Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

Zhanyan is the midsummer of the year again, and the hot days are shining endlessly on the houses and halls. Daiyu shook her fan in a bit of boredom, looking at the cold curtains that fell down, layer by layer. It is to block the heat wave.

Xueyan came in with sour plum soup, seeing Daiyu lying sleepily on the cool couch, she stepped forward and said with a smile: "Princess, get up and drink a bowl of sour plum soup, I really can't bear it in such a hot day."

Daiyu stretched her waist and rubbed her sweat-stained neck. Xueyan hurriedly straightened the pillow behind Daiyu with one hand, and heard Daiyu laughing: "Didn't you say that you don't have to come to serve again? Why leave your family behind?" That person came here again?"

Xueyan's face turned red immediately, she took a look at Daiyu, and said in a low voice, "Wangfei will always be Xueyan's young lady. Besides, I haven't married yet, have I?"

Daiyu took the sour plum soup, turned around and looked at Xueyan with a smile, sighed in her heart, and said softly: "If you are all living happily, what difference does it make if you stay by my side or not? You have served me for so many years, I naturally think For your benefit."

Xue Yan felt a bit sad in her heart when she heard this, but the shyness of being a newlywed was much lessened, so she held Daiyu's little hand and said in a low voice: "Princess, don't say that, Xue Yan is reluctant to leave Wang Concubine."

Daiyu raised her smile, stopped the tears in her eyes, patted Xueyan's hand, took a sip of the sour plum soup, frowned and said: "Chunxian's craftsmanship is a bit backward, why is this sour plum soup so sour? "

Knowing that Daiyu deliberately changed the topic, Xueyan got up hastily and said with a forced smile, "It's probably Chunxian's elder sister who was lazy and pretended to be with the sour plum soup from the previous year."

Daiyu laughed lightly, turned around and looked at the bead curtain that stretched the floor, and said, "Hurry up and catch that lazy girl."

While speaking, she heard a chuckle from outside the curtain, Daiyu looked at it in surprise for a while, and then heard a delicate voice outside the curtain calling: "Sister Lin."

After hearing this, Xueyan hurriedly stepped forward and raised the curtain to welcome Xichun in, and said: "The queen just remembered to visit the door, but our princess is so tired that she is talking about it with all her heart."

Leaning at Xueyan sideways, Xichun took out a white jade and mutton fat jade pendant from her hand and handed it in Xue Yan's hand, and said with a sweet smile: "A few days ago, I didn't have time to congratulate my sister when she came out of the court, so this mutton fat jade pendant is the right one. My congratulations to my sister."

Xue Yan kept saying she didn't dare, and said: "How dare the servant girl ask for the queen's gift, this."

Xichun waved her hand, looked at Daiyu who was sitting on the seat with a smile, leaned forward and said: "Good sister, you can persuade sister Xueyan, if she doesn't accept this gift, then I will I can't sit still."

Daiyu held Xichun's hand and sat on the couch together, looked at Xueyan and smiled lightly: "Since it is the reward from the Empress Dowager, then girl Xueyan will accept it. If she doesn't accept it, the Empress Dowager will be unhappy , Lord Canglang must bring the queen back to the country, and never come again."

Annoyed, Xichun stepped forward and pressed Daiyu on the couch, and said bitterly: "I see sister Lin getting more and more poor-mouthed, it's because brother-in-law Lin is used to it."

While avoiding Xichun's mischievous hands, Daiyu laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe, and said with a choked smile, "Xiao Xi'er, if you don't stop, I'm going to be annoyed, let go quickly."

Seeing the eyes of Xueyan, Xueyan hurried forward and took Xichun's hand and got up, seeing the hair scattered at their temples, she and the little maid took them one by one to sit down and fix their buns, and said softly: "My servant, thank you for the gift from the queen." .”

Xichun looked up at her and said, "You have served Sister Lin for so many years, and you are considered our sister, but what kind of servant queen? You are also our sister."

