Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

Xiren saw that Qiuwen and the others had taken away her daily affairs, and heard that Qiuwen even knew that she was promised an actress by her brother and sister-in-law, so she couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly Retorted: "You guys are talking nonsense, I didn't!"

Qilu chuckled, and said, "Since there is no such thing, why did Miss Hua have to refute so quickly? She was trying to cover up." After speaking, she gave Xiren a disdainful look, and then walked over and sat down next to Baoyu. , said: "Why should the second master be sullen because of her? It's not good to have fun with us in a serious way? It is said that the second master cherishes his daughter's family the most, but now it seems that he only loves Xiren's sister." , we are nothing but mud in the rotten ground, not even green leaves, how can we compare to the flower of Sister Xiren."

Qilu was originally the best-looking maid beside Baoyu besides Qianxue. Originally, she also followed Jiamu, but after Baoyu moved to Yihong Courtyard, Jiamu thought Yihong Courtyard was too big, Baoyu was afraid, and Qilu She has always been courageous, alert at night, and born well. Knowing that Baoyu would like it, she asked Qilu to go to Yihong Courtyard to take care of the gate courtyard. This is the case of the first-class maid.

Although Qilu has a violent temper, she has a very careful mind. Knowing that Baoyu is Jia's mother's heart, she wholeheartedly wants to compete with Baoyu so that she can become Baoyu's aunt.But after entering the Yihong Courtyard, I realized that there are too many outstanding maids in the Yihong Courtyard, not to mention the three of the autumn-lined musk, the moon and the green marks, only Qianxue is better than her in terms of looks, and there is also an attacker. People stand in front of everything, and the three of them are just doing some work of serving tea and pouring water, and they can't get close to Baoyu's body.Therefore, Qi Lai gradually lost her mind.

But I didn't expect that Aunt Zhao would turn over one day and become Mrs. Zhao, the head wife of the Jia family, while the attacker was used to open the knife, and Qianxue was kicked out of Jia by the attacker's plan earlier. government.Therefore, Qi Xun felt that the opportunity had come, and as expected, she, Qiu Wen and the other three were immediately promoted by Mrs. Zhao to become Baoyu's prospective concubine. .That's why Qilu took this opportunity to attack Xiren. She didn't think that Xiren would have a day of recovery.

In fact, Qiuwen, Sheyue, and Bihen's thoughts are not much different, that's why they talk to each other, as if they have made an appointment to target Xiren, and Qiuwen will attack people's hearts The most fearful thing is that Xiren's elder brother and sister-in-law told Xiren about betrotting Xiren to an actor.

In fact, the actor was none other than Zhang Hua, who had been forced by Second Sister You to resign from her marriage.It turned out that when Zhang Hua's family was backward and unable to make a living, he had to write family letters for others, or teach some commoner children to read and write, and earned some meager income to survive.Later, by chance, Zhang Hua entered the Pear Blossom Troupe by mistake. The troupe thought that Zhang Hua knew a lot about poetry and books, so they asked Zhang Hua to write some operas for the troupe, which earned him one or two taels of silver a month.But people are always greedy. After Zhang Hua got rid of poverty, he never thought about how to live a life of prosperity and wealth. Once he found that his singing skills were good, so he went to find Jiang Yuhan and worshiped him as his teacher. Jiang Yuhan's advice, coupled with Zhang Hua's handsome looks, made him somewhat famous, and he even sang twice at the Babeile Yinsi Mansion, and won no less than 300 taels of reward.

Zhang Hua thought he had Yinsi's eye, and remembering the humiliation of being forcibly divorced by Second Sister You, he never wanted to get it back, so he secretly searched for Second Sister You. Seeing that Zhang Hua had gained power, Second Sister You Frightened, he went to Jia Lian.After Jia Lian learned about it, he had no choice but to go to Jia Zhen to discuss it. Jia Zhen said, it's better to find Zhang Hua a maid who is not as beautiful as her second sister, but also virtuous and generous.But Zhang Hua agreed because she thought that Jia's mansion was somewhat powerful now, and because she had seen Xi Ren by chance, she told Jia Zhen that she wanted to marry Xi Ren.

