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Daiyu was in a rare mood that day, wandering around in the Grand View Garden, happened to see Baochai entering the garden, and hurried all the way to the direction of Changcui Nunnery, felt aggrieved and puzzled, so she took a short cut to stop Baochai from coming. resistance.It's just that she was rejected by Baochai these days, and her heart gradually became cold, and she never thought that Baochai would confide in her.

Now Daiyu heard Baochai say that there is an unresolved problem that she needs to ask her to point out. She was surprised, but even more overjoyed, and said with a smile, "How can I enlighten Sister Bao?" Put on an air of all ears.

Baochai smiled, and told the whole story of the business dilemma. Daiyu never asked about these things, but she frowned when she heard the words, and made a careful plan for Baochai, saying: "What do you say?" It's reasonable, the current plan is to spend money and eliminate disasters. Speaking of the Huiwen, I vaguely remember that I also have such a piece, and I will go to the old lady to find it."

After Daiyu's father passed away, most of her belongings were kept in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and only the dowry was deposited with Jiamu.As soon as Baochai heard the tone of Daiyu's words, she knew that Daiyu actually intended to use the dowry, so she stopped her with a busy smile and said, "You must not do this. I just said so, and I haven't done it yet." .Furthermore, even if you really want to find a wisdom pattern, you shouldn't be used. What's the reason for that?"

Daiyu had a heart disease, and her cheeks flushed when she heard the words, so Baochai knew that she had made a mistake, and was worried that she would hurt her heart, so she hurriedly explained with other words, "I said something wrong. But now we I'm all grown up, I'm a few years older than you, I always treat you like a younger sister, but I have to tell you some things. Our daughter's house always needs something to be around, even if we are as close as sisters and husbands, it's not good Easy to use."

Seeing that Baochai flatly rejected her kindness, Daiyu felt ashamed and annoyed, but after listening to her words, every word was a thoughtful effort to care for her, and she didn't want to really annoy her, so she could only say in a dull voice: "Understood." When she raised her head, she forced a smile and said, "Sister Bao is also troublesome. I kindly sought out Huiwen for you, but you refused. Now I am also at the end of my skills, so what can I do?"

Baochai laughed and said, "It's because of destiny that you are willing to come here. If I ask someone to enlighten me, I must rely on my sister's help."

Seeing the strangeness of what she said, Daiyu hurriedly asked why, and Baochai asked her, "Do you know the origin of Master Miaoyu in Changcui Nunnery?"

Daiyu laughed in astonishment: "So you mean this." After thinking for a while, she said: "I still remember that when I entered the Grand View Garden at the beginning of the year, the people at the bottom replied to my aunt that she was originally from Suzhou, and her ancestors were also the home of scholars and officials. He was very sick, and bought many substitutes, but they were useless, so he entered the Buddhist monastery in person and practiced with hair. And Beiye's posthumous letter, came to Beijing with the master, and lived in the Muni courtyard outside the west gate. Later, the master passed away, saying that she was not suitable for returning to her hometown, and her aunt valued her again, so she personally posted a post, and then lived here. In Cui'an."

Upon hearing this, Baochai praised: "As expected of a hairpin. In terms of clear mind and eloquence, even Sister Feng is not as good as you. She also has a family background and is familiar with all kinds of allusions. Now I have to test You, the origin of this wisdom pattern."

Daiyu smiled lightly and said, "What's so difficult about it? Could it be that Sister Bao has changed her temper and she doesn't want to do business anymore, and she's become a private school teacher?" Although she was joking, seeing Baochai's seriousness, she said "This Hui pattern was originally the unique skill of Gusu Huiniang. She is also a scholarly eunuch, good at calligraphy and painting, but occasionally embroidered one or two pieces of needlework for fun, but it imitated the folded branches of famous artists in Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties." Flowers, styles and colors are elegant, because she did not rely on this skill to make a profit, only a few pieces have been handed down. And because of her unlucky life, she died early. Those gentlemen of Hanlin Wenmo are more and more cherished , so they are all called 'Huiwen'."

When Daiyu said this, she raised her head in doubt: "Sister Bao is suspicious, is there any connection between Master Miaoyu and this Hui Niang?"

At this time, Yinger and Xueyan had already known the fun and hid aside to play. Baochai and Daiyu stood under a flower tree, looking at each other, and there was silence everywhere, except for the sound of the breeze blowing through the branches of the flower tree. .

Baochai lowered her voice, and said to Daiyu: "Sister Lin, please think carefully, this is the age of Hui Niang who died young. When Master Miaoyu came to Beijing, he was impartial. Besides, he is the most arrogant person. Aloof but…”

When Daiyu heard this, she understood, lowered her voice, and asked with a smile: "Based on this alone, do you believe that Master Miaoyu is Hui Niang in disguise?"

Baochai smiled and said nothing.

There are other evidences of how cautious she is.It's just that it's inconvenient to tell Daiyu the whole story at this time.

