Dai Meng of the Red Chamber

In Chengqian Palace, the emperor was reclining on the dragon chair with his eyes closed, the thick memorial was pushing the dragon table in front of him, and Dai Quan waited carefully on the side.

Standing up slowly, the emperor whispered: "Dai Quan, do you think I am a wise king?" Dai Quan quickly replied: "The emperor is far from a villain, but close to a loyal minister. He understands the suffering of the people and reduces taxes. Now The world is peaceful, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and it can really be called an emperor through the ages."

The emperor smiled slightly, and said: "You can choose what I like to hear with your mouth, but I also feel that since I became the throne, I have devoted myself to everything, and now the people of the country are peaceful, and they are really inseparable from me. It's open."

Dai Quan said: "The emperor sees it clearly." The emperor sighed and said: "But why they can't wait, it really makes my heart ache, he is my most beloved son, I promised the former queen that I must treat him kindly Her child, but... he let me down."

Dai Quan said cautiously: "Your majesty, don't be sad, maybe it's just that your lord was deceived for a while and listened to slander..." "Yes, it must be so." The emperor couldn't help but angrily said: "They rely on their previous meritorious deeds to do anything wrong. I closed one eye, but I didn't expect them to plot against me. It doesn't matter if I don't keep such a person. Originally, I was still hesitant. It seems..." Said, the majestic dragon of the emperor There was a bit of ruthlessness on his face.

Raising his hand to pick up the imperial brush on the dragon case, the emperor threw it on the ground viciously, and the crisp imperial brush broke into two pieces.

The little eunuch on duty walked in gently, but the emperor didn't notice, Dai Quan waved his hand, walked over, listened to the little eunuch whispering for a while, his slender eyebrows could not help but wrinkle.

Glancing at the emperor with his head up and his eyes closed, Dai Quan quietly ordered a few words before the little eunuch retreated.

After a while, Dai Quan watched the emperor slowly open his eyes, and then approached and whispered: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine of Fengzao Palace is asking to see you outside the palace gate."

The emperor regained his composure, thought for a while, and said, "Go out and tell Concubine Yuan that I won't see anyone today."

After a while, Dai Quan who had gone out came in again, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is still kneeling there, begging the Emperor to see you." The Emperor smiled coldly and said, "Tell Concubine Yuan that it's too late. She does it for herself."

Hearing Dai Quan's message, Concubine Yuan couldn't help but limp on the ground, hugged the piano and hurriedly stepped forward to support her, calling in a low voice: "Your Majesty", Concubine Yuan smiled miserably in a trance, and murmured: "It's too late, why don't you come here?" It's too late..."

After a while, Baoqin helped the already limp Concubine Yuan to stand up, and staggered towards Fengzao Palace. Along the way, Concubine Yuan was silent, and the maids who followed her were also silent, only listening There were rustling footsteps.

As soon as he entered the palace gate in fear, a streak of blood suddenly sprayed on the ground, holding the qin and screaming: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Everyone rushed to help Concubine Yuan onto the soft couch, holding the qin and hurriedly told the palace maid to invite the imperial physician .

Concubine Yuan waved her hand weakly to stop her, and said: "Don't go, I'll be fine after a short rest, you all go back." After everyone retreated quietly, they held the piano and made the whole quilt for Concubine Yuan, seeing Concubine Yuan quietly Leaning there, his haggard face was bloodless.

The melodious sound of cloud drums in the middle of the night came, and listening to the voice of Concubine Yuan whispering while holding the piano, she hurried forward a few steps, and saw Concubine Yuan was quietly looking at the hanging brocade mantle, with a calm and sad expression hurt.

After a while, Concubine Yuan said in a low voice: "Baoqin, you have been with me for many years, from Jia's mansion to the palace, it is a pity that we will never be together again." Baoqin couldn't help but said anxiously: "What are you talking about, your illness? The imperial doctor will cure it, and Baoqin will serve the empress for the rest of her life."

Concubine Yuan shook her head, and murmured: "As the emperor said, it's too late. Baoqin, today is Baoyu's wedding day, isn't it? It's a pity that my elder sister can't watch him grow up."

Sighing, Concubine Yuan turned her head to look out of the window, and said to herself: "Let me, the older sister, do my best for him, and let him be a bridegroom at ease."

Baoqin looked at Concubine Yuan suspiciously, seeing Concubine Yuan's pretty eyes flashed a decisive look, her thin lips were tightly pursed, and then a bitter smile flashed.

Baoyu's marriage was grand and ostentatious, and the dark night couldn't conceal the deep joy. The whole Rongguo Mansion was full of laughter and chatter until it was dusk.

The Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the afternoon is quiet and lonely, and the green bamboos seem to have infected the master's laziness, and they appear listless. Only the occasional breeze makes the courtyard a little bit alive.

Suddenly someone pushed the door open and ran in in a panic, followed by Chun Xian's sharp and panicked voice: "Miss, miss, the imperial concubine Yuan in the palace is dead."

Daiyu couldn't help being startled, she sat up hastily, and Zijuan and Xueyan who heard the movement also ran in, looking at the panting Chunxian together.

