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

Chapter 50: Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. From now on, Xiao Lang is just a passerby.
In Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the two of them joked around.

After the silence settled, Shi Xiangyun finally told the story, "Lingguan's sorrowful and tearful look really reminded me of Sister Lin's usual secret tears!"

Daiyu remembered Lingguan. On Xue Baochai's birthday, Xiangyun teased her with Lingguan, comparing her to a little actor. She was not angry, but Baoyu mistakenly thought she was a petty person and winked at Xiangyun, which made her annoyed.

When the two reconciled, Baoyu told her an interesting story. Last year, he saw Lingguan drawing the word "Rong" on the ground with a branch, and she drew many of them.

Now, Lingguan was delighted when she heard that the Jia family was going to be raided. That silly girl must have thought that by becoming a slave with Jia Qiang from now on, she would have the chance to stay with him forever...

Isn’t she Lingguan?

Thinking this, Lin Daiyu couldn't help shedding tears. Xiangyun saw this and said anxiously, "Sister Lin, why are you crying again? You were talking and laughing with me just now. Did I make you sad?"

Daiyu wiped her tears with her handkerchief and said, "It's none of your business. I've been crying more than ever lately, seven or eight times a day. I feel depressed, but every time I cry, I feel better."

Xiangyun smiled and said, "Sister Lin is truly a person made of tears."

Then, she sighed softly, "I cried a few times last night. The old lady said a lot to me, and I felt bad. Tonight, I want to sleep with Sister Lin, talk to her heart, and cry with her."

"What are you crying for?"

Daiyu smiled while shedding tears:
"Why are you looking for me when you're not looking for your sister Bao? I can't sleep well at night. I always toss and turn and can't fall asleep until the third watch."

Xiangyun saw that her eyes were filled with crystal tears, and the tears were sliding from her eyelids to her small chin, which was very pitiful.

Xiangyun hurriedly advised: "Sister Lin, please don't cry. If you cry, I will cry too!"

Daiyu asked her softly, "Did your family send a letter asking you to come into the palace?"

"Ah."

Xiangyun responded, and the two of them looked at each other in silence.

After a long while, Xiangyun lay on the table, complaining and speaking out her grievances, saying a lot of words.

Daiyu heard that she had accepted her entry into the palace in exchange for Prince Qian sparing the Shi family.

Just then, Fang Guan arrived. Xueyan led her into the house. She was holding a small golden unicorn jewelry and smiled at Shi Xiangyun, saying, "Did Miss Yun drop this?"

Shi Xiangyun felt around but didn't see it. She quickly stood up and took the golden unicorn from Fang Guan's hand. After taking a look at it, she smiled happily and said, "It's mine. I guess it fell off when I was playing shuttlecock just now!"

Fang Guan also laughed and said, "That's what I guessed. It's just a coincidence that I found it. If someone else had found it, they might have secretly hidden it away... How are you going to thank me?"

Xiangyun smiled and said, "I'll bring a gift to Lixiangyuan to thank you someday!"

After saying this, she suddenly remembered that she would soon be entering the palace and didn't know when she would be able to come to the Grand View Garden again.

Daiyu was observant, and seeing her like this, she guessed what she had done, so she said with a smile, "Once you've entered the palace, it's as if you've entered a deep place. From now on, Xiao Lang is just a passerby. Don't wait until another day, let's do it today. When Yun comes back someday, you'll have to kneel down to accept her reward!"

This was a joke about Xiangyun entering the palace to become a concubine.

Shi Xiangyun knew that she was trying to avoid the word "Hai" in her father's name, so she didn't dwell on her mistake. She just blushed and said, "We haven't even entered the palace yet, so where did Xiao Lang come from?"

"Why is Master Bao here?"

When Zijuan's voice reached them, Daiyu and Xiangyun turned around and saw Jia Baoyu standing in front of the door, tears streaming down his face. He kept saying, "Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a cave. From now on, Xiao Lang is just a passerby... Sister Lin, do you still want to enter the palace?"

After hearing this, Daiyu turned around and went into the house, ignoring him.

Shi Xiangyun said, "It is I who will enter the palace."

"what!"

Jia Baoyu was both shocked and anxious, and hurriedly said, "Sister Yun, are you really going to give yourself to that thief king?!"

Shi Xiangyun also knew his temperament, so she advised him, "Second brother, stop saying that. Who is the official and who is the thief? A hundred years ago, our two families followed Taizu in his uprising. At that time, we were also thieves, but now the situation has changed, and the country has become someone else's. Even if you feel sorry for Sister Lin, you should stop calling her a thief and call her Prince Qian instead."

Jia Baoyu heard this and said, "Young lady, please go sit in another room. I'm afraid I'll defile your princess here!"

Shi Xiangyun's face flushed red, half with shame and half with anger. She ignored her and turned to go into Sister Lin's room, only to see her sitting on the bed crying hard, as if she wanted to cry all her tears dry.

