[Red Mansion+Qing Chuan] The heroine comes from the last days

Jia Mu stood in the bleak cold wind, stalemate for a while, and then was helped into the house by the mandarin ducks.Mrs. Wang wanted to catch up, but just after two steps, she turned back and discussed something with Jia Zheng in a low voice.The rest of the people either looked at each other in blank dismay, or beat their chests and stamped their feet, all of them were ashen-faced, none of them had normal expressions, obviously they all realized the seriousness of the problem.

Jia Zheng frowned, his face was blue and white, already comparable to the surrounding snow scene.

Mrs. Wang clung to Jia Zheng's ear again, said a few words in a low voice, and left in a hurry.Judging from the direction she was leaving, it seemed that she was going to Lixiangyuan.Jia Zheng frowned, stood there for a while, then paced back to the house slowly.

Seeing that they were all gone, the rest of the people dispersed with a bang, except for a few scattered bright lights.

Jiang Ling stood on the boat for a long time, until all the figures disappeared, and then called out in a low voice, "Nurse."

Two elderly nuns came up to him and asked Jiang Ling, "What's your order?"

They all just came from the south of the Yangtze River, and some are not used to the climate in the north, so they just stayed in the painting boat to keep warm.The Grand View Garden is connected with earth dragons and has natural geothermal heat, so whether it is on the ground or in the water, there is only half-melted ice and snow left, making the air even colder.

Jiang Ling frowned and asked, "Do you know, Mammy, why the second wife wants me to wait here?"

The two nuns looked at each other, then looked in the direction Mrs. Wang left, and then one of them lowered his voice and said, "Miss, you must have forgotten that the second wife had an agreement with our master earlier, and when the spring comes, the girl will be taken away." It was sent to the palace. I asked you to wait here, most likely to let the concubine Jia take a look at it. Just now you and the second wife went to welcome Concubine Jia, I am afraid that everyone will be lost."

Jiang Ling hummed lightly, agreeing to this statement.

The nuns looked out of the painting boat again, seeing that everyone in Jia's mansion had walked away cleanly, they couldn't help asking in surprise: "Why is there no one here?" Looking at Jiang Ling standing on the painting boat with a palace lantern, all alone He looked desolate, so he couldn't help complaining about the second wife.The nanny who spoke just now said again: "Miss, you might as well go back to the house to rest. Although there is natural heat here, the ice melts and the snow melts after all. The cold wind comes and goes, so don't freeze the girl's body. "

Jiang Ling's complexion softened a little, his frowning gradually eased, and he said in a low voice, "Then go back."

Tonight's Lantern Festival is not over until then.Jiang Ling went back to the house tiredly, wrapped herself in a quilt and fell into a deep sleep, having a good night's sleep.

Waking up early the next morning, Jiang Ling heard that Mother Jia returned the power of housekeeper.But this time it is not Wang Xifeng who is the housekeeper, but Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing are the housekeepers together.Mrs. Xing has always liked to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so the real person in charge is no different from before.

Jiang Ling also heard that the reason why Mother Jia handed over the power of the housekeeper was because someone persuaded Mother Jia that it was a great honor for the imperial concubine to return to the mansion to visit her relatives. , The reason why the two wives and the young mistress are doing nothing?It is said that Jia's mother thought so deeply, so she handed over the housekeeper's account book.As for the deeper reasons, no one dared to investigate.

It is said that the "someone" is the girl Baochai who has always handled things well.

In view of Miss Baochai's whitewashing of peace last time, Jiang Ling thought that this rumor was probably true.

But now, Jiang Ling has no time to care about Jia's gossip.

She was very busy, busy getting ready to enter the palace, busy visiting the Grand View Garden with Lin Daiyu, busy helping Lin Daiyu decorate her boudoir, busy saying goodbye to Lin Daiyu, and busy coaxing Lin Daiyu not to cry herself to death.Since Lin Daiyu got up every day, she seldom cried anymore, but when Jiang Ling entered the palace to be elected, Lin Daiyu held on to her day by day, washing her face with tears.

Jiang Ling had no choice but to comfort Lin Daiyu in a soft voice, saying that although she was about to enter the palace, the Jia family had a great career and there was always time to visit relatives in the palace; when she was free, she would try to sneak out and return to the palace Jia Fu looked at her.No matter how bad it is, there is another trick of "going to the Buddhist temple to offer incense". If the time is right, the two of them can still talk in their free time... She coaxed Lin Daiyu for a long time before she laughed and made an appointment with her at the beginning of each month. On the first day and the fifteenth day, we have to go to the temple to offer incense, so we give up.

Jiang Ling wondered: "Ayu, if I really enter the palace, I will definitely be severely grounded, let alone twice a month, even once every two months, I'm afraid it will be difficult." After saying this, he said silently in his heart Added a sentence: the premise is to be able to enter the palace.

Lin Daiyu rubbed her eyes, and said with red eyes: "Then I don't care, anyway, I will wait for you in the biggest Buddhist temple outside the city on the first and fifteenth day of every month. If you want to come, come, if you don't, just treat it as a I went to the Buddhist temple to play for a day, and I will wait for you!"

Jiang Ling rubbed his forehead, feeling that the burden on his shoulders was extremely heavy.

