Dream Continues Red Mansion: Melting Daixin

In the old lady's room, all the sisters and Wang Xifeng talked and laughed, and calmly dismissed the fact that Daiyu and Xiangyun had seen Baochai before, and they broke the rosary in front of Mrs. Wang. Baochai answered vaguely. However, Mrs. Wang was thoughtful.

In the evening of the next day, a banquet was held in Jia's mansion for the guests.Daiyu was too lazy to socialize, and the Xiangyun sisters stayed in the room because Jia Mu didn't say anything. Tanchun and Xichun gathered in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to chat, write, play chess, and gossip with Daiyu and Xiangyun. time.

But he heard Xiangling's forbearing voice outside the door saying: "Miss Lin."

Zijuan got up and came out, smiled and picked up the bead curtain to let Xiangling in, and pressed her to sit down.Seeing that Xiangling is virtuous, elegant, and elegant, but she is getting thinner and thinner, she hardly cares about clothes, and her face is melancholy, such a kind of forbearance and timidity seem to grow on her face, she shakes her head heartily, and hurriedly goes out to serve tea Fruits, snacks, ready to come in and add.

Xiangling sat down, saw the four girls were all there, and said softly: "It so happens that all the girls are there, I just wrote a poem, and I want the girls to help me read it, but I can't read it myself, but I can't see what's wrong with it." inappropriate."

Tanchun laughed and said, "I just said that I want to open a poetry club, so I'm going to be a poet fanatic."

Xiangling showed a faint smile, and took the poem draft from her sleeve.

Here Zicuckoo entered the house with the fruit plate in front of him. Unexpectedly, Baoyu followed behind Zicuckoo, reached into the fruit plate and took a piece of cut fruit, put it in his mouth, chewed, and shouted: "I'm suffocating!" , It’s easy to take time out to catch your breath.”

A person walked in from behind Zijuan, and said with a smile, "Sister Lin, Sister Yun, Third Sister, and Fourth Sister are all here."

Daiyu smiled faintly, with a trace of arrogance and a slight alienation. At first glance, people felt repulsive. In fact, only those who came into contact with her and knew her well could feel her sincerity from the bottom of her heart. with warmth.

Baoyu peeped at Daiyu secretly, seeing Daiyu's elegant and indifferent appearance, she seemed to be unaware of yesterday's events, her heart was at ease, but she felt a little guilty.

Xiangyun raised his head and smiled, "Second brother, where have you been? I haven't been here for two days, did you get anything good?"

Baoyu sat down and said: "No, I went out yesterday morning to meet the young prince of Beijing in the afternoon, and it was too late to come out from the ancestor's place at night. I was called by the master to welcome the guests in the door early this morning. Until now, I can't even catch my breath. None of the effort."

After speaking in one breath, Daiyu couldn't help pursing her lips into a smile, Xiangyun and Tanchun couldn't stop laughing, even Xichun smiled lightly.

In fact, because of Baochai's visit to his room yesterday afternoon, Baoyu and he were uncomfortable, so they avoided seeing him, and it is only now that he feels better.

Tanchun recalled the question in his mind, and asked, "Second brother, what embroidery did the master give to Young Prince Beijing? He likes it so much, and came to the mansion specially to thank him."

Baoyu didn't even think about it: "The things he likes can be worse. Who doesn't know that he has the highest level of appreciation, which is unmatched by anyone. It must be an elegant and rare product. I heard from the master that it was given to the young prince of Nan'an. A painting of cranes flying, and a double-sided embroidered bamboo painting of the Young Prince of Beijing."

Zijuan said in amazement: "The double-sided embroidered green bamboo picture, isn't that what our girl gave to my wife as a gift?" She couldn't help turning her head to see Daiyu's face.

The servant also said: "The picture of the crane flying was embroidered by our girl."

Sure enough, Daiyu's complexion changed and she said: "I originally gave it to my uncle, not some young prince. If I know that my uncle gave it to someone else, why don't I cut this picture and send it with something else. "

Tanchun hurriedly said: "Sister Lin, don't be angry. Anyway, you gave it to the master. You have already made up your mind. If he gives it to anyone else, you don't care. Didn't the master give away my crane flying picture?"

