The Fate of the Red Chamber

"Xue Baochai, the daughter of the people, has met the concubine, and the concubine is blessed." Huang Ying's melodious voice suddenly sounded behind her, and both master and servant were startled, and hurriedly turned around to take a closer look.

This woman looks pretty good, but her attire is a bit strange, she seems to have the feeling of Princess Xiang, but there is only a little resemblance.Who on earth is it?Is there any lady like this in my impression?

"Your Majesty, this is Xue Baochai, the cousin of Concubine Xiande." Madam Du knew from the look in her master's eyes that she did not recognize the person in front of her. If she hadn't remembered it, she might not have recognized it.Concubine Xiande brings such a beautiful younger sister, everyone can guess how much she wants to be safe.

"It's Miss Xue, get up." The princess has returned to her usual nobility and alienation, as if the person who was sad before was not her at all.

Baochai laughed secretly in her heart, even if you pretend to be, I know you are not completely indifferent, that's fine.

"Baochai has always admired the demeanor of the empress. When I saw her today, I realized that everyone's words were a little pale. I wonder if there is any word in the world that can describe what happens to the empress." There are not many people in the upper class. Except for people from the four major families, there are only a few royal merchants with similar status to theirs.Although she came here with Yuanchun, Yuanchun didn't dare to go beyond the rules, and kept her and Tanchun in the prosperous pavilion most of the time, so she rarely dealt with real relatives.Besides, those who have a head and face, who would like her.

Baochai's over-flattering words were heard by the princess, and she was not at all happy. She was annoyed at the moment and had no mood to talk to others, so she responded coldly: "Miss Xue is polite. If Miss Xue is fine, my concubine Let's take a step first." After finishing speaking, she supported Mother Du's hand and took a step.

Baochai really didn't expect that she would not buy Yuanchun's account so much, and wanted to leave her here without even exchanging pleasantries.Impatient in my heart, I burst out: "Your Majesty, please stay. Baochai's visit to see Your Majesty today is purely a coincidence. Besides, perhaps God's will guided me to solve your empress' doubts."

"God's will? Solve the doubts? Miss Xue, are you crazy?" The concubine couldn't understand Xue Baochai very much. She was so enchanting and enchanting. She thought too much of herself if she wanted to cling to Prince Yicheng's mansion just because she was born as a business girl.The concubine took it for granted that Xue Baochai wanted to recommend herself as a pillow and fell in love with her husband.

"Don't you want to know about Princess Hanxiang?" Seeing that Princess Liu didn't believe her, Xue Baochai became even more anxious, so she took the risk and tried to use Daiyu to attract Princess Liu's attention. She didn't believe that she would be indifferent.

Sure enough, she was not mistaken, Wangfei's face turned pale, she stared at her for a whole moment, and then whispered: "Come with me."

Liu Xuan was still in the pavilion. He was so focused on Daiyu just now that he didn't notice anyone nearby. Once he calmed down, he would be able to hear the noise outside. She didn't want him to know that she had been there.

The concubine supported Madam Du in front, and Baochai Yinger followed. They walked for a long way and stopped in front of a small building, and the four of them went inside.

The concubine didn't sit down either, she stared at Baochai silently for a long time, and after enough deterrence, she said lightly: "Sit down and we'll talk."

If it is said that Baochai is not nervous at all, after all, this matter has a lot to do with her fate.He sat down with his body half bent, and never looked directly at the princess from the beginning to the end.

Only then did the concubine feel better, knowing that it's good to be afraid, don't think that you can easily handle her, she didn't live in the royal family all these years in vain.Gently stroked his hair that was blown by the wind, and asked seemingly casually: "Miss Xue knows Princess Hanxiang?"

"Not only did we know each other, but we also lived together for three years. At that time, the princess called me sister when she saw me. It's just that the princess has a noble status now, which is different from the past, so we are more indifferent." Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the princess. , this woman, with a kind heart, is really not easy to be patient at this time. With her help, I am not afraid that I will not be able to succeed in my affairs.

"What? Is Miss Xue blaming the princess for forgetting the old friendship?" She raised her head slowly and smiled coldly. Such a serious injury could only come from a jealous person. It turned out that Xue Baochai was only jealous of Lin Daiyu.

Baochai's heart skipped a beat, she hurriedly collected her thoughts, and quickly replied: "Of course not. As the princess of the royal family, every word and deed represents the majesty of the royal family, so naturally be careful in everything. I remember at that time, in Jia When the mansion was in residence, the princess was a simple person, never avoiding suspicion, and had a close relationship with the second master Bao of Jia's mansion, until now the second master Bao still misses the princess."

