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

After Jiang Ling heard what the Empress Dowager said, she was a little taken aback.

Although Lin Daiyu is now the princess of Beijing, the palace is not the Rongguo Mansion after all, and it is still somewhat difficult to get in and out.Among other things, just a palace ban can trap most of the princesses.Not to mention the family-visiting holidays in the palace every year. There is only one chance to visit. People outside want to come in, and people inside want to go out. It is as difficult as heaven.

Even Jiang Ling himself could only take the opportunity of worshiping the Buddha to go outside to get some air.

Unexpectedly, Kangxi invited the Empress Dowager to bring Lin Daiyu to the palace.

Jiang Ling asked again for some details.The Empress Dowager smiled lightly, her eyes turned around Jiang Ling, and then fell on the teacup in front of her: "The emperor's order naturally has the emperor's reason. He didn't tell me the reason for the matter. It's just that he often goes out of the palace twice a month to see Princess Beijing; if he brings the princess to the palace, it will save them all a lot of effort. As for the other things, the emperor didn't mention it, I Didn't ask either. As for you—"

The Empress Dowager lowered her eyes, paused for a moment, and then continued: "It is best to stay in my palace."

Jiang Ling secretly felt a little strange, but he couldn't directly ask the Empress Dowager why it is best to stay in your palace, nor could he go directly to Qianqing Palace to ask Kangxi why he didn't let me out of the palace. Princess Jing enters the palace.If you really ask, you will definitely be kicked out by the servants in the Qianqing Palace, and you will be labeled as trespassing in the Forbidden Palace.

Now, I have to wait until Lin Daiyu enters the palace and ask her again.

Jiang Ling stayed in the Empress Dowager's room for a while, said goodbye and left.

It was La Aunt Su Ma who sent her out.For some reason, since the moment La Aunt Su Ma sent her out, her gaze has been lingering on the pair of pearl earrings, as if she hesitated to speak.Jiang Ling stroked her earlobe, and asked softly: "Auntie, what do you want to say to me? ... Or, I'm wearing this, it doesn't fit well?"

In the few days when she just came back, Jiang Ling asked the mother around her, and said that although the Nanzhu is rare, there are countless rare treasures in the East and West Six Palaces, and it is an imperial gift. Wearing it on her body, except Aside from being a bit eye-catching, it's not really ostentatious.

Aunt Su Ma just said a word: "I..." Then she sighed lightly again, shook her head and said, "It's nothing. This is something the emperor left for you, you just keep it. Although this bead is rare, But it’s nothing to put in the palace, the Empress Dowager will occasionally give me two black pearls from South Seas. Keep it.”

Jiang Ling gave a soft oh, and glanced at La Aunt Su Ma's wrist.

Aunt Su Ma believes in Buddhism, so she wears several strings of beads around her wrists and neck all the year round.The materials of those beads are extremely rare agarwood, more precious than gold.Just now in the Empress Dowager's room, she did see ornaments made of South Sea black pearls, even rarer night pearls, and all kinds of precious jade articles.

Therefore, this pair of pearl earrings can indeed be worn by oneself.

Jiang Ling thought for a while, then slightly nodded at La Aunt Su Ma, then turned and left.

Aunt Su Ma didn't keep her, but sighed heavily after Jiang Ling left.Jiang Ling paused, and was about to ask again, but didn't know what to ask.Her eyes fell on the surrounding maids, and she looked carefully for a moment.Most of the court ladies are wealthy, and the hairpins and pearls they wear are three or four out of ten rewards from above. There are not a few precious things, and there are even three or four thumb-sized pearls on the hairpins of several palace ladies. , even rarer than the pair of pearls on her body.

Jiang Ling sized them up and compared himself, and it seemed that there was nothing out of the ordinary, so he went back to his room.

After waiting in the room for half an hour, I heard someone from outside reporting that Princess Beijing entered the palace to meet the Empress Dowager.