Jia Zhen naturally knew about the relationship between Xiren and Baoyu, but he still agreed, and hired Xiren's brother and sister-in-law for Zhang Hua, and gave the dowry 500 taels, which was considered a deal.When Xiren's elder brother and sister-in-law saw Yinzi, they naturally agreed. Poor Xiren had planned for a long time, but he never thought that he would be sold to Zhang Hua by his elder brother and sister-in-law who were blind to money.Originally, Xiren thought that there would be some time until Baoyu asked his wife, Aunt Wang, to beg him. At that time, there would be a way to return this marriage, so he didn't pay much attention to it. It didn't take long for Aunt Zhao to become the housewife, and she demoted herself to a third-class maid as soon as she came up, and Baoyu has become less and less concerned about herself recently. Could it be that she just accepted her fate and married an actor? How could it be reconciled!

Xiren made quick calculations in his mind, and then he burst into tears, trying to use his daughter's tears to arouse Baoyu's pity, because she knew that Baoyu couldn't stand this most, but she didn't expect Baoyu to be attracted by Qilu long ago. If he lost his attention, he didn't notice her at all, so Xiren lost the power he used to have in front of Qiuwen and others.

Gradually Xiren could no longer get close to Baoyu, Qiuwen and the other four looked at Baoyu firmly like a few door gods, and Baoyu knew that Qiuwen and the other four were now his prospective aunts. Soon after he had to do some work, he even forgot about Xiren, and just had fun with Qiuwen every day.Mrs. Zhao also bought a few beautiful little girls from outside to wait for Qiuwen and others, which made Baoyu no longer have the desire to make progress, and often waited for a few days with Qiuwen to receive the same training as the police in the dream. What happened made the whole Yihong Courtyard worse than that brothel.

And these also spread to the ears of the mother and daughter of the Xue family in Lixiangyuan. Aunt Xue took a look at Baochai, sighed unconsciously, and said, "Chaier, now that Aunt Zhao has turned around and has become the leader of this mansion." Mrs. Madam, the matter between you and Baoyu is probably going to be a mess, and there is no news from Lin Wenfu. Seeing that you are going to pass the ninth year, if you don't find a good man to marry, how can you do well? ?”

When Baochai heard the words, she didn't take it seriously, and only listened to her: "Mother, just don't worry, although I am old now, I have been well maintained. When I go out, everyone will only think that I have just reached the age of Ji, let alone , my daughter has also entered the palace for an audition, although I was not selected because of the death of the imperial concubine Jingmin, but with this golden signboard, I am afraid that I will not marry a good family?"

After hearing this, Aunt Xue asked, "My son, is it possible that you already have some idea?" Baochai smiled when she heard this, and said, "Mom, you can just watch from the sidelines."

On this day, Baochai took out all the clothes and jewelry that she had never worn before, and after a lot of selection, she chose a goose yellow dress with peony patterns embroidered with red silk thread. She bought a set of jewelry that is still relatively new nowadays, and dressed up carefully, so that the person in the mirror is as graceful and elegant as the yellow peony. Then she nodded in satisfaction, put on a gauze scarf, and went out.

Baochai didn't take Ying'er with her, because she didn't trust anyone in her heart, so Baochai went alone to the restaurant "Hongguilou" near Huangjie.Because she had already found out that this Honggui Building was a place where Lin Wenfu would come every day.

After entering the Honggui Building, Baochai secretly sighed that the decoration here is elegant and the guests come like a cloud. If she had half of the business in her family, she would not have to worry so much, let alone lower her status for the sake of power and wealth. I have come to look for Lin Wenfu, I am afraid that the threshold of asking for a marriage at home will have been broken long ago.

Sighing in my heart, I saw that the waiter had come, and Baochai asked, "Is there any private room?" Seeing Baochai's attire, the waiter knew that the person who came was not a commoner woman, so he smiled and said, "Of course it is." Yes, there are two private rooms, Songtaoxuan and Juyuezhai, which one do you want?" Baochai frowned, and asked, "Is there anyone in Songyingxuan?" Hearing this, the waiter in the shop couldn't help being stunned for a moment, Fang said : "Although there is no one in Pine Shadow Pavilion, it has already been settled by someone, so it is not easy to let girls in if it is small."

