Raiders of the maid who crossed the Red Mansion

"Girl, what's the matter, did you have a nightmare?" Zijuan hurried to the bed and asked Daiyu.

Daiyu was still panting, looking into Zicuckoo's eyes, she couldn't tell whether it was panic or sadness, she didn't answer, she just pointed to the teapot on the table, signaling for a drink of water.

Zijuan hurriedly wanted to pour tea for her, but when she touched the teapot, there was no heat, so she said to Daiyu apologetically, "Girl, wait a little while, I'll go get a hot one."

Zijuan went out with the teapot in her hands, and Daiyu slumped on the head of the bed, trying to breathe evenly, her palms were still sweating coldly, as if her entire body had been drained of energy.

She was taking a nap just now, and walked along a small path in a daze to a place. Looking from a distance, there are white walls and green tiles, covered by thousands of green bamboos on the top of the wall, and there are big leaves swaying in the wind from time to time, which looks very familiar to her. , and then a few steps forward, saw the two locked gates of red paint, and suddenly remembered, isn't this the Xiaoxiang Pavilion? Why did I go back to the garden again?

Daiyu was startled, turned around and was about to leave when suddenly she heard someone calling from behind: "Sister Lin, sister Lin, wait for me!"

She was used to turning her head, and she saw Baoyu jumping out of nowhere, walking towards her with a smile.

She was overjoyed at first, and was about to go forward, when she suddenly thought, didn't Baoyu marry Sister Bao? It's time to have a thorough look, and you shouldn't provoke him again, so as to save the three of them from increasing their troubles.

With this realization, Daiyu endured the pain in her heart and walked faster, trying to throw Baoyu far away.

Unexpectedly, he went straight up and stopped in front of him, without saying a word, he grabbed his hand tightly and kept begging: "Sister, don't leave, just listen to me, okay? "

Daiyu struggled to get rid of him, and shook her head again and again: "No, I don't want to listen, you let go!"

Baoyu looked gloomy, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, don't listen, and I won't say anything, I just showed you my heart."

Before he finished speaking, a gleaming small knife suddenly appeared in his palm, pointed at his chest, raised his hand and stabbed it in!

Daiyu was terrified, she screamed and woke up from her dream.

Even though it was a dream, Daiyu stared at the miserable white roof, still feeling lingering fear, trying to persuade herself not to think about it, but still couldn't help worrying, could this nightmare be an ominous sign?Baoyu, he, could he be...

Daiyu sat up straight abruptly, shook her head a few times vigorously, her hair was disheveled, soaked in cold sweat, and stuck to her pale cheeks.

Zijuan brought hot tea from the small kitchen, and as soon as she turned around the corridor, she saw Master Cidu leading two elderly nuns, and hurried into the courtyard, her face seemed to be pleasantly surprised, but also terrified, she asked herself : "Miss Zijuan, where is Miss Lin? Are you free now?"

"The girl woke up after sleeping for a while, and she is about to have tea."

"Quick, quick, let Miss Lin get ready, Prince Beijing has sent someone from the mansion to give Miss Lin a gift!"

"Prince Beijing Palace? Come to give the girl a gift?" Hearing this, Zijuan was really startled.

"That's right!" Ci Du pointed to the gate of the courtyard, "It's a very respectable lady in the palace, waiting outside."

"Master, please help me, the girl has just got up, and she hasn't had time to wash her face and change her clothes." Zijuan was also a little panicked, first she asked Master Cidu, and came to Daiyu's bedroom in three steps at a time.

"Girl, girl, get up!" Zijuan urged repeatedly, pushing the door open and entering.

Daiyu was still in a daze, but was woken up by her call. Seeing that Zijuan closed the door, put down the teapot, quickly took the clothes from the cabinet, and brought them to her to change her clothes, she was not surprised: "Hey, then The clothes are only worn in the morning, and they are still clean, why should they be changed?"

"Girl, good news!" Zijuan said joyfully while helping Daiyu to dress, "Prince Beijing sent the lady in charge of the mansion here to give the girl a special present. The people and things are already outside the yard."

