Red Mansion: Unparalleled Jade Young Master/red Mansion: Wrongly Married Qin Keqing at the Beginning

Someone even yelled and rushed towards her: "Let's go! Follow me to see the official!"

Seeing the person rushing towards her, Xue Baoqin's complexion changed dramatically, but she couldn't dodge at all.

Just when she was panicking, a figure stood in front of her and kicked away the person who rushed over.

"Brother Jue!" Looking at his back, Xue Baoqin was very grateful.

"Who dares to be presumptuous!"

This person was of course Jia Jue. He stood in front of Xue Baoqin and shouted at the group of people.

The shouting crowd suddenly fell silent when they heard the words, how could they not recognize Jia Jue?

They looked at each other, and finally a man who looked like a son stood up and said to Jia Jue:

"What? Are you, Marquis Renyi, planning to bully others?"

Jia Jue looked at him and said coldly:

"Bullying? You forced your way in, made a lot of noise and kept making noises, and you dared to touch the female family members of my family! But you said I was bullying?"

The man froze and argued to himself:

"My elder brother was killed by Xue's family, so why don't I come here to ask for an explanation?"

Jia Jue sneered: "Your brother was murdered by Xue's family? Who said it? The Governor of Shuntian or His Majesty? There is no proof, you dare to insult people's innocence!"

The man's momentum was even lower: "My brother died while drinking in the Xue's restaurant. It wasn't the Xue family who did it, and who did it?"

"Absurd!" Jia Jue scolded, "Who did it to die there? What do you need the Yamen to do? Just settle the case! Your Dou family also has a shop, and if someone makes trouble in your shop later, it must be What did your Dou family do!"

"You!" The man had no room for retaliation at Jia Jue's words, and finally he could only hang his neck and say, "My brother taught Xue Pan a lesson, and he died in your Xue's restaurant the next day. It must be the Xue family's fault. The Xue family must give me an explanation today, otherwise I will never stop waiting!"

"Yes! If you don't give an explanation, you will never give up!" The rest of the people also started making noise.

"Wait until you break into other people's mansions and don't leave!" Jia Jue shouted.

The man pointed at Jia Jue and said angrily, "Jia Jue, don't think I'm afraid of you because you are powerful. Let me tell you, I, Dou Ming, are not scared!"

"Come on, these thieves broke into my house and beat them out with sticks!" Jia Jue shouted, "If anyone resists, according to the court law, they will be beaten to death!"

In ancient times, it was also forbidden to break into a private house. If someone broke into another man's house without permission, the owner had the right to drive him out.

"Yes!"

All the servants of Jia's mansion heard the words and responded loudly, they were robbed of momentum by the Dou's family just now, which made them barge in, and they were aggrieved. At this time, they heard Jia Jue's words, and suddenly their confidence increased. .

Somewhat stunned, he really picked up the stick and greeted Dou's family members, beating them so that the Dou family members ran away in embarrassment.

"Brother Jue, thank you for having you." Aunt Xue thanked Jia Jue in shock.

Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin also looked at Jia Jue with grateful eyes.

Especially Xue Baoqin, she was almost caught by someone just now, this feeling gave her lingering fear.

Only now did she know that the previous knowledge was only the most one-sided. Those people either had a good relationship with the Xue family, or relied on the Xue family to make a living, so they naturally had a very good attitude.

But this Dou family is full of malice and will not reason with her at all.

It also made her realize how important it is to have a reliable male in the family.

If it wasn't for Jia Jue today, the three of them would have suffered a lot of humiliation.

Jia Jue shook her head: "Auntie, let's not talk about the polite words, they are all from my family."

The girls who said this all showed moved expressions, and a "family member" made them feel very caring.

"Brother Jue, what should I do?" Aunt Xue asked again.

Jia Jue thought for a while: "For the present plan, we can only wait for the final statement from the Yamen, but I think this matter may not be so simple."

"Does his Dou family really want me to pay for my life?" Xue Baoqin frowned deeply.

Jia Jue sighed slightly: "Auntie, Sister Bao, Sister Qin. Do you know what the origin of this Dou family is? Why do you even dare to break into our house?"

The girls looked at each other and shook their heads together.

"This Dou family is Concubine Hui's natal family," Jia Jue said.

"Concubine Hui?" Several girls frowned at the same time, Xue Baochai hurriedly said, "Brother Jue said, but Concubine Hui who died of illness more than ten years ago?"

Jia Jue nodded: "Yes."

"But, Concubine Hui is dead, the Dou family probably has no support?" Xue Baoqin said.

Jia Jue shook his head: "Sister Qin doesn't know something. Although Concubine Hui is gone, her son is still here."

The girls were startled when they heard the words, and they all looked at Jia Jue with serious eyes.

The concubine's son, isn't that the prince?

"That's right, Concubine Hui's son is the Fourth Prince Zhao Ping. The Dou family has been rampant in recent years because of this relationship." Jia Jue explained.

