Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Because Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan and others were all acquainted with Jia Baoyu and had frequent contacts, Liu Xianglian arranged for Baoyu and Qin Zhong to sit at their table, and then went to greet other people. care.

Feng Ziying smiled and said, "Brother Bao, I don't see you often, what do you do for a living?"

Baoyu was telling Qin Zhong not to drink, and took the wine cup in front of Qin Zhong to himself. His considerateness and concern were beyond words. Hearing this, he laughed and replied: "I didn't do anything, just wandered around in front of the flowers and under the moon, looking for poetic ideas. The meaning of words, or inscribe poems and draw pictures for others, I got two more poems yesterday, and I specially added pictures for the poems, and I didn’t finish the calculation until midnight.”

With a snap, Feng Ziying opened the folding fan in his hand and waved it vigorously, saying: "Brother Bao is getting better and better. I don't know what good poems and paintings he has made? I am impatient with these. My brain hurts after reading poems and words. Brother Bao has new poems and paintings. Tomorrow, I will personally come to the door and present a few plain fans, and ask Brother Bao to show his face. While writing poems and painting at the same time, let me get some scholarly air when I take them out, lest they Everyone said that I was illiterate and could only wield knives and guns."

Baoyu agreed.

Seeing that he was not doing his job properly, everyone took pleasure in it, because they knew what he was like, they all smiled, but one who didn't know the details asked: "Look at brother Jia Shi, who is older than me, doing these jobs every day, how can he study? "

As soon as Baoyu heard the word "reading", Baoyu suddenly felt unbearable, thinking that the person who spoke must be a man with thick eyebrows, and was about to refute, when he suddenly saw that the speaker was only eleven or twelve years old, he was beautiful in description, elegant in manner, not at all vulgar , his eyes suddenly brightened, and he committed the old mistakes again, swallowing the words he was about to spit out in a hurry, and said with a smile: "The teacher came back last year, and I am also studying hard. I do it in my spare time."

After hearing these words, everyone thought it was very funny. They were afraid that Baoyu would be ashamed, so they suppressed it.

Wei Ruolan looked at Baoyu coldly because she admired the appearance of the speaker, so she hurriedly left Qin Zhong behind, approached him, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen this brother before, please tell me your name?"

Han Qi and Chen Yejun were not talkative people, they laughed and listened to Feng Ziying say: "He just came back to the capital this year, so naturally you haven't seen him."

Without saying a word, the man said, "I'm Jiang Hua."

Baoyu praised: "There is a saying in "Shuowen": Hua, Rong Ye. My brother is a good person, and his name is also good, dazzling, gorgeous and amazing. On the contrary, my name is too vulgar and vulgar."

Wei Ruolan didn't know Jiang Hua either, and Feng Ziying introduced him as the queen's nephew after entering the table. The emperor summoned Fang and his family to go to Beijing. His father was already in the second rank, and Duan's position was high and powerful.The strange thing is that the Jiang family has been in Beijing for more than a month, and the empress has not summoned her natal family members to enter the palace, nor has she given any rewards. Wei Ruolan guessed that some people said that the empress and her natal family were very estranged.

Jiang Hua glanced at Baoyu, his eyes fell on the psychic jade hanging on his chest, and asked: "It is often said that Brother Jia Shi was born with a jade in his mouth. Is this the rare jade that was born?"

Seeing that he was interested, Baoyu quickly reached out to pick up the psychic gem, and handed it to him attentively, but smiled and said: "What is born or not, it's just a hard stone, it's nothing unusual, you are as stupid as me. On the contrary, many people in the world who have never been born with jade are a hundred times stronger than me."

Jiang Hua held it in his palm, looked at it over and over for a long time, and said: "There are many handwriting on it, I don't know if it works?"

Baoyu shook his head and said, "A stone, how can it be effective? Even though the writing on it is full of hype, it has never encountered the benefits of eliminating disasters and solving difficulties. I think it is not effective."

When Jiang Hua heard this, he looked at him with admiration.Although I am in the south of the Yangtze River, I am very well informed about the news in the capital. I naturally mentioned Yu Baoyu's strangeness. Everyone said that he was stubborn and unusual. He didn't like reading. Fan's master, now it seems that the rumors are absurd. From what I saw today, he is clearly a young master like a treasure, and his speech and behavior are not vulgar.Thinking about it, if he was a mediocre person, how could Liu Xianglian be so friendly with him?

Returning the psychic treasure jade back, Jiang Hua showed a smile and said: "Since that's the case, if you encounter a miracle tomorrow, brother Jia Shi must remember to tell us, so that we can see and see."

Baoyu was happy in his heart, and he agreed, then put the jade on again, and sat back to the original place.

Qin Zhong was somewhat unhappy, but he was young, and he was born like a daughter. He was always shy and didn't talk much, and others didn't pay attention.

