Chapter 459 Daiyu: It's nothing if I don't give it away
Ningguo Mansion
The spring rain is pattering in the courtyard, beating on the eaves and rocks, the candlelight is bright in the wing room, the warm fragrance is intertwined with the fragrance of tea, and the ladies in the boudoir are gathered together.
Jia Heng handed the empty green jade bowl to Miaoyu and said softly: "Master, pour me another glass."
Miao Yu's jade face was cold and sparkling. After hearing this, she glanced at Jia Heng, reached out to take the green jade bucket, picked up the teapot and poured tea.
He lowered his eyes slightly, looked at the steaming tea in the green jade bucket, and said calmly: "One cup is for the taste, the second cup is for thirst-quenching stupidity, and the third cup is for the cow to drink and the mule to drink."
Jia Heng didn't take it seriously and said, "I just talked a lot and I'm really thirsty. Besides, Shi Tai's tea skills are pretty good."
Miaoyu looked at the young man opposite and handed it over.
Jia Heng took the tea cup, looked at Xichun aside, and said: "Fourth sister is still young, and there are many interesting things in this world that you have never seen or played with."
A person's life is full of ups and downs, and it is most likely to develop a negative and escaping mentality that sees through the world of mortals.
The scene of three springs has not lasted long, and the pure clothes suddenly changed from the makeup of the past. The poor embroidered housekeeper's daughter is lying alone next to the ancient Buddha with a green lantern.
Xichun nodded, with a look of joy on his cold face, and said, "Yes, Brother Heng."
"If you want to learn how to behave in the world, you can learn from your cousin Xiuyan's temperament. She can live in poverty and live happily, be calm and self-sufficient." Jia Heng put down the teacup, raised his eyes to look at Xing Xiuyan, and praised in a low voice: "The ancients said that the charm of the forest is pure and pure.
Ying, that’s probably the case.”
In the original work, Baoyu called Xing Xiuyan the temperament of a wandering cloud and wild crane, which refers to a kind of temperament with tall and neat plants and no vines or branches. From what he saw, Xing Xiuyan seemed to have the charm of a woman from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
The Qi below, the pure heart and jade reflection, are the beauty of the boudoir.
Compared with Miaoyu, who was born in a family of officials and had a hidden pride, Xing Xiuyan grew up in a poor family and lived with her family in a temple. She received a lot of cold treatment, but she did not develop a low self-esteem or a petty intolerance. On the contrary, she was not affected by her original family.
Be open-minded and friendly to others.
Although she is also a literary young woman, she is not pretentious.
In fact, in the Red Mansion, there are not only Qing as Dai Ying and Xi as Chai Fu, but also characters such as Feng Wan and Miao Xiu, who are in contrast to each other.
Xing Xiuyan was holding a tea cup, savoring Jia Heng's words, or in other words, thinking about Jia Heng, when he suddenly heard these compliments, his heart skipped a beat, especially when he saw Miaoyu, Xichun felt
He looked at me with "Qingshu" and "surprised" eyes, his cheeks were slightly flushed, his eyebrows were lowered, and he was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Heng... you are overly praised."
But doubts arose in her heart. This person seemed to know her very well?
The girl just listened attentively, but it had nothing to do with admiration, but the curiosity and thinking that arise spontaneously when people see the scenery they have never seen before.
Just like later generations listen to those who are the trendsetters of the changing times, or the trendsetters of the Internet era, who point out the country and inspire the literature. It can be said that listening to your words is better than reading a book...it is better than reading ten years of books.
What's more, these generals and ministers who hold high positions in temples and assist kings in bringing peace to the world are all of the same age.
Xichun nodded, looked at Xing Xiuyan, and said crisply: "My cousin's temperament is calm and natural, and I find her respectable."
When Miaoyu heard that Jia Heng and Xichun praised Xing Xiuyan, her face remained cold, so she picked up the teacup, brought it to her lips, and took a sip.
