The Zhen Family Brothers in the Red Chamber

After Mrs. Zhang's death, there was no liquidation at Dafang's side, so although most of the people in the mansion were missing, the deep roots were still complicated. Zhen Zhu was going to find Zhen Yingjia, but when she was halfway, she suddenly felt that she should go to the old lady, after all. In this kind of matter, the old lady is more experienced, and he had a dispute with his master before, so he is not as easy to talk to as Sun's side.

Zhen Zhu walked all the way, but she felt that the servants on both sides were in a hurry. They waited for Sun's side, but before she could speak, Sun spoke first: "It just so happens that you are here, take a look, you are getting old now, and the people around you There are really too few people with you. This is Jin Hua'er's younger brother. He was educated and will be your school boy in the future. There are four other people. Just take a look. If you think it suits you, take it away. If you don’t like it, change another batch.”

Zhen Zhu wanted to speak up, so no matter what Mrs. Sun said, he would obey.

Zhen Zhu responded, and Jin Bao who was below slightly raised his head to take a look, then lowered his head again and knelt peacefully.

After finishing one sentence, Mrs. Sun continued: "Your father found Xibin tutors for you before. Although there is no limit to the number of work and classes, you should not waste your time." Smiling, the waiters brought up tea and fruit, and Zhen Zhu knew that this matter could not be changed, so she could only patiently talk about the Zhang family's affairs.

"This matter has been handed over to the government. Brother Zhu, don't worry about it. Although the Song family's youngest is serving you in front of you now, if everyone troubles the master like this, it will show their ability. Wait for Jinbao in the future." When someone enters the door, you can't treat him badly." Saying that, he sent Zhen Zhu out.

Sun’s main house is above the five rooms. The carved beams and painted buildings have not been repainted due to the tight budget this year, and the thrushes of all kinds of parrots hanging on them have no intention of taking care of them. They were released early. Zhen Zhu’s face is expressionless. Taking people all the way back to the courtyard, Guanshi Song knew it was not good when he saw Jin Bao, but he knew that this was not the time to talk about these things, so he could only retreat in embarrassment.

Zhen Zhu told Song Zhaoyong that it was all right, and then moved to Song Zhaoyong to handle the funeral affairs at home, while she went into the study by herself.

Jin Bao followed Zhen Zhu into the study room, and the remaining four children stood outside. The shortest one took a look at the tallest one, and the four held their breaths with a little more respect and order.

After Zhen Zhu entered the room, she picked up the pen, and Jin Bao tactfully stood beside the table and rubbed the ink.Zhen Zhu copied several volumes of Song Ci, and her eyes were full of remnants of plum blossoms in the waiting hall. The wind and rain and pretentious writing were almost perfect, and she copied a few lines so that she almost burst into tears!Zhen Zhu, who decided to continue fighting, took out the Four Books and Five Classics, and silently decided to read more about loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, to wash her brain.

He dipped in ink and wrote two strokes and felt that it was easier than usual, so he raised his head and glanced at Jin Bao: "What's your name?"

Jin Bao kept pointing fingers, while replying: "The young one is called Jin Bao."

The writing brush in Zhen Zhu's hand stopped, and she looked outside, but she didn't see Jin Hua'er, she turned her head and was about to ask, when she saw Jin Bao smiling at her: "On weekdays, the young master is serving my sister, the young master can see come out?"

"When you put it that way, there is a bit of a similarity." Zhen Zhu felt a little better, and ordered Jin Bao to continue grinding the ink, while she concentrated her energy and began to review.

The new teacher is a hard worker, so Zhen Zhu has no time to go to school every day.The first snow fell in the capital, and in the middle of the winter court, it was reported that the saint was not in good health. It was said that he had been coughing for more than a month, and those who needed to enter the palace to worship were cancelled.

The queen closed the door to thank the guests, and of course the four concubines below would not jump out to make eye contact. The winter of the 48th year of Shengzu was colder than usual. The old farmers all sighed that the coming year would be a bumper year, but they didn't know if they could survive this winter.

The continuous heavy snow fell for three days, and the faces of the people who were a little happy turned into sorrow. There were news from time to time that some thatched huts around the capital were crushed by the snow, but no one was killed. Serving porridge, Zhenzhu stayed in the palace for too long, so she coquettishly wanted to go with the old lady. Sun thought that after three springs, her eldest sister would not have such a leisurely life after entering the palace, so she sent someone to let the siblings go out together When Mrs. Li got the news, she sent the young lady over as well, saying that she would let Zhenzhu take care of her.

