Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

Xue Baochai was sitting in the carriage, leaning against her mother. Aunt Xue touched her forehead lightly, "How is it? Are you still uncomfortable?"

Xue Baochai bent the corners of her lips, "It's not uncomfortable."

Aunt Xue sighed, "We haven't had a good rest during this journey, I'm sorry for you."

Xue Baochai sat up straight, "With my mother and elder brother by my side, how hard is it?"

Xue Pan knocked on the car window, and Aunt Xue lifted the curtain, "Pan'er, what's the matter?"

Xue Pan's forehead was covered with sweat, "Mother, the capital is ahead."

Aunt Xue was overjoyed immediately, "Are you coming to the capital soon? Okay, okay, that's good." Then she asked Xue Pan, "It's so hot outside, why don't you come in and have a rest."

Xue Pan smiled, "Mother and sister just have a good rest, why am I bothering you? I just go to the car behind and rest for a while."

Xue Pan didn't wait for Aunt Xue's answer, and went directly to the carriage behind.

Aunt Xue saw Xue Pan entered the carriage at the back, put down the curtain and sat back, sighed, "Why does he like that troublemaker so much, what's so good about that girl."

Xue Baochai lowered her eyes and looked at her delicate fingers, "As long as my brother likes it, it will be all good."

Aunt Xue frowned immediately and stopped talking.

They were talking about Xiangling. Xue Pan saw Xiangling on the street that day, and wanted to buy it back home. It was originally a matter of a few taels of silver. When he came to ask for someone, Xue Pan naturally refused to let him go. After a few words of quarrel, he moved his hands and beat the owner half to death.

The family's old servant went to the government office to file a complaint, saying that Xue Pan was going to kill him to pay for it.

How could the Xue family be willing to directly confront that family in the hall, saying that their family didn't know that the trafficker had sold them to two families before they bought the maid, and also produced evidence that the owner's family was still angry when they left their house.

In the end, after a few months of talking, the official sentenced Xue Pan to exile. How could the Xue family agree with this result? Who knew that the official was a dead-headed person, and the imperial merchant Xue's family would not give face. Aunt Xue couldn't help it, so she thought of it. Went to Shangjing to seek help from the Wang family and the Jia family.

Xue Baochai asked Aunt Xue, "Mother, what kind of temperament are the brothers and sisters of the Wang family?"

Aunt Xue hugged Xue Baochai with a smile, "My son, let's go to the capital this trip. We are going to the Jia family, not the Wang family. Your uncle is not in the capital, and your aunt doesn't move much in the capital alone. I don't care about many things." Yes, it's the Jia family..."

Xue Baochai pursed her lips and wanted to say something, but in the end she just sighed silently.

When they arrived at Ningrong Street, Xue Baochai was also a little curious when he heard the noise outside, and slightly opened the curtain of the carriage to look out. The carriage happened to pass by the East Mansion. The energetic concierges couldn't help but admire each other.

After passing the East Mansion, it is the West Mansion.

Xue Baochai pursed her lips when she saw the plaque with three large characters in Rongguo Mansion.

Seriously speaking, their family's relationship with Rongguo Mansion for so many years has relied on the Wang family. Even if there is Wang's presence, there are Jia Mu and Xing's family on it.

When Jia Mu saw Xue Baochai, she liked Xue Baochai very much. She held her hands and asked carefully, and finally sighed: "I never thought that there is such a lovely child in this world. I see you today, and I still think about it when I don't see you tomorrow. You should always come and accompany me, this old lady."

Not to mention Xue Baochai, even Aunt Xue and Wang's expressions changed.

Wang stood up and lowered her eyes, "Mother, Baochai and the others are in a hurry to go to Beijing, and the house in the middle of the capital is not ready yet, so they probably will stay at our house for a while."

Jia Baoyu looked at Xue Baochai's eyeballs. He nodded quickly when he heard this, and acted like a baby to Jia's mother, "The old ancestors are all relatives of the family. Why do you want to see others like this? If you want me to say, just let Sister Bao and the others Stay here, no, sister Bao is enough..."

Jia's mother slapped Jia Baoyu, "You're talking nonsense again, your elder sister, mother, brother, and grandparents are all here, so why live in our house."

Jia Baoyu's face suddenly turned bitter.

The second sister and the fourth sister can't see each other twice a year, and the third sister has to go to school on weekdays, so it's boring for him to play alone. Today, a fairy-like sister Bao finally came to the family, but it turned out to be just a fantasy.

Mrs. Wang clenched her veil tightly, but her expression remained calm, "Mother, my natal second sister-in-law has always been in poor health, and has never been very sensible, so I thought about inviting Baochai's family to come over." Let's stay in the house for a while."

Mother Jia twitched the corners of her mouth with a half-smile, and patted Baochai's hand, "That's fine, is the yard arranged?"

Mrs. Wang nodded, "It's been arranged, it's in the Yaoyue Pavilion next to the East Courtyard in the West Courtyard."

The Yueyue Pavilion is also the same as Lixiangyuan. It is at the corner of Rongguo Mansion, and there is a small door to go out alone, but the place is small and the environment is not very good.

Jia Mu nodded, "Okay, the Yaoyue Pavilion is small, but it's also clean, just to avoid people disturbing it."

Mrs. Wang took Aunt Xue and others to Yueyue Pavilion.

