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

Chapter 65: All the Beauty (Part 2)
Everyone looked and saw a woman with a graceful figure and exquisite curves walking towards them under the silver moonlight.

"Why is my sister-in-law here?"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said that the person who came was Li Wan, the wife of the deceased Jia Zhu, who had a son named Jia Lan.

She laughed and said, "I was just about to go look for Miss Lin when the maids said she was out. I saw the lights over here and came over to take a look. I didn't expect them to be here already!"

When Daiyu heard her say that she was looking for herself, she guessed something.

Li Wan smiled at her and said, "I'll tell you later. You two can continue with your business."

Shi Xiangyun asked her, "We are discussing whether to stay or go. Sister-in-law, do you have any good ideas? Please teach us."

Li Wan lowered her head and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "What good can I do? These days I've just been keeping Lan'er in the garden and educating her. Now that the garden's food and clothing expenses have all been reduced, I don't even dare give Lan'er paper and brushes for calligraphy, for fear that Prince Qian will blame me."

As he said this, he looked at Lin Daiyu.

She came this time to ask Miss Lin for permission to allow Jia Lan to practice calligraphy with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The young ladies from the Wang and Shi families looked at her and saw that this sister-in-law had red lips without any makeup, long and thin eyebrows, and a chaste and indifferent look. Her naturally beautiful face did not have a single trace of makeup on it. She was indeed a chaste widow.

Shi Xiangyun said, "King Qian blames me for using a little pen, ink, paper, and inkstone? If that's the case, he's too stingy. Sister-in-law, just use it!"

Li Wan smiled and said, "Yun girl, you don't know the pros and cons of this. You should be more careful after all... Well, the more you talk about it, the more uneasy I feel. I'd better not let Lan'er practice calligraphy for now. Let's talk about it later."

She said it twice, but Lin Daiyu remained silent, which showed that she was in an awkward position.

Wang Xifeng, Shi Xiangyun and others all looked over.

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips, a little hesitant on her face. Seeing her sister-in-law looking at her, and thinking of her care for her in the past, she smiled and said, "I still have some paper and pen. I'll ask someone to send it to you later."

Li Wan hesitated to speak.

Shi Xiangyun wanted to speak, but was stopped by Ping'er.

Xiangyun was still a little angry, so Ping'er pulled her aside and whispered, "My dear girl, how can you not see? This is not just about a pen. It's your sister Lin who doesn't want to open this door. The more people come to ask her, the more she will be unable to refuse. Then she will have no choice but to enter the palace."

Enter the palace?

Xiangyun finally understood!

"Why is it so lively in the garden tonight?" Tanchun's laughter was heard. Everyone looked and saw her, Yingchun, Xichun, Baoqin, Baochai and others walking from the garden gate. After asking, they learned that they had just come out from Grandmother Jia's house.

Xiangyun immediately went to meet her, took Baochai's hand and said with a smile: "Good sister, we were looking for you, come and save us!"

Baochai's round, jade-like face, as white as a freshly peeled egg, was beaming with joy. She glanced at the others and said, "There are so many talented, learned, and beautiful sisters here. Why should I come to their rescue? Could it be that you've been naughty again, and the sisters are going to pinch you?"

Xiangyun hurriedly repeated Li Wan's words.

Baoqin clapped her hands and laughed when she heard this, "What's that? It's just a few pieces of paper. We can use it if we want. We just told the old lady that we'll write this down on the memorial to Prince Qian tomorrow!"

When everyone saw her beautiful and graceful appearance and her willingness to agree to the task, they all praised her and said that she looked more and more like a housekeeper's wife.

This made Baoqin, who was not married yet, feel shy again.

Baochai didn't say anything, just glanced at Lin Daiyu.

Xiangyun seemed to understand that those who agreed to enter the palace in their hearts would be more likely to accept Prince Qian's favor quickly, such as Baochai and Baoqin.

The one who doesn't want to enter the palace is like Sister Lin.

