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Dai Yu looked at Shui Rong with a smile and said, "A man drinks like a drunkard, he loses all his refinement."

Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, don't worry, I won't get drunk. I only promised to help Ziying block the wine to accompany guests. Ziying said, help him now, and he will help me when we get married."

Daiyu immediately stared at her beautiful eyes that seemed angry but not angry, and said with a blushing face, "Brother Rong, why are you saying this again, and besides, I won't accompany you anymore."

Seeing that Daiyu was shy, Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Dai'er, don't worry, I won't get drunk. As for wine, any man would drink a little, right? You like Tao Yuanming, you know, Tao Yuanming is also a drunkard. And Li Bai, one hundred poems about fighting wine, said that "life must be full of wine". However, wine is the same as poetry. Wine is drunk with friends, and poetry is chanted to people who know each other. I drink more with Ziying, and I hardly drink with others. , I don't like people who often get drunk, do you believe what I say?"

Daiyu said with a smile: "You men like to drink, there are always many reasons. It's like 'drunkenness is big, and the sun and moon are long in the pot', 'how to relieve worries, only Du Kang', but I have no objection if you don't get drunk. I drink too, but never much."

Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, so do I. When it comes to drinking, Ziying and I both feel sorry for one person. Dai'er, you all say that we men like flirting, but in fact, many of us men are very infatuated."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Brother Rong, you won't just talk about yourself, will you?"

Shui Rong said earnestly: "Dai'er, I have to say one thing, you will never believe it. Ziying and I once had a friend named Liu Xianglian. He is also like us, he likes to wield swords and is good looking. He is also very chivalrous. He is also proficient in many musical instruments. He usually likes to wander around the world. Because an acquaintance introduced him to a marriage. Hearing that the girl is good-looking, he accepted it and gave him an ancestral The Mandarin Duck sword was used as a betrothal ceremony. After inquiring later, he found out that the woman had a bad character and had an affair with his brother-in-law, so he wanted to divorce the marriage, so he went to the woman's house to ask for the betrothal ceremony back. If she couldn't marry him, she took the mandarin duck sword that was a ceremony and committed suicide. Liu Xianglian regretted it so much after hearing this, she even went out to become a monk."

After hearing this, Daiyu asked incredulously, "Is there such a man?"

Shui Rong said: "Why not? What I said was true. This Liu Xianglian, Ziying and I feel sorry for him, because although that woman has a strong temper, she really has misbehavior. Years ago, Ziying and I When we met his widowed aunt on the road, Ziying and I were worried."

Shui Rong then told everything about Liu Xianglian and his aunt.

After hearing this, Daiyu sighed, "Therefore, there is a line of poetry that is most memorable to countless people."

Shui Rong hurriedly asked: "Dai'er, which poem did you say?"

Daiyu said: "Ask the world what love is, and teach life and death directly."

Shui Rong looked at Daiyu and said softly, "I hope to have a person with one heart and one mind, and never leave each other."

Daiyu took a look at Shui Rong, quickly lowered her head and concentrated on it, and sighed: "That Liu Xianglian's aunt is really pitiful. She is a woman, what should I do? If I meet Liu Xianglian, he will become a monk and Taoist priest." , but also to persuade him to return to vulgarity. The Buddha will also blame his own aunt for being so lonely and helpless. Brother Rong, you and Ziying must help that Aunt Liu."

Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, don't worry, that time when Ziying and I met Aunt Liu, we already gave her all our money, which should be enough for her to live alone for a year or so. In the future, Ziying and I will be inquired about by others." Liu Xianglian, as long as there is news about him, he will naturally tell him about his aunt, I think if he listens, he will not be indifferent."

Daiyu said: "A real good friend is to help each other in need."

Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, let me tell you one more thing, your third sister from the Jia family has been conferred the title of Princess Nanning, and will be sent to Annan to be married in early March."

After hearing this, Daiyu asked in surprise, "So, my third younger sister is going to marry An Nanguo?"

Shui Rong nodded and said: "Yes. This is an agreement made by the important officials of the court. However, Annan Kingdom is a small country, and their princess will also be sent to the capital to show their sincerity. So your third sister should not feel wronged when she goes there of."

