Love in the Red Chamber is full of Xiaoxiang

February [-] was originally Baihua's birthday, which coincided with Daiyu's birthday.A few years ago, no one remembered, but this year Shui Rong opened his mouth, saying that he would spend this day well for Daiyu, not to bother Daiyu, and let her enjoy the day.

Early in the morning, the girls in the mansion took colorful flower papers and red strings into the garden, and tied them on every branch, and the garden suddenly became lively.

Before the time came, the people in the house who came to pay their respects had already squeezed through the threshold, and the side concubine gave a plain gold hairpin with plum blossoms inlaid with red treasures, a pair of new shoes, and a pouch embroidered with embroidered clothes that fit well.Dun Hui gave two pieces of embroidery work she made, and Nan Qing gave a pair of rings inlaid with silver chisels and sapphires.Princess Yongjia and Concubine Nan'an also sent congratulatory gifts.

Xiyue smiled and said: "We maidservants don't have anything good to honor the princess, so we made up some money." Then she took out a money bag, which contained about a dozen taels of scattered silver.

Daiyu didn't look at it, but hurriedly gave way: "It's not easy for you, what do you do with the money. Today is the girls' day, everyone, let's have a happy day."

Hanyan was combing Daiyu's hair, and lightly pulled a peony head, inserted a gold phoenix hairpin, and put a few strings of jade-like tassels out of the phoenix's mouth, and put a bright red pile of sagong flowers on the hairpin.Daiyu always said that she was too gorgeous, and wanted to take down the palace flower.

Han Yan smiled and said: "Today is a good day for the princess, how can I take it off."

He also took the apricot-yellow cloud satin woven shirt with a stand-up collar, the light bean-green Lu silk with folded branches and flowers, and the willow-green horse-face skirt with golden thread and plum blossoms, and put it on with Daiyu.

After getting dressed, I heard someone laughing under the window: "Why isn't the birthday boy coming out, we can come and ask for noodles."

The maids hurriedly communicated: "Princess Nan'an and the princess are here."

Daiyu adjusted her clothes and opened the curtain to go out.Dun Hui smiled and said: "The garden is very lively. Many sisters and sisters have come here. My sister-in-law is the master of the day, why don't you come with us quickly."

Princess Nan'an smiled again: "Your younger sister has tidied up really nicely today." Then she took Daiyu's arm and walked into the garden talking and laughing all the way.

It was spring, and the green willows in the garden were newly spit out, and the pink pears and white apricots were blooming.It is like a beautiful scene.

A lot of apricot flowers were planted before and after Wangyuexuan, and now they are blooming at the right time.People cleaned up here early, and the stage was set up on the opposite flying building.Daiyu likes to be quiet and doesn't like to make trouble, and several of her relatives and friends also came to her house.Princess Xining, Princess Dongping, Princess Yichun, Lin'an Bo's family, Zhen Guo Gong Niu's family, Shenwu General Feng's old lady, Princess Yongchang also sent congratulatory gifts, because they didn't show up because of family affairs.

Before Daiyu sat down, she saw Li Wan and Baochai's sister-in-law rushing over.Daiyu hurriedly got up, stepped forward to greet her and said, "Why are the two sister-in-laws here at this time, how are you doing on the way?"

Li Wan and Baochai wanted to salute, but Daiyu took one with each hand, and said with a smile: "You two sisters-in-law, don't be like this, I look forward to my former sisters coming to talk to me every day, knowing that the two sisters-in-law are in charge of the house, I can't get away from too many things. I don't want to disturb you. Please take a seat."

Li Wan and Baochai recognized each other with the people in the seat again, and they met each other with a ceremony.Immediately, a servant girl brought two chairs and put them on the bottom, and served two cups of fresh Mingqian tea.

Baochai sat there, gentle and silent, and saw that the people in the seat were all noble families. After being honored, she suddenly thought of Baoyu. She was old and hadn't made any achievements. How could she have something to rely on in the days to come? .This year is the year of the Grand Competition, no matter what, he has to go out for a while, with his talent, as long as he is willing to work hard, will he still fail the exam?

At the moment when the play was passed on, Daiyu was asked to order a play, but Daiyu asked Princess Yongjia to order first, but Princess Yongjia declined, "Today is a good day for Sister-in-law Bei, and she is the master, so let's ask Sister-in-law Bei to order something good for us first." Listen."

Daiyu ordered (Yougui worships the moon) in (The Story of Yougui) and asked Princess Yongjia to order, and the princess ordered (Huanhuan) in (The Story of Double Pearls), and then asked Princess Nan'an to wait, Then the gong started to play.

Here are all kinds of fruity pastries.Because it is the day of the flowers, these dim sum are also made extraordinarily exquisite.Sweet-scented osmanthus red bean cake, rose cake, and peony flower cake were served one by one to suit the occasion.

Daiyu asked someone to pack another box and send it to Chunhua.While watching the play here, one side laughs and talks with others in a low voice.

Nan Qing didn't have time to sit down and watch a play, and took some people to clean up the table. There were several male guests in front, and the garden was full of female relatives, so she took the maids to clean up the Qixia courtyard as a place for the banquet. place.

After tossing and tossing for most of the day, and because I drank some wine, my head became a little groggy, and my body became weak. At this time, the guests in the garden have not dispersed, and there are still two close people.Daiyu let the Concubine Side and Dunhui accompany her, and went back to her room by herself.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw a pair of jade pot spring vases from Xing Kiln on the desk, in which there were blooming peony flowers, two were light yellow, and two were rose red.I just feel that the fragrance is floating, graceful and graceful, which makes people's eyes shine.

