The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

It was late December, the end of the year.

Not to mention the cumbersome affairs of the officials in the DPRK and China, all the officials and households are also preparing for the New Year's ceremony one after another, and they come and go to pay homage, which is very busy.As the eldest son of the Xie family, Xie Ling naturally wanted to help his grandfather and father share the family affairs.

So much so that when New Year's Eve was approaching and all the officials in the court were on their annual leave, Xie Ling's mission had just begun to take off - he finally had a meal with King Beijing, Feng Ziying, Jia Baoyu and others.

However, with Xie Ling's temperament, he didn't say a word during the whole dinner except when they met each other.

At the end, he had no choice but to comfort himself. Finally, he got to know Jia Baoyu's personality face-to-face—what an embroidered pillow.

During the period, Shang Chanchan ran into Xie Ling twice in the palace, and found that he had nothing to gain, so she unceremoniously gave him a few words and then walked away.

Xie Ling had no choice but to speed up the progress, and finally at the second dinner, Jia Baoyu got drunk.

Just as Jia Baoyu was holding the hand of an actor in Beijing Palace affectionately, he suddenly saw a shadow cast in front of him.As soon as he raised his head and looked at Xie Ling's rather serious and formidable face, he almost woke up from the wine.

Fortunately, he didn't wake up completely, so Xie Ling took the opportunity to ask him a few words, and he already had an answer in his mind.

It's just that at this time the palace has already given the accompanying girls a year's leave, and they only need to enter the palace after the Shangyuan Festival.

Xie Ling had nowhere to report.

At this time, Shang Chanchan was happily preparing for the new year.

The Jiang family took Daiyu directly to the Baoninghou Mansion since the companionship holiday, and planned to send her back to the Rongguo Mansion until New Year's Eve, so Shang Chanchan happily prepared for the New Year with the goddess.

Jiang took a piece of needle and thread and embroidered slowly, smiling as she watched Shang Chanchan and Lin Daiyu gather around the kang table and play with a table of glittering and translucent jewelry.

"This is the new look of the Treasure Pavilion this year. It's not very expensive. It's just right for your little girl to carry. It's novel and playful. No little girl, she's dressed in resplendent and resplendent clothes. It makes people feel tired and flustered."

Shang Chanchan smiled and said "Hey".

She knew who Jiang was talking about: Years ago, the daughter of the Liu family who was far away in Sichuan finally entered Beijing and entered the palace.Probably because she knew that her background was not enough, this Miss Liu Hanyan Liu was very solemnly dressed, her head was really full of pearls and jade, so that when she kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Shang, two flowers worn by broken gem beads rolled down.

One of them happened to roll under Shang Chanchan's feet, causing her to almost laugh out loud in public.

That's all, who would have thought that Miss Liu would show off when she turned her head and saw the other five accompanying ladies who were not very well-dressed, with only two or three pieces of jewelry on them.

He actually started to pull out hairpins and bracelets on the spot, distributed a piece of jewelry to each girl, and laughed and said that he would add color to the dowry for several girls.

The ladies present at the scene have never seen such a person who is so overconfident and watching the sky from a well, they were all stunned for a moment.

Only Princess Xiao Lirong reacted the fastest, he chuckled, and without waiting for the palace servants to scold her, she took a jade hairpin, threw it on the ground, and it fell to pieces.

The Empress Dowager Shang immediately lowered her face, kicked Liu Hanyan out of the house, and asked to be sent to the Empress Dowager Chu to teach her immediately.

The Empress Dowager Chu did something even worse: she herself was unwilling to raise a girl from the Liu family, if she was clever, she turned out to be a very stupid one.

So she didn't give the noble concubine any face, and didn't let Liu Hanyan in.He only said that this rich attire offended the Buddha and Bodhisattva, and asked Liu Hanyan to go back and take off her attire to calm down.

The imperial concubine offended the empress dowagers of the two palaces all of a sudden, and she was also panicked, only thinking about apologizing and explaining her crime when she greeted her tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, on the second day, Princess Pingning came to her door.

