The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 155
After parting with Tu Rui in the outer city, Mu Xu went straight to Liu's house. When he arrived, Liu Xianglian had already returned from the yamen, so he received him personally.

Sitting in the main hall of Liu Mansion, Mu Xu first congratulated Liu Xianglian on becoming a father, and then talked about some new things recently.As soon as I came to talk, a maid came from the back house to report that Daiyu had come out.

Mu Xu had no choice but to make an appointment with Liu Xianglian to have a drink together on another day, then got up to say goodbye, and took Daiyu back in person.On the way back home, Daiyu, who was sitting in the carriage, found that Mu Xu was a little absent-minded when talking to him.So as soon as she got home, she asked, "I think you're out of your mind, but something happened?"

Mu Xu explained his embarrassment, Daiyu thought about it, and gave her suggestion, "This matter is easy to handle, you can write a letter to mother first, as for the next step, I think mother has her own idea .”

Mu Xu was taken aback when she heard the words, and then patted her forehead, "You're right, why am I so confused, what to do as a mother has her own plans, why am I messing around here."

"You are just a fan of the authorities." Daiyu shook her head, wanting to say more.Seeing that Mu Xu had already gone to the study, he said, "Take a rest first, I'll write a letter to my mother."

Daiyu had no choice but to take back the words that came to her lips, and then told Zijuan, "You accompany me to the concubine's place."

The master and servant arrived at the Songhe Hall, saw Daiyu coming, Zhang Taifei smiled and asked her to sit beside her, "Where is Xu'er, why didn't you come with you?"

"He is writing a letter to his mother." Daiyu replied first, and then whispered to Concubine Zhang about the Supreme Emperor.

After listening to Concubine Zhang, she just said a few words with emotion, that's all.Then he asked Daiyu, "You came here to talk about this?"

Daiyu shook her head, and replied, "I want to discuss with my grandmother about Brother Mu accepting concubine concubine. Grandma also knows that once there is another national funeral, she will definitely not be able to marry for at least a year, so I want to ask Ask grandma what she means."

"This is indeed a problem, but you have just entered the door, so it would be a little bad to give Xu'er a concubine." Concubine Zhang was very moved by Daiyu's profound understanding, and then she thought of her,
"Although our family is a royal family, it is a foreign vassal after all. There is no rule for the royal family to marry several at a time. So I originally thought that although it is a concubine concubine bestowed by the emperor, it should be handled according to the general method of a big family. Let's talk in a year."

Daiyu got up and thanked Concubine Zhang, and said, "I know that grandma thought of it for me, but there is no need for it. I think it's better to get this matter done early. I also know Concubine Xue, she has a good personality and is slick in everything she does. , and she is only one year younger than Brother Xu, so there is really no delay."

Concubine Zhang thought about it for a moment, then patted Daiyu's hand, and said seriously, "You are Xu'er's official wife, and you are the one who decides everything about the inner house, so you don't need to tell the old lady anymore."

"Grandmother has nothing to say, but you are the God of Dinghai in our mansion, so naturally I will let you make the decision."

Concubine Zhang did not agree with Daiyu's words, "I never like to take care of those things, so don't worry about it, just let it go and do it."

Seeing that her attitude was so firm, Daiyu had no choice but to agree.

After Mu Xu wrote the letter to his mother, he ordered Yang An to send someone to Liaodong as soon as possible.Then he came to the main room, but found no trace of Daiyu, so he went to Xueyan and asked, "Where is your concubine?"

Xueyan replied, "The concubine is going to the concubine's place." Mu Xu didn't pay attention after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he didn't know how Yinglian's mother settled down, so he walked to the side courtyard next door.

When he entered the room, he saw Yinglian reading the book seriously. He quietly came behind her, lowered his head to look carefully, but found that it was an enlightenment book, so he asked, "How do you read this book?"

Yinglian was startled by the sudden voice, and she fell back in fright. Seeing that she was about to fall off the chair, Mu Xu quickly put her arms around her and said with a smile, "It's me."

Yinglian twisted her body, and said in disbelief, "Your Majesty makes no sound when he walks, which startled me."

"It's my fault. I shouldn't scare you. I didn't expect you to be the only one. What about your girl?"

