The Rongjudai of the Red Chamber

Shui Rong hooked the corners of her lips with a smile that was not a smile, and a faint mocking smile overflowed, and was about to say something, but was pulled by Daiyu's sleeves, and with a sneer, she took Daiyu's slender hand and said: "Since that's the case, please ask Eunuch Dai to lead the way. If you go late, won't you miss Eunuch Dai's return?"

After saying that, he lifted his feet and walked out, Dai Quan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the footsteps of Shui Rong and Daiyu leaving, and hurriedly called the eunuchs and maids who were standing with their heads down in the room to follow behind.

Arriving at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, seeing the surroundings as calm as before, Daiyu quietly raised her doubtful eyes to look at Shui Rong, but Shui Rong just smiled softly, and walked into the Palace of Compassion and Ning holding Daiyu's little hand!

The lights in the Compassionate Ning Palace were brightly lit, Shui Rong took Daiyu's hand and said: "I have seen the empress!"

The Empress Dowager was talking to Nanny Li, when she saw Shui Rong and Daiyu coming together, she couldn't help being a little stunned, and immediately asked, "Rong'er Yu'er, why are you here?"

Seeing the empress dowager's astonished expression, Daiyu frowned even more, her red and tender mouth was pursed into a line, but she smiled slightly, without saying anything, Shui Rong pulled the corners of her lips, and said: "It's not the queen mother who let the emperor brother Tell Eunuch Dai to invite us, husband and wife, to have dinner together?"

Let go of Daiyu's big hand, but quietly held it again, tightly holding it without a single gap to take advantage of. Hearing what Shui Rong said, and carefully examining Shui Rong's expression, the Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh.

There was some silence in the palace, and Madam Li was also a little surprised. The Empress Dowager pondered for a moment, beckoned Daiyu and Shui Rong to come forward, and said: "Yes, Aijia forgot, I Aijia asked your imperial brother to invite you." The two of you came here, thinking that you haven’t eaten with the queen mother for a long time, and today is just taking advantage of the present, and it’s okay to say what you should say in the usual days.”

While he was talking, he heard the maids and eunuchs standing outside knelt down to pay their respects, the Empress Dowager stood up holding Shui Rong and Daiyu's hands, looked at Shui Chen and the Empress who walked into the hall, but remained silent.

Shui Chen looked at the Empress Dowager's expression, feeling a little embarrassing in his heart, but his face remained calm, he stepped forward and said: "Son, pay respects to mother."

The queen mother looked at Shui Chen coldly, and said with a smile: "The emperor is here, the Ai family is very grateful for the emperor's filial piety today, and they understand Ai's thoughts, and specially invited Rong'er and his wife to come, it really is our family My son's family is happy, do you want to pick up your sister, Princess Yuncheng?"

Hearing the Queen Mother's slightly angry expression, Shui Chen felt suffocated on his face, looked at his cold eyes and his own Shui Rong, and said with a slight smile: "Look at what the Queen Mother said, today I invited Brother Rong and his wife to come here. In order to please the Empress Mother, the second is to thank Brother Rong for his tireless hard work these past few days, and just now there is such a peaceful state, the country is peaceful and the people are happy."

Listening to Shui Chen's words, Dai Yu looked at them with cold eyes, did not speak, Shui Rong snorted coldly, and said lightly: "The emperor's words are really absurd, my ministers are just doing their duty, all the people in the world are like that." Adhering to the kindness of the sage, the return of the four seas is the result of the emperor's governance of the country, what the emperor said is to kill the minister, and the minister is ashamed!"

The cold words carried deep disgust and indifference, the queen mother frowned secretly at Shui Chen, took Daiyu and the queen's hand, and said with a smile: "Since it's just our family today, a lot of words are useless." We can sit together and talk, Madam Li, order the imperial dining room to serve the dinner in this side hall of the Compassionate Palace, so that Aijia, his two sons, and the two daughters-in-law can have a good talk."

After pondering for a moment, he looked at the maids and eunuchs around, and said calmly: "You all step back, no one is allowed to step into the Palace of Compassion and Ning, let alone leave, without the order of Aijia."

Nanny Li hurriedly agreed to go when she heard the words, but the queen mother held the hands of the queen and Daiyu alone, and said with a smile: "The three of us mothers, let's go first, let the two brothers talk about their own words , if we were there, it would give them less chance to speak."

