[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

"Miss Lin."

Lin Daiyu sat quietly, and several ladies around saw her good-looking, dignified and demure appearance, and liked her very much, so they talked to her from time to time, and Lin Daiyu responded.

But they didn't talk a lot, most of the time Lin Daiyu could sit there quietly and look at Concubine Yu, not wanting someone to come over, sit down beside her, and specially call her to talk to her.

Lin Daiyu followed the sound and saw that it was Princess Yuanjia.

Yuan Jia came with Concubine Yu today, and Concubine Yu was wearing palace attire, so Yuan Jia was naturally a princess attire.That Princess Yuanjia wore a eunuch uniform and refused to say anything, but Lin Daiyu still saluted her after knowing her identity. Today, Princess Yuanjia came to the West Garden openly, so Lin Daiyu naturally had to salute even more.

Princess Yuan Jia asked Lin Daiyu to sit down with a smile, then looked at Lin Daiyu and pursed her lips and said, "That big girl from the Shi family, I think she won't have the opportunity to pester brother Lin Jian again in the future."

Princess Yuanjia's voice was not very loud, and people around her were talking and discussing with each other, so what she said to Lin Daiyu was not heard by others.

Lin Daiyu was slightly surprised when she heard this.

Princess Yuanjia naturally saw Lin Daiyu's surprise, and she smiled again: "The eldest lady of the Shi family had followed their Madam Hou's mansion into the palace before, so I recognized her. Just now she was pestering Miss Lin outside, and my concubine and I both I see."

Princess Yuanjia smiled and said, "I just didn't expect that a quiet person like Miss Lin could use such a straightforward method."

"However, Miss Lin can rest assured that this young lady from the historian family will never have a chance to pester brother Lin Jian again."

Lin Daiyu quietly looked at Princess Yuanjia and listened to her. Lin Daiyu herself didn't make a sound, but she suddenly thought in her heart, no wonder she saw a luxurious carriage coming from a distance when she was outside the door, at first she didn't know who was coming Now that Princess Yuanjia said this, she knew that the people in the carriage were Yu Guifei and Princess Yuanjia.

They must have seen everything from the carriage as they came all the way.

And when Princess Yuanjia directly mentioned Shi Xiangyun and used the word "wrap", Lin Daiyu knew that Princess Yuanjia must have known about Shi Xiangyun and Lin Jian in the Rongguo Mansion in the Yihong Courtyard.

Lin Daiyu pondered for a while before answering, then she heard Princess Yuanjia chuckled and said, "Maybe Miss Lin still doesn't know?"

She said, "This morning, a gold unicorn pendant was sold in the most famous jewelry store in the capital. Coincidentally, I don't know where the shopkeeper of Shuangchengchun got the gold unicorn pendant." After it was sold, news came out that the golden unicorn belonged to the eldest daughter of the Shi family, but she didn't want to be sold to the only son of the Wei family by the shopkeeper."

"The young master of the Wei family was not in good health, so he asked for a consecrated golden unicorn from the temple. The abbot of the temple said that if the Wei family could find a female unicorn that was paired with the golden unicorn, and let the young master and the unicorn marry Master Wei's illness will be cured only when the Lord gets married. The Wei family has been searching for months to no avail, and it happens that they bought the female unicorn today, and know that the owner of the female unicorn is the eldest daughter of the Shi family. Isn't this a marriage destined Is it? When you want to come to Wei's house, it's time to go to Shi's house to propose marriage."

The Wei family is also a family of generals, and they came out of the Northwest together with the Feng family, and the ancestors of the Wei family followed the Feng family as the deputy generals of the ancestors of the Feng family.Now the Patriarch of the Wei Family is still working in the Northwest, and the Young Master Wei that Princess Yuan Jia mentioned is Wei Ruolan, the only son of the Patriarch of the Wei Family.

This Wei Ruolan was extremely talented, and was quite spiritual from a young age. He was supposed to be sent to the palace to study with the prince, but he was in poor health and had congenital deficiencies, so he was not made to accompany the prince.

Wei Ruolan has been taking care of his health at home. Because of his poor health, the family has never dared to let him go out to study, nor did he dare to ask him to practice martial arts. He can only sit at home, or get together with Feng Ziying and other acquainted family members.Now that it's here, the illness of Piansheng has worsened, and his family begged to go to the temple, so there is a saying that Qilin married and saved his life.

