The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Chapter 136

After Jia's mother passed away, the whole family wore filial piety. Jia Lian and Baoyu were the grandsons. Apart from Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, they were the two of them. Therefore, Jia Lian's wife and Baoyu's wife also stood very close. It's Xia Jingui.

Jia Amnesty spent a lot of money to settle the matter. Jia Lian did not marry, but married Xia Jingui to start the family. The Xia family saw that Jia Lian was born with a good skin and was a son of a rich family, so they also backed down a step. The marriage of the two parties was decided later than that of Baoyu and Daiyu, but Xia Jingui's marriage was a few days earlier than Daiyu's.

Baochai came in a hurry, and after Daiyu had settled down, she didn't bother to take a look at Xia Jingui when she came out—at this time, she still had a low-browed, virtuous and virtuous appearance, but she could already see a bit of neatness in her words and deeds. Because she was quite pretty, and she deliberately put on all sorts of gentle appearances first, so that Jia Lian forgot all the concubines in the house, and only focused on her, and the two of them were very close, suddenly Jia's mother was sick, and Jia Lian had to attend to the sick every day, so Xia Jingui was not at ease. She only hindered the elders in the family and didn't say much. She secretly vented her anger on her own girl. She was used to doing this at home. None of my companions dared to say anything, but the maids in Jia Lian's room were very upset, they dared not say anything on the surface, but said everything in secret, and compared Xia Jingui with Daiyu, all of them praised Daiyu is a scholar who has been handed down from generation to generation and has a good manners. It is said that Xia Jingui is the daughter of a merchant family who has lost her style.

Xia Jingui vaguely heard Daiyu, and kept Daiyu in mind. Seeing Daiyu fainted in front of the coffin, she also squeezed out with the crowd. She looked carefully, only to find that she had a very good appearance, with bright teeth and bright eyes, and her skin was as white as snow. Seeing this, Xia Jingui became more and more jealous. Seeing that Mrs. Wang ordered Daiyu to lie down on the bed for now, not to go out, and ordered to serve her an extra bowl of jujube porridge, she just hummed coldly in her heart. However, Daiyu's identity is not comparable to hers, so she dared not make mistakes. She looked around one by one, but only Baochai was dressed like an ordinary person, so she pointed at Baochai and said with a smile: "Who is this?" , about our family, why did she come here suddenly?"

Zhou Rui's family said: "This is Miss Xue, our wife's niece, a relative of our own family."

Xia Jingui smiled lightly and said, "Since we are relatives of our own family, why are we still wearing flowers?"

When Baochai heard the news, she hurried over and only had time to take off her jewellery. The peonies embroidered on her clothes had not been removed, and everyone noticed them. However, Baochai was not from Jia's mansion after all, and she only arrived today. So no one mentioned it.

Baochai listened to Xia Jingui's words, and simply admitted generously: "As soon as I heard the news, I came forward. I didn't have time to change my clothes. I was rude. I will change it right away." , went straight out, but changed into plain clothes, and came in through the side door. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Daiyu crouching down and crying, so she hurried over and rubbed her shoulders for her. Slowly stopped, sobbing and said: "I saw you yesterday, who knows... Who knows, I just left."

Baochai held her in his arms and patted her gently, and said slowly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural principles. At an old lady's age, in the countryside, it is considered a white wedding. Don't be too sad. You must know My wife must also hope that you and Baoyu will be well, if you mourn and hurt your body because of her funeral, if she knows it, she will not feel at ease."

Daiyu raised her body to look at Baochai and said, "I... I'm afraid that if she finds out about the relationship between Baoyu and me... if she is in the spirit of heaven, she will not be able to live in peace."

Baochai's eyebrows twitched, she fixed her eyes on Daiyu and said, "You think too much, the old lady will be happy as long as she sees you happy, everything else is trivial."

Daiyu smiled wryly, "Really?"

Baochai was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Naturally."

Daiyu nodded and stopped talking.

The two faced each other, knowing that the other was just comforting themselves, but at this moment, there was nothing to say, so they could only clasp their four hands together to chat for comfort.

Baochai stayed with Daiyu from dark to dawn.

Daiyu drank the porridge, but refused to eat snacks. When Baochai tried to persuade her, she pursed her lips and said, "Be careful in mourning, and don't let your heart get confused."

Baochai couldn't help it, seeing that she was getting better and struggling to go out again, she couldn't feel relieved, so she had the cheek to follow and joined Mrs. Wang in the name of her relatives.

When Mrs. Wang saw her coming, she only stared at Daiyu, reached out and took her hand and said, "My son, I know your heart, but it's a pity that this is what the old lady meant..." Before finishing her sentence, The tears flowed first, and Baochai saw that she was thinking wrong, and said quickly: "What did Auntie say? I think the mansion has sent a lot of manpower these days, and there may not be enough for major tasks, so come and see if there is any need I'll help, just follow orders."

