[Red Chamber] Jagged Lin Daiyu

It's three quarters of Yin time.Five o'clock in the morning.

The rooster crows, the dawn is cold in Zimo, and the warbler sings in Huangzhou □ □ Lane.

Jin Que Xiaozhong opened thousands of households, and jade-rank immortals embraced thousands of officials.

All the officials got up before dawn and rushed to the court day after day. Although it was hard work, it was also an honor.

The emperor yawned and sat on the dragon chariot with his eyes closed, and drank a bowl of strong hot tea before going to the hall. It was bitter and hot, and he immediately became refreshed.The maid wiped the crumbs from the corners of his mouth again, and adjusted the positions of his belt, clothes corners, jade pendants, and sabers.

The emperor actually didn't get enough sleep every night, because every night he either played with the queen or read a book, and he was actually sleepy. He just didn't want to go to bed early, and couldn't get up the next day, struggling day after day.He is a little more excited today because, hehehe.

The ministers took a rest yesterday, not just taking a bath at home, they had to work overtime voluntarily if they had unfinished official duties, and the Ministry of Officials conducts evaluations every year.Going out with nothing to do, calling friends to drink and chat, drink flower wine, and sleep with concubines, so that everyone is sleepy and exhausted.

The ministers got up at three or four in the morning, and the people in the imperial dining room got up earlier. They went to bed after preparing dinner last night, and got up in the middle of the night to prepare breakfast and grab the wings of locusts.Fourth Sister Wen said when she left yesterday that she won't be coming tomorrow, the menu has been arranged, you can cook, and she went home to have a baby.

The Imperial Dining Room doesn’t know how to make insect dishes, but a cook from Yunnan and a cook from Guangdong were caught, and it was recognized that people in these two places would eat everything, so they asked them to fry locusts.The two had never eaten or seen it, so they bit the bullet and went for it.

The emperor ascended to sit, sitting high above the imperial steps, sitting behind the dragon book table, his face sinking like water.After all the ministers shouted the long live dance, the emperor put on an unfathomable face: "Liu Qing, how is the situation of the locust plague in Jin?"

Mr. Liu from the household department came out and reported a series of vague and ambiguous words.

Shhhhhhhhh, a few more people came out and said: "Your Majesty should go to the Ancestral Temple to bathe and fast to sacrifice to the heaven and all the former emperors@#￥@%"

The emperor nodded slightly: "I have exactly this intention. The locusts are harming the subjects of the world (omitting the two hundred words that call the locusts a bastard). I will be sworn to death with these thieves who harm the people!"

The ministers were speechless: what are you doing?There will be locust plagues every few years. You are always gnashing your teeth like this, and you will die of anger after two years.

The emperor couldn't bear the joy and pride in his heart: "Every time I think of a few small bugs, the people are displaced and the people are destitute. In my beautiful rivers and mountains of Haiyan River and Qing Dynasty, the place where there are such bugs is the red land. Qianli! It's really disgusting!"

The ministers all praised: "The emperor's heart is kind."

"The emperor is merciful to the common people in the world. This is the great grace of heaven and the blessing of the common people."

The acting was a bit exaggerated and knelt down crying: "If the people of Jin know that the Holy One misses them so much, no matter how hard it is, they can only feel grateful."

Not only the ministers secretly scolded this crying and kneeling bastard for being shameless, but the emperor felt disgusted, this guy is simply the reincarnation of Yi Ya!

The emperor curled his lips secretly, poohed in his heart, and said with righteous indignation: "Every time I think of what the people have suffered, I can't wait to eat those locusts! Alas!"

Seeing that the emperor stopped, the ministers quickly applauded again: "The same is true for the ministers!"

"I wish I could eat my flesh and sleep on my skin!"

The emperor happily bared his little canine teeth: "Very good! Good luck~"

Duofu immediately went down the imperial steps, went around to the back door, and beckoned, "Come in."

