After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 104: Top of the Love List: Love

Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

"You should take good care of yourself and don't be suspicious anymore." Yuanchun advised her softly and earnestly.

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu said after a long while, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Yuanchun had already told her that she was no longer the imperial concubine, but Daiyu still called her "Empress". It can be guessed that Daiyu thought of her as someone sent by the emperor.

"Please report this to the Emperor," Daiyu said. "I will come to the palace to apologize when I feel better."

Yuanchun hesitated for a moment before whispering, "Wait three to five years, and perhaps the clouds will clear. Even if it doesn't go as we wish, we must just get through this."

He looked at her and smiled, "You are a smart and clever girl. You must have made up your mind long ago. You don't need others to persuade you. I say this just to reassure you and don't ruin your health. Grandmother loves you so much that she doesn't dare to visit you for fear that you will be sad. You should take good care of yourself."

After saying that, she stood up to say goodbye. Daiyu wanted to get up to see her off, but was stopped by Yuanchun.

After she left, Daiyu lay on the bed, lost in thought. After a while, Zijuan came in and said with a smile, "Miss, there is no need to worry anymore. The Emperor is always concerned about you in the palace. He even asked the eldest daughter to come back to visit you."

Daiyu said nothing, closed her eyes, and lay on the bed with her slender and frail body. Her cheeks were slightly pale, and her two curved eyebrows were slightly furrowed. It seemed that she had a thousand kinds of sorrow in her heart, but she could not confide it to anyone.

Seeing her like this, Zijuan felt sad. She squatted in front of the bed, held her hand, and sobbed, "Miss, even if you don't want to, now..."

She didn't dare to say anything further.

Daiyu spoke for her, "You mean to persuade me that the Emperor is a very good man, and that he cherishes and cares for me, and that it would be better for me to enter the palace and become his concubine, than to be half dead and worrying about Baoyu in vain, don't you? If I enter the palace, perhaps I can intercede for Baoyu's pardon, and I can become a noble concubine, and he can marry another woman. Wouldn't that be all good?"

Zijuan cried, "Seeing the young lady falling ill because of him, my heart is filled with anxiety and pain. If I have even the slightest thought of attaching myself to a rich and powerful man, or being obsessed with wealth and glory, or wanting to use the young lady to climb up the social ladder, may the heavens strike me with lightning!"

Daiyu put her hand over her mouth, gasping for breath, and said with tears in her eyes, "You are the only one who is close to me by my side. If you are gone, I will not live any longer."

Zijuan quickly shut up, wiped her tears, and went out to make medicine for her.

Daiyu said, "You don't have to make medicine for me anymore. I won't get better."

Zijuan did not stop and went out to boil medicine.

After returning, she helped the girl drink the medicine. She had spoken freely before, and now she also spoke freely:
"Miss, let me tell you something personal. You and Master Bao grew up together and have a deep affection for each other. Although you dare not tell anyone, Second Madam Lian and the old lady have probably noticed it. I wonder if Madam has noticed it."

Daiyu lowered her head and said nothing. If it were in the past, she would have spat at her.

Zijuan couldn't see it, but she knew very well that the lady was not really interested in asking Baoyu to marry her. When Yuanchun came to visit her before, she gave the same gifts to Baoyu and Baochai several times, which made it obvious that she wanted Baoyu to marry Baochai.

Daiyu never blamed them. She was in poor health and might not be a good daughter-in-law. Baochai had plump skin and a round and smooth figure, which was beyond her reach.

"Now, the dynasty has changed." Zijuan gently stirred the medicine bowl with a spoon. "The emperor knows the talents and looks of the girls in the garden. He has shown great favor to each of them, thus saving us from the pain of having our property confiscated."

"Since the Emperor has taken a liking to these girls, how could he let Master Bao and Master Lian off so easily?"

Zijuan dared to say anything.

After hearing this, Daiyu sneered and said, "He is a tyrannical emperor, so naturally he won't agree!"

Zijuan laughed and said, "I really don't know where you saw him, Miss Yun and the others who came back from the palace all said that the emperor was an easygoing person."

"You don't have to say anything good about him. I've seen him and I know what kind of person he is!"

Daiyu said angrily.

Zijuan laughed even more, and without further questioning, she changed the subject and said, "The emperor wants to take the girls from the garden into the harem, and no one in the world dares to say no. If the girls enter the palace and are favored, it would be fine, but if they are not favored, it would be difficult for them.

If he waited for Baoyu, he would have lost the wealth and glory of the Jia family, would not be able to work, and the girl would be weak, so how could he support a family?

I've been worried about you for years, and you probably can't think of any other solution. You're just trying to commit suicide, but you don't even think about it. Even if it weren't for anything else, your father is still missing, and if you die like this, I'm afraid you'll be ungrateful to your parents for raising you."

When she mentioned her father, Daiyu felt a pang of sadness in her heart and couldn't help shedding tears. She knew that she couldn't go looking for her father. If she wanted to retrieve her father's bones, she could only ask for help from King Qian.

This is another matter!

