Just when Jia Huan was struggling with whether she should confess her feelings to Brother Feng on behalf of her third sister, Daiyu had already stepped onto the zigzag Zhulan Banqiao leading to Hengwu Garden.
Xiaoxiang Pavilion and Hengwu Garden are located in the southwest corner and the other in the northwest corner, facing each other far away. To get from Xiaoxiang Pavilion to Hengwu Garden, you can take two routes, east and west.
The road to the east is far, but there is no need to go through the door to transfer the property, which is better than the simple simplicity.
Cross the Qinfang River from Cuiyan Bridge and walk eastward along the spacious corridor. One has to reach the intersection of the gravel corridor in front of Damo Temple, Cuicui Temple and Yuhuang Temple to find a building complex.
The road is adjacent to a stream on one side, with bamboo fences and railings on the other, and some shrubs and flowers are planted along the road.
You can walk along Shiziyong Road to the edge of the wall, and then you can see the East Point Gate.
This east corner door is usually closed and will only be opened when necessary.
At the end of the corridor, you cross the Qinfang River from Qinfang Gate Bridge to the west. You will see Zhujin Pavilion in front of you. Going further, you will see the jade archway in front of Taiguan Tower. Going north, you will follow the corridor behind the side hall behind Zhujin Pavilion.
Go north to a large pool, turn right and there is the Aojingxi Pavilion, and go straight ahead a row of houses, which is the kitchen of the Grand View Garden.
If you do not go directly to the back kitchen of Grand View Garden, but turn to the west and walk along the back of Jiayin Hall, you can reach the foot of the mountain of Tubi Villa. You can follow the mountain road to Tubi Villa, or you can keep going straight ahead.
Walk to the gate of Hengwuyuan.
Except for Miaoyu's residence in Cucui'an, neither Aojingxi Pavilion nor Tubi Villa are inhabited on this road, so it is very quiet.
It is much closer to take the west road, but after passing the Fengyao Bridge, you will find Qiu Shuangzhai. Going further, you will find the Lotus Champs on the right, Luxueguang on the left, Tanchun, Xiangyun and Xiuyanzhu respectively.
Passing Liao Fengxuan, there is Li Wan's Daoxiang Village on the left, and Xichun's Nuanxiangwu on the right. These are the residences of several girls.
You need to bypass the trail between Daoxiang Village and Qinfang Creek, pass through the tea frame, and go eastward through the Muxiang shed and the Peony Pavilion hidden in the woods to the peony garden between Hongxiang Garden and Yuyin Hall. Go straight to the
To the north, go through the stone cave and the winding road on the mountain. Go down and cross the zhulanbanqiao with the zigzag belt to reach the gate of Hengwuyuan.
It's much closer, but the four girls and Li Wan all live in this street. If you go there this time, you will inevitably encounter five or their servants. With Daiyu's temperament, she would rather go farther.
The east road is now clear.
"Girl, you used to go over there, why did you go this way today?" Zicuckoo asked curiously as she accompanied Lin Daiyu to the Zhulan Banqiao.
"I'm afraid that Yun Yatou and Xiuyan are all with Sister Bao. Brother Feng has won a daughter. I guess everyone is going to send gifts to congratulate me, so I stopped by to ask." Lin Daiyu hesitated, "I used to do that too.
I have never encountered such a situation, and I don’t know what to send my congratulations.”
Indeed, this is also an unfamiliar problem for Daiyu. Shen Yixiu is considered her future sister-in-law. Logically, she could ask Baochai, whose status is similar, but she is unwilling.
So I wanted to ask Tan Yatou or Yun Yatou, but I never thought that Jia Huan was there at Tan Yatou, so she just asked the maid at the door and left, and Yun Yatou and Xiuyan were not there either. I don’t know where they are.
To go to Baochai or somewhere else, Li Wan also went out. Xichun was there, but Daiyu guessed that Xichun didn't know the secret.
"Girl, you don't have to care too much. Uncle Feng understands the girl's thoughts very well, so no matter what, he will be very satisfied."
Zijuan understands her girl's current worries about gains and losses. Miss Bao and Miss Bao'er are both outstanding talents. They are about to marry into the Feng family, but her own girl has to suffer for more than a year. What will happen in these more than a year?
What kind of change has happened? Even if you have every confidence in Uncle Feng, you will still feel uneasy.
Daiyu bit her lip and remained silent.
The birth of a daughter by the Shen family sister means that the Feng family's incense has not continued, and the Shen family sister is afraid that she will not be able to get pregnant again within this year, and for the sister Bao and Bao Qin who are about to get married, it is
Opportunity.
Daiyu tried hard not to think about that, but her mind couldn't help but speculate.
She will be sixteen soon. In the past two years of her life in Rongguo Mansion, Sister-in-law Zhu and Sister-in-law Lian, plus so many sisters, have come into contact with each other on a daily basis, and the people Zijuan has come into contact with
What's more, when I came back, I couldn't help but tell her the stories I had learned about the Rongning Second House and even the Fourth House of Jia Shi King Xue, which also made her understand a lot.
Sister-in-law Zhu and Sister-in-law Lian don't seem to have too many taboos about themselves. There are many things Daiyu may not have understood before, but she has learned a lot in the past two years.