The ministers all followed the prestige, but before they saw anything, they smelled a burnt aroma, and they were all hungry immediately.

More than a dozen eunuchs approached, holding the holding box in their hands, and when the lid of the holding box was lifted, there was a large bowl of crispy fried bugs, one brother was browned and crispy, and looked oily.

The ministers almost vomited. The group of literati panicked when they saw the live insects. It didn't look scary when they were fried, but they couldn't help regretting what they said just now.

The back molars of Emperor Le were almost exposed, and he said earnestly: "I know that all the ministers share the same hatred with me, so I prepared these foods to share with all the ministers. Good luck, pick up a plate and serve it to me. The rest I'll share it with all my lovers."

The ministers couldn't eat it at all.

The emperor ate one. He had the experience of eating praying mantises, so he didn't think it was disgusting. He was also young and tough, and he thought about how the ministers would be disgusted, so he ate it even more happily: "Everyone Don't you hate the locusts for killing living beings?"

The ministers gritted their teeth and ate at least one, or two or three more.

The sycophant said: "I didn't expect this locust to be so delicious. Your Majesty, I thought that the people could feed on locusts to survive the famine, and also avoid the casualties caused by the untimely delivery of relief food."

It was the first time for the emperor to eat snacks in the hall, and Longyan was delighted: "What the Qing family said is reasonable, what do you think?"

All the ministers said one after another: "Locusts are not easy to catch."

"I'm afraid the people are afraid to eat it in reverence.

"I fear locusts are poisonous."

The purpose of the emperor is to disgust these ministers, and continue to feed them worms if he talks nonsense in the future. Now that the purpose has been achieved, he will not chase after him.I remembered that I also asked Donglai this question, if the people catch locusts and eat them, the court can save money, right?Donglai's answer is: the locusts that eat up the people's food for a whole year are not enough for the people to eat for a year.It's simply not fair!

"Although there are many locusts, they destroy the livelihood of the people for a year, but they are not enough for the people to feed themselves for a year. In addition to culling locusts, we should focus on disaster relief and replanting." Next, let's talk about the unrest in southern Xinjiang.

The court meeting ended near noon, and the emperor called several important ministers to discuss in detail.

early noon.eleven o'clock in the morning.

Fourth Sister Wen slept so sweetly that she didn't wake up until almost noon.If it wasn't too hungry, I could sleep for a while, and lazily opened my eyes, and my eyes were purple.The light purple bed curtain can be said to be lavender in color, but it feels very brothel.There was an inexplicably ambiguous atmosphere.

She closed her eyes and calmed down again. Although she liked Brother Zhuo very much, she really couldn't appreciate his aesthetics!

The sky is covered with purple, black, dark purple, and the bright colors are white walls and light purple. It feels very depressing for a long time.Well, plant a pot of eggplant bonsai for him some other day, he will like the purple one very much hahaha~

Murong Mudan knocked on the door: "Master, are you awake? I'm leaving!"

Fourth Sister Wen rolled and stretched on the bed: "Peony? Come in!"

There was silence at the door for a while, and a tall and thin man with a beard pushed the door in, with a hoarse voice: "Hey hey~"

Fourth Sister Wen sat up in a huff, took a look at her with the knife in her hand, and recognized from her ears that this was her apprentice. Peony's ears were pointed like an elf, and it was speculated that her ears were often pulled when she was a child. Pulled long.

Throwing the knife aside, he laughed and scolded: "Little brat, you scared my old lady to death!"

Mudan dressed up as a man, and grinned: "Little lady, your husband has gone out~ Are you lonely?"

Fourth Sister Wen raised her eyebrows, and said lazily, "Boy, you are trying to die! Do you know that my master has all hands and eyes and is very narrow-minded?"

Peony stretched out her hand to pinch her feet, with a smirk on her face: "The ancients said that peony flowers are also romantic after death, so you should follow me. Where is your husband now? I just avoid him."

Fourth Sister Wen giggled: "Get out, don't scratch my soles, believe it or not, I kicked you out with one kick?"

