"Grandma, it's time to go back home."
Biyue was doing some tidying up in the Tiekshu Temple, and when she saw her grandma still kneeling before the gods, she couldn't help but give a reminder. But I saw Grandma Zhu with a worried look on her face, staring blankly at the statue.
Biyue secretly glanced at Suyun next to her again. If she didn't go back home now, it would be too late after a while. Suyun seemed to have something on her mind, pretending not to see Biyue's eyes, and stood behind Grandma Zhu not knowing what she was thinking.
What happened.
Biyue really doesn't understand. Yesterday, I was fine yesterday. I was invited to drink by Grandma Dongfu Zhen at noon, but when I returned to the garden, I didn't look right.
Not to mention that grandma soaked in the bathtub for half the night last night, which almost scared her maid half to death.
Pian Biyue is just a maid in Grandma Zhu's courtyard, and she can't ask her about things that the masters don't want to talk about. I can only worry in my heart. Even though the people coming and going in and out of Tieyuan Temple were cleared, and the women in the house were accompanying her, grandma was a widow who kept her integrity and could not stay out for too long. If the delay lasts longer, if grandma doesn't come home at night, the wife of the house will finally punish them as maids.
She only saw her grandma ask the monks and nuns in the temple for a fortune, and asked Suyun to find the master to ask whether Lang Geer's future and Uncle Zhu's spirit in heaven were good.
All these things have delayed the time until the sunset.
Biyue was very anxious. Based on this scene, it would be dark by the time she returned to Shenjing City. Biyue glanced at the sky and asked the monks receiving her in the temple what time it was.
But I heard Grandma Zhu say: "Is it possible for me to give you a copy of the scripture?"
The old monk replied: "The scriptures are ready. Grandma will take them back to the house."
In this way, Bi Yuefang heard her grandma breathe a sigh of relief, and then called her mother-in-law to remove the fence and go back home.
Seeing this, Biyue felt a little relieved. He said hurriedly: "If the carriage and horse are faster, we can return home before nightfall."
Grandma Zhu nodded and called the ladies to prepare the carriage and horses.
While rushing all the way, Biyue's heart was full of doubts. Grandma has been acting strangely since yesterday, but she doesn't know what happened. Glancing at the carriage, she curiously asked Suyun, "Grandma, what's wrong?"
Suyun closed her lips and remained silent.
Biyue asked again: "Sister is always with grandma, so she should know about grandma's condition."
Without thinking, Suyun glared at her. He scolded: "Where did you learn the rules? You can inquire about the master's affairs? Didn't you punish me enough for what happened to Cong Lutang last time? Do you want to punish me again?"
Biyue's heart tightened and she had no choice but to suppress her doubts and stop asking. She remembered that one day when she went to Cong Green Hall, she accidentally bumped into the secret affair between Uncle Xiao Rong and Miss Bao. She was so nervous that she could not reply to her grandmother's words. Unexpectedly, this would turn out to be a big mistake. When I returned home that night, I was made to kneel all night.
Seeing that they were entering the city, it was still dark, and Biyue's face showed joy. Finally came back. Along the way, you pass through the inner city to Ningrong Back Street, and enter from the northwest corner gate of Grand View Garden.
When they arrived at Daoxiang Village, Biyue heard the little maid reply to her grandma: "This morning, Sister Bao who lives in Hengwuyuan came to look for grandma. At noon, the maid Que'er who lives next to Grandma Rong from Dongfu also came to ask. That Que'er also left a message, asking grandma to go to Yixia Pavilion after she returns home."
Biyue listened from behind, but accidentally saw an annoyed look on the nanny's face, and a faint blush on her cheeks. For a moment, she opened her eyes wide as if something terrible had happened.
My grandma hasn't looked like this in many years.
I heard grandma snort dryly, "What kind of treasure is their East Mansion? They don't say anything, so they have to invite people over. It's late today. If anything happens, we'll figure it out tomorrow."
