The Injustice of the Red Chamber

Chapter 164

"The rivers and lakes are dangerous, if you can't do it, just withdraw." '

When Tanchun's eyes fell on the last line of the letter paper, he couldn't help but sneered.

Where do you tell her to retreat?

Where there are people is the rivers and lakes, where is not dangerous.

She is not Fei Ge, and her relatives are not reliable.She is not Xichun, her brother and sister-in-law are unscrupulous, and her relatives are few.Among the sisters, she is the one with the most complete relatives.

Although the elder brother has passed away, there are father, mother, elder sister-in-law, brother, and aunt, and younger brother and nephews left by the elder brother.

She couldn't let go of too many people, and she pretended to be too many things in her heart. She really couldn't learn from those two people, she had to run away or run away from home.

But if he didn't leave, would he really let those aunts and nephews send him to the palace?

This kind of thing is not necessarily impossible if it does not happen, but it is too possible.

Not to mention, if she enters the palace, she will definitely be assigned to the Yuanchun Palace, and after that... Tanchun took a deep breath with a cold look on her face.

She knew that even if there was no such thing as Xichun, her good aunt would still wish that she would enter the palace and be used by her aunt as a childbirth tool.

The sister-in-law came out and became a concubine.She was born of a concubine and became a court lady.After entering the palace, life or death is in the hands of my sister-in-law, and she will have to watch their mother and daughter's mood in this life.

Oh, it would be a great blessing to die.

I'm afraid that she is really pregnant with the dragon heir and gave birth to the prince, and she will not be able to live to give birth to the confinement.

As for why the child was not born with dystocia and died, it was just to prevent the child from bearing Kemu's reputation.

This kind of thing is generally practiced by big families, and the secret will not be mourned first, and it will be over after a while.

Don't think too much, anyway, this palace is absolutely not allowed to enter, at least not in this way.

Tanchun has always been more ambitious than other girls, if Feige and Tanchun live in different places, this might really become the second empress in history.

The current situation is very unfavorable for Tanchun, she can't just run away like Xichun, and she can't really just follow the wishes of Wang's aunt and nephew into the palace.So the question is, how will she overcome this difficulty now.

In fact, Tanchun hadn't thought about entering the palace before.After Yuanchun became a concubine, Aunt Zhao would still talk about Yuanchun and Tanchun when she was free. If it was Tanchun who entered the palace, she would definitely be able to do so.

When Yuanchun entered the palace, he was at the right age for Fenghua, of course, he is not old now.If it is said that Tanchun has no thoughts in his heart, it is definitely not the truth.But she knew more clearly what was waiting for her when she entered the palace alone.

Brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers in battle, it also depends on who the ultimate beneficiary is.

But at this time, Tanchun still thought of her aunt.Putting Xichun's letter into his sleeve, Tanchun adjusted his makeup in the mirror again, then hurried to Aunt Zhao's place.

After Aunt Zhao fell out of favor in the past two years, she grew old very quickly.But although she fell out of favor, no one in Jia Zheng's backyard fell into favor.

If a woman is ruthless to herself, she can be even more ruthless to a man.

After Aunt Zhao fell out of favor, she prescribed medicine to Jia Zheng, so that there was no chance for any woman to be favored again.Some diseases are an unspeakable humiliation to men, so Jia Zheng, who has been avoiding medical treatment due to his illness, has really calmed down in the past two years.

A son and a daughter stood by, saying that Aunt Zhao would be invincible even if she went to Potian.

So even if she loses Jia Zheng's favor, her life is not too bad.

It is estimated that this is also inseparable from her willingness to face and make trouble.Because Mrs. Wang only needs to give her some small shoes to wear, and she can sit and roll on the ground like a shrew, and everyone knows it.

When Tanchun came over with a disturbed expression, Aunt Zhao knew something was wrong.After Tanchun finished talking about the contents of Xichun's letter and what she was worried about, Aunt Zhao began to walk in the room.

When Pu Yi heard about this, Aunt Zhao was more happy than surprised.

If her daughter had the opportunity to enter the palace, she would have the chance to enter the palace to be favored, she would have the opportunity to be concubine, and she and Huan'er would have the opportunity to not be humble again.However, what Tanchun worries about is not impossible.

If things are really inevitable, let alone her daughter's death, she and Huan'er will also suffer.Thinking about it this way, even if you are extremely wealthy, the possibility of failure is too great, and there is no need to sacrifice your life.

