The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 611
After the fourth watch, Fengjie's courtyard became active.

On the corridor of the main room, Sister Feng tied the cloak on Jia Lian herself. She complained a bit: "If you want to send Miss Zhen back, you can't send it to anyone, but you must deliver it in person. Ping'er said that you didn't go to bed until after the second watch last night, so I didn't know how to take advantage of it." Get more sleep!"

"Send her off just by the way, and today I have to visit some commanders of the Imperial Army as early as possible."

"What do you visit them for?"

Sister Feng's tone was full of indifference.What happened to the Commander of the Imperial Army? His family's man is not only the Marquis, but he is also the commander of a section of the Imperial Army in terms of official position.
"Negotiate the transfer of troops. I want to set up the staff of the Firearms Battalion before leaving Beijing."

Jia Lian has also been an official for several years, and has his own experience and experience in being an official.He has always been pragmatic. Despite the emperor's promise, he is not afraid that the commanders of the imperial guards will not cooperate with him to form a firearms battalion, but why waste time and energy arguing about problems that can be solved quickly with etiquette?
The emperor gave him two errands at once, and he was worrying about his lack of energy, thinking about the Huoqiying and Tianjin Wei's affairs together, since the two places are not far apart anyway.

Jia Lian had no intention of explaining these careful considerations to Sister Feng. He took one last look at Sister Feng and laughed, "Are you really not going to the birthday banquet?"

"Don't go."

Jia Lian smiled slightly, brushed a strand of hair from the sideburns of his lovely wife, then turned around and strode down the steps.In the courtyard, Qingwen and other maids who had been waiting for a long time were busy leading the way with lanterns, and sisters Aqi and Aqin immediately followed the guards.

When I came to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, although I saw bright lights in the hall, it was a little quiet.Let the rest of the people wait outside, Jia Lian walked into the hall alone.

When Fang came to the front of the main room, Zijuan came over from the side and hurriedly said: "Forgive me, Second Master, our girl and Miss Zhen both slept late last night, so we got up...a ​​bit late..."

Zicuckoo was a little apprehensive and guilty.

It turned out that Zhen Yuhuan and Daiyu, who had just arrived the day before yesterday, "know each other like friends at first sight", were shy after all.After two days of getting along, I got to know a lot. After returning from Jia Lian's place last night, the two little sisters talked until late. On the couch, we talked for a long time every sentence.

Zijuan slept on the maid's bed in the cubicle. Although she felt that Zhen Yuhuan was mainly pulling their girls to chat, but because the other party was a guest, she couldn't say much, so that she fell asleep later, and didn't know what the two girls were talking about. When do people sleep.

The final result was that after she woke up the person at the fifth watch, she turned around and disappeared, and the other party hugged their girl and fell asleep again.She called again, and it was still almost the same. Only then did she realize that this girl from the Zhen family was more procrastinating than their girls...

But now Jia Lian is here!She didn't know if the aunt was up or not, so after she finished speaking, she wanted to sneak in to have a look, but seeing Jia Lian waved her hand and said, "It's okay, it doesn't matter, she just passed her into the room, and there was no sign of life." mean.

Zijuan respected him very much in his heart, and sure enough, the second master had a good temper and was tolerant.You know, the second master sent someone to say it last night, and the second grandma sent someone to notify in advance this morning. As a result, the second master has arrived at their side and is not ready yet. If another elder comes, even if he is not really angry, verbal It is certain to teach them a lesson.

Jia Lian can't be angry, it's still early.Second, it doesn't matter who the sleepy ones are, they are the two Lin Daiyu who fell from the sky.

At their age, they should sleep more.Jia Lian didn't want to bother them if it wasn't necessary.

But there is no way, Ren Zhen's family sent someone to pick her up last night.Because it was too late at that time, thinking that Zhen Yuhuan and others had sat with him for a whole day in order to congratulate him, it was not appropriate to pack up and leave, so he asked Xue's family to go back and promised to send them to Zhen's house in person early in the morning to ensure that there would be no delay.

