Because he was about to leave, Jia Lian only went over to sit for a while during Xue Baochai's birthday party, and said goodbye to Jia's mother and sisters at home.
Early on the next morning, Jia Lian left Rongguo Mansion with his cronies and soldiers under the reluctant eyes of Feng Jieer, Qingwen and others.
Because he just went to Jiangnan to investigate, it was not a national event like the last time sending Princess Zhaoyang to Wala, so there was no drama about the commander leading the troops to the expedition. It was just that Jia Lian went to the Daming Palace alone and received a few words from the emperor. As asked, we set off.
The dock in the eastern suburbs is prosperous all year round.
Jia Lian once again explained to Yang Xun, the head of the Household Department, who was arranged by the imperial court to assist him in going south, and Bai Hu, the captain of the imperial army and the imperial guards who were responsible for his safety during the trip, and then got off the official ship and came with only a few followers. Go to the Lin family's lucky boat.
There were a total of five accompanying ships on this trip.
One of the official ships and two escort ships. The official ship was naturally used by Jia Lian and other officials, and the two ships were mainly used by the escort officers and soldiers No. 200.
The Lin family rented two blessing boats. The larger one was used to house Lin Ruhai's coffin and Daiyu and others, while the smaller one was used by other members of the Lin family who were sending mourners.
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For fear of wasting time, Lin Ruhai's coffin had been transported out of the city and moved to the boat last night. Daiyu also followed and rested on the boat overnight.
Maybe everything was busy, or maybe it was the early spring on the Grand Canal, the brisk morning wind, and the few bells ringing in the distance, which kept Daiyu from sleeping peacefully all night.
When I woke up early in the morning, there was nothing to do except kneel down and burn paper in front of my father's spirit on time. For a moment, he opened the eyes of Zijuan and others and walked to the deck alone. Looking at the green mountains and the cold water in the distance, a feeling of loneliness and loneliness arose spontaneously.
Recalling the busyness and hard work in the past few days since my father died of illness, I thought about the trip south. Not only was I delayed for at least half a month on the way, but I also said that I had no relatives when I returned to Suzhou. How should I arrange my father's funeral and how to communicate with the family? How do you deal with people you are not close to, and how do you deal with what your father said, your... those dowries...
When I think of all these trivial matters, I can’t help but feel that life is really tiring sometimes. So she was glad that Jia Lian took all these things away from beginning to end, so that she could avoid thinking about those complicated matters.
Thinking of Jia Lian, Daiyu turned her eyes to the other side of the pier. The ship was parked brightly in the middle of the pier. Passenger ships and merchant ships were arriving from all directions, but no official ship dared to disturb it.
It was also good luck. She saw Jia Lian and his people coming here at a glance, and Daiyu suddenly felt happy.
But instead of going downstairs to greet him, she quietly hid herself. Staying on the second floor, she heard Jia Lian boarding the ship and being greeted by others. She also heard Jia Lian down below, asking and inspecting the arrangements on the ship...
"Where's Sister Lin?"
Brother Lian came upstairs and was looking for me.
When Daiyu heard that Jia Lian was looking for her, instead of taking the initiative to go out, she hid her petite body around the corner. She wanted to see what Jia Lian would do if he couldn't find her.
Daiyu thought that her whereabouts were secretive, but in fact, her every move was controlled by the maids. It was just that Zijuan and others knew that she liked to be quiet and did not disturb her.
Therefore, Jia Lian followed Zijuan's instructions and easily found Daiyu's trace - just at the corner of the ship corridor, a piece of clothes hid to the other side at lightning speed.
Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, guessing that Daiyu wanted to play hide-and-seek with him? So he gently pushed open the side room next to him, restrained his steps and walked through, and sure enough he found Daiyu holding her breath and concentrating outside.
Seeing her flushed face and vague hint of joy, Jia Lian couldn't help but feel funny. After all, she was still an innocent girl.
So he quietly opened the door behind her and deliberately laughed loudly: "So you are hiding here to make it easy for me to find you."
Although Daiyu heard the slight sound of the door opening behind her and turned around subconsciously, she was still startled by the sudden appearance of Jia Lian and looked at Jia Lian in a daze.
After a while, he blushed and said, "Who is hiding? I'm just standing here, but it's you, why are you hiding in there and scaring people!"
