The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

In Changle Palace, Xiao Rong was picking up the wick slowly, his movements were a little rusty, but he was enjoying himself. After a while, Nanny Cui slowly came in from the door, and said softly: "Queen Mother, the princess is back. Not getting up very well."

Xiao Rong didn't speak, and continued to pick the wick. After the lamp was picked up a lot, he stopped. Looking at Nanny Cui, she was silent for a while and said: "The Ai family probably knows what it is for, and they still have to go through these."

Mother Cui was puzzled and said: "You actually know this, so why..." She felt that she had slipped her words, so she didn't ask any further.

"Hey..." Xiao Rong sighed, "Yu'er is too affectionate and kind-hearted. If I don't go through these bad things, I'm afraid I'll be in a dead end for the rest of my life. It's okay to be protected by Aijia. Now that she's gone, who can she rely on? It's safest to rely on herself for the rest of her life."

"Queen Mother, you are in good health, why should you think so?"

"As you get older, there are always some things to worry about. It's better to prepare early. In order for Yu'er to grow up as soon as possible, the Ai family has to be ruthless. It's better to be hurt by your own family than outsiders."

"Queen Mother...," Madam Cui couldn't bear to think of Lin Daiyu's delicate appearance. This is the only child she has been close to for so many years.

"You go, Ai's family is a bit tired, so let's take a rest." Cui Mama responded, and retreated outside the door, Ziyan and Cuiyan hurried up to wait for Xiao Rongxi to rest.

Since Daiyu came back from Jia's mansion yesterday, she has always been depressed and puzzled. Chen Moxue used all kinds of means, but she didn't come up with a word. She had to admire this sister Yu's super concentration.I had no choice but to drag Lin Daiyu to the Imperial Garden. Although Daiyu went together, she just forced a smile on her face. When Chen Moxue was at a loss, the little palace lady Taoist Empress Dowager was coming this way, and the two hurried to Xiaorong's side After a while, I saw Xiao Rong leading the palace people looking this way.

Seeing the two of them, Xiao Rong said with a smile: "I was looking for you, it just so happened, I just happened to be enjoying the flowers with Ai's family."

The two naturally agreed, and Xiao Rong said to Nanny Cui, "You guys just wait here, Ai's family can just go with these two juniors." Then he left Nanny Cui to lead the The maid stood there and waited.

Xiao Rong saw that Lin Daiyu was preoccupied, and described her as haggard, so she didn't speak, and dragged Lin Daiyu to a pavilion on a rockery. Chen Moxue didn't talk much in front of the queen mother, so she sat quietly and looked at the two of them, Xiao Rong smiled. Said: "Don't be cautious in front of the Ai family, the Ai family still likes the younger generation to be more lively."

After hearing this, Chen Moxue relaxed, "Queen Mother, you don't know, sister Yu was wronged in Jia's house yesterday, and she took a long time to sleep last night."

"Mo Xue." Lin Daiyu scolded softly.

Chen Moxue held back her mouth and said wronged: "I just can't see that guy bullying you."

Xiao Rong smiled, and patted Chen Moxue's hand, "Everyone knows what happened yesterday." Both Chen Moxue and Daiyu looked a little surprised, and Xiao Rong continued: "Yu'er, you must know, The rules are the rules, Jia's family broke the rules, Ai's family looked at your face, so they had no choice but to let the slaves be too presumptuous, you are now the princess of the royal family, representing the royal family, You are no longer alone, even for the honor of the royal family, you have to be tough, the Jia family is your relative, the Ai family knows, but the Ai family also knows that your life in the mansion was not good before , Aijia also heard a little bit about what those maids and women said, you can bear it softly, but do you know what those people who love you next to you think in their hearts? Do you let the people who love you worry about you? If necessary, Aijia doesn't mind using some iron and blood methods. It's just Yu'er, if you live a lifetime, you must have your own strength of character. Do you think you are now Can your strength of character keep you safe for the rest of your life?"

