The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Borrowing from Grandma Liu to promote the new crop was more successful than Ning Shan thought, and now Ning Shan is waiting for the local government to discover the benefits of the new crop and report it to the court.However, considering the government's consistent efficiency in handling affairs, it is estimated that Princess Yinghua will have a little faith in it after she has given birth to a child, and after a full moon and a hundred days, she is sure that she can stand and support her.

It's better this way, let's pick that time and let the Taishang Huang suffer.Once he finds out that what he has discarded like a shoe can give Ning Shan such a high prestige among the people, he will dare to hit his son's idea.If not, then it will not be certain what Jiang Shan's surname will be.

Ning Shan, who was in a good mood, became even happier after seeing Princess Yinghua eat the pickled vegetables sent by Grandma Liu, and her appetite gradually increased, thinking how to thank Grandma Liu.That day, the whole family finished dinner and were sitting and talking when Ning Shan suddenly mentioned this incident and asked Yingchun, "Your sister-in-law enjoyed the pickled vegetables that Grandma Liu sent, I was thinking how to thank her It's just that it doesn't seem appropriate to give money now, what can you do?"

In fact, he originally hoped that the little butler at home would find some suitable cloth, clothing and other daily necessities to send to him, so that he would appear more cordial and caring, but unexpectedly, Yingchun had other ideas.She pointed at Xichun with a smile and said, "I don't need anything else, just let Xi'er quickly draw the painting that she promised Grandma Liu."

Ning Shan didn't understand, so she asked what the painting was about.Yingchun and Daiyu spoke to each other, laughing and telling Grandma Liu the garden tour and fairy descending to earth picture that Xichun promised to give her when she came to Rongfu last year.After hearing this, Ning Shan also smiled and said to Xi Chun: "So, I have to trouble sister Xi a lot."

Xichun covered her face with a handkerchief, and said helplessly, "It's all because of my fast talk, I just found something for myself to do." Although she likes to draw, she loves to paint when she's happy, and when she's usually lazy, she doesn't even write a pen. Willing to move.It's just that Ning Shan spoke up now, she couldn't help but not do it.

Princess Yinghua sat and listened for a long time, and finally figured out the relationship, so she volunteered: "The old lady kindly made those food for me, I should thank her too. Xi sister, if you are busy But come here, I'll help you draw, I used to draw those statues of Buddha and Avalokitesvara in Buddhist halls, although I'm not good at painting landscapes, but I can still draw figures."

Princess Yinghua is cold by nature and doesn't like to talk. She usually just listens to everyone talking for a long time. Today, she suddenly interrupted with such interest, and Xichun was so surprised that she couldn't react for a while.

Yingchun's reaction was quick, but she was worried about Princess Yinghua's belly: "Princess sister-in-law, can you hold on? Didn't the imperial doctor say you need to rest?"

Princess Yinghua turned her head to look at Nanny Hua. She herself didn't know how to raise her baby when she was pregnant. Everything was arranged by Nanny Hua.

Nanny Hua thought about it, and felt that she would not be tired just by drawing a few strokes, and seeing that the uncle is very grateful to the grandma, and now she is doing things for the uncle, the princess's performance is icing on the cake, so she nodded and said : "It's possible, as long as you work and rest according to the time every day, be careful not to get tired." He said to Yingchun and Daiyu: "Why don't Miss Lin and Miss Lin come together? Everyone helps, Miss Xi can also save money." It saves effort and appears harmonious."

Yingchun waved her hands and smiled, "It's fine if it's anything else, but I'm really not good at painting, so I don't have to delay people."

Daiyu said modestly: "Although I'm not very good at it, I can probably help with color mixing, dipping a pen and grinding ink, etc."

Princess Yinghua curiously said, "I'm not asking you to paint, but to let others paint you. Didn't they say that grandma wants a picture of the two of you as a fairy descending to the mortal world? Come and show me a picture, and I will draw according to it." Yingchun Daiyu blushed immediately after she said a word, but Xichun clapped her hands and smiled and said, "Good princess and sister-in-law, I ask you to draw. I said I want to draw, but my sisters refused to let me. It's time for you to punish them."

