Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

All the way back to the mansion, Baoyu was so tired that he didn't want to move, but he and Jia Lian went to Jiamu's place to ask for peace before going back. Seeing that they were really tired, Jiamu urged them to go back and rest.

After the two said goodbye, Baoyu went back with Mingyan. Mingyan put the cloak away and went out to order hot water for Baoyu to bathe.Baoyu changed her clothes in the room by herself.

The room was not cold, even if he was not in the room for a day, he would not dare to turn off the fire, otherwise it would take a lot of work.He took off only his middle clothes, and after he hadn't smoked much, he asked someone to fill the tub with water, and put away soap, saponins and other things.

He stepped in to soak, closed his eyes and said to Ming Yan: "How about the gifts I asked you to prepare a few days ago?" Yan said respectfully.

Baoyu knew Shuihong's plan a long time ago, and had someone prepare a gift for the second prince a while ago. Although it is too vulgar to say that these are too vulgar in terms of their friendship, after all, they are still monarchs and ministers in the eyes of others, and the gifts that should be given are still indispensable.

"Well, take care of it before you go to bed. Don't make any troubles. You don't have so much time tomorrow." Baoyu ordered, "I don't need to wait here. You can go now. You've been tired all day." Ming Yan Then retreated.

Nothing to say that night.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, because Shui Hong let go of his promise to hold a banquet for the second prince, now Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing Wang and other female relatives will also enter the palace.

Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen got up early to arrange all the carriages and horses, so Jia Lian and Baoyu had to go with the big team.Sister Feng cannot enter the palace because she has no rank, so Mother Jia asked her to look after the house.

Baoyu and Jia Lian are alone in a car today, and the three servants of Mingyan and Tiaoyun Yinquan follow, each with a division of labor.

Jia Zheng got the news late, so he didn't have time to prepare gifts carefully, so he could only pick out valuables from the storeroom and load them into several carts. went to the palace.

Today Shuihong was obviously happier, he hugged the second prince and brought the eldest prince out, and the eldest princess was with the queen at the side of the women's family.

Shui Xingyun will be eight years old after the new year, and he can be regarded as a young adult. Shui Hong asked him to go down and pour wine for the uncles and grandpas. At that time, he smiled and stuck out his tongue at Jia Lian Baoyu behind him, making all three of them laugh.

The seats are still the same as yesterday, and the men of Jia's family got a special seat because of their relationship with the concubine Xian and the merits of their ancestors.

Jia Zheng and Jia She looked at Jia Lian Baoyu, who was sitting above the Queen of Beijing Jing, and he didn't know whether it was pride or what, not to mention Jia Zhen, who was sour, envious and jealous.

After the toast, Shui Hong announced that the second prince was named Shui Xingmu, and all the officials congratulated him.

Then he said again: "Wang Shui Rong of Beijing is my humerus, brothers and sisters, but he is still unmarried after [-] years old, so I am very worried. Now there is Gu Qing, the sister of Gu An, the number one scholar in Jinke, who is gentle, respectful and filial. I am very happy. The same is true for the King of Beijing. Therefore, I regard her as the main concubine of the King of Beijing, and order Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious date and get married as soon as possible."

When the thunder came down, all the courtiers were so shocked that they couldn't recover for a long time.As soon as this decree spread, I don't know how many girls will have their hearts broken, and I don't know how many parents will sigh!

You must know that Shui Rong has always been the number one golden bachelor in the imperial city. He is young and in a high position and favored. It is the best husband-in-law candidate in the hearts of unmarried women, and it is also the best choice for a son-in-law in the hearts of many ministers.

In the last draft, many people went for the emperor, and many people went for the single prince. I didn't expect that the top pick of Jinke would pick the peaches in the end. It's really...

No matter what other people thought, Shui Rong attended to thank you with a smile on his face.

He met Gu Qing once when he was in Yangzhou. At that time, this girl was dressed in men's clothes, and she was pretty. When it came to him who was out for a stroll, the bead flower was also broken.