Lin Daiyu heard what Princess Yuanjia said, and thought that the marriage between Shi Xiangyun and Wei Ruolan should be settled.After all, the historian and the Wei family belonged to each other, and with such gossip spreading, it was obviously impossible not to marry a daughter.Looking at it this way, if Shi Xiangyun married into the Wei family, he really wouldn't be able to pester Lin Jian in the future.

It's just...Lin Daiyu looked at Princess Yuanjia's expression, but didn't express what was in her heart.Lin Daiyu thought, Lin Jian accepted Shi Xiangyun's golden unicorn that day, saying that it was his own arrangement and plan, but Lin Jian didn't tell her how to plan in detail, and he didn't know whether the matter Princess Yuanjia said was true or not. It was Lin Jian's arrangement.

Princess Yuanjia had just finished speaking, when someone came outside to inform Lin Jian that the auspicious time for the crowning ceremony had arrived, and all guests were invited to go to the hall to watch the ceremony.

Concubine Yu and Mrs. Ying stood up, Concubine Yu led Princess Yuanjia first, and Mrs. Ying led the rest of the female family members to follow.

Zicuckoo was afraid that there would be too many people bumping into Lin Daiyu, so she waited for everyone to pass first before protecting Lin Daiyu and following behind.

The place where the female guests observe the ceremony is naturally different from that of the male guests.Male guests can watch Lin Jian get crowned directly in the hall.

It's not good for female guests to mix in. If you are in another house, except for the female elders of the host's house who can show up, the female guests on the side either watch behind a screen, or wear a veiled hat to watch the ceremony separately from the male guests.

Pian Linjian was ingenious. The hall of the West Garden of the Lin family had two floors, with two entrances inside and outside, and a corridor in the middle.

Lin Jian asked someone to hang a light gauze curtain on the corridor on the second floor, and the female guests sat in the corridor to watch, so that they could see clearly and not be too distant.

It was still snowing heavily outside, and the weather was extremely cold. In order to let the female guests on the second floor see clearly, the hall was not closed.Many burning charcoal pots were placed in the hall, but the wind and snow kept pouring in through the open door, and the people sitting inside still felt chills on the soles of their feet even though they were wearing cloaks and cloaks.

In contrast, the corridor with tight walls, no windows and many charcoal basins is much warmer.

It’s just that there are many people in the corridor, and the four sides are tightly closed, but it’s not very ventilated. It’s okay if there are few people, but when there are more people, it will be stuffy. The female guests don’t wear capes, and many people feel hot in jackets. I don't even want a hand stove anymore, I just want to stay away from the hot charcoal basin.

Lin Daiyu couldn't stand the cold, but she couldn't stand the sweltering heat either, so she didn't sit in the crowd, she just sat in a place with fewer people, ah, she didn't sit in the front, but sat on the side, where no one was there , but also cooler.

Looking into the hall from Lin Daiyu's point of view, although some places are blocked, she can still see the situation in the hall.

Zicuckoo looked at the hall before it started, and saw that the fragrant mist had peeled the oranges together and went to the charcoal basin to warm up the oranges so that Lin Daiyu would not be cold after eating them, so she quietly approached Lin Daiyu and bowed her head. Said: "Girl, I watched Princess Yuanjia talk to the girl this time, her attitude is quite different from last time."

There was no one behind Lin Daiyu, the people in front were far away, and there were voices from inside and outside the corridor, Zijuan's voice was extremely low, and only Lin Daiyu could hear the words Princess Yuanjia.

Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes lightly, and nodded lightly and slowly after a while.

Of course she could sense that Princess Yuanjia spoke to her this time with a different attitude from last time.It can even be said that every word Princess Yuanjia said this time made Lin Daiyu feel very subtle.

Zijuan said in a low voice: "Girl, the princess came here to tell you about Miss Yun, what does it mean?"

"I thought that when the princess came to talk to the girl, she would talk about the articles written by the master just like last time."

Lin Daiyu raised her eyes, and took a quiet look at Princess Yuanjia who was sitting with Concubine Yu at the front, then she looked back, and lowered her eyes silently, her long and curled eyelashes cast a small fan under her eyes like shadows.

