Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

The death of Jin Chuaner triggered a series of events.

First, Baochai gave the clothes, and the words made people tremble, and then Baoyu hid the whereabouts of Qiguan Jiang Yuhan, so that the official historian of Zhongshun Wangfu came to the door. Informing Jin Chuan'er that he committed suicide by jumping into a well because of Baoyu's suicide attempt, Jia Zheng was furious, and hated Baoyu for provoking Zhongshun's palace to harm his parents, so he beat Baoyu firmly. I'm afraid that Baoyu will be killed on the spot.

Baoyu was beaten, Baochai delivered medicine, Yuchuaner tasted soup, Yinger made friends and so on appeared one after another. Although Sister Feng didn't care about the house, she occasionally interspersed with it. Merry.

Every time Daiyu thinks about the death of Jin Chuan'er, she feels bored in her heart. A girl like a flower just died away like this, proving her innocence by death.Although her death was caused by her own frivolity, how could it not be because of Baoyu's escape, Mrs. Wang's anger, and everyone's ridicule?I don't know how Baoyu leaked Jiang Yuhan's hiding place, and what happened to Jiang Yuhan who fell into the hands of Prince Zhongshun.

Therefore, except for visiting Baoyu once or twice with Jiamu and others, Daiyu only stayed in her room to avoid the heat.

Baoyu was like a day, and he didn't see him taking the past to heart, and because Jia Mu let go of it, and didn't ask Jia Zheng to come to him when meeting guests and seeing people and everything, he became more and more willful, and spent every day in the garden. Wandering, willing to serve as a servant girl, even the morning and evening Dingxing follow his will, only go to Jiamu and Mrs. Wang once a day and then go back.

Daiyu lived in Jiamu's Courtyard, but she gained a lot of cleanliness. As for how Baochai's generation persuaded Baoyu to make a name for herself, and how she was ridiculed by Baoyu, she pretended not to know. The nun read the scriptures to Jin Chuan'er for a few days.

At this moment, she understood what the queen said, and got a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of Mrs. Wang's ruthlessness.

The queen's Qianqiu is May 26. Because she is considerate of Emperor Changtai, she didn't intend to hold the Qianqiu Festival. She only received birthday gifts from filial piety everywhere, and the families of dignitaries and dignitaries gave gifts in advance.Daiyu thought about the abundance of flowers and trees in the Queen's Palace, and the mosquitoes disturbing people in summer, so she started making sachets a long time ago, and it took two months.

The queen was discussing with Emperor Changtai to convert the birthday gift received into money to relieve the flood in the south.

Emperor Changtai shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's not to the point of selling your birthday gifts. What's more, in the past two years to build water conservancy projects, I have sent three groups of confidantes to supervise each other. No one can covet the money. Many rivers and canals have been dredged. It is five or six points lighter than before. I know your heart, and if it really comes to the point where you have no money to help the disaster, I will naturally not refuse you."

After hearing this, the queen immediately smiled and said: "I wish so much. This time I got a lot of good things. I have everything I need. I can't use it all by myself. I'll pick a few good ones and give them to Miss Lin tomorrow."

Emperor Changtai couldn't help but said: "It's better for you to treat Jingxiao that girl."

The queen smiled and said: "She is a pleasant girl, and it is rare to take my temper. It's not that your majesty doesn't know what other people think of me. They all follow the rules and wish to carry their own shackles on their shoulders according to the words of the ancients. Seeing me live happily I was a little more relaxed, so I said that I was deviant, so boring. No one agrees with my ideas like Lin Yatou, who can accompany me to draw pictures and write poems with me, and her behavior is not as vulgar as those people .”

Then he took the two sachet bags that Madam Liu had just sent to the palace and looked at them with Emperor Changtai, and said, "Only Lin girl thought of the suffering I suffered in summer, and after a while she asked someone to get some spices to repel mosquitoes." Put it inside, and see if the mosquitoes still come to bite me."

