The painting style of the princess in the Red Chamber is wrong

When she was young, Xue Baochai was always very proud.

As a family of imperial merchants, she is nobler than ordinary merchants, and her status is equivalent to that of officials. Her family can wear clothes and jewelry that merchants cannot wear; and she is richer than ordinary officials. If ordinary officials just live on a salary, It is estimated that my wife can't even afford a better hairpin, let alone a luxurious life.Even a richer official can't compare to the wealth that Xue's family has managed for so many years.

In a good year, there is heavy snow, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron.The Xue family is descended from Xue Gong, Ziwei Sheren, and is currently in charge of the inner government's financial banker, with a total of eight houses.The ancestors of the Xue family were officials. Even if they basically left the businessmen in this generation, they are still doing imperial business, which can be regarded as the highest type of businessmen.

In Jinling, the four major families are connected with each other. Even if a magistrate comes to Jinling to take office, he must have a "official protection talisman", otherwise he will not be able to secure his position.

Xue Baochai was born in such a family. Her father was shrewd and capable, and her mother was kind and kind. She was also the younger sister of Wang Ziteng, a high official. She was born with a golden spoon in her mouth. upbringing.Even if she meets other nobles in Jinling, Xue Baochai's appearance, manner, talent and mind are also the first. After other families have moved to the capital, Xue Baochai is the only daughter of the four major families who stays in Jinling. Naturally, she is praised wherever she goes. with.

Even if the Zhen family rises because of the current emperor, it can't compare to the achievements of the four major families in Jinling since the founding of the country by Long, and they are also polite to the Xue family.

Under such superior circumstances, Xue Baochai's heart is calm and contented.Her future should have been to wait for her father to teach her elder brother well, then her parents will grow old and her elder brother will become a talent, and she will find a good family to marry, and then she will be a husband and a teacher, watching her son become the pillar of the family, and then watching her daughter Marry a good family, and finally embark on a happy and lively old age surrounded by children and grandchildren.

It should be like this.

But when she was four or five years old, her father became seriously ill. Although she recovered in the end, her energy was not as good as before.And the elder brother Xue Pan was spoiled by his mother to be too dandy.

If the father is still in good health, he will always have the opportunity and energy to teach his brother well.But it was obvious that my father only dealt with business matters, and he exhausted his energy.

There is simply the Wang family, the historian, and the Jia family.With the support of these three families, even though father can no longer manage too many things, with the share of the imperial business, he can still support the huge Xue family.

It's just that the clever Xue Baochai keenly discovered that other people's treatment of her is no longer as good as money.

Especially the Zhen family.

In the past, the Zhen family always hugged her, and the little sisters of the Zhen family liked to play with her.But all of a sudden, she was treated with perfunctory smiles, and she even heard those little sisters who were usually close to her speak ill of her behind her back intentionally or unintentionally, saying that she was too showy, with a The appearance of a smart person really treats others as fools.

Xue Baochai didn't understand at that time.She used to be like this, and then she was all praised. How has it changed now?

The young Xue Baochai asked her father this question, and her father told her that because the Zhen family gave birth to a noble concubine, the noble concubine gave birth to the eldest prince, and now the eldest prince is one of the reasonable candidates for the throne. Having already dreamed of the emperor's mother's family, it is natural to look down on the Xue family, the family of the imperial merchants.

My father lamented that even if he was an imperial merchant, he was still inferior to those who were officials. If he had no children in his family who were suitable for the career of an official, why did he bother to support him and give a lot of money to the other three major families to seek protection?

To put it bluntly, among the four major families, the last one is the Xue family.The Xue family was the pocketbook of those three families, and most of the hard-earned money was given to those three families.

It was only then that Xue Baochai realized that the Xue family, which was surrounded by flowers, was already so vulnerable inside.

It was also at this time that Xue Baochai faintly had the ambition to become a green cloud.

Especially the arrogance of the Zhen family planted a thorn in her heart.

At that time, Xue Baochai had no love for children, so of course she didn't expect to enter the palace so far.She just wondered if everything would be different if there was a noble concubine in her family.

It seems that as long as she is associated with the royal family and the emperor, the family can get better and better, and she won't be looked down upon, right?

Even if it's not related to the royal family, but a high-ranking official came out of the family, it will be different from now, right?

