Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The sound of the carriage wheels came to her ears, and the drowsy Daiyu yawned, nestled in Shui Rong's arms, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and muttered, "Brother Rong, how long will it take to arrive?"

Shui Rong caressed Daiyu's tired face affectionately, the faint blue color in his eyes made him feel very distressed, so he smiled and said, "Hurry up, we'll be there in a quarter of an hour."

Daiyu let out a soft "Oh", then got up from Shui Rong's arms, stretched lazily, and said with a smile on her lazily smiling face, "I don't know if mother concubine is doing well these days?"

Shui Rong carefully folded the lapel of her cloak, and said with a smile: "Mother and Concubine must worship Buddha and chant scriptures at home, so as to protect our safety, right?"

The bustling crowd outside the screen window was rushing to the temple fair, and the carriage turned around the bustling market, but only a wall separated the bustle from the outside, only the sound of the carriage wheels could be heard in silence.

The vermilion gate of Prince Beijing's Mansion is close in front of you, the main gate has already been opened, and a steward in the mansion has already taken the reins, and drove the carriage to the second gate.

"My lord and my concubine, please get out of the car." The stewards and servants outside the curtain had already faded away, and the one who opened the curtain was Nanny Lai who was beside the concubine.

Seeing Nanny Lai, Shui Rong nodded with a smile, got up and jumped down, and then hugged Daiyu down. Concubine Bei Jing had already come up to meet her, hurriedly holding Daiyu's little hand, looking down at her still flat face with a smile. Lower abdomen, with some tears in his eyes, nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay, okay."

He even said three good things, but he was so choked up that he couldn't speak. He turned his head and took Shui Wanyu's small hand to look carefully, and said half angrily: "You girl, you don't want to miss your concubine when you go out."

The gloom in Wan Yu's eyes was also dissipated by the joy of seeing the concubine, hiding her eyes to make it hard to see, she stepped forward and put her arms around the neck of Concubine Bei Jing, giggling: "Why don't I say Mother and concubine? As long as you want to accompany the father in Beijing and not accompany us."

Concubine Bei Jing gave her a sideways glance, held Daiyu's little hand and walked into the house, she said with a smile: "You guys have been exhausted all the way, you should hurry up and rest in the house with your mother, I have already ordered the kitchen to prepare for you My favorite side dish. If it is lighter, it can also relieve your fatigue."

Shui Rong held Daiyu's little hand, broke away from Concubine Beijing's hand in the blink of an eye, and said calmly: "Mother and concubine just hold Wangmei's arm."

Concubine Bei Jing stared at her empty hands, turned around and gave Shui Rong a look, and said: "You unfilial son, you have been kidnapping Yu'er for a few months, and you are still so jealous when you come back, I don't know how Yu'er can bear it." your."

Shui Rong snorted, leaving Princess Beijing and Shui Wanyu aside, and gently helped Daiyu walk into the house, watching their leaving backs, where is the anger in Princess Beijing's heart?So he happily took Wan Yu's little hand and walked back.

After the three of Shui Rong finished washing and washing, there were all kinds of delicacies sent by Princess Beijing. He watched them sit down with a smile, scooped up a spoonful of fresh bamboo shoots and chicken soup and Daiyu with his own hands, and said with a loving smile on his face and eyes: "Yu'er eat more." Daiyu thanked with a smile.

Concubine Bei Jing would add vegetables to Daiyu from time to time, water soluble was also a good looking thing, and she put them in Daiyu's bowl uninterruptedly, until Daiyu was dumbfounded, the full bowl was piled high .

Raising her hand to stop the food that was picked up by Shui Rong, Dai frowned lightly and said: "Brother Rong, don't put any more, there is no more room in the bowl."

Shui Rong looked at the food in Daiyu's bowl, just smiled and still put it in Daiyu's bowl, said with a low smile: "There are already so many, it's not bad."

Daiyu glanced at Shui Rong helplessly, and Concubine Bei Jing had already smiled and said, "Now that you are pregnant with a child, you should be healthy. Look, after all this time, you still haven't gained any flesh. Those who don't know think we are Abusing your wife."

