After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Seeing her mother getting up in a daze, she murmured as she walked: "I'm afraid I'm tired and confused today, and my ears are not working well. No, I have to go to sleep for a while."

Baochai felt guilty for a while: Could it be that I have gone too far?

But thinking about her own ending in her previous life, she quickly strengthened her belief: In this world, only she is the most reliable, and men are unreliable!

With a "plop", she knelt down firmly, and said loudly, "Mom, you heard me right. My daughter just doesn't like men. Except for her father and brother, she feels disgusted when she sees other men."

Xue Wang's footsteps stopped, and he could no longer deceive himself.

"Chaier, you..."

Baochai raised her head with guilt and pleading: "Mom, your daughter is unfilial, and you are in trouble."

"You..." Mrs. Xue only felt confused, but she was extremely puzzled, "Chaier, how could you have such an idea?"

"My daughter doesn't know either." Anyway, things about the previous life must not be said, so not knowing is the best answer.

I don't know, there is no reason, it is born.Since it is natural, there is no solution.

Baochai suddenly felt that this excuse was not a good one at all!

Xue Wang was stunned for a long time, then leaned over to help Baochai: "Get up first. I will discuss this matter with the master, so don't tell others."

Baochai had an obedient face: "I'll listen to my mother."

Then, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and she held her mother's hand tightly with a look of fear, as if she was in a daze: "Mom, tell me, if others find out, will they treat me as a monster?"

Xue Wang's heart softened all of a sudden, she gently hugged her daughter, and comforted her: "Don't worry, Chai'er, no one will know." .The two of them were startled, and quickly knelt down to express their loyalty.

Fortunately, because what I want to talk about today is Baochai's lifelong event, only the two of them are left to serve as personal servants, and all the other maids and women are sent out.Otherwise, it will not end well.

Baochai nestled in her mother's arms, trembling slightly, and said in a low voice, "Mom, I'm afraid."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, mom is here, huh? Don't worry, chai'er, no one will know." Xue Wang promised her daughter that the pity in her heart had already dispelled the previous anger.

Her chai'er is still a little girl, she must be terrified when encountering such a thing.It's also her fault for her carelessness, she hasn't seen her daughter's panic for so many days, and she keeps pushing her.Come to think of it, Chai'er was also forced so hard that she couldn't hide what was on her mind and confide it.

But, what will Chaier do in the future?

Xue Wang was so worried that his hair was turning white.

"Chai'er, go back and rest first."

"Mom." Baochai looked at her mother tremblingly, her dependence was beyond words.

"Hey, you go back first, Mom will find a way for you."

In fact, how can she think of anything?

But as a mother, it is their instinct to protect their children.The so-called "raising a child for a hundred years, worrying about 99 years".Not to mention that Baochai is still young, no matter how old she is, as a mother, she always wants to shield her from all the wind and rain, so that she will be carefree all her life.

"Yeah." Baochai nodded vigorously, showing a trusting smile, supported Yinger's hand, and went back to the room.

"Ai~" After her daughter left, Xue Wang let out a long sigh, her face full of sorrow.

Liu Er's family gave her a cautious look, and suggested: "Madam, let's discuss this matter with the master."

Xue Wangshi glanced at her with a little scrutiny.Liu Er's family hastily expressed their loyalty: "Madam, don't worry, this old slave will never talk nonsense, even my guy, I won't say anything." Seeing his wife's expression softened, she hurriedly played the emotional card again, " To put it bluntly, the girl was also raised by the old servant, and in the heart of the old servant, she is the same as my Queer. The old slave also feels distressed when the girl encounters such a thing!"

Xue Wangshi finally sighed, his expression relaxed completely: "Who would have thought of that?"

Liu Er's family also felt that such a thing, who would have thought of it beforehand?

"Forget it," Xue Wangshi said weakly, "you go and ask, when will the master come back? When the master comes back, please ask him to go back to the main room first."

"Yes. The old slave will go now."

Contrary to Xue Wang's expectation, after Xue Duan heard about it, he was not very surprised.