Xue Baochai can see that when his father was in good spirits before, it wasn't that he didn't want to take care of his brother, it's just that when his mother made a fuss, there was nothing his father could do.

Xue Baochai thought it was because his father loved and respected his mother, but after overhearing his parents' noise, he realized that his father was from his natal family who was afraid of his mother—the Wang family with an uncle who was a high-ranking official.

As soon as the mother was unhappy, she cried and said how the Wang family was, how the uncle would feel sorry for the elder brother.At this time, the father retreated helplessly.

It turns out...the mother's status with the father is also because there is an official in the family, right?

Xue Baochai couldn't help thinking, if her brother can become a high official, then her life will be easier, right?

It's a pity that Xue Pan is not suitable for studying, nor is he suitable for doing business.Maybe he used to be a jade in the rough, but he was just a broken stone when he was left alone.

Later, my father's health became worse and worse, which affected the family's business.For other families that share the same spirit as the Xue family, the Jia family has long since lost their real power; the historian chose to protect himself wisely because of some things, and broke off contact with other families; The situation in the middle is very bad, and my uncle is also struggling.

At this time, the Zhen family suddenly joined forces with the Li family to launch an attack, bit by bit eating away at the Xue family's business.The others seemed to have seen the distress of the Xue family, and treated the Xue family and Xue Baochai even worse.

Xue Baochai was very sad. She spent more and more time learning what her brother should have learned.She hoped that even if her brother didn't learn, at least she could help.

Father also seemed to be in despair, and put all his efforts on Xue Baochai.Anyway, Xue Pan couldn't teach well, and the money of Xue's family would be enough for him to squander his whole life - if he didn't get into big trouble.If I think about it, I can only teach my daughter better, and then use my old acquaintances to find a good family for my daughter while I am still alive. It is best to be an official at home, so that my daughter can help Xue's family when she is well.

This year, Xue Baochai was only seven years old.

And it was this year, when she was squeezed out again in the Zhen family, she met the real daughter of the royal family, the princess of the Tian family who seemed very gentle and kind at first glance, but made her straighten her back and dare not look directly at her. .

At that time, Xue Baochai thought, ah, so the royal family is like this.

Xue Baochai has met many ladies who claim to be noble, and she thinks that except for their background, those people are not as good as her at all.

But the princess was different, with just one look, without contempt, just a slight glance, made her feel wronged and desperate.

It's a world of difference.She needs to work hard to show her goodness, while the princess only needs to be supported by others.But even she herself took it for granted, and felt that the princess was too strong on her.

Obviously she doesn't know anything about the princess.

And this year, Xue Baochai met his best friend for the rest of his life.But now that same young girl only spoke a few words to herself.But those few words left a deep impression on me, and I almost couldn't help crying.

Some people understand themselves.

Some people think highly of themselves.

It's a pity that the child is the princess's companion, and he will go to the capital in the future.And she is in Jinling.

Maybe we can't see each other?

Maybe if we meet again, we won't recognize each other, right?

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Xue Baochai has grown from a little girl to a slim young girl.Her father was still alive, but was spending more and more time in bed.The embarrassment at home became more and more awkward, but both the mother and elder brother seemed unaware of it.My brother also made many friends in Jinling, and he was even more domineering than before.

Xue Baochai was serving decoctions by her father's bed, listening to her father's intermittent teachings, and flipping through the account books that were too esoteric for a girl of her age.Xue Baochai was at a loss.

She deeply hated why she was not a man.If she was a man, she would be able to support the family, and she would no longer have to worry about the unsustainable family, and would not think every day about how a weak woman would survive without clinging to her.

She can do business and make the family business more and more prosperous; she can also study, get a title on the gold list, and honor her ancestors.

But she is just a daughter, with a talent and ambition that cannot be displayed, watching the family gradually get rid of the helpless daughter.

And Xue Baochai's marriage was not as his father thought, marrying a powerful official.Mother seemed to have reached a consensus with her aunt, and thought that Jia Baoyu was a good one.

When my father heard this, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

It turned out that Jia Baoyu had offended the royal family since he was born, and caused Jia's family to divide the second room out in order to avoid disaster.That Jia Baoyu is doomed to have no future in the future and can only be a wealthy idler.

No matter how good-natured and good-looking a person is, if the Xue family is still prosperous and does not need to rely on Xue Baochai's marriage in exchange for the future, then Xue Baochai will be leisurely as a rich and idle person.But as the Xue family is now, if Xue Baochai marries Jia Baoyu, it will cut off all the ways of the Xue family.