Emperor Changtai took a look at her hands, and they really were two delicate sachets, remembering the gossip that everyone in Rongguo Mansion said that Daiyu didn't move horizontal needles and vertical needles, he sneered in his heart, saying this The people in the class didn't even think about it, how could Miss Qianjin take needlework as a serious business, praised her twice, and then said to the queen: "You are not a deviant, you are clearly indifferent to everything, and don't ask about everything. Yesterday, Mr. Jiang also asked me to let his wife and daughter-in-law lead the young grandson and others into the palace to celebrate your birthday."

The empress lowered her face, and said without hesitation: "No! No! No! I see what they are doing, all the girls don't think about serious things, and prefer some crooked ways!"

Emperor Changtai said: "It happened so many years ago, you still remember."

The queen sneered and said, "I remember it for 100 years, how many years is it?"

Emperor Changtai smiled and said: "If you really don't care, why would you beg me to summon your elder brother to Beijing?"

The queen said: "If you don't let him go to the capital, it won't work if you let him be used as a power in the Jiangnan area? Others don't know his skills, but they only know that he is my elder brother, and he is flattering everywhere. Do you want to do things? It’s also because he is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, he is a bookworm, he dare not do anything illegal, but he always tells his family not to show off his power.”

It turned out that it was the queen's intention to call Jiang Wei, the elder brother of the empress, to the capital, but it was the emperor Changtai's intention to reward him with a second-rank official position. Seeing that the second-rank official has a high position and authority, it is actually not the case. , just suitable for the idiot Jiang Wei.

Hearing the queen call the elder brother an idiot, Emperor Changtai couldn't help but smile.

The queen said again: "The others are hopeless. The old ones are cowardly, and the young ones are idiots. Brother Duhua is not bad, and his studies are excellent. It is worthwhile for the husband I sent to teach him with all his heart. It is age. He is a little younger, he always listens to his mother and his grandmother, and does some irrelevant things. His Majesty will reward him with grace tomorrow and tell him to go to the Imperial College to study earlier. It is best to leave early and return late, or stay in the Imperial College for a long time. , so as not to learn a bit of stinginess from the ladies at home, and even plan to spy on the palace and follow Lin girl's door. It's also because His Majesty doesn't care about them, but seriously cares about them, and see what benefits they have."

Emperor Changtai nodded and said: "Okay, I remember. Speaking of it, I also blame you. If you often see them, why are they worried about your situation in the palace and tried their best to find out?"

The queen said: "Why blame me? It's better to make them feel a little fearful, so as not to take advantage of the situation and do everything."

Emperor Changtai waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I know you've thought well." He was about to say something else to the queen, when Dai Quan came to report that all the medicinal materials and other things requested by the Supreme Emperor were gone. All ready, please see Emperor Changtai personally, and Emperor Changtai will go over.

After sending off to Emperor Changtai, the queen turned around and ordered people to put the spices prepared by the imperial hospital into sachets, one to hang in the tent and the other to wear with her, to repel mosquitoes, and to present the birthday gifts for herself to choose , Suddenly caught a glimpse of the golden peony tree sent by Jiang's family, the golden emerald is indescribable, the empress rubbed her forehead involuntarily, laughing and laughing.

There are two golden peony trees, each about four feet high. The branches are made of gold, and the leaves are carved from jasper. Yao Huang, or Wei Zi, or Ge Jin, or jade plates, are all exquisite and lifelike.

I don't know what they think, so that they can show the wealth of Cheng'en Gongfu?

The queen looked at it, and ordered the eunuch to say: "Return to Your Majesty in a while, and ask someone to find a way to slightly modify the two trees, and sell them to those who are often proud of fighting for wealth, and the money they get will help the people. In my place, it takes up space for nothing."

The eunuch obeyed and carried it down.

