The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Because the departure was imminent, Jia Lian just sat down for Xue Baochai's birthday party and said goodbye to Jia Mu and the sisters at home.

Early the next morning, Jia Lian left Rongguo Mansion with his cronies and soldiers under the reluctant eyes of Sister Feng, Qingwen and others.

Because it was just going to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the eucalyptus, it was not like the last time sending Princess Zhaoyang to Wala, it was a major event for the whole country, so there was no drama about the general leading the army to go to war, but Jia Lian went to Daming Palace alone and received a few words from the emperor Entrusted, they set off.

Dongjiao Wharf is a scene of prosperity all year round.

Jia Lian and Yang Xun, the head of the household department who the court arranged to assist him in going south, as well as the captain of the forbidden army and Baihu of Jinyiwei who were in charge of his safety on the trip, once again explained, and then they got off the official ship and came with only a few entourages. Go to the lucky boat of the Lin family.

There are a total of five accompanying ships on this trip.

One of the official ships and two escort ships.The official ship was naturally carried by Jia Lian and other officials, and the two ships were mainly carried by two hundred guard officers and soldiers.

The Lin family leased two blessing boats, the larger one was used by Lin Ruhai's coffin and Dai Yu and others, and the smaller one was used by other members of the Lin family who sent the spirits away.

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For fear of delaying the time, Lin Ruhai's coffin had already been transported out of the city and onto the boat last night, so that Daiyu followed and rested on the boat overnight.

Maybe it was because everything was in a hurry, or maybe it was the early spring on the Grand Canal, the dawn wind was bitter, and the bells in the distance were few, so Daiyu couldn't sleep peacefully all night.

When I got up early in the morning, I had nothing to do except kneel down and burn paper before my father's spirit on time.Averting the eyes of Zijuan and others for a moment, she walked to the deck alone, looking at the green hills and the cold water in the distance, a feeling of loneliness and loneliness emerged spontaneously.

Recalling the busy days since his father died of illness, and thinking about the trip south, not only was the journey delayed for at least half a month, but he also said that he was unaccompanied when he returned to Suzhou. How to deal with those who are not close to each other, and how to deal with what my father said, my...the dowry...

Thinking of all these trivial things, I can't help but feel that life is really tiring sometimes.So I was lucky that Jia Lian took these things away from the beginning to the end, so that she could avoid thinking about those complicated things.

Thinking of Jia Lian, Daiyu turned her eyes to the other side of the pier. The official ship was parked brightly in the middle of the pier, and there were passenger ships and merchant ships coming from all directions, but none of them dared to disturb.

It was also good luck, she immediately saw Jia Lian leading someone towards her, and Daiyu was overjoyed.

But she didn't go downstairs to meet him, but quietly hid her body.Staying on the second floor, she heard Jia Lian boarding the boat, others greeted him, and also heard Jia Lian below, asking and checking the arrangements on board...

"Where's Sister Lin?"

Lian's second brother came upstairs and he was looking for me.

Hearing that Jia Lian was looking for her, Daiyu not only didn't take the initiative to go out, but even hid her petite body in the corner. She wanted to see what would happen if Jia Lian couldn't find her.

Daiyu thinks her whereabouts are secretive, but in fact her every move has been controlled by the maids, but Zijuan and others know that she likes to be quiet, so they don't disturb her.

Therefore, Jia Lian followed Zijuan's instructions and easily found Daiyu's trail - just at the corner of the boat corridor, a piece of clothing hid to the other side with lightning speed.

Jia Lian was slightly taken aback, guessing that Daiyu wanted to play hide-and-seek with him?Therefore, he gently pushed aside the side room, restrained his footsteps and passed through, and found Daiyu holding his breath outside.

Seeing her blushing, with a vague sense of joy, Jia Lian couldn't help but find it funny, she was still a naive girl after all.

So he quietly opened the door behind her, deliberately laughed loudly and said, "So you are hiding here, so I can find you easily."

Although Daiyu subconsciously turned her head when she heard the slight sound of the door opening behind her, she was startled by the sudden appearance of Jia Lian, and looked at Jia Lian in a daze.

After a while, he blushed and said: "Who is hiding, I'm just standing here, but you, why are you hiding inside to scare people!"

