Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 241 implies a sharp edge

"Second sister-in-law, stay here while I go talk to the eldest master."

Li Weijian left Wang Xifeng and left the Deyi Gate, leaving Wang Xifeng alone in the same place, frowning and thinking. Ping'er gave Li Weijian a gift and left the Neiyi Gate. When he came back, he saw that Wang Xifeng was still lost in thought. He couldn't help but said, "What did Fourth Master Jian just say that made grandma lose her mind?"

Wang Xifeng came back to her senses, suddenly a plan came to her mind, and she sighed and said, "It was the butt that Mr. You Laoan pushed the day before yesterday."

"Shakes?"

"Brother Jian said that Shanxi is far away, and the coal produced can only be sold domestically. If it is transported to the capital, it may not be worth the freight. I'm afraid the Shanxi coal mine's shares are inappropriate." After a pause, he said: "Eh? Qian'er Did my concubine buy it for three thousand taels? You have time to talk to Miss Bao later, but if you can’t do it, get rid of it before it’s broken, lest it become a piece of waste paper in your hand one day.”

Ping'er didn't know what Wang Xifeng was thinking, so he was startled and said: "No wonder You Laoan is so hardworking. I'm just afraid that if you sell the shares, others will share the profits."

"Isn't that right?"

At that moment, Ping'er pushed the wheelchair towards Mrs. Wang's courtyard.

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The back building of Rongqing Hall.

Xueyan pouted and retreated, and Daiyu and Xiangling smiled. Then Xiangling took out another object from the bag. It was a colored glaze painting, but the painting seemed to move.

"You're so talkative. I'm thirsty. Please bring me some tea."

Xue Yan made tea, held the teapot, stamped her feet and said angrily: "Girls just have a lot of thoughts. Sometimes when I dream about the master at night, I wake up crying." Suddenly she smiled: "Sometimes -"

As the carriage rumbled by, Xiang Ling rubbed Li Weijian's temples after drinking, and said, "Fourth Master, I just had a conversation with Siqi. Siqi said that the old lady had given her twenty taels of silver and It’s Miss Bao’s birthday.”

Li Weijian was so happy. No wonder Jia Mu was so disgusting at the moment. She dared to have such a love. A few days later, Baochai celebrated his birthday, and there was another quarrel and secret confrontation. I would have missed it this time, but because of Xiangyun, I was able to witness it with my own eyes. I have long forgotten what happened in the play, but this time I can review the past and learn something new.

Xue Yan suddenly smiled strangely and said: "Don't say that no one dares to attack Second Master Bao. Today, I heard the charming girl in Second Master Bao's room say that now that the attacker wants to go east, Second Master Bao will never dare to go west. Yeah. If you don’t believe me, go check it out, girl. Usually, the second master is the most impatient about reading, but now he can still pretend to read for half a day. "

Daiyu sat down and smiled and said: "It's much better than usual. I can sleep until dawn even if it lasts only three or two days."

It was the first month of the year, and styrax was burning in the incense cage. Xiangling smelled it and blurted out, "Fourth Master asked me to ask, is the girl taking a rest lately?"

After breakfast, Aunt Xue came to see Mrs. Wang to discuss countermeasures. Even Siqi could clearly see what Jia Mu was doing, so how could the two sisters not know about it?

What happens sometimes? Could it be that he would recite the fourth master’s name?

Baoyu responded to no one, for fear that the attacker would abandon him and leave. At first I could pretend for a day or two, but after two days I became impatient. Although I no longer talk nonsense or eat rouge, I still can't get into the book.

Daiyu didn't know what was going on, so she just smiled and said, "Brother Bao will definitely listen to what my sister-in-law says. If you say that, do you also want to be my sister-in-law?"

Xiren only wanted to make Baoyu grow better so that he could claim credit in front of Mrs. Wang one day, so he had to secure this aunt's position. Unexpectedly, when he met someone with such a temperament as Baoyu, he responded well but turned around and forgot. Now Xiren is angry and thinking about how to clean up the jade again.

Li Weijian smiled and curled his lips, "Jia Mu is simply disgusting." Not to mention Baoyu and Daiyu, even those born in the spring of the third year are all ready for drinking and dancing, and they cost a hundred taels of silver no matter what. When they arrived at Baochai's place, they became twenty taels, but they were just trying to persuade Aunt Xue and Baochai. The implication was that Baochai was old enough to have haircuts, and it was time to move out and find someone to marry. How could she still stay in the house?

