The Lady of the Farm in the Red Mansion

After that incident, instead of alienating Xiuyan, Daiyu got closer to her.

"Miss Lin, Miss Xing, it turns out that you two are here, but this old slave is easy for me to find!"

Zhou Rui's family came to the Dicui Pavilion with a tray, and saw Daiyu bending over to draw something, Xiuyan watching from the side, occasionally giving pointers, fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

There are still a few days until the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is always hot and cold, and there is a cool breeze in the air in the morning, so Xiuyan added this half-new rose purple clip back that was appreciated by Jia Mu in the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. On the outside of the turmeric damask skirt, since the back is fastened with a collar and buckle, I can't stand it under the sun. While undoing the buckle, I fan Daiyu, and I also borrow some wind by the way. .

Seeing the arrival of Yongrui's family, Daiyu put down her paintbrush, pointed to the things on the plate and asked softly, "Sister Zhou, what kind of good thing are you holding? It's so shiny!"

"It's not the Mid-Autumn Festival gift that the empress gave to the sisters!"

Daiyu smiled and said to Xiuyan: "Elder Sister always misses us, and she will give us gifts every year on festivals, and it's different every year. Last year, it was a tribute from the Daughter's Kingdom. It's as thin as Zen wings and cool. Like ice silk, wearing it next to the body in summer will not cause sweat stains, and the skin will be fragrant! Look, this is it!"

Daiyu pulled out a bright red scarf from the small coat around her waist, and handed it to Xiuyan: "Look, it's this one!"

Xiuyan took it in his hand and stroked it carefully, it was soft, slippery, cool, and smelled a faint fragrance of a daughter: "It really is an excellent thing! It's a pity that the color is a bit vulgar Already!"

"I thought the same way at the time. I knew I didn't like red, so why did I just leave this color for me? But the person who gave me the handkerchief told me that vulgarity is elegance. During the Qin Emperor and Han Wu period, even the emperor's dragon robes were red. Black and white, red can be said to be the king of all colors, and it can also seek good luck and avoid evil. The key is that in the daughter country, red is a highly respected color, even their queen's royal clothes are bright red, they Call the big red girl red! And among the brothers and sisters, only Baoyu and I have the same color."

Xiuyan suddenly realized, shame Daiyu said: "Oh, so the car in front is all nonsense, the important thing is the last sentence!"

Daiyu blushed, pushed Xiuyan and said, "Sis, when will my sister be like this, I will ignore you!"

Daiyu got out of the pavilion and came to Nanny Zhou, and picked up a silver peacock from the plate, full of praise: "Wow! What a beautiful peacock!"

"The third girl has a good eye. This is handcrafted by the most famous filigree craftsman in the south of the Yangtze River. Look at how thin the silver wire of this peacock's feather is. If there are not decades of filigree craftsmanship, it will not be able to achieve it." Such an effect!"

Daiyu watched it more and more joyfully, holding it in her palm, she was very excited: "Sister Zhou, have all the sisters got it?"

"Come on, get it, get it all!"

Daiyu's doubtful eyes flashed: "Did sister Zhou send it to me alone, or has she already been elsewhere, they picked the last one and brought it to me!"

"Every girl has her own rules about what kind of concubine she should send. There is no one who can be chosen or not, because I came in from the north gate, and I happened to arrive at the Hengwu Garden of Miss Bao, and then came along the way. The girl's place happened to be the last one. !"

"I'm a peacock, what is Sister Bao?"

"Miss Bao is, yes, it's Phoenix!" Zhou Rui's family stammered.

"Why is hers a phoenix, but mine is a peacock? I don't care for it!" Daiyu threw the peacock hairpin back to the tray heavily.

"Your Majesty meant it, not mine! If you are so angry, please tell your Majesty to vent your anger!" Zhou Rui's family returned the peacock to Daiyu and left.

Daiyu squatted on the ground holding her face and crying, Xiuyan comforted her by stroking her back: "It's okay, maybe the empress made a mistake, or maybe this animal doesn't represent anything at all?"

"Why doesn't it mean anything? The peacock spreads its tail and pretends to be affectionate. The empress is telling me that I am only pretending to be affectionate towards Baoyu. The sister-in-law she believes in is Sister Bao!"

"It's because you're thinking too much!" Xiuyan comforted.

Daiyu leaned her head into Xiuyan's arms: "Sister, I also hope that I am thinking too much!"

At this time, Baoyu happened to come from Yihong Courtyard and took his golden phoenix to look for Daiyu. He saw Daiyu and Xiuyan beside the Dicui Pavilion, and saw her squatting on the ground, so he followed suit: "Sister Why are you crying again?"

Seeing Baoyu's golden phoenix, Xiuyan probably understood what the concubine Yuan meant, and said angrily, "It's not the filigree silver phoenix who made trouble, but you're using this golden phoenix to provoke me again. Do you still think Miss Lin doesn't cry enough?"

"What filigree phoenix, I don't know?"

"The second master is a golden phoenix, Miss Bao is a silver phoenix, but Miss Lin is a peacock, what does it mean, my lady?"

"Sister, stop talking!" Daiyu held her face in embarrassment!

Seeing that Daiyu was crying so hard, Baoyu threw the golden phoenix on the ground and said, "I'm going to the palace to ask my eldest sister!"

"Stop making trouble!" Daiyu shouted.