At that time, he wanted to laugh, and he saw that she was a woman at a glance.Besides, how can a big man hold a pearl flower in the street and talk about it?But she was still arguing with her neck stuck, insisting that he hit her first and wanted him to pay.He had no choice but to dig out of his pocket and buy another one for her.

At that time, he didn't pay attention to it. When he went back, he saw the portrait given by Shui Hong and thought about it for a long time before he got it right.He thought to himself, it would be nice to have such a lively and interesting little princess, but what would she look like when she recognized him when they got married?Just think about Coke!

Gu An also knew it a long time ago, so he didn't rush out to thank him at this time, and he didn't appear to be knocked out by the pie falling from the sky, so he was calm and composed.

Shui Hong smiled and asked them to get up, thinking that they should be appointed as officials as soon as possible, otherwise Ah Rong couldn't go to Tianxiang Pavilion to welcome his relatives, right?

Baoyu Jialian also smiled and congratulated.After coming down, Yun Teng muttered with a straight face: "I still want to introduce my sister to you! I was caught first, really..."

Shui Rong couldn't laugh or cry: "I'm not blessed to enjoy it, why don't you tell my brother-in-law." Yun Teng narrowed his eyes, and Gu An hurriedly said, "Oh, I haven't planned this yet! Don't be fooled. Hong Niang!" Everyone laughed.

Brothers of the same generation as Shui Rong all came up to congratulate him, and he thanked them one by one in a good mood. The atmosphere of the banquet was so hot that day, and it was so noisy that Shui Hong left the table in the afternoon, taking away the king of Beijing, Jia Lian Baoyu. Gu An is still talking to the adults at the table.

When they learned that the No. [-] scholar hadn't married yet, their thoughts changed again, and Gu An could only deal with it.

Shuihong hugged the second prince by himself, wrapped tightly in a big cloak so that there would be no wind, Shui Rong and the other three followed behind, and walked all the way to Qianqing Palace, where Shuihong usually works.Shui Xingyun was brought out by his father, the little man was wearing a big cloak, he seemed to be unable to walk, Shui Hong hurriedly asked Shui Rong to pick him up and walk.

It was much warmer in the hall, and everyone took off their cloaks and went into the warm pavilion to sit, while a waiter brought sober tea.Just now, Shui Hong drank a few more glasses for a moment of pleasure, and it is just right to use some now.

Shui Xingyun was very familiar with Jia Lian and Baoyu's two uncles, and they also liked him, talking and laughing with each other.The second prince, Shui Xingmu, didn't sleep either. He looked at the crowd with his dark eyes open, grinning and spitting bubbles from time to time.

Baoyu took something from his waist and stuffed it into his little hand, teasingly said with a smile: "My good boy, do you like the thing that uncle gave you? You can take it with you when you grow up!"

Shui Hong looked over with a smile, and saw that it was a small seal carved from a chicken blood stone, wearing a wish-fulfilling knot. "Oh? Why did you remember engraving?" He raised his eyebrows, picked it up and looked at it, and there were four small seal characters engraved on the bottom, "This stone is good, every inch of gold, very good."

Baoyu laughed and said, "I had someone load the other presents and bring them in. I guess they've already entered your storage. This is my kindness to the children. It's better to give them in person."

Shui Hong said: "We still need to talk about this? You are too!"

"Second Brother Lian is the same too! It's not easy to be left behind." He laughed, "I don't know what to give as a present, my nephew has everything, after much deliberation, I found someone to engrave this seal. "

Jia Lian also took out a gift, which was a small and lovely mutton fat jade Guanyin, with a lifelike expression and clothes, round and flawless. It was considered a treasure, and it was worn on a thin twisted silver chain, which could just be worn around the neck.

"Reciprocity is a matter of courtesy. Baoyu's chicken blood stone is hard to find, and Ahuai's suet jade is also rare, so I'd like to reward you some." Shuihong smiled, and beckoned a servant to come over: "Go and tell the empress, give it to the empress." The two lords are going to appreciate some things, remember a few good pieces of ink jade that were brought up a while ago? Add this."

Baoyu joked: "It's not a bad deal, buy one and get ten free!" Shuihong smiled and nodded at him: "Just greedy for my good things!"

