[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

When Bao Cong heard the news, the matter between Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng was almost settled.

Wang Xifeng went back to Jia's mansion to cry, while Jia Lian found the second sister You and the third sister You from the outskirts of the capital, and brought them back to Jia's mansion.A bunch of people ran to Jiamu's place, crying and begging her to call the shots.

In the end, they made a fuss, and finally, under the persuasion of Jia's mother, they each got a fairly satisfactory result.

"Second Grandma Lian only got 30 taels of silver after making such a big fuss, so Second Sister You is now the grandma of the Second Household."

Bihen took a sip of tea to moisten his mouth, and continued to pour out the news he heard, like beans, "And that third sister You, I heard that she used to be... among men, Now she is copying the scriptures and reciting Buddha's name in a serious manner. The ancestors sent her to live with Miaoyu in the Quicui nunnery!"

Lin Daiyu was surprised and said: "Will Miaoyu agree? They should stop arguing?"

Miaoyu has always claimed to be out of the dust, loves peace, and loves cleanliness very much.If someone like Third Sister You went to live with her, she would definitely feel that her peace was disturbed, and wouldn't she vomit to death?

Sure enough, Qingwen answered, "Why don't you feel embarrassed? I went to the fourth girl's place a while ago and met Miaoyu just in time. I just saw her looking sick and angry."

Lin Daiyu sighed, frowned and became worried.

Seeing that she was displeased, Baocong took her hand and comforted her: "Third Sister You, although she did not act properly in the past, she really devoted herself to cultivating Buddhism later on. Since she eats fast and recites Buddha's name, why can't Miaoyu tolerate her?" ?”

Let's talk about it, Miaoyu lives in Jia's house.Mother Jia asked Third Sister You to live in Changcui Temple, even if she was unhappy, she couldn't say anything.

Unless, she didn't want to live in Rongguo Mansion and moved out by herself.

Hearing that Bao Cong spoke for Third Sister You, Lin Daiyu was upset, and pouted: "It seems that Third Sister You is really beautiful, and she must have been a romantic figure in the past, otherwise you wouldn't even speak for her?"

The smell of vinegar is very strong!

Bao Cong hurriedly explained: "I've never met Third Sister You, so how do I know she's stunning?"

"I just heard that she is a ruthless person. She used to eat and drink with men, acting so boldly, but since..."

He wanted to talk about the matter of Third Sister You and Liu Xianglian, but he suddenly realized that it was inappropriate to bring these two people into relationship again, so he quickly changed his words: "Later, she suddenly wanted to lead her hair to practice, so she ate fast and recited the Buddha's name, and devoted herself to practicing Zen. I haven't heard of any dirty things about her. Miaoyu is a Buddhist disciple, shouldn't all things be empty? Why do you still care about other people's past?"

Lin Daiyu shook her head, and said, "How is it so easy for the Buddhists to understand the Tao? How many monks are still in their [-]s and still can't realize any Zen mechanism."

"Miaoyu is young and has little experience. When she was a child, she was a lady of the official family. Although she led the hair and practiced for many years, she has always lived a quiet life. She is a bit high-minded and normal. Why are you so harsh?"

"..." Bao Cong was choked by Lin Daiyu, and he said after a while: "What you said is that I am too serious."

Then he laughed at himself again, it's none of his business whether Third Sister You and Miaoyu live in Rongguo Mansion, why should he care?

It is very necessary to change the problem of meddling.

So Bao Cong stopped thinking and devoted himself to the official affairs of the Imperial Academy.

Lin Daiyu was not idle either, and often went to untie Miaoyu.

In July, Xue Pan was annoyed by the jealousy of his wives and concubines, so he went south again to do business.As a result, in less than two months, the servants of Xue's family returned to Beijing to ask for help, saying that Xue Pan had beaten someone to death!