Chunxian took a breath, and said: "I went to play in the east courtyard just now, and heard the maid in the old lady's room come to call the second master and the others, saying that she heard the news that the empress had died, the old lady fainted, and everyone was in a hurry I'm looking for a doctor."

Zijuan looked at Daiyu and said in a low voice, "Girl..." Daiyu got out of bed and said, "Zicuckoo, help me tidy up, let's go and see the old lady."

When Daiyu came to Jiamu's room, she saw Sister Feng, Baoyu, Baochai, etc., all gathered around Jiamu, weeping secretly, the doctor who often came to see the doctor was taking the pulse of Jiamu.

Seeing Daiyu coming in, Baochai came up to meet her, quietly put Daiyu on the side of the soft couch, and said in a low voice, "Sister, don't worry, the doctor is watching."

After a while, the doctor stood up and said to the people standing next to him: "The old matriarch was only fainted in a moment of panic, the little doctor prescribed the medicine first, and it will be fine after taking it. But after all, the old matriarch is old. It’s getting older, you need to take good care of it.”

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Jia Lian accompanied the doctor out of the inner room, Sister Feng hurriedly followed and said to Jia Lian, "Second Master, let the doctor show the wife, the maid in the wife's room also said..." Sister Feng didn't go on, everyone naturally understood.

Baochai looked at Jia's mother, pulled Baoyu who was heaving and crying, and said to Sister Feng: "The old lady asks her sister-in-law and younger sisters to look after her. Baoyu and I will go to my wife's place to have a look."

Sister Feng said: "Alright, you go and have a look first, and we will go there when the old lady wakes up." Seeing Baoyu and Baochai slowly leaving side by side, there is a kind of mutual support between husband and wife in that touch of back. A drop of tears gradually blurred Daiyu's eyes, and when she turned around, Daiyu felt that Baoyu was getting farther and farther away from her.

For several days, Mother Jia dragged her frail body to the palace to cry, and there was a chorus of mourning in Jia's mansion. The crowd was still immersed in the joy of Baoyu's marriage, and suddenly it seemed like the sky was falling. The comparison made Sister Feng and the others feel at a loss for a while. For a while, people in Jia's mansion were like motherless children, panicked and chaotic.

The Grand View Garden is no longer the bustle of the past. The bleak autumn wind blows away the chrysanthemums all over the garden, but it can’t blow away the sadness of the people in the mansion. In the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Xueyan and Zijuan are whispering in the outer room. Inside, Daiyu While resting with a veil covering his face, a ray of warm sunlight slantedly reflected on the desk in front of the window.

Xueyan whispered to Zijuan: "Sister Zijuan, you said that the mother is young, how can she just say she is dead? I heard from Hu Po that the old lady has not been able to sleep all night for the past two days, and she does it as soon as she falls asleep. Nightmare, is there something going on in the mansion?"

Zijuan whispered angrily: "Don't talk nonsense." Pointing to the inside, she made a small gesture to Xueyan, and said: "The old lady is just old and loves her mother so much, don't follow them and talk nonsense. "

Xueyan murmured in a low voice: "If it weren't for the empress, maybe the girl would have married the second master." Zijuan said: "You hoof, which pot can't be opened and which pot can be lifted, this is just a little bit better. Let her listen, wouldn't she be sad again."

Xueyan shrugged her shoulders, and said in a low voice: "I said it before I knew it, but fortunately I didn't hear it." As she was speaking, she suddenly heard Daiyu coughing from inside, and Zijuan gave Xueyan a white look. , hurriedly got up and walked in.

Daiyu was sitting up when she saw Zijuan coming in and said, "Zijuan, what are you talking about outside? I heard you muttering." Zijuan said with a smile, "I didn't say anything. I said the pattern I made for the servant last time."

Daiyu nodded and said, "Pour me a glass of water." After drinking the water, Zijuan helped Daiyu tidy up. Seeing that Daiyu picked up a book on the table again, she said, "Girl, it's warm outside. It's warm, let's go for a walk."

Daiyu thought for a while, and said: "How about this, let Xueyan go to Miss Si to have a look. Did Miss Si finish reading the book last time? If she has already finished reading, ask Xueyan to bring it back. I will use it to read it." of."

After Zicuckoo gave her instructions, she said: "Young lady's body is better, don't worry about it." Daiyu couldn't help but softly said, "Zicuckoo, when did you become such a mother-in-law? Be careful not to get married."

Zijuan laughed and said, "What are you talking about, girl? If you are a girl, don't worry about us until you are married." It's getting more and more presumptuous, it seems that I have really trained you well."

The master and the servant were chatting and laughing, when they suddenly heard noises coming from outside the courtyard, Daiyu couldn't help saying: "What's going on outside, Zijuan, let them go out and have a look."

Just as Zijuan was about to call for people, the oily green door of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was pushed open with a bang, and then many soldiers poured in like a tide. The Xiaoxiang Pavilion suddenly became lively, even the sound of the wind blowing bamboo leaves Harsh.

Only one of them shouted: "The imperial guards are ordering to search Jia's mansion, and no one can stop them." As they said, the soldiers marched in all directions, and sometimes the screams of the little girl in the wing room could be heard.