The Fate of the Red Chamber

It's the day, it's the Dragon Boat Festival.Lin's mansion made a lot of delicious food. There are more than ten flavors of zongzi alone, and there are also various pastries and fresh fruits, which are rewarded to those who serve below. It can be regarded as a busy festival.

After finishing his work in the capital, Mr. Wang chose the day of Dragon Boat Festival to return to the south.In fact, he took Mo Han as his disciple just as a counterattack to the Queen Mother, and he didn't have much to teach Mo Han.Master travels a long way, of course Mo Han will send him a ride.

Early in the morning, Mo Han instructed Daiyu carefully, and called the woman and guard who was with the car to reprimand her before going out at ease.Half an hour later, Daiyu saw that the sun was about to set, so she took a carriage to Qingxu Temple to meet Jiamu and the others.

Countless sedan chairs and carriages were parked outside Qingxu Temple, and Jia's servants were guarding the gate of the mountain.As soon as he heard that the princess' car was coming, he let it in without saying a word.

At that time, Mother Jia took everyone to sit down, except for the girl and grandma of the Jia family, mother and daughter of the Xue family and Xiangyun.Baoyu and Xiangyun sat at the table with Jiamu, and there was a seat beside Jiamu, which belonged to Daiyu.Sister Feng Youshi waited on Aunt Xue and sat at a table, followed by Baochai and Sanchun, and the other decent maids and daughters-in-law took turns to sit and watch the play.

When it was reported that Daiyu had arrived, Sister Feng hurriedly took everyone except Jia Mu to meet her, and all the sisters laughed.Sister Feng carefully supported Daiyu's hand, and said as she walked, "Sister Lin, I hope you are here. It's thanks to Cousin Lin that my sister looks better after a while."

Daiyu looked at her, she was wearing a madder red top with folded branch flowers, a stone blue thread skirt, a peony bun, and red gold pomegranate flower hairpins and pearl flowers. It was refreshing and gorgeous, and it was a summer dress.Hearing her praise of elder brother, he was naturally happy, covered his sleeves and smiled: "The second sister-in-law's complexion is so good, whose credit is it, could it be the second elder brother Lian?"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.Mother Jia hurriedly beckoned Daiyu to sit in front of her, patted Daiyu's hand and smiled at Sister Feng: "You are usually smart, but you have suffered a loss today. Fortunately, there is still your sister who can cure you. Look Do you still dare to get excited for a while?"

"Old lady, how dare I compare my burnt paper with Sister Lin. Sister Lin is a noble princess, and I have no place to stand in front of her. Please take care of me, old lady, today Give me a seat too." Sister Feng deliberately wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, but the corners of her eyes and brows were full of smiles, not the slightest bit of sadness.

"Old lady, since the second sister-in-law is so pitiful, I will intercede on behalf of the second sister-in-law. The old lady will let her sit down quickly, and everyone will have to pour her a few drinks to make up for her poor way of not being happy. In the crowd, a burning gaze kept staring at her. Daiyu's gaze flickered, and she knew it was Baoyu, so she ignored it, and instead followed Jia Mu to make fun of Sister Feng.

Mother Jia was even happier. She laughed for a long while before she sighed and said to everyone: "I have nothing to ask for in my position. I only wish my children and grandchildren to be happy, and only Feng girl and Yu'er can make me laugh. You all Sit down, sit down so the show can begin. You Shi, pull Feng girl over to serve you, so that you don't have to complain to Lian Er again when you go back. As a grandmother, I only care about my granddaughter and granddaughter, not my granddaughter-in-law."

Everyone laughed again.Sister Feng didn't refuse, and went back to her seat with Youshi.

"Sister Lin, this is a good thing I kept for you. Quickly look at it?" Baoyu stayed for a long time, remembering the thing that was specially brought to Daiyu, and happily took out a round hollow red silver sachet from his bosom. There is a faint sandalwood fragrance permeating.

"Hey, what is this? It's just a nicely carved piece of silver. Brother Bao, are you willing to take it out and give it to Sister Lin?" Before Daiyu could speak, Xiangyun snatched the sachet from Baoyu's hand, I looked it over and over again, but I didn't find anything unusual, so I pouted and said angrily.

Baoyu blushed all of a sudden, and took the sachet: "A while ago, the Prince of Beijing specially asked the servants around him to send it to me as a gift for the Dragon Boat Festival. I think it looks exquisite, and I think sister Lin will like it. so."

"Sister Yun, I can't blame you if you don't know something. In fact, it is a sachet. Because our family leads the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I heard people say that before the Dragon Boat Festival, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be ordered to make a batch of red silver. The sachets were produced, which meant to ward off evil spirits and auspiciousness, not for nobles in the palace or families of relatives and nobles, not yet. Talking about this year, a total of only [-] were made, and the empress dowager picked the most important people and rewarded them.

This looks simple, but in fact the craftsmanship is complicated, and a poem is engraved on the inner wall of each sachet, which is both elegant and interesting, and it is difficult for ordinary people to take a look.Prince Beijing gave this to Brother Bao, which shows how much he attaches importance to Brother Bao. Baochai has been watching the movement here coldly, and this time he has the opportunity to show off, so naturally he will not let it go, and takes the opportunity to flatter Baoyu.

"Young girl Bao knows a lot. Do you also have this in your family?" Although Jia's mother likes girls talking and laughing, she doesn't like girls who talk too much and deliberately show off like Baochai, and will always press her down. granddaughter with grandson.