Wei Ruolan relied on her superb internal skills, hearing and eyesight, she won the guessing game several times, and punished everyone with a lot of alcohol, and was immediately abandoned by everyone, and they did not fight against him anymore.Wei Ruolan grinned and didn't care, she poured the wine and ate it slowly, watching them blushing at each other, not half the demeanor of the children of the aristocratic family.

Someone asked Baoyu, "Brother Bao, I heard that you live in the Grand View Garden. The Grand View Garden of your family gathers the spirit of beauty from heaven and earth, and carved characters on stones. It is a romantic and elegant thing. When do you want us to go for a walk?"

Baoyu shook his head and said, "Brother, please forgive me. The Grand View Garden is now the residence of the sisters in the family. It is really difficult to receive guests." The Grand View Garden is elegant and refined. Be careful, too many people went in, and the Grand View Garden was stinky, and it was no fun for the sisters to live in it.

Baoyu couldn't help sighing again, the Xiao and Xiang halls are the cleanest and most elegant places, and Sister Lin refused to move in. Fortunately, the old lady and his wife were merciful, and they still asked people to tidy up and install utensils, so that Sister Lin would occasionally go to bed. live.

Coincidentally, Liu Xianglian brought the high-quality Huiquan wine over, and said, "Don't embarrass Baoyu, it's not that you don't know his family, how can he be a little master. If you really want to visit the garden, wait until next year It's snowing, we go to the plum garden outside the city, that's a place of dignity and elegance, buy a few jars of good wine, and eat hot pot around the red clay stove, it must be a day like a fairy."

The man took advantage of the situation and said: "Okay, next year I will be the host, and I invite everyone to enjoy plum blossoms and eat hot pot, or make some barbecue."

It became lively again.

Han Qi was tired, so he sat back to his original place, turned his head and asked Wei Ruolan, "I heard that your family is going to marry the Cheng family?"

Wei Ruolan's face changed color, and said: "Why did you say that?"

Feng Ziying, who was sitting on the other side of him, heard it, and said in surprise: "You don't know? Although not everyone in the capital knows about it, almost everyone in the capital knows about it. It's because of your succession that the whole city is full of trouble. Many people think that You are a wealthy son-in-law, and everyone who pays attention to you knows about it, and when they met Grandma Ling, she asked her, and Grandma Ling did not deny it."

Wei Ruolan frowned, and said coldly: "It's nothing, my mother didn't agree, and I didn't agree." He has been working in the palace, and he came to Liu's house after leaving the palace. He didn't know about it, but now Knowing that, I can't help but hate myself for being soft for a while.

Feng Ziying wondered: "So, is it wishful thinking of the Cheng family?"

Seeing Wei Ruolan nod his head, Feng Ziying laughed heartily, while Han Qi patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Good brother, I'm sorry for you, it's only been a long time since the succession, and this kind of thing happened, I'm afraid You're forced to do it." They were always young and energetic, and they were extremely dissatisfied with such things, especially Han Qi himself hadn't rejected the Shi family's marriage.

Wei Ruolan said indifferently: "They are not afraid of ruining their reputation. I am alone, and I am a man. What are you afraid of?" Anyway, Daiyu is not someone who judges people by reputation, so just ask the matchmaker to explain the reason.

Han Qi sighed: "You are better than me. You didn't invite the Iceman to ask for marriage, and you didn't perform three letters and six rituals. Anyway, I can't blame you."

Feng Ziying couldn't help looking past Wei Ruolan, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Did something happen to your marriage? Speaking of this, I was about to ask you, and many people must be wondering, shouldn't you ask after proposing marriage?" Are you named? Usually when people get engaged, when Na Cai asks Najib to salute together, this is the case with the Liu family, why is there no movement in your family?"

It is about Shi Xiangyun, Baoyu is busy distracted from the excitement, and listens attentively.

Wei Ruolan noticed this scene, and touched Han Qi with her elbow. Han Qi was reminded by him. After looking at Baoyu, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry. Everyone said that February is not a good day, and March is a single month. Jiaci wanted to find two months and two days, but May is too poisonous, so he chose the eighth day of June."

In fact, the Han family didn't think so at all, they just wanted to ask for their name earlier and resign because of incompatibility. However, Concubine Nan'an wholeheartedly protected Shi Xiangyun. Doing needlework quietly has already changed the past, let them give them some more time to take a good look at the benefits of school history Xiangyun.In desperation, the Marquis of Jinxiang fixed a date in June, planning to withdraw their marriage even if Shi Xiangyun changed his ways.

Feng Ziying nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Wei Ruolan smiled slightly when she thought of the news Li Minger had inquired about.

