Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The beauty is like a jade with a shallow smile, the skin is like ice and snow, and she is as graceful as a virgin. When she is quiet, the flowers shine in the water.

Gently smear the rouge on the delicate face, and smudge it lightly. Looking at her daughter's morning makeup in the mirror, there is a sweet smile on the brow and corner of the eyes. Xue Yan couldn't help laughing and said: "Young girl is so beautiful today."

Chunxian came in with a copper basin and a towel, and after hearing this, said: "When is a girl not beautiful?" Xueyan pursed her lips, picked up an ivory comb and Daiyu combed her long hair, and said: "Not really."

Daiyu listened to their conversation, smiled faintly, put down the rouge cream in her hand, and said with a light smile: "The weather is quite good today, but it's getting colder and colder. Yesterday, the last yellow leaves fell from the branches. Today is the day." It’s snowing heavily and it’s winter cold.”

Chunxian rubbed her hands, held the hem of the padded robe, and said: "It's cold this day, and the snowflakes are fluttering, so I'm tired. Girl, do you want to warm up on the kang? There's nowhere to go in such a cold day." For entertainment."

Daiyu shook her head, and said with a smile: "I've been lying on the kang all day long, but I've become more and more lazy. Although it's cold in winter, it's the first snow of the year anyway. It's good to have a look." Opening the warm curtain, Looking out of the window through the window, the wind blows up the residual snow on the ground like a flying white butterfly, twirling and drifting lightly.

"Miss, look, the chrysanthemums bestowed by the empress dowager are blooming more and more vigorously." Xiao Wu's cheerful laughter came from outside the door, Daiyu put down the grate in her hand, and walked outside holding Xueyan's hand.

The fragrant and beautiful chrysanthemums will not wither in the slightest because of the midwinter, but will become more beautiful and enchanting, with a bit of seductive fragrance coming to the nostrils, and the faint fragrance fills the room.

Daiyu took a deep breath, looked back and smiled faintly, before she could speak, she was blocked by the itching in her throat, and coughed lightly, only feeling her throat getting more and more sad, and she didn't feel that her face was as red as a cloud of coughing.

Chun Xian hurriedly stepped forward to help Daiyu to sit down and said: "Miss." Gently stroking her back with her hand to let her breathe, Xiao Wu hurriedly brought the tea and said: "Miss."

Daiyu took the teacup, took a sip, at this time Fang felt a little better, and said with a smile: "This winter is not the time of the vernal equinox and autumn equinox, why is he coughing?"

Xiao Wu took the tea bowl from Daiyu's hand, and said with a smile, "Maybe it's because the girl was sitting by the window just now, she may have caught a cold, so she might as well ask a doctor to check her pulse."

Daiyu pursed her lips and shook her head with a slight smile, but Chunxian beside her had already caught Daiyu's pulse. After a while of diagnosis, she let go with a smile and said, "Young lady's pulse is calm and there is nothing unusual. Maybe it is just like Xiao Wu's pulse." It's just the wind."

Xiao Wu raised her eyes and looked at Chun Xian in amazement, and said, "I don't think Sister Chun Xian knows the art of Qi Huang."

Chunxian turned around and took a cloak and put it on with Daiyu, and said: "It's just a little bit of superficial knowledge." Turning to Daiyu, he said: "Even so, the girl should be more careful, if the time comes, let the slaves If someone punishes you, the servant will have nothing to complain about."

Chunxian teased with a smile, Xiao Wu looked at Daiyu's blushing pretty face in puzzlement, and asked curiously: "How did Sister Chunxian say this? Could it be that there are still people who come to trouble my sister?"

Chunxian only looked at Daiyu's increasingly shy face with her eyes, then looked at Xiao Wu and said, "Don't say that, the girl will get annoyed later, I'll feel better with you."

"That's all, that's all, Chunxian, you're talking more and more out of character, as if how I abused you. If that's the case, you'll go ask for your life tomorrow, and leave here. Could it be that I can't do without you here? The little anger on the delicate face made Chunxian look very funny, so she hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "Good girl, you don't remember the villain's mistakes, and the slaves will never dare again."

Chunxian's exaggerated appearance made Xueyan and Xiaowu lean forward and back together with handkerchiefs and laughing, Daiyu looked at Chunxian with annoyance, her exquisite watery eyes were full of smiles.

