Yurun Bingyan of the Red Chamber

Chapter 20

When Mrs. Wang saw that Mother Jia had stopped talking, she said, "Young lady, you know that we have brought great news." There was a faint sense of satisfaction in her words.Daiyu raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "What is the second aunt talking about?" Mrs. Wang glanced at Sister Feng who was standing aside and said with a smile, "Your sister doesn't know yet? The imperial concubine in our palace is happy again. This time it must be a dragon son. The emperor was very happy, and allowed the imperial concubine to go home to visit relatives in the spring." Sister Feng is a person who can speak well, and these words were indeed filled with joy.Daiyu nodded and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's excellent news. Congratulations to my grandmother and second aunt." Mrs. Wang also smiled at Daiyu, saying, "It's still your eldest sister who will live up to her expectations. If you give birth to a prince, the future I also have someone to rely on in the palace. I can support our family a bit. Even you sisters have good looks." Daiyu felt a little sympathetic to Yuanchun in the palace.Although she has never entered the palace, she also knows the difficulties of the deep palace.These people in Jia's family didn't say they were planning carefully for Yuanchun, but they were thinking about how to rely on her to get promoted to the nobles, and they even played around with the identity of the imperial concubine and the empress's family.Fortunately, the Jia family was already in decline, although they were all worthless dandies, they were not treacherous or evil, otherwise, Concubine Yuan Gui would have been implicated by them long ago.

Mrs. Wang saw that Daiyu's smile was faint, and she didn't show any envy, so she felt a little hesitant, and her tone of voice became much lighter when she spoke again, "Miss, when we come here today, we have something to talk to the girl about. Discuss one or two."

Daiyu raised her eyebrows in surprise, and after thinking about it for a while, she understood something, and said lightly: "Daiyu is just a daughter's family, what can the second aunt and grandmother come to discuss with themselves?"

Mother Jia looked at Daiyu with some hesitation, and hesitated to speak. If she had seen Mother Jia like this when she was in Jia's house, Daiyu would have immediately comforted the old man softly, promising that no matter what, she would agree to it.Over the past few years, Daiyu has also learned a lot, just smiling at Mother Jia and waiting for her to speak.It's just that it's sad to use these thoughts on one's own relatives.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want to... borrow the big girl's garden." Mrs. Wang said indifferently, as if this was just a trivial matter.

Daiyu's eyelashes drooped slightly, everyone didn't see the coldness in her eyes, they just heard her whisper: "Why?" Mrs. Wang said: "Your Majesty will come back to visit relatives in the spring, but it is too late to rebuild the relatives villa. Yes. Let's think that the big girl's garden is quite large and the scenery is elegant. Although it is a little far away from Jia's house, it would be useful to ask someone else to renovate it. After the mother-in-law is finished, she will definitely return the big girl's. "In fact, if you really can afford money and material resources, there is no way you can't catch up. It's just that the Jia family's early savings have been squandered in recent years, but these people don't know how to be temperate, and they blindly pursue wealth and refinement.If it weren't for Jia Min's betrothal gift back then, the Jia family might not be able to survive today.Originally, the most promising place of the Xingqin Villa was naturally the open space between Rongning and Ningfu, which was also closer to Rongguo Mansion, but after re-building and calculating, Jia's family would not be able to make ends meet.Yuan Chun spent money like water running around in the palace, how could Mrs. Wang be willing to spend such a large sum of money?
Daiyu only felt a coldness in her heart, and only the warmth from the water jade bead chain with purple pearls on her wrist made her feel relieved.He looked up at everyone and said, "If that's the case, I don't know how grandma wants to arrange us siblings?"

Mother Jia's heart skipped a beat, and hearing Daiyu's clear voice, she knew that it might not be so easy to achieve her wish today.

"If that's the case, why don't you know how grandma wants to arrange for our siblings?" Daiyu's voice sounded coldly in the hall, and everyone was embarrassed.Mrs. Wang would like to say that the Lin family still has an old house to live in, but she just wants to occupy the garden of the Lin family for her daughter to see her relatives. She doesn't want to be shameless, so she can't say it. .Sister Feng quickly interjected: "Sister and brother Mo, why don't you come and live in our house for a while. We sisters and brothers will also enjoy kissing each other when we see each other."

Mother Jia also looked at Daiyu expectantly, "Yu'er..."

Looking at Mrs. Jiamu Wang and the others, Daiyu felt chills in her heart.Subconsciously, she reached out to grab the bead chain on her wrist and closed her eyes.Hong Lian stood behind Daiyu, and there were several other servants standing around who saw this scene and their faces were cold.Ziyuan, who is usually the most quick-talking, said with a bit of yin and yang: "Jia is not Jia, white jade is the king's horse. It turns out that Jia's family has fallen to the point where they want to seize the inheritance of our master Lin's family. But is there any more?" Is that the Xue family whose pearls are like earth and gold is like iron? Why do you miss our young girl?" Mrs. Wang blushed when she said this, and Yingchun Xichun and others who didn't want to come were even more ashamed.Mother Jia pulled Daiyu very kindly, and said very apologetically, "Yu'er, if there is no other way, why would grandma think of you here? This house is to be borrowed from us for a while, and it will be exchanged for you after the imperial concubine and empress are finished visiting. , when the time comes, the yard will be newly decorated, and you will be happy to live there."

