There is no phoenix

Xichun smiled and said: "There is a sign. I remember that sister Lin wrote a sentence that said, "Sigh, who will give up and who will accept in this life. It doesn't matter if you marry Dongfengchun, let me go, and endure the drowning." The flower is hibiscus, and the poem is "Don't complain about Dongfeng's emptiness". Now my sister is going to marry the young prince's brother-in-law, what is it if she is not marrying Dongfeng!"

Daiyu listened, thought carefully, and couldn't help sighing secretly.

Seeing that Daiyu was silent, Xichun said again: "Things in the world are so coincidental. I remember that Sister Qin wrote a sentence about 'a dream of plum blossoms in the bright moon'. Doesn't it mean that Sister Qin was not in Mei's house all her life?"

Hearing this, Baoqin couldn't help sighing: "No wonder Buddhism and Taoism say that people should not talk nonsense. There are so many coincidences in our poems. Maybe it's destiny."

After breakfast the next day, Baoqin and Guanshi Zhang left and returned to Jinling. Baoqin said, "I never thought that Xiangling could find relatives and a home so smoothly this time. My brother and sister-in-law just came back, and they stayed in the capital for the past few years. We’re going to be unfamiliar. Manager Zhang has to be busy, and I have to help my brother and sister-in-law with the shop. I just hope that Sister Lin and Fourth Sister can get married soon, and I’ll be in Jinling to bless you all!”

Daiyu and Xichun also clung to Baoqin's hand and said, "Take care too, I hope we will meet again!"

After Baoqin left, Daiyu, Xueyan, Zijuan and the others were busy packing for their trip back to Beijing.Daiyu said to Xichun: "Fourth sister, don't worry, I'm going to tell my grandmother and uncles about the matter between me and Brother Rong in July. You don't want them to know when you go back to the capital, so you can live with me. My father told me about that place." , Give me a resting place at that time, don’t let my grandmother know. It’s the outskirts, as long as we don’t go out, no one will know.”

After hearing this, Xichun was naturally willing, and sighed: "Caiping and I have been away for more than 20 days now, and they must have found all the places they should look for in the capital, and they should not look for me again. As long as they don't bring trouble to my sister If my sister is willing to let me go, I will go to your place. If my brother and sister-in-law find you, I will go to a nunnery that they will never find to become a monk!"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Sister, don't talk about this anymore. If your big brother Liu knows that you are still talking about the nunnery, I don't know how anxious he will be. He said that as long as you are willing, don't dislike him, and he will work hard to participate in it when you go back." The selection of the imperial guards, I will marry you in when I have a position!"

Thinking of Liu Xianglian's generous help, her tenderness, her handsome and chivalrous demeanor, Xichun couldn't help but blushed and said, "Sister Lin, do you think Brother Liu will change his mind?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, fourth sister. If you want Big Brother Liu to change his mind, I'm afraid it will be harder than climbing to the sky. I heard that he is in the capital, and others call him Leng Erlang. Brother Rong said that Big Brother Liu was with you since childhood." Feng Ziying was together, saying that the two of them are better than brothers, and they used to eat and live together. Brother Rong also met Brother Liu through Feng Ziying. It is said that those who are close to ink are black, and those who are close to Zhu are red. I believe in Feng Ziying, I believe in Rong Brother, so I think Brother Liu is reliable. If there is something wrong with Brother Liu, Brother Rong and Feng Ziying won’t talk about it? From Brother Liu’s tone, he is worried that you think his family is poor, has an aunt, and has no position for the time being. It can be said that the family is destitute. The fourth sister. Tell me, do you care about this?"

Xichun said: "Sister Lin knows who I am, if I care about this, I won't escape. If I insist on going back to my brother and sister-in-law, there is no reason for anyone to stop me. Although my brother is miserable, I want money He won't hurt me."

After that, he told about the fact that Jia Zhen had given 1 taels of silver.

Daiyu said: "It seems that brother Zhen still cares about you as a real sister. The so-called flesh and blood relationship is like this. Look at Sister Bao's brother, he is so miserable, but every time he goes out, he always brings a few boxes for Sister Bao. Just Like Uncle Lin, although he is not my real uncle, he takes good care of me. There are also Li Lei and Li Xun you have met, they are only my distant cousins, but they remember my father’s kindness and said that they will wait until I get married. will have a family."

Xichun said: "It's all because of the ties that my uncle forged during his lifetime. The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants can enjoy the shade. In our house, the ancestors worked hard to get two hereditary inheritances, but now, the men in our family don't cherish it. .My surname is also Jia, seeing how my family members are so unsatisfactory, how can I not die!"