"The concubine did not abuse her daughter-in-law, but her daughter."

Before Daiyu can answer, Shui Wanyu has already opened her mouth angrily, staring at the food in Daiyu's bowl and swallowing, there is her favorite crispy chicken drumstick in that bowl, one for Concubine Beijing Jing, one for Shui Rong Daiyu is gone.

Daiyu looked at her amusedly, put both of them in her bowl, and said with a smile: "I can't eat that much, sister can eat whichever one she likes."

Shui Wanyu looked at the chicken legs in the bowl and said with a smile, "Thank you, sister-in-law." Daiyu smiled lightly, her mischievous eyes rolled slightly, "You still helped me and thanked me, the good people are all me Come on."

Concubine Bei Jing glanced at Wan Yu, then only smiled, and said, "You are the most clingy girl." Shui Wanyu smiled but said nothing, just ate the food in the bowl with her head down.

Concubine Beijing sat on the warm couch with Daiyu, and said: "The weather is getting colder and colder, you are pregnant with a child, you should take good care of it." After a pause, she smiled again: "I will accept When I got the letter from Rong'er, I went to offer incense to my ancestors, went to the temple to fulfill my vows and worshiped the Buddha, and now I'm just waiting for my little grandson to be born."

Nanny Lai on the side smiled and said: "The princess doesn't know, the princess was very happy when she found out that the princess was pregnant, she slipped to the ancestral ancestral hall that day, went outside the city to distribute porridge and rice, and went to Cheng'en Temple to worship Buddha and burn incense. But it's incredibly busy."

Shui Rong sat at the side and looked at Princess Bei Jing's cheerful appearance, and stepped forward and said, "Dai'er has been running around all the way, let's go back to Yilan Courtyard to rest first, and come back tomorrow to pay my respects to Concubine Mother."

Concubine Beijing handed Daiyu's little hand into Shui Rong's, and said, "Go. I'll send the servant girl to Yilan Courtyard for dinner, and Yu'er just needs to rest. Tomorrow I will invite the imperial doctor to come to the mansion to give you a prescription. Be careful Take care of Yu'er!"

Shui Rong nodded, helped Daiyu to walk out the door, and when she crossed the threshold, she laughed in a low voice: "Be careful where you step." Daiyu looked back and smiled slightly, the light in her eyes was flowing and flying, as clear as water.

Seeing their leaving backs, Concubine Bei Jing said: "Grandma Lai, tomorrow you can go to Yilan Courtyard to take care of Yu'er. You are an old man in the mansion, and Rong'er was the one who brought up Yu'er in the past. Now I will take care of Yu'er You and my little grandson are also in your hands. These days will make you tired."

After hearing this, Nanny Lai hurriedly knelt down and said: "The concubine said this, but I don't dare to be a servant. The servant was with the concubine that day, and the concubine treated the servants like sisters. I will never forget this kindness. Madam Concubine, don't worry, this servant will do her best to serve Wangfei well."

Concubine Beijing nodded, clasped Nanny Lai's hand with both hands and sighed: "You also know the current situation. Apart from Yishui Village, apart from Zhao Shixun, Rong'er has already cut off his two arms, so he can't keep it." What kind of means will he use to come out?"

Lai Momo's eyes flickered when she heard this, and she sighed unconsciously when she thought about what happened back then: "The empress has saved the life of the concubine and the prince. To the Queen."

Concubine Bei Jing waved her hand lightly, with a moment of depression in her eyes, she said indifferently: "We will keep the Queen's kindness in our hearts. Therefore, no matter where the current situation is going, we will also help the prince ascend the throne of Dragon Court. The emperor thinks the same way."

Back in the Yilan Courtyard, Daiyu felt as if she was in another world when she washed and washed. The maidservants in the room rolled up the curtains early and bowed down to ask for peace: "The slaves have seen the prince and concubine, and the prince and concubine are blessed." Ze stretches."

Shui Rong waved his hand lightly, and said: "You all go down." Hearing this, the maidservants filed out of the inner room, only standing outside the courtyard door to wait, only Chunxian Xueyan, Chunlan and Mei Jian were left in the room.

