Full grade Daiyu in the Red Chamber

Chapter 31 Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fight?

This thought is due to the fact that she kept it in her heart and didn't say it. If outsiders heard it, it would be a joke. He is just the younger brother of a concubine. How dare he call him an uncle? Even the brothers of the first few empresses No one dared to call himself the uncle of the country outside, and probably only the Tong family dared in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but it was not because of Empress Xiaoyi, but because of Empress Xiaokangzhang.

Mrs. Wang confidently waited for the girl from the Lin family to come over at home, but who knew Zhou Rui's family came back with a bitter face, "The young lady of the Lin family was passed on by the imperial concubine in the palace."

Palace
The first time she saw Daiyu, Concubine De's heart skipped a beat.

It's no wonder that the fourth child was not even willing to touch those girls before, and she didn't have the slightest interest in it. She only thought that he was young and not enlightened. Now it seems that he is not enlightened. Waiting for an idle woman is already out of his sight easily.

Also as a woman who has been in the harem for so many years, Concubine De knows very well that a woman's appearance is the sharpest weapon, as long as she is not too stupid and has such a trick, she is absolutely Can be invincible.

People in the world are just ordinary people, there are very few people who are transcendent and free from vulgarity who can jump out of the shackles of seven emotions and six desires. No matter men or women, they will inevitably be more tolerant towards those with outstanding appearance. Men especially treat beauties, let alone such stunning beauties. Men must wish they could hold people in their palms and care for them like jewels.

The fourth child is just a boy, different from the mature man who has gone through thousands of sails, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to resist.

Concubine De didn't take this daughter-in-law-to-be seriously before, but when she saw her today, she felt a little headache.

If she had known this girl's appearance earlier, she should have won her over well, not as useful as those who are not on the stage? It's a pity that she stretched out her hand and slapped her in the face at that time, and she had already made a grudge before meeting her. It's not like that to win over, and no one is a fool.

Well, it is destined to be an enemy rather than a friend.

So what if she looks good enough to seduce people? No matter how gluey you and I are, she will always have a way to mix it up.

"My maidservant pays respects to Empress Concubine De." Daiyu lowered her eyebrows and bowed politely.

Concubine De responded lightly, "Get up."

"Thank you, ma'am." Concubine De didn't offer the seat, so she could only stand obediently, the bottom of the flower pot that she was not used to under her feet was a burden.

"Raise your head and ask Ben Gong to take a good look."

Daiyu raised her head slightly according to her words, she never looked directly at the person above her, she could clearly feel that sharp gaze, which seemed unfriendly.

After a while, the corner of Concubine De's mouth curled up, "She's a rare beauty." Her tone was contemptuous, as if she was evaluating something casually, she lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and said: "Empress Xiaoyi was seriously ill earlier, I heard you still He went to the temple to chant scriptures and pray for her? He is filial."

Before Daiyu could reply, she went on to say: "I don't know what's going on near the Japanese palace. I always feel a little uncomfortable. The imperial doctor has seen it several times but I don't see any clues. I wonder if you are willing to do this too. Palace chant scriptures and pray for peace?"

Can this be said to be unwilling? Daiyu has no room to refuse at all.

"Slaves are willing."

"Good boy, I already know that you are filial." Concubine De smiled, and her tone seemed to be very kind, "You don't need to go to the temple again, it just so happens that there is a small Buddhist hall in the Yonghe Palace in this palace. It's convenient, Qiuwen, take Miss Lin over there and take good care of her."

It is said to be serving, but in fact it is just asking her to watch from the side.

Qiuwen knew what it meant, and smiled, "Miss Lin, please come with your slaves."

Daiyu bowed again and resigned, she knew in her heart that Concubine De wanted to torture her, there must be other arrangements, but with her status, she really couldn't resist anything, so she had to come to cover it up.

There is a Buddha statue enshrined in the small Buddhist hall, but there is no futon under it, and it must have been taken away without asking.

Qiu Wen didn't intend to explain at all, just handed her a scroll of scriptures, and smiled on the surface, "Miss Lin, please."

Daiyu sighed secretly, the word "filial piety" was suppressed, it was really hard to resist, but she was not so easy to bully.

She lowered her head slightly, her face flushed red, and she looked embarrassed, "Can you wait a moment, I...I want to change clothes..."

