The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous
Chapter 106
"Second Master will see when he gets back." Zhao Tianliang smiled, took two steps away from the sedan chair, got on his horse, and followed the sedan chair to Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Lian sat in the sedan chair and didn't ask any questions. He frowned and wondered what quota he could get in this exam. He folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest his mind. When the sedan chair stopped, he had already entered Rongguo Mansion. I saw Jia Zhu, Liu Xianglian, Jia Qiang, etc. beside the sedan chair.
"How did you do?" Jia Zhu asked quickly.
"It should be in the middle." Jia Lian said modestly.
Jia Zhu let go of the big stone hanging in his heart, "Go and see the master and ancestor."
Jia Lian agreed, signaled Liu Xianglian and Jia Qiang to go to Jinghuanzhai and wait for him to talk when he turned around, then followed Jia Zhu to meet Jia Mu, Jia She, and Jia Zheng, and then went back to Jinghuanzhai to rest according to Jia Mu's words, and then entered Went to Jinghuanzhai room to change clothes and wash.
The slightly thin apricot blossoms are only planted at the corner of the wall. They are not as enchanting as peach blossoms, but they also have a special charm.
After Jia Lian washed and changed clothes in the inner room, he stood by the bed and took a look at the apricot blossoms. He remembered that he hadn't been with Xu Qingheng for a long time. After the palace examination and the selection of officials, it was time to get married, so he said to Quan Xi outside the room: "Pick two branches to bloom Send the good apricot flowers to the Xu family."
"Hey." Quan Xi agreed.
Jia Lian was not used to getting married so soon, so she nodded her head slightly. After arranging the silk shirt with dark patterns of pink and peach branches on her body, she opened the bamboo curtain and came out of the room. Then a person came to greet Jia Lian.
Looking over, Jia Lian first saw a rouge mole on the man's forehead, then saw her two curved willow eyebrows and a pair of almond eyes, she was very bright and outstanding, and then saw that she was wearing clothes that were changed from mandarin ducks to smaller ones, and said with a smile: "Why did you come back again?" Already?" Looking next to Yinglian, there was another woman with grey-white hair and a smile on her face in a half-worn apricot-colored dress.
Jia Qiang, Liu Xianglian, and Quan Fu stood on the porch. Yinglian lowered her head and said in a dazed way: "I don't know where my father is. My mother is weak..." Choked up for a while, she was speechless.
Liu Xianglian hurriedly took two steps forward and smiled at Jia Lian: "Second Master, when she returned home, her grandfather saw that she was born so well, so he wanted to exchange her for silver. He mentioned it in front of their wives all day long. How much money was spent feeding them, forcing their mother and daughter to agree to let him handle Yinglian's marriage, and said that Yinglian was abducted since childhood, fearing that the good family would not marry her, so he would sell her to others at a high price To be the second housewife—he was planning to sell her the betrothal gift she had promised, so he was so confused. The two of them had no choice but to go to Jiayu Village when they heard that the official of Jiayu Village had been reinstated. Your Majesty. Just as we were passing by, Jia Yucun wanted to get close to the second master again, so he told me about it..." Before he could say anything, his face flushed again.
Although Jia Qiang hated Jia Yucun, on the way she had heard that Liu Xianglian had said that Jia Lian had other plans for Jia Yucun. , laughingly said: "Someone's grandfather refused to let him go, saying that he married his husband and obeyed his father at home. Yinglian's father is not around, so he has to decide her affairs. So our young master Liu acted like a hero, so he gave it to Yinglian. Lian's grandfather brought him out with 50 taels of silver—if it weren't for Jia Yucun, the old man might not have agreed." He glanced at Yinglian again abruptly, seeing that she looked a little bit like the Qin family, and couldn't help but Thinking about it, I thought to myself that I don't know where Rong's sister-in-law has gone.
Yinglian's mother, Feng Shi, smiled embarrassingly, and said in agreement: "Exactly, I want to thank little brother Xianglian." She raised her hand to embrace Yinglian, and her eyes were red because she felt ashamed of her daughter.
"Don't you want to marry Jue Se?" Jia Lian looked at Liu Xianglian jokingly, seeing Liu Xianglian blushing, and seeing that Feng Shi, Yinglian mother and daughter seemed very satisfied with the chivalrous Liu Xianglian, so he didn't say much. Yuanyang asked Yinglian and her daughter to go back first, then folded arms and squinted at Liu Xianglian, "You are so young, do you want to get married before me?"
Liu Xianglian smiled brightly and said: "Who would dare to get married before the second master? It is because the old man Feng Su is too philistine and unreasonable, and he wants to exchange his granddaughter for money when he sees that his granddaughter is doing well. Agreed. Now their mother and daughter live in my yard, let's talk about it in two years." She lowered her head slightly, as if she was very sorry for breaking her oath, and said softly, "She doesn't look stunning."
"Hmph!" Jia Qiang sneered, sighing secretly that Liu Xianglian was acting good-looking after getting a bargain, and rushed to report to Jia Lian, "Thank you for your post, my family's land deeds have been completed, and the Zhuangtou has also been settled. Zongli saw that Zuzi was sent from my head, and now there is no more trouble."
"It's good if the family is peaceful." Jia Lian smiled, and now she has the time to look at Jia Qiang carefully, seeing that he is wearing a snow green shirt that looks too small, and the sleeves of the shirt are a little shorter; a rare sight Jia Qiang, who has always been pampered, didn't show any embarrassment because of her small clothes.
"I would like to thank Second Uncle for his great kindness." Jia Qiang said again and again.
Jia Lian nodded slightly, and only said: "In the future, we will continue to work hard and take good care of the people in the clan."
"Yes." Jia Qiang lowered her head slightly and agreed. Originally, she saw Jia Yun and others doing business with Xue's family on the road, and wanted to get involved. Seeing that Jia Lian was a little tired now, she was afraid that he would not agree if he was in a bad mood. , hurriedly exchanged a few more pleasantries and then retreated.
As soon as Jia Qiang left, Liu Xianglian immediately followed Jia Lian back to the east room. Seeing Jia Lian lying down on the beauty's couch, she moved her bed and sat on the side, and said in a low voice, "Listen to what the second master said, and I intend to go to Jia Yucun. The tenure has changed, and now Jia Yucun is very proud, and married a poor daughter as a concubine, and a local rich family brought their wealth and voluntarily entered his mansion as a slave."
"Except for these?" Jia Lian thought that these were trivial matters, but he didn't know if anyone took revenge on Jia Yucun for revealing Prince Yizhong.
Liu Xianglian said with a smile: "That Jia Yucun is very shrewd, and now Leng Zixing has been invited to be a guest in his home. It is said that the two of them secretly wanted to communicate with the governor of Jiangsu and the governor of Liangjiang under the guise of being close to the second master. My lord and lord Xu know his details and are not fooled. Somehow later, I heard that Jia Yucun had contacts with Wang Ren who stayed in Jinling. After getting money from Xue's family, he had a bad idea, and wanted to beat Mr. Xue in the capital while his uncle was far away in Guangxi, so he went to sue the Xue family's shop with some unfounded charges. Big bully. Uncle Xue in the capital was afraid that he had listened to Miss Wang's words, and he was afraid that the trouble would be very ugly, so he quietly stuffed money into Jia Yucun and Wang Ren to close the case."
Jia Lian clenched his fist and tapped lightly on his temple, wondering, "Doesn't Jia Yucun know that I'm close to Pan'er?"
"How did he know about this? According to me, they thought that Miss Wang hated the second master to death, and would definitely make Xue Da foolish to make things difficult for the second master. Jia Yucun also saw that Wang Ziteng had gone to Guangxi. He didn't dare to offend Wang Ren, and wanted to get some money to celebrate the birthday of the King of Beijing in June, so he sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, just watching Wang Ren and Xue Pan's cousins, snipe and clam, fighting, and he followed the fisherman to profit. It is said that for To close the case, Xue Pan gave him more money than Wang Ren." Liu Xianglian sighed.
