Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The south of the Yangtze River is like a tender daughter's house, soft and elegant everywhere, but when it is approaching late autumn, there are only a few yellow leaves, like butterflies fluttering.The clear water and soft waves rise with the wind, and the blooming red chrysanthemums are like a little red on the lips of a girl.

Daiyu looked at the chessboard for a long time, and the chess piece in her hand did not drop for a long time, after a careful look, she finally changed its position.The plain hand dropped a piece on the corner, and carefully modeled the chessboard, thinking about the place where the piece would be placed, and frowned.This game of chess is already in a state of fighting, and the awe-inspiring murderous aura is surging on the chessboard, it is not the usual gentleness that is always done.

Sighed softly, but she hadn't seen Sang Qingyan on the opposite side for a long time, she raised her eyes in surprise, only to see Sang Qingyan's faint eyes looking at the smoke in the distance, as if her mind was not here, and occasionally her eyes moved, as if with extreme anxiety. Cold evil spirit.

Daiyu put down the chess pieces in her hand, took a moment to contemplate, and smiled softly: "Sister Sang, what are you thinking? Play chess with one mind and two purposes, be careful that you will lose all your body when you lose."

Sang Qingyan suddenly came back to her senses, her face was completely devoid of the usual gentleness and elegance, and said sternly: "How could I lose so badly?" Daiyu was joking, but she didn't expect Sang Qingyan to be so fierce. Responding, he froze there for a moment.

Sang Qingyan came back to her senses as soon as she had spoken. Seeing Daiyu staring at her blankly, she felt a sense of guilt in her heart, and hurriedly took Daiyu's little hand and said, "Sister Yu'er, don't mind, I, I meant to yes."

Daiyu covered her tightly clenched white slender hand with her little hand, smiled lightly, with some relief on her face, shook her head and said with a smile: "Daiyu doesn't mind, as long as my sister can understand in her heart."

Sang Qingyan also smiled at this time, looking down at the board full of chess pieces.Meifeng frowned slightly, pointed at Daiyu's black chess pieces that had just landed on the chessboard, looked up at Daiyu with a smile, standing like a red maple leaf in the wind, and said with a light smile: "Sister, if I take another step, all the white pieces in my piece will be gone." The count falls into your hands."

Daiyu shook her head, looked at the two-color chess pieces facing each other, pointed at the black pieces that had just landed, smiled faintly, and said: "Although it is good to land there, it can almost restrain the white pieces, but I will also lose a lot of pieces. , it’s better to leave a way out, and also leave a way out for myself.”

Sang Qingyan was shocked when he heard this, and the chess piece in his hand fell on the board unconsciously, and murmured softly: "Leave a way out? Leave a way out."

Daiyu got up gracefully, stood up with Sang Qingyan on her arm, and said, "Sister, how about we go out for a walk?" A servant girl had already come in to help the two of them put on the clothes and cloaks they were going out.

Sang Qingyan forced a smile, nodded and said, "That's fine."

The autumn is sluggish, the autumn hibiscus is slowly blooming, and the fragrance hits the face. Sang Qingyan picked a pink hibiscus and handed it to Ran Yu behind him. On top of the flaming bun, it adds a very delicate and soft beauty.

"Sister-in-law, Sister Sang." Shui Wanyu ran up to Daiyu and Sang Qingyan bouncingly, her pretty red face was soft and lovely, and the touch of the bell pendant was clear and sweet.

"Sister-in-law, where are you and Sister Sang going? I want to go together too."

Daiyu took her little hand and said with a light smile, "We are going out for a walk. If my sister is fine, then go with us."

The clear water and clear waves rise with the wind, and the faint ripples are like naughty fish jumping up and down. The autumn light has gradually dissipated, leaving only the high sky and wide blue sky with white clouds floating gently.

The quiet and quaint path leads directly to the Xuantou Temple. On both sides, the pines and cypresses are green, the pine nuts are white, and the branches are covered with chrysanthemums. The ground is mainly white, supplemented by pink. It is beautiful, dispelling some of the coldness of Xuantomb Temple.

Sang Qingyan looked at the surrounding scenery, with admiration in her eyes, the purity and elegance of Buddhism had long since dispelled all kinds of mundane worlds in her heart when she came here, leaving only the pure and white mind of a newborn child.

"Where is this place?" Sang Qingyan picked a pine nut and put it in her hand, looked at Daiyu with a smile on her face, dispelling her usual defenses, as if she had seen it for the first time that day.

Daiyu caressed Qiu Ju, lightly looked at the Xuanmu Temple, and said with a slight smile, "This is the Xuanmu Temple in Suzhou. When I was young, I accompanied my mother to pray here."

Revisiting the old place, things are different and people are different. At this time, Jia Min has passed away for more than ten years, and the green pines that used to be like thin willows are now like willows, thick and dry, full of green.

