[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

On the second day after Linlin gave birth, Jia Min took her daughter Lin Daiyu to the palace.

Although Linlin was a little less spiritual than the previous deliveries, she was better than most of the mothers.Put a big pillow on the back, sit up a little and talk to Jia Min.

Seeing Lin Daiyu follow her into the confinement room at this time, she complained to Jia Min.

"Before you come here, you should tell me in advance. I'll have someone tidy up here. It's not very good for her little girl to see these things at this time." The main reason is that the confinement room doesn't smell very good, and Linlin herself knows that At this time, it seems particularly weak.

If I let my sister see this situation, maybe I will think wildly when I have a child in the future.If there is a panic about having a baby, it will not be worth the candle.

Jia Min forced a smile on his face, "She has seen a woman give birth. When your elder brother and his wife gave birth to twins, he was in the yard to make arrangements. If he was not there to help me, I wouldn't know what to do. Do something."

Of course, Lin Daiyu knew that her mother was praising herself, so she sat down on the embroidered stool with her head down, "Sister, don't listen to your mother, I just asked the kitchen to boil more hot water. It's all about listening to the old nuns at home. That's right, otherwise I wouldn't know anything."

The three mothers and daughters were talking, when there was the exclamation of the maid outside, the door was pushed open, and Zou Wu rushed in.

As soon as the boy entered the door, he yelled his mother at the top of his voice, ran a few steps towards the bed as a run-up without saying a word, jumped up and climbed onto the bed, crawling on both hands and feet to see his younger brother.

This little guy moved very fast, and when Jia Min realized it, he had already seen his younger brother sleeping inside Linlin.

Linlin slapped his little butt twice, telling him to get off quickly.The little guy had been beaten so hard that he didn't take his mother's anger to heart at all.He also shook his head and commented on his younger brother, "He looks so ugly...it's not like the eldest brother, the second brother, or me...it must be picked."

Linlin twisted his little ear, "Who told you that Xiezhi was picked? If you have the ability, let him pick one up. I worked so hard to give birth to this little thing, and almost killed me. How dare you call him ugly, you were not as good as your younger brother when you were young."

"Father said that I was white and fat when I was a child, but when my mother looked at the shoes again, it was red and wrinkled. Why should I compare with me? Father said that he picked it up. It doesn't look like it."

"What kind of shoes? His name is Xiezhi, the most fair and just Xiezhi. According to ancient books, he looks like a unicorn, much more handsome than your cat."

I just felt that my anger was rushing to the top of the Tianling cover, and I asked the maid to pull this little thing Zou Wu out.

Zou Wu finally got into the house, so naturally he didn't want to go out.Turning over, he was about to slide off the bed, when he turned around and saw Jia Min and Lin Daiyu.

"This is Grandmother... Hello Grandmother. Who is this?"

He tilted his head and looked at Lin Daiyu innocently, and Jia Min introduced him, "This is the little girl."

The little guy's head turned very fast, "So it's my aunt." After speaking, he slid down and ran to Lin Daiyu in two or three steps, grabbing her skirt and wanting her to hug him.

"Auntie, give me a hug, give me a hug."

The maid had already come in from the outside, Lin Daiyu put her arm around the little nephew and said to Linlin, "It's better to let His Highness Fifth sit here for a while."

Linlin waved her hand to let the maid back down and said to Lin Daiyu, "Since you left the little thing behind, you will take a good look at him after a while. You will know how annoying this little thing is in a while. See him I can't wait to beat him up."

Lin Daiyu hadn't been in contact with Pishi's children yet, so she wondered where she could be mischievous. At most, she wanted to run into the yard like Lin Jiao did.

Sitting on the embroidered stool, she put her little nephew on her lap and hugged him.

Linlin thought that this little thing would start making a fuss after a while, but who knew that yesterday it was too loud, and she didn't sleep well at night, after today's fuss was over, she closed her eyes and fell asleep in Lin Daiyu's arms.

There is also a couch in the room, after putting Zou Wu on it, Lin Daiyu sits beside her and guards her little nephew.

Seeing that her little daughter was not in front of her, Jia Min couldn't hide what was going on in her heart. She moved the stool to Linlin's bed and whispered to Linlin what happened at home yesterday.

