Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

Baochai was caught off guard, and was slapped by Aunt Xue, and a clear palm print was immediately printed on her face like a silver basin.After the beating, Aunt Xue was also dumbfounded, and Baochai was even more stunned, her mind went blank.She was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, her father died early, and her mother never even touched a hair of her own, this time it was really unexpected.Seeing Xiangling Wenxing also had a surprised expression on her face, she became more embarrassed, and tears burst out of her eyes.It took a long time before he choked up and said: "Why did Mom beat her daughter? Even if she is guilty, she has to be interrogated first. I can't accept such ignorance."

Aunt Xue also had some regrets, calmed her anger, and said coldly: "Why did I hit you? I didn't know that my daughter was such a person. She even put aside her own family affairs in order to get rich. If something important happens, I will send someone to the palace to look for you, but you are fine. You don’t even bother to talk about it, and you dare not refuse to say that the prince will stay with you. You pretend that I don’t know what you are thinking, but you just want to find an identity in the palace. You only think about your own happiness, and don’t care about us. Even if you climb a high branch, so what, you don’t have a family to support you.”

Baochai was stunned, and cried: "What's the matter? I've been with my sisters every day in the palace, and I haven't seen half of the outsiders. I don't know that something happened at home. Doesn't Mom know about her daughter? My daughter is alone. Is it because the weak woman supports Nuo's family business for her own happiness? If my mother said this, I would not be wronged to death, so why not let my daughter feel cold."

Aunt Xue was very angry, but at this moment she realized that she was thinking about it, she hurriedly embraced Baochai and cried: "Good daughter, it's my mother's fault, and my mother is in a hurry. I will believe it when the boy who comes back says it. It seems that they didn't enter the palace, and they lied because they were afraid of my scolding."

Baochai shook her head and said, "They don't have the guts yet. It's time for that Hu Meizi and the King of Jingjing to make trouble." She paused, then calmed down and said, "What happened at home? How did I feel about her when I went to see my aunt?" They are not as affectionate to me as they used to be, and the people in Jia's mansion also look at me strangely."

Aunt Xue called my son, wiped her tears and said, "Our family is doomed. In the past few days, the family shop has either been hit by a disaster or run out of bankruptcy by other houses. I have a shortfall of 30 taels. If you don’t want to be played, you have to pay it back quickly. The deadline is three days. Mom went to find you, but you didn’t care. I had no choice but to sell all my properties. Now there is only one small There’s a silk shop, and it’s not even worth 2000 taels. Now the household department has assigned a new task, asking us to buy a batch of precious medicinal materials. Where can we find money to buy them? If I knew it, I might as well give up the title of imperial merchant. It's time to make up for the shortfall. Your brother is not worried about that evil person, but he is still hanging around outside. Now that the Jia family knows about this incident, your aunt became suspicious and sent Jia Lian to investigate. I have no place to live, and I came here yesterday and laughed at me severely."

"What!" Baochai turned pale with shock, and fell limply on the couch.When Aunt Xue saw her bruised lips, gray eyes, and dull eyes, she was frightened out of her wits. She was shocked to realize that no matter how powerful her daughter was, she was still a weak girl in her boudoir, how could she withstand such a big blow.She hurriedly put her arms around Baochai and called out, "Chaier, Chaier, wake up. If something happens to you, who will you trust?"

Xiang Ling was beside her and said timidly: "Madam, you might as well prick the girl's hand tip hard, maybe the girl will wake up, I still read it from the book."

After hearing this, Aunt Xue didn't even think about it, she took off the hairpin on her hair and grabbed Baochai's hand, ruthlessly piercing her fingertips, and Baochai said "Ah", her eyes moved and her body trembled, Xue The aunt was overjoyed, crying and laughing: "Chai'er woke up, I scared my mother to death."

Baochai stared blankly at Aunt Xue and said, "Mom, I seemed to have a dream just now. Mom, that dream was terrible. In the dream, there was nothing in our house."

Aunt Xue was heartbroken, hugged Baochai and cried, "That's not a dream, Bao girl, our family is over."

Baochai's face was gloomy, and she cried into Aunt Xue's arms and said, "Mom, why, why is our family so troubled, why can't Chai'er try so hard to keep the family business, why?"

Aunt Xue was so distressed that she wanted to rub her daughter into her body, crying loudly: "This is fate. Chai'er, our family is ruined, and your aunt will definitely not want to marry you again. What can Chai'er do? You What can my brother do, what a crime I have done."

