Daiyu frowned slightly. She was very smart and noticed that Jia Lian was not telling the truth, but she did not hold on to him. She just sat there and stopped talking. She looked gloomy and didn't know what she was thinking.

Jia Lian sat down next to her and asked with a smile: "Didn't you say you were opening a poetry club today? How is it going?"

"What can we do? , you weren’t here, and Sister Zhen didn’t come either, there were just a few of us, but we just responded casually.”

Daiyu also lied, in fact, they had a lot of fun in the afternoon. After all, it was the first club to be founded, and everyone was in high spirits. If not for the fact that Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Wang, and others returned home with emotions, which had an invisible impact on them, I am afraid that their good mood of opening a club to recite poems would have continued to this day. Woolen cloth.

Jia Lian smiled, "Then who won the first prize? I guess it's Sister Lin."

Daiyu's nose twitched, although she didn't speak, her face was The slight arrogance and naturalness shown in the picture are so obvious.

Jia Lian was surprised: "You really won the first place? What was your topic? I wonder if I would be lucky enough to listen to Sister Lin's masterpiece?"

Dai Jade was dissatisfied with Jia Lian's surprise, as if she, Lin Daiyu, was the first to be surprised! I don’t know who borrowed other people’s poems in front of the empress to cope with the exam.

"Yesterday you gave us so many begonia flowers, so everyone used begonia as the title. As for our Tanchun sister, we are responsible for copying it. You have to read it and ask her to give it to you tomorrow. Just look at it together, I can't remember it."

Jia Lian smiled and looked at Daiyu who hung the birdcage on the window step. He knew that Daiyu was quite arrogant.

That is to say, she knows that she is excellent, but she does not know how to say it herself, and she does not even bother to show it. But if you can take the initiative to discover it and praise her, she will be very happy and treat you as a close friend.

For example, when she returned to the province in Yuan Chun last time, she found that Jia Lian had "quoted" her poems. Instead of being angry at all, she was secretly happy. She felt that Jia Lian could think of her poems in that situation, so naturally This is the case with great recognition.

And he used his own poems so carelessly, obviously because he felt close enough to himself and was sure that he would not expose him. This is another meaning.

Also at this time, Daiyu was obviously very confident about her winning poem, but she was not willing to tell Jia Lian directly. Instead, she asked Jia Lian to go to Tan Chun and ask for the manuscript, so that Jia Lian could After finally witnessing her masterpiece, I was even more impressed by her emotional intelligence and talent.

However, Jia Lian did not need to go to Tanchun to ask for the manuscript, and he probably knew about Daiyu's masterpiece.

It was also because of this that he was surprised that Daiyu won theKui's matter. Because if he remembers correctly, in the original work, the girls in the Grand View Garden gathered for a poetry party, and Baochai won the first place in the first club to sing Haitang.

Because the president Li Wan felt that Baochai’s poem about Begonia written by Baochai was more dignified, more subtle and powerful, and was superior in character to the romantic and chic Begonia written by Daiyu, so he judged Baochai First, Daiyu second.

Unexpectedly, this time, after he intentionally gave begonia flowers to the girls in the Grand View Garden, so that they also chanted begonias, Daiyu would take the first place.

Could it be that he forcibly twisted it after all, causing them to write about Haitang, but it was different from what was written in the original work? When I have time, I want to take their manuscripts and take a look.

In fact, there is a detail hidden here that Jia Lian ignored.

After all, Daiyu in this life is different from the original. Not to mention her relationship with him, let's just say that Daiyu herself has a noble and rare character, which has long made her different from other daughters in the Grand View Garden.

Therefore, although Sanchun, Daiyu and others still refer to each other as sisters, in fact, due to this closeness, they have a higher level of respect for Daiyu.

Even Li Wan, the elder sister-in-law, is no exception.

In the original work, Daiyu is just a sister-in-law who is loved by Jia Mu. Li Wan usually cherishes her a little, but he will not shrink from her changing his principles or actions. Therefore, facing the works of Baochai and Daiyu, who were both brothers, Li Wan could praise Baochai's more upright and elegant poems without any scruples.