Under the sophistry, he felt guilty in the end, showing a trace of embarrassment on his face, then restrained his expression, turned around and leaned on the railing, pretending to look at a merchant ship unloading ahead.

Suddenly he felt that Jia Lian came to her side and stood side by side with her, her body didn't move, but her heartbeat began to speed up for no reason...

What a strange feeling.

Daiyu was a little confused. When she was in Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian often visited her in her room, and she often went to Sister Feng's nursery.At that time, every time she saw Jia Lian, although she was happy in her heart, she just felt happy with Jia Lian and never felt very nervous!

Who knows, ever since Jia Lian asked her father to marry her, every time she saw Jia Lian, she felt ashamed and nervous.

Originally thought that today, she is much better, who knows, when Jia Lian is so close to her again, she is still so worthless...

"what happened to you?"

Xu Shi saw that there was a difference in her expression, so Jia Lian turned her head and asked.Because of the huge difference in height between the two, Jia Lian put his hand on Daiyu's shoulder, originally just to express his concern, but he just felt that Daiyu's shoulder was icy and cold.

"Why are you so cold?"

When Daiyu felt the temperature of Jia Lian's palm, her body trembled slightly.I complained secretly in my heart, didn't the second elder brother Lian say that there is a difference between men and women, you should pay attention to proportion, why is it that he seems to be a different person now, he doesn't pay attention at all.

Or, once a man and a woman are engaged, can they get closer?
These thoughts flashed through her mind quickly, and in order not to show her timidity, Daiyu replied casually.

"Maybe it's the wind."

Daiyu didn't dare turn her head to look at Jia Lian, and noticed that Jia Lian's hand had left her shoulder. Just when she was curious and worried whether Jia Lian would behave inappropriately to her again, she suddenly felt warm all over her body. A heavy cloak was put on.

Warm and comfortable, as if covering her whole body in it.

She knew that Jia Lian must have taken off the cloak and put it on her.

Daiyu doesn't like to wear other people's clothes.But at this moment, she found that she didn't dislike the clothes that obviously carried Jia Lian's breath, but was slightly delighted.

One thing is that Jia Lian's taste is good. His clothes are simple and elegant. Because of his status and financial resources, even his ordinary clothes are of high quality and expensive, which is naturally disgusting. Can't get up.

Second, Daiyu knew that this was an expression of Jia Lian's love for her.

Nowadays, I don't like to take off my outer clothes and wear this routine for women.On the contrary, taking off one's clothes for women to wear, in the eyes of most men, is an act of depreciation.

Because all wealthy families, wives and young ladies, have maids and maids who carry extra outer clothes for addition and subtraction, so for this type of family, women naturally do not have this need.

Furthermore, in a society where men are respected, women naturally carry some bad connotations, so it is not easy to carry bad luck if they wear their own clothes for women?Therefore, most men are unwilling to wear their own clothes on women, and women will not wear men's clothes, and they will appear frivolous and impolite.

Therefore, for Jia Lian's behavior of putting on clothes for her, Daiyu didn't feel any cliche, but a little shy and warm.

He said in his heart that if Lian's second elder brother didn't love her very much, he wouldn't be like this.

Jia Lian turned her body to face him again. Looking down, seeing Jia Lian's hands fastening the cloak straps on her chest, Daiyu felt that her heart was in her throat.Not only was there an element of shyness, but she was also worried that Jia Lian's hand would accidentally touch her chest, which would make her feel ashamed to death.

It was not easy to refuse Jia Lian's kindness, so he raised his watery eyes, glanced at Jia Lian quickly, lowered his head and said weakly: "You gave me the clothes, what do you do?"

"How can you compare with me."

A sentence that seemed to be very contemptuous of her made Daiyu's shyness disappear a lot, and some dissatisfied expressions appeared in her watery eyes.

No one likes to be regarded as a "weak chicken", and Daiyu is the same, she doesn't want to talk anymore.

Jia Lian faced Daiyu face to face, and he was condescending, so he could see most of Daiyu's expressions.

Seeing her pouting angrily, she really has Qingwen's demeanor. However, Qingwen's pouting is a feeling that she deserves to be beaten, but this girl is naturally pitiful.

"If you don't accept it, just show me how well you are healthy.

