Six palaces without concubines in the Red Chamber

0038 Sisters who happened to enter the palace to explore Daiyu, full of loneliness and Baochai discussing sorrow

Anyway, the eunuchs speak glibly, sometimes it sounds a little funny.It is uncertain whether he really didn't know it or did it on purpose, but the tragic event of Qu Yuan jumping into the river turned out of his mouth to persuade people to eat rice dumplings and drink rice wine.

Daiyu felt like laughing a little bit, so she couldn't help but not laugh out loud, but the corners of her lips were covered with traces of laughter.

The emperor also felt that what Xi Shiyue said was thoughtless, and if it was spread out, people would joke that the people in front of the imperial court spoke inappropriately.Seeing the smile on Daiyu's lips in a blink of an eye, she swallowed all the ridicule that should have been blurted out.He thought to himself, that's fine too, it's okay to make her smile and talk nonsense.It's just gossip in private, why bother to go online like that?

He quickly grasped the message in Xi Shiyue's words, so he seemed a little happy: "Do you like salted egg yolk meat dumplings?"

"It's not that I like to eat." Daiyu said, "It's the taste of Suzhou. I just mentioned it briefly, and Lanling will remember it."

When making the sachet, I thought of going back to Suzhou with my parents and elder brother. At that time, Xunyu and Lin Jue hadn't been raised yet.They went back to their hometown by boat to worship their ancestors. The whole family got together and ate zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival on the boat.What I ate at that time was salted egg yolk meat dumplings, and I can't forget the taste after many years.

Coincidentally, Lan Ling and Lan Liu were chatting, and Lan Ling said that the red bean paste dumplings in the palace are the best, and they are delicious when eaten with soy sauce.After hearing this, Daiyu added, "Salted egg yolk meat dumplings are delicious."If you like sweet food, you can also dip it in white sugar, and it will be sweet to your heart in one bite.

Unexpectedly, such a sentence also reached Xi Shiyue's ears.

The emperor knew that she must spend the festival with her family in the past, and suddenly mentioned the taste of hometown, which showed that she was homesick.It stands to reason that he should give her whatever she wants.But there are advantages and disadvantages of being an emperor, and the disadvantages are revealed at this moment.

He is the emperor, so he can't leave the palace normally.Daiyu is the noble daughter of the boudoir again, let her go home, what excuse can I think of to call her in?What's more, she is currently ill, if she wants to go home, why rush?

The emperor whispered: "If you like it, I will send it later." At this time, the words changed again.It was sent by someone just now, and now he didn't even need to pretend, it was sent by him himself.

Daiyu was about to say no, Lan Liu came in from the Linghua Gate, bent her knees and replied, "Princess Jinzhuang and Madam Gongyi are here. I heard that the county magistrate is ill, so I came here to visit the magistrate."

Daiyu was genuinely happy when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Please come in quickly."

You don't need to think about this posture to know that both of them are people she knows well.The emperor also knew that she was sick and unhappy, and she felt better when someone talked with her, so he said, "I still have political affairs, so I'll go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation first..."

Daiyu wished that he would leave immediately, so she agreed, and when she saw him get up, she was about to bow her knees and salute, and watched him go out.The emperor reacted quickly at the moment, and immediately said: "There is no need to kneel down." After finishing speaking, he strode away immediately without waiting for her to move.

Not long after, Lan Liu brought in two wives who were ordered to obey the imperial order. The first one was Princess Jinzhuang. She was the younger sister of Sun Shaoxian, a scholar.Madam Gongyi who was one step behind was Xue Baochai, who was only eighteen years old.When the deposed emperor's Concubine Xian was still there, she was married to Uncle Gong Yi as his wife.

Daiyu was acquainted with Sun Wanchun when she was in Yangzhou, and lived with Xue Baochai in Jia's mansion for a while when she came to Beijing, so she and the two are good sisters who talk about everything.

"My good sister, why are you so thin?" Baochai sighed when she saw Daiyu, and took her hand, wanting her to sit on the kang.

The emperor had just sat on the east side, Daiyu didn't want to sit, so she took a step back to the side, still sat down on the west side of the kang, and said with a smile: "Sit, two sisters."

Xue Baochai and Sun Wanchun looked at each other, and they both thought of that incident by coincidence, with a clear smile on their lips.

"What virtue and ability do I have, dare to sit on the east end of the kang." Wan Chun sat down on the round stool, pointed towards the east with her fingers: "Although the round stool is small, it is more comfortable to sit on."

The two had weird smiles, how could Daiyu not understand.Presumably, Emperor Jiangcai went out and had a face-to-face meeting with him, holding back his strength to laugh at her.

"Sister, well, why are you blushing?" Wan Chun touched her cheeks, pretending to be surprised, and said, "Could it be that it's too hot? Can't stop, Baochai, look, is my face red?"

I don't even feel it if I don't talk about it, but when I ask her to talk about it, I really feel hot on my face, and a wave of heat surges upwards.Daiyu covered her face with a handkerchief and was about to leave, saying, "I don't care about you if your mouth is so bad."

"Sister, sit down quickly." Baochai couldn't help laughing, and pressed her shoulders to ask her to sit back: "If you leave, she will laugh at you even more." Then she sat sideways on the east side of the kang, and said with a smile: " Well, now I am sitting. My sister will forget who is sitting, and it takes a lot of effort to always remember."