Jia Lian thought about the fact that the King of Beijing now appreciates Jia Yucun very much. If Jia Yucun is attacked by the Palace of Zhongshun, the King of Beijing may not take action; One thing to do is to testify that Jia Yucun has colluded with the Zhongshun Palace through the Wang family.
Just as she was talking, she heard a commotion from outside, Liu Xianglian stood up, Jia Lian also sat up a little bit, and looked towards the window, but Xue Pan murmured and came over in a maroon robe.
Xue Pan also saw Jia Lian from the window. Standing on the porch, he lay down at the window and smiled, "Where did the second brother Lian come from, such a little beauty and ruffian? It is already very remarkable now, and it will be even more extraordinary in the future. Hello, second brother Lian." Big blessing!"
"You must have become lustful again. When you see a slightly better-looking girl, you can't help but want to tease her." Liu Xianglian guessed that Xue Pan accidentally saw Yinglian before she said this.
Xue Pan looked at Jia Lian and gave him a wink to tell him to look at Liu Xianglian. He didn't know why, and then he laughed and said, "My dear, is it because little brother Liu is going to marry when he grows up?"
"Bah!" Liu Xianglian spat, and because Jia Yucun had already reported the matter to Jia Lian, she slammed the curtain and went out with a cold face. Xue Pan passed by and snorted deliberately.
"Second brother Lian, the young master you raised is getting more and more amazing. He even dared to hum to me." Xue Pan looked at Liu Xianglian's handsome back, and said in his heart that Liu Xianglian was so lucky to be able to find him. Such a beauty.
"He has been running errands to support himself for the past two years. You must never say the words 'you are raising'." Jia Lian lay lazily, watching Xue Pan standing at the window until Liu Xianglian disappeared before agreeing. Come in, wait for him to sit down on the twig where Liu Xianglian sat just now, and say: "What is the purpose of you coming here now?"
Xue Pan clasped his hands together, laughed resentfully, and said nonsense first: "The eldest sister said that she asked me to take advantage of Wang Ren's doggy to sue my shop regardless of whether it was inside or outside; after returning from the sea, She took over the business on the pretext of encountering a bandit who had lost all her money. She said it was a rare good time, and if my uncle knew about it, she would first blame Wang Ren for plotting against my family, and then blame us for our poor management. will doubt us."
Seeing that Xue Pan was very hesitant, Jia Lian smiled and said, "Could it be that you are looking at the Fang family's affairs again and want to send your sister into the palace to be your empress?"
Xue Pan was taken aback, fearing that Jia Lian might mistakenly think that he was going to sell his sister for glory, so he hurriedly said, "It's because Mom and Baochai have been going to enter the palace, and now Mom is using the Fang family girl as an example, and I can't bear to deceive them." With both hands resting on his knees restlessly, he was very hesitant.
"What did Sister Feng say?"
Xue Pan hurriedly said: "She said that she has long hair and short knowledge, so she asked me to ask my second brother for advice."
Jia Lian was the one who refused to let Xue Baochai into the palace at first, but now the Xue family has many business disputes with Jia Lian. Xue Baochai's entry into the palace displeased Jia Lian, so Xue Pan was asked to listen to Jia Lian.
Jia Lian tapped his temples with both hands, and looked at the cirrus pattern embroidered on the indigo trim on the front of his chest with slightly lowered eyes, "I can't make up your mind for you about your family's affairs. Let me first say that entering the palace is very difficult." Very, it will take a long time to get ahead, and now you see the Fang family girl who has just entered the palace and is successful, and you feel that what I said is wrong. I can't refute this, I can only admit that what I said earlier is biased."
"...Second Master's earlier words were also well intentioned." Seeing Jia Lian's words of "admitting his mistakes", Xue Pan felt embarrassed and hurriedly defended him.
"Although it's good intentions, there are times when we do bad things." Jia Lian sighed.
Xue Pan hurriedly said again: "Second brother Lian doesn't need to say that, how many people can have the luck of the girl in that room?"
Jia Lian said with a smile: "I was too arbitrary in what I said before. I just don't know, which lady's palace will Sister Baochai choose to enter the palace? Does the lady in the main palace like the Wang family? After liking the Wang family, the main palace Does the Empress think that Sister Baochai will steal the spotlight and steal the limelight from her as the head of the palace? Does she not think she will steal the spotlight, and will she plan to kill her? Or cross the river and tear down the bridge?"
Xue Pan's mind was confused by Jia Lian's words, and he said with a sneer, "I haven't written off my horoscope yet, why did Lian's second brother say so much?"
Jia Lian said: "I thought you felt sorry for my sister, but it was nothing more than that. Is your Taoist palace a paradise that only cares about appearance and character? There are too many things involved there. If Miss Fang was not born from a concubine, she would not have done what she said today. good fortune."
"How do you say that?" Xue Pan looked at Jia Lian, and Feng Ziying said that the wall of Li's house fell that day. They had seen Fang Wenhui before, but he couldn't remember which of the women with their own merits that day was Fang Wenhui. .
"Pawn, the most taboo thing is that there is an intricate relationship behind it. The Fang girl is not valued by the Fang family, and it is said that only the old lady Fang has high hopes for her. It is really the most innocent pawn. As a pawn, she is not afraid of her growing up, and she is not afraid of turning against her. This is like the servants in our family, who would rather be stupid than the clever ghost who has contacts with many people behind the scenes." Jia Lian said .
The word "pawn" made Xue Pan feel disheartened. Xue Pan didn't care about the fluctuations in the court before. In the past two years, because the Ningguo Mansion was involved in it, the rabbit died and the fox was sad for a while, and he acted more cautiously than before. He heard Jia Lian say that at this time The proud Fang Meiren was a pawn, and she was reluctant to call Xue Baochai into the palace. She nodded repeatedly, saying that Jia Lian was right, "Second Brother Lian, if you think about it, let's send the ship to sea this year."
Jia Lian laughed and said, "It's time to go to sea, otherwise Sister Baochai will enter the palace later."
Xue Pan sighed heavily, stood up and pinched his waist and said, "I don't understand what the second brother said, so let me go back and tell my elder sister." He got up and took two steps , saw Quan Lu coming over holding a long-necked white jade bottle, and saw that the apricot blossoms in the jade bottle were very delicate, so he turned around and said to Jia Lian, "Second brother, let me pick a branch of your apricot blossom and take it back with you." , Seeing that the second brother is so leisurely, he must be named on the gold list."
"As long as you don't move my peach tree, you can go." Jia Lian said.
After Xue Pan heard this, he didn't go out to break it. He snatched the jade bottle that Quan Lu was holding and went out. Deliberately walked to the gate of Ningguo Mansion, and saw that after picking up the plaque of Ningguo Mansion, the gate of Ningguo Mansion was closed tightly, the front of the gate was lifeless, and something hurt him for a while, so he rode back home and held the jade bottle Going to Wang Xifeng's room, he heard Wang Xifeng and Ping'er bickering outside the door, he couldn't help thinking about the wonderful things about his beautiful wife and concubine, he was standing in front of the door listening, when suddenly the light green curtain in front of the door opened, almost falling The jade bottle in his hand fell down.
"What good things are you thinking about?" Wang Xifeng stood in front of the door, with a pair of red phoenix eyes raised high, looking sideways at Xue Pan with a smile.
Xue Pan pretended to be stupid and smiled honestly, "Where is the eldest sister talking to Miss Ping?"
"I just said that a good man asked her to go, and I already nodded. She was worried about the uncle and refused to leave." Wang Xifeng joked.
Xue Pan believed it to be true, and was delighted to think that Ping'er really knew a hero with insight; but also feared that Wang Xifeng would see his joy, and deliberately put on a serious face with a cold face, and coughed: "Everyone has his own ambitions, how can anyone force others to marry him?" ?”
Ping'er looked at Xue Pan dumbfounded, and was annoyed that Wang Xifeng had nothing to do with her as a joke, so he came to pick up the apricot blossoms from Xue Pan's hand before showing it to Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng said: "I haven't read a book, just I still understand the word "red apricot out of the wall", I don't know whose house this red apricot got out of the wall?"
