Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 58

The sun was shining very gently on the earth this day, even the wind was gentle.From a distance, a group of chariots and horses headed for the capital.The passing station heard that Prince Teng was promoted to the control of the nine provinces, and was ordered to leave the capital to check the border.

A boy in brocade clothes in the motorcade grinned.He secretly said with joy in his heart: I was worried about going to Beijing, and there was a direct uncle who was in charge of me, so I couldn't squander it arbitrarily, but now I'm promoted again.

This person must have been guessed by everyone, this son is Xue Pan, the famous overlord of the Xue family in Jinling.Because Daiyu rescued Yinglian in advance, the journey went smoothly, and there was no incident of Xue Pan beating Mr. Feng to death again.

This time Xue Pan went to Beijing and said that the relationship with Mrs. Xue was very pleasant. One is to send his sister Baochai to participate in the election, the other is to visit relatives, and the third is because several businesses in the capital are gradually exhausted, so you have to check it yourself.It also means to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to settle the old accounts and then calculate the new ones. ——In fact, Xue Pan, because he has heard that the capital is the most prosperous place, he often thinks about it. In the past, his father still felt that he could not be the master.Now take this opportunity to visit the scenery of Shangguo.

Therefore, I have already packed my down clothes and presented all kinds of local and human gifts to my relatives and friends, and together with a dozen family guards, I escorted Mrs. Xue and Baochai to the capital slowly.

Wearing a navy blue arrow-sleeve shirt, a silver belt with pearls, eight-treasure silver mop on the forehead, and deerskin cloud boots, although her face is white and her lips are red, she looks a little silly.Who is this not Xue Pan?I saw him riding a Dawan BMW and following a Lenny top jujube-shafted carriage. The carriage was hung with a curtain embroidered with golden wishful patterns, which looked very luxurious.Needless to say, in the car were Xue Pan's mother, Wang Ziteng, and Jia's second wife, Mrs. Wang's sister - Mrs. Xue.

Thinking about the news he just inquired, Xue Pan turned his head sideways and approached the carriage to discuss with Mrs. Xue: "Although we have a few houses in Beijing, it's just that no one has lived in Beijing in the past ten years. The guards It would be a stealthy lease to someone, so you have to ask a few people to clean it up first."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Mrs. Xue replied in the carriage: "Why do you have to be so ostentatious! When we came to Beijing, we were supposed to visit relatives and friends first, or at your uncle's house, or your uncle's house. The house is very cheap, we can live in it first, and then slowly let someone tidy it up, why don't we stop."

Xue Pan was a little disappointed when he heard it, and thought about the news that the prince had vacated the capital, so he said: "Now that my uncle is being promoted to other provinces, the family is naturally getting up in a hurry. Wink."

Mrs. Xue didn't know about this before, but now she heard about it and asked: "Is it true?" Xue Pan thought complacently, should I agree to clean up the house and live alone?Sui said, "I must have heard it for real."

Unexpectedly, although his mother, Mrs. Xue, said yes with a smile, she went on to say: "Although your uncle's family has been promoted, there is still your uncle's house. Besides, in the past few years, your uncle and aunt have always brought letters and books. , pick us up." After speaking, he lifted a corner of the curtain and gave Xue Pan a look.

Then he continued: "Now that we are here, although your uncle is busy getting up, your aunt of the Jia family may not stay with us. Wouldn't it be strange for us to tidy up the house?" Xue Pan heard the boss's reluctance, and still I want to distinguish a few words.

Then I heard Mrs. Xue say very gently: "I know what you mean. Living with uncle and aunt will restrain you. It's better for you to live separately so that you can do whatever you want." Xue Pan glanced, obviously a little angry.

Mrs. Xue ignored Xue Pan's expression and continued: "Since you are like this, you can choose a house to live in. Your aunt and sisters and I have been separated for a few years, but we have to stay together for a few days. I brought Your sister is going to your aunt's family, do you agree?"