Under the quibble, he felt guilty after all, with a look of embarrassment on his face. Then he calmed down, turned around and held on to the railing, pretending to look at a merchant ship unloading goods in front of him.
Suddenly she felt that Jia Lian came to her side and stood side by side with her. She remained motionless, but her heartbeat began to accelerate for no reason...
What a strange feeling.
Daiyu didn't quite understand. When she was in Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian often came to her room to see her, and she often went to Sister Feng's courtyard. At that time, every time she saw Jia Lian, although she was happy in her heart, she just felt that she was happy to get along with Jia Lian, and she never felt nervous!
Who knew that since Jia Lian asked her father to marry her, she would be shy and nervous every time she saw Jia Lian.
She originally thought that she would be much better today, but who knew that when Jia Lian was so close to her again, she would still be so worthless...
"What’s wrong with you?"
Perhaps seeing something different in her expression, Jia Lian tilted his head and asked. Because there was a big height difference between the two, Jia Lian put his hand on Daiyu's shoulder. He originally just expressed concern, but unexpectedly, he felt that Daiyu's shoulder was cold.
"Why are you so cold?"
When Daiyu felt the warmth of Jia Lian's palm, she trembled slightly. He secretly complained in his heart, didn't Brother Lian say that there are differences between men and women, and one should pay attention to propriety? Why is it that he seems to be a different person now and doesn't pay attention at all.
Or should we say that once a man and a woman are engaged, they can become closer?
These thoughts flashed through her mind quickly. In order not to show her timidity, Daiyu pretended to reply casually.
"Maybe it was blown by the wind."
Daiyu didn't dare to turn her head to look at Jia Lian, and noticed that Jia Lian's hand left her shoulder. Just when she was curious and worried whether Jia Lian would do other inappropriate behaviors to her, she suddenly felt warm all over. He was put on a heavy cloak.
It was warm and comfortable, as if it enveloped her whole body.
She knew that Jia Lian must have taken off the big cloak and put it on her body.
Daiyu doesn't like wearing other people's clothes. But at this moment, she found that she didn't hate this piece of clothing that clearly smelled of Jia Lian at all, but she was slightly happy.
One thing is that Jia Lian has good taste. His clothes are simple and elegant. Because of his status and financial resources, even his regular clothes are of high quality and valuable, which is naturally disgusting. Can't get up.
Secondly, Daiyu knew that this was a sign of Jia Lian's great love for her.
Nowadays, I don't want to take off my clothes and put this trick on women. On the contrary, taking off one's clothes for a woman to wear is considered a devaluation by most men.
Because all wealthy families, ladies and ladies, have maids and maids to carry extra coats for adding or removing, so for these families, women naturally do not have this need.
Furthermore, in a society where men are respected, women naturally have some bad connotations. If their clothes are worn by women, wouldn't it easily bring bad luck? Therefore, most men are unwilling to wear their own clothes on women, and women will not wear men's clothes, as it will appear frivolous and disrespectful.
Therefore, when it came to Jia Lian's behavior of putting clothes on her, Daiyu didn't feel at all tacky, but just a little shy and warm.
She said in her heart that it would not be like this if her second brother Lian didn't love her very much.
Jia Lian turned her body to face him again. Looking down at Jia Lian's hands tying the belt of her cloak on her chest, Daiyu felt her heart rising to her throat. Not only was she shy, but she was also worried that Jia Lian's hand would accidentally touch her breast, which would make her ashamed to death.
It was hard to refuse Jia Lian's kindness, so he raised his watery eyes, glanced at Jia Lian quickly, lowered his head and said weakly: "You gave me your clothes, what will you do?"
"How can you compare with me."
A word that seemed to be very contemptuous of her made Daiyu's shyness disappear a lot, and her eyes filled with water vapor also showed some dissatisfaction.
No one likes to be regarded as a "weak chicken", and the same goes for Daiyu. She doesn't want to talk anymore.
Jia Lian and Dai Yu were face to face, and since he was condescending, he could naturally see most of Dai Yu's expressions.
Looking at her pouted and angry look, she did have a bit of Qingwen's demeanor. However, Qingwen's pouted lips made her feel like she deserved a beating, but this girl was naturally pitiful.
"If you don't accept it, show me how well you take care of yourself.