The beauty of the forest, the purity of heart and the beauty of the jade, are really...
I don't know why, but there are traces of irritability in my heart.
This move is no different from the original work, where Baoyu went to praise Baochai in front of Daiyu for his good looks, smart appearance, and comfortable living in an IKEA home.
Jia Heng turned to look at Yingchun, who looked worried, and said softly: "Second sister, do you have anything to say to me?"
Yingchun shook her head and said in a low voice: "Brother Heng and the old lady have the final say on matters concerning father and second brother, so I can't say anything."
As a daughter, what can she say on this matter?
In fact, I don’t have much in my heart...
Miaoyu's eyes flashed, and she turned to ask: "I heard that at the court meeting today, it was the prince who was impeached?"
Jia Heng nodded and said: "It's him. He is determined to retaliate against others and has no royal bearing at all. I have recently read through the files on the case in Suzhou."
Since the last time Jiaheng revealed that Miaoyu’s father was a former Suzhou weaver.
"Uncle Heng..." Upon hearing this, Miaoyu's face changed slightly and she asked in shock.
If she had any other wish, it would be to clear her father's wrongdoing.
Jia Heng said: "There are indeed many doubts. Come back, I will get the file and talk to you again."
Although Miaoyu's father could not be called a breeze, he could not be said to be a greedy man. He was suspected of being a scapegoat because he had offended King Zhongshun.
Miaoyu nodded heavily, feeling a surge of hope in her heart.
The few people sat and talked again. Jia Heng nodded towards Xichun and said warmly: "It's getting late. My sister, please rest early."
He has to stay at the palace tomorrow, so he doesn't want to stay too long.
Just when Jia Heng was having tea in Miaoyu's house, the night was dark and rainy and cold. In the courtyard where Daiyu lived, the candlelight in the wing was bright, casting a few beautiful shadows on the curtains.
"Girl, let's have dinner." Zicuckoo walked to the inner compartment, called Daiyu softly, and said in a low voice: "Girl, don't sew at night, because you'll hurt your eyes from being too careful."
Behind him, Xueyan, Chunxian, and several nuns were carrying food, stood in front of the small table, and took out dishes, chopsticks, and spoons one by one from the food box.
Daiyu was wearing a pink jacket with a stand-up collar and a pink-and-orange plum blossom embroidered double-breasted jacket. She sat quietly on the bed, put down the half-embroidered sachet in her hand, and said, "I haven't embroidered for a long time, and my hands are a little raw."
After saying that, when he got up, he went to clean his hands.
Zicuckoo handed over the towel, with her natural apple-shaped cheeks as rosy as clouds, and whispered: "Girl, I haven't been to Dongfu for a while."
While wiping her hands with a towel, Daiyu sat down in front of the small table, picked up the chopsticks, raised her pretty face, and said, "Didn't I just go there on the Lantern Festival?"
Of course, everyone acted together at that time and said nothing.
Zicuckoo took a spoon and scooped up the bird's nest and red date porridge, stirred it gently to spread the heat, so that Daiyu could eat it later. She didn't know whether it was accidental or intentional: "I heard that Miss Bao has been worried about her brother's affairs these days.
, I will go to Dongfu to look for you."
"Let others just do what others do." Daiyu was silent for a moment, lowered her eyes slightly, and thought: "I don't have a brother who wants to go to the Five Cities Military and Horse Division."
When Daiyu was in Rongguo Mansion, she would sometimes go to Lixiangyuan to sit with Baochai. When Baochai was not there several times, she asked Wen Xing and she heard that she always went to Dongfu to look for Jia Heng. After going back and forth, she kept an eye on her.
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"Speaking of which, before and after, the house was really in a mess these past few days. Something happened to the second master Bao, and now the second master Lian..." Zijuan handed the warm porridge over and said with emotion.
Daiyu said softly: "Before and after, one thing happened one after another, as if bad luck had caught up with me. I thought the eldest sister had said before that I wanted to have a peace ceremony."