The white snow outside the window is getting thicker and thicker, and the silver frost charcoal burning in the fireplace inside the house is warm but without the slightest smoke, so Daiyu happily orders Chunxian to lay out the edict, pull out the water-soluble and her paintbrush color palette, and paint it The decree is placed high on the easel of the Western Tribute, looking out the window with white snow and bright red plums, unconsciously, thoughts flow down the tip of the pen, and outline a picture of red plums in snow.

Chunxian helped Daiyu grind the ink, looked sideways at the red plums in the snow, looked at Daiyu with a smile, and said: "We often see red plums and white snow. I remember that when I was young, I used to have snowball fights in the snow. .”

Daiyu turned around and pursed her red lips lightly, with yearning in her eyes. In the foggy and silent distance, she sighed softly: "I remember that the south of the Yangtze River is covered with thin snow in my memory, and snowball fights can only be played in the middle of winter."

The only time the family of three had a snowball fight in memory was when Daiyu was just running steadily, and the snow fell heavily that year, so Lin Ruhai took Jia Min and Daiyu, who were wrapped thickly, out of the courtyard.

A ball of snowballs, together with Jia Min and Lin Ruhai's cheerful laughter, mixed with little Daiyu's giggling and immature voice, Lin Ruhai's handsomeness, Jia Min's beauty and softness, together with little Daiyu's pink makeup and jade carvings, Echoing in the memory is so beautiful, as if I can still hear the smile in my ears.

Unknowingly, tears flowed down the side of her cheeks, a faint sorrow lingered between her brows, she stared at the white snow outside the window, and put down her pen and ink.

Chunxian watched Daiyu put down her pen and ink, and looked up in surprise, but saw Daiyu was in tears. Before she knew it, she wanted to go forward to comfort her, but she saw that Daiyu was in a daze, and she didn't know how to persuade her. She only sighed softly and accompanied her silently. Daiyu's side.

Daiyu wiped away the tears on her face with an embroidered handkerchief, sighed unconsciously, and said, "Put this painting paper on the long table over there to dry. When it dries up, roll it up and put it in a painting tube." She said. Then he turned around and went out of the study, and went to the outside room.

Seeing Daiyu coming in, Xiao Wu hurriedly put down the tea bowl in her hand, and said: "Miss happened to come out, this is the beef soup made by Sister Xueyan just now, eat some hot, and it can also get rid of some chills. "

Xueyan came with the bad goose-footed duck letter and a pot of hot Huiquan wine, and said with a smile: "It's so cold in winter, girl, you should use less wine to get rid of the cold, it doesn't matter."

Chunxian busily waited on Daiyu to wash her hands in the washbasin, took a big towel to wipe her with her, and then arranged the bowls and chopsticks, put the ebony inlaid silver long in Daiyu's hands, and said with a smile: "That Huiquan wine is not the original either. What kind of spirits, girls, use less, it won't hurt your body."

Daiyu listened and nodded, pointed to the place beside her and said: "Sit down, you guys too, it's easy to use together, I'm sitting here alone, it's a bit unusual, we are small There is no need to establish so many rules."

Chunxian Xueyan only thanked Daiyu with a smile, then took Xiao Wu who opened her mouth wide and sat down on the little twig below, and ate with Daiyu.After silently eating the meal, he called the two little maids outside the door to remove the cup and plate, and came in with a washbasin, towel and mouthwash, and served Daiyu to wash the bowl.

"Girl, the woman outside the second door sent word that there is a lady outside the door who claims to be the girl's grandmother and wants to see the girl."

When Daiyu heard this, she was stunned for a moment, chewing on the word "grandmother" carefully, and it took a long time before she came back to her senses, and unconsciously glanced at Chunxian who was beside her.

Chunxian was also a little worried, so she walked to the door curtain and said, "What did you just say? Where did you come from?"

The woman outside the door curtain heard the displeasure in Chun Xian's words, so she hurriedly laughed and said: "The old woman said she was an old lady from Rongguo Mansion, the mother of the old lady, and said that the girl was her granddaughter. Then Sun Xing's family didn't dare to let people in rashly, so they rushed to tell the girl."

When Daiyu heard this, her brows were furrowed even more. According to these words, it seemed that Jia Mu had arrived. I don't know how Jia Mu came here?What's the matter again?All the geese and snow geese stood aside and waited for Daiyu's instructions. If Daiyu wanted to, she could just drive Jiamu out with a broom.

The hand holding the small hand stove unconsciously scratched the exquisite burnt-blue eight-treasure pattern on it, and the eyes that were calm like water rippled slightly on weekdays, and Chun Xian and Xue Yan couldn't feel more pity for them, and felt even more fond of them. I hate Jiamu's persecution.