Yingchun raised her hand to cover Xichun's mouth, and said with a smile: "You talk too much, why is your mouth so idle, is it because you haven't had enough of your feelings just now?" Daiyu picked up a slice of peach that goes with tea, towards Xichun She stuffed it into her mouth, and shouted with a smile: "Let me stick her mouth."

Mrs. Xing hurriedly shouted: "Girls, watch the place when you are fighting, don't bump into the table, and then bump into the princess."

Mother Hua hurriedly said: "It's all right, girls often play and play, if it's not for the princess's weight, I'm afraid she would like to play together too." She knew very well that these little girls in the family were in front of Ning Shan They are all decent, so they never dare to take big things, and often persuade Princess Yinghua to talk and joke with them more.It's just that Princess Yinghua was born with few words, and the past days were also dull, so she didn't know what to say for a while.

Fortunately, Yingchun and the others felt sorry for her weight, and she had to rest. She was bored by herself, so they went to see her every day, and often chatted and laughed with her. They came and went, and they all understood the princess's character, but she was too quiet, but not arrogant. , It's not difficult to get along with, and gradually a little bit of affection comes out.

Mrs. Xing also sat with Princess Yinghua every day, chatting about children, but she had never given birth or raised children, and even Yingchun and Jia Cong were not in her name, so There is not much experience to teach others.It's just that she felt that she lived and ate at Ning's house, but it didn't seem very good to do nothing, so she forced to find something to do, looking for something to comfort her, but it was some short gossip from parents and mother Hua. It's easy to talk to.

If it is said that she can take care of pregnant women, she must belong to Yingchun's nurturing mother, Yuemao, who is now lent to Princess Yinghua to help with confinement, and only says that she will return to Yingchun after the delivery is over.Mother Yue was busy taking care of Princess Yinghua, so the parenting classes of Yingchun and the others stopped, so she had a lot of time every day, besides being with Princess Yinghua, she just went to play in the garden.There are also some people who have a good relationship with Ning Shan, or people who only see Ning Shan's high status and power, and they often post invitations.For this kind of invitation, Ning Shan usually only chooses some suitable people to go, and the others are either rejected, or Jia Amnesty comes forward.On the female side, Mrs. Xing was in charge of singing with Jia Shefu, and Yingchun and the others just went to play with the girls they liked, and didn't need to pay too much attention to the division of factions.

Going out to play more, not only seeing more scenery, but also interacting with people more.Fortunately, Daiyu is following Yingchun now, and many girls know that Baoyu's fame has spread far and wide, but for the sake of Ning Shan and Duke Huguo's mansion, they will not say anything in person, but they still have some gossip behind their backs , In the end, let Daiyu know Baoyu's good deeds, and she didn't cry a few times.

One day, Daiyu was sitting alone in the depths of the garden, remembering that Baoyu had passed on her poems to many princes and young masters on a fan, she couldn't help crying.It happened that day that Princess Yinghua felt in good health, and she went for a walk in the garden when she heard crying. When she got closer, she found that it was Daiyu.

When she asked the reason carefully, although Daiyu didn't want to say it, she didn't dare to hide it from the princess, so she said it hesitantly, crying at the same time.Unexpectedly, Princess Yinghua said disapprovingly: "They want a good reputation because they have nothing else but a good reputation. What are you afraid of? Just look at you living in this mansion now, is there anyone else who dares to give you shame? see?"

Nanny Hua tried her best to pull twice, but she still couldn't stop Princess Yinghua's quick words: "Don't say that this kid caused you harm. How is it? You are also the Lin family of Gusu, the daughter of the Five Dynasties Liehou, the only daughter of the Yan Yushi, and now the girl of the Huguo Gongfu, are you afraid that you will not be able to marry in the future? I also have no good reputation, my mother. I didn’t remember anything when I died, not to mention being rejected by my father and brother because of Kemu’s reputation. Later my elder brother rebelled and everyone knew about it. I was angered and thrown to the cold palace. To the great general of the dynasty? So, what are you afraid of?"

