Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

After a while, the maid came in and combed Daiyu's face and hair.Xueyan brought the mask box, and Daiyu picked up a few pieces of red gold and emerald jewellery, put them on, and then applied a little makeup. Although it is not as grand as yesterday, it is still festive, without losing the identity of a newlywed daughter-in-law.But now that she has changed into a woman's bun, Daiyu still feels that she is not used to it.

After finishing the make-up, the prince personally helped Daiyu to the phoenix chariot, and the husband and wife came to the palace of Emperor Ding'an together.The crown prince sits slightly in front on the left, and Daiyu sits behind him on the right. He kneels three times and bows nine times to Emperor Ding'an, and kneels three times and bows three times to Empress Huo.The emperor and the empress flattened her body again, and a female official helped Daiyu up. Emperor Taihe bestowed a pair of white jade Ruyi and a pair of ivory Ruyi; Empress Huo gave a pair of top-quality white jade bracelets, two strings of Tianzhu, and two sets of head masks.

Daiyu thanked her for the knot, and Empress Huo ordered her to sit down again. Daiyu thanked her again before she asked to sit down.At this moment, Empress Huo carefully looked at Daiyu's description, and saw that when she was quiet, she was like a delicate flower shining in the water, and her actions were like a weak willow supporting the wind, and she was with the prince, and she was really a pair of lovers.But now that Daiyu is newly married, although she has carefully dressed up, Daiyu thinks she is very good, but in the eyes of Queen Huo, she is a bit more plain.So Empress Huo frowned slightly, and was about to ask, and saw that although Daiyu was already quite tall, she was still thin and slender, so her makeup would be better.And because a palace official showed Empress Huo the silk blanket used by the prince and his wife last night, Empress Huo was very satisfied, so she didn't pick on Daiyu's makeup.

It's just a few instructions to be dignified and quiet as a wife, and if you want harmony between husband and wife, Daiyu should nod her head.Empress Huo said again: "Yesterday I was busy all day, I think you are tired too, let's go back and rest. I will go back tomorrow, and I will also send my regards to Lin Shangshu and his wife on behalf of my palace."

After Daiyu stood up and thanked her mother on behalf of her parents, Empress Huo nodded slightly.At this point, it is considered a ceremony to meet the father, emperor and mother.Back in the East Palace, Aunt Ningyu and the female officer will prepare many presents when I return home tomorrow, Daiyu will just look through them, nothing else will happen.

Nothing happened, the prince really took Daiyu to see the ten sets of thirteen classics copied by the prince himself in the library upstairs.Daiyu flipped through it, and saw that the handwriting was neat and vigorous, without any omissions or mistakes, which showed great care.Daiyu flipped over a little bit, joking a few words, but His Royal Highness is still attentive.Although Daiyu now trusts the prince, she is not quite used to calling her Sanlang, so the prince is not in a hurry.

The prince heard this, and said with a smile: "Although I have appointed a prince these years, because the emperor has been injured, many people are ready to move and dream of the eternal dream of monopolizing power. If I am not careful for a moment, I may bring disaster. Mr. , since I punished me for not cherishing things, why not let me cultivate my character and temper my temperament? If I play it carelessly, wouldn’t it be a disappointment to my master’s painstaking efforts?”

Daiyu naturally knows that Mr. Liu is a great talent, and every move has deep meaning.Hearing what the prince said, he smiled and said: "I think so, the emperor's family is different from ordinary people, so we should be more cautious. Sir, you really have good intentions, we should cherish it even more."

The prince hurriedly shook Daiyu's hand and said, "If I'm really alone, it's fine. But now that my father-in-law is a high-ranking person, there are many people watching behind my back. If there is something wrong with me, whoever will end up in our family will be fine." So now that I bear the honor and disgrace of our Lin family, I should be more cautious. The father is nothing, but now Nan'an Wang Huo's family holds power and is more publicized. I watched coldly, their family may not have the ambition to monopolize power, As time goes by, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to my father-in-law."

The Lin family is only a family of four, and they don't hide anything from each other. What the prince said today, the Lin family had the same worries at home.That day, Lin Ruhai only thought of the crown prince and Nan'an County King as cousins, and Daiyu was the concubine of the late emperor, so he was afraid that he would confront the Huo family fiercely and hurt Daiyu, and felt that this matter was very difficult.

Now Daiyu looked at him coldly, but the prince did not recognize the Huo family as a relative, and told his father in the future, saving his father from embarrassment.Speaking of which, the prince didn't like the Huo family, but he was somewhat close to Emperor Ding'an.Daiyu heard more than once that the prince called Empress Huo the Empress Empress in private, but he referred to Emperor Ding'an as his father.Perhaps Emperor Ding'an's brain was damaged, but he only had paternal love for the prince, with pure motives; while Empress Huo thought about the power of a family, although she also loved the prince, this maternal love contained impurities.