However, Jia's mother was of higher seniority, and filial piety was paramount at this time, so the sisters had nothing to do. Cuo Fei was running for a good match, and seeing Mrs. Wang nodding her head earlier, Aunt Xue really wanted to move away immediately.

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Firstly, he should not talk nonsense again, secondly, he should always pretend to read some books, and thirdly, Baoyu should not be allowed to eat the rouge on the maid's lips.

Xiangling smiled and sat opposite Daiyu. She didn't reveal anything, but just opened the bag. In addition to the poetry album, there was also a flat box. She placed it on the table first and said: "Xinghetang's ginseng nourishment Rongwan, the fourth master was afraid that the girl would be short-lived, so he sent more."

Xiang Ling then smiled and said: "Fourth Master has been busy in the military academy these days, and he made a small object in his spare time. He was afraid that the girl would be bored, so he gave it to her to relieve her boredom."

There were thirty pills in it, which was enough for one month. Daiyu thought about it, but said: "The old lady and the second sister-in-law have been thinking about these pills, and they have never stopped."

Daiyu frowned slightly when she heard this. The attacker next to Baoyu was quite scheming and she didn't like it at all. Then I thought again, it was everyone else's business, so what did it have to do with her?

Little did he know that when Xiren went home, he had a quarrel with his family because the Hua family was trying to arrange a marriage for him. After coming back, he became more and more concerned about the position of his aunt, so he tried little by little to test the softness in Baoyu's heart. After finding out Baoyu's temperament, he took the opportunity to ask Baoyu to do three things.

"What else did she say?"

The snow geese on the side also peeked over and saw that the object was like a mirror, with quicksand in three colors of blue, white and gold inside. The edge of the island was sealed with latex. When Xiangling was turned over, the quicksand slowly began to flow. It spreads out like a snowy plateau.

Xiangling then joked: "Let the girl talk to Fourth Master Jian about this."

Li Weijian's status is different now. He is sitting at the same table with Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Lian. Although he always pays attention to Daiyu and Yingchun behind the screen, he can't catch a glimpse of their beautiful faces. At night, after the banquet dispersed, Li Weijian returned home with Xiangling.

Xue Yan poured tea and said: "Girl of the best Bijie rice can only eat one bowl. Zijuan and I can both eat two bowls. How can we have more? Next time, Mr. Bao will joke again, let's see if I'm not mean to him!" "

As Shen Shi approached, Li Weijian and the elder came laughing and chatting all the way. Several tables of family banquets were set up in the Rongqing Hall, during which they exchanged glasses of wine and exchanged cups.

Xue Yan suddenly became angry: "Girl is teasing me again!"

Xiangling said: "They also said that lately Mr. Bao has been playing naughty girls looking for treasures. I don't know who spread the word. It is said that the auspicious words on Miss Bao's gold collar correspond exactly with the words on Mr. Bao's jade. The ladies secretly They say it's a perfect match."

While they were talking, the maid suddenly reported that Baochai was here.

Daiyu was immediately overjoyed and turned it over herself. Seeing the quicksand spread out into another painting, she said, "I play naughty with my sisters every day. I read and play the piano in my free time. I'm not bored. You can go back and talk to Fourth Brother Jian." He said, I know he has no time to spare every day, so he doesn't need to think about me."

After a while, Jing Baochai came in and met with Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue said, "Didn't you say you would come later? Why did it take so long?"

"Auntie, go and have a rest." Daiyu sent Zijuan to wait for Wei Jianyu to take a rest. Then she and Xiangling looked at each other and went upstairs with smiles on their faces.

Daiyu's eyebrows were curved and her heart was warm. Seeing the teasing look on Xiangling's face, she straightened her face and pretended to be a master, saying, "Have you done the homework I left you last time? If you are lazy, I will I want a handjob."

Xiang Ling said: "I am afraid that the girl will get tired of the previous recipes, so the fourth master thought about it and drew up more than thirty kinds. The girl eats them in different skewers, and changes the taste every day."

"The girl will prepare it just in case." Xiaoyin said, and Xiangling took out the paper again. Daiyu's original recipe is a poem written by Li Weijian. Unexpectedly, when he glanced at it, it turned out to be a recipe.

