Since the beginning of the new year, the Lu family has been visiting relatives and friends, and has set up New Year's wine for several days in succession to entertain relatives and friends who come to celebrate the New Year's Festival, and has been busy until the 12th.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lu and Lin families set up a family banquet together, and Lu Jing set up a lantern scene in the garden.

After the night banquet, Lin Ruhai and Lu Jing took Daiyu, Yinglian, Zhiyu and others to the garden to enjoy the lanterns and guess the riddles.

At this time, all the lights in the garden are lit together, which coincides with the bright moon in the sky, and the lights and moon shine in an instant, which is brilliant and dazzling.

Lu Jing set up rewards in front of each lamp, and hung purses, sachets, palace fans, jade toys, pen and ink and other colorful objects according to the difficulty of the lantern riddles, and if you guess the riddle, you can take away the rewards.

These riddles were all made by Lu Jing and Daiyu, so Lu Zhiyu, Li Wen, Li Qi, Yinglian, Zijuan and others all rushed to watch the riddles, and those maids and women also went to join in the fun to see if they could guess.

Lin Ruhai just looked at it at random, but after watching a few, he was also interested, so he saw it from the beginning to the end, but he didn't take the colorful objects after guessing.

Lu Jing took Daiyu to the overflowing pond to put lanterns, and the two put a lotus lantern into the water, and suddenly the pool surface was like a hibiscus opening at night, and the water surface was full of brilliance.

Seeing that everyone guessed the lantern riddle, Lu Jing put fruit and wine in the Qingyin Pavilion, and drank with Daiyu, Yinglian, Lu Zhiyu, Li Wen, and Li Qi, playing with a shake wine chip.

I saw a turtle negative chip on the table, which contained thirty order chips and one order flag.

In front of everyone were big golden cups, and Lu Jing began to draw lots after pouring his wine.

Daiyu and Yinglian saw that Lu Jing was smoking "You can't win your ambition, and you drink very much", they all laughed coquettishly and urged him to drink quickly.

Lu Jing smiled and said, "Madame, share half for me!" ”

Daiyu smiled and asked, "If I shake out such a lottery in a while, will my husband also drink for the concubine?" ”

Lu Jing nodded and smiled: "That's natural, we are husband and wife, we should share blessings and difficulties." ”

Daiyu replied with a smile: "That's good, the concubine will share half of the drink for her husband." ”

Lu Jing smiled: "Thank you, madam!" Then he let Daiyu drink half a cup, and he drank the remaining half a cup.

After Daiyu drank it, she began to draw lots, picked it up and looked at it, and said happily: "What a word, what a day, four o'clock, everyone here persuades ten points." Then he let everyone drink the cup to their heart's content.

Lu Zhiyu smiled and said, "My sister-in-law just drank a cup for my brother, and now I should drink a cup for my sister too." ”

Daiyu shook her head and smiled: "No, if I am drinking for you, Sister Wen, Sister Qi, and Sister Yinglian should all ask me to replace it in a while." ”

Lu Zhiyu begged: "Sister-in-law, just drink a drink for me, I offended my brother for you last time!" ”

Daiyu saw that she had been begging, so she drank it for her.

Under the Yinglian, the smoke is "sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, and drink with the teacher." ”

Yinglian looked at Daiyu and smiled: "Although my sister and I don't have the status of teachers and students, we have the fact of teachers and students, I should really give my sister a cup." ”

Daiyu was about to respond, when she suddenly saw Lu Jing, Lu Zhiyu, and Li Wen handing over their eyes there, and seeing that they were looking for themselves every time, she understood that several people wanted to fill her own plans, so she smiled quietly: "If you want to say that I am your teacher, then you have more teachers, have you ever made friends with your husband and sister Zhiyu?" ”

Yinglian smiled and nodded, "Taught!" ”

Daiyu smiled again: "There must be my teacher in the threesome, Sister Wen and Sister Qi are both extraordinary, and you are so studious, have you also learned anything from them?" ”

Yinglian understood what Daiyu meant, and smiled: "It has also benefited a lot." ”

