New Dream of Red Mansions

Aunt Xue received the news from the palace, and immediately sent someone to call Xue Pan Baochai home. When Baochai heard about it, she sent Dongmei away and hurried back.

Behind her, Dongmei watched Baochai's back disappear thoughtfully.

Baochai felt a little anxious, but she hid it very well, and said with a smile, "Why did mother ask me to come back?"

Aunt Xue frowned, and said: "There is news from Cai Palace that your sign has been dropped."

Baochai's smiling face couldn't be maintained immediately, but luckily this was in front of her own mother, so Baochai stopped pretending, and said with a frown, "How could this be? Didn't my aunt say it was ready?" Otherwise, she would It will not be far away from Baoyu.

Aunt Xue sighed: "Your aunt said that your eldest cousin didn't expect someone to target our family, and even asked us if we offended anyone in the palace." Aunt Xue frowned and said, "I just thought about it, our family has always been kind to others. , how could he offend the nobles in the palace? I wonder if there is some misunderstanding."

The first thing Baochai thought of was her brother. Looking left and right, seeing that Xue Pan was not at home, she asked, "Where is brother? Has he not come back yet?"

Aunt Xue knew what her daughter wanted to say, so she felt a little displeased, and said: "Your brother is in the shop, don't think too much, although your brother can't do anything, he is still thinking about you, maybe there is some misunderstanding , I have asked your aunt to help inquire about it."

Baochai's face was a bit disheartened, and she forced a smile and said: "It's nothing, our family has no foundation in the palace, and it's possible to lose the election." It's just hard to calm down in my heart.

The ancestors of their Xue family were also officials. Although they stopped being officials and changed to business, they were also imperial merchants. To be an imperial merchant, they naturally need connections.Let's not talk about the in-law relationship with the Jia family and the Wang family, but their relationship in the palace is not very difficult, but who told her that she only has such an elder brother?

If he is more aggressive, instead of getting drunk and gambling outside, he asks the people in the palace to take care of it, and hands her sign to a concubine who is easy to talk and can do it. Why is this so?

Thinking of this, Baochai's heart moved, and she asked, "Mother, didn't you entrust your aunt last time? Did you give her 2 taels of silver to do some shopping? Aside from these words, Auntie didn't say anything else?"

Aunt Xue said with a headache: "Your aunt said that it was all arranged properly, but for some reason, your sign fell on the side of Concubine Qu, and Concubine Qu didn't choose you. Your eldest cousin said it for you, but... ..." Aunt Xue shook her head in disappointment, "This is also fate." But she became suspicious of Mrs. Wang in her heart, she was just a small candidate, and Concubine Xiande couldn't help it?

Baochai also felt suspicious, but she didn't want her mother to worry, so she didn't ask, but comforted her mother and said: "What mother said is true, this is just fate."

Aunt Xue looked at the golden lock on Baochai's chest and became concerned. This was prepared early in the morning, and she didn't want her daughter to enter the palace.Going into the palace is nice to say, but it's just going in to serve people. Didn't Yuan Chun also wait ten years before he came out?

How could the daughter she held in her hand be willing to let her go in and suffer?And it's not certain whether you can make it through.

It's just that her daughter has a stubborn temper and wants to find some support for the family, and Pan'er is not up to date, so she has no choice but to agree with her daughter's approach, just in case, so she put on this golden lock, if she enters the palace No, even the Jia family is fine.

In the future, Baochai's mother-in-law will be her aunt, and she will not be afraid of being angry. Baoyu's child knows everything, and he has no bad habit of sleeping in flowers and sleeping in willows.

As soon as they arrived in the capital, she revealed it, and it's not like my sister didn't mean it. Isn't there a lot of rumors in the mansion in the past two years?Aunt Xue was heartbroken.

Glancing at her fair-faced and rosy-faced daughter, Aunt Xue made up her mind and asked in a low voice, "Good boy, tell mother honestly, what do you think of Baoyu?"

Baochai blushed immediately, bowed her head and was speechless. Aunt Xue understood, her eyes sparkled.

"Girl, the Dragon Boat Festival gift from the empress is here." Dongmei brought in a plate with several items on it.

Xiyan turned it over and saw that there were only two palace fans and counting beads on it, and asked: "Is this the same for everyone else?"

Dongmei paused, and said: "You are the same as Miss Lin, the second, third and fourth girls, and Second Master Bao also has Fengwei Luo Erduan and Furong bamboo mat. Miss Bao's is the same as Second Master Bao's. The wife, the master, and the concubine have one more Ruyi than the second master Bao, and the old lady has one more Xiangruyi and an agate pillow. The eldest grandma and the second grandma each have two pieces of gauze and two pieces of lollipop. Two sachets, two lozenges."

Xiyan nodded, stopped asking, and waved her hand to let Dongmei go down, "Put your things away." After speaking, she picked up the book and continued to read.

Although Daiyu wondered why Baochai's was the same as Baoyu's, she didn't take it to heart.Tanchun thought about it a little more, she was afraid it was something from the palace, she couldn't think of a reason, and thought that Xiyan was well-informed outside, so she came to look for Xiyan.

In the past few years, she and Xiyan have become more and more on the same page, and she no longer shy away from Xiyan and Daiyu about her affairs with Aunt Zhao, Jia Huan and others.When she came over, Daiyu was also reading with a book in the study, and Xiyan was checking the account books.It's her job to check the books at the beginning of each month.

