[Red House] But for the sake of the king

A small sedan chair enters from Lixiangyuan, because there is another courtyard door on the street behind, so it is convenient for Baochai to enter and exit.She went to the palace twice without realizing it, and everyone in Jia's family just thought she was suffering from a stubborn illness again, and didn't care.

Baochai, who was rarely seen in pink palace attire, supported Yinger's sedan chair, with a usual indifferent smile on her face.Seeing her girl's appearance, Ying'er was most likely to be successful, so she hurriedly said happily, "Miss, this servant will congratulate the girl first."

As Baochai walked in, she said, "What did you say? Where did the happy event come from? Where's mother?"

Ying'er replied, "Madam waited for a long time but didn't see the girl coming back, so she was anxious, so she went to talk to the second wife. This servant girl will go and ask someone to invite Madam back."

Baochai hurriedly stopped her, "What's the hurry? Mom is going to talk, we have nothing serious to do, so I called someone here eagerly, what can my aunt say? Anyway, I'm not in a hurry at this moment, it's time for dinner soon , Mom came back as soon as she was talking, so I didn’t need to make this extra trip. I haven’t drank any water for a long time, and I’m so hungry, it’s serious to hurry and prepare some food for me.”

Ying'er replied, "My wife has already ordered that the bird's nest porridge is warm in the kitchen, and I will send someone to fetch it." After speaking, she called Wen Xing, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, and asked her to bring the porridge.

Baochai entered the house, washed her hands and face under Ying'er's service, and changed into the half-worn clothes she wore at home. She became more dignified in an instant from her pink and charming clothes just now.Taking a look at the bird's nest porridge, Baochai frowned slightly, and asked, "Why is it so thick? I never like to eat this kind of porridge. Maybe no one knows."

Ying'er glanced at it and said, "I think it's been a long time today, so I'll go tell the kitchen and ask them to do it again."

Baochai stopped her, "Forget it, don't be too busy. It takes an hour or two to cook porridge. I still have an empty stomach and can't wait. Let's just make it today. Go tell the kitchen and work harder in the future." Some. I don’t mind, if relatives come here for a while, it’s not good if I have the wrong personal taste, these trivial matters should go without saying.”

Ying'er smiled and replied, "The girl is always so considerate to the servants, the servants should talk to them carefully. They are always so careless, and they cooked the girl's dishes wrong that day, and the girl just said a few words, that's all." , indulged them more and more. Except for three meals a day, they only prepare some snacks. Drinking and gambling are exciting, but they forget their duties, so they should be punished and scolded."

Baochai had already tasted it, and threw down the spoon, "Forget it, it's time to tap and tap, it's so sweet and greasy, I've never eaten this before, it's about to tie people up, it's getting more and more lawless."

After hearing this, Ying'er immediately lifted the curtain and went out, called the two women, and ordered the kitchen steward to be tied up.Seeing the girl getting angry, the women didn't dare to say anything, so they went straight away.Although the girls in their family are usually sympathetic and bodhisattva-hearted, once they get angry, even the wife and uncle dare not provoke them, so they don't have to feel uncomfortable.

After a while, the two women tied up the kitchen steward and pressed them to the ground.Baochai sat cross-legged on the kang, and on the kang table beside her was the bird's nest porridge that night.Seeing people coming, he was not in a hurry to ask questions, but took a leisurely sip of tea, picked up another piece of pastry, and chewed it carefully.

The man in charge was already terrified when he was tied up, and he didn't know what crime he had committed. Now, when he saw the girl, he didn't ask questions and only cared about eating and drinking. Instead, he asked boldly, "Girl, I don't know what the slave committed. It's worth doing this." Inspiring teachers to mobilize the crowd, but the slaves are confused, so please ask the girl to explain it clearly."

Baochai put down the tea bowl, said with a light smile, "You're asking me now, let me ask this mother first, how long have you been working in the kitchen?"

The steward thought for a moment before replying, "For four years, the slave has been working in the kitchen when he was in Jinling, and he hasn't moved his seat all the way to Beijing."

Baochai said, "You can be regarded as an old man. Besides, you came to Beijing with you. You must be familiar with the tastes and taboos of the whole family. Then tell me, what taboos do I have?"

Although the manager didn't understand why the girl asked such a question, she still answered honestly, "The girl doesn't eat onions and ginger, doesn't like spicy food, and doesn't like sweet and greasy things..."

Baochai signaled her to stop, and pushed the bird's nest porridge forward, "Since I know that I don't like sweet and greasy things, what's the matter with this bowl of bird's nest porridge. It's cooked like this, so it's possible that it's sincere to disgust me."

