Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

Besides, because of the death of the imperial concubine Jingmin, Kangxi dismissed the draft, and those who had not had time to get titles or marriages were sent home by an imperial decree from Kangxi, and they were married on their own. Of course, Baochai, Yingchun and Tanchun were included. .Yingchun didn't love the deep palace compound at all, what she yearned for was the life of ordinary people, so she was relieved to hear that Kangxi dismissed the draft, after all, she would be over in three years.But Baochai and Tanchun were different, they were all very angry, and secretly scolded the imperial concubine Jingmin, when would it be bad to die, why did they choose the time of the draft?

The three of them went to the audition, and even though they failed, it was only because of an accident, so Mother Jia, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, and Aunt Xue couldn't say anything, they could only sigh.Let the three of them go down and have a good rest, just don't take it too seriously.After hearing this, the three of them saluted each other, and retreated under the leadership of their maids.

Mother Jia sighed, and said: "I hoped that this draft would be run by Lin Yatou, and that it would be easier for Yingya, Tanya, and Baoya to be selected. Even if they can't enter the palace, at least they can be pointed out to the prince. I'm a bitch, but I didn't expect that the imperial concubine Jingmin would pass away suddenly. Alas...the next draft will be three years later. It's okay to talk about the girl, just welcome the girl and Bao girl. Oh, it's really... oh..." At this point, Mother Jia sighed helplessly again.

Because although Yingchun looks good, her temperament is extremely dull on weekdays, and she can't make a sound when a needle is pierced, so the servants secretly gave Yingchun a nickname, "Er Mutou".That's why Mrs. Xing didn't pay much attention to Yingchun on weekdays, and didn't realize that Yingchun also met the requirements and her name was on the list until the draft was about to be drafted, so she hurriedly packed Yingchun and put it on the mule cart to the palace, but she didn't Cheng Xiang, however, heard the news of the death of Imperial Concubine Jingmin, the imperial decree promulgated that there would be no draft, and the Yingchun sisters were sent back.Although Mrs. Xing felt a little disappointed, she couldn't take this opportunity to overwhelm Mrs. Wang in front of the mansion and Jia Mu, but she didn't say much, because she thought that Yingchun and Daiyu had always had a good relationship. Yu didn't care about it either, maybe in the future he would speak before the emperor, and it was very possible that Yingchun would be assigned to some prince or elder brother.

Mrs. Xing didn't speak, but Mrs. Wang couldn't help it anymore, and said: "Old lady, it's not that the daughter-in-law wants to blame the eldest girl, but if the eldest girl ordered people to record the treasure girl, Ying girl and Tan girl in the first place It is very easy to get a position, but she doesn't care about her relatives at all, so she let Bao girl, and welcome her. Ya Tou and Tan Yatou have suffered a lot!"

Because Baochai fell in love with Lin Wenfu, Aunt Xue did not care too much about whether the draft was selected because she wanted to be the wife of the second rank. She only hoped that Baochai would be favored by Lin Wenfu, because For some time, she was living in Jia's mansion, secretly inquiring about Lin Wenfu, and by chance, she saw that once Jia's mother even saluted Lin Wenfu. It is better to be the wife of Lin Wenfu than to be the wife of the prince's elder brother, so he said with a smile: "Sister, don't say that, I want Miss Lin to be in the palace, even though she is a princess. It can be said that it is the queen's honor to be in charge of the draft, but after all, there are many rules in the palace. If one is not careful, the spittle stars in the palace may drown Miss Lin. biased, so as not to fall into the shoes of others."

Although Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang were a little surprised why Aunt Xue would say such words, they thought that Aunt Xue was thinking about the marriage, so they didn't think too much about it.But I don't know that Baochai has always had the ambition of Qingyun, how can he satisfy a Baoyu with little fame, not to mention that Jia's family is still full of people, and even the snow geese of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty are not as good, how can they compare with that who is now Kangxi? The celebrity in front of me, and there is not even a concubine in the family, so how many beautiful women are secretly in love with Lin Wenfu?

