[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Daiyu didn't refuse, took a look, not only was the pattern unique and exquisite, the stitches were seamless, and the green bamboo on the handkerchief seemed to be able to swing in the wind.I also saw the plum blossoms embroidered in moon-white silk and the apricot blossoms on the hairband. The needlework of the drawing samples is really amazing.Daiyu was originally a beauty-loving little girl, and she fell in love with her very much.

"Sister is such a handsome female celebrity."

Xing Xiuyan said: "That's all I can do. I'm not the kind of person who pretends to be modest. I used to be a good female celebrity, but my eye disease is here. I won't be able to get needles again for a few years. Otherwise, the eyes will be blind forever."

Daiyu couldn't help feeling sad, and said: "It's important for my sister to have a good baby and keep her eyes well. If you need any medicinal materials, just tell me."

Daiyu didn't accept gifts based on how much they were worth. If people found out that these things were the embroidery of Miss Xing of Gusu, she might be able to find buyers for a few thousand taels, but she didn't know now.Daiyu disliked the palace flowers given by Xue's family because Xue's and Zhou Rui's were made too ugly.

The elder sister of the Xing family is proud of her embroidery work, and now she is still blind because of her embroidery work, but she picks out the remaining exquisite works and gives them to her. of?

But Daiyu took a black jade bracelet from her hand and said: "Father got this black jade bracelet by chance. It means reconciliation with me. I have two in total. Now my sister has one, and I keep one for myself." .”

Xing Xiuyan didn't refuse either, and took it with a smile. She had also received bracelets and hairpins from Shi Hui before, and she treasured them all as gifts from her boudoir.

Xing Xiuyan also talked about the local conditions and customs of Gusu, and Miaoyu and Shi Hui were the ones who talked about the most in his words. Although they have different personalities, they are both people with true temperament.She also told the anecdote about Miaojiang that Shi Hui had said back then, that Daiyu had been living in the boudoir all along, she didn't have the freedom of Xing Xiuyan and Shi Hui, and had seen the outside world.After being together for a long time, I feel that the sisters of the Xing family are much more interesting than the sisters of the Jia family.

The two had been together for a day, and Lin Ruhai hadn't returned yet for dinner, so the two sisters reluctantly parted after eating together.

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Early the next morning, Daiyu went to greet Lin Ruhai. When Lin Ruhai asked about the girl from the Xing family, Daiyu happily told the truth that she had a very good relationship with the elder sister of the Xing family, and she also liked the elder sister of the Xing family very much.

Lin Ruhai understood when her daughter used such emphatic words, and thought that this was also Daiyu's blessing.Although Lin Ruhai didn't know the situation of the emperor's harem very well, but the emperor had been touring the south for so long, and he didn't bring a single concubine with him, and he didn't see any romantic affairs with him.But he personally sent her here in his busy schedule, his behavior and demeanor were different, of course Lin Ruhai who came here understood.Although he didn't understand why the girl from the Xing family called the saint "uncle", but if he really regarded her as the saint's "niece", it would be too straightforward, or too stupid.It's his own daughter, even an ordinary father can't do this, let alone a niece?What's more, this man is a saint of the emperor, does he have the time to arrange a niece so meticulously?And as a smart courtier, he would not pursue the saint's private life, even if it was a generation apart, the saint would be satisfied, just like the old saint, Zhen Guifei is the eldest granddaughter of Mrs. Fengsheng, isn't it just a generation away?

After Daiyu paid her respects, she went to Xing Xiuyan's place again. She had breakfast and was drinking tea. The two became close for a while, and Xing Xiuyan talked about writing letters to her parents and good friend Shi Hui.After Xing Xiuyan went blind, Shi Hui was extremely worried, and asked people to pick her up to live in the mansion several times, but she was worried that her troubles would affect their family, so she refused.

And Tu Yuanyi said that he would greet Xing Zhong and his wife, but in the end she also wanted to make them feel at ease, after all, she was the parents of this world.They let her do embroidery to support the family, and Xing Zhong also has a problem with drinking, but it is different from the three Xing Dequan brothers and sisters.

Daiyu was willing to write for her, and the two girls sat at the table again, one speaking and the other writing carefully.

The letter I wrote to my parents said that I followed an expert to heal my eyes, and reassured them that if the expert left behind, they would do the same, and the ones left at home should be used sparingly, and don’t be used by uncles and aunts anymore. Scraped away.Because according to the expert, even if she can see in the future, she can't easily move the needle and thread, otherwise she will be blind forever in the future.Now he is raised in the Lin family in Yangzhou with his master.When the time comes for her to set up the family business, she will take them to enjoy the blessings together. Don't worry about it now and take care of your health.And so on.

What I wrote to Shi Hui was to express my gratitude and miss, and let her not worry about her.Now she is fine, and has met another good cousin who is also her good cousin.Cousin is as beautiful and lovely as her, and she also has a fairy spirit...

Daiyu listened to her recounting the records, and the words she used when she talked about her made her blush.

