A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

Looking around, it is already the Lantern Festival. On this day, there are five drums. From Jiamu and other nobles, they all dress up according to the quality. In various places in the garden, tents dance with dragons, curtains fly colorful phoenixes, gold and silver shine, jewels compete for splendor, and tripods Burn the incense of lilies, put the stamens of Changchun in the vase, no one is coughing quietly. Jia Amnesty is waiting outside the gate of West Street, and Jia Mu is waiting outside the gate of Rongfu. The streets and alleys are all blocked by curtains. Patience, suddenly a eunuch came in Malaysia, and Jia's mother hurriedly connected and asked for news.The eunuch said: "It's too early! Before the first quarter, I had dinner, and before the second quarter, I went to Baoling Palace to worship Buddha. At the first quarter of the year, I went to the Daming Palace to receive a banquet and watch the lanterns. I'm afraid I won't get up until Xuchu." Sister Feng After hearing this, he said: "That's it, old lady, please go back to your room, madam. It's not too late to come back when it's time." So Jia Mu waited for the time being, and Xi Laifeng in the garden took care of it. He also ordered the deacon to lead the eunuchs to go. Eat and drink.Daiyu was sitting and reading a book in the room, except Zijuan, Qingxuan, Chunyu and Xiahe, the rest of them were called to the front to work, even those little maids who were not on the stage were restless, Daiyu saw that they had no intention of doing anything, so she let them watch the fun.

Seeing Xueyan coming in at this time, Daiyu wondered: "Why are you back now? What's the matter?" Thinking that the empress is going to have dinner in the palace and she has to pray to the Buddha and grandpa to ask for an order before she can come back after returning to the palace. We people from the big family stood outside for several hours and waited in vain. The old lady was persuaded by the second grandma to come back and eat first. Order something, only the second grandma cooks.

After a while, when everyone finished their meal, they went out to wait again. It was already dark, so they sent someone to pick in candles by load and light lamps everywhere.When Fang finished counting, he suddenly heard the sound of horses running outside.A dozen or so eunuchs came panting and clapping their hands. These eunuchs understood, they all knew "here we are, here we are", and they all stopped according to their directions. Jia Amnesty led the Hezu's nephews outside the West Street Gate, and Jia's mother led the Hezu's female relatives. Greeted outside the gate, it was quiet for half a day.Suddenly, a pair of red-clothed eunuchs came slowly on horseback, got off their horses at the West Street Gate, drove the horses out of the enclosure, and stood there with their hands down.Half a day is another pair, and it's the same. When I was young, a dozen pairs came, and I could hear the faint sound of music. A pair of dragon banners and phoenix flags, pheasant feathers and Kui heads, and gold burners burning royal incense , and then a golden umbrella with cranked seven phoenixes came over, including crown robes and shoes, and eunuchs on duty holding incense beads, embroidered handkerchiefs, rinsing bowls, dust whisks, etc. After the teams passed, eight eunuchs carried them behind. Walking slowly with a gold-topped golden-yellow embroidered phoenix tablet.Mother Jia and others hurriedly knelt down by the side of the road, and flew past several eunuchs to help Mother Jia, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Wang. The version was carried into the gate, entered the Yimen Gate, went east, and arrived at the gate of a courtyard. At that time, the eunuch Zhifu knelt down and asked him to change clothes, so he carried him to the door, and the eunuchs dispersed, only Zhao Rong, Cai concubine and others led Yuanchun to go down.I saw all kinds of lanterns burning brightly in the courtyard, all tied with gauze and silk, very exquisite. There was a plaque lamp on it, with the words "Tiren Mude" written on it. Yuanchun entered the room, changed clothes and came back, and Shangyu entered the garden. Cigarettes are lingering, flowers are colorful, lights are everywhere, and music is loud from time to time. I can't say enough about the peaceful atmosphere, wealth and elegance.At this time, Baochai, who was behind everyone, had already been stunned, thinking: "I thought that this family-saving villa is the second one in the world that is rare to find. I don't know how much the majesty of the royal family is better. If there is no such thing as my brother that day, How good it would be for me to enter the palace, hateful, but with my identity, it is difficult to be like my empress, my empress is now a noble concubine with a high status, only Baoyu is her direct younger brother in the whole Jia's mansion, the rest are separated With a layer of status, Baoyu may get the title in the future, even if it is Lian's second brother who takes over the title, the lady may be able to have another title if she asks for grace. If she can become Bao's second grandma, she will have a bright future in the future." Thinking for a while, She actually forgot the surrounding environment, but fortunately Baochai was considered as a foreign family member, so she couldn't enter without being summoned, she just waited outside, and no one knew what she was thinking.

