Yurun Bingyan of the Red Chamber

Chapter 25

"Han Xing Princess is here."

A girl complained softly, and after a while, Princess Hanxing walked in with a red dress and a high spirit.She smiled and said: "Han Xing congratulated the concubine and the concubine's sister-in-law." An Xian smiled and said: "Thank you very much." The old concubine also smiled and said: "You girl is willing to come?" Xiaozui smiled arrogantly and said: "Little nephew is full moon, how dare Han Xing not come. Brother Wang still reprimanded Han Xing severely." The old concubine smiled and said: "Forget it, I know you are restless." , you don’t need to accompany us old women, go out and play with these girls.” Princess Hanxing glanced at everyone in the Jia family, snorted and said nothing.There are not many princesses in the county palaces of the generation of the Shui family, and the only one who is not married now is the princess Hanxing of the Xining palace.Therefore, all the palaces favored her three points, and thus developed Shui Hanxing's arrogant temperament.With her pride, she naturally looked down on this girl from Jia's family who, in her opinion, relied on Concubine Yuan Gui's nepotism to gain access to Princess Beijing.

"Miss Lin is here."

An Xian finally showed a sincere smile when she heard the girl's report.The old concubine was also very happy and said: "Miss Lin is here? Tell her to come in soon." In the past two years, Daiyu and An Xian have a very good relationship, and they are naturally no strangers to the old concubine.Occasionally, I also do some exquisite embroidery to honor the old concubine.Although the old concubine regretted not allowing Daiyu to enter the Beijing Palace, she also liked her temperament and family demeanor, and she couldn't compare with girls from other families.

Daiyu was wearing a lavender cloak embroidered with plum blossom images today, and when she got to the door, she retreated into her arms with Xueyan in her arms, revealing her white clothes embroidered with red maple, the red maple leaves set off the newly recovered The charming face has a little more color.Anxian got up to greet her, and said with a smile, "My sister is late." Daiyu smiled and said, "I will apologize to my sister later." She went up to the old concubine and gave a blessing, "Congratulations to the concubine. "The old concubine narrowed her eyes with a smile, pulled her to sit down and said: "I heard that you were ill a few days ago, are you well now?" Daiyu nodded and smiled: "Okay, Concubine Lao is worried. "

Concubine Nan'an smiled and said: "This girl is quite clean, but she is from some family, she looks strange."

The old concubine smiled and said: "This is a descendant of Prince Anqin, a girl from the Lin family in the south of the Yangtze River. You have never seen it before." The concubine Nan'an is also a member of the royal family, so she naturally knows who the prince of Anqin is. Daiyu's gaze also paid more attention and scrutiny, and said with a smile: "It's weird, this Anqin County prince's mansion has produced outstanding people from generation to generation, I said this girl is not like ordinary people can raise." Daiyu smiled, Luoluo He said generously: "Daiyu is just the quality of willows, and the concubine praised it absurdly." The concubine Nan'an feigned anger and said, "You girl, are you saying that I have bad eyesight?" Daiyu had to laugh and said, "Daiyu Thank you for your compliment." The other two old concubines of Mrs. Gaoming's family valued Daiyu so much, they couldn't help but secretly marveled.

Baochai was standing beside Mrs. Wang, seeing Daiyu being treated so courteously, she felt a little displeased, but she didn't show it at all on her face.He smiled and said: "Sister Lin, is it better after not seeing her illness for a long time?"

Hearing this, the two concubines frowned slightly, but said nothing.When Daiyu got up to meet Jia Mu, her expression was also indifferent and not cordial.For a moment, Baochai blushed a little.The old concubine smiled and said to An Xian: "These are young girls' homes, and it's boring to accompany us old ones, you can take them out to play." An Xian responded, holding Daiyu with one hand and Han Xing with the other. The princess led a few girls out of the house.

The garden of Prince Jing's Mansion is very large, and the girls are chatting and playing in twos and threes.Princess Hanxing looked at Daiyu critically. She was always proud, so naturally she couldn't see others suppressing her limelight.But she couldn't help admitting that Daiyu was superior to her in terms of appearance and temperament, so she snorted and broke away from An Xian's hand.An Xian knew that her temper was not strong, so she looked at her back and said with a smile: "This girl has such a temper, and His Royal Highness Yan Wang is not soft-tempered. I'm afraid she will suffer in the future." What she didn't say was I'm afraid that only His Royal Highness Yan Wang can control this tricky and weird temper.Daiyu asked curiously, "That's Princess Hanxing?" An Xian smiled and said, "Isn't it Princess Hanxing? The emperor issued an order to Yan Wang, but Yan Wang's mansion has not received the order yet, but they don't know about it." How do you understand?" Naturally, Daiyu knew from Mohan that the emperor deliberately made things difficult for Huangfu Bingyan, so she just smiled and didn't say much.

"Sister Lin, haven't seen us for a long time, how about we get together?" Baochai followed Sanchun and Xiangyun with a smile on his face and a friendly appearance.Daiyu looked indifferently, looked at Baochai calmly for a while, then turned to Anxian and said: "Sister Anxian must be very busy today, I can do it by myself." Anxian nodded, she should indeed go to the prince See how the evening banquet is going, "Then I won't accompany you."

Baochai came forward and smiled, "Did we bother the princess? Why don't you stay and chat?"

