HLnovel Chapter 131 Dream of the Red Chamber 1 4
Chapter 131 Dream of the Red Chamber 1 4
Daiyu was distributing gifts with Zijuan and others. They just had to deliver them to the masters according to the assigned lots.
Zijuan took Zifu with her to send it off, while Xuejian stayed behind to sort it out.
When Nan Xi woke up, Baoyu came.
Baoyu gave Daiyu the oriole incense necklace given by Prince Beijing.
"Sister Lin, look!"
Daiyu looked over and Baoyu continued.
"This is a gift from Prince Beijing. Do you like this bracelet?"
Daiyu was shocked that Baoyu actually gave her something that had been used by someone else. She looked angry.
"I don't want anything that has been touched by a stinky man."
Nan Xi covered her mouth and laughed, Baoyu was really confused.
Xuejian angrily drove Baoyu out.
"Master Bao, please go quickly. My girl needs to rest."
Baoyu was extremely anxious, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, but Daiyu remained silent.
Baoyu had no choice but to turn around and leave with a sense of loss and reluctance. However, his steps seemed unusually heavy, as if a heavy burden weighed on him.
With every step he took, he couldn't help looking back, as if hoping to see Daiyu change her mind or say something to him.
At this moment, Daiyu did not pay attention to Baoyu's actions. She closed her eyes gently and lay quietly on the bed.
Although she had many complicated emotions in her heart, she chose to bury them deep in her heart and not let anyone know her true thoughts.
In this way, Daiyu gradually fell asleep.
Ever since Nan Xi took care of Daiyu's body, her health has improved and her mood has also improved a lot.
Life returned to normal. Because Daiyu was in mourning, she seldom went to the garden to play. Usually, only Baoyu would visit her.
Sanchun would come occasionally, but would just sit for a short while before leaving. Daiyu could only read and write to pass the time.
Because Nan Xi wanted to make up a story, she also started reading the book. Daiyu was very happy. She liked to be a teacher and wanted to teach Nan Xi how to write poetry, but Nan Xi did not have the ability to do so.
She knew all 300 Tang poems by heart, but unfortunately the poems she composed lacked any spirit.
Even though the parallelism was neat, it lacked the artistic conception, so Daiyu had to give up.
On this day, the emperor issued an imperial decree stating that on the second and sixteenth days of each month, the concubines' families would be allowed to visit the palace to greet them.
Then, the retired emperor also issued an edict, stating that concubines and relatives entering the palace needed to follow the state's etiquette system, and even mother and daughter should not be too intimate and lose their sense of propriety.
Therefore, in order to allow the concubines to reunite with their families and relieve their homesickness, the emperor granted them a great favor: all families with spacious and luxurious houses and independent courtyards, and located outside the imperial palace's defense checkpoints, could ask the emperor to leave the palace and go home to visit their relatives. In this way, the strictness of the palace order could be guaranteed, and the needs of family affection could be met. Such a considerate and reasonable decision made everyone happy.
Now everyone in the Jia family was excited and they built the Grand View Garden in preparation for the empress's visit.
Everyone in the Jia family was in high spirits, with joy clearly visible on their faces, except Daiyu, who had a frown on her face. The situation in the Jia family was like a raging fire right now, which was not a good sign.
Nan Xi watched coldly. This mansion had been rotten to the core and there was no hope of saving it.
She could only protect Daiyu and leave this cannibalistic place.
Nan Xi would tell stories every time she kept watch. She would just say that she had heard them from others. Daiyu also loved to listen to them. She would be touched and become cheerful every time she listened to them.
Baoyu gradually found that it was becoming more and more inconvenient for him to visit Daiyu. He had to inform before entering the house, unlike before when he could enter whenever he wanted.
Now that there are more maids and old women guarding around, he can't even talk to Daiyu in private, and they have no time to be alone at all. Baoyu is very angry, but he doesn't dare to get angry.
Sister Lin no longer went to play with him and treated him much colder, which made Baoyu feel uneasy.
"Sister, are you distancing yourself from me now? It's been a long time since you came to play with me."
Daiyu glanced at Baoyu and said, "I am in mourning for my father now, so I can't go out and play."
