[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The day after Shi Hui got married, Daiyu got married and put on her make-up. Her ostentation was naturally better than that of Shi's family. Both the bride and groom had higher officials.

Naturally, everything went smoothly for Lin Fu's makeup application, and soon after dusk, the guests gradually dispersed.

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At this time, the back door of Lin's mansion was cleared, Lin Ruhai got the news and went to the back door to welcome him personally, Tu Yuanyi accompanied Xing Xiuyan and came here under the guard of several micro-clothed guards.

They also just secretly went to Xing Mansion to see Xing Xiuyan's younger brother, and Tu Yuanyi also took on the important task of naming the child.Daiyu is going to get married tomorrow, Xing Xiuyan wants to see her no matter what, he always feels that he has a lot to say to this "heroine", so he can't concentrate on reading Zhou Tianfu's dossier.

After all, she still prefers Daiyu. She was not in the same mood when Shi Hui got married. I am afraid that this is the complex of every Daiyu fan in later generations.

When Daiyu saw that Xing Xiuyan slipped out of the palace in men's clothing to see her, she was moved to tears. Mrs. Sun had a big belly at this time, she smiled and left the yard, leaving the sisters to talk privately.

Daiyu threw herself into Xing Xiuyan's arms, and called "big sister" affectionately. Although Mrs. Sun treated her well, she couldn't replace Xing Xiuyan's position in her heart among female relatives.

Xing Xiuyan stroked her hair, said with a faint smile, "My Yu'er is getting married tomorrow, I want to see it anyway, but I can't come in the daytime tomorrow."

Daiyu rolled her eyes and said, "But teach me that there is a big sister in this life, so I don't feel miserable anymore."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "If Yu'er feels that she is miserable, it will be interesting. You have a father who is a high-ranking official, married well, and has a wealth of wealth. No matter what happens, it is not your turn to be miserable."

Daiyu said with a smile: "But I think everything has become better and better since I met my eldest sister. The eldest sister is a blessed person, and the eldest sister will pass on her blessings to me."

"Look at this little mouth, why is it like your sister Feng?"

The two sisters were talking, just like before, hand in hand gossiping on Daiyu's kang.

Xing Xiuyan gossips and asks how she and Xiao Shizi "fall in love", Daiyu is so ashamed and annoyed that she is not willing to answer.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "Your son is ashamed, what will you do tomorrow?"

Daiyu has a disobedient temperament, and asked back: "How did the eldest sister fall in love?" Daiyu has been with her for a long time, and many words are also affected.

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "I was selected into the palace without being in love. The saint was a person who wanted to save face at the beginning, and I refused to tell him if he liked it first. Therefore, the saint is not as emotional as Xiao Shizi!"

Daiyu said: "I see that you are very kind. The sage can't be more kind to the elder sister. The elder sister doesn't like those etiquettes and rules, but the saint actually protects the elder sister. He can't bear to let those worldly wind knives and frost swords hurt you. Whether a person is sincere or false does not depend on what he says, but what he does, and also depends on his identification with you in soul, and in the big picture, he loves you and respects your heart."

Xing Xiuyan was surprised: "You actually have such an understanding!"

Daiyu thought to herself: If you say good things, Cousin Baoyu's words are pleasing to listen to, but he will not bear for love and work hard for love.Rong Mansion looked down on her when she was young, but even if she did something extraordinary in Shuofang, she was still loved.She is also willing to repay the love he and his family have shown her.

Daiyu smiled slightly and said, "Sister, I have grown up."

Xing Xiuyan sighed: "Yes, I have grown up."

Daiyu looked at her with a solemn face, and said: "I will seize the opportunity, I will be strong, tolerant, brave, and responsible like the elder sister, and I will look at the world like the elder sister, and I will have understanding and compassion for the people. pity."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help looking at her in a daze, and Daiyu said: "My sister came from poverty, but she has always been strong and never complained. My sister has been responsible for the family since she was a child, and she has also taken care of the happiness of her family and sisters. My sister always treats people with a sincere heart." Tolerance and understanding, I will also learn."

Xing Xiuyan said: "I'm not that good either. I think Yu'er is a good girl who deserves the best. She will be safe and happy in the future."

It is a pleasure for sisters to talk to each other.

Xing Xiuyan took out two booklets from a bundle and gave them to Daiyu, only to see that there were two "erotic palaces" in seal script on the gorgeous cover.Even if Daiyu didn't read this kind of book, she still knew that it was a "forbidden book" in the legend.

"Sister, why did you bring this thing? It's even more popular than "The West Chamber." Daiyu turned around nervously and shyly.

