The Jade in the Red Chamber is the Royal Courtyard

"Sister Lin, if you have time to wait for me here these few days, I will come every day." Dongfang Mingyu still let go of Daiyu's hand, and he also knew Daiyu's difficulties.

"Brother Mingyu, take care!" Daiyu turned and left with tears in her eyes.

There is no need to say anything about Dongfang Mingyu and Daiyu, the relationship between the two is so natural and so passionate.

Daiyu sneaked back to Yingchun's room quietly, and Yingchun was sitting in the room playing chess by herself, but there was not even a maid beside her.

"Are you back?" Yingchun asked with a smile when she saw Daiyu come in through the window.

"Yeah!" Daiyu's face turned red all of a sudden, these days Yingchun has been pretending to be sick, and Daiyu used the excuse to come to see Yingchun, but actually slipped out to meet her lover secretly.

"It's true that people cannot be judged by appearances, and sea water cannot be measured. Who would have thought that Sister Lin, a delicate and timid character, would have lightness kung fu all over her body, but it makes people feel emotional." Yingchun looked Dai up and down. Yu, finally couldn't help but said with a smile.

"Let's not talk about me, but second sister, the second young lady who never leaves home, has such internal strength?" Daiyu sat in front of Yingchun nonchalantly, untied the veil covering her hair, and He straightened his hair and pursed his lips with a smile.

"And from the looks of it, I'm afraid it really answered the words 'everything is unpredictable'." Yingchun couldn't help laughing and said.

"What is it that brought up such a topic." As soon as Yingchun finished speaking, someone opened the door curtain and walked in.

"Sister Bao!" Daiyu quickly stood up and saluted, secretly shocked in her heart, fortunately she came back early, so she tidied up her hair and clothes first, if Baochai saw her disheveled appearance, It's not certain that there will be any troubles.

"Sister Bao!" Yingchun also stood up and said.

"Lie down, how is Ying girl? Is your body feeling better?" Baochai pursed her lips and smiled.

"But it's much better. Sister Bao misses her." Yingchun said hastily.

"Why are you playing chess?" Baochai saw at a glance the mess Yingchun had made just now.

"But it's much more comfortable. It's a little uncomfortable to lie down all day long. Sister Lin's body is also weak. We can just end up in a mess. If we're tired, we can just rest for a while." Yingchun smiled and said hastily.

"But I didn't know that sister Lin had such a hobby." Baochai looked at Daiyu thoughtfully and said.

"It's just for fun, it won't be on stage." Daiyu laughed immediately.

Baochai looked thoughtfully at Daiyu and at Yingchun. She always felt that the two of them were not what they appeared on the surface, but if she insisted on saying something was wrong, she said so.

Jia Zhen attached great importance to Qin Keqing's funeral, but it happened that her wife, You Shi, was seriously ill due to excessive grief and could not help with the care. Jia Zhen found out that a housekeeper's wife was in the house. importance.I am also very anxious.

He also went into the back hall and begged You Shi several times to help with the funeral, but You Shi ignored him.Youshi's illness is fake, but anger is real, but this matter needs to be started from the beginning.

Three days before Qin Keqing's death, she happened to want to see the new hibiscus flowers blooming in the back garden, but just around the rockery, she heard the unsightly voices of men and women.

Youshi was very annoyed, thinking that some shameless slave was doing unbearable things here, but he didn't expect to turn around the rockery and find that his husband and daughter-in-law were lingering. Youshi's face changed drastically and he wanted to go forward to ask, but He was also afraid of Jia Zhen's lust, and wanted to leave, but he couldn't move his foot at all.

At this moment, his son actually came over, took off his clothes, and played a game of double dragon and phoenix with his husband.

There was sadness in You Shi's heart, she didn't understand how her husband, son and daughter-in-law would do such a thing, but at this moment a maid named Ruizhu beside You Shi saw her and yelled from afar "Madam" Just saying that the wife has caused a catastrophe, Jia Zhen snorted at herself coldly, turned around and left, while Jia Rong hurriedly took care of her clothes, watching Qin Keqing being tortured by the father and son Passed out.

Ruizhu saw the disheveled master, the young master, and the young mistress who was still in the arms of the young master walking out of there one after another, she was immediately shocked, but she also knew that she had caused a catastrophe, so when she got the news of Qin Keqing's suicide, she immediately hit the wall And died, because Qin Keqing died, she knew in her heart that the uncle would not let her go, she might as well die all at once.