Xue Wang frowned: "So, the master already knew?" Are you keeping me in the dark like this?

Seeing that his wife was angry, Xue Duan hurriedly explained: "It's nothing. Madam, don't think too much about it."

"Then why do you look as expected?" Wang Xue obviously didn't believe it.

Xue Duan said: "Chai'er told me earlier that she didn't want to get married, but wanted to set up a female household. But at that time, I didn't know, it was because of this. I heard my wife say it today, and I suddenly realized."

"It turned out to be like this." Xue Wang's expression softened, thinking, "Establishing a female household is a way out. At that time, let Pan'er and his wife have more children, and give Chai'er an adopted son. For the rest of my life, my son will have someone to rely on. But, in the clan..."

Xue Wang's family felt sad again.

——The power of this clan has always surpassed that of the government at the local level.

But Xue Duan sneered: "Madam, don't worry, it just so happens that I also want to let the group of moths in the clan know that they can have a good life today, who brought it!"

The Xue family wasn't originally a big family.The ancestor of the Xue family, Ziwei Sheren, was originally just a peddler who had to walk around the streets to make a living at a young age because the clan occupied the land.

No, he is very talented in business, slowly saved some capital, bought a small shop, and resold some fashionable things.

In the last years of the former dynasty, the government was chaotic, the central government's control over local officials gradually weakened, and the local officials went their separate ways.In order to win people's hearts, the county guards in various places turned a blind eye to the actions of lower-level officials.

In such an environment, there are those with outstanding talents who can flex their muscles to protect the environment and the people; but there are also those who are greedy and only know how to plunder people's fat and fill their own pockets.

Unfortunately, where the ancestors of the Xue family lived, there was an extremely greedy and cruel county magistrate.Countless merchants have lost their families because of their small wealth.The ancestor of the Xue family was one of them.

Fortunately, he is a man of strong character.Otherwise, if he started from scratch and struggled for many years, the family business he had managed to accumulate would be wiped out overnight. He might have been unable to withstand the blow and collapsed.

The ancestor packed up the last bits and pieces of the family, sold the shop, took the last belongings, his wife and children, and defected to a well-known county magistrate in the next county.

Originally, he just wanted to find a way out for his family, so he concentrated on managing the property for the county magistrate.Unexpectedly, that little county magistrate was actually a hidden dragon!

Yes, that county magistrate is the great-grandfather of the dynasty.

The ancestor followed the Tai-zu back then, experienced being dismissed from office, being hunted down, and never left him.Even, his wife and children died in order to protect Tai_zu's original spouse.

The ancestor had no complaints against Tai-zu, but he had a lot of resentment towards the original wife.

It is also for this reason that he is loyal to the old sage born by Empress Yuan who he married later.

After the world was established, the ancestors knew that their talents were limited, so they only took a vacant position as Ziwei Sheren, begged for grace from the Taizu, and went back to their hometown to do business.

The clansmen who invaded the ancestor's property at the beginning, but now they stick up to it with a greedy face.Ziwei Sheren didn't want people to gossip, so she had to pinch her nose to admit it, but she has always been lukewarm to them.It was also later that the ancestor passed away, and the relationship between their clan and the clan members eased.

It's only been a few years, and they have forgotten how this good day came.It's just that the poor relatives who rely on their family for support, even regard themselves as the serious master of the Xue family!

Xue Wangshi was also extremely annoyed by the group of people who pushed their noses on their faces.In particular, there are a few women who dare to put their ideas on Chai'er, trying to bring their natal brothers and nephews who are worthless to her.

Seeing that the master finally freed his hands and was ready to deal with them, Mrs. Xue agreed with both hands.

However, she still has some concerns: "If it's too extreme, isn't it too good? After all, it's a family."

"Hmph, what kind of family?" Xue Duan sneered, "Our family has been passed down to this day, and it's just me and my second brother. The rest are outsiders!"