After hearing what the prince said, Daiyu scratched her face lightly with her fingers and said, "My lord father-in-law, we belong to the Lin family? If people hear about it, wouldn't it be a disaster for father? After all, you are now the king, father It's a minister. I am the daughter-in-law of the royal family, and the honor and disgrace of the Lin family only rests on the shoulders of Brother Lu."

Hearing this, the prince took Daiyu's hand and deliberately said with a stern face: "Forget about today, if the senior sister treats me as an outsider in the future, I will not accept it. I came to the world suddenly, and I am counting, only the senior sister is a relative." , since my senior sister’s family is my family, what am I if I’m not the Lin family?”

Daiyu saw that the prince was serious, so she didn't want to argue. The two went down to the library hand in hand, and planned to return home tomorrow without mentioning anything.

The next day, Daiyu and his wife returned to the Lin Mansion surrounded by the canopy and umbrellas from the Ministry of Rites. The door of Lin's house was wide open, and Lin Ruhai greeted them in person.Lin Ruhai and his wife made a grand ceremony, the prince hurriedly excused the ceremony, and the whole family crowded into the lobby of the Lin family.

After only a few words, the prince withdrew the palace people, and the whole family spoke their own words.The prince personally brought tea to respect the filial tea of ​​his father-in-law and mother-in-law.This surprised Jia Min. There are differences between monarchs and ministers in this dynasty, and the hierarchy is strict. She never expected that the prince would follow the custom and regard himself as the son-in-law of the Lin family from the bottom of his heart; Courtier.

Earlier, when Jia Min saw that Daiyu had changed her hairstyle at such a young age, she felt a little bit unbearable.Seeing the prince treat each other like this at this moment, I am very pleased.Seeing that the prince screened out the palace people, all the palace people retreated, thinking that the prince had a good command, and Daiyu had a lot of things in the East Palace, so I felt better.

Lin Ruhai and his wife took the tea offered by the prince and his wife, and Daiyu walked up to Jia Min with a smile on her face.Jia Min took Daiyu's hand and looked at it carefully. Except for the change in the style of her bun, she couldn't see any difference between Daiyu and when she was a girl.But Jia Min was worried that Daiyu was young and whether she could bear the matter of husband and wife, so she pulled Daiyu to look her up and down carefully.

Seeing her mother's expression, Daiyu rolled her eyes and whispered something in Jia Min's ear.Jia Min was stunned for a while, then raised his eyes to look at the prince, only to see that he was tall and handsome, with a handsome appearance.Now that the crown prince is approaching the weak crown, Jia Min was very happy to be so sympathetic to Daiyu.It's just that a young man of this age was originally full of vigor, but Daiyu said that he had never had intercourse, and Jia Min couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Although the crown prince is very strict, after all, there are rules for the crown princess to return home, so it is not good to keep the palace people away for too long.So the family said a few words of personal consideration, and then loudly announced that the palace servants would serve, and Lin Ruhai took the prince to meet the male guests, and after the meeting, it was Jia Min who took the newlyweds to meet the elders' wives.

The Lin family has a small population and few relatives, and because of the disagreement with the Jia family's second wife, not many relatives and elders came.Except for Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing is in Ping'an Prefecture; Mrs. Wang's poisoning of Lin Feng has not been publicized because of the face of the two families, but Mrs. Wang has no face.So only Jia Mu, Mrs. Xie Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and several other good wives came.

When Jia Mu saw Daiyu standing side by side with the prince, the man was like a jade tree facing the wind, and the woman was like a delicate flower shining in the water.

The princess's return home is not like the folks, there are rules for procedures and etiquette, and according to the rules, she should leave for the palace before the end of the day.Only Ding An came to thank Lin Ruhai for protecting each other on Iron Net Mountain; secondly, the prince personally asked and allowed the prince and his wife to stay at Lin's house for a night.For this reason, Empress Huo also complained that the prince doted on his wife too much, and the rules of the ancestors were abolished.

On that day, the prince and his wife were still resting in Daiyu's Huilan Pavilion, only the maids and women who were waiting for them were temporarily moved out, and they were all replaced by palace servants, and there were guards outside.

Daiyu took the prince to visit the Huilan Pavilion, and introduced her daily diet and daily life when she was at home. The prince listened with great interest.After Daiyu returned home, no matter how comfortable she was in the East Palace, she still had to abide by the rules in the palace. Except for returning to the province, it was difficult to go home.So after a short visit to the Huilan Pavilion, the prince ordered Aunt Ningyu and his confidants to accompany Daiyu to Jia Min's room in the Songbai Garden to talk.

