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Chapter 96 Chapter 96 Concealing the News: Sister Feng Constructs a Conspiracy to Vent Her Misleading Nature

Dream of Red Mansions 曹雪芹 6842Words 2023-02-05
It is said that Jia Lian took the fake jade and went out angrily to the study.Seeing Jia Lian's complexion, the man felt guilty and stood up to meet him.Just as he was about to speak, Jia Lian sneered and said, "So bold, I'll take you bastard!"What kind of place is this? How dare you come here!Turn around and ask: Where are the boys?There was thunder outside, and the servants agreed in unison.Jia Lian said, "Take the rope and tie him up!"When the master comes back and finds out, send him to the yamen.All the young men agreed together: "It's ready."Even though he said so, he didn't move.The man was at a loss for what to do with himself, seeing such power, he knew that justice was inevitable, so he knelt down to meet Jia Lian, and kept saying, "Don't be angry, old man!"It was I who was so poor and helpless that I came up with this shameless business.I borrowed money to make that jade, so I didn't dare to take it anymore, so I had to honor my elder brother Nian in the mansion.After finishing speaking, he kowtowed again and again.Jia Lian spat: You don't know how to live or die!This mansion is rare for your incorruptible bastard!Just as they were arguing, Lai Da came in and said to Jia Lian with a smile, "Second Lord, don't be angry."He counts as nothing, let him go and tell him to get out.Jia Lian said, "It's really hateful."Lai Da and Jia Lian did good and evil, and everyone said outside: "Confused bastards!"Don't kowtow to Grandpa and Grandpa Lai!Get out of here quickly, you're still waiting for your heart!The man hastily kowtowed twice, and ran away with his head in his arms.From then on, there was a commotion in the street: Jia Baoyu produced fake Baoyu.

In addition, when Jia Zheng came back from visiting guests that day, everyone was afraid that Jia Zheng would be angry because it was under the Lantern Festival.It's just because the concubine Yuan has been busy for a long time, and Baoyu has been ill again recently. Although there is an old family banquet, everyone is not happy, and there is nothing to remember.On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Wang was expecting the prince to come to Beijing. She saw Sister Feng coming in and saying: "Today, the second master heard a rumor that our elder is rushing to Beijing. It is only more than two hundred miles away from the city. He is on the way." Gone.Ma'am, did you hear me?Mrs. Wang was surprised and said: I didn't hear it, and the master didn't mention it last night, where did I hear it?Sister Feng said: "It is said that I heard it at the house of Master Zhang, the privy secretary."Mrs. Wang was stunned for a long time, the tears had flowed down a long time ago, because she wiped her tears and said: "When you come back, ask Lian'er to find out and tell me."Sister Feng agreed to go.Mrs. Wang couldn't help crying in secret, grieving for her daughter and brother, and worried about Baoyu.It's not random to do it one after another like this, so it can be put there!There was some pain in the heart.Then Jia Lian found out and said, "my uncle was tired from the journey and caught a cold by accident. When he arrived in Shilitun, he was sent to the doctor for treatment. But there was no famous doctor in this place. He misused the medicine and died in one dose."But I don't know if the family members have been there.After hearing this, Mrs. Wang felt sad for a while, so she couldn't sit still because of the pain in her heart. She asked Caiyun and others to help her onto the kang, and struggled to ask Jia Lian to go back to Jia Zheng. Come back and tell us immediately, so that your daughter-in-law can rest assured.Jia Lian didn't dare to disobey, so he had to resign Jia Zheng and get up.

Jia Zheng has known for a long time that his heart is very uncomfortable, and he also knows that after the treasure jade is lost, his mind is depressed and the medicine is ineffective; it is also worth the distress of Mrs. Wang.That year was in Beijing, and the Ministry of Industry ranked Jia Zhengbao as the first class; in February, the leaders of the Ministry of Officials introduced him.The emperor thought that Jia Zheng was diligent, thrifty and cautious, so he released Jiangxi Liangdao.Thank you today, the date of departure has been announced.Although there are many relatives and friends congratulating him, Jia Zheng has no intention of socializing. He only thinks that the family is not at ease, and he dare not stay at home.