Seeing that his wife was still worried, Xue Duan comforted him: "Don't worry, madam. This time, it was their hands that stretched too far. I chopped them off, and no one can say anything."

Only then did Wang Xue heave a sigh of relief: "It's good that the master knows it in his heart." Then he asked hesitantly, "The hairpin..."

Xue Duan was silent for a moment, and said: "Have you delivered the gift for the magistrate?"

Mrs. Xue shook her head: "Not yet. The magistrate has just arrived in office, and the big guys haven't figured out what they like about him, so they don't dare to get involved."

After Jia Yucun, the former prefect, was planted, the missing son of the prefect of Jinling became a pawn in the game between the two saints, and it has not been settled.It wasn't until the Zhen family fell and the old sage's foundation in Jiangnan was almost uprooted that the sage appointed a new magistrate.

The new magistrate's surname is Yang and his name is Kangcheng. He was a Jinshi in the 27th year of Tianqi.This man had been an official in the north before, and this time he just completed his term. When he returned to Beijing to report on his duties, he was handpicked by the sage to be the magistrate of Jinling.

Therefore, no one knows about this lord's conduct, and they are afraid that he is a clean and honest person who has already made a name for himself, and if he rashly gave gifts, he would be caught as a typical example instead.

Xue Duan frowned, and pondered: "Master Yang brought three staff members with him when he came to Jinling. Do you know which one moves around more frequently?"

This Wang Xue really knows: "It's a master surnamed Lu."

This was what she heard from the wife who was talking with her when she was a guest at the Huang family: "This Master Lu is from Hangzhou, and he married the aunt of the second room of the Huang family."

"Then the Huang family has visited the magistrate's mansion before?"

Mrs. Xue shook her head: "I don't know. The Huang family has kept this matter very tightly. If I want to know, I'm afraid I have to visit the Huang family first."

Visit, that is to give a gift.

Originally, the Xue family didn't care about such things, but now the Xue family is "hurting their vitality" and is reducing the expenses, and the Xue Wang family has not moved.

The Xue family didn't move, and the Xiao family and the Huang family didn't have a good relationship, so they didn't move either.Most of the merchants in Jinling City are looking forward to the Xiao family and the Xue family. These two families are not moving, and everyone else is also watching.

However, what does it mean that the Huang family came out like this?Do you want to replace Xiao and Xue?Or should we simply suppress these two and make one family dominate?

Mrs. Xue said: "Since the girls of the Huang family and the elder sister of the Lou family have served the eldest prince together, the Mrs. Huang's family has been a little arrogant. After Master Yang came to Jinling, Mrs. Huang has become even more of a big guy." She should be at the head of everything.”

Regarding this, not only the Xue Wang family and Mrs. Xiao, but also several other families with similar roots to the Huang family were also very dissatisfied.

No, it should be said that those families are more dissatisfied than the Xiao family and the Xue family.

After all, everyone has been used to being suppressed by the Xiao family and the Xue family for so many years.But you, who are at the same height as us, suddenly jumped higher. Do you think everyone will smile and congratulate you, or will they reach out and pull you down?

Xue Duan nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that Master Lu cannot be handed over. In addition to Master Lu, there are also Master Liu and Master Qi. Anyway, this year's accounts are almost settled. I will look for opportunities to talk to these two people. Get in touch."

"The Huang family..."

Xue Duan smiled reassuringly and said, "It's just a clown. The Fu family and the others can tear up the Huang family without our help."

If you ask him to say, the Huang family is also stupid, and they started shaking before they did anything.

******

When Xue Zhi's family of four came back, it was the year 23, the time to sacrifice to Lord Stove.

Legend has it that on this day, the Stove Lord will first count the number of people in the family, and then report to the Heaven Emperor the good and evil of the year.In order to let the Stove Lord speak more good things in the sky, the people of the world will use honey to block the Stove Lord's mouth.

This is probably eating people's soft mouth.

After the two families met, Xue Duan and Xue Zhi took Xue Pan and Xue Biao to the study, leaving the female relatives to chat and laugh in the flower hall.

