[Red Chamber] Daiyu's Rebirth Without Regrets

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Wang Xifeng looked at Jiamu, and felt that it was wrong for her to tell this matter, but just now Jiamu was like that and couldn't tolerate her slowness. Seeing Jiamu's face changed drastically, she regretted it now.

Jiamu restrained herself, Yuanyang hurriedly helped Jiamu to sit down, and poured another cup of ginseng tea for Jiamu to drink.

After a long time, Jia's mother looked at Wang Xifeng and said, "Go back first, go through these books carefully, and talk back in two days."

Wang Xifeng complied when she heard this, and when she saw Jia's mother slowing down, she said tentatively, "The yard costs a lot, so it's better to find a way to save money."

As soon as the words came out, Jia Mu immediately slapped the table and pointed at Sister Feng and said, "You are smart on weekdays, but why don't you even understand this truth? It’s not that the predicament in our mansion is confirmed.”

When Sister Feng saw this, she immediately bowed her head and dared not speak. Normally, Jia Mu always looked cheerful. This was the first time that Wang Xifeng saw such a Jia Mu in these years when she married, and she was so scared that she couldn't speak.

Looking at Wang Xifeng like this, Jia's mother just felt bored, and immediately said: "Hurry up and go back and check the accounts."

Wang Xifeng backed out with his head down, Ping'er saw Wang Xifeng's pale face outside the house and immediately knew something was wrong, so he helped Wang Xifeng back to his yard.

Sister Feng held her breath and came back to the house. Seeing Ping'er, she said, "Quickly go and call Wang's daughter-in-law and the others."

Ping'er knew something was wrong, so he immediately sent someone to look for it.

Wang Xifeng took a few sips of tea, and finally understood that the old lady might seriously want to investigate this time.Sister Feng thought about the oil and water she had earned in the past few years, and also thought about the money she had put in, but she really couldn't figure it out.

Jia Lian didn't know where to go, and there was no one to talk to.

Let's talk about Daiyu's side, these two days have been peaceful.Daiyu practiced calligraphy, played the piano, and took walks every day. These little days were very enjoyable.Since she didn't have any expectations for Jia's house, Daiyu only felt comfortable all over.

The crape myrtle flowers in the corridor are full of flower buds, and Xueyan instructs two rough envoys to repair the flowers, so that the flowers will be more red and bright.

At this time, I saw Ping'er coming in a light green dress, and Daiyu immediately handed over a parchment envelope.Said: "This was sent by the First Prince's Mansion just now, and I specially explained it to Miss Lin."

Daiyu was taken aback for a moment, the eldest prince had nothing to do with her, so why did she send a letter for no reason.Seeing that Ping'er didn't intend to leave, he invited her to sit in the house, and Ping'er joked: "It's not that my grandma asked me to send it to Miss Lin immediately after she heard about it, for fear of missing Miss Lin's affairs." .”

Daiyu smiled, Wang Xifeng wanted to know the content of the letter.Daiyu's fingertips brushed the opening, opened the envelope, and inside was a bright red invitation card, which was the invitation card for Daiyu to come over for the eldest princess's birthday.

There is only one sentence on it, call for Lin Daiyu to go alone, it is simple and clear, the date and place are all mentioned, it is in the other courtyard of the eldest prince outside the city.

Daiyu smiled and said to Ping'er: "The eldest princess's birthday will be in a few days, please trouble your grandma to prepare a carriage for me."

Ping'er said with a beaming smile: "Miss Lin, don't worry, my grandma will prepare everything for Miss Lin properly. If you need anything, send someone over."

Daiyu agreed with a smile, and asked Yan Gui to escort her out.Watching Ping'er walk out of the south courtyard, Xueyan standing behind Daiyu curled her lips and said, "Is Miss Ping an aunt or a girl!"

Ping'er is Jia Lian's housekeeper, everyone in the house knows that, but at the same time, everyone also knows that Wang Xifeng is a jealous vat, and I'm afraid that Ping'er and Jia Lian have more opportunities to be together than one hand.

Daiyu nodded Xueyan's head, and said: "Shut up what you shouldn't say, what are you talking about, a girl."

Xueyan pouted and said, "It's not that I don't know how to address them."

Daiyu turned her head to look at Xueyan and said, "I won't let you talk too much, you're still hanging around, why don't you move all the flowers out of the house to bask in the sun."

