The Red Chamber: My Stunning Confidante with a Variety of Styles

Renyihou Mansion, Linglong Xiaozhu.

A group of girls looked at the thick snow in the courtyard, and their eyebrows were slightly frowned.

It has been two days since Jia Jue followed Zhao Qi to worship the heavens and pray for blessings, and it is not known whether he was affected by the heavy snow.

Xue Baoqin looked at Xue Baochai beside him, and said with a smile:
"Sister, don't think about him, you haven't finished your article yet!"

Xue Baochai blushed, and retorted: "I didn't think about him, but someone asked dozens of times in the past few days when he would come back."

A faint blush appeared on Xue Baoqin's face. She had been asking Jia Jue when she would come back these two days, but she couldn't admit it:

"I just want to wait for him to come back and see how well my article is written."

At this time, Xichun suddenly interjected:
"Sister Qin, you don't need to ask, the third brother will definitely say yes."

All the girls laughed when they heard the words. Indeed, no matter how well they wrote, Jia Jue would always praise them when they showed them.

This makes them very useful.

When Jia Jue was mentioned, the room suddenly became lively, and they chatted about him one after another. Recently, they were most interested in what Jia Jue did in Jiangnan, and they all asked about Lin Daiyu and Miaoyu.

Just when all the girls were in high spirits, suddenly a woman came to report:
"My aunts and misses. Mrs. Mei's family is asking to see Miss Qin."

Xue Baoqin was taken aback: "What Mrs. Mei's family?"

The mother-in-law quickly replied: "Hanlin Mei's house."

Hearing these four words, all the girls frowned.

"My younger sister has already drawn a clear line with his Mei family, so why is she here?" Xue Baochai asked.

The mother-in-law shook her head: "I don't know."

Xue Baoqin thought for a while, then said: "I'm a visitor here, I'm going to see her, I can't let people talk about Brother Jue."

"The so-called 'go to the Palace of Three Treasures if you have nothing to do', she must have something to do when she comes, so I will go with my sister." Xue Baochai said.

Lin Daiyu also said: "Go and meet her, we will listen behind."

Xue Baochai nodded, and immediately brought Xue Baoqin to the front hall, while Lin Daiyu led a group of girls to listen in the back hall.

When they came to the front hall, they saw a woman with heavy makeup standing in the hall.

She is Mei Hanlin's wife.

"Hey, look at this girl who looks like a fairy girl, I'm afraid she is the eldest and second miss of the Xue family!" Seeing Xue Baochai, the woman immediately came up to them and smiled at them.

The two women didn't buy these compliments, Xue Baoqin asked coldly:

"I don't know what the Mei family's wife is here for?"

Mrs. Mei hurriedly said: "I was ill some time ago, and I got better these few days. I just found out about the bastard things my master did. No, I will come to the door in person to tell you an annoyance. In terms of love for many years, Haihan is one or two, don't take this matter to heart."

Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin's expressions changed at the same time, Xue Baochai asked: "Madam Mei, what do you mean by that?"

Mrs. Mei laughed quickly and said: "The Mei and Xue families are family friends, don't let some misunderstandings hurt their relationship. Don't mention those words about retiring the engagement."

These words made the faces of all the girls sink, she said that she was planning to resume her engagement with Xue Baoqin!

"Shameless! In order to please the third prince, she deliberately humiliated us. Now, the third prince is dead, but she has the audacity to come to continue the engagement!" Lin Daiyu scolded.

All the girls nodded indignantly.

Jia Jue had already told them the Mei family's position and composition, so they could see through the purpose of the Mei family's move at a glance:

The third prince died, Mei Hanlin was also pissed to death, the young master of the Mei family was also a dude, if there was no backer, their house would basically be over.

So, they put their ideas on Xue Baoqin's head again.

The Xue family is a well-established family, the ancestors are Ziwei family members, not to mention the extensive contacts, the countless family assets alone are enough for the Mei family to squander their entire life.

Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin naturally understood the key point, Xue Baochai reprimanded:

"You came to the door to cancel the engagement, and you used such vicious words to slander my sister. In your mouth, this is a 'slight misunderstanding'?"

Mrs. Mei smiled a little embarrassedly: "This matter is our fault, but if our two families get married, won't it be self-defeating? Two ladies, you are all well-educated and reasonable. My good girl, you should understand the principle of 'forgive others and forgive others', such trivial matters, let them go with the wind, don't hurt the relationship between the two families."

Xue Baochai's two daughters were furious when they heard the words. According to Mrs. Mei, if they did not agree to renew their engagement, they would become caring villains and destroy the relationship between the two families.

It just doesn't make sense!

Xue Baoqin glared at her, and said in a cold voice: "Mrs. Mei, it's useless to talk too much. Your Mei family has already withdrawn the engagement letter. From now on, you and my family have no relationship at all. Please go back!"

Mrs. Mei was also angry when Xue Baoqin treated her so coldly, but she knew that the important thing was the most important thing, so she suppressed her anger and said:

"Second miss, you have to think about it. My Mei family is a scholarly family, a Hanlin family. If you marry in, you will be an official wife at least in the future. Isn't it a hundred times better than you marrying a merchant or a petty official?"

Xue Baoqin said coldly: "Madam Mei won't bother with this matter, I have already made a marriage contract with someone else."

Mrs. Mei was surprised when she heard this: "What? Who did you make a marriage contract with? When did you make it?"

Xue Baoqin waved his sleeves: "It is inconvenient to disclose this matter. Mrs. Mei, I still have something to do, so I won't send it away."

Mrs. Mei looked at Xue Baoqin, and her face became gloomy: "Second Miss, you have to know that not everyone treats you like my Mei family does. If you, your in-law's family is barbaric and vulgar..."

"shut up!"

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin, who were drinking coquettishly together.

Mrs. Mei looked at them, suddenly her heart moved, and she realized something, she said in a voice:
"Could it be that you have made a marriage contract with the Jia family?"

"It has nothing to do with you!" Xue Baoqin said coldly.

Mrs. Mei looked at her and said with a sneer: "As far as I know, Jia Jue's marriage is decided by His Majesty. If you want to marry him, you can only be a concubine!"

"Madam Mei, please come back!" Xue Baoqin shouted coquettishly.

"It seems that I guessed it!" Mrs. Mei sneered, "As the saying goes, a phoenix with feathers is not as good as a chicken. Has your Xue family reached such a situation? The ancestor of your Xue family is Ziwei's family, and you let it go. Seeing that the wife of an official family is inappropriate, and to be someone else's concubine, it is really laughing at others!"

In this era, the status of concubines is only a little higher than that of ordinary slaves, and they have no status.

Xue Baoqin said angrily: "Shut up! Even if I am a concubine, it is better than marrying your Mei family."

Mrs. Mei was also furious when she heard the words, she sneered and mocked: "It's really funny, how dare a mere second-waiter with a [-]th-rank vacancies be better than my Mei family? When will the concubine be better than the official wife?"

All the girls were angry when they heard the words, and they were very annoyed that Mrs. Mei looked down on Jia Jue so much.

However, due to their status as masters, they had to restrain themselves.

"What? I have nothing to say?" Mrs. Mei said coldly to Xue Baoqin, "Second Miss, let me advise you again, the so-called companionship is like companionship with a tiger. Don't look at Jia Jue's beauty at this time, but maybe soon, Something is going to happen. Maybe, today I am Lord Marquis, and tomorrow I will be demoted to a commoner."

All the girls were furious and were about to fight back when they saw a woman rushing into the hall and said to Xue Baochai:

"Miss Bao, hurry up, the old lady is calling you over."

"What happened?" Xue Baochai asked.

"It seems that something happened when Lord Hou was praying for blessings. At this time, people from the palace and the clan's mansion have come. People from the Jia family, Wang family, Xue family, and Shi family are all going."

All the girls changed colors when they heard the words, only Mrs. Mei showed a sneer on her face.