It turned out that although Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue praised Baoyu for being so good, Baochai had some thoughts in his heart. First, Baoyu was a rich and idle person who didn't like to study or seek fame and fame, but he himself hoped that "good wind Take advantage of her strength and send me to Qingyun"; secondly, Baoyu and Daiyu are much closer than herself, that girl doesn't want to be one-hearted, never leave each other, and even if she and Daiyu have some dirty feelings on weekdays, , but they are good sisters after all; thirdly, the old lady disagrees, and my aunt wants to marry herself only for the sake of being in charge of the backyard. The elder brother attacked the noble, but he could not fall on Baoyu.Because of these three points, Baochai is also indifferent to Baoyu, and occasionally gets a little close, but it is just because Baoyu is gentle and considerate to him, but he is not comparable to sister Lin. I always thought that there are few women in the world who can compare with me. When they came to Jia's mansion, Ying Tanxi and the three of them were not as good as her, but Daiyu was the only one who was on par with her. She wanted to prove her charm by getting Baoyu closer to her.Although the family's garden was luxurious, it was borrowed from other places and used money from her own family. Baochai couldn't help but have such an idea. Seeing the majesty of the royal family today, she changed her mind. It is inevitable to win, no longer a simple child.

Let's say that Concubine Jia saw the luxury inside and outside the garden in the sedan chair, because she silently sighed that the extravagance was too expensive.Only after seeing those inscribed plaques and knowing that they were inscribed by Baoyu, did he put down his sad face.It turns out that this virtuous concubine is not comparable to those chaotic people. Even though she has become a noble concubine, she still struggles at every step in the palace because she has no capable relatives in the court. He taught a few books and kept thousands of words in his belly. He treated him like a mother and child. When he entered the palace that day, he only cared about being doted on by his elders, ruining the beauty of this good material. He thought that he would have a stable relative in the future. I won't suffer so much myself.When my mother came to visit the palace earlier, she told me about the luxury of the family’s condolence villa. Even though I wanted to save my family members, I was afraid that outsiders would see the plight of the mansion. Even though the world is going downhill, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and a centipede is dead but not stiff, so I am not easy to bully.

After serving tea for a while, the female relatives went in to chat. At this time, Mrs. Wang and Jiamu were all crying. The three of them had a lot of things in their hearts, but they couldn't speak. They just sobbed and wept. After everyone persuaded, there were deacons waiting People salute.Concubine Jia asked, "Aunt Xue, Baochai, why didn't Daiyu disappear?" Mrs. Wang said, "The family members have no jobs, so they dare not enter without permission. Daiyu has a father's filial piety, so she dare not disturb your mother." The mother said: "I invited the girl Xiangyun from the historian. She gets along well with the two jade children on weekdays. I want her to see the beauty of the mother." Please please.For a while, Aunt Xue waited to come in, and wanted to perform the national ceremony, but she was also ordered to avoid passing, and went forward to say goodbye to the cold and warm.For a while, I saw the man in the mansion, my father and others through the curtain.When I saw the two of them, I felt different from others. One was a graceful peony and the other was a delicate and charming begonia, so I wondered what Daiyu looked like.Because he asked, "Why doesn't Baoyu come in?" Jia Mu said, "No, outsiders dare not enter without permission." Concubine Yuan ordered to come in quickly.The little eunuch went out to lead Baoyu in, and after the national ceremony, the imperial concubine Yuan ordered him to go forward, hand in hand to stop her in her arms, then stroked his head and neck and said with a smile: "It's much longer than before..." Before the end of the sentence, tears flowed like rain Down.