Daiyu said: "Brother Rong, you have also seen that my third younger sister is also a very good girl. Although she is named a princess, she doesn't know whether she is tall, short, fat or thin, and even less so is her personality."

Shui Rong said: "Then I don't know. But when your third sister goes there, she will either marry the king or the prince there, and her status will not be wronged."

Daiyu sighed, "If you marry an old king, won't you be wronged?"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Don't worry, King Annan is not 50 years old. I heard from King Nan'an that if the princesses of our celestial dynasty go, they will probably marry their third princes, not the king. Because we are a big country in the celestial dynasty, they will marry you in many ways. We still need the protection of the Celestial Dynasty. The third prince of Annan has no concubine this year. The king of Nan'an has met him and said that he looks good."

Daiyu said: "Then I hope my third sister will marry this prince. Brother Rong, when you say that, I suddenly remembered the original thing. Maybe my third sister will really marry this third prince and live a good life. "

Shui Rong smiled and said, "How do you say?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Once, it was Baoyu's birthday. We invited our sisters to celebrate her birthday. We asked the girl to take an ivory flower name stick, and we drew lots for the wine order. The sign that the third sister shook had an apricot flower drawn on it, and the sign said With the four characters "Yao Chi Xianpin", the following poem reads "Red apricots planted against the clouds by the sun." The note reads, "Whoever wins this lottery must win a noble son-in-law." At that time, my sister-in-law still said with a smile, the family Now that there is a virtuous concubine, is it possible that there is another concubine? Thinking about it now, the marriage of the third younger sister may have been decided long ago. No wonder Sister Bao's mother said that marriage is determined at birth."

Shui Rong hurriedly asked: "Marriage is destined at birth?"

Daiyu nodded and said: "Yes, Sister Bao's mother said that when everyone is born, the old man under the moon in the sky will tie a man and a woman who should be married with a red thread. She said that when she grows up, no matter who For a man and a woman who are far apart, they will eventually achieve marriage together."

Shui Rong said with a smile: "Dai'er, you believe so much in the destiny of marriage now, what did you draw that time? Does it have anything to do with me?" Daiyu looked at Shui Rong and asked with a smile: "Brother Yi Rong, look, I What flowers will be on the lottery?"

Shui Rong looked at Daiyu's beautiful eyes like autumn water, thought for a while and said, "Dai'er, I guess the flowers you smoke must not be flowers that bloom in spring and summer."

Daiyu was a little surprised and asked: "Why? My birthday is the Flower Festival on the twelfth day of the second lunar month, which is a good time for all flowers to bloom."

Shui Rong said: "I don't know either, anyway, I think the flowers you smoke are definitely not spring and summer flowers, and it can't be plum blossoms."

Daiyu was even more surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Why can't I be a plum blossom?"

Shui Rong said: "I think it's possible to say that Huangjie Miaoyu and your fourth younger sister smoke plum blossoms. I guess you are either chrysanthemums or hibiscus flowers."

After Shui Rong finished speaking, she looked at Daiyu tenderly and said, "Dai'er, do you think so?"

Daiyu put down the chess pieces in her hand, opened her eyes wide, looked at Shui Rong with some doubts, and said, "Brother Rong, why don't you say that I can't be a plum blossom? I want you to explain why."

Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, you may not know it yourself, your eyes that are always full of sorrow and dew, tell me very clearly that although you admire Mei's character, it is difficult to be as resolute as Mei. So, the first time I saw you, there always seemed to be tears in your eyes. If the marriage is really destined, I guess, Dai'er, you must be smoking hibiscus flowers!"

Daiyu's heart was shocked, and she made a move, just staring blankly at the chess game.I remembered that on the lottery I drew at that time, what was painted was a hibiscus flower, and the inscription was "Fenglu Qingchou", and the poem on it was "Don't blame the east wind, be yourself."

How could Shui Rong really guess?

"Daier, did I guess right?"

The water-melting voice awakened Daiyu's contemplation, and Daiyu hurriedly lowered her head and made a hasty sigh.

Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, if you go down here, you're doomed."

Daiyu looked at it with confidence, she really was going to lose.Shui Rong said: "Put this one there first, Dai'er, why didn't you ask me why I guessed that the lottery you drew was a hibiscus flower?"

Daiyu looked at Shui Rong and said, "Brother Rong, tell me."

Shui Rong said: "Dai'er, do you know? I never believed in these fates. But my father told me that when Mr. Lin was in Yangzhou, he even took you to Qiling Temple to find Master Zhitong several times, saying I am so puzzled that you had a catastrophe at the age of 56. Your father is Tanhualang and a descendant of a century-old scholarly family. How could you believe in these ghosts and gods? But your father believed it, and you Uncle Lin believed it, and you must believe it too. .So my father discussed with my father, and asked people to look at my birthday and marriage. Guess what they said?"

Daiyu said, "What did they say?"

Shui Rong said: "They said that my surname is Shui, and my birth date also belongs to Shui, so I should be the most prosperous in my life."

When Shui Rong said this, he looked at Daiyu and smiled and said, "Dai'er, think about it, your surname is Lin, and Lin is wood, and your Uncle Lin told my father and king that you are destined to be short of water, and you still like to shed tears so much, so , Daier, what you need most is water, don’t you think? Chrysanthemums bloom in September, are drought-tolerant, and are not water-deficient flowers and trees. But hibiscus is different, water hibiscus, wood hibiscus, can’t lack water, so, I guess you The lottery is a lotus flower. Tell me, what else is written on your signature?"

Daiyu had no choice but to tell the truth: "It is written in the four characters of 'Fenglu Qingchou', and the poem is written in 'Don't complain about the east wind.'"

Shui Rong thought for a while and said: "Dai'er, it seems that the destiny is also reliable, no wonder our marriage has always had some twists and turns. Alright, now let's concentrate on finishing this game of chess. I'm afraid my father will get up later, and we I'm going back."

Daiyu nodded and said, "Brother Rong, when you meet Sister Miaoyu and Feng Ziying, send my greetings to you. Have you brought the gift that my fourth sister and I gave to Sister Miao?"

Shui Rong said: "I will bring Mei Qing into the palace as soon as I deliver it."

Daiyu said: "Brother Rong, you will help me bring a gift to the Feng family later, and also apologize to Sister Miaoyu and Feng Ziying. I can't go to congratulate them, but I will bless them here."

Shui Rong smiled and said, "Dai'er, don't worry. They know that you will return to the south soon, and they also know that I will accompany you. My father and I will enter the palace as soon as we go back. You pack your bags for going back to the south these days, I am 28 Come here and wait for you to go to the East Gate Ferry together."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Brother Rong, why do you bother to rush here so early in the morning, you just wait at the East Gate Ferry, I only have Uncle Lin and Xueyan Zijuan here, Chunxian and Mammy Wang are not here. go."

Shui Rong thought for a while and said, "Then I will come here again on the 27th."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "If you want to go with us, you can accompany the emperor and Uncle Shui at ease. You have been away for so many days, how do you know the elders' worries."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Dai'er, you haven't passed the door yet, and you care so much about my father, father, mother and concubine. If you come to our Beijing Palace, my father, mother and concubine will be so happy. Don't worry, if we become We will come here often. The Jasper Garden on the opposite side of the road, my father said he would give it to us as a congratulatory gift for our marriage."

Before Daiyu could speak, Lin Zhong had already come out with Shui Ruoning and Uncle Yun.Seeing that Shui Rong and Daiyu are still playing chess, Shui Ruoning said with a smile, "Yu'er, play with your brother Rong, who is better?"

Daiyu lowered her head and said, "I lost, Brother Rong is amazing."

Shui Ruoning smiled and said: "That's Yu'er, you're not familiar with his chess moves. If you play a lot, you can beat him! Well, we're going back today. On the 28th, I will send a car to pick you up!"

Lin Zhong hurriedly said: "No need, my lord, this place is not close to your side, I will hire a car the day before."