But no matter what, the day of entering the palace is always getting closer day by day.At first, the nuns helped her pack her bags, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs came to check together, and asked by the way, how is the Daotai lord doing well recently.Jiang Ling knew very well that the Daotai master had probably already paved the way, just waiting for her to move forward step by step.At that moment, she suddenly felt a little cowardly, wondering if she really wanted to enter the palace?

——It should be about to enter the palace.

——If you don't go, the Daotai master will be implicated by her.

Jiang Ling thought about it carefully, and decided to go to the palace first, and then talk about other things.Even if there are scourges in the palace, it is much better than the desolation and silence of the last days and the depression and suffocation of Jia's mansion.Not to mention anything else, Jiang Ling didn't want to stay with Mrs. Wang for a day, and it was rare to have a chance to break free, so she naturally had to seize it firmly and leave Jia's mansion first.

As for the future?Well, there are countless concubines who "died of illness" in the harem of the Qing Dynasty.

As long as Jiang Ling is more secretive, there are also countless opportunities to leave.What's more, she still has that mirror.

There are very few things in Jiang Ling's luggage, except for the Linghua mirror, there are only a few pieces of clothing.Lin Daiyu's eyes were red, and she packed a lot of things for her. She was moved and had no choice but to stay with the nuns.After all, it is not appropriate to enter the palace for draft and bring too much luggage.

In March of that year, Jiang Ling went into the palace with her flat luggage, Lin Daiyu's longing and parting poems.

Before leaving, Jiang Ling once asked Mrs. Wang if she still had her booklet and deed of prostitution?Mrs. Wang gave her a blank look, and said coldly: "It has already been withdrawn." So she stopped talking, as if she was very angry.

Jiang Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thanked the lord in his heart, got on the mule cart of the girls waiting for the draft, and was sent to the Forbidden City together with other girls.She leaned on the carriage and closed her eyes to meditate. The women beside her were either nervous, or confident, or clasped their hands in front of their chests, closing their eyes and not speaking.Jiang Ling rested for a while, opened his eyes and looked around, but found it quite interesting.

Jiang Ling belonged to the one who was left with a badge last time, but because of "being ill for three years", he did not come until this year. As soon as he entered Miyagi, he was led to the front by an official of the household department in official uniform. After all the show girls come together, they will enter the palace with them.

When passing through the layers of beautiful women, Jiang Ling heard many different words, either jealousy, or envy, or dissatisfaction, or jealousy, one by one rolled his eyes or glanced at him quickly. , but taught her that it was quite interesting.When he walked among the show girls in the same sequence, Jiang Ling realized that the small wooden token in his hand was somewhat different from other people's small wooden tokens.

Her small wooden sign is slightly larger, and there is a very faint gold pattern engraved on the edge, if you don't look carefully, you can't find it.

Jiang Ling always believed in the principle of talking more than wrong, so he withdrew his gaze and waited quietly.

After waiting for two or three quarters of an hour, all the beautiful women in the same order as her had arrived, and another household officer led them through a narrow corridor to another palace gate.There was already a big mule cart waiting in front of the palace gate, and a man in eunuch uniform asked, "Which flag is it from?"

"A white flag."

"Are you here?"

"It's all here."

The secretary of the household department and the eunuch asked and answered questions, and in a total of only four sentences, they explained the women's origins completely.So the eunuch made a mark on the brochure, and then led those indifferent or arrogant ladies into the second mule cart and drove to the inner city.

The sky was faintly pale, and the faint morning light shone on the beautiful girls through the gaps in the carriages.

Jiang Ling noticed that these show girls were all wearing flag outfits, their expressions were much colder and more arrogant than those of the show girls in the first car, their words were also slightly arrogant, and they exchanged names , they each sat on the side indifferently, ignoring each other.

Jiang Ling also noticed that most of the wooden cards in the hands of these show girls were different from the previous ones, with all kinds of marks on them, and one even held a jade card, with a faint sapphire light shining in the morning light. It looks a little dazzling.A haughty woman holding a wooden tablet saw the sapphire tablet, her expression changed slightly, and she said with a sneer, "Just wait and see."

The beautiful girl holding the sapphire card also sneered, and leaned against the carriage with her eyes closed.

Jiang Ling looked down at his wooden signboard, and thought to himself, this car is probably the pre-determined show girl.

She had heard that most of the draft girls in the Qing Dynasty were selected for their family backgrounds, and most of them had already been decided before participating in the election.Judging from the current situation, most of them are true.But I don't know how many of these default show girls can make it to the end.

The mule cart quickly drove from the second gate to the third gate, and a shrill voice from outside said: "Please get off the carriage, ladies."

Jiang Ling guessed that this was the official Miyagi, so he looked away and followed the previous beautiful girl to get off the mule cart.Now is the time when the sun is rising, the palace is quiet, there is no movement at all, only one eunuch is holding an empty plate, and put away the wooden cards in their hands one by one, with a faint expression, as if a little mocking .

The eunuch who brought them here laughed and said: "Look at these women, regardless of their family background, appearance, temperament, and character, they are all first-class. Even if the one from Yikun Palace greets them, they can't be replaced at the same time." Forget it. Guess it—whether it’s not the same who will be the master and empress we serve in the future.”

The third eunuch sneered, pointed to the sky and said: "My master's order, our family will never be offended. Even the noble concubine and empress of the holy family have appointed two people to go out. The superior Immortals fight, let's just do it, so as not to suffer in the future!"