Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

The silly elder sister picked up a "good color embroidery" in the main hall of Xiaoguanzhuang, and asked Xiangyun what it was embroidered.

Xiangyun was quick, and only realized it was a sachet when he took it. The "sachet" is hung around the waist, dyeing clothes with fragrance, girls and daughters-in-law can use it, and men can also use it. Some wives and concubines make it as a gift to their husbands, and some actors and prostitutes give their lovers to their lovers. Sachets are indispensable in dramas.The fragrance in this sachet has faded, so she didn't realize it before, but she quickly saw the appearance: it is not the elegant embroidery used by girls, nor the embroidery of mandarin ducks often used by young wives, but a pair of male and female. All the way ~ hug.However, the embroidery is exquisite, and the subtleties are visible.No matter how quick-tempered she was, her face was flushed, her eyes were straight, and she subconsciously threw the sachet to the ground.

The silly elder sister bent down to pick it up, and said with a smile: "You don't know the girl? Lay the thread well..."

At this time, Xichun walked up and snatched it away with his hands. When he saw it, his little face turned pale first and then turned red, and his eyes burst out with anger.

The silly elder sister was startled, her fat face trembled.Seeing that the situation was wrong, the maids and women backed away quietly.

Over there, Li Wan had already got off the sedan chair, approached in three steps and two steps in parallel, and asked with a low smile, "What foolish girl is picking up that a dog doesn't know? Show me."

Without saying a word, Xichun stuffed her hand.Li Wan took a deep breath, clenched his hands suddenly, and yelled at the silly elder sister: "Don't bring it up again in the future! Don't tell anyone! This is not a good thing, and you will be killed if you talk too much!"

The silly elder sister's legs went limp, she fell down, and kowtowed: "I don't dare! I don't dare anymore! I don't dare..."

Xichun sneered: "Grandma Zhu, is it okay if you don't dare?"

Li Wan had already regained his composure, and the silly elder sister ran out from the main hall, obviously picking it up inside, the main hall is usually cleaned by a dust sweeper, uh, there are also young servants who clean it, presumably some skinless little daughter-in-law took it with her, Unexpectedly, it fell into the temple.

This matter can be big or small, and it is easy to deal with the silly elder sister, but with so many servants standing behind, spreading gossip will hinder the reputation of the girls.So she forced a smile and whispered: "This girl is a fool, and she can't explain it clearly to others. Fourth girl, don't be upset, I already care about it. I will find a way to get rid of those in a few days." : "Hurry up and leave! Are you asking for a board?"

Xichun said urgently: "Wait a minute! If there is one, there will be two. Who knows if there are more? That is the main hall..."

Li Wan covered her mouth: "Good girl, be careful! I'll check it out, and I'll go right away! Just make up your mind with Miss Xiang. If you're not sure, don't go to the meeting hall. Don't dare to leak anything."— —This matter is too big to say it is too big!Youfeng Laiyi Hall is the main hall for the concubine's relatives. It can be said that it is defiled~defiled the empress, and defiled~defiled the empress is defiled~defiled the royal family.

Li Wan, who was drenched in cold sweat, didn't dare to bring more people, so he ordered everyone to stay outside, and ordered her confidant to accompany the house to lead the hunting dog, take Ping'er, and the silly elder sister led the way into the main hall for inspection.

Everyone's grandma used to stride with one foot, but now if there were only four people and a dog in the big hall, it would be empty, and there would be an echo when she walked lightly, Li Wan could only feel terrified.

The silly elder sister was so frightened that her face was covered with tears and snot.Ping'er softly advised her not to be afraid, she didn't dare to ask her what she picked up, so she asked where she picked it up?How can the silly elder sister make it clear, pointing at the southeast and northwest.

The empty hall usually only has tables and chairs, and no other decorations, so it is convenient for inspection.

Turning down the main hall and the side halls, nothing was found, Li Wan's heart was slightly settled.Just now she thought about it carefully, and felt that the stitches of the sachet looked familiar, but she was not sure, so she said to the accompanying room: "Mother Wu, take the idiot down, and tell everyone Lai (the housekeeper of Jiamuyuan), that the idiot has hands and feet. The frizz has stained the house. She is not doing fine work, so let her go back to carry water and firewood as before."

As soon as Mama Wu and the silly elder sister left, there were only two people left in the hall, and it was so quiet that it made people feel creepy.

Li Wan broke out a laugh and said: "It's nothing serious, I'm just timid. You have gone through many things with your grandma, don't laugh at me for not being able to handle it. Just look, who embroidered this stitch?"

