The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 93 Sue Zijuan Persuading Daiyu (Seeking Pink)

Now the Xing family can be regarded as a family reunion. Xing Zhong and Lu's treat Daiyu the same as their own daughters. Anyone who has Xiuyan must have Daiyu. With advice and persuasion by her side, Daiyu's health is getting better day by day, and she doesn't need to take the medicine brought from Rongguo Mansion, she can just take care of her every day with peace of mind.

As the weather got warmer, Mrs. Lu began to take care of another important matter.She couldn't be idle for a moment, and she had long set her sights on the capital, a land of business opportunities.As soon as the new year was over, she transferred a group of hard-working and flexible young apprentices from the south. Their wages doubled and they determined to gain a firm foothold in the capital.

The three cake shops that started in Taihu Lake back then have developed into a well-known old shop in Suzhou and Hangzhou.With Lu's unique vision and the support of her daughter, she has long been dissatisfied with these small businesses, and even started a business with the ship king Su's family.

The head of the Shibo Department is a celebrity around the late emperor, and the chief eunuch Yan Xing, the chief eunuch of the Sishe Supervisor, has a close relationship with the old ship king. It is said that Yan Xing entered the palace at a young age, and the old ship king helped find Yan Xing. Xing's family, and found a nephew of the family, recorded it under Yan Xing's name, and worshiped him a hundred years later.Yan Xing regards the old ship king as a confidant, and the Su family's business is the most famous one in the Shi Ship Department.

Due to a chance encounter, the Lu family's mother and daughter had a good relationship with the Su family, and they even brought Jia Lian to do a few big business deals, and the secret property was very rich.Mrs. Lu got a letter from the eldest wife of the Su family a few years ago, and she also wanted to set up a few shops in the capital. Firstly, she saved some money for rouge powder for the girls. Plan for them.

After receiving the letter, Mrs. Lu began to move around actively. For a while, Xiuyan took care of all the big and small affairs of the inner house.His father, Xing Zhong, was even more out of sight all day long, and occasionally even had a hard time seeing him for dinner.

Daiyu doesn't know the reason, but Xiuyan knows that the case of the Qi family is entering a difficult stage.

Things are not as easy as Xiuyan thought at the beginning, in fact she is still too immature, and she has too little experience in the intrigue of the officialdom.After Dali Temple accepted the lawsuit, it had no intention of sharing the results with the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Not only did he not, but he also coerced Xing Zhong and Jia Lian to assist in handling the case.

They clearly knew that they were holding the hole cards in their hands, but they had no choice but to lift the cards and would be suspected of cheating. Xing Zhong and Jia Lian could only follow the Dali Temple like headless chickens. They did a lot of things, but they were always in vain.

Xiuyan's heart was sweating, this matter should be sooner rather than later, the young master of the Qi family is still locked up in the mansion by the Qi family, and Dali Temple obviously has no plan to arrest anyone.The longer it drags on, the more relaxed the management of Young Master Qi will be.She may not be able to hide the real purpose of taking Zhengde to visit Mrs. Qi at Qi's house, in case Young Master Qi is free to deal with his family.
It's better to strike first.

Daiyu sat at the flower table to revise Zhengde's article, and looked up from time to time to see her sister, Meilian, and Mio rummaging through boxes and boxes to pack things. She endured it for a while, and then asked curiously, "Sister, what are you looking for?"

"I clearly remember bringing a white jade chessboard from the south. Why can't I find it?"

Daiyu put the vermilion pen in her hand aside, and said with a light smile, "Could it be that my sister wants to play chess? I have an ancient wooden chessboard at my place. Naturally, it is not as valuable as my sister's. It just so happens that it is from Hongyuan of the former dynasty. The mage's relic. My sister can't find a better one for a while, so it's the same if I took mine."

Master Hongyuan is a member of the royal family of the former dynasty. He has seen through the mundane world, and has become a man outside the world.The empress dowager of this dynasty admired Master Hongyuan very much. When she was the queen, she even personally visited the ancient temple where Master Hongyuan passed away.

Daiyu's things are naturally left by Lin Ruhai, how could they be ordinary things?
Xiuyan smiled and said: "Zhengde wants to study, I heard that Mr. Bai likes to collect ancient chessboards or remnants of famous games. Although you can't worship Mr. Bai as a teacher, you should always try your best for him."

While the two were talking, Zhuan'er came in from the outside, holding a cloth bundle in his hand: "Look, girl, is this what you're looking for?" As he spoke, he opened the bundle, and there was a white jade chessboard that was translucent, with lines of warp and weft horizontally and vertically. Clearly, there are black and white chess pieces in the two jet-black rosewood bowls, each of which is polished smooth and delicate, the workmanship is not only exquisite, but also known to be from the hands of famous masters at a glance.

Xiuyan smiled lightly and said, "Look at my memory, why did I forget to put it in his place!"

Daiyu saw that her sister had put a letter in her bag, wrapped the chessboard intact, and handed it over to Mio: "Let Aunt Guo deliver it to Mama Kang."

Daiyu's eyes only fell on the envelope for a moment, then she looked away as if nothing had happened.She is a smart girl, and the Xing family does not treat her as an outsider, but he must not pursue the bottom line regardless of the seriousness.

After Xiuyan dismissed Mio, she took Daiyu to discuss how to arrange the garden.

"I also saw that the wall of our house is not high, and people next door can look over it. It's not good for us to cover it temporarily, but it seems petty. Why don't we plant more osmanthus trees, weeping poplars, and old locust trees? It not only adds greenery, but also hides the sight. Nearer places are plantains or cannas, and the rain hits the banana leaves and the cranes are singing. Hey, my sister must raise a few more white cranes to be interesting."

