Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Although Li Chengtian has lost power, he is now just an idle prince with nothing to do, but he is also from a wealthy family, and his attitude is so low, no matter what, Lin Ruhai will not refute his face.What's more, if you don't reach out and don't hit the smiling person, he is here to give his daughter a birthday present, even if it doesn't depend on his identity, but just this kind of heart, Lin Ruhai feels that he should be more enthusiastic.

Therefore, although the other party did not come in person, but only sent a guard to see him off, Lin Ruhai did not neglect at all. After a few words of humility, he quickly accepted it with a smile, handed it to the servant next to him, and ordered him to keep it. I thank you son."

The guard bowed back with his arms folded, turned around and got on his horse, and returned without mentioning it.

Although Li Chengtian is only a vain prince with no official position and real power, he is a relative of the emperor and the grandson of the Supreme Emperor, so his expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation are still very high.In addition, in order to show the preferential treatment of the clan and the preferential care for the descendants of the deposed prince, the emperor often gave money and gifts to the Li Chengtian brothers, so any thing around Li Chengtian is of great value, and the birthday gift for Daiyu is naturally also Both are good.

This pair of elegant sapphires alone is worth going to a top shop. Although the palace flowers are not as precious as gems, they are carefully crafted by the inner palace for the nobles in the palace. Even if you have money, you can't buy them outside. arrive.

Although Daiyu doesn't like wearing flowers, it is very good to give them away, and she is the only one in Yangzhou City.

Looking at the back of the guard leaving in the dust, he frowned slightly, as if he was lost in thought.I saw his eyes narrowed slightly, his hands clasped together, looking like he was out of his mind.

Regarding Li Chengtian's sudden arrival in Jiangnan, he always felt a little strange.This young prince is different from ordinary princes and grandchildren?The son of the deposed prince is quite an embarrassing identity, how glamorous it used to be is now so embarrassing.The Ministry of Internal Affairs is used to favoring those who are superior and trampling on the inferior. Ordinarily, those princes and grandchildren who are not in power would dare to hold back, let alone a really embarrassing person.Prince Ke Ke is not the case. Although he is in an awkward position, his daily expenses have risen instead of falling, far exceeding that of ordinary princes.

The reason for this is that the current emperor is sympathetic to the clan, especially the son left behind by the former prince, and the second is because the emperor loves this grandson and often rewards him constantly.

Li Chengtian is the most beloved grandson of the Supreme Emperor, even though his father was deposed, this does not seem to have changed.

Such a person, even if he has no intention of disobedience, will inevitably make people guess, especially the one on the dragon chair now.What's more, sometimes you can't do what you don't want. Apart from the messy situation his father left him, there are also deep-rooted ambitions that he has to hide in his heart.The abolished prince had been the crown prince for decades, and the Supreme Emperor had single-mindedly cultivated him at the beginning, even if he was abolished later, his power has been deeply rooted and hidden in the government and the opposition.Even if the current sage has been on the throne for a long time, he has not been completely eradicated, so there are still many fears.

He also knows this very well, so Li Chengtian has always been quite low-key in dealing with affairs, and never raised any opinions on the government. A literary hermit.He seemed to be trying his best to reduce his sense of existence, and tried his best to treat him as a transparent person by the emperor and ministers.

But for such a person with a special status, such a person who may have great energy behind him, if he wants to be a hermit with peace of mind, he may not be able to do so.

Now Yangzhou is in troubled times, and the Holy One is gearing up to eradicate the remaining power of the deposed prince in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Chengtian just appeared at this time...

Although there are many places of interest in Jiangnan, Li Chengtian has always expressed his desire to visit Jiangnan.

But... this is too much of a coincidence.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai pursed his lips, reached out and twirled his slightly gray beard, looked up at the blue sky, sighed again, and stepped into the sedan chair.The Holy Majesty has been on the throne for many years, the government has become more and more stable, and the common people have lived and worked in peace and contentment and are very supportive of the new regime. At this time, it is not wise for anyone to dare to engage in small tricks...

Thinking of Lin Ruhai straightening his clothes, he urged him to hurry to the government office.Today is his daughter's birthday, but it happens that there is a difficult matter that must be dealt with, so he has to rush to go home as soon as possible, he doesn't want to be delayed by something unimportant.

Besides, after sending Lin Ruhai away, Daiyu changed into newly-made clothes, and was served by Zijuan Xueyan to comb a delicate double flat bun, a pearl hairpin and a simple and delicate palace flower.The hairpin was made by Lin Ruhaite for Daiyu's birthday. The longan-sized pearls are radiant and bright, shining brightly when the sun shines. It looks playful yet elegant and luxurious.The palace flower is a fresh flower in the palace sent by Prince Jing. It is very delicate and looks like the real thing. As soon as Daiyu came up, a colorful butterfly fluttered around. The girls thought it was very novel. Can't stop laughing around.

This one said: "The girl looks really good in this dress!"

The other said: "It is said that the fairies in the sky are beautiful. In my opinion, our girls are no worse than fairies."