He cheerfully pulled the queen and Daiyu forward, but the sharp phoenix eyes glanced at Shui Chen and Shui Rong, and said: "After I finished talking, hurry up and enter the palace, since I'm in Ai's place today, Let the Ai family decide."

Shui Chen and Shui Rong glanced at each other, then bowed and said: "Yes, my son obeys." After saying that, he walked into the Palace of Compassion and Ning closely following the Empress Dowager's footsteps!

The candlesticks and table cases carved with dragons and phoenixes all show the majesty and grace of the mother's world. The lampstands as bright as day illuminate all parts of the house clearly, and it is very clear to see everyone's expressions. The yellowish candlelight, against the On Daiyu's delicate face, it is like a pearl veil, with a hazy luster.

After the maids set out the food, they retreated out without a sound. The queen mother looked at the four people sitting on both sides, sighed softly, but raised her hands to eat without saying anything.

Daiyu didn't intend to use anything more, just took two symbolic mouthfuls, then put down the bowl, the queen mother looked at Daiyu with a smile and said: "Could it be that Yu'er doesn't like the food in this palace? If you don't like it, I'm sorry In addition, tell them to make another share with Yu'er."

Daiyu shook her head hastily when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your mother's great love, but Daiyu's spleen and stomach have been a little uncomfortable these two days, if it hinders her mother's meal, it will be Daiyu's fault."

The queen mother nodded slightly, and said: "It's okay, since that's the case, let the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital take care of you. Your body is not very strong, and now you should take good care of it." Looking at Daiyu, she frowned. The Empress Dowager knows why.

Shui Rong understood Daiyu's thoughts, smiled lightly, and said: "My mother is worried, Dai'er's body is taking good care of her now, so my mother doesn't have to worry."

The Empress Dowager nodded, and stopped talking, but Shui Chen looked at Shui Rong and Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Brother Rong and Concubine Wang are deeply in love with each other. Be more attentive."

Shui Rong glanced at Shui Chen faintly, but didn't seem to hear Shui Chen's words, and only gently pulled Dai Yu's temple hair behind her ears, but the two of them looked at each other and smiled, as if there was no one there.

Shui Chen looked at Shui Rong's expression, feeling a little angry, and even more unhappy, he picked up the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, and said with a faint smile: "Today I heard that Mu Chen, the steward of the Mu family in the south of the Yangtze River, has come to King Rong. brother's house."

The tentative eyes stared at Shui Rong quietly, watching Shui Rong's reaction, but Shui Rong didn't raise his eyebrows, and said indifferently: "What does the emperor want to know?"

Shui Chen was slightly suffocated by the cold sharpness, without the slightest tactful tone, looked at the empress dowager's displeased expression, and said with a smile: "I'm just very curious, I heard that Mu Chen is also a rare I am extremely grateful for the elegant person, but because I have no chance to meet him, I thought, if it is convenient for my brother, how about introducing him for me?"

Shui Rong smiled slightly, raised his eyes and said with a smile: "In the final analysis, the emperor is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, and Mu Chen is just a merchant. He came to the house of his younger brother, but his younger brother asked someone to order some Jiangnan specialties at Mu's house. I don't know who the person is, but the emperor is really powerful, and he knows that the person is Mu Chen, the steward of the Jiangnan Mu family."

The faint sarcasm came out, which caused some anger in Shui Chen's heart, and he could hardly hold back the calmness on his face, calming down the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I just listened to people talking about it, but Brother Wang, you really want to think about the princess." He raised his eyes to look at Daiyu, the strange look in his eyes made Shui Rong feel extremely unhappy.

Daiyu smiled coldly, looked at Shuichen, the coldness on her face became more and more intense, she said lightly: "The emperor's words are very true, the prince has always been very good to his concubines, in this life, if you can get The favor of the prince is really the virtue of Lin's three lives, and he can't repay the favor of the prince forever."

He turned around and held Shui Rong's hands tightly, and stared at Shui Chen with clear and fearless eyes, not because he was the king of a country, so he didn't have the slightest cowardice, and he didn't even have the slightest bit of fear, even though what he just said was a little rude, but Absolutely won't let him continue talking like this.

Hearing the displeasure in Daiyu's words, the Empress Dowager smiled slightly, but did not stop her. Shui Chen's expression was even more embarrassing, but she suddenly smiled and said, "Princess Rong is indeed a rare person, the world is like Rong People like the Wang brothers and his wife are really hard to find in the world, but it's my fault." After speaking, he picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the water and wine in self-punishment, and there were more different emotions in his eyes.