Father is wise, he has long seen the discord between the Jia family's eldest room and the second room.Now the big house and the second room have been separated, and strictly speaking, the second room is no longer a member of the Duke's mansion.Jia Zheng has no title and no status as the son of the Duke of the State. He is just a small official who can be caught everywhere in the capital.

To be honest, for such a person, even if the Xue family does not need to rely on Xue Baochai's marriage to win the family continuation, Jia Baoyu's status is not worthy of Xue Baochai.

If the Jia family's first house and the second house did not have a separate family, Jia Baoyu would be the grandson of the Duke, who would be the prostitute of the Xue family, and the only sister of the future head of the Xue family, which would be considered appropriate.But Jia Baoyu is nothing when the second house of Jia's family is separated.

Father lost his temper with mother on a rare occasion, and mother cried and made noises. What was said inside and outside the words was to make more kisses, to be kind to Xue Baochai.He also said that the four major families were originally married to each other, and now among these few, only Jia Baoyu is suitable.He also said that Jia Baoyu was Mother Jia's favorite grandson anyway, and he would definitely take care of him in the future.The mother also said that Jia Baoyu was born with jade, and he must be a great fortune in the future.

Father sneered.It was Jia Baoyu who was born with jade and made it known to everyone, so there was absolutely no good fortune.The royal family just doesn't care, but when Jia Baoyu was born, the emperor clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Jia family, and Jia Baoyu was finished.Didn't you see that the historian cut off contact with the second room of Jia's family early?

The father also yelled, "My mother has long hair but short knowledge, and was deceived by the Jia Wang family. You must know that the reputation of the Wang family's daughter has long been ruined by the Jia Wang family, and Jia Baoyu is still young, and the honorable officials have already taken care of her." He said that he would never marry the second wife of the Jia family.Seeing that her mother doesn't care about outside affairs, Jia Wang is so foolish, trying to cheat a daughter of the Xue family and a large dowry.

The father finally said, if the mother still doesn't believe it, she can communicate with Wang Ziteng to see if even Wang Ziteng has given up on this nephew.The Xue family is still very useful to the Wang family, and Wang Ziteng will definitely not stand by and watch Xue Baochai marry Jia Baoyu, causing the Xue family to be rejected by the royal family.One must know that the reason why the Xue family, an imperial businessman, is still standing strong, isn't it because of the word "Emperor"?If the emperor is not happy, and he disqualifies the Xue family as an imperial merchant, or reveals to the inner government that he is dissatisfied with the Xue family, there will be people who will trip the Xue family.

The mother cried and said that it was impossible for her aunt to lie to her, but she dared not write to Wang Ziteng.

It was only then that Xue Baochai knew that her mother was only raised by the Wang family and was regarded as the daughter of the aunt, not the sister of the uncle, so she relied on her uncle's power, but was afraid of him.

Xue Baochai understood that the Wang family could not be trusted either.

And although the mother didn't dare to inquire about it with her uncle, there were still some close friends who knew about the capital. She didn't know what she inquired about, and she would never mention it again.

It's just that my father's health is getting worse after being made such a fuss.

Xue Baochai also hated the aunt who plotted against him and the Xue family.

But besides hating, she was helpless.The aunt is for her son, the only son. At this time, a sister who is not the same mother, what can't be calculated?Perhaps in my aunt's opinion, it is good for Xue Baochai to marry, at least she will treat Xue Baochai well.

But Xue Baochai didn't care for such kindness.She wants to marry a good one, or to put it badly, she wants to climb high.Because she doesn't climb high branches, she will be trampled underfoot, and the Xue family will also be trampled underfoot.

Xue Baochai didn't believe at all that his elder brother could support Xue's family well.With the speed at which my brother got into trouble, who would clean up the mess for him after his father passed away?

At this time, Xue Baochai had another chance.

The Princess Changxing back then has become the more admirable Princess Changrui. She came to Jinling again, went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and hosted a banquet for the female relatives in Hangzhou.

Perhaps this is an opportunity for her to stand out in front of the eldest princess and get a word or two of praise, which will definitely be powerful for her future.

Even if she didn't get any compliments, being able to meet more court ladies would be a big help for her after she got married.