Zhen Yuhuan was listening to the piano music carefully when she suddenly felt someone tugging at the corner of her clothes. She turned around and her eyes suddenly lit up.
Behind her, an indescribably cute little girl in a pink skirt and two pigtails on her head was looking at her with her head slightly tilted.
"What a cute little guy!"
Zhen Yuhuan has not yet reached the childish age. When she saw such a child, her love overflowed and she reached out to hug her.
Who knew that people were very wary, so they immediately took a step back, glanced at Daiyu who turned around when she heard the noise, then spread her short legs and ran away.
When Zhen Yuhuan saw her fleeing to Sister Feng, and then jumping into Jia Lian's arms, Zhen Yuhuan couldn't help but ask Daiyu: "Is she the daughter of her adopted brother and second sister-in-law?"
Daiyu nodded.
"No wonder she's so pretty. Tell me, why was she staring at me just now?"
"How do I know? It must be your appearance that scares her."
Zhen Yuhuan blinked her beautiful eyes at her silently.
On the other side, Sister Qiao was held in Jia Lian's arms. She didn't even have time to act coquettishly, so she immediately said to Jia Lian and Sister Feng: "Dad, mother, there are two Aunts Lin over there~!"
Sister Qiao was afraid that Jia Lian and the others would not know, so she stretched out her white and tender little hand and pointed at Daiyu and Zhen Yuhuan next to Sister Feng.
Sister Qiao's childish and clear voice attracted the attention of many people. Sister Feng didn't want her daughter to be the target of public criticism, so she hurriedly explained that one of them was "Aunt Zhen".
"So, one is the real aunt and the other is a fake aunt?"
The young Qiao Sister twirled her fingers with a look of understanding on her face. Such a childlike misunderstanding really made everyone who noticed it smile knowingly.
Sister Feng was also praised by her daughter. She laughed and said, "That's it. One is the real aunt and the other is the fake aunt."
After saying that, he gave up his position, took Sister Qiao's finger and said: "That one is the real aunt, this one is fake, and this one, you should also call me mother."
Regardless of whether Sister Qiao could understand what Sister Feng meant, the people around her couldn't help laughing.
Daiyu, who had just chatted about Zhen Yuhuan to death, saw that she was covering her mouth and smiling happily, and stood up in anger. Just when everyone else was worried that she would walk away in anger, Daiyu gave her a He picked up the wine glass in front of Sister Feng and poured it into her mouth. While pouring it, he cursed: "You are such a talkative person..."
Sister Feng couldn't help teasing Daiyu at first, but she was afraid that Daiyu would be too careless and feel that she was ridiculing her, thus causing unpleasantness on such a good day. At this time, Daiyu was drinking wine, and she was naturally struggling on her face. , but actually drank it happily.
When Tanchun and others nearby saw this, they all clapped their hands and looked on with smiles.
Daiyu, who rarely did anything unusual in public, felt a little agitated inside and a little nervous about being watched. After seeing Sister Feng finish drinking, not only was she not annoyed, but she looked at her with a begging look on her face, and she felt anxious in her heart. To express admiration.
She let go of her hand and was a little confused about what was going to happen next. She happened to see Sister Qiao next to her clapping her hands happily. She had no intention of supporting her mother, so she pretended to be hateful: "Since you want her to call me
Mom, I happen to like her too, why don't you give her up to me seriously, otherwise you won't be able to let her go!"
"If you are willing to give up, why can't you give up? If you really like her, you can take her back to Xiaoxiang Pavilion later. But she is very noisy, and I am afraid that she will disturb your peace..."
Although Sister Feng said this, her words were obviously hesitant, and her expression was not as conceited as before. It was obvious that she was reluctant to give her daughter to anyone, even if that person was Daiyu.
Everyone became more and more happy. Once upon a time, they saw Sister Feng losing to someone else in a verbal contest, let alone her love rival Lin Daiyu. Everyone who ate this melon said it was interesting.
Daiyu snorted, glanced at Jia Lian, who was holding her daughter in one arm, smiling and saying nothing, then turned around and sat back in her seat. It was just from her straight back and tight mouth that she could see
It can be seen that her heart may not be as strong as she appears.
And what can Jia Lian say? As long as Daiyu and Sister Feng can have a good relationship, his back house will be mostly stable, and he will naturally not foolishly go astray.
It happened that Gu Qingyi had already bowed out with his guqin in his arms, and was replaced by Twelve Officials performing "The Monkey King Three Fights against the Bone Demon". Tan Chun had no scruples and came up to Jia Lian to talk about the establishment of a poetry club.