Zhen Huiyan has grown up, with slender shoulders and slender waist, long slender figure, two curved willow eyebrows with charm, if you are not familiar with this woman, you will feel that this woman is very delicate and pitiful.Zhen Zhu glanced at Zhen Huiyan. The other party was wearing a red narrow-sleeved silver jacket with magpie hanging branches, and a stone blue ermine jacket on the outside.

"Today I have to trouble my younger brother to take care of me." Zhen Huiyan stood pretty, looking brightly.She was accompanied by Liao Cui and Liao Qing who had served her since she was a child.

Before Zhen Zhu could speak, she suddenly realized that the hem of her clothes was being torn. She turned around and lowered her head to see the young lady timidly looking at her. Then she opened her hands and uttered a word: "Hold..."

"Brother hug!" Zhen Zhu only felt that the little girl was very pleasing to the eye today, and it was rare to get close to her. Zhen Zhu bent down and hugged the young lady in her arms, and then called Zhen Huiyan to go out together, and the three sisters and brothers got into the carriage together.

Zhen Zhu was tired, so he got up early today, and then tidied up. He wore a golden crown inlaid with hair inlaid with jade on his head, and his forehead was covered with a golden brow with the word "Fu". The sky-high boots with a layered bottom, a string of rosewood Buddhist beads hanging in the hand, and a jade wrench on the thumb. Compared with the wealthy people next to him, there are many miscellaneous things like collars, gems, amulets, and sachets, but For Zhen Zhu, it's still too much. Now he is a lazy habit, so he is not willing to pay attention to these things.

On the contrary, the young lady is neatly dressed, her whole body is fluffy, her hair is tied to the braids on her head, and a few strings of pearls hang down from her ears. When she moves, she is bright and round and cute. The young lady is very similar to Zhen Zhu, with only one eyebrow Think about it especially, especially when the brother and sister frown together, the servants below will feel guilty and dare not steal or play tricks.

The snow on the road has been cleaned up, and the accumulated water on the road has disappeared. There is a long line at the porridge place. Zhen Zhu hugged the young lady to the desk, looked at the young lady and asked softly. One sentence: "What are you looking at, brother?"

"Hmm... I'll see if the porridge is thin or not." Zhen Zhu replied with a smile to the young lady, and the man beside him who was sweating from work and whose arms were bare answered hurriedly.

"Young master, don't worry, our porridge won't fall down with chopsticks." The man's skin was blackened, and he was stirring a pot of porridge with a spoon in both hands. slow.

"The porridge is too hard, isn't it too hard to eat?" The young lady looked at it curiously, and then said to Zhen Zhu in surprise: "There is only white rice, why don't you see lotus seeds and longan?"

"My sister grew up in her mother's arms since she was a child. How can she know the hardships of the world?" Zhen Huiyan said with a smile, and then she stretched out her hand to pinch the young lady's face, but the young lady shrank her head back and her eyes widened. Yes, Zhen Zhu took advantage of the situation and turned around with the young lady in her arms.

"Little sister, I'd better try it. Although the porridge here has few ingredients, it has its own rice fragrance, and it tastes special." He ordered someone to bring a small bowl over, and the waiter hurriedly stopped him.

"A person with the identity of the master doesn't like to drink these."

Zhen Zhu tilted her head to look at the young lady: "Do you want to try it, little sister?"

The young lady tilted her head and looked at it for a while, then asked: "Before cooking, did you wash it?"

The people below replied in fear: "Young master, don't worry, everything on our porridge stand has been washed clean, even the rice is newly harvested by the farmer, and there will be absolutely no stones or mildew."

"Then I'll take a sip, and the rest will be drunk." The young lady turned around and stretched out her arms to hug Zhen Zhu's head, and immediately hugged her.

The people at the bottom had no choice but to bring up a bowl for the two little masters. Zhen Zhu took a sip and swallowed it slowly. After a while, it was cold, and then gave the young lady a sip. Zhen Huiyan hated things It was too dirty, so I took two steps back and pretended to look at other scenery.

After taking a sip, the young lady frowned, "It's overcooked."

Zhen Zhu drank it all in one go, and the waiter Jin Bao brought the bowl over.

