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

Chapter 29 Handkerchief
“Girl, girl!!”

Zijuan hurried back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion. After entering the room, she saw Daiyu leaning on the couch with a book in her hand. She looked listless and not in a good mood.

When I got closer and took a closer look at her, I saw that there were tear marks on Daiyu's cheeks and her eyelids were half wet. She was truly a beauty with tears in her eyes. Even the sick Xi Shi was no more than this.

Poor girl, how could there be a girl in the world who loves to cry like this?
"What are you doing and why aren't you talking? You kept calling me when you just came in." Daiyu raised her watery eyes and looked at her.

"girl--"

Zijuan hesitated to speak.

Daiyu asked curiously, "Is it that thief... Prince Qian who has entered the city?"

She changed her words and stopped calling him the King of Thieves, so as to avoid causing trouble through her words.

Zijuan shook her head and whispered, "Miss, I told you not to be angry. You've always been in poor health, and you've been getting more and more tired lately. Even the medicine hasn't helped."

Daiyu laughed and said, "This girl has gone mad today, saying such things. Now, tell me, what words would make me so angry that I would fall ill?"

Zijuan glanced at her, lowered her head and whispered, "The Shi family has sent someone with gifts to propose marriage for Miss Shi. They want her to marry Baoyu."

After a while, Zijuan didn't hear the girl speak. She raised her head to look at her and saw that the girl was stunned. Her face was pale and half of her soul had disappeared.

"girl!!"

Zijuan hurriedly held her hand, but Daiyu pushed her away, covered her face and sobbed. After a while, she stood up and stumbled into the house.

"Miss, what are you going to do?" Zijuan hurriedly supported her. Daiyu cried, "I'm packing my luggage and going back to Yangzhou to find my father!"

Zijuan couldn't help crying. The girl felt aggrieved and was thinking of her parents who were far away in Yangzhou. Her mother had passed away and her father was missing. The girl was always thinking about them.

After persuading her for a long time, Zijuan said, "Miss, don't worry. The master and his wife may not agree. The old lady loves you and knows that you are close to Baoyu, but she may not agree!"

As he was speaking, a woman outside called out, "Master Bao is here!"

Lin Daiyu hurriedly wiped her tears and turned to look at the door. She saw Jia Baoyu running in hurriedly. After seeing her, he didn't say a word, just looked at her and cried.

Daiyu forced a smile and said, "Why is the groom crying before I even have time to congratulate him?"

Jia Baoyu said: "You say such things, it seems that I have always regarded you as my confidant in vain. Well, you go to the palace and become a concubine of that worthless kind, and I will be the groom!"

He mentioned the matter of entering the palace to become a concubine, and Daiyu couldn't help but feel depressed again. She turned around and stopped talking to him in anger.

Seeing her like this, Jia Baoyu felt even more annoyed and said, "I asked Qingwen to send me a handkerchief some time ago. Please return it to me."

After hearing this, Daiyu turned around and went into the house to find an old handkerchief from the box. After coming out, she threw the handkerchief to him, then walked back, her frail body lying on the bed, sobbing tremblingly.

Seeing her crying, Jia Baoyu started crying too. He went into her room and saw Sister Lin lying on the bed crying. He felt even more upset. "My dear sister, I shouldn't have said that to you. Take the handkerchief back. I won't marry Sister Yun anymore. I'll only be with you..."

As they were talking, another maid outside called out, "Miss Shi is here!"

Zijuan was a little surprised: "The matchmaker is here today, why is Miss Yun here too?!"

Shi Xiangyun rushed in like a gust of wind. Seeing Jia Baoyu here, she was startled at first, and then she saw Sister Lin lying on the bed crying. She felt ashamed and hurried to hold Sister Lin's hand: "Sister Lin, it was my fault. If you want to blame someone, blame me, don't blame Second Brother!"

She spoke with a lisp, saying "two" instead of "love". When Lin Daiyu heard her voice, she stood up and looked at Shi Xiangyun with tears in her eyes and asked, "What's going on? Didn't your family come to ask Baoyu for marriage?"

Shi Xiangyun seemed to have suffered a great injustice, but she couldn't vent it out. She could only stamp her feet and quickly explain the reason for the incident.

"So it is! The Shi family is worried about being confiscated and executed, so they actually want Sister Yun to marry me..."

Jia Baoyu just realized the reason and was stunned for a moment.

Daiyu stopped crying, looked at Shi Xiangyun, then at Jia Baoyu, and didn't know what to do for a moment.

If Shi Xiangyun was not allowed to marry Jia Baoyu, she might be implicated by her family and dragged out of the vegetable market and beheaded by the thief king Chu Yan.

