Lin Daiyu's Rebirth

"Miss Yun, as long as you figure it out, my sedan chair will come to pick you up at any time." Master Yu said with a smile.

After Mr. Yu left, Xiangyun fell into deep thought.

She didn't want to marry again, she just wanted to leave Zuihonglou and live out the rest of her life.

Mother Qian took some banknotes, walked up to Xiangyun and said with a smile: "Miss Yun, don't be upset. Mr. Yu really likes you. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again!"

Zijuan and Xueyan, you are old acquaintances, so try to persuade her."

Zijuan was about to persuade Xiangyun, but Xiangyun waved her hand and said calmly, "You guys go out. I want to take a walk alone."

Xiangyun changed into casual clothes, tied her hair into a casual bun, and quietly came to the street.

Ever since Mr. Yu gave money to Mama Qian, Xiangyun has only been with him, and she can also go out and relax.

Xiangyun was walking on the street bored, not knowing where her future would go.

Suddenly a voice shouted, "Catch the thief, catch the thief!" Only then did Xiangyun realize that her purse was gone.

"Girl, please take a look at your purse. Is there anything missing?"

An eight-foot-tall young man handed her a purse.

Xiangyun took her purse and nodded to indicate that she had not lost anything.

She was about to express her gratitude, but when she turned around, the boy was gone.

Xiangyun thought, I don’t know what happened to Brother Bao and Sister Lin. Will we be able to meet again in this life?

The prince came to Suzhou and told Daiyu that he was appointed by the emperor to be in charge of the birthday party. He came to Suzhou to purchase items for the birthday party and could only stay for two days.

"Your Highness, now that you're gone, will we not see each other for a long time?" Daiyu asked anxiously.

"Yu'er, don't worry, I will come to pick you up after I finish my work over there. The Queen Mother's birthday can't be neglected!" The prince comforted her with a smile.

"Your Highness, are you going to take the girl to the capital?" Mother Qian asked curiously.

"I haven't decided yet whether to let Yu'er stay in the mansion for a while or get married directly. I want to organize the empress dowager's birthday party well, and the emperor will pay attention to me." The prince said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say but I'm not sure if I should say it. The girl was sick for several days after you left last time.

I've just recovered, so I shouldn't go there for the time being." Granny Cai said cautiously.

"Yu'er is sick, why didn't you tell me? What happened?" the prince asked with concern.

No one spoke. Xiaowan silently took out the donkey-hide gelatin and told the prince that Miss Lin fainted after eating the donkey-hide gelatin. The doctor said that ephedra was mixed in the donkey-hide gelatin.

"This donkey-hide gelatin was presented as a tribute by the Governor of Shandong. Xiaoluzi brought it here. I will go back and send someone to investigate." The prince said firmly.

Daiyu thought that there was something wrong with the donkey-hide gelatin. No wonder every time I said I wanted to go to the prince, Granny Cai wouldn't let me and advised me to wait.

"Don't think about these things, Yu'er. I don't have much time left. I'm going to buy some things and return to Beijing tomorrow. Please accompany me for a walk."

The prince took Daiyu out.

They were in the carriage. The prince smiled at Daiyu and said, "Yu'er, where do you want to go? I have a day to accompany you today."

"Wherever the prince goes, Yu'er goes. Daiyu happily snuggled in the prince's arms."

"Let's go boating on the lake and rent a boat. There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. I will take you for a good tour today." The prince told Daiyu excitedly.

The prince took Daiyu out of the house and walked towards the outside of the city. After a long time, they finally arrived at a lake. The lake was so big that it stretched as far as the eye could see.

There were not many tourists today, so the prince quickly negotiated a small boat.

The innkeeper stopped the boat, and the prince took Daiyu's hand and went in to sit down.

Daiyu leaned her head on the prince and watched the people coming and going on the shore.

How wonderful it would be if I could live like this forever, Daiyu thought secretly.

At this time, the boatman sang a local folk song:

Everyone only says that Jiangnan is beautiful, and tourists only grow old with Jiangnan.

The spring water is blue in the sky, painting the boat and listening to the rain.

People in Lubian are like the moon, and their arms are frosty and snowy.

Don't return to your hometown before you are old. Returning to your hometown requires breaking your heart.

The lingering sound of the boatman's singing is soul-stirring.

Daiyu and the prince applauded.

The prince took out a few taels of silver from his purse and gave them to the boatman as a reward.

"That sounds really nice. It would be nice to live in a small town like this. Are you willing, Your Highness?" Daiyu blinked and asked, looking at the prince's face.

"I like it, of course I don't like it. The misty painted boats, the Twenty-Four Bridges, and the beauty by my side, it would be nice to live here for the rest of my life." The prince smiled and scratched Daiyu's nose.

"This is your hometown, where you lived as a child. How can I not like it?" The prince accidentally let it slip.

"Where did I live as a child? I'm from Suzhou?" Daiyu opened her eyes wide and asked the prince with a confused look on her face.

"Yu'er, we are out here to have fun today. Have fun. I will tell you about your life story later." The prince comforted her.

After getting off the boat, the prince took Daiyu's hand and said with a smile, "Yu'er, do you know that there is a garden in front of us, which was built by a scholar in the previous dynasty. There is a stage built on the water, and everyone can watch from the pavilions on both sides of the water.

Let’s go to the opera.”

"Well, I want to go and see it. I haven't listened to an opera for a long time." Daiyu smiled secretly.

After a while we arrived at the garden.

The garden is small and exquisite, with pavilions, towers, bridges and flowing water.

The stage behind the rockery is built on the water, and tourists listen to the opera in the pavilions on both sides.

The prince chose a pavilion facing the center of the stage, from which he could see the entire scenery.

Daiyu thought to herself, this place is so beautiful, listening to opera with the sound of water, the people here are really good at design.

The prince took out the script and asked Daiyu to choose an act.

"Your Highness, please choose it yourself. I haven't listened to an opera for a long time and I don't know how to choose the content of the opera." Daiyu was a little embarrassed.

"Go ahead and take a look at the script. You can choose any song you want. I'll accompany you."

"Well, let me see, can I choose this one?" The prince looked in the direction Daiyu's hand was pointing, and it turned out to be "A Dream in the Garden" from The Peony Pavilion.

"Yu'er, wait a moment. I'll go ask the owner here if the Peony Pavilion is available today." After saying that, the prince left.

"Yu'er, we are here today to perform these two plays." The prince came back and told Daiyu excitedly.

Daiyu poured a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Your Highness, you have been very busy recently. Here is chrysanthemum tea, please try it." The prince drank the cup of tea from Daiyu's hand.

"Yu'er, I'll drink anything you give me." The prince added, "Here are a variety of pastries. Yu'er, try them and see if they taste better than the ones we make in our mansion."

The prince picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and put it into Daiyu's mouth.

"Wow, it's so sweet, sweet and sticky, and has the fragrance of osmanthus." Daiyu said with a smile.

Just then, the opera began.

“If you have never been to a garden, how can you know how beautiful spring is?

It turns out that all the colorful flowers are left to the broken wells and dilapidated walls. What can be done about the beautiful scenery? Who can enjoy the joyful experience?"

……

The graceful figure and pure voice of the person on the stage, coupled with the voice of Kunqu Opera, suddenly flashed through Daiyu's mind, the Grand View Garden.

Yes, it’s the Grand View Garden. I used to live in the Grand View Garden.

"Your Majesty, did I live in the Grand View Garden before?

Is that so? Are you speaking?

We used to have a garden at home called Grand View Garden."