Xing Xiuyan looked at Baby Daiyu, is what she's doing now the persona of Fairy Beng?In the original novel, Baby Daiyu was pure and clean until death, and even Xiren became the housekeeper, she only knew that Xiren's monthly promotion was two liang, and she could be called "little sister-in-law", but she didn't know that she and Baoyu were more intimate physically than others relation.Therefore, she didn't know how to compete with the future aunt for favor, and she didn't know that Baoyu, who kept saying that she could open it up for her to see, was physically close to other people, and actually was also close in soul.

But she still has to do the work of polluting the goddess.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Yu'er is getting married tomorrow, and when the wedding ceremony is held, you must know about the affairs of men and women."

Daiyu blushed like blood, Xing Xiuyan said softly: "When the time comes...don't be afraid. This...man, no matter what, always likes to hug his wife. That...you read a book at night by yourself. Graphical explanation..."

She put two erotic books in front of Daiyu, but Daiyu was still refusing, and Xing Xiu stuffed her with cigarettes.If she is met by some modern Dai fan, she is afraid that if the other party ascends and shouts, the group of fans will respond and then come to beat her up.However, why does she have a cheap sense of accomplishment?

Daiyu was afraid that she was about to cry, so Xing Xiuyan took her hand and squeezed it, and said with a smile, "You haven't met my brother yet, have you?"

Daiyu said: "I haven't been out since I came back, so it's time to visit my foster mother."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "My mother knows that you are busy getting married, and you will see each other in a few days. Why do you have to be in a hurry? My brother is very cute."

Daiyu smiled softly and said, "If my younger brother is like the elder sister, he will be very beautiful."

Xing Xiuyan teased: "If my sister wants to have a beautiful baby, it will definitely be useful to read this book I gave you."

Daiyu said angrily, "My sister didn't even have a baby, I only heard that sister Fu'er is pregnant with a baby."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Didn't I wait until my younger brother is born to conceive? Otherwise, wouldn't his uncle be younger than him, so it would be more fun."

Daiyu laughed, and said with a smile: "There are many people who are older than me who should call me aunt!"

Xing Xiuyan knew that many members of the Jia family were of a lower generation than Daiyu, as well as the clansmen other than the Lin family's five clothes, because Lin Ruhai was a university scholar, there were also a few scholars who came to attach themselves, all of whom were lower than Daiyu of.

Daiyu's smile made Xing Xiuyan a little crazy looking at her peerless face. It was a pure worship of beauty, a kind of pride of a "mother" for her "daughter", and a touch of tenderness and love in a woman's bones.Therefore, although Xing Xiuyan has a side of a man-in-law, she is different from a man.

Xing Xiuyan felt a surge of enthusiasm and said, "Sister, let me comb your hair."

Lin's family is rich and wealthy, so they naturally have glass mirrors produced by Tuyuanyi Factory. The two sisters came to the mirror, and Xing Xiuyan was behind her, untying her bun and combing Daiyu's black hair with a warm jade comb.

Xing Xiuyan's beautiful eyes shone brightly: "Sister, do you remember? When I was blind, my sister combed my hair."

With tears in her smile, Daiyu said, "Why don't you remember? I just thought my sister's hair grows really well."

Xing Xiuyan said: "At that time, I was born with white hair, which is always a fly in the ointment."

When Daiyu saw such a beautiful hair and found a white hair, she couldn't help crying out. Xing Xiuyan couldn't see it, so she hurriedly asked her to help pull it out.

At that time, Daiyu felt sorry for Xing Xiuyan who had to support the family at a young age, exhausted her energy so much that she lost her eyesight and had premature hair growth.From the white hair, she guessed that Xing Xiuyan's daughter, who came from a poor family, was sad, and couldn't help wiping her tears secretly.Because she didn't know that Xing Xiuyan was close to her "uncle emperor", she had a kind love for Xing Xiuyan from the bottom of her heart.

At this moment, both of them couldn't help thinking about the past, Daiyu said: "My sister has no gray hair anymore?"

While combing Daiyu's waterfall-like hair, Xing Xiuyan looked back at her in the mirror and said with a smile, "I don't have it now, but I will still have it when I get old."

Daiyu felt impermanent, and said: "Huawu is happy for a hundred days... well, I can't say that now."

Xing Xiuyan looked at her from the mirror, even though the lights were not on at night, his eyes still met, Xing Xiuyan said: "Flowers are never happy for a hundred days, and people are never young, but if you can love what you love, do what you want, and cherish your own The heart of a child is not in vain. I know that my sister actually dislikes the world the most. The Xiao family is different from other officials' families. It is really suitable for you. I think your sincerity will never be trampled on. This That's what makes my sister the happiest."