When Baochai heard this, he smiled and said, "Is it Mr. Lin Wenfu who ordered the Songying Pavilion? I came to see him specially." After hearing this, the waiter in the shop thought that Baochai had been provoked by Lin Wenfu again. , now that he came to the door, he wanted to see Lin Wenfu's jokes, so he said: "In this case, the girl will wait in Songyingxuan for a while, Lin Wenfu and Master Lin will come in half an hour. When Baochai heard this, he was secretly happy, and said, "Thank you, little brother." After saying that, he gave the waiter a silver tael, or about two or three taels, because he said, "Get me some small dishes first, Heat another pot of aged Huadiao."

The shop waiter agreed, and then went to prepare.

After about half an hour, I saw that Lin Wenfu had arrived at Hongguilou, and without asking any further questions, he went into Songyingxuan. When he saw Baochai, he felt a little strange, and asked, "Miss, is this Songyingxuan?" How did the girl come in?" Baochai said with a smile, "Because I want to see Mrs. Lin, I asked my second brother to wait for you here at the Pine Shadow Pavilion." After saying that, he picked up the bottom The gauze scarf on, revealing a face like a silver basin.

Lin Wenfu frowned, and only then did he realize that the woman in front of him was Baochai.So he asked, "I don't know why Miss Xue wanted to see me." Baochai showed a trace of shyness on her face, because she said, "My daughter has admired Master Lin for a long time, but he always comes when he is in Jia's mansion." Going in a hurry, my little girl has no chance to meet you, so I'm here to talk about preparing bouillon, please come over and talk." Lin Wenfu felt secretly angry when he heard this, he didn't expect that he had been in Jia's mansion for so long, and this Such a shameless woman was missed.

Lin Wenfu was not in such a good mood to deal with Baochai. Although he was more romantic, he was not lecherous. Otherwise, with his conditions, his family would already be full of wives and concubines. light?Therefore, Lin Wenfu only took a cold look at Baochai, and said: "Miss Xue has a heart full of love. I'm afraid I will disappoint you. I already have a beautiful woman in my heart like jade. Once the country's filial piety is over, I will marry you." Yi, Miss Xue is in the prime of her life, why waste her time on me, and find another good marriage." After saying this, Lin Wenfu left Hongguilou without looking back.

Baochai failed to seduce Lin Wenfu, so she was naturally not reconciled. Seeing the many expensive dishes in front of her, she lost her appetite, and just sat there in a daze, secretly cursing the seductress who seduced Lin Wenfu. Life and death ruined my good marriage.

While Baochai was complaining and feeling sorry for herself, an unexpected visitor came unexpectedly. This person was none other than Jia Yucun.

This Jiayu village came to Beijing with Daiyu back then, and was recommended by Jiazheng, but he also got a moderate official position in Beijing, and only became a county magistrate in Wanping County under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture.However, although the county magistrate has some power, he is only a "seven-rank sesame official" in the population, so Jia Yucun always wants to climb up.Fortunately, Jia Yucun was tactful and saw the right time, but now he has also been promoted and became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Although he has no real power, he has been promoted from the rank of fourth rank very quickly.Today, he was the one who heard from his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy that the food and wine in Hongguilou was excellent. Many ministers would go there to drink and have fun. Go back upstairs to try your luck, maybe you will be able to get acquainted with this dignitary.

As a result, as soon as he entered the Honggui Building, he saw Lin Wenfu. Jia Yucun knew Lin Wenfu's status, so he wanted to flatter him, but he never thought that Lin Wenfu didn't see him, so he just went there Then Song Yingxuan went.

Seeing this, Jia Yucun naturally followed. After hearing Baochai's words, Jia Yucun thought to himself, "It turns out that Lin Wenfu came here to meet a beautiful woman in private." Suddenly hearing what Lin Wenfu said, he left angrily.Only then did Jia Yucun realize that he had guessed wrong, and because he wondered what kind of woman the one who fell in love with Lin Wenfu was, he walked into Songyingxuan and found out that the woman was none other than Xue Baochai.