Daiyu looked at Xueyan, Ni looked at Xichun and said: "Xueyan's hooves are really cheap and good-looking, just look at sister Xichun's jade pendant and bought you, let it go, you can dress up for sister Xichun Bar."

Xichun burst out laughing, ignoring the parted hair, stepped forward and grabbed Daiyu's delicate neck, lightly pressed against Daiyu's pink cheek, and said with a light smile, "Sister is angry."

Daiyu patted her little hand and smiled, stroked her loose hair on the sideburns and put it behind her ears, and said with a soft smile: "Silly girl, why is sister angry with you? Quickly let Xueyan help you comb it, My sister hasn't dressed up with you for a long time."

There was a bit of melancholy hidden in Daiyu's clear and spirited words, which made Xichun's eyebrows well up with a touch of sadness. He mumbled and buried his head in Daiyu's arms, smelling the soft fragrance coming to his face, Xichun took a deep breath. In one breath, he murmured: "Sister."

Daiyu smiled faintly, concealed the melancholy between her brows, raised her eyes and smiled lightly, "Look at you, you are almost the mother of the child, and you are still so naughty, be careful of the child in your womb."

Xichun blushed a pretty face, looked up at Daiyu and said angrily: "Bad sister, how do you know that Xichun is pregnant with a child?"

Daiyu caressed her pink apple face, smiled lightly and said, "I'm the mother of a child, how can I not see you? Besides, even if I can't see you, wouldn't the queen mother tell me?" Then she pinched Xichun's cheek, her pretty face was full of complacency: "You little girl, do you think you're clever enough to hide this from me? I'm going to wait for her to call me auntie."

Xichun patted Daiyu's little hand away, and sat beside Daiyu with Chunxian's support, and said, "Are you still looking forward to someone calling your aunt? There is already someone calling your mother, and another one will come someday." , wouldn’t it be one more villain to call your mother?”

Daiyu blushed with a pretty face, seeing Xichun's unforgiving pretty appearance, so she picked up the pear cake that was left on the case, and spat at her: "The more talkative and talkative, fortunately, she is the queen of a country. , it’s really out of shape.”

Xichun's cheerful eyes suddenly became quiet, with a little sadness scattered in his eyes, and he said lightly: "I don't want a queen, but if he is an ordinary person, a man from an ordinary family, I'm afraid it will be too late." Not so many things come out.”

Daiyu looked at Xichun in amazement, and then at Ruhua, who was accompanying her, with some questions.

Ruhua smiled wryly, took a look at Xichun, and said: "Since the girl got married, the queen mother there has been focusing on saying that the girl's background is not good, and she wants to fill the harem for the monarch one after another. Even if the monarch wholeheartedly opposes it, he can't stand the queen mother." Rubbish and stubborn, she insisted on stuffing her natal niece and granddaughter into the palace, but now she is showing off her power and does not pay attention to the queen, if the queen is not pregnant at this time, who knows what will happen to the queen mother and that person."

After hearing this, Xichun stared at Ruhua, and lightly reprimanded: "I'm talking to Sister Lin, why do I need you to intervene?" After all, his eyes sank a little.

Daiyu gently held Xichun's little hand, her brows looked up coldly, she looked into the painting and said: "Then, can you see clearly the thoughts of Lord Canglang?"

Entering the painting hesitantly glanced at Xichun, but seeing Xichun bowed her head and said nothing, then said: "If it weren't for the wholehearted protection of the monarch, I am afraid that the queen will not be able to stay in Lieyu Kingdom at this time."

Daiyu looked at Xichun suspiciously, and said, "Xi'er, what's going on?"

Xichun stared at Daiyu for a long while, before sighing softly: "At that time, the memorial of the minister of the Lieyu Kingdom. At first, I was said to be the princess of the Celestial Dynasty. Who would have thought that I would not know when, Lieyu Kingdom Rumors started to spread, saying that I am the daughter of a sinful minister of the Chinese dynasty, and I just took advantage of the pity of the imperial family of the Chinese dynasty to ascend to the throne of queen in one fell swoop."

