Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

Seeing Mrs. Wang's self-satisfied appearance, Mother Jia smiled lightly, took a sip from the teacup, and said, "There have been happy events every day in this mansion for the past two years. Didn't the happy events come in pairs on that day?"

Mrs. Wang was suffocated when she heard this, and immediately looked at Jiamu's warning eyes in embarrassment, she immediately bowed her head in silence, secretly annoyed in her heart.

Thinking about not pressing it for now, just waiting for the decree from Concubine Zhen and Concubine Yuan to come down together, even Jia Mu will have nothing to do, unless the decree comes.

Walking into the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, there is a dense greenery, and the occasional yellowing branches and leaves bring a little depression in autumn. The Xiaoxiang Pavilion is full of green bamboos in all seasons, and it is not obvious about the alternation of spring and autumn.

Seeing Daiyu and Chunxian coming back, Xueyan came out hurriedly and said, "The girl is back." Daiyu nodded, looked at the fan case and purse in Xueyan's hand, and said with a faint smile, "You will take it as well." Turned out."

Xueyan nodded and looked at the fan case and purse in her hand, and said: "Since we are leaving, we definitely can't take this thing away. I thought about giving it to Aunt Zijuan."

Daiyu shook her head and said: "Put it on the table outside first, and just stay here when you leave. Why do you need to make a special trip? No one will take it wrong, but say we don't You know the etiquette." Xueyan nodded, and went down with the cover.

Chunxian helped Daiyu go back to the house and sat on the concubine Xiang's couch, took off Daiyu's cloak, and said, "I'm afraid the meaning of what the second wife said today is not that simple. Although the old lady stopped, the girl should be more careful. "

"Left and right are just the matter of the Zhen family. Isn't that what they are fighting with now?"

Chunxian nodded, and said with a smile on her face: "Since the girl already knows, the servant girl doesn't need to say anything more, that's all, that's it."

Daiyu nodded with a smile, looked around the Xiaoxiang Pavilion for a long while, and then sighed: "Today is the day when the azaleas are drinking tea, so we can't mention our intentions. Let's resign from the old lady tomorrow and go." So he lay down on Xiangfei's couch and fell asleep.

The autumn wind is cool, sitting under the banana tree drinking tea and playing chess is really an elegant thing, Yingchun takes out the white jade chessboard to play chess with their sisters, Yingxichun loses to Tanchun, but Tanchun loses to Tanchun because of a wrong move. Daiyu sighed with a smile: "Today, the three of us lost to my sister."

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled lightly, she nodded her delicate face, and said with a somewhat smug smile: "It's not just you three who lost, I became the biggest winner today, so, I invited you here tonight How about watching the moon and drinking in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"

After hearing this, Tanchun applauded and said happily: "That's good, my sister won, and we benefited. Anyway, I have heard that Chunxian's sister's craftsmanship is very good, so I would like to taste it today."

Xichun Yingchun also looked at Daiyu with a smile on her face, and said with a smile: "This is bothering you, we must come over tonight." Daiyu called that Chunxian over after listening, Chunxian nodded and turned around. But he laughed and said: "Young lady wants to be a villager, but she wants to come here and work me hard."

Daiyu glanced at her, and said with a smile: "Then you can also get us some dry noodles, as long as your reputation for cooking skills is over, don't talk about your cooking skills in the future." Chun Xian smiled He didn't care about it, and went down to prepare the materials for the evening.

The moonlight was like water, forming shadows layer by layer, sending away the drunk Sanchun sisters, Daiyu didn't let anyone follow her, and walked all the way in the Grand View Garden, when she heard the sound of the wooden fish, she turned and went to Changcui Temple.

Along the way, an unknown bug chirped, trying to reveal its existence in the darkness. When it reached the mountain gate, Daiyu knocked lightly on the door knocker. Not long after, a little Taoist nun came, and she saw that it was Daiyu, There was some surprise in her eyes, but she hurriedly invited Daiyu in.

Walking into the main hall of Changcui Nunnery, Miaoyu was sitting there in black clothes, chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, Daiyu knew her habit, so she didn't bother her, she just walked over to the futon beside her, sat down cross-legged, with her hands in her hands Namaste.

