Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The clear lotus rises long, and the seemingly faint and elegant fragrance hits the face.

Slowly, the green smoke wafted with the fragrance of lotus and drifted away with the wind.

The slender hand, like suet white jade, strokes the strings lightly, and the lazy afternoon sun seems to fall into silence with the ethereal and elegant sound of the piano.

"I want to be quiet physically and mentally. I can't play as well as listen to others." Daiyu's piano sound was interrupted by light clapping. Daiyu frowned slightly and looked at the swaying lotus in front of her. Crown Princess."

The visitor didn't seem to care about Daiyu's estrangement of etiquette, so he just smiled lightly and said, "Prince Beijing, why should you be so polite. It turned out that I interrupted Wangfei's elegant mood."

Daiyu smiled lightly, and said: "Elegance naturally arises from her own elegance, and it is also reasonable to suddenly appear and disappear. Why did the Crown Princess interrupt Daiyu?"

Sang Qingyan saw Daiyu's eyes sinking slightly, then smiled and said: "I heard that my sister was frightened in Hancui Temple, and I was very worried. Now I see that my sister is still as eloquent as before, and her witty words are like pearls. I'm relieved too."

"Thank you Sister Sang for your concern. Those are just low-level tricks used by Xiaoxiao, and they will not be able to get on the stage after all." Sang Qingyan replied lightly, feeling a little annoyed by the estranged and polite words between the two. meaning.

Sang Qingyan smiled softly, took a sip of the green tea brought by Chunxian, and said with a smile: "The Hancui tea from my sister is still clear and sweet, much better than the high-quality tea in the palace."

"Cultivating and cultivating it carefully is the top grade of tea. What's more, this kind of tea is just an ordinary thing in the palace. How can my sister say that the tea in the palace is no better than mine?" There was a faint smile like a lotus on the corner of her lips. I mean, that charming and delicate appearance makes people feel pity.

Taking Daiyu's hand and sitting by her side, Sang Qingyan suddenly smiled and said, "Come on, I've only heard you and me since I came here, and they're all the official accents of the beatings. Do you also need this court trick?"

Daiyu smiled slightly, turned around and told Chunxian who was beside her and said, "Chunxian, you go and invite the princess to come, saying that the princess is coming to the palace. Our sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, so we should have some fun." Xian agreed to go, and Daiyu looked at Chunlan at the side and smiled, "I remember Chunxian was in the kitchen all morning, but she made a lot of snacks. Chunlan, go and bring them for the princess to taste." , although it is not as exquisite and delicious as those in the palace, it has a special flavor."

Sang Qingyan watched Daiyu send away the two maids beside her, and looked at her in surprise, but smiled lightly and said nothing, took out a round fan from her sleeve to fan a little bit of the cool breeze, pointing to her. Looking at the clear lotus in the water, he smiled and said: "This place is a good place. It is cool and refreshing in summer, and it is a good place to enjoy plum blossoms in winter with closed windows and transparent glass. The Beijing Palace really deserves to live like you. An elegant couple."

Daiyu smiled faintly, looked at the green green tea in the teacup, and said with a slight smile: "What kind of elegant people are just a pair of ordinary people, and even a little thing in this world can't be forgotten, so why not forget it?" To be known as an elegant person? No, it would be a joke if you say it in vain."

Staring at Daiyu with fixed eyebrows, only Sang Qingyan said: "Sister, can you find out who ordered someone to assassinate my sister? Then the **** almost fainted from fright when she heard it in the palace."

"Who did my sister say?"

"According to me, that person must be someone who is familiar with Hancui nunnery." Sang Qingyan gently lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, my sister is lucky, and the child in my womb is also a wealthy person, so I can get rid of this." Robbery, keep everyone safe and sound."

Daiyu smiled slightly, the lightness and clearness between her eyebrows became more and more indifferent, looking at the green pink lotus folded by Chunxian, the shy heart and petals, she seemed to be a delicate girl with a face like a flower , Sui Qingwan smiled and said: "Sister, looking at this lotus, we ordinary people always think that she will win as soon as possible. But I don't know, haste makes waste. After all, the Jiao'e put in the bottle is not as beautiful and refined as Manchi. "

Seeing Daiyu casually playing with the lotus in the beauty vase, she smiled lightly and said, "The beauty vase and the beauty flower complement each other perfectly, even if they win early, they will still be bright and full of youth forever."

