The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

For a while, all the sisters wrote almost the same.After carefully checking whether there were any words that violated the rules, he lifted up the pen and paper and began to whisper in a low voice.

Xue Baochai sat upright for half a day, feeling a little tired.He raised his head and looked around, seeing Jia Baoyu who was sweating anxiously, and slightly curled the corners of his lips.Since Jia Baoyu and Xue Pan have a good relationship, she also has two points of love for this confused brother.Immediately got up and went to Jia Baoyu and asked with a smile: "It's been a long time, but you have everything?"

Jia Baoyu bowed his head and said, "There is still a song of apricot curtain in sight."

So Xue Baochai looked down at the other three poems, and when he saw Yihong Kuailu, he frowned slightly, and pointed out in a low voice: "Because he didn't hesitate to use the words 'red fragrance and green jade', he changed it to 'Yihong'. Quickly green'. You just use the word 'jade' to disgust people. Besides, there are a lot of banana leaves, so you can change it as you like!"

Jia Baoyu hurriedly asked in a low voice: "I'm so panicked that my mind has gone blank. I can't think of any old allusions. Please give me some pointers!"

Xue Baochai chuckled twice, and then told Jia Baoyu the allusion of "Green Wax".Jia Baoyu wiped the cold sweat off his head, and thanked him again and again.He also jokingly called Baochai a one-character teacher, and would never call her sister again.

Hearing this, Xue Baochai glanced at Jia Baoyu with a half-smile, and said pointedly: "Who is your sister? The one in the yellow robe is your sister. I am only an ordinary woman, so I am not so blessed." point."

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he couldn't help being taken aback.He raised his head and glanced at Xue Baochai, only to see that Xue Baochai's face was full of tenderness, kindness, tolerance and generosity, and he was no longer as bitter and mean as he had just said.

Jia Baoyu just thought that he had misheard, so he twitched the corners of his mouth indifferently, and thanked Xue Baochai in a low voice: "No matter what, thank you sister."

Xue Baochai nodded, cast a casual glance at Jia Yuanchun who was sitting upright, turned around and slowly returned to his seat.

At this time, Kungfu Tanchun has collected all the poems written by the sisters and sent them to Jia Yuanchun. After Jia Yuanchun read them carefully, he said with a smile: "It is finally the works of Xue Lin and the four sisters of Shijia that are outstanding to the public. Different, non-foolish sisters can be listed together."

When the sisters heard the words, they immediately got up and left their seats to thank the Holy Grace.

After a pause, Jia Yuanchun said again: "Mr. Xue's poetic talent is also admirable. Especially this apricot curtain is in sight. It is the most wonderfully written. There is a wind of elegance and purity in the poems."

Xue Pan got up and thanked him with a serious face.

The four sisters below look at me, I push you, and secretly smile below.

Seeing this, Jia Yuanchun raised the corners of his mouth in an unclear manner, and instead asked Jia Baoyu, "Baoyu, how are you?"

Jia Baoyu wiped the beads of sweat from his head, stood up and said solemnly: "There is still an apricot curtain in sight."

Jia Yuanchun frowned a little dissatisfied, but said with a gentle smile: "It's okay, you can pass on the rest of the poems first, so I can have a look."

Jia Baoyu immediately re-transcribed the remaining three poems and handed them to Jia Yuanchun.I went back to continue to conceive.

It's just that reciting poems and composing Fu is mostly based on the momentary interest.As the saying goes, articles are made by nature, and you can get them by chance.Only a quiet mind and a moving mind can be achieved. Now Jia Baoyu's whole heart is in a mess, so naturally he can't write anything.

Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu grew up together, and it was pitiful to see this scene.At that moment, he lowered his head and held a pen to write a five-character verse carefully, and threw it on Baoyu's table in a ball.Seeing this scene, the rest of the elders couldn't help nodding and smiling.