I was at my wit's end when I heard Jia's mother calling, "Master, please."Jia Zheng hurried in and saw Mrs. Wang there sick, so he greeted Jia's mother.Jia Mu asked him to sit down and said, "You are going to take office soon. How many words do I have to tell you? I wonder if you will listen?"Said, shed tears.Jia Zheng hurriedly stood up and said: "The old lady has something to say, just give her orders, how dare my son not obey her orders?"Mother Jia said with a sob, "I am eighty-one years old this year, and you are going to be a foreigner again."With your eldest brother at home, you can't sue your relatives.Now that you're gone, Baoyu is the only thing I love, but he's so sick and confused, I don't know what to do!Yesterday I asked Lai Sheng's wife to go out and ask someone to tell Baoyu's fortune. This gentleman is good at fortune-telling.I know you don't believe those words, so I teach you to negotiate.Your daughter-in-law is also here, and you two should also discuss it, should you prefer Baoyu?Or let him go?Jia Zheng said with a smile: The old lady loved her son so much at the beginning. Could it be that a son doesn't love his own son?Just because Baoyu doesn't make progress, so I often hate him, but it just means that I hate iron but not steel.Since the old lady wants to start a family for him, this is what she should do, how could she go against the old lady's reason not to love him!Now that Baoyu is ill, his son is also worried.Because the old lady didn't let him see me, my son didn't dare to speak.Let me see what kind of disease Baoyu is.Seeing Jia Zheng talking, Mrs. Wang also had some red eyes. Knowing that her heart hurt, she asked Xiren to help Baoyu come.When Baoyu met his father, the attacker asked him to greet him, so he said hello.Jia Zheng saw that his face was very thin, his eyes were dull, and he looked like a fool, so he asked someone to help him in. Then he thought: I am also a member of Wangliu, and now I have been released from another post, and I don't know how many years I will come back.If the child is really bad, one is old and has no heir, although he has a grandson, there is a layer of separation; the other is that the old lady loves Baoyu the most. If there is a mistake, wouldn't my crime be more serious?Seeing Mrs. Wang's tears, thinking of her again, she stood up again and said: The old lady is so old, she thinks about her grandson, how dare a son disobey her?The old lady can do whatever she wants.But on the side of my aunt, I don’t know if I understand it?Mrs. Wang said, "my aunt should have answered earlier."It's just because Pan'er's case has not been closed, so I never mentioned it these days.Jia Zheng said again: "This is the first level of difficulty."His brother is in prison, how can his sister get married?What's more, although the imperial concubine cannot help getting married, Baoyu should take care of her married sister, who has nine months of meritorious service, and it is difficult to marry at this time.Furthermore, my departure date has already been announced, and I dare not delay, what should I do these days?

Mother Jia thought for a while: That's really good.If he waited for these things to pass, his father would leave again.What if the disease gets worse day by day?It can only be done with more courtesy.Thinking about making up his mind, he said: If you do it for him, I have a reason, and I guarantee that it won't get in the way.On the aunt's side, your daughter-in-law and I went to beg her in person.At Pan'er's place, I asked Tada'er to tell him that it was to save Baoyu's life, and everything would be done, so it would be natural.If you persuade Li to get married, you really can't.What's more, Baoyu is ill, so you can't teach him to get married, it's just for joy.Our two families are willing, and the children have a golden reason, so there is no need to marry.That is to say, we picked a good day and celebrated the ceremony according to our family's share.Hurrying to pick a wedding day, all the drums and music were not used, but according to the palace style, twelve pairs of lanterns were used to carry them in a sedan chair with eight people, and they worshiped the hall according to the southern rules. Are you married yet?Girl Bao knew that there was nothing to worry about.There is another attacker in the middle, and she is still a well-behaved child, and it is better to have a sensible person who often persuades her.She got along with Bao girl again.Furthermore, my concubine once said: There is also a monk in Bao girl's golden lock who said that marriage is only waiting for jade.How do you know that Bao girl came here, and if she didn't recruit his piece of jade because of Jinsuo, she wouldn't be sure.From then on, every day seems to be like a day, isn't it everyone's luck?At this moment, you just need to tidy up the house and arrange it immediately. This house is for you to send.All relatives and friends are not invited, and no banquets are arranged; when Baoyu is ready, after the meritorious service, he will set up a banquet to invite people.In this way, you can catch up; you have also seen the matter of their young couple, so you can go there with confidence.

When Jia Zheng heard this, he didn't want to, but Jia's mother was in charge and didn't dare to disobey her orders. She forced a smile and said: "The old lady thinks very well, and it is very appropriate."It's just that I want to tell everyone in the family not to make a noise that everyone knows inside and out, it's not going to be delayed.I'm afraid the concubine will not agree; if she really agrees, she has no choice but to follow the old lady's idea.Jia Mu said, "I'm with my aunt. You can go."Jia Zheng agreed to come out, feeling very uncomfortable.Because of the many things to do, the ministry received credentials, relatives and friends recommended people, and all kinds of entertainment, he left Baoyu's affairs to Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng.However, Baoyu pointed out more than 20 houses with a large span next to Mrs. Wang's inner room behind Rongxi Hall, and ignored the rest.Jia's mother made up her mind and asked someone to tell him to go, but Jia Zheng only said it was very good.This is a later story.

