The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 211 Sudden Accident
After finishing her grooming, Daiyu went to the next room to have a look at her son, then took Zijuan and Xueyan to pay her respects to Concubine Zhang, had breakfast with her, and told Mu Xu what she had discussed.

After hearing this, Concubine Zhang immediately praised, "You are very thoughtful, so just do as you say."

Now that she got her grandmother's consent, Daiyu no longer hesitated, and immediately dealt with it vigorously and decisively. She ordered all the maids of the right age in the palace to be summoned outside the meeting hall, and then announced her decision.When those girls heard the news, they immediately became excited, and they all whispered to each other.

Seeing this, Zijuan, who had been signaled by Daiyu, hurried out of the queue and shouted loudly, "Su Jing, you have heard what the concubine Shizi said, I give you five days, and when you have thought it over, report your thoughts to the stewards of the various courts. The Crown Princess will deal with it according to the circumstances. If during this process, someone dares to force you by relying on their status in the mansion, you can directly go to the Crown Princess to appeal, and once they are found out, they will not be lightly forgiven."

The last point was also Mu Xu's intention. He was worried that some servants in the mansion would rely on their father's position in the mansion to forcefully marry girls who were unwilling, so he specifically told Daiyu to say so in public.

After dismissing all the maidservants and returning to Chaohui Courtyard, Daiyu personally asked Mei Jian and the others what they thought. After Daiyu's words, they all said that they would go back and discuss it with their family members. Of course, Daiyu agreed to this small request and gave them a day off.

When there were only three people left in the room, she looked at Zijuan and Xueyan again, and said with a smile, "Although we are called masters and servants, we love sisters in private. You can tell me what you have in mind, as long as Anything I can do is impossible.”

Xueyan replied first, "I have been with the girl since I was five years old, so naturally I will continue to serve her, anyway, I don't have any family to drag me down."

Daiyu nodded lightly, she knew the situation of Xueyan very well, she was not surprised by the choice this girl would make, what she actually wanted to ask was Zijuan.Seriously speaking, yesterday when Baochai mentioned that she was going to take a concubine for Mu Xu, her first reaction was to choose Zijuan.Because in her opinion, Zijuan is a loyal person and knows how to advance and retreat. Even if her status changes, she will not make any trouble in the back house, which can save her a lot of worry as a big woman.

As for why she finally listened to Baochai's suggestion, it was Daiyu's consideration that Qingwen's looks were more outstanding, and she could understand Baochai's intention, which was nothing more than to find someone to compete with Qin Keqing.Although she didn't think this idea was so brilliant, there was no need to refute Baochai's face just because of such a trivial matter.At worst, if Zicuckoo has no good future, she can simply let Mu Xu take over the house.After all, the world is like this, she has seen it now, just like her father and mother are so loving, and the father still has a three-bedroom concubine.

Of course Zijuan didn't know that she was the one who was almost going to be the child of her own family.So when Xueyan finished speaking, she followed up and made a statement, "Just like Xueyan, I also want to serve the girl for the rest of my life."

"What stupid things are you talking about? I will definitely do it for you..." Daiyu hadn't finished speaking when she saw Mu Xu walking in in a court dress. He and Zijuan took off the court clothes for Mu Xu, complaining at the same time, "Isn't it just a big court? Why did it take so long? We have to go to Rongguo Mansion soon!"

Mu Xu stretched his arms and let several people remove his court uniform and put on a normal uniform again, explaining, "Originally, the ten-day grand court meeting was just a formality, who would have thought that the frontline military newspaper would suddenly come and say It was because Qianxiang Kingdom was a little ready to move, and there was a quarrel in the court all of a sudden, which delayed it for so long."

After he finished speaking, seeing Daiyu's anxious expression, he couldn't help but smiled and comforted him, "You don't have to worry about being late, have you forgotten that all officials in Beijing have to attend the court? When I came back, I saw your uncle and his son at the gate of the palace." .”

"You just need to go and have a drink, but I still have to go to the back house to visit Lian's second sister-in-law and my grandmother."

