After the fourth watch, Sister Feng's Courtyard becomes active.
On the corridor of the main room, Sister Feng personally tied Jia Lian's cloak. She complained a little: "If you want to send Zhen Yatou back, you can't just send it to anyone. You have to send it in person. Ping'er said that you went to bed after the second update last night, so he didn't know how to take advantage of it. Get some more sleep!”
"It's just a way to send her off. Today I want to visit some commanders of the Forbidden Army as soon as possible."
"Visiting them for what?"
Sister Feng's tone was full of indifference. What's wrong with the commander of the Forbidden Army? His man is not only a Marquis, but he is also the commander of the First Division of the Forbidden Army in terms of official position. His status is no worse than theirs. Is there any need to rush to visit him early?
"Negotiate the deployment of soldiers. I want to set up the personnel of the firearms battalion before leaving Beijing."
Jia Lian has also been an official for several years and has his own experience and insights about being an official. He has always been pragmatic. Although he has the emperor's promise, he is not afraid that the commanders of the Imperial Guard will not cooperate with him in setting up a firearms battalion. But why waste time and energy arguing about a problem that can be solved quickly with courtesy?
The emperor gave him two jobs at once. He was worried about his lack of energy and was thinking about the firearms camp and the Tianjin Guard. Anyway, the two places were not far apart.
Jia Lian had no intention of explaining these detailed considerations to Sister Feng. He glanced at Sister Feng one last time and laughed, "Are you serious about not going to the birthday banquet?"
"Not going."
Jia Lian smiled slightly, brushed a strand of hair from his wife's temples, then turned around and strode down the steps. In the courtyard, Qingwen and other maids, who had been waiting for a long time, were busy holding lanterns to lead the way. Sisters Aqi and Aqin also immediately followed the escort.
When I arrived at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, although the lights were bright, it was a little quiet. Letting the others wait outside, Jia Lian walked into the hall alone.
When Fang Lai arrived in front of the main room, Zijuan walked over from the side and said hurriedly: "Second Master, please forgive me, our girl and Miss Zhen both slept late last night, so they got up... a little late..."
Zijuan looked a little panicked and felt guilty.
It turns out that Zhen Yuhuan arrived for the first time the day before yesterday, and although she and Daiyu "hit it off", they were still shy about each other. After two days of getting along, we got to know each other a lot. After returning from Jia Lian's place last night, the two sisters chatted until very late. Even after being urged to turn off the lights and go to bed by the maids and mothers who were keeping watch at night, the two of them still stayed together. On the couch, we chatted for a long time.
Zicuckoo slept on the maid's bed in the separate room. Although she felt that it was mainly Zhen Yuhuan who took their girls to chat, but because the other party was a guest, she couldn't say much, so she fell asleep later and had no idea about the two of them. When do people sleep?
The final result was that after she woke him up at midnight, she didn't have time to turn around, and the other person fell asleep holding their girl in his arms again. After calling again, it was still almost the same. Only then did she realize that this girl from the Zhen family had worse procrastination than their girls...
But now Jia Lian is here! She didn't know whether the aunt was up or not, so after she finished speaking, she wanted to sneak in and take a look, but Jia Lian waved his hand and said it was okay, then walked past her and entered the house without any sign of anger at all. mean.
Zicuckoo respected him very much. As expected, the second master was good-tempered and tolerant. You know, the second master sent someone to inform them last night, and this morning the second mistress sent someone to inform them in advance. As a result, the second master arrived and they were not ready. If an elder next to him came, even if he was not really angry, he would verbally It’s definitely a lesson to them.
There was no reason for Jia Lian to be angry, since it was still early. Secondly, it doesn't matter who the snoozing ones are, they are the two Lin Daiyus who fell from the sky.
At their age, they should get more sleep. Jia Lian didn't want to disturb them unless necessary.
But there was nothing we could do. The Renzhen family sent someone to pick her up last night. Because it was too late at that time, and thinking that Zhen Yuhuan and others had been sitting with him for a whole day to celebrate him, it was not appropriate to pack up and leave, so he asked the Xue family to go back and promised to personally deliver the person to Zhen's house early in the morning to ensure that nothing would be missed.