Zijuan knew that she had given up about 70% of her suicidal thoughts, so she felt relieved and comforted her:

"Don't be sad, young lady. Just wait another three to five years. If the emperor calls you to enter the palace, you can go. The second and third young ladies have all entered the palace, and they have never been treated badly by the emperor... It's not that I'm speaking for him, but Miss Yun also said when she came back that the emperor is a very tolerant person, although he can be a bit overbearing."

Daiyu was persuaded by her, and her originally sad and hesitant heart gradually felt better. Her heart was empty, as if there was only one thing:

She went to the palace to see him once. All the problems were related to him, and she couldn't escape.

"Girl, have you figured it out?"

Zijuan smiled and said that she had also noticed it, because Daiyu drank the medicine much faster. In just three or two gulps, she finished the medicine that she would have had to frown for half a day before drinking in the past.

"When my elder sister returns to the palace, I will go with her." Daiyu said, lying back on the bed.

Strangely enough, once she truly accepted the idea of ​​entering the palace, her body seemed to regain its vitality and became much more relaxed. She fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

Seeing that she fell asleep quickly, Zijuan muttered: "At least you should eat before going to bed. The girl is so thin, it's all because she didn't eat well in the past..."

She didn't know that Daiyu met Prince Qian Chu Yan again in her dream.

……

Yuanchun returned home, and without other relatives, the family reunited in Grandmother Jia's room.

With Ying, Tan, and Xi, plus her, all four daughters of the Jia family were here. Grandmother Jia was particularly pleased. She held Yuanchun's hand tightly, shed tears but soon smiled again, and chatted with them, not mentioning other sad things.

Except for Xichun, Yingchun and Tanchun have also entered the palace, and from the information they have roughly revealed, the emperor is very satisfied with them and will take them into the harem in the future.

"If Baoyu were here too, he would be so happy to see you come home," Mrs. Wang said suddenly.

Grandmother Jia looked over and scolded her, "I just told you not to mention the men outside. Why are you still talking so much? Do you want everyone in our family to be executed?!"

Mrs. Wang stood up hurriedly, not daring to say a word.

However, now that she had a daughter from the imperial concubine with her, Yuanchun smiled and persuaded her a few words, and Lady Jia calmed down and let Lady Wang sit down again.

In the evening, the Jia family held a banquet after a long absence.

Jia Yuanchun was favored and became a concubine. She only gave an order and the maids in her house went out to buy what was needed for the banquet. Everyone in the Jia family happily prepared for the dinner.

Grandmother Jia was still a little worried and asked her, "When you come back, will the emperor allow you to treat us to a banquet?"

Yuanchun smiled and said, "Don't worry, old lady. Although His Majesty hasn't mentioned it, it's just an ordinary family dinner. I can still make the decision."

Grandmother Jia looked at her granddaughter. The last time she came to visit her parents, she was surrounded by a group of eunuchs and female historians, and she acted like a royal concubine. Everyone in the Jia family was in awe of her.

But now, her granddaughter is only served by Concubine Zhaorong Cai, and she does not wear the clothes of a noble concubine or the seven-翟 and two-凤凰 crown, but she truly looks like a favored concubine.

She dared to make decisions on some small matters, and was no longer timid in her words and deeds. She became gentle and calm. Even when the two female historians, Zhaorong and Caipin, reminded her to pay attention to the imperial concubine's manners as they did last time, she only listened briefly and was no longer afraid of the palace rules.

"Big girl, you have suffered a lot in the palace these years!"

Comparing the two, it is easy to see the changes in Yuanchun. It is because the new emperor treated Yuanchun very well after entering the palace, which caused her to become like this.

Grandmother Jia couldn't help but look at Yingchun and Tanchun. With such an emperor around, they wouldn't have to suffer too much when they entered the palace.

……

After the banquet, Yuanchun and her mother returned home, and the mother and daughter sat down and had a long talk.

However, Mrs. Wang was worried about Baoyu in the military camp and brought him up again, asking her expectantly, "Yuan girl, tell me, does the emperor intend to pardon Baoyu and the master? Does he want to wait three to five years until peace is restored?"

Yuanchun said yes, explaining, "Your Majesty has shown me favor, and has already shown the Jia family much mercy. I cannot ask Your Majesty to pardon the Jia family any more."

"The second and third girls are begging for mercy?" Mrs. Wang asked hurriedly.

Yuanchun shook her head slightly. "Even if they are favored, it will take three to five years." After a moment's hesitation, she said, "Your Majesty may be more fond of Miss Bao and Miss Lin. If they speak up, perhaps there will be a change in the situation."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but frown. If she wanted to ask Baochai for help, she could only ask her sister. If she wanted to ask Lin girl, she couldn't go around the old lady.

"Mother."

Yuanchun gently advised her, "Your Majesty has said that Baoyu has been spoiled and needs to be tempered in the military camp for a while. We'll see the results and perhaps he can shake off his feminine airs and stop hanging around in the harem...Your Majesty also met Lan'er and said she has the talent and character to pass the imperial examination. Perhaps the hope for the Jia family's future revival lies in Lan'er."

Mrs. Wang sighed for a long time, "Lan'er wasn't born from my womb after all... If you have the chance, please plead with the emperor again. I don't expect Baoyu to become a successful person, I just want him to be safe and sound."

Yuanchun agreed, but she knew that she could no longer beg for mercy.

(End of this chapter)