But Baoyu felt relieved after hearing these words, and saw Qin Zhong pick up the wine glass in front of him, and hurried over to persuade him to put it down.Qin Zhong's physique was timid and weak. Due to his affair with Zhizhi that year, he contracted a cold and suffered from one illness after another. He recovered recently and could not drink alcohol.

Wei Ruolan had something on her mind, so she bid farewell to Liu Xianglian before the banquet was over.

Liu Xianglian has heard the conversation between him and Han Qi and others. Liu Xianglian has always believed that the important things in life are related to the whole life. The family shouldn't be entangled, letting out such rumors, such behavior is really disgusting.

"You don't have to. If you have something to do, go back first. We'll meet again some other day." Liu Xianglian said bluntly, and didn't hold back.

Seeing Wei Ruolan leaving halfway, Jiang Hua thought about his own concerns, and then he also left, went out of the second door to catch up a few steps, and said repeatedly: "Brother Wei Shi, please stay."

Wei Ruolan turned her head to see him, was startled, and said, "Brother Jiang, what's the matter?"

Jiang Hua hesitated for a moment, not knowing what came to mind, and finally made up his mind, saying: "My younger brother never grew up in the capital, and I want to ask Shixiong some things. Today Shixiong is busy with home affairs, so I don't want to disturb you. I will be the host tomorrow, please Brother, how about showing your face?"

Wei Ruolan vaguely guessed something, and said with a smile: "It's nothing wrong, I'll wait for it tomorrow."

Jiang Hua was overjoyed, with a clearly visible smile on his face.

After waving goodbye, Wei Ruolan rode back to the house without going anywhere else, and heard that Cheng Wanzhi was not in Wei's mother's room, so she went to the room to greet Wei's mother, Wei's mother had lunch, and said with a smile: " Where did you drink? You smell of alcohol, go take a shower and change your clothes, come and talk." Then he ordered Jixiang to bring hangover tea.

Wei Ruolan said: "Don't be busy, grandma, my grandson has heard some gossip outside, I wonder if grandma knows?"

Mother Wei's heart moved, the smile on her face faded, and she sighed: "Brother Lang, you are young and ignorant, and grandma is doing it for your own good, so settle down early so that those with evil intentions will not stare at you. Those young ladies don't know the truth , I don’t know your temperament, or some dignitaries want to recruit you as a son-in-law, do you agree or not? To refuse is to offend someone and affect your future. If you don’t refuse, what if you marry an arrogant and domineering lady? It’s better to decide earlier Come down and do your job safely and securely."

Before Wei Ruolan could refute, Wei's mother continued to praise Cheng Wanzhi's character, saying: "It's not that I praised her, she is really good, I feel a little uncomfortable, she serves soup and medicine day and night, what I see every day How can Miss Qianjin have such a stable and peaceful child? When you get married, you will be able to live in peace and beauty."

Wei Ruolan said: "No matter how good it is, it's someone else's blessing, it has nothing to do with grandson. Grandmother doesn't have to worry about grandson, grandson knows it well. When my former son was on an errand, His Majesty said that he would personally marry grandson in the future."

This matter is true, not his lies.He made his grandmother sad because he didn't want to be married to the Cheng family, so he went to the palace to avoid him. Emperor Changtai laughed at him for a while, and finally said that if someone ignored him like his grandmother and continued to use him If his marriage is causing trouble, let him tell those people that he will marry him in the future.Originally, he didn't want to use these words to return to his grandmother, so as not to hurt her heart, but the grandmother wanted to force the marriage regardless of his own wishes, so he had to say it.

Wei's mother was taken aback, and lost her voice, "It's very outrageous for the sage to promise you the right of marriage autonomy, how can you care so much about your marriage?" She was a little surprised at the favor her grandson received.

Immediately, Mother Wei began to worry.

Although the reasons for Wei Bo's succession to Wei Ruolan were high-sounding, Wei's mother knew that the so-called second uncle Wei's rumor that Wei Ruolan was in favor of Wei Ruolan was purely false, and she did not punish him.If Wei Ruolan harbors dissatisfaction with Wei Bo, he is favored by Emperor Changtai, and if he confesses a little bit, won't it affect Wei Bo's promotion in the future?After the death of the old man, Wei Bo is not as good as before after Ding You recovered.

Seeing her grandmother's worried look, Wei Ruolan was puzzled at first, then thought of her uncle who was above her in her grandmother's mind, secretly sneered, bowed her head and said: "Your Majesty saw that I was restless when I was on duty, that's why I said that."

Mother Wei let out a long sigh and said nothing more.

The next day, Wei Ruolan heard that Mother Wei had sent Cheng Wanzhi home.