But it’s more or less impossible in this life. Anyway, Dai Shi is superior to everyone else in terms of chicness and dexterity of mind. Therefore, for the sake of Daiyu as her master, Li Wan and others naturally recommended Dai Shi as the number one.

This is actually consistent with the aura carried by Jia Lian himself. Even as noble as Yuanchun, his attitude was the same when he reviewed Jia Lian's poems that night.

It is conceivable that even if Jia Lian did not borrow Dai Yu's masterpiece that night, Yuan Chun would still rank Jia Lian's poem that she felt was "not amazing enough" in her heart as the top one, or even the first one.

This is the combination of celebrity effect and noble effect.

Unless someone can come up with a significantly better masterpiece so that the judges will not be biased, in future poetry society competitions, Jia Lian and Daiyu will obviously have the upper hand. Advantageous.

Daiyu hung up the birdcage and went to hug the "big rat" on the ground. Suddenly she felt her little hand tighten and Jia Lian had already pulled her to sit next to her.

Her little face turned red, she quickly glanced out the window, and then asked Jia Lian shyly what he wanted.

“Since we are setting up a society to compose poems, I’m afraid you also have a name, right? What is Sister Lin’s name?”

Daiyu, who was nervously thinking that Jia Lian was going to do something inappropriate to her again, was stunned for a moment when she heard this and lowered her head without looking back.

Zicuckoo happened to come into the room at this time. Hearing this, he smiled and interrupted: "Our girl is called 'Xiaoxiang Concubine'. It was the nickname given to our girl by the third girl."

"I want you to talk more."

Daiyu was very shy, because of Jia Lian. Being so close to Jia Lian, his strong masculine aura made her little heart flutter.

There is also a reason for her "elegant nickname".

It turns out that when everyone was discussing the name this afternoon, Tanchun said that the tears of Ehuang and Nvying that day formed spots on the bamboo, so the spotted bamboo is also called Xiangfei Bamboo. It just so happens that Jia Lian is a general, and there will be an expedition in the future, and Daiyu lives in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and she loves to cry. If she misses Jia Lian then, the bamboos in Xiaoxiang Pavilion will naturally turn into mottled bamboos, so Give her a nickname: Concubine Xiaoxiang.

Although she was extremely embarrassed, Tanchun's proposal was unanimously approved by everyone.

"Concubine Xiaoxiang? This is an elegant title. It shows that the third sister is good at picking people up."

Jia Lian heard that Daiyu was indeed given the title Xiaoxiang. The concubine's nicknames include "Daoxiang Lao Nong", "Hengwu Jun", "Jiao Xia Ke", etc., which made Jia Lian feel very cordial. I was thinking about taking the time to enter a club before leaving and feel the yearning atmosphere that I could only guess in books in my previous life.

Daiyu was too shy to comment, and it was hard to argue with Jia Lian's words. Because aside from Tanchun making fun of her, she herself felt that this account was quite good, better than others, otherwise, she would not acquiesce.

He secretly twitched his little hands under the table. Seeing that Jia Lian still refused to let go, he could only give up and changed the topic: "When we were composing poems today, everyone missed one thing. The key person."

Jia Lian heard the sound and laughed: "Is it Xiangyun?"

Daiyu looked at Jia Lian in surprise and admired Jia Lian's quick reaction. . She nodded and said: "That's right. Everyone said, how could you forget about her if you are so good?"

"Why do you suddenly talk about her? Aren't you the one who hates to see her the most? Every time You have to quarrel with her when she comes."

"Who quarrels with her every time..."

Daiyu retorted angrily. In fact, out of three times, there was at most one time...

Thinking back to this, Daiyu reflected on herself. In fact, she doesn't want to see Xiangyun anymore. It's just that the little girl is outspoken and talks a lot. She also likes to stick to her and live with her every time she comes over. Therefore, she often makes her unhappy, and both of them are a bit jealous. Stubborn, noisyThe mouth is ordinary.

