Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The green grass is like felt, and the layers are like blue waves, and occasionally there is a slightly burnt yellow color between the twists and turns.

The tall shrubs and jungles on all sides have already been dyed with a layer of scorched yellow and fiery red. At this time, the sun is getting stronger, and the refracted rays of light add to the charm.

Daiyu held Shui Mao in her arms and looked at the bright yellow tents erected on all sides, with some helplessness showing the corners of her eyes and brows.

Shuihan is on the throne for the first time, and Qiuri has already planned to come to the hunting ground to hunt.She originally thought that women would not come here, but Shui Rong would come with Shui Han, and the Queen Mother and the Supreme Emperor were still interested, so she followed everyone to this hunting ground.

The bright yellow flags and tents fluttered with the wind, and the tents of the princes' mansions followed the emperor's big tent.Daiyu raised her head and looked at the wild geese passing by occasionally, she was silent for a while thinking about something.

Shui Rong walked over from the outside and saw Daiyu standing quietly in front of the tent, so she stepped forward and asked softly, "What's wrong with Dai'er?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Daiyu leaned into his arms without waiting to turn her head, and she said helplessly, "I don't know what the two of us are doing here. It's a waste of time, and it's not very fun." The place."

Seeing Daiyu's displeasure, Shui Rong felt a little annoyed, but wanted to comfort Daiyu's heart after all, so he smiled and said, "You haven't been out of the capital for a long time, so take this opportunity to let you and Maoer go out for a walk." Nao Nao is just enjoying the scenery with the Empress Dowager and the Supreme Emperor. Could it be that you are really asked to hunt the bloody land there?"

Daiyu pursed her lips, the unhappiness on her face became more and more intense.Looking at the maids waiting around and the guards facing outside, he muttered in a low voice, "You said you wanted to go for a walk with Maoer and me."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Of course I won't forget, Dai'er don't worry! The emperor will go back to the palace tomorrow, how about we go for a walk then?"

Daiyu nodded indiscriminately when she heard this, and saw that Concubine Beijing and Shui Wanyu had also come out of the side tent, so she stepped forward and said, "Sister Concubine Mother, why did you come out?"

Concubine Bei Jing gathered the big cloak on her body, looked at the three of them with a smile, and said with a smile: "Your family is very happy, and you are standing here and talking in such a cold wind. Really Is it to cultivate the elegance and demeanor of our little Maoer from an early age?"

Hearing Princess Beijing make fun of her, Daiyu couldn't help but smile, looked at Shui Mao who was round and rolling her eyes in her arms, and then said: "What the concubine mother said is that it's Maoer who can't stay in the tent. .”

Concubine Beijing rubbed her hands, took Xiao Shuimao from Daiyu's arms, looked at his cute appearance, kissed him with a smile on her face, then looked at Shui Rong again and said: "I remember that when you were young, you were also careless. I came here with your father and the Supreme Emperor, but I didn't expect to come here again, but I came here with my little grandson in my arms."

Shui Rong shook his head and looked at Imperial Concubine Bei Jing and said: "Father is here now, if mother and concubine want to find it, she can do it herself, why bother to drag Father in front of us?"

Grand Concubine Bei Jing glared at Shui Rong, hugged the little man in her arms tightly, squinted at Shui Rong, and said with a loving smile, "Maoer, please remember, you will grow up in the future, and you must keep your words intact." If you don’t move, return it to your father.”

Just as he was talking, he heard a maid behind him say: "I have seen the concubine, the prince, the concubine, and the princess! The empress dowager invited the three of you to go to the big tent in front."

Concubine Bei Jing said cheerfully after hearing this: "The empress dowager must have missed my little grandson. Naturally, everyone likes such a cute baby." Then she turned and called Daiyu and Wanyu, saying: " You all go with me too. It's almost noon, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager thinks it's lonely to eat by herself."

Daiyu and Wanyu looked at each other and smiled lightly.Shui Rong quietly held Daiyu's small hand, which was one step behind, and said softly: "You go with the concubine mother, I will go to the emperor's tent to arrange hunting in the afternoon, and come back earlier in the evening. It doesn't matter if you don't go to the hunting ground."

Daiyu listened to his words of concern, her brows and eyes were filled with a tender and sweet smile, she held Shui Rong's big hand and smiled lightly: "Brother Rong, don't worry, I will follow the empress dowager, grandmother and concubine in the big tent and wait for you to come back." yes."