After a pause, he looked at Daiyu sadly, and seemed to have returned to those days of turmoil in panic, and said: "There are rumors that there is turmoil in the country, and both civil and military officials in the court jointly petitioned the king to abolish the queen. , Yeluqing, the grand-niece of the empress dowager, was named empress."

Daiyu looked at Chunxian with a frown, then looked at Xichun again and said: "When you were canonized as the princess of Zhongshun Wangfu, your name had already been removed from the Jia family's genealogy, and you were said to be Zhongshun Prince who has been hiding his name since childhood." The little princess who keeps her healthy. The only ones who know the truth of the matter are those in the royal family."

Seeing the doubt on Daiyu's brows, Xichun said calmly: "Yeluqing came here from Lieyu Kingdom, the first person to visit was the Empress."

Xichun's words were like a huge thump on Daiyu's chest, with indelible anger gradually welling up in his eyes, and he said coldly: "I thought it should be her, but I didn't expect her to not only want to put me to death , but also to sow discord so that you will not be safe."

Gently patted Daiyu's trembling little hand, Xichun looked at Daiyu, Jianshui's pupils were full of autumn coldness, and said: "My sister is always kind, she framed her again and again, and my sister also Don't blame the past. But now she seems to want to use Yeluqing and Princess Yanling, and my sister also knows Princess Yanling's thoughts on brother-in-law Lin."

Daiyu suddenly clenched her little white hands with slight blue veins, and after a while she said softly, "I see."

Cicadas stand endlessly on the branches, hissing and roaring as if they want to wipe out its short life.

The lotus leaves on both sides are fragrant and the lotus stalks are side by side. Daiyu leans over and holds a clear lotus in her hand. The jade-white petals are transparent like a piece of fine white jade, and the tender yellow stamen wraps the embryonic form of the lotus pod, which is a little faint. The sweetness rushes into the nose.

"The gentleman of the lotus flower emerges from the mud without being stained, cleans the ripples without being demonic! He has a faintly blooming youth."

There was a tinge of begonia red reflected on the water surface, Daiyu turned her head slowly, but saw a gorgeous woman with heavy make-up, her eyes were full of delicacy, and she lost her mind for a moment when she saw Daiyu turn around.

The woman stepped forward and picked off the white lotus that Daiyu brushed just now, trimmed the whole branch, put it in her hand and played with it.

Daiyu supported Chunxian's hand to get up, but saw that Xichun was already sitting in the gazebo, staring at the woman for a long time with cold eyes, then smiled at Daiyu: "It's too hot under the scorching sun, my sister should hurry up." Come and cool off in this gazebo."

Daiyu smiled quietly after hearing this, and smiled at the woman, then walked into the gazebo holding Xichun's hand, and gave Xichun a puzzled look, but seeing Xichun nodded, she felt a sense of understanding in her heart, and Daiyu's eyebrows Frowning slightly, she quietly sat beside Xichun.

"Won't the empress introduce me when she sees the concubine?" Before the words fell to the ground, the man had already arrived in the gazebo, and before Xichun could speak, he sat opposite Xichun.

Xichun stroked the lotus leaf in his hand, smiled lightly and said, "It's always Qingfei who introduces herself, isn't it?"

After hearing Xichun's words, Concubine Qing suddenly clenched her hands, Daiyu looked at her coldly and only smiled, she couldn't stand such a little provocation, she must be relying on the Queen Mother behind her!

Concubine Qing looked at Xichun's indifferent and indifferent expression, she could no longer hold back her arrogant temper, she snorted coldly: "Isn't the Queen going to find that Princess Bei Jing and bring her into the palace today? Why didn't you see her? Could it be that the Princess Bei Jing you mentioned is already a yellow-faced woman, but she brought a little girl who has not left the court here, is it just to make up for it?"

"Pu Chi." "Cough, cough." Daiyu immediately spit out the unswallowed tea, choking her to keep on coughing, until her face was as red as a cloud.

Chunxian hurriedly followed Shun Daiyu's back, and reproached softly: "I don't know how to be more careful, don't I know that my throat can't stand it here?"

