Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Hearing Lin Daiyu mention Fei Changfang, Yingchun couldn't help but widen her eyes, "How does my sister know what I think?" She asked in surprise.

Daiyu laughed and said, "To tell you the truth, my sister, when I'm sitting idle at home, I also like to read some idle books, and the classics and history collections are also slightly involved. Just now I saw the child get into the wooden barrel. The wooden barrel is thin on the top and thick on the bottom. It looks like a gourd, so I can't help but think of a story about Fei Changfang and the old medicine seller recorded in the Later Han Dynasty. Coincidentally, my sister said that my sister also remembered a story, so I guessed that my sister thought of it with me. I was not sure, but today Seeing my sister's behavior, it can be seen that I guessed it right."

After talking about Yingchun and Daiyu, they looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.Zheng Lihua was confused and asked: "What kind of story are the two sisters telling?

Daiyu cleared her throat, stretched out her finger and nodded on Zheng Lihua's forehead, "You! You should read more, don't play around all day, like a child!"

Zheng Lihua didn't look angry at all, she just pulled Daiyu's sleeve and made her tell stories.

Daiyu had no choice but to talk to her.

"During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Fei Changfang. One day, he happened to see an old man selling medicines on the street. He had a childlike face and white hair, and had an extraordinary temperament. As night fell, when the pedestrians on the street dispersed, the old man quietly slipped into the gourd. Among them. Fei Changfang saw it clearly and concluded that this old man was definitely not an ordinary person. So he bought wine and meat, and respectfully paid respects to the old man. There are many strange flowers and plants everywhere, just like a palace in a fairy mountain. Fei Changfang learned alchemy from the old man, and returned to his hometown after more than ten days. His family thought he was dead, but after careful questioning, they found out that more than ten years had passed. Since then , Fei Changfang can cure all diseases, drive away plagues, and bring people back to life."

Zheng Lihua was fascinated by what she heard, and she was in a daze.

Yingchun sighed and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, there is no time in the mountains, but there are thousands of years in the world. These things do happen."

Daiyu thought to herself, there are more than that, I have seen things more heaven-defying than the gourds that can be used for palaces and pavilions.The space between her and Zhou Hang, not to mention palaces, can accommodate even a hundred palaces, it is simply an independent world, isn't it?But of course these words can't be said, Daiyu chatted with Yingchun about Taoist theories, and then continued to watch the lantern.

Zhou Hang kept appearing back and forth like a wandering spirit, so Daiyu had no choice but to keep her eyes on him, pretending that he didn't exist.

Stopping and stopping, I bought an unknown number of lanterns and gadgets along the way. The maids who followed Daiyu all carried a lot of things, and Yingchun and Zheng Lihua did not give up too much.

All the way to the downstairs of Zhengyang Gate, where many people and families of princes and nobles have gathered.

Finally, she couldn't feel Zhou Hang's gaze, and Daiyu suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.It's not that she doesn't like Zhou Hang looking at her. It's because there are people everywhere here, which makes her feel as if she will be discovered by others at any time. She is nervous and has an indescribable feeling, and she doesn't know how to describe it.All in all, it's awkward.

However, this relaxed feeling didn't last long, and the holy driver arrived, accompanied by the crown prince, Prince Jing, and several other princes and princesses.

All the dignitaries and ordinary people under the gate knelt down one after another, shouting long live.Then, Daiyu was stared at by Zhou Hang who was standing on a high place.After the ceremony, the imperial decree allowed the common people to look up at the holy face, and everyone stretched their necks to look forward, but Zheng Lihua kept shouting that they were too far away, and couldn't see what the emperor looked like at all.In fact, they are quite close, at least they can still see the nose and eyes vaguely, and after that, they can only see a bright yellow color.

Daiyu didn't look up, she was uncomfortable being stared at by someone from above.

The inner eunuch in the palace let out a long shout, and lit the giant lamp at the door that was as high as a hill.Zheng Lihua thought it was as close as looking at a huge lamp. Daiyu saw that there were too many people there, so she was not allowed to go, for fear that she would be pushed and pushed if she couldn't control it for a while.Then there were fireworks and firecrackers. When I was looking up to see the excitement, several small sedan chairs came to the curtain of the Lin Mansion, but Wang, Jia Baoyu, Tanchun, Xue Baochai and others did not see Xichun.

Said she came to look at the lamp, the curtain of Lin's mansion was close, and she could see clearly, but what kind of plan was in her mind, Daiyu thought about it for a while, and she guessed it very close to ten.The curtain of the Lin family is next to the royal relatives, they are all in the limelight, many times stronger than the dilapidated Jia family.Mrs. Wang brought a few juniors to see if the lamp was fake, and the purpose was to take the opportunity to make friends with the dignitaries.One must know that on weekdays, she can't compete with these nobles.

As for why Xichun didn't come, Daiyu also wanted to know, although Xichun was young, but she was stubborn, aloof and indifferent to the world, knowing what the Wang family was up to, she would definitely not come.