Look at the sky getting dark and the golden light of the setting sun disappearing. After Grandma Zhu was admitted to the hospital, she lit a lamp and copied scriptures for a while. But Biyue could see that her grandma was restless, and she was stunned for a while, sitting there in a daze.
When Brother Lang came back from Mr. Li at night, Grandma Zhu asked about Brother Lang's studies, and she could see happiness on her face. But when Brother Lan returned to her room, Biyue saw her grandma's face worried again, as if she was worried about something difficult.
In the next two days, Biyue saw that Grandma Dezhu, apart from going to the Xifu to pay greetings and deal with trivial matters in the house, spent the rest of her time in Daoxiang Village. Even when Miss Bao came to visit, she used to hide and copy scriptures.
It wasn't until this day that Dongfu Zhen's grandmother Youshi came over that Daoxiang Village became a little lively.
Grandma Zhen Youshi said: "On that day, we said that there were so many people walking around in the house. How come they were hiding in the garden for several days in a row? I sent people to invite them but they couldn't be invited."
Grandma Zhu laughed dryly and said: "Why do you have the leisure to come here?"
Youshi smiled and said: "You, my sister-in-law in the Grand View Garden, are not in charge. The girls looked at the flowers blooming in the garden and specially invited us to visit the garden. They were afraid that they couldn't call you, so they invited me to call you." "
"Them?" Li Wan was stunned for a moment.
Youshi smiled and said, "I know that you and Feng Lazi don't get along, and I don't get along with her either. We always have a few quarrels every time we meet. Feng Lazi is not here today, only Rong's daughter-in-law and the others are here."
Where did Li Wan ask Wang Xifeng? After hearing that Rong's daughter-in-law was here, she didn't have the nerve to go there. If Youshi wasn't his eldest sister-in-law, Li Wan wouldn't even want to meet her.
Grandma Zhu was about to refuse.
Youshi said first: "You are the eldest sister-in-law in the garden. You have to take care of the girls in the garden. How can I be without you? In the past two days, I heard that there was another commotion in Yihong Courtyard. There was a maid named Bihen. She was almost kicked out. She even gave out a list of names, such as Qiuwen, Sheyue, and Xiaohong, which almost made your mother-in-law faint. But for some unknown reason, it was just treated as a farce and all the maids were punished for a while. . Your mother-in-law didn’t ask you to take charge of the activities in the garden?"
Li Wan heard this, how could he postpone it. She knew about Yihongyuan's affairs, and even begged Baoyu for mercy. I had no choice but to go out with You and become the host of the Grand View Garden.
She asked curiously: "Why didn't Feng girl come here today?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Youshi's face, and thinking that she couldn't hide the matter, she laughed at herself and replied: "This rogue settles down and dislikes living in the courtyard of our Dongfu. He is moving with his maids right now."
"Moving?" Li Wan couldn't help but wonder, is Feng Yatou going to move out of Dongfu?
"I decided to live in Yixia Pavilion in Huifang Garden because I thought it was too hot. She didn't show up at all. She seemed to be the master of our Dongfu." You smiled helplessly and said, "But If you see someone outside, you won't be able to invite me no matter what. You promised to go to my place, but no one came for a few days."
Yixia Pavilion, there...
Li Wan forced a smile, and asked Youshi to hold his hands somewhat uncomfortably, and replied: "I'll be there tomorrow. To be honest, I haven't seen your eldest brother in several days."
What happened with Brother Dongfu Rong a few days ago, and now I have to pretend to be a sister-in-law with Youshi, makes me feel a little uncomfortable in my heart. I can't help but think about how Wang Xifeng, a shrewd woman, got involved with You. She secretly took a look at Youshi next to her. Grandma Zhen must have known about the relationship between Feng Yatou and Brother Rong, so how could she still be so complacent.
How could You be so calm? She just turned a blind eye and pretended that she didn't know or saw anything. But in my heart, I was thinking about whether the rogue settled in Yixia Pavilion and was flirting with Brother Rong.
