At dinner that night, Sister Feng said that Daiyu had a cough again and that Jia Mu had hired a doctor for her.
Jia Lian didn't say anything after hearing this. Daiyu is prone to coughing during the spring and autumn equinoxes every year. Jia Lian, who has followed this little girl since childhood, has long understood this pattern.
Perhaps yesterday's day and night of waiting to return to the province was too tiring for Daiyu, so it was not surprising that she was induced early.
Just after dinner, Jia Lian still went to Daiyu's room to visit.
I happened to find Zijuan feeding Daiyu decoction. Although Xiao Nizi frowned tightly, her complexion was not bad.
"I just heard your sister Feng say that you were sick. I was nervous for a while, but now it seems that you are fine at all."
Jia Lian walked up to Daiyu, looked at her, then sat down on the short stool next to her and smiled casually. From the look on his face, it seemed that Daiyu was fine, but he was very disappointed.
Zijuan shook her head. She now knew a thing or two about Jia Lian's methods of coaxing Daiyu. Being different was her biggest characteristic, so she could best please her own girl.
Daiyu gave Jia Lian a cold look. She originally thought she was fine, but her throat felt uncomfortable when she got up early in the morning. When Jia Mu and others found out, she took it as a serious matter. Not only did she ask the doctor to take a look at her, but also all the decent people in the house, whether master or slave, came to care about her.
Dealing with people one after another was what really made her feel tired.
After finally waiting for Jia Lian to come over, she had already thought about how to respond to Jia Lian's concern. Who knew that he would actually say this when he opened his mouth?
Still nervous for a while? He is clearly not nervous at all!
After deliberately thinking about it angrily, Daiyu herself felt happy again. What he said was in line with his nature. Like himself, he didn't like false politeness. If something really happened to him, he would definitely be more nervous than anyone else.
But I still have to pretend to be unhappy on the surface.
Jia Lian seemed to be unable to see her dissatisfaction. He turned his eyes and leaned over to put his hand directly into her quilt.
"What to do?" Daiyu suddenly became alert, but found that Jia Lian just took out her hand, rolled up his sleeves and looked at it.
"I heard that the imperial concubine gave you an excellent jade bracelet yesterday. Where is it?"
Taking this opportunity, Jia Lian took a look at Daiyu's small wrists and arms. They were indeed white, tender and slender, as if they could be bent with a flick of a finger.
Realizing that Jia Lian was not trying to do harm to her, Dai Yuhai breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Since it is a precious thing, of course it should be left alone. How can it be worn on her hand all the time."
As he said this, he realized that Jia Lian's eyes were impure, so he quietly took his little hand away and hid it back under the quilt.
"Oh, it's rare to hear you say the word expensive. In that case, why don't you show it to me?" Jia Lian said with a smile.
Daiyu was a little embarrassed, "Sister Feng also got one. If you want to see it, just ask her to show it to you."
Jia Lian was just looking for a topic to chat with, and he didn't want to take a look. Seeing Daiyu's shyness, he smiled more and more: "Sure enough, your concubine's character is precious. I have never seen you so rare for anything I give you. Why did she give it to you?" Do you cherish your things like this and hide them so that no one can see them?"
When Daiyu heard this, she frowned, wondering when did she not care about the things he gave her? When did you hide it from others?
It's just that the jade bracelet given by Yuanchun had a special meaning and she was embarrassed to take it out.
Doesn't Jia Lian even understand this truth? He must have deliberately crowded people around, so he glared at him dissatisfiedly, "I don't know if you came here seriously to see me, or if you came here just to cause trouble. If you came here just to cause trouble, then please go back. I want to sleep." Now, I don’t have time to argue with you.”
"Hahaha."
"I'm not trying to cause trouble, I'm obviously jealous. Our royal concubine only comes home every ten years, but who knows, you are treated differently, and even precious jade is outclassed by you."
"What do you mean?"
"Think about it, it's rare for my wife to go home, so all the rewards are prepared in advance and distributed according to distance.
All of us, pretty much, got just one. It's not like you, who gets three shares by yourself. You know that Sister Lin is beautiful and lovable, even the imperial concubine whom she met for the first time. She is really envious of others. "
Daiyu's face turned red, she understood what Jia Lian meant.
Last night, when Yuanchun met her for the first time at Rongqing Hall, he gave her a string of fragrant beads as a facial gift. At the end of the wedding ceremony, like the Sanchun sisters, she also received a book and a simple set of pens and inkstones as a gift.
Finally, Yuanchun gave her and Sister Feng a bracelet each. In this way, she did receive three gifts from Yuanchun, the best among all the Jia family.
However, as long as she is not an idiot, she should know that most of Yuanchun's unique care for her must have come from Jia Lian!
Although she wasn't very sure why the aloof Yuan Chun cared so much about Jia Lian and even showed so much love to her, she understood the relationship.
Of course, she also felt that her appearance must be an important reason why Yuanchun treated her differently...
Thinking like this in her heart, Daiyu said: "It's nonsense again. Whoever said that you gave many gifts means that the empress is most... what she cares about the most is Baoyu. It's not like you haven't seen the way the empress looks at Baoyu. , just like my aunt treats Baoyu!"
Daiyu said, feeling really envious in her heart.
She has no brothers or sisters. Unlike Jia Baoyu, not only did he have all his brothers and sisters, but his eldest sister, who had lived in the palace for many years, cared about him and loved him like a mother.
Baoyu is the enviable person who is loved by thousands of people.