Ping'er took the sachet and looked at it carefully, her face was also slightly red.After a while, he smiled and said, "At first glance, it looks like Qingwen and the others embroidered it, but if you look closely, it's not true. You should have learned their stitching techniques. Second Master Bao's gift purse is easy to find, just compare it."

Li Wan breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that this matter would involve Baoyu's eldest maid.Immediately said: "Miss Qingwen learned embroidery from Nanny Song. Nanny Song has been in the mansion for decades, and I don't know how many people have learned embroidery from her. Some daughter-in-law must be left behind. They are shameless on weekdays." , it’s inconvenient to deal with it on a case-by-case basis, and shouting out will hurt the girls.”

Ping'er thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Why don't you sniff it out quietly. The fragrance is almost gone, and it has been gone for a while, so the person who caused it should not be very concerned. If she is yelling and looking around, we won't be ignorant."

Li Wan nodded and put the sachet into his sleeve, but he didn't intend to twist it: After selling so many servants, the old lady must be upset when she recovers, and Baoyu Tanchun is young, so she will remember it all.With this sachet, it is different. Xiaoguanzhuang lives in the homes of girls who have not left the pavilion, and Daiyu lives in the adjacent Hemerocallis courtyard. Daiyu has already been engaged to the prince of Zhongjing County, so the driver is a slave. To bring pickled things into the village, and not take it seriously when it landed in Youfeng Laiyi Hall, this is because even the empress didn't pay attention to it. It can be imagined that if the punishment is not strict, the master and slave will be turned upside down.

Ping'er's eyes drooped slightly, she was not a meddlesome person in the first place, and now it's better to have more things than less things, she saw the origin of the sachet at a glance: it was embroidered by outside workers imitating inside workers, and the tassels on the belt looked like it market.

There are some respectable servants in the Rong Mansion who don't know how to sell goods in the market, plus this kind of thing, she is sure that Qingwen's widowed sister-in-law has many girls.Speaking of the widow, her man is actually Qingwen's distant relative, or just a fellow villager. Qingwen was too young when she was sold, so she doesn't remember much about her childhood.There are many girls who are delicious, lazy and lascivious. Last year, the man died, and the belt of the trousers became looser and looser.Qingwen despises her and refuses to give her the embroidery work she made, so she likes to use embroidery workers who are similar to Qingwen to sell goods in the market. Wen sent it, as if she had become a relative of Second Master Bao.

Many girls work in the kitchen of Jiamuyuan, so they are not qualified to enter Xiaoguanzhuang.Xiangyun didn't know about it, she was the most naive and slow, when begging the silly elder sister a few days ago, she said that the housekeeper must know how to cook, so she ran to the kitchen of Jiamuyuan, and then heard many girls say that she is Qingwen's sister-in-law, It was in vain to work in Rongfu, and I had never entered Xiaoguanzhuang to play, so I brought many girls into the village.The gatekeeper woman reported to Li Wan quietly, and Li Wan ordered her to call out the girls to warn her.And she found Duo girl in the main hall. At that time, the cleaning mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ran on Duo girl with each other, several people dragged and dragged, and the sachet was left like this, naturally Duo girl didn't dare to look back. .

She didn't know if the cleaning mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really didn't find the dropped sachet, or if they picked it up and threw it in a conspicuous place, waiting for the silly elder sister to pick it up.He even took the sachet from many girls, and then made a game.The silly elder sister shouted that they only have a small joint responsibility, and Qingwen must be implicated, Baoyu's face is ugly.Qingwen usually offends people easily, but this time Baoyu betrayed her servants, the relatives and relatives felt resentment in their hearts, she just begged herself and sister Qiao not to suffer.

The two left the palace with their own thoughts, and saw the maids and women looking towards the Ouxiangxie, and there was a faint cry from there.

The lotus root Xiangxie is Xichun's residence, and Li Wan beats the drums, but still only lets Ping'er follow, and hurried there.

What happened to the lotus root?

Back when Li Wan led Ping'er into the palace.Xiang Yunmu was stunned, unable to recover, full of guilt, she was the one who inspected Xiaoguanzhuang, but she only stared at the gate, never went to the vacant main hall!

Suddenly I heard Xichun say: "Miss Shi, standing here is of no help. I advise you to go back to Zhenxia Pavilion and check! You are engaged, and you should know more about the backyard than I do. Put some in your room." The maids are ignorant of pickling things, and if they shout out when cleaning, even innocent people will be polluted!" After saying this, he ordered his maids and women to go back and search their homes.