Aunt Ning Yu wanted to work in the palace as an elderly person, so she naturally knew that Daiyu would spend less time with Jia Min in the future.And because she liked Daiyu very much, when she came to Jia Min's room, she greeted her a little, and after a few gossips, she took all the palace people out and waited outside.

After everyone dispersed, Jia Min took Daiyu's hand and asked about the bridal chamber.It turned out that when Daiyu saw Jia Min looking at her just now, she guessed what Jia Min was looking at.So she whispered the words "I haven't had sex" in Jia Min's ear, originally to dispel Jia Min's worries.But Daiyu is just a young girl after all, no matter how smart she is, she thinks very little about her boudoir, never thinking about these four words made Jia Min even more worried.

There was no outsider at the moment, Daiyu blushed when she saw Jia Min's careful questioning, and then she said what the prince said that day that having intercourse early would be harmful to her body, and she had to wait a few years before she grew stronger. Come on.After speaking, Daiyu's voice became lower and lower like a mosquito, almost inaudible, and her face was flushed with embarrassment.Fortunately, Jia Min is his mother, if it were someone else, these words might not be able to be said no matter what.

After hearing this, Jia Min guessed that the prince was just really cherishing Daiyu and restrained himself, but his body was fine, so he felt relieved.The mother and daughter wentssiping again, and Daiyu asked if there was anything she didn't know these days?

Jia Min pondered for a while, and then said: "You are a newlywed, I shouldn't have said these things to you. It's just that His Royal Highness treats you very well, and you are very comfortable, just like when you were a girl." Speaking of It's no different from being a girl, Jia Min smiled again, and then said: "There is only one thing that you will care about. Huo Lian, the younger brother of the royal family in Nan'an County, has taken a fancy to Miss Su Susu."

When Daiyu heard this, she was so shocked that she almost choked on the tea, and hurriedly asked: "Didn't Huo Lian hit Xue Pan on the way to Beijing? Just by hearing about this matter, you can tell that he is arrogant and domineering, and he deserves it." Go to Sister Su? Only Sister Su is well-behaved, why did Huo Lian see it?" Su Su is the daughter of Daiyu's senior brother, Su Fan, and she was elected together with Daiyu in the general election. Yu's handkerchief at the turn.

Seeing Daiyu being choked, Jia Min helped Daiyu caress her back with her own hands, and said, "Isn't that what you said? Now, Miaoyu, Tanchun, and Xichun are three outstanding girls who are taking care of Daiyu in the Muni Courtyard." Fa practice, maybe the pilgrims who went to the Muni Temple to see them, came and went, and somehow the reputation spread. Others are fine, our family often sends people to send some things, so we tell people, Muni Temple The girls are taken care of, and nothing has gone wrong so far.

For some reason, Huo Lian heard that there are some excellent girls in the Muni Academy who were busy with your marriage a few days ago, so we neglected it a little.This day coincided with Miss Su going to the Muni Temple to offer incense, and the gate of the mountain was sealed to prevent outside men from entering.This Huo Lian is used to being domineering, so he climbed over the wall to peek. He saw Miss Su coming out of the meditation room, so he fell in love with it. Now he is relying on the power of King Nan'an to talk about Miss Su.

You know this Su family, it was originally a scholarly family with a clean and upright style.Although Mr. Su has now been promoted to the second-rank Zuodu Yushi, you also know that the inspector Yushi is just a civil servant and has little influence.Huo Lianpihou proposed to marry him, although the Su family refused, but being favored by such a scoundrel would damage Miss Su's reputation over time, and now Madam Su is in distress. "

After hearing this, Daiyu said angrily: "The Huo family is too bullying, but their family can't even try to cover the sky with one hand. Senior Brother Su and his wife love Sister Su Su very much. Sister Su ran for the election, and it's over. She was only defeated in three rounds, and people who say they are relatives are not afraid to step on the threshold. Now that Sister Su has reached the age of Ji and has not yet married, you can know that Senior Brother Su and his wife love her, and Huo Lian is just a member of the Huo family. It's also worthy of hitting Sister Su's idea."

After hearing this, Jia Min also said: "Isn't that what you said? It's a pity that the Huo family is really powerful now, and only your father can compete with it in the court. If that's the case, how many people still fear your father?" Well, other upright families, even if they fell in love with Miss Su, would not dare to marry her at this moment, this really hurt Miss Su."

Daiyu heard this and said: "Mother told Mrs. Su and Sister Su for me, I'm around, I won't let people bully Sister Su easily."

Jia Min heard this, and said worriedly: "In terms of status, you are the crown prince and concubine, a woman in the world, and her status is only lower than that of the empress. But after all, you will marry into the royal family, and the crown prince is also the cousin of the king of Nan'an County. , how can you meddle in this matter? If you offend the empress, how can you deal with yourself in the future?"

