Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Soon it will be March [-]rd. As early as two days ago, Princess Minghua ordered someone to send a post, inviting Wang Xifeng, Lin Wanru, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and Jia Jia Sanchun to the banquet. Everyone was very happy, and Jia's mother was also very happy. He ordered people to rush to make new clothes and sent them out.

The emperor has few brothers and only two younger sisters, so he loves the two eldest princesses very much. The eldest princess Minghua married Shan Guogong and gave birth to the eldest son Shi Guangzhu and the eldest daughter Shi Aizhu. Among them, Shi Aizhu was named by the emperor. Princess Rongde.

Princess Minghua's younger sister, Princess Shunhua, married Li Guogong, and she also gave birth to a son Liu Fang and a daughter Liu Xuan. Liu Xuan was also named Princess Rongyi by the emperor. Not only for Princess Chaohuang, but also for these two princesses.

Princess Minghua's spring banquet not only hosted the rich and powerful families in the capital, but also her nephew and the princes in the palace, so everyone flocked to it.

Take Xue Baochai as an example. It was almost time to run for the election and I had to work harder, but I still took the time to come. If I can meet the two princesses or be caught by the eldest princess, it’s a matter of a word. The election was just a formality, and Xue Baochai would not let go of such an opportunity to soar into the sky.

Princess Minghua hosted the spring banquet in her own princess mansion. She is a princess and should have a princess mansion, but when she married, she said that she would marry her husband, and she had to take off the princess's clothes. The emperor was very fond of her virtue. Rewards, not only promised, but also a lot of things, this princess mansion has become a separate courtyard, only used once for banquets.

Because there are many unmarried girls who come to the banquet, all of them drive into the left corner door in carriages and then change into sedan chairs and carry them directly into the inner house, while most men come on horseback, and they all come in through the right corner door. lead the way.

Today, not only the girls from the Jia family, but also Jia Baoyu were invited, and happened to meet Chen Ruiwen outside the princess mansion, Chen Ruiwen looked at the carriage that had just driven into the corner gate, and knew it must be the carriage of the Jia family, so he and Jia Baoyu exchanged pleasantries, now that Lin Wanru and Lin Wanru have become cousins, there is no need to avoid anything, and he asked him directly: "Cousin is here?"

Jia Baoyu smiled and said: "Naturally." He entered the mansion talking and laughing, and met Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, Liu Fang and others along the way, and was brought in by the master Shi Guangzhu, laughing and joking.

Lin Wanru and the others were directly carried into the inner house, and stopped in a garden called Nongyu Xiaozhu. Outside the garden stood a young girl, surrounded by seven or eight girls and women, dressed luxuriously, look at that Lin Wanru guessed that it should be Shi Aizhu, the princess of Rongde County.

Sure enough, a woman stepped forward and said with a smile: "This is Princess Rongde."

Everyone wanted to salute, Shi Aizhu hurriedly asked people to stand up, and said with a smile: "Today's spring banquet is for all the sisters to have fun together, so don't be too polite, if you only stick to these etiquette, wouldn't you let down the spring scene."

Everyone said yes, and thanked, Shi Aizhu stepped forward and looked at Jia Tanchun with a smile: "You are the younger sister of the concubine Yuan, right?"

Jia Tanchun smiled and said, "Yes." Pointing to Jia Yingchun and Jia Xichun, Wang Xifeng said, "This is the second elder sister, this is the fourth younger sister, and this is the second sister-in-law, Sister Feng. I am the third." Pointing to Lin Wanru and Lin Daiyu, The three Xue Baochai said: "These are the two cousins ​​of the Lin family, and this is the cousin of the Xue family."

Shi Aizhu looked at them one by one, and said with a smile: "You sisters are all like gods, and I'm compared to you." Then she took Sister Feng's hand and said, "I've heard from my mother that there is a cool person in Jia's family. She is shrewd and capable than a man, so she is called Feng Lazi, but I never thought my sister was so good-looking."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Yo, I didn't expect that I would be notorious all over the world. It's all a joke of my family. I didn't expect that even the princess knew about it."

Who is Sister Feng, she made Shi Aizhu laugh with a few words, so Shi Aizhu took her arm and walked in front, and everyone followed behind with smiles.

Many sisters have already come to the house, most of them are the daughters of the prince's family in various dukes' mansions. Although a few girls have met before, they are just nodding acquaintances, so they only talk with familiar girls, and there are some from Qi Guogong's mansion. Chen Ruixue, Chen Ruiyu, Chen Ruishuang, Shi Qingyun and Shi Xiangyun of the Baolinghou historian.

When Shi Xiangyun saw everyone, he ran over first: "I hope you are here."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Why can't you be anywhere without you?"

Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "Sister Feng still talks about me, aren't you the same?"

Seeing Lin Wanru talking to the three sisters of the Chen family, he quietly asked Sister Feng: "Are they the cousins ​​of Wan Ru's younger sister? Everyone says that the sisters of the Chen family are the most temperless."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "You don't care about others, it's serious to take care of yourself."