"Yes, you are right, then let's set off."

After everything was ready, Mu Xu brought Daiyu and Baochai to the Rongguo Mansion. When they arrived at the gate, Jia Lian and his concubine Jia Cong personally welcomed him into the main hall of the front courtyard. As for Daiyu and his daughters, they went to the back house in sedan chairs .

As soon as he arrived outside the Rongxi Hall, he saw Jia Amnesty wearing a maroon official uniform and standing under the eaves with a beaming face to receive guests. When he saw Mu Xu coming, he grinned to the ears, smiled and saluted, "My lord To be able to come here, it really makes Shexia flourish."

Mu Xu also bowed back, "Congratulations to Jia Shibo for his golden grandson."

"Don't dare to be, my son, sit inside."

Accompanied by Jia Amnesty and entering the Rongxi Hall, Mu Xu took a look and found that all the people who came were honorable people, such as four kings and eight princes, basically everyone who could come, such as Shui Rong, Niu Jizong, Liu Besides, Fang and the others are Jia Lian's colleagues in Xiuyiwei and Jia's in-laws.Everyone greeted each other, and Mu Xu sat at the top and chatted awkwardly with others.

Compared with the front hall, the back house is much more lively. Not only Daiyu and the others, but also the remaining three female family members of the four major families, as well as the younger generations such as Yingchun and Xiangyun, will all gather in Jiamu's honor. In Qingtang.

Although Daiyu and Qin Keqing are juniors, one of them is the princess and the other is the imperial concubine, and they have the highest status among all the people present except Jia's mother.So even though they refused again and again, they were still pulled by Jia Mu and sat beside her.Ever since Yingchun got married and Xichun returned to the East Mansion, it has been a long time since Jiamu's place has been so lively. Now seeing everyone gathered together, she is really in a good mood, talking to many visitors from time to time.

But Daiyu only occasionally echoed a sentence or two, and most of her attention was focused on Qin Keqing.Even if it wasn't the first time she saw Qin Keqing, she couldn't help sighing in her heart, no wonder this dead man was attracted by her, this woman was indeed beautiful, and she exuded a soul-stirring charm all over her body.

Qin Keqing also noticed Daiyu's strange gaze, she smiled and asked, "Why is Aunt Lin staring at me all the time today, but what's wrong with me?"

Daiyu laughed lightly, and casually said, "I see my cousin is beautiful, and I'm so envious. Even if I'm a woman like you, I'm still fascinated by you."

The words were endless, but Qin Keqing's heart trembled, and she felt that Daiyu seemed to have something in her words. Before she could speak out, she heard Jia's mother teasing the two of them, "Why are you two playing tricks? It’s my aunt and my cousin, it hurts my brain. According to me, now that Brother Rong is not at home, you can be called sisters, why bother!”

The two girls glanced at each other and laughed coquettishly at the same time, saying that Jia's mother was right.But after Jia Mu's interruption, and not long after, a girl came to report that it was almost noon and the banquet was ready, Jia Mu heard that she invited everyone to the side hall next door for dinner.As a result, the atmosphere between Daiyu and Qin Keqing improved, Daiyu no longer made insinuations, and Qin Keqing did not continue to be suspicious.

After the full moon banquet, many guests left one after another, but Daiyu and Baochai, as well as Yingchun and Xiangyun chose to stay, planning to visit Wang Xifeng's mother and son.Speaking of which, they were supposed to go there in the morning, but the courtyard where Sister Feng lived was small, and her mother, aunt and others were all there at the time, so it was not easy for Daiyu and others to join in the fun.

After visiting Sister Feng's mother and son, they were about to go to Jia Mu's place to say goodbye, but an accident happened.It turned out that Jia Baoyu knew that Daiyu and others were coming today, so he had been paying attention in secret. Taking advantage of the time when Jia Zheng accompanied Jia She to see off the guests, he walked back to the back house alone out of Jia Zheng's sight. Yu and the others blocked the gate of Rongqing Hall.

(End of this chapter)