Zhen Yuhuan was listening to the piano music carefully when she suddenly felt someone tugging at the corner of her clothes. She turned around and her eyes suddenly lit up.
Behind her, an indescribably cute little girl in a pink skirt with two pigtails on her head was looking at her with her head slightly tilted.
"What a cute little guy!"
Zhen Yuhuan was still young. When she saw such a child, her love overflowed and she reached out to hug her.
Who knew that people were very wary, so they immediately took a step back, glanced at Daiyu who turned around when she heard the noise, then spread her short legs and ran away.
When Zhen Yuhuan saw her fleeing to Sister Feng and then jumping into Jia Lian's arms, she couldn't help but ask Daiyu: "Is she the daughter of her adopted brother and second sister-in-law?"
Daiyu nodded.
"No wonder she's so pretty. Tell me, why was she staring at me just now?"
"How do I know? It must be your appearance that scares her."
Zhen Yuhuan blinked her beautiful eyes at her speechlessly.
On the other side, Sister Qiao was held in Jia Lian's arms. She didn't even have time to act coquettishly, so she immediately said to Jia Lian and Sister Feng: "Dad, mother, there are two Aunts Lin over there~!"
Sister Qiao was afraid that Jia Lian and the others would not know, so she stretched out her white and tender little hand and pointed at Daiyu and Zhen Yuhuan who were next to Sister Feng.
Qiao Jie'er's childish and clear voice attracted the attention of many people. Sister Feng didn't want her daughter to be the target of public criticism, so she quickly explained that one of them was "Aunt Zhen".
"So, one is the real aunt and the other is the fake aunt?"
The young Qiaojieer twirled her fingers with a look of understanding on her face. Such a childish misunderstanding really made everyone who noticed it smile knowingly.
Sister Feng was also impressed by her daughter. She laughed and said, "That's it. One is the real aunt and the other is the fake aunt."
After saying that, he gave up his position, took Sister Qiao's finger and said: "That one is the real aunt, this one is fake, and this one, you should also call me mother."
Regardless of whether Sister Qiao could understand what Sister Feng meant, the people around her couldn't help laughing.
Daiyu, who had just chatted with Zhen Yuhuan to death, saw that she was covering her mouth and smiling happily, and stood up in embarrassment. Just when everyone else was worried that she was going to walk away in anger, they saw Daiyu pick up the wine glass in front of Sister Feng and pour it into her mouth. While drinking, she cursed: "You are such a talkative person..." "
Sister Feng couldn't help teasing Daiyu at first, but she was afraid that Daiyu would be careless and feel that she was ridiculing her, thus causing unpleasantness on a good day. At this time, Daiyu was pouring wine. She naturally struggled on the surface, but in fact she drank it happily.
When Tanchun and others next to him saw this, they all clapped their hands and watched with smiles.
Daiyu, who rarely made extraordinary moves in public, felt a little agitated inside and a little nervous about being watched. After seeing Sister Feng finish drinking, not only was she not annoyed, but she looked at her with a begging look on her face, and she felt admiration in her heart.
She let go of her hand and was a little confused about what was going to happen next. She happened to see Sister Qiao next to her clapping her hands happily. She had no intention of supporting her mother, so she pretended to be hateful: "Since you want her to call me Mom, I happen to like her too, why don’t you give her up to me seriously, otherwise you won’t be able to let her go!”
"No, no matter how reluctant you are, if you really like her, you can take her back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion later. But she is very noisy, and I'm afraid she will disturb your peace..."
Although Sister Feng said this, her words were obviously hesitant, and her expression was not as conceited as before. It was obvious that she was reluctant to give her daughter to anyone, even if that person was Daiyu.
Everyone became more and more happy. Once upon a time, they saw Sister Feng losing to someone else in a verbal contest, not to mention that this person was her love rival Lin Daiyu. This melon made everyone who ate it say it was interesting.
Daiyu snorted, glanced at Jia Lian, who was holding her daughter in one arm, smiling and saying nothing, then turned around and sat back in her seat. But from her straight back and tight mouth, it can still be seen that her heart may not be as strong as she appears.
And what can Jia Lian say? As long as Daiyu and Sister Feng can have a good relationship, his back house will be mostly stable, and he will naturally not foolishly go astray.
It happened that Gu Qingyi had already bowed out with his guqin in his arms, and was replaced by Twelve Officials performing "The Monkey King Three Fights against the Bone Demon". Tan Chun had no scruples and came up to Jia Lian to talk about the establishment of a poetry club.