Daiyu's face was red when she was told, she wasn't thinking about marrying at all, okay?But being enlightened like this, I can hardly laugh or cry, but Princess Yinghua's words are very pleasant to my ears, anyway, it is not my fault, and no one dares to talk to my face, so why should I go into a dead end again?It's just that Baoyu can't get along with each other anymore, and he doesn't want to go to the Grand View Garden anymore. In the future, he will just follow the rules and do things, and his reputation will have to be judged by others.

Daiyu, who was untied in a daze, was indeed a lot more cheerful, but her behavior was also much more cautious than before.I often pay special attention to my words when joking and joking with girls from other families. I no longer speak quickly, but I have to be strong. Even when I write poems, I have restrained myself a lot.After going back and forth, he became more harmonious with others, even his temper changed a lot, and he became more easy-going and generous.

After a few days of peace and quiet, on this day, Jia Zhen suddenly came to the door and said she wanted to see Mrs. Xing.At that time, Jia Amnesty and his son had already gone to court, Jia Zhen was resting at home because of his shift, but Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were on duty.Although Mrs. Xing was older than Jia Zhen in seniority, she was not much older, so she didn't dare to meet just like this for a while, so she sent Xichun to ask.

Xichun came back after going away for a long time, saying that Jia Zhen had already gone back, and came to see Mrs. Xing because she heard that Mrs. Xing's relatives had gone to Beijing, and asked her if she wanted to meet?Should I take it to Ronghou's mansion, or to the Duke Huguo's mansion.

Mrs. Xing pondered for a long time before saying: "Could it be that my brother and sister-in-law brought their daughter Xiuyan to Beijing?" Xichun frowned and said: "My brother didn't say his name, why don't I send someone to ask?"

Following Xichun's entry into the painting, he interjected: "I asked the servant who followed the uncle, and it seems to be a lady with such a name. In addition, there is the widowed aunt of the second grandmother with two daughters, and Wang Ren, the elder brother of our second grandmother. The uncle is also going to Beijing, and several families have come together. Now I heard that they are still outside the city, and they will enter the city in about two days."

Madam Xing was full of boredom, and couldn't help saying: "Ask the master, I can't make up my mind." Now she is staying in the mansion of the Protector of the country with the master, so why should she bring her relatives here?She's not so blind-eyed yet.

After hearing this, Xichun went back to the house to find someone to bring Jia Zhen a message, only saying that Mrs. Xing could not decide, and asked him to go to Jia Amnesty.

Jia Zhen has always hugged Ning Shan's thigh very tightly. Seeing that he is very considerate to Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing, she came here to ask this question specifically to please her.Seeing that Mrs. Xing refused to speak now, he naturally would not be foolish to poke this siege, so he just told Jia Lian to ask Sister Feng's intentions before deciding whether to go to Wang Ren and others to recognize relatives.

Jia Lian immediately went to look for Ning Shan at the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Ning Shan was looking through the unsolved cases accumulated a few years ago, and she was upset. After hearing this, she ordered someone to pack Jia Amnesty and throw it back to Ronghou's mansion. Went there, and said: "Since it's the master's business, let him deal with it before coming back."

Jia Amnesty was thrown back to Jia Lianfeng's son in a daze, and met Mrs. Xing's eldest brother, Xing Zhong.Hearing the complaints about asking for money, land, and family business, he impatiently dumped the stall to Jia Lian, ordered him to report after finishing the matter, and then strolled back graciously.

Jia Lian, Sister Feng and his wife were left behind, dumbfounded.It's okay for Wang Ren to run after the prince. Now that the prince has left the capital, he can just catch up with his family.But what should Xing Zhong's family do? Go to Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing.

Then came Aunt Xue from the Lixiangyuan, who sent her personal servant girl to report that a pair of children from her brother-in-law's family had entered the capital and had no place to live.He also secretly told them that all three of Li Wan's widowed sister-in-law's family, mother and daughter, were kept by Shi Taijun, and their family's Xue Baoqin was also very fond of Shi Taijun, so she insisted on making Mrs. Wang her goddaughter.Finally, I reminded him that Shi Taijun probably wanted to call back all the little girls who had gone to the Huguogong's mansion for the family banquet, because Baoyu was at home seeing Tian'er's commotion and wanted to see Sister Lin.