Damn, it's so embarrassing, I don't know where Brother Zhuo is now.

When he said he would go out for a few days, it might be two or three days, or it might be half a month.

At this moment, Zhuo Donglai was standing outside the window, staring intently at the guy in the room, shaking his head with his palms clasped almost on fire.Yesterday at noon, I rushed all the way to Tianjin to deal with something. After finishing the deal, I rushed back overnight. I just finished all the things in the study. I guessed that my wife was about to get up, so I came to have a look, and planned to have lunch with her.Just saw this scene.

Mudan continued to touch her calf, with a mean smile on her face: "I'm going on a long trip too, you stay at home alone in the empty room, don't be full of nonsense, take good care of your baby and wait for me to come back."

Fourth Sister Wen laughed and lay down, and said affectionately, "Come here, let me take a good look at you."

Peony put her head in front of her eyes: "Do you think I am more handsome?"

Fourth Sister Wen carefully looked at her disguise, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, but it was a bit inconsistent: "Well, it's still passable."

She reached out and rubbed his earlobe: "Your ears are too fair, be careful not to be seen by others."

Peony touched her chest, and secretly laughed in her heart. The reason why Master doesn't pretend to be a man is because Le Pin is about to die hahaha, and said roughly: "Who would look at a man's ears..."

A brown light flicked across, and the head of the rope dart flew from the left, and circled her neck twice.

Fourth Sister Wen's body reacted faster than her thoughts. A kite turned over and jumped off the ground. Standing barefoot on the carpet, she grabbed the rope and wrestled with it, shouting, "Brother Zhuo! This is Peony!"

Damn little bastard, I'll call you dead!

Zhuo Donglai pulled the rope vigorously, Fourth Sister Wen swayed a little, and her hands stretched tight. With the strength he was pulling on the rope now, as soon as he let go, Peony would be strangled to death: "Brother, it's really Peony."

Zhuo Donglai said coldly: "Ze Lan, I know you didn't steal anyone. Even if you wanted Hong Xing to cheat, you wouldn't find such an ugly man. I just want to remind Mudan that I won't stop you from getting close to Master, but You are not allowed to dress up like this and talk dirty."

Peony nodded quickly: "Don't dare again."

Only then did Zhuo Donglai slowly loosen his strength. He didn't relax suddenly because he was afraid that Zelan would still be pulling hard on the rope, and if she pulled back, she would not be able to stand.

Fourth Sister Wen also let go with an irritable expression, sat on the bed and gathered up her messy pajamas: "Oh, I'm starving to death."

Mudan stood aside in a polite manner: "Master, I have picked up a dark escort, and I will leave tomorrow for Sichuan. In name, I am going to marry the newly hired wife."

Zhuo Donglai nodded: "In the future, be cautious in your words and deeds, so that you can take care of yourself."

I know that you master and apprentice used to tease and tease each other after changing your appearance, but not now, not after changing your appearance.

Mudan bowed: "Yes, I would like to accept the training. Mudan is resigning." She ran away without having time to tell her apprentices, and immediately led the team on the road after leaving the inner courtyard.

Zhuo Donglai took a deep breath, and said with a soft smile: "Ze Lan, you should be more careful in the future, it doesn't matter if you joke around on weekdays, it's just that she has changed her appearance, so don't mess around with her, okay?" come out!

Fourth Sister Wen pouted, innocently showing cuteness: "Brother~ I know, I am a married woman now~ It's just that you are away from home for a long time, and sometimes you don't make out with me when you are home. I think it is no different from before."

Zhuo Donglai secretly clenched his fists: Do you blame me for getting pregnant so quickly?Yao Sanlang cursed indiscriminately!It's so easy to look forward to the newlyweds, what the hell, forget it, I have to have a baby sooner or later, it's better to have a baby early than late. "Yeah, I've been too busy recently, I'll be fine in two months."

