The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 311 Red Plum Poetry Club [Part [-]]

Lin Hongyu rushed to Jiao's house to explain why she came, and Yu Chuan who came out was about to accept the post, but she withdrew her hand and pretended to pass the imperial decree: "Madam has something to say, let me tell Uncle Jiao face to face."

Yu Chuan didn't suspect him, so he led Xiao Hong into the East Wing.

At that time, Jiao Shun was holding a map of all nations of the Wuxi people, comparing it with the new globe made by the Ministry of Industry. When he raised his eyes and saw Xiaohong coming in with the jade bracelet, his heart skipped a beat. He put the map on the table and ordered: "Go and put this thing away, and prepare the four treasures of the study room for me. I still have an official document to copy later."

These words were high-sounding, but Yu Chuan, who had been serving him for a long time, still heard something strange.

Now he turned around and looked at Xiaohong carefully, seeing that the girl was smiling sweetly, and she was really a beauty, so she became more and more sure of her guess.

Immediately, he pursed his small mouth, rolled up the globe with a map, and entered the room sourly.

Seeing this, Lin Hongyu also tasted something, and lowered her head shyly, but her chest was pulled out even higher.

At this time, Jiao Shun stared at her straight and smiled and asked, "What does Auntie have to say that you want the girl to bring to me?"

"This……"

Lin Hongyu also made up a set of lies on the road, but now facing Jiao Shun's undisguised attitude, she thought that instead of covering up, it would be better to tell the truth directly, so she pretended to be curious and said: "I I haven't dealt with the uncle a few times on weekdays, why did the uncle mention me in front of others?"

Jiao Shunyuan just casually mentioned a sentence or two in front of Li Wan and Yang, but he didn't really plan anything seriously.

Now, although I don't know who is secretly assisting, but seeing what Lin Hongyu said inside and outside the meaning, it is clear that she has the intention to go both ways.

Immediately got up and walked in front of Xiao Hong, said with a frivolous smile: "Although I haven't met a few times, but I see you are clever and lovely, and I have been worrying about you since I got home--this time, I am also exhausted for my uncle's promotion. I don’t know if you would like to use this credit to exchange you with my aunt for some meager efforts.”

As she said, she held up Xiaohong's sharp chin with two fingers, almost meeting her eyes with her cheek.

Facing Jiao Shun's approaching and aggressive eyes, Lin Hongyu's heart skipped a beat for a moment.

In the past, whether she was in Jia Baoyu's house or in Mrs. Wang's courtyard, she was the aggressive one, but she didn't want to be molested like this today.

She subconsciously wanted to dodge, but thinking that this might be the closest she was to getting to the top position, she stopped in her tracks, with her big watery eyes flashing, and said in a trembling voice: "Please, sir, show some respect, I am now After all, she is still a wife."

Seeing that she didn't struggle, and used the words "now after all", by the way, Jiao knew that she had a hundred wishes in her heart - originally she just wanted to make fun of a few words, but it was rare to meet this obedient and obedient girl, how could he accept it? Can you live?

He simply grabbed Xiaohong's slender waist, bit her rosy and delicate earlobe and said, "Then I will ask my aunt to come to you tonight! I never coax anyone, and if I touch my hands, I will definitely not Let go, when Baoyu wanted to ask Qingwen to go back, I flatly refused him."

Suddenly being wrapped in Jiao Shun's arms, Xiao Hong's whole body was stiff as a piece of wood at first, after rehearsing Jiao Shun's words several times in her heart, and then thinking about all the things she had heard and seen before, her delicate body gradually faded away. Feeling weak, he buried his head in Jiao Shun's arms, letting him be stained like an ostrich.

…………

Go back and talk about Caixia.

She watched Xiao Hong go far away, and then went round and round to Aunt Zhao's room.

When I entered the door, I saw Aunt Zhao was holding a pair of scissors, angry with those scriptures, Caixia hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the scriptures, and whispered: "Don't be like this, Auntie, what has your anger with your wife to do with these scriptures, if you get angry for no reason How good is it if you have gods and Buddhas?"

"I don't bother him, and I don't see anything effective!"

Aunt Zhao angrily threw the scissors into the sewing dustpan, and complained to Caixia: "Who do you think our mothers are comparable to in this room? My wife insulted me, and so did Feng girl, even Jiao who was born as a slave. Shun, how dare you look down on Sanya!"

Hearing her talking louder and louder, Caixia hurriedly made a silent gesture: "Today is the master's big day, so it's not good for my aunt to make a fuss at this time!"

Then he persuaded: "Master still loves Auntie Bao after all. Although I have shared the bed with my wife these days, from my observations, I have never spent a day in the same room. Now that Master's body is gradually getting better, Auntie will not be able to stay together for a few more days." It’s time to watch the clouds and see the moon.”