Tanchun looked at Aunt Zhao walking back and forth in the room but was helpless, lowered his eyes, and said what he had been thinking for a long time. "Auntie, I want to step out."

"Adoption?" Aunt Zhao paused and turned her head suddenly, with a look of surprise on her face, "Why do you have such an idea? Who do you want to adopt to, Da Fang?" How could they want you.

"No." Tanchun shook his head, glanced at Aunt Zhao, then lowered his head again, raised and lowered it a few times, and then pursed his lips and said his plan, "I want to adopt the family of Dai Confucian uncle. ..."

Tanchun had thought about this idea for a long time.She is good at calligraphy. In the past, Feige asked her to imitate more calligraphy and paintings of famous people, and then sent them to Liulichang for consignment.

Fei Ge's handwriting has been practiced for many years, and her handwriting is excellent, with a style of her own.At the beginning, Tanchun and the others were all opened by Fei Ge, so it is not surprising that she has Fei Ge's words.

Over time, she can not only imitate the poems, calligraphy and paintings of her predecessors, but also imitate Feige's calligraphy.

I don't usually say what kind of virtuous person I am when I kiss my father. Whoever is a child doesn't know it.

Not to mention that my mother-in-law is not a thing, and even the eldest sister-in-law is not a pure-hearted person.

The aunt is partial to the younger brother and loves her a little bit, but after all, the status of the aunt who gave birth to the family is lower than that of a good concubine.She has no status and is not qualified to take care of her children's marriage, even if she gave birth to it herself.

The only person in Erfang who is not bad-hearted is Baoyu, but unfortunately Baoyu is also useless.

Before Fei Ge's accident, he was spoiled beyond belief.When something happens to Feige, the frightened Baoyu will be even more useless.

After pawing around the whole second room, Tanchun found helplessly that there was not even a single one in the house that could be used.

Not only is it useless, but things like short-sightedness are also the kind that can infect a hereditary brood.

Ugh.

Before Yingchun got married, Tanchun thought about her future.

If the eldest sister cannot give birth to a child in the palace for a day, her good aunt will not let her go out of the house to marry.If the eldest sister gave birth to a child, she would either be sent to the palace to be favored by the eldest sister, or she would marry into a family that was beyond gold and jade, but in ruins.

She can say with certainty that, just for the sake of her aunt and younger brother, the aunt will not let her marry a happy husband and a happy husband.

So when the sisters were picking someone at that time, all Tanchun thought about was how to marry better, and not let his aunt control his marriage.

However, the rules of this world are there. Even if the aunt dies suddenly, if her marriage falls into the hands of the eldest sister-in-law Li Wan, it will not fall into the hands of myself or my own aunt. This is the saddest thing for women in this era. .

It would be great if everything in the world was the same as the few books Fei Ge gave her.

Uh... If that's the case, wouldn't it be that her father had a child with another woman because he didn't obey his husband's morals?

Thinking of that scene, Tanchun couldn't help shivering.

Oops, embarrassing to me.

(→_→)

Taking back the thoughts of horse racing, Tanchun thought about it and found that he didn't think of anything else except changing his family.

Who should I compare it to?

Looking at Fei Ge's copybook... Tanchun's eyes suddenly brightened and wrote a letter to himself according to Fei Ge's words and tone of voice.

After writing that letter, Tanchun was shocked.Then he put away the letter in a panic, not daring to let anyone see it again.

Now at this moment, Tanchun couldn't help but think of that letter, and Dairu, a family who had Fei Ge touching porcelain in the past, and Tanchun missed it later.

What a family.

No father, no mother, just a grandfather and nephew, not to mention, it is really a kind of security to a certain extent.Aunt Zhao was a little bit reluctant at first, but this kind of time is not a time when reluctance can tide over the difficulties.

Gritting his teeth, he agreed to Tanchun's crazy decision.

"Then how about your future marriage?" If you really adopt yourself to that family, even if you get the name of a prostitute, she is still a girl from an ordinary family.

"Let's get through this first and then talk about other things." Tanchun didn't take it seriously, after all, she knew that getting married is a good way to marry two surnames, it is a mutual benefit, and a family cooperation that can benefit both parties.

She doesn't continue and stays in the second room. Although she has a concubine's first sister, her good father who has been ignorant, pedantic and has two ends for so many years may not be a good object for people to invest in.

