[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

Miaoyu gave Yanyu a Buddhist scripture, and Yanyu read it for a few days.

Daiyu picked up the Buddhist scriptures on the desk and raised her head in surprise: "Sister, you don't want to escape into Buddhism, do you?"

Yanyu stroked the mugwort leaf sachet to the tip of her nose and sniffed lightly, then said leisurely, "I met sister Yu Jing at the Panxiang Temple in Xuantou, and sister Yu Jing gave me this Buddhist scripture for me to study carefully."

"Sister Yu Jing from the south of the city?" Daiyu remembered, "Xu Jiajian's sister-in-law's sister."

She flipped through a few pages of the Buddhist scriptures and put them aside when she felt bored.

Yanyu picked out the few unofficial histories that Daiyu read most often, and found the passages she had read last time.

If the events of the past are similar to the events of the present, what will happen next?Yan Yu didn't know what to do, but she was worried that everything would not go well in the future.

"Sister, why have you been watching "History of Han" recently?" Daiyu caught a glimpse of her serious look and asked curiously.

"Take history as a mirror and distinguish right from wrong." Yanyu said thoughtfully, resting her cheeks. After a pause, she suddenly remembered to ask Daiyu, "By the way, did sister Ming send you a letter?" After returning from the South Courtyard , They also often communicated with Xu Yuming by letter, and now they should have replied.

Daiyu shook her head blankly: "I haven't heard about it."

She put down the book and sat down in front of the piano case, closed her eyes and thought for a while before playing the lovesickness tune.

The epidemic that broke out suddenly some time ago was indeed a man-made disaster.

Someone deliberately sprinkled the poisonous powder of the epidemic in the food of Mrs. Zhuang, so that Mrs. Zhuang and Zhuang Mu contracted the epidemic and died one after another. The epidemic also spread from Liangguang Temple, which caused the source of panic in the city.

I'm afraid someone has already known about Zhuang Mu's life experience, so they want to wipe her out.

Yanyu felt more and more uneasy, it seemed that the situation was more serious than she imagined.

When they returned to the South Campus at the end of March, Jia Min asked Yanyu and Daiyu to pack up and go to the South Campus as usual.

I heard that after the year Zhen Yan was engaged, and now she was getting married, she couldn't continue to study with Mrs. Jiang in the Southern Academy.Zhen Yan drew a lucky peach blossom lottery when the flower lottery was used to couplet poems, and now her marriage has been settled; Zhen Yan's future husband is the heir of Shan Guogong's mansion, which is also an enviable marriage.

During the ceremony between Zhen Yan and Ji, Mrs. Zhen invited all the wives and noble daughters in Jiangnan to watch the ceremony, which also made Zhen Yan very proud.

Although the sisters of the Lin family did not accompany Jia Min to the Zhen family to watch the ceremony, they also heard about the grand occasion of Zhen Yanji's ceremony; Concubine Zhen sent a female official to give Zhen Yan makeup and presents to show her love and attention to Zhen Yan.

In fact, the fact that the Zhen family can get the special treatment they have today has something to do with Concubine Zhen.If the King of Jin succeeds to the throne, the Zhen family will also have a bright future.

Yanyu pulled Daiyu to play with chess pieces. Lin Ruhai heard that her daughter was interested in chess, so she specially sent them a pair of cool jade chess pieces for them to play with.

Chess player is the strategy of a counselor; it is also a way to pass the time for the daughter of a high family who stays at home, and it takes only half a day to play a game of chess with her sister.

"Sister, let me tell you a secret!" Daiyu leaned in front of Yanyu across the chessboard and whispered to her, "Sister Ming said that my sister is very scheming, if she is a man, she must be a wise man."

"Why does Sister Ming tell you all this?" Yanyu picked up a chess piece and played with it, the cold chess piece was tinged with the warmth of her palm.

"Sister Ming said, it's a pity that she is not born as a man, otherwise she will definitely be famous in history, so that this life will not be in vain." Daiyu focused on groping for the mystery on the chessboard, and then spoke slowly.

Yanyu chuckled and said, "If it's that simple, wouldn't everyone in the world be a virtuous prime minister?"

Daiyu nodded half-understanding: "Sister is right!"

A white chess piece landed on the board, and Yanyu picked it up and put it back into the green bamboo chess box, seeming to be talking to herself: "When I get back to school, I'll ask Mr. for a lesson or two. Anything else, as long as I I really don't understand the mystery of this little chess piece."

"I've seen my husband play chess with Sister Luo, and my husband directly killed Sister Luo to nothing, which is very powerful." Daiyu's face was filled with admiration.

"Sister Luo must be so overwhelmed!" Yanyu giggled.

The cold chess pieces shone brightly under the sunlight that penetrated through the screen window; Yanyu picked up a few chess pieces and looked at them carefully in front of her eyes. Through the smooth and bright jade, she seemed to be able to see the clear traces of the inner lines, each of which was carved into flesh and blood. The fate line of the soul.

They also took this box of cool jade chess to the South Courtyard, where they chatted to pass the time.

When they arrived at the South Courtyard, they were sorting things out in the room. When they heard that Xue Luo had moved to the next room, Yu Ming and Jiang Shi also came to sit down.

Because Jiang Yao was also engaged in the capital, and like Zhen Yan, she did not come to the South Yard again, so her younger sister Jiang Shi moved to live with Li Wen.