"This beauty bottle may not be worthy of Shui Furong." Yingyingran turned her eyes to look at Sang Qingyan's slightly pale eyes, and said with a faint smile: "My sister entered the palace gate as deep as the sea, why do you have to be free today?" What? You are pregnant, why didn't you see that Yu came out to serve you?"

Sang Qingyan lowered her gaze slightly, then smiled lightly and said: "I came out of the palace, but Yu wanted to arrange some clothes for me in the palace, so she didn't come out with me. When I left the palace, I had already consulted the queen mother and grandmother. Father, they are really worried about my sister, even after hearing the imperial doctor's reply, they still can't put it down. No, they told me to take a good look at my sister when I came. If my sister is fine, I should go to the palace Gradually, they are two saints."

Occasionally, a trace of coldness flashed through her passing eyes, Daiyu smiled lightly, and said softly with arrogance in her bones, "The atmosphere of the palace is not suitable for me after all. Besides, I have been frightened now, or Don't bother the queen mother, grandmother and father."

Kuan Kuan stepped forward, holding Dai Yu's little hand, and said with a light smile: "Look at what my sister said? You are the sweetheart of your grandmother and father, and the imperial palace is your home. What could be more impressive than this family member?" Close? Don't you think so?"

Shaking her head, she smiled lightly and said: "Daiyu is already a married daughter, and the Beijing Palace is my home, my husband and child, and everything I have is here. It's my sister, who is now the daughter-in-law of the royal family. Queen of the world, the palace is naturally your home."

"Sister really thinks so?" She asked with a little urgency, but the flat tone made people feel the urgent wish.

There was a faint smile on the corner of his lips, he looked back and smiled in surprise: "What does sister mean by this? Could it be that Daiyu is wrong? My sister is now a princess, and she will naturally be the queen of the mother of a country in the future." Empress, didn't the emperor already issue an edict to abdicate the throne to the elder brother of the crown prince?"

Sang Qingyan's white face contained a touch of blush, like a peach blossom just blooming, her beauty was infinitely charming, her lowered eyebrows were very shy, and she said softly: "Thanks to my sister's good words, no matter what, we Sisters are sisters after all."

The coldness in the clear eyes, like the clarity of spring water in early winter, flashed faintly, and immediately said softly: "We are sisters-in-law, why can't it be sisters, right?" It's also difficult to express her doubts, and it can only be regarded as Daiyu's naughty words.

"Before I went to Hancui Nunnery yesterday, I asked Chunlan to invite Princess Yanling, but I don't know why, Princess Yanling returned to the room without saying a word after hearing Chunlan's words, which made Chunlan very puzzled." Yan Yan's chuckle immediately made Sang Qingyan rippling with suspicion, her fixed eyes only looked at Daiyu's face that had never wavered, thinking secretly in her heart.

"Could it be that my sister suspects that she did it?" The scrutinizing eyes wanted to see every expression and movement of Daiyu without blinking.

Daiyu didn't raise her eyes, she just smiled softly and said, "Where did my sister think? I'm just curious. Besides, Princess Yanling and I have never had any quarrels, so how could we be so vicious?" With the heart of a beast?"

Sang Qingyan patted her lightly for the too sharp words, and said with a smile: "Your mouth is getting smarter, can you say such words casually?"

He sighed softly, pulled Daiyu to sit on the embroidered hibiscus mat and said softly: "My sister is very good-natured, although she has never had a feud with that Princess Yanling, after all, Princess Yanling has something special in her passbook. Doesn't my sister also know?"

Daiyu shook her head, smiling softly, "Don't listen to what's wrong, don't look at what's wrong, and don't peep what's wrong. I don't have the time to think about her thoughts, and I don't care what kind of thoughts she has. Nor is it a reckless and indifferent person."