Baoyu also said: "Yes, sister Lin, why bother to be angry about such trivial things, and if you give it to him, you will not lose your hard work."

Daiyu and Bai Baoyu said with a glance, then turned her head and ignored him.Baoyufang realized that Daiyu didn't like her poems, and her embroidery was spread outside, making people pay attention to it for no reason.

Baoyu smiled naively, with an apologetic expression on his face. In a blink of an eye, he was only talking and ignored Xiangling. Seeing that Xiangling was alone, he asked, "Sister Xiangling, why didn't Sister Bao come here? She spent a lot of time in the past two days." Thinking, the family should thank her well."

Xiangling sighed and said: "Our girl is sick."

Daiyu didn't believe it, and asked, "Sister Bao has always been calm and composed, what could make her lose her composure?"

Xiang Ling frowned, and sighed: "It's hard to say."

Xiang Yun widened his eyes and asked: "Didn't it mean that her good things are coming soon? She is going to marry into the palace, her husband is young and handsome, and has a noble status, what else does she worry about?"

Daiyu, Tanchun and Xichun also looked at her with the same question in their eyes.

Xiang Ling turned her head and said: "Miss Yun, you don't know something, she, she is also upset, but she doesn't show her face, but I can see that she also shed tears in private last night."

Daiyu's heart softened, and she thought that when she talked with Baochai and confessed her heart to each other that day, she also looked full of worries, so she couldn't help feeling sad.She understood in her heart that in the feeling of being helpless in an illness, she longed for someone to visit her most, so she said softly: "Why don't we go visit Sister Bao, Baoyu, you can go too."

Baoyu shook his head tightly and said, "I won't go, you go, the master will lose his temper if he can't find me later."

After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out the door first, and ran away without a trace.

Xueyan walked in from the outside, You looked back and said, "Second Lord, why is he in such a hurry, it seems like someone is chasing him behind."

Zijuan said with a smile: "Young lady wants him to see Miss Bao, but he left beforehand."

Tanchun sat still, debating whether to go or not.The sisters who cherish the sun and are affectionate, even if there is a disagreement, they are sisters after all, if they don't go to see her, they will look ruthless, so they stand up and say: "Okay." Pull Xiangyun and walk out.

But Xichun said she had a headache, said she was sick and didn't go out, and just waited for them to come back in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Daiyu came out slowly. Tan and Xiang had been waiting outside for a long time. Seeing Daiyu coming out, the three gathered together and walked to Xue's mansion.

Xue's residence is not far away. Although it is outside the Grand View Garden, it is surrounded by the courtyards of Jia's residence. It is a separate courtyard, one side wall is next to Yihong courtyard, and the other side wall is adjacent to Mrs. Wang's courtyard.

When I went to Xue's mansion, I met Aunt Xue, and the sisters went to meet Baochai.

Xiangling had already entered the mansion and informed Aunt Xue that the males in the family should stay away. Xia Jingui was about to come out to show off, but Aunt Xue ordered her to hide in the room, so she couldn't help but groan and peep through the crack of the door.Xia Jingui was naturally unwilling to be treated like this, but she was a prince's daughter with a noble status, so she didn't dare to do anything wrong, so she had to endure it.

When the sisters entered the room, they saw Baochai sitting on the bed, wearing a dark red shoulder-cut and dark purple dress, which made her face pale as paper, her eyes swollen like peaches, she looked weak and delicate, completely different from usual That considerate Baochai.The sisters were a little puzzled, they didn't know what kind of embarrassing thing Baochai could do, but apart from the traces of crying on her face and eyes, Baochai's heart was peaceful and not disturbed, so she was relieved.

Seeing Baochai's appearance, Daiyu sighed in her heart, "Seeing that Sister Bao is generous, calm and considerate in everything, she doesn't seem to be embarrassed. It turns out that she is also weak at times."She is also a woman, with a brother and sister-in-law who are not up to expectations, and it is distressing to have her worry about everything.

Baochai let the three sisters in, and the sisters sat down in a row along the edge of the pit.

Daiyu asked, "Why is Sister Bao so careless that she got sick?"

Her face was full of concern, and Rulu's eyes also showed true feelings, and she swallowed her usual sarcasm.