"But it's unavoidable that others don't think so, and they will always talk nonsense."

"God has given us enough opportunities, why can't people say something wrong? People who can say you are actually inferior to you, aren't they? If you are given a choice, it is better to be happy yourself, or to be the only one of those unfortunate people. Can you say good things about others?"

Daiyu suddenly smiled and said, "Of course I'm happy."

Xing Xiuyan simply rolled up her hair, put a jade hairpin on it, looked at her young face like jade and snow in the mirror, and said: "Tomorrow my sister will wear a woman's bun, and all her hair is tied up like this. Also handsome and romantic."

Xing Xiuyan took out a set of rouge and eyebrows made by the palace secrets from her luggage. She usually doesn't use lead powder, but she still uses some ancient rouge and eyebrows.Daiyu, too, never used powder to paint her face. Her skin was as smooth as ice, and her skin was so white that it would shine.

Xing Xiuyan took another red hijab embroidered with mandarin ducks and lotuses, and said: "After returning to Beijing, I almost forgot, but now I don't do much sewing, so I can only embroider red hijabs for you and Huier. I have worshiped the emperor and queen, and made a vow." This is what the sisters started doing when they were engaged, and they embroidered it before going to Shuofang, and kept it there, because Yang Huaigu's case attracted her attention, and she really Almost forgot.

Shi Hui sent red hijabs with some small gifts from Jiushuofang a few days ago, but Daiyu didn't need to give gifts because they went north hunting, so they never gave them.

Xing Xiuyan unfolded the red hijab, and covered Daiyu's head mischievously. The red silk covered her face, as if covering up a dream of a lifetime.

Xing Xiuyan raised her hijab, looking at Daiyu's rare and handsome face, Xing Xiuyan's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she teased, "Lady!" At this time, she was wearing men's clothes, with a handsome and elegant appearance, really like a peerless gentleman.

"Sister, you're necrotic!" Daiyu said angrily, protesting with her fists clenched.

Xing Xiuyan, however, laughed and danced some classic Xinjiang dance moves, singing: "Pick up your hijab, I'll let you see your eyebrows~~~"

Daiyu watched her dance happily, shy, funny and moved.

After singing, dancing, and flirting with the fairies, Xing Xiuyan felt satisfied, but folded the hijab and put it on the dressing table.

Daiyu has never seen such a wild and noisy person. In the past, her elder sister was more disciplined, and she looked like a romantic lady from a family. Now I am afraid that a saint will indulge her like this.

Xing Xiuyan clung to her hand and said: "Sister, remember, you can abandon everything in your life, and don't lose your sincerity. Whether it is his sincerity to you or your own sincerity, nothing else is so important. Don't worry about impermanence. Sadness, life is more precious because life is impermanent. Don't waste your limited time on feeling sad, because the most sad thing is not impermanence, but God gave you a chance to burn your youth, and you didn't burn it , Time flies away, impermanence has come, and there is no way to return to heaven. It is the most sad thing to be blessed with a stunning talent, but to live a life of mediocrity and against one's will."

Daiyu threw herself into her arms and wept loudly, but it wasn't because she was sad.

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Lin Ruhai secretly sent the emperor and concubine to leave through the back door. They didn't want to make a fuss, so naturally there was no need to open the middle door of the scholar's mansion.

Tu Yuanyi looked at his daughter-in-law in the carriage, and said, "You don't want to come to your sisters and sisters anymore, otherwise, not only will I have to find her a husband's house, but she will also have to accompany you out of the palace to see her if she wants to get married."

Xing Xiuyan hehe: "I said I'd like to come out by myself, but you said you want to come with me."

Tu Yuanyi said: "I don't think you can be trusted, I don't look at you, what should I do if you are messing around outside the palace?"

Xing Xiuyan was dissatisfied: "When did I mess around?"

Tu Yuanyi said: "It's still missing?" She can handle serious and important matters well, but trivial troubles are constant, and she has a bitch in her temper and is extremely defensive.

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The next day, Xiao Jingyun rode a snow-white steed and led a huge welcoming team from Dingzhonghoumen to the scholar's mansion with flags flying.

Firecrackers were crackling in front of and behind the scholar's mansion, and there was a burst of ceremony and music. Xi Niang helped the bride to bid farewell to Lin Ruhai and his wife.Lin Ruhai had tears in his eyes, he finally raised Daiyu, and when he saw her getting married, he had to tell her.