"Fairy came to the door. I have a long way to go, and I hope to forgive my sin." Daiyu raised her head abruptly, with uncontained sadness lingering between her brows, but she saw two people who looked like Taoists walking towards her with dim eyes.

When Daiyu saw it clearly, her face turned pale with shock, and the words she wanted to utter came to an abrupt end. Seeing Miaoyu's gentle waving of her hand, she immediately smiled and said, "Master, I'm here to greet you. We are bothering you for no reason. Please forgive me."

"Outsiders are not people in the world, so you don't need to care about these customs, please!" Then he led Daiyu and his party to the temple.

Xuanmu Temple is surrounded by towering ancient trees with twisted branches, which are thicker than the pillars of the porch. The small trees growing around are the roots coiled from the ground. The autumn chrysanthemums in the courtyard are trimmed neatly.

Greeting Daiyu and her group, they walked to the main room of the temple, where the three futons on the ground were placed one by one. Go to the ear room.

Sitting on the nanmu chair by the window, Sang Qingyan looked at the interior furnishings in surprise, everything was rare in the world, and Miaoyu displayed it like this.

"May I ask where the master's home is? Why did you settle here at Xuanmu Temple?" Sang Qingyan still asked in confusion after all.

Miaoyu didn't raise her head, but just said indifferently: "I have my own origin and my own destination? The matter of dust has already been settled, so why bother to get to the bottom of it, where is the explanation?" The calm words made Sang Qingyan smile, But no more inquiries.

Seeing Sang Qingyan and Shui Wanyu walk out of the Buddhist hall, Daiyu just looked back and said with a faint smile, "Why did my sister come back to Xuanmu Temple?"

Miaoyu sat on the futon, closed her eyes and recited scriptures. After a long while, she said: "The disaster is imminent, and the forest birds are flying away. If I don't leave now, when will I wait?"

Daiyu lowered her head and fidgeted with the silk sash on the hem of her dress. The hem of the light green skirt was embroidered with hibiscus branches. It took a long time before she smiled and said, "Yes, it's great to be far away from it, which is unnatural."

Miaoyu nodded, stood up and took a beautiful pouch from the hand of the maid serving behind her, and said, "The pine nuts inside are taken from the pine tree in front of Xuanmu Temple."

""Rihua Materia Medica" says: Pine nuts chase the wind to block the cold air, make up the deficiency, moisten the skin, and fatten the five internal organs. What's more rare is that sister Miaoyu quietly adopted it in this Buddhist gate, thank you sister." Dai Yuqiao Xiaoqianxi bowed profusely, and took the beautiful pouch.

Miaoyu nodded with a faint smile, and then brought up the broken pine needle tea. The dark green tea water was faintly scented, and the blue color was clear and clear.

"My sister uses old plum blossom snow water to make it. It has a quiet and elegant aroma, mixed with the coldness and purity of winter ice and snow. It has a rare taste."

Hearing Daiyu's opinion, Miaoyu nodded with a smile, and said: "That's right. You have been here with Mrs. Lin in Xuanmu Temple since you were young, so you naturally understand my little tea-making skills. You insisted on making a mistake last year."

Daiyu shook her head quietly, looked at Miaoyu and said with a smile: "If I insist on making a mistake, why should I take others' edge? It's okay to let her see it once?"

Miaoyu looked at Daiyu silently for a long while, and said: "Fourth Miss, you can rest assured, Concubine Zhongshun has accepted her as a righteous daughter, and the emperor has formally canonized her as Princess Jingning, so don't worry about it for now."

Daiyu looked at each other with fixed eyebrows, seeing the indifference and alienation on Miaoyu's face, she sighed softly: "Thank you, sister Miaoyu."

"You don't have to thank me, I'm also doing it for the rare purity of Miss Four. What's more, Concubine Zhongshun can't live without her daughter. Leaving a righteous daughter with her is a bit of filial piety."

Miaoyu's words didn't fluctuate too much, it seemed like a flat narration, suddenly remembered the hexagram that she had occupied in the morning, so she put down the teacup in her hand, and said: "The phoenix begets the dragon, the emperor of the temple, Ziwei Xingjun reincarnated at the water gate."

There was something in Miaoyu's words, Daiyu held the teacup in her hand, raised her eyebrows to look at Miaoyu, frowned and said, "Sister, what do you mean by that?"

Miaoyu waved her hands, with a slight smile on her face, she turned around and put away the teacup on the table, and said lightly: "This is God's will, I can only tell you so much, after all, what will happen to the future generations? Look at your respective creations. I only have one thing to say, the child in your womb is an extraordinary person."

Unborn baby?Daiyu lowered her eyes in surprise, looking at the hibiscus flower embroidered on the lavender girdle, and then caressing her flat belly, she was about to raise her eyes to ask, but she heard Miaoyu say: "Miss Lin, please, I want to recite my homework today , can't stay any longer."

Miaoyu's deliberate avoidance made Daiyu feel even more uneasy.Miaoyu's sentence "The secret must not be revealed" made it inconvenient for her to ask any more, Yingying got up and said with a smile, "Thank you sister for the wonderful tea today." Then she put on her cloak and turned to leave the ear room.

