[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

In Shou'an Palace, apart from Lin Daiyu and the princesses who came with her, there were indeed some wives and female relatives invited by the Queen Mother as the head nurse said earlier.

The rows of armchairs in the inner hall were full of people, not only that, even the queen and princess were present.

Lin Daiyu is the Marquis and the daughter-in-law of Lord Zhennan. She has a different status than others. All the wives and wives present are from rich and noble backgrounds, but her status is also outstanding, so she sat in the first row.

Lin Daiyu didn't feel the heat at all, so she signaled to the maid in front of her not to fan her, but also to remove the ice cubes placed in front of her seat.

Some of the surrounding female relatives did not remove these, and the maid in charge of playing the fan was not particularly large, but from time to time there would be cold wind blowing on Lin Daiyu's back and shoulders, and the feeling was not particularly comfortable.

The empress and concubine who were sitting at the top came a moment earlier, and noticed the cool style of the empress dowager's palace early in the morning.

They could bear it, but after Lin Daiyu came, both of them thought about Lin Daiyu's body, they were afraid that Lin Daiyu would not be able to bear the coolness in the palace, seeing Lin Daiyu told the maids not to fan, and asked to remove the ice, The queen turned her eyes to look at the crown princess, and looked at the crown princess for a moment before looking away.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Shen hadn't come to the palace yet, the Crown Princess, who was sitting next to her hands, got up after looking at the Empress, and walked up to Lin Daiyu regardless of whether other people paid attention to her, and took Lin Daiyu's hand After trying her temperature, he softly told Lin Daiyu to get up and go with her.

The princess took Lin Daiyu to the side hall, and asked Lin Daiyu to sit in the side hall for a while.

"The Empress Dowager is still in the Buddhist hall, let us wait a little longer. It's too cold in the hall, I know you are recuperating now, and you can't bear that, so just sit here for a while."

There was no one in the side hall, so there were no ice cubes, and no ice cellar for cooling down. The side hall was sunny, and the sun was shining outside, which was much warmer than that in the main hall.Lin Daiyu began to feel much more comfortable, but her underwear was still uncomfortable after all.

Lin Daiyu thanked the Crown Princess, and then asked softly: "Your Highness, do you know what the Queen Mother invited me here for?"

The Crown Princess shook her head and said softly: "Don't say that I don't know, even the Empress Dowager doesn't know about it. I only know that before going to the Buddhist hall to chant sutras, the Empress Dowager ordered the people around her to send the female family members she likes Dear wife, please come to the palace. There is also the empress and me."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Anyway, when the queen comes later, I will know," the princess said softly, "Someone from the palace came to invite you to the general's mansion, and you are in a hurry when you go out, and you don't know what it is to enter the palace." , there must be no clothes ready to change. It’s been a long way, and the sun is very strong, and the inner clothes are probably soaked, and the others are just fine. You should pay more attention to these things now that you are recuperating your body.”

"I'm not the same size as you, and you can't wear my clothes. I just sent someone to Yuan Jia's place and asked to fetch two clothes. You change them first. It's better than wearing wet clothes. Yuan Jia She is slender, about the same size as you, and you should be able to wear her clothes."

Yesterday was the Empress Conferment Ceremony, there were a lot of wives coming and going in the palace, the wives who entered the palace wanted to pay respects to the newly promoted empress, and they also came to Shouan Palace to pay respects to Empress Dowager Shen.

There were too many people coming and going here, and it was inevitable that when it was time to eat, the Empress Dowager Shen left her acquainted and close female relatives to have a meal together, and this side hall was used for the visiting women to have a lunch break and change clothes.

The arrangement was done yesterday, although the grand ceremony has passed today, but all the things have not been removed, the screen and other things are ready-made, the people ordered by the Crown Princess went to Princess Yuanjia and brought back the clothes she wanted.After Princess Yuanjia found out what was going on, she specially ordered someone to bring a new shirtless dress, which was just right for Lin Daiyu to wear.

The princess also ordered someone to serve warm tea to Lin Daiyu.

As a result, before the tea was served, the people serving the queen came to inform the queen mother that she was going to come out of the Buddhist hall, and asked the princess and Lin Daiyu to go back to the main hall to sit.

The Crown Princess simply asked someone to send the warm tea to the main hall, just as Lin Daiyu could drink it after returning to her seat, she also asked someone to remove the bowl of ice cream cheese.

Lin Daiyu changed her clothes and went back to sit down, which attracted the eyes of the female family members in the palace. They couldn't help but look at her more. Go for a change of clothes.

On such a hot day, they were all sweaty/drenched, but they didn't have the ability to let the princess notice, and even took away clothes specially found for them to change.

When Empress Dowager Shen came to the main hall, someone's eyes fell on Lin Daiyu, Empress Dowager Shen happened to see it, and when she was seated, she also looked at Lin Daiyu a few more times.

This made Empress Dowager Shen see something wrong.

"The weather is so hot, and everyone else is fanning with ice, so why does Madam Wannan Hou still drink hot tea?"