Daiyu smiled: "In this case, my sister should all toast a cup." ”

Lu Zhiyu heard Daiyu say this, and saw her looking at herself and the others with a smile, so she said to Lu Jing: "I'll just say that my brother's method is not good, and my sister-in-law is such a smart person, she will definitely notice it." ”

Lu Jing shook his head and smiled: "Your sister-in-law is just testing you, and you are exposed when you say this." ”

Daiyu snorted lightly and laughed: "How can the husband's little thought be hidden from the concubine, no need to ask, I know that this must be the husband's idea!" ”

Lu Zhiyu, Li Wen, and Li Qi were busy nodding at Daiyu, and they all said that it was Lu Jing's idea, which was to make her sister-in-law drink.

Dai Yuqiao's face was angry, and she pretended to be angry and said: "In vain, I drank a glass for my husband, you actually thought about getting drunk with the concubine, hmph, if you don't give the concubine an explanation for this matter, the wine will be dispersed today." ”

Lu Jing hurriedly apologized to Daiyu with a smile, and said: "It's me who shouldn't calculate Mrs., no matter how Mrs. punishes, I will admit it, and ask Mrs. to show it." ”

Daiyu was disgusted when she heard this, and punished Lu Jing with three glasses of wine before it was counted.

The wine order continued, and Li Wen, Li Qi, and Lu Zhiyu each took out orders such as 'five points for not being able to speak for one', 'seven points for each of the upper and lower parts of the neighborhood and township', and 'one spoon of food, one scoop of drink, and five points for self-consumption'.

After a few rounds of drinking, Lu Jing asked people to see if the fireworks rack in the yard was properly installed. After a while, he replied that he was fine, so he took everyone to set off smoke and cannons. Everyone played and played until the fifth watch.

The next day, Lu Jing and Daiyu slept until three o'clock in the sun, and after the two of them cleaned up, they handed over a post from the Jia family in the front yard, inviting the two to go to Jia's house tonight to listen to the drama and enjoy the lanterns.

Lu Jing was a little surprised by this, this year's Yuanchun is unconscious, why is there still a lantern scene in the Grand View Garden, I wanted to ignore it, I didn't want to see the information of Wang Ziteng's appointment again, so I planned to accompany Daiyu to Jiafu and his party at that time.

At the time of Shen Zheng, Lu Jing and Daiyu set off, and in less than half an hour, they came to Jia's house.

Mother Jia happened to set up a banquet in the room, so she directly asked Daiyu to lead her to the banquet.

Because Jia Zheng ordered a school trip in August, he was still in office and did not return to Beijing, so Jia Lian came forward to receive Lu Jing.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Lu Jing saw that Wang Ziteng had not yet arrived, so he listened to the play with Jia Lian, Jia Huan, Jia Lan and others in the flower garden.

When the moon passed over the east wall, Jia's mother saw that the lanterns in the garden were all lit, so she took everyone to the garden to enjoy the lanterns, and sent someone to invite Lu Jing to enter the garden to enjoy the lanterns.

Lu Jing followed the servants of the Jia family to the Daguan Garden, and after entering the garden, a maid led the way.

Lu Jing saw that there were lanterns hanging everywhere in the garden, although it was not splendid, but it was also dazzling, and he shook his head secretly. After another quarter of an hour, I heard that the old lady was now listening to the play in the Decoration Pavilion, so I went to the Decoration Pavilion to meet Jia Mu and others.

Lu Jing saw that Daiyu was accompanying Jia Mu and nodded at her. Daiyu also responded slightly, reassuring him.

Mother Jia called Lu Jing to her, asked about the years before, comforted her a few words, and said a few more words, and then asked Lu Jing to go out, and she just went through the motions when she recruited Lu Jing.

This year, because there was no matter of saving relatives, Jia's mother thought that the family would not do a big thing, and she didn't want Mrs. Wang to still buy a lantern scene, so if the lantern scene is only appreciated by her own family, it will inevitably be luxurious and a little wasteful, so she simply invited some relatives and friends to come over to watch it to show the wealth of the Jia family.