"...Thinking that after rejecting this matter before, the two families opened up their conversations, and the well water will not interfere with the river water in the future. I didn't expect it to make a comeback yesterday.

My heart is full of ups and downs... Discussed with the master last night, the master means to quickly find a suitable family to betroth your sister... It is not easy for my little daughter to grow up. Like, could it be that he became an irrelevant person and just married off the child in such a hurry? "

"Don't worry, I'll call their old concubine into the palace. If the middleman's message doesn't work, I'll tell them in person, don't worry about our children."

"Your Majesty, please be more tactful, this matter is meant to offend people, so just don't push them into a hurry.

I'm afraid that if I push people into a hurry, he's fine as a man, and when the time comes to spread the word, it won't mean harming your sister. "Thinking that the eldest daughter had just given birth, she asked, "Don't rush to do this in the next two days. You can take care of other things after you take care of yourself. "

After talking for a while, Zou Wu just woke up, and Lin Daiyu was about to say goodbye to her mother.

Linlin thought that if she left her sister at home, she would have to know the whole story of this matter, and she wondered what she would think in her heart.

"I have something to tell you. Princess Shouchun is about to get married. Then you will accompany her from the palace to the princess mansion. From tomorrow onwards, you will come to the palace to accompany her. Listen to those How did the nuns arrange it?"

Lin Daiyu agreed, and took Zou Wu's little hand and went out. Not long after she went out, Bai Niu came in to talk to Linlin, and said, "Our Fifth Highness looks as good as a cat at this moment, follow me Our second girl can be as obedient as she can be around her."

Linlin snorted, thinking, could it be that one thing falls one thing?

If this is the case, send Zou Wu to Princess Shouchun tomorrow, and he can be quiet for a few days.

In the evening, after the emperor finished dealing with the previous matters, he went back to the harem to take a look at Linlin, and the husband and wife said a few words.

As soon as they met, Linlin complained to him, "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense. Today, that little fellow Zou Wu is yelling everywhere, saying that we Xiezhi picked it up. It's okay to talk about it now, if some caring people hear it , when the time comes to talk nonsense and doubt the origin of our Xiezhi, it is inevitable to arrange some romantic affairs to hang on your head."

If it was rumored that Xie Zhi was born by someone, and then she was hugged to her to pretend to be a parent - Linlin would be disgusted to death.

The emperor was a little helpless, "Yesterday, in order to coax him, I said that it was inconvenient for you to see him. Although you are in the delivery room at this time, your soul has already gone to the Tianhe River nine days away to pick up the child... Although I said this Yes, but that's what I heard when I was a kid."

Linlin thinks this person is simply too unreliable..."In a word, the emperor provoked this matter. When the kid comes over, you should explain it to him. Explain to him clearly that he and Xiezhi are two We are all brothers, otherwise, after a long time, I am afraid that the two of us will not be close."

Although the weather wasn't hot, the emperor felt sweaty all over, and asked Linlin cautiously, "If he asks me how he and his brothers got here, how will I answer then?"

"To be honest, I was born."

"You don't get what I mean, I mean how did you get them born?"

"Of course I was born in October. It's easy to explain. It's not like that kid didn't see my big belly, and he asked my little brother more than once if he felt too aggrieved in my belly... ...you just have to tell the truth."

The emperor felt that the queen deliberately used this to prevaricate himself.

"I won't explain this, you come and explain to them."

When Cao Cao arrived, Bai Ze led Zou Wu outside the delivery room to greet him routinely.

Linlin thought it was difficult to answer this question, so she let her two sons in with a wave of her big hand.

Holding the youngest son in his arms, let the two brothers take a look. "You are only allowed to look, not to touch. Your brother is still young, and you are not allowed to touch him, pat him, or beat him until he is two years old, remember?"

Bai Ze agreed, then nudged his younger brother again, "Speak up."

Zou Wu agreed softly, staring at his younger brother with both eyes, "It's so strange, why do I think he doesn't wrinkle now."

Linlin gave the emperor a look, "Didn't you ask your mother's little brother if he was comfortable living in his stomach some time ago? The mother told you that he was uncomfortable, so my brother came out in a hurry, because he slept in his stomach. It was too uncomfortable to sleep, so he slept himself wrinkled all over, and after five or six days after he came out, he would be fat and fat."