"Poetry Club, okay."
"But let me say it first, I may not be able to participate in every club, so you should be more patient when the time comes."
Jia Lian smiled. When the Grand View Garden was built, the girls would imitate the literati and set up a poetry club to play. This was what he had expected.
And he has come to this world and been a nobleman for so many years. He has never put down his books in these years. He has also studied rhymes and patterns seriously. Therefore, his ability to commentate on prose may not be as good as that of the talented Baochai Daiyu, but it is better than that of the talented Baochai Daiyu. Li Wan, Yingchun and others are not inferior.
It's okay to just use it to fool around and play with them.
Seeing that Jia Lian agreed, Sanchun, Baochai, Daiyu, Zhen, Yuhuan and others were all very happy. Originally it was just a game between little sisters, but with Jia Lian's participation, it is a little different.
Children are also competitive. If they can make something good and let Jia Lian know about it or even praise it, that would be so shameful!
So Jia Lian was immediately recommended as "vice president", and Jia Lian did not refuse.
After determining the organizational framework and members, it is natural to discuss the name and rules of the society. Regarding the name of the poetry club, Tanchun and others expressed their own opinions, and immediately came up with seven or eight suggestions such as "Daguan", "Bajiao Xinyu", and "Mozhu".
Jia Lian thought of the white begonia flowers that Jia Yun had sent in before, and recalled the Begonia Club in the original work. The name seemed to have come from the two pots of begonia flowers that Jia Yun had given to Jia Baoyu. Such a coincidence seemed to be a secret. God's will.
So Jia Lian said: "I am deeply honored to be elected as the vice president by all the poetry friends. I just got some new begonias of different species here. Why don't I take them out and give them to all the poetry friends to prove that today How was the event?"
When all the girls heard this, they were all overjoyed. Now is not the season for begonias to bloom, but the begonias that Jia Lian just brought back not only bloomed, but also grew brightly. They all felt strange when they saw them, but they were not embarrassed to ask for them.
Sister Feng laughed half-jokingly: "Yes, just now you said you sent it back to me because my garden was empty, but now you are giving it away to someone else. It shows that I am an unlucky person and do not deserve it." Those are good flowers and good powder. Even if you get it, you have to spit it out immediately."
Tan Chun said with a smile: "Why can't you get it? You are the censor of the society. In our poetry society, apart from the elder sister-in-law and the second brother Lian, you are the most powerful official. Since the second brother Lian said that he would give everyone the begonia flowers, , naturally it’s impossible to live without you, don’t you think so, second brother Lian?”
Jia Lian nodded and said, "Yes, we each have a basin, and the rest will be given to the censor. Who told her to take the dirtiest, most tiring and offending job?"
"Hahaha……"
Everyone laughed in response, except Mr. Li Wan, the president. She was nervous now, because she found that one of Jia Lian's legs moved closer to her, almost making it impossible for her legs to avoid him.
After Sister Feng rolled her eyes at Jia Lian, she also smiled. With her current status and confidence, it is naturally impossible for her to really care about those pots of crabapple flowers, let alone cause any trouble with Jia Lian and make people laugh.
After chatting and joking with everyone, the performances of the little actors below were over. Sister Feng took advantage of the situation and said: "It's getting late, and the old lady will soon serve dinner."
The implication is that it's time to break up.
Jia Lian said: "It's rare that there are so many people here today. I'm also at home. It's time to invite the old lady and the others to come to our courtyard and have a chat."
So while letting people go to the kitchen to spread the banquet, I asked Sister Feng to send someone to invite Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang.
Suddenly someone came back and said, "The old lady told my wife that they won't come over and let me and my grandma have fun. The old lady also said that I will let my second master and my second grandma take some time off. Miss Zhen and the others are still young." , are weak, don’t let them drink too much, lest they hurt their bodies.”
Tanchun and others listened with faces, but they were actually happy in their hearts. Jia Mu and the others are not here, and Li Wan and Jia Lianfeng are all easy-going contemporaries above me, so I can feel free and happy now.
So we removed the extra tables and chairs and restored them to their previous appearance.
Jia Lian also said that the young actors and female gentlemen had worked hard all afternoon, so he ordered them to place seats on the west porch and put out wine and food as a reward.
Sister Feng said that since you are giving kindness, why not be happy to give it as much as you can? So he ordered people to set up a banquet on the east verandah, and let Yingchun Daiyu and the other maids sit down to accompany them...