Daiyu looked up at Sang Qingyan, took her hand and said with a smile: "Yesterday when Chunlan came out from Princess Yanling, she happened to meet Ran Yu, and Ran Yu wanted to ask Chunlan about embroidery outside the gate of the palace. It's strange to come."

Sang Qingyan's hand holding the embroidered handkerchief tightened suddenly, and the pale corners of her lips had revealed her flustered thoughts. Daiyu's eyes became more and more calm, as if she was looking at Qinghe on the desk table, but she couldn't see Looking at her pale knuckles.

"Is there such a thing? I didn't hear that girl mention it yesterday. If she brought it up, she would definitely follow her out today." A storm is coming.

As if she didn't see the strangeness in Sang Qingyan's eyes, Daiyu smiled softly and said: "The meat and bone porridge I used in Jiangnan was really delicious. I remember that the seasonings and the like were put in the bones, which was rich and delicious. It is from there that the aroma and taste emanate."

At this moment, Sang Qingyan could no longer maintain a calm face, and the slightest crack made Daiyu's heart even colder, and suddenly sighed softly: "The monarch of Dongying Kingdom was defeated by Murong Chengbo, Became a prisoner, thinking about Miss Li back then, it really felt a little pathetic."

Sang Qingyan's lowered hands trembled a little, but then she smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's her luck, I heard that even though she was married by her eldest grandson Wuyong, she was an unfavorable concubine after all. Hearing that she was the one who was arrested, maybe it was her luck."

While speaking, she stared at Daiyu and said, "Even so, Li Xueqing's hatred for us was extraordinary that day. If she really risked her life to come, she was in the dark and we were in the light, wouldn't we be caught? Has she said it?"

Daiyu shook her head lightly, looked at Sang Qingyan and said with a smile: "That's not entirely true. Brother Rong said that Li Xueqing arrived in the capital that day, but it's a pity that she had disappeared when she arrived in the capital." With clenched hands, the smile on Daiyu's lips became more and more faint.

"Sister-in-law." Wan Yu walked over with Mei Jian and Chun Xian, and behind them were Chunlan and Xueyan who came back with cakes. Daiyu looked at Sang Qingyan with a smile and said, "Look, sister, the four of them This is always the case for me, either one of them will disappear, or all four of them will be together, it’s a coincidence, those who don’t know think it’s an agreement between you two.”

Chunxian and Chunlan shot Daiyu a look, and said: "Obviously the Princess ordered us to do it, but in the end we were the ones who arranged it."

I took the silk-wrapped agate plate handed over by Chun Xian with my own hands, and the white locust flower cake exuded a sense of serenity, and said with a light smile: "Sister, try Chun Xian's handicraft, and tell me which one is better compared to the previous one. .”

Sang Qingyan tasted a small piece of Sophora japonica cake, swallowed it without chewing carefully, and said: "It's really different, it's even more delicious than the one that day." Looking at her With flickering eye waves, Daiyu lowered her eyes and only smiled slightly.

Chunxian and the others looked at Sang Qingyan strangely, only to see that she had already stood up and said with a smile: "Seeing that my sister is in good health, I should go back to the palace too. Grandmother and father ordered the tonic brocade, aunt I have ordered someone to send it to my sister's Yilan courtyard."

Daiyu got up and smiled slightly: "Thank you, sister, I'm tired of running this trip." Looking at Mei Jian, she said with a smile: "Mei Jian will give the things I want to give to the Queen Mother and the Emperor to the Crown Princess, please come with me. Just take it with you."

Sang Qingyan was stunned for a moment, then said immediately: "How can I bring my sister's intentions into the palace? Doesn't it mean that my sister won't enter the palace?"

Daiyu smiled softly and said: "Not really, I just think it's not a good idea to put the finished things here after all, please trouble my sister once." Sang Qingyan smiled and nodded, and ordered the maid outside the pavilion to hold Mei Jian in his hands. The thing even took over.He stopped Daiyu from sending her off, and left here alone with a group of court ladies and eunuchs.

