[Red Chamber] Daiyu Reborn

Seeing Baoyu again made Daiyu feel very sad. Just as the autumn wind was blowing and everything was gone, Daiyu almost had a cough again. Fortunately, Lin Ruhai and Lin Jifeng comforted her in every possible way, so she didn't really become ill.

Lin Ruhai and Mother Kang were still worried, and they thought that there were too few people who came to the capital, and Daiyu was surrounded by only one mother Wang and four young maidservants. Looking at the capital, which prime minister's daughter would be like this "Shabby"?

So, after asking Lin Jifeng to contact Ren Yazi in the capital, Mother Kang personally selected a few innocent and clean maids to enter Lin's mansion.When choosing a maid, look at her eyebrows and eyes, and she must have low eyebrows and smooth eyes, clear eyes and no evil; second, she must look at her skin and figure, not black, ugly, bloated, annoying, or too charming and coquettish. But it was a big embarrassment; the third is to look at the fingertips, which have thin calluses but don't scratch people, they are smart people who can do needlework and regulate themselves.

The money given by Lin Ruhai was enough, and Madam Kang had a pair of discerning eyes to pick out the rough and pick the best, so she almost chose maidservants according to the standards of court maids.After finally deciding on ten, as for which ones will serve Daiyu—let Daiyu choose by herself.

Daiyu looked at the row of well-behaved little girls with lowered eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and recognized at a glance the one who was wearing a water-blue muslin dress and looked a little frail——Xueyan.

In her previous life, Xueyan was her maid who brought her from Yangzhou to Jia's mansion, and they also depended on each other... But after Zijuan came, they went farther and farther... In the end, when they stole the dragon and turned into the phoenix, they were still there. He specially asked Xueyan to support Baochai who was dressed as a bride, so that the crazy and foolish Baoyu thought that it was really him...

At that time, I was like a bolt from the blue sky, but after thinking about it later, Xueyan had reasons to blame herself. She was originally her personal maid, but she only had the money of a third-class maid in Jia's mansion, and she had to do all kinds of underhanded work to compensate her. Careful work; she is as unaccompanied and cautious as herself, but after all, she still has a grandmother to protect her, but she can't even get the protection of the young lady...

It's not that Daiyu doesn't understand many things. From the state of mind, she is a detached fairy; but from the reality, she can't escape.Daiyu is not Xiangyun, silly, heartless, but also very wise. As long as she enters the Grand View Garden, she will forget all her troubles, laugh and recite poems, and ignore the doomed tomorrow.

"Girl, have you taken a fancy to this one?" Seeing Daiyu staring directly at Xueyan, Mother Kang asked hastily.

Daiyu came back to her senses, bit her lip, and shook her head slightly.

Mother Kang frowned: "Miss, do you think it's wrong?"

Hearing Madam Kang's words, Xue Yan's face turned pale in an instant, and her body shook: Although she has been picked by the mama in charge, if the young lady of this family doesn't like her, then she will have to be kicked out !

Looking at the trembling appearance of the snow geese, Daiyu couldn't bear it in her heart, and swallowed the "no" that slipped to her lips, and then looked carefully at the group of little girls, and ordered four delicate and quiet little girls. , called Chun Li, Xia Ying, Qiu Que, and Dong Yuan respectively, and then told Mommy Kang: "Other people, Mommy can make arrangements." No mention of Xueyan.

Mother Kang, however, had a good eye, and kept Daiyu's abnormality in her heart, and ordered people to take those little girls down, and assigned them to teach|teach them, paying special attention to that snow goose.Afterwards, she personally accompanied Daiyu back to the house, and together with Wang Momo spread out a new dress in front of Daiyu.

The clothes were sent by Lin Jifeng, with pink and purple bottom, light blue embroidered thread, and the pattern of hundreds of butterflies wearing flowers looks noble and smart, and there are more than a dozen small butterflies around the sleeves and corners of the clothes. Clothes are like clouds and water, and colorful butterflies are dancing.

Grandma Wang fondled the little butterfly on the corner of her clothes happily, and looked at Daiyu lovingly: "Girl, you can go to the princess mansion tomorrow morning to pay your respects, just wear this, I'm sure the princess will like it!"

Lin Rui has returned to Beijing, and Daiyu, as a junior, naturally wants to go to the Princess Mansion to meet her aunt, Princess Roulan.

Mother Kang picked it up in Daiyu's jewelry box, and twisted out a hairpin with gold silk flowers and jade pendants and big white pearls, and put it next to her clothes. She looked at the color and was really satisfied: "According to the girl's age, there is no hairpin on her head. If it’s too expensive, it’ll look pretentious; but to greet the princess, it’s not good to be plain, so it’s the most appropriate thing to wear!”