Youshi walked back to her room in a daze. She didn't remember all the words Jia Zhen threatened her when she came to her room, but she didn't expect that woman to commit suicide. Could it be because she knew that the three of them had committed suicide? Is it a scandal?Youshi didn't know, but Youshi didn't want to do any funeral for the shameless woman here, so she simply hid herself by claiming illness, and Jia Zhen is also a shameless person, so she couldn't force herself at this time .

Jia Zhen was still thinking about whether to invite Youshi again, when she saw Baoyu on the side because Jia Zhen had been frowning, she quietly walked to Jia Zhen's side and asked, "Big brother, why are you worrying?" ?”

When Jia Zhen saw Jia Baoyu's question, she immediately said with a bitter face: "Your sister-in-law is seriously ill. It's a bit difficult for me to rely on me inside and out." Jia Zhen's face was almost drawn together. .

"What am I supposed to do? Don't worry, I've recommended someone to you to ensure that the funeral will be handled safely." Jia Baoyu's mouth showed a faint smile.

"But really?" Jia Zhen immediately showed a smile on her face.

"As long as you invite her in front of the old lady, there will be no problem." Jia Baoyu whispered next to Jia Zhen's ear for a while and then said.

"Sure enough, others can't do it, but she can definitely do it. You can follow me to the old lady and ask for a helper!" Jia Zhen said with a smile, and immediately walked to the backyard.

Because of Qin Keqing's death, Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng all sat in the back talking to the female relatives. Daiyu and others were not allowed to show up because they belonged to her daughter's family. Only Jiangyu came to the door in person with a sacrifice, but Baoyu dragged her away. In order to meet with Qin Zhong, now they are talking on the sidelines.

So Jia Zhen also knew where to find Wang Xifeng and others.

"Big brother, why are you here?" Wang Xifeng was startled when he opened the door to see Jia Zhen and the others, but the men in the back house didn't come often.

"Big sister, old lady, second aunt." Jia Zhen hurriedly called out.

"I have something to ask the old lady and second aunt for help." Jia Zhen stepped forward and bowed quickly.

"Look at what you said, just say what you want." Mother Jia asked with a smile.

"It's like this. My daughter-in-law is gone, and your nephew and daughter-in-law are also sick now. The rest of the matter is very trivial without the help of a woman. I begged the grace of the old lady and the wife to borrow a few Ri helped me take care of my house for a few days." Jia Zhen immediately said pitifully.

"This..." Mrs. Wang hesitated for a moment, "Your sister is young, I'm afraid it won't work." Mrs. Wang said with a frown.

"I know that the old ladies and wives love the elder sister dearly, but there is a saying that goes: 'Those who can do more work!' The elder sister has always been capable and capable, and she can be called the heroine of the girls. I beg the old lady and the wife to love I feel sorry for those who have already gone, let the eldest sister work harder," Jia Zhen said while wiping her tears.

When Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang saw Jia Zhen and said this, they both hesitated. Mrs. Wang looked at Wang Xifeng and asked, "Can you do it?"

Wang Xifeng was originally a showman, and she had planned to agree to it a long time ago. Seeing that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were dodging, she felt a little anxious. Now when Mrs. Wang came to ask herself, she was overjoyed and said: "It's not difficult. Yes, it’s nothing more than two things, going in and out, and the other thing is that someone is in charge of it, and the big brother will take care of the outside things, so you should come down, madam.” Wang Xifeng said.

"Forget it, since that's the case, you can go and learn more from your elder brother." Mrs. Wang nodded when she saw Wang Xifeng say this.

Jia Zhen and Wang Xifeng were overjoyed, Jia Zhen immediately handed the housekeeper's pair of cards to Wang Xifeng, and let Wang Xifeng act on her own.

This Wang Xifeng is also really capable, first beat the disobedient person, and then arranged the affairs, and sure enough the funeral was organized in an orderly manner.

Jia Zhen was very satisfied in her heart, and became closer to Baoyu. Sometimes she would discuss things with Baoyu without consulting Jia Zheng, but Baoyu liked to be with Qin Zhong, Jiangyu and others. At the same time, just like this, Jiang Yu got a lot of news unintentionally.

"Brother Bao, your nephew is too disappointing. You are just a school supervisor, and the writing on the spirit flag is not good-looking; there are many deacons, but what should we do?" Jia Zhen followed Baoyu with a sad face, On the one hand, he was very angry, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he felt very uncomfortable.