When Baochai heard Aunt Xue crying, she felt even more disturbed. She broke free from her mother's arms, sat on the chair by the window and wept. After a long time, she sighed softly, and her voice was as cold as the winter moon and the north wind: "Mom, don't hurry up." What do you say about fate, Chai'er thinks she has the color of a city, and she will never be covered in dust forever. If it is really fate, Chai'er wants to fight for my life, I can't help it!"

Frightened by the ruthlessness in Baochai's words, Aunt Xue withdrew her tears and sobbed, "Is there anything Chai can do?"

Baochai sent out the girls, smiled coldly, and said: "Auntie and we jointly poisoned sister Lin to death that day. Although we provided the medicine, she bought the bird's nest. The medicine is a tonic. Auntie It's impossible to bring the poison to us. With this handle, we don't have to worry about her uncompromising. If it doesn't work, we will fight to the death. She has spent a lot of money on our family. If she turns her face and is ruthless, don't blame me for shaking off. Don't even think about it. I will inquire about her other ambiguous affairs, but I must hold her in check."

Aunt Xue had no idea, she hurriedly said, "Okay, it would be great if Chai'er can still enter Jia's residence."

Baochai smiled self-consciously: "That's all I can do. Although I like the King of Beijing, I probably don't have it at all. Chai'er didn't have that dream in vain. It's just that I don't accept that girl Lin. Why is their family so prosperous now? She is also favored by King Beijing, and I will not let her go no matter what. Mom, maybe she caused our family's affairs."

Aunt Xue couldn't believe it: "How can a little girl like her have such abilities?"

With a cold smile on Baochai's mouth, she said: "She doesn't have one, but her brother and King Beijing Jing do. If she doesn't let me live, don't even think about yourself!"

Aunt Xue shivered, and suddenly felt that her daughter was becoming more and more terrifying and unpredictable.

On the second day, Baochai went to flatter Jia's mother as gracefully as she could, and didn't pay attention to the dodging eyes of those girls, but secretly remembered those faces in her heart, and her mind became more and more determined. Gao, I have to cheer up no matter what, and let those who underestimate me regret it.But she was also a little sad, how many of these people were people who had been favored by her, she didn't expect her attitude to change so quickly.

Mother Jia expressed a few words of condolence to her seemingly concerned, but her demeanor was even colder than before. That's right, their family doesn't even have a house now, and they have become purely poor relatives in autumn. Mother Jia doesn't like her, how could she He had a good face, and there was an indescribable irony in his concerned words.Sanchun is fine, they are people who don't care about everything, and they only look at Baochai with some sympathy.Mrs. Wang is neither yin nor yang, and if you look closely, you can find that she is also quite annoyed.

The people broke up after talking for a while, and Baochai followed Mrs. Wang to her main room. Mrs. Wang said impatiently: "Shouldn't Bao girl take care of the rest of the business at home now? Still want to come here.”

Baochai's face was a little gloomy, and she said politely: "I am a girl who is not easy to show my face, and I have my brother to take care of it. The so-called 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, although the shop is gone, the title of imperial merchant is still there. Our Xue family is not a family with no savings. These small setbacks have allowed my brother to really stand on his own. It is also a good thing. As long as he is still there, nothing can't be done. So the family will naturally rise again soon. So this time, Chai'er didn't think she was worried but happy."

Mrs. Wang saw that Baochai's expression was as usual, but she was a little uncertain. She didn't believe that the Xue family of several generations of imperial merchants would really be defeated so easily. Once, I was really scared when I saw your mother like that."

Baochai smiled lightly and said, "Auntie doesn't know that my mother is the softest and most careful person. She takes little things very seriously. All these years, I always feel that it is better to leave everything to my brother and me. If you lose some money, you feel sorry for us brothers and sisters, but why bother, even the remaining money is enough for us to have no worries for the rest of our lives."

"Really?" Mrs. Wang looked at Baochai and sighed for a long time. She had to say that Baochai's expression was perfect, but she still didn't really believe it.

Baochai smiled calmly, and said: "Chai'er doesn't want Auntie to believe it, but just doesn't want Auntie to be criticized by people in the house because of this, saying that Auntie's relatives can only live by relying on Auntie. Auntie really doesn't believe it. My son and mother moved out to find another place to live, which also saved my aunt from feeling ashamed."

Mrs. Wang smiled, and hurriedly said: "That's impossible. We can't tolerate even our relatives being laughed at by outsiders. Auntie is just asking for nothing. If there is something that needs auntie's help, I can help. There is no other meaning. Auntie Just say that your family is now in charge of the household department, and there will be no problems again."

