The maid of the red house

Daiyu actually knew her situation, and she could have expected that the people in this mansion would show ferocious minions like in the story, but the more she understood, the more painful and sad she felt in her heart, so she kept deceiving herself, Xueyan knew that she understood everything, Using this story to warn her is not to enlighten her, but to let her stop whitewashing the peace.

Sighing slightly, Daiyu smiled wryly, so what if she faced her situation squarely?

She is just a girl and must live in the Rongguo Mansion.

Leaving Rongguo Mansion and grandmother, even though there are servants in the house, she probably doesn't even know how to write the word "survival".

On New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily, tearing cotton and wadding, disturbing and blurring the sight, not only did not extinguish the excitement of the New Year, but it was very happy, and it was said that the auspicious snow heralds a good year.

Mother Jia had already taken the children and daughters of Hefu to Ningguo Mansion, but Daiyu didn't go with her because she was an outsider. She just read books and practiced calligraphy with Xueyan and others for fun, but seeing the bustling and bustling Rongguo Mansion, she felt a little sad after all. Every time Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's death day, Mother Jia can arrange for her to sacrifice privately, but she lives in the Rongguo Mansion, how can she worship the ancestors of the Lin family?And I couldn't show my depression in front of everyone, so I stayed in the room and wrote a few small poems by the window, but it was still difficult to relieve my depression.

For the next seven or eight days, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng invited people to eat New Year's wine every day, and the house was decorated with lights and festoons all day long, and there was an endless stream of relatives and friends.

Daiyu has filial piety on her body, and she doesn't want to add bad luck to others. The well-behaved girls in the Rongguo Mansion don't see any guests, so she plays Go and wipes dominoes with Baochai and Baoyu, or watches a play with Aunt Xue in the flower hall behind Jiamu's main house. say.

Aunt Xue was not allowed to entertain distinguished guests in the front hall and back hall of Rongxi hall, so she watched the sisters here.

On this day, the guests invited are the princes, sons-in-law, princes, princesses, princesses, concubines, monarchs, and wives. As a companion, after drinking for three rounds, Princess Yongchang suddenly asked: "Does the daughter of Mr. Lin, the former Yanke censor, live in the mansion?"

Mother Jia was taken aback when she heard the words, she had never heard of any relationship between the Lin family and Princess Yongchang's mansion, she wondered over and over again, but still didn't know what Princess Yongchang's intention was, so she smiled and said: "My granddaughter has no parents to rely on, so I will take care of her by her side. .”

Princess Yongchang smiled and said: "The children taught by the old lady must wait for the first time, why don't you call them out and see them?"

The Princess of Leshan County has always been on good terms with Princess Yongchang. Seeing her interest, she smiled and said, "That's right, together with a few young ladies from the house, I called here to let us have a look. The girl's family is so lingering, the old lady Why hide it?"

Jia Mu had to say: "They are small, weak and weak, and they are not good. They are afraid of collision."

Princess Yongchang said disapprovingly: "It's been more than a year since Mr. Lin counted the time, and we don't shy away from children, so why bother? Take it out and let me see you."

After hearing this, Jia Mu ordered Sister Feng to bring Daiyu and Ying Tanxi. After thinking for a while, she said, "Call your sister Xue too."

Sister Feng agreed, and when she arrived at the flower hall in Jiamu's backyard, she said her intentions, which caught everyone off guard.

Xueyan didn't care how others avoided the inner room to get dressed, and directed Ting Lan to bring the dressing box, took out a set of pearl hair and quickly replaced the plain silverware on Daiyu's head, and asked Dan Ju to take another clothes for Daiyu to change On the top, there is a moon white satin silver mouse jacket, a white silk embroidered squirrel leather cotton skirt, and a lilac-purple double-breasted skirt. The neckline and cuffs are trimmed with white fox fur, which is elegant but not plain.

Xueyan looked at it carefully, and then took a light yellow satin fox fur cloak and put it on Daiyu, so as to avoid the wind and snow on the way.

