The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

During this period, Wang Shanbao's family, who was inquiring, heard the news from the fast-talking Mrs. Xing, turned around and told Si Qi, and Si Qi ran to report to her own lady without stopping for a moment.Yingchun was anxious and afraid, so she went to discuss with Daiyu.Daiyu was also full of fear, so she wanted to go to Princess Yinghua to ask Nanny Hua for advice, but Xichun, who was taking a nap at the back, overheard her.So, when everyone knew about it, they rushed to Mrs. Xing's place to discuss it.

It happened that Jia Amnesty had a rare chance to set foot in Mrs. Xing's main room, and she was very serious when she heard it.Jia Amnesty has no opinion on whether or not his girl should enter the palace to pay respects to Concubine Zhen and guard her spirit, he just resolutely does not allow Princess Yinghua to bring his grandson into the palace to enjoy bad luck.Yingchun and the others also understood this truth, knowing that no matter what, the princess should not be allowed to cry, lest it affect the body.But they were also really afraid of entering the palace, so they surrounded Mrs. Xing and begged her to help find a way.After all, under the premise that the princess cannot be informed, Mrs. Xing is the second mistress of the family.

Mrs. Xing enjoyed being asked very much, so she thought about it seriously, and said slowly: "Can't we just send the youngest fourth girl?" Although Mrs. Xing couldn't understand that Yingchun and Daiyu were afraid of being seen by the emperor Among them, I refuse to "do not make progress" that once flew to the branches, but there is still a solution. Send a young one, the emperor will not like it anyway.Mrs. Xing felt that her idea was very good.

Xichun is not so afraid of entering the palace, and she is willing to help her sisters, especially it sounds like she is helping the princess's sister-in-law. This is something to be proud of for Xichun who has become closer and closer to Princess Yinghua matter.At that moment, Xichun said, "I'll go if I go, but I don't know the rules! What if I do something wrong?" After all, the palace is still mysterious and majestic in the eyes of everyone, even though Ning Shan and Princess Yinghua have always Lead them to show contempt or at least nonchalant towards the palace and royal family.

Yingchun took Xichun's hand, although he was restless, he still tried his best to maintain the demeanor of the eldest sister, and said as calmly as possible: "Don't worry about who will go, I think big brother will help push it away, no one needs to go Woolen cloth."

Mrs. Xing was not happy that the method she had worked hard to think of was rejected, and said stubbornly: "We don't know what the uncle is going to do. What if we are too busy to get away? We can solve the small things by ourselves, isn't it? Let the uncle rest assured?"

Jia Amnesty likes others to make his elder son feel at ease, and he agreed after hearing the words: "Madam is right, you can settle small matters by discussing them yourself, so don't bother Shan'er." The most important thing is, if Shan'er repeatedly refuted the emperor's intention. What should the emperor do if the emperor is angry and insists on asking Princess Yinghua to enter the palace to guard the spirit?His precious grandson can't stand such a toss.

After Jia Amnesty spoke, Yingchun and Daiyu didn't dare to disobey, so they followed Mrs. Xing's idea to think of a solution: "If it's just about the rules and etiquette, it's easy to handle, just ask the princess's sister-in-law to borrow Madam Hua to train you." , and it's cheaper to have Nanny Hua accompany you when you enter the palace."

Daiyu suggested: "You are young and careless. After entering the palace, you will complain of illness after two or three days. You only say that you are tired, or you have collided with something. This is taboo in the palace. You don't need to ask for help. I should drive you home."

Madam Xing was afraid that she would offend the palace, so she hastily stopped Daiyu and said, "Sister Lin, don't talk nonsense, you are so courageous, you dare to make trouble in the palace? You don't have to burden the family."

Jia She was quite in favor of it: "It is said that children have clear eyes and can see things that adults can't see. Unfortunately, at this age, my sister can still do it." Mrs. Xing immediately shut up when she saw that Jia She agreed.

Seeing that everyone had unified their opinions, Yingchun concluded: "Then let's make a decision, let's ask Madam Hua to teach Xi'er the basic rules of the palace first, and then Yu'er will look through your miscellaneous medical books and so on. Yes, let's see what kind of people are hit by this situation? How does it look when you are sick? First teach Xi'er to practice pretending to be sick. I will go to the princess's sister-in-law and ask her to borrow a nanny."

Jia She clapped his hands: "Okay, since we have settled all the problems verbally, then I will take the first step, sir." Concubine Zhen passed away, and after her death, she was posthumously named Huanggui Taifei. It means that these ministers also have to dress plainly.Master, his plain clothes haven't been finished yet, so he has to go to the body and wait for someone to cut the clothes.

Jia She ran to find the eldest son with his own size, wanting to express his positivity, and by the way, asked for credit for helping solve the little girls' troubles.In the end, Ning Shan blocked her back with a single sentence: "What are you going to do? If it belongs to the imperial concubine, she is just a concubine. Yinghua was born to the empress first, and she is not from a humble background like the little woman on the dragon chair. Is it necessary to mourn for a concubine?"