After a while, La Aunt Su Ma led Lin Daiyu, who was dressed in costume, to Jiang Ling's room.

Not seeing her for more than half a year, Lin Daiyu has grown a little taller than before, and her appearance has become even more outstanding.Aunt Su Ma brought Lin Daiyu into the house and left.Lin Daiyu took two steps forward in surprise, took Jiang Ling's hand to look carefully, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, but I don't recognize you. How are you doing outside?" Although on the surface, I followed the emperor's southern tour, but after all, the boat and the car were exhausting, and a girl's family was still a bit too much.

Jiang Ling smiled and said: "Look at me, didn't you come back safely?"

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth with a smile for a moment, and said solemnly: "That's really the case." She stepped back a little, looked at Jiang Ling carefully, and couldn't help being a little surprised when she saw the pair of light blue pearl earrings.

Jiang Ling stroked his earlobe and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Daiyu looked around and saw that there was no one, so she whispered with a smile: "The emperor should be very fond of you?"

Jiang Ling's eyes fluttered around, and he lowered his voice and said, "How do you know..."

Lin Daiyu pointed to her earlobe, and said with a smile: "Nanzhu, and it is also a very rare light blue color, I am afraid that it is the only one in the whole palace. You must know that although the emperor likes to reward jade, silk, gold and silver, but It’s the only one in the world. Hey, I look at this pair of beads, it seems that there are some patterns engraved on them? The workmanship is quite delicate.”

Jiang Ling's fingertips moved down slightly, pinched a round bead, and asked, "Textures?"

Her fingertips moved on the round beaded surface, and she really felt some thin lines, like indentations that had to be carved out to inlay silver chains and broken gems.

Lin Daiyu looked at it carefully for a moment, nodded and said, "It looks like the patterns rubbed from embroidery, and the workmanship is quite exquisite."

Jiang Ling let out a soft oh, and suddenly remembered that when she just got the pair of earrings, she followed Kangxi to the place where an old craftsman lived.These exquisite lines should have been engraved at that time.

Jiang Ling caressed gently for a while, then put down her hand, and said with a smile, "Why did you come into the palace today?" She was still thinking about leaving the palace in two days.

Lin Daiyu's expression collapsed slightly, and she muttered, "It's not for you."

Jiang Ling was a little confused.No, what does this have to do with her?

Lin Daiyu raised her hand, poked her cheek lightly, and muttered: "I originally thought that I would meet you at the Buddhist temple on the outskirts of the city on the first day of November two days later, so that I could have a good time with you." Reminiscing about the past. But for some reason, someone suddenly came to the palace this morning, saying that the Empress Dowager asked me to enter the palace for an audience, so I followed. Just now at the Empress Dowager’s place, they said that you are not suitable to leave the palace during this time , let me come to see you in the palace every month, and gave me a special case twice a month. Ah Ling, is something wrong with you in the palace? "

She glanced outside, lowered her voice, and looked at Jiang Ling nervously.

Jiang Ling was startled, shook his head and said, "No."

Since she returned to the capital, she has stayed in the house peacefully, and rarely even visited the imperial garden.If it weren't for the Empress Dowager living next door to him, there might not even be those passers-by who came to greet him.And during this period of time, the palace was calm and nothing happened.

Jiang Ling thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out why Kangxi suddenly changed his mind and didn't let her go out.

Could it be that something happened in the palace again? ...But there is no wind at all.

Lin Daiyu waited for a long time, seeing that Jiang Ling was still frowning in thought, she muttered, "Well, just treat it as me entering the palace to have a look at you, anyway I'm fine in the mansion." After saying that, she pulled Jiang Ling away. He went to the chair beside him and sat down with her.

Jiang Ling came back to his senses, hummed lightly again, and said with a smile: "You too, don't keep hanging around me, I'm not a muddy person. How about you, how are you doing in the palace? When you wrote to me a few times, the lines between the lines were filled with daily chores, and you seem to be used to it."