After washing and changing clothes, we went to eat together. Fourth Sister Wen nodded with a steamed bun in her mouth: "The cook's skills are better."

Zhuo Donglai said: "I plan to give Xiang Baozi to Qin Zhongyu, what do you think?"

Fourth Sister Wen raised her eyebrows: "Who is Qin Zhongyu?"

"The person who kept staring at you at the banquet that day, and then hid and cried."

"I think he's not young anymore, and he's an official, so he should be married, right? I don't want buns to fill the house."

"No." Zhuo Donglai couldn't help laughing: "When he was five years old, his mother died, and he kept his filial piety for three years. One year, his grandmother died, and he kept his filial piety for one year. He was 14 years old, and his father died again, and he kept his filial piety for three years. At the age of 17, he passed the filial piety period, and he was granted an official position. , Literary talent is not good, his mind is full of whimsical ideas, and no one in the family will arrange his marriage. Now he is in his 20s, and he is looking forward to encountering female ghosts and fox demons to achieve a happy marriage."

Fourth Sister Wen rolled her eyes: "This person is second only to me in unreliability.

Is it a good match for Baozi?You want me to teach Baozi to lose weight just for this? "

"Listen to me." Zhuo Donglai held a piece of hoof for her: "Baozi and him wrote "Jing Huan Zhuan" together. First, we made an appointment to go to the theater together, and then told me to lose weight. Yesterday, we went to Taibaiju for a drink together. Half a day's wine, in my opinion, the two of them agree with each other and share the same interests."

Fourth Sister Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and ate the meat: "If Baozi likes it, and the other party is sincere, of course I am happy. Finally, there is an excuse for Baozi to lose weight! This guy has a very good bone, and he can practice very well. Lightness kung fu, but eat yourself into a lump of meat! It's really annoying."

Zhuo Donglai nodded with a smile, and took a piece of radish from the radish stew: "Tomorrow the emperor will go to the Taimiao to fast and offer sacrifices, and he wants me to secretly monitor the movements of the court ministers (and the movements of the empress dowager in the palace). Accompany you."

Fourth Sister Wen shrugged: "Hey, we always get together less and leave more, and it's not a big deal. It's agreed in advance that I'll find Baozi to sleep with me. (Zhuo Donglai nods) Don't hate Peony, you know, we The two used to be more foolish than each other."

"Do not worry."

"Peony told me yesterday that her apprentice's elder brother wanted to marry her, that name is Xue Pan. I don't think it's suitable, Xue Pan is too young."

He took a sip of wine: "It's really inappropriate. The relationship is so complicated that not everyone can get married. Ze Lan, do you know that the mothers of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai and Jia Baoyu's mother of Rongguo Mansion are sisters?"

"Huh? You probably know, I saw Baochai in Rongguo Mansion."

Zhuo Donglai sneered: "She agreed to see you too, seeing you standing next to Princess Xuanzhen, you are very respected."

Fourth Sister Wen seemed to have something in his words, she gnawed at the bones: "Huh? You mean that the Xue family might propose marriage to Mudan for the purpose of hugging thighs? You can't take it, the Rongguo Mansion only regards me as the maidservant next to the princess, I don't know that I belong to Daiyu Master."

Zhuo Dong saw that she was a little confused, so he explained in detail: "Even if you are just a female official, you are also a female official next to the princess, and Xue Baochai is waiting for the princess to be selected, if her brother is your half-son-in-law, don't you speak for her?

The Jia family is full of flowers, and they are about to send their daughter to the palace to become a female historian. The Xue family is almost defeated, and they went to the capital to live in the Rongguo Mansion.What's more, the news that I get along with the emperor and his ministers is easy to find out, and you are my wife. "

Fourth Sister Wen understood, but she didn't believe it: "No way? Peony is so beautiful, it must be lustful for a person to want to marry her."

"If it is a man who seduces her, it is indeed lustful. If it is the Xue family who wants to marry her, they must ask for something."