Jia Min didn't know the true identity of the prince, so she was very worried, but Daiyu knew that the prince didn't care about the Huo family, so she smiled confidently, "Mother, don't worry, I have my own plans." The queen's daughter-in-law still doesn't believe Daiyu's words, she is afraid that she will suffer a dark loss by forcing herself to stand out for Su Su.But seeing that Daiyu was very confident, she put aside this section and said other things, and passed on the dinner without mentioning it.

But it is said that Daiyu returned to Huilan Pavilion, and the prince also came back from Lin Ruhai.The husband and wife talked for a while, and Daiyu told about Huo Lianqiang's going to the Su family to propose marriage with a face full of anger.Seeing that his wife was angry, the prince persuaded her for a while, relieved Daiyu, and promised that the matter must be taken care of before they each took a bath and rested.

The next day, Daiyu and his wife bid farewell to Lin Ruhai and his wife, and returned to the palace surrounded by the Ministry of Rites and guards without mentioning it.

Let's just say that after the prince's wedding, there is still King Qiongjun who wants to establish a concubine, but the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites have never been free.King Qiongjun and King Jujun are a pair of twins, and they are also the concubines selected by the general election in the year of the prince's marriage.Because she was the concubine at that time, the current Empress Huo has no real power in the harem, so the daughter of the Huo family was chosen as the main concubine of King Qiongjun, and she was considered to be the niece of the same clan as Empress Huo.Only the King of Nan'an holds the military power, so naturally his sister will not be given to the unfavored King Qiongjun, so Princess Qiongjun is only a side branch of the Huo family.

And because Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu, who pointed out to the king of Jujun, had privately received each other, although the matter had not been made public, they had already divorced because of the incompatibility of horoscopes.After all, there were only two main concubines, the Crown Princess and Princess Qiongjun, among the last show girls. The other side concubines and the show girls who filled Emperor Ding'an's harem didn't need complicated etiquette.

He also said that the grand concubine's grand ceremony of Qiongjun was completed on this day, and on the day of returning home, there was a lot of complaints: "Everything is made of high-quality materials. Why is it that the embroidered gown of the auspicious dress looks so much better when the princess gets married?"Although the rank of the crown princess is higher than that of the county princess, it is also a difference in regulations, but the clothing materials should be the same.Now that I'm married, I'm not even good enough in terms of materials. Isn't this intentional to bully others?

He also said that not only the auspicious clothes were made of different materials, but even the organdy gauze on the windows of the county palace was not as much as that of the crown prince's east palace.The window screens of the Crown Prince's East Palace look like clouds and fog when viewed from a distance; the screens in the Qiongjun Palace are similar to the window screens commonly used.

There is still a concubine in Nan'an Palace who has seen the high-grade materials of those years, and it is indeed better than the current ones.So Concubine Nan'an said in detail: On the day of the crown prince's wedding, I saw the materials of the crown prince's dress, which looked like the materials sent by several weaving houses in the south of the Yangtze River when we were young.It is true that the materials used in court are not that good now, only the weaving techniques of those top-quality materials have been lost, and I don’t know that the materials used by the princess are dug out from the old warehouse in the Ministry of Rites. What are you arguing about? ?

Although Princess Qiongjun was suspicious when she heard this, she saw that the materials used by the princess were brand new.But after all, she relies on Concubine Nan'an for everything, so she doesn't fight anymore.

After finishing the concubine ceremony of a crown princess and a princess of the county, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households were free. Both Lin Ruhai and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites had to rest for several days.

Zhanyan's end-of-year palace banquet was much more lively this year because of the addition of a new crown princess and a county princess.The other things at the palace banquet were fine, at first it was only the queen's blessing, then the banquet was used according to the rules, and after that it was the time to enjoy the flowers and socialize.

Jia Min and Mrs. Su Fan were talking together, but the wife of Da Sima Jia Yucun came over to greet Jia Min and Mrs. Su Fan, and asked Mrs. Su Fan with a smile, "I heard that Mrs. Su's family has both talents and looks. people?"

Jia Min also knew Mrs. Jia Yucun, she was just a maid next to the Zhen Feng family of the Zhen family in Changmen, Gusu. Because Zhen Shiyin had a relationship with Jia Yucun when she supported Jia Yucun, somehow Jia Yucun fell in love with him at first sight, and later begged by his side. Jia Yucun's original wife helped him upright after his death.

Although Jia Yucun has real talents and learning, he is good at making money. He relied on Zhen Yingjia's relationship to seek recovery.Later, seeing that the Rongguo Mansion was weak, he joined the Nan'an County King's sect. Now, relying on the support of the Huo family, he has already worshiped Da Sima.Jiao Xing was only a servant girl back then, but now she has a mandate, so naturally she also came to the palace banquet.It's just that she never heard that Jia Yucun has a son who should be married, and Jiao Xing came to ask Su Su what to do?