Li Weijian moved his head and leaned between the two groups of fireflies, causing Xianglingxia's cheeks to fly. He also talked about Daiyu's situation, so he won't go into details here.

Daiyu smiled and said obliquely: "You are just talking. Brother Bao is the most popular person in Rongguo Mansion. Who dares to hurt him?"

Wei Jianyu followed them all the way. When he saw Daiyu and Xiangling going upstairs, he said, "I'm a little tired now. The girl just goes to teach Xiangling how to write poems. I'll come back to find the girl after the dinner."

Daiyu smiled and said, "The old lady said yesterday that I can eat better than usual. If this continues, won't I become a pig?"

Baochai sat quietly and thought: "I just bumped into Sister Ping'er and talked to me for a while."

Aunt Xue asked: "What did you say?"

Sister Bao said: "It's said that the Shanxi coal mining stocks were promoted by You Lao'an. I'm afraid it's just a drumbeat. I'm afraid it will be smashed into the hands of whoever ends up. I advise my mother and I to get rid of the money while it's still valuable. ."

Aunt Xue said in surprise: "How is that possible? Yesterday, your brother also said that the stock price has increased by one penny, and now it is one, two or four cents. He is still clamoring to buy more quickly."

Baochai said: "I was a little suspicious before, so I stopped my brother from buying more. Now that I think about it, it's just a rat."

"Rat club?" Mrs. Wang didn't know this kind of quackery.

Sister Bao explained: "In the Song Dynasty, Bashu used iron coins. Suddenly one day, merchants from the south of the Yangtze River came to the city and posted a notice willing to exchange one copper coin for four iron coins. The people of Shu thought that this man was stupid and immediately swarmed in. The merchants that day A thousand strings of iron coins were collected, and a few days later another notice was posted raising the price to one copper coin for three iron coins.

This person exchanged in this way, and the iron coins in the market rose accordingly. Normally, a copper coin could be exchanged for five iron coins, but now it could only be exchanged for four iron coins. In all these cases, merchants would push the iron coins to the same level as copper coins, secretly convert all the iron coins they received into copper coins, and then leave with the money the next day, making a huge profit. Many people in the city lost their homes and died. This kind of behavior is the rat society. "

Hearing these words, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang suddenly realized. Mrs. Wang didn't show any emotion on her face, but Aunt Xue was extremely proud. This is her treasure hairpin. Who among ordinary women can compare with it?

Little did he know that Mrs. Wang was secretly complaining that the Xue family was indeed a home of merchants. With such merchants and merchants at their fingertips, it was obvious that she was not a good candidate to be a big wife. Let's look back. There is an old lady blocking us right now, so we might as well give in. When Ri Baoyu turns out to be the uncle of the state, he will definitely not be able to agree to the marriage.

"That's it."

Mrs. Wang said casually, and suddenly she saw Baochai looking over and said: "If this rat club wants to deceive people, it will always give some sweetness to the people in front. Mom might as well stay a little longer and wait for the stock to rise. It’s not too late to sell when you have one, two, three or four dollars.”

Mrs. Wang was puzzled, wondering why Baochai was looking at herself when she said this, obviously she was talking to Aunt Xue.

After waiting for a long time, Aunt Xue and Baochai said goodbye and left. Mrs. Wang sat in the room. It happened that the maid made fun of the eldest son again, saying that the eldest son refused to give the proceeds of the loot to the palace. Suddenly, Mrs. Wang's heart changed!

The old man was greedy and unscrupulous. He owed Li Weijian a lot of money because of stocks. This time the rat would make a huge profit. With the ability of the old man, how could he not be fooled? The elder had suffered a stroke before, and now half of his face was still numb. If he had another stroke... he might not be saved!

The eldest girl Yuanchun is just an ordinary concubine now, and there is Concubine Wu above her. It is probably a bit extravagant to expect Baoyu to be the uncle of the country. It is best to plan for the title of the family first.

After thinking about it for a long time, he called Zhou Rui's house in the afternoon, got rid of the rest, and gave some instructions in private. At night, the eldest master Jia She went to play with his concubine, and Wang Shanbao's family came to talk to Mrs. Xing.

After chatting for a while and digesting the news about the Xue family, Wang Shanbao's family said: "I don't know, madam, then the Xue family is just so lucky."

"What do you say?" Mrs. Xing asked.