Baochai's heart felt hot, and the matter flashed through her mind, but she didn't feel guilty at all.She had thought about making a speech earlier, but she calmly said that she was exhausted the past few days and didn't sleep well, so her face was swollen.

Tanchun and Xiangyun saw that she had lost her previous appearance, and it was really uncomfortable to see her, so they put aside Baochai's blame for Daiyu and Xiangyun yesterday.

Tanchun said sincerely: "Sister Bao is all about worrying about the Jia family's affairs, and you are too. Why do everything by yourself, just let the servants do it."

Xiangyun also softened his voice and said: "Sister Bao will rest for a few days, there are still wife and sister Feng in the house."

Baochai smiled slightly and said, "It's not a problem, I'll rest assured that I did it myself, fortunately everything is done."

Baochai got up and went to Daiyu's side, took Daiyu's hand and said, "Xiao'er, I still say the same thing, sister is not around, you have to take care of yourself."

Daiyu's eyes turned red, and she blamed herself for being so talkative to Baochai in the past few days, it turned out that she still missed herself.

Daiyu is the kind of person who can afford it and let it go, so she put her unhappiness behind her and said with a smile: "Sister Bao, Zijuan and the others are in charge of me. I don't think it's hard not to take care of myself. It's still Bao Sister, you should also pay attention to your body and don't work too hard. If there is any work that you can't handle, ask Yinger or Xiangling to send it over, and let Zijuan help with it. Their embroidery skills are also good. I can also embroider two stitches."

Baochai shook her head and said, "I can handle family matters."

The sisters comforted me again, put down the things they brought, and talked for a while.

Aunt Xue brought fruit, and the sisters pushed.

After sitting for a while, Daiyu and others made speeches and walked out.Xia Jingui wandered out of the room without losing the opportunity, said polite words in a high-pitched voice, and looked at Daiyu and the others wantonly.

Sister Daiyu turned into the garden, but saw Xiangling following up, put the manuscript of the poem in Daiyu Xianyu's hand and said: "Miss Lin, I'm going to help in the garden, and you can read this poem for me again." Daiyu had something to say in her eyes, but it was difficult to say it, but her fingers wrote two characters in Daiyu's palm.

Daiyu understood, raised her hand to look at the poem and said: "The artistic conception is good, but the words are not new, you can change it."

A few people turned back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Tanchun, Xiangyun, and Xichun played Go on the chessboard, while Daiyu was full of worries, thinking all the way why Xiangling kept her.

Sitting down, Daiyu was still thinking about it, when at this moment, a voice from outside the door asked, "Is Miss Lin there?"

I saw Chunxian opened the curtain, and Yuanyang and Xiangling walked in with a smile. Seeing the four girls were all there, she said with a smile, "That's great, you happen to be here together. The old lady asked the girl to go to the garden."

Daiyu frowned slightly, she didn't want to go, Xiangyun and Tanchun walked out first with smiles on their faces, Xichun was cold, unable to see happiness or anger, seeing that Daiyu hadn't moved, she said in a cold voice: "Sister Lin, we Let’s go too. It’s our courtesy to go late.”

Daiyu sighed inwardly, and walked out together with Xichun, they walked slowly, far behind Tanchun and Xiangyun.

When she came out, Daiyu called Xiangling who was in front of her and said, "Let's go see Sister Bao tomorrow."

Xiangling said: "I'll tell our girls later."

In Daiyu's heart, she has a family affection for Baochai. Although she is not ashamed of Baochai's character, she can get along with her after all. Now that she is ill, she also misses her.

But in the Grand View Garden, colorful lanterns are hung high, and hibiscus are set up on the mattress, and all the dignitaries and wives are already present.

The four sisters walked lightly, their skirts fluttering and their steps were light and meandering. Tanchun and Xiangzhi came to Jiamu first, and Jiamu smiled like a chrysanthemum and said, "These sisters, when I was born last time, you both I've seen it once."

Daiyu lowered her head slightly, and she and Xichun fell far behind Tan and Xiang. Looking forward, she saw four or five wives dressed as princesses sitting at the same table with Jiamu.

The princesses have already ordered the play, and the peony pavilion is being dressed up on the stage, and the libretto in light clothes is eloquent and slender, lingering in the ears.