Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, the two mansions took on a new look. The main gate of Ningguo Mansion was opened. Jia Mu took the descendants of the Jia family to Ningguo Mansion to worship their ancestors. As a goddaughter, you can go to worship the ancestors with Yingchun and other sisters, so you can sacrifice to your parents privately in the room, make dishes, rice and soup with your own hands, and then burn incense and worship.

The Lin family had no heirs, and Daiyu presented her parents as a boy's rite, which made people look sad.

After the ceremony, Daiyu went back to her bedroom to change her clothes. When she came out, Madam Liu and the others had already tidied up the outside room. They saw that she was wearing a half-worn silver-red sand fox fur short jacket, and a red silk ermine skirt with a pair of ermine skirts on top. A small mutton fat white jade ring that is as smooth as fat.

Baochai came in and saw it, and said, "I remember this was given to Baoyu by my aunt before she left Beijing. They are a pair of one big and one small, and they are very valuable. Girl Feng was jealous when she saw it. I heard from Xiren I just took it back and then I couldn’t find it, it turned out that the precious jade was given to my sister, and my sister’s icy skin and jade bones made the jade ring look even more beautiful, I don’t think anyone else is worthy of it.”

Daiyu was stunned when she heard the word "one pair", Wei Ruolan knew that Baoyu gave her a pair of jade rings, but Daiyu didn't know, because there were so many people in the mansion, it was a good thing and it was not spread out. alright.

Daiyu is so clever, and knows Baoyu well, so she soon knows the whereabouts of that jade ring.

She smiled lightly and said, "I see."

After changing the subject, he said: "It's very lively everywhere today, why didn't my sister accompany my aunt?"

Baochai sighed: "My brother is not at home, my mother and I don't have much fun, her old man is worried that my brother will make trouble outside, I persuaded her for half a day to get better, now that Xiangling is with her, I will go out for a walk. Unexpectedly, although the garden is as bright as day, there are many fewer people, and I feel quite lonely, so I came to visit my sister's room."

Daiyu wanted to ask her why she didn't go to see Shi Xiangyun, but then she thought that although the two of them were sisters on the surface, they were in conflict underneath. It's time for the wives and sisters to come back."

Jia's mother is getting old and doesn't like to go out, and she doesn't even go to Ningguo Mansion much, just sitting for a while is enough.

Sure enough, it was not long before I heard that Jia Mu and others had returned, and all the grandchildren and grandchildren went to salute. Daiyu and Baochai went late. On the contrary, they got a lot of money for the new year, purses, gold and silver locks, etc. It is worth mentioning that among the sisters, Du Baoyu's income can be compared with that of Daiyu.

As Baoyu collected it, taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, she quietly stuffed small gold zippers into sleeve pockets, purses, and boots before handing them over to the attacker. Maybe Daiyu saw it, couldn't help smiling, and turned her head to pretend that she didn't. See.

After everyone dispersed, the two of them were still talking and laughing, as if they were not affected in any way.

When Xichun saw it, she sneered in her heart. When she was bored, she pulled Daiyu's skirt, and the two sisters hid behind the green gauze cabinet and talked together. Ying'er, the big maid next to Sister Erbao, has recognized a godmother, and they are very close friends, sister guess who it is?"

Daiyu hadn't heard the news yet, so she pondered for a moment and said, "Whose mother is Baoyu?"

Xichun was stunned, then smiled and said: "It's true that the heart is more sensitive than Gan, and my sister guessed it. She is the mother of Mingyan, the number one confidant around Baoyu, and she recognized her god-in-law seriously. Why did my sister think of it?" People around Baoyu?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Other than that, who is worthy of Yinger's marriage?" Don't worry, which maid beside Mrs. Wang hasn't worn Baochai's old clothes?If what I expected was right, Aunt Xue and Baochai would have to please Mrs. Xing sooner or later, and when all the superiors and subordinates were on their side, the golden and jade marriage would come to fruition.But these were all speculations in her mind, and she didn't tell Xichun.

Xichun nodded and sighed, and said quietly: "It's true that people don't know what to say. What's the point of going on like this? No matter how people around you agree, it's not as good as getting Baoyu's heart."

When Jiamu called over there, she quickly covered her mouth and came out with Daiyu.

On the next day, at five drums, Jia Mu and others made up according to their grades, entered the palace to congratulate them, and celebrated Yuanchun and Qianqiu.