The Zhen family was anxious to take Zhen Yuhuan back, and the reason they gave was that they wanted to go to the palace to meet the queen, but Jia Lian knew that they went to see the queen the day after they arrived in Beijing. Therefore, I am afraid that it is not just to see the queen that I am so solemn.
The Emperor's birthday banquet will be held for three days, and today is the first day. On such an important day, the prince himself must be present.
In Daiyu's room, four or five maids were performing their duties and were ready. On the boudoir couch under the west window, "Daiyu" in a thin goose-yellow pajamas sat blankly, with a quilt embroidered with flowers covering her legs. It was obvious that she had just turned over and sat up, her body was awake, but her spirit was still sleeping. appearance.
Perhaps the sound of the maids greeting Jia Lian startled her. She turned back and glanced, and immediately there was a look of embarrassment on her face.
After thinking for a moment, she lifted the quilt and sat outside so that the maid next to the couch could dress her.
Jia Lian knew that the little girl was shy, so he didn't get too close, so he sat on a stool closest to the door until she was almost done with her outer clothes, then got up and walked over.
First, he looked at the other little girl inside the bed. She was curled up and turned sideways inward. The morning breeze blew over her slender neck and white shoulders, seeming to make her feel the chill. She curled up, but instead the quilt slipped even more from her shoulders.
Jia Lian shook his head and smiled, then bent down to pick up the quilt and tuck it tightly for her to make sure she wouldn't catch a cold. When he turned around, he found "Daiyu" standing next to him, looking straight at him, seemingly surprised by his behavior that was too soft to match his identity.
Jia Lian smiled and said: "Your mother sent someone to pick you up in a hurry last night. She must have made arrangements for you today, so there is no need to delay her. The carriage is ready outside. If you are really sleepy, get in the carriage and sleep again."
Although Jia Lian's words did not mean to blame, Zhen Yuhuan lowered her head and explained in a low voice: "I'm sorry, second brother, I overslept."
"It's not even three minutes yet. I came a little early."
Jia Lian shook his head, and his considerate words moved the regretful Zhen Yuhuan very much. She opened her bright eyes and looked at the adopted brother whom her elders had chosen for her. Sensing the little girl's gaze, Jia Lian also lowered his head and saw that her temples were half tilted and her black hair was messy. Especially the pair of wide eyes facing him looked extremely pure and extremely cute.
Jia Lian said goodbye, "Your mother is going to take you to the palace, and your makeup and clothing must be required by your mother. I will send you home later, and you will just follow your mother's arrangements. Now tie your hair up." , let’s set off.”
"Well, I listen to my second brother."
Knowing that she had wasted time, Zhen Yuhuan had no intention of bargaining with Jia Lian, and obediently followed her personal maid to tie her hair in front of Daiyu's dressing table.
Jia Lian was about to go out and wait when he suddenly heard a familiar sweet voice coming from behind: "Are you just leaving?"
Looking back, Daiyu was indeed awake. She sat on the couch like Zhen Yuhuan before, frowning slightly.
"What about the poetry club? She won't participate?"
Although the proposal of the poetry club was made by Tanchun, Daiyu was not very positive on her face, but in fact she took this matter very seriously. Who would have thought that Zhen Yuhuan, one of the elders, would just run away before even opening the first club? It was quite boring to think about it.
Daiyu's words made Zhen Yuhuan's face darken in front of the makeup mirror. After traveling all the way to Beijing, she didn't recognize anyone here. She finally got acquainted with so many sisters in the Jia family, but they were about to be separated, and she didn't want to let them go.
But there is no way. Although the Zhen family has a close friendship, they are not close relatives. It would have been okay if she hadn't left at Jia's house, and it would have been okay to play for a few more days, but now that she was gone, she was too embarrassed to ask her mother to send her here again, and even if she begged her mother, she would not agree.
In fact, this was the reason why she couldn't bear to sleep last night and wanted to chat with Daiyu, who was destined to be with her.
"Why don't you participate? She's just going home, not quitting the club. When we open the poetry club, why don't we just send someone to invite her to come? Is she too embarrassed not to come?"
Well, that’s good!
