[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

The cleaned petals are placed in urns for brewing and left to stand in a cool place.

Jiang Shi cut some flower branches in the garden to make vases, and then sent the vases to several girls' houses.In the afternoon, Daiyu went to Liu Ning'an's room to discuss poetry and books with her. When she came back, she saw the vase in front of the window. After asking, it was delivered by Miss Jiang Er, so she brought a willow-leaf pouch that she had just made and gave it to her. Ye Zi sent it to Jiang Shi.

"Sister Yubai, go and make a bowl of cinnamon twig soup." Daiyu suddenly remembered to tell Yubai.

After a while, Yu Bai came in with cinnamon twig soup, and Dai Yu asked her to put it on the stove to warm it.

Yanyu went to Yuming's house early in the morning to chat with her, and when she came back, she saw her younger sister sitting quietly on the kang reading a book; Daiyu raised her head and smiled sweetly: "Sister, you are back? I asked Sister Yubai to make Guizhi soup for you , drink it up!"

Although Yanyu couldn't laugh or cry, she still felt that her sister was so caring!

"Sister, this vase was sent by the second elder sister of the Jiang family." Daiyu moved the vase to the table; Yanyu leaned over to sniff it, and there was a faint fragrance mixed in the quiet flower fragrance, which seemed very familiar , as if from a dream.

Is this Heng Ruixiang?She suddenly remembered the allusion that Yu Ming had heard about Hengwuxiang, and this strange fragrance was as ethereal and unreal as a fairyland in a dream.

There is some clear water in the bottom of the bottle, and the strange fragrance is diffused from the clear water.

"Second Sister Jiang said that the fragrance of agarwood has been added to the water, which is more suitable for the fragrance of flowers." Daiyu said when she saw Yanyu closed her eyes and sniffed lightly.

"Is it Chen Shuixiang?" Yanyu thought carefully, but she didn't feel like it.

I have seen Yu Ming make fragrances before, and Yu Ming sent them a lot of scattered original fragrances; although Yanyu is not very interested, she will read "Xiangdian" in her spare time, even if it is to pass the time pleasure.

Yanyu didn't think much about it, and put the bottle on the record.

After falling asleep at night, Daiyu was in a daze, as if she heard the sound of chime music, fluttering as if she was about to fly away and become a fairy, let alone how old she was.

"Where is this?" Daiyu looked around in a daze, the clouds and mists were misty, like a fairyland.

There was a blur of people outside the curtain, and I saw my sister lift up the curtain and come in with a basket on her shoulders, smiling and saying to her, "Sister."

Daiyu was puzzled: "Sister?"

But Yanyu floated away with the basket in her hand, the fairy music was fluttering outside the curtain, only the shadow of the figure was faintly visible.

Daiyu got up to look for it, and when she walked out of the house, she saw countless fairies walking back and forth, but her sister was nowhere to be seen.

"Sister Jiangzhu!" Hearing someone calling, she saw a purple-clothed fairy coming towards her with a smile.

Daiyu couldn't understand what they said, she was anxious to find her sister, so she broke away from the purple-clothed fairy to leave.But the fairy in purple clothes unquestionably pulled Daiyu along and said, "Sister Jiangzhu, follow me to see Fairy Jinghuan."

"Do you know where my sister is?" Daiyu asked her.

"Come with me, you can see her." The purple-clothed fairy turned her head and chuckled.

Daiyu just followed the purple-clothed fairy to the past, wondering where this place is.

Suddenly hearing her sister's voice behind her, Daiyu hurriedly turned her head to look for it, but the purple-clothed fairy still wanted to pull her towards Fairy Jinghuan: "Follow me to Fairy Jinghuan, she can unlock all the things you have now. doubt."

"No, I'm going to find my sister!" Daiyu stubbornly broke free from the restraint of the purple-clothed fairy, turned and ran towards her sister.

The misty clouds and mist around her disappeared completely at that moment, Daiyu suddenly opened her eyes and found that she was still lying on the couch, the sky outside the window was still gray and light, and there was a faint fragrance in the room; It was a dream, and everything in the dream was as real as if it had happened to her.

Ye Zi heard the movement and hurried in, saw Daiyu sitting on the edge of the couch dripping with cold sweat, and quickly took out the silk scarf to wipe her sweat: "Girl, are you alright?"

Daiyu shook her head and said it was just a nightmare.

Ye Zi poured a cup of tea for Daiyu to drink, and Daiyu was surprised.

I wanted to take a nap for a while, but I still smelled the vague fragrance in the dream, and it was dawn when I woke up again.

Yanyu had already heard Ye Zi talk about Daiyu's nightmare last night, and asked Daiyu what was going on; Daiyu stumbled and talked about the weird and bizarre dream, saying that she could faintly hear fairy music fluttering, and she could still smell it after waking up. To the sweet fragrance in the dream.

"You smell it, is it this kind of fragrance?" Yanyu remembered after hearing what she said, and gave Daiyu the vase that Jiang Shi sent yesterday; Daiyu nodded after sniffing lightly: "It seems that it is indeed this kind of fragrance Sister, isn't this Chen Shuixiang?"

Yanyu shook her head: "This should be Hengwuxiang. Second sister Jiang may have confused the two kinds of incense."

Legend has it that Hengwuxiang is a fragrance for attracting souls, allowing the souls of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Mrs. Li to meet.Yanyu guessed that hallucinogenic cool stones should be added to this fragrance, and the same is true for the records of Hengwuxiang in ancient books; .

Yanyu took the vase and went to the porch to pour out the clear water in the porcelain vase, replace it with tea and put the flower arrangement into the vase as before.