Mrs. Wang patted her hand and said: "You are a good boy." She sighed and did not continue.

Seeing that she hesitated to speak, Baochai suddenly remembered what happened to Daiyu in Zhangluo. After a while, she leaned over again and asked eagerly, "Dai'er, in the past... your matter has all been scattered. No?"

Daiyu said: "What's the matter?" Immediately remembered, she stopped her tears and said, "Don't you know?"

Baochai said in a low voice, "I only know that you sent people to spread the word, but I don't know how you convinced them to believe it."

Daiyu said: "As long as word spreads, who cares whether it is true or not?"

Baochai shook her head and said, "It must be more than that. What else did you do?"

Daiyu suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and lowered her head, "Didn't you raid the garden that time? Since this incident has already caused a stir outside, I asked someone to add a few more words, saying that the cause of this incident...is all yours."

Baochai suddenly said: "I can't blame my mother who came over suddenly two days ago to ask me what I think about the future, said a lot of words about abiding by etiquette, and asked about my relationship with Baoyu. It turns out that you broke up the news. It seems that I am not married at all. out."

Daiyu said, "Don't you blame me?"

Baochai said: "I have already said that I will leave this matter to you. I will not ask. No matter what you send someone outside to say, it is to ruin my reputation. You have done a good job. Together, we can't do well..." Seeing that Daiyu's eyes were full of tears, she put in the joking words, and said softly, "If we don't do well, there is always a way to be together."

Daiyu glanced at her, then sighed suddenly, and said, "It's good to have a mother. Many things are always negotiable." Jia Min, Jia Min thought of Jia Mu again.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Baochai had no choice but to let Daiyu cry, her heart was burning with anxiety, and on her face she could only follow everyone's etiquette and mourn.

At Jia's mother's funeral, Prince Teng and his wife also sent people to mourn. Now all the affairs in the palace are handled by Sister Feng. After thinking about it, Sister Feng asked someone to invite Ping'er to come and say, "Everyone in the family is going to go." I asked over there, it doesn't seem very good if I don't go, but my status is also embarrassing, I would like to trouble you to go there, ask my aunt for me, and take a look at those old sisters, okay?"

After Ping'er left that night, Sister Feng tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night, but she couldn't say a word of apology.And in her heart, Ping'er is her maid, and the two of them are very close. This little grievance should disappear soon, so it is not considered a major matter at first.

Unexpectedly, although Ping'er is still serving her wholeheartedly as before, there is always a bit of inexplicable alienation in her words and deeds, and she is not as hard-working as before when she encounters problems. Sister Feng deliberately ordered a few wrong things, When Ping'er heard it, she didn't even lift her eyelids, let alone say a few words to Sister Feng.

If Sister Feng still asks Ping'er to be the five-finger girl, Ping'er will work hard to ensure that Sister Feng is satisfied, but before and after, she is not as gentle and lingering as before, but like a girl with moving horns. Without saying a word, on the bedside bed, Sister Feng loved to listen to Ping'er's sweet words in a soft voice, but suddenly they disappeared, and her pleasure-seeking heart gradually faded away, and she was just depressed for several months, trying to make Ping'er change her mind And she didn't know how to start it—she also knew that Ping'er was just blaming her, but at first she couldn't let go of her master's airs, and later it was because the matter was so long ago that she couldn't say anything—she could only slowly and carefully test her words and deeds Gradually, I developed a spirit of being low-key. In front of Ping'er, I always felt a little shorter than other places, so I wore a yellow robe, and I didn't look like a prince. Gradually, those rough and miscellaneous tasks became Leave it to Feng'er to do it, and Ping'er is only in charge of the inside and outside, and the face is just passable.If he asked her to do some maidservant matters by chance, he would always speak in a negotiating tone, lest he would make her angry again.

Recently, Ping'er saw Sister Feng's banner gradually falling down, and he gradually began to worry about it in his heart, and he still responded respectfully, and said: "If you have anything to say, just tell us to do it, why do you still ask?" Are we here? Are we okay? Is it the girl's business?"

Sister Feng choked for her, and Fang was about to stare into a fit, but quickly held back, and said with an apologetic smile: "Your words are strange, it seems like when I asked you to do something you don't want to do. If you don't If you want to go, ask Feng'er to go, anyway, it's just a visit to a relative's house, it's just a pity, you go to her, it doesn't make any difference."

Ping'er said: "So it doesn't make any difference if I go with her. It's better if I go. After all, Feng'er is busy now, but I have nothing to do."

Sister Feng's heart broke, and she forced a smile and said, "You're talking weird things today, girl." Seeing Ping'er smile at herself, she slowly backed away, and then she let out a sigh of relief, clutching her heart, annoyed at herself for being useless, He couldn't show the demeanor of a master, and he was calm and cold, and he didn't have the dignity of a maid, but he remembered that Ping'er finally smiled at himself after several months. Although it was very faint, it was a progress, so he was happy again. He picked up the ledger and continued to look.