The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

After solving the prying eyes of her immediate boss, Ning Shan went home in a happy mood, but as soon as she entered the house, she was informed of a piece of news she didn't like: "Master, all the young ladies from the Rongguo Mansion have come to the house, and they all brought their parcels with them. The maid who is close to her looks like she wants to stay." Ning Ping heard from his family that the eldest lady will entertain the sisters, but his family didn't say that all the young ladies will stay here.Now their family doesn't have a headed mistress at all, only Hou Ye is a decent master, and all the young ladies of the Rongguo Mansion come here with money, neither to welcome them nor to expel them.Butler Song Ping looked at Ning Shan expectantly, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Ning Shan said with a blank expression: "Miss is free, let her come over." Yingchun has always been very measured, he specifically said that he is not allowed to stay overnight, why did he become like this when he returned home?Ning Shan didn't think that Yingchun dared to be obedient to him, and she didn't know if there was a mistake or someone did it on purpose.But no matter what, he is the master of the Ning Mansion. If there is no reasonable explanation, he will not bite his teeth and buy the face of the old lady of Rongguo Mansion just because the other party is a little girl.

Yingchun came very quickly, and as soon as he entered the door, he was crying: "Big brother, the post I wrote didn't say that they were allowed to stay. It was the second wife who forced the maids to pack their bags. I just found out, now But Zensheng is good?"

Ning Shan frowned, the second wife, Jia Wang, was getting more and more out of control, did she think that sending a group of little girls to take the lead would have to accept it?It's just that the little girls are indeed innocent, and Ning Shan still can't do anything to send them all back, but what should be asked is to ask clearly: "Who are all the people who came? Tell me their identities one by one."

Yingchun immediately replied: "The third and fourth younger sisters, together with younger sister Lin and younger sister Shi Jiayun, before leaving the house, sister Bao of the Xue family also came after getting the news." As for where Xue Baochai got the news, there is no need to ask carefully, Jia The group of servants in the family have loose mouths and shallow eyelids. The Xue family has been a money-spreading boy since they lived in Lixiangyuan. For big things and small things, such good things as going out to have fun, of course, running to report the news quickly.Xue Baochai was worried that she would not be able to climb up to the Ning family, now that she has a network, there is no reason not to follow her, she knows that Yingchun has a thin skin and soft ears, so she is not afraid that she will not give her face in public.In fact, Yingchun posted a post for her, but everyone didn't know that Xue Baochai ruined her image of being sensible and decent when she didn't pay attention. At the very least, Xichun didn't have anything good to say about her. of.

Ning Shan confirmed with her one by one: "Are you the ones you invited through the post? It's just that the girl from the Xue family has nothing to do with you? Why did you invite them together? And who is the Shi family?" Jia Amnesty came up with the matter of paying back the money from the family, and asked, "Is it from the Baolinghou family? Or from the Jingzhonghou family?" If it was a girl from the Jingzhonghou family, that's all. It's not good to save his family's face.

Yingchun shook his head and said, "It's the posthumous son of Marquis Baoling. Sister Yun's parents are gone, and now she lives with her second uncle and third uncle's family in turn. It's just that Marquis Jing Zhong moved to other provinces a few years ago, and the whole family took office. The old lady couldn't bear to miss Sister Yun, so she specially kept her. She has been living in Rongguo Mansion since then, and even if she wants to go back to worship ancestors at the end of the year, she can only go back to Baolinghou Mansion."

Ning Shan frowned even tighter, the girl from Jia's family was fine, she and he were brothers and sisters, and Lin's could do with it, after all, she was silly father's niece, but the Xue family couldn't get along with him , the relationship between the historians is far enough, not to mention that the elder of the historians did not get along with the silly father, and often made trouble for the silly father by Jia Shishi, and Ning Shan was not very willing to receive his girls.

"Others are fine, but the Xue family and the Shi family, you find a way to let them go back to Rongguo Mansion by themselves."

Yingchun thought for a while: "Sister Bao is probably very easy. I saw that she didn't bring anything. I think she will go back tonight. It's just that Sister Shi often went to Rongguo Mansion since she was a child, and she was treated the same as Sister Lin. , I really can’t keep one and push the other out.”