The person in charge knew that there must be something wrong with the bird's nest porridge, so he quickly kowtowed and said, "Miss Mingjian, I really don't know. Today, my wife ordered to cook bird's nest porridge, but unfortunately the small stove for cooking porridge in the kitchen broke down, and it was too late to change it. So the servant went to the mansion over there to find a familiar sister-in-law and took over a stove. Since the servant still had to prepare lunch, he asked a girl to guard there and explained everything clearly. Come here and put it in the kitchen to warm. It must be that the little girl was lazy and didn't follow the servant's orders."

Baochai looked at her for a long time before saying, "Go and call that little girl."

When the little girl was also heard, she said it tremblingly, and it was exactly the same as what the steward said, but she refused to admit that she had made a mistake, and only said that it was all according to the steward's order, not too thick, not too sweet, both That's right.

Baochai didn't ask any more questions, and just let the two of them figure it out for themselves, one of them should admit his mistake, otherwise it would be a joke to make such a big fight today.

The two argued, and the little girl was severely scolded by the steward, but she suddenly remembered something, "Girl, when the servant was guarding there, I saw that the sister Yuanyang in the old lady's room over there personally went to tell the old lady to do the same today." To drink bird's nest porridge, he only said that it was thick, and asked to add two pieces of rock sugar. Later, when the bird's nest porridge was almost ready, the slaves went out in a hurry, and when they came back, they only saw a casserole on the stove. So I thought it belonged to our family, so I brought it. I guess it was a mistake with the old lady over there."

Baochai had been a little dizzy from the quarrel between the two of them long ago, but now that she heard her say this, she no longer distinguished, and just said, "In this case, it is because you have neglected your duty and don't even like porridge. Let's do a handyman. Untie her, she is weak, and she has a month's worth of silver rice, go down."

Ying'er had seen Baochai rubbing her temples a long time ago, and knew she was tired, so she hurriedly asked them to drive them out, "Why don't you just do what the girl said, you little bastard, don't you think the punishment is not severe enough? Sooner or later It will be as good as it gets out. They are all dead people, so stop her mouth and get out soon."

There was a lot of jumping and dancing in the yard, but it finally calmed down. Baochai also lost her appetite long ago, and felt a little uncomfortable, so she took a Lengxiang pill and lay down.

Aunt Xue didn't call her when she came back, but she knew from Ying'er's words that she was probably selected, so she happily ate alone and rested early, waiting for the happy news to come to her door the next day.

It's a pity that at noon on the second day, before the announcement of the good news arrived, a team of officials cleared the way, and an official in fourth-grade supplementary uniform came to Lixiangyuan on a tall horse.Aunt Xue had never seen a decree before, so she didn't know what it was for, she thought it was an annunciation, and immediately ordered the door to be opened, and then asked the servants to hang up the firecrackers, and only waited for the letter to start celebrating.

Seeing the happy face of this family, the person delivering the decree wondered in his heart, he really didn't know what kind of family it was that could be so happy when encountering such a thing.It's just that he is on official business now, and he doesn't have time to take care of these things, so he dismounts and enters the door, and asks the officials to pass on the message, saying that the members of the Xue family are waiting to receive the order as soon as possible.

As soon as Aunt Xue received the order, she was in a state of turmoil. She wondered if Baochai was too outstanding. She had been selected as a concubine by the emperor because she was so outstanding.

Because they are all female relatives, the official only proclaimed the decree through the screen, "After investigation: the beautiful daughter of the Jinling Xue family lied about her family background and deceived the emperor. Her brother Xue Pan had committed a felony murder and escaped by feigning death. The crime is unforgivable. There are special orders Immediately arrest Xue Pan and bring him to justice, and punish him severely according to the law. Xue's name will be removed from the show, and he will never be allowed to run for election." After speaking, it was too late to wait for Xue's family to respond, and he still rode away.

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai were already behind the screen as if they had been struck by lightning, and they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do.Although Baochai was usually stable, she was just a boudoir girl. Such a matter of human life was at stake, and it was the will of the Holy Majesty, so there was no other idea.Seeing that her mother was so frightened that she couldn't even stand up, and she didn't have time to feel wronged for herself, she hurriedly asked the girl next to her to help Aunt Xue up and called her loudly.Seeing that she didn't respond for a long time, while pinching her, she sent someone to call the doctor.

Aunt Xue was stunned by the unexpected disaster, and she woke up after a burst of severe pain. When she saw Baochai, she burst into tears. This kind of thing. My pan'er, how can you let my mother live."