Xiuyan smiled and took notes: "Not only cranes, but also water in the pond at the back, and some mallard ducks, colorful mandarin ducks, and flower ducks. Our mother Zhao used to grow lotus roots, and there is also a water pavilion there. , When the lotus blooms, you will be the host. Please invite the girls from Rongguo Mansion to set up a Furong Club. Aren’t the four girls in the East Mansion good at painting? The flowers are all painted, and your poems are embedded next to them, isn't it all interesting?"

Daiyu couldn't hide her smile, "Sister Bao has a heart, and she gave Siyatou an unknown amount of paper and pens, which can't be used up in 20 years, so why should my sister bother?" How did she order Xichun to paint, and how Baochai took Baoyu to make a raft, and got half a cart full of pens, ink, paper and inkstones to give Xichun love.

Xiuyan sighed: "I can't complain that even our mother praised Miss Bao for being smart. This kind of slickness is inherent in her bones, and no one else can learn it. In the whole Rongguo Mansion, Tanchun is the most similar to her, but look, It's obviously a flattering and effortless thing, but the third girl can't learn it."

Daiyu didn't take it seriously, and said with a small mouth: "Why does the third sister learn from her?"

Daiyu is not deeply involved in the world, so Xiuyan said: "The third girl is full of thorns, she has done a lot of things to offend people! Although the Dongfu doesn't say anything, but You Shi, Rong's daughter-in-law, there is no one in her heart. Compare! The left and right are the public's money. Even if the third girl asks for something, Mrs. Wang can only praise her for being smart, and will never reprimand her for meddling. Besides, Baoyu is there to help, even the old lady will tell her if she knows Those who come up with ideas have good ideas.”

Daiyu pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "No wonder, no wonder the old lady praised Sister Bao so much in front of my aunt that day."

"If there is another thing about giving you bird's nest, don't our mother and I accept this kind of favor? We must make plans for her."

Daiyu's heart fluttered, and she hurriedly asked: "Did she ask for something to come to my sister?" Xiuyan naturally denied it, and Daiyu said solemnly: "You're fooling me again! It must be because of her entering the palace for a draft. Son."

This time it was Xiuyan's turn to look surprised, and Daiyu smiled triumphantly: "Zijuan's brother married a girl from Aunt Baoqin's family, and when her brother was going to give the New Year's gift, he bumped into Xue's carriage and horses. The Baoqin family I didn’t hide anything, so I told Zijuan’s brother what Xue’s family wanted. Later, I thought that Sister Bao’s moving out might have something to do with it. She is a high-spirited person, hey, I thought.”

She originally thought that Sister Bao was the best candidate for a daughter-in-law in the second wife's heart.Who knows that people don't like Baoyu at all.

Xiuyan saw that Daiyu didn't want to say anything, so she smiled and said, "I'm going to discuss something with you. Sister Qin's marriage may change, and you will hurt her a little when you see the old lady too much, don't worry about it." Jealousy. Even with Baoyu, let's go farther!"

Daiyu looked at the elder sister in a daze, and Zijuan who was waiting on the side was the first to come back to her senses. She was anxious and asked directly: "Miss, did you make a mistake? Who else can Miss Qin marry if she doesn't marry Master Mei?"

Xiuyan glanced at Zijuan indifferently, Zijuan suddenly sensed her transgression, and retreated embarrassingly, but her heart could not calm down no matter what, she kept thinking about Miss Xing's words over and over again.

In the evening, when Daiyu was about to go to bed, Zijuan saw that there was no one in the room, and dropped the latch early. "Girl, I heard that what Miss Xing said in the daytime seems to have a lot of meaning, don't take it as a joke and blow it away with the wind."

Daiyu turned over lazily and sneered: "You are so smart, can't you guess it? When the old lady always said that Miss Qin was more beautiful than the person in the painting, she asked her Nian Geng's horoscope and her family's situation. Still don’t understand the intention? It’s just that my aunt guessed the old lady’s intentions first, and found an excuse from the Mei family to evade it. Now that the marriage has changed and I’m told to stay away from Baoyu, naturally the Jiaxue family will marry again!”

Zicuckoo is still confused when she is a girl, so she is the most understanding person.

Seeing that Zijuan was slow and silent, Daiyu sat up and advised her kindly: "Sister Qin is the same as my own sister. When you return to the mansion someday, you will find out all the treasures that were originally stored, and put a fan pendant on it. I don’t want to keep any children, but send them back to Yihong Courtyard to Qingwen. Don’t let Baoyu know, lest he be sad.”

Zijuan sat on the head of the bed angrily, with her back to Daiyu: "The girl also knows that Baoyu will be sad. I think when I was a child, the old lady rewarded some novelties, and Baoyu wanted to give the girl to play. I would rather be short of food and clothing." For my own share, the girl also needs to take a double share."

Zijuan was aware of Baoyu's kindness to Daiyu, "I was not a girl's person, but the old lady gave me to the girl. , ten times better than the ones brought from Suzhou. I know that we cannot be separated for a moment. In those years, the girl was in the mansion. Although you didn't say it, I understood the girl's distress. Fortunately, Baoyu Protecting the girl everywhere, I thought, with the old lady here, even if the second wife doesn't like the girl, we can have a safe home in the future. But now the girl and Baoyu have no room for maneuver?"

(End of this chapter)