"Ah, this, how is this appropriate?" Daiyu didn't expect this matter at all, and Liandu didn't have the slightest hint of it, so when she heard it suddenly, she also felt a little uneasy.

Seeing that Daiyu was stunned, Zijuan hurried over to help her tie the belt, "Since the prince recognizes the girl as a fellow apprentice, he rewards her a little bit, which is human nature, why not?"

A few years ago, the imperial concubine Yuan in the palace sent someone to present gifts for the Dragon Boat Festival, and after the elders paid homage to them, they distributed them to the sisters. How has she ever experienced such a scene?

She had a good impression of Prince Bei Jing, and she had a bit of respect, but after all, she didn't like to socialize, so she had no choice but to hastily pulled her hair, swept her crescent eyebrows lightly, supported by Zijuan, and went to welcome the visitors from the palace.

Cidu and the others guided Daiyu except for the courtyard gate, and found that under the stone building outside the courtyard, there stood three stout daughters-in-law and mother-in-law, the head of which was about [-] years old, wearing a dark blue blouse, black satin trousers, with hands hanging down. Standing there, he looks gentle and silent, but also faintly reveals a capable air.

Seeing Daiyu coming out, the daughter-in-law immediately took a few steps forward and bowed deeply: "Little lady Wei Wang, her husband is Wei Renbo, the chief steward of the Prince's Mansion in Beijing County. I think this is Miss Lin from Rongguo Mansion." gone?"

Daiyu also bowed her head slightly, returned the gift, and said softly, "Hello, Aunt Wei."

Wei Renbo's family hurriedly did not dare, and at the same time peeked at Daiyu, seeing her slender and slim, like a willow supporting the wind, her appearance is beautiful, like a hibiscus shining in the water, she secretly envied her, she thought before which girl could be so valued by the prince, so it turns out He was such an outstanding character.

She hurriedly turned sideways, pointed to the two lacquer boxes held by the woman behind her, and said, "My lord has something to say, I came here in a hurry a few days ago, and I didn't prepare a gift for the meeting. Some are not considered valuable, they are only for girls to play with."

Daiyu didn't want to accept it at first, but after hearing this, she became more humble: "The little girl is very grateful for the prince's kindness and tolerance, and came to greet her in person. How dare she ask for a reward from the prince? Please take it back with me. My lord, the gracious little girl worships me, I dare not accept anything."

Wei Renbo's family heard this, and smiled knowingly: "Miss, I think I misunderstood. When I came, the prince specifically asked that these things are not rewards, but gifts for the girl. How can there be any reason to take back the gift?"

Daiyu was slightly taken aback, but she hadn't thought about the difference between this "reward" and "gift", but after hearing what Wei Renbo said, she felt that there seemed to be a deep meaning in it.

Wei Renbo's family opened one of the lacquer boxes, took out something, and held it in front of Daiyu with both hands: "Only this one, the prince said that the girl will definitely like it."

Daiyu couldn't help being curious, when she took a closer look, she found that it was a Duan inkstone, although the shape was quaint, there was nothing special about it, and the color was dull, as if it had been a long time ago.

Seeing Daiyu's puzzled eyes, wanting to ask but not daring to speak, Wei Renbo's family passed the inkstone forward, and explained softly: "The prince said, this ancient inkstone was more than ten years ago. It was used to teach the prince to read, and later Lord Lin took his wife to Yangzhou to take up the post. The prince missed his teacher and has kept this inkstone for many years. Since it is the property of his father, he gave it to the girl as a memorial."

Wei Renbo's family is very eloquent, speaking in a soft voice, Daiyu was surprised at first, then sad, then grateful, and finally took the inkstone over without knowing it, and rubbed it lightly, the eyeballs were only in the corners of the eyes spin around.

Seeing that the situation was right, Wei Renbo's family hurriedly told the two women: "Bring the things to Miss Lin into the yard!"

Holding the ancient inkstone left by her father, Daiyu was in a trance, sad and warm, and had no time to stop her, so she had to watch the women carry the two lacquer boxes in.