Jia Yucun also met Baochai a few times, and Jia Yucun was also moved by Baochai's stunning appearance.In the case of Jia Yucun beating Xue Pan to death, although the main reason was that Jia Yucun had to arbitrarily judge the case because of the interference of the Jia and Wang families, but there were also some intentions to please the beautiful woman.So now suddenly seeing Xue Baochai here, and being rejected by Lin Wenfu, it can be said to be "frustrated in love", how could Jia Yucun not think about it?

Therefore, as soon as Jia Yucun saw Baochai in a daze, he walked forward and asked with a smile, "Miss Xue, why are you drinking alone here?" Spirit, forced himself to laugh and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm unhappy."

To be honest, Baochai doesn't have a bad impression of Jia Yucun. Besides, Xue Pan got into trouble several times, but thanks to Jia Yucun's help, he was able to live in peace. Therefore, Baochai also has a trace of gratitude for Jia Yucun. So he said, "Master Jia, please sit down."

Jia Yucun sat down in front of Baochai, and looked at Xue Baochai carefully, but saw that she was wearing a light yellow dress, covered with a snow-white cloak, with a peony bun on her head, and a stick stuck in the bun. The golden hibiscus hairpin with double pedicles, and a beige-red palace flower on the sideburns, make Baochai's skin more and more creamy, with peach blossoms on his face.

Baochai blushed when Jia Yucun looked at him, but she also looked at Jia Yucun secretly, only to find that Jia Yucun was well maintained, with a face as gentle as jade without a single wrinkle, and about a hair under her jaw. The finger-length beard, not only does not make him look old, but it makes him more bookish. With handsome eyes and eyebrows, thin lips tightly pursed, and a blue dress, he looks even more handsome than Baoyu.

Naturally, Jia Yucun also found out that Baochai was sizing him up in secret, and he was overjoyed, thinking that Baochai was also interested in him, but on the surface he remained calm, letting Baochai watch, but sighed.When Baochai saw him, he asked, "Master Jia, why are you sighing?"

Jia Yucun sighed: "Now that my late wife has been dead for three years, there have been few people around to take care of me. Seeing that I am getting old, but there is no child under my knees, why don't you worry me?" In fact, Jia Yucun is three years younger than Jia Zhen. Years old, this year has just passed his thirties, so he will be old anyway, he said this, but he just wanted to test Baochai.

When Baochai heard this, she blushed naturally, because she said, "My lord, the little girl is abrupt. It's a pity that the little girl is in the boudoir, so I can't share my worries with you." Baochai suddenly remembered the relationship between Jia Yucun and Daiyu's original teacher and student. Moreover, I heard that my uncle Jia Zhenghui recommended him because of Lin Ruhai's face. It can be seen that Jia Yucun has a deep relationship with the Lin family, and Jia Yucun is now prosperous in official career. It was not in vain, that's why he tactfully expressed his feelings to Jia Yucun.

When Jia Yucun heard Baochai's words, he naturally understood the deep meaning, and was overjoyed at once, but when he was about to speak again, he saw Baochai get up and said: "It's getting late, and my little girl is going back home, so I will take my leave. " After saying that, he left, but intentionally or unintentionally left behind a handkerchief, which was embroidered with a pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

Seeing Baochai leaving, Jia Yucun was a little disappointed at first, but when he saw the handkerchief that Baochai left behind, he was overjoyed, and suddenly remembered the poems he wrote in the old year, one of which was: "The hairpin is in the box waiting for the time to fly." There are two more sentences: "If Chan Guang is interested, go to the Jade Man Tower first." Could it be today?

Thinking of this, Jia Yucun went back to the mansion and ordered someone to find an official matchmaker, but he wanted to propose marriage to Xue's family.When Aunt Xue heard about it, she didn't agree at first, but after hearing Baochai's words, she agreed, and within two days she was eager to accept the appointment and salute, and she was going to get married after the Lantern Festival.