Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

"Shut up, you foolish woman, how can you be so rude in front of Princess Yundai and Princess Dingping? Hurry up and apologize to them both." Looking at Shui Wanyu's expressionless face With a gloomy expression, Mother Jia hastily interrupted Mrs. Wang's words.

Now that Concubine Yuan has just released the order, and Daiyu has been honored as princess, this is such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could it be destroyed by an ignorant and stupid woman like Mrs. Wang?Unknowingly, she secretly blamed Mrs. Wang in her heart.

Daiyu glanced at them lightly, and said: "If Concubine Yuan is fine, we two should leave too. Concubine Yuan should also prepare to go back to Ningshou Palace after a while." As she spoke, she wanted to shake her hands Go in the direction of Ningshou Palace.

"Sister, wait a minute." Concubine Yuan suddenly called Daiyu who was about to leave, stepped forward a few steps quickly, took Daiyu's arm and said, "I know that my sister is unhappy, but the old lady is also your grandmother. , Baoyu is also your cousin. Now he is not in good health, and he keeps talking about his younger sister, anyway, because of his love for many years, how about going to see him?"

After hearing this, Daiyu shook off Concubine Yuan's hand and stood on the stone steps condescendingly looking down at Concubine Yuan and Mother Jia, her cold eyes became clearer and clearer, and suddenly she looked at their white faces and said, : "Could it be possible that Empress Yuan Concubine can return to the original place after seeing a kite with a broken string?"

Hearing this, Concubine Yuan's face turned pale, she staggered and let go of Daiyu's arm, and let the piano behind her hold her up, thinking about the beauty of her past when she was Concubine Yuan, and now It is so, why not?

Forget it, forget it, what else can she force now?Looking at the doting of the Queen Mother and Princess Beijing on Daiyu, and the rumored feelings of the prince of Beijing, I am afraid that Daiyu's status as the princess of Beijing is hard to change.

"Yu'er, grandma knows that you hate me, it's grandma's fault, but you can't let grandma be so sad when you look at your dead mother's face anyway, your second brother Bao misses you all day and becomes ill."

When Daiyu heard this, her face turned red with anger, and she was so angry that she coughed. Shui Wanyu hurriedly stroked Daiyu's back, glared at Jiamu and said, "Don't say you are worthy of the name." It's Sister Lin's grandmother, even if she wasn't, as an old official in the court, she was so ignorant of the seriousness, she was slapped in the face. As the head of the harem, the concubine Yuan couldn't even restrain her own family. How can we talk about leading the women in the world with virtuous virtue and chastity?"

The cold and angry face carried the innate aura of a royal princess, which made Jiamu and the others three points shorter.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but yelled: "After all, you are just an orphan girl without father and mother. What are you relying on? The empress Yuan is the head of the harem. What can be inferior to you? yellow-haired girl"

Daiyu suppressed the itchy feeling in her throat at this time, looked at Mrs. Wang with cold eyes, and took two steps forward, and Mrs. Wang backed away two steps in shock, Yuan Concubine and Jia Mu looked at Daiyu He became more and more angry, and felt overwhelmed for a while, and stood aside blankly.

"Since Wang Gong said so, that's all. If the princess hears any such words in the future, Wang Gong should also be charged with slandering the princess and making troubles."

Hearing that Daiyu was acting like a princess, Mother Jia felt more and more troublesome, and hurried forward to say something, but Daiyu raised her head to stop her. She glanced coldly at Mother Jia, and Daiyu said again: " Old lady Jia doesn't need to be like this, the relationship between us was broken long ago when the princess left the mansion. Don't use any more words about family affection, it's just a cold joke that makes people laugh for nothing."

After a pause, he said again: "As for what Old Madam Jia said, you should put it away as soon as possible. Daiyu is not a disrespectful person, and she knows the common sense of the world. If you think you have got something, Just keep it. Daiyu will investigate thoroughly in the future." As she said, she bowed her knees and blessed her body, which was regarded as a farewell to Jiamu's last affection. From then on, there was only a little blood relationship between them. strangers.