Looking at the four of them, Shui Rong pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Daiyu for a long while and said, "Dai'er, there are only these four maidservants around you now. Although Chunxian is proficient in medical theory, she is not very An expert. It would be better to let Yan Hong from Qingyin Pavilion come over, she is the most proficient in medical theory and a master in identifying medicines."

Daiyu swallowed the warm water in her mouth, frowned and thought for a while, put down the cup in her hand, stood up gracefully and said: "I am only alone, so I don't need so many maids to serve me."

Shui Rong hugged Dai Yu's slender waist, which was as thin as a wicker and actually hid their child, and she didn't feel a little silly smile on her face, and said: "If there are twice as many people to serve Dai'er, I will also serve her." Can’t be completely relieved.”

Daiyu turned around and scratched his nose in a funny way, and said with a coquettish smile, "You're becoming more and more like an old woman, why are you chattering so much? Is there anything Dai'er is afraid of in the mansion?"

Shui Rong sighed lowly, held Daiyu tightly in his arms, rested his chin on her black hair, and said: "I'm not afraid of anything, just the old saying, 'If you're not afraid of ten thousand, you're afraid of the eventuality', I can't have the slightest slack."

Daiyu nodded, feeling the vague uneasiness coming from him, she smiled and said: "If it can make you feel at ease, then just let her come over."

It was three days after Yan Hong came to the Beijing Palace, Lai Mama led a woman in a dark red dress, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate and gentle look all over her body, and her temperament was even more Very refined. 'Poems and books are full of energy from China', proficient in medicine, ideally she is also a woman full of talent, if it is water-soluble, Daiyu still regards her as a gentle and amiable young lady.

Na Yanhong went forward to greet Daiyu, and said in a low voice, "My servant Yanhong has seen Wangfei."

Daiyu raised her hand slightly, ordered the snow geese beside her to help her up, and said with a smile: "Sister Yanhong doesn't need to be so polite." That Yanhong thanked faintly, raised her eyes to look at Daiyu, she didn't say much.

Daiyu's nature is extraordinary, she never pays attention to ordinary etiquette, and she doesn't mind Yanhong being so indifferent, she only let Chunxian and the others recognize her before she said with a smile: "I heard from the prince, your The medical skills are excellent, and I will trouble you in the future."

Yanhong lowered her head and replied: "This is what a servant should do." Seeing that she had nothing to say, Daiyu no longer insisted, she just smiled and said: "Chunlan, you take Yanhong to rest, no matter how big the matter is, wait." Let's talk tomorrow." Chunlan complied and led Yanhong to the courtyard where the servants lived in the backyard.

Chunxian looked at the back of Yanhong leaving, she was as peaceful as she was, but she was a little bit angry, and said: "I only know that Yanhong is a noble master, but I don't want to be so indifferent and impolite."

Daiyu lightly raised her small hand, picked a sour plum and put it in her mouth, she frowned before she said, "Everyone has their own temperament, let alone she is the kind of woman who has outstanding medical skills?"

Chunxian nodded, and said: "Yanhong has always been known as the 'Jade Face Doctor' in the world, but any poisonous disease that no one in the world can cure, can be rejuvenated and save lives through her hands."

Daiyu looked at Chunxian in amazement, frowned for a long time, and then smiled and said: "Sure enough, he is a capable person." Saying that, she put down the sour plum in her hand, looked at Chunxian with great interest, and there was some yearning in her eyes, "I am Watching her live is the real ability. I have seen some medical skills when I was a child, and I should learn some lessons from her when I find time."

Chunxian smiled after hearing this, compared the long gowns in her hands, and said: "Tomorrow, the Empress Dowager will hold a banquet in the palace, what does the princess think of this gown?"

Daiyu raised her eyes and took a closer look. On the hibiscus and phoenix Gaofei embroidered with gold thread and the red satin surface, Gao Fei looked down upon Gao Fei with a very dignified posture. , and you don’t need to wear that big shirt, it’s just simpler.”