Thinking back then, she forced Daiyu out of the mansion so cruelly, what is she doing now?Could it be that it was for Daiyu to enter the palace, so that Daiyu could win the attention of the queen mother, or let the eyes and ears of the imperial concubine Yuan spread the word?

A few days ago, she accidentally heard that someone was looking for Daiyu's whereabouts, but she didn't know that they came to the door so quickly. Chunxian groaned inwardly, and then whispered to the little girl by the door. , the little girl nodded, and hurriedly walked outside.

Sitting on the edge of the kang, Daiyu looked at the snow and ice outside, and finally felt a little unbearable. In such a cold day, Jia's mother is nearly eighty years old, how can she stand the wind and snow?Then he sighed softly and called out, "Snow Goose."

When Xueyan heard Daiyu calling her, she hurried forward and said, "Miss."

Daiyu hid the tears hidden in her eyes and said, "Go and invite Uncle Lin to come here."

Xueyan was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously said worriedly: "Miss." Daiyu raised her eyes to look at her, and said, "Go and invite Uncle Lin over."

Biting her lips, Xueyan looked at Daiyu, feeling even more worried on her face, "Could it be that the girl still wants to see her? How does she treat girls on weekdays? Our relationship with them in the house has long been It has been cut off. If it weren't for the treasures of my wife, I'm afraid we would have been in such a situation a long time ago."

Hearing what Xueyan said, she became more and more angry, and Chunxian unconsciously shouted in a low voice: "Xueyan." Xueyan stopped talking at this moment, and looked at Daiyu, but her eyes were uncompromising. Ruthlessly driven out of the mansion, they have nothing to do with the mansion, not to mention, they plot against Daiyu in every possible way, how can they care about any affection?

Daiyu looked at Xueyan's extremely strong face, her eyes became hot immediately, she looked at Chunxian and Xueyan, and said in a low voice: "Xueyan, don't worry, I know your intentions, and I will never have anything to do with that mansion again. Gua Ge, you invited Uncle Lin here, I have my own discretion."

Hearing what Daiyu said, Xueyan burst into tears just now, sobbing and said: "Miss has suffered so many grievances in that mansion for so many years, not to mention that the master and wife are aware of the sadness, and even the slaves have accompanied the girl for many years. I feel sorry for the girl. Except for a few girls in that mansion, how many other people, including the mother-in-law at the bottom, can take good care of the girl?"

Tears fell from Daiyu's eyes, she lowered her body and took Xueyan's arm to stand up, gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said: "Xueyan, you should rest assured, don't you understand my temperament after you have been with me for many years?" ?”

The side face like a green plum in the cold wind looked at the dry branches outside the window, and sighed faintly: "The only people involved in the mansion are Sister Feng and her sisters. As for the closest relatives, it seems that they are just one Just a joke."

With a slightly bitter bottom line, all of Jia's mother's intentions are in the interests of the Jia family. If she said something about family ties today, she would not believe it. She only looked for it after she had been to the palace, wouldn't it be too ridiculous.

Seeing the sadness on Daiyu's face, Chunxian also had some tears in her eyes. She hurriedly pushed Xueyan and said, "Xueyan, don't make the girl cry soon. I'll call Butler Lin, so you can stay with the girl. If you cry in winter, your face will be dry and peeling after a while."

Xue Yan felt a little better after hearing this, and took Daiyu's hand with a little guilt, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry girl, it's a slave, and a slave should not mention those things."

Daiyu sat down holding Xueyan's hand, smiled calmly, and said: "What's the matter? Such things are what happened in my life. Don't tell me that if you don't mention it, I will forget it in a while? "

"Girl, butler Lin is here." Chunxian's voice came from outside the curtain, and in a blink of an eye, she had already lifted the curtain and walked to Daiyu's side.

Butler Lin said through the felt curtain, "I have seen the girl."

Daiyu sighed softly, and said, "Uncle Lin, you don't need to be so polite, but Daiyu should be grateful for your care at these times."

"The old lady of Jia's mansion outside the door is waiting there. I thought it would be a world of ice and snow. She is already old. Please trouble Uncle Lin to go there in person and invite the old lady back to the mansion."

After hearing this, the housekeeper Lin outside the door didn't dare to say it, and said: "Miss, don't worry, the old slave will go right away and invite the old lady Jia back to the house." What does it look like to meet such a heartless and heartless person, who even puts behind their wives' entrustment and the kinship between them.