"Poetry club, great."
"But let me say first, I may not be able to participate in every club, so you should be more patient when the time comes."
Jia Lian smiled. After the Grand View Garden was built, the girls would imitate the literati and set up a poetry club to play. This was what he had expected.
And he has come to this world and been a nobleman for so many years. He has never put down his books in these years. He has also studied rhyme and pattern seriously. Therefore, his ability to commentate on prose may not be as good as that of the talented Baochai Daiyu, but it is better than that of Baochai Daiyu.
Li Wan, Yingchun and others are not inferior.
It's okay to just use it to hang out and play with them.
Seeing Jia Lian agree, Sanchun, Baochai, Daiyu, Zhen and Yuhuan and others were very happy. Originally it was just a game between the little sisters, but with Jia Lian's participation, it became a little different.
Children are also competitive. If they can make something good and let Jia Lian know about it or even praise it, that would be so shameful!
So he immediately recommended Jia Lian to be the "vice president", and Jia Lian did not refuse.
After determining the organizational framework and members, it was natural to discuss the name and rules of the society. As for the name of the poetry society, Tanchun and others expressed their own opinions, and they immediately came up with words such as "Grand View", "Bajiao New Rain", and "Mozhu".
Wait for seven or eight proposals to come.
Jia Lian thought of the white begonia flowers that Jia Yun had sent in before, and recalled the Begonia Club in the original book. The origin of the name seemed to be the two pots of begonia flowers that Jia Yun gave to Jia Baoyu. Such a coincidence, it seems that it is a secret
There is God's will in it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So Jia Lian said: "I have just been thanked by all the poetry friends for electing me as the vice president. I am deeply honored. I just got some new begonias of different species here.
How about I take them out and give them to fellow poets as proof of today's grand event?"
When the girls heard this, they were all overjoyed. It was not the season for begonias to bloom, but the begonias that Jia Lian had just brought back not only bloomed, but also grew brightly. They all felt strange when they saw it, but they were not embarrassed to ask for it.
Sister Feng laughed half-jokingly: "Yes, just now you said you were sending it back to me because my garden was empty, but now you are sending it to someone else. It shows that I am an unlucky person and do not deserve it."
Those good flowers and good powder. Even if you get it, you have to spit it out immediately."
Tan Chun said with a smile: "Why can't you do it? You are the censor of the society. In our poetry society, apart from the elder sister-in-law and the second brother Lian, you are the most powerful official. Since the second brother Lian said that he would give everyone the begonia flowers,
, naturally it’s impossible to live without you, don’t you think so, second brother Lian?”
Jia Lian nodded and said, "That's right, we'll each have a basin, and the rest will be given to the censor. Who told her to take the dirtiest, most tiring, and offending job?"
"Hahaha……"
Everyone laughed in response, except Mr. Li Wan, the president. She was nervous now, because she found that Jia Lian's leg moved closer to her, almost making it impossible for her legs to avoid him.
After Sister Feng rolled her eyes at Jia Lian, she also smiled. With her current status and confidence, it was naturally impossible for her to really care about those pots of crabapple flowers, let alone cause any trouble with Jia Lian and make people laugh.
After chatting and joking with everyone for a while, the performance of the little actors below was over. Sister Feng took advantage of the situation and said: "It's getting late, and the old lady will soon serve dinner."
The implication is that it's time to disperse.
Jia Lian said: "It's rare that there are so many people here today. I'm also at home. It's time to invite the old lady and the others to come to our courtyard and have a chat."
So while letting people go to the kitchen to spread the banquet, I asked Sister Feng to send someone to invite Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Wang.
Suddenly someone came back and said: "The old lady told my wife that they will not come over, let me and my grandma have fun. The old lady also said that I will let my second master and my second grandma take some time off. Miss Zhen and the others are still young."
, they are weak, don’t let them drink too much, lest they hurt their bodies.”
Tanchun and others listened with faces, but they were actually happy in their hearts. Jia Mu and the others were not coming, and Li Wan and Jia Liandeng were all easy-going peers, so they felt at ease and happy now.
So we removed the extra tables and chairs and restored them to their previous appearance.
Jia Lian also said that the young actors and female gentlemen had worked hard all afternoon, so he ordered them to set up seats on the west porch and serve them food and wine as a reward.
Sister Feng said that since she was showing kindness, why not be happy to give enough? So she ordered people to set up a banquet on the east porch, and let Yingchun Daiyu and the other maids sit down to accompany them...