"How can we get this, I just heard people say, this time it seems that what brother Bao took out seems to be it." Baochai's smile has not faded before he was stopped and smiled embarrassingly.

When Xiangyun heard that it was so precious, he liked it a little. He held it in his hand again and rubbed it carefully, waiting for Baoyu to give it to her.

Daiyu didn't want to get involved in these people's schemes, so she smiled lightly: "Baoyu, if Sister Yun likes it, give it to Sister Yun, and I'll get it too."

A smug smile appeared on Xiangyun's face immediately, and he glanced gratefully at Daiyu.

"Oh, sister Lin has it too, let me see if it's the same?" Baoyu originally insisted on giving it to Daiyu, but then he gave up when he heard that she had it.

"I don't know which box to throw it in, but it looks fun, who really can't carry it?" Dai Yuyu picked up a rosy, plump cherry, put it in her mouth, and chewed it lightly.

Baoyu was a little disappointed, so he didn't care about it anymore.Xiang Yun hurriedly gave the sachet to Cui Mo, a close maid, to keep it, and joked with everyone.

After looking at it for a while, suddenly General Feng's Mansion and Duke Zhen's Mansion, who have always been friends with Jia's Mansion, sent their respectable women over to give gifts, and they couldn't help being busy for a while.Fortunately, everyone only sent mother-in-law and daughter-in-law over, and Sister Feng could handle it without disturbing Mother Jia and the others to watch the play.

Sister Feng went there for a while, and came back with a happy face, and walked a few steps to Jiamu: "Old lady, the eldest lady of Endinghou's family took his second lady to offer incense at the Jingxian nunnery opposite. I’m here to play, and I’m here to say hello to you.”

"Then hurry up, please come in, you monkey, you are procrastinating in doing things." Jia Mu was stunned for a while, she still didn't understand the intention of the man, but she couldn't be negligent, please come in and talk later.

"Old lady, I'm so excited, we are really destined." A lady who was slightly younger than Mrs. Wang came over to salute Jiamu with joy, followed by a delicate girl who was about the same age as Daiyu.

"How do you say that? I haven't seen you for a long time. Mrs. Fang looks younger. Is this the second young lady? I think she was just a little girl when we met back then. She has grown so big in the blink of an eye. Mrs. Fang is really lucky." Mu Daiyu and the rest stood up to greet her.

Mrs. Fang pulled Miss Fang forward, and said with a smile: "That's not true. No old lady is so lucky. Her granddaughter is like a bunch of water onions. It's really enviable. Oh, this is not the princess. Is it all because of my poor eyesight, the Princess rarely comes out, Second Girl, why don’t you salute the Princess quickly?”

The girl on that side was wearing a light yellow dress embroidered with light green persimmon stalks and the same jasper accessories, which made her look flawless, delicate and sweet. She secretly looked at Daiyu shyly and gave a half-respect.Daiyu signaled Xueyan to help her, and said softly, "Miss Fang, don't be too polite."

On the one hand, Sister Feng has already prepared a gift, and rewarded Miss Fang on behalf of Jia's mother.The place next to Jiamu was vacated again, and a table was set up for Mrs. Fang to sit down.Everyone exchanged courtesy again.

Mrs. Fang glanced around with a smile, her eyes stopped on Baoyu, and she asked Jiamu in surprise: "This brother Bao, who was born with jade in your house, is really good-looking."

Some people praised Baoyu, and Jia Mu was the happiest. She smiled politely: "It's not a disgrace to the reputation of the Duke of the country. It can't compare with the eldest son of your family. He won the Juren at a young age."

"Hey, he looks honest from the outside, but his family is very skinny. His master can't wait to beat him up every day. It's better to marry a wife a few years ago. I often tell our master that when young people don't mess around, It will be better in the future. Madam, don’t you think so?” Mrs. Fang thought secretly, this treasure jade looks pretty good, and it can be worthy of our Lan’er, but I don’t know if she has an engagement.

"That's not the case. As the saying goes, you can't become fat if you eat one bite. You have to take your time in everything. It doesn't matter if you are in a hurry. It's a big deal to push the child to death." Although the Jia family and the Fang family have contacts, they are all for saving face Qing'er, it's only in the past two years that the Fang family has become more and more intimate with the Jia family. Looking at today's situation, it is possible that Mrs. Fang wants to give his second young lady to Baoyu.Miss Fang is good or bad, after all, she is not as noble as Daiyu and has a rich family background.

Mrs. Fang made up her mind, and asked with a pointed smile: "How old is Brother Bao, a good boy like Brother Bao, the old lady must be in a hurry to make a granddaughter-in-law."

Mother Jia glanced at Daiyu with a loving smile, and then said to Mrs. Fang, "To tell you the truth, we don't care about the girl's family status, as long as she knows her roots and has a good appearance." Patted Daiyu's hand lightly.

No one is that fool, so the situation can be seen clearly. Mother Jia couldn't understand what she meant.Mrs. Fang couldn't help being annoyed, she didn't care about her family status, so she fell in love with the princess, and also to see if she likes you, don't think that just having a mother in the family is superior to others.It's just that he didn't dare to say this outright, and a few words changed the topic.Nothing happened, so I left after sitting down for a cup of tea.

Daiyu seldom goes out, but she still knows how to read words and expressions. She is startled, her face turns pale, and after thinking through Jia Mu's meaning slightly, she feels a little unhappy, and has no intention of going to the theater again.