The Red Chamber: Daiyu's eldest sister is not easy to be

Chapter 20
Before leaving, Mother Jia took the time to greet Princess Nan'an with them.

One day, she was reciting scriptures on the memorial tablet enshrined by the Liu family. Not long after the recitation, Mother Jia sent someone to pass a message to her, saying that she was going to pay her respects to Concubine Nan'an.

She happened to have nothing to do, so she went there with Daiyu.

When they arrived at the place where the concubine lived, the maids and nuns guarding the door all bowed to them and said, "I have seen Mrs. Shi, the three wives and the girls!"

"Get up!"

After Jia Mu called out, a well-dressed nanny stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old Madam, you are here. The old slave has been waiting here for a long time, and the concubine is waiting for you inside." Well, follow me in quickly!" After that, he ordered someone to open the curtain, helped Jia Mu and went in.

This nanny is one of the concubine's confidants, and she often goes around the four major families instead of the concubine. Mother Jia knew her, so she laughed and teased her a few times, and then took advantage of her support Followed in.

Seeing them coming, the concubine smiled and got up to greet Jia Mu, and pulled her to sit on the couch: "You are here, but let me wait!"

"Isn't it inconvenient to meet guests when I saw you worshiping the Buddha a few days ago?"

After the two sat down, everyone saluted and greeted her.

As the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jia family, Mrs. Xing will take the lead in paying respects.

She took a step forward, blessed the concubine, and said: "The wife of Jia She, the eldest son of the Jia family in the Rongguo Mansion, has seen the concubine, please greet the concubine!"

Concubine Nan'an took a look at her, and greeted Jia Mu: "This is your new eldest daughter-in-law, she looks pretty, and it's the first time I've seen her!" The man brought a box over and handed it to Mrs. Xing.

"This is my idea, you can wear it and play with it!"

Mrs. Xing didn't dare to accept this gift indiscriminately, she secretly glanced at Jia Mu's face, saw Jia Mu nodded her head at her, and then she dared to take it: "Thank you for the gift!"

Seeing her get up and retreat, Mrs. Wang stepped forward to salute: "Jia Zheng's wife, the second room of the Jia family in the Rongguo Mansion, has seen the concubine, please greet the concubine!"

The concubine had never met Mrs. Wang, but she had heard about Jia Baoyu, so she said, "Although you and I have never met, we know. Why didn't your Baoyu come with you today?"

Mrs. Wang naturally couldn't say that Jia Baoyu wanted to come after making a fuss, but was suppressed by Jia's mother, so she said: "The people here are all female relatives, it is not convenient for him to follow, so he stayed at home and studied with his father." Literacy is gone."

The concubine naturally knew that this was not the truth, but it was not necessary to take it seriously, so she smiled and said: "Oh~ that's good, the man's family just needs to read more and learn some words, maybe I can earn you some money I am coming back!"

Mrs. Wang likes to hear this kind of talk the most. When she heard the concubine say this, she was so happy that she didn't know what it was like.

"Yes, yes, then I will borrow the concubine's good words. If one day I pass the exam, I will definitely ask him to pay you a respect!"

The concubine also laughed and said: "Hahahahaha...that's a good thing."

Afterwards, Xichun, who was the concubine's daughter of the Ningguo Mansion, and Yingchun and Tanchun, who were concubines, came forward to salute her.

"Xichun from the Jia family in the Ningguo Mansion has seen the concubine, please greet the concubine!"

"Jia's house in Rongguo Mansion welcomes the spring, and Tanchun has seen the concubine, please greet the concubine!"

Seeing the three of them, Concubine Nan'an's eyes lit up: "This is the three springs in your family, I have heard that your family has three beautiful ladies who are like flowers. Vulgar."

When Jia's mother heard this, she couldn't help but smiled and said: "The little ones are so worthy of your praise."

Concubine Nan'an said: "Hey~ Such a beautiful little girl, no matter how much you praise her, she deserves it."

After that, he ordered people to fetch things: "Go, string the three boxes of pearls that I got yesterday."

When the thing was brought, she asked people to open it for the three of them to see, while explaining: "This was just delivered by one of my subordinates yesterday. I saw that the color is bright and suitable for your girl's home. Your family came to offer incense together, so you brought it, you can wear it and play with it!"

The three of them saw that the pearls in the box were big and beautiful, as well as colored pearls, and they wanted it in their hearts, but the old lady didn't say anything, no matter how much they liked, they dared not accept it.

Seeing this, Jia Mu nodded to the three of them: "Forget it, since the concubine said so, then you can accept it!"

After hearing this, the three of them hurriedly accepted it with joy on their faces.

"Thank you, Concubine Tai, for the reward!"

After the three of them retreated, Shi Xiangyun, the niece of Jia's mother, stepped forward to salute: "Mr. Baoling ordered the historian Xiangyun to see the princess, please greet her!"

The concubine is related to the four major families, so she naturally knew that Shi Xiangyun was such a person, so she smiled and said to Jia Mu: "This girl looks bright and cheerful, she must be a child from your mother's family!"

When Jia Mu heard the words, she also replied with a smile on her face: "Yes, it is my grand-niece who lost her parents at a young age because she felt sorry for her, so she took her by her side to raise her for a period of time."

After the concubine heard this, she looked at Shi Xiangyun with pity and said, "It's a poor child. Fortunately, with an elder like you taking care of him, I'm sure there will be endless blessings in the future."

"Go, get that box on my dressing table."

When the box was taken and opened, Shi Xiangyun's eyes lit up when he looked at the things inside.

Concubine Tai asked the box to be handed to her, and said: "There are some small things made of gold, silver and jade in here, you can take them back and wear them on your body, or you can play with them, just to relieve your boredom."

The concubine's gift was prepared according to her personal situation, and it was naturally sent to Shi Xiangyun's heart. She hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you, concubine for the reward!"

After Shi Xiangyun passed away, they were the mother and daughter of the Xue family, one of the four major families. Even if the Xue family was down and out, they were closer to Concubine Nan'an, after all, they belonged to the same camp.

The two mothers and daughters went forward to salute together, and said: "The Royal Merchant Xue family, Wang Xue, brought the little girl Baochai to the concubine to pay her respects!"

"Baochai has met the concubine, please greet the concubine!"

As soon as the two of them finished the ceremony, the concubine called them up.

After that, he looked at Xue Baochai carefully, and then praised with a smile: "Your girl looks like a real water spirit, she is indeed a girl raised by an imperial merchant, she looks like a lucky girl."

"Go, get my new box of crystals."

When someone brought the box, she said: "Your family is rich, so it's nothing new to give you another object. The spar is from overseas. I think it's suitable to give you, and it will be inlaid on the object at that time." , or the fabric is suitable for making clothes and shoes.”

Xue Baochai thought it was a rare spar, but she didn't expect it to be a gemstone she knew. She couldn't help being disappointed, but fortunately she didn't show it.

The Xue family has a big business, not only domestically, but overseas, their family used to have caravans. Others don't know what the gems in the box are, but they know it. But the concubine rewarded them, so naturally they have to show surprise .

So, the mother and daughter took the box with joy on their faces: "Thank you, Concubine Tai, for the reward!"

　One more...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)