In the beginning, as usual, it was a business exchange.Mrs. Xue Wang boasted that the longer the Baoqin was, the more watery it would be, and Mrs. Xue Zhou praised the longer the Baochai, the more promising it would be.Then, Mrs. Xue Wang said a few words of modesty, and Mrs. Xue Zhou said a few words of self-deprecation.Lou Yuyao was waiting on the sidelines, adding more tea to her mother-in-law and aunt from time to time, and echoing a few times at the right time.

Baochai couldn't, so he had to cheer up to entertain Baoqin.

"What does my sister like to play on weekdays?"

Baoqin took the chestnuts that Baochai had peeled, and replied in a soft voice: "I like to play Shuanglu, and I also learn antiphonal poetry from my father. Where's my sister?"

Baochai squeezed another chestnut, put it in the palm of her hand to warm her hands, and said with a smile, "I'm not as elegant as my sister. I like to dial abacus beads."

Baoqin tilted her head and blinked her eyes, and said seriously: "This is our family's serious business. I heard from my mother that my sister opened a rouge shop by herself. All the wives, grandmas and girls in Jinling I like the rouge in my sister's shop. My mother said, I should follow my sister's example." At the end, she showed some displeasure, and her cheeks were bulging with baby fat, like a hamster, making people want to poke . "

Baochai smiled knowingly, and suddenly felt that her resentment towards Baoqin was unreasonable.

——It's not Baoqin's fault that the old lady of the Jia family favors her, she's just too kind.Not only is her appearance superior to her and younger sister Lin, but her talent is also not inferior to any girl in the Grand View Garden back then.

So, she followed her heart, stretched out her index finger, and lightly poked Baoqin's bulging cheek.

The tactile sensation was as good as imagined, the white, tender and flushed cheeks sank slightly, and after her fingers left, they quickly bounced up again.

"Sister?" Bao Qin turned her head to look at her with a puzzled expression, her eyes were full of ignorance of ignorance of the world.

"Oh, my sister has a little gray stain on her face, I wiped it off for her." Baochai said nonsense seriously.

"Ah? Where is it?" Baoqin put the stove on her lap and fumbled her face with both hands.

Baochai gave a "puchi" smile, then quickly stopped it, pretended to look carefully, and said, "I just helped my sister wipe it clean."

"Oh, thank you, sister." Without any doubt, Baoqin thanked Baochai with a smile.

This made Baochai feel embarrassed.She coughed lightly, and changed the subject decisively: "Does that sister like to do business?"

"I don't like it." Baoqin shook her head depressedly, "I get a headache when I see the account books."

Baochai said: "Since my younger sister doesn't like it, don't force it. Anyway, my younger sister will marry into the family of Shishu Hanlin in the future. It is enough to know the etiquette of poetry and books."

Baoqin broke her face and smiled: "Father also said so."

When she smiled, two more pear dimples appeared on her cheeks, and Baochai held back her hand that was about to move, and peeled another chestnut for her.

Baoqin asked depressedly: "How did my sister peel it off? Why are all of them so complete? I can't do it. It's always two halves."

"I'll teach you." Baochai took a chestnut, "Pinch it open first, and then..."

Besides, when Xue Duan and Xue Zhi entered the study, Xue Zhi went straight to the point: "Is everything that brother wrote in the letter true?"

Xue Duan said: "Our brothers are a family, how can I fool you about this kind of thing?"

Xue Zhidao: "In this way, it is indeed time to rectify and rectify." He looked at Xue Duan trustingly, "What should I do, brother, just say it straight, my younger brother will never say anything."

But Xue Duan said: "There's no rush, we'll talk about it after the new year. What about you, when are you going to settle down? Seeing that the scorpion and Baoqin are both grown up, you can't take them floating outside all the time, can you?"

"Uh..." Unexpectedly, his elder brother suddenly lectured him, Xue Zhi smiled awkwardly, and said awkwardly, "This... I will talk about it later, I will talk about it later."

