Yurun Bingyan of the Red Chamber

Chapter 28

Mrs. Wang shook her head and said, "No, no matter what, I can't let the old lady hire that girl Lin." Although she felt that Baochai's family background was not worthy of Baoyu since Yuanchun became a noble concubine, but in comparison, no matter what Better than Daiyu.Pulling Baochai and laughing: "Silly boy, it's not a day or two that Lin girl has a small mind. Auntie will never wrong you." Baochai lowered her head, her delicate face flushed with a shy look, He called aunt in a low voice.Under the bushy eyelashes, the eyes are as cold as snow, "Auntie, brother Bao's marriage is naturally decided by you, the mother. Besides...there is the imperial concubine in the palace, right?" This faint sentence, Mrs. Wang Suddenly realized, he smiled and said, "That's right, if Baoyu's marriage is decided by the imperial concubine, even the old lady can't object. That girl Lin, how can I let her in?"

Baochai hurriedly pulled Mrs. Wang to laugh and said, "Auntie. The old lady likes Sister Lin very much. Wouldn't it be shameless for you to insist on disobeying her wishes?"

"What do you mean?" Baochai smiled and said nothing. Mrs. Wang thought about it and said, "I know what to do. In a few days, I can go to the palace to visit the imperial concubine, and then I will follow her." Just to mention it. Baoyu is also 16 years old, and the marriage should have been settled long ago." Baochai smiled and said, "A few days ago, my brother came over with two top-quality jade ornaments and tonics, and asked my aunt to give them to the imperial concubine. A little heart." Mrs. Wang nodded, looking at Baochai with more kind eyes.Baochai bit her cherry lips, and said longingly: "It's a pity that Baochai came late, and I don't have the blessing to see how magnificent the elder sister is." Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "What's the matter? My sister will naturally see it when she goes home to visit her relatives." After thinking about Baochai's filial piety to herself, she was also faintly proud of her daughter's favor in the palace, so she said: "I will go to the palace some other day to pay my respects to my mother. You can go together. The imperial concubine also mentioned that she wants to see you." The Xue family's property is also extraordinary, and it really needs to be held firmly in the hand.

Baochai was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Thank you, Auntie." The one who turned around and reciprocated gave Yuanchun's gift an extra 5000 taels of silver.

A few days later, when the day came when the wives were ordered to enter the palace to pay respects to the nobles in the palace, Mrs. Wang really brought Baochai and dressed up to go to the palace to see Yuanchun.

After entering the harem, the two were directly led to Fengzao Palace where Yuanchun lived.Baochai looked at the magnificent carved and painted buildings in the deep palace, and felt faint fever in his heart, as if something was about to come out of his heart intuitively.Yuan Chun was nearly four months pregnant at this time, and although she was not too conspicuous, she was a little plump.The four maids opened the way, and were respectfully helped out by two maids, followed by several palace maids and eunuchs, who really looked royal.

"The minister's wife greets the imperial concubine and empress, and the empress is a thousand years old."

"Baochai, the daughter of the people, pays her respects to the imperial concubine and empress."

Yuan Chun sat down on the golden cushioned couch, and Mrs. Wang and Baochai hurried forward to pay homage.Yuan Chun hurriedly asked the maid beside him to help them up and said with a smile: "Mother and the old lady are all right?" Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, the old lady is doing very well now, but she always thinks about her." Yuan Chun waved back The eunuch Gong'e next to him, leaving only the confidant lady close to her to hold the piano, and then said with a smile: "I always think about my wife and old lady in the palace. This is the Xue family's sister Baochai?" Baochai Chai got up again and said: "Baochai pays respects to the imperial concubine and empress." Yuan Chun looked at Baochai carefully, lowered his eyes with a smile, took a sip of the tea brought up by holding the qin, and said with a smile: "Sister Baochai is indeed a beautiful woman. Son. No wonder my wife often mentions it to me when she enters the palace." Baochai smiled and said, "Baochai is just a vulgar fan, and it can't compare to the nobleness and demeanor of the empress."

Yuan Chun smiled and said: "He is really a lovely person who can talk. Isn't it the first time for Sister Baochai to enter the palace? Baoqin can take Sister Baochai to the imperial garden to have a look, and it is not in vain to come to the palace." Qin replied yes, and went out with Baochai who was thanking her.

Mrs. Wang looked at Yuan Chun with some puzzlement and said, "Your Majesty, what is this?" Mrs. Wang, no matter how arrogant she is, she knew that this imperial garden was not easy to go to. He said with a smile, "Sister Baochai is a young girl after all, and she needs someone to teach her what it means to be tall."

"Your Majesty thinks that Bao girl..." After a while, Mrs. Wang said in surprise.Mrs. Wang liked Baochai very much, not to mention her own niece, she was smart and sensible.Always know what to say and what to do in front of yourself.A sneer appeared on Yuan Chun's delicately made-up face: "Mother, I have been in this deep palace for so many years, what kind of woman has I never seen? This treasure girl is indeed a good one, but she is just too high-minded. As long as you let He is also an extremely useful talent when he recognizes reality." Mrs. Wang said: "Could it be that Bao girl has other ideas?" Yuan Chun casually caressed her abdomen, and said lightly: "Her eyes...have ambitions. But mother, don't worry, she's just a little girl, and she won't make any trouble. I'll tell you what my mother said before, Bao girl is not too young. Let Baoyu marry her as a concubine sometime later. It's Baoyu's right Is there any care in choosing the mother of the room candidate?"