Xueyan stuck out her tongue and ran into the room, Daiyu read the invitation carefully again, with only a few words, she really couldn't figure out why this eldest princess and concubine whom she had never met had invited herself.

Closing her eyes, Daiyu basked in the sun for a while, read a book in the shade of a tree, then got up and went back to the house to find Wang Momo, thinking about what would be a better gift for the eldest prince and concubine.

This gift should not be too expensive, it would be flattering if it is too expensive, and it should not be too low, as it would embarrass the Lin family.Daiyu thought about it and thought it was a coincidence that she could put her mind to it.

At night, Daiyu looked at a purse that Yan Gui embroidered for herself, and asked, "Is this Yangzhou embroidery?"

Yan Guidao: "Our Yangzhou embroidery is biased towards freehand brushwork and agility of ink and wash, pursuing artistic conception."

Daiyu smiled and said, "You know a lot."

Yan Guiyi bowed his head and said: "Miss was joking, I just listened to her reading poems and paintings on weekdays, and I also listened to a few words, and then bought a few words in front of her."

Daiyu knew that Yan Gui must have put her heart into it, Daiyu smiled slightly, and touched the corner of the purse. The border was made of azure blue silk satin, and a pot of orchids was embroidered on the light green brocade. It has a certain charm, and the color matching is good, but it is too old.

"How long did it take you to embroider this purse?" Daiyu asked.

Yan Gui replied: "It will be ready in two nights, the difficult thing is the pattern, if you want a ready-made pattern, it will be ready in a short time."

Yan Gui used to be an embroiderer, and she could make several of these purses in a day of free time. Although this orchid looks exquisite, it actually took a lot of effort to get the know-how.

"I'll give you two days to embroider a landscape painting. I'll give you the pattern tomorrow morning. Tonight, Lan Ling will come over to watch the night. Give me a good rest." Daiyu asked Lan Ling to come over and put the The picture scroll on the top of the cabinet was taken out, and there were many calligraphy and paintings on it. Daiyu found a pair, which was exactly the landscape painting just mentioned.

This landscape is originally the scenery of Yangzhou Slender West Lake. Looking at the pavilions and towers above, it is so colorful and colorful. Daiyu thought that this painting alone is really ordinary, and Yangzhou embroidery must have some characteristics.

For Daiyu, this ceremony should not be underestimated, but it should not be outdone.

The next day Daiyu asked Xueyan to send the painting to Yan Gui, and asked Xueyan to go and see it from time to time, and just say what was missing, the time was a little tight.

But I didn't expect Daiyu to go to Jiamu's to say hello, and saw Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Xing and Li Wan there.After Daiyu asked for peace, Mother Jia naturally kept Daiyu, saying that she wanted to talk.

Daiyu had just picked up the teacup to drink tea when she heard Mrs. Xing say, "It's a great thing for my niece to be invited to the First Prince's birthday party."

Mrs. Xing was born in a small family, so these words seemed too straightforward to everyone's ears, and Mother Jia gave her a blank look.

Daiyu put down the teacup and said: "The First Prince and Concubine and I have never known each other before, I just received this invitation rashly, I thought about it all night, and I always feel a little unsafe."

When Madam Xing heard this, she immediately said: "Our Jia family is a veteran lord, and we have never had any contact with the princes. Now that my niece is invited, I'm afraid they want to visit our house."

"It's from everyone." Mother Jia glared at Madam Xing as she heard Mrs. Xing's words getting more and more out of tune.

Mrs. Xing shrank back tremblingly, trying her best to pretend she didn't exist.

Wang Xifeng lowered his head and smiled, then stepped forward and pulled Daiyu and said: "Sister Lin, I heard that the eldest concubine's birthday is the first birthday, I don't know what gift my sister will give, so I can help my sister to learn more about it. "

Daiyu took her hand away from Wang Xifeng, looked at Mrs. Xing, then looked at Li Wan who was using herself as a pillar, and said, "Second sister-in-law Lian is being polite. Since the eldest concubine invited me, she must know me. You don't have to worry about the gift, sister-in-law."

Wang Xifeng didn't expect Daiyu to speak so bluntly, so she couldn't get off the stage and stood there looking at Jiamu.Jia's mother pretended to cough, and said, "Yu'er, you said that you have never met this eldest concubine!"

Jia Mu looked at Daiyu, and Daiyu said, "It's just that we don't know each other."