Xue Duan glared at him with hatred, and said forcefully: "I don't care what you do, this time, you have to keep the tad'er for me. The next generation of our family is only him and Pan'er Two, it's always good to support each other. You're not good enough, so you're delaying the tad'er!"

Xue Zhi quickly responded: "Listen to elder brother, listen to elder brother!" He gave Xue Biao a sharp look at what he wanted to say, and said with a straight face, "Tad, you must learn from uncle!"

The arms couldn't hold the thighs, so Xue Biao cupped his hands and rolled his eyes secretly: he will bully me!

Xue Zhi smiled obediently: "Brother, look..."

Xue Duan gave him a helpless look, and then asked about the marriage of the two children: "I saw you said in your letter that Baoqin was appointed a son of the Hanlin family?"

"Yes, it's Mei Hanlin."

"How did you think of setting up a scholar's home?"

Xue Zhidao: "Baoqin has been fond of poetry and books since she was a child, and she is especially talented in composing poems. I just thought, find a like-minded person for her, and the young couple will also have something to say."

In fact, Xue Duan disapproved of getting married with a scholar's family, because most of the scholars are noble, no matter what they are inside, on the surface they look down on money, as if they eat wind and drink dew on weekdays, and don't need to eat the world Fireworks in general.

But although the two are brothers, they have already married their own families after all, so it's not easy for him to meddle in his younger brother's family affairs.Moreover, judging from Xue Zhi's expression, he was obviously very satisfied with this marriage, so he couldn't be a villain in vain.

So, he just reminded: "Students have many rules, you and your siblings should pay more attention, and don't let Baoqin be wronged."

Xue Zhi, on the other hand, was indifferent: "Brother, you are worrying too much. Mei Hanlin and I are best friends. I understand his behavior. He is not that kind of pedantic scholar."

Judging from his appearance, it is obvious that he has great trust in this Mei Hanlin.

Xue Duan glanced at him, held back and didn't ask: Do you understand Mei Hanlin's personality and his wife's personality?

——Since ancient times, killing people without blood in the inner house.

But these words are too provocative, Xue Duan is really hard to say, he just said: "It is always good to pay more attention."

Xue Zhi said: "Brother, don't worry."

Xue Duan shook his head and asked something else: "How long are you going to stay this time?"

Xue Zhi turned his head and glanced at his son, and said with a smile: "This time I plan to settle the important matter of Tiao'er's life. I don't know if my sister-in-law has a suitable candidate?"

Xue Duan also laughed: "It's a good thing. I'll ask your sister-in-law later."

"Then there will be Mrs. Lao."

"We're all a family, so there's no need to save shares like this. By the way, Scorpio, tell your uncle what you like, and I'll teach your aunt to find you the one you like."

Xue Biao was only a 12-year-old boy, and when he was suddenly brought up by an adult, he became very shy, lowered his head and said, "It's up to the elders to decide."

"How can this work?" Xue Duan gave him a reproachful look, "I want to live with you, and you have to like it."

"Not bad, not bad, the one you like is the best!" Xue Pan smiled and winked at his cousin.

Xue Duan then pointed to Xue Pan and said, "Pan'er's daughter-in-law is the one he fell in love with. It's hard to get your generation. Our family doesn't need to marry. Naturally, we can meet your wishes."

Xue Tada just lowered his head and smiled.

Xue Pan exaggeratedly rubbed the goose bumps on his arms, and said with a look of disgust, "Why are you so shy like a big girl?"

Knowing son Mo Ruo father, Xue Zhi saw this, but his heart moved: "Could it be that Tiao'er already has a sweetheart?"

Xue Biao quickly looked up at his father, then lowered his head again.

This time, even Xue Pan, who was the most straightforward, could see it, and couldn't help asking: "Which family is the girl from? Is it from our Jinling, or from another place?"

Xue Biao whispered, "It's from Jinling."

"From Jinling?" Xue Zhiqi asked, "We just came back today, where did you meet a girl?"