Wang Shanbao's family member said: "That day, Mr. You Lao'an came to push Shizi's stock, and he could only get one, two, and one cent. It's only been a few days, blind! Yesterday, it increased to one, two, and four cents. Guess what this morning, Mrs. Price?"

"What's the price?"

"It's gone up to one tael or one cent!"

Mrs. However, when You Laoan came to the house a few days ago, Mrs. If I had known this, I would have bought some stocks even after selling my dowry.

Because Mrs. Xing was interested, she discussed it with Jia She the next day. The elder Jia She was greatly moved and sent people to check again. When he heard that the money had increased by two cents today, how could he still sit still? He hurriedly urged Mrs.

At present, the couple is waiting for the stock price to rise steadily, but the Rongguo Mansion is gloomy and gloomy. Because in the past two days, the imperial censors and officials have written letters to impeach the third-class general Jia Zhen, either for engaging in corruption for personal gain, selling out his official position, seizing land, raping women, or engaging in extortion and corruption.

Dongfu has been surrounded for more than half a month, but the police have never withdrawn. In addition, there have been successive impeachments. At this time, even a stupid man like Jia She knew that Dongfu would not be able to pass this test.

Jia's mother called Jia She and Jia Zheng again, and they wrote letters to relatives and friends asking for help, but they didn't mention it.

In a blink of an eye, on the twenty-first day of the year, Jia Mu set up a small stage in the inner courtyard and ordered a new troupe of operas, both Kun and Yi. There were several family banquets arranged in the Rongqing Hall, and there were no foreign guests. Only Aunt Xue, Shi Xiangyun, Baochai, and Li Weijian were the guests, and the rest were all our own people.

At the end of the period, Li Weijian arrived, and Jia Lian accompanied him inside. Li Weijian smiled and congratulated Sister Bao on her birthday, gave her gifts, and then sat down with Jia Lian across the screen.

At this time, there were four seats in the Rongqing Hall, and the remaining three seats were occupied by female relatives. Only Li Weijian and Jia Lian had a separate seat.

It was still early and the banquet hadn't started yet, so Jia Mu made arrangements to let Baochai order a show first.

Baochai gave in, and Jia Mu insisted that Baochai have some. At this time, Aunt Xue who was standing by said: "Since the old lady asked you to order it, just order it."

Li Weijian listened and thought to himself, Aunt Xue was trying to get some treasure hairpins to suit Jia Mu's wishes.

I had no choice but to order a discount on "Journey to the West". Mother Jia naturally liked it, so she asked Aunt Xue. When Aunt Xue saw that Baochai ordered it, she refused to order it again, so she ordered Sister Feng to order it. Although Sister Feng was under sentence and Mrs. Wang was in front, she did not dare to disobey because of Jia Mu's orders. Knowing that Jia Mu liked to be lively and even laughed at scientific jokes, she ordered the play "Liu Er as a Clothes". Hearing Wang Xifeng order "Liu Er's Clothes", Li Weijian suddenly laughed secretly.

"Liu Er Pawns Clothes" plays the role of Pei Du who is about to go to Beijing to take the exam. He has insufficient travel expenses, so he sends his old servant Pei Wang to Liu Er's pawnshop to pawn his clothes. Liu Er was rich and unkind. Because his brother-in-law Pei Du had come to pawn a gold hairpin before, and the interest had not yet been paid, Liu Er withheld the clothes and used them as interest. Liu Er pretended to be a fool, made jokes, disowned his relatives, buttoned up his clothes, and made excuses for Pei Wang.

When Feng Lazi, the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, clicked on "Liu Er's Clothes", she almost scolded the Xue family in person. The Xue family owned a pawnshop, and Jia Zheng, the master, was Aunt Xue's brother-in-law, and he had exactly the same relationship with Pei Du and Liu Er. Sister Feng made Liu Er embarrassed on the stage. I wonder how Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai felt!

"Okay, okay, this is a good idea!" Jia Mu really liked it even more, and then ordered Daiyu to order it.

Daiyu asked Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang to wait. Jia Mu then said: "I am taking you here to have fun today. Let's just take care of our own business and ignore them. What can I do for them by singing operas and serving wine? They are here to listen and eat for free. It's already cheap. What's more? Let them order it!"

As he said this, everyone laughed. Li Weijian couldn't help it anymore and started laughing with Jia Lian. Tsk tsk, the old lady didn't give any face to Aunt Xue this time. Isn't it the Xue family who said "free to eat and free to listen"? This is almost like chasing someone face to face.