Seeing everyone's expressions, the queen also put down the bowls and chopsticks, carefully scrutinizing the immobile expression of Shui Rong, the cloud is calm and the wind is calm, and seeing Daiyu's coldness and aloofness, she feels a little admiration in her heart.

Waiting to see Shui Chen's faintly angry expression, her eyes could not help but be filled with bitterness. She understands Shui Chen's thoughts on Daiyu, and even more understands that there is a portrait of Daiyu in Shui Chen's imperial study, sitting quietly in a fairy posture Under the plum tree, the scene even turned me upside down as a woman, let alone Shui Chen?

Although Shuichen has many concubines in the harem, they still have deep affection for him, but that portrait seems to be more important than the relationship between him and him for many years, but compared to Jiangshan Sheji, everything is already Out of sight.

As if seeing the queen's loneliness, Shui Chen felt a little bit of guilt in his heart, but it was fleeting. Looking at Daiyu, who was like a pearl and beautiful jade, beside Shui Rong, the strangeness in his heart gradually deepened, and the dark waves were surging. In an instant.

The queen mother put down the bowl in her hand, took the hands of the queen and Daiyu who were sitting beside her, looked at Shui Chen and Shui Rong with a smile, and said, "Don't look at them now, one is the [-]th lord and the other is the prince lord. Thinking back when they were around Ai's family, they were just a few years older than Ye'er, and there were a lot of naughty things at that time."

Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Shui Chen and Shui Rong were a little stunned for a moment, they glanced at each other, but looked away awkwardly.

As if not seeing the awkward expressions of the two of them, the Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Back then, what Rong'er liked most was following Chen'er, walking in the imperial garden, wielding knives and guns, learning poetry and book etiquette, strategies of warfare, a big A little but very serious to learn from Taifu, Aijia remembers that once, Chen'er didn't do her homework well, afraid of being scolded by the former emperor, she secretly hid, and finally Rong'er found him and took her The homework was handed over to Chen'er, and she managed to pass the test just now, but Rong'er was punished twenty times by the late emperor, at that time, the beating was so painful."

Speaking of this, the queen mother had tears in her eyes, and said: "Ai's family is really distressed, but Rong'er insisted on gritting her teeth and never said a word for the rest of her life. The injuries on her body only lasted for about three months." Better."

After hearing what the Queen Mother said, Shui Chen's face was a little moved, that incident was vivid in his memory, and he never forgot each other, thinking of that extremely strong brother back then, now he has grown up and become his helper, but at that time But the brotherhood of the two has disappeared with years of suspicion.

I still remember when the little Shui Rong smiled and said that he wanted to accompany him to govern the country and help him in a good way. The youthful touch has been the only warmth in his heart for many years. I don’t know when it started. The brothers who are drifting away are almost the same now. Like a stranger, the child's words from back then still ring in my ears, but it has already created an irreversible situation.

I still remember what the former emperor said back then, "Brothers and feet are of one heart, and their strength can break gold." It is a brother who cannot compare with one mother.

Shui Rong was slightly stunned when he heard the Queen Mother's words, but there was a faint smile on his face, thinking of the time when he held a bow and arrow and looked at his elder brother who was much taller than himself, and shot down countless petals with the long bow. There is more admiration hidden in his heart, thinking that his elder brother is the most powerful elder brother in the world, secretly aiming at him and imitating him everywhere.

Slowly growing up, the former emperor passed away, and Shui Chen ascended the throne. It seemed that everything he had learned from him had become a thorn in Shui Chen's eyes. The elder brother of the prince, I must help him govern the country.

The courtiers talked a lot, and the folk rumors all made Shui Chen have a deeper guess about himself. When it came to such an irreversible room, guessing and probing, those servants when they first entered the Beijing Palace, who is there? Not someone close to Shui Chen?

Sending those people out one by one, pretending to be a leisurely king who doesn't care about the world's affairs, after all, reassures the Queen Mother and Shui Chen, but the indifference in his heart becomes more and more hard as ice, brothers are like strangers , looking up is just nodding and smiling, and the hypocritical mask of hypocrisy adds to the barrier.

Seeing Shui Chen and Shui Rong's somewhat moved expressions, Dai Yu was also a little pensive, the Queen Mother sighed slightly, but stopped talking.

The meal was slow, but it was quiet and silent, only the sound of the candle crackling, and a brighter light jumped out. The thoughtful faces and the expressions of everyone were all seen by the Queen Mother, and they slowly changed. It was a tinge of joy.