Aunt Xue was already annoyed by Xia Jingui's noise, but she fainted immediately when she heard the news.After waking up, she brought Xue Ke to Rongguo Mansion in a hurry to ask Mrs. Wang for help.

It was not the first time that Xue Pan had killed someone, so Mrs. Wang took out Jia Zheng's famous card again, and wanted Xue Biao to go to Jinling, just like last time, use the power of the Rongguo Mansion to suppress people, and spend some money to solve the problem. thing.

Bao Cong found out about this and stopped Xue Ke before he left the capital.

"You are confused!" Bao Cong said excitedly to Xue Biao, "You will also be a person who will take the imperial examination in the future, how can you be as confused as my mother and Aunt Xue!"

Bao Cong is now the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and he has a lot of weight in Xue Biao's heart.

Hearing that Bao Cong said he was confused, he hurriedly asked: "Brother Bao Cong, why am I so confused?"

Bao Cong said: "You took my father's name card to save Xue Pan, didn't you use the power of the Rongguo Mansion to bully others, and took the name card to take the lawsuit? This is a big crime!"

"You will take the imperial examination in the future, if people know that you have done such a thing, wouldn't it ruin your own future?" Bao Cong paused, then frowned and said, "And brother Xue beat someone to death. If it is true, if the case is uncovered in the future, he will be more guilty."

That's it!

Xue Biao suddenly came to his senses.

He was used to seeing the things of the Rongguo Mansion and the Xue family. He only saw Aunt Xue and the people of the Rongguo Mansion holding name cards to do things everywhere, but he ignored that many of the things they did were against the law!

If it wasn't for Bao Cong's reminder this time, I'm afraid he would do the same thing and ruin his future!

Xue Biao quickly took out Jia Zheng's name card and returned it to Bao Cong, and saluted gratefully, "Thank you for reminding me, otherwise I would have made a big mistake!"

Thinking of Aunt Xue who was anxious again, he asked Baocong: "But now that my eldest brother is in prison, what should I do when I go to the south?"

Bao Cong beckoned, called Chen Ping to come up, and said to Xue Biao: "Chen Ping knows a lot of people in the south, it's convenient for you to take him there. First find out whether it is true that Brother Xue killed someone, and if it is true, advise him to be good." Plead guilty and find a good lawyer to mitigate the crime as much as possible. As long as it is not the death penalty, I can take care of him more or less even if he is exiled."

"Auntie..." Xue Biao hesitated, he knew how much Aunt Xue loved Xue Biao.If Xue Biao was sentenced to death or exile, how could Aunt Xue accept it!

Bao Cong understood what Xue Biao meant, so he just sighed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You go first, I will talk to Aunt Xue. Maybe this matter is not so bad, let's see the case first."

Xue Biao nodded, responded, got on his horse, and went south with Chen Ping.

Xue Pan is still in prison, time waits for no one, if he arrives late, Xue Pan has already been sentenced, then it will be too late to say anything.

Watching the two leave in a hurry, Bao Cong touched the name card on his chest and went home wearily.

When he arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, he looked up at the golden plaque, feeling very heavy.

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Aunt Xue was worried about Xue Pan, and Xia Jingui gave her a headache, and fell ill within a few days.

Although Baochai was anxious and worried, she was pregnant with a child and was about to give birth, and it was inconvenient to go back to take care of the sick, so she entrusted Lin Daiyu to send Xiangling back to take care of Aunt Xue instead.

Speaking of the entire Xue family, Xia Jingui hates Xiangling the most.

It's fine if she doesn't go back, but once she goes back, Xia Jingui will push harder.Not only tormenting my concubine, but also tormenting Xiangling and Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue protected Xiangling again and asked Xiangling to go back to Baochai, but Xiangling refused to go and insisted on serving Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue had no choice but to keep Xiangling close by her side, and suppressed Xia Jingui like a mother-in-law.