After hearing this, Jiamu winked at Wang Xifeng, pulled Daiyu over and said, "I know Yu'er has an idea, but I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Mrs. Xing's outrageous words just now are actually Jia's mother's psychological words. Although Jia's mansion has fallen, Jia's mother always feels that people in the capital will tremble three times when they see Jia's mansion.So yesterday the eldest prince concubine sent an invitation, and now Jia Mu believed that it was the eldest prince throwing stones to ask for directions.

Daiyu raised her head and looked at Jia Mu, looking at her kind grandmother, and said with some deep meaning when she saw Jia Mu: "Yu'er lives in Jia's mansion, and in the eyes of outsiders, she is from Jia's mansion. Although our mansion and the royal family The upstarts have never been in contact with each other, but now our family has a concubine." Jiamu said that she looked at Daiyu here, as if she wanted to let Daiyu understand.

Daiyu looked at Jia's mother, a little stunned, and said, "Grandmother means that the eldest princess concubine invited me to the birthday banquet because of Jia's residence."

Jia's mother laughed immediately, pulled Daiyu and said, "Yu'er understands. But I don't blame Yu'er, it's because Yu'er is young, she still doesn't understand these twists and turns, and when she comes back from the grand princess's banquet, grandma will understand." Then talk to Yu'er carefully."

Daiyu looked at Mother Jia, then at Mrs. Xing and the others, and seeing that they all seemed to agree, an unspeakable strange feeling welled up in her heart, and she couldn't get up or down.

Seeing Daiyu's half-smile, Wang Xifeng thought that Daiyu understood, so she said from the side: "Sister Lin, as soon as I found out yesterday, I found a lot of good things from the warehouse, and the old lady also felt very happy." Alright, Sister Lin will take these with her, thinking that she will win the favor of the First Prince and Concubine."

Daiyu looked at the people in this room, except for Li Wan who still maintained that pillar, everyone else looked pleased and agreed.If it weren't for the fact that this scene was too real, Daiyu would only think that it was a dream, and Daiyu really didn't know what the grand princess intended to invite her to, but Daiyu knew that the reason had nothing to do with the Jia family.

How could the old lady and others think so much, and even prepared the presents overnight, Daiyu didn't know how to respond if her thinking should be so divergent.

Jiamu and the others looked at Daiyu and wanted to say a few more words when they saw Daiyu's embarrassed face, but they heard Daiyu say: "I understand what the old lady means. I will bring this gift to the eldest prince and concubine. of."

After hearing Daiyu's affirmative words, Mother Jia and others were immediately satisfied and anxious. Now that Daiyu agreed to this, Mother Jia weighed the girls in Jia's mansion and said: "I'm really worried about Yu'er going alone. Why don't you go?" Let Tan girl and Ying girl go with you, so I can take care of you."

What Jia Mu said before made Daiyu dumbfounded. After hearing this, Daiyu immediately said: "I'm afraid it's not right. I'm the only one invited in the invitation."

"Old lady, what my niece said is right, it's fine if we deliver the gift, if it's too much, it's not beautiful." Mrs. Xing couldn't help interjecting.It's not that Mrs. Xing really thinks that way, she is really dull, if she really brought Yingchun and Tanchun with her, she would definitely let the second room's Tanchun show off. Not close with myself.

The old lady weighed this in her heart, Mrs. Xing's careful thought Jia's mother understood, but Sanchun in Jia's mansion never went out to socialize on weekdays, except Xichun, who was a concubine, but Xichun was young and belonged to Ningguo Mansion, I thought about it Just let it go.

Daiyu returned to the south courtyard with the gift list drawn up by Sister Feng. As soon as she returned to the house, she saw Lan Ling took out several clothes from Daiyu's box and was preparing what to wear for Daiyu's birthday party.

Because Jia Min and Lin Ruhai passed away successively over the years, Daiyu's clothes are all plain, and the color is light, that is, the cuffs and patterns have changed.

Daiyu loves to dress up, Yan Gui is very handy, and these dresses are also very delicate.It's just that Daiyu was not interested in the conversation she heard at Jia Mu's just now, and when she saw the ink blue dress hanging on the bookshelf, she looked at Qingya and pointed at it, "This is it."

Qiuhong is someone who knows how to look around, even though she didn't listen to what Jia Mu and the others were saying just now, but seeing her eldest lady's lazy expression, she guessed that she must have heard something unpleasant again.

Immediately, they made a color according to Lan Ling, and the two of them understood and cleaned up together. One made a cup of scented tea for Daiyu, and the other spread out Daiyu's jewelry from the box for Daiyu to choose.