Mrs. Wang thought that Aunt Xue was thinking about the golden marriage, so she was very happy. Baochai was the daughter-in-law she had long loved, and no matter what, she would not let her enter the palace.But on the surface, he still pretended to be unhappy, because he said: "That being said, after all, the eldest girl should take care of her relatives more."

After hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Mother Jia was upset. She has never understood Daiyu's mind until now, and because Daiyu is a princess, she often lives in the palace these days. Seeing her, he wanted to meet Daiyu through Lin Wenfu, but Lin Wenfu didn't want to dump her. He only said that he only listened to the orders of the emperor and the princess, and no one else was qualified to order him, so he turned around and left. When he left, he almost threw himself on his back with anger.

Thinking of this, Jia's mother felt tired, waved her hand and said, "I'm tired, you go out." Then she said to Aunt Xue, "I'm not in vain to keep my aunt." Aunt Xue heard He said, nodded with a smile, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang also bowed to Jia's mother, and then retreated.

Yingchun, Tanchun and Baochai were dismissed from the draft due to the sudden death of the imperial concubine Zhang Jia, who was only halfway through, so they had to go back home and read some poems and books in the room every day. Doing some needlework female red and so on, but the days are boring and tense, because since Daiyu left the mansion, Baoyu finds it boring and doesn't like reading, so he often goes out with Jia Rong and others, and occasionally takes her with her. Come back with some gadgets outside and play every day, so as not to be bored.

One day, Baoyu came back with Jia Rong and others, and brought some trinkets to many sisters in the mansion. He wanted to think about sending them himself, so he asked Xiren, "Third sisters, are they playing with Sister Bao?" After hearing this, Xiren said, "I think it's at the fourth girl's place. I heard that the fourth girl painted a good painting today, so I specially invited Bao, the second girl, and the third girl to appreciate it. Yes. Yes, I heard Miss Yun is here too."

When Baoyu heard this, he couldn't help being happy, because he said, "you wrap these things up, and I'll send them to Bao, Sister Yun, Sister Yun, Sanmei and the others myself." Fearing that there were too many things, Baoyu couldn't take them, so he ordered Qiuwen Sheyue to look at the house, and went with Baoyu himself.

When Baoyu and Xiren arrived at Xichun's place, they saw that everyone was appreciating and appreciating a painting, so they walked over, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the fourth sister's skill is getting stronger and stronger. But the picture of two swallows is extremely elegant!" Everyone was taken aback because they were concentrating on looking at the painting and didn't find Baoyu.

Seeing that it was Baoyu, Xiangyun was happy, but he said, "brother love, what are you doing? Although we are brothers and sisters, there are differences between men and women. Brother love comes in so quietly, so I'm not afraid of breaking it." Our reputation!" Xiangyun was biting his tongue, so every time he called Baoyu "Second Brother", he always called him "Brother Ai".

When Baochai saw her, she couldn't help teasing Xiangyun and said, "I'm a tongue-biting and chatty person, and I can't even pronounce the word 'two' clearly. Those who just 'love my brother' and 'love my brother', wipe the dominoes tomorrow, and you It's called 'Yao Ai San'!" Hearing this, Xiangyun refused, so he chased after Baochai and said with a smile, "I can't compare to you, Sister Bao, in this life. Get a bad tongue-biting brother-in-law, let you listen to 'love' and 'e' every day!"

Baochai originally had something on her mind, but now that Xiangyun said that, she felt embarrassed, blushed, and stopped talking.Seeing that Baochai and Xiangyun were only caring about themselves and ignoring him, Baoyu was upset. Seeing that Tanchun looked at Baochai coldly, seeming displeased, Baoyu hurriedly asked Xiren to put away the things he had brought. At the table, Yin smiled again and said to Tanchun, "Third sister, I went out last time, and you said that the sugar figurine I brought you was fun, but today I brought back some things, third sister." See if it suits your heart, just take it."