Jia Mu smiled at Mrs. Wang and said, "These two children grew up together, after all, they are very special in love."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang looked at Shi Xiangyun carefully for a while.Barely satisfied, he hooked the corners of his mouth, and said softly: "The two of them can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts."

It's just that he couldn't help looking at Lin Daiyu again while talking, and sighed softly, not knowing what it was like.

Back then, she guarded against Lin Daiyu as if she was guarding against something, and she even did not hesitate to persuade her servants to arrange and slander her.As a result, both the father and son of the Lin family became powerful officials in the blink of an eye.There are many cronies between the government and the opposition, and they are favored by the Holy One, so they have a faint tendency to be the leader.By now.There was nothing she could do to save anything.

It has always been easy to attract hatred when you are in trouble, but it is hard to be grateful for the icing on the cake.

In the current situation, although the Jia family and the Lin family are not in a trend of not being in touch with each other, after all, they have lost the close relationship they used to have.Even if Lin Daiyu came here today, it was just for the Xue family's face.After all, their family lost their chance.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang glanced at Shi Xiangyun again.Although the historians have one family and two marquises, they are not as powerful as the Lin family.In the future, Baoyu's official career and entry into the court may be more difficult.Fortunately, the patriarch of their royal family, her elder brother Wang Ziteng, has been promoted to the nine provincial capitals, and she will put down her old face to ask for help, and she can earn Baoyu a future no matter what.What's more, although Shi Xiangyun's father and brother are not more powerful than the Lin family, but she is innocent and straightforward, which is easy to handle.It's not like Lin Daiyu's kind of foxy girl, who always pretends to be hypocritical and distracts the hearts of men.

Regardless of what Mrs. Wang thinks in her heart.On the other hand, Jia Yuanchun has read Jia Baoyu's poems here. Although they are commonplace and can't compare with Xue Lin, but compared with his peers nowadays, he can be regarded as a third of talent.Seeing the interaction between him and Shi Xiangyun's young children, and thinking that what the Shi family said was true in the court, he nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it has benefited."

After a pause, he glanced at Shi Xiangyun, and said meaningfully: "Especially this song Apricot Curtain is Looking at, which is the crown of the first three."

When Shi Xiangyun heard this, he hooked the corners of his mouth excitedly, and winked at Jia Baoyu for a while.The innocence is beyond words.

When Jia Yuanchun saw this, he knew that this was another man without a chest.Then subconsciously glanced at Lin Daiyu who was opposite, and couldn't help but sigh softly.Although the composition is good, this song "Apricot Curtain is Looking at" is not as good as that song "Apricot Curtain is Looking at".only……

Jia Yuanchun took another look at Xue Pan who was sitting beside Baoyu, not daring to be too reckless after all.As for the relationship between wood and stone entrusted by Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang before visiting relatives, now there is a pile of snow in the middle, and she will dare to moisten things silently until the winter is over and the winter snow melts.now...

Jia Yuanchun put down the poems in his hands with some interest, and ordered Tan Chunling, who wrote the best handwriting, to transcribe more than ten poems with colored paper, and spread them outside to attract all the gentlemen to watch.

The men who were guarding outside immediately knew that the poems had been written in the main hall, and quickly passed on the list of plays prepared earlier for Jia Yuanchun to order.There were twelve playlists in total, and Jia Yuanchun randomly selected four plays; they were "Luxury Banquet", "Qi Qiao", "Fate of Immortals", and "Divorce".

Some red scholars in later generations researched and said that these four plays faintly pointed out the rise and fall of the Jia family's line of honor and disgrace.Because of this, even though Xue Pan was impatient to listen to the play, he watched it carefully.

Look at this, and it doesn't matter.Just listening to the song and cracking the stone, the bells and drums are clanging, and the Xiao Dan in the stage who is full of sadness and laughter is dressed up, and she looks a bit like Lin Daiyu.