It's just that Xia Jingui is aggressive and arrogant, and she is not afraid of Aunt Xue at all. Instead, she doesn't even save face, and directly abuses Xiangling and the concubine.

Aunt Xue and Xiangling were like mice, forced to hide in the room and live with the door closed.

One day, Xiangling was decocting medicine for Aunt Xue, when suddenly a concubine of Xue Pan knocked on the door, almost screaming, "Ma'am! Terrible! Grandma was poisoned to death! Grandma!" She's dead!"

Aunt Xue sat up in shock, and Xiangling hurried to open the door.

The little concubine with disheveled hair looked like she was going crazy. When she rushed into the room, she hugged Aunt Xue's thigh and began to cry, "Ma'am, you have to help me make the decision! It was obviously grandma who poisoned me, and she accidentally poisoned herself to death! I Innocent! I am innocent!"

Aunt Xue was almost out of breath, so she could only desperately wave to Xiangling.

Xiangling hurried forward to support Aunt Xue, patted her on the back to help her breathe, and said to the concubine angrily: "Didn't you see that the wife is sick? Can't you talk well if you have something to say? Do you want to make the wife angry like this?" ?”

As she spoke, she called her mother-in-law loudly and pulled the concubine away.

If it was Xiangling from the past, she would definitely not have dared to speak like that in Xue's house.

But now that she has stayed with Baochai for a long time, she can read and understand some truths.And no one else bullied her, so she also got a bit of a temper, and no longer scared of everything.

Xia Jingui's death was no small matter.

The members of the Xia family cherished their daughter, and if they found out, they would definitely come to the house and make a big fuss.

The concubine was still kneeling on the ground and crying, miserable.

Aunt Xue was so angry that she couldn't speak again, Xue Pan and Xue Biao were not there, and there was no one who was in charge of the family.

Xiangling gritted her teeth, leaned into Aunt Xue's ear and whispered: "Grandma is dead, people from the Xia family will definitely come to make trouble. Why don't you ask someone to put away grandma's body first, and ask someone to go to Rongguo Mansion, and ask my uncle to make the decision? "

Aunt Xue couldn't say a word, she could only nod repeatedly with a pale face.

Xiangling stroked Aunt Xue's chest, then calmed down a little, called a few nurses to come up, and told them to take the crying concubine under custody, and then hurried to Rongguo Mansion to invite Baoyu over.Then he ordered the mother-in-law to carry Xia Jingui's body on the bed in the bedroom as it was, and not to change it arbitrarily.

A bunch of things were arranged properly, and I didn't forget to continue to cook the half-decocted medicine and bring it to Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue drank the medicine and rested for a while, her complexion finally improved and she was able to catch her breath.

She took Xiang Ling's hand, smiled weakly and said, "It's lucky to have you here today, otherwise I don't know what to do."

Xiangling said softly: "This is what I should do, madam, don't get too angry, and pay more attention to your body. The girl is pregnant, and she is worried about you every day!"

Xiangling was not so talkative in the past, the more Aunt Xue looked at Xiangling now, the more she liked Xiangling and regretted it more than before.

If Xiangling had a good background, it would be great to be her decent daughter-in-law!

Not long after, Baoyu and Jia Lian came together.When the members of the Xia family heard the news of Xia Jingui's death, they also came to make trouble.

It's just that the little concubine held evidence that Xia Jingui bought poison to harm people, and Baoyu and Jia Lian were present.Due to the power of the Rongguo Mansion, the members of the Xia family only dared to extort a sum of money and made a fuss. They didn't even want to leave Xia Jingui's body.

After dealing with Xia Jingui's matter, Aunt Xue took the opportunity to clean up Xue Pan's concubines as well.

Baoyu and Jia Lian saw that things in Xue's family had calmed down, so they said goodbye to Aunt Xue, and came to Xue's house the next day to discuss Xia Jingui's funeral.

All the back and forth was quietly, without disturbing Baochai.