Needless to say, Jia Baoyu, he always listened to what Mrs. Wang said.His so-called rebellion, his so-called not envying his official career and not currying favor with the rich and powerful, is just being a master in front of the maids, occasionally playing with his temper and losing his temper. When he really goes outside, everything can only be at the mercy of Wang.

Therefore, the Wang family also came to make friends with these powerful children. Although he was displeased, he did not dare to resist.

Tanchun is only looking forward to the Wang family, so he should not even admit his biological mother, and only flatters the Wang family.As for Xue Baochai and Daiyu, although they don't know very well, they do know somewhat.The Xue family was born as a merchant, and even though they married into an aristocratic family, the habits at the root cannot be changed, and they have to argue about the rate of return in everything they do.It must be that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, so she is willing to come here. Although with her background, these princes and grandchildren should also like her, but she is not bad, and she has a plump and shy figure when she walks. Maybe which one is the most important? The color does not have the same name.

But since they have already come and have relatives, Daiyu can't let them go back.

After seeing each other, Mrs. Wang chatted up a few concubines with a smile, and Xue Baochai and Tanchun also chatted with a young princess who was only five or six years old, making the child very happy.Jia Baoyu was a foreigner, and Huier guarded the curtain that would not allow him to enter Lin's house, so he stood next to the curtain, focusing on pestering Daiyu and talking, and Daiyu was annoyingly pestered by him.

"Sister Lin, I got a new good thing. I don't want to use it. I keep it for you, but I can't see you." He took out a delicate small bottle from his sleeve, and inside it was a jade tire. , wrapped in a gold shell, carved with hollow patterns, very delicate, "Sister, look! This is the spice of Daxin Kingdom. Have you heard of Daxin Kingdom? It is said that it is still in the west of Tianzhu Kingdom, traveling across mountains and rivers Crossing the sea, it takes one or two years to go back and forth. Everything in Daxin Kingdom is in short supply, and I also spent a lot of effort to get this small bottle. It's gone, I don't even want to give it to Sister Xue, I just keep it for you."

Now when Daiyu sees Jia Baoyu, she thinks of Zhou Hang lying in front of her covered in blood for a year or so, and wishes to beat Jia Baoyu violently once, and throw her covered in blood into the ice and snow.Moreover, seeing Jia Baoyu, he would think of Wang Shi and the shameful things she did to seek wealth and murder, so how could he have the patience to listen to his noise.

"I don't want this thing!"

Daiyu glared at Jia Baoyu: "Take it away quickly, and give it to whomever you love, it makes me feel uncomfortable!"

"Is it choking?" Jia Baoyu leaned up to smell it, seeming a little confused, those spice bottles looked innocent, "It smells very good, not choking at all, sister Lin, if you don't believe me, smell it again."

Daiyu turned her head and ignored him, Xueyan covered her mouth and smiled.

Jia Baoyu wanted to hold Xueyan's hand, but when Xueyan raised his arm to avoid it, Jia Baoyu looked unhappy, "Xueyan, why are you like this? You used to be so cute, clean and flawless. What you teach is so boring, but the rules of the Lin family are too strict, is Uncle Lin disciplining you too hard? Otherwise, you can still come to our house, together with Xiren, Yuanyang and the others, to ensure that you are more satisfied than you are now..."

Xueyan couldn't help but rolled her eyes, how can you tell that I am not satisfied now.

Let me tell you, I'm having a great time right now.

It is a thousand times, ten thousand times better than when you stayed in Jia's mansion!

After all, it's in a public place, so it's not good to have a lot of trouble, Zijuan hurriedly came out to smooth things over, "Second Master Bao, our girl is tired from shopping, you can look elsewhere, and let our girl rest."

"Why is my sister so ignorant of loving herself..."

Just as Jia Baoyu was talking, the gate of the majestic palace suddenly opened. First, a dozen guards ran out in two pairs at a uniform pace, and then a white-faced and beardless inner eunuch of about forty years old led several small inner eunuchs slowly. Come.Everyone held their breath for a while, even Jia Baoyu didn't dare to speak anymore.The inner eunuch took small steps until he stopped in front of the curtain of the Lin family, cleared his throat and said, "The sage ordered that Lin Daiyu, the daughter of Lin Ruhai, kneel down to listen to the decree..." The voice was full of air, with a long tail spread far and wide.

Daiyu hurriedly knelt down.

It turned out that the sage ordered her to meet her in the gate tower. Daiyu didn't dare to delay, so she hurriedly took Hui'er and Zijuan there.When she came out today, she brought a lot of maids, there were more than a dozen in total, but not every one of them was brought to see you.For example, Xueyan is not good. Although she is smart, she is not stable enough, and her ability to adapt temporarily is not good. If something unexpected happens, she cannot be dealt with in time.

This is where Huier and Zijuan are strong.The two of them were stable, and with the training of two well-mannered nuns, the rules became more stringent.

There are three princesses in total in the Holy Majesty, the eldest princess and the second princess are already married, and they are all at her husband’s house and celebrating the festival at the moment, and have not appeared on the gate tower. Went to the street to watch lanterns.When Daiyu passed, she only saw the emperor and Zhou Hang.