Aunt Zhao gradually calmed down after hearing these few words, she said helplessly: "What if I don't? I've been through half my life, it's not bad for a while—it's just that it's not going well recently, anxious Let’s not talk about Shun, the Master Yao, Master Zhen of the East Mansion, and Brother Rong are all commonly used, and I have never heard of anyone like our master.”

After thinking for a while, she asked suspiciously: "Do you think Xiubieyuan has changed Feng Shui, making troubles for me to be unlucky?"

For a while, Caixia had difficulty understanding Aunt Zhao's brain circuit, not to mention that even if it was really because the other courtyard hindered her, could she still demolish the other courtyard?

Just when she didn't know what to say, Aunt Zhao asked herself again and answered: "When Ma Daopo comes home next time, I have to drag her to ask."

Caixia, the Ma Daopo, does recognize her, she is a famous "fairy family" on the nearby streets, and she is best at these gods and ghosts.

but……

Caixia hesitated and said: "After all, she is Baoyu's sentinel godmother. If I pass on my aunt's words to my wife, I'm afraid it will be..."

"You can rest assured."

Aunt Zhao didn't take it seriously: "Ma Daopo originally wanted to use Baoyu to get some money, but she didn't want to be rejected by Baoyu because of the ugly ghost she gave birth to. In the past few years, she didn't even have a chance to get close to her, and she didn't have anything nice to say when she saw her occasionally. I've hated this godson in my heart for a long time! Besides, I have made friends with her, and I don't know how many things are worse than this."

Only then did Caixia feel relieved, chatted with Aunt Zhao again, and then went back to serve in the main room.

…………

There are foreshadowings in these two places, let alone.

However, in the Hongmei Poetry Club, everyone was full of ambition and each showed their abilities, but in the end it was Tanchun who took the lead and won the first place with a seven-character quatrain.

Jia Baoyu repeatedly praised this poem as majestic and unstoppable, and it is completely different from what ordinary daughters can make.

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai were suspicious, thinking that this poem was meant to express their depression and anger, and secretly wondered what happened to the third sister?

Shi Xiangyun took the opportunity to pull Xing Xiuyan aside, told the whole story, and finally said shamelessly: "I shouldn't be logical, and I don't have the face to open my mouth like this, but the historian is really in a bit of trouble now. If I It’s all right if you have no other choice, but now that you have ready-made money, how can you bear to watch your family’s old servants suffer?”

Because of her sincerity, Xing Xiuyan felt pity for her without realizing it, and thought that she would be her mistress after all, if she just followed the previously discussed method to perfunctory the past, it would be hard to avoid mutual grievances.

Therefore, after a little hesitation, Xing Xiuyan said in a low voice: "Since the girl mentioned this, I can't hide it from you anymore. Our master actually expected this matter long ago, and originally planned to wait for your family to speak up , and then discuss a solution to both ends, but I don't want the girl to take the initiative to take over this matter..."

"The best of both worlds?"

Shi Xiangyun pondered for a long while, and finally said suddenly: "So, Brother Jiao really has a solution to both ends, and can solve the urgent need of my family? Then why didn't you..."

Halfway through, she hastily stopped speaking.

Although he doesn't know much about merchants, Shi Xiangyun also knows that rushing to the top is not the reason for business.

Jiao Shun not only said that it was a way to achieve both ends, but also deliberately waited for Shi Nai to take the initiative to come to ask for help. There must be a need for historians to do it—or even something that only historians can do. Take the initiative.

After thinking about the cause and effect of this, Shi Xiangyun pondered for a while, and then asked seriously again: "Sister, can you guarantee that this is a way to get the best of both worlds?"

Xing Xiuyan hesitated and said: "He did mention a few words to me, but I couldn't quite understand them, but generally there was no murder or danger, and it is beneficial to the country and the people."

When Shi Xiangyun heard this, he said without hesitation: "Since that's the case, I was reckless today. My sister just pretends that I didn't mention this to you. When I go back, I will ask my uncle to come forward and talk about it."

With that said, she was about to pull Xing Xiuyan back to the banquet to sit down again.

It was true that she wanted to help her natal family, but since Jiao Shun had the best of both worlds, which could solve the current predicament of the Shi family, Shi Xiangyun would not be so stupid as to harm her future husband's family in order to favor her natal family.

Seeing Shi Xiangyun like this, Xing Xiuyan hurriedly pulled her back, and persuaded her: "Girl, don't worry, we won't be outsiders in the future, we should discuss everything - you might as well wait for me to go back to ask the master for an excuse, if It can be cheap for both parties, and it will save the girl from returning empty-handed."

Hearing that she was thinking about herself everywhere, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help being moved, and at the same time, he also felt that he had been relied on since then.

Although the old lady was considerate and loving, she was closer to Shi Nai and his wife after all, and many things were just a matter of friendship.

Although Sister Bao is warm-hearted, she will not take the initiative to get involved in the internal struggle of the historian.

