Love in the Red Chamber is full of Xiaoxiang

In the afternoon, the sky became cloudy, and the north wind howled, blowing on the somewhat empty field, and swirling around to bring up the dust all over the place.

Princess Dunhui's sedan chair stopped outside the Chuihua Gate, and two women came to draw up the curtain.Dun Hui bent over and got out of the sedan chair, Xiu Yu hurriedly stepped forward to support her.A gust of wind almost dazzled Dunhui's eyes.

Lu Ling also greeted her, and said with a smile: "The princess is back."

Dunhui glanced at her and asked, "Is sister-in-law in the room?"

Luling replied, "Yes."

Dun Hui then said that she was going to visit her sister-in-law's room, followed by many servants and maids. They surrounded Dun Hui and walked all the way to the courtyard behind the apse, passing through a shadow wall and a small bluestone bridge.The courtyard door was closed tightly, and Lu Ling hurriedly knocked on the door: "Sister Xiyue, open the door quickly, the princess is here."

Then a little girl opened the door.In the courtyard, Xueyan is playing shuttlecock with Ziping, Liu Ye'er, Chunying and other little girls.Dunhui just felt cold, and hurriedly pulled up her clothes. Xueyan waited to see the opportunity and Dunhui stopped kicking the shuttlecock. They all came up to greet the princess with a smile.

The princess went straight to Daiyu's room, only to see Xiyue making shoes on the kang in the east room.Dunhui stopped and smiled and asked her: "Sister Xiyue, is she doing this for my brother again? Sister Xiyue is really biased, and all good things go to her brother. Last time I asked sister Xiyue to tie a bow for me, but she refused." .”

Xiyue hurriedly got up and smiled apologetically, "Your princess can't afford to be a slave."

Dunhui pretended to be angry and said: "Hmph, I know you only have my brother in your heart, so I won't play with you anymore." Then she went to Daiyu's room angrily.

Nanny Qin walked up to Xiyue and said to Xiyue quietly: "Miss Xiyue, don't be angry, there was something awkward at the princess mansion just now, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be back today."

Xiyue smiled: "We are slaves, how dare we get angry with the princess. The prince has been out for several days, and there are many things in his hands that he has not done. The prince loves to wear these shoes, and he has to sort them out when he is free. .Look, I don’t know how such a big hole was made.”

Mother Qin said with a smile: "Miss Xiyue is the most important person around the prince. It's hard for anyone in the house who doesn't praise Miss Xiyue, good boy."

Xiyue blushed slightly, and continued to do needlework.

Nanny Qin hurriedly followed the princess to the room over there.

Passing through the green gauze cabinet, I saw Daiyu sitting beside the smoked cage, and sitting in front of her was a woman who was actually a spring painting who didn't show her face very much. The two were talking about old things in the south of the Yangtze River.But seeing Dunhui coming, they all got up.

Daiyu said: "Why did the princess come back so early? It's windy outside, but is it cold?"

Dun Hui was busy taking off the cloak on her body, and the girl serving in front of her hurriedly moved a chair to invite Dun Hui to sit.Dunhui hurriedly said: "It's not that it's cold, it's going to change if it changes. It's still warm in sister-in-law's room. By the way, there's no news from my brother, didn't he say when he'll be back?"

Daiyu said: "Liu'er came back in the morning and brought a message. He said he would not be home in a few days."

Dunhui said: "Brother is better. He can go out often, and he can go wherever he wants. It was the same when I went south to find my sister-in-law. I begged him for a long time, but he insisted on not taking me. It's useless to cry. It's useless to make trouble. Hey, I wonder if my brother did it with a heart of stone."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Didn't the lord go to Suzhou for business last time? The Princess is going to do something with her. I was also talking about the south with Sister Hua. If I can go to the south again, I will definitely bring the Princess with me."

Dun Hui immediately clapped her hands and said good-bye: "Sister-in-law, you all heard what she said. Sister Chunhua also bears witness for me. Sister-in-law must take me with her when she goes." Before she finished speaking, she thought again, what is sister-in-law doing in the south? Then he smiled and said, "I see. Could it be that my sister-in-law wants to hide from my brother again? By the way, I know, it must be that one day my brother and sister-in-law quarreled, and my sister-in-law was going to run south to her mother's house. I Guess it?" She gestured again with her fingers, and Daiyu blushed and stretched out her hand to hit Dunhui.

Later, Chun Hua, Nanny Qin and the two maids quickly persuaded her to leave with a smile.

Daiyu blushed and said: "The princess will never forgive anyone. When your brother comes back, I will tell him that I am right. I can't control you, so someone will."

Dun Hui continued to gesticulate: "Sister-in-law is such a grown-up, she will still sue, shame on her."

Qin Nanny pulled Dun Hui and said with a smile: "After all, this is my sister-in-law, so there are no rules. It's just in the Princess Mansion..." Before Qin Nanny could finish speaking, Dunhui stopped her: "Mommy , Say it or not."

Fortunately, Daiyu didn't continue to question her.

At that time, the atmosphere in the house was very good, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law sat down to talk again, and Dunhui's laughter could be heard in the yard.Dunhui is also the best at imitating other people's speech, so she imitated the conversation with her aunt, which caused everyone in the room to lean forward and backward. Daiyu smiled and pointed at Dunhui and said, "If Aunt He knows that you are making up her like this behind your back, you might be so angry. .”

Dunhui didn't take it seriously: "My aunt treats me the best, every time I have something good, I keep it for me."

