The Concubine Wushuang of Red Mansion

Chapter 163 Xifeng’s defeat
Compared with the original work, the current Rongqing Hall is much more depressed. Mrs. Xing is shameless and has never been here before, Li Wan cannot meet his father-in-law and hides in the blue gauze cupboard, and the only girls are Yingchun and Tanchun. , Baoyu stood on one side like a pillar, Jia Mu's face was solemn, Mrs. Wang was so shocked that she could hold a salted duck egg with her mouth open, Xifeng also widened her eyes and forgot to breathe.

Only Jia Zheng, with his hands on his knees, looked at Jia Mu, seemingly unaware of everyone's shock, and said, "Mother, even though Cong'er was adopted to Dongfu, she is still of this side's blood. As the saying goes, if you break the bones, the bones will be broken. Come on, he's been away for four or five years, and now he's coming back, and he's been promoted to a noble title. Do you want to wait for him to come back, put a few tables of family banquets here at Rongqing Hall, and let's invite him as well?"

Jia Zheng's thoughts were always very naive. What he thought was that the emperor had put on such a grand display to welcome Jia Cong. In a mansion, a family of flesh and blood should not have any expression.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Jia Mu coldly, pursed her lips slightly, and said with a bit of a smile, "I don't know something, but when Cong'er was promoted to the nobility a few years ago, Feng Yatou started making arrangements. I want to discuss with the man over there about hosting a banquet together, but that’s what we think, so we don’t know what the other person is thinking.”

As long as Mrs. Wang thought about the promotion of Marquis over there, and a group of people from Dongping County Princess and Dowager came here to mourn, she felt panicked, her brows deeply furrowed, and her fingers twisted the handkerchief until the thread was broken. root.

Daiyu's short-lived girl had no respect for the elderly at all, and was unwilling to send a letter to Jia Cong for Pan'er's matter.

Mother Jia took a deep look at Mrs. Wang and said to Jia Zheng, "You are talking about this. After all, we are all flesh and blood. I don't know when he will return home? After returning to Beijing, I am afraid he will have to return to the palace. To see when he would return home, I asked Feng Yatou to go over and have a look. Yu'er's child is young and can't handle the family affairs.

Speaking of which, the two children are still young, and Brother Cong is not very old. I can't bear to look at the person who runs the business there. "

Jia Zheng felt that he was justified. Thinking of the compliments he had received in the Yamen today, he glanced at Baoyu again, standing like a fool. He suddenly became angry and said, "Cong'er is younger than you, now. After accomplishing such a great cause, no matter whether it is literary or martial arts, many people in the court are inferior to it. Look at you, it is hard to read books all day long, but you have learned some exquisite naughty things!"

Baoyu suddenly trembled all over, as if he was shaking, and the fine sweat on his forehead was now as big as a bean, rolling down.

Mrs. Wang looked really distressed, but she couldn't help wiping her mouth while the father was lecturing his son.

Jia Mu was not happy at first. She took Baoyu into her arms and comforted her gently, "When you come to my place, you are not allowed to talk about him! Brother Cong is Brother Cong, and my Baoyu is Baoyu. There are so many people in this world." How many Baoyu are there like me? He has the ability to earn his wealth, and my Baoyu was born with wealth."

Looking at this scene, Jia Zheng was filled with unwillingness and anger, so he could only sigh and sit down for a while. Jia's mother couldn't wait and gave the eviction order, so Jia Zheng had to get up and leave.

Mrs. Wang was murmuring in her heart, how could Jia Cong have such a good fortune? She looked at Baoyu's face like a full moon, she was so full of energy just now, but now she was languid, and she felt very uncomfortable. This good fortune should have been It belonged to his jade, but it was snatched away by Jia Cong.

Mother Jia stroked the precious jade in her arms one by one. Thinking that Jia Cong had made such great contributions and was so appreciated by the palace, she would not be able to rely on her own precious jade in the future, so she urged Xifeng, "Go to the east with You, Sister Lin, tell me, brother Cong will camp outside the city tonight, and send someone to ask in advance, and when they come out of the palace, let them come over to our place for dinner first."

It would also be a good idea for people outside to see that Ning Rong and Ning Rong's two mansions are one and the same.

As soon as he heard about Sister Lin, Baoyu became excited. He quickly sat up and said, "Sister Feng, if you want to see Sister Lin, I'll go with you!"

Xifeng had her own plans in mind and didn't really want to take Baoyu there again. She made a mistake last time when she went there. She smiled and said, "You just came back from the temple today. It's so late now and you still followed me there." , let’s discuss the banquet, don’t you feel uncomfortable sitting aside?”