Shui Rong saw Concubine Beijing's narrow eyes as she walked and turned around, then glared at them, reluctantly let go of Daiyu's little hand, watched Daiyu's lithe figure gradually catch up with Concubine Beijing, and then slowly withdrew her gaze , turned around and walked towards the big tent of Shui Han.

The furnishings in the empress dowager's big tent are still the same as those in the palace, although it is only a temporary place.

Seeing Concubine Bei Jing's group of four coming in, the Empress Dowager hurriedly beckoned them to come forward, and said with a smile: "That's all for the old bones of the Ai family, I can only let you come here for a walk."

Ignoring their etiquette, Fu held Shui Mao in his arms again, looked at his cute little face, babbled something with red lips, and smiled unknowingly, saying: "This kid and Rong'er were together when they were young. The same appearance, look at this small mouth, this small face, isn't it a copy of Rong'er."

Concubine Bei Jing leaned forward, teasing and laughing: "That's right, I said that I look more like Yu'er, but now I look just like his old man."

The Empress Dowager smiled and watched Daiyu Wanyu follow Nanny De to play with the flowers and plants in the house, and then said: "The Ai family has seen that Yu'er has become more and more quiet in the past few years. This temperament is too quiet, but now it is more, Aijia doesn't look good, so she must be let out for a walk, anyway, it's fine to stay in the capital."

Seeing the indifferent and alienated look on Daiyu's eyebrows, the Queen Mother sighed in her heart.Naturally, Shui Rong would treat Daiyu a thousand times and ten thousand times better, but the sisterhood she cherished in her heart hurt her, and she didn't want to stay in the capital any more.

"The empress is here." The eunuch's shrill voice came from outside the tent, and all the maids and eunuchs beside the big tent knelt down to pay their respects, and Sang Qingyan, who was dressed in colorful embroidery, walked in.

"Granddaughter-in-law pays respects to the empress dowager's grandmother, and the empress dowager's grandmother is blessed and safe." The glamorous queen's honor on her slightly bent knees made Daiyu just step forward and salute: "I have seen the empress."

Sang Qingyan raised her eyebrows slightly, stepped forward and took Daiyu's little hand affectionately, and said, "Sister, why should you be so polite? It's too late for us to get close."

Daiyu never pulled back her little hand, she just glanced at her lightly, and said with a light smile, "Thank you Empress Empress."

Sang Qingyan, who hadn't seen her for a few days, had already assumed the demeanor of a queen empress, but at this moment her eyes were full of vanity and complacency, and those complacent eyes had already left behind the elegance and refinement of the past, not to mention that The brilliance and clarity that penetrates the heart.

Before Daiyu could think about it, Sang Qingyan loosened her grip on Daiyu's little hand, went forward with an embroidered handkerchief and personally brought the medicinal food to the Queen Mother, and said with a smile: "Finally, the granddaughter-in-law still has time to serve the old ancestor to take the medicine. "

"You have a heart." I didn't go to pick up the medicine, I just looked at Concubine Beijing, greeted Daiyu to sit by her side, and said: "The queen is busy with everything, and she still thinks of the old lady of the Ai family, which shows that she is a sincere and filial woman." My child, I can't blame the Ai family for loving her that day."

Sang Qingyan's downcast eyes flickered slightly, raised her eyes and smiled lightly: "The old ancestor praised Qingyan for not daring to take it." As he said that, he glanced at Daiyu as if there was nothing, and said lightly: "Nowadays, everything in the palace is a matter of concern. With Concubine Feng taking care of her, the granddaughter-in-law is pregnant and won't be able to use her anywhere, so she can spare more time to serve the ancestors, right?"

The Empress Dowager gave a faint 'En', opened her eyes and said: "The Concubine Xian's child, Ai's family looks very good, and the harem is well-organized. You are so good that you will raise your body and give birth to Lin'er for the emperor. "

Sang Qingyan nodded with a smile, that peaceful smile seemed to really not care about Concubine Xian taking charge of the affairs of the palace.

Daiyu sat beside the Empress Dowager, hugged Shui Mao, supported his small head on her arm with one hand, and held a small bowl with the other hand to gently feed a little milk. Her skillful appearance surprised the Empress Dowager very much.

"Where's Maoer's nanny?"