In the letter that Lian's second brother sent to the palace, there were only two people written about it, one was her and the other was Yingchun.

I heard from the lady that originally Baojie's name should have been included, but she was a guest in the Jia family, so there was no reason for her to be sent to the palace first.

"Sister Lin, please stop crying."

Shi Xiangyun hugged her and said, "When I enter the palace, I will ask Prince Qian for mercy!"

She was ready to enter the palace.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, when Prince Qian's personal guards returned from the palace, they only told them one thing.

"King Qian just said he knew?"

Everyone in the Jia family was guessing what Prince Qian meant. Was he asking them to wait, or was he indifferent?
Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, and Mrs. You, who could not return to the East Palace, all went to see Lady Jia. Tanchun's mother, Aunt Zhao, also went.

Jia Zheng, Jia She, Jia Lian and others also went to the study to discuss whether they should send more girls to the palace or replace them with Tanchun, Baochai, Baoqin and others. They had all agreed to enter the palace.

Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

“It’s really torture!”

After hearing the news, Shi Xiangyun paced back and forth in the room, frowning and looking aggrieved and troubled.

When she agreed to enter the palace, she was worried about what would happen after entering. Now that Prince Qian did not allow her to enter the palace, she was worried about the Shi family and whether Prince Qian was dissatisfied with her status as a young lady from a marquis's mansion.

"Sister Lin, is it because that antique dealer Leng Zixing didn't mention me that Prince Qian disliked me?"

Shi Xiangyun was still worried about this.

She had lived in the rear house since she was a child, and people outside did not know her appearance and character. Perhaps Prince Qian saw that her name in the letter was unfamiliar, so he did not want to invite them into the palace.

Lin Daiyu was lying on the kang, her body frail and with the appearance of a sick Xi Shi. After a long while she said:

"Sister Yun, do you believe he really learned about the ladies in the mansion from Leng Zixing?"

Because Prince Qian did not invite them into the palace, Jia Lian told Lady Jia everything that Prince Qian had asked him during the meeting.

Daiyu also knew that Prince Qian knew her family background, had asked about her personality, and had also asked her whether she was married to Baoyu.

When Brother Lian said these words, everyone in the room looked at her. Daiyu was embarrassed and annoyed, and covered her face with her handkerchief.

Fortunately, King Qian also asked many people, including Baochai, Baoqin, Xiuyan, Miaoyu, and even Qin Keqing who was married.

He knows almost everything about the Ning and Rong Mansions and the Grand View Garden!

Shi Xiangyun asked, "If Leng Zixing hadn't told him, how would he know so much about what's going on in the mansion?"

Daiyu did not reply, but she had a doubt in her heart:
How did he know about the bald-headed monk? Was the bald-headed monk he was talking about the one who came to her house when she was young and wanted to persuade her to become a monk?
Prince Qian asked many questions, but no one else paid attention to this trivial matter, except Daiyu, who became suspicious.

Is he a god and can tell fortunes?
at night.

Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun slept together. They each had their own worries and fell asleep very late.

The next day, Daiyu and Xiangyun were dressing in front of the mirror when a maid suddenly shouted outside, "Oh no! The house is going to be ransacked!"

The hairpin in Daiyu's hand fell and hit the table, making two tinkling sounds.

Her face turned pale.

Shi Xiangyun threw down her rouge box and went out to fetch the old woman. She returned a moment later and told her, "Prince Qian has issued an edict to confiscate the property of all the nobles and relatives in the city, including those holding titles."

Zijuan and Xueyan also stopped what they were doing and looked at her in a daze.

"Baoyu——"

Lin Daiyu wanted to stand up, but her legs were too weak to stand.

Shi Xiangyun said, "Men are sentenced to do corvée labor, and women are sent to the Ye Ting Palace."

"what!"

Snow Goose covered her mouth.

Zijuan couldn't help but look at Daiyu. Was she also going to be demoted to a lowly status and sent to the imperial palace?
In the Jia family, from the female members such as Lady Jia, Lady Wang, Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, to the girls in the boudoir such as Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun, Jia Xichun, Shi Xiangyun, all of them entered the Yunting Palace to become palace maids?

"Where is the Lin family? Where is the Xue family?" Zijuan asked hurriedly.

Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Xue Baoqin, Xing Xiuyun, etc. are not supposed to be members of the Jia family.

"Prince Qian's decree didn't mention this... I guess no one can escape and must be brought to the palace."

Shi Xiangyun said.

Her head was buzzing, as if she was floating in the sky. Her hands and feet were out of control and she didn't know what she was doing.

My mind was full of only one thing: confiscate the house, confiscate the house...

"I'm going to see the old lady!"

Lin Daiyu stood up shakily, and Zijuan hurried to help her.

After leaving Xiaoxiang Pavilion and exiting the Grand View Garden, and entering the mansion, before even getting close to the old lady's room, he heard mournful cries coming from all directions.

At this moment, how many people in the Jia family were crying?
(End of this chapter)