The green concubine didn't understand why Daiyu was like this, in her eyes, Daiyu looked like a little girl, the elegant and refined daughter was delicate, her waist was like a willow branch, and her face was like white jade, no matter how you looked at it, she would never be a lady who came out of the court, she was cold He snorted and said: "You really are the same kind of people, such a girl who doesn't know etiquette, I don't know which family she is from."

Said that there was vigilance in her eyes, waiting for the elegant and poetic Daiyu, said: "Could it be that the queen is going to bring her back to our Lie Yu country? I don't know what identity it is. Could it be that you are still like you, but a queen of criminals?" But she wants to marry into our Lie Yu country and pretend to be the queen."

When Daiyu heard this, an unknown fire surged up from the bottom of her heart. Chunxian, who was supporting Daiyu, had already sensed it, so she sneered and looked at the green concubine and said coldly: "Fortunately, what about Lie Yuguo?" Concubine Qing, no one slapped her tongue, and you don’t even look at it. What kind of place is this? It’s up to you to speak out. If you don’t know what etiquette is, go back as soon as possible and ask the person who taught you to teach you. "

The green concubine suddenly got up from her seat, pointed at Chunxian angrily and said: "What are you, you dare to accuse me, but I am."

"You are just a little concubine of Lie Yu Kingdom, so ignorant of rules and etiquette in front of the queen, it's really self-inflicted, our Celestial Dynasty really doesn't welcome people like you, it's not uncommon to stain your eyes. " Daiyu calmed down, took a sip of tea calmly and calmly, but looked at the green concubine with ice-cold eyes.

Seeing that Daiyu's cold face became more and more beautiful and refined, the hatred hidden in the green concubine's eyes became more and more intense, and she took two steps forward and said angrily: "You are just a little girl, even if your family is Chaozhong Commander, don’t be rude to me, I’m a distinguished guest of the Heavenly Dynasty.” He said with a sneer and said, “I really should let your ruler of the Heavenly Dynasty discipline and discipline you women, each of you hides your dirty thoughts, and you really think that Are people from our Lie Yu Kingdom easy to bully?"

Xichun stood up coldly and looked at Concubine Qing and said indifferently: "Concubine Qing, looking at you from now on, you have forgotten your identity."

The concubine Qing suddenly choked on her words, looked at Xichun with a beautiful face like a snake cannibalism, and said viciously: "Don't say anything big, you are just fighting for your stomach, and I don't know what you are. How did you climb onto the king's bed? Me."

The crisp applause of "pa" made the whole gazebo quiet.

The green concubine turned her head to look at Xichun's reddish palm, and said bitterly: "Good Jia Xichun, I will definitely let the king divorce you when I go back, and let the queen mother divorce you, a bitch."

Xichun looked at Yeluqing coldly, waved his hand indifferently, took Daiyu's little hand to leave the pavilion, and said indifferently: "If you want to say it, you can say it, you are like a shrew in the heavenly court, and you will lose Lieyu Kingdom like this." As for matters of face, I want to see how the Empress Dowager and the Monarch deal with it." He said sarcastically, "Look at how your concubine Qing is so cheeky to say it."

Daiyu held Xichun's little hand and smiled faintly, turned around and saw a bright yellow phoenix robe hidden behind the rockery, her suddenly silent eyes were somewhat sarcasm, she took Xichun's little hand out of the garden and went to the Empress Dowager's palace.

Seeing the back of Daiyu and Xichun leaving, the green concubine trembled angrily, and waved all the teacups in the gazebo to the ground, but heard an elegant voice behind her, softly said: "Sister Qing, why is she so big?" anger?"

Turning around and seeing Sang Qingyan, the green concubine suppressed her anger immediately, and said, "Look, empress, how can I survive with her arrogance?"

Sang Qingyan glanced at her indifferently, held her hand and said with a smile: "Look at what my sister said, my sister is the grandniece of the empress dowager, how can the king's cousin surpass her?"