After playing for a while, Jia Yuanchun just listened to his fascination.Then he made a decree to ask the senior official who sang the opera to come forward and receive the decree to thank him.I saw the official of that age enter the main hall and kowtow under the guidance of the young eunuch.

When she raised her head to speak, she heard Wang Xifeng laughing and said: "This child looks like a person in disguise, you won't be able to tell anymore."

Everyone didn't pay attention at first, but after hearing Sister Feng's teasing, they couldn't help but look at it carefully.After watching it for a long time, I only felt that the eyebrows looked a little like a person.

Baochai and Baoqin looked at each other, looking at Lin Daiyu whose expression suddenly became cold, they didn't know what to do.When Jia Mu saw it, she just sighed softly and remained silent.

Mrs. Wang sneered secretly, and said to herself that she really had the shape of a vixen, even if she was born in the belly of a rich and noble family, she would inevitably have this seductive appearance.

The rest Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, etc. naturally also noticed it, and dared not say it.

Only Shi Xiangyun thought about it for a long time before he let out a light "Hey" in surprise, and said loudly as if he had discovered something novel: "You guys are so stupid. I just figured it out, and it wasn't Helin—oh!"

Shi Xiangyun touched Sisi's sore arm pinched by Xichun, and stared at her inexplicably.

Xichun didn't speak, but gave Shi Xiangyun a wink.Shi Xiangyun took advantage of the situation and looked over, only to see Lin Daiyu whose expression was extremely cold.Only then did he suddenly realize.He quickly covered his lips with his hand.Blinking eyes looked at Lin Daiyu, pitifully.

Lin Daiyu was naturally angry.But it wasn't Shi Xiangyun who was angry with her.Shi Xiangyun is a little girl who is a little narrow-minded but has no city in her chest. She doesn't have to argue with her.She was angry with Sister Feng.If it wasn't for her mysterious words, the matter would not stop there.

What's the matter, I hate that the atmosphere at the banquet is not lively enough.She had to pull the eldest daughter of a second-rank official to do a marriage certificate in Caiyi, in order to make this virtuous concubine happy.

Lin Daiyu is a bit petty, and her actions are annoying.Now she is getting more and more angry, and even feels that there must be Mrs. Wang's tricks behind Sister Feng's move.For a while, he felt that Concubine Xiande was also inseparable from the relationship, and when he thought of the end, he couldn't help recalling the embarrassing situation when he lived in Rongguo Mansion before, and felt a pang of sadness in his heart.I only felt that the eye sockets became hot, and the teardrops rolled down on the eyelashes at the corners of the eyes, making Lin Daiyu more and more charming, with little tears.

Xue Pan saw it in his eyes, and the domineering Zuo Xinger who ascended the Time Omen Star committed a crime.I just feel that although I insisted on bringing Lin Daiyu here, although I had good intentions, but now Lin Daiyu is being so contemptuous and insulted by the people of Rongguo Mansion, but it is also because of myself.

Immediately snorted twice, glared at Sister Feng viciously, got up and said: "It's getting late, let's go home!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Jia Mu hurriedly got up and said, "What are you talking about, Pan'er, you have a good time with the imperial concubine and empress, why did you leave so early. Everyone is ashamed to pass it on, right?"

Xue Pan immediately sneered and said: "This is so boring. You have no face, what does it have to do with us? So that the ancestors know that we have given a lot of face to the mother today. All the banquets were postponed, and they only said that Xue Lin's family was very close to the Rongguo Mansion. If the mother visits relatives, none of us will come, and it won't look like it to outsiders. Only then did I invite the Holy Majesty over and over again to ask for help in every possible way. Only then did the Holy Majesty allow the juniors of the two houses not to enter the palace, but to come directly to the empress's side to play and have fun, which can be considered as a good face to the virtuous concubine.