Hearing that the girl from Xue's family would not stay, Ning Shan was finally satisfied. This one is quite reasonable. If the relatives of the second room dare to come to live with him for no reason, he will definitely not give face .But he didn't welcome the historian, at least he didn't welcome her to stay.

Yingchun tugged at the hem of her clothes, and said hesitantly: "If we only let Sister Shi go back, I'm afraid she won't be able to hold back." Seeing that Ning Shan didn't seem to welcome Shi Xiangyun, she immediately changed her words and stopped calling her Sister Yun.But face to face with herself, she was still embarrassed to drive back directly, after all, they were also sisters who grew up together, if they wanted to stay, they had to stay.

Seeing Yingchun's embarrassment, Ning Shan raised the corners of her mouth and reluctantly let go: "It's fine to come back in a few days, but you should be more careful next time." Because of her status as an elder, Yingchun couldn't refuse, so she had to ask Mrs. Xing to come forward next time.Now Mrs. Xing is full of confidence, dare to confront Mrs. Wang face to face, even if Shi Taijun scolds her, she will not change.

Yingchun breathed a sigh of relief, and said with an apologetic smile: "There will never be a second time." But it seems that this is not something she can decide, Ning Shan thought to herself, why did she send all the little girls here this time?He originally thought that the Rongguo Mansion was greedy for the Ning family's property, and wanted him to pay a share of the money for the broken garden, so he asked Yingchun to stop talking about the yard, not to ask anything, and not to let them know who the Ning family is now. She is in charge.Yingchun naturally obeyed the order, and ordered Si Qi and others to return the account books and match cards, and arranged for the maid to go to Mrs. Xing if she had something to do in the past few days, and let her take care of it for a few days.Mrs. Xing is also good at controlling power, but Ning Shan doesn't speak up, she dare not make her own claims, now that Yingchun has handed over the board of directors to her, even though she knows it will only be a few days, she is very satisfied.

After arranging various defensive measures, Ning Shan let Yingchun go back. Everyone has come, and it is the Ning family's fault that it is difficult to receive them. Ning Shan will not make this kind of mistake that easily attracts people's tongues .It's just that he called Song Ping again in private, and asked him to guard all the gates connecting the front and back yards. Without his permission, no girls were allowed to come to the front yard, even their maids. Now, if you have something to pass on to the mother-in-law of the Ning family, you are not allowed to walk around in private.Song Ping gave orders one by one, and sent his own wife into the backyard to help the eldest lady make arrangements and guard.

The old house of the Ning family was not a marquis mansion built by imperial edict, so the scale is not as large as Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion, and the building is not so grand, but after the careful tidying up of the mistresses of the past generations, it is also decorated with a special atmosphere.The largest yard in the back house is called Water Fun Garden, which is an interesting word. Several rockeries in it are connected by an inland river that flows around a bend and several landscape lakes. In summer, the cool breeze In bursts, the fields of lotus leaves are full of the wild charm of Jiangnan Water Town.There is a small pavilion called Fenglai Waterside Pavilion in the garden. It is built on Biluo Lake. It is the best place to enjoy the scenery. Yingchun liked it very much when she saw it. Shan knew that she liked it, so she specially asked someone to bring several kinds of lotus flowers that are not commonly seen in Beijing from Jiangnan, and plant them in the pond in the future.

Today, the few people sitting around in Fenglaishui Pavilion are the sisters of Yingchun.Just looking at their appearance and demeanor, they are all first-class in Beijing, with high spirits and witty remarks. It can't be seen that each of them is suffering at home.It's no wonder that they all envy Yingchun and are willing to run to Ningfu.

Everyone was sitting in Fenglaishui Pavilion waiting for Yingchun who was suddenly called away. They watched her coming from the bridge from a distance, and asked hurriedly, "Why is Brother Ning looking for you?" No one had ever seen Ningchun. Shan, I only heard about it from the old lady and others, but they didn't have a good word. Now I'm more or less afraid of him, and I'm afraid that I will offend him if I accept the invitation of Yingchun, but then it will be embarrassing.

Yingchun smiled slightly, took Xichun's hand and walked closer to sit down, said: "It's nothing, I just heard that all the sisters are here, so please ask me to entertain you." Yingchun kept the words of the director of the family in mind, but didn't say it out loud.