Mrs. Wang said with some embarrassment: "Originally, Princess Hanxing of the Xining Palace was an excellent candidate. It's a pity that the emperor bestowed a marriage on that Yanwang. Now I have to choose one of the other official ladies. Now the empress There are so many holy families in the palace, what if Baoyu doesn’t have a suitable candidate?” Yuan Chun frowned and said, “The mother of Princess Hanxing doesn’t need to think about it, she is not suitable for our family. Instead, the mothers of these candidates turned around and discussed with the old lady. One or two." The Xining Palace is a royal family, and it is a little bit reluctant to match it with the Jia family's family status. Besides, if they really get married in the future, I am afraid that it will not be the Jia family to clamp down on the Xining Palace. With the methods of the Xining King, maybe It was the Jia family that was restrained by him.Yuan Chun took out a sheet from his sleeve and handed it to Madam Wang, but Madam Wang read it and returned it.Carefully record and prepare to go back and check the background of these people.

After a short pause, Mrs. Wang said again: "There is one more thing I want to ask the empress to decide."

Yuan Chun raised his eyebrows, listening to Mrs. Wang continue: "Your Majesty, do you still remember that girl from the Lin family? Now that you're not too young, and everyone in the Lin family has grown up, I'm afraid your Majesty will be required to make decisions about this marriage." Yuan Chun pondered for a moment. She has never seen Daiyu before, so she can't talk about her likes and dislikes. She just occasionally hears that Mrs. Wang mentions Daiyu and always says that Daiyu is so bad.Naturally, there is no closeness of cousins.She just asked lightly: "I'm afraid the old lady will arrange this matter?" Mrs. Wang curled her lips and said with some dissatisfaction: "In the opinion of the old lady, I'm afraid that girl Lin will be made into Baoyu's wife. The Lin family has long since withered, and that girl is not easy to get along with, so how can she become Baoyu's wife? Wouldn't it delay Baoyu's future?" Yuan Chun said: "Although the Lin family has fallen, the victory lies in the noble family. Although Uncle Lin has always been in the south of the Yangtze River, he can be regarded as a celebrity. He is also worthy of Baoyu's status." Mrs. Wang said angrily: "That girl is really arrogant, not to mention that her brother has a close relationship with the current prince. Please think twice, ma'am."

Hearing this, Yuan Chun was taken aback.Gently stroking his only son, thinking of the 11-year-old little prince.There are not many people in the emperor's harem now, and there are fewer heirs than in the previous dynasty. Now there are only four princes and three princesses.The emperor didn't seem to be very careful with the prince, and most of the time he was thrown outside the palace.But Yuan Chun will always remember that once she accidentally saw the emperor and the prince getting along, the kindness in the emperor's eyes was something she had never seen before.At that moment, she almost believed that if it was to keep the prince, the emperor would kill all his children without hesitation.

"Then... what does mother mean?"

Mrs. Wang glanced at Yuan Chun cautiously, and then said: "Since the old lady likes that girl Lin, and I'm not that stingy person, it's okay to let her in, but she can only be a concubine. Just go in with Baochai." .”

Yuan Chun frowned, letting a prostitute's daughter of a generation of scholars and a businessman's daughter enter the door together?She always knew that her mother hated Daiyu, but she didn't expect to hate it so much.But Daiyu herself was not the object of Yuanchun's attention, so she just thought about it for a while, then nodded her agreement.After talking about Yuan Chun, Madam Wang was naturally overjoyed, and quickly asked Yuan Chun to write a handwritten letter back to explain to the old lady.In my heart, I also began to imagine Daiyu's low appearance in front of me after entering the door, and my heart was even more joyful.

Mrs. Wang had just received Yuan Chun's letter, and there was a court lady outside asking to see her.Yuan Chun ordered people to come in, and the palace goddess said in a panic, "The girl Xue who came in with Jia Gong ran into Concubine Liu Gui and His Highness the Crown Prince in the imperial garden."

But it is said that Baochai was taken by Baoqin to the imperial garden to play.Baochai looked at the strange mountains and rocks in the imperial garden, the precious flowers and plants, and the majestic royal style that made people yearn for, and she couldn't help but think of the man she saw in the Beijing Palace that night.He is handsome and extraordinary, with star-like eyes and sword-like eyebrows, even when he is laughing and cursing, he naturally reveals a dignified demeanor.Compared with Baoyu's handsome face like jade fat, it is more than a hundred times better.The most important thing is that the man is the one who stands on the highest peak of the world, and he holds the whole world in his hands.Life and death, glory and wealth, power and fame, there is nothing in this world that he cannot have.This seemingly unique existence in the world makes Baochai suddenly have unparalleled longing and desire...

(End of this chapter)