Seeing Daiyu and Shui Wanyu stepping away from the winding and secluded path, Jiamu and the others just came back to their senses at this time, and looked at the Sanchun sisters standing silently behind them and said, "What are you doing here? ? Anyway, that girl Lin is also your sister, and she has a good relationship with you, but you are good, when this family can use you, everyone will become boring gourds."

Yingchun Tanchun lowered her eyes and listened to Jiamu's angry reprimand, but she was also silent. Xichun looked up at Jiamu coldly, and said, "Does the old lady think we have something to do? The old lady just followed Isn't it the purpose of each of you to follow behind us sisters and use us as bait? Isn't it?"

Hearing Xichun's rebellious words, Jia Mu's cold eyes swept towards Xichun unconsciously, and it took a long time for her face to soften, she looked at Xichun lovingly and said: "Si girl, what you said is wrong, I was also looking at the relationship between your sisters. It’s just a matter of affection, if that’s the case, it’s fine, I only blame my old lady for being confused and treating Yu’er like this.”

Concubine Yuan looked at the winding path, raised her head and stopped Jia Mu's words, and said, "Forget it, let's go. This is the inner courtyard of the palace. The old lady and the younger sisters should also be careful." yes."

After a pause, he looked at Mrs. Wang and Mother Jia with different expressions, smiled sadly, and said, "Old lady, don't worry about it anymore. Although I don't understand what the Queen Mother means, I do understand it." Five or six points, Sister Lin's noble status in the future is beyond our reach, but today she has taken a big wrong step, bringing the original draw to such a deadlocked point."

Jia Mu listened to the desolation in Yuan Bin's words, but when she looked up, she saw the water ripples flashing in her eyes. A winding path.

When Mrs. Wang was about to leave, she gave the Sanchun sisters a hard look. Yingchun Tanchun shuddered unknowingly with her cold eyes.

No matter what their destiny is in the future, they must never have the slightest connection with Daiyu, otherwise, it is really a journey that cannot be shaken off. It is fragile porcelain, jade that is difficult to support, and it will shatter when touched.

The noise and frolic seems to have returned to the Ningshou Palace, and the family members from all the prefectures returned to the Ningshou Palace after resting to wait for the arrival of the Empress Dowager Fengjia.

Daiyu was a little tired looking at the swaying flowers and branches. If the Queen Mother insisted on letting her come, she would feel uncomfortable and didn't want to come here. By the eyes of others.

"The empress dowager is here." The reigning concubine hurriedly brought the women's residences in their respective mansions to greet him, and said: "The empress dowager has a happy life and a healthy life."

"That's all, you all get up too." The queen mother sat on the first seat with the hand of Mother De, and greeted everyone who was kneeling on the ground with a smile to get up.

"The emperor is here." Before everyone got up, they heard the thin and high-pitched voices from outside, and they knelt on the ground again, shouting from their mouths: "Long live the emperor."

Na Shuichen walked up to the Empress Dowager with strides, and said: "My son respectfully wishes the Empress Dowager her birthday, a long life without bounds." He raised his hand and looked at the people kneeling below, and said, "Get up, everyone." "Thank you, Your Majesty." Because of the water With Chen's arrival, the Ningshou Palace, which was originally bustling and bustling, was completely quiet at this moment, not daring to be too presumptuous and rude.

Shui Chen only raised his eyes and glanced at Daiyu who was standing next to Concubine Beijing, but only nodded, then looked away, turned to look at the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "What do you think about this birthday banquet mother?" Something wrong?"

The Empress Dowager shook her head, looked at Concubine Li, and said: "Thanks to Concubine Li taking care of it properly, the Ai family is very satisfied. Only in this way can we teach such an outstanding child as the actor."

Concubine Li was overjoyed at the kindness with a smile on her face, she hurriedly knelt down and said, "This is within the duties of a concubine, I dare not take credit for it, as long as the queen mother is happy." The queen mother only smiled and nodded, silently Silent.

