Drunk in the Red Chamber Lying on Beauty's Lap

When he came out of the water, Baoyu felt weak all over.

Tu Fei carried him to the brocade couch beside him, brought him a cup of tea from Shui Rong, went to Bao Yu's side, and helped him to drink it slowly.

Baoyu took a sip of water, coughed lightly, and said, "Can you go to the study to do business..."

The voice became a little hoarse, which shows how loudly he shouted just now.

Hearing Baoyu's words, Tu Fei couldn't help laughing, and said, "Get dressed first, and sleep for a while, Shui Rong and I should be able to finish our work at noon!"

Baoyu put on his clothes weakly, waved his hands, and urged them to go out quickly.He turned over and fell into a deep sleep.

After lunch was ready, Baoyu was awakened by the water solution.He glanced at the two of them angrily.

Shui Rong smiled with a good temper, while Tu Fei supported Baoyu all the way to the flower hall.

The flower hall was as warm as spring, after a light lunch, Shui Rong and Tu Fei played Go.

Baoyu sat comfortably on the brocade couch at one side, with a brocade quilt around his waist, holding a teacup in his hand, drinking tea while watching the two play chess.

Although Tu Fei's literary talents are not as good as water-melting, his chess skills are extremely extraordinary.The two of you come and go, fighting fiercely.

It was very comfortable in the Beijing Palace, and at night Shui Rong sent someone to inform Baoyu's entourage that Baoyu would stay in the Beijing Palace to discuss poetry and poetry.

Knowing that there was no need to go back at night, Baoyu took off all the heavy clothes, leaving only the inner clothes, and stayed comfortably under the quilt.

It was a beautiful night at first, but before they arrived, they received a message from the palace that the emperor's noble concubine had passed away.

These days, Rongguo Mansion has to prepare for the New Year's ceremony and prepare for Baoyu's wedding. It can be said that it is very busy.Unexpectedly, news suddenly came from the palace that the imperial concubine had passed away.

The noble concubine is the highest-ranking concubine in the upper palace, but she is old and unfavored, so not many people remember it.

But now that the concubine died, she must have the honor she deserved.

Now, all matters in the Rongguo Mansion can only be put down first.From Jia's mother to Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng, they all have to go to the court every day for sacrifices.

The East Mansion reported You's birth, so there was no need to worry about having no one to take care of it.It was not easy for Rongguo Mansion.

In desperation, Mother Jia gave an order and handed over the housekeeping to Li Wan and Tanchun.

The two of them have the experience of housekeeping last time, so they are not afraid of making big mistakes.

After that, for more than 20 days, Jiamu and others got up before dawn, and went to pay homage to the noble concubine with heavy make-up, but they did not return.

Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang are alright, just a little sleepy, but nothing serious.

Jia Mu is getting old, and the weather is cold, even if she drinks ginseng soup every day, she gradually becomes unable to support herself.

Tanchun, the butler this time, was extraordinarily careful.She thought that she would learn more when she was in the mansion, and she would not be at a loss when she came to her husband's house in the future.

Li Wan didn't pay much attention to the affairs outside of her body, since Tan Chun was willing to intervene, she just watched from the side without saying much.

One day Tanchun took Li Wan to sit in Xichun's room.

Although Xichun is young, she is a bit depressed.Apart from doing embroidery and painting every day, I don't even want to go out.

Seeing Li Wan and Tanchun enter the door, Xichun put down her needle and thread.

Today she is wearing a lavender-trimmed gown, underneath which is a cotton damask skirt with a vase pattern of the same color.The whole person looks very pretty, but the brows are a little cold, not as bright as Tanchun.

Tanchun took a look at Xichun's embroidery, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, look, this little dog embroidered by Xichun is so fun, with such a big belly, it's so interesting."

Li Wan stepped forward, looked at it carefully, and said, "Although it doesn't look like an ordinary dog, it's really quite painful."

Xichun ordered his servants to pack up the things, brought a pot of tea, and then said: "Sister-in-law and third sister are here, are there any problems?"

Tanchun smelled the fragrance of tea, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few days, my sister-in-law and I came over to have a look."

Xichun said flatly: "I just don't want to go out because I think it's cold. Besides, my second brother is getting married after the new year. I want to embroider something as a gift for him."

Tan Chun looked at the embroidery put away by the maids and said, "Fourth sister, the dog you embroidered is so cute, Second Brother will definitely like it."

Xichun took a sip of tea and said: "That was originally drawn by the second elder brother, I just embroidered it according to the pattern." After a pause, she continued: "It's just that the concubine in the palace died. Can my brother's wedding be held as scheduled?"

Tanchun shook his head and said: "It shouldn't affect the marriage. Although the one who died was a noble concubine, no matter how good her reputation was, she was only the emperor's concubine after all. Princess Chaoyang was born of the former empress. If your daughter dies because of a concubine, what kind of filial piety should you..."

Li Wan next to her hurriedly tugged at her clothes, for fear that she would say anything else.

Xichun looked left and right, then kicked out the maids around her.

Li Wan then said: "Tan girl, you just talk too fast. Let's not say a few words about the royal affairs, who knows that words will be taboo?"

Xichun smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, there are only three of us here, so we can say whatever we want. I think the third sister is right. No matter how honorable the concubine is, she is only the emperor's concubine, and the princess can't do it." Just postpone the wedding because she passed away."

After thinking about it, Li Wan really made this sense, so he smiled and said: "It should be so. It's just that the idea is not clear, the old lady and the wife have postponed all the preparations."

Tanchun took another sip of tea and said, "It's good to stop. If we really have to postpone it, wouldn't it be a waste of money to prepare for it? Now that the head of the family is not here, it's just us two sisters-in-law who can maintain it." It’s good to live in daily order. It’s really up to us to manage, and we have no clue.”

In Tanchun, Li Wan felt that although the noble concubine's status was valuable, she was not the emperor's official wife after all, and the funeral would not be too grand.

What makes people feel strange is that after the death of the concubine, not only Jia Mu and other people with imperial orders entered the court and followed the class according to the system of nobility, but today it is an order to the world: no family with nobility shall not feast for a year Banquet music, common people are not allowed to marry in March.

Youjue's family is not allowed to have banquets and music for a year, let alone marry.Baoyu's marriage naturally needs to be postponed.

Shui Rong and Tu Fei are both busy with the death of the concubine, while Baoyu thinks carefully about the emperor's will, only to feel that there is a lot of meaning in it.

A noble concubine of the emperor, who has neither heir nor favor, why should she be buried in such a grand manner?What kind of mystery is there in this?

Baoyu only felt that every step of the emperor's actions contained deep meaning, and this time there might be some hidden tricks.

Sure enough, not long after the imperial concubine was buried, news came from the palace: King Ningjun behaved disorderly during the state funeral, angered the emperor, and was punished to shut up and think about his mistakes.

In the Changchun Palace, Concubine Zhen's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her delicate face, which was maintained in the past, now looked a little sallow.

She stared at the servants kneeling on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Check it out, check it out, how did that lowly servant girl enter the palace of Ning County? Who is it? Let go?"