Another person said: "I heard an old lady say that there are fairies who are good-looking and bad-looking. You can't generalize, even if you are more beautiful than a fairy, you should be more beautiful than the most beautiful one."

"Then who is the prettiest?"

"This one……"

So a group of little girls began to discuss who is the most beautiful fairy. Some said Chang'e, some said Seven Fairies, and some said Baihua Fairy was the most beautiful.Someone even pulled out the generation of the four beauties who are sinking fish and falling geese...

Although these little girls grew up in the inner house, they rarely come into contact with the outside world.But when I'm bored, I often hear old mothers and grandmothers knocking their teeth. Those old women are used to running outside, and they don't want to be as reserved as girls.Those are the ones who dare to say anything and do anything indiscriminately, and they can barely obey the rules in front of their masters.But when they got out of the master's house in front of those little girls, they had less taboos. They were not as careful as before, and some even liked to tell the little girls some anecdotes they heard outside, including unofficial anecdotes handed down from generation to generation.Therefore, these young girls have heard many stories.

Zijuan saw that they were becoming less and less like what they said, so she stepped forward and taught them a few words, and the little girls all dared not speak, and bowed their heads and retreated.

Daiyu called the woman in charge and asked them if the flower hall had been tidied up.

The Flower Hall is the place where the banquet will be held. It is connected to a small garden with ponds and rockeries inside. The place is large and the environment is good. In the past, Jia Min hosted most of his guests here.

The mother-in-law said: "Miss, don't worry, I started tidying up a few days ago, and all the tables, chairs and tea cups are complete. The old slave estimated that there will be many people coming this time, so I specially asked them to open the warehouse to carry a few more pictures." The tables and chairs are here, and several pots of good tea have been prepared. The theater stage has been set up long ago, and the theater troupe sent someone to pick it up yesterday. Oh, by the way, there are also some chessboards and dominoes for the ladies. When we are bored, we play chess to relieve boredom."

Daiyu asked a few more questions, and seeing that they had prepared everything and thoughtful about everything, she felt relieved.

Although she has taken over the household chores since she came to Yangzhou, she is still young, and her days are short, she has not experienced many major affairs, and it is the first time for such a large-scale banquet for guests, lest she miss something Or if she neglected the guests, it would not be a big deal for her to be teased by others. She was afraid that those people would say something wrong about her father behind her back.

After the mother passed away, the fact that the father did not remarry and had no children but only one daughter had already been talked about by others. She didn't want to increase the talk of others about her father because of herself.

People in the world are often like this, good at gaining comfort from the shortcomings of others, the more incapable people are, the more so.

For example, Daiyu now knows that her father's official position is beyond the reach of many powerful families in Yangzhou City.If they compete with their fathers for their official positions, they will only regret and blame themselves for the rest of their lives.But they can always find comfort in other things. For example, it doesn’t matter that you Lin Ruhai is trusted by the Holy Lord, you are in a high position, and your family is strong. Isn’t it that you don’t even have a son to inherit the incense, and you are not as good as me.

This is the human heart and human nature, and Lin Ruhai always laughs at it.

But Lin Ruhai didn't care, and Lin Daiyu didn't want her father to suffer more criticism because of herself.

So, to do it, she has to make things so that others can't pick the thorns.

The women were all in charge of Jia Min's side back then, and they also socialized with the mistress on a daily basis, so they were familiar with these things.This is why Daiyu rest assured to arrange this matter for them.

While listening, Daiyu let the maids arrange their clothes. After Zijuan tidied up her skirt and put a piece of mutton jade on Daiyu, the ladies almost finished the arrangement of the flower hall.

"Have you prepared pens, inks, papers and inkstones?" Daiyu asked after thinking about it.

The old woman was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's the old slave's fault that he forgot to prepare these things. It's okay, everything is ready-made, I will order someone to prepare it immediately."

In fact, it's not that she forgot, but that she didn't think that women's parties needed to prepare these things at all.The gatherings of the gentlemen outside are naturally indispensable. As for the gatherings of the family members, she has been to many, but they don't have these things.But the girls are different from the wives. The ladies’ gatherings are nothing more than pulling red lines or showing off and comparing each other. The girls are not interested in these. I heard that there are also flowers and poems at the gatherings in the boudoir. It's just that she hasn't been there before, so she didn't expect to come here.

Daiyu said: "It's not in a hurry. Guests come from afar, so they have to eat tea and rest before they can take care of other things. It's ready before noon. There is one more thing, do we have a piano at home? Prepare a few, I heard that among the girls who came this time, there are some who like to play the piano, such as the eldest girl of the Qin family."

"Yes, the old slave remembered it."

After finishing the order, Daiyu sent the women away. Xueyan felt strange and asked, "Girl, how do you know that some of the girls who came this time like to play the piano, and who is this eldest girl of the Qin family?" ah?"

Daiyu said: "A girl from the general merchant's Qin family." Her tone was very natural.

Zhou Hang told her the news about the various salt merchants that she had inquired about, and the rest of them were fine, the Qin family was a clean stream.