Chapter Seventy-Nine: The jade steps are colorless and frosty
Daiyu thought that the mandarin duck would be martyred at first, but she didn't expect that the mandarin duck was waiting for them in Yihong Courtyard, and the mandarin duck knew in her heart that she had to take care of Daiyu for the old lady, and the old lady had too many things to arrange for herself, how could she listen to the old queen mother's words and disregard her own life like this. But her father worked so hard alone, and she couldn't bear it, so she deliberately left a message of her peace in the place where she had contacted her father before.
The queen mother couldn't think of anything on all sides, how to let them go, she asked the eunuch to carefully investigate the Jia Mansion through the guard, Jia Zheng dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and guarded his mother to cry. At this time, the Rongguo Mansion was already brightly lit, one was to make a dojo for the old lady, and the other was that the Queen Mother's people were looking for someone. Zijuan and Mandarin Duck saw that Daiyu was not in good spirits, and knew that she was not over, so where did they dare to let her stay in Daguan Garden. But Daiyu was sad about the death of her grandmother, but she did not want to leave the Grand View Garden for a single step. Daiyu said: "I'm not going anywhere today, although I can't pay respects in front of my grandmother's spirit, it's good to be close to her." They lit incense for the old lady, Daiyu prayed silently, Zijuan sighed: "I knew that it was good to leave a piece of whatever the old lady used as a token," Daiyu nodded: "You don't have to be rigid when you arrive, but if you have this heart, you can pay tribute to the old lady by grabbing a handful of soil." The mandarin duck took out the key to the old lady's treasury and handed it to Daiyu, Daiyu shook her head and said, "You take it, can I still take care of the key," and gave the old lady's order to Zijuan, "In the future, this will be in charge of you." The old lady originally came to the women's camp and you found Si Qi to give her command, she is now leading troops in Li Laiheng's army, I saw it once in Beijing a while ago, and it is estimated that I will come to meet me in a month and a half, everyone can wait with peace of mind. β
The mandarin duck said: "Girl, there is also your mother's dowry you brought in this library, and the income of the grange over the years is also in it, and the girl does not count her own things." β
Daiyu smiled indifferently: "I have my own things, and the calligraphy and paintings in this Xiaoxiang Pavilion are mine, many of them were left to me by my father, and this Qingshan index map is my father's handwriting." I see that there are a few good paintings of Huizong in this warehouse, I used to like it very much, but now I don't dare to ask, in the end Huizong is the emperor of the dead country, but I look at the collection of the wrong way, many of them are moldy, if we go to take the spring in, there is time to repair and tidy, in the future will still be our national treasure. β
Daiyu had already seen that there were more than ten people living in this underworld, so she asked Mandarin Duck Zijuan to bring her former little girl Snow Goose to clean it out together, and the four of them lived with peace of mind, Snow Goose saw Lin Daiyu, and was surprised and delighted, it turned out that since Daiyu left, she was sent out to marry, who knew that the other party was a person in his sixties, Mrs. Wang must marry her, it was the old lady who must have brought the snow goose to her side, yesterday the Queen Mother summoned, she let the snow goose hide in the underworld, so as to avoid today's killing. Xue Yan thought that she would never be able to live, thinking that it would be safe to hide here, but she didn't expect to see Dai Yu Zijuan here, Xue Yan said that she had let those girls hide in and not go out, who knew that they were naΓ―ve, and when they heard that they could see the Queen Mother, they secretly ran out, and they were excited, thinking that they had a chance, but who knew but gave their lives.
Daiyu thought of one thing that no one thought that they were so bold enough to hide in the most dangerous place, and then there was a palace in the Grand View Garden, in case something drove the mechanism to protect themselves better than anywhere. Daiyu listened to the mandarin duck talking about Baoqin's intentions, and knew it in her heart, so she quietly went to Aunt Xue's house, and the two children were still living there safely, but that Xia Jingui let her girl Bao Chan scare the two children with knives and guns every day, making the two children afraid when they saw them. Daiyu doesn't like people like Xia Jingui in her heart, seeing that Aunt Xue has aged a lot in recent years, but she can't come forward herself, so she can only ask Zijuan to protect her secretly. She found that Duan Chuanxiu dressed as a lame Taoist priest also appeared around Xue's Mansion, as if he was surveying the terrain, and told Zijuan to keep an eye on it, and quietly went to Jiamu Spiritual Hall.