The queen shook her head and sighed, and the words of her grandmother who was sick in bed before leaving the pavilion were still in her ears: "As the saying goes: when the moon is full, it will lose, and when the water is full, it will overflow. There is no prosperity for a hundred years in the world, only the four-character path of prosperity and decline is desolate. The reason why Ping was chosen to marry into the royal family is because your grandfather was a hero who founded the country, held great power, and had great authority. Our family is extremely honorable at this time, and there is no need to go further. You must know that the way of mediocrity can be stable, and you must not let your father and brother mix in. The battle for succession, whether successful or not, is rarely peaceful. Your father is useless, and your brother is timid. He only knows how to read, but he doesn't know how to take responsibility. Once your grandfather passes away, the family status will definitely decline. Someone will use your father and brother to take over your grandfather. Old Ministry, remember to take precautions. At the beginning, I was afraid that your father and brother would be oppressed by your wife, so you chose your mother and your sister-in-law as wives. Although they are good housekeepers, they are short-sighted and stupid. He will do things that will harm the family. For a family like ours, three generations of rich men are enough to produce a sensible and sensible talent, enough to last the family for another hundred years. You can choose a good nephew to teach with your heart, abandon the uselessness of your father and brother, and let go of your mother My sister-in-law is so stupid, she takes on the great task of revitalizing the lintel."

She has been adhering to her grandmother's teachings since she was a child, and she knows her grandmother's thoughts well, especially after referring to the marriage, her sick and disfigured grandmother insisted on teaching her how to be a royal daughter-in-law without any harm.

Not long after getting married, her grandparents passed away one after the other. Still in Ding You, someone wanted to use her incompetent father and brother to form a clique for personal gain, and wanted to take over the old department. Fortunately, Emperor Changtai often inquired about these news. She knew it early, and borrowed from Emperor Changtai After the father and brother became filial piety, the father inherited the grandfather's title without any real shortage, and sent the eldest brother to Jiangnan to be an honorable official without real power.

Even so, the mother-in-law still took advantage of the power of the emperor's relatives to be flattered by others, and she was so carried away that she didn't know how to restrain herself.But every time her father and son died, her mother-in-law was instigated by others, and she came up with the idea of ​​sending her clan sister to the palace to be a side concubine. She fancifully thought that the child born to her clan sister could be recorded in her own name and had nothing to do with her own child. different.I hate that she broke off contact with her natal family with excuses, and without her protection, she was as timid as her mother-in-law and died immediately, and then she placed a few confidantes beside her mother-in-law to prevent the two of them from doing unreasonable things again.

Now, father, brother, mother and sister-in-law don't know their situation in the palace, they have concerns and dare not act recklessly, if they know that although they have no children, they are only trusted by Emperor Changtai, they may start to stir up trouble again.Therefore, it is better not to see them, and let them listen to the words of their confidantes, thinking that they are in a bad situation in the palace.

Emperor Tai understood the queen's painstaking efforts, and appreciated the queen's knowledge and interest. In addition, he didn't have to be afraid of such relatives, so he helped the queen many times, so that the Jiang family would not be used repeatedly.

Not long after Emperor Changtai ascended the throne, several of the princes had grown up. They replayed the scene when they were princes, each of them wooed the courtiers and cultivated their power secretly. Several princes felt that Emperor Changtai trusted the queen. In order to win the favor of the queen, they decided to Starting from the Jiang family, the queen's ten-year-old niece, Jiang Hua's younger sister, Jiang Rong, had already been targeted by several princes.

Hearing that the queen ordered someone to modify the golden peony tree, Emperor Changtai waved his hand and asked someone to take care of it.

Wei Ruolan was also surprised, and then burst out laughing, she never expected that the huge Cheng'en manor would act so simply, and there was a burst of new glory everywhere, looking at Jiang Hua, it doesn't look like this people.

Emperor Changtai said: "Ruolan, how about I find you an apprentice?"

Wei Ruolan was puzzled, before she opened her mouth, she heard Emperor Changtai say again: "The queen's nephew, Jiang Hua, is a few years younger than you, although occasionally there are ridiculous words and deeds, most of them are misunderstood by the elders, it is better to study He has a pure heart, but there are some things that he doesn't know how to do. His family is an honorable family, but Cheng Engong and his son are blindly studying, and have lost their courage. You can teach Jiang Hua some martial arts, and don't ask him to shoot tigers and black bears. At least in a few years, I can be a Dragon Forbidden Captain."

Could it be that Emperor Changtai intended Jiang Hua to work in front of the imperial court?Or intend to promote him?Thinking of this, Wei Ruolan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty values ​​my martial arts, I should do my best."