But if Shi Xiangyun were to marry Jia Baoyu...

"I'm going home!"

Shi Xiangyun suddenly stood up and said, "I came here to tell the matchmaker that if I don't use this method to get through this disaster, he'll kill my family and me too!"

After saying that, he walked out. Daiyu and the others hurriedly followed him. They all went to Lady Jia's house and saw Shi Xiangyun's second aunt there, and the old lady was also there, holding her hand and crying.

When she saw the old lady crying, Daiyu threw away all the awkwardness between her and Jia Baoyu and went forward to persuade her grandmother.

Grandmother Jia shed tears and said, "I didn't know that the Shi family was about to face a disaster!" The Shi family was her mother's family. Shi Xiangyun threw herself into Grandmother Jia's arms and cried. No one mentioned the marriage again, but it would eventually be mentioned again.

"Baoyu, tell me, are you willing to marry your sister Yun?" Shi Xiangyun's second aunt asked him.

Everyone in the room looked over.

Lin Daiyu sat aside, looking at Jia Baoyu, worried about whether he would agree, and also worried about Sister Yun.

Jia Baoyu was also in a dilemma and couldn't say a word.

"Second wife."

A maidservant who had come with the Shi family suddenly said, "Why don't we wait until Second Master Lian returns to discuss this? This morning, when we arrived with the gifts, we happened to see Second Master Lian leaving the house. When he learned about this, he said he would ask Prince Qian about it."

The second wife of the Shi family was very surprised: "Lian'er is going to ask Prince Qian to plead for my family?! Why didn't you tell me this earlier!"

Everyone was also surprised.

The old woman smiled apologetically and said, "I forgot about it because I was busy. I was confused as to why Second Master Lian went to see Prince Qian. Later I asked and found out that Second Master Lian had gone to negotiate peace."

Everyone was both happy and worried. They were happy that they had finally found a solution, but they were worried because they didn't know how King Qian would respond.

An idea suddenly came to Lin Daiyu's mind: pray that King Qian would show mercy and let the Shi family go.

But then she remembered that the thief king Chu Yan was the murderer of her father, and she couldn't help feeling sad.

My mood goes up and down.

The Jia family was waiting, and soon, news came from outside that Prince Qian had occupied the west gate last night!
After hearing this, Jia Zheng sighed and said, "The situation is hopeless."

In the afternoon, Jia Lian returned home. Before he could even mention the negotiations, Grandmother Jia urged him, "Lian'er, have you asked Prince Qian what he wants to do with the Shi family?"

The whole room was filled with people waiting for him to speak.

Even Youshi and Qin Keqing from the West Mansion came and hid behind the screen, waiting for Jia Lian to talk about his meeting with Prince Qian.

Jia Lian pondered for a moment before speaking, "Prince Qian didn't see me again. He only told Prince Zhongshun: 'I won't let you go just because you surrender, nor will I kill you just because you advocate fighting.' Whether it's reward or punishment, I'll decide after he enters the city tomorrow and stabilizes the situation."

Everyone looked at each other.

This is life and death in the hands of one person!
As long as King Qian's sword does not fall, they will not be able to sleep well.

The Shi family took the gifts back, and Shi Xiangyun stayed at the Jia family.

at night.

Qingwen, the maid from the Yihong Courtyard, came to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion with a lantern and handed the old handkerchief to Lin Daiyu, muttering, "I really don't know what you are talking about. You keep sending an old handkerchief back and forth, and you always have to ask me to deliver it. What kind of riddle are you playing?"

She looked at Lin Daiyu and saw that she was in a daze, not saying a word, and didn't know what she was thinking.

Qingwen rolled her eyes. With her water chestnut-like fingers, she pinched the old handkerchief and thrust it towards Lin Daiyu, saying, "Miss Lin, take it. After all, it's a token of Baoyu's love. Today, Baoyu didn't accept Miss Yun's gift, but instead gave this handkerchief specifically for... you."

Qingwen suddenly reacted, her eyes widened, and she looked at Miss Lin in shock as she was in a daze.

Could it be... Could it be!! Are they exchanging a token of love?!

"Okay, go back." Zijuan hurried over and pushed her, signaling with her eyes not to tell this to anyone.

Qingwen stuck out her tongue, left her handkerchief, and quietly left.

finally.

Daiyu still put the handkerchief into the box.

But compared to the first time she received the handkerchief, she was now calm.

The first time he gave a handkerchief, it was to show his feelings.

But the second time he sent the handkerchief, it was just a gift.

If two people are each other's confidants, what does it matter whether there is a handkerchief or not?

(End of this chapter)