every spring [comprehensive]

Mrs. Xue was so anxious that she almost fainted. Xue Baochai hurriedly supported her and said, "Speak clearly, what's going on!"

The servant said: "Originally, my master Xiumu passed by South Street on his way home today. He didn't want to run into an acquaintance. The two of them quarreled for some reason. Later, everyone fought. I passed by the city, and when I saw it, I arrested the uncle."

Xue Baochai fixed her eyes and said, "Who is the other party? Did he only arrest my brother?"

The servant said: "The other party is the prince of Marquis Wuchang, the son of Princess Heshuo. The officers and soldiers only arrested the uncle."

Xue Baochai asked: "My elder brother was only arrested, and you were still allowed to report back. Did he say anything before he left?"

The servant said: "Master said let's tell Madam and Miss slowly, so Madam won't worry."

Mrs. Xue said quickly: "Pan'er has caused a catastrophe now. I thought he had changed for the better and stopped fighting with others. Who knew that he would find a status and status after a fight, so what? That's right, I'll go to Jia's mansion quickly and let your aunt and Lian'er send money to the government to inquire about what's going on."

Xue Baochai said: "Mother doesn't need to be anxious about this matter. My brother has an official status, so they fight in the street. The court has its own rules, so it shouldn't be too serious. It's just that the identity of the other party is a bit tricky. After all, they are relatives of the emperor. If the other party is not forgiving, I'm afraid there will be more enemies in the future."

Mrs. Xue said: "What should I do? I don't know what happened when he got in there."

Xue Baochai saw that Mrs. Xue was really worried, so she said: "Mother wants to ask my aunt, so let's go. I'll ask someone to open the box and get you some money. Without money, they can't find out anything." "It's just spending money to buy Xue's mother peace of mind.

Mrs. Wang's official accounts are always beyond their means. After the construction of the Grand View Garden, they still have to clean up this and that. The expenses are much higher than before.This happened to the Xue family, and Mrs. Wang readily agreed.

There is no news from Madam Wang. Xue Pan was detained for two days and came back by himself. Although the man was not seriously injured by him, as an official of the imperial court, fighting in the street violated the court's laws. Already down, let him go to the Northwest Barracks.

When Mrs. Xue heard this, she nearly fainted again. Baochai and Xue Pan rushed to rescue her, pinched her and poured ginger soup, finally she woke up slowly.

Baochai said: "Mother, don't make such a big fuss. It only said that my brother should go to the Northwest Army to practice and practice, but it didn't say that he would be dispatched to the army. The official position is still reserved for him. Even if he passes, he will still be employed. It’s good for the young man to go out and make a fortune, don’t you want to keep him by your side all the time?”

Xue Pan agreed, "My sister still understands me. Mother, don't worry too much. As long as my son is gold, he will shine wherever he goes."

Mrs. Xue sighed: "That's in the Northwest Army! It's thousands of miles away from me. If you have any troubles, how can you tell me to live!" Mrs. Xue is afraid that he is not gold, but that he is not self-sufficient. Big talk!

Xue Pan said: "The Thirteenth Master said that Luobu Zang Tenzeng in the northwest is about to move, and he intends to unite with Alabutan. Otherwise, the Holy Majesty would not send more troops to the northwest. Those grandsons dare to attack our Qing Dynasty, and they will be punished." Let's see if he's a little bit more powerful, a man, if he hasn't been on the battlefield, how can he be reincarnated."

Baochai looked at Xue Pan thoughtfully, and always felt that his beaming face was not at all like what he should have after being punished.To comfort him, he swallowed it back into his stomach.

In the Forbidden City, the living room of the emperor, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yongzheng said to Prince Yi and Cabinet Prime Minister Zhang Tingyu: "I thought about it all night, and Nian Gengyao will be the general of Northwest Suiyuan. Nian Gengyao is restrained, Hengchen, after you go down, draw up a call, and read it at the court meeting in a short while."

Zhang Tingyu went down to draw up the decree, and only Yongzheng and Prince Yi were left in the house. Prince Yi Yunxiang said: "This tough battle in the northwest is not easy to fight. I ask you to go and fight it yourself, but you still don't agree. It can only be assigned to Nian Gengyao, he is indeed very talented and efficient, but his shortcomings are obvious to both of you and I."