Tanchun walked over and took a look at the table. Seeing the little stools and chairs made of bamboo, which were so small and exquisite, they were really cute, so he played with them in his hands and said with a smile, "This is interesting!" Xianbao said: "This was originally made up by the most famous Liu Wuye in the capital. It is said that many noble children like to buy his small things, but that Liu Wuye is also very strange. Everyone is only willing to make five pieces. If there are too many, he won’t make them up, originally I wanted him to make up a few more.”

After hearing this, Tanchun just nodded, and seeing Baoyu wearing a pair of light yellow satin shoes again, he asked unconsciously, "Why didn't you wear the green pair I made for you before?"

Baoyu said with a smile: "When you mentioned those shoes, I remembered a story: I was wearing them that time, and I happened to meet the master. The master didn't use them. I asked who made them. I dared to mention the word 'three younger sisters'." , I said back that it was given by the previous aunt. The master heard that it was given by the aunt, so he couldn't say anything. He said for a long time: "Why bother to come! Waste manpower, humiliate Lingluo, and make such things." I will come back I told Xiren, Xiren said it was all right, and Aunt Zhao complained angrily: "Brother serious, no one can see the shoes and socks, let's make these things!""

When Tanchun heard about it, his face sank immediately, and he said, "How confused are you? Why should I be the one who makes shoes? Isn't there a rule for Huan'er, no one's? Ordinary clothes are clothes, shoes Socks are shoes and socks, girls and wives have a whole room, how can you complain about these things! Who are you going to listen to! I just have nothing to do, make a pair and a half pair, I love it for my brother and brother, as I like. Who dares to control me! This It's also white."

Baoyu listened, nodded and smiled, and said, "You don't know, she naturally has another idea in her heart." Hearing that, Tanchun got angry, turned his head, and said, "Even you are confused! She's so confused." Of course she has her own thoughts, but it's just her humble and despicable insight. She just thinks that way, I just want to know the master and wife, and I don't care about others. Even in front of sisters and brothers, whoever is friendly with me, I will be with whoever Well, I don’t know what’s so sloppy. I shouldn’t say her logically, but she’s too stupid! There’s also a joke: I gave you the money last time and brought it for me to play with. Things. Two days later, she saw me. She also said that there was no money to use it, and I didn’t reason about how difficult it was. Who knew that when the girls went out, she complained, saying why the money I saved was used by you. Don't let Huan'er tell me. When I heard this, I was funny and angry, so I went out to my wife." As I was speaking, Baochai smiled and said, "It's over, come on. The obvious thing is Brother and sister are gone, leave others behind, and let’s go by ourselves. We can’t do it after hearing a word!”

As soon as Baochai finished speaking, Tanchun turned cold, put down his things and went out.When Baoyu Xiangyun saw this, he just felt baffled.Xichun has a cold temper, but he doesn't care about her. When Yingchun met, she naturally knew about the lawsuit between Tanchun and Baochai, and because she came out to smooth things over, she said: "Third sister has a high spirit, I must have met Baomei, and I remembered the recent draft." The failure has come, let me go and persuade her to go." After saying that, she followed her out.

Xiangyun has a straightforward temper, because he said: "Sister Bao and the second sister have also been teased back, why don't you see her two angry, and the third sister is also, it's too serious." After hearing what Xiangyun said, Baochai didn't realize His face was flushed, and he claimed that he felt a little unwell, so he left.

When Tanchun went back to his room, he passed Liufangyuan and heard two maids talking. He listened carefully, but it was the two maids in Baoyu's room named Xiaohong and Zhui'er.