Lin Daiyu lowered her head, with a hint of annoyance floating on her face, and said in a low voice, "The lord treats me really well. The concubine is getting old, and she doesn't want to live in the palace. She just misses her deceased husband in the garden alone. I'll go to her." Accompanying me a few times, the concubine didn't want me to serve her, so she sent me back to the mansion. The people in the mansion are guarded by the prince, so I didn't feel any embarrassment. Ah Ling, you say, I'm It’s not that, it’s been settled for the rest of my life.”

At the end of Lin Daiyu's speech, she gently twisted the handkerchief and lowered her eyes again.

Jiang Ling patted the back of her hand with a smile, and asked, "Is there any difficulty in the palace?"

Lin Daiyu shook her head.

Jiang Ling asked again: "Did the concubine ever feel sorry for you?"

Lin Daiyu shook her head again.

Jiang Ling smiled, and asked tentatively, "Has the prince ever made you cry?"

"Of course not... Oh, what are you talking about!" Lin Daiyu patted her hand lightly and muttered, "Of course the prince won't make me cry. Accompanying me, even my sisters in the past were envious, saying that I married a good husband. But when I went back to Rongguo Mansion last time, they saw that my grandmother was seriously ill again, and they said, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive for a long time. "

Jiang Ling withdrew her hand and asked cautiously, "Is the old lady seriously ill?"

Lin Daiyu nodded, hummed lightly, and said: "The imperial physicians said that there is not much time left. Grandmother has passed the seventy-seventh year, and some time ago, she worked so hard for the entire family, and her body is suffering. I can't stop. I will go back to see my grandmother every three or two days, and talk to her. If my grandmother really goes, there will be nothing in that garden that I can miss. "

Jiang Ling thought of what he saw and heard in the Rongguo Mansion that day, and some complicated emotions surged up in his heart, and he didn't know what it was like.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Lin Daiyu wiped away her tears gently, and smiled again, "It's rare to see you, so I can't talk about sad things. Ah Ling, you know, I told you that Bao Er Grandpa is so desperate, every time I meet him, I will be so angry..." She stroked her chest, calmed her breath slowly, and said after a while, "Although the childhood things have passed But when I think about it now, I still feel pain in my chest. Ah Ling, you are right, there are some things that should not be taken care of."

Jiang Ling looked at her with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Then you are still angry."

Lin Daiyu shook her head, and said softly: "I don't know why, I always get angry with him every time. Although I tried my best to avoid others when I returned home, but always... I don't know how the second master Bao I was thinking about something, which made my grandma angry frequently, and even brought me into a panic." He said with a heavy sigh.

Jiang Ling recalled the past when she still cried, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Lin Daiyu murmured again: "And you know, my aunt seems to be a different person since her family's downfall. She shed tears all day long, and even Baoyu began to hate iron for being weak. I heard a while ago that she I want my grandmother to send two more family members of her natal family into the palace to act as court ladies and serve the emperor personally, but the emperor sent him to the cold palace. Tell me, what happened to auntie?"

—Of course it was a desperate attempt.

— but the means are still as bad as before.

Jiang Ling stroked her temples, and just about to say something, she suddenly heard Lin Daiyu say again: "Also, she told me a month ago that I lived in Rongguo Mansion for so long, so I should be regarded as half of the people who went out of Rongguo Mansion. Girl. Since it is a girl who is getting married, the dowry should be ready. Then the next day, they sent four clever maids to the palace, saying that Xueyan was too young and Zijuan was still sick. The servant girls were for my service, but I couldn't resign, so I took them. When the prince came back, I mentioned it to him, and he sent those servant girls to the kitchen. Ah Ling, what's the matter? Son."

Jiang Ling's expression froze for a moment.

"You, you said, the second wife also sent a maid to the Beijing Palace?"

Lin Daiyu nodded slightly.

Jiang Ling pressed his temple hard, and let out a long breath.

It turns out that after such a long time, Mrs. Wang's behavior has not changed at all from before.