Baochai originally wanted to comfort her, but she didn't want her mother to just call her brother blindly, regardless of her, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.However, Xue Pan was at a time when life and death were at stake, and Baochai didn't care about it, and hurriedly said, "Mom, now is not the time to cry, we have to find a way quickly. The emperor has made an order for this matter, and we must not be like this. Covering up the past like the previous time, if you want your brother to live, you have to find a reliable and capable person to clear it up. Don't be so busy being sad, and beg your aunt and uncle quickly, the most important thing is to think of a way."

When Aunt Xue heard that this was the case, she hurriedly wiped away her tears, packed up and prepared to go to Ningguo Mansion.Don't care about what is said on weekdays that the daughter is good, but the son is not, she will have to rely on her son to support her in the future.No matter how good the daughter is, she will belong to someone else sooner or later, and she can count on her daughter and son-in-law to take care of her until the end of her life.This time, no matter how much money you talk about or ask for favors, you must keep Pan'er.

Aunt Xue walked all the way to Mrs. Wang's yard in a panic, and it happened that she was fine, so she started talking as soon as she chased the girl away.Mrs. Wang saw that her eyes were red and knew she had just cried. She thought something serious had happened, but when she heard that Xue Pan's old account had been uncovered, she said indifferently, "Sister, what is there to worry about? The answer has already been settled, so there is no reason to settle accounts after autumn. Besides, my master is familiar with the people in Yingtianfu, so let him write another letter later."

Aunt Xue managed to calm down a little, and said calmly, "How can it be so simple, my good sister, this time it is the emperor's order, it would be easy if it was someone from Jinling. I don't know what Pan'er did. Tai Sui, who was so good was stabbed to the top, I have no idea, I just hope that my sister will think about it for me, and beg my brother-in-law to save Pan'er's life, even if I go bankrupt, I am willing. That's how I am A son, his father left early, sister, you must help me."

Mrs. Wang was taken aback when she heard that it was the emperor's will, and hurriedly asked, "It's just an ordinary lawsuit. Why did I register with the emperor? I don't know what to do. Don't worry about it." Urgent, when the master comes back, I will ask for you."

It's just that this kind of thing is something that Jia Zheng, a small worker from the Ministry of Industry, can control. It was the prefect of Jinling who took the Rongguo Mansion's face to lightly expose this matter.This time I heard that the emperor personally made the decree, Jia Zheng didn't dare to take care of it anymore, and he also ordered Mrs. Wang not to help them clear it up, and he must not implicate his family.Although Mrs. Wang is not smart, she is a person who obeys the three virtues and obeys the four virtues. With Jia Zheng's words, she would not dare to help.

When Aunt Xue saw that Jia's family was not helping, she became even more flustered and at a loss what to do, but she was too sick to get up for a day.It was still Baochai who was careful, and while sending letters to his uncle Wang Ziteng who was in the south of the Yangtze River, he sent his family members to the Ministry of Criminal Justice every day to inquire about the news, and even sent people to Jinling day and night to deliver letters. Let's talk about this for a while.It's just that she has to worry about these many things every day, her stubborn illness relapses, and she has to take care of her mother, so she has to take a few extra pills of Lengxiang pills every day.

However, on the tenth day, there was no news from the Ministry of Punishment, but the people Xue Baochai sent to Jinling did not return with the few servants who had traveled with Xue Pan, all dressed in plain clothes.Yan Dao and his party encountered bandits on the road, their money was looted, and they were beaten severely.Xue Pan panicked and made no choice, and accidentally fell off the cliff, leaving no bones left.

When Aunt Xue heard this, she passed out immediately, and after waking up, she cried bitterly, she couldn't believe it, she was in a trance.Xue Baochai suppressed her grief and comforted her mother all day long, while taking care of her brother's funeral.Now that it is like this, it can only be a tomb of clothes, but this funeral is indispensable, otherwise it would be too pitiful.It's just that it must not be held in Lixiangyuan, not to mention whether the Jia family is taboo or not, there is no reason for the members of the Xue family to hold funerals in Jia's house.Therefore, people had to be sent overnight to decorate Xue's old house in the capital.Fortunately, even though I don't live there for a long time, the owner's house is in the capital, so I clean it diligently, so that it won't be covered with spider webs.In the meantime, it was Mrs. Wang who saw that Baochai was too busy, and she was a child. How could the family handle such a thing, and it was not suitable, so she couldn't get away, so she could only point to Zhou Rui's family to wait for a few wives. help.

Not to mention that the news of Xue Pan's death disturbed Xue Jia's family for a while, but Jun Qi was unexpectedly in a good mood, and sighed that the family was finally eliminated.He didn't plan to save this card until this time, but he didn't expect the Xue family to have such a big heart and such no brains.Such a big deal fell into the hands of others, but he dared to let his daughter run for election, he really brought it to his door.

Only Shui Rong heard about this, he smiled strangely, and never talked about this guy who made him lose face.