[Zhonghonglou] After being reborn, Daiyu found that she had been tricked

Time flies, and before you know it, more than a month has passed, and Xue Baochai has returned to Jinling with his father.

From the beginning to the end, Ruixuan didn't know that Xue Baochai was here at all, and the person who sent to inquire about the news never went to Jinling at all. After reporting to Princess Chu, she wandered outside for a month under her instruction and came back to tell Ruixuan that she had found out clearly about Jinling. There is indeed a Xue family, but the Xue family also has a daughter. It is said that the daughter of that family can read and write, and she can't pick one out of a hundred in appearance and talent.Of course, this was all rumored from Xue's house, and the boudoir was closed, so outsiders don't know exactly how.

There was no definite and useful information, and Ruixuan was very disappointed.On the one hand, he complained that the lame Taoist said he would help her secretly, but there was no sign of him.

Besides being wary of Ruixuan, Daiyu has one more thing to do, which is to persuade Xiaohua to get married.

She is indeed not young, and among maidservants, she is considered a late marriager.Generally, the maids who serve the girls are all older than the master, some are three or five years older, some are seven or eight years older.The master and girls usually get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and the daughters and girls are generally around 20 years old.

Those who are much older have reached the age of marriage when the girl is not yet an adult. If they are favored or serve the girl personally, the mistress will usually reward them to choose their own son-in-law. kid.As for those girls who are three or five years older than the girl, they often serve as the girl's dowry girl, and those who can't be a dowry girl usually wait for the girl to marry after they get married.

Xiaohua is obviously much older than Daiyu, who was 17 years old when Daiyu was born.

She is cautious, gentle and loyal, and Jia Min wants her to be with Daiyu for a long time.Originally, she thought that when she was old enough, she would find a young and promising son of the housekeeper or a small housekeeper in the mansion as her son-in-law, so that she could be trained well, and then she would marry Daiyu as a companion.Later, Daiyu said, even so, she is still a slave, seeing people as inferior, and the future of Xiaohua's children will also be affected in the future, so it is better to let her be free and allow her to marry freely.

Xiaohua has been taking care of Daiyu very attentively in recent years, Jia Min can see it, so she agrees.Not only promised to reward her with the deed of prostitution, but also a lot of dowry.With Xiaohua's appearance, she has served in the family, and she is free, so it is not difficult to find a decent scholar to be her son-in-law.

What's more, by chance, she had a better place to go.

It turned out that when Xiaohua followed Daiyu to the Chu Palace, she lost her handkerchief and went back to the garden to look for it, and happened to bump into a guard next to the Chu King.The guard immediately fell in love with Xiaohua, and asked the chief historian of the palace to ask Lin Ruhai for marriage.

The guard was born in Wuju, aged 24, and is now the third-class guard of the Chu Palace, with a rank of Cong Qipin.Although he is poor now, he has fame and fame, and is beside the King of Chu, so he has a bright future.What's even more rare is that he came from a clean background. His ancestors were generals. His late father was a school lieutenant. He died in battle afterward, and his mother followed him a few years later.He is the only son in the family, and he has no brothers, sisters, or close relatives. After marrying, Xiaohua will be the head of the family and the wife of officials, and will not face the problem of making things difficult for her parents-in-law.

Jia Min thought that this was a good marriage that she couldn't find with a lantern, and that Xiaohua was lucky.

It's just that she didn't make it to the point where the girl was thinking left, and refused to marry anyway.

It's not a nun or a nun. How can a good daughter's family have no reason not to marry?

Jia Min tried to persuade her a few times, she said everything that should be said and the truth that should be said, but she still insisted on her own opinion, so she had no choice but to give up.

If the heart is strong enough, strong enough to face loneliness, hardship, wind and rain, and even enjoy it, it's okay for a person to live a lifetime.But Ruixuan is obviously not that kind of person. Seeing all the sisters around her get married and have children, she may not be able to calm down.

In order to prevent Xiaohua from regretting it later, Daiyu had a serious talk with her.

Without being tactful, she said straight to the point: "Sister Xiaohua, close your eyes now, don't treat me like a child, don't talk, and do as I tell you."

Xiaohua did as she wanted.

Daiyu asked: "Do you still remember the appearance of that guard brother? Think about the scene you met at that time, your mood at that time, and, if you have a man like him as your husband, would you be happy?"

Following Daiyu's words, Xiaohua seems to have returned to the day they first met.

That day, the flowers were in full bloom and fragrant, and the garden path was hidden among the flower branches, and the flowers covered the sight.She thought she was the only one in the garden. She climbed the flower branches to find the veil and walked back. She inadvertently lowered her head, and suddenly saw an unusually mottled colorful butterfly struggling under her feet.The butterfly was very beautiful, but it was caught by some narrow-minded person who pressed the wings on both sides with small stones, so that it could not spread its wings. It was very pitiful to watch.

She has the softest heart, especially she can't see the painful struggle of this little creature, she put it down and couldn't help cursing a few words, "Where does such a cruel person come from, why is the butterfly hindering you, so you tease it like this, and you want to put it to death. "

So he squatted down and untied the butterfly, carefully smoothed its damaged wings, and let it fly away gently.

The butterfly fluttered and fluttered a few times, and finally flew up.At the beginning it was not flying very well, and it took a while to recover, and it flew around her, then scurried away.She watched it go away until it disappeared among the flowers before turning around to leave. She didn't notice a person turning out from the side path and bumped into it.

If you are unsteady on your feet, you will fall.