But face is given by others, but face is lost by oneself.If you insist on feeling ashamed and shameless, that is your own business and has nothing to do with us. "

Saying that, he got up and said to Xue Lin and the others: "Sisters, get up and change clothes. We humble people are not as elegant as other rich and freshmen. It doesn't matter if we stay here and make people laugh. Let's go home."

Mrs. Wang, Youshi, Sister Feng, Li Wan, etc. were really angry when they saw Xue Pan, and hurried forward to persuade him.It was gentle words and pleading in a low voice, but Xue Pan and others could not just leave the meeting halfway.

Jia Yuanchun couldn't sit still at the top.Immediately, he glanced angrily at Ling Guaner who was kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "It's all because of her, why don't you drag her down and dispose of it at will. It will also avoid defeating Brother Xue's interest."

When Ling Guaner heard this, he didn't know well.He kowtowed again and again and cried, "Ma'am, please forgive me, please, please forgive me!"

Seeing this, Xue Pan became even more angry.Immediately took two steps and rushed to Jia Yuanchun and asked: "What do you mean, you sent someone down for no reason, and it spread like our Xue family didn't care and dealt with people at will. It's so boring in the first lunar month. "

Jia Yuanchun was robbed by Xue Pan, and he hated it very much.But he also knew that the Xue family's power was not something he could resist.No matter whether it is the Holy Majesty or the Emperor, it is okay to lose a concubine who makes fun in the harem, but if the annual income of tens of millions or even tens of millions of money is lost, it will be more painful than digging out bones and gouge flesh.

All the men in Xue's family are all geniuses from the sky, and the means of earning money are really as if the God of Wealth from the sky descended to earth.How could the royal family blame Xue Lin's family for such a concubine who was so insignificant to the government, not to mention that the matter was originally ignored by the family.

Deliberately comparing the eldest daughter of a second-rank official to an actor for fun, this incident happened on the day when I was visiting relatives and having fun, if it really spreads, it may also affect my reputation.But if he sent away an innocent actor just to make amends for Miss Lin, it would inevitably be said that he was mean and ungrateful and used his power to overwhelm others.It's really a dilemma, a dilemma.

Thinking of this, Jia Yuanchun couldn't help but blame even Sister Feng.If she hadn't said such a word casually, the matter would not have come to this.

Wang Xifeng also came to his senses, and stopped blocking Xue Pan who was clamoring to go home.Quickly pushed everyone away, went to Lin Daiyu and knelt down, wiped away tears and said: "I blame me for blurting out a word without thinking, and I just fell into the unrighteous situation of the girl. I don’t have the face to explain anything else. I’ll give Miss Lin two knocks now, and I hope that there will be a lot of misses. Forgive me for my slip of the tongue at this moment, and don’t get married to the ancestors and concubines because of this matter.”

After finishing speaking, there was no room for anyone to react, and he kowtowed three times to Lin Daiyu respectfully.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help being horrified when she saw this.He quickly bent down to help Sister Feng up, and said softly: "What is Lian's second sister-in-law doing, I didn't blame anything."

Sister Feng immediately smiled and said: "Young lady didn't blame me, she was generous. I made a mistake, so naturally I have to make amends and apologize. If not, who am I? You don't have to worry about it, I don't care about what I did today. For nothing else, just for my heart. The girl doesn't have to care about it, as long as I do this, I can live in my heart."

The depression and resentment that Lin Daiyu was originally full of had vanished like morning dew under the scorching sun.

Although Jia Mu, Yuan Chun and even Mrs. Wang complained in their hearts about Wang Xifeng's reckless actions, it can be seen that she has nothing to say about her actions now.After all, Sister Feng was originally a talkative and troublesome person, and she often talked and laughed without depth or shallowness, and everyone knew it.Today, for the sake of a mistake, for the sake of the noble concubine and even Rongguo Mansion's face, he even put down his figure to kowtow to his peers.Now that the posture has been lowered to the lowest level, what else can it do?

