Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

Walking into the main courtyard of Concubine Beijing's main house, I saw that the courtyard was full of people dazzled by the bright sun, but there were no servants, so I couldn't help but wondered, and my steps paused for a while.

Seeing this scene, Ying'er also kept silent, and didn't know how to tell Baochai, so she followed Baochai silently.

That Baochai took a deep breath, thinking that it was so easy to get here, so she stepped forward and saluted the pearl curtain: "Xue Baochai, my little girl, has seen the concubine."

The fragrant fragrance from the inner room came to the nostrils, and there was a trace of coolness that made Baochai feel refreshed all over the body, but he couldn't wait for the response from the inner room for a long time, so he could only suppress the restlessness and impatience below, and then said: "Little girl Xue Baochai greets the concubine."

There was still silence for a while, which made Baochai feel so angry that he almost fainted, but he had no choice but to stand under the scorching sun, letting the sweat soak through his clothes and drip down.

After a long while, a little girl came over, and seeing Baochai's master and servant standing on the ground, she stepped forward and wondered, "Which garden do you belong to? Did you do something wrong?"

Baochai gritted her teeth secretly when she heard this, and said with a smile on her face: "Sister, I was originally a guest invited by the concubine, but I got separated from my sisters just because of a flash. I don’t see the sisters by the door here, so I dare not go in rashly, I just wait here, waiting for the concubine’s favor.”

The little girl nodded when she heard this, and said: "You don't have to wait here anymore, the concubine has just got up and went to the lotus garden, even if you stand here for another hour, the concubine will not be so fast return."

Baochai's face was green and white, but more of it was flushed and hot, and she became more and more angry in her heart, suppressing her dissatisfaction, and said with a smile: "I don't know, sister, but do you know where the lotus garden is? The little girl has always admired the concubine very much, if I don't see her today, wouldn't the little girl regret it for the rest of her life?"

As she spoke, she winked at Ying'er, who was dazed by the sun, and Ying'er came back to her senses, and hurriedly took the purse with the gold and silver locks on her waist, and gave it to the little girl, saying: "Please trouble me!" sister."

The little girl didn't reach out to pick it up, she just said: "I see you have been waiting here for a long time, just follow me."

Baochai was overjoyed when she heard the words, so she got up and followed the maid, saying, "Thank you so much, sister."

Let's say that Mother Jia brought her sisters into the house, but she didn't see Baochai alone, and she became more and more dissatisfied in her chest, but because she didn't dare to say anything in front of Princess Beijing, she just quietly let her The mandarin ducks looked for the reason to get the things to find Xue Baochai.

Concubine Bei Jing held a banquet in the pavilion above the water in the lotus garden, and the fragrance of lotus was blowing over her face, and a more refreshing breath came, blowing away the hot summer air.

Seeing Concubine Bei Jing taking food and adding soup with Daiyu and sisters from time to time, the thoughts in her heart became more and more uncertain, she didn't understand what Concubine Bei Jing was thinking.

If we talk about what happened back then, Princess Beijing has always been brooding about it, but now she looks at Daiyu so differently, could it be that, suddenly, a bright light flashed in her eyes, thinking that Shui Rong didn't have a wife yet, she panicked more and more, only felt that The delicacies in front of him are like chewing wax, thinking about how to take Daiyu away as soon as possible.

As if she didn't notice Jiamu's restlessness, Princess Beijing stared at Daiyu and the sisters with a smile all the time, and said with a smile: "It's a good fortune for the old Feng Jun to have such beautiful and beautiful granddaughters in the world. Side, I really envy others."

After hearing this, Mother Jia put down the bowl in her hand, and said with a smile: "The concubine is absurd, the maids in our house are only a little neater than others. I am really thinking about it, and I always want to let her live for a long time. Just stay by my side."

With a few words, she picked up the words she wanted to express in her heart, and Jiamu looked at the calm face of Princess Beijing with a calm face, waiting for the response of Princess Beijing with a smile.

Concubine Bei Jing raised her eyebrows, shook her head, and stopped staying on it, letting Jiamu spend the rest of the meal with uneasy thoughts, and only asked Daiyu to eat more with peace of mind.

Daiyu frowned slightly listening to what Jia Mu said, and then sighed softly. She wanted to stop the bowl in her hand, but was gently held down by Princess Bei Jing. When she looked up in surprise, she looked in. In the smiling eyes of Concubine Bei Jing, she also restrained her mind, she just lowered her head to eat, but because her appetite was very small, she ate less than half of it, then she put it down and didn't eat anymore.

After the meal, the servant girl took away the things to rinse her mouth, and brought back the iced melons and fruits in summer, all of which were rare and extremely fresh. Concubine Bei Jing picked out some of the iced melons and fruits with delicate flesh and Daiyu smiled and said: "Your body is weak, you should use less, don't wait a while and eat up your stomach, but the loss outweighs the gain."

Seeing Concubine Beijing's protective intention, Daiyu's eyes were slightly moist, she lowered her head and smiled, "Daiyu knows, Concubine don't worry."

While he was talking, he saw Xue Baochai staggering over, covered in sweat, seeing Jia Mu and others sitting in the gazebo, when a gust of fragrant wind came, he hurriedly suppressed his tired face, and went forward to say : "Xue Baochai, my little girl, has met Concubine Beijing."

