Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

Daiyu was injured, the news of Li Xuemei's punishment spread to every household in the capital in an instant, and the Jinxiang Hou's Mansion felt even more ashamed.

Madam Marquis of Jinxiang stared at Li Xuemei who was kneeling on the ground, and said bluntly, "We don't know when our Sun family committed crimes in our life, and we took a broom star like you to enter the door. You've lost all face."

Li Xuemei didn't dare to look up at the furious face of Madam Hou of Jinxiang, after all, she was her mother-in-law, so she couldn't refute anything.

"Qing'er, we can only blame our family for being unlucky after marrying such a broom star. It's been a lot of bad luck since we have been in the mansion for so long. Thinking about choosing another day to marry your concubine grandma."

Sun Qing, who was sitting by the side, felt an indelible anger at the moment. Originally, he thought that those rumors in the market, whether true or not, as long as Li Xuemei married into their mansion, they would all be changed one day. Who would have thought that today they would poison Princess Yundai.

Li Xuemei hastily raised her head to see the indifference on Sun Qing's face, then she prostrated herself and said, "Master, you have to trust me, you know what kind of person Xuemei is these days. How could I poison Yun without regard for the safety of the mansion?" Princess Dai? I really slipped and bumped into Princess Yundai by accident."

"Who can testify to this? Who can prove your innocence? Who can wipe away the black name of our Jinxiang Hou Mansion?" Sun Qing's indifferent words made Li Xuemei appear on the scene with a somewhat hopeful expression. Falling to the bottom of the valley, he was still struggling and said, "Master, sister Xueqing can prove it to me."

"Enough! You don't need to say any more. I don't want to hear such sophistry. Since the empress dowager has already been punished, it's fine if we admit it. From today onwards, you will move out of the main house and live in the wing room in the east courtyard. Introspect and introspect." After finishing his words, Sun Qing flung his sleeves out of the main courtyard of Madam Hou of Jinxiang, ignoring Li Xuemei.

Madam Hou of Jinxiang looked at Li Xuemei who was kneeling on the ground blankly, with a somewhat smug look on her face, she ordered the maid beside her: "Why don't you get involved with her sooner? Pack up your things and move out of the main courtyard early."

She was not happy about this marriage at all, thinking that Li Xuemei married into their house without dignity, she felt very angry, but she couldn't say anything because of the Empress Dowager's suggestion of marriage.It is rare that the Empress Dowager made an order today, and it might be a good thing to let her move out of the main courtyard.

Li Xuemei knelt down on the ground blankly, tears had already covered her face, only Xing Hong, the maid beside her, was by her side, weeping silently with Li Xuemei.

It took a while for Li Xuemei to get up and wipe away the tears from her eyes, she turned to look at Xinghong and said, "Today you can see clearly why I fell down?" Should I say it.

"You just say it." That Xinghong gritted her teeth, turned to Li Xuemei's ear, whispered something, made Li Xuemei tremble with anger, and said angrily: "It's really her?"

Xinghong nodded, and said: "It's her, this servant can see clearly, if she hadn't pushed Madam, Madam would not have bumped into Princess Yundai, let alone be involved innocently."

Li Xuemei's cold and angry face was mixed with a stern look, but it turned out that she had always thought that the gentle and kind sister Xueqing was such a black-bellied and cruel person, who would use any means to frame her to achieve her goals.

After clenching her fists, the fierceness on Li Xuemei's face seemed to come back, and she sneered lowly: "It turns out that her thoughts are also shameful, but I don't want to, why is it up to us to decide the marriage of our Li family's daughter?" The one who decides? If you want to use me as the scapegoat, you also want to see if I, Li Xuemei, have the temperament to let her flatten and round you."

Li Xuemei's fierce expression made Xinghong shudder in her heart, she shrank her neck unconsciously, not daring to approach Li Xuemei for half a step.

Step up resolutely came out of the main room of the Sun family, and wiped away some tears from the corners of her eyes. She originally thought that since she was powerless to change, she would serve Sun Qing honestly and gradually change her usual arrogance. Became a bully.

Since Li Xueqing and Concubine Li can't care about the family relationship, why should she talk to them about the family relationship? She joked about the dead, and she didn't realize that there was a bit of murderous intent on her cold face, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye. Silently, Hong packed her bags and moved to the side room in the main courtyard of the Sun family.

"Xueqing, don't go too far. The Prince of Beijing and his wife are not easy to fool, and now even the Queen Mother and Emperor Yi Longyan are furious, don't you think it's too out of proportion?" Concubine Li The words of reprimand in a low voice echoed in the palace of Chengxia Palace.

