By Jia Xiuzhen

After Baoyu was beaten up, Jia's mother asked him to say something, and only allowed him to go out of the second school after August of this year, which was exactly what he wanted.When I was free, I just rested in the garden, and called the maids, big and small, who were picked up on weekdays, to joke and talk.Guang Ying'er helped him make contacts for a few days, but she didn't dare to ask for Daiyu. When she thought of Guiliu's half-smiling eyes, she felt chills in her heart, and she really didn't want to provoke her.

Mother Xin has other concerns in her heart, and Daiyu is the first to be soft-hearted, fearing that she will feel sympathy for Baoyu because of her injury, so why not get close to her?The other was afraid that Baoyu would be out of control, so he suddenly sent a girl to bring Daiyu two old handkerchiefs two days ago, and the person here said that he could say what he really wanted, which was really shocking.It's just that Baoyu is so hurt, and it's rare for another Xiangyun to come and stay for a few days. It's not appropriate for Daiyu to say that she has gone home.Whenever the structures in an enclosure are connected and cannot be moved, they must be driven by external forces.

Someone from Lin's residence sent a post this day, saying that Miss Dai's family has made an appointment to visit the residence in the future.Now Daiyu had no choice but to leave, so Mother Jia had no choice but to agree.Xiangyun then said: "Now sister Lin has someone else to play with, but she left us alone." Daiyu said with a smile: "When you were having fun together outside, did you ever think of me coming? Each family has its own Family communication, is it possible that we just stay together with these few people?"

Mrs. Wang asked: "Miss, is Miss Dai's family, but the Dai family's servant?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "It's his house."

Jia Mu then asked, "Why, what can you say?"

Mrs. Wang said: "No, I just heard someone mention that this Dai family has always had little contact with people. I never thought that I would take the initiative to visit today."

Jia's mother said: "The waiter Dai and my aunt were in the same year, so it's not unusual." Then she said, "Why did I hear something strange outside the day before yesterday? It's something about the daughter's country."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "It is said that the Queen of Qianxiang Kingdom wants to marry the King of Nanzhao, and she is willing to marry her as a dowry, but the King of Nanzhao still refuses."

Jia's mother also laughed and said: "This Qianxiang country is also obsessed with it. It is brought up again and again. The queen of this generation was mentioned by the queen of the previous generation when she was a princess. The Nanzhao country refused. Now they want to make a country Even if they pay, can their common people agree?"

Mrs. Wang also shook her head and said with a smile, "The barbarians don't know how to do things."

The sisters were very curious when they heard this, but they didn't want to ask more questions. After returning to the garden, they started discussing quietly.Xiangyun said: "How ugly and frightening is the Queen of Qianxiang Kingdom? Even if they pay the whole country, they won't want her."

Baochai laughed and said, "How can this kind of marriage be unusual? Qianxiang Kingdom is different from Nanzhao's national power. It is said that it is a marriage, but in essence it is just an alliance. We use common sense to deduce it, and naturally there are many misunderstandings." place."

Mo Ge'er pursed her lips and smiled, Daiyu glanced at her and said: "You must know something, why don't you tell us to listen?"

Mo Ge'er smiled and said: "I just heard that Miss Bao is right. At first, Miss Yun said that the Queen of Qianxiang Country was ugly, but she didn't know that she had long been known as the number one beauty in the South. It will be very bad. How can I say it is ugly? It’s just that the current king of Nanzhao is also an inexhaustible talent. As early as a very young age, he assisted his father in unifying more than a dozen small tribal countries in the south. The land is twice as large as before More than that. Qian Xiangguo has repeatedly expressed that she really has a heart of attachment. It’s just that this big tree is not something they can hug if they want to. Another one..."

Xiangyun and the others had listened to her early on, and when they saw her trickery, they hurriedly urged her.But Mo Ge'er smiled and said: "But you shouldn't say this in front of girls. It is said that...the king of Nanzhao is not only a man of great talent, but also has a appearance and demeanor comparable to that of Ji Kang and Wei Jie. There are more of them naturally.”

It's hard to answer this question. Although I still want to ask, it's not like, everyone just walks without saying a word.