"Presumptuous, Xue Baochai, do you know what crime it is to slander the royal princess? Don't rely on your own cleverness to try to play tricks in front of this concubine. You are still a little tender, so just speak up if you have anything to say." Drink coldly Duansheng, Wangfei is a very smart person, she can often easily see other people's thoughts, except for her husband Liu Xuan.

Lin Daiyu's character, even if she didn't have a deep friendship, she thought she was sure that she was a simple little girl, such a person was easy to deal with, but the hard thing was Xue Baochai, who had a low eyebrow and was pleasing to the eye.Moreover, when such words spread, people who didn't know thought she was jealous, and then ordered Xue Baochai to say it, then her reputation as Yicheng's princess would be ruined, and she was not so stupid.

Baochai really didn't expect that the princess would not be soft and hard, no matter what she did, it was just a child's play in her eyes, she gritted her teeth and decided to tell the whole story.

"Princess, Baochai dare not hide it. In fact, Baochai actually puts his love on Lord Lin, and Lord Lin should have a little affection for Baochai. It's just that Baochai knows that his status is too low to be worthy of Lord Lin, so Baochai doesn't dare to shame her." Thinking of the position of princess, I only hope to be able to serve in front of Lord Lin and see him every day. As long as this is the case, Baochai will be satisfied."

Such an answer was really beyond the expectation of the princess. She thought that Xue Baochai fell in love with her master, so she spoke ill of Lin Daiyu in front of her and used her own hands to get rid of her.Later, she thought that Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu had failed to compete for Jia Baoyu, so she ruined Lin Daiyu's reputation outside.Unexpectedly, Xue Baochai fell in love with Lin Mohan.

Lin Mohan, that man is no worse than his own prince, no wonder this Xue Baochai fell in love with him.But she really didn't believe that she didn't want to be the concubine. Everything was as Xue Baochai said. Didn't Lin Mohan take her into Lin Wang's mansion a long time ago?

"Xue Baochai, this concubine is going to give you one last chance. You'd better tell the truth. This concubine is not the kind of woman who just has nothing to do to show off and is too lazy to listen to your gossip."

"My lady, my lady, listen to what Baochai said. In fact, the prince did intend to accept me as a concubine, but in the end, because the princess didn't seem to like me, this matter was shelved. Baochai didn't know where to mess with me. It is also possible to anger the princess, or to annoy people by speaking carelessly when in Jia's mansion.

The empress should have heard that Prince Lin loves the princess very much, and everything depends on the princess.The princess doesn't like Baochai, and Prince Lin doesn't want to go too far against the princess' wishes and delay the matter again and again.

Baochai really didn't want to do anything else, she just wanted to serve Prince Lin day and night, and ask the concubine to help her. "At the end of the speech, there were sobs and tears, so pitiful.

After the princess came here, she couldn't tell whether it was true or not.If it was said that Lin Daiyu hated Xue Baochai, she would believe it. She even hated this woman to three points, but Lin Mohan changed his mind just because his sister hated her. This matter still needs to be considered.Right now, these are not important, this Xue Baochai is a smart person, since she wants to help her, there must be conditions worthy of my concubine's hand, otherwise, with her intelligence, I am afraid she would not be so rash.

"Xue Baochai, what are you talking about? It has nothing to do with my concubine."

"Princess, Baochai doesn't seek fame and wealth now, but only seeks the success of the concubine. The princess is not young anymore, Lord Lin will marry her as soon as possible, not to mention the princess's status is noble, there is absolutely no reason to be petty with others. "The concubine said it decisively, but Baochai heard that she was asking her what conditions she could promise herself.

Don't look at what Xue Baochai said, it seems that the bull's head is wrong, the meaning is simple and clear.As long as Xue Baochai can enter Prince Lin's mansion, she will definitely try her best to marry Lin Daiyu, without threatening the princess at all.

The concubine nodded secretly, she is indeed a sensible person, but unfortunately her status is too low, I don't know if I can rely on her to get things done.

"Since you are so pitiful, I must make you happy. Do you have any ideas in mind?"

Baochai looked back and forth, took a small step closer to the princess's ear, and whispered something in a low voice.

The concubine nodded at first, but then her face turned red, she looked at Baochai in disbelief, and finally nodded and said: "What you said is not difficult, this small matter is not difficult. Just don't forget to promise my concubine. If you don’t know how to get up, this concubine will tell you how to get down.”