But Daiyu looked at the jewelry box, and re-selected a crystal green glass hairpin and a small comb made of pale white pearls. Mother Kang's eyes lit up when she saw it, and she clapped her hands repeatedly: "Oh, it's still a girl." Her eyes are good, a little emerald, and pretty!"

"Nurse Kang is well-matched, but I've been a little dizzy these past two days. I don't want to comb my hair too tightly. It's fine to curl it a little with a comb." Sitting by the dressing table, Daiyu looked at the beauty in the bronze mirror and helped herself. Mammy Wang, who wore her hair lightly and was careful not to hurt herself, suddenly felt warm in her heart, and the sadness that arose when she saw the snow geese just now seemed to melt away with the melting wax halo—when she was dressing in the mirror , to have someone who carefully combs her hair, and someone who carefully chooses clothes for herself... These are all rare and worth cherishing for her.

I don't know when, the memory of Jia's house in the previous life has gone farther and farther. After carefully choosing her makeup, Lin Daiyu went to bed early, and all she thought was that tomorrow's visit must not go wrong. My brother told me that the princess has a gentle personality, I don't like to be noisy, but I am definitely a kind-hearted person. As long as I am quiet and well-behaved, and cautious in my words and deeds, the princess will definitely like me... The last sentence of my brother is said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, she is your cousin, my family People, don't be afraid!"

On the second day, at Chenshi, Daiyu was dressed anew. Wang Momo rubbed Daiyu's face with the cream made from Ziruihua to make her look pink, and then put on a touch of rouge to outline Thin lip line, and after a while, a crystal clear little fairy appeared in the bronze mirror.

Looking at her charming and charming self in the mirror, Daiyu couldn't help smiling, and turned around to hold Nanny Kang's hand, feeling less apprehensive about today's trip to the Princess Mansion and more looking forward to it.

Daiyu is the prime minister's daughter, so of course she must be careful when going out.There were a total of three carriages, Daiyu, Wang Momo and several big maidservants respectively, accompanied by a total of 20 guards, either Lin Ruhai brought the capital from Yangzhou, or after being transferred to Beijing, the imperial court sent them to the capital according to the system. The attached military officers - of course, are all Lin Rui's disciples.

In the carriage covered with thick blankets, Dai Yu'an sat quietly, listening to the hustle and bustle of traffic outside the window, and remembered that when she was in Jia's mansion, she was almost trapped in the three-acre land for so many years. Have not been out a few times.She doesn't know what the outside world is like; as for the etiquette of meeting the princess, if Mother Kang hadn't stepped up to train herself several times last night, I'm afraid she would really follow the process of visiting the concubine Xiande on the night of visiting relatives in the Grand View Garden Once again, isn't that a big joke?

The Princess Mansion is in the east of the city, not far from the Lin Mansion. Soon the convoy arrived, and everyone entered through the side door. Wang Momo helped Daiyu get out of the car slowly, and a soft-faced Elder Momo hurriedly greeted her. Coming up, she claimed to be the nanny in charge of the Princess Mansion, who came to pick Miss Lin to the inner hall at the princess's will.

Daiyu followed the nanny in charge with a low eyebrow, but from the corner of her eyes, she glanced at every plant and tree in the princess mansion from time to time, as well as the words and deeds of the servants here.The Princess Mansion is obviously different from the Jia Mansion where I lived in my previous life. The house is centered on the Qingcheng small lake in the center of the mansion, radiating out in a circular shape. There are various elegant koi in the small lake, and there are all kinds of black jade. The fish with the name, especially those translucent colorful fish with big eyeballs and fluttering tail fins, are crystal clear and colorful. They all raise their heads and spit bubbles on the water surface. Quite cute.

The nanny in charge said with a smile as she walked: "A lot of fish are fresh products that are tributes from the West, and some merchants from the South Seas resell them. Every time the son-in-law goes out, he will bring back some rare small fish for the princess. Hey, It's not easy to travel long distances..."

Daiyu laughed and listened carefully, thinking that what Lin Jifeng said was true, Lin Rui had a deep relationship with the princess.

Passing through the corridor, I finally came to the main hall of Princess Roulan's mansion. Princess Roulan had no pretensions at all. She not only waited here in person, but even pulled her away when Daiyu just knelt down on the soft cushion and hadn't finished her worship. stand up.

Princess Roulan pulled Daiyu to her side, watched carefully, and couldn't help caressing Daiyu's delicate face: "Jifeng is right, she is indeed a rare beauty."

Daiyu was a little scared at first, but when she saw Princess Roulan's pretty face, gentle eyebrows and eyes, and listened to that pleasant voice as low as the breeze, for some reason, a Taoist saying suddenly came to her mind: the best is like water.

Lin Jifeng had told Daiyu very bluntly before that Princess Roulan, like the current emperor, had a humble birth mother, so when she was young, she was a transparent person in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor, she was obviously the only princess, but sometimes, life passed quickly Not as good as a favored court lady.If there were not some accidents later, Princess Roulan might have married Beijiang, maybe her beauty turned into a dead bone.