To go to Jia's mother's mourning hall, you need to pass through Baochai's house, at this time, about the eunuchs guarded Jia's mother's bedroom, and there is no funeral, because Mrs. Wang only came down from the temple today, and the queen mother recruited her to speak, Daiyu saw that Mrs. Wang and the queen mother conspired, and she was not good at snooping, although she was sad, but she also wanted to see how Xue Baochai was Baoyu's daughter-in-law, so she went to the place where Baoyu lived after marriage, and saw that Baochai was just doing needlework, not even reading books, and Musk Yue urged her to go to Mrs. Wang to sit down and see if she could see her mother, she just smiled and said that now I am also a daughter-in-law, and I can still be coquettish in front of my mother every day. After that, his eyes turned red. Daiyu saw her day by day, and felt sorry for this sister again, she used to get along with Baochai even if it was good, and she used to have times when she sneered at Baochai because of her pettiness, but Baochai didn't say anything, to make her think that she was narrow-minded, and now although she knows that Baoyu was coaxed to marry Baochai is a conspiracy, she still has no way to blame Baochai, Baochai was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl at that time, what can she say. I have always been involuntary before, and I became Baoyu's wife, if I follow Daiyu's own heart, I won't care about these red tapes, as long as Baoyu is really good with herself. But seeing Baochai's self-disciplined and sad marriage that exists in name only, she feels guilty and doesn't know how to deal with herself. But thinking that Jiafu is now in turmoil, where can I only take care of my own essence and cleanliness. In any case, these were her relatives, relatives who were in danger in this court, and she had to do everything in her power to protect them.
She didn't alarm Baochai, but saw Xiangling reading there every day, seeing that she was going to be a mother, it was said that Xue Pan's little wife lived in her son-in-law's house like this, which was inevitably unethical, but Baoyu was not there, and there was not a lot of trouble.
was in a daze there, but was hugged by a person and shouted, Sister Lin, you are still alive. But it was Shi Xiangyun, dressed as a man, Daiyu was almost stunned, Shi Xiangyun said: I knew you must still be alive, Daiyu saw her with Baoyu's little tea, and couldn't help but smile, and hurriedly asked him to go to Tieji Temple to inform the old lady Baoyu that she had passed away. She didn't know that Baoyu was not in the Iron Threshold Temple. Mingyan saw that Daiyu was still alive, and happily did a few somersaults, making Daiyu, who had always been sad, laugh. Hearing the funeral bell of Jiafu's family temple, her tears flowed straight down again. Shi Xiangyun cried when he heard that the old lady had passed away. Daiyu hurriedly held her mouth down and pointed to the window over there.
Under the window, Xiangling was writing poems, Shi Xiangyun couldn't remember which words to use when she heard her, and then sighed for a long time, Shi Xiangyun was fast-mouthed, and she was anxious for her outside the window, so she chanted casually, she was so funny, and nodded again and again after using it: Who are you, Miss Lin used to teach me to compose poems, but unfortunately she is not here now, if she is there, you can learn from each other.
Bao Qin was coming in from outside, strange: "Who is my sister talking to?" β
"Don't you see anyone outside the door?"
Bao Qin patted her, "Hell in broad daylight." I came in from outside, and I saw a figure somewhere. β
"Where can you see people who come and go without a trace."
"It's true, I'm really confused in this Grand View Garden these days, I always feel that someone is following me, and there is always no one around."
Xiangling said: "The so-called suspicion is a dark ghost, my sister has worked too hard in the past few days, and she is tired of emotional affairs, I will make some soup for you to drink." β
"That's what I thought, too. What about my sister. What do you think of her demeanor? β
It turned out that Baoqin thought that if she told her sister about such a big thing, she would definitely make Baochai move a little, but in Xiangling's mouth, there seemed to be no movement at all.
"The person you brought that night left by himself, and the ** milk gave him a little silver tael, and he didn't restrain him."