Seeing that Mrs. Wang's expression was not very good, Xifeng quickly rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "How about, third sister, you go with us, and you and your second brother Bao go to see fourth sister to play and talk. , you sisters haven’t been together for quite some time.”

Tanchun actually wanted to go, but he never had the chance. Hearing this, he naturally agreed.

Baoyu was only thinking about Daiyu and didn't want to play with his fourth sister. He also thought about how Sister Lin was not nice to him the last time he went there, so he hesitated about how to apologize.

Seeing that Baoyu was not in high spirits, and thinking that there was no one at home to play with Baoyu, Jia Mu said, "It's still early, so you and your sister Feng can go over there to relax."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Go and come back early!"

The three sisters took the car to Dongfu again.

The candles in Ningxi Hall were brightly lit, and Daiyu was sitting and talking to Youshi and Xichun, because Jia Cong was coming back. The three of them were all smiling and looking forward to it, wishing that the time tonight would pass in the blink of an eye.

"Last time, the old lady said that the two houses would celebrate together. At that time, you said that the second master had not come back. Now that he is back, what should you do if you want to bring it up again?" Youshi asked with a smile.

She has passed her prime years, but is not yet thirty. She still retains her charm and charm. She was originally a dutiful person, but now her demeanor has become calmer.

Xichun had a chubby baby face, as fair as jade, lightly drawn willow eyebrows, and a pair of wide-open, black-and-white almond-shaped eyes full of curiosity, and she was also looking at Daiyu.

Daiyu smiled and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you have any ideas?"

Youshi said, "What can I do? If this matter is left to me, I can only put it off as long as I can. However, according to me, this promotion banquet should be held, it is always a happy event. !”

"Let's see what Brother Cong says. He has never been a person who likes fun."

She may not be willing to get too close to Xifu, Daiyu thought to herself.

Just as he was talking, the woman at the second door announced at the door, "Second Grandma Lian, Second Master Bao and Third Miss are here from Xifu. They say they have something to see Grandma."

Daiyu heard it in the room and frowned, thinking that she didn't want to see her. It was already dark today and people were here. It must be nothing good to say see her. After hesitating, Xichun said from the side, "Sister Lin, Third Sister too." It’s coming!”

Daiyu said hurriedly, "Please come quickly!"

Zicuckoo welcomed her out, and as she walked through the courtyard, Xifeng smiled and patted Tanchun's hand, "Do you know why I want you to come together? If Baoyu and I come, we won't be able to enter this door today."

Tanchun knew this well, but he said, "Why won't Sister Lin let you in? How dare you say bad things about Sister Lin behind her back? Be careful and I'll tell you later!"

Baoyu felt happy thinking that he would see Daiyu soon, and also helped Tanchun beat the drum, "Sister Lin is not such a person!"

Xifeng glanced sideways at Baoyu, and since she was about to go in, she chuckled lightly, stopped talking about this, and asked Zijuan, "What is your grandma busy with?"

"The second master is coming back. Grandma has recently arranged for someone to clean the house inside and out. She is sitting and talking with eldest grandma and the fourth girl right now."

After entering the door, passing through a red sandalwood seat with a bronze mirror screen inlaid with birds, Xifeng immediately saw Daiyu sitting on the mahogany unicorn Arhat bed. Youshi and Xichun were sitting beside her. The girl was dressed in imperial concubine colors. She wears a narrow blouse with a folded-branch rose gold treasure ground neckline and a furry collar. She wears an apricot-colored horse-faced skirt underneath, with her slender fingers resting on her knees. A white gauze handkerchief is embroidered with broken-branch red plums, which makes her hands look like snow reflecting the red plum blossoms. .

"Oh, they are all here. What a coincidence!" I’ve met Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Hou is well!”

Daiyu stood up, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and pointed at Xifeng with an onion-like finger, "Look, this looks like someone coming to beg for food!"

"Oh, are you making fun of me now? I know that your status is different from ours now. Where is Mrs. Chaopinhou? There are not many people in the world who are higher than you. We, who are not worthy of being on the stage, are just trying to fawn over you. Is it your turn to make fun of me?"

"Listen, her mouth makes the old lady blame her for saying she is a Feng Lazi from Nan Province. I have lived in Nan Province for more than ten years, so I have seen a lot. How come I have never seen you like this?" A bitch?"

"Why not? Isn't there one right now?" Xifeng stared at Daiyu with a pair of red phoenix eyes, half-smiling but not smiling. It was clear that Daiyu was more aggressive than Xifeng.

Youshi smiled at the side and said, "It's my fault, I didn't see it."

