[Red Mansion] The Wife of Powerful Officials

"What day is it today?"

The maids in the room had just lit the lamp, and Liu Quan was holding the clothes in front of He Shen, when he suddenly heard He Shen's question.

"February [-]." Liu Quan responded.

"Master, what's the matter?"

He Shen was silent for a while: "... there is something urgent."

"Today, please go to the household department to take a leave of absence for me."

"Yes."

This is also a privilege of Heshen.

Qianlong knew that he had been busy and toiled recently, if one day he was tired and sick, he could send someone to ask for leave.

This privilege should always be used once in a while, in order to win the Sacred Heart even more.

If you don't want any rewards or favors, if you have no desires or demands, then the superiors will feel jealous and uncontrollable.

After Liu Quan left, He Shen went straight to the small study.

He asked the servant girl to lay out the rice paper, and he took out a charcoal pencil, and drew lines on the paper like this.

The maid stared at it dumbfounded, but she couldn't tell what the master was trying to do.

Naturally, He Shen didn't need to explain to others.

While drawing the lines, he tried hard to recall the appearance in his memory.

Soon, a gorgeous and delicate revolving lantern appeared on the rice paper.

The maid stared blankly.

"Master, this is it?"

"Go find something." He Shen picked up the brush again, wrote each name on the rice paper, and finally handed it to the maid, "Go quickly."

The servant girl only took a quick glance, and vaguely saw that there were burning candles, silk...

She was taken aback.

Is the master going to make a revolving lantern with his own hands?

Soon, all the things written on the paper were found, and a few servants carried them into the study.

"Master, do you have any orders?"

"Grind and smooth the edges of the moso bamboo, and weave the lanterns without any sharp edges, not even a little burr."

"Yes."

A few servants responded and immediately started to move.

After Liu Quan asked for leave for He Shen, and returned to the mansion, in the study, most of the lanterns had been made.

Just paste the paper-cut on it, then put the candles cut into small pieces, and use the heat of the candles to drive the impeller to rotate, then the light-reflecting fish will appear, and the turning shadows will ride vertically and horizontally, endlessly.

It became a revolving lantern.

He Shen carefully completed the final process.

After the candle was put in, he specially ignited the experiment.

Seeing that the revolving lantern really moved, I was relieved.

The silk covered on the outside of this revolving lantern is embroidered with silk threads of various colors, and sprinkled with gold, silver and glaze powder. When the candlelight is lit, it shimmers like a dream or a fantasy.

He Shen let out a long sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Take this and send it to Rongguo Mansion."

Liu Quan was slightly taken aback: "Is this the only thing?"

"Only this thing."

Liu Quan was a little confused immediately.

In the past, the master took good care of that Miss Lin, all the gold, silver, jewellery, medicinal materials and cloth, even the food she ate.

What's going on today...why did you become so shabby for no reason?

Seeing that He Shen's expression was normal, Liu Quan had no choice but to suppress his surprise, carefully took the revolving lantern, packed it in a beautifully described box, and then took two or three people to Rongguo Mansion.

Liu Quan is also a familiar face outside Rongguo Mansion.

The concierge of Rongguo Mansion is best at pushing the low and pushing the high.

He saw a lot of He Shen bringing Liu Quan to come, and saw how much Jia Zheng respected He Shen, so every time he saw Liu Quan, he didn't talk too much, just took things and asked Liu Quan for some benefits , will be satisfied.

By convention.

Today, the things were sent to Jia Zhengyuan first.

It's just that there were not many things that day, and when Jia Zheng was away when they were delivered, they were put in the hall.

Baoyu happened to come to talk to Jia Zheng.

A few days ago, he met Qin Zhong, the brother-in-law of Jia Rong's daughter-in-law, and immediately hit it off. Later, he heard that Qin Zhong said that his teacher had died of illness, and his father was busy with work, so he couldn't concentrate on discussing the extension of his teacher.

After Baoyu heard this, he took the initiative to invite Qin Zhong to join Jia's family school, and the two went to school together.

This is exactly what he wanted to mention with Jia Zheng.

Baoyu wandered around, but there was no one there.After thinking about it, I gave up.

It's a good time not to see my father, and I just feel afraid when I see my father on the left and right.

Baoyu walked two steps in the hall, and put a big box in front of him. The shape was exquisite, but he didn't know what kind of treasure was in it.

At this time, Baoyu became bold again.

He lifted the lid off.

The more delicate things inside are exposed like this.

It's so beautiful!

Baoyu's eyes lit up, and when he picked it up, he casually called a servant and asked, "Is this my father's?"

The young man shook his head and said, "I only know that it was sent just now."

Common and Shen sent a lot of things, and they were often placed in the yard.

There is only one box today, but everyone has forgotten its origin.

Baoyu was so happy that she took the revolving lantern and went back to her yard.

Sister Lin likes fresh and bright things the most.

It's her birthday, if this thing is sent as a gift along with a gift, I think Sister Lin will be happy.

Baoyu carefully placed the revolving lantern on the bedside, and then went to Lixiangyuan.

After returning from Lin'anbo Mansion that day, Baochai fell ill again.

Baoyu was full of thoughts, and even lost interest in reading during the day. Finally, when Jia Zheng was away, Baoyu hurried to see Baochai.