Daiyu also accompanied her. This was the first time she showed up at the palace banquet after she was conferred. She was wearing a heavy and elegant county lord's crown, but she couldn't hide the coquettishness of Jiangnan's daughter. First, she greeted the empress dowager like everyone else, and then It is to kneel down to worship the queen, followed by the imperial concubine.But the empress felt sorry for her, and left her to ask questions, but did not follow the crowd to salute the imperial concubine.

Because Lin Ruhai was still there, Emperor Changtai gave Daiyu two more dishes during the banquet. Needless to say, the empress, after the banquet, the empress dowager and concubines all rewarded a lot of purses, cakes, gold and silver. The son and other things are given to Daiyu.

After that, banquets and operas were held every day in the palace, and the queen announced Daiyu to enter the palace every day, and recognized many princesses, princesses, princesses, etc.

The Lantern Festival of the Lantern Festival began on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year and lasted for half a month. As in previous years, there were lantern riddles hanging on each lantern. The Queen and Daiyu looked at them one by one. Luck.Probably because last year Emperor Changtai felt that Daiyu's lottery was good, this year's lottery only has a few elegant things, and the rest are gold and silver things.

Daiyu was very funny when she saw her.

The Shangyuan Festival is only at night, because the old concubine is not in good health, so there is no family visit this year, the lantern banquet is over, and all the concubines are gone.The queen ordered someone to hold the prize, and went back to her palace with Daiyu contentedly. While having tea, Dai Quan suddenly personally sent a very delicate mandarin duck lantern with lantern riddles on it, respectfully asking the queen and Daiyu to solve the riddles.

The queen looked at the handwriting on it, and said she couldn't guess it, but in fact she already guessed it, because the lantern riddle was written by Wei Ruolan, she had seen it in Emperor Changtai's study, so she read it and asked Daiyu to guess it.

Daiyu said without hesitation, "It's a mandarin duck."

The queen laughed and said, "Good guess, they are a pair of mandarin ducks made in heaven."

Dai Quan stood by and laughed.

Daiyu didn't understand what it meant, so she looked intently at the lantern riddles and recognized Wei Ruolan's handwriting. She blushed and stamped her feet, "Your Majesty is also here to make fun of you, so I won't play riddles with you anymore." Baoyu also took Wei Ruolan's handwriting Lan's article was shown to Daiyu, so that Daiyu could understand Wei Ruolan better, so she recognized Wei Ruolan at a glance.

The queen took her hand and said with a smile: "That's not good, I still expect you to accompany me to win all the prizes, so that I can do good deeds by offering flowers to Buddha." Turning to ask Dai Quan where the prize of this lantern is.

Dai Quan smiled and offered it with both hands, but it was a pair of lifelike porcelain mandarin ducks, which can be used as paperweights.

The queen held it in her hand and glanced at it for a while, then handed it to Daiyu and said, "It's a delicate thing. You like to write and paint, so it's just right for you."

Holding the smooth and unique porcelain mandarin duck, Daiyu bowed her head and said nothing, and suddenly heard Dai Quan say again: "The master said that the palace is boring, so he wants to dress up in disguise, go out of the palace to visit the lantern market outside, have fun with the people, and ask the empress Do you want to go with the girl? If you want, please change your clothes and go out quietly through the back door after a while."

The queen was overjoyed, and spat: "You old man didn't say it earlier, how much time did you delay? Go back and tell Your Majesty, let's go together." Busily dragged Daiyu into the inner room to change clothes, still wearing brocade clothes and jade belts, but not revealing her identity.

While changing her clothes, Daiyu asked, "Can I go out of the palace too? Except for going to temples and Taoist temples, I have never gone out before."

The queen turned to look at her and said, "Why not? When I was young in the boudoir, I looked forward to the Lantern Festival the most. Every year on the Lantern Festival, a group of sisters go out together, or play, or enjoy lanterns, just like flying The bird that got out of the golden silk cage was so happy that it didn't know what to do. After entering the palace, there was no such opportunity. It's rare for His Majesty to suggest that we live so stubbornly all night. You don't have to go back to Jia's house at night, come back with me Rest in the palace, come back tomorrow."

Daiyu was very happy when she heard this.She was confined in the gate of the house for more than ten years, and she wanted to go out for a long time.