Youshi's guess is not unreasonable. Originally, the plan was to bring Wang Xifeng, Qin Keqing, Xianglian, Ruizhu, Baozhu, etc. to the Grand View Garden. Who would have thought that Ropipo had made some plans when he settled down, but after hearing that all the female relatives in the mansion were going to the Grand View Garden, she stopped coming. He also asked Ping'er to invite Rong'er to supervise the work in Yixia Pavilion...
Ronger is asked to supervise the work.
At noon, it is when the weather is hottest.
Brother Rong could only run up and down with his clothes open, breathing heavily. All the maids in Yixia Pavilion were blushing and did not dare to look at the uncle, but Wang Xifeng was waving her fans and having fun.
She said: "Uncle Rong, can you calculate how many people will live in Yixia Pavilion?"
Uncle Rong smiled and said, "How many people live there? Isn't it just our Grandma Feng who lives here? There are other people living here."
Wang Xifeng didn't believe that nonsense and said with a smile: "Why did I see someone living in a room downstairs?"
"It's nothing, it's just a room for Auntie Lin to rest when she comes to play." Brother Rong waved his hand. Although Grandma Lizhu rested in that room for a while a few days ago, she didn't have a good rest and was still very tired.
"Sister Lin." Wang Xifeng laughed and saw that the maids were almost done, so she asked Ping'er to send them out.
I will modify it later and read the following content later.
Since the eighth day of the first lunar month, eunuchs have come out to check the direction first: where to change clothes, where to sit, where to receive gifts, where to have a banquet, and where to retire. There were also inspections of local prime ministers guarding eunuchs, and they brought many young eunuchs to guard various places, block the curtains, and instruct the people in the house where to go in and out, where to eat, and where to announce various rituals.
Outside, officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were cleaning the streets and chasing away idlers.
Jia She, Jia Lian and others supervised the craftsmen in setting up lanterns, fireworks, etc. By the 14th, everything had been completed.
On the 15th day of the 5th day of the lunar month, Jia Mu and other nobles were all decorated accordingly. At this time, dragons were dancing in the tents, embroidered phoenixes were flying on the curtains, gold and silver were shining, jewels were shining, the fragrance of lilies was burning in the cauldron, and the pistils of evergreen were placed in the bottles. It was quiet and no one coughed.
Jia Mu led the female family members of the two mansions outside the gate of Rong Mansion. Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, with pink faces and pink faces, stood quietly behind Jia Mu with their legs tightly folded. He was cautious when he moved a little, for fear that the bell would make a sound.
Jia She, Jia Zheng and others were outside the West Street gate and at the entrances of the streets and alleys, blocking them with curtains. Not to mention that it is difficult for idlers to appreciate the majestic scene, even for birds in the sky to fly in.
At noon, when he was impatient to wait, a eunuch came on horseback. Jia Zheng followed up and asked him for news.
The eunuch said: "It's so early! We had dinner in the early days, went to the Baoling Palace to worship Buddha in the early days, and went to the Daming Palace in the early days to receive a banquet and look at the lanterns before asking for orders. I'm afraid I didn't get up until Xu Chu."
After hearing this, Sister Feng said: "In that case, old lady and madam, please go back to your room. It won't be too late to come back when the time comes."
So Jia Mu and others went on their own. The ladies and grandmothers in the group were cautious about their schedule, and their bells rang muffled, but Jia Mu, who was in the lead, pretended not to hear. Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and others were even more ashamed and unspeakable. The bells wrapped between their legs had already been wetted by their vaginal fluids. They just thought that today my empress Guining would rescue the girls of the two houses from them.
Yuanchun, who was in the palace, had dinner with the Emperor and the Princess, and sat leisurely for a while. But she couldn't stop thinking about the internal troubles that were reported in the letters at home.
I don’t know what happened, but my mother didn’t say it clearly in the letter.
Could it be that Baoyu is in trouble?