"Mother, Yu'er..." Lin Daiyu was a little stunned, and looked at Xiao Rong in a daze. No one had said these words to her before. In the past, her mother always pampered and protected her at home. Later, she came to Jia's mansion for the first time. When I was young, my second aunt told me not to talk heresy about what I had, and I wrote it down myself, so I never thought about rebelling.

"Yu'er, there is a saying you need to remember, a woman's tears are always worthless, only when you are strong, no one will dare to bully you."

"But that's Yu'er's grandmother." Lin Daiyu hesitated.

"Then she didn't treat you as her own granddaughter when she hurt you, didn't she?" Seeing that Lin Daiyu wanted to explain, Xiao Rong continued: "According to Ai's family, there are two concubine daughters in Jia's house, but yours Food and clothing costs, even theirs can’t keep up. If it wasn’t for your grandmother, would those slaves dare? The Ai family in the past didn’t care. Now you are the daughter of the Ai family, the princess of the Celestial Dynasty, the Ai family I won't allow you to be so cowardly."

"The empress dowager is so right." Chen Moxue's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help cheering.

"Yu'er, there are some things that you need to see for yourself?" Xiao Rong suddenly said mysteriously.

Lin Daiyu and Chen Moxue couldn't understand, they glanced at each other, and then looked at Xiao Rong together.

Xiao Rong glanced back at the crabapple flowers in the distance, and seeing someone floating around, Xiao Rong thought for a while, and after a lot of thought, he finally made up his mind, turned around and reprimanded: "Lin Daiyu, I miss you when you lost your relatives when you were young. My father is another generation of loyal ministers, and he accepted you as a righteous daughter. Unexpectedly, you are so obstinate and obsessed, and you ignore the upbringing and teachings of Aijia. Jia Mansion." After speaking, he walked out of the pavilion angrily.

Lin Daiyu and Chen Moxue didn't realize it all at once, but when they did, Daiyu ran after her, "Mother..."

Seeing that he was about to catch up with Xiao Rong, a eunuch and maid from behind stopped him: "Miss Lin, the queen mother said that you should go back to Jia's mansion immediately, and don't call her queen mother anymore."

"The queen mother... the empress dowager." Lin Daiyu was feeling extremely sad at this moment, and she didn't know how she suddenly changed her color after caring for her mother.

Chen Moxue was also a little confused, pulled Lin Daiyu and said, "Sister Yu, don't worry, the Empress Dowager must be angry for a while, let's go to my sister to discuss it first."

Lin Daiyu saw that Xiao Rong was also going further and further away, she felt helpless, "That's the only way to go."

The two went to the Queen's Fengqi Palace again, and before they entered the palace, they were stopped by the eldest palace lady, "Second Miss, the Queen Mother said that the Queen Mother has issued an order, and Miss Lin is not allowed to be seen in any palace. Second Miss, please don’t embarrass the empress, and the empress asked the slaves and Miss Lin to say, ‘It will be a blessing or a disaster in the future, it all depends on the girl’.” After speaking, she went to the hall, leaving only Chen Moxue and Lin Daiyu standing at the door.

"Even my sister-in-law doesn't want me?" Lin Daiyu felt that she was extremely miserable at this time, and she really became a lonely person in this world.

"Sister Lin." Chen Moxue felt sore seeing Lin Daiyu like this, and didn't know how to comfort her. At this time, Ziyan, the eldest maid next to Xiao Rong, brought a few young maids, and slowly walked away with Daiyu's belongings when she entered the palace. Come.

"Miss Lin, these are what you brought in when you entered the palace. They have been packed for you. The carriage is already waiting at the gate of the palace. Please go there earlier."

Seeing this scene, Lin Daiyu felt even more uncomfortable. She swayed and almost fainted. Fortunately, Chen Moxue gave her a hand, "Sister Lin, the empress dowager is only angry for a while, and will pick you up in the future. I will take you back to Jia's mansion." .”