Shui Chen looked at Concubine Li who bowed her head and was humble, then smiled, turned to look at Liu Dexi, and said: "I rewarded Concubine Li with the Liuyun Peony Phoenix, and it is the Empress Dowager's birthday. A little reward for your hard work.”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. The Liuyun Peony Phoenix hairpin was originally used by noble concubines in the imperial court. No one has ever been able to use it for so many years. Now that Concubine Li has got the Phoenix hairpin, could it be that Shui Chen has some mean?Thinking that the eldest prince's water show has passed his thirties, he unconsciously moved his mind and hurriedly uttered compliments.

The Queen Mother and Shui Chen looked at each other, with a faint smile overflowing, they turned to look at Shui Chen and said, "Rong'er is getting older now, and the prince who played the role of Er'er is already three years old, I think their brothers are almost the same, It's time to start a family with him. Today, on Aijia's birthday, there are so many ladies in the court, and the emperor should point out one of them to him. It will also add another joy to Aijia's birthday."

Li Xuemei tugged at Madam Li Hou's skirt, Madam Li Hou frowned secretly, turned around and patted her hand lightly, telling her to be calm.

After hearing this, all the young ladies below hurriedly stood aside with lowered eyebrows and lowered their eyes. Those who had a slight wink had secretly instructed the girls of each family, so they stood there gracefully, and glanced at Mrs. Bei Jing unconsciously. Concubine and Daiyu's place.

Shui Chen stroked his beard, nodded, and said: "The empress mother's words really spoke to my son's heart. I thought it was my negligence that the Beijing Prince's family is loyal." He said, looking seriously at the palace All the ladies with low eyebrows and low eyes are all good daughters.

She stared at Daiyu for a moment, but she saw that Daiyu lowered her eyebrows and remained calm, only the twisted embroidered handkerchief revealed a little of her thoughts, and a little smile came to her heart.

With a light cough, Shui Chen pointed to the right position with a smile, and said: "The girl in the red dress belongs to Concubine Li's family?" As Shui Chen said, Li Xuemei hurried forward and knelt down regardless of Mrs. Li Hou's obstruction He fell down and said: "Reporting to the emperor, the little girl is the niece of Concubine Li's family, and her maiden name is Xuemei."

"Xuemei, the plum blossoms in the snow suit this scene." She said, "How old are you this year?" Li Xuemei became more and more happy in her heart, and hurriedly said: "Reporting to the emperor, my daughter has just reached the age of Ji this year. .”

"Oh, this is a good time." He said with a smile: "It's time to find someone else." After hearing this, Mrs. Li Hou was also very happy, so she hurried forward, but saw That Shui Chen waved his hand, and said: "Forget it, you go back first." Then Li Xuemei knelt on the spot at a loss when she heard Shui Chen's words, unconsciously confused by doubts, shouldn't the emperor Did she point to water soluble?Mrs. Li Hou also stood there in embarrassment, which was difficult to understand.

Shuichen Longmu swept towards Li Xuemei with a bit of coldness, and Madam Li Hou was shocked immediately, and hurriedly knelt down together with Li Xueqing on her arm, Li Concubine was also restless, she hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground and said : "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Xuemei is still young and doesn't understand etiquette. The concubine deserves to die."

Shui Chen waved his hand, looked at Concubine Li inscrutablely, and then said lightly: "Concubine Li, Mrs. Li Hou, you guys get up, I don't mean to blame, but Miss Li is old, she should Know a little bit of etiquette, so don't lose face to your Concubine Li." Concubine Li complied nonchalantly, feeling more and more resentful of Mrs. Li Hou and Li Xuemei's ignorant winks in her heart.

Daiyu stood quietly beside Concubine Beijing, but her lowered brows were tightly furrowed, she held the power of life and death, the emperor of the common people was so awe-inspiring and respectful, no wonder how many people squeezed their heads and wanted to climb up On the Dragon Court throne.

She wanted to think of something to distract her attention, but in the end she still cared about who Shui Chen chose for Shui Rong, and if it was someone else, how could she be so embarrassing?How can I have the strength to go on?

As if feeling a hint of panic in Daiyu's heart, Concubine Beijing silently held Daiyu's wrist tightly, conveying a reassuring message, no matter what, she was going to settle on Shui Rong's marriage with Daiyu .