Daiyu nodded and nodded at the two of them, feigning anger, and said: "Okay, you guys, could it be possible that you came here today just to make fun of me? For no reason, I have become your laughing stock!"

Both of them knew that she was just bluffing and talking loudly.The maid brought tea in with a cloud tray, and Wan Chun held the tea ceremony: "It's so hot, why do you still drink tea?"

"It was changed a while ago, and today I woke up feeling uncomfortable, so I asked them to make some tea."

When Baochai heard the words, her eyes were worried, and she leaned over to hold her hand, and asked, "Well, why are you sick again, what can you say?"

Can you tell them that she was not sick, but the emperor asked her if she would like to be a queen, and she was not happy to see him, so she claimed to be sick?

Daiyu lowered her face, and the two of them felt lonely when they looked at the past: "It's not a serious illness. Last night I thought that today is the Dragon Boat Festival, but I can't be at home with my parents for the festival. I can't sleep on the ground. I guess I didn't rest well, so I feel uncomfortable when I wake up in the morning. Speaking of which, how do the sisters know that I am sick?"

Baochai said: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. We made zongzi and brought them in. We also greeted our ancestors and the Queen Mother. When we arrived at Shoukang Palace, our ancestors invited us to have the tea we just got. And told us that you were ill and asked us to come and see you."

Although you are married to a relative of the emperor, you don't have to go to the palace every morning and evening, but you have to go to the palace to pay your respects during the festivals.Although the princess is pampered and treated well, she has to make something with her own hands from time to time to honor her elders.Sending rice dumplings in during the Dragon Boat Festival, regardless of whether the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother eat or not, you have to work hard.One shows that you can afford everything, and the other shows your filial piety.

Wanchun asked the palace servants to deliver a round box with red lychee patterns to the kang table and open it. Inside was a plate with a sharp-edged zongzi the size of a girl's palm.The bag is small and exquisite, and the emerald leaves are lined with water-red cotton thread, which looks very beautiful.

Daiyu picked it up and looked at it for a while, looked at Baochai, then at Wanchun, and guessed blindly: "Let me guess, although it was held by Sister Wan's girl, it looks like Sister Bao's handicraft." The zongzi must be made by Sister Bao, right?"

"Look, I said that she has sharp eyes and a sensitive heart, and she can tell at a glance." Baochai joked with Wanchun with a smile: "No matter how thoughtful you are, you can't fool her."

Wan Chun shook her head again and again, convinced by defeat. "Everyone in Beijing loves to eat rice dumplings with red bean paste. Eating fresh meat rice dumplings is a habit in the south. The ancestors thought that you came from the south and are sick now, so they specially left some fresh meat for us to send. Although you can't eat If there are too many waxy things, you should taste the occasion.”

"Thank you, my ancestor, for thinking of me. How can I repay her for her love?" Daiyu said, turning her head and ordering Lanling to cook it before bringing it in. She wanted to taste it immediately.

Lan Ling went out in response, Wan Chun looked around and said again: "You all go out, let's say a few words about ourselves."

The palace servants who followed were fine, but Lan Liu and the others who were serving Daiyu were unsure, glanced at Daiyu, saw her nod, then stood on tiptoe and bowed out.

Wanchun got up and sat beside Daiyu, put her arms around her shoulders and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? I heard the meaning behind the old ancestor's words, why do you want to get you and the emperor together?"

As soon as they came over, they made fun of her and the emperor, and Daiyu guessed early on that the empress dowager was going through the two of them.Hearing the words at the moment, there was an endless sigh in my heart.

Seeing that she was full of sorrow, Baochai felt uncomfortable: "Is it the meaning of the ancestors, or the meaning of the emperor?"

Wan Chun nodded, this is what she wanted to ask.Whose meaning is very important, if it is only the empress dowager's meaning, she wants Daiyu to avoid this troubled water as soon as possible.Having been the emperor's sister-in-law for two years, she couldn't be more clear about who she is.Facing the court with ease, facing the people in the inner court is also like courtiers, talking about the rules on the line, without showing any affection.Sometimes she really doubts, is it possible that the emperor's heart and heart are cold?

"You can't want a man who is too cold-hearted, even the emperor is useless. If you can't warm his heart, what's the use of living with him?" Wan Chun said with emotion: "Concubine Huang Shu loves the emperor so much, and she gave birth to a daughter for him." , just like this, I didn’t gain much face. That one is still his cousin! The ready-made example is right in front of you, just look at Baochai..."

Daiyu turned her head to look at Baochai. Although she was smiling, there was endless loneliness in her eyes. The light in her eyes was gone when she was a girl.Daiyu couldn't help worrying about her: "Sister Bao, is he still treating you badly?"

"How can it be considered good, how can it be considered bad?" Baochai seldom mentioned this matter in front of outsiders, and now Daiyu and Wanchun have nothing to hide.She smiled slightly, even though she talked about her misery, she was still dignified and self-respecting. "That's what's going on in the mansion. No matter how you plan, you can't fly to the sky. It's just suffering day after day. As for Uncle... a person who has lost his heart, how can I expect him to put his heart on me. I There is no way to spend time on things that don't exist in the first place..."