Zou Wu nodded after hearing this, "Since it's uncomfortable to live in the stomach, why do we live in it? Why didn't we come out in the first place?"

The emperor raised his chin and looked at Linlin proudly, hoping to see your answer.

Linlin glanced at him, "You don't need to know about this, everything in nature, whether it's a human being or a cat or a dog, has to pass the most dangerous period of time in the mother's womb before it can survive." come out."

"But…"

"Not so many, but, you see, cats and dogs are like this, but chickens, ducks and geese lay eggs. Everything in this world is divided into viviparous and oviparous. Whether it is viviparous or oviparous, the belly of the mother is the safest. The most dangerous It is safe to hide in mother's belly at all times.

It's like your brother lived with his mother when he was young, and moved out when he was older.You are living with me now, and you will have to move out when you are older.The truth is the same, do you understand? "

Zou Wu has a sense of ignorance that seems to be half-understood.After hearing this, Bai Ze thought of himself.

"The son's age is now the time to move out. Where will the mother let the son move? When will he start moving?"

Having said that, the couple began to face up to Bai Ze's age.It's time for Bai Ze to move out now, Linlin hasn't asked someone to tidy up the palace yet.

The emperor thought that when Qilin was going to be moved to the East Palace, the empress tried her best to delay the time, and it is estimated that moving Bai Ze out now will have to repeat the old plan.

The requirements for Bai Ze are not as high as those for Qilin, so the emperor decided to turn a blind eye to this matter, unless Bai Ze really got too old and stayed in the harem to prevent him from moving outside. , otherwise I would never say anything else.

In fact, Bai Ze didn't want to live with his mother anymore. A little boy his age didn't want to be controlled, and he couldn't wait to move out. He could be free, and no one would lecture him.

But he admits that what his mother said is quite right, there is no danger in living with his queen, and if he learns from those fledgling birds, he will have to do everything by himself in the future... Thinking about it, he doesn't feel very good .

Bai Ze felt that he should think about it carefully, whether it would be better to move out in a hurry, or it would be better to stay with his mother and be a good son.

After the two sons left, the emperor wanted to make some jokes, but he watched Linlin frowning and thinking about something.

"Is there anything difficult? Looking at you, you seem to be in a bad mood at the moment. It has something to do with our son?"

"It has nothing to do with our son, but it has something to do with my sister? Have you heard about the Lin family?"

After the emperor heard about it, he thought about it for a while, and he knew why Linlin was so anxious to get angry at this time.

"I've heard about your sister - did your mother-in-law come to you?"

Linlin was a little nervous when she heard that, she quickly grabbed the emperor's hand and asked him, "Is this story widely spread?"

The emperor held Linlin's hand back, rubbed it twice, and said in a nonchalant tone, "No...most people in the capital don't know, but they already know what they should know."

Linlin pulled out her hand, grabbed his sleeve, and sat up. "What do you mean by that?"

"What else can it mean? Don't worry. Let me tell you that many people in the capital don't know about it, but all the rich and powerful families who are young men of the right age know about it."

As soon as Linlin heard it, she thought that she knew everything she should know, and maybe she didn't know what she shouldn't know for a while.

Thinking of this, she lay down again, pulled the quilt up to cover her neck, closed her eyes and thought.

The emperor didn't care about Linlin, he just turned his body to look at his younger son, and touched his chubby face twice.

After playing for a while, my son saw that there was still no movement from Linlin. Not only was he a little worried, "Don't be angry, this matter has nothing to do with you. If you get mad because of anger, it won't be worth it."

Linlin opened her eyes, "That being said, how can it have nothing to do with me? I'm just this younger sister. Our family has no enmity with the King of Beijing in the past. Why does he treat our family like this? If you don't come out, you will suffocate me."

The emperor lifted the quilt carefully and carried his son out. The little guy was just a big limp meatball. The emperor smiled and wrapped his little son's baby with his sleeve. "If you are willing to flatter and flatter me today, I'll tell you that being your brother-in-law alone is enough."

Linlin rubbed her forehead and turned over to ignore him.

I thought you had been waiting for me to ask you a long time ago.