Sister Feng saw that within a short time, Daiyu had packed everything properly, even the snow hat and hand stove were in good order, while Sanchun and Baochai were still in a hurry, so she sighed in her heart.

Fortunately, Sanchun and Baochai and others are not like Daiyu who has to change clothes and jewelry when seeing a guest, and it is ready in a moment.

The five people came to the banquet with Sister Feng, everyone met, but they all said hello, gave up seats, etc., except for a few very close relatives or met one or two, the rest have never met, they are not grass and trees. People, seeing that these five people are all outstanding, they are indescribably good-looking, and their speech and behavior are excellent, they are full of praise.

Princess Yongchang first took Baochai to greet the spring and asked two questions, then let go of her hand and asked Tanchun Xichun. Finally, Fang took Daiyu's hand, looked at her carefully, praised her highly, and said: "Young lady of the house Both are good, so I don’t know which one to praise.”

Then he asked Daiyu, "How many years have you lived in your grandmother's house? How many people have you brought?"

Daiyu didn't know why she said this, she thought about it for a moment, and then replied: "Since Xianci left, I lived at my grandmother's house for three years, and after Xianyan left, I have lived with her for nearly a year. Xianyan pities the young girl, and stayed for five years. The loyal servants of the sixth house will follow and serve."

After hearing this, Princess Yongchang nodded and sighed with emotion for a long time, and sighed to Jia Mu: "People often say that raising a child to be a hundred years old means worrying about 99 years. I believe it. Master Lin has planned so many things for his daughter after he died alive, it can be called painstaking effort, and I have to be very moved."

Jia Mu wondered, "What's the meaning of the princess? I don't understand."

Daiyu was also puzzled, but she was very sensitive by nature, her heart skipped a beat suddenly, could it be that her father made another arrangement?

Thinking of this, Daiyu hurriedly looked at Princess Yongchang, and she smiled and said: "It's not a good thing my old in-laws did! One or two years ago, my old in-laws agreed to ask Mrs. Lin for advice for my daughter. The wife of my in-laws originally wanted to ask me for a teacher to send them to me, but she didn't want Mrs. Lin to be ill and went again soon, so the matter had to be postponed. However, the gentleman made a promise and kept his promise. Since my old in-laws accepted Mrs. Lin's request Please, even though Mrs. Lin has gone, I still have to handle this matter decently. I heard that Miss Lin lives in the mansion, so I sent my wife to ask me to pick two nuns to give to Miss Lin. .”

When Daiyu heard this, her heart was full of grief, but facing all the guests, although her eyes were slightly red, she could not be disrespectful, bowed deeply to Princess Yongchang, and said: "My little girl, thank you for your care, Zhang Shibo and my aunt's kindness, my little girl is also very grateful. "Because of etiquette, she knew that Princess Yongchang's in-laws were Zhang Xuan, because Princess Yongchang only had her eldest son marry a wife, but her daughter did not.

And Zhang Xuan, as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, not to mention his high position and authority, but his reputation in Qingliu is also very good.

Xueyan followed Daiyu to see the guests, and was really overjoyed to hear about it.

She said, since Lin Ruhai knew that Rongguo's family was not upright, how could he not raise funds for his beloved daughter, but he never thought that he would have the ability to invite Daiyu to come out of the palace to teach a nun, and he didn't say anything in front of herself and Daiyu. dew.With such a nunnery around to guide Daiyu, it not only increased Daiyu's bargaining chip in marriage, but also no one would use Daiyu's rules to make an argument.

With such an arrangement, Lin Ruhai must have other arrangements behind that he doesn't know about.

Xueyan, who understood Daiyu's difficult situation very well, was relieved immediately.

Yingchun doesn't care about things, Xichun doesn't care about things, and the two of them heard that Lin Ruhai went to the trouble of hiring two nuns for Daiyu. They looked at Daiyu with envy. Although there are nuns in the mansion, how can they compare? To be decent from the palace?