Baoyu turned around and said, "Sister, don't cry. I'll talk to my eldest sister when I have time. She loves me the most and will definitely obey me!"

"Yeah!" The two clasped their hands tightly.

Xiuyan let out a long breath, watching them leave happily, knowing one thing in life is enough!Baoyu Daiyu, you must be happy!

Xiuyan was walking along the willow embankment, and suddenly saw a big apricot tree behind the rocks in front of it, which was already full of green leaves and branches. Xiuyan was stroking the acacia jade on her chest through her clothes, and thought to herself, it has been four years, Brother Mu It should have been "green leaves and shades and branches full of branches", but she was still thinking about him foolishly here, thinking of this, Xiuyan laughed at herself.

People, there are always many obsessions. Daiyu’s obsession is Baoyu, and her obsession, who else can have her obsession except Brother Mu? Thinking of him, thinking of the season when the apricot blossoms, the season when there are only her and him.

Perhaps, in another two years, Daiyu and Baoyu will also be "full of green leaves and shades", but she is doomed to be lonely!

Just as Xiuyan was feeling emotional towards the apricot tree, a conversation between two women suddenly came from behind the rock.

Xiuyan didn't quite recognize them when she saw it, it should be the girls singing opera in the garden, so she quietly hid behind the apricot tree to listen to what they had to say.

I saw a girl with darker skin holding the hand of another girl with fair skin and caring, "My sister's voice is better!"

The fair girl complained: "A few days ago I rested for a period of time, and it turned out to be better, but yesterday, the empress sent me to the palace to sing a little (dream), and today my voice is down again. Can't get any better!"

"It's not good if it's not good, my sister will stop singing in the future, it's good for me to support my sister!"

"With your monthly money, it's not even enough for my hair oil. If you count on me to feed me, we'll both starve to death!"

The black-faced woman smiled foolishly, then took out a pack of silk from her pocket and handed it to the white-faced girl: "I bought this specially for my younger sister, who moistens her throat!"

The white-faced girl picked one and held it in her mouth.

Seeing the two of them being so intimate, Xiuyan thought that the two of them were opera students, so they must be partners on the stage. If they acted too much, they would become enchanted. They brought the stories in the play into reality. What kind of men and women are divided, blindly stay together!

Xiuyan thought that they were hiding behind this rock for nothing more than flirting, and was about to turn around and leave, but heard the white-faced girl say: "I heard a great new article when I entered the palace this time!"

"There are three thousand in the harem, and there are new articles every day. I don't know which concubine had a miscarriage this time, or who was lucky to have a prince again, and who was unlucky and entered the limbo again!"

"Why do I care about that, the new article I'm talking about is about our second master Bao!"

When Xiuyan heard that it was about Second Master Bao, she lightly stroked the rocks and pricked up her ears to listen.

I just heard the white-faced girl say: "Do you know why the second wife ran to the palace twice in three days?"

"Who in the mansion doesn't know, isn't it for the wedding of the second master Bao and Miss Bao? My mother has rewarded the gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Her meaning is self-evident. The future head of our house must be Miss Bao. Hey! Miss Lin is only pitiful, she has been crying like a tearful person these days!" The black-faced girl said with emotion.

"I don't think so!"

"Why, the empress has changed her mind again, is it still Miss Lin!"

"Neither!"

"Neither of them, is there a better one in our mansion?"

"It's not from the mansion. The empress means that she wants to have another family relationship! It seems that she is also the granddaughter of a Duke!"

"It's also from the Duke's mansion, so it's the same as our second master, so Miss Bao's busy work these days is not in vain!"

"Yes, Miss Bao, this is a wedding dress reward for the Duke's mansion!"

"Hehe, thanks to her tricks, it's really not as good as the sky!" The black-faced girl liked Miss Lin more, and when she heard that Baochai gave someone a wedding dress, she felt happy and lost her composure.

The white-faced girl slapped her mouth and said: "You are looking for death, be careful that the wall has ears!"

Seeing that the two of them were on alert, Xiuyan retreated quietly behind the apricot tree, but when she raised her head, she bumped into a person, not Baochai, but her face was pale, but she was still smiling, but that smile was extremely ugly, Xiuyan Yan called softly, "Miss Bao!"

When the two girls heard the word "Bao girl", they ran away in fright, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"What are they talking about behind that rock?"

Baochai obviously heard it but pretended not to hear it, and Xiuyan also pretended not to hear it to avoid embarrassment, so the two chatted for a while and then broke up.

The two girls quickly ran to the shade of the flowers in Yihong Courtyard, still in shock, one of them said: "Fortunately, they heard it, if Miss Lin heard it, maybe they would grab us and make a fuss!"

Coincidentally, Daiyu came to Baoyu and asked him what the empress meant. Baoyu had been in the palace frequently in the past two days, and Daiyu knew that he must have gone to intercede with the concubine Yuan.

Hearing two girls hiding behind the shade of flowers discussing her, she also secretly stood by and listened. It was fine if she didn't listen, but when she heard it, her whole sky would collapse.

But she still didn't believe it. She wanted to ask Baoyu to find out. When she came to Jiangyunxuan, she didn't see Baoyu. After asking Sheyue, she found out that Baoyu had gone to Liguogong's mansion to see people accompanied by Mrs. Wang.

The young lady was fifteen years old and ranked fifth. People kindly woke her up to call her little Wuer. Sister Lin, without saying a word, yelled at his mother to take him to Li Guogong's mansion to see someone!