I didn't think much of it before, but the words were a bit serious, Xue Pan couldn't help but tell the coachman's family Ding: "Okay, go all the way to Rongguo Mansion."

A person on the side of the road heard this and said: "What kind of Rongguo Mansion is there now? The plaque was removed the year before last and it was renamed the First-Class General's Mansion!"

Mrs. Xue was surprised when she heard this, so she asked Xue Pan to find out quickly.That person is no more than a person in the market, how can he know so clearly?So along the way, Mrs. Xue added some worries.

But she said that ever since she received a letter from Mrs. Xue saying that she was going to Beijing, the second wife had been thinking about it. Today, she was chatting with Zhou Rui's family about this matter, so she heard a report from Caixia outside the door: "My aunt has brought her brothers and sisters, and the family will come in together." Jing, getting off the car outside the door."

For a moment, the second wife, Mrs. Wang, hurriedly brought Tanchun, Xichun, daughter-in-law Li Wan and baby son Jia Baoyu out of the hall, and brought Mrs. Xue and others in at Eryi Gate.Of course Xue Pan went to the front yard to meet Jia Zheng, but did not follow him in.

Why do you think Yingchun is not here?Since Yingchun was recorded in the name of Mrs. Xing, the eldest wife, she was taken to the front of Mrs. Xing in Dongkuayuan.Now at this moment, do you think the second wife, Mrs. Wang, still remember to inform them?

Now that the two sisters meet in their twilight years, needless to say, they are full of sorrows and joys, and they talk about it with tears and laughter.The second wife hurriedly led Mrs. Xue and Baochai to visit Jia's mother.As soon as Mrs. Jia arrived at Mrs. Jia's room, Mrs. Xue was in a hurry to offer all kinds of rewards.Everything is exquisite.

Seeing this, the second wife naturally felt that her face was bright and her eyes were full of complacency.Old lady Jia didn't want to argue with her at this time, so she turned her head and looked away as if she didn't see it.

Turning her head, old lady Jia happened to see Baoyu staring at Xue Baochai infatuatedly, and old lady Jia frowned.Looking back, he also looked at Baochai carefully.

I saw that the muscles and bones were indeed shiny and smooth, and the manners were elegant.Lips are red without spots, eyebrows are green without painting, face is like a silver basin, and eyes are like water apricots.She was wearing a half-new rose-purple two-color ermine gown, and the inside was only lined with a scallion-yellow silk skirt, but she looked like a beautiful and elegant beauty.No wonder Baoyu suffered from that dementia.

I was thinking in my heart, I don't know how beautiful my granddaughter is?Needless to mention Min'er's appearance, Mrs. Xue would not be able to catch up after two streets, even her father is also the Tanhualang whom the Holy Majesty ordered.Not only is his literary talent outstanding, but his looks are also extraordinary.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Jia's eyes on Xue Baochai became much calmer.All he wanted was to wait for his granddaughter to come to Beijing, so no one would be able to seduce Baoyu's soul!

For a while, I thought that I had to divert Baoyu's mind first, otherwise I would not only lose the face of the grandson of the state.As time passed, it might be difficult for Lin Ruhai to speak in the future.Seeing that Tanchun Xichun was there, he asked Baoyu, "Can Baoyu see your second sister? Why don't you come here? Go and see."

Although Baoyu was a little reluctant to leave, he always listened to Jia Mu's words, so he still went east across the courtyard.Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in the courtyard, he saw Yingchun walking in holding the hand of the eldest wife, Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing is very different from the past now, she has a double-breasted gown with red bottoms embroidered with golden orchids, double fretwork borders, and an olive-colored floral Ruyi skirt underneath.Her complexion was fair and rosy, and the phoenix-tailed golden steps on her head swayed so that the second wife frowned.

In previous years, the Sanchun sisters all wore the same attire. Although Tanchun and Xichun still look the same, Yingchun is different now.