As he said that, he held the handkerchief, picked up the spoon, scooped up the porridge, and brought it to his lips. His movements were very delicate. Maybe it was a little too hot. He slightly pursed his cherry red lips, blew into the spoon, and then closed his pink lips.
, eating in small bites.
"Yesterday, the master sent me a letter, talking about things in Nan Province. The girl can also go to Dongfu to find Uncle Heng." Zicuckoo thought for a while, then smiled and said: "There is still next month.
The girl has given birth to a baby. After the girl has given birth, she will be only thirteen years old, so she has to celebrate it properly."
Zijuan didn't have any other thoughts about Jia Heng, she just wanted Daiyu to have an older brother so that she could be relied upon by the Jia family.
Daiyu picked up the chopsticks and was about to eat when her delicate Suiyan frowned and said softly: "I'm bothered by it every day, and it's probably annoying. As for the birth, it's better if there are no one around to remember it. That's okay."
Save yourself the trouble."
Zijuan: "..."
In fact, I can roughly guess some of my girl's thoughts. After inviting the host that time, she felt left out. It's not that she can't see her, but the concern that is unique to her is probably gone.
In fact, in the original work, Baoyu often visits Daiyu and spends almost every day in front of Daiyu. Even in the episode "The Love Is Soft and Quiet, the Sun is Fragrant", he lies on the same bed and talks about "Little Mouse Taro".
joke.
But now, after Baoyu was beaten, his injuries were still not healed. Of course, his injuries were very good, and Daiyu had already been guarded by men and women, and was not allowed to enter the inner compartment.
As for Jia Heng, he was really good and bad for a while, but he never revolved around Daiyu?
Zijuan said softly: "Miss Xue was a guest last time, and the birth was quite a lively event, but I don't want to have anything to do with the second master."
This means that on that day, Jia Lian and Bao's family were fooling around, and Sister Feng caused a scene.
Daiyu said softly, "Hmm", obviously she didn't care much about "The Others".
"Uncle Heng didn't mention that he was remembering the girl's birth last time, and he also said it was the Flower Festival. I wonder what he would give to the girl that day?" Zijuan chuckled and said to herself.
When Daiyu heard this, she paused with her chopsticks and her starry eyes flashed. For some reason, she suddenly thought of the ring that Baochai wore on her finger yesterday. She had never been seen wearing it, and she didn't know who gave it to her.
her.
This thought flashed away. He frowned, lowered his starry eyes, looked at the bird's nest porridge again, and said softly: "You can give me whatever you want. Maybe you don't give me anything, it's okay."
Zijuan: "..."
Alas, my girl's sudden mood.
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Daming Palace
Emperor Chongping sat in the study for a while, reviewing memorials. The spring rain outside was getting heavier, and the lights had already been turned on in the room.
Not long after, the eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, the Queen has arrived outside the palace."
While she was talking, the Empress of Song Dynasty walked into the palace, attended by a host of female officials and maids. This plump beauty was dressed in a light yellow palace dress, with her temples held high, with gold hairpins hanging between her temples.
, graceful and beautiful.
"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner." Empress Song approached and called out.
Emperor Chongping put down the memorial, raised his eyes to look at the beauty, smiled and said: "Zitong, here you go."
Empress Song smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have selected the candidates for Ran'er's concubines in the past few days. Please take a look."
After saying that, he handed over a piece of gilded Cambodian paper with patterns of Luan, Phoenix and Ming. It was the list of concubines selected for King Wei. There were not many people, there were only three people, the main concubine, the side concubine, and a talented person.
It records family background, age, as well as ordinary speech and conduct.
"Oh?" Emperor Chongping said softly, took the Cambodian paper, read the words on it, and asked casually: "Last time, wasn't there someone from the Wang family? Is she the granddaughter of Wang Ziteng?"
The empress of Song Dynasty smiled brightly and said softly: "Ran'er heard that many of the Wang family's daughters did not study, so she dropped the proposal. I also felt that it was not appropriate, so I removed her from the list."