I only heard Zhui'er say: "Sister Xiaohong, when I went to deliver things to Lian's second grandma's house, I heard from sister Ping'er that the third girl would be able to participate in the draft again in three years, but the second girl and sister Bao did not." Why can’t you participate if you are over the age, but is it true?” Xiaohong couldn’t help laughing after hearing this: “You ask me about these things, but I don’t understand! I think only old ladies and wives still have Second Mistress Lian and the others know." After hearing this, Zhui'er said, "I once heard that Baoming next to Second Master Bao said that if the third girl hadn't come from a concubine, she might be even better than Yuan Gege, but it's a pity 'A phoenix grows out of the old bird's nest', so it is worse than Miss Bao, I really don't know how a person like Aunt Zhao can raise a character like the third girl." After hearing this, Xiaohong quickly covered her face Zhui'er's mouth, said: "You don't want to die! Although the third girl is from a concubine, the old lady and the wife are in pain. Besides, although the third girl is from a concubine, she is also from the Hou Men's government. Miss, how can Miss Bao and the daughter of a merchant be able to compare? Don't talk nonsense in the future." Zhui'er listened and nodded hurriedly.

When Tanchun heard this, he almost pinched his hand to bleed, but then he saw Yingchun walking over and said to himself: "Sister, don't take some things too seriously. It's not fate, it might be better to let nature take its course." Hearing this, Tan Chun turned his head away and said, "I don't believe in fate!" After saying that, he left.Seeing this, Yingchun had to sigh, and saw Baochai coming this way, so she left on her own.

Tanchun went back to his room and just lay down on the quilt and cried loudly. The secretary didn't know why and couldn't comfort him, so he had to let Tanchun cry, but at this time, Aunt Zhao came to Tanchun.

Seeing Tanchun crying, Aunt Zhao also felt sad in her heart, because she persuaded: "Girl, don't cry anymore, there is nothing you can do if you lose in the draft. Besides, the palace is not a good place to go, so why bother to get stuck in the palace?" There!" Tanchun heard this, and said: "What's wrong with the palace? Clothing and food, prosperity and wealth, if you give birth to a prince, elder brother, even if you don't become emperor in the future, you can still be named the prince of the county. Go there Wouldn't it be better to suffer from some concubine in this mansion!"

After hearing this, Aunt Zhao said: "Young lady has read more books than me, and she can compose poems and lyrics. I think she understands the truth of 'I would rather be poor than a noble concubine'. The first is a gentle and rich town, but you must know how difficult it is to win a place in the emperor's harem with three thousand concubines! Besides, whether to favor or not is the emperor's word, love or not is also the emperor's word, the emperor's word can be decided If there is a slight difference between life and death, it is a big matter to move your head, so why bother to spend your whole life in that kind of place? It's better to find an ordinary family and live with Lele for the rest of your life!"

Hearing what Aunt Zhao said, Tanchun couldn't help sneering, and said, "Since that's the case, why did Auntie stay in this house?" After hearing this, Aunt Zhao burst into tears, and cried, "You thought I was the one who wanted to stay here?" Did you come down? Although I come from a humble background, I still have a bit of backbone! I am a servant of the Jia family. When I was young, although I was not as charming and romantic as Qingwen Chunxian next to the princess, I was still better than the savage musk. Moon, when the old lady put me in front of your father, I just waited on him wholeheartedly, so I didn't have any extravagant thoughts, I just wanted to serve the master well, and redeem my slave status as soon as possible Become a free body. But the sky is not beautiful, the master once got drunk, he forced me, and then took me into the house and became an aunt. I didn't want to at first, but I didn't expect to have you in my stomach. I couldn't bear to kill you, so I had to give birth to you. It is because of this that my wife has always hated me, thinking that I made Hu Meizi seduce the master!" After saying this, he wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

But Tanchun didn't listen to Aunt Zhao's explanation, and cried: "Why did you give birth to me? I would rather you didn't give birth to me! It's better than my aspirations, but in this mansion, every step must be careful, unlike Sister Bao , Sister Yun, they are obviously not from this mansion, but because of their status as descendants, in the eyes of the people in this mansion, they must be superior to me! Not to mention Sister Lin, who is now even more expensive as Princess Gu Lun, and even more so. The jewel in the palm of the emperor is even incomparable to the princes and elder brothers!" After saying that, he was so angry that he burst into tears.

After hearing this, Aunt Zhao couldn't persuade her any more, so she went out by herself.