Chapter 44 Peony Flowers and Jade Hall Spring

Mrs. Wang didn't convince Jia Zheng, and she was even more disapprehensive to Daiyu in her heart, but she was reluctant to endure it in front of Jia's mother Jia Zheng, Baochai sometimes came to sit and chat with Mrs. Wang, and she didn't mention it, she knew that some things couldn't be said by herself, and she definitely couldn't say too much.

The day of Yuan Chun's return to the province is approaching, and the deacons and eunuchs in the palace have come to see the arrangements everywhere, where to get off the car, and where

Welcome, where to be greeted, where to be entertained. I also looked carefully at all parts of the garden. On this day, Jia Zheng confessed to the emperor that the family missed their relatives, and the emperor approved him to return to the province.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, entering the temple to pay homage to the grace of heaven, and went to the Daming Palace to receive the queen's dinner, the little emperor was very interested, took the hand of the concubine and asked the concubine: You have a brother who was born of jade, I saw it the day before yesterday, it is really a strange bone, and the temper is mild, when can I see it again. Concubine Yuan blushed, thanked her, and said that she had not seen him since she entered the palace. The emperor laughed: Then I will allow you to go quickly. I heard that his writing is good, so you can come back and show me some of his poems. I recently studied Chinese, and I don't like the Bagu article, and the day before yesterday I discussed some strange texts with him, and I liked it very much. Concubine Yuan was busy receiving orders.

The emperor whispered again: It is said that nephews are like uncles, if you and I raise a child like this uncle, I will be happy. Concubine Yuan was busy looking at the queen Zhou Guiren on the side, and she was worried. Bow your head and say nothing. When the emperor saw her so shy, his heart became more and more happy, but he insisted on her hand. The queen sneered. said, "Concubine Yuan is going to save her relatives, so it's better to leave early." "Concubine Yuan is busy thanking. The emperor smiled and said: "Go early and come back early, I am waiting for you" and ordered his henchman eunuch Xiaobao to follow and take care of him.

So more than a dozen pairs of red-clothed eunuchs rode horses to lead the way, and eight eunuchs carried the gold-topped golden embroidered phoenix version, and went to the West Street Gate to see Jia Mu and others kneeling on the side of the road. Hurriedly asked the eunuch Zhou to help up Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Wang. The version of the public is carried into the gate, into the instrument door to the east, to a courtyard Yuan Chun into the room, change clothes on the Yu into the garden. After some etiquette, Fang Zhijia's mother met with Mrs. Wang, Li Kun, Wang Xifeng, welcoming spring and exploring spring, and cherishing spring. I invited Aunt Xue, Baochai, and Daiyu again. Jia Zheng greeted outside the curtain, and Concubine Jia hung the curtain to participate in other things. And through the curtain tearfully said that his father said: "The house of the field, although the salt and cloth, can finally gather the joy of family, although it is extremely rich and noble, all parties have no fun!" "Jia Zheng also tearfully said the words of gratitude of Shangxi Tian's grace and Xia Zhaozude, and the words of loyalty to the court, and advised the concubine not to think of her parents' old age, and to be diligent and respectful." Concubine Jia also instructed "only focus on state affairs, take care of it for a while, and don't remember" and so on.

Jia Zhengdao: "All the pavilions and pavilions in the garden are all inscribed by Baoyu, if there are one or two people who can be seen, please don't give the name luck." Concubine Yuan listened to Baoyu Neng's question, thought about the emperor's words, and said with a smile: "The fruit is beneficial." Jia Zheng withdrew. Concubine Jia saw Baochai, and Lin Daiyu and the two were different from other sisters, they were really like nephrite. That Xiaobao had already known Daiyu, and it was inconvenient to say it at this time. Daiyu didn't worry about it, it turned out that if the court really couldn't get along with her, the prince of Beijing would have been powerful a long time ago, since the prince of Beijing only came to inquire often, and did not tell Jia Fu about it, it can be seen that there is no malicious intent. However, after experiencing a big war, this Xiaobao is a person from Jianning, and he went out of the palace without permission, and the friendship formed at that time, and then Yunzhu and he met in a hurry, and she had already guessed the identity of that Fu Gongzi, since Xiaobao did not mention it at the time, she would definitely not embarrass herself. It's just that this Xiaobao followed Jianning for a while, followed the emperor for a while, and now comes out with Concubine Yuan, it seems that he is always out of the palace, and there must be interference in politics, which is really not to be underestimated. So he acted more carefully and spoke.