Yinglian broke free from Mu Xu's arms, pulled him to sit down, and said, "I'm studying poetry recently, and I'm not sure about the rhythm, so I found a book to read. If the girls are here, I can't calm down and read. Let them play by themselves."

"What should I be? It's not easy for you to learn poetry, just let Yu'er teach you."

Ying Lian was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm not afraid of disturbing the Crown Princess!"

Mu Xu shook his head and laughed, "You have known her before, so you should know her temperament, so you don't have to be so careful, she will definitely not take offense. By the way, has your mother settled down?"

"It's settled, and my mother asked me to kowtow to the concubine and the prince on her behalf." Yinglian said gratefully.

"Your mother is too polite. Speaking of it, I was negligent about it before. It's fine if she doesn't blame me. What's the point of thanking you?"

Yinglian wanted to be polite again, but was pulled onto her lap by Mu Xu. The two of them rubbed each other's ears for a while, and when they were a little emotional, they heard a girl's voice from outside.Ying Lian hurriedly jumped out of Mu Xu's arms, got up and straightened her clothes, and said, "My lord, it's getting dark soon, you should go back and have dinner with your concubine."

Mu Xu looked out, and found that it was getting late, so he had to tell Yinglian a few words, and walked out.Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the door, Yinglian chased after him, and under his surprised eyes, shyly and timidly, she helped him tidy up his somewhat messy skirt.

That night, after the couple had made love, Daiyu lay in Mu Xu's arms, and while they were chatting, she started talking about Baochai.

Mu Xu reached out and patted her buttocks, and blamed, "Why are you talking about her at this time? It's too inappropriate."

Daiyu bit him lightly on the shoulder, and shot back, "Who am I worrying about? You still beat me up!"

Mu Xu smiled and kissed her sweaty forehead, "Didn't I say it before, we'll talk about it after you sort out the internal affairs of the mansion."

"You forgot what you told me about the supreme emperor today. If there is another national funeral, don't you have to wait another year?"

To be honest, although Mu Xu has traveled through many years, he is not used to talking about another woman in front of one woman.Especially the one who talked to him was his wife.So he evasively said, "I haven't really thought about it, what's your opinion?"

Daiyu saw that his words were insincere, and immediately rolled his eyes at him angrily, "Is there anything I can say, can I really stop it? I talked to my grandmother today, and she asked me to handle the matter. I thought about it." Next, let's pick her in as soon as possible, and when she comes, she can also help me with housekeeping, anyway, like my grandmother, I don't like to take care of those chores."

Although she spoke righteously, Mu Xu could still hear the little emotions in it, so she had no choice but to comfort her, "You know, I didn't know about this matter at the beginning..."

He rambled on for a long time, but Daiyu didn't reply, so he lowered his head and saw that she had fallen asleep at some point.

Mu Xu heaved a sigh of relief, he was really at a loss for words to continue.Gently covering Daiyu with the quilt, he didn't feel sleepy for a while, and his mind began to think wildly.

To Xue Baochai, his feelings are complicated. When he saw the Red Mansion for the first time in his previous life, he was still young at that time, so he naturally stood in Daiyu's position.Because of some things, he really doesn't like Baochai, he just thinks that she has deep thoughts and inconsistent words and deeds.

For example, in the original text, Baochai always said that a daughter's family should focus on needlework and read less books, but it can be seen from her speech that she herself has a high level of literary accomplishment.And the reason why she said that was because the daughter of the Wang family didn't study, she just wanted to please Mrs. Wang.

Another time, Baochai eavesdropped on the conversation between two girls, Hong'er and Zhuo'er. After being found out, what did she do? She purposely slowed down her steps and said with a smile, "Xiao'er, I see where you hide! "After being exposed by the two maids, she argued again, seeing Daiyu playing in the water not far away, she meant that Daiyu eavesdropped on the conversation between the two.

In addition to these two representative incidents, there are several other places in the original text. It can be seen that Baochai is quite scheming, and he is not at all as pure-minded as Daiyu.

Because of all the above, Mu Xu hated Xue Baochai more than he liked it at the beginning.It wasn't until he went to the society in the future and saw the complexity of the society's people's hearts, and then looked back at the Red Chamber, that he had a different understanding.

(End of this chapter)