Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 209 Why is Jia Min in poor health?

Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, looking at Daiyu with complicated eyes. After a moment, she sighed: "Brother Bao was in a daze at the gate of the garden that day and recited a string of poems. I only remember this sentence, and I think it is very suitable for me."

Daiyu closed her eyes gently.

A year ago, Baoyu recited a fragment of the poem "Burying Flowers" that he had written in his previous life; last month, Baoyu even said that he wanted to take an imperial examination, and also said that he wanted to go through wind and rain, and undergo tribulations to practice; today, he could even recite Tanchun's verdict from Jinghuan.

So, the attendant Shenying is about to wake up?

Or awake already?!

Or did Jinghuan appear in his dream and tell him that he already knew his true identity?

"These two sentences are really interesting." Daiyu met Wang Xifeng's complicated gaze, raised her lips and smiled, and said, "Sister Feng, did you hear anything else?"

Wang Xifeng shook her head: "No. But if you want to know, I'll go back and ask for you."

"Forget it if there is nothing. These things are just a pastime. Do you know what the relationship is?" Daiyu brushed it off indifferently.

The two of them changed the topic and said a few more words, then invited Tanchun to come and have dinner together, and then Wang Xifeng went back.

A few days later, Zijuan, while on night duty, handed a letter to Lin Daiyu without telling anyone else: "It's the change of seasons. Caiyun Cloud and Xiaxia, please help the Second Master pack up his boxes."

Daiyu smiled and praised: "Well done."

I hurriedly took it and saw on the cover the words in my mother's familiar handwriting: Second brother, to you. The signature was just two words: Little sister.

It is obvious that it was the mother's confidant who delivered it directly to Jia Zheng, rather than asking someone to pass it on.

Lin Daiyu took a deep breath, gently opened it, and nodded slightly as she unfolded it:

"It's just as I expected. Mother asked my second uncle to sell my Lin family's old house to Supervisor Tao."

Zijuan breathed a sigh of relief: "So the former Marquis and his wife also trust Supervisor Tao the most!"

Daiyu nodded and looked carefully at her mother's handwriting, which was hastily written and extremely brief.

Apart from asking Jia Zheng to sell the old house to Tao Xingjian and send the money to him, he only perfunctorily said "I'm short of money" but did not even bargain, obviously letting Jia Zheng set the price.

Therefore, this was not about asking the second uncle to sell the house, but about handing the old house over to Tao Jian through the second uncle!

Unfortunately, my second uncle failed to live up to my mother's trust.

Fortunately, after many twists and turns, the house was back in his hands - the only thing he had to worry about now was whether anyone had touched this booklet after his mother and before him.

Jia Yucun, has he moved?

Daiyu lowered her head and silently accepted the letter, while a lot of thoughts were going on in her mind.

Thoughts came out in a chaotic manner, and in a moment they filled my chest.

My second uncle did not give the old house to Tao Jian, and my mother did not say anything when she found out. Later, my younger brother died, and everyone said that my mother fell ill and passed away because she was too sad.

But I have been weak and sickly since I was young, and I started taking medicine as soon as I learned to eat. How did this happen? After thinking about it, I realized that it could only be caused by my mother's weakness.

My grandmother was healthy, my first and second wives were not sick often, and my first and second uncles were full of energy and vigor. So why was my mother the only one in poor health?

Daiyu put the letter away and asked Zijuan, "Your family is the elders of the mansion now, but I heard that my mother was in good health when she was in the boudoir?"

Zijuan hesitated for a moment, walked to the door, looked at Xueyan who was playing with the little girls outside, and called her with a smile: "Xueyan, don't be so naughty, or the girls will scold you later!"

Xueyan turned around, her eyes flashed, and she agreed with a naive smile: "Don't worry, sister, I won't make trouble." She called all the little girls in the yard, and they all had to play with her, away from the door.

Zijuan then went back and whispered to Lin Daiyu, "Since I have been serving the young lady, I have asked my mother to tell me a lot about the time when the old lady was at home.

“I heard that my late aunt was in very good health when she was young.

"Later, the second master went to the Wang family to see the bride, and the first aunt was taken to cover her eyes. Unexpectedly, she fell into the pond in his garden.

"That time, the young master of the Wang family, now the uncle of the Wang family, Wang Ziteng, almost went into the water to save the late aunt, but was rescued by two maids and wives from our Jia family who could swim.

"Then I was ill for a long time, and after that, my health has not been so good."

Zijuan looked outside and whispered, "I heard that was the last year of the former deposed crown prince in the East Palace. When the former aunt was ill, the other princes were choosing concubines.

"If it weren't for that illness, who knows which prince's consort she would have become!"

Who knows, maybe my mother married the current one? !

Daiyu was stunned and couldn't help but smile.

Zijuan knew it when she saw her smile, and pushed her with a scolding look, "Girl! Don't let your imagination run wild! The former aunt is four or five years older than the current one!

"Few of the girls who married the princes during that period had a good ending. A battle for the throne filled the capital with smoke.

"The Duke of Ning Mansion passed away the previous year, and Master Jing and his family stayed at home to observe mourning. Our family couldn't escape even if we wanted to, and we were almost involved.

"It was at that time that the old Duke practiced Taoism, and Taoist Zhang from Qingxu Temple also became a monk for him at that time.

"Anyway, the old lady later said that Auntie's falling into the water was a blessing in disguise."

Daiyu pulled the corners of her mouth together, revealing an ugly smile.

Jia, Wang, Shi, and Xue, none of the three families had girls of the right age, so only his mother could become a princess of a certain prince. At that time, the four families were still die-hard supporters of the abolition of the prince, so they would naturally not allow their mother to become the reason for the dispersion of their power.

Therefore, the Wang family took action, marrying their daughter to the Jia family while wanting to marry the mother back to the Wang family.

But this method was too dirty, the old lady was dissatisfied and closed the door tightly. So the Wang family failed to succeed.

Perhaps this is the reason why the second wife always dislikes my mother and me?

Lin Daiyu sneered: "So that's it."

Then, my own illness and the death of my younger brother were not necessarily caused by poison. Those four pomegranates did not necessarily harm my mother...

"Girl..." Zijuan saw that she was in a daze and gently pushed her, "I suddenly remembered something."

Daiyu looked up: "Hmm?"

"Since the late Lord had the habit of writing diaries when he was in the capital..." Zijuan looked at Lin Daiyu, "Do you think he continued to write after he went to Yangzhou?"

Daiyu was shocked!

Suddenly I remembered that Taishang asked about my father's funeral arrangements in Ganlu Palace. He heard that my father left behind acres of land and a room full of books, so he mentioned that he wanted to go to the south of the Yangtze River again!

Does the Supreme know about this book of notes?

Or did the Supreme Lord know that his father had the habit of taking notes?

Or maybe my father had something else, a letter, a piece of paper, or even a secret decree.

Is it something that Tai Shang doesn't want others to know, but he wants to get it himself? !

Daiyu's expression changed several times in an instant, and she whispered, "I'm going to write a letter to Uncle Lin Jing. Go find Jiang Yong immediately and ask Ni Er to prepare for the long journey!"