In the Yihong Courtyard, Baoyu was able to lie on his side now, but he was a little suffocated. Fortunately, he saw the sisters coming and asked Xiren to entertain them.Xiangyun drank tea, rolled his eyes, and asked Baoyu with a smile, "Second brother, have you heard of Nanzhao Kingdom?"

Baoyu then said, "How can you not know this? Where has Sister Yun seen strange things recently?"

Xiang Yun shook his head, and only asked him: "What kind of person is the Nanzhao King?"

Baoyu patted the bed and said with a smile: "You are really asking people. A few days ago, I was gossiping with the King of Beijing, and when I talked about the romantic people nowadays, I mentioned this one. I was just a big murderer Wicked man, how would you know that a member of the Qing family in the palace of the Prince of Jing once traveled far to the southern barbarian countries, but he said that the beauty of the Nanzhao king's demeanor was only seen in his life. It's just that he acted secretly and didn't speak well. Although he had a good appearance, But it’s kind of gloomy and scary.”

For a while, he talked about the strange rumors about Qianxiang Kingdom and Nanzhao Kingdom. Xiren listened to it twice, and stopped him with emotion: "Don't talk about that unlucky country! If they didn't get some Qianxiang Xiang Luo, I can't cause this storm! The second master likes to say these things very much, it's really 'just get beaten, forget about the pain'!"

Everyone remembered that Baoyu was beaten this time, and there was something about Zhongshun Wangfu's actor in it. The bloody sweat scarf on his waist happened to be "clear proof".They all looked at each other and smiled, and revealed the words, which saved Baoyu from embarrassment.

After sitting for a while, Daiyu went back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, hurriedly packed up her things, and waited until the sun was setting, she went to leave Mrs. Jia Muwang and went home.

When Jia Zheng came back in the evening, Mrs. Wang began to talk about Dai's family. She said: "I heard it from the master earlier, but I remembered it when I heard it today. I didn't expect my aunt to be gone. Then Dai The servant's family is still very considerate."

Jia Zheng shook his head with his beard and said, "Don't talk nonsense about brother-in-law Lin's words. Although there is no news yet, many people in the south want him to go. If there is any evidence, they will be found out long ago. Now this is the case. It is as silent as it is, and the things inside are not simple. Even if the higher-ups only approved a temporary replacement of the Yanzheng, it can be seen that it is not conclusive."

Mrs. Wang nodded: "It's the concubine who made a slip of the tongue. I don't see the eldest girl showing the slightest hint of sadness on weekdays. I don't know if she knows it in her heart or is forcing a happy face."

Jia Zhengdao: "Which of the people brought up by everyone will easily show their sensuality in front of others? But you said Dai Shilang, now the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials has been vacant for a long time, and a group of people have been hung up. Are you fighting for me? .I didn’t expect to be silent when I arrived. I made an order this morning, and Dai Shilang was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials.”

Mrs. Wang couldn't taste anything from it, she just said a few dry words, and Jia Zheng also knew that she had no talents in every way, so it wasn't that she was dissatisfied, but it was just that she lost the interest to talk about it.After sitting for a while, I went to my aunt's yard.

One day, Qingwen was sitting in her room, embroidering square handkerchiefs, when the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lai family came over, hurriedly got up and gave up her seat to pour tea, and also called grandma.The eldest daughter-in-law of the Lai family smiled and said: "I dare not let the girl shout like that, it's just that the servants in the family have no rules to support us blindly." Then she lowered her head to look at Qingwen's embroidery work, and praised: "Young lady is really handy, and the house is full of it." Few can compare."

Qingwen couldn't help being modest, and the daughter-in-law smiled slightly and said, "Speaking of embroidery work, I wonder if you have heard of something?" Qingwen hurriedly asked what it was, and the daughter-in-law said again: "It's just the trouble that happened before. That incredible academy, doesn’t it mean that all the ladies in the prime minister’s mansion want to go? Right now, they are looking for a skilled embroiderer.” Qingwen didn’t know what the daughter-in-law was going to say, so she just laughed and remained silent.

Seeing that she didn't answer, the daughter-in-law smiled and said: "It turns out that the teacher who teaches embroidery in the academy is getting old and his eyesight is failing. He only has a meaning, and he needs to be clever and skillful to make that meaning. In the past In the south, they had their own embroiderers, but they couldn't bring them to Beijing. There are so many rich families in Beijing, but anyone with a few skills has already been taken away. How can she be allowed to idle outside?