You Shi, Sister Feng and others came up and said, "The banquet is ready, please concubine to have a good time." List very.After traveling fortunately, the concubine of Yuan Dynasty ordered the pen and inkstone to serve, personally contacted Xiangguan, and selected the most favorite places to give names.After finishing writing, all the sisters were asked to inscribe a plaque and a poem, but Baoyu inscribed four poems.After mentioning it, the praise really benefited, and I also thought about Baochai Xiangyun in my heart, and passed on the play again.Afterwards, various objects were given, and after everyone thanked them, it was time to go back. Concubine Jia couldn't help but shed tears again. Although she couldn't bear to say goodbye, she had no choice but to go against the royal rules, so she had to get on the chariot and leave.All the people here finally persuaded Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang to help them out of the garden gate and into the upper room.

Xueyan went back to the house after bowing her head with the servants at this moment, and described the situation to Daiyu chirping. "How do you know what the garden looks like these past few days? Because it is winter and there is nothing to see, that man named Shan Ziye has thought of a way. Now the clear stream in the garden is like a swimming dragon, with stone railings on both sides. On the top, there are all kinds of wind lanterns made of crystal glass, lit like silver flowers and snow waves. Although the willow and apricot trees on the top have no flowers and leaves, they are all made of grass silk, damask paper and silk, sticking to the branches, and each tree hangs a lantern. Several lamps, including the genus of the lotus, phoenix, and heron in the pond, are all made of snail and clam feathers. Hui, it’s really a world of glass, a universe of jewels. There are also all kinds of exquisite bonsai lamps, bead curtains and embroidered curtains, osmanthus and orchids on the boat, and there are endless romances!” Xia He has a bad temper, and angrily said: “Other people’s house Of course it doesn’t hurt to spend the money!” These people are Daiyu’s close friends, of course they know about this, but they are small and humble, so there is nothing they can do about it, so the room fell silent for a while.

Seeing Daiyu's eyes flushed, Xueyan hurriedly interjected with a forced smile, "I don't have the literary talents of Sister Qingxuan, and it really seems like I saw it with my own eyes. There is only one thing, the girl must not know, because the lady Don't like the word green jade, Bao girl ran over to teach the second master to change it into green wax, but Yun girl later saw that the second master wrote four poems by himself, so she was anxious, so she helped the second master write a poem, I was also praised by the empress as the head of all poems, I think the empress likes Miss Yun more." Qingxuan said: "You are wrong again, the empress treats Baoyu like a mother and child, it's fine for Miss Yun to show off, but she shouldn't suppress her." Going past Baoyu, I think the empress must appreciate Miss Bao more, and she has helped the second master without showing any signs." At this time, Qingxuan saw Daiyu showing annoyed expression again, and knew that she was both saddened by Jia's shameless and shameless. Angry at the intimacy between Baoyu and Chaixiang, he hurriedly stopped the topic and saw that it was getting late, so he helped Daiyu to sleep.

But I thought in my heart that I didn't let Daiyu go, but Shi Xiangyun came out and repeated the incident in the Dream of the Red Chamber. That's right. Speaking of it, Xiangyun and Baoyu are the real childhood sweethearts, but Xiangyun has a broad personality. She doesn't care about her children's personal feelings, no wonder she is never cautious with others but she is cautious with Daiyu, and she gets a thorn from time to time. Looking at today's incident, it will eliminate some disasters for Daiyu in the future. Seal, also sleepy like a mortal, slowly fell asleep.