The Zhen family was in a hurry to take Zhen Yuhuan back, and the reason given was that they wanted to go to the palace to meet the queen, but Jia Lian knew that they went to see the queen the second day after they entered Beijing.So, it's not just for meeting the queen who made such a serious matter.

The Taishang Emperor's birthday banquet will be held for three days, and today is the first day.On such an important day, the prince himself will definitely be present.

In Daiyu's room, there are four or five servant girls performing their respective duties and waiting in full force.And on the boudoir under the west window, "Daiyu" in thin goose-yellow pajamas sat blankly, her legs were covered by a quilt embroidered with flowers, apparently she had just turned over and sat up, her body was awakened, and her spirit was still in a deep sleep look like.

Perhaps it was the voices of the maids greeting Jia Lian that startled her, she glanced back, and immediately showed a look of embarrassment on her face.

After thinking for a while, she lifted the quilt and sat outside so that the maid beside the couch could dress her.

Knowing that the little girl was shy, Jia Lian didn't get too close, so she sat on the stool closest to the door until she was almost dressed, then got up and walked over.

He first glanced at the other little girl in the bed, she was curled up, sideways inward.Xiaofeng brushed over her slender neck and white and tender shoulders, as if she felt the chill, she curled up a bit, but instead let the quilt slip off her shoulders even more.

Jia Lian shook her head and smiled, bent over and picked up the quilt, and re-tucked her tightly to make sure she wouldn't catch a cold.Turning around, I found "Daiyu" standing next to him, looking at him straight, as if surprised by his gentle behavior that didn't fit his identity.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Your mother was anxious to send someone to pick you up last night. She must have made arrangements for you today, so don't delay. The carriage is ready outside. If you are really sleepy, get in the carriage and sleep."

Although Jia Lian's words were not intended to be reproachful, Zhen Yuhuan lowered her head and explained in a low voice: "I'm sorry second brother, I overslept."

"It's not yet three o'clock, I came a little early."

Jia Lian shook her head, her empathetic words moved the regretful Zhen Yuhuan very much, she opened her bright eyes to look at the brother-in-law her elders had set for her.Sensing the little girl's gaze, Jia Lian also lowered his head, and saw that her temples were partly tilted, her black hair was messy, especially the pair of barking eyes facing him, which looked extremely pure and extremely cute.

Jia Lian turned her head away, "Your mother wants to take you into the palace. Your mother must have requirements for your makeup and attire. I will take you home first, and I will follow your mother's arrangement. Now tie your hair up." , let's go."

"Well, I listen to my second brother."

Knowing that she wasted time, Zhen Yuhuan didn't intend to bargain with Jia Lian, so she obediently followed her personal maid to tie her hair in front of Daiyu's makeup mirror.

Just as Jia Lian was about to go out and wait, he suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind: "Are you leaving?"

Looking back, it was indeed Daiyu who woke up too.She was sitting on the couch just like Zhen Yuhuan before, frowning slightly.

"What about the poetry club, she won't participate?"

Although Tanchun put forward the proposal of the Poetry Club, and Daiyu was not very positive on the surface, she actually attached great importance to this matter.Who would have thought that Zhen Yuhuan, one of the elders, would run away just after starting the club, before even opening the first club, which is quite boring to think about.

Daiyu's words made Zhen Yuhuan's complexion dark in front of the makeup mirror.She traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, and she didn't know anyone here, and she managed to get acquainted with so many sisters of the Jia family, but she wanted to part immediately, and she didn't want to give up.

But there is no way, although the Zhen family's friendship is strong, they are not close relatives.It would be fine if she didn't leave at Jia's house, it would be okay to play for a few more days, but if she left today, she would be ashamed to ask her mother to send her here, even if she begged her mother would not agree.

In fact, this was also the reason why she couldn't bear to sleep last night and wanted to chat with Daiyu, who was destined by fate.

"Why don't you participate? She's just going home, not quitting the club. When we open the poetry club, why don't we just send someone to invite her to come? Could it be that she's embarrassed not to come?"

Well, that's great!
Zhen Yuhuan, who heard Jia Lian's words, almost lost her expression.With her mother's love for her, as long as they are still in the capital, if the Jia family sends someone to invite her to join the poetry club, her mother should agree.