Baoyu liked the liveliness of her daughter's house and couldn't detect the agility in it. She clapped her hands and said, "I have seen it. It turns out that Sister Feng also loses sometimes!"

"Hey, how old are you? What have you seen?" Xifeng pointed at Daiyu with her Dankou-coated finger, and the silk on her body moved, like a concubine and a fairy descending to earth.

Daiyu took a step back, fearing that her finger would be on her nose, "I went from south to north, from north to south. When I was in the south, I followed brother Cong to many places. Compared with you, These people who just hang around in the backyard all day long, I can be considered as experienced. I can't compare with those literati and refined guests who travel around, and I can't compare with those generals and marshals who fight in the north and south. Am I still no match for you? "?" Xifeng was really speechless as if her acupuncture points were tapped. She was stunned, and suddenly felt that it was normal to be so angry in front of Daiyu, so she couldn't help but chuckle and help her Zhu Daiyu sat down on the Luohan bed, "Okay, I know you have read books and are knowledgeable. I am a person who can't read a word, so you don't have to argue with me."

Daiyu looked at her with a frightened look, leaned back, covered her lips with a handkerchief, and said, "What the hell is wrong with you? Don't hold a big knife over my head. It's good or bad. I’m so scared!”

"Pfft!" Youshi and others were amused by these two live treasures. Tanchun, who was cheerful, pointed at Daiyu's little mouse-like appearance and laughed so hard that she couldn't stand up. Xichun rolled into the arms of the nanny. She complained that her stomach hurt and asked the nanny to rub it for her.

Baoyu sat on the chair, holding on to the table and laughing wildly. Suddenly he felt that days like this were what he wanted, but there were not many of them. He looked at Daiyu. Ever since he came in, Daiyu seemed to have a serious look on her. She didn't even look at him, and when she saw the womanly bun on Daiyu's head, it was obvious that she no longer looked like a girl, and she felt very disappointed for a moment.

He couldn't help but think of Daiyu's past. She was obviously not so sharp, as weak as water, with tears always rolling in her eyes, crystal clear like pearls, but now...

When he didn't see Daiyu, Baoyu always wanted to see her, but when he did, he was inevitably disappointed and sad.

Sure enough, a girl is a priceless pearl before she gets married. But after she gets married, she develops many bad problems for some reason. Although it is a pearl, it has no luster and color and is a dead pearl.

No matter how old you are, it is not beads, but fish eyes.

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid sometimes?" , ahead of time, don’t tell me that you don’t know about Dongping County’s princess and concubine leading people there to cry!”

Daiyu shook her head solemnly, with a playful smile clearly in her eyes, "I really don't know!"

"Don't be embarrassed by me. I'm telling you, don't think that if I call you Sister Lin, you are still a girl. You are just like me now. I'm not afraid of you. If you dare to say anything to me again, you do not know."

"What if I know, so what if I don't know? She has the ability, and she comes to scold me. You have no ability. You don't deserve to be scolded by her, so what does it have to do with me?" After Daiyu finished speaking, she turned away and squinted. Xifeng, "Don't tell me that you were bullied. Instead of scolding me, you came to find fault with me and take your anger out on me."

"Hey, look, listen, you are still so unreasonable, I have convinced you, my Madam Hou, it's getting late, let's get down to business!"

"Who on earth didn't talk about business? As soon as I came in, I braced myself to listen to you talk about business, but you didn't say anything either."

The two of them were talking to each other, Youshi pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, her eyes wandered back and forth on their faces, thinking, now there is finally someone in this house who can cure Xifeng. In the past, she used to He Xifeng is also an ordinary person. Because her natal family is not prominent, she is looked down upon from top to bottom. She suffers a lot from Xifeng overtly and covertly.

Tan Chunze and Xichun secretly laughed and said, "I'm the only one who knows that Sister Lin has such a powerful mouth."

Xichun smiled and said, "Second sister-in-law doesn't talk like this on weekdays. This is also the time I met second sister-in-law Lian."

Tanchun saw Xichun coming alone and looked around, "Where's the cat you raised? Why didn't you bring it here today?"

"Ms. Orange doesn't like to go out. No matter how hard you pull her, she refuses to come out today. It's getting colder, so she's even more lazy and lazy."

The two were talking secretly, and Baoyu came over. Xichun glanced at him and looked him up and down, "Brother Baoer, why are you here again?"

"The fourth sister doesn't even talk about being naughty over there. The second sister over there doesn't like to talk. It's just the third sister who accompanies me to naughty. I don't have anyone to be naughty."