The emperor watched Linlin's movements from the corner of his eyes, seeing that she was not fooled, he felt a little boring in his heart, and because his son was in his arms, he felt happy.

"Since you don't like to ask, then I'll tell you directly, do you know about the Mu Family of Dong'an County King?"

"The Mu family?" Linlin turned around again, thinking about it, "It seems that there is only one concubine in their family, and her status is a bit low, so she often can't come to me. Just keep a low profile."

"There is no way to make a high profile. Their family is now only an empty shell. The military power was snatched away by Shui Rong's family decades ago.

But the internal treasury of the family is still rich, and there is still a title, and the father and son are not willing to associate with others.The eldest son of their family, Mu Cun, is a good-looking talent. He went out to study a few years ago, and returned to the capital a few years ago.When he came to see me, I saw that his conversation and knowledge matched your sister well enough. "

"Is this son born to the side concubine?"

"The concubine of their family was born. After the concubine died of illness, there was a side concubine to take care of the father and son. Mu Yu's sister was born to this side concubine." Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, "Your grandfather's family is glorious and noble. Don’t pay attention to these kings with different surnames. When Mu Cistan’s father goes to your grandfather’s house, he should be more respectful.”

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true, but these things happened more than ten years ago. It's meaningless to say that this is weird. Tomorrow, when the mother-in-law arrives, you can mention this person to her, and let her and the father-in-law add up the total. Look at the person I mentioned, whether your family can look down on you or not."

Linlin was perfunctory, and finally wrote down the matter, and after the emperor left, she called Bai Niu over and asked her to send a letter to inquire about the prince Mu Cistan.

The emperor has another son. If we look at his past actions, he must catch Jia Lian to show off.

Of course there was no exception this time. After pulling Jia Lian out, the two of them sat at the window of the restaurant drinking wine with the wind blowing, and the emperor felt that everything was going well, so he was naturally a little happy.

Jia Lian's life has not been very good recently.

Coming out this time is like drinking a stuffy drink.

The emperor watched Jia Lian drink one after another, and advised him to drink less, "Wine is something that wears one's intestines. If you have nothing to do, it's fine to have a drink or two. It seems that you have something on your mind? Let's hear it. Help you if you can."

"It's our family's business. Now my wife is instigated by the old lady at home, so I can't easily see her."

"Go back and tell your old lady that it's time for your daughter-in-law to rest. She's not too young anymore. If you don't care about it at this time, when will you be able to hold your son?"

Jia Lian waved his hand with a wry smile.

"I can see that now the whole family is tied together and is not as good as Baoyu's one finger. Our old lady doesn't know what she thinks. She regards Baoyu as more important than anything else. When it comes to patriarchal clan, Lan'er It is more noble than precious jade."

The emperor couldn't figure out what the old lady of Jia's family was thinking.A perfunctory reason was given casually, "Maybe your old lady prefers the little grandson."

As I was talking, I suddenly remembered something, and quickly put down the jug. "I was drinking with someone outside a few days ago, and someone gave me a letter, which has something to do with you."

After Jia Lian heard this, he raised his head and asked in confusion. "What does it have to do with me?"

"Do you remember your grandfather's house?"

Jia Lian hiccupped, put down the glass and thought about it, "I remember, when I was young, someone told me that my grandfather's family is dead... Could it be that there are still people in their family alive?"

The emperor slapped the table loudly, "You are so confused... the boss of their family just resigned and returned to his hometown, and the whole family was ransacked and beheaded without committing a crime. How could he be dead?"

"Then...you heard the news from their family?"

"I've listened to it. I think it's your cousin according to his age. If there is no accident, he will come to the capital to take the imperial examination. I heard that his ranking is quite good in the local area. Let me tell you, when your grandfather was an official, there was It’s a good reputation, but your uncles are incapable of being officials, so the whole family will go back to their hometown. If you want to repair the relationship with them, you should spend money to rent a few yards at this time to arrange for their family members.”

After hearing this, Jia Lian didn't have the mood to drink anymore, "You're right, many friends have many paths these days, not to mention we are blood relatives."

Immediately, I couldn't sit still anymore, thinking about taking advantage of the cheapness of the yard in the capital at this moment, and first looking for a place to rent the yard.