When Liu's daughter entered the palace, Princess Pingning was already holding back her anger, but the emperor's other solution made her have nowhere to go.

After all, she only entered the palace in the name of worshiping Buddha, and she was not close to her granddaughter, so the eldest princess decided that's all.

Who knew that she was here to take care of Emperor Nian's face, so she held back and didn't make a move, but the Liu family actually came to tease her first!

What Liu Hanyan gave Wen Shan was a finely woven gold bracelet inlaid with two opals.Although it can be regarded as precious jewelry, but it has never caught the eyes of the eldest princess, not to mention that Liu's daughter still means to show off her wealth.

Among these girls, only Wen Shan brought into the palace was not a maid, but an old nanny.It was the one who served the eldest princess back then, and now he has returned to the palace.Even Bi Zhu and Yun Zhu in the Empress Dowager's Palace always had smiling faces at each other and never neglected.

Seeing that the little master suffered an inexplicable grievance, the nun handed over the sign that night and left the palace to go back to the eldest princess' mansion.

So Princess Pingning entered the palace the next day, followed by four strong nuns carrying a money tree.

I saw that the eldest princess didn't even sit in a soft sedan chair. At the age of 50, she walked from the southwest gate of the palace to the East Sixth Palace in person, attracting countless eyes.

Because what the servants are carrying is a real cash cow.

I saw that the tree was about three feet high, the pot was made of white jade, and the soil was made of pearls.The whole body and branches of the tree are made of red gold, and the ends of the branches are made into golden hooks, with many pearls, jade and jadeite hanging on them. It is really dazzling and rich.

Shake it a little and it will drop a few trinkets.

Princess Pingning walked all the way in person, leading people to carry the money tree to the Wuyang Hall of the noble concubine.

The noble concubine picked it up in person, but the eldest princess refused to even sit for a while, and directly said that this money tree was her granddaughter's return gift to Liu Hanyan.

What's more, this tree is only suitable for Miss Liu.

Concubine Liu Gui was ashamed and annoyed and had nothing to say.But he still didn't dare to lose face to the eldest princess, so he had to endure the humiliation and apologize, let alone accept this cash cow.

Then he called Liu Hanyan out and asked her to greet the eldest princess, and promised to apologize to Wenshan for this matter in the future.

At this point, the eldest princess still refused to give up.

Since the imperial concubine did not accept it, she still asked someone to carry this very conspicuous money tree away.

However, this walk is also very skillful. The eldest princess did not leave the palace directly, but went around from the East Sixth Palace to the West Sixth Palace, and then to Fengjing Palace and Fengyi Palace at the back.

The euphemistic name is to go to the palaces to reminisce about the old days. God knows what old things she has with the current concubines of His Majesty.

After a full day of shopping, I left the palace, giving the concubines in the palace enough time to watch the excitement.

On that day, for the imperial concubine, it was an unforgettable slap in the face.

Who in the palace didn't tell this as the freshest and hottest joke, the embarrassment of the concubine was so embarrassing, she hid in the palace for several days and refused to go out to meet people.

Even the emperor heard about this, and felt ashamed in front of his aunt.

And because the Supreme Emperor also knew about it, he called the Emperor to ask a few questions.So the emperor didn't go to comfort his beloved imperial concubine, even if the imperial concubine complained of illness, he only asked the imperial doctor to see her.

Shang Chanchan also likes to mention a gold hairpin that Liu Hanyan gave, so the Jiang family is also very dissatisfied with the Liu family.

It's just that Princess Dachang's attack was too ruthless this time, so it's not easy for others to follow suit.

Jiang continued to teach them: "You are young, you only need to dress up in a normal way. It is no worse than those families that have exploded and used money indiscriminately."

She was really afraid that the two children were young, and someone like Liu Hanyan would be taken away.

Shang Chanchan was sweet-mouthed, and wanted to amuse Jiang, so she said, "Aniang, I heard a joke. It was said that one person went to Beijing and went home to show off, saying that he had seen the emperor with his own eyes. People asked him how rich the emperor's family was. , he said, the emperor carried water on a golden pole."