Chen Ruixue pulled Lin Wanru and said with a smile: "We all said to invite my sister to stay with us again, when will my sister be free?"

Lin Wanru smiled and didn't speak, Lin Daiyu was unhappy beside her, and said: "I'm going to urge Wanru to study this month, it's April, and the seventh day of April is Wanru's birthday, I'm afraid I won't be free, I'm afraid it will be the Dragon Boat Festival That's why."

The three sisters of the Chen family were not good at words, and they fell silent as soon as they heard it. Lin Wanru hurriedly pulled Chen Ruixue aside and whispered: "My sister still lives in Jia's house after all. If I always talk about going to someone else's house as a guest, it's embarrassing for my sister not to say it. What do the Jia family think, I am also in a dilemma, sister, don't blame me."

Chen Ruixue was very considerate: "Don't worry, sister, I know that after my sister's birthday, if I ask my aunt to pick her up, the Jia family won't say anything."

Lin Wanru breathed a sigh of relief.

Xue Baochai watched from the side, pursed her lips and smiled secretly, and looked at the people in the room.

Everyone sat talking and laughing for a while, and there was a commotion outside again, and everyone hurriedly got up, and it was Princess Minghua who came in, and everyone bowed in salute.

Princess Ming Hua smiled and said: "Get up, everyone, I will prepare a little wine in the humble house today, please come and have a gathering, I like to watch the young girls chatting and laughing lively, don't be formal, all of you are ready in the garden. Alright, those of you who like to play chess, those who like to paint, those who like to row boats, and those who like to play on the swings, go yourselves, I will invite Jiang Yuhan to sing about the drunken concubine when the banquet starts at noon, so don't miss it."

What she said was kind, everyone laughed, bowed again, and left Nongyu Xiaozhu. Then they relaxed, gathered together in twos and threes, and were led by the maids to the garden of the Princess Mansion.

Although it was only early spring, the garden seemed to be full of flowers, Lin Wanru was secretly amazed, and heard a girl from an unknown family next to her exclaim: "I'm afraid it's the flower house in the palace that can grow them."

Lin Wanru pursed her lips and smiled, and pulled Lin Daiyu back: "Where is sister going?"

Lin Daiyu said: "I think it's better to play chess quietly, let's go, I will teach you."

Lin Wanru waved her hands again and again: "Sister, I'd better go find Sister Yingchun, I came out to play today, please forgive me."

Lin Daiyu hated that iron could not be made into steel, and she was dragged away by Jia Tanchun after she tapped on her forehead. In less than a cup of tea, everyone found something to entertain themselves. Lin Wanru looked around, Lin Daiyu was playing chess with Jia Yingchun Next to it, Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun were watching the battle, and Xue Baochai was chatting with an unfamiliar girl, and there were people living in the same place depicting spring and painting, but there were few people at the swing stand, perhaps because of their self-esteem, they didn’t want to laugh and make trouble here. Courtesy.

Lin Wanru walked over, the youngest Chen Ruishuang had no scruples, Chen Ruixue pushed her from behind, having a great time playing, and Chen Ruiyu watched enviously, Lin Wanru smiled and said: "Sister, go up, I'll do it" push you."

Chen Ruiyu was a little pleasantly surprised, but a little hesitant: "It's not that good."

Lin Wanru pushed her and asked her to sit on the swing, and said with a smile: "I came here to play, so I can play as I do at home. If I just stick to etiquette, I won't let down the princess' good intentions."

Only then did Chen Ruiyu relax, and said with a smile, "Okay, you push me twenty times first, and then I will push you."

After playing and playing, several people relaxed. Chen Ruishuang and Chen Ruiyu simply compared each other to see who could swing higher. Chen Ruixue looked at it with trepidation, and said, "Fall carefully."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry, there are girls watching."

Chen Ruixue looked back, there were really a few girls standing outside the flowers, maybe they were there to take care of the girls, and they were afraid that they would be restrained if they stood too close.

Chen Ruixue couldn't help but secretly praised Princess Minghua for her delicate thoughts, and felt relieved, and started talking to Lin Wanru: "It turns out that the eldest aunt also said it, but the family couldn't leave, and she said they were all young girls. It’s inconvenient, but the eldest brother is here, he doesn’t like these things very much, except drinking with a few good brothers, going to the military camp to drink with the soldiers, it’s not interesting at all, it’s hard for him to figure it out.”

Lin Wanru couldn't help laughing: "Does my cousin like drinking very much?"

Chen Ruixue said with a smile: "I drink outside, but I seldom drink at home. My eldest aunt said that I don't like my elder brother's drunken appearance. Unless the whole family eats together and my uncle asks him to drink, otherwise my eldest aunt won't allow me to drink, but my elder brother can't drink." Very good, I seldom get drunk even if I drink outside..."

The two were chatting, but Chen Ruishuang felt dizzy after swinging for a long time and wanted to get off, but the swing couldn't stop for a while, so she jumped straight out, and Chen Ruiyu screamed beside her.