[Red Mansion] Married by decree

Half a month later, Daiyu took off her clothes, but went to the temple to pay homage to Lin Ruhai's death tablet.

A few days in advance, Mrs. Zhao sent someone to the Zhuangzi where Daiyu lived at that time, to help Daiyu tidy up the room.The last time Daiyu went there in a hurry, although she slept all night, she didn't sleep well.This time, of course, we must be well-prepared.

Daiyu originally planned to go to the temple early tomorrow morning, rest on the Zhuangzi overnight, and return home the next morning.It's just that Daiyu's coughing is not serious today, and her complexion is not affected, she just coughs a few times occasionally.

Because Daiyu was used to it, she didn't think it was a big deal. Compared with the spring and autumn equinoxes, this kind of cough can be ignored at all.On the contrary, Mrs. Zhao is a little worried, but the matter of going to the temple has been decided, but there is no way to change it.

It's just that rushing so early in the morning is not good for Daiyu's health, so I came to discuss it with Daiyu.I plan to let Daiyu go to Zhuangzi first today, and then go to the temple tomorrow morning.

Although it was already afternoon at this time, it was still possible to arrive at Zhuangzi before dark.I sent someone over the day before yesterday, and just now the servant has come back to report, saying that everything has been arranged properly.It's not in a hurry to go now.

Daiyu has no objection to this, the past now and the past early tomorrow morning are the same to Daiyu.When Mrs. Zhao looked for her, she also agreed.

"Yu'er, if it's late tomorrow, you can stay at Zhuangzi for another day, and you don't have to rush back. Everything is already prepared there, so it doesn't matter if you stay an extra night."

Because she only stayed for two nights, Daiyu didn't have anything to pack.Instead, she brought over a manuscript she had recently read. Daiyu had already read more than half of that book, and she planned to finish it today.

Only You Lan and two second-class maids accompanied Daiyu.Xiangzhu, another big maid and two other second-class maids have already gone to Zhuangzi this morning.I want to see if there is anything that needs to be changed in Daiyu's yard on Zhuangzi.

When Daiyu arrived at the manor, the sky was full of red, and half of the sun had disappeared on the horizon.When we arrived at the manor, we saw that the door of the manor was locked.

Although it was a temporary decision to come here, Daiyu sent someone to notify her before she came.Although the people in Zhuangzi didn't know when Daiyu would arrive, they shouldn't be so presumptuous and closed the door.What's more, Xiangzhu and others are still there, so they shouldn't act like this.

"Youlan, go knock on the door."

"It's a girl."

You Lan hurried forward, pinching the copper ring on the door, hitting the door, making a sound.The voice was neither soft nor heavy, although it was not forceful, it was enough for the porter to hear.

However, several people waited outside for a while, but the door was not opened.There was no movement inside the door, Youlan couldn't help but knocked on the door again, this time the sound was much louder.

After a long time, the door was opened.The one who opened the door was not the mother-in-law guarding Zhuangzi, but a servant sent by the Zhao family.Seeing that Daiyu was waiting outside the door, the man hurriedly apologized.

"What happened, why did you come to open the door now?"

"Miss, forgive me, sister Xiangzhu who is next to you is interrogating the old woman in the village, so the door was closed." Even though it was You Lan who asked, that person pleaded to Daiyu.

The man gave a simple explanation and led Daiyu and his party inside.Daiyu is a girl's family, so there is no reason to ask questions at the door.

Daiyu was led all the way to her yard, and when she arrived, Xiangzhu was already waiting there.Beside Xiangzhu, there are a few women kneeling.

"Xiangzhu didn't think carefully, let the girl wait outside for a long time, and asked the girl to forgive her."

"It's okay, what did these women do?"

"Returning to the girl, these women were actually bribed by the girl of the Zhen family, and wanted to tell the girl of the Zhen family the news of the girl's arrival today."

It turned out that not long ago someone came to report that Daiyu would come before dark.At that time, Xiangzhu asked people to check the things, but don't make any mistakes when Daiyu came.

Then she discovered that one of the women who watched Zhuangzi wanted to leave Zhuangzi secretly.Xiangzhu asked someone to bring the old lady here, but Xiangzhu didn't pay attention to these old ladies at first, and when they got there, she found the jade bracelet on the old lady's hand.

That jade bracelet is very valuable, and girls from ordinary families can't afford to wear it, let alone this old lady who looks after Zhuangzi.Even if she was greedy for things on Zhuangzi, she would definitely not be able to afford this bracelet.

Daiyu glanced at the women in a blink of an eye, and one of them was indeed wearing a fine jade bracelet.

"The person who gave you this bracelet is Miss Zhen." Daiyu spoke after thinking about it, her tone was firm, as if she wanted to see it with her own eyes.

"Girl, please forgive me, my mother-in-law was also confused for a while." Seeing Daiyu, the old woman immediately said who gave her something, thinking she knew something, she begged for mercy.

In fact, Daiyu couldn't be sure that it was Zhen Ruolian, she just had nine levels of certainty.She was so sure that she wanted to blow up this woman.

While Daiyu was speaking, Youlan had someone move a chair over.After the man put the chair away, he helped Daiyu to sit there.

After Daiyu sat on the chair, she didn't speak, but just glanced at the women with cold eyes.The person Daiyu watched quickly kowtowed to plead guilty.

"Come on, what does Miss Zhen want you to do?" Daiyu looked at it for a long time before she opened her mouth, her tone was not rushed, it didn't look like asking a crime, but rather a casual chat.

The women looked at each other, but no one spoke, and Daiyu was not in a hurry.Taking a sip of the brewed tea, it was the kind of tea she usually drank.