Hearing this, Ping'er immediately felt very boring. He was still smiling before, but now he also restrained his smile, and said in a low voice: "Grandma and uncle are bickering, why bother to involve me? How can I be that Hongxing's life! "As he said, he handed the jade bottle to a little girl, and pursed his lips to avoid suspicion.
"Hey, look at you, you're so nice, why are you running on Miss Ping again?" Xue Pan asked hurriedly, seeing that Wang Xifeng was also a bit sullen because of Ping'er's arrogance, he hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "I just came back from outside, so how can I offend you?" Grandma, you? After finally begging for an apricot flower to give to grandma, grandma can tell the truth about the red apricot! Miss Ping is not a red apricot, am I?"
Seeing him calling grandma repeatedly and throwing Xinghua out again, Wang Xifeng showed a smile, and touched her belly with her hand, knowing that she must refrain from rushing and forbearance now so that Aunt Xue can continue to rest assured that she is in charge of the Xue family's affairs , and said angrily to Xue Pan: "Master, what you said is true. Could it be that a good person I have stayed with me for more than ten years is going to promise to you. I am so distressed and reluctant, why can't I just say a few words?"
Xue Pan was stunned, seeing that Wang Xifeng said that he was going to give Ping'er to him, he was overjoyed, but fearing that Wang Xifeng would see his joy, he hurriedly helped her to lie on the inner bed, served tea and water, and kneaded her. Pushing back, talking about the hard work Wang Xifeng gave birth to for the Wang family, thinking about Ping'er's beauty, she happily said Jia Lian's words.
Wang Xifeng didn't care about whether he was a pawn or not. After listening to a few sentences, she understood that Jia Lian refused to let Xue Baochai into the palace. Now that she was making a lot of money following Jia Lian, she was not willing to offend Jia Lian, so she lay on the high pillow , looked at Xue Pan who was flattering Xiaoyi, and said: "Second brother Lian is right, they do big things and think long-term, unlike our small family, who saw someone become a beauty , I'm so jealous."
"Then still hide it from Mom and Baochai as I said earlier?" Xue Pan said.
Wang Xifeng nodded, seeing that Xue Pan was very well-behaved when he got the advantage, so he intentionally used the airs to direct him to do some things that little girls do. Xue Pan went to have a drink, and when she heard that Xue Pan was drunk, she supported the servant girl's shoulder and listened out of Ping'er's window. , told An'er: "You just cry, and when you see grandma later, I will make the decision for you."
After hearing this, An'er thought that Wang Xifeng was going to deal with Ping'er, and immediately wiped away tears as she ordered.
Wang Xifeng took a look at her, then helped the little maid to go to Aunt Xue's room in Xikua courtyard.
Aunt Xue hadn't fallen asleep yet, when she heard that Wang Xifeng was coming, she hurriedly brought someone out to meet her, looking at Wang Xifeng's four-month-old body with a smile on her face.
"It's already dark today, why don't you stop here again? If there's anything wrong, just send someone to tell me." Aunt Xue held Wang Xifeng's hand, making her step over the threshold into her room carefully, and then supported her Going up to the warm kang, seeing Wang Xifeng's complexion was not good, he hurriedly asked: "But that bastard Pan'er bullied you?" Seeing that An'er's face was full of tears, her heart skipped a beat.
Wang Xifeng was aggrieved and kept silent.
Aunt Xue saw that An'er, who was originally scheduled to serve Xue Pan tonight, was indignant, and hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat, and when only Wang Xifeng was left, she leaned against the Limu Kang table and asked, "What's the matter? You just say , I will make the decision for you!"
After Wang Xifeng entered the door, she was filial to Aunt Xue and considerate of Xue Baochai. After sharing the family affairs, she would come to Aunt Xue to discuss important matters, and she would not hurt Xue Pan's dignity when she helped Xue Pan.Therefore, in the eyes of Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng is the best daughter-in-law. If there is one thing that is not good, it is that Xue Pan and Wang Xifeng are too close. Ever since Wang Xifeng entered the door, what Xue Pan said to Wang Xifeng Everything she said fell on deaf ears.
Aunt Xue saw that Wang Xifeng had been wronged, she repeatedly complained in her heart that Xue Pan didn't know good from bad.
Wang Xifeng held the handkerchief and said: "I just told mom this morning that I was getting heavy and wanted to add someone to uncle. Originally, it was An'er, but it was late at night, and uncle ordered wine and vegetables and went into Ping'er's room. I will listen to my mother." I didn’t know about keeping the door behind closed doors, but An’er came to tell me so wronged that I didn’t know there was such a stupid thing. I had already told An’er about it during the day, and An’er spent a whole day dressing up Unexpectedly, at night, the uncle could not wait around, so the uncle went to Ping'er's room again. An'er was so angry that she cried like a tearful person, only saying that Ping'er robbed her nest and knelt down crying Ask me to be the master."
After Wang Xifeng became pregnant, Aunt Xue has been hesitating how to add someone to Xue Pan, but who knows that before she can speak, Wang Xifeng actually mentions it first. Ping'er also shamelessly agreed, and An'er was so shameless that she went to cry in front of Wang Xifeng, who was raising a baby, because of such a matter.
"You are a good boy, Pan'er and Ping'er are too disrespectful!" Aunt Xue said angrily, but she was inexplicably relieved even though she was angry. Originally she thought Xue Pan was being held by Wang Xifeng, but now she looks at Wang Xifeng as well. Can't hold Xue Pan's place.
Wang Xifeng smiled wryly and said: "It's useless to me. I thought the uncle liked An'er, but who knows it's Ping'er. The uncle must be angry with me for making my own decisions. It's just that the matter has come to this point, so please tell me how to deal with it? Isn't it true? Do you want to keep both of them for the uncle?"
Aunt Xue's lips moved, thinking that An'er was too presumptuous, and dared to cry and be wronged by Wang Xifeng for such a thing; Ping'er was the same, seeing that she was usually silent, she had the guts to seduce Xue Pan—it was just Xue Pan. Pan must like Ping'er very much so he dared to go against Wang Xifeng's wishes after getting married. Wang Xifeng is amazing.
After thinking about it for a while, Aunt Xue held Wang Xifeng's hand and said quickly: "I know you are a good boy, and Ping'er is also very disgraceful, but the matter has come to this point, so I can only fulfill Pan'er's wish. With you and me Ping'er and two, he will definitely not go out to mess around. Then An'er ignorantly made a fuss in front of you regardless of the seriousness, and you can't keep her anymore, but she is yours, how to deal with it is naturally up to you; Na Ping'er," paused in embarrassment for a moment, said for a long time, "I just pretended not to know."
What Aunt Xue meant was to turn a blind eye and let Ping'er become Xue Pan's roommate without a name.
Wang Xifeng came here this time to send An'er away for the sake of justice, and by the way called Ping'er not to be a concubine in a fair way. After hearing what Aunt Xue said, she complained that Xue Panping'er was hiding from her, and immediately changed the subject to mention Jinling. The shop came, and said with a sad face: "My brother is really deluded by the lard, and even violated his own business! In vain, Mommy hurts me and told me to follow the uncle to take care of some things, and now he is making trouble again!" Kang table stood up, and immediately bowed to Aunt Xue, "Mom, it's not that I don't know what's good and what's wrong, it's just that I can't take care of the family affairs anymore, lest someone else's saying 'Move all the Xue family's things back to the Wang family' is true!" "
Aunt Xue hurried to help her, and shouted again and again: "Who dares to spread rumors and say those things?" After questioning, seeing Wang Xifeng tightly pursed her lips and remained silent, she guessed that these words might mean that Xue Pan was dissatisfied with Wang Xifeng's refusal to accept Ping'er. To him, he said in a moment of impatience, and hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, I believe you, since I asked you to take care of it, how can I not believe you? Your sister also said that to feel sorry for you earlier, I also felt that was appropriate in my heart, but when I thought about it later, if you let go, Pan'er would definitely become the same as she was before, spending time, drinking, and causing trouble. You still have to lead the above matters. As long as you don't do anything Do it yourself, lead some things, don't get tired and don't get in the way."
