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After Baoyu went out, Baochai said to Yinger, "Yinger, go and bring me a basin of hot water to wash my face. I'm a little sleepy and want to rest."

After hearing this, Ying'er hurried out to ask someone to bring water.

Baochai washed her face, took off the red hairpin on her head, lay down on the bed with her clothes on, and said to Yinger, "Yinger, if someone comes, wake me up full of wine."

Ying'er nodded, helped Baochai put down the bed curtain, and went to the outer room to wait.

At this time, in Daiyu's room in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Daiyu and Xichun, who had just had lunch, were talking together.Xichun looked at Daiyu's packed luggage, full of melancholy.Xichun knew that once Daiyu went out, she would never come back here again.

Seeing Xichun's melancholy, Daiyu quickly took Xichun's hand and said: "Fourth sister, remember my words. Don't think about losing your hair and being an aunt. There are still good men. You have also seen that Feng Ziying married by sister Miaoyu , look at how nice they are. Zhier also told you that she became an aunt because she had no choice. Don't worry, I will write to you when I settle down."

After hearing this, Xichun said: "Sister Lin, you know my temperament. I'm the only girl in the house now. Miss Qiao is still young. I'm afraid it will be my turn to dismiss me soon. But sister Lin, don't worry, I have my own responsibility." Advocate. I know the brother-in-law of the young prince's love for my sister, I believe that my sister will return to the capital, and I think we can meet again in the future."

Daiyu blushed and said: "I don't know why, Brother Rong is really good to me, and I accept my fate. But I, Uncle Lin, have to decide our affairs, because my father told him. After I leave here, I will First go back to Gusu to pay homage to the ancestral graves, and put incense sticks on my grandparents and my parents. I may not come back until March. But fourth sister, I will not come back here. Fourth sister, don’t tell anyone else about this. Including my grandmother."

Xichun was a little surprised and said: "Could it be that sister already has another residence in the capital? Was it arranged by the young prince's brother-in-law?"

Daiyu shook her head and said: "No, I only found out about it recently. When I was still in Yangzhou, my father asked a master to show me, and said that I was in a catastrophe at the age of 56. So I asked Uncle Lin to prepare a resting place for me."

Xichun heard this and said, "So that's the case. Sister Lin, don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I heard from the old lady that you are going back to the south by boat tomorrow, so you are going to your new house first tomorrow?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "Yes, I don't know how the house is. I just heard that it is on the west side of the city, not far from the Muni Court. Uncle Lin told me to go there to rest for a few days. Wait until Sister Miaoyu gets married before leaving."

Xichun asked, "I don't know how many days it will take for my sister to return to Gusu Road?"

Daiyu said: "If there is no strong wind and heavy rain, we will arrive in eleven or twelve days. You can go directly to my place along the canal. Our home is not far from the Suzhou River."

Xichun said: "The south must be fun in spring, right? If I have a chance, I would like to visit the south too."

Daiyu said: "I can't tell how good Jiangnan is at the moment. The fourth sister only needs to think about the poems and essays that the ancients praised Jiangnan. So the fourth sister must be well. After I settle down, I will return to Nanning in the future." , then you can go with me. My father said that the old house in Gusu will always be kept, and Uncle Lin’s family will help me look after it.”

Xichun sighed: "Brother Bao got married this time, and the old lady sent someone to pick up the second sister, but she didn't come back. People in the Sun family said that the second sister had a cold, so they don't know if it's true or not. The second sister doesn't know what happened now. Now, she is so honest and pure, so the old man married her to someone like Sun Shaozu."

Daiyu said: "Fourth sister, remember what I said, you can't rely on others, you can only rely on yourself. The second sister is too honest. It turns out that her nanny dared to bully her in front of so many people. If she married into someone else's house, she would meet her." Such an unreasonable person will make things worse."

Xichun said: "Sister Lin is right, so sometimes I admire Xia Jingui, look at Sister Bao's brother, does he still dare to mess around?"

Daiyu said: "Sister Bao's elder brother has a bad character. After all, he is not a big villain. We have seen him many times. He is a person who speaks and does things without thinking, and he doesn't know martial arts. But that Sun Shaozu, listen He is good at martial arts, tall, and has a rough temper. How can the second sister be his opponent? The older uncle owes him money, and the wrong is the first, so I only cried for the second sister."

