Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

Half a month after Jia Lian and Daiyu returned home, the Jia family had already discussed the construction of a family-saving villa, vacating the original Pear Fragrance Courtyard to rehearse with the little actors, and Aunt Xue, mother and daughter moved to another, smaller courtyard. middle.

When I wake up in the morning, the birds are singing and the butterflies are dancing outside the window, and the parrot hanging outside the curtain is calling "Flowers blooming brocade, fire cooking oil" early in the morning, making the early-rising azalea beat it flying around with a broom.

Seeing the flat-haired beast standing on the plum tree with its arms fluttering, and squinting at Zijuan with small eyes, he hated Zijuan so much that as long as someone moved the ladder to catch the parrot, the broom in his hand would be even worse. He threw it vigorously, but almost hit her on the head.

Daiyu leaned against the door, looked at Zicuckoo's angry look, pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Zicuckoo, why are you so angry with this flat-haired beast? Just drive it out." Qing Lingling's beauty He glanced at the parrot, with a smile in his cold eyes.

As if understanding Daiyu's words, the parrot flapped its arms and flew towards a higher branch, not daring to call out again.

Zijuan murmured and walked to Daiyu's side, helped her to sit down in the house, and said: "This flat-haired beast obeys the girl's words. It's annoying to be there so early in the morning."

Picking up an ivory comb to comb Daiyu's long hair like water, the strands of hair are rolled up in a Japanese bun, and a short silver silk pearl hibiscus hairpin is placed on the hairpin, and the small green phoenix bead hairpin is inserted obliquely on the hairpin .

After tidying up, after serving Daiyu's breakfast, Xueyan lifted the curtain and walked in, holding the Ruyao beauty in her hand, with a budding white magnolia planted in it, a faint breath came, making Daiyu turn around and look at her. To that Magnolia.

Xueyan put the beauty on the desk, and waved the delicate yellow bergamot in the big official kiln, then turned around and said with a smile: "I just passed by the garden and saw that this white magnolia was very beautiful, so I let it go." The mother-in-law folded it for me, and it would be suitable for a girl's room."

Daiyu smiled, and said: "Which room is it inappropriate to put these things?" Zijuan pursed her lips and shook her head when she heard this, and said, "That's a bit wrong. Magnolia flowers are only suitable for girls. If it is placed in other rooms, it will not compare to the aura around the girl."

"Aura?" Daiyu asked back, "That's what you would say."

Picking up off-white embroidered magnolia twigs and Daiyu, Zijuan just shook her head and said: "This is not what we said, just look at the parrot outside the porch and you can understand a little bit, and the things that follow the girl are also contaminated. Reiki."

Daiyu looked back and smiled slightly, nodded in agreement, with a mischievous look in her eyes, and said: "So you have followed me, and now you are more and more talkative like the parrot outside the window."

The parrot made two 'quacks', and followed suit: "It looks more and more like a parrot, more and more like a parrot!" Daiyu, Zijuan Xueyan and the others were stunned for a moment when they heard the parrot's words, but then turned to She couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, and Xueyan laughed even more straight. He pointed to the parrot outside the door, and then pointed to the azalea, but couldn't say a word.

I hated Zijuan to go to the door immediately and opened the curtain, and the parrot flew up to the tree again in fright, Zijuan said with her hands on her hips: "You flat-haired beast, if you do this again, pay attention to your fur, you can't see it." I'll expose you." Daiyu and Xueyan listened in the room, covering their mouths and laughing endlessly.

Since Daiyu returned to the south, she has always treated Baoyu indifferently, advancing and retreating in a moderate manner, not at all close to her in the past. Not only Baoyu was puzzled, but even Jiamu was a little puzzled. After pondering for a while in private, she still couldn't see the clue. , I became more and more interested in the matter of the two Yu'er.

Since Baoyu walked into Daiyu's boudoir that day without being notified by the maid, Daiyu sent the little maid that day out. In the future, Baoyu must stay in the outer room when entering Ziqingxuan, and cannot enter Daiyu's boudoir.

Such a move made Mrs. Wang very happy. Although she didn't understand what made Daiyu change like this, Daiyu stayed away from Baoyu, which made Mrs. Wang treat Daiyu much more kindly.

This day Baoyu was depressed and bored in the house, and Daiyu didn't pay much attention to him, and outside he was busy building a family-friendly villa, and he couldn't take care of him.

Seeing Baoyu's look of being unable to lift his spirits, Xiren stepped forward and said, "Second Lord is bored in the room all day long. Why don't you go out and play with the girls? If not, look at Miss Bao and listen to her." It is said that Miss Bao has been feeling a little unhappy these days."

Baoyu gave Xiren a disconcerted look, but was still speechless. If it hadn't been for Baochai's words that day, Daiyu would not have treated her like this. Every time I think about it, I feel a little unhappy in my heart.

Just as she was meditating, she heard the attacker come in again. Baoyu was a little impatient and said, "What's the matter?"

Xiren was startled in his heart, seeing that Baoyu was different from his previous impatience, he said cautiously: "Mingyan is waiting outside the second gate, saying that it is the little eunuch from the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and the Prince of Beijing has invited the Second Lord to come to the mansion to talk about it." .”

When Baoyu heard the words, he jumped up immediately, and suddenly remembered something, and said: "Damn, damn, I forgot the matter that the Prince of the North ordered me to go to the house."

