红楼梦Chapter18_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter18

Chia Se at once expressed his obedience， and felt constrained to urge Ling Kuan to sing the two ballads entitled： The walk through the garden and Frightened out of a dream. But Ling Kuan asserted that these two ballads had not originally been intended for her own role; and being firm in her refusal to accede and insisting upon rendering the two songs The Mutual Promise and The Mutual Abuse， Chia Se found it hard to bring her round， and had no help but to let her have her own way. The Chia consort was so extremely enchanted with her that she gave directions that she should not be treated harshly， and that this girl should receive a careful training， while besides the fixed number of presents， she gave her two rolls of palace silk， two purses， gold and silver ingots， and presents in the way of eatables.

Subsequently， when the banquet had been cleared， and she once more prosecuted her visit through those places to which she had not been， she quite accidentally espied the Buddhist Temple encircled by hills， and promptly rinsing her hands， she walked in and burnt incense and worshipped Buddha. She also composed the device for a tablet， a humane boat on the (worlds) bitter sea， and went likewise so far as to show special acts of additional grace to a company of ascetic nuns and Taoist priestesses.

A eunuch came in a short while and reverently fell on his knees. the presents are all in readiness， he reported， and may it please you to inspect them and to distribute them， in compliance with custom; and presented to her a list， which the Chia consort perused from the very top throughout without raising any objection， and readily commanding that action should be taken according to the list， a eunuch descended and issued the gifts one after another. The presents for dowager lady Chia consisted， it may be added， of two sceptres， one of gold， the other of jade， with may your wishes be fulfilled inscribed on them; a staff made of lign-aloes; a string of chaplet beads of Chia-nan fragrant wood; four rolls of imperial satins with words Affluence and honours and Perennial Spring (woven in them); four rolls of imperial silk with Perennial Happiness and Longevity; two shoes of purple gold bullion， representing a pen， an ingot and as you like; and ten silver ingots with the device Felicitous Blessings. While the two shares for madame Hsing and madame Wang were only short of hers by the sceptres and staffs， four things in all. Chia She， Chia Cheng and the others had each apportioned to him a work newly written by the Emperor， two boxes of superior ink， and gold and silver cups， two pairs of each; their other gifts being identical with those above. Pao-chai， Tai-yue， all the sisters and the rest were assigned each a copy of a new book， a fine slab and two pair of gold and silver ornaments of a novel kind and original shape; Pao-yue likewise receiving the same presents. Chia Lans gifts consisted of two necklets， one of gold， the other of silver， and of two pair of gold ingots. Mrs. Yu， widow Li Wan， lady Feng and the others had each of them， four ingots of gold and silver; and， in the way of keepsakes， four pieces of silk. There were， in addition， presents consisting of twenty-four pieces of silk and a thousand strings of good cash to be allotted to the nurses， and waiting-maids， in the apartments of dowager lady Chia， madame Wang and of the respective sisters; while Chia Chen， Chia Lien， Chia Huan， Chia Jung and the rest had， every one， for presents， a piece of silk， and a pair of gold and silver ingots.