The queen only brought a few nuns and no maids, and Emperor Changtai only brought a few eunuchs, and Wei Ruolan was the only guard.Of course, Emperor Changtai, as the king of a country, could not risk his life. After they left the palace, there would naturally be people who had been arranged earlier in the crowd, but they never followed them, lest people would feel uncomfortable Like ordinary people.

Seeing Emperor Changtai for the first time, Daiyu almost laughed out loud. She knew that Emperor Changtai loved to dress up all kinds of characters. The appearance of the red-bearded Ruqiu pretending to be a traveler still feels strange.

Emperor Changtai pressed the long knife at his waist, and said triumphantly to the queen: "How is it? Does it look like that bearded man?"

The queen nodded and said, "It's kind of like it."

When they were talking, Daiyu's eyes met Wei Ruolan who was following Emperor Changtai, her cheeks were blushing.Emperor Changtai dressed up as a bearded man, and Wei Ruolan followed suit as a knight. In such a cold weather, he only wore a rose-purple cocoon silk robe and wore a Longquan sword on his waist.

After finally seeing Daiyu, Wei Ruolan put one hand on the sword, her eyes were full of joy.

Suddenly seeing Wei Ruolan wearing a white jade ring around her waist, seeing that the style was the same as her own, only the size was different, Daiyu thought of Baochai's words that she was wearing it today, and couldn't help but feel so ashamed that she had nowhere to put her hands and feet .

The sedan chair approached, and waited for the emperor Tai and the queen to get on first, and then Daiyu hurriedly boarded them.

Wei Ruolan wanted to get rid of the eunuch who was driving Daiyu and drive the car herself, but he was in an important position, so Emperor Changtai was the master, so he sat in Emperor Changtai's car and acted as a coachman, and drove the horse out of the palace through the back door .

The lantern market is as bright as daytime, and there are many tourists. Its magnificence can be described as unprecedented. Many young men and women in gorgeous clothes can be seen walking together everywhere, as if there is no usual taboo.Daiyu was wrapped in a cloak of fox fur, a Zhaojun suit, a wind collar, and a silk scarf covering her face, only revealing a pair of eyes that were still shining under the light of the lantern and the moon, and the eyes were full of novelty.

Emperor Changtai and the empress walked in front hand in hand, Daiyu and Wei Ruolan were behind, Wei Ruolan glanced at her sideways, and said softly: "This has been the case for the past years of the Shangyuan Festival, even a daughter of a wealthy family can do it. Go out and play."

What Wei Ruolan didn't say was that many young men and women got married from the Lantern Festival.

Daiyu lowered her head and hummed lightly.

The queen turned her head to see the pair of Bi people, turned her head and said to Emperor Changtai: "Let's go farther and let them talk freely. We only see each other like this once a year. Seeing this scene, I think of you and me." , I also played in Chang'an City back then."

Emperor Changtai smiled and quickened his pace, and all the mothers and eunuchs followed behind, except Liu mother and He mother.

They are so considerate, how could Wei Ruolan, who has eyes and ears, miss them?Immediately slowed down, Daiyu lowered her head and didn't notice it, she fell behind a lot in a short time, and there were so many people in Dengshi, the Emperor Changtai and the Empress disappeared without seeing her, she was anxious, and blurted out: "I can't see you." What's wrong with this?"

Wei Ruolan comforted: "Young lady, don't worry, I've already arranged someone to follow you." The eunuchs who followed Emperor Changtai all had kung fu, and they themselves taught some advanced martial arts. Carries improved firearms.

After hearing this, Daiyu was slightly relieved and remained silent.

Since it was a lantern festival, all kinds of lanterns were hung on the left and right sides of the road, some were unique and some were rough, which was very interesting, and Daiyu couldn't take her eyes off her eyes.

Wei Ruolan bought a lantern and handed it to Daiyu, she said with a smile: "There are often wealthy families setting up a fight for the rich, let's go and see."

Daiyu's eyes lit up and she agreed.

She loves to show off geniuses, and she also wants to see how the folks fight for wealth.

Because there are so many tourists, it is difficult to move, but under the careful protection of Wei Ruolan, Daiyu walks very easily, Liu Nanny and He Nanny are far behind, Daiyu thought of the incomprehensible things in her heart, He said coldly: "That year in Yangzhou, did the young master send a manuscript to my late father? In the manuscript, there are records of the alliance between wood and stone, the marriage of gold and jade, as well as burial poems, peach blossom trips, etc."