Baochai smiled and said, "Baochai knew that my aunt was not the one who was shallow and low-minded, and she understood best. Alas, this time when Chai'er went to Beiwangfu, she found that Lin girl seemed to be really familiar with the King of Beijing. This time, the incident at Chai'er's house may have been caused by her. She is really a cold-hearted girl. It was a foresight for her aunt to give her the bird's nest, otherwise she might want to treat her like us. It’s impossible to guard against.”

Madam Wang's complexion changed, and she immediately realized that she still had something in Baochai's hands, but she was more concerned about what Baochai said, and asked anxiously, "Is what Chai'er said true?"

Baochai laughed and said, "There's no need for Chai'er to lie to Auntie, it's just a kind reminder."

Mrs. Wang gasped, and said viciously: "You are really a little white-eyed wolf, who is as virtuous as her sour-faced mother, and died at my hands that day so as not to harm the world."

Baochai slightly raised the corners of her lips, it seems that Jia Min's death really had something to do with her, I have to inquire carefully, it's really a windfall.

With Mrs. Wang's repression, the rumors about Baochai have decreased, but it is a pity that it is not as good as before.Baochai spoke harshly to Xue Pan a few times, and Xue Pan finally felt a sense of crisis.

Not to mention Baochai's secret schemes, Daiyu's life at home is not so comfortable.It turned out that for some reason recently, King Zhongshun always took the lead in snooping on the emperor's secret decisions in the palace and tried to obstruct them. The emperor, prince and others were naturally very annoyed.King Zhongshun's eyeliner in the palace, the emperor, and others are well aware of it, and they are all under control. They thought there were other spies in the palace, but after searching for a long time in the palace, they still couldn't find them.

Seeing that her elder brother and Shui Rong Shuize were frowning, Daiyu also became worried.After all, it would definitely be dangerous if there were a pair of black hands hidden in the palace.

A few people had a discussion these days, and the water-soluble waters had lost all momentum of rivalry. It turned out that the governor of Jiangxi had expired and the emperor wanted to reappoint him, so he agreed on Li Yufeng, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy who was second in the list of previous studies. Who knew that the agreement was made on the second day. Then came the news that Li Yufeng was stabbed at home, which was no small matter, and Shuiyan was so angry that he lost his temper, making Lin Yifei hurry up and solve the case.Both Lin Yifei and Shui Rong were extremely guilty. They belonged to the secret guard and several branch halls of Yulin Villa, but let the assassin break into the minister's house abruptly. How could he face the trust of the emperor and those loyal ministers.So Chao Yifei and Shui Rong all came to Daolin's mansion at once, and Shui Ze also came after a while.Daiyu is also very assertive, so they didn't carry her behind their backs.Xinyue, on the other hand, saw that the Lin family was busy a few days ago and would go to the North Prince's Mansion.

Lin Yifei said: "This matter has to be traced back to the source. The killer was obviously ordered by King Zhongshun. The most important thing for us is to catch the spies in the palace. The matter that was agreed yesterday was originally in the Royal Study Room of Long Live, where the security is tight. Even flies can’t fly in, so why did the materials just go to King Zhongshun’s desk out of thin air.”

Shui Rong said: "Could it be that there are spies among the secret guards and Ouchi guards?"

Shui Ze shook his head and said: "Impossible, the people who can enter that place are all selected by the father from the orphans of the martyrs, and they are absolutely loyal."

Yifei suddenly said: "I still remember that year when my sister came home, the Jia family got the news very quickly, and we found out that the clues were broken at Yuanchun. I remember that it was Prince Beijing who quietly entered the palace to report his father's illness. .Could that person be a spy of King Zhongshun?"

Shui Rong frowned and said, "I don't think so. At that time, King Zhongshun had no intention of sending a letter to Youliu in the south of the Yangtze River. He didn't need to bring Jia's mansion up. Going to Jia's mansion would at most harm Yu'er. King Yu Zhongshun really has nothing to do with it." The benefits can be obtained. And why hasn't that person acted in the past few years."

Yifei smiled wryly, and said: "I was just guessing wildly. I still remember that Yuanchun's female official said that Yuanchun saw someone write a message about Yu'er's return on the table with water. It is obviously not something that ordinary people can do in his residence without anyone noticing it. It is overkill for such an expert to deal with Yuer, a little girl, unless he hates Yuer very much. But this is impossible, Yuer Er Ke has never made such a powerful enemy."

Mizusawa knocked on the table and said worriedly: "There is no clue at all. I'm really worried. At least there is a direction. I can't imagine that there is such a master hidden in the Nuoda Palace. If you don't find out, I'm afraid that your father's safety will be a big risk." question."

Shui Rong sighed: "That's right, if he does something in the dark, no matter how careful we are, we won't be able to guarantee it." The expressions of everyone in the room became more solemn for a moment.