Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 75: The slave is gone, don’t get involved

Looking back at the past two months.

It’s the fifteenth day of July in the first year of Chengtai.

In two days' time it will be the wedding day of Yuan Qingbai and Jia Yuanchun.

The wedding day of the two is scheduled for July 18th, which is the auspicious day selected by the Qin Tianjian.

Seeing that he was going to get married in two days, he was going to marry Mr. Bai, who was not the prince but actually the prince, and he was going to live in the royal family. Yuan Chun was looking forward to it, nervous, and at the same time a little confused.

Once she gets married, she is no longer a boudoir girl, but becomes a noble lady.

Once she married Mr. Bai, it would not be easy for her to return to Rongguo Mansion. Even if she came back, she would definitely be subject to considerable restrictions.

With such confusion, Riyuan Chun couldn't help but want to take a tour of Rongguo Mansion, the residence where she grew up, her home.

Although it has entered autumn, the weather is still relatively hot. Fortunately, it is drizzling today, which brings some coolness to Nuo Darongguo Mansion.

Yuanchun, who was covered in silk, decorated with gold and silver, and had a beautiful face, walked out of the boudoir holding an umbrella, followed closely by her personal maid holding Qin, who also held an umbrella. .

Yuanchun was raised by Jia Mu since she was a child, and her boudoir was in Jia Mu's courtyard.

Yuanchun and Baoqin, a girl and a maid, walked one behind the other. They first walked around the entire Jia Mu's courtyard, and then came to the backyard of Jia Mu's courtyard.

I walked from the backyard of Jia Mu's courtyard to Jia Zhu's residence. Jia Zhu was not at home and had gone to school. My sister-in-law Li Wan was at home. Yuanchun had no intention of entering the house, but Li Wan discovered her and invited her in.

Yuan Chun and Li Wan chatted for a while, mainly talking about her wedding. Yuan Chun was not in the mood to talk about it at the moment, so he sat for a while and then left.

Yuanchun continued walking with Baoqin, passing Aunt Zhao's Courtyard and Aunt Zhou's Courtyard, but did not enter the house again.

At this time, Yuanchun came to the outside of Mengpo Zhai, Jia Zheng's inner study. When the boy guarding Mengpo Zhai saw her coming, he hurriedly lowered his head and stepped aside.

Yuanchun stopped and gave Baoqin a few instructions. Baoqin stepped forward and asked the boy, "Is there anyone in Mengpo Zhai right now?"

The boy responded: "There is no one. The master has gone to work at the Ministry of Works Yamen as usual, and no one has come in, either."

Baoqin nodded and said, "Girl, I want to go in for a walk, is it convenient?"

The young man said flatteringly: "Although the master has ordered the younger one to guard the Mengpo Zhai, since the elder girl wants to go in, it is naturally difficult for the younger one to stop her."

Baoqin returned to Yuanchun and conveyed the boy's words.

Immediately, Yuanchun walked into Mengpo Zhai with Baoqin and walked around Mengpo Zhai for a long time.

After a while, Yuanchun walked out of Mengpozhai with Baoqin, and then went to Mrs. Wang's Courtyard, where he learned that Mrs. Wang was not here, but staying in the Rongxi Hall Courtyard.

The Rongxi Hall Courtyard is the formal inner room where the head of the Rongguo Mansion lives. It used to be the residence of Jia She. Later, Jia She moved out because of the major case of the prince, and Jia Zheng moved in.

The Rongxi Hall courtyard extends in all directions and is majestic. It has five main rooms, and the wing rooms on both sides have deer-topped and winged rooms set into the mountains.

Yuanchun arrived at the main courtyard of Rongxi Hall and entered the three wing rooms next to the main house.

In the ear room, there is a big Kang next to the window.

There is a scarlet Yangzi on the big Kang, with a red money python backrest on the front, an azure money python pillow, a large autumn-colored money python mattress, and a pair of plum blossom-style lacquered small tables on both sides. There are also furnishings on the small tables on both sides. .

In the wing room, there are four chairs in a row facing the west. The chairs are all covered with silver and red floral chairs and four pairs of footrests.

On both sides of the chair, there is also a pair of high tables with tea bowls, vases and flowers. This ear room is where Mrs. Wang often lives, sits and relaxes.

At this time, Mrs. Wang was sitting on the Kang in the ear room, giving instructions to the daughter-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion on matters related to Yuanchun's marriage.

Since Jia Zheng took over, Mrs. Wang has become the housekeeper wife of Rongguo Mansion. In addition, her daughter Yuan Chun is going to marry Qing Bai, so Mrs. Wang's status is naturally noble and extraordinarily decent.