It's different when others invite and take the initiative to come to your door.

Zhen Yuhuan was happy, but Daiyu wasn't there yet, she still said coquettishly: "The literati outside set up poetry clubs for a year or so, and in three to five years may not be able to gather enough people to open a club, so each club is very precious. We are all brothers and sisters at home who run it for fun, not to mention three or five years, as long as we are interested, we can set up a club in three to five days. We discussed with Tanya yesterday, and we will do one today. Woolen cloth.

Is it because of the poetry club that we invite her every day?Or just for her alone, we deliberately do it again every three to five months, in case she goes back to the south? "

Daiyu's words seemed a little aggressive.Zijuan and other maids were fine, but the two personal maids beside Zhen Yuhuan looked sideways, thinking that even if Miss Lin is not willing to let their girls go, what does this have to do with Lord Zhenyuan?
Besides, why is she talking to Lord Hou like that? She's just a cousin, not a real sister.

Even Zhen Yuhuan, who knew the relationship between Daiyu and Jia Lian, was a little surprised, thinking that even if Daiyu was born like a fairy, she should be more gentle and well-behaved when she is favored by her brother-in-law.So she also hurriedly looked at Jia Lian, wanting to see if there would be any displeasure on Jia Lian's face.

How do they know Jia Lian's understanding of Daiyu.Almost as soon as Jia Lian heard Daiyu's continuous voice, she knew that she must have a purpose.

Because Jia Lian knew that if Daiyu was fine, she wouldn't even like to talk too much.Saying specious things like this so unreasonably, it shows that this girl has a wish to be satisfied by him.

Based on the context, Jia Lian probably guessed it.He glanced back at Zhen Yuhuan, who was eating melons, and then said with a smile: "You're right, it's really not good. Because of such a trivial matter as the Poetry Club, we don't mind going to trouble to invite her every day. I'm afraid the elders on both sides will also be annoyed. Not sensible. Let alone delay because she is alone when we want to start a poetry club.

How about this, I will ask their wives later to see how long they will stay in the capital and if there is anything else important.If it's okay, let the righteous sister live in our house all the time, and live in the garden with the sisters in the family, so that everyone has companionship, what do you think is good? "

Daiyu thought about Jia Lian's words, and felt that this was probably the most appropriate way.Because last night when she asked Zhen Yuhuan whether she would come after she left, the other party couldn't answer. They all knew that Zhen Yuhuan was the daughter of the Zhen family and her mother was also in Beijing. There was no reason why she often went to Jia's house.

But this premise is unreasonable.What if there is a reason?
As the person in charge of Jia Lian's Jia family and Zhen Yuhuan's sworn brother, if he took the initiative to invite Zhen Yuhuan to Jia's house to be with his sisters at home, the wife of the Zhen family might not necessarily refuse.

Similarly, if Mother Jia is willing to come forward, she will probably be able to invite Zhen Yuhuan back again.However, Jia Mu is not as easy-talking as Jia Lian. If they ask, even if Jia Mu agrees, she will feel that they are ignorant.

Unless it was Jia Baoyu, a treasure, who had no way to beg.

But compared to Jia Baoyu, for Daiyu, it is obvious that Jia Lian's support is more convenient and more effective.But she is tactful by nature and doesn't like to take the initiative to show her inner thoughts to the outside world, so she made insinuations and let Jia Lian take the initiative to take over the job.

Daiyu, who had almost achieved her goal, smiled, and in a blink of an eye met Jia Lian's smiling and meaningful eyes, she was stunned, and then she turned her head away.

The second brother probably saw through her mind, so he deliberately cooperated with her in saying this?
Thinking of this, Daiyu felt a little embarrassed, but she calmed down quickly.Sure enough, the second elder brother understood her best. In life, it is rare to have a confidant, and the second elder brother's confidant has indeed arrived. Even she sometimes feels that the other party understands her better than herself.

How lucky, there is such a person in the world, how lucky, she was able to meet.

(End of this chapter)