As soon as word spread that the academy was looking for embroidery workers, many families donated people there, but none remained.After finally getting one, it turned out to be a young lady from Fu Yin's family!Oh yo yo, that's amazing.I actually found Miss Qianjin to start embroidery!It was only later that I found out that I was not an embroiderer, but an associate professor, and I didn't know what to say. "

Qingwen and her party listened, thinking to themselves, "It's been a long time since I said this, but I didn't hear a single word when I was in the mansion. It can be seen that there is really another world there. Usually the bustle is only listening to Baoyu Talk about which drama is good, which family's flowers are rare. How do you know that there are such things."

But I heard the daughter-in-law's voice change: "I see, the girl's embroidery work is different from other people's, and she has more spirituality that can't be said. Now the academy is accepting embroidery, as long as you write your age, name, and birth The location, attach the embroidery, and send it to the academy. If you are picked, someone will find it. This is not a big deal, but there is a great future to be found, so I thought of coming to talk to the girl Son. If a girl is interested, it is better to make a list, and if she is lucky enough to win, she will be no different from those official ladies!"

Qingwen's heart moved when she heard this, she didn't care what happened to those officials' ladies.It's just that now that he has been released, and he has no intention of going back, there must be a way out.Although Nanny Lai has to value it, after all, it's not relative, it's not good to live like this for a long time.Girls have always talked about their future, but they just pulled them out to be a steward or servant, or they simply followed a master, what else could they have?Now that I finally got a free body, I don't want to go that way again.Since this academy wanted to search for someone so solemnly, if he could be selected, aside from other things, it would be no problem to find a place to live.Isn't it another world? !

Then he thought about it and said: "Grandma said it easily, I stayed there all my life, and I never knew how the outside world is. Even if I want to deliver it, I don't even know the way."

The daughter-in-law said with a smile on her face: "The girl said that! Could it be that we are dead?! And let the girl run away! As long as the girl is interested, she only picks a good embroidery, and I am next to it. Make sure not Make trouble for the girl." He grabbed the embroidered handkerchief next to him and said, "I think this is very good."

Qingwen smiled and said: "Grandma is in a hurry than I am. This is not finished yet, but I have done it before. Grandma helped me pick and choose." After talking, I dug out a small bundle from one side of the cage, which was full of silk The Pahe bag belongs to the fan bag, and the daughter-in-law looked at it and praised it.When he arrived, he said: "The girl should choose one herself, I think everything is top-notch!"

Qingwen rummaged through it, and picked out a silk handkerchief—a mulberry leaf on top, and a little girl sitting on a gray stone hill below, holding a book and reading.The greenness of the mulberry leaves was flickering, as if the sunlight of that day could be seen only from the leaves.The little girl only has a few strokes, and the colorful ones are only a pair of yellow flowers on the bun, but she is full of delicacy and agility.The eldest daughter-in-law of the Lai family saw that she had chosen this way, so she asked, "Won't you pick that Fang Yutang to be rich? That magnolia embroidered, as if smelling the fragrance."

Qingwen shook her head lightly, picked up the square handkerchief that the daughter-in-law mentioned, handed it along with the square in her hand, and said: "Then I will trouble grandma. Grandma looks good, so I will accept it." Right. I’ve been nagging, I just don’t know how to thank grandma.”

The daughter-in-law took the handkerchief in her hand, turned it over and looked at it, and said with a smile, "It took a lot of effort, right? It's the girl's fault! I really like it, so I won't refuse it. Girl, just feel at ease." , just wait for the letter." Qingwen thanked her again and again, and the daughter-in-law took out a square clean handkerchief, wrapped both of them in her bosom, and then resigned.

After a few days, Jin Chuaner came to visit. Talking about this, Qingwen sighed: "I usually hear people say that Grandma Lai is very smart, but now it seems that she is very enthusiastic."

Jin Chuan'er looked at her, and laughed out loud: "How else can you say that you are a burning charcoal?! When you lose your temper, you are just a piece of wood before you turn into charcoal! Really, ten tied One place is no match for one Xiren. If you are all from outside, how can you be so far behind? It can be seen that you have not thought about things carefully, and you have come to where you are today."