In fact, she did not take the "conflict" with Xiangyun to heart, because many times she thought about it afterwards and felt that it was her fault, or it was just a trivial matter. I didn't expect that other people would think so, even the most understanding brother Lian.

I will never quarrel with her again.

Without intending to use words to change the views of Jia Lian and others, Daiyu deliberately said: "Although I quarreled with her, to be fair, that girl is not inferior to others when it comes to composing poems and sentences. She also and We... are good friends with San Yatou and the others. Now we are setting up a community in the garden to compose poems. If we don't invite her, she will definitely refuse to comply if she finds out later."

"You are right. It makes sense, then you just ask the old lady to send someone to pick her up. I think if she joins, you will definitely not be deserted when you open a poetry club in the future."

Daiyu said: " Originally this was not difficult, but when the old lady and his wife came back in the afternoon, they seemed to be in a bad mood, so we did not dare to disturb them."

"That's up to you."

Daiyu looked up at Jia Lian and suddenly said angrily: "You said you would bring sister Zhen back this morning, but now she hasn't come!"

Daiyu saw that Jia Lian clearly understood her. means, but pretends not to understand.

"Hahaha, I understand. What Sister Lin means is that I have lost your good sister who is exactly the same. Let me pick up Sister Xiangyun so that I can Atonement?"

Daiyu snorted and nodded in response to Jia Lian's smile. Then she couldn't hold back her smile after all, and hurriedly stopped it.

"It's no problem to take Sister Xiangyun over, but I found a problem. I said Lin Daiyu, how do you feel that I, a noble prince, am being bossed around by a little girl like you? This makes me lose face."

Jia Lian's sudden words made Daiyu confused, and then she said angrily: "Forget it if you don't want to, I'm not forcing you."

　With that said, Daiyu waved her little hand and was about to stand up and walk away.

Jia Lian smiled and took advantage of Daiyu's movement to hug her in his arms. He lowered his head and said, "Look at how anxious you are. When did I say no? You can do great things for me." It is my honor to serve Mr. Lin Xiangjun."

...

Coming out of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Jia Lian saw that it was still early, so he went to where Yingchun lived.

Taking Xiangling into the territory of Zilingzhou, Jia Lian felt that everything here was strange, and he realized that he had lost some care for his girl for a long time.

PurpleWhen the maids in Lingzhou discovered Jia Lian's arrival, they seemed very happy and rushed to inform Yingchun one by one.

"Brother, why are you here?"

"My younger sister has met my second brother."

In front of the main house, Jia Lian raised his eyes and saw Tan Chun , smiled and said: "The third sister is here too."

Tanchun said: "It's early today, so I came over to play two games of chess with the second sister. The second brother Lian made a special trip to see the second sister, right?" In this case, I will not disturb you much and leave first."

Tanchun is tall and has handsome eyes and eyebrows. Not only does he look smart and smart in appearance, but he also has a sense of intelligence in his behavior. style. After smiling and saying goodbye to Jia Lian, he took his maids and left.

Yingchun welcomed Jia Lian into the house, personally served Jia Lian a cup of tea, and then asked politely: "Why does my brother have time to come to my place so late?"

"It's rare that I have free time today, so I came here to see you."

Jia Lian said, after saying a few words of concern to Yingchun, he glanced at Yingchun's house and said, "What are you usually lacking in this house? If you have any, just tell me and I'll have someone bring it to you."

Yingchun sat across from Jia Lian and said with a smile, "Thank you for your concern, brother, but I don't have anything in this room. It’s missing. Sister-in-law Lian usually takes care of me here. Even if there is something missing, she would have already ordered someone to send it to me.”

Jia Lian nodded. He is most considerate and will naturally not treat Yingchun harshly.

But I’m afraid that’s all. Yingchun is now much closer to him and calls him "brother", but she still treats Sister Feng by her full name like everyone else. This shows that the relationship between her aunt and sister-in-law is only limited to mutuality. level of respect.

Jia Lian still had a very clear understanding of this point. Sister Feng was mostly an egoist, and it was difficult to pay much attention to Yingchun, a sister-in-law whose uncle did not care for her and whose grandmother did not love her.