Lu Jing followed a maid to the garden, and after turning a few corners, he suddenly saw Ying'er coming over.

Ying'er chatted with the maid who led the way, and then took over the work of leading the way.

Lu Jing asked, "What did you tell her?" ”

Ying'er smiled proudly: "That girl is the best to listen to the play, I told her that I was just about to go out of the garden, and I could send the adult out by the way, and the girl wanted to go back to listen to the play, so she handed the adult to me." ”

Lu Jing nodded, and asked again, "Where are you going to take me?" ”

Ying'er smiled: "My girl wants to invite the adults to talk, please come with me!" ”

Lu Jing pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "If you want to meet, you can see you tomorrow in the rainy alley, why bother in this garden where there are many people!" ”

Ying'er hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord is in charge of the garden now, and the place she chooses is usually not many people go, and these days the second wife has let my girl take care of the garden, and she has no time to go out." ”

Lu Jing thought about it, then agreed, let Ying'er lead the way in front, only to see Ying'er turn around and take herself to the back of a rockery, not far from the rockery There is a small wooden house, which is faintly visible under the shade of dense trees.

Lu Jing entered the room, saw an oil lamp lit in the room, a small bed against the wall on the west side, and the room was full of door panels, flower pots, flower hoes, buckets and other sundries, and saw Baochai standing in the middle of the house, so he asked, "What is this place?" ”

Before Baochai could speak, Ying'er replied: "This is the place where the old Pan's mother, who is in charge of flowers and plants, stores sundries, she just came to rest at noon, I just went to ask, she and a few mothers-in-law went to drink." ”

Lu Jing nodded, and said in his heart that this was a good place for a tryst, first thanking Baochai for the letter of comfort, and then asking Baochai what he was looking for.

Baochai asked Ying'er to go out to watch, so Mrs. Wang asked her to take care of the garden, and the concubine intended to marry her to Baoyu and other things, and simply told Lu Jing again, and finally requested: "Please take pity on the concubine and help the concubine think of a way out!" ”

Lu Jing listened to her words and was reluctant to marry Baoyu, and saw that her eyes were a little different when she looked at her, and said in her heart: "Could it be that Baochai is devoted to me!" ”

Thinking of this, he asked, "If I help you get out, why do you thank me?" ”

Baochai asked, thought for a while, and then said with a slightly red face: "Give you the pearl, and repay the grace of the king!" ”

Lu Jing heard that her sentence implied that she would promise each other with her body, and her heart moved, so she said, "You tell me exactly what Mrs. Wang said to you." ”

When Baochai heard this, hope swelled in his heart, so he told Lu Jing the words of Mrs. Wang that day.

After hearing this, Lu Jing secretly thought to himself, originally when Baochai married Baoyu, the Jia family was already in decline, and Jia's mother was there, and Yuanchun did not get too involved in Baoyu's marriage, but now things have not changed much, and it is also true that Mrs. Wang should be deceiving Baochai.

Thinking of this, he was about to inform her of his judgment, when he suddenly heard a messy footsteps, and hurriedly whispered: "Someone is coming!" ”

Xue Baochai was shocked, and hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Is it Ying'er?" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, listening to the footsteps, it should be two people!" ”

Xue Baochai panicked in his heart, if he was discovered, he couldn't explain it clearly, so he hurriedly asked in a panic: "What should I do, why didn't Ying'er stop it?" ”

Lu Jing quickly observed around, and saw that there was a door panel behind which people could hide, but the space was limited, so he hurriedly asked Baochai to hide behind, and saw that there was no other place to hide, so he blew out the oil lamp and squeezed in by the moonlight.

When Xue Baochai saw Lu Jing also come in, he was shocked, and subconsciously wanted to scream.

Lu Jing happened to hear the sound of the door opening, and he didn't have time to turn around, so he hurriedly covered Baochai's mouth, signaled her not to scream, and then nodded at her, and pointed out again, asking her to see what the situation was.