Zijuan hurriedly looked after her mother-in-law, picked out the things in the lacquer box, and placed them on the table. After hearing what Wei Renbo's family explained one by one, it was really just a box of palace-made flower paper, which was said to be for the girl to write. It is said to be for girls to make summer dresses, and there are two pots of white begonias with hanging silk, which are not expensive for girls. There are only a string of jasper beads, which are round and crystal clear. Pad with yellow silk, it is worth a lot of money at first glance.

Since Daiyu accepted the inkstone left by her father, she couldn't refuse other things, so she could only ask Wei Renbo's family to thank her on her behalf, and asked Zijuan to give money to the two women.

Zijuan thought to herself, although the girl lives in this nunnery, she is valued by Prince Beijing and Master Liandu, let alone lose face, so she offered two taels of silver per person as a reward, and the two wives are very grateful .

After the people from the Beijing Prince's Mansion left, Zijuan hurriedly came up to examine the gifts on the table, and couldn't help praising: "Miss, you see, the prince is really a careful person, and the gifts he chooses are so elegant that they won't be too vulgar for the girl to look at." Don't look at it, just this string of necklaces, I'm afraid it will be worth a lot of money?"

Zijuan picked up the string of jasper counting beads and was about to wrap them around Daiyu's neck, full of praise: "This color, this brilliance, matches the girl's face, it is so beautiful!"

Daiyu originally only cared about the ancient inkstone, but when she saw Zijuan doing this, she quickly turned her head to avoid it, and couldn't help but also smiled: "This is not a necklace, it's a rosary. Count carefully, if it's not 54, it's 42."

"Huh, is that so?" Zicuckoo really counted up to ten, "It's really 42. Is there any explanation for that?"

"It is the 42 levels of bodhisattva practice, ten dwellings, ten lines, ten return, ten grounds, equal enlightenment and wonderful enlightenment."

"It's a pity, such a beautiful bead, it's better to make it into a necklace." Zijuan muttered, "Prince Beijing Jing is also really, every other gift is thoughtful, just this rosary, can't it come true? I want the girl to count and chant Buddha every day?"

Daiyu smiled, but didn't answer, she still looked back and forth at the inkstone in her hand. She had been copying scriptures these days, but she had never had the habit of burning incense and chanting to Buddha.

Zijuan fiddled with the jasper beads repeatedly, sighing as if she was very regretful, and suddenly she called out again: "Girl, since you don't need these beads, I have an idea, do you think it will work?"

"Oh? What's your idea, tell me?" Daiyu looked over at her bluff.

"Although the girl doesn't recite the Buddha's name, the old lady does. The girl doesn't need this string of beads, why don't you give it to the old lady?"

"what……"

Zijuan's proposal seemed to have stunned Daiyu for a moment. When she came to this lonely nunnery, what she missed the most was her grandmother.

She deeply understood that her grandmother sent her out, but she was helpless. Although she was full of sadness, she didn't feel any resentment. Instead, she thought from time to time that Baoyu was ill and she left again. The old man didn't know how to be sad. Can you still stand it?

She only shed tears on her quilt alone in the dead of night, but when she was in front of people, she remained indifferent, not showing a single trace on her face.

At this moment, when Zijuan suddenly mentioned the old lady, her chest twitched again, she hurriedly looked away, and smiled casually: "Well, let's give it away."

"Great, I'll send it away in two days!"

"Zicuckoo, I'm afraid you're tired of staying here, find an excuse to go out and play."

In order not to let the pain show on the surface, Daiyu deliberately teased Zijuan; Zijuan also had other plans in her stomach, so she didn't refute, but cheerfully put away the string of beads carefully.

She didn't just want to let Miss Lin show her filial piety, but she had to go back every now and then to get a sense of her presence, and remind the group of people in Jia's mansion, don't think that once you put someone in this nunnery, they don't care about it .

Right now, the Prince of Beijing sent someone to give the girl a gift, and it was a lot of thought at first glance, and there are such precious beads, which just happened to be shown to the people in Jia's mansion, they don't treat Miss Lin as a treasure, so the Prince of Beijing can value it Very well, it is reasonable for the sensible person to take the girl back earlier.

What is this called in public relations?By the way, celebrity effect!