Bao Qin said: "That person is up to him, but my sister is so calm about Bao Erye's affairs, which makes me worried."
At this time, it was about noon, and people kept coming to worship in the mourning hall set up by the Jia family. Because Jia Jing died of alchemy poisoning early, Jia Yu had just died of illness in the Imperial Temple, Sister Feng's life and death were unknown, Baoyu ran away, Jia Lian and Jia Zhen avoided it, and they didn't dare to mention it, Jia Qiang and Jia Rong hurriedly came to guard the spirit, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang put aside their grievances for the time being, they were anxious that the mandarin duck was gone, and the old lady promised whether there was any loss in the family's business, but it was not easy to say at this time. You had to come forward to take care of things, Mrs. Wang was afraid that she would have to take out the money herself, but who knew that the queen mother gave countless gold and silver, and the emperor also sent a heavy gift, saying that after the Hou relatives worshipped, she and Yunzhu would also come in person. Such an honor simply gave the Jia family a kind of dizzying happiness, and Jia Zheng kept kneeling to thank the emperor. At this time, the Lin family also came to a relative who was in charge of the money village, saying that the girl of the Lin family was recognized as a granddaughter by Jia's mother, and she was going to come to mourn immediately, and she had registered the gold and silver gift list on the account and used it for emergency purposes. Mrs. Wang said to this person: "It's good that your girl can come, why bother to be so serious, it seems that there is no one in my house." The man said: "My girl has just recovered from a serious illness, and the old lady and my girl have also met before she dies, knowing that my wife went up the mountain to pray for blessings, and she did not have time to prepare in a hurry, so she prepared in advance, which is also a little filial piety." Mrs. Wang said coldly: "There is no evidence to recognize her as a granddaughter, the granddaughter-in-law who is a serious concubine is still here, what is there for her." While letting Baochai kneel in the mourning hall, waiting for Daiyu to come and prevent her from humiliating the Jia family.
Daiyu thought that Mrs. Wang would categorically not accept herself, and let herself guard her grandmother's spirit, Shi Xiangyun said, I think this matter is simple, I found Wei Ruolan, and asked him to quietly go to Yunzhu's father, Prince Heshuo, and ask him to enter the palace to bring a letter for Daiyu. Prince Heshuo has always loved Wei Ruolan very much, Daiyu was kind to Yunzhu, and did not think about it, and immediately set off to the palace to meet the emperor, just after the emperor was in the early dynasty, he told Jia's mother about the death of his illness, and the prince of Beijing came out and asked if the old lady was really sick and died, and I had to go back to sue sΓΉ Fujin. "Prince Heshuo said that someone had made a special trip to the house to report the funeral, and it is estimated that Sanfujin already knew.
This morning, Jiafu was particularly lively, and the suona firecrackers did not stop.
At this time, Concubine Yuan and the second sister also came, and they got out of the car and knelt down on the front street, accompanied by Feng Ziying and Prince Beijing, and Tanchun also came to mourn. The eunuchs hurriedly reported this change to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother asked: Have you found the child born to Concubine Yuan? β
Liangfu said: "The slave didn't tell a lie, at this time, the child was close at hand, and the slave had a plan to force the Xue family to hand over the child, and let the concubine enter the palace safely." β
Where could the Queen Mother wait at this time, so she immediately invited Concubine Yuan over.
Concubine Yuan went to see the Queen Mother, it turned out that Liangfu asked Concubine Yuan not to show up today, and Liangfu made up another set of rhetoric for Concubine Yuan. ο½
Here, Daiyu has arrived.
The eunuch passed the holy decree and said: "Lin Daiyu is virtuous and virtuous, for the granddaughter of the Taijun of the Jia family, she is given the name Princess Daiyu, and she is accompanied by Princess Yunzhu, so that she and Jia Baoyu will marry on a certain day, and Jia Baoyu will be crowned Jing'an Hou and receive the second grade." Mrs. Jia Zhengwang and others hurriedly knelt down to thank them.
Xue Baochai intuitively felt that he was slapped in the face, and when he saw Daiyu Shi Shiran coming, he was still as imposing as before, and his heart was sour, and he really shed tears.