The emperor sat on a red sandalwood kang bed, and Zhou Hang sat on an armchair beside him.

Daiyu saluted, and the emperor ordered someone to give her a seat.Wei Xing'an moved an armchair by himself, Li Zhao glanced at Daiyu, and said with a smile, "Girl, sit down." Then he glanced at Wei Xing'an, who retreated a foot away with the palace servants knowingly. .

Daiyu said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the seat. It's fine for the ministers to stand."

Li Zhao glanced under the door and saw that there were still many people stretching their necks to watch. Knowing what she was worried about, he no longer asked her to sit down.Li Zhao looked at Zhou Hang who was sitting by the side, I called you the meaner, what should you do.Lin Daiyu's eyes told Zhou Hang that there are so many people here, please be more honest, so Zhou Hang didn't dare to show that he was very close to Daiyu, and he didn't even dare to say much.

Li Zhao asked Lin Daiyu a few words, and then asked him who was harassing her with the curtain of the Lin family just now.

Before Daiyu said anything, Zhou Hang murmured, emphasizing that he also suffered from Jia Baoyu's losses when his identity was not revealed.Daiyu knew that Jia Baoyu's life was over, and that His Majesty cared about Jia Baoyu.But what does it have to do with her!

Li Zhao asked Daiyu what was the difference between looking at the lights on the gate tower and below.

Daiyu smiled and said, "The biggest difference is that you can see farther."

Li Zhao was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "You girl, talking is really interesting."

Not long after, the third princess came back, saw Daiyu, frowned and pursed her mouth, pointed at Daiyu and said, "Father, who is this? Why is Father smiling at her?" The third princess was titled Luoyun, nicknamed Yun'er On weekdays, she is quite favored by her father and brother in the palace, and even the concubine pampers her a lot, so she is a bit willful, but her nature is simple.

Li Zhao told her that she was Lin Ruhai's daughter and the adopted daughter of King Jing Li Xu.Although Princess Luoyun is capricious, she is not an unreasonable person. Knowing that she is the minister's daughter, she hurriedly put on her clothes and put on the posture of a princess.I also heard that she is the adopted daughter of the emperor's uncle, so she should call her elder sister, and the entanglement in her heart is gone.When Daiyu saluted, she couldn't return the salute.

Apart from the three princesses, the two princes also came back, as well as Prince Jing's son Li Yu.

Seeing that Daiyu was uncomfortable, Li Zhao ordered Zhou Hang to send her back.

The eyes of the First Prince and the Second Prince flickered in unison for a moment.The first prince hurriedly covered it up, and the second prince's guard asked to cover it up, but he didn't dare to say anything in front of the emperor.

Daiyu knew that she was too conspicuous again today.

But there is no way, the soldiers come to block the water and cover it with soil, so do whatever you want.

It was night, two small things happened at the Lantern Festival, because the things were strange, so the news spread quickly in the capital.Both matters are related to the four big families, especially the Jia family.The first one was that Xue Pan, one of the four great families, was wandering with several family members in the street when a gust of wind blew over and a lantern in the servant's hand caught fire for some reason. And by coincidence, the flames fell on Xue Pan.

Xue Pan was so frightened that he jumped up and down and screamed, and all his family members gathered around him to fight the fire, but they couldn't put it out.Seeing that his skin was burning, Xue Pan was so painful that he hugged his buttocks and ran around. It happened to be installed on a deep-fried dough stick stand, and a pot of hot oil was poured directly on his lower body. It is said that the pain caused him to scream and pass out on the spot. .

Fortunately, he wore a lot of clothes in winter, if it was summer, Xue Pan would have died on the spot.

If so, Xue Pan's injury was not serious, it is said that the root of descendants was completely abolished.

There is one more thing related to Jia Baoyu.

For some reason, Jia Baoyu drowned in the lotus pond in Jia's mansion. When he was rescued, he was dying and unconscious.

In the space, Daiyu asked Zhou Hang: "Did you do these two things?"

Zhou Hang readily admitted: "I did it. Don't talk about Jia Baoyu, I have a deep hatred with him, and my life was almost ruined by him a year ago. As for Xue Pan, who dared to hit your idea?" .”

"Has the aftermath been done?" Daiyu asked.

Zhou Hang didn't expect Daiyu to ask such a question, so he paused for a moment before saying, "Don't worry, no one will know that I did it. Yu'er, you also think they deserve what they deserve, don't you?"

Xue Pan shouldn't have done anything, shouldn't have made Sister Lin's idea.Who is Sister Lin? She is the lover that Zhou Hang holds in his hand and protects.Touching sister Lin made him more angry than touching Zhou Hang himself.Besides, a lustful person like Xue Pan, who is not very old, has already ruined how many young girls in their prime and prime of life.

If you don't teach him a profound lesson, he will never know how many strokes the typo is.Moreover, there will be more innocent girls buried in his hands in the future.

Daiyu was stunned for a while before saying, "Just because I don't object, doesn't mean I agree with you."