If they really came to propose marriage for such a family background, the family would be even more unbearable.This is not to say that the mother-in-law intervened arbitrarily and obstructed her.

And it may not be bad for her to adopt Dairu's house and become a girl of ordinary people's family.

Marriage... Although she will marry at a low price, but in 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, who knows that she will not return to her hometown in the future, and she will be ordered to marry her.

As for the dowry...Thanks to sister-in-law Zhen, she really doesn't lack it.

Feige was posthumously proclaimed a princess, so the letter written by 'her' to Tanchun cannot be taken lightly.So even though Jia Lian knew that the letter was a fake, after hearing Tanchun's intentions, he didn't expose Tanchun, and went directly past Sister Feng to help Tanchun find Jia Zhen and Dairu.

Jia Lian came forward to control this matter directly in the outer courtyard.So when Sister Feng and Mrs. Wang found out, Tanchun had already packed her own things.

Jia Dairu felt that there must be something wrong with the feng shui of their family, otherwise why would they want to be his son's daughter.The fortune teller didn't say that he could still have a granddaughter when he was old.

A granddaughter came here, and seeing her every move, I don't want to become a princess in the end.I got another granddaughter today. Judging by her temperament, she won't be the 'prince', right?

By the way, what are these girls planning?

Dai Ru couldn't figure it out, but he didn't refuse the 'princess' order. He resigned himself to his fate and went home to have the yard cleaned up, so he sent someone to Rongguo Mansion to pick him up.

"Why is the fourth sister missing?" Baoyu also came to see Tanchun off. Seeing that Tanchun bid farewell to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, he looked around and found that he didn't see Xichun, so he couldn't help asking.

"I'm afraid you heard about me, and you feel uncomfortable." Tanchun's eyes flashed twice, and he shook his head with a smile, "I, I don't want to, otherwise I wouldn't delay until today. The fourth sister is the youngest , the temperament is the most delicate and naive. Sometimes I can't figure it out. I can't write two characters Jia. No matter where I am, I am a family and sisters.... I ordered the people on the stove to cook her favorite food for the fourth sister. It might be ready tomorrow."

Ever since the old lady disappeared, Tanchun and Xichun kept a low profile in the mansion.Tanchun will go to pay respects to the elders of the second room, Xichun will just imitate Fei Ge and sleep in bed.

When the weather is good, I will also go to the small garden.When the weather is bad, I don't go out of the room for a day or two.

Sometimes, I have to learn from the ancients to draw in retreat.This closing time is even longer.

Over time, it is common for people in the mansion not to see Xichun for several days.

Of course, before the news of Xichun running away from home broke out, no one would believe that someone who had never been out of the house since childhood dared to do such a big thing.

Hearing what Tanchun said for a moment, Baoyu couldn't help nodding, and also expressed emotion, "It was so lively when the sisters were together, but now, there is only the fourth sister." After two years of coming here, the fourth sister will also leave this house.

Following Baoyu's words, Tanchun also thought of the time when the sisters were together in those years, nodded silently, and changed the topic.

In the end, she bid farewell to Jia Zheng and the others as her daughter, and Tanchun went to talk to Aunt Zhao once more, and then went to the big house to meet each other one by one. new life.

The little grandson who was adopted by Confucianism, was often taken to Rongguo Mansion by Fei Ge when he was a child. Not only is he no stranger to Sanchun, but he is also familiar with the Lin family siblings.

But when he suddenly found out that Tan Chun had become his real aunt, the child was still a little puzzled, and also surprised and shocked.

It has always been heard that people go to high places and water flows to low places.Now that I have finally seen a miracle that reversed the natural phenomenon, how can it not surprise people.

In fact, at the very beginning, Tanchun didn't think that since she could write a letter of adoption, she could also write a letter of independent marriage.But after thinking about it, Tanchun found that only when she got out of that mansion, could she truly get out of a cage.

Only when she comes out, can she spare no effort to help Auntie and Huan'er.

After settling down, Tanchun asked people to inquire carefully about the famous private schools in the capital, and listed the ones that she thought were good.I wrote a letter and sent it to Aunt Zhao.

Huan'er can finally study hard.

Life in the new home was easier than Tanchun thought.