The green concubine wiped her eyes, and said again: "If the empress hadn't mentioned that she was a criminal minister, I'm afraid we would all be kept in the dark by her and shame Lie Yuguo in vain. It's just hateful, now that she is pregnant and let her Me, what should I do?"

Sang Qingyan glanced at Concubine Qing contemptuously, and sneered in her heart, if she hadn't wanted to get rid of Daiyu, how could she have supported such an adou as the queen to the throne?It's all about planning for the future.

Concubine Qing looked at Sang Qingyan and said, "Who is that young girl who just followed her?"

"Girl?" Sang Qingyan sneered, her cold eyes contained a bit of jealousy, and said bitterly: "She is the wife of the man your cousin loves, that is, the yellow-faced princess you call Princess Beijing."

Daiyu took Xichun's hand and slowly turned around the imperial garden, looked at Xichun and said indifferently: "Maybe this green concubine is just a pawn on the empress's springboard." After thinking about it, she sneered and said, "She really thinks she is smart. Can you make everyone in the world play with applause?"

Xichun took a deep look at Daiyu who was cold and decisive, then smiled lightly and said: "Sister is still the same sister from back then. That's right, how can you be kind to those who want to frame us?"

Daiyu nodded and said: "Everyone in the world says, 'Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. "He caressed the drooping branches and willows with his hands, slightly frowning his brows.

"Sister Lin." Xichun's face turned pale suddenly, so startled that Daiyu hurriedly supported Xichun and said, "Xi'er, what's wrong with you?"

Xichun clenched her lips in pain, and seeing Daiyu's worried expression pointed to her painful abdomen, clenched her teeth and said, "My stomach hurts so much."

Daiyu panicked, and repeatedly ordered the maids serving around her to find the imperial doctor, and at the same time ordered Xichun to be helped to go to the Empress Dowager's palace.

Seeing Xichun's painful appearance, the Queen Mother was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered someone to announce the imperial physician. If Xichun had any good or bad in the palace, the court really couldn't figure out why.

After hearing the news, Sang Qingyan and Concubine Qing saw the anxious faces of the Empress Dowager and Daiyu, and said in one voice, "What's wrong with Queen Canglang?"

The queen mother glanced at them, and was about to say something, but saw the imperial doctor come out from the inside, and hurriedly asked: "How is the Queen of Canglang?"

Seeing the empress dowager and everyone looking at him with burning eyes, the imperial doctor sweated nervously, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Please rest assured, empress dowager, the queen of Canglang just ate crab roe and barley powder by mistake today, but luckily the portion is not enough." A lot, and now she and the fetus in her womb are fine."

Daiyu felt relieved immediately when she heard that, knowing that Xichun was fine, her beating heart slowly calmed down, she sat calmly on her seat, and said coldly: "Crab roe and barley powder? Why is the wolf king pregnant?" Might be able to eat these things?"

The imperial doctor swallowed, did not dare to look up at anyone, just lowered his head and said: "Crab roe and barley powder can be added to food, but I just asked the people who served the queen in the palace, and I learned that the queen did not eat it." These two things."

Sang Qingyan looked at Daiyu, and said very slowly: "If today is good, it seems that the queen has been with Princess Beijing, isn't it?"

Daiyu glanced back at Sang Qingyan, and said calmly: "The Queen is very clear about our whereabouts. But the Queen can rest assured, Queen Canglang is my sister."

"It's not my real sister, who can guarantee that the princess will not be careless?" A voice came from Sang Qingyan's side.

The green concubine suddenly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, bowed her head and wept, "I beg the queen mother to investigate thoroughly. Fortunately, the baby in the queen's womb is safe and sound. Otherwise, wouldn't the eldest son of our Lie Yu kingdom be murdered? This is the same as I am afraid that the friendship between our two countries will be greatly damaged."

What Concubine Qing said was extremely serious, the Empress Dowager frowned more and more when she heard it, and then said: "Come here, check the eunuchs and eunuchs who are on duty in the imperial dining room today, and even the eunuchs and eunuchs who took over along the way, if there is any doubt Report directly to Ai’s family, without any concealment.”