Wei Ruolan blurted out: "How did the girl know that I had given the manuscript of Dream of the Red Chamber to my father-in-law?" Then he patted his forehead, with an annoyed expression on his face, he clearly remembered that Lin Ruhai burned the manuscript, but he was afraid that Daiyu would be overwhelmed if he found out.

Daiyu raised her head and said softly: "It's really you. I was thinking that no one else has come to my house except you."

Wei Ruolan asked: "Why did the girl say that?"

Daiyu said quietly: "I saw some fragments of the manuscript that my father did not burn, but I didn't understand it at the time. Later, when the things recorded on it happened one by one, I felt strange. I kept it in my heart for a long time, but I still haven't understood it. Solution. Dare I ask my lord, is that book called Dream of the Red Chamber? Why do you remember things that haven’t happened yet? Could it be that there are strange people who can know the events before and after?”

Wei Ruolan sighed and said, "It will be a while, I don't know where to start."

Daiyu said in a low voice: "But I want to find out, and I don't want to live my whole life in a daze. I think I should know who's fate was changed when those manuscripts were in the hands of my late father. Are the sisters in the manuscripts?" They are all in the Bo Ming Division."

Wei Ruolan said: "I think the girl saw Bo Mingsi's verdict in the illusionary realm."

Daiyu was stunned, and then said: "Young Master, how do you know? Could it be that the person who scolded Fairy Jing Huan that day was actually Young Master?" Thinking carefully, it was indeed Wei Ruolan's accent, seeing him nodding his head to admit it, Daiyu's heart suddenly felt as if it was overwhelmed , What kind of romance would allow Wei Ruolan to get such a manuscript and appear in her dreams again?There are thousands of mysteries hidden in her heart, and Daiyu wants to get answers.

Now that Daiyu had guessed the truth, Wei Ruolan felt that she didn't need to keep concealing it. After thinking for a moment, she slowly wrote the book "Dream of Red Mansions" in her dream, heard her praying in the temple, so she wrote about the red mansion as a gift to Lin Ruhai, etc. One informs.

After listening to it, Daiyu asked, "What kind of story is recorded in that book?"

Wei Ruolan showed hesitation.

Daiyu smiled bitterly and said: "No matter what I remember, I can bear it. Although I haven't read it, but according to those words, what Fairy Jing Huan said, and the verdict of Bo Mingsi, I also know that I will have a miserable fate if I live under the fence. It is not known if the tears are exhausted. After all, the next life begins with tears to pay debts. However, the fate has changed since my father got the manuscript. The life situation is very different, and the manuscript is naturally just like the storybook, which is only for entertainment. , I will not change my temperament just because of the stories in the book."

After hearing this, Wei Ruolan picked out some important things from the eighty chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions and told her about them, and occasionally talked about the analysis of some red scholars, but she didn't mention the last disaster of the Jia family's ransacking.

Before he finished speaking, he had arrived at the place where Wei Ruolan said he was fighting for wealth.

Wei Ruolan stopped at this point, and said: "I don't know why, I remember these manuscripts clearly, and occasionally I will read them. If the girl really wants to know the details, I will write them out and show them to the girl tomorrow. There is only one, Except for me and the girl, no one is allowed to see and know, and must be burned after reading it, don't be as careless as my father-in-law, so that the girl can discover the secret."

Daiyu gave him a sideways look, with sadness in her eyes, and said: "It's about me, why hide it from me? If my late father had told me that he knew about it, I wouldn't have been so ignorant for so many years."

Fortunately, she thought that the sisters were all good, but she never thought that Baochai would frame her in the manuscript.

Thinking of the incident at Di Cui Ting, Daiyu was a little unhappy, and said: "In the manuscript, I was already in that situation, alone and helpless, with no way out, why should she make things worse for such a dignified and generous person? Although I don't know what happened later. No matter what, but there will definitely be some disputes because of this. The fate has changed, and I will never know it for the rest of my life."

Wei Ruolan said: "Girls don't have to be like this, change is a good thing, as long as the girl is doing well, even if she doesn't know the ending, she is willing. But those people, you must not have heart-to-heart relationships in the future."

Those people, of course, refer to Baochai and so on.

Daiyu lowered her head and thought for a while, then said: "It's fine if you didn't know before, but now that you know, you should be more prepared. But unlike the manuscript, I didn't affect the marriage, and they wouldn't target me with their intelligence. "

There is no former alliance between wood and stone, only a golden and jade marriage, this is the biggest change, enough to change one's own destiny.