Daiyu picked out a hairpin made of green grass and insects, and a pair of white jade hairpins. Lan Ling pointed to the earrings in the small box and said, "Miss, choose one."

"You can choose, as long as it is not outstanding." Daiyu took a sip of tea, and the fragrance of the tea that filled the room was faint in her mouth, so she said, "This scented tea has other things added."

Qiu Hong said from the side: "I added dried hawthorn."

Daiyu took another sip and said, "It does have a sour taste, but this hawthorn has taken away the sweetness. Is this your idea?"

Qiu Hong smiled, lowered her head and said, "The flowers were picked by Yan Gui, and Lan Ling and Xue Yan dried them, so I came up with this idea."

Ever since Qiuhong was squeezed out, she finally understood that she shouldn't be too conspicuous.Daiyu was also satisfied after hearing this, as the saying goes, "you learn a lot from a pit, you gain wisdom." Daiyu saw Qiuhong's progress, and immediately took out a pearl flower from the jewelry box and gave it to Qiuhong.

Qiuhong immediately accepted it happily, and was even more grateful to Daiyu.

Although the two days were short, Yangui still showed the picture as scheduled. Daiyu looked at it and found that it was not bad, so she rewarded Yangui with an ingot of gold characters.

Yan Gui held the gold, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground. This embroidery took two days and two nights to embroider, and several times the embroidery went off because of the eyelids fighting, so he simply covered it up with the embroiderer. .

Early in the morning, Wang Xifeng brought Ping'er to the South Courtyard. Seeing that Daiyu hadn't washed yet, she said, "Sister Lin, I've brought you some clothes." Handed over.

Xueyan took the dress and looked at it, then frowned. Daiyu saw that it was a pink dress with gold filigree, with two rows of pearl tassels hanging on the skirt, and plum blossom patterns on the wide cuffs. Put on a silk smock.Daiyu looked at Wang Xifeng and saw that she was wearing a long red dress, with a pair of phoenix hairpins containing pearls on her head, and said with a trace of coldness in her eyes: "Second sister-in-law Lian, although women in this dynasty can keep their filial piety for one year, but such gorgeous It's true that Daiyu can't wear very frivolous dresses."

Xueyan was listening, so she handed the clothes to Ping'er. Ping'er looked at Wang Xifeng, but dared not take it.

Although Wang Xifeng knew that Lin Daiyu was powerful, but thinking about what Jiamu had told her, she still said, "Sister Lin, the old lady asked me to bring you this dress."

Daiyu looked at Wang Xifeng and understood that this Wang Xifeng is really not a smart person, so she immediately replied: "I call you Lian's second sister-in-law to show you respect, don't let me say bad things again in the future."

As soon as these words came out, Ping'er immediately looked at Wang Xifeng's face, and saw that although her face was smeared with rouge, although no expression could be seen, her ears were very red.Immediately, she found the clothes in Xueyan's hand and said, "Miss Lin, I'm sorry to bother you."

As he spoke, he dragged Wang Xifeng and ran out as if fleeing.

As soon as she walked out of the south courtyard, Sister Feng went back to the house angrily, pointed at Ping'er and cursed: "Why don't you let me tear her face off."

Ping'er hurriedly closed the door and window and said, "Second Grandma, we can't force this matter."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Isn't she just a fatherless and motherless person, how could she ignore us so much?"

Ping'er looked at Sister Feng and said in a low voice, "She's living well if she doesn't take us seriously."

After hearing this, Sister Feng sat down on a chair and sighed. What Ping'er said was true. Ever since Lin Daiyu came to Jia's mansion, she had never put her mind on everyone in Jia's mansion, and never played with the sisters in the courtyard. .But when she acted like this, not only did others dare not say that she was wrong, but they were all a little afraid of them.

It can be said that being so cold and arrogant to a certain extent made the people around her fearful. Everyone felt that Lin Daiyu might have some kind of background, otherwise why would she be so arrogant.

Wang Xifeng also thought so before, but she went back to her mother's house and asked Mrs. Wang Ziteng in detail, and asked someone to inquire everywhere, but she didn't find that Lin Daiyu had any great support.

Although Lin Daiyu lived in the palace for a while, I only heard that Concubine Hui was thinking about the old days and had a few words with her. Except for bringing back two carts of rewards, she didn't see anything else.

So this time, Wang Xifeng dared to accept Jia Mu's order and challenge Lin Daiyu's bottom line.