Just when Zijuan thought that Lin Daiyu would be silent and would not answer her words, Lin Daiyu opened her mouth softly: "She means to tell me that she knows what happened to the third brother and girl Yun in Yihong Courtyard, so , How could she not be clear about the things between me and my third brother?"

"It's just that I didn't know it when I first saw it last time. It's been so long, so it should be clear."

Zijuan recalled the scene she saw last time, Princess Yuanjia's thoughts on Lin Jian, and the matter between Lin Jian and Lin Daiyu, Zijuan couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Girl, what... what should I do?" ?The princess’s attitude this time is ambiguous/ambiguous. I really can’t see what it means, but the words show the close relationship with Lord Hou. It seems that she intends to target the girl. Gotta make up your mind."

Lin Daiyu was still calm. She saw Xiangwu Xianrou came back with hot oranges, and heard Xianrou say that the oranges were very sweet, so she took them and tasted two. After she swallowed the oranges, she looked at Zijuan and said, "Don't you drink it first." Don't worry, don't worry."

"Things may not be bad, and there is nothing happening right now. Let's take a look before talking, and wait and see what happens."

Just at this time, the crowning ceremony started, and Lin Daiyu's attention was attracted by Lin Jian appearing in the hall, so she concentrated on looking in Lin Jian's direction, and stopped talking to Zijuan.

Since seeing him last time, Lin Daiyu hasn't seen Lin Jian for more than half a month.

Lin Jian did keep his promise to her and Joe's.He didn't stay overnight in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, nor did he stay up late, but his health was still not good, and his cough didn't get better again and again.

Lin Daiyu worried about him for a long time, but she couldn't bear to ask him too much. After all, the court has become more and more uneasy in the past half a month, and the storm/wave is constantly surging. She knows his difficulties and knows that he has to deal with it, so she can't bear it. Say those words again.

Seeing Lin Jian again now, she felt that he was thinner than half a month ago, his face was sickly, and he was trying his best to chat and laugh with others, which made Lin Daiyu feel very distressed.

There are certain regulations for men's [-] crowning.

Lin Jianguan's guest of honor was Ying Tianyi, who was born in a serious imperial examination and was a person who admired ancient etiquette the most.Lin Jian's crowning ceremonies were all in accordance with ancient etiquette.

Lin Daiyu watched Ying Tianyi solemnly crowning Lin Jian, everyone held their breaths and no one spoke, only Ying Tianyi's voice echoed in the hall.

"On the auspicious day of Lingyue, start to add yuan clothes, abandon Er's young characters, and follow Er Chengde. Shoukao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu."

He added: "The auspicious moon and the day are Shen Erfu, respecting Er's dignity, Shu Shende. My eyebrows will live for thousands of years and will receive Hu Fu forever."

Lin Hongqiao's family has not returned, but Lin Hongqiao's family sent back a letter, saying that Ying Tianyi should come and pick up Lin Jian's calligraphy.

After being crowned, Ying Tianyi gave Lin Jian a character - it was the word Yunxi.

Lin Jian laughed when he heard it, he didn't care what the people in the hall thought or what the female guest on the corridor thought, he opened his mouth and said with a smile to Tian Yi: "The two words that Mr. Small print. Why don't you get another one for me, sir?"

Lin Jian's words destroyed the original solemn and solemn atmosphere.The atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and many people had smiles on their faces.

Ying Tianyi glared at Lin Jian when he heard this, but he had always known Lin Jian's temperament, seeing that he had finished the crowning ceremony in a peaceful manner, he didn't say much about Lin Jian's words, let alone agreed Get another one for Lin Jian.

Ying Tianyi said: "The character Jian in your name has the meaning of mountains and rivers. You are naturally indulgent and unrestrained, and you often do amazing things. Others watch the world of mountains and rivers quietly, but when you come to you, you really indulge in the world of mountains and rivers. I saw you messing around when I was young. , I always think of Moji Layman's saying that the moon rises to startle the mountain bird, and sometimes it sings in the spring stream. You are the bird that startled the moonlight, but your handwriting is good. You practiced calligraphy when you were young, and I stood by you In the past half a day, you have never raised your head to look at me, but there are people hanging out with sweet-scented osmanthus flowers, and the night is quiet, the spring mountains and the sky are quiet."