The complexions of the girls all changed, the prince was standing behind the Dou family, this matter was tricky.

"It's all because of me, an obsessed old misanthrope! If I heard Brother Jue's words yesterday, where did all these things come from!" Aunt Xue was anxious and regretful, and she rolled her eyes in a panic, and fell into a faint. dead past.

Everyone quickly sent her to the room to rest.

"Brother Jue, what should we do?" Xue Baochai stayed in the room to take care of Aunt Xue, Xue Baoqin asked Jia Jue helplessly.

Just as Jia Jue was about to speak, another servant came to report: "Third Lord, someone from Hanlin Mei's family has come and said they want to see Second Miss Xue."

Jia Jue frowned slightly, the Mei family wanted to see Xue Baoqin at this juncture?

Why is this, do you want to marry her in advance?

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Chapter 348 Baoqin's Move

Xue Baoqin came to the front hall, but saw a tall and thin middle-aged man standing in the hall.

"Are you Xue Baoqin?" The man asked coldly when he saw Xue Baoqin.

Xue Baoqin nodded slightly: "Yes. I don't know who is Mr.?"

"I am the chief steward of Mei Manor, Merle."

Xue Baoqin bowed slightly: "I have seen the butler."

The butler still has a certain status in the aristocratic family, so Xue Baoqin also treats each other with courtesy.

Mei Le glanced at her, and responded lightly, with a very high posture, as if he was the master and Xue Baoqin was the slave.

Xue Baoqin frowned slightly, but still asked politely: "I don't know why the butler came here overnight?"

Merle raised her head slightly: "I had something important to discuss with Mrs. Xue's family, but your servant said she was ill, so I can only tell you about it."

"The butler told me that's it." Xue Baoqin nodded.

"It's about your marriage." As Merle said, he took out a document from his bosom and handed it to Xue Baoqin, "This is the receipt for the collection of gifts, just take a look."

In ancient times, there was a complete set of procedures for getting married, and the most important of these were the three books and six rituals.

The "three books" refer to the letter of appointment, letter of ceremony and letter of welcome.

The "Six Ceremonies" are: Nacai, Asking Names, Najib, Nazheng, Asking for a Date and Greeting in Person.

The so-called Nazheng is roughly similar to the betrothal gift of later generations.

Xue Baoqin quickly took it, but after opening it, she was stunned.

I saw several gifts such as copper coins, rice, red dates, and linen listed on the gift list.

She looked at it several times, and even thought she was dazzled, so she blinked and looked again, but what caught her eyes hadn't changed at all.

Her pretty face suddenly darkened, and a trace of anger flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Generally speaking, for a family with a good family background, the collection gifts will include: gold, silver, pearls and emerald jewelry, silk, satin and silk clothes, cattle, sheep, livestock, fruits and so on.

Even if ordinary people marry a daughter-in-law, they will have gold and silver jewelry, even if they are few, but they must be there.

But the gift list from Mei's family didn't have any gold or silver jewellery, and some only had ten pennies of copper coins!The rest are everyday items that can be seen everywhere on the market.

It's fine if the Mei family is poor, but the Mei family is a family of officials and officials, and the financial conditions will never be bad.

But they use such a gift, the intention can be seen:

humiliation!

Chi Guoguo's humiliation!

"Steward Mei, is there a mistake in this gift list?" Xue Baoqin suppressed the anger in her heart and asked Mei Le.

Merle glanced at her: "How can there be a mistake? This is what our master and wife have discussed for a long time."

Xue Baoqin blushed: "The Mei family is a family of officials and eunuchs. Is it so shabby to take it out to collect gifts?"

"Shabby?" Merle snorted, "I don't think so."

"Not to mention other things, but these years, the presents from my Xue family to your Mei family are a hundred times and a thousand times as much as these?" Xue Baoqin asked angrily.

Because of the engagement of the two families, the Xue family would give gifts to the Mei family during the festivals over the years.

The Xue family is rich and powerful, so how could the ceremony be light?What Xue Baoqin said is a hundred times a thousand times, and it is not an exaggeration at all.

Merle glanced at him, then said lightly:

"These gifts are exactly in line with your Xue family."

The implication is that your Xue family is only worthy of such a gift.

Xue Baoqin was surprised and angry: "Butler Mei, what do you mean by that?"

Mei Le said coldly: "Your Xue family is just a merchant, but my Mei family is a family of officials and officials, with a scholarly family. If my master didn't make a mistake after drinking, how could he marry a merchant's family like you?"

In this era, the status of merchants is indeed not high. The aristocratic families look down on merchants, and they rarely marry merchants' daughters. If they really want to marry, they can only be concubines.

"You!" Xue Baoqin turned pale with anger.

"What? Could it be that Second Miss Xue doesn't like this Na Zhengli?" Merle sneered, "It's okay if you don't like it, why don't you just let this marriage go."