Li Xueqing's drooping brows and eyes remained calm, with a gentle smile in her mouth, she said in a low voice: "Qing'er doesn't know what my aunt is talking about. Where did Qing'er come from for her selfishness?"

Concubine Li looked at Li Xueqing's calm expression with cold eyes, and said coldly: "You still can't hide your little trick from me. Since you can't hide it from me, are you sure the Queen Mother and Prince Beijing don't understand?"

Standing at the side of Concubine Li with a calm expression, she didn't say another word, and her lowered head only seemed to listen in, but she couldn't hide the disdain and ridicule cast by the shadow.

Seeing that Li Xueqing didn't retort anymore, Concubine Li breathed a sigh of relief, she sat beside Li Xueqing with her arms around her, and said with a smile: "Qing'er also has to forgive my aunt. My aunt did it for the wealth and honor of our family, and your cousin's current status is embarrassing." If there is no breakthrough, who can guarantee what will happen in the future?"

Li Xueqing smiled and nodded, echoing Concubine Li's response a few times, Concubine Li nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Auntie has something to tell you today, at least you have something in mind."

Hearing the solemnity of Concubine Li's words, Li Xueqing hurriedly suppressed her smile, and lowered her head to listen to Concubine Li's instruction. Concubine Li straightened her bun on the sideburns and said, "You should have heard of Dongying who came to ask for peace this time. Your Majesty and General Murong."

Li Xueqing nodded and looked at Concubine Li puzzled.Concubine Li sighed: "Your cousin means to let the third girl from the Jia family marry the king of Dongying. If it is possible, let you marry the Great General Murong."

Li Xueqing raised her head suddenly, looked straight at Concubine Li, with distorted anger on her face, and said coldly: "Don't use my aunt and cousin's thoughts on my head. I was just She's just a humble girl from the Li family, she can't take on the important task of getting married."

Hearing this, Concubine Li clapped her hand on the carved lacquered yellow rosewood handrail angrily, stood up coldly and said, "I knew that you had that idea in your heart. You harmed Xuemei, and even Ben Gong and you deal with Xuemei together, you know that Xuemei is your own sister, no matter what, you should think about our Li family, if your cousin becomes a great success in the future, your glory and wealth will naturally be indispensable."

Li Xueqing gritted her teeth, finally turned her head away, and remained silent for a long while.

Seeing that Li Xueqing had nothing to say, Concubine Li couldn't help but soften the coldness in her words, and said lightly: "Don't blame your aunt for not reminding you, then the prince of Beijing Jing is not what you can think of, so you should accept your thoughts as soon as possible." yes."

Seeing that Li Xuemei was silent at the end, Concubine Li waved her hand and said: "Forget it, you can go back to the mansion first, so as to save your mother from worrying. Besides, think about what I told you. There is no definite date for this matter. Just to let you know first."

Hearing this, Li Xuemei felt that there was still a glimmer of hope in her heart, so she nodded, got up and bowed to leave, then she raised her head out of Concubine Li's Chengxia Palace.

As April approached, the warm climate suddenly turned into hot and dry, and people under the continuous rainy season were panicked and uneasy.

The sour plums in the garden were so clear and lovely, Chunxian watched the rain stop at that moment, went to pick a plate of fresh ones and tasted them with Daiyu.

Looking at the plate of green plums, Daiyu took a jade stick and picked one and put it in her mouth. The sour and slightly bitter taste made her stick out her tongue in a hurry. between.

"Aren't these plums delicious?" Seeing Daiyu's appearance, Chunxian asked.

Daiyu rolled her eyes, pointed at the green plum, shook her head, and said, "It's not bad at all, Sister Chunxian, please try it."

When Chunxian and Xueyan heard this, they picked up the sour plum and put it in their mouths. The sour taste was the same as Daiyu's, and they spit it into the spittoon, and said angrily: "Young lady knows that it tastes sour. , it’s a trick.”

"What's sour? But I'll try it." While speaking, Wan Yu walked in happily, looking at the green sour plums on the table, she couldn't help drooling, stepped forward and squeezed one into her mouth, the sour taste But it only made her smile, which made Daiyu and Chunxian more and more curious.

Daiyu got up and looked at the cheerfulness on Shui Wanyu's face, and asked, "Is this green plum delicious?" Shui Wanyu nodded, then shook her head, and said, "Sister-in-law doesn't know, but we need to use the candy for our sour plums." Pickle it with Xue’er, bury it under the plum tree, take it out in the hot summer of the next year, and serve it with candied fresh fruit, it’s a rare delicious taste.”