"Seeing you calm down, it always reminds me of the five miscellaneous poems written by Layman Mojie in Yunxi. You must know that I am partial to these five poems. When my father saw me, I used to go out when I was at home. I have searched for the place of Yunxi. It is a pity that the place is too old to be tested. Even the Yunxi villa is naturally gone. But this place of Yunxi is also a good place like a paradise. Tell me, so Isn't the word "good" exactly suitable for you?"

"Your heart, with deep and shallow ditches and ridges, can use the word Yunxi to suppress you. In the future, when you escape from the world of mountains and rivers, I hope you can also accept your naughty temper."

After talking about it, Ying Tianyi couldn't hold back anymore, and finally said the last words with a smile.

Asking Ying Tianyi to say this, Lin Jian really likes the word Yunxi.He bowed to Ying Tianyi and solemnly thanked Ying Tianyi.

But when Lin Jian straightened up again, he suddenly burst into a violent cough.

In fact, during the crown ceremony, Lin Jian coughed all the time, but in order not to affect the progress of the crown ceremony, Lin Jian kept holding back, but he couldn't help it, so he just lowered his voice He clutched his chest and coughed twice.

Now that the coronation ceremony is over, Lin Jian can't bear it any longer. The doors and windows of the Kuang hall are always open. For a person like him who has been ill for a long time, the wind and snow attack is naturally very severe. After catching the cold, he can no longer bear it. , his face was flushed from coughing, and the veins on his neck burst out.

Lin Jian's movement startled everyone, Ying Tianyi hurriedly stepped forward to give him comfort, the crowning ceremony was over, Ying Tianyi simply ordered people to close the doors and windows, let the hall warm up first is the most important.

Some people followed orders to close the doors and windows, some people followed Ying Tianyi's instructions and ran out to ask for a doctor, some people were busy getting Lin Jian's medicine, and when Lin Jian came up to see him when Xiao Yu greeted him, he took advantage of everyone's attention and gently pressed He pressed Xiao Yu's arm that reached out to support him, and then spit out a big mouthful of blood after a violent cough.

Lin Jian was wearing dark clothes, but he spit out a mouthful of blood, making a huge commotion, everyone in the hall saw it, and the female guests on the corridor also saw it clearly. All of a sudden, everyone became commotion/moved.

Concubine Yu Guifei and Princess Yuanjia got up abruptly, if Concubine Yu Guifei didn't remember that there was a male guest below and grabbed Princess Yuanjia who was running down immediately, Mrs. Ying might have run down in a hurry because of a momentary passion.

Concubine Yu Gui was full of anxiety, but she couldn't go down immediately, so she could only order someone to go down first to check the situation.

Lin Jian vomited blood, which scared everyone. After he vomited blood, his whole body became limp. He leaned against Xiao Yu's body and found it difficult to get up. Ying Tianyi didn't want anyone to close the doors and windows, and asked someone to send Lin Jian to his bedroom. .

Xiao Yu, the Tenth Prince and the Twelfth Prince followed in to take care of Lin Jian, while Ying Tianyi stayed outside to greet the guests.

When the Lin family invited people to watch the ceremony, they naturally prepared a banquet.After the coronation ceremony, it was time for dinner. The banquet meals had already been prepared, and the dining place had already been prepared, and the banquet could begin only after the guests were seated.

But now that something like this is happening suddenly, how can the guests have the intention to stay for dinner?All the people who came were friends with the Lin family. Lin Hong and Qiao's were away, and Lin Jian was in charge of all the affairs of the West Garden. Now that he was so ill, everyone was afraid of causing trouble to the master's family, so they all left one after another.

However, even though the people who were closer to the Lin family left, they made up their minds to send people to the West Garden from time to time after returning to the mansion to inquire about Lin Jian's illness.Ying Tianyi originally stayed to entertain the guests, but in the end he became the one to see the guests off together with Mrs. Ying.

The male guests in the living room gradually faded away, and the female guests in the corridor also went to the gate of the mansion accompanied by Mrs. Ying, and they all wanted to leave the mansion to go home.

It was a sudden accident that Lin Jian vomited blood. It happened so suddenly that the entire mansion was inevitably in a hurry, but it was only for a moment. Afterwards, although everyone was in a hurry and each had their own errands, they no longer felt as flustered as before.