Ziyan said expressionlessly: "The Empress Dowager has an order that no one is allowed to send Miss Lin back." Then she said to Lin Daiyu: "Xueyan is already waiting in the carriage, please leave Miss Lin as soon as possible."

Lin Daiyu saw that Ziyan, who usually took her gentle and loving care, was so indifferent now, and felt even more sad, so she also turned around silently and walked towards the gate of the palace.

In Fengyi Palace, Xiao Rong and the Empress stood watching Lin Daiyu's disappearing figure, and sighed leisurely, "Empress Mother is reluctant to part with it, and why this is so, I don't understand."

Xiao Rong turned around and rubbed his temples, "Sometimes when you encounter a blind spot, you have to break through and then stand up. This child is determined and loyal. The Ai family didn't want to hurt her, but I didn't expect to have to go this way. By the way, have you arranged the people in Jia's mansion?"

The queen nodded and said: "It has been arranged, and he is a proper person."

Here, Lin Daiyu was sitting in the carriage, touching her tears non-stop, and it was useless for Xueyan to coax her. When the carriage stopped, Lin Daiyu came over slowly, wiped her tears, Xueyan hit the door curtain, helped He got Lin Daiyu out of the carriage, took the objects handed over by the coachman, and helped Lin Daiyu walk to the gate of Jia's mansion.

The Jia family had received the news a moment ago, and ordered an old woman to wait at the door, "Miss Lin, the old lady asked me to pick you up." She didn't accept the salute, and led Lin Daiyu, the master and the servant, to the corner gate. Going to the side, Lin Daiyu looked at the narrow corner door, and suddenly remembered that when she first came to Jia's mansion, she also entered through this door. She couldn't help but smiled bitterly, and followed in.

The old mother took Lin Daiyu to the yard where she used to live and left. There were not many things left in the yard, so Lin Daiyu didn't say anything, she just asked Xueyan to pack up her things, seeing Xueyan's small body alone I couldn't bear to wash the furniture and objects, so I rolled up my sleeves to ask for help.

Xueyan hurriedly said: "Oh, miss, you can rest, it's fine for the servants to come."

Lin Daiyu smiled wryly and said: "It's getting late, if you do it alone, you won't be able to rest at night, it's better to do it with two people." She picked up the rag by herself, although she was determined to do it, it was a little rusty after all. , Thinking about the current situation, he gritted his teeth and wiped the stains on the table vigorously.

At this time, Jia's mother was talking with Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng about Lin Daiyu's demotion.

"What's wrong with these things now? Yesterday was fine, and I'm back today, daughter-in-law, is there any news from your mother?" Mother Jia asked anxiously while sitting on the warm couch.

Mrs. Wang said: "Instead, word came out that the empress dowager who said it was hot was furious, and she issued an order on the spot. Just now, the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to send a message. There will be no mistakes here."

"Feng Lazi, you will arrange your sister Lin's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Don't come to me these two days. I'm panicking."

"Don't worry, the old lady, keep it so that no one can make mistakes."

Mrs. Wang hesitated and said: "It's good, but there is a news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the Holy Majesty has allowed the empress to come back to visit the relatives. Those who have the concubine's relatives in each house must build a condolence villa. Our empress is a noble concubine. This villa It’s not to be underestimated.”

Wang Xifeng said in shock: "I'm afraid this money is not enough, the family only has 80 taels of silver in total, I'm afraid..."

"That's exactly the reason. Miss Lin entered the palace when Mrs. Lin went, and that's all. Now Mrs. Lin will live here in the future. The inheritance left by Mrs. Lin is naturally to be managed by the family. I'm stuck, but I don't know what the idea of ​​going to Miss Lin's side is."

Mother Jia thought for a while, and said in a serious voice: "She is a little girl, what else can she think? Naturally, she will take it out and put it in the house for management." Then she said to Wang Xifeng: "Let her come to me tomorrow." Let's go here."

Wang Xifeng hurriedly agreed, and Mrs. Wang also twitched her mouth. Seeing that Jia's mother looked sleepy, she retreated one after another.