Zhuo Donglai summed it up: "Xue Pan is worthless now, and he will never be in the future. He has an empty shell, but he is lazy and stupid, bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. If Mudan wants to find a man who is easy to hold hostage, he can barely catch the eye. It's just that the relationship with the Rongguo Mansion is disgusting. If she wants to have a good companion for life, she should not find a man but a husband, Xue Pan must not."

Fourth Sister Wen nodded repeatedly.She doesn't know Xue Pan very well, but she believes that her apprentice has said a lot of bad things about that guy, and she also believes in Brother Zhuo's vision. "So it's hard for Peony to get married."

Zhuo Donglai smiled and said: "As beautiful as Peony, unrestrained and romantic, and cute, why not find a rising star from a famous family in the arena and court. There are many people who love her, how can she be so dazzled, and treat a mere Xue Is Pan included as a candidate?"

Fourth Sister Wen laughed and said, "Probably only Xue Pan proposed to her, and the others just hinted, she didn't understand."

Zhuo Donglai was stunned: "What? Impossible!"

"Hahahahaha what's the matter, Daiyu doesn't know why Yao Sanlang treats her so well!" Fourth Sister Wen brazenly commented: "These little girls didn't know the right answer at all when they flattered men. Thinking about it, Peony thought they regarded her as a brother, Daiyu was puzzled and a little distressed. Look at me, how smart I am, the first time I saw you, I felt like I was doing something to you."

Zhuo Donglai said: "Hehe, I don't know why, I saw you very rarely in the past few years."

Silly roe deer!The apprentice you teach is also a stupid roe deer!You are still proud!

How many hints and responses I gave you, you didn't even understand!I'm furious……

Fourth Sister Wen fell into embarrassment and lowered her head to gnaw her bones.

Zhuo Donglai served her a bowl of black sesame paste: "You just woke up, don't eat so much meat, it hurts your stomach."

Fourth Sister Wen also served him a bowl: "Brother works hard all day, eat more black sesame seeds, so as not to grow gray hair."

After drinking in silence for a while, someone knocked on the door again.Just as he was about to leave, he came back and whispered in his ear: "Help me see, among the many maids in the palace, which one is more restless?"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Some things, you just need to help me see."

"Wait a minute! Brother, who put the spider, do you know?"

"I haven't found out yet, but the imperial concubine is even more suspicious. Alright, I'm leaving, Zelan, if you miss me, come to Taimiao to find me."

"What are you doing at the Taimiao?"

"Did you forget? The emperor is going to the Taimiao to fast and offer sacrifices. I want to follow and show him a lot of news in time."

"I still can't figure out how you got into this position, come on, okay~"

Fourth Sister Wen ate half a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, gave up, wiped her mouth and went to the palace.

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Early in the morning, the queen was dressed plainly, and held Daiyu's little hand with earnestness and earnestness: "When you grow up, you can't just practice literature and martial arts, there are still many things to learn."

Daiyu thought about it carefully. Literature still needs a lot of daily accumulation. It takes a long time to read more books. Practicing martial arts is also a hard work, but now it is considered a second-rate master.The rest of calligraphy, playing the piano, and embroidery are also learning, all of which require long hours of practice.What else have I not learned, I think I know more than others: "Please teach me, sister-in-law."

"All women have to learn to manage the house. Your mother should have taught you this, but she can't teach you now, and your master didn't teach you this. I have to teach you how to manage the house."

Dai Yuxin said: "My master's housekeeper is no less than my monkey brother who takes care of the Peach Garden."

"How do you learn this?"

The queen took her math test, and her calculations were very good and accurate, so the queen took an account book: "This is the salary of the concubines in the harem. This is the part I am going to cut. You can calculate whether they will starve to death."

Daiyu took it over and looked at the part circled and criticized by Zhu: "If you have something to eat, you will not die of hunger. If you reduce the amount of rouge and gouache, what's the point? Is the reduction of expenditure in the palace to meet the emperor's sacrifice in the Taimiao?" Beautiful girls who don't wear makeup don't know the importance of rouge foundation.