Under such circumstances, the dinner party at Fengjie Courtyard was naturally extremely lively and joyful. Still after the first watch, under the siege of Tanchun and others intentionally or unintentionally, Sister Feng was the first to be unable to stop her and fell down.
Seeing Sister Feng, who was talking loudly just now and lying motionless on the table a moment later, everyone laughed in good faith.
Jia Lian took a look, signaled to everyone, picked her up and went into the house.
Baochai said: "Let's disperse too."
Li Wan, who had already had this intention, immediately agreed.
Although the others were a little reluctant, they also knew that they had gone too far by arguing with Jia Lian and Sister Feng all afternoon and all night. If the quarrel continued, Jia Mu really should send someone to discipline them, so they all restrained themselves. Spirited, ready to get up.
When Jia Lian came out again, he didn't say much after seeing what happened. After saying goodbye to everyone, he asked Qingwen, Xiangling and Xiaohong to send Li Wan and others back to the Grand View Garden.
Seeing Daiyu and others leaving, the originally crowded courtyard became deserted. Jia Lian stood on the corridor for a while before turning back to the house.
However, he found that Sister Feng, who had been placed on the bed and fell asleep by him, was now leaning on the bedside, letting Ping'er drink the sobering soup for her.
"They are all gone?"
"Um."
Jia Lian walked to the bed and sat down, looking at her with raised eyebrows: "You are so pretending, I thought you were drunk."
"Why do you think I'm drunk? I'm not you, I can let them drink. If I don't think of a way to get out, I might as well just not get up tomorrow and sleep in bed all day."
Sister Feng's beautiful eyes sparkled with her own cunning and pride.
Jia Lian smiled and refused the sobering soup brought by Ping'er. He looked at Sister Feng and said, "Tomorrow is the birthday of the Supreme Emperor. A birthday banquet will be held in Chonghua Palace. Will you go?"
"Can I go too?"
"You are my wife, Mrs. Yipinhou, why can't you go?"
The smile on Sister Feng's face faded and turned into a deep one, "I still won't go..."
Sister Feng lowered her head for a while and whispered: "Old lady, they were preparing to enter the palace a few days ago, but they didn't tell me. I know it's because I embarrassed you..."
As Sister Feng said, she suddenly broke her guard, threw her head into Jia Lian's arms, and started sobbing.
Ever since she was ordered to do so by the Queen Mother, the news about her unruly behavior has spread. Although she is strong in heart, even though Jia Lian's protection allows her to stay in the Jia family as the Marquis's wife, no one dares to despise or ridicule her even when she goes to other houses.
But except in the palace. Not many people in the palace would give Jia Lian face. Everyone even knew that she was not liked by the Queen Mother, so how could anyone treat her?
Therefore, even after she received the royal decree from Madam Hou Ye, she never entered the palace for the second time.
Now that it had been so long and it was the Emperor's birthday, she wondered if she could try to enter the palace. Even if she was laughed at and made things difficult for her, it would be over. After all, with her status as a first-class imperial concubine, she can't possibly hide from the palace for the rest of her life, right?
But the tacit understanding of Jia Mu and others made her see the reality clearly. Obviously, on such an important day as the Emperor's birthday, Jia Mu and others did not intend to "embarrass" her by letting her enter the palace.
This could not but make her, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, feel aggrieved. She just couldn't tell anyone. It was only at this moment that she was drunk and told Jia Lian about the deep feelings that suppressed her and may never be able to get rid of. Pain.
Seeing Sister Feng crying so hard and her slender body shaking in his arms, Jia Lian could clearly feel her grievances, regrets, and self-blame.
Caressing her body gently, after she felt a little better, she said softly: "Silly ladies, no one can make mistakes without being a sage. Although you made a mistake, you have already changed it, and others have not done it again. Keep these things in mind, why do you keep twisting them and torturing yourself?"
"Ugh, who said they didn't remember it in their hearts? Even the old ladies still remember it in their hearts... Uh-huh..."
"The old ladies and others won't let you enter the palace. They are just worried about you and protecting you. They are afraid that you will suffer a loss if you enter the palace. Don't believe it, as long as you are willing to enter the palace and dare to enter the palace, the old ladies and others guarantee that you will not say a word more. explain."
"real?"
One good thing about Sister Feng now is that she has begun to rely on Jia Lian and trust Jia Lian for things that she is not sure about or can't figure out, instead of going her own way like before, without caring about right or wrong or the consequences.
"How about we give it a try?"
After hearing this, Sister Feng's crying stopped a lot, but she still didn't fully believe Jia Lian's words.