Daiyu hurriedly asked, "Who put it here?"

Lu Ling said with a smile: "The prince said it looks good here, so the princess will like it when she looks at it."

"Wang Ye put it?" Daiyu was a little puzzled, didn't he dislike these flowers.Come on, let him put what he puts.Daiyu just wanted to have a good rest, so she didn't let the girl serve her, and went to bed and lay down with her clothes on.

Not long after Shui Rong came back, Lu Ling waved her hands and said softly: "The princess is resting."

"It's really hard work for her." Hearing that, Shui Rong didn't go into the inner room anymore, sat in the main hall and drank a cup of tea, and then was invited by Manager Ma to discuss a few things.

When Daiyu woke up, it was already after the time limit, the setting sun was shining at night, and the peony flowers on the table were bathing in the setting sun, exuding its fragrance.

Daiyu called someone to fetch water to freshen up, but she saw an ivory carved boat on the table, with carved windows, the characters inside, and even the folds on the clothes could be seen one by one. The raised sail has a tendency to ride the wind and break the waves.On the side of the ship are engraved with four small seal characters "we stand in the same boat through thick and thin".

Daiyu didn't think about how expensive this ornament is and how hard it is to get ivory, her eyes fell on the four characters, and she felt all kinds of feelings immediately, and her heart was surging.

Xiyue walked in: "When the prince came in, he saw that the princess was resting, so he didn't wake up the princess. This boat is so beautiful, does the princess like it?"

Daiyu understood his intentions, and smiled brightly: "I'm used to putting my heart into these things, so it's hard for him. Of course I like it."

Xiyue also beamed with a smile: "I'm afraid the prince is already very happy to make the princess smile."

Daiyu looked at herself in the mirror, and saw that her dimples were slightly flushed, just like the peony blossoms.The temples were a little loose, Xiyue took out a comb to comb Daiyu's hair.

Xiyue said in front of her: "When the princess came to the mansion two years ago, the prince wanted to celebrate her birthday. It's just that the princess didn't want to say which day it was, and the prince didn't want to ask. For other things, I missed it. In fact, it's a pity to think about it."

“How come you see?”

Xiyue smiled and said: "At that time, the prince thought about being courteous in front of him, but he couldn't."

Daiyu also laughed, thinking that sister Han was still there at that time, how could she be so courteous.She is just a companion to the princess, insignificant.

Daiyu asked again: "How long have you been in this mansion? Where is your home?"

Xiyue said: "It's been ten years, and I was still smiling when I entered the mansion. The family belongs to Datong. Later, the whole family followed my father to Beijing to do business. Originally, I wanted to leave the customs. But the family changed, and my father's A concubine took away all the valuables from the family and eloped with someone. My father had no capital, and the whole family had to live. Seeing that I was worth a few taels of silver, that's why he sold me to serve as someone else's servant. The concubine was still there at that time, The prince is just a young son, and the princess is only a few years old. The eldest girl in the mansion is not yet married, and the population is larger than it is now. The princess doesn't know, our prince was also naughty when he was young, and he didn't get along with the young master. Up and down. In the past few years, Xijue has been in charge of the family, and he has calmed down a lot."

Daiyu said with a smile: "He is a phoenix in everyone's hands, naturally he is the biggest in the house, whoever dares to provoke him, I am afraid that he will be on the same level as the little bully."

Xiyue also laughed and said: "The old prince is very strict with the prince. He has beaten the little prince a few times. A while ago, I was talking about the past with the concubine side. Looking at the prince now, it seems that there are two people. gone."

The master and servant were talking and laughing back and forth.After half a quarter of an hour, Youyun came to invite: "The prince invites the princess to sit in the flower hall."

Daiyu said: "It's not too early. I have worked hard for the princess all afternoon, and I have to thank her."

The maids came here in a crowd, and the relatives and friends had already dispersed early.There were only a few people in her own family, Dun Hui was chatting and laughing with the maid, Concubine Side was pulling Shui Cheng to ask questions, Nan Qing was busy with others, but Shui Rong was sitting alone behind the screen.An octagonal palace lantern was hung from the beam, and the room became brightly lit.The servant girl was busy shuttling back and forth.

Dun Hui got up quickly, and saluted with a smile: "I wish my sister-in-law great joy."

Shui Cheng also hurried up to salute.

Daiyu said with a smile: "The family doesn't like this kind of thing."

Dun Hui said: "Today my sister-in-law left early in the garden, and I felt uncomfortable being with me. It's hard to leave them behind, it's going to be hard to die. My sister-in-law should thank me well."

"Yes, thank you in any way."

Shui Rong came out from behind the screen, but saw that he was wearing a sand-blue robe with tufted flowers, smiling at the corners of his eyes, full of affection, handsome and handsome.Putting one hand in front of his body and the other behind his back, he said solemnly: "My family sits together to gather at night, and I am convinced..."

Daiyu knew what he was going to say next, and in front of so many people, her face flushed with shame, and she hurriedly turned away to talk to Dunhui.

The people in the house hurriedly congratulated them.Daiyu was too ashamed to say a word.

Shui Rong hurriedly greeted everyone: "There are no outsiders here, everyone come and sit down."