Taishanghuang's posthumous title is really a bit disgusting. Although he said that his main purpose was to disgust Imakami, he forgot to accidentally disgust Yinghua.Ning Shan strongly suspected that the Supreme Emperor had become addicted to chasing after Prince Yizhong's lineage a while ago, and wanted to pursue it personally.

Jia She was taken aback by Ning Shan's sudden anger, and asked after a while: "Then you are saying that none of them are going to be sent to the palace? Although it seems a bit irrelevant to say so, But Shan'er, it's better not to argue with the emperor over some trivial matters. After all, he is the emperor, and if he is in a hurry, what should he do if he makes the princess cry in the palace? You raise those little girls with gold and jade, and occasionally It should be of some use!"

Ning Shan frowned and said, "You don't know why the emperor recruited people into the palace. If it's just to make Concubine Zhen cry, I won't stop her."

Jia Amnesty said inwardly: "I can't do it. I just fell in love with our girl and want to stretch out the wolf's claws."He used to do this a lot, and when he fell in love with that maid, he would find an excuse and transfer to serve by his side. From time to time, he would touch her little hand and hug her waist, and give some rewards from time to time. After a while, he could get it with half a push.Although he also felt that the new emperor even took advantage of the funeral of the imperial concubine, it was really too hungry, but it was not incomprehensible!

Jia She, who thought he had figured out the emperor's mind, said in a big way: "Shan'er, you believe in father, don't care what the emperor is up to, but it's a pity that at such a young age, she doesn't look like she's opened anywhere. He couldn't keep his mouth shut."

Ning Shan rolled her eyes and said with a half smile but not a smile: "It seems that Dad has a lot of experience."

Old Jia She blushed, and hurriedly changed the subject: "If you want me to say, this is the way to do it. The girls have started to practice bumping into others and pretending to be sick. At any rate, let them show their performance, which is considered a kindness." The important thing Yes, don't force yourself to disagree with the emperor, I'm so frightened that the old man is frightened, he's always afraid that his grandson will be hurt, Jia She added silently in his heart.

Ning Shan rolled Jia She's eyes again, but she didn't refute anymore, but ordered someone to call Xi Chun, and wanted to ask her what she thought face to face.

Xichun came here excitedly, saluted in a dignified manner, then got up immediately, and said happily: "Brother Ning, I can also help the princess's sister-in-law, don't worry, Nanny Hua and I'm pretty smart for Mother Yue, so I'll learn palace rules and etiquette right away, and I'm sure I'll be fine in dealing with the situation."

What Ning Shan wanted to say was finished by Xi Chun, at the moment she just felt angry and funny, but her heart was really warm, the little girls in the family were all very nice, not unfamiliar white-eyed wolves, so he could rest assured a lot.What's more, Xichun took the initiative to invite Ying with such high interest, and it was hard to turn it down so quickly, so she asked Xichun not to be too tired, and let Nanny Hua accompany her when she entered the palace, and emphasized again, as long as she didn't directly offend her. The Supreme Emperor, the people around him don't need to be afraid, so let her be at ease.After hearing this, Xichun became even more joyful, nodded her head viciously, and rushed back excitedly.

Daiyu seized the time to look through the miscellaneous notes in the book at hand, and found out many allusions about beating ghosts that might be encountered during folk funerals, and told Xichun one by one.Yingchun then helped train how to pretend to be sick, pretending to be out of mind after being frightened.This is quite similar to taciturnity and timidity. Yingchun used to be the best at being cowardly and silent, and when encountering some things, she would be cautious. She had already summed up a set of experience, and she used it to train Xichun to be extremely handy.

The note about the Ning family's unwillingness to send someone into the palace to mourn the spirit was not approved after all, and Ning Shan thought about it carefully, and did not go to the Supreme Emperor again.Just like what the silly father said, there is no benefit in offending the palace repeatedly for trivial things, not to mention that the noble concubine sounds like she has been honored and favored for many years, who knows if the emperor will be sad for a while, but insists on letting Yinghua enter the palace It's too late to worship.

So, Xichun followed Mrs. Xing and started her journey into the palace.

At the same time, Yuan Chun in the palace couldn't bear the emperor's repeated urging, so he sent a young eunuch to serve him personally in the Grand View Garden to announce Tanchun and Baochai to enter the palace.

When Mrs. Wang saw the young eunuch, she first asked about Yuan Chun's situation, and then said that because Tan Chun was worried about her eldest sister, she also fell ill, and now she can't get up and enter the palace.She also wanted to find some reason to stop Baochai. After all, Xue's family gave her a silver note of [-] yuan to send her into the palace. On the contrary, Baochai's candidate quota was erased.At the beginning, I did that because I was afraid that Baochai's beauty would hinder Yuanchun. Now that Baochai has grown up and looks more beautiful, Yuanchun is no longer the favorite of the past, and even his status has been demoted.Mrs. Wang had forgotten that the person who caused Yuan Chun to step down was herself, but she was afraid of Baochai.