The South Courtyard was also much deserted. I heard that many officials in the capital wanted to let their girls come to the South Courtyard to be taught by Mrs. Jiang, but they were all declined temporarily by Mrs. Jiang.

Li Wen brought a fishing rod and bait specially, and went fishing with Daiyu by the pond; A lot of fish came to grill and eat.

Jiang Niangzi relaxed the control on them a little bit, and let them play independently after finishing their lessons.

Yu Ming's second sister, the eldest grandma of Li Guogong's mansion, just gave birth to a child; hearing the news, Yu Ming and Liu Ning'an were very happy, and they discussed making a tiger head hat for the child, and asked Li Wen to help crochet it. beads.

But the tiger head hats made by Yu Ming and Liu Ning'an are also crooked, making Li Wen laugh for a long time.

Yanyu saw that her sister was brought up lively by Li Wen, she didn't know whether she was relieved or worried.

At the beginning of May, it was the season when all the flowers were first blooming, and Mrs. Jiang took them to the small garden in the backyard to pick the first blooming petals and use the petals to make flower dew.

Mrs. Jiang talked about her youth. She grew up in the capital, and whenever the flowers were in full bloom, she would go boating with her good sisters to the island in the middle of the lake outside the city to pick fresh flowers that bloomed in the early morning, or made flower dew, or made Cheng Koudan is all suitable.

The bright rose petals are stained with morning dew, the fragrance of peonies is pleasant to the heart, and the colorful and gorgeous colors grow together, like a sea of ​​flowers.There are also many delicate and beautiful flowers such as peonies, roses, magnolias, and crabapples, which reflect the beauty of the spring in the garden.

"When picking petals, you should carefully pick the most delicate and complete flowers, wash them and put them in the urn for brewing." Mrs. Jiang picked a red rose and put it in the basket, talking to the girls.

Li Wenjiao smiled and asked Mrs. Jiang: "I want to eat the flower cakes made by my mother! I remember that the flower cakes made by my mother are different from others."

Li Qi also echoed, "I've always missed the flower cakes my mother made."

Mrs. Jiang smiled softly: "The best flower cake should be preserved with thick and fragrant roses to make rose sauce; this spring, there is little rain and the roses bloomed earlier, so there is no way to make rose sauce. If the weather is good next year , I marinated rose sauce to make rose cakes, but I don’t know which girl will have such a good fortune by then.”

For example, Yu Ming, Xue Luo, and Jiang Shi are also getting older, and their relatives are already considering marriage for them; Like Jiang Yao, Yan can no longer come to the South Courtyard.

Hearing this, both Xue Luo and Jiang Shi hid their faces in embarrassment, only Yu Ming had a bitter look on his face, as if he was worried.

Daiyu teased Yu Ming: "What is elder sister Ming thinking about? I think the peach blossoms are blooming well this spring."

Yu Ming came back to his senses and scolded her: "The peach blossoms are blooming well, why don't you take a branch and go back to raise it?"

Daiyu nodded seriously: "My sister and I picked a lot of peach blossoms and made peach blossom soup."

"Is the peach blossom soup delicious?" Li Qi came over curiously and asked Daiyu.

"Of course." Daiyu smiled mysteriously.

"Sister Yu, next year my mother will take me to your house to play." Li Qi thought for a while, then pulled Daiyu and whispered.

Daiyu smiled lightly and nodded, "That's a good thing."

Several girls also walked together to pick flowers in twos, Yanyu deliberately walked with Xue Luo, chatting with her seemingly unintentionally.

Xue Luo's temperament is very sensitive and thoughtful. She always seems to be out of the world, and she only talks with anyone shallowly, as if her heart is completely sealed with hard ice; With a blunt coldness.

Yanyu intentionally wanted to say something to Xue Luo. As a human being who has lived for a thousand years, she couldn't be compared with a little girl like Xue Luo.

She always seemed to stir up the topic completely unintentionally, even if Xue Luo was on guard, she couldn't guard against it.For such a young and ignorant girl, although Yanyu could not bear it, but compared to her determination to figure out some things, it was insignificant.

Xue Luo lowered his eyes and focused on picking, his slender fingers swept the roses on the branches, and seemed to be wandering in deep thought.

"Sister Luo." Yanyu secretly observed Xue Luo's absent-minded appearance, and then said to her with a light smile, "Your Qingxiu embroidery is so good, no wonder Mr. accepts you as an apprentice."

"Perhaps it's Master hanging on me." Xue Luo said softly with lowered eyebrows.

"Sir has always liked you." Yanyu smiled.

"Really?" Xue Luo frowned, picked up the branch of red rose, sniffed it lightly, and sighed, "It is also my lifelong wish to be worshiped by Master; now that my wish is granted, I am very satisfied."

Hearing what she said, Yanyu guessed that it must be related to her sister-in-law, Princess Heqing. Zhen Yan and Xue Luo had mentioned Princess Heqing in several confrontations before, and Zhen Yan was even more sharp.

Yanyu naturally wouldn't poke a knife into someone's heart, she couldn't do such a shameful thing, so she changed the subject: "Your embroidery is so good, you will definitely inherit the mantle of your husband." She just paused again , he hesitated to ask, "It's just that General Xue will agree?"

Xue Luo's expression gradually returned to his usual indifference, and his tone was also indifferent: "Father usually doesn't care about me. Since the elder sister got married, I was the only one in the family; I think the master is willing to take me in, just because I feel sorry for you. .”

Yanyu sighed in her heart, she had heard about the Xue family's incident before, but it was just a tragedy.