Daiyu said angrily: "My sister is teasing me again. You still don't see me now, and you know whether I look good or not, and I still have immortal energy. There is no place for people to laugh at me."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Sister Xiaohui is the best person, so she won't be like that."

Daiyu was jealous and said: "Clothes are not as good as new ones, and people are not as good as old ones. I can't compare to my sister Xiaohui who I miss so much."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Where will it be? You are the same in my heart, you are all my darlings. If you are all in front of me, we are cousins ​​who are turning a corner, I don't care, I will drag you into a sworn relationship. My age The biggest, I am the eldest sister, you are the second sister, and Xiaohui is the third sister. We are married three times in Taoyuan, but unfortunately my ears are not long, my sister’s face is not red, and Xiaohui’s face is not black.”

Daiyu covered her mouth with a smile and took it away, but when she heard that "Taoyuan was married three times", she couldn't help yearning for it. She never had any real sisters or brothers, and she lived in Jia's mansion. Except for Baoyu who treated her sincerely, all the sisters had their own ideas. , there is no such sincere heart.Later on, Jia Huan showed courtesy to her, and would secretly ask for advice, but he still had to be very careful in his own life, and he also had reservations.

However, today's matter is in Daiyu's heart, how much she wants to have like-minded sisters who are as close as sisters.She lived comfortably in the mansion this year, but she also had the difficulty of being a housekeeper, and sometimes felt lonely.

On this day, the concierge of the Shi family heard that a few servants from Yangzhou Xunyan Yushilin's mansion came to deliver the letter.The concierge reported to Shi Bai who happened to be in the mansion today, Shi Bai thought it was Lin Ruhai who wrote to him.Back then, the Shi family was inseparable from Prince Yizhong, and Lin Ruhai was a member of the emperor. The two were originally from the same family, but they hadn't been in contact for more than ten years.At this time, Lin Ruhai seemed to have cast his eyes on the new emperor again. The south of the Yangtze River was in turmoil, and he became more and more stable.

Shi Bai personally met the sender, but the sender was a steward of Lin's mansion. He bowed to him and said, "I have met Mrs. Shi. Actually, it was my lady who wrote the letter to the girl in the house. Ms. Shi has prepared some special products, which is a little favor from my lady."

Shi Bai was stunned, and hurriedly ordered his servants to call Zhang Shi and Shi Hui out. Zhang Shi was teaching Shi Hui to manage the accounts, and they came soon.

Shi Hui asked in surprise, "Give it to me?"

The Lin family is very well-behaved and doesn't pay much attention to the female family members, just leaning forward to do what they should.Shi Hui said strangely: "It's strange, I haven't seen Lin's sister before."

When Shi Hui opened the letter, she smiled as soon as she saw it: "Oh, it's sister Xing!"

Daiyu's processed letter grammar has its own spirituality, and Shi Hui likes it very much when she sees it, and she is very pleased to see that the cousin who turned around in the letter is looking for another one, and her eyes are saved, etc. .

Shi Hui received the letter, folded it carefully, and said to the boys: "You have come from far away to work hard, and you just stay in the mansion for a day. I also have a letter to write to Sister Xing and Sister Lin."

So Shi Hui also wrote a two-hour letter, and prepared two gifts with Mrs. Zhang, and sent two servants of her own family to go with the servants of the Lin family the next day.There are two other members of the Lin family who sent letters to Xing Zhong and his wife. After all, they are the only biological daughters, and they live in the official family. The couple also prepared a thank you gift and brought letters.

Unexpectedly, this writing of the letter actually opened the gate. In the first two months of winter, the servants of the two houses ran back and forth four or five times a month.Shi Hui is also talented, and she discusses poetry and articles in the letter, and she and Lin Daiyu are also attracted to each other.

For more than a year, there has been a constant exchange of letters, so I don't mention it.

Lin Ruhai knew about it since the first time he sent a letter, and later on Mid-Autumn Festival, the two families also communicated with each other.Lin Ruhai is a smart person, no matter whether he can give Daiyu a brother in the future, but now he doesn't have one, but the Shi family's son has already passed the Jinshi, which shows the origin of family education.In the future, with Miss Xing, a good sister of the prospective imperial concubine, and a friend like Miss Shi's, Daiyu will be more reliable in the future.

Xing Xiuyan lived in Lin's house until the ninth day when she regained her vision. Later, she wrote the letter to Shi Hui herself, and Daiyu also wrote the letter to Shi Hui. Although they wrote it together, they had fun while writing.Every time Shi Hui received letters from her two older sisters, she was as happy as a little mouse, but she replied in one letter.

After all, Xing Xiuyan had learned how to paint, and drew a Q-version portrait of the three sisters, and gave it to Daiyu, and sent one to Shi Hui in a letter, which attracted the two little girls to copy and play.And Daiyu and Shi Hui are good pen pals who have never met.

If you get something novel, delicious, and fun in Yangzhou, and someone prepares it, when you send it, you will use some Zhen Huan style or write a doggerel to make Shi Hui feel funny.