Emperor Changtai smiled and said: "Your martial arts are also secret, I don't intend to let you teach them all, just teach him one hand."

Wei Ruolan heard this, and said: "The martial arts of this minister is indeed a secret. Perhaps this minister is uniquely blessed to be able to practice one by one, and he has advanced rapidly. However, even though it is a secret, there is no need to cherish it with a broom. Martial arts are extensive and profound, covering everything, and if you give out a few kung fu to others, they will learn one by themselves, and they will never be able to use it for a lifetime."

Then he said with a smile: "The kung fu of this dynasty is all outside the sect, but what I have learned is both internal and external. The internal kung fu is profound, and the strength will grow, and the external kung fu will follow by leaps and bounds. If your majesty agrees, I will teach a few hands to the guards in front of your majesty." And the lieutenant generals are also fine."

The guards practicing kung fu can protect the safety of Emperor Taidi, and the soldiers practicing kung fu can kill the enemy army on the battlefield and reduce casualties.

Wei Ruolan has been thinking about this matter for a long time, but there is no suitable reason to speak up. Today, when Emperor Changtai mentioned that he would accept Jiang Hua as an apprentice, she couldn't help but reveal her thoughts and show her loyalty.

Emperor Changtai was startled, and then sighed: "If everyone has your loyalty to the country and the people, what do I worry about?"

Accepting Wei Ruolan's loyalty calmly, Emperor Changtai immediately ordered twelve youngsters to be handed over to Wei Ruolan, who will temporarily live in Wei Ruolan and practice martial arts with him in the house outside Wei Bo's mansion.

These 12 people are neither Long Jinwei, nor children of some aristocratic family, but a group of orphans.Emperor Changtai felt sympathetic before he ascended the throne, and ordered his confidants to set up a health care hall, which actually adopted many male and female orphans and taught them some skills to support their families. Girls learned needlework and boys learned crafts. Got a few words.Those who are willing to stay stay in the Yangsheng Tang to adopt and take care of other orphans, and those who do not want to stay arrange their own marriages, and their lives and deaths will be in peace.

Today, there are more than a hundred orphans who have grown up in the Yangshengtang. They are grateful for the kindness of Emperor Changtai and are unwilling to leave the Yangshengtang. Instead, they take care of the young orphans as their own responsibility.

These 12 people are orphans who don't want to leave, all of them are extremely intelligent, and they are all between 13 and 16 years old. Loyal and loyal, they were all very happy when they heard that the steward of Yangsheng Tang said that they had found a master for them so that they could be loyal to their master in the future.

In this way, Wei Ruolan was on duty in the palace for seven days, and the seven days of Huo Mu were used to teach these youngsters.

Under the order of the steward of Yangshengtang, these 12 people all worship Wei Ruolan as their teacher.

Emperor Changtai said to Jiang Gong again: "Wei Ruolan next to me is extraordinary in martial arts. Ordinary people can't get his advice. I see that Brother Hua has extraordinary bones. If he can worship Wei Ruolan as his teacher and learn martial arts, his future will be better. It would be nice to be a bodyguard by my side."

Jiang Gong didn't know the reason, only Taoist Emperor Tai wanted to reuse his grandson, so he hurriedly escorted Jiang Hua to learn art from a teacher.

Today is the second day of Wei Ruolan's rest, and Wei Ruolan has accepted twelve apprentices yesterday, so she smiled and said to Jiang Hua who kowtowed and served tea: "From now on, Brother Hua, you will be my No.13 I am an introductory disciple. According to your roots, I will definitely teach you the best kung fu, although it will not be possible to defeat a hundred, but ten people will definitely beat you."

Jiang Hua was escorted by his grandfather inexplicably, and worshiped Wei Ruolan, who was only a few years older than him and whom he called his elder brother last time, as his teacher. After Wei Ruolan smashed the teacup on the coffee table with a slap in the air, he opened his mouth wide and touched the smashed teacup. It was finer than the powder used by his mother. He was shocked at first, then admired, and finally overjoyed. Beside Wei Ruolan, said attentively: "Student must practice hard."