Gold tapestry with a powder background, wide-brimmed hibiscus embroidered narrow-sleeved gown, and a plain silk skirt embroidered with colorful butterflies.On her head, she only wore a pearl flower that Daiyu had given her in previous years, nothing else.

Mrs. Xing turned a blind eye to the second wife's frown, but when she looked up, she found that Mrs. Jia was also frowning. She lowered her head and thought, guessing it was because of her spring dress.I don't want to be guessed by her, of course, it's not difficult to guess.

I saw Mrs. Xing, the eldest lady, ignoring the others, and went straight to the old lady Jia. When she got up after the salute, she smiled and said to the old lady Jia: "I just heard that there are guests again. Tete asked her aunt last year. Put on the new clothes you gave me, how about the old lady look at it?"

After finishing speaking, she looked at Mrs. Jia with joy. When Mother Jia heard that it was sent by her Miner when she was alive, she wanted to have several girls, but she couldn't see them. She felt a little unhappy with Mrs. Wang, but she didn't Said, only looked at Yingchun and said: "Where is your golden phoenix? Where is the collar? The sisters are all wearing it. What do you look like if you don't wear it?"

After the old lady Jia finished speaking, she gave Mrs. Xing a sideways glance, but Mrs. Xing lowered her head full of grievances and said: "It's nothing to us, but the girl still has filial piety, how can she wear those gold and silver. "

Speaking of this, she looked up at Mrs. Jia, and continued: "The beads were also sent by her sister Lin the year before last. My daughter-in-law looked very good. Although the particles are not big, they are not worth much, but they are full and round. It can be seen that they were carefully selected. It’s a pity that it will be dirty..."

Mrs. Jia didn't realize it at first, but now she heard Mrs. Xing "her aunt" and "sister Lin" for a while, didn't she slap the second wife in the face in front of her face?
Unfortunately, that "her aunt" was born to Mrs. Jia, and that "her sister Lin" was also Mrs. Jia's granddaughter.At this moment, Mrs. Jia not only didn't say Mrs. Xing was wrong, but lamented that her Miner's life was miserable, and her granddaughter was pitiful.

For a while, Mrs. Xue and the second wife didn't know what to say.It was Baoyu who said at this time: "Wouldn't it be nice for the old lady to bring Sister Lin? Although I don't have my aunt's love, but being able to get the old lady's love is also a blessing from my previous life."

When Mrs. Jia heard this, Fang hugged Baoyu and said with a smile: "Baoyu is right, but now your sister Lin is going to eat fast and keep filial piety for her mother. But she can't come for a while." Seeing this, Baoyu just nodded Nodding his head, he said, "I'll pick it up when I'm filial."

These words made both Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Xing smile, only Mrs. Wang lowered her head and sipped her tea. No one saw the unhappiness in her eyes. It took a while to clear up the look in her eyes before she raised her head.Although the old lady Jia didn't see the look in her eyes, she made a guess and sneered in her heart.

In the past, Mrs. Jia was very dissatisfied with this eldest daughter-in-law.Looking at it now, I think it is more polite than the second daughter-in-law from the Wang family.Look at the golden phoenix and pearl hairpin on Tanchun's head, and then look at the golden phoenix and pearl hairpin on Xichun's head.

Mrs. Jia only felt that her heart was so stuffy that no one remembered her Min'er, but after all Xue's family was a guest, so it was difficult to say anything.Now looking at the few snow-white pearl flowers on Yingchun's head, Mrs. Jia thinks it is very eye-catching.

Mrs. Jia felt that Yingchun was in her eyes at this moment, so she smiled and said: "Look, I forgot. I saw that the girl Ying is wearing pearl flowers, elegant! I also have two sets of pearl hair masks, so I rewarded her with one." set."

No one expected that Mrs. Jia would say this, and then heard Mrs. Jia say to Yuanyang: "Go and take out the two sets of pearl heads that Min'er honored me in the past, one for Ying girl and one for that girl. Miss Xue, it's a gift from the old woman."