If you don't say that compared to me, you can be as good as Qingwen, then I won't say such things in the future. "
"snort."
Daiyu only waited for Jia Lian to tie up her upper and lower clothes, then hurriedly turned around and went back.
However, while turning around, he still couldn't help but glance at Jia Lian's figure who had taken off his cloak and revealed his figure.
I secretly thought to myself that Brother Lian is indeed a person who has been practicing martial arts all year round. He is indeed physically strong, much stronger than his father looks.
No wonder, I have never heard of Lian's second brother being sick, and he rarely even catches wind and cold.
Thinking back to the years when I was teaching Xiang Ling in Sister Feng's courtyard, there were several times when Jia Lian came home from martial arts practice, wearing only a thin gown. His naked arms, dripping with sweat, were so strong and powerful.
Suddenly I felt restless and uneasy. Did she think that after she married Jia Lian in the future, she wouldn't have to face Jia Lian's...everything?
In the past, just looking at brother Lian's arms made me feel very ashamed. If I saw others, wouldn't it be... I would die, what are I thinking about!
Daiyu, who was covered in a warm cloak and whose mind was filled with strange thoughts, felt hot all over and her cheeks were hot. She could only stretch her neck and face the cold wind blowing over the water, trying to calm herself down.
Because Daiyu turned her back, Jia Lian could not control Daiyu's expression in real time. He could only see her leaning on the railing of the boat. Even though she was covered by his loose cloak, she still looked very delicate and slender.
This girl really needs to be raised well.
Jia Lian has decided that after returning from Jiangnan on this trip, there should be no need to leave Beijing for anything in a short time. When the time comes, we must put in some effort to keep Daiyu's body white and plump...
Sea cucumber, bird's nest, shark's fin, whatever is easy for her to gain weight, I don't believe it will make her gain weight. I just don’t know what Daiyu will look like after putting on weight.
Thinking about it this way, I feel a little bit evil again.
Daiyu didn't know Jia Lian's vicious thoughts. If she knew, she would be very angry!
How can a fairy be fat?
She suppressed the shame in her heart, and did not see Jia Lian next to her speaking. To avoid the awkward silence, she made some notes before asking: "I heard from Zijuan that you asked the housekeeper to vacate a room on the boat. , what is it used for?”
"Of course I live there."
Daiyu was secretly happy, but she still asked: "Don't you have an official ship? Why did you come here to squeeze with us?"
Daiyu actually asked knowingly. As early as she heard that the room next to her room had been vacated, she had guessed that Jia Lian might have prepared it for her.
But I also thought, since Jia Lian is an imperial envoy, the facilities on the official ship are naturally much better than what she has here. Why would Jia Lian leave a good place to stay and come here to stay as an imperial envoy?
After all, her lucky ship was mainly used to transport her father's coffin. It was hung with white flags everywhere, and the conditions were certainly not comparable to those of the imperial ships.
"If Sister Lin doesn't want me to come over and squeeze you, then I'll just stay on the official ship and not come over."
Hearing Jia Lian's words, Daiyu frowned and replied: "If you don't come, you won't come. Who cares?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Jia Lian's proud laughter. Daiyu looked back and glanced at Jia Lian's face, and knew that she had spoken too fast again, fell into Jia Lian's trap, and revealed her intention to let him come and live!
"It's really not rare? But I have already told my subordinates that if it is not necessary during this journey, I will be on the boat here to keep vigil for my uncle. If Sister Lin drives me away, it will be very difficult for me."
Daiyu hesitated for a moment and said: "You are the Marquis. You can live wherever you want. I don't dare to kick you out. Don't use words to pressure people."
While Daiyu was feeling guilty, Jia Lian put his hand on Daiyu's hand holding the railing, caressed it and said, "It seems that Sister Lin still doesn't understand. It's a long journey south. If I don't keep an eye on you, How can I feel at ease?"
Daiyu twitched her little hand, but it didn't twitch, so that was it, but her heart was not as calm as she acted.
Were Brother Lian's words words of love? They should be. Listening to them made people feel embarrassed, but also a little reassured, and made their hearts feel light.
Seeing this, Jia Lian raised his hand, put it on Daiyu's other shoulder, took Daiyu into his arms, and let her lean lightly in his arms.