"Our young lady has a picky tongue." Zhen Zhu smiled and stretched out her hand to pinch the young lady's nose, then the waiters at the side saw that the master was fine, and pointed along the way.

"There is a monastery further up. If the young master has nothing to do, it is better to go to worship in the monastery. There are too many people here, so it is not easy to play."

"How far away?" Zhen Huiyan took a step closer, then glanced at Zhen Zhu, then looked at the speaking steward with slightly lowered eyes.

"It's not far, if you walk, it's only half an hour, and the scenery on the mountain is good." Seeing that it was the eldest lady who spoke, the steward hurriedly bowed respectfully, and Liao Cui, who was serving at the side, hurriedly said: "Miss, why don't we go for a while. "

Zhen Huiyan seemed to be about to nod, but turned to look at Zhen Zhu and said, "My brother is willing to go together. If you don't go, I won't go either."

Zhen Zhu thought it was nothing at first, but his eyes saw Liao Qing's hands pinching each other, his nails turned blue, his face was pale, he looked at Zhen Zhu as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Liao Cui and Liao Qing Zhenzhu knew each other. Liao Qing had a calm personality and would never be frightened like this unless it was something urgent. Zhen Zhu subconsciously looked at Zhen Huiyan, and after a closer look, she realized that there was definitely something wrong with her eldest sister.

Today's trip was brought up by Mrs. Sun. If you want to know that the most news is that the person who served by Mrs. Sun's side earlier, this person must be a confidant.Zhen Huiyan was able to inquire about the news in Sun's house, Zhenzhu just felt convinced, she really shouldn't underestimate women.

He looked up at the sky outside the porridge shed, and then looked down at the young lady: "It is still snowing in the sky, the road is definitely not smooth, now it is not the eldest sister and me, I am afraid that the younger sister will suffer, it is better to wait for the weather Better make plans."

Zhen Huiyan showed some anxiety on his face, but Liao Cui pulled his sleeves, so he coughed and seduced the young lady: "Little sister, you have never come out before, why don't you go and see how it is today, on the way I will definitely order my servants to take care of me."

The young lady looked back at Zhen Zhu, and then looked at her eldest sister seriously: "On weekdays, I go to the temple with my wife to pay respects."

Zhen Huiyan's smile paused, she turned around and took a few quick steps, and got into the carriage.

Seeing Zhen Huiyan getting into the carriage, Zhen Zhu put away her expression, and looked back at Jin Bao with a cold face: "I'll let you go home now, you might see the old lady?"

Jin Bao hurriedly knelt down: "Younger's father is in charge of Jin, so please give orders, young master."

Zhen Zhu frowned and nodded and ordered Jin Bao to get up, then leaned close to Jin Bao's ear and ordered, and then added: "Let's be careful, I'm afraid I can't be kind today, the servants around me are strangers, only you and me Even if there is some fate, I can only trust you in this matter."

Jin Bao's eyes were bright, he stood up and cupped his hands to Zhen Zhu, "Don't worry, young master." Then he turned and left, Zhen Zhu didn't know how much time the other party would need, but he hugged the young lady and stayed outside for a while.

Zhen Huiyan got into the carriage and slammed the things on the carriage angrily: "It's just that bastard born of that fox surnamed Li, who just wanted to spoil my good deed. It's rare for me to come out today, and the Seven Wise Kings finally got in touch. Ever since I saw him from the palace last time, no man in the world can stand shoulder to shoulder with him, if he ruins my marriage today, I will repay it ten times and a hundred times in the future."

Liao Qing, who was waiting on the sidelines, just sat in the corner and did not speak. She would never be able to escape if her own lady did such a thing, but she was not as naive as Liao Cui, thinking that the lady would really be able to enter the palace of the virtuous king in the future, although the virtuous king watched That's right, but I don't think about the news that is coming out of the capital now, which woman in Prince Xian's mansion can go past Concubine Xian.

Liao Cui gave the cowardly Liao Qing a contemptuous look, then moved close to Zhen Huiyan's ear and whispered: "Why don't you let the servants give the coachman some money, miss, you are older than the young master, even if you listen, you have to listen Miss, if the Eldest Young Master doesn't want to go, why don't we go by ourselves, even though we have less cover, we won't have to make excuses to see King Xian."

As soon as Liao Cui finished speaking, Zhen Huiyan's complexion instantly changed for the better.The boy who was eavesdropping outside hurriedly ran to Zhen Zhu to report.