All the people stood up and greeted Queen Mother Shen, and when they were seated, they heard Queen Mother Shen asking Lin Daiyu, and they all looked at her together.

Lin Daiyu got up and smiled and replied: "The queen mother is laughing at you. The concubine has never used ice since childhood. Even in the dog weather, the concubine seldom uses ice."

Empress Dowager Shen snorted, and said with a smile: "Ai's family has heard that Mrs. Wannan Hou has been in poor health since she was a child, and it is not unusual for her to be unable to use ice. However, this hall is open and bright, and everyone uses it. You don't need it. The coolness is called a silk fan. If you fan it open, it’s as if you’ve used it.”

Empress Dowager Shen raised her eyebrows, and said the next words to everyone in the hall, "Look at you, many of you don't use ice cream, and you must be the same as Madam Wannanhou, not used to this day Use ice? Ai’s family doesn’t force it, just remove it if you are not used to it. If you like to use it, you can tell the maid here at Ai’s house, don’t be cautious. Remove half of the ice in this hall, and keep half of it. .”

Empress Dowager Shen asked someone to remove half of the ice cubes, and even the maids who were playing fans also removed half of them, so the palace was not as cold as before.

Empress Dowager Shen also asked the maids to bring hot water, and waited for the female relatives to clean their faces and hands, wash off the sweat from their faces, and ordered people to serve tea and fruit snacks.

"The Ai family came from a family of generals, perhaps because their ancestors were all generals. They love to move in their bones, and they are willing to practice boxing and kicking since they were young. Naturally, their bones are better. It's not like you wives who are born in civil servants. By nature, you love to be quiet and don't like to move. , In this kind of weather, this body can't help but use ice."

Empress Dowager Shen smiled warmly, "The Ai family invited you here because they originally wanted to take good care of you, but now it seems that they can't follow the Ai family's idea. The Ai family is now old, but this body is not as good as the old one. You need to be stronger, in the future, I will have to pay more attention to you. After all, this job is not easy, and we will have a long time to get along in the future. "

After the Queen Mother Shen said something, everyone listened, and they all had some thoughts in their hearts.But everyone has the same question in their hearts. The Queen Mother always says that there is an errand for them, but they don't know what kind of errand it is.

The queen was present, and although everyone was puzzled, they never answered first. They all looked at the queen after seeing the queen mother. The wives do it.

Empress Dowager Shen said with a smile: "Speaking of this errand, in fact, in detail, it is not an errand given by the Ai family, nor is it an errand for the Ai family."

"You know that since the late Emperor Na was healed, there was a Buddhist hall in front of Ai's family. Before going to Mount Wutai to fulfill his vows, Ai's family would chant scriptures to the Buddha every day in the Buddhist hall, and for the sake of The first emperor prayed for the common people. Later, when he went to Wutai Mountain, for ten years, Ai’s family waited in front of the Buddha, and this chanting never stopped. Now that he’s back, he still goes to the Buddhist hall to chant sutras.”

"Just a few days ago, Aijia got a dream from the Buddha at night. The Buddha said that he had heard Aijia's sutra chanting, and said that Aijia's lecture conference was very good. I heard more people chanting sutras. In that dream, the Buddha shed a tear while talking. After that, Aijia woke up."

"After waking up, Ai's family was not at ease thinking about what the Buddha said. The matter of teaching in this way has caused unrest in several states. The emperor is also troubled day and night because of this matter. The Buddha must have known it, and he is somewhat blaming Ai's family. I think that the Ai family set the time too far, so that the Rushi religion took advantage of the loopholes and made the Buddha feel sad. So, the Ai family thought about it and invited you into the palace. You will accompany me every few days Aijia went to the Buddhist hall and followed Aijia to recite scriptures to the Buddha, and when the Buddha was happy, he would no longer be so sympathetic in Aijia's dream."

Empress Dowager Shen looked at the crowd with a smile, "There are so many people for the Ai family to choose from, why did the Ai family choose you? Of course there is a reason."

The Queen Mother Shen spoke, and everyone in the hall listened quietly. Hearing this, it seemed that there was nothing on the surface, but they all listened carefully in their hearts.

You know, when the Empress Dowager Shen didn't come, everyone had already looked at each other. Apart from the princesses of the prince's family, most of the people present here were family members of civil servants, including those from the six Imperial Academy of the Ministry of Education. It was Lin Daiyu, who seemed to be the wife of a military general, but in fact, she was also a civil servant, not a girl like a general's family.

Empress Dowager Shen said with a smile: "As for you, you are all famous and talented, and the characters are all outstanding in appearance. You all came to Ai's house to greet you when you entered the palace yesterday, and Ai's family also saw you one by one. Yes. Everyone can chant scriptures, but Aijia believes that you are better than others because you are knowledgeable. Besides, you are all young and have crisp voices. Chanting scriptures is also very pleasant to hear. The Buddha listened to it. , will be happy."

"As for what you mean, Ai Jia thought, you will not be unwilling, right? It is a meritorious thing to be able to serve and chant sutras in front of the Buddha. If you chant sutras well, the Buddha will not treat you badly. "