But after Mrs. Ying left, no one came to see Gu Lin Daiyu.

The moment Lin Daiyu saw Lin Jian vomit blood, she also stood up abruptly, and then she felt as if her heart was being held tightly by someone, and she was so uncomfortable that she couldn't even breathe smoothly.

For a moment, looking at the blood spit out by Lin Jian and Lin Jian's weak appearance, Lin Daiyu felt that her warm hands and feet were instantly cold.

Lin Daiyu was in a daze all the time, she couldn't believe everything in front of her eyes, and only when she knew that everyone in the corridor was gone, she slowly came back to her senses.

Lin Daiyu felt that this period of time was very long, and at the same time felt that this period of time was very short. She was just in a daze, and when she woke up, she found that everyone had left. In fact, this period of time was neither that long nor that short, but only a quarter of an hour That's all.

Lin Daiyu's first thought when she came back to her senses was to visit Lin Jian.

She even pushed away Zijuan's hand that was reaching out to help her. The wind was blowing under her feet and she walked so fast that she didn't even have time to put on her big red cloak. She went out of the corridor and went to Lin Jian's bedroom to see him .

When passing through the hall, there was no one else in the hall, only a few guards of the Lin family were cleaning the ground in the hall and washing away the blood spat out by Lin Jian.

Lin Daiyu caught a glimpse of the blood, her feet went limp, and she almost staggered and fell, but fortunately, Xiangwu Yanji, who had been following closely behind Lin Daiyu, quickly supported her.

Lin Daiyu stood firm with the strength sent by Xiangwu, she didn't dare to look at the bloodstain for a second time, but the picture of the pool of bloodstain just now was deeply engraved in her mind, no matter what she waved I won't go.

The doors and windows of the hall were still wide open, and the charcoal pot inside the house was burning vigorously, but Lin Daiyu could not feel any heat.

Lin Daiyu couldn't even feel the wind and snow whistling outside the door and swept into the hall. Lin Daiyu could only feel the cold air coming out of her heart one by one. She felt that the water was hotter than her heart.

Zijuan caught up and put on a cloak for Lin Daiyu, but Lin Daiyu was about to leave before the belt was tied on. Xiangwu was afraid that Lin Daiyu would push Zijuan away with her hands, so she hugged Lin Daiyu's arm with some strength, telling Lin Daiyu not to move Only then did Zijuan seize the opportunity to tie the belt for Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu was followed by Xiangwu delicately, and the guards of the Lin family did not follow when they saw her. She walked around the Lin family a lot, and no one in the house would stop her. I met Uncle Wu who was waiting outside.

The General's Mansion on Jiangjun Street is closed, and Uncle Wu usually takes care of him in the West Garden.These days, Lin Jian was busy with the crowning ceremony, and Uncle Wu didn't go back to the General's Mansion for quite a while, but there were guards from the Lin family over there to take care of him, so it didn't matter if Uncle Wu didn't go back.

Lin Daiyu didn't care that there were still some people outside, she didn't look at those people, she went straight to Uncle Wu, and asked how Lin Jian was doing.

Seeing her coming, Uncle Wu hurriedly took Lin Daiyu to the porch sheltered from the wind and said, "Did the girl just come here? The young master is not well, but don't worry, young lady. The doctor is already treating the young master. I will take the young lady to see her." Go sit in the next room. I'm afraid it will take some time before there is any news."

Before Lin Daiyu opened her mouth, Xiangwu couldn't help but said first: "Uncle Wu, why are you still stopping Miss Lin? The young master usually values ​​the young lady, and if the young lady wants to go in and see the young master, she just takes a look at it for peace of mind, isn't it? Is it not possible?"

"Besides, the girl has come a long time ago and has been watching the ceremony in the corridor. Doesn't Uncle Wu know?"

Lin Daiyu wanted to surprise Lin Jian without telling him, but she knew it when she came in, and the people in the house couldn't hide it.Even Qian Ying knew about it, Xiangwu naturally thought that Uncle Wu, who was in charge of the West Garden, must also know about it.

But I don't want Uncle Wu to be surprised and amazed, saying clearly that he didn't know that Lin Daiyu had arrived long ago.