The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Compared with the tension in Hengwu Garden, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion is harmonious.

Mrs. Wang led Mrs. Xing to Daoxiang Village on the way, accompanied by Li Wan and Wang Xifeng.Tanchun leads the way and takes Yingchun and Xichun to Xiaoxiang Hall.

Xiaoxiang Pavilion is located at the first stop of the tour route of the Grand View Garden. Bypassing the mirror-faced white stone nominated by Baoyu as "a winding path leading to seclusion", there is a mountain pass, connected to a stone cave, with verdant trees, sparkling exotic flowers, and a clear stream. The depths of flowers and trees zigzagging under the rock gap.Now is the season of blooming spring flowers. When you go out of the pavilion and across the pond, every mountain, every stone, every flower and every tree, are all stunning scenery in the world.Yingchun has never been here before, and she couldn't take her eyes off it for a while, and if she was not careful, she was almost tripped by the stone-filled path under her feet.Tanchun reacted very quickly and leaned forward to support her, and said with a smile, "Second sister, walk slowly."

Yingchun herself was also startled, she raised her head involuntarily, and was about to speak, but saw a powder wall in front of her, with several nuns in it, covered by thousands of green bamboos, it was such a quiet place, she suddenly forgot I want to say something.

Tanchun introduced: "This is the Xiaoxiang Pavilion where Sister Lin lived." Just to fill in the blank of Yingchun, Yingchun took advantage of the situation: "It turns out that this is the 'Youfeng Laiyi'. It really is a beautiful place." When concubine Jia was visiting her relatives that day, although they also accompanied her to the garden, Yingchun was full of thoughts and didn't pay attention to it at all. Even when composing poems, they wrote randomly, only today did they realize how beautiful Feng Laiyi is.

Daiyu's maid, Zijuan, had heard the voices of the girls outside early on, and while reporting to Daiyu, hurriedly greeted her: "Greetings to the second, third, and fourth girls, the girls came just in time, my girl Just now I said that I should go to pay respects to the Eldest Master and the Eldest Wife, but I felt unwell this morning, and I was afraid that I would be sick. After all, the Elder Master has just recovered, so he dare not go there."

Yingchun said: "Father wanted to talk to the old lady and the second master, so he sent us out. It's just right for sister Lin to go later."

Baochai heard the voice in the room, pressed Daiyu who was about to get up, and said with a smile: "You are not feeling well, you are still lying down, wait for me to meet you."

Daiyu said: "Since you have come to my place, how can there be any reason for the host to lie down and entertain guests? Just now, I was already presumptuous in front of Sister Bao. Today is the second sister, who I haven't seen for a long time, and I have to get up."

The two were talking, Xueyan had already opened the bead curtain to let Sanchun into the house.Yingchun heard the conversation between Baochai and Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, just lie down, I'm not an outsider anyway."

Pressed by Baochai, Daiyu sat half leaning and half sitting on the couch in front of the bed. She smiled embarrassedly and said, "Second sister hasn't seen each other for a long time, but I haven't greeted her from afar. It's really rude."

Yingchun stepped forward, Baochai took the initiative to back away half a step, let her sit beside Daiyu, and said with a smile: "I said that Luo'er always thinks too much, sister Ying is not an outsider, and she will pick on you." Reason?" Yingchun's ears twitched slightly, Baochai used to call her the second girl, and occasionally called Ying girl when joking, but now she called Yingmei, and she didn't see her.

Xichun also stepped forward, sat down beside Yingchun, and asked Daiyu, "Sister Lin, why is she not feeling well again? Have you ever invited the imperial physician to see her?"

Daiyu laughed and said: "It's just the seasons change, sometimes it's cold and sometimes it's hot, it's just a cold. It's no big deal, it happens every year, so there's no need to bother the imperial physician anymore." Strictly speaking, the Grand View Garden is qualified to hire an imperial physician Only Shi Taijun was alone.If Lin Daiyu wanted to invite the imperial physician to come to see her illness, she had to report it, and she could only be invited with Shi Taijun's post.For Daiyu, who is dependent on others and has a sensitive mood and delicate emotions, it can be saved as much as possible.