Daiyu lowered her head and said softly: "This garden was originally built by Daddy before he was alive. Every bit of it is Daddy's idea. Yu'er is unworthy and dare not change it without authorization." How could she not know that Jia's house has long been Strong on the outside and dry on the inside, making ends meet.Once this garden is lent out, how can it ever be taken back?Daiyu raised her head and looked at Jia's mother firmly and said, "It's only a one-day thing for a concubine to visit her relatives. Why did my grandmother do this? I remember that last year when Concubine Liu Guifei went home to visit her relatives, she didn't see Liu's house modifying the family-consenting villa." Those who really stay at home are only a little bit of time, and they can only arrive at noon, and they must rush back before the palace gates are locked. How much time can people spend countless manpower and material resources to modify other courtyards?That Concubine Liu Gui is the sister of the former empress and the direct aunt of the current crown prince.She is even the daughter of the current prime minister, and she never said that she would change to another courtyard when she was ordered to visit her relatives last year.

Mrs. Wang curled her lips and was very displeased with Daiyu's refusal: "Who is Liu Guifei? Who is our empress? When our empress gives birth to a prince for the emperor, especially that Liu Guifei can..."

"Second wife, be careful." Daiyu interrupted the disrespectful words she was going to say later, and said, "That's all Daiyu said. Our siblings, Fubo, can't afford to live in Jia's relatives' hospital, so please invite grandma Leave a place for Yu'er and Mo'er to wash their bodies." Seeing the situation, Sister Feng seemed to be going stiff, she quickly smiled and said, "Sister Lin, don't worry too. Why don't you wait for Brother Mo to come back and ask him what he means. After all, Brother Mo is the future master of the Lin family, isn't he?" Daiyu said lightly, "Don't say that Mo'er won't agree, even if he agrees, I don't agree. The Prince's Mansion of Anqin County is not suitable for living now, and neither is Daiyu. I will never let Mo'er depend on others."

Jia's mother frowned and said, "How can living at my grandmother's house mean being dependent?" Daiyu turned her head slightly and said nothing.Xueyan whispered at the side: "Why don't you just live under the fence? When our master was still there, how many servants of Jia's family said behind our backs that we lived under the fence. Now that the master is gone, those people still say it is even worse." Hearing this At these words, Mother Jia was stunned, and turned her head to stare at Mrs. Wang.She has lived at such an old age, so she naturally knows who spread those rumors.In a blink of an eye, Mother Jia looked at Daiyu with tears in her eyes and said, "Yu'er, my grandmother is also reluctant to wrong you, but the imperial concubine Yuan is struggling in the palace, we must not disgrace her. You and Mo'er are both grandmothers." The grandsons of the first relatives, the grandmother can still wrong you." Seeing her like this, Daiyu's heart became colder, and she couldn't help but shed tears, but she refused to let go no matter what.Now that their siblings depend on each other for life, they can't give up their home no matter what.

Baochai smiled and said: "Sister Lin, why is this so? We also said that we will pay it back in the future. When the time comes, the newly decorated Provincial House will be more beautiful than the now deserted Lin Mansion, isn't it?" Shen said with a sneer: "In that case, why didn't Miss Xue send your family's Zhuangzi in the capital to be changed into a provincial hospital. At least we girls know that it is better to live in our own home. Miss Xue has lived in Jia's house for several years. Couldn't it be that Miss Xue's parents are both dead?"

Originally, Baochai wanted to make a fool of herself in front of Mrs. Wang, but she didn't expect to be blocked by Honglian's cold words, and her expression was very ugly.

"The eldest girl just doesn't care about us and the old lady's face, at least she also wants to see the face of the noble concubine in the palace. If the noble concubine loses face, who can bear the blame?" Mrs. Wang said coldly, her tone There was something threatening in it.But she didn't know Daiyu's temperament, when she was weak, she became weak, and when she was strong, she became stronger.After hearing this, Daiyu's face became even colder. She stared at Mrs. Wang motionlessly with her clear eyes, and said with a sneer, "Could it be that our siblings refuse, and the second wife even invited the concubine Yuan to force us to move away?" No? Daiyu wants to see, who would dare?"

"Sister, who wants us to move away?" In the condensed atmosphere, Mo Yu's clear voice came in, followed by a handsome and tall figure at the door.He is only ten years old now, because of martial arts, Mo Yu is not much shorter than Dai Yu.Walking into the hall, he glanced at his sister, then casually looked at the people sitting in the room in front of him, went forward to salute Jiamu, walked to Daiyu and sat down beside Daiyu, saying, "Sister, why are you crying? Who bullied you?" You, Mo'er, will beat him up for you!" Daiyu blinked her eyes, sneered, and glared at him, "I don't tell you to learn martial arts and keep fit, you don't want you to learn how to beat and kill people all day long. Just mess around." Moyu was very angry. Reluctantly, he glanced at Mrs. Wang and the others and said, "Mo'er doesn't care, I will never let anyone bully my sister. Even if I can't beat him, I can ask Master and Mohan for help. Don't worry, sister." Yu would not call Master Huangfu Bingyan, but he just didn't want the Jia family to know that he had something to do with the Yan Palace.Jiamu and the others all changed their colors. How could they forget that the child named Mohan is the current prince and has a very good relationship with Moyu.

(End of this chapter)