The so-called changing clothes is just an elegant term, which means wanting to go to the latrine.

Qiuwen couldn't help showing contempt in her eyes. How could a girl have the nerve to ask for such a request when she was visiting? It was vulgar.

But this person had three urgencies, and he really had to let her go, so he had to take her there.

When she got to the door of the hut, Daiyu twitched again: "Don't dare to bother the girl, it is enough to have Madam Yang by my side."

Qiuwen is the maid of honor next to Concubine De, she usually just serves tea and water, so naturally she doesn't like to serve people in the latrine, it's really disgusting for her to serve her, so she naturally stopped here.

After a while, the master and the servant came out. Qiuwen didn't think much about it at all, and just led her back to the small Buddhist hall. On the floor, he began to recite scriptures earnestly, with a very pious expression, but no one could find fault with it.

She was pampered and pampered on weekdays, with thin skin and tender flesh all over her body, where did she suffer any crimes? After kneeling for a while, her knees began to ache.

Qiu Wen stood aside and watched, and seeing her legs move slightly, she coughed lightly, and reprimanded: "Miss Lin is not devout enough, if you offend the Buddha and make your empress sick, you can Can you afford it?"

Daiyu pursed her lips slightly, a look of coldness flashed in her eyes, but she continued to chant scriptures with a meek and respectful attitude.

Seeing her being so "weak and deceitful", Qiuwen became more and more contemptuous in her heart, and a little bit of it appeared on her face, but she didn't notice at all that that Nanny Yang had long since disappeared.

After a while, Daiyu said in a weak voice, "Miss Qiuwen, can you let me rest for a while? I feel dizzy..."

Qiuwen's face sank, her eyebrows frowned, and she said in a bad tone: "But it's only been a while, how can I get tired? If the girl doesn't want to, you can just say it. The empress is not that mean person, so she won't force it. Girl, girl, you don't have to try to make excuses."

"I didn't..." Before she could finish her sentence, her body shook slightly, then she closed her eyes and fell to the ground without moving.

Qiuwen was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly called someone to help her, while she ran into the main hall in a hurry: "Your Majesty is not well, Miss Lin has fainted!"

"What?" Concubine De was also stunned, her eyebrows frowned slightly, "It's only been half an hour, why did she faint? So weak? Could it be an act?"

Nanny Wen said, "You will know whether you are pretending to call the imperial doctor to come and have a look."

Concubine De waved her hand irritably, and sent for the imperial physician, at the same time ordered the servants to carry Daiyu to her bed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the imperial doctor entered the door, he heard the voice of the servant outside, "The empress dowager is here!"

Concubine De was shocked, stood up abruptly, and looked at each other with Nanny Wen, feeling uneasy.

This empress dowager has never been very carefree, she usually only stays in her own palace of benevolence and enjoys life, and rarely goes out for a walk, and coming to Yonghe Palace for an unprecedented time at this moment really makes one have to think about it.

Before he could think about it, the queen mother had already stepped into the house.

"The empress dowager is blessed and safe."

Everyone in the room knelt down on the ground, but the queen mother only yelled lightly, without even looking at Concubine De, she went straight to the bed.

The little girl on the bed had exquisite eyebrows and eyes that were whiter than snow, but at this moment her eyes were closed tightly and she was motionless, showing a bit of fragility and pitifulness for no reason.

"What's going on? The Ai family heard that you called the girl from the Lin family to come into the palace, but you made her kneel and faint? You should tell the Ai family what wrong thing the little girl did to make you have to come down." Such a harsh punishment?"

Concubine De hurriedly explained: "The empress dowager misunderstood, the concubine loves this child very much, how can he be so cruel? It's just that the child is filial, and when he heard that the concubine was ill recently, he wanted to chant scriptures for the concubine Pray for blessings, who would have thought... This child is really too delicate and weak... If I had known this earlier, I would definitely not have allowed her to say anything."

He opened his eyes and told nonsense, and put all the responsibility on Daiyu.

"You really love people." The Queen Mother suddenly sneered, and said, "Since you love people so much, why don't you even give them a futon?"

"What?" Concubine De was stunned, she turned around and slapped Qiu Wen, "I asked you to serve Miss Lin carefully, and that's how you serve her? Asking someone to kneel on the floor without a futon? I was still puzzled." Why did you kneel down and faint, but it turned out that you, a dog slave, were negligent and caused the little girl to suffer, you deserve to die!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Qiu Wen hurriedly plopped down on her knees, covered her face and cried, "This servant was negligent for a while, and this servant kowtowed to Miss Lin, please forgive me this time!"