An Xian glanced at her indifferently and said: "Where does this princess have the time to chat with you. Sister, you are welcome." Daiyu nodded and smiled: "Sister An Xian is free."

Watching An Xian leave, Baochai gave such a cold look, and the surrounding young ladies also whispered to each other.Baochai's complexion suddenly changed, which is wonderful.

Baochai's face is not good-looking, and Daiyu's face is also not good-looking.The Lin family didn't like to stand and watch jokes by nature.Glancing at Baochai and the others, they turned and walked forward.Baochai's expression changed for a moment and followed without saying a word.Sanchun and the others were even more eager to leave here quickly, so as not to be laughed at by these young ladies, and they were a little displeased with Baochai's actions today.

Xichun walked to Daiyu's side and said in a low voice: "I heard that Sister Lin was very ill a few days ago, is she okay?" With an indifferent face, he said softly: "Sister, take care of yourself. After all, Cousin Mo is more important, and those unimportant people don't have to worry about embarrassing yourself." Daiyu was a little surprised and forgot to take a look at Xichun, but only saw her He walked quietly beside him with his head down.Baochai caught up and said with a smile: "What did Fourth Sister and Sister Lin say? Don't let our sisters listen." Xichun turned away and walked to Yingchun, ignoring Baochai.Baochai didn't take it seriously, and pulled Daiyu to point to the rockery not far away and said with a smile, "Sister Lin, let's go over there and have a look."

Daiyu frowned slightly, that side was near the front yard, there might be guests passing by there, "Let's go to the lake."

Baochai laughed and said, "It's going to be dark, and the lakeside is very humid. Isn't my sister always in poor health, what are you going to do by the lake?" Tanchun also laughed and said, "Yes, Sister Lin is still Take care of yourself, it's cold now, so it's not good to stay by the lake for a long time." Seeing them like this, Daiyu was about to shirk away, when a few girls from the other side came together and smiled at Daiyu: "Miss Lin, let's stay in the pavilion Playing games, do you come with these girls too?" These girls are the daughters of high-ranking officials in the court, and they naturally have good knowledge in their eyes.Seeing the old concubine and Princess Beijing treat Daiyu so courteously before, they naturally have high regard for her.Seeing the kind faces of these girls, Daiyu looked at Baochai, Tanchun and the others, and nodded, "Second Sister, let's go too." Yingchun naturally nodded in agreement.

In the gazebo, seven or eight girls were sitting around, and when they saw Daiyu and others approaching, they stood up with smiles to greet them.A bright girl in water blue clothes smiled and said: "Miss Lin is here, let's play with us. My name is Mei Xin. My father is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs." Daiyu smiled slightly: "So it's Mrs. Mei's Qianjin." Mei Xin laughed and said, "Miss Lin's younger brother is also my father's younger brother, so we are somewhat related. It's just that Miss Lin doesn't like to go out, and I haven't seen her in these years. I really admire her for a long time." Mei Xin is also a girl with a bright personality, her eyebrows are full of smiles when she speaks, which makes people love her.Several other young girls also reported their names and net worth one after another. Sure enough, all the girls who could come to the banquet in the Beijing Palace were the daughters of the nobles in the court.Father and brother all occupy a pivotal position in the court.In contrast, Baochai's identity is a bit embarrassing.After Baochai finished speaking, a straight-hearted girl in red said, "Why would the Beijing Palace invite a merchant's daughter to the banquet?"

Among these young girls, Mei Xin was the oldest, and said with a smile: "This Miss Xue seems to have come with the old lady of Rongguo Mansion, maybe she is a relative of the Jia family. Since she came, it must be some fate." Mei Xin thought in her heart But suddenly thought of one thing, her elder brother seems to have made a marriage in the early years, that is a girl from the Xue family in Jinling, if this girl Xue is in front of her, she will be in trouble.These girls looked down on Baochai's behavior of trying to strike up a conversation with Princess Beijing, so naturally they didn't like her in their hearts.They are all from noble backgrounds, and in the future they must marry someone as the main wife. Even the concubine of the Beijing Prince's Mansion will lose value if these noble daughters are seriously born.

After all, it was in the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and it was not good to make the atmosphere too tense, so the girls let go of these trivial matters and started playing.Writing poems and lyrics, painting and playing chess are also quite harmonious.Daiyu played three games of chess with a girl from Yushi Zhongcheng's family. After two wins and one loss, the girl clamored to go to learn art from a teacher again, and to find Daiyu another day to compete, so she was dragged away to paint. .Daiyu said that she was a little tired, so she took Honglian and Xueyan to a quiet place to rest.

"Is this Miss Lin from Jiangnan?" Daiyu sat resting at the end of the Jiuqu Corridor in the garden, when a deep male voice sounded behind her.When Daiyu turned around, she saw a man standing tall in jade, with a crimson purple brocade robe embroidered with a pattern of wandering dragons, and a folded landscape fan in Jasper hanging from his waist was suave.Daiyu stood up and looked at the man who smiled kindly and calmly, "Who are you?"Seeing Daiyu's indifferent reaction, the smile in her eyes grew even wider.Shaking the folding fan lightly in his hand, he said with a smile: "My little girl Mohan has been caressed by the girl for a long time, and it's really rude not to appreciate it." As soon as these words came out, Daiyu and the three of them were stunned. The man in front of the jade tree facing the wind turned out to be Qinglong The current Emperor of China, His Majesty Shui Cangming.

(End of this chapter)