Under such circumstances, the dinner party in Sister Feng's Courtyard was naturally extremely lively and joyful. After the shift, under the intentional or unintentional siege of Tanchun and others, Sister Feng was the first to be unable to stop her and fell down.
nest.
Seeing Sister Feng, who was talking loudly just now and then lying on the table without moving a moment later, everyone laughed in good faith.
Jia Lian took a look, signaled to everyone, picked her up and went into the house.
Baochai said: "Let's break up too."
Li Wan, who had already had this intention, immediately agreed.
Although the others were a little reluctant, they also knew that they had gone too far by making trouble with Jia Lian and Sister Feng all afternoon and all night. If the trouble continued, Jia Mu really should send someone to discipline them, so they all restrained themselves.
Be energetic and ready to get up.
When Jia Lian came out again, he didn't say much when he saw what had happened. After saying goodbye to everyone, he asked Qingwen, Xiangling and Xiaohong to take Li Wan and others back to the Grand View Garden.
Seeing Daiyu and others leaving, the originally crowded courtyard became deserted. Jia Lian stood on the corridor for a while before turning back to the house.
However, he found that Sister Feng, who had been placed on the bed and fell asleep by him, was now leaning on the bedside, letting Ping'er drink sobering soup for her.
"They are all gone?"
"Um."
Jia Lian walked to the bed and sat down, looking at her with raised eyebrows: "You are so pretending, I thought you were drunk."
"Why do you think I'm drunk? I'm not you, I can let them drink. If I don't think of a way to get out, I might as well just not get up tomorrow and sleep in bed all day."
Sister Feng's beautiful eyes sparkled with her own cunning and pride.
Jia Lian smiled and refused the sobering soup brought by Ping'er. He looked at Sister Feng and said, "Tomorrow is the birthday of the Supreme Emperor. A birthday banquet will be held in Chonghua Palace. Will you go?"
"Can I go too?"
"You are my wife, Mrs. Yipinhou, why can't you go?"
The smile on Sister Feng's face faded and turned into a deep one, "I still won't go..."
Sister Feng lowered her head for a while and whispered: "Old lady, they were preparing to enter the palace a few days ago, but they didn't tell me. I know it's because I embarrassed you..."
As Sister Feng said, she suddenly broke her guard, threw her head into Jia Lian's arms, and started sobbing.
Ever since she was ordered to do so by the Queen Mother, the news about her unruly behavior has spread. Even though she has a strong heart and Jia Lian's protection, she can continue to stay in the Jia family as the Marquis's wife, and even move to other houses.
, no one dares to despise or ridicule her.
Except in the palace. Not many people in the palace would give Jia Lian face. Even everyone knew that she was not liked by the Queen Mother, so how could anyone treat her?
Therefore, even after she received the royal decree from Madam Hou Ye, she never entered the palace for the second time.
Now that it had been so long and it was the Emperor's birthday, she wondered if she could try to enter the palace. Even if she was laughed at and made things difficult for her, it would be over. After all, with her status as a first-class imperial eunuch, she would not be able to tolerate it.
Maybe he will avoid entering the palace for the rest of his life, right?
However, the tacit understanding of Jia Mu and others made her see the reality clearly. Obviously, on such an important day as the Emperor's birthday, Jia Mu and others did not intend to "embarrass" her by letting her enter the palace.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This cannot but make her, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, feel aggrieved. She just can't tell anyone. It was only now that she was drunk and told Jia Lian about this depressing thing for her.
, the pain buried deep in my heart that may never be shaken off.
Seeing Sister Feng crying so hard, her slender body trembling in his arms, Jia Lian could clearly feel her grievances, regrets, and self-blame.
Caressing her body gently, after she felt a little better, she said softly: "Silly ladies, no one can make mistakes without being a sage. Although you made a mistake, you have already changed it, and others have not done it again.
Keep these things in mind, why do you keep twisting them and torturing yourself with them?"
"Ugh, who said they didn't remember it in their hearts? Even the old ladies still remember it in their hearts... Uh-huh..."
"The old ladies and others won't let you enter the palace. They are just worried about you and protecting you. They are afraid that you will suffer a loss if you enter the palace. Don't believe it, as long as you are willing to enter the palace and dare to enter the palace, the old ladies and others will definitely not say a word more.
explain."
"real?"
One good thing about Sister Feng now is that she has begun to rely on Jia Lian and trust Jia Lian for things that she is not sure about, instead of going her own way like before, without caring about right or wrong or the consequences.
"How about we give it a try?"
After hearing this, Sister Feng's crying stopped a lot, but she still didn't fully believe Jia Lian's words.