Sister Feng understood as soon as she heard this, and immediately asked Jia Lian to settle Xing Zhong's family in Zhuangzi first, and then she got up to report to the Duke Huguo's mansion.She just made a mistake a few days ago, and now she just makes up for it.

Sure enough, when she said it in the past, the three little girls frowned in disgust, and none of them wanted to deal with Baoyu again.Princess Yinghua didn't like this person because she saw Baoyu's actions that made Daiyu cry and swell her eyes a few days ago, so she said to Sister Feng: "Just say that I will leave them at home to accompany me. What kind of trouble does Baoyu want to make? Tell him to come to this palace to make a fuss? I want to see if he is more noble than me, or what?"

Yingchun said with disgust: "Princess sister-in-law, please don't see him. She's a fool all day and only likes my daughter's family to accompany him to joke and amuse you. I don't have to offend you."

Princess Yinghua said disapprovingly, "Am I easy to bully? If he dares to hit me, I'll ask Ren Daguangzi to slap him. Who dares to say anything?"

Daiyu imagined the scene for a while, and couldn't help laughing "puchi", and said: "Although I can get revenge afterwards, it's better not to be bumped after all. It's better not to see that idiot."

Having said that, Princess Yinghua became curious instead: "I heard something in the palace, that Jia Baoyu was born different from other people, and was born with a piece of jade in his mouth? Is this true?"

Yingchun said: "It's not true, we don't know much about it, they are all about the same age, who remembers what happened when he was born? But we have all seen that piece of jade, especially the special one, but it is not considered What kind of top-grade beautiful jade, but the old ladies and wives at home think that the jade is as important as the lifeblood, but Baoyu himself doesn't care much, and falls and smashes every now and then. If the jade is strange, it is probably because of its texture It was hard, and I smashed it several times, but I didn't say it was broken a little bit."

Xichun said: "Since the princess's sister-in-law heard about it in the palace, why didn't she ask Jia Pin? She is Baoyu's own sister. I heard that she took him with her when she was a child. She must know."

Princess Yinghua curled her lips, picked up a rose and pine nut candy, and said vaguely: "I don't like any of those concubines and concubines in the harem, and I don't even want to see them face to face. Talk?" Speaking of concubines, I suddenly thought of another thing: "Aren't you all going to be drafted? Let me tell you, let's find a way to avoid it. The palace is not a good place, it's dirty and dirty. Tight, what are you doing with your personality, talent and appearance, where are you going to roll in some pickle den?"

Nanny Hua hurriedly patted her on the shoulder, saying that the talent show was really inappropriate in front of the little girls, but Yingchun and the others knew that although her words were a little out of control, she had a good heart and was willing to appreciate it.

Daiyu was the first one to say: "I heard Yuemao said earlier that the palace probably doesn't like me with my life experience, and I don't expect to be chosen, but my sister is afraid..."

Yingchun curled her lips and said: "I don't have a good reputation. Even the servants at home talk about me and call me 'Er Mutou'. What does the palace want a person like me to do? Otherwise, I have to be filial to the former prince now , This year’s draft has been suspended, and it’s unknown if there will be one next year. At worst, I’ll pretend to be sick, and if the past three years pass, I’m afraid I’m too old.”

Xichun counted with her fingers for a while, and said, "Sister, you have to pass two years before you exceed your age."

Yingchun said disapprovingly: "Then pretend to be sick twice. There is a sick beauty right in front of me. I will follow suit from now on, and I will be able to imitate it when the time comes."

Daiyu was so angry that she tossed the handkerchief away: "What are you talking about, what are you doing with me?"

Princess Yinghua doesn't care about how they plan to avoid the draft, as long as she knows that these little girls will not enter the harem of her embarrassing imperial brother: "As long as you don't become concubines, I don't think it will be too late. I will see you in the palace." However, these words were not fulfilled in the end, and they will all live in the palace in the future, so they will see each other every day.