Daiyu looked at Baoyu again in his red robe, pursed her lips and said nothing.
Baoyu hurriedly said a few warm words to please her, but when he saw that Daiyu was still cold and silent, he left feeling bored.
He was feeling lost and met Baochai at the door, who joked.
"Did you have a quarrel with Sister Lin?"
Baoyu shook his head, "Where did Sister Bao come from?"
Baochai said, "I heard that you were in a bad mood recently, so I came to look for you."
Baoyu was very moved when he heard this. He was heartbroken and unable to cheer up because of Qin Zhong's passing. After hearing Baochai's words, he felt that his depression had dissipated a little. The two of them left together.
Zijuan was a little angry, "Miss Bao always follows Baoyu. Did she install a positioning system on Baoyu?"
Zijuan heard the word "positioning" from Xueyan, and she felt that it was very appropriate to use it here.
Daiyu saw it from the window, but she was not angry. "Baoyu likes to play, but it's too boring here, he can't stay here."
Recently she has been listening to Xueyan telling stories. It’s good that Baoyu is gone. She is waiting to hear the sequel.
Nan Xi saw that Daiyu, Zijuan, Zi Fu and Xuejian were all staring at her, so she coughed and continued her story.
"The flower demon's demon elixir was taken away, and it lost its cultivation. It turned into an ordinary grass again, but its roots were deeply rooted in the soil, and its vitality was stronger than the weeds next to it..."
"Xueyan, why didn't the flower demon die? Instead, it turned into grass again?"
Zijuan was a little confused and kept asking.
Nan Xi explained, "Because it's not an ordinary flower or plant. Ordinary flowers and plants will definitely die."
"Oh."
Nan Xi continued, "One day, Xuan Guang Immortal Venerable accidentally discovered this grass and thought it was very cute, so he brought the grass back to the Immortal Palace and planted it in the Immortal Garden..."
Zijuan was about to ask another question, but Daiyu quickly picked up the teacup. Zijuan then forgot about it and went to refill Daiyu's tea.
“Just like that, Immortal Xuanguang used his immortal power to nourish the mortal grass, and soon, the flower demon transformed again.
She became a maidservant beside Xuan Guang Xian Zun, and they lived together happily and happily..."
"One day, Xuan Guang Xian Zun's mother came with her niece and wanted to introduce her cousin to Xuan Guang Xian Zun as a companion.
Xuan Guang Xian Zun was unwilling, so the mother wanted to beat and kill the little flower demon. She took advantage of Xuan Guang Xian Zun's inattention and threw the little flower demon into the mortal world..."
Nan Xi picked up the teacup and took a sip. She blinked her eyes. What was the next part? It was too long ago, and she had forgotten it a little.
"And then? What happened next..."
After hearing the middle part, which seemed to have no beginning or end, a group of people quit.
Daiyu smiled and said, "I didn't expect Xueyan to be such a good teacher. This story is so beautiful."
Nan Xi laughed, "Girl, I heard it all."
Everyone praised in unison and urged Nan Xi to continue speaking.
Nan Xi took a breath and could only continue to recall.
“…The flower demon inherited the position of the flower god, gained great strength, and also had a place in the divine world.
Xuan Guang Xian Zun finally convinced his mother, but the Flower God already had great ambitions and no longer valued love..."
The story was over and Zijuan breathed a sigh of relief. The flower demon had a happy ending, and it was a good ending.
Zi Fu and Xue Jian also hurried to do their own things, and they could finally have a good sleep tonight.
Daiyu fell into deep thought. She looked at Nan Xi and always felt that she had ulterior motives, but she had no evidence.
Soon Daiyu put this doubt behind her because she was more interested in something else.
"Xueyan, the stories you tell are so strange. Do the worlds here really exist? I wish I could go to such a world and take a look."
Nan Xi's eyes lit up, this is very simple.
Daiyu went to bed early, her mind was full of stories, but she fell asleep soon.
Nan Xi smiled on the small couch and pasted a dream-making talisman on Daiyu.
"Sister Lin, have fun in your dream. There is everything in the dream. I will help you realize whatever you want."
Daiyu smiled; she really had entered the story told by Xueyan.