Wang Xifeng was persuaded by Aunt Xue, so she had to reluctantly agree. After a few words, she just said: "Don't disturb me, I'll rest now, and I'll go back." Then she stood up and waited for Aunt Xue to help her When she went out, she asked a little girl to support her. Seeing Xue Baochai standing by the door in a satin cloak with folded branches of red peony, she smiled at her, and went to help the girl again.
Xue Baochai watched with a warm smile as Wang Xifeng led the two little girls away, and then Yinger opened the curtain and went in. After entering, she heard Aunt Xue scolding Xue Pan for being greedy, and said with a puzzled smile: "How can I offend my brother?" Mother?"
Aunt Xue said: "Where can your little girl ask about this kind of thing?" Seeing Xue Baochai rubbing her wrists, she hurriedly beckoned her to come forward and rubbed her wrists for her, complaining in her heart that the nanny was too strict. .
"...Have you told my sister-in-law? My sister-in-law is getting heavier every day. If you don't have a chance to rest, you will regret it." Xue Baochai cut off her cloak and sat next to Aunt Xue. It's not that she judges a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, it's really strange: Wang Xifeng was pregnant for four months, but she was only given a happy pulse two days ago.I don't know why she kept it a secret before; it's just that her temperament was completely different after she entered Xue's house, and even Xue Pan became chatty, as if the couple had something to hide from them.
Aunt Xue put her arms around Xue Baochai, rubbed her shoulders and said, "I told her not to do everything by herself."
"Mom, if sister-in-law is tired..."
"It's like this now? What do you want me to say? If we don't call her housekeeper, wouldn't it make people think that we are really afraid that she will move the Xue family's things to the Wang family? How can she convince the people in the mansion in the future?" Aunt Xue frowned and said, Wang Xifeng wanted to give An'er to Xue Pan, but Xue Pan beheaded Ping'er first and then occupied Ping'er.It's uncertain how many people will say that the young couple is divorced, and Wang Xifeng will fall out of favor.She must not just sit and watch Wang Xifeng fall to that stage, or she will get pregnant, or Xue Pan will revert to his old self, so what will happen?
Xue Baochai hurriedly said: "What does this have to do with being disobedient? Brother and sister-in-law are so good. Could it be that there is a brother supporting my sister-in-law, and there are servants in the family who can't see her face?" It's not that she wants to take power, she is a girl's family It's not that ambitious, I just want to get the account book in Wang Xifeng's hand, and see what the couple have done all these days.
"Your elder brother's temper towards Qin Muchu is still not sure how he will not give Feng girl shame for a dubious maid." Aunt Xue sneered.
"This is strange again. After my brother got married, he behaved well, so why..."
"This is not what you should say to a girl like you." Aunt Xue said, getting up and urging Xue Baochai to go back to her room to rest.
Xue Baochai was very surprised, and thought that Aunt Xue also felt that Wang Xifeng and Xue Pan were too close and she was jealous of Wang Xifeng, why did she feel that Xue Pan would not show Wang Xifeng's face?He couldn't figure it out, but he felt more and more in his heart that after Wang Xifeng came into Xue's house, he must swallow his anger everywhere, and it was not easy to ask Aunt Xue, so he had to go by himself.
In the morning of the next day, Aunt Xue sent people to send ginseng soup to Ping'er, but there was no other reward, and she didn't ask anyone to say a word.
Ping'er got the ginseng soup, so she came to Wang Xifeng's room with a celadon soup bowl and showed it to Wang Xifeng.
At this moment, Xue Pan felt ashamed of Wang Xifeng and went to the front study to read the accounts. Wang Xifeng sat on the kang covered with a blanket, looked at the soup, and said with a smile: "Grandma rewarded you, you just drink it."
Ping'er expected that he would have to drink the soup himself, so he drank the soup in front of Wang Xifeng, and when he saw her move uncomfortably, he obediently went to tidy the pillow for her.
"Hey, the old grandma called me over last night. I don't know what she likes An'er. She must be An'er. I have to say something, so she agreed to send An'er out and leave you alone." Wang Xifeng sighed, carefully Pay attention to Ping'er, seeing that Ping'er is no different from Ping'er except for a little blush on his cheeks, and he doesn't mean to be arrogant at all, so he takes Ping'er's hand, and inlaid a huge golden crown on his wrist. Ye Mingzhu's red gold bracelet was put on Ping'er's hand, "Don't worry, I will not wrong you. When you have news, I will ask the old lady to serve you wine and make you the second wife."
Ping'er smiled and said: "Now I only hope that grandma will give birth to a little brother who will be hugged by me, and I don't even want to hug anyone else." According to the rules of others, now that she is Xue Pan's person, she should be regarded as one of them. She was led by Wang Xifeng to see Aunt Xue, kowtowed to Aunt Xue, and then received Aunt Xue's reward; now that the reward did not come, only a bowl of soup came, how could she not know what kind of soup it was?He didn't take Wang Xifeng's words seriously in his heart. After getting the bracelet, he couldn't help but show Wang Xifeng the string of fragrant beads that Xue Pan gave her earlier in the morning, and then said in a low voice: "Grandma, Miss Bao has been urging grandma to call grandma. Put aside the housework, can grandma think of a way to deal with it?"
Wang Xifeng proudly said: "She is a girl who is going to marry sooner or later, dare to interfere with the affairs of her mother's family?! If she is more sensible, it will be fine to give her more dowry in the future. Otherwise..." With a snort, Xue Baochai felt a little Too overwhelmed.
Seeing that she already had a way to deal with it, Ping'er smiled and said, "It's good that grandma has an idea."
"Hey, my brother-in-law caused me trouble in Jinling, and my sister-in-law and mother-in-law stared at me all day long for fear that I would overwhelm the uncle. Now you are the only one who can discuss things with me." Wang Xifeng sighed, making Ping'er Sitting on the kang, seeing that the clothes on her body were still the ones she made when she was dowry, she said: "I still have some new clothes that I made this spring in the box. I won't be able to wear them anymore. It's a pity to keep them old. Open the box yourself and take it."
"Thank you, grandma." Ping'er knelt on the kang, and was about to talk about family matters with Wang Xifeng, when the little girl outside the door said that Xue Baochai was here, so she hurriedly got up to meet her.
Xue Baochai was wearing an apricot-colored tapestry thong, which made her skin white as snow. She came in with a smile, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm here to greet you." It was early in the morning when I heard that An'er had been sent out. When I look at Wang Xifeng and Ping'er's master and servant again, I can't help thinking deeply.
"Excuse me, sit down quickly." Wang Xifeng said with a smile.
Xue Baochai smiled and said, "I won't sit down anymore. I just received an invitation from the Rongguo Mansion. Sister Yingchun invited us to visit the mansion to enjoy the apricot blossoms. This is the snack that came with the apricot blossoms. I don't know if my sister-in-law can eat it, so I personally Here it is." As he said, he took the western glass box with flowers and grass pattern from Ying'er, and took out two plates of delicate snacks inside.
Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "I'm not such a delicate person, what can I not eat? Please say hello to Sister Yingchun for me."
Xue Baochai agreed, and heard that a daughter-in-law came to talk to Wang Xifeng. She wanted to listen and see what was going on at home. After crossing the courtyard, he glanced back at Wang Xifeng's courtyard, and asked Ying'er in a low voice, "Sure enough, Mom gave Ping'er soup early in the morning?"
"That's not true, how can we talk nonsense like this?" Ying'er said.
There are many such things in Xue's family, after all, Xue Pan is such a character.Xue Baochai frowned, thinking that Ping'er and Wang Xifeng were so harmonious, Aunt Xue also liked Ping'er to keep her own place in the past, but now that Xue Pan accepted Ping'er, Aunt Xue did not follow the trend to promote Ping'er, on the contrary, her words were somewhat contemptuous What about Pinger?
After thinking about it again and again, Xue Baochai decided that Wang Xifeng was cheating their mother and daughter behind their backs because of Aunt Xue's kindness and kindness, and if their mother and daughter couldn't cope with it, they might lose the confidence to say a word at home in the future.