She didn't shy away from Daiyu, and asked, "What do you mean? In terms of blood relatives, Sister Lin is one level closer, and besides, it shouldn't be the same as Brother Bao's."

Xiyan smiled and said, "I only heard that Sister Bao lost the election, but I don't know about the rest."

Tanchun's heart skipped a beat.

Daiyu also put down the book, "I've never heard about this matter from Sister Bao."

Tan Chun hurriedly waved his hands and said, "We just pretend we don't know about this matter and don't say anything. How can we know what they think?"

Xi Yan nodded.

It's just that the girls didn't mind, but Mother Jia did. Of course she knew about Baochai's failure, but she was dissatisfied with Yuanchun's meddling in Baoyu's marriage.

Although this granddaughter has been in the palace for many years, she still can't hold her breath, otherwise Baoyu is still young, why did she reveal this meaning at this time?

Isn't her meaning obvious enough in recent years?If it hadn't been for taking into account that it is not good to betroth the child too early and taking into account the Wang family, Baoyu and Daiyu's marriage would have been settled long ago.

But Yuan Chun's reward this time was for her to express her opinion, and even forced her to express her opinion.Mother Jia snorted coldly. Although she was old and confused, she could still do something.

Jia's mother asked Yuanyang, "I heard that the imperial concubine also sent Eunuch Xia to bring the money?"

"That's right," Yuanyang replied, "It is said that there will be a funeral ceremony at Qingxu Temple, and the second wife has already sent someone there."

Jia's mother closed her eyes and said, "Go and spread the word, that I'm going to Qingxu to watch and listen to the opera, and ask them who would like to go with me."

The mandarin duck was a little apprehensive, so she responded and went down to pass on the message.

When Sister Feng heard that she was going out, she was naturally happy, and hurriedly asked people to go down to prepare.

Jiamu specially asked someone to call Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang was depressed, knowing that Jiamu was going to fight the imperial concubine, but she was a daughter-in-law, so she couldn't say anything, she just said she was not feeling well, so she didn't want to go.

Mother Jia also sent someone to invite Aunt Xue. Although Aunt Xue vaguely guessed something, she still brought Baochai with a smile.

The girls in the garden were all very happy when they heard that, even Xiyan, who had the opportunity to go out every month, couldn't help being pleasantly surprised, she pulled Daiyu and said with a smile, "It's all right, I can finally go out to get some air." Take Daiyu to try on clothes.

Daiyu laughed and said, "It's just going out to play for a while, why bother choosing clothes?"

"If I dress beautifully, my mood will be better. When I'm in a good mood, I will play more happily. Otherwise, wouldn't it be boring to just sit on the stage and watch the show?"

The others were also happy, and those who didn't want to go also agreed to go.

Xiyan thought of Brother Sheng again, and said, "It's a pity that Brother You went out with his senior brothers again. Otherwise, it would be good to call him. Baoyu must also go. Brother Sheng doesn't go to school. During this time He has been detained for a long time, why don't you ask him for leave and take him there, I'll ask someone to ask my sister-in-law, Brother Lan, if he can go."

Although Li Wan also felt sorry for her son, but his son had just passed the Tongsheng exam, she didn't want him to relax so she pushed it away. Xiyan and Daiyu were slightly disappointed. Compared with Brother You and Brother Sheng, Brother Lan was considered He is a good student, if there is Lang Geer, it will only be more interesting.

When Mother Jia heard that everyone was going, she was even happier, and toned down the fight with Concubine Yuan a bit.

On the second day, Xiyan, Daiyu and Baochai were in a car, Sanchun sisters were in a car, and the group of people drove slowly. The sedan chair of Jiamu had already left the alley, and the girls in front of the mansion were there. Still waiting to get in the car.

Neither Daiyu nor Baochai had ever visited the capital, and they were both very curious, looking at the outside world through the cracks in the car windows.Seeing Xiyan couldn't help but feel a little sad.Compared with others, she is better. At least every month, the grandmother on Anping Street will send someone to pick her up and live there for two days. During those two days, she is relatively free. At least she can wear a veiled hat to inspect her shop. , You can also go shopping with a veiled hat and maids escorted by guards.But Daiyu and Sanchun have never seen the outside world.

When Xiyan saw the carriage going, Baochai whispered about the shops on both sides, so Xiyan knew that Baochai had also walked around.

I don't know if there is any way to let everyone come out for a walk in a fair and honest manner, but Mother Jia has always followed the policy of pampering her daughter, and Mrs. Wang?Xiyan shook her head, Mrs. Wang didn't have any feelings for the girls in the garden, and the only one, Tanchun, was a concubine, as long as she didn't stop her, why would she put herself in their shoes?

Xiyan thought about it and came to Qingxu Temple.

Xiyan doesn't like Qingxu Temple in her heart. In her opinion, Qingxu Temple is similar to Mantou Temple, a place where filth is hidden, but she doesn't understand why Jiamu doesn't like going to temples, but likes to come to Taoist temples.She visited all the temples in the capital, not to mention, she took Wang Zifei around when she was alive. At that time, in order to treat Su’s illness, Wang Zifei really thought of every possible way, and she never believed in ghosts and gods. He also dragged his daughter to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, hoping that the Su family could stay for a while longer.

So she has some understanding of the temples in the capital. In her opinion, although some temples are similar to Qingxu Temple, at least the first few temples are better than Qingxu Temple by more than one or two points.