Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Tao Xingjian nodded: "Okay, okay, okay! I was wrong!"

Daiyu smiled with her lips pursed.

Tao Xingjian continued:

"The Queen was originally happy to have gotten this for no apparent reason, but when she found out what happened, she naturally didn't dare to show it off.

"She also knew that the Crown Princess was not trying to embarrass her, but was expressing her feelings to the Emperor on behalf of the Crown Prince. She didn't dare to say it, and didn't know what to do, so she hid the jade carving in her bedroom for several days.

"It was not until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month that the Empress finally found a reason to change the decorations of Kunning Palace for the new year and sent the jade carving to the warehouse. I then reported this to the Emperor.

"The emperor sneered and smashed a tea bowl."

Aunt Meng suddenly realized: "Oh, the emperor must be upset just thinking about it, so he sent her far away from the palace, out of sight, out of mind!"

"Maybe." Tao Xingjian sighed, looked at the three things back and forth, and frowned in worry, "Others have places to give them, but you have these things, what should you do?"

Daiyu listened quietly, and suddenly asked, "You said that His Majesty sneered and smashed a tea bowl?"

"Yes..." Tao Xingjian was stunned.

Daiyu looked outside.

Coincidentally, Qingwen also raised her head and looked inside.

When the master and servant's eyes met, they froze.

After a moment, Qingwen turned away. She took two steps forward nonchalantly, stood in front of the jade carving, tilted her head, and seemed to be examining it carefully.

Suddenly, he cried out in pain, bent down to support his knees, and "accidentally" fell on the jade carving!

Bang!

Then the broken jade flew everywhere!

A pot of persimmons was smashed into pieces with broken branches and leaves on the ground!

Qingwen even fell on the broken jade, her hands covered in blood!

The girls screamed and rushed forward!

Aunt Meng even jumped up and screamed: "Oh my God——"

“Qingwen!” Daiyu also stood up and shouted, “Hold on! Watch your face!”

Qingwen almost fell down with this cry, her hands went limp, and she cried out in pain: "My face!"

Zijuan and the others were so frightened that they hurriedly pulled Qingwen out from the pile of broken jade. When they quickly opened her face, they saw that there were jade beads stuck in her forehead, eyes and cheekbones!

Zijuan hurriedly and carefully picked it out for her, and Qingwen trembled with pain. When she looked at her face again, blood was flowing!

"Aunt, please take a look at her!" Daiyu hurriedly pushed Aunt Meng.

Aunt Meng finally came to her senses and rushed over, scolding her harshly, "You damn girl! Are you so curious?

"…Luckily your eyes didn't move, but how can you use medicine in this place? I think your face will be disfigured. How will you go out in the future?"

This sentence made Qingwen, who had just stopped crying, burst into tears again: "Miss! I can't go out!"

Daiyu looked worried: "Okay! Let your aunt take a look first, what if she can cure it? You are so impetuous! When will you learn to be more steady! You are such a fool, and you still want to go out? Just stay at home with me for the rest of your life!"

For a moment, the room was in chaos with Daiyu's worried voice, Aunt Meng's scolding, Qingwen's crying, Zijuan and others' screams and consolations.

Tao Xingjian sat still.

After a long time, the broken jade in the room was neatly cleaned up and thrown away, Qingwen was taken away by Xiaohong and Aunt Meng, and Zijuan and Xueyan went forward quietly and briskly to replace the hot tea.

There was no more movement in the room, and Tao Xingjian looked at Daiyu in a daze.

Daiyu had already sat down slowly, looking at him with a calm and composed look, smiling slightly: "After all this chaos, are you hungry, uncle? Can I ask Sister Liu to serve you some food?"

"...Good!!!" Tao Xingjian looked at Daiyu, his eyes sparkling and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. Then, the smile widened until he laughed out loud!

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief, cleared her throat gently, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then looked at Tao Xingjian and nodded mischievously: "Well, I think it's good too!"

After the meal, Tao Xingjian went back home and told the housekeeper Lao Hou to send his share of the New Year gift to the Lin residence immediately. He returned to the palace before 3 p.m.

Emperor Zhaoming saw him coming back at this time and asked sternly, "Didn't you say you were just going to take a look? Why are you eating for free again?"

Tao Xingjian's smiling face turned into panic. He knelt down and told Emperor Zhaoming everything that happened in the Lin family. "Please forgive me, Your Majesty! I am a young girl who has never seen the world. I just ruined your reward. It was really an unintentional mistake..."

"An unintentional mistake?" Emperor Zhaoming raised his eyebrows and looked at Tao Xingjian.

Tao Xingjian made a "hmm" sound and was unable to utter a word.

"If she did it on purpose, I will reward her. If it was an unintentional mistake, then I have to hold her accountable!" Emperor Zhaoming's eyes were filled with smiles.

Tao Xingjian touched his head and laughed.

"The other day, the Imperial Hospital developed a scar-removing ointment. Have someone send a jar to that girl."

Emperor Zhaoming leaned back on the couch and continued reading.

Tao Xingjian stood up and replied in a crisp voice: "Okay!"

The things were quickly delivered to the Lin Mansion.

Daiyu pushed the small jar of ointment toward Qingwen and said with a smile, "It seems that you have really vented the anger of His Majesty."

Qingwen gently touched the gauze on her face, giggled, and then said, "Miss, although, you must keep your word!"

"Which sentence?"

"It's the one that wants me to stay with you at home forever!"

"This..."

"Girl! My face is disfigured! You have to support me for the rest of my life!"

"Who said you were disfigured? His Majesty gave me ointment!"

"Then...then I don't need it!"

The master and servant pushed and pulled each other.

Qingwen held her head high, left the ointment, and walked away like a proud peacock.

Daiyu looked at the ointment in front of her and smiled softly.

Zijuan came in with a bottle of plum blossoms, looked back at Qingwen's back in surprise, then looked at the "Jade Cream" and the small box covered with yellow paper on the table, and asked with a knowing smile, "She refuses to use the medicine given by your Majesty?"

"You're going to blackmail me for the rest of my life!" Daiyu laughed and signaled Zijuan to take the medicine.

Zijuan put the bottle on the flower stand and took the medicine, but she didn't leave. She bent down and whispered, "Sister Liu said that her eldest son is smart and she saw it. Let her eldest son go this time."

"Oh? Aren't you afraid of a fight?" Daiyu smiled.

"Just beat him! Maybe after beating him up he will believe it more!" Zijuan didn't care.

Daiyu saw the plum blossoms were in full bloom, so she walked over to admire them for a while and then laughed, "As far as I remember, there are no green plum blossoms like this on Miaoyu Mountain?"

"It seems not." Zijuan looked at Daiyu and smiled, "I will pick one and send it to her tomorrow."

"Don't just give one! Give more. The old lady, the first lady, the second lady, the two sisters-in-law, the young ladies, and even the East Mansion. Don't leave anyone out. You can blame me for being partial later."

Daiyu had a smile on her lips as she slowly and leisurely explained the rules of gift-giving.

Zijuan smiled and knelt down: "Yes. Then Qingwen and I will go together. Qingwen will go to see Dongfu and Master Miao off, and I will go to see off the others."

After a pause, he smiled again, "I will pick a well-blooming branch with many branches for the third girl."

Daiyu nodded and smiled softly: "That's right!"