"Don't worry, Princess, Baochai will live up to the entrustment of Princess Wang." Baochai didn't want the matter to be so easy, he let out a long breath, and didn't care about the danger of the princess at all. She was so sure that Lin Mohan's heart was hooked. At that time, she was not afraid of other people's stumbling block at all.

Both are satisfied and parted ways.

On the way, Madam Du endured it a few times, and finally couldn't help it, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty really decided to cooperate with that merchant girl?"

"Mom, when did I say that I wanted to cooperate with her? Even if we don't say anything about such a small matter, someone will rush to do it. It's exciting to watch, so let's go and see what's wrong. I'm just curious." The princess climbed the pomegranate tree, and broke off the only pomegranate flower left on the branch, opened it piece by piece, and let it hang on the ground.

"Your Majesty is right. But isn't your Majesty afraid that she will go back on what she said?" Madam Du became more and more confused about her master, how could she believe that merchant girl's words.

"Didn't Mammy see that Xue Baochai hates Princess Hanxiang very much? As long as it is not good for the princess, I believe she will spare no effort to do it. How can she watch the princess marry into our palace and be favored by the prince? Don't care about it. Nanny, are you right?" The pomegranate branch was thrown into the air, and the princess looked back at Madam Du, smiling sweetly.

That's right, I'm getting old, I'm really confused, and I'm still worried that the master can't hold back the resentment in his heart and he will make a move, it's not wise.Really smart people don't know how to do anything, just watch from behind, applaud and mediate from time to time, isn't Yicheng Palace safe and sound like this?

Baochai got the promise from Princess Liu, and she was full of joy. She never thought that something she had thought about for so long and planned for so long would be successful.

Back at Fanhua Pavilion, I met Tanchun at the gate of the courtyard. Tanchun smiled and asked, "Sister Bao found the handkerchief. Why have you been here for so long? I was so anxious that I thought it was Sister Bao who got lost. I want to report to Empress Xiande."

"It made the third sister worry. I didn't find it. When I came back, I saw a very beautiful butterfly. I couldn't help but want to jump to play with it. Who knew I didn't, but it made me sweat all over. The third sister has What's the matter? If not, my sister wants to take a bath first." Baochai raised the handkerchief in her hand, with a dignified smile on her face.

It was the one on her body before, it seems that the veil is purely fake.Tanchun smiled sweeter, walked in hand in hand, and said, "I didn't expect Sister Bao to be so unsteady. My sister is fine, so go ahead, Sister Bao."

"Okay, see you later." Baochai hurriedly turned around and went back to her room, and told Yinger to close the door, and told Ying'er not to let anyone in.

Tanchun snorted coldly, went back to the back room, poured himself a cup of tea and ate it, quieted down, and pondered.Right now, she has no one to discuss with. The old lady is not in front of her. The eldest sister dare not speak casually, so she can only rely on herself. Do you need to be careful about Sister Bao in the future?

On the seventh day of the seventh month, it was popular among women in the palace to beg for cleverness.But the arrival of the Tubo prince and his party disrupted everyone's plans, so they had to have a banquet with the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager seemed to attach great importance to the Tubo princes and his party, and she was very interested, drinking and laughing with the imperial concubines all the time, and only at the end of the Xu Dynasty did she order everyone to disperse.Daiyu returned to Qinghe Garden with her exhausted body. After bathing and freshening up, she asked the maids: "Is the uncle gone?"

"Miss, not yet. The uncle just sent someone back to let the girl go to bed first. Those Tibetans like to drink, and they have a good capacity for alcohol. They are competing with the people here. I am afraid that they will not come back for a while." Xueyan wiped Daiyu's wet hair with a handkerchief, and hurriedly replied.

"Go get a book and let me read it. Good Xueyan, your hair is not dry yet, and it's not too late to go to sleep after it's done." Before Daiyu could say that, Xueyan pouted dissatisfiedly. Quickly added a sentence.

Xueyan had no choice but to rely on Daiyu, and found a Shuowen Jiezi for her to read, and lit the candle again.

Haizheng was over, Mo Han hadn't come back yet, Daiyu was quite sleepy, and finally rested from waiting for him, and went to bed with a little dissatisfaction.