Daiyu raised her eyes and smiled, and said: "Mao'er has a weird temper. He vomited out after eating milk two days ago, and he refused to take milk anymore. There is no other way but to hold fresh milk for the time being." him some."

The Queen Mother looked at Shui Mao with great interest, shook his pink face, and said: "This is a fur doll with a weird personality, such a small doll knows how to show his temper, and he will be a stubborn one in the future. Temper."

Seeing that Shui Mao had almost eaten, Daiyu hugged him and gently lay on her knees, patted his back lightly until he hiccupped, then she lifted him up and leaned against her bosom, and said with a soft smile: " Who knows that he has such a temper, and he can only wait until he becomes sensible, and slowly teach him."

The queen mother looked up at Sang Qingyan and said: "Qingyan, you should learn it too, you will be a mother soon, it would be better to learn more from Yu'er."

Sang Qingyan didn't move, but there was a faint smile on the corner of her lips, and said: "Grandmother said, the younger sister has been a mother for a few days, and the granddaughter-in-law will naturally learn from the younger sister." It was Shui Mao who was staring closely at the baby who was babbling to himself.

Daiyu looked up but saw Sang Qingyan's cold expression that was too late to clean up, so she twitched the corners of her lips and said indifferently: "The empress has already invited a nanny and a teacher to the palace, how can Daiyu be needed?" Pointing fingers? Those nuns are all experienced people, so they are naturally safe."

The unsalty words made Sang Qingyan feel really uncomfortable. The queen mother looked at Sang Qingyan and Daiyu coldly, looked at Daiyu and said with a smile: "You child, those mothers are naturally safer, sorry The family is thinking that you sisters should learn from each other. Thinking of Yu'er's pure and indisputable temperament is the favorite place of the Ai family. What the Ai family wants is for you to learn from each other's strengths and help each other's weaknesses."

Daiyu looked at the Queen Mother and smiled, and Sang Qingyan also smiled, but they remained silent.

The sound of the horn from outside the tent refreshed the Empress Dowager. In a blink of an eye, she could only hear the galloping horses flying, and the sound of horseshoes outside the tent was deafening. Hunting on horseback, now you can only sit in the tent and wait for their men to bring back the spoils."

Concubine Bei Jing took the water in Daiyu's hand and patted it softly, and said softly: "The empress dowager is still as heroic as before. We went to the hunting ground to play that day. The first time the empress dowager taught me to shoot a small dog Where's the fox?"

Daiyu looked at Dowager Bei Jing with some surprise in her eyes, and then said with a smile: "Mother Concubine ever beat a fox?"

Concubine Bei Jing smiled and said: "Isn't it? That fox was very cunning at that time. If the Empress Dowager hadn't been quick-witted, a few of us would have caught it with a big net, and we might not be able to catch it."

"Thinking about those old things now, we are getting older day by day."

The sound of horseshoes gradually faded away, Daiyu seemed to be silent from a distance, Shui Mao in her arms had already fallen asleep, and was about to go back to the tent when she saw Sang Qingyan walking over holding her waist, and said with a light smile : "My sister hasn't seen the scenery outside yet, why don't we sisters go out for a walk?"

Daiyu looked at Shui Mao in her arms and heard Sang Qingyan say: "Why didn't my sister go out for a walk with Shui Mao in her arms? It's hard to get a hunting ground in the suburbs. Wouldn't it be a pity not to see it?"

Daiyu became more and more puzzled, the creases between her eyebrows gathered together, and said: "Mao'er is not yet a hundred days old, how can he go outside and get the wind? The empress's words seem a bit inappropriate."

Sang Qingyan didn't move her eyebrows and said with a faint smile: "Since my sister said so, let Maoer stay with my grandmother and the concubine. Grandma doesn't want us sisters to go out for a walk, why don't you obey her old man's words and go out?" How about walking?"

Daiyu became more and more confused about Sang Qingyan's intentions.Not to mention that she insisted on following Shuihan to hunt while she was pregnant, just the weirdness of what she said was enough to make Daiyu extremely puzzled.

Looking at the Empress Dowager and Concubine Bei Jing, Daiyu smiled and said, "Since that's the case, Mao'er will stay with the grandmother and concubine mother. Yu'er will come back with the empress after a while."

The Empress Dowager and Concubine Bei Jing nodded with a smile, only listening to Concubine Bei Jing instructing Mother De, who was beside her, said with a smile: "Old lady, please go out with the Queen and Concubine for a walk. They are newcomers here. familiar."