Sang Qingyan seemed to have some anxiety in her brows. She looked at Daiyu and said, "Sister, you should think about it carefully. Don't let people take advantage of you. You won't be able to clean up if you jump into the Yellow River. After all, Queen Canglang and My younger sister has a grudge against the destruction of the family."

A word of innocence, and seeing Concubine Qing glance over, she abruptly turned her gaze and said, "No matter what gap exists between Princess Beijing and our queen, we shouldn't harm our queen. If this is the case It is difficult to investigate thoroughly, and we will definitely not stop there."

The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Qing with frowned eyebrows, then looked at Sang Qingyan again, the Heavenly Dynasty and Lie Yu Kingdom were already extremely sensitive, so she moved her whole body, then she pondered for a moment and said indifferently: "Concubine Qing, just rest assured, The Ai family will thoroughly investigate this matter. It's just that the emperor and the others went hunting, and they can only find out after the queen wakes up and asked the queen."

Concubine Qing bowed deeply, and said: "I just hope that the Empress Dowager will not show favoritism."

Daiyu looked down at the concubine Qing's curved lips, her heart trembled, she got up and did not look at Sang Qingyan and Concubine Qing, she just bowed her knees and said, "Grandmother, please allow Yundai to step down for now. I'm going to see sister Xi'er."

The queen mother nodded, looked at Daiyu and said, "Yu'er just go." As she spoke, she looked at Sang Qingyan and Concubine Qing with cold eyes, and said coldly: "Of course, my Celestial Dynasty will not bend the law for personal gain, let alone Will not let people with a heart succeed in deliberately maintaining the trick."

Daiyu smiled faintly, supported the little maid's hand, glanced at Sang Qingyan and Yeluqing behind her, then turned and went to the inner room.

Seeing Daiyu's leaving back, Sang Qingyan and Yeluqing exchanged glances, and then they saw a maid at the gate of the palace, walking out while taking advantage of the maid in charge.

When Daiyu walked quickly into the bed, she saw that Xichun had woken up, she stepped forward and said in a series of voices: "Is Xi'er feeling better? Do you want the imperial doctor to come and take a look?"

Seeing Daiyu's anxious expression, Xichun smiled and shook her head, "Sister, don't worry, I'm fine."

Daiyu stared at Xichun and thought about it carefully for a while, "Xi'er, do you remember that we used crab roe and barley powder today?"

Xichun stared blankly at Daiyu who looked solemn, before she could think about it, she followed Daiyu's words carefully, shook her head and said, "No, today I just use some lotus root powder for pastry, which is prepared by sister Chunxian. Yes, there can be no problem."

After hearing Xichun's words, Daiyu understood in her heart, looked at the swaying branches outside the window with her cold eyes, and said indifferently: "It seems that we have fallen into the trap they carefully prepared."

As he said that, his eyes suddenly flashed a stern look, and he said, "I'm afraid they made a wrong calculation this time."

Xichun held Daiyu's little hand and said softly, "What does sister need Xichun to do?"

Daiyu tucked Ye Xichun's quilt, smiled lightly and said, "Xi'er just needs to take good care of her body. If you make any mistake, then we won't be worth the loss."

Xichun held Daiyu's little hand tightly, with a bit of coldness between her brows, but she nodded and said: "I will follow Sister Chunxian by the side of the Empress Dowager, so don't worry, Sister."

Daiyu nodded, then turned and left the inner room, she wanted to hear how they made up the so-called facts.

The moment Daiyu came in, everyone in the hall was silent for a moment. The Queen Mother looked at Daiyu coldly, smiled and watched Daiyu beckoning her forward and said: "Yu'er, you came just in time. The imperial doctor said that today the Queen only I used some lotus root flour pastries, that’s fine, come and listen.”

Sitting by her side affectionately holding Daiyu's arm, the Empress Dowager held Daiyu's little hand and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Yu'er, grandma is here to make decisions for you." Daiyu nodded slightly, returned the Queen Mother's smiling face, and fell silent. Sitting beside the empress dowager.