I'm afraid that only Jiao Shun, the future husband-in-law, will stand on his own standpoint when facing the historians.

After this heart-to-heart talk, the relationship between the two became closer.

When they were seated, Shi Xiangyun filled Lin Daiyu's vacancy, talking and laughing beside Xing Xiuyan.

Knowing that Shi Xiangyun will be Xing Xiuyan's mistress in the future, Lin Daiyu is happy to see her success, so she finds another place to study poetry - it doesn't matter, she just avoids Baoyu.

At this moment, the attackers from outside suddenly barged in happily, and said loudly: "It's a great joy, Master Gao is promoted to Tuntian Qinglisi Langzhong, and he will take up his post soon!"

When everyone heard the words, they all discussed the matter sincerely or falsely. Tanchun even suggested changing the title altogether and writing a few poems appropriate to the occasion to congratulate the master on his promotion.

There are a few who are reluctant, but it is not easy to mention it clearly - and the typical example of this is naturally none other than Jia Baoyu.

He had been in high spirits just now, but when he heard that he was going to sing praises to Jia Zheng, he immediately became depressed.

Seeing that others were starting to splash ink, his son was not good at being independent, so he could only bite the bullet and picked up the Langhao pen.

But his talent in poetry is only above average, he is not as good as Chai Dai Xiangyun, and he is not as good as Xing Xiuyan Tanchun. What's more, he hates such articles and poems the most, so he barely wrote two poems, and he can't see them when he looks at them. Nausea, ashamed to let the sisters criticize, threw it into the wastebasket in a mess, leaving the wolf morose and unhappy.

During this period, some people wrote poems one after another, and asked Li Wan and his sisters to comment on them.

It's okay for others, but Xue Baochai's "Linjiang Immortal·Yong Xu" was praised by all the sisters.

Shi Xiangyun couldn't put it down even more, and read it aloud sentence by sentence: "The spring dance in front of Baiyu Hall, the east wind blows evenly. Bees surround butterflies in chaos. How many times have the water passed away? Why should it be left behind? Thousands of strands and threads will never change. Let him gather and divide as he pleases. Shaohua Xiuxiao has no root at all. The good wind sends me to Qingyun by force."

Then he shook his head and commented: "Liuxu was originally a thin and rootless thing, but my sister had such an ingenious idea, but she said it was very wonderful, out of the ordinary."

Everyone nodded in agreement, but only Baoyu shook his head: "My sister's poem was originally intended to be novel, but it has been contaminated with some kind of official career and economics, and the talent of singing Xu has been polluted for no reason. What a pity!"

Everyone was speechless after hearing this.

This was originally to congratulate Jia Zheng's promotion, so how could it have nothing to do with official career?
Li Wan immediately reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about? This will reach the ears of the master. You see, the master will not expose your skin!"

Just as he was talking, another servant woman came in to report that the old man from Xinglong Street had come to congratulate him. Since the old man was not at home, the wife wanted Second Master Bao to go out to socialize.

After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun couldn't help being curious: "Where is there another uncle from Xinglong Street in your family?"

Jia Baoyu didn't want to, but said angrily: "Isn't it Jia Yucun who once taught Sister Lin! He is now an official in the capital, and he often comes to visit the master at home. He comes whenever he comes, and he always sees me!"

Xiangyun said again: "Of course it's because you have grown up and can meet guests now, so the master and wife asked you to go out."

When Baoyu heard this, he stomped his feet even more angrily: "There are masters and wives over there, and he himself wants to invite me to see them!"

Xiangyun laughed: "The master and guest come here, it must be because you have your benefits, so he wants to see you when he comes back."

This was a flattering word, but Baoyu still said coldly: "Come on, come on, I don't dare to call it elegant. A vulgar and vulgar person doesn't want to associate with these people."

Seeing the words rushing to this point, Xue Baochai couldn't help persuading: "You still can't change your temperament - now that you are old, even if you don't want to go to the examination for the Jinshi, you should see more of these officials who are butchers." People, learn about the economics of the official career, so that you won't be deceived by others when you start a family and start a career in the future."

This was a sincere persuasion, but Baoyu's face was completely cold when he heard it, and he sneered: "Sister, let others listen to these words in the future, don't let me, a layman, dirty your good knowledge about official career and economics!"

As soon as these words came out, even Xue Baochai was quite deep in the city, so she couldn't help Qiqing's face turned red and her eyes turned red for a moment.

Now that the "golden jade marriage" has passed the Ming road, Baoyu's words can be interpreted as asking Baochai to hire someone else, according to the current moral order and good customs, which is undoubtedly a great humiliation to the woman.

Shi Xiangyun and the others were very angry, and accused Baoyu of not doing so.

Even Lin Daiyu couldn't help fighting for Baochai.

The poetry meeting broke up unhappy, and Baoyu felt that everything was not going well at home, and then he blindly hung out with Jiang Yuhan outside.

(End of this chapter)