If you don't say that you can compare with me, you can be as good as Qingwen, so I won't say such things in the future. "

"Humph."

Daiyu only waited for Jia Lian to fasten her top and bottom belts, and then hurriedly turned around and went back.

However, while turning around, he couldn't help but glance at Jia Lian's figure, which had taken off his cloak and revealed his figure.

He secretly thought to himself, Lian's second elder brother deserves to be a person who practiced martial arts all the year round, and he is indeed physically strong, much stronger than his father looks.

No wonder, I never heard that Lian's second elder brother was sick, and he seldom even caught wind and cold.

I remembered that year when I taught Xiangling in Sister Feng's nursery, how many times Jia Lian came home from martial arts training, wearing only a thin gown, her naked arms dripping with sweat, were so strong and powerful.

Suddenly, I feel Ji Dong and uneasy.She thought about it, after she married Jia Lian in the future, didn't she have to face Jia Lian... all?
In the past, just looking at Lian's second brother's arms made me feel very ashamed, but if I saw others, wouldn't it be... I'm going to die, what am I thinking!
Daiyu, who was covered with a warm cloak and filled with strange thoughts, felt hot all over her body and her cheeks were hot. She could only stretch her neck to face the cold wind blowing over the water, trying to calm herself down.

Because Daiyu turned her back, Jia Lian couldn't control Daiyu's expression in real time. She could only see her leaning against the railing of the boat, even though she was covered by his wide cloak, she still looked very delicate and slender.

This girl really needs to be raised well.

Jia Lian has already decided that after returning from Jiangnan for this trip, there should be no need to leave Beijing for a short time.At that time, we must spend some effort to make Daiyu's body fat and white...

Sea cucumber, bird's nest and shark's fin, you can get her whatever is easy to grow meat, if you don't believe it, you can't get fat.I just don't know, what will Daiyu look like after gaining weight?
Thinking about it this way, I felt a little bit of a bad taste.

Daiyu didn't know Jia Lian's vicious thoughts, if she knew, she would be very angry!
How can a fairy be fat!
She suppressed the shame in her heart a little, and she didn't see Jia Lian next to her speaking. To avoid being silent and embarrassed, she typed her stomach and asked, "I heard from Zijuan that you asked the housekeeper to vacate a room on the boat here." , what is it for?"

"Of course I live."

Daiyu was secretly delighted, but she still asked, "Don't you have an official boat, why are you coming here to squeeze with us?"

Daiyu actually asked the question knowingly. As early as she heard that the room next to her room had been vacated, she guessed that Jia Lian might have prepared it for her.

But then I thought, since Jia Lian is an imperial envoy, the configurations on the official ship are naturally much better than hers, so why should Jia Lian leave a good place to stay and come to live on an official ship?

After all, her lucky boat was mainly used to transport her father's coffin, and white was hung everywhere, and the conditions must not be compared with the official ships of the imperial court.

"If sister Lin doesn't want me to come over and squeeze you, then I'll stay on the official ship and not come over."

Hearing Jia Lian's words, Daiyu frowned immediately, and replied, "If you don't come, you don't come, who cares."

As soon as the words fell, she heard Jia Lian's smug laughter, Daiyu looked back at Jia Lian's face, and knew that she had spoken quickly again, had fallen into Jia Lian's trap, and revealed her desire for him to come and live!
"It's really not unusual? But I have already explained to my subordinates that if it is not necessary on this journey, I will stay on the boat here to watch for my uncle. If Sister Lin drives me away, then I will be in trouble."

Daiyu hesitated for a moment, then said: "You are Lord Marquis, you can live wherever you want, I dare not push you away, so don't use your words to oppress people."

Taking advantage of Daiyu's guilt, Jia Lian put his hand on Daiyu's jade hand holding the railing, caressed and said, "It seems that Sister Lin still doesn't understand. It's a long way to go south. If I don't keep an eye on you, How can I be at ease?"

Daiyu twitched her little hand, but she didn't twitch, that's all, but her heart was not as calm as she expressed.

Lian's second brother's words, are they words of love? They should be. It sounds embarrassing, but also a little reassuring, and my heart is light.

Seeing this, Jia Lian even raised his hand, put it on Daiyu's other shoulder, took Daiyu into his arms, and let her lean against his arms.