When Xue Baochai walked to the door, she heard Jia's mother talking about Jia Baoyu, "Don't think I don't know that you are always lazy and don't go to school these days. You are getting old and always have to go out to socialize. If you dare to play truant again, you will go to school." Don't blame me for telling your father to go."

When Jia Baoyu thought of Jia Zheng's downcast face, he shuddered. Not only did he no longer want to play with Sister Bao, but the school he avoided was not so scary in his eyes, so he nodded repeatedly.

Aunt Xue couldn't help it when she arrived at Yaoyue Pavilion, "Sister..."

Mrs. Wang glared at her, first waved away the servants, and then pulled Aunt Xue to sit down, "Are you blaming me?"

Aunt Xue shook her head, "How come?" Although she said so, it didn't sound so true.

Mrs. Wang didn't care about it, and said directly: "Now I won't hide it from you. There is a gap between the eldest room and our second room. If you don't target me on weekdays, I will kowtow and worship Buddha. The old lady doesn't care about everything. I take care of it alone. In such a big family, instead of talking about it, I complain a lot, and all the servants in the family can say a few bad things about me."

"We all know what you are going to Beijing for this time, but now that I am like this, many things are also powerless."

Aunt Xue became anxious immediately, "But we agreed in the letter when we came..."

Mrs. Wang interrupted her, "It's an agreement, but we have been communicating for more than a year, right?"

Aunt Xue was silent. After the lawsuit, the family went to Beijing, but stopped and stopped along the way, and inspected shops in various places along the way, so it was naturally slow.

"Then... what should we do now?"

Wang sighed, "A few years ago, I would have been able to take care of things for you, but now it's not so easy to solve things."

Aunt Xue understood Wang's meaning, and quickly held her hand, "Good sister, it's not that easy, but there is a way, just tell me what you want, my family doesn't have any manpower, but there is some money." .”

As she said that, she asked someone to fetch the bank note, and the maid directly took the 5 taels of silver note, and Aunt Xue took a look at it and pushed it directly to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang patted Aunt Xue's hand, "Could it be that I want your money back?"

Aunt Xue smiled, "I must thank you for your troubles, sister."

Mrs. Wang took the bank notes, counted them, and took some back to Aunt Xue, "I asked about Pan'er, and there are only two ways to solve it. One is to plead guilty and then find someone to replace Pan'er." I went to exile, but in this way, Pan'er would no longer be a good citizen. In the future, I would not be able to enter an official position through the imperial examination or do business. Another way is to find a way to avoid Pan'er's crime. At least people can use money to atone for their sins."

Aunt Xue nodded, "No, but the prefect..."

Thinking of this incident, Aunt Xue became very angry.

Wang said: "If you can't do it from the bottom, you can act from the top. Can he, a magistrate, still fight against the governor of the prefecture?"

Aunt Xue roughly counted and found that Mrs. Wang returned 2 taels of silver. "I thought about it too, but I'm a woman, so I can't get along with Zhizhou and the others."

Mrs. Wang collected the money, "I don't want to take any more from you, I will take the 3 taels of silver to ventilate, and I promise to solve Pan'er's matter for you."

Aunt Xue is naturally very grateful.

After seeing off Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue hurried to the anteroom and saw Xue Baochai sitting by the window reading a book, she couldn't help hugging her, "My son, your brother's matter may be settled."

Xue Baochai put down the book and asked Aunt Xue, "Mom, when are we going to move out?"

Aunt Xue froze, "There is no rush... we have to wait until your brother's matter is resolved."

Xue Baochai looked Aunt Xue straight in the eye, "Mother, do you not plan to move out?"

Aunt Xue avoided Xue Baochai's eyes subconsciously, "There is no one in our family who can do things now, and with so much money around us, in the eyes of outsiders, it is a piece of meat that is not for nothing. Now we don't care about everything, we keep our doors closed all day, in Rongguo Mansion, we shall at least..."

"But the old lady doesn't like us."

Aunt Xue suddenly fell silent.

Xue Baochai sighed, "My brother is getting old too. After this matter is over, my brother will be able to grow up and become a family member. Why do we have to bully their family so shamelessly."

Aunt Xue pursed her lips, "But you already know your brother, no one can compare to him in eating, drinking and having fun, but in doing things..."

Xue Baochai lowered her eyes and looked at her delicate fingers, "Mother, send me to Xiaoxuan."

In the small election, the maids are selected, and the age requirement is 15 to [-] years old. She will be thirteen next year.

Aunt Xue was taken aback for a moment, then became anxious, "How to say this properly, the palace is not a good place!"

Xue Baochai looked at Aunt Xue, "Mother, you also said that our elder brother is unreliable, so what else can I do if I don't go for it."

Aunt Xue blushed with anxiety, "That's not necessary, you are trying to dig my heart!"

Aunt Xue's thoughts changed sharply, and suddenly her eyes lit up, "There is Baoyu!"

Xue Baochai shook her head, "Baoyu doesn't care that much about me."

Ever since her father passed away, no one has thought of marrying her to occupy the Xue family's money. She was smart since she was a child, and she also knew that sometimes her beauty is not a good thing. It was okay when her father was around. The way people look at her can sometimes make her so sick that she can't eat.

Jia Baoyu seemed to be obsessed with her today, but she knew very well that there was no lust in Jia Baoyu's eyes when he looked at her.

Aunt Xue choked, and then said: "That's because he's still young! You'll understand after two years!"

Xue Baochai sighed, and wanted to say more, but was blocked by Aunt Xue, "Anyway, don't even think about entering the palace!"