"It's not greedy, I happen to be useful!" Baoyu laughed, "February 15 is Yu'er's birthday, and she is [-] years old. I still think about what gift to give. With your Moyu, it will be solved." Half way!"

"Really? It's the gift of Jiji!" Shui Rong and Shui Hong both said. "You know how to borrow flowers to offer Buddha. Why, are you going to Yangzhou?"

"Well," Baoyu nodded, "We agreed, I will go before she reaches Ji." Shuihong smiled happily: "Really~ that's good, after fifteen years, I will be a big girl. See, let you get things done early, so that you don't have to worry about it every day."

Jia Lian Shui Rong laughed, Shui Xingyun was still a little ignorant, tilted his head to look at these grown-ups, and shouted happily: "Worried about it! Worried about it!" Baoyu blushed even more, and hurriedly grabbed Shui Xingyun Threatened him not to speak up.

"Let's wait for this." He managed to restrain his red face and coughed twice, "I have to wait until my position is stable and I have made some achievements before I can do things decently."

"Don't worry about that," Shuihong said, "I know you're not the kind of nerd who can only talk empty words, and you don't need to put yourself down a bit and hone your skills. If you go to Yangzhou, you will have to leave at the end of the first lunar month. Well, I'll ask the queen to give you some things, and you take them with you, it's my gift to Xiao Yu'er."

Baoyu thanked Daiyu on behalf of Daiyu.

Shui Hong said to Jia Lian again: "You should also prepare to pack your things. After the Lantern Festival is over, I will appoint you as officials. After the appointment, you will go to Yangzhou. Prepare everything you need to bring and explain."

He turned his head to look at Baoyu: "I have chosen a house for you, it is not far from Ah Rong's, it was the former general's mansion, after so many years no one lived in it, it was closed and handed over to the Ministry of Industry, now it is just for you. It’s a big place, but you just need to send someone to repair it. But your father is in the Ministry of Industry, so it shouldn’t take much trouble. It should be almost there when you come back from Yangzhou.”

Baoyu Jialian nodded. He thought it was really thoughtful, and if he vented his anger in advance, he would not be in a hurry.Among other things, if Jia Lian wants to leave, it will be equivalent to leaving Jia's mansion. Baoyu also plans to do so, and there will be many things at that time.

"Then what are you going to do, Gu An?" Jia Lian was asking, "We can't let him live in Tianxiang Pavilion all the time, can we? I think he is also quite embarrassed, even if he sells his ancestral house in Yangzhou, it won't be enough, right? "

"Don't worry, there's Ah Rong! He won't make uncle suffer, right?" Shui Hong winked at Shui Rong and smiled.

Shui Rong smiled and said, "Naturally." "Well, I'll reward him with something later, why don't you let him and her sister live in your other courtyard first," Shui Hong said, "It won't be long if you live there. The plan is to wait until the mansion is opened before moving out." Shui Rong agreed.

Shui Xingmu burst into tears suddenly, Shui Hong was startled, looked at the time and it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, he probably was hungry, so he asked the close servant to call the nanny, and went to the opposite side room breastfeeding.

The little guy calmed down after drinking milk, and the four of them talked about how the construction of the hot spring villa in Xishan was going. Jia Lian was depressed, and he was leaving before it was completed.

Shui Rong smiled and comforted: "It's okay, they said yesterday that it's okay to have another month, then you go to play first, and it's not too late to leave after playing."

Shui Hong also said: "Yes, I guess you have to wait until February to start the trip, there should be enough time." The four talked and laughed, and it was after six o'clock that they returned to the banquet.

The dinner party was still lively, there were musicians and dancers among them, everyone watched with great interest, and drank happily until the night.When returning home, Baoyu and Jialian brought more gifts than when they came, Gu An followed Shui Rong back to the other courtyard, and Gu Qing had someone to pick her up.

After the New Year is the ten-day Muxiu.

The author has something to say: I actually updated it every day! ! ! !I can't believe it myself!Go on with the transition, what needs to be explained still needs to be explained.We should be able to meet each other in the next chapter...