In order to prevent Daiyu from breaking free in embarrassment, Jia Lian said: "Sister Lin, do you know that the day when my uncle promised you to me was the happiest day in my life. Because it means that from now on, I can justifiably take care of you and love you without any scruples.

So, even if your uncle passes away, you don't have to worry.From now on, the rest of your life will be entrusted to me. I will treat you well for the rest of my life and never break my promise.Good sister, can you trust me? "

Although similar words, Jia Lian had told her before when she was in the Lin family.

But Daiyu was ashamed to face Jia Lian at that time, and didn't listen carefully at all.

Being held in Jia Lian's arms at this moment, his sense of shame was immediately suppressed by Jia Lian's words of love, and the only thing echoing in his heart was Jia Lian's voice.

Jia Lian's embrace and words made her feel warm both physically and mentally, which really dispelled the feeling of loneliness and hesitation that Lin Ruhai's death had caused her!

She fully believed that what Jia Lian said was sincere, and if she hadn't felt this way, she would not have wronged herself to marry Jia Lian as a concubine.

Unlike Jia Lian, Jia Lian dared to ask her to marry her because of her extraordinary status and status.But she only cared about Jia Lian's kindness to her, so she was willing to entrust her body and mind.

Therefore, at this moment, Daiyu didn't know how to respond to Jia Lian, so she could only snuggle into Jia Lian's arms and weep silently.

Those were moved tears, but also tears of happiness.

Zijuan took a coat and came out to look for Daiyu, seeing the two people hugging each other at the end of the corridor, Zijuan couldn't help but stop.

Seeing her girl's delicate body completely wrapped in Jia Lian's cloak, and then covered and protected by Jia Lian's tall figure, Zijuan felt happy for Daiyu in her heart, and a smile appeared on her face.

Quietly go back, find Xiangling, and ask her to take a piece of Jia Lian's outer dress and send it over.

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The days of floating on the boat are boring in themselves.

But because of Daiyu's existence, everything seems to be different for Jia Lian.

Daiyu is sensitive by nature, sometimes she likes to be quiet, and sometimes she likes to be active. It can be said that she is the type that is not easy to get close to.

Coupled with her inherent reserve, even after she got engaged to Jia Lian, she still didn't know how to get along with Jia Lian.

So for Jia Lian, the time on the boat was an important opportunity to open Daiyu's heart.

A lucky boat is only such a big place, and we get along with each other every day. As long as we have the heart, even the trivial things in life can bring our relationship closer and eliminate the barriers.

Not to mention, the two of them had to guard Lin Ruhai's spirit every day, so they sat together every day, except for Zi Juan and a few other maids, almost no one disturbed them, and their relationship grew stronger day by day.

Second, the canal goes north and down, passing through many state capitals and scenic spots along the way.Although it is inconvenient to stay along the way and delay too much time, the party always needs to station ships in some places for supplies. Whenever this time, Jia Lian will take Daiyu to simply visit some places and scenic spots, which makes Daiyu appreciate him even more. The attachment is getting worse.

As a result, as long as no one is around, Daiyu can accept his behavior of holding her little hand, and even hugging her in his arms occasionally to comfort her.

All these made Jia Lian happy and fulfilled.

As for Daiyu, whether she was in the Rongguo Mansion or the Lin family, she always had various concerns when getting along with Jia Lian.

Especially after knowing that her father had promised her to Jia Lian, Daiyu didn't dare to face Jia Lian, so that every time they met, she only dared to respond to some innocuous words, and buried her heart deeply in her heart.

Now that she is with Jia Lian every day, her life and soul are taken care of by Jia Lian, which makes her feel the feeling of being cared for by someone wholeheartedly.And for the first time in life, I realized the beauty of being in love with each other.

How important is this kind of fit and closeness to the soul for Daiyu who will entrust Jia Lian for life at this time!

She also took advantage of these days to slowly talk to Jia Lian about some of the backlog of words in her heart, and the two also shared some secrets with each other that could not be told to others.

Daiyu felt that this must be the most unforgettable day in her life.

As a result, she hopes to sail more slowly, to Yangzhou, so that she can have more time to retain this feeling.

It's a pity that in only twenty days, Jia Lian and his party came to one of the most prosperous states in the south of the Yangtze River, the world-famous Yangzhou City.

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