Concubine Yuan saw the cause and asked, "Why didn't Baoyu come in?" Jia Mu said: "There is no will, and foreign men dare not trespass." "Concubine Yuan is destined to be brought in quickly. The little eunuch went out to bring Baoyu in, and after the first national ceremony, Concubine Yuan ordered him to come forward, held it hand in hand, and stroked his neck and smiled: "It's much longer than the first......" The words did not end, and tears fell like rain. The concubine turned out to be beautiful and kind, but when she cried at this time, everyone was sad again.

At one time, the feast was ready, and the concubine ordered Baoyu to guide her and walk to the gate of the garden.

Among the lights and fire trees, all kinds of things are listed very much. Concubine Yuan said: Don't be too extravagant in the future, this is too much. To the main hall, the edict is exempted from the ceremony and the feast is opened. Mother Jia and others accompanied each other, and You Shi, Li Kun, Sister Feng and others held the spoon.

Concubine Yuan is ordered to pass on the pen inkstone to serve, personally hold the Hunan tube, and choose a few of its favorite names to be given

The main hall of the Grand View Garden

Baoyu has been taught by the Yuan Concubine since childhood, and the Yuan Concubine was at this time by the emperor's will, and ordered Baoyu to be the 'Xiaoxiang Pavilion', the 'Yihong Courtyard' of the Wuyuan, and the four major places of the Huange Villa, and then each gave a five-word law. Baoyu had to agree, and went down to conceive on his own.

Ying, Tan, Xi, Xue Lin and others all made words, and Li Kun barely made up the same. Concubine Jia first looked at the sisters one by one, and then looked at Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu. Wrote Yes:

Ning Hui Zhong Rui plaque Xue Baochai

Fangyuan is built to the west of the imperial city, and the auspicious clouds of Huari are shrouded in strangeness.

Takayanagi likes to move the warbler out of the valley, and waits for the phoenix to come to the ceremony when repairing the fence.

The style of writing has been written in the evening of Chenyou, and filial piety should be long and return to the province.

Ruizao fairy is full of color pen, how dare you dare to say anything more.

Outside the world immortal source plaque Lin Daiyu

Where to build a famous garden, don't be red in the fairyland.

Borrow the mountains and rivers to show and add new scenery.

Xiangrong Jingu wine, flower charm Yutang people.

He is fortunate to invite grace, and the palace car passes frequently.

Concubine Jia finished reading it, praised it, and said with a smile: "After all, Xue Lin's second sister's work is different, and non-foolish sisters can be listed together." "It turns out that Lin Daiyu is at ease to show off her genius tonight, overwhelming everyone, and she doesn't want Concubine Jia to only order a plaque and a song, but it's not good to disobey the edict and do more, just make a five-word song to suit the situation.

At that time, Baoyu had not yet finished writing, only made two poems of "Xiaoxiang Pavilion" and "Wuyuan", and was making a poem of "Yihong Courtyard", and there was a sentence of "Green Jade Spring Volume" in the draft. Baochai caught a glimpse in a blink of an eye, so he hurriedly turned around and quietly pushed him and said: "Because he doesn't like the word 'red fragrant green jade', he changed it to 'Yi red fast green', you prefer to use the word 'green jade' this time, don't you mean to compete with him?" Besides, there are a lot of banana leaves, so I want to change one more word. ”