Jia Lian sat in the sedan chair and didn't ask any questions. He frowned and wondered what quota he could get in this exam. He folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest his mind. When the sedan chair stopped, he had already entered Rongguo Mansion. I saw Jia Zhu, Liu Xianglian, Jia Qiang, etc. beside the sedan chair.
"How did you do?" Jia Zhu asked quickly.
"It should be in the middle." Jia Lian said modestly.
Jia Zhu let go of the big stone hanging in his heart, "Go and see the master and ancestor."
Jia Lian agreed, signaled Liu Xianglian and Jia Qiang to go to Jinghuanzhai and wait for him to talk when he turned around, then followed Jia Zhu to meet Jia Mu, Jia She, and Jia Zheng, and then went back to Jinghuanzhai to rest according to Jia Mu's words, and then entered Went to Jinghuanzhai room to change clothes and wash.
The slightly thin apricot blossoms are only planted at the corner of the wall. They are not as enchanting as peach blossoms, but they also have a special charm.
After Jia Lian washed and changed clothes in the inner room, he stood by the bed and took a look at the apricot blossoms. He remembered that he hadn't been with Xu Qingheng for a long time. After the palace examination and the selection of officials, it was time to get married, so he said to Quan Xi outside the room: "Pick two branches to bloom Send the good apricot flowers to the Xu family."
"Hey." Quan Xi agreed.
Jia Lian was not used to getting married so soon, so she nodded her head slightly. After arranging the silk shirt with dark patterns of pink and peach branches on her body, she opened the bamboo curtain and came out of the room. Then a person came to greet Jia Lian.
Looking over, Jia Lian first saw a rouge mole on the man's forehead, then saw her two curved willow eyebrows and a pair of almond eyes, she was very bright and outstanding, and then saw that she was wearing clothes that were changed from mandarin ducks to smaller ones, and said with a smile: "Why did you come back again?" Already?" Looking next to Yinglian, there was another woman with grey-white hair and a smile on her face in a half-worn apricot-colored dress.
Jia Qiang, Liu Xianglian, and Quan Fu stood on the porch. Yinglian lowered her head and said in a dazed way: "I don't know where my father is. My mother is weak..." Choked up for a while, she was speechless.
Liu Xianglian hurriedly took two steps forward and smiled at Jia Lian: "Second Master, when she returned home, her grandfather saw that she was born so well, so he wanted to exchange her for silver. He mentioned it in front of their wives all day long. How much money was spent feeding them, forcing their mother and daughter to agree to let him handle Yinglian's marriage, and said that Yinglian was abducted since childhood, fearing that the good family would not marry her, so he would sell her to others at a high price To be the second housewife—he was planning to sell her the betrothal gift she had promised, so he was so confused. The two of them had no choice but to go to Jiayu Village when they heard that the official of Jiayu Village had been reinstated. Your Majesty. Just as we were passing by, Jia Yucun wanted to get close to the second master again, so he told me about it..." Before he could say anything, his face flushed again.
Although Jia Qiang hated Jia Yucun, on the way she had heard that Liu Xianglian had said that Jia Lian had other plans for Jia Yucun. , laughingly said: "Someone's grandfather refused to let him go, saying that he married his husband and obeyed his father at home. Yinglian's father is not around, so he has to decide her affairs. So our young master Liu acted like a hero, so he gave it to Yinglian. Lian's grandfather brought him out with 50 taels of silver—if it weren't for Jia Yucun, the old man might not have agreed." He glanced at Yinglian again abruptly, seeing that she looked a little bit like the Qin family, and couldn't help but Thinking about it, I thought to myself that I don't know where Rong's sister-in-law has gone.
Yinglian's mother, Feng Shi, smiled embarrassingly, and said in agreement: "Exactly, I want to thank little brother Xianglian." She raised her hand to embrace Yinglian, and her eyes were red because she felt ashamed of her daughter.
"Don't you want to marry Jue Se?" Jia Lian looked at Liu Xianglian jokingly, seeing Liu Xianglian blushing, and seeing that Feng Shi, Yinglian mother and daughter seemed very satisfied with the chivalrous Liu Xianglian, so he didn't say much. Yuanyang asked Yinglian and her daughter to go back first, then folded arms and squinted at Liu Xianglian, "You are so young, do you want to get married before me?"
Liu Xianglian smiled brightly and said: "Who would dare to get married before the second master? It is because the old man Feng Su is too philistine and unreasonable, and he wants to exchange his granddaughter for money when he sees that his granddaughter is doing well. Agreed. Now their mother and daughter live in my yard, let's talk about it in two years." She lowered her head slightly, as if she was very sorry for breaking her oath, and said softly, "She doesn't look stunning."
"Hmph!" Jia Qiang sneered, sighing secretly that Liu Xianglian was acting good-looking after getting a bargain, and rushed to report to Jia Lian, "Thank you for your post, my family's land deeds have been completed, and the Zhuangtou has also been settled. Zongli saw that Zuzi was sent from my head, and now there is no more trouble."
"It's good if the family is peaceful." Jia Lian smiled, and now she has the time to look at Jia Qiang carefully, seeing that he is wearing a snow green shirt that looks too small, and the sleeves of the shirt are a little shorter; a rare sight Jia Qiang, who has always been pampered, didn't show any embarrassment because of her small clothes.
"I would like to thank Second Uncle for his great kindness." Jia Qiang said again and again.
Jia Lian nodded slightly, and only said: "In the future, we will continue to work hard and take good care of the people in the clan."
"Yes." Jia Qiang lowered her head slightly and agreed. Originally, she saw Jia Yun and others doing business with Xue's family on the road, and wanted to get involved. Seeing that Jia Lian was a little tired now, she was afraid that he would not agree if he was in a bad mood. , hurriedly exchanged a few more pleasantries and then retreated.
As soon as Jia Qiang left, Liu Xianglian immediately followed Jia Lian back to the east room. Seeing Jia Lian lying down on the beauty's couch, she moved her bed and sat on the side, and said in a low voice, "Listen to what the second master said, and I intend to go to Jia Yucun. The tenure has changed, and now Jia Yucun is very proud, and married a poor daughter as a concubine, and a local rich family brought their wealth and voluntarily entered his mansion as a slave."
"Except for these?" Jia Lian thought that these were trivial matters, but he didn't know if anyone took revenge on Jia Yucun for revealing Prince Yizhong.
Liu Xianglian said with a smile: "That Jia Yucun is very shrewd, and now Leng Zixing has been invited to be a guest in his home. It is said that the two of them secretly wanted to communicate with the governor of Jiangsu and the governor of Liangjiang under the guise of being close to the second master. My lord and lord Xu know his details and are not fooled. Somehow later, I heard that Jia Yucun had contacts with Wang Ren who stayed in Jinling. After getting money from Xue's family, he had a bad idea, and wanted to beat Mr. Xue in the capital while his uncle was far away in Guangxi, so he went to sue the Xue family's shop with some unfounded charges. Big bully. Uncle Xue in the capital was afraid that he had listened to Miss Wang's words, and he was afraid that the trouble would be very ugly, so he quietly stuffed money into Jia Yucun and Wang Ren to close the case."
Jia Lian clenched his fist and tapped lightly on his temple, wondering, "Doesn't Jia Yucun know that I'm close to Pan'er?"
"How did he know about this? According to me, they thought that Miss Wang hated the second master to death, and would definitely make Xue Da foolish to make things difficult for the second master. Jia Yucun also saw that Wang Ziteng had gone to Guangxi. He didn't dare to offend Wang Ren, and wanted to get some money to celebrate the birthday of the King of Beijing in June, so he sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, just watching Wang Ren and Xue Pan's cousins, snipe and clam, fighting, and he followed the fisherman to profit. It is said that for To close the case, Xue Pan gave him more money than Wang Ren." Liu Xianglian sighed.
Jia Lian thought about the fact that the King of Beijing now appreciates Jia Yucun very much. If Jia Yucun is attacked by the Palace of Zhongshun, the King of Beijing may not take action; One thing to do is to testify that Jia Yucun has colluded with the Zhongshun Palace through the Wang family.