While talking, he wanted Xiren to help him tidy up his clothes quickly. Seeing Baoyu in a hurry, Xiren hurried forward to change clothes, shoes and socks with him, but he was very happy in his heart, and said, "Second Lord has caught the eye of Prince Bei. If there is a good care in the future, it will not be in vain for the teachings of the master and the worries of the wife."

Hearing such words, Baoyu's expression immediately became indifferent, but he didn't say anything to Xiren, turned around and lifted the curtain to leave Jiangyun Pavilion, leaving Xiren alone to stare at the slightly moving curtain.

When he arrived at Prince Jing's Mansion, he reported to the concierge, handed in the post, and waited at the corner gate. Not long after, he saw the little eunuch who often followed Shui Rong come out. Seeing Baoyu, he hurriedly invited Baoyu to enter the mansion.

All the way to the study outside the Beijing Prince's Mansion, I saw Shui Rong was giving orders in the study, Baoyu didn't dare to go forward, so he had to stand outside the door with the little eunuch.

Not long after, I saw that Shui Rong had finished giving orders, and the little eunuch just walked in the door and whispered a few words to Shui Rong, and Shui Rong just saw Baoyu, and said with a smile: "Since the second master Bao is here, please come in, how can you let the guests wait for you?" By the door?"

Baoyu stepped into the door, looked at the piles of water-soluble books on the table, bowed and said: "Jia Baoyu, a grass-roots man, has seen the prince of Beijing."

Shui Rong gave him a sideways look, and said: "You are so polite, I invited you to the house, but you just came at this time." The pale expression did not show any joy or anger, but it made Baoyu a little uneasy.

Smiling lightly, gentle and elegant, his demeanor is more like that of a banished immortal. Let Baoyu hang his head down, feeling ashamed. The demeanor of a natural king is extraordinary, and in addition to being born in a royal family, the noble demeanor on his body is even more extraordinary. There is a huge difference in what I usually understand, and I can't help but feel even more envious.

Seeing Baoyu's uneasy look, a coldness flashed across the corner of Shui Rong's mouth, and then he stepped forward with a smile on his face and said: "I invite you here today because I think that your poems are different from ordinary people, elegant and beautiful. Among them, there is also a trace of sadness, which is rare to see."

Hearing Shui Rong talk about poetry, Baoyu was a little happy immediately, thinking of Daiyu's talent in chanting Xu, he was full of pride, then bowed and said: "This poem was written by Caomin's mansion, it is difficult to enter the elegant hall, it made the prince laugh .”

Shui Rong invited Baoyu to sit down, sat on the head, picked up the teacup and took a sip, raised his eyes sharply but looked at Baoyu, and said: "I heard that these poems are all written by the ladies in your family. But?"

That Baoyu was shocked when he heard the words, not wanting that Shui Rong would know about it, he got up quickly and said: "Some poems are indeed written by sisters in the family, please forgive me, my lord." People are treated as frivolous people.

Now that Shui Rong has made it clear, he must be aware of it. It would be better to admit it directly, but he is extremely afraid of Shui Rong today. In the past, Shui Rong was against the children of other aristocratic families singing poems. He was gentle and elegant, and seemed to ignore government affairs. Today is different In the past, the oppression of the whole person made him hang his head unconsciously.

Baoyu's truthful answer made Shui Rong satisfied, but he felt extremely unhappy. If Baoyu hadn't shown the poems written by such an elegant woman, if it wasn't for the people around Daiyu to tell him, he would not have known it. This Jia Baoyu spread her poems.

Water-soluble and inscrutable stared at Baoyu for a long while, until Baoyu broke out in cold sweat, and then he said "oh", and said with a smile, "well, I'm just asking in vain, since that's the case, such things must not happen in the future, don't To ruin the statement of the boudoir daughter is to discredit the old man."

Today someone invited this Jia Baoyu over, the purpose is to let him understand that if he is not allowed to spread the poems in his boudoir, it will damage Daiyu's reputation. Seeing that the desired effect has been achieved, Shui Rong smiled coldly, and I won't mention it any more, just take out the calligraphy and paintings and the theory of precious jade in the study.

Hearing the word "Zheng Lao", Baoyu immediately broke out in cold sweat. If Jia Zheng knew about this, he would be furious, and hastily agreed obediently. , hurried away.

Seeing Jia Baoyu leaving in a hurry, Shui Rong sneered, and lightly ordered the little eunuch beside him, "Take out that bowl of tea and give it to the boy outside." The little eunuch responded and asked Hastily went out with the teacup in hand.

Shui Rong raised his hand to stop the young servants who were about to go out, and said: "Take them all down, the king has something to do, so I don't need your services." The little eunuch hurriedly took the servants in the house and left.

The room was extremely clean for a moment, Shui Rong walked to the back of the desk, holding a wolf hair in his hand, and said softly: "Come in."

A person dressed as a maid came in from the door, knelt down and said: "My lord." Shui Rong didn't raise his eyebrows, and said coldly: "How?"

The servant girl hurriedly said: "Miss Lin is fine now in Jia's mansion. Although there are many gossiping and dissatisfied people in the mansion, it is extremely safe. The group of people who followed from the south of the Yangtze River did not dare to easily offend the Rongguo mansion. But , They sent two people to pretend to be in Jia's house."