Xiangyun opened his mouth halfway, smiled wryly and shook his head.She is not naive to be a fool, she has known for a long time that there are a lot of dirty things in the Rong Mansion, but she is just a guest girl, and she never makes any enemies, who will harm her?

She thought that Xichun was actually a guest, so how could she feel that someone was harming her...Understood, Xichun followed the eldest wife to learn how to be a housekeeper, the big house was messy, Xichun was young, and when she saw some dirty things, she thought about herself.

It doesn't matter if Xichun thinks wildly, she thought that if she went to the meeting hall by herself, Tanchun and they would ask why Xichun didn't come, what should I say?It's better to let Grandma Zhu try to smooth things over. Anyway, Grandma Zhu said not to go to the meeting hall if she was unsure, she would think of an excuse.

So Xiangyun also took the maids and women back to the pavilion, intending to close the door to embroider, saying that she hadn't embroidered a stitch yet for the needlework that the married girl was going to do.

Xiangyun miscalculated, Xichun had never witnessed Dafang's infidelity, Mrs. Xing only had face for Xichun, and she didn't go to Dafang very often.All she knew was that Jia Cong watched her follow Mrs. Xing, fearing that she would suffer a dark loss, and said a little bit, and more from the painting.

Ruhua is the son of the Ning family, although he seldom goes back, but every time he brings back a lot of anecdotes.The girls whispered among each other, Xichun inevitably heard a few ears, and when she learned to be a housekeeper, she thought she must know these things, so she arrested the girls and asked them carefully.

But Xichun said that when she returned to Ouxiangxie, she would check her own room first.She is growing tall, and she changes clothes quickly, not much.There are a little more paper, ink, brushes and inkstone books, and the maids and women work together, and they will finish the search in a short time.

Next, check the close-fitting maid.The two big maids, who have not yet returned from the Hemerocallis Courtyard after entering the painting, started from the autumn pattern.

The "foreign object" at the autumn pattern is only a pair of unfinished men's shoes, which were made for Jia Cong by Feng Xichun's order (Mrs. The ill-fitting robes are eye-catching, and Baoyu will order his maids to help him make a few outfits, and he will also help with boots and socks when going out, but Baoyu is not so careful about the slippers he wears at home).

Qiu Wen and Ru Hua shared the same room, Xi Chun couldn't bear to wait for the others, and ordered the couch to be opened.Then, in the painting cage box, a large bag of gold and silver zippers, a bag of men's boots and socks, and jade belt boards for men were found.

Xichun's face became extremely ugly, so many things could not have been stolen by others!

Qiuwen panicked, knelt down and said: "Miss Rongfeng! The painting is said to belong to her brother. Her mother is in Jinling, and her brother lives with her uncle. Her uncle and aunt like to drink and gamble, and her brother dare not leave it at home..."

"Enough!" Xichun closed her eyes, and ordered: "Call Ruhua!"

After entering the painting, she has returned to Xiaoguanzhuang. Because Zhenxia Pavilion is on the side of the cave gate connecting the two courtyards, she and Xiangyun's party met.Seeing that everyone looked strange, he asked a little girl what happened.

The little girl shook her head silently—not to mention the little girl just now, even the eldest maid and the nurse didn't dare to approach.

Xiangyun rolled his eyes: "You go back quickly, your girl is depressed, and she is checking... what's missing." , has nothing to do with the big maid).

Slightly startled when he entered the painting, he thanked and ran quickly to the Ouxiangxie, halfway to meet the little girl who came to look for her.

As soon as the little girl croaked, Wu Yan was drawn into the painting: She collects belongings for her brother, according to the rules, it is not allowed. She is a close maid who serves the girl, which is equivalent to having a man's things around the girl, which will hinder the girl's reputation.

Helpless, she knelt down to plead guilty when she entered the door, crying about the misfortunes and helplessness of the brothers and sisters.

Xichun was cold-hearted, and chuckled: "It's my fault. I grew up together, but I didn't know you had so much suffering. I don't know how much your brother has done for my brother and received so many rewards."

My heart skipped a beat, Master Zhen's deeds are well known to everyone, and he has rewarded her a lot, so what good can her brother do?Just because she knew it well, no matter how much the master and servant love each other, she didn't dare to tell Xichun to help her brother keep the belongings.

While thinking about it, she wiped her tears and said, "My servant only knows that my brother helped the village to get the grain and goods, and maybe the village heads also offered a reward. Every time he gets money, he asks the old mother to bring it in and tell me to keep it." ( Zhuangtou are rich slaves, and it is common to give some rewards to errands. Money accumulates gradually, so that is also common.)