Seeing Shui Chen's actions like this, everyone couldn't figure out what he was thinking, and stood there feeling uneasy, not knowing what to do.

The Empress Dowager looked at Shui Chen, she sighed in her heart, she looked at Daiyu, and asked Nanny De to help Daiyu to come forward, took her by the hand and looked at Shui Chen with a smile, saying: "The emperor looks at you." How about Princess Yundai?"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt on the ground, and everyone was stunned. Those who had already understood, at this moment became more and more determined, and looked at the Li mother and daughter gloatingly.

Mrs. Li Hou stared at Daiyu firmly, as if she wanted to see Daiyu thoroughly with her eyes, with a trace of hatred.

Shui Chen saw Daiyu's tense and tense expression in his eyes, and a smile appeared in his eyes, then he nodded and said: "It really is a good one, the queen mother will see it."

Seeing that Shui Chen seemed to have agreed with the queen mother's intentions, Jia Mu's face turned pale with shock, but she couldn't do anything about it, so she could only follow the development of the matter and let nature take its course.

Concubine Li looked at Daiyu restlessly, pondered for a moment, then smiled apologetically at Shui Chen and said, "Princess Yundai is indeed a good person, but her body is too weak. , how can there be fewer things going up and down in the family?"

Shui Chen nodded, looked at Concubine Li, and said, "What do you think?"

When Concubine Li saw Shui Chen looking at her like this, she felt apprehensive in her heart, and hurriedly said: "I dare not, I just think that since I have received the emperor's grace, if two more side concubines choose to enter the door together, I will be able to do so at that time." It is good to accompany Princess Yundai to deal with the affairs of the mansion, not only to share the troubles of Princess Yundai, but also to reassure the emperor and queen mother, isn't this the best way to achieve both?"

She has worked hard for many years for her only son, how can she let Lin Daiyu, who came out halfway, destroy everything about her?Even if Shui Chen betrothed her to Shui Rong, she would still strive to win the position of side concubine, which can be regarded as giving Shui Yan an arm.

Hearing the sincerity of Concubine Li's words, Shui Chen just smiled lightly, then looked at Liu Dexi who was at the side, and said, "Dexi, you went and invited the Prince of Beijing to come here, and said that I and the Queen Mother have something to do with him. Don't reveal too much." After hearing this, Liu Dexi hurriedly bowed, stepped back and walked out quickly to the main hall to invite Shui Rong over.

Shui Rong walked into the hall, his sword eyebrows twisted slightly, in the hall only the Empress Dowager Shuichen Beijing and the Concubine Daiyu were seen, the rest were just concubines in the palace, the rest of the girls who were ordered to avoid them, so they stepped forward and said: " I have seen the emperor and the empress dowager."

"Rong'er, get up. Today is the queen mother's birthday. I asked Dexi to invite you here because of the selection of the princess." Shui Rong listened quietly to Shui Chen's words, but Feiyang's ecstatic expression became more and more puzzled. Instead, I raised my eyes and looked around, and my heart became somewhat clearer, and I felt more and more annoyed.

Daiyu's drooping eyebrows never looked at Shui Rong, but she seemed to understand Shui Rong's troubles, so she closed her eyes even more, and only listened to Shui Rong's words: "I don't know what the Queen Mother and the Emperor chose for this humble minister?" The lady at home?"

Seeing the Empress Dowager holding Daiyu's arm, Daiyu's slender body was almost tottering, and she felt distressed.

"Rong'er, how do you look at Princess Yundai?" Shui Rong's face blushed when he heard Shui Chen's straightforward question, but then cupped his hands and said, "It's all up to the Queen Mother to make the decision, I thank you, Your Majesty."

"Hey, wait!" Shui Chen slowly blocked Shui Rong's body, which was about to bow down, and said: "Just now what Concubine Li said, Princess Yundai's body is weak, I want you to point out the side concubine and you, I'm thinking about it , which might not be a good idea."