The queen nodded: "On the surface it is."

"Actually?"

"If the briber wants to make money, they have to use their savings for many years to reduce their salaries and rations all at once. If there is a concubine who should have a lot of savings, but suddenly can't get the money, it is suspicious .” The queen sighed: “We can’t search the Six Palaces, we can only make another plan.”

Daiyu said: "So that's the case, what if someone gives her money?"

"Bank notes are not used in the palace, and money entering and leaving the palace must be registered and stamped." The empress smiled grimly: "Even the empress dowager, she has a record of rewarding noble concubines. If you check carefully, you will be able to find out."

Then the queen took out eight large ledgers: "Now I don't believe anyone, I have calculated these accounts myself, you can do the calculations again."

Daiyu supported her forehead and sighed, the emperor's approval of the memorial and the queen's accounting are all very important things, but it's so boring!It's better to listen to Yao Sanlang's sermon... She spread out the account book, read it carefully one by one, turned a few pages, and picked up a pen and paper to settle the accounts.

Queen: "Daiyu, you don't know how to use an abacus?"

"No."

"Come on, I'll teach you."

"I heard from my mother that she seems to learn abacus from time to time, right?"

"It's not fashionable. I didn't know it when I was in my mother's house. The emperor often played among the people. He learned it by accident and taught it to me later. Although it doesn't sound good, it's very convenient to use. My abacus is agarwood Bian'er, the beads are fragrant beads and velvet rope nets, which make no sound when used."

"It's really interesting. I was surprised at first. There is an abacus in my sister-in-law's room as incense. The fragrance is really novel. It turned out to be used."

"Do you like it? There should be two other sets made together in the warehouse. The taste is slightly different. You can pick one after you find it."

"Thank you sister-in-law."

The queen taught her for a while, then suddenly sighed: "Yao Sanlang is interested in you, do you understand?"

Daiyu: "Huh?" I probably know, but I don't know what you mean.

"Yao Sanlang is never picky about what he feeds. He washes clothes by himself, builds a house by himself, boils water and makes tea by himself. I heard from the emperor that he is also good at chopping bamboo, digging bamboo shoots, and roasting taro. Such a hard life" you How can I bear it.

He is serving you earnestly now. It is because you are young and beautiful and you have not been married. If you marry you, can you not work for the rest of your life?Even if he still won't let you wash, cook, bring water and make tea, I'm afraid you will feel uneasy.

The queen covered her heart: Thinking about that kind of life yesterday, I felt that it was difficult. Thanks to his poor farming and education, he was still beautiful, but that was just to take advantage of his youthful appearance.If he wants to marry you, he can no longer live in a hut, he must have a high house with a big bed, a thousand hectares of fertile land, and a cloud of servants.Either take advantage of the wealth and honor in the world, or don't want others to see beauty.I raise you as a daughter, but I can't let you work yourself after you get married. Now learn to control the middle class, and then get used to directing hundreds of court ladies. Hehehe, you won't be fooled by the Taoist priests. I feel that a quiet and comfortable life is good.

Yesterday he sent someone to deliver something to the Supreme Emperor, and he mentioned something "casually" in the message, he really sent people to drag Zhenren Yao to live in Fengsheng Palace, so that he can adapt to living in the palace after a winter, and then he can consider whether he can wait. Be my son-in-law.

Daiyu blinked cutely: "Brother Sanlang's life is poor, what does it have to do with me?" He still catches fish to eat by himself, and his senior brother farms by himself, what does it have to do with me?

Huh?He is interested in me?What's the meaning?It's embarrassing to know when lovesick and meet each other at this time and night.that kind?That kind of feeling would run to someone and cry because I didn't make him a purse?

what does that mean?There are so many poems about love, lovesickness, and parting. What do they mean?what does it feel like

The author has something to say: In this chapter, there are various ways to choose a son-in-law.The emperor is really bad~ The queen is out of tricks~