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the two masters and servants are just putting on a show. The Empress Dowager looks on coldly, feeling very tired of Concubine De's behavior. What annoys her most is this kind of eloquent woman.

"Okay, is Aijia a fool in your eyes?" The queen mother, who has never understood what euphemism is, directly lifted the fig leaf of Concubine De, and said angrily: "Aijia is old, but he is not stupid! The truth You know exactly what is going on in your heart, and whether you admit it or not, it’s up to you, after all, Ai’s family is not here to settle the case, so you don’t have to act like this in front of Ai’s family.”

Concubine De's face turned green, she never thought that this upright empress dowager would be so shameless, no matter how eloquent she was, she was choked to death at this time.

The Queen Mother didn't care whether Concubine De was ashamed or annoyed, she continued: "The Ai family came here today just to tell you that the girl from the Lin family is not only your future daughter-in-law, but also a first-rank official in the court. Concubine, there is absolutely no reason for people to wantonly bully you! A girl who is well-behaved, enters the palace but is tortured until she faints. What do you think Mr. Lin? What do you think about those ministers next to you? Even if the emperor commits crimes, who needs to have a proper reasoning? Where did you, a concubine, get the right to punish whoever you want? The daughter who is still a first-rank official is a slave in your palace!"

Do you really think that someone who calls himself a "slave" is a slave who allows you to kill and punish? The face and dignity of an important court official is that even the emperor has to take care of one or two, trampling others for no reason, I give you what you can!
"Concubine... I know I was wrong..." Concubine De gritted her teeth, knowing that the Empress Dowager was really angry, she didn't dare to argue anymore.

"It's good to know you're wrong, and I'll punish you for copying a hundred and eighty volumes of Buddhist scriptures. On the one hand, you have to explain this matter to the Lin family, and on the other hand, you should also cultivate your morals."

After all, no matter how ugly Concubine De's face was, the Empress Dowager took the imperial doctor to inquire about the situation, and she was relieved when she found out that there was no serious problem. When she returned to the Palace of Mercy, she immediately ordered someone to bring it over The generous reward can be regarded as appeasement on behalf of the royal family.

Not long after the queen mother left, Daiyu finally opened her eyes.

"Miss Lin is very capable, but I was careless." Concubine De was smiling, her tone was gentle and calm, but her eyes were filled with coldness.

Daiyu looked bewildered, pretending not to understand what she was talking about, "What's the meaning of this, Your Majesty? Your Majesty blames the servants for not being able to pray for your Majesty? It's all due to the fact that your servants are not able to live up to their expectations."

Concubine De looked at her coldly, and smiled more and more gently, "My good boy, I know you are filial, so you don't have to blame yourself like this. After all, the future will last forever, and there will always be a time when you will be filial to me in the future."

It's almost like saying clearly, you are my daughter-in-law, and you are destined to be unable to escape from my grasp in this life.

The corners of Daiyu's mouth curled up, revealing a cute and pleasant smile, "This servant will definitely be filial to your mother in the future."

"Okay, I'm waiting for you." Concubine De's eyes turned colder, and the hypocritical smile on her face faded, "It's getting late, you should go back to the residence first, and our mother will be free now." Let's meet again."

Nanny Yang, who had been busy for a while, reappeared quietly at some point, serving Daiyu, and the master and servant stepped out of the Yonghe Palace unhurriedly.

"What a treacherous girl!" Concubine De was so angry that she smiled gloomyly and cruelly, glaring at Qiuwen and shouted angrily, "Kneel down to me! Bengong told you to stare at people, is this how you stare? You don’t know when their master and servant discussed the countermeasures? You also don’t know when that old man surnamed Yang slipped out, so what use is this palace asking you for!”

Qiu Wen was so frightened that she trembled all over, and whispered back: "Then Miss Lin said she was going to relieve herself... It's not easy for slaves to stop her."

"You still dare to argue? Mother Wen, give me a slap in the face!"

Nanny Wen stepped forward in response, bowing left and right with a crisp sound, only hitting Qiu Wen with stars in her eyes and crying bitterly.

(End of this chapter)