So in the next two days, I will be working on this matter. It is quite easy to find a suitable place to accommodate the students who have entered Beijing.After all, the imperial examination is held every three years, and the candidates for the last imperial examination have just left, and the yard is freed up for cleaning, and the candidates for the next examination have arrived in the capital again.

People in the capital who have money will buy some small yards for rent, so they don't have to worry about no business.

Jia Lian searched busyly for two days, and finally found a place he wanted. After paying the rent, he asked people to wait at the gate of the city. As soon as the grandparents entered the city, they would be dragged into this courtyard. Come.

Since Jia Lian had spent money to rent the yard, Jia Lian didn't want to use his private money to take out the tea shop's profit this month. Wang Xifeng waited for several days, but he still didn't get the money.

Jia Lian came back very late that night, and Wang Xifeng tried not to sleep.

As soon as we met, I asked him, "Bring me the silver from last month, and I will put it on you, and you will spend it all in a few days."

Jia Lian patted himself on the waist, "Don't worry about last month's money, it's already been spent."

Wang Xifeng raised her brows when she heard this, "Why are they gone? I sent Laiwang to look at the business of that shop. There are many merchants coming and going. At least you can get 2000 silver this time. Why did you give it to him?" Finished?"

"I rented a yard with this money, bought some daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, bedding and bedding, and I won't give you the rest."

Wang Xifeng thought that maybe this bastard wanted some kind of messy person outside.

Angrily grabbed Jia Lian's clothes, "Are you hiding something stinky outside? Tell me clearly. If you don't, neither of us will have a good time today. I will take you to the old lady and have a good time." Reasonable."

Jia Lian slapped Wang Xifeng's hand away, "Stop wronging me here, I rented the yard for my cousins."

Wang Xifeng stared, "It's easier to say, I'll go to my aunt and talk with my aunt to see what my cousin is doing to let you rent the yard."

"Not the cousin of the Lin family, but the nephew of the former wife, my cousin."

Wang Xifeng suddenly remembered that Mrs. Xing was not her own mother-in-law, who had passed away a long time ago.

At this time, we burst into laughter, and quickly helped Jia Lian to sit down, "Didn't you say that there is no one in my grandmother's house? Why did you come to the door at this time?"

"I heard from Brother Cui that the cousins ​​of the grandfather's family are going to come to the capital for the imperial examination. First, let them rent the courtyard and let them study hard in it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xifeng thought it was a serious matter, so she didn't continue to quarrel with him.

Holding the teacup, he handed it to Jia Lian, "This is what it should be, but there is no home outside where you can live comfortably, why don't you let those cousins ​​live in our house?"

Jia Lian looked up at Wang Xifeng, "If they live in, it will only make the whole family uneasy. Let alone, when the time comes, the master will urge Baoyu to study and improve, and then you can see what the wife and the old lady think of us two. .”

Having said that, Wang Xifeng also understands.

"In the past, the old lady said that Baoyu was a seed for studying, but I didn't see it. To put it bluntly, although the Lin family's cousin is a few years older than Baoyu, he already got Tanhua last year.

When the old lady went out, she often met someone talking about it.But the old lady could take it easy, she said that the officials and gentlemen who study are only famous when they are old, and those with gray beards and loose teeth can also be the No. [-] picks. "

Jia Lian sneered, "I won't be able to get an official position after getting fame, my beard is gray and my teeth are loose, can I still come out to work then?

The old lady kept saying that people like us don't need to study with those poor kids.I used to think this was true, but now that I have seen a lot, I still think that reading is good, at least reading wisely. "

After finishing speaking, tell Wang Xifeng not to yell about this matter, so as not to make the second master look bad.I took a chance to go to the Elder Master and ask what kind of relatives my grandfather had in my family, so that I would avoid embarrassment if I didn't know how to address them when I met them.

A round of imperial examinations was just conducted last year, and preparations for the next round have already begun.

At present, many people in the capital are rushing to tell each other about this matter.Jia Zheng also heard about this when he was working in the Ministry of Industry.

Because of the construction of the imperial mausoleum, the Ministry of Industry continued to send people to other places.As a result, there has been a shortage of manpower no matter what you do in the recent period.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry had gathered together a long time ago, thinking about how many people the big guys could get from them after the next imperial examination.