Aunt Xue cherished Baoyu and hurriedly said "my son" to lead Baoyu to the kang.He also ordered people to warm up the wine and eat.

Nanny Li next to Baoyu persuaded her a few words, but failed to persuade her, and lost her temper for a while, said a few words that were neither yin nor yang, and then withdrew.

In the afternoon, when Baoyu returned to his yard, Xiren came up to him and was about to help him lie down.

Baoyu shook his head quickly and said, "No, no, I have to see Sister Lin later."

But Xiren held his hand, and was about to tuck Baoyu into the quilt, and got closer to Baoyu's skin.I

Baoyu struggled and touched the head of the bed with his hand.

He sat up suddenly: "Where is the lamp I put here?"

Xiren was stunned: "I haven't seen it before."

At this time, Qianxue lifted the curtain and entered the door, saying: "Grandma Li came in and saw it just now, she said that there must be a lot of such things here, Second Master Bao, so she took one back at random and gave it to her grandson to play with. "

Baoyu's face turned blue, and he immediately smashed the things at hand, which startled the maids.

This commotion became a big one.

On the other hand, when Jia Zheng came back, he heard that He Shen had sent something again, but he couldn't find it anywhere, and finally found the empty box.When I asked the boy in the yard, I realized that Baoyu had taken it away.

Even though Jia Zhengdang felt ashamed, he didn't even dare to face He Shen.

He was busy and sent someone to the Minister's Mansion to send a message.

I sat down and waited for the news, but it was as if my butt was on fire, and I couldn't sit still.

After a while, I heard that there was a commotion in Baoyu's yard.

Jia Zheng went in person.

Nanny Li was sitting at the foot of the stone steps wiping tears: "Second Master Bao is so cruel, since the lantern has returned, why did Second Master Bao get so angry? Are you really going to kick me out? "

When Jia Zheng heard this, he felt angry.

That's He Shen's thing!

Instead, in Baoyu's courtyard, it became something that changed hands.If He Shen finds out, I'm afraid it won't be enough for him to peel off a layer of skin!

Jia Zheng walked quickly into the door, but saw that the revolving lantern was disfigured and thrown on the ground casually.

Knowing that Baoyu's temper came up, Jia Zheng couldn't recognize anyone, and threw whatever he caught.

But in the past, it was nothing more than throwing teacups and dishes.

Even if it's a vase, it's a success.

But what fell now was He Shen's thing!

Jia Zheng gritted his teeth, stepped forward and slapped Baoyu on the face: "You bastard, don't you want to be taught a lesson?"

Baoyu was stunned by the beating. She raised her head and looked at Jia Zheng with red eyes: "What did father beat me for... I was about to kick out my wet nurse. Nanny Li is so great now that she dares not ask her master." She took something from the master. She also told all the maids in my room to flatter her... What kind of grandma is she..."

Jia Zheng said sharply, "Leave aside this matter, do you know who sent that lantern?"

"Who?" Baoyu swallowed, instinctively feeling bad.

"And the waiter."

When Baoyu heard these three words, he immediately felt his knees go weak, as if it had become an instinct.

He can still clearly recall how terrible it was to be beaten by him that day.

"I, he..." Baoyu panicked and couldn't even speak clearly.

At this time, He Shen was sitting in the study and flipping through books, just when he was enjoying himself physically and mentally, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching.

Liu Quan came in.

He Shen looked up, but saw that his face was ashen, and his lips trembled slightly: "Master, please go over to the Rongguo Mansion to explain."

"It's fine, why did you invite me over suddenly? What's the matter?" He Shen put down the book in his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, with an invisible deterrent.

"Then, that lamp is ruined." When he said this, Liu Quan didn't dare to look at He Shen's face.

"Really? How did you destroy it?" Just as he was extremely angry, he calmed down.

At this time, there was no trace of anger on He Shen's face, but his eyes looked darker and deeper, and he couldn't see the bottom at a glance.

"It is said that the second master Bao took the lamp by accident..."

He Shen didn't speak anymore.

Liu Quan couldn't help shrinking his neck, always feeling afraid that a storm was just around the corner.

"Make another copy of what you prepared today."

"master?"

"It's not good to miss today, so I remade a lantern first."

Liu Quan nodded quickly, turned around and gave instructions.

This was done for more than an hour.

When he raised his head, He Shen felt his neck was a little sore.

But since the lantern in front had passed Jia Baoyu's hands, He Shen naturally didn't want it to fall into Daiyu's hands again.

The revolving lantern that Daiyu received should have no flaws at all.

He Shen stood up, cleaned his hands, and asked the servant to reinstall the lantern.

Then he said coldly: "Let's go, let's go to Rongguo Mansion."

They are not in a hurry.

The inside of Rongguo Mansion was already like being in a steamer, and it was so stuffy.

Jia Zheng's heart skipped a beat.

——He Shen didn't come for a long time, could it be that... he was so angry?Does this completely offend people?

Baoyu's heart skipped a beat.

But he was afraid.

I'm afraid that the one who told the waiter would beat him up as soon as he said it, without any ambiguity.

Baoyu rubbed her fingers, then looked at Nanny Li outside the door, and felt that this wet nurse was even more annoying.