The young lady was a little anxious when she heard that Tanchun couldn't enter the palace. He hadn't been in the palace for a long time, and he was very lucky to be sent to serve the concubine master and not have a bad temper.This is the first time he has been out of the palace on business, and he was afraid that if he did not do well, he would lose his current status, so before Mrs. Wang finished speaking, he opened his mouth and said anxiously: "This is the empress in the palace recruiting someone to serve the sick, and the lady does not say that she is good at taking care of her." Daughter, so that she can enter the palace to serve the empress, is she actually allowing her to be bedridden due to illness?"

Mrs. Wang was choked up immediately, isn't this blatantly saying that she is unkind?If this person didn't come from the palace, if he wasn't sent by his daughter, Madam Wang would want to scold him.But now I can't scold, and I have to find a way to restore my reputation.Then he cried: "How can I not love my daughter?" It is worth debating who the daughter is talking about. Fortunately, no one is thinking about it at the moment, only to hear Mrs. Wang crying loudly: " It's just that birth, old age, sickness and death are all involuntary, even the imperial concubine, with such a status, such great favor, and the care and care of the imperial physicians with the best medical skills in the world, isn't it impossible to escape death? We Such a third-rate family is now disqualified to hire an imperial doctor, and my daughter is sick, and I feel heartbroken, but there is nothing I can do..."

The little eunuch had a headache from crying, cut off Mrs. Wang's cry, and said impatiently: "We don't care if there is anything we can do, and we will report it to Empress Ming. Since Miss Jia cannot enter the palace, where is Miss Xue? Madam, call someone here quickly, so our family can go back to do business."

Mrs. Wang was completely unwilling to let Baochai enter the palace, but she had already played tricks to stop Tanchun before, and she might not do it again.She hadn't received her imperial order yet, and temporarily lacked confidence in front of the palace people, so she had no choice but to reluctantly order the servant girl to find Baochai.

When Baochai learned that the palace had sent someone to pick her up, she felt overwhelmed and almost couldn't control herself.Fortunately, Mrs. Wang's face is very calming. As soon as she saw Mrs. Wang, Baochai's thoughts were all put away, and she acted extremely dependent on Mrs. Wang and was timid about entering the palace.Mrs. Wang is used to seeing Baochai who is generous, calm and decent. When she saw this submissive and even a little shy and even faded appearance in front of her, she was taken aback for a moment, then she relaxed and sneered: "Sure enough, he is from a merchant." , not on the table.So he put it down and let Baochai be taken away.

Aunt Xue later learned that when her daughter was picked up by the palace, she hurried to come and failed to see each other, so she deeply hated Mrs. Wang for being unfeeling.Mrs. Wang didn't know that the Xue family's mother and daughter had turned against her now, so she comforted Aunt Xue and said, "When Yuanchun gets better, I'll ask her to send Chai back. When the time comes, you mother and daughter will have nothing to say, so don't cry." gone."

Aunt Xue forced an expression of gratitude on her face, but she thought angrily in her heart: Who used you to pretend to be a good person?Who used your daughter to send someone out?My daughter is going to enter the palace now, she will definitely be favored, she will wear a phoenix robe, go home to visit her relatives, and let's see how you can ruin my Baochai's future.

Baochai entered the palace to attend to concubine Jia's illness, and she was not allowed to take her maid with her. She was alone, dressed in plain clothes, and even the hairpin rings and jewelry were ordered to be taken off. There are no accessories, and no sachets are allowed besides the purse around the waist.Baochai lowered her eyebrows and obeyed one by one.The nuns were sent to visit the queen only after they passed the inspection. Only with the queen's approval could they go to see Yuanchun.

In order to prevent the girls from Ningshan's mansion from entering the palace, the queen did not make things difficult for Baochai, and sent them to Fengzao Palace after only asking a few words.Baochai was originally afraid that Jia Bin's betrayal at the beginning would make the queen angry and make things difficult for her, but she didn't want to. She just gave a few words of admonition as if going through the motions, and was sent away without even looking at her.

While Baochai rejoiced in her heart, she also secretly made up her mind that she would never play such a small role to be despised by others again.Entering the palace this time, she was determined to break the boat, no matter what, she must try to stay in the palace.

Full of ambition, Baochai stepped into the gate of Fengzao Palace.The main concubine Qing is not here, and she has already gone to cry for Concubine Zhen.On the contrary, Yuanchun met Baochai before he went today because of his unwell health. However, he didn't say a few words before someone came to send a message, ordering all the concubines to cry.

Baochai stepped forward to support Yuanchun with winking eyes, she was courteous but not flattering, after all she was Jiapin's cousin and not a servant.It wasn't until he started to feel that Yuan Chun's arms were a little swollen, soft when pressed, and the flesh was bulging.Looking at the complexion again, it was only when she got closer that she realized that even thick powder could not cover up her bluish-black complexion, and she was also haggard.Baochai couldn't help shivering, her heart was slightly shaken, but she was immediately suppressed by herself.