As soon as Jia Lian saw Daiyu's appearance, he knew what she was thinking, so he deliberately laughed at her: "No, are you even jealous? Baoyu is her younger brother, so it's normal for her to care and love her a little."
Daiyu got angry and said, "Go away! Who are you jealous? They just think that Baoyu has parents and a sister to love him. Unlike me, I have neither parents nor brothers and sisters, so I can only let you bully me. You go." La."
Daiyu angrily wrapped herself in the quilt and rolled it up, obviously not wanting to talk to Jia Lian anymore.
Seeing that he was really annoyed, Jia Lian bullied him again and came forward to coax him. But Daiyu was not easy to coax, and would shake her away even if he touched her, so Jia Lian smiled in her ear and said: "Since you envy Baoyu and have brothers and sisters who hurt you, I have a way to get you back." Bureau."
Daiyu ignored it.
"Sister, I can't change you anymore. If you don't mind, just treat me as your brother from now on.
Really, as long as you are willing to call me 'brother', or 'brother' or 'good brother', I will love you as if you were my own sister. Do you think it’s okay? "
When Jia Lian's voice became more and more inappropriate, Daiyu raised her hands to cover her ears, but it didn't work. She still heard every word clearly.
She sat up in shame and annoyance, staring at Jia Lian speechless.
What kind of "brother" or "good brother"? Just fantasizing about calling Jia Lian that way would make her heart beat violently in shame!
Jia Lian, however, did not understand Dai Yu's shyness and continued to confuse him: "Think about it, as long as you change the name you use to me, not only can you eliminate a person who always bullies you, but you can also get someone to love you immediately. , my good brother who loves and cares for you, this deal is a good deal no matter how you calculate it. You are so smart, how can you not even figure out this abacus? "
Daiyu once thought that she had enough understanding of Jia Lian's thick skin, but she still didn't expect that Jia Lian could say such things.
"You still say that! You talkative, bad guy, I will beat you to death..."
Daiyu was almost furious, and no longer focused on the image of a lady, she punched and kicked Jia Lian.
Fortunately, she was weak and wrapped in a quilt, so she posed no threat to Jia Lian. Instead, she made Jia Lian laugh even more.
"Zijuan! Zijuan, come in quickly..."
Daiyu couldn't stand it any longer, so she summoned her generals, and together they beat Jia Lian out. "Second Master, what did you say again? Look at how embarrassed our girl is..."
Zijuan held back her smile and led Jia Lian out of the room, but finally couldn't help but ask.
She had never seen Daiyu look so imageless, she almost jumped off the kang and started a fight with Jia Lian. That lively and energetic look is nothing like the sick and sick look he had before.
Daiyu dared to look coldly at her and use fists and kicks, but a maid dared to laugh at herself? Jia Lian straightened his posture and squinted at a certain maid.
Zijuan's heart thumped, and she quickly lowered her head and began to regret her provocation.
But it was too late, her body was spinning for a while that was both unfamiliar and familiar. When she came back to her senses, her mouth had been sealed, and she herself, as she imagined, fell into someone's arms.
As before, she didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of being noticed by the people inside.
"ah……"
A crisp exclamation suddenly sounded in her ears, waking Zijuan up.
She pushed Jia Lian away and looked up, and found that it was Xue Yan. She breathed a sigh of relief and became nervous at the same time.
It is true that being seen by Xue Yan is much better than being seen by other irrelevant people, but her behavior is too outrageous. After all, Daiyu herself is not married yet. She, a maid, kisses me with my uncle, and she can spread the word. I apologized with death.
Jia Lian saw her worry, so after being surprised, he hurriedly lowered his head. When Xue Yan passed by with a tea tray and was about to go into the house, he stretched out his hand to hook her neck and let her come closer.
"Second, second master..."
Xue Yan was extremely nervous. Was she going to be "silenced"?
"Don't be afraid."
Jia Lian was a little funny when he saw Xue Yan stuttering.
Daiyu's two maids are both quite good, one is intellectual and wise, the other is cute and naive, and both are above seven or eight in color.
A gentle smile dispelled Xue Yan's worries and fears, then he bent down, kissed him gently on the forehead, and then left.
Although Zijuan felt that Jia Lian's handling method was too simple and direct, it was still effective. So she looked at Xue Yan who was standing there blankly, blushing like something. She walked over and said softly: "Silly girl, the second master is just casual, don't take it too seriously. It's just that the girl is worried, don't talk to her about this kind of thing." Say, if the girl asks, just tell me that you accidentally bumped into me just now, and go in."
"oh……"
Xueyan always felt that Zijuan was smart and understood Daiyu's thoughts, so he listened to her in everything. After hearing this, he quickly raised his arm to wipe his forehead and went into the house.
…
After staying in the study room of Dongkuaoyuan for an hour and practicing for another hour at night, it was already late at night.
It's not that Jia Lian likes to practice at night with a lantern hanging high, it's just that he usually doesn't have time during the day, and he has plenty of time at night, and he doesn't like to read at night, so he practices at night, and when he's tired, he goes back and lets the pretty maid take care of him and take a bath. Sleep until early the next morning.
Over time, I got used to it.
I don't know if it was because of the beautiful moonlight tonight, but Jia Lian didn't take the main road, but went back through the path.
When passing by Li Wan's side courtyard, I subconsciously looked in and saw Li Wan sitting alone on the platform.
The cold and cold figure looked even more lonely under the moonlight.
Jia Lian couldn't help but stop and stand where he was.