Yingchun frowned and said, "If you want me to tell you, it's a serious matter to ask the imperial doctor to come and have a look. My sister is weak, how can she stand up to this several times over the years?" Lin Daiyu is notoriously weak, every time It takes a few days to be sick every season, and even a healthy person can't stand such a toss, let alone Sister Lin, who will collapse when the wind blows.

Zijuan just came to serve tea, and after hearing Yingchun's words, she said: "Second Miss, at least try to persuade my girl, she won't listen to what we say, and only after Second Miss and Bao Miss talk about it. "Among the girls in the family, they are ranked according to age. Only Baochai and Yingchun are older than Daiyu. The others are all younger sisters, so naturally we can't talk about her.

Daiyu said coquettishly, "It's just you talking too much, and you still haven't brought our good tea to the second sister to drink." Everyone in the Grand View Garden still used the previous address for the big house, although Daiyu knew that Yingchun is now in Ningjia and Rongguo. Everyone in the Hou's mansion is called the eldest lady, but it is inconvenient to mention it at this time, so the old name of "Second Sister" has to be used.

Tanchun didn't intervene all the time, but just followed Baochai and sat down on the embroidered pier that Xueyan had brought. At this time, he took the tea in his hand, held it undrinked, and said in his mouth: "It's so easy for me, the second sister of the original Dao." Come here, let's go to the garden with her, but I don't want Sister Lin to be unwell, so I'm afraid we won't be able to go today."

Baochai said with a smile: "Welcome my sister to move back to Rongguo Hou's mansion, it will be closer, and it will not be difficult to come here every day, don't you worry about not having a chance to go shopping?"

Yingchun smiled slightly and said: "It depends on what the father and mother want." It is estimated that those two are absolutely unwilling to come here every day, so naturally she is not good at coming here by herself.

Hearing Yingchun mentioned Jia Amnesty, Baochai took the opportunity and said: "At the beginning when I heard that the Elder Master was ill, my mother, brother and I were very worried, but it was not convenient to visit. Now the Elder Master is well and has moved back. , we'd better find a chance to visit in person. I don't know if there is any good advice for welcoming my sister? Tell me too, so I can go back and tell my mother."

Yingchun smiled and said: "Brother Xue, if he wants to visit his father, he should post a post on his own, or go to Brother Lian and say, what idea do I have? As for Sister Bao, I know your greetings, and I will definitely go back. Pass it on to my father." Baochai's face froze, and he felt a slight heat on his cheeks, it was because the Xue family used their hot face to stick their cold buttocks, and Dafang didn't want to pay any attention to them at all.

Aunt Xue is a widow, so she has no reason to go to see Jia Amnesty, and she has no friendship with Madam Xing, so even with Wang Xifeng's relationship, she might not be able to say a few words.Not to mention her brother, it would be annoying if he didn't have to be released.She was the only one who could take advantage of her young age to go to Jia Shen to greet her, so as to leave a good impression.But Yingchun rejected her with just one word, which made it impossible for Baochai to carry out her plans, so she had to laugh it off awkwardly and talk about other topics.

It is the end of spring at this time, and there is a solar term called mangzhong, which will be tomorrow. Tanchun is talking to Xichun about setting up various gifts in the Grand View Garden tomorrow to sacrifice to the God of Flowers.When Baochai heard this, she stepped in and invited Xichun and Yingchun to come together.The boudoir is very happy about this festival. The girls in the Grand View Garden started preparing for it a few days ago. Some of them made sedan horses out of petals and willows, or made of silk and brocade gauze. The thread is tied, and it will be tied to the flower tree tomorrow.

Dafang had long forgotten about it because of the rush of moving, Yingchun was not prepared for it at all, Xichun was young, no one mentioned it and forgot about it, when Tanchun said it, he just remembered it.Hearing Baochai's invitation again, he felt embarrassed, bowed his head and said, "I've been living in a muddleheaded way, and I forgot. I'm not prepared yet, it's terrible."

Baochai hurriedly said: "What's the matter, we have prepared a lot, you can just pick up what you like. Or we can borrow the room of the hairpin now, let the maids find some materials, and make some right away. .”

After hearing this, Xichun asked Daiyu, "Sister Lin, can I use the leftover silk and satin here, and give some to my sister and me." She directly called Yingchun to be her elder sister, and she also brought it out at this time.