But although the big guy didn't say anything on the face, he secretly admired Wang Xifeng in his heart.People in Weidao said that she has been decisive in talking and laughing since she was a child, she is cruel to others, and she is not soft on herself.He has a hot temper and is open-minded in his work. He is worthy of being a hero in the face of fans.The current impression of Sister Feng is a little more profound admiration.

Only Jia Yuanchun felt a little uncomfortable.It stands to reason that as a noble concubine, she was originally the home of the family visit today, but she didn't stop it in time when the incident happened, and afterwards she wanted to vent her anger and make an innocent joke indiscriminately.It can only be said that the reactions from all aspects were not ideal. If Sister Feng hadn't knelt down to make amends in the end, I'm afraid things would really get out of hand.

Thinking of this, Jia Yuanchun looked at Sister Feng with a more relaxed expression.

Although Sister Feng was busy apologizing to Miss Lin, her eyes scanned everyone's reactions without a trace.Seeing that the current situation was all in her calculations, she couldn't help but smugly curled the corners of her mouth, her face became more and more enthusiastic and hearty.

Everyone thought she was the one who solved the big trouble, so they didn't care about it.

Only Wang Xifeng herself knows that today's actions are all carefully planned by her—since the heart-to-heart conversation between Sister Feng and Mrs. Xue on Jia Jingzhen's birthday a few years ago, Wang Xifeng who returned to the mansion again has a few more thoughts in her heart .After two years of unremarkable explorations, I found that my good aunt only regarded me as a handy pawn, and everything she did was to pave the way for the future of Fenghuangdan'er, but she had no affection for her niece. Heart.

And as Baoyu got older, Mrs. Wang is now focused on finding a good marriage and a good wife for Baoyu, so that she can hand over the power of management to her own daughter-in-law in the future.At that time, my niece will not be of any use value...

Wang Xifeng saw Mrs. Wang's plan clearly, and was naturally annoyed.However, she has always been quite deep in the city, and she is ruthless.Even knowing Mrs. Wang's abacus, she didn't startle the snake.However, the traces of loan sharks were secretly erased one by one.She is not in power now, so naturally she can't talk about harming human life.Therefore, it has not attracted attention, and it is easier to solve some transgressions.

In addition, Jia Lian is now working in the household department, and he saved some extra money to buy some food and cosmetic shops in Beijing under Xue Pan's care.It's just that the investment cost is not large, and it's just some small things to earn pocket money.When Wang Xifeng learned about it, he simply took out most of the ladders and handed them over to Jia Lian for him to buy.Jia Lian already had some experience and talent for buying and selling, but after a few years of tossing around, he secretly gained some wealth.

And because Wang Xifeng seems to have changed his soft words and gentleness in the past two years.Although he is still aggressive and sharp in front of everyone, but in private, Jia Lian, who is more and more seductive, is described as falling in love with Sister Feng in another way.Lang has love and concubine intentions, and the relationship between the young couple becomes more intimate and beautiful when you come and I go.Except that there is no news about Sister Feng's stomach, there is nothing wrong with their relationship.

In public, Wang Xifeng still took out her dowry pawn shop from time to time to use for the family.But what she did this time was not hidden.Not only does he have an account in his hand to firmly record every expense, but he can always inadvertently leak the news to Jiamu, Mrs. Wang, and even Mrs. Xing and Youshi when pawning.Although everyone is pretending not to know now, but one day it really comes out, and no one wants to pretend to be stupid.

As for some respectable servants of the Hefu who learned of Sister Feng's situation, apart from being afraid that she would be too strict, they could also sigh a few words about Sister Feng's difficulty.Although the behavior of beating a swollen face to pretend to be fat is a bit silly, it is also for the good of the Rongguo Mansion after all, and it is not selfish.This alone is the most rare.

For a while, I admire Sister Feng's personality more and more.This point was a surprise that Wang Xifeng hadn't calculated.