"Big brother, you've got a good look. Today is not the fourth day. I heard that the Daming Palace has long been in charge of the palace supervisor Dai Quan. He first prepared the sacrificial ceremony and sent someone to come. I only ask him if he can do it." What?" Baoyu immediately came up with an idea.

In fact, Baoyu didn't understand these things at all, but when he was wandering outside, he heard some exciting things and came back to open his eyes with Qin Zhong and Jiangyu, but Jiangyu said that if he was idle, please beg If you get this eunuch, you might be able to buy an official.Just because Baoyu, Qin Zhong and others hated this officialdom, they didn't care about it, but they didn't expect Jia Zhen to come to Baoyu to discuss such a matter at this time.

Jia Zhen was overjoyed, and was about to prepare a gift to see Dai Quan, but a servant reported that Dai Quan had come to offer sacrifices in person, sitting in a sedan chair, beating the gong.Jia Zhen was in a hurry to receive her, and offered her tea at Dou Feng Xuan.

Dai Quan was also very polite, gossiping with Jia Zhen, Jia Zhen had already made up her mind, so by the way, she said that she wanted to donate her future with Jia Rong.Dai Quan understood, because he said with a smile, "I think it's for the sake of the funeral?" Jia Zhen said hurriedly, "What the old lady saw is not bad." The hundred-member Long Jinwei is short of two members. Yesterday, the brother of the Marquis of Xiangyang, the third brother, came to beg me, and now he took 500 taels of silver and sent it to my home. You know, we are old friends, no matter what, look For his grandfather's sake, he responded randomly. There is still one vacancy left. Unexpectedly, Feng Fatzi, the governor of Yongxing, asked to donate with his child, so I have no time to answer him. Since our child wants to donate, please write a resume quickly. .” Jia Zhen hurriedly ordered someone to write a resume on red paper.Dai Quan read it, and it read:

Jia Rong, a supervisor in Jiangning County, Yingtian Prefecture, Jiangnan, was 20 years old.The great-grandfather, Jia Daihua, the hereditary first-class supernatural general, was the former envoy of the Beijing Camp.The ancestor, Jia Jing, a Jinshi of Bingchen Division.Father, Jia Zhen, the hereditary third-rank general Wei Lie.

Dai Quan looked at it, handed it back to a close servant to accept it, and said: "Go back and send it to Lao Zhao, the hall official of Hubu, and say that I will worship him and get a ticket for Wupinlong Banwei, and then I will give him a license. Fill in this resume. Tomorrow I will exchange the money and send it over." The boy agreed.Dai Quan said goodbye, but Jia Zhen couldn't keep the money, so she had to send it out of the house.Before getting on the sedan chair, Jia Zhen asked, "Should I go to the Ministry to exchange the silver, or send it to the inner minister's mansion?" Dai Quan said, "If you go to the Ministry to exchange it, you will suffer again. Why don't you send 1000 taels of silver to my house?" It's over." Jia Zhen was very grateful, and said: "When the service is over, I will bring the puppy to the house to thank you." So she said goodbye.

Jia Zhen never expected that things would go so smoothly, so she first asked someone to bring good news to Jia's mother, and also praised Baoyu, saying that Brother Bao was sensible, and he really lived up to the old lady's teachings. She was so happy that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang smiled, and Jia Mu immediately asked people to reward the maids in Baoyu's room.

Then I heard the sound of shouting, and it turned out that it was the wife of Zhongjinghou Shi Ding, who came with her niece Shi Xiangyun.Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Sister Feng, etc. had just welcomed into the main room, and saw that Jinxianghou, Chuanninghou, and Shoushanbo's family sacrifices were also placed in front of the spirit; when they were young, the three got off the sedan chair, and Jia Zhen took it to the hall.Such relatives and friends come and go, and they cannot be counted.Only on the 49th, a long white street in Ningguofu Street was full of people coming and going, and the flowers were clustered. Officials and officials came and went.

As soon as Baoyu heard that it was Shi Xiangyun who had come, he immediately couldn't sit still outside. This Shi Xiangyun was Sister Lin's favorite sister in the future. What, but now that I think about it, my whole body is soft. If I can kiss Fangze, I am willing to die.