The man stretched out his hand to help her. She knew that the other person was a man, so she didn't dare to raise her head. She only noticed that it was a pair of very thin and powerful hands, with slender fingers and well-defined joints.She recognized the clothes of the guards in Chu Palace and knew that he was a guard.At that time, I was only worried about being afraid, and couldn't think about other things at all, so I apologized and fled.After walking more than a dozen steps, I let go of my fear a little bit, feeling a little ashamed.Recalling the scene just now, I only knew that the guard was tall, but I didn't see what he looked like, so I was a little curious, so I looked back in a fascinated manner.

Coincidentally, the guard was also looking back at him, and his eyes met. At that time, she felt like her face was burning.

However, she also knew that those who could serve as bodyguards in the Prince Chu's mansion were innocent children with fame and fame, not to mention that she had made up her mind not to marry for life, that was not the case, and it was not something that a person of her stature could climb up to.

So after that day, she deliberately forgot about that encounter.She thought that from now on, she would have nothing to do with that person, but who would have thought that he would ask someone to marry him.How about that?I have to pray for sister Lingyu's safety in front of the Buddha for the rest of my life.How can a person who said he would not marry renege on his promise?

Opening her eyes suddenly, Xiaohua shook her head in a daze, and muttered: "No, no, I can't marry, I can't marry!" When she said this, her eyes were out of focus, as if she was afraid, but also as if she was repeating her words over and over again. of emphasis.

Daiyu grabbed Xiaohua's hand and said loudly, "Sister Xiaohua, calm down!"

Xiaohua finally calmed down, looked very regretful, lowered her head, "Girl, I, I can't marry..."

"Because of your sister Lingyu?"

Xiao Hua was stunned for a moment, then nodded her head.

Daiyu: "If your sister Lingyu is still here, she must also want to see you happy, not because of her not marrying forever. Besides, the Buddha is the most compassionate, so he won't let people wrong him to accumulate merit. You adults just like it." I think a lot. As long as my sister is sincere, the Buddha will naturally bless her. Do I have to stay unmarried all my life to appear pious? This is not pious, but stupid. If I were Buddha, I would not bless such a fool .”

Xiao Hua hurriedly stopped and said, "Girl, you can't talk nonsense."

Daiyu said: "Sister thinks, the Buddha taught people to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. Is it because one person does more good deeds or two or three people do more good deeds. My sister can still ask Buddha to bless her sister Lingyu when she is married. If you save your own children, you can also teach them to do good deeds, do more good deeds and accumulate more virtue, the Buddha will protect sister Lingyu even more because of your piety."

Daiyu deliberately used a child's tone to talk to Xiaohua, and what she said was very easy to understand.

Xiaohua was left speechless by what Daiyu said, but she didn't quite agree with it in her heart and refused to vomit.

Daiyu didn't intend to force her anymore, so she asked Xiaohua to go down to rest, and think about it carefully, after all, if she missed this village, there would be no such shop.

After five days of careful consideration, Xiao Hua still refused.

Although Daiyu feels sorry for her, after all, everyone has their own ambitions, and the Lin family is not the kind of family that oppresses and suppresses girls.Jia Min returned to Lin Ruhai and declined the guard's marriage proposal.Fortunately, this matter has not been brought up to the public, not many people know about it, and it will not damage the reputation of Chu Palace.

The Chief Historian was a little displeased, feeling that Lin Ruhai had saved his face.But he is a smart person, and he will not target Lin Ruhai for such a trivial matter.In fact, as long as you want to open up a little about that little face problem, it's nothing to worry about.

But the guard, it is said that several well-known official matchmakers wanted to propose marriage to him, but he refused.

Unknowingly, a few months later, the construction of the other courtyard of King Chu's Mansion next to the Yanzheng Yamen was completed, and the auspicious day of July 26 was chosen to move in. There was a big feast, and various performances such as singing, juggling, and all kinds of operas were invited.The Lin family was naturally among those invited, along with the Zhifu, Tongzhi, Tongpan and several big families in Yangzhou City.

If it is put in the capital, let alone a prefect or a judge, even the magistrate will not be able to climb the lintel of the prince's mansion.But this is not the capital, there are not so many princes and dignitaries, and the princess likes to be lively, so naturally there will not be too few people invited.

Among the dwarfs, the generals, Tongzhi and Tongju are small officials, but they are also countable figures in Yangzhou City.

Yamen of the prefect of Yangzhou.

In the lobby, the magistrate Wang Shouling was trying a case. He inadvertently caught a glimpse of a few small heads protruding from the screen with a daily map of sea tides on one side, and they all stared into the hall with their eyes wide open.Wang Shouling saw his mischievous young son at a glance, and he was determined to teach him a lesson after a while, and then looked to the side, and the eldest son of Lin Hai's family was next to him, and he frowned in embarrassment .

Because he was in trial, he didn't have time to do it himself, so he beckoned to the side staff to come forward.

Zhaoyu pushed Young Master Wang beside him, lowered his voice and hurriedly said, "Quickly withdraw, your father must have sent that staff to arrest us!"

Young Master Wang nodded, pulled the two and a half boys next to him, and said, "Don't look, let's go!"

Several people looked at each other and fled quickly.

When the gray-bearded staff member walked behind the screen and took a look, there was no one left.

Running to the back garden in one breath, all the boys were bending over and gasping for breath.

"Didn't you catch up?" Young Master Wang bowed and put his hands on his knees, panting.

Zhaoyu shook his head: "We're all so tired, it's no wonder his old arms and legs can catch up!"