Xichun said: "There are not many good men. I heard that after Lian's second brother went to take office, he didn't reply to the letter except for the first letter there. That's why Lian's second sister-in-law got sick. Now everyone Madam abused her again, you see that Sister-in-law Feng is such a powerful person, she still lives like this."

Seeing that Daiyu was deep in thought and silent, Xichun quickly laughed and said, "But Sister Lin, I'm not talking about Brother-in-law Feng and Brother-in-law of the young prince."

Daiyu raised her head and said with a blushing face, "Fourth sister, with your mouth, it's not wrong to call Brother Feng brother-in-law. Brother Rong and I haven't settled on anything yet. My sister just makes fun of me. Let me tell you, I was thinking about something else. things."

Xichun hurriedly asked, "What are you thinking, Sister Lin?"

Daiyu said: "I was thinking, Sister Bao is now married to Brother Bao, if Brother Bao also keeps a few people in the house, do you think Sister Bao will feel as uncomfortable as we do?"

Xichun said: "Sister Lin, don't worry, Sister Bao has a good temper, I don't think she will care. The old lady and the wife used to say that she has a good temper, and that no one in our garden can compare with her. Lin Sister forgot, it turned out that Sister Bao went to Brother Bao's place to be intimate with Xiren."

Daiyu heard this, and said to herself, "Xingren? Xiren hasn't come back for so long, fourth sister, tell me, will she come back?"

Xichun said: "I'm also surprised. Xiren is in good health, so why did she say that she was seriously ill and sent her to rest outside. She passed away in July, and it's been almost half a year now, and she still hasn't recovered from her illness? Don't be He Qing Wen left like that?"

Thinking of what Wang Momo said, Daiyu couldn't help sighing: "Sister Bao's temperament, I can't do it, and I can't learn it. Maybe she and Baoyu were destined to marry, otherwise how could there be a golden and jade marriage? ?”

Daiyu and Xichun talked for a long time, Xichun said to go back to rest for a while, and said that she would come to see Daiyu off earlier the next day, so she said goodbye and went back.

But it is said that Baochai lay down in her new house with all her clothes on. After drinking some wine and being tired and tense for a long time, she fell into a deep sleep when she lay down.Seeing that Baochai was sleeping well, Yinger saw that no one came in, so it was hard to wake Baochai up.

As the saying goes, people feel refreshed on happy occasions, and they often doze off when they are bored.Baochai fell asleep, and when she woke up, it was almost You o'clock.

Seeing that Baochai had woken up, Yinger hurriedly came to serve her.After a while, Sheyue Qiuwen came in and asked Baochai what he would like to eat. Baochai hurriedly said, "Let's get some small dishes for conversation. After sleeping for so long, I am really hungry."

Qiuwen and Sheyue came in with food, and Baochai asked, "Are there any guests outside tonight?"

Qiu Wen nodded and said: "Yes, Second Master's uncle's house, Xiao Shihou's house, Eldest Master, and some of Second Master's colleagues are still here, and the banquet just happened to be held."

Baochai said, "What about the second master Bao?"

Sheyue said: "Second Master Bao is accompanying my uncle. My wife said that Baoyu might get drunk, so let's prepare sober soup."

After hearing this, Baochai didn't ask any more questions, but just lowered her head to eat.

In the main hall of Rongguo Mansion, all the people at the banquet were drinking and drinking, talking and laughing happily.Baoyu seemed to be very happy, and he drank very refreshingly, toasting every table.Seeing that Baoyu was drinking really badly, it was hard to persuade Jia Zheng to accompany some colleagues.

Seeing Baoyu coming to the table, Mrs. Wang quickly got up and pulled Baoyu over and said, "Baoyu, today is your good day, and you drank a lot of wine. You toasted your uncle and wife's wine. Stop everything quickly! I will let Yu Chuan'er Caiyun will send you back to the house, it's getting late, you should have a good rest, the old lady, the master and I are still waiting for you and your new wife to serve tea tomorrow."

