Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

The taste of the world is as thin as gauze in the past few years, who will make a horse ride to Jinghua.But at the end of summer, the grass is still green, and the fresh grass fragrance fills the road outside the city, but it loses the flavor of Jiangnan.

Daiyu sat on the eight-treasure green-covered cart, listening to the regular "lu-lu" sound of the wheels running over the ground, like a monotonous village tune.Gently lifted a corner of the soft curtain, looked at the majestic city gate through the screen window and sighed quietly, it is worthy of the gathering place of the king's spirit in the capital, such power can only be found at the feet of the emperor, but the city wall is too high, solemn and steady, but It is unavoidable to lose the affinity, which makes people chill.

After entering the city, I saw the bustling and bustling streets, the hustle and bustle of the densely populated Fu, which is different from other places, and the clothes of people are also very different from those in the south of the Yangtze River. Came to a foreign land.

The car parked steadily in front of an exquisite Jiangnan-style courtyard.Xueyan jumped out of the car, turned around and helped Daiyu get down gently. Daiyu looked up and saw the word "Lin Fu" written on the plaque on the gate of the mansion. One hot.

The middle door was wide open, and a few slender maids came out to greet her with a few nuns, and one of the pretty maids said joyfully, "The girl is here, and the servants are looking forward to it every day."

Daiyu saluted with a smile, followed everyone into the house, the courtyard was deep, the corridors in the courtyard were deep and hidden, the bridge was lying on the rainbow, the water was condensed with cold smoke, it was very elegant.Daiyu was delighted, the style of this house was somewhat similar to that of her hometown in Gusu, it must have been handcrafted by her father.The house was spotless and had obviously been cleaned long ago.Daiyu sat down, and the servants came in again to pay respects. Daiyu said gently, "Everyone has worked hard recently, and I have nothing to thank you for, so each of you go to the account to get two taels of silver and buy some tea." The servant thanked Daiyu happily, and became more fond of Daiyu.They are all old members of the Lin family, and they are already loyal. Seeing that their daughter is so generous and decent when they are young, they are even more convinced.

Daiyu waved people to disperse, because she said to the servant girl who had just spoken when she greeted her, "I don't know what my sister's name is, but daddy sent me from the villa temporarily?" Light as the wind, seems to have some skills.

The servant girl smiled and said: "Young lady, please don't be polite. The maidservant's name is Chunxian. The prince of Beijing Jing sent me to help after receiving the letter from Master Lin, and said that the maidservant will follow the girl after receiving the letter. The other servants have been here to look after the house all the time." The old man of the Lin family. In this yard, there is a lady in charge, two cooks, two first-class maids, six young maids, and four nuns. One of the two big maids is named Yuehua and the other is named Luqing. The two elder sisters were sent by the branch hall. Yesterday, some things were not settled and they were called by the steward. I didn't expect the girl to come today. I think they should come back after two days."

Daiyu was stunned, not thinking that Chunxian was actually sent by Shui Rong, and thinking of that man who was as elegant and gentle as jade, she felt a little joy and sweetness in her heart, her plain face faded, and she suddenly smiled, and said: "I'm sorry to trouble my sister."

Chunxian said frankly: "It's a slave's blessing to be able to serve a girl. Our lord is always concerned about the girl every day, so why don't we repeat it dozens of times a day? To say something disrespectful, the slave is still not convinced. Only after seeing the girl today did I know that the girl is more magnanimous than the royal princess, and the slaves can't describe it."

Seeing that Chunxian speaks frankly and behaves generously, Daiyu knows that her status in the palace must not be low, and she becomes more polite.Yin said again: "The two elder sisters, Yuehua and Luqing, don't want to come here to be maids to serve people. I am a small family, and there are enough people here, so don't ask them to come."

Chunxian said: "It also depends on the girl's intention. Master Lin is afraid that the girl will not have enough staff at home. If the girl doesn't want to come, the master will not blame him."

Na Chunxian was envious of Daiyu's appearance like a banished fairy, and found that she was delicate in thought and pure in temperament, which was completely different from the unruly daughters of officials and eunuchs she usually saw. attentive.

Daiyu suddenly remembered that her father said that she had sent guards for her, so she asked where she put these people and why she didn't see them.

Xueyan smiled and said: "Look at what Miss said, those men are naturally outside the courtyard, they live in a house on the west side of our house, that is also our house, and some hidden guards have their own Where to go, they are all directly under the capital branch of Yulin Villa, and they have their own rules. Miss, don't worry about it."

That's all for Daiyu, because she said with a smile: "Sister Xueyan, when I see sister Chunxian, she calls me a girl. I think it's the custom of the capital, so let's change it when we go to the country."

Xueyan smiled: "Yes. The girl is really careful, anyway, she is at home, so what are you afraid of?"