Just as she was talking, she heard a commotion from outside, Liu Xianglian stood up, Jia Lian also sat up a little bit, and looked towards the window, but Xue Pan murmured and came over in a maroon robe.
Xue Pan also saw Jia Lian from the window. Standing on the porch, he lay down at the window and smiled, "Where did the second brother Lian come from, such a little beauty and ruffian? It is already very remarkable now, and it will be even more extraordinary in the future. Hello, second brother Lian." Big blessing!"
"You must have become lustful again. When you see a slightly better-looking girl, you can't help but want to tease her." Liu Xianglian guessed that Xue Pan accidentally saw Yinglian before she said this.
Xue Pan looked at Jia Lian and gave him a wink to tell him to look at Liu Xianglian. He didn't know why, and then he laughed and said, "My dear, is it because little brother Liu is going to marry when he grows up?"
"Bah!" Liu Xianglian spat, and because Jia Yucun had already reported the matter to Jia Lian, she slammed the curtain and went out with a cold face. Xue Pan passed by and snorted deliberately.
"Second brother Lian, the young master you raised is getting more and more amazing. He even dared to hum to me." Xue Pan looked at Liu Xianglian's handsome back, and said in his heart that Liu Xianglian was so lucky to be able to find him. Such a beauty.
"He has been running errands to support himself for the past two years. You must never say the words 'you are raising'." Jia Lian lay lazily, watching Xue Pan standing at the window until Liu Xianglian disappeared before agreeing. Come in, wait for him to sit down on the twig where Liu Xianglian sat just now, and say: "What is the purpose of you coming here now?"
Xue Pan clasped his hands together, laughed resentfully, and said nonsense first: "The eldest sister said that she asked me to take advantage of Wang Ren's doggy to sue my shop regardless of whether it was inside or outside; after returning from the sea, She took over the business on the pretext of encountering a bandit who had lost all her money. She said it was a rare good time, and if my uncle knew about it, she would first blame Wang Ren for plotting against my family, and then blame us for our poor management. will doubt us."
Seeing that Xue Pan was very hesitant, Jia Lian smiled and said, "Could it be that you are looking at the Fang family's affairs again and want to send your sister into the palace to be your empress?"
Xue Pan was taken aback, fearing that Jia Lian might mistakenly think that he was going to sell his sister for glory, so he hurriedly said, "It's because Mom and Baochai have been going to enter the palace, and now Mom is using the Fang family girl as an example, and I can't bear to deceive them." With both hands resting on his knees restlessly, he was very hesitant.
"What did Sister Feng say?"
Xue Pan hurriedly said: "She said that she has long hair and short knowledge, so she asked me to ask my second brother for advice."
Jia Lian was the one who refused to let Xue Baochai into the palace at first, but now the Xue family has many business disputes with Jia Lian. Xue Baochai's entry into the palace displeased Jia Lian, so Xue Pan was asked to listen to Jia Lian.
Jia Lian tapped his temples with both hands, and looked at the cirrus pattern embroidered on the indigo trim on the front of his chest with slightly lowered eyes, "I can't make up your mind for you about your family's affairs. Let me first say that entering the palace is very difficult." Very, it will take a long time to get ahead, and now you see the Fang family girl who has just entered the palace and is successful, and you feel that what I said is wrong. I can't refute this, I can only admit that what I said earlier is biased."
"...Second Master's earlier words were also well intentioned." Seeing Jia Lian's words of "admitting his mistakes", Xue Pan felt embarrassed and hurriedly defended him.
"Although it's good intentions, there are times when we do bad things." Jia Lian sighed.
Xue Pan hurriedly said again: "Second brother Lian doesn't need to say that, how many people can have the luck of the girl in that room?"
Jia Lian said with a smile: "I was too arbitrary in what I said before. I just don't know, which lady's palace will Sister Baochai choose to enter the palace? Does the lady in the main palace like the Wang family? After liking the Wang family, the main palace Does the Empress think that Sister Baochai will steal the spotlight and steal the limelight from her as the head of the palace? Does she not think she will steal the spotlight, and will she plan to kill her? Or cross the river and tear down the bridge?"
Xue Pan's mind was confused by Jia Lian's words, and he said with a sneer, "I haven't written off my horoscope yet, why did Lian's second brother say so much?"
Jia Lian said: "I thought you felt sorry for my sister, but it was nothing more than that. Is your Taoist palace a paradise that only cares about appearance and character? There are too many things involved there. If Miss Fang was not born from a concubine, she would not have done what she said today. good fortune."
"How do you say that?" Xue Pan looked at Jia Lian, and Feng Ziying said that the wall of Li's house fell that day. They had seen Fang Wenhui before, but he couldn't remember which of the women with their own merits that day was Fang Wenhui. .
"Pawn, the most taboo thing is that there is an intricate relationship behind it. The Fang girl is not valued by the Fang family, and it is said that only the old lady Fang has high hopes for her. It is really the most innocent pawn. As a pawn, she is not afraid of her growing up, and she is not afraid of turning against her. This is like the servants in our family, who would rather be stupid than the clever ghost who has contacts with many people behind the scenes." Jia Lian said .
The word "pawn" made Xue Pan feel disheartened. Xue Pan didn't care about the fluctuations in the court before. In the past two years, because the Ningguo Mansion was involved in it, the rabbit died and the fox was sad for a while, and he acted more cautiously than before. He heard Jia Lian say that at this time The proud Fang Meiren was a pawn, and she was reluctant to call Xue Baochai into the palace. She nodded repeatedly, saying that Jia Lian was right, "Second Brother Lian, if you think about it, let's send the ship to sea this year."
Jia Lian laughed and said, "It's time to go to sea, otherwise Sister Baochai will enter the palace later."
Xue Pan sighed heavily, stood up and pinched his waist and said, "I don't understand what the second brother said, so let me go back and tell my elder sister." He got up and took two steps , saw Quan Lu coming over holding a long-necked white jade bottle, and saw that the apricot blossoms in the jade bottle were very delicate, so he turned around and said to Jia Lian, "Second brother, let me pick a branch of your apricot blossom and take it back with you." , Seeing that the second brother is so leisurely, he must be named on the gold list."
"As long as you don't move my peach tree, you can go." Jia Lian said.
After Xue Pan heard this, he didn't go out to break it. He snatched the jade bottle that Quan Lu was holding and went out. Deliberately walked to the gate of Ningguo Mansion, and saw that after picking up the plaque of Ningguo Mansion, the gate of Ningguo Mansion was closed tightly, the front of the gate was lifeless, and something hurt him for a while, so he rode back home and held the jade bottle Going to Wang Xifeng's room, he heard Wang Xifeng and Ping'er bickering outside the door, he couldn't help thinking about the wonderful things about his beautiful wife and concubine, he was standing in front of the door listening, when suddenly the light green curtain in front of the door opened, almost falling The jade bottle in his hand fell down.
"What good things are you thinking about?" Wang Xifeng stood in front of the door, with a pair of red phoenix eyes raised high, looking sideways at Xue Pan with a smile.
Xue Pan pretended to be stupid and smiled honestly, "Where is the eldest sister talking to Miss Ping?"
"I just said that a good man asked her to go, and I already nodded. She was worried about the uncle and refused to leave." Wang Xifeng joked.
Xue Pan believed it to be true, and was delighted to think that Ping'er really knew a hero with insight; but also feared that Wang Xifeng would see his joy, and deliberately put on a serious face with a cold face, and coughed: "Everyone has his own ambitions, how can anyone force others to marry him?" ?”
Ping'er looked at Xue Pan dumbfounded, and was annoyed that Wang Xifeng had nothing to do with her as a joke, so he came to pick up the apricot blossoms from Xue Pan's hand before showing it to Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng said: "I haven't read a book, just I still understand the word "red apricot out of the wall", I don't know whose house this red apricot got out of the wall?"