Yongzheng said: "Although your leg disease is healed, it is bitter cold in the northwest, and you will stay in that environment for another year or two, and there is no famous doctor by your side. I rely on you in everything, and I can't let you leave my side now, by the way, is that thing done?"

Prince Yi said: "It's done. I've dispatched Xue Pan to the Northwest Army and given him the right to directly beat him up secretly. He should not attract attention for such an inconspicuous role."

Yongzheng nodded and said, "That's good. I should have been suspicious of people, but you also said that Nian Gengyao's shortcomings are too obvious, and he will not be accepted by foreign military orders. In the front line, it's even more difficult to deal with things beforehand. We should still have more eyes and ears, so as not to be deceived in everything."

Even if Mrs. Xue was reluctant, the day for Xue Pan's departure had arrived. In addition to the luggage he had packed earlier, Baochai also packed a small package for him, which contained medicine for sores, medicine for typhoid fever, antidote, etc., as long as she Everything imaginable is available.After Xue Pan took it apart to look at it, he also found a dagger that cut iron like mud.

For so many years, Baochai has watched Xue Pan grow up, and her love for Xue Pan is like that of Yuan Chun for Baoyu.Once he was about to leave his side and run to the barracks, there would be a war at any time, how could he not worry about it!

Xue Pan went to the Northwest Army, and Mrs. Wang did not agree to let Mrs. Xue and Baochai live alone. They were a couple of women and children, and no man could support the family. They just cleaned up the Xue family's new house and left it empty for the time being. Send a few servants to watch over.

In Jia's mansion, I looked through the almanac and saw a good day. Everyone lived in the garden one after another. Baochai lived in Hengwu Courtyard, Lin Daiyu lived in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Baoyu lived in Yihong Courtyard, Baoyu and Daiyu lived together. The residences are very quiet and close to each other, which is exactly what the two of them wanted.Yingchun lives in Zhuijin Building, Tanchun lives in Qiushuangzhai, Xichun lives in Liaofengxuan, and Li Wan lives in Daoxiang Village.

Two old mothers and four maids were added to each place.In addition to their own nurses and accompanying maids, there are also those who are in charge of cleaning.When that day came, the houses everywhere had already been cleaned up, and everyone lived in together. Suddenly, the Grand View Garden was filled with flowers and embroidered ribbons, willows blowing fragrance, and it was not as quiet and lonely as it used to be.

Let's say that after the sisters entered the Grand View Garden, they often played together, boarded boats and sailed to the sea, went up to the mountains to pay respects, or played the piano and played chess together, watched poems and painted paintings together, so uncomfortable.

Jia Baoyu was contented as if in a fairyland, he loves getting along with his daughters the most, not because he has any dirty thoughts, but because he treats each other with sincerity and infatuation. The more he is like this, the sisters, cousins, and little maids in the family treat him differently from others.

Jia Baoyu wrote a few poems to record the life in the garden. Somehow, the poems got lost outside, and some frivolous young masters copied them on the fan. Some people came here to ask for poems. Baoyu became more and more complacent, and did not study hard on weekdays, but only worked hard on these sidelines.

Because Mrs. Xue still lives in the courtyard in the northeast corner of the garden, Baochai still has to deal with some outside affairs every day, and the Hengwu courtyard is the center of the Grand View Garden, so it is very inconvenient for outsiders to enter. It's very inconvenient to avoid them even if you're a maid.So he decided to go home to visit Mrs. Xue every morning, and let the people in charge report their affairs back and forth at this time. Baochai usually had lunch with Mrs. Xue before leaving.

On this day, the steward in the shop brought her two boxes of newly made palace fans, some with plain faces and some with poems and paintings. People are divided.She picked up one at random, only to see a beautiful woman in palace attire painted on it, and the poem next to it was a seven-character verse poem: "The dream of plum, soul and bamboo has been three o'clock, and the brocade and quilt have not yet fallen asleep. Song Ying Yiting only Seeing cranes, pear blossoms all over the ground, but not hearing warblers. My daughter's poems with green sleeves are cold, and my son's golden sable wine is light. But I like to serve my son who knows how to taste tea, and sweeps the fresh snow to cook in time." This poem is nothing, but it is a daughter, and it is also It belongs to the young master, and the world is very strict with etiquette. If you take it in and give it to the girls, it will seem too frivolous. Even a sensible girl would not mention such a word.