Xue Duan also looked at his nephew curiously.

Xue Biao looked at the two elders and explained: "On the way home, that girl came out of a rouge shop on Bixi Street and walked across from us."

"Wow, it's love at first sight!" Xue Pan booed.

Xue Tada blushed and smirked.

Seeing his son's unpromising appearance, Xue Zhi only felt a toothache.Besides, he still has a more realistic question: "Do you know what the girl's last name is, and which family's daughter she is from?"

Xue Biao was stunned, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Xue Zhi looked like "I know it", and said speechlessly: "Then where do you ask your mother and your aunt to propose marriage for you?"

When he came back to the capital, only Xue Biao rode a horse, and Xue Zhi rode in a carriage with his wife and daughter.Therefore, except for Xue Biao, no one in their family saw the girl.

Xue Biao's expression suddenly collapsed: "Ah? What should I do then?"

Seeing his cousin so lost, Xue Pan on the side obviously liked that girl very much.Thinking that he also fell in love with Lou Yuyao at first sight, he immediately felt a confidant feeling, and couldn't help but fight for his cousin: "It doesn't matter, Jinling City is so big, there are even fewer people who can go to Bixi Street to buy things. Big deal , let's look for them one by one!"

Xue Biao instantly revived with full blood: "That's right, you can look for them one by one!"

Xue Zhi looked at the pair of brothers with high fighting spirit speechlessly, and couldn't help complaining: "Who gave you the illusion that Jinling City is not big?"

Xue Duan smiled and said, "Young people, it's good to have fighting spirit."

Xue Zhi shook his head: "Forget it, it doesn't matter if you come, just look for it slowly."

"Yes, when you find it, ask your aunt to protect the matchmaker for you."

Xue Biao said happily, "Thank you uncle!"

"My family, what are you thanking?" Xue Duan waved his hand, and suddenly remembered something important, "By the way, speaking of mediator protection, in fact, what I want most now is to secure mediatorship for another person."

Xue Zhi: "Who?"

Xue Duan said: "You just came back, you don't know yet, we have a new magistrate in Jinling."

But Xue Zhi said: "I've heard about this. The former magistrate seems to be recommended by the Rongguo Mansion, right?" He didn't wait for Xue Duan to answer, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't my brother trying to protect the magistrate as a matchmaker?" ?”

Xue Duan laughed: "How can it be, we can also take care of the prefect's family affairs? It's the prefect's staff, Mr. Qi."

Xue Duan finally found an opportunity to meet Master Liu and Master Qi respectively.Master Liu was too treacherous and too greedy, Xue Duan didn't dare to have a close friendship with him.In contrast, although Master Qi is not easy to get along with, he is much more upright, but he is not that rigid and pedantic, so he is very suitable as his speaker in the yamen.

Since Xue Duan wanted to befriend Master Qi, he would not just use money to win him over.Because things like money are too unreliable, if you can win him over with money, others can naturally too.When the critical moment comes, no one can be sure who the one who has been wooed will turn towards.

Xue Duan asked people to inquire for a long time, and found that Master Qi was in his early thirties, had lost his wife for several years, and had no sons under his knees, only two daughters.

According to the current rules, there are three types of unfilial piety, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. In other words, Master Qi must remarry.Xue Duan thought, if he could secure a good marriage for Master Qi, it would be better than money.

After listening to Xue Duan's introduction, Xue Zhi also had a certain understanding of this Master Qi.He thought for a moment, and said: "This Master Qi has been widowed for several years, but he has never remarried. Thinking about it, he has relatively high demands on his step-wife. Could it be that he is afraid that the step-wife will treat his first wife's daughter harshly?"

As soon as the words came out, he himself denied it first: "It's unlikely. After all, a daughter is not a son. In the future, she will prepare two dowries and send them away. Unlike a son, the original son is destined to take up most of the dowry." resources. That means you have high demands on your wife? By the way, brother, have you ever found out what kind of person this Master Qi’s original partner is?" Xue Duan said: "I asked your sister-in-law to inquire, and he and The original spouse is a couple in need, and his original spouse is the daughter of a scholar."