But when did Sister Qin agree to enter the palace?
Tanchun looked at the many young ladies in Qinfang Pavilion and said with a smile:
"Tonight is a peculiar evening. Everyone is here. After tonight, we still don't know where we will go. It's a pity that we can't have a banquet to celebrate the occasion. . . . I suddenly had an idea. There are many sisters in the garden, and they are all well-read. If they could open a poetry forum or a poetry club, wouldn't it be a great story to tell for generations to come?

Unfortunately, that is no longer possible.”

Even though the garden had more relatives and sisters from the Shi and Wang families, they didn't have the leisure to start a poetry club. Wang Xifeng saw that they were all young and beautiful, and couldn't help but teasing them, saying, "They'll leave if they want to, either leave or enter the palace. In the future, we may have a few imperial concubines, like Yun girl, she can become an imperial concubine!"

Everyone laughed. Shi Xiangyun blushed with embarrassment and muttered that she had not even received the imperial edict to enter the palace, let alone become a royal concubine.

Originally, she was afraid of entering the palace, but now that the Shi family has been raided, her family's only hope is on her, and she hopes to enter the palace as soon as possible.

But King Qian still did not summon her.

The girls were chatting and laughing. Yingchun was a non-competitive person. Now that there were so many people around, she spoke even less.

Xichun has always been a person of integrity and few words, and she doesn't want to enter the palace, so she didn't say anything and just watched Baoqin, Xiangyun, and her third sister talking and laughing.

“Sure enough, there’s someone there!”

Two more people came with lanterns. When they got closer, Lin Daiyu realized that they were Xiren and Qingwen from the Yihong Courtyard, holding two hydrangea lanterns.

Xiren laughed and said, "The maid said she heard laughter over here and was worried something was wrong, so I called Qingwen over. Who knew there would be so many people? All the girls are here!"

Qingwen also laughed and said, "It's a pity that the Second Master has gone to bed. Otherwise, seeing so many people, he would be so happy that he wouldn't even care to eat."

Everyone laughed.

Zijuan glanced at the girls and asked them, "Is Master Bao asleep? Did he eat anything tonight?"

"I ate some snowflake candy that was left over from before."

"Are you feeling better?"

Daiyu couldn't help asking, and Xiren smiled and replied: "It's all fine, don't worry, young lady."

After that, the Qinfang Pavilion became quiet. The girls were speechless and had already decided in their hearts whether to leave or stay.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "It's getting late. Let's go home early."

Everyone went back.

Li Wan returned to Daoxiang Village, Yingchun returned to Zilingzhou, Tanchun returned to Qiushuangzhai, Xichun, Baochai, Baoqin, Xiangyun and others also went back and were not mentioned again.

Wang Xifeng carried the lantern and went back to her room with Ping'er. She still had to take care of her daughter Qiaojie.

When Lin Daiyu heard that Jia Baoyu had gone to bed, she no longer went to Yihong Courtyard and returned to Xiaoxiang Pavilion with Zijuan.

In Ningguo Mansion, the graceful Qin Keqing locked her room and was about to go to bed. The maid Baozhu laughed at her, "Grandma, you are the manager now, why are you more afraid than before?"

Qin Keqing did not answer, she was feeling worried.

In the palace, Jia Yuanchun is playing the role of a kitten or puppy, being held in the arms of the tall Chu Yan and being loved, experiencing the love affairs of the harem's favorite concubine that she had never imagined.

The twelve golden hairpins are complete.

Far away in the Qianwang Mansion in Jinling, a woman seemed to be moved. She gazed at the bright moon, leaned on the railing and murmured softly: "The earth is thick and the sky is high, it is a pity that love from ancient times to the present can never end; infatuated men and resentful women, it is a pity that the debt of love is hard to repay... In such a sea of ​​love and sin, who can understand and escape?"

Day two.

A violent storm swept towards the Jia family. The first thing was that King Qian wanted to reward the three armies.

"By order of Lord Chu, the Chief Clerk of Prince Qian's Palace: All officials and wealthy merchants in the city are to offer wine, meat and food for Prince Qian to reward his army!"

"By order of Lord Chu, the Chief Clerk of Prince Qian's Palace: Recruit all the officials and wealthy merchants in the city who can perform operas, and send them to set up a stage outside the city to perform for Prince Qian's army!"

(End of this chapter)