Xueyan was clinging to the clothes, shook her head, and said: "My concubine's thoughts are not good. Although tomorrow is a family banquet, there will be Consort Zhongshun, Concubine Nan'an, Concubine Nan'an, Concubine Dongping, Concubine Xiding, and the elder concubine The imperial edicts of the princess and the son-in-law's family, there are not too many people who can add and subtract, but if it is too simple and simple, it will not look like it."

Daiyu spread her hands helplessly, looked at Chunxian and Xueyan and said: "Nowadays, you two often say every sentence is reasonable, so I have nothing to refute. I can only follow the arrangements of the two aunts." .”

The innocent and aggrieved appearance made Chun Xianxueyan burst into laughter. After a long while, she said: "The princess is getting more and more talkative. How dare the servants do the work of the princess? These words are also from the mouth of Lai Momo." here."

"What did you hear from me?" Madam Lai's questioning voice came from outside the door.

"Cao Cao Cao Cao is here." Daiyu looked at Chun Xian and Xue Yan with a slight smile and stuck out her tongue. She stepped forward and opened the door curtain to take over the dining table. Chunxian and the others are enough, why don't you just sit down and rest?"

Nanny Lai supported Daiyu to sit down, and said, "It's okay for my old woman to run a few more steps." She looked at Daiyu with a smile and said, "What are these two girls, Chunxian and Xueyan, talking about? "

Daiyu rolled her eyes, looked around with a sly look, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, left and right are just trivial matters."

Nanny Lai nodded, looked at Daiyu's thin face lovingly, and said: "It's been almost two months, and you don't see your plumpness, but you have lost a lot. Could it be that these meals are not delicious? "

Daiyu shook her head, and said with a smile: "Mammy personally supervises it every day, what's wrong? Maybe all the food and use have grown on the baby's body." The gentle smile with low eyebrows let Nanny Lai see She felt more and more fond of it, so she had a bowl of porridge and Daiyu smiled and said, "Use more when you get up in the morning, the weather is getting colder, you should warm up first."

Chunxian and Xueyan quickly put Lai Mama's food on the small bed under the edge of the kang, helped Lai Mama to sit down and said: "Mama Lai has been busy all morning, let's eat more, we will serve Mama Lai ma."

Nanny Lai glanced at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Don't do the same, stop teasing the concubine, and serve her well." She looked at the west room, and said lightly: "Although she is the prince's wife Come in, but you should be more careful."

Xueyan looked at Nanny Lai in puzzlement and said: "Yanhong has been with the prince for many years, so what could be wrong?"

Nanny Lai put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hands, and said seriously: "Even if you have been with the prince for many years, you should be more careful."

Chunxian nodded, picked up the chopsticks and put them in Nanny Lai's hands, and said calmly, "Don't worry, Mammy, I will naturally be more careful."

Daiyu had eaten her breakfast, so she leaned on the couch holding the embroidery stand, and only embroidered two stitches. Then she heard the servant girl say that Wanyu had come, so she put down her embroidery and said, "Wanyu."

Shui Wanyu came in with a smile, saw Daiyu laying on the couch, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is becoming more and more lazy, she just ate her breakfast and she was crooked, so how can she digest it?"

Chunxian had already made tea and said: "The princess doesn't know, our princess has a weird temper, I don't know how many times I have been persuaded about this incident, even if it is ignored, I can only let the prince talk about the princess. That's right."

Daiyu gave her a sideways look, and said, "I'm getting more and more promising, and I'm the one who came to organize me."

Chunxian pursed her lips, smiled faintly, and walked down with the tray. Seeing Wanyu's hesitant to speak, she called the maidservant and retreated together.

Daiyu saw the haggard look in Shui Wanyu's eyes, took her by the hand and said, "What's wrong?"

Shui Wanyu raised her eyes and looked at Daiyu complicatedly. Seeing her calm appearance, she felt a little secretly discouraged, and finally sighed after a long while: "I asked sister-in-law earlier, do you still remember?"

Daiyu looked at Wanyu in bewilderment, and said, "What's wrong?"

Shui Wanyu looked at the withered willow branches outside the window, and said calmly: "What if I say that the person likes sister-in-law?"