"That's it." Xue Zhi thought for a moment, and said, "The daughter of a scholar's family is Xiaojia Biyu. It stands to reason that such a man can't stand the temptation of a lady. But, which lady, Would you give a poor master a filling recipe?"

Even the concubine daughter of a rich family is also used to win over potential stocks.

Xue Duan sighed, "It's this reason that makes me worry."

Xue Pan on the side laughed, "Master, how come you forgot, isn't there a ready-made candidate here?"

Xue Zhi said: "Who?"

But Xue Duan was stunned: "You mean... Yuan Chun?" Then he raised his forehead and laughed, "Yes, yes, this is indeed a good candidate."

Xue Zhi couldn't help wondering: "Which family is this girl from Yuan Chun? How can it be suitable?"

Xue Duan explained: "You don't know, this Yuan Chun is my sister-in-law's daughter-in-law. She just came out of the palace last year, and she is twenty-three years old this year."

As soon as he said that, Xue Zhi and Xue Biao understood.

An older unmarried woman like Yuan Chun can only become a monk besides making fillings for others.And the filling is generally not easy to do, especially the filling of the son who left Xia in the front.That really shouldn't be taken lightly or seriously. In order to protect the interests of the first wife's legitimate son, some families even forbid the second wife to give birth to a child.The most vivid example is Mrs. Xing, the second wife of Jia She, the great master of the Rongguo Mansion.

This Master Qi is in his early thirties, he is not too old, and his former spouse did not leave any sons behind. After Yuan Chun entered the door, he must give birth to his own son.

And when a woman has a son, she has a backbone in her heart, and she also has support for the rest of her life.

It can be said that apart from his lower status, this Master Qi is a good match for Yu Yuanchun.

"I just don't know, is the Rongguo Mansion willing to marry their daughter to a staff member?" Xue Zhi felt that this matter was likely to be troublesome.

But Xue Duan felt that there was a lot to do in this matter.

Not only did Xue Duan know everything about the Rongguo Mansion well, but he also knew about it.This Yuanchun girl, I'm afraid she won't let Mrs. Wang manipulate her again.

Therefore, as long as Yuanchun himself agrees, Xue Duan will write another letter to Jia Amnesty, the current head of the Rongguo Mansion. I believe that Jia Amnesty has some ways to get Jia Zheng to agree.

And Jia Zheng agreed, so Mrs. Wang's opinion is not important.

******

Taking advantage of the opportunity of going around during the New Year's Eve, Mrs. Xue stepped back and told Yuan Chun about the situation of Mr. Qi's family in detail, and said sincerely: "You are growing up, and you have always had ideas in your heart. Therefore, my aunt does not treat you as a child." This Master Qi's status is a bit low, but low status also has his advantages. Not to mention anything else, in Jinling, he will never dare to disrespect you. Master Yang will stay in Jinling for at least three more days. In this year, as long as you take this opportunity to give birth to a son, this man's heart will naturally come to you."

Seeing that although Yuan Chun was silent, she had a thoughtful look on his face, and she obviously didn't immediately veto it, so she felt that she had something to say, so she didn't say any more, just said: "Think about it yourself, if you feel If it suits you, tell your aunt, I will ask your uncle to write a letter back to Beijing, and your uncle will make the decision for you."

This is to tell her plainly: It all depends on your own will, your uncle will take care of it with your parents.

Yuan Chundang heaved a sigh of relief.

——For the thoughts of his mother, Mrs. Wang, Yuan Chun really has lingering fears.She can figure it out with her toes: In her mother's opinion, even if she is doing fillings, she should marry into a wealthy family.Because of this, Baoyu can be given more help.

However, filling is not easy to do, and it is even more difficult to do filling for high-profile households.Not to mention far away, let's just talk about her current aunt, Mrs. Xing.She heard from her mother that the uncle didn't like the first aunt very much.But that's the case, because there are brothers Lian, the current eldest aunt will never have a child of her own in her life.