I don't know how long it took, the sound of the wooden fish beside her gradually stopped, Daiyu opened her eyes, and saw Miaoyu's wonderful eyes looking at her, she couldn't help but blushed slightly, and said with a light smile: "It's late at night. I came here unknowingly, but I disturbed you."

Miaoyu looked at the sorrow in Daiyu's brows, and said with a faint smile: "At first I said you were a layman, but you really are a layman, what is the difference between night and day, I'm just doing my homework."

Daiyu smiled lightly, and said: "I am a worldly person, and I can't compare to you, an outsider. You are quiet and elegant, and you have your own pure world."

Miaoyu got up from the futon and said: "I have a good old lady here, if you still don't dislike it, just follow me." After hearing this, Daiyu smiled and got up from the futon, Follow that Miaoyu to the side ear room.

Miaoyu is very skillful in drinking tea, each kind of tea is made carefully, and the tea brewed has a special flavor. After receiving the clear tea handed over by Miaoyu, Daiyu sniffed it lightly, and said: "This is the spring peach petals. The peach blossom snow water on the lake has a quiet atmosphere of peach blossom."

With a barely audible smile in Miao Yu's eyes, she said lightly: "You can appreciate it this time. I took it off the peach petals. I don't want the top and the bottom, but only the peach petals." There is a trace of cleanliness in the middle, and I only got that blue and white porcelain pot after traveling all over the Grand View Garden, and this is the first time I took it out."

Daiyu smiled and nodded, turned her head to look at the bright moon outside the window, and whispered softly: "The world is reincarnated, the only thing that remains unchanged is the cold moon and starry sky."

Miaoyu lowered her head and poured the tea, the clear tea reflected the moonlight with a bit of clarity, and said lightly: "You just follow your own path, other people have their own destiny, you owe it to the superior here This life has already been paid off, this life, what you owe is not here."

Hearing that there was a mystery in Miaoyu's words, Daiyu raised her eyes in surprise and looked at Miaoyu. "The heavenly secret must not be leaked." Daiyu blocked Daiyu's words slightly, and Miaoyu's cold face showed a bit of alienation.

Daiyu didn't ask any more after hearing this, and just smiled and said: "Well, if you know the things in the world in advance, wouldn't it be a bit of fun, and you don't need to say anything, I'm here today to say goodbye to you. Tomorrow, there will be no trace of me in the Grand View Garden."

After saying that, Yingying got up, bent her knees and said, "Thank you for the tea, I should go back."

Miaoyu nodded lightly, and said: "Yesterday, I got a divination, knowing that you have decided to go, so I put the peach blossom snow water into a jasper pot, and you take it out with you, just like this flower tea. Self-cleaning, with its own fragrance.”

Hearing that Lianqun thanked Lianqun, Daiyu took the jasper pot out of Changcui Temple, took a deep breath, suppressed the panic and uneasiness in her heart, and stood quietly for a while, before she was about to step down the steps, but Seeing the snow geese standing under the steps under the moonlight, he chuckled lightly and said before leaving, "Why are you here?"

Seeing Daiyu coming down, Xueyan took the jade pot in her hand, and said with a light smile, "Sister Chunxian didn't worry about the girl, so she let me come with the girl, because I knew Master Miaoyu's temperament, so I just waited for the girl here. "

Seeing the snow geese shivering from the cold, Daiyu felt a sense of guilt in her heart, and immediately held her hand, with a smile on her face, and said: "Go back quickly, it's late, and Chunxian has to nag again It doesn't stop. Tomorrow, we have more important things to do."

Xueyan listened, holding the jasper pot in one hand, and supporting Daiyu in the other to go to the Xiaoxiang Hall, the night breeze was blowing, the moon was shining brightly, it was a calm night, but under the calm wind and waves, there were so many rough waves.

"Girl, girl." Xiaohong's panting voice came from outside the window, Xueyan hurriedly raised the curtain, and said, "Xiaohong, what's wrong with you? Girl just got up, why are you so blah?"

Daiyu could clearly see the anxiety on Xiaohong's face, and said, "What's wrong with you?"