Daiyu drank less than half a cup of tea before putting down the teacup heavily, making a crisp knocking sound.The women who were kneeling were startled, the voice seemed to hit their hearts.

"Have you figured it out?" Daiyu's voice became colder.

"Girl, I..." Finally, the woman with the jade bracelet opened her mouth. Her clothes were also better than those of the other women. Most of the women were looking at her before. The leader of the wives.

"If you don't want to say it, I won't force it. Xiangzhu, you have stayed in the palace. How do you deal with such slaves who betray the lord in this palace?"

"Returning to the girl, for such slaves, it is natural to prick their ten fingers with needles. If they still refuse to speak, they will pull out all their nails and soak them in salt water."

Xiangzhu knew that Daiyu wanted to frighten these women, so he spoke up.While speaking, he gestured to a woman.

"Girl, please forgive me, please forgive me..."

The woman shrank her hands in fright, then quickly kowtowed to Daiyu, repeating those four words all the time.

"If you want the girl to spare you, tell the truth. The girl is kind and can't bear to see blood, but I am not." Xiangzhu actually asked someone to fetch embroidery needles while talking.

"I said, I said, I will say whatever the girl wants to know."

"Then what does Miss Zhen want you to do?"

"Miss Zhen just asked us to tell her when the girl will come to Zhuangzi, and then...then open the door and let a few people in that night." stabbed their fingers.

"Who does she want you to let in?"

"My mother-in-law doesn't know." After she finished speaking, the needle in Xiangzhu's hand moved, and the mother-in-law quickly kowtowed to Daiyu: "My mother-in-law really doesn't know, Miss Zhen just asked her to open the door, she didn't tell her Who are they?"

"You told her I'd come over tomorrow?"

"My wife... When my wife sent someone over, my mother-in-law had already notified Miss Zhen. I was about to notify Miss Zhen today, but Miss Xiangzhu found out." After she finished speaking, she kowtowed to Daiyu again: "Please forgive me, Miss. Mother-in-law, this time, mother-in-law will never dare again."

"Did she ask you to help her with other things?"

"No, no more! The mother-in-law just reported the letter to her."

"Lock up these wives and send them back tomorrow for Yimu to deal with."

"Miss, are we today?" You Lan asked worriedly, that Miss Zhen obviously had bad intentions.Let people come in, it's not because they want to take the girl away.

"Youlan, I remember that Uncle Lin also bought a Zhuangzi nearby, right?"

After Daiyu entered Beijing, Housekeeper Lin gave all the land deeds to Daiyu, and a Zhuangzi on the land deeds was nearby.

"Miss remember correctly, Zhuangzi is only three kilometers away from here."

"Go and clean up, we'll live right there today."

Although the woman told Zhen Ruolian, she will come here tomorrow.Who knows if she will do something first today, or find out from other places that she came here today.

"Wait a minute, go and find out, who lives in Zhuangzi next door?"

"The slave is going here."

At this time, if you are not afraid of [-], you are afraid of an eventuality. It is better to be cautious in everything.

You Lan came back very quickly, most of these Zhuangzi were bought by people from Beijing.The owner next door to them was surnamed Qian, and was an imperial merchant under the household department. At this time, there were only a few women who looked after the yard in the Zhuangzi.

Because her own mother-in-law was bribed, when You Lan asked, she carefully observed the mother-in-law.The old woman was honest and honest, she deliberately said that her daughter and Miss Zhen lived in the courtyard, and she didn't see anything unusual about the old woman.It doesn't look like she was bought by Zhen Ruolian.

Afraid of any accident, Daiyu directly got into the carriage and headed to the courtyard.Some servants were left to move things there, mainly bedding, pillows, etc., but those unimportant things were not moved.

When Daiyu and the others set off, it was already dark.When approaching Zhuangzi, it was already dark.Daiyu's Zhuangzi is naturally dark, but the Zhuangzi next to her is bright.

The so-called things flock together and people are divided into groups, and this Zhuangzi is naturally divided into groups.The Zhuangzi where Daiyu lived before was bought by Zhao's order, and the owners of the surrounding Zhuangzi are naturally of similar status.

But now this place was bought by Lin Butler through Zhou Changshi.Although the price is higher than the previous one, the location and scale are much better.At that time, Zhou Changshi also took a lot of trouble, the original owner of this Zhuangzi also sold Prince Anshun to save face, and the price was even more economical.

It was You Lan who knocked on the door, and the door was quickly opened.The one who opened the door was the old woman of the Lin family. That person was the son of the Lin family. She had been serving in Lin Ruhai's yard before, and she was sincere to the Lin family.

The Lin family's business in the capital did not need these women, so Manager Lin sent them all to the Zhuangzi to help manage the Zhuangzi.

The woman was overjoyed to see You Lan, and hurriedly opened the door to let Daiyu and her party in: "This old slave didn't know that the girl was coming, so he didn't prepare a yard for the girl, so please forgive me."

"It's Daiyu who didn't notify in advance, and you have worked very hard to take care of the yard." Daiyu came here suddenly, so naturally she wouldn't blame them.

When Daiyu went in, You Lan who was following behind immediately took out a few purses: "This is the girl's reward for you."

Because of Daiyu's cough, she brought some bird's nests with her this time.After You Lan came in, she asked someone to clean up the kitchen first.After packing up, I will stew a cup of bird's nest for Daiyu first.

The room was still tidying up, and Daiyu didn't go in, so she had someone wipe the stone tables and chairs in the yard clean, and then had someone light up the lamp, and she just sat there reading a book.

Daiyu turned the book to the page with the green silk face-mark inserted, it was the place she saw yesterday.After she opened it, she didn't read the book, but asked Xiangzhu beside her, "Xiangzhu, what do you think Zhen Ruolian wants to do?"