Daiyu through the Red Mansions

Chapter 20 Everyone Presents a Birthday Banquet

As mentioned last time, Concubine Dongping thought she had found out the details of Mingyu Tower, and she was terrified, but Concubine Nan'an did not let her go.

It's just that Dongping Concubine didn't dare to make any more troubles now, her thoughts had already flown back to the Dongping Palace and she didn't say a word. With a wink, a nun next to her had already handed over a large wooden box with exquisite workmanship.

"Thinking about my sister's birthday, I don't know what treasures to give. Naturally, my sister's family cannot compare to the wealth and honor of the Beijing Palace, and sending some pearls, agate, jade and corals is a bit tacky.

Only a few days ago, my sister got this thing by chance, and it was interesting to drink tea, but now it seems that it is going to make my sister laugh. "

As she spoke, she asked Mammy to open the gift box, and saw a few glasses and a glass teapot quietly placed on the light yellow silk.

I saw that the whole body of the tea set was transparent, and the bases of the cups and pots were actually inlaid with a ring of broken diamonds, which shone even brighter under the sunlight, reflecting colorful rays of light.

Concubine Dongping originally wanted to take advantage of Concubine Beijing's birthday to win over the Beijing Palace, and tried every means to buy a set from overseas merchants as a birthday gift, which cost ten thousand taels of silver.

The relationship between the Beijing Palace and Mingyu Tower is being explored now, and the gift is probably just a joke. Today's face may be lost, and it can only be retrieved in the future.

"Sister Dongping has a heart, and she actually gave her such a good thing as a gift. It's really rare. I'm afraid this kind of treasure is also a rare thing in my family."

Seeing that Princess Dongping had brought out such a good treasure, Concubine Bei Jing also liked it in her heart.Turning back to Yu'er, she is worthy of her elegant and refined demeanor.

He took it over and played with it, put it in the gift box, and told Madam Liu to accept it and thanked him.

"As long as my sister likes it, it's not a waste of my sister's efforts."

Concubine Dongping glanced at Concubine Nan'an as she spoke, with a smug expression on her face, but she was even more puzzled in her heart.Ordinarily Concubine Bei Jing shouldn't have such an air, since Ming Yulou also has glass, but it's not so delicate, could it be that I am suspicious.

"Hmph, what is a glass? I heard that there are many produced in Mingyulou."

Concubine Nan'an was displeased with Concubine Dongping's arrogance and snorted coldly, and also offered her own gift.It was actually a thousand-year-old red sandalwood statue of Avalokitesvara. Everyone knew that Grand Concubine Bei Jing believed in Buddhism the most. This red sandalwood Buddha statue was sent to Grand Concubine Bei Jing's heart.

Sure enough, seeing such a statue of Guanyin, Princess Bei Jing hurriedly got up and folded her hands together, recited the Buddha's name, and asked Mother Liu to put it away respectfully, please go back to the Buddhist hall, and praised: "My sister really knows my heart, my sister is here Thank you here."

"Hehe, as long as my sister likes it, I originally wanted to embroider a Guanyin statue for my sister, but my sister also knows that my sister is not good at these things. I just got this Guanyin statue, so it would be great to give it to my sister."

After finishing speaking, he raised his chin to Concubine Dongping in protest.The annoyed Concubine Dongping glared at her, but couldn't say anything.

Who in Beijing doesn't know that Concubine Nan'an was a tomboy-like character when she was young, with a hot temper, and a general background, with some martial arts skills in her body.

Only being friends with Concubine Bei Jing made her angry, and she could do anything. Now that she has become a concubine, her personality has only restrained a little.

Seeing that Concubine Dongping and Concubine Nan'an were at odds, the others hurried forward to offer birthday gifts, including jewellery, jade ruyi, jade screen, and blood coral.

Among them, the women in the boudoir presented some paintings and calligraphy drawn by themselves, which belonged to female celebrities.He also thought that if he could be spotted by the Beijing Palace, once he entered the palace, he would be blessed with infinite glory.

Shui Rong looked at the things sent by these young women, fidgeting.After a while, I took a peek at Daiyu, for fear that Daiyu would get angry, and just wanted to leave here early to express my love for her sister.

Daiyu glanced at him with a smile and then turned to those gifts, and watched them with great interest, not only nodded her head to comment, but she didn't seem to be angry.

But this made Shui Rong even more uneasy.He had inquired about it, and sister Daiyu was a bit petty, but she was nowhere to be seen now.

But she didn't know that Daiyu had already guessed what it meant after seeing the gifts of those girls.No one in the capital knows that the King of Beijing is a top-notch tall, rich and handsome man who has not been engaged so far, and the Princess of Beijing is a blind date all over the capital.

Taking advantage of the concubine's birthday, all the ladies of the right age from various families were all dressed up very gorgeously, wanting to earn a moment's attention in the eyes of King Beijing Jing.

The helpless thing was that King Bei Jing cast his eyes on the stunning beauty sitting next to the concubine since he sat down and glanced at everyone, and he didn't look at the other girls much.The girls were bitter for a while, resentful in their hearts.

If it wasn't for being unable to guess Daiyu's identity, and Daiyu was sitting next to the concubine, someone who was that crazy would have gone up to argue.

For the thoughts of these little girls, Daiyu is disdainful in her heart, and her true feelings can stand the test.If Shui Rong can really be snatched away by other girls, then he is not his fate.

Before his death, his father only hoped that the Beijing Palace would take more care of his marriage, and he did not expressly betroth him to Shui Rong.

Daiyu has seen Baoyu through, and now she just has a good impression of Shui Rong, and she will never be attached to a man's protection.Besides, now that Daiyu doesn't want anything, her father has left her a huge family business, and she herself has made Mingyulou's business more and more prosperous.

As long as Daiyu meets a man who can make her fall in love, with her own power, she can definitely make her man soar into the sky.

At this moment, Daiyu had already focused her attention on a portrait of Avalokitesvara in front of Shui Rong, and she saw that the portrait of Avalokitesvara used Western perspective which was rarely used in China. Life, no matter from which angle you look at it, it feels like Guanyin Bodhisattva is watching you like this.

Daiyu has traveled through the world of Red Mansions for more than a year, which makes Daiyu puzzled.

According to the time of writing and the things recorded in Dream of Red Mansions, it should belong to the Ming and Qing dynasties, but there is no trace of it here.This was actually a period different from any other period in ancient China. Fortunately, Daiyu came from a later generation and knew exactly what was going on, so she was not in a hurry.

People say that once you travel through time, you should change the world and become king.But Daiyu's two lives became one, and she couldn't tell who she was now, so she extinguished her restless soul.

Seeing this familiar Western painting method now, my heart trembles. Could it be that I am not the only one who crossed the red building, and this person is at the banquet.For a moment Daiyu was both excited and panicked, biting her lips tightly, her delicate red lips were already bleeding without realizing it, but the expression on her pretty face had changed several times.

Shui Rong peeped several times but found that Daiyu didn't pay attention to her, following Daiyu's gaze unexpectedly found a different picture scroll.

It is indeed a Guanyin image that is different from ordinary figure paintings, but the Guanyin seems to give people a vivid feeling. No matter from which angle you look at it, it seems that a compassionate Bodhisattva is paying attention to you.

This discovery made Shui Rong a little surprised, and couldn't help picking up the scroll, wanting to admire it.

It's just that after searching over and over again, except for the special brushwork, I can't see any peculiarities that can attract sister Daiyu's attention, so I don't want to ask more.

Sitting here felt awkward again, so she accused her of a crime and went out to greet the male guests.

　This chapter has been revised, welcome to taste

　　
　
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