Nanny Qin shook her head helplessly: "I'm afraid our princess will still have such a temperament after leaving the pavilion. It will be hard to change in this life."

Seeing Dunhui like this, Daiyu suddenly felt that she was a bit like Xiangyun. When she thought of Xiangyun, she naturally thought of the sisters who were together in the past.Now those sisters are also scattered, those who marry far away, those who die, none of them are better off, but Sister Bao is not bad.

While chatting and laughing in the room, Taoyeju sent a woman to pass the message: "Our master Nan asks the concubine to show me."

"What's the matter, tell me." Daiyu nodded.

The woman said: "Master Nan said that the day after tomorrow will be Concubine Jing's birthday, and asked about congratulatory gifts."

Daiyu said: "Your master has no idea, and you also came to ask me?"

The mother-in-law smiled and said: "Our master is in charge, but after all, the princess is in charge, so naturally I have to ask the princess for instructions."

Daiyu smiled and had an idea in her mind: "Go and tell your master what I mean. The ceremony should be first-class, rich and decent. Let me draw up a list and send it to me, so I can help you think about it."

The mother-in-law took the words and went.

Nanny Qin said: "It's really Concubine Jing's birthday again. I move around every year."

Daiyu hurriedly asked: "What's the rule in previous years, does the princess sister want to go there?"

Dun Hui said: "Sister-in-law Han goes every time and pays her respects to the Empress Dowager. She sits everywhere in the palace, and then comes back after lunch with Concubine Jing. She doesn't stay too long."

Daiyu was thinking about how to go this year. She had been avoiding suspicion at Prince Heng's place, and it was not easy to show up. After thinking about it, she said: "This year, we will say that our family is still in service, and we will not leave relatives. Let some deacons' wives send gifts to It’s done. It’s not like a whole life, so it can be done?”

Qin Nanny said: "That's why, if you want to come to respect the noble concubine, you won't blame the princess, as long as the etiquette is up."

Daiyu made up her mind and asked someone to arrange it.

Dunhui got a headache when she saw her sister-in-law assigning housework, so she sat in front of her for a while and then went back to Yanyu Building.Chun Hua also left, and the room suddenly became quiet.

Han Yan was busy cleaning up the leftover tea on the table.

Daiyu saw that the weather was getting colder when it said it was getting colder, so she couldn't help worrying about the water that hadn't returned outside.Xiyue lifted the curtain and came in, said with a smile: "It's cold, but it's still warm in the east room, please sit in the east room, princess."

Seeing her, Daiyu suddenly remembered something, and said, "Is there any good material at home, let me have a look."

Xiyue hurriedly said: "Is the princess thinking of giving a gift to respect the noble concubine?"

"It's not about this, you choose two horses with a serious color and let me have a look."

Xiyue went in without knowing, but she agreed and went to find clothes.Daiyu took the measuring tape from the basket, and the scissors.Xueyan waited and watched, thinking what the princess was going to do.

Xiyue found a few pieces of fabric, including bright white begonia and golden jade satin, mandarin duck satin with sand blue on one side and moon white on the other, and two plain colored kusha and crepe crepe.

Daiyu left the mandarin duck satin and a piece of Kusha, and gave the makeup satin to Xiyue, and said: "You can use this satin to make a skirt or a jacket, it's up to you. Remember to ask someone to buy two catties of high-quality cotton for me.”

Xiyue quickly thanked her.Then she began to measure the size, and Xiyue hurriedly asked: "The princess wants to cut the clothes, could it be for the prince?"

Daiyu smiled indifferently: "I have nothing to do, I'm afraid I haven't lost the cutting and sewing work. Before it's too cold, I'll make him a dress. You know I seldom take needles and threads. I'm afraid I can't do it well." Okay. I have to ask Sister Xiyue for advice."

Xiyue hurriedly said: "I really don't dare to do it. The prince's needlework was done with the help of the few of us. Youyun's needlework is good, but he is a little lazy, and sometimes I can't order it. If the prince knows that the princess has personally I must really like sewing."

Daiyu measured the size first, then lowered her head and started cutting. Everyone saw that she was doing it meticulously and seriously, so they didn't bother her.

While cutting clothes, Daiyu was also worried about Shui Rong, she had been away for several days, and she didn't know if she was cold or hungry, Daiyu was worried day and night, always hoping that he would come back immediately.

Xueyan smiled and said: "If the prince knows that the princess is so meticulous, I'm afraid he will feel bad again. The princess must take care of herself."

Daiyu said without raising her head, "It's just a matter of time anyway, so I must find something to do. It's just to pass the time, so that people don't say behind my back that I don't know anything, and I should do it."

Xueyan smiled and said: "Who dares to talk about the princess, I will be the first to refuse."

Daiyu hurriedly said, "Don't just stand and talk, come and play the pink thread for me."

Xueyan said next to him: "When I was in Rongguo Mansion, the old lady loved the girl very much. She was afraid that she would be tired, so she wouldn't let her do this. Speaking of the sisters in the past, the first thing to count is Qing in Baoyu's house. Wen is very good, and her work is bright, and Yinger in Miss Bao's house is the next one. Alas, it's a pity that Qingwen's life is not good, so she was kicked out."

Daiyu always didn't answer, but she thought in her mind that when Qingwen died in the Grand View Garden, Baoyu sacrificed to her under the hibiscus flowers. Longzhong of the Yellow Earth, what a poor life you are." When I heard the words, I was full of suspicion at the time, but now the time has passed.Looking back at this road now, it feels like it happened in a previous life.