Qingwen looked at her: "Alright, what are you talking about?"

Jin Chuan'er smiled and said, "I'm not going to tell you that you are still in the dark! Don't even think about it, the eldest daughter-in-law is also in charge of the mansion, and most of them are also in charge of their own homes outside. Where does she get such idle time?" Running to you to beat your teeth? With this skill, it's a lot to flatter Lian's second grandma inside!

You just think, with your embroidery skills, if you hand it in, there is a high probability that you will be selected.If this is chosen, naturally you have to leave here, right?If you are not selected, Nanny Lai knows that you have handed over something, and seeing that you don't want to live here forever, maybe she has some ideas?You know, Miss Lin is still the cousin of the mansion. She lived here two years ago and still talked a lot, let alone you? "

Qingwen sighed and said, "How could I not know? You don't know that I say a word now, and I have to think about it every step of the way. I have never lived such a tiring day!"

Jin Chuan'er smiled and clapped her hands and said: "It's not retribution! How arrogant were you when you were there that day? Everyone knows that you are an old lady who belonged to Baoyu. You are good-natured, smart, and Baoyu likes you. I have to give you three points. Like Xiren, Sheyue Qiuwen and the others are not dissatisfied, and you are the only one who dares to whine with her in front of her face. Now you know what it means to be careful? Amitabha, you can see that retribution is not good!"

Qingwen gave her a white look: "I'm not happy, but you are so happy?"

Jin Chuan'er stopped laughing, stroked her hair and said, "I'm not happy that you are suffering, but seeing the karmic retribution in front of my eyes, I can see that no one can escape. If there is grievance and revenge, there is revenge and revenge. , what is there to be unhappy about?"

Qingwen was quite resentful when she heard her words, but she didn't dare to ask further questions, so the two of them stopped talking and just kept silent.Suddenly, Jin Chuan'er laughed again: "I haven't finished what I said just now! If it was just to have you alone to eat, it wouldn't make this eldest daughter-in-law so hard. Look at me..." After talking Looking at Qingwen with a smile, "Looking at it from my perspective, Madam Lai probably likes you very much, and she really wants you to live here forever! Oops! Usually I don't like seeing your face, how come you are so good?! Now I'm calmed down. With your looks, if you go to a common people's house, it will be difficult to live a peaceful life! In ordinary dramas, storytellers, the wives and wives who cause disasters are just like you. If you don't believe me, go Walking around on the street? After three or two times of safekeeping, someone has to remember it!"

Qingwen's face turned red when she was told, she threw something in her hand and was about to come up and pinch her, Jin Chuaner hid and laughed all the way: "Don't, don't, don't... Oh, don't, listen to me, I see Well, most likely it's because everyone's eldest son misses you! It's because Nanny Lai values ​​you again. His eldest daughter-in-law can't say it clearly, and she can't just sit and wait for death, so she did this trick. If you go, it's still an excellent way out, Lai Even if Mammy knows what she's thinking, it's inconvenient to blame her deeply. Think about it, did she treat you a little better when you said you wanted to go out? I won't talk nonsense, you want to go !"

Qingwen thought that after that day, the daughter-in-law of the Lai family had indeed sent her several seasonal fresh fruits, and when she met her, she spoke with a kind face and a happy face, so she slowed down after being stunned.Jin Chuan'er quickly escaped from the clutches of the devil, leaned aside, rubbed her chest and panted, seeing the expression on Qingwen's face, seeing that she had hit the mark, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Two days later, Nanny Lai suddenly talked about this matter with Qingwen, and Qingwen said: "The sisters in the house heard about it from the girls, thinking that I have nowhere to go, so they sent a message to me. I begged my sister-in-law Take it out for me, it would be boring to let people know about this kind of thing. Fortunately, my sister-in-law helped me, I just don’t know if I can choose it.”

Nanny Lai heard that it wasn't her granddaughter-in-law's idea, and seeing Qingwen like this, she knew that she had a strong temper, and now was not the time to talk about things.In the end, it's my daughter's house. When I come across her twice, I know that the outside world is difficult, and it's not too late to mention it to her.When the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lai family heard about this incident, she became closer to Qingwen, and she really developed a two-point sincere friendship, which was unexpected.