Zhen Zhu sighed, it seemed that he would go if he didn't want to go, he originally wanted to order someone to take the young lady back first, but Jin Bao had already been sent away by him, and the young lady was too young to be at ease, so he had to take it with him .

As soon as Zhen Zhu opened the curtain, she saw Zhen Huiyan sitting peacefully on the side, as if she was about to speak, Zhen Zhu cut off the conversation and said, "I just remembered that I will go back to Jiangning for scientific research next year, why not go to the Bodhisattva to take out the bow first."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Huiyan put on a gentle smile on her face: "It should be so, and I ordered to buy more joss sticks, and if it works, donate some money to light a safety lamp."

Sure enough, the temple that the steward said was not far away, and the carriage arrived after only a stick of incense. When they arrived at the place, Zhen Zhu looked around vigilantly, only to feel that there were few people in the temple, and there were only a few monks chanting sutras. One, there is Maitreya Bodhisattva when entering the door, Zhen Zhu asked the young lady to stand aside, and knelt down by herself, Zhen Huiyan looked around, and then saw that Zhen Zhu was worshiping the Bodhisattva, so she put her palms together pretendingly, begging herself for a good marriage in the future .

Here, Zhen Huiyan only felt that the time was too slow to worship all the Bodhisattvas in one go. Zhen Zhu knelt three times and kowtowed nine times one by one. He was not so sincere in the early years, but since people have reincarnation, there are naturally ghosts and gods.

Zhen Zhu, who was originally worried about what Zhen Huiyan would do, now knelt down in front of the gods and Buddhas calmly, quietly begging for a smooth and safe life.Everyone seeks something, some seek money, some seek power, some seek health, and some seek good luck.

Walking along the main gate of the temple, we arrived at the main hall, on which was the offering of Avalokitesvara. Zhen Zhu took out some silver taels and donated them in the merit box. He remembered the lottery that the young lady asked for when he was a child. "Little sister, do you know that you were only two years old at that time, so it's a good deal, and you will be a princess in the future."

The young lady looked back and forth, the braids on her head swayed, she was very cute: "What is a princess, is the princess going to marry the prince? But they are so old..." For a six-year-old lady, Now the adult princes in the palace are all too old.

Zhen Zhu thought for a while and said: "Brother knows someone who is not old, who is about the same age as Miss, but he is the eighth prince and has not yet become a prince." Speaking of the eighth prince, Zhen Zhu couldn't help thinking a little more, if That signature is really so accurate, could it be that the other party wants to be his sister-in-law?

Well, although it is a bit whimsical, there is no such great favor.Zhen Zhu didn't take it seriously. Zhen Huiyan's face changed when she heard it. She didn't draw lots back then, thinking that she was being stupid at the time, but now it is different, it must be different, she pinched her sleeves.

"Brother, you are here. I'll go to the back to see if the master is here." Zhen Huiyan pretended to beg for a bamboo stick, and used the excuse of finding someone to untie the stick to go back.

Zhen Zhu nodded: "I'll go with the elder sister, the younger sister has never seen anyone untie the lottery." He lowered his head and asked the young lady in a low voice, right, the young lady nodded.

Zhen Huiyan opened her mouth to refuse, but there was no reason for her refusal, so when she turned around, she glanced at Liao Cui, and then walked slowly inside, she wanted Liao Cui to send Zhen Zhu and the others away, so that she could be with Qixian Wang alone.

Zhen Zhu and Zhen Huiyan went all the way to inquire and walk inside, Zhen Zhu's eyelids twitched, he just felt that arrangements were made along the way, he saw that the door inside was getting closer and closer, didn't the Seventh Prince worry that he would see it? Is it true, or is it that Zhen Huiyan is not the only one who is scheming about his affairs this time, but also himself?

He calculated in his head that his complexion was getting worse and worse, Zhen Huiyan walked faster and faster, with a certain joy, Zhen Zhu's complexion was getting worse and worse, just when Zhen Huiyan couldn't wait for Liao Cui to open the door for him, he was about to reach out At that moment, Zhen Huiyan grabbed Zhen Huiyan's hand.

The two brothers and sisters did not hide it at the moment. Zhen Huiyan looked at Zhen Zhu with disgust, and Zhen Zhu also looked at Zhen Huiyan with indifference. desire and exacting.