Baoyu came back late at night, so Baochai asked a strange question.

Baoyu just smiled and said: "Our mother has been ill for a long time, so I went to visit today when I have time." She didn't mention Xia Jingui, for fear of frightening Baochai.

Besides, Xia Jingui's matter has nothing to do with Baochai, so why worry her so much?

So Baochai only asked Aunt Xue how her condition was, and asked whether Xiangling had been bullied at Xue's house.

Baoyu said: "Our mother is just worried about elder brother, and he is better after taking the medicine. No one in Xue's family bullies Xiangling, isn't she protected by you and our mother!"

What's more, Xia Jingui died, those concubines were cleaned up, how could anyone bully Xiangling?

Hearing what Baoyu said, Baochai felt relieved, and only muttered a few words, wondering what happened to Xue Pan and Xue Biao.

Half a month later, the news finally came from the south, and everyone in the Xue family breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that the man Xue Pan killed was murdered by his wife and lover together.

The two men were worrying about how to cover up the crime, when Xue Pan bumped into him, they came up with a way to fish in troubled waters, and blamed Xue Pan.

Fortunately, Bao Cong asked Xue Ke and Chen Ping to find out the facts first, otherwise, as soon as Jia Zheng's famous post was handed over, if the prefect was a fool, he would blindly favor Xue Pan in order to please the Rongguo Mansion, and Xue Pan's crime of beating someone to death would be confirmed. .

However, Xue Pan did commit crimes such as fighting and causing trouble, adultery with a good woman, and adultery, and he was still sentenced to six months in prison.

This time Xue Biao didn't struggle much, he just paid some money to make Xue Pan's life in the prison less difficult.

Just like Bao Cong's order, Chen Ping's suggestion.

It wasn't once or twice that Xue Pan got drunk and made trouble, and he didn't stumble over women's sex once or twice. If he wasn't allowed to suffer, if he really beat someone to death in the future, no one could save him.

I only hope that he will be locked up this time, and he can remember a lesson!

However, the Xue family had good news, but there was a huge bad news from the palace.

A concubine in the palace suffered a miscarriage and was accused of being murdered by Yuan Chun.Said that she was jealous of other people's pregnancy because of her previous miscarriage, which was out of revenge.

Emperor Zhao was very angry after checking, demoted Yuan Chun to a nobleman, and moved her from Fengzao Palace to a remote small courtyard, and fined her to restrain her feet.

Because Qiaoyan sent the news, Baocong knew about it before the people in Jia's mansion.

The harem struggle has never been done by you honestly, so others will not harm you.

Yuan Chun was already in the limelight in the harem, this year he won the Chuanlu again, and was arranged by Emperor Zhao to enter the Hanlin Academy.It is conceivable that Emperor Zhao loved Yuanchun even more.

However, being favored by the emperor, she cannot avoid being envied by other concubines.

Yuan Chun did not harm anyone, but the concubine would rather have a miscarriage than blame Yuan Chun, which shows her vicious heart.Even if Yuan Chun was on guard everywhere, he couldn't avoid this disaster.

But thinking about it from another angle, murdering the emperor's heir is a serious crime, but Emperor Zhao only demoted Yuan Chun to a nobleman and banned him.I don't know if it was because he knew that Yuan Chun was not the culprit, or because it was because of Rongguo Mansion's face.

Even if Bao Cong wanted to help Yuan Chun find out this matter, it would probably take a lot of time and effort, depending on Emperor Zhao's attitude.If Emperor Zhao was sure that Yuan Chun had intentionally harmed someone, it would be even more difficult for him to reverse the case.

All in all, Yuan Chun's dark loss is settled for the time being.

But the affairs in the harem will never be settled until the end.As long as you save your life first, it's nothing to suffer a little, and you can still plot slowly in the future.

Therefore, Bao Cong's reply to Qiao Yan, apart from a stack of bank notes, only has four words - "Hold on, save your life".