Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 62 The storm is coming
Looking at Xueyan pouring water in front of him, and then looking out the window at the lights in the laundry room, Yue Ling felt much more at peace.

Since coming to Beijing, everything in the family has been peaceful and in order, thanks to these two well-behaved and sensible maids.

Zijuan is older, needless to say, even though Xueyan is lazy and gluttonous, she is not really an idle, cunning maid, and she listens to her very much.

If there really were a restless and scheming maid, there would be no peaceful life for her.

The two of them took this small matter to heart and came to apologize to him one by one. It showed that they had good intentions, so Yue Ling naturally would not blame them.

"Where's Sister Lin? Why doesn't she come out?"

Xueyan continued, "The young lady just finished her meal, flipped through some books in her room, and then went to bed to rest."

"Is the medicine available?"

Xueyan stood up, took the teapot from the stove, and poured warm tea for Yue Ling.

"I have used it. It's strange to say. The pill that the young lady took before, the Ginseng Yangrong Pill, didn't seem to help her after taking it for a long time. After entering the capital, she only took the prescription given by General Yue, and her complexion seems to be getting better day by day."

Yue Ling nodded, "Sister Lin is weak, so taking this tonic directly will only have limited benefits. Although it can temporarily relieve the symptoms, it is still a long way to go to improve her condition. Even if she takes food tonic, she can improve her mood on weekdays, cry less, and move more. These are all good for her body, so she can take the tonic slowly."

Xueyan looked at Yue Ling blankly, as if there were several question marks above her head.

It was wrong for Yue Ling to play the harp to the geese, so he smiled and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

At that moment, there was a noise in the house.

Seeing no one in the room, Lin Daiyu knew that Yue Ling had returned, so she put on an outer coat and went out to check on him. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Yue Ling soaking his feet and talking to Xueyan.

Lin Daiyu, wearing a lavender nightgown and a blue-gray coat embroidered with bamboo leaves and plum blossom patterns on her shoulders, leaned against the door railing, just looking at him quietly without saying a word.

Yue Ling curled his lips and asked, "Did I wake you up?"

Lin Daiyu shook her head, took a few steps, and sat opposite Yue Ling on the coffee table. She moistened her lips with fragrant tea and said, "Brother Yue, you got caught in the rain, why don't you take a hot bath to warm yourself up?"

Yue Ling shook his head, "No need to bother."

Seeing that Shi Xiangyun was not following behind Lin Daiyu, he asked again, "Has Miss Yun left?"

Lin Daiyu lowered her eyebrows and nodded slightly, "Yes, she was picked up by the Baoling Marquis Mansion. It's just..."

"Just what?"

Lin Daiyu whispered again: "I always feel that her aunt treats her badly, and she is afraid to go back. Sister Yun lost her parents when she was young, she is even more pitiful than me."

Yue Ling thought about it and realized that although Shi Xiangyun was a little naughty and had a bit of a tomboyish personality, as the funny person in the Jia family in the original novel, she was definitely not a child with a bad temper.

"If she wants, she can come and accompany you more often in the future. You are bored staying in your room all day, and I will probably be busy with my official duties recently."

Lin Daiyu was about to say, "It won't be boring if Brother Yue is with me."

After hearing Yue Ling's last sentence, he swallowed the words back into his stomach.

Although her brows were furrowed, Lin Daiyu still nodded and said "OK".

After all, she knew in her heart that Yue Ling was the same kind of person as his father, and was the one who should stand out in the world and achieve success in his career.

If you just hang around her all day, playing and having fun, that is not the right way.

Lin Daiyu pinched the amulet in her bosom, which she had embroidered for Yue Ling over the past few days. After hesitating for a long time, she still didn't have the courage to give it away. In front of Xueyan, Lin Daiyu didn't have the face to say more, so she said a few words and went back to her room.

Yue Ling noticed that Lin Daiyu seemed to be worried since she came out of her room, so he asked, "Xueyan, why is Sister Lin in a bad mood today?"

Xueyan frowned and thought for a while, then tapped her lips and said, "Maybe the food I cooked is not tasty? General Yue, if you cook another meal, maybe the girl will feel better."

It was a mistake. Asking Xueyan about this was indeed a waste of time. Yue Ling tapped Xueyan's forehead and said, "I think you want to eat it yourself!"

……

For a few days, Yue Ling did not go to the palace again and stayed at home waiting for orders.

That day was July 14th.

After noon, a personal guard from the Prince of Qin's mansion came to report that Prince Kang would host a banquet at the mansion tonight, and the Prince of Qin would go only with Yue Ling, so he was asked to make some preparations.

Yue Ling was not in a hurry to go to the palace. He took a fine grinding stone from the yard and began to sharpen his sword by the well.

Tilt the sword slightly and push it gently to polish the blade to make it sharper.

After each polishing, Yue Ling would lift the sword to observe it, splash water to clean it, and wipe it dry with cotton cloth to ensure perfection.

For a military general, the sharpness of a sword is equivalent to his life.

Yue Ling had been sharpening his sword in the yard all the time, and the little girls had gone from being frightened at first to being accustomed to the sound of sharpening.

Only Lin Daiyu, who was sitting by the window, looked at Yue Ling not far away, feeling inexplicably worried.

In her eyes, Yue Ling seemed very different today. He exuded an extremely solemn aura, and his eyes were more fierce than before.

Lin Daiyu slowly stood up and walked out of the courtyard. She turned back to look at Zijuan and Xueyan, who were still in the room and had not come out. She mustered up her courage and stretched out her hand, saying to Yue Ling, "Brother Yue, this is for you. I have been learning to embroider it these days. It's not good for the first time, so please don't make fun of me, Brother Yue."

Yue Ling looked at Lin Daiyu, holding in his hand a small amulet, round and made of silk, with a red background and yellow characters, and some tassel decorations around it. The front seemed to have an embroidered lotus, and the back had a word "Fu".

Yue Ling took it in his arms and said with a smile: "Thank you, I'll take it."

Lin Daiyu nodded and asked, "Didn't Brother Yue say that we don't need to thank each other given our relationship?"

Hearing this, Yue Ling remembered that these were his own words. He was embarrassed for a moment and couldn't come up with any answer for a long time.

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, then changed the subject and asked, "Brother Yue is going out?"

"Well, something happened at the palace."

Lin Daiyu asked again: "How long will it take for you to come back?"

Yue Ling thought about it and told the truth: "I can't say what time it will be. If I don't come back at night, you can just eat and drink by yourselves."

Lin Daiyu looked at the sword in Yue Ling's hand. It was so cold that she was afraid to look directly at it.

"Brother Yue, is this trip dangerous?"

Originally, he had been taking care of Lin Daiyu, worrying about her health every day, and today it was Lin Daiyu's turn to worry about him. Yue Ling couldn't help but smile, "It's not dangerous, don't worry."

Lin Daiyu blushed slightly, said no more, and went back to her room.

Yue Ling led the horse from the backyard and when he walked out of the courtyard, he saw Ni Er and Jia Yun waiting on the roadside.

"Are you ready for what I've told you two to do?"

Seeing Yue Ling leave, the two of them hurriedly bowed and saluted. Jia Yun said, "Don't worry, General Yue. We have prepared everything. It will be foolproof."

"it is good……"

Yue Ling jumped on his horse and galloped towards the palace.

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