Baochai thought to himself that it was lucky that he picked it up and looked at it, only to let people sort out the ones with plain faces without inscriptions, or those with only pictures but no words left.She glanced at the fan again inadvertently, and the inscription below was "Young Master Yihong". Xue Baochai's heart moved, thinking, Jia Baoyu lived in Yihong Courtyard, could it be that this was written by Jia Baoyu?

So she got up and went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and let the strong women carry their fans to her Hengwu Courtyard first.

She turned around the hillside, walked through Duliu, passed the tea stand, and came to the nun house shaded by thousands of green bamboo poles. Lin Daiyu was drinking tea by the window.Lin Daiyu said: "Why is my sister coming to see me this morning when she is free? I thought you must have dinner at Auntie's!"

Baochai said: "Knowing that I am weak, why are you still blowing the wind by the window? Don't covet the coolness for a while, let's sit inside, so I led her to the small table next to the imperial concubine's bed."

Sister Lin was born with some weak diseases, which were brought in the womb. In fact, she is a so-called premature baby, so her body is a bit thin, and she can't get fat no matter how nourishing she is. It's all about being extra careful, but her identity is there, and there are people waiting for her when she comes in and out, and the maids under her wish to be ten times more meticulous than herself.So if she hadn't been disheartened and wanted to die, she would definitely have lost her life due to a minor illness.

Zijuan brought tea to Baochai again. After Baochai thanked her, she took out her fan and showed it to Daiyu. While drinking tea, she said, "Look, is this your brother Baochai's writing? If it’s not, it’s fine, if so, these words of his would go outside to be recited by others, it should be put an end to it! Otherwise, those of us who live in the garden might be passed on by others!”

After hearing her words, Daiyu looked down at the poem and chewed it in her heart. Judging from the style and habits, it should be written by Baoyu. He doesn't know how to study and make progress, but he has the energy to come up with these obscene words and songs, and even implicate the sisters in our garden, I'll settle the score with him right now! Come on, Sister Bao, you go with me!"

Xue Baochai said: "I should go with you, but don't be so angry, this thing happens, it doesn't matter, if it doesn't matter, it really has something to do with us, After all, we live in the same garden. As long as we don’t let others know about it, don’t let him write any more, let alone let the uncle over there know about it. Just be careful with him, and don’t just write poems to show off your talents But I want to bring others in too! I came to find you, sister, because you have always been close, if I went to Baoyu directly with the fan, I am afraid that I would become enemies with him."

Baoyu's behavior was unknown to everyone in the garden and Jia's house, but by such a coincidence, the fan with the poem inscribed on it was delivered to Baochai's desk.

"For the sake of a long-term plan, I feel that even if it's a trivial matter, I should come to you to warn Jia Baoyu, otherwise, if he gets used to it in the future, he will take out the poems and essays of the princesses here and live in exile. Let people talk and play outside, then the people in the Grand View Garden will lose their adults."

The shackles this world has placed on the daughters are already heavy enough, if because of Baoyu's unintentional actions, the girls in this garden are stained again, it will be bad.

Lin Daiyu promised: "My good sister, you just go with me. If there is me, I will break up with him and see if he dares to do it in the future!"

The Xiaoxiang Pavilion was very close to the Yihong Courtyard, and they arrived at Jia Baoyu's residence within a short walk.Baoyu's room was also served by a group of pretty girls as usual. Jia Baoyu had always tolerated and pampered girls, and the treatment of girls from ordinary families was not as good as his maids.

As soon as Baochai and Daiyu came, She Yueqingwen and others under Baoyu hurriedly offered to sit down.Seeing Ermei coming hand in hand, Baoyu was very happy, and said: "Sister Bao, Sister Lin, what a good day today, you come to find me together."

Because the maids were all there, Daiyu felt angry and couldn't get angry for a while. After they had tea and exchanged a few pleasantries, Lin Daiyu said, "Baoyu, let the maids go down, we have something to talk to you. "

When Baoyu heard this, he smiled and said, "What's so mysterious? Well, I'll let them all go out."