Concubine Li looked at Shui Rong with a three-point smile on her face, and said, "Prince Beijing, why don't you thank the emperor soon? The main concubine and side concubines are all married to you, so we will open branches for the Beijing Palace sooner." Ye, also has all the thoughts of Concubine Beijing."

After hearing this, Daiyu felt more and more dazzling lights in front of her eyes, and her mind was a little dizzy, and she became more and more angry when she saw the water melting, so she said coldly: "I don't think I can enjoy the blessings of that Qiren." , Concubine Li should stop mentioning this matter. If my Beijing Palace wants to marry a concubine, there will only be the Zhengwangfei."

Concubine Li couldn't help feeling very uncomfortable, but because of Shui Chen's presence, she couldn't say anything, so she just smiled and said: "Where does the prince of Beijing Jing put the ancestor's etiquette? It's just a white talk Forget it, how can there be only one princess in your Beijing Palace?"

"Concubine Li is the empress of the harem, how can she control the affairs of the humble minister's family? Besides, the matter of referring to marriage is also handled by the emperor and the queen mother. Concubine Li is also extremely tired of dealing with palace affairs on weekdays. Don't meddle in the affairs of the humble minister's backyard anymore."

As he said that, he knelt down and looked at Shui Chen and the queen mother, and said: "I also ask the emperor and queen mother to help me, I thank the emperor and queen mother."

The Empress Dowager originally preferred the pair of Daiyu and Shui Rong, seeing Shui Chen's appearance, she knew that he had deep intentions, so she smiled and said, "Rong'er, you should get up first, this matter is up to you."

Talking and laughing, he looked at Nanny De and said: "Invite them all out, the Ai family has something to announce." Shui Chen was smiling at this time, with a little laziness, looking at the pale concubine Li immediately. face, nodded with satisfaction.

"The Ai family has always been short of a caring granddaughter. Now that Princess Yundai has the eyes of the Ai family, the Ai family is also happy to see her. Today, because the emperor is here, she recognizes Princess Yundai as the Ai family. His granddaughter, the emperor's daughter, was named Princess Yundai, and all the etiquette was handled by the princess in the dark palace."

Turning to look at Shui Chen, he said, "What do you think, Your Majesty?" Shui Chen nodded with a smile, and said, "Since the queen mother said so, I also recognized Yun Dai as a daughter, and named her Princess Yun Dai. The grand ceremony will be ten days later, and if the jade plate is put in, she will be a serious princess of the royal family."

As soon as these words came out, everyone who was already restless became more and more stunned. They didn't know what the meaning and purpose of Shui Chen and the queen mother were, but they had no choice but to go forward and congratulate: "Congratulations to the queen mother, congratulations to the emperor , I know my daughter, I have seen the princess."

Concubine Li wrung the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, secretly regretting her momentary carelessness, she forgot Shui Chen's usual suspicion, she kept her brows more and more silent, her lowered eyes were somewhat cold and poisonous .

The Empress Dowager smiled, looked at Daiyu's pretty shy face, and said: "The Ai family gave Princess Yun Dai a marriage with the Prince of Beijing as the main concubine, and it is not in vain for the Ai family to look at Yun Dai."

After hearing this, Shui Rong hurriedly knelt down with Concubine Beijing and said, "I accept the order, thank you, Your Majesty, Empress Dowager."

Daiyu stared blankly at the Queen Mother, her cheeks flushed red after realizing it, then she knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Queen Mother."

The queen mother took Daiyu's hand and said: "You should still call the Ai family the queen mother, you should also call the Ai family grandmother."

The Empress Dowager held Daiyu in her arms, smiled faintly, and there was a bit of love between her brows. Seeing Li Xuemei's angry face standing below, she couldn't help thinking, so she looked at Mrs. Jinxiang Hou, and said with a smile: " The Ai family remembers that the second son of your family has also reached the age of marriage, how about betrotting Miss Li to the second son of your family?"

The Marquis of Jinxiang looked at Li Xuemei, even though she was dissatisfied, she knew that it was difficult to disobey the holy will, so she knelt down and said: "My concubine, thank you, Empress Dowager." The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction, and said: "That's all, Aijia's birthday is coming with three blessings, everyone should go to their seats."