Among the four major families, except the Wang family, the other three have already declined. The Xue family and the Shi family have fallen even faster, and the Jia family is also falling slowly but steadily. If there are no accidents, within ten years, the Jia family may become
The current Xue family is the same, or even worse. The other Xue family's businesses are basically maintained, but for the Jia family, the bright surface on the outside has been peeled off, and they don't even have the Xue family's voice inside.
Before this, the Jia family also tried hard, but not only was it ineffective, but it also created a huge deficit. Including the 200,000 taels of silver that dad lent to the Jia family was probably wasted.
, and the eldest sister's situation in the palace is almost the same as being in the cold palace, which also makes the Jia family's bet on this completely failed.
It can't be said to be a complete failure. At least the second uncle got a Jiangxi political scholarship and will go south after the beginning of the new year. But can the Rongguo Mansion be restored to its full strength? Not only Daiyu, everyone doesn't believe it.
That's why the Jia family regards Brother Feng as a pillar of strength and a huge help to support the Jia family. But how much help from Brother Feng will be reflected in the Jia family?
It's not that Daiyu couldn't notice Tan Yatou's thoughts. If anyone in the garden agreed with her the most, except Tan Yatou, everyone else was far behind, but she couldn't imagine what the outcome would be.
Seeing that his girl was silent, Zicuckoo didn't say much. She just held Daiyu's arm and walked slowly across the Zhulan Banqiao.
When we arrived at the gate of Hengwuyuan, we could see that the gate of Hengwuyuan was open, and we could vaguely hear Xiangyun's clear and loud voice inside: "Brother Feng got a daughter. I heard that he was overjoyed. I met Bao Er at the gate earlier.
Brother, Brother Bao said that Brother Feng liked his daughter very much and was so happy that he held it in his arms all night..."
"Brother Feng really likes his daughter so much? Isn't he just in love with his daughter?" Bao Qin was questioning, "But regardless of gender, as long as the mother and daughter are safe and healthy, then it's Amitabha, and Brother Feng can breathe a sigh of relief."
After hesitating for a moment, Daiyu stepped through the door, stopped the girl who was about to greet her, and walked a few steps closer: "Sister Baoqin is right, as long as you are safe, it is best..."
"Hey, Sister Lin (Sister Lin) is here?" Baochai, Xiangyun, and Baoqin all stood up to greet them, which made Daiyu a little embarrassed, "Little sister just heard that Brother Feng got a daughter, so she thought
Come and ask Sister Bao about this..."
Bao Qin looked at the woman in front of her indifferently, as if she was holding her heart in awe.
She is proud of her appearance and is not inferior to her sister. In terms of management ability, she is also well aware of the various shortcomings of Lian's second sister-in-law. Therefore, when she saw Lin Daiyu, who looked like someone else, she was shocked but also had more emotions.
It is a kind of fear and disgust deep in the heart.
In her opinion, Lin Daiyu’s self-proclaimed, aloof and aloof temperament is unknown to her. She can’t tolerate others, can’t rub dirt in her eyes, and has too obvious emotional tendencies. If such a temperament really becomes a person in the future,
Third wife, I don’t know what the chaos will be like.
There is also Miaoyu, who I heard is going to marry Lin Daiyu as a concubine. She has the same status as herself. She has been in contact with him twice. Apart from feeling a pretentious and weird temperament, Bao Qin doesn't understand it at all.
A family like Lin Ruhai who came from a Jinshi family would raise such a daughter.
Even if he is a concubine, he should not lack any tutoring etiquette. However, Xue Baoqin admires Xing Xiuyan's shrewdness, ability and indifferent temperament, but is a little wary of him.
"Actually, Brother Feng has got a daughter, and everyone is happy about it. What kind of gift to give is up to each family. As long as it can express their blessings, there is no need to force anything precious and rare. The younger sister thinks that it is best to give it with your own hands.
"Xing Xiuyan seemed to be able to feel the change in the atmosphere brought about by Daiyu's arrival in the entire flower hall. He smiled and put Daiyu aside and sat down next to her.
The coldness in Baoqin's eyes flashed away, and he continued with a smile: "I wonder what sister Xiuyan has prepared?"
"When Sister Miaoyu came to Luxueguang the day before yesterday, she brought a pair of plain silk ribbons that she had knotted. Sister Miaoyu said that she had tied them herself, and went to Dahuguo Temple to ask the abbot to bless them.
If tied on a child's bedside, it can ward off evil spirits and exorcise evil spirits. I think Sister Miaoyu's silk ribbon is good, but the color is a bit lighter, so I tied a scarlet five-blessing knot. It complements the other well and is just right.
It can bring good fortune to Brother Feng’s family,..."
Seemingly unaware, Xing Xiuyan responded with a smile: "Brother Feng probably doesn't care much about this, but it also represents our blessing."
Xing Xiuyan's words made sense and made everyone here nod their heads. Even Bao Qin couldn't find anything wrong with him, but he was more wary of Xing Xiuyan in his heart.
Daiyu seemed to have figured out some of it, but she hadn't fully realized what it meant. However, she could feel Xing Xiuyan's protection for her, and she secretly figured it out as her eyes flowed.