Tears welled up in Xiao Hong's eyes, and she said eagerly: "Girl, there was a message from the front hall that the imperial concubine Zhen and our concubine in the palace issued an edict together, and it was about the marriage between the girl and Baoyu of the Zhen family. I was very angry in the front yard, but the second wife has already agreed to this marriage."

After hearing this, Daiyu stopped combing her hair, slowly put down the ivory comb in her hand and handed it to Xueyan, and said calmly: "The dowry is also packed, you wait here for us to come back, I will go to the front yard with Chunxian .”

Xueyan responded, but couldn't hide her worry, and said, "Miss."

Daiyu forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, I have my own measure." Then she looked at Xiaohong and said, "Xiaohong, can you and Mother Wang prepare a place for us to stay temporarily?" Hong nodded and said, "Girl, don't worry, we've already made preparations."

Daiyu nodded with a smile, and said, "Since that's the case, why are you panicking?" Chunxian looked at Daiyu's expression, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Will you wait for the prince, the prince has been sent by the emperor these few days?" Go out on business, as if you can come back tomorrow."

Daiyu looked back at Chunxian, with a smile on her lips, and said: "Since he has something to do, why bother him? If we can't even handle this matter well, won't it make him more troublesome in the future?" When are you worried?"

Chunxian bit her lips, looked at the strong look on Daiyu's face, nodded and said: "Miss, just rest assured, since the prince entrusted the girl to the servant, the servant will protect the girl even if her body is broken."

"Sister Lin." Xichun stood by the door with red eyes, her cold eyes couldn't hide her worry, when she saw Daiyu's calm expression, she immediately shed tears and lay down in Daiyu's arms, sobbing. : "Sister Lin."

Daiyu held back the tears that shed for a long time, lightly patted Xichun's shoulder, and said: "Xi'er, from now on this mansion will be handled by yourself, if it really doesn't work, you'd better go back to that mansion, even if that mansion doesn't No matter how dirty, Big Brother Zhen is your sibling brother, so he will definitely protect you."

Xichun nodded desperately, got up from Daiyu's arms, wiped away the tears, and said: "Sister Lin, I just thought that this family is so cruel to you, Sister Lin should have left long ago. Is there no place for you to live?"

Daiyu stroked the two braids on her temples, smiled with tears in her eyes, and said, "You can just rest assured, since I can think about going out, I must have a place to live, Xi'er, don't worry."

Xichun nodded and said: "Sister Lin, I will accompany you to the front hall." Daiyu shook her head, stroked her tender face, and said, "Don't go, it will be bad for you in the future."

Seeing Daiyu's insistence, Xichun said: "My sister won't let me go to the front yard. I won't go. I'll wait here with Xueyan for my sister to come back." Daiyu smiled and nodded, holding Chunxian's hand Go to the front yard.

Before arriving in Jia Mu's room, I heard Jia Mu's angry voice, "You are all filial on the face, and each of you is gentler and kinder than the other. These black-hearted tricks are behind the scenes, what kind of poisonous women with rotten intestines."

"Old lady, please calm down. If you lose your temper, it will be the sons' fault."

"I raised a good son, but I didn't raise a good wife."

"Old lady, this is the decree issued by the concubine Zhen and our concubine together. This is a great honor for the eldest girl. It is a great blessing that no one else can ask for. If the old lady really loves the eldest girl, she should do it for her." The big girl is happy."

"Don't look at me. I don't know what you have in mind. You know what kind of family the Zhen family is. It's just a sunset. How can an ignorant woman like you know about power and wealth? The Zhongshun Palace The holy family is prosperous, if Yu'er marries, she will be a concubine, how much fame and opportunity you will gain with Baoyu in the future, but you are so ignorant."

When Daiyu heard this, she didn't want to listen anymore, her clear eyes were like water in a deep pool in autumn, cold and clear, dark and dark.

The mandarin duck who lifted the curtain and came out to pour out the broken tea bowl, saw Daiyu standing quietly outside the door, his expression changed drastically, and he said: "Miss Lin."

Daiyu glanced at the mandarin duck indifferently, and then took Chunxian's hand into the house. Mother Jia saw Daiyu lift the curtain and come in, touching Daiyu's clear eyes. For a moment, Mother Jia didn't know how to face her granddaughter.In the house, apart from Mrs. Jia Muwang, Jia Zheng, Jia She and his wife, Feng Sister and Li Wan, even Jia Zhen, his wife, Aunt Xue and Baochai were there.