Both Jiang and Daiyu laughed.

Jiang said: "That's right, like the Liu family, I'm afraid I only think that the green trees with golden locks hanging from the thousand gates, and the green hills and Jinping screens in the back household are rich and noble. I wish I could pile up my daughter's body with pearls and jade to show off, but it's a joke." .”

Daiyu also pursed her lips and smiled, "It's better to just pile it on the body, it's better than turning the shin bone into golden tortoise shell and eyes into blue glaze."

Jiang Shi really couldn't help laughing: "If Yu'er's mouth can satirize the world, it will be better than how many men can write poems and essays!"

Shang Chanchan: ...Okay, I am the only one who is illiterate and can only tell jokes.

The Marquis of Baoning kept Daiyu until New Year's Eve, so she had to send her back to Jia's mansion, besides, Mother Jia had already sent several groups of people to inquire.

Seeing that Shang Chanchan was very reluctant to hold Daiyu, Jiang said: "When it's the Lantern Festival, ask your brothers to take you out of the house to have fun."

Shang Chanchan was pleasantly surprised: "Aniang, don't we need to hide? Can we go out?"

"It doesn't hurt to wear a mask. The only time in Beijing is the Lantern Festival where you can see girls from various families come out for a walk. As long as you prepare properly and don't let people bump into or see you, it's okay."

Shang Chanchan nodded again and again: Yes, although it is not written in the Red Mansion that the girls go out on the Lantern Festival, there are also girls who took a carriage and followed Jia Mu to Qingxu Temple to pray.

Daiyu was also very happy, and the two agreed to see each other again on the Lantern Festival.

Besides, when Daiyu returned to the Rongguo Mansion, she saw that the people of the two mansions were busy upside down, opening the ancestral hall, collecting the offerings, and inviting the gods. Do not walk outside.

Baoyu is the most innocent, and comes three times a day to chat and laugh with Daiyu.

Now that Daiyu has no other thoughts, she doesn't have any petty temper to play with. It doesn't matter whether he cares about Sister Yun or Sister Bao in his heart, it has nothing to do with him.

It's just the relationship between aunt and cousin with Baoyu, so it's more harmonious, and Jiamu looks at it with a smile.

Only Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth secretly: Although Baochai has entered the palace, she doesn't want Daiyu to be her daughter-in-law either!

Although Jia's mother is old, she is very tough. She looks stronger than her own body. This big Buddha is pressing on it. If you add Daiyu, a daughter-in-law who is not close to you but can control Baoyu, how can your son be like this? It's not for nothing.

It's just that Baochai, who is optimistic now, has entered the palace, so it should be impossible.

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, and then asked someone to send a letter to her natal brother, asking Wang Ziteng and his wife to pay more attention to the good girl.

Wang Ziteng accepted the letter with a smile, and said to his wife Zhao: "My sister is very interesting. She seeks far away from the near ones. There is a daughter of the Lin family at home. Instead, let us pay attention to Baoyu's marriage."

Although Lin Ruhai is an in-law of the four major families, Jia Min has passed away after all, and this closeness is about to be questioned.

If Wang Ziteng had a son of his own, he would also be willing to marry Lin's daughter, so as to further establish diplomatic relations with the Lin family for the four major families.Unfortunately, although he has an outstanding official position, he has only one daughter under his knees.

When Mrs. Wang herself was a daughter-in-law, she didn't get along with her sister-in-law Jia Min, and when she was a sister-in-law, she also didn't get along with her sister-in-law Zhao.

So Mrs. Zhao just said indifferently: "What are we meddling in other people's business? Don't say that Baoyu's parents are there, but that Shi Taijun is still here. It's our turn to worry about it?"

So just put this moment aside for the time being.

The author has something to say: Whether Wang Ziteng has any children is not clearly stated, so this article is written as if he only has one daughter.Wang Ren and Wang Xifeng should not be the children of Wang Ziteng.