Yuan Chunxin knew Baoyu, the most important thing in the palace, and she taught Baoyu before she entered the palace. Now a few years have passed, and Baoyu has reached the age of thirteen or fourteen. What exactly happened?
Although Yuanchun was worried in her heart, because the emperor, the emperor's concubine, and the emperor were all watching the lanterns, her face was also dignified, generous, virtuous, elegant, and wise.
By the time of Xu, the night was already dark, and the palace was full of lanterns.
The Supreme Emperor finally conveyed his decree, and Yuanchun resigned with his grace, leaving the palace and returning to Jia Mansion to return to Ning.
Walking at night, the palace lanterns swayed. It was so majestic that the section from Forbidden Palace to Jia Mansion was illuminated like daylight.
On the chariot, Yuanchun was thinking a lot. He was worried about the troubles at home and felt the difficulties in the palace. When I got close to home, my eyes turned red unconsciously. Afraid of being seen by the female eunuch, she wiped it away quietly.
Finally arrived at Rongfu.
Yuanchun could only see a group of figures kneeling in brilliant colors under the golden roof, goose-yellow embroidered phoenix and phoenix, headed by the elderly Cizu old lady.
A eunuch had already passed by, helped Jia Mu and waited. The eunuch was carried through the gate to the east of a courtyard. For a while, Yuanchun forgot what he had in mind and entered the house, changed his clothes, came back to Shangyu and entered the garden. I saw incense smoke lingering in the garden, colorful flower shadows, lights everywhere, and the sound of music and music all the time. It is impossible to describe this peaceful scene, wealth and romance.
Board a boat to tour the garden at night and enter the main hall.
The second eunuch, Yin She and Zheng Zheng, arranged their classes under the platform to go to the hall, and met across the curtain. After tea was served three times, Concubine Jia sat down, happily stopped, and retreated into a side room to change clothes before preparing to drive out of the garden.
When they arrived at Jia Mu's main room, they wanted to perform family rituals, but Jia Mu and others knelt down to stop her. Concubine Jia wept, and they came forward to see each other, holding Jia Mu in one hand and Mrs. Wang in the other. The three of them had many words in their hearts, but they couldn't say them out, they just sobbed and sobbed. Mrs. Xing, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, etc. were all crying and speechless.
Yuanchun vaguely heard the sound of bells in the room, and was inevitably confused. Asked: "Where is the movement coming from?"
Mother Jia was ashamed and wept, looking at the girls in the room. Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing were even more shy and unspeakable, crossing their legs and not daring to speak out. Wang Xifeng and Li Wan blushed. Sister Feng smiled carelessly and said: "Your Majesty, you must have misunderstood. If there really is one, it must be the joyful sound of Luan and Phoenix returning home."
While talking, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but rub her legs, causing the bell between her legs to ring again.
When Yingchun and Tanchun saw it, they lowered their heads and said nothing, pretending not to hear anything.
The maids in the room had strange looks in their eyes. Mrs. Wang looked at it and said, "Now our foreign relatives Xue Wang and Baochai Daiyu are waiting for orders outside. The family members have no jobs and dare not enter without permission."
Concubine Jia immediately invited her to meet her. Suddenly Aunt Xue came in and wanted to perform the national ceremony, but Yuanchun issued an edict to avoid it. Just looking at Wang Xue's movements, the sound of the bells was even more obvious.
Yuanchun was even more suspicious.
Xue Baochai looked at Yuanchun's appearance, with colorful flying flowers, as if he were a fairy from a palace. I stared blankly for a moment, thinking about what I looked like wearing such clothes that day.
Everyone in the room said goodbye.
The accompanying deacons, eunuchs, Cai Concubine Zhaorong, and other attendants were entertained by people in Ning Mansion and Jia Shena's house. Only three or four young eunuchs were left to agree.
At the right time, I heard Baoyu knocking.
Mother Jia's expression darkened, and she took Yingchun, Tanchun, Daiyu, and Xichun with her and left temporarily for an excuse.