Mother Jia stood quietly in front of the small building in the south of the Yangtze River, her scrutinizing eyes were somewhat critical, thinking that their Lin family had really fallen, even in this bustling place and where Daiyu lived, they were so down and out, thinking about it There is no foundation.

He pondered secretly in his heart, thinking that since Daiyu could bring Dowager Beijing into the palace, maybe the things inside would not be so simple, could it be that Daiyu really wanted to betrothed to the Prince of Beijing as the side princess?

"Excuse me, what's the matter with this old lady?" Jiamu raised her head and looked at the person who came, she was dressed as if she was in charge, she couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, that girl Lin didn't know the etiquette more and more. It was also her grandmother, how could she be so negligent in etiquette, and instead let a few servants come to greet her at the door.

"Where are you girls? I'm her grandmother, have you forgotten this bit of etiquette?" Looking at the plainly dressed Lin Butler, Jia's mother inadvertently showed a kind of disdain in her eyes.

Disdain?Lin Fu looked at Jiamu's eyes, and smiled coldly. He was a kind old man on the face, but he didn't know the black heart inside, so he smiled and said: "This old lady is joking, where did our girl get her grandmother?" Who doesn't know how our girl got out of that mansion?"

Jia's mother's face was livid after Lin Fu's words, but she still said: "You didn't say that, I just invited your girl out. Anyway, we can be regarded as a family relationship, so we will treat her like this." Your grandmother turned her away, and was also brought up by your Lin family?"

"Upbringing?" Lin Fu originally wanted Zhou Xuan to send Jia Mu away, but he didn't want her to criticize the Lin family as soon as she opened her mouth. The disdain on her face clearly ignored the Lin family, and she sneered: "Our Lin family, although You have no foundation to be rich, but you are also a four-generation prince. The Holy One appointed Tanhualang to inspect the salt censor. It turns out that the upbringing of your Jia mansion is to covet other people's money, and then force people out of the Jia mansion, and take other people's daughters to marry you. If you make wedding gowns and win over nepotism, if you have such an upbringing, we really can't speak for ourselves."

The sonorous and forceful words fell to the ground, making Jiamu's face pale with anger, her trembling lips could not be restrained, and her hand as old as a dead tree pointed at the butler Lin, trembling beyond words.

Steward Lin glanced at Mother Jia, and said, "What are you still doing standing here? Why don't you hurry up to see off the guests? How can such a small family in our mansion compare to the old lady Jia's deep courtyard house?" With a wave of his sleeves, he turned and walked into the courtyard.

Behind her, Mother Jia supported Yuanyang's hand angrily, looked at the back of Butler Lin and said, "At any rate, I am also a first-rank wife of the imperial court. How dare you, a little slave, be so arrogant, and you girl is my wife!" Juniors, what are you guys doing?"

Lin Fu listened with a cold smile, turned around and said, "Madam Yipin Gaoming? It's the first time I've seen a Yipin Gaoming Madam like an old lady. I think how you treated our wife back then, detaining us openly and secretly. Ma'am, at that time, why did you think about family ties? Thinking about our girl who has lived in your house for so many years, why did the old lady feel sorry for the girl as her only flesh and blood? If it weren't for your selfishness in your heart, and your wife's Treasures, I'm afraid we girls don't know what to do."

Seeing this, Jia Mu knew that it was difficult to enter the door today, and she became more and more angry, so she supported Yuanyang's hand and said, "Let's go." .

Walking to the porch, I saw Daiyu standing there holding Chunxian's hand, she was stunned, and she stepped forward and said, "Miss."

Daiyu stood there quietly wearing a veiled hat, looked at Lin Fu, and said, "Uncle Lin, thank you for your hard work." Lin Fu even said that he didn't dare, but said: "This old slave also wants to have a good talk with that old lady Jia. , partial birth."

Daiyu smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Lin, go back first, I know, I'm listening." After hearing this, Lin Fu sighed, and said, "Don't worry about it, girl, it's cold here, you still go in"

Daiyu nodded, and walked back holding Chunxian's hand, but tears were falling down her cheeks under the veiled cap. Now that she heard Jia Mu's words with her own ears, her heart was broken. Look down on the Lin family to such an extent.

The wind and snow rolled over the footsteps of pedestrians, dissipating the last thought in the ice and snow, leaving only the coldness on the cold cheeks.