Daiyu was about to worship Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang said: You are the granddaughter of the old lady, or go to worship the old lady first, Daiyu kowtowed on the incense, saw Baochai kneeling in front of the spirit and worshipped, her heart was sour, she held Baochai's hand, called her sister, and shed tears.
Baochai knew in her heart that Lin Daiyu was still the sincere Daiyu from before, and she couldn't help but let go of her heart.
At this time, only Jia Huan was there, Daiyu couldn't see Li Kun and Jia Lan, and was secretly worried in her heart, at this time, Daiyu had already asked people to inform Tieji Temple to find Baoyu, and Baoyu heard that her grandmother had died, so she didn't think much about it, so she rushed all the way back. Everyone went to pay tribute to their grandmother, and Xue Baoqin said that it was inconvenient to go, so he rested in his sister's room, and when he heard someone coughing outside the window, he immediately flew out, but saw a man with an iron mask, standing there. She recognized this person and Baoyushi's group, and asked with a cold face at this time: What are you coming to me for?
Liu Xianglian said: Looking for a girl to return to Sister Yuan and the children of the second sister.
"They are the grandsons and grandsons of Jiafu, just wait for the old lady's affairs to be done in these two days, and they will recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, both of us are outsiders, and they will naturally figure out their own public cases."
"I thought that the girl had to take the child away because she was kidnapped, but looking at this situation, the girl got up on her own."
Xue Baochai choked for a while, and was angry: "You are really unreasonable, I am still a relative of this Jia Mansion, but I want you to teach you a lesson." Remembering that this person had tried his best to save himself the day before yesterday, he changed his tone: "Forget it, although you and I are not familiar with each other, there are some grievances, I don't care about you, I bother you to bring a message to them, the children are safe for the time being, I will not let anyone hurt them, they are displaced by themselves, if it is inconvenient outside, you can come to my Xue family to live first." Naturally, you can still see children. After speaking, without waiting for Liu Xianglian to reply, she ran to Xiangling's room, but was blocked by Liu Xianglian's horizontal sword: "Wait, the girl will make it clear before leaving." The two fought a few times, Xue Baoqin was naturally not an opponent, and Liu Xianglian's vinegar bowl fist was naturally reluctant to greet Xue Baoqin.
Xue Baoqin threw away his weapon and smiled: "A good man spares his life." Remembering that today I had a quarrel with my sister-in-law for the sake of the children, I sighed: "I really don't know if I owe these two children, I have been theorizing for them and people for the past two days, and I have not quarreled as much in my life as these two days." Liu Xianglian looked at her worried look, and couldn't help but laugh: "It's not the first day that they know that Jiafu is their relative, and they don't come to take refuge after suffering outside for so long, so they naturally have their own ideas, if you don't return the children to them, they still have to find you to reason, and your set of confessions is still untenable." β
Xue Baoqin sighed: "What do you call the eldest brother?" β
"Liu Xianglian."
Xue Baoqin sighed, and hurriedly said a thousand blessings: "It turned out to be Liu Gongzi, but you are today's famous son." I've heard storytellers talk about you. β
Liu Xianglian's face turned red, and she said gloomily after a while: "With the pain of my life, I really hate that I can't kill them." This demeanor made Bao Qin very pitiful, and hurriedly said: "This is Bao Erye's house, to the place where there are also female relatives to avoid the visitor, Mr. might as well take a rest there, there is a housekeeper for you to order tea to eat first, I will be with you, come back and take you to meet the two children." Liu Xianglian sneered: "Girl, don't take the opportunity to run away." β
Xue Baoqin said: "You and I are the one who doesn't count. People say that the monk can't run the temple if he can run, and your temple has been found, and I'm afraid that the monk will run away. β
Liu Xianglian herself has been a monk, and she feels uncomfortable when she hears this, but this girl is smart and clever, and she can't fight for victory or loss on her tongue, and she is not afraid of her, so she sits down with peace of mind. Who knew that after a cup of tea, Xue Baoqin didn't come, but Xiangling came over panting, and said Brother Liu, my girl asked you to go and help, someone came to snatch the child.