After hearing this, Yingchun only squatted down gently at Mrs. Jia, and said, "Thank you, ancestor, for your reward." Baochai also came out immediately, stood in front of Mrs. Jia, squatted down with a smile and saluted, and said, "Thank you, ancestor." reward."

When Baochai got something, Tanchun couldn't think much about it.But she won Yingchun but she didn't, and she felt unhappy in the end.He couldn't help turning his head to look at Xichun, but unfortunately Chun was still as usual, showing no expression.Can't help but sigh from the bottom of my heart: After all, Xichun is also the concubine of the Dongfang Erfu, Yingchun is now also recorded in the name of the eldest wife, but I don't know what to do.

This welcomes the spring to thank the ancestors, and Baochai thanks the ancestors.Mrs. Jia had a different heart, although she was contemptuous, she couldn't say anything, she just said: "Get up, get up, it's not a good thing, but this bead is good for you at your age."

As soon as the two of them got up, a servant girl came to report: "Old lady, the master has passed the word that the concubine is already old, and the nephew is young and doesn't know the way of the world, and he is afraid that someone will live outside. There is a dozen or so rooms in Lixiangyuan in the northeast corner of our house." The room is free and cleaned, and it is very good to invite my aunt and sisters to live in."

Mrs. Jia thought that it was the resting place of Mr. Rong in his later years. Even though the second wife said it when she reported back that day, she agreed.But in the end, how displeased he was, but he didn't want to refute his youngest son's face in public and slap himself in the face, so he raised his eyes to look at the second wife - Mrs. Wang!The second wife was already overjoyed at this time, so what else could she care about?
Seeing Mrs. Wang ignoring her, Old Madam Jia held back her anger even though she felt a little angry in her heart. She turned her head to Mrs. Xue and said, "Madam, please stay here and let us be closer." The tone of the conversation was flat, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction during the conversation. Mrs. Xue just pretended not to know what she meant.Then he laughed and said, "It's a common practice to exempt all daily expenses and supplies."

Mrs. Xue is also helpless, although she loves this only son Xue Pan very much, she also knows his nature.Only when you live together with him can you tighten up your sons, if you live elsewhere, you are afraid that he will indulge in sex and cause trouble.Mrs. Wang also knew that it was not difficult for his family, so she followed her wish.

Mrs. Jia was unhappy and didn't want to leave a meal, she just said: "Your sister hasn't seen you for many years, I think it's a little bit of selfishness, I don't want to keep you either, the second family's Haosheng organized a banquet to wash the dust with Aunt Xue That is, we will have dinner together in the evening."

Mrs. Wang didn't want to stay here for a long time, she immediately got up to leave after hearing this, and took Aunt Xue and the others to leave.Tanchun also followed, Xichun didn't know what to do when she saw this.

Then Yingchun said: "Isn't the old ancestor deserted after all gone? Why don't sister Xichun and I stay with the old ancestor here?" Mrs. Xing smiled after thinking about it: "It should be so, just don't quarrel with the old lady. At this time, Mrs. Jia was somewhat satisfied with Mrs. Xing, so she nodded with a smile and said, "Then stay."

Aunt Xue's family followed Mrs. Wang back to Rongxi Hall for dinner, and then went to Lixiangyuan.I saw that it was small and exquisite, with about ten houses, complete with front hall and back room.There is another door leading to the street, and it is very convenient to go in and out through this door.

There is a corner door in the southwest, leading to a narrow passage, and the east side of Mrs. Wang's main house is on the way out.Either after dinner or in the evening, it is very cheap for Aunt Xue to come over, or have a chat with Mrs. Wang, or chat with Jia Mu.It's also good for Baochai to stay with her sisters, read books, play chess, or do needlework.

From then on, Xue's mother and son lived in Lixiangyuan.Just because Baoyu saw Baochai, he went to Aunt Xue's house to play with Baochai or ask Aunt Xue for food.The time spent in Lixiangyuan was comparable to that in Mrs. Jia's room.

(End of this chapter)