Jiang Gong also saw Wei Ruolan's kung fu, secretly thought that the Holy Master really wanted to praise his family, otherwise how could Jiang Hua have such a powerful figure as his teacher?Thinking of this, Jiang Gong went home and told his wife and daughter-in-law the good news.

Not to mention how happy Cheng Engong's mansion was, nor how the noble families in the capital were very puzzled when they heard about Wei Ruolan's acceptance of apprentices, but just to say that after the Qianqiu Festival, the queen picked a few useful things from the birthday gift to send the eunuchs away Sending it to Daiyu, the people in Rongguo Mansion looked at Daiyu with even more awe, and couldn't help flattering her.

Daiyu took an excuse to rest, and finally sent the servant girl who kept coming to the room to flatter her, to read a book on the couch.

Mrs. Pianwang dismissed Xiren from Jiamu's room because of her ex-son Xiren's confession, which was shocking and loving, and she chose another maid to give to Jiamu, but took out two taels of silver from her 20-month-old case. A sling of money is given to Xiren, and it is said that if there are two aunts, Zhou and Zhao, there will be Xiren, all of which come from her monthly record, openly acquiescing that Xiren is the identity of Baoyu's aunt, and Baoyu is young and messy. Wait for two or three years, and put your face in the room openly and squarely.

After Shi Xiangyun learned about it, he came to ask Daiyu to congratulate Xiren.

Daiyu hated attacking people when they were eleven or twelve years old and had an affair with Baoyu who was only ten years old. Hearing this, she shook her head and said, "It's hot, what does it have to do with me if I don't go? Go alone."

Xiangyun stared at her blankly for a long while, recalling that she had never heard of Baoyu and Daiyu being a couple recently, she thought for a while, and went out of the East Wing to the Grand View Garden under the scorching sun. After entering the Yihong Courtyard, he didn't want to be silent in the courtyard, and there was no one. He went to the West Wing to look for the attacker, so Xiangyun went to Baoyu's room.

Just stepped into the room, and saw Baoyu wearing a silver-red gauze shirt, lying casually on the bed, the gauze quilt was not neat, but Baochai was sitting beside Baoyu, bowing her head and doing needlework, Xiangyun was stunned.

Just when Xiangyun was about to laugh, he suddenly remembered that Baochai had been kind to her in the past, so he squeezed his mouth and went out quietly, looking for Xiren. Sure enough, he saw Xiren washing clothes by the pool, and said with a smile: "good sister I came to you in the middle of the day, but I didn't realize that you were doing laundry here. My wife has already told you to go down. In the future, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou will give you two taels of silver from the monthly bill, and you will have it too. Now it’s not as good as before, where there’s no need to wash clothes by yourself, just order a little girl around.”

Xiren blushed, and said: "Miss, what are you doing with these indecent words to me?"

Xiangyun laughed again, and said: "It's not serious, it's a good thing, a happy event, I'm here to congratulate you. My wife loves you, so I know your benefits, and I hope you will serve my second brother for a long time!"

Xiren was happy in his heart, but on his face, he kept his head down and said nothing.

Xiangyun said: "When I gave you the ring a while ago, you said that a pair of shoes had a padded core. It's not good on your body and asked me to do it. Why didn't I see you send it to me later?" Because the fan bag made for Baoyu earlier was intact. No loss, Xiangyun did not refuse the job that Xiren gave, even though he knew that the shoes belonged to Baoyu, not Xiren.

The attacker hurriedly said: "Thanks to Miss Bao, I know that the girl has no choice but to do it in that mansion. I have already given the shoes to Miss Bao and asked her to do it, so I will not bother you. I heard from Miss Bao that she is so busy every day. In the middle of the night, I do a little bit for others, but grandma and wives don’t use it, and my heart suddenly hurts, and it’s because I’m stupid and ignorant. If I knew this, I wouldn’t bother the girl to do it.”

Xiangyun was stunned, and then said with red eyes: "I often say that Sister Bao is good, but some people don't think so."

In a few days, it was almost June, and the Shijia came to pick her up, and she left with tears in her eyes, not wanting that the Rongguo Mansion would suddenly get the news that Han Qi and Shi Xiangyun were incompatible, and the marriage would be unsustainable.