Xichun stopped talking and listened to Xifeng talking to Daiyu about how to welcome Jia Cong, "Just now, the master came back from the Yamen and said that the emperor had issued a decree that all the high officials in Beijing would leave the city early tomorrow morning. Going to greet Brother Cong, what an honor it is. Our family over there also wants to share in your happiness. The old lady asked me to come over and ask, how early or late should we go there, so as to give me a chance to curry favor with me? Prepare a few banquet tables to welcome our Lord Marquis back!"

Still here!

Daiyu and Youshi looked at each other, and she thought for a moment, "It won't work tomorrow. Brother Cong won't come back until tomorrow. He may be very tired. He must have a good rest. After tomorrow, I have an idea. , I asked someone to follow Sister-in-law Feng, how can I let you run to me every day and break your legs!"

"You just ran away and broke your leg! If he comes back tomorrow, you don't need to make arrangements here. You two and your elder sister-in-law and fourth sister will go to our place together. It's in Rongqing Hall. Let's set up a few tables for a family banquet. It was lively and lively. Not to mention anything else, the old lady had been looking forward to it for a long time. Chengri said that now, her children and grandchildren are older and no longer filial to her.

I said, you should never say such witty words. How big an official is your grandson now? If you say this, other old ladies will scold you! "

Although Youshi and others couldn't help but laugh, they could also tell that they were using filial piety to suppress others.

Just when Daiyu didn't know how to refuse, the woman from the second door came over and said outside, "Grandma, the second master has sent someone back, please see grandma!"

"Who is he? Let him in quickly!"

Xifeng had no choice but to stop talking. Everyone in the room raised their eyes and looked towards the door. They saw an old man and a child coming in from outside. Needless to say, the old one, Xifeng and others' eyes fell on the girl. On the body.

I saw that the girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a delicate and delicate appearance. She had a rouge mole between her eyebrows, which was very red. She was as timid as a mimosa. When she raised her eyes to look at people, there was a naive look in her bright eyes. Come on innocently.

What a neat look!
Xifeng felt funny when she saw this. The men in this house, no matter big or small, were all good. Why did the father and son in the East House die? The eldest man in the West House only took money every day. Buy one from the left and come in from the right. Needless to say, Lian Er only had to lick his mouth into his father's pot, but she had to pay close attention.

Right now, this one is not very old yet.

Xifeng raised her eyes to look at Daiyu, with sarcasm hidden in her eyes. The unquenchable jealousy in her heart just now was much lessened now. Anyone who saw her man bringing such a smart girl back from outside would be uncomfortable. Bar?

Kuang Daiyu is still two or three years away from getting hairpins, so she cannot serve her own man.

The people who came were naturally Zhen Feng and Ying Lian. Jia Cong went north and brought the mother and daughter with him. It was not easy to accompany the army, so he had his luggage and entourage sent in in advance. Come to Beijing.

"I haven't met grandma yet!" Zijuan took a step towards Daiyu and informed her of Daiyu's identity, not wanting to give the mother and daughter power.

"I've met grandma!" Mrs. Zhen Feng pulled Yinglian to salute Daiyu. She just secretly glanced at Daiyu and saw that her mistress was still young. She was at least two years younger than her daughter. She felt very sad. A joy.

Xifeng pursed her lips and smiled. Without waiting for Daiyu to speak, she asked with a smile, "Your Lordship brought you here from the south? Where is your Lordship?"

"This is Mistress Lian of Xifu!" Zijuan said.

Zhen Feng didn't know about the East Mansion and the West Mansion. She saw that this man seemed not to be trifled with, so she hurriedly said, "Since we boarded the ship, we have not seen the Marquis anymore. The slaves and other servants don't know the Marquis' schedule."

Seeing that Daiyu was trying to calm down, Xifeng gently stroked Daiyu's hand, laughed and said, "Sister, look, it's in vain that you worry about people at home. It's not like they don't have people to serve outside." People, so our daughter’s family can live a good life by themselves, no matter what they do outside.”

Youshi also feels sorry for Daiyu, but seeing that although Daiyu is not as weak as before, her age shows here. Besides, Jia Cong is a dignified marquis, and it is really unusual for him to have a few maids in the house. She was afraid that Daiyu had a left-wing temper, so she couldn't think about it for a while.

Xichun was still ignorant and didn't realize what happened.

Tanchun glanced at Daiyu worriedly, feeling a little bitter in his heart. Did Brother Cong go too far by sending someone to his door like this?

Baoyu, on the other hand, saw Yinglian's appearance, looked at her with a keen eye, and marveled at how many beautiful girls there were in the world. In the past, he said that his sisters were all good, but today he realized how shallow his knowledge was. Thinking about how to say a few words to Yinglian.

(End of this chapter)