There was a slight gap in the screen. Although Aunt Xue and Baochai could not be seen, Mrs. Wang could be seen.

Li Weijian took a sneak look, and sure enough, he saw that although Mrs. Wang was smiling, the beads in her hand were no longer twisting, and her thumbnail almost got into the beads!

I'm afraid that Mrs. Wang is very angry at this moment, but the old lady's position is too high, so she can only smile and pretend not to know.

Then Dai Yufang clicked out. Then Baoyu, Shi Xiangyun, Ying, Tan, Xi, Li Wan, etc. all took their orders and took over the performance.

After the opera was sung, the Shen hour passed in a blink of an eye, and the banquet was ready.

Jia Mu ordered Baochai to order again. Baochai ordered a play called "Lu Zhishen Drunk in Mount Wutai".

Baoyu said: "I have no choice but to order these plays."

Baochai said: "You have listened to the play these past few years in vain. How do you know the advantages of this play? It has great pomp and wonderful diction."

Baoyu said: "I have always been afraid of these excitements."

Baochai said with a smile: "To say that this is a lively play, you still don't know the opera. Come here, I tell you, this play is a set of "Dian Crimson Lips", with sonorous rhythm and rhythm. Needless to say, the rhythm is good. There is only one piece of poetry in the poem called "Parasitic Grass", which is so wonderfully written that you never knew it."

Baoyu saw that what he said was so good, so he came closer and begged: "My dear sister, please listen to me!"

Baochai then read: I am looking for the hero's tears, and I am leaving the scholar's home. Thanks to the mercy, I was tonsured under the lotus platform. There is no predestined relationship, and we are separated in the blink of an eye. Naked, coming and going without worries. Where can I ask for a single line of smoke, raincoats and rain hats? As soon as I let you, my shoes will be broken and my bowl will be transformed by chance!

Li Weijian at the next table thought to herself, here we come, Sister Bao really fought back!

The literal meaning of this play is a libretto when Lu Zhishen took refuge in Wutai Mountain after he killed Zheng Tu, the "Guanxi leader" - it is said to be similar to the Xue family - because he did not abide by Buddhist rules and was kicked out of the temple. It is Lu Zhishen's free and easy feelings and self-esteem that "he can come and go naked without any worries" and "I can just let my shoes break and my bowl change."

Sister Bao apparently seemed to be reciting words to Baoyu, but in fact she was speaking to Jia Mu. The secret tip is probably: I, Xue Baochai, am not that skinless and shameless person. At worst, I will leave your Jia family and "let my shoes and broken bowl be left to chance", and I don't necessarily have to hang myself on a tree in your Jia family.

Li Weijian couldn't help but secretly think to herself that although Sister Bao had fought back, she had to decide whether she could leave or not, and Aunt Xue had to decide. During this dinner, Aunt Xue only spoke ordinary words. She didn't seem to hear the slightest hint of Jia Mu's hidden secrets. It seemed that she had no intention of leaving at all.

He felt that this house fight was really interesting, and he couldn't help but have a few more drinks with Jia Lian.

At the end of the evening, when the screen was taken down, Jia Mu exchanged a few words with Li Weijian. Because she loved the young lady and the clown so much, she ordered someone to bring them in. When she looked closely, she became even more pitiful.

When asked about their age, the young lady was only eleven years old and the clown was only nine years old. Everyone sighed.

Jia Mu asked him to give him two more fruits and two bunches of money.

Sister Feng said with a smile: "This child looks like a real person in disguise. You can't tell it anymore."

Baochai knew it in his heart, so he just smiled and refused to say anything.

Baoyu also guessed, but dared not say anything.

Shi Xiangyun then smiled and said: "She looks like Sister Lin."

After hearing this, Baoyu glanced at Xiangyun and winked. But everyone heard this, looked at it carefully, laughed, and said that it was indeed good.

Li Weijian looked carefully at the side and saw that Xiaodan was the senior official. She looked exactly like Daiyu. It is extremely impolite to compare Daiyu with an actor. Sister Feng has always been considerate, how could she say such a thing? Looking furtively, Daiyu was indeed unhappy.

After thinking for a moment, Li Weijian looked at the clown again, and suddenly realized something in his heart. This does not mean that Daiyu looks like an actress. It was clearly Jia Mu who spoke in support of the Wood-Stone Alliance through Sister Feng's mouth!