In fact, it was King Wei who reminded Empress Song that Prince Teng and Jia Heng were not on good terms with each other, and were even at odds with each other. Empress Song gave up on this idea.
Emperor Chongping closed the Cambodian paper, nodded, and approved the list, saying: "Tomorrow, the cabinet will draft an edict and issue it to China and foreign countries."
When a vassal king opens a palace and appoints a royal concubine, he must announce it in the form of an imperial edict, and record the name of the concubine to the clan spy.
As Emperor Chongping said this, he placed the Cambodian paper on the memorial on the imperial desk and said, "Zitong, go and have dinner."
However, at this moment, Dai Quan hurriedly came from outside the palace, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty."
Emperor Chongping paused slightly, looked at Dai Quan, and asked expressionlessly: "Do you have any clues about Jia She's case?"
Dai Quan handed over a recorded confession and said: "Your Majesty, the first-class Shenwei General Jia She and his son Jia Lian were transferred to the inner police factory for interrogation. After Jia Lian's confession, Jia She and his son have been on loan since the ninth year of Chongping.
The Ping'an Prefecture trade route smuggled goods to the grassland. At first, they prepared ordinary items to cross the border to evade market taxes. Later, they became more and more courageous and smuggled iron tools and grain into the Chahar tribe of Mongolia in the grassland. However, this tribe was related to the Donglu tribe by marriage.
During the alliance, most of the iron wares and grains were sold to the Eastern Han captives. According to Jia She's self-examination, Datong, the generals of the Xuan Mansion and their subordinate generals also had smugglers into the grasslands. However, Jia She was tempted by the profit and did not intend to smuggle the Hulu enemies.
Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
After Jia She and Jia Lian were sent to the interrogation factory for interrogation, it didn't take long at all. The torture instruments were lined up before the two of them confessed and told some rumors and details in order to seek justice and not blame others.
When Emperor Chongping heard this, his face turned gloomy, and he said: "Datong, Xuanfu? These people are really my loyal ministers and good generals! Is it exactly what Jia Ziyu said before that smuggling and smuggling were rampant in the Jin and Dynasties?"
Sensing Long Yan's anger, Dai Quan looked solemn and did not dare to respond for a moment.
Emperor Chongping said coldly: "The border generals are deducting money from their wages, and they are so greedy that they can't pay for it. They also collude with merchants to smuggle to the barbarians. It is simply unreasonable!"
Dai Quan paused and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Queen Song on the side also offered words of comfort.
Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about the pros and cons, and said in a cold voice: "The generals are not allowed to act arbitrarily now, so I will hide this part of the confession for the time being. Didn't King Beijing go to Datong and Xuanfu? Wait for his investigation.
Once the side affairs are over, let’s worry about it again.”
The border generals hold heavy troops and have deep roots in the local area. If one mistake is not made, it will easily cause a chain reaction. Even if they want to arrest and prosecute, they must be carefully arranged. If they are able to scare the snake, they will jump over the wall and lead their troops to surrender to the enemy. The consequences will be disastrous.
Moreover, the smuggling border general was by no means as simple as Cui Ling, the military governor of Ping'an Prefecture.
"Your Majesty, how did the Jia family get involved in the smuggling case?" Empress Song's face changed slightly, she felt uneasy for a moment, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"It's from the Rongguo Mansion. I'm still thinking about how to deal with it." Emperor Chongping said with a cold face.
Queen Song's beautiful eyes flickered, and she cautiously asked, "Does Jia Ziyu know about this matter?"
"How can he not know that he is in charge of the affairs of Jinyi Mansion? The reason why he did not mention what he said was because there were rebels behind the scenes, not only the generals, but also..." Emperor Chongping said, realizing something, he paused
He stayed silent and said: "We will discuss it later when he enters the palace for duty tomorrow."
Empress Song breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty is confident, so you might as well have dinner first."