Baochai remembered clearly that in her previous life, due to her advanced age, Jia's mother had only visited the Grand View Garden a few times, but the time she brought Grandma Liu to Changcui'an for tea, she was quite familiar with the conversation with Miaoyu.What's more, the tea sets that Miaoyu used when she served tea from now on, such as the colorful small bells in the kiln, and the white bowls filled with white lids from the official kilns, are not ordinary products, but the tea sets used by Miaoyu when she took Baochai and Daiyu to eat her own tea. , It can be described as a rare antique.Baochai was deeply impressed that day, but Miaoyu was obsessed with cleanliness, because the five-colored small bell in the kiln was eaten by Grandma Liu, so she didn't want it if she thought it was dirty. The person who did things was also secretly stunned, thinking about her origin secretly.

Naturally, it was not until after Xing Xiuyan married Xue Biao that Baochai learned of Miaoyu's origin by chance.At that time, Jia's family had been confiscated, and Xue's family was in ruins. After Xing Xiuyan married Xue Biao, her life was poor, and she happened to mention that Miaoyu had a half-teacher friendship with her.It turned out that Xiuyan and Miaoyu had been neighbors in Gusu for ten years, and all the characters they recognized were taught by Miaoyu.Because Xing Xiuyan lamented Miaoyu's female celebrity skills.Only then did Baochai guess that it was Hui Niang.Thinking back to Hui Niang's embroidery skills, when she was in Gusu, rich families rushed to ask for her embroidery, and they all enthusiastically offered rare treasures in exchange, which is why there are so many priceless tea sets.

It's just that at that time, Miaoyu was favored by Prince Zhongshun's subordinates during the inspection of the Grand View Garden.It stands to reason that the family temple should not be punished for copying the family, but the situation is stronger than others. When bullying others, how can they care about the principles of ethics and the court's laws?Therefore, Miaoyu was taken away, and all her belongings were swept away, and she was never seen again.Jiaxue's family can't protect themselves, how can they protect her?It only adds melancholy and sadness.

Daiyu is a smart person. Seeing Baochai smiling but not speaking, she guessed that Baochai must have some unspeakable difficulties, so she didn't ask too many questions, and said, "In that case, you may want me to accompany you to Changcui nunnery." Take a walk?"

Baochai thought of her* in his heart, and said with a smile, "That's exactly what I mean."

But Daiyu didn't move, and asked in a low voice: "If you want to trouble me, how can you thank me? What if you guessed wrong?"

Baochai was confident in her heart, so she said with a smile, "How are you doing?"

Daiyu's thoughts moved slightly, she thought for a while, and felt that it was not appropriate, and said for a long time: "Master Miaoyu is withdrawn by nature, I'm afraid it's not easy to get along with. It's a risk for me to go with you today. If you want to thank me, just like last time, just wash and make up with me. There is only one thing, if you guess wrong, you have to promise me one thing."

"Okay, it's a deal. Since that's the case, if I guess right, you have to promise me one thing." Baochai laughed.

Since Daiyu was rejected by Baochai, she never expected that Baochai would chat with her so easily, like the closest friend in her boudoir, seeing her say so, how could she refuse?Then they answered yes in a low voice, and the two greeted the two servant girls, Yinger Xueyan, and walked towards the mountain gate.

Unexpectedly, Miaoyu was not at Changcui Nunnery that day, but was playing chess with Yingchun and Xichun at Zilingzhou.Because Baochai thought that people would talk too much and it was not easy to open their mouths to test, she made an appointment with Daiyu to come back another day.It's just a rare trip to the Grand View Garden, and a chance encounter with Daiyu, so I don't want to rush back in a hurry, so I walk along the embankment with Daiyu, talking casually about the daughter in the boudoir.

Unexpectedly, I heard a shadowy figure on the rockery in front of me, someone talking, with the word "Madam" vaguely on it.

On such occasions, if you walk over rashly, or turn around and leave, there will be movement. I'm afraid it will disturb the other party and cause misunderstanding, which is not beautiful.Thinking of this, Daiyu cast a wink at Baochai, Baochai understood, and all four of them, together with the servant girl, were silent and just listened quietly.

The rocks are rugged and the shadows of the trees are whirling. They are separated by the rocks, but they don't know which little maid is speaking. They only heard one of them say:

"Are you listening? Sister Jin Chuan'er is a respectable servant girl by his wife's side. She has always been very decent. Why did she make a mistake and get kicked out after angering her?"

Another person said: "It can't be truer. My sister was on duty in the yard outside my wife's house that day, and I saw Jin Chuan'er wiping tears."

The person asked earlier: "My wife has always been kind-hearted, chanting Buddha, and vegetarian, so she doesn't get angry easily. I'm afraid this person has committed a serious crime."

The other person lowered his voice: "That's not it. Although no one knows the ins and outs of the matter, but Jin Chuan'er was kicked out like this, and the dignity of the Bai family was lost. Therefore, the old lady of the Bai family beat Jin Chuan'er well. I heard Neighbors in the corner faintly spread the news that Jin Chuaner was on duty that day. For some reason, Second Master Bao entered his wife's room to greet him, and he insisted on eating Jin Chuan while his wife was taking a nap. The rouge on my son's mouth is not good. This is the old problem of the second master Bao. Everyone knows that since they have different identities, they should refuse with a straight face and treat each other with courtesy. Who knows that Jin Chuan'er doesn't know how to move What kind of thought did you have, you actually made a provocative statement, just happened to be overheard by your wife, and you were kicked out."