Qingwen Sheyue Qiuwen and others went down, only Xiren was still on a few small couches in the house, Baochai walked over to hold her who was about to get up, and said, "You are sick, so don't move rashly, rest more , it’s not a big deal, but I’m afraid that there will be too many people talking, so it’s okay to have you here alone.”

Daiyu asked about Xiren's illness again, then raised her eyebrows at Jia Baoyu, threw the fan into his arms and said, "Look, is it you who wrote this?"

Baochai knew that the two of them were going to quarrel for a while, so she didn't come near them. She just sat on Xiren's bedside, and Xiren quietly pulled her sleeves, wanting to ask why Miss Lin and Baochai were so angry. come.

Baochai shook her head casually, then touched her forehead to check the temperature, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing, you'll know in a while, the cold is nothing to worry about, as long as you don't take the medicine, you'll be fine tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Over there, Baoyu looked at the poems on the fan and found them very familiar. They were made by himself, so he could tell at a glance, "Where did my sister get them? These are the poems I wrote. This fan is really beautiful!" "

Lin Daiyu said: "Okay, now that you can write poems and essays, you can make fun of us, what kind of daughters, sons, maids! Let this poem spread outside, and let people make it on fans! We girls who live in the garden Don't be ashamed! It's impossible to have fun after dinner, Baoyu, you are too worthless!"

Originally Baoyu was very proud and wanted to show Lin Daiyu and Baochai other lines of his poems, but after hearing what she said, Jia Baoyu was surprised that he had gone too far in doing so, and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Good sister, don't be angry, I didn't think too much about it, and I won't do this again in the future, so don't tell the master!"

Lin Daiyu frightened him and said: "You are so frivolous, you wrote such a poem for fun, and it spread among the traffickers and pawns outside. If you didn't find this on the fan of Sister Bao's house, we would still be kept in the dark. Why don't you let me tell uncle, I'll tell you now!"

Lin Daiyu got up to leave, but Jia Baoyu hurriedly stopped her. It was not enough to ask for help, so she asked Baochai for help, "My dear sister, I don't dare anymore, please persuade sister Lin."

Xiren also said anxiously: "Miss Bao, Miss Lin, you also know that Baoyu has always been a careless person. He didn't mean to offend. Please forgive him! If it really makes trouble in front of the master, Baoyu will inevitably take the lead. Well, at least we have to peel off a layer of skin, and everyone's face is not good-looking. We are the first to bear the brunt. Just cover up the matter tightly and let him never dare to do it again! I will definitely watch him carefully."

Xue Baochai gave Lin Daiyu a wink, and Lin Daiyu said: "Today, because Xiren is still ill and pleading for you, let's put this matter aside for now, but if there is a next time, or in the future you will When we talked about poetry and painting, the few words spread out, let outsiders hear and talk about it, and we will settle the old and new scores together."

Jia Baoyu arched and bowed repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, I listen to my sister, and you can do whatever you say."

Baochai said: "What you wrote yourself is nothing more than it has been circulated. Don't take my sister's words as a deaf ear. If this Grand View Garden becomes someone else's talking point, let alone Sister Lin who doesn't forgive you, we will have no face. This is a fool, you must go home early, everyone will be clean after a while."

Seeing that Baochai had been sitting beside the attacker, Jia Baoyu thought she was not as angry as Lin Daiyu, but after listening to these few words, she knew that Baochai was also dissatisfied with herself, and her dark anger was just suppressing her. It's just that, and I beat Qian'er again and again.There was a lot of noise in the house, and Tanchun's voice outside said: "Hey, what are you doing in your yard? Feeding a bird, watering a flower requires seven or eight people to do it together, so there is no need for people to take care of the house?"

Qingwen replied: "It turned out to be the third and fourth girls. Yes, Miss Bao and Miss Lin are here, talking to the second master. There is no place to stay in the house, so we came out to feed the birds."

Tanchun smiled and said, "I'll go and see what they're whispering, and they still need to hide behind their backs."

Hearing that Tanchun and Xichun are here, the room that was making a fuss was over. Lin Daiyu picked up the fan and closed it, and put it in her hand. Tanchun and the others came in and said, "It's a lively place today. Sister Bao, Lin My sister is here too, so my second brother's popularity is good."