That is, in the past two years, Lian'er and his wife have gotten close to their uncle and mother.Otherwise, she would definitely have a bleak evening scene.

Can mother not think of these things?She just selectively ignored it.

After all, the daughter is going to get married after all, and the son is the one who will take care of her.So, isn't it a matter of course to sacrifice a daughter for the benefit of a son?

Yuan Chun understands this very well.

But there is always a big gap between understanding and acceptance.Especially, when Yuan Chun was already frustrated with his parents.

Therefore, after learning that his parents could not intervene, Yuan Chun was already half-confirmed.However, she still wanted to see for herself.

So, she made a request to Xue Wang: "I want to meet this Master Qi first."

"This..." Mrs. Xue hesitated, "Shouldn't you give it up? It's bad for your reputation."

Yuan Chun knew that her aunt was really thinking about herself, so she couldn't help smiling gratefully.

But she didn't change her mind: "After all, this is a matter of my whole life. I still want to see it first. It's not that I can't trust my aunt's eyes, but I just want to find a like-minded person."

Seeing her insistence on this, Xue Wang thought for a while and compromised: "Forget it, you just stay with me for a few days, and I will ask your uncle to invite Master Qi to my house as a guest. Don't worry, whether it succeeds or not, nothing will happen." It will get out."

Such an arrangement can be said to be very strict.Yuan Chun was grateful, and he was even more optimistic about the marriage that his aunt had mentioned.

After Yuanchun made sense here, Xue Duan found an opportunity, saying that his family got an authentic painting of Wu Daozi, and wanted Master Qi to hold his eyes for him.

This is the kind of thing that all literati and inkmen love to do most. It is elegant and rich.Master Qi is not the kind of person who has a breeze in his sleeves, so he readily agreed.

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There is a courtyard in Xue's house, where plum trees are specially planted, and the name is "Sparse Shadows and Dark Fragrances".Winter banquets are usually held in this courtyard.And Xue Duan's banquet for Master Qi is naturally also in "Sparse Shadows and Dark Fragrances".

"Mr. Qi, please come inside." Xue Duan and Xue Zhi led the way.

"The two go first."

Master Qi was not very handsome, but he was very attractive. He was tall and thin. He was wearing a royal blue gown, which was festive during the New Year, but also had a bit of elegant and elegant literati style.

Yuan Chun was standing in the plum grove, hiding his figure with the cover of flowers and branches, quietly observing this man whom both uncle and aunt were optimistic about.

His appearance was second to none, but what was rare was that his expression was very determined, his lips were pursed straight, and he was not a person who was easily moved by foreign objects.

Such a person is good or bad.

The good thing is that he has his own judgment, as long as she is sincere, she will be respected in exchange; the bad thing is that it is not easy to win over.

However, this is enough for her.

So, she intentionally made some noises, attracting Brother Xue Duan and Master Qi to look at her.

Then, she did not pretend to be shy, but greeted several people generously: "Greetings to uncle, greetings to second uncle, I have met this gentleman."

Neither Xue Duan nor Xue Zhi expected her to come here.They thought she was just taking a look secretly.The faces of the two were genuinely stunned.

Master Qi felt his eyes light up, and Hongmei Lengxiang became the background at this moment.And the woman in front of him is the person in the painting.

It wasn't until the beautiful woman smiled and drifted away that he finally came back to his senses and felt his cheeks getting hot.

"Cough, Qi is rude."

Xue Duan quickly reacted, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Qi is serious. Sir, this way please."

"Please." He was obviously out of his mind.

Xue Duan and Xue Zhi glanced at Shi, and both saw smiles in each other's eyes.

——Sure enough, the destructive power of a scholar like Mr. Qi, a lady from a great family, is unimaginably great.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.When it was time to appreciate the paintings, Master Qi managed to pull himself together.

Xue Duan stopped hanging on him, and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Qi, what do you think of that girl just now?"

Master Qi was startled for a moment, then