When Daiyu heard this, she called Zijuan: "Go and get my gauze basket, and let the second and fourth sisters pick some satin gauze to use." Zijuan responded crisply, and went to the room to get something .Everyone sat together and worked together, and soon made some extremely delicate work.

Baochai's female red is very good, and she has the heart to please Yingchun, so she shows her what she made, and taking advantage of Yingchun's spare time, she takes her half-made and continues to make.After Yingchun finished appreciating the flowers Baochai had made, she found that half of the work she had done was almost finished in Baochai's hands.

Yingchun was a little embarrassed, and said, "Thank you, Sister Bao, for your trouble." As she said that, she put down Baochai's work and stretched out her hand to get back her own.Baochai dodged and dodged, and put it back into Yingchun's hands after finishing the last few strokes, and said with a smile: "Sister Ying gave birth to a baby, I think it was because I was busy serving the old man's illness a few days ago, so I didn't do much. Female red."

Seeing that she brought up Jia She's excuse for illness again, Yingchun knew that she still wanted to meet Jia She in the name of asking for peace, but she didn't know the reason. After all, seriously speaking, Jia She had nothing to do with the Xue family. Even Daiyu, the niece of a direct relative, Jia She has never seriously met once, why does Baochai always want to see Jia She?

Yingchun couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it, put down the flowers that Baochai had made for her, reached out to pick up half of the work that Xichun got, and helped to continue, saying: "I was not good at female red, I have always been very good at it." Doing less of these things is better than Sister Bao's." Ignoring Jia She's words, I didn't answer, and only talked about female red.

Baochai didn't know whether Yingchun really didn't understand, or whether she was pretending to be confused with her, but she had already mentioned twice today that she wanted to greet Jia Amnesty, and she really couldn't say any more, otherwise the restraint and reputation of the boudoir would be lost. I had no choice but to give up and find another way.

On the contrary, Xichun is still young, so she can't understand the hidden content of her sisters' words, and she doesn't like to be a female celebrity, so she is happy to have someone help her.Now one of Yingchun is doing it, and the other is Tanchun helping her. Xichun waved her hands and said with a smile: "Tomorrow, the God of Flowers will abdicate, and I need a farewell party. I even forgot about this. I was too confused. Thanks to my sisters." Remind me, otherwise I don’t know what to do tomorrow.” Thinking of Baochai asking them to come to the Grand View Garden to reward the God of Flowers, Xichun’s heart moved. It would be wonderful to make a picture.

Then he asked Yingchun, "Why don't we come over, I want to make a painting."

Yingchun was cutting off the last thread with the small silver scissors in Daiyu's sewing box, when she heard Xichun talking to her, she instinctively turned her head to look, and when she didn't pay attention to someone in her hand, the tip of the scissors slashed towards her palm.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Baochai knocked down in a hurry, saving Yingchun from being injured.However, the scissors that fell off scratched her fingers, and there was a slight bloodstain, Daiyu exclaimed: "Hurry up and get the veil and ointment."

Baochai pressed the bleeding part of her finger, forced a smile and said, "It's all right, I'll be fine after a while."

Yingchun also hurriedly went to look at her hand, and said: "Show me, how bad is the injury?"

Baochai smiled and said, "It's all right, I'll go home and apply some ointment."

Although Daiyu was often ill, there were countless medicines in the room, but there was nothing to treat trauma, so she had to send someone to Baoyu's room to get them.Yingchun was also grateful to Baochai for hurting her, and regretted what she had said to block her twice before, so she took the initiative to say: "Sister Baobao is not good at tying flower branches, let me help."

Xichun saw that she caused a commotion with one word and injured Baochai, so she was afraid, so she couldn't help but hide behind Yingchun, apologizing: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't talk when my sisters are doing their work. Yes." While looking at Baochai, she saw that she was smiling kindly, she didn't mean to blame herself, and she advised her not to care about it, and felt that Sister Bao was really generous and kind, but she looked down on Xue's family in the past It went a few minutes.

In this way, Baochai relied on her own wrists to draw closer to Yingchun and Xichun, the two girls who were the most distant from her. I have to say that the Wang family's blood is indeed strong in terms of life, and the people who want to please , there is no one who can hate them.