When Baoyu saw Baochai say this, she wiped her sweat and said, "I can't remember the source of any allusions this time." Baochai smiled: "You just change the word 'jade' in 'green jade' to the word 'wax'." Baoyu said: "Is there a source for 'green wax'? Seeing this, Baochai quietly smacked his lips and nodded and smiled: "It's a shame that you're just like this tonight,

In the future, the Golden Palace's countermeasures, you probably even forgot about 'Zhao Qian Sun Li'! The first sentence of Tang Qianyong's banana poem: 'Cold candle smokeless green wax dry', have you forgotten it? "

When Baoyu heard this, he was unconsciously happy, and said with a smile: "Damn, damn!" I can't remember what is in front of me, and I can really be described as a 'word master'. From now on, I will only call you Master, and I will never call you Sister again. ”

Baochai also smiled quietly: "Don't do it quickly, just care about my sister and sister. Who's your sister? The one wearing the yellow robe is your sister, and you recognize my sister again. While laughing, because he was laughing and afraid that he would delay his work, he withdrew and walked away. Baoyu had to continue to write, with a total of three songs.

At this time, Lin Daiyu did not have to show her ambitions, because she saw Baoyu making the four laws alone, she took a lot of thought, so she also walked to Baoyu's case and asked quietly: "But are they all there?" Baoyu said: "There are only three songs,

There is only one song missing, "Apricot Curtain in Sight". Daiyu said: "In this case, you only copy the first three songs. Hurry up and finish writing those three songs,

I've made this song for you. When he had finished speaking, he looked down and thought about it, and he had already made a statement, so he wrote it on a slip of paper, rolled it into a ball, and threw it in front of him. Baoyu opened it and looked at it, only to feel that this song was ten times higher than the three songs he made, and he was really overjoyed, so he hurriedly presented it. Concubine Jia said:

There is a Fenglai Yichen Baoyu inscription

Xiuyu is beginning to become a reality, and it is suitable to wait for the phoenix.

The rods are green and dripping, and they are all green and cool.

Burst out to hinder the water, wear the curtain to hinder the fragrance.

Don't shake the broken shadows, good dreams are long at the beginning of the day.

Zhi Qingfen

The turnip is full of pure garden, and the radish is fragrant.

Soft lining of three spring grass, soft drag a wisp of incense.

Light smoke fan winding path, cold green drip corridor.

Who is called the pond song, the Xie family dreams long.

Yi red fast green

The deep court is long and quiet, and the two are out of Chanjuan.

Green wax spring rolls, red makeup sleepless nights.

Hang your sleeves by the railing, lean on the stone to protect the green smoke.

In the opposing east wind, the master should be relieved.

The apricot curtain is in sight

The apricot curtain invites guests to drink, and there is a mountain villa in sight.

Water chestnut goose water, mulberry elm swallow beam.

A wisp of spring leeks green, ten miles of rice flowers.

There is no hunger in the prosperous age, so why be busy with farming and weaving.

After seeing it, Concubine Jia was overjoyed and said, "Sure enough, it's beneficial!" It also refers to the song "Apricot Curtain" as the crown of the first three songs, and changes "Huange Villa" to "Daoxiang Village". He also ordered Tanchun to transcribe a total of more than a dozen poems on colored paper,

Ordered the eunuch to pass it to the outer compartment.

Hou Jiazheng and the others saw it and quietly gave it to the emperor. Yuan Chun rewarded Baoyu and Jia Lan. Jia Lan is extremely young and not sensible, and with Li Kun following Baoyu to salute, how did Concubine Yuan know the clues of the person in front of her. Jia Huan has not recovered from the illness since the year, and no one has mentioned it when he is recuperating outside.

Because of Concubine Yuan's love for Baoyu since childhood, the eldest sister is like a mother, so naturally Concubine Yuan observed Bao Dai and the two very seriously. And Baochai has reverence for Concubine Yuan, because she herself was once so close to that glorious position, so she naturally has her own ideas about many things.