Daiyu looked at Chunxian standing in the Buddhist hall, and said with a smile, "It's been half a day since I've been out, so it's time for us to go back."

Chunxian took the brocade pouch from Daiyu's hand, and said with a smile: "Just now, the prince has sent Mei Jian to urge him twice. If the girl and Master Miaoyu hadn't had a good chat, I'm afraid that Mei Jian would have rushed to the door just now." Come in."

Daiyu felt a little funny, but she said with a smile: "Where are Wanyu and Sister Sang?"

Chunxian helped Daiyu out of the Buddhist hall threshold, pointed to the hibiscus bushes behind the temple, and said, "Just now Ranyu Qingteng has served the two of them to watch the hibiscus flowers at the back."

Daiyu walked to one side, but she didn't see any of them, so she said with a smile, "I'm afraid they are playing crazy and don't know they are back."

"It's rare to see the Crown Princess so happy, Princess Wanyu is also happy to play with her."

"Sister-in-law." Shui Wanyu's voice came from behind, which made Daiyu jump. When she turned around and saw that it was really the four of them, she rubbed her chest and stared at her, saying, "You're so frightening, you girl , I don’t know where the madness went when I played it.”

Sang Qingyan stepped forward and held Daiyu's little hand, said with a smile, "Sister Wanyu and I were playing hide-and-seek in the hibiscus bushes at the back just now, it's a very good place to go."

Daiyu took the hands of Sang Qingyan and Shui Wanyu and walked slowly to the outside of Xuanmu Temple. When she reached the door, she saw Miaoyu coming out of the Buddhist hall. After a salute, the three of them left together.

Miaoyu looked at the three of them leaving indifferently, frowning coldly and remained silent for a while.

When Daiyu returned to Moyu Pavilion, Shui Rong was reading a book behind the desk, her brows were tightly frowned, her deep eyes seemed not to be on the books, Daiyu tiptoed forward, just about to startle Shui Rong, but just walked up to him By the side, he was hugged in his arms unexpectedly.

Daiyu exclaimed, turned around hurriedly but saw Shui Rong's narrow smile, immediately hit him reproachfully, and said: "Sitting here quietly is to scare me."

Shui Rong hugged Daiyu tightly and leaned against her bosom, looking at Daiyu's small pointed chin, there was a moment of coldness on her face, and said: "These two **** are bound by something, why have you lost a lot of weight?"

Daiyu patted his hand away, and said, "What's the matter? Isn't that what I've always done? Could it be that Brother Rong just found out today? Then we've been married for so long in vain."

"Excessive words!" Shui Rong kissed her pink and snowy forehead with a little pampering and helplessness, her lowered eyes locked her clear water eyes, and said with a smile: "Fangzheng's matter has almost been dealt with, and I will have every meal in the future." Look at Daiyu's use."

Daiyu's face collapsed when she heard this, her wrinkled face showed pain, she put her arms around Shui Rong's neck, and said: "Brother Hao Rong, you should go and get busy with your affairs, I am already such a big man , how can you not take care of yourself?"

Shui Rong pinched Daiyu's little nose, and said with a smile: "You are so old, you just can't take care of yourself. Why do you look so painful? Is eating with Brother Rong really so annoying?"

Daiyu shook her head, then nodded again, looking at Shui Rong, "What do you mean?"

Daiyu counted her fingers and said: "It's great to eat with Brother Rong, but every time Brother Rong has to force Dai'er to eat until she's full, Dai'er is not a pig, don't eat so much."

Shui Rong smiled helplessly, remembering that Dai Yu was going out today, and said, "Did Dai'er see Master Miao Yu today?"

Daiyu nodded, her brows were condensed, and she said: "Sister Miaoyu said a few words today, which are really puzzling."

"Oh?"

Daiyu thought for a while, leaned over to Shui Rong's ear, and told him what Miaoyu said. After Shui Rong listened, her heart felt like a huge wave, and she tightly held Daiyu's little hand, saying: "Besides, she What else to say?"

Daiyu shook her head and said: "No. It's just these two sentences, but in this royal family, the words of dragon and phoenix are taboo except for the palace. Brother Rong, if you have heard it, let it go. Our child is our child after all. What's more, there is no conclusion yet, Brother Rong, let's just keep it in our hearts."

Shui Rong listened and nodded, hugged Daiyu tightly in his arms, let out a breath, and said, "Chuchen Princess has been practicing since she was a child, and I heard that when she was babbling, she would hold on to the Buddhist scriptures. She is more proficient in astronomy and geography, if she says this, she thinks there is a basis for it."

Daiyu nodded, and the clearness in her eyes still had unshakable persistence, and she said, "Brother Rong, don't worry, in this case, Dai'er only cares about it, it's already a chaotic place, if you can step back and get out early, Naturally excellent."