Concubine Beijing didn't raise her eyebrows, she just held the jade plate in her hand, as if she didn't hear Xue Baochai's voice, seeing Baochai kneeling on the ground in embarrassment, Mother Jia didn't want to say anything, and pretended not to notice.

Among the three springs, Yingchun was not good at words. Now that Concubine Beijing was speechless, she naturally couldn't say anything. Xichun didn't think of Baochai as a person, so she turned her eyes coldly and remained silent. Tanchun was a little bit I couldn't bear to look at it, so I turned my eyes and ignored it.

Daiyu looked at the desolate faces of the crowd, the bustle and bustle inside the pavilion formed a sharp contrast with the two kneeling masters and servants outside the pavilion, which made Daiyu's soft heart feel a little unbearable.

Just as he was about to get up, he saw Baochai, who was kneeling on the ground, looking at him with a venomous look in his eyes, so his heart became cold, and he only bowed, still sitting beside Princess Beijing, and glanced at him. Go, don't pay any attention to Xue Baochai.

Seeing that there was no response in the pavilion, Baochai gritted her silver teeth secretly, and raised her voice slightly: "Xue Baochai, my little girl, please greet the concubine."

After hearing this, Nanny Lai hurried forward and said, "Toffee Concubine, there is a girl kneeling outside the pavilion, she seems to be named Xue as gold and silver. Do Concubine Dowager want her to kneel under the sun all the time?"

Concubine Bei Jing suddenly heard it, she turned her head to look at Jia Mu and said, "This girl, I wonder if the old lady brought her here?"

Mother Jia was a little embarrassed, so she quickly got up from her seat and said, "Please forgive me, Miss Xue is the niece of the daughter-in-law in the old man's mansion. Because she lives in the mansion together, she came here with the old man."

Grand Concubine Bei Jing nodded her head, and remained silent for a long while, which made Jia Mu feel uneasy. Grand Concubine Bei Jing looked at Qing Mei with a smile and said, "You guys are serious, since you have already followed. Although I never invited you The old lady is a daughter-in-law's niece. But the visitor is a guest, and our Beijing Palace will not fail to understand this etiquette, just invite Miss Xue to come in, don't let the scorching sun outside melt the snow."

The blustery sounds of praise and slander made Baochai's already flushed cheeks even redder, adding a bit of beauty to her.

Concubine Bei Jing looked at Xue Baochai's plump figure with cold eyes, she turned her eyes away a little bored, and only let Baochai sit on the embroidered pier near the entrance of the pavilion, holding Daiyu and Xichun's hands and talking and laughing.

Feeling a gust of cool wind blowing in the scorching sun, Princess Beijing looked up at the dark clouds all around, then smiled at the tired Daiyu and said: "Yu'er, it's getting hotter and hotter today, I see It turned out that Qingmei led you sisters to go, so you should take a short rest."

Hearing this, Daiyu's face was a little happy, and she smiled and said, "Thank you, Concubine, for your compassion. In this case, Sister Lao Qingmei will lead the way." After saying this, she said goodbye to Concubine Beijing and Mother Jia, and the four sisters followed Go with the green plum.

Concubine Beijing watched the backs of the sisters disappear, and caught sight of Xue Baochai who was left hanging on the ground aside, with a look of jealousy that couldn't be concealed on her bright face, and she almost wanted to spit out the anger in her eyes, as if It was because she felt that Concubine Bei Jing's gaze was over, and she hurriedly lowered her head slightly, showing a somewhat delicate posture.

Beckoning Baochai to come forward, Concubine Beijing smiled and said: "Look at this girl is also a beautiful woman, but it's a pity, I heard that she is destined for Brother Bao in your house?" Listening to Beijing The meaning in the concubine's words made Baochai feel hopeful.

Mother Jia's face froze, and she looked at Baochai with a cold and poisonous look in her eyes. After a long time in her heart, she was about to speak, and Xue Baochai cut her off, "Xu is the concubine, listen!" Wrong, the little girl is still in her boudoir, and there is nothing to be settled."

The slightly urgent words leaked her thoughts, and made Jiamu's expression darken immediately, but also with a faint joy, looking at Baochai with cloudy eyes.

"This is strange. A while ago, my concubine heard that there was a girl named Xue Xing who had been at Wang Gong's banquet and dealt with various orders. She was said to be Wang Gong's default daughter-in-law. Could it be that she heard the wrong person? of?"

Baochai felt ashamed when she heard this, her face turned red with shame, thinking that if she hadn't seen that little profit that day, she might not be able to fly on a high branch today, even though she couldn't be the concubine. But she was able to sit still as a side concubine. Thinking of this, she explained more and more: "Mr. Wang Gong is the little girl's aunt, and Baochai's share of the aunt's worries is only her duty."

Concubine Bei Jing just gave a soft 'oh', ignoring Baochai's deliberate dismissal, looked at Baochai with some regret, shook her head, looked at Jiamu and said with a smile: "Now I am It can be regarded as saving a lot of worry, after all, we have a candidate for the marriage of our prince."

Mother Jia looked at Concubine Bei Jing cautiously and said, "I don't know if the concubine chose a lady from the He family, it is such a great blessing?"

Seeing that Baochai was also listening with pricked ears, Concubine Beijing smiled lightly and said: "She was also a lady from a famous family, her background was noble and prominent, and she was extremely gentle and elegant. She also had some contacts with that family's parents at first, and the two of them grew up. It's like marriage with fingertips. I've always been very satisfied, but I'm still young, so I won't mention it for now."