I won’t mention that the senior official looks a lot like Daiyu; Baoyu is a deviant, so isn’t he just a clown in everyone’s eyes?

Looking at everyone's expressions, the second sister smiled with her face hidden in welcoming the spring, as if she didn't realize anything; Xichun and Xiangyun were too young and didn't know what was going on.

Looking at Baochai again, although Sister Baochai smiled, she smiled very reluctantly.

Sister Feng's words were meant to open up Jia Mu's eyes: The old lady likes this couple. You, Xue Baochai, should marry whomever you should marry!

Daiyu was annoyed and couldn't help but glance at Li Weijian. But seeing Li Weijian smiling, Daiyu suddenly felt aggrieved. She also saw Li Weijian shaking his head slightly, and then glanced at Xiang Ling who was accompanying him.

Although Daiyu did not understand what Sister Feng meant, she knew that Fourth Brother Jian must have seen something. He immediately suppressed his anger and just kept silent. He secretly thought that brother Jian would send Xiangling to talk to him someday.

After the song ended and everyone dispersed, before leaving, Li Weijian secretly glanced at Daiyu again, and then Shi Shiran led Xiangling away.

At night, Daiyu was fine, but Xiangyun was annoyed first.

Although Xiangyun never had any thoughts about Baoyu, he still treated him as a good and stubborn brother. Whenever I mention Sister Lin, this loving brother will always protect her. We were just joking at the table, but Baoyu gave me a fierce look!

Before Sister Lin came, Xiangyun had been living in Jia's mother's room. In terms of closeness and distance, he was no worse than Daiyu. Why did Baoyu always favor Daiyu?

It's the same this time. How can Xiangyun not be annoyed?

Because he packed his luggage when he came back and told his maid Cui Lv that he would leave early in the morning.

Baoyu heard this and hurriedly came to persuade her, saying that she was afraid that Daiyu would be careless.

It was okay not to listen to this. After hearing this, Xiangyun became even more annoyed and threw his hands and said: "Don't look at me with your sweet words. I'm not as good as your sister Lin. Others talk about her and make fun of her. It's just me who says it." Isn't that right? I don't deserve to talk about her. She is the lady and the master, and I am the slave girl. I can't do it if I offend her!"

Baoyu said anxiously: "I'm here for you, but I don't want to come out. If I have an affair, I will turn into ashes immediately and be trampled by thousands of people!"

Xiangyun said: "In the first month of the year, don't believe in nonsense. These unimportant evil oaths, rumors, and lies should be told to those who are petty and annoying in their actions, and those who will rule you! Don't listen to them! Tell me to spit on you." After saying that, he went to Jia Mu's room and lay down angrily.

Baoyu felt bored and went to look for Daiyu again. But at this time, Daiyu had already moved to the back building. Baoyu had to stop and sigh as he thought about the female official Wei Jianyu who could not be offended.

Suddenly, Xiangling came to study poetry again.

Everyone in Rongguo Mansion had been familiar with him for a long time and did not check it, so he asked Xiangling to look for Daiyu on his own.

When she arrived at the back building, Xiangling looked at Daiyu's expression and saw tiredness on her face, so she said, "The fourth master was afraid that the girl would be careless, so he sent me here early in the morning."

Daiyu pursed her lips and said nothing.

Xiang Ling came over, took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it over, saying, "Fourth Master said, the girl will know after reading it. This piece of paper cannot be kept. The girl should read it carefully and remember to burn it."

Daiyu responded in a muffled voice and reached out to take the paper. After looking at the paper carefully, the frowning eyebrows first relaxed, and then started to frown.

He read it again, put down the note and said: "Second sister-in-law is so thoughtful..."

It turns out that Sister Feng followed her grandmother's thoughts and said these words just now, and did not mean to compare herself to an actor. As for Xiangyun who made the point, he always meant what he said but didn't mean it. Daiyu never cared about it.

Although these words were not malicious, they made Daiyu feel upset. When Lin Ruhai was about to die, she gave many warnings and instructions not to reveal her marriage to Li Weijian, otherwise she might suffer mishaps. Because except for those close to him, even Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng had been concealed.

Daiyu is now worried about Jia Mu bringing her and Baoyu together. How can she not expose her marriage and tactfully ask the old lady to find another candidate for her granddaughter-in-law?