Daiyu frowned and thought for a while, but then nodded with a smile on her face. Shui Lingling's eyes narrowed, and she walked lightly to Shui Wanyu's side, blinking her eyes and tilting her head to look at the water. Wan Yu grabbed her sleeve and said, "Wan Yu, do you have that pickled green plum hidden in your hand? Why don't you contribute it soon?"

Shui Wanyu choked her nose, seeing Daiyu's cunning and dexterity, lowered her head in frustration, shrugged her shoulders, and muttered: "Sister-in-law is becoming more and more like a brother, as cunning as a little fox."

"Wan Yu, you actually said that sister Yu'er is a little fox. Be careful when Cousin Rong hears it, I'm afraid that all your sour plums will fall into his hands and be given to your sister-in-law."

"Sister Sang." Daiyu Wanyu turned around at the same time, and she really saw Sang Qingyan standing by the door with a smile on her face.

Daiyu looked at her with a smile, and said: "Sister Sang is full of distinguished guests now, like a busy person, she still thinks of us."

Sang Qingyan gave Daiyu a sideways look, and said, "Being married to Cousin Rong is becoming more and more talkative, and Cousin Rong should take care of it." Daiyu blushed unconsciously, and spit on Sang Qing Yan said in one breath: "You are becoming more and more like a housekeeper. It can be seen that you are about to fall here."

Sang Qingyan looked Daiyu up and down, held her hand that was still wrapped in white gauze, and sighed: "You are only so careless, there are thorns everywhere in the palace, and there are thorns everywhere, you two The heartless ones started to fight there."

Hearing this, Daiyu's face suddenly filled with shame, she bowed her head for a long time without saying a word, because of that incident, she ordered Chunxian, Chunqiao, Chunlan, Meijian, Xueyan and others to look at her, even him Going to the palace, he will also personally send her to the east courtyard of the residence of Concubine Beijing.

Shui Wanyu stuck out her tongue, took Sang Qingyan's hand and said, "Sister Sang, don't tell Brother Wang. Brother Wang is still angry about what happened last time, let alone let me get close to my sister-in-law. If he saw me here, just another cold look would be enough for me to go back to my room and face the wall to think about it."

Seeing Shui Wanyu's pitiful words, Sang Qingyan couldn't hold back the smile she had held back for a long time, and immediately burst out laughing, dispelling the melancholy and boredom that had come over for many days.

Seeing Sang Qingyan smiling happily, Shui Wanyu pouted and looked at Sang Qingyan in disbelief.

It took a long time for Sang Qingyan to stop laughing, sighed softly, took Shui Wanyu and Daiyu's hands, and said with a smile: "It's only when you two are here that we can relax a bit."

As he said, he sat down with the two of them arm in arm, and sighed: "I will live in the palace in another month. Thinking about it, I feel really unhappy." After thinking about it, he looked at Daiyu and said, "Today I When I came out of the palace, I heard that the emperor pointed out the Princess of Chengyang to the King of Dongying as his concubine, and I will take her back to Dongying with me on Qingming."

Hearing this, Daiyu felt a little bitter in her heart, thinking that Tanchun already knew about it, Shuichen was still referring to Tanchun after all.

She couldn't explain the unexplainable thoughts in her heart, but felt that the melancholy was sandwiched with bits and pieces of pain, which made it difficult for her to bear.Thinking of Tanchun's distress mentioned in Xichun's letter, and Jia She's plan for the two sisters, he felt more and more desolate in his heart, but he only smiled lightly and said: "Since the princess of Chengyang is chosen by the emperor and Nan'an Palace, , naturally for the purpose of peace."

"It's good that you understand the seriousness of the relationship. It's really a bit of a waste for the outstanding Chengyang Princess to be paired with that old man-like monarch." Sang Qingyan said with a bit of regret.

Thinking that although Tanchun's talent and appearance are not as good as Daiyu's, she is also a rare and straightforward person. After seeing each other these days, she somewhat sympathizes with such a girl. She can only sigh that her family members are eager for quick success. Pushed out, became a victim of marriage

Shui Wanyu shook her head, and said: "No matter what, the Jia mansion is a place of tigers and wolves. They treated my sister-in-law like that before, but now they talk about family ties. When they leave, they want to let Chengyang The princess came to visit my sister-in-law, I don't know what An is thinking?"

Daiyu shook her head and said with a slight smile: "Naturally, my affection for the three sisters will never be broken, and I will never forget them. Only the government should not use the three sisters to seek any benefits. It is a muddy place, a swamp where no one can be seen. The three pure lotuses in the turbid world that are not stained by the mud are polluted in vain."