Early on the morning of February [-], Daiyu, Liu Xianglian, his master and disciple Xichun and others boarded the official ship returning to Beijing from Suzhou.

Lin Zhong has not returned to his hometown for several years, and Daiyu's wedding date is also in August, so Daiyu asked Lin Zhong to reunite with his family in Gusu temporarily, and Lin Zhong returned to the capital at the end of June in preparation for Daiyu's wedding.But it is said that the imperial city at this time is busy with Tanchun and marriage.Tanchun is the adopted daughter of Nan'an Prince's Mansion, and the third girl of Rongguo Mansion, the sister of the virtuous concubine. In addition to the generous dowry provided by the royal family, Nan'an Prince's Mansion and Rongguo Mansion both have dowries, which have been sent to the palace a few days in advance.

Because Annan is far away, the emperor discussed with his ministers, and finally decided to send his relatives by land and water. Li Tai, a loyal and brave general, led a hundred strong followers selected from the Western Beijing Army Camp to escort Tanchun to Annan.

Tanchun’s route to Annan this time, first went south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from Dongmen Ferry, then diverted to the Yangtze River, and then entered the Xiangjiang River, passing through Guangdong and Guangxi by land.It's just that the emperor told us that after arriving in Guangdong and Guangxi, we must wait for Princess Annan to enter the border of our Celestial Dynasty before sending Princess Nanning to Annan.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the second day of March, and it was the Ching Ming Festival. The spring was endless, but there were several people who were infinitely sad.So, who would it be?

The emperor's kindness is great, and the emperor specially issued an edict to allow the relatives of Nan'an Wangfu and Jia's mansion to go to the East Gate Ferry to see off Princess Nanning in Tanchun.

In Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang were allowed to see off at the East Gate Tower with the royal family members, so they entered the palace in sedan chairs early in the morning.The rest of Jia's family members, Mrs. Xing, Sister Feng, Baochai, and You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from Ningguo's mansion all went to the east gate ferry.

In the palace, Tanchun was woken up early by several foster nuns, who said they were going to get up and dress up.After getting dressed and tidied up, Tanchun was embraced by many maids to bid farewell to the emperor, prince, concubines, and royal family members.After the ceremony, Tanchun was helped onto the phoenix chariot and left the palace.

Li Tai, a loyal and brave general waiting outside the palace, and a team of more than 100 people were riding on horseback, ready to go.Seeing that Tanchun's phoenix chariot had already come out, Li Tai led the procession to see off relatives, and followed Tanchun's phoenix chariot to the east gate ferry.

This time, apart from Li Tai's escort team, many male relatives from Nan'an Palace and Jia's Palace all rode behind to see them off.The procession of seeing off relatives seemed very large, and the etiquette was quite grand. On the way, there were people from Nan'an Prince's Mansion and family members from Jia's Mansion who were sending off their relatives in cars and sedan chairs.In addition, some family friends of Nan'an and Jia's mansions, princes and ministers and other women's family members also took carriages and sedan chairs, and along with the procession of seeing off relatives, they flocked to Dongmen Ferry Wharf.

The emperor's prince and many concubines, royal family members, and specially invited Jiamu and Mrs. Wang, all climbed to the east gate to watch the ferry after they left the palace in Tanchun.

At the East Gate Ferry, there are already two big send-off ships waiting there.Tanchun was helped off the phoenix chariot, stood at the bow of the boat and looked back, seeing Jiamu and Mrs. Wang, Yuanchun accompanied the emperor and other royal relatives standing on the tower, and then looked at the shore of the Dongmen Ferry, there was Nan'an Palace and Jia There are relatives in the government, and there are many people who don't know.

Tanchun saw Mrs. Yuanchun Jiamu Wang from a distance, and they all looked at him quietly.Looking at the people by the ferry again, I really wanted to find two familiar figures, Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan.

But Tanchun watched for a long time, but did not see Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan.Tanchun really wanted to call "mother" and "brother" in his heart, but he couldn't see it with his eyes, and couldn't say it with his mouth.However, Tanchun guessed that the two of them must be looking at themselves from behind the group of people.

Tanchun has never seen Aunt Zhao and Jia Huan since she was hurriedly brought into the Nan'an palace by the concubine Nan'an as a daughter in Jia's mansion, and then entered the palace.Thinking of all the past, thinking of this parting, maybe he will never see all his relatives again, Tanchun couldn't help but burst into tears.

But Tanchun didn't know that among so many people who saw off their relatives, his biological mother Aunt Zhao's younger brother Jia Huan and Ben didn't come to see them off.What is the reason?And see the explanation below.