"Don't be nervous, you can just call me aunt after Jifeng." Years of hardships have already precipitated a peaceful mind, and Princess Roulan didn't even call herself "Bengong", "Jifeng said you are not in good health, I am doing something wrong here. Snow lotus, moistens the lungs and relieves coughs, you take it back to nourish your body."

"Princess Xie... Auntie." Daiyu was still pulled by Princess Roulan, so she could only slightly bend her knees and saluted lightly.

"I've said it all, there's no need to be polite." Princess Roulan asked about Daiyu's studies, family, etc., and heard that Daiyu's family was understaffed, and she bought some new maids who hadn't been trained yet, so she patted her hand softly Said, "According to your situation, you should invite a few more nuns to teach, but the people who come out of the palace are not very popular, your father is busy with court affairs, and you are still young, what if you get out of hand?" ? The old nuns in the palace have strict rules, and most of them are ruthless."

Daiyu listened carefully, knowing that the subtext that Her Royal Highness did not say was: the situation in the harem is delicate now, if Lin Jiamao welcomes the people in the palace rashly, maybe it will give the opponent a chance to sneak in.

"Jifeng said that you have a loyal old lady in your family, which is very good; but she is old after all, you just came to the capital, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me, it can be regarded as helping me a companion."

After hearing this, Daiyu couldn't help but be moved.Princess Roulan, as her aunt, could have sent a few people from the Princess Mansion into the Lin Mansion. Although it was not completely in accordance with the rules, her father could not find a reason to refuse.But she probably wanted to reassure her father and herself, and she didn't mention it at all. In her words, she was completely thinking of herself.

"You just came to the capital, so you must feel awkward in many ways, but I believe that with your intelligence, you will get used to it soon." Princess Roulan's palms were slightly cold, but Daiyu felt extremely warm.

After that, they drank tea, had some refreshments, chatted about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Yangzhou's local customs. The whole morning passed quickly. After lunch, Daiyu bid farewell to Princess Roulan and prepared to go back home to rest.

However, when Daiyu walked to the corridor, because she was greedy to see the fresh and wonderful fish in the lake, before Daiyu noticed, a condescending voice came from far to near: "Who are you?"

"Ah?" Daiyu exclaimed a little, and took a step back, only to see a little girl about her own age standing in front of her, with a pretty red apple face and a golden silk white feather coat, which was indescribable. Noble and delicate, with a golden fruit string hanging on her jet-black hair, and a big pure gold apple in her hand, she looks like a heavenly princess living in the mortal world.Standing there, she was clearly about the same height as Daiyu, but no matter how you looked at her, she was always looking at Daiyu from the corner of her eyes.

Daiyu didn't know the identity of the person who came, but seeing this attitude, she didn't dare to take it seriously, so she hurriedly saluted. Taking advantage of Daiyu's lowered eyes, the little girl looked at the nurse in charge who was about to kneel down, whether it was frightened or anxious. He made a gesture of sealing his mouth - he raised his eyebrows thinly, and then savagely wiped his neck at the nurse in charge.

The nurse in charge had no choice but to stand aside, not daring to remind Daiyu again.Of course, the servants who are far and near can only pretend not to see or hear.

The little girl circled around Daiyu who got up after worshiping, and touched her clean chin to make a comment, as if blinking her big eyes with clear water, the eyes were full of light, very lively and smart: "Let Let me guess—you are the official secretary of Zhongshu Province, the daughter of Lin Ruhai's family, right?"

Daiyu was even more puzzled—such a young girl knew so clearly about the official positions in the court?I can only pray again: "Yes."

The little finger like a spring onion nodded her chin, and the little girl nodded in satisfaction, with a smirk flashing in her eyes: "I heard that your father is Tanhua Lang, and he is very talented. If so, you must read it too." Are you short of books?"

What else could Daiyu say?I had no choice but to answer obediently like in my previous life: "I just read four books."

The little girl blinked her big black eyes again, as if it was hard to believe that such a young girl had already finished reading the four books, but seeing Daiyu's clear eyes and soft temperament, the more she looked at it, the more she was satisfied—the last eyeball He turned around, clapped his hands, and bouncing towards Princess Roulan: "Okay, I want this!"

Daiyu listened to the sentence "I want it" in surprise, and when the little girl disappeared at the end of the corridor, she turned around and looked at the nanny in charge suspiciously: "May I ask, which family does that young lady belong to..."

The nurse in charge wiped the fine beads of sweat from her hair, and facing Daiyu, she had to smile wryly: "Hey, that...that is the eldest princess of the current Holy Majesty, Princess Nongyue. I am afraid that the princess wants you." Yes...His Royal Highness has taken a fancy to you and wants you to be her companion."