Although Daiyu was smart, she couldn't find a suitable solution for a while.

Although Daiyu was still worried, it was different from that time. She couldn't figure it out for a while, so she put it down for the time being, and turned to talk about poetry with Xiangling.

After a long time, Zicuckoo suddenly went upstairs and said, "The palace sent people to send lantern riddles and ordered everyone to guess them. Girl, please go quickly."

Daiyu hurriedly put down the book and told Xiangling a few words before getting up and going to Rongqing Hall.

The lantern riddle was a seven-character quatrain, and there was nothing new about it. Daiyu guessed it after thinking about it for a while. Now he wrote the answer to the riddle with Baoyu, Baochai, Xiangyun, Sanchun and others and handed it to the eunuch. He turned around and called Jia Huan and Jia Lan to guess the lantern riddles together.

At night, the eunuch came again to deliver the message: "I have guessed everything I made, but the second lady and the third master guessed it wrong. The ladies have also guessed what they made. I don't know if it is true or not."

As he spoke, he also took out what he had written. There were some who guessed, and some who couldn't guess. They all just guessed at random. The eunuch then gave the gifts to the people who had guessed. Each person had a palace-made poetry tube and a tea spoon. Du Yingchun and Jia Huan did not get them. Yingchun thought it was a trivial matter and didn't mind, but Jia Huan found it boring. And I heard the eunuch say: "The third master said that it didn't make sense, and the queen didn't even guess. She asked me to take it back and ask what the third master is."

Jia Huanjie finally told the answer to the riddle, which made everyone laugh again.

Baoyu came close to her several times, but Daiyu quietly avoided her each time, either looking for Chun or Yingchun to talk to. Baoyu felt sad, but Daiyu secretly thought that it would be better to stay away from him, lest Baoyu would have any thoughts again.

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Fengzao Palace.

Emperor Zhenghe was still in the imperial study dealing with memorials and had not returned, so Concubine Wu led a group of concubines to guess lantern riddles and have fun.

After playing naughty, Li Bin suddenly said: "My dear concubine, I think that it is a waste to spend money on the empty villa for relatives, and it is a pity to have someone to clean and take care of it every day. Why not send the sisters at home to stay temporarily?" , I will move it out for a wedding visit someday."

Concubine Wu smiled and said: "The villa built by your family came to me again for advice. But what I said is true. Rather than leaving it empty, it is better to send the sisters at home to move in." After a pause, she added: "There are seven sisters in my family. , even if you live in it, I’m afraid it’s not enough.”

A female official asked: "Concubine Xian De's family seems to have many sisters?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Wu looked at Yuan Chun, and Yuan Chun smiled and said, "It's quite enough to live in. My eldest sister-in-law is a widow, and she has three younger sisters and two cousins, so she can still live comfortably."

Concubine Wu nodded with a smile and said, "Concubine Jia will let her sisters live in her house when she comes back." After saying this, she suddenly remembered what the female official Wei Jianyu said when she entered the palace years ago, saying that the second master Bao of Rongguo Mansion was acting unscrupulously. , loves to play naughty with sisters at home. If Wei Jianyu had not stopped him, he would have been rude to Miss Lin.

The sage once told Concubine Wu privately that the orphan girl of the Lin family would not be given the decree to marry until she was exterminated, and she would be married to Li Weijian, the uncle of Jingling. Because Concubine Wu was warned to take this matter to heart, she managed to take care of the Lin family's orphan girl. If someone from the Jia family were to offend him, wouldn't it be against the holy will? In the future, Uncle Jingling will cause trouble, and even Concubine Wu will be harshly criticized by the saint.

Because Concubine Wu said thoughtfully: "Concubine Jia, your brother who was born with a jade in his mouth... also wants to live in the garden?"

Yuanchun said hurriedly: "Back to my wife, my brother-in-law is young and has grown up a little recently. I would like to let my brother-in-law go to the garden and have some fun, and then move out when he is old enough."

Concubine Wu's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that this was indeed the case. Her face remained motionless, and she said with a smile: "What Concubine Jia is doing... I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Yuanchun was puzzled and asked for advice: "If there is anything wrong, please let me know clearly."

Concubine Wu asked: "How did I hear that your brother loves to eat rouge on the maid's mouth, and he knew about the maid's affairs three or two years ago?"

"Ah?" Jia Yuanchun was shocked!

(End of this chapter)