank you, father-in-law."

Baoyu looked at the imperial palace, but he didn't think it was very good, it felt similar to the Forbidden City.In his previous life, he often went to play, so it's no surprise to see a lot. "Well, I'm still looking forward to Daming Palace!" Thinking this way, he had already arrived at Xinuang Pavilion.

It's really warm here, it's bright yellow, the cushions, pillows, and soft couch are all golden, embroidered with colorful dragons, and there's a pile of yellow memorials on the desk.Shuihong was sitting on the kang by the window, and there were tea and snacks on the kang table.

After the four of them came in, except for Shui Rong who was standing and saluting, the other three all lifted their robes and knelt down and kowtowed: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Shui Hong hurriedly got down to help them up, and said, "Excuse me, Get up quickly. Ah Rong, help them up quickly!"

After the three of them stood up, he laughed and said, "I'm not used to you, it's better to be the same as before, and there is no need to waste these vain rituals." Jia Lian laughed and said, "How can it be done? This is the imperial palace. It’s no different than the outside. Be cautious in every word and deed, and don’t be honest.” Shui Rong said with a smile: “Ah Huai’s words are also polite, this is because this kneeling kneels and kneels all the affection, it’s better for the emperor to say goodbye in the future Li, that's all right."

After listening to him with a smile, Shuihong slapped his head: "Yes, I forgot this, I'm so confused. You sit down wherever you want, I'm here to chat with you today, don't be restrained." Baoyu Jialian naturally looked for him. The two chairs sat down, Shui Rong and Shui Hong sat on the kang together, Gu Junbai pleaded guilty, and then found a place to sit down.

Shuihong smiled and said to him: "Gu Zhuangyuan is a talented person, I read your article and think it is very good, I wonder if you intend to become an official in the court?" Are people willing to be officials?Jia Lian and Baoyu thought about it.

Gu An cupped his hands, with a respectful expression: "I only wish to do my part for the imperial court as a token of gratitude for the emperor's kindness." Shui Hong nodded in satisfaction: "I know something about the situation of the Gu family, and you are only twenty years old. At what age, it is not easy to be the patriarch of that big family, and to be an official under the pressure of the imperial examination."

Gu Anfeng smiled lightly: "But now it's finally the end of all hardships." "That's right." Shui Hong said, "Your sister Gu Qing participated in this draft?" My sister is 17 years old, so..."

"I saw it, and I think it's good." Shui Hong said lightly.

Could it be that the emperor wants... to take it into the palace?Gu An felt that his palms were sweating.

He only has such a younger sister, and it was a last resort to participate in the draft. At that time, he thought that if he failed the imperial examination, his younger sister would have a way out if he could enter the palace, but he still didn't want his younger sister to go there and eat people without spit out bones. I went to the deep palace, so I tried my best to do my best, and finally Jinke High School, if my sister fails the election, with my own ability in the future, I can always let her marry a good family and live comfortably.But now it looks like this...

Shuihong saw his clenched fists, smiled slightly, stopped teasing him, and said with a smile: "Prince Beijing himself has taken a fancy to it, so what I mean is, pointing out your sister to him as a concubine, what do you think?" ?”

Gu Junbai was taken aback for a moment: Prince Beijing has taken a fancy to it?Before he could say anything, Shuihong said again: "You also know that the king of Beijing Jing is 22 years old and has not yet married. , the younger sister of my important minister in the future will also be considered a match in terms of identity."

Gu Junbai has come to his senses now, King of Beijing Jing...he took a few more glances at Shui Rong, he seemed to be pretty good looking, quite shy, and blushed!Looking at the opposite side, Baoyu and Jia Lian winked and smiled, as if they were very optimistic about them.After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Naturally, it is the emperor who decides. It is her blessing that my sister can be like this. It's just...she was spoiled by me since she was a child, and she is quite restless. I am afraid that the prince will not like it."

Shuihong laughed and said, "It's good to be more active, the King of Jingjing doesn't like it when it's quiet! Right?" He looked at Shui Rong, who was blushing like a monkey's butt, with a smile on his face, whose eyes were dodgy , finally held back the discomfort, cleared his throat and nodded with an honest and steady look: "Well, the emperor is right, this king really prefers lively women. Gu Zhuangyuan can rest assured that this king will treat you kindly." to her."

Gu Junbai nodded with a smile and said: "The minister can rest assured, everything depends on the emperor." Shuihong smiled and said: "Then it's settled. After the New Year is over, I will issue a decree to marry and get married as soon as possible. North King Jing is not too young anymore, so there is no need to procrastinate."

Jia Lian Baoyu also congratulated Shui Rong.After everyone was happy, Shui Hong said: "I let you in this time to tell you about it. As for the appointment, I have my own plan, and I will talk about it in a few years. You can go back now." Gu Jun Bai stood up and saluted, "Resignation." Shui Hong asked the eunuch to come again: "Prepare a car to take Zhuangyuan Lang back."

After Gu Junbai left, Shuihong said to Jia Lian Baoyu, "How are you going back to rest?" Jia Lian said, "Very good, but those two children are a little tired, and they are still lazy today, so I dare not I've given them homework." Baoyu laughed and said, "I'm living a comfortable life, and I'm planning to go to Zhuangzi to appreciate the plum blossoms in a few days! Do you want to go?"

Shui Hong shook his head and sighed with a smile: "Oh, you are really at ease. I am so busy as soon as I come back, how can I have time to admire the plum blossoms! The three children, the younger one will not be mentioned, and the two older ones have never been out. Going far away, this trip is tiring enough, and I don’t want to study these days. The empress is distressed, and I didn’t force them.”

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Sister-in-law is recovering well, right? By the way, isn't Empress Xianfei Baoyu's elder sister? Why don't you..." He winked, the meaning is self-evident.

It is said that it is disrespectful to make jokes about the emperor's concubines, but everyone is not like this, Shuihong said with a smile: "You also know me, I am really impatient with those Yingying and Yanyan. If she goes in, I won't treat her badly, but other things... Baoyu won't blame me, right?"

Baoyu shook her head with a solemn face and said, "How could it be? Now that she has entered the palace, she can't let her decide. I am the same as you, so I can't come. I just hope that she can live this life safely." Shuihong nodded: "What you said is that I can still do this. By the way, it's been a long time since you siblings have seen each other, right? Take this opportunity today to talk and leave before it's too late. Wait for the New Year banquet Only then can I come in again."

Baoyu nodded in agreement.To be honest, Yuan Chun entered the palace when he was very young, and he never saw each other again.Even if there were a few feelings when I was a child, not many of them have faded over the years.It's just that Baoyu still remembers her kindness after all. Since he can't invite favors for her, trying his best to make her live better is considered a complete brother-sister relationship.

The author has something to say: I think this chapter is basically nonsense...

My aunt has come back these days and will leave tomorrow, so I stay with them at my grandma’s house every day, and I don’t have time to code TAT... I’m going to be exhausted again in the future

It's been half a month since the holiday, and I don't feel anything at all! ! !Didn't do anything every day, and school is about to start again...Where did the time go?