It is said that Baoyu had seen Jia Zheng, and the attacker helped him back to the kang in the inner room.Because Jia Zheng was away, no one dared to talk to Baoyu, so Baoyu fell into a drowsy sleep.Baoyu didn't hear a word of what Jia Mu and Jia Zheng said.Xiren waited quietly but understood clearly.Although I heard some rumors in my head, after all, I didn't see Baochai coming, but I believed it.After hearing these words today, I just fell into the water in my heart, but I like it.I thought to myself: Sure enough, the superior has good eyesight, which is worthy of it.I am also good luck.If she comes, I can take a lot of burden off.But this one only has Miss Lin in his heart, luckily he didn't hear it, if he knew, he didn't know what trouble he would have.Thinking of this, Xiren turned from joy to sorrow, and thought: How good is this matter?How do old ladies and wives know what's in their hearts?I was happy for a while, and told him that I wanted him to recover if he still had the same thoughts as before: when I first saw Miss Lin, I would throw jade at jade; besides, in the garden that summer, I was treated as Miss Lin and said A lot of selfish words; later, because Zijuan said something joking, he cried until he died. If he told him that he wanted to marry Miss Bao and put Miss Lin away, it would be okay unless someone else didn't know anything about it. Not only can't be happy, but it's a reminder to die!If I don't explain what I said, wouldn't that kill three people?Xiren wanted to make up his mind, wait for Jia Zheng to go out, ask Qiu Wen to look after Baoyu, then come out from the inner room, go to Mrs. Wang, and quietly invite Mrs. Wang to the room behind Jia Mu to talk.Jia's mother only said that Baoyu had something to say, but she ignored it. She was still planning how to celebrate the ceremony and how to get married.

The attacker went to the back room with Mrs. Wang, knelt down and cried.Mrs. Wang didn't know what she meant, she took her hand and said: "It's all right, what do you mean?"If there is any grievance, get up and say it.Attacker said: "Slave should not say this, because there is nothing to do at this moment."Mrs. Wang said: "Speak slowly."Attacker said: "Baoyu's marriage, the old lady and the wife have already decided on Miss Bao, which is naturally a very good thing."It's just that the slave is thinking, the wife looks at it, Baoyu and Miss Bao, or Miss Lin?Mrs. Wang said: "Because they have been together since childhood, Baoyu and Miss Lin are better."Xi Ren said, "It's not better."Then he told the scenes of Baoyusu and Daiyu one by one, and said: these things were all witnessed by my wife.I never dared to tell anyone about Xia Tian alone.Mrs. Wang pulled the attacker and said: "I can see it from the outside, and it's even more so when you talk about it today."But I must have heard what the master said just now, what do you think of his expression?Attacker said: "Now Baoyu laughs if someone talks to him, and sleeps when no one talks to him, so he doesn't hear what's in his head."Mrs. Wang said: "How about this matter?"Attacker said: The servant said it was right, but the wife had to tell the old lady to come up with a safe idea.Mrs. Wang said: "Since that's the case, you can do what you want. At this time, the room is full of people, so don't mention it for the time being. I will make sense when I go back to the old lady Ming."Then, he still went to Jia Mu.

Jia Mu was discussing with Sister Feng there, and when she saw Mrs. Wang coming in, she asked, "What did the attacking girl say, so sneaky?"Mrs. Wang took the opportunity to ask, and she returned Baoyu's thoughts to Jia Mu in Ming Dynasty.After hearing this, Jia Mu was speechless for a long time.Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng also stopped talking.I saw Jia Mu sighing, "It's easy to talk about other things."Miss Lin is fine.If Baoyu is really like this, it will be difficult for people!I saw Sister Feng think for a while, because she said: "It's not difficult, it's just that I came up with an idea. I don't know if my aunt will agree."Mrs. Wang said: "If you have an idea, just tell the old lady, and all the ladies will discuss it."Sister Feng said: "In my opinion, there is only one way to change the bag."Jia Mu said, "How do you drop your bag?"Sister Feng said: "No matter Brother Bao understands it or not, everyone is arguing, saying that it is the master who decides to match Miss Lin with him."See how he looks.If he doesn't care about it at all, the bag won't need to be dropped; if he likes it a little bit, it will take a lot of trouble!Mrs. Wang said: "Even if he likes it, what can you do?"Sister Feng walked up to Mrs. Wang's ear and said this and that.Mrs. Wang nodded a few times, smiled, and said: That's all.Jia Mu then asked, "Your mother and son are troublemakers, tell me what's going on!"Fearing that Jia's mother would not understand, Sister Feng would reveal the mechanism, so she also told her softly to her ear.Mother Jia really didn't understand for a while, Sister Feng smiled and said a few more words.Jia Mu laughed and said, "That's fine, but it's just a pain for Bao girl."If there is any noise, what will happen to Miss Lin?Sister Feng said: "This is only for Baoyu, and it is not allowed to be mentioned outside. Who knows?"