There was no one in the five uniforms of the Lin family, so Jia Lian, a close cousin, carried Daiyu out of the scholar's mansion, presenting him with an incomparably gorgeous bridal sedan chair.

For example, Su Fu'er and Shi Hui both have red makeup that has been passed down in Kyoto, and Lin Daiyu naturally also has makeup from various families, including the wishes of the imperial concubine.There were actually 230 sets of dowries before and after, not counting the bride's million-dollar box of silver and the land deed and workshop deed of her property.

Dingzhong Hou's mansion banquet guests, many talents gathered at one time, noble clans, civil servants and military generals, civil and military Enke friends of the same discipline, as well as Jianghu knights or aristocratic families all came.The Nie family is from Huguang. Mrs. Nie still has her elder brother alive, so she rushed over to attend her nephew's wedding.Xiao Jingyun's eyes were a little dizzy after the toast, so it was Xiao Hou who helped him out.

It was at the end of the Xu hour that she returned to her new house, and she had removed her hijab after visiting the church earlier. At this time, Daiyu had already washed and changed her attire with the help of her mother.

The nurses and maids all retreated, Xiao Jingyun looked a little silly under the joy of his daughter-in-law, and he sat gently beside her.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a while, Daiyu suppressed her shame and asked, "Did you drink too much?"

Xiao Jingyun said with a smile: "If you don't get drunk with wine, everyone gets drunk."

Daiyu turned her head away and said, "I asked you kindly, but you came again!"

Xiao Jingyun held her hand, she gave it a slight struggle, he held it firmly, and she let him.

Xiao Jingyun said: "I really never thought that I would meet you. Have you ever thought that you could meet me?"

Daiyu shook her head, Xiao Jingyun said: "Don't look at my father and mother as playful, in fact, I was raised by my grandfather when I was young, and he raised me very strictly. Since I was under four years old, I studied four hours a day, four hours a day. I practice martial arts at all times, and the rest of the time is for eating and resting. I can hardly rest during non-year festivals. I seldom go out to play. , Indulging in playing. So, when I was a child, I was very lonely, and I really wanted to have someone by my side."

Talent and hard work are necessary conditions for being able to take the Chinese Tanhua Wu champion.

Daiyu listened quietly, and said: "I had a younger brother when I was young, but then my younger brother disappeared, and my mother left sadly. I went to my grandmother's house, and it was my grandmother who loved me very much, so it was different from my own family. At that time I also envy others who have brothers and sisters, but I live alone in other people's homes. Until I returned to Yangzhou, my father would not let me go to my grandmother's house. I could feel more at ease, but I was still lonely. Later, when my sister came, I Have a good time."

Xiao Jingyun smiled and said: "In the past, my wife was luckier than me. You have a sister who loves you, but I don't have an elder brother who loves you."

Daiyu said, "But you have a mother."

Xiao Jingyun said: "I will be your mother from now on, I will give you more than half of my mother."

Daiyu smiled slightly and said, "I can't give you most of my sister, she belongs to a saint."

Xiao Jingyun smiled and said: "Your sister belongs to a saint, and your mother belongs to your father, but you belong to me... Well, I belong to you too."

He embraced her, held her in his arms, and said, "Miss, can you call me husband?"

She hesitated for a while, then shouted, he chuckled and said, "Lady, it's getting late, let's rest early."

He put down the red tent, embraced her and fell down, doing as he wished, but both of them were novices, so this matter required skill.Xiao Jingyun wasn't too embarrassed, so he dug out from under his pillow the orphaned album his father had given him, and studied it.

Daiyu couldn't help being amused when she saw it, and she thought of the things that the eldest sister Guifei secretly told her about the husband's concubine yesterday.

Daiyu didn't talk about his embarrassment, but said: "You...you didn't look at it carefully yesterday..."

Xiao Jingyun said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep thinking about you at night, but today I will miss a big deal."

Finally, after studying the essence and trying again, he got what he wanted. Sometimes he looked at it halfway, but Daiyu didn't have the energy to care about him anymore.It is hard to describe in words the beauty of the bridal chamber wedding night.

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In the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, every household is preparing for the New Year's Eve. Tomorrow is Laba again. Outside the official road, there are people coming and going, no less than the busy time of spring and autumn.

Outside the south gate of the capital, a monk in blue clothes was begging together. Some passers-by saw them, some sympathized with them, some disgusted them, but not many were willing to talk to them.

Monk Mangmang looked at the weather in the capital and sighed: "The aura of the capital is really extraordinary, you and I have to be careful."