Baoyu smiled wryly in her heart, thinking that she is here today, not because of his popularity, if Tanchun and the other don't come, maybe he will stay with him for a while, right?

After Tanchun said a few words, he saw that the fan in Daiyu's hand had been closed all the time, and the tassel was quite pretty, "Sister Lin got it new, why haven't I seen it before?" Daiyu paused, wondering if it should be Show it to her, if she reads this poem, Tan Chun and Xi Chun will definitely get angry again.

Baochai said at this time: "It's not a rare item. I have a new box from my shop. Sister Lin was at my place just now, so I just picked one. I'll let someone carry it. You can take it slowly." .”

Tanchun and Xichun said happily, "That's a good thing!"

Because Baochai didn't bring her maid, he asked people from Baoyu to go to Hengwuyuan to send a message to Feicui to send the box of fans to Yihongyuan.He also invited people to invite Li Wan and Yingchun to choose together. Those who got the invitation came and each picked two handles. Baochai asked people to give them to the old lady of Jia's mansion, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng respectively. two handles.She didn't keep the rest, and let the girls in the garden divide it up.

Li Wan said: "After all, it's our girl Bao, who is generous when she makes a move. This whole box of fans will be gone in a blink of an eye if you give it away."

Baochai said: "What is a box of fans worth? They are just playthings, and they are just for everyone to look at."

After a while, Sister Feng sent someone to bring two cans of new tea as a gift in return. Of course, everyone in the garden also had it, but some were sent directly to their homes.

Seeing that it was time to set lunch at noon, Jia Baoyu saw that everyone came so well, he said: "Don't go back to eat, the sun is so bad at noon, let the kitchen put all the lunch here, let's eat together Talking and laughing, wouldn't it be lively."So everyone had lunch at Yihong Courtyard that day.

Walking with Baochai on the way back was the maid who brought the fan box and was later sent by her to deliver fans to Wang Xifeng.

Seeing her black hair, long face, and pretty appearance, Baochai asked, "You are from my yard. What's your name? Why don't you see you often?"

The girl replied: "Girl, my name is Xiaohong, because I am in charge of cleaning in the girl's courtyard, and I don't often go to the house to serve. Whenever the girl is about to come out, Sister Fei Cui or Hu Po will come out and let the girl know. Let's stop. There are no girls going out, we are still there to sweep ashes! So every time a girl passes by to see me, it is when we stop and avoid, so the girl is not impressed."

Baochai heard what she said. The girl's mouth was like a bean jumping, and she didn't rush at all when she spoke. It can be seen that she is a sharp-talking person. I don't know how she is doing. She went back and tried a few times, and found that Xiaohong She is really a talent to make and can read, so I keep it by my side for future use, and sometimes I send her to do it when I send a message to the outside world.

Xiaohong's parents are both old servants of the Jia family for several generations. Her father, Lin Zhixiao, is in charge of the Jia family's farm affairs, and her mother has been following the housekeeper's grandma. After the garden was built, Xiaohong was assigned to the Hengwu Courtyard. Baochai lived here, and thus the ritual of master and servant came into being.

Xiaohong's parents were very happy to know that she had Baochai's favor now, and asked her to learn some skills from Baochai.Because Baochai always sent her out on errands, she came and went in the garden. It happened that the garden was moving soil and planting trees at this time, and it was Jia Yun on the back porch who was in charge of moving soil and planting trees.

Although Jia Yun's family is poor and his mother and two depend on each other, he is also considered a good-looking talent and very motivated.After Xiaohong and Jia Yun met a few times, although they both abided by the rules of etiquette and didn't say a few words, they also developed a secret affection for each other.

Before Dragon Boat Festival, Jia She, the patriarch of the Jia family, fell ill. The sisters of the Jia family and Baoyu all went to pay their respects.Dulin Daiyu never likes to do such things.

Baochai can't avoid the vulgarity when he thinks about living here.He is also Yingchun's father, so he prepared some suitable things and went with the girls to see Mrs. Wang Xing.That day, Mrs. Xing was very happy to see them coming, so she left the girls and Baoyu there for dinner, and only sent Jia Huan and Jia Lan away.

Baochai and the others didn't return until evening, but who would have thought that the next day they heard that Jia Baoyu had burned his face with a candle in her room after returning to Mrs. Wang's side.