Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Daiyu tossed and turned on the couch.

After a moment, he stood up irritably: "It's neither noon nor evening, I don't want to sleep anymore!"

When Jia Lan and Qiaojie heard the noise coming from Daiyu's side, they immediately clamored to come and play with their aunt.

Seeing this opportunity, Xiao Hong persuaded Daiyu to go with them to look at the lanterns sent by Kou Zhaorong: "Now that the prince has passed away, I'm afraid those lanterns will have to be put away and no one is allowed to play with them.

“But when the lanterns are delivered, my brothers and sisters will see them and I’m afraid they will cry out of greed.

"Why don't you accompany your brothers and sisters to 'sort out' the lanterns and store them in the warehouse before His Majesty officially announces the funeral for the late Crown Prince?

"What do you think?"

This is a good way to divert attention.

And coaxed the child.

Daiyu reluctantly nodded: "Okay. I'll take them to clean up the lanterns.

“Go around inside and outside and put away all the colored things.

"Although my uncle has seen it just now, he has always been lenient with our rules. This is in the palace, so we have to be more strict."

Xiaohong agreed solemnly.

Daiyu redressed her makeup and changed into the plainest frosty-colored long coat before ordering Jia Lan and Qiaojie to come over.

Although Jia Lan and Qiao Jie had watched lanterns in previous years, they had never seen the exquisite lanterns used in the palace to entertain children.

Kou Zhaorong was a good person. She considered the status of the three children in Shoukang Palace, one big and two small, and gave them many interesting lanterns of flowers, plants, insects and birds.

He also knew that the two younger ones were in mourning for Jia Zheng and his wife and could not wear bright red or green clothes, so he sent them a complete set of plain clothes, both inside and outside, on the pretext of celebrating a festival.

At the moment, Jia Lan was wearing a moon-white robe and pants, while Qiao Jie was wearing a water-green skirt and jacket. Because it was a complete set, it even included shoes and a scarf. Even Qiao Jie's hairband was the same color.

Seeing this, Daiyu smiled slightly, nodded to Aunt Cui who was accompanying Erxiao, and praised:

"It's Kou Zhaorong who knows how to raise a child. Look at me. I seem to have been a household keeper, but I don't know how to manage things during the holidays."

He shook his head again and said regretfully, "It's a pity that I have just been confined by His Majesty and cannot leave Shoukang Palace, otherwise I should take them with me to thank Kou Zhaorong."

The whole courtyard was shocked by the news that he was "confined by His Majesty". Only Aunt Cui, who had spent half her life in the palace, did not move her eyebrows at all. She just said modestly:

"The princess is a girl from the boudoir, there is no reason for her to worry about these things.

"Kou Zhaorong is supposed to assist in the palace affairs."

Daiyu nodded with a smile, then she pulled Jia Lan and Qiao Jie to sit beside her, and explained the situation to them in detail:

"We are still in mourning, so we can't have too much fun.

“Empress Zhaorong treats you well, but we cannot break the rules.

"Auntie accompanied you and put all the lanterns in the warehouse, and when you returned home, you took them home with you.

"Wait until the mourning period is over, then have fun, okay?"

Unexpectedly, the two children nodded very sensibly and agreed: "Madame Cui and Aunt Yuanyang have explained the truth to us, and we all know it."

When Aunt Cui heard this, she couldn't help but raised her eyebrows.

Daiyu was happy, she touched the two children's heads with a smile, and went to "clean up" together.

In fact, when the lanterns were delivered in the early morning, Qingwen and Xueyan had already happily placed them in the house and showed them to Jia Lan and Qiaojie.

When Daiyu heard this, she ordered Qingwen and Xueyan to take the two children with her to unfold all the lanterns and "check" them before packing them up and putting them away.

He was talking quietly to Yuanyang beside him.

"Madame Cui told me earlier that the palace must be lively and joyful. Even if we are in mourning, we cannot do it in the palace."

Yuanyang asked Daiyu in a low voice, "Why is the princess using this as an excuse to stop us from hanging lanterns?"

Seeing that Nanny Cui was standing nearby, also listening attentively, Daiyu turned slightly towards her so that she could hear more clearly.

Yin said softly, "I just went to see His Majesty and he said... when they were hunting in the Tiewang Mountain Palace, they accidentally startled a wild beast and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince... died..."

Yuanyang and Aunt Cui both turned pale at the same time: "What!?"

"Shut up!" Daiyu held Yuanyang's hand tightly and whispered, "Didn't you see Xiaohong was watching people packing up those colored things?

"No later than the evening hour, it will be announced to the world."

Yuanyang opened her mouth and wanted to ask more, but saw Daiyu shook her head imperceptibly, so she quickly closed her mouth and just nodded.

Daiyu sighed softly, her eyes reddened: "There's more..."

Yuanyang opened his eyes wide: "There's more?!"

"The Crown Princess was so grief-stricken that she vomited blood and... died..."

Daiyu's eyelids twitched and tears fell, "And my eldest cousin... the imperial concubine..."

Yuanyang covered his mouth tightly and swallowed back his scream!

But in an instant, tears broke out and fell down!

Nanny Cui was so shocked by the successive death news that her scalp was numbing and her whole body was frozen!

What kind of a circle is this?!

Is this really a tour?

"The emperor is heartbroken and falls ill, so the queen mother and Yimin stay to take care of him." Daiyu whispered softly, "But the situation in the capital is like this...

"Your Majesty is in his most sad and angry state, and he doesn't like anyone.

“I just said one or two inappropriate words and was grounded for half a month.

"Let's all be more careful..."

Yuanyang quickly said: "For the past half month, let's just treat Shoukang Palace as a paradise and not contact anyone!"

Daiyu nodded silently, with a sad look on her face.

Although Yuanyang was also sad, he knew that this was not the time to just focus on his own emotions.

He wrapped Daiyu's hands with both of his own, and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you bring a hand warmer? Look how cold your hands are."

He hurriedly asked someone to get a hand warmer.

She couldn't help but scold Qingwen and said, "Zijuan has gone to serve the Queen Mother, Xiaohong has many errands to do, Xueyan and I are here, and you are the only one left by the princess' side who cares about her.

"You should also pay more attention and stop just thinking about playing at home all day!

"It's the first month of the year, and the princess doesn't even have a hand warmer. How can that be right?!"

Qingwen was scolded so much that she pouted and lowered her head, not daring to say a word.

Daiyu's attention was drawn away, and she said in surprise, "I've never seen Qingwen not talk back. This is the true meaning of one thing conquering another."

"I used to serve the old lady. I was the one who brought her up. I scolded her for several years before she made some progress.

"I haven't taken care of her for four or five years now, but she's still as restless as a monkey. I really need to tighten her control!"

Yuanyang said this and glared at Qingwen again.

Qingwen turned around to tidy up the lanterns, but looking at her back, shoulders and neck, one could tell that she was sticking out her tongue and making faces.

Daiyu looked at it and finally smiled slightly.

But when his eyes fell back on the careful and thoughtful mandarin duck, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable again.

Although the cause of Yuanchun's death in her previous life is unclear, we can at least know from Jinghuan that it was not a good ending.

Who knew that this life would also be...

Moreover, once her death was announced and reported to my grandmother, my grandmother's already frail body would be unable to withstand the blow.

Grandma, I'm afraid it will only take a day or two.

The emperor confined himself to his room. On the one hand, he didn't want himself to get involved in the affairs of the Rong Mansion. On the other hand, he also wanted to restrain his maids in the palace from going out.

Sister Yuanyang is afraid that she won’t be able to see her grandmother for the last time…