In order to prevent Daiyu from being embarrassed and breaking away, Jia Lian said: "Sister Lin, you know, the day when my uncle agreed to marry you to me was the happiest day in my life. Because that means that from now on, I can take care of you and love you legitimately and without any scruples.
So, even if your uncle passes away, you don't have to worry. From now on, leave the rest of your life to me. I will treat you well and never break my promise. Good sister, can you believe me? "
Although similar words were said to her by Jia Lian before when they were at the Lin family.
But Daiyu was too shy to face Jia Lian at that time and didn't listen at all.
Being held in Jia Lian's arms at this time, her own sense of shame was immediately suppressed by Jia Lian's love words. For a while, the only thing that echoed in her heart was Jia Lian's voice.
Jia Lian's embrace and words made her feel warm both physically and mentally, and they really relieved the loneliness and hesitation that Lin Ruhai's death had caused to her!
She completely believed that what Jia Lian said was sincere. If she had not felt this way, she would not have been wronged to marry Jia Lian as her concubine.
Unlike Jia Lian, Jia Lian dared to ask to marry her because he had achieved extraordinary status and status. But she only cares about Jia Lian's kindness to her before she is willing to entrust her body and mind to him.
Therefore, at this moment, Daiyu, who didn't know how to respond to Jia Lian, could only nestle in Jia Lian's arms and cry silently.
Those were tears of emotion and tears of happiness.
Zijuan took a coat and went out to look for Daiyu. When she saw the two people hugging each other closely at the end of the corridor, Zijuan couldn't help but stop.
Seeing her girl's delicate body completely wrapped in Jia Lian's cloak, and then shielded and protected by Jia Lian's tall figure, Zi Juan felt happy for Dai Yu in her heart, and a smile appeared on her face.
Quietly go back, find Xiang Ling, and ask her to take a piece of Jia Lian's coat and give it to her.
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The days of floating on the boat are boring in themselves.
But because of Daiyu's existence, everything seems to be different for Jia Lian.
Daiyu is sensitive by nature. Sometimes she likes to be quiet, and sometimes she likes to be active. It can be said that she is a type that is not easy to get close to.
Coupled with her inherent reserve, even after getting engaged to Jia Lian, she still didn't know how to get along with Jia Lian.
Therefore, the days on the ship were an important opportunity for Jia Lian to open Daiyu's heart.
A lucky boat is only in such a big place. We can get along with each other every day. As long as we are intentional, even the trivial things in life can bring us closer to each other and eliminate the barriers.
Not to mention, the two of them had to keep vigil for Lin Ruhai every day. Sitting in the same place every day, except for Zijuan and a few other maids, there was almost no one to disturb them, and their relationship naturally heated up day by day.
Secondly, as the canal goes down to the north, it passes through many state capitals and scenic spots along the way. Although it is inconvenient to stay along the way and delay too much time, the group always needs to stop at some places for supplies. At this time, Jia Lian will take Daiyu to briefly visit some local scenic spots, which makes Daiyu admire her. The more attached you are.
So much so that, as long as no one was around, Daiyu could accept his holding her hand and even occasionally holding her in his arms to comfort her.
All these made Jia Lian happy and have a sense of accomplishment.
For Daiyu, whether she was in the Rongguo Mansion or the Lin family, she always had various worries when getting along with Jia Lian.
Especially after knowing that her father had promised her to Jia Lian, Daiyu did not dare to face Jia Lian, so that every time they met, she only dared to respond with some indifferent words, and kept her inner thoughts deep in her heart.
Now that she is with Jia Lian every day, her life and soul are taken care of by Jia Lian, which naturally makes her feel the feeling of being wholeheartedly loved by someone. And for the first time in life, I realized the beauty of two lovers being in love.
This kind of spiritual harmony and closeness is so important to Daiyu, who will entrust her life to Jia Lian!
She also took advantage of these days to slowly tell Jia Lian some of the things that had been accumulated in her heart. The two of them also shared some secrets with each other that could not be told to others.
Daiyu felt that this must be the most unforgettable day in her life.
So much so that she wished to sail more slowly to Yangzhou so that she could have more time to retain this feeling.
Unfortunately, after only twenty days, Jia Lian and his party arrived at one of the most prosperous state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, the world-famous Yangzhou City.
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