Taoist Miaomiao, a lame Taoist, said: "But it's strange for a poor Taoist to see this wangqi, which is not reasonable. 20 years ago, you and I calculated that the Central Plains would eventually be exhausted. Bingshen Xun Xiadui Shang Daguo Gua'. There is a prophecy saying: 'The Yellow River is clear, the Qi is smooth, and there is no distinction between host and guest, and the earthly branch has no children'. Withdrew from many, childish half can be sad'. It can be seen that 'the real dragon goes out of the customs, and the host is the main one.

Dashi Mangmang said: "Even if the real dragon will emerge outside the pass, it has nothing to do with us monks. The matter of Shenying's waiter and Butianshi's experience in the world of mortals is what matters."

Master Miao Miao sighed: "More than eight years ago, a vision of heaven and earth caused us to be shaken to the point where we lost our cultivation, and we were trapped in the mountains for eight years before we emerged! It can be seen that if we don't achieve the right result soon, we are nothing but ants!"

Dashi Mangmang said: "But now we have not been able to get the instructions from Fairy Jing Huan. If we hadn't been trapped for eight years and missed the fairy's important event, the fairy was angry and wouldn't cross me to cultivate the fairy body?"

Master Miao Miao lamented: "You and I have finally cultivated into what we are today, how can we give up lightly? Fairy Jing Huan once said that if we help Shenying's servants experience the dream of wealth and wealth in the world, Chixia Palace will also help."

A monk and a Taoist naturally admire the real Lingxu of the Chixia Palace who is ranked among the "Twelve Golden Immortals of Elucidation and Education". He is the disciple of the orthodox sage Yuanshi Tianzun.

Dashi Mangmang said, "It's just for helping to mend the sky stone. If Wahuang Palace thinks of us, that's good."

A monk wanted to enter the capital city together, but the gatekeepers refused to let them go, but how could they stop them?

As soon as they entered the city, the two headed towards the west city where rich and noble families gathered. They originally wanted to go to Rongning Street, but before they reached Rongning Street, they saw poor people flocking in one direction, middle-aged men, old and weak women and children. When the officials in Kyoto saw it, they only wanted to maintain order.

Dashi Mangmang stopped a commoner and asked, "Poor monk, you are being polite, dare to ask this little brother, what happened in front of you?"

Although the little brother was also in a hurry to go, he felt sympathetic when he saw a monk and a thread of blue clothes, and said: "The front is Dingzhong Hou's Mansion, the son of the Hou Mansion married his wife yesterday, and the Hou Mansion is distributing rice and medicine for great joy." The poor people went, no matter male, female, old or young, they can all get a liter of rice. I heard that the Hou Mansion also invited three doctors to see the poor sick people, and the consultation fee was paid by the Hou Mansion! You two also You can go and see the head and feet."

Master Boundless and Daoist Miao Miao couldn't help being stabbed in the heart, probably because of their lameness and lameness.

Reverend Miao Miao still had an expert smile on his face, and sighed: "It really is a family of good deeds."

The little brother was a bit proud, and said: "Isn't it? The last Lord Hou was Xiao Lang, the Great General of Zhenbei. Although the current Lord Hou has the reputation of fearing guilt, he is still a good person. Now the youngest son of the Xiao family married like this Beautiful woman, it is because she has accumulated good deeds and accumulated merits."

Mang Mang said with a smile: "You know they married a beautiful woman again."

The little brother said: "There are very few people in the capital who don't know! Xiao Shizi married the daughter of Lin Ruhai, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion! Lin's family is also a good family, and they often give porridge and medicine."

"What did you say?"

When Master Boundless and Daoist Miao Miao arrived near Dingzhonghou's mansion, they saw a long line of people queuing up to collect rice, a shed was set up outside the mansion, and three doctors treated the poor people.

The two mingled in the crowd, and soon saw a handsome middle-aged couple coming out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, noble and chic, they were Xiao Hou and his wife.

The common people were about to kneel down, Xiao Hou waved his hands and said, "Don't be too polite, everyone, it's cold, so go home and prepare Laba after you get the rice!"

"Thank you Lord Hou!"

Xiaohou smiled and said: "You are welcome! If you want to thank, please thank the emperor and the emperor! The emperor pointed out a good marriage for my son, and my son married a good woman. I am happy! The Xiao family is blessed by the emperor, and I am not as happy alone as I am. !"

"Congratulations, Lord Hou and Madam!"

"I wish the son and the new grandmother a happy marriage for a hundred years!"

"The eldest son and the new grandmother have a precious son!"

"Master Hou is full of children and grandchildren!"

The common people said auspicious words one after another, and Xiao Hou clasped his hands among the common people, laughing like a beckoning cat.

"Good talk! Good talk!"