When I woke up the next day, it was Maozheng.Because she was worried about Mo Han, Daiyu didn't sleep well all night, her face was a little tired, and her eye circles were black and blue.Bai Hui was shocked when she saw it, and hurriedly ordered the little maid to fetch ice to apply to Daiyu, muttering: "My dear girl, what's wrong with you. I advised you to go to bed early last night, but it's because of the Don't listen, this time you see what it looks like."

Daiyu was not in good spirits, and she looked sullen. She reluctantly took a look in the mirror, her complexion was indeed not very good, but she refused to speak.

Knowing that she was still angry about what happened to Mo Han yesterday, Xueyan added a little bit of resentment towards Mo Han, straightened Daiyu's head and combed her hair, and said to Baihui: "It's not that the master is bad, call the girl Wait, he just lay there and had a good time."

"Snow geese." Bai Hui drank in a low voice, and it turned out that Daiyu's complexion was even worse.

Xueyan stuck out her tongue secretly, wanting to say something to make up for it, and after thinking for a long time, she said: "But it's no wonder the uncle, who dares to disobey the emperor's order. And I heard from the little six sons that the uncle has been busy until the third watch I just came back, it seems that I drank a lot of wine, and I was too drunk, and it was Xiaoliuzi and the others who helped me back."

The more Daiyu listened, the more anxious she became. She wanted to go to see her brother, but she thought that he would go to bed so late at night, and this time she must have a good rest. Wouldn't it be too noisy for him to sleep if she went by herself?And I was still angry with him before, Bai Huixueyan and the others knew that if they rushed to see it, wouldn't they make these two girls laugh at themselves?No, let's wait a little later, and go after breakfast.

After finally sitting comfortably and letting the two of them tinker with themselves for half a day, they cleaned up and were about to go out.

"Girl, shall we go to Grandpa's place?" Bixiang didn't know what happened just now, seeing Daiyu was about to go out, she hurriedly asked a few steps.

Daiyu was stunned by her question, and secretly said that she would not go, how could people underestimate her, curled her lips, walked out with her head held high, and said indifferently: "No. The lotus in the pond is blooming right now, Let's go out and fold some and come back to bottle."

"Uh, what is the girl going to do? Shall I ask the boat lady to come over and let's go into the water?" Xueyan stroked her forehead and thought about it for a long time, wondering how to pick the lotus, and asked in bewilderment.

Originally Daiyu was just talking casually, but after Xueyan asked, it seemed that she couldn't do without going down the river, so she stomped her feet and replied, "That's natural, don't hurry up."

Because Daiyu's maids often went to collect dewdrops in the pond in the morning, and the boat mother knew about it, so she rushed over after hearing the news, and a group of maids escorted Daiyu to get off the boat.

In fact, Daiyu didn't have the heart to pick any lotus at all, the pond full of lotus flowers that used to compete for beauty was not pleasing to the eye, and she turned around in the pond and only broke two or three lotus flowers.This time everyone knew that the master was in a bad mood.

Seeing that the sun was getting bigger and bigger, the pool was no longer cool, and she hadn't seen her brother running to look for her figure, Daiyu was so angry that her chest was tight, what a good brother, she was lying to herself, she walked for so long Don't you worry?In fact, it was all because Daiyu was too angry in her heart, and she forgot that Mo Han might not have woken up at all, but even if she didn't wake up, it wouldn't matter, she obviously lost herself in her heart, otherwise why could she still sleep so soundly at this time?

In desperation, Daiyu decided to put aside her face and ask her brother face to face.

Everyone hugged Daiyu to the shore, walked back, and turned in the direction of Yanbo Tower.Before entering the gate, she suddenly heard a woman's terrified scream from inside, and Daiyu was stunned for a while. There has never been a woman in her brother's yard, so how could there be a woman's cry?The maids also had strange expressions, not knowing whether to advance or retreat at this moment, Mr. Li is by no means such a nonsense person, not to mention that this is in the summer resort and not at home, could it be that the uncle has sex after drinking?

After a pause, Daiyu finally decided to go in and have a better look. She didn't think about anything else, she just felt weird and was afraid that something might happen to her brother.At the head of the gate, a group of people came out from the slanting thorns, headed by Princess Yicheng, her sister-in-law Princess Xining, and many other wives and so on.

At this time, Daiyu didn't care much anymore, and hurriedly bowed to everyone, and then hurried to the courtyard.You can also hear the chirping of a few women behind.

"Just now we could hear the screams by the pool, could it have come from here?"

"Isn't this the residence of Lord Cheng En? Nothing will happen, right?"