As the saying goes, "Wang Xifeng waits for courage, Wang Xifeng sneaks around Mrs. Wang. On the surface, she is obedient and smart, and puts Mrs. Wang first in everything, but in her heart she is always calculating how to get rid of Mrs. Wang."First, it can get rid of the bad breath in my heart, and second, it can also pave the way for me to take over the Rongguo Mansion in the future.

This wait made her wait until the palace issued an order to build a family-friendly villa.

There are only a few of the masters and wives who are the masters of Rongning's second residence.The old ancestor lost his energy when he got old, the Eldest Master didn't care about things, the Second Master was a lofty self-proclaimed ignorant of the inner house, and Mrs. Wang was a clay bodhisattva who pretended to be.Therefore, the specific procurement of the construction of the family-saving villa fell on the heads of Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and Sister Feng.

Not to mention how much the three of them pocketed in the process of buying them, but after seeing the twelve actors Jia Qiang bought from Gusu, Wang Xifeng faintly came up with this idea.So she chose a lot of opera masters to teach and teach the small operas, and the one who "cared for" the most was the old official who was very similar to Miss Lin.And Ling Guan'er also thought that because of Jia Qiang's relationship, the rest of the people treated him differently, so he didn't take it to heart.She was always strong and competitive, so given such an opportunity, she naturally became more serious and hardworking.He already had a bit of talent and foundation, but after a period of time, he became more and more brilliant.

Xide taught her masters all have the idea of ​​earning money.

This is a trivial matter, let's not mention it for now.

Let's say that a few days before the concubine came to see her relatives, Sister Feng, intentionally or unintentionally, persuaded Jia's mother to take Shi Xiangyun, a girl who had no calculations, over.And openly and secretly told Jia Mu some childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts.Jia's mother was also worried about Jia Baoyu's marriage, and when she heard this, her heart moved.What's more, even if there is no such thing, Shi Xiangyun is still a junior she loves very much. It is good that the imperial concubine and relatives ask her to come over and show her face.So they sent someone to pick up Shi Xiangyun.

On the other hand, Sister Feng deliberately chose the repertoire that the twelve senior officials are best at on the play list, to ensure that the imperial concubine can play in any play that the senior officials order.In this way, as long as she casually said a few words, someone would naturally take her words and continue.Regardless of whether Miss Lin was present at the time or whether everyone dealt with Ling Guan'er, she would naturally have a way to spread the matter.

Then the scandal that Concubine Xiande, who was named Xiande, insulted the eldest daughter of a second-rank official family on the day of visiting relatives, will inevitably be exposed. Sister Feng doesn't know what will happen to Concubine Xiande in the palace, but Mrs. Wang The actual person in charge of the Rongguo Mansion will definitely be criticized.And she herself...

Wang Xifeng sneered, she had a way to pick herself out after all.It's just that neither method is as shocking as it is now, it's just going with the flow, and it's hard to mind.

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng put his arms around Lin Daiyu's shoulders, patted her on the back, and said with a lonely expression: "Miss Lin, I'm sorry."

Since Lin Daiyu lived in Rongguo Mansion for a period of time, Wang Xifeng has treated her pretty well.Therefore, Lin Daiyu didn't hold any grudges. Hearing Sister Feng's words, she immediately replied with a smile: "Second sister-in-law Lian doesn't need to be like this. I have already said that I won't take it to heart."

Wang Xifeng shook her head, glanced at Ling Guaner who was kneeling underneath, and said with a pun, "Miss Lin doesn't understand, after all, I did something wrong, I'm sorry."

It's just that fame and fortune have moved people's hearts and souls since ancient times, and I was just fighting for what originally belonged to me.

Don't blame me.If you want to blame, you can only blame your own bad fate, why are you so humble and soft, and can be bullied and used by others.

Wang Xifeng closed her eyes and buried her head in Lin Daiyu's neck.

I'm sorry, Mr. Ling-