Shui Ruoning smiled and said: "It's nothing, my palace has a car, I'll ask Uncle Yun to pick you up earlier. It's settled like this, you can pack your bags when the time comes."

Daiyu asked Zijuan to pick up the congratulatory gift for Feng's mansion, and handed it to Shui Rong's follower, Shui'an.Daiyu Linzhong sent Shui Ruoning and Shui Rong out of the mansion. Seeing that they had gone far, they returned without mentioning it.

But it was said that in the Rongguo Mansion near noon on the 25th, Mrs. Wang was listening to the sad news from Zhou Rui's family in the room, saying that Xisheng's daughter had died this morning.It was not quite right to say that it was the child who woke up in the morning. There were some bruises on one side of the head, and he would not eat or drink milk.After the medicine was prescribed and boiled, the child was already dying and had passed away an hour ago, so I came here to report to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was sad for a while when she heard this, so she had to say to Zhou Rui's family: "You first call two people to take care of you. You can't hide this matter from the old lady. The old lady gave Baoyu the attack. I want to hear from the old lady. It’s my idea, but remember, don’t let this matter reach the mansion.”

Zhou Rui's family took the order and left.

Mrs. Wang immediately took Yuchai'er to see Jia's mother and informed Jia Mu that the daughter born to Xiren had died.

After hearing this, Jia Mu sighed: "Why is it useless to be good? This attacker is obviously not blessed. In this case, I don't think it is appropriate for her to enter the mansion again. Baoyu is not bad at the moment, so it can be seen that she is married. After the first lunar month, his father told him to go to home school to see if he could enter school this year and next year. Xiren has been here for so many years, and we have not treated her badly, let her take care of her health temporarily, Let her go back to her home after the moon is out."

Mrs. Wang nodded and said: "The old lady is thoughtful, and the daughter-in-law will send someone to give orders. It's just about the fourth girl, how should the old lady deal with it now?"

Jia Mu said: "I've already asked Brother Zhen's wife, but she didn't say anything. She said that as long as we like it, it won't be bad. She said that it's hard for her to say anything with Miss Fourth's temper. But she said I want to ask Brother Zhen what he means, but I haven't come back to reply in the past two days."

Mrs. Wang said: "Old lady, I think it's better to wait until February to talk about this matter. In these two days, I have to prepare to go to Feng's residence to congratulate, and I also need to prepare to go to the palace to see the empress and the third girl on the first day of the new year. I have already Call Bao girl to prepare 1 taels of silver to see if there will be any good news from the empress this year."

Mother Jia sighed: "Yes, it's been another year, and my mother hasn't had any good news yet, so I feel uneasy. The Holy Majesty is already in his early fifties. If there is no good news for my mother in the past two years, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the future. "

Mrs. Wang said: "I'm also worried about this. Yuan'er will be 30 years old in a blink of an eye. If the princess of Annan Kingdom enters the palace, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for the empress."

After leaving Jiamu's place, Mrs. Wang returned to her room, still feeling a little flustered.Logically, the child Xiren had now died and became a daughter again, which solved many possible troubles.From the moment she sent Xiren out, Mrs. Wang was always worried.One is afraid that the news of Xiren will affect Baoyu's reputation, and the other is that Xiren will give birth to a son before Baochai.At that time, if Baochai knew that the attacker would have had a child before he got engaged, no matter how virtuous Baochai was, he would feel uncomfortable, which would naturally affect Baoyu and Baochai's relationship between husband and wife.

However, Mrs. Wang would feel bad if Xiren was sent back to Hua's house.I once made a promise to Xiren, saying that after giving birth to the child, I would definitely pick her up and let her continue to serve Baoyu.The identity of Xiren, the prospective aunt, is already known to everyone in the Rongguo Mansion.Now she gave birth to a daughter for Baoyu, but the child died.If Xiren is allowed to go back to Hua's house, it will be up to his elder brother and sister-in-law to get married, because Xiren is now 19 years old, but what will happen if one day Baoyu knows the truth?

Mrs. Wang felt indescribably melancholy when she thought of this.

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