Hearing this, Ping'er immediately felt very boring. He was still smiling before, but now he also restrained his smile, and said in a low voice: "Grandma and uncle are bickering, why bother to involve me? How can I be that Hongxing's life! "As he said, he handed the jade bottle to a little girl, and pursed his lips to avoid suspicion.
"Hey, look at you, you're so nice, why are you running on Miss Ping again?" Xue Pan asked hurriedly, seeing that Wang Xifeng was also a bit sullen because of Ping'er's arrogance, he hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "I just came back from outside, so how can I offend you?" Grandma, you? After finally begging for an apricot flower to give to grandma, grandma can tell the truth about the red apricot! Miss Ping is not a red apricot, am I?"
Seeing him calling grandma repeatedly and throwing Xinghua out again, Wang Xifeng showed a smile, and touched her belly with her hand, knowing that she must refrain from rushing and forbearance now so that Aunt Xue can continue to rest assured that she is in charge of the Xue family's affairs , and said angrily to Xue Pan: "Master, what you said is true. Could it be that a good person I have stayed with me for more than ten years is going to promise to you. I am so distressed and reluctant, why can't I just say a few words?"
Xue Pan was stunned, seeing that Wang Xifeng said that he was going to give Ping'er to him, he was overjoyed, but fearing that Wang Xifeng would see his joy, he hurriedly helped her to lie on the inner bed, served tea and water, and kneaded her. Pushing back, talking about the hard work Wang Xifeng gave birth to for the Wang family, thinking about Ping'er's beauty, she happily said Jia Lian's words.
Wang Xifeng didn't care about whether he was a pawn or not. After listening to a few sentences, she understood that Jia Lian refused to let Xue Baochai into the palace. Now that she was making a lot of money following Jia Lian, she was not willing to offend Jia Lian, so she lay on the high pillow , looked at Xue Pan who was flattering Xiaoyi, and said: "Second brother Lian is right, they do big things and think long-term, unlike our small family, who saw someone become a beauty , I'm so jealous."
"Then still hide it from Mom and Baochai as I said earlier?" Xue Pan said.
Wang Xifeng nodded, seeing that Xue Pan was very well-behaved when he got the advantage, so he intentionally used the airs to direct him to do some things that little girls do. Xue Pan went to have a drink, and when she heard that Xue Pan was drunk, she supported the servant girl's shoulder and listened out of Ping'er's window. , told An'er: "You just cry, and when you see grandma later, I will make the decision for you."
After hearing this, An'er thought that Wang Xifeng was going to deal with Ping'er, and immediately wiped away tears as she ordered.
Wang Xifeng took a look at her, then helped the little maid to go to Aunt Xue's room in Xikua courtyard.
Aunt Xue hadn't fallen asleep yet, when she heard that Wang Xifeng was coming, she hurriedly brought someone out to meet her, looking at Wang Xifeng's four-month-old body with a smile on her face.
"It's already dark today, why don't you stop here again? If there's anything wrong, just send someone to tell me." Aunt Xue held Wang Xifeng's hand, making her step over the threshold into her room carefully, and then supported her Going up to the warm kang, seeing Wang Xifeng's complexion was not good, he hurriedly asked: "But that bastard Pan'er bullied you?" Seeing that An'er's face was full of tears, her heart skipped a beat.
Wang Xifeng was aggrieved and kept silent.
Aunt Xue saw that An'er, who was originally scheduled to serve Xue Pan tonight, was indignant, and hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat, and when only Wang Xifeng was left, she leaned against the Limu Kang table and asked, "What's the matter? You just say , I will make the decision for you!"
After Wang Xifeng entered the door, she was filial to Aunt Xue and considerate of Xue Baochai. After sharing the family affairs, she would come to Aunt Xue to discuss important matters, and she would not hurt Xue Pan's dignity when she helped Xue Pan.Therefore, in the eyes of Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng is the best daughter-in-law. If there is one thing that is not good, it is that Xue Pan and Wang Xifeng are too close. Ever since Wang Xifeng entered the door, what Xue Pan said to Wang Xifeng Everything she said fell on deaf ears.
Aunt Xue saw that Wang Xifeng had been wronged, she repeatedly complained in her heart that Xue Pan didn't know good from bad.
Wang Xifeng held the handkerchief and said: "I just told mom this morning that I was getting heavy and wanted to add someone to uncle. Originally, it was An'er, but it was late at night, and uncle ordered wine and vegetables and went into Ping'er's room. I will listen to my mother." I didn’t know about keeping the door behind closed doors, but An’er came to tell me so wronged that I didn’t know there was such a stupid thing. I had already told An’er about it during the day, and An’er spent a whole day dressing up Unexpectedly, at night, the uncle could not wait around, so the uncle went to Ping'er's room again. An'er was so angry that she cried like a tearful person, only saying that Ping'er robbed her nest and knelt down crying Ask me to be the master."
After Wang Xifeng became pregnant, Aunt Xue has been hesitating how to add someone to Xue Pan, but who knows that before she can speak, Wang Xifeng actually mentions it first. Ping'er also shamelessly agreed, and An'er was so shameless that she went to cry in front of Wang Xifeng, who was raising a baby, because of such a matter.
"You are a good boy, Pan'er and Ping'er are too disrespectful!" Aunt Xue said angrily, but she was inexplicably relieved even though she was angry. Originally she thought Xue Pan was being held by Wang Xifeng, but now she looks at Wang Xifeng as well. Can't hold Xue Pan's place.
Wang Xifeng smiled wryly and said: "It's useless to me. I thought the uncle liked An'er, but who knows it's Ping'er. The uncle must be angry with me for making my own decisions. It's just that the matter has come to this point, so please tell me how to deal with it? Isn't it true? Do you want to keep both of them for the uncle?"
Aunt Xue's lips moved, thinking that An'er was too presumptuous, and dared to cry and be wronged by Wang Xifeng for such a thing; Ping'er was the same, seeing that she was usually silent, she had the guts to seduce Xue Pan—it was just Xue Pan. Pan must like Ping'er very much so he dared to go against Wang Xifeng's wishes after getting married. Wang Xifeng is amazing.
After thinking about it for a while, Aunt Xue held Wang Xifeng's hand and said quickly: "I know you are a good boy, and Ping'er is also very disgraceful, but the matter has come to this point, so I can only fulfill Pan'er's wish. With you and me Ping'er and two, he will definitely not go out to mess around. Then An'er ignorantly made a fuss in front of you regardless of the seriousness, and you can't keep her anymore, but she is yours, how to deal with it is naturally up to you; Na Ping'er," paused in embarrassment for a moment, said for a long time, "I just pretended not to know."
What Aunt Xue meant was to turn a blind eye and let Ping'er become Xue Pan's roommate without a name.
Wang Xifeng came here this time to send An'er away for the sake of justice, and by the way called Ping'er not to be a concubine in a fair way. After hearing what Aunt Xue said, she complained that Xue Panping'er was hiding from her, and immediately changed the subject to mention Jinling. The shop came, and said with a sad face: "My brother is really deluded by the lard, and even violated his own business! In vain, Mommy hurts me and told me to follow the uncle to take care of some things, and now he is making trouble again!" Kang table stood up, and immediately bowed to Aunt Xue, "Mom, it's not that I don't know what's good and what's wrong, it's just that I can't take care of the family affairs anymore, lest someone else's saying 'Move all the Xue family's things back to the Wang family' is true!" "
Aunt Xue hurried to help her, and shouted again and again: "Who dares to spread rumors and say those things?" After questioning, seeing Wang Xifeng tightly pursed her lips and remained silent, she guessed that these words might mean that Xue Pan was dissatisfied with Wang Xifeng's refusal to accept Ping'er. To him, he said in a moment of impatience, and hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, I believe you, since I asked you to take care of it, how can I not believe you? Your sister also said that to feel sorry for you earlier, I also felt that was appropriate in my heart, but when I thought about it later, if you let go, Pan'er would definitely become the same as she was before, spending time, drinking, and causing trouble. You still have to lead the above matters. As long as you don't do anything Do it yourself, lead some things, don't get tired and don't get in the way."