When the officials of these working departments are not busy, they also discuss these things with teacups.

Every time we chatted about Jia Zheng, he was always in these teams. Many people remembered that Jia Zheng's son was not too young now, and people often asked him about it. "Does the child of Mr. Jia's family plan to end this subject?"

Every time Jia Zheng explained to everyone in embarrassment that the child was weak.

Everyone nodded in understanding.Those who did not have candidates at home asked other people, some said that the child was not ready for the exam, and some said that the child's mentor did not allow the child to fail in this subject.

Those officials who have children at home who are about to end have been reminded by many colleagues.

Jia Zheng lived in such an atmosphere for several months, and he sighed every time he went home.

And because the relationship between him and Mrs. Wang has dropped to freezing point.Two people will not communicate because of the child's education.

Jia Zheng thought for a while and called his grandson to him. Since there was no way to intervene in his son's education, it would not be too late to start with his grandson.

Jia Lan followed his grandfather to read books for several nights, and Mrs. Wang soon found out about this. Although Mrs. Wang didn't have much affection for this grandson, she also knew that studying and making progress was the right path for boys.

I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, and couldn't help talking to Mrs. Xue, "Master is now focusing on raising Lan'er, and putting Baoyu aside, I feel uncomfortable. If there is no master watching over it, Baoyu will not take the initiative Go learn, when will you be able to stand out? When will you be able to help your empress."

Mrs. Xue persuaded her, "Baoyu is a smart and handsome child. As long as you take care of yourself in the future, I will definitely give you a champion. It's not like the evil in our family who healed his injury and now goes out to spend time and drink for ten days and a half months." If I don't come back once, I don't care about the business outside. If there is something to do, those shopkeepers will come here, and I don't know how to manage it..."

It is also a worry to say.

When the two sisters were complaining here, a girl named Luxiu in the Grand View Garden entered the Yihong Courtyard with hot water.

Although the weather in the north is not so hot that you will sweat all over when you move, the big girls in this courtyard are all more airy than the young lady.

The newcomer Luxiu used to make dim sum meals, but since there is no kitchen in the Grand View Garden, she is now a second-class girl.

This second-class girl was beautiful and articulate, and she was said to know a few words, which made all the big maids jealous of her, so it was Lu Xiu's turn to serve water and tea.

Luxiu came to the wing with water, and was about to open the door to go in, when she saw Qingwen sitting on the veranda next to her, eating melon seeds and smiling at her.

"I advise you not to go in at this time. There are people working inside. If you go in and make some people feel ashamed, then I won't give you good fruit."

After hearing this, Luxiu obediently put the water aside, and stood beside Qingwen to help her peel the melon seeds.

While listening to the movement in the room, she asked Qingwen, "It is said that Baoyu's jade was brought from the mother's womb. I don't know if it is true or not?"

Qingwen was already full of anger, and with her fiery temper, she would have yelled at the incident in the wing room. If it hadn't been because Baoyu was involved in the incident, she wouldn't be sitting here with a sigh of relief. gatekeeper.

Hearing the little girl's question, she just snorted, "That's what they all said, anyone who saw you with their own eyes asked who I could tell you."

Lu Xiu pursed her lips and said nothing.Keeping it in his hands, he peeled a lot of melon seeds in a short while, blew off the skin on them, and held them in front of Qingwen with a handkerchief.

Qingwen took it bluntly, "For the sake of your ingenuity, I will show you a clear way. It is better for you to find someone to do activities and serve the girls than in this yard."

"The girls are surrounded by carrots and pits. The girls I passed halfway don't value it, so it's better to be here. Anyway, the food here is better than other places.

I don't want to obstruct the eyes of some people, and I will do the rough work if I am asked to do it. I don't have such a big ambition to drill into the main room every day. "

Just as he was talking, he heard someone shouting from inside the room. Lu Xiu quickly stood up, touched the water temperature, and brought it in with a promise.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Baoyu lying on the couch in disheveled clothes, Xiren was sitting on the couch rubbing his shoulders, there was a smell in the room, the green sleeve put down the water and wanted to open the window to breathe, but was attacked. People sent out.

"You go out first, and you can come in later when you are called."