"Back to the emperor, Dai Quan is back." A young eunuch rushed into the room to report.Although Dai Quan is the chief eunuch of Daming Palace, he is not the eunuch next to the emperor, so he must be honest when he meets the eunuchs next to the emperor.

"Come in." The emperor said while stroking Concubine Yuan's soft skin.

Yuan Chun was about to struggle to sit up, but the emperor slapped his buttocks hard, Yuan Chun had no choice but to continue to bury his head between the emperor's liangtui.

"How is it?" The emperor asked Dai Quan when he saw Dai Quan coming in.

"Go back to the emperor, the matter has been settled." Dai Quan said quickly without even daring to lift his head. @

"Go down!" The emperor said lightly.

"Yes!" Dai Quan hurriedly backed away, looking away from the corner of his eyes, he found that Yuan Chun was moving his head between the emperor's @legs@.

Dai Quan hurriedly backed out, secretly surprised at Yuan Chun's boldness, but also admired that this concubine Yuan dared to do anything.

Jia Zhen ordered Jia Rong to change into auspicious clothes the next day and bring them back.The deacons and other things used in front of the spirit are all in accordance with the five-rank duty regulations, and the spirit plaques all read "Grant the Jiamen Qin family a pleasant spiritual position".The gate of Huifang Garden facing the street was opened, and drum halls were set up on both sides. Two teams of Qingyi played music on time, and a pair of deacons slapped their swords and axes.There are also two big vermilion gold plaques erected outside the door, with a big book on it: "Protect the imperial guard of the Forbidden Road in the inner court, Long Jinwei." The grandson of the tomb protects the inner court imperial guard Long Jinwei Jiamen Qin's pleasant funeral. The four major continents are in the middle of the land, and Fengtian will build a peaceful country forever. The prime minister is nothing and silent. Ji Sizhengtang Ye and others, respectfully practice fasting, kowtow to the sky" and "respectfully invite the gods such as Jialan, Jiedi, and Gongcao, the holy Enpuxi, the power of the gods is far away, and the land and water ashram will be eliminated on the 49th."

On the fifth day of May [-]th, Naying Buddhist monk was opening the square to break the prison, passed on the lamp to illuminate the dead, visited Yan Jun, and the ghost of Judu, invited the king of Ksitigarbha, opened the golden bridge, and led the banners; , To the Sanqing, kowtow to the Jade Emperor; the gods and monks burn incense, put flames in their mouths, and worship water for repentance; there are also twelve young nuns, wearing embroidered clothes and red shoes, silently reciting various mantras before the spirit: it is very lively.

Because of her illness, Sister Feng was recommended by Baoyu to temporarily manage the family affairs of Ningguo Mansion, so Yinzheng got up to freshen up.And tidy up, change clothes and wash hands, drink a few sips of milk, and finish rinsing, it is the second quarter of Maozheng.Laiwang's daughter-in-law has led the crowd to serve for a long time.Sister Feng went out to the front of the hall and got into the car. There was a pair of bright corner lights in front of it, with three big characters "Rongguo Mansion" written on it.

When I came to the gate of Ningfu, the gate lights were hung brightly, and the lights on both sides were of the same color, shining like daytime. Two lines of Baiwang Wang wearing filial piety family stood in wait, and invited the car to the main gate.Sister Feng got out of the car and supported Feng'er with one hand. The two daughters-in-law held on to the lamp and hugged Sister Feng to come in.The daughters-in-law of Ning's mansion greeted them and greeted them.Sister Feng walked into Huifang Garden before ascending to the fairy pavilion, and when she saw the coffin, her tears rolled down like pearls with broken threads.How many young servants in the courtyard stood with their hands down, waiting for the burning paper.Sister Feng ordered: "Offer tea and burn paper." Only a gong sounded and all the music played together. Someone had already invited a big armchair and put it in front of the coffin.Sister Feng sat down and cried loudly, so men and women inside and outside were crying together.

Seeing that Fayin was approaching, Jia Zhen took the yin and yang students to Tiekan Temple to visit the spiritual place by car, and asked the abbot Sekong Haosheng to prepare fresh furnishings and invite more famous monks for the spirit reception.Sekong is busy preparing for the evening fast.Jia Zhen also didn't care about eating and drinking, so she spent the night in the clean room because she didn't have time to go to the city.Early the next morning, he hurried to the city to take care of the funeral. On the other hand, he sent people to Tiekan Temple to decorate the coffin's resting place overnight, and cooked tea and other items to welcome the coffin.