There are no female relatives in this family, and she is the only mistress.Although it is a bit embarrassing to buy and sell by force, Tanchun has been able to live in Rongguo Mansion for so many years, and he has been caught in the dispute between his aunt and aunt, and now this little embarrassment is like drizzle to Tanchun.

She has no problem with being a housekeeper, but she just came to this house, so it's hard for her to get started with the housekeeper.On weekdays, apart from paying respects to Dai Confucianism, she was doing needlework in the house, and within a few days, she made a pair of shoes for Dai Confucianism's grandparents and grandchildren.

Tanchun is good at calligraphy and has read a lot.When I am free at home, I will also write poems and fill in Fu.And because I often feel that I am good in everything, the worst thing is being born a daughter, so Tanchun even dabbles in stereotyped essays written by scholars outside.

After all, it is the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, even if they are influenced by an extremely vulgar bastard, they are still so talented that they are not inferior to others.Although I didn't learn the plots in the drama, women disguised themselves as men to participate in the imperial examination, but the writing of the article was amazing.

So the relationship between Tanchun and her new nephew was cultivated directly from various writing routines of stereotyped essays.

……

Jia Lian killed the chaotic horse with a sharp knife, and Tanchun also left without delay. Before he left, this one bought a batch of accompanying gifts out of his own pocket and asked Baochai to send them to relatives and family friends as a Confucian.

Originally, for such a thing, in order to show the importance of Confucianism, we should actually set up a few banquets at home.But Tanchun felt that it was better not to ask the old man to come forward in such a matter.And it's better to handle this kind of porcelain thing relatively low-key.

Baochai raised her eyebrows in response, and took a post in the mansion to notify all households of Tanchun's adoption in a salute manner.

So on the third day after Tanchun adopted him, when some people in the capital knew the news, the news that Xichun ran away from home also spread.

Tanchun has many eyes, and Xichun is not bad.In order to facilitate Tanchun's operation, there is no date on her letter.

So even if they read that letter, people who don't know the inside story don't know when Xichun left.

When Tanchun left, he asked Aunt Zhao to quietly send the letter that Xichun had given her back to Xichun's room, not to mention, and asked Aunt Zhao to remember to light the lamp in that room at night...

After a long time, no matter how neglected it is, it is impossible for no one to find out.

Of course, the servants of the Jia family were sent away by Xichun, but there were also the masters of the Jia family who were not so easy to deal with.

Aside from other things, based on how often Xichun asks her brother and sister-in-law for money and things, Sister Feng would be surprised that Xichun didn't send anyone.

Entering the palace is imminent, so it's better not to make any mistakes.So Sister Feng came, and she came with offerings.

But she didn't expect that what was waiting for her turned out to be a letter that even ghosts would not let her off.

! ! ! ! !

I am a big grass.

Sister Feng was furious, and ordered people to look for her in a harsh voice.

At this time, Baochai who 'heard the sound' came also appeared in Xichun's room with a surprised face.Then he took Xichun's letter naturally, and at the end he disapproved, and even looked at Sister Feng angrily.

Then before Sister Feng yelled out that Baochai's housekeeper was unfavorable and let their girl run away, and should be fully responsible, Baochai took the letter and went to find Jia Lian first.

The most noble girl of the dignified Jia family was sent to the palace quietly... Such a patriarch's wife, such a heartless sister-in-law, must be criticized by the whole family.

And at this time, Xichun, who didn't know that the Jia family was in trouble again because of her running away, was really in retreat at this time.

Her small house is not big, except for the two girls she brought out, there are only two couples who bought it earlier.

Two couples, the male guards the door, takes care of flowers and plants and some simple tasks.The woman is in charge of the kitchen and some menial tasks.The two girls are still mainly serving her alone as they did when they were in the mansion.

After moving out, she spent the first two days decorating her new home with excitement, but after that excitement point, Xichun felt bored.

Fortunately, girls in this era, learning piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and various boudoir skills are not for grade examinations, but for life and self-entertainment.

Xichun is good at painting, and before leaving Rongguo Mansion, she had her precious calligraphy, paintings and painting utensils brought out one step ahead of time.At this time, I was really free, so I prepared to draw a few pictures to pass the time.

Feige has taught Xichun many things that are useful, useless, and all kinds of in-key and out-of-key things.At this time, Xichun was going to paint a few life paintings of the sisters living and playing in the small study in Rongqing Hall.

Then I painted the picture of the sisters having fun in the Imperial Concubine's Family Hospital, which had been sealed since it was built, to the end.