Seeing Daiyu come in, Mrs. Wang hurriedly took Daiyu's hand and said with a smile all over her face: "Young lady is overjoyed. I just said yesterday that our family has a double happiness. Today is the day."

Daiyu withdrew her hands lightly, looked at Mrs. Wang coldly, and said, "Maybe it's a happy event for the second wife, but it may not be a happy event for Daiyu."

Mrs. Wang's face turned livid, and she said, "What do you mean, Miss?"

Daiyu smiled coldly, glanced at the last trace of guilt on Mother Jia's face, and said with a sneer, "It's nothing interesting. Well, since everyone is here today, Daiyu will make it clear." In front of her mother's bed, she said: "Daiyu has been taken care of by her grandmother for so many years, and our friendship for many years should be broken by now. Daiyu's surname is Lin, so naturally she has to go back to the Lin family, and I will bid farewell to my grandmother today."

Seeing Daiyu's broken face, Jia's mother had mixed feelings and didn't know what to say. She knew Daiyu's temperament was flexible, but she didn't expect that she was also a resolute and decisive woman, so she hurried down and took Daiyu's hand and said: "Yu'er What is this saying, where can you go as a girl? Grandma is worried."

"Grandmother has nothing to worry about. With Yu'er gone, she can also free up all the women and save a lot of expenses in the mansion. Isn't it also Daiyu's merit?"

Hearing Daiyu's words, Jia's mother also had a livid color on her face. She held Daiyu in her arms and said, "Yu'er, Yu'er, how can you be willing to part with your grandmother? Your mother has already left me. If you If you go further, the grandmother can only apologize if she dies, and your parents entrusted you to me."

"If my grandmother really cared for Yu'er, it would be better to let Yu'er go back to the south of the Yangtze River and return to her parents. My grandmother has been very kind to Daiyu all these years. If my parents know about it, I will rest in peace."

Mother Jia looked at the Ming Huangxiufeng decree mentioned by Mrs. Wang, and was in a dilemma. No matter what she thought now, the decree of Concubine Zhen and Yuan Concubine in the palace had been made and could not be changed, so she said tearfully: "Yu'er, you must It is grandma who doesn't protect you, but now that the imperial concubine's will has been made, grandma can't change it." After hesitating for a long time, Jia Mu finally spoke out the words that were brewing in her heart, and successfully broke Daiyu's last thoughts and ties to her. .

Daiyu's mood suddenly fell to the bottom, and there was still a trace of hope in her heart that Jiamu would stand by her side, but now it was all in vain, so she got up from Jiamu's arms, with an erratic voice with a bit of sadness that could not be concealed, Said: "Originally Yu'er thought that her grandmother still had a heart to love her mother and Daiyu, but now Daiyu finally knows it. After all these years, Daiyu and her mother have repaid her grandmother."

Jia Mu was relatively silent for a while, after all what Daiyu said was reasonable, Madam Wang looked at the gloomy faces of Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, and was also unable to answer for a long time.

That Xue Baochai spent half a day, stepped forward and took Daiyu's hand, and said with an affectionate smile: "Look at Sister Lin's sharp mouth, I think it must be because she is reluctant to part with the old lady, that's all. Think about the girls in our family, which one?" Didn't you follow the orders of your parents and the words of the matchmaker? What's more, the concubines of the two palaces personally issued the decree, so my younger sister should understand."

Daiyu immediately shook off her hand and said: "Miss Xue, as a sojourner in Jia's house, should know some etiquette. When does the master's affairs need a guest to meddle? Miss Xue, right?" Do you really think that you are now a member of the Jia family, or someone with a higher status?"

Xue Baochai's face turned purple with sharp words like a knife. Seeing that Jia Zheng and everyone were there, he had to grit his teeth, forcefully suppressed the breath in his heart, and retreated abruptly.

Looking at Daiyu's appearance, Jia Zheng thought of Jia Min's strong appearance when he decided to leave the capital. The mother and daughter are exactly the same. Time has passed, and now in the blink of an eye for more than 20 years, he sees in Daiyu the desperation and beauty of the past. woman.