"Clang clang" the teacup in Daiyu's hand fell to the ground, Chun Xian hurriedly came in from outside the curtain, and said, "What's wrong with the princess?"

Daiyu's complexion was a little pale, and her jade-like face was a little cold. She waved her hand and said, "It's okay! Chunxian, you go out first." Chunxian looked at Daiyu with a little worry. Yu, but also packed up the broken tea bowl and retreated outside the curtain.

Daiyu straightened up, looked at Shui Wanyu's absent-minded face with calm and quiet eyes, and said indifferently: "Where did Wanyu hear that?" layer.

Shui Wanyu lowered her head, twisted the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, and seemed to have not heard Daiyu's question in a daze, before taking a deep breath, she said, "He doesn't want the purse I embroidered when I left."

Daiyu was slightly startled, but she calmed down in an instant, holding on to Wanyu's little hand and said in a deep voice: "Even if he doesn't want your purse, can he still say something? If he deliberately uses me as a shield, I will definitely No. I won't let him off easily with such words that damage the reputation and the dignity of the Beijing Palace."

The faint sparks of anger spread from his eyes, if that Jiang Lianyu was really such a person, then she and Shui Rong had misjudged him.

Shui Wanyu waved her hands hastily, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't make random guesses, he didn't say it."

Wan Yu's vehement denial made Dai Yu more confused, and said, "Since he didn't say it, then who did you listen to?"

Wan Yu pondered for a long while before she raised her eyes and said, "No one mentioned it. I only heard it from the servant girl occasionally, saying that he only gave things to his sister-in-law, but he was thinking about it."

Hearing what she said, Daiyu knew that the matter would never be so simple, but she didn't ask any more questions, she just smiled lightly and said: "Why does Wanyu take such things to heart? He is also looking at your prince's face when he sends things. Isn’t it right? Don’t we and Sister Sang have the three of us every now and then?”

Hearing Daiyu's calm words, Shui Wanyu's heart was filled with guilt, her eyes turned red, and she said, "I'm sorry, I, I didn't say that." Before finishing speaking, Shui Wanyu lay down on the bed Daiyu began to cry in her arms.

Daiyu sighed helplessly, feeling somewhat sad in her heart, Shui Wanyu leaned into her arms and sighed softly: "I know, as a boudoir daughter, such a thing will shame the family, it is a great shame, But I can’t forget it in my heart, and I can’t forget it.”

Someone tried to take Daiyu away that day, she disguised herself as Daiyu and led those people away, but she didn't want to let herself get into trouble, but fortunately Jiang Lianyu rescued her.Because Jiang Lianyu was recuperating, they stayed in Suzhou for three days, and those three days were her happiest days.

When I first met him on the boat, I was curious about him, verified his speculation one by one, and never forgot about him later. The intertwined emotions for his life-saving grace are far from the original gratitude and curiosity. She couldn't stop her fallen heart, but she couldn't get his gaze either.

She can no longer hide the thoughts that have been in her heart for many days, but she knows that what Jiang Lianyu has been thinking about is Daiyu, how can she not be shocked and sad, and the deeper and deeper hiding makes her unable to bear it anymore .

Daiyu gently patted Wanyu in her arms, more and more doubts came to her heart, she sighed softly: "Wanyu, who told you?"

She didn't believe Shui Wanyu's words. If no one told her, but according to the maids below, she would definitely not open her mouth to ask, so the more doubts in her heart.

Shui Wanyu didn't dare to raise her head to look at Daiyu dumbly, and seemed to have made up her mind for a long while and said, "It was Jin Wangye, Jin Muna, who told me that day."

Daiyu shook her head, her eyes were cold and stern, and said, "Wanyu's words are even more unbelievable. Then Mr. Jiang and I are just passers-by in our lives, unrelated passers-by. If I said earlier If you still remember, put away the doubts in your heart, think about whether he is worth it, and then decide your future life."

Seeing the indifference on Daiyu's face, Shui Wanyu felt regretful in her heart, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law."

Daiyu was also speechless when she heard this, she just patted Shui Wanyu silently, and looked at the plum tree coiled branches outside the window, her chaotic thoughts lingered in it.