Well, this one really needs some drawing and imagination skills.

After all, they only sneaked in for a stroll when they had just packed up, and no one else had even visited.

Feige, Daiyu, Yingchun, Tanchun, and Baochai who spent time with them in the small study in the early years...

By the way, she remembered hearing Baochai talk about her natal cousin going to Beijing a few days ago.I heard that she is also a beauty.

At that time, they also asked how the girl named Baoqin compares with Feige.

How can it be compared.

Baochai shook her head without thinking, and just said something that you will know when you see someone when they come.

Brushes, inks, and paints are all ready-made, and Xichun can use them for a long time without asking people to buy them.

Just as the sky is warm, Xichun is not bored in the house, and often draws pictures in the yard of his small house, which can hardly be regarded as a garden.

Because in the yard, some butterflies, bees or other things often attract attention, so the progress is extremely slow.

But slow work also requires careful work.

Because the state of mind is different, the paintings I draw are also different.Coupled with the girl's delicate mind, Xichun's paintings are even more skillful than those in Rongguo Mansion.

I don't know when, a few wild cats appeared in Xichun's small house.

At the beginning, the cats just came to beg for food, but later found that no one beat them here, and no one chased them away, and there were delicious things, so all of them refused to leave, and several of them came with their families. .

Xichun pointed to a circle of cats eating on the ground with her white and tender fingers, counted from left to right, then from right to left, and finally looked up at the sky, revealing a bright sadness.

Nine cats.

Sweeping his eyes over the three-colored cat with a big belly, Xichun sighed again.

The arrival of cats brings a lot of fun to Xichun's life, and also kills a lot of boring time.After they accompanied Xichun through the initial loneliness and discomfort, Xichun asked people to send the paintings outside for mounting, and at the same time quietly sent someone to deliver a letter to Tanchun.

She walked cleanly, but she didn't expect her good third sister to be more straightforward than her.

At the beginning, Xichun didn't dare to message anyone except Feige.It wasn't until the Ningguo Mansion held a low-key funeral for her and canceled her household registration that Xichun breathed a sigh of relief and began to contact Tanchun, who had adopted her.

In addition to Tanchun, there are Yingchun and Daiyu.

The elder sisters contacted quietly once, knowing that Xichun lived alone, and there were only two girls around her for a long time, and the others were bought later, so they were a little worried about her.

Even if it is inconvenient for me to come here, I will send someone to bring some things over from time to time to help Xichun shock those servants, lest they have any thoughts of murdering their own money.

After another three to five months, Daiyu and the others dared to meet each other.After seeing Mianjie, they gave Xichun a good meal of criticism and education, and then took a closer look at Xichun's living environment.In the end, he was worried that Xichun didn't have enough money, so he gave Xichun a "housewarming" red envelope more or less.

Xichun is not too old, and now that she has heard the news that Feige is going to sea, her heart is full of grass, and she doesn't care about the 'little things' like getting married.Now she is looking forward to the news of Fei Ge's return trip every day, or that Fei Ge will send someone to pick her up after receiving the news from her.

She is the imprisoned piglet in Fei Ge's story, the short-sighted well-bottom frog, she must walk around to see, otherwise she will be sorry for the meaning of life.

Well, this girl just heard that Fei Ge went out to play, and her heart grew grass.

Xichun was young, otherwise Fei Ge would have taken her with her when she went to Yangzhou in the early years with the same enthusiasm for Xichun.

Xichun felt a pity for not going to Yangzhou with Feige.Later, during Feige's self-guided tour, Xichun was even more envious to drool. This time, hearing that such a big boat had to travel all over the world, Xichun was so jealous that she didn't even know herself.

woohoo~

Why not wait for her.

Marriage, husband and son, this kind of educational scandal has never been, nor has it been instilled in Xichun.When it comes to playing around and having fun, Xichun has learned ten percent of it.

In addition, Xichun is really a poor little person who is not loved by anyone. Her father doesn't care about her, and her brother and sister-in-law cheat people. Being able to have Fei Ge to take care of her is really much happier than in the original book.It is only natural to be affected by a little bit, and it is a matter of course.

When she was scratching her fingers every day to figure out whether Fei Ge would receive her news and send someone to pick her up, Xichun never thought that Fei Ge and the others had gone too far, and had no idea what kind of cheating incident happened in the capital.

I really don't know.