Mother De responded, followed Daiyu to stand up, and said with a smile: "The empress and the princess don't dislike the old slave's talkativeness."

Shui Wanyu got up and walked to Beijing Concubine and Empress Dowager and said with a smile: "Mother Concubine, I want to accompany my sister-in-law, and I also want to see the scenery outside, but I feel itchy when I hear the sound of horns and the sound of the wind." , I will pick some flowers for the queen mother and concubine mother later."

Concubine Bei Jing twisted her nose and said: "You can go, just don't cause trouble for your sister-in-law."

Shui Wanyu snorted, took Daiyu's arm and said with a smile: "I'm here to accompany my sister-in-law to relieve boredom, so I won't bother my sister-in-law, right?"

Daiyu sighed with a smile, "Yes, yes, relieve boredom! However, there are more troublesome times."

Shui Wanyu ignored Daiyu, just took her arm and walked outside with Sang Qingyan and his party and Mother De.

Although it was said that she was going out for a walk, because Sang Qingyan was pregnant and there were not a few people serving her, Daiyu only took Chunxian with her, and Shui Wanyu did not bring anyone to follow her.

The beautiful postures of the wild flowers blooming everywhere swayed with the wind, and a faint fragrance floated into the nose. He took a deep breath and said, "The fragrance of flowers in spring is nothing more than that. I don't want to be able to smell and see it in autumn in this hunting ground." Fragrant and charming."

In the distance, the emerald and smoky mountains are winding and rugged, and the natural barriers surrounded by mountains enclose this place. It seems calm and there is no wind coming.

Suddenly, I saw a few young eunuchs coming with a huge cage, and when they saw a group of them here, they immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me, the servants are too blind to see that the Empress Feng is here."

Sang Qingyan smiled gently, raised her head and said: "Forget it, you guys get up." She looked at the cage covered with a layer of black cloth, but she couldn't see clearly inside, and asked casually: "What are you carrying?" ?”

"Reporting to Empress, this cage was carried by the emperor's servants, and it contained a larger beast that the emperor just hunted down." The little eunuch answered Sang Qingyan's words carefully, for fear of frightening them. After replying, he hurriedly carried the cage to the extremely remote woods on the other side.

Sang Qingyan looked thoughtfully at the exposed black and yellow fur, turned around and saw that Daiyu Shui Wanyu had already gone to the other side to collect wild flowers, so she smiled lightly, holding the maid's hand towards them walk among them.

Daiyu held the small plain white flower in her hand, her delicate face bloomed with a beautiful smile, she handed it to Shui Wanyu, and said with a smile: "Wanyu, look, isn't this an excellent flower? I see They are no worse than those in our mansion."

Shui Wanyu took the bouquet and put it in her bosom, and gave Daiyu another bouquet of purple flowers with a giggle and said, "Reciprocity is a courtesy, sister-in-law likes this, Wanyu, you give this to you in return."

Sang Qingyan pointed to the dense forest over there, and said with a smile: "Look at you two sisters-in-law are very close, I think the ones over there are very good, why don't all the younger sisters go somewhere and pick a handful for the queen mother, grandmother and Beibei?" Can Concubine Jing send it to you?"

Shui Wanyu had already pulled Daiyu to go there, and said with a smile: "I saw the little Qiuju there, I remember that the favorite of the mother concubine and the empress dowager is the kind of small autumn chrysanthemums of various colors .”

Seeing how happy she was, Daiyu had no time to think about it, so she put her hand on Nanny De's hand and smiled, "Since Grandma and Concubine Mother both like it, can Nanny go with us?" As she spoke, she staggered, Turning around, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Wan Yu, take it easy, there is no rush."

Shui Wanyu didn't pay attention to Daiyu's calling, and hurriedly walked towards the forest while pulling Daiyu's hand.

Daiyu smiled and watched Shui Wanyu picking flowers very happily, so she stood there to take a rest. Shui Wanyu walked towards Daiyu holding a lot of flowers, and when she looked up, she saw Daiyu's face that faded instantly. "Wan Yu, be careful."

Shui Wanyu didn't understand Daiyu's meaning in time, she just felt a burst of hot air coming from behind her, and when she turned around in a daze, a bloody mouth was close at hand, she was so frightened that she immediately stood on the spot with a pale face.