Jia Lian then coaxed: "Okay, what you did back then was not just a matter of embarrassment, but you were also trying to earn some face."
Sister Feng wrinkled her nose: "What?"
"Think about it, the Queen Mother and the Princess went to battle to steal your man, but you were not frightened. In the end, not only did they successfully save your man, but they also retired with success. This is not skill. What is this if not face?"
Sister Feng blushed, "What kind of shame is this? If it weren't for you..."
Sister Feng couldn't speak any more, she just raised her head and glanced at Jia Lian. The admiration and gratitude in her eyes were beyond words.
Jia Lian took advantage of the situation and smiled and said: "Yes, there is your man and me. Think about it, among all the ladies and ladies in Beijing today, who doesn't admire you and envy you for marrying a good husband who is affectionate and righteous?
, in the face of such a big pie falling from the sky like the princess, you can sit still and protect your rotten wife. There is no other good man like this in the world."
"Bah, you still have the nerve to say that you ended up getting close to that and that princess. You said so yourself!"
Sister Feng couldn't stand Jia Lian's proud and self-proclaimed look, so she pinched Jia Lian subconsciously, then fell silent again, looked at Jia Lian and said: "It's better for you and the old lady to go tomorrow, I won't go. But
, you can say these words to me, I am really, really happy, very..."
Sister Feng is usually good at talking and has a high emotional intelligence, but when it comes to emotional moments, it is harder than anything else to say something sincere. After holding it in for a long time, tears burst out of her eyes again.
Jia Lian couldn't help but joked: "Look at you, you just talk. Why are you still imitating Sister Lin? She sheds her tears as if she doesn't need any money."
At this time, Jia Lian's tenderness made Sister Feng burst into tears.
Seeing that she couldn't stop, Jia Lian hurriedly coaxed: "Okay, okay, if you don't want to go, I won't go. Originally, celebrating the birthday of the Supreme Emperor would be very stressful and cumbersome, and it would definitely be boring. If I could, I wouldn't want to go.
Well. The palace doesn’t require married women to go, so it would save trouble if you don’t go.”
The Supreme Emperor has long since ignored the affairs of the court and is staying in Chonghua Palace to retire. Although Chonghua Palace is large, it is only a corner of the palace and cannot be used to spread too much. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites has already issued a notice that only officials of fifth rank and above in Beijing are allowed.
, then he was allowed to enter the palace to congratulate the Supreme Emperor on his birthday.
As for the imperial orders of each family, the palace did not say anything, but according to the practice in previous years, it is probably better not to go if you can. No one will receive you attentively. After all, the Queen Mother is young and does not like to chat with the old ladies of various houses.
Sister Feng nodded, wiped her tears and snot with her sleeves, and suddenly said: "Why don't you take Miss Lin into the palace tomorrow?"
Seeing the surprise on Jia Lian's face, she explained: "It is inconvenient for me to enter the palace. As a Marquis, it is impossible for our family to never have a woman to report to the Queen. Girl Lin can take my place.
She is the 'Lin Xiangjun' who is being awarded personally today. She has a distinguished status and a better personality than me. If she enters the palace, she will definitely bring glory to your face!"
After hearing these words, Jia Lian suddenly laughed, rubbed Sister Feng in his arms, and said with a smile: "I admit that most of what you said is right. Bringing her into the palace will definitely bring glory to my face. But,
I won't let her go."
"Why?" Sister Feng opened her eyes curiously. In her impression, Jia Lian was extremely loving and tolerant of Daiyu, and there was no way he would be unwilling to take her into the palace for any reason such as being unfair or unfair.
of.
Sure enough, Jia Lian replied: "That Nizi is not like you. She is very lazy and afraid of trouble. Of course I can't let her follow me into the palace and suffer injustice just to brighten my face."
After hearing this, Sister Feng pretended to smile on her face. He didn't know how reluctant and heartbroken he felt for making such a suggestion. Just for the sake of the overall situation, she had to go against her will.
Who knew that Jia Lian would still say this without feeling sorry for her at all, which made her heart twist.
"Why, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"No, I feel very dizzy after eating too much wine and want to sleep."
"Go to sleep if you want. I've asked my sister-in-law to take care of things outside. You just need to have a peaceful sleep until tomorrow morning."
As Jia Lian spoke, he wrapped Sister Feng's body in the quilt and kissed her on the forehead. Such a move made it difficult for Sister Feng to lash out at Jia Lian even if she was angry, so she could only say "Hmm" and cover her head with the quilt.