Among the crowd, only Jia Tanchun vaguely knew some of Mrs. Wang's intentions, but he didn't say anything. He just echoed everyone's jokes and watched the scenery for a while. Here, how about going to the garden?" Yingchun's heart tightened, and when she heard the word "yuanzi", she thought it was about to start, and hurriedly said: "It's only past noon, and the sun is shining in Nuoda. Whoever wants to go out, it's not too soon." Follow me into the house." At the same time, he told Si Qi: "It's time to pass tea, let them put it in Fenglin Xiaozhu." This is the most shady room in the Water Fun Garden, and it is only for summer garden enjoyment It is used to rest one's feet after the scene, but no one goes there in winter.

Lin Daiyu also very much agreed with Yingchun's idea: "Very well, I've been shopping for half a day, and I don't have the energy to go shopping again, but I want to ask my second sister for a cup of good tea."

Tanchun and Baochai also agreed with the idea of ​​welcoming the spring, they had no other ideas, they just thought that the guests could do whatever they wanted, although the Ning family and the others had visited a few times, they always came together during the Spring Festival feast for the ladies in Beijing Yes, it was just a gathering of their own sisters like today, and it was the first time for them to meet, and because they were afraid of Ning Shan, they didn't dare to walk around at will, for fear of committing a taboo.

Seeing that no one agreed with her idea, Shi Xiangyun felt bored, curled his lips, and followed him into the house for tea after all.

Si Qi brought the little girls to serve refreshments, and the sisters ate and chatted. Because of Ning Shan's instructions, Yingchun tried her best to avoid mentioning the garden repair in Rongguo Mansion, so she talked about her eldest grandson who went to the Ministry of Officials a while ago As for the girl's birthday banquet, the minister was also a lover of antiques, and he was the biggest of the big shots Jia She made friends with. Unfortunately, his eyesight was not very good, and he couldn't always pick out the real ones.Jia She served as his adviser twice, and he was introduced as a close friend, but since the officials and the military were in charge of each other, it was inconvenient to communicate too much, so he invited the female family members of the mansion to play, and the two took the opportunity to meet and chat about some gold and stone antiques appreciative things.Yingchun went there once with Mrs. Xing, and once by himself. His family is from Qingliu, and the family background is not too rich. It was after the Minister of the Ministry of Officials became a servant. Yijue, Yingchun went there twice, but I didn’t want to talk too much today, so as not to drag the garden of Jia’s family, so I focused on talking about which nobles his granddaughter went to for her birthday, and who’s home The concubine sent someone to release the congratulatory gift. Yingchun was not a person who was good at talking. Today, in order not to lose the initiative, she tried her best. From the time she sat down to drink tea, she kept talking and talking until she could have dinner When it was time, I was almost too tired to open my mouth.

For a while, I had dinner in Yingchun courtyard, and went to greet Mrs. Xing together.After morning and evening meditation, Yingchun arranged for her mother-in-law to send Xue Baochai back to the mansion. Xue Baochai thanked her with a smile, saying that there is no need to bother, as the servants of Xue's family will come to pick her up.Yingchun sent Xue Baochai away with all the sisters, watched her go away in a sedan chair, and put her back. Yingchun arranged for everyone to live in Lingshayuan, which is the nearest small courtyard to her boudoir, Anxiang Shuying Building. Three bright and two dark five main rooms, spacious enough, Yingchun arranged for Tanchun Xichun to live in the east, and let Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun live in the west, seeing the maids serving all the sisters into the house, he let out a sigh of relief and went back to his own room, He sighed and said, "I feel tired just today, how can I be better in the next few days? I just hope that no one will mention the garden, so I can relax."

Xiuju comforted: "Girl, take a break, anyway, it's tomorrow's business, and it's never too late to think about it tomorrow."

Si Qi also said: "Let's just look at tricks and tricks, not to mention it may not have anything to do with Yuanzi, why should the girl get upset so early on?"

Yingchun leaned on the head of the bed, let the little girl beat her legs, lowered her head for a while and said: "Nowadays, I don't understand that family anymore." Si Qi Xiuju knew that she was talking about the Rongguo Mansion , I didn't dare to answer for a while, the room gradually became quiet, Yingchun sighed again, turned her head away, turned her head to face the tent, and fell into a deep sleep.