While talking, the girl came in and said, "Second Master Lian is back."Mrs. Wang was afraid that Jia Mu would ask about it, so she winked at Sister Feng.Sister Feng met Jia Lian, pouted, and went to Mrs. Wang's room to wait.Once, Mrs. Wang came in and saw Sister Feng crying with red eyes.Jia Lian invited Ann, and said once again what he had said about Prince Teng's funeral in Shilitun, and then said: "There is a decree of kindness to reward the cabinet title, posthumous title of Duke Wenqin, and order my ancestor to help the coffin back home, and take care of local officials along the way." .I got up yesterday, and even my family members went back to the south.My uncle and wife asked me to come back and say hello, and said that now I can't think of going to Beijing, so there are so many things I can't say.Hearing that my brother-in-law is going to Beijing, if we meet him on the way, I will ask him to come to us and talk about it in detail.After listening to Mrs. Wang, her grief is needless to say.Sister Feng comforted her a little, and asked her wife to take a rest and come in the evening to discuss Baoyu's affairs.After finishing speaking, he went back to his room with Jia Lian and told Jia Lian to send someone to clean up the new house.do not mention.

One day, after breakfast, Daiyu brought Zicuckoo to Jiamu's side to greet her first, and to relieve her boredom.After leaving the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, after walking a few steps, I suddenly remembered that I forgot the handkerchief, and asked Zijuan to go back to get it, but I walked slowly and waited for her.As soon as I walked behind the rocks at Qinfang Bridge, where I buried flowers with Baoyu that day, I suddenly heard a man sobbing and crying there.When Daiyu stood still and listened, she couldn't hear whose voice it was, or what it was that she was crying about.I was very puzzled in my heart, so I walked slowly.When I got to the front, I saw a girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes crying there.When Daiyu didn't see her, she only wondered what these big girls in the mansion had unspeakable worries, so she came here to vent; when she saw this girl, she was funny again, because she thought: What kind of love does this kind of idiot have? !Naturally, the girl who did rough work in the house got angry with the big girl.I took a closer look, but didn't recognize it.When the girl saw Daiyu coming, she didn't dare to cry anymore and stood up to wipe away her tears. Daiyu asked, "Why are you so sad here?"After hearing this, the girl wept again and said: Miss Lin, please comment on this reason.I didn't know what they were talking about, so I said a wrong sentence, and my sister beat me if she didn't do it!After hearing this, Daiyu didn't understand what she was talking about, so she asked with a smile: "Which one is your sister?"The girl said: "It's sister Pearl."After hearing this, Daiyu realized that she was from Jiamu's house, so she asked again, "What's your name?"The girl said: "My name is silly elder sister."Daiyu smiled and asked again: "Why did your sister beat you?"What did you say wrong?The girl said: "Why? It's because of our Second Lord Bao marrying Miss Bao."When Daiyu heard this sentence, her heart beat wildly like a thunderbolt.After calming down for a while, I asked this girl to come with me.The girl followed Daiyu to the place where the peach blossoms were buried on the deformed corner, where her back was quiet.Dai Yuyin asked: "Second Master Bao married Miss Bao, why did she beat you?"The silly elder sister said: "Our old lady discussed it with his wife and second mistress, because our master is going to get up, so we should rush to discuss with his concubine and marry Miss Bao over."In the first case, what kind of congratulations did you give to Master Bao; in the second case, he looked at Daiyu and smiled again, and then said: "I'm in a hurry, and I have to tell Miss Lin about her mother-in-law's house."Daiyu was dumbfounded.The girl just said: "I don't know how they discussed it, and they don't want to make a fuss, for fear that Miss Bao will be ashamed when she hears it."I Bai said something to the sister Xiren in the second master Bao's room: We will be more lively tomorrow, and it will be Miss Bao and Second Grandma Bao, what do you call it?Miss Lin, do you think my words hurt sister Pearl?When she came over, she slapped me on the face, saying that I was talking nonsense, and that she would kick me out for not obeying the orders of her superiors.I know why it is not called speech?If you didn't tell me, hit me!Say, cry again. At this time, Daiyu's heart was like oil, sauce, sugar, and vinegar poured together. Sweet, bitter, sour, and salty, she couldn't describe any taste.After pausing for a