After a busy day, after dinner, Daiyu took off her hairpin and loosely tied her hair to read under the lamp. When she read "Jiangnan is good, the scenery is old and familiar", her eyes were sour, and the mist rose, and she read "You are not old." Don't go home, you need to break your heart when you go home", "Flying flowers freely are like a dream, and the boundless rain is as fine as sorrow" and other sentences are more emotional, tears have fallen, and the thin face is faintly glowing under the light, becoming more and more pink Ronghua has a charming demeanor.

Knowing what he meant, Xueyan persuaded her: "Why do you have to do this, the girl? It is also expedient for the master to let the girl come, but after a year or two, the dust has settled, and there are many days when we can't get together." Daiyu felt sad being alone in a foreign land at a young age, gritted her teeth in her heart and greeted all eighteen generations of King Zhongshun's ancestors.

Chunxian looked at it but said nothing. When Daiyu fell asleep, she quietly flew out of Lin's mansion and returned to Beijing Palace.

Beijing Wang Shuirong was sitting in the study looking at the official business, the wind swayed slightly, the shadow of the moon moved lightly, Shui Rong raised his head and saw Chunxian had passed through the window and landed beside the table.

The water-soluble young face is a little thinner than when he went to Jiangnan in winter, and his immaturity has faded away, showing the stability of youth, becoming more noble and elegant.Shui Rong said: "Why are you here, but what's the matter with Miss Lin?"

Chunxian shook her head and said: "The girl is in good health, but she is depressed and homesick. She cried secretly several times when she first came here. The girl's body is weak. If things go on like this, I'm really afraid that she will burn her body."

A look of worry appeared on Shui Rong's calm face, and there was deep distress in his eyes. He tapped the table with his fingers and said, "I see. Picking her up to stay here for a few days in the name of mother, it's inevitable for her to be alone and thinking about it."

Chunxian agreed to leave, Shui Rong's expression changed, and he said, "Wait a minute."

Chunxian stared blankly at her indifferent and steady prince walking out of the study in a sudden, and couldn't help being amused and curious.But after a while, Shui Rong picked up a square object, covered with delicate light green silk cloth, but it was a bird cage.Shui Rong smiled and said: "It just so happened that I saw this parrot a while ago, so I brought this to you girl to relieve it from boredom."

Chun Xian grinned inwardly. My lord doesn't usually like shopping, let alone this one. What a "coincidence", he must have bought it on purpose.Thinking that the prince had gotten the news of Lin Ruhai and was tinkering at home every day, he was full of emotion and didn't talk too much, so he carried the cage and went out with a blank expression.He didn't smile until he left the palace.

The next day, Daiyu woke up early. After washing and washing, she felt bored after breakfast, so she sat by the window and took a handkerchief to embroider to relieve her boredom.Suddenly hearing crisp laughter from outside, Daiyu was curious, and saw the curtain slam, Xueyan and Chunxian came in laughing, Chunxian was holding a cage.Daiyu wondered: "What good thing happened to you two, what's in this cage?"

Chunxian smiled and said, "It's a good thing." Then she lifted the silk cloth covering it, and Daiyu looked at it, and saw it was a parrot with green feathers and red mouth, bright feathers, very beautiful, and said with a smile: " Where did it come from, it's so beautiful."

Chunxian smiled without answering, and said with a smile: "It's more than beautiful, girl, don't underestimate this flat-haired beast, it can talk."

Daiyu became interested, looked at Parrot in surprise, and teased, "What's your name, and where did you come from?"

Brother Parrot seemed to understand, flapped his wings a few times, and said loudly: "Cuiyu Cuiyu. Water-soluble water-soluble."

Daiyu called out in surprise: "You are from the Beijing Prince's Mansion." Her eyes turned to Chunxian.Parrot called: "King of Beijing." Then he combed the feathers gracefully with his mouth, sighed and raised his head and sighed: "Why cut the candles in the west window together, but when it rains at night in Bashan."

Chunxian laughed, rubbed her stomach and said: "The prince sent someone to send it just now, because he was afraid that the girl would be bored. He also said that the girl must be very busy when she first came here, so let's get acquainted with the family first, and he will come to pick her up in a few days." girl to play."

Daiyu raised the corners of her mouth, a little smile appeared in her affectionate eyes, as if stars had fallen into her pupils.He ordered Xueyan to withdraw from the cage, tied Cuiyu to her feet with a thin silver chain on the shelf in front of the moon hole window, and teased with Chunxian and Xueyan.

Presumably Shui Rong spent a lot of time teaching Cui Yu, so it can not only know a few lines of poetry, but also tell some jokes.Daiyu liked it's cleverness, and taught it the poems she usually liked, which relieved her boredom quite a bit.

Because she brought a lot of things, it was quite troublesome to pack them up, so Daiyu didn't report to Jia's mansion yet, thinking that it would be not too late to go after the rush.To be honest, she felt a little repulsive towards Jia's house in her heart. Before her mother died, she still entreated her father not to let her go there too much. How much hurt must a mother who cherishes her feelings suffer so desperately for her mother's family? For Daiyu's sake The complex expression in Niangqin's eyes made her distressed, and she felt extremely conflicted against the magnificent Rongguo Mansion.