Concubine Yuan is plump, of course, she likes Baochai like Yuhuan. Daiyu seemed to be a little more delicate, and she had more of her own thoughts after reading their personal words. The reunion between her and Mrs. Jia Muwang has another meaning,

Her personal palace maids and eunuchs had already quietly observed whether there were any suspicious people among the people of Jiafu, and the eunuchs of the Heavenly Remnant were quietly arranged in them, looking for loopholes that might arouse the suspicion of the current dynasty.

Concubine Yuan carefully paid attention to whether there were any people who looked very angry in Jiafu, and she couldn't see the clues of those girls. But she paid more attention to Daiyu and Baochai. Seeing these two beautiful fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls did not arouse other associations in her.

Daiyu didn't expect to meet Eunuch Zhou, an acquaintance, when Concubine Yuan was provincial, Daiyu never forgot to see people, and knew that this Eunuch Zhou would definitely recognize herself, Eunuch Zhou was of course Yuanchun's person, even if there was any change, he should not make trouble at the moment, but thinking that he and Baoyu were only afraid that there would be no future from now on, he was a little depressed. Who knew that the eunuch didn't seem to notice her in the cloud of girls that week, until Concubine Yuan and Jia Mu Jia Zhengwang were waiting for words everywhere in this garden, and he was very bored, and he suddenly left everyone and went around alone. Seems to be looking for someone.

When he came to a rockery in the garden and got into it, Qingwen, who had been quietly staring at him at Daiyu's instructions, stood strangely. After hiding in the rockery, after a while, I saw the mandarin duck coming quietly.

At this time, Qingwen covered her mouth in surprise.

Eunuch Zhou came out and saw the mandarin duck hurriedly catching up.

The mandarin duck knelt down and called out to his father

Eunuch Zhou helped him up, "Don't salute,"

"You received what I brought to you from my trust."

The mandarin duck nodded. "Thank you, father."

"You have to tell the old ancestor, before the concubine came to the province, someone told her that there were people from the former Ming Zhu family hiding here, and she came to see it on purpose."

"What kind of choreography is this?"

"Someone sued the prince of Lao Beijing, it seems that he is a singer of the Zhongshun Palace, you know that the young lady in the family of the Zhongshun Mansion is the emperor's nobleman, and she does not deal with the concubine, the old Beijing prince asked the ancestor to pay attention to it, the Zhongshun palace is looking for evidence to refer to Lord Jia, you had better remind them to be careful."

The mandarin duck nodded.

"You usually look like how many people here are from the former Ming, have you inquired clearly?"

Mandarin duck said: "Except for the old lady who is a real Manchurian, the rest from the old man to the wife are only afraid of all of them, it turns out that the Han people entered the flag book, and naturally there are many people in the previous dynasty." ”

"I'm not asking you this, I'm asking someone from the Zhu family."

The mandarin duck said: "Father, don't ask, I haven't heard of these words, I won't hurt anyone." A while ago, I heard that my father was still an enemy of the anti-Qing people, so Zijuan looked at me like a traitor, and he didn't talk to me for a long time. ”

"The purple juan you are talking about is that Lin Daiyu's girl."

"No, our four sisters used to have the best relationship, and you see that she is now cold-faced to the three of us."

"You persuaded me not to be an enemy of her young lady last time, I have done it, Lin Daiyu went back to Jiafu, but I didn't say a word, today she wrote poems there, I can see it clearly, and I don't make a sound. and Concubine Yuan, I have never mentioned it. ”

"I know my father, Miss Lin is dedicated to protecting the people in this house, so naturally she will protect me. Father must not reveal anything to your master. If there is any disturbance in this house, I will not be the first to live. ”

Eunuch Zhou sighed: "I know it's powerful, sometimes there's no way." ”

"There is no way to say anything, Qin Keqing's family of three has died, I am afraid that I also have the credit of my father."