Luxiu agreed, put down the basin, exited and closed the door.Qingwen, who was sitting on the Chaoshou veranda, sneered, "It must have been pushed out, and now some people have started to pretend to be grandmas."

Lu Xiu looked back at the door, and carefully stood next to Qingwen to help her peel the melon seeds.

The two peeled one and ate the other, and after a while, the assailant yelled again from inside the room.

Lu Xiu hurriedly patted off the melon seeds on her body, agreed and entered the house.

Baoyu had already tidied up and was about to go out, when she bumped into Lvxiu on the way out, she reached out and grabbed Lvxiu's hand, "Good sister, are you also in this yard? Why don't you often see you?" .”

Lu Xiu quickly pulled out her hand, "The servant is doing some chores in the yard, and running errands to send messages to the girls, so the second master has never seen it."

Xiren gave Baoyu a push, "Go and greet the old lady, if it's too late, it will be too late."

Baoyu was pushed forward a few steps and looked back at Lu Xiu, who had already entered the room and brought out the water basin.

When Baoyu came back at night, he met Luxiu again in the yard.

I thought in my heart that she was another beautiful girl, who actually looked a bit like Sister Lin when she lowered her head.

I thought about talking to this girl tomorrow.

At night, Yihong courtyard closed the door, and after sleeping everywhere, Luxiu opened his eyes and rolled over from his bed, put on a black night clothes, and took out a small piece of jade from his hair.

After a few ups and downs in the yard, he groped into Baoyu's room from the window, picked out the psychic gem under Baoyu's pillow, and stuffed what he had prepared in advance under Baoyu's pillow.

The movement was done in one go, and after he succeeded, he climbed up the eaves, stepped on the ridge of the roof, and left the Rongguo Mansion after a few jumps.

The next day, Luxiu got up as usual and continued to work.

The psychic jade brought by Baoyu's mother's womb has already entered the palm of the emperor.

The emperor picked up the jade and looked at the candle for a while and asked General Guo, "Is there nothing strange about it?"

"I think so too, presumably someone from their family used such a piece of fine jade to trick everyone into saying it was brought from the mother's womb."

"If you want to say that this is a top-grade beautiful jade, it's justified. It's shiny and moist... It's just a little small. If it was bigger, it would be priceless. By the way, how similar is the piece you took over to this one? "

"There are eight or nine points."

"Since you have worked so hard to get this piece of jade out, there is no need to put it back, let your people get back." After speaking, he threw this piece of jade to General Xiao Guo, "Have someone grind the writing on it. Drop it, match it with a high-quality wreath, and give it to Xiezhi as a full moon gift when the time comes."

General Xiao Guo took the psychic treasure jade and agreed to go out.

That afternoon, a couple came to Rongguo Mansion to redeem their niece Luxiu.

The green sleeve in the Grand View Garden was squatting by the well to wash clothes at this time, when she heard someone looking for her, she quickly wiped her hands on her skirt.

When I went out, I saw that it was the housekeeper lady at home.

"You are lucky. Someone outside said that it is your uncle and aunt who are coming to redeem you. Come out with me."

When Baoyu remembered the girl named Lvxiu again, Lvxiu had already been redeemed.

Not everyone in Rongguo Mansion noticed that there was something wrong with Tongling Baoyu.

This person is Xiren. When he took out the psychic jade to bring it to Baoyu that morning, he didn't look at it carefully. After two or three days, he only felt that the hand feeling was different.

When I looked at it carefully, I felt that this piece of jade was not as smooth as the usual jade, and the handwriting on it was not as smooth as before.

I quickly wiped it with a handkerchief a few times and watched it again and again. It was indeed not as pleasing to the eye as it was a few days ago.

Xiren's heart skipped a beat, thinking in his heart that this piece of jade has been transferred?But after thinking about it, I don't think it should be. Only the big maids can come in this house, and only the second-class maids and third-class maids can walk in the yard.Without outsiders, how could others transfer this piece of jade.

He brought the jade back to Baoyu suspiciously. Jia Baoyu himself didn't pay attention to this piece of jade, so naturally he didn't notice any difference from usual.

That is, as long as the old ladies and wives at home glance at Baoyu's jade and stay where it should be, they will not ask whether this jade is the original jade or not.

The attacker is so worried