Jia Lian coaxed again: "Okay, what you did back then was not just a matter of embarrassment, but you were also trying to earn face."
Sister Feng wrinkled her nose: "What?"
"Think about it. The Queen Mother and the Princess went to battle to steal your man, but you were not frightened. In the end, not only did they successfully save your man, but they also retired with success. This is not about skill. What is this about face?"
Sister Feng blushed, "What kind of shame is this, if it weren't for you..."
Sister Feng couldn't speak any more, she just raised her head and glanced at Jia Lian. The admiration and gratitude in her eyes were beyond words.
Jia Lian took advantage of the situation and smiled and said: "Yes, there is your man and me. Think about it, among all the ladies and ladies in Beijing today, who doesn't admire you and envy you for marrying a good husband who is affectionate and righteous? , in the face of such a big pie falling from the sky like the princess, you can sit still and protect your rotten wife. There is no other good man like this in the world."
"Bah, you still have the nerve to say that you didn't get along with that princess in the end, you said so yourself!"
Sister Feng couldn't stand Jia Lian's proud and self-proclaimed look, so she pinched Jia Lian subconsciously, then fell silent again, looked at Jia Lian and said: "It's better for you and the old lady to go tomorrow, I won't go. But , you can say these words to me, I am really, really happy, very..."
Sister Feng is usually good at talking and has a high emotional intelligence, but when it comes to emotional moments, it feels more difficult than anything else to say something true. After holding it in for a long time, tears burst out of my eyes again.
Jia Lian couldn't help but joked: "Look at you, you just talk. Why are you imitating Sister Lin? She sheds her tears as if she doesn't need money?"
At this time, Jia Lian's tenderness made Sister Feng burst into tears.
Seeing that she couldn't stop, Jia Lian hurriedly coaxed: "Okay, okay, if you don't want to go, I won't go. Originally, celebrating the birthday of the Supreme Emperor would be very stressful and cumbersome, and it would definitely be boring. If I could, I wouldn't want to go. Yeah. The palace doesn’t require married women to go, so if you don’t go, it will save you trouble.”
The Supreme Emperor had long since ignored the affairs of the state and stayed at Chonghua Palace to retire. Although the Chonghua Palace is large, it is only a corner of the palace, and there is no way to spread out too much. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites issued a notice early that only officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing are allowed to enter the palace to celebrate the birthday of the Supreme Emperor.
As for the orders of each family, the palace didn't say anything, but according to the practice in previous years, I probably just didn't go if I could, because no one would receive me attentively. After all, the Queen Mother is young and doesn't like to chatter with the old ladies in various mansions.
Sister Feng nodded, wiped her tears and snot with her sleeves, and suddenly said: "Otherwise, you can take Miss Lin into the palace tomorrow."
Seeing the surprise on Jia Lian's face, she explained: "It is inconvenient for me to enter the palace. As a Marquis, it is impossible for our family to never have a woman to report in front of the Queen. Girl Lin can take my place.
She is the 'Lin Xiangjun' who is personally awarded today. She has a distinguished status and a better personality than me. If she enters the palace, she will definitely bring glory to your face! "
After hearing these words, Jia Lian suddenly laughed, rubbed Sister Feng in his arms, and said with a smile: "I admit that most of what you said is right. Bringing her into the palace will definitely bring glory to my face. But, I won’t let her go.”
"Why?" Sister Feng opened her eyes curiously. In her impression, Jia Lian was extremely loving and tolerant of Daiyu, and it was impossible for him to be unwilling to bring her into the palace for any reason such as being unfair or unfair.
Sure enough, Jia Lian replied: "That Nizi is not like you. She is very lazy and afraid of trouble. Of course I can't let her follow me into the palace and suffer injustice just to brighten my face."
After hearing this, Sister Feng pretended to smile. He didn't even know how reluctant and heartbroken he felt when he made such a suggestion. Just for the sake of the overall situation, she had to go against her will.
Who knew that Jia Lian would still say this without feeling sorry for her at all, which made her heart twist.
"Why, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"No, I feel dizzy after eating too much wine and want to sleep."
"Go to sleep if you want. I've asked my sister-in-law to take care of things outside. You just need to have a peaceful sleep until tomorrow morning."
Jia Lian said, wrapping Sister Feng's body in the quilt and kissing her on the forehead. Such behavior made it difficult for Sister Feng to express her anger towards Jia Lian, so she could only say "hmm" and meet Duke Zhou under the blanket.
(End of chapter)