Xichun smiled lightly: "That's what happened. Who allowed you to send it privately? Who is the mother who sent it for you?"

"Private transmission" is a big crime, but it is almost an open secret in the Ningrong Second Mansion.Besides, she can't confess the "old mother", there are people, except for the orphan slaves bought from outside, who in the village has no relatives and friends?All the gatekeepers have done this job, and they have benefited from it.

She was about to regret it, knowing that the girl loves to be serious, so why not just confess her sins!So she begged and begged: "Miss, please forgive me, this servant will not dare again! I beg you to see the love from childhood, and let this servant be spared this time..."

Ruhua has always been a good person, and the maids and women both inside and outside knelt down to beg for mercy.The Ou Xiangxie is the red house closest to the main hall, separated only by a medicine garden that acts as a view, and Li Wan is attracted by the sound of crying.

Xichun said with a stern face: "You came just in time. Grandma Fanzhu sent someone to Ningfu to invite my sister-in-law here." ——Youshi went to the palace to cry for only two days and reported "birth". It cannot be said that there is not a single master in the house.

Li Wan only brought Ping'er over, but Ping'er wanted to stay away from right and wrong, so he hurriedly said that she would invite her.Li Wan reassured her and forbade her to go, and casually pointed at the two wives.

By coincidence, the two women had just left when they saw Youshi and Baochai sisters entering the village through the east gate.

It was such a coincidence that Baoyu's brothers and sisters had sold off the whole family of Mrs. Xing's confidant Wang Shanbao's family!Although Mrs. Xing received a large amount of money, she was depressed after all, and there was no way to seek justice at this time, so she asked Mrs. You to keep an eye on the big house's "short-eyed servant", so as not to touch the bad luck of the brother and sister at this juncture. .From time to time, Mrs. You visited the Rong Mansion, which was also related to the smooth sailing of the Baochai sisters' inspection of the General's Mansion.

As a mother-in-law, Youshi doesn't need to welcome the crying spirit's daughter-in-law back to the house, then Xushi has followed Qin's old way and Jiazhen is unclear, as if out of sight and out of mind.Therefore, today she wanted to go to the conference hall with Sister Baochai to wait for Jiamu and her party. In recent years, the relationship between Ningrong and Rongfu has inexplicably weakened, so she should seize the opportunity to be more friendly.

When Youshi arrived, she had already learned the reason from her mother-in-law, and she turned around with a clever smile when she entered the door: "Miss calm down, don't get angry. Your brother rewarded you with money, but she sent it privately, so you should hit it!" Cursing into the painting: "You are so foolish and fat, and the official salt has become a private salt! I don't have the face to plead for you, how the girl treats you on weekdays..."

Xichun interrupted in a cold voice: "You don't need to talk about this, I can't afford her. She is not my girl, you are here, save me to take her back to Ning Mansion with a horse and saddle, and take her away!"

Ruhua's expression changed drastically, she thought she would be beaten at most, but unexpectedly she was going to be kicked out!

Youshi was annoyed, she didn't know that Xichun already had private property, she thought that Xichun was mocking the Ningfu for ignoring her, so that the girl's net worth was richer than the master's.So he smiled and said to everyone: "Listen to this, you are really young and inconvenient. Your second wife once told me to give the body deed document of the painting to the fourth girl. I think how old is the fourth girl, how could she do such a thing? But It turns out that there is an allusion in it! The fourth girl is too anxious, when you go out..."

Xichun stood up hesitantly: "Shut up! Is this something a girl like me can hear? No wonder Ruhua is so bold, it was specially placed by my side! Don't bother, I'm innocent and I won't die Fall into the mud! I'll leave my talk here today, I don't care about your business, and don't tire me!"

Youshi was angry: "Miss An is a big crime! Even though it's a child's word, it's too chilling. We don't judge you from good to bad, but this girl has served you since childhood..."

Xichun interrupted again: "That's right, Grandma Zhen please take her away! Entering the painting, I am not your master, and I am not your blood relative. One day you will harm me, and I will have some unavoidable difficulties. People say" It's easy to get together, easy to get away', and said, "Don't be suspicious of people, don't be suspicious of people", I can't trust you anymore, you go with your master well, that's all our love for children."

The author has something to say: Queen Xichun: Don't tell me that master and servant love each other!Brother Bao's quotation "There are only eternal interests in the world"...