When Cheng Wanzhi returned home, the rumors did not dissipate. Others only said that the two families were about to get married, so Cheng Wanzhi went home to be married, and Wei's mother could not tell people that the two families would not get married, so she had to let it go.In order to achieve their goal, the Cheng family had already resorted to all means, and when they learned that Wei's mother said that the marriage was not successful, they were furious and had no intention of explaining to others. So that Wei Ruolan agreed out of helplessness.

The Cheng family didn't care about their daughter's reputation, Cheng Wanzhi knew it was wrong and still obeyed, Wei Ruolan as an outsider naturally didn't have that kind of compassion, after sneering, she ignored it and went to Jiang Hua's banquet.

Jiang Hua held a banquet at home, and Wei Ruolan came to visit, so he had to visit the old lady and Mrs. Jiang.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed to be waiting for Wei Ruolan's arrival, and they were very affectionate when they saw him. The daughter became a queen, Mrs. Jiang is now a first-class wife, and even held Wei Ruolan's hand, admiring After waiting for a long time, he smiled and said to his daughter-in-law: "Such a good boy, what is rare is that he has the ability to shoot arrows at tigers and black bears. He can compare with our family's Hua'er in no time."

Mrs. Jiang nodded in agreement, and told Jiang Hua: "Don't just focus on reading and practicing calligraphy, so that you can imitate Lang Geer and have both civil and military skills."

Jiang Hua responded with a smile, and pulled Wei Ruolan into the hall.

Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang both ordered the servant girls to take good care of them, and told them to eat less alcohol.

He waved his hands and told the maids and servants around to push them down, Jiang Hua cut to the point and said, "I specially invited Brother Shi to come here today, for no reason, Brother Shi must be wondering?"

Wei Ruolan smiled and said, "Indeed."

Jiang Hua sighed, and said: "Actually, it's not for other things, but I just want to ask Brother Shi. Recently, Brother Shi often works in the palace and walks in front of the imperial court. He must be well aware of the affairs in the palace. How is the empress? The head of the palace It's so strict that outsiders don't know any news from inside, and my younger brother and grandparents can't help but miss your mother."

It is probably because Emperor Changtai liked to listen to the secret affairs of various houses and palaces, and he managed his palaces and palaces so tightly that no news was spread, including the temperament and behavior of the concubines in the palace.Others said that the empress was alienated from her natal family because everyone knew that when she was a concubine, she never walked around with her natal family except to send people to give gifts or meet at palace banquets. During the [-]th period, the request to enter the palace to pay respects was also rejected.

Regarding the fact that the concubine went home to visit relatives and allowed the family members of Jiaofang to enter the palace every February and Sixth, Emperor Changtai actually regretted making this decree, thinking that the concubine would definitely tell the secrets of the palace to her family in secret.Sure enough, the concubine informed her natal family of the details of the palace, and every time her natal family came into the palace to bring news from outside the palace, she hated Emperor Changtai to cancel this decree of grace, but the queen stopped it in time.

Wei Ruolan knew very well that he had to be cautious in his words and deeds when walking in front of the imperial court, and he could not reveal the details of the palace at will. Besides, he didn't know the reason why the empress was estranged from her natal family, so after hearing these words, she smiled and said, "It's not okay to walk in front of the imperial court." Stepping half a step into the harem, this is the rule, I don't know anything about the harem. However, brother Jiang, don't worry, the Holy One is kind and generous, the empress and mother are respectful to the world, everything is fine."

Jiang Hua returned without success, Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang sighed at the same time after learning about it.

They had also privately inquired about the palace news from other concubines' natal families. They all said that the empress was pampered in the palace, but they didn't believe it. How many words of those concubines were true or false?I'm afraid I'm watching their jokes and telling some fake news.Besides, the queen has never been favored by the empress dowager. The former concubine was promoted to the empress dowager, and one person is below ten thousand. How could one not find the empress' bad luck?Maybe the queen is suffering in the palace.

Mrs. Jiang suddenly said: "I remember the old lady said that the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion, County Mistress Jingxiao, lived in the Empress Palace for a few days, and she will find a reason to visit the Rongguo Mansion tomorrow, and ask her after seeing her. Presumably , County Lord Jingxiao will not be as strict as Lang Geer."

Mrs. Jiang's eyes lit up, and then she shook her head and said: "Forget it, why should our family visit their house? But your method is very good. Starting with the county magistrate Jingxiao, you will definitely know the situation of your empress. It's a pity Well, she hasn't given her filial piety yet, and the girls in Rongguo Mansion don't like to go out to socialize, so they won't see her for a while."

Jiang Hua said: "I hit it off with Baoyu from their family. I will find him another day and ask him to remind the housekeeper's wife that it's time for the sisters to make some close friends in the boudoir. When the time comes, I will ask for a post for the flower viewing banquet. Call me sister." go there."

Mrs. Jiang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law applauded, and hurriedly ordered him to persuade Baoyu to do this.