Wang Xifeng was persuaded by Aunt Xue, so she had to reluctantly agree. After a few words, she just said: "Don't disturb me, I'll rest now, and I'll go back." Then she stood up and waited for Aunt Xue to help her When she went out, she asked a little girl to support her. Seeing Xue Baochai standing by the door in a satin cloak with folded branches of red peony, she smiled at her, and went to help the girl again.
Xue Baochai watched with a warm smile as Wang Xifeng led the two little girls away, and then Yinger opened the curtain and went in. After entering, she heard Aunt Xue scolding Xue Pan for being greedy, and said with a puzzled smile: "How can I offend my brother?" Mother?"
Aunt Xue said: "Where can your little girl ask about this kind of thing?" Seeing Xue Baochai rubbing her wrists, she hurriedly beckoned her to come forward and rubbed her wrists for her, complaining in her heart that the nanny was too strict. .
"...Have you told my sister-in-law? My sister-in-law is getting heavier every day. If you don't have a chance to rest, you will regret it." Xue Baochai cut off her cloak and sat next to Aunt Xue. It's not that she judges a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, it's really strange: Wang Xifeng was pregnant for four months, but she was only given a happy pulse two days ago.I don't know why she kept it a secret before; it's just that her temperament was completely different after she entered Xue's house, and even Xue Pan became chatty, as if the couple had something to hide from them.
Aunt Xue put her arms around Xue Baochai, rubbed her shoulders and said, "I told her not to do everything by herself."
"Mom, if sister-in-law is tired..."
"It's like this now? What do you want me to say? If we don't call her housekeeper, wouldn't it make people think that we are really afraid that she will move the Xue family's things to the Wang family? How can she convince the people in the mansion in the future?" Aunt Xue frowned and said, Wang Xifeng wanted to give An'er to Xue Pan, but Xue Pan beheaded Ping'er first and then occupied Ping'er.It's uncertain how many people will say that the young couple is divorced, and Wang Xifeng will fall out of favor.She must not just sit and watch Wang Xifeng fall to that stage, or she will get pregnant, or Xue Pan will revert to his old self, so what will happen?
Xue Baochai hurriedly said: "What does this have to do with being disobedient? Brother and sister-in-law are so good. Could it be that there is a brother supporting my sister-in-law, and there are servants in the family who can't see her face?" It's not that she wants to take power, she is a girl's family It's not that ambitious, I just want to get the account book in Wang Xifeng's hand, and see what the couple have done all these days.
"Your elder brother's temper towards Qin Muchu is still not sure how he will not give Feng girl shame for a dubious maid." Aunt Xue sneered.
"This is strange again. After my brother got married, he behaved well, so why..."
"This is not what you should say to a girl like you." Aunt Xue said, getting up and urging Xue Baochai to go back to her room to rest.
Xue Baochai was very surprised, and thought that Aunt Xue also felt that Wang Xifeng and Xue Pan were too close and she was jealous of Wang Xifeng, why did she feel that Xue Pan would not show Wang Xifeng's face?He couldn't figure it out, but he felt more and more in his heart that after Wang Xifeng came into Xue's house, he must swallow his anger everywhere, and it was not easy to ask Aunt Xue, so he had to go by himself.
In the morning of the next day, Aunt Xue sent people to send ginseng soup to Ping'er, but there was no other reward, and she didn't ask anyone to say a word.
Ping'er got the ginseng soup, so she came to Wang Xifeng's room with a celadon soup bowl and showed it to Wang Xifeng.
At this moment, Xue Pan felt ashamed of Wang Xifeng and went to the front study to read the accounts. Wang Xifeng sat on the kang covered with a blanket, looked at the soup, and said with a smile: "Grandma rewarded you, you just drink it."
Ping'er expected that he would have to drink the soup himself, so he drank the soup in front of Wang Xifeng, and when he saw her move uncomfortably, he obediently went to tidy the pillow for her.
"Hey, the old grandma called me over last night. I don't know what she likes An'er. She must be An'er. I have to say something, so she agreed to send An'er out and leave you alone." Wang Xifeng sighed, carefully Pay attention to Ping'er, seeing that Ping'er is no different from Ping'er except for a little blush on his cheeks, and he doesn't mean to be arrogant at all, so he takes Ping'er's hand, and inlaid a huge golden crown on his wrist. Ye Mingzhu's red gold bracelet was put on Ping'er's hand, "Don't worry, I will not wrong you. When you have news, I will ask the old lady to serve you wine and make you the second wife."
Ping'er smiled and said: "Now I only hope that grandma will give birth to a little brother who will be hugged by me, and I don't even want to hug anyone else." According to the rules of others, now that she is Xue Pan's person, she should be regarded as one of them. She was led by Wang Xifeng to see Aunt Xue, kowtowed to Aunt Xue, and then received Aunt Xue's reward; now that the reward did not come, only a bowl of soup came, how could she not know what kind of soup it was?He didn't take Wang Xifeng's words seriously in his heart. After getting the bracelet, he couldn't help but show Wang Xifeng the string of fragrant beads that Xue Pan gave her earlier in the morning, and then said in a low voice: "Grandma, Miss Bao has been urging grandma to call grandma. Put aside the housework, can grandma think of a way to deal with it?"
Wang Xifeng proudly said: "She is a girl who is going to marry sooner or later, dare to interfere with the affairs of her mother's family?! If she is more sensible, it will be fine to give her more dowry in the future. Otherwise..." With a snort, Xue Baochai felt a little Too overwhelmed.
Seeing that she already had a way to deal with it, Ping'er smiled and said, "It's good that grandma has an idea."
"Hey, my brother-in-law caused me trouble in Jinling, and my sister-in-law and mother-in-law stared at me all day long for fear that I would overwhelm the uncle. Now you are the only one who can discuss things with me." Wang Xifeng sighed, making Ping'er Sitting on the kang, seeing that the clothes on her body were still the ones she made when she was dowry, she said: "I still have some new clothes that I made this spring in the box. I won't be able to wear them anymore. It's a pity to keep them old. Open the box yourself and take it."
"Thank you, grandma." Ping'er knelt on the kang, and was about to talk about family matters with Wang Xifeng, when the little girl outside the door said that Xue Baochai was here, so she hurriedly got up to meet her.
Xue Baochai was wearing an apricot-colored tapestry thong, which made her skin white as snow. She came in with a smile, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm here to greet you." It was early in the morning when I heard that An'er had been sent out. When I look at Wang Xifeng and Ping'er's master and servant again, I can't help thinking deeply.
"Excuse me, sit down quickly." Wang Xifeng said with a smile.
Xue Baochai smiled and said, "I won't sit down anymore. I just received an invitation from the Rongguo Mansion. Sister Yingchun invited us to visit the mansion to enjoy the apricot blossoms. This is the snack that came with the apricot blossoms. I don't know if my sister-in-law can eat it, so I personally Here it is." As he said, he took the western glass box with flowers and grass pattern from Ying'er, and took out two plates of delicate snacks inside.
Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "I'm not such a delicate person, what can I not eat? Please say hello to Sister Yingchun for me."
Xue Baochai agreed, and heard that a daughter-in-law came to talk to Wang Xifeng. She wanted to listen and see what was going on at home. After crossing the courtyard, he glanced back at Wang Xifeng's courtyard, and asked Ying'er in a low voice, "Sure enough, Mom gave Ping'er soup early in the morning?"
"That's not true, how can we talk nonsense like this?" Ying'er said.
There are many such things in Xue's family, after all, Xue Pan is such a character.Xue Baochai frowned, thinking that Ping'er and Wang Xifeng were so harmonious, Aunt Xue also liked Ping'er to keep her own place in the past, but now that Xue Pan accepted Ping'er, Aunt Xue did not follow the trend to promote Ping'er, on the contrary, her words were somewhat contemptuous What about Pinger?
After thinking about it again and again, Xue Baochai decided that Wang Xifeng was cheating their mother and daughter behind their backs because of Aunt Xue's kindness and kindness, and if their mother and daughter couldn't cope with it, they might lose the confidence to say a word at home in the future.
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