At this moment, Baoyu also felt his mind was blurred, and hurriedly said: "My wife is right, I will go back after toasting my aunt, and I also want to rest."

After Baoyu toasted the female guests, Caiyun and Yuchuaner came over and helped Baoyu back to the new house.

When Baoyu was helped back to the new house, Baochai had already washed and washed, and was sitting there reading a book.Seeing that Baoyu came back smelling of alcohol, she hurriedly asked Sheyue Qiuwen and others to bring water to Baoyu to wash his face first, and then let Baoyu drink sober soup.

Baoyu drank the hangover soup, sat for a while, and said he was going to take a bath.Baochai asked Sheyue and Qiuwen to prepare hot water for Baoyu, and found clothes for Baoyu herself.

When Baoyu changed his clothes and returned to the house, he saw Baochai still sitting there reading a book.Baoyu saw that Baochai was wearing pink clothes and waterfall-like hair, which was really charming, but Baoyu couldn't explain it herself, and she didn't seem to have a trace of lust, so she sighed and said: "Sister Bao, I'm tired, I'm tired Rest now."

Before Baochai could answer, Baoyu went straight into the room, lay down on the bed, covered herself with a quilt and went to sleep.

Baochai didn't get up either, and let Ying'er and Sheyue Qiuwen go down, saying that she would read a book first and didn't need to wait on her.

After hearing this, Ying'er had to back down.

There was a moment of silence in the room.Baoyu on the bed was already snoring deeply.Baochai got up and approached. Seeing that Baoyu was lying on the bed without a quilt, she had to pull the quilt over Baoyu.

Looking around at the new house, Baochai was just in a daze.

It is said that bridal chamber candles are a great joy in life, why don't I have the kind of happiness that I should have?I remember that when my aunt Mrs. Wang told me about this marriage, I was not surprised.But when he heard that he and Daiyu were going to give it to Baoyu, he realized that Daiyu still had an irreplaceable position not only in Baoyu's heart, but also in Jia's mansion.At that time, I was very envious of Daiyu, even a little jealous, because I knew that Baoyu would always put Daiyu ahead of him.

But only one day later, my mother told herself that she was the only one who was engaged to Baoyu, and she couldn't help being very pleasantly surprised.Baoyu has a good temper and will never bully herself, and Xiren is easy to get along with.With her own ability, Baochai believed that once she entered the Rongguo Mansion, everything would be handy.

However, after the happy wedding that outsiders saw, Baochai didn't dare to think about whether it would be more joyful or more worrying in the future.

Baochai sat at the table, and I don't know how long it had been. She was really exhausted, and she came to the bed. Seeing Baoyu rolling up the quilt, she went to get another quilt by herself, and lay down beside Baoyu with a blushing face. After being full of melancholy for a while, I fell asleep in a daze.

When the first light of dawn rises, people rise early in two places.

In Baochai Baoyu's new house, Baochai may have slept well yesterday afternoon, and it was the first night of their wedding, and all kinds of emotions made him wake up early.Rubbing his eyes and sitting up, seeing the pair of red candles on the table outside were still burning, he slowly remembered everything from yesterday.

Starting today, I am already a bride, and I should get up early to meet my parents-in-law and elders, but there is still silence around me, and Baoyu, who is sleeping under the quilt, is still asleep.Baochai got up slowly, and without calling anyone, she came to the red candles that were still shedding tears, and looked at the pair of red candles, feeling like a dream.

When Baochai had cleaned up everything, she got up and opened the door by herself, and saw that in the yard, Yinger, Sheyue and Qiuwen had already got up to clean up there.When several people saw Baochai get up, they all came to congratulate Baochai first, then brought water to those who made tea, and those who made tea to make tea.In Yihong Courtyard, there were more voices and more laughter.

At this time in the Xiaoxiang Hall, everyone also got up early, because today is the day when Daiyu leaves the residence.Daiyu asked Zijuan to give five hundred dollars each to the two women who cleaned the yard and the two maids, and told her that she was going back to Gusu today. The four were very grateful.There are also some old clothes, old things that are not easy to carry, and the leftover needlework. Daiyu asked Zicuckoo to give them all.