Princess Yongchang patted the back of Daiyu's hand and said with a smile to Mother Jia: "When I heard about this, I immediately picked two nuns who were always with me and sent them to my in-laws. up?"

When Xueyan heard this, she vaguely felt that Princess Yongchang said that on purpose.

As smart as she is, how could she not know whether the teaching nuns in Princess Yongchang's mansion were sent to Daiyu's side?If Mrs. Zhang sends someone over, she must tell her, after all, it is from her house.But she said such words in front of Jia Mu, could it be that Mrs. Zhang Xueshi had no excuse to give away, so she came here to be a pioneer?

Although Jia Mu thought it was too sudden, she was also happy for Daiyu, and said, "If the princess hadn't told me, I wouldn't know about it! I didn't see Mrs. Zhang Xueshi sending Mammy Xi here, but every New Year's day I often send something to my granddaughter."

Princess Yongchang thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Yes, my in-laws are embarrassed to come to the door! After all, the girls raised by the old matriarch are very well behaved. She sent two teaching nuns to the door to make axes. Isn't it a joke? Lost a big tooth? I also laughed at her for being troublesome, but after all, she was entrusted by Mr. Lin, and she was entrusted by others to be loyal."

Mother Jia didn't understand anything when she heard this, and said with a smile: "The princess is too famous. How can my little knowledge compare to the honor of the princess's mansion. I can't even ask for such a nanny. I I suspect that the teaching nuns around my granddaughter are getting old, if Mrs. Zhang Xueshi sends two teaching nuns, I will only be happy, and I will definitely not reject them."

Princess Yongchang clapped her hands and smiled, and said: "When I see her, I will tell her that she is overthinking. Who doesn't know that the old matriarch loves her granddaughter the most, and is also the nanny that Master Lin specially asked for to love her daughter. How could it not? She still cares about the reputation of this idea, she is really pedantic! It's a pity that it's the first month, and she can send people here after the first month!"

After the banquet was over and all the guests left, Jia Mufang came to her senses and asked Daiyu to come to her.

Daiyu felt a little uneasy in her heart. If her father suddenly asks Madam Xi for advice, will her grandmother be upset?Now that she has experienced the world, she can't understand the importance of face and reputation very well.

She somewhat understood why it was Princess Yongchang who spoke first, because Mrs. Zhang Xueshi's sending her to the teacher's mother's name was unfair.

Seeing this, Jiamu sighed, knowing that Daiyu was afraid of her distress, so she was so cautious, and said gently: "Since Mrs. Zhang Xueshi has such a kind intention, just accept it, and go back later and ask someone to clean up the two rooms and come out later." The teaching mother has arrived, treat each other well, the mothers in the palace are no better than ours, so don't neglect them."

Daiyu should be one by one.

Back in the room, Daiyu immediately asked Zijuan to take someone to tidy up the room. All the furnishings were sent by Jiamu who asked Amber.

Xueyan said: "Miss, you don't need to be busy. I didn't hear Princess Yongchang say that you can only come after the first month!"

Daiyu was looking at people arranging flowers, and heard the words: "First clean up and arrange it, and the nuns will make it whenever they move in, so that we can show our sincerity."

Xueyan paused and agreed very much.

Thinking back when Daiyu first entered the Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia had already sent someone to pick her up, and she insisted on picking her up, but when she arrived at the mansion, she had no place to stay, and she didn't care to live in the Bisha cabinet until after dinner. .

Before finishing cleaning up, she saw Sanchun and Baochai coming, so Daiyu had to go first.

Xueyan couldn't help being a little funny, except that Baoyu would come to visit Daiyu once or twice, only Baochai would come here occasionally with Baoyu's hind legs, but the Sanchun sisters had never come here once, and today I don't know who suggested it, but all three of them came here up.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help sighing, no wonder Daiyu in the original book has only one treasure jade.