"Concubine Yuan and the Inspectorate are both investigating, the emperor has a holy decree, and I am just acting on orders. Besides, Qin Keqing, who made a fake golden seal and killed the nine kings, is innocent of death. It's just that I haven't been able to find the informant, and I can't spare it. ”

"Father should be more leisurely in that palace, and don't think about climbing up. I'm really scared. ”

Eunuch Zhou was depressed: "I just want to ensure that Concubine Yuan ascends, that is, I repay the kindness of the ancestor to take you in." ”

The mandarin duck silently wiped his tears: "Father must take care, if there is a chance to diverge people in the palace, my father will quickly come over and pick me up and go back to my hometown in Shaanxi together, and our father and daughter will live well together." ”

Eunuch Zhou sighed: "How can Shaanxi go back, there is no food there, and more people are starving to death than being killed." ”

Eunuch Zhou said: "I don't worry about Miss Lin, why do I look at your Miss Xue, who looks like a person, I wonder what I saw there." ”

"That Bao girl is just Aunt Xue's daughter, and she is Miss Biao, so don't guess."

"She's not surnamed Wang, that's wrong."

Mandarin duck said: "People's own daughters are still wrong, Aunt Xue is a loving person, that Baochai is also very good to me, father, don't delay anyone's case with your golden seal." ”

"The longer you get, the more like your mother, even talking like this, forget it, if your mother is still alive, I still have a little hope of coming out, now I am half a mother, half of my heart is counting on you to find a good son-in-law, so that I can often go to see you, we can have a few days of good life."

The mandarin duck blushed and said, "Father is not in charge of my business, I am only afraid that I will not find anyone for the rest of my life." I only like people I liked since I was a child. It doesn't matter what he becomes. ”

Eunuch Zhou said: "You still like that ** seed." I can see that several cases in the Inspectorate are a little involved with him, and the relationship with King Beijing is also very complicated, you persuade him not to follow Jia Zhen and them, it will not be good for him to get close. ”

Mandarin Duck smiled, "Actually, he was originally a good person, but the man he met was not a good person, and the woman he met was too powerful, so it was easy to meet someone who was kind to him, but it was gone a while ago, and the person naturally changed." The mandarin duck sighed: "I got what my father asked me to find the day before yesterday, and I have it here for you."

The mandarin duck looked around and handed a small package to Eunuch Zhou, "I'll go first, my father remembers, this house can't be tossed anymore." Don't take care of it. I'll have to pay attention to ask Baoqin to see what our eldest lady is looking for. ”

Here Qingwen endured so much that her little lips bit out tooth marks, thinking in her heart that it was no wonder that Daiyu came back and was as calm everywhere as ever, it turned out that the king of Beijing

The lord and the eunuch secretly helped. That Zhou eunuch was angry when she looked at it, where did she know that she had become her own person, it can be seen that this world

The person who is so sweet in his mouth every day that he mixes oil with honey may end up killing people, and those who look ugly on the outside may be protecting you. When the eunuch was gone that week, he came out sullen,

saw Jia Qiang and the gang of actors rehearsing here, and said that they were going to sing for Concubine Yuan in a while, and then look at that Ling Guan, who is always on weekdays

It's dressed up elegantly, and today it's actually decorated with joy, this house is so happy, prosperous,

But I don't know how many crises are hidden behind it, who would have thought that this Zhongshun Royal Mansion would actually send someone to investigate Jiafu and also participate in Jia

A copy of the master. This matter still has to be told to Miss SΓΉ Lin so that she can take precautions as soon as possible.

The mandarin duck thought to himself, "Such a big family, just from that side, got the blessing of the old ancestor and the old lady did not die when the war was raging, if he was suspected by the dynasty again, there would be no way to live." She didn't want her ancestor to bother about these things anymore, so she took these things to heart and decided to discuss them quietly with Ping'er. Daiyu's identity is only known to her, and it turns out that Jia Mu and she don't know each other. Do you want to get them together to figure out the current situation?