Mei Qing said that she would return to Feng's mansion after sending Daiyu out, but Daiyu didn't say much, and asked a few people to check again and clean up the Xiaoxiang Hall.After breakfast, Daiyu took Zijuan Xueyan to Jia Mu's place to say goodbye.

At Jiamu's place, Baoyu and Baochai happened to meet and salute, and Jiamu was happy.Seeing that Daiyu brought the snow geese and Zijuan to say goodbye, I couldn't help but feel sad.Daiyu said: "Grandmother, Yu'er knows that my grandmother loves me, but I haven't been back to Gusu for many years. I always dream of my hometown in Gusu. My father told me that when I was 15, I would definitely go back to worship them. Don't worry, grandma, when I arrive in Gusu, I will definitely write to you. Even if I can't visit my grandma often in the future, I will remember my grandma's upbringing, and I hope my grandma will take care of her!"

Having said that, Daiyu knelt down to Mother Jia and kowtowed a few times.Xueyan and Zicuckoo also kowtowed to thank each other.

Mother Jia asked Yuanyang to help Daiyu's master and servant, and said: "Yu'er, grandmother is dying, if you still want to come here, you can come here at any time."

Daiyu nodded and said, "Grandma, don't worry. Uncle Lin's son has been taking care of my old house in Gusu, and there is also a sacrifice field. I won't be too wronged when I go back. My father has arranged for Uncle Lin to take good care of me. I have already When I grow up, I will also learn to manage housework, and I will often write letters to my grandmother."

Daiyu looked at Baoyu and Baochai at the side again, stepped forward and said, "Brother Bao, second sister-in-law, I'm leaving, I hope you will honor your grandmother, uncle and aunt well in the future, and I hope you two will respect and love each other, and everything will be better." Alright, my sister blesses you!" At this point, Daiyu bowed to the two of them.

Baochai nodded and said, "Thank you, sister Lin, for your good words. I think I will. Take care, sister Lin!"

Baoyu said, "Sister Lin, will you come back to see us?"

Daiyu said: "I don't know either. If possible, I might. Take care, Brother Bao!"

Jia Mu said: "Yuanyang, you go to Xiaoxiang Hall to see off Yu'er for me, and see if the pick-up person has come?"

After hearing this, Yuanyang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, old ancestor, I will go with Miss Lin!"

Daiyu brought Xueyan Zijuan and Yuanyang back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, only to see Lin Zhong, Li Lei, Li Xun and Hu Shan had already entered.Lin Zhongdao: "Yu'er, I have already gone back to Housekeeper Lai. He originally said that he would ask a few people to help move things, but I said no, the four of us, and Xueyan Zijuan and a few maids."

Daiyu nodded and said: "I don't have many things, mainly those boxes of books. Sister Yuanyang, you sit down first. Mei Qing, Xueyan, Chunxian, you go out with my cousin first, and I will wait for the fourth sister." .”

Li Xun and Li Lei moved the box in the yard. Seeing Daiyu and Yuanyang sitting under the eaves, Li Xun suddenly blushed and walked over to Daiyu, "Sister Daiyu, come here, I want to say something to you." talk."

After hearing this, Daiyu hurriedly followed Li Xun to the side.Seeing that Li Xun was only blushing but didn't speak for a long time, Daiyu hurriedly asked, "Cousin Xun, what's the matter? Tell me quickly, you're blushing like us girls."

Only then did Li Xun approach Daiyu and said, "Sister Yu'er, help me ask this mandarin duck girl, is she willing to let me redeem her?"

Only then did Daiyu understand what was going on, and hurriedly asked, "Cousin Xun, do you like Sister Yuanyang?"

Li Xun nodded and said: "Sister Yu'er, you can ask for me, and you can also tell her where I live. It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to. You can tell her. If she has anything to do in the future, I will also tell her." Willing to help her!"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Okay, cousin Xun, don't worry, I'll tell her, but it might not work right now, I'll go back and tell you the details. Sister Yuanyang is indeed a very good person."

Li Xun hurriedly said: "Then thank you sister Yu'er."

To know what Daiyu will say to Yuanyang, let's read the following.