Brushing the unstained dust on her body, she looked back and saw Shui Wanyu's scrutinizing gaze, then smiled lightly and said, "What is my sister thinking?"

Shui Wanyu stared at Daiyu for a long time, before she said: "I just feel that there is something weird between the sister-in-law and the princess. And from the beginning to the end, I always feel that the princess smiles a little forcedly, and I don't know why. .”

Daiyu smiled softly, "It's a bit weird at first, I think so too."

Looking at Chunxian's thoughtful face while talking, she said calmly: "It seems that we just made the Sophora japonica cake this year. The first time I ate it, I spent two yuan yesterday. How has she ever eaten this?" Said Then he turned around and supported Shui Wanyu's hand, got up and smiled, "My sister will go with me to see what grandma and father gave us. If it's good, I can leave it to my sister as a dowry in the future." ?”

Shui Wanyu blushed with a pretty face, and slapped Daiyu reproachfully, and said, "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? The happy event in our Beijing Palace is the birth of the little prince and the little princess, isn't it? on your head?"

Daiyu smiled lightly, with a soft color blending between her brows, looking at the tenderness between her brows, she smiled softly, and said in a low voice: "That's right, as long as the purse on that person's body hasn't worn out, sister Just stay with me for a while longer."

The voice of the sister-in-law and sister-in-law walking away seems real and unreal, swaying across a bamboo forest, turning around a field of gardenias, the rich aroma of white snow sweeping through the breeze, among the laughter, like The two fairy-like women passed by lightly wearing flower willows.Only the swaying snow-white gardenias are somewhat pretty and splendid.

A storm passed by, and the mess left on the ground caused Daiyu's pen tip to pause slightly, and the lotus on the rice paper also condensed, and a drop of ink color was rendered into a branch of ink lotus, outlining a few strokes of a single lotus blooming in full bloom, and picking up the pen After writing the word "Gufang", she put down her hair and stood quietly behind the crystal bead curtain.

Slender hands slid the smooth and round beads, and a soft smile lingered on her lips. Looking at the pink lotus shaking the raindrops on her body in the wind, she whispered softly: "Fang and luster are mixed, but the quality is not the same. deficit."

"I have seen the king."

The sound of greetings outside the door curtain made Daiyu look back with a slight smile, and saw Shui Rong walking in from the outside in a formal suit facing the crown. Seeing Daiyu standing by the window, she smiled softly, took off her outer robe and handed it to the side to serve The palace maid smiled lightly and said, "I expected that it would be difficult for you to rest in such a storm. I don't want you to still be leaning on the railing to watch the rain."

"Only by watching the rain can you know that the rain is also strange, and you can appreciate the destructive means of the storm. Watching the ebb and flow of the flowers and branches, floating life and landing."

"The rain is falling from the sky, the prince is really a blessing behind him, and he can also benefit thousands of people."

Gently hugging Daiyu and leaning in her arms, the refreshment after the heavy rain is really rare in hot weather, the tip of her nose rubbed against her snow-white neck, and smiled softly: "Yes, blessing the world, the rain of drought for days It really was a timely rain.”

Daiyu nodded in agreement, and said with a smile, "I hope so." Then she turned around and smiled, "Today the crown prince is enthroned as emperor, but did you say when the crown prince will be conferred the title of empress?"

Shui Rongning eyebrows thought for a while, and said lightly: "I don't know, it seems that no one in the palace has this intention when the crown prince just ascended the throne, and even the Queen Mother and the Supreme Emperor, who love her the most, have nothing to say. It should be shortly after the emperor ascended the throne, after all, they are a married couple, so their love is naturally extraordinary."

Stretching his waist, Shui Rong said with a smile: "The prince is already the king of a country, and with such a good omen, we can retire with peace of mind."

Suddenly seeing Daiyu's expression slightly ill, she was sitting quietly at the side, there seemed to be a touch of worry and melancholy hidden between her quiet eyebrows, so she asked, "What is Dai'er thinking?"

Daiyu smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, I just miss the beautiful mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River."

Shui Rong gently held her in his arms, lowered his head and whispered, "Don't worry, Dai'er."