Thinking that in the original work, Yingchun was so gentle and kind that even the people who served in her house dared to bully and despise her, Jia Lian ordered the maids and servants who served in Yingchun's courtyard to be called.

"My slaves and maids send their regards to the Second Master..."

Jia Lian sat at the table and looked at the scattered maids and servants kneeling in front of him. At a glance, there were only seven of them. indivual.

So Jia Lian asked: "If I remember correctly, my sister used to have two serving maids and two servants. When she moved into the garden, the old lady said that the garden was too spacious. If there are areas that cannot be taken care of, I will give each of you two extra maids and two nuns to teach you. The person responsible for cleaning is not counted. In this way, each of you will have a house.There should be at least ten serving people there, why are there only seven of them? "

After hearing this, Yingchun didn't know how to answer.

A young daughter-in-law below quickly said: "Return to the second master, our girl's house is not smaller than other places. Well, it’s enough for us to serve the girl..."

"Did I let you speak, Palmhead? "

Jia Lian suddenly became angry. Not only was the young daughter-in-law who was speaking stunned, but the others also looked at each other and suddenly became nervous.

"Do you want me to do it myself? "

Hearing Jia Lian's cold voice, the young wife trembled, raised her hand hesitantly, and began to slap herself.

"Brother... "Yingchun stood up and wanted to beg for mercy. Jia Lian patted the back of her hand to calm her down, and then looked at one of the honest-looking women.

"You tell me. "

"Going back to the second master, when our girl and the third girl moved into the garden, we needed manpower everywhere, and the house was temporarily overwhelmed. The second grandma did say to the second girl that the place here is small. , one woman who is responsible for cleaning is enough..."

Jia Lian said: "Even so, the person is still wrong. "

"One of them took leave a month and a half ago, and there is Zhu'er's mother... who is our girl's wet nurse. With these three people, there are a total of nine people in our girl's room. At your beck and call. "

Jia Lian laughed when he heard this: "Did you take leave half a month ago? I actually don't know when our Jia family gave slaves a half-month holiday. Was she buried in the grave by her family members in turn? "

No one dared to reply to Jia Lian's words, and Jia Lian didn't say much. He asked again: "Why isn't Zhu'er's mother here? ”

“She is old. She has hardly come to our girl’s house since before we moved into the garden. Our girl was considerate of her and never said anything... ..."

The young daughter-in-law who was in charge just now saw that the situation was not good and couldn't help but said: "My mother-in-law is the girl's wet nurse and has nursed her since she was a child. Now that she is old and has physical inconveniences, it is also The girl kindly allowed her to rest at home, right? Girl, please say something. "

Yingchun's face was full of worry, "Brother, it's really okay. It's enough for me to have them at my disposal. Brother, there's no need to be angry about this. It's no use hurting your body. "

Yingchun has a gentle appearance and fair and delicate skin. At this time, his face is full of worry. One hand unconsciously pulls Jia Lian's sleeve, looking extremely sad and pitiful.

This made Jia Lian's eyes involuntarily reveal a look of love.

　 Such a kind-hearted and beautiful woman should have been held in the palm of someone's hand and taken care of, but because she had no love and support from her parents, and her personality was softer, she suffered all kinds of neglect and unreasonable grievances since she was a child.

It was easy to grow up, but she married a vulgar and evil man and suffered so much abuse that she died in less than a year. How cruel the author is to write such an ending!

Therefore, Jia Lian not only has to protect her in this life, but also vents his bad breath!

He has already asked people to bring Sun Shaozu to Beijing. Next, it is time for him to plan it carefully.

As for these people in front of me...

Although it is just a small thing like missing work, it also reflects their usual attitude of serving the Spring Festival.

Jia Lian had long known that there were unruly slaves in the Yingchun House, led by his wet nurse, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Originally, I thought that with his presence in this life, these people did not dare to make mistakes, so they did not rush to deal with them. Now it seems that he is still kind.

It’s time to clear things up and let others see that Jia Lian’s sister will never be slighted or bullied.