Daiyu also found it quite interesting: "So the legend of Heng Wuxiang is also true?"

"This kind of thing is true or not, and I can't tell." Yanyu said after lighting the benzoin again to dispel the strange fragrance that had been permeating the room.

"Sister Ming must have given the incense to Second Sister Jiang, right?" Daiyu thought about it.

"En." Yanyu nodded, still took out "Supplements of Relics" and turned to the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Mrs. Li.

Daiyu took advantage of the situation and said: "There are beauties in the north, peerless and independent. When you look at the city of Qingren, you look at the country of Qingren. I don't know the beauty of the city and the country, and it is rare to find a beautiful woman. Mrs. Li is called the beauty of the Qingcheng. I remember Zhen My sister really likes the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Mrs. Li."

"The beauty of the city?" Yanyu frowned while holding the book, before she sneered for a long time, "I heard sister Ming talk about a past event. It is said that 30 years ago, the eldest daughter of the Zhen family was invited to participate in Wen'an Chang The flower banquet in the princess mansion is as bright and charming as peach blossoms, with a face that overwhelms the crowd; because the current majesty also accidentally heard the eldest princess mentioning that there is a good girl in the Zhen family, he summoned her into the palace and was shocked as a heavenly man. The King of Jin. If you talk about the beauty of the city, is the sister of the Zhen family compared to Mrs. Li in the previous court as a noble concubine?"

"Sister Zhenyan is well-read, so how could she not know that the Li family suffered a catastrophe after Mrs. Li's death?" Daiyu was surprised and puzzled.

Yanyu's expression darkened a little, and she said thoughtfully: "Maybe history is a reincarnation."

Daiyu immediately became interested when her sister said this: "What do you think of my sister?"

Yanyu just smiled wryly and shook her head: "I just told some stories by hearsay."

Mrs. Jiang has always been a well-behaved person, and she doesn't like to hear them gossip about the royal family behind their backs.They usually don't care about their private discussions, but if it reaches Mrs. Jiang's ears, she will be severely reprimanded; The subordinates are not allowed to criticize, if it is spread out, it will definitely catch fire.

Yanyu is also more cautious, even if she has many doubts in her heart, she will not speak out casually.

In midsummer, when the heat is hot, it is also the most difficult season.

The trees outside the Linfeng Pavilion are lush, and there is a breeze from time to time, which also sweeps away some of the summer heat; but the cicadas are known to sing on the trees, and they sing endlessly at noon, which is really boring.

Mrs. Jiang asked her mother-in-law and her maid to take a long bamboo pole and apply oil glue to catch the cicadas, and she could find half a day of peace; but after a few days, there will be a lot of cicadas singing again, and the cycle will revive the teacher and move the crowd.In the end, Mrs. Jiang asked the girls to move to the front yard to attend classes. The room was cool with ice cubes.

Because Jiang Yao was about to get married, before the ceremony, he followed his mother, Mrs. Jiang, back to his hometown to worship the ancestors. After the ancestor worship, he returned to Beijing and passed by Jiangnan; Stay for a few days to catch up on the old days.

Jiang Yao's stature has grown much taller, and she looks slim and graceful, standing under the tree looks even more charming than a flower.

The girls were all looking for something to give to Jiang Yao, whether it was embroidery or jewelry, and they had the right to make a souvenir for Jiang Yao; when Jiang Yao came out of the cabinet, they would rarely see each other in the future, so it was considered a friendship between classmates .

Jiang Yao thanked each other with a smile on his face, took some money and set up a night banquet with the girls in the house.

Everyone wished that Jiang Yao would have a good son-in-law; Jiang Yao blushed, and said not to say these anymore, just talk about the boudoir.

"Don't make fun of my sister anymore!" Jiang Shi also helped Jiang Yao block it.

After eating two glasses of cold wine, Jiang Yao's eyes were red with sadness, and he wept sadly while sipping the wine.

Everyone was busy trying to comfort her, Jiang Yao rolled up a silk handkerchief and wiped away tears: "It's just that I feel a little sad when I think about the fact that I won't be able to play with my sisters anymore."

They are all ignorant girls who have not left the court. Although there are mothers or sister-in-laws in the family who have taught them how to manage the house after marriage, they only understand it ignorantly; In addition to the joy and hope of the wedding, the bride also has the fear and anxiety of leaving her parents.

Jiang Shi also cried with her sister, sobbing in a low voice: "I don't want to part with my sister, I'm afraid I won't be able to see my sister often in the future."

Li Wen comforted her: "How can a big girl say that she doesn't want to get married? You are still a big sister, we are going to laugh at you."

Jiang Yao pushed Li Wen away with tears in his eyes, and said angrily, "You are just talking nonsense, don't cry when you get on the sedan chair in the future, you will make the sisters laugh at you."

Later, Yan Yu quietly asked Li Wen, do you know who is engaged to the elder sister of the Jiang family?Li Wen thought about it carefully and then said: "You should know it too. He is the eldest son of Marquis Baoling, and he is still related to your maternal ancestor's family."

Yanyu nodded, but when she heard about the Shijia, she inexplicably remembered the letter that Mu Yun had given her before leaving Jiangnan, asking her to pass it on to Shi Jin, the son of Zhongjing Hou.

"Actually, I heard that Mrs. Baolinghou is also very strict. I'm afraid the mother-in-law is not easy to get along with." I heard Li Wen sigh again.

"Sister Wen, have you met someone from the Shi family?" Yanyu asked curiously.

"A few years ago, Hou Zhongjing married his wife, who happened to be relatives of my grandfather's family; later on, I also heard from my aunt that the bride's sister-in-law is a powerful character." Li Wen whispered explain.