Zhen Yuhuan almost lost her expression when she heard Jia Lian's words. With her mother's love for her, as long as they were still in the capital, if the Jia family sent someone to invite her to join the poetry club, her mother would probably agree.
There is a difference between being invited by someone else and coming to your door on your own initiative.
Zhen Yuhuan was happy, but Daiyu was not yet. She still said delicately: "The literati outside set up poetry clubs, and it takes a year and a half, three to five years to get enough people to open a club, so every club is very precious. We are all brothers and sisters in the family who run it for fun. Let alone three to five years, as long as the mood is good, it is possible to set up a club in three to five days. Yesterday we and Tan Yatou discussed that we will hold one today. Woolen cloth.
Is it because of the poetry club that we invite her every day? Or just for her alone, we deliberately do it again every three to five months. What if she goes back to the south? "
Daiyu's words seemed a bit aggressive. Zicuckoo and the other maids were fine, but the two personal maids beside Zhen Yuhuan looked sideways, thinking that even if Miss Lin was reluctant to let their girls go, what does this have to do with Lord Zhenyuan?
Besides, why is she talking to Mr. Hou like this? She is just a cousin, not a biological sister.
Even Zhen Yuhuan, who knew the relationship between Daiyu and Jia Lian, was a little surprised. She thought that even if Daiyu was born like a fairy and aroused the favor of her adopted brother, she should be gentler and more well-behaved when talking to her adopted brother. So she also looked at Jia Lian hurriedly, wanting to see if there was any displeasure on Jia Lian's face.
How do they know what Jia Lian knows about Daiyu? Jia Lian knew almost as soon as he heard Daiyu's series of words that she must have a purpose.
Because Jia Lian knew that if Daiyu was fine, she wouldn't even like to talk too much. Saying such specious words in such an unreasonable manner shows that this girl has wishes that he needs to satisfy.
Considering the context, Jia Lian probably guessed it. He turned back and glanced at Zhen Yuhuan who was eating melon, and then said with a smile: "You are right, it is really not good. Because of such a small thing as the poetry club, we don't think it's troublesome to invite her every day. I'm afraid the elders on both sides will also be annoyed and think that we She is ignorant. Let alone when we want to open a poetry club, we cannot delay it just because she is alone.
Well, I'll ask their wives later to see how long they will stay in the capital and if there is anything else important. If nothing goes wrong, we might as well let our adopted sister live in our house all the time, and live in the garden with the sisters at home, so that we can all have company. What do you think? "
Daiyu thought about Jia Lian's words and felt that this was probably the most appropriate way. Because last night she asked whether Zhen Yuhuan was coming after she left, and the other party couldn't answer. They all knew that Zhen Yuhuan, as the legitimate daughter of the Zhen family and her mother was also in Beijing, had no reason to go to Jia's house often.
But there is no reason for this premise. What if there is a reason?
As Jia Lian is the head of the Jia family and Zhen Yuhuan's sworn brother, if he takes the initiative to invite Zhen Yuhuan to the Jia family to stay with his sisters, then the wife of the Zhen family may not refuse.
Similarly, if Jia Mu is willing to come forward, she can probably invite Zhen Yuhuan back. However, Jia Mu is not as easy to talk to as Jia Lian. If they go and beg, they are afraid that even if Jia Mu agrees, she will feel that they are ignorant.
Unless Jia Baoyu, a precious person, begs for it.
But compared to Jia Baoyu, it is obvious that Jia Lian is more convenient and effective for Daiyu. But she was tactful by nature and didn't like to express her inner thoughts to the public, so she tricked Jia Lian into taking over the job.
Daiyu, who had almost achieved her goal, smiled, and in the blink of an eye she met Jia Lian's smiling and meaningful eyes. She was stunned, and then turned her head away.
The second brother probably saw through her mind, so he deliberately cooperated with what she said?
Thinking of this, Daiyu was a little embarrassed, but she quickly calmed down. Sure enough, the second brother understands her best. It is rare to have a confidant in life, and the second brother is indeed such a close friend that she sometimes feels that the other person understands her better than she does.
How lucky she is to have such a person in the world, how lucky she is to meet him.
(End of chapter)