Daiyu didn't know where the strength came from, she ran a few steps and grabbed Shui Wanyu's hand, narrowly avoiding the tiger's pounce.

The roar of the tiger made the guards on all sides come to hear it, and hurried forward with bows and arrows in their hands, "Be careful of Princess Beijing and the princess." Sang Qingyan stood among the guards and shouted suddenly.The people who were waiting to shoot saw the fierce tiger chasing after them, and were afraid of hurting Daiyu and Shui Wanyu, so they didn't drop their bows and arrows for a long time.

Shui Wanyu turned around, pushed Daiyu away violently, staggered and fell to the ground, seeing the tiger approaching, she closed her eyes and waited, "Wanyu." Daiyu's stern voice came from her ear Shouting, Shui Wanyu trembled and did not open her eyes.

The surroundings seemed to stop for an instant, and even her breathing seemed to stop. Daiyu was extremely surprised to see a black figure approaching quickly, protecting Shui Wanyu under her body, and the tiger's sharp claws had already fallen.

"Tearing" only heard the sound of the clothes being torn, Shui Wanyu opened her eyes, saw that Jiang Lianyu was protecting her, tears fell from her eyes, her hands hugged Jiang Lianyu's back tightly, Let the tiger's claws fall on her hands.

"What are you doing? Don't you see that they are in danger?" Daiyu turned around sharply and stared at the guards standing beside her with her cold eyes, but she heard Sang Qingyan beside her say: "Sister, don't be in a hurry. Now that Wan Yu and that strange man are beside the tiger, wouldn't the consequences be more serious if they accidentally shot them? What's more, who knows who the strange man is, if it is an assassin or a spy, what should the emperor do? "

Daiyu looked at Sang Qingyan with a sneer, and saw the empress dowager's bright yellow tent far to the north, so she took out a golden token from her bosom, pointed at the guards and said, "I order you to shoot arrows immediately. Keep your dog eyes wide open, if you hurt the Princess and Mr. Jiang, I will definitely tear you to pieces." Sang Qingyan's heart shuddered at the cold and stern demeanor.

Seeing the Supreme Emperor's gold medal was like seeing the Supreme Emperor in person, how dare the crowd delay any longer, they hurriedly drew their bows and arrows and shot at the tiger, not long after, several experts shot the tiger to the ground.

Daiyu looked at Sang Qingyan with a cold and angry face, and said with a smile: "Very good, very good. The empress's plan is very good, she really deserves to be the empress who is under one person and above ten thousand." Angrily, he said again: "If the strange man you mentioned is hurt, I will see how the empress will explain to the emperor."

Seeing the Queen Mother and Concubine Beijing who came in a hurry to inquire, Daiyu coldly ordered the guards around: "Let me take down all these dog slaves with bows and arrows in their hands."

Daiyu had never been so angry before, she felt suffocating with her overwhelming momentum, and she didn't dare to resist the fastening, so she responded, and some peripheral soldiers stepped forward to surround the archers, tied their hands bound.

Daiyu stepped forward to look at Shui Wanyu, saw the bloody hands on her hands, then looked at the blood flowing on Jiang Lianyu's back, tears fell down, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Mr. Jiang. "

Shui Wanyu sat up and looked at the wound behind Jiang Lianyu, she didn't estimate the wound on her hand, she kept crying, the embroidered handkerchief in her hand was already soaked.

The Empress Dowager hurriedly ordered the eunuch to carry Jiang Lianyu down, and then ordered someone to help Shui Wanyu down, and hurriedly walked to Daiyu's side and said, "Yu'er, how is it? Are you injured?" Daiyu shook her head. Shake your head.

Sang Qingyan stepped forward and cried, "I beg your forgiveness, it's my daughter-in-law who didn't protect Yun Dai and Sister Wanyu well, and I really regret it."

The Empress Dowager was startled and angry at this moment, looked at Sang Qingyan and said coldly: "This is a good resting place for the queen's family, how could a fierce tiger come here? Fortunately, Mr. Jiang rescued him from this terrible situation the point."

Sang Qingyan stepped forward to wipe away her tears and said, "Just now my daughter-in-law saw a person passing over there, so she ordered someone to catch her. Presumably these little eunuchs put the tigers here for her to see." Come on, I have a vicious heart."

While talking, she saw the little eunuch approaching a woman, and when Daiyu raised her eyes, she saw the wrinkled face and pale hair. Who was it if it wasn't the familiar Jia Mu?