Seeing Yuanchun's sudden arrival, the steward's daughter-in-law greeted her with a smile. Although Mrs. Wang did not stand up, she greeted with a smile: "It's raining, why are you here?"

Yuan Chun smiled sweetly: "I was wandering around the house with Baoqin, and just now I walked to my mother's residence. I wanted to pay my respects to my mother, but when I learned that my mother was here, I came here to pay my respects."

Mrs. Wang took advantage of what she said. This is her daughter who is about to become a princess and then a queen!

Yuanchun had no intention of chatting with Mrs. Wang at the moment, not to mention that a housekeeper's daughter-in-law began to flatter her, and she had no intention of flattering her.

Before Mrs. Wang could ask her to stay, she continued: "Mother is busy here, so I won't disturb my daughter. I want to take a look around the Rongxi Hall, and ask for mother's permission."

Although Mrs. Wang was not very smart, she could tell that her daughter probably wanted to take a good look at the family before getting married, so she naturally would not refuse: "Go ahead."

Yuanchun said "hmm", left the side room and entered the Rongxi Hall of the main room.

In the hall of Rongxi Hall hangs a large red gold plaque on the green ground of Kowloon. On the plaque are written the three words "Rongxi Hall" of Douda, followed by a line of small words "A letter was written on a certain year, month and day to grant Rongguo Gong Jia Yuan", and There are "treasures of tens of thousands of Chenhan".

Yuan Chun did not come to this Rongxi Hall many times since he was a child.

Because this is the residence of the head of the Rongguo Mansion, and it used to be the head of Jia She, and later when Jia Zheng was the head of the house, Yuanchun was already quite old, and it was inconvenient to come to Rongxi Hall easily.

After taking a closer look in Rongxi Hall, Yuan Chun wanted to go into her father Jia Zheng's bedroom, but decided to give up the idea because it was so inconvenient.

After leaving Rongxi Hall, Yuanchun took Baoqin to the backyard of Rongguo Mansion.

The backyard of Rongguo Mansion is very large. In the original novel, it was later transformed into the Grand View Garden for the imperial concubine Yuanchun to go home to visit her relatives. Now, Yuanchun is about to marry Qingbai, and I don’t know if the Grand View Garden will appear again...

There were many servants living in the backyard of Rongguo Mansion, but Yuanchun couldn't walk around carefully. After wandering around for a while, he took Baoqin back to Jia Mu's courtyard and found his younger brother Jia Baoyu playing in the courtyard.

Jia Baoyu is five years old this year.

Ever since he was born, Yuanchun, the eldest sister, had been loving to him and had taught him several books and thousands of words by hand orally. Although they were sisters and brothers in name, their relationship was somewhat like that of mother and son.

At this moment, Yuanchun greeted: "Baoyu."

When Jia Baoyu saw Yuanchun, he hurriedly stepped forward and said hello: "Sister."

Yuan Chun hurriedly held an umbrella for Jia Baoyu: "It's raining, why did you run outside to play? What should I do if I get strep throat?"

Jia Baoyu lowered his head, feeling guilty as a thief. He sneaked out of the house while no one was paying attention.

Yuanchun took Jia Baoyu into her boudoir, wiped Jia Baoyu's clothes with a towel himself, washed Jia Baoyu's face with hot water, and personally sent Jia Baoyu back to his room, and went to take a look again. The second sister Yingchun, the third sister Tanchun, and the fourth sister Xichun who were raised by Jia's mother returned to their boudoir.

She sat in front of the mirror, thinking that she would say goodbye to this Rongguo Mansion in two days, and to say goodbye to her relatives, including Jia Baoyu, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

"A journey of three thousand people in a windy and rainy journey throws away all the flesh and blood and homeland. I am afraid that I will lose my remaining years by crying. I will tell my parents and stop worrying about my children. Since ancient times, poverty and communication have been determined. How can there be no fate for separation and reunion? From now on, we are divided into two places, each keeping their own. Peace. Go, slave, and don’t get involved!"

This song "Parting Flesh and Bones" is about Tan Chun's long-distance marriage in the original work. The parting sentiment is somewhat suitable for today's Yuanchun mood, but her marriage this time is much better than Tan Chun's long-distance marriage in the original work. Yuanchun only hoped that Mr. Bai would be a good husband, who would not only give her glory, but also have a deep love for her, and they would sing in harmony.

Two days later, on July 18th, Qingbai and Yuanchun got married...

(End of this chapter)