while, he said tremblingly: Don't talk nonsense.If you keep talking nonsense, people will hear you, and they will beat you again.you go.Saying that, he moved to go back to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.That body weighed thousands of catties, but his feet felt like they were stepping on cotton, they were already limp, so he had to walk slowly step by step.After walking for a long time, I still haven't reached the Qinfang Bridge.It turned out that his feet were weak, he was walking slowly, and he was obsessed, so he confidently walked around from there, adding two more arrows to the road.At this time, I just arrived at the Qinfang Bridge, but unconsciously walked back along the embankment.Zicuckoo took the silk, but did not see Daiyu.When I was watching there, I saw Daiyu's color was white, her body was wandering, and her eyes were straight, turning around here and there.I saw another girl walking forward, so far away that I couldn't tell which one was coming.Surprised and suspicious, I had to rush over and asked softly: Why did the girl go back again?Are you going there?Daiyu could only hear it vaguely, and said casually, "I'll ask Baoyu."After hearing this, Zicuckoo couldn't figure it out, so she had to help her to Jiamu's side. When Daiyu walked to the door of Jiamu, she felt a little clear in her heart. Looking back, she saw Zijuan holding her, so she stopped and asked, "what did you do here?"Zicuckoo laughed and said, "I've found silk."I saw the girl on the other side of the bridge, I hurried over to ask the girl, but the girl ignored her.Daiyu laughed and said, "I'll look at you to see that the second master Bao is here. Otherwise, how can you go here?"Seeing that she was confused, Zijuan knew that Daiyu must have heard what the girl said, so she just nodded and smiled.I'm just afraid that if she sees Baoyu, that one is already crazy and stupid, and this one is in a trance, saying something inappropriate for a while, what should I do then?Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't dare to disobey, so I had to help her in. But Daiyu was strange again. At this time, she was not as soft as before, and she didn't need the azalea to open the curtain. She lifted the curtain and came in by herself, but it was silent.Because Jiamu was resting in the house, some of the girls also slipped and played, some took a nap, and some waited on the old lady there.On the other hand, Xiren heard the sound of the curtain, came out of the room and saw that it was Daiyu, so he gave way, "Miss, sit in the room."Daiyu smiled and said, "Is Second Master Bao at home?"Xiren didn't know what was going on, and just about to answer, he saw Zijuan pouted with Daiyu behind her, pointed at Daiyu, and shook her hand again.The attacker didn't understand what he meant, and dared not speak.But Daiyu ignored it and walked into the room by herself.Seeing Baoyu sitting there, he didn't get up to give up his seat, but just looked at him and giggled.Daiyu sat down by herself, but also looked at Baoyu and smiled.The two of them didn't say hello, didn't speak, and didn't make any excuses, they just smirked at their faces.When Xiren saw this scene, he couldn't make up his mind, but there was nothing he could do. Suddenly I heard Daiyu say: Baoyu, why are you sick?Baoyu laughed and said, "I'm sick because of Miss Lin."Xiren and Zicuckoo were so frightened that their faces changed, and they hurriedly used words to distract them.The two did not answer, but still giggled.When Xiren saw this, he knew that Daiyu was as confused as Baoyu at this time, so he quietly said to Zijuan, "The girl is all right. I'll ask sister Qiuwen to accompany you back to the girl. Let's have a rest."Yin turned back to Qiuwen and said, "You and sister Zijuan will send Miss Lin to you. Don't talk nonsense."Qiuwen smiled and said nothing, so she came and helped Zijuan to pick up Daiyu.That Daiyu also got up, looked at Baoyu and just smiled and nodded.Zicuckoo urged again: "Girl, go home and have a rest."Daiyu said, "Isn't it?"It's time for me to go back.As he said that, he turned around and came out with a smile. He still didn't need the girls' support, but he walked faster than usual.Zijuan and Qiuwen hurriedly followed. Daiyu walked out of the gate of Jiamu's courtyard, just walking straight.Zicuckoo hurriedly supported her and shouted, "Girl, come this way."Still smiling, Daiyu followed her to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Not far from the door, Zicuckoo said: Amitabha, you are home!Only this sentence was not finished, and Daiyu's body fell forward with a wow sound, and a mouthful of blood spit out.I don't know how my life is, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.
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